Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Schedule of Financial Instruments Carried at Fair Value [Table Text Block]

The following table presents the Company's financial instruments that are carried at fair value using Level 2 inputs at December 31, 2018 and 2017 (dollars in thousands):



	2018		2017
Financial instruments carried at fair value using Level 2 inputs:
Financial assets carried at fair value:
British pound forward contracts	$	26,011	$	13,657
Cross-currency swap contracts	19,684		8,662
Total financial assets carried at fair value	$	45,695	$	22,319
Financial liabilities carried at fair value:
Interest rate swap agreements	$	14,395	$	14,382
British pound forward purchase contracts	59		829
Total financial liabilities carried at fair value	$	14,454	$	15,211

The following table presents the Company's financial instrument carried at fair value using Level 3 inputs as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 (amounts in thousands):



	2018		2017
Financial instrument carried at fair value using Level 3 inputs:
Financial liabilities carried at fair value:
Accrued deferred consideration - HOG	$	6,511	$	5,974

Fair Value, Measured on Recurring Basis, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings [Table Text Block]

The following table presents the amounts recognized, through other expenses, within the Company's consolidated statements of operations during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 as a result of the change in the estimated fair value of the deferred consideration (dollars in thousands):



	2018		2017		2016
Freightliner	$	—	$	2,405	$	2,278
HOG	$	537	$	298	$	—

Schedule of Financial Instruments Carried at Historical Cost [Table Text Block]

The following table presents the carrying value and fair value using Level 2 inputs of the Company's financial instruments carried at historical cost at December 31, 2018 and 2017 (dollars in thousands):



	2018				2017
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
Financial liabilities carried at historical cost:
United States term loan	$	1,295,672	$	1,296,079	$	1,204,714	$	1,208,657
U.K. term loan	315,524		319,556		124,747		126,480
Australian Credit Agreement	450,252		457,978		513,192		528,105
MIRA Partner Loan Agreement	167,796		166,974		186,085		184,750
Revolving credit facility	160,033		163,662		225,155		229,483
Other debt	2,356		2,352		2,419		2,426
Total	$	2,391,633	$	2,406,601	$	2,256,312	$	2,279,901