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DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2022
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES | NOTE 8 - DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES The following represents a summary of our long-term debt:
(In Millions)
Debt Instrument |  | Issuer 1 |  | Annual Effective Interest Rate |  | March 31, 2022 |  | December 31, 2021
Senior Secured Notes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
9.875% 2025 Senior Secured Notes |  | Cliffs |  | 10.57% |  | $ | 607 |  |  | $ | 607 |
6.750% 2026 Senior Secured Notes |  | Cliffs |  | 6.99% |  | 845 |  |  | 845 |
Senior Unsecured Notes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1.500% 2025 Convertible Senior Notes |  | Cliffs |  | 6.26% |  | — |  |  | 294 |
7.000% 2027 Senior Notes |  | Cliffs |  | 9.24% |  | 73 |  |  | 73 |
7.000% 2027 AK Senior Notes |  | AK Steel |  | 9.24% |  | 56 |  |  | 56 |
5.875% 2027 Senior Notes |  | Cliffs |  | 6.49% |  | 556 |  |  | 556 |
4.625% 2029 Senior Notes |  | Cliffs |  | 4.63% |  | 500 |  |  | 500 |
4.875% 2031 Senior Notes |  | Cliffs |  | 4.88% |  | 500 |  |  | 500 |
6.250% 2040 Senior Notes |  | Cliffs |  | 6.34% |  | 263 |  |  | 263 |
IRBs due 2024 to 2028 |  | AK Steel |  | Various |  | — |  |  | 66 |
ABL Facility |  | Cliffs 2 |  | Variable 3 |  | 1,715 |  |  | 1,609 |
Total principal amount |  |  |  |  |  | 5,115 |  |  | 5,369 |
Unamortized discounts and issuance costs |  |  |  |  |  | (87) |  |  | (131) |
Total long-term debt |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 5,028 |  |  | $ | 5,238 |
1 Unless otherwise noted, references in this column and throughout this NOTE 8 - DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES to "Cliffs" are to Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., and references to "AK Steel" are to AK Steel Corporation (n/k/a Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corporation).
2 Refers to Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. as borrower under our ABL Facility.
3 Our ABL Facility annual effective interest rate was 2.00% and 1.87%, respectively, as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
Debt Extinguishments - 2022 On January 18, 2022, we redeemed all of our outstanding 1.500% 2025 Convertible Senior Notes through a combination settlement, with the aggregate principal amount of $294 million paid in cash, and 24 million common shares, with a fair value of $499 million, delivered to noteholders in settlement of the premium due per the terms of the indenture, plus cash in respect of the accrued and unpaid interest on the 1.500% 2025 Convertible Senior Notes to, but not including, the redemption date per the terms of the indenture. Additionally, on March 25, 2022, we redeemed all $66 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of the IRBs due 2024 to 2028. The following is a summary of the debt extinguished and the respective impact on extinguishment:
|  |  |  |  |  | (In Millions)
|  |  |  |  | Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
Debt Instrument |  |  |  |  |  |  | Debt Extinguished |  | Gain (Loss) on Extinguishment
1.500% 2025 Convertible Senior Notes |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 294 |  |  | $ | (16) |
IRBs due 2024 to 2028 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 66 |  |  | 2 |
Total |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 360 |  |  | $ | (14) |
Subsequent to the quarter ended March 31, 2022, we redeemed all of our outstanding 9.875% 2025 Senior Secured Notes with available liquidity on April 20, 2022. Refer to NOTE 19 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS for further information. ABL Facility As of March 31, 2022, we were in compliance with the ABL Facility liquidity requirements and, therefore, the springing financial covenant requiring a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.0 to 1.0 was not applicable. The following represents a summary of our borrowing capacity under the ABL Facility:
|  | (In Millions)
|  | March 31, 2022
Available borrowing base on ABL Facility 1 |  | $ | 4,500 |
Borrowings |  | (1,715) |
Letter of credit obligations 2 |  | (171) |
Borrowing capacity available |  | $ | 2,614 |
1 As of March 31, 2022, the ABL Facility has a maximum available borrowing base of $4.5 billion. The borrowing base is determined by applying customary advance rates to eligible accounts receivable, inventory and certain mobile equipment.
2 We issued standby letters of credit with certain financial institutions in order to support business obligations including, but not limited to, workers' compensation, employee severance, insurance, operating agreements and environmental obligations.
Debt Maturities The following represents a summary of our maturities of debt instruments based on the principal amounts outstanding at March 31, 2022:
|  | (In Millions)
|  | Maturities of Debt
2022 (remaining period of year) |  | $ | — |
2023 |  | — |
2024 |  | — |
2025 |  | 2,322 |
2026 |  | 845 |
Thereafter |  | 1,948 |
Total maturities of debt |  | $ | 5,115 |

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