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Long-Term Debt and Interest Rate Hedge Contracts
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Long-Term Debt and Interest Rate Hedge Contracts

7. Long-Term Debt and Interest Rate Hedge Contracts

At June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, $967 million and $925 million, respectively, of the Company’s term loan borrowings, which mature in November 2012, were classified in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as maturing in September 2014, the date that the Company’s revolving credit facility expires, because the Company has the intent to refinance this debt on a long-term basis and could do so under its revolving credit facility.

At June 30, 2012, the Company had $20 million of borrowings outstanding under its revolving credit facility at an interest rate of 1.9%.

The Company maintains interest rate swap agreements (“Swaps”) with total notional values of $1.0 billion at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 to hedge against changes in interest rates and forward-starting interest rate swap agreements (“Forward-Starting Swaps”) with total notional values of $550 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 to hedge against changes in interest rates applicable to forecasted fixed rate borrowings. The Swaps and Forward-Starting Swaps expire in September 2012 and have been designated by the Company as cash flow hedges. The Swaps effectively fix the interest rates on floating rate term loan borrowings at a weighted-average rate of approximately 5.0%, prior to financing spreads and related fees. The Forward-Starting Swaps effectively fix the benchmark interest rate on forecasted five-year and ten-year borrowings at weighted-average rates of approximately 3.2% and 3.9%, respectively. The fair values of the Swaps and Forward-Starting Swaps totaled $94 million at June 30, 2012 and $98 million at December 31, 2011 and were recorded in current liabilities and in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes, in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. In the first six months of 2012 and 2011, interest expense recognized due to hedge ineffectiveness was not significant, and no amounts were excluded from the assessments of hedge effectiveness. Based on the amounts recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss at June 30, 2012, the Company estimates that it will recognize approximately $15 million in interest expense during the next twelve months related to interest rate hedge contracts.