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Item 3 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Pvh Corp. · 10-Q · Q1 FY2026 · Period ended May 3, 2026
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Financial instruments held by us primarily include cash and cash equivalents, short-term borrowings (when facilities are drawn or commercial paper is issued), long-term debt, foreign currency forward contracts and cross-currency swap contracts. Note 10, “Fair Value Measurements,” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report outlines the fair value of our financial instruments as of May 3, 2026. Cash and cash equivalents held by us are affected by short-term interest rates. Given our balance of cash and cash equivalents at May 3, 2026, the effect of a 10 basis point change in short-term interest rates on our interest income would be approximately $0.6 million annually. Borrowings under our senior unsecured term loan facility bear interest at a rate equal to an applicable margin plus a variable rate. As such, our senior unsecured term loan facility exposes us to market risk for changes in interest rates. As of May 3, 2026, approximately 80% of our long-term debt was at a fixed interest rate, with the remaining (euro-denominated) balance at a variable interest rate. Interest on the euro-denominated debt is subject to change based on fluctuations in the one-month euro interbank offered rate (“EURIBOR”). The effect of a 10 basis point change in the current one-month EURIBOR on our variable interest expense would be approximately $0.5 million annually. Please see “Liquidity and Capital Resources” in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis section included in Part I, Item 2 of this report for further discussion of our credit facilities.
Our Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein businesses each have substantial international components that expose us to significant foreign exchange risk. Over 70% of our $9.0 billion of revenue in 2025 was generated outside of the United States. Changes in exchange rates between the United States dollar and other currencies can impact our financial results in two ways: a translational impact and a transactional impact.
The translational impact refers to the impact that changes in exchange rates can have on our results of operations and financial position. The functional currencies of our foreign subsidiaries are generally the applicable local currencies. Our consolidated financial statements are presented in United States dollars. The results of operations of our foreign subsidiaries are translated into United States dollars using an average exchange rate over the representative period and the assets and liabilities of our foreign subsidiaries are translated into United States dollars using the closing exchange rate at the balance sheet date. Foreign exchange differences that arise from the translation of our foreign subsidiaries’ assets and liabilities into United States dollars are recorded as foreign currency translation adjustments in other comprehensive income (loss). Accordingly, our results of operations and other comprehensive income (loss) will be unfavorably impacted during times of a strengthening United States dollar, particularly against the euro, the Japanese yen, the Korean won, the British pound, the Australian dollar, the Canadian dollar, the Mexican peso, the Brazilian real and the Chinese yuan, and favorably impacted during times of a weakening United States dollar against those currencies.
We currently expect our 2026 revenue and net income to increase by approximately $125 million and $20 million, respectively, as compared to 2025 due to the impact of foreign currency translation.
During the thirteen weeks ended May 3, 2026, we recognized unfavorable foreign currency translation adjustments of $13 million within other comprehensive income (loss) principally driven by a strengthening of the United States dollar since February 1, 2026 against the euro of 1%, partially offset by a weakening of the United States dollar against certain currencies in the Asia-Pacific region (primarily the weakening of the United States dollar against the Australian dollar of 3% and the Chinese yuan of 2% since February 1, 2026). Our foreign currency translation adjustments recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) are significantly impacted by the substantial amount of goodwill and other intangible assets denominated in the euro, which represented 46% of our $5.1 billion total goodwill and other intangible assets as of May 3, 2026. This translational impact of the euro was partially mitigated by the change in the fair value of our net investment hedges discussed below.
There also is a transactional impact of foreign exchange because we have foreign subsidiaries that purchase inventory in a currency other than their functional currency. We also have exposure to changes in foreign currency rates related to certain intercompany transactions and SG&A expenses. We currently use and plan to continue to use foreign currency forward contracts or other derivative instruments to mitigate the cash flow or market value risks associated with these inventory and intercompany transactions, but we are unable to entirely eliminate these risks. We enter into foreign currency forward contracts pertaining to these inventory transactions up to 15 months in advance of payment for a portion of the projected purchases and may enter into incremental contracts leading up to the time the payments occur.
The transactional impact of foreign currency on our 2026 gross margin as compared to 2025 is expected to be favorable by approximately 50 basis points.
Given our foreign currency forward contracts outstanding at May 3, 2026, the effect of a 10% change in foreign currency exchange rates against the United States dollar would result in a change in the fair value of these contracts of approximately
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$110 million. Any change in the fair value of these contracts would be substantially offset by a change in the fair value of the underlying hedged items.
In order to mitigate a portion of our exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates related to the value of our investments in foreign subsidiaries denominated in the euro, we use both non-derivative instruments (the par value of certain of our foreign-denominated debt) and derivative instruments (cross-currency swap contracts), which we designate as net investment hedges. We designated the par value of our €1.125 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes issued by PVH Corp., a U.S.-based entity, as net investment hedges of our investments in certain of our foreign subsidiaries that use the euro as their functional currency. In addition, we entered into multiple receive fixed-rate United States dollar-denominated interest and pay fixed-rate euro-denominated interest cross-currency swap contracts in 2023, with a maturity date of July 2025. In July 2025, we completed a transaction to effectively blend and extend those cross-currency swaps with new receive fixed-rate United States dollar-denominated interest and pay fixed-rate euro-denominated interest cross-currency swap contracts maturing in July 2027 and July 2028. We also designated these cross-currency swap contracts as net investment hedges of our investments in certain of our foreign subsidiaries that use the euro as their functional currency. Please see Note 9, “Derivative Financial Instruments,” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report for further discussion.
The effect of a 10% change in the euro against the United States dollar would result in a change in the fair value of the net investment hedges of approximately $185 million. Any change in the fair value of the net investment hedges would be more than offset by a change in the value of our investments in certain of our European subsidiaries. Additionally, during times of a strengthening United States dollar against the euro, we would be required to use a lower amount of our cash flows from operations to pay interest and make long-term debt repayments on our euro-denominated senior notes and to settle our cross-currency swap contracts, whereas during times of a weakening United States dollar against the euro, we would be required to use a greater amount of our cash flows from operations to pay interest and make long-term debt repayments on these notes and to settle our cross-currency swap contracts.
Included in the calculations of expense and liabilities for our pension plans are various assumptions, including return on assets, discount rates and mortality rates. Actual results could differ from these assumptions, which would require adjustments to our balance sheet and could result in volatility in our future pension expense. Holding all other assumptions constant, a 1% change in the assumed rate of return on assets would result in a change to 2026 net benefit cost related to the pension plans of approximately $4 million. Likewise, a 0.25% change in the assumed discount rate would result in a change to 2026 net benefit cost of approximately $15 million.
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