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Long-term Debt (Notes)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Long-term Debt, Unclassified [Abstract]  
Long-term Debt [Text Block]
LONG-TERM DEBT:
Long-term debt consisted of the following as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 (dollars in thousands): 
 
 
2014
 
2013
Credit Agreement with variable interest rates (weighted average of 1.92% and 2.13% before impact of interest rate swaps at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively) due 2019
 
$
1,584,044

 
$
1,583,798

Amortizing Notes component of TEUs with fixed interest rate of 5.00% due 2015
 
11,184

 
21,878

Other debt and capital leases with interest rates up to 10.00% and maturing at various dates up to 2054
 
20,221

 
19,036

Long-term debt
 
1,615,449

 
1,624,712

Less: current portion
 
67,398

 
84,366

Long-term debt, less current portion
 
$
1,548,051

 
$
1,540,346


Credit Agreement
On May 27, 2014, the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 to the Senior Secured Syndicated Credit Facility Agreement (Amendment No. 2), dated October 1, 2012, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated March 28, 2013, pursuant to which the Company's Senior Secured Syndicated Credit Facility Agreement was amended and restated (Amended and Restated Credit Agreement). The credit facilities under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are comprised of a $1,520.0 million United States term loan, an A$216.8 million (or $200.3 million at the exchange rate on May 27, 2014) Australian term loan and a $625.0 million revolving credit facility. Amendment
No. 2 also extended the maturity date of each of the Company's credit facilities to May 31, 2019. The revolving credit facility includes borrowing capacity for letters of credit and swingline loans.
The $625.0 million revolving credit facility under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement includes flexible sub-limits for revolving loans denominated in United States dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars and Euros, with the ability to reallocate commitments among the sub-limits, provided that the total amount of all Australian dollar, Canadian dollar and Euro sub-limits cannot exceed a combined $400.0 million. In addition, under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the existing swingline credit facility portion of the revolving credit facility available under the United States dollar-denominated revolving credit facility increased to $50.0 million.
The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement provides that borrowings under the revolving credit facility may be denominated in United States dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars and Euros. At the Company's election, at the time of entering into specific borrowings, interest on borrowings is calculated under a "Base Rate" or "LIBOR/BBSW/BA Rate." LIBOR is the London Interbank Offered Rate. BBSW is the Bank Bill Swap Reference Rate within Australia, which the Company believes is generally considered the Australian equivalent to LIBOR. BA is the bankers' acceptance CDOR rate, which we believe is generally considered the Canadian equivalent to LIBOR. The applicable borrowing spread for the Base Rate loans was initially 0.75% over the base rate, and, following the Company's first quarterly compliance certificate ranges from 0.0% to 1.0% depending upon the Company's total leverage ratio. The applicable borrowing spread for LIBOR/BBSW Rate loans, was initially 1.75% over the LIBOR or BBSW, and, following the Company's first quarterly compliance certificate ranges from 1.0% to 2.0% depending upon the Company's total leverage ratio.
In addition to paying interest on any outstanding borrowings under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Company is required to pay a commitment fee on the unutilized portion of the commitments under the revolving credit facility. The commitment fee rate was initially 0.3%, and, following the Company's first quarterly compliance certificate ranges from 0.2% to 0.3% depending upon the Company's total leverage ratio.
In connection with the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Company wrote-off $4.6 million of unamortized deferred financing fees and capitalized an additional $3.7 million of new fees. Deferred financing costs are amortized as additional interest expense over the terms of the related debt using the effective-interest method for the term loan debt and the straight-line method for the revolving credit facility.
Since entering into Amendment No. 2, the Company made prepayments on its United States term loan of $113.0 million and prepayments on its Australian term loan of A$53.0 million (or $47.0 million at the exchange rates on the dates the payments were made). As of December 31, 2014, the Company had outstanding term loans of $1.4 billion with an interest rate of 1.67% and A$163.8 million (or $133.9 million at the exchange rate on December 31, 2014) with an interest rate of 4.19%.
The United States dollar-denominated and Australian dollar-denominated term loans will amortize in quarterly installments commencing with the quarter ending September 30, 2015, with the remaining principal balance payable upon maturity, as set forth below (dollars in thousands):
 
 
Quarterly Payment Date
 
Principal Amount of Each Quarterly Installment
United States:
 
September 30, 2015 through June 30, 2017
 
$
19,000

 
 
September 30, 2017 through March 31, 2019
 
$
38,000

 
 
Maturity date - May 31, 2019
 
$
989,000

 
 
 
 
 
Australia:
 
September 30, 2015 through June 30, 2017
 
A$
2,710

 
 
September 30, 2017 through March 31, 2019
 
A$
5,420

 
 
Maturity date - May 31, 2019
 
A$
104,180


As of December 31, 2014, the Company's usage under its $625.0 million revolving credit facility consisted of $43.2 million in borrowings, $2.6 million in letter of credit guarantees and $579.2 million of unused borrowing capacity. As of December 31, 2014, the Company had outstanding revolving loans of $11.0 million in United States dollar-denominated borrowings with an interest rate of 1.67%, A$8.0 million in an Australian dollar-denominated swingline loan (or $6.5 million at the exchange rate on December 31, 2014) with an interest rate of 6.44%, which was subsequently paid in January 2015, C$24.0 million in Canadian dollar-denominated borrowings (or $20.7 million at the exchange rate on December 31, 2014) with an interest rate of 2.79% and €4.1 million in Euro-denominated borrowings (or $5.0 million at the exchange rate on December 31, 2014) with an interest rate of 1.51%.
The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains a number of customary affirmative and negative covenants, which are substantially consistent with the terms of the credit agreement prior to giving effect to Amendment No. 2, with respect to which the Company must maintain compliance. Those covenants, among other things, limit or prohibit the Company's ability, subject to certain exceptions, to incur additional indebtedness; create liens; make investments; pay dividends on capital stock or redeem, repurchase or retire capital stock; consolidate or merge or make acquisitions or dispose of assets; enter into sale and leaseback transactions; engage in any business unrelated to the business currently conducted by the Company; sell or issue capital stock of any of the Company's restricted subsidiaries; change the Company's fiscal year; enter into certain agreements containing negative pledges and upstream limitations and engage in certain transactions with affiliates. Under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Company may not have an interest coverage ratio less than 3.50 to 1.00 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter. Under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Company may not exceed specified maximum total leverage ratios which were modified by Amendment No. 2, as described in the following table:
Period
 
Maximum Total Leverage Ratio
May 27, 2014 through June 30, 2015
 
4.25 to 1.00
July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016
 
3.75 to 1.00
July 1, 2016 through May 31, 2019
 
3.50 to 1.00

As of December 31, 2014, the Company was in compliance with the covenants under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, including the maximum total leverage covenant noted above.
The existing term loans and loans under the revolving credit facility are guaranteed by substantially all of the Company's United States subsidiaries for the United States guaranteed obligations and by substantially all of its foreign subsidiaries for the foreign guaranteed obligations. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is collateralized by a substantial portion of the Company's real and personal property assets of its domestic subsidiaries that have guaranteed the United States obligations under the credit agreement and a substantial portion of the personal property assets of its foreign subsidiaries that have guaranteed the foreign obligations under the credit agreement.
On October 1, 2012, the Company entered into the Credit Agreement which included a $425.0 million revolving credit facility, a $1.6 billion United States term loan, a C$24.6 million (or $25.0 million at the exchange rate on October 1, 2012) Canadian term loan and an A$202.9 million (or $210.0 million at the exchange rate on October 1, 2012) Australian term loan with a maturity date of October 1, 2017.
In March 2013, the Company prepaid in full the remaining balance on the Canadian term loan, which resulted in the write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs of $0.5 million. In addition, during the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company made prepayments of $79.0 million and scheduled quarterly principal payments totaling $63.7 million on the United States term loan. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company made prepayments of A$24.0 million (or $23.6 million at the average exchange rates during the periods in which paid) and scheduled quarterly principal payments totaling A$8.1 million (or $7.7 million at the average exchange rates during the periods in which paid) on the Australian term loan.
TEUs
On September 19, 2012, the Company issued 2,300,000 5.00% TEUs. Each TEU initially consisted of a prepaid stock purchase contract (Purchase Contract) and a senior amortizing note due October 1, 2015 (Amortizing Note) issued by the Company, which had an initial principal amount of $14.1023 per Amortizing Note. As of December 31, 2014, the Amortizing Notes had an aggregate principal amount of $11.2 million. On each January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, the Company is required to pay holders of Amortizing Notes equal quarterly installments of $1.25 per Amortizing Note (except for the January 1, 2013 installment payment, which was $1.4167 per Amortizing Note), which cash payments in the aggregate will be equivalent to a 5.00% cash payment per year with respect to each $100 stated amount of the TEUs. Each installment constitutes a payment of interest (at an annual rate of 4.50%) and a partial repayment of principal on the Amortizing Note. The Amortizing Notes have a scheduled final installment payment date of October 1, 2015. If the Company elects to settle the Purchase Contracts early, holders of the Amortizing Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase such holders' Amortizing Notes, except in certain circumstances as described in the indenture governing the Amortizing Notes.
Non-Interest Bearing Loan
In 2010, as part of the acquisition of FreightLink Pty Ltd, Asia Pacific Transport Pty Ltd and related corporate entities (FreightLink Acquisition), the Company assumed debt with a carrying value of A$1.8 million (or $1.7 million at the exchange rate on December 1, 2010), which represented the fair value of an A$50.0 million (or $48.2 million at the exchange rate on December 1, 2010) non-interest bearing loan due in 2054. As of December 31, 2014, the carrying value of the loan was A$2.5 million (or $2.0 million at the exchange rate on December 31, 2014) with a non-cash imputed interest rate of 8.0%.
Schedule of Future Payments Including Capital Leases
The following is a summary of the maturities of long-term debt, including capital leases, as of December 31, 2014 (dollars in thousands): 
2015
$
67,492

2016
87,037

2017
136,084

2018
170,034

2019
1,153,239

Thereafter (1)
41,003

Total
$
1,654,889


(1)
Includes the A$50.0 million (or $40.9 million at the exchange rate on December 31, 2014) non-interest bearing loan due in 2054 assumed in the FreightLink Acquisition with a carrying value of A$2.5 million (or $2.0 million at the exchange rate on December 31, 2014).