DEBT

Debt consisted of the following at December 31:



	2018			2017
3.67% $50 million Senior Notes due December 17, 2022	$	50,000		$	50,000
4.10% $50 million Senior Notes due September 19, 2023	50,000			50,000
3.84% $125 million Senior Notes due September 19, 2024	125,000			125,000
4.24% $125 million Senior Notes due June 25, 2025	125,000			125,000
1.47% EUR 125 million Senior Notes due June 17, 2030	143,053			149,736
Senior notes debt issuance costs, net	(1,234		)	(1,438		)
Total Senior Notes	491,819			498,298
$1.1 billion Credit Agreement, interest at LIBOR plus 87.5 basis points⁽¹⁾	493,202			461,872
Other local arrangements	49,670			19,677
Total debt	1,034,691			979,847
Less: current portion	(49,670		)	(19,677		)
Total long-term debt	$	985,021		$	960,170

(1) See Note 6 for additional disclosures on the financial instruments associated with the Credit Agreement.

3.67% Senior Notes

In 2012, the Company issued and sold $50 million of 3.67% Senior Notes due December 17, 2022 in a private placement. The 3.67% Senior Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company. Interest is payable semi-annually in June and December.

The 3.67% Senior Notes contain customary affirmative and negative covenants including, among others, limitations on the Company and its subsidiaries with respect to incurrence of liens and priority indebtedness, disposition of assets, mergers, and transactions with affiliates. The note purchase agreement also requires the Company to maintain a consolidated interest coverage ratio of not less than 3.5 to 1.0 and a consolidated leverage ratio of not more than 3.5 to 1.0. The 3.67% Senior Notes also contain customary events of default with customary grace periods, as applicable. The Company was in compliance with its covenants at December 31, 2018.

Issuance costs approximating $0.4 million are being amortized to interest expense over the ten-year term of the 3.67% Senior Notes.

4.10% Senior Notes

In 2013, the Company issued and sold $50 million of 4.10% Senior Notes due September 19, 2023 in a private placement. The 4.10% Senior Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company. Interest on the 4.10% Senior Notes is payable semi-annually in March and September each year.

The 4.10% Senior Notes contain customary affirmative and negative covenants, change in control, and prepayment provisions that are substantially similar to those contained in the previously issued debt of the Company as described above. The 4.10% Senior Notes also contain customary events of default with customary grace periods, as applicable. The Company was in compliance with its covenants at December 31, 2018.

Issuance costs approximating $0.4 million are being amortized to interest expense over the ten-year term of the 4.10% Senior Notes.

3.84% Senior Notes and 4.24% Senior Notes

In 2014, the Company entered into an agreement to issue and sell $250 million of ten-year Senior Notes in a private placement. The Company issued $125 million with a fixed interest rate of 3.84% ("3.84% Senior Notes") in September 2014 and issued $125 million with a fixed interest rate of 4.24% ("4.24% Senior Notes") in June 2015. The Senior Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company. Interest on the 3.84% Senior Notes is payable semi-annually in March and September each year, beginning in March 2015. Interest on the 4.24% Senior Notes is payable semi-annually in June and December of each year, beginning in December 2015.

The 3.84% Senior Notes and 4.24% Senior Notes contain customary affirmative and negative covenants, change in control, and prepayment provisions that are substantially similar to those contained in the previously issued debt of the Company as described above. The 3.84% Senior Notes and 4.24% Senior Notes also contain customary events of default with customary grace periods, as applicable. The Company was in compliance with its covenants at December 31, 2018.

Issuance costs approximating $0.9 million are being amortized to interest expense over the ten-year term of the Senior Notes.

1.47% Euro Senior Notes

In 2015, the Company issued in a private placement Euro 125 million with a fixed interest rate of 1.47% fifteen-year Senior Notes ("1.47% Euro Senior Notes"). The Euro Senior Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company. The Company has designated the 1.47% Euro Senior Notes as a hedge of a portion of its net investment in a euro denominated foreign subsidiary to reduce foreign currency risk associated with this net investment. Changes in the carrying value of this debt resulting from fluctuations in the euro to U.S. dollar exchange rate are recorded as foreign currency translation adjustments within other comprehensive income (loss). The Company recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) related to this net investment hedge an unrealized gain of $6.7 million and an unrealized loss of $18.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Interest on the 1.47% Senior Notes is payable in June and December each year. The 1.47% Senior Notes contain customary affirmative and negative covenants, change in control, and prepayment provisions that are substantially similar to those contained in the previously issued debt of the Company as described above. The 1.47% Senior Notes also contain customary events of default with customary grace periods, as applicable. The Company was in compliance with its covenants at December 31, 2018.

Issuance costs approximating $0.4 million are being amortized to interest expense over the fifteen-year term of the Euro Senior Notes.

Credit Agreement

On June 15, 2018, the Company entered into an amended $1.1 billion Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement"), which amended its $800 million Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Prior Credit Agreement"). As of December 31, 2018, the Company had $600.7 million of availability remaining under its Credit Agreement.

The Credit Agreement is provided by a group of financial institutions (similar to the Company's Prior Credit Agreement) and has a maturity date of June 15, 2023. It is a revolving credit facility and is not subject to any scheduled principal payments prior to maturity. The obligations under the Credit Agreement are unsecured.

Borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest at current market rates plus a margin based on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio, which was set at LIBOR plus 87.5 basis points as of June 15, 2018. The Company must also pay facility fees that are tied to its leverage ratio. The Credit Agreement contains covenants that are the same as those contained in the Prior Credit Agreement, with which the Company was in compliance as of December 31, 2018. The Company is required to maintain a ratio of funded debt to consolidated EBITDA of 3.5 to 1.0 or less and an interest coverage ratio of 3.5 to 1.0 or greater. The Credit Agreement also places certain limitations on the Company, including limiting the ability to incur liens or indebtedness at a subsidiary level. In addition, the Credit Agreement has several events of default. The Company capitalized $2.0 million in financing fees in other long-term assets during 2018 associated with the Credit Agreement which will be amortized to interest expense through 2023.

Other Local Arrangements

In April 2018, two of the Company's non-U.S. pension plans issued loans totaling $39.6 million (Swiss franc 38 million) to a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The loans have the same terms and conditions which include an interest rate of Swiss franc LIBOR plus 87.5 basis points, a maturity date of April 2019, and a one year mutual renewal term and, as such, are classified as short-term debt on the Company's consolidated balance sheet. The proceeds were used to repay outstanding amounts on the Company's credit facility.

The Company’s weighted average interest rate was 3.3% for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.