Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Interest rate and foreign currency sensitivity

There has been no material change in the nature of the Company's interest rate risks or foreign currency exchange risks from those described in Part II Item 7A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

The tables below provide information about our financial instruments that are sensitive to changes in interest rates as of September 30, 2022. For further information on the components of the Company's long-term debt and their interest rates, see Note 6 to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q at Part I Item 1.

Expected maturity dateAverage interest rateFair value**(1)**
202220232024202520262027ThereafterTotal
(dollars in millions)
Long term debt:
Fixed rate$10$41$33$33$44$31$4,416$4,6084.43%$3,271
Variable rate$48$178$1,670$37$2,584$3$1$4,5214.35%$4,355

(1)Represents the fair value of the Company’s long-term debt excluding financing leases. See Note 6 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further details.

The scheduled principal payments for all debt that bears a variable rate by its terms, including all of Term Loan B-1 and Term Loan A, have been included on the variable rate line of the schedule of expected maturities above. Additionally, the principal amounts of Term Loan B-1 and Term Loan A have been included in the calculation of the average variable interest rate presented.

However, principal amounts of $2,668 million for Term Loan B-1 and $832 million of Term Loan A (the capped debt) are subject to LIBOR caps of 2.00% through June 30, 2024. As of September 30, 2022, applicable LIBOR rates were above this 2.00%, making the interest rates on this capped debt “economically fixed", unless or until applicable LIBOR rates were to fall back below 2.00% during the remaining term of the caps. As a result, as of September 30, 2022, total fixed and economically fixed debt was $8,108 million, with an average interest rate of 4.28%, while total variable rate debt not subject to caps was $1,021 million with an average rate of 5.24%.

See Note 6 for further details on the Company’s interest rate cap agreements.

Notional amountContract maturity dateFair value
202220232024202520262027ThereafterReceive variable
(dollars in millions)
2019 cap agreements$3,500$—$—$3,500$—$—$—$—LIBOR above 2%$139.7

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