Financial Information
11. LONG-TERM DEBT
We provide detail on our long-term debt balances in the following table:
(1) Face amount and effective interest rate are as of year-end 2012.
All of our long-term debt was, and to the extent currently outstanding is, recourse to us but unsecured. Other debt in the preceding table includes capital leases, among other items.
In the fourth quarter of 2012, we issued $350 million aggregate principal amount of 3.250 percent Series L Notes due 2022 (the “Series L Notes”). We received net proceeds of approximately $346 million from the offering, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated expenses. We will pay interest on the Series L Notes on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing on March 15, 2013. The Notes will mature on September 15, 2022, and we may redeem them, in whole or in part, at our option, under the terms provided in the form of Note.
In the first quarter of 2012, we issued $600 million aggregate principal amount of 3.000 percent Series K Notes due 2019 (the “Series K Notes”) in two offerings, one for $400 million and a follow on for $200 million. We received total net proceeds of approximately $590 million from these offerings, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated expenses. We pay interest on the Series K Notes on March 1 and September 1 of each year, and we made our first interest payment on September 1, 2012. The Notes will mature on March 1, 2019, and we may redeem them, in whole or in part, at our option, under the terms provided in the form of Note.
We issued both the Series K Notes and the Series L Notes under an indenture dated as of November 16, 1998 with The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee.
Subsequent to year-end 2012, on February 15, 2013, we made a $411 million cash payment of principal and interest to retire, at maturity, all of our outstanding Series J Notes. In 2012, we made a $356 million cash payment of principal and interest to retire, at maturity, all of our outstanding Series F Notes.
We are party to a multicurrency revolving credit agreement (the “Credit Facility”) that provides for $1.75 billion of aggregate borrowings to support general corporate needs, including working capital, capital expenditures, and letters of credit. The Credit Facility expires on June 23, 2016. The availability of the Credit Facility also supports our commercial paper program. Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest at LIBOR (the London Interbank Offered Rate) plus a spread, based on our public debt rating. We also pay quarterly fees on the Credit Facility at a rate also based on our public debt rating. While any outstanding commercial paper borrowings and/or borrowings under our Credit Facility generally have short-term maturities, we classify the outstanding borrowings as long-term based on our ability and intent to refinance the outstanding borrowings on a long-term basis.
We show future principal payments (net of unamortized discounts) and unamortized discounts for our debt in the following tables:
We paid cash for interest, net of amounts capitalized, of $83 million in 2012, $130 million in 2011, and $148 million in 2010.