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Debt
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Debt
The Company’s debt instruments at December 31 consist primarily of term notes, revolving lines of credit and a Securitization Facility as follows (in thousands): 
20212020
Term Loan A note payable (a), net of discounts$2,763,162 $2,922,042 
Term Loan B note payable (a), net of discounts1,871,505 337,347 
Revolving line of credit A Facility(a)225,000 280,000 
Revolving line of credit B Facility(a)— 13,650 
Revolving line of credit B Facility —foreign swing line(a)— 50,028 
Other obligations(c)— 211 
Total notes payable, credit agreements, and other obligations4,859,667 3,603,277 
Securitization Facility(b)1,118,000 700,000 
Total debt$5,977,667 $4,303,277 
Current portion$1,517,628 $1,205,697 
Long-term portion4,460,039 3,097,580 
Total debt$5,977,667 $4,303,277 
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(a)The Company has a Credit Agreement, which has been amended multiple times and provides for senior secured credit facilities (collectively, the "Credit Facility") consisting of a revolving credit facility in the amount of $1.285 billion, a term loan A facility in the amount of $3.225 billion and a term loan B facility in the amount of $1.9 billion as of December 31, 2021. The revolving credit facility consists of (a) a revolving A credit facility in the amount of $800 million with sublimits for letters of credit and swing line loans, (b) a revolving B facility in the amount of $450 million with borrowings in U.S. Dollars, Euros, British Pounds, Japanese Yen or other currency as agreed in advance and a sublimit for foreign swing line loans, and (c) a revolving C facility in the amount of $35 million with borrowings in U.S. Dollars, Australian Dollars or New Zealand Dollars. The Credit Agreement also includes an accordion feature for borrowing an additional $750 million in term loan A, term loan B, revolver A or revolver B debt and an unlimited amount when the leverage ratio on a pro-forma basis is less than 3.00 to 1.00. Proceeds from the credit facilities may be used for working capital purposes, acquisitions, and other general corporate purposes. The maturity date for the term loan A and revolving credit facilities A, B and C is December 19, 2023. On April 30, 2021, the Company entered into the ninth amendment to the Credit Agreement. The amendment provided for a new seven-year $1.15 billion term loan B. The existing term loan B was paid off with proceeds from the new term loan B. On November 16, 2021, the Company entered into the tenth amendment to the Credit Agreement to provide for LIBOR replacement rates for Euros, British Pounds and Japanese Yen borrowings. On December 22, 2021, the Company entered into the eleventh amendment to the Credit Agreement. The amendment increased the amount of the term loan B facility by $750 million. The new term loan B has a maturity date of April 30, 2028, and interest rates remain unchanged.
Interest on amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement (other than the term loan B) accrues as follows: For loans denominated in U.S. Dollars, Australian Dollars or New Zealand Dollars, based on the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (the “Eurocurrency Rate”), in British Pounds, based on the Sterling Overnight Index Average Reference Rate (“SONIA”) plus a SONIA adjustment of 0.0326%, in Euros, based on the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (“EURIBOR”), or in Japanese Yen, at the Tokyo Interbank Offer Rate (“TIBOR”) plus a margin based on a leverage ratio, or our option (for U.S. Dollar borrowings only), the Base Rate (defined as the rate equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, (b) the prime rate announced by Bank of America, N.A., or (c) the Eurocurrency Rate plus 1.00%) plus a margin based on a leverage ratio. Interest on the term loan B facility accrues based on the Eurocurrency Rate plus 1.75% for Eurocurrency Loans and at the Base Rate plus 0.75% for Base Rate Loans. In addition, the Company pays a quarterly commitment fee at a rate per annum ranging from 0.25% to 0.35% of the daily unused portion of the credit facility.
The interest rates at December 31, 2021 are as follows: 
Term loan A1.60 %
Revolving A facility 1.61 %
Term loan B1.85 %
Unused credit facility fee0.30 %
The term loans are payable in quarterly installments due on the last business day of each March, June, September, and December with the final principal payment due on the respective maturity date. Borrowings on the revolving line of credit are repayable at the option of one, three or six months after borrowing, depending on the term of the borrowing on the facility. Borrowings on the foreign swing line of credit are due no later than twenty business days after such loan is made.
The Company has unamortized debt issuance costs of $3.3 million related to the revolving credit facility at December 31, 2021.
The Company has unamortized debt costs at December 31, 2021 as follows (in thousands): 
Unamortized Debt DiscountsDeferred Financing Costs
Term loan A$4,339 $— 
Term loan B$12,391 $8,479 
The effective interest rate incurred on term loans was 1.79% during 2021 related to the discount on debt. Principal payments of $507.5 million were made on the term loans during 2021. 
(b)The Company is party to a $1.3 billion receivables purchase agreement (Securitization Facility). On September 15, 2021, the Company entered into the ninth amendment to the Securitization Facility. The amendment increased the Securitization Facility commitment from $1.0 billion to $1.3 billion. There is a program fee equal to one month LIBOR plus 1.00% or the Commercial Paper Rate plus 0.90% as of December 31, 2021 and one month LIBOR plus 0.90% or the Commercial Paper Rate plus 0.80% as December 31, 2020. The program fee was 0.12% plus 0.98% as of December 31, 2021 and 0.34% plus 1.23% as of December 31, 2020. The unused facility fee is payable at a rate of 0.40% as of December 31, 2021 and 2020. The Company has unamortized debt issuance costs of $2.5 million and $1.4 million related to the Securitization Facility as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, recorded in other assets within the Consolidated Balance Sheets. On March 29, 2021, the Company entered into the eighth amendment to the Securitization Facility. The amendment included a new three year maturity date, reduced the LIBOR floor to 0 bps, improved margins, and increased the swing line from $100 million to $250 million. The maturity date for the Company's Securitization Facility is March 29, 2024.
The Securitization Facility provides for certain termination events, which includes nonpayment, upon the occurrence of which the administrator may declare the facility termination date to have occurred, may exercise certain enforcement rights with respect to the receivables, and may appoint a successor servicer, among other things.
(c)Other debt includes the long-term portion of deferred payments associated with business acquisitions. Prior year amounts were recast to reflect long term deferred revenue in other noncurrent liabilities, to conform to current year presentation.
The Company was in compliance with all financial and non-financial covenants at December 31, 2021. The Company has entered into interest rate swap cash flow contracts with U.S. dollar notional amounts in order to reduce the variability of cash flows in the previously unhedged interest payments associated with $2.0 billion of variable rate debt. The $1.0 billion interest rate swap matured in January 2022. Refer to Note 17 for further details.
The contractual maturities of the Company’s total debt at December 31, 2021 are as follows (in thousands): 
2022$1,517,628 
20232,619,795 
202415,682 
202515,716 
202615,750 
Thereafter1,793,095