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Long-term debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Long Term Debt | Long-term debt was comprised of the following:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Senior Secured Credit Facilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Term Loan A |  | $ | 975,000 |  |  | $ | 800,000 |
Term Loan A-3 |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,282,500 |
Term Loan B |  |  | 3,482,500 |  |  |  | 1,697,500 |
Term Loan B-2 |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,633,500 |
Senior notes |  |  | 3,775,000 |  |  |  | 2,800,000 |
Acquisition obligations and other notes payable |  |  | 69,045 |  |  |  | 67,352 |
Capital lease obligations |  |  | 218,097 |  |  |  | 152,751 |
Total debt principal outstanding |  |  | 8,519,642 |  |  |  | 8,433,603 |
Discount on long-term debt |  |  | (16,208 | ) |  |  | (17,675 | )
|  |  | 8,503,434 |  |  |  | 8,415,928 |
Less current portion |  |  | (120,154 | ) |  |  | (274,697 | )
|  | $ | 8,383,280 |  |  | $ | 8,141,231 |
Scheduled Maturities of Long-term Debt | Scheduled maturities of long-term debt at December 31, 2014 were as follows:
2015 |  |  | 120,154 |
2016 |  |  | 117,193 |
2017 |  |  | 144,161 |
2018 |  |  | 155,750 |
2019 |  |  | 730,084 |
Thereafter |  |  | 7,252,300 |
Derivative Instruments | The following table summarizes the Company’s derivative instruments as of December 31, 2014 and 2013:
|  | Interest rate swap and cap agreements (liabilities and assets) |
|  | December 31, 2014 |  |  | December 31, 2013 |
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments |  | Balance sheet location |  | Fair value |  |  | Balance sheet location |  | Fair value |
Interest rate swap agreements |  | Other short- term liabilities |  | $ | 1,457 |  |  | Other short- term liabilities |  | $ | 12,069 |
Interest rate swap agreements |  | Other long- term assets |  | $ | 3,281 |  |  | Other long- term assets |  | $ | 10,004 |
Interest rate cap agreements |  | Other long- term assets |  | $ | 13,934 |  |  | Other long- term assets |  | $ | 7,567 |
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, 2014, 2013 and 2012:
|  | Amount of gains (losses) recognized in OCI on interest rate swap and cap agreements |  |  | Location of (losses) gains reclassified from |  | Amount of gains (losses) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income |
|  | Years ended December 31, |  |  | accumulated |  | Years ended December 31, |
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | OCI into income |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Interest rate swap agreements |  | $ | (8,390 | ) |  | $ | 1,251 |  |  | $ | (8,838 | ) |  | Debt expense |  | $ | 12,279 |  |  | $ | 15,678 |  |  | $ | (12,989 | )
Interest rate cap agreements |  |  | (8,119 | ) |  |  | (974 | ) |  |  | (1,316 | ) |  | Debt expense |  |  | 5,130 |  |  |  | 5,418 |  |  |  | (3,589 | )
Tax (expense) benefit |  |  | 6,450 |  |  |  | (108 | ) |  |  | 3,950 |  |  |  |  |  | (6,801 | ) |  |  | (8,207 | ) |  |  | 6,448 |
Total |  | $ | (10,059 | ) |  | $ | 169 |  |  | $ | (6,204 | ) |  |  |  | $ | 10,608 |  |  | $ | 12,889 |  |  | $ | (10,130 | )

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