DEBT

Debt consisted of the following at December 31:



	2016			2015
$50 million Senior Notes, interest at 3.67%, due December 17, 2022	$	50,000		$	50,000
$50 million Senior Notes, interest 4.10%, due September 19, 2023	50,000			50,000
$125 million Senior Notes, interest 3.84%, due September 19, 2024	125,000			125,000
$125 million Senior Notes, interest 4.24%, due June 25, 2025	125,000			125,000
Euro 125 million Senior Notes, interest 1.47%, due June 17, 2030	131,507			136,575
Debt issuance costs, net	(1,642		)	(1,846		)
Total Senior Notes	479,865			484,729
$800 million Credit Agreement, interest at LIBOR plus 87.5 basis points	395,191			90,409
Other local arrangements	18,974			14,488
Total debt	894,030			589,626
Less: current portion	(18,974		)	(14,488		)
Long-term debt	$	875,056		$	575,138

3.67% Senior Notes

In 2012, the Company issued and sold $50 million of 3.67% Senior Notes due December 17, 2022 in a private placement. The 3.67% Senior Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company. Interest is payable semi-annually in June and December.

The 3.67% Senior Notes contain customary affirmative and negative covenants including, among others, limitations on the Company and its subsidiaries with respect to incurrence of liens and priority indebtedness, disposition of assets, mergers, and transactions with affiliates. The note purchase agreement also requires the Company to maintain a consolidated interest coverage ratio of not less than 3.5 to 1.0 and a consolidated leverage ratio of not more than 3.5 to 1.0. The 3.67% Senior Notes also contain customary events of default with customary grace periods, as applicable. The Company was in compliance with its covenants at December 31, 2016.

Issuance costs approximating $0.4 million are being amortized to interest expense over the ten-year term of the 3.67% Senior Notes.

4.10% Senior Notes

In 2013, the Company issued and sold $50 million of 4.10% Senior Notes due September 19, 2023 in a private placement. The 4.10% Senior Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company. Interest on the 4.10% Senior Notes is payable semi-annually in March and September each year, beginning in March 2014.

The 4.10% Senior Notes contain customary affirmative and negative covenants, change in control and prepayment provisions, that are substantially similar to those contained in the previously issued debt of the Company as described above. The 4.10% Senior Notes also contain customary events of default with customary grace periods, as applicable. The Company was in compliance with its covenants at December 31, 2016.

Issuance costs approximating $0.4 million are being amortized to interest expense over the ten-year term of the 4.10% Senior Notes.

3.84% Senior Notes and 4.24% Senior Notes

In the second quarter of 2014, the Company entered into an agreement to issue and sell $250 million of ten-year Senior Notes in a private placement. The Company issued $125 million with a fixed interest rate of 3.84% ("3.84% Senior Notes") in September 2014 and issued $125 million with a fixed interest rate of 4.24% ("4.24% Senior Notes") in June 2015. The Senior Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company. Interest on the 3.84% Senior Notes is payable semi-annually in March and September each year, beginning in March 2015. Interest on the 4.24% Senior Notes is payable semi-annually in June and December of each year, beginning in December 2015. The 4.24% Senior Notes were used to repay $100 million of 6.3% Senior Notes which were due June 25, 2015.

The 3.84% Senior Notes and 4.24% Senior Notes contain customary affirmative and negative covenants, change in control and prepayment provisions, that are substantially similar to those contained in the previously issued debt of the Company as described above. The 3.84% Senior Notes and 4.24% Senior Notes also contain customary events of default with customary grace periods, as applicable. The Company was in compliance with its covenants at December 31, 2016.

Issuance costs approximating $0.9 million are being amortized to interest expense over the ten-year term of the Senior Notes.

1.47% Euro Senior Notes

In 2015, the Company issued in a private placement Euro 125 million with a fixed interest rate of 1.47% ("1.47% Euro Senior Notes") fifteen-year Senior Notes. The Euro Senior Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company. The Company has designated the 1.47% Euro Senior Notes as a hedge of a portion of its net investment in a euro denominated foreign subsidiary to reduce foreign currency risk associated with this net investment. Changes in the carrying value of this debt resulting from fluctuations in the euro to U.S. dollar exchange rate are recorded as foreign currency translation adjustments within other comprehensive income (loss). The Company recorded an unrealized gain in other comprehensive income (loss) related to this net investment hedge of $5.1 million and $3.6 million for the period ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Interest on the 1.47% Senior Notes is payable in June and December each year, beginning in December 2015. The 1.47% Senior Notes contain customary affirmative and negative covenants, change in control and prepayment provisions, that are substantially similar to those contained in the previously issued debt of the Company as described above. The 1.47% Senior Notes also contain customary events of default with customer grace periods, as applicable. The Company was in compliance with its covenants at December 31, 2016.

Issuance costs approximating $0.4 million are being amortized to interest expense over the fifteen-year term of the Euro Senior Notes.

Credit Agreement

In 2015, the Company entered into an $800 million Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement"), which amended its $800 million Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Prior Credit Agreement"). The Credit Agreement is provided by a group of financial institutions (similar to the Company's Prior Credit Agreement) and has a maturity date of December 17, 2020. It is a revolving credit facility and is not subject to any scheduled principal payments prior to maturity. The obligations under the Credit Agreement are unsecured.

Borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest at current market rates plus a margin based on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio, which was set at LIBOR plus 87.5 basis points as of December 31, 2016. The Company must also pay facility fees that are tied to its leverage ratio. The Credit Agreement contains covenants that are substantially similar to those contained in the previously issued debt of the Company as described above, with which the Company was in compliance as of December 31, 2016. The Credit Agreement also places certain limitations on the Company, including limiting the ability to incur liens or indebtedness at a subsidiary level. In addition, the Credit Agreement has several events of default. The Company incurred approximately $0.1 million of debt extinguishment costs during 2015 related to the Prior Credit Agreement. The Company capitalized $1.1 million in financing fees during 2015 associated with the Credit Agreement which will be amortized to interest expense through 2020. As of December 31, 2016, approximately $399.6 million was available under the facility.

The Company’s weighted average interest rate was 3.7% and 4.7% for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.