Long-Term Debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Long-term debt, net of unamortized discounts, premiums, and debt issuance costs totaling $33.9 million and $39.4 million at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, consists of the following.



	December 31,
In thousands	2019		2018
Revolving credit facility	$	55,000	$	—
Note payable	5,351		7,700
5% Senior Notes due 2022	1,099,165		1,598,404
4.5% Senior Notes due 2023	1,491,339		1,488,960
3.8% Senior Notes due 2024	994,310		993,151
4.375% Senior Notes due 2028	989,661		988,617
4.9% Senior Notes due 2044	691,688		691,517
Total debt	5,326,514		5,768,349
Less: Current portion of long-term debt	2,435		2,360
Long-term debt, net of current portion	$	5,324,079	$	5,765,989

Revolving credit facility

The Company has an unsecured credit facility, maturing in April 2023, with aggregate lender commitments totaling $1.5 billion. The Company had $55.0 million of outstanding borrowings on its credit facility at December 31, 2019. Credit facility borrowings bear interest at market-based interest rates plus a margin based on the terms of the borrowing and the credit ratings assigned to the Company's senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness. The weighted-average interest rate on outstanding credit facility borrowings at December 31, 2019 was 3.3%.

The Company had approximately $1.45 billion of borrowing availability on its credit facility at December 31, 2019 and incurs commitment fees based on currently assigned credit ratings of 0.20% per annum on the daily average amount of unused borrowing availability.

The credit facility contains certain restrictive covenants including a requirement that the Company maintain a consolidated net debt to total capitalization ratio of no greater than 0.65 to 1.00. This ratio represents the ratio of net debt (calculated as total face value of debt plus outstanding letters of credit less cash and cash equivalents) divided by the sum of net debt plus total shareholders’ equity plus, to the extent resulting in a reduction of total shareholders’ equity, the amount of any non-cash impairment charges incurred, net of any tax effect, after June 30, 2014. The Company was in compliance with the credit facility covenants at December 31, 2019.

Senior notes

The following table summarizes the face values, maturity dates, semi-annual interest payment dates, and optional redemption periods related to the Company’s outstanding senior note obligations at December 31, 2019.



	2022 Notes (1)	2023 Notes	2024 Notes	2028 Notes	2044 Notes
Face value (in thousands)	$1,100,000	$1,500,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$700,000
Maturity date	Sep 15, 2022	April 15, 2023	June 1, 2024	January 15, 2028	June 1, 2044
Interest payment dates	March 15, Sep 15	April 15, Oct 15	June 1, Dec 1	Jan 15, July 15	June 1, Dec 1
Make-whole redemption period (2)	—	Jan 15, 2023	Mar 1, 2024	Oct 15, 2027	Dec 1, 2043


(1)	The Company has the option to redeem all or a portion of its remaining 2022 Notes at the decreasing redemption prices specified in the indenture related to the 2022 Notes plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption.

(2)

At any time prior to the indicated dates, the Company has the option to redeem all or a portion of its senior notes of the applicable series at the “make-whole” redemption amounts specified in the respective senior note indentures plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. On or after the indicated dates, the Company may redeem all or a portion of its senior notes at a redemption amount equal to 100% of the principal amount of the senior notes being redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption.

The Company’s senior notes are not subject to any mandatory redemption or sinking fund requirements.

The indentures governing the Company’s senior notes contain covenants that, among other things, limit the Company’s ability to create liens securing certain indebtedness, enter into certain sale-leaseback transactions, or consolidate, merge or transfer certain assets. The senior note covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications. The Company was in compliance with these covenants at December 31, 2019.

Three of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, Banner Pipeline Company, L.L.C., CLR Asset Holdings, LLC, and The Mineral Resources Company, the value of whose assets, equity, and results of operations are minor, fully and unconditionally guarantee the senior notes on a joint and several basis. The Company’s other subsidiaries, the value of whose assets, equity, and results of operations attributable to the Company are minor, do not guarantee the senior notes.

Partial redemptions of senior notes

2019

In September 2019, the Company redeemed $500 million of its previously outstanding $1.6 billion of 5% Senior Notes due 2022. The redemption price was equal to 100.833% of the principal amount called for redemption plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. The aggregate of the principal amount, redemption premium, and accrued interest paid upon redemption was $516.5 million. The Company recorded a pre-tax loss on extinguishment of debt related to the redemption of $4.6 million, which included the redemption premium and pro-rata write-off of deferred financing costs and unamortized debt premium associated with the notes. The loss is reflected under the caption “Loss on extinguishment of debt” in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

2018

In August 2018, the Company redeemed $400 million of its original outstanding $2.0 billion of 5% Senior Notes due 2022. The redemption price was equal to 101.667% of the principal amount called for redemption plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. The aggregate of the principal amount, redemption premium, and accrued interest paid upon redemption was $415.1 million. The Company recorded a pre-tax loss on extinguishment of debt related to the redemption of $7.1 million, which included the redemption premium and pro-rata write-off of deferred financing costs and unamortized debt premium associated with the notes.

Note payable

In February 2012, 20 Broadway Associates LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, borrowed $22 million under a 10-year amortizing term loan secured by the Company’s corporate office building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 3.14% per annum. Principal and interest are payable monthly through the loan’s maturity date of February 26, 2022. Accordingly, approximately $2.4 million is reflected as a current liability under the caption “Current portion of long-term debt” in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2019.