(4) Financial Instruments

The Company's financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, short-term borrowings, accounts payable and certain accrued liabilities. At March 29, 2015, March 30, 2014 and December 28, 2014, the carrying cost of these instruments approximated their fair value. The Company's financial instruments at March 29, 2015, March 30, 2014 and December 28, 2014 also include certain assets and liabilities measured at fair value (see Notes 6 and 8) as well as long-term borrowings. The carrying costs and fair values of the Company's long-term borrowings as of March 29, 2015, March 30, 2014 and December 28, 2014 are as follows:

	March 29, 2015				March 30, 2014				December 28, 2014
	Carrying Cost		Fair Value		Carrying Cost		Fair Value		Carrying Cost		Fair Value
6.35% Notes Due 2040	$	500,000		597,900		500,000		567,700		500,000		617,700
6.30% Notes Due 2017		350,000		389,305		350,000		399,785		350,000		387,660
5.10% Notes Due 2044		300,000		316,260		-		-		300,000		316,980
3.15% Notes Due 2021		300,000		308,970		-		-		300,000		302,700
6.60% Debentures Due 2028		109,895		131,039		109,895		120,643		109,895		128,698
6.125% Notes Due 2014		-		-		426,356		427,678		-		-
Total long-term debt		1,559,895		1,743,474		1,386,251		1,515,806		1,559,895		1,753,738
Less: Current portion		-		-		426,356		427,678		-		-
Long-term debt excluding current portion	$	1,559,895		1,743,474		959,895		1,088,128		1,559,895		1,753,738

In May 2014, the Company issued $600,000 in long-term debt which consists of $300,000 of 3.15% Notes Due in 2021 and $300,000 of 5.10% Notes Due in 2044 (collectively, the "Notes"). The Company may redeem the Notes at its option at the greater of the principal amount of the Notes or the present value of the remaining scheduled payments discounted using the effective interest rate on applicable U.S. Treasury bills at the time of repurchase. Prior to the issuance of the Notes, the Company held forward-starting interest rate swap contracts to hedge the variability in the anticipated underlying U.S. Treasury interest rate associated with the expected issuance of the Notes. At the date of issuance, these contracts were terminated and the Company paid $33,306, the fair value of the contracts on that date, to settle. Of this amount, $6,373 relates to 3.15% Notes Due 2021 and $26,933 relates to 5.10% Notes Due 2044, which has been deferred in AOCE and will be amortized to interest expense over the life of the respective Notes using the effective interest rate method.

The carrying cost of the 6.125% Notes Due 2014 included principal amounts of $425,000 as well as a fair value adjustment of $1,356 at March 30, 2014 related to interest rate swaps. The interest rate swaps were terminated in November 2012 and the fair value adjustment at March 30, 2014 represented the unamortized portions of the fair value of the interest rate swaps at the date of termination. At March 30, 2014, the principal amount and fair value adjustment associated with the 6.125% Notes Due 2014 totaling $426,356 were included in the current portion of long-term debt. All other carrying costs represented principal amounts and were included in long-term debt excluding the current portion at March 30, 2014. The total principal amount of long-term debt, including the current portion, was $1,559,895 at both March 29, 2015 and December 28, 2014, and $1,384,895 at March 30, 2014.

The fair values of the Company's long-term debt are considered Level 3 fair values (see Note 6 for further discussion of the fair value hierarchy) and are measured using the discounted future cash flows method. In addition to the debt terms, the valuation methodology includes an assumption of a discount rate that approximates the current yield on a similar debt security. This assumption is considered an unobservable input in that it reflects the Company's own assumptions about the inputs that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. The Company believes that this is the best information available for use in the fair value measurement.