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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

9. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The following table presents the financial assets and liabilities the company records at fair value on a recurring basis identified by the level of inputs used to determine fair value. See Note 1 for the definitions of these levels and for further information on our financial instruments.


	December 31, 2020						December 31, 2019
$ in millions	Level 1		Level 2		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Total
Financial Assets (Liabilities)
Marketable securities	$	377	$	1	$	378	$	364	$	1	$	365
Marketable securities valued using NAV					18						17
Total marketable securities	377		1		396		364		1		382
Derivatives	—		—		—		—		(3)		(3)

The notional value of the company’s foreign currency forward contracts at December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $133 million and $98 million, respectively. At December 31, 2020, no portion of the notional value was designated as a cash flow hedge. The portion of notional value designated as a cash flow hedge at December 31, 2019 was $7 million.

The derivative fair values and related unrealized gains/losses at December 31, 2020 and 2019 were not material.

There were no transfers of financial instruments between the three levels of the fair value hierarchy during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.

The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents and commercial paper approximates fair value.

- 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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