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Mar. 31, 2015
Long-Term Debt | Note 7: Long-Term Debt As of March 31, 2015, our debt had a carrying value of $47.1 billion and an estimated fair value of $54.9 billion. The estimated fair value of our publicly traded debt is primarily based on Level 1 inputs that use quoted market values for the debt. The estimated fair value of debt for which there are no quoted market prices is based on Level 2 inputs that use interest rates available to us for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities. Debt Repayments In Jan uary 2015, w e repaid at maturity $900 million aggregate principal amount of 6.50% senior notes due 20 15. In April 2015, we repaid at maturity $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.65% senior notes due 20 15. Revolving Credit Facilities As of March 31, 2015, amounts available under our consolidated revolving credit facilities, net of amounts outstanding under our commercial paper programs and outstanding letters of credit, totaled $6.6 billion, which included $650 million available under NBCUniversal Enterprise Inc.’s (“NBCUniversal Enterprise”) revolving credit facility. Commercial Paper Progra m s As of March 31, 2015, NBCUniversal Enterprise had $700 million face amount of commercial paper o utstanding.
NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |
Long-Term Debt | Note 6: Long-Term Debt As of March 31, 2015, our debt had a carrying value of $10.2 billion and an estimated fair value of $11.6 billion. The estimated fair value of our publicly traded debt is primarily based on Level 1 inputs that use quoted market va lues for the debt. T he estimated fair value of debt for which there are no quoted market prices is based on Level 2 inputs that use interest rates available to us for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities. Debt Repayments In April 2015, we repaid at maturity $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.65% senior notes due 2015. Cross-Guarantee Structure In 2013, we, Comcast and certain of Comcast’s 100% owned cable holding company subsidiaries (the “cable guarantors”) entered into a series of agreements and supplemental indentures to include us as a part of Comcast’s existing cross-guarantee structure. As members of the cross-guarantee structure, Comcast and the cable guarantors fully and unconditionally guarantee our public debt securities, and we fully and unconditionally guarantee all of Comcast’s and the cable guarantors’ public debt securities. As of March 31, 2015, we guaranteed $31.7 billion of outstanding debt securities of Comcast and the cable guarantors. We also fully and unconditionally guarantee the $6.25 billion Comcast revolving credit facility due 2017, of which no amounts were outstanding as of March 31, 2015. We do not, however, guarantee the obligations of NBCUniversal Enterprise with respect to its $4 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes, $1.35 billion revolving credit facility and associated commercial paper program, or $725 million liquidation pref erence of Series A cumulative preferred stock.

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