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Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Debt [Abstract]  
Debt
3. Debt

Long-term Debt
Long-term debt consisted of the following unsecured obligations at December 31:

(in thousands)
 
2017
  
2016
 
3.66% senior notes due November 2023
 
$
75,000
  
$
75,000
 
3.65% senior notes due May 2024
  
27,000
   
 
1.27% Euro-denominated senior notes due May 2024
  
60,024
   
 
1.71% Euro-denominated senior notes due May 2027
  
48,019
   
 
3.06% Euro-denominated senior notes due November 2023
  
45,914
   
40,226
 
1.85% Euro-denominated senior notes due November 2022
  
80,260
   
70,316
 
4.47% senior notes due November 2018
  
25,000
   
25,000
 
4.14% senior notes due November 2017
  
   
25,000
 
4.91% senior notes due through May 2017
  
   
66,000
 
Term loan
  
141,375
   
118,313
 
Long-term revolving credit facility
  
100,712
   
162,079
 
Various other notes
  
1,068
   
1,099
 
   
604,372
   
583,033
 
Less debt fees
  
(213
)
  
(253
)
Total long-term debt
 
$
604,159
  
$
582,780
 

On May 3, 2017, the Company increased borrowings and extended the maturity of its credit facility. The credit facility increased to a $145 million term loan and a $350 million revolver, and will mature on May 3, 2022. Of the $145 million term loan, $141 million remains outstanding as of December 31, 2017. Interest rates on borrowings under the current credit facility are at LIBOR plus a margin based on the Company’s leverage ratio. Currently, when fully drawn, the interest rate under the credit facility would be LIBOR plus 1.50%. Also on May 3, 2017, the Company issued three new fixed-rate notes consisting of a 7-year note of €50 million at a fixed rate of 1.27%; a 10-year note of €40 million at a fixed rate of 1.71%; and a 7-year note of $27 million at a fixed rate of 3.65%. Proceeds were used to refinance existing debt.

The borrowings under the long-term revolving credit facility had an average interest rate of 1.77% and 1.40% for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

The aggregate amounts of contractual maturities on long-term debt of the five years subsequent to December 31, 2017, are as follows: 2018, $34.1 million; 2019, $11.0 million; 2020, $12.8 million; 2021, $14.6 million; and 2022, $275.4 million.

The Company has approximately $34.1 million of long-term debt that matures in 2018. The Company is able and intends to refinance these maturities under the long-term revolving credit facility. Accordingly, that maturing debt has been classified as long-term debt in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

The Company had $296.4 million available under the revolving credit facility and $66.8 million available under other lines of credit from several banks at December 31, 2017.

Substantially all of the senior loan agreements contain restrictions concerning interest coverage, borrowings, and investments. The Company is in compliance with all of these restrictions at December 31, 2017. The following table summarizes the Company’s most restrictive loan covenants calculated in accordance with the applicable agreements as of December 31, 2017:

  
Actual
  
Required
 
Debt to EBITDA(1) (Maximum)
  
2.61
   
3.5
 
Interest Coverage (Minimum)
  
7.23
   
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.
 
The Company had stand-by and trade letters of credit outstanding of $5.9 million and $6.8 million as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
 
Short-term Borrowings
The Company’s short-term borrowings consisted of the following items at December 31:

(in thousands)
 
2017
  
2016
 
Uncommitted loans
 
$
19,192
  
$
20,435
 
Loans of foreign subsidiaries
  
938
   
143
 
Total
 
$
20,130
  
$
20,578
 

The weighted average interest rates on short-term borrowings were 2.46% and 2.26% at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.