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  *Weighted Average Cost of Debt*
  Our weighted average cost of debt, including short-term borrowings 
  was 5.5% with weighted average term to maturity of 11.3 years at 
  December 31, 2013, compared to 6.1% with a weighted average term 
  to maturity of 9.2 years at December 31, 2012. This lower average rate 
  and longer term to maturity primarily reflects the US $2.5 billion of ten 
  and thirty year notes, issued in 2013 at some of the lowest coupon 
  rates ever achieved for Rogers corporate debt, combined with the 
  establishment of our securitization program and the maturity of our 
  6.25% senior notes due 2013. 
  
  **WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF LONG-TERM DEBT**
  (%) 
  
  **2013** **5.5%**
  
  2012  6.1% 
  
  2011  6.2% 