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Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Debt
The Company’s outstanding debt is as follows:
December 31,
(In millions)20202019
Short-term:
Current portion of long-term debt$517 $1,215 
517 1,215 
Long-term:
Senior notes – 2.35% due 2020
 500 
Senior notes – 3.50% due 2020
 698 
Senior notes – 4.80% due 2021
500 499 
Senior notes – Floating rate due 2021 298 
Senior notes – 2.75% due 2022
499 498 
Senior notes – 3.30% due 2023
349 349 
Senior notes – 4.05% due 2023
249 249 
Senior notes – 3.50% due 2024
598 597 
Senior notes – 3.875% due 2024
995 994 
Senior notes – 3.50% due 2025
498 497 
Senior notes – 1.349% due 2026
677 609 
Senior notes – 3.75% due 2026
597 597 
Senior notes – 4.375% due 2029
1,499 1,499 
Senior notes – 1.979% due 2030
664 607 
Senior notes – 2.25% due 2030
737  
Senior notes – 5.875% due 2033
298 298 
Senior notes – 4.75% due 2039
495 494 
Senior notes – 4.35% due 2047
493 492 
Senior notes – 4.20% due 2048
592 592 
Senior notes – 4.90% due 2049
1,237 1,237 
Mortgage – 5.70% due 2035
331 345 
Other5 
11,313 11,956 
Less current portion517 1,215 
 $10,796 $10,741 
The senior notes in the table above are registered by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and are not guaranteed.
The Company has established a short-term debt financing program of up to $1.5 billion through the issuance of commercial paper. The proceeds from the issuance of commercial paper are used for general corporate purposes. The Company had no commercial paper outstanding at December 31, 2020.
Senior Notes
In December 2020, the Company repaid $700 million of maturing Senior Notes. The Company also prepaid $300 million of floating rate notes with an original maturity of December 2021.
In May 2020, the Company issued $750 million of 2.250% Senior Notes due 2030. The Company used the net proceeds from this offering to pay outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility discussed above.
In March 2020, the Company repaid $500 million of maturing Senior Notes.
In September 2019, the Company repaid $300 million of maturing senior notes.
During 2019, the Company issued approximately $6.5 billion of Senior Notes to primarily fund the acquisition of JLT, including the payment of related fees and expenses, and to repay certain JLT indebtedness, as well as for general corporate purposes.
In connection with the closing of the JLT Transaction, the Company assumed approximately $1 billion of historical JLT indebtedness, which it repaid during 2019. The Company incurred debt extinguishment costs of $32 million in regard to the repayment of this debt.
Other Credit Facilities
In January 2020, the Company closed on $500 million one-year and $500 million two-year term loan facilities. In the first quarter of 2020 the Company borrowed $1 billion against these facilities. During the third quarter of 2020, the Company repaid $500 million of borrowings from its one-year facility. In December 2020, the Company repaid $500 million of borrowings from the two year facility. These two facilities were terminated as of December 31, 2020 after repayment of the initial draw down.
In October 2018, the Company and certain of its foreign subsidiaries increased its multi-currency five-year unsecured revolving credit facility from $1.5 billion to $1.8 billion. The interest rate on this facility is based on LIBOR plus a fixed margin which varies with the Company's credit ratings. This facility expires in October 2023 and requires the Company to maintain certain coverage and leverage ratios which are tested quarterly. There were no borrowings outstanding under this facility at December 31, 2020. The facility includes a provision for determining a LIBOR successor rate in the event LIBOR reference rates are no longer available. In such case, the rate would be determined using an alternate reference rate that has been broadly accepted by the syndicated loan market in the United States in lieu of LIBOR (the “LIBOR successor rate”). If no LIBOR successor rate has been determined, the rate will be based on the higher of the rate announced publicly by Citibank, New York, NY, as its base rate or the fed funds rate plus a fixed margin.
In April 2020, the Company entered into a new 364 day $1 billion unsecured revolving credit facility with a term out option after one year. The facility has similar coverage and leverage ratios as the multi-currency five-year unsecured revolving credit facility. The Company had no borrowings outstanding under these facilities at December 31, 2020.
Additional credit facilities, guarantees and letters of credit are maintained with various banks, primarily related to operations located outside the United States, aggregating $573 million at December 31, 2020 and $598 million at December 31, 2019. There were no outstanding borrowings under these facilities at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.
Scheduled repayments of long-term debt in 2021 and in the four succeeding years are $517 million, $516 million, $619 million, $1.6 billion and $518 million, respectively.
Fair value of Short-term and Long-term Debt
The estimated fair value of the Company’s short-term and long-term debt is provided below. Certain estimates and judgments were required to develop the fair value amounts. The fair value amounts shown below are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that the Company would realize upon disposition, nor do they indicate the Company’s intent or need to dispose of the financial instrument.
  
December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
(In millions of dollars)Carrying
Amount
Fair
Value
Carrying
Amount
Fair
Value
Short-term debt$517 $523 $1,215 $1,229 
Long-term debt$10,796 $12,858 $10,741 $11,953 
The fair value of the Company’s short-term debt consists primarily of term debt maturing within the next year and its fair value approximates its carrying value. The estimated fair value of a primary portion of the Company's long-term debt is based on discounted future cash flows using current interest rates available for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities. Short- and long-term debt would be classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.