Financing Agreement

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Financing Agreements

The carrying value of debt, capital lease obligations, notes payable, interest rate swap valuation adjustments and the average related interest rates were as follows (in thousands):



	Average interest rate at September 30, 2015	Maturity	September 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Revolving loan facility	0.85%	March 2020	$	77,170	—
Senior notes—fixed rate	3.81%	May 2018	25,000		$	25,000
Senior notes—fixed rate	4.60%	May 2021	75,000		75,000
Senior notes—fixed rate	3.13%	December 2020	100,000		100,000
Capital lease obligations	5.05%	Various through 2029	22,938		26,148
Notes payable	3.50%	June 2027	15,911		—
Interest rate swap valuation adjustments			594		—
Total debt, capital lease obligations, and notes payable			$	316,613	$	226,148
Less: current maturities			4,839		2,528
Total long-term debt, capital lease obligations, and notes payable			$	311,774	$	223,620

In August 2011, Polaris entered into a $350,000,000 unsecured revolving loan facility. In January 2013, Polaris amended the loan facility to provide more beneficial covenant and interest rate terms and extend the expiration date from August 2016 to January 2018. In March 2015, Polaris amended the loan facility to increase the facility to $500,000,000 and to provide more beneficial covenant and interest rate terms. The amended terms also extended the expiration date to March 2020. Interest is charged at rates based on a LIBOR or “prime” base rate.

In December 2010, the Company entered into a Master Note Purchase Agreement to issue $25,000,000 of unsecured senior notes due May 2018 and $75,000,000 of unsecured senior notes due May 2021 (collectively, the “Senior Notes”). The Senior Notes were issued in May 2011. In December 2013, the Company entered into a First Supplement to Master Note Purchase Agreement, under which the Company issued $100,000,000 of unsecured senior notes due December 2020.

The unsecured revolving loan facility and the Master Note Purchase Agreement contain covenants that require Polaris to maintain certain financial ratios, including minimum interest coverage and maximum leverage ratios. Polaris was in compliance with all such covenants as of September 30, 2015.

A property lease agreement for a manufacturing facility which Polaris began occupying in Opole, Poland commenced in February 2014. The Poland property lease is accounted for as a capital lease.

In January 2015, the Company announced plans to build a new production facility in Huntsville, Alabama to provide additional capacity and flexibility. The 725,000 square-foot facility will focus on off-road vehicle production. The Company broke ground on the facility in the first quarter of 2015 with completion expected in the second quarter of 2016. A mortgage note payable agreement of $14,500,000 for land, on which Polaris is building the facility, commenced in February 2015. The payment of principal and interest for the note payable is forgivable if the Company satisfies certain job commitments over the term of the note. Forgivable loans related to other Company facilities are also included within notes payable.