Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]

Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities

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Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities
The Company follows a derivative investment policy which provides guidelines and objectives related to managing financial and operational exposures arising from market changes in short term interest rates. In accordance with this policy, the Company can enter into interest rate swaps or similar instruments, will endeavor to evaluate all the risks inherent in a transaction before entering into a derivative financial instrument and will not enter into derivative financial instruments for speculative or trading purposes. Hedging relationships are formally documented at the inception of the hedge and hedges must be highly effective in offsetting changes to future cash flows on hedged transactions at the inception of a hedge and on an ongoing basis to be designated for hedge accounting treatment.
The Company is exposed to interest rate risk related to its variable rate debt obligations under the 2021 Credit Agreement. The Company uses an interest rate swap agreement to manage exposure arising from this risk. The swap has a constant notional amount over a five-year term that ends on April 26, 2028. The agreement pays the Company 30-day SOFR on the notional amount and the Company pays a fixed rate of interest equal to 1.74%. The Company does not have any other derivative financial instruments.
The table below presents the location and gross fair value amounts of the Company's derivative financial instruments and the associated notional amounts designated as cash flow hedges (in thousands):
 
December 31, 2025
  Balance Sheet Location Notional Fair Value Derivative Assets
Derivatives designated as hedges:
Cash flow hedges
Interest rate swaps Derivative financial instruments $ 20,000 $ 748

 
December 31, 2024
  Balance Sheet Location Notional Fair Value Derivative Assets
Derivatives designated as hedges:
Cash flow hedges
Interest rate swaps Derivative financial instruments $ 20,000 $ 1,481

The table below presents the effect of our derivative financial instruments designated as hedging instruments in AOCI (in thousands):
Years Ended
 
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Gain on cash flow hedges - interest rate swaps  
Beginning balance $ 1,119 $ 1,088
Unrealized gain recognized in AOCI (227) 734
Amounts reclassified to interest expense (a)(b) (506) (694)
Tax benefit (provision) 179 (9)
Ending balance $ 565 $ 1,119
(a) Negative amounts represent interest income and positive amounts represent interest expense. Interest expense as presented in the consolidated statement of operations for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 was $1.3 million and $1.8 million, respectively.
(b) As of December 31, 2025, $0.3 million of income is expected to be reclassified into earnings within the next 12 months.
The Company did not incur any hedge ineffectiveness during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.