Credit Facilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

As of September 30, 2014, we have unsecured committed credit facilities with two banks. On September 15, 2014, we entered into an amendment to our existing credit agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. The amended agreement includes a $175 million credit facility which will expire on May 31, 2016, and a $75 million term commitment with principal due and payable on September 15, 2019. We borrowed $75 million under the term note on September 15, 2014, and repaid the $40 million that was outstanding under the credit facility. We also have a $75 million credit facility with BMO Harris Bank N.A. which will expire May 31, 2017. Borrowings under the credit facilities and term note bear variable interest (0.7533% at September 30, 2014) based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), with interest on the five-year term note effectively fixed at 2.5% with an interest rate swap agreement.

As of September 30, 2014, we had $75 million outstanding, and as of December 31, 2013, we had $40 million outstanding under these credit facilities with banks. The $325 million of credit available under these facilities is further reduced by $32.7 million in standby letters of credit under which we are obligated. Each of the debt agreements includes, among other things, two financial covenants requiring us (i) not to exceed a maximum ratio of total debt to total capitalization and (ii) not to exceed a maximum ratio of total funded debt to earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (as such terms are defined in each credit facility). At September 30, 2014, we were in compliance with these covenants.

At September 30, 2014, the aggregate future maturities of long-term debt by year are as follows (in thousands):



2014	$	—
2015	—
2016	—
2017	—
2018	—
2019 and thereafter	75,000
Total	$	75,000

The carrying amounts of our long-term debt approximate fair value due to the duration of the notes and the variable interest rates.

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The entire disclosure for information about short-term and long-term debt arrangements, which includes amounts of borrowings under each line of credit, note payable, commercial paper issue, bonds indenture, debenture issue, own-share lending arrangements and any other contractual agreement to repay funds, and about the underlying arrangements, rationale for a classification as long-term, including repayment terms, interest rates, collateral provided, restrictions on use of assets and activities, whether or not in compliance with debt covenants, and other matters important to users of the financial statements, such as the effects of refinancing and noncompliance with debt covenants.

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