Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

Note 11 – Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

The Company uses derivative instruments to mitigate certain exposures. The effects these derivative instruments and hedged items have on financial position, financial performance, and cash flows are provided below.

Foreign Currency Risks and Related Strategies

The Company has foreign currency exposures throughout Europe, Asia Pacific, Canada, Japan and Latin America. Transactional currency exposures that arise from entering into transactions, generally on an intercompany basis, in non-hyperinflationary countries that are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are mitigated primarily through the use of forward contracts and currency options. Hedges of the transactional foreign exchange exposures resulting primarily from intercompany payables and receivables are undesignated hedges. As such, the gains or losses on these instruments are recognized immediately in income. The offset of these gains or losses against the gains and losses on the underlying hedged items, as well as the hedging costs associated with the derivative instruments, is recognized in Other income (expense).

The total notional amounts of the Company’s outstanding foreign exchange contracts as of June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013 were $1.4 billion and $2.2 billion, respectively.

Interest Rate Risks and Related Strategies

The Company’s primary interest rate exposure results from changes in U.S. dollar interest rates. The Company’s policy is to manage interest cost using a mix of fixed and variable rate debt. The Company periodically uses interest rate swaps to manage such exposures. Under these interest rate swaps, the Company exchanges, at specified intervals, the difference between fixed and floating interest amounts calculated by reference to an agreed-upon notional principal amount. These swaps are designated as either fair value or cash flow hedges.

For interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges (i.e., hedges against the exposure to changes in the fair value of an asset or a liability or an identified portion thereof that is attributable to a particular risk), changes in the fair value of the interest rate swaps offset changes in the fair value of the fixed rate debt due to changes in market interest rates.

Changes in the fair value of the interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges (i.e., hedging the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows that is attributable to a particular risk) are offset by amounts recorded in Other comprehensive income (loss). If interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges are terminated, the balance in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to those derivatives is reclassified into earnings over the remaining life of the hedged debt. Losses on interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges recognized in the consolidated statements of income for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 were immaterial. The net realized loss, related to terminated interest rate swaps, expected to be reclassified and recorded in Interest expense within the next 12 months is $6 million, net of tax. The Company had no outstanding interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges as of June 30, 2014 or as of September 30, 2013.

The total notional amount of the Company’s outstanding interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges was $250 million at June 30, 2014. The outstanding swaps represent fixed-to-floating interest rate swap agreements the Company entered into, in March 2014, to convert the interest payments on $250 million of the Company’s 3.125% notes, due November 8, 2021, from the fixed rate to a floating interest rate based on LIBOR. Changes in the fair value of the interest rate swaps offset changes in the fair value of the fixed rate debt. The gain recorded on these fair value hedges and the offsetting loss recorded on the underlying debt instrument was $4 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2014.

Other Risk Exposures

The Company purchases resins, which are oil-based components used in the manufacture of certain products. Significant increases in world oil prices that lead to increases in resin purchase costs could impact future operating results. From time to time, the Company has managed price risks associated with these commodity purchases. The Company had no outstanding commodity derivative contracts designated as cash flow hedges as of June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013. Reclassifications from Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) relating to commodity derivative contracts are recorded in Cost of products sold. There were no gains or losses on commodity derivative contracts recognized in the consolidated statements of income for the three months ended June 30, 2014. Gains and losses on commodity derivative contracts recognized in the consolidated statements of income for the nine months ended June 30, 2014 and the three and nine months ended June 30, 2013 were immaterial.

Effects on Consolidated Balance Sheets

The location and amounts of derivative instrument fair values in the consolidated balance sheet are segregated below between designated, qualifying hedging instruments and ones that are not designated for hedge accounting.

(millions of dollars)	June 30, 2014		September 30, 2013
Asset derivatives-designated for hedge accounting Interest rate swaps	$	4	$	—
Asset derivatives-undesignated for hedge accounting Forward exchange contracts		4		13
Total asset derivatives (A)	$	8	$	13
Liability derivatives-undesignated for hedge accounting Forward exchange contracts		8		7
Total liability derivatives (B)	$	8	$	7

(A) All asset derivatives are included in Prepaid expenses, deferred taxes and other.

(B) All liability derivatives are included in Accrued expenses.

Effects on Consolidated Statements of Income

Cash flow hedges

The Company’s designated derivative instruments have been highly effective. As such, there were no gains or losses, related to hedge ineffectiveness or amounts excluded from hedge effectiveness testing, recognized immediately in income for the three and nine-month periods ending June 30, 2013 relating to commodity derivative contracts outstanding at June 30, 2013.

Undesignated hedges

The location and amount of gains and losses recognized in income on derivatives not designated for hedge accounting were as follows:

(millions of dollars)	Location of Loss Recognized in Income on Derivatives	Amount of Loss Recognized in Income on Derivatives
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments		Three Months Ended June 30,						Nine Months Ended June 30,
		2014			2013			2014			2013
Forward exchange contracts (A)	Other income (expense)	$	(10	)	$	(5	)	$	(5	)	$	(1	)

(A) The gains and losses on forward contracts and currency options utilized to hedge the intercompany transactional foreign exchange exposures are largely offset by gains and losses on the underlying hedged items in Other income (expense).