DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2021

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Cash Flow Hedges

The Company has exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates related to anticipated cash flows associated with certain international inventory purchases. The Company uses foreign currency forward exchange contracts to hedge against a portion of this exposure.

The Company also has exposure to interest rate volatility related to its term loans under the 2019 facilities, and the 2020 facility. The Company has entered into interest rate swap agreements to hedge against a portion of the exposure related to its term loans under the 2019 facilities. The Company had no borrowings outstanding under the 2020 facility during 2020. Please see Note 8, “Debt,” for further discussion of the 2019 facilities, the 2020 facility and these agreements.

The Company records the foreign currency forward exchange contracts and interest rate swap agreements at fair value in its Consolidated Balance Sheets and does not net the related assets and liabilities. The foreign currency forward exchange contracts associated with certain international inventory purchases and the interest rate swap agreements are designated as effective hedging instruments (collectively, “cash flow hedges”). The changes in the fair value of the cash flow hedges are recorded in equity as a component of AOCL. No amounts were excluded from effectiveness testing. During 2020, the Company dedesignated certain cash flow hedges due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in the release of an immaterial gain from AOCL into the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations. The Company continues to believe that transactions relating to its other designated cash flow hedges are probable to occur as of January 31, 2021.

Net Investment Hedges

The Company has exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates related to the value of its investments in foreign subsidiaries denominated in a currency other than the United States dollar. To hedge against a portion of this exposure, the Company designated the carrying amounts of its (i) €600.0 million principal amount of 3 1/8% senior notes due 2027 and (ii) €525.0 million principal amount of 3 5/8% senior notes due 2024, of which €175.0 million principal amount was issued during the first quarter of 2020 (collectively, “foreign currency borrowings”), that were issued by PVH Corp., a U.S.-based entity, as net investment hedges of its investments in certain of its foreign subsidiaries that use the euro as their functional currency. Please see Note 8, “Debt,” for further discussion of the Company’s foreign currency borrowings.

The Company records the foreign currency borrowings at carrying value in its Consolidated Balance Sheets. The carrying value of the foreign currency borrowings is remeasured at the end of each reporting period to reflect changes in the foreign currency exchange spot rate. Since the foreign currency borrowings are designated as net investment hedges, such remeasurement is recorded in equity as a component of AOCL. The fair value and the carrying value of the foreign currency borrowings designated as net investment hedges were $1,514.2 million and $1,351.9 million, respectively, as of January 31, 2021 and $1,178.6 million and $1,038.5 million, respectively, as of February 2, 2020. The Company evaluates the effectiveness of its net investment hedges at inception and at the beginning of each quarter thereafter. No amounts were excluded from effectiveness testing.

Undesignated Contracts

The Company records immediately in earnings changes in the fair value of hedges that are not designated as effective hedging instruments (“undesignated contracts”), including foreign currency forward exchange contracts related to third party

and intercompany transactions, and intercompany loans that are not of a long-term investment nature. Any gains and losses that are immediately recognized in earnings on such contracts are largely offset by the remeasurement of the underlying balances.

The Company does not use derivative or non-derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. The cash flows from the Company’s hedges are presented in the same category in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as the items being hedged.

The following table summarizes the fair value and presentation of the Company’s derivative financial instruments in its Consolidated Balance Sheets:


(In millions)	Assets								Liabilities
	2020				2019				2020				2019
	Other Current Assets		Other Assets		Other Current Assets		Other Assets		Accrued Expenses		Other Liabilities		Accrued Expenses		Other Liabilities
Contracts designated as cash flow hedges:
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (inventory purchases)	$	1.2	$	0.1	$	21.4	$	0.4	$	29.0	$	0.4	$	1.2	$	0.1
Interest rate swap agreements	—		—		0.1		—		3.2		1.5		5.5		0.4
Total contracts designated as cash flow hedges	1.2		0.1		21.5		0.4		32.2		1.9		6.7		0.5
Undesignated contracts:
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	2.5		—		1.5		—		1.6		—		0.9		—


Total	$	3.7	$	0.1	$	23.0	$	0.4	$	33.8	$	1.9	$	7.6	$	0.5

The notional amount outstanding of foreign currency forward exchange contracts was $1,212.8 million at January 31, 2021. Such contracts expire principally between February 2021 and May 2022.

The following tables summarize the effect of the Company’s hedges designated as cash flow and net investment hedging instruments:


	(Loss) Gain Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)



(In millions)
	2020		2019		2018
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (inventory purchases)	$	(57.3)	$	22.4	$	97.1

Interest rate swap agreements	(9.9)		(5.8)		(2.6)
Foreign currency borrowings (net investment hedges)	(125.0)		39.3		95.6
Total	$	(192.2)	$	55.9	$	190.1


	Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCL into Income (Expense), Consolidated Statements of Operations Location, and Total Amount of Consolidated Statements of Operations Line Item
(In millions)	Amount Reclassified						Location	Total Statements of Operations Amount

	2020		2019		2018			2020		2019		2018
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (inventory purchases)	$	12.5	$	23.1	$	(11.6)	Cost of goods sold	$	3,355.8	$	4,520.6	$	4,348.5
Interest rate swap agreements	(11.0)		(1.4)		1.1		Interest expense	125.5		120.0		120.8
Total	$	1.5	$	21.7	$	(10.5)

A net loss in AOCL on foreign currency forward exchange contracts at January 31, 2021 of $36.4 million is estimated to be reclassified in the next 12 months in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations to cost of goods sold as the underlying inventory hedged by such forward exchange contracts is sold. In addition, a net loss in AOCL for interest rate swap agreements at January 31, 2021 of $3.2 million is estimated to be reclassified to interest expense within the next 12 months. Amounts recognized in AOCL for foreign currency borrowings would be recognized in earnings only upon the sale or substantially complete liquidation of the hedged net investment.

The following table summarizes the effect of the Company’s undesignated contracts recognized in SG&A expenses in its Consolidated Statements of Operations:


	(Loss) Gain Recognized in (Expense) Income
(In millions)	2020		2019		2018
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	$	(11.8)	$	3.4	$	(1.5)

The Company had no derivative financial instruments with credit risk-related contingent features underlying the related contracts as of January 31, 2021.