Item 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
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Item 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
In the normal course of business, we actively manage our exposure to various market risks by entering into various supplier-based and market-based hedging transactions, authorized under established risk management policies that place clear controls on these activities. Our objective in managing these exposures is to decrease the volatility of our earnings and cash flows due to changes in underlying rates and costs.
The counterparties to our market-based transactions are generally highly rated institutions. We perform assessments of their credit risk regularly. Our market-based transactions include a variety of derivative financial instruments, none of which are used for trading or speculative purposes.
For details of our derivative instruments that are presented on the balance sheet, including their fair values as of period end, see Part I—Item 1. Financial Statements, Note 11, "Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." On a rolling twelve-month basis, maturities of derivative financial instruments held on September 30, 2021, based on foreign exchange rates as of September 30, 2021, are as follows:
| Total | Less than 1 year | 1 - 3 years | 3 - 5 years | More than 5 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 221.2 | $ | 197.0 | $ | 112.0 | $ | (87.8) | $ | — |
Sensitivity Analysis
Our market risk sensitive derivative and other financial instruments, as defined by the SEC, are debt, foreign currency forward contracts, commodity swaps, commodity options, cross currency swaps, forward starting interest rate swaps and warrants. We monitor foreign exchange risk, interest rate risk, commodity risk, equity price risk and related derivatives using a sensitivity analysis.
The following table presents the results of the sensitivity analysis, which reflects the impact of a hypothetical 10% adverse change in each of these risks to our derivative and debt portfolio, with the exception of interest rate risk to our forward starting interest rate swaps in which we have applied an absolute 1% adverse change to the respective instrument's interest rate:
| As of | |||||||||||
| September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||
| (In millions) | |||||||||||
| Estimated fair value volatility | |||||||||||
| Foreign currency risk | |||||||||||
| Forwards | $ | (20.1) | $ | (20.5) | |||||||
| Foreign currency denominated debt | $ | (176.3) | $ | (190.4) | |||||||
| Cross currency swaps | $ | — | $ | (43.0) | |||||||
| Interest rate risk | |||||||||||
| Debt | $ | (184.4) | $ | (219.7) | |||||||
| Forward starting interest rate swaps | $ | (161.5) | $ | (177.1) | |||||||
| Commodity price risk | |||||||||||
| Commodity swaps | $ | (106.2) | $ | (96.0) | |||||||
| Commodity options | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||
| Equity price risk | |||||||||||
| Warrants | $ | — | $ | (0.1) |
The volatility of the applicable rates and prices are dependent on many factors that cannot be forecast with reliable accuracy. Therefore, actual changes in fair values could differ significantly from the results presented in the table above.
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