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Financing Arrangements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Financing Arrangements [Abstract]  
Financing Arrangements

Note 11. Financing Arrangements

The Company has a five-year unsecured committed syndicated revolving credit facility which permits borrowings up to a maximum of $700 million. This credit facility expires in May 2016. Interest rates under the facility vary depending upon:

 

   

The amount borrowed;

 

   

The Company’s public debt rating by Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch; and

 

   

At the Company’s option, rates tied to the agent bank’s prime rate or, for U.S. Dollar and Great Britain Pounds Sterling borrowings, the London Interbank Offered Rate and for Euro borrowings, the Euro Interbank Offered Rate.

At March 31, 2012, there were $12.7 million in borrowings and $34 million letters of credit outstanding under the facility. At December 31, 2011, there were $12.3 million in borrowings and $37 million in letters of credit outstanding under the facility. In order to be eligible to borrow under the facility, the Company must be in compliance with a maximum leverage ratio covenant and other standard covenants. The Company is currently in compliance with all covenants. At March 31, 2012, the Company had borrowing capacity under this facility of $653.3 million, after reductions for borrowings and letters of credit outstanding under the facility.

At March 31, 2012, the Company also maintained $75 million of uncommitted U.S. working capital facilities and $157.5 million of uncommitted and committed foreign working capital facilities with various banks to meet short-term borrowing requirements. At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, there were $6.9 million and $25 million, respectively, in borrowings and $38 million in letters of credit and bank guarantees outstanding under these facilities as of March 31, 2012. These credit facilities are provided by a small number of commercial banks that also provide the Company with committed credit through the syndicated revolving credit facility described above and with various cash management, trust and other services.

At March 31, 2012, the Company had letters of credit and bank guarantees of $116.2 million, inclusive of letters of credit outstanding under the Company’s syndicated revolving credit facility, uncommitted U.S. working capital facilities and uncommitted and committed foreign working capital facilities, as discussed above.

Long-term Debt

Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, excluding current maturities, consisted of:

 

                 
    March 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 
    (Dollars in millions)  

Medium-term notes payable (interest rates from 6.8% to 8.7%)

  $ 398.9     $ 398.9  

6.29% senior notes, maturing in 2016

    294.0       294.2  

6.125% senior notes, maturing in 2019

    298.4       298.3  

4.875% senior notes, maturing in 2020

    299.5       299.4  

3.6% senior notes, maturing in 2021

    598.9       598.9  

6.80% senior notes, maturing in 2036

    234.8       234.5  

7.0% senior notes, maturing in 2038

    199.2       199.2  

Other debt, maturing through 2020 (interest rates from 0.3% to 4.5%)

    16.5       28.9  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      2,340.2       2,352.3  

Capital lease obligations

    22.1       22.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 2,362.3     $ 2,374.4  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Lease Commitments

The Company leases certain of its office and manufacturing facilities, machinery and equipment and corporate aircraft under various committed lease arrangements provided by financial institutions. Future minimum lease payments under operating leases were $259.3 million at March 31, 2012.