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Debt | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Debt | Debt The following is a summary of outstanding debt (in millions):
As of December 31 | 2015 |  | 2014
5.00% Senior Notes due September 2020 | 599 |  |  | 599 |
4.75% Senior Notes due 2045 | 598 |  |  | — |
3.50% Senior Notes due June 2024 | 597 |  |  | 597 |
4.60% Senior Notes due June 2044 | 549 |  |  | 549 |
2.875% Senior Notes due May 2026 (EUR 500M) | 545 |  |  | 605 |
8.205% Junior Subordinated Notes due January 2027 | 521 |  |  | 521 |
3.125% Senior Notes due May 2016 | 500 |  |  | 500 |
2.80% Senior Notes due 2021 | 399 |  |  | — |
4.00% Senior Notes due November 2023 | 349 |  |  | 349 |
6.25% Senior Notes due September 2040 | 298 |  |  | 298 |
4.76% Senior Notes due March 2018 (CAD 375M) | 271 |  |  | 322 |
4.45% Senior Notes due May 2043 | 249 |  |  | 248 |
4.25% Senior Notes due December 2042 | 196 |  |  | 196 |
3.50% Senior Notes due September 2015 | — |  |  | 599 |
Commercial paper | 50 |  |  | 168 |
Other | 16 |  |  | 31 |
Total debt | 5,737 |  |  | 5,582 |
Less short-term and current portion of long-term debt | 562 |  |  | 783 |
Total long-term debt | $ | 5,175 |  |  | $ | 4,799 |
Revolving Credit Facilities As of December 31, 2015, Aon plc had two committed credit facilities outstanding: its $400 million U.S. credit facility expiring in March 2017 (the "2017 Facility") and $900 million multi-currency U.S. credit facility expiring in February 2020 (the "2020 Facility"). The 2020 Facility was entered into on February 2, 2015 and replaced the previous €650 million European credit facility. Effective February 2, 2016, the 2020 Facility terms were extended for 1 year and will expire in February 2021. Each of these facilities included customary representations, warranties and covenants, including financial covenants that require Aon plc to maintain specified ratios of adjusted consolidated EBITDA to consolidated interest expense and consolidated debt to adjusted consolidated EBITDA, in each case, tested quarterly. At December 31, 2015, Aon plc did not have borrowings under either the 2017 Facility or the 2020 Facility, and was in compliance with these financial covenants and all other covenants contained therein during the twelve months ended December 31, 2015. Notes On November 13, 2015, Aon plc issued $400 million of 2.80% Senior Notes due March 2021. We used the proceeds of the issuance for general corporate purposes. On September 30, 2015, $600 million of 3.50% Senior Notes issued by Aon Corporation matured and were repaid. On May 20, 2015, the Aon plc issued $600 million of 4.750% Senior Notes due May 2045. The Company used the proceeds of the issuance for general corporate purposes. On August 12, 2014, Aon plc issued $350 million of 3.50% Senior Notes due June 2024. The 3.50% Notes due 2024 constitute a further issuance of, and were consolidated to form a single series of debt securities with, the $250 million of 3.50% Notes due June 2024 that was issued by Aon plc on May 20, 2014 concurrently with Aon plc's issuance of $550 million of 4.60% Notes due June 2044. Aon plc used the proceeds from these issuances for working capital and general corporate purposes. On May 7, 2014, Aon plc issued €500 million of 2.875% Senior Notes due May 2026. Aon plc used the proceeds of the issuance for, among other purposes, the repayment at maturity of Aon plc's then outstanding €500 million of 6.25% Notes due July 2014. Each of the notes issued by Aon plc and described above is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Aon Corporation. The 5.00% Senior Notes due 2020, 3.125% Senior Notes due 2016, 6.25% Senior Notes due 2040, and 8.205% Junior Subordinated Notes due January 2027 identified in the table above were issued by Aon Corporation and are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Aon plc. Similarly, the 3.50% Senior Notes repaid in 2015 had been issued by Aon Corporation and were fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Aon plc. The 4.76% Senior Notes due March 2018 identified in the table above were issued by a Canadian subsidiary of Aon Corporation and are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Aon plc and Aon Corporation. Each of the notes described above and identified in the table above contains customary representations, warranties and covenants, and we were in compliance with all such covenants as of December 31, 2015. During the year ended December 31, 2015, Aon Corporation's $500 million 3.125% Senior Notes due May 2016 were classified as Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as the date of maturity is less than one year. Commercial Paper Aon Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aon plc, has established a U.S. commercial paper program, which provides for commercial paper to be issued in an aggregate principal amount of up to $900 million, and Aon plc has established a European multi-currency commercial paper program that provides for commercial paper to be issued in an aggregate principal amount of up to €300 million. The U.S. commercial paper program is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Aon plc and the European commercial paper program is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Aon Corporation. In the aggregate, the Company had $50.0 million and $168.0 million of commercial paper outstanding at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, which was included in Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. The weighted average commercial paper outstanding for 2015 and 2014 was $402.0 million and $308.0 million, respectively. The weighted average interest rate of the commercial paper outstanding during 2015 and 2014 was 0.50% and 0.35%, respectively. Repayments of total debt are as follows (in millions):
2016 | $ | 562 |
2017 | 3 |
2018 | 271 |
2019 | — |
2020 | 599 |
Thereafter | 4,302 |
| $ | 5,737 |

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