The Series G Debentures' indenture includes customary financial and other terms and conditions, including a negative pledge and financial covenants. As of December 31, 2017, the Company was in compliance with all of the financial covenants under the indenture. [...] The Company entered into cash flow hedging transactions to mitigate the foreign exchange rate differences on the principal and interest using a cross currency swap to mitigate the risk arising from Series G Debentures denomination in NIS. [...] As of December 31, 2017 the fair value of the swap was $16,455 in an asset position, of which $1,550 presented in short-term liabilities and $18,005 presented in long-term assets. As of December 31, 2016 the fair value of the swap was $67 in a liability position, presented in short-term liabilities. As of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the effective portion of $2,758 and $202, respectively, were recorded in OCI, of which a loss of approximately $1,500 is expected to be reclassified into earnings during the twelve months ended December 31, 2018. For the years ended December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the effect of the hedge on the Company's results of operations was $11,654 income and $915 expense, respectively, and was recognized as financing expense to offset the effect of the rate difference related to Series G Debentures.