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2015 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000091259317000021 Filed on February 23, 2017

Income Statement

Concept	2015 Q4	2015 Q3	2015 Q2
Revenue	$168.2M	$185.4M	$165.9M
YoY Change	0.0%	0.0%	43.81%
Cost Of Revenue	$72.10M	$74.60M	$66.60M
YoY Change	41.93%	33.21%	31.36%
Gross Profit	$96.20M	$110.8M	$99.30M
YoY Change	35.11%	48.53%	46.46%
Gross Profit Margin	57.18%	59.78%	59.84%
Selling, General & Admin	$12.60M	$14.58M	$14.44M
YoY Change	9.57%	56.77%	25.59%
% of Gross Profit	13.1%	13.16%	14.54%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$45.50M	$44.70M	$41.41M
YoY Change	8.85%	49.4%	37.83%
% of Gross Profit	47.3%	40.34%	41.7%
Operating Expenses	$60.00M	$14.58M	$14.44M
YoY Change	6.38%	-62.81%	-65.28%
Operating Profit	$36.20M	$106.3M	$94.68M
YoY Change	144.59%	50.25%	47.52%
Interest Expense	-$28.90M	$27.45M	$26.75M
YoY Change	41.67%	47.45%	49.11%
% of Operating Profit	-79.83%	25.82%	28.25%
Other Income/Expense, Net
YoY Change
Pretax Income	$2.541M	$21.58M	$11.08M
YoY Change	-112.97%	68.89%	73.22%
Income Tax	$900.0K	$77.00K	$77.00K
% Of Pretax Income	35.42%	0.36%	0.7%
Net Earnings	$89.40M	$28.76M	$12.29M
YoY Change	-784.05%	26.87%	149.47%
Net Earnings / Revenue	53.14%	15.52%	7.41%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$1.57	$0.53	$0.23
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.56	$0.53	$0.23
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding		53.22M shares	52.85M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		53.67M shares	53.24M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2015 Q4	2015 Q3	2015 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$45.00M	$24.00M	$12.00M
YoY Change	-45.78%	-90.73%	50.0%
Cash & Equivalents	$45.09M	$23.92M	$11.93M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
Inventory	$15.00M	$15.00M	$10.00M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets	$227.0M	$204.0M	$186.0M
YoY Change	-5.81%	-50.36%	20.0%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$3.721B	$3.784B	$3.716B
YoY Change	44.9%	100.74%	95.58%
Goodwill
YoY Change
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets
YoY Change
Total Long-Term Assets	$3.955B	$3.911B	$3.847B
YoY Change	46.65%	93.61%	93.41%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$227.0M	$204.0M	$186.0M
Total Long-Term Assets	$3.955B	$3.911B	$3.847B
Total Assets	$4.182B	$4.115B	$4.033B
YoY Change	42.35%	69.27%	88.1%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable
YoY Change
Accrued Expenses
YoY Change
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$41.00M	$39.00M
YoY Change	17.14%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$2.336B	$2.558B	$2.382B
YoY Change	27.51%	83.5%	64.73%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$185.0M	$190.0M	$236.0M
YoY Change	42.31%	54.47%	85.83%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$2.521B	$2.748B	$2.618B
YoY Change	28.49%	81.15%	66.43%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$41.00M	$39.00M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$2.521B	$2.748B	$2.618B
Total Liabilities	$2.562B	$2.787B	$2.617B
YoY Change	28.28%	83.66%	66.44%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings
YoY Change
Common Stock	$584.0K	$545.0K	$538.0K
YoY Change	20.16%	13.54%	30.9%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$1.456B	$1.163B	$1.127B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$4.182B	$4.115B	$4.033B
YoY Change	42.35%	69.27%	88.1%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2015 Q4	2015 Q3	2015 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$89.40M	$28.76M	$12.29M
YoY Change	-784.05%	26.87%	149.47%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$45.50M	$44.70M	$41.41M
YoY Change	8.85%	49.4%	37.83%
Cash From Operating Activities	$35.50M	$54.40M	$51.50M
YoY Change	47.92%	68.94%	58.95%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	$0.00	-$71.90M	-$88.80M
YoY Change	-100.0%		166.67%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$10.00M	-$26.40M	-$3.900M
YoY Change	-22.48%	-49.03%	-84.34%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$10.00M	-$98.30M	-$92.70M
YoY Change	-96.69%	89.77%	59.55%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net	$233.1M
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-4.400M	56.00M	-71.70M
YoY Change	-104.3%	-79.36%	-398.75%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	35.50M	54.40M	51.50M
Cash From Investing Activities	-10.00M	-98.30M	-92.70M
Cash From Financing Activities	-4.400M	56.00M	-71.70M
Net Change In Cash	21.10M	12.10M	-112.9M
YoY Change	-112.0%	-95.19%	6541.18%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$35.50M	$54.40M	$51.50M
Capital Expenditures	$0.00	-$71.90M	-$88.80M
Free Cash Flow	$35.50M	$126.3M	$140.3M
YoY Change	-88.67%	292.24%	113.55%

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CY2015	us-gaap	Real Estate Tax Expense RealEstateTaxExpense	34714000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Real Estate Tax Expense RealEstateTaxExpense	44306000	USD
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CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Repayments Of Lines Of Credit RepaymentsOfLinesOfCredit	300000000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Repayments Of Long Term Debt RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt	95269000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	484259000	USD
CY2015Q1	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	155200000	USD
CY2015Q2	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	165938000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	674731000	USD
CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	190799000	USD
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	249701000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	218634000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	833778000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Sec Schedule Iii Real Estate Accumulated Depreciation Depreciation Expense SECScheduleIIIRealEstateAccumulatedDepreciationDepreciationExpense	121103000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Sec Schedule Iii Real Estate Accumulated Depreciation Depreciation Expense SECScheduleIIIRealEstateAccumulatedDepreciationDepreciationExpense	159706000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Sec Schedule Iii Real Estate Accumulated Depreciation Depreciation Expense SECScheduleIIIRealEstateAccumulatedDepreciationDepreciationExpense	201157000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Sec Schedule Iii Real Estate And Accumulated Depreciation Costs Capitalized Subsequent To Acquisition Buildings And Improvements SECScheduleIIIRealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationCostsCapitalizedSubsequentToAcquisitionBuildingsAndImprovements	1246572000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Sec Schedule Iii Real Estate And Accumulated Depreciation Costs Capitalized Subsequent To Acquisition Land SECScheduleIIIRealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationCostsCapitalizedSubsequentToAcquisitionLand	2173000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Sales Revenue Net SalesRevenueNet	656574000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Sales Revenue Net SalesRevenueNet	812628000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Sales Revenue Services Gross SalesRevenueServicesGross	17801000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Sales Revenue Services Gross SalesRevenueServicesGross	24532000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Secured Debt SecuredDebt	2125267000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Secured Debt SecuredDebt	2819567000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Selling Expense SellingExpense	5235000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Selling Expense SellingExpense	7476000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Selling Expense SellingExpense	9744000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	4879000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	7108000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	9557000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercises In Period Total Intrinsic Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue	300000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercises In Period Total Intrinsic Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue	300000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercises In Period Total Intrinsic Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue	1000000	USD
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Shares Issued Price Per Share SharesIssuedPricePerShare	75.89
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Shares Issued Price Per Share SharesIssuedPricePerShare	65.00
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Shares Subject To Mandatory Redemption Settlement Terms Amount SharesSubjectToMandatoryRedemptionSettlementTermsAmount	45903000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Shares Subject To Mandatory Redemption Settlement Terms Amount SharesSubjectToMandatoryRedemptionSettlementTermsAmount	45903000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit Continuing Operations StateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations	219000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit Continuing Operations StateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations	158000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit Continuing Operations StateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations	683000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues	3737500	shares
CY2016Q1	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues	6037500	shares
CY2015Q1	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues	342011000	shares
CY2015Q2	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues	26200000	shares
CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues	608100000	shares
CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues	485000000	shares
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues	620828000	shares
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues	19498000	shares
CY2014	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Acquisitions StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueAcquisitions	13610000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Acquisitions StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueAcquisitions	278955000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Acquisitions StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueAcquisitions	225000000	USD
CY2015Q1	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues	21500	USD
CY2015Q2	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues	1700	USD
CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues	40800	USD
CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues	34400	USD
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues	47100	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues	1500	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	1455810000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	2295611000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	1536581000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	2362227000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Temporary Equity Redemption Price Per Share TemporaryEquityRedemptionPricePerShare	25.00
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Variable Interest Entity Consolidated Carrying Amount Assets VariableInterestEntityConsolidatedCarryingAmountAssets	95832000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Variable Interest Entity Consolidated Carrying Amount Assets VariableInterestEntityConsolidatedCarryingAmountAssets	92041000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Diluted Shares Outstanding Adjustment WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment	16000	shares
CY2015	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Diluted Shares Outstanding Adjustment WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment	16000	shares
CY2016	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Diluted Shares Outstanding Adjustment WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment	8000	shares
CY2015	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	53686000	shares
CY2014	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	41805000	shares
CY2015	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	53702000	shares
CY2016	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	66321000	shares
CY2014	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	41337000	shares
CY2016	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	65856000	shares
CY2016	us-gaap	Advertising Cost Policy Expensed Advertising Cost AdvertisingCostPolicyExpensedAdvertisingCost	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Advertising Costs</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. As of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 31, 2016</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2015</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">2014</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, we had advertising costs of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$4.2 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$3.9 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$3.2 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, respectively.</font></div></div>
CY2016	us-gaap	Use Of Estimates UseOfEstimates	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Use of Estimates</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions related to the reported amounts included in our Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying footnotes thereto. Actual results could differ from those estimates.</font></div></div>

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