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Debt and Financing Arrangements
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt and Financing Arrangements
Debt and Financing Arrangements

On September 27, 2013, the Company entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with certain banks and agents.

Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Company is borrower under a $150 million senior revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Facility”) and a $150 million term loan facility (the “Term Loan”). Under the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Company is entitled, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, to further request an additional principal amount of up to $75 million. In addition, the Company is entitled, subject to certain terms and conditions, to the benefit of swing loans for principal amounts of up to $20 million and to request Letters of Credit from amounts otherwise available under the Revolving Facility of up to $20 million. The obligations of the Company under the Credit Agreement are not secured, but are subject to certain covenants (see below).

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company made principal repayments of $1.9 million and $5.6 million respectively, plus accrued interest, on the Term Loan, and accrued interest on the Revolving Facility. The Company used cash and cash equivalents to fund the payments. As of September 30, 2014 the Company had availability of $25 million on the Revolving Facility (not including additional aggregate principal amounts which can be requested as set forth above).

The interest rates per annum applicable to loans, other than swing loans, under the Credit Agreement will be, at the Company’s option and subject to certain conditions, equal to either a base rate or a LIBOR rate for one, two, three or six-month interest periods chosen by the Company, plus an applicable margin percentage. The base rate will be the highest of: (i) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%; (ii) the agent’s prime rate or; (iii) the LIBOR rate plus 1.00%. The LIBOR rate will be equal to the London interbank offered rates for U.S. Dollars quoted by Bloomberg or the appropriate successor, divided by a number equal to 1 minus the maximum percentage in effect on such day for determining reserve requirements, as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The applicable margin percentage is based on the leverage ratio of the Company. The range of the applicable margin percentage is 1.00% per annum to 1.75% per annum in the case of the LIBOR rate, and 0.00% per annum to 0.75% per annum in the case of the base rate.

As of September 30, 2014, the Company has chosen the option of borrowing funds using the one month LIBOR, and based on the Company's leverage ratio as of September 30, 2014, the interest rate on it's borrowings is equal to 1.16%. Interest expenses for three and nine months ended September, 2014 netted within the "Other, net" section of the income statement were $0.9 million and $2.7 million, respectively. There was no cash paid for interest expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 as there were no outstanding borrowings during those periods. A one percent increase in the Company's borrowing rate, would increase interest expense paid by the Company on its borrowings by approximately $2.7 million dollars on an annual basis, based on loan balances as of September 30, 2014.

The Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and certain covenants that limit the ability of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) incur or guarantee additional indebtedness; (ii) redeem or repurchase subordinated debt; (iii) sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of certain assets; (iv) make certain investments; (v) incur or suffer to exist liens securing indebtedness; (vi) dissolve, liquidate, consolidate, merge or wind-up its affairs; (vii) engage in certain transactions with affiliates; or (viii) make certain other negative pledges. In addition, the Credit Agreement contains financial covenants that limit capital expenditures in any fiscal year and that measure: (i) the ratio of the Company’s total funded indebtedness net of certain cash to the amount of the Company’s consolidated Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization ("EBITDA"); and (ii) the ratio of the amount of the Company’s consolidated EBITDA to the Company’s cash interest expense. The Credit Agreement also includes customary events of default. As of September 30, 2014, the Company was in compliance with its covenants under the Credit Agreement.

The Revolving Facility expires and the Term Loan matures on September 27, 2018.

On October 1, 2014 the Company entered into an interest rate swap transaction with a bank (the “Counterparty”). The Counterparty is among the syndicate of lenders under the existing Credit Agreement entered into on September 27, 2013. The Company entered into the interest rate swap transaction to mitigate the Company’s floating rate interest risk on an aggregate of $150 million of the Company’s debt that is currently outstanding under the Credit Agreement. The interest rate swap has an effective date of July 31, 2015 and a termination date of September 27, 2018 (which is the expiration date of the Credit Agreement). The Company is required to make certain monthly fixed rate payments to the Counterparty calculated on a notional amount of $150 million for the rate swap, while the Counterparty is obligated to make monthly floating rate payments to the Company referencing the same notional amount. The interest rate swap transaction has the effect of fixing the annual interest rate payable on $150 million of the Company’s outstanding debt under it's existing credit facility to 1.89%, as of the effective date. Notwithstanding the terms of the interest rate swap transaction, the Company is ultimately obligated for all amounts due and payable under its existing credit facility.

The Company will follow FASB ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”), which is intended to improve transparency in financial reporting and requires that all derivative instruments be recorded on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value by establishing criteria for designation and effectiveness of hedging relationships.  This derivative instrument was designated as a cash flow hedge of the Company's variable rate debt.