Note 9 — 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: During the third quarter of fiscal year 2015, the Company repaid its 6.125% Senior Notes due December 2014 in full. The Company had interest rate swap derivatives with a total notional value of $500 million, which swapped 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 were designated as fair value hedges and matured in the third quarter of fiscal year 2015.

At March 31, 2015, the Company had no interest rate swap derivatives outstanding.

At March 31, 2014, the fair value of the interest rate swap derivatives was an asset of approximately $8 million, which is included in “Other current assets” in the Company’s 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 (gains), net” in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.

At March 31, 2015, foreign currency contracts outstanding consisted of purchase and sale contracts with a total gross notional value of approximately $298 million, and durations of less than three months. The net fair value of these contracts at March 31, 2015 was a net asset of approximately $2 million, of which approximately $5 million is included in “Other current assets” and approximately $3 million is included in “Accrued expenses and other current liabilities” in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet.

At March 31, 2014, foreign currency contracts outstanding consisted of purchase and sale 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 Consolidated Balance Sheet.

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



	Amount of Net (Gain)/Loss Recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations
Location of Amounts Recognized	Year Ended March 31,
(in millions)	2015			2014			2013
Interest expense, net – interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges	$	(8	)	$	(12	)	$	(12	)
Other expenses (gains), net – foreign currency contracts	$	(31	)	$	(20	)	$	11

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 March 31, 2015 and 2014. The Company posted no collateral at March 31, 2015 or 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.