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Debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Debt [Abstract] |
Schedule of Outstanding Debt | T he Company had the following outstanding debt a t December 31, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):
|  |  | December 31,
|  |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Foreign subsidiary lines of credit |  | $ | 243 |  | $ | 8,346
Senior unsecured notes - Series A - 3.75%, due February 2015 |  |  | 100,000 |  |  | -
2013 Credit Agreement |  |  | 125,000 |  |  | 125,000
| Total notes payable and debt |  |  | 225,243 |  |  | 133,346
Senior unsecured notes - Series A - 3.75%, due February 2015 |  |  | - |  |  | 100,000
Senior unsecured notes - Series B - 5.00%, due February 2020 |  |  | 100,000 |  |  | 100,000
Senior unsecured notes - Series C - 2.50%, due March 2016 |  |  | 50,000 |  |  | 50,000
Senior unsecured notes - Series D - 3.22%, due March 2018 |  |  | 100,000 |  |  | 100,000
Senior unsecured notes - Series E - 3.97%, due March 2021 |  |  | 50,000 |  |  | 50,000
Senior unsecured notes - Series F - 3.40%, due June 2021 |  |  | 100,000 |  |  | -
Senior unsecured notes - Series G - 3.92%, due June 2024 |  |  | 50,000 |  |  | -
Senior unsecured notes - Series H - floating rate, due June 2024 |  |  | 50,000 |  |  | -
2013 Credit Agreement |  |  | 740,000 |  |  | 790,000
| Total long-term debt |  |  | 1,240,000 |  |  | 1,190,000
Total debt |  | $ | 1,465,243 |  | $ | 1,323,346
Schedule of Debt Issuances | In June 2014, t he Company issued and sold the following senior unsecured notes:
Senior |  |  |  |  |  | Face Value |  |
Unsecured Notes |  | Term |  | Interest Rate |  | (in millions) |  | Maturity Date
Series F |  | 7 years |  | 3.40% |  | $ | 100 |  | June 2021
Series G |  | 10 years |  | 3.92% |  | $ | 50 |  | June 2024
Series H |  | 10 years |  | Floating Rate* |  | $ | 50 |  | June 2024
*Series H senior unsecured notes bear interest at 3 month LIBOR for that floating rate interest period plus 1.25%.

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