Senior Notes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

The Senior Notes were issued in four series as follows:

Series	Amount	Interest Rate			Maturity Date
A	$41 million		6.37	%		May 7, 2013
B	$40 million		6.37	%		May 7, 2015
C	$63 million		6.71	%		May 7, 2015
D	$131 million		7.18	%		May 7, 2018

We are required to pay the entire unpaid principal balances of each note series on its maturity date except for Series B notes, which requires annual principal payments of $8.0 million starting on May 7, 2011 and ending on May 7, 2015.

On July 14, 2010, we issued $245 million of Senior Notes in a private placement to a group of institutional investors. The Senior Notes were issued in four series as follows:

Series	Amount		Interest Rate			Maturity Date
E	$	60 million		4.72	%		July 14, 2016
F	$	72 million		5.04	%		July 14, 2017
G	$	28 million		5.42	%		July 14, 2019
H	$	85 million		5.59	%		July 14, 2020

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt

Future principal payments for the Senior Notes are as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal Year
2012	$	8,000
2013		49,000
2014		8,000
2015		71,000
2016		60,000
Thereafter		316,000
	$	512,000