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Item 3 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Minerals Technologies Inc. · 10-Q · Q2 FY2026 · Period ended Jul 5, 2026
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Market risk represents the risk of loss that may impact our financial position, results of operations or cash flows due to adverse changes in market prices and foreign currency and interest rates. We are exposed to market risk because of changes in foreign currency exchange rates as measured against the U.S. dollar. We do not anticipate that near-term changes in exchange rates will have a material impact on our future earnings or cash flows. However, there can be no assurance that a sudden and significant decline in the value of foreign currencies would not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. A portion of our long-term bank debt bears interest at variable rates; therefore, our results of operations would be affected by interest rate changes to the extent of such outstanding bank debt. An immediate 10 percent change in interest rates would not have a material effect on our results of operations over the next fiscal year. A one-percent change in interest rates, inclusive of the impact of our interest rate derivatives, would result in $0.0 million in incremental interest charges on an annual basis.
We do not enter into derivatives or other financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. When appropriate, we enter into derivative financial instruments, such as forward exchange contracts, hedges, and interest rate swaps, to mitigate the impact of foreign exchange rate movements and interest rate movements on our operating results. The counterparties are major financial institutions. Such forward exchange contracts, hedges and interest rate swaps would not subject us to additional risk from exchange rate or interest rate movements because gains and losses on these contracts would offset losses and gains on the assets, liabilities, and transactions being hedged.
In the second quarter of 2023, the Company entered into a floating to fixed interest rate swap for a notional amount of $150 million. This instrument matured in May 2026. In the second quarter of 2026, the Company entered into a new floating to fixed interest rate swap for a notional amount of $150 million. The fair value of this instrument at July 5, 2026 is an asset of $1.1 million.