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Debt
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Debt [Abstract]  
Debt

NOTE 11.  DEBT

In March 2013, we refinanced our $1.3 billion senior credit facility and amended the underlying credit agreement.  The amended facility is composed of a $250 million revolving credit facility (with a $150 million sublimit for letters of credit), a $550 million Term Loan A and a $475 million Term Loan B.  The terms of the facility resulted in a lower interest rate spread (2.5% vs. 3.0%) than our previous facility.  We also extended the maturity of Term Loan A from November 2015 to March 2018 and of Term Loan B from March 2018 to March 2020. The facility is secured by U.S. personal property, the capital stock of material U.S. subsidiaries, and a pledge of 65% of the stock of our material first tier foreign subsidiaries. In connection with the refinancing, we incurred $8.3 million for bank, legal, and other fees, of which $7.2 million was capitalized and is being amortized into interest expense over the life of the loans.  Additionally, we wrote off $18.9 million of unamortized debt financing costs in the first quarter of 2013 related to our previous credit facility to interest expense (see Liquidity for further information).

 

As of September 30, 2014, we were in compliance with all covenants of the amended senior credit facility. Our debt agreements include other restrictions, including restrictions pertaining to the acquisition of additional debt, the redemption, repurchase or retirement of our capital stock, payment of dividends, and certain financial transactions as it relates to specified assets.  We currently believe that default under these covenants is unlikely, and that fully borrowing under our revolving credit facility would not violate these covenants.

   

In March 2013, we amended our $100 million Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility with the Bank of Nova Scotia.  We decreased the facility to $75 million to reduce commitment fees on unused capacity.  The maturity was extended to March 2016

 

There were no outstanding balances on the revolving credit facility and accounts receivable securitization facility as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013.