NOTE G – DERIVATIVES

The Company is exposed to financial market risks arising from changes in interest rates and foreign exchange rates. Changes in interest rates could affect the Company’s monetary assets and liabilities, and foreign exchange rate changes could affect the Company’s foreign currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities and forecasted transactions. The Company enters into derivative contracts with the intent of mitigating a portion of these risks.

Interest Rate Swaps: The Company has interest rate swaps with a total notional value of $500 million, which swap a total of $500 million of its 6.125% Senior Notes due December 2014 into floating interest rate debt through December 1, 2014. These swaps are designated as fair value hedges.

At September 30, 2014, the fair value of these derivatives was an asset of approximately $2 million, which is included in “Other current assets” in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

At March 31, 2014, the fair value of these derivatives was an asset of approximately $8 million, which is included in “Other current assets” in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Foreign Currency Contracts: The Company enters into foreign currency option and forward contracts to manage foreign currency risks. The Company has not designated its foreign exchange derivatives as hedges. Accordingly, changes in fair value from these contracts are recorded as “Other expenses, net” in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

At September 30, 2014, foreign currency contracts outstanding consisted of purchase and sales contracts with a total gross notional value of approximately $961 million and durations of less than six months. The net fair value of these contracts at September 30, 2014 was a net asset of approximately $22 million, of which approximately $25 million is included in “Other current assets” and approximately $3 million is included in “Accrued expenses and other current liabilities” in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

At March 31, 2014, foreign currency contracts outstanding consisted of purchase and sales contracts with a total gross notional value of approximately $250 million and durations of less than three months. The net fair value of these contracts at March 31, 2014 was a net asset of approximately $1 million, of which approximately $2 million is included in “Other current assets” and approximately $1 million is included in “Accrued expenses and other current liabilities” in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

A summary of the effect of the interest rate and foreign exchange derivatives on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations was as follows:



	Amount of Net Gain Recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
	Three Months Ended September 30,						Six Months Ended September 30,
(in millions)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Interest expense, net – interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges	$	(3	)	$	(3	)	$	(6	)	$	(6	)
Other expenses, net – foreign currency contracts	$	(17	)	$	(6	)	$	(12	)	$	(15	)

The Company is subject to collateral security arrangements with most of its major counterparties. These arrangements require the Company or the counterparty to post collateral when the derivative fair values exceed contractually established thresholds. The aggregate fair values of all derivative instruments under these collateralized arrangements were in a net asset position at September 30, 2014 and March 31, 2014. The Company posted no collateral at September 30, 2014 or March 31, 2014. Under these agreements, if the Company’s credit ratings had been downgraded one rating level, the Company would still not have been required to post collateral.