Long-term debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Long-term debt

JPMorgan Chase issues long-term debt denominated in various currencies, although predominantly U.S. dollars, with both fixed and variable interest rates. Included in senior and subordinated debt below are various equity-linked or other indexed instruments, which the Firm has elected to measure at fair value. Changes in fair value are recorded in principal transactions revenue in the Consolidated statements of income. The following table is a summary of long-term debt carrying values (including unamortized premiums and discounts, issuance costs, valuation adjustments and fair value adjustments, where applicable) by remaining contractual maturity as of December 31, 2015.



By remaining maturity at December 31,		2015											2014
(in millions, except rates)		Under 1 year			1-5 years			After 5 years		Total			Total
Parent company
Senior debt:	Fixed rate	$	12,014		$	54,200		$	51,544	$	117,758		$	108,529
	Variable rate	15,158			23,254			5,766		44,178			42,201
	Interest rates^(a)	0.16-7.00%			0.24-7.25%			0.31-6.40%		0.16-7.25%			0.18-7.25%
Subordinated debt:	Fixed rate	$	—		$	2,292		$	13,958	$	16,250		$	16,645
	Variable rate	—			1,038			9		1,047			3,452
	Interest rates^(a)	—		%	1.06-8.53%			3.38-8.00%		1.06-8.53%			0.48-8.53%
	Subtotal	$	27,172		$	80,784		$	71,277	$	179,233		$	170,827
Subsidiaries
Federal Home Loan Banks (“FHLB”) advances:	Fixed rate	$	5		$	30		$	156	$	191		$	2,204
	Variable rate	9,700			56,690			5,000		71,390			62,790
	Interest rates^(a)	0.37-0.65%			0.17-0.72%			0.50-0.70%		0.17-0.72%			0.11-2.04%
Senior debt:	Fixed rate	$	631		$	1,288		$	3,631	$	5,550		$	5,751
	Variable rate	10,493			7,456			2,639		20,588			20,082
	Interest rates^(a)	0.47-1.00%			0.53-4.61%			1.30-7.28%		0.47-7.28%			0.26-8.00%
Subordinated debt:	Fixed rate	$	1,472		$	3,647		$	1,461	$	6,580		$	6,928
	Variable rate	1,150			—			—		1,150			2,362
	Interest rates^(a)	0.83-5.88%			6.00		%	4.38-8.25%		0.83-8.25%			0.57-8.25%
	Subtotal	$	23,451		$	69,111		$	12,887	$	105,449		$	100,117
Junior subordinated debt:	Fixed rate	$	—		$	—		$	717	$	717		$	2,185
	Variable rate	—			—			3,252		3,252			3,250
	Interest rates^(a)	—		%	—		%	0.83-8.75%		0.83-8.75%			0.73-8.75%
	Subtotal	$	—		$	—		$	3,969	$	3,969		$	5,435
Total long-term debt^(b)(c)(d)		$	50,623		$	149,895		$	88,133	$	288,651	^(f)(g)	$	276,379
Long-term beneficial interests:
	Fixed rate	$	1,674		$	10,931		$	1,594	$	14,199		$	13,949
	Variable rate	3,393			10,642			2,323		16,358			21,418
	Interest rates	0.45-5.16%			0.37-5.23%			0.00-15.94%		0.00-15.94%			0.05-15.93%
Total long-term beneficial interests^(e)		$	5,067		$	21,573		$	3,917	$	30,557		$	35,367

(a)

The interest rates shown are the range of contractual rates in effect at year-end, including non-U.S. dollar fixed- and variable-rate issuances, which excludes the effects of the associated derivative instruments used in hedge accounting relationships, if applicable. The use of these derivative instruments modifies the Firm’s exposure to the contractual interest rates disclosed in the table above. Including the effects of the hedge accounting derivatives, the range of modified rates in effect at December 31, 2015, for total long-term debt was (0.19)% to 8.88%, versus the contractual range of 0.16% to 8.75% presented in the table above. The interest rate ranges shown exclude structured notes accounted for at fair value.


(b)	Included long-term debt of $76.6 billion and $69.2 billion secured by assets totaling $171.6 billion and $156.7 billion at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The amount of long-term debt secured by assets does not include amounts related to hybrid instruments.


(c)	Included $33.1 billion and $30.2 billion of long-term debt accounted for at fair value at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

(d)

Included $5.5 billion and $2.9 billion of outstanding zero-coupon notes at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The aggregate principal amount of these notes at their respective maturities is $16.2 billion and $7.5 billion, respectively. The aggregate principal amount reflects the contractual principal payment at maturity, which may exceed the contractual principal payment at the Firm’s next call date, if applicable.


(e)	Included on the Consolidated balance sheets in beneficial interests issued by consolidated VIEs. Also included $787 million and $2.2 billion accounted for at fair value at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Excluded short-term commercial paper and other short-term beneficial interests of $11.3 billion and $17.0 billion at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.


(f)	At December 31, 2015, long-term debt in the aggregate of $39.1 billion was redeemable at the option of JPMorgan Chase, in whole or in part, prior to maturity, based on the terms specified in the respective instruments.


(g)	The aggregate carrying values of debt that matures in each of the five years subsequent to 2015 is $50.6 billion in 2016, $49.5 billion in 2017, $39.2 billion in 2018, $30.4 billion in 2019 and $30.7 billion in 2020.

The weighted-average contractual interest rates for total long-term debt excluding structured notes accounted for at fair value were 2.34% and 2.42% as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. In order to modify exposure to interest rate and currency exchange rate movements, JPMorgan Chase utilizes derivative instruments, primarily interest rate and cross-currency interest rate swaps, in conjunction with some of its debt issues. The use of these instruments modifies the Firm’s interest expense on the associated debt. The modified weighted-average interest rates for total long-term debt, including the effects of related derivative instruments, were 1.64% and 1.50% as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has guaranteed certain long-term debt of its subsidiaries, including both long-term debt and structured notes. These guarantees rank on parity with the Firm’s other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. The amount of such guaranteed long-term debt was $152 million and $352 million at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

The Firm’s unsecured debt does not contain requirements that would call for an acceleration of payments, maturities or changes in the structure of the existing debt, provide any limitations on future borrowings or require additional collateral, based on unfavorable changes in the Firm’s credit ratings, financial ratios, earnings or stock price.

Junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures held by trusts that issued guaranteed capital debt securities

At December 31, 2015, the Firm had outstanding eight wholly owned Delaware statutory business trusts (“issuer trusts”) that had issued trust preferred securities.

The junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures issued by the Firm to the issuer trusts, totaling $4.0 billion and $5.4 billion at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, were reflected on the Firm’s Consolidated balance sheets in long-term debt, and in the table on the preceding page under the caption “Junior subordinated debt.” The Firm also records the common capital securities issued by the issuer trusts in other assets in its Consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2015 and 2014. Beginning in 2014, the debentures issued to the issuer trusts by the Firm, less the common capital securities of the issuer trusts, began being phased out from inclusion as Tier 1 capital under Basel III. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, $992 million and $2.7 billion of these debentures qualified as Tier 1 capital, while $3.0 billion and $2.7 billion qualified as Tier 2 capital.

The following is a summary of the outstanding trust preferred securities, including unamortized original issue discount, issued by each trust, and the junior subordinated deferrable interest debenture issued to each trust, as of December 31, 2015.



December 31, 2015 (in millions)	Amount of trust preferred securities issued by trust^(a)		Principal amount of debenture issued to trust^(b)		Issue date	Stated maturity of trust preferred securities and debentures	Earliest redemption date	Interest rate of trust preferred securities and debentures	Interest payment/distribution dates
BANK ONE Capital III	$	474	$	717	2000	2030	Any time	8.75%	Semiannually
Chase Capital II	483		496		1997	2027	Any time	LIBOR + 0.50%	Quarterly
Chase Capital III	296		304		1997	2027	Any time	LIBOR + 0.55%	Quarterly
Chase Capital VI	242		248		1998	2028	Any time	LIBOR + 0.625%	Quarterly
First Chicago NBD Capital I	249		256		1997	2027	Any time	LIBOR + 0.55%	Quarterly
J.P. Morgan Chase Capital XIII	466		477		2004	2034	Any time	LIBOR + 0.95%	Quarterly
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXI	836		832		2007	2037	Any time	LIBOR + 0.95%	Quarterly
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIII	644		639		2007	2047	Any time	LIBOR + 1.00%	Quarterly
Total	$	3,690	$	3,969


(a)	Represents the amount of trust preferred securities issued to the public by each trust, including unamortized original-issue discount.


(b)	Represents the principal amount of JPMorgan Chase debentures issued to each trust, including unamortized original-issue discount. The principal amount of debentures issued to the trusts includes the impact of hedging and purchase accounting fair value adjustments that were recorded on the Firm’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

On April 2, 2015, the Firm redeemed $1.5 billion, or 100% of the liquidation amount, of the guaranteed capital debt securities (“trust preferred securities”) of JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIX trust preferred securities. On May 8, 2013, the Firm redeemed approximately $5.0 billion, or 100% of the liquidation amount, of the following eight series of trust preferred securities: JPMorgan Chase Capital X, XI, XII, XIV, XVI, XIX and XXIV, and BANK ONE Capital VI. Other income for the year ended December 31, 2013, reflected a modest loss related to the redemption of trust preferred securities.