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Level 2—Include other inputs that are directly or indirectly observable in the marketplace.
Level 3—Unobservable inputs which are supported by little or no market activity.
In July 2020, the Company entered into
interest rate swap agreements with a termination date of December 31, 2025, to run concurrently with the Terminal Facility. The interest rate receivable by the Company under these interest rate swap agreements is
3-month
LIBOR, calculated on a
360-day
year basis, which resets every three months in line with the dates of interest payments on the Terminal Facility. The interest rate payable by the Company under these interest rate swap agreements is 0.369% and 0.3615% per annum calculated on a
360-day
year basis.
As of June 30, 2022, the interest rate swaps had a fair value asset of $1.8 million (December 31, 2021, a fair value asset of $0.6 million) and there were unrealized gains of $1.2 million recognized on the combined fair value of the swaps for the six months ended June 30, 2022. (Six months ended June 30, 2021, an unrealized gain of $0.2 million).
On August 4, 2021, following the Ultragas Transaction, the Company assumed a number of existing loan facilities with associated fixed interest rate swaps. The interest rate receivable by the Company under these interest rate swap agreements is
6-month
LIBOR, calculated on a
360-day
year basis, which resets every six months in line with the dates of interest payments on the Term Loan Facilities. The interest rate payable by the Company under these interest rate swap agreements is in the range between 1.627% and 2.137% per annum, calculated on a
360-day
year basis.
As of June 30, 2022, the interest rate swaps had a fair value asset of $3.6 million (December 31, 2021: a fair value liability of $3.2 million) and unrealized gains of $6.8 million were recognized on the combined fair value of the swaps for the six months ended June 30, 2022 (Six months ended June 30, 2021: NaN).
On December 10, 2021, the Company entered into new floating to fixed interest rate swap agreements on our September 2020 Secured Revolving Credit Facility with a termination date of September 2025 to run concurrently with the facility. The interest rate receivable by the Company under these interest rate swap agreements is
3-month
LIBOR, calculated on a
360-day
year basis, which resets every three months in line with the dates of interest payments on the Secured Revolving Credit Facility. The interest rate payable by the Company under these interest rate swap agreements is 1.296% per annum to the four bank institutions, calculated on a
360-day
year basis.
As of June 30, 2022, these interest rate swaps had a fair value asset of $9.0 million (December 31, 2021: a fair value liability of $0.6 million) and unrealized gains of $9.6 million were recognized for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
All of the interest rate swaps above are remeasured to fair value at each reporting date and have been categorized as level two on the fair value measurement hierarchy. The remeasurement to fair value has no impact on the cash flows at the reporting date. There is no requirement for cash collateral to be placed with the swap providers under any of these swap agreements.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate risk
All foreign currency-denominated monetary assets and liabilities are revalued and are reported in the Company’s functional currency based on the prevailing exchange rate at the end of the period. These foreign currency transactions fluctuate based on the strength of the U.S. Dollar relative to the NOK and are included in our results of operations. The primary source of our foreign exchange gains and losses are the movements on our
NOK-denominated
2018 Bonds, which we have mitigated through the cross-currency interest rate swap. The remeasurement of all foreign currency-denominated monetary assets and liabilities at each reporting date results in unrealized foreign currency exchange differences but do not impact our cash flows.
The Company entered into a cross-currency interest rate swap agreement concurrently with the issuance of its NOK denominated senior secured bonds (please read Note 7—Senior Secured Bond to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements) and pursuant to this swap, the Company receives the principal amount of NOK
600
million in exchange for a payment of a fixed amount of $
71.7
million on the maturity date of the swap.
In addition, at each quarterly interest payment date, the cross-currency interest rate swap exchanges a receipt of floating interest of 6.0% plus
3-month
NIBOR on NOK 600 million for a U.S. Dollar payment of floating interest of 6.608% plus
3-month
U.S. LIBOR on the $71.7 million principal amount. The purpose of the cross-currency interest rate swap is to economically hedge the foreign currency exposure on the payments of interest and principal of the Company’s NOK denominated 2018 Bonds due to mature in November 2023.
The fair value of this
non-designated
derivative instrument is presented in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets and the change in fair value is presented in the consolidated statements of operations. As of June 30, 2022, the cross-currency interest rate swap had a fair value liability of $12.7 million (December 31, 2021, a fair value liability of $5.1 million) and an unrealized loss of $7.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 (Six months ended June 30, 2021: an unrealized gain of $0.2 million).
The remeasurement to fair value has no impact on the cash flows at the reporting date except for the effect on restricted cash. An amount of $7.4 million as of June 30, 2022, is included in restricted cash and represents cash required to be set aside as collateral in accordance with a contractual agreement with a banking institution, representing the forecast future liability on the cross-currency interest rate swap. The Company has 0t offset the fair value of the derivative with any cash collateral account, notwithstanding there is a master netting agreement in place.