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Liabilities Subject to Compromise Liabilities Subject to Compromise | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Liabilities Subject to Compromise [Abstract] |
Liabilities Subject to Compromise [Text Block] | LIABILITIES SUBJECT TO COMPROMISE The following table reflects pre-petition liabilities that were unpaid as of the Petition Date and are subject to compromise (in millions).
| March 31, 2014
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 1.5 |
3% convertible senior notes and accrued interest (a) | 538.2 |
Convertible preferred stock and paid-in-kind dividends payable (b) | 113.9 |
Liabilities subject to compromise | $ | 653.6 |
(a) | Subsequent to the Petition Date, interest is accrued at 3% plus 50 basis points based on the default rate defined in the notes.
(b) | The convertible preferred stock are currently subject to a share issuance limitation. If a share issuance limitation were to exist at the time of share conversion or sale, any preferred stock shares subject to the share issuance limitation would be subject to optional or mandatory redemption for, at USEC's option, cash or SWU consideration. However, USEC’s ability to redeem may be limited by Delaware law and the Bankruptcy Code. Interest on the convertible preferred stock, in the form of dividends payable-in-kind, ceased in connection with the Proposed Plan.

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