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REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AND LONG-TERM DEBT
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
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,
2013
 
December 31,
2012
7.875% senior secured notes due 2017 - Issued 2013
$
325,000

 
$

Unamortized premium based on 7.875% senior secured notes issued 2013
18,128

 

7.875% senior secured notes due 2017 - Issued 2010
200,000

 
200,000

European credit facilities
78,301

 
202,097

5.625% convertible senior subordinated notes due 2017
60,161

 
112,881

Other debt
58,082

 
69,151

Capital leases
2,600

 
3,110

 
742,272

 
587,239

Less amounts due within one year
104,884

 
145,801

 
$
637,388

 
$
441,438


 
Aggregate maturities of long-term debt at September 30, 2013, were as follows (amounts in thousands):
September 1 - December 31, 2013
$
101,397

2014
19,753

2015
10,041

2016
18,963

2017
589,621

Thereafter
2,497

 
$
742,272


 
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 September 30, 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 $18.1 million at September 30, 2013. See Note 23 for additional information.

Titan Europe credit facilities
The Titan Europe credit facilities contain borrowings from various institutions totaling $78.3 million at September 30, 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 September 30, 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 certain Titan domestic subsidiaries.  During the first nine months of 2013 and at September 30, 2013, there were no borrowings under the credit facility.

Other debt
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 $7.1 million dollars as of September 30, 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 nine months of 2013 and at September 30, 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 $9.2 million at September 30, 2013.

Australia Other Debt
Titan National Australia Holdings has capital leases totaling $1.1 million at September 30, 2013.

Titan Europe Other Debt
Titan Europe has overdraft facilities totaling $47.7 million at September 30, 2013.

Titan Europe Capital Leases
Titan Europe has capital lease obligations totaling $2.6 million at September 30, 2013.