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DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
6 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]  
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Cash Flow Hedges

The Company has exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates related to anticipated cash flows associated with certain international inventory purchases. The Company uses foreign currency forward exchange contracts to hedge against a portion of this exposure.

The Company also has exposure to interest rate volatility related to its 2019 facilities borrowings, which bear interest at a rate equal to an applicable margin plus a variable rate. The Company from time to time enters into interest rate swap agreements to hedge against a portion of the exposure related to its term loans under the 2019 facilities. No interest rate swap agreements were outstanding as of July 31, 2022 and January 30, 2022. As of July 31, 2022, approximately 80% of the Company’s long-term debt was at a fixed interest rate, with the remaining (euro-denominated) balance at a variable rate. Please see Note 9, “Debt,” for further discussion of the 2019 facilities and these agreements.

The Company records the foreign currency forward exchange contracts and interest rate swap agreements at fair value in its Consolidated Balance Sheets and does not net the related assets and liabilities. The foreign currency forward exchange contracts associated with certain international inventory purchases and any interest rate swap agreements are designated as effective hedging instruments (collectively, “cash flow hedges”). As such, the changes in the fair value of the cash flow hedges are recorded in equity as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss (“AOCL”). No amounts were excluded from effectiveness testing.

Net Investment Hedges

The Company has exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates related to the value of its investments in foreign subsidiaries denominated in a currency other than the United States dollar. To hedge against a portion of this exposure, the Company designated the carrying amounts of its (i) €600.0 million principal amount of 3 1/8% senior notes due 2027 and (ii) €525.0 million principal amount of 3 5/8% senior notes due 2024 (collectively, “foreign currency borrowings”), that were issued by PVH Corp., a U.S.-based entity, as net investment hedges of its investments in certain of its foreign subsidiaries that use the euro as their functional currency. Please see Note 9, “Debt,” for further discussion of the Company’s foreign currency borrowings.

The Company records the foreign currency borrowings at carrying value in its Consolidated Balance Sheets. The carrying value of the foreign currency borrowings is remeasured at the end of each reporting period to reflect changes in the foreign currency exchange spot rate. Since the foreign currency borrowings are designated as net investment hedges, such remeasurement is recorded in equity as a component of AOCL. The fair value and the carrying value of the foreign currency borrowings designated as net investment hedges were $1,147.8 million and $1,139.6 million, respectively, as of July 31, 2022, $1,361.7 million and $1,243.4 million, respectively, as of January 30, 2022 and $1,500.5 million and $1,326.1 million, respectively, as of August 1, 2021. The Company evaluates the effectiveness of its net investment hedges at inception and at the beginning of each quarter thereafter. No amounts were excluded from effectiveness testing.

Undesignated Contracts

The Company records immediately in earnings changes in the fair value of hedges that are not designated as effective hedging instruments (“undesignated contracts”), which primarily include foreign currency forward exchange contracts related to third party and intercompany transactions, and intercompany loans that are not of a long-term investment nature. Any gains and losses that are immediately recognized in earnings on such contracts are largely offset by the remeasurement of the underlying balances.

The Company does not use derivative or non-derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. The cash flows from the Company’s hedges are presented in the same category in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as the items being hedged.
The following table summarizes the fair value and presentation of the Company’s derivative financial instruments in its Consolidated Balance Sheets:
AssetsLiabilities
 7/31/221/30/228/1/217/31/221/30/228/1/21
(In millions)Other Current AssetsOther AssetsOther Current AssetsOther AssetsOther Current AssetsOther AssetsAccrued ExpensesOther LiabilitiesAccrued ExpensesOther LiabilitiesAccrued ExpensesOther Liabilities
Contracts designated as cash flow hedges:
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (inventory purchases)$84.5 $2.5 $48.0 $2.7 $13.5 $0.8 $1.1 $0.1 $0.6 $— $4.0 $0.1 
Interest rate swap agreements— — — — — — — — — — 2.0 0.7 
Total contracts designated as cash flow hedges84.5 2.5 48.0 2.7 13.5 0.8 1.1 0.1 0.6 — 6.0 0.8 
Undesignated contracts:
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts6.7 — 5.6 — 4.0 — 1.5 — 1.1 — 0.6 — 
Total$91.2 $2.5 $53.6 $2.7 $17.5 $0.8 $2.6 $0.1 $1.7 $— $6.6 $0.8 

The notional amount outstanding of foreign currency forward exchange contracts was $1,400.6 million at July 31, 2022. Such contracts expire principally between August 2022 and January 2024.
The following tables summarize the effect of the Company’s hedges designated as cash flow and net investment hedging instruments:
Gain (Loss) Recognized in Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income
(In millions)
Thirteen Weeks Ended7/31/228/1/21
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (inventory purchases)$12.5 $54.6 
Interest rate swap agreements— (0.1)
Foreign currency borrowings (net investment hedges)38.2 21.3 
Total    $50.7 $75.8 
 Twenty-Six Weeks Ended7/31/228/1/21
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (inventory purchases)$45.8 $64.8 
Interest rate swap agreements— 0.1 
Foreign currency borrowings (net investment hedges)105.0 27.3 
Total$150.8 $92.2 

Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCL into Income (Expense), Consolidated Statements of Operations Location, and Total Amount of Consolidated Statements of Operations Line Item
(In millions)Amount ReclassifiedLocation
Total Statements of Operations Amount
Thirteen Weeks Ended7/31/228/1/217/31/228/1/21
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (inventory purchases)$5.2 $5.8 Cost of goods sold$912.5 $979.6 
Interest rate swap agreements (0.8)Interest expense21.8 27.3 
Total$5.2 $5.0 
Twenty-Six Weeks Ended7/31/228/1/217/31/228/1/21
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (inventory purchases)$3.7 $7.8 Cost of goods sold$1,796.5 $1,829.8 
Interest rate swap agreements (1.9)Interest expense44.8 57.8 
Total$3.7 $5.9 


A net gain in AOCL on foreign currency forward exchange contracts at July 31, 2022 of $91.3 million is estimated to be reclassified in the next 12 months in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations to cost of goods sold as the underlying inventory hedged by such forward exchange contracts is sold. Amounts recognized in AOCL for foreign currency borrowings would be recognized in earnings only upon the sale or substantially complete liquidation of the hedged net investment.
The following table summarizes the effect of the Company’s undesignated contracts recognized in SG&A expenses in its Consolidated Statements of Operations:
(In millions)Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income (Expense)
Thirteen Weeks Ended7/31/228/1/21
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts $12.5 $1.4 
 Twenty-Six Weeks Ended7/31/228/1/21
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts $26.6 $(2.2)

The Company had no derivative financial instruments with credit risk-related contingent features underlying the related contracts as of July 31, 2022.