NOTE 5. LONG-TERM DEBT AND LEASE OBLIGATIONS

The table below shows our long-term debt as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

	September 30,			December 31,
	2013			2012
Senior notes:
73¤8%, due 2013	$	0		$	55
97¤8%, due 2014	60			60
91¤4%, due 2015	474			474
63¤4%, due 2020	300			300
8%, due 2020	750			750
67¤8%, due 2031	430			430
Senior secured notes:
61¤4%, due 2018	1,041			1,041
10%, due 2018	0			714
87/8%, due 2019	0			925
43/4%, due 2020	500			500
41/2%, due 2021	850			0
43/8%, due 2021	1,050			0
Credit facility due 2016	210			0
Capital leases and mortgage notes	188			119
Unamortized note discounts and premium	(30		)	(116		)
Total long-term debt	5,823			5,252
Less current portion	133			94
Long-term debt, net of current portion	$	5,690		$	5,158

Credit Agreement

We have a senior secured revolving credit facility, as amended November 29, 2011 (“Credit Agreement”), that provides, subject to borrowing availability, for revolving loans in an aggregate principal amount of up to $800 million (which can be increased, subject to certain conditions, to $1 billion), with a $300 million subfacility for standby letters of credit. The Credit Agreement has a scheduled maturity date of November 29, 2016, subject to our repayment or refinancing on or before November 3, 2014 of approximately $238 million of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of our 91/4% senior notes due 2015 (approximately $474 million of which was outstanding at September 30, 2013). If such repayment or refinancing does not occur, borrowings under the Credit Agreement will be due November 3, 2014. The revolving credit facility is collateralized by patient accounts receivable of all of our wholly owned acute care and specialty hospitals. In addition, borrowings under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by our wholly owned hospital subsidiaries. Outstanding revolving loans accrued interest during a six-month initial period that ended in May 2012 at the rate of either (i) a base rate plus a margin of 1.25% or (ii) the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus a margin of 2.25% per annum. Outstanding revolving loans now accrue interest at a base rate plus a margin ranging from 1.00% to 1.50% or LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 2.00% to 2.50% per annum based on available credit. An unused commitment fee was payable on the undrawn portion of the revolving loans at a six-month initial rate that ended in May 2012 of 0.438% per annum. The unused commitment fee now ranges from 0.375% to 0.500% per annum based on available credit. Our borrowing availability is based on a specified percentage of eligible accounts receivable, including self-pay accounts. At September 30, 2013, we had $210 million of cash borrowings outstanding under the revolving credit facility subject to an interest rate of 2.39%, and we had approximately $152 million of standby letters of credit outstanding. Based on our eligible receivables, approximately $415 million was available for borrowing under the revolving credit facility at September 30, 2013.

Senior Secured Notes

In May 2013, we sold $1.050 billion aggregate principal amount of 43¤8% senior secured notes, which will mature on October 1, 2021. We will pay interest on the 43/8% senior secured notes semi-annually in arrears on January 1 and July 1 of each year, commencing on January 1, 2014. We used a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the notes to purchase approximately $767 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of our 87/8% senior secured notes due 2019 in a tender offer and to call approximately $158 million of the remaining aggregate principal amount outstanding of those notes. In connection with the purchase, we recorded a loss from early extinguishment of debt of $171 million, primarily related to the difference between the purchase prices and the par values of the purchased notes, as well as the write-off of unamortized note discounts and issuance costs.

In February 2013, we sold $850 million aggregate principal amount of 41¤2% senior secured notes, which will mature on April 1, 2021. We will pay interest on the 41¤2% senior secured notes semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, which payments commenced on October 1, 2013. We used a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the notes to purchase approximately $645 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of our 10% senior secured notes due 2018 in a tender offer and to call approximately $69 million of the remaining aggregate principal amount outstanding of those notes. In connection with the purchase, we recorded a loss from early extinguishment of debt of $177 million, primarily related to the difference between the purchase prices and the par values of the purchased notes, as well as the write-off of unamortized note discounts and issuance costs. The remaining net proceeds were used for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of borrowings under our senior secured revolving credit facility.