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This excerpt taken from the PBI 10-Q filed May 7, 2009.

Foreign Exchange Contracts

We enter into foreign currency exchange contracts arising from the anticipated purchase of inventory between affiliates. These contracts are designated as cash flow hedges. The effective portion of the gain or loss on the cash flow hedges is included in other comprehensive income in the period that the change in fair value occurs and is reclassified to income in the same period that the hedged item is recorded in income. At March 31, 2009, we had 51 outstanding contracts with a notional amount of $19.5 million associated with these anticipated transactions and a derivative liability of $0.6 million. We had no outstanding contracts at December 31, 2008.

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PITNEY BOWES INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited; tabular dollars in thousands, except for per share data)

The following represents the results of cash flow hedging relationships for the three months ended March 31, 2009:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative Instrument

 

Derivative Gain (Loss)
Recognized in OCI
(Effective Portion) (1)

 

Location of Derivative
Gain (Loss)
Reclassified From
AOCI into Income
(Effective Portion)

 

Gain (Loss) Reclassified
from AOCI to Income
(Effective Portion)

 


 


 


 


 

Foreign exchange contracts

 

$

(664

)

Revenue

 

$

 

Foreign exchange contracts

 

 

112

 

Cost of sales

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

$

(552

)

 

 

$

 

 

 



 

 

 



 


 

 

 

 

(1) 

At December 31, 2008, there were no outstanding cash flow hedges and, therefore, the opening AOCI balance related to these types of hedges was $0. For 2009, there were 7 derivatives that were entered into and settled within the three months ended March 31. Thus, these amounts were not recorded to AOCI but were recorded directly to income as reductions of both revenue and cost of sales in the amounts of $0.3 million and $0.03 million, respectively.

 

 

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2009, $0.5 million of the $0.6 million derivative loss recognized in OCI will be released to income within the next 12 months.

 

 

 

 

 

No amount of ineffectiveness was recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for these designated cash flow hedges.

We also enter into foreign exchange contracts to minimize the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on inter-company loans and related interest that are denominated in a foreign currency. The revaluation of the short-term inter-company loans and interest and the mark-to-market on the derivatives are both recorded to income. At March 31, 2009, we had 32 outstanding foreign exchange contracts to buy or sell various currencies with a liability value of $0.8 million. The contracts will expire by September 4, 2009. At December 31, 2008, the liability value of these derivatives was $0.1 million. The following represents the results of our non-designated derivative instruments for the three months ended March 31, 2009:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated
as hedging instruments

 

Location of Derivative Gain (Loss)

 

Derivative Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Income

 


 


 


 

Foreign exchange contracts

 

Selling, general and administrative expense

 

$

(1,030

)

This excerpt taken from the PBI 10-K filed Feb 26, 2009.

Foreign Exchange Contracts

We enter into foreign exchange contracts to minimize the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on inter-company loans and related interest that are denominated in a foreign currency. The revaluation of the short-term inter-company loans and interest and the mark-to-market on the derivatives are both recorded to income. At December 31, 2008, we had 24 outstanding foreign exchange contracts to buy or sell various currencies with a net liability value of $0.1 million. The contracts will expire by April 29, 2009. At December 31, 2007, the asset value of these derivatives was $1.9 million.

We also enter into foreign currency exchange contracts arising from the anticipated purchase of inventory between affiliates. These contracts are designated as cash flow hedges. The effective portion of the gain or loss on the cash flow hedges is included in other comprehensive income in the period that the change in fair value occurs and is reclassified to income in the same period that the hedged item is recorded in income. We had no outstanding contracts at December 31, 2008 and 2007.

Certain foreign currency derivatives have been entered into to manage foreign currency transactional exposures associated with the transactions between affiliates. These derivatives have no specific hedging designation so gains or losses are recorded in income in the period that changes in fair value occur together with the offsetting foreign exchange gains or losses on the underlying assets and liabilities. The fair value of these derivatives was a liability of $0.2 million and $1.9 million at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

This excerpt taken from the PBI 10-Q filed Nov 7, 2008.

Foreign Exchange Contracts

We enter into foreign exchange contracts to minimize the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on inter-company loans and related interest that are denominated in a foreign currency. The revaluation of the short-term inter-company loans and interest and the mark-to-market on the derivatives are both recorded to income. At September 30, 2008, we had 20 outstanding foreign exchange contracts to buy or sell various currencies with an asset value of $9.9 million. The contracts will expire by March 19, 2009. At December 31, 2007, the asset value of these derivatives was $1.9 million.

We also enter into foreign currency exchange contracts arising from the anticipated purchase of inventory between affiliates. These contracts are designated as cash flow hedges. The effective portion of the gain or loss on the cash flow hedges is included in other comprehensive income in the period that the change in fair value occurs and is reclassified to income in the same period that the hedged item is recorded in income. At September 30, 2008, we had 9 outstanding contracts with a notional amount of $14.8 million associated with these anticipated transactions and a derivative asset of $0.2 million. We had no outstanding contracts at December 31, 2007.

This excerpt taken from the PBI 10-Q filed Aug 7, 2008.

Foreign Exchange Contracts

We enter into foreign exchange contracts to minimize the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on inter-company loans and related interest that are denominated in a foreign currency. The revaluation of the short-term inter-company loans and interest and the mark-to-market on the derivatives are both recorded to income. At June 30, 2008, we had 16 outstanding foreign exchange contracts to buy or sell various currencies with an asset value of $0.7 million. The contracts will expire by December 23, 2008. At December 31, 2007, the asset value of these derivatives was $1.9 million.

We also enter into foreign currency exchange contracts arising from the anticipated purchase of inventory between affiliates. These contracts are designed as cash flow hedges. The effective portion of the gain or loss on the cash flow hedges is included in other comprehensive income in the period that the change in fair value occurs and is reclassified to income in the same period that the hedged item is recorded in income. At June 30, 2008, we had 18 outstanding contracts with a notional amount of $31.0 million associated with these anticipated transactions and a derivative liability of $0.9 million. We had no outstanding contracts at December 31, 2007.

This excerpt taken from the PBI 10-Q filed May 8, 2008.

Foreign Exchange Contracts

We enter into foreign exchange contracts to minimize the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on inter-company loans and related interest that are denominated in a foreign currency. The revaluation of the short-term inter-company loans and interest and the mark-to-market on the derivatives are both recorded to income. At March 31, 2008, we had 14 outstanding foreign exchange contracts to buy or sell various currencies with an asset value of $2.7 million. The contracts will expire by December 23, 2008. At December 31, 2007, the asset value of these derivatives was $1.9 million.

We also enter into foreign currency exchange contracts arising from the anticipated purchase of inventory between affiliates. These contracts are designed as cash flow hedges. The effective portion of the gain or loss on the cash flow hedges is included in other comprehensive income in the period that the change in fair value occurs and is reclassified to income in the same period that the hedged item is recorded in income. At March 31, 2008, we had 27 outstanding contracts with a notional amount of $45.8 million associated with these anticipated transactions and a derivative liability of $1.2 million. We had no outstanding contracts at December 31, 2007.

This excerpt taken from the PBI 10-K filed Feb 29, 2008.

Foreign Exchange Contracts

We enter into foreign exchange contracts to minimize the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on inter-company loans and related interest that are denominated in a foreign currency. The revaluation of the short-term inter-company loans and interest and the mark-to-market on the derivatives are both recorded to income. At December 31, 2007, we had 16 outstanding foreign exchange contracts to buy or sell various currencies with an asset value of $1.9 million. The contracts will expire by December 23, 2008.

We also enter into foreign currency exchange contracts arising from the anticipated purchase of inventory between affiliates. These contracts are designed as cash flow hedges. The effective portion of the gain or loss on the cash flow hedges is included in other comprehensive income in the period that the change in fair value occurs and is reclassified to income in the same period that the hedged item affects income. At December 31, 2007, we had no outstanding contracts associated with these anticipated transactions.

Certain foreign currency derivatives have been entered into to manage foreign currency transactional exposures associated with the transactions between affiliates. These derivatives have no specific hedging designation so gains or losses are recorded in income in the period that changes in fair value occur together with the offsetting foreign exchange gains or losses on the underlying assets and liabilities. At December 31, 2007, the fair value of these derivatives was a liability of $1.9 million.

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PITNEY BOWES INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tabular dollars in thousands, except per share data)

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