Borrowings

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

The following table is a summary of the Company’s borrowings at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018:



In millions	September 30, 2019			December 31, 2018
Short-term debt
Commercial paper	$	1,070		$	720

Long-term debt
2.2% senior notes due March 2019	—			375
2.25% senior notes due August 2019	—			850
3.125% senior notes due March 2020	723			2,000
Floating rate notes due March 2020	277			1,000
2.8% senior notes due July 2020	2,750			2,750
3.35% senior notes due March 2021	2,038			3,000
Floating rate notes due March 2021	1,000			1,000
4.125% senior notes due May 2021	222			550
2.125% senior notes due June 2021	1,750			1,750
4.125% senior notes due June 2021	203			500
5.45% senior notes due June 2021	187			600
3-year tranche term loan due November 2021	—			3,000
3.5% senior notes due July 2022	1,500			1,500
2.75% senior notes due November 2022	1,000			1,000
2.75% senior notes due December 2022	1,250			1,250
4.75% senior notes due December 2022	399			399
3.7% senior notes due March 2023	6,000			6,000
2.8% senior notes due June 2023	1,300			1,300
4% senior notes due December 2023	1,250			1,250
2.625% senior notes due August 2024	1,000			—
3.375% senior notes due August 2024	650			650
3.5% senior notes due November 2024	750			750
5% senior notes due December 2024	299			299
4.1% senior notes due March 2025	5,000			5,000
3.875% senior notes due July 2025	2,828			2,828
2.875% senior notes due June 2026	1,750			1,750
3% senior notes due August 2026	750			—
6.25% senior notes due June 2027	372			372
4.3% senior notes due March 2028	9,000			9,000
3.25% senior notes due August 2029	1,750			—
4.875% senior notes due July 2035	652			652
6.625% senior notes due June 2036	771			771
6.75% senior notes due December 2037	533			533
4.78% senior notes due March 2038	5,000			5,000
6.125% senior notes due September 2039	447			447
5.75% senior notes due May 2041	133			133
4.5% senior notes due May 2042	500			500
4.125% senior notes due November 2042	500			500
5.3% senior notes due December 2043	750			750
4.75% senior notes due March 2044	375			375
5.125% senior notes due July 2045	3,500			3,500
3.875% senior notes due August 2047	1,000			1,000
5.05% senior notes due March 2048	8,000			8,000
Finance lease obligations	618			642
Other	1			19
Total debt principal	69,848			74,265
Debt premiums	267			302
Debt discounts and deferred financing costs	(1,061		)	(1,138		)
	69,054			73,429
Less:
Short-term debt (commercial paper)	(1,070		)	(720		)
Current portion of long-term debt	(3,778		)	(1,265		)
Long-term debt	$	64,206		$	71,444

Long-term Borrowings

2019 Notes

On August 15, 2019, the Company issued $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.625% unsecured senior notes due August 15, 2024, $750 million aggregate principal amount of 3% unsecured senior notes due August 15, 2026 and $1.75 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.25% unsecured senior notes due August 15, 2029 (collectively, the “2019 Notes”) for total proceeds of approximately $3.5 billion, net of discounts and underwriting fees. The net proceeds of the 2019 Notes were used to repay certain of the Company’s outstanding debt.

Beginning in July 2019, the Company entered into several interest rate swap and treasury lock transactions to manage interest rate risk. These agreements were designated as cash flow hedges and were used to hedge the exposure to variability in future cash flows resulting from changes in interest rates related to the anticipated issuance of the 2019 Notes. In connection with the issuance of the 2019 Notes, the Company terminated all outstanding cash flow hedges. The Company paid a net amount of $25 million to the hedge counterparties upon termination, which was recorded as a loss, net of tax, of $18 million in accumulated other comprehensive income and will be reclassified as interest expense over the life of the 2019 Notes. See Note 9 ‘‘Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)’’ for additional information.

Early Extinguishment of Debt

In August 2019, the Company purchased $4.0 billion of its outstanding senior notes through cash tender offers. The senior notes purchased included the following: $1.3 billion of its 3.125% senior notes due 2020, $723 million of its floating rate notes due 2020, $328 million of its 4.125% senior notes due 2021, $297 million of 4.125% senior notes due 2021 issued by Aetna, $413 million of 5.45% senior notes due 2021 issued by Coventry Health Care, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aetna and $962 million of its 3.35% senior notes due 2021. In connection with the purchase of such senior notes, the Company paid a premium of $76 million in excess of the aggregate principal amount of the senior notes that were purchased, incurred $8 million in fees and recognized a net gain of $5 million on the write-off of net unamortized deferred financing premiums, for a net loss on early extinguishment of debt of $79 million.