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Note 6 - Long-term Debt
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Long-term Debt [Text Block]
6.
LONG-TERM DEBT
 
Long-term debt as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 consisted of the following (in thousands):
 
 
 
March 31, 2016
 
 
December 31, 2015
 
Senior Unsecured Notes
  $ 450,000     $ 450,000  
Senior Credit Facilities
    98,125       98,750  
Capital lease obligation
    298       301  
Total debt
    548,423       549,051  
Less unamortized debt issuance costs
    (9,385 )     (9,790 )
Less current portion long-term debt
    (4,375 )     (3,750 )
Total long-term debt
  $ 534,663     $ 535,511  
 
 
5.750% Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2022.
On June 17, 2015, the Company issued $450 million aggregate principal amount of 5.750% senior unsecured notes due 2022 (the “Notes”). The Notes mature on June 15, 2022 and interest is payable on June 15 and December 15 of each year.
 
The Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws. The Notes were offered in the United States only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on the exemption from registration set forth in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on the exemption from registration set forth in Regulation S under the Securities Act.
 
The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”) dated as of June 17, 2015. The Indenture provides for early redemption of the Notes, at the option of the Company, at the prices and subject to the terms specified in the Indenture. The Indenture includes certain covenants relating to debt incurrence, liens, restricted payments, assets sales and transactions with affiliates, changes in control and mergers or sales of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. The Indenture also provides for customary events of default (subject, in certain cases, to customary grace periods).
 
Senior Credit Facilities Due 2020.
On June 30, 2015, the Company entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) among the Company, as borrower, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other agents party thereto.  The Credit Agreement provides for a five-year revolving credit facility in an aggregate amount of $200 million (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) and a five-year term loan facility in an aggregate amount of $100 million (the “Term Loan Facility” and, together with the Revolving Credit Facility, the “Senior Credit Facilities”). Concurrently with its entry into the Credit Agreement, the Company borrowed the full amount of the Term Loan Facility (the “Term Loan”).
 
Borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities bear interest, at the Company’s option, at a rate per annum determined by reference to either the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or an adjusted base rate, in each case plus an applicable interest rate margin determined on a quarterly basis by reference to a pricing grid based upon the Company’s total net leverage ratio. As of March 31, 2016, borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities bore interest at 2.14% per annum. In addition, the Company is required to pay commitment fees on any unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility at a rate between 0.25% per annum and 0.40% per annum, determined by reference to the pricing grid. As of March 31, 2016, the commitment fee accrues at a rate of 0.25% per annum.
 
The Senior Credit Facilities may be prepaid at any time without premium, and periodic principal repayments are due in certain quarterly installments as set forth in the Credit Agreement, with the outstanding balance of the Term Loan Facility to be paid on the fifth anniversary of funding.
 
The Company may, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, obtain additional credit facilities of up to $300 million under the Credit Agreement pursuant to an uncommitted incremental facility.
 
The Credit Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and affirmative and negative covenants, including limitations on indebtedness, liens, restricted payments, prepayments of certain indebtedness, investments, dispositions of assets, restrictions on subsidiary distributions and negative pledge clauses, fundamental changes, transactions with affiliates and amendments to organizational documents.  The Credit Agreement also contains customary events of default. The Credit Agreement also requires the Company to maintain specified ratios of total net leverage and first lien net leverage to consolidated operating cash flow. 
 
The Company was in compliance with all debt covenants as of March 31, 2016.
 
As of March 31, 2016, the future maturities of long-term debt were as follows (in thousands):
 
Years Ending December 31
:
 
Amount
 
2016
  $ 3,125  
2017
    6,250  
2018
    8,750  
2019
    12,500  
2020
    67,500  
Thereafter
    450,298  
Total
  $ 548,423