Company: GEHC
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001932393-25-000014
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Company: GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
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 information on the NMP acquisition.

NOTE 12. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING.Our primary objective in executing and holding derivative contracts is to reduce the volatility of earnings and cash flows associated with risks related to foreign currency exchange rates, interest rates, equity prices, and commodity prices. These derivative contracts reduce, but do not entirely eliminate, the aforementioned risks. Our policy is to use derivative contracts solely for managing risks and not for speculative purposes.Cash Flow HedgesFor derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges, changes in the fair value of designated hedging instruments are initially recorded as a component of AOCI and subsequently reclassified to earnings in the period in which the hedged transaction affects earnings and to the same financial statement line item impacted by the hedged transaction. As of March 31, 2025, we expect to reclassify $14 million of pre-tax net deferred gains associated with designated cash flow hedges to earnings in the next 12 months, contemporaneously with the impact on earnings of the related hedged transactions. The cash flows associated with derivatives designated as cash flow hedges are recorded in All other operating activities – net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.Net Investment HedgesWe use cross-currency interest rate swaps and foreign currency forward contracts in combination with foreign currency option contracts to hedge the foreign currency risk associated with our net investment in foreign operations. As of March 31, 2025, these contracts were designated as hedges of our net investment in foreign operations, primarily in Euro and Chinese Renminbi currencies.The cash flows associated with derivatives designated as net investment hedges are recorded in All other investing activities – net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Cash flows from the periodic interest settlements on the cross-currency swaps are recorded in All other operating activities – net in the Condensed Consolidated and Statements of Cash Flows.Fair Value HedgesWe use interest rate swaps to hedge the interest rate risk on our fixed rate borrowings. These derivatives are designated as fair value hedges to hedge the changes in fair value due to benchmark interest rate risk of specific designated cash flows of our senior unsecured notes.We record the changes in fair value on these swap contracts in Interest and other financial charges – net in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, the same line item where the offsetting change in the fair value of the designated cash flows of the senior unsecured note is recorded as a basis