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Debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Debt [Abstract] |
Long-Term Debt | Long-term debt consisted of the following unsecured obligations at December 31:
(in thousands) |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
3.66% senior notes due November 2023 |  | $ | 75,000 |  |  | $ | 75,000 |
3.06% Euro-denominated senior notes due November 2023 |  |  | 40,226 |  |  |  | 41,545 |
1.85% Euro-denominated senior notes due November 2022 |  |  | 70,316 |  |  |  | 72,623 |
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 |  |  | 66,000 |  |  |  | 77,000 |
3.77% senior notes due November 2016 |  |  | — |  |  |  | 25,000 |
Term loan |  |  | 118,313 |  |  |  | 167,875 |
Long-term revolving credit facility |  |  | 162,079 |  |  |  | 103,343 |
Various other notes |  |  | 1,099 |  |  |  | 1,491 |
|  |  | 583,033 |  |  |  | 613,877 |
Less debt fees |  |  | (253 | ) |  |  | (375 | )
Total long-term debt |  | $ | 582,780 |  |  | $ | 613,502 |
Summary of Restrictive Loan Covenants | The Company is in compliance with all of these restrictions at December 31, 2016. The following table summarizes the Company’s most restrictive loan covenants calculated in accordance with the applicable agreements as of December 31, 2016:
|  | Actual |  |  | Required |
Debt to EBITDA(1) (Maximum) |  |  | 2.51 |  |  |  | 3.5 |
Interest Coverage (Minimum) |  |  | 7.35 |  |  |  | 2.0 |
| (1) | Debt to EBITDA is defined in the Company’s debt covenants as total funded debt divided by the Company’s consolidated operating income excluding non-operating gains and losses and depreciation and amortization.
Short-Term Borrowings | The Company’s short-term borrowings consisted of the following items at December 31:
(in thousands) |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Uncommitted loans |  | $ | 20,435 |  |  | $ | 18,580 |
Loans of foreign subsidiaries |  |  | 143 |  |  |  | 2,075 |
Total |  | $ | 20,578 |  |  | $ | 20,655 |

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