11.Debt

Long-term debt consisted of the following:

	June 30,			December 31,
($ in millions)	2015			2014

Notes Payable
6.75% Senior Notes, due September 2020	$	—		$	500.0
5.75% Senior Notes, due May 2021	—			500.0
5.00% Senior Notes, due March 2022	750.0			750.0
4.00% Senior Notes, due November 2023	1,000.0			1,000.0
5.25% Senior Notes, due June 2025	1,000.0			—
Multi-currency revolver, due February 2018 (at variable rates)	100.0			—
Bridge Facility	—			—
Senior Credit Facilities, due June 2018 (at variable rates)
Term C loan, euro denominated	—			92.9
Latapack-Ball Notes Payable (at various rates and terms),
denominated in various currencies	193.4			204.2
Other (including discounts),
denominated in various currencies	(5.7		)	1.7

	3,037.7			3,048.8

Less current portion of long-term debt	(55.6		)	(55.0		)

	$	2,982.1		$	2,993.8

In June 2015, Ball issued $1 billion of 5.25 percent senior notes due in June 2025. Ball used the net proceeds of the offering and other available cash to repay borrowings under its revolving credit facility and reduced the borrowing capacity under the revolving credit facility from $3 billion to $2.25 billion. In connection with this partial extinguishment, the company recorded a charge of $5.0 million, which is included in debt refinancing and other costs, a component of total interest expense, in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of earnings.

In February 2015, Ball entered into a new $3 billion revolving credit facility to replace the existing approximate $1 billion revolving credit facility, repay its $92.9 million Term C loan, repay the outstanding balance on the existing revolving credit facility, redeem the 2020 and 2021 senior notes and repay the existing private placement debt of Rexam upon closing of the announced, proposed acquisition of Rexam. In March 2015, Ball redeemed its outstanding 6.75 percent senior notes and 5.75 percent senior notes due in September 2020 and May 2021, respectively at a price per note of 103.375 percent and 106.096 percent, respectively, of the outstanding principal amounts plus accrued interest. The new revolving credit facility expires in February 2018 and accrues interest at LIBOR plus an applicable margin based on the net leverage ratio of the company, which varies from 1.25 percent to 1.75 percent.

During the first quarter of 2015, the company recorded charges of $1.7 million for the write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs associated with the refinancing of the revolving credit facility and repayment of the Term C loan. The company also recorded charges of $55.8 million for the call premiums and write-offs of unamortized deferred financing costs associated with the redemption of the 2020 and 2021 senior notes. These charges are included in debt refinancing and other costs, a component of total interest expense, in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of earnings.

Additionally, in February 2015, the company entered into a £3.3 billion unsecured, committed bridge loan agreement, pursuant to which lending institutions have agreed, subject to limited conditions, to provide the financing necessary to pay the cash portion of the consideration payable to Rexam’s shareholders upon consummation of the announced, proposed acquisition of Rexam along with related fees and expenses. Under this bridge loan agreement, the company is required to pay fees while the facility is outstanding, which vary depending on the amount borrowed and the duration that the facility is outstanding.

Fees paid to lenders in connection with obtaining financing, which totaled $27.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2015, are classified as other, net in cash flows from financing activities in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

At June 30, 2015, taking into account outstanding letters of credit and excluding availability under the accounts receivable securitization program, approximately $2.1 billion was available under the company’s long-term, revolving credit facility, which is available until February 2018. In addition to this facility, the company had approximately $749 million of short-term uncommitted credit facilities available at June 30, 2015, of which $157.6 million was outstanding and due on demand. Of the amounts available under the credit facilities described above, approximately $1.6 billion has been committed in the proposed acquisition of Rexam to repay certain of Rexam’s debt obligations and to settle Rexam’s outstanding derivatives. At December 31, 2014, the company had $10.1 million outstanding under short-term uncommitted credit facilities.

Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt on the balance sheet includes the company’s borrowings under its existing accounts receivable securitization program, totaling $65 million and $110 million at June 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, respectively. This program, which has been amended and extended from time to time, is scheduled to mature in May 2017 and allows the company to borrow against a maximum amount of accounts receivable that varies between $90 million and $140 million depending on the seasonal accounts receivable balances in the company’s North American packaging businesses.

The fair value of the long-term debt at June 30, 2015, and at December 31, 2014, approximated its carrying value. The fair value reflects the market rates at each period end for debt with credit ratings similar to the company’s ratings and is classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. Rates currently available to the company for loans with similar terms and maturities are used to estimate the fair value of long-term debt based on discounted cash flows.

The senior notes and senior credit facilities are guaranteed on a full, unconditional and joint and several basis by certain of the company’s wholly owned domestic subsidiaries. Certain foreign denominated tranches of the senior credit facilities are similarly guaranteed by certain of the company’s wholly owned foreign subsidiaries. Notes 18 and 19 contain further details, as well as required unaudited condensed consolidating financial information for the company, segregating the guarantor subsidiaries and non-guarantor subsidiaries as defined in the senior notes agreements.

The U.S. note agreements, bank credit agreement, bridge loan agreement and accounts receivable securitization agreement contain certain restrictions relating to dividend payments, share repurchases, investments, financial ratios, guarantees and the incurrence of additional indebtedness. The most restrictive of the company’s debt covenants require the company to maintain an interest coverage ratio (as defined) of no greater than 4.00, prior to considering the impacts of the announced, proposed acquisition of Rexam. The company was in compliance with all loan agreements and debt covenants at June 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, and has met all debt payment obligations.

The Latapack-Ball debt facilities contain various covenants and restrictions but are nonrecourse to Ball Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries.