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Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 29, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt

9.    Debt

Debt was summarized as follows:

 

In Thousands

   Maturity     

Interest
Rate

  

Interest Paid

   Dec. 29,
2013
    Dec. 30,
2012
 

Revolving credit facility

     2016       Variable    Varies    $ 5,000      $ 30,000   

Line of credit

     2014       Variable    Varies      20,000        20,000   

Senior Notes

     2015       5.30%    Semi-annually      100,000        100,000   

Senior Notes

     2016       5.00%    Semi-annually      164,757        164,757   

Senior Notes

     2019       7.00%    Semi-annually      110,000        110,000   

Unamortized discount on Senior Notes

     2019               (1,191     (1,371
           

 

 

   

 

 

 
              398,566        423,386   

Less: Current portion of debt

              20,000        20,000   
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-term debt

            $ 378,566      $ 403,386   
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

The principal maturities of debt outstanding on December 29, 2013 were as follows:

 

In Thousands

      

2014

   $ 20,000   

2015

     100,000   

2016

     169,757   

2017

     0   

2018

     0   

Thereafter

     108,809   
  

 

 

 

Total debt

   $ 398,566   
  

 

 

 

The Company has obtained the majority of its long-term debt financing, other than capital leases, from the public markets. As of December 29, 2013, the Company’s total outstanding balance of debt and capital lease obligations was $463.6 million of which $373.6 million was financed through publicly offered debt. The Company had capital lease obligations of $65.0 million as of December 29, 2013. The Company mitigates its financing risk by using multiple financial institutions and enters into credit arrangements only with institutions with investment grade credit ratings. The Company monitors counterparty credit ratings on an ongoing basis.

The Company has a $200 million five-year unsecured revolving credit agreement ($200 million facility). The $200 million facility has a scheduled maturity date of September 21, 2016 and up to $25 million is available for the issuance of letters of credit. Borrowings under the agreement 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 (“fixed charges coverage ratio”) and a funded indebtedness/cash flow ratio (“operating 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 September 4, 2013, the Company entered into an amendment to its $200 million facility. The amendment clarified that the noncash charge incurred by the Company in the fourth quarter of 2013 as a result of the Company’s limited-time offer of a lump-sum distribution of pension benefits to certain pension plan participants would be excluded from the calculation of the financial covenants described above to the extent that the noncash charge was recognized on or before December 31, 2013 and did not exceed $12.0 million. See Note 17 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information on the limited-time pension distribution.

On December 29, 2013, the Company had $5.0 million of outstanding borrowings on the $200 million facility and had $195.0 million available to meet its cash requirements. On December 30, 2012, the Company had $30.0 million of outstanding borrowings on the $200 million facility.

On February 10, 2010, the Company entered into an agreement for an uncommitted line of credit. Under this agreement, which is still in place, 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 December 29, 2013, the Company had $20.0 million outstanding under the uncommitted line of credit at a weighted average interest rate of 0.88%. On December 30, 2012, the Company had $20.0 million outstanding under the uncommitted line of credit at a weighted average interest rate of .94%.

The Company used a combination of available cash on hand, borrowings on the uncommitted line of credit and borrowings under the $200 million facility to repay $150 million of the Company’s senior notes that matured in November 2012.

As of December 29, 2013 and December 30, 2012, the Company had a weighted average interest rate of 6.2% and 5.9%, respectively, for its outstanding debt and capital lease obligations. The Company’s overall weighted average interest rate on its debt and capital lease obligations was 5.8%, 6.1% and 6.0% for 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. As of December 29, 2013, $25.0 million of the Company’s debt and capital lease obligations of $463.6 million were subject to changes in short-term interest rates.

The indentures under which the Company’s public debt was issued do not include financial covenants but do 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.