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Debt (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Oct. 01, 2016
Debt [Abstract] |
Schedule of Outstanding Debt | T he Company had the following outstanding debt a t October 1, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (in thousands):
|  |  |  | October 1, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
Foreign subsidiary lines of credit |  | $ | 176 |  | $ | 322
Senior unsecured notes - Series C - 2.50%, due March 2016 |  |  | - |  |  | 50,000
Credit agreements |  |  | 125,000 |  |  | 125,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs |  |  | - |  |  | (13)
|  | Total notes payable and debt |  |  | 125,176 |  |  | 175,309
Senior unsecured notes - Series B - 5.00%, due February 2020 |  |  | 100,000 |  |  | 100,000
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 |  |  | 100,000
Senior unsecured notes - Series G - 3.92%, due June 2024 |  |  | 50,000 |  |  | 50,000
Senior unsecured notes - Series H - floating rate*, due June 2024 |  |  | 50,000 |  |  | 50,000
Senior unsecured notes - Series I - 3.13%, due May 2023 |  |  | 50,000 |  |  | -
Senior unsecured notes - Series J - floating rate**, due May 2024 |  |  | 40,000 |  |  | -
Senior unsecured notes - Series K - 3.44%, due May 2026 |  |  | 160,000 |  |  | -
Credit agreements |  |  | 960,000 |  |  | 1,045,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs |  |  | (3,168) |  |  | (1,973)
|  | Total long-term debt |  |  | 1,656,832 |  |  | 1,493,027
Total debt |  | $ | 1,782,008 |  | $ | 1,668,336
* Series H senior unsecured notes bear interest at a 3-month LIBOR for that floating rate interest period plus 1.25%.
** Series J senior unsecured notes bear interest at a 3-month LIBOR for that floating rate interest period plus 1.45%.
Schedule of Debt Issuances | On May 12, 2016, the Company issued and sold the following senior unsecured notes:
Senior |  |  |  |  |  | Face Value |  |
Unsecured Notes |  | Term |  | Interest Rate |  | (in millions) |  | Maturity Date
Series I |  | 7 years |  | 3.13% |  | $ | 50 |  | May 2023
Series J |  | 8 years |  | Floating Rate* |  | $ | 40 |  | May 2024
Series K |  | 10 years |  | 3.44% |  | $ | 160 |  | May 2026
*Series J senior unsecured notes bear interest at 3 month LIBOR for that floating rate interest period plus 1.45%.

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