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Derivatives and Hedging Activities
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivatives and Hedging Activities

Note 15 — Derivatives and Hedging Activities (As Restated)

Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives

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 and with major financial institutions with which the Company and its affiliates may also have other financial relationships. The Company does not anticipate that any of the counterparties will fail to meet their obligations.

Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk

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 and collars 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. Interest rate collars designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts if interest rates rise above the cap strike rate on the contract and payments of variable-rate amounts if interest rates fall below the floor strike rate on the contract.

The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and that qualify as cash flow hedges is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income and is subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, such derivatives were used to hedge the variable cash flows associated with variable-rate debt. The ineffective portion of the change in fair value of the derivatives is recognized directly in earnings.

 

Amounts reported in accumulated other comprehensive income related to derivatives will be reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are made on the Company’s variable-rate debt. During the next 12 months, the Company estimates that an additional $10.5 million will be reclassified from other comprehensive income as an increase to interest expense. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, the Company accelerated the reclassification of amounts in other comprehensive income to earnings as a result of the hedged forecasted transactions becoming probable not to occur.

As of June 30, 2014, the Company had the following outstanding interest rate derivatives that were designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk (dollar amounts in thousands):

 

Interest Rate Derivative

   Number of
Instruments
     Notional Amount  

Interest rate swaps

     17       $ 1,174,367   

The table below presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments as well as their classification on the consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (in thousands):

 

Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments

  

Balance Sheet Location

   June 30,
2014
     December 31,
2013
 

Interest rate products

  

Deferred costs and other assets, net

   $ 4,665       $ 9,189   

Interest rate products

  

Deferred rent, derivative and other liabilities

   $ (9,190    $ (1,719

The table below details the location in the financial statements of the gain or loss recognized on interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,      Six Months Ended June 30,  

Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships

   2014      2013      2014      2013  

Amount of (loss) gain recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income on interest rate derivatives (effective portion)

   $ (9,857    $ 12,786       $ (13,696    $ 10,926   

Amount of loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income into income as interest expense (effective portion)

   $ (2,574    $ (1,272    $ (4,115    $ (1,955

In January 2014, the Company entered into an interest rate lock agreement with a notional amount of $250.0 million (the “Treasury Lock”). The Treasury Lock, which had an original maturity date of February 12, 2014, was entered into to hedge part of the Company’s interest rate exposure associated with the variability in future cash flows attributable to changes in the ten-year U.S. treasury rates related to the planned issuance of debt securities in conjunction with the Cole Merger. In connection with the Company’s bond offering in February 2014, the Company settled the Treasury Lock, which was accounted for as cash flow hedge, for $3.9 million, which was recorded to other comprehensive loss and will be amortized into earnings over the ten year term of the Treasury Lock. The Company amortized $0.1 million into interest expense the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 related to the Treasury Lock.

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

Derivatives not designated as hedges are not speculative and are used to manage the Company’s exposure to interest rate movements and other identified risks but do not meet the requirements to be classified as hedging instruments. Changes in the fair value of derivatives not designated in hedging relationships are recorded directly in earnings and were approximately a gain of $14.2 million and a gain of $7.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively. The Company recorded a loss of $31.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 relating to the contingent value rights.

 

As of June 30, 2014, the Company had the following outstanding interest rate derivatives that were not designated as qualifying hedging relationships (dollar amounts in thousands):

 

Interest Rate Derivative

   Number of Instruments      Notional Amount  

Interest rate swaps

     6       $ 234,316   

The table below presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments not designated as hedges as well as their classification on the consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (in thousands):

 

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

  

Balance Sheet Location

   June 30,
2014
    December 31,
2013
 

Series D Preferred Stock embedded derivative

  

Deferred rent, derivative and other liabilities

   $ (11,520   $ (16,736

Interest rate products

  

Deferred rent, derivative and other liabilities

   $ (3,621   $ —     

Interest rate products

  

Deferred costs and other assets, net

   $ 857      $ —     

Refer to Note 18 — Preferred and Common Stock for additional information for the Series D Preferred Stock embedded derivative.

Tabular Disclosure Offsetting Derivatives

The table below details a gross presentation, the effects of offsetting and a net presentation of the Company’s derivatives as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013. The net amounts of derivative assets or liabilities can be reconciled to the tabular disclosure of fair value. The tabular disclosure of fair value provides the location that derivative assets and liabilities are presented on the consolidated balance sheets (in thousands).

 

Offsetting of Derivative Assets and Liabilities

 
     Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
     Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
    Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
     Net Amounts
of Assets
Presented in
the
Consolidated
Balance
Sheets
     Net Amounts
of Liabilities
Presented in
the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
    Financial
Instruments
     Cash
Collateral
Received
     Net Amount  

June 30, 2014

   $ 5,522       $ (24,331   $ —         $ 5,522       $ (24,331   $ —         $ —         $ (18,809

December 31, 2013

   $ 9,189       $ (18,455   $ —         $ 9,189       $ (18,455   $ —         $ —         $ (9,266

Credit-risk-related Contingent Features

The Company has agreements with each of its derivative counterparties that contain a provision where if the Company either defaults or is capable of being declared in default on any of its indebtedness, then the Company could also be declared in default on its derivative obligations.

As of June 30, 2014, the fair value of the interest rate derivatives in a net liability position, including accrued interest but excluding any adjustment for nonperformance risk related to these agreements, was $14.6 million. As of June 30, 2014, the Company has not posted any collateral related to these agreements and was not in breach of any agreement provisions. If the Company had breached any of these provisions, it could have been required to settle its obligations under the agreements at their aggregate termination value of $14.6 million at June 30, 2014.