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DEBT | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
DEBT | DEBT Debt outstanding at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was as follows:
|  | September 30, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
|  | (In millions) |  |
Notes, 2.30%, due June 2021 |  | $ | 500.0 |  |  | $ | 500.0 |
Notes, 3.60%, due August 2021 |  | 300.0 |  |  | 300.0 |
Notes, Floating Rate, due August 2021 |  | 300.0 |  |  | 300.0 |
Notes, 3.30%, due December 2022 |  | 500.0 |  |  | 500.0 |
Notes, 3.95%, due June 2023 |  | 400.0 |  |  | 400.0 |
Notes, 2.60%, due December 2024 |  | 750.0 |  |  | 750.0 |
Notes, 2.60%, due December 2025 |  | 400.0 |  |  | — |
Notes, 3.25%, due June 2026 |  | 275.0 |  |  | 275.0 |
Debentures, 6.90%, due July 2028 |  | 125.0 |  |  | 125.0 |
Notes, 3.1%, due May 2030 |  | 600.0 |  |  | — |
Notes, 7.00%, due July 2037 |  | 250.0 |  |  | 250.0 |
Other |  | 3.4 |  |  | 3.1 |
Total debt |  | 4,403.4 |  |  | 3,403.1 |
Less short-term debt and current maturities |  | (1,102.1) |  |  | (3.1) |
Less unamortized discounts and debt issuance costs |  | (26.0) |  |  | (20.5) |
Total long-term debt, net |  | $ | 3,275.3 |  |  | $ | 3,379.5 |
2.6% and 3.1% Senior Notes. On April 22, 2020, we issued $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2.6% five-year Senior Notes due 2025 (the "2025 Notes") and $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.1% ten-year Senior Notes due 2030 (the "2030 Notes") in an underwritten public offering. Interest on the 2025 Notes accrues at a rate of 2.6% per year and is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15, beginning on December 15, 2020. Interest on the 2030 Notes accrues at a rate of 3.1% per year and is payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15, beginning on November 15, 2020. The net proceeds of the sale of the notes were used to repay borrowings under our Receivables Facility, while the remaining funds are intended for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment of a portion of the 2021 debt maturities or borrowings under our Revolver. We must comply with various non-financial covenants, including certain limitations on mortgages, liens and sale-leaseback transactions, as well as mergers and sales of substantially all of our assets. The 2025 Notes and 2030 Notes are unsecured and rank equally with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. 2.6% Senior Notes. On November 15, 2019, we issued $750.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2.6% five-year Senior Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes”) in an underwritten public offering. Interest on the 2024 Notes accrues at a rate of 2.6% per year and is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year. The net proceeds of the sale of the notes were used to repay borrowings under our Receivables Facility and our Commercial Paper program and for general corporate purposes. We must comply with various non-financial covenants, including certain limitations on mortgages, liens and sale-leaseback transactions, as well as mergers and sales of substantially all of our assets. The 2024 Notes are unsecured and rank equally with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. Senior Credit Facility. In September 2018, the Company entered into a $1.1 billion five-year unsecured revolving credit facility with a group of financial institutions, which will mature in September 2023 (the “Revolver”). The Revolver replaced the Company’s previous $900.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility that was scheduled to mature in November 2020. Borrowings under the Revolver may be used for general corporate purposes, including working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and share repurchase programs. The Revolver has an accordion feature that allows us to request an increase in the total commitment to $1.6 billion. The Revolver includes an option to request a maximum of two one-year extensions of the maturity date, any time after the first anniversary of the Revolver closing. Availability of the Revolver is reduced by the outstanding principal balance of our commercial paper notes and by any letters of credit issued under the facility. As of September 30, 2020, there were $0.7 million of letters of credit outstanding, no principal drawn amounts under the Revolver, and no commercial paper borrowings. Availability under the Revolver was $1.1 billion at September 30, 2020. Commercial Paper Program. In the second quarter of 2019, we increased our commercial paper program to $1.1 billion. Our commercial paper program has been established through the private placement of commercial paper notes from time-to-time, in which borrowings bear interest at either a floating rate (based on LIBOR or other benchmarks), or a fixed rate, plus the applicable margin. Maturities of commercial paper can range from overnight to 397 days. Because the CP is backstopped by our Revolver, the amount of CP which may be issued under the program is reduced by the outstanding face amount of any letters of credit issued and by the outstanding borrowings under our Revolver. At September 30, 2020, there were no outstanding commercial paper notes. Receivables Funding Facility. In 2017, Equifax entered into a $225.0 million, two-year receivables funding facility (the “Receivables Facility”), which had an original maturity in November 2019. In November 2018, we amended the Receivables Facility to extend the maturity to November 2020. In December 2019, we amended the Receivables Facility to extend the maturity to December 2022. Under the Receivables Facility, Equifax and certain of its U.S. subsidiaries sell the eligible third-party receivables of its U.S. based business, to Equifax Receivables Funding LLC, a consolidated, wholly-owned, bankruptcy-remote subsidiary that may subsequently transfer, without recourse, an undivided interest in these accounts receivable to investors. The investors have no recourse to the Company’s other assets except for customary repurchase, warranty and indemnity claims. Creditors of Equifax do not have recourse to the assets of Equifax Receivables Funding LLC. The Receivables Facility contains standard representations, warranties and covenants made by Equifax and its U.S. subsidiaries in connection with the sale of the receivables, and any repurchase, warranty or indemnity obligations of the U.S. subsidiaries in connection with the sale of the receivables (but no obligations of Equifax Receivables Funding LLC) are guaranteed by Equifax. There were no outstanding borrowings under the Receivables Facility at September 30, 2020. The Receivables Facility was supported by $313.5 million of accounts receivable as collateral at September 30, 2020 which, as a retained interest, is included in accounts receivable, net in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. For additional information about our debt agreements, see Note 5 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2019 Form 10-K.

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