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DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
6 Months Ended
May 03, 2020
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS  
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

(18)  Derivative Instruments

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. In addition, the Company has interest rate exposure at certain equipment operations units for below market retail financing programs that are used as sales incentives and are offered for extended periods.

All derivatives are recorded at fair value on the balance sheet. Cash collateral received or paid is not offset against the derivative fair values 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, the underlying hedged transaction is no longer likely to occur, the hedge designation is removed, or the derivative is terminated, hedge accounting is discontinued.

Cash Flow Hedges

Certain 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 May 3, 2020, November 3, 2019, and April 28, 2019 were $2,450 million, $3,150 million, and $2,800 million, respectively. Fair value gains or losses on cash flow hedges were recorded in OCI and are subsequently reclassified into interest expense in the same periods during which the hedged transactions affected earnings. These amounts offset the effects of interest rate changes on the related borrowings. The cash flows from these contracts were recorded in operating activities in the statement of consolidated cash flows.

The amount of loss recorded in OCI at May 3, 2020 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 $17 million after-tax. 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 the receive-fixed/pay-variable interest rate contracts at May 3, 2020, November 3, 2019, and April 28, 2019 were $8,983 million, $8,717 million, and $9,464 million, respectively. The fair value gains or losses on these contracts were generally offset by fair value gains or losses on the hedged items (fixed-rate borrowings) with both items recorded in interest expense.

The amounts recorded in the consolidated balance sheet related to borrowings designated in fair value hedging relationships in millions of dollars follow:

 

Cumulative Increase (Decrease) of Fair

 

Value Hedging Adjustments Included in

the Carrying Amount

Carrying

Active

 

Amount of

Hedging

Discontinued

Hedged Item

Relationships

Relationships

Total

 

May 3, 2020

Long-term borrowings due within one year*

    

$

214

    

    

$

(2)

    

$

(2)

Long-term borrowings

9,496

$

726

36

762

November 3, 2019

Long-term borrowings due within one year*

$

412

$

(1)

$

(4)

$

(5)

Long-term borrowings

8,532

295

(32)

263

April 28, 2019

Long-term borrowings due within one year*

$

190

$

1

$

(4)

$

(3)

Long-term borrowings

9,169

 

(31)

(38)

 

(69)

*Presented in short-term borrowings

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

The Company has certain interest rate contracts (swaps), foreign exchange contracts (futures, 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, purchases or sales of inventory, and below market retail financing programs. The total notional amounts of these interest rate swaps at May 3, 2020, November 3, 2019, and April 28, 2019 were $7,975 million, $9,166 million, and $7,775 million, the foreign exchange contracts were $4,430 million, $4,962 million, and $7,123 million, and the cross-currency interest rate contracts were $89 million, $92 million, and $98 million, respectively. 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:

 

    

May 3 

    

November 3

    

April 28

 

Other Assets

2020

2019

2019

 

Designated as hedging instruments:

Interest rate contracts

 

$

758

$

332

$

105

Total designated

758

 

332

 

105

 

Not designated as hedging instruments:

Interest rate contracts

84

 

31

 

34

Foreign exchange contracts

92

 

20

 

99

Cross-currency interest rate contracts

17

 

1

 

2

Total not designated

193

 

52

 

135

 

Total derivative assets

 

$

951

$

384

$

240

 

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

Designated as hedging instruments:

Interest rate contracts

 

$

30

$

28

$

125

Total designated

30

28

125

 

Not designated as hedging instruments:

Interest rate contracts

101

37

40

Foreign exchange contracts

68

 

71

 

48

Cross-currency interest rate contracts

 

3

 

2

Total not designated

169

 

111

 

90

 

Total derivative liabilities

 

$

199

$

139

$

215

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:

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

 

May 3 

April 28

May 3 

April 28

 

2020

2019

2020

2019

 

Fair Value Hedges:

  

 

    

  

  

 

    

  

 

Interest rate contracts - Interest expense

 

$

415

$

141

 

$

511

$

274

 

Cash Flow Hedges:

Recognized in OCI

Interest rate contracts - OCI (pretax)

(15)

 

(6)

(17)

 

(14)

 

Reclassified from OCI

Interest rate contracts - Interest expense

(4)

 

3

(6)

 

5

 

Not Designated as Hedges:

Interest rate contracts - Net sales

$

(20)

$

(7)

$

(24)

$

(17)

Interest rate contracts - Interest expense *

 

1

(10)

 

3

(18)

Foreign exchange contracts - Cost of sales

81

 

12

92

7

Foreign exchange contracts - Other operating *

175

 

80

174

 

100

Total not designated

 

$

237

$

75

 

$

245

$

72

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

Counterparty Risk and Collateral

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, the credit default swap spread of the counterparty, and 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.

Certain of the Company’s derivative agreements contain credit support provisions that may require the Company to post or receive collateral based on the size of the net liability positions and credit ratings. The aggregate fair value of all derivatives with credit-risk-related contingent features that were in a net liability position at May 3, 2020, November 3, 2019, and April 28, 2019, was $130 million, $68 million, and $166 million, respectively. In accordance with the limits established in these agreements, the Company received $319 million in cash collateral at May 3, 2020, and $1 million in cash collateral at April 28, 2019. No cash collateral was posted or received at November 3, 2019.

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 in millions of dollars follows:

Gross Amounts

Netting

Collateral

 

May 3, 2020

    

Recognized

    

Arrangements

    

Received

    

Net Amount

 

Assets

 

$

951

 

$

(125)

 

$

(319)

 

$

507

Liabilities

199

(125)

74

Gross Amounts

Netting

Collateral

 

November 3, 2019

    

Recognized

    

Arrangements

    

Received/Paid

    

Net Amount

 

Assets

$

384

 

$

(70)

 

 

$

314

Liabilities

139

 

(70)

69

    

Gross Amounts

    

Netting

    

Collateral

    

 

April 28, 2019

Recognized

Arrangements

Received

Net Amount

 

Assets

$

240

$

(99)

$

(1)

$

140

Liabilities

 

215

 

(99)

 

116