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Debt And Credit Arrangements (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Debt | The following table shows the components of the Company’s borrowings at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
| December 31,
| 2011 |  | 2010
Senior term loan, due May 2015, average interest rate of 2.73% at December 31, 2011 | $ | 55,250 |  |  | $ | 61,750 |
Convertible notes, due 2018, interest accrued at 7.9% | 174,474 |  |  | — |
Subordinated notes, due 2015, interest accrued at 9.125% | — |  |  | 163,175 |
Foreign facilities | 4,758 |  |  | — |
Total debt | 234,482 |  |  | 224,925 |
Less: current maturities | (11,258 | ) |  | (6,500 | )
Long-term debt | $ | 223,224 |  |  | $ | 218,425 |
Convertible Notes Payable Components | The following table represents the principal balance, the unamortized discount and the net carrying amount of the liability component and the carrying amount of the equity component of the Convertible Notes:
| December 31, 2011
Principal balance of liability component | $ | 250,000 |
Unamortized discount | (75,526 | )
Carrying value of liability component | $ | 174,474 |
Equity component | $ | 79,115 |
Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt | The scheduled annual maturities of long-term debt at December 31, 2011, are as follows:
Year | Amount
2012 | $ | 11,258 |
2013 | 6,500 |
2014 | 6,500 |
2015 | 35,750 |
2016 | — |
Thereafter | 250,000 |
| $ | 310,008 |
Less: unamortized discount | (75,526 | )
| $ | 234,482 |

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