Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Derivative Financial Instruments

Derivative Financial Instruments

6 Months Ended

Jul. 12, 2015

Derivative and Other Comprehensive Income

From time to time, the Company enters into derivative instruments for risk management purposes only, including a derivative designated as cash flow hedge under guidance for derivative instruments and hedging activities. By using these instruments, the Company exposes itself, from time to time, to both credit and market risk. Credit risk is the failure of either party to the contract to perform under the terms of the derivative contract. When the fair value of a derivative contract is positive, the counterparty owes the Company, creating credit risk for the Company. The Company minimizes credit risk by entering into transactions with high-quality counterparties whose credit ratings are evaluated on a quarterly basis. Market risk, as it relates to the Company's interest-rate derivative, is the adverse effect on the value of a financial instrument resulting from changes in interest rates. The Company minimizes market risk by establishing and monitoring parameters that limit the types and degree of market risk that the Company accepts.

The Company had one interest rate swap at December 28, 2014 with a remaining notional amount of $54.4 million. The Company entered into this variable-to-fixed interest rate swap agreement with Rabobank in August 2011 with an initial notional amount of $74.1 million to hedge its floating interest rate borrowings. The notional amount amortized over time from $74.1 million at inception to $50.6 million at its maturity on June 30, 2015. Under the terms of the interest rate swap, the quarterly cash payment or receipt was equal to the net of (1) the fixed interest rate of 1.135% paid by the Company and (2) the 3 month LIBOR rate for the applicable interest period received by the Company multiplied by the remaining notional amount as of the payment date.

Changes in fair value of the interest rate swap are recorded, net of tax, as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”), in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company reclassifies the effective gain or loss from accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, to interest expense on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of income as the interest expense is recognized on the related debt. The ineffective portion of the change in fair value of the interest rate swap, if any, is recognized directly in earnings in interest expense. The following table presents losses on the interest rate swap designated as a cash flow hedge recognized in other comprehensive income (“OCI”) and reclassifications from AOCI to earnings for the twelve and twenty-eight weeks ended July 12, 2015 and July 13, 2014 (in thousands):



	Losses recognized in OCI on derivative (effective portion)						Losses reclassified from AOCI into income (effective portion)
	July 12, 2015			July 13, 2014			July 12, 2015			July 13, 2014
Twelve Weeks Ended	$	—		$	(7	)	$	(13	)	$	(22	)
Twenty-eight Weeks Ended	$	(3	)	$	(78	)	$	(36	)	$	(51	)

The following table summarizes the fair value and presentation of the interest rate swap in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as hedging instruments as of July 12, 2015 and December 28, 2014 (in thousands):



	Derivative Liability
Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value at July 12, 2015		Fair Value at December 28, 2014
Accrued liabilities	$	—	$	347
Total derivatives	$	—	$	347

The components of accumulated other comprehensive income related to the interest rate swap being used to hedge cash flows were immaterial as of July 12, 2015 and December 28, 2014.

The interest rate swap was highly effective during 2015 until it matured on June 30, 2015.

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This element can be used to disclose the entity's entire derivative instruments and hedging activities disclosure as a single block of text. Describes the entity's risk management strategies, derivatives in hedging activities and non-hedging derivative instruments, the assets, obligations, liabilities, revenues and expenses arising there from, and the amounts of and methodologies and assumptions used in determining the amounts of such items. In addition, this label may include the following: 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income. Components of comprehensive income include: (1) foreign currency translation adjustments; (2) gains and losses on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (3) gains and losses on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (4) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (5) unrealized holding gains and losses on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (6) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (7) the net gain or loss and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans. In addition, this label may include the following: 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income. Components of comprehensive income include: (1) foreign currency translation adjustments; (2) gains and losses on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (3) gains and losses on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (4) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (5) unrealized holding gains and losses on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (6) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (7) the net gain or loss and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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