Capri Holdings Ltd 10-Q

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK We are exposed to certain market risks during the normal course of our business, such as risks arising from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, as well as fluctuations in interest rates. In attempts to manage these risks, we employ certain strategies to mitigate the effect of these fluctuations. We enter into foreign currency forward contracts to manage our foreign currency exposure to the fluctuations of certain foreign currencies. The use of these instruments primarily helps to manage our exposure to our foreign purchase commitments and better control our product costs. We do not use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes. Foreign Currency Exchange Risk Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts We are exposed to risks on certain purchase commitments to foreign suppliers based on the value of our purchasing subsidiaries’ local currency relative to the currency requirement of the supplier on the date of the commitment. As such, we enter into forward currency exchange contracts that generally mature in 12 months or less and are consistent with the related purchase commitments, to manage our exposure to the changes in the value of the Euro and the Canadian Dollar. These contracts are recorded at fair value in our consolidated balance sheets as either an asset or liability and are derivative contracts to hedge cash flow risks. Certain of these contracts are designated as hedges for hedge accounting purposes, while certain of these contracts, are not designated as hedges for accounting purposes. Accordingly, the changes in the fair value of the majority of these contracts at the balance sheet date are recorded in our equity as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income, and upon maturity (settlement) are recorded in, or reclassified into, our cost of sales or operating expenses, in our consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income, as applicable, based on the underlying transactions for which the forward currency exchange contracts were established. We perform a sensitivity analysis on our forward currency contracts, both designated and not designated as hedges for accounting purposes, to determine the effects of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. For this sensitivity analysis, we assume a hypothetical change in U.S. Dollar against foreign exchange rates. Based on all foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding as of December 26, 2020, a 10% appreciation or devaluation of the U.S. Dollar compared to the level of foreign currency exchange rates for currencies under contract as of December 26, 2020, would result in a net increase and decrease, respectively, of approximately $18 million in the fair value of these contracts. Net Investment Hedges We are exposed to adverse foreign currency exchange rate movements related to interest from our net investment hedges. As of December 26, 2020, the net investment hedges have an aggregate notional amount of $3.0 billion to hedge our net investments in Euro-denominated subsidiaries, and $44 million to hedge our net investments in Japanese Yen-denominated subsidiaries against future volatility in the exchange rates between the U.S. Dollar and these currencies. Under the terms of these contracts, the Company will exchange the semi-annual fixed rate payments on U.S. denominated debt for fixed rate payments of 0% to 4.508% in Euros and 0.89% in Japanese Yen. Some of these contracts include mandatory early termination dates between September 2023 and September 2025, while the remaining contracts have maturity dates between July 2022 and August 2027. Based on all net investment hedges outstanding as of December 26, 2020, a 10% appreciation or devaluation of the U.S. Dollar compared to the level of foreign currency exchange rates for currencies under contract as of December 26, 2020, would result in a potential net increase or decrease upon settlement of approximately $348 million in the fair value of these contracts, which have staggered maturities, as stated above. 48 Interest Rate Risk We are exposed to interest rate risk in relation to borrowings outstanding under our 2018 Term Loan Facility, our 2018 Credit Facility, our Hong Kong Credit Facility, our Japan Credit Facility and our Versace Credit Facilities. Our 2018 Term Loan Facility carries interest at a rate that is based on LIBOR. Our 2018 Credit Facility carries interest rates that are tied to LIBOR and the prime rate, among other institutional lending rates (depending on the particular origination of borrowing), as further described in Note 9 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Our Hong Kong Credit Facility carries interest at a rate that is tied to the Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate. Our China Credit Facility carries interest at a rate that is tied to the People’s Bank of China’s Benchmark lending rate. Our Japan Credit Facility carries interest at a rate posted by the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Our Versace Credit Facility carries interest at a rate set by the bank on the date of borrowing that is tied to the European Central Bank. Therefore, our statements of operations and comprehensive income and cash flows are exposed to changes in those interest rates. As part of our strategy to limit exposure to interest rate risk, we entered into an interest rate swap agreement with a notional amount of $500 million that will decrease to $350 million in April 2022. The swap was designated as a cash flow hedge designed to mitigate the impact of adverse interest rate fluctuations for a portion of our variable-rate debt equal to the notional amount of the swap. The interest rate swap converts the one-month Adjusted LIBOR interest rate on these borrowings to a fixed interest rate of 0.237% through December 2022. At December 26, 2020, we had no long-term borrowings outstanding under our 2018 Credit Facility, $890 million, net of debt issuance costs, outstanding under our 2018 Term Loan Facility and $55 million outstanding under our Versace Credit Facility. At March 28, 2020, we had $681 million in long-term borrowings outstanding under our 2018 Credit Facility, $1.010 billion, net of debt issuance costs, outstanding under our 2018 Term Loan Facility and $39 million outstanding under our Versace Credit Facilities. These balances are not indicative of future balances that may be outstanding under our revolving credit facilities that may be subject to fluctuations in interest rates. Any increases in the applicable interest rate(s) would cause an increase to the interest expense relative to any outstanding balance at that date. Credit Risk We have outstanding $450 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due in 2024. The Senior Notes initially beared interest at a fixed rate equal to 4.000% per year, payable semi-annually. Our Senior Notes interest rate payable may be subject to adjustments from time to time if either Moody’s or S&P (or a substitute rating agency) changes the credit rating assigned to the Senior Notes. In March 2020, Moody's Investor Service downgraded their credit rating of us from Baa2 to Ba1, and in April 2020 Fitch ratings downgraded their credit rating of us from BBB- to BB+. As a result, the Senior Notes currently bear interest at a fixed rate equal to 4.500% per year, payable semi-annually. On an overall basis, our exposure to market risk has not significantly changed from what we reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. The COVID-19 pandemic does present new and emerging uncertainty to the financial markets. See Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 28, 2020 for additional information. 49