Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk .
In the ordinary course of business, our financial results are exposed to fluctuations in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. In accordance with applicable guidance, we presented a sensitivity analysis showing the potential impact to net income of changes in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. For the years ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, our analysis utilized a hypothetical 100 basis-point increase or decrease to the average interest rate on our variable rate debt instruments to illustrate the potential impact to interest expense of changes in interest rates and a hypothetical 100 basis-point increase or decrease to market interest rates on our fixed rate debt instruments to illustrate the potential impact to fair value of changes in interest rates.
Similarly, for the same period, our analysis used a uniform and hypothetical 10% increase in foreign currency translation rates to depict the potential impact to net income of changes in foreign currency translation rates. These market risk instruments and the potential impacts to the consolidated statements of operations as presented below.
Market risk on variable-rate financial instruments. As of December 31, 2024, we had an aggregate of $2,014.2 million outstanding principal amount of our New Term Loans which bear interest, at our option, at rates equal to either (i) a base rate plus a margin of between 500 and 600 basis points depending on the total leverage ratio of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (the “Total Leverage Ratio”) or (ii) Term SOFR plus a margin of between 600 and 700 basis points depending on the Total Leverage Ratio.
Prior to the Refinancing Transactions we had outstanding Existing Term Loans under the Credit Agreement dated April 30, 2013 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified) which bore interest at a rate per annum equal to, at our option, either (1) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (a) 0.50% per annum plus the Federal Funds Effective Rate, (b) the prime rate announced by the administrative agent and (c) 1.00% per annum plus Adjusted Term SOFR (as defined below) for a 1-month tenor or (2) Term SOFR plus a credit spread adjustment of 0.11448% per annum, 0.26161% per annum, and 0.42826% per annum for interest periods of one-month, three-months, or six-months or longer, respectively (“Adjusted Term SOFR”) plus (x) in the case of the Existing Term Loans, 2.0% for base rate loans or 3.0% for SOFR loans.
The rate in effect for the outstanding New Term Loans was 11.356% per annum at December 31, 2024, and 8.474% per annum for the Existing Term Loans at December 31, 2023.
Increases in market interest rates would cause interest expense to increase and earnings before income taxes to decrease. The change in interest expense and earnings before income taxes would be dependent upon the weighted average outstanding borrowings during the reporting period following an increase in market interest rates. A 100-basis point change in market interest rates would have increased or decreased interest expense on the New Term Loans by approximately $20.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2024.
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At December 31, 2023, we had an aggregate principal balance of $1,905.0 million outstanding under the Existing Term Loans. A 100-basis point change in market interest rates would have increased or decreased interest expense on our Existing Term Loans by $19.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2023.
Market risk on fixed-rate financial instruments. Included in corporate borrowings as of December 31, 2024 were principal amounts of $427.6 million of our Exchangeable Notes, $950.0 million of our Existing First Lien Notes, $131.2 million of our Second Lien Notes, $400.0 million of our 12.75% Odeon Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (“Odeon Notes due 2027”), $44.1 million of our 5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025 (“Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025”), $41.9 million of our 5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026 (“Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026”), and $125.5 million of our 6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 (“Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027”). A 100-basis point change in market interest rates would have caused an increase or (decrease) in the fair value of our fixed rate financial instruments of approximately $65.6 million and $(62.9) million, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2024.
Included in corporate borrowings as of December 31, 2023 were principal amounts of $950.0 million of our Existing First Lien Notes, $968.9 million of our Second Lien Notes, $400.0 million of our Odeon Notes due 2027, $98.3 million of our Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025, $51.5 million of our Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026, $125.5 million of our Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027, and £4.0 million ($5.1 million) of our Sterling Notes due 2024. A 100-basis point change in market interest rates would have caused an increase or (decrease) in the fair value of our fixed rate financial instruments of approximately $59.7 million and $(57.5) million, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2023.
Foreign currency exchange rate risk. We are also exposed to market risk arising from changes in foreign currency exchange rates arising from our International markets operations. International markets revenues and operating expenses are transacted in British Pounds, Euros, Swedish Krona and Norwegian Krone. U.S. GAAP requires that our subsidiaries use the currency of the primary economic environment in which they operate as their functional currency. If any international subsidiary operates in a highly inflationary economy, U.S. GAAP requires that the U.S. dollar be used as the functional currency. Currency fluctuations in the countries in which we operate result in us reporting exchange gains (losses) or foreign currency translation adjustments. Based upon the functional currencies in the International markets as of December 31, 2024, holding everything else constant, a hypothetical 10% increase in foreign currency translation rates to depict the potential impact to net loss from changes in foreign exchange rates would increase the aggregate net loss of our International theatres for the year ended December 31, 2024 by approximately $9.0 million. Based upon the functional currencies in the International markets as of December 31, 2023, holding everything else constant, a hypothetical 10% increase in foreign currency translation rates to depict the potential impact to net loss of changes in foreign exchange rates would increase the aggregate net loss of our International theatres for the year ended December 31, 2023 by approximately $10.9 million.
Our foreign currency translation rates increased by approximately 0.7% for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023.
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