As of the expiration time of the Public Exchange, $912,660,000 aggregate principal amount, or approximately 91.3%, of the 2023 Notes were validly tendered pursuant to the Public Exchange. On December 9, 2021, upon the settlement of the Public Exchange, $662,660,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Notes were issued and an aggregate $225.0 million in cash (plus accrued but unpaid interest) was paid to participating holders in respect of the validly tendered 2023 Notes.
As a result of the Public Exchange and repurchases (as discussed below), $22.8 million aggregate principal amount of the 2023 Notes remains outstanding as of March 31, 2022.
In conjunction with the Public Exchange, we also solicited consents to amend certain provisions in the indenture governing the 2023 Notes (“Notes Amendments”). On December 1, 2021, on receipt of the requisite consents to the Notes Amendments, the Company, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “2023 Notes Trustee”), entered into a third supplemental indenture (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”) to the indenture, dated as of July 12, 2017 (as amended and supplemented by (i) the first supplemental indenture, dated as of July 12, 2017 and (ii) the second supplemental indenture, dated as of May 20, 2020, the “2023 Notes Indenture”) governing the outstanding 2023 Notes. The Third Supplemental Indenture amends the 2023 Notes Indenture and the 2023 Notes to eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants, eliminate certain events of default, modify covenants regarding mergers and consolidations and modify or eliminate certain other provisions, including certain provisions relating to future guarantors and defeasance, contained in the 2023 Notes Indenture and the 2023 Notes. In addition, all of the collateral securing the 2023 Notes was released pursuant to the Third Supplemental Indenture.
Senior Secured 2026 Notes
As of December 31, 2021, subsidiaries of the Company had $795.0 million aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 2026 Notes including $790.5 million in aggregate principal amount issued under the Public Exchange and Private Exchange transactions described above.
During the three months ended March 31, 2022, subsidiaries of the Company sold $81.5 million in aggregate of principal amount of the 2026 Notes generating net proceeds of $49.8 million. On March 18, 2022, the subsidiaries of the Company issued $50.0 million of the 2026 Notes to satisfy the exchange obligation under the Revolver Exchange. The 2026 Notes are guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of the Company. The 2026 Notes bear interest at a rate of 11.5% per year. We will pay interest on the 2026 Notes on January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing on July 15, 2022. The 2026 Notes will mature on July 12, 2026.
On or after December 1, 2022, we may redeem the 2026 Notes in whole or in part from time to time, at a redemption price of 100%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date. In addition, prior to December 1, 2022, we may redeem the 2026 Notes in whole or in part from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2026 Notes redeemed, plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date. “Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any 2026 Note on any applicable redemption date, as determined by us, the greater of: (1) 1% of the then outstanding principal amount of the 2026 Note; and (2) the excess of: (a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of the 2026 Note, at December 1, 2022 plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the 2026 Note through December 1, 2022 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest), computed using a discount rate equal to the treasury rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over (b) the then outstanding principal amount of the 2026 Note.
Repurchases
In July 2021 we commenced a debt buyback program to repurchase 2023 Notes and senior secured term loans under the Credit Agreement, which remains in place. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we repurchased $64.5 million of the outstanding principal amount of our 2023 Notes for a net cash consideration of $48.4 million. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we also repurchased $40.0 million of outstanding principal amount of Term Loans under the Credit Agreement for a net cash consideration of $22.8 million. These repurchases resulted in an early