BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC

(amounts in thousands, except per share data, unless otherwise noted)

Note 1 – Basis of Presentation

Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (the Company) is a Texas corporation that provides advanced manufacturing services, which include design and engineering services and technology solutions. From initial product concept to volume production, including direct order fulfillment and aftermarket services, the Company has been providing integrated services and solutions to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) since 1979. The Company serves the following market sectors: complex industrials, aerospace and defense (A&D), medical technologies, semiconductor capital equipment (semi-cap), advanced computing and next-generation communications. The Company has manufacturing operations located in the United States and Mexico (the Americas), Asia and Europe.

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) relating to interim financial statements. The condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal and recurring adjustments necessary in the opinion of management for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. The results of operations for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the 2023 10-K).

Management has made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities to prepare these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (U.S. GAAP) for interim financial statements. However, actual results could differ materially from these estimates.

Note 2 – New Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (Topic 740) (ASU 2023-09), which improves the transparency of income tax disclosures by requiring consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the guidance and its impact to the financial statements.

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures (ASU 2023-07), which requires public entities disclose information about their reportable segments' oversight and significant expenses on an interim and annual basis. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the guidance and its impact to the financial statements.

The Company does not believe that any other recently issued accounting standards will have a material impact on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows, or will not apply to its operations.

Note 3 – Inventories

Inventory costs are summarized as follows:

Note 4 – Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill allocated to the Company’s reportable operating segments follows:

A summary of the Company’s acquired identifiable intangible assets and capitalized purchased software costs follows:

A summary of the components of amortization expense, as presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows, follows:

A summary of the future amortization expense related to the Company’s intangible assets held as of March 31, 2024 for each of the next five years follows:

Note 5 – Borrowing Facilities

Long-term debt consists of the following:

On July 20, 2018, the Company entered into a $650 million credit agreement (the Prior Credit Agreement) by and among the Company, certain of its subsidiaries, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and an L/C Issuer. The Prior Credit Agreement was comprised of afive-year $500 million revolving credit facility and afive-year $151 million term loan facility, both of which had a maturity date of July 20, 2023. The term loan facility proceeds were used to (i) refinance a portion of existing indebtedness and terminate all commitments under the Company’s prior $430 million credit agreement and (ii) pay the fees, costs and expenses associated with the foregoing and the negotiation, execution and delivery of the Prior Credit Agreement.

On December 21, 2021, the Company amended and restated the Prior Credit Agreement by entering into a $381 million amended and restated credit agreement (the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement). The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is comprised of afive-year $250 million revolving credit facility (the Revolving Credit Facility) and afive-year $131.3 million term loan facility (the Term Loan Facility), and the maturity date of the original revolving credit facility and term loan facility was extended from July 20, 2023 to December 21, 2026.

On May 20, 2022, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 (the Amendment) to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended, the Credit Agreement). The Amendment increased the Revolving Credit Facility commitments from $250 million to $450 million. The Amendment also established that the interest on outstanding borrowings starting on the next reset date and any new borrowings under the Amendment (other than swingline loans) will accrue, at the Company’s option, at (a) the Bloomberg Short Term Bank Yield Index (BSBY) plus the Applicable Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement, approximately 1.00% to 2.00% per annum depending on various factors) or (b) for U.S. dollar denominated loans, the base rate (which is the highest of (i) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, (ii) the Bank of America, N.A. prime rate, (iii) the one month BSBY adjusted daily rate plus 1.00% and (iv)1.00%).

On February 3, 2023, the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 to the Credit Agreement, which increased the maximum amount of trade accounts receivable that the Company may elect to sell at any one time to $200.0 million.

On May 1, 2023, the Company entered into Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement (Amendment No. 3), which increased the Revolving Credit Facility commitments from $450 million to $550 million. Amendment No. 3 also established that the interest on outstanding borrowings starting on the next reset date and any new borrowings under Amendment No. 3 (other than swingline loans) will accrue, at the Company’s option, at (a) the Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) plus 0.10% plus the Applicable Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement, approximately 1.00% to 2.00% per annum depending on various factors) or (b) for U.S. dollar denominated loans, the base rate (which is the highest of (i) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, (ii) the Bank of America, N.A. prime rate, (iii) Term SOFR plus 1.00% and (iv)1.00%).

The Revolving Credit Facility is available for general corporate purposes. The Credit Agreement includes an accordion feature pursuant to which the Company is permitted to add one or more incremental term loans and/or increase commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility in an aggregate amount of $100 million or a higher amount, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions and exceptions.

The Term Loan Facility is subject toquarterly principal installments equal to 0.625% of the initial aggregate term loan advances to be paid. On December 31, 2024, thequarterly principal installments on the Term Loan Facility increased to 1.25% of the initial aggregate term loan advances to be paid.

As of March 31, 2024, a portion of the $126.3 million outstanding debt under the Credit Agreement is effectively at a fixed interest rate of 4.039% as a result of a $126.3 million notional interest rate swap contract, which is discussed in Note 14. A commitment fee of 0.20% to 0.30% per annum (based on the debt to EBITDA ratio) on the unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility is payable quarterly in arrears.

The Credit Agreement is generally secured by a pledge of (a) all the capital stock of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries and 65% of the capital stock of its directly owned foreign subsidiaries, (b) all or substantially all other personal property of the Company and its domestic subsidiaries (including, but not limited to, accounts receivable, contract assets, inventory, intellectual property and fixed assets of the Company and its domestic subsidiaries), in each case, subject to customary exceptions and limitations, and (c) all proceeds and products of the property and assets described in (a) and (b) above.

The Credit Agreement contains certain financial covenants related to interest coverage and debt leverage, and certain customary affirmative and negative covenants, including restrictions on the Company’s ability to incur additional debt and liens, pay dividends, repurchase shares, sell assets and merge or consolidate with other persons. Amounts due under the Credit Agreement could be accelerated upon specified events of default, including a failure to pay amounts due, breach of a covenant, material inaccuracy of a representation, or occurrence of bankruptcy or insolvency, subject, in some cases, to cure periods.

As of March 31, 2024, the Company had $126.3 million in borrowings outstanding under the Term Loan Facility, $190.0 million in borrowings outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility, and $4.4 million in letters of credit outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had $355.6 million available for future borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility subject to compliance with financial covenants as to interest coverage and debt leverage, in addition to other debt covenant restrictions.

Note 6 – Leases

The Company determines if a contract is or contains a lease at inception. The Company leases certain facilities, vehicles and other equipment. The Company’s leases primarily consist of operating leases which expire at various dates through 2036. Variable lease payments are generally expensed as incurred and primarily include certain index-based changes in rent and certain non-lease components, such as maintenance and other services provided by the lessor.

The components of lease expense were as follows:

A summary of cash flow information related to leases follows:

A summary of other information about the Company's leases follows:

A summary of the Company's future annual minimum lease payments as of March 31, 2024 follows (in thousands):

Note 7 – Common Stock and Stock-Based Awards

Dividends

On March 11, 2024, the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.165 per share of the Company’s common stock to shareholders of record as of March 29, 2024. The dividend of $5.9 million was paid on April 12, 2024.

The Board of Directors currently intends to continue paying quarterly dividends. However, the Company’s future dividend policy is subject to the Company’s compliance with applicable laws, and depends on, among other things, the Company’s results of operations, financial condition, level of indebtedness, capital requirements, contractual restrictions, restrictions in the Company’s debt agreements, and other factors that the Board of Directors may deem relevant. Dividend payments are not mandatory or guaranteed and no assurance is made that the Company will continue to pay a dividend in the future.

Share Repurchase Authorization

On March 6, 2018, the Board of Directors approved an expanded share repurchase authorization granting the Company authority to repurchase up to $250 million in common stock in addition to the $100 million previously approved on December 7, 2015. On October 26, 2018 and February 19, 2020, the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of an additional $100 million and $150 million of the Company’s common stock, respectively.

Share purchases may be made in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or block transactions, at the discretion of the Company’s management and as market conditions warrant. Purchases will be funded from available cash and may be commenced, suspended or discontinued at any time without prior notice. Shares repurchased under the program are retired.

The Company didnot repurchase shares during the three months ended March 31, 2024. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had $154.6 million remaining under share repurchase authorizations.

Stock-Based Compensation

Under the 2019 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (as amended, the 2019 Plan), the Company, upon approval of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, may grant stock options, restricted shares, restricted stock units (both time-based and performance-based) and certain other forms of equity awards, or any combination thereof, to any director, officer, employee or consultant (including any prospective director, officer, employee or consultant) of the Company. Stock options (which have not been awarded since 2015) are granted to employees with an exercise price equal to the market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant, generally vest over afour-year period from the date of grant and typically have a term of 10 years. Time-based restricted stock units granted to employees generally vest over athree-year orfour-year period from the date of grant and are subject to continued employment with the Company. Performance-based restricted stock units generally vest over athree-year performance cycle, which includes the year of the grant, and are based upon the Company’s achievement of specified performance metrics. Awards under the 2019 Plan to non-employee directors have historically been in the form of restricted stock units, which vest annually, starting on the grant date. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had 1.8 million common shares available for issuance under the 2019 Plan.

All share-based payments to employees of the Company, including grants of employee stock options (last awarded in 2015), are recognized in the consolidated financial statements based on their grant date fair values. The total compensation costs recognized for stock-based awards were $2.2 million and $4.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The future tax benefit of these stock-based awards as of the grant date was $0.5 million and $1.1 million for thethree months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The fair value of stock option grants is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair values of restricted stock units and performance-based restricted stock units are determined based on the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. For performance-based restricted stock units, compensation cost is calculated taking into consideration the probability that the underlying performance goals will be achieved, which is monitored by management throughout the requisite service period. When it becomes probable, based on management’s expectation of the Company’s performance during the measurement period, that more or less than the previous estimate of the awarded shares will vest, an adjustment to compensation cost is recognized as a change in accounting estimate in the period the change is determined.

As of March 31, 2024, the unrecognized compensation costs and remaining weighted-average amortization periods related to stock-based awards were as follows:

(1)Based on the probable achievement of the performance goals identified in each award.

The total cash received by the Company as a result of stock option exercises for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 was $0.4 million and $0.1 million, respectively. The actual tax benefit realized as a result of stock option exercises and the vesting of other share-based awards for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 were $2.6 million and $2.2 million, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the total intrinsic value of stock options exercised were less than $0.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively.

For performance-based restricted stock units granted during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the number of performance-based restricted stock units that will ultimately be earned will not be determined until the end of the respective performance periods, and may vary from as low as zero to as high as 2.5 times the target number depending on the level of achievement of certain performance goals. The level of achievement of these goals is based upon the financial results of the Company for the last full calendar year within the performance period. The performance goals consist of certain levels of achievement using the following financial metrics: revenue, operating income margin, and return on invested capital. If the performance goals are not met based on the Company’s financial results, the applicable performance-based restricted stock units will not vest and will be forfeited. Shares subject to forfeited performance-based restricted stock units will be available for re-issuance under the Company’s 2019 Plan.

The following table summarizes activities relating to the Company’s stock options:

The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above is before income taxes and is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying options and the Company’s closing stock price as of the last business day of the period ended March 31, 2024 for options that had exercise prices that were below the closing price.

The following table summarizes the activities related to the Company’s time-based restricted stock units:

The following table summarizes the activities related to the Company’s performance-based restricted stock units:

(1)Represents target number of units that can vest based on the achievement of the performance goals.

Note 8 – Income Taxes

Income tax expense consists of the following:

Income tax expense differs from the amount computed by applying the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate to income (loss) before income taxes primarily due to the mix of taxable income by taxing jurisdiction, the impact of tax incentives and tax holidays in foreign locations, state income taxes (net of federal benefit), the U.S. tax under the global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) provisions, and the Global Minimum Tax (GMT) as defined under the Pillar Two directives of the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for those international countries that have adopted the specific requirements of the Pillar Two directives. GILTI requires the Company to include in its U.S federal income tax return foreign subsidiary earnings in excess of an allowable return on the foreign subsidiaries tangible fixed assets. The taxable earnings can be offset by a limited deemed paid foreign tax credit with no carrybacks or carryforwards available. The Company accounts for the GILTI as a period cost and does not include it as a factor in the determination of deferred taxes. The GMT has been adopted by several international countries where the Company conducts its manufacturing operations. The adoption by these countries of the GMT requires that the Company's applicable foreign subsidiaries include in their income tax expense an additional “top-up” tax that achieves a corporate minimum effective tax rate of 15% if the overall adjusted effective tax rate is less than 15%. The Company has included in its income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2024 an estimated amount of GMT for its foreign subsidiaries as required under the applicable GMT rules of the countries that have adopted the Pillar Two directives.

As of March 31, 2024, the Company has a total Transition Tax liability of $36.2 million. The Company intends to pay this liability over the remaining two-year payment period as prescribed by the U.S. Tax Reform and regulatory guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). As of March 31, 2024, the Company expects to pay $16.1 million of the remaining liability in 2024 and $20.1 million in 2025. The current portion of the transition tax liability is accrued in other accrued liabilities and the long-term portion of the transition tax liability is accrued in other long-term liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

As of December 31, 2023, the Company had approximately $477.2 million in cumulative undistributed foreign earnings of its foreign subsidiaries. These earnings are not subject to U.S. federal income tax if distributed to the Company. The Company changed its assertion during 2018 on its foreign subsidiaries earnings that are permanently reinvested. A certain amount of earnings from specific foreign subsidiaries are permanently reinvested, and certain foreign earnings from other specific foreign subsidiaries are considered to be non-permanently reinvested and are available for immediate distribution to the Company. Income taxes have been accrued on the non-permanently reinvested foreign earnings, including the 2017 Transition Tax, the U.S. tax on GILTI and any applicable foreign or local withholding taxes. The Company estimates that it has approximately $9.1 million of unrecognized deferred tax liabilities related to any remaining undistributed permanently reinvested foreign earnings that have not already been subject to the 2017 Transition Tax, the U.S. tax on GILTI, and any applicable foreign income tax or local withholding tax on cash distributions.

The Company has been granted certain tax incentives, including tax holidays, for its subsidiaries in Thailand, China and Malaysia that expire at various dates, unless extended or otherwise renegotiated and are subject to certain conditions with which the Company expects to comply. The tax incentives in Thailand will expire on December 31, 2030. The tax incentives in China expired on December 31, 2023 and the tax incentives in Malaysia expired on March 31, 2021. The Company will apply for a continuation of the Malaysia tax holiday, which will extend the tax incentive period forfive toten years if approved. The Company will also apply for a China tax holiday in 2024. There is no guarantee of being awarded these tax incentives in the future. The net impact of these tax incentives was to lower foreign income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 by approximately $0.8 million (approximately $0.02 per diluted share) and $1.9 million (approximately $0.05 per diluted share), respectively.

A summary of the Company's tax incentives follows:

As of March 31, 2024, the total amount of the Company’s reserve for uncertain tax benefits, including interest and penalties, was $9.9 million. The reserve is classified as a current or long-term liability on the condensed consolidated balance sheets based on the Company’s expectation of when the items will be settled. If the reserve for uncertain tax benefits was recognized, the effect would be $9.9 million. The Company records interest expense and penalties accrued in relation to uncertain income tax benefits as a component of current income tax expense on the condensed consolidated statements of income.

The Company and its subsidiaries in Brazil, China, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Romania, Singapore, Thailand and the United States remain open to examination by the various local taxing authorities, in total or in part, for fiscal years 2017 to 2023. During the course of such income tax examinations, disputes may occur as to matters of fact or law. Also, in most tax jurisdictions, the passage of time without examination will result in the expiration of applicable statutes of limitations thereby precluding examination of the tax period(s) for which such statute of limitation has expired. The Company believes that it has adequately provided for its tax liabilities.

Note 9 – Revenue

The Company’s revenues are generated primarily from its manufacturing services, which entails the sale of manufactured products built to customer specifications. The Company also generates revenue from design, development and engineering services, in addition to the sale of other inventory.

Revenue is measured based on the consideration specified in a contract with a customer. The Company recognizes revenue when it satisfies a performance obligation by transferring control over a manufactured product to a customer. The Company’s contracts with customers are generally short-term in nature. Customers are generally billed when the product is shipped or as services are performed. Under the majority of the Company’s manufacturing contracts with customers, the customer controls all of the work-in-progress as products are being built. Revenues under these contracts are recognized progressively based on the cost-to-cost method. For other manufacturing contracts, the customer does not take control of the product until it is completed. Under these contracts, the Company recognizes revenue upon transfer of control of the product to the customer, which is generally when goods are shipped. Revenue from design, development and engineering services is recognized over time as the services are performed. The Company assumes no significant obligations after shipment as it typically warrants workmanship only. Therefore, the warranty provisions are generally not significant.

If the Company records revenue, but does not issue an invoice, a contract asset is recognized. The contract asset is transferred to trade accounts receivable when the entitlement to payment becomes unconditional.

Taxes assessed by governmental authorities that are imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue-producing transaction and collected by the Company from a customer, are excluded from revenue.

Shipping and handling costs associated with outbound freight after control over a product has transferred to a customer are accounted for as fulfillment costs and are included in cost of sales.

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following tables provide a summary of the Company’s revenue disaggregated by market sector and a reconciliation of the disaggregated revenue to the Company’s revenue by reportable operating segment:

The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections results in billed accounts receivable, contract assets and advance payments from customers. During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023,85.3% and 87.9%, respectively, of the Company’s revenue was recognized as products and services that were transferred over time.

Contract assets primarily relate to the Company’s right to consideration for work completed but not billed to the customer as of period end. Contract asset balances are transferred to trade accounts receivable when the rights become unconditional.

A summary of activity related to the Company’s contract assets follows:

As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had $189.2 million and $204.9 million, respectively, in advance payments from customers. Of those amounts, $176.2 million and $191.6 million, respectively, were customer deposits and prepayments of inventory and $13.0 million and $13.3 million, respectively, were related to the contractual timing of payments. The advance payments are not considered a significant financing component because they are used to meet working capital demands of a contract, offset inventory risks and protect the Company from the failure of other parties to fulfill obligations under a contract.

Note 10 – Accounts Receivable Sale Programs

As of March 31, 2024, in connection with trade accounts receivable sale programs with unaffiliated financial institutions, the Company may elect to sell, at a discount, on an ongoing basis, up to a maximum of $200.0 million of specific accounts receivable at any one time.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company sold $135.1 million and $152.8 million, respectively, of accounts receivable under these programs, and in exchange, the Company received cash proceeds of $134.1 million and $151.8 million, respectively, net of the discount. The Company recognizes the loss on sale resulting from the discount in other expense, net in its consolidated statements of income.

Note 11 – Contingencies

The Company is involved in various legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. Although the outcome of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty, in the opinion of management, the ultimate disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

Note 12 – Restructuring Charges and Other Costs

The Company has undertaken initiatives to restructure its business operations to improve utilization and realize cost savings. These initiatives have included changing the number and location of production facilities, largely to align capacity and infrastructure with current and anticipated customer demand. This alignment includes transferring programs from higher cost geographies to lower cost geographies. The Company’s restructuring process entails moving production between facilities, reducing staff levels, realigning business processes, reorganizing management and other activities.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recognized $3.3 million of restructuring charges, which primarily related to capacity and workforce reductions at its sites in the Americas.

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recognized $1.4 million of restructuring charges, which primarily related to the previously announced closures of its sites in Moorpark, California and other smaller activities involving capacity and workforce reductions at other facilities. The operations at the Moorpark, California facility ceased as of March 31, 2023 and the related restructuring activity was substantially completed as of December 31, 2023.

The components of restructuring charges were as follows:

The changes in the Company’s accrued restructuring costs were as follows:

Note 13 – Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is computed using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share is computed using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding adjusted for the incremental shares attributed to outstanding stock equivalents. Stock equivalents include common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options and other equity instruments and are computed using the treasury stock method. Under the treasury stock method, the exercise price of a share and the amount of compensation cost, if any, for future service that the Company has not yet recognized are assumed to be used to repurchase shares in the current period.

The following table sets forth the calculation of the Company's basic and diluted earnings per share:

During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, there wereno anti-dilutive stock options excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share. Restricted stock units totaling less than 0.1 million and 0.2 million common shares for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share.

Note 14 – Financial Instruments

The Company’s financial instruments include cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other receivables, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, long-term debt, interest rate swaps and foreign currency hedges. For cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, the Company believes that the carrying values of its financial instruments approximate the fair values because of their short-term nature. For borrowings under the Credit Agreement in long-term debt, the Company believes that the fair value approximates the carrying value because the interest rates are variable. The Company uses derivative instruments to manage the variability of foreign currency obligations and interest rates. The Company does not enter into derivatives for speculative purposes.

The fair value of the Company’s derivative instruments follows:

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

The Company utilizes forward currency exchange contracts to manage its foreign currency exposure. The Company enters into forward currency exchange contracts for its operations in Mexico, Europe and Asia. These instruments are designated as cash flow hedges and the changes in fair value of the derivatives are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss on the consolidated balance sheet until earnings are affected by the variability of the cash flows. The fair value estimates for the Company’s forward currency exchange contracts are based on Level 2 inputs of the fair value hierarchy, which includes obtaining directly or indirectly observable values from third parties active in the relevant markets. Inputs in the fair value of the foreign currency forward contracts include prevailing forward and spot prices for currencies.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recorded an unrealized gain of $1.3 million ($0.9 million net of tax) on its forward currency exchange contracts in other comprehensive income (loss) and transferred unrealized gains of $0.9 million to cost of sales. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recorded an unrealized gain of $1.7 million ($1.2 million net of tax) on its forward currency exchange contracts in other comprehensive income (loss) and transferred unrealized gains of $0.4 million to cost of sales.

The Company also has forward currency exchange contracts that have not been designated as accounting hedges and, therefore, changes in fair value are recorded in other (expense) income, net in the consolidated statements of income.

Interest Rate Swap Agreement

The Company utilizes an interest rate swap agreement to hedge a portion of its interest rate exposure on outstanding borrowings under the Credit Agreement. Under the interest rate swap agreement, the Company receives variable rate interest payments based on the one-month SOFR rate and pays fixed rate interest payments. The effect of the swap is to convert a portion of the floating rate interest expense to fixed interest rate expense. Based on the terms of the interest rate swap contract and the underlying borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement, the interest rate swap was determined to be highly effective, and thus qualifies and has been designated as a cash flow hedge. As such, changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss on the consolidated balance sheet until earnings are affected by the variability of cash flows. The fair value estimates for the Company’s respective interest rate swap agreements were based on Level 2 inputs of the fair value hierarchy, as the Company obtains the valuation from a third party active in relevant markets. The valuation of the interest rate swap agreements is primarily measured through various pricing models and discounted cash flow analysis that incorporate observable market parameters, such as interest rate yield curves and volatility.

The Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement on July 20, 2023 and the fixed interest rate for the contract is 4.039%. As of March 31, 2024, the notional amount of this interest rate swap was $126.3 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recorded an unrealized gain of $2.4 million ($1.8 million net of tax) on the interest rate swap in other comprehensive income (loss). The Company’s previous interest rate swap agreement matured on July 20, 2023. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recorded an unrealized loss of $0.1 million ($0.1 million net of tax) on the interest rate swap in other comprehensive income (loss).

Note 15 – Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

A summary of the changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss follows:

See Note 14 for further discussion about the Company’s derivative instruments.

Note 16 – Segment and Geographic Information

The Company currently has manufacturing facilities in the Americas, Asia and Europe to serve its customers. The Company is operated and managed geographically, and management evaluates performance and allocates the Company’s resources on a geographic basis. Intersegment sales are generally recorded at prices that approximate arm’s length transactions. Operating segments’ measure of profitability is based on income from operations. Corporate and intersegment eliminations include (1) corporate expenses not allocated to the Company’s three reporting segments, which are primarily general and administrative expenses such as corporate employee payroll and benefit costs and corporate facility costs, and (2) income from operations on intersegment sales between reporting segments. Corporate functions include legal, finance, tax, treasury, information technology, risk management, human resources, business development and other administrative functions. The accounting policies for the reportable operating segments are the same as for the Company taken as a whole. The Company has three reportable operating segments: the Americas, Asia, and Europe.

Information about the Company’s operating segments follows:

Geographic sales information about the Company’s sales is determined based on the destination of the product shipped. Long-lived assets information is determined based on the physical location of the Company's assets and includes property, plant and equipment, net, operating lease right-of-use assets and other long-term assets, net.

A summary of the Company’s geographic sales and long-lived assets follows:

Note 17 –Supplemental Cash Flow and Non-Cash Information

The following table includes supplemental cash flow disclosures: