Derivative Financial Instruments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

10.	Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company may use derivative financial instruments, including interest rate swaps, caps, options, floors, and other interest rate derivative contracts, to hedge all or a portion of the interest rate risk associated with its borrowings. The principal objective of such arrangements is to minimize the risks and/or costs associated with the Company’s operating and financial structure as well as to hedge specific anticipated transactions. The Company does not intend to utilize derivatives for speculative or other purposes other than interest rate risk management. The use of derivative financial instruments carries certain risks, including the risk that the counterparties to these contractual arrangements are not able to perform under the agreements. To mitigate this risk, the Company only enters into derivative financial instruments with counterparties with high credit ratings. The Company does not anticipate that any of the counterparties will fail to meet their obligations.

The Company’s objectives in using interest rate derivatives are to add stability to interest expense and to manage its exposure to interest rate movements. To accomplish this objective, the Company primarily uses interest rate swaps as part of its interest rate risk management strategy. Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount.

The following table summarizes the terms and fair values of the Company's derivative financial instruments, as well as their classification on the Consolidated Balance Sheets:

								Fair Value at December 31,
(in thousands)								Assets (Liabilities)⁽¹⁾
Effective Date	Maturity Date	Notional Amount		Bank Pays Variable Rate of	Regency Pays Fixed Rate of			2020			2019
8/1/16	1/5/22⁽²⁾	$	265,000	1 Month LIBOR with Floor		1.053	%	$	(2,472	)		2,674
4/7/16	4/1/23		19,405	1 Month LIBOR		1.303	%		(494	)		148
12/1/16	11/1/23		32,369	1 Month LIBOR		1.490	%		(1,181	)		84
9/17/19	3/17/25		24,000	1 Month LIBOR		1.542	%		(1,288	)		81
6/2/17	6/2/27		36,592	1 Month LIBOR with Floor		2.366	%		(3,856	)		(1,515	)
Total derivative financial instruments								$	(9,291	)		1,472

⁽¹⁾	Derivatives in an asset position are included within Other assets in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets, while those in a liability position are included within Accounts payable and other liabilities.

⁽²⁾	In January 2021, the Company early settled the $265 million interest rate swap in connection with its repayment of the Term Loan.

These derivative financial instruments are all interest rate swaps, which are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges. The Company does not use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes and, as of December 31, 2020, does not have any derivatives that are not designated as hedges.

The changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges are recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”) and subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings.

The following table represents the effect of the derivative financial instruments on the accompanying consolidated financial statements:

Location and Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivative									Location and Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income							Total amounts presented in the Consolidated Statements of Operations in which the effects of cash flow hedges are recorded
	Year ended December 31,									Year ended December 31,							Year ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2020			2019			2018			2020		2019		2018			2020		2019		2018
Interest rate swaps	$	(19,187	)		(15,585	)		402	Interest expense, net	$	8,790		3,269		5,342	Interest expense, net	$	156,678		151,264		148,456
									Early extinguishment of debt⁽¹⁾	$	2,472		—		—	Early extinguishment of debt	$	21,837		11,982		11,172

⁽¹⁾	At December 31, 2020, based on intent to repay the Term Loan in January 2021, the Company recognized the Accumulated other comprehensive loss for the Term Loan swap in earnings within Early extinguishment of debt.

As of December 31, 2020, the Company expects approximately $3.7 million of accumulated comprehensive losses on derivative instruments in AOCI, including the Company's share from its Investments in real estate partnerships, to be reclassified into earnings during the next 12 months.