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Long-Term Debt Long-Term Debt
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Long-term Debt, Unclassified [Abstract]  
Long-term Debt [Text Block]
LONG-TERM DEBT:
Credit Agreement
In anticipation of its acquisition of Freightliner, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Syndicated Credit Facility Agreement (the Credit Agreement) on March 20, 2015. In connection with entering into the Credit Agreement, the Company wrote-off $2.0 million of unamortized deferred financing fees and capitalized an additional $5.5 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.
The credit facilities under the Credit Agreement are comprised of a $1,782.0 million United States term loan, an A$324.6 million (or $252.5 million at the exchange rate on March 20, 2015) Australian term loan, a £101.7 million (or $152.2 million at the exchange rate on March 20, 2015) U.K. term loan and a $625.0 million revolving credit facility. The Credit Agreement also extended the maturity date of each of the Company's credit facilities to March 31, 2020. The revolving credit facility includes borrowing capacity for letters of credit and swingline loans.
The $625.0 million revolving credit facility under the Credit Agreement includes flexible sub-limits for revolving loans denominated in United States dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, British pounds and Euros and provides for the ability to reallocate commitments among the sub-limits, provided that the total amount of all Australian dollar, Canadian dollar, British pound, Euro or other designated currencies sub-limits cannot exceed a combined $500.0 million.
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 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. The applicable borrowing spread for the Base Rate loans will initially be 1.0% over the base rate, and, following the Company's first quarterly compliance certificate, will range from 0.0% to 1.0% depending upon the Company's total leverage ratio. The applicable borrowing spread for LIBOR/BBSW Rate loans, will initially be 2.0% over the LIBOR or BBSW, and, following the Company's first quarterly compliance certificate, will range from 1.0% to 2.0% depending upon the Company's total leverage ratio as defined in the Credit Agreement.
In addition to paying interest on any outstanding borrowings under the Credit Agreement, the Company is required to pay a commitment fee related to the unutilized portion of the commitments under the revolving credit facility. The commitment fee rate will initially be 0.3%, and, following the Company's first quarterly compliance certificate, will range from 0.2% to 0.3% depending upon the Company's total leverage ratio as defined in the Credit Agreement.
Since entering into the Credit Agreement, the Company made a prepayment on its Australian term loan of A$6.0 million (or $4.6 million at the exchange rate on the date the payment was made). As of March 31, 2015, the Company had outstanding term loans of $1,782.0 million with an interest rate of 2.18%, A$318.6 million (or $242.7 million at the exchange rate on March 31, 2015) with an interest rate of 4.28% and £101.7 million (or $150.9 million at the exchange rate on March 31, 2015) with an interest rate of 2.50%.
The United States dollar-denominated, Australian dollar-denominated and the British pound-denominated term loans will amortize in quarterly installments commencing with the quarter ending September 30, 2016, 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 dollar:
 
September 30, 2016 through June 30, 2018
 
$
22,275

 
 
September 30, 2018 through December 31, 2019
 
$
44,550

 
 
Maturity date - March 31, 2020
 
$
1,336,500

 
 
 
 
 
Australian dollar:
 
September 30, 2016 through June 30, 2018
 
A$
4,058

 
 
September 30, 2018 through December 31, 2019
 
A$
8,116

 
 
Maturity date - March 31, 2020
 
A$
237,470

 
 
 
 
 
British pound:
 
September 30, 2016 through June 30, 2018
 
£
1,271

 
 
September 30, 2018 through December 31, 2019
 
£
2,542

 
 
Maturity date - March 31, 2020
 
£
76,261


As of March 31, 2015, out of the Company's $625.0 million of available capacity under its revolving credit facility, the Company had $171.2 million in borrowings, $2.5 million in letter of credit guarantees and $451.4 million of unused borrowing capacity. As of March 31, 2015, the Company had outstanding revolving loans of $141.0 million in United States dollar-denominated borrowings with an interest rate of 2.18%, £2.5 million in a British pound-denominated swingline loan (or $3.7 million at the exchange rate on March 31, 2015) with an interest rate of 2.48%, C$28.5 million in Canadian dollar-denominated borrowings (or $22.5 million at the exchange rate on March 31, 2015) with an interest rate of 3.00% and €3.7 million in Euro-denominated borrowings (or $4.0 million at the exchange rate on March 31, 2015) with an interest rate of 1.98%.
The Credit Agreement contains a number of customary affirmative and negative covenants 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 certain 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 Credit Agreement, the Company may not exceed specified maximum total leverage ratios as described in the following table:
Quarterly Periods Ending
 
Maximum Total Leverage Ratio
March 31, 2015 through March 31, 2016
 
4.50 to 1.00
June 30, 2016 through June 30, 2017
 
3.75 to 1.00
September 30, 2017 through March 31, 2020
 
3.50 to 1.00

As of March 31, 2015, the Company was in compliance with the covenants under the Credit Agreement, including the maximum total leverage ratio covenant noted above.
The existing term loans and revolving loans under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by substantially all of the Company's United States subsidiaries and by substantially all of its foreign subsidiaries solely in respect of the foreign guaranteed obligations subject, in each case, to certain exceptions. The Credit Agreement is collateralized by certain real and personal property assets of the Company's domestic subsidiaries that have guaranteed the Company's obligations under the Credit Agreement and certain personal property assets of its foreign subsidiaries that have guaranteed the foreign obligations under the Credit Agreement.
In May 2014, the Company entered into the Amended and Restated Senior Secured Syndicated Credit Facility Agreement (the Prior Credit Agreement), which included 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. Each of the credit facilities under the Prior Credit Agreement had a maturity date of May 31, 2019. 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%, 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%. As of December 31, 2014, out of the Company's $625.0 million of available capacity under its revolving credit facility, the Company had $43.2 million in borrowings, $2.6 million in letter of credit guarantees and $579.2 million of unused borrowing capacity.