Derivative Financial Instruments

Foreign Exchange Derivative Instruments

The earnings of the Company's wholly owned foreign businesses are subject to exchange rate risk as substantially all of their merchandise is sourced through U.S. dollar transactions. The Company uses foreign currency forward contracts designated as cash flow hedges to mitigate this foreign currency exposure for its Canadian and U.K. businesses. These forward contracts currently have a maximum term of 18 months. Amounts are reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income upon sale of the hedged merchandise to the customer. These gains and losses are recognized in Costs of Goods Sold, Buying and Occupancy on the Consolidated Statements of Income.

The Company had a cross-currency swap related to an intercompany loan of approximately CAD$170 million that matured in January 2018 which was designated as a cash flow hedge of foreign currency exchange risk. This cross-currency swap mitigated the exposures to fluctuations in the U.S. dollar-Canadian dollar exchange rate related to the Company's Canadian operations. Changes in the U.S. dollar-Canadian dollar exchange rate and the related swap settlements resulted in reclassification of amounts from accumulated other comprehensive income to earnings to completely offset foreign currency transaction gains and losses recognized on the intercompany loan.

The Company uses foreign currency forward contracts to mitigate the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates relative to recognized payable balances denominated in non-functional currencies. The fair value of these non-designated foreign currency forward contracts is not significant as of May 5, 2018.

The following table provides the U.S. dollar notional amount of outstanding foreign currency derivative financial instruments as of May 5, 2018, February 3, 2018 and April 29, 2017:



	May 5, 2018		February 3, 2018		April 29, 2017
	(in millions)
Notional Amount	$	208	$	217	$	362

The following table provides a summary of the fair value and balance sheet classification of outstanding derivative financial instruments designated as foreign currency cash flow hedges as of May 5, 2018, February 3, 2018 and April 29, 2017:



	May 5, 2018		February 3, 2018		April 29, 2017
	(in millions)
Other Current Assets	$	1	$	—	$	27
Accrued Expenses and Other	2		8		1
Other Long-term Liabilities	—		1		—

The following table provides a summary of the pre-tax financial statement effect of the gains and losses on derivative financial instruments designated as foreign currency cash flow hedges for the first quarter 2018 and 2017:



	First Quarter
	2018		2017
	(in millions)
Gain (Loss) Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	$	6	$	10
(Gain) Loss Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income into Costs of Goods Sold, Buying and Occupancy Expense (a)	2		(2		)
(Gain) Loss Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income into Other Income (b)	—		(5		)

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(a)	Represents reclassification of amounts from accumulated other comprehensive income to earnings when the hedged merchandise is sold to the customer. No ineffectiveness was associated with these foreign currency cash flow hedges.


(b)	Represents reclassification of amounts from accumulated other comprehensive income to earnings to completely offset foreign currency transaction gains and losses recognized on the intercompany loan.

The Company estimates that $2 million of net losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income as of May 5, 2018 related to foreign currency forward contracts designated as cash flow hedges will be reclassified into earnings within the following 12 months. Actual amounts ultimately reclassified depend on the exchange rates in effect when derivative contracts that are currently outstanding mature.