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LONG-TERM DEBT
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
LONG-TERM DEBT  
LONG-TERM DEBT

8. LONG-TERM DEBT

        Long-term debt consisted of the following:

(In thousands)
  June 30,
2011
  December 31,
2010
 

Senior secured ABL revolving credit facility due 2016

  $ 110,628   $  

9.0% senior secured notes due 2017

    497,268     497,085  

7.125% senior notes due 2013

        8,965  

9.5% senior notes due 2014

        13,162  

10.75% senior subordinated notes due 2016

    41,440     41,412  

Lease financing obligation

    115,867     112,385  

Other

    16,929     16,933  
           

Total debt

    782,132     689,942  
 

Less current portion

    (37,557 )   (22,132 )
           

Long-term debt

  $ 744,575   $ 667,810  
           

        The senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility (the "ABL Revolver") provides for a maximum of $300 million of revolving credit through January 2016, subject to borrowing base availability, including sub-limits for letters of credit and swing line loans. The borrowing base is equal to specified percentages of our eligible accounts receivable and inventories, less other reserves reasonably determined by the co-collateral agents. The borrowings under the ABL Revolver are generally secured by substantially all of our assets.

        On January 14, 2011, we entered into an amendment to the ABL Revolver. The amendment extended the maturity date of the ABL Revolver by two years to January 13, 2016, eliminated the $15 million availability block, reduced the unused commitment fees, reduced the applicable margins for borrowings under the ABL Revolver and amended the average excess availability amounts to which those margins apply.

        The weighted average interest rate on borrowings under the ABL Revolver was 4.2 percent and 5.1 percent as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. In addition to paying interest on outstanding principal under the ABL Revolver, we are required to pay a commitment fee in respect of the unutilized commitments and we must also pay customary letter of credit fees equal to the applicable margin on London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") loans and agency fees.

        The ABL Revolver requires that if excess availability is less than $45 million, we must maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.10 to 1.00. At June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 excess availability was $173.2 million and $264.8 million, respectively. In addition, the ABL Revolver includes affirmative and negative covenants that, subject to significant exceptions, limit our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to, among other things: incur, assume or permit to exist additional indebtedness or guarantees; incur liens; make investments and loans; pay dividends, make payments or redeem or repurchase capital stock; engage in mergers, acquisitions and asset sales; prepay, redeem or purchase certain indebtedness; amend or otherwise alter terms of certain indebtedness; engage in certain transactions with affiliates; and alter the business that we conduct.

        If at any time the aggregate amount of outstanding loans, unreimbursed letter of credit drawings and undrawn letters of credit under the ABL Revolver exceeds the lesser of (i) the commitment amount and (ii) the borrowing base, we will be required to repay outstanding loans and cash collateralize letters of credit in an aggregate amount equal to such excess, with no reduction of the commitment amount. If the amount available under the ABL Revolver is less than $60.0 million for a period of three consecutive business days or certain events of default have occurred, we will be required to deposit cash from our material deposit accounts (including all concentration accounts) daily in a collection account maintained with the administrative agent under the ABL Revolver, which will be used to repay outstanding loans and cash collateralize letters of credit.

        At June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, we had $110.6 million and nil in outstanding principal borrowed under the ABL Revolver and had outstanding letters of credit totaling $16.2 million and $20.2 million, respectively. On April 4, 2011, we redeemed all of our 7.125% Senior Notes due 2013 and 9.5% Senior Notes due 2014 that remained outstanding for the aggregate principal amount of $22.2 million. In connection with the redemption of these notes, we incurred a $1.1 million loss during the three months ended June 30, 2011 comprised of fees and unamortized discounts. In addition, our other note payable of $16.9 million is due in January 2012, and over the next twelve months, we expect to repay approximately $20.6 million of borrowings under our ABL Revolver. Therefore, we have classified these debts as current in our consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2011.

        On December 22, 2009, we issued $500.0 million principal amount of 9.0 percent senior secured notes that are due in 2017. Interest on these notes is payable January 15 and July 15 of each year. On or after January 15, 2014, we may redeem the notes in whole or in part, initially at 104.5 percent of their principal amount, and thereafter at prices declining annually to 100.0 percent on or after January 15, 2016. During any twelve-month period prior to January 15, 2014 we may make optional redemptions of up to 10 percent of the aggregate principal amount of the 9.0 percent senior secured notes at a redemption price of 103.0 percent of such principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, prior to January 15, 2013, we may redeem up to 35 percent of the aggregate principal amount of the 9.0 percent senior secured notes at a redemption price equal to 109.0 percent of such principal amount, plus any accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, we may redeem some or all of the 9.0 percent senior secured notes at any time prior to January 15, 2014 at a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus a make-whole premium and any accrued and unpaid interest. The 9.0 percent senior secured notes are generally secured by substantially all of our assets, and contain certain restrictive covenants including restrictions on debt incurrence, granting of liens, dividends, acquisitions and investments.

        Lease Financing Obligation.    The lease financing obligation is the result of the sale and concurrent leaseback of certain land and buildings in Canada in 2007. In connection with this transaction, a collateralized letter of credit was issued in favor of the buyer lessor resulting in the transaction being recorded as a financing transaction rather than a sale, and the land and building and related accounts continue to be recognized in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The future minimum lease payments under the terms of the related lease agreements at June 30, 2011 are $3.9 million, $7.7 million in 2012, $8.0 million in 2013, $8.1 million in 2014, $8.4 million in 2015, and $10.5 million thereafter. The change in the future minimum lease payments from the December 31, 2010 balance is due to monthly payments and the change in the Canadian dollar exchange rate during the six months ended June 30, 2011.