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Note 4 - Long-Term Debt
9 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 4 – LONG-TERM DEBT


7.625% Senior Notes


As of September 28, 2014, and September 29, 2013, the Company had outstanding $247.5 million and $275.0 million in 7.625% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “7.625% Senior Notes”), respectively. The estimated fair value of the 7.625% Senior Notes as of September 28, 2014, and September 29, 2013, based on then current market prices, was $257.4 million and $298.4 million, respectively.


On October 10, 2014, subsequent to the end of the third quarter, the Company elected to redeem $27.5 million aggregate principal amount of 7.625% Senior Notes at a price equal to 103% of the principal amount of the notes redeemed, plus accrued interest to the redemption date of November 26, 2014. On October 17, 2014, the Company elected to redeem the remaining $220 million aggregate principal amount of 7.625% Senior Notes that had not previously been called for redemption, at a price equal to 103.813% of the principal amount of the notes redeemed, plus accrued interest to the redemption date of December 1, 2014.


11.375% Senior Secured Notes


As of September 29, 2013, the Company had outstanding $8.1 million in 11.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2013 (the “11.375% Senior Secured Notes”). The estimated fair value of the 11.375% Senior Secured Notes as of September 29, 2013, based on then current market prices, was $8.1 million. The Company repaid the $8.1 million balance of these notes at maturity in November 2013.


Credit Facilities


On October 22, 2013, the Company entered into a Syndicated Facility Agreement among the Company, certain wholly-owned foreign subsidiaries of the Company as borrowers, certain subsidiaries of the Company as guarantors, Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent, The Royal Bank of Scotland, as Syndication Agent, SunTrust Bank and Regions Bank, as Co-Documentation Agents, and the other lenders party thereto. Pursuant to the Syndicated Facility Agreement, the lenders provide to the Company and certain of its subsidiaries a multicurrency revolving credit facility (the “Syndicated Credit Facility”) of up to $200 million at any one time.


As of September 28, 2014, the Company had $28.0 million of borrowings outstanding under the Syndicated Credit Facility with a weighted average interest rate of approximately 4.5%, and had $3.3 million in letters of credit outstanding under the Syndicated Credit Facility. As of September 28, 2014, the Company could have incurred $168.7 million of additional borrowings under the Syndicated Credit Facility.


On October 3, 2014, subsequent to the end of the third quarter, the Company amended the Syndicated Facility Agreement. The amendment expands the aggregate borrowing availability for revolving loans under the Syndicated Credit Facility from $200 million to $250 million, provides for up to $200 million of new Term Loan A borrowing availability which may be used to repurchase or redeem (before December 31, 2014) the Company’s 7.625% Senior Notes, and extends the maturity of the Syndicated Credit Facility to October 3, 2019. The amendment provides for required amortization payments of any Term Loan A borrowing, as well as mandatory prepayments of any Term Loan A borrowing (and any term loans made available pursuant to any future multicurrency loan facility increase) from certain asset sales, casualty events and debt issuances, subject to certain qualifications and exceptions as provided for therein. Pursuant to the amendment, the Company has the option to further increase (in the future) the borrowing availability under the Syndicated Credit Facility, either for revolving loans or term loans, by up to $150 million, subject to the receipt of lender commitments for such increase and the satisfaction of certain other conditions. All other terms of the Syndicated Credit Facility, including covenants, interest rates and fees, events of default and collateral, remain substantially unchanged.


The Company is currently in compliance with all covenants under the Syndicated Credit Facility and anticipates that it will remain in compliance with the covenants for the foreseeable future.


Other non-U.S. subsidiaries of the Company have an aggregate of the equivalent of $8.4 million of lines of credit available. As of September 28, 2014, there were no borrowings outstanding under these lines of credit.