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Debt
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
Debt
The Company’s debt consists of the following:
 
(dollars in millions)
June 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
Current portion of long-term debt:
 
 
 
Capital lease obligations and other debt
$
10.8

 
$
7.5

Current portion of long-term debt
10.8

 
7.5

Long-term debt, less current portion:
 
 
 
Receivables Facility

 
89.5

Corporate Credit Agreement - Tranche B Term Loan
315.8

 
315.8

       7 1/4% Senior Notes due 2023

22.3

 
22.3

       7% Senior Notes due 2024
625.0

 
625.0

Cincinnati Bell Telephone Notes
87.9

 
87.9

Capital lease obligations and other debt
67.9

 
62.0

 
1,118.9

 
1,202.5

Net unamortized premium
8.2

 
8.5

Unamortized note issuance costs
(11.0
)
 
(11.9
)
         Long-term debt, less current portion
1,116.1

 
1,199.1

Total debt
$
1,126.9

 
$
1,206.6



Corporate Credit Agreement

There were no outstanding borrowings on the Corporate Credit Agreement's revolving credit facility, leaving $150.0 million available for borrowings as of June 30, 2017. This revolving credit facility expires in January 2020.

Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility
As of June 30, 2017, the Company had no borrowings and $6.3 million of letters of credit outstanding under the accounts receivable securitization facility ("Receivables Facility"), leaving $100.1 million remaining availability on the total borrowing capacity of $106.4 million. In the second quarter of 2017, the Company executed an amendment of its Receivables Facility, which replaced, amended and added certain provisions and definitions to increase the credit availability and renew the facility, which is subject to renewal every 364 days, until May 2018. The facility's termination date is in May 2019 and was not changed by this amendment. In the event the Receivables Facility is not renewed, the Company has the ability to refinance any outstanding borrowings with borrowings under the Corporate Credit Agreement. Under the terms of the Receivables Facility, the Company could obtain up to $120.0 million depending on the quantity and quality of accounts receivable. Under this agreement, 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 the Company's other subsidiaries or the Company.

Cincinnati Bell Telephone Notes
In April 2017, the Company filed Form 15 with the SEC to de-list the Cincinnati Bell Telephone Notes ("CBT Notes") due to the number of registrants no longer exceeding 300. Therefore, the Company is no longer required to prepare supplemental guarantor information related to the CBT Notes.

Commitment Letter
On July 9, 2017, in connection with the execution of the merger agreement with Hawaiian Telcom and the execution of the merger agreement with OnX, the Company also entered into a commitment letter (the “Commitment Letter”) with Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. (the “Committed Party”). Pursuant to the Commitment Letter, the Committed Party has committed to provide the Company with $1,100 million senior secured credit facilities (the “Credit Facilities”), consisting of (i) a $150 million revolving credit facility with a maturity of five years and (ii) term loan facilities in an aggregate amount equal to $950 million with a maturity of seven years, to be made available to the Company to finance the transactions contemplated by the OnX Merger Agreement and the Hawaiian Telcom Merger Agreement upon the closings thereof, subject to certain terms and conditions set forth in the Commitment Letter. Proceeds from the Credit Facilities will be used to repay Hawaiian Telcom’s existing indebtedness, refinance the Company’s existing revolving credit facility and term loan facility, pay the cash portion of the consideration for the Hawaiian Telcom Merger, pay the cash consideration for OnX Merger on a cash-free, debt-free basis, pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the OnX Merger and the Hawaiian Telcom Merger and finance ongoing working capital and other general corporate needs. On July 27, 2017, the Commitment Letter was amended to include additional Lenders and to increase the total commitment to $1,130 million consisting of a $180 million revolving credit facility and $950 million term loan. The Company is also exploring the possibility of replacing a portion of the secured committed term loan with unsecured senior notes, subject to market conditions.
The Credit Facilities are subject to the negotiation of mutually acceptable credit or loan agreements and other mutually acceptable definitive documentation, which will include certain representations and warranties, affirmative and negative covenants, financial covenants, events of default and collateral and guarantee agreements that are customarily required for similar financings. Additionally, the Committed Party’s obligation to provide the financing is subject to the satisfaction of specified conditions and the accuracy of specified representations. 
The documentation governing the Credit Facilities has not been finalized and accordingly the actual terms may differ from the description of such terms in the foregoing summary of the Commitment Letter.