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Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]  
Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements
6.
Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements

The following methods and assumptions were used by the Company in estimating fair value disclosures of financial instruments:

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable and Other Liabilities

The carrying amounts reported in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets for these financial instruments approximated fair value because of their short-term maturities.

Indebtedness

The fair market value of debt is estimated using a discounted cash flow technique that incorporates future contractual interest and principal payments and a market interest yield curve with adjustments for duration, optionality and risk profile, including the Company’s non-performance risk and loan to value, and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

Considerable judgment is necessary to develop estimated fair values of financial instruments. Accordingly, the estimates presented are not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company could realize on disposition of the financial instruments. At March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the carrying amount of indebtedness was $595.5 million and $423.2 million, respectively, and the fair value was $599.1 million and $432.0 million, respectively.

Items Measured on Fair Value on a Recurring Basis - Derivatives

The Company has pay-fixed interest rate swaps to manage some of its exposure to future changes in benchmark-interest rates (the “Swaps”). The estimated fair value was determined using the market standard methodology of netting the discounted fixed cash payments and the discounted expected variable cash receipts. The variable cash receipts are based on an expectation of interest rates (forward curves) derived from observable market interest rate curves. In addition, credit valuation adjustments, which consider the impact of any credit enhancements to the contract, are incorporated in the fair value to account for potential non-performance risk, including the Company’s own non-performance risk and the respective counterparty’s non-performance risk. The Company determined that the significant inputs used to value its Swaps fell within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The following table summarizes the terms and fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value as of

 

Instrument

 

Associated Debt Instrument

 

Effective Date

 

Maturity Date

 

Notional Amount(A)

 

 

March 31, 2026(B)

 

 

December 31, 2025(B)

 

Interest Rate Swap

 

 2024 Term Loan

 

Apr 2025

 

Oct 2028

 

$

100,000

 

 

$

(113

)

 

$

(796

)

Interest Rate Swap

 

 2024 Term Loan

 

Oct 2028

 

Oct 2029

 

$

100,000

 

 

$

(216

)

 

$

(212

)

Interest Rate Swap

 

 2025 Term Loan

 

Jul 2025

 

Jan 2031

 

$

150,000

 

 

$

(738

)

 

$

(1,761

)

(A)
These interest rate swap agreements utilize a one-month SOFR.
(B)
The Swaps (included in accounts payable and other liabilities) are measured at fair value on a recurring basis, which are classified as Level 2 measurement on the fair value hierarchy.

 

Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives

The Company is exposed to certain risks arising from both its business operations and economic conditions. The Company principally manages its exposures to a wide variety of business and operational risks through management of its core business activities. The Company manages economic risks, including interest rate, liquidity and credit risk, primarily by managing the amount, sources and duration of its debt funding and, from time to time, through the use of derivative financial instruments. Specifically, the Company enters into derivative financial instruments to manage exposures that arise from business activities that result in the receipt or payment of future known and uncertain cash amounts, the values of which are determined by interest rates. The Company’s derivative financial instruments are used to manage differences in the amount, timing and duration of the Company’s known or expected cash receipts and its known or expected cash payments principally related to the Company’s borrowings.

Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk

The Company’s objectives in using interest rate derivatives are to manage its exposure to interest rate movements. To accomplish this objective, the Company generally uses swaps, caps and treasury locks as part of its interest rate risk management strategy. The Swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount.

The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated, and that qualify, as cash flow hedges are recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“OCI”) and are subsequently reclassified into interest expense, in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. The Company expects to reflect, within the next 12 months, an increase to interest expense (and a corresponding decrease to earnings) of approximately $0.3 million. All components of the Swaps were included in the assessment of hedge effectiveness.

The Company is exposed to credit risk in the event of non-performance by the counterparty to the swap if the derivative position has a positive balance. The Company believes it mitigates its credit risk by entering into swaps with major financial institutions. The Company continually monitors and actively manages interest costs on its variable-rate debt portfolio and may enter into additional interest rate swap positions or other derivative interest rate instruments based on market conditions. The Company has not entered, and does not plan to enter, into any derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.

The table below details the location in the financial statements of the income recognized on interest rate swaps and treasury locks designated as cash flow hedges (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2026

 

Amount of income recognized in Accumulated OCI on interest rate swaps, net

 

$

1,737

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts reclassified from Accumulated OCI to interest expense

 

$

28

 

Credit Risk-Related Contingent Features

The Company has agreements with Swap counterparties that contain a provision whereby if the Company defaults on certain of its indebtedness, the Company could also be declared in default on the Swap, resulting in an acceleration of payment under the Swap.