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Long-term debt
Financing costs			$ 0.3
Outstanding debt				$ 25.3
Unamortized financing costs				0.1
One Communications Debt \| Minimum
Long-term debt
Percentage of notional amount required for hedging arrangement			30.00%
One Communications Debt \| Minimum \| One-month LIBOR
Long-term debt
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)			2.50%
One Communications Debt \| Maximum \| One-month LIBOR
Long-term debt
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)			2.75%
Viya Debt
Long-term debt
Term loan assumed								$ 60.0
Net leverage ratio								3.5
Stated interest rate							4.00%	4.00%
Financing costs							$ 0.9
Intercompany debt limit					$ 75.0
Outstanding debt				60.0
Unamortized financing costs				0.6
Revolver loan \| Credit facility
Long-term debt
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 200.0
Remaining borrowing capacity				184.0
Net leverage ratio		1.75
Net leverage ratio, if qualifying event		3.25
Revolver loan \| Credit facility \| Minimum
Long-term debt
Commitment fee (as a percent)		0.15%
Revolver loan \| Credit facility \| Minimum \| LIBOR
Long-term debt
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)		1.25%
Revolver loan \| Credit facility \| Minimum \| Base rate
Long-term debt
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)		0.25%
Revolver loan \| Credit facility \| Maximum
Long-term debt
Commitment fee (as a percent)		0.375%
Net leverage ratio		2.75
Revolver loan \| Credit facility \| Maximum \| LIBOR
Long-term debt
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)		2.25%
Revolver loan \| Credit facility \| Maximum \| Base rate
Long-term debt
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)		1.25%
Letter of credit sub-facility \| Credit facility
Long-term debt
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 75.0
Performance letters of credit issued and outstanding				16.0
Swingline sub-facility \| Credit facility
Long-term debt
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 10.0
Base rate before one-week or one-month LIBOR (as a percent)		1.00%
Swingline sub-facility \| Credit facility \| Federal Funds Effective Rate
Long-term debt
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)		0.50%
Commnet Finance \| Senior secured delayed draw term loan \| Receivable credit facility
Long-term debt
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 75.0
Commnet Finance \| Senior secured delayed draw term loan \| Receivable credit facility \| LIBOR
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Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)	2.50%
Commnet Finance \| Senior secured delayed draw term loan \| Receivable credit facility \| Base rate
Long-term debt
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)	1.50%
Cash flow hedge \| Interest rate swap
Long-term debt
Notional amount				$ 7.9		$ 11.0
Interest rate (as a percent)						1.874%