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DEBT
3 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
DEBT
DEBT

Short-term borrowings consist of lines of credit which are secured by certain assets of the Company and its subsidiaries and in some cases are guaranteed by the Company as summarized below (in thousands):

 
 
 
Facilities Used
 
 
 
 
 
Total Amount of Facilities
 
Short-term Borrowings
 
Letters of Credit
 
Facilities Available
 
Weighted average interest rate
November 30, 2013
$
35,905

 
$
13,000

 
$
132

 
$
22,773

 
3.25
%
August 31, 2013
$
35,863

 
$

 
$
588

 
$
35,275

 
N/A

 
Each of the facilities expires annually and is normally renewed.
  
Annual maturities of long-term debt are as follows (in thousands):

Twelve months ended November 30,
 
Amount
2014
 
$
16,375

2015
 
10,097

2016
 
21,109

2017
 
10,198

2018
 
2,129

Thereafter
 
3,374

Total
 
$
63,282



On November 3, 2013, the Company paid down $8.0 million of the loan agreement entered into by the Company's Colombia subsidiary on November 1, 2010, with Citibank, N.A. in New York. The original agreement established a loan facility for $16.0 million to be disbursed in two tranches of $8.0 million each.  The interest rate was set at the six-month LIBOR rate plus 2.4%.  The loan term was for five years with interest only payments and a balloon payment at maturity.  The loan facility was renewable for an additional five-year period at the option of the Company's Colombia subsidiary, but if the Company did not draw on the facility or pay off the loan, the facility would terminate. Accordingly since the Company has paid down this loan, this loan facility has terminated.  This loan was secured by a time deposit pledged by the Company equal to the amount outstanding on the loan.   The secured time deposit of $8.0 million pledged by the Company was also released on November 3, 2013.