Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Interest Rate Risk
Our primary exposure to interest rate risk is due to our variable-rate debt agreements, including our 2019 Credit Agreement. These variable-rate debt agreements use LIBOR, which is subject to fluctuation and uncertainty. As of December 31, 2022, the value of our variable-rate debt was $1,152.0 million. Based on our balance sheet position as of December 31, 2022, the annualized effect of a 10% percentage point increase in floating interest rates on our variable-rate debt obligations would cause an estimated reduction on income before income taxes of $11.5 million.
In March 2021, the FCA confirmed that all of the LIBOR settings for Euro and Swiss Franc and some of the LIBOR settings for Japanese Yen, Sterling and U.S. dollars would cease in December 2021 and the remainder of the LIBOR settings for U.S. dollars would cease in June 2023. As a result, we expect to amend our debt agreements that use LIBOR as a benchmark by adopting the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") as the new reference rate, but do not expect these changes will have a material impact on our financial statements, liquidity and access to capital markets. For further information regarding the potential impacts of the LIBOR phase-out on the Company, please refer to "Risk Factors" in ITEM 1A of Part I of this Report.
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk
We hedge a portion of our currency exchange exposure relating to foreign currency transactions with foreign exchange forward contracts. A sensitivity analysis indicates the potential loss in fair value on foreign exchange forward contracts outstanding at December 31, 2022, resulting from a hypothetical 10.0% adverse change in all foreign currency exchange rates against the U.S. dollar, is approximately $4.3 million. Such losses would be largely offset by gains from the revaluation or settlement of the underlying assets and liabilities that are being protected by the foreign exchange forward contracts.
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