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Sep. 30, 2013
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Debt | Debt Long-term debt consisted of the following as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012:
During 2013, the Company refinanced certain equipment leases with $16.8 million in equipment term loans secured by the formerly leased equipment. The equipment term loans bear interest at a fixed rate of 4.75%, require quarterly payments and have five year terms expiring during 2018. The purchase of these assets and the $16.8 million of equipment term loans are non-cash investing and financing activities. Based upon the interest rates available to the Company for borrowings with similar terms and maturities, the fair value of the Company's total debt was approximately $1.5 billion at September 30, 2013. The fair value determination of the Company's total debt was categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy (see Note 15 for the definition of Level 2 inputs). As of September 30, 2013, the Company's various lending arrangements included certain financial covenants (all financial terms, numbers and ratios are as defined in the Company's debt agreements). Among these covenants, the Company was required to maintain the following as of September 30, 2013 (for each covenant, the most restrictive measurement has been included below):
In addition to those covenants, the $1.5 billion debt financing agreement also includes certain limitations on acquisitions, indebtedness, liens, dividends and repurchases of capital stock. If the Company's total leverage ratio is greater than 3.00 to 1.00 (total leverage ratio as defined in the debt financing agreement), the Company is prohibited from making greater than $120.0 million of annual dividend payments, capital stock repurchases and certain other payments. If the total leverage ratio is less than 3.00 to 1.00, there are no such restrictions. |