DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

The Company is exposed to certain market risks, including the effect of changes in interest rates on future interest payments to be made on its variable rate debt. The Company utilizes a derivative instrument to mitigate its financial exposure to interest rate volatility. The derivative instrument, which is placed with a financial institution that the Company believes to be of acceptable credit risk, takes the form of an interest rate swap. The Company does not use derivatives for speculative trading purposes.

Cash flow hedge

In January 2018, the Company entered into an interest rate swap contract, which is designated as a cash flow hedge of the forecasted interest payments associated with a portion of the Company’s variable rate debt. The interest rate swap hedges one-month LIBOR, which effectively converts a portion of the variable rate debt to a fixed interest rate. The interest rate swap effective date was December 31, 2018 and the maturity date is January 23, 2023. As of September 30, 2019, the interest rate swap has a notional amount of $300.0 million, which decreases over time by $50 million increments. The contract has a fixed rate of 2.63%.

The following table summarizes the fair value of the Company’s derivative instrument, as well as the location of this instrument on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of the dates presented (in millions):



Derivatives designated as hedging instruments	Balance Sheet Location	September 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
Derivative liabilities:
Interest rate swap	Other current liabilities	$	2.6	$	0.3
Interest rate swap	Other noncurrent liabilities	5.5		1.4
Total derivative liabilities		$	8.1	$	1.7

The fair value of the swap recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (“AOCL”) may be recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations if certain terms of the agreement change, are modified or if the loan is extinguished. As of September 30, 2019, there was no hedge ineffectiveness associated with the Company’s interest rate swap and no portion of the cash flow hedge is excluded from the assessment of effectiveness. The Company reclassified $0.3 million and $0.5 million from AOCL to interest expense within the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. The Company expects to reclassify in the next 12 months a loss of approximately $2.6 million from AOCL into earnings, as a component of interest expense, related to the Company’s interest rate swap based on the borrowing rates at September 30, 2019.