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The number of days of interest that would accrue on the 8% Senior Notes in the event that HCOM Acquisition has not occurred on or prior to January 9, 2019 and the Issuer's failure to timely deposit cash into the escrow account.

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage Of Principal Amount Outstanding

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In the event that the HCOM Acquisition has not occurred on or prior to January 9, 2019, the Issuer has notified the escrow agent that the HCOM Acquisition will not be consummated, the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 9, 2017, among Hawaiian Telcom, the Company and Twin Acquisition Corp. has been terminated or the Issuer fails, after receiving written notice from the escrow agent of the Issuer’s failure to timely deposit cash into the escrow account equal to 30 days of interest that would accrue on the 8% Senior Notes to deposit such amount of cash within five business days after receipt of such notice, the Issuer will be required to redeem all of the 8% Senior Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the initial issue price, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date.

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Description of minimum financial levels (for example, tangible net worth and working capital) and achievement of certain financial ratios (for example, working capital ratio and debt service coverage ratio), and adherence to certain clauses which generally require or restrict certain actions (for example, entering into a debt arrangement with equal or greater seniority, and selling or discontinuing a certain business segment or material subsidiary) to be in compliance with the covenant clauses of the debt agreement. May also include a discussion of the adverse consequences that would result if the entity violates or fails to satisfy the covenants.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Percentage of principal amount of debt redeemed.

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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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Difference between the fair value of payments made and the carrying amount of debt which is extinguished prior to maturity.

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The cash inflow from a debt initially having maturity due after one year or beyond the operating cycle, if longer.

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