Long-term Debt

The Company’s long-term debt consists of the following:



	September 30, 2016			December 31, 2015
Senior Secured Credit Facility: ^(a)
Term Loan A Facility	$	1,295,000		$	1,406,000
Senior Notes:
5.00% Notes due April 2024	1,000,000			—
7.75% Notes due July 2021	—			700,000
4.75% Notes due December 2022	600,000			600,000
Total long-term debt	2,895,000			2,706,000
Unamortized discount	(24,466		)	(17,911		)
Unamortized deferred financing costs	(16,616		)	(20,281		)
Long-term debt, net	2,853,918			2,667,808
Current portion of long-term debt	203,500			148,000
Noncurrent portion of long-term debt	$	2,650,418		$	2,519,808


(a)	The Company’s $500,000 revolving credit facility remains undrawn at September 30, 2016. Total undrawn revolver commitments are available to be drawn for general corporate purposes of the Company.

5.00% Notes due 2024

On March 30, 2016, the Company issued $1,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.00% senior notes, net of an issuance discount of $17,500, due 2024 (the “5.00% Notes”). AMC Networks used a portion of the net proceeds of this offering to make a cash tender (“Tender Offer”) for its outstanding 7.75% Senior Notes due 2021 (the "7.75% Notes") with the remaining proceeds to be used for general corporate purposes, which may include the redemption of any of the 7.75% Notes not tendered. The 5.00% Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of March 30, 2016 (the “5.00% Notes Indenture”).

In connection with the issuance of the 5.00% Notes, AMC Networks incurred deferred financing costs of $2,070, which are being amortized, using the effective interest method, to interest expense over the term of the 5.00% Notes.

Interest on the 5.00% Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year.

The 5.00% Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time on or after April 1, 2020, at a redemption price equal to 102.5% of the principal amount thereof (plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of such redemption), declining annually to 100% of the principal amount thereof (plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of such redemption) beginning on April 1, 2022.

The 5.00% Notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by certain of AMC Networks’ existing and future domestic restricted subsidiaries, in accordance with the 5.00% Notes Indenture. The guarantees under the 5.00% Notes are full and unconditional and joint and several.

The 5.00% Notes Indenture contains certain affirmative and negative covenants applicable to AMC Networks and its restricted subsidiaries including restrictions on their ability to incur additional indebtedness, consummate certain assets sales, make investments in entities that are not restricted subsidiaries, create liens on their assets, enter into certain affiliate transactions and make certain restricted payments, including restrictions on AMC Networks’ ability to pay dividends on, or repurchase, its common stock.

7.75% Notes due 2021

In March 2016, the Company used a portion of the net proceeds of the 5.00% Notes to make a Tender Offer for the 7.75% Notes at a price of $1,058.57 per $1,000 principal amount of notes plus accrued and unpaid interest. Pursuant to the Tender Offer, the Company purchased approximately $654,000 principal amount of the 7.75% Notes for a purchase price of approximately $703,000 including accrued and unpaid interest of $10,567 and related fees. On June 9, 2016, the Company gave notice to the remaining holders of its 7.75% Notes of its intent to redeem all outstanding 7.75% Notes on July 15, 2016, (the “Redemption Date”) and on July 15, 2016, the Company redeemed the remaining $45,551 of the 7.75% notes then outstanding at a redemption price equal to 103.875% of the principal amount thereof (plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date). As of September 30, 2016, none of the 7.75% Notes remain outstanding.

In connection with the Tender Offer in March 2016 and subsequent redemption of the remaining 7.75% Notes in July 2016, the Company recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $50,638 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 which includes $40,953 related to the excess of the redemption price, premium paid and related fees, and the write-off of unamortized issuance discount and deferred financing fees related to the 7.75% Notes of $8,715 and $970, respectively.