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Long Term Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-term Debt
— Long Term Debt

Long-term debt consists of the following at December 31,:
 
2011
 
2012
 
 
 
 
Revolving line of credit
$
80,000

 
$
153,000

 
 
 


Term loan borrowings on senior credit facility
53,588

 

 


 


2.50% convertible senior subordinated notes
327

 
227

 


 


Mortgage notes
9,594

 
8,625

 
 
 
 
Total long-term debt
143,509

 
161,852

 
 
 
 
Less:  Current portion
54,557

 
1,050

 
 
 
 
 
$
88,952

 
$
160,802



Our senior credit agreement at December 31, 2012 consisted of a $250.0 million revolving credit facility.  There were $153.0 million in borrowings outstanding on the revolving credit facility as of December 31, 2012.  Our available borrowings on the revolving credit facility at December 31, 2012 were $87.2 million with approximately $9.8 million of the facility set aside for outstanding letters of credit.  As described in Note 4, we entered into a distribution and development agreement with Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (“MTF”) on January 3, 2012 and used cash on hand and available borrowings under our revolving credit facility to fund the up front payment of $63.0 million. We expect to fund the remaining $84.0 million in contingent payments, including the $34.0 million paid on January 3, 2013, through cash on hand and available borrowings under our revolving credit facility as these payments come due over the next four years.

Borrowings outstanding on the revolving credit facility were due and payable on November 30, 2015.   Interest rates on the revolving credit facility portion of the senior credit agreement were at LIBOR plus 1.75% (2.22% at December 31, 2012) or an alternative base rate.  For those borrowings where the Company elects to use the alternative base rate, the base rate will be the greater of the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such date plus a margin of 1.00% for borrowings under the revolving credit facility.
 
The senior credit agreement is collateralized by substantially all of our personal property and assets.  The senior credit agreement contains covenants and restrictions which, among other things, require the maintenance of certain financial ratios, and restrict dividend payments and the incurrence of certain indebtedness and other activities, including acquisitions and dispositions.  We are also required, under certain circumstances, to make mandatory prepayments from net cash proceeds from any issuance of equity and asset sales.

As further described in Note 17, on January 17, 2013, we entered into an amended and restated $350.0 million senior credit agreement (the "amended and restated senior credit agreement"). The amended and restated senior credit agreement consists of a $350.0 million revolving credit facility expiring on January 17, 2018.

We have a mortgage note outstanding in connection with the property and facilities utilized by our CONMED Linvatec subsidiary bearing interest at 8.25% per annum with semiannual payments of principal and interest through June 2019.  The principal balance outstanding on the mortgage note aggregated $8.6 million at December 31, 2012.  The mortgage note is collateralized by the CONMED Linvatec property and facilities.
 
On November 15, 2011 holders of the 2.50% convertible senior subordinated notes due 2024 (“the Notes”) put to us and we were required to repurchase $111.8 million of the Notes at par; $0.2 million remains outstanding at December 31, 2012. We used cash on hand and borrowings under our revolving credit facility to fund the repurchase. During 2010, we repurchased and retired $3.0 million of the Notes for $2.9 million and recorded a loss on the early extinguishment of debt of $0.1 million.   The Notes represent subordinated unsecured obligations and are convertible under certain circumstances, as defined in the indenture for the Notes, into a combination of cash and CONMED common stock. The Notes mature on November 15, 2024 and are redeemable by us at any time.  Holders of the Notes have the right to put to us some or all of the Notes for repurchase on November 15, 2014 and 2019 and, provided the terms of the indenture for the Notes are satisfied, we will be required to repurchase the Notes.
 
     Our effective borrowing rate for nonconvertible debt at the time of issuance of the Notes was estimated to be 6.67%, which resulted in $34.6 million of the $150.0 million aggregate principal amount of Notes issued, or $21.8 million after taxes, being attributable to equity.  For the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2011, we recorded interest expense related to the amortization of debt discount on the Notes of $4.2 million and $3.9 million, respectively, at the effective interest rate of 6.67%.  The debt discount on the Notes was amortized through November 2011.  For the years ended December 31, 2010, 2011 and 2012, we recorded interest expense on the Notes of $2.8 million, $2.5 million, and $0.0 million respectively, at the contractual coupon rate of 2.50%.

The scheduled  maturities  of  long-term debt outstanding at December 31, 2012 are as follows:

2013
$
1,050

2014
1,367

2015
1,234

2016
1,339

2017
1,452

Thereafter
155,410