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Long-term debt
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-term debt Long-term debt
Long-term debt comprised the following:
As of September 30, 2026
September 30,
2026
December 31, 2025Maturity dateInterest rate
Estimated fair value(1)
Senior Secured Credit Facilities:
Term Loan A-2(2)
$1,962,500 $2,000,000 11/24/2030SOFR + 1.50%$1,955,141 
Term Loan B-22,351,956 1,868,559 5/9/2031SOFR + 1.75%$2,343,136 
Revolving line of credit(2)
80,000 — 11/24/2030SOFR + 1.50%$80,000 
Senior Notes:
4.625% Senior Notes2,750,000 2,750,000 6/1/20304.625 %$2,564,375 
3.75% Senior Notes1,500,000 1,500,000 2/15/20313.75 %$1,327,500 
6.875% Senior Notes1,000,000 1,000,000 9/1/20326.875 %$991,250 
6.75% Senior Notes1,000,000 1,000,000 7/15/20336.75 %$980,000 
Acquisition obligations and other notes payable(3)
36,176 40,904 2026-20385.16 %$36,176 
Financing lease obligations(4)
151,611 185,120 2027-20394.26 %
Total debt principal outstanding10,832,243 10,344,583 
Discount, premium and deferred financing costs(63,128)(71,394)
10,769,115 10,273,189 
Less current portion(112,491)(109,201)
$10,656,624 $10,163,988 
(1)See Note 12 for discussion of the Company's fair value estimates.
(2)Outstanding Term Loan A-2 and revolving line of credit balances are due on November 24, 2030, unless any of the 4.625% senior notes due 2030 (the 4.625% Senior Notes) remain outstanding 91 days prior to the 4.625% Senior Notes maturity date, in which case the outstanding Term Loan A-2 and revolving line of credit balances become due at that 91 day date (March 2, 2030).
(3)The interest rate presented for acquisition obligations and other notes payable is their weighted average interest rate based on the current fixed and variable interest rate components in effect as of September 30, 2026.
(4)Financing lease obligations are measured at their approximate present values at inception. The interest rate presented is the weighted average discount rate embedded in financing leases outstanding.
Scheduled maturities of long-term debt at September 30, 2026 were as follows:
2026 (remainder of the year)$31,412 
2027$112,997 
2028$160,357 
2029$146,939 
2030$4,570,280 
2031$3,765,117 
Thereafter$2,045,141 
On June 8, 2026 (the Ninth Amendment Effective Date), the Company entered into the Ninth Amendment (the Ninth Amendment) to the Credit Agreement. The Ninth Amendment modified the Credit Agreement to extend an additional incremental principal amount of $500,000 on its Term Loan B-2. The Company used the net proceeds from this transaction to repay a portion of the balance outstanding on its revolving line of credit and related accrued interest and fees. The Term Loan B-2 requires quarterly principal payments that began on June 30, 2026 of 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan B-2 outstanding on the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, with the balance due on May 9, 2031. As a result of the Ninth Amendment, the Company recognized debt extinguishment and modification costs of $2,035 in the second quarter of 2026 comprised of fees incurred for this transaction.
During the first nine months of 2026, the Company made regularly scheduled principal payments under its senior secured credit facilities totaling $37,500 on Term Loan A-2 and $16,603 on Term Loan B-2.
As of September 30, 2026, the effective portion of the Company's interest rate cap agreements, as detailed in the table below, have the economic effect of capping the Company's maximum exposure to SOFR variable interest rate changes on equivalent amounts of the Company's floating rate debt, including all of Term Loan B-2 and a portion of Term Loan A-2. The remaining $814,456 outstanding principal balance of Term Loan A-2 and $80,000 balance outstanding on the revolving line of credit are subject to SOFR-based interest rate volatility. The Company's interest rate cap agreements are designated as cash flow hedges and, as a result, changes in their fair values are reported in other comprehensive income. The original premiums paid for the caps are amortized to debt expense on a straight-line basis over the term of each cap agreement starting from its effective date. These cap agreements do not contain credit risk-contingent features.
The following table summarizes the Company’s interest rate cap agreements outstanding as of September 30, 2026: 
Year cap agreements executedInitial notional amountSOFR maximum rateApproximate effective dateMaturity dateNotional amount effective
through December 31
20262027202820292030
2023$500,000 4.50%6/30/202412/31/2026$500,000 
2023$750,000 4.00%12/31/202412/31/2026$500,000 
2024$1,750,000 
4.50%(1)
12/31/202512/31/2027$1,750,000 $1,000,000 
2024$750,000 
4.00%(2)
12/31/202512/31/2027$750,000 $500,000 
2025$1,000,000 
4.50%(3)
12/31/202612/31/2028$1,000,000 $750,000 
2025$1,000,000 
4.25%(4)
12/31/202612/31/2028$1,000,000 $1,000,000 
2025$1,750,000 4.25%12/31/202712/31/2028$1,750,000 
2025$1,000,000 4.50%12/31/202812/31/2029$1,000,000 
2026$1,500,000 4.75%12/31/202812/31/2029$1,500,000 
2026$500,000 5.25%12/31/202812/31/2030$500,000 $500,000 
Total notional coverage$3,500,000 $3,500,000 $3,500,000 $3,000,000 $500,000 
Weighted average strike rate4.32%4.46%4.43%4.75%5.25%
(1)Effective December 31, 2026, the maximum rate of 4.50% increases to 4.75% for these interest rate caps.
(2)Effective December 31, 2026, the maximum rate of 4.00% increases to 4.25% for these interest rate caps.
(3)Effective December 31, 2027, the maximum rate of 4.50% increases to 4.75% for these interest rate caps.
(4)Effective December 31, 2027, the maximum rate of 4.25% increases to 4.50% for these interest rate caps.
See Note 10 for further details on amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss and recorded as debt expense (offset) related to the Company’s interest rate cap agreements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025. See Note 12 for discussion of the Company's fair value estimates.
As a result of the variable rate cap from the Company's 2023 interest rate cap agreements, the Company’s weighted average effective interest rate on its senior secured credit facilities at the end of the third quarter of 2026 was 6.02%, based on the current margins in effect for its senior secured credit facilities as of September 30, 2026, as detailed in the table above.
The Company’s weighted average effective interest rate on all debt, including the effect of interest rate caps and amortization of debt discount, premium and deferred financing costs was 5.54% as of September 30, 2026.
As of September 30, 2026, the Company had $1,420,000 available and $80,000 drawn on its $1,500,000 revolving line of credit under its senior secured credit facilities. Credit available under this revolving line of credit is reduced by the amount of any letters of credit outstanding under the facility, of which there were none as of September 30, 2026. The Company also had letters of credit of approximately $184,758 outstanding under a separate bilateral secured letter of credit facility as of September 30, 2026.