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Financial Instruments
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Derivative Instruments and Hedges, Assets [Abstract]  
Financial Instruments
Financial Instruments
The Company is exposed to various market risks, including changes in interest rates, foreign currency and raw material (commodity) prices. To manage risks associated with the volatility of these natural business exposures, the Company enters into interest rate, commodity and foreign currency derivative agreements, as well as copper and aluminum forward pricing agreements. The Company does not purchase or sell derivative instruments for trading purposes. The Company does not engage in derivative contracts for which a lack of marketplace quotations would necessitate the use of fair value estimation techniques.
In 2013 and 2012, the Company utilized interest rate swaps to manage its interest expense exposure by fixing its interest rate on portions of the Company’s floating rate debt. The Company did not provide or receive any collateral specifically for these contracts. The fair value of these financial derivatives which were designated as and qualified as cash flow hedges were based on quoted market prices which reflect the present values of the difference between estimated future variable-rate receipts and future fixed-rate payments. In 2013, the Company repaid the outstanding obligations that utilized interest rate swaps.
The Company enters into commodity instruments to hedge the purchase of copper, aluminum and lead in future periods and foreign currency exchange contracts principally to hedge the currency fluctuations in certain transactions denominated in foreign currencies, thereby limiting the Company's risk that would otherwise result from changes in exchange rates. Principal transactions hedged during the year were firm sales and purchase commitments. The fair value of foreign currency contracts represents the amount required to enter into offsetting contracts with similar remaining maturities based on quoted market prices.
The Company accounts for these commodity instruments and foreign currency exchange contracts as cash flow or economic hedges. There were no derivatives that were designated as cash flow hedges at December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013. There were derivatives that were designated as cash flow hedges at December 31, 2012. In the year ended December 31, 2014, there was no activity related to derivatives that were designated as cash flow hedges. In the years ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, there was activity related to derivatives that were designated as cash flow hedges. Changes in the fair value of derivatives that were designated as cash flow hedges are recorded in other comprehensive income and reclassified to the income statement when the effects of the items being hedged are realized. Changes in the fair value of economic hedges are recognized in current period earnings.
Fair Value of Derivatives Instruments
The notional amounts and fair values of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges and derivatives not designated as cash flow hedges at December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are shown below (in millions).
 
December 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
Notional
 
Fair Value
 
Notional
 
Fair Value
(in millions)
Amount
 
Asset (1)
 
Liability (2)
 
Amount
 
Asset (1)
 
Liability (2)
Derivatives not designated as cash flow hedges:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity futures
$
106.4

 
$
0.5

 
$
3.9

 
$
173.7

 
$
1.2

 
$
7.6

Foreign currency exchange
154.7

 
$
4.9

 
4.2

 
223.2

 
6.0

 
1.7

 
 
 
$
5.4

 
$
8.1

 
 
 
$
7.2

 
$
9.3

(1)
Balance recorded in “Prepaid expenses and other” and “Other non-current assets”
(2)
Balance recorded in “Accrued liabilities” and “Other liabilities”

As of  December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, all financial instruments held by the Company were subject to enforceable master netting arrangements held by various financial institutions. In general, the terms of our agreements provide that in the event of an early termination the counterparties have the right to offset amounts owed or owing under that and any other agreement with the same counterparty.  The Company's accounting policy is to not offset these positions in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.  As of  December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the net positions of the enforceable master netting agreements are not significantly different from the gross positions noted in the table above. Depending on the extent of an unrealized loss position on a derivative contract held by the Company, certain counterparties may require collateral to secure the Company's derivative contract position. As of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, there were no contracts held by the Company that required collateral to secure the Company’s derivative liability positions.
For derivative instruments that were designated and qualified as cash flow hedges during 2013 and 2012, the effective portion of the unrealized gain and loss on the derivative was reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affected earnings, which generally occurs over periods of less than one year. Gain and loss on the derivative representing either hedge ineffectiveness or hedge components excluded from the assessment of effectiveness were recognized in current earnings.
 
 
Year ended December 31, 2013
 
 
Effective portion recognized in
Accumulated OCI
 
Reclassified from
Accumulated OCI
 
 
(in millions)
 
Gain / (Loss)
 
Gain / (Loss)
 
Location
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps
 
$
0.1

 
$
(0.1
)
 
Interest Expense
Commodity futures
 
(1.3
)
 
(1.9
)
 
Cost of Sales
Total
 
$
(1.2
)
 
$
(2.0
)
 
 
 
 
Year ended December 31, 2012
 
 
Effective portion recognized in
Accumulated OCI
 
Reclassified from
Accumulated OCI
 
Ineffective portion and amount excluded from
effectiveness testing
 
 
(in millions)
 
Gain / (Loss)
 
Gain / (Loss)
 
Gain / (Loss) (1)
 
Location
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps
 
$
0.3

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
Interest Expense
Commodity futures
 
4.8

 
(3.3
)
 
(0.3
)
 
Cost of Sales
Foreign currency exchange
 
(0.2
)
 
(1.1
)
 
—

 
Other income /(expense)
Total
 
$
4.9

 
$
(4.4
)
 
$
(0.3
)
 
 
(1)
The ineffective portion and the amount excluded from effectiveness testing for all derivatives designated as cash flow hedges is recognized in other income and expense.
For derivative instruments that are not designated as cash flow hedges, the unrealized gain or loss on the derivatives is reported in current earnings. For the years ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company recorded a loss of $4.0 million and $20.1 million for derivative instruments not designated as cash flow hedges in other income (expense). For the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company recorded a gain of $3.0 million for derivative instruments not designated as cash flow hedges in other income (expense). No pre-tax gains or losses are expected to be reclassified into earnings from other comprehensive income during 2015.
Other Forward Pricing Agreements
In the normal course of business, the Company enters into forward pricing agreements for the purchase of copper and aluminum for delivery in a future month to match certain sales transactions. The Company accounts for these forward pricing arrangements under the “normal purchases and normal sales” scope exemption because these arrangements are for purchases of copper and aluminum that will be delivered in quantities expected to be used by the Company over a reasonable period of time in the normal course of business. For these arrangements, it is probable at the inception and throughout the life of the arrangements that the arrangements will not settle net and will result in physical delivery of the inventory. At December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company had $11.6 million and $10.1 million, respectively, of future copper and aluminum purchases that were under forward pricing agreements. At December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company had an unrealized loss of $0.4 million and an unrealized gain of $0.5 million, respectively, related to these transactions. The fair market value of the forward pricing agreements was $11.2 million and $10.6 million at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The Company expects the unrealized losses under these agreements to offset firm sales price commitments with customers. Depending on the extent of the unrealized loss position on certain forward pricing agreements, certain counterparties may require collateral to secure the Company’s forward purchase agreements. There were no funds posted as collateral as of December 31, 2014 or 2013.