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Debt
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
Debt
The Company’s debt consists of the following:
 
(dollars in millions)
September 30,
2013
 
December 31,
2012
Current portion of long-term debt:
 
 
 
Corporate Credit Agreement - Tranche B Term Loan
$
5.4

 
$

1/4% Senior Notes due 2017
500.0

 

Capital lease obligations and other debt
7.2

 
13.4

Net unamortized discount on 8 1/4% Senior Notes due 2017
(3.7
)
 

Current portion of long-term debt
508.9

 
13.4

Long-term debt, less current portion:
 
 
 
Receivables Facility

 
52.0

1/4% Senior Notes due 2017

 
500.0

3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018
625.0

 
625.0

Corporate Credit Agreement - Tranche B Term Loan
534.6

 

3/8% Senior Notes due 2020
683.9

 
683.9

CyrusOne 6 3/8% Senior Notes due 2022

 
525.0

1/4% Senior Notes due 2023
40.0

 
40.0

Various Cincinnati Bell Telephone notes
134.5

 
134.5

Capital lease obligations and other debt
96.9

 
123.1

 
2,114.9

 
2,683.5

Net unamortized discount
(6.7
)
 
(7.5
)
         Long-term debt, less current portion
2,108.2

 
2,676.0

Total debt
$
2,617.1

 
$
2,689.4



In 2013, upon completion of the IPO of CyrusOne, we removed CyrusOne's debt from our consolidated financial statements. The Company no longer has any obligations related to CyrusOne's indebtedness which includes CyrusOne's $525 million of 6 3/8% Senior Notes due 2022, capital lease obligations and other financing arrangements. In addition, the Company no longer has access to the $225 million CyrusOne Credit Agreement.

Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility
On June 3, 2013, the Company executed an amendment of its accounts receivable securitization facility (“Receivables Facility”) which, in addition to modifying some of the defined terms and purchaser parties under the prior agreement, provided for an increase in the maximum credit availability under the Receivables Facility from $105.0 million to $120.0 million and extended the facility's expiration through June 2016. As of September 30, 2013, the Company had no borrowings and $5.2 million of letters of credit outstanding under the Receivables Facility, leaving $102.7 million of remaining availability on the total borrowing capacity of $107.9 million. The Receivables Facility is subject to renewal every 364 days until its expiration in June 2016 and, in the event that it is not renewed, the Company has the ability to refinance any outstanding borrowings with borrowings under its existing revolving corporate credit facility (the "Corporate Credit Agreement"). The permitted borrowings vary depending on the level of eligible receivables and other factors. Under the Receivables Facility, certain subsidiaries, or originators, sell their respective trade receivables on a continuous basis to Cincinnati Bell Funding LLC (“CBF”). Although CBF is a wholly-owned consolidated subsidiary of the Company, CBF is legally separate from the Company and each of the Company’s other subsidiaries. Upon and after the sale or contribution of the accounts receivable to CBF, such accounts receivable are legally assets of CBF and, as such, are not available to creditors of other subsidiaries or the Company.

Corporate Credit Agreement - Amendment for Tranche B Term Loan Facility

On September 10, 2013, the Company amended and restated its Corporate Credit Agreement, originally dated as of November 20, 2012, to include a new $540 million Tranche B Term Loan facility ("Tranche B Term Loan") that matures on September 10, 2020. The Tranche B Term Loan was issued with 0.75% of original issue discount and requires quarterly principal payments of 0.25% of the original principal amount. Loans under the Tranche B Term Loan bear interest, at the Company's election, at a rate per annum equal to (i) LIBOR (subject to a 1.00% floor) plus 3.00% or (ii) the base rate plus 2.00%. Base rate is the greatest of (a) the bank prime rate, (b) the one-month LIBOR rate plus 1.00% and (c) the federal funds rate plus 0.5%.

The Company received $529.6 million in net proceeds from the Tranche B Term Loan on September 10, 2013, after deducting the original issue discount, fees and expenses. These proceeds were used to redeem all of the Company's $500 million of 8 1/4% Senior Notes due 2017 ("8 1/4% Senior Notes") on October 15, 2013 at a redemption price of 104.125%, including payment of accrued interest thereon totaling $20.6 million. In accordance with the indenture governing these 8 1/4% Senior Notes, the Company filed a notification with the trustee on September 11, 2013 of its election to redeem these 8 1/4% Senior Notes on the redemption date, October 15, 2013. As a result of the redemption, the Company expects to record a debt extinguishment loss of $29.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2013 which consists of $20.6 million of call premiums and the write-off of $5.3 million of issuance costs and $3.7 million of debt discount. As of September 30, 2013, the 8 1/4% Senior Notes and the associated discount are presented as a current liability on the Company's consolidated balance sheet.

The Company's ability to make restricted payments, which include share repurchases and common stock dividends, is limited to a total of $15 million, with certain permitted exceptions, given that its Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio, as defined in the credit agreement, exceeds 3.50 to 1.00 as of September 30, 2013.  The Company may make restricted payments of $45 million annually when the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00.  There are no dollar limits on restricted payments when the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00. These restricted payment limitations do not impact the Company's ability to make regularly scheduled dividend payments on its 6 3/4% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock. Furthermore, the Company may make restricted payments in the form of share repurchases or dividends up to 15% of CyrusOne sale proceeds, subject to a $35 million annual cap with carryovers.

The Corporate Credit Agreement was also modified to provide that the Tranche B Term Loan participates in mandatory prepayments applicable to the Company's existing revolving corporate credit facility, subject to the terms and conditions (including with respect to payment priority) set forth in the restated Corporate Credit Agreement. In addition, the Corporate Credit Agreement was modified to provide that 85%, rather than 100%, of proceeds of CyrusOne Sales are applied to mandatory prepayments under the restated Corporate Credit Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein. Other revisions were also effected pursuant to the amended agreement, including with respect to financial covenant compliance levels.

The Tranche B Term Loan is subject to the same affirmative and negative covenants and events of default as the Corporate Credit Agreement, except that a breach of the financial covenants will not result in an event of default under the Tranche B Term Loan unless and until the agent or a majority in interest of the lenders under the Corporate Credit Agreement have terminated the commitments under the Corporate Credit Agreement or accelerated the loans then outstanding under the Corporate Credit Agreement in response to such breach.

As of September 30, 2013, the Company had no outstanding borrowings on its Corporate Credit Agreement, leaving $200.0 million available. The Corporate Credit Agreement expires in July 2017.