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REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AND LONG-TERM DEBT
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AND LONG-TERM DEBT
REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AND LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
 
September 30,
2012
 
December 31, 2011
7.875% senior secured notes due 2017
$
200,000

 
$
200,000

5.625% convertible senior subordinated notes due 2017
112,881

 
112,881

Other debt
8,533

 
16,723

 
321,414

 
329,604

Less amounts due within one year
7,517

 
11,723

 
$
313,897

 
$
317,881


 
Aggregate maturities of long-term debt at September 30, 2012, were as follows (amounts in thousands):
September 1 - December 31, 2012
$
2,587

2013
5,386

2014
319

2015
178

2016
58

Thereafter
312,886

 
$
321,414



7.875% senior secured notes due 2017
The Company’s 7.875% senior secured notes ("senior secured notes") are due October 2017.  These notes are secured by the land and buildings of the following subsidiaries of the Company:  Titan Tire Corporation, Titan Tire Corporation of Bryan, Titan Tire Corporation of Freeport and Titan Wheel Corporation of Illinois.  The Company’s senior secured notes outstanding balance was $200.0 million at September 30, 2012.

5.625% convertible senior subordinated notes due 2017
The Company’s 5.625% convertible senior subordinated notes ("convertible notes") are due January 2017.   The initial base conversion rate for the convertible notes is 93.0016 shares of Titan common stock per $1,000 principal amount of convertible notes, equivalent to an initial base conversion price of approximately $10.75 per share of Titan common stock.  If the price of Titan common stock at the time of determination exceeds the base conversion price, the base conversion rate will be increased by an additional number of shares (up to 9.3002 shares of Titan common stock per $1,000 principal amount of convertible notes) as determined pursuant to a formula described in the indenture.  The base conversion rate will be subject to adjustment in certain events.  The Company’s convertible notes balance was $112.9 million at September 30, 2012.

Revolving credit facility
The Company’s $100 million revolving credit facility ("credit facility") with agent Bank of America, N.A. has a January 2014 termination date and is collateralized by the accounts receivable and inventory of Titan and certain of its domestic subsidiaries.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and at September 30, 2012, there were no borrowings under the credit facility.  The credit facility contains certain financial covenants, restrictions and other customary affirmative and negative covenants. Titan is in compliance with these covenants and restrictions as of September 30, 2012.

Other debt
Brazil Term Loan
In May 2011, the Company entered into a two-year, unsecured $10.0 million Term Loan with Bank of America, N.A. (BoA Term Loan) to provide working capital for the Sao Paulo, Brazil manufacturing facility. Borrowings under the BoA Term Loan bear interest at a rate equal to London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 200 basis points. The BoA Term Loan shall be a minimum of $5.0 million with the option for an additional $5.0 million loan for a maximum of $10.0 million. The BoA Term Loan is due May 2013. The Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement and cross currency swap transaction with Bank of America Merrill Lynch Banco Multiplo S.A. that is designed to convert the outstanding $5.0 million US Dollar based LIBOR loan to a Brazilian Real based Certificate of Deposit Interbank (CDI) loan. See Note 10 for additional information. As of September 30, 2012, the Company had $5.0 million outstanding on this loan and the interest rate including the effect of the swap agreement was approximately 10%.

Brazil Revolving Line of Credit
The Company's wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiary, Titan Pneus Do Brasil Ltda ("Titan Brazil"), has a revolving line of credit (Brazil line of credit) established with Bank of America Merrill Lynch Banco Multiplo S.A. in May 2011. Titan Brazil could borrow up to 16.0 million Brazilian Reais, which equates to approximately $7.9 million dollars as of September 30, 2012, for working capital purposes. Under the terms of the Brazil line of credit, borrowings, if any, bear interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 247 basis points. At September 30, 2012 there were no borrowings outstanding on this line of credit.

Brazil Other Debt
Titan Brazil has working capital loans for the Sao Paulo, Brazil manufacturing facility totaling $2.4 million at September 30, 2012.

Australia Other Debt
Titan National Australia Holdings has capital leases totaling $1.1 million at September 30, 2012