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Long-Term Debt

3 Months Ended

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Jun. 30, 2013

Debt Repayments, Maturities and Other

During the second quarter of 2013, the Company exchanged $348.1 million aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Cash Pay Notes for $348.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes due 2021, and $917.2 million aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Toggle Notes (including $452.7 million aggregate principal amount held by a subsidiary of the Company) for $853.0 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2021 (including $421.0 million aggregate principal amount issued to a subsidiary of the Company) and $64.2 million of cash (including $31.7 million of cash paid to the subsidiary of the Company), pursuant to the Note Exchange. In connection with the Note Exchange and the senior secured credit facility amendment, both of which were accounted for as modifications of existing debt in accordance with ASC 470-50, the Company incurred expenses of $17.9 million which are included in “Other expenses”.

During the first quarter of 2013, the Company repaid its 5.75% senior notes at maturity for $312.1 million (net of $187.9 million principal amount repaid to a subsidiary of the Company with respect to notes repurchased and held by such entity), plus accrued interest, using cash on hand.

In addition, during the first quarter of 2013, using the proceeds from the issuance of the 11.25% Priority Guarantee Notes along with borrowings under the receivables based credit facility of $269.5 million and cash on hand, the Company prepaid all $846.9 million outstanding under its Term Loan A under its senior secured credit facilities. The Company recorded a loss of $3.9 million in “Loss on extinguishment of debt” related to the accelerated expensing of loan fees.

NOTE 3 – LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, consisted of the following:

(In thousands)	June 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Senior Secured Credit Facilities ⁽¹⁾	$	8,228,575	$	9,075,465
Receivables Based Facility due 2017		247,000		-
9.0% Priority Guarantee Notes due 2019		1,999,815		1,999,815
9.0% Priority Guarantee Notes due 2021		1,750,000		1,750,000
11.25% Priority Guarantee Notes due 2021		575,000		-
Other secured subsidiary long-term debt⁽²⁾		22,729		25,507
Total consolidated secured debt		12,823,119		12,850,787

Senior Cash Pay Notes due 2016		448,128		796,250
Senior Toggle Notes due 2016 ⁽³⁾		365,267		829,831
Senior Notes due 2021		780,015		-
Senior Notes ⁽⁴⁾		1,436,455		1,748,564
Subsidiary Senior Notes due 2022		2,725,000		2,725,000
Subsidiary Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020		2,200,000		2,200,000
Other subsidiary debt due 2013		1,359		5,586
Purchase accounting adjustments and original issue discount		(367,200)		(408,921)
		20,412,143		20,747,097
Less: current portion		35,817		381,728
Total long-term debt	$	20,376,326	$	20,365,369

Term Loan A would have matured during 2014. The outstanding balance was prepaid during the first quarter of 2013. Term Loan B matures 2016. Term Loan C is subject to an amortization schedule with required payments at various dates from 2014 through 2016. Term Loan D as discussed below matures 2019.
Other secured subsidiary long-term debt matures at various dates from 2013 through 2028.
Senior Toggle Notes are subject to required payments at various dates from 2013 through 2016.
The Senior Notes mature at various dates from 2014 through 2027.

The Company's weighted average interest rates at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were 7.8% and 6.7%, respectively. The aggregate market value of the Company's debt based on market prices for which quotes were available was approximately $19.6 billion and $18.6 billion at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Under the fair value hierarchy established by ASC 820-10-35, the market value of the Company's debt is classified as Level 2.

Senior Secured Credit Facility Amendment

During the second quarter of 2013, the Company amended its senior secured credit facility by extending a portion of Term Loan B and Term Loan C loans due 2016 through the creation of a new $5.0 billion Term Loan D facility due January 30, 2019. The amendment also permitted the Company to make applicable high yield discount obligation catch-up payments beginning in May 2018 with respect to the new Term Loan D facility and any notes issued in connection with the Company's exchange of its outstanding 10.75% Senior Cash Pay Notes due 2016 and 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes due 2016 discussed below.

As of June 30, 2013, the Company's senior secured credit facility consisted of a $3.0 billion Term Loan B facility, which matures on January 30, 2016, a $198.2 million Term Loan C facility, which matures on January 30, 2016, and a $5.0 billion Term Loan D facility, which matures on January 30, 2019.

The new Term Loan D facility has the same security and guarantee package as the outstanding Term Loans B and C and borrowings under the new Term Loan D facility bear interest at a rate equal to, at the Company's option, adjusted LIBOR plus 6.75% or a base rate plus 5.75%.

Senior Notes Exchange

During the second quarter of 2013, the Company completed an exchange offer (the “Note Exchange”) with certain holders of its 10.75% Senior Cash Pay Notes due 2016 (the “Outstanding Cash Pay Notes”) and 11.00%/11.75% Senior Toggle Notes due 2016 (the “Outstanding Toggle Notes and collectively with the Outstanding Cash Pay Notes, the “Outstanding Notes”) pursuant to which the Company issued $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount (including $421.0 million principal amount held by a subsidiary of the Company) of 14.00% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Senior Notes due 2021”). In the Note Exchange, $348.1 million aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Cash Pay Notes was exchanged for $348.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes due 2021, and $917.2 million aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Toggle Notes was exchanged for $853.0 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2021 and $64.2 million of cash, plus, in each case, cash in an amount equal to accrued and unpaid interest from the last interest payment date applicable on the Outstanding Notes to, but not including, the closing date of the Note Exchange. The Senior Notes due 2021 mature on February 1, 2021. Interest on the Senior Notes due 2021 is payable semi-annually on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing August 1, 2013. Interest on the Senior Notes due 2021 will be paid at the rate of (i) 12.0% per annum in cash and (ii) 2.0% per annum through the issuance of payment-in-kind notes (the “PIK Notes”). Any PIK Notes issued in certificated form will be dated as of the applicable interest payment date and will bear interest from and after such date. All PIK Notes issued will mature on February 1, 2021 and have the same rights and benefits as the Senior Notes due 2021. The Senior Notes due 2021 are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by the guarantors named in the indenture governing such notes. The guarantee is structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of any subsidiary of the applicable subsidiary guarantor that is not also a guarantor of the Senior Notes due 2021.

The Company may redeem or purchase the Senior Notes due 2021 at its option, in whole or in part, at any time prior to August 1, 2015, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Senior Notes due 2021 redeemed plus an applicable premium. In addition, until August 1, 2015, the Company may, at its option, on one or more occasions, redeem up to 60% of the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2021 at a redemption price equal to (x) with respect to the first 30% of the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes due 2021, 109.0% of the aggregate principal amount thereof and (y) with respect to the next 30% of the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes due 2021, 112.0% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the applicable redemption date. The Company may redeem the Senior Notes due 2021, in whole or in part, on or after August 1, 2015, at the redemption prices set forth in the indenture plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.

The indenture governing the Senior Notes due 2021 contains covenants that limit the Company's ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) incur additional indebtedness or issue certain preferred stock; (ii) pay dividends on, or make distributions in respect of, their capital stock or repurchase their capital stock; (iii) make certain investments or other restricted payments; (iv) sell certain assets; (v) create liens or use assets as security in other transactions; (vi) merge, consolidate or transfer or dispose of substantially all of their assets; (vii) engage in transactions with affiliates; and (viii) designate their subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries.

11.25% Priority Guarantee Notes Issuance

During the first quarter of 2013, the Company issued $575.0 million aggregate principal amount of 11.25% Priority Guarantee Notes due 2021 (the “11.25% Priority Guarantee Notes”). The 11.25% Priority Guarantee Notes mature on March 1, 2021 and bear interest at a rate of 11.25% per annum, payable semi-annually on March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on September 1, 2013. The 11.25% Priority Guarantee Notes are the Company's senior obligations and are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior basis by the guarantors named in the indenture governing such notes. The 11.25% Priority Guarantee Notes and the guarantors' obligations under the guarantees are secured by (i) a lien on (a) the capital stock of the Company and (b) certain property and related assets that do not constitute “principal property” (as defined in the indenture governing the legacy notes of the Company), in each case equal in priority to the liens securing the obligations under the Company's senior secured credit facilities, the Company's 9.0% priority guarantee notes due 2021 and the Company's 9.0% priority guarantee notes due 2019, subject to certain exceptions, and (ii) a lien on the accounts receivable and related assets securing the Company's receivables based credit facility junior in priority to the lien securing the Company's obligations thereunder, subject to certain exceptions.

The Company may redeem the 11.25% Priority Guarantee Notes at its option, in whole or part, at any time prior to March 1, 2016, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 11.25% Priority Guarantee Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date and plus an applicable premium. In addition, until March 1, 2016, the Company may elect to redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the 11.25% Priority Guarantee Notes at a redemption price equal to 111.25% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, with the net proceeds of one or more equity offerings. The Company may redeem the 11.25% Priority Guarantee Notes, in whole or in part, on or after March 1, 2016, at the redemption prices set forth in the indenture plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.

The indenture governing the 11.25% Priority Guarantee Notes contains covenants that limit the Company's ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) pay dividends, redeem stock or make other distributions or investments; (ii) incur additional debt or issue certain preferred stock; (iii) transfer or sell assets; (iv) engage in certain transactions with affiliates; (v) create restrictions on dividends or other payments by the restricted subsidiaries; and (vi) merge, consolidate or sell substantially all of the Company's assets. The indenture contains covenants that limit the Parent Company's and the Company's ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) create liens on assets and (ii) materially impair the value of the security interests taken with respect to the collateral for the benefit of the notes collateral agent and the holders of the 11.25% Priority Guarantee Notes. The indenture also provides for customary events of default.

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