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Fair Value Measurements
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]  
Fair Value Measurements

NOTE 5 – FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The Company's marketable equity securities and interest rate swap are measured at fair value on each reporting date.

 

Marketable Equity Securities

The marketable equity securities are measured at fair value using quoted prices in active markets. Due to the fact that the inputs used to measure the marketable equity securities at fair value are observable, the Company has categorized the fair value measurements of the securities as Level 1 in accordance with ASC 820-10-35. The Company records its investments in these marketable equity securities on the balance sheet as “Other assets.”

The cost, unrealized holding gains or losses, and fair value of the Company's investments at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

(In thousands)June 30, 2013 December 31, 2012
Cost$ 598 $ 5,207
Gross unrealized losses  -   -
Gross unrealized gains  298   106,220
Fair value$ 896 $ 111,427

 

During the second quarter of 2013, the Company sold its shares of Sirius XM Radio, Inc. for $135.5 million, recognizing a gain on the sale of securities of $130.9 million.

 

Interest Rate Swap Agreement

The Company's $2.5 billion notional amount interest rate swap agreement is designated as a cash flow hedge and the effective portion of the gain or loss on the swap is reported as a component of other comprehensive income (loss). Ineffective portions of a cash flow hedging derivative's change in fair value are recognized currently in earnings. In accordance with ASC 815-20-35-9, as the critical terms of the swap and the floating-rate debt being hedged were the same at inception and remained the same during the current period, no ineffectiveness was recorded in earnings for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013.

 

The Company entered into the swap to effectively convert a portion of its floating-rate debt to a fixed basis, thus reducing the impact of interest rate changes on future interest expense. The interest rate swap agreement matures September 30, 2013.

 

The Company continually monitors its positions with, and credit quality of, the financial institution which is counterparty to its interest rate swap. The Company may be exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the counterparty to the interest rate swap. However, the Company considers this risk to be low. If a derivative instrument no longer qualifies as a cash flow hedge, hedge accounting is discontinued and the gain or loss that was recorded in other comprehensive income is recognized in earnings.

 

The swap agreement is valued using a discounted cash flow model that takes into account the present value of the future cash flows under the terms of the agreement by using market information available as of the reporting date, including prevailing interest rates and credit spread. Due to the fact that the inputs are either directly or indirectly observable, the Company classified the fair value measurements of its swap agreement as Level 2 in accordance with ASC 820-10-35.

 

The fair value of the Company's $2.5 billion notional amount interest rate swap designated as a hedging instrument and recorded in “Other current liabilities” was $27.4 million and $76.9 million at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

 

The following table details the beginning and ending accumulated other comprehensive loss and the current period activity related to the interest rate swap agreement:

(In thousands)Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Balance at December 31, 2012$ 48,180
Other comprehensive income  (31,066)
Balance at June 30, 2013$ 17,114

Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following table discloses the deferred income tax (asset) liability related to each component of other comprehensive income (loss) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively:

(In thousands)Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
 2013 2012 2013 2012
Foreign currency translation adjustments and other$ (15,397) $ (884) $ (16,127) $ 1,350
Unrealized holding gain on marketable securities  (42,029)   (6,588)   (39,209)   429
Unrealized holding gain on cash flow derivatives  9,731   8,480   18,505   13,600
 Total increase (decrease) in deferred tax liabilities$ (47,695) $ 1,008 $ (36,831) $ 15,379