Derivative Financial Instruments
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Mar. 31, 2012
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Derivative Financial Instruments [Abstract] | |
Derivative Financial Instruments |
NOTE 8. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Company’s primary exchange rate risk management objective is to mitigate the uncertainty of anticipated cash flows attributable to changes in exchange rates. The Company primarily focuses on mitigating changes in cash flows resulting from sales denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. The Company manages this risk primarily by using currency forward and option contracts. If the anticipated transactions are deemed probable, the resulting relationships are formally designated as cash flow hedges.
At March 31, 2012, the Company’s derivative contracts had a remaining maturity of one year or less. The counterparty to these transactions had both long-term and short-term investment grade credit ratings. The maximum net exposure to the counterparty, which is generally limited to the aggregate unrealized gain of all contracts with that counterparty, was less than $63 at March 31, 2012. The Company’s derivative counterparty has strong credit ratings and as a result, the Company does not require collateral to facilitate transactions.
The Company held the following contracts designated as hedged instruments as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011:
The Company accounts for these contracts as cash flow hedges and tests effectiveness by determining whether changes in the cash flow of the derivative offset, within a range, changes in the cash flow of the hedged item. For contracts that qualify as effective hedge instruments, the effective portion of gains and losses resulting from changes in fair value of the instruments are included in accumulated other comprehensive income and reclassified to sales in the period the underlying hedge item is recognized in earnings. $1 and $(210) were reclassified to sales during the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
As of December 31, 2011, the Company reported an accumulated derivative instrument gain of $506. During the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Company reported an adjustment to accumulated other comprehensive income of $(538), as a result of the change in fair value of these contracts, resulting in an accumulated derivative instrument loss of $(32) reported as of March 31, 2012.
The following table presents the balance sheet classification and fair value of derivative instruments as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011:
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