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DEBT | 12. DEBT On May 30, 2013, Bunge entered into an unsecured $665 million five-year syndicated revolving credit agreement with CoBank, ACB, as administrative agent and certain lenders party thereto. Under the terms of the agreement, the Lenders will initially make available up to $368 million of loans, which will increase to $665 million in December 2013 concurrent with the scheduled repayment in full of Bunge’s obligations under an existing term loan facility under which $300 million of principal amount remains outstanding. Borrowings under the revolving credit agreement will bear interest at LIBOR plus a margin, which will vary between 1.050% and 1.675% per annum, based on the credit ratings of our long-term senior unsecured debt. Amounts under the revolving credit agreement that remain undrawn are subject to a commitment fee at rates ranging from 0.125% to 0.275% per annum based likewise on the ratings of our long-term senior unsecured debt. On June 24, 2013, Bunge entered into an unsecured $200 million three-year revolving credit agreement with a certain lender. Borrowings under the credit agreement bear interest at LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 0.90% to 1.55%, based on the credit ratings of our long-term senior unsecured debt. Amounts under the credit agreement that remain undrawn are subject to a commitment fee at a rate of 0.25%. Bunge’s commercial paper program is supported by an identical amount of committed back-up bank credit lines (the Liquidity Facility) provided by banks that are rated at least A-1 by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services and P-1 by Moody’s Investors Service. In January 2013, Bunge agreed with the Liquidity Facility banks for the amount of aggregate commitments under the Liquidity Facility to be increased from $526 million to $600 million, and simultaneously increased the size of its commercial paper program to $600 million. The Liquidity Facility, which matures in November 2016, permits Bunge, at its option, to set up direct borrowings or issue commercial paper. The cost of borrowing under the Liquidity Facility would typically be higher than the cost of borrowing under Bunge’s commercial paper program. At September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, there were no borrowings outstanding under the commercial paper program and the Liquidity Facility. The fair value of Bunge’s long-term debt is based on interest rates currently available on comparable maturities to companies with credit standing similar to that of Bunge. The carrying amounts and fair value of long-term debt are as follows:
|  | September 30, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012 |
|  | Carrying |  | Fair Value |  | Fair Value |  | Carrying |  | Fair Value |  | Fair Value |
(US$ in millions) |  | Value |  | (Level 2) |  | (Level 3) |  | Value |  | (Level 2) |  | (Level 3) |
Long-term debt, including current portion |  | $ | 4,045 |  | $ | 4,067 |  | $ | 237 |  | $ | 4,251 |  | $ | 4,322 |  | $ | 259 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for information about short-term and long-term debt arrangements, which includes amounts of borrowings under each line of credit, note payable, commercial paper issue, bonds indenture, debenture issue, own-share lending arrangements and any other contractual agreement to repay funds, and about the underlying arrangements, rationale for a classification as long-term, including repayment terms, interest rates, collateral provided, restrictions on use of assets and activities, whether or not in compliance with debt covenants, and other matters important to users of the financial statements, such as the effects of refinancing and noncompliance with debt covenants. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21475-112644 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 19, 20, 22 -Article 5 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19,20,22) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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