NOTE 7: DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company instituted a foreign currency cash flow hedging program to reduce the risk of a forecasted increase in the value of foreign currency cash flows, resulting from payment of salaries in Israeli currency, the New Israeli Shekels (“NIS”). The Company hedges portions of the anticipated payroll denominated in NIS for a period of one to nine months with hedging contracts. These hedging contracts are designated as cash flow hedges, as defined by ASC 815 and are all effective hedges.

As of March 31, 2024, the Company entered into put and call options to sell U.S. dollars (“USD”) for NIS in the amount of NIS 276 million.

In addition to the above-mentioned cash flow hedge transactions, the Company occasionally enters into derivative instrument arrangements to hedge the Company’s exposure to currencies other than USD. These derivative instruments are not designated as cash flow hedges, as defined by ASC 815, and therefore all gains and losses, resulting from fair value remeasurement, were recorded immediately in the statement of income (loss), under "Financial income (expense), net".

As of March 31, 2024, the Company entered into a cross-currency swap contract to sell Euro (“EUR”) for USD in the amount of EUR 18 million.

The Company classifies cash flows related to its hedging as operating activities in its condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.

The fair values of outstanding derivative instruments were as follows:

	Balance sheet location	March 31, 2024			December 31, 2023
Derivative assets of options and forward contracts:
Designated cash flow hedges	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	1,807		$	4,477
Non-designated hedges	Prepaid expenses and other current assets		74			410
Total derivative assets		$	1,881		$	4,887
Derivative liabilities of options and forward contracts:
Designated cash flow hedges	Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	(17	)	$	-

Gains (losses) on derivative instruments are summarized below:

	Affected line item	Three Months Ended March 31,
	Affected line item	2024			2023
Foreign exchange contracts
Non Designated Hedging Instruments	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (loss) - Financial income (expense), net	$	612		$	-
Designated Hedging Instruments	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (loss) - Cash flow hedges	$	(1,538	)	$	(2,057	)

See Note 15 for information regarding losses from designated hedging instruments reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss.