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REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AND LONG-TERM DEBT
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AND LONG-TERM DEBT
REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AND LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt at December 31, 2013 and 2012, consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
 
2013
 
2012
6.875% senior secured notes due 2020
$
400,000

 
$

Other debt
68,554

 
69,151

5.625% convertible senior subordinated notes due 2017
60,161

 
112,881

European credit facilities
41,687

 
202,097

Capital leases
2,353

 
3,110

7.875% senior secured notes due 2017

 
200,000

 
572,755

 
587,239

Less amounts due within one year
75,061

 
145,801

 
$
497,694

 
$
441,438


 

Aggregate maturities of long-term debt are as follows (amounts in thousands):
2014
$
75,061

2015
5,508

2016
25,902

2017
63,040

2018
637

Thereafter
402,607

 
$
572,755



6.875% senior secured notes due 2020
The Company’s 6.875% senior secured notes (senior secured notes due 2020) are due October 2020. 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 due 2020 outstanding balance was $400.0 million at December 31, 2013.

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 December 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.

Titan Europe credit facilities
The Titan Europe credit facilities contain borrowings from various institutions totaling $41.7 million at December 31, 2013. Maturity dates on this debt range from less than one year to eleven years and interest rates range from 5% to 6.9%. The European facilities are secured by the assets of select European subsidiaries.

7.875% senior secured notes due 2017
In the fourth quarter of 2013, Titan satisfied and discharged the indenture relating to the 7.875% senior secured notes due October 2017 (senior secured notes due 2017) by completing a tender offer settlement and redemption of all of its outstanding $525 million principal amount of the notes, including $325 million issued in 2013. In connection with this tender offer and redemption, the Company recorded expenses of $22.7 million.

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 2013 and at December 31, 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 $6.8 million dollars as of December 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 2013 and at December 31, 2013 there were no borrowings outstanding on this line of credit.

Australia Other Debt
Titan National Australia Holdings has capital leases totaling $1.0 million at December 31, 2013.

Titan Europe Other Debt
Titan Europe has overdraft facilities totaling $53.4 million at December 31, 2013.

Titan Europe Capital Leases
Titan Europe has capital lease obligations totaling $2.4 million at December 31, 2013.