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DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES
9. DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES
Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives—We are exposed to certain risks arising from both our business operations and economic conditions. We principally manage our exposure to a wide variety of business and operational risks through management of our core business activities. We manage economic risks, including interest rate, liquidity, and credit risk, primarily by managing the amount, sources, and duration of our debt funding, and through the use of derivative financial instruments. Specifically, we enter into interest rate swaps to manage exposures that arise from business activities that result in the receipt or payment of future known and uncertain cash amounts, the value of which are determined by interest rates. Our derivative financial instruments are used to manage differences in the amount, timing, and duration of our known or expected cash receipts and our known or expected cash payments principally related to our investments and borrowings.
Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk—Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable amounts from a counterparty in exchange for our making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount.
The changes in the fair value of derivatives designated, and that qualify, as cash flow hedges are recorded in AOCI and are subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, such derivatives were used to hedge the variable cash flows associated with certain variable-rate debt. Amounts reported in AOCI related to these derivatives will be reclassified to Interest Expense, Net as interest payments are made on the variable-rate debt. During the next twelve months, we estimate that an additional $17.4 million will be reclassified from AOCI as a decrease to Interest Expense, Net.
In May 2022, we replaced LIBOR with SOFR as the benchmark interest rate for the two $240 million senior unsecured term loan tranches, maturing in November 2025 and July 2026. In November 2022, we replaced LIBOR with SOFR as the benchmark interest rate for our three remaining LIBOR term loans, which have a notional amount of $475 million. In accordance with ASC Topic 848, Reference Rate Reform (“ASC 848”), we elected not to dedesignate our LIBOR denominated interest rate swaps related to this hedged debt. As a result of these changes in the benchmark rate of the LIBOR term loans, we amended all of our interest rate swaps with a total notional amount of $755 million to change the benchmark interest rate from LIBOR to SOFR. As a result of these amendments, we have elected to apply practical expedients in accordance with ASC 848 related to contract modifications, changes in critical terms, and updates to the designated hedged risks as qualifying changes have been made to applicable debt and derivative contracts.
The following is a summary of our interest rate swaps that were designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 (notional amounts in thousands):
20222021
SOFR SwapsLIBOR Swaps
Count
Notional amount$755,000 $930,000 
Fixed interest rate
1.2% - 2.8%
1.3% - 2.9%
Maturity date
2023 - 2025
2022 - 2025
Weighted-average term (in years)1.61.9
The table below details the nature of the gain and loss recognized on interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges in the consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 (in thousands):
  202220212020
Amount of gain (loss) recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)$46,839 $12,501 $(50,552)
Amount of loss reclassified from AOCI into Interest Expense, Net
4,446 19,499 16,732 
Credit-risk-related Contingent Features—We have agreements with our derivative counterparties that contain provisions where, if we default, or are capable of being declared in default, on any of our indebtedness, we could also be declared to be in default on our derivative obligations. As of December 31, 2022, there were no derivatives with a fair value in a net liability position, which would include accrued interest but exclude any adjustment for nonperformance risk related to these agreements