Long-Term Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Long-Term Debt

Schedule of long-term debt

        The company's borrowings consisted of the following at December 31 (in thousands):

	2015		2014
Senior term loan	$	237,500	$	250,000
61/8% senior notes due 2019		400,000		400,000
75/8% senior notes due 2020		—		350,000
5.125% senior notes due 2021		700,000		700,000
63/8% senior notes due 2022		350,000		350,000
51/4% senior notes due 2023		400,000		400,000
5.500% senior notes due 2024		500,000		500,000
Other obligations		40,634		74,166
Total debt		2,628,134		3,024,166
Less debt issuance costs		33,478		42,317
Total amounts outstanding		2,594,656		2,981,849
Less current maturities		16,680		46,460
Long-term debt	$	2,577,976	$	2,935,389

Schedule of senior unsecured notes outstanding terms

Issue	2019 Notes	2021 Notes	2022 Notes	2023 Notes	2024 Notes
Outstanding Balance	$400.0 million	$700.0 million	$350.0 million	$400.0 million	$500.0 million
Stated Interest Rate	61/8%	5.125%	63/8%	51/4%	5.500%
Semi-Annual Interest Payment Dates	February 15 and August 15	April 1 and October 1	February 15 and August 15	April 15 and October 15	April 1 and October 1
Equity Redemption Option Price & Date	N/A—date passed	105.125% (10/1/17)	N/A—date passed	105.250% (4/15/16)	105.500% (10/1/17)
"Make-whole" Option Date	8/15/16	10/1/17	8/15/17	4/15/18	10/1/19
First Call Price & Date	103.063% (8/15/16)	102.563% (10/1/17)	103.188% (8/15/17)	102.625% (4/15/18)	102.750% (10/1/19)
Second Call Price & Date	101.531% (8/15/17)	101.281% (10/1/18)	102.125% (8/15/18)	101.750% (4/15/19)	101.833% (10/1/20)
Third Call Price & Date	100.000% (8/15/18)	100.000% (10/1/19)	101.063% (8/15/19)	100.875% (4/15/20)	100.917% (10/1/21)
Fourth Call Price & Date	—	—	100.000% (8/15/20)	100.000% (4/15/21)	100.000% (10/1/22)
Maturity Date	August 15, 2019	October 1, 2021	August 15, 2022	April 15, 2023	October 1, 2024

Schedule of outstanding debt maturities

        Maturities of outstanding debt as of December 31, 2015, are as follows (in thousands):

2016	$	16,680
2017		15,796
2018		15,601
2019		603,291
2020		3,491
Thereafter		1,973,275
	$	2,628,134