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Long-Term Debt
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
LONG-TERM DEBT
LONG-TERM DEBT
Our senior long-term debt consisted of the following at December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014 (in thousands):
 
December 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2014
Revolving credit facility, secured, floating rate
$
36,900

 
$

Term loan, secured, floating rate
117,000

 
114,000

Acquisition debt
1,866

 
1,695

Less: current portion
(13,224
)
 
(13,912
)
Total long-term debt
$
142,542

 
$
101,783


As of March 31, 2014, we had a $255 million secured bank credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent comprised of a $125 million revolving credit facility and a $130 million term loan. The Credit Facility also contains an accordion provision to borrow up to an additional $40 million in revolving loans, subject to certain conditions. The Credit Facility matures on September 30, 2017 and is collateralized by all personal property and funeral home real property in certain states. As of March 31, 2014, we had no outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility and $114.0 million was outstanding on the term loan. No letters of credit were issued and outstanding under the Credit Facility at March 31, 2014. Under the Credit Facility, outstanding borrowings bear interest at either a prime rate or a LIBOR rate, plus an applicable margin based upon the Company's leverage ratio. At March 31, 2014, the prime rate margin was equivalent to 1.50% and the LIBOR margin was 2.50%. The weighted average interest rate on the Credit Facility for the three months ended March 31, 2014 was 2.7%.
On February 27, 2014, we entered into a fourth amendment to the Credit Facility which (a) allows us to issue senior unsecured debt in an amount not to exceed $150 million when aggregated with any subordinated debt or convertible subordinated debt issued by us and (b) allows us to refinance our existing convertible junior subordinated debentures with the proceeds of certain of senior unsecured debt, subordinated debt or convertible subordinated debt.
Refer to Note 22 for additional information concerning our Credit Facility.
We have no material assets or operations independent of our subsidiaries. All assets and operations are held and conducted by subsidiaries, each of which (except for the Trust, which is a single purpose entity that holds our 7% debentures issued in connection with the issuance of the Trust’s term income deferrable equity securities (TIDES) 7% convertible preferred securities) have fully and unconditionally guaranteed our obligations under the Credit Facility. Additionally, we do not currently have any significant restrictions on our ability to receive dividends or loans from any subsidiary guarantor under the Credit Facility.
We were in compliance with the covenants contained in the Credit Facility as of March 31, 2014. The Credit Facility calls for key ratios that we must comply with including a requirement to maintain a leverage ratio of no more than 3.75 to 1.00 through June 29, 2014 and no more than 3.50 to 1.00 thereafter, and a covenant to maintain a fixed charge coverage ratio of no less than 1.20 to 1.00. As of March 31, 2014, the leverage ratio was 2.18 to 1.00 and the fixed charge coverage ratio was 1.83 to 1.00.
Acquisition debt consists of deferred purchase price and promissory notes payable to sellers. A majority of the notes bear interest ranging from 7.0% to 11.0%. A few notes bear interest at 0% and are discounted at imputed interest rates ranging from 9.5% to 10.0%. Original maturities range from five to twenty years.