DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

6 Months Ended

Jan. 03, 2020

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

NOTE 20: DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

In the normal course of business, we are exposed to global market risks, including the effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and changes in interest rates. We use derivative instruments to manage our exposure to such risks and formally document all relationships between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as the risk-management objective and strategy for undertaking hedge transactions. We also may enter into derivative instruments that are not designated as hedges and do not qualify for hedge accounting. We recognize all derivatives in our Consolidated Balance Sheet at fair value. We do not hold or issue derivatives for speculative trading purposes.

Exchange Rate Risk — Fair Value Hedges

To manage the exposure in our balance sheet to risks from changes in foreign currency exchange rates, we implement fair value hedges. More specifically, we have used foreign currency forward contracts and options to hedge certain balance sheet items, including foreign currency denominated accounts receivable and inventory. Changes in the value of the derivatives and the related hedged items are reflected in earnings, in the “Cost of product sales and services” line item in our Consolidated Statement of Income.

At January 3, 2020, we had no outstanding foreign currency forward contracts to hedge balance sheet items. The net gains or losses on foreign currency forward contracts designated as fair value hedges were not material in the two quarters ended January 3, 2020 or fiscal 2019, 2018 or 2017. In addition, no amounts were recognized in earnings in the two quarters ended January 3, 2020 or fiscal 2019, 2018 or 2017 related to hedged firm commitments that no longer qualify as fair value hedges.

Exchange Rate Risk — Cash Flow Hedges

To manage our exposure to currency risk and market fluctuation risk associated with anticipated cash flows that are probable of occurring in the future, we implement cash flow hedges. More specifically, we use foreign currency forward contracts and options to hedge off-balance sheet future foreign currency commitments, including purchase commitments to suppliers, future committed sales to customers and intersegment transactions. These derivatives are used to hedge currency exposures from cash flows anticipated across our business segments. We also hedge U.S. Dollar payments to suppliers to maintain our anticipated profit margins in our international operations. These derivatives have only nominal intrinsic value at the time of purchase and have a high degree of correlation to the anticipated cash flows they are designated to hedge. Hedge effectiveness is determined by the correlation of the anticipated cash flows from the hedging instruments and the anticipated cash flows from the future foreign currency commitments through the maturity dates of the derivatives used to hedge these cash flows. These financial instruments are marked-to-market using forward prices and fair value quotes with the offset to other comprehensive income and are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. Gains and losses in accumulated other comprehensive income are reclassified to earnings when the related hedged item is recognized in earnings. The cash flow impact of our derivatives is included in the same category in our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows as the cash flows of the related hedged items. Notional amounts are used to measure the volume of foreign currency forward contracts and do not represent exposure to foreign currency losses. At January 3, 2020, we had open foreign currency forward contracts with an aggregate notional amount of $511 million denominated in the Euro, British Pound, Australian Dollar, Canadian Dollar and United Arab Emirates Dirham to hedge certain forecasted transactions.

At January 3, 2020, our foreign currency forward contracts had maturities through 2023.

The table below presents the fair values of our derivatives designated as foreign currency hedging instruments in our Consolidated Balance Sheet at January 3, 2020. As of the end of fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, the fair values of our derivatives designated as foreign currency hedging instruments were not material.

	January 3, 2020
	(In millions)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
Foreign currency forward contracts
Other current assets	$	8
Other non-current assets	2
Other accrued items	6
Other long-term liabilities	2

During the two quarters ended January 3, 2020, we recognized a net unrealized gain of $3 million before income taxes in other comprehensive income from foreign currency derivatives designated as cash flow hedges. During fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, the net unrealized gain or loss recognized in other comprehensive income from foreign currency derivatives designated as cash flow hedges was not material.

During the two quarters ended January 3, 2020 and fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, the net gain or loss reclassified from “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” into earnings from foreign currency derivatives designated as cash flow hedges was not material. Gains and losses from foreign currency derivatives designated as cash flow hedges are included in the line item in our Consolidated Statement of Income associated with the hedged transaction, with the exception of the losses resulting from discontinued cash flow hedges, which are included in the “Engineering, selling and administrative expenses” line item in our Consolidated Statement of Income.

At January 3, 2020, the estimated amount of existing gains to be reclassified into earnings within the next twelve months was $2 million before income taxes.

Interest-Rate Risk — Cash Flow Hedges

At January 3, 2020, we had two treasury lock agreements (“treasury locks”) with third-party financial institution counterparties with a combined notional amount of $650 million that were classified as cash flow hedges, which were assumed in connection with the L3Harris Merger.

These treasury locks were initiated in January 2019 to hedge against fluctuations in interest payments due to changes in the benchmark interest rate (10-year U.S. Treasury rate) associated with the anticipated issuance of long-term fixed-rate notes (“New Notes”) to redeem or repay at maturity the entire $650 million outstanding principal amount of our 4.95% 2021 Notes.

We designated these treasury locks as cash flow hedges against fluctuations in interest payments on the New Notes due to changes in the benchmark interest rate prior to issuance, which we expected to occur before the date of maturity of the 4.95% 2021 Notes. If the benchmark interest rate increases during the period of the agreement, the treasury locks position becomes an asset and we receive a cash payment from the counterparty when we terminate the treasury locks upon issuance of the New Notes. Conversely, if the benchmark interest rate decreases, the treasury locks position becomes a liability and we make a cash payment to the counterparty when we terminate the treasury locks upon issuance of the New Notes. The fair value of the treasury locks is measured using a pricing model that utilizes observable market data such as the benchmark interest rate.

At January 3, 2020, the combined fair value of these treasury locks was a liability of $56 million, which was categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy and recorded in the “Other long-term liabilities” line item in our Consolidated Balance Sheet. The unrealized after-tax loss associated with these treasury locks included in the “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” line item in our Consolidated Balance Sheet was $16 million at January 3, 2020. We recognized a $35 million liability for these treasury locks as part of our purchase accounting for the L3Harris Merger.

On November 27, 2019, in order to fund our optional redemption of the 2.7% 2020 Notes as described in Note 14: Debt in these Notes, we completed the issuance of $400 million in aggregate principal amount of the 2.900% 2029 Notes. In January 2019, we initiated a treasury lock to hedge against fluctuations in interest payments due to changes in the benchmark interest rate (10-year U.S. Treasury rate) associated with the anticipated issuance of debt to redeem or repay the 2.7% 2020 Notes. This treasury lock was terminated as planned in connection with our issuance of the 2.900% 2029 notes during the quarter ended January 3, 2020, and because interest rates decreased during the period of the treasury lock, we made a cash payment to our counterparty and recorded an after-tax loss of $24 million in the “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” line item of our Consolidated Balance Sheet. The accumulated other comprehensive loss balance will be amortized to interest expense over the life of the 2.900% 2029 Notes. We classified the cash outflow from the termination of this treasury lock as cash used in financing

activities in our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows. At June 28, 2019, the fair value of this treasury lock was a liability of $26 million, which was categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy and recorded in the “Other accrued items” line item in our Consolidated Balance Sheet with a corresponding unrealized after-tax loss of $20 million included in the “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” line item in our Consolidated Balance Sheet.

The net gains or losses from cash flow hedges recognized in earnings were not material for the two quarters ended January 3, 2020 or fiscal 2019, 2018 or 2017. We had no open treasury locks at the end of fiscal 2018 or 2017.

Credit Risk

We are exposed to the risk of credit losses from non-performance by counterparties to the financial instruments discussed above, but we do not expect any of the counterparties to fail to meet their obligations. To manage credit risks, we select counterparties based on credit ratings, limit our exposure to any single counterparty under defined guidelines and monitor the market position with each counterparty.