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Long-Term Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-term Debt
Long-Term Debt

(in thousands)
2013
 
2012
Acquisition-related notes:
 
 
 
 
Non-interest bearing acquisition note due in $5.0 million installments on March 2014 and 2016
$
9,276

 
$
8,753

Notes:
 
 

 
 

 
7.25% senior notes due June 2021
393,000

 
393,000

 
5.7% senior debentures due August 2014
825

 
825

 
7.55% senior debentures due April 2028
59,645

 
59,645

Bank debt:
 
 

 
 

 
Revolving line of credit borrowings due May 2016, weighted average interest rate of 1.9% at December 31, 2013 and 2012
100,000

 
50,000

 
Term loan facility borrowings through May 2016, weighted average interest rate of 2.9% at December 31, 2013 and 4.0% at December 31, 2012
275,625

 
280,000

Other debt:
 
 

 
 

 
Various interest rates with maturities through 2017
1,559

 
203

Total long-term debt
839,930

 
792,426

Less current portion of long-term debt
28,154

 
102

Long-term debt, net of current portion
$
811,776

 
$
792,324



Senior Notes

On May 20, 2011, CoreLogic, Inc. issued $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.25% senior notes due 2021 (the "Notes"). The Notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by each of our existing and future direct and indirect subsidiaries that guarantee our Credit Agreement. Separate financial statements for each guarantor subsidiary are not included in this filing because each guarantor subsidiary is 100% owned and the guarantees are full and unconditional, as well as joint and several. There were no significant restrictions on the ability of the parent company or any guarantor subsidiary to obtain funds from its subsidiaries by dividend or loan. The Notes bear interest at 7.25% per annum and mature on June 1, 2021. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning on December 1, 2011. For the year ended December 31, 2012, we repurchased $7.0 million of the Notes. As of December 31, 2013, we were in compliance with all of our covenants under the indenture.

The Notes are senior unsecured obligations and: (i) rank equally with any of our existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness; (ii) rank senior to all our existing and future subordinated indebtedness; (iii) are subordinated to any of our secured indebtedness (including indebtedness under our credit facility) to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and (iv) are structurally subordinated to all of the existing and future liabilities (including trade payables) of each of our subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Notes. The guarantees will: (i) rank equally with any existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness of the guarantors; (ii) rank senior to all existing and future subordinated indebtedness of the guarantors; and (iii) are subordinated in right of payment to any secured indebtedness of the guarantors (including the guarantee of our credit facility) to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness.

The Notes are redeemable by us, in whole or in part on or after June 1, 2016 at a price up to 103.63% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the applicable redemption date, subject to other limitations. We may also redeem up to 35.0% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes at any time prior to June 1, 2014 with the proceeds from certain equity offerings at a price equal to 107.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the applicable redemption date, subject to certain other limitations. We may also redeem some or all of the Notes before June 1, 2016 at a redemption price equal to 100.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus a "make-whole premium," plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date.

Upon the occurrence of specific kinds of change of control events, holders of the Notes have the right to cause us to purchase some or all of the Notes at 101.0% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase.

The indenture governing the Notes contains restrictive covenants that limit, among other things, our ability and that of our restricted subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness or issue certain preferred equity, pay dividends or make other distributions or other restricted payments, make certain investments, create restrictions on distributions from restricted subsidiaries, create liens on properties and certain assets to secure debt, sell certain assets, consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets, enter into certain transactions with affiliates and designate our subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries. The indenture also contains customary events of default, including upon the failure to make timely payments on the Notes or other material indebtedness, the failure to satisfy certain covenants and specified events of bankruptcy and insolvency. If we have a significant increase in our outstanding debt or if our EBITDA decreases significantly, we may be unable to incur additional amounts of indebtedness, and the holders of the notes may be unwilling to permit us to amend the restrictive covenants to provide additional flexibility. In addition, the indenture contains a financial covenant for the incurrence of additional indebtedness that requires that the interest coverage ratio be at least 2.00 to 1.00 on a pro forma basis after giving effect to any new indebtedness. There are carve-outs that permit us to incur certain indebtedness notwithstanding satisfaction of this ratio, but they are limited. Based on our EBITDA and interest charges as of December 31, 2013, we would be able to incur additional indebtedness without breaching the limitation on indebtedness covenant contained in the indenture and we are in compliance with all of our covenants under the indenture.

Existing Credit Agreement

On May 23, 2011, the Company, CoreLogic Australia Pty Limited and the guarantors named therein entered into a senior secured credit facility agreement (the "Credit Agreement") with Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent and other financial institutions. The Credit Agreement provides for a $350.0 million five-year term loan facility (the "Term Facility") and a $550.0 million revolving credit facility (the "Revolving Facility"). The Revolving Facility includes a $100.0 million multicurrency revolving sub-facility and a $50.0 million letter of credit sub-facility. The Credit Agreement also provides for the ability to increase the Term Facility and Revolving Facility commitments provided that the total credit exposure under the Credit Agreement does not exceed $1.4 billion in the aggregate.

The loans under the Credit Agreement bear interest, at our election, at (i) the Alternate Base Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) plus the Applicable Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) or (ii) the London interbank offering rate for Eurocurrency borrowings, or the LIBO Rate, adjusted for statutory reserves, or the Adjusted LIBO Rate plus the Applicable Rate. The initial Applicable Rate for Alternate Base Rate borrowings is 1.00% and for Adjusted LIBO Rate borrowings is 2.00%. Starting with the full fiscal quarter after the closing date, the Applicable Rate will vary depending on our leverage ratio. The minimum Applicable Rate for Alternate Base Rate borrowings will be 0.75% and the maximum will be 1.75%. The minimum Applicable Rate for Adjusted LIBO Rate borrowings will be 1.75% and the maximum will be 2.75%. The Credit Agreement also requires us to pay commitment fees for the unused portion of the Revolving Facility, which will be a minimum of 0.30% and a maximum of 0.50%, depending on our leverage ratio.

The obligations under the Credit Agreement are our and the guarantors' senior secured obligations, collateralized by a lien on substantially all of our and the guarantors' personal property assets and mortgages or deeds of trust on our and the guarantors' real property with a fair market value of $10.0 million or more (collectively, the "Collateral") and rank senior to any of our and the guarantors' unsecured indebtedness (including the Notes) to the extent of the value of the Collateral.

The Credit Agreement provides that loans under the Term Facility shall be repaid in quarterly installments, commencing on September 30, 2011 and continuing on each three-month anniversary thereafter until and including March 31, 2016 in an amount equal to $4.4 million on each repayment date from September 30, 2011 through June 30, 2013, $8.8 million on each repayment date from September 30, 2013 through June 30, 2014 and $13.1 million on each repayment date from September 30, 2014 through March 31, 2016. The outstanding balance of the term loan will be due on the fifth anniversary of the closing date of the Credit Agreement. The Term Facility is also subject to prepayment from (i) the net cash proceeds of certain debt incurred or issued by us and the guarantors and (ii) the net cash proceeds received by us or the guarantors from certain assets sales and recovery events, subject to certain reinvestment rights.

The Credit Agreement contains financial maintenance covenants, including a (i) maximum total leverage ratio not to exceed 4.25 to 1.00 (stepped down to 4.00 to 1.00 starting in the fourth quarter of 2012, with a further stepped down to 3.50 to 1.00 starting in the fourth quarter of 2013), (ii) a minimum interest coverage ratio of note less than 3.00 to 1.00, and (iii) a maximum senior secured leverage ratio not to exceed 3.25 to 1.00 (stepped down to 3.00 to 1.00 in the fourth quarter of 2012).

The Credit Agreement also contains restrictive covenants that limit, among other things, our ability and that of our subsidiaries, to incur additional indebtedness or issue certain preferred equity, pay dividends or make other distributions or other restricted payments, make certain investments, create restrictions on distributions from subsidiaries, to enter into sale leaseback transactions, amend the terms of certain other indebtedness, create liens on certain assets to secure debt, sell certain assets, consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets and enter into certain transactions with affiliates. The Credit Agreement also contains customary events of default, including upon the failure to make timely payments under the Term Facility and the Revolving Facility or other material indebtedness, the failure to satisfy certain covenants, the occurrence of a change of control and specified events of bankruptcy and insolvency. If we have a significant increase in our outstanding debt or if our earnings decrease significantly, we may be unable to incur additional amounts of indebtedness, and the lenders under the Credit Agreement may be unwilling to permit us to amend the financial or restrictive covenants described above to provide additional flexibility. At December 31, 2013, we had borrowing capacity under the revolving lines of credit of $450.0 million, and were in compliance with the financial and restrictive covenants of our Credit Agreement. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, we have recorded $4.6 million and $4.1 million, respectively, of accrued interest expense.

Contingent Credit Agreement

On June 30, 2013, we entered into an agreement to acquire Marshall & Swift/Boeckh ("MSB"), a provider of residential and commercial property valuation solutions, DataQuick Information Systems, a property data and analytics information company, and the credit and flood services operations of DataQuick Lender Solutions from the Decision Insight Information Group (together known as "DataQuick"). The closing of the transaction is conditioned upon customary closing conditions, including the expiration or termination of the waiting period of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. In September of 2013 we received a request for additional information and documentary material from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) in connection with the FTC's review of this transaction. As of December 31, 2013, we continued working with the FTC in their review.

In September 2013, we entered into a contingent senior secured credit facility (the "Contingent Credit Agreement") with Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent and other financial institutions. The Contingent Credit Agreement provides for a $850.0 million five-year term loan facility (the "Contingent Term Facility") and a $550.0 million revolving credit facility (the "Contingent Revolving Facility"). The Contingent Revolving Facility includes a $100.0 million multicurrency revolving sub-facility and a $50.0 million letter of credit sub-facility. Our ability to initially borrow under the Contingent Credit Agreement remains subject to the satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions, the consummation of the MSB and DataQuick acquisition and the termination of our existing Credit Agreement. Unless extended by the parties, the Contingent Credit Agreement will terminate on March 31, 2014 if these conditions have not been satisfied on or prior to such date.

Acquisition-Related Notes

In March 2011, we entered into a settlement services joint venture called STARS as described in Note 6 - Investments in Affiliates, Net. Our initial investment in STARS was $20.0 million and we also issued a note payable for an additional $15.0 million of consideration payable in three equal installments of $5.0 million. The remaining note payable is for $10.0 million and is non-interest bearing and was discounted to $9.3 million as of December 31, 2013.

Debt Issuance Costs

For the year ended December 31, 2013, we capitalized $8.8 million of costs relating to the consent modification of the 7.25% senior notes due June 2021 included in other assets in the accompanying balance sheet as of December 31, 2013 and will amortize these costs to interest expense over the remaining term of the notes. The cash expenditure was reported as cash used in financing activities within our consolidated statement of cash flows.

For the year ended December 31, 2012, debt prepayments resulted in $0.3 million of incremental interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of income due to the write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs. In connection with issuing the Notes and entering into the Credit Agreement and the related extinguishment of our previously outstanding bank debt, we wrote-off $10.2 million of unamortized debt issuance costs related to our extinguished bank debt facilities to interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of income for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Interest Rate Swaps
 
In June 2011, we entered into amortizing interest rate swap transactions (“Swaps”) that have a termination date of May 2016. The Swaps are for an initial balance of $200.0 million, with a fixed interest rate of 1.73% and amortize quarterly by $2.5 million through September 30, 2013, $5.0 million from October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014 and $7.5 million from October 1, 2014 through May 16, 2016, with a notional amount of $107.5 million. Previous swaps entered into in October 2010 of $348.3 million were terminated with a realized gain of $0.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 upon full repayment of the underlying debt.
 
We entered into the Swaps in order to convert a portion of our interest rate exposure on the Term Facility floating rate borrowings from variable to fixed. We have designated the Swaps as cash flow hedges. The estimated fair value of these cash flow hedges resulted in a liability of $4.0 million and $6.5 million at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, which is included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as a component of other liabilities.
 
For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, an unrealized gain of $1.5 million (net of $1.0 million in deferred taxes) and an unrealized loss of $0.9 million (net of $0.6 million in deferred taxes), respectively, were recognized in other comprehensive loss related to these Swaps.
 
The aggregate annual maturities for long-term debt are as follows:

(in thousands)
 
Year ending December 31,
 
2014
$
28,220

2015
52,912

2016
306,667

2017
211

Thereafter
452,645

Total (1)
$
840,655

(1)
Includes the acquisition related remaining note payable of $10.0 million, which is non-interest bearing and discounted to $9.3 million as of December 31, 2013.