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LONG TERM DEBT AND CREDIT AGREEMENTS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
LONG TERM DEBT AND CREDIT AGREEMENTS [Abstract] 
LONG TERM DEBT AND CREDIT AGREEMENTS
NOTE 10 – LONG-TERM DEBT AND CREDIT AGREEMENTS

The Company and its principal bank have a Loan Agreement (the “European Loan Agreement”) providing for an unsecured term loan of $10,199 (the “European Term Loan”). The European Term Loan is payable in equal monthly installments of principal, each equal to 1/84th of the principal of the European Term Loan, together with accrued interest, with remaining principal and interest payable at maturity. Effective April 30, 2010, the European Term Loan was renewed with a new maturity date of May 1, 2014, and is subject to a monthly interest rate equal to EURIBOR plus 1%.  At September 30, 2011, this interest rate was 2.35%. At September 30, 2011, the European Term Loan had an outstanding balance of €2,857, translated to $3,885. The European Loan Agreement also provides for a short-term revolving credit facility of €3,000, translated to $4,079 as of September 30, 2011 (the "European Revolving Facility"). The European Revolving Facility is subject to a monthly interest rate equal to EURIBOR plus 1.45%, and accrued interest is payable monthly. No amounts are outstanding on the European Revolving Facility as of the date hereof. The European Revolving Facility has been renewed with a new maturity date of May 31, 2012. Management believes that such facility will be renewed in the normal course of business.

The Company and its principal bank have a Loan Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”), which provides for a short-term revolving credit facility of $6,000 (the "Revolving Facility"). The Revolving Facility is subject to a monthly interest rate equal to LIBOR plus 1%, and accrued interest is payable monthly. At September 30, 2011, this interest rate was 1.24%.  No amounts are outstanding on the Revolving Facility as of the date hereof.  The Revolving Facility has been renewed with a new maturity date of May 31, 2012.  Management believes that such facility will be renewed in the normal course of business.