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Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt
Debt
 
 
 
December 31,
 
Interest rate
 
2015
 
2014
Commercial paper
1.1%
 
$
90,000

 
$

Notes due March 2015
5.0%
 

 
274,879

Notes due January 2016
4.75%
 
370,914

 
370,914

Notes due September 2017
5.75%
 
385,109

 
385,109

Notes due March 2018
5.6%
 
250,000

 
250,000

Notes due May 2018
4.75%
 
350,000

 
350,000

Notes due March 2019
6.25%
 
300,000

 
300,000

Notes due November 2022
5.25%
 

 
110,000

Notes due March 2024
4.625%
 
500,000

 
500,000

Notes due January 2037
5.25%
 
115,041

 
115,041

Notes due March 2043
6.7%
 
425,000

 
425,000

Term loans
Variable
 
150,000

 
130,000

Other debt
 
 
15,758

 
16,000

Principal amount
 
 
2,951,822

 
3,226,943

Less: unamortized discount
 
 
5,288

 
6,653

Plus: unamortized interest rate swap proceeds
 
 
22,463

 
31,716

Total debt
 
 
2,968,997

 
3,252,006

Less: current portion long-term debt
 
 
461,085

 
324,879

Long-term debt
 
 
$
2,507,912

 
$
2,927,127



In November 2015 we redeemed the $110 million 5.250% notes due November 2022 at a par plus accrued and unpaid interest.

We also repaid the $130 million term loans outstanding at December 31, 2014 and borrowed $150 million under new a term loan. The term loan bears interest at the applicable Eurodollar Rate plus 0.90%. Interest is payable and resets quarterly and the loans mature in December 2016 but may be extended through June 2017 at our option. At December 31, 2015, the weighted-average interest rate of the term loans was 1.4%.

During 2015, we also repaid the $275 million, 5% notes that matured in March 2015.

In October 2014, we received a loan from the State of Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development. The loan consisted of a $15 million development loan and $1 million jobs-training grant that is subject to refund if certain conditions are not met. We satisfied the conditions related to the $1 million jobs-training grant during 2015.

The 4.625% Notes due March 2024 may be redeemed, at anytime, at our option, in whole or in part, at par plus accrued interest and a make-whole payment.

The 6.7% Notes due March 2043 may be redeemed, at our option, in whole or in part, at par plus accrued interest any time on or after March 2018, respectively.

The 5.25% Notes due 2037 may be redeemed by bondholders, in whole or in part, at par plus accrued interest in January 2017.

We have a commercial paper program and a committed credit facility of $1 billion to support commercial paper issuances. There were $90 million of commercial paper borrowings at December 31, 2015. As of December 31, 2015, we had not drawn upon the credit facility. The credit facility expires in January 2020.

In January 2016, we borrowed $300 million under a term loan and used the proceeds to repay a portion of the $371 million, 4.75% notes due January 15, 2016. The remaining portion of the loan was repaid using cash from operations. The new term loan bears interest at the applicable Eurodollar Rate plus 1.25% and matures in December 2020.

Annual maturities of outstanding debt at December 31, 2015 are as follows:
2016
$
461,085

2017
535,277

2018
600,168

2019
300,168

2020
412

Thereafter
1,054,712

Total
$
2,951,822