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DEBT (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Schedule of Debt | The following table sets forth WESCO’s outstanding indebtedness:
| As of December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015
| (In thousands)
Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility | $ | 380,000 |  |  | $ | 525,000 |
Revolving Credit Facility | 4,000 |  |  | 75,000 |
International lines of credit | 20,920 |  |  | 43,314 |
Term Loan Facility, less debt discount of $770 and $1,026 in 2016 and 2015, respectively | 143,980 |  |  | 173,724 |
5.375% Senior Notes due 2021 | 500,000 |  |  | 500,000 |
5.375% Senior Notes due 2024 | 350,000 |  |  | — |
6.0% Convertible Senior Debentures due 2029, less debt discount of $163,316 in 2015 | — |  |  | 181,557 |
Capital leases | 2,881 |  |  | 2,505 |
Total debt | 1,401,781 |  |  | 1,501,100 |
Less unamortized debt issuance costs(1) | (16,508 | ) |  | (17,699 | )
Less current and short-term debt | (22,138 | ) |  | (44,339 | )
Total long-term debt | $ | 1,363,135 |  |  | $ | 1,439,062 |
Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt | The following table sets forth the aggregate principal repayment requirements for all indebtedness for the next five years and thereafter, as of December 31, 2016:
(In thousands) |
2017 | $ | 22,138 |
2018 | 380,926 |
2019 | 145,377 |
2020 | 4,110 |
2021 | 500,000 |
Thereafter | 350,000 |
Total payments on debt | 1,402,551 |
Debt discount | (770 | )
Total debt | $ | 1,401,781 |
Convertible Debt |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block] |
| December 31, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
| Principal Balance |  | Discount |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Principal Balance |  | Discount |  | Net Carrying Amount
(In thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2029 Convertible Debentures | $ | — |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 344,873 |  |  | (163,316 | ) |  | $ | 181,557 |

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