Financial Derivatives and Hedging

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2021

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

As part of the Company’s overall risk management practices the Company enters into financial derivatives, interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges, to hedge the Company’s exposure to changes in cash flows associated with its variable rate debt.

The Company records all derivatives on its Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative, whether the Company has elected to designate a derivative in a hedging relationship and apply hedge accounting, and whether the hedging relationship has satisfied the criteria necessary to apply hedge accounting. All of the Company's derivatives have satisfied the criteria necessary to apply hedge accounting.

The gain or loss on derivative instruments designated and qualifying for cash flow hedge accounting is deferred in other comprehensive income. The changes in fair value for all trades that are not designated for hedge accounting are recognized in current period earnings. Deferred gains or losses from designated cash flow hedges are reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged interest expense affects earnings. The effectiveness of cash flow hedges is assessed at inception and quarterly thereafter. The Company does not offset fair value amounts recognized for derivative instruments in its Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets for presentation purposes.

Credit risk related to derivative transactions reflects the risk that a party to the transaction could fail to meet its obligation under the derivative contracts. Therefore, the Company’s exposure to the counterparty’s credit risk is generally limited to the amounts, if any, by which the counterparty’s obligations to the Company exceed the Company’s obligations to the counterparty. The Company’s policy is to enter into contracts only with financial institutions which meet certain minimum credit ratings to help mitigate counterparty credit risk.

As of October 31, 2020, the Company had five outstanding derivatives designated as hedging instruments. One of the contracts matured on April 1, 2021. As of April 30, 2021, the Company had the following outstanding derivatives designated as hedging instruments:


(In millions, except for number of instruments)	Number of Instruments	Notional Value
Interest Rate Swap Contracts	4	$	1,100

These contracts have remaining maturities of six years or less.

The pre-tax impact of gain on derivatives designated for hedge accounting recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) was $8.9 million ($6.7 million, net of tax) as of April 30, 2021.

The following table summarizes the fair values of derivative instruments as of the periods indicated and the line items in the accompanying Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets where the instruments are recorded:


	Derivative Assets
(In millions)			April 30, 2021		October 31, 2020
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges		Balance sheet location
Interest rate swap contracts		Other current assets	$	—	$	—
Interest rate swap contracts		Other non-current assets	9.5		—
			$	9.5	$	—


	Derivative Liabilities
(In millions)			April 30, 2021		October 31, 2020
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges		Balance sheet location
Interest rate swap contracts		Other current liabilities	$	0.1	$	0.6
Interest rate swap contracts		Other non-current liabilities	0.5		16.5
			$	0.6	$	17.1

The following table summarizes the amounts recognized with respect to our derivative instruments within the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income:


Periods Ended April 30,		Three Months				Six Months
(In millions)		2021		2020		2021		2020
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges	Location of Loss Recognized on Derivatives
Interest rate swap contracts	Interest expense	$	2.0	$	—	$	4.1	$	—

The Company expects that $6.4 million recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) will be realized in the statements of earnings over the next twelve months and the amount will vary depending on prevailing interest rates.

The following table details the changes in accumulated other comprehensive income:


(In millions)	Amount
Beginning balance gain / (loss) as of October 31, 2020	$	(17.1)
Amount recognized in other comprehensive income on interest rate swap contracts, gross ($16.6 million, net of tax)	21.9
Amount reclassified from other comprehensive income into earnings, gross ($3.1 million, net of tax)	4.1
Ending balance gain / (loss) as of April 30, 2021	$	8.9