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Hedging Activities | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2025
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Hedging Activities | Hedging Activities In the normal course of business, the Company is exposed to interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. At times, the Company limits these risks through the use of derivatives as described below. In accordance with the Company’s policy, derivatives are only used for hedging purposes. The Company does not use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes. The Company uses various counterparties for its derivative contracts to minimize the exposure to credit risk but does not anticipate non-performance by these parties. Foreign Currency Exchange Risk The Company conducts its business worldwide in U.S. dollars and the functional currencies of its foreign subsidiaries, including Canadian dollars, Euro, and British pounds sterling. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial results that are reported in U.S. dollars. The Company is also exposed to foreign currency exchange rate risk related to its foreign subsidiaries, including intercompany loans denominated in non-functional currencies. The Company has certain foreign currency exchange rate risk programs that use foreign currency forward contracts and cross-currency swaps. These forward contracts and cross-currency swaps are generally used to offset the potential income statement effects from intercompany loans and other obligations denominated in non-functional currencies. These programs reduce but do not entirely eliminate foreign currency exchange rate risk. Interest Rate Risk The Company has exposure to changes in interest rates, and it utilizes risk programs which use interest rate swaps to hedge the changes in debt fair values caused by fluctuations in benchmark interest rates. The Company also enters into forward contracts to hedge the variability of future benchmark interest rates on any planned bond issuances. These programs reduce but do not entirely eliminate interest rate risk. Non-Derivative Instruments Designated as Hedges Prior to the divestiture of the E.U. disposal group, the Company’s €1.1 billion of Euro-denominated notes were designated as non-derivative net investment hedges. These hedges were utilized to hedge portions of the Company’s net investments in non-U.S. subsidiaries against the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on the translation of foreign currency balances to the U.S. dollar. For all notes that were designated as net investment hedges and met effectiveness requirements, the changes in carrying value of the notes attributable to the change in spot rates were recorded as foreign currency translation adjustments in “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” in the Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) where they offset foreign currency translation gains and losses recorded on the Company’s net investments. To the extent foreign currency-denominated notes designated as net investment hedges were ineffective, changes in carrying value attributable to the change in spot rates were recorded in earnings. In connection with the sale of the E.U. disposal group in October 2022, the Company reclassified $112 million of gains from accumulated other comprehensive loss to “Selling, distribution, general, and administrative expenses” in the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended March 31, 2023. This amount related to the €1.1 billion of Euro-denominated notes described above which were de-designated as net investment hedges, along with certain other Euro-denominated notes which were previously accounted for as net investment hedges and matured in prior periods, and was included in the fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2022 calculations of charges to remeasure the assets and liabilities of the disposal group to fair value less costs to sell. In connection with the sale of the U.K. disposal group in April 2022, the Company reclassified $26 million of gains from accumulated other comprehensive loss to “Selling, distribution, general, and administrative expenses” in the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended March 31, 2023. This amount related to the Company’s £450 million of British pound sterling-denominated notes, which were previously accounted for as net investment hedges until de-designated in fiscal 2020, and was included in the fiscal 2022 calculation of charges to remeasure the assets and liabilities of the disposal group to fair value less costs to sell. Foreign currency gains (losses) from non-derivative instruments included in other comprehensive income in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income were as follows:
| Years Ended March 31,
(In millions) | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Non-derivatives designated as net investment hedges: (1) |  |  |  |  |
Euro-denominated notes (2) | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7 |
(1)There was no ineffectiveness in these hedges for the year ended March 31, 2023. (2)Includes amounts reclassified to earnings of $112 million for the year ended March 31, 2023. Derivative Instruments At March 31, 2025 and 2024, the notional amounts of the Company’s outstanding derivatives were as follows:
|  |  |  |  | March 31, 2025 |  | March 31, 2024
(In millions) | Currency |  | Maturity Date (1) |  | Notional
Derivatives designated as net investment hedges: (2) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cross-currency swaps (3) | CAD |  | Dec-26 to Mar-27 |  | C$ | 6,500 |  |  | C$ | 1,500 |
Derivatives designated as fair value hedges: (2) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cross-currency swaps (3) | GBP |  | Nov-28 |  | £ | 450 |  |  | £ | 450 |
Cross-currency swaps (3) | EUR |  | Aug-25 to Jul-26 |  | € | 1,100 |  |  | € | 1,100 |
Floating interest rate swaps (4) | USD |  | Aug-27 to Sep-29 |  | $ | 750 |  |  | $ | 1,250 |
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges: (2) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency forwards (5) | GBP |  | Apr-25 to Jul-25 |  | £ | 11 |  |  | £ | 39 |
Interest rate swap locks (6) | USD |  | Aug-30 to Aug-35 |  | $ | 850 |  |  | $ | — |
(1)The maturity date reflected is for outstanding derivatives as of March 31, 2025. (2)There was no ineffectiveness in these hedges for the years ended March 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023. (3)Represents cross-currency fixed-to-fixed interest rate swaps to mitigate the foreign currency exchange fluctuations on its foreign currency-denominated notes. (4)Represents fixed-to-floating interest rate swaps to hedge the changes in fair value caused by fluctuations in the benchmark interest rates. (5)The Company entered into agreements with financial institutions to hedge the variability of foreign currency exchange fluctuations in future cash payments due to a third party in the United Kingdom for capital expenditures. (6)The Company entered into agreements with financial institutions in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 to hedge cash flows associated with interest payments on upcoming financing activities. Net Investment Hedges The Company uses cross-currency swaps to hedge portions of the Company’s net investments denominated in Canadian dollars against the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on the translation of foreign currency balances to the U.S. dollar. The changes in the fair value of these derivatives attributable to the changes in spot currency exchange rates and differences between spot and forward interest rates are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss and offset foreign currency translation gains and losses recorded on the Company’s net investments denominated in Canadian dollars. To the extent cross-currency swaps designated as hedges are ineffective, changes in carrying value attributable to the change in spot rates are recorded in earnings. In fiscal 2025, the Company expanded the net investment hedging program by entering into new cross-currency swaps and restructuring existing cross-currency swaps as described below. As of March 31, 2025, the outstanding notional amount of cross-currency swaps was C$6.5 billion. In the first quarter of fiscal 2025, the Company entered into cross-currency swaps designated as net investment hedges with a total notional amount of C$2.5 billion to hedge portions of the Company’s net investments denominated in Canadian dollars against the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on the translation of foreign currency balances to the U.S. dollar. These cross-currency swaps mature in April 2025 and June 2026. Further, the Company terminated C$1.5 billion of cross-currency swaps designated as net investment hedges with original maturity dates in November 2024 and extending through March 2025. In the third quarter of fiscal 2025, the Company entered into cross-currency swaps designated as net investment hedges with a total notional amount of C$6.0 billion. These cross-currency swaps mature in October, November and December 2026. Further, the Company terminated C$5.0 billion of cross-currency swaps designated as net investment hedges with original maturity dates in April 2025, June, October and November 2026. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, the Company entered into cross-currency swaps designated as net investment hedges with a total notional amount of C$3.0 billion. These cross-currency swaps mature in March 2027. Fair Value Hedges The Company uses cross-currency swaps to hedge the changes in the fair value of its foreign currency notes resulting from changes in benchmark interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. In February 2023, £450 million of cross-currency swaps matured and the Company executed new cross-currency swaps with similar terms to continue to mitigate interest rate and foreign exchange rate risks. In fiscal 2023, the Company entered into cross-currency fixed-to-fixed interest rate swaps with a total notional amount of €1.1 billion to hedge the changes in the fair value of its underlying Euro-denominated notes resulting from changes in benchmark interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. In fiscal 2023, the Company entered into floating interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges to convert $1.3 billion of its fixed rate debt to floating rate in order to hedge the changes in fair value caused by fluctuations in the benchmark interest rate. In fiscal 2025, $500 million of the $1.3 billion floating interest rate swaps with original maturity dates in February 2026 and callable at any time after February 2024 were terminated. Refer to Financial Note 11, “Debt and Financing Activities,” for additional information on the public offering of the 2029 Notes. The changes in the fair value of these derivatives are recorded in “Interest expense” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The changes in the fair value of these derivatives and the offsetting changes in the fair value of the hedged notes are recorded in earnings. Gains from the changes in the Company’s fair value hedges recorded in earnings were largely offset by the losses recorded in earnings on the hedged item. For components excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness, the initial value of the excluded component is recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and then released into earnings over the life of the hedging instrument. The difference between the change in the fair value of the excluded component and the amount amortized into earnings during the period is recorded in other comprehensive income (loss). Cash Flow Hedges From time to time, the Company enters into cross-currency swaps to hedge intercompany loans denominated in nonfunctional currencies to reduce the income statement effects arising from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The Company also enters into forward contracts to hedge the variability of future benchmark interest rates on any planned bond issuances and to offset the potential income statement effects from obligations denominated in non-functional currencies. The effective portion of changes in the fair value of these hedges is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss and reclassified into earnings in the same period in which the hedged transaction affects earnings. Changes in fair values representing hedge ineffectiveness are recognized in current earnings There were no gains or losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss and recorded in “Selling, distribution, general, and administrative expenses” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended March 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, the Company executed a series of forward-starting interest rate swap locks with notional amounts of $850 million to hedge cash flows associated with interest payments on upcoming financing activities. Refer to Financial Note 11, “Debt and Financing Activities,” for information on the Company’s debt obligations. In April 2025, the Company executed forward-starting interest rate swap locks with a total notional amount of $550 million. These swaps, in combination with the swaps executed during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, will hedge cash flows associated with interest payments on upcoming financing activities. In the third quarter of fiscal 2024, the Company entered into foreign currency forward contracts designated as cash flow hedges with a total notional amount of £45 million to hedge the variability of foreign currency exchange fluctuations in future cash payments due to a third party for capital expenditures, and certain of these contracts matured in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 and during fiscal 2025. In fiscal 2023, the Company entered into forward-starting fixed interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges, with a combined notional amount of $450 million, and in the first quarter of fiscal 2024 with a notional amount of $50 million, to hedge the variability of future benchmark interest rates on a planned bond issuance. On June 15, 2023, the Company completed a public offering of the 2033 Notes, at which point the $500 million cash flow hedges were terminated and the proceeds are being amortized to interest expense over the life of the 2033 Notes, or 10 years. Refer to Financial Note 11, “Debt and Financing Activities,” for additional information on the public offering of the 2033 Notes. In fiscal 2023, the Company also terminated its $500 million notional forward-starting fixed interest rate swaps and recognized a gain of $97 million within “Other income, net” in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges Derivative instruments not designated as hedges are marked-to-market at the end of each accounting period with the change in fair value included in earnings. Changes in the fair values for contracts not designated as hedges were recorded directly into earnings in “Selling, distribution, general, and administrative expenses” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Changes in the fair values were not material for the year ended March 31, 2023. The Company did not enter into any derivative instruments not designated as hedges during fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2024. Other Information on Derivative Instruments Gains (losses) from derivatives included in other comprehensive income in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income were as follows:
| Years Ended March 31,
(In millions) | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Derivatives designated as net investment hedges: |  |  |  |  |
Cross-currency swaps | $ | 80 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 28 |
Derivatives designated as cash flow and other hedges: |  |  |  |  |
Cross-currency swaps (1) | $ | (4) |  |  | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | (54) |
Interest rate swap locks, Foreign currency forwards and Other | (6) |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Fixed interest rate swaps | — |  |  | 14 |  |  | (30) |
(1)Includes other comprehensive income related to the excluded component of certain fair value hedges. Information regarding the fair value of derivatives on a gross basis were as follows:
| Balance Sheet Caption | March 31, 2025 |  | March 31, 2024
| Fair Value of Derivative |  | U.S. Dollar Notional |  | Fair Value of Derivative |  | U.S. Dollar Notional
(In millions) | Asset |  | Liability |  |  | Asset |  | Liability |
Derivatives designated for hedge accounting: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cross-currency swaps (current) | Prepaid expenses and other/Other accrued liabilities | $ | 54 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 595 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 1,122 |
Cross-currency swaps (non-current) | Other non-current assets/liabilities | 66 |  |  | 18 |  |  | 5,550 |  |  | 108 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,638 |
Interest rate swaps (non-current) | Other non-current liabilities | — |  |  | 18 |  |  | 750 |  |  | — |  |  | 35 |  |  | 1,250 |
Interest Rate Swap Locks | Other non-current liabilities | — |  |  | 6 |  |  | 850 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Foreign currency forwards (current) | Prepaid expenses and other | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 14 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 35 |
Foreign currency forwards (non-current) | Other non-current liabilities | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 15 |
Total |  | $ | 121 |  |  | $ | 42 |  |  |  |  | $ | 121 |  |  | $ | 36 |  |  |
Refer to Financial Note 15, “Fair Value Measurements,” for more information on these recurring fair value measurements.

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