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Debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Debt [Abstract] |
Long-term debt | Long-term Debt Long-term debt consisted of the following unsecured obligations at December 31:
(in thousands) |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
3.66% senior notes due November 2023 |  | $ | 75,000 |  |  | $ | — |
3.06% Euro-denominated senior notes due November 2023 |  |  | 52,566 |  |  |  | — |
4.47% senior notes due November 2018 |  |  | 25,000 |  |  |  | 25,000 |
4.14% senior notes due November 2017 |  |  | 25,000 |  |  |  | 25,000 |
4.91% senior notes due through May 2017 |  |  | 99,000 |  |  |  | 110,000 |
3.77% senior notes due November 2016 |  |  | 25,000 |  |  |  | 25,000 |
7.31% senior notes due November 2013 |  |  | — |  |  |  | 25,000 |
5.85% Euro-denominated senior notes due November 2013 |  |  | — |  |  |  | 25,508 |
Long-term revolving loan agreement |  |  | 43,982 |  |  |  | 95,419 |
Various other notes |  |  | 2,576 |  |  |  | 3,052 |
|  |  | 348,124 |  |  |  | 333,979 |
Less current maturities |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Total long-term debt |  | $ | 348,124 |  |  | $ | 333,979 |
Restrictive loan covenants | Substantially all of the senior loan agreements contain restrictions concerning interest coverage, borrowings, investments and tangible net worth amounts. The Company is in compliance with all of these restrictions at December 31, 2013. The following table summarizes the Company’s most restrictive loan covenants calculated in accordance with the applicable agreements as of December 31, 2013:
(dollars in thousands) |  | Actual |  |  | Required |
Debt to EBITDA (Maximum) |  |  | 1.40 |  |  |  | 3.50 |
Net Worth (Minimum) |  | $ | 1,242,684 |  |  | $ | 625,000 |
Interest Coverage (Minimum) |  |  | 8.01 |  |  |  | 2.00 |
Short-term borrowings | Short-term Borrowings The Company’s short-term borrowings consisted of the following items at December 31:
(in thousands) |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Uncommitted loans |  | $ | 4,600 |  |  | $ | 16,950 |
Loans of foreign subsidiaries |  |  | 2,450 |  |  |  | 3,098 |
Total |  | $ | 7,050 |  |  | $ | 20,048 |

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