Derivatives

The use of financial instruments, including derivatives, exposes the Company to market risk related to changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and commodity prices. The Company primarily uses derivatives to manage its interest rate exposure, to achieve a desired proportion of variable and fixed-rate debt, to manage the risk associated with the volatility of future cash flows denominated in foreign currencies and to manage changes in fair value resulting from changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

The Company enters into interest rate swaps related to existing debt obligations with initial maturities ranging from five to ten years. The Company uses interest rate swap agreements to manage its interest rate exposure and to achieve a desired proportion of variable and fixed-rate debt. These derivatives are designated as fair value hedges based on the nature of the risk being hedged. The Company also uses derivatives to hedge interest rates on anticipated issuances of debt securities occurring within one year or less of the inception date of the derivative, and the Company uses these instruments to reduce the volatility in future interest payments that would be made pursuant to the anticipated debt issuances. These derivatives are designated as cash flow hedges.

The Company uses derivative instruments, such as forward contracts, to manage the risk associated with the volatility of future cash flows denominated in foreign currencies and changes in fair value resulting from changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The Company’s foreign exchange risk management policy generally emphasizes hedging transaction exposures of one-year duration or less and hedging foreign currency intercompany financing activities with derivatives with maturity dates of one year or less. The Company uses derivative instruments to hedge various foreign exchange exposures, including the following: (i) variability in foreign currency-denominated cash flows, such as the hedges of inventory purchases for products produced in one currency and sold in another currency and (ii) currency risk associated with foreign currency-denominated operating assets and liabilities, such as forward contracts and other instruments that hedge cash flows associated with intercompany financing activities. Hedging instruments are not available for certain currencies in countries in which the Company has operations. In these cases, the Company uses alternative means in an effort to achieve an economic offset to the local currency exposure such as invoicing and/or paying intercompany and third-party transactions in U.S. Dollars.

The Company purchases certain raw materials that are subject to price volatility caused by unpredictable factors. Where practical, the Company uses derivatives as part of its commodity risk management process.

The Company reports its derivative positions in the Consolidated Balance Sheets on a gross basis and does not net asset and liability derivative positions with the same counterparty. The Company monitors its positions with, and the credit quality of, the financial institutions that are parties to its financial transactions.

Derivative instruments are accounted for at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of a derivative depends on the intended use and designation of the derivative instrument. For a derivative instrument that is designated and qualifies as a fair value hedge, the gain or loss on the derivative, as well as the offsetting loss or gain on the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk, is recognized in current earnings. For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative is initially reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”), net of tax, and is subsequently reclassified into earnings when the hedged transaction affects earnings. The ineffective portion of the gain or loss is recognized in current earnings. Gains and losses from changes in fair values of derivatives that are not designated as hedges for accounting purposes are recognized currently in earnings, and such amounts were not material for 2014, 2013 and 2012.

The following table summarizes the Company’s outstanding derivative instruments and their effects on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 (in millions):



		Assets					Liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments	Balance Sheet Location	2014		2013		Balance Sheet Location	2014		2013
Interest rate swaps	Other assets	$	—	$	23.1	Other noncurrent liabilities	$	11.8	$	35.5
Foreign exchange contracts on inventory-related purchases	Prepaid expenses and other	7.7		2.9		Other accrued liabilities	0.4		1.2
Foreign exchange contracts on intercompany borrowings	Prepaid expenses and other	—		—		Other accrued liabilities	—		0.2
Total assets		$	7.7	$	26.0	Total liabilities	$	12.2	$	36.9

The fair values of outstanding derivatives that are not designated as hedges for accounting purposes were not material as of December 31, 2014 and 2013.

The Company is not a party to any derivatives that require collateral to be posted prior to settlement.

During 2014, the Company settled interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges of $154.0 million principal amount of the 2020 Notes that were repaid in 2014. In connection with the repayment of the 2020 Notes, the Company paid cash of $5.9 million to counterparties as settlement for the interest rate swaps. During 2014, the Company, at its option, terminated and settled an interest rate swap related to a $250.0 million principal amount of 6.25% medium-term notes with an original maturity of April 2018. The Company received cash proceeds of $18.7 million from the counterparty as settlement for the interest rate swap. In December 2014, the Company entered into a fixed-for-floating interest rate contract with a third-party financial institution for $250.0 million principal amount of the 2024 Notes. During the term of the contract, the Company will receive semiannual interest payments from the counterparties based on a fixed annual interest rate of 4.0%; and, concurrently, the Company will make semiannual interest payments at a rate indexed to the LIBOR. The Company has a total of $596.0 million principal amount of medium-term notes hedged with fixed-for-floating contracts with third-party financial institutions as of December 31, 2014.

Gains and losses resulting from the settlement of interest rate swaps designated and effective as hedges are deferred and amortized as adjustments to interest expense over the remaining term of the debt covered by the interest rate swaps. The cash paid and received from the settlement of interest rate swaps is included in cash provided by operating activities in accrued liabilities and other in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Fair Value Hedges

The pretax effects of derivative instruments designated as fair value hedges on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations for 2014, 2013 and 2012 were as follows (in millions):



Derivatives in fair value relationships	Location of gain (loss) recognized in income	Amount of gain (loss) recognized in income
Derivatives in fair value relationships	Location of gain (loss) recognized in income	2014			2013			2012
Interest rate swaps	Interest expense, net	$	13.4		$	(44.1	)	$	(4.0	)
Fixed-rate debt	Interest expense, net	$	(13.4	)	$	44.1		$	4.0

The Company did not realize any ineffectiveness related to fair value hedges during 2014, 2013 and 2012.

Cash Flow Hedges

The pretax effects of derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and AOCI for 2014, 2013 and 2012 were as follows (in millions):



Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships	Location of gain (loss) recognized in income	Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income
Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships	Location of gain (loss) recognized in income	2014			2013			2012
Foreign exchange contracts on inventory-related purchases	Cost of products sold	$	5.9		$	3.8		$	(0.1	)
Foreign exchange contracts on intercompany borrowings	Interest expense, net	0.3			—			(0.1		)
Forward interest rate swaps	Interest expense, net	(0.7		)	(0.7		)	(0.1		)
Commodity swap	Cost of products sold	—			—			(2.9		)
		$	5.5		$	3.1		$	(3.2	)



Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships	Amount of gain (loss) recognized in AOCI
Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships	2014		2013			2012
Foreign exchange contracts on inventory-related purchases	$	11.6	$	5.2		$	(1.7	)
Foreign exchange contracts on intercompany borrowings	3.3		(0.6		)	(2.1		)
Forward interest rate swaps	—		—			(2.5		)
Commodity swap	—		—			(2.9		)
	$	14.9	$	4.6		$	(9.2	)

During 2014, the Company entered into forward interest rate swap contracts with certain counterparties for an aggregate $400.0 million notional amount (the “2014 Forward Swaps”) to swap floating LIBOR rates with a weighted-average fixed rate. The 2014 Forward Swaps had original maturities in November 2014. The 2014 Forward Swaps were intended to fix the “risk-free” component of the interest rate of the Company’s forecasted debt issuances that were probable of occurring at the time the 2014 Forward Swaps were entered into. In November 2014, the 2014 Forward Swaps were settled upon the issuance of the Notes.

During 2012, the Company entered into forward interest rate swap contracts with certain counterparties for an aggregate $250.0 million notional amount (the “2012 Forward Swaps”) to swap floating LIBOR rates with a weighted-average fixed rate of 1.8%. The 2012 Forward Swaps had original maturities in March 2013. The 2012 Forward Swaps were intended to fix the “risk-free” component of the interest rate of the Company’s forecasted debt issuances that were probable of occurring at the time the 2012 Forward Swaps were entered into. In November 2012, the Forward Swaps were settled upon the issuance of the $350.0 million principal amount of 2.05% medium-term notes due 2017 (the “2017 Notes”). The Company determined that the 2012 Forward Swaps met the hedge accounting criteria under the relevant authoritative guidance, and accordingly, the 2012 Forward Swaps are accounted for as cash flow hedges. Upon the settlement of the 2012 Forward Swaps, the Company recognized pretax losses of $2.5 million in AOCI, and the Company will reclassify these losses into earnings as interest expense over the term of the instruments that the 2012 Forward Swaps were intended to hedge.

In May 2012, the Company entered into a commodity swap contract with a counterparty for an aggregate $14.0 million notional amount (the “Commodity Swap”) relating to forecasted monthly purchases of resin. The Commodity Swap expired on December 31, 2012, with cash settlement occurring monthly through the expiration date. The Company determined that the Commodity Swap met the hedge accounting criteria under the relevant authoritative guidance, and accordingly, the Commodity Swap was accounted for as a cash flow hedge.

The Company received (paid) $3.1 million, $(1.6) million and $(0.5) million to settle foreign exchange contracts on intercompany borrowings during 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Such amounts are included in changes in accrued liabilities and other in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for 2014, 2013 and 2012.

The ineffectiveness related to cash flow hedges during 2014, 2013 and 2012 was not material. The Company estimates that during the next 12 months it will reclassify income of $6.6 million included in the pretax amount recorded in AOCI as of December 31, 2014 into earnings.