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Long-Term Debt
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt
Long-Term Debt

Outstanding Debt
The following reflects outstanding debt as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:
 
 
September 30, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
Revolver, varying interest rate, due 2015
 
$

 
$

Term Loan, varying interest rate, due 2013 (1)
 

 
13,300

Term Loan, varying interest rate, due 2015 (1)
 
561,122

 
552,331

7.875% Senior Notes, due 2016 ("2016 Notes")
 

 
200,000

8.125% Senior Notes, due 2018 ("2018 Notes")
 
250,000

 
250,000

9.250% Senior Notes, due 2019 ("2019 Notes") (2)
 
345,811

 
345,533

6.250% Senior Notes, due 2020 ("2020 Notes")
 
300,000

 

Chinese Renminbi Yuan ("RMB") denominated loans, due 2014 (the "China Loans") and Other Debt
 
12,133

 
29,503

Total long-term debt outstanding
 
$
1,469,066

 
$
1,390,667


    
(1) Net of unamortized discount of $178 as of September 30, 2012 and $379 as of December 31, 2011.
(2) Net of unamortized discount of $4,189 as of September 30, 2012 and $4,467 as of December 31, 2011.

Credit Agreement

We are party to a credit agreement, dated as of June 9, 2008, as amended and restated as of August 25, 2011 (as so amended, the “Credit Agreement”), among Scientific Games International, Inc. ("SGI"), as borrower, the Company, as a guarantor, the several lenders from time to time parties thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.
The Credit Agreement provides for a $250,000 senior secured revolving credit facility and senior secured term loan credit facilities under which $561,122 of term loan borrowings were outstanding as of September 30, 2012. As of September 30, 2012, there was $39,671 in outstanding letters of credit and $210,329 available for borrowing or additional letter of credit issuances under the revolving credit facility. Amounts under the revolving credit facility may be borrowed, repaid and re-borrowed by SGI from time to time until maturity. Voluntary prepayments and commitment reductions under the Credit Agreement are permitted at any time in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (other than break-funding costs), upon proper notice and subject to a minimum dollar requirement. Pursuant to the amendment to the Credit Agreement entered into in August 2011, the scheduled maturity date of the revolving credit facility commitments and the outstanding term loans was extended from June 9, 2013 to June 30, 2015.
The Credit Agreement contains customary covenants, including negative covenants that, among other things, limit the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends or make distributions or certain other restricted payments, purchase or redeem capital stock, make investments or extend credit, engage in certain transactions with affiliates, engage in sale-leaseback transactions, consummate certain asset sales, effect a consolidation or merger, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all assets, prepay or modify certain indebtedness, or create certain liens and other encumbrances on assets.
Our ability to borrow under the Credit Agreement will depend on us remaining in compliance with the covenants contained in the Credit Agreement, including the maintenance of the applicable financial ratios. A summary of the terms of the Credit Agreement, including the financial ratios that the Company is required to maintain under the terms of the Credit Agreement, is included in Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
We were in compliance with the covenants under the Credit Agreement as of September 30, 2012.
In February 2012, we refinanced approximately $16,400 of the revolving credit facility and term loan commitments that were not extended in connection with the amendment to the Credit Agreement entered into in August 2011 and extended the maturity dates of these commitments to June 30, 2015. In connection with the refinancing, we paid $57 of fees and expenses to the new lenders.
2020 Notes
On August 20, 2012, SGI, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, issued the 2020 Notes at a price of 100% of the principal amount thereof in a private offering to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to persons outside the United States under Regulation S under the Securities Act. The 2020 Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of August 20, 2012 (the “2020 Indenture”) among SGI, as issuer, the Company, as a guarantor, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee.

The 2020 Notes bear interest at the rate of 6.250% per annum, which accrues from August 20, 2012 and is payable semiannually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing on March 1, 2013. The 2020 Notes mature on September 1, 2020, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased, and are subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the 2020 Indenture.

SGI may redeem some or all of the 2020 Notes at any time prior to September 1, 2015 at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2020 Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption plus a ''make-whole'' premium. SGI may redeem some or all of the 2020 Notes at any time on or after September 1, 2015 at the prices specified in the 2020 Indenture. In addition, at any time prior to September 1, 2015, SGI may redeem up to 35% of the initially outstanding aggregate principal amount of the 2020 Notes at a redemption price of 106.250% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption, with the net cash proceeds contributed to the capital of SGI from one or more equity offerings of the Company. Additionally, if a holder of the 2020 Notes is required to be licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable gaming laws or regulations and that holder does not become so licensed or qualified or is not found to be suitable, then SGI will have the right to, subject to certain notice provisions set forth in the Indenture, (1) require that holder to dispose of all or a portion of those 2020 Notes or (2) redeem the 2020 Notes of that holder at a redemption price calculated as set forth in the 2020 Indenture. If the Company or SGI experiences specific kinds of changes in control or the Company or any of its restricted subsidiaries sells certain of its assets, then SGI must offer to repurchase the 2020 Notes on the terms set forth in the 2020 Indenture.

The 2020 Notes are subordinated to all of SGI's existing and future senior debt, including its indebtedness under its credit agreement, rank equally with all of its existing and future senior subordinated debt, including the 2019 Notes and its guarantee of the 2018 Notes, and rank senior to all of its future subordinated debt that is expressly subordinated to the 2020 Notes. The 2020 Notes are guaranteed on a senior subordinated unsecured basis by the Company and all of its wholly owned domestic subsidiaries (other than SGI). The guarantees of the 2020 Notes are subordinated to all of the guarantors' existing and future senior debt, including their guarantees of the SGI's indebtedness under the credit agreement, rank equally with all of their existing and future senior subordinated debt, including, in the case of the Company, the 2018 Notes and its guarantee of the 2019 Notes and, in the case of the other guarantors, their guarantees of the 2019 Notes and the 2018 Notes, and rank senior to all of their future debt that is expressly subordinated to the guarantees of the 2020 Notes. The 2020 Notes are structurally subordinated to all of the liabilities of the Company's non-guarantor subsidiaries.

The 2020 Indenture contains certain covenants that, among other things, limit the Company's ability, and the ability of certain of its subsidiaries, to incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends or make distributions or certain other restricted payments, purchase or redeem capital stock, make investments or extend credit, engage in certain transactions with affiliates, engage in sale-leaseback transactions, consummate certain asset sales, effect a consolidation or merger, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all assets, or create certain liens and other encumbrances on assets.

The 2020 Indenture contains events of default customary for agreements of its type (with customary grace periods, as applicable) and provides that, upon the occurrence of an event of default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or SGI, all outstanding 2020 Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other type of event of default occurs and is continuing, then the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding 2020 Notes may declare all the 2020 Notes to be due and payable immediately.

In connection with the issuance of the 2020 Notes, SGI, the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative for the initial purchasers listed therein, entered into a registration rights agreement dated August 20, 2012 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). Under the Registration Rights Agreement, SGI and the guarantors agreed, for the benefit of the holders of the 2020 Notes, that they will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause to become effective, a registration statement relating to an offer to exchange the 2020 Notes for an issue of SEC-registered notes (the “Exchange Notes”) with terms identical to the 2020 Notes (except that the Exchange Notes will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to any increase in the annual interest rate as described below).

Under certain circumstances, including if applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC do not permit SGI to effect the exchange offer, SGI and the guarantors will use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause to become effective a shelf registration statement relating to resales of the 2020 Notes and to keep that shelf registration statement effective until the first anniversary of the date such shelf registration statement becomes effective, or such shorter period that will terminate when all 2020 Notes covered by the shelf registration statement have been sold. The obligation to complete the exchange offer and/or file a shelf registration statement will terminate on the second anniversary of the date of the Registration Rights Agreement.

If the exchange offer is not completed (or, if required, the shelf registration statement is not declared effective) on or before August 20, 2013 (subject to the right of the Company to extend such date by up to 90 additional days under customary “blackout” provisions if the Company determines in good faith that it is in possession of material, non-public information), the annual interest rate borne by the 2020 Notes will be increased by 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following such date and by an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period, up to a maximum additional rate of 1.00% per annum thereafter until the exchange offer is completed, the shelf registration statement is declared effective or the obligation to complete the exchange offer and/or file the shelf registration statement terminates, at which time the interest rate will revert to the original interest rate on the date the 2020 Notes were originally issued.

2016 Notes

On September 19, 2012, SGI redeemed all outstanding 2016 Notes at a redemption price equal to 103.938% of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the redemption date. Bondholders received payment in full consisting of principal in the amount of $200,000, redemption premium of $7,876 and accrued interest of $4,113. In connection with the redemption, the Company recorded a loss on early extinguishment of debt of approximately $15,464 comprised primarily of the redemption premium and the write-off of previously deferred financing costs.
Other Debt
In the first quarter of 2012, we repaid RMB 12,500 in aggregate principal amount of a China loan and the outstanding letter of credit in support of this debt was reduced by $1,000. In the second quarter of 2012, we repaid the remaining RMB 166,000 in aggregate principal amount of this China loan and the outstanding letter of credit of $28,200 in support of this debt was returned.
In May 2012, we entered into a new RMB 60,000 lending facility with a Chinese bank under which we have borrowed RMB 25,446 as of September 30, 2012. The facility requires graduated semi-annual principal payments through November 2014. In June 2012, we entered into a one-year RMB 50,000 term loan with another Chinese bank. A letter of credit in the amount of $6,500 was issued to support this term loan.