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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities  
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

Note 12—Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

Interest Rate Risks

The Company’s exposure to interest rate risk relates primarily to outstanding variable rate debt and adverse movements in the related market rates. Typically, the most significant component of the Company’s interest rate risk relates to amounts outstanding under the 2019 Credit Agreement and the 2019 Term Loan.

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk Management

The Company generates a substantial portion of its revenues and expenses in international markets, principally Germany and other countries in the European Union and Switzerland, which subjects its operations to the exposure of exchange rate fluctuations. The impact of currency exchange rate movement can be positive or negative in any period. The Company periodically enters into foreign currency contracts in order to minimize the volatility that fluctuations in currency translation have on its monetary transactions. Under these arrangements, the Company typically agrees to purchase a fixed amount of a foreign currency in exchange for a fixed amount of U.S. Dollars or other currencies on specified dates with maturities of less than twelve months, with some agreements extending to longer periods. These transactions do not qualify for hedge accounting and, accordingly, the instrument is recorded at fair value with the corresponding gains and losses recorded in the consolidated

statements of income and comprehensive income. The Company had the following notional amounts outstanding under foreign exchange contracts and cross-currency interest rate swap agreements at December 31, (in millions):

Notional

Notional

Amount in Buy 

Amount in

Fair Value of 

Fair Value of

Buy

    

Currency

    

Sell

    

Maturity

    

U.S. Dollars

    

Assets

    

Liabilities

December 31, 2019:

Forward Currency Contracts (1):

Euro

18.0

U.S. Dollars

January 2020

$

20.1

$

0.1

$

Swiss Francs

7.8

U.S. Dollars

January 2020

7.9

0.2

Swiss Francs

11.0

Euro

January 2020

11.3

0.1

Swedish Krona

26.9

Swiss Francs

January 2020

2.8

0.1

Swiss Francs

9.4

Japanese Yen

January 2020

9.5

0.2

Singapore Dollar

4.2

U.S. Dollars

January 2020

3.1

Singapore Dollar

2.7

Euro

January 2020

2.0

Great Britain Pound

7.7

Euro

January 2020

10.0

0.2

Euro

6.4

Great Britain Pound

February 2020 to January 2021

7.7

0.4

Cross-Currency and Interest Rate Swap Agreements (2):

U.S. Dollars

105.0

Euro

January 2022

105.0

1.2

U.S. Dollars

100.0

Euro

January 2024

100.0

1.3

U.S. Dollars

150.0

Euro

December 2024

150.0

1.9

U.S. Dollars

150.0

Swiss Francs

December 2026

150.0

2.4

$

579.4

$

0.9

$

7.2

December 31, 2018:

Forward Currency Contracts (1):

Euro

25.4

U.S. Dollars

January 2019

$

31.1

$

$

2.1

U.S. Dollars

8.5

Euro

January 2019

8.6

0.1

Swiss Francs

11.1

U.S. Dollars

January 2019

11.3

U.S. Dollars

2.1

Swiss Francs

January 2019

2.1

Swiss Francs

10.4

Japanese Yen

April 2019

10.8

0.2

U.S. Dollars

1.5

Canadian Dollars

January 2019

1.5

Singapore Dollar

4.3

U.S. Dollars

January 2019

3.1

Chinese Renminbi

41.1

U.S. Dollars

January 2019

5.9

0.1

Great Britain Pound

15.4

Euro

January 2019

20.0

0.4

Euro

6.9

Great Britain Pound

May 2019 to October 2020

8.0

0.1

$

102.4

$

0.2

$

2.8

(1)

Derivatives not designated as accounting hedges.

(2)

Derivatives designated as accounting hedges.

In addition, the Company periodically enters into purchase and sales contracts denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the parties to the transaction. The Company accounts for these transactions separately valuing the “embedded derivative” component of these contracts. The contracts, denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the transacting parties, amounted to $12.3 million for the delivery of products and $6.1 million for the purchase of products at December 31, 2019 and $113.5 million for the delivery of products and $6.0 million for the purchase of products at December 31, 2018. These purchase and sale contracts are not designated as accounting hedges. The changes in the fair value of these embedded derivatives are recorded in interest and other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.

Commodity Price Risk Management

The Company has an arrangement with a customer under which it has a firm commitment to deliver copper based superconductors at a fixed price. In order to minimize the volatility that fluctuations in the price of copper have on the Company’s sales of these commodities, the Company enters into commodity hedge contracts. These commodity contracts are not designated as accounting hedges. At December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company has fixed price commodity contracts with notional amounts aggregating $5.6 million and $6.8 million, respectively. The changes in the fair value of these commodity contracts are recorded in interest and other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.

The fair value of the derivative instruments described above were recorded in the consolidated balance sheets for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 as follows (dollars in millions):

    

Balance Sheet Location

    

2019

    

2018

Derivative assets:

Interest rate and cross currency swap agreements

Other current assets

$

10.1

$

Foreign exchange contracts

Other current assets

0.9

0.2

Embedded derivatives in purchase and delivery contracts

Other current assets

0.1

0.2

Fixed price commodity contracts

Other current assets

0.3

Embedded derivatives in purchase and delivery contracts

Other long-term assets

0.2

Derivative liabilities:

Foreign exchange contracts

Other current liabilities

$

0.4

$

2.8

Embedded derivatives in purchase and delivery contracts

Other current liabilities

0.6

0.9

Fixed price commodity contracts

Other current liabilities

0.5

Interest rate and cross currency swap agreements

Other long-term liabilities

16.9

The impact on net income of unrealized gains and losses resulting from changes in the fair value of derivative instruments for the years ending December 31 are as follows (dollars in millions) and are recorded within interest and other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income:

    

2019

    

2018

    

2017

Foreign exchange contracts

$

3.0

$

(7.0)

$

5.8

Embedded derivatives in purchase and delivery contracts

 

1.5

 

(5.7)

Fixed price commodity contracts

0.8

 

(1.3)

 

0.6

Cross-currency interest rate swap agreements

0.6

Income (expense), net

$

4.4

$

(6.8)

$

0.7