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Debt
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt
Note 5. Debt
Significant Debt Transactions
The following table shows the transactions that occurred during the six months ended June 30, 2020.

Redemptions, Repurchases and Repayments
(dollars in millions)Principal Redeemed/ Repurchased/ Repaid
Amount Paid (1)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
Verizon 4.950% notes due 2047
$1,475  $1,475  
Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 total$1,475  $1,475  
Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
Verizon 5.143% preferred stock due 2020
$1,650  $1,650  
Verizon floating rate (LIBOR +0.550%) notes due 2020 (2)
1,018  1,018  
Verizon 4.600% notes due 2021
920  949  
Verizon 3.125% notes due 2022
1,256  1,314  
Open market repurchases of various Verizon notes121  143  
Verizon 2.375% notes due 2022 (3)
935  $1,199  
Verizon 0.500% notes due 2022 (4)
454  $517  
Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 total6,790  
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 total$8,265  
(1) Represents amount paid to redeem, repurchase or repay, excluding interest or dividend.
(2) The three-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR).
(3) Principal and premium amount repaid was €980 million. US dollar amount paid includes cash settlement from derivatives entered in connection with the transaction. See Note 7 for information on cross currency swaps.
(4) Principal and premium amount repaid was €463 million. US dollar amount paid includes cash settlement from derivatives entered in connection with the transaction. See Note 7 for information on cross currency swaps.

Issuances
(amounts in millions)Principal Amount Issued
Net Proceeds (1)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
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  
Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 total$5,885  $5,846  
Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
Verizon 2.500% due 2030 (2)
C$1,000  $705  
Verizon 3.625% due 2050 (2)
C$300  $209  
Verizon 1.300% notes due 2033 (2)
1,350  $1,464  
Verizon 1.850% notes due 2040 (2)
800  $869  
Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 total3,247  
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 total$9,093  
(1) Net proceeds were net of discount and issuance costs.
(2) See Note 7 for information on cross currency swaps.

Short-Term Borrowing and Commercial Paper Program
During the three months ended June 30, 2020, we repaid $700 million related to our bilateral short-term uncommitted bank credit facility. As of June 30, 2020, we had no amount outstanding related to this facility.

In April 2020, we issued $3.5 billion in commercial paper. During the three months ended June 30, 2020, we repaid $2.5 billion of commercial paper. As of June 30, 2020, we had $1.0 billion of commercial paper outstanding. In July 2020, we repaid $460 million of commercial paper.
Asset-Backed Debt
As of June 30, 2020, the carrying value of our asset-backed debt was $10.6 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.

As mentioned above, 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 flow requirements would increase for the twelve months immediately following an early amortization event.

ABS Notes
During the six months ended June 30, 2020, we completed the following ABS Notes transactions:
(dollars in millions)Interest Rates %Expected Weighted-average Life to Maturity (in years)Principal Amount Issued
March 2020
A-1a Senior class notes1.850  2.46$1,326  
A-1b Senior floating rate class notes
 LIBOR + 0.270
(1)
2.46100  
B Junior class notes1.980  3.1898  
C Junior class notes2.060  3.3676  
Total$1,600  
(1) The one-month LIBOR at June 30, 2020 was 0.162%.

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 and six months ended June 30, 2020, we made aggregate principal repayments of $883 million and $1.9 billion, respectively, on ABS Notes that have entered the amortization period.

In July 2020, in connection with an optional acquisition of receivables and redemption of ABS Notes, we made a principal payment, in whole, for $137 million.

ABS Financing Facilities
In May 2020, we amended and restated our outstanding ABS financing facility originally entered into in 2016, and previously amended and restated in 2019, with a number of financial institutions (ABS Financing Facility). Under the terms of the ABS Financing 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 is outstanding in connection with the ABS Financing Facility, and such loan agreement was amended and restated in May 2020. The loan agreement has a final maturity date in May 2024 and bears interest at floating rates. There is a one year revolving period until May 2021, which may be extended with the approval of the financial institutions. Under the 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 loan agreement. In March 2020, we borrowed an additional $1.3 billion under the loan agreement. In June 2020, we prepaid $1.5 billion of the loan under the loan agreement. The aggregate outstanding balance under the ABS Financing Facility was $1.8 billion as of June 30, 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 June 30,At December 31,
(dollars in millions)20202019
Assets
Account receivable, net$9,981  $10,525  
Prepaid expenses and other1,053  1,180  
Other assets3,584  3,856  
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities10  11  
Short-term portion of long-term debt3,894  5,578  
Long-term debt6,713  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 June 30, 2020
(dollars in millions)MaturitiesFacility CapacityUnused Capacity Principal Amount Outstanding
Verizon revolving credit facility (1)
2022$9,500  $9,392  n/a
Various export credit facilities (2)
2022-20277,000  1,500  $4,206  
Total$16,500  $10,892  $4,206  
n/a - not applicable

(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 are used to finance equipment-related purchases. Borrowings under certain of these facilities amortize semi-annually in equal installments up to the applicable maturity dates. Maturities reflect maturity dates of principal amounts outstanding.

In July 2020, we drew $500 million from a $1.5 billion export credit facility entered into in June 2020 and fully drew down $500 million from an export credit facility entered into in July 2020.
Non-Cash Transactions
During the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, we financed, primarily through vendor financing arrangements, the purchase of approximately $673 million and $221 million, respectively, of long-lived assets consisting primarily of network equipment. At June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, $1.3 billion and $1.1 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 June 30, 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 June 30, 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.