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$c00030http://www.sec.gov/CIK0000110430duration2010-01-01T00:00:002010-12-31T00:00:00u000Standardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso42170u002Dividehttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso4217http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0u001Standardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0USDUSD$2true0fto_NotesToFinancialStatementsAbstractftofalsenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherxbrli:stringItemTypestringNo definition available.falsefalse3false0us-gaap_LongTermDebtTextBlockus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00<div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="center"><tr valign="top"><td style="WIDTH: 48px"><div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">6.</font></font></div></td><td width="1189"><div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></font> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Long-term Debt</font></font></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div><div align="center"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="74%"><tr><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="50%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">  </font></td><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid" valign="bottom" width="22%" colspan="6"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">December 31,</font></div></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </font></td></tr><tr><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="50%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">  </font></td><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center" valign="bottom" width="10%" colspan="2"><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">2010</font></div></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </font></td><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center" valign="bottom" width="10%" colspan="2"><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">2009</font></div></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </font></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" width="50%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">  </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="FONT-STYLE: italic; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="22%" colspan="6"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="FONT-STYLE: italic; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(in thousands)</font></div></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-STYLE: italic; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" width="50%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">  </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="10%" colspan="2"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="10%" colspan="2"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" width="50%" align="left"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">6.875% Senior Notes (Due November 15, 2018)</font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">$</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">150,000</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">$</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" width="50%" align="left"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">6.625% Senior Notes (Due October 1, 2011, redeemed in 2010)</font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">150,000</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" width="50%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">  </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" width="50%" align="left"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">8.5% Senior Notes (Due September 15, 2016)</font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">200,000</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">200,000</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td></tr><tr><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="50%" align="left"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 9pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Less discount</font></div></td><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(2,227</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">)</font></td><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(2,515</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">)</font></td></tr><tr><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="50%" align="left"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">8.5% Senior Notes, net</font></div></td><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">197,773</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">197,485</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" width="50%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">  </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td></tr><tr><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px" valign="bottom" width="50%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">  </font></td><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px" valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">$</font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">347,773</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px" valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">$</font></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double; TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">347,485</font></td><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </font></td></tr></table></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In November 2010, the Company issued $150.0 million principal amount of 6.875% Senior Notes.  The 6.875% Senior Notes, which mature on November 15, 2018, were issued at par, and the Company received net proceeds (after underwriting fees) of $147.0 million.  Interest will be paid semi-annually on May 15 and November 15.  The 6.875% Senior Notes are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at 103.44% after November 15, 2014, declining to 100.00% in 2016.  Prior to November 15, 2014, the Company may at its option redeem the 6.875% Senior Notes at a make-whole price comprised of 103.44% of the principal amount plus a make-whole amount.  The make-whole amount is the excess, if any, of the present value of the remaining interest and principal payments due on the 6.875% Senior Notes as if such notes were redeemed on November 15, 2014 computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, over the principal amount of the notes.  The 6.875% Senior Notes may restrict payments, including dividends, and limit the incurrence of additional indebtedness based on covenants related to interest coverage and restricted payments.  Frontier Holdings Inc. and its material subsidiaries are full and unconditional guarantors of the 6.875% Senior Notes (see Note 16 "Consolidating Financial Statements").  The proceeds of the 6.875% Senior Notes were used to redeem the Company's 6.625% Senior Notes which had a maturity date of October 1, 2011.</font></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Pursuant to a tender and consent offer, in November 2010 the Company redeemed $104.5 million principal amount of its 6.625% Senior Notes which had been issued in October 2004 and which had been scheduled to mature on October 1, 2011.  In connection with this redemption, which was at 97.3% of par resulting in a gain on the redemption of $2.8 million, the Company paid $3.1 million (3% of par) in consent payments, resulting in a net loss on the extinguishment.  The remaining $45.5 million principal amount of its 6.625% Senior Notes were redeemed at 100% of par in December 2010.  The Company incurred a net loss on the early redemption of the 6.625% Senior Notes of $750,000 which included the consent payment mentioned above and the write-off of the remaining unamortized debt issuance costs and is included in "Interest expense and other financing costs" in the 2010 Statement of Operations.</font></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In September 2008, the Company issued $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8.5% Senior Notes.  The 8.5% Senior Notes, which mature on September 15, 2016, were issued at a 1.42% discount ($2.8 million) resulting in total Senior Notes, net of discount, of $197.2 million.  The Company received net proceeds (after underwriting fees) of $195.3 million.  Interest is paid semi-annually on March 15 and September 15.  The 8.5% Senior Notes are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at 104.25% after September 15, 2012, declining to 100.00% in 2014.  Prior to September 15, 2012, the Company may at its option redeem the 8.5% Senior Notes at a make-whole price comprised of 104.25% of the principal amount plus a make-whole amount. The make-whole amount is the excess, if any, of the present value of the remaining interest and principal payments due on the 8.5% Senior Notes as if such notes were redeemed on September 15, 2012 computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, over the principal amount of the notes.  The 8.5% Senior Notes may restrict payments, including dividends, and limit the incurrence of additional indebtedness based on covenants related to interest coverage and restricted payments.  Frontier Holdings Inc. and its material subsidiaries are full and unconditional guarantors of the 8.5% Senior Notes (see Note 16 "Consolidating Financial Statements").</font></div>6. 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