-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, E3ESa3IUVXKzZTy8zRIBQa/3/Xq7skKW1weNXeNaZJNEgGWbxFEqiltsMCrgvloO 1YmlZq7RSY13M5Aznm9THg== 0001193125-08-105796.txt : 20080507 0001193125-08-105796.hdr.sgml : 20080507 20080507153504 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-08-105796 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 9 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080507 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080507 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001034054 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMMUNICATION SERVICES, NEC [4899] IRS NUMBER: 650716501 STATE OF INCORPORATION: FL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-Q SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-30110 FILM NUMBER: 08809801 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE TOWN CENTER RD STREET 2: THIRD FLOOR CITY: BOCA RATON STATE: FL ZIP: 33486 BUSINESS PHONE: 5619957670 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE TOWN CENTER RD STREET 2: THIRD FLOOR CITY: BOCA RATON STATE: FL ZIP: 33486 10-Q 1 d10q.htm SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2008

or

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from              to             

Commission File Number: 000-30110

 

 

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Florida   65-0716501

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

5900 Broken Sound Parkway NW Boca Raton, Florida   33487
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

(561) 995-7670

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definition of “ large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer  x       Accelerated filer  ¨
Non-accelerated filer  ¨        (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: 108,661,550 shares of Class A common stock outstanding as of May 2, 2008.

 

 

 


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          Page
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION   
Item 1.    Financial Statements   
   Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2008 (unaudited) and December 31, 2007    3
   Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 (unaudited)    4
   Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity for the three months ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited)    5
   Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 (unaudited)    6
   Condensed Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)    7
Item 2.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    25
Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk    42
Item 4.    Controls and Procedures    47
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION   
Item 6.    Exhibits    48
SIGNATURES    49
CERTIFICATIONS    50

 

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ITEM 1: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except par values)

 

     March 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  
     (unaudited)        
ASSETS     

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 126,983     $ 70,272  

Short-term investments

     11,787       55,142  

Restricted cash

     35,739       37,601  

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $827 and $1,186 in 2008 and 2007, respectively

     16,369       20,183  

Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts

     20,583       21,453  

Prepaid and other current assets

     8,074       8,561  
                

Total current assets

     219,535       213,212  

Property and equipment, net

     1,197,094       1,191,969  

Intangible assets, net

     876,096       868,999  

Deferred financing fees, net

     33,788       33,578  

Other assets

     80,389       76,565  
                

Total assets

   $ 2,406,902     $ 2,384,323  
                
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY     

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 10,641     $ 11,357  

Accrued expenses

     15,443       20,964  

Deferred revenue

     36,608       37,557  

Interest payable

     3,861       3,499  

Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts

     680       1,195  

Other current liabilities

     1,602       1,598  
                

Total current liabilities

     68,835       76,170  
                

Long-term liabilities:

    

Long-term debt

     1,945,000       1,905,000  

Other long-term liabilities

     67,180       65,762  
                

Total long-term liabilities

     2,012,180       1,970,762  
                

Commitments and contingencies

    

Shareholders’ equity:

    

Preferred stock – par value $.01, 30,000 shares authorized, none issued or outstanding

     —         —    

Common stock – Class A, par value $.01, 200,000 shares authorized, 108,530 and 108,380 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively

     1,085       1,084  

Additional paid-in capital

     1,575,163       1,571,894  

Accumulated deficit

     (1,248,941 )     (1,234,307 )

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net

     (1,420 )     (1,280 )
                

Total shareholders’ equity

     325,887       337,391  
                

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 2,406,902     $ 2,384,323  
                

The accompanying condensed notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited) (in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

     For the three months
ended March 31,
 
     2008     2007  

Revenues:

    

Site leasing

   $ 89,375     $ 76,510  

Site development

     20,542       19,298  
                

Total revenues

     109,917       95,808  
                

Operating expenses:

    

Cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation, accretion and amortization shown below):

    

Cost of site leasing

     22,047       20,588  

Cost of site development

     18,188       16,878  

Selling, general and administrative

     10,491       10,824  

Depreciation, accretion and amortization

     47,353       40,293  
                

Total operating expenses

     98,079       88,583  
                

Operating income

     11,838       7,225  
                

Other income (expense):

    

Interest income

     2,098       1,226  

Interest expense

     (23,655 )     (22,996 )

Amortization of deferred financing fees

     (2,489 )     (1,792 )

Other (expense) income

     (2,348 )     35  
                

Total other expense

     (26,394 )     (23,527 )
                

Loss before provision for income taxes

     (14,556 )     (16,302 )

Provision for income taxes

     (78 )     (92 )
                

Net loss

   $ (14,634 )   $ (16,394 )
                

Basic and diluted loss per common share amounts:

    

Net loss per common share

   $ (0.13 )   $ (0.16 )
                

Basic and diluted weighted average number of common shares

     108,469       105,666  
                

The accompanying condensed notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2008

(unaudited) (in thousands)

 

     Class A Common Stock    Additional
Paid-In
Capital
   Accumulated
Deficit
    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
    Total  
     Shares    Amount          

BALANCE, December 31, 2007

   108,380    $ 1,084    $ 1,571,894    $ (1,234,307 )   $ (1,280 )   $ 337,391  

Net loss

   —        —        —        (14,634 )     —         (14,634 )

Amortization of deferred gain/loss from settlement of derivative financial instruments, net

   —        —        —        —         (140 )     (140 )

Non-cash compensation

   —        —        1,569      —         —         1,569  

Common stock issued in connection with stock purchase/option plans

   150      1      1,700      —         —         1,701  
                                           

BALANCE, March 31, 2008

   108,530    $ 1,085    $ 1,575,163    $ (1,248,941 )   $ (1,420 )   $ 325,887  
                                           

The accompanying condensed notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited) (in thousands)

 

     For the three months
ended March 31,
 
     2008     2007  

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

    

Net loss

   $ (14,634 )   $ (16,394 )

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Depreciation, accretion and amortization

     47,353       40,293  

Deferred tax benefit

     (98 )     —    

Write-down of short-term investments

     2,455       —    

Loss (gain) on sale of assets

     4       (18 )

Non-cash compensation expense

     1,535       1,417  

Credit for doubtful accounts

     (206 )     —    

Amortization of deferred financing fees

     2,489       1,792  

Amortization of deferred gain/loss on derivative financial instruments, net

     (140 )     (142 )

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable and costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts, net

     4,376       4,714  

Prepaid and other assets

     (2,613 )     (3,030 )

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     (5,304 )     (4,427 )

Other liabilities

     (472 )     2,343  
                

Net cash provided by operating activities

     34,745       26,548  
                

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

    

Proceeds from sales of short-term investments

     40,900       —    

Capital expenditures

     (8,362 )     (5,771 )

Acquisitions and related earn-outs

     (50,382 )     (51,804 )

Proceeds from sale of fixed assets

     20       25  

Payment of restricted cash relating to tower removal obligations

     (617 )     (257 )
                

Net cash used in investing activities

     (18,441 )     (57,807 )
                

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

    

Proceeds from issuance of convertible senior notes, net of fees paid

     —         342,125  

Repurchase and retirement of common stock

     —         (91,236 )

Proceeds from issuance of common stock warrants

     —         27,261  

Purchase of convertible note hedges

     —         (77,200 )

Borrowings under senior credit agreement

     40,000       —    

Proceeds from employee stock purchase/stock option plans

     1,701       2,379  

Net decrease of restricted cash relating to CMBS Certificates

     1,879       1,580  

Payment of deferred financing fees relating to CMBS Certificates and senior credit agreement

     (3,173 )     (314 )
                

Net cash provided by financing activities

     40,407       204,595  
                

NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

     56,711       173,336  

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:

    

Beginning of period

     70,272       46,148  
                

End of period

   $ 126,983     $ 219,484  
                

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

    

Cash paid during the period for:

    

Interest

   $ 23,503     $ 23,191  
                

Income taxes

   $ 58     $ 139  
                

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION OF NON-CASH ACTIVITIES:

    

Assets acquired through capital leases

   $ 366     $ 166  
                

The accompanying condensed notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 for SBA Communications Corporation. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X and, therefore, omit or condense certain footnotes and other information normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. In the opinion of the Company’s management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for fair financial statement presentation have been made. The results of operations for an interim period may not give a true indication of the results for the year.

 

2. CURRENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In March 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, an Amendment to FASB Statement No. 133.” SFAS No. 161 establishes the disclosure requirements for derivative instruments and hedging activities and expands the disclosure requirements of FASB No. 133. SFAS No. 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS No. 161 will have on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

In December 2007, FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R), “Business Combinations” (“SFAS No. 141(R)”) which requires the acquiring entity in a business combination to record all assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their respective acquisition-date fair values and changes other practices under SFAS No. 141, some of which could have a material impact on how the Company accounts for business combinations. These changes include, among other things expensing acquisition costs as incurred as a component of selling, general and administrative expense. The Company presently capitalizes these acquisition costs. SFAS No. 141(R) also requires additional disclosure of information surrounding a business combination, such that users of the entity’s financial statements can fully understand the nature and financial impact of a business combination. SFAS No. 141(R) is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS No. 141 (R) will have on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

In December 2007, FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Non-controlling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements” (“SFAS No. 160”) which requires entities to report non-controlling (minority) interest in subsidiaries as equity in the consolidated financial statements. SFAS No. 160 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. The adoption of SFAS No. 160 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

In February 2007, FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115,” (“SFAS No. 159”) which provides companies with an option to report selected financial assets and liabilities at their fair values. The objective is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions. This Statement is expected to expand the use of fair value measurement, which is consistent with FASB’s long-term measurement objectives for accounting for financial instruments. SFAS No. 159 became effective for the Company on January 1, 2008. The adoption of SFAS No. 159 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operation or cash flows.

 

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In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157 “Fair Value Measurements,” (“SFAS No. 157”) which defines fair value, establishes guidelines for measuring fair value and expands disclosures regarding fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. However, in February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) SFAS No. 157-1 and FSP SFAS No. 157-2. FSP SFAS No. 157-1 amends SFAS No. 157 to exclude SFAS No. 13 “Accounting for Leases” and other accounting pronouncements that address fair value measurements for purposes of lease classification or measurement under SFAS No. 13. FSP SFAS No. 157-2 delays the effective date of SFAS No. 157 for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except those that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually). This FSP partially defers the effective date of SFAS No. 157 to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years for items within the scope of this FSP. Effective January 1, 2008, the guidelines of SFAS No. 157 were applied in recording the Company’s short-term investments at their fair market value, which valuation is further discussed in Note 3. At January 1, 2008, the adoption of SFAS No. 157 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

3. SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

Auction rate securities are debt instruments with long-term scheduled maturities that have interest rates that are typically reset at pre-determined intervals, usually every 7, 28, 35 or 90 days, at which time the securities would historically be purchased or sold, creating a liquid market. Historically an active secondary market existed for such investments and the rate reset for each instrument was an opportunity to accept the reset rate or sell the instrument at its face value in order to seek an alternative investment. In the past, the auction process allowed investors to roll over their holdings or obtain immediate liquidity by selling the securities at par. The Company intended to use the interest rate reset feature to provide the opportunity to maximize returns while preserving liquidity. Recent months auctions have failed due to insufficient demand in the marketplace. However, management believes it will be able to, and intends to, liquidate the auction rate securities within one year. As a result, these securities have been classified as short-term investments in current assets on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of March 31, 2008, the Company held auction rate securities with a par value of $29.8 million compared to a par value of $70.7 million at December 31, 2007. Gross purchases and sales of these investments are presented within “Cash flows from investing activities” on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Traditionally, the fair value of auction rate securities approximated par value due to the frequent resets through the auction rate process. However, as a result of insufficient demand in the marketplace, the Company has not been able to liquidate the remaining auction rate securities held at March 31, 2008. SFAS 157 establishes a framework for measuring fair value and establishes a fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used to measure fair value. The Company estimated the fair value of these auction rate securities based on values provided by the firm managing the Company’s auction rate investments utilizing a Level 3 valuation methodology. SFAS No. 157 defines Level 3 valuations as those which rely on unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, and includes situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability. Management validated the assumptions used in the valuation including the ultimate time horizon and coupon rate for these securities, the credit worthiness of the underlying assets and the counterparties, and the appropriate discount margins. Due to the lack of a secondary market for the Company’s auction rate securities, the established fair value of these securities is a matter of judgment. If the Company’s estimates regarding the fair value of these securities are incorrect, a future earnings charge may be required. Additionally, these estimated fair values could change significantly based on future market conditions and as such, the Company may be required to record additional unrealized losses for impairment if the Company determines there are further declines in their fair value.

The following table presents the Company’s auction rate securities measured at fair value:

 

      Auction Rate
Securities
 
     (in thousands)  

Beginning Balance, December 31, 2007

   $ 55,142  

Other-than-temporary impairment charge

     (2,455 )

Sales

     (40,900 )
        

Ending balance, March 31, 2008

   $ 11,787  
        

 

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CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

The Company recorded the $2.5 million other-than-temporary impairment charge in other (expense) income on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2008.

On May 1, 2008, the Company received notification from the firm managing the Company’s auction rate securities that the fair value of these investments had further declined as of April 30, 2008. The estimated fair value of these investments as of April 30, 2008 is $9.5 million representing a decline of $2.3 million subsequent to March 31, 2008.

The Company reviewed its impairments in accordance with EITF 03-1 “The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments,” and Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5M “Other-Than-Temporary Impairment of Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities,” to determine the classification of the impairment as “temporary” or “other-than-temporary.” A temporary impairment charge results in an unrealized loss being recorded in the other comprehensive income component of shareholders’ equity. This treatment is appropriate when a loss in an investment is determined to be temporary in nature and the Company has the ability to hold the investment until a recovery in market value takes place. Such an unrealized loss does not affect the results of operations for the applicable accounting period because the loss is not viewed as other-than-temporary. An “other-than-temporary” impairment charge is recorded as a charge against earnings for the applicable accounting period. The Company determined that the entire impairment related to its auction rate securities was other-than-temporary and recorded an impairment charge in other income (expense) on its Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company determined the other-than-temporary impairment classification based on a variety of factors, including the significant decline in fair value indicated for the individual investments and the adverse market conditions impacting auction rate securities. As of March 31, 2008, the Company intends to liquidate these securities within the next twelve months and does not believe that the current state of the credit markets requires the Company to reclassify them as long-term securities available for sale on its Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

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4. RESTRICTED CASH

Restricted cash consists of the following:

 

     As of
March 31, 2008
   As of
December 31, 2007
   Included on Balance Sheet
     (in thousands)     

CMBS Certificates

   $ 33,375    $ 35,254    Restricted cash - current asset

Payment and performance bonds

     2,364      2,347    Restricted cash - current asset

Surety bonds and workers compensation

     16,490      15,873    Other assets - noncurrent
                

Total restricted cash

   $ 52,229    $ 53,474   
                

In connection with the issuance of the CMBS Certificates (as defined in Note 9), the Company is required to fund a restricted cash amount, which represents the cash held in escrow pursuant to the mortgage loan agreement governing the CMBS Certificates, to fund certain reserve accounts for the payment of debt service costs, ground rents, real estate and personal property taxes, insurance premiums related to tower sites, and trustee and servicing expenses, and to reserve a portion of advance rents from tenants. Based on the terms of the CMBS Certificates, all rental cash receipts each month are restricted and held by the indenture trustee. The restricted cash held by the indenture trustee in excess of required reserve balances is subsequently released to the Borrowers (as defined in Note 9) on or before the 15 th calendar day following month end. All monies held by the indenture trustee after the release date are classified as restricted cash on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Payment and performance bonds relate primarily to collateral requirements relating to tower construction currently in process by the Company. Cash is pledged as collateral related to surety bonds issued for the benefit of the Company or its affiliates in the ordinary course of business primarily related to the Company’s tower removal obligations. In addition, at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the Company had pledged $2.2 million, as collateral related to its workers compensation policy. These amounts are included in other assets – noncurrent on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

5. ACQUISITIONS

During the first quarter of 2008, the Company acquired 49 completed towers, related assets and liabilities from various sellers as well as the equity interest of one entity, whose holdings consisted of 39 towers and related assets and liabilities. The aggregate consideration paid for these additional assets was $44.1 million, (excluding $1.8 million of cash payments for working capital adjustments, and due diligence and other acquisition related costs) all of which was paid in cash. The Company accounted for all of these tower acquisitions at fair market value at the date of each acquisition. The results of operations of the acquired assets are included with those of the Company from the dates of the respective acquisitions. None of the acquisitions consummated, individually or in the aggregate, were significant to the Company and accordingly, pro forma financial information has not been presented. During the first quarter of 2008, the Company also paid, in cash, $3.1 million for land and easement purchases and $1.3 million for long-term lease extensions.

In accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations,” the Company continues to evaluate all acquisitions for one year after the applicable closing date of each transaction to determine whether any additional adjustments are needed to the allocation of the purchase price paid for the assets acquired and liabilities assumed by major balance sheet caption, as well as the separate recognition of intangible assets from goodwill if certain criteria are met. These intangible assets represent the value associated with current leases in place at the acquisition date (“Current contract intangibles”) and future tenant leases anticipated to be added to the acquired towers (“Network location intangibles”) and were calculated using the discounted values of the current or future expected cash flows. The intangible assets are estimated to have an economic useful life consistent with the economic useful life of the related tower assets, which is typically 15 years.

 

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From time to time, the Company agrees to pay additional consideration for acquisitions if the towers or businesses that are acquired meet or exceed certain performance targets in the 1-3 years after they have been acquired. During the first quarter of 2008, certain earnings targets associated with previously acquired towers were achieved, and therefore, the Company paid $0.6 million in cash. As of March 31, 2008, the Company had obligations to pay up to an additional $2.6 million in consideration if the performance targets contained in various acquisition agreements are met. These obligations are associated with new build and tower acquisition programs within the Company’s site leasing segment. In certain acquisitions, the additional consideration may be paid in cash or shares of Class A common stock at the Company’s option. The Company records such obligations as additional consideration when it becomes probable that the targets will be met.

 

6. INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET

The following table provides the gross and net carrying amounts for each major class of intangible assets:

 

     As of March 31, 2008    As of December 31, 2007
     Gross carrying
amount
   Accumulated
amortization
    Net book
value
   Gross carrying
amount
   Accumulated
amortization
    Net book
value
     (in thousands)

Current contract intangibles

   $ 618,174    $ (64,991 )   $ 553,183    $ 604,456    $ (54,873 )   $ 549,583

Network location intangibles

     362,710      (39,797 )     322,913      353,279      (33,863 )     319,416
                                           

Intangible assets, net

   $ 980,884    $ (104,788 )   $ 876,096    $ 957,735    $ (88,736 )   $ 868,999
                                           

All intangibles noted above are included in our site leasing segment. The Company amortizes its intangible assets over fifteen years. Amortization expense relating to the intangible assets above was $16.1 million and $12.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. These amounts are subject to changes in estimates until the preliminary allocation of the purchase price is finalized for all acquisitions.

 

7. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property and equipment, net (including assets held under capital leases) consists of the following:

 

     As of
March 31, 2008
    As of
December 31, 2007
 
     (in thousands)  

Towers and related components

   $ 1,771,201     $ 1,741,662  

Construction-in-process

     6,384       5,265  

Furniture, equipment and vehicles

     29,309       28,877  

Land, buildings and improvements

     68,514       64,925  
                
     1,875,408       1,840,729  

Less: accumulated depreciation

     (678,314 )     (648,760 )
                

Property and equipment, net

   $ 1,197,094     $ 1,191,969  
                

Construction-in-process represents costs incurred related to towers that are under development and will be used in the Company’s operations. At March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, non-cash capital expenditures that are included in accounts payable and accrued expenses were $3.8 million and $4.3 million, respectively.

The amounts applicable to capital leases for vehicles included in property and equipment, net was:

 

     As of
March 31, 2008
    As of
December 31, 2007
 
     (in thousands)  

Vehicles

   $ 1,326     $ 960  

Less: accumulated depreciation

     (164 )     (113 )
                

Vehicles, net

   $ 1,162     $ 847  
                

 

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8. COSTS AND ESTIMATED EARNINGS ON UNCOMPLETED CONTRACTS

Costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts consist of the following:

 

     As of
March 31, 2008
    As of
December 31, 2007
 
     (in thousands)  

Costs incurred on uncompleted contracts

   $ 105,876     $ 115,823  

Estimated earnings

     19,663       23,175  

Billings to date

     (105,636 )     (118,740 )
                
   $ 19,903     $ 20,258  
                

These amounts are included in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets under the following captions:

 

     As of
March 31, 2008
    As of
December 31, 2007
 
     (in thousands)  

Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts

   $ 20,583     $ 21,453  

Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts

     (680 )     (1,195 )
                
   $ 19,903     $ 20,258  
                

At March 31, 2008, two significant customers comprise 65.2% of the costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings, net of billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings, while at December 31, 2007, one significant customer comprised 66.6% of the costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings, net of billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings.

 

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9. DEBT

Debt consists of the following:

 

     As of
March 31, 2008
   As of
December 31, 2007
     (in thousands)

Commercial mortgage pass-through certificates, series 2005-1, secured, interest payable monthly in arrears, balloon payment principal of $405,000 with an anticipated repayment date of November 9, 2010. Interest at fixed rates ranging from 5.369% to 6.706%.

   $ 405,000    $ 405,000

Commercial mortgage pass-through certificates, series 2006-1, secured, interest payable monthly in arrears, balloon payment principal of $1,150,000 with an anticipated repayment date of November 9, 2011. Interest at fixed rates ranging from 5.314% to 7.825%.

     1,150,000      1,150,000

Convertible senior notes, unsecured, interest payable June 1 and December 1, aggregate principal amount of $350,000, with a maturity date of December 1, 2010. Interest at 0.375%.

     350,000      350,000

Senior secured revolving credit facility, interest at varying rates ranging from 4.04% to 5.75% at March 31, 2008. Facility originated in January 2008.

     40,000      —  
             

Total debt

   $ 1,945,000    $ 1,905,000
             

The CMBS Certificates

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-1

On November 18, 2005, SBA CMBS-1 Depositor LLC (the “Depositor”), an indirect subsidiary of the Company, sold in a private transaction, $405.0 million of Initial CMBS Certificates, Series 2005-1 (the “Initial CMBS Certificates”) issued by SBA CMBS Trust (the “Trust”), a trust established by the Depositor (the “Initial CMBS Transaction”).

The sole asset of the Trust is a non-recourse mortgage loan in which SBA Properties was the initial borrower. The mortgage loan consists of multiple tranches, or components, each of which has terms that are identical to the subclass of CMBS Certificates to which it relates. SBA Properties and each of the Additional Borrowers (defined below) added to the mortgage loan in connection with the issuance of the Additional CMBS Certificates are special purpose vehicles which exist solely to hold the towers which are subject to the securitization.

The Initial CMBS Certificates consist of five classes, all of which are rated investment grade with a principal balance and pass through interest rate, as indicated in the table below:

 

Subclass

   Initial Subclass
Principal Balance
   Pass through
Interest Rate
 
     (in thousands)       

2005-1A

   $ 238,580    5.369 %

2005-1B

     48,320    5.565 %

2005-1C

     48,320    5.731 %

2005-1D

     48,320    6.219 %

2005-1E

     21,460    6.706 %
         

Total

   $ 405,000    5.608 %
         

 

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The weighted average annual fixed coupon interest rate of the Initial CMBS Certificates is 5.6%, payable monthly, and the effective weighted average annual fixed interest rate is 4.8%, after giving effect to the settlement of two interest rate swap agreements entered into in contemplation of the transaction (see Note 10). The Initial CMBS Certificates have an anticipated repayment date of November 2010 with a final repayment date in 2035. The Company incurred deferred financing fees of $12.2 million associated with the closing of this transaction.

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-1

On November 6, 2006, the Depositor sold in a private transaction $1.15 billion of the Additional CMBS Certificates, Series 2006-1 (the “Additional CMBS Certificates” and collectively with the Initial CMBS Certificates referred to as the “CMBS Certificates”) issued by the Trust. The Additional CMBS Certificates consist of nine classes with a principal balance and pass through interest rate for each class as indicated in the table below:

 

Subclass

   Initial Subclass
Principal Balance
   Pass through
Interest Rate
 
     (in thousands)       

2006-1A

   $ 439,420    5.314 %

2006-1B

     106,680    5.451 %

2006-1C

     106,680    5.559 %

2006-1D

     106,680    5.852 %

2006-1E

     36,540    6.174 %

2006-1F

     81,000    6.709 %

2006-1G

     121,000    6.904 %

2006-1H

     81,000    7.389 %

2006-1J

     71,000    7.825 %
         

Total

   $ 1,150,000    5.993 %
         

The weighted average annual fixed coupon interest rate of the Additional CMBS Certificates is 6.0%, payable monthly, and the effective weighted average annual fixed interest rate is 6.3% after giving effect to the settlement of the nine interest rate swap agreements entered into in contemplation of the transaction (see Note 10). The Additional CMBS Certificates have an anticipated repayment date of November 2011 with a final repayment date in 2036. The proceeds of the Additional CMBS Certificates were primarily used to repay the bridge loan incurred with the acquisition of AAT Communications Corporation and to fund required reserves and expenses associated with the Additional CMBS Transaction. The Company incurred deferred financing fees of $24.1 million associated with the closing of this transaction.

In connection with the issuance of the Additional CMBS Certificates, each of SBA Sites, Inc., SBA Structures, Inc., SBA Towers, Inc., SBA Puerto Rico, Inc. and SBA Towers USVI, Inc. (the “Additional Borrowers” and together with SBA Properties, the “Borrowers”) were added as additional borrowers

 

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under the mortgage loan and the principal amount of the mortgage loan was increased by $1.15 billion to an aggregate of $1.56 billion. The Borrowers are jointly and severally liable under the mortgage loan. The mortgage loan is to be paid from the operating cash flows from the aggregate 4,972 towers owned by the Borrowers. Subject to certain limited exceptions described below, no payments of principal will be required to be made in relation to the components of the mortgage loan corresponding to the Initial CMBS Certificates prior to the monthly payment date in November 2010, which is the anticipated repayment date for the components of the mortgage loan corresponding to the Initial CMBS Certificates, and no payments of principal will be required to be made in relation to the components of the mortgage loan corresponding to the Additional CMBS Certificates prior to the monthly payment date in November 2011 which is the anticipated repayment date for the components of the mortgage loan corresponding to the Additional CMBS Certificates.

The Borrowers may prepay the mortgage loan in whole or in part at any time prior to November 2010 for the components of the mortgage loan corresponding to the Initial CMBS Certificates and November 2011 for the components of the mortgage loan corresponding to the Additional CMBS Certificates upon payment of the applicable prepayment consideration. The prepayment consideration is determined per class and consists of an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (1) the present value on the date of prepayment of all future installments of principal and interest required to be paid from the date of prepayment to and including the first due date that is nine months prior to the anticipated repayment date, assuming the entire unpaid principal amount of such class is required to be paid, over (2) that portion of the principal balance of such class prepaid on the date of such prepayment. If the prepayment occurs (i) within nine months of the anticipated repayment date, (ii) with proceeds received as a result of any condemnation or casualty of the Borrowers’ sites or (iii) during an amortization period, no prepayment consideration is due. The entire unpaid principal balance of the mortgage loan components corresponding to the Initial CMBS Certificates will be due in November 2035 and those corresponding to the Additional CMBS Certificates will be due in November 2036. However, to the extent that the full amount of the mortgage loan component corresponding to the Initial CMBS Certificates or the amount of the mortgage loan component corresponding to the Additional CMBS Certificates are not fully repaid by their respective anticipated repayment dates, the interest rate of each component would increase by approximately 5% plus any difference between the contractual weighted average fixed interest rate in effect at the time of issuance of the CMBS Certificates and the then current weighted average fixed interest rate. The mortgage loan may be defeased in whole at any time prior to the anticipated repayment date.

The mortgage loan is secured by (1) mortgages, deeds of trust and deeds to secure debt on substantially all of the tower sites and their operating cash flows, (2) a security interest in substantially all of the Borrowers’ personal property and fixtures, (3) the Borrowers’ rights under the management agreement they entered into with SBA Network Management, Inc. (“SBA Network Management”), relating to the management of the Borrowers’ tower sites by SBA Network Management pursuant to which SBA Network Management arranges for the payment of all operating expenses and the funding of all capital expenditures out of amounts on deposit in one or more operating accounts maintained on the Borrowers’ behalf, (4) the Borrowers’ rights under certain site management agreements, (5) the Borrowers’ rights under certain tenant leases, (6) the pledge by SBA CMBS-1 Guarantor LLC and SBA CMBS-1 Holdings, LLC of equity interests of the initial borrower and SBA CMBS-1 Guarantor LLC, (7) the various deposit accounts and collection account of the Borrowers and (8) all proceeds of the foregoing. For each calendar month, SBA Network Management is entitled to receive a management fee equal to 7.5% of the Borrowers’ operating revenues for the immediately preceding calendar month. This management fee was reduced from 10% in connection with the issuance of the Additional CMBS Certificates.

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rents, real estate and personal property taxes, insurance premiums related to tower sites, trustee and service expenses, and to reserve a portion of advance rents from tenants on the 4,972 tower sites. Based on the terms of the CMBS Certificates, all rental cash receipts each month are restricted and held by the indenture trustee. The monies held by the indenture trustee are classified as restricted cash on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets (see Note 4). The monies held by the indenture trustee in excess of required reserve balances are subsequently released to the Borrowers on or before the 15 th calendar day following month end. However, if the debt service coverage ratio, defined as the net cash flow (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Agreement) divided by the amount of interest on the mortgage loan, servicing fees and trustee fees that the Borrowers will be required to pay over the succeeding twelve months, as of the end of any calendar quarter, falls to 1.30 times or lower, then all cash flow in excess of amounts required to make debt service payments, to fund required reserves, to pay management fees and budgeted operating expenses and to make other payments required under the loan documents, referred to as excess cash flow, will be deposited into a reserve account instead of being released to the Borrowers. The funds in the reserve account will not be released to the Borrowers unless the debt service coverage ratio exceeds 1.30 times for two consecutive calendar quarters. If the debt service coverage ratio falls below 1.15 times as of the end of any calendar quarter, then an “amortization period” will commence and all funds on deposit in the reserve account will be applied to prepay the mortgage loan until such time that the debt service coverage ratio exceeds 1.15 times for a calendar quarter. Otherwise, on a monthly basis, the excess cash flow of the Borrowers held by the trustee after payment of principal, interest, reserves and expenses is distributed to the Borrowers. As of March 31, 2008, the Borrowers met the required debt service coverage ratio as defined by the mortgage loan agreement.

0.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2010

On March 26, 2007, the Company issued $350.0 million of its 0.375% Convertible Senior Notes (the “Notes”). Interest is payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1. The Notes have a maturity date of December 1, 2010. The Company incurred deferred financing fees of $8.6 million with the issuance of the Notes.

The Notes are convertible, at the holder’s option, into shares of our Class A common stock, at an initial conversion rate of 29.7992 shares per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (subject to certain customary adjustments), which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $33.56 per share or a 19% conversion premium based on the last reported sale price of $28.20 per share of Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on March 20, 2007. The Notes are convertible only under the following circumstances: (1) during any calendar quarter commencing at any time after June 30, 2007 and only during such calendar quarter, if the last reported sale price of the Company’s Class A common stock for at least 20 trading days in the 30 consecutive trading day period ending on the last trading day of the preceding calendar quarter is more than 130% of the applicable conversion price per share of Class A common stock on the last day of such preceding calendar quarter, (2) during the five business day period after any ten consecutive trading day period in which the trading price of a Note for each day in the measurement period was less than 95% of the product of the last reported sale price of Class A common stock and the applicable conversion rate, (3) if specified distributions to holders of Class A common stock are made or specified corporate transactions occur, and (4) at any time on or after October 12, 2010.

Upon conversion, the Company has the right to settle the conversion of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes with any of the three following alternatives, at its option: delivery of (1) 29.7992 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, (2) cash equal to the value of 29.7992 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock calculated at the market price per share of the Company’s Class A common stock at the time of conversion or (3) a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s Class A common stock.

 

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The net proceeds from this offering were approximately $341.4 million after deducting discounts, commissions and expenses. A portion of the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes was used to repurchase approximately 3.24 million shares of Class A common stock, valued at approximately $91.2 million based on the closing stock price of $28.20 on March 20, 2007, the purchase agreement date. These repurchased shares were immediately retired by the Company. The repurchased shares were recorded as a reduction to Class A common stock for the par value of the Class A common stock as well as an increase to accumulated deficit on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Concurrently with the sale of the Notes, the Company entered into convertible note hedge transactions with affiliates of two of the initial purchasers of the Notes. The initial strike price of the convertible note hedge transactions is $33.56 per share of the Company’s Class A common stock (the same as the initial conversion price of the Notes) and is similarly subject to certain customary adjustments. The convertible note hedge transactions cover 10,429,720 shares of Class A common stock. The cost of the convertible note hedge transactions was $77.2 million. A portion of the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes and the sold warrants discussed below, were used to pay for the cost of the convertible note hedge transactions. The cost of the convertible note hedge transactions was recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Separately and concurrently with entering into the convertible note hedge transactions, the Company entered into sold warrant transactions whereby the Company sold warrants to each of the hedge counterparties to acquire 10,429,720 shares of Class A common stock at an initial exercise price of $55.00 per share. The aggregate proceeds from the issuance of the sold warrants were $27.3 million. The proceeds for the issuance of the sold warrants were recorded as an increase to additional paid-in capital on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility

On January 18, 2008, SBA Senior Finance, Inc. (“SBASF”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a $285.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility. On March 5, 2008, SBASF entered into a new lender supplement in connection with the senior secured revolving credit facility, which increased the commitment from $285.0 million to $335.0 million. The facility may be borrowed, repaid and redrawn, subject to compliance with the financial and other covenants in the Senior Credit Agreement (“Senior Credit Agreement”). Amounts borrowed under the facility are payable quarterly and accrue interest at LIBOR plus a margin that ranges from 150 basis points to 300 basis points or at a Base Rate (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement) plus a margin that ranges from 50 basis points to 200 basis points, in each case based on the Consolidated Total Debt to Annualized Borrower EBITDA ratio (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement and discussed below). The facility will terminate and SBASF will repay all amounts outstanding on the earlier of (i) the third anniversary of January 18, 2008 and (ii) the date which is three months prior to (x) the final maturity date of the Notes (or any instrument that refinances the Notes) or (y) the anticipated repayment date (November 9, 2010) of the Initial CMBS Certificates (or any other refinancing of these instruments). At the termination date, each lender under the facility may, in its sole discretion and upon the request of SBASF, extend the maturity date of the facility for one additional year. The proceeds available under the facility may only be used for the construction or acquisition of towers and for ground lease buyouts. The Company incurred deferred financing fees of $2.7 million associated with the closing of this transaction.

The Senior Credit Agreement requires SBASF and SBA Communications to maintain specific financial ratios, including, at the SBASF level, a Consolidated Total Debt to Annualized Borrower EBITDA ratio (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement) that does not exceed 6.9 for any fiscal quarter and an Annualized Borrower EBITDA to Annualized Cash Interest Expense ratio (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement) of not less than 2.0 for any fiscal quarter. In addition, the Company’s ratio of Consolidated Total Net Debt to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement) for any fiscal quarter cannot exceed 9.9. The Senior Credit Agreement also contains customary affirmative and negative covenants that, among other things, limit SBASF’s ability to incur

 

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indebtedness, grant certain liens, make certain investments, enter into sale leaseback transactions or merge or consolidate, or engage in certain asset dispositions, including a sale of all or substantially all of our assets.

Upon the occurrence of certain bankruptcy and insolvency events with respect to the Company or certain of our subsidiaries, the revolving credit loans automatically terminate and all amounts due under the Senior Credit Agreement and certain other loan documents become immediately due and payable. If certain other events of default occur, including failure to pay the principal and interest when due, a breach of the Company’s negative covenants, or failure to perform any other requirement in the Senior Credit Agreement, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (as described below) and/or certain other debt instruments, including the Notes and the CMBS Certificates, then, with the permission of a majority of the lenders, the revolving credit commitments will terminate and all amounts due under the Senior Credit Agreement and certain other loan documents become immediately due and payable.

In connection with the senior secured revolving credit facility, the Company entered into a Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, pursuant to which SBA Communications, Telecommunications and substantially all of the domestic subsidiaries of SBASF which are not Borrowers under the CMBS Certificates, guaranteed amounts owed under the senior secured revolving credit facility. Amounts borrowed under the senior secured revolving credit facility will be secured by a first lien on substantially all SBASF’s assets not previously pledged under the CMBS Certificates and substantially all of the assets of the guarantors, other than leasehold, easement or fee interests in real property including SBA Communications and SBA Telecommunications.

During the first quarter of 2008, SBASF borrowed $40.0 million under this facility, which is included in long-term debt on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets, and the Company used or designated such proceeds for construction and acquisition of towers and for ground lease buyouts. The weighted average effective interest rate of the January 2008 senior secured revolving credit facility for the three months ended March 31, 2008 was 4.79%. As of April 30, 2008, SBASF was in full compliance with the terms of the revolving credit facility and availability under the credit facility was approximately $227.5 million of which $20.0 million is currently outstanding.

 

10. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Additional CMBS Certificate Swaps

At various dates during 2006, in anticipation of the Additional CMBS Transaction (see Note 9), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company entered into nine forward-starting interest rate swap agreements (the “Additional CMBS Certificate Swaps”), with an aggregate notional principal amount of $1.0 billion, to hedge the variability of future interest rates in anticipation of the issuance of debt, which the Company originally expected to be issued on or before December 21, 2007. Under the Additional CMBS Certificate Swaps, the subsidiary had agreed to pay a fixed interest rate ranging from 5.019% to 5.47% on the total notional amount of $1.0 billion, beginning on the originally expected debt issuance dates for a period of five years, in exchange for receiving floating payments based on the three month LIBOR on the same $1.0 billion notional amount for the same five year period.

On October 30, 2006, an indirect subsidiary of the Company entered into a purchase agreement with JP Morgan Securities, Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. regarding the purchase and sale of $1.15 billion of commercial mortgage pass-through certificates issued by the Trust, a trust established by the Depositor. In connection with this agreement, the Company terminated the Additional CMBS Certificate Swaps, resulting in a $14.5 million settlement payment by the Company which was recorded in the Statements of Cash Flows as a financing activity. The Company determined a portion of the swaps to be ineffective, and as a result, the Company recorded $1.7 million as interest expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The additional deferred loss of $12.8 million of

 

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the Additional CMBS Certificate Swaps was recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of applicable income taxes on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as this was determined to be an effective cash flow hedge. The deferred loss is being amortized utilizing the effective interest method over the anticipated five year life of the Additional CMBS Certificates and increases the effective interest rate on these certificates by 0.3% over the weighted average annual fixed interest rate of 6.0%. The Company recorded amortization of $0.6 million as interest expense on the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations for each of the three months ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007.

Initial CMBS Certificate Swaps

On June 22, 2005, in anticipation of the Initial CMBS Transaction (see Note 9), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company entered into two forward-starting interest rate swap agreements (the “Initial CMBS Certificate Swaps”), each with a notional principal amount of $200.0 million to hedge the variability of future interest rates on the Initial CMBS Transaction. Under the swap agreements, the subsidiary agreed to pay the counterparties a fixed interest rate of 4.199% on the total notional amount of $400.0 million, beginning on December 22, 2005 through December 22, 2010 in exchange for receiving floating payments based on the three-month LIBOR on the same notional amount for the same five-year period.

On November 4, 2005, an indirect subsidiary of the Company entered into a purchase agreement with Lehman Brothers Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. regarding the purchase and sale of $405.0 million of commercial mortgage pass-through certificates issued by the Trust, a trust established by the Depositor. In connection with this agreement, the Company terminated the Initial CMBS Certificate Swaps, resulting in a $14.8 million settlement payment to the Company which was recorded in the Statements of Cash Flows as a financing activity. The Company determined the Initial CMBS Certificate Swaps to be effective cash flow hedges and recorded the deferred gain of the Initial CMBS Certificate Swaps in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of applicable income taxes on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The deferred gain is being amortized utilizing the effective interest method over the anticipated five-year life of the Initial CMBS Certificates and reduces the effective interest rate on the Certificates by 0.8%. The Company recorded amortization of $0.7 million as an offset to interest expense on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations for each of the three months ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007.

 

11. COMMON STOCK AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

Common Stock

The Company has potential common stock equivalents related to its outstanding stock options and Convertible Senior Notes (see Note 9). These potential common stock equivalents were not included in diluted loss per share because the effect would have been anti-dilutive. Accordingly, basic and diluted loss per common share and the weighted average number of shares used in the computation are the same for the periods presented.

Comprehensive Loss

Comprehensive loss is defined as the change in equity (net assets) of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources, and is comprised of net loss and “other comprehensive loss.”

 

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CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

Comprehensive loss is comprised of the following:

 

     For the three months
ended March 31,
 
     2008     2007  
     (in thousands)  

Net loss

   $ (14,634 )   $ (16,394 )

Other comprehensive loss for derivative instruments:

    

Amortization of deferred gain/loss from settlement of terminated swaps reclassified into consolidated statement of operations, net

     (140 )     (142 )
                

Comprehensive loss

   $ (14,774 )   $ (16,536 )
                

The Company’s other comprehensive loss for each of the three months ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007 includes $0.7 million for amortization of accumulated other comprehensive income recorded as a reduction to interest expense relating to a deferred gain from the settlement of a derivative financial instrument in November 2005. This was offset in each period by $0.6 million for amortization of accumulated other comprehensive loss recorded as an increase to interest expense relating to the deferred loss from the settlement of the nine derivative financial instruments in November 2006.

 

12. STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123R. The Company records compensation expense for employee stock options based on the estimated fair value of the options on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123R. The Company accounts for stock issued to non-employees in accordance with the provisions of Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 96-18, “Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling Goods or Services.” In accordance with EITF 96-18, the stock options granted to non-employees are valued using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model on the basis of the market price of the underlying common stock on the “valuation date,” which for options to non-employees is the vesting date. Expense related to the options granted to non-employees is recognized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the period over which services are to be received or the vesting period.

Stock Options

The Company has three equity participation plans (the 1996 Stock Option Plan, the 1999 Equity Participation Plan and the 2001 Equity Participation Plan) whereby options (both non-qualified and incentive stock options), stock appreciation rights and restricted stock may be granted to directors, employees and consultants. Upon adoption of the 2001 Equity Participation Plan, no further grants were permitted under the 1996 Stock Option Plan and the 1999 Equity Participation Plan. The 2001 Equity Participation Plan provides for a maximum issuance of shares, together with all outstanding options and unvested shares of restricted stock under all three of the plans, equal to 15% of the Company’s Class A common stock outstanding, adjusted for shares issued and the exercise of certain options. These options generally vest between three and four years from the date of grant on a straight-line basis and typically have a seven-year or a ten-year life.

The Company records compensation expense for employee stock options based on the estimated fair value of the options on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the assumptions included in the table below. The Company uses a combination of historical data and implied volatility to establish the expected volatility. Historical data is used to estimate the expected option life and the expected forfeiture rate. The risk-free rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant for the estimated life of the option. The following assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of options granted using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model:

 

     For the three months
ended March 31,
     2008   2007

Risk free interest rate

   2.1% to 2.4%   4.5%

Dividend yield

   0.0%   0.0%

Expected volatility

   41.6%   42.7%

Expected lives

   3.35 - 3.73 years   3.75 years

 

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CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

The following table summarizes the Company’s activities with respect to its stock option plans for the first three months of 2008 as follows:

 

Options

   Number
of Shares
    Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
Per Share
   Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (in years)
     (in thousands)           

Outstanding at December 31, 2007

   3,797     $ 15.67    7.2

Granted

   832     $ 32.39   

Exercised

   (135 )   $ 9.50   

Canceled

   (18 )   $ 22.56   
           

Outstanding at March 31, 2008

   4,476     $ 18.96    6.4
               

Exercisable at March 31, 2008

   2,028     $ 11.84    6.0
               

Unvested at March 31, 2008

   2,448     $ 24.86    6.7
               

The weighted-average fair value of options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007 was $10.87 and $10.88, respectively. The total intrinsic value for options exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007 was $2.7 million and $6.6 million, respectively.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

In 1999, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the 1999 Stock Purchase Plan (the “Purchase Plan”). A total of 500,000 shares of Class A common stock were reserved for purchase under the Purchase Plan. During 2003, an amendment to the Purchase Plan was adopted which increased the number of shares reserved for purchase from 500,000 to 1,500,000 shares. The Purchase Plan permits eligible employee participants to purchase Class A common stock at a price per share which is equal to 85% of the fair market value of Class A common stock on the last day of an offering period. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, approximately 15,300 shares of Class A common stock were issued under the Purchase Plan, which resulted in cash proceeds to the Company of $0.4 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2007 when approximately 21,000 shares of Class A common stock were issued under the Purchase Plan, which resulted in cash proceeds to the Company of $0.5 million. In addition, the Company recorded $0.1 million of non-cash compensation expense relating to these shares for each of the three months ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007.

In 2008, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2008 Plan”). A total of 500,000 shares of Class A common stock were reserved for purchase under the 2008 Plan. There have been no shares issued under the 2008 Plan.

 

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CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

Non-Cash Compensation Expense

The table below reflects a break out by category of the amounts recognized in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, for non-cash compensation expense:

 

     For the three months
ended March 31,
 
     2008     2007  
     (in thousands)  

Cost of revenues

   $ 86     $ 60  

Selling, general and administrative

     1,449       1,357  
                

Total cost of non-cash compensation included in loss before provision for income taxes

     1,535       1,417  

Amount of income tax recognized in earnings

     —         —    
                

Amount charged against loss

   $ 1,535     $ 1,417  
                

Impact on net loss per common share:

    

Basic and diluted

   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.01 )
                

In addition, the Company capitalized $0.03 million and $0.4 million relating to non-cash compensation during the three months ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007, respectively, to fixed and intangible assets.

 

13. INCOME TAXES

The Company had taxable losses during the three months ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007, and as a result, net operating loss carry-forwards have been generated. These net operating loss carry-forwards are fully reserved as management believes it is not “more likely than not” that the Company will generate sufficient taxable income in future periods to recognize the losses.

 

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CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

14. SEGMENT DATA

The Company operates principally in three business segments: site leasing, site development consulting and site development construction. The Company’s reportable segments are strategic business units that offer different services. The site leasing segment includes results of the managed and sublease businesses. Revenues, cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation, accretion and amortization), capital expenditures (including assets acquired through the issuance of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock) and identifiable assets pertaining to the segments in which the Company operates are presented below:

 

     Site
Leasing
   Site
Development
Consulting
   Site
Development
Construction
   Not
Identified by
Segment (1)
    Total
     (in thousands)

Three months ended March 31, 2008

                         

Revenues

   $ 89,375    $ 4,985    $ 15,557    $ —       $ 109,917

Cost of revenues

   $ 22,047    $ 4,192    $ 13,996    $ —       $ 40,235

Operating income (loss)

   $ 13,650    $ 336    $ 96    $ (2,244 )   $ 11,838

Capital expenditures(2)

   $ 58,639    $ 73    $ 264    $ 134     $ 59,110

Three months ended March 31, 2007

                         

Revenues

   $ 76,510    $ 4,717    $ 14,581    $ —       $ 95,808

Cost of revenues

   $ 20,588    $ 3,862    $ 13,016    $ —       $ 37,466

Operating income (loss)

   $ 9,949    $ 425    $ 131    $ (3,280 )   $ 7,225

Capital expenditures(2)

   $ 57,066    $ 25    $ 93    $ 391     $ 57,575

Assets

                         

As of March 31, 2008

   $ 2,220,475    $ 5,507    $ 36,272    $ 144,648     $ 2,406,902

As of December 31, 2007

   $ 2,195,747    $ 6,395    $ 38,467    $ 143,714     $ 2,384,323

 

(1)

Assets not identified by segment consist primarily of general corporate assets.

(2)

Includes acquisitions and related earn-outs.

 

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CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

15. CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK

The Company’s credit risks consist primarily of accounts receivable with national, regional and local wireless communications providers and federal and state governmental agencies. The Company performs periodic credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and provides allowances for doubtful accounts, as required, based upon factors surrounding the credit risk of specific customers, historical trends and other information. The Company generally does not require collateral. The following is a list of significant customers and the percentage of total revenue derived from such customers:

 

     Percentage of Total Revenue
for the three months ended March 31,
 
     2008     2007  

Sprint

   26.6 %   30.4 %

AT&T

   20.6 %   21.0 %

Verizon

   10.3 %   9.9 %

T-Mobile

   10.1 %   7.6 %
     Percentage of Site Leasing Revenue for the three months ended March 31,  
     2008     2007  

Sprint

   25.9 %   27.0 %

AT&T

   24.7 %   24.9 %

T-Mobile

   10.7 %   8.2 %

Verizon

   10.2 %   9.8 %
     Percentage of Site Development
Consulting Revenue
for the three months ended March 31,
 
     2008     2007  

Sprint

   37.4 %   51.9 %

Verizon

   20.3 %   25.9 %

Metro-PCS

   14.6 %   0.5 %
     Percentage of Site Development
Construction Revenue
for the three months ended March 31,
 
     2008     2007  

Sprint

   27.1 %   41.5 %

T-Mobile

   10.3 %   6.0 %

One significant customer comprised 33.7% and 42.9% of total gross accounts receivable at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively.

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

We are a leading independent owner and operator of wireless communications towers in 47 of the 48 contiguous United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Our principal business line is our site leasing business, which contributed 96.6% of our segment operating profit for the three months ended March 31, 2008. In our site leasing business, we lease antenna space to wireless service providers on towers and other structures that we own, manage or lease from others. The towers that we own have been constructed by us at the request of a wireless service provider, constructed based on our own initiative or acquired. As of March 31, 2008, we owned 6,325 towers, the substantial majority of which have been built by us or built by other tower owners or operators who, like us, have built such towers to lease space to wireless service providers. We also manage or lease approximately 4,400 actual or potential communications sites, of which approximately 610 are revenue producing. Our second business line is our site development business, through which we assist wireless service providers in developing and maintaining their own wireless service networks.

Site Leasing Services

Our primary focus is the leasing of antenna space on our multi-tenant towers to a variety of wireless service providers under long-term lease contracts. Site leasing revenues are received primarily from wireless service provider tenants, including Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless. Wireless service providers enter into numerous different tenant leases with us, each of which relates to the lease or use of space at an individual tower site. Tenant leases are generally for an initial term of five years renewable for five five-year periods at the option of the tenant. These tenant leases typically contain specific rent escalators, which average 3%– 4% per year, including the renewal option periods. Tenant leases are generally paid on a monthly basis and revenue from site leasing is recorded monthly on a straight-line basis over the current term of the related lease agreements. Rental amounts received in advance are recorded as deferred revenue.

Cost of site leasing revenue primarily consists of:

 

   

Rental payments on ground and other underlying property leases;

 

   

Straight line rent adjustment for the difference between rental payments made and the expense recorded as if the payments had been made evenly throughout the minimum lease term (which may include renewal terms) of the underlying property lease;

 

   

Property taxes;

 

   

Site maintenance and monitoring costs (exclusive of employee related costs);

 

   

Utilities;

 

   

Property insurance; and

 

   

Deferred lease origination cost amortization.

For any given tower, such costs are relatively fixed over a monthly or an annual time period. As such, operating costs for owned towers do not generally increase significantly as a result of adding additional customers to the tower. The amount of other direct costs associated with operating a tower varies from site to site depending on the taxing jurisdiction and the height and age of the tower but typically do not make up a large percentage of total operating costs. The ongoing maintenance

 

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requirements are typically minimal and include replacing lighting systems, painting a tower or upgrading or repairing an access road or fencing. Lastly, land leases generally have an initial term of five years with five or more additional automatic renewal periods of five years at our option and provide for rent escalators which typically average 3%—4% annually or provide for term escalators of approximately 15%. Of the 6,325 towers in our portfolio, approximately 25% are located on parcels of land that we own, land subject to perpetual easements, or parcels of land that have a leasehold interest that extends beyond 50 years.

Our site leasing business generates substantially all of our segment operating profit. As indicated in the table below, our site leasing business generated 81.3 % of our total revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2008 and represented 96.6% of our total segment operating profit. For financial information regarding our operating segments, please see Note 14 of our Condensed Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this quarterly report.

 

     Revenues  
     For the three months
ended March 31,
 
     2008     2007  
     (dollars in thousands)  

Site leasing revenue

   $ 89,375     $ 76,510  

Total revenues

   $ 109,917     $ 95,808  

Percentage of total revenue

     81.3 %     79.9 %
     Segment Operating Profit  
     For the three months
ended March 31,
 
     2008     2007  
     (dollars in thousands)  

Site leasing segment operating profit (1)

   $ 67,328     $ 55,922  

Total segment operating profit (1)

   $ 69,682     $ 58,342  

Site leasing operating profit percentage contribution of total segment operating profit (1)

     96.6 %     95.9 %

 

(1)

Site leasing segment operating profit and total segment operating profit are non-GAAP financial measures. We reconcile these measures and other Regulation G disclosures in this quarterly report in the section entitled Non-GAAP Financial Measures.

We believe that over the long-term, site leasing revenues will continue to grow as wireless service providers lease additional antenna space on our towers due to increasing minutes of network use, network expansion and network coverage requirements. We believe our site leasing business is characterized by stable and long-term recurring revenues, predictable operating costs and minimal capital expenditures. Due to the relatively young age and mix of our tower portfolio, we expect future expenditures required to maintain these towers to be minimal. Consequently, we expect to grow our cash flows by adding tenants to our towers at minimal incremental costs by using existing tower capacity or requiring wireless service providers to bear all or a portion of the cost of tower modifications. Furthermore, because our towers are strategically positioned and our customers typically do not relocate, we have historically experienced low customer churn as a percentage of revenue.

 

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The following rollforward summarizes the activity in our tower portfolio from December 31, 2007 to March 31, 2008:

 

     Number of Towers  

Towers owned at December 31, 2007

   6,220  

Purchased towers

   88  

Constructed towers

   20  

Towers reclassified/disposed of (1)

   (3 )
      

Towers owned at March 31, 2008

   6,325  
      

 

(1)

Reclassifications reflect the combination for reporting purposes of multiple tower structures on a single parcel of real estate, which we market and customers view as a single location, into a single tower site. Dispositions reflect the sale, conveyance or legal transfer of owned tower sites.

Site Development Services

Our site development business is complementary to our site leasing business, and provides us the ability to keep in close contact with the wireless service providers who generate substantially all of our site leasing revenue and capture ancillary revenues that are generated by our site leasing activities, such as antenna installation and equipment installation at our tower locations. Our site development business consists of two segments, site development consulting and site development construction, through which we provide wireless service providers a full range of end-to-end services. We principally perform services for third parties in our core, historical areas of wireless expertise, specifically site acquisition, zoning, technical services and construction.

Site development services revenues are received primarily from wireless service providers or companies providing development or project management services to wireless service providers. Our site development customers engage us on a project-by-project basis, and a customer can generally terminate an assignment at any time without penalty. Site development projects, both consulting and construction, include contracts on a time and materials basis or a fixed price basis. The majority of our site development services are billed on a fixed price basis. Time and materials based site development contracts are billed and revenue is recognized at contractual rates as the services are rendered. Our site development projects generally take from three to twelve months to complete. For those site development consulting contracts in which we perform work on a fixed price basis, we bill the client, and recognize revenue, based on the completion of agreed upon phases of the project on a per site basis. Upon the completion of each phase, we recognize the revenue related to that phase.

Our revenue from site development construction contracts is recognized on the percentage-of-completion method of accounting, determined by the percentage of cost incurred to date compared to management’s estimated total cost for each contract. This method is used because management considers total cost to be the best available measure of progress on the contracts. These amounts are based on estimates, and the uncertainty inherent in the estimates initially is reduced as work on the contract nears completion. Revenue from our site development construction business may fluctuate from period to period depending on construction activities, which are a function of the timing and amount of our clients’ capital expenditures, the number and significance of active customer engagements during a period, weather and other factors.

Cost of site development consulting revenue and construction revenue include all costs of materials, salaries and labor costs, including payroll taxes, subcontract labor, vehicle expense and other costs directly and indirectly related to the projects. All costs related to site development consulting contracts and construction contracts are recognized as incurred.

 

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The table below provides the percentage of our total revenues contributed by site development consulting services and site development construction services for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007. Information regarding the total assets used in our site development services businesses is included in Note 14 of our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this quarterly report.

 

     Percentage of Total Revenues  
     For the three months
ended March 31,
 
     2008     2007  

Site development consulting

   4.5 %   4.9 %

Site development construction

   14.2 %   15.2 %

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

We have identified the policies and significant estimation processes below as critical to our business operations and the understanding of our results of operations. The listing is not intended to be a comprehensive list. In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, with no need for management’s judgment in their application. In other cases, management is required to exercise judgment in the application of accounting principles with respect to particular transactions. The impact and any associated risks related to these policies on our business operations is discussed throughout “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” where such policies affect reported and expected financial results. For a detailed discussion on the application of these and other accounting policies, see Note 2 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2007, included on the Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2008. Our preparation of our financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of our financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. There can be no assurance that actual results will not differ from those estimates and such differences could be significant.

Short-term Investments

We classify auction rate securities as short-term investments due to the short interest rate reset period. Auction rate securities are debt instruments with long-term scheduled maturities that have interest rates that are typically reset at pre-determined intervals, usually every 7, 28, 35 or 90 days, at which time the securities would historically be purchased or sold, creating a liquid market. Historically an active secondary market existed for such investments and the rate reset for each instrument was an opportunity to accept the reset rate or sell the instrument at its face value in order to seek an alternative investment. In the past, the auction process allowed investors to roll over their holdings or obtain immediate liquidity by selling the securities at par. We intended to use the interest rate reset feature to provide the opportunity to maximize returns while preserving liquidity. Recent months auctions have failed due to insufficient demand in the marketplace. However, management believes it will be able to, and intends to, liquidate the auction rate securities within one year. As a result, these securities have been classified as short-term investments in current assets on our Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Traditionally, the fair value of auction rate securities approximated par value due to the frequent resets through the auction rate process. However, as a result of insufficient demand in the marketplace, we have not been able to liquidate the remaining auction rate securities held at March 31, 2008. SFAS 157 establishes a framework for measuring fair value and establishes a fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used to measure fair value. We estimated the fair value of these auction rate securities based on values provided by the firm managing our auction rate investments utilizing a Level 3 valuation methodology. SFAS No. 157 defines Level 3 valuations as those which rely on unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, and includes situations where there is little, if any,

 

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market activity for the asset or liability. Management validated the assumptions used in the valuation including the ultimate time horizon and coupon rate for these securities, the credit worthiness of the underlying assets and the counterparties, and the appropriate discount margins. Due to the lack of a secondary market for our auction rate securities, the established fair value of these securities is a matter of judgment. If our estimates regarding the fair value of these securities are incorrect, a future earnings charge may be required. Additionally, these estimated fair values could change significantly based on future market conditions and as such, we may be required to record additional unrealized losses for impairment if we determine there are further declines in their fair value.

We recorded a $2.5 million other-than-temporary impairment charge in other (expense) income on our Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2008. In addition, on May 1, 2008, we received notification from the firm managing our auction rate securities that the fair value of these investments had further declined as of April 30, 2008. The estimated fair value of these investments as of April 30, 2008 is $9.5 million representing a decline of $2.3 million subsequent to March 31, 2008.

We reviewed the impairment charge in accordance with EITF 03-1, “The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments, “ and Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5M “Other-Than-Temporary Impairment of Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities,” to determine the classification of the impairment as “temporary” or “other-than-temporary”. A temporary impairment charge results in an unrealized loss being recorded in the other comprehensive income component of shareholders’ equity. It occurs if a loss in an investment is determined to be temporary in nature and we have the ability and intent to hold the investment until a recovery in market value takes place. Such an unrealized loss does not reduce our net income for the applicable accounting period because the loss is not viewed as other-than-temporary. An impairment charge is recorded against earnings to the extent we determine that there is a loss of fair value that is other-than-temporary. We have determined that the entire impairment related to our auction rate securities was other–than–temporary and recorded an impairment charge in other income (expense) on our Consolidated Statements of Operations based on a variety of factors, including the significant decline in fair value indicated for the individual investments and the adverse market conditions impacting auction rate securities. In addition, as of March 31, 2008, we intend to liquidate these securities within the next twelve months and do not believe that the current state of the credit markets requires us to reclassify them as long-term marketable securities on our Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Construction Revenue

Revenue from construction projects is recognized on the percentage-of-completion method of accounting, determined by the percentage of cost incurred to date compared to management’s estimated total cost for each contract. This method is used because we consider total cost to be the best available measure of progress on each contract. These amounts are based on estimates, and the uncertainty inherent in the estimates initially is reduced as work on each contract nears completion. The asset “Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts” represents expenses incurred and revenues recognized in excess of amounts billed. The liability “Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts” represents billings in excess of revenues recognized.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

We perform periodic credit evaluations of our customers. We continuously monitor collections and payments from our customers and maintain an allowance for estimated credit losses based upon our historical experience and any specific customer collection issues that we have identified. Establishing reserves against specific accounts receivable and the overall adequacy of our allowance is a matter of judgment.

 

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Asset Impairment

We evaluate the potential impairment of individual long-lived assets, principally the tower sites. We record an impairment charge when we believe an investment in towers or the intangible asset has been impaired, such that future undiscounted cash flows would not recover the then current carrying value of the investment in the tower site. We consider many factors and make certain assumptions when making this assessment, including, but not limited to: general market and economic conditions, historical operating results, geographic location, lease-up potential, and expected timing of lease-up. In addition, we make certain assumptions in determining an asset’s fair value less costs to sell for purposes of calculating the amount of an impairment charge. Changes in those assumptions or market conditions may result in a fair value less costs to sell which is different from management’s estimates. Future adverse changes in market conditions could result in losses or an inability to recover the carrying value, thereby possibly requiring an impairment charge in the future. In addition, if our assumptions regarding future undiscounted cash flows and related assumptions are incorrect, a future impairment charge may be required.

Property Tax Expense

We typically receive notifications and invoices in arrears for property taxes associated with the tangible personal property and real property used in our site leasing business. As a result, we recognize property tax expense, which is reflected as a component of site leasing cost of revenue, based on our best estimate of anticipated property tax payments related to the current period. We consider several factors in establishing this estimate, including our historical level of incurred property taxes, the location of the property, our awareness of jurisdictional property value assessment methods and industry related property tax information. If our estimates regarding anticipated property tax expenses are incorrect, a future increase or decrease in site leasing cost of revenue may be required.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2007

Revenues:

 

     For the three months ended March 31,             
     2008    Percentage
of Revenues
    2007    Percentage
of Revenues
    Dollar
Change
   Percentage
Change
 
     (in thousands, except for percentages)  

Site leasing

   $ 89,375    81.3 %   $ 76,510    79.9 %   $ 12,865    16.8 %

Site development consulting

     4,985    4.5 %     4,717    4.9 %     268    5.7 %

Site development construction

     15,557    14.2 %     14,581    15.2 %     976    6.7 %
                                   

Total revenues

   $ 109,917    100.0 %   $ 95,808    100.0 %   $ 14,109    14.7 %
                                   

Site leasing revenues increased $12.9 million due to an increase in the number of tenants and the amount of equipment added to our historical towers and from revenue generated by the towers that we acquired or constructed subsequent to March 31, 2007. As of March 31, 2008, we had 15,726 tenants as compared to 13,866 tenants at March 31, 2007. Additionally, we have experienced, on average, higher rents per tenant due to higher rents from new tenants, higher rents upon renewals by existing tenants and higher rents from additional equipment added by existing tenants.

 

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Site development consulting and construction revenues increased $1.2 million as a result of a higher volume of work in the first quarter of 2008 versus the same period of 2007.

Operating Expenses:

 

     For the three months
ended March 31,
            
     2008    2007    Dollar
Change
    Percentage
Change
 
     (in thousands)             

Cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation, accretion and amortization):

          

Site leasing

   $ 22,047    $ 20,588    $ 1,459     7.1 %

Site development consulting

     4,192      3,862      330     8.6 %

Site development construction

     13,996      13,016      980     7.5 %

Selling, general and administrative

     10,491      10,824      (333 )   (3.1 )%

Depreciation, accretion and amortization

     47,353      40,293      7,060     17.5 %
                        

Total operating expenses

   $ 98,079    $ 88,583    $ 9,496     10.7 %
                        

Site leasing cost of revenues increased $1.5 million primarily as a result of the growth in the number of towers owned by us, which was 6,325 at March 31, 2008 up from 5,702 at March 31, 2007.

Site development construction cost of revenues increased $1.0 million as a result of a higher volume of work in the first quarter of 2008 versus the same period of 2007.

Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $0.3 million primarily as a result of approximately $0.9 million of one-time net benefits associated with the reduction of accruals during the three months ended March 31, 2008 offset by an increase in salaries, benefits and other back office expenses resulting primarily from a higher number of employees and standard cost of living increases. Additionally, selling, general and administrative expenses included $1.4 million of non-cash compensation expense that we recognized in accordance with SFAS 123R for each of the three months ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007.

Depreciation, accretion and amortization expense increased $7.1 million to $47.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 from $40.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 due to an increase in the number of towers and associated intangible assets owned at March 31, 2008 compared to those owned at March 31, 2007.

Operating Income:

Operating income was $11.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 as compared to $7.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007. The increase of $4.6 million is primarily the result of higher revenues without a commensurate increase in cost of revenues in the site leasing segment offset by an increase in depreciation, accretion and amortization expense.

 

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Segment Operating Profit:

 

     For the three months
ended March 31,
            
     2008    2007    Dollar
Change
    Percentage
Change
 
     (in thousands)             

Segment operating profit:

          

Site leasing

   $ 67,328    $ 55,922    $ 11,406     20.4 %

Site development consulting

     793      855      (62 )   (7.3 )%

Site development construction

     1,561      1,565      (4 )   (0.3 )%
                        

Total

   $ 69,682    $ 58,342    $ 11,340     19.4 %
                        

The increase in site leasing segment operating profit related primarily to additional revenue generated by the number of towers acquired and constructed after March 31, 2007, increased revenue from the increased number of tenants and tenant equipment on our sites in the first quarter of 2008 compared to the first quarter of 2007, control of our site leasing cost of revenue and the positive impact of our ground lease purchase program. We reconcile these non-GAAP financial measures and provide the Regulation G disclosures in this quarterly report in the section titled Non-GAAP Financial Measures.

Other Income (Expense):

 

     For the three months
ended March 31,
             
     2008     2007     Dollar
Change
    Percentage
Change
 
     (in thousands)              

Interest income

   $ 2,098     $ 1,226     $ 872     71.1 %

Interest expense

     (23,655 )     (22,996 )     (659 )   2.9 %

Amortization of deferred financing fees

     (2,489 )     (1,792 )     (697 )   38.9 %

Other (expense) income

     (2,348 )     35       (2,383 )   (6,808.0 )%
                          

Total other expense

   $ (26,394 )   $ (23,527 )   $ (2,867 )   12.2 %
                          

Interest income increased $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 when compared to the three months ended March 31, 2007. The increase is primarily the result of investment earnings on the remaining net proceeds of the Convertible Senior Notes (the “Notes”) offering completed at the end of the first quarter of 2007 and higher cash balances generated from cash flow from operations.

Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2008 increased $0.7 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2007. This increase is primarily due to the higher aggregate amount of debt outstanding during the first quarter of 2008 compared to the first quarter of 2007. Specifically, we had funds drawn on our senior secured revolving credit facility during part of the first quarter of 2008, and our $350.0 million of Notes were outstanding for the entire period. By comparison, we had no outstanding revolving loans during the first quarter of 2007 and the Notes were only outstanding from March 26, 2007.

Amortization of deferred financing fees increased by $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2007. This increase was due to the amortization of fees relating to the senior secured revolving credit facility entered into in the first quarter of 2008 and our $350.0 million Notes issuance in March 2007.

 

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Other (expense) income of $2.4 million includes an other-than-temporary impairment charge on short-term investments of $2.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 associated with our investments in auction rate securities. See discussion in “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below as well as Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for more information on our investments in auction rate securities and this other-than temporary impairment charge.

Adjusted EBITDA:

Adjusted EBITDA was $61.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 as compared to $49.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007. The increase of $12.5 million is primarily the result of increased segment operating profit from our site leasing segment. We reconcile this measure and provide other Regulation G disclosures in this quarterly report in the section titled Non-GAAP Financial Measures.

Net Loss:

Net loss was $14.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 as compared to $16.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007, a decrease of $1.8 million. The decrease in net loss is primarily a result of increased segment operating profit from our site leasing segment offset by increases in depreciation, accretion and amortization expenses and other expense associated with the other-than-temporary impairment of our auction rate securities investments.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

SBA Communications Corporation (“SBA Communications”) is a holding company with no business operations of its own. SBA Communications only significant asset is the outstanding capital stock of SBA Telecommunications, Inc. (“Telecommunications”) which is also a holding company that owns the outstanding capital stock of SBA Senior Finance, Inc. (“SBA Senior Finance”), which, directly or indirectly, owns the equity interest in substantially all of our subsidiaries. We conduct all of our business operations through our SBA Senior Finance subsidiaries, primarily the borrowers under the mortgage loan underlying the CMBS Certificates, and SBA Senior Finance II LLC. Accordingly, our only source of cash to pay our obligations, other than financings, is distributions with respect to our ownership interest in our subsidiaries from the net earnings and cash flow generated by these subsidiaries.

A summary of our cash flows is as follows:

 

     For the three
months ended
March 31, 2008
 
     (in thousands)  

Summary cash flow information:

  

Cash provided by operating activities

   $ 34,745  

Cash used in investing activities

     (18,441 )

Cash provided by financing activities

     40,407  
        

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

     56,711  

Cash and cash equivalents, December 31, 2007

     70,272  
        

Cash and cash equivalents, March 31, 2008

   $ 126,983  
        

 

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Sources of Liquidity

We have traditionally funded our growth, including our tower portfolio growth, through long-term indebtedness and equity issuances. In addition, we also fund our growth with cash flows from operations.

Cash provided by operating activities was $34.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 as compared to $26.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007. This increase was primarily the result of increased segment operating profit from the site leasing segment.

On January 18, 2008, SBA Senior Finance entered into a $285.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility. On March 5, 2008, SBA Senior Finance entered into a new lender supplement in connection with the senior secured revolving credit facility, which increased the commitment from $285.0 million to $335.0 million. The facility may be borrowed, repaid and redrawn, subject to compliance with certain covenants. Proceeds available under the facility may only be used for the construction or acquisition of towers and for ground lease buyouts. Amounts borrowed under the facility will accrue interest at Libor plus a margin that ranges from 150 basis points to 300 basis points or at a Base Rate plus a margin that ranges from 50 basis points to 200 basis points, in each case based on consolidated total debt to annualized SBA Senior Finance’s EBITDA ratio (calculated excluding the impact from the borrowers under the mortgage loan underlying the CMBS Certificates). The material terms of the senior secured revolving credit facility are described below under “Debt Instruments – Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility.” As of April 30, 2008, availability under the credit facility was approximately $227.5 million of which $20.0 million is currently outstanding.

In order to manage our leverage position and/or to ensure continued compliance with our financial covenants, we may decide to pursue a variety of actions. These actions may include the issuance of additional indebtedness, the repurchase of outstanding indebtedness for cash or equity, selling certain assets or lines of business, issuing common stock or securities convertible into shares of common stock, or pursuing other financing alternatives, including securitization transactions. If implemented, these actions could materially impact the amount and composition of indebtedness outstanding, increase our interest expense and/or dilute our existing shareholders. We cannot assure you that we will implement any of these strategies or that, if implemented, these strategies could be implemented on terms favorable to us and our shareholders.

Equity Issuances

We have on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) shelf registration statements on Form S-4 registering shares of Class A common stock that we may issue in connection with the acquisition of wireless communication towers, companies who own towers or companies that provide related services. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, we did not issue any shares of Class A common stock under these registration statements for the acquisition of towers. As of March 31, 2008, we had approximately 3.8 million shares of Class A common stock remaining under these shelf registration statements.

On April 14, 2006, we filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement for well-known seasoned issuers on Form S-3ASR. This registration statement enables us to issue shares of our Class A common stock, shares of preferred stock, which may be represented by depositary shares, unsecured senior, senior subordinated or subordinated debt securities, and warrants to purchase any of these securities in any amounts approved by our board of directors, subject to the requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market and the securities and other laws applicable to us. Under the rules governing automatic shelf registration statements, we will file a prospectus supplement and advise the Commission of the amount and type of securities each time we issue securities under this registration statement. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, we did not issue any securities under this automatic shelf registration statement.

 

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Uses of Liquidity

Our principal use of liquidity is cash capital expenditures associated with the growth of our tower portfolio. Our cash capital expenditures, including cash used for acquisitions, for the three months ended March 31, 2008 were $58.7 million. The $58.7 million included cash capital expenditures of $47.3 million that we incurred in connection with the acquisition of 88 completed towers and earnouts paid associated with previous acquisitions, net of related prorated rental receipts and payments. This amount also includes $6.0 million related to new tower construction, $1.0 million for maintenance tower capital expenditures, $1.1 million for augmentations and tower upgrades, $0.2 million for general corporate expenditures, and $3.1 million for ground lease purchases. The $6.0 million of new tower construction included costs associated with the completion of 20 new towers during the three months ended March 31, 2008 and costs incurred on sites currently in process.

We currently expect to incur cash capital expenditures associated with tower maintenance and general corporate expenditures of $5.5 million to $7.5 million during 2008. Based upon our current plans, we expect discretionary cash capital expenditures during 2008 to be at least $355.0 million to $375.0 million. Primarily, these cash capital expenditures relate to the 80 to 100 towers we intend to build in 2008, ground lease purchases and our 2008 tower acquisition plans, including, as of April 30, 2008, the 20 towers acquired since March 31, 2008 and the 579 towers that are subject to pending acquisition agreements. We estimate we will incur approximately $1,000 per tower per year for capital improvements or modifications to our towers.

All of these planned cash capital expenditures are expected to be funded by cash on hand, cash flow from operations and borrowings under the senior secured revolving credit facility. The exact amount of our future capital expenditures will depend on a number of factors including amounts necessary to support our tower portfolio, our new tower build program and tower acquisition program, and our ground lease purchase program.

Debt Service Requirements

At March 31, 2008, we had $405.0 million outstanding of Initial CMBS Certificates. The Initial CMBS Certificates have an anticipated repayment date of November 15, 2010. Interest on the Initial CMBS Certificates is payable monthly at a weighted average annual fixed coupon interest rate of 5.6%. Based on the amounts outstanding at March 31, 2008, annual debt service on the Initial CMBS Certificates is $22.7 million.

At March 31, 2008, we had $1.15 billion outstanding of Additional CMBS Certificates. The Additional CMBS Certificates have an anticipated repayment date of November 15, 2011. Interest on the Additional CMBS Certificates is payable monthly at a weighted average annual fixed coupon interest rate of 6.0%. Based on the amounts outstanding at March 31, 2008, annual debt service on the Additional CMBS Certificates is $68.9 million.

At March 31, 2008, we had $350.0 million outstanding of Notes. The Notes have a maturity date of December 1, 2010. Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually each June 1 and December 1 at an annual rate of 0.375%. Based on the amounts outstanding at March 31, 2008, annual debt service on the Notes is $1.3 million.

At March 31, 2008, we had $40.0 million outstanding under our $335.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility. Interest on the senior secured revolving credit facility is generally payable quarterly on the last day of each quarter. The facility will terminate and we will repay all amounts outstanding on the earlier of (i) the third anniversary of January 18, 2008 and (ii) the date which is three

 

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months prior to (x) the final maturity date of the Notes (or any instrument that refinances the Notes) or (y) the anticipated repayment date (November 9, 2010) of the Initial CMBS Certificates (or any other refinancing of these instruments). At the termination date, each lender under the facility may, in its sole discretion and upon the request by us, extend the maturity date of the facility for one additional year. Based on the outstanding amount and rates in effect at March 31, 2008, we estimate our annual debt service to be approximately $1.7 million.

At March 31, 2008, we believe that our cash flows from operations for the next twelve months will be sufficient to service our outstanding debt during the next twelve months.

Debt Instruments

CMBS Certificates

On November 18, 2005, SBA CMBS-1 Depositor LLC (the “Depositor”), an indirect subsidiary of ours, sold in a private transaction $405.0 million of Initial CMBS Certificates issued by SBA CMBS Trust (the “Trust”). The sole assets of the Trust are a non-recourse mortgage loan in which SBA Properties, Inc. (“SBA Properties”) was the initial borrower. The mortgage loan consists of multiple tranches, or components, each of which has terms that are identical to the subclass of CMBS Certificates to which it relates. SBA Properties and each of the Additional Borrowers (defined below) added to the mortgage in connection with the issuance of the Additional CMBS Certificates are special purpose vehicles which exist solely to hold the towers which are subject to the securitization.

The Initial CMBS Certificates consist of five classes, all of which are rated investment grade with a principal balance and pass through interest rate as indicated in the table below:

 

Subclass

   Initial Subclass
Principal Balance
   Pass through
Interest Rate
 
     (in thousands)       

2005-1A

   $ 238,580    5.369 %

2005-1B

     48,320    5.565 %

2005-1C

     48,320    5.731 %

2005-1D

     48,320    6.219 %

2005-1E

     21,460    6.706 %
         

Total

   $ 405,000    5.608 %
         

The weighted average annual fixed coupon interest rate of the Initial CMBS Certificates is 5.6%, and the effective weighted average annual fixed interest rate is 4.8% after giving effect to the settlement of two interest rate swap agreements entered into in contemplation of the transaction. The Initial CMBS Certificates have anticipated repayment date of November 2010 with a final repayment date in 2035. The proceeds of the Initial CMBS Certificates were primarily used to purchase the prior senior credit facility of SBA Senior Finance and to fund reserves and pay expenses associated with the offering.

 

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On November 6, 2006, the Depositor sold, in a private transaction, $1.15 billion of Additional CMBS Certificates issued by the Trust. The Additional CMBS Certificates consist of nine classes with a principal balance and pass through interest rate for each class as indicated in the table below:

 

Subclass

   Initial Subclass
Principal Balance
   Pass through
Interest Rate
 
     (in thousands)       

2006-1A

   $ 439,420    5.314 %

2006-1B

     106,680    5.451 %

2006-1C

     106,680    5.559 %

2006-1D

     106,680    5.852 %

2006-1E

     36,540    6.174 %

2006-1F

     81,000    6.709 %

2006-1G

     121,000    6.904 %

2006-1H

     81,000    7.389 %

2006-1J

     71,000    7.825 %
         

Total

   $ 1,150,000    5.993 %
         

The weighted average annual fixed coupon interest rate of the Additional CMBS Certificates is 6.0%, and the effective weighted average annual fixed interest rate is 6.3% after giving effect to the settlement of nine interest rate swap agreements entered into in contemplation of the transaction. The Additional CMBS Certificates have an anticipated repayment date of November 2011 with a final repayment date in 2036. The proceeds of the Additional CMBS Certificates were primarily used to repay the bridge loan incurred with the acquisition of AAT and to fund required reserves and expenses associated with the Additional CMBS Transaction.

In connection with the issuance of the Additional CMBS Certificates, each of SBA Sites, Inc., SBA Structures, Inc., SBA Towers, Inc., SBA Puerto Rico, Inc. and SBA Towers USVI, Inc. (the “Additional Borrowers” and collectively with SBA Properties, the “Borrowers”) were added as additional borrowers under the mortgage loan and the principal amount of the mortgage loan was increased by $1.15 billion to an aggregate of $1.56 billion. The Borrowers are jointly and severally liable under the mortgage loan. The mortgage loan is to be paid from the operating cash flows from the aggregate 4,972 towers owned by the Borrowers. Subject to certain limited exceptions described below, no payments of principal will be required to be made for the components of the mortgage loan corresponding to the Initial CMBS Certificates prior to the monthly payment date in November 2010, which is the anticipated repayment date for the components of the mortgage loan corresponding to the Initial CMBS Certificates, and no payments of principal will be required to be made for the components of the mortgage loan corresponding to the Additional CMBS Certificates prior to the monthly payment date in November 2011, which is the anticipated repayment date for the components of the mortgage loan corresponding to the Additional CMBS Certificates.

The Borrowers may prepay the mortgage loan in whole or in part at any time prior to November 2010 for the components of the mortgage loan corresponding to the Initial CMBS Certificates and November 2011 for the components of the mortgage loan corresponding to the Additional CMBS Certificates upon payment of the applicable prepayment consideration. The prepayment consideration is determined per class and consists of an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (1) the present value on the date of prepayment of all future installments of principal and interest required to be paid from the date of prepayment to and including the first due date that is nine months prior to the anticipated repayment date, assuming the entire unpaid principal amount of such class is required to be paid, over (2) that portion of the principal balance of such class prepaid on the date of such prepayment. If the prepayment occurs (i)

 

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within nine months of the anticipated repayment date, (ii) with proceeds received as a result of any condemnation or casualty of the Borrowers’ sites or (iii) during an amortization period, no prepayment consideration is due. The entire unpaid principal balance of the mortgage loan components corresponding to the Initial CMBS Certificates will be due in November 2035 and those corresponding to the Additional CMBS Certificates will be due in November 2036. However, to the extent that the full amount of the mortgage loan component corresponding to the Initial CMBS Certificates or the amount of the mortgage loan component corresponding to the Additional CMBS Certificates are not fully repaid by their respective anticipated repayment dates, the interest rate of each component would increase by approximately 5% plus any difference between the contractual weighted average fixed interest rate in effect at the time of issuance of the CMBS Certificates and the then current weighted average fixed interest rate. The mortgage loan may be defeased in whole at any time.

The mortgage loan is secured by (1) mortgages, deeds of trust and deeds to secure debt on substantially all of the Borrowers’ tower sites and their operating cash flows, (2) a security interest in substantially all of the Borrowers’ personal property and fixtures, (3) the Borrowers’ rights under the management agreement entered into with SBA Network Management, Inc. (“SBA Network Management”) relating to the management of the Borrowers’ tower sites by SBA Network Management pursuant to which SBA Network Management arranges for the payment of all operating expenses and the funding of all capital expenditures out of amounts on deposit in one or more operating accounts maintained on the Borrowers’ behalf, (4) the Borrowers’ rights under certain site management agreements, (5) the Borrowers’ rights under certain tenant leases, (6) the pledge by SBA CMBS-1 Guarantor LLC and SBA CMBS-1 Holdings, LLC of equity interests of the initial borrower and SBA CMBS-1 Guarantor LLC, (7) the various deposit accounts and collection account of the Borrowers and (8) all proceeds of the foregoing. For each calendar month, SBA Network Management is entitled to receive a management fee equal to 7.5% of the Borrowers’ operating revenues for the immediately preceding calendar month. This management fee was reduced from 10% in connection with the issuance of the Additional CMBS Certificates.

In connection with the issuance of the CMBS Certificates, we are required to fund a restricted cash amount, which represents the cash held in escrow pursuant to the mortgage loan governing the CMBS Certificates to fund certain reserve accounts for the payment of debt service costs, ground rents, real estate and personal property taxes, insurance premiums related to tower sites, trustee and service expenses, and to reserve a portion of advance rents from tenants on the 4,972 tower sites. Based on the terms of the CMBS Certificates, all rental cash receipts each month are restricted and held by the indenture trustee. The monies held by the indenture trustee are classified as restricted cash on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The monies held by the indenture trustee in excess of required reserve balances are subsequently released to the Borrowers on or before the 15 th calendar day following month end. However, if the debt service coverage ratio, defined as the Net Cash Flow (as defined in the mortgage loan agreement) divided by the amount of interest on the mortgage loan, servicing fees and trustee fees that the Borrowers will be required to pay over the succeeding twelve months, as of the end of any calendar quarter, falls to 1.30 times or lower, then all cash flow in excess of amounts required to make debt service payments, to fund required reserves, to pay management fees and budgeted operating expenses and to make other payments required under the loan documents, referred to as excess cash flow, will be deposited into a reserve account instead of being released to the Borrowers. The funds in the reserve account will not be released to the Borrowers unless the debt service coverage ratio exceeds 1.30 times for two consecutive calendar quarters. If the debt service coverage ratio falls below 1.15 times as of the end of any calendar quarter, then an “amortization period” will commence and all funds on deposit in the reserve account will be applied to prepay the mortgage loan until such time as the debt service coverage ratio exceeds 1.15 times for a calendar quarter. Otherwise, on a monthly basis, the excess cash flow of the Borrowers held by the Trustee after payment of principal, interest, reserves and expenses is distributed to the Borrowers. As of March 31, 2008, we met the required debt service coverage ratio as defined by the mortgage loan agreement.

0.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2010

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December 1, 2010. The Notes are convertible, at the holder’s option, into shares of our Class A common stock, at an initial conversion rate of 29.7992 shares per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (subject to certain customary adjustments), which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $33.56 per share or a 19% conversion premium based on the last reported sale price of $28.20 per share of Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on March 20, 2007. The Notes are only convertible under the following circumstances:

 

   

during any calendar quarter commencing at any time after June 30, 2007 and only during such calendar quarter, if the last reported sale price of our Class A common stock for at least 20 trading days in the 30 consecutive trading day period ending on the last trading day of the preceding calendar quarter is more than 130% of the applicable conversion price per share of Class A common stock on the last day of such preceding calendar quarter;

 

   

during the five business day period after any 10 consecutive trading day period in which the trading price of a Note for each day in the measurement period was less than 95% of the product of the last reported sale price of our Class A common stock and the applicable conversion rate;

 

   

if specified distributions to holders of our Class A common stock are made or specified corporate transactions occur; and

 

   

at any time on or after October 12, 2010.

Upon conversion, we have the right to settle the conversion of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes with any of the three following alternatives, at our option: delivery of (1) 29.7992 shares of our Class A common stock, (2) cash equal to the value of 29.7992 shares of our Class A common stock calculated at the market price per share of our Class A common stock at the time of conversion or (3) a combination of cash and shares of our Class A common stock.

Concurrently with the sale of the Notes, we entered into convertible note hedge transactions whereby we purchased from affiliates of two of the initial purchasers of the Notes, an option covering 10,429,720 shares of our Class A common stock at an initial price of $33.56 per share. Separately and concurrently with the sale of the Notes, we entered into sold warrant transactions whereby we sold to affiliates of two of the initial purchasers of the Notes warrants to acquire 10,429,720 shares of our Class A common stock at an initial exercise price of $55.00 per share. The convertible note hedge transactions and the sold warrant transactions, taken as a whole, effectively increase the conversion price of the Notes from $33.56 per share to $55.00 per share. As we cannot determine when, or whether, the Notes will be converted, the convertible note hedge transactions and the sold warrant transactions, taken as a whole, minimize the liquidity risk associated with early conversion of the Notes until such time that our Class A common stock is trading at a price above $55.00 per share (the upper strike of the sold warrants).

Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility

On January 18, 2008, SBA Senior Finance, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the SBA Communications, entered into a $285.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility. On March 5, 2008, SBA Senior Finance entered into a new lender supplement in connection with the senior secured revolving credit facility, which increased the commitment from $285.0 million to $335.0 million. The facility which may be borrowed, repaid and redrawn, subject to compliance with the financial and other covenants in the Senior Credit Agreement. Amounts borrowed under the facility are payable quarterly and accrue interest at LIBOR plus a margin that ranges from 150 basis points to 300 basis points or at a Base Rate (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement) plus a margin that ranges from 50 basis points to 200 basis points, in each case based on the Consolidated Total Debt to Annualized Borrower EBITDA ratio

 

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(as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement and discussed below). The facility will terminate and SBA Senior Finance will repay all amounts outstanding on the earlier of (i) the third anniversary of January 18, 2008 and (ii) the date which is three months prior to (x) the final maturity date of the Notes (or any instrument that refinances the Notes) or (y) the anticipated repayment date (November 9, 2010) of the Initial CMBS Certificates (or any other refinancing of these instruments). At the termination date, each lender under the facility may, in its sole discretion and upon the request of SBA Senior Finance, extend the maturity date of the facility for one additional year. The proceeds available under the facility may only be used for the construction or acquisition of towers and for ground lease buyouts.

The Senior Credit Agreement requires SBA Senior Finance and SBA Communications to maintain specific financial ratios, including, at the SBASF level, a Consolidated Total Debt to Annualized Borrower EBITDA ratio (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement) that does not exceed 6.9 for any fiscal quarter and an Annualized Borrower EBITDA to Annualized Cash Interest Expense ratio (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement) of not less than 2.0 for any fiscal quarter. In addition, SBA Communications’ ratio of Consolidated Total Net Debt to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the Senior Credit Agreement) for any fiscal quarter cannot exceed 9.9. The Senior Credit Agreement also contains customary affirmative and negative covenants that, among other things, limit SBA Senior Finance’s ability to incur indebtedness, grant certain liens, make certain investments, enter into sale leaseback transactions or merge or consolidate, or engage in certain asset dispositions, including a sale of all or substantially all of our assets. As of March 31, 2008, we were in full compliance with the financial covenants contained in this agreement.

Upon the occurrence of certain bankruptcy and insolvency events with respect to SBA Communications or certain of our subsidiaries, the revolving credit loans automatically terminate and all amounts due under the Senior Credit Agreement and certain other loan documents become immediately due and payable. If certain other events of default occur, including failure to pay the principal and interest when due, a breach of the Company’s negative covenants, or failure to perform any other requirement in the Senior Credit Agreement, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (as described below) and/or certain other debt instruments, including the Notes and the CMBS Certificates, then with the permission of a majority of the lenders, the revolving credit commitments will terminate and all amounts due under the Senior Credit Agreement and certain other loan documents become immediately due and payable.

In connection with the senior secured revolving credit facility, we entered into a Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, pursuant to which SBA Communications, Telecommunications and substantially all of the domestic subsidiaries of SBA Senior Finance which are not Borrowers under the CMBS Certificates guaranteed amounts owed under the senior secured revolving credit facility. Amounts borrowed under the senior secured revolving credit facility will be secured by a first lien on substantially all of SBA Senior Finance’s assets not previously pledged under the CMBS Certificates and substantially all of the assets of the guarantors, other than leasehold, easement or fee interests in real property including SBA Communications and SBA Telecommunications.

As of April 30, 2008, availability under the credit facility was approximately $227.5 million, of which $20.0 million is currently outstanding.

Inflation

The impact of inflation on our operations has not been significant to date. However, we cannot assure you that a high rate of inflation in the future will not adversely affect our operating results particularly in light of the fact that our site leasing revenues are governed by long-term contracts with pre-determined pricing that we will not be able to increase in response to increases in inflation.

 

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In March 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, an Amendment to FASB Statement No. 133.” SFAS No. 161 establishes the disclosure requirements for derivative instruments and hedging activities and expands the disclosure requirements of FASB No. 133. SFAS No. 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. We are currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS No. 161 will have on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

In December 2007, FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R), “Business Combinations” (“SFAS No. 141(R)”) which requires the acquiring entity in a business combination to record all assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their respective acquisition-date fair values and changes other practices under SFAS No. 141, some of which could have a material impact on how we account for business combinations. These changes include, among other things expensing acquisition costs as incurred as a component of selling, general and administrative expenses. We presently capitalize these acquisition costs. SFAS No. 141(R) also requires additional disclosure of information surrounding a business combination, such that users of the entity’s financial statements can fully understand the nature and financial impact of business combinations. SFAS No. 141(R) is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. We are currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS No. 141 (R) will have on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

In December 2007, FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Non-controlling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements” (“SFAS No. 160”) which requires entities to report non-controlling (minority) interest in subsidiaries as equity in the consolidated financial statements. The adoption of SFAS No. 160 is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

In February 2007, FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115,” (“SFAS No. 159”) which provides companies with an option to report selected financial assets and liabilities at their fair values. The objective is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions. This Statement is expected to expand the use of fair value measurement, which is consistent with FASB’s long-term measurement objectives for accounting for financial instruments. SFAS No. 159 became effective for the Company on January 1, 2008. The adoption of SFAS No. 159 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157 “Fair Value Measurements,” which defines fair value, establishes guidelines for measuring fair value and expands disclosures regarding fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. However, in February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) SFAS No. 157-1 and FSP SFAS No. 157-2. FSP No. 157-1 amends SFAS No. 157 to exclude SFAS No. 13 “Accounting for Leases” and other accounting pronouncements that address fair value measurements for purposes of lease classification or measurement under SFAS No. 13. FSP SFAS No. 157-2 delays the effective date of SFAS No. 157 for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except those that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually). This FSP partially defers the effective date of SFAS No. 157 to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years for items within the scope of this FSP. Effective January 1, 2008, the guidelines of SFAS No. 157 were applied in recording our short-term investments at their fair

 

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market value, which valuation is further discussed in Note 3. At January 31, 2008, the adoption of SFAS No. 157 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

ITEM 3: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We are exposed to certain market risks that are inherent in our financial instruments. These instruments arise from transactions entered into in the normal course of business.

The following table presents the future principal payment obligations and interest rates associated with our debt instruments assuming our actual level of indebtedness as of March 31, 2008:

 

     2008    2009    2010    2011    2012    Thereafter    Total    Fair
Value
     (in thousands)

Long-term debt:

                       

Fixed rate CMBS Certificates (1)

   $ —      $ —      $ 405,000    $ 1,150,000    $ —      $ —      $ 1,555,000    $ 1,478,013

0.375% Convertible Senior Notes

   $ —      $ —      $ 350,000    $ —      $ —      $ —      $ 350,000    $ 375,375

Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility

   $ —      $ —      $ 40,000    $ —      $ —      $ —      $ 40,000    $ 40,000

 

(1)

The anticipated repayment date is November 2010 for the $405,000 of Initial CMBS Certificates and November 2011 for the $1,150,000 Additional CMBS Certificates.

Our current primary market risk exposure is interest rate risk relating to (1) the impact of interest rate movements on our ability to refinance the CMBS Certificates on their expected repayment dates or at maturity at market rates, (2) our ability to meet financial covenants and (3) the interest rate associated with our floating rate loans that are outstanding under the senior secured revolving credit facility. We manage the interest rate risk on our outstanding debt through our large percentage of fixed rate debt. While we cannot predict or manage our ability to refinance existing debt or the impact interest rate movements will have on our existing debt, we continue to evaluate our financial position on an ongoing basis.

We also face market risk exposure associated with our investment in auction rate securities. The current conditions in the credit markets have resulted in a cumulative other-than-temporary impairment of these securities of $18.0 million as of March 31, 2008. Continued deterioration in the credit and equity markets, continued failed auctions or the lack of a developing secondary market may all potentially cause further impairment in the value of these securities or negatively impact our ability to liquidate these securities.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This quarterly report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements concern expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. Specifically, this quarterly report contains forward-looking statements regarding:

 

   

our expectations that site leasing revenues will continue to grow as wireless service providers lease additional space on our towers due to increasing minutes use, network expansion and network coverage requirements;

 

   

our intention to build 80 to 100 new towers during 2008;

 

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our belief that our site leasing business is characterized by stable and long-term recurring revenues, predictable operating costs and minimal capital expenditures;

 

   

our expectations regarding the growth of our cash flows by adding tenants to our towers at minimal incremental costs by using existing tower capacity or requiring wireless service providers to bear all or a portion of the cost of tower modifications;

 

   

actions we may pursue to manage our leverage position and ensure continued compliance with our financial covenants;

 

   

our estimates regarding our liquidity, capital expenditures and sources of both, and our ability to fund operations and meet our obligations as they become due;

 

   

our expectations regarding our cash capital expenditures in 2008 for maintenance and augmentation and for new tower builds, tower acquisitions and ground lease purchases and our ability to fund such cash capital expenditures;

 

   

our expectations regarding the amount of future expenditures required to maintain our towers;

 

   

our estimates regarding our annual debt service in 2008 and thereafter, and our belief that our cash flows from operations for the next twelve months will be sufficient to service our outstanding debt during the next twelve months;

 

   

our estimates of the fair value of our auction rate securities, our expectations regarding our ability to liquidate such securities and our intention to liquidate these securities within the next twelve months; and

 

   

our estimates regarding certain accounting and tax matters, including the adoption of certain accounting pronouncements and the availability of sufficient net operating losses to offset future taxable income.

These forward-looking statements reflect our current views about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. We wish to caution readers that certain important factors may have affected and could in the future affect our actual results and could cause actual results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. The most important factors that could prevent us from achieving our goals, and cause the assumptions underlying forward-looking statements and the actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by those forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

   

our ability to sufficiently increase our revenues and maintain expenses and cash capital expenditures at appropriate levels to permit us to meet our anticipated uses of liquidity for operations and estimated portfolio growth;

 

   

the ability of our clients to access sufficient capital or their willingness to expend capital to fund network expansion or enhancements;

 

   

our ability to continue to comply with covenants and the terms of our credit instruments;

 

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our ability to secure as many site leasing tenants as planned, including our ability to retain current leases on towers and deal with the impact, if any, of recent consolidation among wireless service providers;

 

   

our ability to identify towers and land underneath towers that would be attractive to our clients and accretive to our financial results; and to negotiate and consummate agreements to acquire such towers and land;

 

   

our ability to build 80 to 100 towers in 2008;

 

   

our ability to secure and deliver anticipated services business at contemplated margins;

 

   

our ability to identify and successfully consummate actions to manage our leverage position and ensure continued compliance with our financial covenants;

 

   

market conditions that may affect the fair value and liquidity of our short-term investments, and may, impact our ability to liquidated these securities within the next twelve months;

 

   

our ability to successfully and timely address zoning issues, permitting and other issues that arise in connection with the building of new towers;

 

   

our ability to realize economies of scale from our tower portfolio;

 

   

the business climate for the wireless communications industry in general and the wireless communications infrastructure providers in particular;

 

   

the continued use of towers and dependence on outsourced site development services by the wireless communications industry; and

 

   

our ability to successfully estimate certain accounting and tax matters, including the effect on our company of adopting certain accounting pronouncements and the availability of sufficient net operating losses to offset taxable income.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This report contains certain non-GAAP measures, including Adjusted EBITDA and Segment Operating Profit information. We have provided below a description of such non-GAAP measures, a reconciliation of such non-GAAP measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures, an explanation as to why management utilizes these measures, their respective limitations and how management compensates for such limitations.

Adjusted EBITDA

We define Adjusted EBITDA as net loss excluding the impact of net interest expense (including amortization of deferred financing fees), provision for taxes, depreciation, accretion and amortization, asset impairment and other charges, non-cash compensation, loss from the write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt, other income and expenses, non-cash leasing revenue, non-cash ground lease expense and one-time costs related to transition and integration costs in connection with the AAT Acquisition. We have included this non-GAAP financial measure because we believe this item is an indicator of the performance of our core operations and reflects the changes in our operating results. Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to be an alternative measure of operating income or gross profit margin as determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

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The Non-GAAP measurement of Adjusted EBITDA has certain material limitations, including:

 

   

it does not include interest expense. Because we have borrowed money in order to finance our operations, interest expense is a necessary element of our costs and ability to generate profits and cash flows. Therefore any measure that excludes interest expense has material limitations,

 

   

it does not include depreciation and amortization expense. Because we use capital assets, depreciation and amortization expense is a necessary element of our costs and ability to generate profits. Therefore any measure that excludes depreciation and amortization expense has material limitations,

 

   

it does not include provision for taxes. Because the payment of taxes is a necessary element of our costs, particularly in the future, any measure that excludes tax expense has material limitations,

 

   

it does not include non-cash expenses such as asset impairment and other charges, non-cash compensation, other expenses/income, non-cash leasing revenue and non-cash ground lease expense. Because these non-cash items are a necessary element of our costs and our ability to generate profits, any measure that excludes these non-cash items has material limitations, and

 

   

it does not include costs related to transition and integration incurred in connection with the AAT Acquisition. Because these costs are indicative of actual expenses incurred by us, any measure that excludes these costs has material limitations.

We compensate for these limitations by using Adjusted EBITDA as only one of several comparative tools, together with GAAP measurements, to assist in the evaluation of our profitability and operating results.

 

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The reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA is as follows:

 

     For the three months
ended March 31,
 
     2008     2007  
     (in thousands)  

Net loss

   $ (14,634 )   $ (16,394 )

Interest income

     (2,098 )     (1,226 )

Interest expense

     26,144       24,788  

Depreciation, accretion and amortization

     47,353       40,293  

Provision for income taxes (1)

     446       327  

Non-cash compensation

     1,535       1,417  

Non-cash leasing revenue

     (1,996 )     (2,396 )

Non-cash ground lease expense

     2,352       2,242  

Other income

     2,348       (35 )

AAT integration costs

     —         5  
                

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 61,450     $ 49,021  
                

 

(1)

This amount includes $368 and $235 of franchise taxes reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Operations in selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007 respectively.

Segment Operating Profit

Each respective Segment Operating Profit is defined as segment revenues less segment cost of revenues (excluding depreciation, accretion and amortization). Total Segment Operating Profit is the total of the operating profits of the three segments. Segment Operating Profit is, in our opinion, an indicator of the operating performance of our site leasing and site development segments and is used to provide management with the ability to monitor the operating results and margin of each segment, while excluding the impact of depreciation and amortization which is largely fixed. Segment Operating Profit is not intended to be an alternative measure of revenue or gross profit as determined in accordance with GAAP.

The Non-GAAP measurement of Segment Operating Profit has certain material limitations. Specifically this measurement does not include depreciation, accretion and amortization expense. As we use capital assets in our business, depreciation, accretion and amortization expense is a necessary element of our costs and ability to generate profit. Therefore, any measure that excludes depreciation, accretion and amortization expense has material limitations. We compensate for these limitations by using Segment Operating Profit as only one of several comparative tools, together with GAAP measurements, to assist in the evaluation of the operating performance of our segments.

 

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     Site leasing segment  
     For the three months
ended March 31,
 
     2008     2007  
     (in thousands)  

Segment revenue

   $ 89,375     $ 76,510  

Segment cost of revenues (excluding depreciation, accretion and amortization)

     (22,047 )     (20,588 )
                

Segment operating profit

   $ 67,328     $ 55,922  
                
     Site development
consulting segment
 
     For the three months
ended March 31,
 
     2008     2007  
     (in thousands)  

Segment revenue

   $ 4,985     $ 4,717  

Segment cost of revenues (excluding depreciation, accretion and amortization)

     (4,192 )     (3,862 )
                

Segment operating profit

   $ 793     $ 855  
                
     Site development
construction segment
 
     For the three months
ended March 31,
 
     2008     2007  
     (in thousands)  

Segment revenue

   $ 15,557     $ 14,581  

Segment cost of revenues (excluding depreciation, accretion and amortization)

     (13,996 )     (13,016 )
                

Segment operating profit

   $ 1,561     $ 1,565  
                

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

In order to ensure that the information we must disclose in our filings with the SEC is recorded, processed, summarized and reported on a timely basis, we have formalized our disclosure controls and procedures. Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have reviewed and evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e), as of March 31, 2008. Based on such evaluation, such officers have concluded that, as of March 31, 2008, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2008 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

(a) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

10.35C    Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, made and entered into as of January 1, 2008, between SBA Communications Corporation and Jeffrey A. Stoops.
10.57A    Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, made and entered into as of January 1, 2008, between SBA Communications Corporation and Kurt L. Bagwell.
10.58A    Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, made and entered into as of January 1, 2008, between SBA Communications Corporation and Thomas P. Hunt.
10.59A    Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, made and entered into as of January 1, 2008, between SBA Communications Corporation and Anthony J. Macaione.
10.66    $285,000,000 Credit Agreement, dated as of January 18, 2008, among SBA Senior Finance, Inc., as borrower, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to the credit agreement (the “Lenders”), Wachovia Bank, National Association and Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., as co-syndication agents, Citicorp North America, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as co-documentation agents, and Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as administrative agent. (1)
10.67    Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of January 18, 2008, by SBA Communications Corporation, SBA Telecommunications, Inc., SBA Senior Finance, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries in favor of Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as administrative agent. (1)
10.68    New Lender Supplement, effective March 6, 2008, entered into between SBA Senior Finance, Inc. and The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc and accepted by Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent, and The Toronto-Dominion Bank, as Issuing Lender. (2)
31.1    Certification by Jeffrey A. Stoops, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2    Certification by Anthony J. Macaione, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1    Certification by Jeffrey A. Stoops, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2    Certification by Anthony J. Macaione, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

(1)

Filed with the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 24, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.

(2)

Filed with the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

    SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
May 7, 2008  

/s/ Jeffrey A. Stoops

  Jeffrey A. Stoops
  Chief Executive Officer
  (Duly Authorized Officer)
May 7, 2008  

/s/ Anthony J. Macaione

  Anthony J. Macaione
  Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

10.35C    Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, made and entered into as of January 1, 2008, between SBA Communications Corporation and Jeffrey A. Stoops.
10.57A    Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, made and entered into as of January 1, 2008, between SBA Communications Corporation and Kurt L. Bagwell.
10.58A    Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, made and entered into as of January 1, 2008, between SBA Communications Corporation and Thomas P. Hunt.
10.59A    Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, made and entered into as of January 1, 2008, between SBA Communications Corporation and Anthony J. Macaione.
31.1    Certification by Jeffrey A. Stoops, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2    Certification by Anthony J. Macaione, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1    Certification by Jeffrey A. Stoops, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2    Certification by Anthony J. Macaione, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
EX-10.35C 2 dex1035c.htm EXHIBIT 10.35C Exhibit 10.35C

Exhibit 10.35C

AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) among SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a Florida corporation (the “Company”) and JEFFREY A. STOOPS (the “Executive”) is made and entered into as of January 1, 2008 (the “Restatement Date”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company Group”) engage in the business of developing, leasing and maintaining wireless telecommunications tower sites and other related businesses;

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive have previously entered into an Employment Agreement, dated February 28, 2003, as amended on June 24, 2005 and again on November 10, 2005 (the “Original Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive understood that the Original Agreement would need to be revised in order to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Code”), and the Company and the Executive now desire to revise the Original Agreement to bring it into compliance; and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive wish to replace the Original Agreement as of the Restatement Date with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed by and between the parties as follows:

1. EMPLOYMENT. The Company hereby agrees to employ the Executive and the Executive hereby agrees to be employed by the Company on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

2. TERM. The term of employment of the Executive by the Company Group hereunder commenced as of January 1, 2003 (the “Effective Date”) and shall end December 31, 2008 (the “Initial Term”), unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided or automatically extended in accordance with Section 7(a). All references herein to the “Term” shall refer to both the Initial Term and any automatic extension of the term that occurs in accordance with Section 7(a) during the Initial Term.

3. POSITION AND DUTIES.

The Executive shall serve as the president and chief executive officer of the Company and any other positions within the Company Group as determined from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Company Board”). The Executive shall generally perform the duties of a president and chief executive officer for the Company and shall have such specific responsibilities, duties and authorities as shall from time to time be assigned by the Company Board or the applicable subsidiary. The Executive shall devote substantially all his working time and efforts to the business and affairs of the Company Group.

 

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4. COMPENSATION AND RELATED MATTERS.

(a) Salary. During the Term, the Executive shall be paid an annual salary at a rate of $416,394 per annum, which amount may be increased but not decreased by the Company Board (the “Base Salary”). The Company shall pay the Base Salary in accordance with its regular payroll practices as in effect from time to time. Compensation of the Executive by payments of Base Salary shall not be deemed exclusive and shall not prevent the Executive from participating in any other compensation or benefit plan of the Company Group.

(b) Bonuses. In addition to the Base Salary payable to the Executive hereunder, the Executive shall be entitled to receive a bonus (the “Bonus”) hereunder for each calendar year (prorated for periods of service less than a full calendar year, including any final year of service) to the extent earned in accordance with performance targets, measurements and such other criteria as shall be established for such year by the Company and the Company on or before March 31st of such year. The annual amount of Bonus paid pursuant to this Section 4(b) shall not be greater than the Base Salary paid to the Executive for such year. The Bonus shall be payable in accordance with the Company’s customary bonus payment practices, but in no event later than March 15th of the succeeding calendar year.

(c) Expenses. During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to receive payment or reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Executive in performing services hereunder, including all expenses of travel and living expenses while away from home on business or at the request of and in the service of the Company Group, cell phone expenses and dues and seminar fees (including, without limitation, the cost of seminars, educational courses and license fees not to exceed $5,000 per annum necessary for the Executive to maintain his active status as a Florida licensed attorney at law); provided that such expenses are incurred and accounted for in accordance with the policies and procedures then established by the Company Group from time to time; provided further that the reimbursement of dues and seminar fees in any one calendar year shall not impact the amount of dues and seminar fees reimbursable in any other calendar year; provided further that reimbursement shall be made as soon as practicable after a request for reimbursement is received by the Company Group in accordance with the Company’s customary expense reimbursement practices, but in no event later than the last day of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which the expense is incurred.

(d) Other Benefits. The Executive shall be entitled to participate in or receive benefits under any employee benefit plan or arrangement made available by the Company Group in the future to its executives and key management employees, subject to and on a basis consistent with the terms, conditions and overall administration of such plans and arrangements, which benefits shall include disability insurance for as long as the Company Group generally provides disability insurance to its officers. Any payments, bonuses or benefits payable to the Executive hereunder in respect of any calendar year during which the Executive is employed by the Company Group for less than the entire such year shall, unless otherwise provided in the applicable plan or arrangement, be prorated in accordance with the number of days in such calendar year during which the Executive is so employed.

 

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(e) Group or Family Medical Coverage. The Company shall immediately cause to be provided group or family medical insurance coverage to the Executive and his dependents under a plan for employees of the Company Group and such plan shall include reasonable coverage for medical, hospital, surgical and major medical expenses and shall be subject to such deductibles as applicable to other Company Group employees.

5. WITHHOLDING. Both the Executive and the Company agree that all amounts paid pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to all applicable federal, state, local and foreign withholding requirements.

6. TERMINATION. Subject to the provisions set forth in this Section 6, the Company Group shall have the right to terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder, and the Executive shall have the right to resign his employment with the Company Group, at any time for any reason or for no stated reason. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms “terminate,” “terminated,” “termination” and “resignation” mean a termination of the Executive’s employment that constitutes a Separation from Service (as defined in Section 6(e)(v) hereof).

(a) General. Upon a termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, he shall be entitled to receive the following amounts on the next regularly scheduled payroll date after the date of the Executive’s termination of employment: (i) any accrued and unpaid Base Salary determined as of his date of termination, (ii) a cash payment (calculated on the basis of his Base Salary then in effect) for all unused vacation days which the Executive may have accrued as of his date of termination and (iii) any unpaid reimbursement for business expenses the Executive is entitled to receive under Section 4(c) above.

(b) Termination for Cause; Resignation Without Good Reason.

(i) If, prior to the expiration of the Term, the Executive’s employment with the Company Group is terminated by the Company Group for Cause (as defined below) or if the Executive resigns without Good Reason (as defined below), he shall be entitled to the payments set forth in Section 6(a). Except to the extent required by the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plan or program or otherwise required by applicable law, the Executive shall have no right under this Agreement or otherwise to receive any other compensation or to participate in any other plan, program or arrangement after such termination or resignation of employment with respect to the year of such termination or resignation and later years.

(ii) “Cause” means any of the following events: (A) the Executive’s willful material violation of any law or regulation applicable to the business of the Company Group; (B) the Executive’s conviction of, or plea of “no contest” to, a felony; (C) any willful perpetration by the Executive of an act involving moral turpitude or common law fraud whether or not related to his activities on behalf of the Company Group; (D) any act of gross negligence by the Executive in the performance of his duties as an employee of the Company Group; (E) any material violation of the employee manuals of the Company Group, as in effect from time to time; or (F) any willful misconduct by the Executive that is materially injurious to the financial condition, business, or reputation of, or is otherwise materially injurious to, the Company Group.

 

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(iii) Termination of the Executive’s employment for Cause shall be communicated by delivery to the Executive of a written notice from the Company Board and the Company Board stating that the Executive will be terminated for Cause, specifying the particulars thereof and the effective date of such termination; provided, however, that upon receipt of such notice, the Executive shall have (A) an opportunity to cure the matter constituting Cause within a measurable period of time and (B) an opportunity, together with his counsel, to be heard by the Company Board and the Company Board. The date of a resignation by the Executive shall be the date specified in a written notice of resignation to the Company. The Executive shall provide at least 30 days’ advance written notice of resignation without Good Reason; provided, however, that the Company Group, in its sole discretion, may waive the notice requirement in whole or in part.

(c) Termination Without Cause; Resignation for Good Reason.

(i) If, prior to the expiration of the Term, the Executive’s employment with the Company Group is terminated by the Company Group without Cause or if the Executive resigns from his employment hereunder for Good Reason, then in addition to the amounts set forth in Section 6(a), the Executive shall be entitled to the following payments (collectively, the “Severance Payments”): (A) a pro rata portion of the Bonus for the year in which the termination or resignation occurs calculated by multiplying (x) the Bonus for the year of termination (based and on the assumption that all performance targets have been or will be achieved) by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days the Executive was employed during the year of termination and denominator of which is 365; and (B) a payment equal to three (3) times the sum of (x) the Reference Salary, (y) the Reference Bonus and (z) the Reference Benefits Value (each as defined below).

(ii) Subject to Section 6(e) hereof, the Severance Payments shall be payable in a lump sum on the first business day of the third calendar month following the calendar month in which the Executive’s termination or resignation becomes effective in accordance with this Section 6(c).

(iii) Payment of the Severance Payments, whether pursuant to this Section 6(c) or pursuant to Section 7, shall be contingent upon the Executive executing a full release and waiver of claims against the Company Group (which release and waiver of claims, once executed and irrevocable, shall not apply to the Company’s obligation to make the Severance Payments hereunder), in a form approved by the Company Board, which becomes irrevocable not later than the last day of the second calendar month following the calendar month in which the Executive’s termination or resignation becomes effective in accordance with this Section 6(c).

(iv) “Reference Benefits Value” means the greater of (1) $33,560 and (2) the value of all medical, dental, health, life, and other fringe benefit plans and arrangements applicable to the Executive and his dependents for the year in which the termination occurs.

(v) “Reference Bonus” means the greater of (1) $312,295.50, (2) 75% of the Executive’s target Bonus for the year in which the termination occurs and (3) 100% of the Executive’s Bonus for the year immediately preceding the year in which the Executive’s termination of employment occurred.

 

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(vi) “Reference Salary” means the greater of (1) $416,394 and (2) the Executive’s annual rate of Base Salary for the year in which the termination occurs.

(vii) Resignation for “Good Reason” means the occurrence of any of the following events: (A) the Executive’s position, title, duties, and reporting responsibilities with the Company in effect on the Effective Date become less favorable in any material respect, (B) a reduction in the Base Salary, Bonus or material benefits as of the Effective Date or (C) the relocation of the Executive’s principal place of business to a location that is more than twenty (20) miles from the Executive’s primary business location on the Effective Date without the Executive’s consent. In order to constitute Good Reason, (x) the Executive must provide written notification of his intention to resign within thirty (30) days after the Executive knows or has reason to know of the occurrence of any such event, and (y) such event or condition is not corrected, in all material respects, by the Company within twenty (20) days of its receipt of such notice and (z) the Executive resigns his employment with the Company and the Company not more than thirty (30) days following the expiration of the 20-day period described in the foregoing clause (y).

(viii) The date of termination of employment without Cause shall be the date specified in a written notice of termination to the Executive. The date of resignation for Good Reason shall be the date specified in a written notice of resignation from the Executive to the Company and the Company; provided, however, that no such written notice shall be effective unless the cure period specified in Section 6(c)(vii) above has expired without the Company Group having corrected the event or events subject to cure.

(d) Disability; Death. If, as a result of the Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness (such incapacity being determined by the Company Group in its reasonable discretion), the Executive shall have been absent from his full-time duties as described hereunder for the entire period of six (6) consecutive months, the Executive’s employment shall terminate at the end of the six (6) month period. Upon a termination pursuant to this Section 6(d) or as a result of the Executive’s death, the Executive (or his estate, as applicable) shall be entitled to the benefits set forth in Section 6(a). Except to the extent required by the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plan or program or otherwise required by applicable law, the Executive shall have no right under this Agreement or otherwise to receive any other compensation or to participate in any other plan, program or arrangement after such termination.

(e) Section 409A Compliance.

(i) If, at the time of the Executive’s termination or resignation with the Company Group, the Executive is a Specified Employee (as defined below), then any amounts payable to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement prior to the 6-month anniversary of the Executive’s date of termination or resignation (the “Short-Term Deferral Date”) shall be delayed and not paid to the Executive until the first business day following the Short-Term Deferral Date, at which time such delayed amounts will be paid to the Executive in a cash lump sum (the “Catch-Up Amount”).

 

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(ii) If payment of an amount is delayed as a result of this Section 6(e), such amount shall be increased with interest from the date on which such amount would otherwise have been paid to the Executive but for this Section 6(e) to the day prior to the date the Catch-Up Amount is paid. The rate of interest shall be the applicable short-term federal rate applicable under Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code for the month in which the date of the Executive’s termination or resignation occurs. Such interest shall be paid at the same time that the Catch-Up Amount is paid.

(iii) If the Executive dies on or after the date of the Executive’s termination or resignation and prior to the Short-Term Deferral Date, any amount delayed pursuant to this Section 6(e) shall be paid to the Executive’s estate or beneficiary, as applicable, together with interest, within 30 days following the date of the Executive’s death.

(iv) “Specified Employee” has the meaning set forth in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code. The determination of whether the Executive constitutes a Specified Employee on the date of his termination or resignation shall be made in accordance with the Company’s established methodology for determining Specified Employees.

(v) “Separation from Service” means a “separation from service” from the Company Group within the meaning of the default rules under the final regulations issued pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.

(vi) The provisions of this Section 6(e) shall apply notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement related to the timing of payments following the Executive’s termination or resignation.

7. CHANGE IN CONTROL.

(a) The Term shall automatically be extended for three (3) years following the effective date of a Change in Control of the Company (as defined below).

(b) A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred when:

(i) any person other than Steven E. Bernstein is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined) in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then- outstanding securities; or

(ii) the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors then serving: individuals who constitute the Company Board as of the Effective Date and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including, but not limited to, a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the Company Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors on the date hereof or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended; or

 

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(iii) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company, other than (A) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof), in combination with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary, at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (B) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no person is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its affiliates other than in connection with the securities acquired directly from the Company or its affiliates other than in connection with the acquisition by the Company or its affiliates of a business) representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or

(iv) the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity, at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.

8. REDUCTION OF PAYMENTS.

(a) In the event that any amount or benefit paid, distributed or otherwise provided to the Executive by the Company, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise (collectively, the “Covered Payments”), is or becomes subject to the tax (the “Excise Tax”) imposed under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the “Code”), or any similar tax that may hereafter be imposed, the Company shall have the right to reduce the amount of the Severance Payments payable to the Executive under this Agreement such that the present value of all Covered Payments (as determined under the Code and the applicable regulations) does not constitute a “parachute payment” for purposes of Section 280G of the Code. In making any such reduction, the Company shall reduce the amount described in Section 6(c)(i)(B) hereof prior to reducing the amount described in Section 6(c)(i)(A) hereof.

(b) For purposes of determining whether any of the Covered Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax:

(i) such Covered Payments will be treated as “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, but no “parachute payments” in excess of the “base amount” shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax, unless, and except to the extent that,

 

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in the opinion of the Company’s independent certified public accountants or tax counsel selected by such accountants (the “Accountants”), there is no substantial authority that such Covered Payments (in whole or in part) either do not constitute “parachute payments” or represent reasonable compensation for services actually rendered (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4) of the Code) in excess of the “base amount”, and

(ii) the value of any non-cash benefits or any deferred payment or benefit shall be determined by the Accountants in accordance with the principles of Section 280G of the Code.

(c) The Company shall apply the provisions of this Section 8(c) in a reasonable manner and in good faith in accordance with then prevailing practices in the interpretation and application of Section 280G of the Code. For purposes of applying the provisions of this Section 8, the Company shall be entitled to rely on the written advice of legal counsel or a nationally recognized accounting firm as to whether one or more Covered Payments constitute “parachute payments” under Section 280G of the Code.

9. PROTECTION OF THE COMPANY’S INTERESTS.

(a) No Competing Employment. For so long as the Executive is employed by the Company Group and during a period of two (2) years after his employment with the Company Group has been terminated (such period being referred to hereinafter as the “Restricted Period”), the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company Board and the Company Board, directly or indirectly, own an interest in, manage, operate, join, control, lend money or render financial or other assistance to or participate in or be connected with, as an officer, employee, partner, stockholder, consultant or otherwise, any individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other business organization or entity that competes with the business of the Company Group by providing any goods or services provided or under development by the Company Group at the effective date of the Executive’s termination of employment (the “Business”); provided, however, that this Section 9(a) shall not proscribe the Executive’s ownership, either directly or indirectly, of less than one (1) percent of any class of securities which are listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on the automated quotation system of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

(b) No Interference. During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, whether for his own account or for the account of any other individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other business organization (other than the Company Group), (i) solicit, or endeavor to entice away from the Company Group, or otherwise interfere with the relationship of the Company Group with, any person or entity who is, or was within the then most recent twelve-month period, (A) employed by, or otherwise engaged to perform services for, the Company Group, or (B) a customer or client of the Company Group or (ii) assist or encourage any other person in carrying out, directly or indirectly, any activity that would be prohibited by the provisions of this Section 9(b) if such activity were carried out by the Executive, and, in particular, the Executive agrees that he will not, directly or indirectly, induce any employee of the Company Group to carry out any such activity, or (iii) otherwise interfere with the business of the Company Group.

 

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(c) Non-Disparagement. During the Restricted Period and thereafter, the Executive shall not intentionally make any public statement, or publicly release any information, that disparages or defames the Company Group, or any of its officers and directors, and shall not intentionally cause or encourage any other person to make any such statement or publicly release any such information.

(d) Confidentiality. The Executive understands and acknowledges that in the course of his employment, he has had and will continue to have access to and will learn confidential information regarding the Company Group that concerns the technological innovations, operations and methodologies of the Company Group, including, without limitation, business plans, financial information, protocols, proposals, manuals, procedures and guidelines, computer source codes, programs, software, know-how and specifications, inventions, copyrights, trade secrets, market information, Developments (as hereinafter defined), data and customer information (collectively, “Proprietary Information”). The Executive recognizes that the use or disclosure of Proprietary Information could cause the Company Group substantial loss and damages which could not be readily calculated, and for which no remedy at law would be adequate. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that during the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing in perpetuity thereafter, he shall keep confidential and shall not directly or indirectly disclose any such Proprietary Information to any third party, except as required to fulfill his duties in connection with his employment by the Company Group, and shall not misuse, misappropriate or exploit such Proprietary Information in any way. The restrictions contained herein shall not apply to any information which the Executive can demonstrate (i) was already available to the public at the time of disclosure, or subsequently became available to the public, otherwise than by breach of this Agreement or (ii) was the subject of a court order to disclose.

Developments” shall mean all data, discoveries, findings, reports, designs, inventions, improvements, methods, practices, techniques, developments, programs, concepts and ideas, whether or not patentable, and works of authorship, relating to the present or planned activities, or the products and services of the Company.

(e) Exclusive Property. The Executive confirms that all Proprietary Information is and shall remain the exclusive property of the Company Group. All business records, papers and documents kept or made by him relating to the business of the Company Group shall be and remain the property of the Company Group. Upon the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company Group or upon the request of the Company Group at any time, he shall promptly deliver to the Company Group, and shall not without the consent of the Company and the Company retain copies of, any written materials not previously made available to the public, or records and documents made by the Executive or coming into his possession concerning the business or affairs of the Company Group; provided, however, that subsequent to any such termination, the Company Group shall provide the Executive with copies (the cost of which shall be borne by the Executive) of any documents which are requested by the Executive and which he has determined in good faith are (i) required to establish a defense to a claim that the Executive has not complied with his duties hereunder or (ii) necessary to the Executive in order to comply with applicable law.

 

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(f) Assignment of Developments. During the Executive’s employment, all Developments that are at any time made, reduced to practice, conceived or suggested by him, whether acting alone or in conjunction with others, shall be the sole and absolute property of the Company Group, free of any reserved or other rights of any kind on his part, and the Executive hereby irrevocably assigns, conveys and transfers any and all right, title and interest that he may have in such Developments to the Company Group. If such Developments were made, reduced to practice, conceived or suggested by the Executive during or as a result of his employment relationship with the Company Group, the Executive shall promptly make full disclosure of any such Developments to the Company Group and, at the Company’s cost and expense, do all acts and things (including, among others, the execution and delivery under oath of patent and copyright applications and instruments of assignment) deemed by the Company Group to be necessary or desirable at any time in order to effect the full assignment to the Company Group, of his right and title, if any, to such Developments. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that any invention, concept, design or discovery that concretely relates to or is associated with the Executive’s work for the Company Group that is described in a patent application or is disclosed to a third party directly or indirectly by the Executive during the Restricted Period shall be the property of and owned by the Company Group and such disclosure by patent application (except by way of a patent application filed by the Company Group) or otherwise shall constitute a breach of Section 8(a) above.

(g) Injunctive Relief. Without intending to limit the remedies available to the Company Group, the Executive acknowledge that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 8 may result in material irreparable injury to the Company Group for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of such a breach or threat thereof, the Company Group shall be entitled to obtain a temporary restraining order and/or a preliminary or permanent injunction restraining the Executive from engaging in activities prohibited by this Section 9 or such other relief as may be required to specifically enforce any of the covenants in this Section 9.

(h) Enforceability. Should any of the time periods or the geographic area set forth in this Section 9 be held to be unreasonable by any court of competent subject matter jurisdiction, the parties hereto agree to petition such court to reduce the time period or geographic area to the maximum permitted by governing law.

10. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The Executive hereby consents to the assignment by SBA Properties, Inc. to the Company, and the assumption by the Company, of all of SBA Properties, Inc.’s rights and obligations under the Agreement. The Executive acknowledges and agrees, for himself and each of his respective heirs, executors, administrators, representatives, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Assigns”), that the Executive and the Assigns shall have no right of action or remedy against SBA Properties, Inc. for any claims, actions, causes of action, rights, judgments, obligations, damages, demands, accountings or liabilities of whatever kind or character (collectively, “Claims”), including without limitation, any Claims under federal, state, local or foreign law, that the Executive and the Assigns may have, or in the future may possess, arising out of (i) the Executive’s employment relationship with and service as an employee of the Company Group or (ii) the Agreement.

 

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11. NOTICE. All notices, requests, consents and other communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing (including electronic transmission) and shall be (as elected by the person giving such notice) hand delivered by messenger or courier service, electronically transmitted, or mailed (airmail if international) by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid), return receipt requested, addressed to:

 

If to the Executive:

   Jeffrey A. Stoops

If to the Company:

   SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION,
   a Florida corporation
   5900 Broken Sound Parkway N.W.
   Boca Raton, Florida, 33487
   Attn: General Counsel

With a copy to:

   Shearman & Sterling
   599 Lexington Ave.
   New York, NY
   10022
   Attn: Kenneth J. Laverriere

or to such other address as any party may designate by notice complying with the provisions of this Section. Each such notice shall be deemed delivered (a) on the date delivered if by personal delivery; (b) on the date of transmission with confirmed answer back if by electronic transmission; and (c) on the date upon which the return receipt is signed or delivery is refused or the notice is designated by the postal authorities as not deliverable, as the case may be, if mailed.

12. AMENDMENTS. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, supplemented, waived or changed orally, but only by a writing signed by the party as to whom enforcement of any such amendment, supplement, waiver or modification is sought and making specific reference to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Company may, without the Executive’s consent, amend any provision of this Agreement to the extent it deems such action necessary or advisable to avoid the imposition on any person of additional taxes, penalties or interest under Section 409A of the Code, and any such amendment shall not be a basis for a resignation by the Executive for Good Reason; provided, however, that any such amendment or modification shall, to the maximum extent the Company, reasonably and in good faith determines to be possible, retain the economic and tax benefits to the Executive hereunder while not materially increasing the cost to the Company of providing such benefits to the Executive. Any determinations of the Company pursuant to this Section 12 shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons.

13. ASSIGNMENTS. No party shall assign his or its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of each other party to the Agreement. The Company will require a successor to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company to assume expressly and to agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform this Agreement if no such succession had taken place.

 

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14. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Confirmation of execution by electronic transmission of a facsimile signature page shall be binding upon any party so confirming.

15. ENFORCEMENT COSTS. If any civil action or other legal proceeding arising out of or related to this Agreement is brought for the enforcement of this Agreement, or because of an alleged dispute, breach, default or misrepresentation in connection with any provision of this Agreement, the successful or prevailing party or parties shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees, sales and use taxes, court costs and all expenses even if not taxable as court costs (including, without limitation, all such fees, taxes, costs and expenses incident to arbitration, appellate, bankruptcy and post-judgment proceedings), incurred in that civil action or legal proceeding, in addition to any other relief to which such party or parties may be entitled. Attorneys’ fees shall include, without limitation, paralegal fees, investigative fees, administrative costs, sales and use taxes and all other charges billed by attorney to the prevailing party.

16. EQUITABLE REMEDIES. The Executive acknowledges that the services to be rendered by the Executive hereunder are extraordinary and unique and are vital to the success of the Company, and that damages at law would be an inadequate remedy for any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement by the Executive. Therefore, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Executive of any provision of this Agreement, the Company Group shall be entitled, in addition to all other rights or remedies, to an injunction restraining such breach, without the Company Group being required to show any actual damage or to post an injunction bond.

17. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement and all transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida without reference to any choice of law provisions therein.

18. JURISDICTION AND VENUE. The parties acknowledge that a substantial portion of the negotiations, anticipated performance and execution of this Agreement occurred or shall occur in Palm Beach County, Florida. Any civil action or legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be brought in the courts of record of the State of Florida in Palm Beach County or the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, West Palm Beach Division. Each party consents to the jurisdiction of such court in any such civil action or legal proceeding and waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such civil action or legal proceeding in such court. Service of any court paper may be effected on such party by mail, as provided in this Agreement, or in such other manner as may be provided under applicable laws, rules of procedure or local rules.

19. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement entered into pursuant hereto is contrary to, prohibited by or deemed invalid under applicable law or regulation, such provision shall be inapplicable and deemed omitted to the

 

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extent so contrary, prohibited or invalid, but the remainder hereof shall not be invalidated thereby and shall be given full force and effect so far as possible. If any provision of this Agreement may be construed in two or more ways, one of which would render the provision invalid or otherwise voidable or unenforceable and another of which would render the provision valid and enforceable, such provision shall have the meaning which renders it valid and enforceable.

20. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the other documents executed by the parties in connection herewith (including that certain Incentive Stock Option Agreement and Restricted Stock Agreement) represent the entire understanding and agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all other negotiations, understandings and representations (if any) made by and between such parties, including, without limitation, the employment agreement between the Executive and the Company dated March 14, 1997.

21. AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT. This Agreement has been amended and restated for purposes of complying with Section 409A of the Code, effective as of the Restatement Date.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written.

 

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Thomas P. Hunt

  Thomas P. Hunt, Senior Vice President
and  
By:  

/s/ Steven Bernstein

  Steven Bernstein, Chairman of the Board of SBA Communications Corporation

/s/ Jeffrey A. Stoops

JEFFREY A. STOOPS

 

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EX-10.57A 3 dex1057a.htm EXHIBIT 10.57A Exhibit 10.57A

Exhibit 10.57A

AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), between SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a Florida corporation (the “Company”), and KURT L. BAGWELL (the “Executive”), is made and entered into as of January 1, 2008 (the “Restatement Date”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company Group”) engage in the business of developing, leasing and maintaining wireless telecommunications tower sites and other related businesses;

WHEREAS, the Company and its subsidiary, SBA Properties Inc., a Florida corporation, and the Executive have previously entered into an Employment Agreement, dated February 28, 2003, as amended and restated effective as of September 18, 2006 (the “Original Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive understood that the Original Agreement would need to be revised in order to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Code”), and the Company and the Executive now desire to revise the Original Agreement to bring it into compliance; and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive wish to replace the Original Agreement as of the Restatement Date with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed by and between the parties as follows:

1. EMPLOYMENT. The Company hereby agrees to employ the Executive and the Executive hereby agrees to be employed by the Company on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

2. TERM. The term (the “Term”) of employment of the Executive by the Company Group hereunder commenced as of September 18, 2006 (the “Effective Date”) and shall end December 31, 2009 (the “End Date”), unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided. If the Executive continues in the employment of the Company Group following the expiration of the Term, the Executive’s employment with the Company Group shall be at will, unless and until the parties negotiate and sign a new employment agreement regarding such future employment. Neither party shall be under any obligation or duty to sign or negotiate any such new employment agreement.

3. POSITION AND DUTIES.

(a) The Executive shall serve as the senior vice president and the chief operating officer of the Company. The Executive shall generally perform the duties of a senior


vice president and chief operating officer for the Company and shall have such specific responsibilities, duties and authorities as shall from time to time be assigned by the President, Chief Executive Officer, or Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”).

(b) The Executive shall also serve, for no additional consideration, in such other positions in the Company Group as determined from time to time by the Board and shall have such specific responsibilities, duties and authorities with respect to such positions as shall from time to time be assigned by the President, Chief Executive Officer, or the Board.

(c) The Executive shall devote all his working time and efforts to the business and affairs of the Company Group.

4. COMPENSATION AND RELATED MATTERS.

(a) Salary. During the Term, the Executive shall be paid an annual salary at a rate of $277,500 per annum, which amount may be increased but not decreased by the Board (the “Base Salary”). The Company shall pay the Executive the Base Salary in accordance with its regular payroll practices as in effect from time to time. Compensation of the Executive by payments of Base Salary shall not be deemed exclusive and shall not prevent the Executive from participating in any other compensation or benefit plan of the Company Group, subject to the eligibility requirements and other terms of such plan.

(b) Annual Bonus. In addition to the Base Salary, the Executive shall be eligible to earn for each calendar year ending during the Term an annual incentive bonus (the “Bonus”) based on the achievement of one or more performance goals, targets, measurements and other factors (collectively, the “Performance Goals”) established for such year by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”). The Executive’s target annual bonus (the “Target Bonus”) and the applicable Performance Goals will be established by the Committee within 90 days of the first day of the year to which such Bonus relates; provided, however, that the minimum Target Bonus for each full year of service shall be 100% of Base Salary (the “Minimum Target Bonus”). Payment of the Executive’s Bonus for any year will be based upon the achievement of the Performance Goals established by the Committee for that year (including, without limitation, the exercise of the Committee’s negative discretion in accordance with its past practices with respect to the Performance Goals and related payment schedule established by the Committee for such Performance Goals). The actual bonus paid may be higher or lower than the Target Bonus for over- or under-achievement of the Performance Goals (including, without limitation, as a result of the exercise by the Committee of negative discretion in accordance with its past practices with respect to the Performance Goals and related payment schedule established by the Committee for such Performance Goals), as determined by the Committee. Subject to Section 6 hereof, a Bonus, if any, shall be payable in accordance with the Company’s customary bonus payment practices, but in no event later than March 15th of the succeeding calendar year.

(c) Expenses. During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to receive payment or reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Executive in performing services hereunder, including all expenses of travel and living expenses while away from home on business or at the request of and in the service of the Company Group, cell phone expenses

 

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and dues and seminar fees; provided that such expenses are incurred and accounted for in accordance with the policies and procedures then established by the Company Group from time to time; provided further that reimbursement shall be made as soon as practicable after a request for reimbursement is received by the Company Group in accordance with the Company’s customary expense reimbursement practices, but in no event later than the last day of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which the expense is incurred.

(d) Other Benefits. The Executive shall be entitled to participate in or receive benefits under any employee benefit plan or arrangement made available by the Company Group in the future to its executives and key management employees, subject to and on a basis consistent with the terms, conditions and overall administration of such plans and arrangements, which benefits shall include disability insurance for as long as the Company Group generally provides disability insurance to its officers. Any payments, bonuses or benefits payable to the Executive hereunder in respect of any calendar year during which the Executive is employed by the Company Group for less than the entire such year shall, unless otherwise provided in the applicable plan or arrangement, be prorated in accordance with the number of days in such calendar year during which the Executive is so employed.

(e) Group or Family Medical Coverage. The Company shall immediately cause to be provided group or family medical insurance coverage to the Executive and his dependents under a plan for employees of the Company Group, and such plan shall include reasonable coverage for medical, hospital, surgical and major medical expenses and shall be subject to such deductibles as applicable to other Company Group employees. In addition, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in the Company’s plan providing supplemental medical expense reimbursement insurance (the “Medical Expense Reimbursement Plan”) in accordance with the terms of such plan.

5. WITHHOLDING. Both the Executive and the Company agree that all amounts paid pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to all applicable federal, state, local and foreign withholding requirements.

6. TERMINATION. Subject to the provisions set forth in this Section 6, the Company shall have the right to terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder, and the Executive shall have the right to resign his employment with the Company Group, at any time for any reason or for no stated reason. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms “terminate,” “terminated,” “termination” and “resignation” mean a termination of the Executive’s employment that constitutes a Separation from Service (as defined in Section 6(e)(v) hereof).

(a) General. Upon a termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, he shall be entitled to receive the following amounts (collectively, the “Termination Amount”) on the next regularly scheduled payroll date after the date of the Executive’s termination of employment: (i) any accrued and unpaid Base Salary for services performed up to and including the date of his termination or resignation, as applicable, (ii) a cash payment (calculated on the basis of his Base Salary then in effect) for all unused vacation days that the Executive may have accrued as of his date of termination (subject to the terms of the Company’s then applicable vacation policies) and (iii) any unpaid reimbursement for business expenses the Executive is entitled to receive under Section 4(c) hereof.

 

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(b) Termination for Cause; Resignation Without Good Reason.

(i) If, prior to the expiration of the Term, the Executive’s employment with the Company Group is terminated by the Company for Cause (as defined below) or if the Executive resigns without Good Reason (as defined below), he shall be entitled to receive the Termination Amount. Except to the extent required by the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plan or program or otherwise required by applicable law, the Executive shall have no right under this Agreement or otherwise to receive any other compensation or to participate in any other plan, program or arrangement after such termination or resignation of employment with respect to the year of such termination or resignation and later years.

(ii) “Cause” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(1) the Executive’s willful, material violation of any law or regulation applicable to the business of the Company Group;

(2) the Executive’s conviction of, or plea of “no contest” to, a felony;

(3) any willful perpetration by the Executive of an act involving moral turpitude or common law fraud, whether or not related to his activities on behalf of the Company Group;

(4) any act of gross negligence by the Executive in the performance of his duties as an employee of the Company Group;

(5) any material violation by the Executive of the Company’s Code of Ethics, as in effect from time to time;

(6) the willful and continued failure or refusal of the Executive to satisfactorily perform the duties reasonably required of him as an employee of the Company Group;

(7) the indictment for any crime, whether a felony or misdemeanor, involving the purchase or sale of any security, mail or wire fraud, theft, embezzlement, moral turpitude, or Company Group property where such indictment has a material adverse impact on the Executive’s ability to perform his duties under this Agreement; or

(8) any willful misconduct by the Executive that is materially injurious to the financial condition, business, or reputation of, or is otherwise materially injurious to, any member of the Company Group.

(iii) Termination of the Executive’s employment for Cause shall be communicated by delivery to the Executive of a written notice from the Board stating that the Executive will be terminated for Cause, specifying the particulars thereof and the effective date of such termination; provided, however, that upon receipt of such notice, the Executive shall have (1) an opportunity to cure the matter constituting

 

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Cause within a measurable period of time (provided that the event constituting Cause is then susceptible to cure) and (2) an opportunity, together with his counsel, to be heard by the Board. The date of the Executive’s termination for Cause shall be the date of termination specified by the resolution of the Board; provided, however, that such termination shall not become effective until no earlier than the date of the meeting of the Board described in clause (2) of the preceding sentence. The date of resignation by the Executive shall be the date specified in a written notice of resignation to the Company. The Executive shall provide at least 30 days’ advance written notice of resignation without Good Reason; provided, however, that the Company, in its sole discretion, may waive the notice requirement in whole or in part.

(c) Termination Without Cause; Resignation for Good Reason.

(i) If, prior to the expiration of the Term, the Executive’s employment with the Company Group is terminated by the Company without Cause or if the Executive resigns from his employment hereunder for Good Reason, then, in addition to the Termination Amount, the Executive shall be entitled to receive:

(1) an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts (collectively, the “Severance Amount”):

(A) an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the Target Bonus for the year in which the termination or resignation occurs, calculated by multiplying (x) the Minimum Target Bonus for the year of termination by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days the Executive was employed during the year of such termination or resignation and the denominator of which is 365; plus

(B) an amount equal to 2.0 times the sum of: (i) the Base Salary in effect for the year of termination or resignation and (ii) the Minimum Target Bonus; and

(2) continuation of applicable medical, dental and life insurance benefits (based on the coverage in effect for the Executive and his dependents at the time of such termination or resignation, but excluding the Medical Expense Reimbursement Plan), from the date of termination or resignation until the earlier to occur of (i) the second anniversary of the date of termination or (ii) the date the Executive becomes eligible for comparable benefits provided by a third party (in either case, the “Continuation Period”); provided, however, that the continuation of such benefits shall be subject to the respective terms of the applicable plan, as in effect from time to time, and the timely payment by the Executive of his applicable share of the applicable premiums in effect from time to time during the Continuation Period. To the extent that reimbursable medical and dental care expenses constitute deferred compensation for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, the Company shall reimburse the medical and dental care expenses as soon as practicable consistent with the Company’s practice, but in no event later than the last day of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which such expenses are incurred.

 

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(ii) Except as provided for in Section 7(b), and subject to Section 6(e), the Severance Amount shall be paid in 24 equal monthly installments, commencing on the first business day of the calendar month following the calendar month in which the Executive’s termination or resignation becomes effective in accordance with this Section 6(c), and continuing on the first business day of each calendar month thereafter until all 24 monthly installments are paid.

(iii) The payment of the Severance Amount and the continuation of benefits, whether pursuant to this Section 6(c) or pursuant to Section 7, shall each be contingent upon the Executive executing a full release and waiver of claims against the Company Group (which release and waiver of claims, once executed and irrevocable, shall not apply to the Company’s obligation to pay the Severance Amount and continue benefits hereunder), in a form approved by the Board, that becomes irrevocable not later than the last day of the second calendar month following the calendar month in which the Executive’s termination or resignation becomes effective in accordance with this Section 6(c). If the Executive fails to execute a full release and waiver of claims against the Company Group that becomes irrevocable on or before the last day of the second calendar month following the calendar month in which the Executive’s termination or resignation becomes effective, the Company Group’s obligations under Sections 6(c) and 7 shall terminate and the Executive shall not be entitled to further payment of the Severance Amount or the continuation of benefits.

(iv) “Good Reason” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(1) the Executive’s position, title, duties, and reporting responsibilities with the Company in effect on the Effective Date become less favorable in any material respect;

(2) a reduction in the Base Salary, Minimum Target Bonus or material benefits, as of the Effective Date; or

(3) the relocation, without the Executive’s consent, of the Executive’s principal place of business to a location that is more than 60 miles from the Executive’s primary business location on the Effective Date.

(v) In order to constitute Good Reason, (1) the Executive must provide written notification of his intention to resign within 30 days after the Executive knows or has reason to know of the occurrence of any such event, (2) such event or condition is not corrected, in all material respects, by the Company Group within 20 days of its receipt of such notice and (3) the Executive resigns his employment with the Company Group not more than 30 days following the expiration of the 20-day period described in the foregoing clause (2).

 

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(vi) The date of termination of employment without Cause shall be the date specified in a written notice of termination to the Executive. The date of resignation for Good Reason shall be the date specified in a written notice of resignation from the Executive to the Company; provided, however, that no such written notice shall be effective unless the cure period specified in Section 6(c)(v) above has expired without the Company having corrected the event or events subject to cure.

(d) Disability; Death.

(i) If, as a result of the Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness (such incapacity being determined by the Board in its reasonable discretion), the Executive shall have been absent from his full-time duties as described hereunder for the entire period of 6 consecutive months (“Disability”), the Executive’s employment shall terminate at the end of the 6-month period.

(ii) Upon a termination pursuant to this Section 6(d) as a result of Disability or as a result of the Executive’s death, the Executive (or his estate, as applicable) shall be entitled to receive:

(1) the Termination Amount, and

(2) an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the Target Bonus for the year in which the termination occurs, calculated by multiplying (x) the Minimum Target Bonus for the year of termination by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days the Executive was employed during the year of termination and the denominator of which is 365.

(iii) If the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to this Section 6(d) as a result of his Disability, then subject to Section 6(e), the pro rata Target Bonus shall be paid in 24 equal monthly installments, commencing on the first business day of the third calendar month following the calendar month in which the Executive’s termination becomes effective in accordance with this Section 6(d) and continuing on the first business day of each calendar month thereafter until all 24 monthly installments are paid.

(iv) If the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to this Section 6(d) as a result of his Disability, and such Disability also constitutes a 409A Disability (as defined below), then, notwithstanding Section 6(d)(iii) hereof, the pro rata Target Bonus shall be paid in a lump sum within 30 days after the date on which such termination is effective. For purposes of this Section 6(d)(iv), a “409A Disability” means a disability such that the Executive is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.

(v) If the Executive’s employment is terminated as of result of his death, the pro rata Target Bonus shall be paid within 30 days after the date of the Executive’s death.

 

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(vi) Except to the extent required by the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plan or program or otherwise required by applicable law, the Executive shall have no right under this Agreement or otherwise to receive any other compensation or to participate in any other plan, program or arrangement after such termination.

(e) Section 409A Compliance.

(i) If, at the time of the Executive’s termination or resignation with the Company Group, the Executive is a Specified Employee (as defined below), then any amounts payable to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement prior to the 6-month anniversary of the Executive’s date of termination or resignation (the “Short-Term Deferral Date”) shall be delayed and not paid to the Executive until the first business day following the Short-Term Deferral Date, at which time such delayed amounts will be paid to the Executive in a cash lump sum (the “Catch-Up Amount”).

(ii) If payment of an amount is delayed as a result of this Section 6(e), such amount shall be increased with interest from the date on which such amount would otherwise have been paid to the Executive but for this Section 6(e) to the day prior to the date the Catch-Up Amount is paid. The rate of interest shall be the applicable short-term federal rate applicable under Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code for the month in which the date of the Executive’s termination or resignation occurs. Such interest shall be paid at the same time that the Catch-Up Amount is paid.

(iii) If the Executive dies on or after the date of the Executive’s termination or resignation and prior to the Short-Term Deferral Date, any amount delayed pursuant to this Section 6(e) shall be paid to the Executive’s estate or beneficiary, as applicable, together with interest, within 30 days following the date of the Executive’s death.

(iv) “Specified Employee” has the meaning set forth in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code. The determination of whether the Executive constitutes a Specified Employee on the date of his termination or resignation shall be made in accordance with the Company’s established methodology for determining Specified Employees.

(v) “Separation from Service” means a “separation from service” from the Company Group within the meaning of the default rules under the final regulations issued pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.

(vi) The provisions of this Section 6(e) shall apply notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement related to the timing of payments following the Executive’s termination or resignation.

7. CHANGE IN CONTROL; PAYMENT OF SEVERANCE AMOUNT.

(a) If a Change in Control of the Company (as defined below) shall become effective during the Term, the Term shall automatically be extended for 2 years following the effective date of such Change in Control and the End Date shall be deemed to be the second anniversary of the effective date of such Change in Control.

 

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(b) In the event that the Executive’s employment is terminated without Cause or the Executive resigns for Good Reason during the Term, and such termination or resignation occurs after a Change in Control which also constitutes a “change in control event” within the meaning of the default rules under Section 409A of the Code, then, notwithstanding Section 6(c)(ii) hereof, the Severance Amount shall be paid in a lump sum on the first business day of the third calendar month following the calendar month in which such termination or resignation is effective; provided, however, that if the Executive is a Specified Employee at the time of the Executive’s termination or resignation, then the Severance Amount (increased with interest in the manner contemplated by Section 6(e)(ii) hereof) shall be paid to the Executive on the first business day following the Short-Term Deferral Date (or, in the event of the Executive’s death after the date of the Executive’s termination or resignation but prior to the date of payment, to the Executive’s estate or beneficiary, as applicable, together with interest, within 30 days following the date of the Executive’s death).

(c) In the event that the Executive’s employment is terminated without Cause or the Executive resigns for Good Reason during the Term, and such termination or resignation occurs after a Change in Control which does not also constitute a “change in control event” within the meaning of the default rules under Section 409A of the Code, then, notwithstanding Section 7(b), the Severance Amount shall be paid in accordance with Sections 6(c)(ii) and, if applicable, 6(e).

(d) A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred when:

(i) any person is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding securities; or

(ii) the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors then serving: individuals who constitute the Board as of the Effective Date and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including, but not limited to, a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors on the Effective Date or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended; or

(iii) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company, other than (A) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof), in combination with the

 

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ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (B) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no person is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its affiliates other than in connection with the securities acquired directly from the Company or its affiliates other than in connection with the acquisition by the Company or its affiliates of a business) representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or

(iv) the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.

8. CERTAIN ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS BY THE COMPANY.

(a) In the event that any amount or benefit paid, distributed or otherwise provided to the Executive by the Company Group, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, but determined without regard to any additional payment required under this Section 8(a) (collectively, the “Covered Payments”), would (x) constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, and (y) be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any interest or penalties payable with respect to such excise tax (such excise tax, together with any such interest and penalties, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive from the Company an additional payment (the “Gross-Up Payment,” and any iterative payments pursuant to this paragraph also shall be “Gross-Up Payments”) in an amount that shall fund the payment by the Executive of any Excise Tax on the Covered Payments, as well as all income and employment taxes on the Gross-Up Payment, any Excise Tax imposed on the Gross-Up Payment and any interest or penalties imposed with respect to income and employment taxes imposed on the Gross-Up Payment. For this purpose, all income taxes will be assumed to apply to the Executive at the highest marginal rate.

(b) A nationally recognized firm of independent accountants, selected by the Company after consultation with the Executive, shall perform the foregoing calculations. The Company shall bear all expenses with respect to the determinations by such accounting firm required to be made hereunder. Such accounting firm shall apply the provisions of this Section 8 in a reasonable manner and in good faith in accordance with then prevailing practices in the interpretation and application of Section 280G of the Code. For purposes of applying the provisions of this Section 8, the Company shall be entitled to rely on the written advice of legal counsel or such accounting firm as to whether one or more Covered Payments constitute “parachute payments” under Section 280G of the Code.

 

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(c) The accounting firm engaged to make the determinations hereunder shall provide its calculations, together with detailed supporting documentation, to the Company and the Executive within 30 calendar days after the date that such accounting firm has been engaged to make such determinations or such other time as requested by the Company or the Executive. If the accounting firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable with respect to a Covered Payment, it shall furnish the Company and the Executive with an opinion reasonably acceptable to the Executive that no Excise Tax will be imposed with respect to such Covered Payment. Any good faith determinations of the accounting firm made hereunder shall be final, binding, and conclusive upon the Company and the Executive.

(d) The Gross-Up Payment shall be paid within 30 days after such amount is determined by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8, but in no event later than the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Executive remits the Excise Tax.

9. PROTECTION OF THE COMPANY GROUP’S INTERESTS.

(a) No Competing Employment. During the Term and, in the event the Term ends prior to the End Date for any reason other than the Executive’s death but including, without limitation, termination without Cause or resignation for Good Reason, for a period of 2 years following the effective date of such termination or resignation, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Board, directly or indirectly, own an interest in, manage, operate, join, control, lend money or render financial or other assistance to or participate in or be connected with, as an officer, employee, partner, stockholder, consultant or otherwise, any individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other business organization or entity that competes with the business of the Company Group by providing any goods or services provided or under development by the Company Group at the effective date of the Executive’s termination of employment (the “Business”); provided, however, that this Section 9(a) shall not proscribe the Executive’s ownership, either directly or indirectly, of less than 1% of any class of securities which are listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on the automated quotation system of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

(b) No Interference. For so long as the Executive is employed by the Company Group and during a period of 2 years after his employment with the Company Group ends for any reason other than the Executive’s death but including, without limitation, termination without Cause or resignation for Good Reason (the “Restricted Period”), the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, whether for his own account or for the account of any other individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other business organization (other than the Company Group), (i) solicit, or endeavor to entice away from the Company Group, or otherwise interfere with the relationship of the Company Group with, any person or entity who is, or was within the then most recent 12-month period, (A) employed by, or otherwise engaged to perform services for, the Company Group, or (B) a customer or client of the Company Group, (ii) assist or encourage any other person in carrying out, directly or indirectly, any activity that would be prohibited by the provisions of this Section 9(b) if such activity were carried out by the

 

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Executive, and, in particular, the Executive agrees that he will not, directly or indirectly, induce any employee of the Company Group to carry out any such activity, or (iii) otherwise interfere with the business of the Company Group.

(c) Non-Disparagement. During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not intentionally make any public statement, or publicly release any information, that disparages or defames the Company Group, or any of its members, officers or directors, and shall not intentionally cause or encourage any other person to make any such statement or publicly release any such information.

(d) Confidentiality. The Executive understands and acknowledges that, in the course of his employment, he has had and will continue to have access to and will learn confidential information regarding the Company Group that concerns the technological innovations, operations and methodologies of the Company Group, including, without limitation, business plans, financial information, protocols, proposals, manuals, procedures and guidelines, computer source codes, programs, software, know-how and specifications, copyrights, trade secrets, market information, Developments (as hereinafter defined), data and customer information (collectively, “Proprietary Information”). The Executive recognizes that the use or disclosure of Proprietary Information could cause the Company or any member of the Company Group substantial loss and damages that could not be readily calculated, and for which no remedy at law would be adequate. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that, during the Restricted Period and thereafter, he shall keep confidential and shall not, directly or indirectly, disclose any such Proprietary Information to any third party, except as required to fulfill his duties in connection with his employment by the Company Group, and shall not misuse, misappropriate or exploit such Proprietary Information in any way. The restrictions contained herein shall not apply to any information that the Executive can demonstrate (i) was already available to the public at the time of disclosure, or subsequently became available to the public, otherwise than by breach of this Agreement or (ii) was the subject of a court order to disclose.

Developments” shall mean all data, discoveries, findings, reports, designs, inventions, improvements, methods, practices, techniques, developments, programs, concepts and ideas, whether or not patentable, relating to the present or planned activities, or the products and services of the Company Group.

(e) Exclusive Property. The Executive confirms that all Proprietary Information is and shall remain the exclusive property of the Company. All business records, papers and documents kept or made by him relating to the business of the Company Group shall be and remain the property of the Company. Upon the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company Group or upon the request of the Company at any time, he shall promptly deliver to the Company, and shall not, without the consent of the Company, retain copies of any written materials not previously made available to the public, or records and documents made by the Executive or coming into his possession concerning the business or affairs of the Company Group; provided, however, that subsequent to any such termination, the Company shall provide the Executive with copies (the cost of which shall be borne by the Executive) of any documents that are requested by the Executive and that he has determined in good faith are (i) required to establish a defense to a claim that the Executive has not complied with his duties hereunder or (ii) necessary to the Executive in order to comply with applicable law.

 

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(f) Assignment of Developments. During the Executive’s employment, all Developments that are at any time made, reduced to practice, conceived or suggested by him, whether acting alone or in conjunction with others, shall be the sole and absolute property of the Company, free of any reserved or other rights of any kind on his part, and the Executive hereby irrevocably assigns, conveys and transfers any and all right, title and interest that he may have in such Developments to the Company Group. If such Developments were made, conceived or suggested by the Executive during or as a result of his employment relationship with the Company Group, the Executive shall promptly make full disclosure of any such Developments to the Company and, at the Company’s cost and expense, do all acts and things (including, among others, the execution and delivery under oath of patent and copyright applications and instruments of assignment) deemed by the Company to be necessary or desirable at any time in order to effect the full assignment to the Company of his right, title and interest, if any, to such Developments. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that any invention, concept, design or discovery that concretely relates to or is associated with the Executive’s work for the Company Group that is described in a patent application or is disclosed to a third party, directly or indirectly, by the Executive during the Restricted Period shall be the property of and owned by the Company, and such disclosure by patent application (except by way of a patent application filed by any member of the Company Group) or otherwise shall constitute a breach of this Section 9.

(g) Injunctive Relief. Without intending to limit the remedies available to the Company, the Executive acknowledges that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 9 may result in material irreparable injury to the Company Group or any of its members for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of such a breach or threat thereof, the Company shall be entitled to obtain a temporary restraining order and/or a preliminary or permanent injunction restraining the Executive from engaging in activities prohibited by this Section 9 or such other relief as may be required to specifically enforce any of the covenants in this Section 9, without the Company being required to show any actual damage or to post an injunction bond.

(h) Enforceability. Should any of the time periods or the geographic area set forth in this Section 9 be held to be unreasonable by any court of competent subject matter jurisdiction, the parties hereto agree to petition such court to reduce the time period or geographic area to the maximum time period or geographic area, as applicable, permitted by governing law.

(i) Periods Following the Term. Other than the provisions of Section 9(a), the provisions of this Section 9 shall continue in effect in accordance with the provisions hereof following the expiration of the Term, including, without limitation, during any period that the Executive remains an employee-at-will of the Company.

(j) Reciprocity of Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event the Company is obligated to pay the Severance Amount under Section 6(c) of this Agreement, the Executive’s obligations under Section 9(a) of this Agreement

 

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shall be conditioned upon payment of the Severance Amount at the time and in the manner contemplated by Section 6(c); provided, however, that, without limiting any other remedies available to the Company, in the event of the Executive’s breach of Section 9(a) or (b) of this Agreement, the Company shall cease to have any obligation as of the date of such breach to make any payments under Section 6(c) of this Agreement. The party alleging a breach described in this Section 9(j) shall provide prompt written notice of such breach to the other party hereto, and the party receiving such notice shall have 10 days from the date of delivery of such notice (as determined in accordance with Section 11 hereof) to cure such breach to the reasonable satisfaction of the party delivering such notice. The party delivering the notice shall not be released of its obligations hereunder unless the 10-day cure period shall have expired without the alleged breach having been cured in the manner described in the previous sentence.

10. SECTION 409A COMPLIANCE; AMENDMENTS. The Company shall have the unilateral right to amend or modify the Agreement to the extent the Company deems such action necessary or advisable to avoid the imposition on any person of additional taxes, penalties or interest under Section 409A of the Code, and any such amendment shall not be a basis for a resignation by the Executive for Good Reason; provided, however, that any such amendment or modification shall, to the maximum extent the Company reasonably and in good faith determines to be possible, retain the economic and tax benefits to the Executive hereunder while not materially increasing the cost to the Company of providing such benefits to the Executive. Any determinations of the Company pursuant to this Section 10 shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons. Except as otherwise provided for in this Section 10, the provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, supplemented, waived or changed orally, but only by a writing signed by the party as to whom enforcement of any such amendment, supplement, waiver or modification is sought and making specific reference to this Agreement.

11. NOTICE. All notices, requests, consents and other communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing (including electronic transmission) and shall be (as elected by the person giving such notice) hand delivered by messenger or courier service, electronically transmitted, or mailed (airmail if international) by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid), return receipt requested, addressed to:

If to the Executive:

Kurt L. Bagwell

If to the Company:

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

5900 Broken Sound Parkway N.W.

Boca Raton, Florida 33487

Attn: President

With a copy to:

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attn: Kenneth J. Laverriere

 

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or to such other address as any party may designate by notice complying with the provisions of this Section 11. Each such notice shall be deemed delivered (a) on the date delivered if by personal delivery; (b) on the date of transmission with confirmed answer back if by electronic transmission; and (c) on the date upon which the return receipt is signed or delivery is refused or the notice is designated by the postal authorities as not deliverable, as the case may be, if mailed.

12. ASSIGNMENTS. No party shall assign his or its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of each other party to this Agreement. The Company will require a successor to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company to assume expressly and to agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform this Agreement if no such succession had taken place.

13. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Confirmation of execution by electronic transmission of a facsimile signature page shall be binding upon any party so confirming.

14. ARBITRATION. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement that cannot be mutually resolved by the parties to this Agreement and their respective advisors and representatives shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in Palm Beach County, Florida in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association before one arbitrator of exemplary qualifications and stature, who shall be selected jointly by an individual to be designated by the Company and an individual to be designated by the Executive, or if such two individuals cannot agree on the selection of the arbitrator, who shall be selected by the American Arbitration Association. The Company shall pay for the cost of the arbitrator and the successful or prevailing party or parties shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees, sales and use taxes, costs and all expenses even if not taxable as court costs, incurred in the arbitration proceeding or any legal proceeding to enforce any award granted thereunder, in addition to any other relief to which such party or parties may be entitled. The parties hereby agree to waive their right to have any dispute between them resolved in a court of law by a judge or jury; provided, however, that this Section 14 will not prevent the Company Group from seeking equitable or injunctive relief (or any other provisional remedy) from any court having jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter hereof relating to a breach or violation or threatened breach or violation of the Executive’s obligations under Section 9 hereof; provided further that this Section 14 will not prevent either party from enforcing any arbitration award granted hereunder in any court having jurisdiction over the parties.

15. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement entered into pursuant hereto is contrary to, prohibited by or deemed invalid under applicable law or regulation, such provision shall be inapplicable and deemed omitted to the extent so contrary, prohibited or invalid, but the remainder hereof shall not be invalidated thereby and shall be given full force and effect so far as possible. If any provision of this Agreement may be construed in two or more ways, one of which would render the provision invalid or otherwise voidable or unenforceable and another of which would render the provision valid and enforceable, such provision shall have the meaning which renders it valid and enforceable.

 

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16. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement represents the entire understanding and agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all other negotiations, understandings and representations (if any) made by and between such parties, including the Original Agreement; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to modify any existing equity award granted to the Executive by the Company prior to the Effective Date.

17. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement and all transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida.

18. AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT. This Agreement has been amended and restated for purposes of complying with Section 409A of the Code, effective as of the Restatement Date.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written.

 

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Jeffrey A. Stoops

  Jeffrey A. Stoops
  President and Chief Executive Officer
KURT L. BAGWELL

/s/ Kurt L. Bagwell

 

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EX-10.58A 4 dex1058a.htm EXHIBIT 10.58A Exhibit 10.58A

Exhibit 10.58A

AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), between SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a Florida corporation (the “Company”), and THOMAS P. HUNT (the “Executive”), is made and entered into as of January 1, 2008 (the “Restatement Date”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company Group”) engage in the business of developing, leasing and maintaining wireless telecommunications tower sites and other related businesses;

WHEREAS, the Company and its subsidiary, SBA Properties Inc., a Florida corporation, and the Executive have previously entered into an Employment Agreement, dated February 28, 2003, as amended and restated effective as of September 18, 2006 (the “Original Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive understood that the Original Agreement would need to be revised in order to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Code”), and the Company and the Executive now desire to revise the Original Agreement to bring it into compliance; and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive wish to replace the Original Agreement as of the Restatement Date with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed by and between the parties as follows:

1. EMPLOYMENT. The Company hereby agrees to employ the Executive and the Executive hereby agrees to be employed by the Company on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

2. TERM. The term (the “Term”) of employment of the Executive by the Company Group hereunder commenced as of September 18, 2006 (the “Effective Date”) and shall end December 31, 2009 (the “End Date”), unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided. If the Executive continues in the employment of the Company Group following the expiration of the Term, the Executive’s employment with the Company Group shall be at will, unless and until the parties negotiate and sign a new employment agreement regarding such future employment. Neither party shall be under any obligation or duty to sign or negotiate any such new employment agreement.

3. POSITION AND DUTIES.

(a) The Executive shall serve as the senior vice president and the general counsel of the Company. The Executive shall generally perform the duties of a senior vice


president and general counsel for the Company and shall have such specific responsibilities, duties and authorities as shall from time to time be assigned by the President, Chief Executive Officer, or Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”).

(b) The Executive shall also serve, for no additional consideration, in such other positions in the Company Group as determined from time to time by the Board and shall have such specific responsibilities, duties and authorities with respect to such positions as shall from time to time be assigned by the President, Chief Executive Officer, or the Board.

(c) The Executive shall devote all his working time and efforts to the business and affairs of the Company Group.

4. COMPENSATION AND RELATED MATTERS.

(a) Salary. During the Term, the Executive shall be paid an annual salary at a rate of $277,500 per annum, which amount may be increased but not decreased by the Board (the “Base Salary”). The Company shall pay the Executive the Base Salary in accordance with its regular payroll practices as in effect from time to time. Compensation of the Executive by payments of Base Salary shall not be deemed exclusive and shall not prevent the Executive from participating in any other compensation or benefit plan of the Company Group, subject to the eligibility requirements and other terms of such plan.

(b) Annual Bonus. In addition to the Base Salary, the Executive shall be eligible to earn for each calendar year ending during the Term an annual incentive bonus (the “Bonus”) based on the achievement of one or more performance goals, targets, measurements and other factors (collectively, the “Performance Goals”) established for such year by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”). The Executive’s target annual bonus (the “Target Bonus”) and the applicable Performance Goals will be established by the Committee within 90 days of the first day of the year to which such Bonus relates; provided, however, that the minimum Target Bonus for each full year of service shall be 85% of Base Salary (the “Minimum Target Bonus”). Payment of the Executive’s Bonus for any year will be based upon the achievement of the Performance Goals established by the Committee for that year (including, without limitation, the exercise of the Committee’s negative discretion in accordance with its past practices with respect to the Performance Goals and related payment schedule established by the Committee for such Performance Goals). The actual bonus paid may be higher or lower than the Target Bonus for over- or under-achievement of the Performance Goals (including, without limitation, as a result of the exercise by the Committee of negative discretion in accordance with its past practices with respect to the Performance Goals and related payment schedule established by the Committee for such Performance Goals), as determined by the Committee. Subject to Section 6 hereof, a Bonus, if any, shall be payable in accordance with the Company’s customary bonus payment practices, but in no event later than March 15th of the succeeding calendar year.

(c) Expenses. During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to receive payment or reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Executive in performing services hereunder, including all expenses of travel and living expenses while away from home on business or at the request of and in the service of the Company Group, cell phone expenses

 

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and dues and seminar fees; provided that such expenses are incurred and accounted for in accordance with the policies and procedures then established by the Company Group from time to time; provided further that reimbursement shall be made as soon as practicable after a request for reimbursement is received by the Company Group in accordance with the Company’s customary expense reimbursement practices, but in no event later than the last day of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which the expense is incurred.

(d) Other Benefits. The Executive shall be entitled to participate in or receive benefits under any employee benefit plan or arrangement made available by the Company Group in the future to its executives and key management employees, subject to and on a basis consistent with the terms, conditions and overall administration of such plans and arrangements, which benefits shall include disability insurance for as long as the Company Group generally provides disability insurance to its officers. Any payments, bonuses or benefits payable to the Executive hereunder in respect of any calendar year during which the Executive is employed by the Company Group for less than the entire such year shall, unless otherwise provided in the applicable plan or arrangement, be prorated in accordance with the number of days in such calendar year during which the Executive is so employed.

(e) Group or Family Medical Coverage. The Company shall immediately cause to be provided group or family medical insurance coverage to the Executive and his dependents under a plan for employees of the Company Group, and such plan shall include reasonable coverage for medical, hospital, surgical and major medical expenses and shall be subject to such deductibles as applicable to other Company Group employees. In addition, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in the Company’s plan providing supplemental medical expense reimbursement insurance (the “Medical Expense Reimbursement Plan”) in accordance with the terms of such plan.

5. WITHHOLDING. Both the Executive and the Company agree that all amounts paid pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to all applicable federal, state, local and foreign withholding requirements.

6. TERMINATION. Subject to the provisions set forth in this Section 6, the Company shall have the right to terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder, and the Executive shall have the right to resign his employment with the Company Group, at any time for any reason or for no stated reason. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms “terminate,” “terminated”, “termination” and “resignation” mean a termination of the Executive’s employment that constitutes a Separation from Service (as defined in Section 6(e)(v) hereof).

(a) General. Upon a termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, he shall be entitled to receive the following amounts (collectively, the “Termination Amount”) on the next regularly scheduled payroll date after the date of the Executive’s termination of employment: (i) any accrued and unpaid Base Salary for services performed up to and including the date of his termination or resignation, as applicable, (ii) a cash payment (calculated on the basis of his Base Salary then in effect) for all unused vacation days that the Executive may have accrued as of his date of termination (subject to the terms of the Company’s then applicable vacation policies) and (iii) any unpaid reimbursement for business expenses the Executive is entitled to receive under Section 4(c) hereof.

 

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(b) Termination for Cause; Resignation Without Good Reason.

(i) If, prior to the expiration of the Term, the Executive’s employment with the Company Group is terminated by the Company for Cause (as defined below) or if the Executive resigns without Good Reason (as defined below), he shall be entitled to receive the Termination Amount. Except to the extent required by the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plan or program or otherwise required by applicable law, the Executive shall have no right under this Agreement or otherwise to receive any other compensation or to participate in any other plan, program or arrangement after such termination or resignation of employment with respect to the year of such termination or resignation and later years.

(ii) “Cause” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(1) the Executive’s willful, material violation of any law or regulation applicable to the business of the Company Group;

(2) the Executive’s conviction of, or plea of “no contest” to, a felony;

(3) any willful perpetration by the Executive of an act involving moral turpitude or common law fraud, whether or not related to his activities on behalf of the Company Group;

(4) any act of gross negligence by the Executive in the performance of his duties as an employee of the Company Group;

(5) any material violation by the Executive of the Company’s Code of Ethics, as in effect from time to time;

(6) the willful and continued failure or refusal of the Executive to satisfactorily perform the duties reasonably required of him as an employee of the Company Group;

(7) the indictment for any crime, whether a felony or misdemeanor, involving the purchase or sale of any security, mail or wire fraud, theft, embezzlement, moral turpitude, or Company Group property where such indictment has a material adverse impact on the Executive’s ability to perform his duties under this Agreement; or

(8) any willful misconduct by the Executive that is materially injurious to the financial condition, business, or reputation of, or is otherwise materially injurious to, any member of the Company Group.

(iii) Termination of the Executive’s employment for Cause shall be communicated by delivery to the Executive of a written notice from the Board stating that the Executive will be terminated for Cause, specifying the particulars thereof and the effective date of such termination; provided, however, that upon receipt of such notice, the Executive shall have (1) an opportunity to cure the matter constituting

 

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Cause within a measurable period of time (provided that the event constituting Cause is then susceptible to cure) and (2) an opportunity, together with his counsel, to be heard by the Board. The date of the Executive’s termination for Cause shall be the date of termination specified by the resolution of the Board; provided, however, that such termination shall not become effective until no earlier than the date of the meeting of the Board described in clause (2) of the preceding sentence. The date of resignation by the Executive shall be the date specified in a written notice of resignation to the Company. The Executive shall provide at least 30 days’ advance written notice of resignation without Good Reason; provided, however, that the Company, in its sole discretion, may waive the notice requirement in whole or in part.

(c) Termination Without Cause; Resignation for Good Reason.

(i) If, prior to the expiration of the Term, the Executive’s employment with the Company Group is terminated by the Company without Cause or if the Executive resigns from his employment hereunder for Good Reason, then, in addition to the Termination Amount, the Executive shall be entitled to receive:

(1) an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts (collectively, the “Severance Amount”):

(A) an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the Target Bonus for the year in which the termination or resignation occurs, calculated by multiplying (x) the Minimum Target Bonus for the year of termination by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days the Executive was employed during the year of such termination or resignation and the denominator of which is 365; plus

(B) an amount equal to 2.0 times the sum of: (i) the Base Salary in effect for the year of termination or resignation and (ii) the Minimum Target Bonus; and

(2) continuation of applicable medical, dental and life insurance benefits (based on the coverage in effect for the Executive and his dependents at the time of such termination or resignation, but excluding the Medical Expense Reimbursement Plan), from the date of termination or resignation until the earlier to occur of (i) the second anniversary of the date of termination or (ii) the date the Executive becomes eligible for comparable benefits provided by a third party (in either case, the “Continuation Period”); provided, however, that the continuation of such benefits shall be subject to the respective terms of the applicable plan, as in effect from time to time, and the timely payment by the Executive of his applicable share of the applicable premiums in effect from time to time during the Continuation Period. To the extent that reimbursable medical and dental care expenses constitute deferred compensation for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, the Company shall reimburse the medical and dental care expenses as soon as practicable consistent with the Company’s practice, but in no event later than the last day of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which such expenses are incurred.

 

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(ii) Except as provided for in Section 7(b), and subject to Section 6(e), the Severance Amount shall be paid in 24 equal monthly installments, commencing on the first business day of the calendar month following the calendar month in which the Executive’s termination or resignation becomes effective in accordance with this Section 6(c), and continuing on the first business day of each calendar month thereafter until all 24 monthly installments are paid.

(iii) The payment of the Severance Amount and the continuation of benefits, whether pursuant to this Section 6(c) or pursuant to Section 7, shall each be contingent upon the Executive executing a full release and waiver of claims against the Company Group (which release and waiver of claims, once executed and irrevocable, shall not apply to the Company’s obligation to pay the Severance Amount and continue benefits hereunder), in a form approved by the Board, that becomes irrevocable not later than the last day of the second calendar month following the calendar month in which the Executive’s termination or resignation becomes effective in accordance with this Section 6(c). If the Executive fails to execute a full release and waiver of claims against the Company Group that becomes irrevocable on or before the last day of the second calendar month following the calendar month in which the Executive’s termination or resignation becomes effective, the Company Group’s obligations under Sections 6(c) and 7 shall terminate and the Executive shall not be entitled to further payment of the Severance Amount or the continuation of benefits.

(iv) “Good Reason” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(1) the Executive’s position, title, duties, and reporting responsibilities with the Company in effect on the Effective Date become less favorable in any material respect;

(2) a reduction in the Base Salary, Minimum Target Bonus or material benefits, as of the Effective Date; or

(3) the relocation, without the Executive’s consent, of the Executive’s principal place of business to a location that is more than 60 miles from the Executive’s primary business location on the Effective Date.

(v) In order to constitute Good Reason, (1) the Executive must provide written notification of his intention to resign within 30 days after the Executive knows or has reason to know of the occurrence of any such event, (2) such event or condition is not corrected, in all material respects, by the Company Group within 20 days of its receipt of such notice and (3) the Executive resigns his employment with the Company Group not more than 30 days following the expiration of the 20-day period described in the foregoing clause (2).

 

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(vi) The date of termination of employment without Cause shall be the date specified in a written notice of termination to the Executive. The date of resignation for Good Reason shall be the date specified in a written notice of resignation from the Executive to the Company; provided, however, that no such written notice shall be effective unless the cure period specified in Section 6(c)(v) above has expired without the Company having corrected the event or events subject to cure.

(d) Disability; Death.

(i) If, as a result of the Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness (such incapacity being determined by the Board in its reasonable discretion), the Executive shall have been absent from his full-time duties as described hereunder for the entire period of 6 consecutive months (“Disability”), the Executive’s employment shall terminate at the end of the 6-month period.

(ii) Upon a termination pursuant to this Section 6(d) as a result of Disability or as a result of the Executive’s death, the Executive (or his estate, as applicable) shall be entitled to receive:

(1) the Termination Amount, and

(2) an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the Target Bonus for the year in which the termination occurs, calculated by multiplying (x) the Minimum Target Bonus for the year of termination by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days the Executive was employed during the year of termination and the denominator of which is 365.

(iii) If the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to this Section 6(d) as a result of his Disability, then subject to Section 6(e), the pro rata Target Bonus shall be paid in 24 equal monthly installments, commencing on the first business day of the third calendar month following the calendar month in which the Executive’s termination becomes effective in accordance with this Section 6(d) and continuing on the first business day of each calendar month thereafter until all 24 monthly installments are paid.

(iv) If the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to this Section 6(d) as a result of his Disability, and such Disability also constitutes a 409A Disability (as defined below), then, notwithstanding Section 6(d)(iii) hereof, the pro rata Target Bonus shall be paid in a lump sum within 30 days after the date on which such termination is effective. For purposes of this Section 6(d)(iv), a “409A Disability” means a disability such that the Executive is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.

(v) If the Executive’s employment is terminated as of result of his death, the pro rata Target Bonus shall be paid within 30 days after the date of the Executive’s death.

 

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(vi) Except to the extent required by the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plan or program or otherwise required by applicable law, the Executive shall have no right under this Agreement or otherwise to receive any other compensation or to participate in any other plan, program or arrangement after such termination.

(e) Section 409A Compliance.

(i) If, at the time of the Executive’s termination or resignation with the Company Group, the Executive is a Specified Employee (as defined below), then any amounts payable to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement prior to the 6-month anniversary of the Executive’s date of termination or resignation (the “Short-Term Deferral Date”) shall be delayed and not paid to the Executive until the first business day following the Short-Term Deferral Date, at which time such delayed amounts will be paid to the Executive in a cash lump sum (the “Catch-Up Amount”).

(ii) If payment of an amount is delayed as a result of this Section 6(e), such amount shall be increased with interest from the date on which such amount would otherwise have been paid to the Executive but for this Section 6(e) to the day prior to the date the Catch-Up Amount is paid. The rate of interest shall be the applicable short-term federal rate applicable under Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code for the month in which the date of the Executive’s termination or resignation occurs. Such interest shall be paid at the same time that the Catch-Up Amount is paid.

(iii) If the Executive dies on or after the date of the Executive’s termination or resignation and prior to the Short-Term Deferral Date, any amount delayed pursuant to this Section 6(e) shall be paid to the Executive’s estate or beneficiary, as applicable, together with interest, within 30 days following the date of the Executive’s death.

(iv) “Specified Employee” has the meaning set forth in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code. The determination of whether the Executive constitutes a Specified Employee on the date of his termination or resignation shall be made in accordance with the Company’s established methodology for determining Specified Employees.

(v) “Separation from Service” means a “separation from service” from the Company Group within the meaning of the default rules under the final regulations issued pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.

(vi) The provisions of this Section 6(e) shall apply notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement related to the timing of payments following the Executive’s termination or resignation.

7. CHANGE IN CONTROL; PAYMENT OF SEVERANCE AMOUNT.

(a) If a Change in Control of the Company (as defined below) shall become effective during the Term, the Term shall automatically be extended for 2 years following the effective date of such Change in Control and the End Date shall be deemed to be the second anniversary of the effective date of such Change in Control.

 

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(b) In the event that the Executive’s employment is terminated without Cause or the Executive resigns for Good Reason during the Term, and such termination or resignation occurs after a Change in Control which also constitutes a “change in control event” within the meaning of the default rules under Section 409A of the Code, then, notwithstanding Section 6(c)(ii) hereof, the Severance Amount shall be paid in a lump sum on the first business day of the third calendar month following the calendar month in which such termination or resignation is effective; provided, however, that if the Executive is a Specified Employee at the time of the Executive’s termination or resignation, then the Severance Amount (increased with interest in the manner contemplated by Section 6(e)(ii) hereof) shall be paid to the Executive on the first business day following the Short-Term Deferral Date (or, in the event of the Executive’s death after the date of the Executive’s termination or resignation but prior to the date of payment, to the Executive’s estate or beneficiary, as applicable, together with interest, within 30 days following the date of the Executive’s death).

(c) In the event that the Executive’s employment is terminated without Cause or the Executive resigns for Good Reason during the Term, and such termination or resignation occurs after a Change in Control which does not also constitute a “change in control event” within the meaning of the default rules under Section 409A of the Code, then, notwithstanding Section 7(b), the Severance Amount shall be paid in accordance with Sections 6(c)(ii) and, if applicable, 6(e).

(d) A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred when:

(i) any person is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding securities; or

(ii) the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors then serving: individuals who constitute the Board as of the Effective Date and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including, but not limited to, a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors on the Effective Date or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended; or

(iii) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company, other than (A) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof), in combination with the

 

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ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (B) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no person is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its affiliates other than in connection with the securities acquired directly from the Company or its affiliates other than in connection with the acquisition by the Company or its affiliates of a business) representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or

(iv) the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.

8. CERTAIN ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS BY THE COMPANY.

(a) In the event that any amount or benefit paid, distributed or otherwise provided to the Executive by the Company Group, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, but determined without regard to any additional payment required under this Section 8(a) (collectively, the “Covered Payments”), would (x) constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, and (y) be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any interest or penalties payable with respect to such excise tax (such excise tax, together with any such interest and penalties, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive from the Company an additional payment (the “Gross-Up Payment,” and any iterative payments pursuant to this paragraph also shall be “Gross-Up Payments”) in an amount that shall fund the payment by the Executive of any Excise Tax on the Covered Payments, as well as all income and employment taxes on the Gross-Up Payment, any Excise Tax imposed on the Gross-Up Payment and any interest or penalties imposed with respect to income and employment taxes imposed on the Gross-Up Payment. For this purpose, all income taxes will be assumed to apply to the Executive at the highest marginal rate.

(b) A nationally recognized firm of independent accountants, selected by the Company after consultation with the Executive, shall perform the foregoing calculations. The Company shall bear all expenses with respect to the determinations by such accounting firm required to be made hereunder. Such accounting firm shall apply the provisions of this Section 8 in a reasonable manner and in good faith in accordance with then prevailing practices in the interpretation and application of Section 280G of the Code. For purposes of applying the provisions of this Section 8, the Company shall be entitled to rely on the written advice of legal counsel or such accounting firm as to whether one or more Covered Payments constitute “parachute payments” under Section 280G of the Code.

 

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(c) The accounting firm engaged to make the determinations hereunder shall provide its calculations, together with detailed supporting documentation, to the Company and the Executive within 30 calendar days after the date that such accounting firm has been engaged to make such determinations or such other time as requested by the Company or the Executive. If the accounting firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable with respect to a Covered Payment, it shall furnish the Company and the Executive with an opinion reasonably acceptable to the Executive that no Excise Tax will be imposed with respect to such Covered Payment. Any good faith determinations of the accounting firm made hereunder shall be final, binding, and conclusive upon the Company and the Executive.

(d) The Gross-Up Payment shall be paid within 30 days after such amount is determined by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8, but in no event later than the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Executive remits the Excise Tax.

9. PROTECTION OF THE COMPANY GROUP’S INTERESTS.

(a) No Competing Employment. During the Term and, in the event the Term ends prior to the End Date for any reason other than the Executive’s death but including, without limitation, termination without Cause or resignation for Good Reason, for a period of 2 years following the effective date of such termination or resignation, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Board, directly or indirectly, own an interest in, manage, operate, join, control, lend money or render financial or other assistance to or participate in or be connected with, as an officer, employee, partner, stockholder, consultant or otherwise, any individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other business organization or entity that competes with the business of the Company Group by providing any goods or services provided or under development by the Company Group at the effective date of the Executive’s termination of employment (the “Business”); provided, however, that this Section 9(a) shall not proscribe the Executive’s ownership, either directly or indirectly, of less than 1% of any class of securities which are listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on the automated quotation system of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

(b) No Interference. For so long as the Executive is employed by the Company Group and during a period of 2 years after his employment with the Company Group ends for any reason other than the Executive’s death but including, without limitation, termination without Cause or resignation for Good Reason (the “Restricted Period”), the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, whether for his own account or for the account of any other individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other business organization (other than the Company Group), (i) solicit, or endeavor to entice away from the Company Group, or otherwise interfere with the relationship of the Company Group with, any person or entity who is, or was within the then most recent 12-month period, (A) employed by, or otherwise engaged to perform services for, the Company Group, or (B) a customer or client of the Company Group, (ii) assist or encourage any other person in carrying out, directly or indirectly, any activity that would be prohibited by the provisions of this Section 9(b) if such activity were carried out by the

 

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Executive, and, in particular, the Executive agrees that he will not, directly or indirectly, induce any employee of the Company Group to carry out any such activity, or (iii) otherwise interfere with the business of the Company Group.

(c) Non-Disparagement. During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not intentionally make any public statement, or publicly release any information, that disparages or defames the Company Group, or any of its members, officers or directors, and shall not intentionally cause or encourage any other person to make any such statement or publicly release any such information.

(d) Confidentiality. The Executive understands and acknowledges that, in the course of his employment, he has had and will continue to have access to and will learn confidential information regarding the Company Group that concerns the technological innovations, operations and methodologies of the Company Group, including, without limitation, business plans, financial information, protocols, proposals, manuals, procedures and guidelines, computer source codes, programs, software, know-how and specifications, copyrights, trade secrets, market information, Developments (as hereinafter defined), data and customer information (collectively, “Proprietary Information”). The Executive recognizes that the use or disclosure of Proprietary Information could cause the Company or any member of the Company Group substantial loss and damages that could not be readily calculated, and for which no remedy at law would be adequate. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that, during the Restricted Period and thereafter, he shall keep confidential and shall not, directly or indirectly, disclose any such Proprietary Information to any third party, except as required to fulfill his duties in connection with his employment by the Company Group, and shall not misuse, misappropriate or exploit such Proprietary Information in any way. The restrictions contained herein shall not apply to any information that the Executive can demonstrate (i) was already available to the public at the time of disclosure, or subsequently became available to the public, otherwise than by breach of this Agreement or (ii) was the subject of a court order to disclose.

Developments” shall mean all data, discoveries, findings, reports, designs, inventions, improvements, methods, practices, techniques, developments, programs, concepts and ideas, whether or not patentable, relating to the present or planned activities, or the products and services of the Company Group.

(e) Exclusive Property. The Executive confirms that all Proprietary Information is and shall remain the exclusive property of the Company. All business records, papers and documents kept or made by him relating to the business of the Company Group shall be and remain the property of the Company. Upon the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company Group or upon the request of the Company at any time, he shall promptly deliver to the Company, and shall not, without the consent of the Company, retain copies of any written materials not previously made available to the public, or records and documents made by the Executive or coming into his possession concerning the business or affairs of the Company Group; provided, however, that subsequent to any such termination, the Company shall provide the Executive with copies (the cost of which shall be borne by the Executive) of any documents that are requested by the Executive and that he has determined in good faith are (i) required to establish a defense to a claim that the Executive has not complied with his duties hereunder or (ii) necessary to the Executive in order to comply with applicable law.

 

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(f) Assignment of Developments. During the Executive’s employment, all Developments that are at any time made, reduced to practice, conceived or suggested by him, whether acting alone or in conjunction with others, shall be the sole and absolute property of the Company, free of any reserved or other rights of any kind on his part, and the Executive hereby irrevocably assigns, conveys and transfers any and all right, title and interest that he may have in such Developments to the Company Group. If such Developments were made, conceived or suggested by the Executive during or as a result of his employment relationship with the Company Group, the Executive shall promptly make full disclosure of any such Developments to the Company and, at the Company’s cost and expense, do all acts and things (including, among others, the execution and delivery under oath of patent and copyright applications and instruments of assignment) deemed by the Company to be necessary or desirable at any time in order to effect the full assignment to the Company of his right, title and interest, if any, to such Developments. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that any invention, concept, design or discovery that concretely relates to or is associated with the Executive’s work for the Company Group that is described in a patent application or is disclosed to a third party, directly or indirectly, by the Executive during the Restricted Period shall be the property of and owned by the Company, and such disclosure by patent application (except by way of a patent application filed by any member of the Company Group) or otherwise shall constitute a breach of this Section 9.

(g) Injunctive Relief. Without intending to limit the remedies available to the Company, the Executive acknowledges that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 9 may result in material irreparable injury to the Company Group or any of its members for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of such a breach or threat thereof, the Company shall be entitled to obtain a temporary restraining order and/or a preliminary or permanent injunction restraining the Executive from engaging in activities prohibited by this Section 9 or such other relief as may be required to specifically enforce any of the covenants in this Section 9, without the Company being required to show any actual damage or to post an injunction bond.

(h) Enforceability. Should any of the time periods or the geographic area set forth in this Section 9 be held to be unreasonable by any court of competent subject matter jurisdiction, the parties hereto agree to petition such court to reduce the time period or geographic area to the maximum time period or geographic area, as applicable, permitted by governing law.

(i) Periods Following the Term. Other than the provisions of Section 9(a), the provisions of this Section 9 shall continue in effect in accordance with the provisions hereof following the expiration of the Term, including, without limitation, during any period that the Executive remains an employee-at-will of the Company.

(j) Reciprocity of Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event the Company is obligated to pay the Severance Amount under Section 6(c) of this Agreement, the Executive’s obligations under Section 9(a) of this Agreement

 

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shall be conditioned upon payment of the Severance Amount at the time and in the manner contemplated by Section 6(c); provided, however, that, without limiting any other remedies available to the Company, in the event of the Executive’s breach of Section 9(a) or (b) of this Agreement, the Company shall cease to have any obligation as of the date of such breach to make any payments under Section 6(c) of this Agreement. The party alleging a breach described in this Section 9(j) shall provide prompt written notice of such breach to the other party hereto, and the party receiving such notice shall have 10 days from the date of delivery of such notice (as determined in accordance with Section 11 hereof) to cure such breach to the reasonable satisfaction of the party delivering such notice. The party delivering the notice shall not be released of its obligations hereunder unless the 10-day cure period shall have expired without the alleged breach having been cured in the manner described in the previous sentence.

10. SECTION 409A COMPLIANCE; AMENDMENTS. The Company shall have the unilateral right to amend or modify the Agreement to the extent the Company deems such action necessary or advisable to avoid the imposition on any person of additional taxes, penalties or interest under Section 409A of the Code, and any such amendment shall not be a basis for a resignation by the Executive for Good Reason; provided, however, that any such amendment or modification shall, to the maximum extent the Company reasonably and in good faith determines to be possible, retain the economic and tax benefits to the Executive hereunder while not materially increasing the cost to the Company of providing such benefits to the Executive. Any determinations of the Company pursuant to this Section 10 shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons. Except as otherwise provided for in this Section 10, the provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, supplemented, waived or changed orally, but only by a writing signed by the party as to whom enforcement of any such amendment, supplement, waiver or modification is sought and making specific reference to this Agreement.

11. NOTICE. All notices, requests, consents and other communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing (including electronic transmission) and shall be (as elected by the person giving such notice) hand delivered by messenger or courier service, electronically transmitted, or mailed (airmail if international) by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid), return receipt requested, addressed to:

If to the Executive:

Thomas P. Hunt

If to the Company:

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

5900 Broken Sound Parkway N.W.

Boca Raton, Florida 33487

Attn: President

With a copy to:

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attn: Kenneth J. Laverriere

 

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or to such other address as any party may designate by notice complying with the provisions of this Section 11. Each such notice shall be deemed delivered (a) on the date delivered if by personal delivery; (b) on the date of transmission with confirmed answer back if by electronic transmission; and (c) on the date upon which the return receipt is signed or delivery is refused or the notice is designated by the postal authorities as not deliverable, as the case may be, if mailed.

12. ASSIGNMENTS. No party shall assign his or its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of each other party to this Agreement. The Company will require a successor to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company to assume expressly and to agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform this Agreement if no such succession had taken place.

13. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Confirmation of execution by electronic transmission of a facsimile signature page shall be binding upon any party so confirming.

14. ARBITRATION. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement that cannot be mutually resolved by the parties to this Agreement and their respective advisors and representatives shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in Palm Beach County, Florida in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association before one arbitrator of exemplary qualifications and stature, who shall be selected jointly by an individual to be designated by the Company and an individual to be designated by the Executive, or if such two individuals cannot agree on the selection of the arbitrator, who shall be selected by the American Arbitration Association. The Company shall pay for the cost of the arbitrator and the successful or prevailing party or parties shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees, sales and use taxes, costs and all expenses even if not taxable as court costs, incurred in the arbitration proceeding or any legal proceeding to enforce any award granted thereunder, in addition to any other relief to which such party or parties may be entitled. The parties hereby agree to waive their right to have any dispute between them resolved in a court of law by a judge or jury; provided, however, that this Section 14 will not prevent the Company Group from seeking equitable or injunctive relief (or any other provisional remedy) from any court having jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter hereof relating to a breach or violation or threatened breach or violation of the Executive’s obligations under Section 9 hereof; provided further that this Section 14 will not prevent either party from enforcing any arbitration award granted hereunder in any court having jurisdiction over the parties.

15. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement entered into pursuant hereto is contrary to, prohibited by or deemed invalid under applicable law or regulation, such provision shall be inapplicable and deemed omitted to the extent so contrary, prohibited or invalid, but the remainder hereof shall not be invalidated thereby and shall be given full force and effect so far as possible. If any provision of this Agreement may be construed in two or more ways, one of which would render the provision invalid or otherwise voidable or unenforceable and another of which would render the provision valid and enforceable, such provision shall have the meaning which renders it valid and enforceable.

 

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16. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement represents the entire understanding and agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all other negotiations, understandings and representations (if any) made by and between such parties, including the Original Agreement; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to modify any existing equity award granted to the Executive by the Company prior to the Effective Date.

17. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement and all transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida.

18. AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT. This Agreement has been amended and restated for purposes of complying with Section 409A of the Code, effective as of the Restatement Date.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written.

 

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Jeffrey A. Stoops

  Jeffrey A. Stoops
  President and Chief Executive Officer
THOMAS P. HUNT

/s/ Thomas P. Hunt

 

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EX-10.59A 5 dex1059a.htm EXHIBIT 10.59A Exhibit 10.59A

Exhibit 10.59A

AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), between SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a Florida corporation (the “Company”), and ANTHONY J. MACAIONE (the “Executive”), is made and entered into as of January 1, 2008 (the “Restatement Date”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company Group”) engage in the business of developing, leasing and maintaining wireless telecommunications tower sites and other related businesses;

WHEREAS, the Company and its subsidiary, SBA Properties Inc., a Florida corporation, and the Executive have previously entered into an Employment Agreement, dated September 18, 2006 (the “Original Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive understood that the Original Agreement would need to be revised in order to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Code”), and the Company and the Executive now desire to revise the Original Agreement to bring it into compliance; and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive wish to replace the Original Agreement as of the Restatement Date with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed by and between the parties as follows:

1. EMPLOYMENT. The Company hereby agrees to employ the Executive and the Executive hereby agrees to be employed by the Company on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

2. TERM. The term (the “Term”) of employment of the Executive by the Company Group hereunder commenced as of September 18, 2006 (the “Effective Date”) and shall end December 31, 2009 (the “End Date”), unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided. If the Executive continues in the employment of the Company Group following the expiration of the Term, the Executive’s employment with the Company Group shall be at will, unless and until the parties negotiate and sign a new employment agreement regarding such future employment. Neither party shall be under any obligation or duty to sign or negotiate any such new employment agreement.

3. POSITION AND DUTIES.

(a) The Executive shall serve as the senior vice president and chief financial officer of the Company. The Executive shall generally perform the duties of a senior vice president and chief financial officer for the Company and shall have such specific responsibilities, duties and authorities as shall from time to time be assigned by the President, Chief Executive Officer, or Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”).


(b) The Executive shall also serve, for no additional consideration, in such other positions in the Company Group as determined from time to time by the Board and shall have such specific responsibilities, duties and authorities with respect to such positions as shall from time to time be assigned by the President, Chief Executive Officer, or the Board.

(c) The Executive shall devote all his working time and efforts to the business and affairs of the Company Group.

4. COMPENSATION AND RELATED MATTERS.

(a) Salary. During the Term, the Executive shall be paid an annual salary at a rate of $247,500 per annum, which amount may be increased but not decreased by the Board (the “Base Salary”). The Company shall pay the Executive the Base Salary in accordance with its regular payroll practices as in effect from time to time. Compensation of the Executive by payments of Base Salary shall not be deemed exclusive and shall not prevent the Executive from participating in any other compensation or benefit plan of the Company Group, subject to the eligibility requirements and other terms of such plan.

(b) Annual Bonus. In addition to the Base Salary, the Executive shall be eligible to earn for each calendar year ending during the Term an annual incentive bonus (the “Bonus”) based on the achievement of one or more performance goals, targets, measurements and other factors (collectively, the “Performance Goals”) established for such year by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”). The Executive’s target annual bonus (the “Target Bonus”) and the applicable Performance Goals will be established by the Committee within 90 days of the first day of the year to which such Bonus relates; provided, however, that the minimum Target Bonus for each full year of service shall be 50% of Base Salary (the “Minimum Target Bonus”). Payment of the Executive’s Bonus for any year will be based upon the achievement of the Performance Goals established by the Committee for that year (including, without limitation, the exercise of the Committee’s negative discretion in accordance with its past practices with respect to the Performance Goals and related payment schedule established by the Committee for such Performance Goals). The actual bonus paid may be higher or lower than the Target Bonus for over- or under-achievement of the Performance Goals (including, without limitation, as a result of the exercise by the Committee of negative discretion in accordance with its past practices with respect to the Performance Goals and related payment schedule established by the Committee for such Performance Goals), as determined by the Committee. Subject to Section 6 hereof, a Bonus, if any, shall be payable in accordance with the Company’s customary bonus payment practices, but in no event later than March 15th of the succeeding calendar year.

(c) Expenses. During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to receive payment or reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Executive in performing services hereunder, including all expenses of travel and living expenses while away from home on business or at the request of and in the service of the Company Group, cell phone expenses and dues and seminar fees; provided that such expenses are incurred and accounted for in

 

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accordance with the policies and procedures then established by the Company Group from time to time; provided further that reimbursement shall be made as soon as practicable after a request for reimbursement is received by the Company Group in accordance with the Company’s customary expense reimbursement practices, but in no event later than the last day of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which the expense is incurred.

(d) Other Benefits. The Executive shall be entitled to participate in or receive benefits under any employee benefit plan or arrangement made available by the Company Group in the future to its executives and key management employees, subject to and on a basis consistent with the terms, conditions and overall administration of such plans and arrangements, which benefits shall include disability insurance for as long as the Company Group generally provides disability insurance to its officers. Any payments, bonuses or benefits payable to the Executive hereunder in respect of any calendar year during which the Executive is employed by the Company Group for less than the entire such year shall, unless otherwise provided in the applicable plan or arrangement, be prorated in accordance with the number of days in such calendar year during which the Executive is so employed.

(e) Group or Family Medical Coverage. The Company shall immediately cause to be provided group or family medical insurance coverage to the Executive and his dependents under a plan for employees of the Company Group, and such plan shall include reasonable coverage for medical, hospital, surgical and major medical expenses and shall be subject to such deductibles as applicable to other Company Group employees. In addition, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in the Company’s plan providing supplemental medical expense reimbursement insurance (the “Medical Expense Reimbursement Plan”) in accordance with the terms of such plan.

5. WITHHOLDING. Both the Executive and the Company agree that all amounts paid pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to all applicable federal, state, local and foreign withholding requirements.

6. TERMINATION. Subject to the provisions set forth in this Section 6, the Company shall have the right to terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder, and the Executive shall have the right to resign his employment with the Company Group, at any time for any reason or for no stated reason. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms “terminate,” “terminated,” “termination” and “resignation” mean a termination of the Executive’s employment that constitutes a Separation from Service (as defined in Section 6(e)(v) hereof).

(a) General. Upon a termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, he shall be entitled to receive the following amounts (collectively, the “Termination Amount”) on the next regularly scheduled payroll date after the date of the Executive’s termination of employment: (i) any accrued and unpaid Base Salary for services performed up to and including the date of his termination or resignation, as applicable, (ii) a cash payment (calculated on the basis of his Base Salary then in effect) for all unused vacation days that the Executive may have accrued as of his date of termination (subject to the terms of the Company’s then applicable vacation policies) and (iii) any unpaid reimbursement for business expenses the Executive is entitled to receive under Section 4(c) hereof.

 

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(b) Termination for Cause; Resignation Without Good Reason.

(i) If, prior to the expiration of the Term, the Executive’s employment with the Company Group is terminated by the Company for Cause (as defined below) or if the Executive resigns without Good Reason (as defined below), he shall be entitled to receive the Termination Amount. Except to the extent required by the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plan or program or otherwise required by applicable law, the Executive shall have no right under this Agreement or otherwise to receive any other compensation or to participate in any other plan, program or arrangement after such termination or resignation of employment with respect to the year of such termination or resignation and later years.

(ii) “Cause” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(1) the Executive’s willful, material violation of any law or regulation applicable to the business of the Company Group;

(2) the Executive’s conviction of, or plea of “no contest” to, a felony;

(3) any willful perpetration by the Executive of an act involving moral turpitude or common law fraud, whether or not related to his activities on behalf of the Company Group;

(4) any act of gross negligence by the Executive in the performance of his duties as an employee of the Company Group;

(5) any material violation by the Executive of the Company’s Code of Ethics, as in effect from time to time;

(6) the willful and continued failure or refusal of the Executive to satisfactorily perform the duties reasonably required of him as an employee of the Company Group;

(7) the indictment for any crime, whether a felony or misdemeanor, involving the purchase or sale of any security, mail or wire fraud, theft, embezzlement, moral turpitude, or Company Group property where such indictment has a material adverse impact on the Executive’s ability to perform his duties under this Agreement; or

(8) any willful misconduct by the Executive that is materially injurious to the financial condition, business, or reputation of, or is otherwise materially injurious to, any member of the Company Group.

(iii) Termination of the Executive’s employment for Cause shall be communicated by delivery to the Executive of a written notice from the Board stating that the Executive will be terminated for Cause, specifying the particulars thereof and the effective date of such termination; provided, however, that upon receipt of such notice, the Executive shall have (1) an opportunity to cure the matter constituting

 

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Cause within a measurable period of time (provided that the event constituting Cause is then susceptible to cure) and (2) an opportunity, together with his counsel, to be heard by the Board. The date of the Executive’s termination for Cause shall be the date of termination specified by the resolution of the Board; provided, however, that such termination shall not become effective until no earlier than the date of the meeting of the Board described in clause (2) of the preceding sentence. The date of resignation by the Executive shall be the date specified in a written notice of resignation to the Company. The Executive shall provide at least 30 days’ advance written notice of resignation without Good Reason; provided, however, that the Company, in its sole discretion, may waive the notice requirement in whole or in part.

(c) Termination Without Cause; Resignation for Good Reason.

(i) If, prior to the expiration of the Term, the Executive’s employment with the Company Group is terminated by the Company without Cause or if the Executive resigns from his employment hereunder for Good Reason, then, in addition to the Termination Amount, the Executive shall be entitled to receive:

(1) an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts (collectively, the “Severance Amount”):

(A) an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the Target Bonus for the year in which the termination or resignation occurs, calculated by multiplying (x) the Minimum Target Bonus for the year of termination by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days the Executive was employed during the year of such termination or resignation and the denominator of which is 365; plus

(B) an amount equal to 2.0 times the sum of: (i) the Base Salary in effect for the year of termination or resignation and (ii) the Minimum Target Bonus; and

(2) continuation of applicable medical, dental and life insurance benefits (based on the coverage in effect for the Executive and his dependents at the time of such termination or resignation, but excluding the Medical Expense Reimbursement Plan), from the date of termination or resignation until the earlier to occur of (i) the second anniversary of the date of termination or (ii) the date the Executive becomes eligible for comparable benefits provided by a third party (in either case, the “Continuation Period”); provided, however, that the continuation of such benefits shall be subject to the respective terms of the applicable plan, as in effect from time to time, and the timely payment by the Executive of his applicable share of the applicable premiums in effect from time to time during the Continuation Period. To the extent that reimbursable medical and dental care expenses constitute deferred compensation for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, the Company shall reimburse the medical and dental care expenses as soon as practicable consistent with the Company’s practice, but in no event later than the last day of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which such expenses are incurred.

 

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(ii) Except as provided for in Section 7(b), and subject to Section 6(e), the Severance Amount shall be paid in 24 equal monthly installments, commencing on the first business day of the calendar month following the calendar month in which the Executive’s termination or resignation becomes effective in accordance with this Section 6(c), and continuing on the first business day of each calendar month thereafter until all 24 monthly installments are paid.

(iii) The payment of the Severance Amount and the continuation of benefits, whether pursuant to this Section 6(c) or pursuant to Section 7, shall each be contingent upon the Executive executing a full release and waiver of claims against the Company Group (which release and waiver of claims, once executed and irrevocable, shall not apply to the Company’s obligation to pay the Severance Amount and continue benefits hereunder), in a form approved by the Board, that becomes irrevocable not later than the last day of the second calendar month following the calendar month in which the Executive’s termination or resignation becomes effective in accordance with this Section 6(c). If the Executive fails to execute a full release and waiver of claims against the Company Group that becomes irrevocable on or before the last day of the second calendar month following the calendar month in which the Executive’s termination or resignation becomes effective, the Company Group’s obligations under Sections 6(c) and 7 shall terminate and the Executive shall not be entitled to further payment of the Severance Amount or the continuation of benefits.

(iv) “Good Reason” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(1) the Executive’s position, title, duties, and reporting responsibilities with the Company in effect on the Effective Date become less favorable in any material respect;

(2) a reduction in the Base Salary, Minimum Target Bonus or material benefits, as of the Effective Date; or

(3) the relocation, without the Executive’s consent, of the Executive’s principal place of business to a location that is more than 60 miles from the Executive’s primary business location on the Effective Date.

(v) In order to constitute Good Reason, (1) the Executive must provide written notification of his intention to resign within 30 days after the Executive knows or has reason to know of the occurrence of any such event, (2) such event or condition is not corrected, in all material respects, by the Company Group within 20 days of its receipt of such notice and (3) the Executive resigns his employment with the Company Group not more than 30 days following the expiration of the 20-day period described in the foregoing clause (2).

 

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(vi) The date of termination of employment without Cause shall be the date specified in a written notice of termination to the Executive. The date of resignation for Good Reason shall be the date specified in a written notice of resignation from the Executive to the Company; provided, however, that no such written notice shall be effective unless the cure period specified in Section 6(c)(v) above has expired without the Company having corrected the event or events subject to cure.

(d) Disability; Death.

(i) If, as a result of the Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness (such incapacity being determined by the Board in its reasonable discretion), the Executive shall have been absent from his full-time duties as described hereunder for the entire period of 6 consecutive months (“Disability”), the Executive’s employment shall terminate at the end of the 6-month period.

(ii) Upon a termination pursuant to this Section 6(d) as a result of Disability or as a result of the Executive’s death, the Executive (or his estate, as applicable) shall be entitled to receive:

(1) the Termination Amount, and

(2) an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the Target Bonus for the year in which the termination occurs, calculated by multiplying (x) the Minimum Target Bonus for the year of termination by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days the Executive was employed during the year of termination and the denominator of which is 365.

(iii) If the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to this Section 6(d) as a result of his Disability, then subject to Section 6(e), the pro rata Target Bonus shall be paid in 24 equal monthly installments, commencing on the first business day of the third calendar month following the calendar month in which the Executive’s termination becomes effective in accordance with this Section 6(d) and continuing on the first business day of each calendar month thereafter until all 24 monthly installments are paid.

(iv) If the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to this Section 6(d) as a result of his Disability, and such Disability also constitutes a 409A Disability (as defined below), then, notwithstanding Section 6(d)(iii) hereof, the pro rata Target Bonus shall be paid in a lump sum within 30 days after the date on which such termination is effective. For purposes of this Section 6(d)(iv), a “409A Disability” means a disability such that the Executive is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.

(v) If the Executive’s employment is terminated as of result of his death, the pro rata Target Bonus shall be paid within 30 days after the date of the Executive’s death.

 

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(vi) Except to the extent required by the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plan or program or otherwise required by applicable law, the Executive shall have no right under this Agreement or otherwise to receive any other compensation or to participate in any other plan, program or arrangement after such termination.

(e) Section 409A Compliance.

(i) If, at the time of the Executive’s termination or resignation with the Company Group, the Executive is a Specified Employee (as defined below), then any amounts payable to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement prior to the 6-month anniversary of the Executive’s date of termination or resignation (the “Short-Term Deferral Date”) shall be delayed and not paid to the Executive until the first business day following the Short-Term Deferral Date, at which time such delayed amounts will be paid to the Executive in a cash lump sum (the “Catch-Up Amount”).

(ii) If payment of an amount is delayed as a result of this Section 6(e), such amount shall be increased with interest from the date on which such amount would otherwise have been paid to the Executive but for this Section 6(e) to the day prior to the date the Catch-Up Amount is paid. The rate of interest shall be the applicable short-term federal rate applicable under Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code for the month in which the date of the Executive’s termination or resignation occurs. Such interest shall be paid at the same time that the Catch-Up Amount is paid.

(iii) If the Executive dies on or after the date of the Executive’s termination or resignation and prior to the Short-Term Deferral Date, any amount delayed pursuant to this Section 6(e) shall be paid to the Executive’s estate or beneficiary, as applicable, together with interest, within 30 days following the date of the Executive’s death.

(iv) “Specified Employee” has the meaning set forth in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code. The determination of whether the Executive constitutes a Specified Employee on the date of his termination or resignation shall be made in accordance with the Company’s established methodology for determining Specified Employees.

(v) “Separation from Service” means a “separation from service” from the Company Group within the meaning of the default rules under the final regulations issued pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.

(vi) The provisions of this Section 6(e) shall apply notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement related to the timing of payments following the Executive’s termination or resignation.

7. CHANGE IN CONTROL; PAYMENT OF SEVERANCE AMOUNT.

(a) If a Change in Control of the Company (as defined below) shall become effective during the Term, the Term shall automatically be extended for 2 years following the effective date of such Change in Control and the End Date shall be deemed to be the second anniversary of the effective date of such Change in Control.

 

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(b) In the event that the Executive’s employment is terminated without Cause or the Executive resigns for Good Reason during the Term, and such termination or resignation occurs after a Change in Control which also constitutes a “change in control event” within the meaning of the default rules under Section 409A of the Code, then, notwithstanding Section 6(c)(ii) hereof, the Severance Amount shall be paid in a lump sum on the first business day of the third calendar month following the calendar month in which such termination or resignation is effective; provided, however, that if the Executive is a Specified Employee at the time of the Executive’s termination or resignation, then the Severance Amount (increased with interest in the manner contemplated by Section 6(e)(ii) hereof) shall be paid to the Executive on the first business day following the Short-Term Deferral Date (or, in the event of the Executive’s death after the date of the Executive’s termination or resignation but prior to the date of payment, to the Executive’s estate or beneficiary, as applicable, together with interest, within 30 days following the date of the Executive’s death).

(c) In the event that the Executive’s employment is terminated without Cause or the Executive resigns for Good Reason during the Term, and such termination or resignation occurs after a Change in Control which does not also constitute a “change in control event” within the meaning of the default rules under Section 409A of the Code, then, notwithstanding Section 7(b), the Severance Amount shall be paid in accordance with Sections 6(c)(ii) and, if applicable, 6(e).

(d) A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred when:

(i) any person is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding securities; or

(ii) the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors then serving: individuals who constitute the Board as of the Effective Date and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including, but not limited to, a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors on the Effective Date or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended; or

(iii) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company, other than (A) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof), in combination with the

 

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ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (B) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no person is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its affiliates other than in connection with the securities acquired directly from the Company or its affiliates other than in connection with the acquisition by the Company or its affiliates of a business) representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or

(iv) the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.

8. CERTAIN ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS BY THE COMPANY.

(a) In the event that any amount or benefit paid, distributed or otherwise provided to the Executive by the Company Group, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, but determined without regard to any additional payment required under this Section 8(a) (collectively, the “Covered Payments”), would (x) constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, and (y) be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any interest or penalties payable with respect to such excise tax (such excise tax, together with any such interest and penalties, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive from the Company an additional payment (the “Gross-Up Payment,” and any iterative payments pursuant to this paragraph also shall be “Gross-Up Payments”) in an amount that shall fund the payment by the Executive of any Excise Tax on the Covered Payments, as well as all income and employment taxes on the Gross-Up Payment, any Excise Tax imposed on the Gross-Up Payment and any interest or penalties imposed with respect to income and employment taxes imposed on the Gross-Up Payment. For this purpose, all income taxes will be assumed to apply to the Executive at the highest marginal rate.

(b) A nationally recognized firm of independent accountants, selected by the Company after consultation with the Executive, shall perform the foregoing calculations. The Company shall bear all expenses with respect to the determinations by such accounting firm required to be made hereunder. Such accounting firm shall apply the provisions of this Section 8 in a reasonable manner and in good faith in accordance with then prevailing practices in the interpretation and application of Section 280G of the Code. For purposes of applying the provisions of this Section 8, the Company shall be entitled to rely on the written advice of legal counsel or such accounting firm as to whether one or more Covered Payments constitute “parachute payments” under Section 280G of the Code.

 

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(c) The accounting firm engaged to make the determinations hereunder shall provide its calculations, together with detailed supporting documentation, to the Company and the Executive within 30 calendar days after the date that such accounting firm has been engaged to make such determinations or such other time as requested by the Company or the Executive. If the accounting firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable with respect to a Covered Payment, it shall furnish the Company and the Executive with an opinion reasonably acceptable to the Executive that no Excise Tax will be imposed with respect to such Covered Payment. Any good faith determinations of the accounting firm made hereunder shall be final, binding, and conclusive upon the Company and the Executive.

(d) The Gross-Up Payment shall be paid within 30 days after such amount is determined by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8, but in no event later than the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Executive remits the Excise Tax.

9. PROTECTION OF THE COMPANY GROUP’S INTERESTS.

(a) No Competing Employment. During the Term and, in the event the Term ends prior to the End Date for any reason other than the Executive’s death but including, without limitation, termination without Cause or resignation for Good Reason, for a period of 2 years following the effective date of such termination or resignation, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Board, directly or indirectly, own an interest in, manage, operate, join, control, lend money or render financial or other assistance to or participate in or be connected with, as an officer, employee, partner, stockholder, consultant or otherwise, any individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other business organization or entity that competes with the business of the Company Group by providing any goods or services provided or under development by the Company Group at the effective date of the Executive’s termination of employment (the “Business”); provided, however, that this Section 9(a) shall not proscribe the Executive’s ownership, either directly or indirectly, of less than 1% of any class of securities which are listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on the automated quotation system of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

(b) No Interference. For so long as the Executive is employed by the Company Group and during a period of 2 years after his employment with the Company Group ends for any reason other than the Executive’s death but including, without limitation, termination without Cause or resignation for Good Reason (the “Restricted Period”), the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, whether for his own account or for the account of any other individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other business organization (other than the Company Group), (i) solicit, or endeavor to entice away from the Company Group, or otherwise interfere with the relationship of the Company Group with, any person or entity who is, or was within the then most recent 12-month period, (A) employed by, or otherwise engaged to perform services for, the Company Group, or (B) a customer or client of the Company Group, (ii) assist or encourage any other person in carrying out, directly or indirectly, any activity that would be prohibited by the provisions of this Section 9(b) if such activity were carried out by the

 

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Executive, and, in particular, the Executive agrees that he will not, directly or indirectly, induce any employee of the Company Group to carry out any such activity, or (iii) otherwise interfere with the business of the Company Group.

(c) Non-Disparagement. During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not intentionally make any public statement, or publicly release any information, that disparages or defames the Company Group, or any of its members, officers or directors, and shall not intentionally cause or encourage any other person to make any such statement or publicly release any such information.

(d) Confidentiality. The Executive understands and acknowledges that, in the course of his employment, he has had and will continue to have access to and will learn confidential information regarding the Company Group that concerns the technological innovations, operations and methodologies of the Company Group, including, without limitation, business plans, financial information, protocols, proposals, manuals, procedures and guidelines, computer source codes, programs, software, know-how and specifications, copyrights, trade secrets, market information, Developments (as hereinafter defined), data and customer information (collectively, “Proprietary Information”). The Executive recognizes that the use or disclosure of Proprietary Information could cause the Company or any member of the Company Group substantial loss and damages that could not be readily calculated, and for which no remedy at law would be adequate. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that, during the Restricted Period and thereafter, he shall keep confidential and shall not, directly or indirectly, disclose any such Proprietary Information to any third party, except as required to fulfill his duties in connection with his employment by the Company Group, and shall not misuse, misappropriate or exploit such Proprietary Information in any way. The restrictions contained herein shall not apply to any information that the Executive can demonstrate (i) was already available to the public at the time of disclosure, or subsequently became available to the public, otherwise than by breach of this Agreement or (ii) was the subject of a court order to disclose.

Developments” shall mean all data, discoveries, findings, reports, designs, inventions, improvements, methods, practices, techniques, developments, programs, concepts and ideas, whether or not patentable, relating to the present or planned activities, or the products and services of the Company Group.

(e) Exclusive Property. The Executive confirms that all Proprietary Information is and shall remain the exclusive property of the Company. All business records, papers and documents kept or made by him relating to the business of the Company Group shall be and remain the property of the Company. Upon the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company Group or upon the request of the Company at any time, he shall promptly deliver to the Company, and shall not, without the consent of the Company, retain copies of any written materials not previously made available to the public, or records and documents made by the Executive or coming into his possession concerning the business or affairs of the Company Group; provided, however, that subsequent to any such termination, the Company shall provide the Executive with copies (the cost of which shall be borne by the Executive) of any documents that are requested by the Executive and that he has determined in good faith are (i) required to establish a defense to a claim that the Executive has not complied with his duties hereunder or (ii) necessary to the Executive in order to comply with applicable law.

 

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(f) Assignment of Developments. During the Executive’s employment, all Developments that are at any time made, reduced to practice, conceived or suggested by him, whether acting alone or in conjunction with others, shall be the sole and absolute property of the Company, free of any reserved or other rights of any kind on his part, and the Executive hereby irrevocably assigns, conveys and transfers any and all right, title and interest that he may have in such Developments to the Company Group. If such Developments were made, conceived or suggested by the Executive during or as a result of his employment relationship with the Company Group, the Executive shall promptly make full disclosure of any such Developments to the Company and, at the Company’s cost and expense, do all acts and things (including, among others, the execution and delivery under oath of patent and copyright applications and instruments of assignment) deemed by the Company to be necessary or desirable at any time in order to effect the full assignment to the Company of his right, title and interest, if any, to such Developments. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that any invention, concept, design or discovery that concretely relates to or is associated with the Executive’s work for the Company Group that is described in a patent application or is disclosed to a third party, directly or indirectly, by the Executive during the Restricted Period shall be the property of and owned by the Company, and such disclosure by patent application (except by way of a patent application filed by any member of the Company Group) or otherwise shall constitute a breach of this Section 9.

(g) Injunctive Relief. Without intending to limit the remedies available to the Company, the Executive acknowledges that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 9 may result in material irreparable injury to the Company Group or any of its members for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of such a breach or threat thereof, the Company shall be entitled to obtain a temporary restraining order and/or a preliminary or permanent injunction restraining the Executive from engaging in activities prohibited by this Section 9 or such other relief as may be required to specifically enforce any of the covenants in this Section 9, without the Company being required to show any actual damage or to post an injunction bond.

(h) Enforceability. Should any of the time periods or the geographic area set forth in this Section 9 be held to be unreasonable by any court of competent subject matter jurisdiction, the parties hereto agree to petition such court to reduce the time period or geographic area to the maximum time period or geographic area, as applicable, permitted by governing law.

(i) Periods Following the Term. Other than the provisions of Section 9(a), the provisions of this Section 9 shall continue in effect in accordance with the provisions hereof following the expiration of the Term, including, without limitation, during any period that the Executive remains an employee-at-will of the Company.

(j) Reciprocity of Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event the Company is obligated to pay the Severance Amount under Section 6(c) of this Agreement, the Executive’s obligations under Section 9(a) of this Agreement

 

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shall be conditioned upon payment of the Severance Amount at the time and in the manner contemplated by Section 6(c); provided, however, that, without limiting any other remedies available to the Company, in the event of the Executive’s breach of Section 9(a) or (b) of this Agreement, the Company shall cease to have any obligation as of the date of such breach to make any payments under Section 6(c) of this Agreement. The party alleging a breach described in this Section 9(j) shall provide prompt written notice of such breach to the other party hereto, and the party receiving such notice shall have 10 days from the date of delivery of such notice (as determined in accordance with Section 11 hereof) to cure such breach to the reasonable satisfaction of the party delivering such notice. The party delivering the notice shall not be released of its obligations hereunder unless the 10-day cure period shall have expired without the alleged breach having been cured in the manner described in the previous sentence.

10. SECTION 409A COMPLIANCE; AMENDMENTS. The Company shall have the unilateral right to amend or modify the Agreement to the extent the Company deems such action necessary or advisable to avoid the imposition on any person of additional taxes, penalties or interest under Section 409A of the Code, and any such amendment shall not be a basis for a resignation by the Executive for Good Reason; provided, however, that any such amendment or modification shall, to the maximum extent the Company reasonably and in good faith determines to be possible, retain the economic and tax benefits to the Executive hereunder while not materially increasing the cost to the Company of providing such benefits to the Executive. Any determinations of the Company pursuant to this Section 10 shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons. Except as otherwise provided for in this Section 10, the provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, supplemented, waived or changed orally, but only by a writing signed by the party as to whom enforcement of any such amendment, supplement, waiver or modification is sought and making specific reference to this Agreement.

11. NOTICE. All notices, requests, consents and other communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing (including electronic transmission) and shall be (as elected by the person giving such notice) hand delivered by messenger or courier service, electronically transmitted, or mailed (airmail if international) by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid), return receipt requested, addressed to:

If to the Executive:

Anthony J. Macaione

If to the Company:

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

5900 Broken Sound Parkway N.W.

Boca Raton, Florida 33487

Attn: President

With a copy to:

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attn: Kenneth J. Laverriere

 

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or to such other address as any party may designate by notice complying with the provisions of this Section 11. Each such notice shall be deemed delivered (a) on the date delivered if by personal delivery; (b) on the date of transmission with confirmed answer back if by electronic transmission; and (c) on the date upon which the return receipt is signed or delivery is refused or the notice is designated by the postal authorities as not deliverable, as the case may be, if mailed.

12. ASSIGNMENTS. No party shall assign his or its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of each other party to this Agreement. The Company will require a successor to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company to assume expressly and to agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform this Agreement if no such succession had taken place.

13. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Confirmation of execution by electronic transmission of a facsimile signature page shall be binding upon any party so confirming.

14. ARBITRATION. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement that cannot be mutually resolved by the parties to this Agreement and their respective advisors and representatives shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in Palm Beach County, Florida in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association before one arbitrator of exemplary qualifications and stature, who shall be selected jointly by an individual to be designated by the Company and an individual to be designated by the Executive, or if such two individuals cannot agree on the selection of the arbitrator, who shall be selected by the American Arbitration Association. The Company shall pay for the cost of the arbitrator and the successful or prevailing party or parties shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees, sales and use taxes, costs and all expenses even if not taxable as court costs, incurred in the arbitration proceeding or any legal proceeding to enforce any award granted thereunder, in addition to any other relief to which such party or parties may be entitled. The parties hereby agree to waive their right to have any dispute between them resolved in a court of law by a judge or jury; provided, however, that this Section 14 will not prevent the Company Group from seeking equitable or injunctive relief (or any other provisional remedy) from any court having jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter hereof relating to a breach or violation or threatened breach or violation of the Executive’s obligations under Section 9 hereof; provided further that this Section 14 will not prevent either party from enforcing any arbitration award granted hereunder in any court having jurisdiction over the parties.

15. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement entered into pursuant hereto is contrary to, prohibited by or deemed invalid under applicable law or regulation, such provision shall be inapplicable and deemed omitted to the extent so contrary, prohibited or invalid, but the remainder hereof shall not be invalidated thereby and shall be given full force and effect so far as possible. If any provision of this Agreement may be construed in two or more ways, one of which would render the provision invalid or otherwise voidable or unenforceable and another of which would render the provision valid and enforceable, such provision shall have the meaning which renders it valid and enforceable.

 

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16. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement represents the entire understanding and agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all other negotiations, understandings and representations (if any) made by and between such parties, including the Original Agreement; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to modify any existing equity award granted to the Executive by the Company prior to the Effective Date.

17. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement and all transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida.

18. AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT. This Agreement has been amended and restated for purposes of complying with Section 409A of the Code, effective as of the Restatement Date.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written.

 

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Jeffrey A. Stoops

  Jeffrey A. Stoops
  President and Chief Executive Officer

 

ANTHONY J. MACAIONE

/s/ Anthony J. Macaione

 

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EX-31.1 6 dex311.htm CERTIFICATION CERTIFICATION

Exhibit 31.1

Certification

I, Jeffrey A. Stoops, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of SBA Communications Corporation;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: May 7, 2008  

/s/ Jeffrey A. Stoops

  Jeffrey A. Stoops
  Chief Executive Officer
EX-31.2 7 dex312.htm CERTIFICATION CERTIFICATION

Exhibit 31.2

Certification

I, Anthony J. Macaione, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of SBA Communications Corporation;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f)) and 15d-15(f) for the registrant and have:

 

  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: May 7, 2008  

/s/ Anthony J. Macaione

  Anthony J. Macaione
  Chief Financial Officer
EX-32.1 8 dex321.htm CERTIFICATION CERTIFICATION

Exhibit 32.1

Certification Pursuant to

18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

As Adopted Pursuant to

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of SBA Communications Corporation (the “Company”), on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Jeffrey A. Stoops, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, that to the best of my knowledge:

 

  1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and

 

  2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Date: May 7, 2008  

/s/ Jeffrey A. Stoops

  Jeffrey A. Stoops
  Chief Executive Officer
EX-32.2 9 dex322.htm CERTIFICATION CERTIFICATION

Exhibit 32.2

Certification Pursuant to

18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

As Adopted Pursuant to

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of SBA Communications Corporation (the “Company”), on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Anthony J. Macaione, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, that to the best of my knowledge:

 

  1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and

 

  2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Date: May 7, 2008  

/s/ Anthony J. Macaione

  Anthony J. Macaione
  Chief Financial Officer
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