Bunge 2004 Annual Report
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Common Share Market and Dividends
Five-Year Summary of Selected Financial Data
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Consolidated Statements of Income
Consolidated Balance Sheets
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Financial Performance
notes to the consolidated
financial statements
17. long-term debt
Long-term obligations are summarized below:

December 31,
(US$ in millions) 2004   2003  
Payable in U.S. Dollars:  
Senior notes, fixed interest rates of 4.38%  
  to 7.80%, maturing 2007 through 2014      $ 2,023        $ 1,486  
Convertible notes, fixed interest rate of  
  3.75%, maturing 2022   250     250  
Senior notes, fixed interest rates from  
  7.23% to 7.94%, maturing through 2021   129     136  
Trust certificates, fixed interest rates of  
  8.61%, payable 2005   18     18  
Note collateralized by future export  
  commodity contracts, fixed interest  
  rate of 8.09%, payable through 2006   34     54  
Other notes payable, fixed interest rates from  
  3.47% to 5.87%, payable through 2009   93     76  
Long-term debt, variable interest rates  
  indexed to LIBOR(1) plus 1.38% to 4.02%,  
  payable through 2014   36     302  
Other   3     7  
Payable in Brazilian Reais:  
BNDES(2) loans, variable interest rate  
  indexed to IGPM(3) plus 6.5% to 7.9%,  
  payable through 2008   134     152  
Other   20     24  
    2,740     2,505  
Less: Installments due within one year   (140 )   (128 )
Total long-term debt $ 2,600   $ 2,377  
(1) LIBOR as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 was 1.54% and 1.16%, respectively.
(2) BNDES loans are Brazilian government industrial development loans.
(3) IGPM is a Brazilian inflation index published by Fundação Getulio Vargas. The annualized rate for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003 was 12.42% and 8.71%, respectively.

In April 2004, Bunge completed the sale of $500 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured senior notes bearing interest at a rate of 5.35% per year that mature in April 2014. The senior notes were issued by Bunge's wholly owned finance subsidiary, Bunge Limited Finance Corp., and are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Bunge. Interest on the senior notes is payable semi-annually in arrears in April and October of each year, commencing in October 2004. Bunge used the net proceeds of this offering of approximately $496 million for the repayment of other outstanding indebtedness.

At December 31, 2004, Bunge had approximately $1,297 million of unused and available borrowing capacity under its committed long-term credit facilities with a number of lending institutions.

Certain land, property, equipment and investments in consolidated subsidiaries having a net carrying value of approximately $633 million at December 31, 2004 have been mortgaged or otherwise collateralized against long-term debt of $178 million at December 31, 2004.

Principal maturities of long-term debt at December 31, 2004 are as follows:

(US$ in millions)  
2005      $ 140
2006   173
2007   152
2008   525
2009   70
Later years   1,680
Total $ 2,740

Bunge's indentures, credit facilities other long-term debt agreements and commercial paper program contain various restrictive covenants which require the satisfaction of certain financial covenants related to minimum net worth and working capital and a maximum long-term debt to net worth ratio. Bunge was in compliance with these covenants at December 31, 2004.

In 2004, 2003 and 2002, Bunge paid interest, net of interest capitalized, of $162 million, $152 million and $134 million, respectively.

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