REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AND LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):



	March 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
7.875% senior secured notes due 2017 - Issued 2013	$	325,000	$	—
Unamortized premium based on 7.875% notes issued 2013	20,095		—
7.875% senior secured notes due 2017 - Issued 2010	200,000		200,000
European credit facilities	195,259		202,097
5.625% convertible senior subordinated notes due 2017	60,161		112,881
Other debt	61,077		69,151
Capital leases	3,237		3,110
	864,829		587,239
Less amounts due within one year	230,658		145,801
	$	634,171	$	441,438

Aggregate maturities of long-term debt at March 31, 2013, were as follows (amounts in thousands):



April 1 - December 31, 2013	$	227,149
2014	19,561
2015	9,964
2016	15,228
2017	590,255
Thereafter	2,672
	$	864,829

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 $525.0 million at March 31, 2013 including $200.0 million issued in 2010 and $325.0 million issued in 2013. The 2013 amount was issued at a premium. Otherwise, all the notes have the same terms. The senior secured notes issued in 2013 have an imputed interest rate of 6.277% and an unamortized premium balance of $20.1 million at March 31, 2013.

Titan Europe credit facilities

These credit facilities consist primarily of a facility from Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A and Unicredit Corporate Banking S.p.A totaling $109.3 million at March 31, 2013. This facility contains various covenants. These covenants are tested on six month intervals and the Company would be noncompliant if the covenants were not met for two successive six month periods. The Company did not meet certain financial covenants at December 31, 2012. The Company was in compliance with these covenants as of March 31, 2013, as the covenants were not met for only one of two testing periods. The credit facilities containing these covenants were paid off in April of 2013.

The Titan Europe credit facilities also contain borrowings from various institutions totaling $86.0 million at March 31, 2013. Maturity dates on this debt range from less than one year to eleven years and interest rates range from 2% to 6.9%. The European facilities are secured by the assets of select European subsidiaries.

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 $60.2 million at March 31, 2013.

In the first quarter of 2013, the Company closed an Exchange Agreement with a note holder of the convertible notes. The two parties privately negotiated an agreement to exchange approximately $52.7 million in aggregate principal amount of the convertible notes for approximately 4.9 million shares of the Company's common stock plus a cash payment totaling $14.2 million. In connection with this exchange, the Company recognized a charge of $7.3 million in accordance with accounting standards related to debt conversions.

Revolving credit facility

The Company’s $150 million revolving credit facility (credit facility) with agent Bank of America, N.A. has a December 2017 termination date and is collateralized by the accounts receivable and inventory of Titan and certain of its domestic subsidiaries. During the first three months of 2013 and at March 31, 2013, there were no borrowings under the credit facility.

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 9 for additional information. As of March 31, 2013, the Company had $5.0 million outstanding on this loan and the interest rate including the effect of the swap agreement was approximately 9%.

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 March 31, 2013, for working capital purposes. Under the terms of the Brazil line of credit, borrowings, if any, bear interest at a rate of 1 month LIBOR plus 247 basis points. During the first three months of 2013 and at March 31, 2013 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 $6.2 million at March 31, 2013.

Australia Other Debt

Titan National Australia Holdings has capital leases totaling $1.6 million at March 31, 2013.

Titan Europe Other Debt

Titan Europe has overdraft facilities totaling $48.3 million at March 31, 2013.

Titan Europe Capital Leases

Titan Europe has capital lease obligations totaling $3.2 million at March 31, 2013.