7. Short-Term Borrowings

Short-term borrowings consisted of the following:


As of January 31,	2012		2011
Collections of previously sold accounts receivable	$	9,373	$	10,680
Other borrowings		5,244		4,864

Short-term borrowings	$	14,617	$	15,544

In April 2011, we entered into a syndicated, senior, unsecured, four-year revolving credit facility that terminates April 27, 2015. The revolving credit facility has a maximum borrowing capacity of $125,000. Under this revolving credit facility, we have the option to pay interest based on:

(i)

London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) with varying maturities commensurate with the borrowing period we select, plus a spread of between 2.25% and 3.25% based on a pricing grid tied to a financial covenant, or

(ii)

A base rate plus a spread of between 1.25% and 2.25%, based on a pricing grid tied to a financial covenant.

The base rate is defined as the higher of:

(i)

The federal funds rate, as defined, plus 0.5%,

(ii)

The prime rate of the lead bank, or

(iii)

One-month LIBOR plus 1.0%.

As a result of these interest rate options, our interest expense associated with borrowings under this revolving credit facility will vary with market interest rates. In addition, commitment fees are payable on the unused portion of the revolving credit facility at rates between 0.40% and 0.50% based on a pricing grid tied to a financial covenant.

This credit facility replaced a syndicated, senior, unsecured, revolving credit facility with a maximum borrowing capacity of $100,000. Under the prior revolving credit facility, we had the option to pay interest based on:

(i)

LIBOR with varying maturities commensurate with the borrowing period we select, plus a spread of between 1.0% and 1.6%, based on a pricing grid tied to a financial covenant, or

(ii)

A base rate plus a spread of between 0.0% and 0.6%, based on a pricing grid tied to a financial covenant.

The base rate was defined the same as it is for our current facility.

As a result of these interest rate options, our interest expense associated with borrowings under the prior revolving credit facility varied with market interest rates. In addition, commitment fees were payable on the unused portion of the revolving credit facility at rates between 0.25% and 0.35% based on a pricing grid tied to a financial covenant.

We paid commitment fees on these credit facilities as follows:


Year ended January 31,	2012		2011		2010
Commitment fees	$	384	$	241	$	386

The new revolving credit facility entered into April 2011 contains certain financial and other covenants, including the following:

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Our adjusted quick ratio (ratio of the sum of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, and net current receivables to total current liabilities) shall not be less than 1.00;

•

Our tangible net worth (stockholders’ equity less goodwill and other intangible assets) must exceed the calculated required tangible net worth as defined in the credit agreement;

•

Our leverage ratio (ratio of total liabilities less subordinated debt to the sum of subordinated debt and tangible net worth) shall be less than 2.00;

•

Our senior leverage ratio (ratio of total debt less subordinated debt to the sum of subordinated debt and tangible net worth) shall not be greater than 0.90; and

•

Our minimum cash and accounts receivable ratio (ratio of the sum of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, and 42.0% of net current accounts receivable, to outstanding credit agreement borrowings) shall not be less than 1.25.

The revolving credit facility limits the aggregate amount we can pay for dividends and repurchases of our stock over the four year term of the facility to $50,000 plus 70% of our cumulative net income.

We were in compliance with all financial covenants as of January 31, 2012. If we were to fail to comply with the financial covenants and do not obtain a waiver from our lenders, we would be in default under the revolving credit facility and our lenders could terminate the facility and demand immediate repayment of all outstanding loans under the revolving credit facility.

We had no borrowings against the revolving credit facility during fiscal 2012. We borrowed $60,000 against the revolving credit facility and repaid $80,000 during fiscal 2011.

Short-term borrowings include amounts collected from customers on accounts receivable previously sold on a non-recourse basis to financial institutions. These amounts are remitted to the financial institutions in the following quarter.

We generally have other short-term borrowings, including multi-currency lines of credit, capital leases, and other borrowings. Interest rates are generally based on the applicable country’s prime lending rate, depending on the currency borrowed.