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Debt
9 Months Ended
Jun. 29, 2019
Debt Instruments [Abstract]  
Debt DEBT
The major components of debt are as follows (in millions):
 
June 29, 2019
 
September 29, 2018
Revolving credit facility
$

 
$

Commercial paper
695

 
605

Senior notes:
 
 
 
Notes due May 2019 ("2019 Notes")

 
300

2.65% Notes due August 2019
1,000

 
1,000

Notes due June 2020 (3.07% at 6/29/2019)
350

 
350

Notes due August 2020 (2.97% at 6/29/2019)
400

 
400

4.10% Notes due September 2020
280

 
281

2.25% Notes due August 2021
500

 
500

4.50% Senior notes due June 2022
1,000

 
1,000

3.90% Senior notes due September 2023
400

 
400

3.95% Notes due August 2024
1,250

 
1,250

4.00% Notes due March 2026 ("2026 Notes")
800

 

3.55% Notes due June 2027
1,350

 
1,350

7.00% Notes due January 2028
18

 
18

4.35% Notes due March 2029 ("2029 Notes")
1,000

 

6.13% Notes due November 2032
161

 
161

4.88% Notes due August 2034
500

 
500

5.15% Notes due August 2044
500

 
500

4.55% Notes due June 2047
750

 
750

5.10% Notes due September 2048 ("2048 Notes")
1,500

 
500

Discount on senior notes
(49
)
 
(15
)
Other
248

 
73

Unamortized debt issuance costs
(67
)
 
(50
)
Total debt
12,586

 
9,873

Less current debt
2,125

 
1,911

Total long-term debt
$
10,461

 
$
7,962


Revolving Credit Facility and Letters of Credit
We have a $1.75 billion revolving credit facility that supports short-term funding needs and serves as a backstop to our commercial paper program which will mature and the commitments thereunder will terminate in March 2023. Amounts available for borrowing under this facility totaled $1.75 billion at June 29, 2019, before deducting amounts to backstop our commercial paper program. At June 29, 2019, we had no outstanding borrowings and no outstanding letters of credit issued under this facility. At June 29, 2019, we had $113 million of bilateral letters of credit issued separately from the revolving credit facility, none of which were drawn upon. Our letters of credit are issued primarily in support of leasing and workers’ compensation insurance programs and other legal obligations.
In the future, if any of our subsidiaries shall guarantee any of our material indebtedness, such subsidiary shall be required to guarantee the indebtedness, obligations and liabilities under this facility.
Commercial Paper Program
We have a commercial paper program under which we may issue unsecured short-term promissory notes ("commercial paper") up to an aggregate maximum principal amount of $1 billion as of June 29, 2019. As of June 29, 2019, we had $695 million of commercial paper outstanding at a weighted average interest rate of 2.64% with maturities of less than 15 days.
2019 Notes
During the third quarter of fiscal 2019, we extinguished the $300 million outstanding balance of the Senior Notes due May 2019 using cash on hand.

2026/2029/2048 Notes
In February 2019, we issued senior unsecured notes with an aggregate principal amount of $1.8 billion, consisting of $800 million due March 2026 and $1 billion due March 2029. Additionally, we reopened the 2048 Notes issuing an additional $1 billion, bringing the aggregate principal amount outstanding on the 2048 Notes to $1.5 billion. The net proceeds from the issuances were used to repay amounts outstanding under our 364-Day Term Loan Agreement and commercial paper obligations and to fund the acquisition of the Thai and European operations. The 2026 Notes carry a fixed interest rate of 4.00% and the 2029 Notes carry a fixed interest rate of 4.35%. Interest payments on the 2026 and 2029 Notes are due semi-annually on March 1 and September 1. After the original issue discounts of $36 million, we received net proceeds of $2,764 million and incurred debt issuance costs of $26 million related to the issuances.
364-Day Term Loan
In November 2018, as part of the financing for the Keystone Foods acquisition, we borrowed $1.8 billion under an unsecured term loan facility, which was due November 2019. The interest rate was set based on the selected LIBOR interest period plus 1.125%. In the second quarter of fiscal 2019, we extinguished the $1.8 billion outstanding balance using funds borrowed under the 2026 and 2029 Notes and funds borrowed under the reopening of the 2048 Notes.
Debt Covenants
Our revolving credit facility contains affirmative and negative covenants that, among other things, may limit or restrict our ability to: create liens and encumbrances; incur debt; merge, dissolve, liquidate or consolidate; make acquisitions and investments; dispose of or transfer assets; change the nature of our business; engage in certain transactions with affiliates; and enter into hedging transactions, in each case, subject to certain qualifications and exceptions. In addition, we are required to maintain minimum interest expense coverage and maximum debt-to-capitalization ratios.
Our senior notes also contain affirmative and negative covenants that, among other things, may limit or restrict our ability to: create liens; engage in certain sale/leaseback transactions; and engage in certain consolidations, mergers and sales of assets.
We were in compliance with all debt covenants at June 29, 2019.