7. DEBT

        Outstanding debt consisted of the following (dollars in millions):

Huntsman Corporation

Huntsman International

DIRECT AND SUBSIDIARY DEBT

        Huntsman Corporation's direct debt and guarantee obligations consist of the following: guarantees of certain debt of HPS (our Chinese MDI joint venture); a guarantee of certain obligations of Arabian Amines Company (our consolidated ethyleneamines manufacturing joint venture in Jubail, Saudi Arabia); a guarantee of certain debt and other obligations of certain of our Australian subsidiaries; and certain indebtedness incurred from time to time to finance certain insurance premiums.

        Substantially all of our other debt, including the facilities described below, has been incurred by our subsidiaries (primarily Huntsman International); such subsidiary debt is nonrecourse to us and we have no contractual obligation to fund our subsidiaries' respective operations.

Senior Credit Facilities

        As of September 30, 2011, our senior secured credit facilities ("Senior Credit Facilities") consisted of our revolving facility ("Revolving Facility"), our term loan B facility ("Term Loan B"), our term loan C facility ("Term Loan C") and our extended term loan B facility ("Extended Term Loan B") as follows (dollars in millions):

        Our obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities are guaranteed by our guarantor subsidiaries, which consist of substantially all of our domestic subsidiaries and certain of our foreign subsidiaries, and are secured by a first priority lien on substantially all of our domestic property, plant and equipment, the stock of all of our material domestic subsidiaries and certain foreign subsidiaries and pledges of intercompany notes between certain of our subsidiaries.

Amendments to Senior Credit Facilities

        On March 7, 2011, Huntsman International entered into a sixth amendment to its credit agreement. The amendment, among other things, extended $650 million of aggregate principal of Term Loan B to a stated maturity of April 2017. As noted in the table above, after the amendment, as of September 30, 2011, we have $652 million outstanding on Term Loan B with a maturity of April 2014 and $650 million outstanding on Extended Term Loan B with a maturity of April 2017. The amendment increased the interest rate margin with respect to Extended Term Loan B by 1.0%.

        Extended Term Loan B will amortize in an amount equal to 1.0% of the principal amount, payable annually commencing on March 31, 2012. The amendment also grants Huntsman International the right to request an extension of the remaining principal balance of Term Loan B to the stated maturity date of Extended Term Loan B.

A/R Programs

        Our U.S. and European accounts receivable programs ("U.S. A/R Program," "EU A/R Program" and collectively "A/R Programs") are structured so that we grant a participating undivided interest in certain of our trade receivables to a U.S. special purpose entity ("U.S. SPE") and a European special purpose entity ("EU SPE"). We retain the servicing rights and a retained interest in the securitized receivables. Information regarding the A/R Programs as of September 30, 2011 is as follows (monetary amounts in millions):

        As of September 30, 2011, $710 million of accounts receivable were pledged as collateral under the A/R Programs.

Amendments to A/R Programs

        On April 15, 2011, Huntsman International entered into an amendment to the EU A/R Program. This amendment, among other things, extended the scheduled commitment termination date of the program to April 2014, added an additional lender to the program and reduced the applicable margin on borrowings to 2.0%.

        On April 18, 2011, Huntsman International entered into an amendment to the U.S. A/R Program. This amendment, among other things, extended the scheduled commitment termination date of the program to April 2014, added an additional lender to the program and reduced the applicable margin on borrowings to a range of 1.50% to 1.65%.

Redemption of Notes and Loss on Early Extinguishment of Debt

        During the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, we redeemed or repurchased the following notes (monetary amounts in millions):

        For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we and Huntsman International recorded a loss on early extinguishment of debt of $5 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, we had a loss on early extinguishment of $169 million, which included $7 million of loss on early extinguishment of debt on the prepayment of our term loans, and Huntsman International recorded a loss on early extinguishment of debt of $23 million, which included the $7 million of loss on early extinguishment of debt on the prepayment of our term loans.

Variable Interest Entity Debt

        On April 1, 2011 we began consolidating Sasol-Huntsman which was previously accounted for under the equity method. See "Note 5. Variable Interest Entities." Sasol-Huntsman has a facility agreement for a €77 million (approximately $105 million) term loan facility and a €5 million (approximately $7 million) revolving facility. As of September 30, 2011, Sasol-Huntsman had no borrowings under the revolving facility and had €76 million (approximately $103 million) outstanding under the term loan facility.

        The facility will be repaid over 15 semiannual installments, beginning December 2011, with final repayment scheduled for December 2018. Obligations under the facility agreement are secured by, among other things, a first priority right on the property, plant and equipment of Sasol-Huntsman.

        As of September 30, 2011, Arabian Amines Company had $203 million outstanding under its loan commitments and debt financing arrangements.

Other Debt

        During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, HPS repaid $2 million and RMB 118 million (approximately $19 million) of term loans and working capital loans under its secured facilities. In addition, during the nine months ended September 30, 2011, HPS refinanced RMB 38 million (approximately $6 million) and borrowed an additional RMB 116 million (approximately $18 million) in working capital loans with maturity in 2014. The interest rate on these facilities is LIBOR plus 0.48% for U.S. dollar borrowings and 90% of the Peoples Bank of China rate for RMB borrowings. As of September 30, 2011, HPS had $14 million in U.S. dollar borrowings and RMB 478 million (approximately $75 million) term loan and working capital borrowings under these secured facilities.

        As of September 30, 2011, HPS also had RMB 499 million (approximately $78 million) outstanding under a loan facility for issuing working capital loans and for discounting commercial drafts with recourse.

        As of September 30, 2011, our Australian subsidiary has A$27 million (approximately $27 million) outstanding under its credit facility. The credit facility is comprised of a revolving facility with A$14 million (approximately $14 million) outstanding and a term facility with A$14 million (approximately $13 million) outstanding. On September 1, 2011, our Australian subsidiary entered into an amendment with the lender to modify certain terms of the credit facility. As of September 30, 2011, our Australian subsidiary was in compliance with its financial covenants.

        During the third quarter of 2011, we incurred other debt related to the financing of our insurance premiums in connection with our annual renewal in July 2011. As of September 30, 2011, the outstanding amount of financed insurance premiums was $24 million, all of which was classified as current portion of debt on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets (unaudited).

Note Payable from Huntsman International to Huntsman Corporation

        As of September 30, 2011, we have a loan of $640 million to our subsidiary, Huntsman International (the "Intercompany Note"). The Intercompany Note is unsecured and $100 million of the outstanding amount is classified as current as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets (unaudited). As of September 30, 2011, under the terms of the Intercompany Note, Huntsman International promises to pay us interest on the unpaid principal amount at a rate per annum based on the previous monthly average borrowing rate obtained under our U.S. A/R Programs, less ten basis points (provided that the rate shall not exceed an amount that is 25 basis points less than the monthly average borrowing rate obtained for the U.S. LIBOR-based borrowings under our Revolving Facility).

COMPLIANCE WITH COVENANTS

        We believe that we are in compliance with the covenants contained in the agreements governing our material debt instruments, including our Senior Credit Facilities, our A/R Programs and our notes.

        Our Senior Credit Facilities are subject to a single financial covenant (the "Leverage Covenant") which applies only to the Revolving Facility and is tested at the Huntsman International level. The Leverage Covenant is applicable only if borrowings, letters of credit or guarantees are outstanding under the Revolving Facility (cash collateralized letters of credit or guarantees are not deemed outstanding). The Leverage Covenant is a net senior secured leverage ratio covenant which requires that Huntsman International's ratio of senior secured debt to EBITDA (as defined in the applicable agreement) is not more than 3.75 to 1.

        If in the future Huntsman International failed to comply with the Leverage Covenant, then we may not have access to liquidity under our Revolving Facility. If Huntsman International failed to comply with the Leverage Covenant at a time when we had uncollateralized loans or letters of credit outstanding under the Revolving Facility, Huntsman International would be in default under the Senior Credit Facilities, and, unless Huntsman International obtained a waiver or forbearance with respect to such default (as to which we can provide no assurance), Huntsman International could be required to pay off the balance of the Senior Credit Facilities in full, and we may not have further access to such facilities.

        The agreements governing our A/R Programs also contain certain receivable performance metrics. Any material failure to meet the applicable A/R Programs' metrics in the future could lead to an early termination event under the A/R Programs, which could require us to cease our use of such facilities, prohibiting us from additional borrowings against our receivables or, at the discretion of the lenders, requiring that we repay the A/R Programs in full. An early termination event under the A/R Programs would also constitute an event of default under our Senior Credit Facilities, which could require us to pay off the balance of the Senior Credit Facilities in full and could result in the loss of our Senior Credit Facilities.