Financial Instruments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Fair Value Hedges

The Company held fixed-to-variable interest rate swaps with aggregate notional amounts of $1,854 million, £925 million and €0 million at December 31, 2024 and $1,854 million, £925 million and €500 million at December 31, 2023. Prior to the quarter ended September 30, 2023, these swaps were 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. While designated as fair value hedges, changes in fair value of these interest rate swaps were recorded as an adjustment to long-term debt. 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 final fair value basis adjustments recorded through the dates of de-designation as a decrease of the long-term debt are subsequently amortized as interest expense using the effective interest method over the remaining periods to maturity of the respective long-term debt. We amortized $50 million and $41 million of these balances as Interest expense during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively (see Note 14). During the quarter ended March 31, 2024, $316 million of unamortized fair value basis adjustments recorded as a decrease of the long-term debt tendered was written-off and recorded as part of the loss on extinguishment of debt (see Note 13). The remaining unamortized fair value basis adjustments recorded as a decrease of the long-term debt totaled $228 million and $594 million at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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. At December 31, 2024, the aggregate notional amounts remaining are $1,854 million, £925 million and €0 million. The Company accounts for the de-designated fixed-to-variable and offsetting variable-to-fixed interest rate swaps as economic hedges; as such, effective as of the de-designation dates, changes in interest rates associated with the variable leg of the interest rate swaps do not affect the interest expense recognized, eliminating variable-rate risk on the fixed-to-variable interest rate swaps. The terms of the new interest rate swaps when matched against the terms of the existing fixed-to-variable interest rate swaps result in a net fixed coupon spread payable by the Company. The impact of the go-forward changes in fair values of the new and existing interest rate swaps, including the impact of the coupons, is recorded as Other income (expense), net pursuant to accounting for economic hedges and totaled $(22) million and $(52) million, for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The coupon payments are recorded within Cash flows from investing activities from continuing operations on the consolidated statements of cash flows and totaled $122 million and $28 million in cash outflows for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The new and existing interest rate swap fair values totaled assets of $33 million and $12 million and liabilities of $(595) million and $(675) million at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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. During March 2024, the Company partially terminated certain fixed-for-fixed cross-currency interest rate swaps that were hedging foreign currency risk associated with its Senior GBP Notes that were partially tendered (see Note 14). After such partial termination, there remained an aggregate notional amount of approximately £170 million in fixed-for-fixed cross-currency interest rate swaps that hedge the Company's exposure to foreign currency risk associated with its Senior GBP Notes. The fair value of these swaps totaled assets of $4 million and $134 million and liabilities of $(84) million and $0 million at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Changes in the swap fair values attributable to changes in spot foreign currency exchange rates are recorded in Other income (expense), net and totaled $(226) million and $61 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. This amount offset the impact of changes in spot foreign currency exchange rates on the Senior GBP Notes and Senior Euro Notes also recorded to Other income (expense), net during the hedge period. Changes in swap fair values 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) ("AOCI"). The Company recorded $32 million and $74 million

for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, through Other comprehensive earnings (loss) for the changes in swap fair values attributable to excluded components. The amounts recorded in AOCI generally affect net earnings (loss) through Interest expense using the amortization approach. For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, $46 million and $20 million, respectively, was recognized as Interest expense using the amortization approach. As a result of the partial terminations during March 2024, the Company received $33 million in net proceeds recorded within Other financing activities, net on the consolidated statement of cash flows and recorded a $19 million reduction to the loss on extinguishment of debt due to reclassifying the amount of AOCI related to the partially terminated hedges into earnings (see Note 14).

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. Changes in fair value due to remeasurement of the effective portion are recorded as a component of AOCI for net investment hedges. The amounts included in AOCI for the net investment hedges will remain in AOCI until the complete or substantially complete liquidation of our investment in the underlying foreign operations. Any ineffective portion of these hedging instruments impacts net earnings when the ineffectiveness occurs. The Company assesses effectiveness of cross-currency interest rate swap hedging instruments using the spot method. Under this method, the periodic interest settlements are recorded directly in earnings through Interest expense (see Note 14).

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.


	Years ended December 31,
	2024		2023		2022
Foreign currency-denominated debt designations	$	43	$	(138)	$	534
Cross-currency interest rate swap designations	219		(363)		500
Total	$	262	$	(501)	$	1,034

Foreign Currency-Denominated Debt Designations

The Company has designated certain foreign currency-denominated debt as net investment hedges of its investment in Euro-denominated operations. An aggregate of €250 million and €1,115 million of Senior Euro Notes with maturities ranging from 2024 to 2025 was designated as a net investment hedge of the Company's investment in Euro-denominated operations as of December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. An aggregate of €100 million and €419 million of ECP Notes was also designated as a net investment hedge of the Company's investment in Euro-denominated operations as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

The Company held €375 million and €1,500 million aggregate notional amount of foreign currency forward contracts as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, to economically hedge its exposure to foreign currency risk associated with Senior Euro Notes and ECP Notes that were previously de-designated as net investment hedges. The foreign currency forward contract fair values totaled a net liability of $(11) million and a net asset of $41 million at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Upon maturity of the forward contracts, the Company records the net proceeds paid or received within Other financing activities, net on the consolidated statement of cash flows. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company received $19 million in net proceeds. 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 Senior Euro Notes and ECP Notes, which is also recorded as Other income (expense), net.

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 a result of the Worldpay Sale, the Company terminated its outstanding cross-currency interest rate swaps designated as net investment hedges of its investment in Pound Sterling-denominated operations on January 31, 2024.

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, aggregate notional amounts of €5,045 million and €6,143 million, respectively, were designated as net investment hedges of the Company's investment in Euro-denominated operations, and aggregate notional amounts of £0 million and £2,180 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 $128 million and $38 million and liabilities of $(12) million and $(240) million at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company (paid) received net proceeds of approximately $(8) million and $(20) 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.

Worldpay Sale Contingent Consideration

As part of the Worldpay Sale, the Company obtained the right to receive $1.0 billion of consideration contingent on the returns realized by the Buyer exceeding certain thresholds. The Company recognized this financial instrument as a derivative at fair value when it recorded the Worldpay Sale transaction. Subsequent changes in fair value are recorded through Other income (expense), net in the consolidated statement of earnings (loss). The fair value of the contingent consideration from the Worldpay Sale is $108 million at December 31, 2024, included in Other noncurrent assets on the consolidated balance sheet. The Company recognized a $37 million gain for the change in fair value for the eleven-month period from February 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.