NOTE 10: DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

The Company follows the requirements of FASB ASC No. 815,” Derivatives and Hedging” which requires companies to recognize all of their derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities in the statement of financial position at fair value. The accounting for changes in fair value (i.e., gains or losses) of a derivative instrument depends on whether it has been designated and qualifies as part of a hedging transaction and further, on the type of hedging transaction. For those derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as hedging instruments, a company must designate the hedging instrument, based upon the exposure being hedged, as a fair value hedge, cash flow hedge, or a hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation. Due to the Company’s global operations, it is exposed to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations in the normal course of its business. The Company’s treasury policy allows it to offset the risks associated with the effects of certain foreign currency exposures through the purchase of foreign exchange forward or option contracts (“Hedging Contracts”). The policy, however, prohibits the Company from speculating on such Hedging Contracts for profit. To protect against the increase in value of forecasted foreign currency cash flow resulting from salaries paid in currencies other than the U.S. dollar during the year, the Company instituted a foreign currency cash flow hedging program. The Company hedges portions of the anticipated payroll of its non-U.S. employees denominated in the currencies other than the U.S. dollar for a period of one to twelve months with Hedging Contracts. Accordingly, when the dollar strengthens against the foreign currencies, the decline in present value of future foreign currency expenses is offset by losses in the fair value of the Hedging Contracts. Conversely, when the dollar weakens, the increase in the present value of future foreign currency expenses is offset by gains in the fair value of the Hedging Contracts. These Hedging Contracts are designated as cash flow hedges.

For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as a cash flow hedge (i.e., hedging the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows that is attributable to a particular risk), the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is reported as a component of other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. Any gain or loss on a derivative instrument in excess of the cumulative change in the present value of future cash flows of the hedged item is recognized in current earnings during the period of change. As of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the notional principal amount of the Hedging Contracts to sell U.S. dollars held by the Company was $4,250 and $0, respectively.

The fair value of the Company’s outstanding derivative instruments is as follows:


	September 30,		December 31,
	2018 (Unaudited)		2017 (Audited)
Derivative assets:
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments:
Foreign exchange forward contracts	$	11	$	—

Total	$	11	$	—

Derivative liabilities:
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments:
Foreign exchange option contracts	$	11	$	—

Total	$	11	$	—

The increase (decrease) in unrealized gains (losses) recognized in “accumulated other comprehensive loss” on derivatives, before tax effect, is as follows:


	Nine months ended September 30,					Three months ended September 30,
	2018 (unaudited)			2017 (unaudited)		2018 (unaudited)			2017 (unaudited)
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments:
Foreign exchange option contracts	$	(128	)	$	88	$	(2	)	$	1
Foreign exchange forward contracts		(131	)		92		23			(3	)

	$	(259	)	$	180	$	21		$	(2	)

The net (gains) losses reclassified from “accumulated other comprehensive loss” into income are as follows:


	Nine months ended September 30,					Three months ended September 30,
	2018 (unaudited)		2017 (unaudited)			2018 (unaudited)		2017 (unaudited)
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments:
Foreign exchange option contracts	$	117	$	(88	)	$	20	$	(1	)
Foreign exchange forward contracts		142		(98	)		43		3

	$	259	$	(186	)	$	63	$	2

The Company recorded in cost of revenues and operating expenses a net loss of $63 and $259 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, and a net loss of $2 and a net gain of $186 for the comparable periods of 2017, related to its Hedging Contracts.