Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Short-term Borrowings

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Short-term Borrowings
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Short-term Borrowings
Short-term Borrowings
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
In thousands
Commercial paper borrowings
$
—

 
$
423,000

International borrowing arrangements
26,029

 
26,590

Short-term borrowings
$
26,029

 
$
449,590


In June 2016, VF entered an accession agreement to increase the existing $1.75 billion senior unsecured revolving line of credit (the “Global Credit Facility”) to $2.25 billion. The Global Credit Facility expires in April 2020 and VF may request two extensions of one year each, subject to stated terms and conditions. The Global Credit Facility may be used to borrow funds in both U.S. dollar and certain non-U.S. dollar currencies, and has a $50.0 million letter of credit sublimit. In addition, the Global Credit Facility supports VF’s U.S. commercial paper program for short-term, seasonal working capital requirements and general corporate purposes. Borrowings under the Global Credit Facility are priced at a credit spread of 80.5 basis points over the appropriate LIBOR benchmark for each currency. VF is also required to pay a facility fee to the lenders, currently equal to 7.0 basis points of the committed amount of the facility. The credit spread and facility fee are subject to adjustment based on VF’s credit ratings.
The Global Credit Facility contains certain restrictive covenants, which include maintenance of a consolidated indebtedness to consolidated capitalization ratio, as defined therein, equal to or below 60%. If VF fails in the performance of any covenants, the lenders may terminate their obligation to make advances and declare any outstanding obligations to be immediately due and payable. At the end of 2016, VF was in compliance with all covenants.
VF’s commercial paper program allows for borrowings of up to $2.25 billion to the extent it has borrowing capacity under the Global Credit Facility. As of December 2016, there were no outstanding commercial paper borrowings. Outstanding commercial paper borrowings totaled $423.0 million at December 2015. The Global Credit Facility also had $16.1 million of outstanding standby letters of credit issued on behalf of VF as of December 2016, leaving $2.23 billion available for borrowing against this facility.
VF has $120.1 million of international lines of credit with various banks, which are uncommitted and may be terminated at any time by either VF or the banks. Borrowings under these arrangements had a weighted average interest rate of 7.2% and 6.0% at December 2016 and 2015, respectively, excluding accepted letters of credit which are non-interest bearing to VF. Total outstanding balances under these arrangements were $26.0 million and $26.6 million at December 2016 and 2015, respectively.