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Debt and Borrowing Arrangements
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Debt and Borrowing Arrangements  
Debt and Borrowing Arrangements

10. Debt and Borrowing Arrangements

        On December 21, 2011, the Company entered into a five-year syndicated credit agreement (the "Credit Agreement") for an initial facility of $175.0 million. The Credit Agreement replaced our previously existing $75.0 million revolving credit facility and $10.0 million term loan. The Credit Agreement will mature on December 21, 2016. The entire facility is available for revolving loans and the issuance of letters of credit and up to $25.0 million of the facility is available for swingline loans. The Company has the option to increase the commitments under the Credit Agreement or enter into incremental term loans, subject to certain conditions, by up to an additional $75.0 million upon receipt of additional commitments from new or existing lenders.

        Revolving loans under the Credit Agreement bear interest, at the Company's option, at either (1) the ABR, which is the greatest of the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.50% or the adjusted LIBO rate plus 1.00%, plus in each case an applicable margin ranging from 0.00% to 1.00%; or (2) the adjusted LIBO rate plus an applicable margin ranging from 1.00% to 2.00%. The applicable margin is determined based on the Company's leverage ratio. Letters of credit issued under the Credit Agreement are subject to a letter of credit fee of 1.00% to 2.00%, based on the Company's leverage ratio and a fronting fee of 0.125%. Swingline loans bear interest at the ABR. The Company is currently required to pay a 0.2% commitment fee on the unused portion of the credit facility.

        Subject to certain exceptions, the Credit Agreement is secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries and by a pledge of all of the capital stock of the Company's subsidiaries. The Company's subsidiaries also guarantee the repayment of all amounts due under the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement provides for customary events of default. If an event of default occurs and is continuing, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement, amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement may be accelerated and may become or be declared immediately due and payable.

        Under the Credit Agreement, the Company is subject to certain financial covenants, a leveraged debt ratio and a minimum interest coverage ratio and the Company was in compliance at December 31, 2011. The Credit Agreement also contains a number of covenants including limitations on asset sales, investments, indebtedness and liens.

        As of December 31, 2011, the Company had $10.0 million in revolving loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement at an interest rate of 1.31%, and approximately $17.2 million in letters of credit outstanding under the facility at an interest rate of 1.13%. As of December 31, 2011, we had $147.8 million available for borrowing under the Credit Agreement. As of December 31, 2010, the Company had $30.0 million outstanding in term loans under the 2007 Credit Agreement at an interest rate of 1.31%, and a $15.0 million letter of credit outstanding under the revolving portion of that facility at an interest rate of 1.13%.