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Sep. 30, 2016
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11.          DEBT

 

On August 15, 2016, Bunge completed the sale of $700 million aggregate principal amount of 3.250% senior notes due August 15, 2026. The unsecured senior notes were issued by Bunge’s 100% owned finance subsidiary, Bunge Limited Finance Corp., 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 $695 million, before expenses, 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 committed 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 facility was refinanced on September 23, 2016 to mature on September 23, 2019. Borrowings under these Facilities bear interest at LIBOR plus a margin, which will vary from 0.65% to 1.40% 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%.

 

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.

 

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 September 30, 2016, there were no outstanding issuances under the commercial paper program and no borrowings were outstanding under the Liquidity Facility.

 

At September 30, 2016, Bunge had $4,638 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:

 

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

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

 

$

4,310 

 

$

4,533 

 

$

 

$

3,795 

 

$

3,879 

 

$

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