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CREDIT FACILITIES
9 Months Ended
Oct. 01, 2011
Line Of Credit Facility [Abstract] 
CREDIT FACILITIES

CREDIT FACILITIES

        We have a secured revolving credit agreement expiring on April 28, 2016 (the "Credit Facility") with several lending institutions to borrow an aggregate principal amount of up to $650 million. On April 28, 2011, we completed an amendment and restatement of our Credit Facility. The amended and restated terms and conditions provide for an extension of the maturity date from May 13, 2015 to April 28, 2016. The amendment and restatement also provides for, among other things, the following changes to the Credit Facility: (1) a split of the Credit Facility into a $350 million U.S. commitment which may be drawn by the U.S. borrowers as revolving loans or letters of credit in U.S. dollars, and a $300 million international commitment which may be drawn by the U.S. borrowers or by any Canadian or European borrowers as revolving loans or letters of credit in Euros, sterling, Canadian dollars, or U.S. dollars; (2) reductions in the interest rate spreads and commitment fees payable under the Credit Facility; (3) the addition of separate borrowing bases in each relevant European country, similar to the U.S. borrowing base (with variations in accordance with local law or practice); (4) changes in the U.S. borrowing base eligibility criteria for inventory in or in transit to Canada; (5) an increase in the cap on swingline loans; (6) reductions in the various availability levels below which (x) dominion periods are triggered, and (y) the borrowers must comply with certain financial and other covenants; (7) increases in various debt baskets, including a lifting of limits on the general unsecured debt basket and on unsecured and secured debt incurred by non-U.S. subsidiaries that are not loan parties, an increase in the general lien basket, and the addition of a new lien basket for financings secured by intellectual property; (8) increases in various investments baskets and the addition of a new investments basket; (9) an increase in the general asset sales basket; and (10) reductions in the various thresholds to be met before we can make restricted payments or can prepay our bonds maturing in 2014.

        Borrowings under the Credit Facility may be used to refinance existing indebtedness, to make certain investments (including acquisitions), and for general corporate purposes in the ordinary course of business. Such borrowings bear interest either based on the alternate base rate, as defined in the Credit Facility, or based on Eurocurrency rates, each with a margin that depends on the availability remaining under the Credit Facility. The Credit Facility contains customary events of default.

        Availability under the Credit Facility is determined with reference to a borrowing base consisting of a percentage of eligible inventory, accounts receivable, credit card receivables and licensee receivables, minus reserves determined by the joint collateral agents. At October 1, 2011, we had $55.0 million in cash borrowings and $23.8 million of letters of credit outstanding, and our remaining availability was $503.1 million. If availability under the Credit Facility falls below a stated level, we will be required to comply with a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio. The Credit Facility also contains affirmative and negative covenants that, among other things, will limit or restrict our ability to (1) incur indebtedness, (2) create liens, (3) merge, consolidate, liquidate or dissolve, (4) make investments (including acquisitions), loans or advances, (5) sell assets, (6) enter into sale and leaseback transactions, (7) enter into swap agreements, (8) make certain restricted payments (including dividends and other payments in respect of capital stock), (9) enter into transactions with affiliates, (10) enter into restrictive agreements, and (11) amend material documents. The Credit Facility is secured by a first priority lien on substantially all of our personal property.

        SWH has a $1.5 million unsecured borrowing facility with a lending institution that expires on October 1, 2012 and is renewable on an annual basis, under which no cash borrowings and $1.1 million in letters of credit were outstanding at October 1, 2011. Cash borrowings under this facility bear interest based on either the prevailing prime rate or the prevailing LIBOR rate plus 300 basis points. SWH also has a €0.3 million variable-rate unsecured borrowing facility with a European lending institution that expires in March 2012 and is renewable on an annual basis, under which no amounts were outstanding at October 1, 2011.