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Debt
9 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt [Text Block]
Debt

The following table summarizes total indebtedness as of August 31, 2014 and November 30, 2013 (in thousands):
 
 
August 31, 2014
 
November 30, 2013
Credit Facility:
 
 
 
 
Revolver
 
$
600,000

 
$
770,000

Term loans
 
368,037

 
446,904

2012 term loan
 
250,000

 
250,000

2013 term loan
 
675,000

 
700,000

Capital leases
 
7,239

 
7,688

Total debt
 
$
1,900,276

 
$
2,174,592

Current portion
 
(218,793
)
 
(395,527
)
Total long-term debt
 
$
1,681,483

 
$
1,779,065



Credit Facility. Our Credit Facility is a syndicated bank credit agreement that consists of amortizing term loans and a $1.0 billion revolver. All borrowings under the Credit Facility are unsecured. The term loans and revolver included in the Credit Facility have a maturity date of January 2016. The interest rates for borrowings under the Credit Facility are the applicable LIBOR plus a spread of 1.00 percent to 2.25 percent, depending upon our Leverage Ratio, which is defined as the ratio of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness to rolling four-quarter Consolidated Earnings Before Interest Expense, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA), as such terms are defined in the Credit Facility. A commitment fee on any unused balance is payable periodically and ranges from 0.15 percent to 0.40 percent based upon our Leverage Ratio. The Credit Facility contains certain financial and other covenants, including a maximum Leverage Ratio and a maximum Interest Coverage Ratio, as such terms are defined in the Credit Facility.

2012 term loan. During the third quarter of 2012, we entered into a $250 million interest-only term loan agreement with a maturity date of March 2015. Borrowings under this loan are unsecured. The interest rates for borrowings under this loan, as well as certain financial and other covenants, including a maximum Leverage Ratio and a maximum Interest Coverage Ratio, are consistent with our Credit Facility described above. We intend to repay this loan with additional borrowings from the Revolver; consequently, we have continued to classify this amount as long-term debt.

2013 term loan. During the third quarter of 2013, we entered into a $700 million amortizing term loan agreement to facilitate a portion of the funding for the R.L. Polk & Co. acquisition (Polk acquisition). This loan has a maturity date of July 2018, and borrowings under this loan are unsecured. The interest rates for borrowings under this loan, as well as certain financial and other covenants, including a maximum Leverage Ratio and a maximum Interest Coverage Ratio, are consistent with our Credit Facility described above.

As of August 31, 2014, we were in compliance with all of our debt covenants. Our credit agreements require a systematic reduction in our Leverage Ratio each quarter for the first year, unless we elect to trigger an increased Leverage Ratio under the terms specified in the credit agreements in connection with future acquisitions, and we are in compliance with those terms. We have classified short-term debt based on principal maturities and expected cash availability over the next 12 months. As of August 31, 2014, we had approximately $600 million of outstanding borrowings under the revolver at a current annual interest rate of 1.94 percent and approximately $1.293 billion of aggregate outstanding borrowings under our term loans at a current weighted average annual interest rate of 2.15 percent, including the effect of the interest rate swaps described in Note 5.

We also had approximately $0.7 million of outstanding letters of credit under the Credit Facility as of August 31, 2014, which reduced the available borrowing under the Credit Facility by an equivalent amount.

The carrying value of our short-term and long-term debt approximates their fair value.