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Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
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13. Debt

The balances and the stated interest rates of outstanding debt of Ameriprise Financial were as follows:

 
  Outstanding Balance
  Stated Interest Rate
 
 
     
 
  December 31,
  December 31,
 
 
     
 
  2011
  2010
  2011
  2010
 
   
 
  (in millions)
   
   
 

Senior notes due 2015

  $ 753 (1) $ 728 (1)   5.7 %   5.7 %

Senior notes due 2019

    341 (1)   312 (1)   7.3     7.3  

Senior notes due 2020

    805 (1)   763 (1)   5.3     5.3  

Senior notes due 2039

    200     200     7.8     7.8  

Junior subordinated notes due 2066

    294     308     7.5     7.5  

Municipal bond inverse floater certificates due 2021

        6         0.3  
   

Total long-term debt

    2,393     2,317              

Short-term borrowings

    504     397     0.3     0.3  
   

Total

  $ 2,897   $ 2,714              
   
(1)
Amounts include adjustments for fair value hedges on the Company's long-term debt and any unamortized discounts. See Note 15 for information on the Company's fair value hedges.

Long-term debt

On November 23, 2005, the Company issued $1.5 billion of unsecured senior notes including five-year notes which matured November 15, 2010 and 10-year notes which mature November 15, 2015, and incurred debt issuance costs of $7 million. Interest payments are due semi-annually on May 15 and November 15.

In November 2010, the Company retired $340 million of its senior notes due 2010. In July 2009, the Company purchased $450 million aggregate principal amount of its senior notes due 2010, pursuant to a cash tender offer. The tender offer consideration per $1,000 principal amount of these notes accepted for purchase was $1,000, with an early tender payment of $30. Payments for these notes pursuant to the tender offer included accrued and unpaid interest from the last interest payment date to, but not including, the settlement date. The Company also purchased $10 million of these notes in the second quarter of 2009 in open market transactions.

On June 8, 2009, the Company issued $300 million of unsecured senior notes which mature June 28, 2019, and incurred debt issuance costs of $3 million. Interest payments are due semi-annually in arrears on June 28 and December 28.

On March 11, 2010, the Company issued $750 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured senior notes which mature March 15, 2020, and incurred debt issuance costs of $6 million. Interest payments are due semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15.

On June 3, 2009, the Company issued $200 million of unsecured senior notes which mature June 15, 2039, and incurred debt issuance costs of $6 million. Interest payments are due quarterly in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15.

On May 26, 2006, the Company issued $500 million of unsecured junior subordinated notes, which mature June 1, 2066, and incurred debt issuance costs of $6 million. For the initial 10-year period, the junior notes carry a fixed interest rate of 7.5% payable semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1. From June 1, 2016 until the maturity date, interest on the junior notes will accrue at an annual rate equal to the three-month LIBOR plus a margin equal to 290.5 basis points, payable quarterly in arrears. The Company has the option to defer interest payments, subject to certain limitations. In addition, interest payments are mandatorily deferred if the Company does not meet specified capital adequacy, net income or shareholders' equity levels. As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company had met the specified levels.

In 2011, 2010 and 2009, the Company extinguished $14 million, $14 million and $135 million, respectively, of its junior notes in open market transactions and recognized gains (losses) of nil, $(1) million and $58 million, respectively, in other revenues.

During the first quarter of 2011, the Company extinguished $6 million of its municipal bond inverse floater certificates funded through the call of a $10 million portfolio of municipal bonds.

At December 31, 2011, future maturities of Ameriprise Financial long-term debt were as follows:

 
  (in millions)
 
   

2012

  $  

2013

     

2014

     

2015

    700  

2016

     

Thereafter

    1,544  
   

Total future maturities

  $ 2,244  
   

Short-term borrowings

The Company enters into repurchase agreements in exchange for cash, which it accounts for as secured borrowings. The Company has pledged Available-for-Sale securities consisting of agency residential mortgage backed securities and commercial mortgage backed securities to collateralize its obligation under the repurchase agreements. The fair value of the securities pledged is recorded in investments and was $521 million and $412 million at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The stated interest rate of the short-term borrowings is a weighted average annualized interest rate on repurchase agreements held as of the balance sheet date.

On November 22, 2011, the Company entered into a credit agreement for $500 million expiring on November 22, 2015. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company may increase the amount of this facility to $750 million upon satisfaction of certain approval requirements. Available borrowings under the agreement are reduced by any outstanding letters of credit. The Company had no borrowings outstanding under this facility and outstanding letters of credit issued against this facility were $2 million as of December 31, 2011.