v2.4.1.9
Long-term debt (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long Term Debt

Long-term debt was comprised of the following:

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

Senior Secured Credit Facilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term Loan A

 

$

962,500

 

 

$

975,000

 

Term Loan B

 

 

3,473,750

 

 

 

3,482,500

 

Senior notes

 

 

3,775,000

 

 

 

3,775,000

 

Acquisition obligations and other notes payable

 

 

63,102

 

 

 

69,045

 

Capital lease obligations

 

 

239,439

 

 

 

218,097

 

Total debt principal outstanding

 

 

8,513,791

 

 

 

8,519,642

 

Discount on long-term debt

 

 

(15,562

)

 

 

(16,208

)

 

 

 

8,498,229

 

 

 

8,503,434

 

Less current portion

 

 

(118,076

)

 

 

(120,154

)

 

 

$

8,380,153

 

 

$

8,383,280

 

 

Scheduled Maturities of Long-term Debt

Scheduled maturities of long-term debt at March 31, 2015 were as follows:

 

2015 (remainder of the year)

 

 

92,475

 

2016

 

 

117,586

 

2017

 

 

145,940

 

2018

 

 

156,733

 

2019

 

 

730,811

 

2020

 

 

55,617

 

Thereafter

 

 

7,214,629

 

 

Derivative Instruments

The following table summarizes the Company’s derivative instruments as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014:

 

 

 

March 31, 2015

 

 

December 31, 2014

 

Derivatives designated as hedging

 

Balance sheet

 

 

 

 

 

Balance sheet

 

 

 

 

instruments

 

location

 

Fair value

 

 

location

 

Fair value

 

Interest rate swap agreements

 

Other short-term liabilities

 

$

1,439

 

 

Other short-term liabilities

 

$

1,457

 

Interest rate swap agreements

 

Other long-term assets

 

$

1,291

 

 

Other long-term assets

 

$

3,281

 

Interest rate cap agreements

 

Other long-term assets

 

$

7,177

 

 

Other long-term assets

 

$

13,934

 

 

Effects of Interest Rate Swap Agreements

The following table summarizes the effects of the Company’s interest rate swap and cap agreements for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:

 

 

 

Amount of gains

 

 

 

 

Amount of

 

 

 

(losses) recognized in

 

 

 

 

losses reclassified

 

 

 

OCI on interest rate swap

 

 

 

 

from accumulated

 

 

 

and cap agreements

 

 

Location of

 

OCI into income

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

losses reclassified

 

Three months ended

 

Derivatives designated

 

March 31,

 

 

from accumulated

 

March 31,

 

as cash flow hedges

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

 

OCI into income

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

Interest rate swap agreements

 

$

(2,694

)

 

$

(2,764

)

 

Debt expense

(including

refinancing

charges)

 

$

(722

)

 

$

(4,006

)

Interest rate cap agreements

 

 

(6,757

)

 

 

(1,347

)

 

Debt expense

(including

refinancing

charges)

 

 

(610

)

 

 

(1,507

)

Tax benefit

 

 

3,691

 

 

 

1,606

 

 

 

 

 

520

 

 

 

2,154

 

Total

 

$

(5,760

)

 

$

(2,505

)

 

 

 

$

(812

)

 

$

(3,359

)