Debt And Receivables Securitization	3 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2011
Debt And Receivables Securitization
Debt And Receivables Securitization	NOTE F – Debt and Receivables Securitization We have a $400,000,000 multi-year revolving credit facility (the "Credit Facility") with a group of lenders that matures in May 2013. Borrowings outstanding under the Credit Facility were $126,670,000 at August 31, 2011. Additionally, as discussed in "NOTE E – Guarantees", we provided $8,950,000 in stand-by letters of credit for third-party beneficiaries as of August 31, 2011. While not drawn against, these letters of credit are issued against availability under the Credit Facility, leaving $264,380,000 available at August 31, 2011. Current borrowings under this revolving Credit Facility have maturities of less than one year, and given that we intend to repay them within the next year, they have been classified as short-term borrowings in our consolidated balance sheet. However, we can extend the term of amounts borrowed by renewing these borrowings for the term of the Credit Facility. We have the option to borrow at rates equal to an applicable margin over the LIBOR, Prime or Fed Funds rates. The applicable margin is determined by our credit rating. At August 31, 2011, the applicable variable rate, based on LIBOR, was 0.9%. We also maintain a $100,000,000 revolving trade accounts receivable securitization facility (the "AR Facility"), which expires in January 2012. The AR Facility has been available throughout fiscal 2012 to date, and was available throughout fiscal 2011. Pursuant to the terms of the AR Facility, certain of our subsidiaries sell their accounts receivable without recourse, on a revolving basis, to Worthington Receivables Corporation ("WRC"), a wholly-owned, consolidated, bankruptcy-remote subsidiary. In turn, WRC may sell without recourse, on a revolving basis, up to $100,000,000 of undivided ownership interests in this pool of accounts receivable to a multi-sell, asset-backed commercial paper conduit (the "Conduit"). Purchases by the Conduit are financed with the sale of A1/P1 commercial paper. We retain an undivided interest in this pool and are subject to risk of loss based on the collectability of the receivables from this retained interest. Because the amount eligible to be sold excludes receivables more than 90 days past due, receivables offset by an allowance for doubtful accounts due to bankruptcy or other cause, receivables from foreign customers, concentrations over certain limits with specific customers and certain reserve amounts, we believe additional risk of loss is minimal. The book value of the retained portion of the pool of accounts receivable approximates fair value. As of August 31, 2011, the pool of eligible accounts receivable exceeded the $100,000,000 limit, and $80,000,000 of undivided ownership interests in this pool of accounts receivable had been sold. The remaining balance of short-term borrowings at August 31, 2011 consisted of $2,535,000 outstanding under a $9,500,000 credit facility maintained by our consolidated affiliate, WNCL. This credit facility matures in November 2011 and bears interest at a variable rate. The applicable variable rate at August 31, 2011 was 2.2%.

Debt And Receivables Securitization

3 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2011

NOTE F – Debt and Receivables Securitization

We have a $400,000,000 multi-year revolving credit facility (the "Credit Facility") with a group of lenders that matures in May 2013. Borrowings outstanding under the Credit Facility were $126,670,000 at August 31, 2011. Additionally, as discussed in "NOTE E – Guarantees", we provided $8,950,000 in stand-by letters of credit for third-party beneficiaries as of August 31, 2011. While not drawn against, these letters of credit are issued against availability under the Credit Facility, leaving $264,380,000 available at August 31, 2011.

Current borrowings under this revolving Credit Facility have maturities of less than one year, and given that we intend to repay them within the next year, they have been classified as short-term borrowings in our consolidated balance sheet. However, we can extend the term of amounts borrowed by renewing these borrowings for the term of the Credit Facility. We have the option to borrow at rates equal to an applicable margin over the LIBOR, Prime or Fed Funds rates. The applicable margin is determined by our credit rating. At August 31, 2011, the applicable variable rate, based on LIBOR, was 0.9%.

We also maintain a $100,000,000 revolving trade accounts receivable securitization facility (the "AR Facility"), which expires in January 2012. The AR Facility has been available throughout fiscal 2012 to date, and was available throughout fiscal 2011. Pursuant to the terms of the AR Facility, certain of our subsidiaries sell their accounts receivable without recourse, on a revolving basis, to Worthington Receivables Corporation ("WRC"), a wholly-owned, consolidated, bankruptcy-remote subsidiary. In turn, WRC may sell without recourse, on a revolving basis, up to $100,000,000 of undivided ownership interests in this pool of accounts receivable to a multi-sell, asset-backed commercial paper conduit (the "Conduit"). Purchases by the Conduit are financed with the sale of A1/P1 commercial paper. We retain an undivided interest in this pool and are subject to risk of loss based on the collectability of the receivables from this retained interest. Because the amount eligible to be sold excludes receivables more than 90 days past due, receivables offset by an allowance for doubtful accounts due to bankruptcy or other cause, receivables from foreign customers, concentrations over certain limits with specific customers and certain reserve amounts, we believe additional risk of loss is minimal. The book value of the retained portion of the pool of accounts receivable approximates fair value. As of August 31, 2011, the pool of eligible accounts receivable exceeded the $100,000,000 limit, and $80,000,000 of undivided ownership interests in this pool of accounts receivable had been sold.

The remaining balance of short-term borrowings at August 31, 2011 consisted of $2,535,000 outstanding under a $9,500,000 credit facility maintained by our consolidated affiliate, WNCL. This credit facility matures in November 2011 and bears interest at a variable rate. The applicable variable rate at August 31, 2011 was 2.2%.

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