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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities  
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

10.  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.

Commodity Price Risk Management

The Company has arrangements with certain customers under which it has a firm commitment to deliver copper based superconductor wire 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. At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had fixed price commodity contracts with notional amounts aggregating $10.2 million and $5.6 million, respectively. As commodity contracts settle, gains (losses) as a result of changes in fair values are adjusted to the contracts with the customers through revenues.

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk Management

The Company generates a substantial portion of its revenues and expenses in international markets, principally Germany, 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 forward 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 notional amounts outstanding under forward currency contracts and cross-currency interest rate swap agreements as of (dollars in millions):

September 30, 2020

December 31, 2019

Notional

Notional

Amount in U.S.

Amount in U.S.

    

Dollars

    

Fair Value

    

Dollars

    

Fair Value

Forward Currency Contracts (1):

Assets

$

50.2

$

0.3

$

66.7

$

0.9

Liabilities

35.4

(0.2)

7.7

(0.4)

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

Liabilities

505.0

(29.2)

505.0

(6.8)

$

590.6

$

(29.1)

$

579.4

$

(6.3)

(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 $12.2 million for the delivery of products and $6.5 million for the purchase of products at September 30, 2020 and $12.3 million for the delivery of products and $6.1 million for the purchase of products at December 31, 2019. 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 (loss).

The derivative instruments described above are recorded in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as follows (dollars in millions):

    

September 30, 2020

    

December 31, 2019

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

 

  

 

  

Interest rate cross-currency swap agreements

 

  

 

  

Other current assets

 

$

9.0

 

$

10.1

Other current liabilities

 

(4.3)

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

(33.9)

 

(16.9)

Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments

 

(29.2)

 

(6.8)

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

  

 

  

Forward currency contracts

 

  

 

  

Other current assets

$

0.3

$

0.9

Other current liabilities

 

(0.2)

 

(0.4)

Embedded derivatives in purchase and delivery contracts

 

 

  

Other current assets

 

0.4

 

0.1

Other current liabilities

 

 

(0.6)

Fixed price commodity contracts

 

 

  

Other current assets

 

2.1

 

0.3

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

2.6

 

0.3

Total derivatives

$

(26.6)

$

(6.5)

The following is a summary of the activity included in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income related to the above described derivative instruments (in millions):

    

    

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

    

Financial Statement Classification

    

2020

    

2019

    

2020

    

2019

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

Forward currency contracts

 

Interest and other income (expense), net

$

(0.2)

$

(1.0)

$

(0.4)

$

1.3

Embedded derivatives in purchase and delivery contracts

Interest and other income (expense), net

(0.1)

(0.1)

0.8

Total

$

(0.3)

$

(1.1)

$

0.4

$

1.3

Derivatives designated as Cash Flow hedging instruments

Interest rate cross-currency swap agreements

Interest incurred

Interest and other income (expense), net

$

(1.1)

$

$

(1.9)

$

Unrealized losses on contracts

Accumulated other comprehensive income

(0.2)

(22.1)

Total

$

(1.3)

$

$

(24.0)

$

Derivatives designated as Net Investment hedging instruments

Interest rate cross-currency swap agreements

Interest earned

Interest and other income (expense), net

$

2.5

$

$

7.7

$

Unrealized losses on contracts

Accumulated other comprehensive income

(21.9)

(0.3)

Total

$

(19.4)

$

$

7.4

$