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Long-Term Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2014
Long-Term Debt [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt
(9)      Long-Term Debt

Components of long-term debt are as follows:

  
2014
  
2013
 
  
Carrying Cost
  
Fair Value
  
Carrying Cost
  
Fair Value
 
         
6.35% Notes Due 2040
 
$
500,000
   
617,700
   
500,000
   
532,750
 
6.30% Notes Due 2017
  
350,000
   
387,660
   
350,000
   
400,050
 
5.10% Notes Due 2044
  
300,000
   
316,980
   
-
   
-
 
3.15% Notes Due 2021
  
300,000
   
302,700
   
-
   
-
 
6.60% Debentures Due 2028
  
109,895
   
128,698
   
109,895
   
118,566
 
6.125% Notes Due 2014
  
-
   
-
   
428,390
   
435,838
 
Total long-term debt
  
1,559,895
   
1,753,738
   
1,388,285
   
1,487,204
 
Less: Current portion
  
-
   
-
   
428,390
   
435,838
 
Long-term debt excluding current portion
 
$
1,559,895
   
1,753,738
   
959,895
   
1,051,366
 

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 related to 3.15% Notes Due 2021 and $26,933 related to 5.10% Notes Due 2044, which have been deferred in AOCE and are being amortized to interest expense over the life of the respective Notes using the effective interest rate method. The proceeds from the Notes have been presented net of the payment for these contracts in the consolidated statements of cash flows.

The carrying cost of the 6.125 % Notes Due 2014 included principal amounts of $425,000 as well as a fair value adjustment of $3,390 at December 29, 2013, related to interest rate swaps. The interest rate swaps were terminated in November 2012 and the fair value adjustment at December 29, 2013 represents the unamortized portion of the fair value of the interest rate swaps at the date of termination. At December 29, 2013, the principal amount and fair value adjustment associated with the 6.125 % Notes Due 2014, totaling $428,390, were included in the current portion of long-term debt. All other carrying costs represent principal amounts and were included in long-term debt excluding the current portion at December 29, 2013. Total principal amounts of long-term debt at December 28, 2014 and December 29, 2013 were $1,559,895 and $1,384,895 respectively.

The fair values of the Company's long-term debt are considered Level 3 fair values (see note 12 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.

Interest rates for the 6.30% Notes Due 2017 may be adjusted upward in the event that the Company's credit rating from Moody's Investor Services, Inc., Standard & Poor's Ratings Services or Fitch Ratings is reduced to Ba1, BB+, or BB+, respectively, or below. At December 28, 2014, the Company's ratings from Moody's Investor Services, Inc., Standard & Poor's Rating Services and Fitch Ratings were Baa2, BBB, and BBB+, respectively. The interest rate adjustment is dependent on the degree of decrease of the Company's ratings and could range from 0.25% to a maximum of 2.00%. The Company may redeem these notes at its option at the greater of the principal amount of these 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.

     At December 28, 2014, as detailed above, the Company's 6.30% Notes mature in 2019. All of the Company's other long-term borrowings have contractual maturities that occur subsequent to 2017. The aggregate principal amount of long-term debt maturing in the next five years is $350,000.