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Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements

NOTE 9. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

 

Derivative Financial Instruments

 

In the normal course of business, our operations are exposed to market risks, including the effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. We may enter into derivative financial instruments to offset these underlying market risks. There have been no significant changes in our policy and strategy from what was disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

 

The following table presents the fair value of our derivative financial instruments recognized within Other Assets and Other Liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

 

 

Asset

 

 

Liability

 

 

Asset

 

 

Liability

 

Undesignated derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Forwards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

          Brazilian real

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

291

 

          British pound sterling

 

 

1,467

 

 

 

21,735

 

 

 

9,608

 

 

 

9,862

 

          Canadian dollar

 

 

5,936

 

 

 

974

 

 

 

4,480

 

 

 

1,225

 

          Chinese renminbi

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,630

 

 

 

50

 

          Euro

 

 

11,594

 

 

 

6,764

 

 

 

19,252

 

 

 

8,229

 

          Japanese yen

 

 

39,476

 

 

 

1,179

 

 

 

45,149

 

 

 

589

 

          Swedish krona

 

 

2,233

 

 

 

1,947

 

 

 

3,304

 

 

 

2,279

 

     Options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

          Mexican peso

 

 

12

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,263

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Designated derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Net investment hedges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

          British pound sterling

 

 

-

 

 

 

27,263

 

 

 

1,759

 

 

 

7,030

 

          Canadian dollar

 

 

68

 

 

 

932

 

 

 

756

 

 

 

5,608

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Cash flow hedges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

          Euro

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

118

 

 

 

27,034

 

          U.S. dollar

 

 

-

 

 

 

256

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

31,964

 

Total fair value of derivatives

 

$

60,786

 

 

$

61,050

 

 

$

87,319

 

 

$

94,161

 

 

Undesignated Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Foreign Currency Contracts

 

The following table summarizes the activity of our undesignated foreign currency contracts for the nine months ended September 30 (in millions, except for weighted average forward rates and number of active contracts):

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

CAD

 

 

EUR

 

 

GBP

 

 

JPY

 

 

Other

 

 

Total

 

 

CAD

 

 

EUR

 

 

GBP

 

 

JPY

 

Other

 

 

Total

 

Notional amounts at January 1 ($)

 

213

 

 

 

524

 

 

 

442

 

 

 

384

 

 

 

56

 

 

 

1,619

 

 

 

283

 

 

 

601

 

 

 

349

 

 

 

331

 

 

81

 

 

 

1,645

 

New contracts ($)

 

102

 

 

 

126

 

 

 

109

 

 

 

106

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

460

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

110

 

 

 

124

 

 

 

116

 

 

34

 

 

 

390

 

Matured, expired or settled contracts ($)

 

(32

)

 

 

(86

)

 

 

(120

)

 

 

(148

)

 

 

(61

)

 

 

(447

)

 

 

(73

)

 

 

(218

)

 

 

(73

)

 

 

(66

)

 

68

 

 

 

(362

)

Notional amounts at September 30 ($)

 

283

 

 

 

564

 

 

 

431

 

 

 

342

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

1,632

 

 

 

216

 

 

 

493

 

 

 

400

 

 

 

381

 

 

183

 

 

 

1,673

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average forward rate at September 30

 

1.31

 

 

 

1.15

 

 

 

1.26

 

 

 

120.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.29

 

 

 

1.17

 

 

 

1.28

 

 

 

113.85

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active contracts at September 30

 

109

 

 

 

92

 

 

 

96

 

 

 

88

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

77

 

 

 

69

 

 

 

92

 

 

 

96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the undesignated derivative financial instruments exercised and associated realized and unrealized gains (losses), respectively, in Foreign Currency, Derivative and Other Gains (Losses) and Other Income (Expense), Net in the Consolidated Statements of Income (in millions, except for number of exercised contracts):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Exercised contracts

 

 

30

 

 

 

42

 

 

 

161

 

 

 

163

 

Realized gains on the matured, expired or settled contracts

 

$

10

 

 

$

11

 

 

$

50

 

 

$

42

 

Unrealized gains (losses) on the change in fair value of outstanding contracts

 

$

(67

)

 

$

29

 

 

$

(32

)

 

$

9

 

 

Designated Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated as net investment hedges ("NIHs") of our foreign operations and cash flow hedges ("CFHs") are recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (“AOCI/L”) in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and reflected within the AOCI/L table below.

 

Foreign Currency Contracts

 

The following table summarizes the activity of our foreign currency contracts designated as NIHs for the nine months ended September 30 (in millions, except for weighted average forward rates and number of active contracts):

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

 

CAD

 

 

GBP

 

 

Total

 

 

CAD

 

 

CNH

 

 

GBP

 

 

Total

 

Notional amounts at January 1 ($)

 

 

516

 

 

 

432

 

 

 

948

 

 

 

534

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

440

 

 

 

974

 

New contracts ($)

 

 

47

 

 

 

397

 

 

 

444

 

 

 

350

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

218

 

 

 

668

 

Matured, expired or settled contracts ($)

 

 

(399

)

 

 

(399

)

 

 

(798

)

 

 

(363

)

 

 

(100

)

 

 

(228

)

 

 

(691

)

Notional amounts at September 30 ($)

 

 

164

 

 

 

430

 

 

 

594

 

 

 

521

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

430

 

 

 

951

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average forward rate at
     September 30

 

 

1.36

 

 

 

1.25

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.32

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1.25

 

 

 

 

Active contracts at September 30

 

 

2

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Rate Contracts

 

The following table summarizes the activity of our interest rate contracts designated as CFHs for the nine months ended September 30 (in millions):

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

 

EUR

 

 

USD

 

 

GBP

 

 

Total

 

 

EUR

 

 

USD

 

 

Total

 

Notional amounts at January 1 ($)

 

 

700

 

 

 

550

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,250

 

 

 

447

 

 

 

150

 

 

 

597

 

New contracts ($)

 

 

-

 

 

 

600

 

 

 

246

 

 

 

846

 

 

 

691

 

 

 

1,750

 

 

 

2,441

 

Matured, expired or settled contracts ($)

 

 

(700

)

 

 

(1,050

)

 

 

(246

)

 

 

(1,996

)

 

 

(859

)

 

 

(1,900

)

 

 

(2,759

)

Notional amounts at September 30 ($)

 

 

-

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

279

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

279

 

Designated Nonderivative Financial Instruments

The following table summarizes our debt and accrued interest, designated as a hedge of our net investment in international subsidiaries at the quarter ended (in millions):

 

 

 

September 30, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

British pound sterling

 

$

1,820

 

 

$

1,305

 

Canadian dollar

 

$

778

 

 

$

373

 

The following table summarizes the unrealized gains (losses) in Foreign Currency, Derivative and Other Gains (Losses) and Other Income (Expense), Net in the Consolidated Statements of Income on the remeasurement of the unhedged portion of our euro-denominated and Chinese renminbi-denominated debt and accrued interest (in millions):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Unrealized gains (losses) on the unhedged portion

 

$

(28

)

 

$

10

 

 

$

(12

)

 

$

7

 

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) ("AOCI/L")

 

The change in AOCI/L in the Consolidated Statements of Equity during the periods presented was due to the following: i) the currency translation adjustments ("CTA") that we recognize due to the translation of the financial statements of our consolidated subsidiaries, whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar, into U.S. dollars; and ii) the change in the fair value of the effective portion of our derivative financial instruments that have been designated as NIHs and CFHs and the translation of the hedged portion of our debt.

 

The following tables present these changes in AOCI/L (in thousands):

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023

 

 

 

Unrealized losses
on CFHs (1)

 

 

Our share of derivatives from unconsolidated entities

 

 

Derivative NIHs

 

 

Debt designated as nonderivative NIHs (2)

 

 

CTA

 

 

Total AOCI/L

 

Balance at
     July 1, 2024

 

$

(18,488

)

 

$

15,834

 

 

$

328,596

 

 

$

272,495

 

 

$

(754,490

)

 

$

(156,053

)

Other comprehensive
     loss, net

 

 

(3,488

)

 

 

(4,981

)

 

 

(24,626

)

 

 

(117,782

)

 

 

(265,321

)

 

 

(416,198

)

Balance at
     September 30, 2024

 

$

(21,976

)

 

$

10,853

 

 

$

303,970

 

 

$

154,713

 

 

$

(1,019,811

)

 

$

(572,251

)

 

 

 

Unrealized gains on CFHs

 

 

Our share of derivatives from unconsolidated entities

 

 

Derivative NIHs

 

 

Debt designated as nonderivative NIHs (2)

 

 

CTA

 

 

Total AOCI/L

 

Balance at
     July 1, 2023

 

$

15,086

 

 

$

14,910

 

 

$

310,140

 

 

$

249,597

 

 

$

(922,103

)

 

$

(332,370

)

Other comprehensive
     income, net

 

 

546

 

 

 

3,072

 

 

 

29,679

 

 

 

50,149

 

 

 

63,141

 

 

 

146,587

 

Balance at
     September 30, 2023

 

$

15,632

 

 

$

17,982

 

 

$

339,819

 

 

$

299,746

 

 

$

(858,962

)

 

$

(185,783

)

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023

 

 

 

Unrealized gains (losses) on CFHs (1)

 

 

Our share of derivatives from unconsolidated entities

 

 

Derivative NIHs

 

 

Debt designated as nonderivative NIHs (2)

 

 

CTA

 

 

Total AOCI/L

 

Balance at
     January 1, 2024

 

$

(45,744

)

 

$

8,414

 

 

$

310,526

 

 

$

254,102

 

 

$

(1,041,499

)

 

$

(514,201

)

Other comprehensive
     income (loss), net

 

 

23,768

 

 

 

2,439

 

 

 

(6,556

)

 

 

(99,389

)

 

 

21,688

 

 

 

(58,050

)

Balance at
     September 30, 2024

 

$

(21,976

)

 

$

10,853

 

 

$

303,970

 

 

$

154,713

 

 

$

(1,019,811

)

 

$

(572,251

)

 

 

 

Unrealized gains (losses) on CFHs

 

 

Our share of derivatives from unconsolidated entities

 

 

Derivative NIHs

 

 

Debt designated as nonderivative NIHs (2)

 

 

CTA

 

 

Total AOCI/L

 

Balance at
     January 1, 2023

 

$

30,545

 

 

$

22,584

 

 

$

332,973

 

 

$

329,983

 

 

$

(1,159,694

)

 

$

(443,609

)

Other comprehensive
     income (loss), net

 

 

(14,913

)

 

 

(4,602

)

 

 

6,846

 

 

 

(30,237

)

 

 

300,732

 

 

 

257,826

 

Balance at
     September 30, 2023

 

$

15,632

 

 

$

17,982

 

 

$

339,819

 

 

$

299,746

 

 

$

(858,962

)

 

$

(185,783

)

 

(1)
We estimate an additional expense of $3.0 million will be reclassified to Interest Expense in the Consolidated Statements of Income over the next 12 months from September 30, 2024, due to the amortization of settled derivatives designated as cash flow hedges.

 

(2)
Reclassification of amounts out of AOCI/L due to the remeasurement of the unhedged portion of our euro-denominated and Chinese renminbi-denominated debt and accrued interest is included herein.

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

There have been no significant changes in our policy from what was disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

 

Fair Value Measurements on a Recurring Basis

 

At September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, other than the derivatives discussed previously, we had no significant financial assets or financial liabilities that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis in the Consolidated Financial Statements. All of our derivatives held at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, were classified as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Fair Value Measurements on Nonrecurring Basis

 

Acquired properties and assets we expect to sell or contribute are significant nonfinancial assets that met the criteria to be measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. At September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, we estimated the fair value of our properties using Level 2 or Level 3 inputs from the fair value hierarchy. See more information on our acquired properties in Note 2 and assets held for sale or contribution in Note 4.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

At September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the carrying amounts of certain financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts and notes receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses were representative of their fair values.

 

The differences in the fair value of our debt from the carrying value in the table below were the result of differences in interest rates or borrowing spreads that were available to us at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, as compared with those in effect when the debt was issued or assumed, including lower borrowing spreads due to our credit ratings. See Note 5 for more information on our debt activity.

 

The following table reflects the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of our debt (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

 

 

Carrying Value

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Carrying Value

 

 

Fair Value

 

Credit facilities and commercial paper

 

$

660,737

 

 

$

660,737

 

 

$

979,313

 

 

$

979,313

 

Senior notes

 

 

29,386,420

 

 

 

27,623,117

 

 

 

25,311,647

 

 

 

23,121,936

 

Term loans and unsecured other

 

 

1,956,822

 

 

 

1,940,543

 

 

 

2,330,520

 

 

 

2,322,827

 

Secured mortgage

 

 

285,853

 

 

 

272,023

 

 

 

379,021

 

 

 

357,731

 

Total

 

$

32,289,832

 

 

$

30,496,420

 

 

$

29,000,501

 

 

$

26,781,807