UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 10-K

 

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

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 20052007

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)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (561) 995-7670


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

NONE


Title of Each Class

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value per shareThe NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
(NASDAQ Global Select Market)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Class A common stock, $.01 par valueNone

 


Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x

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 if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.x¨

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

Large accelerated filer  x    Accelerated filer  ¨    Non-accelerated filer  ¨    Smaller reporting company  ¨

Large accelerated filer    xAccelerated filer    ¨Non-Accelerated filer    ¨

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

The aggregate market value of the votingClass A common stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant was approximately $783.4 million$3.4 billion as of June 30, 2005.29, 2007.

The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant’s common stock (as of March 6, 2006)February 21, 2008): Class A common stock — 85,738,634—108,473,904 shares

Documents Incorporated By Reference

Portions of the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement for its 20062008 annual meeting of shareholders, which proxy statement will be filed no later than 120 days after the close of the Registrant’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2005,2007, are hereby incorporated by reference in Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 



Table of Contents

Page
PART I
ITEM 1.BUSINESS3
ITEM 1A.RISK FACTORS11
ITEM 1B.UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS21
ITEM 2.PROPERTIES21
ITEM 3.LEGAL PROCEEDINGS21
ITEM 4.SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS21
PART II
ITEM 5.MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES22
ITEM 6.SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA22
ITEM 7.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS25
ITEM 7A.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK44
ITEM 8.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA49
ITEM 9.CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE49
ITEM 9A.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES49
ITEM 9B.OTHER INFORMATION51
PART III
ITEM 10.DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE51
ITEM 11.EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION51
ITEM 12.SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS52
ITEM 13.CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE52
ITEM 14.PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES52
PART IV
ITEM 15.EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES52

PART I

 

ITEM 1.BUSINESS

General

We are a leading independent owner and operator of wireless communications towers. We currently operatetowers in the Eastern third47 of the 48 contiguous United States, where substantially all of our towers are located.Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Our principal business line is our site leasing business.business, which contributed 95.5% of our segment operating profit for the year ended December 31, 2007. 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, built or constructed based on our own initiative or acquired. As of December 31, 2005,2007, we owned 3,3046,220 towers, in continuing operations.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 4,500 actual or potential communications sites, of which approximately 640 are revenue producing. Our second business line is our site development business, through which we offerassist wireless service providers assistance 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. We lease antenna space on the towers we have constructed, the towers we have acquired, and the towers we lease, sublease and/or manage for third parties. Our siteSite leasing revenue comesrevenues are received primarily from a variety of wireless service provider tenants, including Alltel, Cingular,AT&T, Sprint, Nextel, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless. We believe our currentWireless 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 portfolio positions us to take advantagesite. Tenant leases are generally for an initial term of wireless service providers’ antenna and equipment deployment.five years renewable for five 5-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.

As of December 31, 2005,2007, we owned 3,3046,220 towers, up from 3,0605,551 as of December 31, 2004.2006. We currently believe thatintend to grow our tower portfolio by 5% to 10% in 2008. We intend to meet these growth is the best use of our capital resources to provide our shareholders long-term value. Consequently, we are currentlytargets by pursuing a limited new build program and tower acquisition program.opportunities within the parameters of our desired long-term leverage ratios. Pursuant to these new initiatives, we built 3661 towers and acquired 208612 towers during 2005. The2007, compared to the year ended 2006 where we built 60 towers underand acquired 2,189 towers, including the 1,850 towers acquired through the April 27, 2006 acquisition of all the outstanding shares of AAT Communications Corp. (“AAT”), which we refer to as the AAT Acquisition.

In our new build program, will be constructed either (1) under build-to-suit arrangements or (2)we construct towers in locations chosen by us.us under build-to-suit arrangements. Under our build-to-suit arrangements, we build towers for wireless service providers at locations that they have identified. We retain ownership of the tower and the exclusive right to co-locate additional tenants on the tower. In addition,When we intend on buildingconstruct towers onin locations chosen by us. Based onus, we utilize our knowledge of our customers’ needs,customer’s network requirements to identify locations where, we believe, multiple wireless service providers need, or will need, to locate antennas to meet capacity or service demands. We seek to identify attractive locations for new towers and complete pre-construction procedures necessary to secure the site concurrently with our leasing efforts. Our intent is that substantially all of our new builds willWe intend to have at least one signed tenant lease on each new build tower on the day that it is completed and we expect that some will have multiple tenants. We currently intend to build 80 to 100 new towers during 2006. With respect to acquisitions,2008.

In our tower acquisition program, we intend to pursue towers that meet or exceed our internal guidelines regarding current and future potential returns and the impact of such acquisition on our leverage ratios.returns. For each acquisition, we prepare various analyses that include (1) projections of a five-year unlevered internal rate of return, (2) review of available capacity, for future lease up projections and (3)a summary of current and future tenant/technology mix.

The table below provides information regarding the development and status of our tower portfolio over the past fivethree years.

 

  For the year ended December 31,  For the year ended December 31, 
  2005 2004 2003 2002 2001  2005 2006 2007 

Towers owned at beginning of period

  3,066  3,093  3,877  3,734  2,390  3,066  3,304  5,551 

Towers acquired in AAT Acquisition

  —    1,850  —   

Other towers acquired

  208  339  612 

Towers constructed

  36  10  13  141  667  36  60  61 

Towers acquired

  208  5  —    53  677

Towers reclassified/disposed of(1)

  (6) (42) (797) (51) —    (6) (2) (4)
                         

Towers owned at end of period

  3,304  3,066  3,093  3,877  3,734  3,304  5,551  6,220 
                         

Towers held for sale at end of period

  —    6  47  837  815

Towers in continuing operations at end of period

  3,304  3,060  3,046  3,040  2,919
               

Towers owned at end of period

  3,304  3,066  3,093  3,877  3,734
               

 

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

As of December 31, 2005,2007, we had 8,27815,429 tenants on these 3,304 towers,the 6,220 tower sites we owned as of that date, or an average of 2.5 tenants per tower. Our lease contracts typically have terms of five years or more with multiple term tenant renewal options and provide for annual rent escalators.

Our site leasing business generates substantially all of our segment operating profit. As indicated in the charttables below, our site leasing business generates 62%generated 78.8% of our total revenue during the past year and representshas represented 95% or more of our total segment operating profit (as defined below).for the past three years.

 

  Revenues 
  For the year ended December 31,   For the year ended December 31, 
  2005 2004 2003   2005 2006 2007 
  (in thousands except for percentages)   (dollars in thousands) 

Site leasing revenue

  $161,277  $144,004  $127,852   $161,277  $256,170  $321,818 

Site leasing segment operating profit

  $114,018  $96,721  $80,059 

Total revenues

  $259,991  $351,102  $408,201 

Percentage of total revenue

   62.0%  62.2%  66.6%   62.0%  73.0%  78.8%

Site leasing operating profit percentage contribution of total operating profit

   95.0%  94.1%  93.5%
  Segment Operating Profit 
  For the year ended December 31, 
  2005 2006 2007 
  (dollars in thousands) 

Site leasing segment operating profit(1)

  $114,018  $185,507  $233,812 

Total segment operating profit(1)

  $120,039  $194,516  $244,848 

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

   95.0%  95.4%  95.5%

We believe that over the long term our 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 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 re-locate, we have historically experienced low customer churn as a percentage of revenue.

At December 31, 2005, our same tower revenue growth (defined as revenue growth for the most recent quarter compared to the comparable quarter in the prior year on towers owned at December 31, 2004 that we still owned at December 31, 2005) was 12% and our same tower site leasing segment operating profit growth was 18% on the 3,060 towers we owned as of December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2005.

(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 annual report in the section entitled Non-GAAP Financial Measures.

Site Development Services

Our site development business is a corollarycomplementary to our site leasing business, and provides us the ability to (1) keep in close contact with the wireless service providers who generate substantially all of our site leasing revenue

and (2) 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.

In the consulting segment of our site development business, we offer clients the following range of services: (1) network pre-design; (2) site audits; (3) identification of potential locations for towers and antennas; (4) support in buying or leasing of the location; and (5) assistance in obtaining zoning approvals and permits. In the construction segment of our site development business we provide a number of services, including, but not limited to the following: (1) tower and related site construction; (2) antenna installation; and (3) radio equipment installation, commissioning and maintenance. Personnel in our site development business also support our leasing and new tower build functions through an integrated plan across the divisions.

During 2004, we completedWe provide our previously announced plan to exit thesite development and construction services business in the Westernon a local basis, through regional offices, territory offices and project offices, some of which are opened and closed on a project-by-project basis. The regional offices are responsible for all site development operations, including hiring employees and opening or closing project offices, and a substantial portion of the United States based on our determination that this business was no longer beneficial to our site leasing business, as we had sold our tower portfoliosales in this region. Consequently, our services business is focused in the Northeast and Southeast regions of the U.S. In these regions, we are involved in major projects with most of the major wireless communications and services companies. Our site development customers include Bechtel Corporation, Cingular, General Dynamics, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless.such area.

For financial information about our operating segments, please see Note 21 to23 of our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Form 10-K.

Industry Overview

We believe that growing wireless traffic, the successful recent spectrum auctions and technology developments will require wireless service providers to improve their network infrastructure and increase their network capacity resulting in an increase in the number of communication sites that they use. First, consumers continue to push minutes of use higher, whether through wireline to wireless migration, increasing use of broadband services, new data products or simply talking more. Consumers are demanding quality wireless networks, and list network coverage and quality as two of the greatest contributors to their dissatisfaction when terminating or changing service. To decrease subscriber churn rate and drive revenue growth, wireless carriers have made substantial capital expenditures on wireless networks to improve service quality and expand coverage. Second, we expect that the roll-out of 3G and 4G wireless services by existing carriers will require our customers to add a large number of additional cell sites and increase the amount of their equipment at current cell sites. We expect that the Federal Communications Commission’s (the “FCC”) advanced wireless service spectrum auction 66 for advanced broadband services and the current FCC spectrum auction 73, relating to the auction of the 700 MHz band, will provide existing carriers the opportunity to acquire spectrum for 3G and 4G wireless service and will further drive the demand for communication sites. Finally, the third area of growth in the U.S. market comes from new market launches for emerging carriers to get into traditional wireless services or new technologies like WiMAX. For example, Leap Wireless and Metro PCS acquired spectrum in auction 66 in new coverage areas that will require brand new networks while Clearwire is in the process of building out a nationwide network. Based on these factors, we believe that the U.S. wireless industry is growing, well-capitalized, highly competitive and focused on quality and advanced services. Therefore, we expect that we will see a multi-year trend of strong additional cell site demand from our customers, which we believe will translate into strong leasing growth for us.

Business Strategy

Our primary strategy is to capture the maximum benefits from our position as a leading owner and operator of wireless communications towers. Key elements of our strategy include:

Focusing on Site Leasing Business with Stable, Recurring Revenues.We intend to continue to focus on and allocate substantially all of our capital resources to expanding our site leasing business due to its attractive characteristics such as long-term contracts, built-in rent escalators, high operating margins and low customer churn. The long-term nature of the revenue stream of our site leasing business makes it less volatile than our site development business, which is more reactive to changes in industry conditions.cyclical. By focusing on our site leasing business, we believe that we can maintain a stable, recurring cash flow stream and reduce our exposure to cyclical changes in customer spending.

Maximizing Use of Tower Capacity. We generally have constructed or acquired towers that accommodate multiple tenants and a substantial majority of our towers are high capacity lattice or guyed towers. Most of our towers have significant capacity available for additional antennas and we believe that increased use of our towers can be achieved at a low incremental cost. We actively market space on our towers through our internal sales force.

Disciplined Growth of Tower Portfolio.We currently believe that the best use of our available capital resources isintend to use these funds to increasegrow our tower portfolio.portfolio by 5% to 10% during 2008. We intend to use our available cash flow from operating activities and available liquidity, including borrowings, to build and/or acquire new towers at prices that we believe will be accretive to our shareholders both short and long-term and which allow us to maintain our long-term target leverage ratios long-term. We intendratios. Furthermore, we believe that our tower operations are highly scalable. Consequently, we believe that we are able to review all acquisition opportunities, both largematerially increase our tower portfolio without proportionately increasing selling, general and small, which meet our minimum target levels.administrative expenses.

Controlling Expense Base. Over the last two years, we have successfully restructured our balance sheet to significantly reduce the interest expense associated with our indebtedness. We accomplished this by means of our equity offerings, redemption of 35% of the 9 3/4% senior discount notes and the 8 1/2% senior notes and the issuance of $405.0 million of commercial mortgage pass-through certificates (“CMBS Certificates”), our first securitization transaction, which we refer to as the “CMBS Transaction”Underlying Land Positions. We intend to continue to explore opportunities, including those that may be available in the asset-backed securitization market, to reduce our interest expense. Furthermore, we have purchased and intend to continue to purchase if available at commercially

reasonable prices,and/or enter into long-term leases for the land that underlies our towers, as weto the extent available at commercially reasonable prices. We believe that these purchases and/or long-term leases will increase our margins, improve our cash flow from operations and minimize our exposure to increases in ground lease rents in the future. Due to the relatively young ageAs of December 31, 2007, we own or control, for a minimum period of fifty years, land under 23% of our towers, we believe that the maintenance and augmentation capital expenditures should be limited for the foreseeable future.communication sites.

Using our Local Presence to Build Strong Relationships with Major Wireless Service Providers. Given the nature of towers as location specific communications facilities, we believe that substantially all of what we do is done best done locally. Consequently, we have a broad field organization that allows us to develop and capitalize on our experience, expertise and relationships in each of our local markets which in turn enhances our customer relationships. Due to our presence in local markets, we believe we are well positioned to capture additional site leasing business and new tower build opportunities in our markets and identify and participate in site development projects across our markets.

Capitalizing on our Management Experience. Our management team has extensive experience in site leasing and site development services.development. Management believes that its industry expertise and strong relationships with wireless service providers will allow us to expand our position as a leading provider of site leasing and site development services.

Company Services

We provide our services on a local basis, through regional offices, territory offices and project offices, some of which are opened and closed on a project-by-project basis. Operationally, we are divided into two regions in the Eastern portion of the United States, run by vice presidents. Each region is divided into geographic territories run by local managers. Within each manager’s geographic area of responsibility, he or she is responsible for all site development operations, including hiring employees and opening or closing project offices, and a substantial portion of the sales in such area.

Our executive, corporate development, accounting, finance, human resources, legal and regulatory, information technology and site administration personnel, and our network operations center are located in our headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida. Certain sales, new tower build support and tower maintenance personnel are also located in our Boca Raton office.

Customers

Since commencing operations, we have performed site leasing and site development services for all of the large wireless service providers. The majority of our contracts have been for Personal Communications Systems, or PCS, enhanced specialized mobile radio, or ESMR, and cellular providers of wireless telephony services. We also serve wireless data and Internet, paging, PCS narrowband, specialized mobile radio, multi-channel multi-point distribution service, or MMDS, and multi-point distribution service, or MDS, wireless providers. In both our site development and site leasing businesses, we work with large national providers and smaller regional, local regional or private operators.

We depend on a relatively small number of customers for our site leasing and site development revenues. The following customers represented at least 10% of our total revenues during at least one of the last three years:

 

   For the year ended December 31, 
   2005  2004  2003 

Cingular

  25.5% 22.7% 20.3%

Sprint Nextel

  20.8% 21.4% 13.5%

Bechtel Corporation

  5.0% 6.1% 10.4%

   Percentage of Total Revenue
for the year ended December 31,
 
   2005  2006  2007 

Sprint

  30.9% 27.6% 30.5%

AT&T

  25.5% 21.4% 21.0%

During the past two years, we provided services for a number of customers, including:

 

Alltel

Aircell
  

Sprint Nextel

Metro PCS

Bechtel Corporation

Alltel
  

Nextel Partners

Motorola

Cingular

AT&T
  

Nokia

Bechtel Corporation

Nortel
Cellular SouthNorthrop Grumman
CentennialNsoro
ClearwireNYSEG
Dobson Cellular Systems

  

PAC 17/A.F.L.

RCC

General Dynamics

Ericsson
  

Siemens

Samsung

iPCS

Fibertower
  

T-Mobile

Siemens

Leap Wireless

General Dynamics
  

Triton PCS

Sprint

MA - COMM

Goodman Networks
  

U.S. Cellular

T-Mobile

Metro PCS

iPCS
  

Verizon Wireless

USA Mobility

Motorola

Leap Wireless
  U.S. Cellular
M/A-COMVerizon Wireless

Sales and Marketing

Our sales and marketing goals are to:

 

use existing relationships and develop new relationships with wireless service providers to lease antenna space on and sell related services with respect to our owned or managed towers, enabling us to grow our site leasing business; and

 

successfully bid and win those site development services contracts that will contribute to our operating margins and/or provide a financial or strategic benefit to our site leasing business.

We approach sales on a company-wide basis, involving many of our employees. We have a dedicated sales force that is supplemented by members of our executive management team. Our dedicated salespeople are based regionally as well as in the corporate office. We also rely on our regional vice presidents, general managers and other operations personnel to sell our services and cultivate customers. Our strategy is to delegate sales efforts to those employees of ours who have the best relationships with our customers. Most wireless service providers have national corporate headquarters with regional and local offices. We believe that providers make most decisions for site development and site leasing services at the regional and local levels with input from their corporate headquarters. Our sales representatives work with provider representatives at the regional and local levels and at the national level when appropriate. Our sales staff compensation is heavily weighted to incentive-based goals and measurements. A substantial number of our operations personnel have revenue and gross profit-based incentive components in their compensation plans.

In addition to our marketing and sales staff, we rely upon our executive and operations personnel at the regional and territory office levels to identify sales opportunities within existing customer accounts.

Our primary marketing and sales support is centralized and directed from our headquarters office in Boca Raton, Florida and is supplemented by our regional and territory offices. We have a full-time staff dedicated to our marketing efforts. The marketing and sales support staff is charged with implementing our marketing strategies, prospecting and producing sales presentation materials and proposals. In addition to our marketing and sales staff, we rely upon our executive and operations personnel at the regional and territory office levels to identify sales opportunities within existing customer accounts.

Competition

In theSite Leasing – Our primary competitors for our site leasing business, we compete with:

activities are (1) the large independent tower companies, American Tower Corp, Crown Castle International and Global Tower Partners, (2) a large number of smaller independent tower owners, (3) wireless service providers that ownwho currently market excess space on their owned towers to other wireless service providers and operate their own(4) alternative facilities such as rooftops, broadcast towers and lease, or may inutility poles. There has been significant consolidation among the future decide to lease, antenna space to other providers;

other large independent tower companies;companies in the past three years. Specifically, American Tower Corp. completed its merger with SpectraSite, Inc. in 2005, we completed our AAT Acquisition in 2006 and

smaller local independent tower operators.

Crown Castle International completed its merger with Global Signal, Inc. in 2007. As a result of these consolidations, American Tower and Crown Castle have substantially more towers and greater financial resources than we do. Wireless service providers that own and operate their own tower networks and several of the other tower companiesare also generally are substantially larger and have greater financial resources than we do. We believe that tower location and capacity, quality of service density within a geographic marketto our tenants, and, to a lesser extent, price have been and will continue to be the most significant competitive factors affecting the site leasing business.

Our primary competitors for our site leasing activities and building and/or acquiring new tower assets are the large independent tower companies: American Tower Corporation, Crown Castle International Corp., Global Signal, Inc., AAT Communications Corp. and Global Tower Partners, and a large number of smaller independent tower owners. In addition, we compete with wireless service providers who currently market excess space on their owned towers to other wireless service providers.

Site DevelopmentThe site development business is extremely competitive and price sensitive. We believe that the majority of our competitors in the site development business operate within local market areas exclusively, while some firms appear to offer their services nationally, including Alcoa Fujikura Ltd., Bechtel Corporation, Black & Veach Corporation, Goodman Networks, Nsoro, General Dynamics Corporation, LCC International, Inc. and Wireless Facilities, Inc. The market includes participants from a variety of market segments offering individual, or combinations of, competing services. The field of competitors includes site development consultants, zoning consultants, real estate firms, right-of-way consulting firms, construction companies, tower owners/managers, radio frequency engineering consultants, telecommunications equipment vendors, which provide end-to-end site development services through multiple subcontractors, and wireless service providers’ internal staff. We believe that providers base their decisions for site development services on a number of criteria, including a company’s experience, track record, local reputation, geographic reach, price and time for completion of a project. While weWe believe that our experience base and our established relationships with wireless service providers causeshave allowed us to be viewed favorably ourcompete for higher margin site development contracts, which has resulted in increasing margins in this segment have significantly decreased in the last few years dueduring 2007 as compared to competition and a decrease in the demand for site development services.prior years.

Employees

Our executive, corporate development, accounting, finance, human resources, legal and regulatory, information technology and site administration personnel, and our network operations center are located in our headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida. Certain sales, new tower build support and tower maintenance personnel are also located in our Boca Raton office. Our remaining employees are based in our regional and local offices.

As of December 31, 2005,2007, we had approximately 515617 employees, none of whom are represented by a collective bargaining agreement. We consider our employee relations to be good.

Regulatory and Environmental Matters

Federal Regulations.Both the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) and the Federal Aviation Administration (the “FAA”) regulate antenna towers and structures that support wireless communications and radio or television antennas. Many FAA requirements are implemented in FCC regulations. These regulations govern the construction, lighting and painting or other marking of towers and structures and may, depending on the characteristics of particular towers or structures, require prior approval and registration of towers or structures. Wireless communications equipment and radio or television stations operating on towers or structures are separately regulated and may require independent licensing depending upon the particular frequency or frequency band used.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, the FCC, in conjunction with the FAA, has developed standards to consider proposals involving new or modified antenna towers or structures. These standards mandate that the FCC and the FAA consider, among other things, the height of the proposed tower or structure, the relationship of the tower or structure to existing natural or man-made obstructionsstructures, and the proximity of the tower or structure to runways and airports. Proposals to construct or to modify existing towers or structures above certain heights must be reviewed by the FAA to ensure the structure will not present a hazard to air navigation. The FAA may condition its issuance of a no-hazard determination upon compliance with specified lighting and/or painting requirements. Antenna towers or structures that meet certain height and location criteria must also be registered with the FCC. Proposals to modify existing towers or structures above certain heights or widths may also require FCC approval. A tower or structure that requires FAA clearance will not be registered by the FCC until it is cleared by the FAA. Upon registration, the FCC may also require special lighting and/or painting. Owners of wireless communications antenna towers and structures may have an obligation to maintain painting and lighting or other marking in conformance with FAA and FCC standards. Antenna tower and structure owners and licensees that operate on those towers or structures also bear the responsibility of monitoring any lighting systems and notifying the FAA of any lighting outage or malfunction. In addition, any applicant for an FCC antenna tower or structure

registration must certify that, consistent with the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, neither the applicant nor its principals are subject to a denial of Federal benefits, including FCC radio licenses, because of a conviction for the possession or distribution of a controlled substance. We generally indemnify our customers against any failure to comply with applicable regulatory standards.standards relating to the construction, modification, or placement of antenna towers or structures. Failure to comply with the applicable requirements may lead to civil penalties.

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 amended the Communications Act of 1934 by preserving state and local zoning authorities’ jurisdiction over the construction, modification and placement of towers. The law, however, limits local zoning authority by prohibiting any action that would (1) discriminate among different providers of personal wireless services or (2) ban altogether the construction, modification or placement of radio communication towers. Finally, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires the federal government to help licensees for wireless communications services gain access to preferred sites for their facilities. This may require that federal agencies and departments work directly with licensees to make federal property available for tower facilities.

Owners and operators of antenna towers and structures may be subject to, and therefore must comply with, environmental laws. Any licensed radio facility on an antenna tower or structure is subject to environmental review pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, among other statutes, which requires federal agencies to evaluate the environmental impact of their decisions under certain circumstances. The FCC has issued regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act. These regulations place responsibility on applicants to investigate potential environmental effects of their operations and to disclose any potential significant effects on the environment in an environmental assessment prior to constructing or modifyingimplementing certain modifications to an antenna tower or structure and prior to commencing certain operation of wireless communications or radio or television stations from the tower or structure. In the event the FCC determines the proposed structure, modification or operation would have a significant environmental impact based on the standards the FCC has developed, the FCC would be required to prepare an environmental impact statement, which will be subject to public comment. This process could significantly delay the registration of a particular tower or structure.

As an owner and operator of real property, we are subject to certain environmental laws that impose strict, joint and several liability for the cleanup of on-site or off-site contamination and related personal or property damage. We are also subject to certain environmental laws that govern tower or structure placement, including the need to conduct pre-construction environmental studies. Operators of towers or structures must also take into consideration certain radio frequency (“RF”) emissions regulations that impose a variety of procedural and operating requirements. Certain proposals to operate wireless communications and radio or television stations from antenna towers and structures are also reviewed by the FCC to ensure compliance with requirements relating to human exposure to RF emissions. Exposure to high levels of RF energy can produce negative health effects. The potential connection between the exposure to low-level RF energy and certain negative health effects, including some forms of cancer, has been the subject of substantial study by the scientific community in recent years. We believe that we are in substantial compliance with, and we have no material liability under, any applicable environmental laws. TheseThe costs of compliance with existing or future environmental laws and liability related thereto may have a material adverse effect on our prospects, financial condition or results of operations.

State and Local Regulations.Most states regulate certain aspects of real estate acquisition, leasing activities and construction activities. Where required, we conduct the site acquisition portions of our site development services business through licensed real estate brokers’ agents, who may be our employees or hired as independent contractors, and conduct the construction portions of our site development services through licensed contractors, who may be our employees or independent contractors. Local regulations include city and other local ordinances, zoning restrictions and restrictive covenants imposed by community developers. These regulations vary greatly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but typically require tower and structure owners to obtain approval from local officials or community standards organizations, or certain other entities prior to tower or structure construction and establish regulations regarding maintenance and removal of towers or structures. In addition, many local zoning authorities require tower and structure owners to post bonds or cash collateral to secure their removal obligations. Local zoning authorities generallyoften have been unreceptive to construction of new antenna towers and structures in their communities because of, among other things, the height and visibility of the towers or structures, and have, in some instances, instituted moratoria.

Backlog

Backlog related to our site leasing business consists of lease agreements and amendments, which have been signed, but have not yet commenced. As of December 31, 2005,2007, we had 122265 new leases which had been executed with customers but which had not begun generating revenue. These leases contractually provided for approximately $2.6$5.9 million of annual revenue. By comparison, at December 31, 20042006 we had 113179 new leases and 4 amendments which had been executed with customers but which had not begun generating revenue. These leases contractually provided for approximately $2.5$3.7 million of annual revenue.

Our backlog for site development services wasconsists of the value of work that has not yet been completed on executed contracts. As of December 31, 2007, we had approximately $48$40.6 million of contractually committed revenue as of December 31, 2005 as compared to approximately $62$37.4 million as of December 31, 2004. The decrease in 2005 is attributable to a 2003 contract signed with Sprint for site development work that is expected to be completed by mid 2007. This contract represented approximately $26 million in backlog as of December 31, 2005 and approximately $46 million in backlog as of December 31, 2004.2006.

Availability of Reports and Other Information

Our corporate website is www.sbasite.com.www.sbasite.com. We make available, free of charge, access to our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A and amendments to those materials filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 on our website under “Investor Relations - Relations—SEC Filings,” as soon as reasonably practicable after we file electronically such material with, or furnish it to, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). In addition, the Commission’s website iswww.sec.gov. The Commission makes available on this website, free of charge, reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers, such as us, that file electronically with the Commission. Additionally, our reports, proxy and information statements may be read and copied at the Commission’s public reference room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the public reference room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Information on our website or the Commission’s website is not part of this document.

ITEM 1A.RISK FACTORS

Risks Related to Our Business

We have a substantial level of indebtedness which we may not be ablehave the ability to service our substantial indebtedness.repay or refinance at commercially reasonable terms or at all.

As indicated below, we have and will continue to have a significant amount of indebtedness relative to our equity. The following table sets forth our total debt and shareholders’ equity as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2007.

 

   As of December 31, 
   2005  2004 
   (in thousands) 

Total indebtedness*

  $784,392  $925,797 

Shareholders’ equity (deficit)

  $81,431  $(88,671)

*Excludes deferred gain on interest rate swap of $1,909 at December 31, 2004.
   As of December 31,
   2006  2007
   (in thousands)

Total indebtedness

  $1,555,000  $1,905,000

Shareholders’ equity

  $385,921  $337,391

Our abilityindebtedness as of December 31, 2007 consists of $1.555 billion of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, which we refer to serviceas our debt obligations will depend onCMBS Certificates, and $350.0 million of 0.375% Convertible Senior Notes, which we refer to as our future operating performance.Notes. In orderaddition, subsequent to manageDecember 31, 2007 we entered into a $285.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility. Proceeds from the facility may only be used to purchase or construct towers and/or purchase the land underlying our towers. Our substantial amountlevel of indebtedness we may from time to time sell assets, issue equity, or repurchase, restructure or refinance some or all of our debt (all of which we have done at various times inincreases the last two years). We may not be able to effectuate any of these alternative strategies on satisfactory terms in the future, if at all. The implementation of any of these alternative strategies may dilute our current shareholders or subject us to additional costs or restrictions on our ability to manage our business and as a result could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and growth strategy.

We may not have sufficient liquidity or cash flow from operations to repay our 9 3/4% senior discount notes or our 8 1/2% senior notes upon their respective maturities. Therefore, prior to the maturity of our outstanding

notespossibility that we may be required to refinance and/or restructure some or all of this debt. We cannot assure you that we will be able to refinance or restructure this debt on acceptable terms or at all, and, in particular, we cannot assure you that interest rates will be favorable to us at the time of any such refinancing or restructuring. If we were unable to refinance, restructure or otherwise repaygenerate cash sufficient to pay the principal, amount of this debt upon its maturity, we may needinterest or other amounts when due. Subject to sell assets, cease operations and/or file for protection under the bankruptcy laws.

We may not have sufficient liquidity or cash flow from operations to repay the components of the mortgage loan that comprises part of the CMBS Transaction. Therefore, prior to the final repayment date for the components of the mortgage loan we may be required to refinance the mortgage loan or sell a portion or all of our interests in the 1,714 tower sites that. among other things, secure along with their operating cash flows the mortgage loan. Although, the mortgage loan is a limited recourse obligation of SBA Properties, Inc. and no holder of the mortgage loan will have recourse to SBA Communications, our operations would be adversely affected if SBA Properties is unable to repay the components of the mortgage loan. We cannot assure you that our assets would be sufficient to repay this indebtedness in full.

As of December 31, 2005, we had no borrowingscertain restrictions under our $160.0 million senior credit facility of which $39.1 million was available (giving effect to leverage limitations contained in the indenture governing the 9 3/4% senior discount notes) subject to maintenance covenants, borrowing base limitations and other conditions. Furthermore,existing indebtedness, we and our subsidiaries may be able toalso incur significant additional indebtedness in the future, subject to the restrictions contained in our debt instruments, some of which may be secured debt. This may have the effect of increasing our total leverage.

We will not be able to amortize and repay our substantial indebtedness, when due, from cash from operating activities. Upon maturity, our indebtedness will need to be repaid from asset sales or equity issuances or will need to be refinanced. As a consequence of our indebtedness, (1) demands on our cash resources may increase, (2) we are subject to restrictive covenants that further limit our financial and operating flexibility and (3) we may choose to institute self-imposed limits on our indebtedness based on certain considerations including market interest rates, our relative leverage and our strategic plans. For example, as a result of our indebtedness:

we may be more vulnerable to general adverse economic and industry conditions;

we may find it more difficult to obtain additional financing to fund future working capital, capital expenditures and other general corporate requirements that would be in our best long-term interest;

we may be required to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to the payment of principal and interest on our debt, reducing the available cash flow to fund other investments, including capital expenditures;

we may have limited flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business or in the industry;

we may have a competitive disadvantage relative to other companies in our industry that are less leveraged; and

we may be required to sell debt or equity securities or sell some of our core assets, possibly on unfavorable terms, in order to meet payment obligations.

These restrictions could have an adverse effect on our business by limiting our ability to take advantage of financing, new tower development, mergers and acquisitions or other opportunities.

In addition, fluctuations in market interest rates may increase interest expense relating to our floating rate indebtedness, which we expect to incur under our senior secured revolving credit facility and may make it difficult to refinance our existing indebtedness, including our CMBS Certificates at a commercially reasonable rate or at all. There is no guarantee future refinancing of our indebtedness will have fixed interest rates or that interest rates on such indebtedness will be equal to or lower than the rates on our current indebtedness.

Any slowdown in demand for wireless communications services or for tower space could adversely affect our future growth and revenues.

Demand for antenna space on our towers and for our site development services depends on demand for wireless services. In 2001 through 2003, economic downturns in the U.S. economy, including the wireless telecommunications industry, negatively influenced demand for tower space and site development services. Similar slowdowns in the future may adversely affect

consumer demand for wireless services;

the financial condition of the wireless service providers;

the ability and willingness of wireless service providers to maintain or increase capital expenditures;

the availability and cost of capital, including interest rates;

volatility in the equity and debt markets; and

the willingness of our tenants to renew their leases for additional terms.

As a result of these factors wireless service providers may delay or abandon implementation of new systems and technologies, including 3G, 4G or other wireless services or, worse, elect not to renew existing antenna leases in order to reduce operating expenses.

We may not secure as many site leasing tenants as planned or our lease rates for new tenant leases may decline.

If tenant demand for tower space or our lease rates foron new tenant leases decrease, we may not be able to successfully grow our site leasing business.business as expected. This may have a material adverse effect on our strategy, revenue growth and our ability to satisfy our financial and other contractual obligations. Our plan for the growth of our site leasing business largely depends on our management’s expectations and assumptions concerning future tenant demand and potential lease rates for independently owned towers.

If our wireless service provider customers combine their operations to a significant degree, our growth, our revenue and our ability to service our indebtedness could be adversely affected.

Demand for our services may decline if there is significant consolidation among our wireless service provider customers as they may then reduce capital expenditures in the aggregate or fail to renew existing leases for tower space because many of their existing networks and expansion plans may overlap. As a result of regulatory changes in January 2003 which removed prior restrictions on wireless service providers from owning more than 45 MHz of spectrum in any given geographical area, there have been significant consolidations of the large wireless service providers. Specifically, Cingular acquired AT&T Wireless in October 2004 and Sprint PCS and Nextel merged to form Sprint Nextel Corporation in August 2005. ToAs a result of the Cingular/AT&T Wireless merger, as of December 31, 2007, AT&T had terminated 164 tenant leases with us, which had $4.0 million of annualized rental revenue, on towers where both Cingular and AT&T Wireless had previously had antennas. In addition, AT&T did not renew certain tenant leases for other communication sites in close proximity to the extent that our customersit believed it did not need the additional capacity. Although we have consolidated not currently experienced any significant amount of churn as a result of the Sprint/Nextel merger, due primarily to the different

technologies utilized and their decision to operate two networks, we may in the future experience terminations and/or non-renewals due to this merger. Furthermore, to the extent that other customers maywireless service providers consolidate in the future, they may not renew any duplicative leases that they have on our towers and/or may not lease as much space on our towers in the future. This would adversely affect our growth, our revenue and our ability to service our indebtedness.

As of December 31, 2005, Cingular and the former AT&T Wireless both had leases on 274 of our 3,304 towers. The contractual revenue generated by these leases on these towers at December 31, 2005 was approximately $13.6 million. Consequently, if Cingular were not to renew duplicate leases, we could lose 50% or more of such revenue. As of December 31, 2005, the average remaining contractual life of such duplicate leases was approximately 2.9 years. Our risk of revenue loss from the integration of Cingular and AT&T is not limited to leases on the same tower. We expect Cingular to terminate or not renew some leases on our towers where they have other antenna sites in close proximity. Such terminations or non-renewals could have a material adverse impact on our growth rate.

As of December 31, 2005, Sprint Nextel and affiliated entities had multiple leases on 421 of our 3,304 towers. The contractual revenue generated by these leases on these towers at December 31, 2005 was approximately $19.7 million. Consequently, if Sprint Nextel were not to renew duplicate leases, we could lose 50% or more of such revenue. As of December 31, 2005, the average remaining contractual life of such duplicate leases was approximately 3.5 years. Our risk of revenue loss from the integration of Sprint Nextel merger is not limited to leases on the same tower. We expect Sprint Nextel to terminate or not renew some leases on our towers where they have other antenna sites in close proximity. Such terminations or non-renewals could have a material adverse impact on our growth rate.

Similar consequences may occur if wireless service providers engage in extensive sharing or roaming or resale arrangements as an alternative to leasing our antenna space. Wireless voice service providers frequently enter into roaming agreements with competitors allowing them to use another’s wireless communications facilities to accommodate customers who are out of range of their home provider’s services. Wireless voice service providers may view these roaming agreements as a superior alternative to leasing antenna space on communicationscommunication sites owned or controlled by us or others. The proliferation of these roaming agreements could have a material adverse effect on our revenue.

Delays or changes in the deployment or adoption of new technologies or slowing consumer adoption rates may have a material adverse effect on our growth rate.

There can be no assurances that 3G, 4G or other new wireless technologies will be deployed or adopted as rapidly as projected or that these new technologies will be implemented in the manner anticipated. The deployment of 3G has already experienced significant delays from the original projected timelines of the wireless and broadcast industries. The announcement of 4G is relatively new and its deployment has been limited to date. Additionally, the demand by consumers and the adoption rate of consumers for these new technologies once deployed may be lower or slower than anticipated. These factors could have a material adverse effect on our growth rate since growth opportunities and demand for our tower space as a result of such new technologies may not be realized at the times or to the extent anticipated.

We depend on a relatively small number of customers for most of our revenue.revenue, therefore if any of our significant customers reduced their demand for tower space or became financially unstable it may materially decrease our revenues.

We derive a significant portion of our revenue from a small number of customers, particularly in our site development services business.customers. The loss of any one of our significant customercustomers, as a result of bankruptcy, consolidation, merger with other customers of ours or otherwise could materially decrease our revenue and have a materialan adverse effect on our revenue.growth.

The following is a list of significant customers and the percentage of our total revenuesrevenue for the specified time periods derived from these customers:

 

   For the year ended December 31, 
   2005  2004  2003 

Cingular

  25.5% 22.7% 20.3%

Sprint Nextel

  20.8% 21.4% 13.5%

Bechtel Corporation

  5.0% 6.1% 10.4%
   Percentage of Total Revenue
for the year ended December 31,
 
   2005  2006  2007 

Sprint

  30.9% 27.6% 30.5%

AT&T

  25.5% 21.4% 21.0%

We also have client concentrations with respect to revenues in each of our financial reporting segments:

 

   

Percentage of Site Leasing Revenue

for the year ended December 31,

 
   2005  2004  2003 

Cingular

  28.0% 27.5% 28.0%

Sprint Nextel

  15.0% 14.3% 13.9%

Verizon

  10.1% 9.5% 10.0%
   

Percentage of Site Development

Consulting Revenue

for the year ended December 31,

 
   2005  2004  2003 

Verizon Wireless

  32.4% 26.1% 13.6%

Cingular

  28.3% 26.6% 4.3%

Bechtel Corporation*

  23.3% 24.7% 40.3%
   

Percentage of Site Development

Construction Revenue

for the year ended December 31,

 
   2005  2004  2003 

Sprint Nextel

  34.9% 39.2% 15.3%

Cingular

  20.3% 12.5% 5.5%

Bechtel Corporation*

  11.6% 14.5% 28.9%
   Percentage of Site Leasing Revenue
for the year ended December 31,
 
   2005  2006  2007 

Sprint

  30.7% 26.2% 26.5%

AT&T

  28.0% 26.7% 25.6%

Verizon Wireless

  10.1% 9.7% 10.0%
   Percentage of Site Development
Consulting Revenue
for the year ended December 31,
 
   2005  2006  2007 

Sprint

  1.9% 38.0% 59.7%

Verizon Wireless

  32.4% 26.6% 17.4%

Bechtel Corporation*

  23.3% 10.0% 0.8%

AT&T

  28.3% 6.8% —   
   Percentage of Site Development
Construction Revenue
for the year ended December 31,
 
   2005  2006  2007 

Sprint

  36.0% 30.0% 39.8%

AT&T

  20.3% 6.9% 5.6%

Bechtel Corporation*

  11.6% 17.4% 5.3%

 

*Substantially all of the work performed for Bechtel Corporation was for its client Cingular.AT&T.

RevenuesRevenue from these clients areis derived from numerous different site leasing contracts and site development contracts. Each site leasing contract relates to the lease of space at an individual tower site and is generally for an initial term of five years renewable for five five-year5-year periods at the option of the tenant. However, if any of our significant site leasing clients were to experience financial difficulty, substantially reduce their capital expenditures or reduce their dependence on leased tower space and fail to renew their leases with us, our revenues, future revenue growth and results of operations would be adversely affected.

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. In addition, a customer’s need for site development services can decrease, and we may not be successful in establishing relationships with new customers. Furthermore, our existing customers may not continue to engage us for additional projects.

Increasing competition in the tower industry may adversely affect us.

Our substantial indebtednessindustry is highly competitive. Competitive pressures for tenants from our competitors could adversely affect our lease rates and services income. In addition, the loss of existing customers or the failure to attract new customers would lead to an accompanying adverse effect on our revenues, margins and financial condition.

In the site leasing business, we compete with:

wireless service providers that own and operate their own towers and lease, or may in the future decide to lease, antenna space to other providers;

other large independent tower companies;

smaller local independent tower companies; and

alternative facilities such as rooftops, broadcast towers and utility poles.

There has been significant consolidation among the large independent tower companies in the past three years. Specifically, American Tower Corp. completed its merger with SpectraSite, Inc. in 2005, we completed our AAT acquisition in 2006 and Crown Castle International completed its merger with Global Signal, Inc. in 2007. As a result of these consolidations, American Tower and Crown Castle are substantially larger and have greater financial resources than us. This could provide them with advantages with respect to establishing favorable leasing terms with wireless service providers or in their ability to acquire available towers.

Wireless service providers that own and operate their own tower networks are also generally substantially larger and may have greater financial resources than we do. We believe that tower location and capacity, quality of service and, to a lesser extent, price historically have been and will continue to be the most significant competitive factors affecting the site leasing business.

The site development segment of our industry is also extremely competitive. There are numerous large and small companies that offer one or more of the services offered by our site development business. As a result of this competition, margins in this segment continue to be under pressure. Many of our competitors have lower overhead expenses and therefore may be able to provide services at prices that we consider unprofitable. If margins in this segment were to further decrease, our consolidated revenues and our site development segment operating profit could be adversely affected.

The market price of our Class A common stock could be affected by significant volatility, which could adversely impact our ability to use equity to fund our growth plan.

The market price of our Class A common stock has historically experienced significant fluctuations. The market price of our Class A common stock is likely to continue to be volatile and subject to significant price and volume fluctuations in response to market and other factors, including the other factors discussed elsewhere in “Risk Factors” and in “Forward-Looking Statements.” Volatility or depressed market prices of our Class A common stock could make it difficult for shareholders to resell their shares of Class A common stock, when they want or at attractive prices. Consequently, volatility of the market price of our Class A common stock may make it less likely that sellers will accept our equity as consideration in connection with our tower acquisitions and may make it more difficult for us to use our equity to fund our future growth plans. If we were unable to use equity to fund growth of our tower portfolio, we may be required to either use debt to increase our tower portfolio or reduce our anticipated growth.

Increasing competition to acquire existing towers may negatively impact our ability to implementgrow our business plan.tower portfolio at anticipated rates.

We currently intend to grow our tower portfolio 5% to 10% annually through acquisitions and new builds. Our substantial indebtednessability to meet these growth targets significantly depends on our ability to acquire existing towers that meet our investment requirements. Traditionally, our acquisition strategy has focused on acquiring towers from smaller tower companies, independent tower developers and wireless service providers. However, as a result of consolidation in the tower industry there are fewer of these mid-sized tower transactions available and there is more competition to acquire existing towers. Increased competition for acquisitions may result in fewer acquisition opportunities for us, higher acquisition prices, reduced willingness of sellers to accept equity as consideration for

their towers and increased difficulty in negotiating and consummating agreements to acquire such towers. Furthermore, to the extent that the tower acquisition opportunities are for significant tower portfolios, many of our competitors are significantly larger and have greater financial resources than us. If we are not able to increase our tower portfolio as anticipated, it could negatively impact our ability to implementachieve our business plan. For example, it could:financial goals.

We may not be able to build as many towers as we anticipate.

limit

We currently intend to build 80 to 100 new towers during 2008. However, our ability to build these new towers is dependent upon the availability of sufficient capital to fund future working capital, capital expenditures and development costs;

limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we operate;

increase our vulnerability to general economic and industry conditions;

subject us to interest rate risk in connection with any potential future refinancing of our debt;

place us at a competitive disadvantage to our competitors that are less leveraged;

require us to sell debt or equity securities or sell some of our core assets, possibly on unfavorable terms in order to meet payment obligations; and

limitconstruction, our ability to borrow additional funds.
locate, and acquire at commercially reasonable prices, attractive locations for such towers and our ability to obtain the necessary zoning and permits.

Due to these risks, it may take longer to complete our new tower builds than anticipated, the costs of constructing or acquiring these towers may be higher than we expect or we may not be able to add as many towers as we had planned in 2008. If we are not able to increase our tower portfolio as anticipated, it could negatively impact our ability to achieve our financial goals.

Risks associated with our plans to increase our tower portfolio could negatively impact our results of operations or our financial condition.

We currently intend to increase our tower portfolio through new builds and acquisitions. We intend to review all available acquisition opportunities (including some that are currently available) and some of these acquisitions could have the effect of materially increasing our tower portfolio. While we intend to fund a portion of the cash required to implement this plan from our cash flow from operating activities, we may finance some or all of the costs associated with these new builds and acquisitions. Furthermore, if we were to consummate any significant acquisition, we wouldmight be required to finance these acquisitions through additional indebtedness, which would increase our indebtedness and interest expense and could increase our leverage ratio, and/or issuances of equity, which could be dilutive to our shareholders. If we were unable to recognize the expected returns from these new towers, or if we did not recognize the expected returns in our anticipated time frames, thean increase in debt levels without a proportionate increase in our revenues could negatively impact our results of operations and our financial condition.

DueOur short-term investments portfolio contains auction rate securities that we may not be able to the long-term expectation of revenue from our tenant leases, we are dependent on the financial strength and creditworthinessliquidate at their market value, or at all.

We previously invested a portion of our customers.liquidity in auction rate securities. Credit concerns in the capital markets have significantly reduced our ability to liquidate some of the auction rate securities that we classify as short-term investments in current assets on our Consolidated Balance Sheet. These securities represent interests in contingent capital structures, corporate credit default swaps and redundant reserve life insurance structures. None of the underlying collateral for the auction rate securities we held consisted of sub-prime residential or commercial mortgages. As a result of our assessment of a number of factors, including without limitation, market conditions and the credit quality of these securities, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007, we recorded an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $15.6 million to reduce the value of our auction rate securities to their estimated fair value of $55.1 million as of December 31, 2007. As of February 22, 2008, we still own auction rate securities with a par value of $29.8 million and a current estimated fair value of $14.2 million.

Due to the long-term naturelack of a secondary market for our tenant leases, we, like others inauction rate securities, the tower industry,established fair value of these securities is a matter of judgment. If our estimates regarding the fair value of these securities are dependent on the continued financial strength of our tenants. The economic slowdown and intense competition in the wireless and telecommunications industries in 2001 through 2003 had impaired the financial condition of some of our customers, certain of which operate with substantial leverage. Asincorrect, a result, a number of our site leasing customers have filed for bankruptcy including almost all of our paging customers. Although these bankruptcies have not had a material adverse effect on our business or revenues, any future bankruptciesother-than-temporary impairment charge may have a material adverse effect on our business, revenues, and/or the collectability of our accounts receivable.be required. In the future the financial uncertainties facing our customers could reduce demand for our communications sites, increase our bad debt expense and reduce prices on new customer contracts. This could affect our abilitycredit markets may continue to satisfy our obligations.

In addition, our anticipated growth could be negatively impacted if our customers’ access to debt and equity capital were limited. From 2001 through 2003, when capital market conditions were difficult for the telecommunications industry, wireless service providers conserved capital by not spending as much as originally anticipated to finance expansion activities. This decrease adversely impacted demand for our services and consequently our financial condition. If our customers are not able to access the capital marketsdeteriorate causing further declines in the future,value of the securities which could lead to additional other-than-temporary impairment charges being reflected in our growth strategy, revenues and financial condition may again be adversely affected.Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Our debt instruments contain restrictive covenants that could adversely affect our business.business by limiting our flexibility.

Our senior secured revolving credit facility and the indentures governing our outstanding notes each containcontains certain restrictive covenants. Among other things, these covenants limit our ability to:

 

incur additional indebtedness;

 

sell assets;

 

pay dividends, or repurchase our common stock;

make certain investments;

 

make

engage in certain investments;restricted payments from SBA Senior Finance to us;

 

engage in other restricted payments;

engage in mergers or consolidations;

 

incur liens; and

 

enter into affiliate transactions.

These covenants could place us at a disadvantage compared to some of our competitors which may have fewer restrictive covenants and may not be required to operate under these restrictions. Further, these covenants could have an adverse effect on our business by limiting our ability to take advantage of financing, new tower development, merger and acquisitions or other opportunities. If we fail to comply with these covenants, it could result in an event of default under one or all of these debt instruments. The acceleration of amounts due under onethe senior secured revolving credit facility. In addition, if we default in the payment of our debt instruments would alsoother indebtedness, including under our CMBS Certificates and our Notes, then such default could cause a cross-default under our other debt instruments.

SBA Senior Finance II LLC (“Senior Finance II”), which owns, directly or indirectly, all of the common stock and membership interests of the majority of our operating subsidiaries, is the borrower under our senior secured revolving credit facility. The senior credit facility requires Senior Finance II to maintain specified financial ratios, including ratios regarding Senior Finance II’s debt to annualized operating cash flow, cash interest expense and fixed charges for each quarter. In addition, the senior credit facility contains additional negative covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to commit to capital expenditures and build or acquire towers without anchor or acceptable tenants. Our ability to meet these financial ratios and tests and comply with these covenants can be affected by events beyond our control, and we may not be able to do so. A breach of any of these covenants, if not remedied within the specified period, could result in an event of default under the senior credit facility.

Upon the occurrence of any default, our senior credit facility lenders can prevent us from borrowing any additional amounts under the senior credit facility. In addition, upon the occurrence of any event of default, other than certain bankruptcy events, senior credit facility lenders, by a majority vote, can elect to declare all amounts of principal outstanding under the senior credit facility, together with all accrued interest, to be immediately due and payable. The acceleration of amounts due under our senior credit facility would cause a cross-default under our indentures, thereby permitting the acceleration of such indebtedness. If the indebtedness under the senior credit facility and/or indebtedness under our outstanding notes were to be accelerated, our current assets would not be sufficient to repay in full the indebtedness. If we were unable to repay amounts that become due under the senior credit facility, the senior credit facility lenders could proceed against the collateral granted to them to secure that indebtedness. Amounts borrowed under the senior credit facility are secured by a first lien on substantially all of Senior Finance II’s assets and are guaranteed by SBA Communications and certain of its subsidiaries. In such an event of default, our assets may not be sufficient to satisfy our obligations under the notes.

Our $405.0 million mortgage loan relating to our CMBS Certificates also contains financial covenants that require that the mortgage loan borrowers maintain, on a covenant requiring all cash flow in excess of amounts required to makeconsolidated basis, a minimum debt service payments, to fund required reserves, to pay management fees and budgeted operating expenses and to make other payments required undercoverage ratio. To the loan documents be deposited into a reserve account ifextent that the debt service coverage, ratio falls to 1.30 times or lower, as of the end of any calendar quarter. Debt service coverage ratioquarter, (1) is defined as the Net Cash Flow (as defined in the mortgage loan) dividedless than 1.30 times, all cash flow generated by the amount of interest on the mortgage loan, servicing feespledged towers must be deposited into a reserve account and trustee fees that SBA Properties, Inc. will be required to pay over the succeeding twelve months. If the debt service coverage ratio falls below(2) is less than 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. The funds in the reserve account will not be released to SBA Properties unlessloan until such time as the debt service coverage ratio exceeds 1.301.15 times for two consecutivea calendar quarters. Failurequarter. As lease payments from 4,975 towers of our total tower portfolio are pledged as collateral under the mortgage loan, if this cash flow was not available to maintain the debt service coverage ratio above 1.30 timesus it would adversely impact our ability to pay our indebtedness, other than the mortgage loan, and to operate our business.

New technologies and their use by carriers may have a material adverse effect on our growth rate and results of operations.

The emergence of new technologies could reduce the demand for space on our towers. For example, the increased use by wireless service providers of signal combining and related technologies and products that allow two or more wireless service providers to provide services on different transmission frequencies using the same communications antenna and other facilities normally used by only one wireless service provider could reduce the demand for our tower space. Additionally, the use of technologies that enhance spectral capacity, such as beam forming or “smart antenna,” that can increase the range and capacity of an antenna could reduce the number of additional sites a wireless service provider needs to adequately serve a certain subscriber base and therefore reduce demand for our tower space. The development and growth of communications and other new technologies that do not require ground-based sites, such as the growth in delivery of video, voice and data services by satellites or other technologies, could also adversely affect the demand for our tower space.

Our dependence on our subsidiaries for cash flow may negatively affect our business.

We are a holding company with no business operations of our own. Our only significant asset is and is expected to be the outstanding capital stock and membership interests of our subsidiaries. We conduct, and expect to conduct, all of our business operations through our subsidiaries. Accordingly, our ability to pay our obligations is dependent upon dividends and other distributions from our subsidiaries to us. Additionally, the borrowers on the mortgage loan provides for customary remedies if an eventsupporting the CMBS Certificates must repay the components of default occurs including foreclosure against all or part of the property pledged as security for the mortgage loan. TheIf such borrowers’ cash flow is insufficient to cover such repayments, we may be required to refinance the mortgage loan is secured by (1) mortgages, deeds of trust and deeds to secure debt on substantiallyor sell a portion or all of our interests in the 1,714 collateralized4,975 tower sites andthat secure, along with their operating cash flows, (2) a security interest inthe mortgage loan. Other than the cash required to repay amounts due under the CMBS Certificates, we currently expect that substantially all the earnings and cash flow of SBA Properties’ personal propertyour subsidiaries will be retained and fixturesused by them in their operations, including servicing their debt obligations. Our operating subsidiaries are separate and (3) SBA Properties’ rightsdistinct legal entities and have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to repay our Notes, the components of the mortgage loan pursuant to the CMBS Certificates (other than those entities obligated under the management agreement with SBA Network Management, Inc. (who manages allCMBS Certificates), or make any funds available to us for payment. The ability of SBA Properties’ sites). We cannot assure you that our operating subsidiaries to pay dividends or transfer assets would be sufficient to repay this indebtedness in full.us is restricted by applicable state law and contractual restrictions, including the terms of the senior secured revolving credit facility and the CMBS Certificates.

Our quarterly operating results for our site development services fluctuate and therefore shouldwe may not be considered indicative ofable to adjust our long-term results.cost structure on a timely basis with regard to such fluctuations.

The demand for our site development services fluctuates from quarter to quarter and should not be considered as indicative of long-term results. Numerous factors cause these fluctuations, including:

 

the timing and amount of our customers’ capital expenditures;

 

the size and scope of our projects;

 

the business practices of customers, such as deferring commitments on new projects until after the end of the calendar year or the customers’ fiscal year;

 

delays relating to a project or tenant installation of equipment;

 

seasonal factors, such as weather, vacation days and total business days in a quarter;

 

the use of third party providers by our customers;

 

the rate and volume of wireless service providers’ network development; and

 

general economic conditions.

Although the demand for our site development services fluctuates, we incur significant fixed costs, such as maintaining a staff and office space in anticipation of future contracts. In addition, the timing of revenues is difficult to forecast because our sales cycle may be relatively long. Therefore, we may not be able to adjust our cost structure inon a timely basis to accommodate market slowdowns.respond to the fluctuations in demand for our site development services.

We are not profitable and expect to continue to incur losses.

We are not profitable. The following charttable shows the net losses we incurred for the periods indicated:

 

   For the year ended December 31, 
   2005  2004  2003 
   (in thousands) 

Net loss

  $(94,709) $(147,280) $(175,148)
   For the year ended December 31, 
   2005  2006  2007 
   (in thousands) 

Net loss

  $(94,709) $(133,448) $(77,879)

Our losses are principally due to significantdepreciation, amortization and accretion expenses, interest expense (including non-cash interest expense and depreciation and amortization in each of the periods presented above. For the year ended December 31, 2005, we recorded asset impairment charges of $0.4 million and a charge associated with the write-off of deferred financing feesfees), and loss onlosses from the extinguishment of debt of $29.3 million. For the year ended December 31, 2004, we recorded an asset impairment charge of $7.1 million and a charge associated with the write-off of deferred financing fees and loss on the extinguishment of debt of $41.2 million. We recorded an asset impairment charge of $13.0 million, a charge associated with the loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt of $24.2 million, and a restructuring charge of $2.1 million duringin the year ended December 31, 2003.periods presented above. We expect to continue to incur significant losses, which may affect our ability to service our indebtedness.

Increasing competition in the tower industry may adversely affect us.

Our industry is highly competitive. Competitive pressures for tenants from our competitors could adversely affect our lease rates and services income. In addition, the loss of existing customers or the failure to attract new customers would lead to an accompanying adverse effect on our revenues, margins and financial condition. Increasing competition could also make the acquisition of quality tower assets more costly, which could adversely affect our ability to successfully implement and/or maintain our tower acquisition program.

In the site leasing business, we compete with:

wireless service providers that own and operate their own towers and lease, or may in the future decide to lease, antenna space to other providers;

other large independent tower companies; and

smaller local independent tower operators.

Wireless service providers that own and operate their own tower networks and several of the other tower companies generally are substantially larger and have greater financial resources than we do. We believe that tower location and capacity, quality of service, density within a geographic market and, to a lesser extent, price historically have been and will continue to be the most significant competitive factors affecting the site leasing business.

The site development services segment of our industry is also extremely competitive. There are numerous large and small companies that offer one or more of the services offered by our site development business. As a result of this competition, margins in this segment have decreased over the past few years. Many of our competitors have lower overhead expenses and therefore may be able to provide services at prices that we

consider unprofitable. If margins in this segment were to further decrease, our consolidated revenues and our site development segment operating profit could be adversely affected.

We may not be able to build and/or acquire as many towers as we anticipate.

We currently intend to build 80 to 100 new towers during 2006 and to consummate a number of tower acquisitions. However, our ability to build these new towers is dependent upon the availability of sufficient capital to fund construction, our ability to locate, and acquire at commercially reasonable prices, attractive locations for such towers and our ability to obtain the necessary zoning and permits.

Our ability to consummate tower acquisitions is also subject to risks. Specifically, these risks include (1) sufficient capital to fund such acquisitions, (2) our ability to identify those towers that would be attractive to our clients and accretive to our financial results, and (3) our ability to negotiate and consummate agreements to acquire such towers. Due to these risks, it may take longer to complete our new tower builds than anticipated, the costs of constructing or acquiring these towers may be higher than we expect or we may not be able to add as many towers as we had planned in 2006. If we are not able to increase our tower portfolio as anticipated, it could negatively impact our ability to achieve our financial goals.

The loss of the services of certain of our key personnel or a significant number of our employees may negatively affect our business.

Our success depends to a significant extent upon performance and active participation of our key personnel. We cannot guarantee that we will be successful in retaining the services of these key personnel. We have employment agreements with Jeffrey A. Stoops, our President and Chief Executive Officer, Kurt L. Bagwell, our Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and Thomas P. Hunt, our Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel and Anthony J. Macaione, our Senior Vice President and General Counsel.Chief Financial Officer. We do not have employment agreements with any of our other key personnel. If we were to lose any key personnel, we may not be able to find an appropriate replacement on a timely basis and our results of operations could be negatively affected. Further, the loss of a significant number of employees or our inability to hire a sufficient number of qualified employees could have a material adverse effect on our business.

New technologies and their use by wireless service providers may have a material adverse effect on our growth rate and results of operations.

The emergence of new technologies could reduce the demand for space on our towers. For example, the increased use by wireless service providers of signal combining and related technologies and products that allow two or more wireless service providers to provide services on different transmission frequencies using the communications antenna and other facilities normally used by only one wireless service provider could reduce the demand for our tower space. Additionally, the use of technologies that enhance spectral capacity, such as beam forming or “smart antennae,” that can increase the range and capacity of an antenna could reduce the number of additional sites a wireless service provider needs to adequately serve a certain subscriber base and therefore reduce demand for our tower space. The development and growth of communications and other new technologies that do not require ground-based sites, such as the growth in delivery of video, voice and data services by satellites or other technologies, could also adversely affect the demand for our tower space. In addition, the deployment of WiFi and WiMax technologies could impact the network needs of our existing customers providing wireless telephony services. This could have a material adverse effect on our growth rate and results of operations.

Delays or changes in the deployment or adoption of new technologies as well as lower consumer demand and slower consumer adoption rates than anticipated may have a material adverse effect on our growth rate.

There can be no assurances that 3G or other new wireless technologies will be deployed or adopted as rapidly as projected or that these new technologies will be implemented in the manner anticipated. The deployment of 3G has already experienced significant delays from the original projected timelines of the wireless and broadcast industries. Additionally, the demand by consumers and the adoption rate of consumers for these new technologies once deployed may be lower or slower than anticipated. These factors could have a material

adverse effect on our growth rate since growth opportunities and demand for our tower space as a result of such new technologies may not be realized at the times or to the extent anticipated.

Our costs could increase and our revenues could decrease due to perceived health risks from radio frequency (“RF”) energy.

The government imposes requirements and other guidelines on our towers relating to RF energy. Exposure to high levels of RF energy can causeproduce negative health effects.

The potential connection between exposure to low levels oflow-level RF energy and certain negative health effects, including some forms of cancer, has been the subject of substantial study by the scientific community in recent years. According to the FCC,Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”), the results of these studies to date have been inconclusive. However, public perception of possible health risks associated with cellular and other wireless communications media could slow the growth of wireless companies, which could in turn slow our growth. In particular, negative public perception of, and regulations regarding, health risks could cause a decrease in the demand for wireless communications services. Moreover, if a connection between exposure to low levels of RF energy and possible negative health effects, including cancer, were demonstrated, we could be subject to numerous claims. If we were subject to claims relating to RF energy, even if such claims were not ultimately found to have merit, our financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.

Our business is subject to government regulations and changes in current or future regulations could harm our business.

We are subject to federal, state and local regulation of our business. In particular, both the FCCFederal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) and FAAFederal Communications Commission (“FCC”) regulate the construction and maintenance of antenna towers and structures that support wireless communications and radio and television antennas. In addition, the FCC separately licenses and regulates wireless communications equipment and television and radio stations operating from such towers and structures. FAA and FCC regulations govern construction, lighting, painting and marking of towers and structures and may, depending on the characteristics of the tower or structure, require registration of the tower or structure. Certain proposals to construct new towers or structures, or to modify existing towers or structures, or to use the towers or structures to operate on a certain frequency or frequency band are reviewed by the FAA to ensure that the tower or structure or its use will not present a hazard to air navigation.

Antenna tower owners and antenna structure owners may have an obligation to mark or paint towers or structures or install lighting to conform to FAA standardsand FCC regulations and to maintain such marking, painting and lighting. Antenna tower owners and antenna structure owners may also bear the responsibility of notifying the FAA of any lighting outages.outage or malfunction. Certain proposals to construct or modify antenna towers and structures or to operate wireless communications andor radio or television stations from antenna towers and structures are also reviewed by the FCC to ensure compliance with environmental impact requirements. Failure to comply with existing or future applicable requirements may lead to civil penalties or other liabilities and may subject us to significant indemnification liability to our customers against any such failure to comply. In addition, new regulations may impose additional costly burdens on us, which may affect our revenues and cause delays in our growth.

Local regulations, including municipal orcity and other local ordinances, zoning restrictions and restrictive covenants imposed by community developers, vary greatly, but typically require antenna tower and antenna structure owners to obtain approval from local officials or community standards organizations or certain other entities prior to tower or structure construction or modification. Local regulations can delay, prevent, or increase the cost of new construction, co-locations, or site upgrade projects,upgrades, thereby limiting our ability to respond to customer demand. In addition, new regulations may be adopted that increase delays or result in additional costs to us. These factors could have a material adverse effect on our future growth and operations.

Our towers are subject to damage from natural disasters.

Our towers are subject to risks associated with natural disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes and hurricanes.earthquakes. We maintain insurance to cover the estimated cost of replacing damaged towers, but these insurance policies are subject to loss limits and deductibles. We also maintain third party liability insurance, subject to loss limits and deductibles, to protect us in the event of an accident involving a tower. A tower accident for which we are uninsured or

underinsured, or damage to a significant number of our towers, could require us to makeincur significant capital expenditures and may have a material adverse effect on our operations or financial condition.

We could have liability under environmental laws that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our operations, like those of other companies engaged in similar businesses, are subject to the requirements of various federal, state, local and foreign environmental and occupational safety and health laws and regulations, including those relating to the management, use, storage, disposal, emission and remediation of, and exposure to, hazardous and non-hazardous substances, materials, and wastes. As owner, lessee or operator of numerous tower sites, we may be liable for substantial costs of remediating soil and groundwater contaminated by hazardous materials, without regard to whether we, as the owner, lessee or operator, knew of or were responsible for the contamination. We may be subject to potentially significant fines or penalties if we fail to comply with any of these requirements. The current cost of complying with these laws is not material to our financial condition or results of operations. However, the requirements of these laws and regulations are complex, change frequently, and could become more stringent in the future. It is possible that these requirements will change or that liabilities will arise in the future in a manner that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our dependence on our subsidiariesWe have adopted anti-takeover provisions that could make it more difficult for cash flow may negatively affect our business.a third party to acquire us.

We are a holding company with no business operationsProvisions of our own. Our only significant asset isarticles of incorporation, our bylaws and is expectedFlorida law could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us, even if doing so would be the outstanding capital stockbeneficial to our shareholders. We adopted a shareholder rights agreement, which could make it considerably more difficult or costly for a person or group to acquire control of us in a transaction that our board of directors opposes. These provisions, alone or in combination with each other, may discourage transactions involving actual or potential changes of control, including transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices to holders of our subsidiaries. We conduct, and expect to conduct, all of our business operations through our subsidiaries. Accordingly, our ability to pay our obligations, including the principal and interest, premium, if any, and additional interest, if any, on our outstanding 9 3/4% senior discount notes and our 8 1/2% senior notes, is dependent upon dividends and other distribution from our subsidiaries to us. Additionally, SBA Properties as the borrower under the CMBS Transaction must repay the components of the mortgage loan thereto. If SBA Properties’ cash flow is insufficient to cover such repayments, we may be required to refinance the mortgage loanClass A common stock, or sell a portion or all of our interests in the 1,714 tower sites that among other things, secure along with their operating cash flows the mortgage loan. Other than the amounts required to make interest and principal payments on the notes and repayment of amounts under the CMBS Transaction, we currently expect that the earnings and cash flow of our subsidiaries will be retained and used by them in their operations, including servicing their debt obligations. Our operating subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities and have no obligation, contingent or otherwise to pay the principal, interest and other amounts on the notes, or repay the components of the mortgage loan pursuant to the CMBS Transaction (other than SBA Properties, as the borrower, and SBA CMBS-1 Guarantor LLC and CMBS-1 Holdings, LLC, as guarantors), or make any funds available to us for payment. The ability of our operating subsidiaries to pay dividends or transfer assets to us may be restricted by applicable state law and contractual restrictions, including the terms of the senior credit facility and the CMBS Certificates. Although the indentures governing the notes willcould limit the ability of our operating subsidiariesshareholders to enter into consensual restrictions onapprove transactions that they may deem to be in their best interests.

Our issuance of equity securities and other associated transactions may trigger a future ownership change which may negatively impact our ability to pay dividendsutilize net operating loss deferred tax assets in the future.

The issuance of equity securities and other associated transactions may increase the chance that we will have a future ownership change under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. We may also have a future ownership change, outside of our control, caused by future equity transactions by our current shareholders. Depending on our market value at the time of such future ownership change, an ownership change under Section 382 could negatively impact our ability to us, these limitations are subjectutilize our net operating loss deferred tax assets in the event we generate future taxable income. Currently we have recorded a full valuation allowance against our net operating loss deferred tax asset because we have concluded that our loss history indicates that it is not “more likely than not” that such deferred tax assets will be realized.

Future sales of our Class A common stock in the public market or the issuance of other equity may cause dilution or adversely affect the market price of our Class A common stock and our ability to raise funds in new equity or equity-related offerings.

Sales of a substantial number of significant qualificationsshares of our Class A common stock or other equity-related securities in the public market, including sales by any selling shareholder or conversion of the Notes, could depress the market price of our Class A common stock and exceptions.impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities. We cannot predict the effect that future sales of our Class A common stock or other equity-related securities would have on the market price of our Class A common stock.

 

ITEM 1B.UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

 

ITEM 2.PROPERTIES

We are headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, where we currently lease approximately 73,000 square feet of space. We have entered into long-term leases for regional and certain site development office locations where we expect our activities to be longer-term.locations. We open and close project offices from time to time in connection with our site development business. We believe our existing facilities are adequate for our current and planned levels of operations and that additional office space suited for our needs is reasonably available in the markets within which we operate.

Our interests in towers are comprised of a variety of fee interests, leasehold interests created by long-term lease agreements, privateperpetual easements, easements and licenses or rights-of-way granted by government entities. Of the 3,3046,220 towers in our portfolio, approximately 10%23% are located on parcels of land that we own, land subject to perpetual easements, and approximately 90% are located on parcels of land that have a leasehold interests created by long-term lease agreements, private easements and easements, licenses or right-of-way granted by government entities.interest that extends beyond 50 years. In rural areas, a wireless communications site typically consists of up to a 10,000 square foot tract, which supports towers, equipment shelters and guy wires to stabilize the structure.related equipment. Less than 2,500 square feet is required for a monopole or self-supporting tower structure of the kind typically used in metropolitan areas for wireless communication tower sites. Land leases generally have an initial term of five years with five or more additional automatic renewal periods of five years, for a total of thirty years or more. In some instances, we have entered into 99 year ground leases.

 

ITEM 3.LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are involved in various legal proceedings relating to claims arising in the ordinary course of business. We do not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.

 

ITEM 4.SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

No matter was submitted to the vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005.2007.

PART II

 

ITEM 5.MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

The Class A common stock commenced trading under the symbol “SBAC” on The NASDAQ National Market System (“NASDAQ”) on June 16, 1999.1999 and is currently traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. The following table presents the high and low bidsales price for the Class A common stock for the periods indicated:

 

   High  Low

Quarter ended December 31, 2005

  19.46  14.15

Quarter ended September 30, 2005

  16.84  13.40

Quarter ended June 30, 2005

  14.31  8.21

Quarter ended March 31, 2005

  10.10  7.96

Quarter ended December 31, 2004

  10.62  6.81

Quarter ended September 30, 2004

  7.11  4.15

Quarter ended June 30, 2004

  4.74  3.10

Quarter ended March 31, 2004

  5.43  3.28
   High  Low

Quarter ended December 31, 2007

  $38.50  $30.81

Quarter ended September 30, 2007

  $36.68  $28.14

Quarter ended June 30, 2007

  $34.21  $29.00

Quarter ended March 31, 2007

  $30.46  $25.76

Quarter ended December 31, 2006

  $29.41  $23.62

Quarter ended September 30, 2006

  $26.03  $21.37

Quarter ended June 30, 2006

  $28.20  $20.00

Quarter ended March 31, 2006

  $24.55  $17.77

As of March 3, 2006,February 21, 2008, there were 161148 record holders of our Class A common stock.

Dividends

We have never paid a dividend on any class of common stock and anticipate that we will retain future earnings, if any, to fund the development and growth of our business. Consequently, we do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our Class A common stock in the foreseeable future. In addition, we areThe ability of our operating subsidiaries to pay dividends or transfer assets to us is restricted under our CMBS Certificates,by applicable state law and contractual restrictions, including the terms of the senior secured revolving credit facility 9 3/4% senior discount notes and 8the CMBS Certificates.

 1/2% senior notes from paying dividends or making distributions and repurchasing, redeeming or otherwise acquiring any shares of common stock except under certain circumstances.Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table gives information about our common stock that may be issued upon the exercise of options, warrants, and rights under all existing equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2005:2007:

 

  Equity Compensation Plan Information  Equity Compensation Plan Information
  (in thousands except exercise price)  (in thousands except exercise price)
  

Number of Securities to be

Issued Upon Exercise of

Outstanding Options,

Warrants and Rights

  

Weighted Average Exercise

Price of Outstanding

Options, Warrants and

Rights

  

Number of Securities Remaining

Available for Future Issuance

Under Equity Compensation

Plans (excluding securities

reflected in first column)

Plan Category

  Number of Securities to be
Issued Upon Exercise of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights
(a)
  Weighted Average Exercise
Price of Outstanding
Options, Warrants and
Rights
(b)
  Number of Securities Remaining
Available for Future Issuance
Under Equity Compensation
Plans (excluding securities
reflected in column (a))(1)
(c)

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders

  4,575  $8.22  6,228  3,787  $15.67  7,697

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders

  —     —    —    —     —    —  
                  

Total

  4,575  $8.22  6,228  3,787  $15.67  7,697
                  

 

(1)The maximum number of shares of Class A Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to awards under the 2001 Equity Participation Plan shall be 15% of the “adjusted common stock outstanding” as defined in the 2001 Equity Participation Plan, subject to certain limitations for specific types of awards.

ITEM 6.SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The following table sets forth selected historical financial data as of and for each of the five years ended December 31, 2005.2007. The financial data as of and for the fiscal years ended 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 20022003 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements. The financial data as of and for the fiscal year ended 2001 has been derived from our unaudited consolidated financial statements. The unaudited financial data as of and for the year ended December 31, 2001, has been derived from our books and records without audit and, in the opinion of management, includes all adjustments, (consisting only of normal, recurring adjustments) that management considers necessary for a fair statement of results for this period. You should read the information set forth below in conjunction with our “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes to those consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-K.

  For the year ended December 31,   For the year ended December 31, 
  2005 2004 2003 2002 2001   2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 
  (audited) (audited) (audited) (audited) (unaudited)   (audited) (audited) (audited) (audited) (audited) 
  (in thousands except for per share data)   (in thousands, except for per share data) 

Operating data:

            

Revenues:

            

Site leasing

  $161,277  $144,004  $127,852  $115,121  $85,519   $127,852  $144,004  $161,277  $256,170  $321,818 

Site development

   98,714   87,478   64,257   99,352   115,773    64,257   87,478   98,714   94,932   86,383 
                                

Total revenues

   259,991   231,482   192,109   214,473   201,292    192,109   231,482   259,991   351,102   408,201 
                                

Operating expenses:

            

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

            

Cost of site leasing

   47,259   47,283   47,793   46,709   35,537    47,793   47,283   47,259   70,663   88,006 

Cost of site development

   92,693   81,398   58,683   81,565   92,755    58,683   81,398   92,693   85,923   75,347 

Selling, general and administrative

   28,178   28,887   30,714   32,740   39,697    30,714   28,887   28,178   42,277   45,569 

Restructuring and other charges

   50   250   2,094   47,762   24,399 

Restructuring and other (credits) charges

   2,094   250   50   (357)  —   

Asset impairment charges

   398   7,092   12,993   24,194   —      12,993   7,092   398   —     —   

Depreciation, accretion and amortization

   87,218   90,453   93,657   95,627   73,390    93,657   90,453   87,218   133,088   169,232 
                                

Total operating expenses

   255,796   255,363   245,934   328,597   265,778    245,934   255,363   255,796   331,594   378,154 
                                

Operating income (loss) from continuing operations

   4,195   (23,881)  (53,825)  (114,124)  (64,486)

Operating (loss) income

   (53,825)  (23,881)  4,195   19,508   30,047 
                                

Other income (expense):

            

Interest income

   2,096   516   692   601   7,058    692   516   2,096   3,814   10,182 

Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized

   (40,511)  (47,460)  (81,501)  (54,822)  (47,713)   (81,501)  (47,460)  (40,511)  (81,283)  (92,498)

Non-cash interest expense

   (26,234)  (28,082)  (9,277)  (29,038)  (25,843)   (9,277)  (28,082)  (26,234)  (6,845)  —   

Amortization of deferred financing fees

   (2,850)  (3,445)  (5,115)  (4,480)  (3,887)   (5,115)  (3,445)  (2,850)  (11,584)  (8,534)

Loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt

   (29,271)  (41,197)  (24,219)  —     (5,069)   (24,219)  (41,197)  (29,271)  (57,233)  (431)

Other

   31   236   169   (169)  (56)

Other income (expense)

   169   236   31   692   (15,777)
                                

Total other expense

   (96,739)  (119,432)  (119,251)  (87,908)  (75,510)   (119,251)  (119,432)  (96,739)  (152,439)  (107,058)
                                

Loss from continuing operations before cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles

   (92,544)  (143,313)  (173,076)  (202,032)  (139,996)

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

   (173,076)  (143,313)  (92,544)  (132,931)  (77,011)

Provision for income taxes

   (2,104)  (710)  (1,729)  (300)  (1,489)   (1,729)  (710)  (2,104)  (517)  (868)
                                

Loss from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

   (94,648)  (144,023)  (174,805)  (202,332)  (141,485)   (174,805)  (144,023)  (94,648)  (133,448)  (77,879)

(Loss) gain from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

   (61)  (3,257)  202   (4,081)  74 

Gain (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

   202   (3,257)  (61)  —     —   
                                

Loss before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

   (94,709)  (147,280)  (174,603)  (206,413)  (141,411)   (174,603)  (147,280)  (94,709)  (133,448)  (77,879)

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

   —     —     (545)  (60,674)  —      (545)  —     —     —     —   
                                

Net loss

  $(94,709) $(147,280) $(175,148) $(267,087) $(141,411)  $(175,148) $(147,280) $(94,709) $(133,448) $(77,879)
                
                

Basic and diluted loss per common share amounts:

            

Loss from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

  $(1.28) $(2.47) $(3.35) $(4.01) $(2.99)  $(3.35) $(2.47) $(1.28) $(1.36) $(0.74)

Loss from discontinued operations

   —     (0.05)  —     (0.08)  —      —     (0.05)  —     —     —   

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

   —     —     (0.01)  (1.20)  —      (0.01)  —     —     —     —   
                                

Net loss per common share

  $(1.28) $(2.52) $(3.36) $(5.29) $(2.99)  $(3.36) $(2.52) $(1.28) $(1.36) $(0.74)
                                

Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding

   73,823   58,420   52,204   50,491   47,321    52,204   58,420   73,823   98,193   104,743 
                                

  As of December 31,   As of December 31, 
  2005 2004 2003 2002 2001   2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 
  (audited) (audited) (audited) (unaudited) (unaudited)   (audited) (audited) (audited) (audited) (audited) 
  (in thousands)   (in thousands) 

Balance Sheet Data:

            

Cash and cash equivalents

  $45,934  $69,627  $8,338  $61,141  $13,904   $8,338  $69,627  $45,934  $46,148  $70,272 

Short-term investments

   19,777   —     15,200   —     —      15,200   —     19,777   —     55,142 

Restricted cash(1)

   19,512   2,017   10,344   —     —      10,344   2,017   19,512   34,403   37,601 

Property and equipment, net

   728,333   745,831   830,145   922,392   975,662    830,145   745,831   728,333   1,105,942   1,191,969 

Intangibles, net

   2,408   1,365   31,491   724,872   868,999 

Total assets

   952,536   917,244   958,252   1,279,267   1,394,280    958,252   917,244   952,536   2,046,292   2,384,323 

Total debt(2)

   784,392   927,706   870,758   1,024,282   845,453    870,758   927,706   784,392   1,555,000   1,905,000 

Total shareholders’ equity (deficit)(3)

   81,431   (88,671)  (1,566)  161,024   424,369    (1,566)  (88,671)  81,431   385,921   337,391 
  For the year ended December 31,   For the year ended December 31, 
  2005 2004 2003 2002 2001   2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 
  (audited) (audited) (audited) (audited) (unaudited)   (audited) (audited) (audited) (audited) (audited) 
  (in thousands)   (in thousands) 

Other Data:

            

Cash provided by (used in):

            

Operating activities

  $49,767  $14,216  $(29,808) $17,807  $28,753   $(29,808) $14,216  $49,767  $73,730  $122,934 

Investing activities

   (99,283)  1,326   155,456   (102,716)  (554,700)   155,456   1,326   (99,283)  (738,353)  (301,884)

Financing activities

   25,823   45,747   (178,451)  132,146   524,871    (178,451)  45,747   25,823   664,837   203,074 
  For the year ended December 31, 
  2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 
  (audited) (audited) (audited) (audited) (unaudited) 

Tower Data Rollforward:

      

Towers owned at the beginning of period

   3,066   3,093   3,877   3,734   2,390 

Towers constructed

   36   10   13   141   667 

Towers acquired

   208   5   —     53   677 

Towers reclassified/disposed of(4)

   (6)  (42)  (797)  (51)  —   
                

Total towers owned at the end of period

   3,304   3,066   3,093   3,877   3,734 
                

Other Tower Data:

      

Towers held for sale at end of period

   —     6   47   837   815 

Towers in continuing operations at end of period

   3,304   3,060   3,046   3,040   2,919 
                
   3,304   3,066   3,093   3,877   3,734 
                

   For the year ended December 31, 
   2005  2006  2007 

Tower Data Roll forward:

    

Towers owned at the beginning of period

  3,066  3,304  5,551 

Towers acquired in AAT Acquisition

  —    1,850  —   

Towers acquired

  208  339  612 

Towers constructed

  36  60  61 

Towers reclassified/disposed of(4)

  (6) (2) (4)
          

Total towers owned at the end of period

  3,304  5,551  6,220 
          

 

(1)Restricted cash of $37.6 million as of December 31, 2007 consists of $35.3 million related to CMBS Mortgage loan requirements and $2.3 million related to surety bonds issued for our benefit. Restricted cash of $34.4 million as of December 31, 2006 consists of $30.7 million related to CMBS Mortgage loan requirements and $3.7 million related to surety bonds issued for our benefit. Restricted cash of $19.5 million as of December 31, 2005 consisted of $17.9 million related to CMBS Mortgagemortgage loan requirements and $1.6 million related to surety bonds issued for our benefit. Restricted cash of $2.0 million as of December 31, 2004 was related to surety bonds issued for our benefit. Restricted cash of $10.3 million as of December 31, 2003 consisted of $7.3 million of cash held by an escrow agent in accordance with certain provisions of the Western tower sale agreement and $3.0 million related to surety bonds issued for our benefit.

(2)Includes deferred gain on interest rate swap of $1.9 million as of December 31, 2004 and $4.6 million as of December 31, 2003, and $5.2respectively.
(3)Includes deferred loss from the termination of nine interest rate swap agreements of $10.2 million as of December 31, 2002, respectively.

(3)2007 and $12.5 million December 31, 2006. Includes deferred gain from the termination of two interest rate swap agreements of $8.9 million as of December 31, 2007, $11.8 million as of December 31, 2006 and $14.5 million as of December 31, 2005.2005, respectively.

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

ITEM 7.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the information contained in our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto. The following discussion includes forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those described in Item 1B.1A. Risk Factors of this Form 10-K.Factors. Our actual results may differ materially from those discussed below. See “Forward-looking statements”“Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and Item 1B.1A. Risk Factors.

We are a leading independent owner and operator of wireless communications towers. We currently operatetowers in the Eastern third47 of the 48 contiguous United States, where substantially all of our towers are located.Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Our principal business line is our site leasing business.business, which contributes approximately 96% of our segment operating profit. In our site leasing business, we lease antenna space to wireless service providers on towers and other structures that we own, manage for or lease from others. The towers that we own have been constructed by us at the request of a wireless service provider, built or constructed based on our own initiative or acquired. As of December 31, 2005,2007, we owned 3,304 towers, the substantial majority6,220 towers. We also manage or lease approximately 4,500 actual or potential communications sites, of which have been built by us or built by other tower owners or operators, who like us, have built such towers taking into consideration co-location opportunities. In addition, throughapproximately 640 are revenue producing. Our second business line is our site development business, through which we offerassist wireless service providers assistance in developing and maintaining their own wireless service networks.

Revenues derived from the leasing of antenna space at, or on, communication towers continued to increase as a result of our emphasis on our site leasing business through the leasing and management of tower sites. During 2004, we completed our previously announced plan of disposing of our services business in the Western two-thirds of the United States.

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, Cingular,AT&T, Sprint, Nextel, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless. Revenues from these clients are derived fromWireless service providers enter into numerous different tenant leases. Each tenant leaseleases with us, each of which relates to the lease or use of space at an individual tower site andsite. Each tenant lease is generally for an initial term of five years and is renewable for five 5-yearfive-year renewal periods at the option of the tenant. Almost all of ourThese tenant leases typically contain specific rent escalators, which average 3-4%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 in 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; and

 

Property insurance; and

insurance.

Property taxes.

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 requirements are typically minimal and include replacing lighting systems, painting a tower or upgrading or repairing an access road or fencing. Lastly, groundland leases are generally forhave an initial term of 5five years with five or more with multipleadditional automatic renewal optionsperiods of five year periodsyears at our option and provide for rent escalators which typically average 3% - 4% annually or provide for term escalationsescalators of approximately 15%.

Our site leasing business generates substantially all of our segment operating profit. The table below details the percentage of our total company revenues and segment operating profit contributed by the site leasing segment. Information regardingbusiness.

   Percentage of
Revenues
  Site Leasing Segment
Operating Profit
Contribution(1)
 

For the year ended December 31, 2007

  78.8% 95.5%

For the year ended December 31, 2006

  73.0% 95.4%

For the year ended December 31, 2005

  62.0% 95.0%

(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 annual report in the section entitled Non-GAAP Financial Measures.

We believe that over the totallong-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 percentage of assets used innetwork coverage requirements. We believe our site leasing services business is included in Note 21characterized by stable and long-term recurring revenues, predictable operating costs and minimal capital expenditures. Due to the relatively young age and mix of our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report.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 re-locate, we have historically experienced low customer churn as a percentage of revenue.

   Percentage of
Revenues
  Operating Profit
Contribution
 

For the year ended December 31, 2005

  62.0% 95.0%

For the year ended December 31, 2004

  62.2% 94.1%

For the year ended December 31, 2003

  66.6% 93.5%

Site Development Services

Our site development business is a corollarycomplimentary to our site leasing business, and provides us the ability to (1) keep in close contact with the wireless service providers who generate substantially all of our site leasing revenue and (2) 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 services 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 thethis 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 projectscontracts 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 contracts 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 projectscontracts and construction projectscontracts are recognized as incurred.

Since 2001 our site development services profit levels have decreased significantly as a result of a substantial decline in capital expenditures by wireless service providers particularly during 2001-2003 as well as competitive pricing pressures that have driven margins below our desired levels. The table below provides the percentage of our total company revenues and total segment operating profit contributed by site development services over the last three years. Information regarding the total and percentage of assets used in our site development services businesses is included in Note 2123 of our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report.

annual report.

   For the year ended December 31, 
   Percentage of Revenues  Operating Profit Contribution 
   2005  2004  2003  2005  2004  2003 

Site development consulting

  5.2% 6.2% 6.4% 1.3% 1.6% 1.2%

Site development

  32.8% 31.6% 27.0% 3.7% 4.3% 5.4%

We have mitigated the decline in site development services revenues and operating profit levels by focusing on site leasing as our primary business as well as focusing on our core, historical areas of wireless expertise, specifically site acquisition, zoning, technical services and construction for our site development services business. During 2004, we completed our previously announced plan to exit the services business in the Western portion of the United States based on our determination that the business was no longer beneficial to our site leasing business. Gross proceeds realized from sales during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 were $0.4 million, and a loss on disposal of discontinued operations of $0.8 million was recorded, which is included in loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.

   For the year ended December 31,
Percentage of Revenues
 
   2007  2006  2005 

Site development consulting

  6.0% 4.7% 5.2%

Site development construction

  15.2% 22.3% 32.8%

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

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, 2005,2007, included herein. 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, but have interest rates that are typically reset at pre-determined intervals, usually every 7, 28, 35 or 90 days, at which time the securities can typically be purchased or sold, creating a liquid market. The rate reset for each instrument is 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 has allowed investors to roll over their holdings or obtain immediate liquidity by selling the securities at par. We do not intend to hold these securities to maturity, but rather to use the interest rate reset feature to provide the opportunity to maximize returns while preserving liquidity. Due to the liquidity provided by the interest rate reset mechanism and the short-term nature of our investment in these securities, they have been classified as short-term investments available for sale in current assets on our Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Typically, the fair value of auction rate securities approximates par value due to the frequent resets through the auction rate process. In recent months, auctions associated with these securities have failed as a result of there not being any demand in the marketplace. We estimated the fair value of these auction rate securities based on a subsequent sale of certain auction rate securities at par value and estimated values provided by the firm managing our auction rate investments. 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 other-than-temporary impairment 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 fair value.

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 December 31, 2007, 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 onusing 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“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“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.

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

Year Ended 20052007 Compared to Year Ended 20042006

Revenues:

 

  For the year ended December 31,   For the year ended December 31, Percentage
Change
 
  2005  Percentage
of Revenues
 2004  Percentage
of Revenues
 Percentage
Change
   2007  Percentage
of Revenues
 2006  Percentage
of Revenues
 
     (in thousands except for percentages)   (in thousands, except for percentages) 

Site leasing

  $161,277  62.0% $144,004  62.2% 12.0%  $321,818  78.8% $256,170  73.0% 25.6%

Site development consulting

   13,549  5.2%  14,456  6.2% (6.3)%   24,349  6.0%  16,660  4.7% 46.2%

Site development construction

   85,165  32.8%  73,022  31.6% 16.6%   62,034  15.2%  78,272  22.3% (20.7)%
                            

Total revenues

  $259,991  100.0% $231,482  100.0% 12.3%  $408,201  100.0% $351,102  100.0% 16.3%
                            

Site leasing revenue increased $65.6 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 in our April 2006 acquisition of AAT Communications Corporation (“AAT”) and the other towers we acquired or constructed subsequent to December 31, 2005. The 1,850 AAT towers were only owned for eight months for the year ended December 31, 2006 as compared to the entire year ended December 31, 2007. The AAT towers contributed approximately $98.6 million of the total revenues for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 compared to approximately $63.2 million for the same period of 2006, an increase of approximately $35.4 million. As of December 31, 2007, we had 15,429 tenants as compared to 13,602 tenants at December 31, 2006. Additionally, we

have experienced, on average, higher rents per tenant due to higher rents from new tenants, higher annual rents upon renewal by existing tenants and increased rental rates associated with additional equipment added by existing tenants.

Site development consulting revenue increased $7.7 million as a result of a higher volume of work for the year ended December 31, 2007 versus the same period of 2006. The higher volume of work was primarily due to services provided in connection with Sprint’s development of its network.

Site development construction revenue decreased $16.2 million due to the wind down or completion of certain of our prior construction contracts from the larger wireless service providers, as well as a significant decline in the volume of work performed for AT&T during 2007 as compared to the same period in the prior year.

Operating Expenses:

   For the year ended December 31,  Dollar
Change
  Percentage
Change
 
   2007  2006   
   (in thousands)       

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

      

Site leasing

  $88,006  $70,663  $17,343  24.5%

Site development consulting

   19,295   14,082   5,213  37.0%

Site development construction

   56,052   71,841   (15,789) (22.0)%

Selling, general and administrative

   45,569   42,277   3,292  7.8%

Restructuring credits

   —     (357)  357  (100.0)%

Depreciation, accretion and amortization

   169,232   133,088   36,144  27.2%
              

Total operating expenses

  $378,154  $331,594  $46,560  14.0%
              

Site leasing cost of revenues increased $17.3 million primarily as a result of the AAT towers and the growth in the number of towers owned by us, which was 6,220 at December 31, 2007 up from 5,551 at December 31, 2006. The AAT towers contributed approximately $27.8 million to the total site leasing cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2007 compared to approximately $19.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2006, an increase of approximately $8.2 million.

Site development consulting cost of revenues increased $5.2 million as a result of higher volume of work for the year ended December 31, 2007 versus the same period of 2006, largely due to services provided during 2007 in connection with Sprint’s development of its network. Site development construction cost of revenue decreased $15.8 million due to the wind down or completion of certain of our prior construction contracts from the larger wireless service providers, as well as a significant decline in the volume of work performed for AT&T for the year ended December 31, 2007 as compared to the same period in the prior year.

Selling, general, and administrative expenses increased $3.3 million primarily as a result of an increase in salaries, benefits, and other back office expenses resulting primarily from a higher number of employees, a significant portion of which is attributable to the AAT Acquisition. Selling, general, and administrative expenses were also impacted by $6.3 million of stock option and employee stock purchase plan expense that we recognized for the year ended December 31, 2007 in accordance with SFAS 123R as compared to $5.3 million in the comparable period in 2006, an increase of $1.0 million.

Depreciation, accretion and amortization expense increased $36.1 million to $169.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2007 from $133.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2006. Approximately $71.2 million was associated with the AAT towers for the year ended December 31, 2007 versus approximately $46.4 million for the comparable period in 2006, an increase of approximately $24.8 million.

Operating Income:

Operating income was $30.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2007 as compared to $19.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2006. The increase of $10.5 million is primarily the result of higher revenues without a commensurate increase in cost of revenues in the site leasing and site development consulting segments, offset by an increase in selling, general and administrative expenses and depreciation, accretion and amortization expense.

Segment Operating Profit:

   For the year ended December 31,  Dollar
Change
  Percentage
Change
 
   2007  2006   
   (in thousands)       

Segment operating profit:

       

Site leasing

  $233,812  $185,507  $48,305  26.0%

Site development consulting

   5,054   2,578   2,476  96.0%

Site development construction

   5,982   6,431   (449) (7.0)%
              

Total

  $244,848  $194,516  $50,332  25.9%
              

The increase in site leasing segment operating profit of $48.3 million is primarily related to additional revenue generated by the increased number of towers acquired in the AAT Acquisition. The AAT towers contributed approximately $70.8 million of the total site leasing segment operating profit for the year ended December 31, 2007 as compared to approximately $43.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2006, an increase of approximately $27.2 million. The remaining increase in our site leasing segment operating profit is due to increased revenue from the increased number of tenants and tenant equipment on our sites for the year ended December 31, 2007 versus the same period in 2006 without a commensurate increase in site leasing cost of revenue. We reconcile these non-GAAP financial measures and provide the Regulation G disclosures in this annual report in the section titled Non-GAAP Financial Measures.

Other Income (Expense):

   For the year ended December 31,  Dollar
Change
  Percentage
Change
 
   2007  2006   
   (in thousands)       

Interest income

  $10,182  $3,814  $6,368  167.0%

Interest expense

   (92,498)  (81,283)  (11,215) 13.8%

Non-cash interest expense

   —     (6,845)  6,845  (100.0)%

Amortization of deferred financing fees

   (8,534)  (11,584)  3,050  (26.3)%

Loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt

   (431)  (57,233)  56,802  (99.2)%

Other (expense) income

   (15,777)  692   (16,469) (2,379.9)%
              

Total other expense

  $(107,058) $(152,439) $45,381  (29.8)%
              

Interest income increased $6.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2007 when compared to the year ended December 31, 2006. The increase is primarily the result of investment earnings on the net proceeds of the Convertible Senior Notes (the “Notes”) offering completed at the end of the first quarter of 2007.

Interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2007 increased $11.2 million from the year ended December 31, 2006. This increase is primarily due to the higher weighted average amount of cash-interest bearing debt outstanding for the year ended December 31, 2007 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2006, which is partially offset by a reduction in our weighted average cash interest rate for the same periods. Specifically, (1) our $1.1 billion bridge loan for the AAT Acquisition was only outstanding for seven months of the year ended December 31, 2006 and was not outstanding during any portion of the year ended

December 31, 2007, while the $1.15 billion CMBS Certificates issued in 2006, which were used to refinance the bridge loan, were outstanding for a little over one month for the year ended December 31, 2006 and were outstanding for the full year ended December 31, 2007, and (2) we had $350.0 million of additional debt outstanding for nine months in 2007 consisting of our Notes compared to none in the year ended December 31, 2006.

There was no non-cash interest for the year ended December 31, 2007 compared to $6.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2006. The decrease was a result of the repurchase of all of the outstanding 9 3/4% senior discount notes in April 2006.

Amortization of deferred financing fees decreased by $3.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2007, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2006. This decrease was primarily a result of fully amortizing fees relating to the $1.6 billion of CMBS Certificates over a period of five years, with one year of amortization during the year ended December 31, 2007 as compared to fully amortizing fees on the $1.1 billion bridge loan over nine months, with seven months of amortization during the year ended December 31, 2006.

The loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt was $0.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2007 associated with the termination of the senior revolving credit facility in April 2007. This amount was $57.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 associated with the loss from write-off of $10.2 million of deferred financing fees and $47.0 million of losses on extinguishment of debt resulting from the prepayment of the $1.1 billion bridge loan in November 2006 and the repurchase of the 8  1/2% senior notes and 9  3/4% senior discount notes in April 2006.

Other expense of $15.8 million includes an other-than-temporary impairment loss on short-term investments of $15.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2007 associated with our investments in auction rate securities. See discussion in “Liquidity and Capital Resources” in Part II, Item 7 as well as Note 4 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 $209.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2007 as compared to $161.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2006. The increase of $47.6 million is primarily the result of increased segment operating profit from our site leasing segment largely driven from the AAT Acquisition. We reconcile this measure and other Regulation G disclosures in this annual report in the section entitled Non-GAAP financial measures.

Net Loss:

Net loss was $77.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2007 as compared to $133.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2006. The decrease of $55.5 million is primarily the result of the decrease in loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt.

Year Ended 2006 Compared to Year Ended 2005

Revenues:

   For the year ended December 31, 
   2006  Percentage
of Revenues
  2005  Percentage
of Revenues
  Percentage
Change
 
   (in thousands, except for percentages) 

Site leasing

  $256,170  73.0% $161,277  62.0% 58.8%

Site development consulting

   16,660  4.7%  13,549  5.2% 23.0%

Site development construction

   78,272  22.3%  85,165  32.8% (8.1)%
                

Total revenues

  $351,102  100.0% $259,991  100.0% 35.0%
                

Site leasing revenue increased $94.9 million due to the increased number of new tenant installations, the amount of lease amendments related to equipment added to our towers, andrevenue generated by the towers that we acquired in the AAT Acquisition and other towers acquired or constructed duringsubsequent to December 31, 2005. The AAT Acquisition contributed approximately $63.2 million of the increase in total revenues. As of December 31, 2005,2006, we had 8,27813,602 tenants as compared to 7,4498,278 tenants at December 31, 2004. During the year ended 2005, 82% of contractual revenues from new leases and amendments executed in 2005 were related to new tenant installation and 18% were related to additional equipment being added by existing tenants. During the year ended 2004, 88% of contractual revenues from new leases and amendments executed in 2004 were related to new tenant installation and 12% were related to additional equipment being added by existing tenants.2005. Additionally, we have experienced, on average, higher average rents per tenanttenants due to higher rents from new tenants, higher rents upon renewal by existing tenants and additional equipment added by existing tenants. Lastly, we added 2442,249 towers to our portfolio in 20052006 versus only 15adding 244 towers in 2004.2005.

Site development consulting revenues increased $3.1 million as a result of a higher volume of work in 2006 versus 2005. Site development construction revenue decreased due to the roll-off of certain of our prior construction contracts from the larger wireless carriers and our efforts to focus on capturing higher margin services work rather than volume.

Operating Expenses:

   For the year ended December 31,  Dollar
Change
  Percentage
Change
 
   2006  2005   
   (in thousands)       

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

      

Site leasing

  $70,663  $47,259  $23,404  49.5%

Site development consulting

   14,082   12,004   2,078  17.3%

Site development construction

   71,841   80,689   (8,848) (11.0)%

Selling, general and administrative

   42,277   28,178   14,099  50.0%

Asset impairments and other (credits) charges

   (357)  448   (805) (179.7)%

Depreciation, accretion and amortization

   133,088   87,218   45,870  52.6%
              

Total operating expenses

  $331,594  $255,796  $75,798  29.6%
              

Site leasing cost of revenues increased $23.4 million primarily as a result of revenue generated from a services contract with Cingularthe growth in the North and South Carolina markets thatnumber of towers owned by us, which was only in its initial stages in 2004.5,551 at December 31, 2006 up from 3,304 at December 31, 2005. The AAT Acquisition contributed approximately $19.6 million to the increase in total site leasing cost of revenues. Site development construction revenue is alsoconsulting cost of revenues increased by $2.1 million as a result of an increase in the overallhigher volume of work infor the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2005 as compared toyear ended December 31, 2006 versus the same periodsperiod of 2004.

Operating Expenses:

   For the year ended
December 31,
    
   2005  2004  Percentage
Change
 
   (in thousands)    

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

      

Site leasing

  $47,259  $47,283  (0.1)%

Site development consulting

   12,004   12,768  (6.0)%

Site development construction

   80,689   68,630  17.6%

Selling, general and administrative

   28,178   28,887  (2.5)%

Restructuring and other charges

   50   250  (80.0)%

Asset impairment charges

   398   7,092  (94.4)%

Depreciation, accretion and amortization

   87,218   90,453  (3.6)%
          

Total operating expenses

  $255,796  $255,363  0.2%
          

2005. Site development construction cost of revenue decreased by $8.8 million due to the roll-off of certain of our prior construction contracts from the larger wireless carriers and our efforts to focus on capturing higher margin services work rather than volume. That focus and changing market conditions for the year ended December 31, 2006 resulted in higher margin jobs in 2006 versus 2005.

Selling, general, and administrative expenses increased $14.1 million, which was due to a $6.9 million increase in salaries, benefits, and other back office operating expenses resulting primarily from a higher number of employees, a significant portion of which is attributable to the AAT acquisition. Selling, general, and administrative expenses were also impacted by $5.3 million of

stock option and employee stock purchase plan expense that we recognized in 2006 in accordance with SFAS 123R as a resultcompared to $0.5 million in 2005. The remaining portion of the increase was due to $2.3 million of bonus, transition, and integration expenses incurred in volume relatedconnection with the AAT acquisition. These bonus, transition, and integration expenses are not expected to the Cingular contract mentioned above, as well as an increaserecur in future years.

Depreciation, accretion and amortization expense increased $45.9 million primarily due to expense on assets acquired in the overall volume of workAAT Acquisition, which represented approximately $46.4 million, offset by the decrease in the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2005 as compared to the same periods of 2004.certain towers becoming fully depreciated since December 31, 2005.

Asset impairment charges decreased as a result of impairment charges taken on one tower for $0.2 million and the remaining value of the microwave network equipment of $0.2Operating Income:

Operating income was $19.5 million for the year ended December 31, 20052006 as opposedcompared to charges on 40 towers of $2.6 million and microwave network equipment of $4.5$4.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2004.

Operating Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations:

   For the year ended
December 31,
 
   2005  2004 
   (in thousands) 

Operating income (loss) from continuing operations

  $4,195  $(23,881)

2005. The decreaseincrease of $15.3 million is primarily due to increases in the segment operating lossprofit (see below) of the site leasing segment, which was primarily due to an increased number of towers acquired in the AAT Acquisition. This increase was further augmented by an increase in segment operating profit of the site development construction segment which was due to the roll-off of certain of our prior construction contracts from continuing operations primarilythe larger wireless carriers which were at lower margins than subsequent work that was a result ofat higher revenuesmargins. These increases were offset by an increase in selling, general and lower overall operatingadministrative expenses in particular asset impairment charges, and a decrease in depreciation, accretion and amortization expense in 2005 as compared to 2004.for the year ended December 31, 2006 versus the year ended December 31, 2005.

Segment Operating Profit:

 

  

For the year ended

December 31,

     For the year ended December 31,  Dollar
Change
  Percentage
Change
 
  2005  2004  Percentage
Change
   2006  2005  
  (in thousands)     (in thousands)      

Segment operating profit

      

Segment operating profit:

        

Site leasing

  $114,018  $96,721  17.9%  $185,507  $114,018  $71,489  62.7%

Site development consulting

   1,545   1,688  (8.5)%   2,578   1,545   1,033  66.9%

Site development construction

   4,476   4,392  1.9%   6,431   4,476   1,955  43.7%
                   

Total

  $194,516  $120,039  $74,477  62.0%
  $120,039  $102,801  16.8%           
        

The increase in site leasing segment operating profit wasof $71.5 million is primarily related primarily to additional revenue per tower generated by the increased number of towers acquired in the AAT Acquisition, which contributed approximately $43.6 million of the increase. The remaining increase is primarily due to the revenue from the increased number of tenants and tenant equipment on our sites in 2006 versus 2005, versus 2004, without a commensurate increasewhich have minimal incremental associated costs. We reconcile this measure and provide other Regulation G disclosures in this annual report in the cost of revenues (excluding depreciation, accretion, and amortization) due to property tax reductions and tower operating cost reduction initiatives.section entitled Non-GAAP financial measures.

Other Income (Expense):

 

  For the year ended
ended December 31,
   For the year ended December 31, Dollar
Change
  Percentage
Change
 
  2005 2004 Percentage
Change
   2006 2005 
  (in thousands)   (in thousands)   

Interest income

  $2,096  $516  306.2%  $3,814  $2,096  $1,718  82.0%

Interest expense

   (40,511)  (47,460) (14.6)%   (81,283)  (40,511)  (40,772) 100.6%

Non-cash interest expense

   (26,234)  (28,082) (6.6)%   (6,845)  (26,234)  19,389  (73.9)%

Amortization of deferred financing fees

   (2,850)  (3,445) (17.3)%   (11,584)  (2,850)  (8,734) 306.5%

Loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt

   (29,271)  (41,197) (28.9)%   (57,233)  (29,271)  (27,962) 95.5%

Other

   31   236  (86.9)%   692   31   661  2,132.3%
                   

Total other expense

  $(96,739) $(119,432) (19.0)%  $(152,439) $(96,739) $(55,700) 57.6%
                   

Interest expense non-cashfor the year ended December 31, 2006 increased $40.8 million from the year ended December 31, 2005. This increase is primarily due to the higher aggregate amount of cash-interest bearing debt outstanding during 2006, which consisted of the $1.1 billion bridge loan during the second, third, and a portion of the fourth quarters of 2006 and $405 million of CMBS Certificates issued in 2005 were outstanding for all twelve months of 2006 and $1.15 billion of CMBS Certificates issued in 2006 were outstanding for the last two months of 2006, versus an average balance of $587.6 million of interest bearing debt in 2005, which was primarily comprised of our 8 1/2% senior notes, our senior secured credit facility and the Initial CMBS Certificates.

Non-cash interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2006 decreased $19.4 million from the year ended December 31, 2005. The decrease was a result of the redemption and amortizationrepurchase of $111.8 million of 9 3/4% senior discount notes in June and November of 2005 and the repurchase of the remaining aggregate principal amount of $223.7 million of these notes in April 2006.

Amortization of deferred financing fees decreasedincreased $8.7 million from the year ended December 31, 2006, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2005. This increase was primarily as a resultdue to amortization of fees relating to the $1.1 billion bridge loan, the $1.15 billion of CMBS Certificates issued in 2006, the $405.0 million of CMBS Certificates issued in 2005, and the senior revolving credit facility versus the amortization of fees on outstanding 8 1/2% senior notes, 9 3/4% senior discount notes, and the senior secured credit facility for the year ended December 31, 2005.

Loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt for the year ended December 31, 2006 was $57.2 million, an increase of $28.0 million from the year ended December 31, 2005. The increase was attributable to the loss from write-off of $10.2 million of deferred financing fees and $47.0 million of losses on the extinguishment of debt resulting from the repayment of the redemptions$1.1 billion of 35%the bridge loan in November 2006, repurchase of $223.7 million of our 9 3/4% senior discount notes and $162.5 million of our 8 1/2% senior notes fromin April 2006, versus the gross proceeds of our May and October equity offerings totaling $226.9 million in 2005.

The decrease in loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt was attributed to the write-off of $10.2$2.3 million of deferred financing fees and $19.1$10.9 million of losses on the extinguishment of debt resulting fromassociated with the retirementredemption of our 10 1/4% senior notes, refinancing our senior credit facility, and redemptions of 35%$111.8 million of our 9 3/4% senior discount notes, the write-off of $1.7 million of deferred financing fees and $7.4 million of losses from the write-off of $87.5 million of our 8 1/2% senior notes, for the year ended December 31, 2005, versus a write-off of $13.1$5.4 million of deferred financing fees associated with the repayment and refinancing of our prior senior credit facility, and the write-off of $0.8 million of deferred financing fees and $28.1$0.7 million of losses on the extinguishment of debt associated with the early retirementredemption of our 12% senior discount notes, a significant portion$50.0 million of our 10 1/4% senior notes and the termination of a prior senior credit facility in the year ended December 31, 2004.bonds during 2005.

Adjusted EBITDA:

   For the year ended
December 31,
    
   2005  2004  Percentage
Change
 
   (in thousands)    

Adjusted EBITDA

  $95,322  $78,794  21.0%

The increase in adjustedAdjusted EBITDA was primarily the result of stronger performance of the site leasing segment operating profit$161.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 versus the year ended December 31, 2004.

Discontinued Operations, Net of Income Taxes:

   For the year ended
December 31,
    
   2005  2004  Percentage
Change
 
   (in thousands)    

Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

  $(61) $(3,257) 98.1%

Loss from discontinued operations of $3.3 million in 2004 was primarily a result of the loss on the western services business, which was sold in 2004,2006 as compared to only trailing cost of $0.06$95.3 million recorded in 2005.

Net Loss:

   For the year ended
December 31,
    
   2005  2004  Percentage
Change
 
   (in thousands)    

Net loss

  $(94,709) $(147,280) 35.7%

The decrease in net loss is primarily a result of improved operating income (loss) from continuing operations, lower asset impairment charges, lower depreciation, accretion, and amortization expense and lower interest expense and non-cash interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2005 as compared with2005. The increase of $66.5 million is primarily the year ended December 31, 2004.result of increased segment operating profit from our site leasing segment. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. We reconcile this measure and provide other Regulation G disclosures in this annual report in the section entitled Non-GAAP financial measures.

Year Ended 2004 Compared to Year Ended 2003Net Loss:

Revenues:

   For the year ended December 31, 
   2004  

Percentage

of Revenues

  2003  Percentage
of Revenues
  Percentage
Change
 
   (in thousands except for percentages) 

Site leasing

  $144,004  62.2% $127,852  66.6% 12.6%

Site development consulting

   14,456  6.2%  12,337  6.4% 17.2%

Site development construction

   73,022  31.6%  51,920  27.0% 40.6%
                

Total revenues

  $231,482  100.0% $192,109  100.0% 20.5%
                

Site leasing revenue increased due to the increased number of tenants and the amount of equipment added to our towers. During the year ended 2004, 88% of contractual revenues from new leases and amendments executed in 2004 were related to new tenant installation and 12% were related to additional equipment being added by existing tenants. During the year ended 2003, 89% of contractual revenues from new leases and amendments executed in 2003 were related to new tenant installation and 11% were related to additional equipment being added by existing tenants. Additionally, we have experienced higher average rents per tenant due to higher rents from new tenants, higher rents upon renewal by existing tenants and additional equipment added by existing tenants.

Site development construction revenue increased primarily as a result of the significant services contract awarded by Sprint in mid 2003, which increased our volume of activityNet loss was $133.4 million for the year ended December 31, 20042006 as compared to $94.7 million for the same period a year ago.

Operating Expenses:

   For the year ended
December 31,
    
   2004  2003  Percentage
Change
 
   (in thousands)    

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

      

Site leasing

  $47,283  $47,793  (1.1)%

Site development consulting

   12,768   11,350  12.5%

Site development construction

   68,630   47,333  45.0%

Selling, general and administrative

   28,887   30,714  (5.9)%

Restructuring and other charges

   250   2,094  (88.1)%

Asset impairment charges

   7,092   12,993  (45.4)%

Depreciation, accretion and amortization

   90,453   93,657  (3.4)%
          

Total operating expenses

  $255,363  $245,934  3.8%
          

Costended December 31, 2005.The increase of revenues increased$38.7 million is primarily due to increased activity associated with the significant services contract awarded by Sprint in mid 2003 related to the site development construction business.

In 2004, we recognized approximately $7.1 million in asset impairment charges related to 40 towers and a microwave network. By comparison, in 2003 we recognized approximately $13.0 million of asset impairment charges related to 70 towers. In addition, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased primarily due to the reduction of bad debt expense of approximately $2.0 million as a result of improved collections and credit quality of our receivables.

Operating Loss from Continuing Operations:

   For the year ended
December 31,
    
   2004  2003  Percentage
Change
 
   (in thousands)    

Operating loss from continuing operations

  $(23,881) $(53,825) (55.6)%

This decrease in operating loss from continuing operations primarily was a result of higher revenues and lower asset impairment charges in 2004 as compared to 2003.

Segment Operating Profit:

   For the year ended
December 31,
    
   2004  2003  Percentage
Change
 
   (in thousands)    

Segment operating profit

      

Site leasing

  $96,721  $80,059  20.8%

Site development consulting

   1,688   987  71.0%

Site development construction

   4,392   4,587  (4.2)%
          
  $102,801  $85,633  20.0%
          

The increase in site leasing segment operating profit related primarily to additional revenue per tower generated by the increased number of tenants on our sites in 2004 versus 2003, without a commensurate increase in the cost of revenues (excluding depreciation, accretion, and amortization) due to tower operating cost reduction initiatives.

Other Income (Expense):

   For the year ended
December 31,
    
   2004  2003  Percentage
Change
 
   (in thousands)    

Interest income

  $516  $692  (25.4)%

Interest expense

   (47,460)  (81,501) (41.8)%

Non-cash interest expense

   (28,082)  (9,277) 202.7%

Amortization of debt issuance costs

   (3,445)  (5,115) (32.6)%

Loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt

   (41,197)  (24,219) 70.1%

Other

   236   169  39.6%
          

Total other expense

  $(119,432) $(119,251) 0.2%
          

Interest expense decreased in 2004 primarily as a result of the repurchases and redemption of the 12% senior discount notes with proceeds from the 9 3/4% senior discount notes issued in December 2003 and proceeds from our prior senior credit facility which we obtained in January 2004, as well as repurchases of our 10 1/4% senior notes throughout 2004.

Non cash interest expense, increased due to the amortization of the original interest discount of the 9 3/4% senior discount notes, which were issued to refinance the 12% senior discount notes in late 2003.

Thean increase in loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt was attributed to a write-off of $13.1 millionand higher amortization of deferred financing fees, and a $28.1 million loss on the extinguishment of debt associated with the early retirement of our 12% senior discount notes, a significant portion of our 10 1/4% senior notes and the termination of the May 2003 senior credit facility in the year ended December 31, 2004 versus the write-off of $4.4 million of deferred financing fees associated with the refinancing of our senior credit facility loans which were repaid in full, and a loss on extinguishment of debt of $19.8 million relating to the repurchase of our 12% senior discount notes for the comparable period in 2003.

Adjusted EBITDA:

   For the year ended
December 31,
    
   2004  2003  Percentage
Change
 
   (in thousands)    

Adjusted EBITDA

  $78,794  $61,018  29.1%

The increase in adjusted EBITDA was primarily the result of improvement in the site leasing segment operating profit for the year ended December 31, 2004 versus the year ended December 31, 2003.

Discontinued Operations, Net of Income Taxes:

   For the year ended
December 31,
    
   2004  2003  Percentage
Change
 
   (in thousands)    

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

  $(3,257) $202  (1,712.4)%

The increase in loss from discontinued operations was primarily a result the loss on the western services business which was sold in 2004 versus the gain from discontinued operations relating to the towers sold in the Western tower sale in 2003.

Cumulative Effect of Changes In Accounting Principle:

   

For the year ended

December 31,

    
   2004  2003  Percentage
Change
 
   (in thousands)    

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

  $—    $545  (100.0)%

The 2003 cumulative effect of changes in accounting principle was the result of the adoption of SFAS 143 on January 1, 2003.

Net Loss:

   For the year ended
December 31,
    
   2004  2003  Percentage
Change
 
   (in thousands)    

Net loss

  $(147,280) $(175,148) (15.9)%

The decrease in net loss is primarily a result ofoffset by improved operating income (loss) from continuing operations, lower asset impairment charges and lower depreciation, accretion, and amortization expense and restructuringnon-cash interest expense for the year ended December 31, 20042006 as compared withto the year ended December 31, 2003.2005.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

SBA Communications Corporation (“SBA Communications”) is a holding company with no business operations of its own. Our 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. Finance, Inc. (“SBA Senior Finance owns,Finance”), which, directly or indirectly, owns the capital stockequity interest in substantially all of our subsidiaries or is the sole member if the subsidiary is a limited liability company (“LLC”).subsidiaries. We conduct all of our business operations through our SBA Senior Finance subsidiaries.

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. The ability of our subsidiaries to pay cash or stock dividends is restricted under the terms of our CMBS Certificates, senior credit facility and the indentures for the 9 3/4% senior discount notes and the 8 1/2% senior notes.

A summary of our cash flows is as follows:

 

   For the year ended
December 31, 2005
 
   (in thousands) 

Summary cash flow information:

  

Cash provided by operating activities

  $49,767 

Cash used in investing activities

   (99,283)

Cash provided by financing activities

   25,823 
     

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

   (23,693)

Cash and cash equivalents, December 31, 2004

   69,627 
     

Cash and cash equivalents, December 31, 2005

  $45,934 
     

   For the year ended
December 31, 2007
 
   (in thousands) 

Summary cash flow information:

  

Cash provided by operating activities

  $122,934 

Cash used in investing activities

   (301,884)

Cash provided by financing activities

   203,074 
     

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

   24,124 

Cash and cash equivalents, December 31, 2006

   46,148 
     

Cash and cash equivalents, December 31, 2007

  $70,272 
     

Sources of Liquidity

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

During 20032005 and 2004,2006, we issued long-term indebtednessbegan to permitutilize the Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities market to refinance our debt as it provided us an opportunity to redeemcapitalize on the long term nature of the revenue stream from our older, more expensive, outstanding notes andtower portfolio to reduce our weighted average cost of debt. In December 2003, SBA Communications and Telecommunications co-issued $402.0 million of aggregate principal amount at maturity of their 9 3/4% senior discount notes, and used the proceeds to redeem and/or repurchase all of our 12% senior discount notes and to repurchase a portion of our 10 1/4% senior notes. In December 2004,interest.

On March 26, 2007, we issued $250.0$350.0 million of our 80.375% Convertible Senior Notes due in 2010. Semi-annual interest payments on the Notes are due each June 1/2% senior notes and usedDecember 1, beginning June 1, 2007. The maturity date of the proceeds to redeem and/or repurchase allNotes is December 1, 2010. The Notes are convertible, at the holder’s option, into shares of our outstanding 10 1/4% senior notes,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 certain

specified circumstances. Upon conversion, we repurchased $186.5have the right to settle the conversion of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes with either 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.

The net proceeds from this offering were approximately $341.4 million in December 2004after deducting discounts, commissions and redeemedexpenses. A portion of the remaining $50.0 million on February 1, 2005.

On May 11, 2005, we issued 8.0net proceeds from the sale of the Notes was used to repurchase approximately 3.24 million shares of our Class A common stock. Thestock at a price of $28.20 per share, or approximately $91.2 million, which shares were issued offsubsequently retired.

Cash provided by operating activities was $122.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2007 as compared to $73.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2006. This increase was primarily the result of segment operating profit from the site leasing segment, net of interest expense and selling, general and administrative expenses.

In January 2008, SBA Senior Finance entered into a $285.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility. 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, 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). Amounts borrowed under this facility will be secured by a first lien on substantially all of SBA Communications’, Telecommunications’ and SBA Senior Finance’s assets not previously pledged under the CMBS Certificates and substantially all of the universal shelf registration statementsubsidiary guarantors’ assets and are guaranteed by SBA Communications, Telecommunications, and the subsidiary guarantors. Subject to compliance with certain covenants, the facility does not restrict (1) the payment by Senior Finance to us of funds generated from operations, (2) the use of those funds by us and (3) the incurrence of additional indebtedness by us.

In order to manage our leverage position and 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 to stay at target leverage levels, 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 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 (“SEC”) which registers the issuance of any combination of the following securities: Class A common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, depositary shares or warrants. The net proceeds from the issuance were $75.4 million after deducting underwriting fees and offering expenses, and were used to redeem an accreted balance of $68.9 million of the 9 3/4% senior discount notes and to pay the applicable premium for the redemption.

On October 5, 2005, we issued 10.0 million shares of our Class A common stock. The shares were issued off of the universal shelf registration statement discussed above. The net proceeds from the issuance were $151.5 million after deducting underwriting fees and offering expenses. On November 7, 2005, these proceeds were used to redeem an accreted balance of $42.9 million of the 9 3/4% senior discount notes and pay the applicable premium for the redemption, redeem $87.5 million of our 8 1/2% senior notes and pay the applicable premium for the redemption and for working capital purposes. After adjustment for the May 11, 2005 and October 5, 2005 offerings, we can still issue up to $21.4 million of securities under our universal shelf registration statement.

On November 18, 2005, SBA CMBS-1 Depositor LLC (the “Depositor”“Commission”), an indirect subsidiary of SBA Communications, sold, in a private transaction, $405 million of Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-1 (the “CMBS Certificates”) issued by SBA CMBS Trust (the “Trust”), a trust established by the Depositor. The CMBS Certificates have a contract weighted average fixed interest rate of 5.6%, and an weighted average interest rate to us of 4.8% after giving effect to the settlement gain of two interest rate swap agreements entered in contemplation of the transaction. The CMBS Certificates are rated investment grade and have an expected life of five years with a final repayment date in 2035. We used a substantial portion of the net proceeds from this issuance to refinance the prior senior credit facility and fund reserves and expenses associated with the CMBS Transaction. The remainder of the net proceeds will be used by us at our discretion.

We also have on file with the SEC a shelf registration statement 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 at various locationsservices. During 2007, we filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-4 with the Commission registering an additional aggregate 4.0 million shares of its Class A common stock. During 2007, we issued approximately 4.7 million shares of Class A common stock under these registration statements in connection with the United States.acquisition of 266 towers and related assets. As of December 31, 2005,2007, we havehad approximately 2.33.8 million shares of Class A common stock remaining under thisthese shelf registration statement.statements.

On December 22, 2005,April 14, 2006, we closed on a new senior secured revolving credit facility in the amount of $160.0 million. The new facility consists of a $160.0 million revolving loan which may be borrowed, repaid and redrawn, subject to compliance with certain covenants. The new facility will mature on December 21, 2007. Amounts borrowed under the facility will accrue interest at LIBOR plus a margin that ranges from 75 basis points to 200 basis points or at a base rate plus a margin that ranges from 12.5 basis points to 100 basis points. Amounts borrowed under this facility will be secured by a first lien on substantially all of SBA Senior Finance II’s assets and are guaranteed by certain of our other subsidiaries. No amounts were outstanding under this facility at December 31, 2005. As of December 31, 2005, we were in full compliancefiled with the terms of the new credit facility and had the abilityCommission an automatic shelf registration statement for well-known seasoned issuers on Form S-3ASR. This registration statement enables us to draw an additional $39.1 million (giving effect to leverage limitations contained in the indenture governing the 9 3/4% senior discount notes).

A main priority for us continues to be reductions in our weighted average cost of debt. As part of this initiative we have, and may continue to, repurchase for cash and/or equity our higher cost outstanding indebtedness. As a result of our refinancing, debt repurchase and redemption activities, we have reduced our weighted average cost of debt from 7.7% at December 31, 2004 to 7.4% at December 31, 2005.

Cash provided by operating activities was $49.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2005. This amount was primarily the result of operating income from the site leasing segment exclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization.

In addition to our capital restructuring activities completed in 2003, 2004 and 2005, in order to manage our significant levels of indebtedness and to ensure continued compliance with our financial covenants, we may explore a number of alternatives, including selling certain assets or lines of business, issuing equity, repurchasing, restructuring, or refinancing or exchanging for equity some or all of our debt or pursuing other financial alternatives, including securitization transactions, and we may from time to time implement one or more of these alternatives. Upon closing the CMBS Transaction in November 2005, we used a substantial portion of the net proceeds to refinance the entire $400.0 million senior credit facility, which had a balance outstanding of $320.9 million, and we intend to explore the possibilities and alternatives for refinancing our remaining high yield debt securities in the future. One or more of the alternatives may include the possibility of entering into a new credit facility, issuing high yield notes, entering into a securitization transaction, issuing additional shares of common stock or securities convertible into shares of common stock or converting our existing indebtedness into shares of common stock or securities convertible into shares of common stock, any of which would dilute our existing shareholders. We cannot assure you that any of these strategies can be consummated, or if consummated, would effectively address the risks associated with our significant level of indebtedness.

Uses of Liquidity

During 2005, cash used by us relating to financing activities included (1) the payment of $52.5 million relating to the redemption of our outstanding 10 1/4% senior notes which were redeemed from proceeds from the issuance of our 8 1/2% senior notes in the fourth quarter of 2004, (2) the payment of $75.6 million relating to the redemption of $68.9 million accreted value of our 9 3/4% senior discount notes, which were redeemed from the net proceeds of the issuance of 8.0 millionissue 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 May 2005, (3) the paymentany amounts approved by our board of $47.1 million relatingdirectors, subject to the redemptionrequirements of $42.9 million accreted valuethe 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. For the year ended December 31, 2007, we did not issue any securities under this automatic shelf registration statement.

Uses of Liquidity

Our principal use of liquidity is cash capital expenditures associated with the growth of our 9 3/4% senior discount notes and the payment of $94.9 million relating to the redemption of $87.5 million of our 8 1/2% senior notes, which were redeemed from the net proceeds of the issuance of 10.0 million shares of our Class A common stock in October 2005 and (4) the payment of an aggregate of $320.9 million relating to the repayment and refinancing of our prior senior credit facility.

tower portfolio. Our cash capital expenditures, including cash used for acquisitions, for the year ended December 31, 20052007 were $81.0$229.2 million. Included in this amount was $12.2The $229.2 million related to new tower construction, $2.8 million for maintenance tower capital expenditures, $3.1 million for augmentations and tower upgrades, $1.6 million for general corporate expenditures, and $4.5 million for ground lease purchases. In addition, we hadincluded cash capital expenditures of $56.8$178.0 million and issued approximately 1.7 million shares of Class A common stockthat we incurred in connection with the acquisition of 208612 completed towers, related prorated rental receipts and payments,the remaining equity interest in one tower that we previously owned a 50% interest in and earnouts for the year ended December 31, 2005.

2007, net of related prorated rental receipts and payments. This amount also includes $15.5 million related to new tower construction, $5.4 million for maintenance tower capital expenditures, $5.5 million for augmentations and tower upgrades, $1.4 million for general corporate expenditures, and $23.4 million for ground lease purchases. The $12.2$15.5 million of new tower construction included costs associated with the completion of 3661 new towers during 2005for the year ended December 31, 2007 and costs incurred on sites currently in process. As

We currently expect to incur capital expenditures associated with tower maintenance and general corporate expenditures of February 20, 2006,$6.5 million to $8.5 million during 2008. Based upon our current plans, we plan to make totalexpect discretionary cash capital expenditures during 2006 of $25.52008 to be $170.0 million to $32.5 million primarily in connection with our plans$190.0 million. Primarily, these cash capital expenditures relate to the 80 to 100 towers we intend to build between 80in 2008, ground lease purchases and 100 towers, and to make cash expenditures of approximately $48.4 million relating to thecurrent acquisition of 164 towers already acquired or under signed purchase agreementsplans, including, as of February 20, 2006. All of these planned capital expenditures21, 2008, the 47 towers acquired since December 31, 2007 and the 179 towers that are expectedsubject to be funded by cash on hand, cash flow from operations, availability under our new senior credit facility, and/or through the issuances of our Class A common stock in connection with tower acquisitions.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 capital expenditures are expected to be funded by cash on hand and cash flow from operations. The exact amount of our future capital expenditures will depend on a number of factors including amounts necessary to support our tower portfolio, and our new tower build program and tower acquisition program and our ground lease purchase program.

Debt Service Requirements

At December 31, 2005, we had $216.9 million outstanding of the 9 3/4% senior discount notes. The 9 3/4% notes accrete in value until December 15, 2007, at which time they will have a fully accreted balance of $261.3 million. These notes mature December 15, 2011. Interest on these notes is payable June 15 and December 15, beginning June 15, 2008.

At December 31, 2005, we had $162.5 million outstanding of our 8 1/2% senior notes. The 8 1/2% notes mature on December 1, 2012. Interest on these notes is payable June 1 and December 1, and begun on June 1, 2005. Based on the amounts outstanding at December 31, 2005, annual debt service on these notes is $13.8 million.

At December 31, 2005, we had $405.0 million outstanding of ourInitial CMBS Certificates. The Initial CMBS Certificates have an anticipated repayment date of November 15, 2010. Interest on the Initial CMBS Certificates is payable monthly in arrears, generally on the 15th dayat a blended annual rate of each month.5.6%. Based on the amounts outstanding at December 31, 2005,2007, annual debt service on these notesthe Initial CMBS Certificates is $22.7 million.

At December 31, 2005,2007, we had no$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 blended annual rate of 6.0%. Based on the amounts outstanding under our senior credit facility. Based on there being no amounts outstanding and the unused commitment fees in effect, we estimate ourat December 31, 2007, annual debt service including amortizationon the Additional CMBS Certificates is $68.9 million.

At December 31, 2007, 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 December 31, 2007, annual debt service on the Notes is $1.3 million.

At December 31, 2007, we believe that our cash flows from operations for the next twelve months will be sufficient to be approximately $0.6 million annually related toservice our senior credit facility.outstanding debt during the next twelve months.

Capital Instruments

Senior Notes and Senior Discount Notes

The 8 1/2% senior notes are unsecured and arepari passu in right of payment with our other existing and future senior indebtedness. The 9 3/4% senior discount notes were co-issued by SBA Communications and Telecommunications in December 2003, are unsecured, rankpari passu with the senior indebtedness and are structurally senior to all indebtedness of SBA Communications. Both the 8 1/2% senior notes and the 9 3/4% senior discount notes place certain restrictions on, among other things, the incurrence of debt and liens, issuance of preferred stock, payment of dividends or other distributions, sale of assets, transactions with affiliates, sale and leaseback transactions, certain investments and our ability to merge or consolidate with other entities.Debt Instruments

CMBS Certificates

On November 18, 2005, theSBA CMBS-1 Depositor LLC (the “Depositor”), an indirect subsidiary of ours, sold in a private transaction $405$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 Series 2005-1 issued byto which it relates. SBA Properties and each of the Trust. 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
   Initial Subclass
Principal Balance
  Pass through Interest Rate 
  (in thousands)   
(in thousands)(in thousands) 

2005-1A

  $238,580  5.369%  $238,580  5.369%

2005-1B

   48,320  5.565%   48,320  5.565%

2005-1C

   48,320  5.731%   48,320  5.731%

2005-1D

   48,320  6.219%   48,320  6.219%

2005-1E

   21,460  6.709%   21,460  6.706%
          
  $405,000  5.608%  $405,000  5.608%
          

The contract weighted average monthly fixed coupon interest rate of the Initial CMBS Certificates is 5.6%, and the effective weighted average fixed interest rate to SBA Properties is 4.8% after giving effect to a settlement gain of two interest rate swap agreements entered in contemplation of the transaction. The Initial CMBS Certificates have an

expected life of five years 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.

On November 6, 2006, the Depositor sold, in a private transaction, $1.15 billion of Additional CMBS Certificates issued by the Trust. The purposeAdditional 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 monthly fixed coupon interest rate of the Additional CMBS transaction wasCertificates is 6.0%, and the effective weighted average fixed interest rate is 6.3% after giving effect to refinance our prior senior credit facilitythe settlement of the nine interest rate swap agreements entered in contemplation of the transaction. The Additional CMBS Certificates have an expected life of five years 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 therefore continue to improve our balance sheet. fund required reserves and expenses associated with the Additional CMBS Transaction.

In connection with the issuance of the Additional CMBS Transaction,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 the prior senior credit facility was amended and restated to replace SBA PropertiesInitial Borrower, the “Borrowers”) were added as the new borrower, to completely release SBA Finance and the other guarantors of any obligationsadditional borrowers under the senior credit facility, to increasemortgage loan and the principal amount of the mortgage loan was increased by $1.15 billion to $405.0 millionan aggregate of $1.56 billion. The Borrowers are jointly and to amend various other terms (as amended and restated, the “Mortgage Loan”). Furthermore, the Mortgage Loan was purchased by the Depositor with proceeds from the CMBS Transaction. The Depositor then assigned the Mortgage Loan to the Trust, who has all rights as lenderseverally liable under the Mortgage Loan.

Interest on the Mortgage Loan willmortgage loan. The mortgage loan is to be paid from the operating cash flows from SBA Properties’ 1,714 tower sites. SBA Properties is required to make monthly payments of interest on the Mortgage Loan.aggregate 4,975 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.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 not prepay the mortgage loan in whole or in part at any time prior to (1) November 2010 for the components of the mortgage loan corresponding to the Initial CMBS Certificates and (2) November 2011 for the components of the mortgage loan corresponding to the Additional CMBS Certificates, except in limited circumstances (such as the occurrence of certain casualty and condemnation events relating to the Borrowers’ tower sites). Thereafter, prepayment is permitted provided it is accompanied by any applicable prepayment consideration. If the prepayment occurs within nine months of the anticipated repayment date, 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 monthly fixed interest rate in effect at the time of issuance of the CMBS Certificates and the then current weighted average monthly 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 and (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. 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 4,975 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 15th calendar day following month end. However, if the debt service coverage ratio, defined as the Net Cash Flow (as defined in the Mortgage Loanmortgage loan agreement) divided by the

amount of interest on the Mortgage Loan,mortgage loan, servicing fees and trustee fees that SBA Propertiesthe 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 SBA Properties.the Borrowers. The funds in the reserve account will not be released to SBA Propertiesthe 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.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 SBA Propertiesthe Borrowers held by the Trustee after payment of principal, interest, reserves and expenses is distributed to SBA Properties.the Borrowers. As of December 31, 2007, we met the required debt service coverage ratio as defined by the mortgage loan agreement.

SBA Properties may not prepay0.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2010

On March 26, 2007 we issued $350.0 million of our 0.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2010. Interest is payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1, beginning June 1, 2007. The maturity date of the Mortgage Loan in wholeNotes is 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 in parta 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 prior to November 2010, exceptafter 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 limited circumstances (such as the occurrence of certain casualty and condemnation events relating to SBA Properties’ tower sites). Thereafter, prepayment is permitted provided it is accompanied by any applicable prepayment consideration. If30 consecutive trading day period ending on the prepayment occurs within nine monthslast trading day of the final maturity date, no prepayment considerationpreceding calendar quarter is due. The entire unpaid principal balancemore than 130% of the Mortgage Loanapplicable 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 either 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 can not determine when, or whether, the Notes will be due in November 2035. The Mortgage Loan may be defeased inconverted, the convertible note hedge transactions and the sold warrant transactions, taken as a whole, at any time.

The Mortgage Loan is secured by (1) mortgages, deeds of trust and deeds to secure debt on substantially allminimize the liquidity risk associated with early conversion of the 1,714 tower sites and their operating cash flows, (2)Notes until such time that our Class A common stock is trading at a security interest in substantially allprice above $55.00 per share (the upper strike of SBA Properties’ personal property and fixtures and (3) SBA Properties’ rights under the management agreement it entered into with SBA Network Management, Inc. relating to the management of SBA Properties’ tower sites by SBA Network pursuant to which SBA Network 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 SBA Properties’ behalf. For each calendar month, SBA Network is entitled to receive a management fee equal to 10% of SBA Properties’ operating revenues for the immediately preceding calendar month.sold warrants).

December 2005 Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility

On December 20, 2005,In January 2008, SBA Senior Finance, II closed onwhich we refer to as SBASF, entered into a new$285.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility in the amount of $160.0 million. Thisfacility. The senior secured revolving credit facility consists of a revolving lineloan of credit thatup to $285 million, based on compliance with certain financial ratios. The facility may be borrowed, repaid and redrawn.redrawn, subject to compliance with the financial and other covenants in the Senior Credit Agreement. Amounts borrowed under the facility willare payable quarterly and accrue interest at LIBOR plus a margin that ranges from 75150 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, 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 the final maturity date of the Notes or at a base rate plus a margin that ranges from 12.5 basis points to 100 basis points. All outstanding amountsthe anticipated repayment date (November 9, 2010) of the CMBS Certificates, Series 2005-1, or any other refinancings of these instruments. At the termination date, each lender under the term 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 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, 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 SBASF’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.

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 others events of default occur and are continuing, including failure to pay the principal and interest when due December 21, 2007. This facility replaces our prior senioror failure to perform under any other agreement in the Senior Credit Agreement, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (as described below) and certain other debt instruments, including the Notes and the CMBS Certificates, with the permission of certain lenders, the revolving credit facility which was assignedloans will terminate and becameall amounts due under the Mortgage Loan inSenior Credit Agreement and certain other loan documents become immediately due and payable.

In connection with the CMBS Transaction, as discussed above.

senior secured revolving credit facility, SBA Communications entered into a Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, pursuant to which SBA Communications, Telecommunications and the subsidiary guarantors named therein guaranteed amounts owed under the senior secured revolving credit facility. Amounts borrowed under thisthe senior secured revolving credit facility arewill be secured by a first lien on substantially all of SBA Senior Finance II’s assets. In addition, each of SBA Senior Finance II’s subsidiaries has guaranteed the obligations of SBA Senior Finance IICommunications’, Telecommunications’ and SBASF’s assets not previously pledged under the senior credit facilityCMBS Certificates and has pledged substantially all of their respective assets to secure such guarantee.

The new senior credit facility requires SBA Senior Finance II to maintain specified financial ratios, including ratios regarding its debt to annualized operating cash flow, debt service, cash interest expense and fixed charges for each quarter. This new senior credit facility contains affirmative and negative covenants that, among other things, restrict its ability to incur debt and liens, sell assets, commit to capital expenditures, enter into affiliate transactions or sale-leaseback transactions, and/or build towers without anchor tenants. Additionally, this facility permits distributions by SBA Senior Finance II to Telecommunications and SBA Communications to service their debt, pay consolidated taxes, pay holding company expenses and for the repurchase of senior notes or senior discount notes subject to compliance with the covenants discussed above. SBA Senior Finance II’s ability in the future to comply with the covenants and access the available funds under the senior credit facility in the future will depend on its future financial performance. As of December 31, 2005, we were in full compliance with the financial covenants contained in this agreement.

Registration Statements

We have on file with the Commission a shelf registration statement on Form S-4 registering shares of Class A common stock that we may issue in connection with the acquisition of wireless communication towers or companies that provide related services at various locations in the United States. During the year ended December 31, 2005, we issued approximately 1.7 million shares of Class A common stock under this registration statement as partial consideration in connection with the acquisition of 208 towers and relatedsubsidiary guarantors’ assets. As of December 31, 2005, we had approximately 2.3 million shares of Class A common stock remaining under this shelf registration statement.

We also have on file with the Commission a universal shelf registration statement registering Class A common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, depositary shares or warrants. During the year ended December 31, 2005, we issued 18.0 million shares of our Class A common stock in connection with our May and October 2005 equity offerings. As of December 31, 2005, we can still issue up to $21.4 million of securities under our universal shelf registration statement.

Inflation

The impact of inflation on our operations has not been significant to date. However, we cannot assure you that a change in thehigh rate of inflation in the future will not adversely affect our operating results.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.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Stock-based Compensation

In December 2004,2007, the Financial Accounting StandardsStandard Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 141(R),“Business Combinations” (“SFAS No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment141(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. 123R is141, some of which could have a revisionmaterial 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 expense. We presently capitalize these acquisition costs. SFAS 123 and supersedes APB 25. Among other items, SFAS 123R eliminates the useNo. 141(R) also requires additional disclosure of APB 25 and the intrinsic value method of accounting, and requires companies to recognize the cost of employee services received in exchange for awards of equity instruments, based on the grant date fair value of those awards, in the financial statements. Pro forma disclosure is no longer an alternative under the new standard. Although early adoption is allowed, we will adopt SFAS 123R asinformation surrounding a business combination, such that users of the required effective date for calendar year companies, which is January 1, 2006.

SFAS 123R permits companies to adopt its requirements using either a “modified prospective” method, or a “modified retrospective” method. Under the “modified prospective” method, compensation expense is recognized in theentity’s financial statements beginning withcan fully understand the effective date, based on the requirementsnature and financial impact of business combinations. SFAS 123R for all share-based payments granted after that date, and based on the requirements of SFAS 123 for all unvested awards granted prior to the effective date of SFAS 123R. Under the “modified retrospective” method, the requirements

are the same as under the “modified prospective” method, but also permit entities to restate financial statements of previous periods based on proforma disclosures made in accordance with SFAS 123. We have determined that we will use the “modified prospective” method to recognize compensation expense.

We currently utilize the Black-Scholes option pricing model to measure the fair value of stock options granted to our employees. While SFAS 123R permits entities to continue to use such a model, the standard also permits the use of a more complex binomial, or “lattice” model. Based upon our evaluation of the alternative models available to value option grants, we have determined that we will continue to use the Black-Scholes model for option valuation.

Other Pronouncements

In May 2005, FASB issued Statement No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections-a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3” (“SFAS 154”). This standard replaces APB Opinion No. 20,Accounting Changes, and FASB Statement No. 3,Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements, and changes the requirements for the accounting and reporting of a change in accounting principle. SFAS 154 applies to all voluntary changes in accounting principle and to changes required by an accounting pronouncement in the unusual instance that the pronouncement does not include specific transition provisions. SFAS 154 also requires that a change in depreciation, amortization, or depletion method for long-lived, nonfinancial assets be accounted for as a change in accounting estimate affected by a change in accounting principle. SFAS 154 requires that the change in accounting principle be applied to the balances of assets and liabilities as of the beginning of the earliest period for which retrospective application is practicable and that a corresponding adjustment be made to the opening balance of retained earnings for that period rather than being reported in an income statement. Such a change would require us to restate its previously issued financial statements to reflect the change in accounting principle to prior periods presented. SFAS 154141(R) is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005.2008. We are currently evaluating what 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 154No. 160 is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations and financial position.or cash flows.

In March 2005,February 2007, FASB Interpretationissued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 47, “Accounting159,“The Fair Value Option for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations (an interpretationFinancial Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 143)115, (“FIN 47”SFAS No. 159”) was issued. FIN 47which provides clarificationcompanies with respectan option to the timing of liability recognition of legal obligations associatedreport selected financial assets and liabilities at their fair values. The objective is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the retirementopportunity 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 tangible long-lived assets when the timing and/or method of settlement of the obligation are conditional on a future event. FIN 47fair value measurement, which is consistent with FASB’s long-term measurement objectives for accounting for financial instruments. SFAS No. 159 is effective no later than the end of fiscal years ending after December 15, 2005 (December 31, 2005 for calendar-year enterprises).us on January 1, 2008. The adoption of this statement didSFAS No. 159 is not expected to have a material impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements.consolidated financial conditions, results of operations or cash flows.

In December 2004, theSeptember 2006, FASB issued SFAS No.153, “Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets—an Amendment of APB No. 29” (“SFAS 153”). The amendments made by SFAS 153 are based on the principle that exchanges of nonmonetary assets should be measured based on the157“Fair value Measurements,” which defines fair value, of the assets exchanged. Further, the amendments eliminate the narrow exceptionestablishes guidelines for nonmonetary exchanges of similar productivemeasuring fair value and expands disclosures regarding fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 except for certain non-financial assets and replace it with a broader exception for exchanges of nonmonetary assets that do not have “commercial substance.” This standard wasliabilities which is effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurringfiscal years beginning after July 1, 2005. TheNovember 15, 2008. We are currently evaluating what impact, if any, the adoption of this standard did notSFAS No. 157 will have a material impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements.consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flow.

Commitments and Contractual Obligations

The following table summarizes our scheduled contractual commitments as of December 31, 2005:2007 (in thousands):

 

  Payment due by period

Contractual Obligations

  Total  Less than 1
Year
  1-3 Years  4-5 Years  More than 5
Years
  Total  Less than
1 Year
  1-3 Years  3-5 Years  More than
5 Years

Long-term debt

  $784,392  $—    $—    $—    $784,392  $1,905,000  $—    $755,000  $1,150,000  $—  

Interest payments(1)

   309,020   37,125   100,227   120,833   50,835   338,182   93,459   184,039   60,684   —  

Operating leases

   626,174   28,281   55,640   55,314   486,939   1,051,414   46,745   92,149   131,789   780,731

Capital leases

   847   265   492   90   —  

Employment agreements

   1,935   1,015   920   —     —     2,153   1,314   839   —     —  
                              

Total

  $1,721,521  $66,421  $156,787  $176,147  $1,322,166
                 $3,297,596  $141,783  $1,032,519  $1,342,563  $780,731
               

 

(1)

Includes

Represents interest payments on the 8 1/2% senior notes and 5.6% on the CMBS Certificates based on their stateda weighted average coupon fixed interest rates, unused line fees associated withrate of 5.9% and the senior credit facility and cashConvertible Senior Notes interest on the 9 3/4% senior discount notes that commences June 15, 2008.rate of 0.375%.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We are not involved in any off-balance sheet arrangements.

 

ITEM 7A.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. We are subject to interest rate risk on our senior credit facility and any future financing requirements. We attempt to limit our exposure to interest rate risk by managing the mix of ouronly carrying long-term fixed rate senior notes and our borrowings under our senior credit facility. As ofdebt at December 31, 2005, long-term fixed rate borrowings represented 100% of our total borrowings.2007.

The following table presents the future principal payment obligations and interest rates associated with our long-term debt instruments assuming our actual level of long-term indebtedness as of December 31, 2005:2007:

 

   Expected Maturity Date         
   2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  Thereafter  Total  

Fair

Value

   (in thousands)   

Long-term debt:

                

Fixed rate CMBS Certificates (currently 5.6% at December 31, 2005)

  —    —    —    —    —    $405,000  $405,000  $408,516

Fixed rate 9 3/4% senior discount notes(1)

  —    —    —    —    —    $261,316  $261,316  $243,677

Fixed rate 8 1/2% senior notes

  —    —    —    —    —    $162,500  $162,500  $181,188
   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  $1,519,854

0.375% Convertible Senior Notes

  $—    $—    $350,000  $—    $—    $—    $350,000  $393,313

 

(1)

The amount includedanticipated repayment date is November 2010 for the 9 3/4% senior discount notes represents$405,000 of Initial CMBS Certificates and November 2011 for the accreted value$1,150,000 of the notes at their maturity date. As of December 31, 2005, these notes had an accreted value of $216.9 million and a fair value of $243.7 million.Additional CMBS Certificates.

Our current primary market risk exposure relates to (1) the impact of interest rate movements on our ability to refinance our 9 3/4% senior discount notes, our 8 1/2% senior notes, andthe CMBS Certificates at their expected repayment dates or at maturity at market rates, and (2) the impact of interest rate movements on our ability to meet financial covenants. We manage the interest rate risk on our outstanding long-term and short-term debt through our use of fixed and variable 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.

Senior Note and Senior Discount Note Disclosure Requirements

We also face market risk exposure associated with our investment in auction rate securities. The indentures governing our 8 1/2% senior notes and our 9 3/4% senior discount notes require certain financial disclosures for restricted subsidiaries separate from unrestricted subsidiaries. Ascurrent conditions in the credit markets have resulted in an other-than-temporary impairment of these securities of $15.6 million as of December 31, 2005, we had no unrestricted subsidiaries. Additionally, we are required to disclose (i) Tower Cash Flow, as defined2007. Continued deterioration in the indentures, forcredit and equity markets, continued failed auctions or the most recent fiscal quarter and (ii) Adjusted Consolidated Cash Flow, as definedlack 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.

Our wholly-owned subsidiary, SBA Senior Finance obtained a three-year senior secured revolving credit facility of up to $285.0 million, based on compliance with certain financial ratios on January 18, 2008. 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, based on consolidated total debt to annualized SBA Senior Finance EBITDA ratio (excluding the impact from the borrowers under the mortgage loan underlying the CMBS Certificates). Consequently, in the future we will be subject to interest rate risk on those floating rate loans that are outstanding under the senior secured revolving credit facility.

indentures, for the most recently completed four-quarter period. This information is presented solely as a requirement of the indentures. Such information is not intended as an alternative measure of financial position, operating results or cash flows from operations (as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles). Furthermore, our measure of the following information may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

Tower Cash Flow and Adjusted Consolidated Cash Flow, as defined in our senior notes and senior discount note indentures, are as follows:

   

9 3/4% Senior

Discount Notes

   (in thousands)

HoldCo Tower Cash Flow for the three months ended December 31, 2005(1)

  $31,813

OpCo Tower Cash Flow for the three months ended December 31, 2005(2)

  $31,813

HoldCo Adjusted Consolidated Cash Flow for the twelve months ended December 31, 2005

  $105,631

OpCo Adjusted Consolidated Cash Flow for the twelve months ended December 31, 2005

  $111,015

(1)In the indenture for the 9 3/4% senior discount notes HoldCo is referred to as the “Co-Issuer” or SBA Communications

(2)In the indenture for the 9 3/4% senior discount notes OpCo is referred to as the “Company” or SBA Telecommunications, Inc.

   

8 1/2% Senior

Notes

   (in thousands)

Tower Cash Flow for the three months ended December 31, 2005

  $31,813

Adjusted Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company for the twelve months ended December 31, 2005

  $105,631

Adjusted Consolidated Cash Flow of SBA Senior Finance for the twelve months ended December 31, 2005

  $111,280

Special Note Regarding Forward LookingForward-Looking Statements

This annual 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, plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. Specifically, this annual report contains forward-looking statements regarding:

 

our expectation that we will continue to incur losses;

our expectations that the growth of the wireless industry and the impact of recent developments will result in the continued long-term growth of our site leasing revenues and site leasing segment operating profit;

our intention to grow our tower portfolio by 5% to 10% in 2008, including our intent to build 80 to 100 new towers during 2008, expectations regarding our ability to meet our tower new build and acquisition targets, the amount and type of consideration that will be paid or expended and our projections regarding the financial impact of these activities;

our intention to have at least one signed tenant lease on each new build tower on the day that it is completed and expect that some will have multiple tenants;

our intent to build towers in locations where multiple wireless services providers need, or will need, to locate antennas to meet capacity or service demands;

our belief that our towers have significant capacity to accommodate additional tenants, that our tower operations are highly scalable and that we can add tenants to our towers at minimal incremental costs;

our belief regarding our position to capture additional site leasing business in our markets and identify and participate in site development projects across our markets;

our belief that our site leasing business will permit us to maintain a stable recurring cash flow stream and reduce our exposure to cyclical changes in customer spending;

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 belief that we will experience continued long-term growth of our site leasing revenues due to increasing minutes of use and network coverage and capacity requirements;

our strategy to focus our business on the site leasing business, and the consequential shift in our revenue stream and gross profits from project driven revenues to recurring revenues, predictable operating costs and minimal capital expenditures;

our belief that focusing our site leasing activities in the Eastern third of the United States will improve our operating efficiencies, reduce overhead expenses and procure higher revenue per tower;

our expectation of growingexpectations regarding our cash flows by using existing tower capacity or requiring carriers to bear all or a portion of the cost of tower modifications;

our belief that our towers have significant capacity to accommodate additional tenantscapital expenditures in 2008 for maintenance and increased use of our towers can be achieved at a low incremental cost;

our intention to selectively invest inaugmentation and for new tower builds, and/or tower acquisitions and ground lease purchases and our ability to fund such new tower builds and/or acquisitions in part from our cash flow from operating activities;capital expenditures;

 

our intent and ability to continue to purchase and/or enter into long-term leases for the land that underlies our towers if available at commercially reasonable prices;and the effect of such ground lease purchases on our margins and long-term financial condition;

 

our expectations regarding our new build program and our intent to build 80 - 100 new towers in 2006;

our intent that substantially all of our new builds will at least have one tenant upon completion and our expectation that some will have multiple tenants;

our belief regarding our position to capture additional site leasing business in our markets and identify and participate in site development projects across our markets;

our estimates regarding our annual debt service and cash interest requirements in 20062008 and thereafter; and

 

our estimates of the fair value of our auction rate securities and expectations regarding our ability to liquidate such securities within the year; and

our estimates regarding cash savings in debt servicecertain accounting and amortization payments in 2006 as a resulttax matters, including the adoption of our debt refinancing activitiescertain accounting pronouncements and our intentthe availability of sufficient net operating losses to continue to reduce our interest expense.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 inabilityability to sufficiently increase our revenues and maintain or decrease expenses and cash capital expenditures at appropriate levels to permit us to fundmeet our anticipated uses of liquidity for operations and meet our obligations as they become due;estimated portfolio growth;

 

our

the ability to further reduce our interest expense;

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

 

our ability to continue to comply with covenants and the terms of our senior credit facility and to access sufficient capital to fund our operations;instruments;

 

our ability to secure as many site leasing tenants as planned;

our ability to expand our site leasing business and maintain or expand our site development business;

our ability to successfully build 80 - 100 new towers in 2006;

our ability to successfully implement our strategy of having at least one tenant on each new build upon completion;

our ability to successfully address zoning issues;

planned, including our ability to retain current lesseesleases on our towers;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;

market conditions that may affect the liquidity of our short-term investments;

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; and

 

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.industry; and

We assume no responsibility for updating forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report

our ability to successfully estimate certain accounting and tax matters, including the effect on Form 10-K.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 reconcilementreconciliation 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 loss from continuing operations plusexcluding the impact of net interest expenses,expense (including amortization of deferred financing fees), provision for income taxes, depreciation, accretion and amortization, asset impairment and other (credits) charges, non-cash compensation, restructuringloss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt, other charges,income and other expenses and excludingexpense (including in the fourth quarter of 2007 the $15.6 million other-than-temporary impairment charge on our auction rate securities), non-cash leasing revenue, and non-cash ground lease expense.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 profitability and performance of our core operations and reflects the changes in our operating results. In addition, Adjusted EBITDA is a component of the calculation used by our lenders to determine compliance with some of our debt instruments, particularly our senior credit facility. Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to be an alternative measure of operating income as determined in accordance with GAAP.

The Non-GAAP measurementsmeasurement of Adjusted EBITDA and the Adjusted EBITDA margin havehas certain material limitations, including:

 

They do

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;limitations,

 

They do

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

 

They do

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

 

They do

it does not include non-cash expenses such as asset impairment and other charges, non-cash compensation, restructuring and other charges, other expenses,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 costs associated 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 and the Adjusted EBITDA Margin as only twoone of several comparative tools, together with GAAP measurements, to assist in the evaluation of our profitability and operating results.

   For the year ended
December 31,
 
   2005  2004  2003 
   (in thousands) 

Loss from continuing operations

  $(94,648) $(144,023) $(174,805)

Add back (deduct):

    

Interest income

   (2,096)  (516)  (692)

Interest expense

   40,511   47,460   81,501 

Non-cash interest expense

   26,234   28,082   9,277 

Amortization of deferred financing fees

   2,850   3,445   5,115 

Depreciation, accretion and amortization

   87,218   90,453   93,657 

Asset impairment charges

   398   7,092   12,993 

Provision for income taxes

   2,104   710   1,729 

Loss from write off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt

   29,271   41,197   24,219 

Non-cash compensation (included in selling, general, and administrative)

   462   470   803 

Non-cash leasing revenue

   (1,765)  (1,169)  (2,372)

Non-cash ground lease expense

   4,764   5,579   5,852 

Restructuring expense

   50   250   2,094 

Other

   (31)  (236)  1,647 
             

Adjusted EBITDA

  $95,322  $78,794  $61,018 
             

The reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA is as follows:

   For the year ended December 31, 
   2007  2006  2005 
   (in thousands) 

Loss from continuing operations

  $(77,879) $(133,448) $(94,648)

Interest income

   (10,182)  (3,814)  (2,096)

Interest expense

   101,032   99,712   69,595 

Depreciation, accretion and amortization

   169,232   133,088   87,218 

Asset impairment and other (credit) charges

   —     (357)  448 

Provision for income taxes

   1,993   1,375   2,104 

Loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt

   431   57,233   29,271 

Non-cash compensation

   6,612   5,410   462 

Non-cash leasing revenue

   (8,870)  (6,575)  (1,765)

Non-cash ground lease expense

   11,248   7,569   4,764 

Other expense (income)

   15,777   (692)  (31)

AAT integration costs

   5   2,313   —   
             

Adjusted EBITDA

  $209,399  $161,814  $95,322 
             

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 twothree 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.amortization which is largely fixed. Segment Operating Profit is not intended to be an alternative measuresmeasure of revenue or operating incomegross profit as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.GAAP.

   Site leasing segment 
   For the year ended December 31, 
   2005  2004  2003 
   (in thousands) 

Segment revenue

  $161,277  $144,004  $127,852 

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

   (47,259)  (47,283)  (47,793)
             

Segment operating profit

  $114,018  $96,721  $80,059 
             
   Site development consulting segment 
   For the year ended December 31, 
   2005  2004  2003 
   (in thousands) 

Segment revenue

  $13,549  $14,456  $12,337 

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

   (12,004)  (12,768)  (11,350)
             

Segment operating profit

  $1,545  $1,688  $987 
             
   Site development construction segment 
   For the year ended December 31, 
   2005  2004  2003 
   (in thousands) 

Segment revenue

  $85,165  $73,022  $51,920 

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

   (80,689)  (68,630)  (47,333)
             

Segment operating profit

  $4,476  $4,392  $4,587 
             

The Non-GAAP measurement of Segment Operating Profit has certain material limitations. Specifically this measurement does not include depreciation, accretion, and amortization expense. BecauseAs we use capital assets in our business, depreciation, accretion, and amortization expense is required by GAAP as it is deemeda necessary element of our costs and ability to reflect additional operating expenses relating to our site leasing and site development segments,generate profit. Therefore, any measure that excludes these itemsdepreciation, 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 cash generationoperating performance of our segment operations.segments.

The reconciliation of Site Leasing Segment Operating Profit, Site Development Consulting Segment Operating Profit and Site Development Construction Segment Operating Profit are as follows:

 

   Site leasing segment 
   For the year ended December 31, 
   2007  2006  2005 
   (in thousands) 

Segment revenue

  $321,818  $256,170  $161,277 

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

   (88,006)  (70,663)  (47,259)
             

Segment operating profit

  $233,812  $185,507  $114,018 
             

   Site development consulting segment 
   For the year ended December 31, 
   2007  2006  2005 
   (in thousands) 

Segment revenue

  $24,349  $16,660  $13,549 

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

   (19,295)  (14,082)  (12,004)
             

Segment operating profit

  $5,054  $2,578  $1,545 
             
   Site development construction segment 
   For the year ended December 31, 
   2007  2006  2005 
   (in thousands) 

Segment revenue

  $62,034  $78,272  $85,165 

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

   (56,052)  (71,841)  (80,689)
             

Segment operating profit

  $5,982  $6,431  $4,476 
             

ITEM 8.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Financial statements and supplementary data are on pages F-1 through F-35.F-42.

 

ITEM 9.CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

ITEM 9A.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures - We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, as ours are

designed to do, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

In connection with the preparation of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, as of December 31, 2005,2007, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the CEO and CFO, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Based on such evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that, as of December 31, 2005,2007, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended December 31, 20052007 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting - Management of the Company-Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act. The Company’s internal control system is designed to provide reasonable assurance to the Company’s management and Board of Directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.

Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the CEO and CFO, the Company conductedfor performing an evaluationassessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, based upon2007. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the frameworkreliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committeeaccordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company’s system of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on such evaluation under the framework in Internal Control — Integrated Framework, management concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effectiveincludes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of December 31, 2005. Management’sfinancial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Management performed an assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005 has been audited2007 based upon criteria inInternal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on our assessment, management determined that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2007 based on the criteria inInternal Control-Integrated Framework issued by COSO.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered certified registered public accounting firm, as stated in theirhas issued an attestation report which appears below.on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Report of Independent Registered Certified Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited management’s assessment, included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, thatThe Board of Directors and Shareholders of SBA Communications Corporation and Subsidiaries maintained effective

We have audited SBA Communications Corporation and Subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005,2007, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). SBA Communications Corporation and SubsidiariesSubsidiaries’ management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assessment and an opinion on the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment,assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed 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. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the

assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, management’s assessment that SBA Communications Corporation and Subsidiaries maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on the COSO criteria. Also, in our opinion, SBA Communications Corporation and Subsidiaries maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005,2007, based on the COSO criteria.criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of SBA Communications Corporation and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 20052007 and 2004,2006, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005,2007 of SBA Communications Corporation and Subsidiaries and our report dated March 8, 2006February 26, 2008 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/Ernst & Young LLP

West Palm Beach, Florida

March 8, 2006February 26, 2008

 

ITEM 9B.OTHER INFORMATION

Amendments to Employment Agreements with Messrs. Stoops, Hunt and Bagwell

On November 10, 2005, SBA Properties, Inc., SBA Communications and each of Messrs. Stoops, Bagwell and Hunt entered into an amendment to each of their Employment Agreements (the “Amendments”). The sole purpose of the Amendments was to assign each of the Employment Agreements from SBA Properties to SBA Communications. Under the Amendments, each of Messrs. Stoops, Bagwell and Hunt consented to the assignment and assumption of their respective Employment Agreements. The Employment Agreements remain unchanged in all other respects. These Amendments were entered into in conjunction with the CMBS transaction.None.

Compensation Committee Actions Regarding Executive Officer Salary and Bonus

During the first quarter of 2006, SBA Communications’ Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) approved a base salary increase for Mr. Stoops of 4.6% and increases ranging from 2.8% to 6.7% for each of our other named executive officers.

During the first quarter of 2006, the Compensation Committee approved a discretionary cash bonus payment for certain of its named executive officers, Messrs. Stoops, Bagwell, Hunt and Macaione in the amount of $400,000, $90,000, $200,000 and $95,000, respectively. The Compensation Committee also approved an annual cash bonus payment for our other named executive officer Mr. Silberstein in the amount of $187,752, equal to 139% of his target bonus calculated pursuant to the terms of his bonus plan. Pursuant to the terms of his bonus plan, Mr. Silberstein has a target bonus equal to 100% of his base salary determined in relation to the Company’s budget at the beginning of each year. Of Mr. Silberstein’s target bonus, 85% is calculated pursuant to a formula based on (1) the amount of revenue added through new leases and amendments, (2) average rents paid by initial tenants and (3) tenant loss, and 15% is based upon our Adjusted EBITDA. The

amount of the bonus paid may be more or less depending on the amount of revenue added through new leases and amendments and rents paid. In 2005, the Company’s actual leasing results exceeded its budget.

PART III

 

ITEM 10.DIRECTORS, AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANTAND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

We have adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer. The Code of Ethics is located on our internet web site at www.sbasite.com under “Investor Relations-Corporate Governance.”

The remaining items required by Part III, Item 10 are incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant’s Proxy Statement for its 20062008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed on or before April 30, 2006.29, 2008.

 

ITEM 11.EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The items required by Part III, Item 11 are incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant’s Proxy Statement for its 20062008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed on or before April 30, 2006.29, 2008.

ITEM 12.SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The items required by Part III, Item 12 are incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant’s Proxy Statement for its 20062008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed on or before April 30, 2006.29, 2008.

 

ITEM 13.CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The items required by Part III, Item 13 are incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant’s Proxy Statement for its 20062008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed on or before April 30, 2006.29, 2008.

 

ITEM 14.PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANTACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

The items required by Part III, Item 14 are incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant’s Proxy Statement for its 20062008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed on or before April 30, 2006.29, 2008.

PART IV

 

ITEM 15.EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a) Documents filed as part of this report:

(a)Documents filed as part of this report:

(1) Financial Statements

(1)Financial Statements

See Item 8 for Financial Statements included with this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

(2) Financial Statement Schedules

(2)Financial Statement Schedules

None.

(3) Exhibits

(3)Exhibits

 

Exhibit

No.

 

Description of Exhibits

  3.4 Fourth Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of SBA Communications Corporation.(1)
  3.5 Amended and Revised By-Laws of SBA Communications Corporation.(1)

  4.4     —Indenture, dated as of February 2, 2001, between SBA Communications Corporation and State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee, relating to $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount and maturity of 10 1/4% senior notes due 2009.(2)
  4.5     —Form of 10 1/4% senior note due February 1, 2009.(2)
  4.6 Rights Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2002, between SBA Communications Corporation and the Rights Agent.(3)(2)
  4.7     4.6A First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2006, between SBA Communications Corporation and Computershare Trust Company, N.A.(3)
  4.11

Indenture, dated as of December 19, 2003, amongMarch 26, 2007, between SBA Communications Corporation, SBA Telecommunications, Inc.a Florida corporation, as issuer, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, relating to the $402,024,000 in aggregate principal amount at maturity of 9 3/4% senior discount notes due 2011.(4)

  4.8     —Form of 9 3/4% senior discount note due 2011.(4)
  4.9     —Indenture, dated as of December 14, 2004, between SBA Communications Corporation and U.S. Bank, N.A., as trustee, relating to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8 1/2% senior notes due 2012. (11)
  4.10   —Form of 8 1/2% senior note due December 1, 2012.(11)Trustee.

  5.1 Opinion of Akerman SenterfittHolland & Knight LLP regarding validity of common stock.*
10.1 SBA Communications Corporation Registration Rights Agreement dated as of March 5, 1997, among the Company, Steven E. Bernstein, Ronald G. Bizick, II and Robert Grobstein.(5)
10.3     —Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2003, by and among SBA Properties, Inc.*, SBA Towers, Inc., SBA Properties Louisiana LLC and AAT Communications Corp.(6)(8)
10.23 1996 Stock Option Plan.(1)+
10.24 1999 Equity Participation Plan.(1)+
10.25 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.(1)+
10.27 Incentive Stock Option Agreement, dated as of September 5, 2000, between SBA Communications Corporation and Thomas P. Hunt.(7)(9)+
10.28 Restricted Stock Agreement, dated as of September 5, 2000, between SBA Communications Corporation and Thomas P. Hunt.(75)(9)+
10.33 2001 Equity Participation Plan.(8)Plan as Amended and Restated on May 16, 2002.(10)+
10.35 Employment Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2003, between SBA Properties Inc. and Jeffrey A. Stoops.(9)(11)+

10.35A Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2005, by and between SBA Properties, Inc. and Jeffrey A. Stoops.(11)(6)+
10.35B Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2005, by and between SBA Properties, Inc., SBA Communications Corporation and Jeffrey A. Stoops.*(12)+
10.36   10.49 —Employment Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2003, between SBA Properties Inc. and Kurt L. Bagwell.(9)+
10.36A—Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2005, by and between SBA Properties, Inc., SBA Communications Corporation and Kurt L. Bagwell.*+
10.37   —Employment Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2003, between SBA Properties Inc. and Thomas P. Hunt.(9)+
10.37A—Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2005, by and between SBA Properties, Inc., SBA Communications Corporation and Thomas P. Hunt.*+
10.41   —$400,000,000 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2004, among SBA Senior Finance, Inc., as borrower, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, Lehman Brothers Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., as Administrative Agent, General Electric Capital Corporation as Co-Lead Arranger and Co-Syndication Agent, and TD Securities (USA) Inc., as Documentation Agent.(4)
10.42   —Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated January 30, 2004 among SBA Communications Corporation, SBA Telecommunications, Inc., SBA Senior Finance, Inc. and certain of their subsidiaries in favor of Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc.(4)
10.44   —First Amendment, dated as of November 12, 2004, to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2004, among SBA Senior Finance, Inc., as borrower, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, Lehman Brothers Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Joint Advisors, Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., as Administrative Agent, General Electric Capital Corporation as Co-Lead Arranger and Co-Syndication Agent, and TD Securities (USA) Inc., as Documentation Agent.(10)

10.45   —Second Amendment, dated as of June 16, 2005, to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2004, among SBA Senior Finance, Inc., as borrower, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, Lehman Brothers Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Joint Advisors, Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., as Administrative Agent, General Electric Capital Corporation as Co-Lead Arranger and Co-Syndication Agent, and TD Securities (USA) Inc., as Documentation Agent. (13)
10.47   —$160,000,000 Credit Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2005, among SBA Senior Finance II LLC, as borrower, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, GE Capital Markets, Inc., as Lead Arranger and Bookrunner, General Electric Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent, TD Securities (USA) LLC, as Co-Lead Arranger and Syndication Agent, and DB Structured Products, Inc. and Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc., as Co-Documentation Agents. (14)
10.48   —Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2005, among SBA Communications Corporation, SBA Telecommunications, Inc., SBA Senior Finance, Inc., SBA Senior Finance II LLC and certain of their subsidiaries in favor of General Electric Capital Corporation. (14)
10.49   Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 18, 2005, by and between SBA Properties, Inc. and the Additional Borrower or Borrowers that may become a party thereto and SBA CMBS 1 Depositor LLC.*(12)
10.50 Management Agreement, dated as of November 18, 2005, by and among SBA Properties, Inc., SBA Network Management, Inc. and SBA Senior Finance, Inc.*(12)
10.51Stock Purchase Agreement, dated March 17, 2006, by and among AAT Holdings, LLC II, AAT Communications Corp., AAT Acquisition LLC and SBA Communications Corporation.(14)
10.57Employment Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2006, between SBA Communications Corporation and Kurt L. Bagwell.(15)+
10.58Employment Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2006, between SBA Communications Corporation and Thomas P. Hunt.(15)+
10.59Employment Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2006, between SBA Communications Corporation and Anthony J. Macaione.(15)+
10.60Joinder and Amendment to Management Agreement, dated November 6, 2006, by and among SBA Properties, Inc., SBA Towers, Inc., SBA Puerto Rico, Inc., SBA Sites, Inc., SBA Towers USVI, Inc., and SBA Structures, Inc., and SBA Network Management, Inc., and SBA Senior Finance, Inc. (16 )
10.61Second Loan and Security Agreement Supplement and Amendment, dated as of November 6, 2006, by and among SBA Properties, Inc., and SBA Towers, Inc., SBA Puerto Rico, Inc., SBA Sites, Inc., SBA Towers USVI, Inc., and SBA Structures, Inc. and Midland Loan Services, Inc., as Servicer on behalf of LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee (16 )
10.63Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 26, 2007 by and among SBA Communications Corporation and Lehman Brothers Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as representatives of the several initial purchasers.
10.64Form of Convertible Bond Hedge Transaction Agreement entered into by SBA Communications Corporation with Citibank, N.A. and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch.
10.65Form of Issuer Warrant Transaction Letter Agreement entered into by SBA Communications Corporation with Citibank, N.A. and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch.
10.66$285,000,000 Credit Agreement, dated as of January 18, 2008, among SBA Senior Finance, Inc., as Borrower, the Several Lenders from time to time parties thereto, Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, As Administrative Agent, Wachovia Bank, National Association and Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., as Co-Syndication Agents, and Citicorp North America, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Co-Documentation Agents.
10.67Guarantee 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.
21 Subsidiaries.*
23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.*
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.*

 

+Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

*Filed herewith

(1)Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, previously filed by the Registrant (Registration No. 333-76547).

(2)Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 previously filed by the Registrant (Registration No. 333-58128).

(3)Incorporated by reference to the Form 8-K, dated January 11, 2002, previously filed by the Registrant.

(4)(3)Incorporated by reference to the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, previously filed by the Registrant.
(4)Incorporated by reference to the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, previously filed by the Registrant.

(5)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.52 filed with the Form 8-K dated April 27, 2006, previously filed by the Registrant.
(6)Incorporated by reference to the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, previously filed by the Registrant.
(7)Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.53 filed with the Form 8-K dated April 27, 2006, previously filed by the Registrant.
(8)Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-4, previously filed by the Registrant (Registration No. 333-50219).

(6)(9)Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K, dated May 9, 2003, previously filed by Registrant.

(7)Incorporated by reference to the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, previously filed by the Registrant.

(8)(10)Incorporated by reference to the RegistrationSchedule 14A Preliminary Proxy Statement on Form S-8,dated May 16, 2002, previously filed by the Registrant (Registration No. 333-69236).Registrant.

(9)(11)Incorporated by reference to the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, previously filed by the Registrant.

(10)(12)Incorporated by reference to the Form 8-K, dated November 12, 2004, previously filed by the Registrant.

(11)Incorporated by reference to the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, previously filed by the Registrant.

(12)Incorporated by reference to the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, previously filed by the Registrant.

(13)Incorporated by reference to the Form 8-K, dated June 16, 2005, previously filed by the Registrant.

(14)Incorporated by reference to the Form 8-K, dated December 21, 2005, previously filed by the Registrant.
(14)Incorporated by reference to the Form 8-K/A, dated March 17, 2006, previously filed by the Registrant.
(15)Incorporated by reference to the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, previously filed by the Registrant.
(16)Incorporated by reference to the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, previously filed by the Registrant.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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

By:

/s/ Jeffrey A. Stoops

Jeffrey A. Stoops

Chief Executive Officer and President

By: Date: 

/s/    STEVEN E. BERNSTEIN

Steven E. Bernstein

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Date: 

March 10, 2006

February 27, 2008

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

  

Date

/s/ STEVENSteven E. BERNSTEINBernstein

  

Chairman of the Board of Directors

  March 10, 2006February 27, 2008

Steven E. Bernstein

  

/s/ JEFFREY A. STOOPS

Chief Executive Officer and President

(Principal Executive Officer)

March 10, 2006

Jeffrey A. Stoops

  Chief Executive Officer, President and DirectorFebruary 27, 2008
Jeffrey A. Stoops(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ ANTHONY J. MACAIONE

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

March 10, 2006

Anthony J. Macaione

  Chief Financial OfficerFebruary 27, 2008
Anthony J. Macaione(Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ BRENDAN T. CAVANAGH

Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

March 10, 2006

Brendan T. Cavanagh

  Chief Accounting OfficerFebruary 27, 2008
Brendan T. Cavanagh(Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ BRIAN C. CARR

Director

March 10, 2006

Brian C. Carr

  DirectorFebruary 27, 2008
Brian C. Carr

/s/ DUNCAN H. COCROFT

Director

March 10, 2006

Duncan H. Cocroft

  DirectorFebruary 27, 2008
Duncan H. Cocroft

/s/ PHILIP L. HAWKINS

Director

March 10, 2006

Philip L. Hawkins

  DirectorFebruary 27, 2008
Philip L. Hawkins

/s/ JACK LANGER

Director

March 10, 2006

Jack Langer

  DirectorFebruary 27, 2008
Jack Langer

/s/ STEVEN E. NIELSEN

Director

March 10, 2006

Steven E. Nielsen

  DirectorFebruary 27, 2008
Steven E. Nielsen

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Table of Contents

 

   Page

Report of Independent Certified Registered Public Accounting Firm

  F-1

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 20052007 and 20042006

  F-2

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2005, 20042007, 2006 and 20032005

  F-3

Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the years ended December 31, 2005, 20042007, 2006 and 20032005

  F-4

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2005, 20042007, 2006 and 20032005

  F-5

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

  F-7


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED CERTIFIED REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors and Shareholders of SBA Communications Corporation and Subsidiaries

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of SBA Communications Corporation and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 20052007 and 20042006, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005.2007. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of SBA Communications Corporation and Subsidiaries at December 31, 20052007 and 2004,2006, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005,2007, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

As discussed in Notes 2 and 15 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R) (revised 2004),Share-Based Payment, effective January 1, 2006. Also, as described in Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 108,Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in the Current Year Financial Statements,effective September 30, 2006.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the effectiveness of SBA Communications Corporation and SubsidiariesSubsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005,2007, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, and our report dated March 8, 2006February 26, 2008 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

West Palm Beach, Florida

February 26, 2008

West Palm Beach, Florida

March 8, 2006

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except par values)per share amounts)

 

  December 31, 2005 December 31, 2004   December 31, 2007 December 31, 2006 
ASSETS      

Current assets:

      

Cash and cash equivalents

  $45,934  $69,627   $70,272  $46,148 

Short term investments

   19,777   —   

Short-term investments

   55,142   —   

Restricted cash

   19,512   2,017    37,601   34,403 

Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $1,136 and $1,731 in 2005 and 2004, respectively

   17,533   21,125 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $1,186 and $1,316 in 2007 and 2006, respectively

   20,183   20,781 

Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts

   25,184   19,066    21,453   19,403 

Prepaid and other current expenses

   4,248   4,327 

Assets held for sale

   —     10 

Prepaid and other current assets

   8,561   6,872 
              

Total current assets

   132,188   116,172    213,212   127,607 

Property and equipment, net

   728,333   745,831    1,191,969   1,105,942 

Intangible assets, net

   31,491   1,365    868,999   724,872 

Deferred financing fees, net

   19,931   19,421    33,578   33,221 

Other assets

   40,593   34,455    76,565   54,650 
              

Total assets

  $952,536  $917,244   $2,384,323  $2,046,292 
              
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)   

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

   

Current liabilities:

      

Accounts payable

  $17,283  $15,204   $11,357  $9,746 

Accrued expenses

   15,544   14,997    20,964   17,600 

Deferred revenue

   11,838   10,810    37,557   24,665 

Interest payable

   3,880   3,729    3,499   4,056 

Long term debt, current portion

   —     3,250 

Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts

   1,391   1,251    1,195   1,055 

Other current liabilities

   2,207   1,762    1,598   1,232 
              

Total current liabilities

   52,143   51,003    76,170   58,354 
              

Long term liabilities:

   

Long term debt

   784,392   924,456 

Deferred revenue

   302   384 

Long-term liabilities:

   

Long-term debt

   1,905,000   1,555,000 

Other long-term liabilities

   34,268   30,072    65,762   47,017 
              

Total long term liabilities

   818,962   954,912 

Total long-term liabilities

   1,970,762   1,602,017 
              

Commitments and contingencies

      

Shareholders’ equity (deficit):

   

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

   —     —   

Common Stock - Class A par value $.01, 200,000 shares authorized, 85,615 and 64,903 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively

   856   649 

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, 108,380 and 105,672 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively

   1,084   1,057 

Additional paid-in capital

   990,181   740,037    1,571,894   1,450,754 

Accumulated deficit

   (924,066)  (829,357)   (1,234,307)  (1,065,224)

Accumulated other comprehensive income

   14,460   —   

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net

   (1,280)  (666)
              

Total shareholders’ equity (deficit)

   81,431   (88,671)

Total shareholders’ equity

   337,391   385,921 
              

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity (deficit)

  $952,536  $917,244 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

  $2,384,323  $2,046,292 
              

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

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

  For the year ended December 31,   For the year ended December 31, 
  2005 2004 2003   2007 2006 2005 

Revenues:

        

Site leasing

  $161,277  $144,004  $127,852   $321,818  $256,170  $161,277 

Site development

   98,714   87,478   64,257    86,383   94,932   98,714 
                    

Total revenues

   259,991   231,482   192,109    408,201   351,102   259,991 
                    

Operating expenses:

        

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

        

Cost of site leasing

   47,259   47,283   47,793    88,006   70,663   47,259 

Cost of site development

   92,693   81,398   58,683    75,347   85,923   92,693 

Selling, general and administrative

   28,178   28,887   30,714    45,569   42,277   28,178 

Restructuring and other charges

   50   250   2,094 

Asset impairment charges

   398   7,092   12,993 

Asset impairments and other (credits) charges

   —     (357)  448 

Depreciation, accretion and amortization

   87,218   90,453   93,657    169,232   133,088   87,218 
                    

Total operating expenses

   255,796   255,363   245,934    378,154   331,594   255,796 
                    

Operating income (loss) from continuing operations

   4,195   (23,881)  (53,825)

Operating income

   30,047   19,508   4,195 
                    

Other income (expense):

        

Interest income

   2,096   516   692    10,182   3,814   2,096 

Interest expense

   (40,511)  (47,460)  (81,501)   (92,498)  (81,283)  (40,511)

Non-cash interest expense

   (26,234)  (28,082)  (9,277)   —     (6,845)  (26,234)

Amortization of deferred financing fees

   (2,850)  (3,445)  (5,115)   (8,534)  (11,584)  (2,850)

Loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt

   (29,271)  (41,197)  (24,219)   (431)  (57,233)  (29,271)

Other

   31   236   169    (15,777)  692   31 
                    

Total other expense

   (96,739)  (119,432)  (119,251)   (107,058)  (152,439)  (96,739)
                    

Loss from continuing operations before provision for income taxes

   (92,544)  (143,313)  (173,076)

Loss before provision for income taxes

   (77,011)  (132,931)  (92,544)

Provision for income taxes

   (2,104)  (710)  (1,729)   (868)  (517)  (2,104)
                    

Loss from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

   (94,648)  (144,023)  (174,805)

(Loss) gain from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

   (61)  (3,257)  202 
          

Loss before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

   (94,709)  (147,280)  (174,603)

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

   —     —     (545)

Loss from continuing operations

   (77,879)  (133,448)  (94,648)

Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

   —     —     (61)
                    

Net loss

  $(94,709) $(147,280) $(175,148)  $(77,879) $(133,448) $(94,709)
                    

Basic and diluted loss per common share amounts:

        

Loss from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

  $(1.28) $(2.47) $(3.35)

Loss from continuing operations

  $(0.74) $(1.36) $(1.28)

Loss from discontinued operations

   —     (0.05)  —      —     —     —   

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

   —     —     (0.01)
                    

Net loss per common share

  $(1.28) $(2.52) $(3.36)  $(0.74) $(1.36) $(1.28)
                    

Weighted average number of common shares

   73,823   58,420   52,204 

Basic and diluted weighted average number of common shares

   104,743   98,193   73,823 
                    

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

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005, 2004,2007, 2006 AND 20032005

(in thousands)

 

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

BALANCE, December 31, 2004

  64,903  $649  $740,037  $(829,357) $—    $(88,671) 

Net loss

  —     —     —     (94,709)  —     (94,709) $(94,709)

Amortization of deferred gain from settlement of derivative financial instrument, net

  —     —     —     —     (314)  (314) $(314)

Deferred gain from settlement of derivative financial instrument

  —     —     —     —     14,774   14,774   14,774 
  Shares  Amount  Shares Amount Additional
Paid-In
Capital
  Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
  Accumulated
Deficit
  Total           

BALANCE, December 31, 2002,

  45,674  $457  5,456  $55     

Conversion of Class B common stock into Class A common stock

  5,456   55  (5,456)  (55)    

Non-cash compensation

  —     —    —     —     832   —     —     832 

Payment of restricted stock guarantee

  —     —    —     —     (936)  —     —     (936)

Common stock issued in exchange for 10 1/4% senior notes

  3,853   38  —     —     12,593   —     —     12,631 

Common stock issued in connection with stock purchase/option plans

  33   —    —     —     31   —     —     31 

Net loss

  —     —    —     —     —     —     (175,148)  (175,148)

Total comprehensive loss

        $(80,249)
                                   

BALANCE, December 31, 2003,

  55,016   550  —     —     679,961   —     (682,077)  (1,566)

Common stock issued in connection with acquisitions

  413   4  —     —     3,003   —     —     3,007 

Non-cash compensation

  —     —    —     —     470   —     —     470 

Common stock issued in exchange for 10 1/4% senior notes and 9 3/4% senior discount notes

  8,817   88  —     —     54,484   —     —     54,572 

Common stock issued in connection with stock purchase/option plans

  657   7  —     —     2,119   —     —     2,126 

Net loss

  —     —    —     —     —     —     (147,280)  (147,280)
                         

BALANCE, December 31, 2004

  64,903   649  —     —     740,037   —     (829,357)  (88,671)

Common stock issued in connection with acquisitions and earn outs

  1,665   17  —     —     18,329   —     —     18,346 

Common stock issued in connection with acquisitions and earn-outs

  1,665   17   18,329   —     —     18,346  

Non-cash compensation

  —     —    —     —     462   —     —     462   —     —     462   —     —     462  

Common stock issued in connection with public offerings

  18,000   180  —     —     226,677   —     —     226,857   18,000   180   226,677   —     —     226,857  

Common stock issued in connection with stock purchase/option plans

  1,047   10  —     —     4,676   —     —     4,686   1,047   10   4,676   —     —     4,686  

Deferred gain from settlement of derivative financial instrument

  —     —    —     —     —     14,460   —     14,460 

Net loss

  —     —    —     —     —     —     (94,709)  (94,709)
                                             

BALANCE, December 31, 2005

  85,615  $856  —    $—    $990,181  $14,460  $(924,066) $81,431   85,615   856   990,181   (924,066)  14,460   81,431  

Cumulative effect of adoption of SAB 108

  —     —     8,444   (7,710)  —     734  

Net loss

  —     —     —     (133,448)   (133,448) $(133,448)

Change in unfunded projected benefit obligation

  —     —      —     80   80  

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

  —     —     —     —     (2,370)  (2,370)  (2,370)

Deferred loss from settlement of derivative financial instrument

  —     —     —     —     (12,836)  (12,836)  (12,836)
                                   

Total comprehensive loss

        $(148,654)
          

Common stock issued in connection with acquisitions and earn-outs

  18,829   189   434,960   —     —     435,149  

Non-cash compensation

  —     —     6,690   —     —     6,690  

Common stock issued in connection with stock purchase/option plans

  1,228   12   10,479   —     —     10,491  
                    

BALANCE, December 31, 2006

  105,672   1,057   1,450,754   (1,065,224)  (666)  385,921  

Net loss

  —     —     —     (77,879)  —     (77,879) $(77,879)

Change in unfunded projected benefit obligation

  —     —      —     (49)  (49) 

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

  —     —     —     —     (565)  (565)  (565)
          

Total comprehensive loss

        $(78,444)
          

Common stock issued in connection with acquisitions and earn-outs

  4,707   47   155,499   —     —     155,546  

Non-cash compensation

  —     —     7,842   —     —     7,842  

Common stock issued in connection with stock purchase/option plans

  1,236   12   7,738   —     —     7,750  

Purchase of convertible note hedges

  —     —     (77,200)  —     —     (77,200) 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock warrants

  —     —     27,261   —     —     27,261  

Repurchase and retirement of common stock

  (3,235)  (32)  —     (91,204)  —     (91,236) 
                    

BALANCE, December 31, 2007

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

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

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

 

   For the year ended December 31, 
   2005  

2004

(revised)

  

2003

(revised)

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

    

Net loss

  $(94,709) $(147,280) $(175,148)

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

    

Depreciation, accretion, and amortization

   87,218   90,549   101,871 

Non-cash restructuring and other charges

   50   250   1,119 

Asset impairment charges

   398   7,183   16,347 

Gain/loss on sale of assets

   79   (158)  (6,198)

Non-cash compensation expense

   462   470   832 

(Credit) provision for doubtful accounts

   (300)  (287)  3,554 

Accretion of interest income on short-term investments

   (145)  —     —   

Amortization of original issue discount and deferred financing fees

   29,084   30,994   11,011 

Interest converted to term loan

   —     554   3,227 

Loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt

   29,271   41,197   24,219 

Amortization of deferred gain of derivative

   (346)  (746)  (676)

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

   —     —     545 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Short term investments

   —     15,200   (15,200)

Accounts receivable

   3,891   (1,208)  13,129 

Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts

   (6,118)  (8,839)  198 

Prepaid and other current assets

   754   641   (343)

Other assets

   (5,685)  (3,759)  (4,176)

Accounts payable

   138   3,559   (5,758)

Accrued expenses

   618   (3,164)  103 

Deferred revenue

   (291)  (493)  1,466 

Interest payable

   151   (15,732)  (2,387)

Other liabilities

   5,106   5,202   1,790 

Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts

   141   83   667 
             

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

   49,767   14,216   (29,808)
             

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

    

Purchase of short term investments

   (34,628)  —     —   

Sale of short term investment

   14,996   —     —   

Capital expenditures

   (19,648)  (7,214)  (15,136)

Acquisitions and related earn-outs

   (61,326)  (1,791)  (3,126)

Proceeds from sale of fixed assets

   1,335   1,496   192,450 

(Payment) receipt of restricted cash

   (12)  8,835   (18,732)
             

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

   (99,283)  1,326   155,456 
             

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

    

Proceeds from equity offering, net of fees paid

   226,857   —     —   

Proceeds from CMBS-1 Trust, net of fees paid

   393,328   —     —   

Initial funding of restricted cash relating to CMBS-1 Trust

   (6,687)  —     —   

Net increase in restricted cash relating to CMBS-1 Trust

   (11,250)  —     —   

Proceeds from settlement of swap

   14,774   —     —   

Proceeds from 9 3/4% senior discount notes, net of financing fees paid

   —     —     267,109 

Proceeds from 8 1/2% senior notes, net of financing fees paid

   (96)  244,788   —   

Proceeds from employee stock purchase/stock option plans

   4,686   2,126   31 

Borrowings under senior credit facility, net of financing fees paid

   25,321   363,457   356,955 

Repayment of 9 3/4% senior discount notes

   (122,681)  —     —   

Repayment of 8 1/2% senior notes

   (94,938)  —     —   

Repayment of senior credit facility

   (350,375)  (173,403)  (505,085)

Repurchase of 10 1/4% senior notes

   (52,590)  (320,553)  —   

Repurchase of 12% senior discount notes

   —     (70,794)  (296,925)

Payment of restricted stock guarantee

   —     —     (936)

Bank overdraft (repayments) borrowings

   (526)  126   400 
             

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

   25,823   45,747   (178,451)
             

NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

   (23,693)  61,289   (52,803)

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:

    

Beginning of period

   69,627   8,338   61,141 
             

End of period

  $45,934  $69,627  $8,338 
             
   For the year ended December 31, 
   2007  2006  2005 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

    

Net loss

  $(77,879) $(133,448) $(94,709)

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

    

Depreciation, accretion, and amortization

   169,232   133,088   87,218 

Deferred tax provision

   201   47   —   

Asset impairment and other (credits) charges

   —     (357)  448 

Write-down of investments

   15,558   —     —   

Loss (gain) on sale of assets

   397   (244)  79 

Non-cash compensation expense

   6,612   5,410   462 

Provision for doubtful accounts

   150   100   (300)

Amortization of deferred financing fees and non-cash interest expense

   8,534   18,429   29,084 

Loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt

   431   57,233   29,271 

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

   (565)  (2,370)  (346)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

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

   (1,183)  3,301   (2,086)

Prepaid and other assets

   (18,319)  (12,060)  (5,076)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

   3,645   (8,392)  756 

Other liabilities

   16,120   12,993   4,966 
             

Net cash provided by operating activities

   122,934   73,730   49,767 
             

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

    

Purchase of short-term investments

   (208,251)  —     (34,628)

Sales and maturities of short-term investments

   137,551   19,900   14,996 

Capital expenditures

   (27,771)  (28,969)  (19,648)

Acquisitions and related earn-outs

   (201,466)  (81,089)  (61,326)

Payment for purchase of AAT Communications, net of cash acquired

   —     (645,148)  —   

Proceeds from sale of fixed assets

   131   265   1,335 

Payment of restricted cash relating to tower removal obligations

   (2,078)  (3,312)  (12)
             

Net cash used in investing activities

   (301,884)  (738,353)  (99,283)
             

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

    

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

   341,452   —     —   

Repurchase and retirement of common stock

   (91,236)  —     —   

Proceeds from issuance of common stock warrants

   27,261   —     —   

Purchase of convertible note hedges

   (77,200)  —     —   

Proceeds from employee stock purchase/stock option plans

   7,750   10,491   4,686 

Net increase in restricted cash relating to CMBS Certificates

   (4,564)  (5,260)  (11,250)

Initial funding of restricted cash relating to CMBS Certificates

   —     (7,494)  (6,687)

(Payment) proceeds relating to settlement of swap

   —     (14,503)  14,774 

Proceeds from CMBS Certificates, net of fees paid

   (389)  1,126,235   393,328 

Proceeds from bridge financing, net of fees paid

   —     1,088,734   —   

Repayment of bridge financing

   —     (1,100,000)  —   

Repurchase of 9 3/4% senior discount notes

   —     (251,826)  (122,681)

Repurchase of 8 1/2% senior notes

   —     (181,451)  (94,938)

Repayment of senior credit facility

   —     —     (350,375)

Repayment of 10 1/4% senior notes

   —     —     (52,590)

Proceeds from equity offering, net of fees paid

   —     —     226,857 

Borrowings under senior credit facility, net of fees paid

   —     (89)  25,321 

Payment of deferred financing fees relating to 8 1/2% senior notes

   —     —     (96)

Bank overdraft repayments

   —     —     (526)
             

Net cash provided by financing activities

   203,074   664,837   25,823 
             

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

   24,124   214   (23,693)

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:

    

Beginning of period

   46,148   45,934   69,627 
             

End of period

  $70,272  $46,148  $45,934 
             

(continued)

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

 

  For the year ended December 31,   For the year ended December 31,
  2005  2004 2003   2007  2006  2005

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

           

Cash paid during the period for:

           

Interest

  $40,744  $63,746  $84,847   $93,868  $82,215  $40,744
                   

Income taxes

  $1,425  $971  $1,852   $860  $1,158  $1,425
                   

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION OF NON-CASH ACTIVITIES:

           

Class A common stock issued in exchange for 10 1/4% senior notes, 9 3/4% senior discount notes, and accrued interest

  $—    $54,572  $12,631 

Assets acquired through capital leases

  $960  $—    $—  
                   

10 1/4% senior notes and accrued interest exchanged for Class A common stock

  $—    $(51,433) $(13,713)

Class A common stock issued relating to acquisitions and earnouts

  $155,546  $435,857  $18,346
                   

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

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1.GENERAL

SBA Communications Corporation (the “Company” or “SBA”) was incorporated in the State of Florida in March 1997. The Company is a holding company that holds all of the outstanding capital stock of SBA Telecommunications, Inc. (“Telecommunications”). Telecommunications is a holding company that holds all of the capital stock of SBA Senior Finance, Inc. (“SBA Senior Finance”). SBA Senior Finance is a holding company that holds, directly and indirectly, the sole memberequity interest in certain subsidiaries that issued the Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-1 (the “Initial CMBS Certificates”) and the Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2006-1 (the “Additional CMBS Certificates”) (collectively, the “CMBS Certificates”) and certain subsidiaries that were not involved in the issuance of the CMBS Certificates. With respect to the subsidiaries involved in the issuance of the CMBS Certificates, SBA Senior Finance II LLC (“SBA Senior Finance II”), and is the sole member of SBA CMBS-1 Holdings LLC and SBA CMBS-1 Depositor LLC. SBA CMBS-1 Holdings is the sole member of SBA CMBS-1 Guarantor LLC. SBA CMBS-1 Guarantor LLC which holds all of the capital stock of SBA Properties, Inc. (“SBA Properties”), SBA Towers, Inc. (“SBA Towers”), SBA Puerto Rico, Inc. (“SBA Puerto Rico”), SBA Sites, Inc. (“SBA Sites”), SBA Towers USVI, Inc. (“SBA Towers USVI”), and SBA Structures, Inc. (“SBA Structures”) (collectively known as the “Borrowers”). With respect to the subsidiaries not involved in the issuance of the CMBS Certificates, SBA Senior Finance holds all of the membership interests of SBA Senior Finance II LLC (“SBA Senior Finance II”) and certain non-operational subsidiaries. SBA Senior Finance II holds, directly and indirectly, all the capital stock and/or membership interests of certain other tower companies (“Other Tower Companies”) (collectively with SBA Propertiesthe Borrowers known as “Tower Companies”),. SBA Senior Finance II also holds, directly or indirectly, all the capital stock and/or membership interests of certain other subsidiaries involved in providing services, including SBA Network Services, Inc. and(“Network Services”). SBA Senior Finance II also holds all the capital stock of SBA Network Management, Inc. SBA (“Network Services, Inc. holds allManagement”) which manages and administers the operations of the capital stockBorrowers.

The table below outlines the legal structure of other companies engaged in similar businesses (collectively “Network Services”).the Company at December 31, 2007:

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Tower Companies own and operate transmissionwireless communications towers in the Eastern third47 of the 48 contiguous United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Space on these towers is leased primarily to wireless communications carriers. SBA Propertiesservice providers. As of December 31, 2007, the Company owns 1,714 towers, which are the collateral for the Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-1 (“CMBS notes” or “Certificates”). SBA Network Management, Inc. (“Network Management”) is a management company, which manages all of SBA Properties’6,220 tower sites.

Network Services provides comprehensive turnkey services for the telecommunications industry in the areas of site development services for wireless carriers and the construction and repair of transmission towers. Site development consulting services provided by Network Services include (1) network pre-design,pre-design; (2) site audits,audits; (3) identification of potential locations for towers and antennas; (4) support in buying or leasing of the location; and (5) assistance in obtaining zoning approvals and permits. Site construction services of our site identification and acquisition, contract and title administration, zoning and land use permitting, construction management, microwave relocation and the construction and repairdevelopment business provides a number of transmission towers,services, including, the hanging of antennas, cabling and associated tower components. In addition to providing turnkey servicesbut not limited to the telecommunications industry, Network Services historically has constructed, or has overseen the construction of, approximately 57% of the newly built towers that the Company owns.following: (1) tower and related site construction; (2) antenna installation; and (3) radio equipment installation, commissioning and maintenance.

 

2.SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

A summary of the significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements is as follows:

 

 a.BasisPrinciples of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements includehave been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the accountsUnited States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and include the Company and all of its wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiaries. All significant inter-companyintercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

 b.Use of Estimates

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United StatesU.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities atin the dates of theconsolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.accompanying notes. The more significant estimates made by management relate to the allowance for doubtful accounts, the costs and revenue relating to the Company’s site development and construction contracts, stock-based compensation, valuation allowance onrelated to deferred tax assets, carrying value of long-lived assets, the useful lives of towers and intangible assets, anticipated property tax assessments, fair value of short-term investments and asset retirement obligations. Actual results willManagement develops estimates based on historical experience and on various assumptions about the future that are believed to be reasonable based on the information available. These estimates ultimately may differ from those estimatesactual results and such differences could be material.

 

 c.Cash Equivalents and Short-Term InvestmentsCash Equivalents

The Company classifies all highly liquid investments purchasedCash and cash equivalents consist primarily of cash in banks, money market funds, commercial paper and other marketable securities with an original maturity of three months or less as cash equivalents. Marketable short-termat the time of purchase. These investments are generally classified and accounted for as held to maturity. Investments in debt securities classified as held-to-maturity are reportedcarried at amortized cost, plus accrued interest. The Company does not hold these securities for speculative or trading purposes. During 2005, the Company sold $15.0 million of short-term investments which were classified as held to maturity, the proceeds of which were used to fund acquisitions in 2005 that were expected to close in 2006. At December 31, 2005, short term investments were comprised of commercial paper with a carrying amount of $19.8 million and had original maturities between three and four months.

approximates fair value.

 d.Short-Term Investments

Investment securities with original maturities of more than three months but less than one year at time of purchase are considered short-term investments. Short-term investments at December 31, 2007, consist of auction rate securities and are classified in current assets on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value. Fair value is determined using quoted market prices for those securities when available. When quoted market prices are not available, the Company has estimated fair value based upon the best available market information at the Balance Sheet date. Temporary unrealized holding gains and losses are recorded, net of tax, as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income. Unrealized losses are charged against net earnings when a decline in fair value is determined to be other-than-temporary. In accordance with EITF 03-1,“TheMeaning of Other-Than-

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TemporaryImpairment and Its Application to Certain Investments,”and Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5M“Other-Than-Temporary Impairment of Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities,”the Company reviews several factors to determine whether a loss is other-than-temporary. These factors include but are not limited to: (1) the length of time a security is in an unrealized loss position, (2) the extent to which fair value is less than cost, (3) the financial condition and near term prospects of the issuer and (4) the Company’s ability to hold the security for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value.

e.Restricted Cash

The Company classifies all cash pledged as collateral to secure certain obligations and all cash whose use is limited as restricted cash. This includes cash held in escrow to fund certain reserve accounts relating to the CMBS notes,Certificates, for payment and performance bonds, and surety bonds issued for the benefit of the Company in the ordinary course of business,business.

In connection with the issuance of the CMBS Certificates (as defined in Note 1), 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 for paymentpersonal property taxes, insurance premiums related to tower sites, trustee and performance bonds.service 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 1) 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 in current assets on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

 e.f.Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are recorded at cost or at estimated fair value (in case of acquired properties), adjusted for asset impairment and estimated asset retirement obligations. Costs associated with the acquisition, development and construction of towers are capitalized as a cost of the towers. Costs for self-constructed towers include direct materials and labor, indirect costs and capitalized interest. Approximately $0.2 million and $0.4 million of interest cost were capitalized in 2007 and 2006, respectively.

Depreciation on towers and related components is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives, not to exceed the minimum lease term of the underlying ground lease. Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the improvement or the term of the lease. The Company defines the minimum lease term as the shorter of the period from lease inception through the end of the term of all tenant lease obligations in existence at ground lease inception, including renewal periods, or the ground lease term, including renewal periods.

If no tenant lease obligation exists at the date of ground lease inception, the initial term of the ground lease is considered the minimum lease term. Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the improvement or the minimum lease term of the lease. All rental obligations due to be paid out over the minimum lease term, including fixed escalations are straight-lined evenly over the minimum lease term. Additionally, the Company records the depreciable life of the tower to coincide with the minimum lease term of the ground lease.

For all other property and equipment, depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives.

The Company performs ongoing evaluations of the estimated useful lives of its property and equipment for depreciation purposes. The estimated useful lives are determined and continually evaluated based on the period over which services are expected to be rendered by the asset. If the useful lives of assets are reduced, depreciation may be accelerated in future years. MaintenanceProperty and equipment under capital leases are amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease or the remaining estimated life of the leased property, whichever is shorter, and the related amortization is included in depreciation expense. Expenditures for maintenance and repair items are expensed as incurred.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Asset classes and related estimated useful lives are as follows:

 

Towers and related components

  23 - 15 years

Furniture, equipment and vehicles

  2 - 7 years

Buildings and improvements

  5 - 39– 10 years

Capitalized costs incurred subsequent to whenBetterments, improvements and extraordinary repairs, which increase the value or extend the life of an asset is originally placed in service are capitalized and depreciated over the remaining estimated useful life of the respective asset. Changes in an asset’s estimated useful life are accounted for prospectively, with the book value of the asset at the time of the change being depreciated over the revised remaining useful life. There has been no material impact for changes in estimated useful lives for any years presented.

Interest is capitalized in connection with the self-construction of Company-owned towers. Capitalized interest is recorded as part of the asset to which it relates and is amortized over the asset’s estimated useful life. Approximately $0.08 million, $0.01 million and $0.1 million of interest cost was capitalized in 2005, 2004, and 2003, respectively.

 

 f.g.Deferred Financing Fees

Financing fees related to the issuance of debt have been deferred and are being amortized using a method that approximates the effective interest rate method over the expected length of indebtedness to which they relate.related indebtedness.

 

 g.h.Deferred Lease Costs

The Company defers certain initial direct costs associated with lease originationsthe origination of tenant leases and lease amendments and amortizes these costs over the initial lease term, generally five years, or over the lease term remaining if related to a lease amendment. Such costs deferred were approximately $3.6 million, $2.8 million, and $2.2 million $1.8 million,in 2007, 2006, and $2.0 million in 2005, 2004, and 2003, respectively. Amortization expense was $1.8$2.5 million, $1.6$2.0 million, and $1.3$1.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2005, 20042007, 2006 and 2003,2005, respectively, and is included in cost of site leasing inon the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. As of December 31, 20052007 and 2004,2006, unamortized deferred lease costs were $4.7$6.6 million and $4.3$5.5 million, respectively, and are included in other assets. Accumulated amortization totaled $6.5 million and $4.7 million at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

assets on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 h.i.Intangible Assets

The Company classifies as intangible assets covenants not to compete, the fair value of current leases in place at the acquisition date of towers and related assets (referred to as the “current contract intangibles”), and the fair value of future tenant leases anticipated to be added to the acquired towers. The current leases and future tenant leases are referredtowers (referred to as “contractthe “network location intangibles”). The contractThese intangibles are estimated to have an economic useful life consistent with the economic useful life of the related tower assets, which is typically 15 years. Covenants not to compete have an estimated useful life of 3 to 5 years. For all intangible assets, amortization is provided using the straight linestraight-line method over the estimated useful lives as the benefit associated with these intangible assets is anticipated to be derived evenly over the life of the asset.

 

 i.j.Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

InThe Company evaluates individual long-lived assets, including the intangibles with finite lives, and the tower sites, for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 144,Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived AssetsAssets., long-livedThe Company records an impairment charge when the Company believes an investment in towers or the intangible assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicatehas been impaired, such that future undiscounted cash flows would not recover the then current carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If an asset is determined to be impaired, the loss is measured by the excessvalue of the carrying amount ofinvestment in the asset over its fair value as determined by an estimate of discounted future cash flows.tower site. Estimates and assumptions inherent in the impairment evaluation include, but are not limited to, general market and economic conditions, historical operating results, towergeographic location, lease-up potential and expected timing of lease-up. In addition, the Company makes certain assumptions in determining an asset’s fair value less costs to sell for the purpose of calculating the amount of an impairment charge.

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j.k.Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying values of the Company’s financial instruments, which primarily includes cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, restricted cash, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses,and accounts payable, accrued expenses and notes payable, approximates fair value due to the short maturity of those instruments. The senior credit facility hasRefer to Note 4 for a floating ratefurther discussion of interest and is carried at an amount which approximates fair value.value of short-term investments.

The following table reflects fair values as determined by quoted market prices (for the 10 1/4% notes, the tendered value of the notes was used in 2004) and carrying values of these notes as of December 31, 20052007 and 2004:2006:

 

   At December 31, 2005  At December 31, 2004
   Fair Value  Carrying Value  Fair Value  Carrying Value
   (in millions)

CMBS Notes (see Note 12)

  $408.5  $405.0  $—    $—  

9 3/4% Senior Discount Notes

  $243.7  $216.9  $337.7  $302.4

8 1/2% Senior Notes

  $181.2  $162.5  $255.0  $250.0

10 1/4% Senior Notes

  $—    $—    $52.5  $50.0
   At December 31, 2007  At December 31, 2006
   Fair Value  Carrying Value  Fair Value  Carrying Value
      (in millions)   

0.375% Convertible Senior Notes

  $393.3  $350.0  $—    $—  

Additional CMBS Certificates

  $1,115.4  $1,150.0  $1,152.5  $1,150.0

Initial CMBS Certificates

  $404.5  $405.0  $407.7  $405.0

 

 k.l.Revenue Recognition and Accounts Receivable

Revenue from site leasing is recorded monthly and recognized on a straight-line basis over the current term of the related lease agreements, which are generally five years. Receivables recorded related to the straight-lining of site leases are reflected in prepaid and other current assets and other assets inon the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Rental amounts received in advance are recorded as deferred revenue inon the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Site development projects in which the Company performs consulting services include contracts on a time and materials basis or a fixed price basis. Time and materials based contracts are billed at contractual rates as the services are rendered. For those site development contracts in which the Company performs work on a fixed price basis, site development billing (and revenue recognition) is based on the completion of agreed upon phases of the project on a per site basis. Upon the completion of each phase on a per site basis, the Company recognizes the revenue related to that phase. Any estimated losses on a particular phase of completion are recognized in the period in which the loss becomes evident. Site development projects generally take from 3 to 12 months to complete.

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 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 contracts 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. Provisions for estimated losses on uncompleted contracts are made in the period in which such losses are determined to be probable.

Cost of site leasing revenue includes ground lease rent, property taxes, maintenance (exclusive of employee related costs) and other tower operating expenses. Liabilities recorded related to the straight lining of ground leases are reflected in other long-term liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Cost of site development revenue includes allthe cost of materials, costs, 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 projects are recognized as incurred.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Company performs periodic credit evaluations of its customers. The Company continuously monitors collections and payments from its customers and maintains a provision for estimated credit losses based upon historical experience, specific customer collection issues identified and past due balances as determined based on contractual terms. Interest is charged on outstanding receivables from customers on a case by case basis in accordance with the terms of the respective contracts or agreements with those customers. Amounts determined to be uncollectible are written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts in the period in which uncollectability is determined to be probable. If the capital markets and the ability of wireless carriers to access capital were to deteriorate, the ultimate collectability of accounts receivable may be negatively impacted.

The following is a rollforward of the allowance for doubtful accounts for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004,2007, 2006, and 2003:2005:

 

   For the year ended December 31, 
   2005  2004  2003 
   (in thousands) 

Beginning Balance

  $1,731  $1,400  $5,572 

Provisions (credits)

   (300)  (287)  3,554 

Writeoffs, net of recoveries

   (295)  618   (7,726)
             

Ending Balance

  $1,136  $1,731  $1,400 
             

l.Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 109,Accounting for Income Taxes(“SFAS 109”). SFAS 109 requires the Company to recognize deferred tax liabilities and assets for the expected future income tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Deferred tax liabilities and assets are determined based on the temporary differences between the consolidated financial statements carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities, using enacted tax rates in the years in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse. In assessing the likelihood of utilization of existing deferred tax assets, management has considered historical results of operations and the current operating environment.

   For the year ended December 31, 
   2007  2006  2005 
      (in thousands)    

Beginning balance

  $1,316  $1,136  $1,731 

Allowance recorded relating to Acquisition of AAT

   (280)  1,000   —   

Provision (credits) for doubtful accounts

   150   100   (300)

Write-offs, net of recoveries

   —     (920)  (295)
             

Ending balance

  $1,186  $1,316  $1,136 
             

 

 m.Stock-Based CompensationIncome Taxes

SFAS No. 148,Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation—Transition and Disclosure—an Amendment of SFAS 123 (“SFAS 148”) provides alternative methods for a voluntary change to the fair value method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation and amends the disclosure requirements of SFAS 123,Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation(“SFAS 123”). The Company has elected to continue to account for its stock-based employee compensation plans under Accounting Principles Board No. 25,Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (“APB 25”), and related interpretations and adopt the disclosure provisions of SFAS 148 through December 31, 2005.

The following table illustrates the effect on net loss and loss per share as if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123, to stock-based employee compensation.

   For the year ended December 31, 
   2005  2004  2003 
   (in millions except per share
amounts)
 

Net loss, as reported

  $(94.7) $(147.3) $(175.1)

Non-cash compensation charges included in net loss

   0.5   0.5   0.8 

Incremental stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of related tax effects

   (4.2)  (5.4)  (4.2)
             

Pro forma net loss

  $(98.4) $(152.2) $(178.5)
             

Loss per share

    

Basic and diluted - as reported

  $(1.28) $(2.52) $(3.36)

Basic and diluted - pro forma

  $(1.33) $(2.61) $(3.42)

The Black-Scholes option-pricing model was used with the following assumptions:

   For the year ended December 31, 
   2005  2004  2003 

Risk free interest rate

  3.8 – 4.2% 3.5% 2.0%

Dividend yield

  0% 0% 0%

Expected volatility

  45% 113% 90%

Expected lives

  3.75 years  4 years  4 years 

The effect of applying SFAS 123 in the pro-forma disclosure is not necessarily indicative of future results.

From time to time, restricted shares of Class A common stock or options to purchase Class A common stock have been granted under the Company’s equity participation plans at prices below market value at the time of grant. In addition, the Company had bonus agreements with certain executives and employees to issue shares of the Company’s Class A common stock in lieu of cash payments. The Company recorded approximately $0.5 million of non-cash compensation expense fortaxable losses during the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, and 2004, respectively.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.

In July 2006, FASB issued FASB Interpretation Number 48,“Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109,” (“FIN No. 48”). FIN No. 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken in a tax return. The Company must determine whether it is “more-likely-than-not” that a tax position will be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. Once it is determined that a position meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, the position is measured to determine the amount of benefit to recognize in the financial statements. FIN No. 48 applies to all tax positions related to income taxes subject to FASB Statement No. 109,“Accounting for Income Taxes”(“FASB No. 109”). The interpretation does not relate to non income tax positions accounted for under FASB Statement No. 5,“Accounting for Contingencies” (“FASB No. 5”). FIN No. 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. Any cumulative effect of applying the provisions of FIN No. 48 is required to be reported as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings on January 1, 2007. Upon adopting the provisions of FIN No. 48 beginning in the first quarter of 2007, the Company determined that no such adjustment to its opening balance was required. During 2007, the Company did not identify any exposures under FIN 48 that required an adjustment. In the future, to the extent that the Company records unrecognized tax exposures in accordance with FIN 48, any related interest and penalties will be recognized as operating expenses in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 n.Asset Retirement ObligationsStock-Based Compensation

Effective January 1, 2003,2006, the Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 123R (“SFAS 123R”), “Share-Based Payments,” which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all share-based payment awards to employees and directors based on estimated fair values. SFAS 123R supersedes the Company’s previous accounting methodology using the intrinsic value method under APB OpinionNo. 25 (“APB 25”). 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.”

The Company adopted SFAS 123R using the modified prospective transition method. Under this transition method, compensation expense recognized during the year ended December 31, 2006 included: (a) compensation expense for all share-based awards granted prior to, but not yet vested, as of December 31, 2005, based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the original provisions of SFAS 123, and (b) compensation expense for all share-based awards granted subsequent to December 31, 2005, based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123R. In accordance with the modified prospective transition method, the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements for prior periods have not been restated to reflect the impact of SFAS 123R.

On November 10, 2005, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 123R-3, “Transition Election Related to Accounting for Tax Effects of Share-Based Payment Awards.” The Company has elected to adopt the alternative transition method provided in the FASB Staff Position for calculating the tax effects of share-based compensation pursuant to SFAS 123R. The alternative transition method includes simplified methods to establish the beginning balance of the additional paid-in capital pool (“APIC Pool”) related to the tax effects of employee share-based compensation, and to determine the subsequent impact on the APIC Pool and consolidated statements of cash flows of the tax effects of employee and director share-based awards that are outstanding upon adoption of SFAS 123R.

o.Asset Retirement Obligations

In accordance with SFAS 143,“Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations”,. Under SFAS 143, the Company recognizes asset retirement obligations in the period in which they are incurred, if a reasonable estimate of a fair value can be made, and accretes such liability through the obligation’s estimated settlement date. The associated asset retirement costs are capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the related tower fixed assets, and over time, the liability is accreted to its present value each period and the capitalized cost is depreciated over the estimated useful life.life of the tower.

The Company has entered into ground leases for the land underlying the majority of the Company’s towers. A majority of these leases require the Company to restore leaseholds to their original condition upon termination of the ground lease. SFAS 143 requires that the net present value of future restoration obligations be recorded as a liability as of the date the legal obligation arises and this amount be capitalized to the related operating asset. At January 1, 2003, the effective date of adoption, the cumulative effect of the change on prior years resulted in a charge of approximately $0.5 million ($0.01 per share), which is included in net loss for the year ended December 31, 2003. In addition, at the date of adoption, the Company recorded an increase in tower assets of approximately $0.6 million and recorded an asset retirement obligation liability of approximately $1.1 million. The asset retirement obligation at December 31, 2005 of $0.92007 and December 31, 2006 was $2.9 million and $2.6 million, respectively, and is included in other long-term liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Upon settlement of the obligations, any difference between the cost to retire an asset and the recorded liability is recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.Statements of Operations as a gain or loss. In determining the impact of SFAS 143, the Company considered the nature and scope of legalthe contractual restoration obligation provisionsobligations contained in itsthe Company’s third party ground leases, the historical retirement experience as an indicator of future restoration probabilities, intent in renewing existing ground leases through lease termination dates, current and future value and timing of estimated restoration costs and the credit adjusted risk-free rate used to discount future obligations.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The following summarizes the activity of the asset retirement obligation liability:

 

  For the year ended December 31,  For the year ended December 31, 
  2005 2004  2007 2006 
  (in thousands)  (in thousands) 

Asset retirement obligation at January 1

  $1,404  $1,195  $2,632  $942 

AAT fair value of liability assumed

   —     1,322 

Additional liabilities accrued

   147   223 

Accretion expense

   22   131   164   172 

Reclassification of asset retirement obligation from discontinued operations

   —     78

Revision in estimates

   (484)  —     (74)  (27)
             

Asset retirement obligation at December 31

  $942  $1,404

Ending balance

  $2,869  $2,632 
             

 

 o.p.Loss Per Share

Basic and diluted loss per share is calculated in accordance with SFAS No. 128,Earnings per Share.The Company has potential common stock equivalents related to its outstanding stock options.options and Convertible Notes. 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 computations are the same for all periods presented. There were 4.63.8 million, 4.44.2 million and 3.84.6 million options outstanding at December 31, 2005, 2004,2007, 2006, and 2003,2005, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2005,2007, the

Company granted approximately 1.31.0 million options at exercise prices between $8.56$28.54 and $15.05$33.98 per share, which was the fair market value at the date of grant.

 

 p.q.Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive income (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 income (loss) and “other comprehensive income (loss).”

Comprehensive loss for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 is comprised of the following:

   For the year ended December 31, 
   2005  2004  2003 
   (in thousands) 

Net loss

  $(94,709) $(147,280) $(175,148)

Other comprehensive income, deferred gain from settlement of interest rate swap

   14,460   —     —   
             

Comprehensive loss

  $(80,249) $(147,280) $(175,148)
             

For the year ended December 31, 2005, the Company’s net loss includes a deferred gain from the termination of two interest rate swap agreements entered in anticipation of the November 2005 CMBS Transaction (Note 12 and 14), resulting in a $14.8 million settlement payment to the Company. The settlement payment is being amortized based on the effective interest method over the anticipated five year life of the CMBS notes. The unamortized value of the settlement payment is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive incomepresented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

q.Reclassifications

The Consolidated StatementStatements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 have been revised for asset impairment charges and depreciation, accretion and amortization relating to discontinued operations (See note 3).Shareholders’ Equity.

 

3.DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

In March 2003 certain of the Company’s subsidiaries entered into a definitive agreement (the “Western tower sale”) to sell up to an aggregate of 801 towers, which represented substantially all of the Company’s towers in the Western two-thirds of the United States. The Company ultimately sold 784 of the 801 towers as part of the Western tower sale, representing all but three of the 787 total towers sold in 2003. On April 29, 2004, the Company received notification from the purchaser of the Western towers as to certain claims for indemnification totaling approximately $4.3 million. In December 2004, the claims for indemnification of $4.3 million were settled for $2.8 million and this amount was released to the purchaser of the Western towers. The remaining $1.5 million was released to the Company in December 2004. The Company recorded a charge of $2.1 million in 2004 relating to the settlement of the claims, which is included in discontinued operations, net of income taxes in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

During the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company sold or disposed of 41 of the 61 towers held for sale at December 31, 2003, and reclassified 14 towers back to continuing operations, leaving six towers accounted for as discontinued operations as of December 31, 2004. These six towers were sold in the first two quarters of 2005. Gross proceeds realized from the sale of towers during the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 were $0.2 million and $1.2 million, respectively. These sales resulted in a gain of approximately $0.1 million and a loss on sale of approximately $1.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, which is included in loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes in the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Operations.

The December 31, 2003 loss from discontinued operations includes $3.4 million in asset impairment charges associated with the write-down of the carrying value of the 47 additional towers accounted for as discontinued operations at December 31, 2003 to their fair value less estimated cost to sell.

The following is a summary of the operating results of the discontinued operations relating to the Western tower sale and the 47 additional towers accounted for as discontinued operations:

   For the year ended December 31, 
   2005  2004  2003 
   (in thousands) 

Revenues

  $16  $168  $11,208 
             

Loss from operations, net of income taxes

  $(43) $(270) $(6,170)

Gain (loss) on disposal of discontinued operations, net of income taxes

   101   (1,622)  6,750 
             

Gain (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

  $58  $(1,892) $580 
             

A portion of the Company’s interest expense has been allocated to discontinued operations based upon the debt balance attributable to those operations. Interest expense allocated to discontinued operations was $0.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2003. No interest expense was allocated to discontinued operations in 2005 and 2004 as there was no associated debt outstanding during these years.

In May 2004, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a plan of disposition related to site development services operations (including both the site development consulting and site development construction segments) in the Western portion of the United States (“Western site development services”). In June 2004, two business units were sold, and two business units were abandoned within the Western site development services unit. In the third quarter of 2004, the remaining two site development construction business units within the Western site development services unit were sold. Gross proceeds realized from sale during 2004 were $0.4 million, and a loss on disposal of discontinued operations of $0.8 million was recorded during 2004.

The following is a summary of the operating results of the discontinued operations relating to the Western site development services:

   For the year ended December 31, 
   2005  2004  2003 
   (in thousands) 

Revenues

  $51  $14,280  $19,961 
             

Loss from operations, net of income taxes

  $(119) $(578) $(378)

Loss on disposal of discontinued operations, net of income taxes

   —     (787)  —   
             

Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

  $(119) $(1,365) $(378)
             

No interest expense has been allocated to discontinued operations related to Western site development services for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003.

At December 31, 2005, there were no assets or liabilities held for sale and at December 31, 2004, there were $0.01 million of assets held for sale which relate to the Western services division. The notes to the consolidated financial statements for all years presented have been adjusted for the discontinued operations described above.

4.RECENTCURRENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Stock-based Compensation

In December 2004,2007, the Financial Accounting StandardsStandard Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 141(R),“Business Combinations” (“SFAS No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment141(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. 123R is141, some of which could have a revisionmaterial 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 expense. The Company presently capitalizes these acquisition costs. SFAS 123 and supersedes APB 25. Among other items, SFAS 123R eliminates the useNo. 141(R) also requires additional disclosure of APB 25 and the intrinsic value method of accounting, and requires companies to recognize the cost of employee services received in exchange for awards of equity instruments, based on the grant date fair value of those awards, in the financial statements. Pro forma disclosure is no longer an alternative under the new standard. Although early adoption is allowed, we will adopt SFAS 123R asinformation surrounding a business combination, such that users of the required effective date for calendar year companies, which is January 1, 2006.

SFAS 123R permits companies to adopt its requirements using either a “modified prospective” method, or a “modified retrospective” method. Under the “modified prospective” method, compensation expense is recognized in theentity’s financial statements beginning withcan fully understand the effective date, based on the requirements of SFAS 123R for all share-based payments granted after that date,nature and based on the requirements of SFAS 123 for all unvested awards granted prior to the effective date of SFAS 123R. Under the “modified retrospective” method, the requirements are the same as under the “modified prospective” method, but also permit entities to restate financial statements of previous periods based on proforma disclosures made in accordance with SFAS 123. We have determined that we will use the “modified prospective” method to recognize compensation expense.

We currently utilize the Black-Scholes option pricing model to measure the fair value of stock options granted to our employees. While SFAS 123R permits entities to continue to use such a model, the standard also permits the useimpact of a more complex binomial, or “lattice” model. Based upon our evaluation of the alternative models available to value option grants, we have determined that we will continue to use the Black-Scholes model for option valuation.

Other Pronouncements

In May 2005, the FASB issued Statementbusiness combination. SFAS No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections-a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3” (“SFAS 154”). This standard replaces APB Opinion No. 20,Accounting Changes, and FASB Statement No. 3,Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements, and changes the requirements for the accounting and reporting of a change in accounting principle. SFAS 154 applies to all voluntary changes in accounting principle and to changes required by an accounting pronouncement in the unusual instance that the pronouncement does not include specific transition provisions. SFAS 154 also requires that a change in depreciation, amortization, or depletion method for long-lived, nonfinancial assets be accounted for as a change in accounting estimate affected by a change in accounting principle. SFAS 154 requires that the change in accounting principle be applied to the balances of assets and liabilities as of the beginning of the earliest period for which retrospective application is practicable and that a corresponding adjustment be made to the opening balance of retained earnings for that period rather than being reported in an income statement. Such a change would require the Company to restate its previously issued financial statements to reflect the change in accounting principle to prior periods presented. SFAS 154141(R) is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005.2008. The Company is currently evaluating what 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 154No. 160 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations and financial position.or cash flows.

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

In March 2005, FASB InterpretationFebruary 2007, the Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 47, 159,AccountingThe Fair Value Option for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations (an interpretationFinancial Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 143)115, (“FIN 47”(“SFAS No. 159”) was issued. FIN 47which provides clarificationcompanies with respectan option to the timing of liability recognition of legal obligations associatedreport selected financial assets and liabilities at their fair values. The objective is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the retirementopportunity 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 tangible long-lived assets whenfair value measurement, which is consistent with FASB’s long-term measurement objectives for accounting for financial instruments. SFAS No. 159 will become effective for the timing and/or method of settlement of the obligation are conditionalCompany on a future event. FIN 47 is effective no later than the end of fiscal years ending after December 15, 2005 (December 31, 2005 for calendar-year enterprises).January 1, 2008. The adoption of this statement didSFAS No. 159 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.consolidated financial conditions, results of operations or cash flows.

In December 2004,September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No.153,“ExchangesNo. 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 except for certain non-financial assets and liabilities which is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. The Company is currently evaluating what impact, if any, the adoption of Nonmonetary Assets—SFAS No. 157 will have on its consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

4.SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

Auction rate securities are debt instruments with long-term scheduled maturities, but have interest rates that are typically reset at pre-determined intervals, usually every 7, 28, 35 or 90 days, at which time the securities can typically be purchased or sold, creating a liquid market. Due to an Amendmentactive secondary market for such investments, the rate reset for each instrument is 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 has allowed investors to roll over their holdings or obtain immediate liquidity by selling the securities at par. The Company does not intend to hold these securities to maturity, but rather to use the interest rate reset feature to provide the opportunity to maximize returns while preserving liquidity. Due to the liquidity provided by the interest rate reset mechanism and the short-term nature of APB No. 29” (“SFAS 153”). The amendments made by SFAS 153 are basedthe investment in these securities, they have been classified as short-term investments in current assets on the principle that exchangesCompany’s Consolidated Balance Sheet. As of nonmonetary assets should be measured basedDecember 31, 2007, the Company held auction rate securities with a par value of $70.7 million compared to none at December 31, 2006. Gross purchases and sales of these investments are presented within “Cash flows from investing activities” on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Typically, the fair value of auction rate securities approximates par value due to the assets exchanged. Further,frequent resets through the amendments eliminateauction rate process. In recent months, auctions associated with these securities have failed as a result of there not being any demand in the narrow exception for nonmonetary exchangesmarketplace. As such, the Company had not been able to liquidate these securities at par as of similar productive assetsDecember 31, 2007. Subsequent to December 31, 2007, the Company sold six of these securities, comprising $40.9 million of the Company’s total par value, at par and replace itexecuted a release of any potential claims related to the total portfolio. Based on this subsequent sale, these six securities are carried at par value at December 31, 2007. The Company currently holds three remaining auction rate securities with a broader exception for exchangespar value of nonmonetary assets$29.8 million. As a result of the Company’s assessment of a number of factors, including without limitation, market conditions and the credit quality of these three securities, the Company determined that do not have “commercial substance.” This standard was effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring after July 1, 2005. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impactthe estimated fair value no longer approximates par value, although the Company continues to earn interest on the Company’s current auction rate security investments at the maximum contractual rate. Accordingly, the Company recorded an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $15.6 million to reduce the value of these auction rate securities to their estimated fair value of $14.2 million. The Company estimated the fair value of these auction rate securities based on a subsequent sale of certain auction rate securities at par value and estimated values provided by the firm managing the Company’s auction rate investments. 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 other-than-temporary impairment 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 fair value.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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 impairment charge is recorded against earnings, to the extent the Company determines that there is a loss of fair value that is other-than-temporary. 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 Financial Statements.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. In addition as of December 31, 2007, 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 marketable securities on its Consolidated Balance Sheet.

 

5.RESTRICTED CASH

Restricted cash at December 31, 2005 was $27.8 million. This balance includes $17.9 millionconsists of the following:

   As of
December 31, 2007
  As of
December 31, 2006
  

Included on Balance Sheet

   (in thousands)   

CMBS Certificates

  $35,254  $30,690  Restricted cash - current asset

Payment and performance bonds

   2,347   3,713  Restricted cash - current asset

Surety bonds

   15,873   13,696  Other assets - noncurrent
          

Total restricted cash

  $53,474  $48,099  
          

In connection with the issuance of the CMBS Certificates (as defined in Note 1), 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 certainpersonal property taxes, insurance premiums related to tower sites, and trustee and servicing expenses, relatingand 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 commercial mortgage pass-through certificates issuedBorrowers (as defined in November 2005 (See note 12 for further discussion ofNote 1) on or before the 15th calendar day following month end. All monies held by the indenture trustee after the release date are classified as restricted cash on the CMBS notes). Approximately $8.3 million of this balance relatesCompany’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Payment and performance bonds relate primarily to cashcollateral requirements relating to tower construction currently in process by the Company. Cash is pledged as collateral to secure certain obligations of the Company and certain of its affiliates 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 December 31, 2007 and is2006, the Company had pledged $2.2 million and $2.1 million, respectively, as collateral related to its workers compensation policy. These amounts are included in other assets. Approximately $1.6 million ofassets – noncurrent on the collateral relates to payment and performance bonds, which are shorter term in nature and are included in restricted cash and reflected as a current asset.

Restricted cash at December 31, 2004 was $9.9 million. This balance includes $7.9 million of cash pledged as collateral to secure certain obligations of the Company and certain of its affiliates related to surety bonds issued for the benefit of the Company or its affiliates in the ordinary course of business, and is included in other assets. Approximately $2.0 million of the collateral relates to payment and performance bonds, which are shorter term in nature and are included in restricted cash and reflected as a current asset.Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

6.ACQUISITIONS

During 2005,2007, the Company acquired 172529 completed towers, and related assets and liabilities from various sellers as well as the equity interest of twothree entities, whose assets consisted almost entirely of 36approximately 83 towers and related assets.assets and liabilities. The aggregate purchase price for all acquisitions was $73.5 million. The aggregatenet consideration paid for these additional assets was $55.1$330.0 million, consisting of $166.3 million in cash (excluding $3.2 million of cash payments for working capital adjustments, and due diligence and other acquisition related costs) and approximately 1,641,0004.7 million shares of Class A common stock.stock valued at $163.7 million (excluding an offset of $8.2 million associated with negative working capital adjustments). The Company accounted for all of the above tower acquisitions at fair market value at the date of each acquisition. The results of operations of the acquired assets and companies are included with those of the Company from the dates of the respective acquisitions. None of the individual acquisitions or aggregate acquisitions consummated were significant to the Company and accordingly, pro forma financial information has not been presented. In addition,Also, during 2007, the Company paid $0.2in cash $23.4 million for land and issuedeasement purchases in addition to $10.9 million spent for long-term lease extensions.

During 2006, the Company acquired 248 completed towers, 2 towers in process, and related assets from various sellers as well as the equity interest of three entities, whose assets consisted almost entirely of 91 towers and related assets. The aggregate net consideration paid was $110.3 million consisting of $66.7 million in cash (excluding $4.7 million of cash payments for working capital adjustments, due diligence and other acquisition related costs) and approximately 24,0001.8 million shares of Class A common stock valued at $43.6 million (excluding an offset $0.8 million associated with negative working capital adjustments). Also, during 2006, the Company paid in settlement of contingent purchase price amounts payable as a result of acquired towers exceeding certain performance targets.cash $5.8 million for land and easement purchases in addition to $2.6 million spent for long-term lease extensions.

During 2004,The Company also consummated the AAT Acquisition on April 27, 2006. Pursuant to the AAT Acquisition, the Company acquired five towers100 percent of the outstanding common stock of AAT Communications Corporation. AAT owned 1,850 tower sites in the United States. The Company paid cash of $634.0 million and related assets from various sellers. The aggregate consideration paid was $0.5 million in cash and approximately 413,000issued 17,059,336 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock. In addition,stock, valued at $392.7 million based on the average market price of the Company’s Class A common stock over the 5-trading day period ended March 21, 2006. Unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations for the Company paid $0.6 millionfor the year ended December 31, 2006, as if the AAT Acquisition and the related financing transactions were completed as of January 1 of each of the respective years (in thousands, except per share amounts):

   For the year ended December 31, 
   2006  2005 

Revenues

  $379,863  $342,441 

Operating income (loss)

  $14,710  $(20,390)

Net loss

  $(162,573) $(153,967)

Basic and diluted net loss per common share

  $(1.57) $(1.69)

The pro forma amounts include the historical operating results of the Company and AAT with appropriate adjustments to give effect to (1) depreciation, amortization and accretion, (2) interest expense, (3) selling, general and administrative expense, and (4) certain conforming accounting policies of the Company. The pro forma amounts are not indicative of the operating results that would have occurred if the acquisition and related transactions had been completed at the beginning of the applicable periods presented and are not indicative of the operating results in settlement of contingent purchase price amounts payable as a result of towers it acquired having met or exceeded certain earnings or new tower targets.future periods.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

In accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 141,Business Combinations, the Company continues to evaluate all acquisitions within one year after the respectiveapplicable closing date of the transactionseach 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. As a result of these evaluations, the Company has recorded on the balance sheet in intangible assets $32.0 million of the purchase price paid for acquisitions consummated prior to December 31, 2005. These intangible assets represent the value associated with current leases in place (“Current Contract Intangibles”) at the acquisition date and future tenant leases anticipated to be added (“Network Location Intangibles”) to the acquired towers 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.

The table below outlines the composition of the purchase price paid for acquisitions including earnouts:

   For the year ended December 31,
   2005  2004
   (in thousands)

Purchase price of acquisitions1

   

Amount paid in cash

  $55,273  $492

Amount paid in stock

   18,738   3,062
        
  $74,011  $3,554
        

Purchase price consists of:

   

Towers and related assets

  $44,323  $1,219

Contract intangibles

   29,680   2,335

Other assets

   489   —  

Other liabilities

   (481)  —  
        
  $74,011  $3,554
        

1Amounts paid at acquisition do not include the impact of adjustments made at closing for the 172 towers acquired associated with prorated rental receipts and payments. The net impact of these adjustments was to reduce the amount paid in stock by approximately $0.3 million and the amount paid in cash by approximately $0.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 and to reduce the amount paid in stock of $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2004.

From time to time, the Company agrees to pay additional consideration for such 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. As of December 31, 2005,2007, the Company hashad an obligation to pay up to an additional $2.2$3.7 million in consideration if the performance targets contained in various acquisition agreements are met. These obligations are associated with acquisitionsnew build and tower acquisition programs within the Company’s site leasing segment. OnIn certain acquisitions, at the Company’s option, additional consideration may be paid in cash or shares of Class A common stock.stock at the Company’s option. The Company records such obligations as additional consideration when it becomes probable that the targets will be met.

For the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 certain earnings targets associated with the acquired towers were achieved, and therefore, the Company paid in cash $5.5 million and $2.1 million, respectively. In addition, for the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company issued approximately 13,000 shares of Class A common stock in settlement of contingent price amounts payable as a result of acquired towers exceeding certain performance targets. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company did not issue shares of Class A Common stock in settlement of contingent price amounts as a result of acquired towers exceeding certain performance targets.

7.INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET

The following table provides the gross and net carrying amounts for each major class of intangible asset at December 31, 2005:assets:

 

   Gross
Carrying
Amount
  Less
Accumulated
Amortization
  

Net
Carrying

Amount

   (in thousands)

Contract intangibles

  $32,015  $(929) $31,086

Covenants not to compete

   6,231   (5,826)  405
            
  $38,246  $(6,755) $31,491
            
   As of December 31, 2007  As of December 31, 2006
   Gross carrying
amount
  Accumulated
amortization
  Net book
value
  Gross carrying
amount
  Accumulated
amortization
  Net book
value
         (in thousands)      

Current Contract Intangibles

  $604,456  $(54,873) $549,583  $468,561  $(21,405) $447,156

Network Location Intangibles

   353,279   (33,863)  319,416   290,768   (13,052)  277,716
                        

Intangible assets, net

  $957,735  $(88,736) $868,999  $759,329  $(34,457) $724,872
                        

All intangibles noted above are contained in ourthe Company’s site leasing segment. The Company amortizes its intangibles using the straight line method over fifteen years. Amortization expense relating to the intangible assets above was $1.9$54.3 million, $1.0$33.9 million and $1.3$1.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. These amounts are subject to changes in estimates until the preliminary allocation of the purchase price is finalized for each acquisition.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Estimated amortization expense on the Company’s current contract intangibles and covenants not to competenetwork location intangibles is as follows:

 

For the year ended

December 31,

  Covenants
not to
Compete
  Contract
Intangibles
  Total  (in thousands)
  (in thousands)

2006

  $398  $2,134  $2,532

2007

   7   2,134   2,141

2008

   —     2,134   2,134  $63,849

2009

   —     2,134   2,134   63,849

2010

   —     2,134   2,134   63,849

2011

   63,849

2012

   63,849

Thereafter

   —     20,416   20,416   549,754
            

Total

  $405  $31,086  $31,491  $868,999
            

 

8.PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

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

   As of
December 31, 2007
  As of
December 31, 2006
 
   (in thousands) 

Towers and related components

  $1,741,662  $1,571,340 

Construction-in-process

   5,265   4,555 

Furniture, equipment and vehicles

   28,877   27,391 

Land, buildings and improvements

   64,925   40,947 
         
   1,840,729   1,644,233 

Less: accumulated depreciation

   (648,760)  (538,291)
         

Property and equipment, net

  $1,191,969  $1,105,942 
         

Construction-in-process represents costs incurred related to towers that are under development and will be used in the Company’s operations.

Depreciation expense was $114.8 million, $99.0 million, and $85.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005, respectively. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, non-cash capital expenditures that are included in accounts payable and accrued expenses were $4.3 million and $2.6 million, respectively.

9.COSTS AND ESTIMATED EARNINGS IN EXCESS OF BILLINGS ON UNCOMPLETED CONTRACTS

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

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

   As of
December 31, 2007
  As of
December 31, 2006
 
   (in thousands) 

Costs incurred on uncompleted contracts

  $115,823  $104,157 

Estimated earnings

   23,175   18,771 

Billings to date

   (118,740)  (104,580)
         
  $20,258  $18,348 
         

These amounts are included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets under the following captions:

   As of
December 31, 2007
  As of
December 31, 2006
 
   (in thousands) 

Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts

  $21,453  $19,403 

Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts

   (1,195)  (1,055)
         
  $20,258  $18,348 
         

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 cost, while at December 31, 2006, one significant customer comprised 69.3% of the costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings, net of billings in excess of costs.

10.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 governmentalgovernment 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:customers.

 

   Percentage of Total Revenues
For the year ended December 31,
 
   2005  2004  2003 

Cingular

  25.5% 22.7% 20.3%

Sprint Nextel

  20.8% 21.4% 13.5%

Bechtel Corporation*

  5.0% 6.1% 10.4%
   Percentage of Total Revenue
for the year ended December 31,
 
   2007  2006  2005 

Sprint

  30.5% 27.6% 30.9%

AT&T

  21.0% 21.4% 25.5%

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Company’s site leasing, site development consulting and site development construction and site leasing segments derive revenue from these customers. Client concentrations with respect to revenuespercentages of total revenue in each of the segments are as follows:

 

   Percentage of Site Leasing Revenue
for the year ended December 31,
 
   2005  2004  2003 

Cingular

  28.0% 27.5% 28.0%

Sprint Nextel

  15.0% 14.3% 13.9%

Verizon

  10.1% 9.5% 10.0%
   

Percentage of Site Development
Consulting Revenue

for the year ended December 31,

 
   2005  2004  2003 

Verizon Wireless

  32.4% 26.1% 13.6%

Cingular

  28.3% 26.6% 4.3%

Bechtel Corporation*

  23.3% 24.7% 40.3%
   

Percentage of Site Development
Construction Revenue

for the year ended December 31,

 
   2005  2004  2003 

Sprint Nextel

  34.9% 39.2% 15.3%

Cingular

  20.3% 12.5% 5.5%

Bechtel Corporation*

  11.6% 14.5% 28.9%
   Percentage of Site Leasing Revenue
for the year ended December 31,
 
   2007  2006  2005 

Sprint

  26.5% 26.2% 30.7%

AT&T

  25.6% 26.7% 28.0%

Verizon Wireless

  10.0% 9.7% 10.1%

   Percentage of Site Development
Consulting Revenue
for the year ended December 31,
 
   2007  2006  2005 

Sprint

  59.7% 38.0% 1.9%

Verizon Wireless

  17.4% 26.6% 32.4%

Bechtel Corporation*

  0.8% 10.0% 23.3%

AT&T

  —    6.8% 28.3%

   Percentage of Site Development
Construction Revenue
for the year ended December 31,
 
   2007  2006  2005 

Sprint

  39.8% 30.0% 36.0%

AT&T

  5.6% 6.9% 20.3%

Bechtel Corporation*

  5.3% 17.4% 11.6%

 

*Substantially all the work performed for Bechtel Corporation was for its client Cingular.AT&T.

At December 31, 2005One significant customer comprised 42.9% and 2004, three significant customers comprise 43.6% and 61.1%, respectively41.2% of site development and construction segments combined accounts receivable. These same customers comprise 41.0% and 60.2% of the Company’s total gross accounts receivable at December 31, 20052007 and 2004, respectively.

9.COSTS AND ESTIMATED EARNINGS IN EXCESS OF BILLINGS ON UNCOMPLETED CONTRACTS

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

   As of
December 31, 2005
  As of
December 31, 2004
 
   (in thousands) 

Costs incurred on uncompleted contracts

  $94,323  $63,198 

Estimated earnings

   15,609   10,334 

Billings to date

   (86,139)  (55,717)
         
  $23,793  $17,815 
         

These amounts are included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets under the following captions:

   As of
December 31, 2005
  As of
December 31, 2004
 
   (in thousands) 

Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts

  $25,184  $19,066 

Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts

   (1,391)  (1,251)
         
  $23,793  $17,815 
         

At December 31, 2005 three significant customers comprised 75.4% of the costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings, net of billings in excess of costs, while at December 31, 2004, two significant customers comprised 83.0% of the costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings, net of billings in excess of costs.

10.PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment, excluding assets held for sale, consists of the following:

   As of
December 31, 2005
  As of
December 31, 2004
 
   (in thousands) 

Towers and related components

  $1,117,497  $1,064,085 

Construction-in-process

   4,792   55 

Furniture, equipment and vehicles

   25,552   30,223 

Land, buildings and improvements

   22,549   20,658 
         
   1,170,390   1,115,021 

Less: accumulated depreciation

   (442,057)  (369,190)
         

Property and equipment, net

  $728,333  $745,831 
         

Construction-in-process represents costs incurred related to towers that are under development and will be used in the Company’s operations.

Depreciation expense was $85.3 million, $89.3 million, and $92.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004, and 2003,2006, respectively. At December 31, 2005, non-cash capital expenditures that are included in accounts payable and accrued expenses were $3.2 million.

 

11.ACCRUED EXPENSES

The Company’s accrued expenses are comprised of the following:

 

  As of
December 31, 2005
  As of
December 31, 2004
  As of
December 31, 2007
  As of
December 31, 2006
  (in thousands)  (in thousands)

Salaries and benefits

  $3,746  $2,941  $4,401  $3,418

Real estate and property

   4,410   4,319

Real estate and property taxes

   6,820   6,648

Other

   7,388   7,737   9,743   7,534
            
  $15,544  $14,997  $20,964  $17,600
            

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

12.CURRENT AND LONG-TERM DEBT

Debt consists of the following:

   As of
December 31, 2005
  As of
December 31, 2004
 
   (in thousands) 

Commercial mortgage pass-through certificates, series 2005-1, secured, interest payable monthly in arrears, balloon payment principal of $405,000,000 with an anticipated repayment date of November 15, 2010. Interest at varying rates (5.369% to 6.706%) at December 31, 2005.

  $405,000  $—   

8 1/2% senior notes, unsecured, interest payable semi- annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1. Balance due in full December 1, 2012.

   162,500   250,000 

9 3/4% senior discount notes, net of unamortized original issue discount of $44,424 and $98,337 at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, unsecured, cash interest payable semi- annually in arrears beginning June 15, 2008, balloon principal payment of $261,316 due at maturity on December 15, 2011.

   216,892   302,437 

10 1/4% senior notes, unsecured, interest payable semi- annually in arrears, includes deferred gain related to termination of derivative of $1,909 at December 31, 2004. Amount repaid in full in February 2005.

   —     51,894 

Senior secured credit facility. This facility was paid in full in November 2005.

     323,375 

Senior secured credit facility. Facility originated in December 2005. No amounts outstanding at December 31, 2005.

   —     —   
         
   784,392   927,706 

Less: current maturities

   —     (3,250)
         

Long-term debt

  $784,392  $924,456 
         

   As of
December 31, 2007
  As of
December 31, 2006
   (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 15, 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 15, 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   —  

Senior revolving credit facility. Facility originated in December 2005. Terminated facility effective April 3, 2007. No amounts outstanding at December 31, 2006.

   —     —  
        

Total debt

  $1,905,000  $1,555,000
        

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$405.0 million of Initial CMBS Notes,Certificates, Series 2005-1 (the “Initial CMBS Certificates”) issued by SBA CMBS Trust (the “Trust”), a trust established by the Depositor (the “CMBS“Initial CMBS Transaction”).

The sole assets of the Trust are 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 NotesCertificates 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.

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

2005-1A

  $238,580  5.369%  $238,580  5.369%

2005-1B

   48,320  5.565%   48,320  5.565%

2005-1C

   48,320  5.731%   48,320  5.731%

2005-1D

   48,320  6.219%   48,320  6.219%

2005-1E

   21,460  6.709%   21,460  6.706%
          
  $405,000  5.608%  $405,000  5.608%
          

The contractcontractual weighted average monthly fixed coupon interest rate of the Initial CMBS NotesCertificates is 5.6% and the effective weighted average fixed interest rate to SBA Properties is 4.8%, after giving effect to athe settlement gain of two interest rate swap agreements entered into in contemplation of the transaction.transaction (see Note 13). The Company terminated the interest rate swap agreements in November 2005, resulting in a $14.8 million settlement payment to the Company. The settlement payment will be amortized into interest expense on the statement of operations utilizing the effective interest method over the anticipated five yearInitial CMBS Certificates have an expected life of the CMBS Notes and will reduce the effective interest rate on the CMBS Notes by 0.8%. The

CMBS Notes have an anticipated repayment date of November 15, 2010five years with a final repayment date in 2035. As discussed below,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 contractual weighted average monthly fixed coupon interest rate of the Additional CMBS Certificates is 6.0%, and the effective weighted average 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 13). The Additional CMBS Certificates have an expected life of five years with a final repayment date in 2036. The proceeds of the Additional CMBS NotesCertificates were primarily used to repay the senior credit facilitybridge loan incurred with the acquisition of SBA Senior Finance, Inc.AAT Communications Corporation and to fund required reserves and pay expenses associated with the offering.Additional CMBS Transaction. The Company paidincurred deferred financing fees of $12.0$24.1 million in connectionassociated with the closing of this transaction.

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In connection with the issuance of the Additional CMBS Transaction,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 the $400 million Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“Senior Credit Facility”Initial Borrower the “Borrowers”), dated were added as of January 30, 2004, among SBA Senior Finance, as borrower and the lenders (the “Loan Agreement”) was amended and restated to replace SBA Properties as the new borroweradditional borrowers under the Loan Agreementmortgage loan and to completely release SBA Senior Finance and the other guarantors of any obligations under the Loan Agreement, to increase the principal amount of the mortgage loan was increased by $1.15 billion to $405.0 millionan aggregate of $1.56 billion. The Borrowers are jointly and to amend various other terms (as amended and restated, the “Mortgage Loan Agreement”). Furthermore, the Mortgage Loan Agreement was purchased by the Depositor with proceeds from the CMBS Transaction. The Depositor then assigned the Mortgage Loan to the Trust, who will have all rights as Lenderseverally liable under the Mortgage Loan Agreement.

mortgage loan. The Mortgage Loanmortgage loan is secured by (1) mortgages, deeds of trust and deeds to secure debt on substantially all of the 1,714 tower sites and their operating cash flows, (2) a security interest in substantially all of SBA Properties’ personal property and fixtures and (3) SBA Properties’ rights under the Management Agreement (as defined below). SBA CMBS-1 Guarantor LLC (“Guarantor”), a subsidiary of SBA CMBS-1 Holdings LLC, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of the Company and the direct parent of SBA Properties, guarantees all of the payment under the Mortgage Loan (the “Guaranty”) and other obligations under the CMBS Notes. The Guarantor is a special purpose company established for the sole purpose of holding the equity interest of SBA Properties. As security for its guaranty, the Guarantor grants a first priority security interest in 100% of the equity interest of SBA Properties. The Guarantor owns no assets other than the equity interest of the SBA Properties, is prohibited from acquiring any other assets or incurring any liabilities, and has no employees. SBA Holdings will guaranty all of the payment obligations of the Borrower under the Mortgage loan (the “Parent Guaranty”) and will grant a first priority security interest in 100% of the equity interest of the Guarantor as security for the Parent Guaranty. SBA Holdings will have no material assets other than the equity interest of the Guarantor. No other affiliate of the Borrower will guaranty repayment of the Mortgage loan.

The Mortgage Loan documents include covenants customary for mortgage loans subject to rated securitizations. Among other things, SBA Properties is prohibited from incurring other indebtedness for borrowed money or further encumbering its assets. The organizational documents of SBA Properties were amended to limit its purposes and to add provisions consistent with rating agency securitization criteria for special purpose entities, including the requirement that SBA Properties maintains at least two independent directors.

The CMBS Notes contain certain covenants that require SBA Properties to provide the Indenture Trustee reasonable access rights to its tower sites, including the right to conduct site investigations with respect to environmental matters; promptly notify the Indenture Trustee of any material adverse changes or the existence of an event of default under the CMBS Notes; and provide regular financial and operating reports.

SBA Properties is required to make monthly payments of interest on the Mortgage Loan. Interest on the Mortgage Loan will be paid from the operating cash flows from SBA Properties’ 1,714 tower sites.the aggregate 4,975 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 (“ARD”). On a monthly basis,for the excess cash flows of SBA Properties, held by the indenture trustee, after payment of principal, interest, reserves, and expenses, are distributed to SBA Properties.

Ascomponents of the endmortgage loan corresponding to the Initial CMBS Certificates, and no payments of any calendar quarter if the debt service coverage ratio (defined as the Net Cash Flow per the Mortgage Loan Agreement divided by the amount of interest expense on the Mortgage Loan, servicing fees and trustee fees that SBA Propertiesprincipal will be required to pay overbe made in relation to the succeeding twelve months) falls to 1.30 times or lower, then all cash flow in excess of amounts required under the loan document to make debt service payments, to fund required reserves, to pay management fees and budgeted operating expenses and to make other payments will be deposited into a reserve account instead of being released to SBA Properties. The funds in the reserve account will not be released to SBA Properties 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 (“Minimum DSCR”) ascomponents of the endmortgage 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 any calendar quarter, then an “amortization period” will commence and all funds on deposit in the reserve account will be appliedmortgage loan corresponding to prepay the Mortgage Loan. Additional CMBS Certificates.

The amortization period will continue until such time the Minimum DSCR exceeds 1.15 times for one quarter.

SBA PropertiesBorrowers may not prepay the Mortgage Loanmortgage loan in whole or in part at any time prior to (1) November 2010 for the components of the mortgage loan corresponding to the Initial CMBS Certificates and (2) November 2011 for the components of the mortgage loan corresponding to the Additional CMBS Certificates, except in limited circumstances (such as the occurrence of certain casualty and condemnation events relating to SBA Properties’the Borrowers’ tower sites). Thereafter, prepayment is permitted provided it is accompanied by any applicable prepayment consideration. If the prepayment occurs within nine months of the final maturityanticipated repayment date, no prepayment consideration is due. The entire unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loanmortgage loan components corresponding to the Initial CMBS Certificates will be due in November 2035.2035 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 monthly fixed interest rate in effect at the time of issuance of the CMBS Certificates and the then current weighted average monthly fixed interest rate. The Mortgage Loanmortgage loan may be defeased in whole at any time priortime.

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 and (3) the Borrowers’ rights under the management agreement they entered into with SBA Network Management, Inc. (“SBA Network Management”), relating to the ARD with United States government securities.

In connection withmanagement of the Mortgage Loan,Borrowers’ tower sites by SBA Properties entered into a management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with Network Management pursuant to manage all ofwhich SBA Properties’ tower sites. Pursuant to the Management Agreement, Network Management performs those functions reasonably necessary to maintain, market, operate, manage and administer SBA Properties’ tower sites. Additionally, 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 SBA Properties’the Borrowers’ behalf. For each calendar month, SBA Network Management is entitled to receive a management fee equal to 10%7.5% of SBA Properties’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 Notes,Certificates, the Company is required to fund a restricted cash amount, which represents the cash held in escrow pursuant to the Mortgage Loanmortgage loan governing the CMBS NotesCertificates 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 1,7144,975 tower sites. Based on the terms of the CMBS Notes,Certificates, all rental cash receipts each month are restricted and held by the indenture trustee. The monies held by the indenture trustee as of December 31, 2005 are classified as restricted cash on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet.Sheets (see Note 5). The monies held by the indenture trustee in excess of required reserve balances are subsequently released to SBA Propertiesthe Borrowers on or before the 15th calendar day following month end. On January 10, 2006, $11.6 millionHowever, 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

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to pay over the succeeding twelve months, as of the restrictedend of any calendar quarter, falls to 1.30 times or lower, then all cash balance wasflow 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 SBA Properties.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 December 31, 2007, we met the required debt service coverage ratio as defined by the mortgage loan agreement.

8 1/2%0.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2010

On December 1, 2004,March 26, 2007, the Company issued $250.0$350.0 million of its 8 1/2% senior notes due 2012, which produced net proceeds of $244.8 million after deducting offering expenses.0.375% Convertible Senior Notes (the “Notes”). Interest accrues on the notes and is payable in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1, commencingbeginning June 1, 2005.2007. The proceeds from this offering were available to be used to repurchase and/or redeem any remaining 10Notes have a maturity date of December 1,/4% senior notes, repurchase 9 3/4% senior discount notes, or repay a portion 2010. The Company incurred deferred financing fees of $8.6 million with the issuance of the amount outstanding underNotes.

The Notes are convertible, at the revolving line of creditholder’s option, into shares of our senior credit facility. Proceeds from the 8 1/2% senior notes were used to repurchase and/or redeem the 10 1/4% senior notes as discussed below.

On November 7, 2005, the Company redeemed $87.5 millionClass A common stock, at an initial conversion rate of these notes and paid the applicable premium for the redemption with proceeds from the October 5, 2005 equity offering.

The 8 1/2% senior notes are unsecured and arepari passu in right of payment with the Company’s other existing and future senior indebtedness. The 8 1/2% senior notes place certain restrictions on, among other things, the incurrence of debt and liens, issuance of preferred stock, payment of dividends or other distributions, sales of assets, transactions with affiliates, sale and leaseback transactions, certain investments and the Company’s ability to merge or consolidate with other entities. The ability of the Company to comply with the covenants and other terms of the 8 1/2% senior notes and to satisfy its respective debt obligations will depend on the future operating performance of the Company. In the event the Company fails to comply with the various covenants contained in the 8 1/2% senior notes, it would be in default there under, and in any such case, the maturity of a portion or all of its long-term indebtedness could be accelerated. In addition, the acceleration of amounts due under the senior credit facility would also cause a cross-default under the indenture for the 8 1/2% senior notes.

9 3/4% Senior Discount Notes

In December 2003, the Company and Telecommunications co-issued $402.0 million of their 9 3/4% senior discount notes due 2011, which produced net proceeds of approximately $267.1 million after deducting offering expenses. The senior discount notes accrete in value until December 15, 2007 at which time, after giving effect to the redemptions discussed below, they will have an aggregate29.7992 shares per $1,000 principal amount of $261.3 million at maturity. Thereafter, interest accruesNotes (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 senior discount noteslast 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 certain circumstances: (1) during any calendar quarter commencing at any time after June 30, 2007 and will be payable in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15, commencing June 15, 2008. Proceeds fromonly during such calendar quarter, if the senior discount notes were used to tender for approximately $153.3 millionlast reported sale price of the Company’s 12% senior discount notesClass 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 for general working capital purposes. During 2004,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 exchanged $1.3 million in face valuehas the right to settle the conversion of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes with either of the 9 3/4% senior discount notes for approximately 136,000three following alternatives, at its option, delivery of (1) 29.7992 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock.

On May 11, 2005,stock, (2) cash equal to the Company redeemed an accreted balancevalue of $68.9 million29.7992 shares of the 9 3/4% senior discount notesCompany’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 paidshares of our Class A common stock.

The net proceeds from this offering were approximately $341.4 million after deducting discounts, commissions and expenses. A portion of the applicable premium for the redemption with thenet proceeds from the May 11, 2005 equity offering.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 Sheet.

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Concurrently with the sale of the Notes, the Company redeemed an accreted balanceentered into convertible note hedge transactions with affiliates of $42.9 milliontwo 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 9 3/4% senior discount notesClass A common stock (the same as the initial conversion price of the Notes) and paidis 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 applicable premium forconvertible note hedge transactions was $77.2 million. A portion of the redemption withnet proceeds from the October 5, 2005 equity offering.

sale of the Notes and the sold warrants discussed below, were used to pay for the cost of the convertible note hedge transactions. The 9 3/4% senior discount notes are unsecured and arepari passu in rightcost of payment withthe convertible note hedge transactions was recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital on the Company’s other existingConsolidated Balance Sheet.

Separately and future senior indebtedness.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 9 3/4% senior discount notes place certain restrictions on, among other things,aggregate proceeds from the incurrence of debt and liens, issuance of preferred stock, paymentthe sold warrants were $27.3 million. The proceeds for the issuance of dividends or other distributions, sales of assets, transactions with affiliates, sale and leaseback transactions, certain investments andthe sold warrants were recorded as an increase to additional paid-in capital on the Company’s ability to merge or consolidate with other entities. The ability of the Company to

comply with the covenants and other terms of the 9 3/4% senior discount notes and to satisfy its respective debt obligations will depend on the future operating performance of the Company. In the event the Company fails to comply with the various covenants contained in the 9 3/4% senior discount notes, it would be an event of default under the indenture governing the notes and the trustee may accelerate the maturity of the notes. In addition, the acceleration of amounts due under the senior credit facility would also cause a cross-default under the indenture for the 9 3/4% senior discount notes.Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Senior SecuredRevolving Credit Facility (closed in December 2005)

On December 22,21, 2005, SBA Senior Finance II LLC, a subsidiary of the Company, closed on a newsecond senior secured revolving credit facility in the amount of $160.0 million (“GECC II facility”). The new facility replaces Lehman facility which was assigned and became the Mortgage Loan underlying the Company’s recent $405 million commercial mortgage-backed securities issuance. The Company paid deferred financing fees of $1.1 million associated with the closing of this transaction.

The new facility consists of a $160 million revolving loan which may be borrowed, repaid and redrawn, subject to compliance with certain covenants. The new facility will mature on December 21, 2007. Amounts borrowed under the facility will accrue interest at LIBOR plus a margin that ranges from 75 basis points to 200 basis points or at base rate plus a margin that ranges from 12.5 basis points to 100 basis points. Unused amounts on this facility accrue interest at 37.5 basis points on the $160.0 million committed amount.million. Amounts borrowed under this facility will bewere secured by a first lien on substantially all of SBA Senior Finance II’s assets and arewere guaranteed by the Company and certain of its other subsidiaries. No amounts were drawn on thisThis facility asreplaced the prior facility which was assigned and became the mortgage loan underlying the Initial CMBS Certificates issuance. The Company incurred deferred financing fees of December 31, 2005.

The new senior credit facility requires SBA Senior Finance II to maintain specified financial ratios, including ratios regarding its debt to annualized operating cash flow, debt service, cash interest expense and fixed charges for each quarter. This new senior credit facility contains affirmative and negative covenants that, among other things, limits its ability to incur debt and liens, sell assets, commit to capital expenditures, enter into affiliate transactions or sale-leaseback transactions, and build and/or acquire towers without anchor or acceptable tenants. SBA Senior Finance II’s ability in the future to comply$1.2 million associated with the covenants and accessclosing of this transaction.

On March 29, 2007, the available funds underCompany provided the lenders with a termination notice with respect to the senior revolving credit facility in the future will depend on its future financial performance. As of December 31, 2005, SBA Senior Finance II was in full compliancefacility. In accordance with the terms of the newcredit agreement, the senior revolving credit facility terminated April 3, 2007. The Company had no borrowings under the senior revolving credit facility at the time of its termination. No early termination penalties were incurred by the Company as a result of the termination. The Company has requested that the administrative agent take such actions required to release its security interest in all collateral, and to release all guarantee obligations. The Company recorded a $0.4 million loss from write-off of deferred financing fees in connection with the termination of the senior revolving credit facility.

13.DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Additional CMBS Certificate Swaps

At various dates during 2006, a 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 by a subsidiary of the Company. 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 abilitytotal 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 November 6, 2006, a subsidiary of the Company entered into a purchase agreement with JP Morgan Securities, Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. regarding the Additional CMBS Transaction. 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 2006 statement of cash flows as a financing activity. The Company determined a portion of the swaps to draw anbe ineffective, and as a result, the Company recorded $1.7 million as interest expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations during 2006. The additional $39.1 million.deferred loss of $12.8 million is being amortized utilizing

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the effective interest method over the anticipated five year life of the Additional CMBS Certificates and will increase the effective interest rate on these certificates by 0.3% over the weighted average fixed interest rate of 6.0%. The unamortized value of the net deferred loss is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. For 2007 and 2006, amortization of $2.3 million and $0.3 million, respectively, was recorded as interest expense.

Initial CMBS Certificates Swaps

On June 22, 2005, in anticipation of the Initial CMBS Transaction (see Note 12), 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 Company 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. The Company determined the Initial CMBS Certificate Swaps to be effective cash flow hedges and recorded the fair value of the Initial CMBS Certificate Swaps in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of applicable income taxes.

On November 4, 2005, two of the Company’s subsidiaries 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 2005 Statement of Cash Flows as a financing activity. The settlement payment will be amortized into interest expense on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations utilizing the effective interest method over the anticipated five year life of the Initial CMBS Certificates and will reduce the effective interest rate on the Certificates by 0.8%. The unamortized value of the net deferred gain is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. For 2007, 2006 and 2005, amortization of $2.8 million, $2.7 million and $0.3 million, respectively, was recorded as an offset to interest expense.

Fair Value Hedge

The Company previously had an interest rate swap agreement to manage its exposure to interest rate movements by effectively converting a portion of its fixed rate 10 1/4% Senior Notessenior notes to variable rates. The swap qualified as a fair value hedge. The notional principal amount of the swap was $100.0 million and the maturity date and payment provisions matched that of the underlying senior notes.

The counter-party to the interest rate swap agreement terminated the swap agreement in October 2002. In February 2001,connection with this termination, the counter-party paid the Company issued $500.0$6.2 million, which included approximately $0.8 million in accrued interest. The remaining approximately $5.4 million received was deferred and recognized as a reduction to interest expense over the remaining term of the senior notes using the effective interest method. Amortization of the deferred gain during 2004 was approximately $0.7 million. Additionally, $1.9 million of itsthe deferred gain was recognized as a reduction in loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt in connection with the repurchase of $186.5 million of 10 1/4% senior notes due 2009, which produced net proceedsin December 2004. The balance of approximately $484.3$1.9 million after deducting offering expenses. Proceeds from the senior notes were used to acquire and construct telecommunications towers, repay borrowings under the senior credit facility, and for general working capital purposes.

During the year endedoutstanding at December 31, 2004 the Company exchanged $49.7 million in principal amount of the notes for 8.7 million shares of Class A common stock. Additionally, the Company repurchased $306.8 million in principal amount of the notes in the open market for $320.5 million in cash. During 2004, the Company recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of $14.9 million and wrote-off deferred financing fees of $6.2 millionwas written off in connection with the 10 1/4% senior note retirement transactions.

On November 16, 2004, the Company commenced a cash tender offer to purchase up to $236.5 million aggregate principal amount of its 10 1/4% senior notes of which $186.5 million was tendered. The Company offered consideration of $1,050.75 per $1,000 of principal amount of the notes tendered plus a premium of $10.00 per $1,000 of principal amount of notes tendered prior to November 30, 2004. Tenders submitted after November 30, 2004, and prior to the expiration date of December 14, 2004 did not receive the premium of $10.00 per $1,000 of principal amount tendered. Consequently at December 31, 2004, there was $50.0 millionrepayment of the 10 1/4% senior notes remaining outstanding. The remaining 10 1/4% senior notes were redeemed by the Company onin February 1, 2005 for $52.5 million plus accrued interest,and is included as a reduction in accordance with the terms of the indenture.

12% Senior Discount Notes

In March 1998, the Company issued $269.0 million of its 12% senior discount notes due March 1, 2008, which produced net proceeds of approximately $150.2 million. The senior discount notes accreted in value until March 1, 2003 at which time they had an aggregate principal amount of $269.0 million. Proceedsloss from the senior discount notes were used to acquire and construct telecommunications towers as well as for general working capital purposes. During the year ended December 31, 2003, the Company repurchased $50.0 million in principal amount of its 12% senior discount notes in the open market for $50.3 million in cash. Additionally, during 2003, the Company completed a tender for 70% of its outstanding 12% senior discount notes and retired $153.3 million face value of its 12% senior discount notes for $167.1 million. During 2003, the Company recognized a loss on extinguishment of $14.6 million and wrote-off deferred financing fees of $4.8 million in connection with the 12% senior discount note retirement transactions.

In the first quarter of 2004, the Company repurchased $19.3 million of its 12% senior discount notes in open market transactions. The Company paid $20.9 million plus accrued interest in cash and recognized a loss of $1.6 million related to these debt repurchases and wrote-off $0.4 million of deferred financing fees. Additionally, on March 1, 2004 the Company, pursuant to the indenture for the 12% senior discount notes, redeemed all remaining outstanding 12% notes. These notes were redeemed at a price of 107.5% of the principal balances outstanding. As a result of this transaction, the Company recorded a loss of $3.5 million associated with the premium paid and wrote off $1.0 millionwrite-off of deferred financing fees associated with this transaction.

Senior Secured Credit Facility (paid in full November 2005)

On January 30, 2004, SBA Senior Finance closed on a senior credit facilityand extinguishment of debt in the amountCompany’s 2005 Consolidated Statements of $400.0 million (“Lehman facility”). This facility consisted of a $275.0 million term loan which was funded at closing, a $50.0 million delayed draw term loan, and a $75.0 million revolving line of credit. This facility accrued interest at either the Eurodollar Rate (as defined in the senior credit facility) plus a spread of 350 basis points or the Base Rate (as defined in the senior credit facility), plus a spread of 250 basis points, Operations.

SBA Senior Finance used the proceeds from funding of the $275.0 million term loan under this credit facility to repay the GECC I facility in full. This facility was subsequently repaid in full from proceeds obtained from the CMBS transaction noted above in November 2005. As a result of this repayment, SBA Senior Finance wrote off deferred financing fees associated with this facility of $5.4 million.

Senior Secured Credit Facility (paid in full January 2004)COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

On May 9, 2003, Telecommunications closed on a senior credit facility in the amount of $195.0 million from General Electric Capital Corporation and affiliates of Oak Hill Advisors, Inc. (“GECC I facility”). The facility consisted of $95.0 million of term loans and a $100.0 million revolving line of credit. In November 2003, in connection with the offering of the Company’s 9 3/4% senior discount notes and the Company’s tender offer for 70% of its outstanding 12% senior discount notes, SBA Senior Finance assumed all rights and obligations of Telecommunications under the senior credit facility pursuant to an amended and restated credit agreement with the senior credit lenders. Telecommunications was released from any obligation to repay the indebtedness under the senior credit facility. Simultaneously with this assumption, Telecommunications contributed substantially all of its assets, consisting primarily of stock in our various operating subsidiaries, to SBA Senior Finance. The Company refinanced this credit facility in January 2004 with the proceeds obtained from the Lehman facility noted above.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

As of December 31, 2005, the Company was in compliance with the covenants of the indentures relating to the CMBS notes, the 8 1/2% senior notes, the 9 3/4% senior discount notes, and the December 2005 senior secured credit facility. The Company’s debt matures as follows:

For the year ended

December 31,

  (in thousands)

2006

  $—  

2007

   —  

2008

   —  

2009

   —  

2010

   —  

Thereafter*

   784,392
    

Total

  $784,392
    

*Includes 9 3/4% senior discount notes at an accreted value of $216.9 million as of December 31, 2005. These notes will have an accreted value of $261.3 million at their maturity date of December 15, 2011.

 

13.14.SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

a. Common Stock

a.Offerings of Common Stock

The Company has potential common stock equivalents related to its outstanding stock options and Convertible Senior Notes (see Note 12). 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 years presented.

On March 19, 2007, the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 6.0 million shares of Class A common stock from time to time until December 31, 2007. During 2007, the Company purchased and retired approximately 3.24 million shares in connection with the issuance of the Notes (see Note 12).

In July 2000, the Company filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission registering the sale of up to $500.0 million of any combination of Class A common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, depository shares, or warrants. On May 11, 2005, the Company issued 8.0 million shares of Class A common stock off of the universal shelf registration statement.stock. The net proceeds were $75.4 million after deducting underwriters’ fees and offering expenses, and were used to redeem an accreted balance of $68.9 million of the 9 3/4% senior discount notes.

On October 5, 2005, the Company issued 10.0 million shares of Class A common stock off of the universal shelf registration statement.stock. The net proceeds were $151.5$151.4 million after deducting underwriters’ fees and offering expenses, and were used to redeem $130.4 million of the Company’s 9  3/4% senior discount notes and 8 1/2% senior notes.

During the years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively, the Company did not issue any securities under this shelf registration. At December 31, 2005,2007, the Company can issue up to $21.4 million of securities under ourthe universal shelf registration statement.

b. Registration of Additional Shares

b.Registration of Additional Shares

During 2001,2007, the Company filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-4 with the Securities and Exchange Commission registering an aggregate 5.04.0 million shares of its Class A common stock. These 5.04.0 million shares are in addition to 4.0 million, 5.0 million and 3.0 million shares registered during 2000.2006, 2001 and 2000, respectively. These shares may be issued in connection with acquisitions of wireless communication towers or companies that provide related services. During the years ended December 31, 2005, 20042007, 2006 and 2003,2005, the Company issued 1.74.7 million shares, 0.41.8 million shares and zero1.7 million shares, respectively, of its Class A common stock pursuant to these registration statements in connection with acquisitions. At December 31, 2005, 2.32007, 3.8 million shares remain available for issuance under this shelf registration.

c.Other Common Stock Transactions

During 2004,On November 27, 2006, the Company exchanged $49.7 million of its 10 1/4% senior notes for 8.7filed a registration statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission registering an additional 2.5 million shares of its Class A common stock. Thestock issuable under the 2001 Equity Participation Plan.

On April 14, 2006, the Company also exchanged $1.3 million in face value of its 9 3/4% senior discount notesfiled with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement for approximately 136,000well-known seasoned issuers on Form S-3ASR. This registration statement enables the Company to issue shares of its Class A common stock.

d.Employee Stock Purchase Plan

In 1999,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. Under the Board of Directorsrules governing the automatic shelf registration statements, the Company will file a prospectus supplement and advise the Commission of the amount and type of securities each time 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 purchaseissues securities under the Purchase Plan.this registration statement. 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 the Class A common stock on the last day of an offering period. No compensation expense is recognized for the difference between the employees’ purchase price and the fair value of the stock. For the year ended December 31, 2005, employees purchased 69,7112007, the Company did not issue any securities under this shelf registration statement.

On May 17, 2007, the Company filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement for well-known seasoned issuers on Form S-3ASR. This registration statement enables the Company to issue shares under the Purchase Plan. At December 31, 2005, approximately 675,000 shares remain which can be issued under the Purchase Plan.

e.Non-Cash Compensation

From time to time, restricted shares of its Class A common stock, shares of preferred stock, which may be represented by depositary shares, unsecured senior, senior subordinated or optionssubordinated debt securities; and warrants to purchase any of these securities. Under the rules governing the automatic shelf registration statements, the Company will file a prospectus supplement and advise the Commission of the amount and type of securities each time the Company issues securities under this registration statement. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company did not issue any securities under this shelf registration statement.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

c. Other Common Stock Transactions

During 2006, in connection with the AAT Acquisition the Company issued 17,059,336 shares of its Class A common stock have been granted under the Company’s equity participation plans at prices below market value at the time of grant. The Company recorded approximately $0.5 million, $0.5 millionstock.

d. Shareholder Rights Plan and $0.8 million of non-cash compensation expense during the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.Preferred Stock

In connection with an employment agreement with one of the officers of the Company, the Company was obligated to pay an amount equal to the difference between $1.0 million and the value of all vested options and restricted stock belonging to this officer on September 19, 2003. The Company had the option of settling the obligation in cash or shares of Class A common stock. This obligation was settled in September 2003 in cash for $0.9 million. This amount had been expensed over the three-year period of the original agreement as non-cash compensation expense.

f.Shareholder Rights Plan and Preferred Stock

During January 2002, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted a shareholder rights plan and declared a dividend of one preferred stock purchase right for each outstanding share of the Company’s common stock. Each of these rights which are currently not exercisable will entitle the holder to purchase one one-thousandth (1/1000) of a share of the Company’s newly designated Series E Junior Participating Preferred Stock. In the event that any person or group acquires beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock or commences or announces an intention to commence a tender offer that would result in such person or group owning 15% or more of the Company’s common stock, each holder of a right (other than the acquirer) will be entitled to receive, upon payment of the exercise price, a number of shares of common stock having a market value equal to two times the exercise price of the right. In order to retain flexibility and the ability to maximize shareholder value in the event of transactions that may arise in the future, the Board retains the power to redeem the rights for a set amount. The rights were distributed on January 25, 2002 and expire on January 10, 2012, unless earlier redeemed or exchanged or terminated in accordance with the Rights Agreement.

14.DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Interest Rate Swap

On June 22, 2005, in anticipation of the CMBS Transaction (see note 12), the Company entered into two forward-starting interest rate swap agreements, each with a notional principal amount of $200.0 million to hedge the variability of future interest rates on the CMBS Transaction. Under the swap agreements, we 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 three-month LIBOR on the same notional amount for the same five year period. The Company determined the swaps to be effective cash flow hedges and recorded the fair value of the interest rate swaps in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of applicable income taxes.

On November 4, 2005, two of our subsidiaries entered into a purchase agreement with Lehman Brothers Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. regarding the purchase and sale of $405.0 million of CMBS Notes issued by the Trust. In connection with this agreement, the Company terminated the interest rate swap agreements, resulting in a $14.8 million settlement payment to the Company. The settlement payment will be amortized into interest expense on the Statement of Operations utilizing the effective interest method over the anticipated five year life of the Certificates and will reduce the effective interest rate on the Certificates by 0.8%. During 2005, the Company amortized $0.3 million of this settlement into interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2005. The unamortized value of the settlement payment is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Fair Value Hedge

The Company previously had an interest rate swap agreement to manage its exposure to interest rate movements by effectively converting a portion of its fixed rate 10 1/4% senior notes to variable rates. The swap qualified as a fair value hedge. The notional principal amount of the swap was $100.0 million and the maturity date and payment provisions matched that of the underlying senior notes.

The counter-party to the interest rate swap agreement terminated the swap agreement in October 2002. In connection with this termination, the counter-party paid the Company $6.2 million, which included approximately $0.8 million in accrued interest. The remaining approximately $5.4 million received was deferred and recognized as a reduction to interest expense over the remaining term of the senior notes using the effective interest method. Amortization of the deferred gain during 2004 and 2003 was approximately $0.7 million. Additionally, $1.9 million of the deferred gain was recognized as a reduction in loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt in connection with the repurchase of $186.5 million of 10 1/4% senior notes in December 2004. The balance of $1.9 million outstanding at December 31, 2004 was written off in connection with the repayment of the 10 1/4% senior notes in February 2005 and is included as a reduction in loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt on the Statement of Operations.

 

15.STOCK OPTIONSBASED COMPENSATION

Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123R using the modified prospective transition method. Under this transition method, compensation expense recognized during the year ended December 31, 2006 included (a) compensation expense for all share-based awards granted prior to, but not yet vested, as of December 31, 2005, based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the original provisions of SFAS No. 123, and (b) compensation expense for all share-based awards granted subsequent to December 31, 2005, based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123R. In accordance with the modified prospective transition method, the Company’s consolidated financial statements for prior periods have not been restated to reflect the impact 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.

In September 2006, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) 108, “ Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements” (“SAB 108”). SAB 108 was issued to provide interpretive guidance on how the effects of the carryover or reversal of prior year misstatements should be considered in quantifying a current year misstatement. SAB 108 requires the use of both the “iron curtain” and “rollover” approach in quantifying the materiality of misstatements. SAB 108 is effective for annual financial statements covering the first fiscal year ending after November 15, 2006. Early adoption of SAB 108 is permitted. The Company elected to adopt SAB 108 effective September 30, 2006. Upon initial application of SAB 108, the Company evaluated the uncorrected financial statement misstatements that were previously considered immaterial under the “rollover” method using the dual methodology required by SAB 108. As a result of this dual methodology approach of SAB 108, the Company corrected the cumulative error in its accounting for equity-based compensation for periods prior to January 1, 2006 in accordance with the transitional guidance in SAB 108.

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Pursuant to SAB 108, the Company corrected a cumulative error in its accounting for equity-based compensation by recording a non-cash cumulative effect adjustment of $8.4 million to additional paid-in capital with an offsetting amount of $7.7 million to accumulated deficit within shareholders’ equity as well as adjustments to property and equipment in the amount of $0.4 million and intangible assets of $0.3 million in its consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2006. The capitalized amounts relate to acquisition related costs.

Stock Options

The Company has three stock optionequity 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, all unissued optionsno further grants are permitted under the 1996 Stock Option Plan and the 1999 Equity Participation Plan were cancelled.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 certain 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 generally have a seven-year or a ten-year life.

From time to time, restricted shares of Class A common stock or options to purchase Class A common stock have been granted under the Company’s equity participation plans at prices below market value at the time of grant. The Company recorded approximately $0.0 million, $0.4 million and $0.5 million of non-cash compensation expense during the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, relating to the issuance of these shares or options.

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 year ended December 31,
   2007  2006  2005

Risk free interest rate

  4.60% - 5.12%  4.2% - 5.1%  3.8% - 4.2%

Dividend yield

  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%

Expected volatility

  42.7%  43.7% - 45%  45.0%

Expected lives

  3.28 - 4.13 years  3.75 years  3.75 years

A summary of shares reserved for future issuance under these plans as of December 31, 20052007 is as follows:follows (number of shares in thousands):

 

   (in thousands)

Reserved for 1996 Stock Option Plan

  11420

Reserved for 1999 Equity Participation Plan

  438120

Reserved for 2001 Equity Participation Plan

  10,25111,344
   
  10,80311,484
   

These options generally vest between three and six years from

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The following table summarizes the date of grant on a straight-line basis and generally have a ten year life.

A summary of the status of the Company’s activities with respect to its stock option plans including theirfor the years ended 2007, 2006 and 2005 as follows (dollars and number of shares in thousands, except for per share data):

Options

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

Outstanding at December 31, 2004

  4,421  $7.04  

Granted

  1,345  $8.91  

Exercised

  (978) $4.04  

Canceled

  (207) $7.29  
       

Outstanding at December 31, 2005

  4,581  $8.22  

Granted

  1,126  $20.02  

Exercised

  (1,181) $8.07  

Canceled

  (368) $26.04  
       

Outstanding at December 31, 2006

  4,158  $9.87  

Granted

  1,028  $28.90  

Exercised

  (1,196) $5.63  

Canceled

  (203) $22.94  
       

Outstanding at December 31, 2007

  3,787  $15.67  7.2
         

Exercisable at December 31, 2007

  1,241  $9.45  5.8
         

Unvested at December 31, 2007

  2,546  $18.70  7.9
         

The weighted-average fair value of options granted during the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 was $11.04, $8.18 and $3.43, respectively. The total intrinsic value for options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 was $30.6 million, $21.2 million and $10.2 million, respectively.

Cash received from option exercises under all plans for years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 was approximately $6.7 million, $9.5 million and $3.9 million, respectively. No tax benefit was realized for the tax deductions from option exercises under all plans for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Additional information regarding options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2007 is as follows:

   Options Outstanding  Options Exercisable

Range

  Outstanding
(in thousands)
  Weighted Average
Contractual Life
(in years)
  Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
  Exercisable
(in thousands)
  Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
  Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
(in thousands)

$0.05 — $ 2.63

  193  4.6  $1.96  193  $1.96  

$3.29 — $ 9.69

  1,542  6.5  $6.82  674  $6.59  

$10.67 — $ 14.80

  90  6.0  $13.79  70  $13.50  

$15.25 — $ 24.75

  918  7.3  $18.74  258  $17.70  

$26.14 — $ 50.13

  1,044  6.3  $28.76  46  $30.66  
              
  3,787      1,241    $30,259
              

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The following table summarizes the activity of options outstanding that had not yet vested:

   Number
of Shares
  Weighted-
Average
Fair Value
Per Share
  Aggregrate
Intrinsic
Value
   (in thousands, except for per share amounts)

Unvested as of December 31, 2006

  2,889  $5.00  

Shares granted

  1,028  $11.04  

Vesting during period

  (1,168) $4.03  

Forfeited or cancelled

  (203) $8.89  
       

Unvested as of December 31, 2007

  2,546  $7.32  $38,536
       

As of December 31, 2007, there were options to purchase 2.5 million shares of SBA common stock that had not yet vested and were expected to vest in future periods at a weighted average exercise price of $18.70. The aggregate intrinsic value for stock options in the preceding tables represents the total intrinsic value, based on the Company’s closing stock price of $33.84 as of December 31, 2007. The amount represents the total intrinsic value that would have been received by the holders of the stock-based awards had these awards been exercised and sold as of that date.

As of December 31, 2007, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options outstanding under the Plans is as follows:$17.0 million. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.9 years.

The total fair value of shares vested during 2007, 2006, and 2005 was $4.7 million, $4.1 million, and $3.7 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. For the year ended December 31, 2007, approximately 39,700 shares of Class A common stock were issued under the Purchase Plan, which resulted in cash proceeds to the Company of $1.0 million compared to the year ended December 31, 2006 when approximately 46,700 shares of Class A common stock were issued under the Purchase Plan, which resulted in cash proceeds to the Company of $1.0 million. At December 31, 2007, approximately 588,000 shares remain available which can be issued under the Purchase Plan. In addition, the Company recorded $0.2 million of non-cash compensation expense relating to these shares for each of the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

   2005  2004  2003
   Shares  Price  Shares  Price  Shares  Price
   (shares in thousands)

Outstanding at beginning of year

  4,415  $7.04  3,788  $7.79  2,848  $11.37

Granted

  1,345  $8.91  1,390  $4.27  1,630  $2.20

Exercised/redeemed

  (978) $4.04  (173) $3.11  (34) $1.26

Forfeited/canceled

  (207) $7.29  (590) $6.81  (656) $9.78
               

Outstanding at end of year

  4,575  $8.22  4,415  $7.04  3,788  $7.79
               

Options exercisable at end of year

  1,516  $12.46  1,588  $11.56  1,235  $12.66

Option groups outstanding atNon-Cash Compensation Expense

The table below reflects a break out by category of the amounts recognized on the Company’s Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, for non-cash compensation expense (in thousands, except per share data):

   For the year ended
December 31,
 
   2007  2006 

Cost of revenues

  $286  $151 

Selling, general and administrative

   6,326   5,259 
         

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

   6,612   5,410 

Amount of income tax recognized in earnings

   —     —   
         

Amount charged against loss

  $6,612  $5,410 
         

Impact on net loss per common share:

   

Basic and diluted

  $(0.06) $(0.06)
         

In addition, the Company capitalized $1.2 million and $1.3 million relating to non-cash compensation for the years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively, to fixed and intangible assets.

Pro-Forma Non-Cash Compensation Expense

Prior to December 31, 2005, the Company accounted for non-cash compensation arrangements in accordance with the provisions and related weighted average exercise priceinterpretations of APB 25. Had compensation cost for share-based awards been determined consistent with SFAS No. 123R, the net income and remaining life, in years, is as follows:earnings per share would have been adjusted to the following pro forma amounts (in thousands, except for per share data):

 

Options Outstanding  Options Exercisable
Range  Outstanding
(in thousands)
  Weighted Average
Contractual Life
  Weighted Average
Exercise Price
  Exercisable
(in thousands)
  Weighted Average
Exercise Price
$0.05 - $  4.00  1,131  6.9  $2.32  388  $2.43
$4.15 - $  9.75  2,589  8.4  $6.90  420  $6.70
$10.17 - $14.80  349  6.7  $13.03  206  $12.63
$15.05 - $24.75  289  4.5  $17.22  285  $17.25
$26.63 - $50.13  217  5.0  $34.98  217  $34.98
            
  4,575    $8.22  1,516  $12.46
            
   For the year ended
December 31, 2005
 

Net loss, as reported

  $(94,709)

Non-cash compensation charges included in net loss

   462 

Incremental stock-based compensation (expense determined under the fair value based method for all awards, net of related tax effects)

   (4,247)
     

Pro forma net loss

  $(98,494)
     

Loss per share:

  

Basic and diluted - as reported

  $(1.28)
     

Basic and diluted - pro forma

  $(1.33)
     

 

16.RESTRUCTURINGASSET IMPAIRMENT AND OTHER (CREDITS) CHARGES

In responseDuring 2006, the Company reevaluated the remaining liability relating to capital market conditionsits restructuring program initiated in 2002. The Company determined that the liability was no longer needed as all office space included in the telecommunications industry in 2002 and 2003,restructuring liability is now being fully utilized by the Company implemented various restructuring plans discussed below.

2002 Plan

In February 2002, asin its operations. As a result, of the continued deterioration of capital market conditions for wireless carriers, the Company announced it was reducing its capital expendituresrecorded a credit of $0.4 million which is included in asset impairments and other (credits) charges on the Consolidated Statements of Operations for new tower development and acquisition activities, suspending any material new investment for additional towers, and reduced its workforce and closed or consolidated offices. In connection with this restructuring, a portion of the Company’s workforce was reduced and certain offices were closed, substantially all of which were primarily dedicated to new tower development activities in the site development segment. The accrual of approximately $0.5 million remaining at December 31, 2005 with respect to the 2002 plan, relates to remaining obligations through the year 2012 associated with offices exited or downsized as part of this plan.

The following summarizes the activity during the year ended December 31, 2005 related to the 2002 restructuring plan:2006.

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

   Accrual
as of
January 1, 2005
  Restructuring
Charges
  Payments  Accrual
as of
December 31, 2005
   (in thousands)

Employee separation and exit costs

  $733  $50  $(267) $516

2003 Plan

In 2003, in response to the continued deterioration in expenditures by wireless service providers, particularly with respect to site development activities, the Company committed to new plans of restructuring associated with further downsizing activities, including reduction in workforce and closing or consolidation of offices. As a result of the implementation of its plans, the Company recorded a restructuring charge of $2.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2003. Of the $2.1 million charge recorded during the year ended December 31, 2003, approximately $0.6 million related to the abandonment of new tower build work in process. The remaining $1.5 million related primarily to the costs of employee separation and exit costs associated with the closing or consolidation of approximately 12 offices. In connection with employee separation costs, the Company paid approximately $0.7 million in one-time termination benefits. Of the $2.1 million in expense recorded during the year ended December 31, 2003, $2.0 million pertains to the Company’s site development segment and $0.1 million pertains to the Company’s site leasing segment.

During the year ended December 31, 2004, restructuring charges of $0.04 million and non-cash adjustments reducing these charges of $0.04 million were recorded relating to the 2003 restructuring plan. As of December 31, 2004, there were no remaining liabilities relating to the 2003 restructuring plan.

Restructuring expense for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004, and 2003, which relate to the 2003 and 2002 restructuring plans consisted of the following:

   For the year ended
December 31,
   2005  2004  2003
   (in thousands)

Abandonment of new tower build and acquisition work-in-process and related construction materials

  $-  $(110) $617

Employee separation and exit costs

   50   360   1,477
            
  $50  $250  $2,094
            

17.ASSET IMPAIRMENT CHARGES

During 2005, the Company reevaluated its future cash flow expectations on one tower that hashad not achieved expected lease up results. The resulting change in fair value of this tower, as determined using a discounted cash flow analysis, resulted in an impairment charge of $0.2 million. By comparison, in 2004 the Company reevaluated its future cash flow expectations on ten towers and other related equipment that have not achieved expected lease up results. The change in fair value of these towers, as determined using a discounted cash flow analysis, resulted in an impairment charge of $2.6 million.

Additionally in 2004, the Company reevaluated its future cash flow expectations on three microwave networks utilized by its customers. One of these customers rejected their microwave backhaul agreements under the settlement plan approved as part of their bankruptcy. The other customer notified the Company in the fourth quarter of 2004 of their intention not to renew their agreement upon expiration. An analysis of these networks resulted in a remote possibility of other customers utilizing the network. As a result, the Company wrote down the value of the underlying equipment utilized in these networks and recorded a charge of $4.5 million. Furthermore,In addition, in the fourth quarter of 2005, the Company determined that the remaining microwave network equipment hasused in three microwave networks owned by the Company prior to 2006 had no residual value and recorded an additional charge of $0.2 million. These amounts are included in asset impairmentimpairments and other (credits) charges in the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the years ended December 31 2005 and 2004, respectively.

During the second quarter of 2004, the Company identified 14 towers previously classified as held for sale and included in discontinued operations and reclassified them into continuing operations as of June 30, 2004 in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”. As a result of this reclassification, the book value of the towers were recorded at the lower of (1) the carrying amount of the tower before it was classified as held for sale, net of any depreciation expense that would have been recognized had the asset never been classified as held for sale; or (2) the estimated fair value of the tower at the date of the subsequent decision not to sell. As a result of applying SFAS 144, the Company increased the book value of these towers by $0.3 million, and recorded this credit as a net reduction to asset impairment charges inon the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2004.2005.

17.ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS, NET

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net has no impact on the Company’s net loss but is reflected in the Consolidated Balance Sheets through adjustments to shareholders’ equity. Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net derives from the amortization of deferred gain/loss from settlement of derivative financial instruments relating to the CMBS Certificates issuance and the unfunded projected benefit obligation relating to the Company’s pension plan (see Note 22). The Company specifically identifies the amount of the amortization of deferred gain/loss from settlement of derivative financial instruments recognized in other comprehensive loss. A rollforward of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 is as follows:

   Deferred
Gain/(Loss)
from Settlement
of Swaps
  Change in
Unfunded
Projected
Benefit
Obligation
  Total 
      (in thousands)    

Balance, December 31, 2004

  $—    $—    $—   

Deferred gain from settlement of terminated swaps

   14,774   —     14,774 

Amortization of deferred gain from settlement of terminated swaps

   (314)  —     (314)
             

Balance, December 31, 2005

   14,460   —     14,460 

Deferred loss from settlement of terminated swaps

   (12,836)  —     (12,836)

Amortization of deferred gain/loss from settlement of terminated swaps, net

   (2,370)  —     (2,370)

Change in unfunded projected benefit obligation

   —     80   80 
             

Balance, December 31, 2006

   (746)  80   (666)

Amortization of deferred gain/loss from settlement of terminated swaps, net

   (565)  —     (565)

Change in unfunded projected benefit obligation

   —     (49)  (49)
             

Balance, December 31, 2007

  $(1,311) $31  $(1,280)
             

There is no net tax impact for the components of other comprehensive income (loss) due to the valuation allowance on the Company’s deferred tax assets.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

18.DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

During the second and fourthyear ended December 31, 2005, the Company sold six towers held for sale at December 31, 2004. These six towers were sold in the first two quarters of 2003,2005. Gross proceeds realized from the Company modified its future tower lease-up assumptions for certain tower assets that had not achieved expected lease-up results. The changes tosale of towers during the future cash flow expectations and the resulting change in the fair value of these towers, as determined using a discounted cash flow analysis,year ended December 31, 2005 was $0.2 million. This sale resulted in an impairment chargea gain of $7.9approximately $0.1 million. This gain was offset by a loss of $0.2 million duringfrom operating results of the second quarter of 2003 related to approximately 40 operating towers and an impairment charge of $4.6 million during the fourth quarter

of 2003 related to approximately 30 additional operating towers.Company’s discontinued Western site development services operations. These amounts are included in asset impairment charges inloss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes on the accompanying Consolidated StatementStatements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2003.2005.

In addition, no interest expense has been allocated to discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2005.

 

18.19.INCOME TAXES

The provision (benefit) for income taxes from continuing operations consists of the following components:

 

  For the year ended December 31,   For the year ended December 31, 
  2005 2004 2003   2007 2006 2005 
  (in thousands)     (in thousands)   

Current provision for taxes:

        

Federal income tax

  $—    $—    $125   $—    $—    $—   

State and local taxes

   2,104   710   1,604    667   470   2,104 
                    

Total current

   2,104   710   1,729    667   470   2,104 
                    

Deferred provision (benefit) for taxes:

        

Federal income tax

   (30,686)  (44,937)  (54,941)   (25,406)  (53,747)  (30,686)

State and local taxes

   (3,259)  (10,622)  (12,658)   (3,693)  (13,827)  (3,259)

Foreign tax

   (4)  —     —   

Increase in valuation allowance

   33,945   55,559   67,599    29,304   67,621   33,945 
                    

Total deferred

   —     —     —      201   47   —   
                    

Total

  $2,104  $710  $1,729   $868  $517  $2,104 
                    

A reconciliation of the provision (benefit) for income taxes from continuing operations at the statutory U.S. Federal tax rate (34%(35%) and the effective income tax rate is as follows:

 

  For the year ended December 31,   For the year ended December 31, 
  2005 2004 2003   2007 2006 2005 
  (in thousands)     (in thousands)   

Statutory Federal benefit

  $(31,466) $(48,726) $(59,031)  $(26,954) $(46,526) $(31,466)

Foreign tax

   (4)  —     —   

State and local taxes

   (762)  (6,542)  (7,171)   (1,966)  (13,827)  (762)

Federal rate differential

   —     (3,847)  —   

Other

   387   419   332    488   (2,904)  387 

Valuation allowance

   33,945   55,559   67,599    29,304   67,621   33,945 
                    
  $2,104  $710  $1,729   $868  $517  $2,104 
                    

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The components of the net deferred income tax asset (liability) accounts are as follows:

 

   As of December 31, 
   2005  2004 
   (in thousands) 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

  $370  $391 

Deferred revenue

   4,675   4,186 

Accrued liabilities

   3,661   2,971 

Valuation allowance

   (8,706)  (7,548)
         

Current net deferred taxes

  $—    $—   
         

Original issue discount

   13,476   10,717 

Net operating loss

   245,585   250,322 

Property, equipment & intangible basis differences

   (6,827)  (3,738)

Straight-line rents

   5,792   10,273 

Early extinguishment of debt

   5,249   —   

Other

   2,399   2,966 

Valuation allowance

   (265,674)  (270,540)
         

Non-current net deferred taxes

  $—    $—   
         

   As of December 31, 
   2007  2006 
   (in thousands) 

Current deferred tax assets:

   

Allowance for doubtful accounts

  $434  $477 

Deferred revenue

   15,856   10,602 

Accrued liabilities

   1,193   4,040 

Valuation allowance

   (17,483)  (15,119)
         

Total current deferred tax assets, net

  $—    $—   
         

Noncurrent deferred tax assets:

   

Net operating losses

   330,187   354,459 

Property, equipment & intangible basis differences

   24,891   17,082 

Accrued liabilities

   7,456   3,421 

Straight-line rents

   5,933   6,440 

Other

   376   371 
         

Total noncurrent deferred tax assets

   368,843   381,773 

Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities:

   

Property, equipment & intangible basis differences

   (293,803)  (282,377)

Early extinguishment of debt

   (497)  (284)

Valuation allowance

   (74,543)  (99,112)
         

Total noncurrent deferred tax assets, net

  $—    $—   
         

The Company has recorded a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets as management believes that it is not “more likely than not” that the Company will be able to generate sufficient taxable income in future periods to recognize the assets. The net change in the valuation allowance for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 2004was $(22.2) million, $(160.1) million, and 2003 was $(3.7) million, $57.9respectively. Approximately, $30.6 million of the valuation allowance may be utilized in future periods to reduce intangible assets recorded in connection with the acquisition of AAT. Additionally, at December 31, 2007 the Company has recorded a valuation allowance of approximately $0.3 million relating to tax credit carryovers that expire between 2025 and $68.6 million, respectively.2027.

The Company has available at December 31, 2005,2007, a net federal operating tax loss carry-forward of approximately $722.1 million.$909.9 million and an additional $74.2 million net operating loss carry forward from stock options which will benefit additional paid-in capital when the loss is utilized. These net operating tax loss carry-forwards will expire between 20202019 and 2025.2027. The Internal Revenue Code places limitations upon the future availability of net operating losses based upon changes in the equity of the Company. If these occur, the ability for the Company to offset future income with existing net operating losses may be limited. In addition the Company has available at December 31, 2005,2007, a net state operating tax loss carry-forward of approximately $486.2$583.1 million. These net operating tax loss carry-forwards will expire between 20062008 and 2025.2027.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

19.20.COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

 a.a.Operating Leases and Capital Leases

The Company is obligated under various non-cancelable operating leases for land, office space, vehicles and equipment and site leases that expire at various times through December 2104. 2106. In addition, the Company is obligated under various non-cancelable capital leases for vehicles that expire at various times through December 2011. The amounts applicable to capital leases for vehicles included in property and equipment, net was:

    For the year ended
December 31, 2007
 
   (in thousands) 

Vehicles

  $960 

Less: accumulated depreciation

   (113)
     

Vehicles, net

  $847 
     

The annual minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating and capital leases in effect as of December 31, 20052007 are as follows:follows (in thousands):

 

For the year ended
December 31,

  (in thousands)  Capital
Leases
 Operating
Leases

2006

  $28,281

2007

   27,443

2008

   28,197  $265  $46,745

2009

   27,827   253   46,316

2010

   27,487   239   45,833

2011

   90   45,121

2012

   —     43,338

Thereafter

   486,939   —     824,061
   ��      

Total

  $626,174

Total minimum lease payments

   847  $1,051,414
       

Less: amount representing interest

   (68) 
     

Present value of future payments

   779  

Less: current obligations

   (230) 
     

Long-term obligations

  $549  
     

Principally, all of the operating leases provide for renewal at varying escalations. Fixed rate escalations have been included in the table disclosed above.

Rent expense for operating leases was $32.6$57.9 million, $33.0$47.5 million and $34.5$32.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. These amounts exclude $0.05 million, $0.5 million and $0.7 million, respectively, which is included in restructuring and other charges. In addition, certain of the Company’s leases include contingent rent provisions which provide for the lessor to receive additional rent upon the attainment of certain tower operating results and/and or lease-up. Contingent rent expense for the yearyears ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 2004 and 2003 was $2.2$7.2 million, $2.0$5.3 million and $1.4$2.2 million, respectively.

 

 b.Tenant Leases

The annual minimum tower lease income to be received for tower space and antenna rental under non-cancelable operating leases in effect as of December 31, 20052007 are as follows:

 

For the year ended
December 31,

  (in thousands)  (in thousands)

2006

  $155,492

2007

   131,777

2008

   113,869  $326,829

2009

   88,538   292,690

2010

   44,548   233,685

2011

   153,639

2012

   87,390

Thereafter

   33,894   197,957
      

Total

  $568,118  $1,292,190
      

Principally, all of the leases provide for renewal, generally at the tenant’s option, at varying escalations. Fixed rate escalations have been included in the table disclosed above.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 c.Litigation

The Company is involved in various claims, lawsuits and proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. While there are uncertainties inherent in the ultimate outcome of such matters and it is impossible to presently determine the ultimate costs that may be incurred, management believes the resolution of such uncertainties and the incurrence of such costs will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

 

 d.Contingent Purchase Obligations

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. As of December 31, 2005,2007, the Company has an obligation to pay up to an additional $2.2$3.7 million in consideration if the targets contained in various acquisition agreements are met. These obligations are associated with acquisitionsnew build and tower acquisition programs within the Company’s site leasing segment. On certain acquisitions, at the Company’s option, additional consideration may be paid in cash or shares of Class A common stock. The Company records such obligations as additional consideration when it becomes probable that the targets will be met. For the yearyears ended December 31, 2005, 20042007 and 20032006 certain earnings targets associated with the acquired towers were achieved, and therefore, the Company paid in cash $0.2 million, $0.6$5.5 million and $1.1$2.1 million, respectively. In addition, for the year ended December 31, 2005,2006, the Company issued approximately 24,00013,000 shares of Class A common stock in settlement of contingent price amounts payable as a result of acquired towers exceeding certain performance targets. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company did not issue shares of Class A Common stock in settlement of contingent price amounts as a result of acquired towers exceeding certain performance targets.

 

20.21.DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

The Company has a defined contribution profit sharing plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code that provides for voluntary employee contributions of 1%up to 14%$15,000 of compensation. Employees have the opportunity to participate following completion of three months of employment and must be 21 years of age. Employer matching begins after completion of one year of service.immediately upon the employee’s participation in the plan. For the years ended December 31, 2005, 20042007, 2006 and 2003,2005, the Company made a discretionary matching contribution of 50% of an employee’s contributions up to a maximum of $3,000. Company matching contributions were approximately $0.5$0.7 million, $0.5 million and $0.4$0.5 million for years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

22.PENSION PLANS

The Company has a defined benefit pension plan (the “Pension Plan”) for all employees of AAT Communications hired on or before January 1, 1996. AAT ceased all benefit accruals for active participants on December 31, 1996. The Pension Plan was included in the acquisition of AAT Communications by the Company. The Pension Plan provides for defined benefits based on the number of years of service and average salary.

In December 2006, the Company adopted the recognition and disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 158, which required the Company to recognize assets for all of its overfunded postretirement benefit plans and liabilities for its underfunded plans at December 31, 2006, with a corresponding noncash adjustment to accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, in shareholders’ equity. The funded status is measured as the difference between the fair value of the plan’s assets and the projected benefit obligation (PBO) of the plan. The adjustment to shareholders’ equity represents the net unrecognized actuarial losses and prior service costs in accordance with SFAS No. 87.

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The unrecognized amounts recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net will be subsequently recognized as net periodic pension cost. Actuarial gains and losses that arise in future periods and are not recognized as net periodic pension cost in those periods will be recognized as increases or decreases in other comprehensive income, net of tax, in the period they arise. Actuarial gains and losses recognized in other comprehensive income are adjusted as they are subsequently recognized as a component of net periodic pension cost.

The incremental impact of adopting the provisions of SFAS No. 158 on the Company’s balance sheet at December 31, 2006 was to record $0.1 million of additional liability which is recorded in other long-term liabilities and in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet. The adoption of FAS 158 had no effect on the Company’s Statements of Operations or Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2005, 20042007, 2006, and 2003,2005. None of this amount is expected to be reclassified into the Consolidated Statements of Operations from accumulated other comprehensive loss, net during 2008.

The following table includes the components of pension costs, the fair value of plan assets, and the funded status of the Pension Plan for the year ended December 31, 2007 and the period of April 27 through December 31, 2006:

   As of December 31, 
   2007  2006 
   (in thousands) 

Change in benefit obligation

   

Obligation at beginning of year

  $1,748  $1,849 

Interest Cost

   100   66 

Actuarial gain (loss)

   142   (57)

Benefit payments

   (107)  (110)
         

Obligation at end of year

  $1,883  $1,748 
         

Change in fair value of plan assets

   

Fair value of plan assets at April 27, 2006

  $1,636  $1,532 

Actual return on plan assets

   192   84 

Employer contributions

   142   130 

Benefits payments and plan expenses

   (107)  (110)
         

Fair value of plan assets at end of year

  $1,863  $1,636 
         

The accumulated benefit obligation for the Pension Plan for the years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 was approximately $1.9 million and $1.8 million, respectively.

Information for the benefit obligations relative to the fair value of the Pension Plan’s assets is as follows as of December 31, 2007 (in thousands):

Projected benefit obligation

  $1,883 
     

Accumulated benefit obligation

  $1,883 
     

Fair value of plan assets

  $1,863 
     

Assumptions used to determined benefit obligations:

  

Discount rate

   5.25%

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The following table summarizes the components of net period pension costs (in thousands):

   As of
December 31,
 
   2007  2006 
   (in thousands) 

Interest cost

  $(100) $(66)

Expected return on plan assets

   98   62 

Amortization of actuarial net loss

   —     —   
         

Net periodic pension cost

  $(2) $(4)
         

Assumptions used for net benefit cost:

   

Discount rate

    5.25%

Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets

    6.00%

Benefits paid by the Pension Plan were approximately $0.1 million for the each year ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006. The Company expects to contribute $0.1 million to the Pension Plan in fiscal year 2008. The Pension Plan’s assets were invested in approximately 38% equity securities, 31% fixed income securities, and 31% in other securities at December 31, 2007.

Investment policies and strategies governing the assets of the plans are designed to achieve investment objectives within prudent risk parameters. Risk management practices include the use of external investment managers and the maintenance of a portfolio diversified by asset class, investment approach and security holdings, and the maintenance of sufficient liquidity to meet benefit obligations as they come due.

The overall expected long-term rate of return on assets has been derived from the return assumptions for each of the investment sectors, applied to investments held at the acquisition date.

The following table summarizes the future expected pension benefits to be paid (in thousands):

For the year ended December 31,

   

2008

  $1,900

2009

   —  

2010

   —  

2011

   —  

2012

   —  

      Thereafter

   —  
    

Total

  $1,900
    

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

21.23.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. They are managed separately based on the fundamental differences in their operations. 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 continues to operate are presented below:

 

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

For the year ended December 31, 2007

        

Revenues

  $321,818  $24,349  $62,034  $—    $408,201

Cost of revenues

  $88,006  $19,295  $56,052  $—    $163,353

Operating income (loss)

  $39,878  $2,468  $(906) $(11,393) $30,047

Capital expenditures(2)

  $384,430  $138  $408  $682  $385,658

For the year ended December 31, 2006

        

Revenues

  $256,170  $16,660  $78,272  $—    $351,102

Cost of revenues

  $70,663  $14,082  $71,841  $—    $156,586

Operating income (loss)

  $30,037  $1,306  $7  $(11,842) $19,508

Capital expenditures(2)

  $1,187,903  $216  $1,233  $1,004  $1,190,356
  (in thousands) 

For the year ended

December 31, 2005

                    

Revenues

  $161,277  $13,549  $85,165  $—    $259,991   $161,277  $13,549  $85,165  $—    $259,991

Cost of revenues

  $47,259  $12,004  $80,689  $—    $139,952   $47,259  $12,004  $80,689  $—    $139,952

Operating income (loss) from continuing operations

  $14,349  $544  $(2,360) $(8,338) $4,195 

Capital expenditures(2)

  $100,879  $57  $361  $804  $102,101 

For the year ended

December 31, 2004

            

Revenues

  $144,004  $14,456  $73,022  $—    $231,482 

Cost of revenues

  $47,283  $12,768  $68,630  $—    $128,681 

Operating (loss) income from continuing operations

  $(11,706) $431  $(3,127) $(9,479) $(23,881)

Capital expenditures(2)

  $7,706  $63  $317  $919  $9,005 

For the year ended

December 31, 2003

            

Revenues

  $127,852  $12,337  $51,920  $—    $192,109 

Cost of revenues

  $47,793  $11,350  $47,333  $—    $106,476 

Operating loss from continuing operations

  $(39,395) $(668) $(4,976) $(8,786) $(53,825)

Operating income (loss)

  $14,349  $544  $(2,360) $(8,338) $4,195

Capital expenditures(2)

  $15,105  $124  $2,458  $575  $18,262   $100,879  $57  $361  $804  $102,101

Assets

                    

As of December 31, 2005

  $834,923  $4,005  $51,381  $62,227  $952,536 

As of December 31, 2004(3)

  $784,571  $4,183  $42,170  $86,320  $917,244 

As of December 31, 2007

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

As of December 31, 2006

  $1,952,126  $4,723  $42,476  $46,967  $2,046,292

 

(1)

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

(2)

Includes acquisitions and related earn-outsearn-outs.

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

(3)Amounts in 2004 have been reclassified to conform to 2005 presentation.

22.24.QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (unaudited)

 

   Quarter Ended 
   December 31,
2005
  September 30,
2005
  June 30,
2005
  March 31,
2005
 
   (in thousands, except per share amounts) 

Revenues

  $72,418  $66,021  $63,248  $58,304 

Operating income (loss) from continuing operations

   3,885   2,603   (229)  (2,064)

Depreciation, accretion, and amortization

   (22,258)  (21,673)  (21,644)  (21,643)

Asset impairment charges

   (160)  16   (40)  (214)

Loss from writeoff of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt

   (19,541)  —     (8,244)  (1,486)

Loss from continuing operations

   (32,282)  (14,447)  (26,376)  (21,543)

(Loss) gain from discontinued operations

   (15)  3   121   (170)

Net loss

  $(32,297) $(14,444) $(26,255) $(21,713)

Per common share - basic and diluted:

     

Loss from continuing operations

  $(0.38) $(0.19) $(0.38) $(0.33)

Loss from discontinued operations

   —     —     —     —   
                 

Net loss per share

  $(0.38) $(0.19) $(0.38) $(0.33)
                 
   Quarter Ended 
   December 31,
2004
  September 30,
2004
  June 30,
2004
  March 31,
2004
 
   (in thousands, except per share amounts) 

Revenues

  $65,533  $58,743  $56,347  $50,859 

Operating loss from continuing operations

   (6,937)  (3,403)  (6,210)  (7,331)

Depreciation, accretion, and amortization

   (22,351)  (22,641)  (22,646)  (22,815)

Asset impairment charges

   (5,472)  (88)  (1,515)  (17)

Loss from writeoff of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt

   (16,433)  (2,093)  (454)  (22,217)

Loss from continuing operations

   (41,516)  (24,830)  (26,177)  (51,500)

Loss from discontinued operations

   (320)  (2,542)  (470)  75 

Net loss

  $(41,836) $(27,372) $(26,647) $(51,425)

Per common share - basic and diluted:

     

Loss from continuing operations

  $(0.65) $(0.43) $(0.46) $(0.92)

Loss from discontinued operations

   (0.01)  (0.04)  (0.01)  —   
                 

Net loss per share

  $(0.66) $(0.47) $(0.47) $(0.92)
                 
   Quarter Ended 
   December 31,
2007
  September 30,
2007
  June 30,
2007
  March 31,
2007
 
   (in thousands, except per share amounts) 

Revenues

  $108,903  $103,201  $100,289  $95,808 

Operating income

   9,700   5,311   7,811   7,225 

Depreciation, accretion, and amortization

   (44,340)  (42,949)  (41,650)  (40,293)

Loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt

   —     —     (431)  —   

Net loss

  $(28,879) $(17,534) $(15,072) $(16,394)
                 

Per common share—basic and diluted:

     

Net loss per share

  $(0.27) $(0.17) $(0.15) $(0.16)
                 

   Quarter Ended 
   December 31,
2006
  September 30,
2006
  June 30,
2006
  March 31,
2006
 
   (in thousands, except per share amounts) 

Revenues

  $96,750  $98,172  $87,376  $68,804 

Operating income

   6,054   6,316   2,820   4,318 

Depreciation, accretion and amortization

   (39,893)  (39,015)  (32,885)  (21,295)

Loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt

   (3,361)  (34)  (53,838)  —   

Net loss

  $(24,265) $(24,340) $(75,638) $(9,205)
                 

Per common share - basic and diluted:

     

Net loss per share

  $(0.23) $(0.24) $(0.77) $(0.11)
                 

Because loss per share amounts are calculated using the weighted average number of common and dilutive common shares outstanding during each quarter, the sum of the per share amounts for the four quarters may not equal the total loss per share amounts for the year.

 

23.25.SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Subsequent to December 31, 2005,2007, the Company closed on the acquisition of 66acquired 47 towers for an aggregate purchase price of $18.9$19.1 million, all of which was paid in cash.

On February 22, 2006,January 18, 2008, Senior Finance obtained a $285.0 million, three-year senior secured revolving credit facility. 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, based on consolidated total debt to annualized SBA Senior Finance II entered into three forward-starting interest rate swap agreements, at an aggregate notional principal amountEBITDA ratio (excluding the impact from the borrowers under the mortgage loan underlying the CMBS Certificates). Amounts borrowed under this facility will be secured by a first lien on substantially all of $200 million, to hedgeSBA Communications’, Telecommunications’ and Senior Finance’s assets not previously pledged under the variability of future interest rates in anticipationCMBS Certificates and substantially all of the issuance of debt, which is expected to be issued on or before December 21, 2007subsidiary guarantors’ assets and are guaranteed by an affiliate of SBA Communications, Corporation. UnderTelecommunications and the

swap agreements, subsidiary guarantors. Subject to compliance with certain covenants, the facility does not restrict (1) the payment by Senior Finance II has agreed to pay a fixed monthly interest rate of 5.024% on a total notional amount of $200 million, beginning on or before December 21, 2007 through December 21, 2012, in exchange for receiving floating payments based on three-month LIBOR on the same notional amount for the same five-year period. The swap agreements will be settled in cash, in accordance with their terms, on or before December 21, 2007. At the inception date of the swaps, the Company of funds generated from operations, (2) the use of those funds by the Company and (3) the incurrence of additional indebtedness by the Company. As of February 22, 2008, availability under the credit facility was approximately $183.0 million of which $20 million has determined the swaps to be an effective cash flow hedge.been drawn and is outstanding.

 

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