Long-Term Obligations and Other Short-Term Borrowings

The following table summarizes long-term obligations and other short-term borrowings at June 30:



(in millions)	2015		2014
1.7% Notes due 2018	$	404	$	401
1.9% Notes due 2017	251		251
1.95% Notes due 2018	550		—
2.4% Notes due 2019	450		—
3.2% Notes due 2022	249		248
3.2% Notes due 2023	549		549
3.5% Notes due 2024	398		—
3.75% Notes due 2025	500		—
4.0% Notes due 2015	—		513
4.5% Notes due 2044	345		—
4.6% Notes due 2043	349		349
4.625% Notes due 2020	524		525
4.9% Notes due 2045	450		—
5.8% Notes due 2016	—		301
5.85% Notes due 2017	—		158
6.0% Notes due 2017	—		197
7.0% Debentures due 2026	124		124
7.8% Debentures due 2016	37		37
Other obligations	312		319
Total	$	5,492	$	3,972
Less: current portion of long-term obligations and other short-term borrowings	281		801
Long-term obligations, less current portion	$	5,211	$	3,171

Maturities of existing long-term obligations and other short-term borrowings for fiscal 2016 through 2020 and thereafter are as follows: $281 million, $310 million, $956 million, $2 million, $452 million, and $3,491 million.

Long-Term Debt

The 1.7%, 1.9%, 1.95%, 2.4%, 3.2%, 3.2%, 3.5%, 3.75%, 4.5%, 4.6%, 4.625%, and 4.9% Notes represent unsecured obligations of Cardinal Health, Inc. and rank equally in right of payment with all of our existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. The 7.0% and 7.8% Debentures represent unsecured obligations of Allegiance Corporation (a wholly-owned subsidiary), which Cardinal Health, Inc. has guaranteed. None of these obligations are subject to a sinking fund and the Allegiance obligations are not redeemable prior to maturity. Interest is paid pursuant to the terms of the obligations. These notes are effectively subordinated to the liabilities of our subsidiaries, including trade payables of $14 billion.

In June 2015, we sold $550 million aggregate principal amount of 1.95% Notes that mature on June 15, 2018, $500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.75% Notes that mature on September 15, 2025, and $450 million aggregate principal amount of 4.9% Notes that mature on September 15, 2045. We used a portion of the net proceeds from the offering to acquire Harvard Drug on July 2, 2015, as discussed further in Note 2, and intend to use the remainder of the net proceeds from the offering and cash on hand to consummate the pending Cordis acquisition, as discussed further in Note 2. In the event that the principal closing of the Cordis acquisition has not occurred on or prior to March 31, 2016, or the Cordis Purchase Agreement is terminated, we will be required to redeem all outstanding 1.95% Notes due 2018 and 4.9% Notes due 2045 at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

In November 2014, we sold $450 million aggregate principal amount of 2.4% Notes that mature on November 15, 2019, $400 million aggregate principal amount of 3.5% Notes that mature on November 15, 2024 and $350 million aggregate principal amount of 4.5% Notes that mature on November 15, 2044.

In December 2014, we used the net proceeds from the November 2014 offering, together with cash on hand, to redeem all of the outstanding 4.0% Notes due 2015, 5.8% Notes due 2016, 5.85% Notes due 2017 and 6.0% Notes due 2017 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount and any accrued but unpaid interest, plus the applicable make-whole premium. As a result of the redemption, we incurred a loss on the extinguishment of debt of $60 million ($37 million, net of tax), which included a make-whole premium of $80 million, write-off of $2 million of unamortized debt issuance costs, and an offsetting $22 million fair value adjustment to the respective debt related to previously terminated interest rate swaps.

In June 2013, we used cash on hand to repay $300 million of our 5.5% Notes that were due on June 15, 2013.

In February 2013, we sold $400 million aggregate principal amount of 1.7% Notes that mature on March 15, 2018, $550 million aggregate principal amount of 3.2% Notes that mature on March 15, 2023 and $350 million aggregate principal amount of 4.6% Notes that mature on March 15, 2043. We used the proceeds to fund a portion of the purchase price of AssuraMed, Inc. in fiscal 2013.

The 1.7% Notes due 2018, 1.9% Notes due 2017, 1.95% Notes due 2018, 2.4% Notes due 2019, 3.2% Notes due 2022, 3.2% Notes due 2023, 3.5% Notes due 2024, 3.75% Notes due 2025, 4.5% Notes due 2044, 4.6% Notes due 2043, 4.625% Notes due 2020, and 4.9% Notes due 2045 require us to offer to purchase the notes at 101% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest if we undergo a change of control, as defined in the notes, and if the notes receive specified ratings below investment grade by each of Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and Fitch Ratings.

Other Financing Arrangements

In connection with the binding offer to purchase the Cordis business discussed in Note 2, we entered into a $1.0 billion 364-day senior unsecured bridge term loan in March 2015. We incurred fees of $4 million related to this bridge loan, which are included in interest expense, net in the consolidated statements of earnings. No amounts were drawn under this bridge loan and we terminated the bridge loan in June 2015.

In addition to cash and cash equivalents at June 30, 2015 and 2014, our sources of liquidity include a $1.5 billion revolving credit facility and commercial paper program of up to $1.5 billion, backed by the revolving credit facility. The revolving credit facility exists largely to support issuances of commercial paper as well as other short-term borrowings for general corporate purposes. We had no outstanding balance under the revolving credit facility at June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Commercial paper outstanding under our commercial paper program ranged from approximately zero to $100 million during fiscal 2015. We had no outstanding borrowings from the commercial paper program at June 30, 2015 and 2014.

On November 3, 2014, we renewed our committed receivables sales facility program through Cardinal Health Funding, LLC ("CHF") until November 3, 2017 and increased the size of the facility from $700 million to $950 million. CHF was organized for the sole purpose of buying receivables and selling undivided interests in those receivables to third-party purchasers. Although consolidated in accordance with GAAP, CHF is a separate legal entity from Cardinal Health and from our subsidiary that sells receivables to CHF. CHF is designed to be a special purpose, bankruptcy-remote entity whose assets are available solely to satisfy the claims of its creditors. We had no outstanding balance under the committed receivable sales facility program at June 30, 2015 and 2014, except for standby letters of credit of $41 million at both June 30, 2015 and 2014.

Our revolving credit facility and committed receivables sales facility program require us to maintain a consolidated interest coverage ratio, as of any fiscal quarter end, of at least 4-to-1 and a consolidated leverage ratio of no more than 3.25-to-1. As of June 30, 2015, we were in compliance with these financial covenants.

We also maintain other short-term credit facilities and an unsecured line of credit that allowed for borrowings up to $439 million and $369 million at June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The $312 million and $319 million balance of other obligations at June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, consisted of short-term borrowings and capital leases.