Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Debt and Interest Rate Risks: The Company is exposed to changes in interest rates, primarily as a result of its borrowing and investing activities used to maintain liquidity and to fund business operations, including borrowings under its revolving credit facility and private placement term loans. In order to manage its exposure to changes in interest rates, the Company utilizes a balanced mix of both fixed-rate and variable-rate debt with various maturity dates. The nature and amount of the Company’s outstanding debt are expected to fluctuate as a result of future business requirements, market conditions and other factors. The Company’s outstanding variable and fixed rate debt was $71.8 million and $688.3 million as of December 31, 2020, and $379.1 million and $579.3 million as of December 31, 2019, respectively.
Other than in certain events of default, the Company is not obligated to prepay its variable and fixed rate debt prior to maturity. For fixed rate debt, changes in market interest rates would not affect the Company’s financial condition or results of operations. For variable rate debt, a 100 basis point increase in the variable interest rate would have an impact on the Company’s results of operations for 2020 of approximately $0.7 million, assuming the December 31, 2020 balance of the variable rate debt was outstanding throughout the year. This change is not expected to have a material impact on the fair value of the Company’s variable rate debt.
Interest on certain borrowings by the Company is calculated using the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Current expectations are that the use of LIBOR will be discontinued as a benchmark interest rate by mid-2023. The expected discontinuation of LIBOR will require the Company and its lenders to transition from a LIBOR measurement to an alternative benchmark interest rate. The transition from LIBOR to another benchmark rate or rates could have an adverse impact on the cost of certain borrowings by the Company that currently use LIBOR as a benchmark rate, and ultimately, adversely affect the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
Additional information about the Company’s debt is included in Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of Part II below.
Investment Risks: From time to time, the Company may invest its excess cash in short-term money market funds that purchase government securities or corporate debt securities, or in other deposit products allowed under the Company’s Cash Investment Policy. These money market funds and deposits maintain a weighted average maturity of less than 90 days, and accordingly, a one percent change in interest rates is not expected to have a material impact on the fair value of these investments or on interest income. The Company had a nominal amount on deposit in money market funds as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.
Through the CCF, the Company may, from time to time, invest in money market funds or other eligible investments. The Company’s cash deposits in the CCF as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 were nominal.
Foreign Currency Risks: The Company has no material exposure to foreign currency risks, although it is indirectly affected by changes in currency rates to the extent that changes in rates affect tourism in Hawaii, Guam, Alaska and other locations. Transactions related to the Company’s China service are primarily denominated in U.S. dollars, and therefore, a one percent change in the Chinese Yuan exchange rate would not have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations. Transactions related to the Company’s South Pacific service are primarily denominated in New Zealand dollars. However, a one percent change in the New Zealand dollar exchange rate is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations.
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