A summary of long-term debt is as follows:



October 31	2017			2016
Term loan, due October 25, 2019	$	100,750		$	110,500
7.800% Debentures, due June 15, 2027	100,000			100,000
6.625% Senior Notes, due May 1, 2037	123,792			123,730
4% Unsecured Note, due November 14, 2017	10,008			19,677
Less: unamortized discounts, debt issuance costs and deferred charges	(2,663		)	(2,946		)
Total long-term debt	331,887			350,961
Less: current portion of long-term debt	26,258			22,484
Long-term debt, less current portion	$	305,629		$	328,477

On November 14, 2014, the company issued a note with the aggregate principal amount of $30,000 to the former owner of the BOSS business, Northern Star Industries, Inc., which was recorded at fair value of $31,161.

In October 2014, the company obtained a $130,000 term loan with various banks, which was a part of a new credit agreement that included a new revolving credit facility. Under the credit agreement, the term loan bears interest based on a LIBOR rate (or other rates quoted by the Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A.) plus a basis point spread defined in the credit agreement. The term loan can be repaid in part or in full at any time without penalty, but in any event must be paid in full by October 2019.

On April 26, 2007, the company issued $125,000 in aggregate principal amount of 6.625 percent senior notes due May 1, 2037. The senior notes were priced at 98.513 percent of par value, and the resulting discount of $1,859 associated with the issuance of these senior notes is being amortized over the term of the notes using the effective interest rate method. The underwriting fee and direct debt issue costs totaling $1,524 will be amortized over the life of the notes. Although the coupon rate of the senior notes is 6.625 percent, the effective interest rate is 6.741 percent after taking into account the issuance discount. Interest on the senior notes is payable semi-annually on May 1 and November 1 of each year. The senior notes are unsecured senior obligations of the company and rank equally with the company's other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. The indentures under which the senior notes were issued contain customary covenants and event of default provisions. The company may redeem some or all of the senior notes at any time at the greater of the full principal amount of the senior notes being redeemed or the present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis at the treasury rate plus 30 basis points, plus, in both cases, accrued and unpaid interest. In the event of the occurrence of both (i) a change of control of the company, and (ii) a downgrade of the notes below an investment grade rating by both Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and Standard & Poor's Ratings Services within a specified period, the company would be required to make an offer to purchase the senior notes at a price equal to 101 percent of the principal amount of the senior notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of repurchase.

In June 1997, the company issued $175,000 of debt securities consisting of $75,000 of 7.125 percent coupon 10-year notes and $100,000 of 7.8 percent coupon 30-year debentures. The $75,000 of 7.125 percent coupon 10-year notes were repaid at maturity during fiscal 2007. In connection with the issuance of $175,000 in long-term debt securities, the company paid $23,688 to terminate three forward-starting interest rate swap agreements with notional amounts totaling $125,000. These swap agreements had been entered into to reduce exposure to interest rate risk prior to the issuance of the new long-term debt securities. As of the inception of one of the swap agreements, the company had received payments that were recorded as deferred income to be recognized as an adjustment to interest expense over the term of the new debt securities. As of the date the swaps were terminated, this deferred income totaled $18,710. The excess termination fees over the deferred income recorded was deferred and is being recognized as an adjustment to interest expense over the term of the debt securities issued.

Principal payments required on long-term debt in each of the next five fiscal years ending October 31 are as follows: 2018, $26,258; 2019, $84,500; 2020, $0; 2021, $0; 2022, $0; and after 2022, $223,792.