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| Debt Disclosure [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DEBT | DEBT Prior to June 21, 2023, Bunge conducted most of its third party financing activities through a centralized financing structure that included a master trust (the “Bunge Master Trust”). On June 21, 2023, Bunge terminated the Bunge Master Trust in accordance with a termination and lien release agreement in order to simplify the legal framework around its capital structure. Post termination of the Bunge Master Trust, Bunge will continue to conduct most of its third party financing activities centrally through 100% owned finance subsidiaries which carry full, unconditional guarantees of the parent company. In connection with the termination of the Bunge Master Trust, Bunge amended its existing credit agreements and related guarantees to remove all references and provisions related to the Bunge Master Trust, as well as made amendments to certain credit facilities as discussed further below. Also on June 21, 2023, Bunge entered into an unsecured $1.1 billion 364-day revolving credit agreement (the “$1.1 Billion 2024 Credit Agreement”) with a group of lenders, maturing on June 19, 2024. Bunge may from time to time request one or more of the existing or new lenders to increase the total participations under the $1.1 Billion 2024 Credit Agreement by an aggregate amount up to $250 million, subject to lender approval, pursuant to an accordion provision. Borrowings will bear interest at Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus a SOFR adjustment and applicable margin as defined in the $1.1 Billion 2024 Credit Agreement. The $1.1 Billion 2024 Credit Agreement replaced an existing $1.1 billion 364-day revolving credit agreement scheduled to mature July 14, 2023. Bunge had no borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, under the $1.1 Billion 2024 Credit Agreement and the predecessor agreement, respectively. Further, on June 21, 2023, Bunge amended its $1.35 billion 5-year revolving credit agreement to increase total commitments under the facility to $1.95 billion (the “$1.95 Billion Credit Agreement"). Bunge may from time to time request one or more of the existing or new lenders to increase the total participations under the $1.95 Billion Credit Agreement by an aggregate amount up to $1.5 billion pursuant to an accordion provision. Borrowings will bear interest at SOFR plus a SOFR adjustment and applicable margin as defined in the $1.95 Billion Credit Agreement. Bunge had no borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, under the $1.95 Billion Credit Agreement. Bunge had no borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, under the unsecured $865 million Revolving Credit Agreement (the "$865 Million 2026 Facility") with a group of lenders, set to mature on October 29, 2026. Borrowings will bear interest at SOFR plus a SOFR adjustment and applicable margin, as defined in the $865 Million 2026 Facility. Bunge had no borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, under the unsecured $1.75 billion revolving credit facility, set to mature on December 16, 2024 and terminated on October 6, 2023 ("Terminated $1.75 Billion Revolving Credit Facility"). On October 6, 2023, Bunge replaced the capacity of the Terminated $1.75 Billion Revolving Credit Facility by entering into an unsecured $1.75 billion revolving credit facility ("$1.75 Billion Revolving Credit Facility"), with a group of lenders, maturing on October 6, 2026. Bunge may from time to time, with the consent of the agent, request one or more of the existing lenders or new lenders to increase the total commitments in an amount not to exceed $1.75 billion pursuant to an accordion provision. Bunge has the option to request an extension of the maturity date of the $1.75 Billion Revolving Credit Facility for two additional one-year periods. Borrowings under the $1.75 Billion Revolving Credit Facility will bear interest at SOFR plus a SOFR adjustment, which will vary from 0.05% to 0.25% based on the tenor of the interest period selected, plus a margin, which will vary from 0.25% to 0.90%, based on the senior long-term unsecured debt rating provided by Moody’s Investors Services Inc. (“Moody’s”) and S&P Global Ratings ("S&P"). The applicable margin is also subject to certain premiums or discounts tied to certain sustainability criteria, including, but not limited to, science based targets (SBTs) that define Bunge’s climate goals within its operations and a commitment to eliminate deforestation in its supply chains in 2025. Borrowings under the committed revolving credit facilities described above typically have an original maturity of three months or less, resulting in net presentation of proceeds and repayments of short-term debt in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. At September 30, 2023, Bunge had $5,665 million unused and available committed borrowing capacity comprised of committed revolving credit facilities with a number of financial institutions. At December 31, 2022, Bunge had $6,665 million unused and available committed borrowing capacity comprised of committed revolving credit facilities and the commercial paper program with a number of financial institutions, totaling $5,665 million, and $1,000 million in committed unsecured delayed draw term loans, as discussed below. On June 21, 2023, Bunge terminated its existing $600 million asset-backed commercial paper program and its related liquidity and letter of credit facilities. To continue access to the commercial paper market, Bunge established a new $1 billion unsecured corporate commercial paper program (the “$1 Billion Commercial Paper Program”). S&P and Moody's assigned short-term ratings of A-2 and P-2, respectively. The short-term credit ratings of the $1 Billion Commercial Paper Program require Bunge to keep same day unused committed borrowing capacity under its long-term committed credit facilities in an amount greater or equal to the amount of commercial paper issued and outstanding. The $1 Billion Commercial Paper Program has no maturity date. At September 30, 2023, there were no borrowings outstanding under the $1 Billion Commercial Paper Program. At December 31, 2022, there were no borrowings outstanding under Bunge’s prior commercial paper program and its related liquidity and letter of credit facilities. Borrowings under the $1 Billion Commercial Paper Program typically have an original maturity of three months or less, resulting in net presentation of proceeds and repayments of short-term debt in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. In addition to committed facilities, from time to time, Bunge Limited and/or its financing subsidiaries enter into uncommitted bilateral short-term credit lines as necessary based on financing requirements. At September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, there were no borrowings, respectively, outstanding under these bilateral short-term credit lines. Loans under such credit lines are non-callable by the respective lenders. In addition, Bunge's operating companies had $914 million and $546 million in short-term borrowings outstanding under local bank lines of credit at September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively, to support working capital requirements. The original maturity of borrowings under uncommitted bilateral credit lines and local bank lines of credit varies based upon the Company's financing objectives. As a result, proceeds and repayments of such credit lines may be presented on a net basis, or separately, in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows as dictated by the borrowing's original maturity. The fair value of Bunge’s long-term debt, including current portion, is calculated based on interest rates currently available on comparable maturities to companies with credit standing similar to that of Bunge. The carrying amounts and fair values of long-term debt are as follows:
Upon maturity in June 2023, Bunge repaid the principal and accrued interest due on its issued and outstanding 800 million Euro 1.85% Senior Notes. On August 5, 2022, Bunge entered into an unsecured $250 million delayed draw term loan (the "$250 Million February 2023 Delayed Draw Term Loan") with a group of lenders that was required to be drawn by February 2, 2023. The $250 million February 2023 Delayed Draw Term Loan bears interest at SOFR plus a SOFR adjustment and applicable margin, as defined in the $250 million February 2023 Delayed Draw Term Loan agreement. The $250 million February 2023 Delayed Draw Term Loan was drawn on February 2, 2023 and matures on August 5, 2027. On July 26, 2022, and later amended on October 7, 2022, Bunge entered into an unsecured $750 million delayed draw term loan (the "$750 Million Delayed Draw Term Loan") with a group of lenders giving Bunge the option to draw the loan by January 25, 2023. The $750 Million Delayed Draw Term Loan bears interest at SOFR plus a SOFR adjustment and applicable margin, as defined in the $750 Million Delayed Draw Term Loan agreement. The $750 Million Delayed Draw Term Loan was drawn on January 25, 2023 and matures on October 24, 2025. On October 6, 2023, Bunge prepaid and terminated its 5-year term loan agreement due 2024, dated as of July 1, 2019, as amended as of December 15, 2021, as further amended as of June 21, 2023, with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as administrative agent, and certain lenders party thereto. On September 30, 2023, term loans in the amount of ¥30.7 billion and $90 million, for a total of $296 million, were recorded in Current portion of long-term debt on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The Company does not expect to pay any prepayment penalties in connection with the termination. As described in Note 2 - Acquisitions and Dispositions, Bunge has secured a total of $8.0 billion in Acquisition Financing in the form of a $7.7 billion financing commitment from a consortium of lenders, arranged by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and a $300 million 5-year delayed draw term loan from CoBank and the U.S. farm credit system executed July 7, 2023 that may be drawn upon the closing of the acquisition. The $7.7 billion financing commitment is in the form of a three tranche term loan maturing 364-days, 2-years and 3-years from closing of the acquisition.
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