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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> outstanding at </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">March&#160;31, 2011</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$124.1 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> at the balance sheet close rate on </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">March&#160;31, 2011</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$1.41</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">/&#8364;1.00).</font></div></div>2<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:48px;text-indent:-24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We entered into an interest rate swap contract related to this loan. </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">See Note 9. "Derivative Financial Instruments,"</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> to our condensed consolidated financial statements.</font></div></div>2014Note 13. Debt (Details)ThousandsUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruetrue