Note I — Short-term Borrowings

International lending arrangements, primarily short-term notes and accepted letters of credit, totaled $12.6 and $34.6 million at December 2012 and 2011, respectively. These arrangements are unsecured and had a weighted average interest rate of 7.3% and 11.3% at the end of December 2012 and 2011, respectively.

VF maintains a $1.25 billion senior unsecured revolving line of credit (the “Global Credit Facility”) which supports the $1.25 billion U.S. commercial paper programs described below. The Global Credit Facility has a $750.0 million sublimit to borrow readily available non-U.S. dollar currencies and a $100.0 million letter of credit sublimit. The Global Credit Facility expires in December 2016 and VF may request two extensions of one year each, subject to stated terms and conditions. Borrowings under the Global Credit Facility are priced at a credit spread of 90 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 10 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 2012, VF was in compliance with all covenants, and the entire amount of the Global Credit Facility was available for borrowing, except for $19.7 million of standby letters of credit issued on behalf of VF.

VF has commercial paper programs that allow for borrowings up to $1.25 billion to the extent that it has borrowing capacity under the Global Credit Facility. There were no commercial paper borrowings outstanding as of December 2012 and $247.1 million outstanding as of December 2011.