Long-Term Debt (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

A summary of our debt as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 is as follows:


	March 31, 2022						December 31, 2021
	Principal Amount		Carrying Value		Fair Value		Principal Amount		Carrying Value		Fair Value
Senior unsecured notes	$	25,150	$	25,072	$	23,755	$	23,950	$	23,882	$	24,630



Senior secured notes and debentures(a)	59,975		60,398		60,198		56,525		57,011		64,346



Credit facilities(b)	9,804		9,752		9,741		10,723		10,668		10,665
	$	94,929	$	95,222	$	93,694	$	91,198	$	91,561	$	99,641

(a)Includes the Company's £625 million and £650 million fixed-rate British pound sterling denominated notes (the “Sterling Notes”) remeasured using the exchange rate at the respective dates.

(b)The Company has availability under the Charter Operating credit facilities of approximately $4.7 billion as of March 31, 2022.

The estimated fair value of the Company’s senior unsecured and secured notes and debentures as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 is based on quoted market prices in active markets and is classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy, while the estimated fair value of the Company’s credit facilities is based on quoted market prices in inactive markets and is classified within Level 2.

In January 2022, CCO Holdings, LLC ("CCO Holdings") and CCO Holdings Capital Corp. jointly issued $1.2 billion of 4.750% senior unsecured notes due February 2032 at par. The net proceeds were used for general corporate purposes, including to fund buybacks of Charter Class A common stock and Charter Holdings common units, to repay certain indebtedness and to pay related fees and expenses.

In March 2022, Charter Operating and Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp. jointly issued $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.400% senior secured notes due April 2033 at a price of 99.634% of the aggregate principal amount, $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.250% senior secured notes due April 2053 at a price of 99.300% of the aggregate principal amount and $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.500% senior secured notes due April 2063 at a price of 99.255% of the aggregate principal amount. The net proceeds were used for general corporate purposes, including to fund

buybacks of Charter Class A common stock and Charter Holdings common units, to repay certain indebtedness and to pay related fees and expenses. Loss on extinguishment of debt of $29 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 is recorded in other income, net in the consolidated statements of operations and represents the redemption of CCO Holdings notes.