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CORPORATE DEBT
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
CORPORATE DEBT [Abstract]  
CORPORATE DEBT
NOTE 10 – CORPORATE DEBT

The following summarizes our corporate debt as of June 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010:

   
June 30, 2011
  
September 30, 2010
 
   
(in thousands)
 
        
Mortgage notes payable (1)
 $53,585  $56,009 
4.25% senior notes, due 2016, net of unamortized discount of $481 thousand at June 30, 2011 (2)
  249,519   - 
8.60% senior notes, due 2019, net of unamortized discount of $41 thousand and $45 thousand at June 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010, respectively  (3)
  299,959   299,955 
Other financings (4)
  9,585   - 
 Total corporate debt
 $612,648  $355,964 

(1)  
Mortgage notes payable pertain to mortgage loans on our headquarters office complex. These mortgage loans are secured by land, buildings, and improvements with a net book value of $60.1 million at June 30, 2011.  These mortgages bear interest at 5.7% with repayment terms of monthly interest and principal debt service and a January 2023 maturity.

(2)  
In April 2011, we sold in a registered underwritten public offering, $250 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.25% senior notes due April 2016.  Interest on these senior notes is payable semi-annually.  We may redeem some or all of these senior notes at any time prior to their maturity at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, or (ii) the sum of the present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon, discounted to the redemption date at a discount rate equal to a designated U.S. Treasury rate, plus 30 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

(3)  
In August 2009, we sold in a registered underwritten public offering, $300 million in aggregate principal amount of 8.60% senior notes due August 2019. Interest on these senior notes is payable semi-annually. We may redeem some or all of these senior notes at any time prior to their maturity, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the notes redeemed, or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon, discounted to the redemption date at a discount rate equal to a designated U.S. Treasury rate, plus 50 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

(4)  
Effective in April 2011, we acquired a controlling interest in RJES (see Note 1 for further discussion of this transaction).  This financing balance pertains to pre-existing term loan financing of RJES.  The term loan bears interest at a variable rate indexed to the Euro Interbank Offered Rate and is secured by certain assets of RJES.  The repayment terms include annual principal repayments and a September 2013 maturity.

As a result of our April 1, 2011 acquisition of Howe Barnes (see Note 1 for discussion), we assumed $3.4 million of their pre-existing subordinated debt.  On April 1, 2011, we retired this subordinated debt.

Our corporate debt as of June 30, 2011, based upon its contractual terms, matures as follows:

   
June 30, 2011
 
   
(in thousands)
 
     
Quarter-ended September 30, 2011
 $3,988 
Fiscal 2012
  6,602 
Fiscal 2013
  6,918 
Fiscal 2014
  3,860 
Fiscal 2015
  4,086 
Fiscal 2016 and thereafter
  587,194 
Total
 $612,648