DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

On May 28, 2019, the Company entered into a pay-fixed (2.05%), receive-floating interest rate swap with a notional amount of $108,569 and a maturity date of June 27, 2023, which was designated as cash flow hedge. The net interest income related to the interest rate swap contract was $0 and $1,518 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively. There was no such income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 as the interest rate swap was settled on its maturity date of June 27, 2023. The net interest income was recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings under "Interest expense, net."

On May 28, 2019, the Company also entered into a pay-fixed (0.00%), receive-fixed (2.05%) cross-currency swap to manage foreign exchange risk related to the Company's net investment in Chemogas, which was designated as net investment hedge. The derivative had a notional amount of $108,569, an effective date of May 28, 2019, and a maturity date of June 27, 2023. The interest income related to the cross-currency swap contract was $0 and $1,119 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively. There was no such income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 as the cross-currency swap was settled on its maturity date of June 27, 2023. The interest income was recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings under "Interest expense, net."

The Company settled its derivative instruments on their maturity date of June 27, 2023 and had no other derivatives outstanding as of September 30, 2024. The proceeds from the settlement of the cross-currency swap in the amount of $2,740 were classified as investing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows in the second quarter of 2023.

Losses on our hedging instruments were recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and categorized as follows for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023. There were no such losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024:


	Location within Statements of Comprehensive Income	Three Months Ended September 30, 2023		Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023

Cash flow hedge (interest rate swap), net of tax	Unrealized (loss) on cash flow hedge, net	$	—	$	(1,065)
Net investment hedge (cross-currency swap), net of tax	Net foreign currency translation adjustment	—		(1,455)
Total		$	—	$	(2,520)