Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Extinguishment of Debt

Under this cash tender offer, the Company repurchased the following aggregate principal amounts of its long-term debt at an aggregate market price of $1.764 billion:

Interest Rate and Maturity	Aggregate Principal Amount (Millions of dollars)
1.450% Notes due May 15, 2017	$	226
1.800% Notes due December 15, 2017	250
5.000% Notes due May 15, 2019	153
6.375% Notes due August 1, 2019	338
2.675% Notes due December 15, 2019	125
3.875% Notes due May 15, 2024	221
3.734% Notes due December 15, 2024	375
Total notes purchased	$	1,689

The Company redeemed the following aggregate principal amounts of its long-term senior notes outstanding at an aggregate market price of $1.776 billion:

Interest Rate and Maturity	Aggregate Principal Amount (Millions of dollars)
1.800% Notes due December 15, 2017	$	1,000
5.000% Notes due May 15, 2019	347
6.375% Notes due August 1, 2019	326
Notes issued by CareFusion	44
Total notes redeemed	$	1,717

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

The aggregate principal amounts of Bard notes which have been validly tendered for notes issued by the Company since the offers were commenced in May are provided below.

(Millions of dollars)
Interest Rate and Maturity	Aggregate Principal Amount		Principal Amount Accepted for Exchange
4.400% Notes due January 15, 2021	$	500	$	428
3.000% Notes due May 15, 2026	500		467
6.700% Notes due December 1, 2026	150		137
Total	$	1,150	$	1,031

The Company issued senior unsecured U.S. notes including the following:

Interest Rate and Maturity	Aggregate Principal Amount (Millions of dollars)
2.133% Notes due June 6, 2019	$	725
2.404% Notes due June 5, 2020	1,000
2.894% Notes due June 6, 2022	1,800
Floating Rate Notes due June 6, 2022	500
3.363% Notes due June 6, 2024	1,750
3.700% Notes due June 6, 2027	2,400
4.669% Notes due June 6, 2047	1,500
Total aggregate principal amount issued	$	9,675