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Borrowings
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Borrowings  
Borrowings

11. Borrowings: 

Short-Term Debt

    

At March 31, 

    

At December 31, 

(Dollars in millions)

2020

2019

Commercial paper

$

2,519

$

304

Short-term loans

 

934

 

971

Long-term debt—current maturities

 

8,190

 

7,522

Total

$

11,642

$

8,797

The weighted-average interest rate for commercial paper at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was 1.1 percent and 1.6 percent, respectively. The weighted-average interest rate for short-term loans was 4.7 percent and 6.1 percent at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

Long-Term Debt

Pre-Swap Borrowing

    

    

    

Balance

    

Balance

(Dollars in millions)

Maturities

3/31/2020

12/31/2019

U.S. dollar debt (weighted-average interest rate at March 31, 2020):*

 

  

 

  

 

  

2.3%

 

2020

$

2,766

$

4,326

2.4%

 

2021

 

5,556

 

8,498

2.6%

 

2022

 

6,257

 

6,289

3.3%

 

2023

 

2,413

 

2,388

3.3%

 

2024

 

5,049

 

5,045

6.7%

 

2025

 

645

 

636

3.3%

 

2026

 

4,350

 

4,350

4.7%

 

2027

 

969

 

969

6.5%

 

2028

313

 

313

3.5%

2029

3,250

3,250

5.9%

 

2032

 

600

 

600

8.0%

 

2038

 

83

 

83

4.5%

 

2039

 

2,745

 

2,745

4.0%

 

2042

 

1,107

 

1,107

7.0%

 

2045

 

27

 

27

4.7%

 

2046

 

650

 

650

4.3%

2049

3,000

3,000

7.1%

 

2096

 

316

 

316

$

40,097

$

44,594

Other currencies (weighted-average interest rate at March 31, 2020, in parentheses):*

 

  

 

  

 

  

Euro (1.1%)

 

2020–2040

$

18,126

$

14,306

Pound sterling (2.7%)

 

2020–2022

 

1,311

 

1,390

Japanese yen (0.3%)

 

2022–2026

 

1,349

 

1,339

Other (4.1%)

 

2020–2022

 

288

 

375

$

61,170

$

62,003

Finance lease obligations (2.4%)

2021–2030

246

204

$

61,417

$

62,207

Less: net unamortized discount

 

  

 

881

 

881

Less: net unamortized debt issuance costs

 

  

 

151

 

142

Add: fair value adjustment**

 

  

 

491

 

440

$

60,875

$

61,624

Less: current maturities

 

  

 

8,190

 

7,522

Total

 

  

$

52,685

$

54,102

*  Includes notes, debentures, bank loans and secured borrowings.

** The portion of the company’s fixed-rate debt obligations that was hedged was reflected in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as an amount equal to the sum of the debt’s carrying value and a fair value adjustment representing changes in the fair value of the hedged debt obligations attributable to movements in benchmark interest rates.

The company’s indenture governing its debt securities and its various credit facilities each contain significant covenants which obligate the company to promptly pay principal and interest, limit the aggregate amount of secured

indebtedness and sale and leaseback transactions to 10 percent of the company’s consolidated net tangible assets, and restrict the company’s ability to merge or consolidate unless certain conditions are met. The credit facilities also include a covenant on the company’s consolidated net interest expense ratio, which cannot be less than 2.20 to 1.0, as well as a cross default provision with respect to other defaulted indebtedness of at least $500 million.

The company is in compliance with its debt covenants and provides periodic certifications to its lenders. The failure to comply with its debt covenants could constitute an event of default with respect to the debt to which such provisions apply. If certain events of default were to occur, the principal and interest on the debt to which such event of default applied would become immediately due and payable.  

In the first half of 2019, the company issued an aggregate of $20 billion of U.S. dollar fixed- and floating-rate notes and $5.7 billion of Euro fixed-rate notes. The proceeds were primarily used for the acquisition of Red Hat. For additional information on this transaction, refer to note 5, “Acquisitions & Divestitures.” In the first quarter of 2020, the company issued an aggregate of $4.1 billion of Euro fixed-rate notes and the proceeds were primarily used to early redeem outstanding fixed-rate debt which was due in 2021 in the aggregate amount of $2.9 billion. The notes were redeemed at a price equal to 100 percent of the aggregate principal plus a make-whole premium and accrued interest. The company incurred a loss of $49 million upon redemption that was recorded in other (income) and expense in the Consolidated Income Statement.

Pre-swap annual contractual obligations of long-term debt outstanding at March 31, 2020, are as follows:

(Dollars in millions)

    

Total

Remainder of 2020

$

5,731

2021

 

6,897

2022

 

7,180

2023

 

5,342

2024

 

6,302

Thereafter

 

29,964

Total

$

61,417

Interest on Debt

(Dollars in millions)

    

    

    

    

For the three months ended March 31:

2020

2019

Cost of financing

$

119

$

179

Interest expense

 

326

 

210

Interest capitalized

 

5

 

2

Total interest paid and accrued

$

449

$

391

Lines of Credit

IBM has a $10.25 billion Five-Year Credit Agreement with a maturity date of July 20, 2024. In addition, the company and IBM Credit LLC have a $2.5 billion 364-day Credit Agreement and a $2.5 billion Three-Year Credit Agreement, with maturity dates of July 16, 2020 and July 20, 2022, respectively.

At March 31, 2020, there were no borrowings by the company, or its subsidiaries, under these credit facilities.