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Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
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9. Debt

Short-Term Debt

        The components of short-term debt were as follows:

 
  December 31,  
 
  2011   2010  
 
  (in millions)
 

Commercial paper

  $ 50.0   $ 50.0  

Other recourse short-term debt

    55.2     57.9  
           

Total short-term debt

  $ 105.2   $ 107.9  
           

        As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, we had credit facilities with various financial institutions in an aggregate amount of $725.0 million and $719.8 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, we had $105.2 million and $107.9 million, respectively, of outstanding borrowings related to our credit facilities, with $24.9 million of assets pledged as support as of December 31, 2011. As of both December 31, 2011 and 2010, our credit facilities included a $579.0 million commercial paper program, of which $50.0 million was outstanding as of both December 31, 2011 and 2010. Our commercial paper program has a back-stop facility to provide 100% support for our commercial paper program, of which there were no outstanding balances as of December 31, 2011 and 2010.

        The weighted-average interest rates on short-term borrowings as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, were 3.8% and 1.5%, respectively.

Long-Term Debt

        The components of long-term debt were as follows:

 
  December 31,  
 
  2011   2010  
 
  (in millions)
 

7.875% notes payable, due 2014

  $ 400.0   $ 400.0  

3.76% notes payable, due 2015

    89.9     102.8  

8.875% notes payable, due 2019

    350.0     350.0  

6.05% notes payable, due 2036

    601.7     601.7  

8% surplus notes payable, due 2044

    99.3     99.3  

Non-recourse mortgages and notes payable

    23.9     29.5  

Other mortgages and notes payable

        0.4  
           

Total long-term debt

  $ 1,564.8   $ 1,583.7  
           

        The amounts included above are net of the discount and premium associated with issuing these notes, which are being amortized to expense over their respective terms using the interest method.

        On November 3, 2010, Principal International de Chile S.A., a wholly owned indirect subsidiary, entered into a long-term borrowing agreement with Banco de Chile in the amount of US $98.9 million. This debt is denominated in Unidades de Formento ("UF"), a Chilean inflation-indexed, peso-denominated monetary unit. The note bears interest at UF +3.76% and will mature on November 3, 2015. Interest on the note is payable semi-annually on May 3 and November 3 each year. This borrowing agreement consolidated and modified the terms of US $93.9 million of notes with two Chilean banks that were scheduled to mature on November 3, 2011. The debt outstanding and interest expense will vary due to fluctuations in the Chilean peso to US dollar exchange rates and Chilean inflation.

        On May 18, 2009, we issued $750.0 million of senior notes. We issued a $400.0 million series of notes that bear interest at 7.875% and will mature on May 15, 2014, and a $350.0 million series of notes that bear interest at 8.875% and will mature on May 15, 2019. Interest on the notes is payable semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 each year, beginning on November 15, 2009. The proceeds were primarily used to refinance $440.9 million of notes that matured on August 15, 2009, with the remaining proceeds being used for general corporate purposes.

        On October 16 and December 5, 2006, we issued $500.0 million and $100.0 million, respectively, of senior notes. The notes bear interest at a rate of 6.05% per year. Interest on the notes is payable semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 each year and began on April 15, 2007. The notes will mature on October 15, 2036. A portion of the proceeds were used to fund the 2006 acquisition of WM Advisors, Inc., with the remaining proceeds being used for general corporate purposes.

        On March 10, 1994, Principal Life issued $100.0 million of surplus notes due March 1, 2044, at an 8% annual interest rate. None of our affiliates hold any portion of the notes. Each payment of interest and principal on the notes, however, may be made only with the prior approval of the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Iowa (the "Commissioner") and only to the extent that Principal Life has sufficient surplus earnings to make such payments. Interest of $8.0 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 was approved by the Commissioner, and charged to expense.

        Subject to Commissioner approval, the notes due March 1, 2044, may be redeemed at Principal Life's election on or after March 1, 2014, in whole or in part at a redemption price of approximately 102.3% of par. The approximate 2.3% premium is scheduled to gradually diminish over the following ten years. These notes may be redeemed on or after March 1, 2024, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount plus interest accrued to the date of redemption.

        The non-recourse mortgages, other mortgages and notes payable are primarily financings for real estate developments. Outstanding principal balances as of December 31, 2011, ranged from $5.6 million to $8.7 million per development with interest rates generally ranging from 5.5% to 5.8%. Outstanding principal balances as of December 31, 2010, ranged from $5.8 million to $8.9 million per development with interest rates generally ranging from 5.5% to 5.8%. Outstanding debt is secured by the underlying real estate properties, which were reported as real estate on our consolidated statements of financial position with a carrying value of $29.5 million and $29.6 million as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

        Also included in non-recourse mortgages and notes payable is a long-term debt obligation we assumed with the purchase of WM Advisors, Inc. As part of the purchase, we are bound by a class B share financing agreement previously entered into by WM Advisors, Inc. and a third party. Load mutual fund shares sold without a front end load are referred to as "B shares". In exchange for paying the selling commission, we receive fees in the future to recover the up-front commission cost incurred. Prior to our purchase, WM Advisors, Inc. had entered into a purchase and sale agreement whereby the third party would purchase the rights to future cash flow streams in exchange for funding the sales commissions. The fair value of these relinquished fees is reported as a long-term debt liability. There will be no additional sales under this agreement following the effective date of the purchase. Therefore, this liability will be extinguished in 2014, which equates to the remaining contractual term in which the fund can recover fees to cover the upfront commission costs. The value of this obligation as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, was $3.5 million and $8.4 million, respectively.

        At December 31, 2011, future annual maturities of the long-term debt were as follows (in millions):

Year ending December 31:
   
 

2012

  $ 2.7  

2013

    9.8  

2014

    406.1  

2015

    95.1  

2016

     

Thereafter

    1,051.1  
       

Total future maturities of the long-term debt

  $ 1,564.8