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Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Borrowings
6 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2026
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Disclosure of Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Borrowings Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Borrowings
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets to the total of the amounts reported in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
March 28,
2026
September 27,
2025
Cash and cash equivalents$5,682 $5,695 
Restricted cash included in other assets
107 104 
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash in the statement of cash flows$5,789 $5,799 
Borrowings
During the six months ended March 28, 2026, the Company’s borrowing activity was as follows: 
September 27,
2025
BorrowingsPaymentsOther
Activity
March 28,
2026
Commercial paper with original maturities less than three months(1)
$1,963 $— $(183)$(3)$1,777 
Commercial paper with original maturities greater than three months99 6,479 (2,816)41 3,803 
U.S. dollar denominated borrowings(2)
38,658 5,046 (3,537)274 40,441 
Asia Theme Parks borrowings
1,075    —    —    19    1,094    
Foreign currency denominated borrowings and other
231 — — 12 243 
$42,026 $11,525 $(6,536)$343 $47,358 
(1)Borrowings and reductions of borrowings are reported net.
(2)The other activity includes borrowings assumed in the acquisition of Fubo.
At March 28, 2026, the Company’s bank facilities, which are with a syndicate of lenders and support our commercial paper borrowings, were as follows:
Committed
Capacity
Capacity
Used
Unused
Capacity
Facility expiring February 2027
$5,250 $— $5,250 
Facility expiring March 2029
3,000    —    3,000    
Facility expiring February 2031
4,000 — 4,000 
Total$12,250 $— $12,250 
The Company had a $5.25 billion bank facility that was scheduled to expire in February 2026 and a $4.0 billion facility that was scheduled to expire in March 2027. The facility expiring in February 2026 was refinanced with a new $5.25 billion bank facility maturing in February 2027 and the facility expiring in March 2027 was refinanced with a new $4.0 billion facility maturing in February 2031.
The Company’s bank facilities allow for borrowings at rates based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) and at other variable rates for non-U.S. dollar denominated borrowings, plus a fixed spread that varies with the Company’s debt ratings assigned by Moody’s Ratings and S&P Global Ratings ranging from 0.63% to 1.10%. The bank facilities contain only one financial covenant relating to interest coverage of three times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, including both intangible amortization and amortization of our film and television production and programming costs. On March 28, 2026, the Company met this covenant by a significant margin. The bank facilities specifically exclude certain entities, including the Asia Theme Parks and Fubo, from any representations, covenants or events of default. The Company also has the ability to issue up to $500 million of letters of credit under the facility expiring in February 2031, which if utilized, reduces available borrowings under this facility. As of March 28, 2026, the Company has $0.4 billion of outstanding letters of credit, of which none were issued under this facility.
U.S. Dollar Denominated Borrowings
In February 2026, the Company borrowed $3.5 billion of fixed rate U.S. dollar denominated notes with maturities ranging from 3 to 10 years and stated interest rates that range from 3.75% to 4.63%. In addition, the Company borrowed $0.5 billion of floating rate U.S. dollar denominated notes that mature in 3 years and are indexed to SOFR plus a spread.
Cruise Ship Credit Facilities
In October 2025, in connection with the delivery of the Disney Destiny, the Company borrowed $1.1 billion with a fixed interest rate of 3.74%. Payments are due semi-annually over a 12-year term.
Interest expense, net
Interest expense (net of amounts capitalized), interest and investment income, and net periodic pension and postretirement benefit costs (other than service costs) (see Note 8) are reported net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and consist of the following:
Quarter EndedSix Months Ended
March 28,
2026
March 29,
2025
March 28,
2026
March 29,
2025
Interest expense$(473)$(471)$(916)$(958)
Interest and investment income118    60    170    114    
Net periodic pension and postretirement benefit costs (other than service costs)115 65 231 131 
Interest expense, net$(240)$(346)$(515)$(713)
Interest and investment income includes gains and losses on certain publicly traded and non-public investments, investment impairments and interest earned on cash and cash equivalents and certain receivables.