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Item 3 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. · 10-Q · Q2 FY2026 · Period ended Jun 30, 2026
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Market Risk
We are exposed to market risks primarily from changes in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. We periodically use certain derivative financial instruments, including interest rate swaps, cross-currency interest rate swaps and foreign currency forward contracts, to manage interest rate and foreign currency risk. We do not use derivatives for trading purposes, to generate income or to engage in speculative activity.
Interest Rate Risk
In addition to existing cash balances and cash provided by operating activities, we use fixed-rate and variable-rate debt to finance our operations. We are exposed to interest rate risk on these debt obligations.
Our fixed rate senior notes (as included in Note 7 to the consolidated financial statements) represent the majority of our fixed-rate long-term debt obligations as of June 30, 2026. Excluding unamortized discounts and the fair value basis adjustments due to interest rate swaps described below, the carrying value of our senior notes was $16.9 billion as of June 30, 2026. The fair value of our fixed-rate senior notes was approximately $16.1 billion as of June 30, 2026. The potential reduction in fair value of the fixed-rate senior notes from a hypothetical 10% increase in market interest rates would not be material to the overall fair value of the debt.
Our variable-rate risk principally relates to our EUR floating rate senior notes and borrowings under our U.S. commercial paper program, Euro-commercial paper program, and revolving credit facilities (as included in Note 7 to the consolidated financial statements) (collectively, "variable-rate debt"). The variable-rate risk on USD floating rate senior notes is hedged using interest rate swaps as cash flow hedges (see Note 8). At June 30, 2026, our weighted-average cost of debt was 3.8%, with a weighted-average maturity of 3.8 years, and 76% of our debt was fixed rate, and the remaining 24% was variable-rate debt, inclusive of fair value basis adjustments due to interest rate swaps. A 100 basis-point increase in the weighted-average interest rate on our variable-rate debt as of June 30, 2026, would have increased our annual interest expense by $50 million. We performed the foregoing sensitivity analysis based solely on the outstanding balance of our variable-rate debt as of June 30, 2026. This sensitivity analysis does not take into account any changes that occurred in the prior 12 months or that may take place in the next 12 months in the amount of our outstanding debt. Further, this sensitivity analysis assumes the change in interest rates is applicable for an entire year. For comparison purposes, based on the outstanding balance of our variable-rate debt as of June 30, 2025, and calculated in the same manner as set forth above, an increase of 100 basis points in the weighted-average interest rate would have increased our annual interest expense by approximately $17 million.
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Foreign Currency Risk
We are exposed to foreign currency risks that arise from normal business operations. These risks include the translation of local currency balances of foreign subsidiaries, transaction gains and losses associated with intercompany loans with foreign subsidiaries and transactions denominated in currencies other than a location's functional currency. We may manage the exposure to these risks through a combination of normal operating activities and the use of foreign currency forward contracts and non-derivative and derivative instruments.
Our exposure to foreign currency exchange risks generally arises from our non-U.S. operations, to the extent they are conducted in local currency. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates affect translations of revenue denominated in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. We generated approximately $490 million and $313 million during the three months and $971 million and $619 million during the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, in revenue denominated in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. The major currencies to which our revenue is exposed are the British Pound Sterling, Euro, Australian Dollar, Swedish Krona, Brazilian Real, Swiss Franc and Canadian Dollar. A 10% movement in average exchange rates for these currencies (assuming a simultaneous and immediate 10% change in all of such rates for the relevant period) would have resulted in the following increase or decrease in our reported revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 (in millions):
Three months endedJune 30, Six months endedJune 30,
Currency 2026 2025 2026 2025
Pound Sterling $ 25 $ 12 $ 50 $ 23
Euro 8 7 17 13
Real 2 1 4 3
Australian Dollar 3 2 5 5
Swedish Krona 2 2 4 4
Swiss Franc 2 1 3 3
Canadian Dollar 2 1 4 2
Total increase or decrease $ 44 $ 26 $ 87 $ 53
While our results of operations have been impacted by the effects of currency fluctuations, our international operations' revenue and expenses are generally denominated in local currency, which reduces our economic exposure to foreign exchange risk in those jurisdictions.
Our foreign exchange risk management policy permits the use of derivative instruments, such as forward contracts and options, to reduce volatility in our results of operations and/or cash flows resulting from foreign exchange rate fluctuations. We do not enter into foreign currency derivative instruments for trading purposes or to engage in speculative activity. We do periodically enter into foreign currency forward contracts to hedge foreign currency exposure to intercompany loans, other balance sheet items or expected foreign currency cash flows resulting from forecasted transactions. The Company also utilizes foreign currency-denominated debt and cross-currency interest rate swaps designated as net investment hedges in order to reduce the volatility of the net investment value of certain of its non-U.S. dollar functional currency subsidiaries and utilizes cross-currency interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges in order to mitigate the impact of foreign currency risk associated with our foreign currency-denominated debt (see Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements).