Note 6. Debt

The following is a summary of the Company’s long-term indebtedness (in thousands):


	November 30, 2012			August 31, 2012
Senior Credit Facility
Revolver	$	—		$	—
Term Loan		96,250			97,500

		96,250			97,500
5.625% Senior Notes		300,000			300,000

Total Senior Indebtedness		396,250			397,500
Less: current maturities of long-term debt		(8,750	)		(7,500	)

Total long-term debt	$	387,500		$	390,000

The Company’s Senior Credit Facility, which matures on February 23, 2016 provides a $600 revolving credit facility, a $100 million term loan and a $300 million expansion option, subject to certain conditions. Borrowings are subject to a pricing grid, which can result in increases or decreases to the borrowing spread, depending on the Company’s leverage ratio, ranging from 1.25% to 2.50% in the case of loans bearing interest at LIBOR and from 0.25% to 1.50% in the case of loans bearing interest at the base rate. At November 30, 2012, the borrowing spread on LIBOR based borrowings was 1.5% (aggregating 1.75% on the outstanding term loan). In addition, a non-use fee is payable quarterly on the average unused credit line under the revolver ranging from 0.2% to 0.4% per annum. At November 30, 2012 the available and unused credit line under the revolver was $596.3 million. Quarterly principal payments of $1.25 million began on the $100 million term loan on March 31, 2012, increasing to $2.5 million per quarter beginning on March 31, 2013, with the remaining principal due at maturity. The Senior Credit Facility, which is secured by substantially all of the Company’s domestic personal property assets, also contains customary limits and restrictions concerning investments, sales of assets, liens on assets, dividends and other payments. The two financial covenants included in the Senior Credit Facility agreement are a maximum leverage ratio of 3.75:1 and a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.50:1. The Company was in compliance with all debt covenants at November 30, 2012.

On April 16, 2012, the Company issued $300 million of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Senior Notes”). The Senior Notes require no principal installments prior to their June 15, 2022 maturity, require semiannual interest payments in December and June of each year and contain certain financial and non-financial covenants. The Company utilized the net proceeds from this issuance to fund the repurchase of all its then outstanding $250 million of 6.875% Senior Notes due 2017 at a cost of 104%, or $260.4 million.

In March 2012, the Company called all of its then outstanding $117.6 million of 2% Convertible Notes for cash at par. As a result of the call notice, substantially all of the holders of the 2% Convertible Notes converted them into newly issued shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, at a conversion rate of 50.6554 shares per $1,000 of principal amount (resulting in the issuance of 5,951,440 shares of common stock) while the remaining $0.1 million of 2% Convertible Notes were repurchased for cash.