Senior Notes due May 1, 2016	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Senior Notes due May 1, 2016	Note 8. Senior Notes due May 1, 2016 On April 17, 2006, the Company completed a public debt offering of $125 million principal amount of 7% senior notes due May 1, 2016 (the “Senior Notes”) and received net proceeds of $123.5 million. The interest payment dates on the Senior Notes are each May 1 and November 1. The effective interest rate related to the Senior Notes, based on the proceeds net of discount and all issuance costs, approximates 7.17%. The interest expense on the Senior Notes was $2.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and $6.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The Company may redeem the Senior Notes at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, at a “make-whole” redemption price. The terms of the Senior Notes contain various restrictive business and financial covenants typical for debt obligations of this type, including limitations on mergers, liens and dispositions of the common stock of certain subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2011, the Company was in compliance with all such covenants. In April 2009, the Company repurchased $10.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes from an unaffiliated note holder on the open market for $7.0 million, which generated a $2.9 million pre-tax gain that was reflected in Other income. As a result of this transaction, approximately $114 million aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes remains issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2011.

Note 8. Senior Notes due May 1, 2016

On April 17, 2006, the Company completed a public debt offering of $125 million principal amount of 7% senior notes due May 1, 2016 (the “Senior Notes”) and received net proceeds of $123.5 million. The interest payment dates on the Senior Notes are each May 1 and November 1. The effective interest rate related to the Senior Notes, based on the proceeds net of discount and all issuance costs, approximates 7.17%. The interest expense on the Senior Notes was $2.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and $6.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

The Company may redeem the Senior Notes at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, at a “make-whole” redemption price. The terms of the Senior Notes contain various restrictive business and financial covenants typical for debt obligations of this type, including limitations on mergers, liens and dispositions of the common stock of certain subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2011, the Company was in compliance with all such covenants.

In April 2009, the Company repurchased $10.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes from an unaffiliated note holder on the open market for $7.0 million, which generated a $2.9 million pre-tax gain that was reflected in Other income. As a result of this transaction, approximately $114 million aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes remains issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2011.