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Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
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10. Debt

Short-Term Debt

        The components of short-term debt were as follows:

 
  December 31,  
 
  2013   2012  
 
  (in millions)
 

Line of credit

  $ 117.8   $  

Other recourse short-term debt

    32.8     40.8  
           

Total short-term debt

  $ 150.6   $ 40.8  
           
           

        As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, we had short-term credit facilities with various financial institutions in an aggregate amount of $1,105.0 million and $905.0 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, we had $150.6 million and $40.8 million, respectively, of outstanding borrowings, with no assets pledged as support. Our credit facilities include a $500.0 million 4-year facility that matures in March 2016, with Principal Financial Services, Inc., Principal Life and us as co-borrowers and a $300.0 million 364-day facility for Principal Life only which was refinanced in April 2013. Also in April 2013, we added a $200.0 million 3-year facility with Principal Financial Services, Inc., Principal Life Insurance Company, Principal Financial Services V (UK) LTD and us as the borrowers. These facilities may be used for general corporate purposes, including commercial paper back-stop. Our commercial paper programs require 100% back-stop support, of which there were no outstanding balances as of December 31, 2013 and 2012.

        The weighted-average interest rate on short-term borrowings as of both December 31, 2013 and 2012, was 4.7%.

Long-Term Debt

        The components of long-term debt were as follows:

 
  December 31,  
 
  2013   2012  
 
  (in millions)
 

3.76% notes payable, due 2015

  $   $ 92.7  

1.85% notes payable, due 2017

    299.8     299.7  

8.875% notes payable, due 2019

    350.0     350.0  

3.3% notes payable, due 2022

    299.0     298.9  

3.125% notes payable, due 2023

    299.6     299.6  

6.05% notes payable, due 2036

    601.6     601.7  

4.625% notes payable, due 2042

    299.5     299.5  

4.35% notes payable, due 2043

    299.3     299.2  

8.0% surplus notes payable, due 2044

    99.3     99.3  

Non-recourse mortgages and notes payable

    53.3     30.7  
           

Total long-term debt

  $ 2,601.4   $ 2,671.3  
           
           

        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 16, 2012, we issued $900.0 million of senior notes. We issued a $300.0 million series of notes that bear interest at 1.85% and will mature in 2017, a $300.0 million series of notes that bear interest at 3.125% and will mature in 2023 and a $300.0 million series of notes that bear interest at 4.35% and will mature in 2043. Interest on the notes is payable semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 each year, beginning on May 15, 2013. The proceeds were used to fund our acquisition of AFP Cuprum S.A.

        On September 5, 2012, we issued $600.0 million of senior notes. We issued a $300.0 million series of notes that bear interest at 3.3% and will mature in 2022 and a $300.0 million series of notes that bear interest at 4.625% and will mature in 2042. Interest on the notes is payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 each year, beginning on March 15, 2013. The proceeds were used for the repayment of the $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of notes due in 2014 and to partially fund our acquisition of AFP Cuprum S.A. We incurred a one-time cost to extinguish this debt before the scheduled maturity date.

        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. The debt was denominated in Unidades de Formento ("UF"), a Chilean inflation-indexed, peso-denominated monetary unit, bore interest at UF +3.76% and had a maturity date of November 3, 2015. On May 3, 2013, Principal International de Chile S.A., prepaid these notes without penalty as authorized under the borrowing agreement with Banco de Chile at par value upon the semi — annual interest payment date.

        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 were to 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, 2013, 2012 and 2011 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. On January 21, 2014, the Commissioner approved Principal Life's election to redeem the surplus notes. On January 30, 2014, Principal Life provided surplus note holders with a notice of redemption and will redeem the $100.0 million surplus notes in whole on March 1, 2014, at a redemption price equal to 102.3% of par.

        The non-recourse mortgages, other mortgages and notes payable are primarily financings for real estate developments. Outstanding principal balances as of December 31, 2013, ranged from $1.6 million to $20.1 million per development with interest rates being 5.5% or variable. Outstanding principal balances as of December 31, 2012, ranged from $0.3 million to $9.2 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 $101.4 million and $54.2 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, 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, 2013 and 2012, was $0.2 million and $1.2 million, respectively.

        At December 31, 2013, future annual maturities of the long-term debt were as follows (in millions):

Year ending December 31:

       

2014

  $ 0.3  

2015

    5.3  

2016

     

2017

    299.8  

2018

     

Thereafter

    2,296.0  
       

Total future maturities of the long-term debt

  $ 2,601.4