The Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement in December 2017 to manage its cash flow associated with variable interest rates. This forward contract has been designated and qualifies as a cash flow hedge, and its change in fair value is recorded as a component of other comprehensive income and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods in which the forecasted transaction occurs. The forward contract consists of three cash flow hedges. To qualify as a hedge, the Company needs to formally document, designate and assess the effectiveness of the transactions that receive hedge accounting.

The notional dollar amount of the three outstanding swaps was $250.0 million at September 27, 2020 and December 29, 2019, under which the Company pays a fixed rate and receives a variable rate of interest (cash flow swap). The cash flow swaps hedge the change in interest rates on debt related to fluctuations in interest rates and each have a length of one year and mature annually from 2020 to 2022.

These interest rate swaps have been designated and qualify as cash flow hedges and have met the requirements to assume zero ineffectiveness. The Company reviews the effectiveness of its hedging instruments on a quarterly basis.

The counterparties to these derivative financial instruments are major financial institutions. The Company evaluates the credit ratings of the financial institutions and believes that credit risk is at an acceptable level. The following table summarizes the fair value of the Company’s derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments:

As of

September 27, 2020

As of

December 29, 2019

Balance Sheet Location

Fair Value

Balance Sheet Location

Fair Value

Interest rate swaps

Accrued liabilities

1,848

Accrued liabilities

1,736

Interest rate swaps

Other long-term liabilities

11,361

Other long-term liabilities

4,569

The gain or loss on these derivative instruments is recognized in other comprehensive income, net of tax, with the portion related to current period interest payments reclassified to interest expense on the consolidated statements of income. The following table summarizes these losses (gains) classified on the consolidated statements of income:

	Thirteen weeks ended					Thirty-nine weeks ended
	September 27, 2020		September 29, 2019			September 27, 2020		September 29, 2019
Consolidated Statements of Income Classification
Interest expense (income), net	$	1,345	$	(54	)	$	2,855	$	(458	)