Note I. Long-Term Debt and Credit Lines

The table below presents long-term debt, exclusive of current installments, as of October 29, 2016, January 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015. All amounts are net of unamortized debt discounts.


In thousands	October 29, 2016			January 30, 2016			October 31, 2015
General corporate debt:
6.95% senior unsecured notes, redeemed on October 12, 2016 (effective interest rate of 6.98% after reduction of unamortized debt discount of $223 at January 30, 2016 and $240 at October 31, 2015)	$	—		$	374,777		$	374,760
2.50% senior unsecured notes, maturing May 15, 2023 (effective interest rate of 2.51% after reduction of unamortized debt discount of $289 at October 29, 2016, $323 at January 30, 2016 and $335 at October 31, 2015)		499,711			499,677			499,665
2.75% senior unsecured notes, maturing June 15, 2021 (effective interest rate of 2.76% after reduction of unamortized debt discount of $344 at October 29, 2016, $400 at January 30, 2016 and $418 at October 31, 2015)		749,656			749,600			749,582
2.25% senior unsecured notes, maturing September 15, 2026 (effective interest rate of 2.32% after reduction of unamortized debt discount of $7,336 at October 29, 2016)		992,664			—			—
Debt issuance cost		(15,118	)		(9,051	)		(9,478	)

Long-term debt	$	2,226,913		$	1,615,003		$	1,614,529

On September 12, 2016, TJX issued $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.25% ten-year notes due September 2026 all of which was outstanding at October 29, 2016. TJX entered into a rate-lock agreement to hedge $700 million of the 2.25% notes. The cost of these agreements are being amortized to interest expense over the term of the notes resulting in an effective fixed rate of 2.36%. On October 12, 2016, TJX used a portion of the proceeds for the 2.25% ten-year notes to redeem all outstanding 6.95% ten-year notes and recorded a pre-tax loss on the early extinguishment of debt of $51.8 million, which includes $50.6 million of redemption premium and $1.2 million to write off unamortized debt expenses and discount.

At October 29, 2016, TJX also had outstanding $500 million aggregate principal amount of 2.50% ten-year notes due May 2023 and $750 million aggregate principal amount of 2.75% seven-year notes, due June 2021. TJX entered into rate-lock agreements to hedge the underlying treasury rate of $250 million of the 2.50% notes. The costs of these agreements are being amortized to interest expense over the term of the respective notes, resulting in an effective fixed interest rate of 2.57% for the 2.50% notes. TJX also entered into rate-lock agreements to hedge the underlying treasury rate of all of the 2.75% notes prior to their issuance. The agreements were accounted for as cash flow hedges and the pre-tax realized loss of $7.9 million was recorded as a component of other comprehensive income and is being amortized to interest expense over the term of the notes, resulting in an effective fixed interest rate of 2.91%.

At October 29, 2016, TJX had two $500 million revolving credit facilities, one which matures in March 2020 and one which matures in March 2021. At January 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, TJX had two $500 million revolving credit facilities, one which was scheduled to mature in May 2016 and one which was scheduled to mature in June 2017. In March 2016, the $500 million revolving credit facility scheduled to mature in May 2016 was replaced with a new five-year $500 million revolving credit facility maturing in March 2021 and the $500 million revolving credit facility scheduled to mature in June 2017 was replaced with a new four-year $500 million revolving credit facility maturing in March 2020. The terms and covenants under the new revolving credit facilities are similar to those in the terminated facilities and require quarterly payments of 6.0 basis points per annum on the committed amounts for both agreements. This rate is based on the credit ratings of TJX’s long-term debt and would vary with specified changes in the credit ratings. These agreements had no compensating balance requirements and had various covenants. Each of these facilities required TJX to maintain a ratio of funded debt and four-times consolidated rentals to consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and consolidated rentals (“EBITDAR”) of not more than 2.75 to 1.00 on a rolling four-quarter basis. TJX was in compliance with all covenants related to its credit facilities at October 29, 2016, January 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015. As of October 29, 2016, January 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, and during the quarters and year then ended, there were no amounts outstanding under any of these facilities.

As of October 29, 2016, January 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, TJX Canada had two uncommitted credit lines, a C$10 million facility for operating expenses and a C$10 million letter of credit facility. As of October 29, 2016, January 30, 2016 and October 31, 2015, there were no amounts outstanding on the Canadian credit line for operating expenses. As of October 29, 2016, January 30, 2016, and October 31, 2015, our European business at TJX International had an uncommitted credit line of £5 million. As of October 29, 2016, January 30, 2016, and October 31, 2015, and during the quarters and year then ended, there were no amounts outstanding on the European credit line.