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Long-term debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Long Term Debt | Long-term debt was comprised of the following:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Senior Secured Credit Facilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Term Loan A |  | $ | 800,000 |  |  | $ | 900,000 |
Term Loan A-3 |  |  | 1,282,500 |  |  |  | 1,350,000 |
Term Loan B |  |  | 1,697,500 |  |  |  | 1,715,000 |
Term Loan B-2 |  |  | 1,633,500 |  |  |  | 1,650,000 |
Senior notes |  |  | 2,800,000 |  |  |  | 2,800,000 |
Acquisition obligations and other notes payable |  |  | 67,352 |  |  |  | 69,527 |
Capital lease obligations |  |  | 152,751 |  |  |  | 96,594 |
Total debt principal outstanding |  |  | 8,433,603 |  |  |  | 8,581,121 |
Discount on long-term debt |  |  | (17,675 | ) |  |  | (21,545 | )
|  |  | 8,415,928 |  |  |  | 8,559,576 |
Less current portion |  |  | (274,697 | ) |  |  | (233,042 | )
|  | $ | 8,141,231 |  |  | $ | 8,326,534 |
Scheduled Maturities of Long-term Debt | Scheduled maturities of long-term debt at December 31, 2013 were as follows:
2014 |  |  | 274,697 |
2015 |  |  | 845,831 |
2016 |  |  | 1,897,554 |
2017 |  |  | 910,263 |
2018 |  |  | 806,339 |
Thereafter |  |  | 3,698,919 |
Derivative Instruments | The following table summarizes the Company’s derivative instruments as of December 31, 2013 and 2012:
|  | Interest rate swap and cap agreements (liabilities and assets) |
|  | December 31, 2013 |  |  | December 31, 2012 |
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments |  | Balance sheet location |  | Fair value |  |  | Balance sheet location |  | Fair value |
Interest rate swap agreements |  | Other short- term liabilities |  | $ | 12,069 |  |  | Other long- term liabilities |  | $ | 18,994 |
Interest rate swap agreements |  | Other long- term assets |  | $ | 10,004 |  |  | Other long- term assets |  | $ | — |
Interest rate cap agreements |  | Other long- term assets |  | $ | 7,567 |  |  | Other long- term assets |  | $ | 65 |
Effects of Interest Rate Swap Agreements | The following table summarizes the effects of the Company’s interest rate swap and cap agreements for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011:
|  | Amount of gains (losses) recognized in OCI on interest rate swap and cap agreements |  |  | Location of (losses) gains reclassified from accumulated OCI into income |  | Amount of gains (losses) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income |
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges |  | Years ended December 31, |  |  |  | Years ended December 31, |
| 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Interest rate swap agreements |  | $ | 1,251 |  |  | $ | (8,838 | ) |  | $ | (35,767 | ) |  | Debt expense |  | $ | 15,678 |  |  | $ | (12,989 | ) |  | $ | (12,622 | )
Interest rate cap agreements |  |  | (974 | ) |  |  | (1,316 | ) |  |  | (11,777 | ) |  | Debt expense |  |  | 5,418 |  |  |  | (3,589 | ) |  |  | (3,289 | )
Tax (expense) benefit |  |  | (108 | ) |  |  | 3,950 |  |  |  | 18,495 |  |  |  |  |  | (8,207 | ) |  |  | 6,448 |  |  |  | 6,190 |
Total |  | $ | 169 |  |  | $ | (6,204 | ) |  | $ | (29,049 | ) |  |  |  | $ | 12,889 |  |  | $ | (10,130 | ) |  | $ | (9,721 | )

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