Note 11. Debt


December 31	2015		2014
(In millions)

Loews Corporation (Parent Company):
Senior:
5.3% notes due 2016 (effective interest rate of 5.4%) (authorized, $400)	$	400	$	400
2.6% notes due 2023 (effective interest rate of 2.8%) (authorized, $500)		500		500
6.0% notes due 2035 (effective interest rate of 6.2%) (authorized, $300)		300		300
4.1% notes due 2043 (effective interest rate of 4.3%) (authorized, $500)		500		500
CNA Financial:
Senior:
6.5% notes due 2016 (effective interest rate of 6.6%) (authorized, $350)		350		350
7.0% notes due 2018 (effective interest rate of 7.1%) (authorized, $150)		150		150
7.4% notes due 2019 (effective interest rate of 7.5%) (authorized, $350)		350		350
5.9% notes due 2020 (effective interest rate of 6.0%) (authorized, $500)		500		500
5.8% notes due 2021 (effective interest rate of 5.9%) (authorized, $400)		400		400
7.3% debentures due 2023 (effective interest rate of 7.3%) (authorized, $250)		243		243
4.0% notes due 2024 (effective interest rate of 4.0%) (authorized, $550)		550		550
Variable rate note due 2036 (effective interest rate of 3.8% and 3.5%)		30		30
Capital lease obligation		4		2
Diamond Offshore:
Senior:
Commercial paper (weighted average interest rate of 0.9%)		287
4.9% notes due 2015 (effective interest rate of 5.0%) (authorized, $250)				250
5.9% notes due 2019 (effective interest rate of 6.0%) (authorized, $500)		500		500
3.5% notes due 2023 (effective interest rate of 3.6%) (authorized, $250)		250		250
5.7% notes due 2039 (effective interest rate of 5.8%) (authorized, $500)		500		500
4.9% notes due 2043 (effective interest rate of 5.0%) (authorized, $750)		750		750
Boardwalk Pipeline:
Senior:
Variable rate revolving credit facility due 2020 (effective interest rate of 1.7% and 1.5%)		375		120
Variable rate term loan due 2017 (effective interest rate of 1.9%)				200
4.6% notes due 2015 (effective interest rate of 5.1%) (authorized, $250)				250
5.1% notes due 2015 (effective interest rate of 5.2%) (authorized, $275)				275
5.9% notes due 2016 (effective interest rate of 6.0%) (authorized, $250)		250		250
5.5% notes due 2017 (effective interest rate of 5.6%) (authorized, $300)		300		300
6.3% notes due 2017 (effective interest rate of 6.4%) (authorized, $275)		275		275
5.2% notes due 2018 (effective interest rate of 5.4%) (authorized, $185)		185		185
5.8% notes due 2019 (effective interest rate of 5.9%) (authorized, $350)		350		350
4.5% notes due 2021 (effective interest rate of 5.0%) (authorized, $440)		440		440
4.0% notes due 2022 (effective interest rate of 4.4%) (authorized, $300)		300		300
3.4% notes due 2023 (effective interest rate of 3.5%) (authorized, $300)		300		300
5.0% notes due 2024 (effective interest rate of 5.2%) (authorized, $600 and $350)		600		350
7.3% debentures due 2027 (effective interest rate of 8.1%) (authorized, $100)		100		100
Capital lease obligation		10		10
Loews Hotels:
Senior debt, principally mortgages (effective interest rates approximate 4.1%)		598		506
		10,647		10,736
Less unamortized discount		64		68
Debt	$	10,583	$	10,668

Unamortized

Short Term

Long Term

December 31, 2015

Principal

Discount

Net

Debt

(In millions)

Loews Corporation

1,700

1,681

400

1,281

CNA Financial

2,577

2,566

351

2,215

Diamond Offshore

2,287

2,269

287

1,982

Boardwalk Pipeline

3,485

3,469

Loews Hotels

598

596

Total

10,647

10,583

1,040

9,543

At December 31, 2015, the aggregate of long term debt maturing in each of the next five years is approximately as follows: $1.1 billion in 2016, $657 million in 2017, $455 million in 2018, $1.2 billion in 2019, $1.2 billion in 2020, and $6.0 billion thereafter. Long term debt is generally redeemable in whole or in part at the greater of the principal amount or the net present value of scheduled payments discounted at the specified treasury rate plus a margin.

CNA Financial

CNA is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (“FHLBC”). FHLBC membership provides participants with access to additional sources of liquidity through various programs and services. As a requirement of membership in the FHLBC, CNA held $17 million of FHLBC stock as of December 31, 2015, giving it access to approximately $349 million of additional liquidity. As of December 31, 2015, CNA has no outstanding borrowings from the FHLBC.

During the third quarter of 2015, CNA entered into a new credit agreement with a syndicate of banks and simultaneously terminated the previous credit agreement. The new credit agreement established a five-year $250 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility which may be used for general corporate purposes. At CNA’s election, the commitments under the new credit agreement may be increased from time to time up to an additional aggregate amount of $100 million and the new credit agreement includes two optional one-year extensions prior to the first and second anniversary of the closing date, subject to applicable consents. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, there were no outstanding borrowings under the credit agreements and CNA was in compliance with all covenants.

Diamond Offshore

Diamond Offshore has a $1.5 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility. In October 2015, Diamond Offshore entered into an extension agreement of the revolving credit facility which, among other things, provides for a one-year extension of the maturity date for most of the lenders. The extended revolving credit facility matures in October 2020, except for $40 million of commitments that mature in March 2019 and $60 million of commitments that mature in October 2019. In addition, Diamond Offshore also has the option to increase the revolving commitments under the revolving credit facility by up to an additional $500 million from time to time, upon receipt of additional commitments from new or existing lenders, and to request one additional one-year extension of the maturity date. Up to $250 million of the facility may be used for the issuance of performance or other standby letters of credit and up to $100 million may be used for swingline loans. At December 31, 2015 and 2014, there were no amounts outstanding under the credit agreement.

As of December 31, 2015, Diamond Offshore had $287 million outstanding of commercial paper supported by its existing $1.5 billion revolving credit facility. As of December 31, 2015, the commercial paper notes had a weighted average interest rate of 0.9% and a weighted average remaining term of 5.8 days.

In July of 2015, Diamond Offshore repaid $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.9% senior notes due July 1, 2015, primarily with funds obtained through the issuance of additional commercial paper.

Boardwalk Pipeline

Boardwalk Pipeline intends to refinance all of the outstanding $250 million aggregate principal amount of 5.9% notes due 2016 on a long term basis and has sufficient available capacity under their revolving credit facility to extend the amount that would otherwise come due in less than one year. The Boardwalk Pipeline Senior Notes due in 2016 are included in Long term debt on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

In March of 2015, Boardwalk Pipeline completed a public offering of an additional $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.0% senior notes due December 15, 2024. Boardwalk Pipeline originally issued $350 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.0% senior notes due December 15, 2024 in November of 2014. During 2015, Boardwalk Pipeline used the net proceeds from this offering to retire all of the outstanding $250 million aggregate principal amount of 4.6% notes that matured on June 1, 2015 and repaid at maturity the entire $275 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.1% senior notes.

In May of 2015, Boardwalk Pipeline entered into an amended revolving credit agreement having aggregate lending commitments of $1.5 billion and a maturity date of May 26, 2020. Outstanding borrowings under Boardwalk’s revolving credit facility as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 were $375 million and $120 million with a weighted-average interest rate on the borrowings of 1.7% and 1.5%. At December 31, 2015, Boardwalk Pipeline was in compliance with all covenants under the credit facility and had available borrowing capacity of $1.1 billion.

During 2015, Boardwalk Pipeline repaid the $200 million of outstanding borrowings and terminated all related commitments of their variable-rate term loan.

Loews Hotels

In September of 2015, Loews Hotels entered into an $87 million mortgage loan agreement which bears interest at London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus an applicable margin. The mortgage loan agreement is due October 1, 2018 and includes two optional one-year extensions, subject to applicable conditions.