Derivative Financial Instrument

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Derivative Financial Instrument [Abstract]

Derivative Financial Instrument

8.  Derivative Financial Instrument

The Company has interest rate risk with respect to interest expense on variable rate debt.  At June 30, 2013, the Company had $258,111 variable rate debt outstanding.  On March 28, 2013, in compliance with its credit agreement, the Company entered into purchased option and swap derivative contracts to hedge against the potential impact on earnings from an increase in market interest rates associated with the interest payments on its variable rate term credit facility.  The objective of the hedge transactions is to reduce the variability of cash flows due to changes in the designated benchmark interest rate on $112,500 of the term debt.  The purchased options have a strike price of 1.25%, based on 30-day LIBOR with maturity dates each month from April 28, 2013 through December 31, 2014 and payment dates coinciding directly with the term debt.  The interest rate swap is effective from December 31, 2014 through December 31, 2015 and effectively swaps a notional amount of $112,500 from the floating interest rate for a floating LIBOR rate with a floor of 1.25% for a 1.63% fixed interest rate.  The derivatives were recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as current liabilities at fair value, as of June 30, 2013 as follows:

	Location in Condensed	March 31,
Derivative Asset and Liablity	Consolidated Balance Sheet	June 30, 2013
Derivative designated as hedging instrument:
Interest rate purchased option fair value	Other current assets	$	55
Derivative designated as hedging instrument:
Interest rate swap fair value	Accrued expenses	$	69

The Company has designated and accounts for this swap and purchased options as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk.  For a cash flow hedge, the Company reports the gain or loss, net of taxes, from the effective portion of the hedge as a component of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income ("AOCI") deferring it and reclassifying it into earnings in the same period or periods in which the hedged transaction affects earnings and in the same line item on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income as the impact of the hedged transaction.  Amounts reported in AOCI related to these derivatives are reclassified from AOCI to earnings as interest payments are made on the Company's term credit facility debt in amounts necessary to convert the floating rate interest expense into fixed rate interest expense.  The terms of these derivatives and the variable rate debt coincide making it highly effective so no amounts were excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness and any ineffectiveness portion has not been, and is not expected to be, significant.  The Company does not use derivative instruments for trading or speculative purposes.

The following amounts are included in AOCI and earnings for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013:

	Net of Tax
	Effective portion of (Gain) Loss Recognized in AOCI on Derivative				Effective Portion of (Gain) Loss Reclassified from AOCI into Earnings(1)
Derivative in Cash Flow Hedging Relationship
Three Months Ended June 30, 2013
Interest rate derivatives		$	(151	)		$	-
Six Months Ended June 30, 2013
Interest rate derivatives		$	10			$	-

(1)   No amounts related to the interest rate derivatives were reclassified from AOCI to interest expense during the period.