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FINANCING
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
FINANCING NOTE 5. FINANCING
The carrying value of the components of the Company’s debt as of September 30, 2016 were as follows ($ in millions):
 
 
September 30, 2016
Commercial paper
 
$
526.6

Variable interest rate Term Facility
 
500.0

1.80% senior unsecured notes due 2019
 
298.1

2.35% senior unsecured notes due 2021
 
744.5

3.15% senior unsecured notes due 2026
 
889.9

4.30% senior unsecured notes due 2046
 
546.8

Other financing
 
3.2

Long-term debt
 
$
3,509.1


Credit Facilities
As described above in Note 1, on June 16, 2016, the Company entered into the Credit Agreement with a syndicate of banks that provides for:
a $500 million Term Facility that matures on June 16, 2019. The Company borrowed the entire $500 million available under this facility, and
a $1.5 billion Revolving Credit Facility that expires on June 16, 2021.
The Company borrowed the entire variable rate loan of $500 million available under the Term Facility. As of September 30, 2016 the borrowing under the Term Facility bore an interest rate of 1.7% per annum. The term loan is pre-payable at the option of the Company. Re-borrowing is not permitted once the term loan is repaid.
The Revolving Credit Facility is subject to a one-year extension option at the request of the Company and with the consent of the lenders. The Credit Agreement also contains an option permitting the Company to request an increase in the amounts available under the Credit Agreement of up to an aggregate additional $500 million. The obligations under the Credit Agreement were initially guaranteed on an unsecured, unsubordinated basis by Danaher, which guarantee terminated upon the completion of the Separation on July 2, 2016.
Borrowings under the Credit Agreement (other than bid loans under the Revolving Credit Facility) bear interest at a rate equal (at the Company’s option) to either (1) a LIBOR-based rate (the “LIBOR-Based Rate”), or (2) the highest of (a) the Federal funds rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the prime rate and (c) the LIBOR-Based Rate plus 1%, plus in each case a margin that varies according to the Company’s long-term debt credit rating. The Company is obligated to pay an annual facility fee for the Revolving Credit Facility of between 9.0 and 25.0 basis points varying according to the Company's long-term debt credit rating.
The Credit Agreement requires the Company to maintain a consolidated net leverage ratio of debt to Consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of less than 3.5 to 1.0 and a consolidated interest coverage ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to interest expense of greater than 3.5 to 1.0 as of the end of any fiscal quarter, beginning with the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2016. The Credit Agreement also contains customary representations, warranties, conditions precedent, events of default, indemnities and affirmative and negative covenants. As of September 30, 2016, the Company was in compliance with all covenants under the Credit Agreement that were in effect and the Company had no borrowings outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility.
Commercial Paper Program
The Company generally satisfies any short-term liquidity needs that are not met through operating cash flows and available cash primarily through issuances of commercial paper under its commercial paper program. Under this program, the Company may issue and sell unsecured, short-term promissory notes with maturities not exceeding 397 days. Interest expense on the notes is paid at maturity and is generally based on the short-term ratings assigned to the Company by credit rating agencies at the time of issuance and prevailing market rates measured by reference to LIBOR.
As of September 30, 2016, $527 million of commercial paper was outstanding under this program with a weighted average annual interest rate of 0.9% and a weighted average remaining maturity of approximately 20 days.
Credit support for the commercial paper program is provided by the Revolving Credit Facility. The availability of the Revolving Credit Facility as a standby liquidity facility to repay maturing commercial paper is an important factor in maintaining the existing credit ratings of the Company’s commercial paper program. The Company expects to limit any borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility to amounts that would leave sufficient credit available under the facility to allow the Company to borrow, if needed, to repay all of the outstanding commercial paper as it matures.
The Company’s ability to access the commercial paper market, and the related costs of these borrowings, is affected by the strength of the Company's credit rating and market conditions. Any downgrade in the Company’s credit rating would increase the cost of borrowing under the Company’s commercial paper program and the Credit Agreement, and could limit or preclude the Company's ability to issue commercial paper. If the Company’s access to the commercial paper market is adversely affected due to a downgrade, change in market conditions or otherwise, the Company expects it would rely on a combination of available cash, operating cash flow and the Revolving Credit Facility to provide short-term funding. In such event, the cost of borrowings under the Credit Agreement could be higher than the historic cost of commercial paper borrowings.
The Company classified its borrowings outstanding under the commercial paper program as of September 30, 2016 as long-term debt in the accompanying Consolidated and Combined Condensed Balance Sheet as the Company has the intent and ability, as supported by availability under the Revolving Credit Facility referenced above, to refinance these borrowings for at least one year from the balance sheet date.
Proceeds from borrowings under the commercial paper program are typically available for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions.
Long-Term Indebtedness
On June 20, 2016, the Company completed the private placement of each of the following series of the Notes to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act:
$300 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due June 15, 2019 (the “2019 Notes”). The 2019 Notes were issued at 99.893% of their principal amount and bear interest at the rate of 1.80% per year.
$750 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due June 15, 2021 (the “2021 Notes”). The 2021 Notes were issued at 99.977% of their principal amount and bear interest at the rate of 2.35% per year.
$900 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due June 15, 2026 (the “2026 Notes”). The 2026 Notes were issued at 99.644% of their principal amount and bear interest at the rate of 3.15% per year.
$350 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due June 15, 2046 (the “Initial 2046 Notes”). The Initial 2046 Notes were issued at 99.783% of their principal amount and bear interest at the rate of 4.30% per year.
$200 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due June 15, 2046 (the “Additional 2046 Notes” and, together with the Initial 2046 Notes, the “2046 Notes”). The Additional 2046 Notes were issued at 101.564% of their principal amount and bear interest at the rate of 4.30% per year.
Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on December 15, 2016.
In connection with the issuance of the Notes, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement, pursuant to which the Company is obligated to use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC, and cause to be declared effective, a registration statement with respect to an offer to exchange each series of Notes for registered notes with terms that are substantially identical to the Notes of such series. Alternatively, if the exchange offers are not available or cannot be completed, the Company would be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to file, and cause to be declared effective, a shelf registration statement to cover resales of the Notes under the Securities Act. If the Company does not comply with these obligations, it will be required to pay additional interest on the Notes.
The Company used the net proceeds from the issuance of the Notes and Term Facility to fund a $3.0 billion cash dividend payment to Danaher in connection with the Separation.
Net discounts, premiums and issuance costs associated with long-term indebtedness totaled $20.8 million as of September 30, 2016 and has been recorded as an offset to the carrying amount of the related debt in the accompanying Consolidated and Combined Condensed Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2016.
Covenants and Redemption Provisions Applicable to Notes
The Company may redeem the Notes of the applicable series, in whole or in part, at any time prior to the dates specified in the applicable indentures (the “Call Dates”) by paying the principal amount and the “make-whole” premium specified in the applicable indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest. Additionally, with the exception of the 2019 Notes, the Company may redeem all or any part of the Notes of the applicable series on or after the Call Dates without paying the “make-whole” premium specified in the applicable indenture.
Note Series
Call Dates
2019 Notes
June 15, 2019
2021 Notes
May 15, 2021
2026 Notes
March 15, 2026
2046 Notes
December 15, 2045

If a change of control triggering event occurs, the Company will, in certain circumstances, be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest. A change of control triggering event is defined as the occurrence of both a change of control and a rating event, each as defined in the applicable indenture. Except in connection with a change of control triggering event, the Notes do not have any credit rating downgrade triggers that would accelerate the maturity of the Notes.
The Notes contain customary covenants, including limits on the incurrence of certain secured debt and sale/leaseback transactions. None of these covenants are considered restrictive to the Company’s operations and as of September 30, 2016, the Company was in compliance with all the covenants under the Notes.
Minimum Principal Payments
There are no minimum principal payments due under the Company's total outstanding debt during the next two years. The principal payments due are presented in the following table:
 
Commercial
Paper
 
Term
Loan
 
Notes
 
Total
2019
$

 
$
500.0

 
$
300.0

 
$
800.0

2020

 

 

 

2021

 

 
750.0

 
750.0

Thereafter
526.9

 

 
1,450.0

 
1,976.9

Total principal payments (a)
$
526.9

 
$
500.0

 
$
2,500.0

 
$
3,526.9

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a) Amount is higher than the carrying value of debt as net discounts, premiums and issuance costs of $21.0 million as of September 30, 2016 are included in the carrying amount of the related debt in the accompanying Consolidated and Combined Condensed Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2016 but excluded from the principal payments disclosed herein. In addition, these amounts exclude other financing balances of $3.2 million.