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Debt | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2021
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Long-term Debt | 11. LONG-TERM DEBT Long-term debt outstanding, excluding VIE long-term debt, was as follows:
|  |  |  | September 30, 2021 |  | December 31, 2020
|  |  |  | Par Value |  | Unamortized Discount |  | Carrying Value |  | Par Value |  | Unamortized Discount |  | Carrying Value
Ambac Assurance: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
5.1% Surplus Notes |  |  |  | $ | 780 |  |  | $ | (58) |  |  | $ | 722 |  |  | $ | 531 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 531 |
5.1% Junior Surplus Notes |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 365 |  |  | (118) |  |  | 247 |
LSNI Ambac Note |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,641 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,641 |
Sitka AAC Note |  |  |  | 1,175 |  |  | (23) |  |  | 1,152 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Tier 2 Notes |  |  |  | 326 |  |  | — |  |  | 326 |  |  | 306 |  |  | — |  |  | 306 |
Ambac UK Debt |  |  |  | 41 |  |  | (26) |  |  | 14 |  |  | 41 |  |  | (27) |  |  | 14 |
Long-Term Debt |  |  |  | $ | 2,322 |  |  | $ | (107) |  |  | $ | 2,215 |  |  | $ | 2,884 |  |  | $ | (145) |  |  | $ | 2,739 |
Aggregated annual maturities of non-VIE long-term debt obligations (based on scheduled maturity dates as further discussed below) are as follows:
2022 |  | $ | 780 |  | (1)
2023 |  | — |  |
2024 |  | — |  |
2025 |  | — |  |
2026 |  | 1,175 |  |
Thereafter |  | 366 |  |
Total |  | $ | 2,322 |  |
(1) Surplus Notes issued had a scheduled maturity date of June 7, 2020. OCI declined the request of Ambac Assurance to pay the principal amount of the surplus notes, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, on June 7, 2020, and June 7, 2021. As a result, the payment date for principal of the surplus notes shall be extended until OCI grants approval to make the payment. Interest will accrue, compounded on each anniversary of the original scheduled payment date or scheduled maturity date, on any unpaid principal or interest through the actual date of payment at 5.1% per annum. Included in the table above is the potential payment at the next scheduled payment date of June 7, 2022. The following description provides an update of Note 13. Long-term Debt in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, and should be read in conjunction with the complete descriptions provided in the Form 10-K. Surplus Notes Ambac Assurance's Surplus Notes, with a par amount of $780 and $531 at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, had a scheduled maturity of June 7, 2020. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, in connection with the 2021 Surplus Note Exchanges and other transactions, Surplus Notes with aggregate par amount of $249 were re-issued, and all Junior Surplus Notes were acquired and extinguished. The discount on Surplus Notes issued prior to 2021 was accreted into income using the effective interest method based on projected cash flows at the date of issuance through June 7, 2020, using a weighted average imputed interest rate of 10.1%. The discount on Surplus Notes issued during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, is being accreted into income using the effective interest method at a weighted average imputed interest rate of 8.9% Refer to Note 1. Background and Business Description for further discussion of the 2021 Surplus Note Exchanges. Sitka AAC Note The Sitka AAC Note, issued in connection with the Secured Note Refinancing on July 6, 2021, as more fully described in Note 1. Background and Business Description, has a par value of $1,175 at September 30, 2021, and a legal maturity of July 6, 2026. The proceeds from this offering were used to fund a portion of the full redemption of the secured note issued by Ambac Assurance (the "LSNI Ambac Note"). The remaining balance of the LSNI Ambac Note was redeemed utilizing other available temporary sources of liquidity. Interest on the Sitka AAC Note is payable quarterly (on the last day of each quarter beginning with September 30, 2021) at an annual rate of 3-month U.S. Dollar LIBOR + 4.50%, subject to a 0.75% LIBOR floor. The discount on Sitka AAC Note is being accreted into income using the effective interest method based on an imputed interest rate of 5.7%. The Sitka AAC Note is redeemable prior to July 6, 2022, at a price of 100% of the principal amount plus a make-whole premium and accrued and unpaid interest. The make-whole premium represents the excess of the present value of 103% of the principal amount plus all required scheduled interest payments through July 6, 2022 (excluding accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date), over the principal amount to be redeemed. On and after July 6, 2022, and prior to July 6, 2023, the notes are redeemable at a price equal to 103% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. On and after July 6, 2023, the notes are redeemable at 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Sitka AAC Note is secured by a pledge of AAC’s right, title and interest in (i) up to $1,400 of proceeds from certain litigations involving AAC related to residential mortgage-backed securities and (ii) the capital stock of Ambac UK. In addition, AAC issued a financial guaranty insurance policy (the “Sitka Senior Secured Notes Policy”) to the trustee for the Sitka Senior Secured Notes for the benefit of the holders of the Sitka Senior Secured Notes irrevocably guaranteeing all regularly scheduled principal and interest payments in respect of the Sitka Senior Secured Notes as and when such payments become due and owing. Upon receipt of any representation and warranty subrogation proceeds or proceeds of the sale or disposition of Ambac UK, Ambac Assurance shall apply an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the amount of such representation and warranty subrogation recoveries up to $1,400 or proceeds of the sale or disposition of Ambac UK, as the case may be, and (b) all outstanding principal, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on the Sitka AAC Note to redeem the Sitka AAC Note, in whole or in part, as applicable; provided, that any non-cash representation and warranty recoveries shall be deemed to be received upon the receipt of the applicable appraisal.

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