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Financial Instruments
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
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 June 30, 2017 (dollars in millions):

 

     Notional
Amount
     Maturity Date      Fair
Value
 

Pay-fixed interest rate swaps

   $ 1,000        December 2017      $ (5

Pay-fixed interest rate swaps

     2,000        December 2021        29  

During the next 12 months, we estimate $8 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 six months ended June 30, 2017 (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

   $ 5        Interest expense      $ 13