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Long-Term Debt (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Long-Term Debt | Long-term debt consisted of the following:
|  | Sept. 30, |  |  | Sept. 30, |  |  | Dec. 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2011 |
|  | (Dollars in thousands) |
Bank debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bank revolving loans |  | $ | 320,000 |  |  | $ | 15,000 |  |  | $ | - |
U.S. term loans |  |  | 520,000 |  |  |  | 520,000 |  |  |  | 520,000 |
Canadian term loans |  |  | 82,571 |  |  |  | 79,194 |  |  |  | 79,323 |
Euro term loans |  |  | 432,686 |  |  |  | 456,035 |  |  |  | 433,825 |
Other foreign bank revolving and term loans |  |  | 134,444 |  |  |  | 115,696 |  |  |  | 97,874 |
Total bank debt |  |  | 1,489,701 |  |  |  | 1,185,925 |  |  |  | 1,131,022 |
5% Senior Notes |  |  | 500,000 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
7¼% Senior Notes, net of unamortized discount |  |  | - |  |  |  | 245,025 |  |  |  | 245,237 |
Total debt |  |  | 1,989,701 |  |  |  | 1,430,950 |  |  |  | 1,376,259 |
Less current portion |  |  | 423,274 |  |  |  | 118,155 |  |  |  | 87,776 |
|  | $ | 1,566,427 |  |  | $ | 1,312,795 |  |  | $ | 1,288,483 |
Redemption Price of Notes Plus Accrued and Unpaid Interest Thereon to Redemption Date | The 5% Notes are redeemable, at the option of Silgan, in whole or in part, at any time after April 1, 2016 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 April 1, of the years set forth below:
Year | Redemption Price
2016 | 102.500%
2017 | 101.250%
2018 and thereafter | 100.000%

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