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Borrowings
9 Months Ended
Apr. 28, 2012
Borrowings [Abstract]  
Borrowings
10. Borrowings

(a) Short-Term Debt

The following table summarizes the Company's short-term debt (in millions, except percentages):

 

     April 28, 2012     July 30, 2011  
     Amount      Weighted-Average
Interest Rate
    Amount      Weighted-Average
Interest Rate
 

Commercial paper

   $ —           —        $ 500         0.14  %

Other notes and borrowings

     83         5.88 %     88         4.59 
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

Total short-term debt

   $ 83         $ 588      
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

In fiscal 2011, the Company established a short-term debt financing program of up to $3.0 billion through the issuance of commercial paper notes. The Company uses the proceeds from the issuance of commercial paper notes for general corporate purposes. The Company had no commercial paper outstanding as of April 28, 2012.

Other notes and borrowings in the preceding table consist of notes and credit facilities established with a number of financial institutions that are available to certain foreign subsidiaries of the Company. These notes and credit facilities are subject to various terms and foreign currency market interest rates pursuant to individual financial arrangements between the financing institution and the applicable foreign subsidiary.

As of April 28, 2012, the estimated fair value of the short-term debt approximates its carrying value due to the short maturities.

 

(b) Long-Term Debt

The following table summarizes the Company's long-term debt (in millions, except percentages):

 

     April 28, 2012     July 30, 2011  
     Amount     Effective Rate     Amount     Effective Rate  

Senior Notes:

        

Floating-rate notes, due 2014

   $ 1,250        0.82  %   $ 1,250        0.60  %

1.625% fixed-rate notes, due 2014

     2,000        0.80  %     2,000        0.58  %

2.90% fixed-rate notes, due 2014

     500        3.11  %     500        3.11  %

5.50% fixed-rate notes, due 2016

     3,000        3.17  %     3,000        3.06  %

3.15% fixed-rate notes, due 2017

     750        1.04  %     750        0.81  %

4.95% fixed-rate notes, due 2019

     2,000        5.08  %     2,000        5.08  %

4.45% fixed-rate notes, due 2020

     2,500        4.50      2,500        4.50 

5.90% fixed-rate notes, due 2039

     2,000        6.11  %     2,000        6.11  %

5.50% fixed-rate notes, due 2040

     2,000        5.67      2,000        5.67 
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

Total

     16,000          16,000     

Other long-term debt

     10        0.19      —          —     

Unaccreted discount

     (70       (73  

Hedge accounting adjustment

     346          307     
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

Total long-term debt

   $ 16,286        $ 16,234     
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

To achieve its interest rate risk management objectives, the Company entered into interest rate swaps with an aggregate notional amount of $4.25 billion designated as fair value hedges of certain fixed-rate senior notes. In effect, these swaps convert the fixed interest rates of the fixed-rate notes to floating interest rates based on the London InterBank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"). The gains and losses related to changes in the fair value of the interest rate swaps substantially offset changes in the fair value of the hedged portion of the underlying debt that are attributable to the changes in market interest rates. See Note 11.

The effective rates for the fixed-rate debt include the interest on the notes, the accretion of the discount, and, if applicable, adjustments related to hedging. Interest is payable semiannually on each class of the senior fixed-rate notes and payable quarterly on the floating-rate notes. Each of the senior fixed-rate notes is redeemable by the Company at any time, subject to a make-whole premium.

The senior notes rank at par with the issued commercial paper notes, as well as any other commercial paper notes that may be issued in the future pursuant to the short-term debt financing program, as discussed earlier under "Short-Term Debt." As of April 28, 2012, the Company was in compliance with all debt covenants.

Future principal payments for long-term debt as of April 28, 2012 are summarized as follows (in millions):

 

Fiscal Year

   Amount  

2014

   $ 3,260   

2015

     500   

2016

     3,000   

Thereafter

     9,250   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 16,010   
  

 

 

 

(c) Credit Facility

On February 17, 2012, the Company entered into a credit agreement with certain institutional lenders that provides for a $3.0 billion unsecured revolving credit facility that is scheduled to expire on February 17, 2017. Any advances under the credit agreement will accrue interest at rates that are equal to, based on certain conditions, either (i) the higher of the Federal Funds rate plus 0.50%, Bank of America's "prime rate" as announced from time to time, or one-month LIBOR plus 1.00%, or (ii) LIBOR plus a margin that is based on the Company's senior debt credit ratings as published by Standard & Poor's Financial Services, LLC and Moody's Investors Service, Inc. The credit agreement requires the Company to comply with certain covenants, including that it maintains an interest coverage ratio as defined in the agreement. As of April 28, 2012, the Company was in compliance with all such required covenants, and the Company had not borrowed any funds under the credit facility.

 

The Company may also, upon the agreement of either the then-existing lenders or additional lenders not currently parties to the agreement, increase the commitments under the credit facility by up to an additional $2.0 billion and/or extend the expiration date of the credit facility up to February 17, 2019.

This credit facility replaces the Company's prior credit facility that was entered into on August 17, 2007, which was terminated in connection with its entering into the new credit facility.