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DEBT
3 Months Ended
Aug. 28, 2016
Debt [Abstract]  
Debt

(7) Debt

The components of notes payable were as follows:

In MillionsAug. 28, 2016May 29, 2016
U.S. commercial paper$411.0$-
Financial institutions279.5269.8
Total$690.5$269.8

To ensure availability of funds, we maintain bank credit lines sufficient to cover our outstanding notes payable. Commercial paper is a continuing source of short-term financing. We have commercial paper programs available to us in the United States and Europe. We also have committed, uncommitted, and asset-backed credit lines that support our foreign operations.

The following table details the fee-paid committed and uncommitted credit lines we had available as of August 28, 2016:

In BillionsFacility AmountBorrowed Amount
Credit facility expiring:
May 2021$2.7-
June 20190.2$0.1
Total committed credit facilities2.90.1
Uncommitted credit facilities0.40.1
Total committed and uncommitted credit facilities$3.3$0.2

In fiscal 2016, we entered into a $2.7 billion fee-paid committed credit facility that is scheduled to expire in May 2021. Concurrent with the execution of this credit facility, we terminated our $1.7 billion and $1.0 billion credit facilities.

The credit facilities contain covenants, including a requirement to maintain a fixed charge coverage ratio of at least 2.5 times. We were in compliance with all credit facility covenants as of August 28, 2016.

Long-Term Debt

The fair values and carrying amounts of long-term debt, including the current portion, were $8,770.2 million and $8,181.4 million, respectively, as of August 28, 2016. The fair value of long-term debt was estimated using market quotations and discounted cash flows based on our current incremental borrowing rates for similar types of instruments. Long-term debt is a Level 2 liability in the fair value hierarchy.

In January 2016, we issued €500.0 million principal amount of floating-rate notes due January 15, 2020. Interest on the notes is payable quarterly in arrears. We may redeem the notes if certain tax laws change and we would be obligated to pay additional amounts on the notes. These notes are senior unsecured obligations that include a change of control repurchase provision. The net proceeds were used to repay a portion of our maturing long-term debt.

In January 2016, we repaid $250 million of 0.875 percent fixed-rate notes and $750 million of floating-rate notes.

Certain of our long-term debt agreements contain restrictive covenants. As of August 28, 2016, we were in compliance with all of these covenants.