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LONG-TERM DEBT (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Long-term Debt | Long-term debt at December 31 is as follows:
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
|  | (Dollars in thousands) |
Bank debt: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bank revolving loans |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
U.S. term loans |  |  | 520,000 |  |  |  | 400,000 |
Canadian term loans |  |  | 79,323 |  |  |  | 81,000 |
Euro term loans |  |  | 433,825 |  |  |  | 165,313 |
Other foreign bank revolving and term loans |  |  | 97,874 |  |  |  | 13,949 |
Total bank debt |  |  | 1,131,022 |  |  |  | 660,262 |
7 1/4% Senior Notes, net of unamortized discount |  |  | 245,237 |  |  |  | 244,412 |
Total debt |  |  | 1,376,259 |  |  |  | 904,674 |
Less current portion |  |  | 87,776 |  |  |  | 13,949 |
|  | $ | 1,288,483 |  |  | $ | 890,725 |
Aggregate Annual Maturities of Debt | The aggregate annual maturities of our debt (non-U.S. dollar debt has been translated into U.S. dollars at exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date) are as follows (dollars in thousands):
2012 |  | $ | 87,776 |
2013 |  |  | 159,011 |
2014 |  |  | 159,011 |
2015 |  |  | 208,649 |
2016 |  |  | 456,630 |
Thereafter |  |  | 309,945 |
|  | $ | 1,381,022 |
Redemption Price of Notes Plus Accrued And Unpaid Interest Thereon to The Redemption Date | The 7 1/4% Notes are redeemable, at the option of Silgan, in whole or in part, at any time after August 15, 2013 at the following redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount) plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date if redeemed during the twelve month period commencing August 15, of the years set forth below:
Year |  | Redemption Price |
2013 |  |  | 103.625% |
2014 |  |  | 101.813% |
2015 and thereafter |  |  | 100.000% |

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