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Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Unsecured Senior Notes

In September 2019, the Company issued the following senior unsecured notes:

Senior

Face Value

Unsecured Notes

Term

Interest Rate

(in millions)

Maturity Date

Series L

7 years

3.31

%

$

200

September 2026

Series M

10 years

3.53

%

$

300

September 2029

Summary of Outstanding Debt

The Company had the following outstanding debt at December 31, 2019 and 2018 (in thousands):

		December 31, 2019				December 31, 2018
Foreign subsidiary lines of credit		$	366			$	178
Senior unsecured notes - Series B - 5.00%, due February 2020			100,000				—
Total notes payable and debt, current			100,366				178
Senior unsecured notes - Series B - 5.00%, due February 2020			—				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				50,000
Senior unsecured notes - Series K - 3.44%, due May 2026			160,000				160,000
Senior unsecured notes - Series L - 3.31%, due September 2026			200,000				—
Senior unsecured notes - Series M - 3.53%, due September 2029			300,000				—
Credit agreement			625,000				590,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs			(4,203	)			(1,828	)
Total long-term debt			1,580,797				1,148,172
Total debt		$	1,681,163			$	1,148,350
* Series H senior unsecured notes bear interest at a 3-month LIBOR for that floating rate interest period plus 1.25%.

Schedule of Debt Maturities

Annual maturities of debt outstanding at December 31, 2019 are as follows (in thousands):

		Total
2020		$	100,366
2021			150,000
2022			625,000
2023			50,000
2024			100,000
Thereafter			660,000
Total		$	1,685,366

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