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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

10. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2016 are as follows:

 

 

 

Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive

Income (Loss) by Component

for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

Gains and

Losses on

Cash Flow

Hedges

 

 

Defined

Benefit

Pension

Plan

 

 

Total

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Income (Loss)

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2015

 

$

(5,638

)

 

$

6

 

 

$

(5,632

)

 

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications (1)

 

 

(3,873

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(3,873

)

 

    Amounts reclassified out of accumulated

       other comprehensive income (loss) (2)

 

 

848

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

848

 

 

Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

(3,025

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(3,025

)

 

Balance at March 31, 2016

 

$

(8,663

)

 

$

6

 

 

$

(8,657

)

 

 

 

(1)

Net of tax benefit of $2,374.

 

(2)

Net of tax expense of $521.

See the heading “Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” in Note 6, “Long-Term Debt,” for further discussion of Sonic’s cash flow hedges. For further discussion of Sonic’s defined benefit pension plan, see Note 10, “Employee Benefit Plans,” to the consolidated financial statements in Sonic’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.