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LONG-TERM DEBT
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
LONG-TERM DEBT  
LONG-TERM DEBT

7. LONG-TERM DEBT

        Long-term debt comprises the following (in thousands):

 
  December 31,
2010
  December 31,
2011
 

Notes payable—Bank:

             

Term loans

  $ 264,306   $ 252,113  

Revolver loan

    24,000     28,156  

Note payable—other

        5,752  
           

Total outstanding debt

    288,306     286,021  

Less: current portion

    (12,194 )   (25,068 )
           

Total long-term debt

    276,112     260,953  

Less: debt discount

    (4,063 )   (3,807 )
           

Net carrying amount

  $ 272,049   $ 257,146  
           

Loan Facilities—Bank

        On January 20, 2010, the Company amended and restated its then existing credit facility with CoBank (the "2010 Credit Facility"). The 2010 Credit Facility provided for $225.0 million in term loans and a $73.9 million revolver loan.

        On September 30, 2010, the Company further amended the 2010 Credit Facility by adding a $50.0 million term loan and expanding the revolver loan to $100.0 million (which includes a $10 million swingline sub-facility). This amended facility (the "Amended 2010 Credit Facility") also provides for additional term loans up to an aggregate $50.0 million, subject to lender approval. As of December 31, 2011, $252.1 million was outstanding under the term loans and $28.2 million was outstanding under the revolver loan.

        The term loans mature on September 30, 2014 and require certain quarterly repayment obligations. The revolver loan matures on September 10, 2014. The Company may prepay the Amended 2010 Credit Facility at any time without premium or penalty, other than customary fees for the breakage of LIBOR loans.

        As a result of an amendment entered into on September 16, 2011, amounts borrowed under the Amended 2010 Credit Facility bear interest at a rate equal to, at the Company's option, either (i) the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus an applicable margin ranging between 2.75% to 4.25% or (ii) a base rate plus an applicable margin ranging from 1.75% to 3.25% (or, in the case of amounts borrowed under the swingline sub-facility, an applicable margin ranging from 1.25% to 2.75%). The applicable margin is determined based on the ratio of the Company's indebtedness to its EBITDA (each as defined in the Amended 2010 Credit Facility agreement). Borrowings as of December 31, 2011, after considering the effect of the interest rate swap agreements as described in Note 8, bore a weighted-average interest rate of 5.09%.

        Under the terms of the Amended 2010 Credit Facility, as amended, the Company must also pay a commitment fee ranging from 0.375% to 0.50% of the average daily unused portion of the revolver loan over each calendar quarter.

        The Amended 2010 Credit Facility contains customary representations, warranties and covenants, including covenants by the Company limiting additional indebtedness, liens, guaranties, mergers and consolidations, substantial asset sales, investments and loans, sale and leasebacks, transactions with affiliates and fundamental changes. In addition, the Amended 2010 Credit Facility contains financial covenants by the Company that (i) impose a maximum ratio of indebtedness to EBITDA, (ii) require a minimum ratio of EBITDA to cash interest expense, (iii) require a minimum ratio of equity to consolidated assets and (iv) require a minimum ratio of EBITDA to fixed charges. As previously disclosed, on June 30, 2011 the Company amended certain of these financial covenants to allow an increased ratio of indebtedness to EBITDA and amended the definition of fixed charges. As of December 31, 2011, the Company was in compliance with all of the financial covenants of the Amended 2010 Credit Facility, as amended.

Note Payable—Other

        In connection with the CellOne Merger with M3 Wireless, Ltd., the Company assumed a term loan of approximately $7.0 million owed to Keytech Ltd., the former parent company of M3 and current 42% minority shareholder in the Company's Bermuda operations. The term loan requires quarterly repayments of principal, matures on March 15, 2015 and bears interest at a rate of 7% per annum.

        The Company believes that the carrying value of its debt approximates fair value. Future principal repayments of the term loans are as follows:

 
  Principal
Repayment
 
 
  (in thousands)
 

2012

  $ 25,068  

2013

    25,068  

2014

    235,394  

2015

    491  

2016

     

Thereafter

     
       

Total principal repayments

  $ 286,021