Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]

Historically, we have entered into forward contracts to hedge our exposures associated with certain foreign currencies. At the maturity of the forward contracts, we may enter into new forward contracts to hedge movements in the underlying currencies. At the time of settlement, we either pay or receive the net settlement amount from the forward contract and recognize this amount in other expense (income), net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations as a realized foreign exchange gain or loss. At the end of each month, we mark the outstanding forward contracts to market and record an unrealized foreign exchange gain or loss for the mark-to-market valuation. We have not designated any of the forward contracts we have entered into as hedges. Our policy is to record the fair value of each derivative instrument on a gross basis. As of December 31, 2016, we had no forward contracts outstanding. As of June 30, 2017, we had outstanding forward contracts to purchase 135,000 Euros and 61,000 Canadian dollars and sell $199,260 United States dollars to hedge our foreign exchange exposures associated with the Euro and Canadian dollar. As of June 30, 2017, we recorded a derivative asset of $2,674 as a component of Prepaid expenses and other on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, associated with open forward contracts as of June 30, 2017. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, there were no cash receipts or payments included in cash from operating activities from continuing operations related to settlements associated with foreign currency forward contracts. During both the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, cash receipts included in cash from operating activities from continuing operations related to settlements associated with foreign currency forward contracts was $893.

We have designated a portion of our (i) Euro denominated borrowings by IMI under our Revolving Credit Facility and (ii) Euro Notes (as defined in Note 5) as a hedge of net investment of certain of our Euro denominated subsidiaries. For the six months ended June 30, 2016, we designated, on average, 30,102 Euros of our Euro denominated borrowings by IMI under our Revolving Credit Facility as a hedge of net investment of certain of our Euro denominated subsidiaries. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, we designated, on average, 73,175 Euros of our Euro denominated borrowings by IMI under our Revolving Credit Facility and Euro Notes as a hedge of net investment of certain of our Euro denominated subsidiaries. As a result, we recorded the following foreign exchange gains (losses), net of tax, related to the change in fair value of such debt due to currency translation adjustments, which is a component of accumulated other comprehensive items, net:

	Three Months Ended June 30,					Six Months Ended June 30,
	2016		2017			2016			2017
Foreign exchange gains (losses)	$	754	$	(7,076	)	$	(588	)	$	(8,148	)
Less: Tax expense (benefit) on foreign exchange gains (losses)	—		—			—			—
Foreign exchange gains (losses), net of tax	$	754	$	(7,076	)	$	(588	)	$	(8,148	)

As of June 30, 2017, cumulative net gains of $10,055, net of tax, are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive items, net associated with this net investment hedge.