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LONG-TERM DEBT AND LEASE FINANCING OBLIGATION
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
LONG-TERM DEBT AND LEASE FINANCING OBLIGATION  
LONG-TERM DEBT AND LEASE FINANCING OBLIGATION

8. LONG-TERM DEBT AND LEASE FINANCING OBLIGATION

        Long-term debt consisted of the following:

(In thousands)
  March 31,
2012
  December 31,
2011
 

Senior secured ABL revolving credit facility due 2016

  $ 29,000   $  

9.0% senior secured notes due 2017, net of original issuance discount

    497,563     497,464  
           

Total debt

    526,563     497,464  

Less current portion

    (29,000 )    
           

Long-term debt

  $ 497,563   $ 497,464  
           

        In December 2009, we refinanced part of our debt and entered into a senior secured asset-based revolving credit agreement due January 2016 (the "ABL Revolver") and issued $500.0 million in principal amount of 9.0 percent senior secured notes due 2017 (the "9.0 percent senior secured notes").

        The weighted average interest rate under the ABL Revolver was 4.8 percent and 4.3 percent as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. In addition to paying interest on outstanding principal under the ABL Revolver, we are required to pay a fee in respect of the unutilized commitments and we must also pay customary letter of credit fees equal to the applicable margin on London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") loans and agency fees.

        The ABL Revolver requires that if excess availability is less than $45 million, we comply with a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of at least 1.10 to 1.00. At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 excess availability was $258.1 million and $284.2 million, respectively. In addition, the ABL Revolver includes affirmative and negative covenants that, subject to significant exceptions, limit our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to, among other things: incur, assume or permit to exist additional indebtedness or guarantees; incur liens; make investments and loans; pay dividends, make payments or redeem or repurchase capital stock; engage in mergers, acquisitions and asset sales; prepay, redeem or purchase certain indebtedness including the 9.0 percent senior secured notes; amend or otherwise alter terms of certain indebtedness, including the 9.0 percent senior secured notes; engage in certain transactions with affiliates; and alter the business that we conduct.

        If at any time the aggregate amount of outstanding loans, unreimbursed letter of credit drawings and undrawn letters of credit under the ABL Revolver exceeds the lesser of (i) the commitment amount and (ii) the borrowing base, we will be required to repay outstanding loans and cash collateralize letters of credit in an aggregate amount equal to such excess, with no reduction of the commitment amount. If the amount available under the ABL Revolver is less than $60 million for a period of three consecutive business days or certain events of default have occurred, we will be required to deposit cash from our material deposit accounts (including all concentration accounts) daily in a collection account maintained with the administrative agent under the ABL Revolver, which will be used to repay outstanding loans and cash collateralize letters of credit. Borrowings under the ABL Revolver are secured by substantially all of our assets.

        On March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we had $29.0 million and nil, respectively, in outstanding principal borrowed under the ABL Revolver. At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we had outstanding letters of credit totaling $12.9 million and $15.8 million, respectively.

        Interest on the 9.0 percent senior secured notes is payable January 15 and July 15 of each year. On or after January 15, 2014, we may redeem the notes in whole or in part, initially at 104.5 percent of their principal amount, and thereafter at prices declining annually to 100 percent on or after January 15, 2016. During any twelve-month period prior to January 15, 2014, we may make optional redemptions of up to 10 percent of the aggregate principal amount of the 9.0 percent senior secured notes at a redemption price of 103.0 percent of such principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, prior to January 15, 2013, we may redeem up to 35 percent of the aggregate principal amount of the notes at a redemption price equal to 109.0 percent of such principal amount, plus any accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, we may redeem some or all of the notes at any time prior to January 15, 2014 at a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus a make-whole premium and any accrued and unpaid interest. The 9.0 percent senior secured notes are secured by substantially all of our assets and contain certain restrictive covenants including restrictions on debt incurrence, granting of liens, dividends, acquisitions and investments.

        On April 4, 2011, we redeemed all of our 7.125 percent senior notes due 2013 and 9.5% senior notes due 2014 that remained outstanding for the aggregate principal amount of $22.2 million. On October 20, 2011, we redeemed all of our 10.75 percent senior subordinated notes due 2016 at $105.375 per $100 face value of such notes, for an aggregate payment of $44.1 million, including early redemption costs. The redemption of these notes required payments on original issuance discounts and retirement premiums that were recorded throughout 2011 in the period of redemption. There were no such charges in the three months ended March 31, 2012 or 2011. On December 29, 2011 we repaid in full our other note payable for $18.0 million.

        Lease Financing Obligation.    At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we had a lease financing obligation of $112.1 million and $109.9 million, respectively. The change from the December 31, 2011 balance is due to the change in the Canadian dollar exchange rate for the period ended March 31, 2012. The lease financing obligation is the result of the sale and concurrent leaseback of certain land and buildings in Canada in 2007 for a term of 10 years. In connection with this transaction, a collateralized letter of credit was issued in favor of the buyer lessor resulting in the transaction being recorded as a financing transaction rather than a sale for generally accepted accounting principle purposes. As a result, the land, building and related accounts continue to be recognized in the consolidated balance sheets. The amount of the collateralized letter of credit was $5.9 million and $8.0 million as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. We are not obligated to repay the lease financing obligation amount of $112.1 million. Our obligation is for the future minimum lease payments under the terms of the related lease agreements. The future minimum lease payments under the terms of the related lease agreements at March 31, 2012 are $5.6 million in 2012, $7.7 million in 2013, $7.8 million in 2014, $8.1 million in 2015, $8.1 million in 2016, and $2.0 million in 2017, the final year of the lease agreements. The change in the future minimum lease payments from such amounts disclosed at December 31, 2011 is due to current period payments and the change in the Canadian dollar exchange rate as of March 31, 2012.