The Company is exposed to certain market risks such as changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, and commodity prices, which exist as a part of its ongoing business operations. Management uses derivative and nonderivative financial instruments and commodity instruments, including futures, options, and swaps, where appropriate, to manage these risks. Instruments used as hedges must be effective at reducing the risk associated with the exposure being hedged.

The Company designates derivatives and nonderivative hedging instruments as cash flow hedges, fair value hedges, net investment hedges, and uses other contracts to reduce volatility in interest rates, foreign currency and commodities. As a matter of policy, the Company does not engage in trading or speculative hedging transactions.

Derivative instruments are classified on the Consolidated Balance Sheet based on the contractual maturity of the instrument or the timing of the underlying cash flows of the instrument for derivatives with contractual maturities beyond one year. Any collateral associated with derivative instruments is classified as other assets or other current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet depending on whether the counterparty collateral is in an asset or liability position. Margin deposits related to exchange-traded commodities are recorded in accounts receivable, net on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. On the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, cash flows associated with derivative instruments are classified according to the nature of the underlying hedged item. Cash flows associated with collateral and margin deposits on exchange-traded commodities are classified as investing cash flows when the collateral account is in an asset position and as financing cash flows when the collateral account is in a liability position.


(millions)	September 28, 2024		December 30, 2023
Foreign currency exchange contracts	$	4,707	$	3,141
Cross-currency contracts	2,178		1,707
Interest rate contracts	1,050		2,289
Commodity contracts	282		201
Total	$	8,217	$	7,338

Following is a description of each category in the fair value hierarchy and the financial assets and liabilities of the Company that were included in each category at September 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023, measured on a recurring basis.

Level 1 – Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market. For the Company, Level 1 financial assets and liabilities consist primarily of commodity derivative contracts.

Level 2 – Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or model inputs that are observable either directly or indirectly for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. For the Company, Level 2 financial assets and liabilities consist of interest rate swaps, cross-currency swaps and over-the-counter commodity and currency contracts.

The Company’s calculation of the fair value of interest rate swaps is derived from a discounted cash flow analysis based on the terms of the contract and the interest rate curve. Over-the-counter commodity derivatives are valued using an income approach based on the commodity index prices less the contract rate multiplied by the notional amount. Foreign currency contracts are valued using an income approach based on forward rates less the contract rate multiplied by the notional amount. Cross-currency contracts are valued based on changes in the spot rate at the time of valuation compared to the spot rate at the time of execution, as well as the change in the interest differential between the two currencies. The Company’s calculation of the fair value of Level 2 financial assets and liabilities takes into consideration the risk of nonperformance, including counterparty credit risk.

Level 3 – Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. These inputs reflect management’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in pricing the asset or liability. The Company did not have any Level 3 financial assets or liabilities as of September 28, 2024 or December 30, 2023.


	September 28, 2024						December 30, 2023
(millions)	Level 1		Level 2		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Total
Assets:
Cross-currency contracts:
Other current assets	$	—	$	16	$	16	$	—	$	12	$	12
Other assets	—		4		4		—		4		4
Interest rate contracts:
Other current assets	—		—		—		—		—		—
Other assets	—		—		—		—		—		—
Total assets	$	—	$	20	$	20	$	—	$	16	$	16
Liabilities:


Cross-currency contracts:
Other current liabilities	$	—	$	(25)	$	(25)	$	—	$	(17)	$	(17)
Other liabilities	—		(29)		(29)		—		(15)		(15)
Interest rate contracts(a):
Other current liabilities	—		—		—		—		(44)		(44)
Other liabilities	—		(31)		(31)		—		(45)		(45)



Total liabilities	$	—	$	(85)	$	(85)	$	—	$	(121)	$	(121)


	September 28, 2024						December 30, 2023
(millions)	Level 1		Level 2		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Total
Assets:
Foreign currency exchange contracts:
Other current assets	$	—	$	65	$	65	$	—	$	51	$	51
Other assets	—		4		4		—		4		4
Interest rate contracts:
Other current assets	—		8		8		—		9		9
Other assets	—		1		1		—		4		4
Commodity contracts:
Other current assets	9		—		9		2		—		2
Total assets	$	9	$	78	$	87	$	2	$	68	$	70
Liabilities:
Foreign currency exchange contracts:
Other current liabilities	$	—	$	(48)	$	(48)	$	—	$	(54)	$	(54)
Other liabilities	—		(5)		(5)		—		(6)		(6)
Interest rate contracts:
Other current liabilities	—		(10)		(10)		—		(11)		(11)
Other liabilities	—		(2)		(2)		—		(6)		(6)
Commodity contracts:
Other current liabilities	(1)		—		(1)		(2)		—		(2)

Total liabilities	$	(1)	$	(65)	$	(66)	$	(2)	$	(77)	$	(79)

The Company has designated its outstanding foreign currency denominated debt as a net investment hedge of a portion of the Company’s investment in its subsidiaries’ foreign currency denominated net assets. The carrying value of this debt, including current and long-term, was approximately $1.3 billion and $1.7 billion as of September 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023, respectively.


(millions)	Line Item in the Consolidated Balance Sheet in which the hedged item is included	Carrying amount of the hedged liabilities				Cumulative amount of fair value hedging adjustment included in the carrying amount of the hedged liabilities (a)
		September 28, 2024		December 30, 2023		September 28, 2024		December 30, 2023
Interest rate contracts	Current maturities of long-term debt	$	674	$	655	$	2	$	(8)
Interest rate contracts	Long-term debt	$	1,015	$	1,666	$	(33)	$	(43)

(a) The fair value adjustment related to current maturities of long-term debt includes $2 million from discontinued hedging relationships as of September 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023, respectively. The fair value adjustment related to long-term debt includes $(2) million and $3 million from discontinued hedging relationships as of September 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023, respectively.

The Company has elected to not offset the fair values of derivative assets and liabilities executed with the same counterparty that are generally subject to enforceable netting agreements. However, if the Company were to offset and record the asset and liability balances of derivatives on a net basis, the amounts presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023 would be adjusted as detailed in the following table:



As of September 28, 2024:			Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
	Amounts Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheet		Financial Instruments		Cash Collateral Received/ Posted		Net Amount
Total asset derivatives	$	107	$	(92)	$	1	$	16
Total liability derivatives	$	(151)	$	92	$	59	$	—



As of December 30, 2023:			Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
	Amounts Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheet		Financial Instruments		Cash Collateral Received/ Posted		Net Amount
Total asset derivatives	$	86	$	(84)	$	—	$	2
Total liability derivatives	$	(200)	$	84	$	68	$	(48)

During the year-to-date period ended September 28, 2024, the Company settled certain interest rate contracts resulting in a net realized gain of approximately $11 million. During the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 30, 2023, the Company settled certain interest rate contracts resulting in a net realized gain of approximately $14 million and $85 million, respectively. These derivatives were accounted for as cash flow hedges and the related net gains were recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income and will be amortized to interest expense over the term of the related U.S. dollar fixed rate debt.

During the year-to-date periods ended September 28, 2024, the Company settled certain interest rate contracts resulting in a net realized loss of approximately €5 million. These derivatives were accounted for as cash flow hedges and the related net gains were recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income and will be amortized to interest expense over the term of the related Euro fixed rate debt.

During the year-to-date period ended September 28, 2024, the Company settled certain cross currency swaps resulting in a net realized gain of approximately $7 million. During the quarter and year-to-date periods September 30, 2023, the Company settled certain cross currency swaps resulting in a net realized gain of approximately $12 million and $29 million, respectively. These cross currency swaps were accounted for as net investment hedges and the related net gain (loss) was recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income.


(millions)	Gain (loss) recognized in AOCI				Gain (loss) excluded from assessment of hedge effectiveness				Location of gain (loss) in income of excluded component
	September 28, 2024		September 30, 2023		September 28, 2024		September 30, 2023
Foreign currency denominated long-term debt	$	(60)	$	44	$	—	$	—
Cross-currency contracts	(73)		67		16		14		Interest expense
Total	$	(133)	$	111	$	16	$	14


(millions)	Location of gain (loss) recognized in income	Gain (loss) recognized in income
		September 28, 2024		September 30, 2023
Foreign currency exchange contracts	COGS	$	2	$	13
Foreign currency exchange contracts	Other income (expense), net	24		(1)
Foreign currency exchange contracts	SG&A	(2)		1

Commodity contracts	COGS	(4)		(27)

Total		$	20	$	(14)



(millions)	Gain (loss) recognized in AOCI				Gain (loss) excluded from assessment of hedge effectiveness				Location of gain (loss) in income of excluded component
	September 28, 2024		September 30, 2023		September 28, 2024		September 30, 2023
Foreign currency denominated long-term debt	$	(9)	$	10	$	—	$	—
Cross-currency contracts	(25)		7		30		42		Interest expense
Total	$	(34)	$	17	$	30	$	42



(millions)	Location of gain (loss) recognized in income	Gain (loss) recognized in income
		September 28, 2024		September 30, 2023
Foreign currency exchange contracts	COGS	$	15	$	(2)
Foreign currency exchange contracts	Other income (expense), net	30		(11)
Foreign currency exchange contracts	SGA	9		(4)

Commodity contracts	COGS	(53)		(90)

Total		$	1	$	(107)


		September 28, 2024		September 30, 2023
(millions)		Interest Expense		Interest Expense
Total amounts of income and expense line items presented in the Consolidated Income Statement in which the effects of fair value or cash flow hedges are recorded		$	75	$	75
	Gain (loss) on fair value hedging relationships:
	Interest contracts:
	Hedged items	(16)		(1)
	Derivatives designated as hedging instruments	17		2

	Gain (loss) on cash flow hedging relationships:
	Interest contracts:
	Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income	—		(2)

The effect of fair value and cash flow hedge accounting on the Consolidated Income Statement for the year-to-date periods ended September 28, 2024 and September 30, 2023:



		September 28, 2024		September 30, 2023
(millions)		Interest Expense		Interest Expense
Total amounts of income and expense line items presented in the Consolidated Income Statement in which the effects of fair value or cash flow hedges are recorded		$	241	$	218
	Gain (loss) on fair value hedging relationships:
	Interest contracts:
	Hedged items	(19)		(5)
	Derivatives designated as hedging instruments	24		8

	Gain (loss) on cash flow hedging relationships:
	Interest contracts:
	Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income	(3)		(7)

During the next 12 months, the Company expects $5 million of net deferred gains reported in AOCI at September 28, 2024 to be reclassified to income, assuming market rates remain constant through contract maturities.

Certain of the Company’s derivative instruments contain provisions requiring the Company to post collateral on those derivative instruments that are in a liability position when the value exceeds certain thresholds with each counterparty. In addition, certain derivative instruments contain provisions that would be triggered in the event the Company defaults on its debt agreements. The collateral posting requirements as of September 28, 2024, triggered by threshold contingent features was not material.

During the quarter ended March 30, 2024, the Company announced the reconfiguration of the North America frozen supply chain network and the reconfiguration of the European cereal supply chain network. As part of these programs, the Company will be consolidating the usage of and disposing certain long-lived assets, including manufacturing facilities. See Note 4 for more information regarding these restructuring programs.

During the year-to-date period ended September 28, 2024, long-lived assets of $62 million related to a frozen foods manufacturing facility in the Company's North America reportable segment, were written down to an estimated fair value of approximately $41 million resulting in an impairment charge of $21 million recorded in COGS.

During the year-to-date period ended September 28, 2024, long-lived assets of $99 million related to a cereal manufacturing facility in the Company's Europe reportable segment, were written down to an estimated fair value of $60 million resulting in an impairment charge of $39 million recorded in COGS.

During the year-to-date period ended September 30, 2023, the Company sold approximately $15 million of investments in level 2 corporate bonds. The resulting loss was approximately $1 million and recorded in Other income and (expense). Also during the year-to-date period ended September 30, 2023, the Company purchased approximately $15 million in level 2 corporate bonds.

The market values of the Company's investments in Level 2 corporate bonds are based on matrices or models from pricing vendors. Unrealized gains and losses are included in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income. Additionally, these investments are recorded within Other current assets and Other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, based on the maturity of the individual security.

The Company reviews its investment portfolio for any unrealized losses that would be deemed other-than-temporary and requires the recognition of an impairment loss in earnings. If the cost of an investment exceeds its fair value, the Company evaluates, among other factors, general market conditions, the duration and extent to which the fair

value is less than its cost, the Company's intent to hold the investment, and whether it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the investment before recovery of the cost basis. The Company also considers the type of security, related industry and sector performance, and published investment ratings. Once a decline in fair value is determined to be other-than-temporary, an impairment charge is recorded and a new cost basis in the investment is established. If conditions within individual markets, industry segments, or macro-economic environments deteriorate, the Company could incur future impairments.

During the first quarter of 2024, the Company amended the U.S. retiree health and welfare plan to create a sub-trust to permit the payment of certain benefits for active union employees using a surplus totaling $175 million from the retiree plan. During the quarter ended March 30, 2024, the Company invested the $175 million in a short-term investment fund that primarily holds short-term debt instruments.The marketable securities portfolio is designated to be used to pay for active union employee benefits.

During the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 28, 2024, the Company sold approximately $132 million and $145 million of investments in the short-term investment fund, respectively. A portion of the proceeds were used to pay for certain benefits of active union employees. During the quarter and year-to-date period ended September 28, 2024, the company purchased approximately $124 million and $301 million of short-term U.S. Treasury securities, respectively. The fair value of marketable securities portfolio was approximately $154 million as of September 28, 2024. The classification of these marketable securities as current or noncurrent depends on our intended holding period and the securities are measured at Level 1 quoted market prices.

We hold equity investments in certain companies that we do not have the ability to exercise significant influence. Equity investments without a readily determinable fair value are recorded at original cost. Investments with a readily determinable fair value, which are Level 2 investments, are measured at fair value based on observable market price changes, with gains and losses recorded through net earnings. Equity investments were approximately $40 million and as of September 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023. Additionally, these investments were recorded within Other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

The carrying values of the Company’s short-term items, including cash, cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt approximate fair value. The fair value of the Company’s long-term debt, which are Level 2 liabilities, is calculated based on broker quotes. The fair value and carrying value of the Company's long-term debt was $5.1 billion as of September 28, 2024. The fair value and carrying value of the Company's long-term debt was $5.0 billion and $5.1 billion, respectively, as of December 30, 2023.

The Company is exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by counterparties on derivative financial and commodity contracts. Management believes a concentration of credit risk with respect to derivative counterparties is limited due to the credit ratings and use of master netting and reciprocal collateralization agreements with the counterparties and the use of exchange-traded commodity contracts.

Master netting agreements apply in situations where the Company executes multiple contracts with the same counterparty. Certain counterparties represent a concentration of credit risk to the Company. If those counterparties fail to perform according to the terms of derivative contracts, this would result in a loss to the Company, net of collateral already received from those counterparties. As of September 28, 2024, the concentration of credit risk to the Company was immaterial.

For certain derivative contracts, reciprocal collateralization agreements with counterparties call for the posting of collateral in the form of cash, treasury securities or letters of credit if a fair value loss position to the Company or its counterparties exceeds a certain amount. In addition, the Company is required to maintain cash margin accounts in connection with its open positions for exchange-traded commodity derivative instruments executed with the counterparty that are subject to enforceable netting agreements. As of September 28, 2024, the Company posted $53 million related to reciprocal collateralization agreements. As of September 28, 2024, the Company posted $6 million in margin deposits for exchange-traded commodity derivative instruments, which was reflected as an increase in accounts receivable, net on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Management believes concentrations of credit risk with respect to accounts receivable is limited due to the generally high credit quality of the Company’s major customers, as well as the large number and geographic dispersion of smaller customers.