APPLE INC | 2013 | FY | 3


Note 6 – Long-Term Debt

In May 2013, the Company issued floating- and fixed-rate notes with varying maturities for an aggregate principal amount of $17.0 billion (collectively the “Notes”). The Notes are senior unsecured obligations, and interest is payable in arrears, quarterly for the floating-rate notes and semi-annually for the fixed-rate notes.

The principal amounts and associated interest rates of the Notes as of September 28, 2013, are as follows:

 

     Amount
(in  millions)
     Effective
Rate
 

Floating-rate notes, due 2016

   $ 1,000         0.51

Floating-rate notes, due 2018

     2,000         1.10

Fixed-rate 0.45% notes due 2016

     1,500         0.51

Fixed-rate 1.00% notes due 2018

     4,000         1.08

Fixed-rate 2.40% notes due 2023

     5,500         2.44

Fixed-rate 3.85% notes due 2043

     3,000         3.91
  

 

 

    

Total

   $ 17,000      
  

 

 

    

 

The floating-rate notes due 2016 and 2018 bear interest at the three-month London InterBank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 0.05% and 0.25%, respectively. To manage the risk of fluctuations in interest rates associated with the floating-rate notes, the Company entered into interest rate swaps with an aggregate notional amount of $3.0 billion designated as cash flow hedges of its floating-rate notes. These hedges effectively convert the floating interest rate on the floating-rate notes to a fixed interest rate. The gains and losses related to changes in the fair value of the interest rate swaps are recorded in OCI with a portion reclassified to interest expense each period to offset changes in interest rates on the floating-rate notes. The effective rates for the Notes include the interest on the Notes, amortization of the discount and, if applicable, adjustments related to hedging. The Company recognized $136 million of interest expense for the year ended September 28, 2013. As of September 28, 2013, the aggregate unamortized discount for the Company’s Notes was $40 million.

Future principal payments for the Company’s Notes as of September 28, 2013, are as follows (in millions):

 

2014

   $ 0   

2015

     0   

2016

     2,500   

2017

     0   

2018

     6,000   

Thereafter

     8,500   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 17,000   
  

 

 

 

As of September 28, 2013, the fair value of the Company’s Notes, based on Level 2 inputs, was $15.9 billion.


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