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Foreign Exchange<br />

Our international operations are subject to certain opportunities and risks, including foreign currency fluctuations and governmental actions. We closely<br />

monitor our operations in each country and seek to adopt appropriate strategies that are responsive to changing economic and political environments, and to<br />

fluctuations in foreign currencies.<br />

Our Company conducts business in more than 200 countries. Due to our global operations, weaknesses in the currencies of some of these countries are often<br />

offset by strengths in others. Our foreign currency management program is designed to mitigate, over time, a portion of the potentially unfavorable impact of<br />

exchange rate changes on net income and earnings per share. Taking into account the effects of our hedging activities, the impact of changes in foreign<br />

currency exchange rates decreased our consolidated operating income for the three months ended March 29, 2013, by 3 percent when compared to the three<br />

months ended March 30, 2012. As a result of the U.S. dollar continuing to strengthen against other currencies, including many of those that we do not<br />

traditionally hedge, the Company expects foreign currency exchange rates to have a negative impact on our consolidated results through the end of the year.<br />

Based on spot rates as of the beginning of April 2013 and our hedging coverage in place, the Company expects currencies to have a 3 percent and 2 percent<br />

negative impact on our second quarter and full year consolidated operating income, respectively.<br />

In February 2013, the Venezuelan government announced a currency devaluation, and the Company remeasured the net assets related to its operations in<br />

Venezuela. During the three months ended March 29, 2013, we recorded a charge of $149 million due to the devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar, including<br />

our proportionate share of the charge incurred by an equity method investee which has operations in Venezuela. This charge was primarily recorded in the line<br />

item other income (loss) — net with a portion recorded in the line item equity income (loss) — net in our condensed consolidated statement of income.<br />

The absence of a government-approved market mechanism to convert local currency to U.S. dollars in Argentina and Venezuela restricts the Company's ability<br />

to pay dividends from retained earnings. As of March 29, 2013, cash held by our Argentine and Venezuelan subsidiaries accounted for 3 percent of the<br />

combined total of our consolidated cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and marketable securities.<br />

The Company will continue to manage its foreign currency exposures to mitigate, over time, a portion of the impact of exchange rate changes on net income and<br />

earnings per share. Refer to Note 5 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on the Company's foreign currency<br />

management program.<br />

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