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Debt
12 Months Ended
Sep. 25, 2015
Debt  
Debt

11. Debt

        Debt was as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Fiscal Year End

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

(in millions)

 

Current maturities of long-term debt:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.60% senior notes due 2015

 

$

 

$

250 

 

Senior floating rate notes due 2016(1)

 

 

500 

 

 

 

Commercial paper, at a weighted-average interest rate of 0.30% at September 26, 2014

 

 

 

 

327 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total

 

 

500 

 

 

577 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

Long-term debt:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior floating rate notes due 2016(1)

 

 

 

 

500 

 

6.55% senior notes due 2017

 

 

718 

 

 

723 

 

2.375% senior notes due 2018

 

 

324 

 

 

324 

 

2.35% senior notes due 2019

 

 

250 

 

 

250 

 

4.875% senior notes due 2021

 

 

263 

 

 

261 

 

3.50% senior notes due 2022

 

 

511 

 

 

499 

 

1.100% senior notes due 2023

 

 

612 

 

 

 

3.45% senior notes due 2024

 

 

249 

 

 

249 

 

7.125% senior notes due 2037

 

 

475 

 

 

475 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

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​  

​  

​  

Total

 

 

3,403 

 

 

3,281 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total debt(2)

 

$

3,903 

 

$

3,858 

 

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​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

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(1)          

The senior floating rate notes due 2016 bear interest at a rate of three-month London interbank offered rate ("LIBOR") plus 0.20% per year.

(2)          

Senior notes are presented at face amount and, if applicable, are net of unamortized discount and the effects of interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges.

        In February 2015, Tyco Electronics Group S.A. ("TEGSA"), our 100%-owned subsidiary, issued €550 million aggregate principal amount of 1.100% senior notes due March 1, 2023. The notes are TEGSA's unsecured senior obligations and rank equally in right of payment with all existing and any future senior indebtedness of TEGSA and senior to any subordinated indebtedness that TEGSA may incur.

        TEGSA has a five-year unsecured senior revolving credit facility ("Credit Facility") with total commitments of $1,500 million. The Credit Facility was amended in August 2013 primarily to extend the maturity date from June 2016 to August 2018 and reduce borrowing costs. TEGSA had no borrowings under the Credit Facility at September 25, 2015 and September 26, 2014.

        Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest at a rate per annum equal to, at the option of TEGSA, (1) LIBOR plus an applicable margin based upon the senior, unsecured, long-term debt rating of TEGSA, or (2) an alternate base rate equal to the highest of (i) Deutsche Bank AG New York branch's base rate, (ii) the federal funds effective rate plus 1/2 of 1%, and (iii) one-month LIBOR plus 1%, plus, in each case, an applicable margin based upon the senior, unsecured, long-term debt rating of TEGSA. TEGSA is required to pay an annual facility fee ranging from 7.5 to 25.0 basis points based upon the amount of the lenders' commitments under the Credit Facility and the applicable credit ratings of TEGSA.

        The Credit Facility contains a financial ratio covenant providing that if, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, our ratio of Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Facility) for the then most recently concluded period of four consecutive fiscal quarters exceeds 3.75 to 1.0, an Event of Default (as defined in the Credit Facility) is triggered. The Credit Facility and our other debt agreements contain other customary covenants.

        Periodically, TEGSA issues commercial paper to U.S. institutional accredited investors and qualified institutional buyers in accordance with available exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 as part of our ongoing effort to maintain financial flexibility and to potentially decrease the cost of borrowings. Borrowings under the commercial paper program are backed by the Credit Facility.

        TEGSA's payment obligations under its senior notes, commercial paper, and Credit Facility are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by its parent, TE Connectivity Ltd.

        The aggregate amounts of total debt maturing are as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

(in millions)

 

Fiscal 2016

 

$

500 

 

Fiscal 2017

 

 

 

Fiscal 2018

 

 

718 

 

Fiscal 2019

 

 

574 

 

Fiscal 2020

 

 

 

Thereafter

 

 

2,111 

 

​  

​  

Total

 

$

3,903 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

        The fair value of our debt, based on indicative valuations, was approximately $4,115 million and $4,125 million at fiscal year end 2015 and 2014, respectively.