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Debt (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 28, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Unsecured Senior Notes | I n September 2019, the Company issued the following senior unsecured notes:
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Face Value |  |  |  |
Senior Unsecured Notes |  | Term |  |  | Interest Rate |  |  | (in millions) |  |  | Maturity Date |
Series L |  |  | 7 years |  |  |  | 3.31 | % |  | $ | 200 |  |  |  | September 2026 |
Series M |  |  | 10 years |  |  |  | 3.53 | % |  | $ | 300 |  |  |  | September 2029 |
Summary of Outstanding Debt | The Company had the following outstanding debt at September 28, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (in thousands):
|  | September 28, 2019 |  |  | December 31, 2018 |
Foreign subsidiary lines of credit |  | $ | 58 |  |  | $ | 178 |
Senior unsecured notes - Series B - 5.00%, due February 2020 |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  | — |
Total notes payable and debt, current |  |  | 100,058 |  |  |  | 178 |
Senior unsecured notes - Series B - 5.00%, due February 2020 |  |  | — |  |  |  | 100,000 |
Senior unsecured notes - Series E - 3.97%, due March 2021 |  |  | 50,000 |  |  |  | 50,000 |
Senior unsecured notes - Series F - 3.40%, due June 2021 |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  | 100,000 |
Senior unsecured notes - Series G - 3.92%, due June 2024 |  |  | 50,000 |  |  |  | 50,000 |
Senior unsecured notes - Series H - floating rate*, due June 2024 |  |  | 50,000 |  |  |  | 50,000 |
Senior unsecured notes - Series I - 3.13%, due May 2023 |  |  | 50,000 |  |  |  | 50,000 |
Senior unsecured notes - Series K - 3.44%, due May 2026 |  |  | 160,000 |  |  |  | 160,000 |
Senior unsecured notes - Series L - 3.31%, due September 2026 |  |  | 200,000 |  |  |  | — |
Senior unsecured notes - Series M - 3.53%, due September 2029 |  |  | 300,000 |  |  |  | — |
Credit agreement |  |  | 300,000 |  |  |  | 590,000 |
Unamortized debt issuance costs |  |  | (4,399 | ) |  |  | (1,828 | )
Total long-term debt |  |  | 1,255,601 |  |  |  | 1,148,172 |
Total debt |  | $ | 1,355,659 |  |  | $ | 1,148,350 |
* | Series H senior unsecured notes bear interest at a 3-month LIBOR for that floating rate interest period plus 1.25%.

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