Note 13 - Senior Notes Payable

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

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13.      Senior Notes Payable

Senior notes payable consisted of the following at:

	June 30,		December 31,
	2013		2012
	(Dollars in thousands)
6.25% Senior Notes due April 2014	$	4,971	$	4,971
7% Senior Notes due August 2015		29,789		29,789
10.75% Senior Notes due September 2016, net of discount		267,386		265,823
8.375% Senior Notes due May 2018, net of premium		579,466		579,832
8.375% Senior Notes due January 2021, net of discount		397,217		397,087
1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due August 2032		253,000		253,000
	$	1,531,829	$	1,530,502

The senior notes payable described above are all senior obligations and rank equally with our other existing senior indebtedness and are redeemable at our option, in whole or in part, pursuant to a “make whole” formula. These notes contain various restrictive covenants.  Our 10.75% Senior Notes due 2016 contain our most restrictive covenants, including a limitation on additional indebtedness and a limitation on restricted payments.  Outside of the specified categories of indebtedness that are carved out of the additional indebtedness limitation (including a carve-out for up to $1.1 billion in credit facility indebtedness), the Company must satisfy at least one of two conditions (either a maximum leverage condition or a minimum interest coverage condition) to incur additional indebtedness.  The Company must also satisfy at least one of these two conditions to make restricted payments.  Restricted Payments include dividends and investments in and advances to our joint ventures and other unrestricted subsidiaries.  Our ability to make restricted payments is also subject to a basket limitation.  As of June 30, 2013, we were able to incur additional indebtedness and make restricted payments because we satisfied the maximum leverage condition. Many of our 100% owned direct and indirect subsidiaries (collectively, the “Guarantor Subsidiaries”) guaranty our outstanding senior notes. The guarantees are full and unconditional, and joint and several. Please see Note 21 for supplemental financial statement information about our guarantor subsidiaries group and non-guarantor subsidiaries group.

The 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2032 (the “Convertible Notes”) will mature on August 1, 2032, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased. The holders may at any time convert their Convertible Notes into shares of the Company's common stock at an initial conversion rate of 123.7662 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes (which is equal to an initial conversion price of approximately $8.08 per share), subject to adjustment. On or after August 5, 2017, the Company may redeem for cash all or part of the Convertible Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Convertible Notes being redeemed. On each of August 1, 2017, August 1, 2022 and August 1, 2027, holders of the Convertible Notes may require the Company to purchase all or any portion of their Convertible Notes for cash at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Convertible Notes to be repurchased.