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Long-term Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Long-term Debt [Abstract]  
Long-term Debt
(8)           Long-term Debt

Amounts of long-term debt were as follows:

  
December 31,
 
   
2012
  
2011
 
Borrowings under revolving credit agreement
 $114.6  $120.9 
Senior notes
  125.0   125.0 
Other notes payable
  10.2   15.5 
    249.8   261.4 
Less: current portion
  (1.0)  (0.7)
    248.8   260.7 
          

In January 2012, we entered into a new revolving credit agreement that replaced our previous revolving credit agreement. The new credit agreement provides us with a $300 unsecured line of credit, which can be increased to $400 subject to certain customary conditions and approvals. It is a multi-currency arrangement that will allow us to borrow certain foreign currencies at an adjusted LIBOR rate plus 1.00% to 1.75%, depending upon the ratio of our debt to EBITDA as defined therein. The new credit agreement expires on January 20, 2017, and contains certain restrictive covenants, including covenants relating to the maintenance of net worth, leverage ratios and interest coverage ratios. As of December 31, 2012, $185.4 remained available to us under this revolving credit line and we were in compliance with all of the covenants and ratios.

We had interest rate swaps outstanding which effectively hedge the variable interest rate on $33 of our borrowings as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, to a fixed rate of 3.3% per annum, plus credit spread. Including the effect of this interest rate swap agreement, our borrowings under the credit agreement as of December 31, 2012 carried an average interest rate of 2.95%.

A qualified institution holds $75 of our senior notes which mature on April 2, 2017, subject to certain acceleration features upon an event of default, should one occur. These senior notes are comprised of (a) $45 aggregate principal amount of Series 2007-A Adjustable Fixed Rate Guaranteed Senior Notes, Tranche 1, due April 2, 2017 (the "Tranche 1" notes) and (b) $30 aggregate principal amount of Series 2007-A Adjustable Floating Rate Guaranteed Senior Notes, Tranche 2 (the "Tranche 2" notes). Tranche 1 bears interest at 5.78%, payable semi-annually in arrears on April 2nd and October 2nd of each year. Tranche 2 bears interest at an annual rate of 0.55% plus LIBOR in effect from time to time, adjusted quarterly, and is payable quarterly in arrears.

As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, we had an interest rate swap outstanding which effectively hedges the variable interest rate of $30 of Tranche 2 senior notes to a fixed rate of 5.6% per annum.
 
On April 29, 2010, we issued and sold an additional $50 of senior notes to other qualified institutional buyers pursuant to a note purchase agreement (the "Note Purchase Agreement"). These senior notes bear interest at a fixed annual rate of 5.46%, payable semi-annually in arrears on April 29th and October 29th of each year, beginning on October 29, 2010. Our obligations under the Note Purchase Agreement mature on April 29, 2020.

Our obligations under our revolving credit agreement, the Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 notes, and the Note Purchase Agreement are guaranteed by certain of our subsidiaries.

We also have an uncommitted, short-term credit facility maturing on November 15, 2013 that allows for maximum borrowings of $15, of which $8.5 was outstanding as of December 31, 2012 at an interest rate of 2.00%.

As of December 31, 2012, 65% of our debt is fixed at an average rate of 5.12%, the remainder of our debt contains interest rates which vary mostly in response to the changes in LIBOR.

Maturities of long-term debt outstanding at December 31, 2011 were as follows:

   
2013
  
2014
  
2015
  
2016
  
2017
  
Thereafter
 
Borrowings under:
                  
Revolving credit agreement
 $-  $-  $-  $-  $114.6  $- 
Senior notes
  -   -   -   -   75.0   50.0 
Other notes payable
  1.0   0.5   0.1   -   8.6   - 
    1.0   0.5   0.1   -   198.2   50.0 
                          
 
At December 31, 2012 and 2011, we had outstanding standby letters of credit of approximately $4.2 and $3.7, respectively, which are not included in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. These letters of credit typically serve to guarantee performance of our land reclamation and workers' compensation obligations; we have recorded amounts owed under these obligations in our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2012 and 2011.