QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
−Removed: The Company is exposed to certain market risks arising from transactions that are entered into in the normal course of business.
−Removed: The Company has policies and procedures to assist in controlling these market risks and from time to time has utilized derivatives to manage a portion of its risk.
+Added: We are exposed to certain market risks arising from transactions that are entered into in the normal course of business.
+Added: We have policies and procedures to assist in controlling these market risks and from time to time have utilized derivatives to manage a portion of our risk.
Interest rate risk
−Removed: As of December 31, 2023, the Company had $271.6 million in term loans outstanding which bear interest at a variable rate.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2023, the rate in effect was 7.24 percent, therefore, a hypothetical increase of 1.00 percent to the interest rate at December 31, 2023 would have increased the all-in rate to 8.24 percent, the effect of which would increase the Company’s interest expense by $2.7 million over the next 12 months based on the balances outstanding for these borrowings as of December 31, 2023.
−Removed: The Company uses fixed and variable rate long-term debt to partially finance capital expenditures, including acquisitions, and mandatory debt retirements.
−Removed: These debt agreements expose the Company to market risk related to changes in interest rates.
−Removed: The Company manages this risk by attempting to take advantage of favorable market conditions when timing the placement of long-term financing.
−Removed: Prior to the Separation, Centennial would from time to time utilize interest rate swap agreements to manage a portion of the Company's interest rate risk.
−Removed: The Company may take advantage of such agreements in the future to minimize such risk.
−Removed: For additional information on the
−Removed: Company's long-term debt, see Item 8 - Notes 7 and 8.
−Removed: At December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had no outstanding interest rate hedges.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024, we had $264.7 million in term loans outstanding which bear interest at a variable rate.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024, the rate in effect was 6.18 percent, therefore, a hypothetical increase of 1.00 percent to the interest rate at December 31, 2024, would have increased the all-in rate to 7.18 percent, the effect of which would increase our interest expense by $2.6 million over the next 12 months based on the balances outstanding for these borrowings as of December 31, 2024.
+Added: We use fixed and variable rate long-term debt to partially finance capital expenditures, including acquisitions, and mandatory debt retirements.
+Added: These debt agreements expose us to market risk related to changes in interest rates.
+Added: We manage this risk by attempting to take advantage of favorable market conditions when timing the placement of long-term financing.
+Added: We may take advantage of interest rate swap agreements in the future to minimize our interest rate risk.
+Added: For additional information on our long-term debt, see Item 8 - Notes 8 and 9.
+Added: At December 31, 2024 and 2023, we had no outstanding interest rate hedges.
Commodity price risk
−Removed: Knife River is subject to commodity price risk with respect to price changes in diesel fuel, liquid asphalt and cement.
−Removed: While the Company uses price increases, escalation clauses in construction services contracts, fuel surcharges and purchase commitments to mitigate the impacts of higher costs, these measures may not be sufficient to offset these increased costs.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company’s costs associated with diesel fuel, liquid asphalt and cement were $432.1 million.
−Removed: Accordingly, a hypothetical 10 percent increase or decrease would have increased or decreased, respectively, the Company’s operating results over the next 12 months by $43.2 million based on the costs associated with diesel fuel, liquid asphalt and cement for the year ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: We are subject to commodity price risk with respect to price changes in diesel fuel, liquid asphalt and cement.
+Added: While we generally use price increases, escalation clauses in construction services contracts, fuel surcharges and purchase commitments to mitigate the impacts of higher costs, these measures may not be sufficient to offset these increased costs.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2024, our costs associated with diesel fuel, liquid asphalt and cement were $394.7 million.
+Added: Accordingly, a hypothetical 10 percent increase or decrease would have increased or decreased, respectively, our operating results over the next 12 months by $39.5 million based on the costs associated with diesel fuel, liquid asphalt and cement for the year ended December 31, 2024.
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