Cummins Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

DEBT

DEBT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

DEBT

NOTE 11. DEBT

Loans Payable and Commercial Paper

Loans payable at December 31, 2019 and 2018 were $100 million and $54 million, respectively, and consisted primarily of notes payable to financial institutions. The weighted-average interest rate for notes payable, bank overdrafts and current maturities of long-term debt at December 31 was as follows:



	2019		2018		2017
Weighted-average interest rate	3.20	%	4.66	%	3.01	%

We can issue up to $3.5 billion of unsecured, short-term promissory notes (commercial paper) pursuant to the Board of Directors (the Board) authorized commercial paper programs. The programs facilitate the private placement of unsecured short-term debt through third-party brokers. We intend to use the net proceeds from the commercial paper borrowings for general corporate purposes. We had $660 million and $780 million in outstanding borrowings under our commercial paper programs at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The weighted-average interest rate for commercial paper at December 31 was as follows:



	2019		2018		2017
Weighted-average interest rate	1.82	%	2.59	%	1.56	%

Revolving Credit Facilities

On August 22, 2018, we entered into a new 5-year revolving credit agreement with a syndicate of lenders and we amended the agreement on August 21, 2019. The amended credit agreement provides us with a $2 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility until August 22, 2023. Amounts payable under our revolving credit facility will rank pro rata with all of our unsecured, unsubordinated indebtedness. Advances under the facility bear interest at (i) an alternate base rate or (ii) a rate equal to the adjusted LIBOR plus an applicable margin based on the credit ratings of our outstanding senior unsecured long-term debt. Based on our current long-term debt ratings, the applicable margin on adjusted LIBOR rate loans was 0.75 percent per annum as of December 31, 2019. Advances under the facility may be prepaid without premium or penalty, subject to customary breakage costs.

On August 21, 2019, we entered into an amended and restated 364-day credit agreement that allows us to borrow up to $1.5 billion of unsecured funds at any time through August 18, 2020. This credit agreement amends and restates the prior $1.5 billion 364-day credit facility that matured on August 21, 2019.

Both credit agreements include various covenants, including, among others, maintaining a net debt to total capital leverage ratio of no more than 0.65 to 1.0. At December 31, 2019, we were in compliance with the covenants. These revolving credit facilities are maintained primarily to provide backup liquidity for our commercial paper borrowings and for general corporate purposes. There were no outstanding borrowings under these facilities at December 31, 2019. We intend to maintain credit facilities of a similar aggregate amount by renewing or replacing these facilities before expiration.

At December 31, 2019, our $660 million of commercial paper outstanding effectively reduced the $3.5 billion available capacity under our revolving credit facilities to $2.84 billion.

At December 31, 2019, we also had $204 million available for borrowings under our international and other domestic credit facilities.

Long-term Debt



		December 31,
In millions	Interest Rate	2019			2018
Long-term debt
Senior notes, due 2023	3.65%	$	500		$	500
Debentures, due 2027	6.75%	58			58
Debentures, due 2028	7.125%	250			250
Senior notes, due 2043	4.875%	500			500
Debentures, due 2098 ⁽¹⁾	5.65%	165			165
Other debt		59			64
Unamortized discount		(50		)	(52		)
Fair value adjustments due to hedge on indebtedness		35			25
Finance leases		90			132
Total long-term debt		1,607			1,642
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt		31			45
Long-term debt		$	1,576		$	1,597

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⁽¹⁾The effective interest rate on this debt is 7.48%.

Principal payments required on long-term debt during the next five years are as follows:



In millions	2020		2021		2022		2023		2024
Principal payments	$	31	$	46	$	9	$	506	$	5

The $250 million 7.125% debentures and $165 million 5.65% debentures are unsecured and are not subject to any sinking fund requirements. We can redeem these debentures at any time prior to maturity at the greater of par plus accrued interest or an amount designed to ensure that the debenture holders are not penalized by the early redemption.

Our debt agreements contain several restrictive covenants. The most restrictive of these covenants applies to our revolving credit facility which will upon default, among other things, limit our ability to incur additional debt or issue preferred stock, enter into sale-leaseback transactions, sell or create liens on our assets, make investments and merge or consolidate with any other entity. At December 31, 2019, we were in compliance with all of the covenants under our borrowing agreements.

Shelf Registration

As a well-known seasoned issuer, we filed an automatic shelf registration for an undetermined amount of debt and equity securities with the SEC on February 13, 2019. Under this shelf registration we may offer, from time to time, debt securities, common stock, preferred and preference stock, depositary shares, warrants, stock purchase contracts and stock purchase units. Our current shelf is scheduled to expire in February 2022.

Interest Expense

For the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, total interest incurred was $112 million, $116 million and $85 million, respectively, and interest capitalized was $3 million, $2 million and $4 million, respectively.

Interest Rate Risk

In the second half of 2019, we entered into a series of interest rate lock agreements to reduce the variability of the cash flows of the interest payments on $350 million of fixed rate debt forecast to be issued in 2023 to replace our senior notes at maturity. The terms of the rate locks mirror the time period of the expected fixed rate debt issuance and the expected timing of interest payments on that debt. The gains and losses on these derivative instruments will be initially recorded in "Other comprehensive income" and will be released to earnings in "Interest expense" in future periods to reflect the difference in (1) the fixed rates economically locked in at the inception of the hedge and (2) the actual fixed rates established in the debt instrument at issuance. The loss included in "Other comprehensive (loss) income" for the year ended December 31, 2019, was $10 million.

We have a series of interest rate swaps to effectively convert our September 2013, $500 million debt issue, due in 2023, from a fixed rate of 3.65 percent to a floating rate equal to the one-month LIBOR plus a spread. The debt is included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as "Long-term debt." The terms of the swaps mirror those of the debt, with interest paid semi-annually. The swaps were designated, and will be accounted for, as fair value hedges under GAAP. The gain or loss on these derivative instruments, as well as the offsetting gain or loss on the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk, are recognized in current income as “Interest expense.” The net swap settlements that accrue each period are also reported in the Consolidated Financial Statements as "Interest expense." A basis adjustment related to credit risk, excluded from the assessment of effectiveness, is being amortized over the life of the hedge using a straight-line method and is considered de minimis.

The carrying amount of the hedged debt was $500 million. The cumulative amount of the fair value hedging adjustments to hedged liabilities included in the carrying amount of the hedged liabilities recognized on the balance sheets was a $4 million net loss.

The following table summarizes the gains and losses:



	Years ended December 31,
In millions	2019					2018					2017
Type of Swap	Gain (Loss) on Swaps		Gain (Loss) on Borrowings			Gain (Loss) on Swaps			Gain (Loss) on Borrowings		Gain (Loss) on Swaps			Gain (Loss) on Borrowings
Interest rate swaps⁽¹⁾	$	16	$	(14	)	$	(8	)	$	7	$	(7	)	$	8

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⁽¹⁾ The difference between the gain/(loss) on swaps and borrowings represents hedge ineffectiveness.

The following table summarizes the interest rate lock activity in AOCL for 2019:



	Year ended December 31,
In millions	2019
Type of Swap	Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCL			Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCL into Interest Expense
Interest rate locks	$	(10	)	$	—

Fair Value of Debt

Based on borrowing rates currently available to us for bank loans with similar terms and average maturities, considering our risk premium, the fair values and carrying values of total debt, including current maturities, were as follows:



	December 31,
In millions	2019		2018
Fair values of total debt ⁽¹⁾	$	2,706	$	2,679
Carrying values of total debt	2,367		2,476

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⁽¹⁾ The fair value of debt is derived from Level 2 inputs.