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Borrowings and Credit Arrangements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
BORROWINGS AND CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS
NOTE E – CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND COMMITMENTS

Borrowings and Credit Arrangements

We had total debt of $10.336 billion as of March 31, 2020 and $10.008 billion as of December 31, 2019. The debt maturity schedule for our long-term debt obligations is presented below:
(in millions, except interest rates)
 
Issuance Date
 
Maturity Date
 
As of
 
Coupon Rate (1)
 
March 31,
2020
 
December 31,
2019
 
December 2020 Term Loan (3)
 
December 2019
 
December 2020
 
400

 

 
 
May 2022 Notes
 
May 2015
 
May 2022
 
500

 
500

 
3.375%
August 2022 Term Loan
 
August 2019
 
August 2022
 

 
1,000

 
 
October 2023 Notes
 
August 2013
 
October 2023
 
244

 
244

 
4.125%
Revolving Credit Facility
 
n/a
 
December 2023
 
1,360

 

 
 
March 2024 Notes
 
February 2019
 
March 2024
 
850

 
850

 
3.450%
May 2025 Notes
 
May 2015
 
May 2025
 
523

 
523

 
3.850%
March 2026 Notes
 
February 2019
 
March 2026
 
850

 
850

 
3.750%
December 2027 Notes
 
November 2019
 
December 2027
 
988

 
1,011

 
0.625%
March 2028 Notes
 
February 2018
 
March 2028
 
434

 
434

 
4.000%
March 2029 Notes
 
February 2019
 
March 2029
 
850

 
850

 
4.000%
November 2035 Notes (2)
 
November 2005
 
November 2035
 
350

 
350

 
7.000%
March 2039 Notes
 
February 2019
 
March 2039
 
750

 
750

 
4.550%
January 2040 Notes
 
December 2009
 
January 2040
 
300

 
300

 
7.375%
March 2049 Notes
 
February 2019
 
March 2049
 
1,000

 
1,000

 
4.700%
Unamortized Debt Issuance Discount
and Deferred Financing Costs
 
 
 
2020 - 2049
 
(79
)
 
(83
)
 
 
Unamortized Gain on Fair Value Hedges
 
 
 
2020 - 2023
 
7

 
7

 
 
Finance Lease Obligation
 
 
 
Various
 
7

 
6

 
 
Long-term debt
 
 
 
 
 
$
9,331

 
$
8,592

 
 
Note: The table above does not include unamortized amounts related to interest rate contracts designated as cash flow hedges.
(1)
Coupon rates are semi-annual, except for the December 2027 Notes, which bears an annual coupon, and the August 2022 Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility, which are variable-rate instruments based on LIBOR.
(2)
Corporate credit rating improvements may result in a decrease in the adjusted interest rate on our November 2035 Notes to the extent that our lowest credit rating is above BBB- or Baa3. The interest rates on our November 2035 Notes will be permanently reinstated to the issuance rate if the lowest credit ratings assigned to these senior notes is either A- or A3 or higher.
(3)
We have classified the $400 million of term loan borrowings due in December 2020 as non-current, due to the repayment prior to the issuance of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the period ending March 31, 2020 using proceeds from our April 2021 Term Loan that does not require repayment within one year from the balance sheet date.  

Revolving Credit Facility

As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we maintained a $2.750 billion revolving credit facility (2018 Facility) with a global syndicate of commercial banks that matures on December 19, 2023 with one-year extension options subject to certain conditions. On April 21, 2020, we entered into an amendment of the credit agreement as described within Debt Covenant below. This facility provides backing for the commercial paper program. Outstanding commercial paper directly reduces borrowing capacity under the 2018 Facility. The 2018 Credit Agreement for the 2018 Facility requires that we comply with certain covenants, including a financial covenant as described within Debt Covenant below. In the first quarter of 2020, we refinanced $1.360 billion of commercial paper using proceeds from the revolving credit facility. As of March 31, 2020, we had $1.360 billion outstanding under our revolving credit facility, and there were no amounts outstanding as of December 31, 2019. In April, we used the proceeds from the April 2021 Term Loan, described below, to repay a portion of the amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility.

Term Loans

On April 21, 2020 and in a proactive step to offset the potential impact of COVID-19 on our short-term liquidity, we entered into a $1.250 billion term loan credit agreement scheduled to mature on April 20, 2021 (April 2021 Term Loan). The April 2021 Term Loan bears interest at an annual rate of LIBOR plus a margin of 1.875%. The credit agreement is subject to a financial covenant, as described below, and also contains customary events of default, which may result in the acceleration of any outstanding commitments. We used proceeds from the April 2021 Term Loan to repay a portion of the amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility and the remaining amount under the December 2020 Term Loan, as described below. The credit agreement also contains an accordion feature under which we may borrow additional loans in an aggregate amount not to exceed $400 million on terms identical to the April 2021 Term Loan.

On February 27, 2020, we entered into a $1.000 billion term loan credit agreement scheduled to mature on February 25, 2021 (February 2021 Term Loan). On April 21, 2020, we entered into an amendment of the credit agreement as described within Debt Covenant below. The February 2021 Term Loan bears interest at an annual rate of LIBOR plus a margin of 0.85%. The credit agreement is subject to a financial covenant, as described below, and also contains customary events of default, which may result in the acceleration of any outstanding commitments. As of March 31, 2020, we had $1.000 billion outstanding under the February 2021 Term Loan, which is presented within Current debt obligations on our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. We used the proceeds from the February 2021 Term Loan to repay the remaining amounts outstanding of the Three-Year Delayed Draw Term Loan, described below.

On December 5, 2019, we entered into a $700 million term loan credit agreement scheduled to mature on December 3, 2020 (December 2020 Term Loan). The December 2020 Term Loan bears interest at an annual rate of LIBOR plus a margin of 0.65%. In addition, we pay customary expenses. The credit agreement is subject to a financial covenant, as described below, and also contains customary events of default, which may result in the acceleration of any outstanding commitments. As of December 31, 2019, we had $700 million outstanding under the December 2020 Term Loan, and we used the proceeds to repay a portion of the Two-Year Delayed Draw Term Loan, described below. In January 2020, we repaid $300 million of the outstanding balance of the December 2020 Term Loan with proceeds from our commercial paper program. As of March 31, 2020, we had $400 million outstanding under the December 2020 Term Loan and used the proceeds from the April 2021 Term Loan to repay the remaining amounts outstanding.

On December 19, 2018, we entered into a $2.000 billion senior unsecured delayed-draw term loan facility consisting of a $1.000 billion two-year delayed draw term loan credit facility maturing in two years from the date of the closing of the acquisition of BTG (Two-Year Delayed Draw Term Loan) and a $1.000 billion three-year delayed draw term loan credit facility maturing in three years from the date of the closing of the acquisition of BTG (Three-Year Delayed Draw Term Loan). On August 19, 2019, for the purpose of funding the acquisition of BTG, we borrowed $1.000 billion under the Two-Year Delayed Draw Term Loan and $1.000 billion under the Three-Year Delayed Draw Term Loan. In 2019, we repaid all amounts outstanding on the Two-Year Delayed Draw Term Loan with proceeds from the sale of the Zytiga-related royalty interests, December 2020 Term Loan and commercial paper and terminated the facility. As of December 31, 2019, we had $1.000 billion outstanding under the Three-Year Delayed Draw Term Loan (also referred to as the "August 2022 Term Loan" in the debt maturity schedule above). In the first quarter of 2020, we repaid all amounts outstanding on the Three-Year Delayed Draw Term Loan with proceeds from the February 2021 Term Loan and terminated the facility. As of March 31, 2020, we had no amounts outstanding under the Two and Three-Year Delayed Draw Term Loans and the facilities were terminated.

Debt Covenant

As of and through March 31, 2020, we were in compliance with the required financial covenant related to our debt obligations. All existing credit arrangements described above require that we maintain the following:
 
 
Covenant Requirement
 
Actual
 
 
as of March 31, 2020
 
as of March 31, 2020
Maximum permitted leverage ratio (1)
 
4.50 times
 
4.10 times
(1)
Ratio of total debt to consolidated EBITDA, as defined by the credit agreements, for the preceding four consecutive fiscal quarters.

We are required to maintain a maximum permitted leverage ratio of 4.50 times, provided, however, that for the two consecutive fiscal quarters ended immediately following the consummation of a Qualified Acquisition, as defined by each agreement, the maximum permitted leverage ratio shall be 4.75 times, and then subject to a step-down for each succeeding fiscal quarter end to 4.50 times, 4.25 times, 4.00 times and then back to 3.75 times for each fiscal quarter end thereafter. On August 19, 2019, we
announced the closing of our acquisition of BTG, a Qualified Acquisition, and therefore our required maximum permitted leverage ratio was reduced to 4.50 times as of and for the quarter ended March 31, 2020.

On April 21, 2020, we entered into an agreement with our banking syndicates to amend the financial covenant requirement for all of our outstanding credit arrangements as follows: (i) establish a deemed Consolidated EBITDA of $671 million for the second, third and fourth quarters of 2020, reflecting average quarterly Consolidated EBITDA, as defined in the credit agreements, for 2018 and 2019; and (ii) increase the maximum permitted leverage ratio of 4.75 times through the remainder of 2020, with the above-mentioned step-down beginning in the first quarter of 2021. In addition, pursuant to the April 21, 2020 Revolving Credit Facility and February 2021 Term Loan amendments, the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” has been amended to remove the direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic from what constitutes a material adverse effect.

The financial covenant requirement provides for an exclusion from the calculation of consolidated EBITDA, as defined by the agreements, through maturity, of any non-cash charges and up to $500 million in restructuring charges and restructuring-related expenses related to our current or future restructuring plans. As of March 31, 2020, we had $240 million of the restructuring charge exclusion remaining. In addition, any cash litigation payments (net of any cash litigation receipts), as defined by the agreements, are excluded from the calculation of consolidated EBITDA, as defined by the agreements, provided that the sum of any excluded net cash litigation payments do not exceed $2.624 billion in the aggregate. As of March 31, 2020, we had $964 million of the litigation exclusion remaining.

Any inability to maintain compliance with this amended covenant could require us to seek to further renegotiate the terms of our credit facility or seek waivers from compliance with this covenant, both of which could result in additional borrowing costs. Further, there can be no assurance that our lenders would agree to such new terms or grant such waivers on terms acceptable to us. In this case, all credit facility commitments would terminate, and any amounts borrowed under the facility would become immediately due and payable. Furthermore, any termination of our credit facility may negatively impact the credit ratings assigned to our commercial paper program which may impact our ability to refinance any then outstanding commercial paper as it becomes due and payable.

Commercial Paper

Our commercial paper program is backed by the 2018 Facility, as discussed above. Outstanding commercial paper directly reduces borrowing capacity under the 2018 Facility. In the first quarter of 2020, we refinanced $1.360 billion of commercial paper using proceeds from the revolving credit facility.
 
As of
(in millions, except maturity and yield)
March 31, 2020
 
December 31, 2019
Commercial paper outstanding (at par)
$

 
$
711

Maximum borrowing capacity
2,750

 
2,750

Borrowing capacity available
1,390

 
2,039

Weighted average maturity
0 days

 
55 days

Weighted average yield
%
 
2.21
%


Senior Notes

We had senior notes outstanding of $7.638 billion as of March 31, 2020 and $7.661 billion as of December 31, 2019.

In November 2019, we completed an offering of €900 million (approximately $1.000 billion) in aggregate principal amount of 0.625% senior notes due in 2027 (December 2027 Notes). The Euro-denominated debt principal is a nonderivative instrument designated as a net investment hedge of our net investments in certain of our Euro functional entities. Refer to Note D – Hedging Activities and Fair Value Measurements for additional information. We used a portion of the net proceeds from our November 2019 senior notes offering to repay certain outstanding principal amounts of our senior notes including $206 million of our $450 million 4.125% senior notes due 2023, $566 million of our $1.000 billion 4.000% senior notes due 2028 and $227 million of our $750 million 3.850% senior notes due 2025 and pay accrued and unpaid interest, premiums, fees and expenses in connection with the transaction.

In February 2019, we completed an offering of $4.300 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior notes comprised of $850 million of 3.450% senior notes due March 2024, $850 million of 3.750% senior notes due March 2026, $850 million of 4.000% senior notes due March 2029, $750 million of 4.550% senior notes due March 2039 and $1.000 billion of 4.700% senior notes due March 2049. We used a portion of the net proceeds from the offering to repay the $850 million plus accrued interest and premium of our 6.000% senior notes due in January 2020, the $600 million plus accrued interest and premium of our 2.850% senior notes due in May 2020 and the $1.000 billion plus accrued interest of our August 2019 Term Loan. In the third quarter of 2019, the remaining proceeds were used to finance a portion of the acquisition of BTG.

Our senior notes were issued in public offerings, are redeemable prior to maturity and are not subject to sinking fund requirements. Our senior notes are unsecured, unsubordinated obligations and rank on parity with each other. These notes are effectively junior to liabilities of our subsidiaries (see Other Arrangements below).

Other Arrangements

We have accounts receivable factoring programs in certain European countries and with commercial banks in Japan which include promissory notes discounting programs. We account for our factoring programs as sales under FASB ASC Topic 860, Transfers and Servicing. We have no retained interest in the transferred receivables, other than collection and administration, and once sold, the accounts receivable are no longer available to satisfy creditors in the event of bankruptcy. Amounts de-recognized for accounts and notes receivable, which are excluded from Trade accounts receivable, net in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets, are aggregated by contract denominated currency below (in millions):
Factoring Arrangements
As of March 31, 2020
 
As of December 31, 2019
Amount
De-recognized
 
Average
Interest Rate
 
Amount
De-recognized
 
Average
Interest Rate
Euro denominated
$
147

 
1.9
%
 
$
171

 
1.4
%
Yen denominated
197

 
0.6
%
 
226

 
0.6
%

Other Contractual Obligations and Commitments

We had outstanding letters of credit of $107 million as of March 31, 2020 and $105 million as of December 31, 2019, which consisted primarily of bank guarantees and collateral for workers' compensation insurance arrangements. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, none of the beneficiaries had drawn upon the letters of credit or guarantees, accordingly, we have not recognized a related liability for our outstanding letters of credit in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

Refer to Note E – Contractual Obligations and Commitments to our audited financial statements contained in Item 8 of our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information on our borrowings and credit agreements.