Financial Instruments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Financial Instruments

NOTE 6 — FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Interest Rate Swap Agreements

We have entered into interest rate swap agreements to manage our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates. These swap agreements involve the exchange of fixed and variable rate interest payments between two parties based on common notional principal amounts and maturity dates. Pay-fixed interest rate swaps effectively convert LIBOR indexed variable rate obligations to fixed interest rate obligations. The interest payments under these agreements are settled on a net basis. The net interest payments, based on the notional amounts in these agreements, generally match the timing of the related liabilities for the interest rate swap agreements which have been designated as cash flow hedges. The notional amounts of the swap agreements represent amounts used to calculate the exchange of cash flows and are not our assets or liabilities. Our credit risk related to these agreements is considered low because the swap agreements are with creditworthy financial institutions.

The following table sets forth our interest rate swap agreements, which have been designated as cash flow hedges, at September 30, 2016 (dollars in millions):

	Notional Amount		Maturity Date		Fair Value
Pay-fixed interest rate swaps	$	3,000		December 2016	$	(22	)
Pay-fixed interest rate swaps		1,000		December 2017		(18	)
Pay-fixed interest rate swaps (starting in December 2016)		2,000		December 2021		(43	)

During the next 12 months, we estimate $48 million will be reclassified from other comprehensive income (“OCI”) to interest expense.

Derivatives — Results of Operations

The following table presents the effect of our interest rate swaps on our results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 (dollars in millions):

Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships	Amount of Loss Recognized  in OCI on Derivatives, Net of Tax		Location of Loss Reclassified from Accumulated  OCI into Operations		Amount of Loss Reclassified from Accumulated  OCI into Operations
Interest rate swaps	$	36		Interest expense	$	84

Credit-risk-related Contingent Features

We have agreements with each of our derivative counterparties that contain a provision where we could be declared in default on our derivative obligations if repayment of the underlying indebtedness is accelerated by the lender due to our default on the indebtedness. As of September 30, 2016, we have not been required to post any collateral related to these agreements. If we had breached these provisions at September 30, 2016, we would have been required to settle our obligations under the agreements at their aggregate, estimated termination value of $85 million.