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DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS [Abstract]  
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
4. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company enters into non-designated foreign currency derivatives, primarily comprised of foreign currency forward contracts, for which hedge accounting does not apply. The changes in the fair market value of these non-designated derivatives are included in other income/expense in the Company's consolidated statements of income. The Company uses non-designated foreign currency derivatives to hedge foreign-currency-denominated intercompany transactions and to partially mitigate the impact of foreign-currency fluctuations. The fair value of the non-designated foreign currency derivatives is based on third-party quotes.
 
The following table summarizes gains (losses) related to derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 (U.S. dollars in thousands):
 
Location of
Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Income
 
Amount of Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Income
 
Derivatives not designated as
hedging instruments:
  
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
 
 
2018
  
2017
 
         
Foreign currency contracts 
 
Other income (expense)
 
$
  
$
(485
)
 
The Company designates as cash-flow hedges those foreign currency forward contracts it enters to hedge forecasted intercompany transactions that are subject to foreign currency exposures. Changes in the fair value of these forward contracts designated as cash-flow hedges are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) within shareholders' equity (deficit), and are recognized in the consolidated statement of income during the period which approximates the time the hedged transaction is settled.

As of March 31, 2018, the Company held forward contracts designated as foreign currency cash flow hedges with notional amounts totaling 0.3 billion Japanese yen ($2.8 million), compared to 2.3 billion Japanese yen ($20.6 million) as of March 31, 2017, to hedge forecasted foreign-currency-denominated intercompany transactions. The fair value of these hedges were $(0.1) million and $0.3 million as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.  The contracts held at March 31, 2018 have maturities through June 2018, and accordingly, all unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency cash flow hedges included in accumulated other comprehensive loss will be recognized in current earnings over the next 3 months.

The following table summarizes gains (losses) related to derivative instruments recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 (U.S. dollars in thousands):
 
  
Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized
in Other Comprehensive Loss
 
  
Three Months Ended
 
  
March 31,
 
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
 
2018
  
2017
 
       
Foreign currency forward contracts related to intercompany
     license fee, product sales, and selling expense hedges
 
$
(247
)
 
$
(387
)
 
The following table summarizes gains (losses) relating to derivative instruments reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss into income during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 (U.S. dollars in thousands):

Derivatives designated
as hedging instruments:
  
Location of
Gain (Loss) Reclassified
from Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Loss
into Income
    Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified
from Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Loss into Income
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
 
 
2018
  
2017
 
         
Foreign currency forward contracts related to intercompany license fees and product sales hedges 
 
Revenue
 
$
(49
)
 
$
(25
)
           
Foreign currency forward contracts related to intercompany selling expense hedges
 
Selling expenses
 
$
  
$
(41
)
 
As of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, there were $(0.1) million and $0.2 million, respectively, of unrealized gains/(losses) included in accumulated other comprehensive loss related to foreign currency cash flow hedges. The remaining $55.4 million and $66.4 million as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively, in accumulated other comprehensive loss are related to cumulative translation adjustments.  The Company assesses hedge effectiveness at least quarterly. During the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, all hedges were determined to be effective.

The Company reports its derivatives at fair value as either other current assets or accrued expenses within its consolidated balance sheet. See Note 12 - Fair Value.