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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies  
Summary of contractual obligations

Payments due by period

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the Year Ending December 31,

 

 

    

2016

    

2017

    

2018

    

2019

    

2020

    

Thereafter

    

Total

 

Senior secured revolving credit facility (1)

 

$

902.1

 

$

 —

 

$

 

$

 —

 

$

 

$

 

$

902.1

 

Term Loan Facility (2)

 

 

700.0

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

700.0

 

2017 Senior Notes (2)

 

 

350.0

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

350.0

 

2019 Senior Notes (2)

 

 

577.9

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

577.9

 

2020 Senior Notes (2)

 

 

222.1

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

222.1

 

Office and equipment leases

 

 

1.4

 

 

0.1

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

1.5

 

Operating commitments (3)

 

 

8.8

 

 

9.8

 

 

4.7

 

 

3.2

 

 

2.6

 

 

7.4

 

 

36.5

 

Other (4)

 

 

14.0

 

 

4.3

 

 

4.1

 

 

4.0

 

 

3.8

 

 

59.8

 

 

90.0

 

Total

 

$

2,776.3

 

$

14.2

 

$

8.8

 

$

7.2

 

$

6.4

 

$

67.2

 

$

2,880.1

 


(1)

Includes outstanding principal amounts that were accelerated during 2015. As of December 31, 2015, the New Revolving Credit Facility is presented as “Liabilities Subject to Compromise,” whereas the carrying value equals the face value. Interest expense continues to be recognized on the New Revolving Credit Facility subsequent to the petition date. This table does not include future commitment fees, interest expense or other fees on these facilities because they are floating rate instruments and Sabine cannot determine with accuracy the timing of future loan advances, repayments or future interest rates to be charged. As of December 31, 2015, the New Revolving Credit Facility had a weighted average interest rate of 4.02%. For more information on the classification of debt, please see Note 2 herein.

(2)

As of December 31, 2015, the 2017 Notes, the 2019 Notes, the 2020 Notes and the Term Loan Facility are presented as “Liabilities Subject to Compromise,” whereas the carrying value equals the face value. Accrued interest through the petition date was approximately $74.2 million. No interest expense has been recognized subsequent to the petition date.  For more information on the classification of debt, please see Note 2 herein.

(3)

The Company is party to gas and condensate gathering agreements for the transportation and processing of natural gas and condensate for certain properties which provided for contractually obligated annual minimum volume commitments of gas and condensate. Under the terms of the agreements, the Company is required to make annual deficiency payments for any shortfalls in delivering the minimum volumes under these commitments.

(4)

Other is comprised primarily of pension and other postretirement benefit obligations, asset retirement obligations and future settlements of deferred service charges, for which neither the ultimate settlement amounts nor the timing of settlement can be precisely determined in advance. See “Critical Accounting Policies, Estimates, Judgments, and Assumptions” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a more detailed discussion of the nature of the accounting estimates involved in estimating asset retirement obligations.