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Financial Instruments
6 Months Ended
Jun. 11, 2011
Financial Instruments  
Financial Instruments

Financial Instruments

We are exposed to market risks arising from adverse changes in:

commodity prices, affecting the cost of our raw materials and energy,

foreign exchange risks, and

interest rates.

In the normal course of business, we manage these risks through a variety of strategies, including the use of derivatives. Certain derivatives are designated as either cash flow or fair value hedges and qualify for hedge accounting treatment, while others do not qualify and are marked to market through earnings. Ineffectiveness of our hedges is not material. We do not use derivative instruments for trading or speculative purposes. We perform assessments of our counterparty credit risk regularly, including a review of credit ratings, credit default swap rates and potential nonperformance of the counterparty. Based on our most recent assessment of our counterparty credit risk, we consider this risk to be low. In addition, we enter into derivative contracts with a variety of financial institutions that we believe are creditworthy in order to reduce our concentration of credit risk.

Commodity Prices

We are subject to commodity price risk because our ability to recover increased costs through higher pricing may be limited in the competitive environment in which we operate. This risk is managed through the use of fixed-price purchase orders, pricing agreements, geographic diversity and derivatives. We use derivatives, with terms of no more than three years, to economically hedge price fluctuations related to a portion of our anticipated commodity purchases, primarily for natural gas, diesel fuel and aluminum. For those derivatives that qualify for hedge accounting, any ineffectiveness is recorded immediately in corporate unallocated expenses. We classify both the earnings and cash flow impact from these derivatives consistent with the underlying hedged item. During the next 12 months, we expect to reclassify net gains of $30 million related to these hedges from accumulated other comprehensive loss into net income. Derivatives used to hedge commodity price risk that do not qualify for hedge accounting are marked to market each period and reflected in our income statement.

Our open commodity derivative contracts that qualify for hedge accounting had a face value of $590 million as of June 11, 2011 and $587 million as of June 12, 2010. These contracts resulted in net unrealized gains of $61 million as of June 11, 2011 and net unrealized losses of $15 million as of June 12, 2010.

Our open commodity derivative contracts that do not qualify for hedge accounting had a face value of $356 million as of June 11, 2011 and $246 million as of June 12, 2010. These contracts resulted in net gains of $45 million as of June 11, 2011 and net losses of $14 million as of June 12, 2010.

Foreign Exchange

Financial statements of foreign subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars using period-end exchange rates for assets and liabilities and weighted-average exchange rates for revenues and expenses. Adjustments resulting from translating net assets are reported as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive loss within common shareholders' equity as currency translation adjustment.

We may enter into derivatives, primarily forward contracts with terms of no more than two years, to manage our exposure to foreign currency transaction risk. Exchange rate gains or losses related to foreign currency transactions are recognized as transaction gains or losses in our income statement as incurred.

Our foreign currency derivatives had a total face value of $2.3 billion as of June 11, 2011 and $1.3 billion as of June 12, 2010. The contracts that qualify for hedge accounting resulted in net unrealized losses of $29 million as of June 11, 2011 and net unrealized gains of $5 million as of June 12, 2010. During the next 12 months, we expect to reclassify net losses of $28 million related to these hedges from accumulated other comprehensive loss into net income. The contracts that do not qualify for hedge accounting resulted in net losses of $7 million as of June 11, 2011 and net gains of $6 million as of June 12, 2010. All losses and gains were offset by changes in the underlying hedged items, resulting in no net material impact on earnings.

Interest Rates

We centrally manage our debt and investment portfolios considering investment opportunities and risks, tax consequences and overall financing strategies. We use various interest rate derivative instruments including, but not limited to, interest rate swaps, cross currency interest rate swaps, Treasury locks and swap locks to manage our overall interest expense and foreign exchange risk. These instruments effectively change the interest rate and currency of specific debt issuances. Certain of our fixed rate indebtedness has been swapped to floating rates. The notional amount, interest payment and maturity date of the interest rate and cross-currency swaps match the principal, interest payment and maturity date of the related debt. Our Treasury locks and swap locks are entered into to protect against unfavorable interest rate changes relating to forecasted debt transactions.

The notional amounts of the interest rate derivative instruments outstanding as of June 11, 2011 and June 12, 2010 were $8.73 billion and $8.60 billion, respectively. For those interest rate derivative instruments that qualify for cash flow hedge accounting, any ineffectiveness is recorded immediately. We classify both the earnings and cash flow impact from these interest rate derivative instruments consistent with the underlying hedged item. During the next 12 months, we expect to reclassify net losses of $16 million related to these hedges from accumulated other comprehensive loss into net income.

As of June 11, 2011, approximately 42% of total debt, after the impact of the related interest rate derivative instruments, was exposed to variable rates, compared to 43% as of December 25, 2010.

Fair Value Measurements

The fair values of our financial assets and liabilities as of June 11, 2011 and June 12, 2010 are categorized as follows:

2011 2010
Assets(a) Liabilities(a) Assets(a) Liabilities(a)

Available-for-sale securities(b)

$ 85 $ $ 79 $

Short-term investments – index funds(c)

$ 176 $ $ 144 $

Deferred compensation(d)

$ $ 547 $ $ 554

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

Forward exchange contracts(e)

$ 7 $ 36 $ 24 $ 19

Interest rate derivatives(f)

345 14 268 27

Commodity contracts – other(g)

73 3 37 27

Commodity contracts – futures(h)

1 10 26
$ 426 $ 63 $ 329 $ 99

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

Forward exchange contracts(e)

$ 8 $ 15 $ 12 $ 6

Interest rate derivatives(f)

44 81 7 48

Commodity contracts – other(g)

47 2 5 19

Commodity contracts – futures(h)

1

Prepaid forward contracts(i)

41 61
$ 140 $ 98 $ 85 $ 74

Total derivatives at fair value

$ 566 $ 161 $ 414 $ 173

Total

$ 827 $ 708 $ 637 $ 727

(a )

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

(i)

 The fair value of our debt obligations as of June 11, 2011 was $29.2 billion, based upon prices of similar instruments in the marketplace.

The effective portion of the pre-tax losses/(gains) on our derivative instruments are categorized in the tables below.

12 Weeks Ended
Fair Value/Non-
designated Hedges
Cash Flow Hedges
Losses/(Gains)
Recognized in

Income Statement(a)
Losses/(Gains)
Recognized in
Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Loss
Losses/(Gains)
Reclassified from
Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Loss
into Income
Statement(b)
6/11/11 6/12/10 6/11/11 6/12/10 6/11/11 6/12/10

Forward exchange contracts

$ 2 $ (11 ) $ 12 $ (21 ) $ 16 $ 11

Interest rate derivatives

(56 ) (70 ) 35 23 3

Prepaid forward contracts

(4 ) 3

Commodity contracts

(7 ) 3 (15 ) 70 (19 )

Total

$ (65 ) $ (75 ) $ 32 $ 72 $ $ 11
24 Weeks Ended
Fair Value/Non-
designated Hedges
Cash Flow Hedges
Losses/(Gains)
Recognized in

Income Statement(a)
Losses/(Gains)
Recognized in
Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Loss
Losses/(Gains)
Reclassified from
Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Loss
into Income
Statement(b)
6/11/11 6/12/10 6/11/11 6/12/10 6/11/11 6/12/10

Forward exchange contracts

$ 1 $ (5 ) $ 37 $ (8 ) $ 21 $ 22

Interest rate derivatives

(78 ) (60 ) 29 36 6

Prepaid forward contracts

(2 ) (15 )

Commodity contracts

(46 ) (43 ) (55 ) 58 (25 ) 16

Total

$ (125 ) $ (123 ) $ 11 $ 86 $ 2 $ 38

(a)

(b)