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LONG-TERM DEBT AND CREDIT AGREEMENTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Long Term Debt And Credit Agreements [Abstract]  
Long-term Debt and Credit Agreements

Note 14. Long-term Debt and Credit Agreements

         
    December 31, 
    2012  2011 
         
  4.25% notes due 2013$ 600 $ 600 
  3.875% notes due 2014  600   600 
  5.40% notes due 2016  400   400 
  5.30% notes due 2017  400   400 
  5.30% notes due 2018  900   900 
  5.00% notes due 2019   900   900 
  4.25% notes due 2021   800   800 
  5.375% notes due 2041   600   600 
  Industrial development bond obligations, floating      
   rate maturing at various dates through 2037  37   37 
  6.625% debentures due 2028  216   216 
  9.065% debentures due 2033  51   51 
  5.70% notes due 2036  550   550 
  5.70% notes due 2037  600   600 
  Other (including capitalized leases), 0.2%-9.5%      
   maturing at various dates through 2023  366   242 
     7,020   6,896 
  Less: current portion  (625)   (15) 
   $ 6,395 $ 6,881 
         
         

 The schedule of principal payments on long-term debt is as follows: 
    December 31, 
    2012 
      
 2013$625 
 2014 660 
 2015 51 
 2016 454 
 2017 409 
 Thereafter 4,821 
    7,020 
 Less-current portion (625) 
   $6,395 

       On April 2, 2012, the Company entered into a $3,000 million Amended and Restated Five Year Credit Agreement ("Credit Agreement") with a syndicate of banks. Commitments under the Credit Agreement can be increased pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement to an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,500 million. The Credit Agreement contains a $700 million sub-limit for the issuance of letters of credit. The Credit Agreement is maintained for general corporate purposes and amends and restates the previous $2,800 million five year credit agreement dated March 31, 2011 ("Prior Agreement"). There have been no borrowings under the Credit Agreement or the Prior Agreement.

 The Credit Agreement does not restrict our ability to pay dividends and contains no financial covenants. The failure to comply with customary conditions or the occurrence of customary events of default contained in the credit agreement would prevent any further borrowings and would generally require the repayment of any outstanding borrowings under the credit agreement. Such events of default include: (a) non-payment of credit agreement debt, interest or fees; (b) non-compliance with the terms of the credit agreement covenants; (c) cross-default to other debt in certain circumstances; (d) bankruptcy; and (e) defaults upon obligations under Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Additionally, each of the banks has the right to terminate its commitment to lend additional funds or issue letters of credit under the agreement if any person or group acquires beneficial ownership of 30 percent or more of our voting stock, or, during any 12-month period, individuals who were directors of Honeywell at the beginning of the period cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors.

                 The Credit Agreement has substantially the same material terms and conditions as the Prior Agreement with an improvement in pricing and an extension of maturity. Loans under the Credit Agreement are required to be repaid no later than April 2, 2017, unless such date is extended pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement. We have agreed to pay a facility fee of 0.08 percent per annum on the aggregate commitment.

                 Revolving credit borrowings under the Credit Agreement would bear interest, at Honeywell's option, (A) (1) at a rate equal to the highest of (a) the floating base rate publicly announced by Citibank, N.A., (b) 0.5 percent above the Federal funds rate or (c) LIBOR plus 1.00 percent, plus (2) a margin based on Honeywell's credit default swap mid-rate spread and subject to a floor and a cap as set forth in the Credit Agreement (the "Applicable Margin") minus 1.00 percent, provided such margin shall not be less than zero; or (B) at a rate equal to LIBOR plus the Applicable Margin; or (C) by a competitive bidding procedure.

                 The facility fee and the letter of credit issuance fee are subject to change, based upon a grid determined by our long term debt ratings. The Credit Agreement is not subject to termination based upon a decrease in our debt ratings or a material adverse change.

 

       In February 2011, the Company issued $800 million 4.25 percent Senior Notes due 2021 and $600 million 5.375 percent Senior Notes due 2041 (collectively, the “Notes”). The Notes are senior unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of Honeywell and rank equally with all of Honeywell's existing and future senior unsecured debt and senior to all of Honeywell's subordinated debt. The offering resulted in gross proceeds of $1,400 million, offset by $19 million in discount and closing costs related to the offering.

       

       In the first quarter of 2011, the Company repurchased the entire outstanding principal amount of its $400 million 5.625 percent Notes due 2012 via a cash tender offer and a subsequent optional redemption. The cost relating to the early redemption of the Notes, including the “make-whole premium”, was $29 million.

 

       In the fourth quarter of 2011, the Company repaid $500 million of its 6.125 percent notes. The repayment was funded with cash provided by operating activities.

 

As a source of liquidity, we sell interests in designated pools of trade accounts receivables to third parties. As of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, none of the receivables in the designated pools had been sold to third parties. When we sell receivables, they are over-collateralized and we retain a subordinated interest in the pool of receivables representing that over-collateralization as well as an undivided interest in the balance of the receivables pools. The terms of the trade accounts receivable program permit the repurchase of receivables from the third parties at our discretion, providing us with an additional source of revolving credit. As a result, program receivables remain on the Company's balance sheet with a corresponding amount recorded as Short-term borrowings.