Columbia Sportswear Company Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Financial Instruments and Risk Management

Financial Instruments and Risk Management

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Financial Instruments and Risk Management

normal course of business, the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows are routinely subject to a variety of risks. These risks include risks associated with financial markets, primarily currency exchange rate risk and, to a lesser extent, interest rate risk and equity market risk. The Company regularly assesses these risks and has established policies and business practices designed to mitigate them. The Company does not engage in speculative trading in any financial market.

The Company actively manages the risk of changes in functional currency equivalent cash flows resulting from anticipated non-functional currency denominated purchases and sales. Subsidiaries that use European euros, Canadian dollars, Japanese yen, Chinese renminbi, or Korean won as their functional currency are primarily exposed to changes in functional currency equivalent cash flows from anticipated U.S. dollar inventory purchases. The Company's prAna subsidiary uses U.S. dollars as its functional currency and is exposed to anticipated Canadian dollar denominated sales. The Company manages these risks by using currency forward contracts formally designated and effective as cash flow hedges. Hedge effectiveness is generally determined by evaluating the ability of a hedging instrument's cumulative change in fair value to offset the cumulative change in the present value of expected cash flows on the underlying exposures. For forward contracts, forward points are excluded from the determination of hedge effectiveness and are included in current Cost of sales for hedges of anticipated U.S. dollar inventory purchases and in Net sales for hedges of anticipated Canadian dollar sales on a straight-line basis over the life of the contract. In each accounting period, any difference between the change in fair value of the forward points and the amount recognized in earnings on a straight-line basis is recognized in Other comprehensive income in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. Hedge ineffectiveness was not material during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016.

The Company also uses currency forward contracts not formally designated as hedges to manage the consolidated currency exchange rate risk associated with the remeasurement of non-functional currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities by subsidiaries that use U.S. dollars, euros, Canadian dollars, yen, won, or renminbi as their functional currency. Non-functional currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, receivables, payables, deferred income taxes, and intercompany loans. The gains and losses generated on these currency forward contracts not formally designated as hedges are expected to be largely offset in Other non-operating expense by the gains and losses generated from the remeasurement of the non-functional currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities.

The following table presents the gross notional amount of outstanding derivative instruments:



	December 31,
(in thousands)	2018		2017
Derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges:
Currency forward contracts	$	399,348	$	448,448
Derivative instruments not designated as hedges:
Currency forward contracts	379,701		231,161

At December 31, 2018, approximately $9,457,000 of deferred net gains on both outstanding and matured derivatives accumulated in Other comprehensive income are expected to be reclassified to Net income during the next twelve months as a result of underlying hedged transactions also being recorded in Net sales or Cost of sales in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Actual amounts ultimately reclassified to Net sales or Cost of sales in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income are dependent on U.S. dollar exchange rates in effect against the euro, renminbi, Canadian dollar, and yen when outstanding derivative contracts mature.

At December 31, 2018, the Company's derivative contracts had a remaining maturity of less than three years. The maximum net exposure to any single counterparty, which is generally limited to the aggregate unrealized gain of all contracts with that counterparty, was less than $7,000,000 at December 31, 2018. All of the Company's derivative counterparties have investment grade credit ratings. The Company is a party to master netting arrangements that contain features that allow counterparties to net settle amounts arising from multiple separate derivative transactions or net settle in the case of certain triggering events such as a bankruptcy or major default of one of the counterparties to the transaction. The Company has not pledged assets or posted collateral as a requirement for entering into or maintaining derivative positions.

The following table presents the balance sheet classification and fair value of derivative instruments:



		December 31,
(in thousands)	Balance Sheet Classification	2018		2017
Derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges:
Derivative instruments in asset positions:
Currency forward contracts	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	11,818	$	1,648
Currency forward contracts	Other non-current assets	9,922		335
Derivative instruments in liability positions:
Currency forward contracts	Accrued liabilities	47		9,336
Currency forward contracts	Other long-term liabilities	1		3,820
Derivative instruments not designated as cash flow hedges:
Derivative instruments in asset positions:
Currency forward contracts	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	1,797		683
Derivative instruments in liability positions:
Currency forward contracts	Accrued liabilities	970		1,229

The following table presents the statement of operations effect and classification of derivative instruments for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016:



		For the Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands)	Statement Of Operations Classification	2018			2017			2016
Currency Forward Contracts:
Derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges:
Gain (loss) recognized in other comprehensive income, net of tax	—	$	23,503		$	(15,862	)	$	583
Gain reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income or loss to income for the effective portion	Net sales	62			144			115
Gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income or loss to income for the effective portion	Cost of sales	(7,604		)	1,195			(724		)
Loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income or loss to income as a result of cash flow hedge discontinuance	Cost of sales	—			—			(24		)
Gain recognized in income for amount excluded from effectiveness testing and for the ineffective portion	Net sales	19			6			1
Gain recognized in income for amount excluded from effectiveness testing and for the ineffective portion	Cost of sales	7,009			2,843			1,240
Loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income or loss to income as a result of cash flow hedge discontinuance	Other non-operating expense	—			(178		)	—
Derivative instruments not designated as hedges:
Gain (loss) recognized in income	Other non-operating expense	3,334			(3,943		)	2,739