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BORROWINGS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Financial Instruments [Abstract]  
BORROWINGS
BORROWINGS
(US$ MILLIONS)
 
Business services
 
Infrastructure services
 
Industrials
 
Total borrowings
2020
 
$
268

 
$
513

 
$
386

 
$
1,167

2021
 
113

 
346

 
409

 
868

2022
 
522

 
608

 
297

 
1,427

2023
 
135

 
720

 
264

 
1,119

2024
 
1,364

 
484

 
1,099

 
2,947

Thereafter
 
264

 
3,293

 
11,807

 
15,364

Total - Principal repayments
 
$
2,666

 
$
5,964

 
$
14,262

 
$
22,892

Total - Deferred financing costs and other
 
$
(45
)
 
$
(104
)
 
$
(344
)
 
$
(493
)
Total - December 31, 2019
 
$
2,621

 
$
5,860

 
$
13,918

 
$
22,399

Total - December 31, 2018
 
$
1,228

 
$
5,748

 
$
3,890

 
$
10,866


(a)     Corporate borrowings
As at December 31, 2019, corporate borrowings included the credit agreement with Brookfield (“Brookfield Credit Agreements”), as described in Note 1(b)(iii) which comprises of one revolving credit facility that permits borrowings of up to $500 million for purposes of funding acquisitions and investments. As at December 31, 2019, the credit facility under the Brookfield Credit Agreements remain undrawn.
The partnership has bilateral credit facilities across a diverse group of banks with aggregate borrowing capacity of $1,575 million. Advances under the facilities are available in Euros, Sterling, Australian, U.S. and Canadian dollars, and advances bear interest at the specified LIBOR, EURIBOR, CDOR, BBSY or bankers’ acceptance rate plus 2.50%, or the specified base rate or prime rate plus 1.50%. The facilities are used for general corporate purposes. As at December 31, 2019, the facility remains undrawn and the partnership was in compliance with all covenants.
(b)     Non-recourse borrowings in subsidiaries of the partnership
Total borrowings as at December 31, 2019 were $22,399 million (December 31, 2018: $10,866 million). The increase of $11,533 million compared to December 31, 2018 is primarily attributable to debt financing, such as revolving lines of credit, term loans and debt securities, secured for the acquisitions of Clarios and Healthscope in the second quarter of 2019. This increase is partially offset by the dispositions of BGIS and BGRS, debt repayments at GrafTech, and other regular amortization and revolver paydowns.
Some of the partnership’s businesses have credit facilities in which they borrow and repay on a monthly basis. This movement has been shown on a net basis in the partnership’s consolidated statements of cash flow.
The partnership has credit facilities within its operating businesses with major financial institutions. The credit facilities are primarily composed of revolving and term operating facilities with variable interest rates. In certain cases, the facilities may have financial covenants which are generally in the form of interest coverage ratios and leverage ratios.
Our operations are currently in compliance with or have obtained waivers related to all material covenant requirements of their term loans and credit facilities.
The weighted average interests rates and terms of borrowings are as follows:

 
Weighted average rate
 
Weighted average term
 
Consolidated
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Business services
 
5.8
%
 
5.1
%
 
4.3
 
2.5
 
$
2,621

 
$
1,228

Infrastructure services
 
5.2
%
 
6.2
%
 
5.2
 
6.1
 
5,860

 
5,748

Industrials
 
5.7
%
 
7.3
%
 
6.3
 
6.7
 
13,918

 
$
3,890

Total
 
5.5
%
 
6.5
%
 
5.7
 
5.9
 
$
22,399

 
$
10,866


Borrowings by currency are as follows:
(US$ MILLIONS, except as noted)
 
December 31,
2019
 
Local currency
 
December 31,
2018
 
Local currency
Australian dollars
 
$
1,264

 
1,801

 
$
5

 
7

British pounds
 
10

 
8

 
33

 
26

U.S. dollars
 
15,436

 
15,436

 
8,605

 
8,605

Canadian dollars
 
772

 
1,003

 
786

 
1,073

Euro
 
3,578

 
3,546

 
264

 
231

Brazilian reais
 
1,330

 
5,362

 
1,135

 
4,399

Other
 
9

 
7

 
38

 
175

Total
 
$
22,399

 
 
 
$
10,866