Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activity

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activity

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activity

Note 9 – Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activity

Background

The Company is exposed to certain risks arising from both its business operations and economic conditions. The Company principally manages its exposures to a wide variety of business and operational risks through management of its core business activities. The Company manages economic risk, including interest rate, liquidity and credit risk primarily by managing the amount, sources and duration of its debt funding and, to a limited extent, the use of derivative instruments. For additional information regarding the leveling of the Company’s derivatives, refer to Note 10 – Fair Value Measurements.

The Company’s objective in using interest rate derivatives is to manage its exposure to interest rate movements and add stability to interest expense. To accomplish this objective, the Company uses interest rate swaps as part of its interest rate risk management strategy. Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed rate payments over the life of the agreement without exchange of the underlying notional amount.

2021 Settlements - Hedging 2021 Debt Issuances

In August 2020, the Company entered into forward-starting interest rate swap agreements to hedge against changes in future cash flows resulting from changes in interest rates from the trade date through the forecasted issuance date of $100 million of long-term debt. The Company hedged its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for a forecasted issuance of long-term debt over a maximum period ending February 2022. In May 2021, the Company terminated the swap agreements upon the debt issuance, receiving $8.0 million upon termination. This settlement was included as a component of accumulated OCI, to be recognized as an adjustment to income over the term of the debt.

In December 2020, the Company entered into forward-starting interest rate swap agreements to hedge against changes in future cash flows resulting from changes in interest rates from the trade date through the forecasted issuance date of $100 million of long-term debt. The Company hedged its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for a forecasted issuance of long-term debt over a maximum period ending February 2022. In May 2021, the Company terminated the swap agreements upon the debt issuance, receiving $5.6 million upon termination. This settlement was included as a component of accumulated OCI, to be recognized as an adjustment to income over the term of the debt.

In February 2021, the Company entered into forward-starting interest rate swap agreements to hedge against changes in future cash flows resulting from changes in interest rates from the trade date through the forecasted issuance date of $100 million of long-term debt. The Company hedged its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for a forecasted issuance of long-term debt over a maximum period ending February 2022. In May 2021, the Company terminated the swap agreements upon the debt issuance, receiving $3.1 million upon termination. This settlement was included as a component of accumulated OCI, to be recognized as an adjustment to income over the term of the debt.

2022 Settlements - Hedging 2022 Debt Issuances

In May and July 2021, the Company entered into forward-starting interest rate swap agreements to hedge against changes in future cash flows resulting from changes in interest rates from the trade date through the forecasted issuance date of $300 million of long-term debt. The Company hedged its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for a forecasted issuance of long-term debt over a maximum period ending December 2022. In August 2022, the Company terminated the swap agreements upon the debt issuance, receiving $28.4 million upon termination. This settlement was included as a component of accumulated OCI, to be recognized as an adjustment to income over the term of the debt.

2021 Settlements – Extinguishment of Term Loans

Prior to May 2021, the Company had entered interest rate swap agreements to hedge against future cash flows on variable-rate borrowings. These interest rate swap agreements were settled in May 2021. The Company incurred a charge of $14.6 million upon this repayment and settlement, including swap termination costs of $13.4 million and the write-off of previously unamortized debt issuance costs of $1.2 million. Details of the interest rate swaps and related terminations is as follows:    

In July 2014, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements to hedge against changes in future cash flows resulting from changes in interest rates on $65 million in variable-rate borrowings. Under the terms of the interest rate swap agreements, the Company received from the counterparty interest on the notional amount based on one month LIBOR and paid to the counterparty a fixed rate of 2.09%. These swaps effectively converted $65 million of variable-rate borrowings to fixed-rate borrowings from July 21, 2014 to July 21, 2021. In May 2021, the Company terminated the swap agreements upon the payoff of the related term loan, paying $0.3 million upon termination. This settlement was recognized as an expense during the year ended December 31, 2021.

In June 2016, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement to hedge against changes in future cash flows resulting from changes in interest rates on $40 million in variable-rate borrowings. Under the terms of the interest rate swap agreement, the Company received from the counterparty interest on the notional amount based on one month LIBOR and paid to the counterparty a fixed rate of 1.40%. This swap effectively converted $40 million of variable-rate borrowings to fixed-rate borrowings from August 1, 2016 to July 1, 2023. In May 2021, the Company terminated the swap agreements upon the payoff of the related term loan, paying $1.0 million upon termination. This settlement was recognized as an expense during the year ended December 31, 2021.

In December 2018, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements to hedge against changes in future cash flows resulting from changes in interest rates on $100 million in variable-rate borrowings. Under the terms of the interest rate swap agreements, the Company received from the counterparty interest on the notional amount based on one month LIBOR and paid to the counterparty a fixed rate of 2.66%. These swaps effectively converted $100 million of variable-rate borrowings to fixed-rate borrowings from December 27, 2018 to January 15, 2026. In May 2021, the Company terminated the swap agreements upon the payoff of the related term loan, paying $9.2 million upon termination. This settlement was recognized as an expense during the year ended December 31, 2021.

In October 2019, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements to hedge against changes in future cash flows resulting from changes in interest rates on $65 million in variable-rate borrowings. Under the terms of the interest rate swap agreements, the Company received from the counterparty interest on the notional amount based on one month LIBOR and paid to the counterparty a fixed rate of 1.4275%. This swap effectively converted $65 million of variable-rate

borrowings to fixed-rate borrowings from July 12, 2021 to January 12, 2024. In May 2021, the Company terminated the swap agreements upon the payoff of the related term loan, paying $1.8 million upon termination. This settlement was recognized as an expense during the year ended December 31, 2021.

Also, in October 2019, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement to hedge against changes in future cash flows resulting from changes in interest rates on $35 million in variable-rate borrowings. Under the terms of the interest rate swap agreement, the Company receives from the counterparty interest on the notional amount based on one month LIBOR and pays to the counterparty a fixed rate of 1.4265%. This swap effectively converted $35 million of variable-rate borrowings to fixed-rate borrowings from September 29, 2020 to January 12, 2024. In May 2021, the Company terminated the swap agreements upon the payoff of the related term loan, paying $1.1 million upon termination. This settlement was recognized as an expense during the year ended December 31, 2021.

Recognition

The Company recognizes all derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities at fair value on the balance sheet.  The Company recognizes its derivatives within Other Assets, net and Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Company recognizes all changes in fair value for hedging instruments designated and qualifying for cash flow hedge accounting treatment as a component of Other Comprehensive Income (OCI).

Accumulated OCI relates to (i) the change in fair value of forward-starting interest rate derivatives and (ii) realized gains or losses on settled derivative instruments. The realized gains or losses on settled derivative instruments are recognized as an adjustment to interest expense over the term of the hedged debt transaction. During the next twelve months, the Company estimates that an additional $2.5 million will be reclassified as an increase to interest expense.

During 2021, the Company accelerated the reclassification of amounts in accumulated OCI into expense given that the hedged forecasted transactions were no longer likely to occur. During 2021, the Company accelerated a loss of $13.4 million out of OCI into earnings due to missed forecasted transactions associated with terminated swap agreements in connection with the early payoff of the hedged term loans (see 2021 Settlements – Extinguishment of Term Loans above).

The Company had the following outstanding interest rate derivatives that were designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk (presented in thousands, except number of instruments):

	Number of Instruments 1		Notional 1
	December 31,	December 31,	December 31,		December 31,
Interest Rate Derivatives	2022	2021	2022		2021
Interest rate swap	—	3	$	—	$	300,000

(1) Number of Instruments and total Notional disclosed includes all interest rate swap agreements outstanding at the balance sheet date, including forward-starting swaps prior to their effective date.

The table below presents the estimated fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments as well as their classification in the Consolidated Balance Sheets (presented in thousands).

	Asset Derivatives
	December 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
	Fair Value		Fair Value
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges:
Other Assets, net	$	—	$	1,868

	Liability Derivatives
	December 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
	Fair Value		Fair Value
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges:
Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses, and Other Liabilities	$	—	$	3,335

The table below presents the effect of the Company’s derivative financial instruments in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 (presented in thousands).

							Location of Income/(Loss)	Amount of Income/(Loss)
	Amount of Income/(Loss) Recognized						Reclassified from Accumulated	Reclassified from Accumulated
	in OCI on Derivative						OCI into Income	OCI into Expense
Year Ended December 31,	2022		2021		2020			2022		2021		2020
Interest rate swaps	$	29,881	$	14,958	$	(34,558)	Interest expense	$	(684)	$	15,973	$	4,562
							Loss on extinguishment of debt and settlement of related hedges	$	—	$	13,363	$	—

The Company does not use derivative instruments for trading or other speculative purposes and did not have any other derivative instruments or hedging activities as of December 31, 2022.

Credit Risk-Related Contingent Features

The Company has agreements with its derivative counterparties that contain a provision where the Company could be declared in default on its derivative obligations if repayment of the underlying indebtedness is accelerated by the lender due to the Company’s default on the indebtedness.

As of December 31, 2022, the Company had no derivatives outstanding.

Although the derivative contracts are subject to master netting arrangements, which serve as credit mitigants to both the Company and its counterparties under certain situations, the Company does not net its derivative fair values or any existing rights or obligations to cash collateral on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The table below presents a gross presentation of the effects of offsetting and a net presentation of the Company’s derivatives as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The gross amounts of derivative assets or liabilities can be reconciled to the Tabular Disclosure of Fair Values of Derivative Instruments above, which also provides the location that derivative assets and liabilities are presented on the Consolidated Balance Sheets (presented in thousands):

Offsetting of Derivative Assets

As of December 31, 2022

Gross Amounts

Net Amounts of

Offset in the

Assets presented

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the

Gross Amounts

Statement of

in the Statement

Statement of Financial Position

of Recognized

Financial

of Financial

Financial

Cash Collateral

Assets

Position

Position

Instruments

Received

Net Amount

Derivatives

$

—

$

—

$

—

$

—

$

—

$

—

Offsetting of Derivative Liabilities

As of December 31, 2022

Net Amounts of

Gross Amounts

Liabilities

Offset in the

presented in the

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the

Gross Amounts

Statement of

Statement of

Statement of Financial Position

of Recognized

Financial

Financial

Financial

Cash Collateral

Liabilities

Position

Position

Instruments

Posted

Net Amount

Derivatives

$

—

$

—

$

—

$

—

$

—

$

—

Offsetting of Derivative Assets

As of December 31, 2021

Gross Amounts

Net Amounts of

Offset in the

Assets presented

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the

Gross Amounts

Statement of

in the Statement

Statement of Financial Position

of Recognized

Financial

of Financial

Financial

Cash Collateral

Assets

Position

Position

Instruments

Received

Net Amount

Derivatives

$

1,868

$

—

$

1,868

$

(1,679)

$

—

$

189

Offsetting of Derivative Liabilities

As of December 31, 2021

Net Amounts of

Gross Amounts

Liabilities

Offset in the

presented in the

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the

Gross Amounts

Statement of

Statement of

Statement of Financial Position

of Recognized

Financial

Financial

Financial

Cash Collateral

Liabilities

Position

Position

Instruments

Posted

Net Amount

Derivatives

$

3,335

$

—

$

3,335

$

(1,679)

$

—

$

1,656