Interest Rate Hedge Swaps |
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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest Rate Hedge Swaps |
13. INTEREST RATE HEDGE SWAPS
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
The Company has historically used interest rate swaps to add stability to interest expense and to manage its exposure to interest rate movements. In February 2013, the Company entered into two interest rate swap agreements associated with a portion of its variable rate debt under the $70.0 million Pinedale Credit Facility, as discussed further in Note 11 ("Debt"). The notional amount covered under these agreements totaled $52.5 million (split evenly between the two agreements). Under the terms of the interest rate swap agreements, the Company received a floating rate based on the one-month LIBOR and paid a fixed rate of 0.865%. Each of the swap agreements was set to expire in December 2017. The agreements were designated as cash flow hedges at inception and accordingly, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the swap was reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income ("AOCI") and was reclassified into interest expense when the interest rate swap transaction affected earnings. Any ineffective portion of the gain or loss was recognized immediately in interest expense.
On March 30, 2016, the Company restructured the Pinedale Credit Facility, as further discussed in Note 11 ("Debt"). In connection with the assignment of the Pinedale Credit Facility, the Company terminated one of the interest rate swap agreements with a notional amount of $26.3 million and the remaining interest rate swap with a notional amount of $26.3 million was de-designated from hedge accounting. The remaining derivative expired in December 2017.
The table below presents the effect of the Company's derivative financial instruments on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 (note that the ineffective portion is not presented as it was inconsequential for all periods presented):
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