Lineage, Inc.

(9)Derivative instruments and hedging activities

(a)Risk management objective of using derivatives

The Company manages certain economic risks, including interest rate, foreign currency, liquidity, and credit risk, primarily by managing the amount, sources, and duration of its assets and liabilities and with the use of derivative financial instruments.

(b)Cash flow hedges of interest rate and foreign currency risk

The Company’s objectives in using interest rate derivatives are to manage its exposure to interest rate movements and to mitigate the potential volatility to interest expense. To accomplish this objective, the Company primarily uses interest rate swaps and caps as part of its interest rate risk management strategy. Interest rate swaps involve the receipt of variable amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount. Interest rate caps involve the receipt of variable amounts from a counterparty if interest rates rise above the strike rate on the contract in exchange for a premium. The Company’s designated interest rate swaps and caps hedge variable-rate interest payments using a first payments approach. The first payments approach allows an entity to hedge interest payments on a designated principal amount, rather than a specific, named debt issuance.

In addition, the Company enters into derivative financial instruments to manage exposures that arise from business activities that result in the receipt or payment of future cash amounts due to changes in foreign currency rates. The impacts of these foreign currency derivative instruments on the condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company are insignificant.

(c)Designated hedges - interest rate contracts

As of March 31, 2025, the Company had the following outstanding interest rate derivatives that were designated as cash flow hedging instruments.

The table below presents the effect of the Company’s interest rate derivatives that are designated as hedging instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) (in millions). Gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) into earnings for interest rate contracts is presented in Interest expense, net.

The estimated net amount of existing gains (losses) that are reported in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as of March 31, 2025 that is expected to be reclassified into earnings within the next 12 months is $51 million.

(d)Balance sheet presentation - interest rate contracts

The Company’s interest rate derivative contracts had a fair value of $51 million and $69 million as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, and were classified in Other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Refer to Note 11, Fair value measurements for further information on the valuation of the Company’s derivatives.