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Item 11 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Elbit Systems Ltd. · 20-F · FY 2025 · Period ended Dec 31, 2025
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General
Market risks relating to our operations result primarily from changes in exchange rates and interest rates. We take various measures to compensate for the effects and fluctuation in both exchange rates and interest rates. We use financial instruments and derivatives in order to limit the exposure to risks deriving from changes in exchange rates and interest rates. No derivative instruments are entered into for trading purposes.
Exchange Rate Risk Management
General
While our functional currency is the U.S. dollar, we also have some non-U.S. dollar or non-U.S. dollar linked currency exposures. These exposures are mainly derived from our revenues and expenses denominated in foreign currencies and non-U.S. dollar accounts receivable, payments to suppliers and subcontractors, obligations in other currencies and payroll related expenses incurred, mainly in NIS. Some subcontractors are paid in local currency under prime contracts where we are paid in U.S. dollars.
We take various measures to compensate for the effects of fluctuations in exchange rates. These measures include currency hedging transactions in which we purchase foreign exchange contracts to reduce the volatility of cash flows associated with project related revenues and expenses denominated in certain foreign currencies (mainly Euro and GBP) and attempts to maintain a balance between monetary assets and liabilities in our functional currencies. We also attempt to share currency risks with subcontractors on a “back-to-back” basis, by having the subcontractor assume a proportional amount of the exchange risk.
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We use currency hedging contracts and other derivative instruments to limit our exposure to exchange rate fluctuations related to payroll expenses incurred in NIS. The objective of the foreign exchange contracts is to better ensure that the U.S. dollar-equivalent cash flows are not adversely affected by changes in U.S. dollar/foreign currency exchange rates. In accordance with ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”, these contracts are designated as cash flow hedges. The gain on the effective portion of a cash flow hedge is initially reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income and subsequently reclassified into revenues and to contract expenses when the hedged exposure affects revenues or contract expenses, or as financial expenses, if the hedged transaction becomes probable of not occurring. Any gain or loss after a hedge is de-designated, because the hedged transaction is no longer probable of occurring or related to an ineffective portion of a hedge, is recognized in “financial expenses, net” in our consolidated statements of income.
As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the notional amount of our outstanding forward contracts was $6,041.0 and $4,105.8 , respectively. Most of these contracts met the requirements of hedge accounting.
The table below provides information regarding our derivative instruments held in order to limit the exposure to exchange rate fluctuation as of December 31, 2025. The table does not include information regarding the cross-currency interest rate swap transactions in order to effectively hedge the effect of interest and exchange rate differences resulting from the Series B Notes issued during 2021 (see “Interest Rate Risk Management” below).
Maturity Date - Notional Amount - (US dollars in millions)
2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 onwards Total Fair Value at 12/2025
Buy US$ and sell:
EUR 1,349.2 668.6 813.5 396.7 1,292.6 4,520.6 (76.5)
GBP 85.8 35.3 32.3 8.4 4.3 166.1 0.1
NIS 0.4 — — — — 0.4 —
Other currencies 274.6 67.5 56.7 7.9 — 406.7 (3.5)
Total 1,710.0 771.4 902.5 413.0 1,296.9 5,093.8 (79.9)
Maturity Date - Notional Amount - (US dollars in millions)
2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 onwards Total Fair Value at 12/2025
Sell US$ and buy:
EUR 260.9 37.9 12.9 5.0 0.3 317.0 5.6
GBP 46.7 21.4 21.3 — — 89.4 1.1
NIS 411.7 — — — — 411.7 67.2
Other currencies 111.4 9.2 3.2 5.0 0.4 129.2 1.2
Total 830.7 68.5 37.4 10.0 0.7 947.3 75.0
On December 31, 2025, a 5% and 10% strengthening of the U.S. dollar relative to the currencies in which our derivative instruments were denominated would have resulted in unrealized losses of $178.7 and $355.7 million, respectively, and a 5% and 10% weakening in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to the currencies in which our derivative instruments were denominated would have resulted in unrealized gains of $180.1 and $361.5 million, respectively. This calculation assumes that each exchange rate would have changed in the same direction relative to the U.S. dollar. Consistent with the use of these contracts to neutralize the effect of exchange rate fluctuations, most of such unrealized losses or gains would be offset by corresponding gains or losses, respectively, in the remeasurement of the underlying transactions being hedged. When taken together, these forward currency contracts and the offsetting underlying commitments did not create material market risk.
Interest Rate Risk Management
On December 31, 2025 our liquid assets and obligations were comprised of cash and cash equivalents, bank deposits, short and long-term loans, commercial paper and Notes. Our deposits were mainly in U.S. dollars.
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In 2021, we issued NIS 1.9 billion (approximately $575 million) in Series B, C and D Notes. Following the issuance of Series B Notes we entered into cross-currency interest rate swap transactions in order to effectively hedge the effect of interest and exchange rate differences resulting from the NIS Notes. Under the cross-currency interest rate swaps, the Series B Notes were adjusted to the changes of the NIS to the U.S.dollar and will pay a fixed U.S. dollar interest rate of 1.92% per annum. Since the Notes issuance we repaid annually installments of the Notes in the amount of approximately $67 million annually. As of December 31, 2025 the balance of the Notes was approximately $308 million.
During 2024 and 2023, we completed issuances in Israel of a U.S. Dollar denominated commercial paper. On December 31, 2025, we had commercial paper in an aggregate amount of approximately $48 million par value issued and outstanding. The commercial paper bears an annual interest of the SOFR interest rate and an additional 1% - 1.25%. S&P Global Ratings Maalot Ltd. has assigned an ilA-1+ (on local scaling) short-term rating to the above mentioned commercial paper. See also Item 18. Financial Statements – Note 12.
The remaining debt is mainly short and long-term loans in U.S. dollars.