Included within short-term debt in the company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 2022 is $184 million of secured borrowings recorded at fair value from the short-term credit facility and the May 2022 Exchange as described in note 8, “Financial Assets & Liabilities.”

The weighted-average interest rate for short-term loans excluding the aforementioned secured borrowings was 8.2 percent and 6.7 percent at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

* Includes notes, debentures, bank loans and secured borrowings.

The portion of the company’s fixed-rate debt obligations that is hedged is reflected in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as an amount equal to the sum of the debt’s carrying value and a fair value adjustment representing changes in the fair value of the hedged debt obligations attributable to movements in benchmark interest rates.

The company’s indenture governing its debt securities and its various credit facilities each contain significant covenants which obligate the company to promptly pay principal and interest, limit the aggregate amount of secured indebtedness and sale and leaseback transactions to 10 percent of the company’s consolidated net tangible assets, and restrict the company’s ability to merge or consolidate unless certain conditions are met. The credit facilities also include a covenant on the company’s consolidated net interest expense ratio, which cannot be less than 2.20 to 1.0, as well as a cross default provision with respect to other defaulted indebtedness of at least $500 million.

The company is in compliance with its debt covenants and provides periodic certifications to its lenders. The failure to comply with its debt covenants could constitute an event of default with respect to the debt to which such provisions apply. If certain events of default were to occur, the principal and interest on the debt to which such event of default applied would become immediately due and payable.

In the first quarter of 2022, the company issued $2.3 billion of Euro fixed-rate notes in tranches with maturities ranging from 8 to 12 years and coupons ranging from 0.875 to 1.25 percent, and $1.8 billion of U.S. dollar fixed-rate notes with maturities ranging from 5 to 30 years and coupons ranging from 2.20 to 3.43 percent.

On July 20, 2022, the company issued $3.25 billion of U.S. dollar fixed-rate notes in tranches with maturities ranging from 3 to 30 years and coupons ranging from 4.00 to 4.90 percent.

Pre-swap annual contractual obligations of long-term debt outstanding at September 30, 2022, were as follows:


(Dollars in millions)	Total
Remainder of 2022	$	1,334
2023		4,490
2024		6,246
2025		4,586
2026		4,657
Thereafter		30,436
Total	$	51,749

Interest on Debt


(Dollars in millions)
For the nine months ended September 30:	2022		2021
Cost of financing	$	264	$	312
Interest expense		903		852
Interest capitalized		4		3
Total interest paid and accrued	$	1,170	$	1,167

Lines of Credit

The company has a $2.5 billion Three-Year Credit Agreement and a $7.5 billion Five-Year Credit Agreement with maturity dates of June 20, 2025 and June 22, 2027, respectively. The Credit Agreements permit the company and its subsidiary borrowers to borrow up to $10 billion on a revolving basis. At September 30, 2022, there were no borrowings by the company, or its subsidiaries, under these credit facilities.