Current Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2021

Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]

Current Liabilities

7. Current Liabilities

Short-Term Debt

On May 2, 2019 we entered into an amended and restated credit agreement with certain institutional lenders with an aggregate principal amount of $1.4 billion, including a $1 billion unsecured revolving credit facility that matures on May 2, 2024 and a $400 million unsecured term loan that was due on February 1, 2021.

Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility

The amended and restated credit agreement we entered into on May 2, 2019 includes a $1 billion unsecured revolving credit facility that will expire on May 2, 2024. Under this agreement we may, subject to certain customary conditions including lender approval, on one or more occasions increase commitments under the unsecured revolving credit facility in an amount not to exceed $250 million in the aggregate and may extend the maturity date up to two times. Advances under the unsecured revolving credit facility accrue interest at rates that are equal to, at our election, either Bank of America's alternate base rate plus a margin that ranges from 0.0% to 0.1% or the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus a margin that ranges from 0.69% to 1.1%. Actual margins under either election will be based on our senior debt credit ratings. The amended and restated credit agreement includes customary affirmative and negative covenants, including financial covenants that require us to maintain a ratio of total gross debt to annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of not greater than 3.25 to 1.00 as of any date and a ratio of annual EBITDA to annual interest expense of not less than 3.00 to 1.00 as of the last day of each fiscal quarter. As of July 31, 2021 we were compliant with all required covenants. We repaid the $1 billion that was outstanding as of July 31, 2020 under this unsecured revolving credit facility during the first quarter of fiscal 2021, and at July 31, 2021 no amounts were outstanding. We paid $1 million for interest on the unsecured revolving credit facility during the twelve months ended July 31, 2021 and $2 million during the twelve months ended July 31, 2020. We paid no interest on the unsecured revolving credit facility during the twelve months ended July 31, 2019.

Term Loan

On February 1, 2021, we paid the $325 million remaining balance of the term loan upon maturity and at July 31, 2021, no amount was outstanding. The term loan accrued interest at rates that were equal to, at our election, either Bank of America's alternate base rate plus a margin that ranges from 0.0% to 0.125% or LIBOR plus a margin that ranges from 0.625% to 1.125%. Interest on the term loan was payable monthly. We paid $2 million for interest on the term loan during the twelve months ended July 31, 2021, $9 million during the twelve months ended July 31, 2020, and $15 million during the twelve months ended July 31, 2019. Under the amended and restated agreement we may, subject to certain customary conditions including lender approval, on one or more occasions increase commitments under the term loan in an amount not to exceed $400 million in the aggregate. This option continues to be available to us through the expiration of the amended and restated credit agreement on May 2, 2024.

Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities were as follows at the dates indicated:

	July 31,
(In millions)	2021		2020
Executive deferred compensation plan liabilities	$	153	$	123
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	66		46
Reserve for returns and credits	21		24
Amounts due for share repurchases	17		—
Reserve for promotional discounts and rebates	10		11
Current portion of dividend payable	9		6
Interest payable	1		3
Other	84		84
Total other current liabilities	$	361	$	297