NOTE 5 – FINANCING

The following table identifies the balances of the Company's financing facilities as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2014		2013
Revolving Credit Facility	$	—	$	—
4.875% Senior Notes due 2021 ⁽¹⁾, effective interest rate of 4.966%	497,876		497,525
4.625% Senior Notes due 2021 ⁽²⁾, effective interest rate of 4.648%	299,650		299,598
3.800% Senior Notes due 2022 ⁽³⁾, effective interest rate of 3.845%	299,109		299,011
3.850% Senior Notes due 2023 ⁽⁴⁾, effective interest rate of 3.851%	$	299,980	$	299,976


⁽¹⁾	Net of unamortized discount of $2.1 million and $2.5 million as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.


⁽²⁾	Net of unamortized discount of $0.4 million as of December 31, 2014 and 2013.


⁽³⁾	Net of unamortized discount of $0.9 million and $1.0 million as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.


⁽⁴⁾	Net of unamortized discount of less than $0.1 million as of December 31, 2014 and 2013.

As of December 31, 2014, the Company had no principal maturities of its financing facilities scheduled within the next five years and $1.4 billion scheduled thereafter.

Unsecured revolving credit facility:

On January 14, 2011, the Company entered into a credit agreement, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of September 9, 2011, and as further amended by Amendment No. 2 dated as of July 2, 2013 (the "Credit Agreement"). The Credit Agreement provides for a $600 million unsecured revolving credit facility (the "Revolving Credit Facility") arranged by Bank of America, N.A., which is scheduled to mature in July of 2018. The Credit Agreement includes a $200 million sub-limit for the issuance of letters of credit and a $75 million sub-limit for swing line borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility. As described in the Credit Agreement governing the Revolving Credit Facility, the Company may, from time to time, subject to certain conditions, increase the aggregate commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility by up to $200 million. As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company had outstanding letters of credit, primarily to support obligations related to workers' compensation, general liability and other insurance policies, in the amount of $47.9 million and $51.7 million, respectively, reducing the aggregate availability under the Revolving Credit Facility by those amounts. As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company had no outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility.

Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility (other than swing line loans) bear interest, at the Company's option, at the Base Rate or Eurodollar Rate (both as defined in the Credit Agreement) plus an applicable margin. Swing line loans made under the Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at the Base Rate plus the applicable margin for Base Rate loans. In addition, the Company pays a facility fee on the aggregate amount of the commitments in an amount equal to a percentage of such commitments. The interest rate margins and facility fee are based upon the better of the ratings assigned to the Company's debt by Moody's Investor Service, Inc. and Standard & Poor's Ratings Services ("S&P"), subject to limited exceptions. Based upon the Company's credit ratings at December 31, 2014, its margin for Base Rate loans was 0.000%, its margin for Eurodollar Rate loans was 0.975% and its facility fee was 0.150%. On January 26, 2015, S&P raised the Company's rating, which moved the Company's Revolving Credit Facility applicable rate to the tier one pricing level, thus reducing the facility fee and interest rate margins on borrowings on Eurodollar Rate loans. Based upon the Company's improved credit rating, its current margin for Base Rate loans is 0.000%, its margin for Eurodollar Rate loans is 0.875% and its facility fee is 0.125%.

The Credit Agreement contains certain covenants, including limitations on indebtedness, a minimum consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio of 2.25 times from March 31, 2013, through December 31, 2014, and 2.50 times thereafter through maturity, and a maximum consolidated leverage ratio of 3.00 times through maturity. The consolidated leverage ratio includes a calculation of adjusted debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, rent and non-cash share-based compensation expense. Adjusted debt includes outstanding debt, outstanding stand-by letters of credit and similar instruments, six-times rent expense and excludes any premium or discount recorded in conjunction with the issuance of long-term debt. In the event that the Company should default on any covenant contained within the Credit Agreement, certain actions may be taken, including, but not limited to, possible termination of commitments, immediate payment of outstanding principal amounts plus accrued interest and other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement and litigation from lenders. As of December 31, 2014, the Company remained in compliance with all covenants under the Credit Agreement.

Senior notes:

The Company has issued $1.4 billion aggregate principal amount of unsecured senior notes due between 2021 and 2023 with United Missouri Bank, N.A. as trustee. Interest on the unsecured notes of 3.800% to 4.875% is payable biannually and is computed on the basis of a 360-day year.

The senior notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by each of the Company's subsidiaries ("Subsidiary Guarantors") that incurs or guarantees obligations under the Company's Credit Agreement or under other credit facility or capital markets debt of the Company's or any of the Company's Subsidiary Guarantors. The guarantees are joint and several and full and unconditional, subject to certain customary automatic release provisions, including release of the Subsidiary Guarantor's guarantee under the Company's Credit Agreement and certain other debt, or, in certain circumstances, the sale or other disposition of a majority of the voting power of the capital interest in, or of all or substantially all of the property of, the Subsidiary Guarantor. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors is 100% owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and the Company has no independent assets or operations other than those of its subsidiaries. The only direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company that would not be Subsidiary Guarantors would be minor subsidiaries. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiary Guarantors, is subject to any material or significant restrictions on the Company's ability to obtain funds from its subsidiaries by dividend or loan or to transfer assets from such subsidiaries, except as provided by applicable law. Each of the senior notes is subject to certain customary covenants, with which the Company complied as of December 31, 2014.