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Financial Instruments And Risk Management

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Financial Instruments And Risk Management
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Derivative Instruments and Hedges, Assets [Abstract]  
Financial Instruments And Risk Management
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT
In the 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 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. Subsidiaries that use U.S. dollars as their functional currency are primarily exposed to anticipated Canadian dollar denominated sales. The Company manages these risks by using currency forward and option 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, the change in fair value attributable to changes in forward points is excluded from the determination of hedge effectiveness and included in current period cost of sales for hedges of anticipated U.S. dollar inventory purchases and in net sales for hedges of anticipated Canadian dollar sales. For option contracts, the change in fair value attributable to changes in time value are excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness and included in current period cost of sales. Hedge ineffectiveness was not material during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.
 
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 European euros, Canadian dollars, Japanese yen, Korean won or Chinese 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 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 income (expense), net 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 (in thousands): 
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
March 31,
2014
Derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges:
 
 
 
 
 
Currency forward contracts
$
106,500

 
$
103,000

 
$
142,500

Currency option contracts
7,000

 
—

 
—

Derivative instruments not designated as cash flow hedges:
 
 
 
 
 
Currency forward contracts
75,000

 
128,000

 
36,000


At March 31, 2015, approximately $15,632,000 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 income. Actual amounts ultimately reclassified to net income are dependent on U.S. dollar exchange rates in effect against the European euro, Canadian dollar, Japanese yen and Korean won when outstanding derivative contracts mature.
At March 31, 2015, the Company’s derivative contracts had a remaining maturity of less than one year. 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 $5,000,000 at March 31, 2015. 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. Finally, 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 (in thousands):
 
 
Balance Sheet Classification
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
March 31,
2014
Derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative instruments in asset positions:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Currency forward contracts
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
$
14,475

 
$
9,993

 
$
2,391

Currency option contracts
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
132

 
—

 
—

Currency forward contracts
 
Other non-current assets
 
—

 
—

 
128

Derivative instruments in liability positions:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Currency forward contracts
 
Accrued liabilities
 
—

 
—

 
1,017

Currency forward contracts
 
Other long-term liabilities
 
—

 
—

 
33

Derivative instruments not designated as cash flow hedges:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative instruments in asset positions:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Currency forward contracts
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
1,180

 
2,754

 
312

Derivative instruments in liability positions:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Currency forward contracts
 
Accrued liabilities
 
123

 
924

 
—


The following table presents the statement of operations effect and classification of derivative instruments (in thousands):
 
 
Statement of
Operations
Classification
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
 
 
2015
 
2014
Currency Forward and Option Contracts:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges:
 
 
 
 
Gain recognized in other comprehensive income or loss
 
—
 
$
5,582

 
$
704

Gain reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income or loss to income for the effective portion
 
Cost of sales
 
2,257

 
809

Loss recognized in income for amount excluded from effectiveness testing and for the ineffective portion
 
Net sales
 
(15
)
 
—

Loss recognized in income for amount excluded from effectiveness testing and for the ineffective portion
 
Cost of sales
 
(122
)
 
(22
)
Derivative instruments not designated as cash flow hedges:
 
 
 
 
Gain (loss) recognized in income
 
Other non-operating expense
 
2,936

 
(1,465
)