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Debt
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
DEBT
DEBT
Recourse Debt
In May 2017, the Company closed on $525 million aggregate principal LIBOR + 2.00% secured term loan due in 2022. In June 2017, the Company used these proceeds to redeem at par all $517 million aggregate principal of its existing Term Convertible Securities. As a result of the latter transaction, the Company recognized a net loss on extinguishment of debt of $6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, that is included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.
In March 2017, the Company redeemed via tender offers $276 million aggregate principal of its existing 7.375% senior unsecured notes due in 2021 and $24 million of its existing 8.00% senior unsecured notes due in 2020. As a result of these transactions, the Company recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of $47 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017, that is included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.
In May 2016, the Company issued $500 million aggregate principal amount of 6.00% senior notes due in 2026. The Company used these proceeds to redeem at par $495 million aggregate principal of its existing LIBOR + 3.00% senior unsecured notes due 2019. As a result of the latter transaction, the Company recognized a net loss on extinguishment of debt of $4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, that is included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.
In January 2016, the Company redeemed $125 million of its senior unsecured notes outstanding. The repayment included a portion of the 7.375% senior notes due in 2021, the 4.875% senior notes due in 2023, the 5.5% senior notes due in 2024, the 5.5% senior notes due in 2025 and the floating rate senior notes due in 2019. As a result of these transactions, the Company recognized a net gain on extinguishment of debt of $7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2016, that is included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.
Non-Recourse Debt
During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company’s subsidiaries had the following significant debt transactions:
Subsidiary
 
Issuances
 
Repayments
 
Gain (Loss) on Extinguishment of Debt
Tietê
 
$
585

 
$
(293
)
 
$
(5
)
Alicura
 
307

 
(181
)
 
65

Gener
 
243

  
(79
)
 

Los Mina
 
193

 
(175
)
 
(2
)
Southland
 
188

 

 

Colon
 
150

 

 

Eletropaulo
 
103

  
(86
)
 

Other
 
194

 
(343
)
 

Total
 
$
1,963

 
$
(1,157
)
 
$
58


Southland — In June 2017, AES Southland Energy LLC closed on $2 billion of aggregate principal long-term non-recourse debt financing to fund the Southland re-powering construction projects (“the Southland financing”). The Southland financing consists of $1.5 billion senior secured notes, amortizing through 2040, and $492 million senior secured term loan, amortizing through 2027. The long term debt financing has a combined weighted average cost of approximately 4.5%. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, $188 million of the senior secured notes were drawn under the Southland financing.
Alicura — In February 2017, Alicura issued $300 million aggregate principal of unsecured and unsubordinated notes due in 2024. The net proceeds from this issuance were used for the prepayment of $75 million of non-recourse debt related to the construction of the San Nicolas Plant resulting in a gain on extinguishment of debt of approximately $65 million.
Non-Recourse Debt in Default — The following table summarizes the Company’s subsidiary non-recourse debt in default as of June 30, 2017 (in millions). Due to the defaults, these amounts are included in the current portion of non-recourse debt:
Subsidiary
 
Primary Nature of Default
 
Debt in Default
 
Net Assets
Alto Maipo (Chile)
 
Covenant
 
$
613

 
$
341

Puerto Rico
 
Covenant
 
381

 
631

 
 
 
 
$
994

 
 

The above defaults are not payment defaults. All of the subsidiary non-recourse debt defaults were triggered by failure to comply with covenants and/or other conditions such as (but not limited to) failure to meet information covenants, complete construction or other milestones in an allocated time, meet certain minimum or maximum financial ratios, or other requirements contained in the non-recourse debt documents of the applicable subsidiary.
In the event that there is a default, bankruptcy or maturity acceleration at a subsidiary or group of subsidiaries that meets the applicable definition of materiality under the corporate debt agreements of The AES Corporation, there could be a cross-default to the Company’s recourse debt. Materiality is defined in the Parent Company’s senior secured credit facility as a business that has provided 20% or more of the Parent Company’s total cash distributions from businesses for the four most recently completed fiscal quarters. As of June 30, 2017, the Company has no defaults which result in or are at risk of triggering a cross-default under the recourse debt of the Parent Company. In the event the Parent Company is not in compliance with the financial covenants of its senior secured revolving credit facility, restricted payments will be limited to regular quarterly shareholder dividends at the then-prevailing rate. Payment defaults and bankruptcy defaults would preclude the making of any restricted payments.