DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2014

DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

(16)  It is the Company’s policy that derivative transactions are executed only to manage exposures arising in the normal course of business and not for the purpose of creating speculative positions or trading.  The Company’s financial services operations manage the relationship of the types and amounts of their funding sources to their receivable and lease portfolio in an effort to diminish risk due to interest rate and foreign currency fluctuations, while responding to favorable financing opportunities.  The Company also has foreign currency exposures at some of its foreign and domestic operations related to buying, selling and financing in currencies other than the functional currencies.

All derivatives are recorded at fair value on the balance sheet.  Each derivative is designated as a cash flow hedge, a fair value hedge, or remains undesignated.  All designated hedges are formally documented as to the relationship with the hedged item as well as the risk-management strategy.  Both at inception and on an ongoing basis the hedging instrument is assessed as to its effectiveness.  If and when a derivative is determined not to be highly effective as a hedge, or the underlying hedged transaction is no longer likely to occur, or the hedge designation is removed, or the derivative is terminated, hedge accounting is discontinued.  Any past or future changes in the derivative’s fair value, which will not be effective as an offset to the income effects of the item being hedged, are recognized currently in the income statement.

Cash flow hedges

Certain interest rate and cross-currency interest rate contracts (swaps) were designated as hedges of future cash flows from borrowings.  The total notional amounts of the receive-variable/pay-fixed interest rate contracts at January 31, 2014, October 31, 2013 and January 31, 2013 were $3,600 million, $3,100 million and $3,100 million, respectively.  The notional amounts of cross-currency interest rate contracts at January 31, 2014, October 31, 2013 and January 31, 2013 were $70 million, $816 million and $923 million, respectively.  The effective portions of the fair value gains or losses on these cash flow hedges were recorded in other comprehensive income (OCI) and subsequently reclassified into interest expense or other operating expenses (foreign exchange) in the same periods during which the hedged transactions affect earnings.  These amounts offset the effects of interest rate or foreign currency changes on the related borrowings.  Any ineffective portions of the gains or losses on all cash flow interest rate contracts designated as hedges were recognized currently in interest expense or other operating expenses (foreign exchange) and were not material during any periods presented.  The cash flows from these contracts were recorded in operating activities in the consolidated statement of cash flows.

The amount of loss recorded in OCI at January 31, 2014 that is expected to be reclassified to interest expense or other operating expenses in the next twelve months if interest rates or exchange rates remain unchanged is approximately $5 million after-tax.  These contracts mature in up to 56 months.  There were no gains or losses reclassified from OCI to earnings based on the probability that the original forecasted transaction would not occur.

Fair value hedges

Certain interest rate contracts (swaps) were designated as fair value hedges of borrowings.  The total notional amounts of these receive-fixed/pay-variable interest rate contracts at January 31, 2014, October 31, 2013 and January 31, 2013 were $8,185 million, $7,380 million and $9,025 million, respectively.  The effective portions of the fair value gains or losses on these contracts were offset by fair value gains or losses on the hedged items (fixed-rate borrowings).  Any ineffective portions of the gains or losses were recognized currently in interest expense.  During the first three months of 2014 and 2013, the ineffective portions were a loss of $2 million and a gain of $2 million, respectively.  The cash flows from these contracts were recorded in operating activities in the consolidated statement of cash flows.

The gains (losses) on these contracts and the underlying borrowings recorded in interest expense follow in millions of dollars:

	Three Months Ended January 31
	2014		2013
Interest rate contracts *	$	(69)	$	(73)
Borrowings **	67		75

* Includes changes in fair values of interest rate contracts excluding net accrued interest income of $36 million and $38 million during the first three months of 2014 and 2013, respectively.

** Includes adjustment for fair values of hedged borrowings excluding accrued interest expense of $59 million and $67 million during the first three months of 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

The Company has certain interest rate contracts (swaps and caps), foreign exchange contracts (forwards and swaps) and cross-currency interest rate contracts (swaps), which were not formally designated as hedges.  These derivatives were held as economic hedges for underlying interest rate or foreign currency exposures primarily for certain borrowings and purchases or sales of inventory.  The total notional amounts of these interest rate swaps at January 31, 2014, October 31, 2013 and January 31, 2013 were $5,636 million, $5,627 million and $4,624 million, the foreign exchange contracts were $4,274 million, $3,800 million and $4,698 million and the cross-currency interest rate contracts were $86 million, $85 million and $82 million, respectively.  At January 31, 2014, October 31, 2013 and January 31, 2013, there were also $1,458 million, $1,641 million and $1,263 million, respectively, of interest rate caps purchased and the same amounts sold at the same capped interest rate to facilitate borrowings through securitization of retail notes.  The fair value gains or losses from the interest rate contracts were recognized currently in interest expense and the gains or losses from foreign exchange contracts in cost of sales or other operating expenses, generally offsetting over time the expenses on the exposures being hedged.  The cash flows from these non-designated contracts were recorded in operating activities in the statement of consolidated cash flows.

Fair values of derivative instruments in the condensed consolidated balance sheet in millions of dollars follow:

Other Assets	January 31 2014		October 31 2013		January 31 2013
Designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate contracts	$	283	$	295	$	493
Cross-currency interest rate contracts	15		14		7
Total designated	298		309		500
Not designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate contracts	46		52		64
Foreign exchange contracts	70		32		35
Cross-currency interest rate contracts	4		1		1
Total not designated	120		85		100
Total derivatives	$	418	$	394	$	600
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
Designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate contracts	$	95	$	71	$	18
Cross-currency interest rate contracts			16		31
Total designated	95		87		49
Not designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate contracts	49		49		57
Foreign exchange contracts	24		42		35
Cross-currency interest rate contracts			1		2
Total not designated	73		92		94
Total derivatives	$	168	$	179	$	143

The classification and gains (losses) including accrued interest expense related to derivative instruments on the statement of consolidated income consisted of the following in millions of dollars:

	Expense or	Three Months Ended
	OCI	January 31
	Classification	2014			2013
Fair Value Hedges:
Interest rate contracts	Interest		$	(33)	$	(35)
Cash Flow Hedges:
Recognized in OCI
(Effective Portion):
Interest rate contracts	OCI (pretax) *		(2)		(2)
Foreign exchange contracts	OCI (pretax) *		(3)		22
Reclassified from OCI
(Effective Portion):
Interest rate contracts	Interest *		(4)		(5)
Foreign exchange contracts	Other *		(5)		19
Recognized Directly in Income
(Ineffective Portion)			**		**
Not Designated as Hedges:
Interest rate contracts	Interest *		$	2	$	1
Foreign exchange contracts	Cost of sales		56
Foreign exchange contracts	Other *		87		(51)
Total not designated			$	145	$	(50)

* Includes interest and foreign exchange gains (losses) from cross-currency interest rate contracts.

** The amount is not significant.

Counterparty Risk and Collateral

Certain of the Company’s derivative agreements contain credit support provisions that may require the Company to post collateral based on reductions in credit ratings.  The aggregate fair value of all derivatives with credit-risk-related contingent features that were in a net liability position at January 31, 2014, October 31, 2013 and January 31, 2013, was $114 million, $91 million and $36 million, respectively.  The Company, due to its credit rating and amounts of net liability position, has not posted any collateral.  If the credit-risk-related contingent features were triggered, the Company would be required to post full collateral for this liability position, prior to considering applicable netting provisions.

Derivative instruments are subject to significant concentrations of credit risk to the banking sector.  The Company manages individual counterparty exposure by setting limits that consider the credit rating of the counterparty and the size of other financial commitments and exposures between the Company and the counterparty banks.  All interest rate derivatives are transacted under International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) documentation.  Some of these agreements include credit support provisions.  Each master agreement permits the net settlement of amounts owed in the event of default or termination.

The maximum amount of loss that the Company would incur if counterparties to derivative instruments fail to meet their obligations, not considering collateral received or netting arrangements, was the gross asset amount of the derivative shown below.  None of the concentrations of risk with any individual counterparty was considered significant in any periods presented.

Derivatives are recorded without offsetting for netting arrangements or collateral.  The impact on the derivative assets and liabilities related to netting arrangements and any collateral received or paid follows:

	Gross Amounts		Netting		Collateral
January 31, 2014	Recognized		Arrangements		Received		Net Amount
Derivatives:
Assets	$	418	$	(113)	$	(9)	$	296
Liabilities	168		(113)				55

	Gross Amounts		Netting		Collateral
October 31, 2013	Recognized		Arrangements		Received		Net Amount
Derivatives:
Assets	$	394	$	(120)	$	(8)	$	266
Liabilities	179		(120)				59

	Gross Amounts		Netting		Collateral
January 31, 2013	Recognized		Arrangements		Received		Net Amount
Derivatives:
Assets	$	600	$	(91)	$	(95)	$	414
Liabilities	143		(91)				52