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Debt
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt

Note 12 Debt

 

Short-term and long-term debt were as follows:

 

 September 30,December 31,
(In millions)20162015
Short-term:    
Commercial paper$ -$ 100
Current maturities of long-term debt  250  -
Other, including capital leases  21  49
Total short-term debt$ 271$ 149
Long-term:    
$250 million, 5.375% Notes due 2017$ -$ 249
$131 million, 6.35% Notes due 2018  131  131
$250 million, 4.375% Notes due 2020 (1)  260  254
$300 million, 5.125% Notes due 2020 (1)  307  303
$78 million, 6.37% Notes due 2021  78  78
$300 million, 4.5% Notes due 2021 (1)  311  304
$750 million, 4% Notes due 2022  743  743
$100 million, 7.65% Notes due 2023  100  100
$17 million, 8.3% Notes due 2023  17  17
$900 million, 3.25% Notes due 2025  893  892
$300 million, 7.875% Debentures due 2027  299  299
$83 million, 8.3% Step Down Notes due 2033  82  82
$500 million, 6.15% Notes due 2036  498  498
$300 million, 5.875% Notes due 2041  296  295
$750 million, 5.375% Notes due 2042  743  743
Other, including capital leases  22  32
Total long-term debt$ 4,780$ 5,020

(1) The Company has entered into interest rate swap contracts hedging a portion of these fixed-rate debt instruments. See Note 9 for further information about the Company's interest rate risk management and these derivative instruments.

 

The Company has a five-year revolving credit and letter of credit agreement for $1.5 billion that permits up to $500 million to be used for letters of credit. This agreement extends through December 12, 2019 and is diversified among 16 banks, with three banks each having 12% of the commitment and the remainder spread among 13 banks. The credit agreement includes options subject to consent by the administrative agent and the committing banks to increase the commitment amount to $2 billion and to extend the term past December 12, 2019. The credit agreement is available for general corporate purposes, including for the issuance of letters of credit. The credit agreement contains customary covenants and restrictions, including a financial covenant that the Company may not permit its leverage ratio – which is total consolidated debt to total consolidated capitalization (each as defined in the credit agreement) – to be greater than 0.50. The leverage ratio calculation excludes the following items that are included in accumulated other comprehensive loss on the Company's consolidated balance sheets: net unrealized appreciation on fixed maturities and the portion of the post-retirement benefits liability adjustment attributable to pension.

 

In addition to the $5.1 billion of debt outstanding as of September 30, 2016, the Company had $9.5 billion of borrowing capacity within the maximum debt coverage covenant in the credit agreement. This additional borrowing capacity includes the $1.5 billion available under the credit agreement. Letters of credit outstanding as of September 30, 2016 totaled $14 million.

 

 

The Company was in compliance with its debt covenants as of September 30, 2016.

 

In April 2015, the Company redeemed two of its outstanding notes early. The Company paid a total of $955 million including accrued interest and expenses that resulted in a total pre-tax loss on early debt extinguishment of $100 million ($65 million after-tax). See Note 15 of the Company's 2015 Form 10-K for further details.