Note 8. Debt Obligations

The following table presents our consolidated debt obligations (arranged by company and maturity date) at the dates indicated:

	December 31,
	2016			2015
EPO senior debt obligations:
Commercial Paper Notes, variable-rates	$	1,777.2		$	1,114.1
Senior Notes AA, 3.20% fixed-rate, due February 2016		--			750.0
Senior Notes L, 6.30% fixed-rate, due September 2017		800.0			800.0
364-Day Credit Agreement, variable-rate, due September 2017		--			--
Senior Notes V, 6.65% fixed-rate, due April 2018		349.7			349.7
Senior Notes OO, 1.65% fixed-rate, due May 2018		750.0			750.0
Senior Notes N, 6.50% fixed-rate, due January 2019		700.0			700.0
Senior Notes LL, 2.55% fixed-rate, due October 2019		800.0			800.0
Senior Notes Q, 5.25% fixed-rate, due January 2020		500.0			500.0
Senior Notes Y, 5.20% fixed-rate, due September 2020		1,000.0			1,000.0
Multi-Year Revolving Credit Facility, variable-rate, due September 2020		--			--
Senior Notes RR, 2.85% fixed-rate, due April 2021		575.0			--
Senior Notes CC, 4.05% fixed-rate, due February 2022		650.0			650.0
Senior Notes HH, 3.35% fixed-rate, due March 2023		1,250.0			1,250.0
Senior Notes JJ, 3.90% fixed-rate, due February 2024		850.0			850.0
Senior Notes MM, 3.75% fixed-rate, due February 2025		1,150.0			1,150.0
Senior Notes PP, 3.70% fixed-rate, due February 2026		875.0			875.0
Senior Notes SS, 3.95% fixed-rate, due February 2027		575.0			--
Senior Notes D, 6.875% fixed-rate, due March 2033		500.0			500.0
Senior Notes H, 6.65% fixed-rate, due October 2034		350.0			350.0
Senior Notes J, 5.75% fixed-rate, due March 2035		250.0			250.0
Senior Notes W, 7.55% fixed-rate, due April 2038		399.6			399.6
Senior Notes R, 6.125% fixed-rate, due October 2039		600.0			600.0
Senior Notes Z, 6.45% fixed-rate, due September 2040		600.0			600.0
Senior Notes BB, 5.95% fixed-rate, due February 2041		750.0			750.0
Senior Notes DD, 5.70% fixed-rate, due February 2042		600.0			600.0
Senior Notes EE, 4.85% fixed-rate, due August 2042		750.0			750.0
Senior Notes GG, 4.45% fixed-rate, due February 2043		1,100.0			1,100.0
Senior Notes II, 4.85% fixed-rate, due March 2044		1,400.0			1,400.0
Senior Notes KK, 5.10% fixed-rate, due February 2045		1,150.0			1,150.0
Senior Notes QQ, 4.90% fixed-rate, due May 2046		975.0			875.0
Senior Notes NN, 4.95% fixed-rate, due October 2054		400.0			400.0
TEPPCO senior debt obligations:
TEPPCO Senior Notes, 6.65% fixed-rate, due April 2018		0.3			0.3
TEPPCO Senior Notes, 7.55% fixed-rate, due April 2038		0.4			0.4
Total principal amount of senior debt obligations		22,427.2			21,264.1
EPO Junior Subordinated Notes A, fixed/variable-rate, due August 2066 (1)		521.1			521.1
EPO Junior Subordinated Notes C, fixed/variable-rate, due June 2067 (2)		256.4			256.4
EPO Junior Subordinated Notes B, fixed/variable-rate, due January 2068 (3)		682.7			682.7
TEPPCO Junior Subordinated Notes, fixed/variable-rate, due June 2067		14.2			14.2
Total principal amount of senior and junior debt obligations		23,901.6			22,738.5
Other, non-principal amounts		(203.9	)		(197.7	)
Less current maturities of debt		(2,576.8	)		(1,863.9	)
Total long-term debt	$	21,120.9		$	20,676.9

(1)Fixed rate of 8.375% was paid through August 1, 2016; thereafter, variable rate is reset quarterly and based on 3-month LIBOR plus 3.708%. The total variable rate in effect at December 31, 2016 was approximately 4.59%. (2)Fixed rate of 7.000% through September 1, 2017 (i.e., first call date without a make-whole redemption premium); thereafter, a variable rate reset quarterly and based on 3-month LIBOR plus 2.778%. (3)Fixed rate of 7.034% through January 15, 2018 (i.e., first call date without a make-whole redemption premium); thereafter, the rate will be the greater of 7.034% or a variable rate reset quarterly and based on 3-month LIBOR plus 2.680%.

Effective January 1, 2016, we applied the provisions of Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) 2015-03, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs, which requires bond issuance costs to be presented on the balance sheet as a deduction from the carrying value of the associated debt. The guidance was applied on a retrospective basis; therefore, we adjusted our December 31, 2015 consolidated balance sheet to reflect the reclassification of $14.7 million of bond issuance costs from prepaid and other current assets and $135.1 million from other assets to reduce the carrying amount of long-term debt by an aggregate $149.8 million. These amounts are a component of “Other, non-principal amounts” in the preceding table.

The following table presents contractually scheduled maturities of our consolidated debt obligations outstanding at December 31, 2016 for the next five years, and in total thereafter:

			Scheduled Maturities of Debt
	Total		2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		Thereafter
Commercial Paper Notes	$	1,777.2	$	1,777.2	$	--	$	--	$	--	$	--	$	--
Senior Notes		20,650.0		800.0		1,100.0		1,500.0		1,500.0		575.0		15,175.0
Junior Subordinated Notes		1,474.4		--		--		--		--		--		1,474.4
Total	$	23,901.6	$	2,577.2	$	1,100.0	$	1,500.0	$	1,500.0	$	575.0	$	16,649.4

Parent-Subsidiary Guarantor Relationships

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. acts as guarantor of the consolidated debt obligations of EPO, with the exception of the remaining debt obligations of TEPPCO. If EPO were to default on any of its guaranteed debt, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. would be responsible for full and unconditional repayment of that obligation.

EPO Debt Obligations

Commercial Paper Notes. EPO maintains a commercial paper program under which it may issue (and have outstanding at any time) up to $2.5 billion in the aggregate of short-term notes. As a back-stop to the program, we intend to maintain a minimum available borrowing capacity under EPO’s Multi-Year Revolving Credit Facility equal to the aggregate amount outstanding under our commercial paper notes. All commercial paper notes issued under the program are senior unsecured obligations of EPO that are unconditionally guaranteed by Enterprise Products Partners L.P.

364-Day Credit Agreement. In September 2016, EPO amended its 364-Day Credit Agreement to extend its maturity date to September 2017. There are currently no principal amounts outstanding under this revolving credit agreement. Under the terms of the 364-Day Credit Agreement, EPO may borrow up to $1.5 billion (which may be increased by up to $200 million to $1.7 billion at EPO’s election, provided certain conditions are met) at a variable interest rate for a term of 364 days, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein. To the extent that principal amounts are outstanding at the maturity date, EPO may elect to have the entire principal balance then outstanding continued as a non-revolving term loan for a period of one additional year, payable in September 2018. EPO’s obligations under the 364-Day Credit Agreement are not secured by any collateral; however, they are guaranteed by Enterprise Products Partners L.P.

The 364-Day Credit Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants (affirmative and negative) and events of default, the occurrence of which would permit the lenders to accelerate the maturity date of any amounts borrowed under the 364-Day Credit Agreement. The 364-Day Credit Agreement also restricts EPO’s ability to pay cash distributions to its parent, Enterprise Products Partners L.P., if a default or an event of default (as defined in the 364-Day Credit Agreement) has occurred and is continuing at the time such distribution is scheduled to be paid or would result therefrom.

Multi-Year Revolving Credit Facility. In September 2015, EPO amended its Multi-Year Revolving Credit Facility to increase its borrowing capacity from $3.5 billion to $4.0 billion and extend its maturity date from June 2018 to September 2020. The amended credit agreement also provides that EPO may increase its borrowing capacity to $4.5 billion by allowing existing lenders under the facility to increase their respective commitments or by adding one or more new lenders to the facility. Borrowings under this revolving credit facility may be used for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and general company purposes.

As defined by the credit agreement, variable interest rates charged under this revolving credit facility bear interest at LIBOR plus an applicable margin. In addition, EPO is required to pay a quarterly facility fee on each lender’s commitment irrespective of commitment usage. This revolving credit facility allows us to request up to two one-year extensions of the maturity date, subject to lender approval.

The Multi-Year Revolving Credit Facility contains certain financial and other customary affirmative and negative covenants. The credit agreement also restricts EPO’s ability to pay cash distributions to Enterprise Products Partners L.P. if a default or an event of default (as defined in the credit agreement) has occurred and is continuing at the time such distribution is scheduled to be paid. EPO’s borrowings under this revolving credit facility are unsecured general obligations that are guaranteed by Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and are non-recourse to Enterprise GP.

Senior Notes. EPO’s fixed-rate senior notes are unsecured obligations of EPO that rank equal with its existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. They are senior to any existing and future subordinated indebtedness of EPO. EPO’s senior notes are subject to make-whole redemption rights and were issued under indentures containing certain covenants, which generally restrict its ability (with certain exceptions) to incur debt secured by liens and engage in sale and leaseback transactions. In total, EPO issued $1.25 billion, $2.5 billion and $4.75 billion of senior notes during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

In April 2016, EPO issued $575 million in principal amount of 2.85% senior notes due April 2021 (“Senior Notes RR”), $575 million in principal amount of 3.95% senior notes due February 2027 (“Senior Notes SS”) and $100 million in principal amount of 4.90% reopened senior notes due May 2046 (“Senior Notes QQ”). Senior Notes RR, SS and QQ were issued at 99.898%, 99.760% and 95.516% of their principal amounts, respectively.

Net proceeds from the issuance of these senior notes were used as follows: (i) the repayment of amounts then outstanding under EPO’s commercial paper program, which included amounts we used to repay $750 million in principal amount of Senior Notes AA that matured in February 2016, and (ii) for general company purposes.

EPO Junior Subordinated Notes. EPO’s payment obligations under its junior notes are subordinated to all of its current and future senior indebtedness (as defined in the related indenture agreement). Enterprise Products Partners L.P. guarantees repayment of amounts due under these junior notes through an unsecured and subordinated guarantee. The indenture agreement governing these notes allows EPO to defer interest payments on one or more occasions for up to ten consecutive years subject to certain conditions. Subject to certain exceptions, during any period in which interest payments are deferred, neither we nor EPO can declare or make any distributions on any of our respective equity securities or make any payments on indebtedness or other obligations that rank equal with or are subordinate to our junior notes. Each series of our junior notes rank equal with each other. Generally, each series of junior notes are not redeemable by EPO absent payment of a make-whole premium (while such notes bear interest at a fixed annual rate).

In connection with the issuance of each series of junior notes, EPO entered into separate Replacement Capital Covenants in favor of covered debt holders (as defined in the underlying documents) pursuant to which EPO agreed, for the benefit of such debt holders, that it would not redeem or repurchase such junior notes unless such redemption or repurchase is made using proceeds from the issuance of certain securities.

During 2015, EPO repurchased and retired $28.9 million in principal amount of its Junior Subordinated Notes A and $29.4 million in principal amount of its Junior Subordinated Notes C with cash from operations. A $1.6 million gain on the extinguishment of these debt obligations is included in “Other, net” on our Statements of Consolidated Operations.

The following table summarizes the interest rate terms of our junior subordinated notes:

Series	Fixed Annual Interest Rate	Variable Annual Interest Rate Thereafter
EPO Junior Subordinated Notes A	8.375% through August 2016 (1)	3-month LIBOR rate + 3.708% (4)
EPO Junior Subordinated Notes B	7.034% through January 2018 (2)	Greater of: (i) 3-month LIBOR rate + 2.680% or (ii) 7.034% (5)
EPO Junior Subordinated Notes C	7.000% through September 2017 (3)	3-month LIBOR rate + 2.778% (6)
(1) Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears in February and August of each year, which commenced in February 2007. (2) Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears in January and July of each year, which commenced in January 2008. (3) Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears in June and December of each year, which commenced in December 2009. (4) Interest is payable quarterly in arrears in February, May, August and November of each, which commenced in November 2016. (5) Interest is payable quarterly in arrears in January, April, July and October of each year commencing in April 2018. (6) Interest is payable quarterly in arrears in March, June, September and December of each year commencing in June 2017.

Letters of Credit

At December 31, 2016, EPO had $66.4 million of letters of credit outstanding primarily related to our commodity hedging activities.

Lender Financial Covenants

We were in compliance with the financial covenants of our consolidated debt agreements at December 31, 2016.

Information Regarding Variable Interest Rates Paid

The following table presents the range of interest rates and weighted-average interest rates paid on our consolidated variable-rate debt during the year ended December 31, 2016:

	Range of Interest Rates Paid	Weighted-Average Interest Rate Paid
Commercial Paper Notes	0.56% to 1.18%	0.90%
Multi-Year Revolving Credit Facility	1.43% to 1.43%	1.43%
EPO Junior Subordinated Notes A	4.46% to 4.59%	4.52%