Debt

9 Months Ended

Oct. 02, 2011

10. Debt

Debt was summarized as follows:


			Interest			Interest	Oct. 2,			Jan. 2,			Oct. 3,
In Thousands	Maturity		Rate			Paid	2011			2011			2010

Senior Notes		2012		5.00	%	Semi-annually	$	150,000		$	150,000		$	150,000
Senior Notes		2015		5.30	%	Semi-annually		100,000			100,000			100,000
Senior Notes		2016		5.00	%	Semi-annually		164,757			164,757			164,757
Senior Notes		2019		7.00	%	Semi-annually		110,000			110,000			110,000
Unamortized discount on Senior Notes		2019						(1,578	)		(1,694	)		(1,732	)

								523,179			523,063			523,025
Less: Current portion of debt								—			—			—

Long-term debt							$	523,179		$	523,063		$	523,025

On September 21, 2011, the Company entered into a new $200 million five-year unsecured revolving credit agreement (“$200 million facility”). This replaced the existing $200 million five-year unsecured revolving credit facility, dated March 8, 2007 scheduled to mature in March 2012. The new $200 million facility has a scheduled maturity date of September 21, 2016. Borrowings under the agreement will bear interest at a floating base rate or a floating Eurodollar rate plus an interest rate spread, dependent on the Company’s credit rating at the time of borrowing. The Company must pay an annual facility fee of .175% of the lenders’ aggregate commitments under the facility. The $200 million facility contains two financial covenants: a cash flow/fixed charges ratio and a funded indebtedness/cash flow ratio, each as defined in the credit agreement. The fixed charges coverage ratio requires the Company to maintain a consolidated cash flow to fixed charges ratio of 1.5 to 1.0 or higher. The operating cash flow ratio requires the Company to maintain a debt to operating cash flow ratio of 6.0 to 1.0 or lower. The Company is currently in compliance with these covenants. These covenants do not currently, and the Company does not anticipate they will, restrict its liquidity or capital resources. On October 2, 2011, January 2, 2011 and October 3, 2010, the Company had no outstanding borrowings on either $200 million facility.

On February 10, 2010, the Company entered into an agreement for an uncommitted line of credit. Under this agreement, the Company may borrow up to a total of $20 million for periods of 7 days, 30 days, 60 days or 90 days at the discretion of the participating bank. On October 2, 2011, January 2, 2011 and October 3, 2010, the Company had no outstanding borrowings under the uncommitted line of credit.

The Company had a weighted average interest rate of 5.8% for its debt and capital lease obligations as of October 2, 2011, January 2, 2011 and October 3, 2010. The Company’s overall weighted average interest rate on its debt and capital lease obligations was 6.0% for YTD 2011 compared to 5.9% for YTD 2010. As of October 2, 2011, none of the Company’s debt and capital lease obligations of $598.2 million were subject to changes in short-term interest rates.

The Company’s public debt is not subject to financial covenants but does limit the incurrence of certain liens and encumbrances as well as the incurrence of indebtedness by the Company’s subsidiaries in excess of certain amounts.

All of the outstanding long-term debt has been issued by the Company with none being issued by any of the Company’s subsidiaries. There are no guarantees of the Company’s debt.