Derivative Financial Instruments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

The following table summarizes the notional values related to the Company’s derivative instruments outstanding at March 31, 2023 (in thousands):


	March 31, 2023
Interest rate swap(1)	$	62,822

(1)

Number of open positions and gross notional values do not measure the Company’s risk of loss, quantify risk or represent assets or liabilities of the Company. Instead, they indicate the relative size of the derivative instruments and are used in the calculation of the amounts to be exchanged between counterparties upon settlements.

The following table presents the fair value of each classification of the Company’s derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (in thousands):


	March 31, 2023			December 31, 2022
Cash flow hedges
Current assets	$	1,091		$	1,211
Non-current assets		446			1,233
Current liabilities		(1,012	)		(630	)
Net derivative assets	$	525		$	1,814

The current and non-current portions of derivative assets are included within other current assets and other assets, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets. The current portion of derivative liabilities is included within accrued liabilities and other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.

Derivatives Accounted for as Cash Flow Hedges

The Company’s cash flow hedges include interest rate swaps that are hedges of variability in forecasted interest payments due to changes in the interest rate on LIBOR-based borrowings, a summary which includes the following designations:

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In 2018, the Company entered into two long-term interest rate swap agreements with a major financial institution. The swaps, which became effective in October 2018 and expire in April 2030, are used to hedge approximately 70% of the variability in interest payments/interest risk on the 2017 Bank Loans (as defined herein).

The following table presents the gains and losses from the Company’s derivative instruments designated in a cash flow hedging relationship recognized in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):


Derivatives Designated in Cash Flow Hedging Relationship	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income on Derivatives (Effective Portion)				Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income into Income (Effective Portion)	Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income into Income
	For the three months ended March 31,					For the three months ended March 31,
	2023		2022			2023			2022
Interest rate swaps	$	389	$	2,958	Interest expense	$	(497	)	$	(86	)

The amount of gain (loss) recognized in other comprehensive income as of March 31, 2023 and expected to be reclassified within the next 12 months is $0.5 million.