Financial Instruments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Fair Value Hedges

The Company holds interest rate swaps with aggregate notional amounts of $1,854 million, £925 million and €500 million at each of September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022. These swaps were previously designated as fair value hedges for accounting purposes, converting the interest rate exposure on certain of the Company's Senior USD Notes, Senior GBP Notes and Senior Euro Notes, as applicable, from fixed to variable. During the quarter ended September 30, 2023, the Company de-designated these swaps as fair value hedges. As a result of the de-designations, the fair value basis adjustments recorded as a decrease of the long-term debt through the dates of de-designation are amortized as interest expense using the effective interest method over the remaining periods to maturity of the respective long-term debt. The fair value basis adjustments of the long-term debt totaled $635 million as of September 30, 2023, with $20 million amortized as Interest expense for the three months ending September 30, 2023 (see Note 7). At December 31, 2022, the fair value basis adjustments recorded as a decrease of the long-term debt totaled $578 million.

Concurrently with the de-designations described above, the Company entered into new offsetting variable-to-fixed interest rate swaps with aggregate notional amounts of $1,854 million, £925 million and €500 million. The terms of these new interest rate swaps were effectively matched against the terms of the existing fixed-to-variable interest rate swaps, which results in an offsetting impact of the go-forward changes in fair values of the new and existing interest rate swaps recorded as Other income (expense), net pursuant to accounting for economic hedges. The new and existing interest rate swap fair values totaled assets of $51 million and liabilities of $690 million at September 30, 2023. At December 31, 2022, the fair value of interest rate swaps totaled liabilities of $578 million.

During the quarter ended September 30, 2023, the Company entered into an aggregate notional amount of €3,375 million fixed-for-fixed cross-currency interest rate swaps to hedge its exposure to foreign currency risk associated with its Senior Euro Notes. During the quarter ended June 30, 2023, the Company entered into an aggregate notional amount of £925 million fixed-for-fixed cross-currency interest rate swaps to hedge its exposure to foreign currency risk associated with its Senior GBP Notes. These swaps are designated as fair value hedges for accounting purposes with a net liability fair value of $84 million at September 30, 2023. Changes in the swap fair values attributable to changes in spot foreign currency exchange rates are recorded in Other income (expense), net. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, $(165) million and $(144) million, respectively, were recognized in Other income (expense), net offset by changes in spot foreign currency exchange rates on the Senior GBP Notes and Senior Euro Notes. Changes attributable to excluded components, such as changes in fair value due to forward foreign currency exchange rates and cross-currency basis spreads, are recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss). The Company records the impact of the excluded components in earnings through Interest expense using the amortization approach. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, $11 million was recognized in Interest expense using the amortization approach.

Net Investment Hedges

The purpose of the Company's net investment hedges, as discussed below, is to reduce the volatility of FIS' net investment value in its Euro- and Pound Sterling-denominated operations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

The Company recorded net investment hedge aggregate gain (loss) for the change in fair value and related income tax (expense) benefit within Other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of tax, on the consolidated statements of comprehensive earnings (loss) for its designated net investment hedges as follows (in millions). No ineffectiveness has been recorded on the net investment hedges.


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Foreign currency-denominated debt designations	$	42	$	457	$	(80)	$	1,123
Cross-currency interest rate swap designations	112		526		(77)		994
Total	$	154	$	983	$	(157)	$	2,117

Foreign Currency-Denominated Debt Designations

The Company has designated certain foreign currency-denominated debt as net investment hedges of its investment in Euro- and Pound Sterling-denominated operations. As of September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, an aggregate €1,894 million and €7,646 million, respectively, was designated as a net investment hedge of the Company's investment in Euro-denominated operations related to Senior Euro Notes with maturities ranging from 2024 to 2025 and ECP Notes. As of September 30, 2023, no GBP-denominated debt was designated as a net investment hedge. As of December 31, 2022, an aggregate £726 million was designated as a net investment hedge of the Company's Pound Sterling-denominated operations related to the Senior GBP Notes.

During the quarters ended September 30, 2023, and June 30, 2023, the Company de-designated certain Senior Euro Notes and Senior GBP Notes as net investment hedges due to the new fair value hedges noted above. During the quarter ended September 30, 2023, the Company also de-designated €1,500 million of ECP Notes as a net investment hedge and entered into foreign currency forward contracts with a corresponding €1,500 million aggregate notional amount to hedge its exposure to foreign currency risk associated with ECP Notes that are expected to be paid off with U.S. dollar proceeds received from the sale of a 55% equity interest in its Worldpay Merchant Solutions business during the first quarter of 2024 (see Note 1). The change in fair value of the foreign currency forward contracts is recorded as Other income (expense), net pursuant to accounting for economic hedges and offsets the impact of the change in spot foreign currency exchange rates on the de-designated ECP Notes, which is also recorded as Other income (expense), net. The foreign currency forward contract fair values totaled a net liability of $22 million at September 30, 2023.

Cross-Currency Interest Rate Swap Designations

The Company holds cross-currency interest rate swaps designated as net investment hedges of its investment in Euro- and Pound Sterling-denominated operations.

As of September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, aggregate notional amounts of €6,143 million and €6,343 million, respectively, were designated as net investment hedges of the Company's investment in Euro-denominated operations, and aggregate notional amounts of £2,380 million and £2,580 million, respectively, were designated as net investment hedges of the Company's Pound Sterling-denominated operations. The cross-currency interest rate swap fair values totaled assets of $240 million and $336 million and liabilities of $(56) million and $(72) million at September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company (paid) received net proceeds of approximately $(20) million and $684 million, respectively, for the fair values of the cross-currency interest rate swaps as of the settlement dates. The proceeds were recorded within investing activities on the consolidated statements of cash flows. Following the settlement of the existing cross-currency interest rate swaps during 2022, the Company entered into new cross-currency interest rate swaps at current market terms with similar notional amounts and maturity dates as the settled cross-currency interest rate swaps (see Note 7).