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This excerpt taken from the UNH 10-Q filed Aug 7, 2008. Financing Activities Net cash flows from financing activities totaled $598 million and $296 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Debt Transactions. In February 2008, we issued a total of $3.0 billion in senior unsecured debt, which included: $250 million of floating-rate notes due February 2011, $550 million of 4.9% fixed-rate notes due February 2013, $1.1 billion of 6.0% fixed-rate notes due February 2018 and $1.1 billion of 6.9% fixed-rate notes due February 2038. The floating-rate notes are benchmarked to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and had an interest rate of 4.1% at June 30, 2008. In November 2007, we issued $500 million of zero coupon notes due November 2022. These zero coupon notes are original issue discount notes with an aggregate principal amount due at maturity of approximately $1.1 billion and an accretion yield of 5.3%. These notes have a put feature that allows a note holder to require us to repurchase the notes at the accreted value at certain annual dates in the future, beginning on November 15, 2010. In November 2007, we issued a total of $1.6 billion in senior unsecured debt, which included: $250 million of 5.1% fixed-rate notes due November 2010, $450 million of 5.5% fixed-rate notes due November 2012, $250 million of 6.0% fixed-rate notes due November 2017 and $650 million of 6.6% fixed-rate notes due November 2037. These notes were issued pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (1933 Act). In January 2008, we commenced an offer to allow purchasers of the notes to exchange each series of these notes for a new issue of substantially identical debt securities registered under the 1933 Act. We completed the exchange in February 2008. In June 2007, we issued a total of $1.5 billion in senior unsecured debt, which included: $500 million of floating-rate notes due June 2010, $500 million of 6.0% fixed-rate notes due June 2017 and $500 million of 6.5% fixed-rate notes due June 2037. The floating-rate notes are benchmarked to the LIBOR and had an interest rate of 3.0% and 5.1% at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. These notes were issued pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act. In January 2008, we commenced an offer to allow purchasers of the notes to exchange each series of these notes for a new issue of substantially identical debt securities registered under the 1933 Act. We completed the exchange in February 2008. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. To more closely align interest expense with interest rates received on our cash equivalent and investment balances, we have entered into interest rate swap agreements to convert the majority of our interest rate exposure from fixed rates to variable rates. The interest rate swap agreements have aggregate notional amounts of $6.8 billion and $5.6 billion at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. The variable rates are benchmarked to the LIBOR. These interest rate swap agreements qualify as fair value hedges and are accounted for using the short-cut method under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (FAS 133), whereby the hedges are reported in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value, and the carrying
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Table of Contentsvalue of debt is adjusted for an offsetting amount representing changes in fair value of these instruments attributable to the hedged risk. Since these amounts completely offset, there have been no net gains or losses recognized in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. At June 30, 2008, the fair value of the interest rate swaps asset was $70 million with $1 million classified in Other Current Assets and $69 million classified in Other Assets. In addition, we had $5 million of interest rate swaps classified in Other Liabilities in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. At December 31, 2007, the entire fair value of the interest rate swaps of $151 million was in an asset position and classified within debt in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. At June 30, 2008, the rates on these instruments ranged from 2.6% to 4.3%. Share Repurchases. Under our Board of Directors authorization, we maintain a common share repurchase program. Repurchases may be made from time to time at prevailing prices, subject to certain restrictions on volume, pricing and timing. During the six months ended June 30, 2008, we repurchased 48 million shares, which were settled on or before June 30, 2008 at an average price of approximately $43 per share and an aggregate cost of approximately $2.1 billion. At June 30, 2008, we had Board of Directors authorization to purchase up to an additional 126.3 million shares of our common stock. This excerpt taken from the UNH 10-Q filed May 2, 2008. Financing Activities Net cash flows from financing activities totaled $900 million and net cash flows used for financing activities totaled $37 million for the first quarter of 2008 and 2007, respectively. Debt Transactions. In February 2008, we issued a total of $3.0 billion in senior unsecured debt, which included: $250 million of floating-rate notes due February 2011, $550 million of 4.9% fixed-rate notes due February 2013, $1.1 billion of 6.0% fixed-rate notes due February 2018 and $1.1 billion of 6.9% fixed-rate notes due February 2038. The floating-rate notes are benchmarked to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and had an interest rate of 4.5% at March 31, 2008. In November 2007, we issued $500 million of zero coupon notes due November 2022. These zero coupon notes are original issue discount notes with an aggregate principal amount due at maturity of approximately $1.1 billion and an accretion yield of 5.3%. These notes have a put feature that allows a note holder to require us to repurchase the notes at the accreted value at certain annual dates in the future, beginning on November 15, 2010. In November 2007, we issued a total of $1.6 billion in senior unsecured debt, which included: $250 million of 5.1% fixed-rate notes due November 2010, $450 million of 5.5% fixed-rate notes due November 2012, $250 million of 6.0% fixed-rate notes due November 2017 and $650 million of 6.6% fixed-rate notes due November 2037. These notes were issued pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (1933 Act). In January 2008, we commenced an offer to allow purchasers of the notes to exchange each series of these notes for a new issue of substantially identical debt securities registered under the 1933 Act. We completed the exchange in February 2008. In June 2007, we issued a total of $1.5 billion in senior unsecured debt, which included: $500 million of floating-rate notes due June 2010, $500 million of 6.0% fixed-rate notes due June 2017 and $500 million of 6.5% fixed-rate notes due June 2037. The floating-rate notes are benchmarked to the LIBOR and had an interest rate of 2.8% and 5.1% at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. These notes were issued pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act. In January 2008, we commenced an offer to allow purchasers of the notes to exchange each series of these notes for a new issue of substantially identical debt securities registered under the 1933 Act. We completed the exchange in February 2008. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. To more closely align interest costs with floating interest rates received on our cash equivalent and investment balances, we have entered into interest rate swap agreements to convert the majority of our interest rate exposure from fixed rates to variable rates. The interest rate swap
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Table of Contentsagreements have aggregate notional amounts of $6.8 billion and $5.6 billion as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. The variable rates are benchmarked to the LIBOR. As of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the aggregate asset, recorded at fair value, for all existing interest rate swaps was approximately $347 million and $151 million, respectively. These interest rate swap agreements qualify as fair value hedges and are accounted for using the short-cut method under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (FAS 133), whereby the hedges are reported in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value, and the carrying value of debt is adjusted for an offsetting amount representing changes in fair value of these instruments attributable to the hedged risk. Since these amounts completely offset, there have been no net gains or losses recognized in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. As of December 31, 2007, the fair value of the interest rate swaps of $151 million was classified with debt in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of March 31, 2008, the total fair value of the interest rate swaps of $347 million was classified in assets, with $3 million in Other Current Assets and $344 million in Other Assets in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. At March 31, 2008, the rates on these instruments ranged from 2.2% to 4.6%. Share Repurchases. Under our Board of Directors authorization, we maintain a common share repurchase program. Repurchases may be made from time to time at prevailing prices, subject to certain restrictions on volume, pricing and timing. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, we repurchased 31.0 million shares, which were settled for cash on or before March 31, 2008 at an average price of approximately $48 per share and an aggregate cost of approximately $1.5 billion. During the three months ended March 31, 2007, we repurchased 16.5 million shares which were settled for cash on or before March 31, 2007 at an average price of approximately $55 per share and an aggregate cost of approximately $903 million. As of March 31, 2008, we had Board of Directors authorization to purchase up to an additional 143.6 million shares of our common stock. Our program is discretionary and we are under no obligation to repurchase shares. We expect to repurchase up to approximately $4 billion of our common stock during 2008. This excerpt taken from the UNH 10-K filed Feb 21, 2008. Financing Activities Net cash flows used for financing activities totaled $3.2 billion for 2007. Net cash flows from financing activities totaled $474 million and $836 million for 2006 and 2005, respectively.
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Debt Transactions. In February 2008, we issued a total of $3.0 billion in senior unsecured debt, which included: $250 million of floating rate notes due February 2011, $550 million of 4.9% fixed-rate notes due February 2013, $1.1 billion of 6.0% fixed-rate notes due February 2018 and $1.1 billion of 6.9% fixed-rate notes due February 2038. The floating-rate notes are benchmarked to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and had an initial interest rate of 4.5%. On the same date, we entered into interest rate swap agreements to receive fixed rates and pay variable rates that are benchmarked to the LIBOR on the February 2013 and February 2018 notes with an aggregate notional amount of approximately $1.7 billion. In November 2007, we issued $500 million of zero coupon notes due November 2022. These zero coupon notes are original issue discount notes with an aggregate principal amount due at maturity of approximately $1.1 billion and an accretion yield of 5.3%. These notes have a put feature that allows a note holder to require us to repurchase the notes at the accreted value at certain annual dates in the future, beginning on November 15, 2010. In November 2007, we issued a total of $1.6 billion in senior unsecured debt, which included: $250 million of 5.1% fixed-rate notes due November 2010, $450 million of 5.5% fixed-rate notes due November 2012, $250 million of 6.0% fixed-rate notes due November 2017 and $650 million of 6.6% fixed-rate notes due November 2037. These notes were issued pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (1933 Act). In January 2008, we commenced an offer to allow purchasers of the notes to exchange each series of these notes for a new issue of substantially identical debt securities registered under the 1933 Act. We expect to complete the exchange in February 2008. In June 2007, we issued a total of $1.5 billion in senior unsecured debt, which included: $500 million of floating-rate notes due June 2010, $500 million of 6.0% fixed-rate notes due June 2017 and $500 million of 6.5% fixed-rate notes due June 2037. The floating-rate notes due June 2010 are benchmarked to the LIBOR and had an interest rate of 5.1% at December 31, 2007. These notes were issued pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act. In January 2008, we commenced an offer to allow purchasers of the notes to exchange each series of these notes for a new issue of substantially identical debt securities registered under the 1933 Act. We expect to complete the exchange in February 2008. In March 2006, we issued a total of $3.0 billion in senior unsecured debt to refinance outstanding commercial paper. We issued $650 million of floating-rate notes due March 2009, $750 million of 5.3% fixed-rate notes due March 2011, $750 million of 5.4% fixed-rate notes due March 2016 and $850 million of 5.8% fixed-rate notes due March 2036. The floating-rate notes due March 2009 are benchmarked to the LIBOR and had an interest rate of 5.2% and 5.5% at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. PacifiCare had approximately $100 million par value of 3% convertible subordinated debentures (convertible notes) which were convertible into approximately 5.2 million shares of UnitedHealth Groups common stock and $102 million of cash as of December 31, 2005. In December 2005, we initiated a consent solicitation to all of the holders of outstanding convertible notes pursuant to which we offered to compensate all holders who elected to convert their notes in accordance with existing terms and consent to an amendment to a covenant in the indenture governing the convertible notes. The compensation consisted of the present value of interest through October 18, 2007, the earliest mandatory redemption date, plus a pro rata share of $1 million. On January 31, 2006, approximately $91 million of the convertible notes were tendered pursuant to the offer, for which we issued 4.8 million shares of UnitedHealth Group common stock, valued at $282 million, and cash of $93 million and amended the indenture governing these notes. During 2007, approximately $9 million of convertible notes were tendered for conversion, for which we issued 470,119 shares of UnitedHealth Group common stock, valued at approximately $24 million, and cash of approximately $10 million. In September 2007, we notified the remaining holders of our intent to fully redeem all outstanding convertible notes on October 18, 2007, the earliest redemption date. As of October 16, 2007, all convertible notes were tendered pursuant to this redemption notice. Hedging Activities. To more closely align interest costs with floating interest rates received on our cash equivalent and investment balances, we have entered into interest rate swap agreements to convert the majority of our interest rate exposure from fixed rates to variable rates. The interest rate swap agreements have aggregate
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notional amounts of $5.6 billion as of December 31, 2007, with variable rates that are benchmarked to the LIBOR. As of December 31, 2007, the aggregate asset, recorded at fair value, for all existing interest rate swaps was approximately $151 million. These interest rate swap agreements qualify as fair value hedges and are accounted for using the short-cut method under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (FAS 133), whereby the hedges are reported in our Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value, and the carrying value of the long-term debt is adjusted for an offsetting amount representing changes in fair value attributable to the hedged risk. Since these amounts completely offset, we have reported both the swap asset and the debt liability within debt in our Consolidated Balance Sheets and there have been no net gains or losses recognized in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. At December 31, 2007, the rates used to accrue interest expense on these agreements ranged from 4.1% to 6.1%. Stock Repurchases. Under our Board of Directors authorization, we maintain a common stock repurchase program. Repurchases may be made from time to time at prevailing prices, subject to certain restrictions on volume, pricing and timing. During 2007, we repurchased 125.3 million shares which were settled for cash on or before December 31, 2007 at an average price of approximately $53 per share and an aggregate cost of approximately $6.6 billion. During 2006, we repurchased 40.2 million shares which were settled for cash on or before December 31, 2006 at an average price of approximately $56 per share and an aggregate cost of approximately $2.2 billion. As of December 31, 2007, we had Board of Directors authorization to purchase up to an additional 171.9 million shares of our common stock. Our common stock repurchase program is discretionary as we are under no obligation to repurchase shares. We expect to repurchase approximately $5 billion of our common stock in 2008. | EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:
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