Debt

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

The following table summarizes the carrying value of our outstanding debt as of the dates indicated (in millions, except percentages):


	Coupon		As of		Effective		As of		Effective
	Rate		September 30, 2021		Interest Rate		December 31, 2020		Interest Rate
Long-Term Debt
Floating Rate Notes:
Senior notes due 2023	LIBOR plus 0.87%		$	400	1.100	%	$	400	1.187	%

Fixed Rate Notes:




Senior notes due 2022	3.800	%	750		3.989	%	750		3.989	%
Senior notes due 2022	2.600	%	605		2.678	%	1,000		2.678	%
Senior notes due 2023	2.750	%	750		2.866	%	750		2.866	%
Senior notes due 2024	3.450	%	750		3.531	%	750		3.531	%
Senior notes due 2025	1.900	%	800		1.803	%	800		1.803	%
Senior notes due 2026	1.400	%	750		1.252	%	—		—	%
Senior notes due 2027	3.600	%	850		3.689	%	850		3.689	%
Senior notes due 2030	2.700	%	950		2.623	%	950		2.623	%
Senior notes due 2031	2.600	%	750		2.186	%	—		—	%
Senior notes due 2042	4.000	%	750		4.114	%	750		4.114	%
Senior notes due 2051	3.650	%	1,000		2.517	%	—		—	%
Senior notes due 2056	6.000	%	—		—	%	750		6.547	%
Total senior notes			9,105				7,750
Hedge accounting fair value adjustments (1)			9				10
Unamortized premium/(discount) and debt issuance costs			(32)				(20)

Less: Current portion of long-term debt			(1,355)				—
Total long-term debt			7,727				7,740

Short-Term Debt
Current portion of long-term debt			1,355				—


Unamortized premium/(discount) and debt issuance costs			—				—
Other short-term borrowings			—				6
Total short-term debt			1,355				6
Total Debt			$	9,082			$	7,746

(1) Includes the fair value adjustments to debt associated with terminated interest rate swaps which are being recorded as a reduction to interest expense over the remaining term of the related notes.

Senior Notes

On January 29, 2021, the company announced that it issued a notice of redemption for the $750 million aggregate principal amount of the 6.000% senior notes due 2056. The effective date of this redemption was March 1, 2021. Total cash consideration paid was $750 million, as the redemption price was equal to 100% of the principal amount. In addition, we paid accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount.

In March 2021, we settled cash tender offers with holders of approximately 39% of the total outstanding $1 billion aggregate principal amount of the 2.600% senior fixed rate notes due 2022. Total cash consideration paid for these purchases was $405 million and the carrying amount of the notes was $395 million, resulting in a loss on extinguishment of $10 million (including immaterial fees and other costs associated with the tender), which was recorded in interest and other, net in our condensed consolidated statement of income. In addition, we paid any accrued interest on the tendered notes up to, but not including the date of settlement.

In May 2021, we issued senior notes, in an aggregate principal amount of $2.5 billion, which consisted of $750 million of 1.400% fixed rate notes due 2026, $750 million of 2.600% fixed rate notes due to 2031 and $1.0 billion of 3.650% fixed rate notes due 2051.

None of the floating rate notes are redeemable prior to maturity. We may redeem some or all of the other fixed rate notes of each series at any time and from time to time prior to their maturity, generally at a make-whole redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

If a change of control triggering event (as defined in the applicable senior notes) occurs with respect to the 3.800% fixed rate notes due 2022, the floating rate notes due 2023, the 2.750% fixed rate notes due 2023, the 1.900% fixed rate notes due 2025, the 1.400% fixed rate notes due 2026, the 3.600% fixed rate notes due 2027, the 2.700% fixed rate notes due 2030, the 2.600% fixed rate notes due 2031 or the 3.650% fixed rate notes due 2051, we must, subject to certain exceptions, offer to repurchase all of the notes of the applicable series at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

The indenture pursuant to which the senior notes were issued includes customary covenants that, among other things and subject to exceptions, limit our ability to incur, assume or guarantee debt secured by liens on specified assets or enter into sale and lease-back transactions with respect to specified properties, and also includes customary events of default with customary grace periods in certain circumstances, including payment defaults and bankruptcy-related defaults.

To help achieve our interest rate risk management objectives, during the second quarter of 2020, we entered into interest rate swap agreements that effectively converted $400 million of our LIBOR-based floating-rate debt to a fixed-rate basis. These swaps were designated as cash flow hedges and have maturity dates in 2023.

The effective interest rates for our senior notes include the interest payable, the amortization of debt issuance costs and the amortization of any original issue discount and premium on these senior notes. Interest on these senior notes is payable either quarterly or semiannually. Interest expense associated with these senior notes, including amortization of debt issuance costs, was approximately $66 million and $67 million during the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $191 million and $211 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the estimated fair value of these senior notes, using Level 2 inputs, was approximately $9.6 billion and $8.3 billion, respectively.

Commercial Paper

We have a commercial paper program pursuant to which we may issue commercial paper notes in an aggregate principal amount at maturity of up to $1.5 billion outstanding at any time with maturities of up to 397 days from the date of issue. As of September 30, 2021, there were no commercial paper notes outstanding.

Credit Agreement

In March 2020, we entered into a credit agreement that provides for an unsecured $2 billion five-year credit facility. We may also, subject to the agreement of the applicable lenders, increase commitments under the revolving credit facility by up to $1 billion. Funds borrowed under the credit agreement may be used for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes. The credit agreement replaced our prior $2 billion unsecured revolving credit agreement dated November 2015, which was terminated effective March 2020.

As of September 30, 2021, no borrowings were outstanding under our $2 billion credit agreement. However, as described above, we have an up to $1.5 billion commercial paper program and are required to maintain available borrowing capacity under our credit agreement in order to repay commercial paper borrowings in the event we are unable to repay those borrowings from other sources when they become due, in an aggregate amount of $1.5 billion. As of September 30, 2021, no borrowings were outstanding under our commercial paper program; therefore, $2 billion of borrowing capacity was available for other purposes permitted by the credit agreement, subject to customary conditions to borrowing. The credit agreement includes a covenant limiting our consolidated leverage ratio to no more than 4.0:1.0, subject to, upon the occurrence of a qualified material acquisition, if so elected by us, a step-up to 4.5:1.0 for the four fiscal quarters completed following such qualified material acquisition. The credit agreement includes customary events of default, with corresponding grace periods in certain circumstances, including payment defaults, cross-defaults and bankruptcy-related defaults. In addition, the credit agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including restrictions regarding the incurrence of liens and subsidiary indebtedness, in each case, subject to customary exceptions. The credit agreement also contains customary representations and warranties.

We were in compliance with all financial covenants in our outstanding debt instruments during the nine months ended September 30, 2021.