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On June 9, 2016, Bunge completed the sale of €600 million (approximately $681 million) aggregate principal amount of 1.850% senior notes due 2023. The senior notes were issued by Bunge’s 100% owned finance subsidiary, Bunge Finance Europe B.V., and are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Bunge. The offering was made pursuant to a registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The net proceeds of €597 million (approximately $677 million) were used for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to the repayment of outstanding indebtedness, which includes indebtedness under revolving credit facilities.
On June 24, 2016, Bunge completed a refinancing on one if its facilities under its three-year unsecured bilateral revolving credit facilities (the “Facilities”) totaling $700 million. The amended $200 million facility under the Facilities will mature in June 2019. The remaining $500 million facilities mature in November 2016. Borrowings under these Facilities bear interest at LIBOR plus a margin, which will vary from 0.65% to 1.55% per annum based on the credit ratings on its senior long-term unsecured debt. Amounts under the Facilities that remain undrawn are subject to a commitment fee payable at a rate ranging from 0.20% to 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. The cost of borrowing under the Liquidity Facility would typically be higher than the cost of issuing under Bunge’s commercial paper program. At June 30, 2016, there was $450 million borrowings outstanding under the commercial paper program and no borrowings were outstanding under the Liquidity Facility.
At June 30, 2016, Bunge had $3,423 million of unused and available borrowing capacity under its committed credit facilities with a number of lending institutions.
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:
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