Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements

The fair values of financial instruments, including those not recognized on the statement of financial position at fair value, carried at December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017 are classified in accordance with the fair value hierarchy in the following table:



					Basis of Fair Value Measurement
(Millions of dollars)	Total				Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)				Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)				Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
	December 31, 2017		September 30, 2017		December 31, 2017		September 30, 2017		December 31, 2017		September 30, 2017		December 31, 2017		September 30, 2017
Assets
Institutional money market investments	$	4	$	2,026	$	4	$	2,026	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Interest rate swaps	3		7		—		—		3		7		—		—
Forward exchange contracts	3		8		—		—		3		8		—		—
Total Assets	$	10	$	2,042	$	4	$	2,026	$	6	$	15	$	—	$	—
Liabilities
Interest rate swaps	$	6	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	6	$	—	$	—	$	—
Forward exchange contracts	2		7		—		—		2		7		—		—
Contingent consideration liabilities	28		13		—		—		—		—		28		13
Total Liabilities	$	36	$	20	$	—	$	—	$	8	$	7	$	28	$	13

The Company’s institutional money market accounts permit daily redemption and the fair values of these investments are based upon the quoted prices in active markets provided by the holding financial institutions. The Company’s remaining cash and equivalents, excluding restricted cash, were $1.120 billion and $12.153 billion at December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017, respectively. Short-term investments are held to their maturities and are carried at cost, which approximates fair value. The cash equivalents consist of liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less and the short-term investments consist of instruments with maturities greater than three months and less than one year.

The Company measures the fair value of forward exchange contracts and interest rate swaps based upon the present value of expected future cash flows using market-based observable inputs including credit risk, interest rate yield curves, foreign currency spot prices and forward prices.

Long-term debt is recorded at amortized cost. The fair value of long-term debt is measured based upon quoted prices in active markets for similar instruments, which are considered Level 2 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of long-term debt was $22.7 billion and $19.2 billion at December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017, respectively. The fair value of the current portion of long-term debt was $703 million and $206 million at December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017, respectively.

The contingent consideration liabilities were recognized as part of the consideration transferred by the Company for certain acquisitions. The fair values of the contingent consideration liabilities were estimated using probability-weighted discounted cash flow models that were based upon the probabilities assigned with regard to achievement of the contingent events. The estimated fair values of the contingent consideration liabilities are remeasured each reporting period based upon increases or decreases in the probability of the contingent payments.

The Company’s policy is to recognize any transfers into fair value measurement hierarchy levels and transfers out of levels at the beginning of each reporting period. There were no transfers in and out of Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 measurements for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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