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Debt
12 Months Ended
Oct. 26, 2012
Debt [Abstract]  
Debt

NOTE 5 – DEBT

Our debt consists of the following:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2012

 

2011

 

Notes to banks
(weighted average interest rate of 9.52% at October 26, 2012 and 6.59% at October 28, 2011)

 

$

2,457

 

$

15,561

 

Commercial Paper
(0.43% – 0.44% at October 26, 2012 and 0.38% – 0.40% at October 28, 2011)

 

 

91,984

 

 

153,955

 

Total Short-term Debt

 

 

94,441

 

 

169,516

 

Notes to banks
(4.34% – 5.20% at October 26, 2012 and 7.43% at October 28, 2011)

 

 

44,090

 

 

7,803

 

Senior notes
Due 2012 at 5.625%

 

 

 

 

200,000

 

Total Current Portion of Long-term Debt

 

 

44,090

 

 

207,803

 

Notes to banks
(4.49% at October 26, 2012 and 4.49% - 6.77% at October 28, 2011)

 

 

76

 

 

67,303

 

Senior notes (at fixed rates)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due 2015 at 5.10%

 

 

150,000

 

 

150,000

 

Due 2017 at 6.05%

 

 

150,000

 

 

150,000

 

Due 2019 at 7.25%

 

 

300,000

 

 

300,000

 

Due 2022 at 4.20%

 

 

400,000

 

 

 

Industrial development bonds
(0.36% at October 26, 2012 and 0.28% at October 28, 2011 payable in 2015)

 

 

12,502

 

 

12,502

 

Total Long-term Debt

 

 

1,012,578

 

 

679,805

 

Total Debt

 

$

1,151,109

 

$

1,057,124

 

In the first quarter of 2012, we issued $400,000 of unsecured Senior Notes that mature on January 15, 2022 with a coupon rate of 4.20%. The proceeds, net of issuance costs, were $396,816. The public offering was made pursuant to a registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We used the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, including paying down our commercial paper borrowings and retiring our $200,000 of 5.625% Senior Notes that matured on May 1, 2012.

We maintain an unsecured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks expiring December 2014 and a U.S. dollar equivalent unsecured committed revolving bilateral credit facility expiring September 2013. As of October 26, 2012 and October 28, 2011, our bank credit facilities consisted of the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 26, 2012

 

 

 

Total
Outstanding

 

Facility
Size

 

December 2014 bank syndicate facility1

 

$

91,984

 

$

550,000

 

September 2013 bilateral facility

 

 

44,090

 

 

93,402

 

Total unsecured committed revolving credit

 

 

136,074

 

 

643,402

 

Uncommitted bank lines of credit

 

 

2,533

 

 

147,461

 

Total Bank Credit Facilities

 

$

138,607

 

$

790,863

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 28, 2011

 

 

 

Total
Outstanding

 

Facility
Size

 

December 2014 bank syndicate facility1

 

$

153,955

 

$

550,000

 

June 2012 bilateral facility

 

 

7,803

 

 

14,631

 

September 2013 bilateral facility

 

 

67,024

 

 

87,786

 

Total unsecured committed revolving credit

 

 

228,782

 

 

652,417

 

Uncommitted bank lines of credit

 

 

15,840

 

 

165,568

 

Total Bank Credit Facilities

 

$

244,622

 

$

817,985

 

1

Our bank syndicate facility includes $91,984 and $153,955 of commercial paper as of October 26, 2012 and October 28, 2011, respectively. We have a $350,000 commercial paper program backstopped by our $550,000 credit facility.

Our credit facilities have covenants that require us to maintain certain financial ratios. We were in compliance with these covenants as of October 26, 2012. Our debt covenants do not limit, nor are they reasonably likely to limit, our ability to obtain additional debt or equity financing.

To ensure availability of funds, we maintain uncommitted bank lines of credit sufficient to cover outstanding short-term borrowings. These arrangements are reviewed periodically for renewal and modification. Borrowings under these debt arrangements had an average annual interest rate of 9.52% in 2012, 6.59% in 2011 and 6.57% in 2010.

The future maturities of long-term debt are as follows:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maturities

 

2013

 

$

44,090

 

2014

 

 

17

 

2015

 

 

162,561

 

2016

 

 

 

2017

 

 

150,000

 

Thereafter

 

$

700,000

 

Interest paid during 2012, 2011 and 2010 was $68,714, $62,095 and $58,067, respectively.