EX-99 4 ex99.htm EXHIBIT 99

Market Risk

Market risks relating to our operations include changes in interest rates and changes in foreign exchange rates. We enter into interest rate swaps to minimize the risk and costs associated with financing activities, as well as to attain an appropriate mix of fixed and floating rate debt. The swap agreements are contracts to exchange fixed or variable rates for variable or fixed interest rate payments periodically over the life of the instruments. The following tables provide information about our derivative financial instruments and other financial instruments that are sensitive to changes in interest rates. For debt obligations, the table presents principal cash flows and related weighted-average interest rates by expected maturity dates. For interest rate swaps, the table presents notional amounts and interest rates by contractual maturity dates. The applicable floating rate index is included for variable rate instruments. All amounts are stated in United States dollar equivalents.

Interest Rate Sensitivity as of January 31, 2002
Principal (Notional) Amount by Expected Maturity
Average Interest (Swap) Rate

(Amounts in millions) 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Thereafter Total Fair value
1/31/02
Liabilities
U.S. dollar denominated long-term debt
  including current portion
      Fixed rate debt $ 2,164    $ 3,445    $ 1,874    $ 704    $ 2,235    $ 5,850    $ 16,272   

$ 17,201

      Average interest rate – USD rate 6.3% 6.0% 6.7% 6.7% 6.7% 7.2% 6.8%
Great Britain pound denominated long-term
  debt including current portion
      Fixed rate debt 93    129    –    –    –    1,450    1,672    1,718
      Average interest rate 9.6% 3.8% 7.3% 6.9%

          

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Interest Rate Sensitivity as of January 31, 2002
Principal (Notional) Amount by Expected Maturity
Average Interest (Swap) Rate


(Amounts in millions)


2003   


2004   


2005   


2006   


2007   


Thereafter


Total 

Fair value 
1/31/02 

Interest Rate Derivative Financial
   Instruments Related to Debt
Interest rate swap – Pay variable/receive fixed

$ 500   

–   

–   

–   

–   

–   

$ 500   

$ 28  

   Average rate paid – Rate A minus 0.15%
   Fixed rate received – USD rate

6.9%

–   

–   

–   

–   

–   

6.9%

Interest rate swap – Pay variable/receive fixed

–  

–   

$ 500   

–   

–   

–   

500   

17  

   Average rate paid – Rate B plus 2.35%
   Fixed rate received – USD rate

–   

–   

7.5%

–   

–   

–   

7.5%

Interest rate swap – Pay variable/receive fixed

–   

–   

–   

$ 597   

–   

–   

597   

29  

   Average rate paid – Rate B plus 0.32%
   Fixed rate received – USD rate

–   

–   

–   

5.9%

–   

–   

5.9%

Interest rate swap – Pay variable/receive fixed

–   

–   

–   

–   

$ 250  

–   

250   

14  

   Average rate paid – Rate B plus 2.27%
   Fixed rate received – USD rate

–   

–   

–   

–   

8.0%

–   

8.0%

Interest rate swap – Pay variable/receive fixed

–   

–   

–   

–   

–   

$ 445   

445   

18  

   Average rate paid – Rate B plus 1.01%
   Fixed rate received – USD rate

–   

–   

–   

–   

–  

7.3%

7.3%

Interest rate swap – Pay variable/receive fixed

–   

–   

–   

–   

1,500  

–   

1,500   

66  

   Average rate paid – Rate B plus 0.63%
   Fixed rate received – USD rate

–   

–   

–   

–   

5.5%

–   

5.5%

Interest rate basis swap

–   

–   

–   

–   

–  

500   

500   

1  

   Average rate paid – Rate C
   Average rate received – Rate A minus 0.06%

Rate A – one-month U.S. LIBOR
Rate B – three-month U.S. LIBOR
Rate C – U.S. commercial paper

 

Interest Rate Sensitivity as of January 31, 2001
Principal (Notional) Amount by Expected Maturity
Average Interest (Swap) Rate



(Amounts in millions)



2002



2003



2004



2005



2006



Thereafter



Total

Fair
value
1/31/01

Liabilities
U.S. dollar denominated long-term debt
   including current portion
      Fixed rate debt

$4,223   

$ 1,126   

$ 809   

$ 1,926   

$ 750   

$ 6,229   

$ 15,063   

$ 15,596

      Average interest rate – USD rate

6.8%

6.8%

6.9%

6.9%

6.9%

6.9%

6.9%

Great Britain pound denominated Long-term
   debt including current portion
      Fixed rate debt

11   

236   

–   

–   

–   

1,425   

1,672   

1,670

      Average interest rate

8.4%

8.4%

7.2%

7.2%

Interest Rate Derivative Financial
   Instruments Related to Debt
Interest rate swap – Pay variable/receive fixed

500   

–   

–   

–   

–   

500   

28

   Average rate paid – Rate A
   Fixed rate received – USD rate

6.9%

–   

–   

–   

–   

6.9%

Interest rate swap – Pay variable/receive fixed

59   

63   

68   

72   

78   

41   

381   

17

   Average rate paid – Rate B
   Fixed rate received – USD rate

7.0%

7.0%

7.0%

7.0%

7.0%

7.0%

7.0%

Interest rate basis swap

500   

500   

0

   Average rate paid – Rate C
   Average rate received – Rate A minus 0.06%

Rate A – one-month U.S. LIBOR minus 0.15%
Rate B – 30-day U.S. dollar commercial paper non-financial
Rate C – U.S. commercial paper

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The Company holds currency swaps to hedge its net investment in the United Kingdom. The following tables provide information about our cross-currency interest rate swap agreements by functional currency, and presents the information in United States dollar equivalents. For these instruments the tables present notional amounts, exchange rates and interest rates by contractual maturity date.

 

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Sensitivity as of January 31, 2002
Principal (Notional) Amount by Expected Maturity


(Amounts in millions)


2003


2004


2005


2006


2007


Thereafter


Total

Fair value
1/31/2002

Currency Swap Agreements
Payment of Great Britain pounds
   Notional amount

$ 1,250   

$ 1,250   

$ 192

   Average contract rate

0.6   

0.6   

   Fixed rate received – USD rate

7.4%

7.4%

   Fixed rate paid – Great Britain pound rate

5.8%

5.8%

Payment of Canadian dollars
   Notional amount

325   

325   

8

   Average contract rate

1.5   

1.5   

   Fixed rate received – USD rate

5.6%

5.6%

   Fixed rate paid – Canadian dollar rate

5.7%

5.7%

 

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Sensitivity as of January 31, 2001
Principal (Notional) Amount by Expected Maturity


(Amounts in millions)


2002


2003   


2004   


2005   


2006


Thereafter


Total

Fair value
1/31/2001

Currency Swap Agreements
Payment of German Deutschemarks
   Notional amount

$ 1,101   

–   

–   

–   

$ 1,101

$ 186

   Average contract rate

1.8   

–   

–   

–   

1.8

   Fixed rate received – USD rate

5.8%

–   

–   

–   

5.8%

   Fixed rate paid – DEM rate

4.5%

–   

–   

–   

4.5%

Payment of German Deutschemarks
   Notional amount

–   

$ 809   

–   

–   

809

180

   Average contract rate

–   

1.7   

–   

–   

1.7

   Fixed rate received – USD rate

–   

5.2%

–   

–   

5.2%

   Fixed rate paid – DEM rate

–   

3.4%

–   

–   

3.4%

Payment of Great Britain pounds
   Notional amount

–   

–   

–   

$ 4,750   

4,750

659

   Average contract rate

–   

–   

–   

0.6   

0.6

   Fixed rate received – USD rate

–   

–   

–   

7.0%

7.0%

   Fixed rate paid – Great Britain pound rate

–   

–   

–   

6.1%

6.1%

Payment of Canadian dollars
   Notional amount

–   

–   

$ 1,250   

–   

1,250

57

   Average contract rate

–   

–   

1.5   

–   

1.5

   Fixed rate received – USD rate

–   

–   

6.6%

–   

6.6%

   Fixed rate paid – Canadian dollar rate

–   

–   

5.7%

–   

5.7%

 

During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002, the Company terminated certain cross currency instruments that hedged portions of the Company’s investments in Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom. The instruments terminated had notional amounts of $6.7 billion. The Company received $1.1 billion in cash related to the fair value of the instruments at the time of the terminations. Prior to the terminations, these instruments were classified as net investment hedges and were recorded at fair value as current assets on the balance sheet with a like amount recorded in the shareholders’ equity section of the balance sheet in line "other accumulated comprehensive income." No gain related to the terminations was recorded in the Company’s income statement.

We routinely enter into forward currency exchange contracts in the regular course of business to manage our exposure against foreign currency fluctuations on cross-border purchases of inventory. These contracts are generally for durations of six months or less. At January 31, 2002 and 2001, we held contracts to purchase and sell various currencies with notional amounts of $118 million and $292 million, respectively, and net fair values of $0 and $6 million, respectively. The fair values of the currency swap agreements are recorded in the consolidated balance sheets within the line "other assets and deferred charges."

On February 1, 2001, we adopted SFAS 133 pertaining to the accounting for derivatives and hedging activities. SFAS 133 requires all derivatives to be recorded on the balance sheet at fair value and establishes accounting treatment for three types of hedges: hedges of changes in the fair value of assets, liabilities, or firm commitments; hedges of the variable cash flows of forecasted transactions; and hedges of foreign currency exposures of net investments in foreign operations. At the date of adoption, the majority of our derivatives were hedges of net investments in foreign operations, and as such, the fair value of these derivatives had been recorded on the balance sheet as either assets or liabilities and on the balance sheet in other accumulated comprehensive income under the previous accounting guidance. As the majority of our derivative portfolio had already been recorded on the balance

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sheet, adoption of SFAS 133 did not materially impact our Consolidated Financial Statements taken as a whole. However, certain swap cash flows amounting to $86 million in fiscal 2002, which would have been recorded in the income statement under the previous accounting guidance, were recorded on the balance sheet in other accumulated comprehensive income. In fiscal 2001, prior to the adoption of SFAS 133, the Company recorded $112 million of earnings benefit in the income statement from the receipt of similar cash flows. Under Statement 133, cash flows from fixed to variable interest rate swaps continue to be recorded in the interest expense line of the income statement. For fiscal 2002, the effects of fixed to variable interest rate swaps reduced interest expense by $62 million. Management is uncertain of the future impacts of the Company’s fixed to variable interest rate swaps on interest expense.

With the adoption of SFAS 133 and the termination of a significant portion of Company’s net investment hedges, the Company is currently reevaluating its hedging strategy regarding its net investment in overseas operations.

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