Debt

Debt obligations

Our total borrowings as of March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, were comprised of the following:



	As of
	March 31, 2017			December 31, 2016
	(In millions)
Long-term debt:
Senior notes⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	$	11,400.7		$	9,842.2
Term loans⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾	800.0			2,300.0
Other long-term debt	2.2			2.2
Less: unamortized debt discounts and debt issuance costs	(84.5		)	(85.0		)
Less: current portion of long-term debt	(675.3		)	(671.7		)
Total long-term debt	$	11,443.1		$	11,387.7

Short-term borrowings:
Commercial paper program⁽⁴⁾	$	130.0		$	—
Cash pool overdrafts⁽⁵⁾	26.5			2.6
Short-term facilities⁽⁶⁾	8.6			7.0
Other short-term borrowings	2.6			3.5
Current portion of long-term debt	675.3			671.7
Current portion of long-term debt and short-term borrowings	$	843.0		$	684.8

(1)

As of March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, our senior notes consist of CAD senior notes of $1,801.9 million and $1,785.6 million, respectively, with maturities ranging from 2017 to 2026; USD senior notes of $8,214.0 million and $7,215.2 million, respectively, with maturities ranging from 2017 to 2046; and EUR senior notes of $1,384.8 million with maturities ranging from 2019 to 2024 and $841.4 million maturing in 2024, respectively. As of March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, the aggregate weighted-average effective interest rates calculated including the effects of hedging were 2.95% and 3.33%, respectively.

Our USD term loans have maturities in 2021 as of March 31, 2017, and maturities ranging from 2019 to 2021 as of December 31, 2016. As of March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, the aggregate weighted-average effective interest rates were 3.16% and 1.98%, respectively.

(2)

On March 15, 2017, MCBC issued approximately $1.5 billion of senior notes, consisting of $500 million 1.90% senior notes due March 15, 2019, and $500 million 2.25% senior notes due March 15, 2020 (collectively, the "2017 USD Notes") and EUR 500 million floating rate senior notes due March 15, 2019 ("2017 EUR Notes") (2017 USD Notes and 2017 EUR Notes, collectively, the "2017 Notes"). We bear quarterly interest on the 2017 EUR Notes at the rate of 0.35% + 3-month EURIBOR. These issuances resulted in total proceeds of approximately $1.5 billion, net of underwriting fees and discounts of $3.1 million and $0.7 million, respectively. Total estimated debt issuance costs capitalized in connection with these notes, including underwriting fees, discounts and other financing related costs, are $6.1 million and are being amortized over the respective terms of the 2017 Notes. The 2017 Notes began accruing interest upon issuance, with quarterly payments due on the 2017 EUR Notes beginning June 15, 2017 and semi-annual payments due on the 2017 USD Notes beginning September 15, 2017.

In the first quarter of 2017, we entered into interest rate swaps to economically convert our fixed rate 2017 USD Notes to floating rate debt. As a result of these hedge programs, the carrying value of the $500 million 1.90% notes and $500 million 2.25% notes include adjustments of $0.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively, for fair value movements attributable to the benchmark interest rate as of March 31, 2017.

Prior to issuing the 2017 EUR Notes, we entered into foreign currency forward agreements to economically hedge the foreign currency exposure of a portion of the respective notes, which were subsequently settled on March 15, 2017, concurrent with the issuance of the 2017 EUR Notes. Additionally, upon issuance we designated the 2017 EUR Notes as a net investment hedge of our Europe business. See Note 14, "Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities" for further details.

(3)

During the first quarter of 2017, the net proceeds from the 2017 Notes were used to repay the remaining $800.0 million on our 3-year tranche term loan due 2019 and make principal payments of $700.0 million on our 5-year tranche term loan due 2021, and accordingly we accelerated the related amortization. For the three months ended March 31, 2017, and 2016, $4.0 million and $1.8 million, respectively, was recorded to interest expense related to amortization of issuance and other financing costs associated with the term loan, including the accelerated amortization during the first quarter of 2017 noted above of $3.7 million.


(4)	As of March 31, 2017, the outstanding borrowings under our commercial paper program were $130.0 million at a weighted-average effective interest rate and tenor of 1.26% and 21 days. There were no outstanding borrowings under our commercial paper program as of December 31, 2016.


(5)	As of March 31, 2017, we had $26.5 million in bank overdrafts and $38.2 million in bank cash related to our cross-border, cross-currency cash pool for a net positive position of $11.7 million. As of December 31, 2016, we had $2.6 million in bank overdrafts and $18.0 million in bank cash related to our cross-border, cross-currency cash pool for a net positive position of $15.4 million.


(6)	We had total outstanding borrowings of $8.6 million and $7.0 million under our two Japanese Yen ("JPY") overdraft facilities as of March 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, respectively. In addition, we have GBP and CAD lines of credit under which we had no borrowings as of March 31, 2017, or December 31, 2016.