Derivatives

The Company has manufacturing and sales facilities around the world and thus makes investments and conducts business transactions denominated in various currencies. The Company is also exposed to fluctuations in interest rates and commodity price changes. These financial exposures are monitored and managed by the Company as an integral part of its risk management program.

Financial instruments have been used by the Company to hedge its exposure to fluctuations in interest rates. In 2012, the Company entered into five-year interest rate swap agreements transacted with three banks which together convert the interest on the first $100,000 of the Company's one-month LIBOR-based borrowings from a variable rate plus the borrowing spread to a fixed rate of 1.03% plus the borrowing spread. These interest rate swap agreements were accounted for as cash flow hedges.

The Company also uses financial instruments to hedge its exposures to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The Company has various contracts outstanding which primarily hedge recognized assets or liabilities, and anticipated transactions in various currencies including the Euro, British pound sterling, U.S. dollar, Canadian dollar, Japanese yen, Singapore dollar, Korean won, Swedish kroner, Chinese renminbi and Swiss franc. Certain foreign currency derivative instruments are treated as cash flow hedges of forecasted transactions. All foreign exchange contracts are due within two years.

The Company does not use derivatives for speculative or trading purposes or to manage commodity exposures.

Changes in the fair market value of derivatives that qualify as fair value hedges or cash flow hedges are recorded directly to earnings or accumulated other non-owner changes to equity, depending on the designation. Amounts recorded to accumulated other non-owner changes to equity are reclassified to earnings in a manner that matches the earnings impact of the hedged transaction. Any ineffective portion, or amounts related to contracts that are not designated as hedges, are recorded directly to earnings.

The Company's policy for classifying cash flows from derivatives is to report the cash flows consistent with the underlying hedged item. Other financing cash flows during the first three months of 2016, as presented on the consolidated statements of cash flows, include $2,874 of net cash losses from the settlement of foreign currency hedges related to intercompany financing.

The following table sets forth the fair value amounts of derivative instruments held by the Company.



	March 31, 2016					December 31, 2015
	Asset Derivatives		Liability Derivatives			Asset Derivatives		Liability Derivatives
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate contracts	$	—	$	(460	)	$	—	$	(357	)
Foreign exchange contracts	377		—			484		—

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Foreign exchange contracts	308		(1,221		)	215		(101		)
Total derivatives	$	685	$	(1,681	)	$	699	$	(458	)

Asset derivatives are recorded in prepaid expenses and other current assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Liability derivatives related to interest rate contracts and foreign exchange contracts are recorded in other liabilities and accrued liabilities, respectively, in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

The following table sets forth the (loss) gain, net of tax, recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 for derivatives held by the Company and designated as hedging instruments.



	Three months ended March 31,
	2016			2015
Cash flow hedges:
Interest rate contracts	$	(65	)	$	(232	)
Foreign exchange contracts	(83		)	344
	$	(148	)	$	112

Amounts related to the interest rate swaps included within accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) that were reclassified to expense during the first three months of 2016 and 2015 resulted in a fixed rate of interest of 1.03% plus the borrowing spread for the first $100,000 of one-month LIBOR borrowings. Additionally, there were no amounts recognized in income for hedge ineffectiveness during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.

The following table sets forth the net (loss) gain recorded in other expense (income), net in the consolidated statements of income for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 for non-designated derivatives held by the Company. Such amounts were substantially offset by the net (gain) loss recorded on the underlying hedged asset or liability, also recorded in other expense (income), net.



	Three months ended March 31,
	2016			2015
Foreign exchange contracts	$	(3,712	)	$	8,617