Debt: (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Debt Instruments [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

Debt incurred by Windstream Services and its subsidiaries was as follows at:

(Millions)	June 30, 2020			December 31, 2019
Issued by Windstream Services:
Superpriority debtor-in-possession term loan facility	$	500.0		$	500.0
Superpriority debtor-in-possession revolving credit facility	400.0			—
Senior secured credit facility, Tranche B6 – variable rates, due March 29, 2021 (a) (b)	1,180.5			1,180.5
Senior secured credit facility, Tranche B7 – variable rates, due February 17, 2024 (b)	568.4			568.4
Senior secured credit facility, Revolving line of credit – variable rates, due    April 24, 2020 (b)	802.0			802.0
Senior First Lien Notes – 8.625%, due October 31, 2025 (b)	600.0			600.0
Senior Second Lien Notes – 10.500%, due June 30, 2024 (b)	414.9			414.9
Senior Second Lien Notes – 9.000%, due June 30, 2025 (b)	802.0			802.0
Debentures and notes, without collateral:
2020 Notes – 7.750%, due October 15, 2020 (b)	78.1			78.1
2021 Notes – 7.750%, due October 1, 2021 (b)	70.1			70.1
2022 Notes – 7.500%, due June 1, 2022 (b)	36.2			36.2
2023 Notes – 7.500%, due April 1, 2023 (b)	34.4			34.4
2023 Notes – 6.375%, due August 1, 2023 (b)	806.9			806.9
2024 Notes – 8.750%, due December 15, 2024 (b)	105.8			105.8
Issued by subsidiaries of Windstream Services:
Windstream Holdings of the Midwest, Inc. – 6.75%, due April 1, 2028 (b)	100.0			100.0
Long-term debt prior to reclassification to liabilities subject to compromise	6,499.3			6,099.3
Less current portion	(900.0		)	(500.0		)
Less amounts reclassified to liabilities subject to compromise	(5,599.3		)	(5,599.3		)
Total long-term debt	$	—		$	—

(a) Prior to the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, if the maturity of the revolving line of credit was not extended prior to April 24, 2020, the maturity date of the Tranche B6 term loan would have become April 24, 2020; provided further, if the 2020 Notes had not been repaid or refinanced prior to July 15, 2020 with indebtedness having a maturity date no earlier than March 29, 2021, the maturity date of the Tranche B6 term loan would have become July 15, 2020.

(b) Balances have been reclassified to liabilities subject to compromise because these obligations were under-collateralized as of the Petition Date of the Chapter 11 Cases and/or impaired based on the expected treatment of the creditor classes included in the PSA and the Plan.

Interest Expense, Net Disclosure

Interest expense was as follows:

	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
(Millions)	2020			2019			2020			2019
Interest expense - debt	$	69.1		$	82.9		$	145.2		$	176.7
Interest expense - leaseback of real estate    contributed to pension plan	1.6			1.5			3.1			3.1
Impact of interest rate swaps	(3.3		)	(3.0		)	(6.6		)	(5.9		)
Interest on finance leases and other	0.6			1.4			1.4			2.3
Less capitalized interest expense	(2.0		)	(2.0		)	(4.0		)	(3.5		)
Total interest expense	$	66.0		$	80.8		$	139.1		$	172.7