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Lines of Credit and Financing Arrangements
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Lines of Credit And Financing Arrangements [Abstract] 
Lines of Credit and Financing Arrangements
8. Lines of Credit and Financing Arrangements:
     The following tables summarize our outstanding debt obligations and the classification in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions):
                 
    As of September 30,     As of December 31,  
    2011     2010  
Short-Term Debt:
               
Foreign obligations
  $ 3.5     $ 1.4  
 
           
Total short-term debt
  $ 3.5     $ 1.4  
 
           
 
               
Current maturities of long-term debt:
  $ 0.4     $ 0.6  
 
           
 
               
Long-Term Debt:
               
Capital lease obligations
    17.2       17.0  
Domestic revolving credit facility
    278.5       100.0  
Senior unsecured notes
    200.0       200.0  
 
           
Total long-term debt
  $ 495.7     $ 317.0  
 
           
 
               
Total debt
  $ 499.6     $ 319.0  
 
           
Short-Term Debt
Foreign Obligations
     Through several of our foreign subsidiaries, we have $3.7 million in committed combined foreign facilities to assist in financing seasonal borrowing needs for our foreign locations. We had $3.7 million and $10.1 million of available capacity as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Our foreign obligations of $3.5 million represented borrowings under non-committed facilities.
Asset Securitization
     Under a revolving period asset securitization arrangement (“ASA”), we are eligible to sell beneficial interests in a portion of our trade accounts receivable to participating financial institutions for cash. The arrangement is subject to renewal and contains a provision whereby we retain the right to repurchase all of the outstanding beneficial interests transferred. Our continued involvement with the transferred assets includes servicing, collection and administration of the transferred beneficial interests. The sale of the beneficial interests in our trade accounts receivable are reflected as secured borrowings in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets and proceeds received are included in cash flows from financing activities in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The ASA provides for a maximum securitization amount of $100.0 million or 100% of the net pool balance as defined by the ASA. However, eligibility for securitization is limited based on the amount and quality of the qualifying accounts receivable and is calculated monthly. The beneficial interest sold cannot exceed the maximum amount even if our qualifying accounts receivable is greater than the maximum amount at any point in time. The eligible amounts available and beneficial interests sold were as follows (in millions):
                 
    As of     As of  
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2011     2010  
Eligible amount available under the ASA on qualified accounts receivable
  $ 100.0     $ 100.0  
Beneficial interest sold
           
 
           
Remaining amount available
  $ 100.0     $ 100.0  
 
           
     Under the ASA, we pay certain discount fees to use the program and have the facility available to us. These fees relate to both the used and unused portions of the securitization. The used fee is based on the beneficial interest sold and calculated on the average floating commercial paper rate determined by the purchaser of the beneficial interest, plus a program fee of 0.75%. The rate as of September 30, 2011 was 1.04% and the rate at December 31, 2010 was 1.06%. The unused fee is based on 102% of the maximum available amount less the beneficial interest sold and calculated at a 0.375% fixed rate throughout the term of the agreement. We recorded these fees in Selling, General and Administrative Expenses in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. The amounts recorded were as follows (in millions):
                                 
    For the Three Months Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2011     2010     2011     2010  
Discount fees
  $ 0.1     $ 0.1     $ 0.3     $ 0.4  
     The ASA contains certain restrictive covenants relating to the quality of our accounts receivable and cross-default provisions with our domestic revolving credit facility and senior unsecured notes. The administrative agent under the ASA is also a participant in our domestic revolving credit facility. The participating financial institution has an investment grade credit rating and we continue to monitor its credit rating. We have no reason to believe it will not perform under the ASA. As of September 30, 2011, we were in compliance with all covenant requirements.
Long-Term Debt
Domestic Revolving Credit Facility
     Under the $650 million Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“Domestic Revolving Credit Facility”), we had outstanding borrowings of $278.5 million and $80.0 million committed to standby letters of credit as of September 30, 2011. Subject to covenant limitations, $291.5 million was available for future borrowings. This domestic revolving credit facility provides for issuance of letters of credit for the full amount of the credit facility and matures in October 2012 (see Note 17, Subsequent Event).
     Our weighted average borrowing rate on the facility was as follows:
                 
    As of September 30,
2011
    As of December 31,
2010
 
Weighted average borrowing rate
    1.01 %     0.96 %
     Our domestic revolving credit facility contains financial covenants relating to leverage and interest coverage. Other covenants contained in the domestic revolving credit facility restrict, among other things, mergers, asset dispositions, guarantees, debt, liens, acquisitions, investments, affiliate transactions and our ability to make restricted payments. The financial covenants require us to maintain a defined Consolidated Indebtedness to Adjusted EBITDA Ratio and a Cash Flow (defined as EBITDA minus capital expenditures) to Net Interest Expense Ratio. The required ratios under our domestic revolving credit facility as of September 30, 2011 are detailed below:
         
Consolidated Indebtedness to Adjusted EBITDA Ratio no greater than
    3.5 : 1.0  
Cash Flow to Net Interest Expense Ratio no less than
    3.0 : 1.0  
     Our domestic revolving credit facility contains customary events of default. These events of default include nonpayment of principal or interest, breach of covenants or other restrictions or requirements, default on certain other indebtedness or receivables securitizations (cross default), and bankruptcy. A cross default under our revolving credit facility could occur if:
    We fail to pay any principal or interest when due on any other indebtedness or receivables securitization of at least $40.0 million; or
    We are in default in the performance of, or compliance with any term of any other indebtedness or receivables securitization in an aggregate principal amount of at least $40.0 million, or any other condition exists which would give the holders the right to declare such indebtedness due and payable prior to its stated maturity.
     Each of our major debt agreements contains provisions by which a default under one agreement causes a default in the others (a cross default). If a cross default under the revolving credit facility, our senior unsecured notes, or our ASA were to occur, it could have a wider impact on our liquidity than might otherwise occur from a default of a single debt instrument or lease commitment.
     If any event of default occurs and is continuing, lenders with a majority of the aggregate commitments may require the administrative agent to terminate our right to borrow under our domestic revolving credit facility and accelerate amounts due under our domestic revolving credit facility (except for a bankruptcy event of default, in which case such amounts will automatically become due and payable and the lenders’ commitments will automatically terminate). As of September 30, 2011, we were in compliance with all covenant requirements.
Senior Unsecured Notes
     We issued $200.0 million of senior unsecured notes in May 2010 through a public offering. Interest is paid semiannually on May 15 and November 15 at a fixed interest rate of 4.90% per annum. These notes mature on May 15, 2017.
     The notes are guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, by each of our domestic subsidiaries that guarantee payment by us of any indebtedness under our domestic revolving credit facility. The indenture governing the notes contains covenants that, among other things, limit our ability and the ability of the subsidiary guarantors to: create or incur certain liens; enter into certain sale and leaseback transactions; enter into certain mergers, consolidations and transfers of substantially all of our assets; and transfer certain properties. The indenture also contains a cross default provision which is triggered if we default on other debt of at least $75 million in principal which is then accelerated, and such acceleration is not rescinded within 30 days of the notice date. As of September 30, 2011, we were in compliance with all covenant requirements.
Credit Rating
     At September 30, 2011, our senior credit ratings were Baa3, with a stable outlook, and BBB-, with a stable outlook by Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s Rating Group (“S&P”), respectively.
Other Financing Arrangements
     In the first quarter 2010, our captive insurance subsidiary entered into an agreement in which cash was placed into a trust for the benefit of a third-party insurance provider. The purpose of the trust is to pay workers compensation claims for policy years 2003 — 2009 until the liabilities are fully extinguished. These policies were written by the third-party insurance provider, and then reinsured by our captive insurance subsidiary. In the second quarter of 2011, we changed how these claims were secured. Substantially all claims for the workers compensation claims for policy years 2003-2009 are now secured by standby letters of credit. As of December 31, 2010, we had $12.2 million in Restricted Cash on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets to pay these claims.