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Debt
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt
Note 5. Debt

Significant Debt Transactions
The following table shows the transactions that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2020.

Redemptions, Repurchases and Repayments
(dollars in millions)
Principal Redeemed/ Repurchased/ Repaid

 
Amount Paid as % of Principal (1)

Verizon 4.950% notes due 2047
$
1,475

 
100.000
%
(1) Percentage represents price paid to redeem, repurchase and repay.

In April 2020, we redeemed, in whole, on the maturity date thereof, subsidiary preferred stock for approximately $1.7 billion, plus accrued and unpaid dividends.

Issuances
(amounts in millions)
Principal Amount Issued

 
Net Proceeds (1)

Verizon 3.600% notes due 2060
$
2,385

 
$
2,369

Verizon 3.000% notes due 2027
750

 
747

Verizon 3.150% notes due 2030
1,500

 
1,489

Verizon 4.000% notes due 2050
1,250

 
1,241

Total
$
5,885

 
$
5,846

(1) Net proceeds were net of discount and issuance costs.

Short-Term Borrowing and Commercial Paper Program
In July 2018, we entered into a bilateral short-term uncommitted bank credit facility with the ability to borrow up to $700 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we drew $700 million under the facility, all of which remained outstanding at March 31, 2020. In April 2020, we repaid $700 million related to our short-term uncommitted credit facility.

As of March 31, 2020, we had no commercial paper outstanding. In April 2020, we issued $3.5 billion in commercial paper, $2.5 billion of which has a maturity date during the three months ended June 30, 2020 and $1.0 billion of which has a maturity date during the three months ended September 30, 2020.

Asset-Backed Debt
As of March 31, 2020, the carrying value of our asset-backed debt was $13.0 billion. Our asset-backed debt includes Asset-Backed Notes (ABS Notes) issued to third-party investors (Investors) and loans (ABS Financing Facilities) received from banks and their conduit facilities (collectively, the Banks). Our consolidated asset-backed debt bankruptcy remote legal entities (each, an ABS Entity or collectively, the ABS Entities) issue the debt or are otherwise party to the transaction documentation in connection with our asset-backed debt transactions. Under the terms of our asset-backed debt, Cellco Partnership (Cellco) and certain other affiliates of Verizon (collectively, the Originators) transfer device payment plan agreement receivables to one of the ABS Entities, which in turn transfers such receivables to another ABS Entity that issues the debt. Verizon entities retain the equity interests in the ABS Entities, which represent the rights to all funds not needed to make required payments on the asset-backed debt and other related payments and expenses.

Our asset-backed debt is secured by the transferred device payment plan agreement receivables and future collections on such receivables. The device payment plan agreement receivables transferred to the ABS Entities and related assets, consisting primarily of restricted cash, will only be available for payment of asset-backed debt and expenses related thereto, payments to the Originators in respect of additional transfers of device payment plan agreement receivables, and other obligations arising from our asset-backed debt transactions, and will not be available to pay other obligations or claims of Verizon’s creditors until the associated asset-backed debt and other obligations are satisfied. The Investors or Banks, as applicable, which hold our asset-backed debt have legal recourse to the assets securing the debt, but do not have any recourse to Verizon with respect to the payment of principal and interest on the debt. Under a parent support agreement, Verizon has agreed to guarantee certain of the payment obligations of Cellco and the Originators to the ABS Entities.

Cash collections on the device payment plan agreement receivables collateralizing asset-backed debt securities are required at certain specified times to be placed into segregated accounts. Deposits to the segregated accounts are considered restricted cash and are included in Prepaid expenses and other and Other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Proceeds from our asset-backed debt transactions are reflected in Cash flows from financing activities in our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. The asset-backed debt issued and the assets securing this debt are included in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The holders of our asset-backed debt do not have any recourse to Verizon with respect to the payment of principal and interest on the debt. However, if an early amortization of our asset-backed debt occurs, including as a result of increased customer delinquencies or losses relating to COVID-19, all collections on the securitized device payment plan agreement receivables would be used to pay principal and interest on the asset-backed debt, and our financing cash flows requirements would increase for the twelve months immediately following an early amortization event.

ABS Notes
During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we completed the following ABS Notes transactions:
(dollars in millions)
Interest Rates %
 
Expected Weighted-average Life to Maturity (in years)
Principal Amount Issued

A-1a Senior class notes
1.850
 
2.46
$
1,326

A-1b Senior floating rate class notes
 LIBOR + 0.270
(1) 
2.46
100

B Junior class notes
1.980
 
3.18
98

C Junior class notes
2.060
 
3.36
76

Total
 
 
 
$
1,600

(1) The one-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) at March 31, 2020 was 0.993%.

Under the terms of each series of ABS Notes, there is a two-year revolving period during which we may transfer additional receivables to the ABS Entity. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we made aggregate principal repayments of $979 million on ABS Notes that have entered the amortization period.

ABS Financing Facilities
In May 2019, we amended and restated an ABS financing facility originally entered into in 2016 with a number of financial institutions (the 2019 ABS Financing Facility). Under the terms of the 2019 ABS Financing Facility, which is an uncommitted facility, the financial institutions make advances under asset-backed loans backed by device payment plan agreement receivables of both consumer and business customers. One loan agreement was entered into in connection with the 2019 ABS Financing Facility. The 2019 loan agreement has a final maturity date in May 2023 and bears interest at floating rates. There is a one year revolving period until May 2020, which may be extended with the approval of the financial institutions. Under the 2019 loan agreement, we have the right to prepay all or a portion of the advances at any time without penalty, but in certain cases, with breakage costs. Subject to certain conditions, we may also remove receivables from the ABS Entity. In January 2020,
we prepaid $1.3 billion of the loan under the 2019 loan agreement. In March 2020, we borrowed an additional $1.3 billion under the 2019 loan agreement. The aggregate outstanding balance under the 2019 ABS Financing Facility was $3.3 billion as of March 31, 2020.

Variable Interest Entities (VIEs)
The ABS Entities meet the definition of a VIE for which we have determined that we are the primary beneficiary as we have both the power to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact the entity’s performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the entity. Therefore, the assets, liabilities and activities of the ABS Entities are consolidated in our financial results and are included in amounts presented on the face of our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The assets and liabilities related to our asset-backed debt arrangements included in our condensed consolidated balance sheets were as follows:
 
At March 31,

 
At December 31,

(dollars in millions)
2020

 
2019

Assets
 
 
 
Account receivable, net
$
10,444

 
$
10,525

Prepaid expenses and other
1,108

 
1,180

Other assets
3,720

 
3,856

 
 
 
 
Liabilities
 
 
 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
11

 
11

Short-term portion of long-term debt
5,804

 
5,578

Long-term debt
7,185

 
6,791



See Note 6 for additional information on device payment plan agreement receivables used to secure asset-backed debt.

Long-Term Credit Facilities
 
 
 
 
 
At March 31, 2020
 
(dollars in millions)
Maturities
 
Facility Capacity

 
Unused Capacity

 
Principal Amount Outstanding

Verizon revolving credit facility (1)
2022
 
$
9,500

 
$
9,391

 
N/A

Various export credit facilities (2)
2022-2027
 
5,500

 

 
4,382

Total
 
 
$
15,000

 
$
9,391

 
$
4,382

(1) The revolving credit facility does not require us to comply with financial covenants or maintain specified credit ratings, and it permits us to borrow even if our business has incurred a material adverse change. The revolving credit facility provides for the issuance of letters of credit.
(2) These credit facilities were used to finance equipment-related purchases. Borrowings under certain of these facilities amortize semi-annually in equal installments up to the applicable maturity dates.

Non-Cash Transactions
During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, we financed, primarily through vendor financing arrangements, the purchase of approximately $502 million and $115 million, respectively, of long-lived assets consisting primarily of network equipment. At both March 31, 2020 and 2019, $1.5 billion and $1.0 billion, respectively, relating to these financing arrangements, including those entered into in prior years and liabilities assumed through acquisitions, remained outstanding. These purchases are non-cash financing activities and therefore are not reflected within Capital expenditures in our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

Guarantees
We guarantee the debentures of our operating telephone company subsidiaries. As of March 31, 2020, $765 million aggregate principal amount of these obligations remained outstanding. Each guarantee will remain in place for the life of the obligation unless terminated pursuant to its terms, including the operating telephone company no longer being a wholly-owned subsidiary of Verizon.

We also guarantee the debt obligations of GTE LLC as successor in interest to GTE Corporation that were issued and outstanding prior to July 1, 2003. As of March 31, 2020, $391 million aggregate principal amount of these obligations remained outstanding.

Covenants
We and our consolidated subsidiaries are in compliance with all of our restrictive covenants.