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Debt
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt
Debt
Debt, including capital lease obligations, consisted of:
 
September 30,
 
  December 31,  
(Amounts in thousands, except percentages)
2015
 
2014
1.25% EUR Senior Notes due March 17, 2022, net of unamortized discount
$
555,364

 
$

4.00% USD Senior Notes due November 15, 2023, net of unamortized discount
298,822

 
298,731

3.50% USD Senior Notes due September 15, 2022, net of unamortized discount
498,591

 
498,460

Term Loan Facility, interest rate of 1.58% at September 30, 2015 and 1.51% at December 31, 2014
300,000

 
330,000

Capital lease obligations and other borrowings
26,175

 
27,731

Debt and capital lease obligations
1,678,952

 
1,154,922

Less amounts due within one year
68,893

 
53,131

Total debt due after one year
$
1,610,059

 
$
1,101,791



Senior Notes
On March 17, 2015, we completed a public offering of €500.0 million of Euro senior notes in aggregate principal amount due March 17, 2022 ("2022 EUR Senior Notes"). The 2022 EUR Senior Notes bear an interest rate of 1.25% per year, payable each year on March 17, commencing on March 17, 2016. The 2022 EUR Senior Notes were priced at 99.336% of par value, reflecting a discount to the aggregate principal amount. The proceeds of the offering were €496.7 million ($526.3 million based on exchange rates in effect at the time the offering closed). We used a portion of the proceeds of the 2022 EUR Senior Notes to ultimately fund the acquisition of SIHI described in Note 2 and anticipate utilizing the remaining portion for other general corporate purposes.

Senior Credit Facility
As discussed in Note 10 to our consolidated financial statements included in our 2014 Annual Report, our credit agreement provides for a $400.0 million term loan (“Term Loan Facility”) and a $1.0 billion revolving credit facility (“Revolving Credit Facility” and, together with the Term Loan Facility, the “Senior Credit Facility”). On October 14, 2015 we amended our existing credit agreement. The significant amendments extend the maturity of our Senior Credit Facility by two years to October 14, 2020, lower the sublimits for the issuance of letters of credit and reduce the commitment fee to 0.15% on the daily unused portions of the Senior Credit Facility. The amended Senior Credit Facility also increases the maximum permitted leverage ratio from 3.25 to 3.5 times debt to total Consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the Senior Credit Facility). Pursuant to the terms of the amended Senior Credit Facility and the indentures governing the Senior Notes, our obligations will no longer carry a conditional guarantee by certain of our 100% owned domestic subsidiaries.  Subject to certain conditions, we have the right to increase the amount of the Term Loan Facility or the Revolving Credit Facility by an aggregate amount not to exceed $400.0 million. All other significant existing terms under the credit agreement remained unchanged.
As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, we had no amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility. We had outstanding letters of credit of $96.9 million and $76.8 million at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, which reduced our borrowing capacity to $903.1 million and $923.2 million, respectively. Our compliance with applicable financial covenants under the Senior Credit Facility is tested quarterly, and we complied with all applicable covenants at September 30, 2015.
We may prepay loans under our Senior Credit Facility in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, at any time. A commitment fee, which is payable quarterly on the daily unused portions of the Senior Credit Facility, was 0.175% (per annum) during the period ended September 30, 2015 (as noted above the commitment fee decreased to 0.15% effective October 14, 2015). During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we made scheduled repayments of $30.0 million under our Term Loan Facility. We have scheduled repayments of $15.0 million due in each of the next four quarters on our Term Loan Facility. As a result of extending the maturity of our Term Loan by two years we have scheduled repayments of $60.0 million in each of 2018 and 2019, and $45 million in 2020.
Our Senior Notes and Senior Credit Facility were fully and unconditionally and jointly and severally guaranteed by certain of our 100% owned domestic subsidiaries. Pursuant to the terms of the Senior Credit Facility and the indentures governing the Senior Notes, any guarantees on our obligations were subject to release if the Company satisfactorily achieved and met the following guaranty release conditions: (a) obtains a ratings of BBB (stable outlook) or better from S&P and Baa2 (stable outlook) or better from Moody’s and (b) our domestic subsidiaries do not guarantee any material indebtedness. On February 27, 2015 Standard & Poor's Ratings Services raised its corporate credit and senior unsecured debt rating on the Company to BBB from BBB-, with a stable outlook. As of March 11, 2015 Moody’s Investors Services' corporate credit and senior unsecured debt rating on the Company was Baa2, with a stable outlook. As a result, the guarantees of the Senior Notes and Senior Credit Facility were released as of March 26, 2015 upon the discharge of the terms of the note indentures and Senior Credit Facility agreement; therefore, the Company is exempt from disclosing supplemental guarantor financial information in accordance with Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X, promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933.