Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Fair Value of Financial Instruments [Abstract]

Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]

The following table presents the Company's financial instruments that are carried at fair value using Level 2 inputs at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):



	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Financial instruments carried at fair value using Level 2 inputs:
Interest rate swap agreements	$	28,759	$	4,227
Cross-currency swap agreement	18,926		255
Total financial assets carried at fair value	$	47,685	$	4,482
Interest rate swap agreements	$	1,679	$	4,659
Cross-currency swap agreement	7,057		143
Total financial liabilities carried at fair value	$	8,736	$	4,802

Fair Value, by Balance Sheet Grouping [Table Text Block]

The following table presents the carrying value and fair value using Level 2 inputs of the Company’s financial instruments carried at historical cost at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):



	September 30, 2013				December 31, 2012
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
Financial liabilities carried at historical cost:
Revolving credit facility	$	15,869	$	15,881	$	25,153	$	25,222
United States term loan	1,458,659		1,454,387		1,576,100		1,562,385
Canadian term loan	—		—		14,446		14,353
Australian term loan	148,980		149,092		190,100		191,057
Amortizing notes component of TEUs	24,477		24,205		32,435		31,484
Other debt	19,331		19,279		19,901		19,759
Total	$	1,667,316	$	1,662,844	$	1,858,135	$	1,844,260

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments, including financial assets and financial liabilities, and the measurements of those instruments, assets, and liabilities.

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, by class that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). Where the quoted price in an active market for the identical liability is not available, the Level 1 input is the quoted price of an identical liability when traded as an asset.

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