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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K
   
ý ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 20152018
Or
o 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: 000-50796

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SP PLUS CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
 
16-1171179
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
200 E. Randolph Street, Suite 7700
Chicago, Illinois 60601-7702
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
(312) 274-2000
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.001 PER SHARE
(Title of Each Class)
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
(Name of Each Exchange on which Registered)
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As of June 30, 2015,29, 2018, the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common stock held by nonaffiliates of the registrant was approximately $578.5$834.3 million. Solely for purposes of this disclosure, shares of common stock held by executive officers and directors of the registrant as of such date have been excluded because such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of executive officers and directors as affiliates is not necessarily a conclusive determination for any other purposes.
As of February 29, 2016,26, 2019, there were 22,328,57822,783,976 shares of common stock of the registrant outstanding.

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Forward-Looking Statements
The Business section and other parts of this Annual Report on Form 10-K ("Form 10-K") contain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that involve risks and uncertainties. Many of the forward-looking statements are located in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations." Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Forward-looking statements can also be identified by words such as "future," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "will," "would," "could," "can," "may," and similar terms. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and the Company's actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in Part I, Item 1A1A. of this Form 10-K under the heading "Risk Factors," which are incorporated herein by reference. Each of the terms the "Company" and "SP Plus" as used herein refers collectively to SP Plus Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries, unless otherwise stated. The Company assumes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements for any reason, except as required by law.

PART I
Item 1.    Business
Our Company
We are one of the leading providers of parking management, ground transportation services, baggage services and other ancillary services to commercial, hospitality, institutional, municipal and municipalgovernmental, and aviation clients inacross the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico and Canada. OurRico. These services include a comprehensive set of on-site parking management, andvalet parking, ground transportation services, which include facility maintenance, event logistics, baggage handling services, training, schedulingremote airline check-in services, security services, municipal meter revenue collection and supervising allenforcement services, and consulting services. We schedule and supervise service personnel as well as providingprovide customer service, marketing, and accounting and revenue control functions necessary to facilitate the operation of our clients' facilities or events. We also provide a range of ancillary services such as airport and municipal shuttle operations, valet services, taxi and livery dispatch services and municipal meter revenue collection and enforcement services.
Acquisitions, Investment in Joint Venture and Sale of Business
In October 2012,On November 30, 2018, we completed our acquisition (the "Central Merger") of Central Parking Corporation ("Central") for 6,161,332acquired the outstanding shares of our common stockBaggage Airline Guest Services, Inc. and the assumptionHome Serv Delivery, LLC, and their subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, "Bags"), for an all-cash purchase price of $217.7$277.9 million, net of Central's debt, net$5.9 million of cash acquired. Additionally, Central's former stockholders will be entitledBags is a leading provider of baggage services, remote airline check-in, and other related services, primarily to receive $27.0airline, airport and hospitality clients. Bags provides these services by combining exceptional customer service with innovative technologies. Based in Orlando, Florida, Bags operates in over 250 cities in North America with approximately 3,000 employees. Its clients include major airlines, airports, sea ports, cruise lines, and leading hotels and resorts. Bags handles more than 5 million to be paid three years after closing, to the extent the $27.0 million is not used to satisfy seller indemnity obligations pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated February 28, 2012. Our consolidated results of operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 include Central's results of operations for the entire year.checked bags annually.
In October 2014, we entered into an agreement to establish a joint venture with Parkmobile USA, Inc. ("Parkmobile USA") and, pursuant to which we contributed all of the assets and liabilities of our proprietary Click and Park® parking prepayment business in exchange for a 30 percent30% interest in the newly formed legal entity called Parkmobile, LLC ("Parkmobile"). Parkmobile is a leading provider of on-demand and prepaid transaction processing for on- and off-street parking and ground transportation services. The Parkmobile joint venture combinescombined two parking transaction engines, withengines: SP Plus contributing thecontributed its Click and Park® parking prepayment systems, which enables consumers to reserve and pay for parking online in advance and Parkmobile USA contributingcontributed its on demand transaction engine that allows consumers to transact real-time payment for parking privileges in both on- and off-street environments. We accounthistorically accounted for our investment in the Parkmobile joint venture with Parkmobile under the equity method of accounting. On January 3, 2018, we closed a transaction to sell our entire 30% Parkmobile interest to Parkmobile USA, Inc. for a gross sale price of $19.0 million. As a result of this sale, in the first quarter of 2018 we recognized a pre-tax gain of $10.1 million, net of closing costs, which is included in Equity in (earnings) losses from investment in unconsolidated entity within the Consolidated Statements of Income for the year ended December 31, 2018.
In August 2015, we signed an agreement to sell and subsequently sold portions of our security business primarily operating in the Southern California market to a third-party for a gross sales price of $1.8 million, which resulted in a gain on sale of business of $0.5 million, net of legal and other expenses. The pretaxpre-tax profit for the operations of saidthe security business was not significant to the periods representedpresented herein. The Company received $0.6 million for the final earn-out consideration from the buyer during the second quarter of 2017, for which we recognized an additional gain of $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017.
Our Operations
Our history and resulting experience havehas allowed us to develop and standardize a rigorous system of processes and controls that enable us to deliver consistent, transparent, value-added and high-quality parking facility management, ground transportation services, baggage services and other ancillary services. We serve a variety of industries and have end-marketindustry vertical specific specialization in airports, healthcare facilities, hotels, municipalities and government facilities, commercial real estate, residential communities, hotels and resorts, airports, airlines, cruise lines, healthcare facilities, municipalities and government facilities, retail operations, large event venues, and colleges and universities.

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We operate our clients' facilities throughunder two primary types of arrangements: management type contracts and leases.lease type contracts.
Under a management type contract, we typically receive a basefixed and/or variable monthly fee for managing the facility,providing our services, and we may also receive an incentive fee based on the achievement of facilitycertain performance objectives. We also receive fees for ancillary services. Typically, all of the underlying revenue and expenses under a standard management type contract flow through to our client rather than to us.

Under a lease type contract, we generally pay to the property ownerclient either a fixed annual rent, a percentage of gross customer collections, or a combination of both. Under a lease type contract, we collect all revenue and are responsible for most operating expenses, but typically we are not responsible for major maintenance, capital expenditures or real estate taxes.
As of December 31, 2015, we operated approximately 82% of our locations under management contracts, and approximately 18% of our locations under leases. We held a partial ownership interest in three parking facilities (two leased and one managed) as of December 31, 2015 and 2014.
Our revenue is derived from a broad and diverse group of clients, industry end-marketsvertical markets and geographies. Our clients include some of North America's largest private and public owners, municipalities and governments, managers and developers of major office buildings, residential properties, commercial properties, shopping centers and other retail properties, healthcare facilities and medical centers, sports and special event complexes, hotels and hospitalsresorts, airlines and medical centers.cruise lines. No single client accounted for more than 8%4% of our revenue, net of reimbursed management type contract revenue, or more than 3%4% of our gross profit for the year ended December 31, 2015.2018. Additionally, we have built a diverse geographic footprint that as of December 31, 20152018 included operations in 4445 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and municipalities, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Washington D.C. and Houston, among others, and three Canadian provinces. Our strategy is focused on building scale and leadership positions in large, strategic markets in order to leverage the advantages of scale across a larger number of parking locationsclients in a single market.
While a large shareshares of our operating arrangements are fixed-fee management type contracts, we continue to grow our lease type contracts and management type contract businesses. Generally, management type contracts provide us with insulation from economic cycles and enhance our earnings visibility because our management type contract revenue generally does not fluctuate materially in relation to variations in parking volumes;customer volume; our lease type contracts may experience greater variability, as revenues typically increase in periods of improving macroeconomic conditions through increased parkingcustomer volumes and typically decrease during periods of deteriorating macroeconomic conditions through reduced parkingcustomer volumes.
We are a leader in the field of introducing automation and technology as part of our parking facility and transportation operations, having been a leader in the use of mobile payment technology, mobile parking apps that show parking options and shuttle bus locations for customers, implementation of remote parking management operations and the use of License Plate Recognition (LPR) system for parking enforcement operations. We continue to utilize and provide the Click and Park® and Click and Ride® technology to our customers through our joint venture with Parkmobile, which is a leading provider of on-demand and prepaid transaction processing for on- and off-street parking and transportation services.
Our ability to innovate operations by integrating and incorporating appropriate technologies into our service lines allows us to further strengthen our relationships with clients, improve cost efficiency, enhance customer service and introduce new customer facing services. This continuous commitment to using automation and technology to innovate within operations is demonstrated through our continued use of the Click and Park® and Click and Ride® technology, as a customer offering through our joint venture partner Parkmobile, and our development of new online parking programs and electronic shuttle pass systems that support large entertainment and sporting venues, various sized urban garages, office buildings and public transportation hubs. We also innovate through application of our in-house interactive marketing expertise and digital advertising to increase parking demand, development of electronic payment tools to increase customer convenience and streamline revenue processes, use of advanced video and intercom services to enhance customer service to parking patrons 24-hours-a-day, the creation of our remote management services technology and operating center that enables us to remotely monitor facilities and parking operations, the use of our LPR system and video analytics for car counting, on-street enforcement and enhanced security and our proprietary MPM Plus® monthly parker management and billing system provides comprehensive and reliable billing of the parking-related provisions of multi-year commercial tenant leases.
As of December 31, 2015, we managed approximately 3,900 parking facility locations containing approximately 2.0 million parking spaces in approximately 346 cities, operated 77 parking-related service centers serving 71 airports, operated a fleet of approximately 800 shuttle buses carrying approximately 40.2 million passengers per year, operated 390 valet locations and employed a professional staff of approximately 22,000 people.
Services
As a professional parking management company,service provider, we provide a comprehensive, turn-key package of parking servicesservice offering packages to our clients. Under a typical management type contract structure, we are responsible for providing and supervising all personnel necessary to facilitate daily parking operations, includingwhich may include cashiers, porters, baggage handlers, valet attendants, managers, bookkeepers, and a variety of ground transportation services, maintenance, marketing, customer service, and accounting and revenue control functions.

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Ancillary Services
Beyond the conventional parking facility management services described above, we also offer an expanded range of ground transportation services, baggage delivery and other ancillary services. For example:example, we provide:
We provide shuttle bus vehicles and the drivers to operate for example; throughthem serving locations such as on-airport car rental operations as well asand private off-airport parking locations.locations;
We provide ground transportation services, such as taxi and livery dispatch services, as well as concierge-type ground transportation information and support services for arriving passengers with transportation network companies;
We provide baggage services, including delivery of delayed luggage and baggage handling services;
remote airline check-in services;
wheelchair assist services to airports and airline passengers;
baggage repair and replacement services;
on-street parking meter collection and other forms of parking enforcement services.services;
We provide valet services, including vehicle staging, doorman/bellman services and valet tracking systems with text-for-car capabilities;
remote parking management services using technology that enables us to monitor a parking operationoperations from a remote, off-site location and provide 24-hour-a-day customer assistance (including remedying equipment malfunctions).;
innovative and environmentally compliant facility maintenance services, including power sweeping and washing, painting and general repairs, as well as cleaning and seasonal services;
comprehensive security services including the training and hiring of security officers and patrol, as well as customized services and technology that are efficient and appropriate for the property involved; and
multi-platform marketing services including SP+ branded websites which offer clients a unique platform for marketing their facilities, mobile apps, search marketing, email marketing and social media campaigns.

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Industry Overview
Overview
The parking industry ismanagement, ground transportation services and baggage service industries are large and fragmented and includes companies that provide temporary parking spaces for vehicles on an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly basis along with providing various ancillary services.fragmented. A substantial number of companies in the industrythese industries offer parking management services, ground transportation services and baggage services as a non-core operation in connection with property management or ownership,operations, and the vast majority of companies in the industrythese industries are large national competitors or small, private and operate ain limited number of parking facilities. Accordingly, the industry remains highly fragmentedmarkets and dynamic.geographies. Additionally, technological advancements are having an impact on both consumer behavior and information technology in these industries. From time to time, smaller operators find they lack the financial resources, economies of scale and/or management techniques required to compete for the business of increasingly sophisticated clients or family owners face difficult generational transfers.and the increasing demands of clients. We expect this trend to continue and will provide larger parking managementprofessional service companies with greater opportunities to expand their businesses and acquire smaller operators. We also expect that small new operators will continue to enter the businessmarket as they have forin the past several decades.past.
Industry Operating Arrangements
Parking facilitiesProfessional service businesses operate primarily under threetwo general types of arrangements:
management contract;
lease;type contracts; and
ownership.lease type contracts.
The general terms and benefits of these threetwo types of arrangements are as follows:
Management Type Contract
Under a management type contract, the facilityprofessional service operator generally receives a basefixed and/or variable monthly fee for managing the facilityproviding services and may receive an incentive fee based on the achievement of facilitycertain performance objectives. FacilityProfessional service operators also generally charge fees for various ancillary services such as accounting support services, equipment leasing and consulting. Primary responsibilities under a management type contract include hiring, training and staffing parking personnel, and providing revenue collection, accounting, record-keeping, insurance and facility marketing services. The facility ownerclient is usually is responsible for operating expenses associated with the facility's operation,client's operations, such as taxes, license and permit fees, insurance costs, payroll and accounts receivable processing and wages of personnel assigned to the facility,operation, although some management type contracts, typically referred to as "reverse" management type contracts, require the facilityprofessional service operator to pay certain of these cost categories but provide for payment to the operator of a larger management fee. Under a management type contract, the facility ownerclient usually is responsible for non-routine maintenance and repairs and capital improvements of the operation facility or location, such as structural and significant mechanical repairs. Management type contracts are typically for a term of one to three years (although the contracts may often be terminated, without cause, on 30-days' notice or less) and may contain renewal clauses.
Lease Type Contract
Under a lease type contract, the parking facilityservices operator generally pays to the client or property owner either a fixed base rent or fee, percentage rent that is tied to the facility's financial performance of the operation, or a combination of both. The parking facilityprofessional services operator collects all revenue and is responsible for most operating expenses, but typically is not responsible for major maintenance, capital expenditures or real estate taxes. In contrast to management type contracts, leaseslease type contracts typically are forhave longer terms of three to ten years, and often contain a renewal term and provide for a fixed payment to the facility ownerclient regardless of the facility's operating earnings. However, manyMany of these leaseslease type contracts may be canceled by the client for various reasons, including development of the real estate for other uses, and other leases may be canceled by the client on as little as 30 days' notice without cause. Leased facilitiesLease type contracts generally require larger capital investment by the parking facilityservices operator than do managed facilitiesmanagement type contracts and therefore tend to have longer contract periods.
General Business Trends
We believe that our clients recognize the potential for parking services, parking management, ground transportation services, baggage services and other ancillary services to be a profit generator and/or a service differentiator to their respective customers. By outsourcing these services, they are able to capture additional profit and enhance the customer experience by leveraging the unique operational skills and controls that an experienced services company can offer. Our ability to consistently deliver a uniformly high level of services to our clients, including the use of various technological enhancements, allows us to maximize the profit and enhance the customer experience for our clients, thereby improving our ability to win contracts and retain existing clients.

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Ownership
Ownership of parking facilities, either independently or through joint ventures entails greater potential risks and rewards than either managed or leased facilities. All owned facility revenue flows directly to the owner, and the owner has the potential to realize benefits of appreciation in the value of the underlying real estate. Ownership of parking facilities usually requires large capital investments, and the owner is responsible for all obligations related to the property, including all structural, mechanical and electrical maintenance and repairs and property taxes.
Industry Growth Dynamics
A number of industry trends should facilitate growth for larger outsourced commercial parking facility management providers, including the following:
Opportunities From Large Property Managers, Owners and Developers.    As a result of past industry consolidation, there is a significant number of national property managers, owners and developers that own or manage multiple locations. Sophisticated property owners consider parking a profit center that experienced parking facility management companies can maximize. This dynamic favors larger parking facility operators that can provide specialized, value-added professional services with nationwide coverage.
Outsourcing of Parking Management and Related Services.    Growth in the parking management industry has resulted from a trend by parking facility owners to outsource the management of their parking and related operations to independent operators. We believe that entities such as large property managers, owners and developers, as well as cities, municipal authorities, hospitals and universities, in an effort to focus on their core competencies, reduce operating budgets and increase efficiency and profitability, will continue and perhaps increase the practice of retaining parking management companies to operate facilities and provide related services, including shuttle bus operations, municipal meter collection and valet parking.
Vendor Consolidation.    Based on interactions with our clients, we believe that many parking facility owners and managers are evaluating the benefits of reducing the number of parking facility management relationships they maintain. We believe this is a function of the desire to reduce costs associated with interacting with a large number of third-party suppliers coupled with the desire to foster closer inter-company relationships. By limiting the number of outsourcing vendors, companies will benefit from suppliers who will invest the time and effort to understand every facet of the client's business and industry and who can effectively manage and handle all aspects of their daily requirements. We believe a trend towards vendor consolidation can benefit a company like ours, given our national footprint and scale, extensive experience, broad process capabilities and a demonstrated ability to create value for our clients.
Industry Consolidation.    The parking management industry is highly fragmented, with hundreds of small regional or local operators. We believe national parking facility operators have a competitive advantage over local and regional operators by reason of their:
broad product and service offerings;
deeper and more experienced management;
efficient cost structure due to economies of scale; and
financial resources to invest in infrastructure and information systems.
General Business Trends
We believe that sophisticated commercial real estate developers and property managers and owners recognize the potential for parking and related services to be a profit generator rather than a cost center. Often, the parking experience makes both the first and the last impressions on their properties' tenants and visitors. By outsourcing these services, they are able to capture additional profit by leveraging the unique operational skills and controls that an experienced parking management company can offer. Our ability to consistently deliver a uniformly high level of parking and related services and maximize the profit to our clients improves our ability to win contracts and retain existing locations.
Our Competitive Strengths
We believe we have the following key competitive strengths:
A Leading Market Position with a Unique Value Proposition.    We are one of the leading providers of parking management, ground transportation and other ancillary services, to commercial, institutional, and municipal clients in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. We market and offer many of our services under our SP+ brand, which reflects our ability to provide customized solutions and meet the varied demands of our diverse client base and their wide array of property types. We can augment our parking services by providing our clients with related services through our SP+ Facility Maintenance, SP+ Transportation, SP+ Event Logistics and, in certain sections of the country and Canada, SP+ Security service lines, thus enabling our clients to efficiently address various needs through a single vendor relationship. We believe our ability to offer a comprehensive range of services on a national basis is a significant competitive advantage and allows our clients to attract, service and retain customers, gain access to the breadth and depth of our service and process expertise, leverage our significant technology capabilities and enhance their parking facility revenue, profitability and cash flow.

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A Leading Market Position with a Unique Value Proposition.   We are one of the leading providers of parking management, ground transportation services, baggage services and other ancillary services to commercial, hospitality, institutional, municipal and government, airports, airlines and cruise line clients across North America. These services include on-site parking management, valet parking, ground transportation services, facility maintenance, event logistics, baggage related services, remote airline check-in services, security services, municipal meter revenue collection and enforcement services, and consulting services. We market and offer many of our services under our SP+ and Bags® brands, which reflect our ability to provide customized solutions and meet the varied demands of our diverse client base. We can augment our parking services by providing our clients with related services through our SP+ Parking, SP+ Facility Maintenance, SP+ GAMEDAY, SP+ Transportation, SP+ Event Logistics, Bags® and, in certain sections of the United States and Canada, SP+ Security service lines, thus enabling our clients to efficiently address various needs through a single vendor relationship. We believe our ability to offer a comprehensive range of services on a national basis is a significant competitive advantage and allows our clients to attract, service and retain customers, gain access to the breadth and depth of our service and process expertise, leverage our significant technology capabilities and enhance their financial operations and customer experience.


Our Scale and Diversification.  Expanding our client base, industry end-marketsvertical markets and geographic locations has enabled us to significantly enhance our operating efficiency over the past several years by standardizing processes and managing overhead.
Client Base.  Our clients include some of the nation's largest private The ability to use our scale and public owners, municipalities, managerspurchasing power with vendors drives cost savings and developers of major office buildings, residential properties, commercial properties, shopping centers and other retail properties, sports and special event complexes, hotels, and hospitals and medical centers.benefits to our client base.
Client Base.  Our clients include some of North America's largest private and public owners, municipalities, managers and developers of major office buildings, residential properties, commercial properties, shopping centers and other retail properties, sports and special event complexes, hotels and resorts, healthcare facilities and medical centers, airports, airlines and cruise lines.
Industry Vertical Markets.  We believe that our industry vertical market diversification, such as commercial real estate, residential communities, hotels and resorts, airports, airlines, cruise lines, healthcare facilities and medical centers, seaports, municipalities and government facilities, commercial real estate, residential communities, retail operations, large event venues, and colleges and universities, allows us to minimize our exposure to industry-specific seasonality and volatility. We believe that the breadth of end-markets we serve and the depths and diversity of services we offer to those end-markets provide us with a broader base of clients that we can target.
Geographic Locations.  We have a diverse geographic footprint that includes operations in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and three Canadian provinces as of December 31, 2018.
Industry End-Markets.  We believe that our industry end-market diversification, such as colleges and universities, hospitals and medical centers, municipalities and event services, allows us to minimize our exposure to industry-specific seasonality and volatility. We believe that the breadth of end-markets we serve and the depth of services we offer to those end-markets provide us with a broader base of customers that we can target.
Geographic Locations.  We have a diverse geographic footprint that includes operations in 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and three Canadian provinces as of December 31, 2015.
Stable Client Relationships.    We have a track record of providing our clients and parking customers with a consistent, value-added and high quality parking facility management experience, as reflected by our high location retention rates. Managers, property ownersservices and developerscustomer experience. We continue to outsource the management of their parking operations and looksee a trend in outsourcing to consolidate the number of their outsourcing providers,professional service providers; we believe this trend has meaningful benefits to companies like ours, which has a national footprint and scale, extensive industry experience, broad process capabilities, and a demonstrated ability to create value for our clients.
Established Platform for Future Growth.    We have invested resources and developed a national infrastructure and technology platform that is complemented by significant management expertise, which enables us to scale our business for future growth effectively and efficiently. We have the ability to transition into a new locationlocal service operations very quickly, from the simplest to the most complex operation, and have experience working with incumbent facility managersprofessional service operators to affectimplement smooth and efficient takeovers and integrate new locationslocal professional service operations seamlessly into our existing operations.
Visible and Predictable Business Model.    We believe that our business model provides us with a measure of insulation from broader economic cycles, because a significant portion of our combined locations operatesoperate on fixed-fee and reverse management fee managementtype contracts, that for the most part, are not dependent upon the levelfinancial performance of utilization of those parking facilities. Additionally, because we only have a partial ownership interest in four parking facilities, we have limited the risks of real estate ownership. We benefit further from visibility provided by a recurring revenue model reinforced by high location retention rates.client's operation.
Highly Capital Efficient Business with Attractive Cash Flow Characteristics.    Our business generates attractive cash flow due to negative working capital dynamics and our low capital expenditure requirements.
Focus on Operational Excellence and Human Capital Management.    Our culture and training programs place a continuing focus on excellence in the execution of all aspects of day-to-day parking facility operation.operations. This focus is reflected in our ability to deliver to our clients a professional, high-quality productservices through well-trained, service-oriented personnel, which we believe differentiates us from our competitors. To support our focus on operational excellence, we manage our human capital through a comprehensive, structured program that evaluates the competencies and performance of all of our key operations and administrative support personnel on an annual basis. We have also dedicated significant resources to human capital management, providing comprehensive training for our employees, delivered primarily through the use of our web-based SP+ University learning management system, which promotes customer service and client retention in addition to providing our employees with continued training and career development opportunities.
Our focus on customer service and satisfaction is a key driver
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Focus on Operational Safety Initiatives. Our culture and training programs continue to place a focus on various safety initiatives and disciplines throughout the organization, as we continue to developimplement an integrated approach for continuous improvement in our risk and safety programs. We have also dedicated significant resources to our risk and safety programs by providing comprehensive training for our employees, delivered primarily through the use of our web-based SP+ University learning management system, on-site training and our SP+irit in Safety newsletters.
Our Growth Strategy
Building on these competitive strengths, we believe we are well positioned to execute on the following growth strategies:
Grow Our Portfolio of ContractsBusiness in Existing Geographic Markets.    Our strategy is to capitalize on economies of scale and operating efficiencies by expanding our contract portfoliobusiness in our existing geographic markets, especially in our core markets. As a given geographic market achieves a threshold operational size, we typically will establish a local office in order to promote increased operating efficiency by enabling local managers to use a common staff for recruiting, training and human resources support. This concentration of operating locations allows for increased operating efficiency and superior levels of customer service and retention through the accessibility of local managers and support resources.
Increase Penetration in Our Current Vertical End-Markets.    We believe that a significant opportunity exists for us to further expand our presence into certain industry end-markets, such as colleges and universities, hospitals and medical centers as well as

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Increase Penetration in Our Current Industry Vertical Markets.    We believe that a significant opportunity exists for us to further expand our presence into certain industry vertical markets, such as airports and aviation, colleges and universities, healthcare, municipalities, hospitality and event services. In order to effectively target these markets, we have implemented a go-to-market strategy of aligning our business by industry vertical markets and branding our domain expertise through our SP+ and Bags® designations to highlight the specialized expertise, competencies and services that we provide to meet the needs of each particular industry and customer. Our recognized SP+ brand, which emphasizes our specialized market expertise and distinguishes our ancillary service lines from traditional parking, includes a broad array of our operating divisions such as, SP+ Commercial Services, SP+ Airport Services, SP+ GAMEDAY, SP+ Healthcare Services, SP+ Hospitality Services, SP+ Municipal Services, SP+ Office Services, SP+ Residential Services, SP+ Retail Services, and SP+ University Services, which further highlight the market-specific subject matter expertise that enables our professionals to meet the varied demands of our clients.


municipalities. In order to effectively target these new markets, we have implemented a go-to-market strategy of aligning our business by vertical end-markets and branding our domain expertise through our SP+ operating division designations to highlight the specialized expertise, competencies and services that we provide to meet the needs of each particular industry and customer. Our developed SP+ brand, which emphasizes our specialized market expertise and distinguishes our ancillary service lines from the traditional parking, includes a broad array of our operating divisions such as, SP+ Airport Services, SP+ GAMEDAY, SP+ Healthcare Services, SP+ Hotel Services, SP+ Municipal Services, SP+ Office Services, SP+ Residential Services, SP+ Retail Services and SP+ University Services, which further highlight the market-specific subject matter expertise that enables our professionals to meet the varied parking and transportation-related demands of those specific property types. Because our capabilities range beyond parking facility management, our SP+ Transportation, SP+ Facility Maintenance, and SP+ Event Logistics brands more clearly distinguish those service lines from the traditional parking services that we provide under our SP + Parking, Standard Parking, Central Parking and USA Parking brands.
Expand and Cross-Sell Additional Services to Drive Incremental Revenue.    We believe we have significant opportunities to further strengthen our relationships with existing clients, and to attract new clients, by continuing to cross-sell value-added services that complement our core parkingservice operations. These services include shuttle bus operations, taxi and livery dispatch services, valet services, concierge-type ground transportation, on-street parking meter collection and enforcement, facility maintenance services, remote management, parking consulting and billing services.
Grow and Expand Cross-Selling Bags Services. Bags®is a leading provider of baggage services, remote airline check-in services, and other related services, primarily to airline, airport, sea ports, cruise lines and hotels and resorts. Bags combines exceptional customer service with innovative technologies to provide these value-add client and customer services. We believe the acquisition of Bags allows us further cross-sell the aforementioned services that Bags provides to our existing clients within the aviation, hospitality, commercial markets and for us to cross-sell parking services and ground transportation services and other ancillary services to our existing Bags® clients. Our emphasis on these innovative services will continue to drive value with our clients and allow us to expand our footprint into multiple markets.
Expand Our Geographic Platform.    We believe that opportunities exist to further develop new geographic markets either through new contract wins,contracts, acquisitions, alliances, joint ventures or partnerships. Clients who outsource the management of their parking operations and professional services often have a presence in a variety of urban markets and seek to outsource the management of their parking facilitiesoperations to a national provider. We continue to focus on leveraging relationships with existing clients that have locations in multiple markets as one potential entry point into developing new core markets.
Focus on Operational Efficiencies to Further Improve Profitability.    We have invested substantial resources in information technology and continually seek to consolidate various corporate functions where possible in order to improve our processes and service offerings. In addition, we will continue to evaluate and improve our human capital management to ensure a consistent and high-level of service for our clients. The initiatives undertaken to date in these areas have improved our cost structure and enhanced our financial strength, which we believe will continue to yield future benefits. SP+ Remote Management Services allows us to provide remote parking management services, whereby personnel are able to monitor revenue and other aspects of a parkingan operation and provide 24-hour-a-day customer assistance (including remedying equipment malfunctions). After consolidating remote operations, wemalfunctions at a facility) by using off-site personnel and equipment. We have begun expanding the locationsfacilities where our remote management technology is installed. As of December 31, 2015, we provided SP+ Remote Management Services to approximately 233 locations. We expect this business to grow as clients focus on improving the profitability of their parking operations by decreasing labor costs at their locations through remote management.management services.
Pursue Opportunistic, Strategic Acquisitions.    The outsourced parking managementprofessional services industry remains highly fragmented and presents a significant opportunity for us. Given the scale in our existing operating platform, we have a demonstrated ability to successfully identify, acquire and integrate strategic acquisitions and investments, such as Central in 2012 and our minority interest investment in Parkmobile in 2014.Bags. We will continue to selectively pursue acquisitions orand joint venture investment opportunities that help us acquire scale or further enhance our service capabilities.

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Grow and Expand the Hospitality Business.    USA Parking SP+Hospitality Services is a leader in the valet industry, and management continues to believe there is significant opportunity to use USA Parking's capabilitySP+'s capabilities to further develop a national valet business. Our objective is to focus on the most important aspects of the valet business promptly upon obtaining a new location, from the first contact with a potential customer to the execution of our services. Given the importance of neat, clean and polite service, the success of our valet business is dependent upon ensuring that its valet associates deliver excellent service every day. To accomplish this objective, our USA SP+University subsidiaryServices provides training to its valet associates. USA SP+University which began operating in 1995, has trained approximately 2,000 employees duringServices continuously provides training to our past fiscal yearvalet professionals to become an integrated extension of our clients' staff and blend seamlessly into the overall hospitality experience.
Business Development
Our efforts to attract new clients are primarily concentrated in and coordinated by a dedicated business development group, whose background and expertise is in the field of sales and marketing, and whose financial compensation is determined to a significant extent by their business development success. This business development group is responsible for forecasting sales, maintaining a pipeline of prospective and existing clients, initiating contacts with such clients, and then following through to coordinate meetings involving those clients and the appropriate members of our operations hierarchy. By concentrating our sales efforts through this dedicated group, we enable our operations personnel to focus on achieving excellence in our parking facility operations, and maximizing our clients' parking profits, enhancing customer experience, and increasing our own profitability.
We also place a specific focus on marketing and client relationship efforts that pertain to those clients having a large regional or national presence. Accordingly, we assign a dedicated executiveexecutives to those clients to manage the overall client relationship, address any existing portfolio issues as well as to reinforce existing and develop new account relationships, and to take any other action that may further our business development interests.

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TableWe face competition from large national competitors and numerous smaller, locally owned independent professional service providers and operators, operating an array of Contentsservice offerings and professional service solutions, which may include developers, hotels and resorts, airports, airlines, cruise lines, national services companies and other institutions that may elect to internally manage their own professional services. Additionally, technological factors that improve ride-sharing capabilities and increase the use of parking aggregators can impact our parking and parking management business. Some of our present and potential competitors have or may obtain greater financial and marketing resources than we have, which may negatively impact our ability to retain existing contracts and gain new contracts. We also face significant competition in our efforts to provide ancillary services such as shuttle bus services and on-street parking enforcement because of the number of large companies that specialize in these services.
We believe that we compete for management contract type clients based on a variety of factors, including fees charged for services, ability to generate revenues and control expenses for clients, accurate and timely reporting of operational results, providing high quality customer service and customer experience, and the ability to anticipate and respond to industry changes. Factors that affect our ability to compete for lease contract type locations include the ability to make financial commitments, long-term financial stability, and the ability to generate revenues and control expenses. Factors affecting our ability to compete for employees include wages, benefits and working conditions.

Support Operations
We maintain regional and city offices throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico and Canada in order to support approximately 22,000 employees and 3,900 locations.23,500 employees. These offices serve as the central basescentralized locations through which we provide the employees to staff our parking facilitiesprofessional services as well as the on-site and support management staff to oversee those operations. Our administrative staff accountants are primarily based in those same offices and facilitate the efficient, accurate and timely production and delivery to our clients of ourclient deliverables, such as monthly reports.reporting, etc. Having these all-inclusive operations and accounting teams located in regional and city offices throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico and Canada allows us to add new locations quicklyprofessional services for new and existing clients in a seamless and cost-efficient manner.
Our overall basic corporate functions in the areas of finance, human resources, risk management, legal, purchasing and procurement, general administration, strategy and information and technology are based in our Chicago corporate office and the Nashville and Orlando support office.
Clients and Properties
Our client base includes a diverse cross-section of public and private owners of commercial, institutional and municipal real estate.offices.
Employees
As of December 31, 2015,2018, we employed 21,974approximately 23,500 individuals, including 13,18714,200 full-time and 8,7879,300 part-time employees, and as of December 31, 2014,2017, we employed 24,03020,800 individuals, including 14,05713,100 full-time and 9,9737,700 part-time employees. Approximately 34%27% of our employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements and represented by labor unions.unions, which include various local operational employees. Various union locals represent parking attendants and cashierslocal operational employees in the following cities: Atlanta, Akron (OH), Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Buffalo, Burbank, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Jersey City,Flint, Kansas City, Long Beach (CA),Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Manchester (NH), Meadowlands, Miami, New York City, Newark, Oakland, Ontario (Canada), Oxon Hill, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Rochester,Providence, Richmond, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, San Juan (Puerto Rico), Santa Ana, Santa Monica, Seattle, SyracuseWashington, D.C. and Washington, DC.Windsor Locks.

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We are frequently engaged in collective bargaining negotiations with various union locals. No single collective bargaining agreement covers a material number of our employees. We believe that our employee relations are generally good.
Insurance
We purchase comprehensive liability insurance covering certain claims that occur in the operations that we lease or manage. The primary amount of suchmanage including coverage is $1.8 million per occurrence and $1.8 million in the aggregate per facility for our general/garage liability, $2.0 million per occurrence and $2.0 million in the aggregate per facility for our garage keepers legal liability, coverage and $2.0 million per occurrence for auto liability coverage.liability. In addition, we purchase workers' compensation insurance for all eligible employees and umbrella/excess liability coverage. Under our various liability and workers' compensation insurance policies, we are obligated to pay directly or reimburse the insurance carrier for the first $0.5 million ofdeductible / retention amount for each loss covered by our general/garage liability, orour automobile liability, policies and $0.3 million for each loss covered by our workers' compensation, and our garage keepers legal liability policies.policy. As a result, we are effectively self-insured for all claims up to those levels.the deductible / retention amount for each loss. We also purchase property insurance that provides coverage for loss or damage to our property and in some cases our clients' property, as well as business interruption coverage for lost operating income and certain associated expenses. Because of the size of the operations covered and our claims experience, we purchase insurance policies at prices that we believe represent a discount to the prices that would typically be charged to parking facility ownersclients on a stand-alone basis. The clients for whom we operate parking facilitiesprovide professional services pursuant to management type contracts have the option of purchasing their own liability insurance policies (provided that we are named as an additional insured party), but historically most of our clients have chosen to obtain insurance coverage by being named as additional insureds under our master liability insurance policies. Pursuant to our management type contracts, we charge those clients an allocated portion of our insurance-related costs.
We provide group health insurance with respect to eligible full-time employees (whether they work at leased facilities, managed facilities or in our support offices). For the year ended December 31, 2015, we self-insuredWe self-insure the cost of the medical claims for these participants up to a stop-loss limit of $0.3 million million per individual.limit. Pursuant to our management type contracts, we charge those clients an allocated portion of our insurance-related costs.
Competition
The parking industry is fragmented and highly competitive, with limited barriers to entry. We face direct competition for additional facilities to manage or lease, while our facilities themselves compete with nearby facilities for our parking customers and in the labor market generally for qualified employees. Moreover, the construction of new parking facilities near our existing facilities can adversely affect our business. There are only a few national parking management companies that compete with us. However, we also face competition from numerous smaller, locally owned independent parking operators, as well as from developers, hotels, national financial services companies and other institutions that manage their own parking facilities as well as facilities owned by others. Many municipalities and other governmental entities also operate their own parking facilities, potentially eliminating those facilities as management or lease opportunities for us. Some of our present and potential competitors have or may obtain greater financial and marketing resources than we have, which may negatively impact our ability to retain existing contracts and gain new contracts. We also face significant competition in our efforts to provide ancillary services such as shuttle bus services and on-street parking enforcement because a number of large companies specialize in these services. In addition, entry barriers into these ancillary service businesses are low.

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We believe that we compete for management clients based on a variety of factors, including fees charged for services, ability to generate revenues and control expenses for clients, accurate and timely reporting of operational results, quality of customer service, and ability to anticipate and respond to industry changes. Factors that affect our ability to compete for leased locations include the ability to make financial commitments, long-term financial stability, and the ability to generate revenues and control expenses. Factors affecting our ability to compete for employees include wages, benefits and working conditions.
Regulation
Our business is subject to numerous federal, state and local laws and regulations, and in some cases, municipal and state authorities directly regulate parking facilities. Our facilities in New York City are, for example, subject to extensive governmental restrictions concerning automobile capacity, pricing, structural integrity and certain prohibited practices. Many cities impose a tax or surcharge on parking services, which generally range from 10% to 50% of revenues collected. We collect and remit sales/parking taxes and file tax returns for and on behalf of our clients and ourselves. We are affected by laws and regulations that may impose a direct assessment on us for failure to remit sales/parking taxes or to file tax returns for ourselves and on behalf of our clients.
Under various federal, state and local environmental laws, ordinances and regulations, a current or previous owner or operator of real property may be liable for the costs of removal or remediation of hazardous or toxic substances on, under or in such property. Such laws typically impose liability without regard to whether the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of such hazardous or toxic substances. In connection with the operation of parking facilities, we may be potentially liable for any such costs.
Several state and local laws have been passed in recent years that encourage car-pooling and the use of mass transit or impose certain restrictions on automobile usage. These types of laws have adversely affected our revenues and could continue to do so in the future. For example, the City of New York and Boston imposed restrictions in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, which included street closures, traffic flow restrictions and a requirement for passenger cars entering certain bridges and tunnels to have more than one occupant during the morning rush hour. It is possible that cities could enact new or additional measures such as higher tolls, increased taxes and vehicle occupancy requirements in certain circumstances, which could adversely impact us. We are also affected by zoning and use restrictions and other laws and regulations that are common to any business that deals with real estate.
In addition, we are subject to laws generally applicable to businesses, including but not limited to federal, state and local regulations relating to wage and hour matters, employee classification, mandatory healthcare benefits, unlawful workplace discrimination, human rights laws and whistle blowing. Several cities in which we have operations either have adopted or are considering the adoption of so-called "living wage" ordinances, which could adversely impact our profitability by requiring companies that contract with local governmental authorities and other employers to increase wages to levels substantially above the federal minimum wage. In addition, we are subject to provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended ("OSHA"), and related regulations. Any actual or alleged failure to comply with any regulation applicable to our business or any whistle-blowing claim, even if without merit, could result in costly litigation, regulatory action or otherwise harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In connection with ground transportation services and certain airline and cruise line transportation, baggage services and remote airline check-in services provided to our clients, including shuttle bus operations, we provide the vehicles and the drivers to operate these transportation services. The U.S. Department of Transportation, including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Department of Homeland Security, and various federal and state agencies, exercise broad powers over these certain transportation services, including shuttle bus operations, baggage delivery services, and remote airline check-in, licensing and authorizations, safety, training and insurance requirements. Our employee driversemployees must also comply with the various safety and fitness regulations promulgated by the U.S. Department of Transportation and other federal agencies, including those related to minimum training hours and requirements, drug and alcohol testing and service hours. We may become subject to new and more restrictive federal and state regulations. Compliance with such regulations could hamper our ability to provide qualified drivers andmay increase our operating costs.

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We are also subject to consumer credit laws and credit card industry rules and regulations relating to the processing of credit card transactions, including the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act and the Payment Card Data Security Standard. These laws and these industry standards impose substantial financial penalties for non-compliance.
Various other governmental regulations affect our operation of parking facilities, both directly and indirectly, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (the "ADA"). Under the ADA, all public accommodations, including parking facilities, are required to meet certain federal requirements related to access and use by disabled persons. For example, the ADA requires parking facilities to include handicapped spaces, headroom for wheelchair vans, attendants' booths that accommodate wheelchairs and elevators that are operable by disabled persons. When negotiating management type contracts and leaseslease type contracts with clients, we generally require that the property owner contractually assume responsibility for any ADA liability in connection with the property. There can be no assurance, however, that the property owner has assumed such liability for any given property and there can be no assurance that we would not be held liable despite assumption of responsibility for such liability by the property owner. Management believes that the parking facilities we operate are in substantial compliance with ADA requirements.
Regulations by the Federal Aviation Administration (the "FAA") may affect our business. The FAA generally prohibits parking within 300 feet of airport terminals during times of heightened alert. The 300 foot rule and new regulations may prevent us from using a number of existing spaces during heightened security alerts at airports. Reductions in the number of parking spaces may reduce our gross profit and cash flow for both our leased facilities and those facilities we operate under management type contracts.

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Intellectual Property
SP Plus® and the SP+® and the SP+ logo, SP+ GAMEDAY®, Innovation In Operation®, Standard Parking® and the Standard Parking logo, CPC®, Central Parking System®, Central Parking Corporation®, USA Parking®, Focus Point Parking® and, Allright Parking® and Bags®, are service marks registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In addition, we have registered the names and, as applicable, the logos of all of our material subsidiaries and divisions as service marks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the equivalent state registry. We invented the Multi-Level Vehicle Parking Facility musical Theme Floor Reminder System. We have also registered the copyright rights in our proprietary software, such as Client View©, Hand Held Program©, License Plate Inventory Programs© and ParkStat© with the United States Copyright Office. We also own the URL parking.com.parking.com and maketraveleasier.com. We deem our registered service marks to be important, but not critical to our business and marketing efforts.
Corporate Information
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are also available free charge at www.spplus.com as soon as reasonably practicable after we file such material with, or furnish it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)("SEC"). We provide references to our website for convenience, but our website does not constitute, and should not be viewed as, part hereof, and our website is not incorporated into this or any of our other filings with the SEC.

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Item 1A.    Risk Factors
The following discussion of risk factors contains forward-looking statements. These risk factors may be important to understanding any statement in this Form 10-K or elsewhere. The following information should be read in conjunction with Part II, Item 7. "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes in Part II,IV, Item 8. "Financial Statements15. "Exhibits and Supplementary Data"Financial Statement Schedules" of this Form 10-K.
The business, financial condition and operating results of the Company can be affected by a number of factors, whether currently known or unknown, including but not limited to those described below. Any one or more of such factors could directly or indirectly cause the Company's actual results of operations and financial condition to vary materially from past or anticipated future results of operations and financial condition. Any of these factors, in whole or in part, could materially and adversely affect the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations and stock price.
Because of the following factors, as well as other factors affecting the Company's financial condition and operating results, past financial performance should not be considered to be a reliable indicator of future performance, and investors should not use historical trends to anticipate results or trends in future periods.
We are subject to intense competition that could constrain our ability to gain business and adversely impact our profitability.
We believe that competition is intense in the parking facility management, valet, ground transportation services, event management and baggage delivery businesses including other ancillary services that we offer. Providers of similar services have traditionally competed on the basis of cost and quality of service. As we have worked to establish ourselves as principal leaders of the industry, we compete predominately on the basis of high levels of service and strong relationships. We may not be able to, or may choose not to compete with certain competitors on the basis of price. As a result, a greater proportion of our clients may switch to other service providers or elect to self-manage the services we provide.
The low cost of entry into these businesses has led to strongly competitive, fragmented markets consisting of various sized entities, ranging from small local or single lot operators to large regional and national businesses and multi-facility operators, as well as governmental entities and companies that can perform themselves, one or more of the services we provide. Regional and local-owned and operated companies may have additional insights into local or smaller markets and significantly lower labor and overhead costs, providing them with a competitive advantage in those regards. Competitors may also be able to adapt more quickly to changes in customer requirements, devote greater resources to the promotion and sale of their services or develop technology that is as or more successful than our technology.
We provide nearly all of our services under contracts, many of which are obtained through competitive bidding, and many of our contracts require that our clients pay certain costs at specified rates. Our management type contracts are typically for a term of one to three years, although the contracts may often be terminated, without cause, on 30-days' notice or less, giving clients regular opportunities to attempt to negotiate a reduction in fees or other allocated costs. Any loss of a significant number of clients could in the aggregate materially adversely affect our operating results. We may experience higher operating costs related to changes in laws and regulations regarding employee benefits, employee minimum wage, and other entitlements promulgated by federal, state and local governments or as a result of increased local wages necessary to attract employees due to changes in the unemployment rate. If actual costs exceed the rates specified in the contacts or we are unable to renegotiate our specified rates in our contracts, our profitability may be negatively affected. Furthermore, these strong competitive pressures could impede our success in bidding for profitable business and our ability to increase prices even as costs rise, thereby reducing margins.
Changing consumer preferences may lead to a decline in parking demand, which could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Ride sharing services such as Uber and Lyft and car sharing services like Zipcar, along with the potential for driverless cars, may lead to a decline in parking demand in cities and urban areas. While we devote considerable effort and resources to analyze and respond to consumer preference and changes in the markets in which we operate, consumer preferences cannot be predicted with certainty and can change rapidly. Changes in consumer behaviors by using mobile phone applications and on-line parking reservation services that help drivers reserve parking with garage, lots and individual owner spaces cannot be predicted with certainty and could change current customers' parking preferences and may have an impact to the pricing customers are willing to pay. Additionally, urban congestion and congestion pricing due to the aforementioned ride sharing services, or state and local laws that have been or may be passed encouraging carpooling and use of mass transit systems may negatively impact parking demand and pricing that a customer would be willing to pay. If we are unable to anticipate and respond to trends in the consumer marketplace and the industry, including but not limited to market displacement by livery service companies, car sharing companies and changing technologies, it could constrain our business and have a material and adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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Our business success depends on our ability to preserve client relationships.
We primarily provide services pursuant to agreements that are cancelable by either party upon 30-days’ notice. As we generally incur higher initial costs on new contracts, our business associated with long-term client relationships is generally more profitable than short-term client relationships. Managing our existing client relationships, including those client relationships acquired as a result of a business acquisition, is an important factor in contributing to our business success. If we lose a significant number of existing clients, or fail to win new clients, our profitability could be negatively impacted, even if we gain equivalent revenues from new clients or through client relationships acquired by acquisition.
We may have difficulty obtaining coverage for certain insurable risks or obtaining coverage for certain insurable risks at a reasonable cost, and we are subject to volatility associated with our high deductible / retention insured and self-insured programs including the possibility that changes in estimates of ultimate insurance losses could result in a material charges against our operating results.
We use a combination of insured and self-insured programs to cover workers' compensation, general/garage liability, automobile liability, property damage and other insurable risks and we provide liability and workers' compensation insurance coverage consistent with our obligations to our clients under our various contracts. We are responsible for claims in excess of our insurance policies' limits, and while we endeavor to purchase insurance coverage that is appropriate to our assessment of risk, we are unable to predict with certainty the frequency, nature or magnitude of claims or direct or consequential damages. If our insurance proves to be inadequate or unavailable our business may be negatively affected.
We are obligated to reimburse our insurance carriers for, or pay directly, each loss incurred up to the amount of a specified deductible or self-insured retention amount. We also purchase property insurance that provides coverage for loss or damage to our property, and in some cases our clients' property, as well as business interruption coverage for lost operating income and certain associated expenses. The deductible or retention applicable to any given loss under the property insurance policies varies based upon the insured values and the peril that causes the loss. Our financial statements reflect our funding of all such obligations based upon guidance and evaluation received from third-party insurance professionals. There can be no assurance, however, that the ultimate amount of our obligations will not exceed the amount presently funded or accrued, in which case we would need to set aside additional funds to reserve for any such excess.
The determination of required insurance reserves is dependent upon significant actuarial judgments. We use the results of actuarial studies to estimate insurance rates and insurance reserves for future periods and adjust reserves as appropriate for the current year and prior years. Changes in insurance reserves as a result of periodic evaluations of the liabilities can cause swings in operating results that may not be indicative of the operations of our ongoing business. Actual experience related to our insurance reserves can cause us to change our estimates for reserves and any such changes may materially impact results, causing significant volatility in our operating results. Additionally, our obligations could increase if we receive a greater number of insurance claims, or if the severity of, or the administrative costs associated with, those claims generally increase.
Recent consolidation of entities in the insurance industry could impact our ability to obtain or renew policies at competitive rates. Should we be unable to obtain or renew our excess, umbrella, or other commercial insurance policies at competitive rates, it could have a material adverse impact on our business, as would the occurrence of catastrophic uninsured claims or the inability or refusal of our insurance carriers to pay otherwise insured claims. Further, to the extent that we effectively self-insure our losses, deterioration in our loss control and/or our continuing claim management efforts could increase the overall costs of claims within our retained limits. A material change in our insurance costs due to changes in frequency of claims, the severity of claims, the costs of excess/umbrella premiums, regulatory changes, or consolidation of entities within the insurance industry could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
We do not maintain insurance coverage for all possible risks.
We maintain a comprehensive portfolio of insurance policies to help protect us against loss or damage incurred from a wide variety of insurable risks. Each year, we review with our professional insurance advisers whether the insurance policies and associated coverages that we maintain are sufficient to adequately protect us from the various types of risk to which we are exposed in the ordinary course of business. That analysis takes into account various pertinent factors such as the likelihood that we would incur a material loss from any given risk, as well as the cost of obtaining insurance coverage against any such risk. In addition, there can be no assurance that we will not sustain material losses resulting from an issue where our insurance coverage is believed to be sufficient, but such coverage is either inadequate or we cannot access the coverage. Either of these scenarios may result in a material adverse impact on our results of operations.

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Risks relating to our acquisition strategy may adversely impact our results of operations.
In the past, a significant portion of our growth has been generated by acquisitions, and we expect to continue to acquire businesses in the future as part of our growth strategy. A slowdown in the pace or size of our acquisitions could lead to a slower growth rate. There can be no assurance that any acquisition we make, including Bags, will provide us with any of the benefits that we anticipate when entering into the transaction, particularly acquisitions in adjacent professional services. The process of integrating an acquired business may create unforeseen difficulties and expenses. The areas in which we may face risks in connection with any potential acquisition of a business include, but are not limited to:
failure of acquired business to perform in-line with management expectations or acquisition models;
revenue synergies and our ability to cross-sell service offerings to existing clients may be different than management's expectations;
costs of integrating the business or synergies anticipated could be different than management's expectations;
management time and focus may be diverted from operating our business to acquisition integration;
the time frame for integration could be delayed and the related costs may exceed management's expectations;
clients or key employees of an acquired business may not remain, which could negatively impact our ability to grow that acquired business;
integration of the acquired business’s accounting, information technology, human resources, and other administrative systems may fail to permit effective management and expense reduction;
implementing internal controls, procedures, and policies appropriate for a public company in an acquired business that lacked some of these controls, procedures, and policies may fail;
acquired entities may not have in place all the necessary controls as required by the SEC and the Public Accounting Oversight Board;
integrating financial reporting policies in compliance with the SEC and other regulatory bodies may create adverse costs, time and resources for our financial personnel;
integrating acquired entities into our internal control over financial reporting has required and will continue to require significant time and resources from our management and other personnel and increase our compliance costs;
additional indebtedness incurred as a result of an acquisition may impact our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows; and
unanticipated or unknown liabilities may arise relating to the acquired business.
Our management type contracts and lease type contracts expose us to certain risks.
The loss or renewal on less favorable terms of a substantial number of management type contracts or lease type contracts could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. A material reduction in the operating income associated with the integrated services we provide under management type contracts and lease type contracts could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Our management type contracts are typically for a term of one to three years, although the contracts may often be terminated, without cause, on 30-days' notice or less, giving clients regular opportunities to attempt to negotiate a reduction in fees or other allocated costs. Any loss of a significant number of clients could in the aggregate materially adversely affect our operating results.
We are particularly exposed to increases in costs for locations that we operate under lease type contracts because we are generally responsible for all the operating expenses of our leased locations. During the first and fourth quarters of each year, seasonality generally impacts our performance with regard to moderating revenues, with the reduced levels of travel most clearly reflected in the parking activity associated with our airport and hotel businesses as well as increases in certain costs of parking services, such as snow removal, all of which negatively affects gross profit.
Deterioration in economic conditions in general could reduce the demand for our services and, as a result, reduce our earnings and adversely affect our financial condition.
Adverse changes in global, national and local economic conditions could have a negative impact on our business. Adverse economic conditions may result in client's customers reducing their discretionary spending, which includes travel and leisure spending. Because a portion of our revenue is tied to the volume of airline passengers, hotel guests, retail shoppers and sports event attendees, our business could be adversely impacted by the curtailment of business travel, personal travel or discretionary spending caused by unfavorable changes in economic conditions and/or consumer confidence. Adverse changes in local, regional, national and international economic conditions could depress prices for our services or cause clients to cancel agreements for the services we provide to our clients and their customers.

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In addition, our business operations tend to be concentrated in large urban areas. Many of our customers are workers who commute by car to their places of employment in these urban centers or who use services in the travel and leisure industry. Our business could be materially adversely affected to the extent that weak economic conditions or demographic factors have resulted in the elimination of jobs and high unemployment in these large urban areas. In addition, increased unemployment levels, the movement of white-collar jobs from urban centers to suburbs or out of North America entirely, increased office vacancies in urban areas, movement toward home office alternatives or lower consumer spending could reduce consumer demand for our services.
We are increasingly dependent on information technology, and potential disruption, cyber-attacks, cyber-terrorism and security breaches to our technology, or our third-party providers and clients, or the compromise of our data, present risks that could harm our business.
We are increasingly centralized and dependent on automated information technology systems to manage and support a variety of business processes and activities. In addition, a portion of our business operations is conducted electronically, increasing the risk of attack or interception that could cause loss or misuse of data, system failures, disruption of operations, unauthorized malware, computer or system viruses, or the compromise of data, such as theft of intellectual property or inappropriate disclosure of confidential, proprietary or personal information.
Furthermore, while we continue to devote significant resources to monitoring and updating our systems and implementing information security measures to protect our systems, there can be no assurance that any controls or procedures that we have in place will be sufficient to protect us from security breaches. Improper activities by third parties, exploitation of encryption technology, new data-hacking tools and discoveries and other events or developments may result in a future compromise or breach of our networks, payment card terminals or other payment systems. In particular, the techniques used by criminals to obtain unauthorized access to sensitive data change frequently and often are not recognized until launched against a target. Accordingly, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or implement adequate preventative measures.
Additionally, our systems are subject to damage or interruption from system conversions, power outages, computer or telecommunications failures, computer viruses and malicious attack, security breaches and catastrophic events. If our systems are damaged or fail to function properly, we may incur substantial repair and/or replacement costs, experience data loss or theft and impediments to our ability to manage customer transactions, which could adversely affect our operations and our results of operations. The occurrence of acts of cyber terrorism such as website defacement, denial of automated payment services, sabotage of our proprietary on-demand technology or the use of electronic social media to disseminate unfounded or otherwise harmful allegations to our reputation, could have a material adverse effect on our business. Any disruptions to our information technology systems, breaches or compromise of data and/or misappropriation of information could result in lost sales, negative publicity, litigation, violation of privacy laws or business interruptions or damage to our reputation could negatively impact our financial condition and results of operations. While we maintain insurance coverage that may, subject to policy terms and conditions, cover certain aspects of cyber risks, such insurance coverage may be insufficient to cover all losses potentially incurred and would not remedy damage to our reputation. We have also implemented additional security measures including, for example, forcing our vendors to use two-factor authentication for remote access.
We do not have control over security measures taken by third-party vendors hired by our clients to prevent unauthorized access to electronic and other confidential information. There can be no assurance that other third-party payment processing vendors will not suffer a similar attack in the future, that unauthorized parties will not gain access to personal financial information, or that any such incident will be discovered in a timely manner.
We have incurred indebtedness that could adversely affect our financial condition.
In November 2018, we entered into a new credit facility (the "Senior Credit Facility"). The Senior Credit Facility provides for a senior secured $325.0 million revolving credit facility and a $225.0 million term loan which is scheduled to mature in November 2023. The facility is secured by a lien on all of our assets. Failure to comply with covenants or to meet payment obligations under our credit facility could result in an event of default which, if not cured or waived, could result in the acceleration of outstanding debt obligations.
We may incur additional indebtedness in the future, which could cause the related risks to intensify. We may need to refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness on or before their respective maturities. We cannot assure you that we will be able to refinance any of our indebtedness, including indebtedness under our Senior Credit Facility, on commercially reasonable terms or at all. If we are unable to refinance our debt, we may default under the terms of our indebtedness, which could lead to an acceleration of debt repayment. We do not expect that we could repay all of our outstanding indebtedness if the repayment of such indebtedness was accelerated. If adequate capital is not available to us and our internal sources of liquidity prove to be insufficient, or if future financings require more restrictive covenants, such combination of events could adversely affect our ability to (i) acquire new businesses or enter new markets, (ii) service or refinance our existing debt, (iii) make necessary capital investments and (iv) make other expenditures necessary for the ongoing conduct of our business.

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Adverse litigation judgments or settlements resulting from legal proceedings in which we may be involved in the normal course of business and a dispute with Central's former stockholders, could adversely affect our operations and financial condition.
In the normal course of business, we are from time to time involved in various legal proceedings. The outcome of these legal proceedings cannot be predicted. It is possible that an unfavorable outcome of some or all of the matters could cause us to incur substantial liabilities that may have a material adverse effect upon our financial condition and results of operations. Any significant adverse litigation, judgments or settlements could have a negative effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, we are subject to a number of ongoing legal proceedings, and we may incur substantial expenses defending such matters and may have judgments levied against us that are substantial and may not be covered by previously established reserves.
On October 2, 2012 ("Closing Date"), we completed the acquisition (the "Central Merger" or "Merger") of 100% of the outstanding common shares of KCPC Holdings, Inc., which was the ultimate parent of Central Parking Corporation (collectively, "Central"), for 6,161,332 shares of Company common stock and the assumption of approximately $217.7 million of Central's debt, net of cash acquired. Additionally, the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated February 28, 2012 with respect to the Central Merger ("Merger Agreement") provides that Central's former stockholders are entitled to receive cash consideration (the "Cash Consideration") in the amount equal to $27.0 million plus, if and to the extent the Net Debt Working Capital (as defined below) was less than $275.0 million (the "Lower Threshold") as of September 30, 2012, the amount by which the Net Debt Working Capital was below such amount (such sum, the "Cash Consideration Amount") to be paid three years after closing, to the extent the $27.0 million is not used to satisfy indemnity obligations pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, we are entitled to indemnification from Central's former stockholders (i) if and to the extent Central's combined net debt and the absolute value of Central's working capital (as determined in accordance with the Merger Agreement) (the "Net Debt Working Capital") exceeded $285.0 million (the "Upper Threshold") as of September 30, 2012 and (ii) for certain defined adverse consequences as set forth in the Merger Agreement (including with respect to Structural and Repair Costs). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Central's former stockholders are required to satisfy certain indemnity obligations, which are capped at the Cash Consideration Amount (the "Capped Items") only through a reduction of the Cash Consideration. For certain other indemnity obligations set forth in the Merger Agreement, which are not capped at the Cash Consideration Amount (the "Uncapped Items"), including the Net Debt Working Capital indemnity obligations described above, Central's former stockholders may satisfy any amount payable pursuant to such indemnity obligations as set forth in the Merger Agreement.
Since the Closing Date, we have periodically given Central’s former stockholders notice regarding indemnification matters, including with respect to the calculation of Net Debt Working Capital, and have made adjustments for known matters as they arose, although Central’s former stockholders have not agreed to the aggregate of such adjustments made by us. During such time, Central’s former stockholders have continually requested additional documentation supporting our indemnification claims, including with respect to the calculation of Net Debt Working Capital. Furthermore, following our notices of indemnification matters, the representative of Central's former stockholders has indicated that they may make additional inquiries and raise issues with respect to our indemnification claims (including, specifically, as to Structural and Repair Costs) and that they may assert various claims of their own relating to the Merger Agreement.

We previously determined and submitted notification to Central’s former stockholders, that (i) the Net Debt Working Capital was $296.3 million as of September 30, 2012 and that, accordingly, the Net Debt Working Capital exceeded the Upper Threshold by $11.3 million; and (ii) we had indemnity claims of $23.4 million for certain defined adverse consequences (including indemnity claims with respect to Structural and Repair Costs incurred through December 31, 2015) and as set forth in an October 1, 2015 notification letter to Central's former stockholders' that certain indemnification claims for Structural and Repair Costs yet to be incurred met the requirements of the indemnification provisions established in the Merger Agreement. These additional indemnification claims for Structural and Repair Costs are estimated to be $1.2 million (representing 80% of the $1.5 million of Structural and Repair Costs yet to be incurred by us).


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In early 2015, we and Central’s former stockholders engaged an independent public accounting firm for ultimate resolution, through binding arbitration, regarding its dispute as to the calculation of Net Debt Working Capital. On April 30, 2015 and with respect to our Net Debt Working Capital calculation, the representative of Central's former stockholders submitted specific objections to the calculation, asserting that the Net Debt Working Capital as of September 30, 2012 was $270.8 million ($4.2 million below the Lower Threshold) and on September 21, 2015 submitted a revised calculation, asserting that the Net Debt Working Capital as of September 30, 2012 was $278.0 million ($3.0 million above the Lower Threshold) and therefore no amounts were due to us given the calculated net Debt Working Capital was between the Lower Threshold and the Upper Threshold. On October 1, 2015, we provided notification to Central's former stockholders that the aggregate amount of our (i) Net Debt Working Capital claim of $11.3 million as of September 30, 2012 and (ii) indemnity claims for certain defined adverse consequences as set forth in the Merger Agreement (including with respect to Structural and Repair Costs), exceeded the $27.0 million Cash Consideration and therefore we would not be making any Cash Consideration payment pursuant to Section 3.7 of the Merger Agreement. On October 20, 2015, Central's former stockholders provided notification that they deemed our refusal to pay the $27.0 million Cash Consideration to be a violation of the terms of the Merger Agreement.

On February 19, 2016, we received a non-appealable and binding decision from the independent public accounting firm indicating that Net Debt Working Capital as of September 30, 2012 was $291.6 million, or $6.6 million above the Upper Threshold. Furthermore, as part of the independent public accounting firm’s decision over the calculation of Net Debt Working Capital as of September 30, 2012, it was determined by the independent public accounting firm and us that $1.5 million of Net Debt Working Capital claims were more appropriately claimable as an adverse consequence indemnification claim, as defined in the Merger Agreement. As such and in conjunction with the independent public accounting firm’s decision on Net Debt Working Capital, we (i) reclassified $1.5 million of indemnification claims from the Net Debt Working Capital calculation to indemnification claims for certain adverse consequences; and (ii) recognized an expense of $1.6 million ($0.9 million, net of tax) in General and administrative expenses for certain of the other amounts disallowed under the Net Debt Working Capital calculation as of and for the year ended December 31, 2015, respectively. The independent public accounting firm also determined that an additional $1.6 million of Net Debt Working Capital claims were disallowed; however, these Net Debt Working Capital amounts claimed by us were not previously recognized as a cost recovery given their contingent nature and since these claims were not previously recognized as an expense by us, the independent public accounting firm’s decision to disallow these claims had no impact to our consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2015.

We have evaluated the nature of the costs and related indemnity claims and have concluded that it is probable that such indemnified claims will sustain any challenge from Central’s former stockholders and recoverability of these indemnified claims is reasonably assured. However, under the Merger Agreement, all post-closing claims and disputes, including as to indemnification matters, are ultimately subject to resolution through binding arbitration or, in the case of a dispute as to the calculation of Net Debt Working Capital, resolution by an independent public accounting firm. Should a dispute resolution process for indemnification matters result in determinations unfavorable to us, the resulting resolution may have a material and adverse impact onBecause our business financial condition and results of operations.
We are subject to intense competition and potential changes to consumer behavior, both of which could constrain our ability to gain business, as well as our profitability.
We believe that competition is intense in the parking facility management, valet, transportation services and event management businesses, including other ancillary services that we offer. The low cost of entry into the parking facility management, valet, transportation services and event management businesses have led to a strongly competitive, fragmented markets consisting of various sized entities, ranging from small local or single lot operators to large regional and national businesses and multi-facility operators, as well as governmental entities that choose not to outsource their parking operations. Competitors may be able to adapt more quickly to changes in customer requirements, devote greater resources to the promotion and sale of their services or develop technology that is as or more successful than our proprietary technology. We provide nearly all of our services under contracts, many of which are obtained through competitive bidding, and many of our competitors also have long-standing relationships with our clients. Providers of parking facility management services have traditionally competed on the basis of cost and quality of service. As we have worked to establish ourselves as principal members of the industry, we compete predominately on the basis of high levels of service and strong relationships. We may not be able to, or may choose not to, compete with certain competitors on the basis of price. As a result, a greater proportion of our clients may switch to other service providers or self-manage. Furthermore, these strong competitive pressures could impede our success in bidding for profitable business and our ability to increase prices even as costs rise, thereby reducing margins.
While we devote considerable effort and resources to analyze and respond to consumer preferences and changes to consumer preferences and the markets in which we operate, consumer preferences cannot be predicted with certainty and can change rapidly. If we are unable to anticipate and respond to trends in the consumer market place and the industry, including but not limited to market displacement by livery service companies and ride sharing companies, it could constrain our business and have a material and adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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Our management contracts and leases expose us to certain risks.
The loss or renewal on less favorable terms of a substantial number of management contracts or leases could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. A material reduction in the operating income associated with the integrated services we provide under management contracts and leases could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Our management contracts are typically for a term of one to three years, although the contracts may often be terminated, without cause, on 30 days' notice or less, giving clients regular opportunities to attempt to negotiate a reduction in fees or other allocated costs. Any loss ofemploys a significant number of clients couldemployees, we incur risks that these individuals will make claims against us for violating various employment-related federal, state and local laws. Some or all of these claims may lead to litigation, including class action litigation, and these matters may cause us to incur negative publicity with respect to these alleged claims. Additionally, there are risks to all employees in the aggregate materially adversely affect our operating results.
We are particularly exposed to increases in costs for locations that we operate under leases because we are generally responsible for all the operating expenses of our leased locations. During the first and fourth quarters of each year, seasonality impacts our performance with regard to moderating revenues, with the reduced levels of travel most clearly reflected in the parking activity associated with our airport and hotel businesses as well as increases in certain costs of parking services,some states, such as snow removal, allCalifornia, resulting from new and unanticipated judicial interpretations of which negatively affects gross profit.
Deterioration in economic conditions in general could reduceexisting laws and the demand for parkingapplication of those new interpretations of existing laws and ancillary services and, asthe application of those new interpretations against employers on a result, reduce our earnings and adversely affect our financial condition.
Adverse changes in global, national and local economic conditions could have a negative impact on our business. In addition, our business operations tend to be concentrated in large urban areas. Many of our customers are workers who commute by car to their places of employment in these urban centers. Our business could be materially adversely affected to the extent that weak economic conditions or demographic factors have resulted in the elimination of jobs and high unemployment in these large urban areas. In addition, increased unemployment levels, the movement of white-collar jobs from urban centers to suburbs or out of North America entirely, increased office vacancies in urban areas, movement toward home office alternatives or lower consumer spending could reduce consumer demand for our services.
Adverse changes in economic conditions could also lead to a decline in parking at airports and commercial facilities, including facilities owned by retail operators and hotels. In particular, reductions in parking at leased facilities can lower our profit because a decrease in revenue would be exacerbated by fixed costs that we must pay under our leases.
If adverse economic conditions reduce discretionary spending, business travel or other economic activity that fuels demand for our services, our earnings could be reduced. Adverse changes in local and national economic conditions could also depress prices for our services or cause clients to cancel their agreements to purchase our services.
We are increasingly dependent on information technology, and potential disruption, cyber-attacks, cyber terrorism and security breaches present risks that could harm our business.
We are increasingly centralized and dependent on automated information technology systems to manage and support a variety of business processes and activities. In addition, a portion of our business operations is conducted electronically, increasing the risk of attack or interception that could cause loss or misuse of data, system failures or disruption of operations. Improper activities by third parties, exploitation of encryption technology, new data-hacking tools and discoveries and other events or developments may result in a future compromise or breach of our networks, payment card terminals or other payment systems. In particular, the techniques used by criminals to obtain unauthorized access to sensitive data change frequently and often are not recognized until launched against a target; accordingly, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or implement adequate preventative measures. Additionally, our systems are subject to damage or interruption from system conversions, power outages, computer or telecommunications failures, computer viruses and malicious attack, security breaches and catastrophic events. If our systems are damaged or fail to function properly, we may incur substantial repair and/or replacement costs, experience data loss or theft and impediments to our ability to manage customer transactions, which could adversely affect our operations and our results of operations. In addition, there is a risk of business interruption, reputational damage and potential legal liability damages from leakage of confidential information. The occurrence of acts of cyber terrorism such as website defacement, denial of automated payment services, sabotage of our proprietary on-demand technology or the use of electronic social media to disseminate unfounded or otherwise harmful allegations to our reputation, could have a material adverse effect on our business. Any business interruptions or damage to our reputation could negatively impact our financial condition and results of operations. While we maintain insurance coverage that may, subject to policy terms and conditions, cover certain aspects of cyber risks, such insurance coverage may be insufficient to cover all losses and would not remedy damage to our reputation.
In the fourth quarter of 2014, a third-party vendor retained by our client that provides and maintains payment card systems in some of our parking facilities notified us that an unauthorized person had used a remote access tool to connect to some of its payment processing systems and that our customers' data was at risk. We retained a leading computer forensic firm to conduct an investigation and further determine the facts. After extensive analysis, we discovered evidence confirming that criminals used a remote access tool to install malware that searched for payment card data that was being routed through the computers that accept payments made at the parking facilities (the "Data Breach"). The malware has now been removed from servers that were attacked and it no longer presents a threat to customers using the impacted parking garages that we operate. We have received a small number of reports of fraudulent use of payment cards potentially connected to the data breach. We fulfilled all obligations for notifying our payment processors and impacted customers. We have also implemented additional security measures including forcing our vendors to use two-factor authentication for remote access.

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We do not have control over security measures taken by third-party vendors hired by our clients to prevent unauthorized access to electronic and other confidential information. There can be no assurance that other third-party payment processing vendors will not suffer a similar attack in the future, that unauthorized parties will not gain access to personal financial information, or that any such incident will be discovered in a timely manner.
We have incurred substantial indebtedness that requires us to comply with certain financial and operating covenants under our credit facility and to make payments as they become due, and our failure to comply could cause amounts borrowed under the facility to become immediate due and payable or prevent us from borrowing under the facility.
On February 20, 2015, we entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement ("Restated Credit Agreement"), providing for $400.0 million in secured senior credit facility ("Restated Credit Facility") consisting of (i) a $200.0 million revolving credit facility and (ii) a $200.0 million term loan facility (which is subject to scheduled quarterly amortization) with Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank and certain other financial institutions. The Restated Credit Facility matures on February 20, 2020, at which time any amounts outstanding will be due and payable in full. As of December 31, 2015, we had $185.0 million outstanding under the term loan facility and $94.7 million outstanding under the revolving credit facility, respectively. This level of indebtedness and any increases in outstanding indebtedness may:
require us to dedicate a significant percentage of our cash flow from operations to payments on our debt, thereby reducing the availability of cash flow to fund capital expenditures, pursue other acquisitions or investments in new technologies, make stock repurchases, pay dividends and for general corporate purposes;
increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic conditions, including increases in interest rates if the borrowings bear interest at variable rates or if such indebtedness is refinanced at a time when interest rates are higher; and
limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in or challenges relating to our business and industry, creating competitive disadvantages compared to other competitors with lower debt levels and borrowing costs.
We are required to comply with specified financial and operating covenants and to make scheduled payments of our term loan, which could limit our ability to operate our business as we otherwise might operate it. Our failure to comply with any of these covenants or to meet any payment obligations under the Restated Credit Facility could result in an event of default which, if not cured or waived, would result in any amounts outstanding, including any accrued interest and unpaid fees, becoming immediately due and payable.
We cannot assure you that cash flow from operations, combined with additional borrowings under the Restated Credit Facility and any future credit facility, will be available in an amount sufficient to enable us to repay our indebtedness, or to fund other liquidity needs. If the consolidated leverage ratio exceeds certain thresholds, the interest rate on indebtedness outstanding under our credit facility will be higher.
We may incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future, which could cause the related risks to intensify. We may need to refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness on or before their respective maturities. We cannot assure you that we will be able to refinance any of our indebtedness, including indebtedness under our Restated Credit Facility, on commercially reasonable terms or at all. If we are unable to refinance our debt, we may default under the terms of our indebtedness, which could lead to an acceleration of the debt. We do not expect that we could repay all of our outstanding indebtedness if the repayment of such indebtedness was accelerated.retroactive basis.
We must comply with public and private regulations that may impose significant costs on us.
Under various federal, state and local environmental laws, ordinances and regulations, current or previous owners or operators of real property may be liable for the costs of removal or remediation of hazardous or toxic substances on, under or in their properties. This applies to properties we either own or operate. These laws typically impose liability without regard to whether the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of such hazardous or toxic substances. We may be potentially liable for such costs as a result of our operation of parking facilities. Additionally, we hold a partial ownership interest in four of these parking facilities, and companies that we acquired in the Central Merger, and Central previouslyprevious years may have owned a large number of properties that we did not acquire. We may now be liable for such costs as a result of such previous and current ownership. In addition, from time to time we are involved in environmental issues at certain locations or in connection with our operations. The cost of defending against claims of liability, or remediation of a contaminated property, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, several state and local laws have been passed in recent years that encourage carpooling and the use of mass transit. Laws and regulations that reduce the number of cars and vehicles being driven could adversely impact our business.
In connection with ground transportation services and certain transportation and baggage services provided to our clients, including shuttle bus operations, we providebaggage handling and delivery services and remote airline check-in services, the vehicles and the drivers to operate these transportation services. The U.S. Department of Transportation, including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Department of Homeland Security, and various federal and state agencies exercise broad powers over these transportation and baggage related services, including, licensing and authorizations, safety, training and insurance requirements. Our employee driversemployees must also comply with the various safety and fitness regulations promulgated by the U.S. Department of Transportation and other federal agencies, including those related to minimum training hours and requirements, drug and alcohol testing and service hours. We may become subject to new and more restrictive federal and state regulations. Compliance with such regulations could hamper our ability to provide qualified drivers and increase our operating costs.

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We are also subject to consumer credit laws and credit card industry rules and regulations relating to the processing of credit card transactions, including the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act and the Payment Card Data Security Standard. These laws and these industry standards impose substantial financial penalties for non-compliance.
In addition, we are subject to laws generally applicable to businesses, including but not limited to federal, state and local regulations relating to wage and hour matters, employee classification, mandatory healthcare benefits, unlawful workplace discrimination and whistle blowing. Any actual or alleged failure to comply with any regulation applicable to our business or any whistle-blowing claim, even if without merit, could result in costly litigation, regulatory action or otherwise harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We collect and remit sales/parking taxes and file tax returns for and on behalf of ourselves and our clients. We are affected by laws and regulations that may impose a direct assessment on us for failure to remit sales/parking taxes and filing of tax returns for ourselves and on behalf of our clients.
We cannot predict changes in laws and regulations made by the U.S. President, the U.S. President's Administration, or the current and future U.S. Congress, but we will monitor developments regarding legislation changes and regulatory shifts.
The financial difficulties or bankruptcy of one or more of our major clients could adversely affect our results.
Future revenue and our ability to collect accounts receivable depend, in part, on the financial strength of our clients. We estimate an allowance for accounts we do not consider collectible, and this allowance adversely impacts profitability. In the event that our clients experience financial difficulty, become unable to obtain financing or seek bankruptcy protection, our profitability would be further impacted by our failure to collect accounts receivable in excess of the estimated allowance. Additionally, our future revenue would be reduced by the loss of these clients or by the cancellation of leaseslease type contracts or management type contracts by clients in bankruptcy.
Additional funds would need
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Our risk management and safety programs may not have the intended effect of allowing us to be reserved for futurereduce our insurance losses if such losses are worse than expected.costs.
We provide liabilitycontinually attempt to mitigate our business and worker's compensation insurance coverage consistent withoperating risks through the implementation of company-wide safety and loss control programs designed to decrease the incidence of accidents or events that might increase our obligations to our clients under our various management contracts and leases. We are obligated to reimburse our insurance carriers for,exposure or pay directly, each loss incurred up to the amount of a specified deductible or self-insured retention. The per-occurrence deductible is $0.3 million for our workers' compensation and garage keepers legal liability policies and $0.5 million for our automobile liability policy. The per-occurrence self-insured retention for our general liability policy is $0.5 million. We also purchase property insurance that provides coverage for loss or damage to our property, and in some cases our clients' property, as well as business interruption coverage for lost operating income and certain associated expenses. The deductible applicable to any given loss under the property insurance policies varies based upon the insured values and the peril that causes the loss. The stop-loss limit applicable under the group health insurance we provide for eligible employees is $0.3 million per illness. Our financial statements reflect our funding of all such obligations based upon guidance and evaluation received from third-party insurance professionals. Thereliability. However, there can be no assurance however, that our insurance coverage may be inadequate despite the ultimate amountimplementation of our obligations will not exceed the amount presently fundedcompany-wide safety and loss control efforts or accrued, in which case we would need to set aside additional funds to reserve for any such excess. Changes in insurance reserves as a result of periodic evaluations of the liabilities can cause swings in operating results that may not be indicativeaccessible in certain instances any of which would result in additional costs to the operationsCompany and may adversely impact our results of our ongoing business. Additionally, our obligations could increase if we receive a greater number of insurance claims, or if the severity of, or the administrative costs associated with, those claims generally increases. A material increase in insurance costs due to a change in the number or severity of claims, claim costs or premiums paid by us could have a material adverse effect on our operating income.operations.
Labor disputes could lead to loss of revenues or expense variations.
When one or more of our major collective bargaining agreements becomes subject to renegotiation or when we face union organizing drives, we may disagree with the union on important issues that, in turn, could lead to a strike, work slowdown or other job actions. There can be no assurance that we will be able to renew existing labor union contracts on acceptable terms. In such cases, there are no assurances that we would be able to staff sufficient employees for our short-term needs. A strike, work slowdown or other job action could in some cases disrupt us from providing services, resulting in reduced revenues. If declines in client service occur or if our clients are targeted for sympathy strikes by other unionized workers, contract cancellations could result. The result of negotiating a first time agreement or renegotiating an existing collective bargaining agreement could result in a substantial increase in labor and benefits expenses that we may be unable to pass through to clients. In addition, potential legislation could make it significantly easier for union organizing drives to be successful and could give third-party arbitrators the ability to impose terms of collective bargaining agreements upon us and a labor union if we are unable to agree with such union on the terms of a collective bargaining agreement.
At December 31, 2015,2018, approximately 34%27% of our employees were represented by labor unions and approximately 58%39% of our collective bargaining contracts are up for renewal in 2016,2019, representing approximately 23%27% of our employees. In addition, at any given time, we may face a number of union organizing drives. When one or more of our major collective bargaining agreements becomes subject to renegotiation or when we face union organizing drives, we and the union may disagree on important issues that could lead employees to strike, work slowdown, or other job actions. In a market where we are unionized but our competitors are not unionized, we may lose clients as a result. A strike, or work slowdown, or other job actions could disrupt our ability to provide services to our clients, resulting in reduced revenues or contract cancellations. Moreover, negotiating first-time collective bargaining agreements or renewing existing agreements, could result in substantial increases in labor and benefit costs that we may not be able to pass through to clients.
In addition, we make contributions to multi-employer benefit plans on behalf of certain employees covered by collective bargaining agreements, and we could be responsible for paying unfunded liabilities incurred by such benefit plans, which amount could be material.
Our business success depends on retaining senior management and attracting and retaining qualified personnel.
Our future performance depends on the continuing services and contributions of our senior management to execute on our acquisition and growth strategies and to identify and pursue new opportunities. Our future success also depends, in large degree, on our continued ability to attract and retain qualified personnel. Any unplanned turnover in senior management or inability to attract and retain qualified personnel could have a negative effect on our results of operations.

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Negative or unexpected tax consequences could adversely affect our results of operations.
Adversequalified employees while controlling labor costs. Our ability to control labor costs is subject to numerous internal and external factors, including changes in underlying profitabilityimmigration policy, regulatory changes, prevailing wage rates, and financial outlook of our operations could leadcompetition we face from other companies to changesattract and retain qualified employees. There can be no assurance that we will be able to attract and retain qualified employees in valuation allowances against our deferred tax assets on our consolidated balance sheet,the future, which could materially and adversely affect our results of operations. Additionally, changes in U.S. tax laws or state tax laws or our interpretation of existing laws in states where we have significant operations could have ana material adverse effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities on our consolidated balance sheetsbusiness, financial condition and results of operations. We are also subject to tax audits by governmental authorities in the United States and Canada. Negative unexpected results from one or more such tax audits or our failure to sustain our reporting positions on examination could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and our effective tax rate.
We have investments in joint ventures and may be subject to certain financial and operating risks with our joint venture investments.
We have acquired or invested in a number of joint ventures, and may acquire or enter into joint ventures with additional companies. These transactions create risks such as: (i) additional operating losses and expenses in the businesses acquired or joint ventures for which we have made investments in, (ii) the dependence on the investee's accounting, financial reporting and similar systems, controls and processes of other entities whose financial performance is incorporated into our financial results due to our investment in that entity, (iii) potential unknown liabilities associated with a company we may acquire or in which we invest, (iv) our requirement or obligation to commit and provide additional capital, equity, or credit support as required by the joint venture agreements, (v) the joint venture partner may be unable to perform its obligations as a result of financial or other difficulties or be unable to provide for additional capital, equity or credit support as required by the joint venture agreements and (vi) disruption of our ongoing business, including loss of management focus on the business. As a result of future acquisitions or joint ventures for which we may invest in, we may need to issue additional equity securities, spend our cash, or incur debt and contingent liabilities, any of which could reduce our profitability and harm our business. In addition, valuations supporting our acquisitions or investments in joint ventures could change rapidly given the global economic environment and climate. We could determine that such valuations have experienced impairments other-than-temporary declines in fair value which could adversely impact our financial results.
Weather conditions, including natural disasters, or acts of terrorism could disrupt our business and services.
Weather conditions, including fluctuations in temperatures, hurricanes, snow or severe weather storms, earthquakes, drought, heavy flooding, mud slides, large scale forest fires, natural disasters or acts of terrorism may result in reduced revenues and gross profit. Weather conditions, natural disasters and acts of terrorism may also cause economic dislocations throughout the country. Weather conditions, including natural disasters, could lead to reduced levels of travel and require increase in certain costs of parking services of which could negatively affect gross profit. In addition, terrorist attacks have resulted in, and may continue to result in, increased government regulation of airlines and airport facilities, including imposition of minimum distances between parking facilities and terminals, resulting in the elimination of currently managed parking facilities. We derive a significant percentage of our gross profit from parking facilities and parking related services in and around airports. The Federal Aviation Administration generally prohibits parking within 300 feet of airport terminals during periods of heightened security. While the prohibition is not currently in effect, there can be no assurance that this governmental prohibition will not again be reinstated. The existing regulations governing parking within 300 feet of airport terminals or future regulations may prevent us from using certain parking spaces. Reductions in the number of parking spaces and air travelers may reduce our revenue and cash flow for both our leased facilities and those facilities and contracts we operate under management type contracts.

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Because our business is affected by weather relatedweather-related trends, typically in the first and fourth quarters of each year, our results may fluctuate from period to period, which could make it difficult to evaluate our business.
Weather conditions, including fluctuations in temperatures, snow or severe weather storms, heavy flooding, hurricanes or natural disasters, can negatively impact portions of our business. We periodically have experienced fluctuations in our quarterly results arising from a number of factors, including the following:
reduced levels of travel during and as a result of severe weather conditions, which is reflected in lower revenue from urban, airport and hotel parking;our services; and
increased costscost of parking services, such as snow removal.removal and longer delivery times for our baggage delivery services
These factors have typically had negative impacts to our gross profit in the first quarterand fourth quarters and could cause gross profit reductions in the future, either in the first quarterand fourth quarters or other quarters. As a result of these seasonal affects, our revenue and earnings in the second, third and fourth quarters generally tend to be higher than revenue and earnings in the first quarter. Accordingly, you should not consider our first quarter results as indicative of results to be expected for any other quarter or for any full fiscal year. Fluctuations in our results could make it difficult to evaluate our business or cause instability in the market price of our common stock.

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Risks relating to our acquisition strategy may adversely impact our results of operations.
In the past, a significant portion of our growth has been generated by acquisitions, and we expect to continue to acquire businesses in the future as part of our growth strategy. A slowdown in the pace or size of our acquisitions could lead to a slower growth rate. There can be no assurance that any acquisition we make in the future will provide us with the benefits that we anticipate when entering into the transaction. The process of integrating an acquired business may create unforeseen difficulties and expenses. The areas in which we may face risks in connection with any potential acquisition of a business include, but are not limited to:
management time and focus may be diverted from operating our business to acquisition integration;
clients or key employees of an acquired business may not remain, which could negatively impact our ability to grow that acquired business;
integration of the acquired business’s accounting, information technology, human resources, and other administrative systems may fail to permit effective management and expense reduction;
implementing internal controls, procedures, and policies appropriate for a public company in an acquired business that lacked some of these controls, procedures, and policies may fail;
additional indebtedness incurred as a result of an acquisition may impact our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows; and
unanticipated or unknown liabilities may arise relating to the acquired business.
Goodwill impairment charges could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
Goodwill represents the excess purchase price of acquired businesses over the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. We have elected to make the first day of our fiscal fourth quarter, October 1st, the annual impairment assessment date for goodwill. However, we could be required to evaluate the recoverability of goodwill prior to the annual assessment if we experience a significant under-performance relative to expected historical or projected future operating results, significant changes in the use of acquired assets or our business strategy, and significant negative industry or economic trends. If the fair value of one of our operatingreporting units is less than its carrying value, we would record impairment for the excess of the carrying amount over the estimated fair value. The valuation of our operatingreporting units requires significant judgment in evaluation of recent indicators of market activity and estimated future cash flows, discount rates, and other factors. The amount of anyAny impairment could have a material adverse effect on our reported financial results for the period in which the charge is taken.
Impairment of long-lived assets may adversely affect our operating results.
We evaluate our long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. These events and circumstances include, but are not limited to, a current expectation that a long-lived asset will be disposed of significantly before the end of its previously estimated useful life, a significant adverse change in the extent or manner in which we use a long-lived asset or a change in its physical condition. When this occurs, a recoverability test is performed that compares the projected undiscounted cash flows from the use and eventual disposition of an asset or asset group to its carrying amount. If as a result of this test we conclude that the projected undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying amount, impairment would be recorded for the excess of the carrying amount over the estimated fair value. The amount of any impairment could have a material adverse effect on our reported financial results for the period in which the charge is taken.
State and municipal government clients may sell or enter into long-term leaseslease type contracts of parking-related assets with our competitors or property owners and developers may redevelop existing locations for alternative uses.
In order to raise additional revenue, a number of state and municipal governments have either sold or entered into long-term leaseslease type contracts of public assets or may be contemplating such transactions. The assets that are the subject of such transactions have included government-owned parking garages located in downtown commercial districts and parking operations at airports. The sale or long-term leasing of such government-owned parking assets to our competitors or clients of our competitors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Additionally, property owners and developers may elect to redevelop existing locations for alternative uses other than parking or significantly reduce the number of existing spaces used for parking at those facilities in which we either lease through a lease type contract or operate through a management type contract. Reductions in the number of parking spaces or potential loss of contracts due to redevelopment by property owners may reduce our gross profit and cash flow for both our leased facilitieslease type contracts and those facilities in whichor contracts we operate under management type contracts.
Our ability to expand our business will be dependent upon the availability of adequate capital.
The rate of our expansion will depend in part on the availability of adequate capital, which in turn will depend in large part on cash flow generated by our business and the availability of equity and debt capital. In addition, our RestatedSenior Credit Facility contains provisions that restrict our ability to incur additional indebtedness and/or make substantial investments or acquisitions. As a result, we cannot assure you that we will be ablehave the ability to financeobtain adequate capital to expand our current growth strategies.business.

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The sureties for our performance bond program may elect not to provide us with new or renewal performance bonds for any reason.
As is customary in the industry, a surety provider can refuse to provide a bond principal with new or renewal surety bonds. If any existing or future surety provider refuses to provide us with surety bonds, either generally or because we are unwilling or unable to post collateral at levels sufficient to satisfy the surety's requirements, there can be no assurance that we would be able to find alternate providers on acceptable terms, or at all. Our inability to provide surety bonds could also result in the loss of existing contracts. Failure to find a provider of surety bonds, and our resulting inability to bid for new contracts or renew existing contracts, could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.
Federal health care reform legislation may adversely affect our business and results of operations.
In March 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 werewas signed into law in the U.S. (collectively,(the "ACA"). Among other things, the "Health Care Reform Laws"). The Health Care Reform Laws requireACA requires large employers to provide a minimum level of health insurance for all qualifying employees or pay penalties for not providing such coverage. In addition,Although the Health Care Reform Laws establish new regulationsACA has been fully implemented, we cannot predict with certainty what the repeal or modifications to the ACA or additional initiatives, if any, will be implemented at the federal or state level, or what the ultimate effect of any future healthcare legislation or regulation will have on health plans. Accordingly, we could incur costs associated with: (i) providing additional health insurance benefits; (ii) the payment of penalties if the minimum level of coverage is not provided; and (iii) the filing of additional information with the Internal Revenue Service to comply with these laws.us. If we are unable to raise the rates we charge our clients to cover these expenses incurred due to ACA or other additional healthcare initiatives, our operating profit could be negatively impacted.
We do not maintain insurance coverage for all possible risks.Changes in tax laws or rulings could materially affect our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.
We maintain a comprehensive portfolioare subject to income and non-income tax laws in the United States (federal, state and local) and other foreign jurisdictions, which include Canada and Puerto Rico. Changes in tax laws, regulations, tax rulings, administrative practices or changes in interpretations of insurance policiesexisting laws, could materially affect our business. Due to help protect us against losseconomic and political conditions, tax rates in various jurisdictions may be subject to significant change, with or damagewithout notice, and the effective tax rate could be affected by changes in the mix of earnings in countries with differing statutory tax rates or changes in tax laws or their interpretation, including the United States (federal, state and local), Canada and Puerto Rico. Our income tax expense, deferred tax assets and liabilities and our effective tax rates could be affected by numerous factors, including the relative amount of our foreign earnings, including earnings being lower than anticipated in jurisdictions where we have lower statutory rates and higher than anticipated in jurisdictions where we have higher statutory rates, the applicability of special tax regimes, losses incurred from a wide variety of insurable risks. Each year, we review with our professional insurance advisers whether the insurance policies and associated coverages that we maintain are sufficient to adequately protect us from the various types of risk toin jurisdictions for which we are exposednot able to realize the related tax benefit, entry into new businesses or geographies, changes to our existing business and operations, acquisitions and investments and how they are financed and changes in the ordinary courserelevant tax, accounting and other laws regulation, administrative practices, principles and interpretations. Additionally, adverse changes in the underlying profitability and financial outlook of business. That analysis takes into account various pertinent factors suchour operations or changes in tax law, as discussed above, could lead to changes in our valuation allowances against deferred tax assets on our consolidated balance sheets, which could materially affect our results of operations.
We are also subject to tax audits and examinations by governmental authorities in the United States (federal, state and local), Canada and Puerto Rico. We regularly assess the likelihood that we would incur a material lossof an adverse outcome resulting from any given risk, as well asthese examinations to determine the costadequacy of obtaining insurance coverage against any such risk. Thereits provision for taxes and there can be no assurance as to the outcome of such tax audits and examinations. Negative unexpected results from one or more such tax audits or examinations or our failure to sustain our reporting positions on examination could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and our effective tax rate.
Uncertainties in the interpretation and application of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act could materially affect our tax obligations and effective tax rate.
On December 22, 2017, the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “2017 Tax Act”) was signed into law. The 2017 Tax Act includes significant changes to the corporate income tax system in the United States, including a federal corporate rate reduction from 35% to 21% and the transition of United States international taxation from a worldwide tax system to a territorial tax system, and a one-time transition tax on the mandatory deemed repatriation of foreign earnings. The U.S. Department of Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), foreign jurisdictions, state jurisdictions, and other standard-setting bodies could interpret or issue additional guidance on how provisions of the 2017 Tax Act will be applied or otherwise administered that is different than our interpretation.
Additionally, foreign and state jurisdictions may enact tax laws in response to the 2017 Tax Act that could result in further changes to taxation and materially affect our financial position and results of operations or different than current regulations.

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We have investments in joint ventures and may be subject to certain financial and operating risks with our joint venture investments.
We have acquired or invested in a number of joint ventures, and may acquire or enter into joint ventures with additional companies. These transactions create risks such as:
additional operating losses and expenses in the businesses acquired or joint ventures in which we have made investments;
the dependence on the investee's accounting, financial reporting and similar systems, controls and processes of other entities whose financial performance is incorporated into our financial results due to our investment in that entity;
potential unknown liabilities associated with a company we may not sustain a material loss foracquire or in which we do not maintaininvest;
requirements or obligations to commit and provide additional capital, equity, or credit support as required by the joint venture agreements;
inability of the joint venture partner to perform its obligations as a result of financial or other difficulties or be unable to provide for additional capital, equity or credit support under the joint venture agreements; and
disruption of our ongoing business, including loss of management focus on the business.
As a result of future acquisitions or joint ventures in which we may invest, we may need to issue additional equity securities, spend our cash, or incur debt and contingent liabilities, any of which could reduce our profitability and harm our business. In addition, valuations supporting our acquisitions or adequate, insurance coverage.investments in joint ventures could change rapidly given the global economic environment and climate. We could determine that such valuations have experienced impairments, resulting in other-than-temporary declines in fair value that could adversely impact our financial results.
Actions of activist investors could disrupt our business.
Public companies have been the target of activist investors. In the event that a third-party, such as an activist investor, proposes to change our governance policies, board of directors, or other aspects of our operations, our review and consideration of such proposals may create a significant distraction for our management and employees. This could negatively impact our ability to execute our long-term growth plan and may require our management to expend significant time and resources responding to such proposals. Such proposals may also create uncertainties with respect to our financial position and operations and may adversely affect our ability to attract and retain key employees.

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Item 1B.    Unresolved Staff Comments
Not applicable.

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Item 2.    Properties
Parking FacilitiesOur principal support office is located at 200 East Randolph Street, Suite 7700, Chicago, Illinois 60601.
We operatePrincipal Properties as of December 31, 2018
LocationCharacter of OfficeApproximate Square FeetLease Expiration DateSegment
Chicago, IllinoisChicago Support Office41,000
September 2025Other
Nashville, TennesseeNashville Support Office25,000
June 2024Other
Orlando, FloridaOrlando Support Office20,100
August 2019Other
In addition to the above properties, we have other offices, warehouses and parking facilities in 44 states and the District of Columbiavarious locations in the United States, Puerto Rico and three provinces of Canada. The following table summarizes certain information regarding facilities in which we operate as of December 31, 2015:
    # of Locations   # of Spaces  
States/Provinces Airports and Urban Cities Airport Urban Total Airport Urban Total
Alabama Airport, Birmingham, Mobile and Talladega 1
 55
 56
 1,074
 10,034
 11,108
Alberta Calgary, Edmonton and Sherwood Park 
 9
 9
 
 1,298
 1,298
Arizona Glendale, Nogales, Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe 
 28
 28
 
 19,829
 19,829
California Airports, Glendale, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Newport Beach, Oakland, Riverside, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Monica and other various cities 21
 600
 621
 45,083
 261,847
 306,930
Colorado Airports, Aurora, Boulder, Broomfield, Colorado Springs, Denver, Golden, Greenwood Village, Lakewood, Lone Tree, Westminster and other various cities 10
 157
 167
 42,056
 60,948
 103,004
Connecticut Airports, Hartford, Stamford, Waterbury and Windsor Locks 8
 5
 13
 7,941
 2,679
 10,620
Delaware Wilmington 
 5
 5
 
 1,634
 1,634
District of Columbia Washington 
 74
 74
 
 16,188
 16,188
Florida Airports, Coral Gables, Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Miami Beach, Orlando, South Miami, St. Petersburg, Tampa, West Palm Beach and other various cities 24
 199
 223
 46,602
 86,869
 133,471
Georgia Airports, Athens, Atlanta, Decatur, and Duluth 16
 67
 83
 35,367
 46,577
 81,944
Hawaii Aiea, Honolulu, Kaneohe, Lahaina, Wailuku and Waipahu 
 38
 38
 
 12,989
 12,989
Idaho Airport 1
 
 1
 883
 
 883
Illinois Airports, Chicago, Elgin, Evanston, Harvey, Lake County, North Chicago, Oak Park, Rosemont, Schaumburg and other various cities 13
 320
 333
 37,366
 120,157
 157,523
Indiana Indianapolis and South Bend 
 4
 4
 
 570
 570
Kansas Kansas City and Topeka 
 3
 3
 
 832
 832
Kentucky Airports, Covington, Louisville, Frankfort and Lexington 6
 19
 25
 16,807
 3,428
 20,235
Louisiana Airports, Baton Rouge, Gretina, New Orleans, Shreveport and Westwego 7
 65
 72
 10,324
 17,698
 28,022
Maine Airports and Portland 
 99
 99
 
 33,138
 33,138
Maryland Airports, Baltimore, Bethesda, Ellicott City, Landover, Oxon Hill, Rockville and Towson 6
 53
 59
 27,700
 52,403
 80,103
Massachusetts Attleboro, Boston, Cambridge, Charlestown, Chelsea, Lawrence, Roxbury, Somerville, Springfield and Worcester and various other cities 3
 2
 5
 3,081
 1,129
 4,210
Michigan Airports, Ann Arbor, Birmingham, Detroit, Pontiac, Flint, Freeland, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Royal Oak and Traverse City 14
 31
 45
 34,989
 15,173
 50,162
Minnesota Minneapolis and St. Paul 
 35
 35
 
 10,429
 10,429
Mississippi Jackson 
 12
 12
 
 3,288
 3,288
Missouri Airports, Barnhart, Clayton, Kansas City, Springfield and St. Louis 7
 76
 83
 24,816
 31,818
 56,634
Montana Airports 5
 
 5
 3,801
 
 3,801
Nebraska Airports, Lincoln 2
 12
 14
 1,307
 2,441
 3,748
New Hampshire Airports, Manchester 5
 
 5
 8,427
 
 8,427

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    # of Locations   # of Spaces  
States/Provinces Airports and Urban Cities Airport Urban Total Airport Urban Total
New Jersey Atlantic City, Bayonne, Camden, East Rutherford, Jersey City, New Brunswick, Newark, Paterson, Wayne, Weehawken and various other cities 
 89
 89
 
 73,216
 73,216
New Mexico Airport and Albuquerque 1
 8
 9
 
 3,777
 3,777
New York Airports, Bronx, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Flushing, Hamburg, Long Island City, Manhattan, Queens, Ronkoma, Syracuse, West Harrison, White Plains and other various cities 8
 509
 517
 15,547
 91,673
 107,220
North Carolina Airports, Albemarle, Asheville, Carolina Beach, Charlotte, Durham, Fletcher, Greensboro, Wilmington, and Winston Salem 9
 88
 97
 17,208
 26,038
 43,246
North Dakota Airports 2
 
 2
 2,971
 
 2,971
Ohio Airports, Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Lakewood, North Canton and Westerville 17
 154
 171
 17,655
 91,578
 109,233
Oklahoma Oklahoma City and Tulsa 
 28
 28
 
 7,466
 7,466
Ontario Brampton, Cambridge, Kitchener, Mississauga, North York, Oshawa, Ottawa, Saultsaintemarie, Thunder bay, Toronto and various other cities 
 88
 88
 
 35,770
 35,770
Oregon Airports, Corvallis, Medford, Portland and Redmond 8
 17
 25
 19,133
 9,353
 28,486
Pennsylvania Airports, Avoca, Chester, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Middletown, Norristown, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Scranton 4
 68
 72
 7,241
 57,976
 65,217
Puerto Rico Caguas, Carolina, Dorado, Guaynabo, Ponce, Rio Grande and San Juan 
 40
 40
 
 18,622
 18,622
Quebec Gatineau 
 8
 8
 
 4,647
 4,647
Rhode Island Airports, Middletown, Newport, Providence and Warwick 7
 8
 15
 9,027
 2,236
 11,263
South Carolina Beaufort and Columbia 
 8
 8
 
 1,949
 1,949
South Dakota Airports, Rapid City, Sioux Falls 2
 
 2
 2,716
 
 2,716
Tennessee Airports, Blountville, Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville 4
 64
 68
 10,197
 13,876
 24,073
Texas Airports, Addison, Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Ft. Worth, Houston, Irving, San Antonio, Waco and Woodlands and other various cities 33
 223
 256
 36,893
 142,645
 179,538
Utah Airports, Farmington, Park City and Salt Lake City 10
 16
 26
 14,769
 5,536
 20,305
Virginia Airports, Arlington, Fairfax, Manassas, Newport News, Norfolk, Reston, Richmond, Roanoke, Vienna and various other cities 7
 86
 93
 11,280
 32,166
 43,446
Washington Airport, Bellevue, Bellingham and Seattle 1
 84
 85
 2,348
 22,431
 24,779
West Virginia Charleston 
 16
 16
 
 2,854
 2,854
Wisconsin Airports, Appleton, Green Bay, Lacrosse, Madison, Menomonee Falls and Milwaukee 12
 30
 42
 17,605
 14,524
 32,129
  Totals 274
 3,600
 3,874
 532,214
 1,471,729
 2,003,943
For additional information on our properties, see also Part II, Item 7. "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Summary of Operating Facilities" and the notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8. "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data."

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Office Leases
We lease approximately 35,000 square feet for our corporate offices in Chicago, Illinois and 33,000 square feet for our support office in Nashville, Tennessee. We believe that these spaces will be adequate to our meet currentproperties are well maintained, in good operating condition, and foreseeable future needs.suitable for the purposes for which they are used.
We also lease regional offices in various cities in the United States and Canada. These lease agreements generally include renewal and expansion options, and we believe that these facilities are adequate to meet our current and foreseeable future needs.
Item 3.    Legal Proceedings
General
We are subject to claims and litigation in the normal course of our business. Thebusiness, including those related to labor and employment, contracts, personal injury and other related matters, some of which allege substantial monetary damages and claims. Some of these actions may be brought as class actions on behalf of a class or purported class of employees. While, the outcomes of claims and legal proceedings and claims brought against us and other loss contingencies are subject to significant uncertainty. uncertainty, our management believes the final outcome will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
We accrue a charge against income when our management determines that it is probable that an asset has been impaired or a liability has been incurred and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. When a loss is probable, we record an accrual based on the reasonably estimable loss or range of loss. When no point of loss is more likely than another, we record the lowest amount in the estimated range of loss and disclose the estimated range. We do not record liabilities for reasonably possible loss contingencies, but do disclose a range of reasonably possible losses if they are material and we are able to estimate such a range. If we cannot provide a range of reasonably possible losses, we explain the factors that prevent us from determining such a range. In addition, we accrue for the authoritative judgments or assertions made against us by government agencies at the time of their rendering regardless of our intent to appeal. In addition, we are from time-to-time party to litigation, administrative proceedings and union grievances that arise in the normal course of business, and occasionally pay non-material amounts to resolve claims or alleged violations of regulatory requirements. There are no "normal course" matters that separately or in the aggregate, would, in the opinion of management, have a material adverse effect on our operations, financial condition or cash flow.
In determining the appropriate loss contingencies, we consider the likelihood of loss or impairment of an asset or the incurrence of a liability, as well as our ability to reasonably estimate the amount of potential loss. We regularly evaluate current information available to us to determine whether an accrual should be established or adjusted. Estimating the probability that a loss will occur and estimating the amount of a potential loss or a range of potential loss involves significant estimation and judgment.
Item 4.    Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.

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PART II
Item 5.    Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market Information
Our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC under the symbol "SP". The following sets forth the high and low intraday sales prices of our common stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC during each quarter of the two most recent calendar years.
  Sales Price
  2015 2014
Quarter Ended High Low High Low
March 31 $25.39
 $19.71
 $27.72
 $23.59
June 30 $27.33
 $21.62
 $26.73
 $20.50
September 30 $27.41
 $18.50
 $22.60
 $17.96
December 31 $26.39
 $21.66
 $25.76
 $18.65
Dividends
We did not pay a cash dividend in respect of our common stock in 2015 or 2014. By the terms of our Restated Credit Facility, we can pay cash dividends on our capital stock while such facility is in effect. Any future dividends will be determined based on earnings, capital requirements, financial condition, and other factors considered relevant by our Board of Directors. There are no restrictions on the ability of our wholly owned subsidiaries to pay cash dividends to us.
Holders
As of February 29, 2016,14, 2019, we estimate that there were 22,328,578 holders of our common stock, based on the number of recordapproximately 7,200 registered holders of our common stock.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
Plan CategoryNumber of
Securities to be
Issued Upon
Exercise of
Outstanding
Options,
Warrants
and
Rights (a)
 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
Column (a))
Number of
Securities to be
Issued Upon
Exercise of
Outstanding
Options,
Warrants
and
Rights (Column A)
 Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price of
Outstanding
Options,
Warrants
and
Rights (Column B)
 Number of
Securities
Remaining
Available
for Future
Issuance
Under Equity
Compensation
Plans
(Excluding
Securities
Reflected in
Column A)
Equity compensation plans approved by securities holders575,567
 $
 370,420
380,300
 $
 940,529
Equity compensation plans not approved by securities holders
 
 

 
 
Total575,567
 $
 370,420
380,300
 $
 940,529

Stock Repurchases

In June 2011,May 2016, our Board of Directors authorized us to repurchase, on the open market, shares of our outstanding common stock in an amount not to exceed $30.0 million in aggregate. Purchases of our common stock on the open market, up to $20.0 million in share repurchases in the aggregate. Under this repurchase program, we may purchase our common shares from time to timebe made in open market purchasestransactions effected through a broker-dealer at prevailing market prices, in block trades, or privately negotiated transactionsby other means in accordance with Rule 10b-18 and may make all or part10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of the purchases pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 plans. Any repurchased shares are retired and returned to an authorized but unissued status.1934 ("Exchange Act"). The share repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued atdoes not obligate us to repurchase any time without notice. Asparticular amount of common stock, and has no fixed termination date.

Under this program, we repurchased 305,183 shares of common stock through December 31, 2015, $12.52018, at an average price of $24.43, resulting in $7.5 million remained availablein program-to-date repurchases. No repurchases were made for stock repurchasesthe year ended December 31, 2018.

The dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the June 2011 authorization by the Board of Directors. We made no stock repurchases during 2015 or 2014.program is $22.5 million.
















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Stock Performance Graph
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  Years Ended December 31,
 Company / Index201020112012201320142015
 SP Plus Corporation$100.00
$94.15
$115.86
$137.20
$132.93
$125.92
 S&P 500 Index$100.00
$102.11
$118.45
$156.82
$178.29
$180.75
 S&P SmallCap 600 Commercial & Professional Services$100.00
$89.38
$112.95
$166.87
$165.32
$167.46
 
 Years Ended December 31,
Company / Index201320142015201620172018
SP Plus Corporation$100.00
$96.89
$91.78
$108.10
$142.47
$113.44
S&P 500 Index$100.00
$113.69
$115.26
$129.05
$157.22
$150.33
S&P SmallCap 600 Commercial & Professional Services$100.00
$99.07
$100.35
$124.39
$139.14
$135.51
The performance graph above shows the cumulative total stockholder return of our common stock for the period starting on December 31, 20102013 to December 31, 2015.2018. This performance is compared with the cumulative total returns over the same period of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Standard & Poor's SmallCap 600 Commercial and Professional Services Index, which includes our direct competitor, ABM Industries Incorporated. The graph assumes that on December 31, 2010,2013, $100 was invested in each of the other two indices, and assumes reinvestment of dividends. The stock performance shown in the graph represents past performance and should not be considered an indication of future performance.



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Item 6.    Selected Financial Data
The following selected consolidated data should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statementsConsolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto, which are included in Item 8. "Financial Statements15. "Exhibits and Supplementary Data"Financial Statement Schedules" and the information contained in Item 7. "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations." The results of operations for the historical periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for future periods. See Item 1A. "Risk Factors" of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of risk factors that could impact our future results.
 Year Ended December 31,
(millions)2018 (1) 2017 2016 2015 2014
Statement of Income 
  
  
  
  
Services revenue 
  
  
  
  
Lease type contracts (2)$413.9
 $563.1
 $545.0
 $570.9
 $496.6
Management type contracts361.5
 348.2
 346.8
 350.3
 338.3
 775.4
 911.3
 891.8
 921.2
 834.9
Reimbursed management type contract revenue693.0
 679.2
 676.6
 650.6
 638.7
Total services revenue1,468.4
 1,590.5
 1,568.4
 1,571.8
 1,473.6
Cost of services   
  
  
  
Lease type contracts (2)377.6
 518.4
 505.6
 532.8
 455.7
Management type contracts213.8
 207.6
 209.8
 218.3
 207.9
 591.4
 726.0
 715.4
 751.1
 663.6
Reimbursed management type contract expense693.0
 679.2
 676.6
 650.6
 638.7
Total cost of services1,284.4
 1,405.2
 1,392.0
 1,401.7
 1,302.3
Gross profit   
  
  
  
Lease type contracts36.3
 44.7
 39.4
 38.1
 40.9
Management type contracts147.7
 140.6
 137.0
 132.0
 130.4
Total gross profit184.0
 185.3
 176.4
 170.1
 171.3
General and administrative expenses91.0
 82.9
 90.0
 97.3
 101.5
Depreciation and amortization17.9
 21.0
 33.7
 34.0
 30.3
Operating income75.1
 81.4
 52.7
 38.8
 39.5
Other expense (income)   
  
  
  
Interest expense9.6
 9.2
 10.5
 12.7
 17.8
Interest income(0.4) (0.6) (0.5) (0.2) (0.4)
Gain on sale of a business
 (0.1) 
 (0.5) 
Gain on contribution of a
business to an unconsolidated entity

 
 
 
 (4.1)
Equity in (earnings) losses from investment in unconsolidated entity(10.1) 0.7
 0.9
 1.7
 0.3
Total other expense (income)(0.9) 9.2
 10.9
 13.7
 13.6
Earnings before income taxes76.0
 72.2
 41.8
 25.1
 25.9
Income tax expense (benefit)19.6
 27.7
 15.8
 4.8
 (0.2)
Net income56.4
 44.5
 26.0
 20.3
 26.1
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest3.2
 3.3
 2.9
 2.9
 3.0
Net income attributable to SP Plus Corporation$53.2
 $41.2
 $23.1
 $17.4
 $23.1
Per Share Data         
Basic$2.38
 $1.86
 $1.04
 $0.78
 $1.05
Diluted$2.35
 $1.83
 $1.03
 $0.77
 $1.03
Balance sheet data (at end of year)   
  
  
  
Cash and cash equivalents$39.9
 $22.8
 $22.2
 $18.7
 $18.2
Total assets1,072.3
 762.9
 778.6
 784.1
 823.1
Total debt386.7
 153.8
 195.1
 225.1
 250.8
Total stockholders' equity$368.6
 $313.1
 $268.4
 $250.1
 $229.8
(1) On November 30, 2018, we completed our acquisition of Bags. Our consolidated results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 include Central's results of operations for the entire year. Our consolidated results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2012 include Central's2018 includes Bags operating results of operations for the period October 2, 2012of November 30, 2018 through December 31, 2012.2018. Our consolidated results for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014 do not include the operating results of Bags. See Note 2.
Acquisition, which is included in Part IV, Item 15. "Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules" for further discussion of the Bags acquisition.
 Year Ended December 31,
(millions)2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Statement of Income 
  
  
  
  
Parking services revenue 
  
  
  
  
Lease contracts$570.9
 $496.6
 $489.6
 $250.3
 $147.5
Management contracts350.3
 338.3
 347.3
 230.5
 173.7
 921.2
 834.9
 836.9
 480.8
 321.2
Reimbursed management contract revenue694.7
 679.8
 629.9
 473.1
 408.4
Total revenue1,615.9
 1,514.7
 1,466.8
 953.9
 729.6
Cost of parking services   
  
  
  
Lease contracts532.8
 455.7
 456.1
 231.8
 136.5
Management contracts218.3
 207.9
 208.7
 141.9
 97.2
 751.1
 663.6
 664.8
 373.7
 233.7
Reimbursed management contract expense694.7
 679.8
 629.9
 473.1
 408.4
Total cost of parking services1,445.8
 1,343.4
 1,294.7
 846.8
 642.1
Gross profit   
  
  
  
Lease contracts38.1
 40.9
 33.5
 18.6
 11.0
Management contracts132.0
 130.4
 138.6
 88.5
 76.5
Total gross profit170.1
 171.3
 172.1
 107.1
 87.5
General and administrative expenses97.3
 101.5
 98.9
 86.5
 48.3
Depreciation and amortization34.0
 30.3
 31.2
 13.5
 6.6
Operating income38.8
 39.5
 42.0
 7.1
 32.6
Other expense (income)   
  
  
  
Interest expense12.7
 17.8
 19.0
 8.6
 4.7
Interest income(0.2) (0.4) (0.6) (0.3) (0.2)
Gain on sale of business(0.5) 
 
 
 
Gain on contribution of a
business to an unconsolidated entity

 (4.1) 
 
 
Equity in losses from investments in unconsolidated entity1.7
 0.3
 
 
 
Total other expense (income)13.7
 13.6
 18.4
 8.3
 4.5
Earnings (loss) before income taxes25.1
 25.9
 23.6
 (1.2) 28.1
Income tax expense (benefit)4.8
 (0.2) 8.8
 (3.6) 10.7
Net income20.3
 26.1
 14.8
 2.4
 17.4
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest2.9
 3.0
 2.7
 1.0
 0.4
Net income attributable to SP Plus Corporation (1)$17.4
 $23.1
 $12.1
 $1.4
 $17.0
Balance sheet data (at end of year)   
  
  
  
Cash and cash equivalents$18.7
 $18.2
 $23.2
 $28.5
 $13.2
Total assets (2) (5)784.1
 823.1
 858.5
 900.0
 242.0
Total debt (3) (5)225.1
 250.8
 284.8
 305.3
 81.1
Total SP Plus Corporation shareholders' equity (4)$250.1
 $229.8
 $203.1
 $186.2
 $41.3
(2) Reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts due to the adoption of Topic 853, which requires rental expense for the periods after January 1, 2018 be presented as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts for that business (and corresponding contracts) that meet the criteria and definition of a service concession arrangement. See Note 4. Revenue of the Consolidated Financial Statements, which is included in Part IV, Item 15. "Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules," for further discussion regarding the adoption of Topic 853.

(1)Net income attributable to SP Plus Corporation for 2012 includes the following significant amounts from the Central Merger: Total revenue, excluding reimbursed revenue, of $127.8 million; total cost of parking services, excluding reimbursed expense, of $190.0 million; and general and administrative expenses of $24.6 million.
(2)Total assets as of December 31, 2012 includes the impact of assets acquired in the Central Merger of $624.9 million.
(3)Total long-term debt, including current portion as of December 31, 2012, includes $217.7 million of debt, net of cash acquired, assumed in the Central Merger.
(4)Total SP Plus Corporation stockholders' equity as of December 31, 2012 includes approximately $140.7 million related to the issuance of our common stock in the Central Merger.
(5)Total assets and total debt for all years presented have been adjusted for the early adoption of ASU 2015-03.

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Item 7.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
This Item 7. "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,"Operations" and other parts of this Form 10-K contain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Forward-looking statements can also be identified by words such as "future," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "will," "would," "could," "can," "may," and similar terms. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and the Company's actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in Part I, Item 1A. "Risk Factors" of this Form 10-K, which are incorporated herein by reference. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statementsConsolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in Part II,IV, Item 8. "Financial Statements15. "Exhibits and Supplementary Data"Financial Statement Schedules" of this Form 10-K. Each of the terms the "Company" and "SP Plus" as used herein refers collectively to SP Plus Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries, unless otherwise stated. The Company assumes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements for any reason, except as required by law.
OverviewExplanatory Note
On November 30, 2018, we completed the acquisition of Bags. Our Business
We provide parking management, ground transportationconsolidated results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018 includes the results of operations for the period of November 30, 2018 through December 31, 2018. Our consolidated operations for the year ended December 31, 2017 and other ancillary services2016 do not include amounts related to commercial, institutionalthe Bags results of operations. See Note 2. Acquisition, which is included in Part IV, Item 15. "Exhibits and municipal clients in urban markets and airports across the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. Our services include a comprehensive set of on-site parking management and ground transportation services, which include facility maintenance, security services, training, scheduling and supervising all service personnel as well as providing customer service, marketing, and accounting and revenue control functions necessary to facilitate the operation of our clients' facilities. We also provide a range of ancillary services such as airport shuttle operations, valet services, taxi and livery dispatch services and municipal meter revenue collection and enforcement services. We typically enter into contractual relationships with property owners or managers as opposed to owning facilities.
We operate our clients' properties through two types of arrangements: management contracts and leases. Under a management contract, we typically receive a base monthly feeFinancial Statement Schedules" for managing the facility, and we may also receive an incentive fee based on the achievement of facility performance objectives. We also receive fees for ancillary services. Typically, allfurther discussion of the underlying revenues and expenses under a standard management contract flow through to our clients rather than to us. However, some management contracts, which are referred to as "reverse" management contracts, usually provide for larger management fees and require us to pay various costs. Under lease arrangements, we generally pay to the property owner either a fixed annual rent, a percentage of gross customer collections or a combination thereof. We collect all revenues under lease arrangements and we are responsible for most operating expenses, but we are typically not responsible for major maintenance, capital expenditures or real estate taxes. Margins for lease contracts vary significantly, not only due to operating performance, but also due to variability of parking rates in different cities and varying space utilization by parking facility type and location. As of December 31, 2015, we operated 82% of our locations under management contracts and 18% under leases.Bags acquisition.
General Overview
In evaluating our financial condition and operating performance, management'smanagement’s primary focus is on our gross profit and total general and administrative expense. Although the underlying economics to us of management contracts and leases are similar, the manner in which we are required to account for them differs. Revenue from leaseslease type contracts includes all gross customer collections derived from our leased locationslease type contracts (net of local parking taxes), whereas revenue from management type contracts only includes our contractually agreed upon management fees and amounts attributable to ancillary services. Gross customer collections at facilities under management type contracts, therefore, are not included in our revenue. Additionally, revenue from lease type contracts also includes a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts due to the adoption of ASU No. 2017-10, Service Concession Arrangements(Topic 853): Determining the Customer of the Operation Services, which requires rental expense for the periods after January 1, 2018 be presented as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts for that business (and corresponding contracts) that meet the criteria and definition of a service concession arrangement. Accordingly, while a change in the proportion of our operating agreements that are structured as leaseslease type contracts versus management type contracts may cause significant fluctuations in reported revenue and expense of parking services that change will not artificially affect our gross profit. For example, as of December 31, 2015, 82%2018, 80% of our locations were operatedbusiness was operating under management type contracts and 78%80% of our gross profit for the year ended December 31, 20152018 was derived from management type contracts. Only 38%47% of total revenue (excluding reimbursed management type contract revenue), however, was from management type contracts because under those contracts the revenue collected from parking customers belongs to our clients. Therefore, gross profit and total general and administrative expense, rather than revenue, are management's primary focus.
Acquisitions, Investment in Joint VentureWe believe that sophisticated clients (which also include property owners) recognize the potential for parking services, parking management, ground transportation services, baggage handling and Saleother ancillary services to be a profit generator and/or a service differentiator to their customers. By outsourcing these services, they are able to capture additional profit and customer experience by leveraging the unique operational skills and controls that an experienced services company can offer. Our ability to consistently deliver a uniformly high level of Business
In October 2012, we completedservices to our clients, including the Central Merger for 6,161,332 sharesuse of various technological enhancements, allows us to maximize the profit and/or customer experience to our clients and improves our ability to win contracts and retain existing clients. Our focus on customer service and satisfaction is a key driver of our common stockhigh retention rate, which was approximately 88% and the assumption of $217.7 million of Central's debt, net of cash acquired. Additionally, Central's former stockholders will be entitled to receive $27.0 million to be paid three years after closing, to the extent the $27.0 million is not used to satisfy seller indemnity obligations pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated February 28, 2012. Our consolidated results of operations92% for the twelve monthsyears ended December 31, 2015, 20142018 and 2013 include Central's results of operations for the entire year.
In October 2014, we entered into an agreement to establish a joint venture with Parkmobile USA, Inc. ("Parkmobile USA")2017, respectively. This retention rate captures facilities in Segment One (Commercial and contributed all of the assets and liabilities of our proprietary Click and Park® parking prepayment business in exchange for a 30 percent interest in the newly formed legal entity called Parkmobile, LLC ("Parkmobile")Institutional). Parkmobile is a leading provider of on-demand and prepaid transaction processing for on- and off-street parking and transportation services. The Parkmobile joint venture combines two parking transaction engines, with SP Plus contributing the Click and Park® parking prepayment systems, which enables consumers to reserve and pay for parking online in advance and Parkmobile USA contributing its on demand transaction engine that allows consumers to transact real-time payment for parking privileges in both on- and off-street environments. We account for our investment in the joint venture with Parkmobile under the equity method of accounting.

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In August 2015, we sold portions of our security business primarily operating in the Southern California market to a third-party for a gross sales price of $1.8 million, which resulted in a gain on sale of business of $0.5 million, net of legal and other expenses. The pre-tax profit for the operations of the sold business was not significant to the periods presented herein.
Summary of OperatingCommercial and Institutional Segment Facilities
The following table reflects our Commercial and Institutional Segment facilities (by contractual type) operated at the end of the years indicated:
 December 31,
 2015
2014
2013
Leased facilities (1)713

774

850
Managed facilities (1) (2)3,161

3,348

3,317
Total facilities3,874

4,122

4,167
 December 31,
 2018 2017 2016
Leased facilities (1)628
 644
 664
Managed facilities2,514
 2,722
 2,742
Total Commercial and Institutional Segment facilities3,142
 3,366
 3,406

(1)Includes partial ownership in two managed facilities and one leased facility acquired in the Central Merger.for 2018 and 2017, and two leased facilities for 2016.

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Adjusted to exclude managed facilities related to the security business primarily operating in the Southern California market for December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013.

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Revenue
We recognize parking services revenue from lease and management type contracts as the related services are provided. Substantially all of our revenues comerevenue comes from the following two sources:
Parking servicesServices revenue—lease contract.type contracts  Parking services revenues. Services revenue related to lease type contracts consistconsists of all revenue received at a leased facility,lease type locations, including parkinggross receipts (net of parking tax)local taxes), consulting and real estate development fees, gains on sales of contracts and payments for exercising termination rights. Revenue from lease type contracts includes a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts due to the adoption of Topic 853, which requires rental expense for the periods after January 1, 2018 be presented as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts for that business (and corresponding contracts) that meet the criteria and definition of a service concession arrangement.
Parking servicesServices revenue—management contract.type contracts. Management type contract revenue consists of management fees, including both fixed, andvariable and/or performance-based fees, and amounts attributable to ancillary services such as accounting, equipment leasing, baggage services, payments received for exercising termination rights, consulting, developmentdevelopmental fees, gains on sales of contracts, insurance and other value-added services with respect to managed locations.type contracts. We believe we generally purchase required insurance at lower rates than our clients can obtain on their own because we effectively self-insuredself-insure for all liability worker'sand worker’s compensation and health care claims by maintaining a large per-claim deductible. As a result, we have generated operating income on the insurance provided under our management type contracts by focusing on our risk management efforts and controlling losses. Management type contract revenues do not include gross customer collections at the managed locationstype contracts as these revenues belong to the property ownersclient rather than to us. Management type contracts generally provide us with a management feesfee regardless of the operating performance of the underlying facilities.management type contract.
Conversions between type of contracts, lease or management, are typically determined by our clients and not us. Although the underlying economics to us of management contracts and leases are similar, the manner in which we account for them differs substantially.
Reimbursed Management Type Contract Revenue
Reimbursed management type contract revenue consists of the direct reimbursement from the property ownerclient for operating expenses incurred under a management type contract, which isare reflected in our revenue.
Cost of Parking Services
Our cost of parking services consists of the following:
Cost of parking services—lease contract.type contracts. The cost of parking services under a lease type arrangement consists of contractual rentalrents or fees paid to the facility ownerclient and all operating expenses incurred in connection with operating the leased facility. Contractual rents or fees paid to the facility ownerclient are generally based on either a fixed contractual amount or a percentage of gross revenue or a combination thereof. Generally, under a lease type arrangement we are not responsible for major capital expenditures or real estate taxes. Cost of services from lease type contracts includes a reduction of Cost of services revenue - lease type contracts due to the adoption of Topic 853, which requires rental expense for the periods after January 1, 2018 be presented as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts (and corresponding contracts) that meet the criteria and definition of a service concession arrangement.

Cost of parking services—management contract.type contracts. The cost of parking services under a management type contract is generally the responsibility of the facility owner.client. As a result, these costs are not included in our results of operations. However, our reverse management type contracts, which typically provide for larger management fees, do require us to pay for certain costs.costs and these costs are included in results of operations.

Reimbursed Management Type Contract Expense
Reimbursed management type contract expense consists of direct reimbursed costs incurred on behalf of property ownersa client under a management type contract, which isare reflected in our cost of parking services.
Gross Profit
Gross profit equals our revenue less the cost of generating such revenue. This is the key metric we use to examine our performance because it captures the underlying economic benefit to us of both lease contracts and management type contracts.

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General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses include salaries, wages, benefits, payroll taxes, insurance, travel and office related expenses for our headquarters, field offices, supervisory employees, and board of directors.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation is determined using a straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the various asset classes, or in the case of leasehold improvements, over the initial term of the operating lease or its useful life, whichever is shorter. Intangible assets determined to have finite lives are amortized over their remaining estimated remaining useful life.


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Segments
An operating segment is defined as a component of an enterprise that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenue and incur expenses, and about which separate financial information is regularly evaluated by our chief operating decision maker ("CODM"(“CODM”), in deciding how to allocate resources. Our CODM is our president and chief executive officer.
The chief operating decision maker does not evaluate segments using discrete asset information. The business is managed based on regions administered by executive vice presidents. Effective January 1, 2015,In the fourth quarter 2018, we began certain organizational and executive leadership changes to align with howchanged our CODM reviews performance and makes decisions in managing the Company and therefore, changed internal operatingreporting segment information reported to our CODM as a result of the CODM.Bags acquisition. The operating segments are internally reported as RegionSegment One (North), Region(Commercial and Institutional) and Segment Two (South), Region Three (New York Metropolitan tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut), Region Four (Airport transportation operations nationwide), and Region Five (other operating units of USA Parking and event planning and transportation services)(Aviation). The following includes the internal reporting as of December 31, 2015 for which allAll prior periods presented have been restated to reflect the new internal reporting to the CODM.
RegionSegment One (Commercial and Institutional) encompasses operationsour services in Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Northern California, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsinhealthcare facilities, municipalities, including meter revenue collection and the three Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario,enforcement services, government facilities, hotels, commercial real estate, residential communities, retail, colleges and Quebec.
Region Two encompasses operations in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Southern California, Tennessee, Texas, Utahuniversities, as well as ancillary services such as ground transportation services, valet services, taxi and Puerto Rico.
Region Three encompasses operations in the New York Metropolitan tri-state area New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Region Four encompasses all major airport and transportation operations nationwide.
Region Five encompasses other reporting units of USA Parkinglivery dispatch services and event planning, including shuttle and transportation services.
Other
Segment Two (Aviation) encompasses our services in aviation (e.g., airports, airline and certain hospitality clients with baggage and parking services) as well as ancillary services, which includes ground transportation services, valet services, baggage handling, baggage repair and replacement, remote air check-in services and other services.
"Other" consists of ancillary revenue that is not specifically identifiable to a regionSegments One or Two and certain unallocated items, such as and including prior year insurance reserve adjustments relatedadjustments/costs and other corporate items.    

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Fiscal 2018 Compared to prior years.Fiscal 2017
The following tables are a summary of service revenues (excluding reimbursed management type contract revenue), cost of services (excluding reimbursed management type contract expense) and gross profit by segment for the comparable years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.
Services revenue by segment is summarized as follows:
 Year Ended December 31,
 Segment One Segment Two  Other Total Variance
(millions)2018 2017 2018 2017  2018 2017 2018 2017 Amount %
Lease type contracts                    
New/Acquired business (a) (b)$42.3
 $33.7
 $1.2
 $3.0
  $
 $
 $43.5
 $36.7
 $6.8
 18.5 %
Expired business (c)15.8
 61.5
 
 
  
 
 15.8
 61.5
 (45.7) (74.3)%
Existing business (d) (e)302.6
 311.1
 25.8
 126.3
  0.7
 
 329.1
 437.4
 (108.3) (24.8)%
Conversions25.5
 27.5
 
 
  
 
 25.5
 27.5
 (2.0) (7.3)%
Total lease type contracts$386.2
 $433.8
 $27.0
 $129.3
  $0.7
 $
 $413.9
 $563.1
 $(149.2) (26.5)%
Management type contracts 
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
New/Acquired business (f)$49.3
 $33.0
 $31.1
 $15.3
  $
 $
 $80.4
 $48.3
 $32.1
 66.5 %
Expired business15.4
 35.4
 0.8
 3.7
  
 
 16.2
 39.1
 (22.9) (58.6)%
Existing business185.1
 180.2
 69.2
 70.1
  9.5
 9.1
 263.8
 259.4
 4.4
 1.7 %
Conversions1.0
 1.4
 0.1
 
  
 
 1.1
 1.4
 (0.3) (21.4)%
Total management type contracts$250.8
 $250.0
 $101.2
 $89.1
  $9.5
 $9.1
 $361.5
 $348.2
 $13.3
 3.8 %
(a) The year ended December 31, 2018 new/acquired business in Segment One includes a $8.9 million reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts due to the adoption of Topic 853, which requires rental expense for the current period be presented as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts for that business (and corresponding contracts) that meet the criteria and definition of a service concession arrangement.

(b) The year ended December 31, 2018 new/acquired business in Segment Two includes a $2.3 million reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts due to the adoption of Topic 853, which requires rental expense for the current period be presented as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts for that business (and corresponding contracts) that meet the criteria and definition of a service concession arrangement.

(c) The year ended December 31, 2018 expired business in Segment One includes a $0.3 million reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts due to the adoption of Topic 853, which requires rental expense for the current period be presented as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts for that business (and corresponding contracts) that meet the criteria and definition of a service concession arrangement.

(d) The year ended December 31, 2018 existing business in Segment One includes a $14.9 million reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts due to the adoption of Topic 853, which requires rental expense for the current period be presented as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts for that business (and corresponding contracts) that meet the criteria and definition of a service concession arrangement.

(e) The year ended December 31, 2018 existing business in Segment Two includes a $107.1 million reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts due to the adoption of Topic 853, which requires rental expense for the current period be presented as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts for that business (and corresponding contracts) that meet the criteria and definition of a service concession arrangement.

(f) On November 30, 2018, we completed our acquisition of Bags. The year ended December 31, 2018 new/acquired business in Segment Two includes Bags Services revenue - management type contracts, for the period of November 30, 2018 through December 31, 2018. See Note 2. Acquisition, which is included in Part IV, Item 15. "Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules" for further discussion of the Bags acquisition.
Revenue associated with existing business represents business that has been operating for at least one year and operating for the entire period in the comparative period being presented. Revenue associated with expired business relates to contracts that have expired, however, we were operating the business in the comparative period presented.
Services revenue—lease type contracts
Lease type contract revenue decreased $149.2 million, or 26.5%, to $413.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, compared to $563.1 million for the year-ago period. The decrease in lease type contract revenue resulted primarily from deceases of $108.3 million from existing business, $45.7 million from expired business, and $2.0 million from business that converted from management type contracts during the year, partially offset by an increase of $6.8 million from new/acquired business. The decrease in expired business includes earnings of $8.5 million from our proportionate share of the net gain on the equity method investee's sale of assets recognized during the year ended December 31, 2017. Existing business revenue decreased $108.3 million, or 24.8%, primarily due to the adoption of ASU No. 2017-10, Service Concession Arrangements (Topic 853), which requires rental expense to be presented as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts versus the comparative period presentation of recording rent expense as an increase to Cost of services - lease type contracts for that business (and corresponding contracts) meeting the criteria and definition of a service concession arrangement, as discussed in Note 1. Significant Account Policies and Practices and Note 4. Revenue to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 15. "Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules", partially offset by net increases in short-term parking revenue, monthly parking revenue and transient parking revenue.
From a reporting segment perspective, lease type contract revenue decreased primarily due to expired business in Segment One, existing business in Segments One and Two, conversions in Segment One, and new/acquired business in Segment Two, partially offset by increases from new/acquired business in Segment One and existing business in Other. The Other segment amounts in existing business represent revenue not specifically identifiable to Segments One or Two.

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Services revenue—management type contracts
Management type contract revenue increased $13.3 million, or 3.8%, to $361.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, compared to $348.2 million for the year-ago period. The increase in management type contract revenue resulted primarily from increases of $32.1 million from new/acquired business, and $4.4 million from existing business, partially offset by a decrease of $22.9 million from expired business and $0.3 million from business that converted from lease type contracts during the periods presented. Existing business revenue increased $4.4 million, or 1.7%, primarily due to change in contract terms for certain management type contracts, whereby the contract terms converted from a management type contract to a "reverse" management type contract, which typically has higher management fees from the client but require us to pay certain operating costs associated with the operation, and increased management fees.
From a reporting segment perspective, management type contract revenue increased primarily due to increases in new/acquired business for Segments One and Two, existing business for Segment One and Other, and conversions in Segment Two, partially offset by decreases in expired business in Segments One and Two, existing business for Segment Two, and conversions in Segment One. The Other segment amounts in existing business represent revenues not specifically identifiable to Segments One and Two.
Reimbursed management type contract revenue
Reimbursed management type contract revenue increased $13.8 million, or 2.0%, to $693.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, compared to $679.2 million in the year-ago period. The slight increase resulted primarily from an increase in reimbursements for costs incurred on behalf of a client.
Cost of services by segment is summarized as follows:
 Year Ended December 31,
 Segment One Segment Two  Other Total Variance
(millions)2018 2017 2018 2017  2018 2017 2018 2017 Amount %
Lease type contracts                    
New/Acquired business (a) (b)$39.0
 $32.0
 $0.7
 $2.7
  $
 $
 $39.7
 $34.7
 $5.0
 14.4 %
Expired business (c)15.9
 46.5
 
 
  
 
 15.9
 46.5
 (30.6) (65.8)%
Existing business (d) (e)282.0
 290.4
 19.1
 119.9
  (3.1) (2.2) 298.0
 408.1
 (110.1) (27.0)%
Conversions24.0
 29.1
 
 
  
 
 24.0
 29.1
 (5.1) (17.5)%
Total lease type contracts$360.9
 $398.0
 $19.8
 $122.6
  $(3.1) $(2.2) $377.6
 $518.4
 $(140.8) (27.2)%
Management type contracts                    
New/Acquired business (f)$29.5
 $18.5
 $25.9
 $14.7
  $
 $
 $55.4
 $33.2
 $22.2
 66.9 %
Expired business10.6
 21.1
 0.5
 2.6
  
 
 11.1
 23.7
 (12.6) (53.2)%
Existing business115.7
 113.1
 42.9
 45.6
  (11.5) (8.4) 147.1
 150.3
 (3.2) (2.1)%
Conversions0.2
 0.4
 
 
  
 
 0.2
 0.4
 (0.2) (50.0)%
Total management type contracts$156.0
 $153.1
 $69.3
 $62.9
  $(11.5) $(8.4) $213.8
 $207.6
 $6.2
 3.0 %
(a) The year ended December 31, 2018 new/acquired business in Segment One includes a $8.9 million reduction of Cost of services - lease type contracts due to the adoption of Topic 853, which requires rent expense for the current period be presented as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts for that business (and corresponding contracts) that meet the criteria and definition of a service concession arrangement.

(b) The year ended December 31, 2018 new/acquired business in Segment Two includes a $2.3 million reduction of Cost of services - lease type contracts due to the adoption of Topic 853, which requires rent expense for the current period be presented as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts for that business (and corresponding contracts) that meet the criteria and definition of a service concession arrangement.

(c) The year ended December 31, 2018 expired business in Segment One includes a $0.3 million reduction of Cost of services - lease type contracts due to the adoption of Topic 853, which requires rental expense for the current period be presented as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts for that business (and corresponding contracts) that meet the criteria and definition of a service concession arrangement.

(d) The year ended December 31, 2018 existing business in Segment One includes a $14.9 million reduction of Cost of services - lease type contracts due to the adoption of Topic 853, which requires rent expense for the current period be presented as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts for that business (and corresponding contracts) that meet the criteria and definition of a service concession arrangement.

(e) The year ended December 31, 2018 existing business in Segment Two includes a $107.1 million reduction of Cost of services - lease type contracts due to the adoption of Topic 853, which requires rent expense for the current period be presented as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts for that business (and corresponding contracts) that meet the criteria and definition of a service concession arrangement.

(f) On November 30, 2018, we completed our acquisition of Bags. The year ended December 31, 2018 new/acquired business in Segment Two includes Bags Cost of Services - management type contracts, for the period of November 30, 2018 through December 31, 2018. See Note 2. Acquisition, which is included in Part IV, Item 15. "Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules" for further discussion of the Bags acquisition.
Cost of services associated with existing business represents business that has been operating for at least one year and operating for the entire period in the comparative period being presented. Cost of services associated with expired business relates to contracts that have expired, however, we were operating the business the comparative period presented.
Cost of services—lease type contracts
Cost of services for lease type contracts decreased $140.8 million, or 27.2%, to $377.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, compared to $518.4 million for the year-ago period. The decrease in cost of services for lease type contracts resulted primarily

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from decreases of $110.1 million from existing business, $30.6 million from expired business and $5.1 million from business that converted from management type contracts during the periods presented, partially offset by an increase of $5.0 million from new/acquired business. Existing business decreased $110.1 million, or 27.0%, primarily due to the adoption of ASU No. 2017-10, Service Concession Arrangements (Topic 853) which requires rental expense to be presented as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts versus the comparative period presentation of recording rent expense as an increase to Cost of services - lease type contracts for that business (and corresponding contracts) meeting the criteria and definition of a service concession arrangement, as discussed in Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies and Practices and Note 4. Revenue to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 15. "Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules", an overall decrease in net operating costs, increased favorability related to unallocated insurance reserve adjustments/costs and other corporate items and a decrease in rent expense.
From a reporting segment perspective, cost of services for lease type contracts decreased primarily due to decreases from expired business in Segment One, existing business in Segment One, Two and Other, conversions in Segment One and new/acquired business in Segment Two, offset by increases in new/acquired business in Segment One. The Other segment amounts in existing business represent costs not specifically identifiable to Segments One or Two.
Cost of services—management type contracts
Cost of services for management type contracts increased $6.2 million, or 3.0%, to $213.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, compared to $207.6 million for the year-ago period. The increase in cost of services for management type contracts resulted primarily from an increase of $22.2 million from new/acquired business, partially offset by decreases of $12.6 million from expired business, $3.2 million from existing business and $0.2 million from business that converted from lease type contracts during the periods presented. Existing business costs decreased $3.2 million, or 2.1%, primarily due to a decrease in overall net operating costs.
From a reporting segment perspective, cost of services for management type contracts increased primarily from new/acquired business in Segments One and Two, and existing business in Segment One, partially offset by decreases from expired business in Segments One and Two, existing business in Segment Two and Other, and conversions in Segment One. The Other segment amounts in existing business represent costs not specifically identifiable to Segments One or Two.
Reimbursed management type contract expense
Reimbursed management type contract expense increased $13.8 million, or 2.0%, to $693.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, compared to $679.2 million in the year-ago period. The slight increase resulted primarily from an increase in reimbursements for costs incurred on behalf of a client.

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Segment gross profit/gross profit percentage information is summarized as follows:
 Year Ended December 31,
 Segment One Segment Two  Other Total Variance
(millions)2018 2017 2018 2017  2018 2017 2018 2017 Amount %
Lease type contracts                    
New/Acquired business$3.3
 $1.7
 $0.5
 $0.3
  $
 $
 $3.8
 $2.0
 $1.8
 90.0 %
Expired business(0.1) 15.0
 
 
  
 
 (0.1) 15.0
 (15.1) (100.7)%
Existing business20.6
 20.7
 6.7
 6.4
  3.8
 2.2
 31.1
 29.3
 1.8
 6.1 %
Conversions1.5
 (1.6) 
 
  
 
 1.5
 (1.6) 3.1
 (193.8)%
Total lease type contracts$25.3
 $35.8
 $7.2
 $6.7
  $3.8
 $2.2
 $36.3
 $44.7
 $(8.4) (18.8)%
 (Percentages)
Gross profit percentage lease type contracts                    
New/Acquired business (a)7.8 % 5.0 % 41.7% 10.0%  % % 8.7 % 5.4 % 
 
Expired business(0.6)% 24.4 % % %  % % (0.6)% 24.4 % 
 
Existing business (b)6.8 % 6.7 % 26.0% 5.1%  % % 9.5 % 6.7 % 
 
Conversions5.9 % (5.8)% % %  % % 5.9 % (5.8)% 
 
Total gross profit percentage6.6 % 8.3 % 26.7% 5.2%  % % 8.8 % 7.9 % 
 
Management type contracts                    
New/Acquired business (c)$19.8
 $14.5
 $5.2
 $0.6
  $
 $
 $25.0
 $15.1
 $9.9
 65.6 %
Expired business4.8
 14.3
 0.3
 1.1
  
 
 5.1
 15.4
 (10.3) (66.9)%
Existing business69.4
 67.1
 26.3
 24.5
  21.0
 17.5
 116.7
 109.1
 7.6
 7.0 %
Conversions0.8
 1.0
 0.1
 
  
 
 0.9
 1.0
 (0.1) (10.0)%
Total management type contracts$94.8
 $96.9
 $31.9
 $26.2
  $21.0
 $17.5
 $147.7
 $140.6
 $7.1
 5.0 %
 (Percentages)
Gross profit percentage management type contracts                    
New/Acquired business40.2 % 43.9 % 16.7% 3.9%  % % 31.1 % 31.3 % 
 
Expired business31.2 % 40.4 % 37.5% 29.7%  % % 31.5 % 39.4 % 
 
Existing business37.5 % 37.2 % 38.0% 35.0%  221.1% 192.3% 44.2 % 42.1 % 
 
Conversions80.0 % 71.4 % % %  % % 81.8 % 71.4 % 
 
Total gross profit percentage37.8 % 38.8 % 31.5% 29.4%  221.1% 192.3% 40.9 % 40.4 % 
 

(a) The year ended December 31, 2018 new/acquired business in Segment One and Segment Two includes an increase in gross profit percentage due to the reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts due to the adoption of Topic 853, which requires rent expense for the current period be presented as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts for that business (and corresponding contracts) that meet the criteria and definition of a service concession arrangement.

(b) The year ended December 31, 2018 existing business in Segment Two includes an increase in gross profit percentage due to the reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts due to the adoption of Topic 853, which requires rent expense for the current period be presented as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts for that business (and corresponding contracts) that meet the criteria and definition of a service concession arrangement.

(c) On November 30, 2018, we completed our acquisition of Bags. The year ended December 31, 2018 new/acquired business in Segment Two includes Bags Gross profit - management type contracts, for the period of November 30, 2018 through December 31, 2018. See Note 2. Acquisition, which is included in Part IV, Item 15. "Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules" for further discussion of the Bags acquisition.
Gross profit associated with existing business represents business that has been operating for at least one year and operating for the entire period in the comparative period being presented. Gross profit associated with expired business relates to contracts that have expired however, we were operating the business in the comparative period presented.
Gross profit—lease type contracts
Gross profit for lease type contracts decreased $8.4 million, or 18.8%, to $36.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, compared to $44.7 million for the year-ago period. Gross profit percentage for lease type contracts increased to 8.8% for the year ended December 31, 2018, compared to 7.9% for the year-ago period. Gross profit for lease type contracts decreased as a result of a decrease in gross profit for expired business, partially offset by increases in existing business, new/acquired business and business that converted from management type contracts during the periods presented. The gross profit decrease in expired business includes earnings of $8.5 million from our proportionate share of the net gain on the equity method investee's sale of assets recognized during the year ended December 31, 2017. Gross profit for existing business increased primarily due to short-term parking revenue, monthly parking revenue and transient parking revenue and increased favorability relating to certain unallocated insurance reserve adjustments/costs and other unallocated corporate items.
From a reporting segment perspective, gross profit for lease type contracts decreased primarily due to decreases in expired business in Segment One and existing business in Segment One, partially offset by increases in new/acquired business in Segments One and Two, existing business in Segment Two and Other and conversions in Segment One. The Other segment amounts in existing business represent costs not specifically identifiable to Segments One or Two.

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Gross profit—management type contracts
Gross profit for management type contracts increased $7.1 million, or 5.0%, to $147.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, compared to $140.6 million for the year-ago period. Gross profit percentage for management type contracts increased to 40.9% for the year ended December 31, 2018, compared to 40.4% for the year ago period. Gross profit for management type contracts increases were primarily the result of new/acquired business and existing business, partially offset by decreases in expired business and business that converted from lease type contracts during the year. Gross profit for management type contracts increased on existing business primarily due to net increases in management fees and unallocated insurance reserve adjustments/costs and other unallocated corporate items, partially offset by net increases in compensation and benefit costs and overall net increase in operating costs.
From a reporting segment perspective, gross profit for management type contracts increased primarily due to new/acquired business in Segments One and Two, existing business in Segment One, Two and Other and conversions in Segment Two. This was partially offset by decreases in expired business in Segments One and Two and conversions in Segment One. The Other segment amounts in existing business represent costs not specifically identifiable to Segments One or Two.
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses increased $8.1 million, or 9.8%, to $91.0 million for year ended December 31, 2018, compared to $82.9 million for the year-ago period. The increase in General and administrative expenses primarily related to the Bags acquisition, an increase in acquisition, restructuring and integration costs, compensation and benefit costs, and expected pay-out under our performance based compensation and long-term incentive compensation programs, partially offset by a $1.7 million cost recovery from a vendor partner and overall better expense control.
Interest expense
Interest expense increased $0.4 million, or 4.3%, to $9.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, as compared to $9.2 million for the year-ago period. This increase resulted primarily from an increase in borrowings as a result of the acquisition of Bags on November 30, 2018 and an increase in average borrowing rates, partially offset by lower average borrowings under our credit facility prior to the acquisition of Bags.
Interest income
Interest income was $0.4 million and $0.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
Gain on sale of a business
During 2017, we recognized a $0.1 million gain on the sale of a portion of our security business primarily operating in the Southern California market. We received $0.6 million for the final earn-out consideration from the buyer during the second quarter of 2017, for which we recognized an additional gain on sale of business of $0.1 million, as our historical estimate for the fair value of the earn-out consideration receivable was $0.5 million.
Equity in (earnings) losses from investment in unconsolidated entity
Equity in earnings from investment in unconsolidated entity relates to our investment in the joint venture with Parkmobile, which was accounted for under the equity method of accounting, and our share of equity earnings in the Parkmobile joint venture. Equity in earnings from investment in unconsolidated entity was $10.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, as compared to a loss of $0.7 million in the year-ago period. The increase in earnings from investment in unconsolidated entity for the year ended December 31, 2018 is primarily related to our $10.1 million net gain on the sale of our entire 30% equity interest in Parkmobile.

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Income tax expense
For the year ended December 31, 2018, we recognized income tax expense of $19.6 million on earnings before income taxes of $76.0 million compared to a $27.7 million income tax expense on earnings before income taxes of $72.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. Our effective tax rate was 25.8% for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to 38.4% for the year ended December 31, 2017. The $8.1 million decrease in income tax expense was primarily due to the reduction in the statutory federal income tax rate to 21% per the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the "2017 Tax Act") and the finalization of the tax accounting for the effects of the 2017 Tax Act, offset by adjustments to the state tax provision for a state tax examination.
On December 22, 2017, the 2017 Tax Act was signed into law. The 2017 Tax Act significantly revised the U.S. corporate income tax regime by, among other things, lowering the U.S. corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018, while also implementing a territorial tax system and imposing repatriation tax on deemed repatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries. U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP") requires that the impact of tax legislation be recognized in the period in which the law was enacted. As a result of the 2017 Tax Act, we recorded $0.2 million of income tax expense in the fourth quarter of 2017. The provisional amount related to the remeasurement of certain deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the rates at which they are expected to reverse in the future was $1.6 million income tax benefit, which includes a $1.2 million income tax expense related to an increase in the valuation allowance. The provisional amount related to the one-time transition tax on the mandatory deemed repatriation of foreign earnings was $1.8 million income tax expense based on the cumulative foreign earnings of $14.1 million and our current best estimates. Additionally, we recognized a tax charge of $0.6 million as an additional provision for withholding taxes on undistributed earnings not considered to be permanently reinvested.
We recorded a current tax benefit of $1.5 million for the finalization of our accounting for the transition tax on the mandatory deemed repatriation of foreign earnings. The current year benefit is the result of finalizing our analysis of foreign earnings and profits and eligible foreign tax credits to be claimed to offset the tax liability. We finalized our accounting for the income tax effects of the 2017 Tax Act in the fourth quarter 2018.



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Fiscal 20152017 Compared to Fiscal 20142016
The following tables are a summary of service revenues (excluding reimbursed management type contract revenue), cost of parking services (excluding reimbursed management type contract expense) and gross profit by regionssegment for the comparable years ended December 31, 20152017 and 2014.2016.
SegmentService revenue informationby segment is summarized as follows:
 Year Ended December 31,
 Region One Region Two Region Three Region Four Region Five Other Total Variance
(millions)2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 Amount %
Lease contract revenue                               
New location$8.7
 $3.3
 $8.3
 $2.1
 $3.1
 $1.5
 $81.8
 $4.5
 $0.4
 $
 $
 $
 $102.3
 $11.4
 $90.9
 797.4 %
Contract expirations2.8
 16.0
 6.1
 14.1
 2.3
 13.1
 2.4
 5.0
 0.2
 0.2
 
 
 13.8
 48.4
 (34.6) -71.5 %
Same location188.7
 185.2
 106.9
 98.2
 103.3
 103.1
 39.6
 39.0
 2.0
 2.3
 
 1.7
 440.5
 429.5
 11.0
 2.6 %
Conversions7.9
 1.5
 4.4
 5.6
 0.2
 
 
 
 1.8
 0.2
 
 
 14.3
 7.3
 7.0
 95.9 %
Total lease contract revenue$208.1
 $206.0
 $125.7
 $120.0
 $108.9
 $117.7
 $123.8
 $48.5
 $4.4
 $2.7
 $
 $1.7
 $570.9
 $496.6
 $74.3
 15.0 %
Management contract revenue 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
New location$12.2
 $2.5
 $13.5
 $4.3
 $4.3
 $2.2
 $2.7
 $0.8
 $7.1
 $1.4
 $
 $
 $39.8
 $11.2
 $28.6
 255.4 %
Contract expirations3.7
 14.2
 8.3
 22.0
 1.7
 3.6
 13.4
 18.1
 6.2
 5.8
 
 
 33.3
 63.7
 (30.4) -47.7 %
Same location68.7
 67.1
 57.7
 56.9
 21.8
 19.9
 84.5
 84.4
 30.3
 22.5
 13.9
 12.2
 276.9
 263.0
 13.9
 5.3 %
Conversions0.1
 0.2
 0.1
 
 
 0.1
 
 
 0.1
 0.1
 
 
 0.3
 0.4
 (0.1) -19.4 %
Total management contract revenue$84.7
 $84.0
 $79.6
 $83.2
 $27.8
 $25.8
 $100.6
 $103.3
 $43.7
 $29.8
 $13.9
 $12.2
 $350.3
 $338.3
 $12.0
 3.6 %
 Year Ended December 31,
 Segment One Segment Two  Other Total Variance
(millions)2017 2016 2017 2016  2017 2016 2017 2016 Amount %
Lease type contracts 
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
New/Acquired business$39.8
 $7.1
 $3.0
 $0.9
  $
 $
 $42.8
 $8.0
 $34.8
 435.0 %
Expired business28.2
 51.2
 
 4.5
  
 
 28.2
 55.7
 (27.5) (49.4)%
Existing business347.0
 344.1
 126.3
 119.3
  
 
 473.3
 463.4
 9.9
 2.1 %
Conversions18.8
 17.9
 
 
  
 
 18.8
 17.9
 0.9
 5.0 %
Total lease type contracts$433.8
 $420.3
 $129.3
 $124.7
  
 
 $563.1
 $545.0
 $18.1
 3.3 %
Management type contracts     
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
New/Acquired business$39.7
 $16.4
 $15.3
 $7.0
  $
 $
 $55.0
 $23.4
 $31.6
 135.0 %
Expired business9.9
 30.9
 2.6
 21.9
  
 
 12.5
 52.8
 (40.3) (76.3)%
Existing business199.5
 200.1
 71.2
 59.1
  9.1
 10.5
 279.8
 269.7
 10.1
 3.7 %
Conversions0.9
 0.9
 
 
  
 
 0.9
 0.9
 
  %
Total management type contracts$250.0
 $248.3
 $89.1
 $88.0
  $9.1
 $10.5
 $348.2
 $346.8
 $1.4
 0.4 %
Parking servicesRevenue associated with existing business represents business that has been operating for at least one year and operating for the entire period in the comparative period being presented. Revenue associated with expired business relates to contracts that have expired, however, we were operating the business in the comparative period presented.
Services revenue—lease contracttype contracts
Lease type contract revenue increased $74.3$18.1 million, or 15.0%3.3%, to $570.9$563.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2015,2017, compared to $496.6$545.0 million for the year-ago period. The increase resulted primarily from increases in revenue from new locations, locationsnew/acquired business, existing business and business that converted from management type contracts and same location revenue during the current year, partially offset by decreases in revenue from contract expirations. The increase in same locationexpired business. Revenue from expired business includes earnings of $8.5 million for our proportionate share of the net gain on an equity method investee's sale of assets. Existing business revenue of 11.0increased $9.9 million, or 2.6%2.1%, was primarily due to increasesan increase in short-termmonthly parking revenue, short term revenue, rental revenue and monthly parkingtransient revenue.
From a reporting segment perspective, lease type contract revenue increased primarily due to new locationsincreases in all five operating regions, same locationsrevenue from new/acquired business in regions one, two, threeSegments One and four,Two, existing business in Segments One and Two and conversions in region one.Segment One. This was partially offset by decreases in revenue from contract expirationsexpired business in regions one, two, threeSegments One and four, same locations in region five and other. Same location revenue increases for the aforementioned regions were primarily due to increases in short-term parking revenue and monthly parking revenue. The other region amounts in same location represent revenues not specifically identifiable to a region.Two.
Revenue associated with contract expirations relates to contracts that have expired, however, we were operating the facility in the comparative period.
Parking servicesServices revenue—management contracttype contracts
Management type contract revenue increased $12.0$1.4 million, or 3.6%0.4%, to $350.3$348.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2015,2017, compared to $338.3$346.8 million for the year-ago period. The increase resulted primarily from increases in revenue from new locationsnew/acquired business and same locations,existing business, partially offset by decreases in revenue from contract expirations and locations that converted from lease contracts during the year. Same locationexpired business. Existing business revenue increased by $13.9$10.1 million, and 5.3%or 3.7%, primarily due to an increasea change in contract terms for certain management type contracts, whereby the contract terms converted from a management type contract to a "reverse" management type contract, which typically has higher management fees from the facility owner but requires us to pay certain operating costs associated with the facilities operation and net increases in management fees, partially offset by a decrease in other ancillary services.
From a reporting segment perspective, the increase resultedmanagement type contract revenue increased primarily fromdue to increases in revenue from new locationsnew/acquired business in all five operating regions, contract expirationsSegments One and Two and existing business in region five, same locations in all five operating regions and other, and locations that converted from lease contracts in region two. DecreasesSegment Two. This was partially offset by decreases in revenue from contract expirationsexpired business in regions one, two, threeSegments One and four,Two and locations that converted from lease contractsexisting business in regions oneSegment One and three, partially offset the total increaseOther and conversions in management contract revenue.Segment One. The other regionOther segment amounts in same locationexisting business represent revenuescosts not specifically identifiable to a region.
Revenue associated with contract expirations relates to contracts that have expired, however, we were operating the facility in the comparative period.Segments One or Two.
Reimbursed management type contract revenue
Reimbursed management type contract revenue increased $14.9$2.6 million, or 2.2%0.4%, to $694.7$679.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2015,2017, compared to $679.8$676.6 million in the year-ago period. This increase slight resulted primarily from an increase in reimbursements for costs incurred on behalf of owners.

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Segment cost of parking services information is summarized as follows:
 Year Ended December 31,
 Region One Region Two Region Three Region Four Region Five Other Total Variance
(millions)2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 Amount %
Cost of parking services lease contracts:                               
New location$7.4
 $2.8
 $7.1
 $1.8
 $2.9
 $1.4
 $79.2
 $4.0
 $0.4
 $
 $
 $
 $97.0
 $10.0
 $87.0
 870.0 %
Contract expirations2.3
 10.9
 5.1
 12.0
 2.1
 11.7
 2.3
 4.9
 0.3
 0.3
 
 
 12.1
 39.8
 (27.7) -69.6 %
Same location178.5
 174.5
 88.9
 81.6
 101.5
 100.0
 36.8
 35.9
 1.8
 2.1
 3.5
 1.5
 411.0
 395.6
 15.4
 3.9 %
Conversions7.5
 5.5
 3.5
 4.7
 0.1
 
 
 
 1.6
 0.1
 
 
 12.7
 10.3
 2.4
 23.3 %
Total cost of parking services lease contracts$195.7
 $193.7
 $104.6
 $100.1
 $106.6
 $113.1
 $118.3
 $44.8
 $4.1
 $2.5
 $3.5
 $1.5
 $532.8
 $455.7
 $77.1
 16.9 %
Cost of parking services management contracts:                               
New location$8.6
 $1.7
 $9.2
 $2.7
 $3.0
 $1.9
 $1.8
 $0.5
 $5.3
 $0.8
 $
 $
 $27.9
 $7.6
 $20.3
 267.1 %
Contract expirations2.4
 9.8
 6.4
 15.0
 1.3
 1.9
 13.7
 17.1
 5.5
 4.1
 
 
 29.3
 47.9
 (18.6) -38.8 %
Same location35.6
 36.5
 31.1
 29.7
 9.3
 7.7
 60.6
 59.4
 21.4
 13.0
 2.9
 6.0
 160.9
 152.3
 8.6
 5.6 %
Conversions
 
 0.1
 
 
 
 
 
 0.1
 0.1
 
 
 0.2
 0.1
 0.1
 100.0 %
Total cost of parking services management contracts$46.6
 $48.0
 $46.8
 $47.4
 $13.6
 $11.5
 $76.1
 $77.0
 $32.3
 $18.0
 $2.9
 $6.0
 $218.3
 $207.9
 $10.4
 5.0 %
 Year Ended December 31,
 Segment One Segment Two  Other Total Variance
(millions)2017 2016 2017 2016  2017 2016 2017 2016 Amount %
Lease type contracts 
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
New/Acquired business$38.1
 $6.7
 $2.7
 $0.8
  $
 $
 $40.8
 $7.5
 $33.3
 444.0 %
Expired business15.8
 45.5
 
 4.1
  
 
 15.8
 49.6
 (33.8) (68.1)%
Existing business323.6
 316.1
 119.9
 114.1
  (2.2) (1.1) 441.3
 429.1
 12.2
 2.8 %
Conversions20.5
 19.4
 
 
  
 
 20.5
 19.4
 1.1
 5.7 %
Total lease type contracts$398.0
 $387.7
 $122.6
 $119.0
  (2.2) $(1.1) $518.4
 $505.6
 $12.8
 2.5 %
Management type contracts:     
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
New/Acquired business$23.2
 $9.7
 $14.7
 $6.7
  $
 $
 $37.9
 $16.4
 $21.5
 131.1 %
Expired business6.0
 19.3
 2.1
 20.3
  
 
 8.1
 39.6
 (31.5) (79.5)%
Existing business123.7
 123.4
 46.1
 36.4
  (8.4) (6.2) 161.4
 153.6
 7.8
 5.1 %
Conversions0.2
 0.2
 
 
  
 
 0.2
 0.2
 
  %
Total management type contracts$153.1
 $152.6
 $62.9
 $63.4
  $(8.4) $(6.2) $207.6
 $209.8
 $(2.2) (1.0)%

Cost of parkingservices associated with existing business represents business that has been operating for at least one year and operating for the entire period in the comparative period being presented. Cost of services associated with expired business relates to contracts that have expired, however, we were operating the business in the comparative period presented.
Cost of services—lease type contracts
Cost of parking services for lease type contracts increased $77.1$12.8 million, or 16.9%2.5%, to $532.8$518.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2015,2017, compared to $455.7$505.6 million for the year-ago period. The increase resulted primarily from increases in costs from new locations, same locationsnew/acquired business, existing business and locationsbusiness that converted from management type contracts during the year, whichpartially offset by decreases in costs expired business. Existing business costs increased $12.2 million, or 2.8%, primarily due to compensation and benefit costs and overall net operating costs and an increase in rent expense as a result of higher revenues for existing business, partially offset by unallocated insurance reserve adjustments/costs and other unallocated corporate items.
From a reporting segment perspective, cost of services for lease type contracts increased primarily due to increases in costs from new/acquired business in Segments One and Two, existing business in Segments One and Two and conversions in Segment One. This was partially offset by a decrease in costs from contract expirations. Same locationexpired business in Segments One and Two and existing business in Other. The Other segment amounts in existing business represent costs not specifically identifiable to Segments One or Two.
Cost of services—management type contracts
Cost of services for management type contracts decreased $2.2 million, or 1.0%, to $207.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2017, compared to $209.8 million for the year-ago period. The decrease resulted primarily from decreases in costs from expired business, partially offset by increases in new/acquired business and existing business. Existing business costs increased $15.4$7.8 million, or 3.9%5.1%, primarily due to a change in contract terms for certain management type contracts, whereby the contract terms converted from a management type contract to a "reverse" management type contract, which typically have higher rent expense asoperating costs associated with the facilities operation but allow us to have a result of higher revenues for same locations, an increase in healthmanagement fee from the owner, compensation and benefit costs and higher structural repairoverall net operating costs, partially offset by lower costs related to certain lease contracts acquired in the Central Merger.ancillary services and unallocated insurance reserve adjustments/costs and other unallocated corporate items.
From a reporting segment perspective, cost of parking services for leasemanagement type contracts increaseddecreased primarily due to new locationsdecreases in all five operating regionscosts from expired business in Segments One and other, same locationsTwo and existing business in regions one, two, three, four and other, and locations that converted from management contracts in regions one, three and five, thisOther. This was partially offset by decreasesincreases in contract expirationscosts from new/acquired business in regions one, two, three,Segments One and four, same locationsTwo and existing business in region five,Segments One and locations that converted from management contractsTwo. The Other segment amounts in region two. The other region amountsexisting business represent structure repair costs related to certain lease contracts acquired in the Central Merger and other costs that are not specifically identifiable to a region.Segments One or Two.
Cost of parking services associated withReimbursed management type contract expirations relates to contracts that have expired, however, we were operating the facility in the comparative period presented.expense
Cost of parking services—Reimbursed management contracts
Cost of parking services for management contractstype contract expense increased $10.4$2.6 million, or 5.0%0.4%, to $218.3$679.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2015,2017, compared to $207.9 million for the year-ago period. The increase resulted primarily from increases in costs from new locations, same locations and locations that converted from lease contracts during the year, which was partially offset by decrease in cost from contract expirations. Same location costs increased $8.6 million or 5.6% primarily due to increased revenues from ancillary services, partially offset by decreased costs relating to certain unallocated insurance reserve adjustments.
From a reporting segment perspective, cost of parking services for management contracts increased due to new locations in all five operating regions, same locations in regions two, three, four and five, and locations that converted from lease contracts in regions two, and contract expirations in region five. Decreases in contract expirations in regions one, two, three, and four, and same locations in region one and other, partially offset the total increase in the cost of parking services for management contracts. The other region amounts represent prior year insurance reserve adjustments and other costs that are not specifically identifiable to a region.
Cost of parking services associated with contract expirations relates to contracts that have expired, however, we were operating the facility in the comparative period presented.
Reimbursed management contract expense
Reimbursed management contract expense increased $14.9 million, or 2.2%, to $694.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2015, compared to $679.8$676.6 million in the year-ago period. This slight increase resulted primarily from an increase in reimbursements for costs incurred on behalf of owners.

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Segment gross profit/gross profit percentage information is summarized as follows:
 Year Ended December 31,
 Region One Region Two Region Three Region Four Region Five Other Total Variance
(millions)2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 Amount %
Gross profit lease contracts:                               
New location$1.3
 $0.5
 $1.2
 $0.3
 $0.2
 $0.1
 $2.6
 $0.5
 $
 $
 $
 $
 $5.3
 $1.4
 $3.9
 269.0 %
Contract expirations0.5
 5.1
 1.0
 2.1
 0.2
 1.4
 0.1
 0.1
 (0.1) (0.1) 
 
 1.7
 8.6
 (6.9) -80.2 %
Same location10.2
 10.7
 18.0
 16.6
 1.8
 3.1
 2.8
 3.1
 0.2
 0.2
 (3.5) 0.2
 29.5
 33.9
 (4.4) -13.0 %
Conversions0.4
 (4.0) 0.9
 0.9
 0.1
 
 
 
 0.2
 0.1
 
 
 1.6
 (3.0) 4.6
 -153.4 %
Total gross profit lease contracts$12.4
 $12.3
 $21.1
 $19.9
 $2.3
 $4.6
 $5.5
 $3.7
 $0.3
 $0.2
 $(3.5) $0.2
 $38.1
 $40.9
 $(2.8) -6.9 %
 (Percentages)
Gross profit percentage lease contracts:                               
New location14.9% 15.2 % 14.5% 14.3% 6.5% 6.7% 3.2 % 11.1%  % 100.0 % % % 5.2% 12.6 %    
Contract expirations17.9% 31.9 % 16.4% 14.9% 8.7% 10.7% 4.2 % 2.0% (50.0)% (50.0)% % % 12.3% 17.8 %    
Same location5.4% 5.8 % 16.8% 16.9% 1.7% 3.0% 7.1 % 7.9% 10.0 % 8.7 % % 11.8% 6.7% 7.9 %    
Conversions5.1% (266.7)% 20.5% 16.1% 50.0% 100.0%  % % 11.1 % 50.0 % % % 11.2% (41.1)%    
Total gross profit percentage6.0% 6.0 % 16.8% 16.6% 2.1% 3.9% 4.4 % 7.6% 6.8 % 8.6 % % 11.8% 6.7% 8.2 %    
Gross profit management contracts:                               
New location$3.6
 $0.8
 $4.3
 $1.6
 $1.3
 $0.3
 $0.9
 $0.3
 $1.8
 $0.6
 $
 $
 $11.9
 $3.6
 $8.3
 230.6 %
Contract expirations1.3
 4.4
 1.9
 7.0
 0.4
 1.7
 (0.3) 1.0
 0.7
 1.7
 
 
 4.0
 15.8
 (11.8) -74.7 %
Same location33.1
 30.6
 26.6
 27.2
 12.5
 12.2
 23.9
 25.0
 8.9
 9.5
 11.0
 6.2
 116.0
 110.7
 5.3
 4.8 %
Conversions0.1
 0.2
 
 
 
 0.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 0.1
 0.3
 (0.2) -66.7 %
Total gross profit management contracts$38.1
 $36.0
 $32.8
 $35.8
 $14.2
 $14.3
 $24.5
 $26.3
 $11.4
 $11.8
 $11.0
 $6.2
 $132.0
 $130.4
 $1.6
 1.2 %
 (Percentages)
Gross profit percentage management contracts:                               
New location29.5% 32.0 % 31.9% 37.2% 30.2% 13.6% 33.3 % 37.5% 25.4 % 42.9 % % % 29.9% 32.1 %    
Contract expirations35.1% 31.0 % 22.9% 31.8% 23.5% 47.2% -2.2 % 5.5% 11.3 % 29.3 % % % 12.0% 24.8 %    
Same location48.2% 45.6 % 46.1% 47.8% 57.3% 61.3% 28.3 % 29.6% 29.4 % 42.2 % 79% 50.8% 41.9% 42.1 %    
Conversions100.0% 100.0 % % % % 100.0%  % %  %  % % % 33.3% 73.1 %    
Total gross profit percentage45.0% 42.9 % 41.2% 43.0% 51.1% 55.4% 24.4 % 25.5% 26.1 % 39.6 % 79% 50.8% 37.7% 38.5 %    
Gross profit—lease contracts
Gross profit for lease contracts decreased $2.8 million, or 6.9%, to $38.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2015, compared to $40.9 million for year-ago period. Gross profit percentage for lease contracts was 6.7% for the year ended December 31, 2015 compared to 8.2% for the year-ago period. Gross profit lease contracts decreases were the result of contract expirations and same locations, partially offset by increases from same new locations and locations that converted from management contracts during the year. Gross profit for lease contracts on same locations decreased primarily due to an increase in operating costs, driven by an increase in health and benefit costs and an increase in structural repair costs related to certain lease contracts acquired in the Central Merger, partially offset by an increase in revenue.
From a reporting segment perspective, gross profit for lease contracts decreased primarily due to contract expirations in regions one, two and three, same locations in regions one, three, four and other, partially offset by increases in new locations from regions one, two, three and four, same locations in region two, and locations that converted from management contracts in regions one, three and five.
 Year Ended December 31,
 Segment One Segment Two  Other Total Variance
(millions)2017 2016 2017 2016  2017 2016 2017 2016 Amount %
Lease type contracts 
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
New/Acquired business$1.7
 $0.4
 $0.3
 $0.1
  $
 $
 $2.0
 $0.5
 $1.5
 300.0 %
Expired business12.4
 5.7
 
 0.4
  
 
 12.4
 6.1
 6.3
 103.3 %
Existing business23.4
 28.0
 6.4
 5.2
  2.2
 1.1
 32.0
 34.3
 (2.3) (6.7)%
Conversions(1.7) (1.5) 
 
  
 
 (1.7) (1.5) (0.2) 13.3 %
Total lease type contracts$35.8
 $32.6
 $6.7
 $5.7
  $2.2
 $1.1
 $44.7
 $39.4
 $5.3
 13.5 %
(Percentages)
Gross profit percentage lease type contracts 
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
New/Acquired business4.3 % 5.6 % 10.0% 11.1%  % % 4.7 % 6.3 %    
Expired business44.0 % 11.1 % % 8.9%  % % 44.0 % 11.0 %    
Existing business6.7 % 8.1 % 5.1% 4.4%  % % 6.8 % 7.4 %    
Conversions-9.0 % -8.4 % % %  % % -9.0 % -8.4 %    
Total gross profit percentage8.3 % 7.8 % 5.2% 4.6%  % % 7.9 % 7.2 %    
Management type contracts 
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
New/Acquired business$16.5
 $6.7
 $0.6
 $0.3
  
 
 $17.1
 $7.0
 $10.1
 144.3 %
Expired business3.9
 11.6
 0.5
 1.6
  
 
 4.4
 13.2
 (8.8) (66.7)%
Existing business75.8
 76.7
 25.1
 22.7
  17.5
 16.7
 118.4
 116.1
 2.3
 2.0 %
Conversions0.7
 0.7
 
 
  
 
 0.7
 0.7
 
 
Total management type contracts$96.9
 $95.7
 $26.2
 $24.6
  $17.5
 $16.7
 $140.6
 $137.0
 $3.6
 2.6 %
(Percentages)
Gross profit percentage management type contracts 
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
New/Acquired business41.6 % 40.9 % 3.9% 4.3%  % % 31.1 % 29.9 %    
Expired business39.4 % 37.5 % 19.2% 7.3%  % % 35.2 % 25.0 %    
Existing business38.0 % 38.3 % 35.3% 38.4%  192.3% 159.0% 42.3 % 43.0 %    
Conversions77.8 % 77.8 % % %  % % 77.8 % 77.8 %    
Total gross profit percentage38.8 % 38.5 % 29.4% 28.0%  192.3% 159.0% 40.4 % 39.5 %    
Gross profit associated with contract expirationsexisting business represents business that has been operating for at least one year and operating for the entire period in the comparative period being presented. Gross profit associated with expired business relates to contracts that have expired, however, we were operating the facilitybusiness in the comparative period presented.
Gross profit—managementlease type contracts
Gross profit for managementlease type contracts increased $1.6$5.3 million, or 1.2%13.5%, to $132.0$44.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2015,2017, compared to $130.4$39.4 million for the year-ago period. Gross profit for lease type contracts increased primarily due to expired business and new/acquired business, partially offset by existing business and business that converted from management type contracts during the year. Gross profit on expired business includes earnings of $8.5 million for our proportionate share of the net gain of an equity method investee's sale of assets. Gross profit on existing business decreased primarily due to a net increase in rent expense as a result of higher revenues for existing business, net increases in compensation and benefit costs and overall net operating costs, partially offset by net increases in monthly parking revenue, short term revenue, rental revenue, transient revenue and unallocated insurance reserve adjustments/costs and other unallocated corporate items.
From a reporting segment perspective, gross profit for lease type contracts increased primarily due to new/acquired business in Segments One and Two, expired business in Segment One and existing business in Segment Two and Other. This was partially offset by decreases in expired business in Segment Two, existing business in Segment One and conversions in Segment One. The Other segment amounts in existing business represent costs not specifically identifiable to Segments One or Two.
Gross profit—management type contracts
Gross profit for management type contracts increased $3.6 million, or 2.6%, to $140.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2017, compared to $137.0 million in for the year-ago period. Gross profit percentage for management contracts decreased to 37.7% for the year ended December 31, 2015, compared to 38.5% for the year-ago period. Gross profit for managementtype contracts increases were primarily the result of new locations and same locations,new/acquired business, partially offset by decreases in contract expirationsexpired business, existing business and locationsbusiness that converted from lease type contracts during the year. Gross profit for management type contracts increaseddecreased on same locationsexisting business primarily as the result of increased revenues,due to net increases in overall net operating costs and compensation and benefit costs, partially offset by net increases in management fees and unallocated insurance reserve adjustments/costs and other unallocated corporate items.
From a reporting segment perspective, gross profit for management type contracts increased primarily due new/acquired business in Segments One and Two and existing business in Segment Two and Other. This was partially offset by decreases in expired business in Segments One and Two, existing business in Segment One and conversions in Segment One. The Other segment amounts in existing business represent costs primarily relatednot specifically identifiable to ancillary services.Segments One or Two.

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From a reporting segment perspective, gross profit for management contracts increased primarily due new locations in all five operating regions, same locations in regions one, three and other. Total increases in gross profit were partially offset by decreases in contract expirations in all five operating regions, same locations in regions two, four and five, and locations that converted from lease contracts in regions one and three.
Gross profit associated with contract expirations relates to contracts that have expired, however, we were operating the facility in the comparative period presented.
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses decreased $4.2$7.1 million, or 4.1%7.9%, to $97.3$82.9 million for year ended December 31, 2015,2017, compared to $101.5$90.0 million for the year-ago period. The decrease in General and administrative expenses primarily related to a decrease in compensation and benefit costs, restructuring, merger and integration costs, including severance and benefit expenses, and overall better expense control, partially offset by increases in expected pay-out under our performance based compensation and long-term incentive compensation programs and a $1.6 million charge related to our dispute with Central's former stockholders over Net Debt Working Capital indemnity claims.overall better expense control.
Interest expense
Interest expense decreased $5.1$1.3 million, or 28.7%12.4%, to $12.7$9.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2015,2017, as compared to $17.8$10.5 million infor the year-ago period. This decrease resulted primarily from a decrease in average borrowing rates and reductions in borrowings under our Senior Credit Facility and Amended and Restated Credit Facility.credit facility.
Interest income
Interest income decreased by $0.2was $0.6 million or 50.0%, to $0.2and $0.5 million for the yearyears ended December 31, 2015, as compared to $0.4 million in the year-ago period.2017 and 2016, respectively.
Gain on sale of a business
During the third quarter 2015,2017, we recognized a $0.5$0.1 million gain on the sale of a portion of our security business primarily operating in the Southern California market. We received $0.6 million for the final earn-out consideration from the buyer during the second quarter of 2017, for which we recognized an additional gain on sale of business of $0.1 million, as our historical estimate for the fair value of the earn-out consideration receivable was $0.5 million.
Equity in losses from investment in unconsolidated entity
Equity in losses from investment in unconsolidated entity relates to our investment in the joint venture with Parkmobile accounted for under the equity method of accounting and our share of equity earnings in the Parkmobile joint venture. Equity in losses from investment in unconsolidated entity was $1.7$0.7 million for the the year ended December 31, 2015, as compared to $0.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2014.2017, as compared to $0.9 million in the year-ago period.
Income tax expense
For the year ended December 31, 2015,2017, we recognized income tax expense of $4.8$27.7 million on pre-tax earnings before income taxes of $25.1$72.2 million compared to a $0.2$15.8 million income tax benefitexpense on pre-tax earnings before income taxes of $25.9$41.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2014.2016. Our effective tax rate was 19.1%38.4% for the year ended December 31, 20152017, compared to a benefit of 0.8%37.8% for the year ended December 31, 2014.2016. The $5.0$11.9 million increase in income tax expense was primarily due to a decreasean increase in valuation allowance reversals recognized for historical net operating losses for the year ended December 31, 2014, when compared to the year ended December 31, 2015, unfavorable adjustments to deferredearnings before income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2015, when2017, compared to favorable adjustments to deferred taxes for the year ended December 31, 2014, partially offset2016, and the net effect of changes to U.S. tax law.
On December 22, 2017, the 2017 Tax Act was signed into law. The Tax Act significantly revised the U.S. corporate income tax regime by, among other things, lowering the U.S. corporate tax rate from 35.0% to 21.0% effective January 1, 2018, while also implementing a deferredterritorial tax liability established in 2014 relating to our equity investment in an unconsolidated entity.


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Fiscal 2014 Compared to Fiscal 2013
The following tables are a summaryforeign subsidiaries. U.S. GAAP requires that the impact of revenues (excluding reimbursed management contract revenue), cost of parking services (excluding reimbursed management contract expense) and gross profit by regions for the comparable years ended 2014 and 2013.
Segment revenue information is summarized as follows:
 Year Ended December 31,
 Region One Region Two Region Three Region Four Region Five Other Total Variance
(millions)2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 Amount %
Lease contract revenue: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
New location$15.4
 $2.3
 $7.2
 $1.4
 $2.9
 $
 $2.5
 $0.7
 $
 $
 $
 $
 $28.0
 $4.4
 $23.6
 536.4 %
Contract expirations1.6
 3.5
 2.6
 9.9
 6.4
 10.4
 
 3.2
 
 
 
 
 10.6
 27.0
 (16.4) -60.7 %
Same location187.5
 189.9
 109.7
 112.0
 108.4
 110.2
 41.5
 39.8
 2.7
 2.6
 1.7
 (0.4) 451.5
 454.2
 (2.7) -0.6 %
Conversions1.5
 3.4
 0.5
 0.6
 
 
 4.5
 
 
 
 
 
 6.5
 4.0
 2.5
 62.5 %
Total lease contract revenue$206.0
 $199.1
 $120.0
 $123.9
 $117.7
 $120.6
 $48.5
 $43.7
 $2.7
 $2.6
 $1.7
 $(0.4) $496.6
 $489.6
 $7.0
 1.4 %
Management contract revenue: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
New location$11.7
 $3.4
 $13.4
 $2.9
 $4.7
 $0.9
 $5.3
 $0.9
 $5.2
 $0.7
 $
 $
 $40.3
 $8.8
 $31.5
 358.0 %
Contract expirations3.4
 23.3
 3.9
 12.5
 1.0
 2.3
 (0.2) 19.9
 0.3
 0.8
 
 
 8.5
 58.8
 (50.3) -85.5 %
Same location68.3
 68.1
 65.8
 71.4
 20.1
 20.2
 98.0
 75.8
 24.3
 32.2
 12.2
 11.3
 288.6
 279.0
 9.6
 3.4 %
Conversions0.6
 0.5
 0.1
 0.2
 
 
 0.2
 
 
 
 
 
 0.9
 0.7
 0.2
 28.6 %
Total management contract revenue$84.0
 $95.3
 $83.2
 $87.0
 $25.8
 $23.4
 $103.3
 $96.6
 $29.8
 $33.7
 $12.2
 $11.3
 $338.3
 $347.3
 $(9.0) -2.6 %
Parking services revenue—lease contracts
Lease contract revenue increased $7.0 million, or 1.4%, to $496.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, compared to $489.6 million for the year-ago period. The increase resulted primarily from increases in revenue from new locations and locations that converted from management contracts during the current year, partially offset by decreases in revenue from contract expirations and same location revenue. The decrease in same location revenue of $2.7 million, or 0.6%, was primarily due to decreases in short-term parking revenue and monthly parking revenue.
From a reporting segment perspective, lease contract revenue increased primarily due to new locations in regions one, two, three and four, same locations in regions four, five and other and conversions in region four. This was partially offset by decreases in contract expirations in regions one, two, three and four, same location revenue in regions one, two and three and conversions in regions one and two. Same location revenue decreases for the aforementioned regions were primarily due to decreases in short-term parking revenue and monthly parking revenue. The other region amounts in same location represent revenues not specifically identifiable to a region.
Revenue associated with contract expirations relates to contracts that have expired, however, we were operating the facilitytax legislation be recognized in the comparative period presented.
Parking services revenue—management contracts
Management contract revenue decreased $9.0 million, or 2.6%, to $338.3 million forin which the year ended December 31, 2014, compared to $347.3 million for the year-ago period. The decrease resulted primarily from decreases in contract expirations, whichlaw was partially offset by the increases in new location and same location revenues.
From a reporting segment perspective, management contract revenue decreased primarily due contract expirations in all five regions, same location revenues in regions two and five, partially offset by increases in management contract revenue for new locations in all five operating regions, and same locations in regions one, four and other.
Revenue associated with contract expirations relates to contracts that have expired, however, we were operating the facility in the comparative period presented.
Reimbursed management contract revenue
Reimbursed management contract revenue increased $49.9 million, or 7.9%, to $679.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, compared to $629.9 million in the year-ago period. This increase resulted primarily from an increase in reimbursements for costs incurred on behalf of owners.

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Segment cost of parking services information is summarized as follows:
 Year Ended December 31,
 Region One Region Two Region Three Region Four Region Five Other Total Variance
(millions)2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 Amount %
Cost of parking services lease contracts: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
New location$13.2
 $1.6
 $6.4
 $1.3
 $2.8
 $
 $2.3
 $0.6
 $
 $
 $(0.1) $
 $24.6
 $3.5
 $21.1
 602.9 %
Contract expirations1.7
 6.1
 2.1
 8.4
 4.8
 8.3
 
 2.7
 
 
 
 
 8.6
 25.5
 (16.9) -66.3 %
Same location177.4
 177.8
 91.3
 94.9
 105.5
 112.4
 38.5
 37.2
 2.5
 2.6
 1.6
 (1.3) 416.8
 423.6
 (6.7) -1.6 %
Conversions1.4
 3.0
 0.3
 0.5
 
 
 4.0
 
 
 
 
 
 5.7
 3.5
 2.2
 62.9 %
Total cost of parking services lease contracts$193.7
 $188.5
 $100.1
 $105.1
 $113.1
 $120.7
 $44.8
 $40.5
 $2.5
 $2.6
 $1.5
 $(1.3) $455.7
 $456.1
 $(0.4) -0.1 %
Cost of parking services management contracts: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
New location$7.6
 $1.8
 $7.5
 $2.0
 $3.1
 $0.5
 $4.0
 $0.8
 $3.4
 $0.5
 $1.5
 $
 $27.1
 $5.6
 $21.5
 383.9 %
Contract expirations2.5
 12.7
 2.3
 6.7
 0.4
 0.7
 0.1
 19.6
 0.1
 0.4
 
 
 5.4
 40.1
 (34.7) -86.5 %
Same location37.8
 37.9
 37.5
 39.5
 8.0
 9.6
 71.1
 50.3
 14.5
 21.5
 4.5
 2.8
 173.5
 161.6
 11.9
 7.4 %
Conversions0.1
 0.1
 0.1
 
 
 
 1.7
 1.4
 
 
 
 
 1.9
 1.5
 0.4
 26.7 %
Total cost of parking services management contracts$48.0
 $52.5
 $47.4
 $48.2
 $11.5
 $10.8
 $76.9
 $72.1
 $18.0
 $22.4
 $6.0
 $2.8
 $207.9
 $208.8
 $(0.9) -0.4 %
Cost of parking services—lease contracts
Cost of parking services for lease contracts decreased $0.4 million, or 0.1%, to $455.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, compared to $456.1 million for the year-ago period. The decrease resulted primarily from decreases in costs from contract expirations and same locations, which was partially offset by increases in costs from new locations and locations that converted from management contracts during the current year. Same location costs decreased $6.7 million, or 1.6%, primarily due to lower operating expenses and lower rent expense, primarily asenacted. As a result of contingent rental payments on the decrease in revenue for same locations, partially offset by structural repair costs related to certain lease contracts acquired in the Central Merger.
From a reporting segment perspective, cost of parking services for lease contracts decreased primarily due to contract expirations in regions one, two, three and four, same locations in regions one, two, three and five and conversions in regions one and two, partially offset by, increases in cost of parking services for lease contracts in new locations in regions one, two, three and four, same locations in region four and converted locations in region four. Same location cost decreased primarily due to a reduction on contingent rental payments on the decrease in revenue and reduced other operating costs, partially offset by structural repair costs related to certain lease contracts acquired in the Central Merger and other costs that are not specifically identifiable to a region.
Cost of parking services associated with contract expirations relates to contacts that have expired, however,2017 Tax Act, we were operating the facility in the comparative period presented.
Cost of parking services—management contracts
Cost of parking services for management contracts decreased $0.9 million, or 0.4%, to $207.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, compared to $208.8 million for the year-ago period. The decrease resulted from decreases in costs related to contract expirations, partially offset by, increases in new locations, same locations and locations that converted from management to lease contracts during the year.
From a reporting segment perspective, cost of parking services for management contracts decreased due to contract expirations in all five regions, same locations in regions one, two, three and five, partially offset by, increases in new location costs in all five regions and other, same location costs in region four and locations that converted from management to lease contracts in region four. Same location cost increases primarily resulted from increases in costs associated with reverse management contracts and in the cost of providing management services. The other region amounts in same location primarily represent certain unallocated insurance reserve adjustments and costs that are not specifically identifiable to a region.
Cost of parking services associated with contract expirations relates to contacts that have expired, however, we were operating the facility in the comparative period presented.

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Reimbursed management contract expense
Reimbursed management contract expense increased $49.9 million, or 7.9%, to $679.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, compared to $629.9 million in the year-ago period. This increase resulted from an increase in reimbursements for costs incurred on behalf of owners.
Segment gross profit/gross profit percentage information is summarized as follows:
 Year Ended December 31,
 Region One Region Two Region Three Region Four Region Five Other Total Variance
(millions)2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 Amount %
Gross profit lease contracts: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
New location$2.2
 $0.7
 $0.8
 $0.1
 $0.1
 $
 $0.2
 $0.1
 $
 $
 $0.1
 $
 $3.4
 $0.9
 $2.5
 277.8 %
Contract expirations(0.1) (2.6) 0.5
 1.5
 1.6
 2.1
 
 0.5
 
 
 
 
 2.0
 1.5
 0.5
 33.3 %
Same location10.1
 12.1
 18.4
 17.1
 2.9
 (2.2) 3.0
 2.6
 0.2
 0.1
 0.1
 0.9
 34.7
 30.6
 4.1
 13.4 %
Conversions0.1
 0.4
 0.2
 0.1
 
 
 0.5
 
 
 
 
 
 0.8
 0.5
 0.3
 60.0 %
Total gross profit lease contracts$12.3
 $10.6
 $19.9
 $18.8
 $4.6
 $(0.1) $3.7
 $3.2
 $0.2
 $0.1
 $0.2
 $0.9
 $40.9
 $33.5
 $7.4
 22.1 %
 (Percentages)
Gross profit percentage lease contracts: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
New location14.3 % 30.4 % 11.1% 7.1% 3.4%  % 8.0 % 14.3% % % %  % 12.1 % 20.5 %  
  
Contract expirations-6.2 % -74.3 % 19.2% 15.2% 25.0% 20.2 %  % 15.6% % % %  % 18.9 % 5.6 %  
  
Same location5.4 % 6.4 % 16.8% 15.3% 2.7% -2.0 % 7.2 % 6.5% 7.4% 3.7% 5.9% -225.0 % 7.7 % 6.7 %  
  
Conversions6.7 % 11.8 % 40.0% 16.7% %  % 11.1 % % % % %  % 12.3 % 12.5 %  
  
Total gross profit percentage6.0 % 5.3 % 16.6% 15.2% 3.9% -0.1 % 7.6 % 7.3% 7.4% 3.7% 11.8% -225.0 % 8.2 % 6.8 %  
  
Gross profit management contracts: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
New location$4.1
 $1.6
 $5.9
 $0.9
 $1.6
 $0.4
 $1.3
 $0.1
 $1.8
 $0.2
 $(1.5) $
 $13.2
 $3.2
 $10.0
 312.5 %
Contract expirations0.9
 10.6
 1.6
 5.8
 0.6
 1.6
 (0.3) 0.3
 0.2
 0.4
 
 
 3.1
 18.7
 (15.6) -83.4 %
Same location30.5
 30.2
 28.3
 31.9
 12.1
 10.6
 26.9
 25.5
 9.8
 10.7
 7.7
 8.5
 115.1
 117.4
 (2.3) -2.0 %
Conversions0.5
 0.4
 
 0.2
 
 
 (1.5) (1.4) 
 
 
 
 (1.0) (0.8) (0.2) 25.0 %
Total gross profit management contracts$36.0
 $42.8
 $35.8
 $38.8
 $14.3
 $12.6
 $26.4
 $24.5
 $11.8
 $11.3
 $6.2
 $8.5
 $130.4
 $138.5
 $(8.1) -5.8 %
 (Percentages)
Gross profit percentage management contracts: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  
  
New location35.0 % 47.1 % 44.0% 31.0% 34.0% 44.4 % 24.5 % 11.1% 34.6% 28.6% %  % 32.8 % 36.4 %  
  
Contract expirations26.5 % 45.5 % 41.0% 46.4% 60.0% 69.6 % 150.0 % 1.5% 66.7% 50.0% %  % 36.5 % 31.8 %  
  
Same location44.7 % 44.3 % 43.0% 44.7% 60.2% 52.5 % 27.4 % 33.6% 40.3% 33.2% 63.1% 75.2 % 39.9 % 42.1 %  
  
Conversions83.3 % 80.0 % 
 100.0% 
 
 -750.0 % 
 
 
 
 
 -111.1 % -114.3 %  
  
Total gross profit percentage42.9 % 44.9 % 43.0% 44.6% 55.4% 53.8 % 25.6 % 25.4% 39.6% 33.5% 50.8% 75.2 % 38.5 % 39.9 %  
  
Gross profit—lease contracts
Gross profit for lease contracts increased $7.4 million, or 22.1%, to $40.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, compared to $33.5 million for year-ago period. Gross profit percentage for lease contracts was 8.2% for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to 6.8% for the year ago-period. Gross profit lease contracts increases were the result of new locations, contract expirations, same locations and locations that converted from management contracts during the current year. Gross profit for lease contracts on same locations increased primarily due to decreased operating expenses and lower rent expense, primarily as a result of contingent rental payments in an amount that exceeded the decrease in revenue in short-term and monthly parking revenue, partially offset by structural repair costs related to certain lease contracts acquired in the Central Merger.

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From a reporting segment perspective, gross profit for lease contracts increased primarily due to new locations in regions one, two, three, four and other, same locations in regions two, three, four, five and other, partially offset by decreases in gross profit for lease contracts in contract expirations on regions one, two, three and four. Gross profit increased for lease contracts on same locations primarily due to deceased operating expenses and lower rent expense, primarily as a result of contingent rental payments in an amount that exceeded the decrease in revenue in short-term and monthly parking revenue, partially offset by structural repair costs related to certain lease contracts acquired in the Central Merger.
Gross profit associated with contract expirations relates to contracts that have expired, however, we were operating the facility in the comparative period presented.
Gross profit—management contracts
Gross profit for management contracts decreased $8.1 million or 5.8%, to $130.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, compared to $138.5 million in for the year-ago period. Gross profit percentage for management contracts was 38.5% for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to 39.9% for the year-ago period. Gross profit for management contracts decreases were primarily the result of contract expirations, same locations and locations that converted from lease contracts during the current year, partially offset by an increase in new locations. Gross profit management contracts decreases on same locations were primarily the result of increases in costs associated with reverse management contracts and the cost of providing management services.
From a reporting segment perspective, gross profit for management contracts decreased primarily due to contract expirations in all five regions, new locations in other region, same locations in regions two, five and other, and locations that converted from lease locations in region two, partially offset by increases in new locations in all five regions, same locations in regions one, three and four and conversions in region one. Gross profit for management contracts decreased on some locations primarily as the result of increased costs associated with reverse management contracts and the cost of providing management services.
Gross profit associated with contract expirations relates to contracts that have expired, however, we were operating the facility in the comparative period presented.
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses increased $2.6 million, or 2.6%, to $101.5 million for year ended December 31, 2014, compared to $98.9 million for the year-ago period. The increase in general and administrative expenses primarily related to increased compensation and benefit cost, including increased cost due to an actuarial update to the mortality tables supporting certain of our deferred compensation arrangements with certain executives, partially offset by decreased merger and integration related costs.
Equity in losses from investment in unconsolidated entity
Equity in losses from investment in unconsolidated entity relates to our investment in the joint venture with Parkmobile accounted for under the equity method of accounting and our share of equity earnings in the Parkmobile joint venture. Equity in losses form investment in unconsolidated entity was $0.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2014. There were no comparable losses or gains for equity in losses from investment in unconsolidated entity during the year ended December 31, 2013.
Interest expense
Interest expense decreased $1.2 million, or 6.4%, to $17.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, as compared to $19.0 million in the year-ago period. This decrease resulted primarily from a decrease in average borrowings under our Senior Credit Facility.
Interest income
Interest income decreased byrecorded $0.2 million or 33.3%, to $0.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, as compared to $0.6 million in the year-ago period.
Income tax expense
For the year ended December 31, 2014, we recognized income tax benefit of $0.2 million on pre-tax earnings of $25.9 million compared to an $8.8 million income tax expense on pre-tax earnings of $23.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. Our effective tax rate was a benefit of 0.8% for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to 37.4% for the year ended December 31, 2013. Our effective tax rate decreased to a benefit of 0.8% as of December 31, 2014 compared to 37.4% as of December 31, 2013 due to the reversal of valuation allowances for deferred tax assets established for historical net operating losses. The valuation allowances were reversed due to changes in New York tax laws in the first quarter of 2014 and an entity restructuring undertaken in the fourth quarter of 2014,2017. The provisional amount related to the remeasurement of certain deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the rates at which resultedthey are expected to reverse in our determining that the future benefitswas a $1.6 million income tax benefit, which includes $1.2 million income tax expense related to an increase in the valuation allowance. The provisional amount related to the one-time transition tax on the mandatory deemed repatriation of foreign earnings was $1.8 million income tax expense based on the net operating loss/carryforwards were more likely thancumulative foreign earnings of $14.1 million and our current best estimates. Additionally, we recorded a tax charge of $0.6 million as an additional provision for withholding taxes on undistributed earnings not considered to be realized.permanently reinvested.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources
General
We continually project anticipated cash requirements for our operating, investing, and financing needs as well as cash flows generated from operating activities available to meet these needs. Our operating needs can include, among other items, commitments for cost of parking services, operating leases, payroll payments, insurance claims payments, interest payments leases acquired in the Central Merger, which include provisions allocating to us responsibility for all structural repair payments required on the property (see also "Lease commitments" below for additional discussion on certain lease contracts acquired in the Central Merger), and legal settlements. Our investing and financing spending can include payments for acquired businesses, joint ventures, capital expenditures, cost of contracts purchased, commitments for capital leases, distributions to noncontrolling interests and payments on our outstanding indebtedness and to a much lesser extent, cash from sales of non-core assets.indebtedness.
Outstanding Indebtedness
OnAs of December 31, 2015,2018, we had total indebtedness of approximately $225.1$386.6 million, a decreasean increase of $25.7$232.8 million from $153.8 million as of December 31, 2014.2017. The $225.1$386.6 million includes:
$223.1371.2 million under our RestatedSenior Credit Facility (as defined below); and
$2.015.4 million of other debt including capital lease obligations, obligations on seller notes and other indebtedness.
Senior Credit Facility
On October 2, 2012, the Company entered into a credit agreement ("Credit Agreement") with Bank of America, N.A. ("Bank of America"), as administrative agent, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ("Wells Fargo Bank") and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as co-syndication agents, U.S. Bank National Association, First Hawaiian Bank and General Electric Capital Corporation, as co-documentation agents, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as joint lead arrangers and joint book managers, and the lenders party thereto.
Pursuant to the terms, and subject to the conditions, of the Credit Agreement, the Lenders made available to us a secured Senior Credit Facility (the "Senior Credit Facility") that permits aggregate borrowings of $450.0 million consisting of (i) a revolving credit facility of up to $200.0 million at any time outstanding, which included a letter of credit facility that is limited to $100.0 million at any time outstanding, and (ii) a term loan facility of $250.0 million. The Senior Credit Facility was due to mature on October 2, 2017.
Former Amended and Restated Credit Facility
On February 20, 2015, ("Restatement Date"), we entered into an Amendedamended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Restated Credit Agreement") with Bank of America, N.A. ("Bank of America"), as administrative agent, an issuing lender and swing-line lender; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as an issuing lender and syndication agent; U.S. Bank National Association, First Hawaiian Bank and BMO Harris Bank N.A., as co-documentation agents; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as joint lead arrangers and joint book managers; and the lenders party thereto (the "Lenders"). The Restated Credit Agreement reflects modifications to, and an extension of, the Credit Agreement, as described above.
Pursuant to the terms, and subject to the conditions, of the Restated Credit Agreement, the Lenders have made available to the Company a senior securedrestated our credit facility (the "Restated"Former Restated Credit Facility") that permitspermitted aggregate borrowings of $400.0 million consisting of (i) a revolving credit facility of up to $200.0 million at any time outstanding, which includes a $100.0 million sublimit for letters of credit and a $20.0 million sublimit for swing-line loans, and (ii) a term loan facility of $200.0 million (reduced from $250.0 million)million. The Former Restated Credit Facility was due to mature on February 20, 2020.
Senior Credit Facility
On November 30, 2018 (the "Closing Date"), in connection with the acquisition of Bags, we entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”), as Administrative Agent, swing-line lender and a letter of credit issuer; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as syndication agent; BMO Harris Bank N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., KeyBank National Association and U.S. Bank National Association, as co-documentation agents; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners; and the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”). The Company may request increasesPursuant to the terms, and subject to the conditions, of the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have made available to us a new senior secured credit facility (the “Senior Credit Facility”) that permits aggregate borrowings of $550 million consisting of (i) a revolving credit facility in an aggregate additional principal amount of $100.0up to $325 million at any time outstanding, which includes a letter of credit facility that is limited to $100 million at any time outstanding, and (ii) a term loan facility of $225 million. The RestatedSenior Credit Facility matures on February 20, 2020.November 30, 2023.
The entire amount of the term loan portion of the RestatedSenior Credit Facility had beenwas drawn by the Company as ofon the RestatementClosing Date (including approximately $10.4 million drawn on such date) and is subject to scheduled quarterly amortization of principal as follows: (i) $15.0 million in installments equal to 1.25% of the first year, (ii) $15.0 million in the second year, (iii) $20.0 million in the third year, (iv) $20.0 million in the fourth year, (v) $20.0 million in the fifth year and (vi) $110.0 million in the sixth year.initial aggregate principal amount of such term loan. The Company also had outstanding borrowings of $147.3borrowed $174.8 million (including $53.4 million in letters of credit) under the revolving credit facility ason the Closing Date. The proceeds from these borrowings were used by the Company to pay the purchase price for the Acquisition (See Note 2. Acquisition), to pay other costs and expenses related to the acquisition of Bags and the Restatement Date.related financing and to repay in full the obligations under the Former Restated Credit Facility. In addition, proceeds from the Senior Credit Facility may be used to finance working capital, capital expenditures and other acquisitions, payments and general corporate purposes.
Borrowings under the RestatedSenior Credit Facility bear interest, at the Company'sCompany’s option, (i) at a rate per annum based on the Company'sCompany’s consolidated total debt to EBITDA ratio for the 12-month period ending as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter, determined in accordance with the applicable pricing levels set forth in the Restated Credit Agreement (the "Restatement Applicable Margin"“Applicable Margin”), for London Interbank Offered Rate (or a comparable or successor rate approved by Bank of America) (“LIBOR”) loans, plus the applicable LIBOR rate or (ii) the Restatement Applicable Margin for base rate loans plus the highest of (x) the federal funds rate plus 0.5%, (y) the Bank of America prime rate and (z) a daily rate equal to the applicable LIBOR rate plus 1.0%. (the highest of (x), (y) and (z), the "Base Rate"), except that all swing-line loans will bear interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
Under the terms of the Restated Credit Agreement, the Company iswe are required to maintain a maximum consolidated total debt to EBITDA ratio of not greater than 4.0 to 4.25:1.0 as ofwith certain step-downs described in the end of any fiscal quarter ending during the period from the Restatement Date through September 30, 2015, (ii) 3.75 to 1.0 as of the end of any fiscal quarter ending during the period from October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016, and (iii) 3.5 to 1.0 as of the end of any fiscal quarter ending thereafter.Credit Agreement. In addition, the Company iswe are required to maintain a minimum consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1:25:1.0.3.50:1.0 (with certain step-ups described in the Credit Agreement).

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Events of default under the Restated Credit Agreement include failure to pay principal or interest when due, failure to comply with the financial and operational covenants, the occurrence of any cross default event, non-compliance with the other loan documents, the occurrence of a change of control event, and bankruptcy and other insolvency events. If an event of default occurs and is continuing, the Lenders holding a majorityAdministrative Agent can, with the consent of the commitments and outstanding term loan under the Restated Credit Agreement have the right,required Lenders, among others to (i) terminate the commitments under the Restated Credit Agreement, (ii) accelerate and require the Company to repay all the outstanding amounts owed under the Restated Credit Agreement, and (iii) require the Company to cash collateralize any outstanding letters of credit.credit
Each wholly owned domestic subsidiary of the Company (subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Restated Credit Agreement) has guaranteed all existing and future indebtedness and liabilities of the other guarantors and the Company arising under the Restated Credit Agreement. The Company'sCompany’s obligations under the Restated Credit Agreement and such domestic subsidiaries'subsidiaries’ guaranty obligations are secured by substantially all of their respective assets.
We believe that our cash flow from operations, combined with additional borrowing capacity under our Restated Credit Facility, will be sufficient to enable us to pay our indebtedness, or to fund other liquidity needs. We may need to refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness on or before their respective maturities. We believe that we will be able to refinance our indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms.
We wereThe Company is in compliance with all ourdebt covenants as of December 31, 2015.2018.
At

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As of December 31, 2015,2018, we had $105.3$386.6 million of borrowing availability under the Restated Credit Agreement, of which we could have borrowed $82.7$386.7 million on December 31, 20152018 and remained in compliance with the above described covenants as of such date. The additionalOur borrowing availability under the Restated Credit Agreement is limited only as of our fiscal quarter-end by the covenant restrictions described above. At December 31, 2015,2018, we had $52.4$51.1 million letters of credit outstanding under the RestatedSenior Credit Facility and borrowings against the RestatedSenior Credit Facility aggregated $227.3$375.0 million (excluding debt discount of $1.8$1.6 million and deferred financing costs of $2.4$2.2 million).
Interest Rate Swap Transactions
In October 2012, we entered into Interest Rate Swap transactions (collectively, the "Interest Rate Swaps") with each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and PNC Bank, N.A. in an initial aggregate Notional Amount of $150.0 million (the "Notional Amount"). The Interest Rate Swaps have a termination date of September 30, 2017. The Interest Rate Swaps effectively fix the interest rate on an amount of variable interest rate borrowings under our credit agreements, originally equal to the Notional Amount at 0.7525% per annum plus the applicable margin rate for LIBOR loans under our credit agreements determined based upon our consolidated total debt to EBITDA ratio. The Notional Amount is subject to scheduled quarterly amortization that coincides with quarterly prepayments of principal under our credit agreements. These Interest Rate Swaps are classified as cash flow hedges, and we calculate the effectiveness of the hedge on a monthly basis. The ineffective portion of the cash flow hedge is recognized in earnings as an increase of interest expense. As of December 31, 2015, no ineffective portion of the cash flow has been recognized in earnings within interest expense. The fair value of the Interest Rate Swaps at December 31, 2015 and 2014 was a $0.2 million and $0.6 million asset, respectively, and included in the line item "Other assets, net" within the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
We do not enter into derivative instruments for any purpose other than cash flow hedging purposes.
Stock Repurchases
In June 2011,May 2016, our Board of Directors authorized us to repurchase, on the open market, shares of our outstanding common stock in an amount not to exceed $30.0 million in aggregate. Purchases of our common stock on the open market, up to $20.0 million in share repurchases in the aggregate. Under this repurchase program, we may purchase our common shares from time to timebe made in open market purchasestransactions effected through a broker-dealer at prevailing market prices, in block trades, or privately negotiated transactionsby other means in accordance with Rule 10b-18 and may make all or part of10b5-1 under the purchases pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 plans. Any repurchased shares are retired and returned to an authorized but unissued status.Exchange Act. The share repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued atdoes not obligate us to repurchase any time without notice. Asparticular amount of common stock, and has no fixed termination date. Under this program, we repurchased 305,183 shares of common stock through December 31, 2015, $12.52018 at an average price of $24.43 per share, resulting in $7.5 million remained available for stockin program-to-date repurchases. No repurchases underwere made during the June 2011 authorization by the Board of Directors. We made no stock repurchases during 2015 or 2014.year ended December 31, 2018.
Letters of Credit
We had provided letters of credit totaling $45.3$24.9 million and $46.8$33.4 million to our casualty insurance carriers to collateralize our casualty insurance program as of December 31, 20152018 and 2014,2017, respectively.
We had provided $7.1$26.2 million and $8.1$15.1 million in letters of credit to collateralize other obligations as of December 31, 20152018 and 2014,2017, respectively.
Deficiency Payments
Pursuant to our obligations with respect to the parking garage operations at Bradley International Airport, we are required to make certain deficiency payments for the benefit of the State of Connecticut and for holders of special facility revenue bonds. The deficiency payments represent contingent interest bearing advances to the trustee to cover operating cash flow requirements. As of December 31, 2015,2018, we had made $11.6$3.9 million of cumulative deficiency payments to the trustee, net of reimbursements. Deficiency payments made are recorded as increases to cost parkingof services and the reimbursementsdeficiency repayments are recorded as reductions to cost of parking services. We believe these advances to be fully recoverable and will recognize the principal, interest and premium payments related to these deficiency payments when they are received. We do not directly guarantee the payment of any principal or interest on any debt obligations of the State of Connecticut or the trustee.
We receivedThe total deficiency repayments (net of deficiency payments made) of $1.8 million in the year ended December 31, 2015, compared to deficiency repayments (net of deficiency payments made) of $1.3 million made in the year ended December 31, 2014. We received $0.4 million in, interest and $0.2 million premium on deficiency repayments fromreceived and recorded for the trustee in the yearyears ended December 31, 2015, compared to $0.5 million in interest2018, 2017 and $0.1 million premium on deficiency repayments from the trustee in the year ended December 31, 2014.

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Year Ended December 31
(millions)2018
2017
2016
Deficiency repayments$3.9

$2.0

$1.7
Interest0.9

0.6

0.5
Premium$0.3

$0.2

$0.2


Lease Commitments
We have minimum lease commitments of $214.0$170.6 million for fiscal 2016.2019. The leased properties generate sufficient cash flow to meet the base rent payment.
Certain lease type contracts acquired in the Central Mergera previous acquisition include provisions allocating to us responsibility for the cost of certain structural and other repairs required to be made to the leased property, including improvement and repair costs arising as a result of ordinary wear and tear. During the year ended December 31, 2015, 20142018, 2017 and 2013,2016, we recorded $4.6 million, $1.3$nil, $0.1 million and $nil,$0.7 million, respectively, of costs (net of our expected recoveries of the total cost recognized by the Company through the applicable indemnity discussed further in Note 2. Acquisition of our Consolidated Financial Statements)indemnity) in Cost of parking services-Lease type contracts within the Consolidated Statements of Income for structural and other repair costs related to certainthese lease type contracts, acquired in the Central Merger, whereby, we have expensed repair costs for certain leases and engaged third-party general contractors to complete certain structural and other repair projects, and other indemnity relatedindemnity-related costs. We expect to incurBased on information available at this time, the Company believes that it has completed and incurred all additional costs for certain structural and other repair costs pursuant to the contractual requirements offor certain lease type contracts acquired in the Central Merger ("Structural and Repair Costs"). Based on information available at this time, we currently expect to incur additional Structural and Repair Costs of $1.5 million. While we are unable to estimate with certainty when such remaining costs will be incurred, it is expected that a substantial majority of these costs will be incurred in early- to mid-calendar year 2016. We currently expect to recover 80% of the Structural and Repair Costs incurred and related to certain lease contracts acquired in the Central Merger through the applicable indemnity discussed further in Note 2. Acquisition of our Consolidated Financial Statements.previous acquisition.
Daily Cash Collections
As a result of day-to-day activity at our parking locations,operations, we collect significant amounts of cash. Lease type contract revenue is generally deposited into our local bank accounts, with a portion remitted to our clients in the form of rental payments according to the terms of the leases. Under management type contracts, clients may require us to deposit the daily receipts into one of our local bank accounts, with the cash in excess of our operating expenses and management fees remitted to the clients at negotiated intervals, may require us to deposit the daily receipts into client designated bank accounts and the clients then reimburse us for operating expenses and pay our management fee subsequent to month-end or may require segregated bank accounts for the receipts and disbursements at

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locations. Our working capital and liquidity may be adversely affected if a significant number of our clients require us to deposit all parking revenues into their respective accounts.
Our liquidity also fluctuates on an intra-month and intra-year basis depending on the contract mix and timing of significant cash payments. Additionally, our ability to utilize cash deposited into our local accounts is dependent upon the availability and movement of that cash into our corporate accounts. For all these reasons, from time to time, we carry a significant cash balance, while also utilizing our senior credit facility.Senior Credit Facility.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
We had cash and cash equivalents of $39.9 million at December 31, 2018, compared to $22.8 million at December 31, 2017. The cash balances reflect our ability to utilize funds deposited into our local bank accounts. Cash and cash equivalents that are restricted as to withdrawal or use under the terms of certain contractual agreements was $1.7 millionand $0.3 million as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and are included within Cash and cash equivalents within the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Availability, timing of deposits and the subsequent movement of cash into our corporate bank accounts may result in significant changes to our cash balances.
Summary of Cash Flows
Years ended December 31,Years ended December 31,
(millions)2015 2014 20132018 2017 2016
Net cash provided by operating activities$43.6
 $51.6
 $34.9
$70.9
 $45.2
 $59.7
Net cash used in investing activities$(11.8) $(14.9) $(13.3)
Net cash used in financing activities$(30.6) $(41.5) $(26.4)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities$(268.4) $2.3
 $(13.8)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities$215.2
 $(47.2) $(42.1)
Operating activitiesActivities
Our primary sources of funds are cash flows from operating activities and changes in operating assets and liabilities.
Net cash provided by operating activities totaled $43.6 million$70.9 million for 2015,2018, compared to $51.6$45.2 million for 2014.2017. Cash provided during 20152018 included $49.9$70.7 million from operations, partially offset by changes in operating assets and liabilities that resulted in a cash source of $0.2 million. The net increase in operating assets and liabilities resulted primarily from: (i) a net increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $14.7 million, which primarily resulted from timing of payments to our clients as described under "Daily Cash Collections", partially offset by recognizing a contract liability upon the adoption of Topic 606 (effective January 1, 2018); (ii) a net decrease in prepaid expenses and other of $2.2 million, primarily due to a decrease in prepaid taxes; offset by (iii) a net increase in notes and accounts receivable of $16.7 million due to recognizing a contract asset upon adoption of Topic 606 (effective January 1, 2018) and timing of collections.
Net cash provided by operating activities totaled $45.2 million for 2017, compared to $59.7 million for 2016. Cash provided during 2017 included $62.4 million from operations, partially offset by changes in operating assets and liabilities that resulted in a cash use of $6.3$17.2 million. The net decrease in operating assets and liabilities resulted primarily from: (i) a net decrease in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $17.9$10.5 million, which primarily resulted from the timing onof payments to our clients, as described under "Daily Cash Collections"Collection" and vendors and decreases in the amount of book overdrafts included in accounts payable, partially offset bypayable; (ii) a net decrease in notes and accounts receivable of $3.5 million due to timing of collections, and (iii) a net decreaseincrease in prepaid expenses and other of $8.1 million by managing the cash outlay for future expenses yet to be incurred.
Net cash provided by operating activities totaled $51.6 million for 2014, compared to $34.9 million for 2013. Cash provided during 2014 included $45.6 million from operations$4.1 million; and changes in operating assets and liabilities of $6.0 million. The net increase in operating assets and liabilities resulted primarily from: (i) a net decrease in notes and accounts receivables due to timing of collections, (ii) a net decrease in prepaid expenses and other of $2.1 million by managing cash outlay for future expenses yet to be incurred, (iii) a decrease in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $1.5 million, which primarily resulted from the timing on payments to our clients as described under ‘‘Daily Cash Collections’’ and incurred expenses towards the later part of the year.
Net cash provided by operating activities totaled $34.9 million for 2013. Cash provided during 2013 included $50.0 million from operations that was partially offset by changes in operating assets and liabilities that resulted in a use of $15.2 million. The net decrease in changes in operating assets and liabilities resulted primarily from: (i) a net increase in notes and accounts receivables and other assetsreceivable of $6.9 million; (ii) a net decrease in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $15.6$2.6 million which primarily resulted fromdue to the timing on payments to our clients and new business that are under management contracts as described under ‘‘Daily Cash Collections’’ and a reduction in accrued merger and integration expenses related to the Central Merger; partially offset by (iii) a net decrease in prepaid assets of $7.4 million.collections.

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Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities totaled $11.8for $268.4 million for 2015,2018, compared to $14.9net cash provided of $2.3 million in 2014.2017. Cash used in investing activities in 2015,2018 included (i) $277.9 million for the acquisition of Bags, net of cash acquired; (ii) $8.9 million for capital expendituresinvestments needed to secure and/or extend leased and managed facilities and investments in information system enhancements and infrastructure; (iii) $1.1 million for cost of $9.6contract purchases; offset by (iv) $19.3 million in proceeds received from the sale of an equity method investee's sale of assets; and (v) $0.2 million of proceeds from the sale of assets and contract terminations.
Net cash provided by investing activities totaled for $2.3 million for 2017, compared to a use of $13.8 million in 2016. Cash provided by investing activities in 2017 included (i) $8.4 million in proceeds received from the sale of an equity method investee's sale of assets; (ii) $0.8 million of proceeds from the sale of assets and contract terminations; and (iii) $0.6 million of proceeds received and relating to the final earn-out payment from buyer for the security business sold in 2015; offset by (iv) $6.8 million for capital investments needed to secure and/or extend leased facilities and investments in IT projects,information system enhancements and infrastructure; and (v) $0.7 million for cost of contract purchases.

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Net cash used in investing activities totaled $14.9 million for 2014, compared to $13.3 million in 2013. Cash used in investing activities in 2014, included capital expenditures of $13.5 million for capital investments needed to secure and/or extend leased facilities and investments in IT projects, cost of contract of contract purchased for $2.3 million, partially offset by proceeds from the sale of equipment and contract terminations of $0.9 million.
Net cash used in investing activities totaled $13.3 million in 2013. Cash used in investing activities in 2013 included capital expenditures of $15.7 million for capital investments needed to secure and/or extend leased facilities and investments in IT projects, cost of contract purchased of $0.4 million and contingent payments for previously acquired businesses of $0.3 million, partially offset by proceeds from the sale of equipment and contract terminations of $0.8 million and proceeds from sale of equity interest in land of $2.3 million.
Financing Activities
Net cash used inprovided by financing activities totaled $30.6$215.2 million in 2015,2018, compared to $41.5a use of $47.2 million in 2014.2017. Cash used inprovided by financing activities for 20152018 included (i) net payments onproceeds from the Senior Creditcredit facility and Restated Credit Facility of $36.4 million, distributions$222.2 (primarily due to noncontrolling intereststhe acquisition of $3.1 million,Bags); offset by (ii) payments of debt issuance costs and original discount on borrowings of $1.4 million,$3.2 million; (iii) distributions to noncontrolling interests of $3.3 million; and (iv) payments on other long-term borrowings (capital leases) of $0.3 million, partially offset by proceeds from the Restated Credit Facility of $10.4 million and tax benefits related to the vesting of restricted stock units of $0.3$0.5 million.
Net cash used in financing activities totaled $41.5$47.2 million in 2014,2017, compared to $26.4$42.1 million in 2013.2016. Cash used in financing activities for 20142017 included $1.8 million for businesses acquired,(i) net payments on the Senior Creditcredit facility of $36.9 million, distributions on noncontrolling interests of $2.9 million, partially offset by $0.2 million of proceeds from other long-term borrowings (capital leases).
Net cash used in financing activities totaled $26.4 million in 2013. Cash used in financing activities for 2013 included contingent payments for businesses acquired of $0.6 million, net payments on Senior Credit Facility of $22.6 million, payments on notes payable and other long-term borrowings of $0.2 million,$43.5 million; (ii) distributions to noncontrolling interests of $2.8 million,$3.2 million; and (iii) payments on other long-term borrowings (capital leases) of $0.5 million, partially offset by the tax benefit on vesting of restricted stock units of $0.2 million.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
We had cash and cash equivalents of $18.7 million at December 31, 2015, compared to $18.2 million at December 31, 2014. The cash balances reflect our ability to utilize funds deposited into our local bank accounts. Availability, timing of deposits and the subsequent movement of cash into our corporate bank accounts may result in significant changes to our cash balances.

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Summary Disclosures about Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments
The following summarizes certain of our contractual obligations at December 31, 20152018 and the effect such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flow in future periods. The nature of our business is to manage parking facilities and as a result, we do not have significant short-term purchase obligations.
  Payments Due by Period  Payments Due by Period
Total 2016 2017 - 2018 2019 - 2020 2021 and
thereafter
Total 2019 2020 - 2021 2022 - 2023 2024 and
thereafter
(millions)                  
Contractual obligations 
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
Operating leases (1)$985.1
 $222.0
 $349.3
 $207.6
 $206.2
$627.0
 $170.6
 $217.0
 $122.4
 $117.0
Capital leases0.3
 0.1
 0.2
 
 
17.9
 2.3
 4.6
 4.0
 7.0
Service concession arrangements (2)$172.8
 $85.9
 $49.2
 $21.7
 $16.0
Total contractual obligations$985.4
 $222.1
 $349.5
 $207.6
 $206.2
$817.7
 $258.8
 $270.8
 $148.1
 $140.0
Other Long-Term Liabilities 
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
Deferred Compensation10.5
 1.6
 2.8
 2.2
 3.9
$6.2
 $0.5
 $1.1
 $1.2
 $3.4
Other long-term liabilities (2)58.2
 21.8
 23.9
 8.0
 4.5
Other long-term liabilities (3)49.6
 20.0
 11.7
 10.6
 7.3
Total other long-term liabilities$68.7
 $23.4
 $26.7
 $10.2
 $8.4
$55.8
 $20.5
 $12.8
 $11.8
 $10.7
Commercial Commitments 
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
Senior Credit Facility (3)$227.3
 $15.0
 $40.0
 $172.3
 $
Other Debt (3)1.7
 1.4
 0.3
 
 
Senior Credit Facility (4)$375.0
 $11.2
 $22.5
 $341.3
 $
Other Debt (4)1.2
 1.2
 
 
 
Interest payments on debt and long-term liabilities29.4
 8.3
 14.7
 6.4
 
76.5
 17.2
 32.0
 27.3
 
Letters of credit (4)52.4
 52.3
 0.1
 
 
Letters of credit (5)51.1
 51.1
 
 
 
Total commercial commitments$310.8
 $77.0
 $55.1
 $178.7
 $
$503.8
 $80.7
 $54.5
 $368.6
 $
Total$1,364.9
 $322.5
 $431.3
 $396.5
 $214.6
$1,377.3
 $360.0
 $338.1
 $528.5
 $150.7
(1)Represents minimum rental commitments, excluding (i) contingent rent provisions under all non-cancelable leases; and (ii) sublease income of $26.7$8.4 million.
(2)Represents lease type contracts that meet the definition of service concession arrangements under Topic 853.
(3)Represents customer deposits, insurance claims and obligation related to acquisitions.
(3)(4)
Represents principal amounts. See Note 11.13. Borrowing Arrangements to the consolidated financial statementsConsolidated Financial Statements included in Part IV, Item 8."15. "Exhibits and Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.Schedules."
(4)(5)Represents aggregate amount of currently issued letters of credit at their maturities.
We made contingent payments for business acquired (earn-outs) of $0.1 million, $1.8 million and $0.3 million for each of the years ended 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. In addition, we received deficiency repayments (net of deficiency payments made) related to the Bradley Agreement of $1.8$3.9 million, $2.0 million and $1.3$1.7 million for the years ended December 31, 20152018 and 2014, respectively,2017 and made deficiency payments (net of repayments received) of $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2013.2016, respectively.
The above schedule does not include any amounts for expected deficiency payments in the "less than one year" category or any other "payments due by period" category, as we concluded that the potential for future deficiency payments did not meet the criteria of both probable and estimable.
Payments related to the provisional one-time transition tax liability recorded in connection with the enactment of the 2017 Tax Act are also excluded. The provisional transition tax liability was $0.5 million at December 31, 2018 and is payable over a period of up to eight years.  See Note 16. Income Taxes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part IV, Item 15. "Exhibits and Financial Statements Schedules" for further discussion.


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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities in the consolidated financial statementsConsolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes. The SEC has defined a company's critical accounting policies and estimates as the ones that are most important to the portrayal of the company's financial condition and results of operations, and which require the company to make its most difficult and subjective judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates of matters that are inherently uncertain. Based on this definition, we have identified the critical accounting policies and judgments addressed below. We base these estimates and judgments on historic experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Certain accounting estimates are particularly sensitive because of their complexity and the possibility that future events affecting them may differ materially from our current judgments and estimates.
This listing of critical accounting policies is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all of our accounting policies. We also have other key accounting policies, which involve the use of estimates, judgments, and assumptions that are significant to understanding our results, which are included in Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies and Practices of the notes to the consolidated financial statementsConsolidated Financial Statements included in Part II,IV, Item 8. "Financial Statements15. "Exhibits and Supplementary Data".Financial Statement Schedules."
Goodwill and Other Intangibles
Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price paid over the fair value of net assets acquired. In accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board's ("FASB") authoritative accounting guidance on goodwill, we do not amortize goodwill but rather evaluate it for impairment on an annual basis, or more often if events or circumstances change that could cause goodwill to become impaired. We have elected to assess the impairment of goodwill annually on the first day of our fiscal fourth quarter, or at an interim date if there is an event or change in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. Factors that could trigger an impairment review include significant under-performance relative to expected historical or projected future operating results, significant changes in the use of acquired assets or our business strategy, a change in reportable segments and significant negative industry or economic trends.
A multi-step impairment test is performed on goodwill. We haveFor our fourth quarter 2018 and 2017 goodwill impairment tests, we utilized the option to evaluate various qualitative factors to determine the likelihood of impairment. If determined thatimpairment and if it iswas more likely than not that the fair value isof the reporting units were less than the carrying value of athe reporting unit, then we are required to perform Step 1. unit. We concluded there was no impairment of goodwill at any of the reporting units.
If we do not elect to perform a qualitative assessment, we can voluntarily proceed directly to Step 1. In Step 1, we perform a quantitative analysis to compare the fair value of the reporting unit to its carrying value including goodwill. If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds the carrying value of the net assets assigned to that unit, goodwill is not considered impaired, and we are not required to perform further testing. If the carrying value of the net assets assigned to the reporting unit exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, then we must perform Step 2 of the impairment test in order to determine the implied fair value of the reporting unit's goodwill. If the carrying value of a reporting unit's goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, then we would record an impairment loss equal to the difference.
The goodwill impairment test is performed at the reporting unit level; our reporting units represent our operating segments, which are comprised of our fivetwo operating regions.segments. Management determines the fair value of each of its reporting units by using a discounted cash flow approach and a market approach using multiples of EBITDA of comparable companies to estimate market value. In addition, we compare our derived enterprise value on a consolidated basis to our market capitalization as of its test date to ensure its derived value approximates our market value when taken as a whole.
In conducting our goodwill impairment quantitative assessment,assessments, we analyzedanalyze actual and projected growth trends of the reporting units, gross margin, operating expenses and EBITDA (which also includes forecasted five-year income statement and working capital projections, a market-based weighted average cost of capital and terminal values after five years). We also assess critical areas that may impact our business including economic conditions, market related exposures, competition, changes in product offerings and changes in key personnel. As part of the 2015 and 2014 goodwill assessments, we engaged a third party to evaluate our reporting unit's fair values.
We continue to perform a goodwill impairment test as required on an annual basis and on an interim basis, if certain conditions exist. Factors we consider important, which could result in changes to our estimates, include underperformance relative to historical or projected future operating results and declines in acquisitions and trading multiples. Due to the diverse customer base, we do not believe our future operating results will vary significantly relative to its historical and projected future operating results. However, future events may indicate differences from our judgments and estimates that could, in turn, result in impairment charges in the future. Future events that may result in impairment charges include increases in interest rates, which would impact discount rates, unfavorable economic conditions or other factors that could decrease revenues and profitability of existing locations and changes in the cost structure of existing facilities. Factors that could potentially have an unfavorable economic effect on our judgments and estimates include, among others: changes imposed by governmental and regulatory agencies, such as property condemnations and assessment of parking-related taxes; construction or other events that could change traffic patterns; and terrorism or other catastrophic events.

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Intangible assets with finite lives are amortized over their estimated useful lives and reviewed for impairment when circumstances change that would create a triggering event. Intangible assets with finite lives are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. We evaluate the remaining useful life of the other intangible assets on a periodic basis to determine whether events or circumstances warrant a revision to the remaining useful life. Assumptions and estimates about future values and remaining useful lives of our intangible and other long-lived assets are complex and subjective. They can be affected by a variety of factors, including external factors such as industry and economic trends, and internal factors, such as changes in our business strategy and internal forecasts. Although management believes the historical

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assumptions and estimates are reasonable and appropriate, different assumptions and estimates could materially impact our reported financial results.
Long-Lived Assets
We evaluate long-lived asset groups whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. Events or circumstances that would result in an impairment review primarily include a significant change in the use of an asset, or the planned sale or disposal of an asset. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of the asset to future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset group. If it is determined to be impaired, the impairment recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying value of the asset exceeds its fair value. Our estimates of future cash flows from such assets could be impacted if it underperforms relative to historical or projected future operating results.
Assumptions and estimates used to determine cash flows in the evaluation of impairment and the fair values used to determine the impairment are subject to a degree of judgment and complexity. Any changes to the assumptions and estimates resulting from changes in actual results or market conditions from those anticipated may affect the carrying value of long-lived assets and could result in an impairment charge.
Insurance Reserves
We purchase comprehensive casualty insurance (including, without limitation, generalbut not limited to, general/garage liability, automobile liability, garage-keepers legal liability, worker's compensation and umbrella/excess liability insurance) covering certain claims that arise in connection with our operations. Under our various liability and workers' compensation insurance policies, we are obligated to pay directly or reimburse the insurance carrier for the first $0.5 milliondeductible / retention amount of each loss covered by our general/garage liability, or automobile liability, policies and $0.3 million for each loss covered by our workers' compensation and garage keepers legal liability policies. As a result, we are effectively self-insured for all claims up to these levels.the deductible / retention amount for each loss. It is our policy to record our self-insurance liabilities based on claims filed and an estimate of claims incurred but not yet reported. We utilize historical claims experience and actuarial methods which consider a number of factors to estimate our ultimate cost of losses incurred in determining the required level of insurance reserves and timing of expense recognition associated with claims against us. This determination requires the use of judgment in both the estimation of probability when determining the required insurance reserves and amount to be recognized as an expense. Future information regarding historical loss experience may require changes to the level of insurance reserves and could result in increased expense recognition in the future.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
We report accounts receivable, net of an allowance for doubtful accounts, to represent our estimate of the amount that ultimately will be realized in cash. In determining the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts, we primarily use the review of specific accounts but also use historical collection trends and aging of receivables and make adjustments in the allowance as necessary. Changes in economic conditions or other circumstances could have an impact on the collection of existing receivable balances or future allowance for doubtful account considerations.
Income Taxes
Income tax expense involves management judgment as to the ultimate resolution of any tax issues. Historically, our assessments of the ultimate resolution of tax issues have been reasonably accurate. The current open issues are not dissimilar from historical items.
Deferred income taxes are computed using the asset and liability method, such that deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between financial reporting amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities based on currently enacted tax laws and tax rates in effect for the periods in which these temporary differences are expected to reverse or be settled. Income tax expense is the tax payable for the period plus the change during the period in deferred income taxes. We have certain state net operating loss carry forwards which expire in 2035. Our ability to fully utilize these net operating losses to offset taxable income is limited due to the change in ownership resulting from the initial public offering of our stock in 2004 (Internal Revenue Code, Section 382).2036. We consider a number of factors in ourits assessment of the recoverability of our stateits net operating loss carryforwards including their expiration dates, the limitations imposed due to the change in ownership as well as future projections of income. Future changes in our operating performance along with these considerations may significantly impact the amount of net operating losses ultimately recovered, and ourits assessment of their recoverability.
When evaluating our tax positions, we account for uncertainty in income taxes in our consolidated financial statements. TheConsolidated Financial Statements. Our evaluation of a tax position is a two-step process, the first step being recognition. WeThe first step is to determine whether it is more-likely-than-not that a tax position will be sustained upon tax examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on only the technical merits of the position.position and the weight of available evidence. If a tax position does not meet the more-likely-than-not threshold, which is more than 50% likely of being realized, the benefit of that position is not recognized in our financial statements. The second step is measurement.measurement of the tax benefit. The tax position is measured as the largest amount

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of benefit that is more-likely-than-not of being realized, which is more than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate resolution with a taxing authority.
On December 22, 2017, the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “2017 Tax Act”) was signed into law. The 2017 Tax Act includes significant changes to the corporate income tax system in the United States, including a federal corporate rate reduction from 35% to 21% and the transition of United States international taxation from a worldwide tax system to a territorial tax system, and a one-time transition tax on the mandatory deemed repatriation of foreign earnings. The 2017 Tax Act requires complex computations to be performed that were not previously required in U.S. tax law, significant judgments to be made in interpretation of the provisions of the 2017 Tax Act and significant estimates in calculations, and the preparation and analysis of information not previously relevant or regularly produced. The U.S. Department of Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), foreign jurisdictions, state jurisdictions and other standard-setting bodies could interpret or issue guidance on how provisions of the 2017 Tax Act will be applied or otherwise administered that is different than our interpretation. We are required to recognize the effect of the tax law changes in the period of enactment, which include determining the transition tax, remeasuring our deferred tax assets and liabilities as well as reassessing the net realizability of our deferred tax assets and liabilities.
On December 22, 2017, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (SAB 118), as issued to address the application of US GAAP in situations when a registrant does not have the necessary information available, prepared, or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete accounting for certain income tax effects of the 2017 Tax Act. We completed our analysis of the income tax effects of the 2017 Tax Act in the fourth quarter of 2018 (within the measurement period not to extend beyond one year) in accordance with SAB 118.
Legal and Other Contingencies
We are subject to claims and litigation in the normal course of our business. The outcomes of claims and legal proceedings brought against us and other loss contingencies are subject to significant uncertainty. We accrue a charge when our management determines that it is probable that an asset has been impaired or a liability has been incurred and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. When a loss is probable, we record an accrual based on the reasonably estimable loss or range of loss. When no point of loss is more likely than another, we record the lowest amount in the estimated range of loss and disclose the estimated range. We do not record liabilities for reasonably possible loss

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contingencies, but do disclose a range of reasonably possible losses if they are material and we are able to estimate such a range. If we cannot provide a range of reasonably possible losses, we explain the factors that prevent us from determining such a range. In addition, we accrue for the authoritative judgments or assertions made against us by government agencies at the time of their rendering regardless of our intent to appeal. We regularly evaluate current information available to us to determine whether an accrual should be established or adjusted. Estimating the probability that a loss will occur and estimating the amount of a loss or a range of loss involves significant estimation and judgment.

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Item 7A.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Interest Rates
Our primary market risk exposure consists of risk related to changes in interest rates. We use the variable rate RestatedSenior Credit Facility, discussed previously, to finance our operations. This RestatedSenior Credit Facility exposes us to variability in interest payments due to changes in interest rates. If interest rates increase, interest expense increases and conversely, if interest rates decrease, interest expense also decreases. We believe that it is prudent to limit our exposure to an increase in interest rates.
In October 2012,On November 30, 2018, we entered into interest rate swap transactions (collectively, the "Interest Rate Swaps") with each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Bank of America and PNC Bank, N.A. in an initial aggregate notional amount of $150.0 million (the "Notional Amount"). The Interest Rate Swaps have an effective date of October 31, 2012 and a termination date of September 30, 2017. The Interest Rate Swaps effectively fix the interest rate on an amount of variable interest rate borrowings under our credit agreements, originally equal to the Notional Amount at 0.7525% per annum plus the applicable margin rate for LIBOR loans under our credit agreements determined based upon SP Plus's consolidated total debt to EBITDA ratio. The Notional Amount is subject to scheduled quarterly amortization that coincides with quarterly prepayments of principal under our credit agreements. These Interest Rate Swaps are classified as cash flow hedges, and we calculate the effectiveness of the hedge on a monthly basis. The ineffective portion of the cash flow hedge is recognized in earnings as an increase of interest expense. For the year ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, no ineffective portion of the cash flow was recognized as interest expense. The fair value of the Interest Rate Swaps at December 31, 2015 and 2014 was a $0.2 million and $0.6 million asset, and are included in "Other assets, net" within the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
We do not enter into derivative instruments for any purpose other than cash flow hedging purposes.
On February 20, 2015, we entered into a Restated Credit Agreement. Pursuant to the terms, and subject to the conditions, of the Restated Credit Agreement, as described in Note 11,13. Borrowing Arrangements within out Notes to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part IV, Item 15, "Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules", the Lenders have made available to us a RestatedSenior Credit Facility that permits aggregate borrowings of $400.0$550.0 million consisting of (i) a revolving credit facility of up to $200.0$325.0 million at any time outstanding, which includes a letter of credit facility that is limited to $100.0 million at any time outstanding, and (ii) a term loan facility of $200.0$225.0 million, subject to securing additional commitments from the Lenders or new lending institutions. Interest expense on such borrowings is sensitive to changes in the market rate of interest. If we were to borrow the entire non-hedged variable rate debt of $175.4$134.5 million available under the revolving credit facility, a 1 percent (%) increase in the average market rate would result in an increase in our annual interest expense of $1.8$1.3 million. This amount is determined by considering the impact of the hypothetical interest rates on our borrowing cost, but does not consider the effects of the reduced level of overall economic activity that could exist in such an environment. Due to the uncertainty of the specific changes and their possible effects, the foregoing sensitivity analysis assumes no changes in our financial structure.
Foreign Currency Risk
Substantially all of our operations are conducted in the United States and, as such, are not subject to material foreign currency exchange risk. All foreign investments are denominated in U.S. dollars, with the exception of Canada. We had approximately $0.6$4.2 million of Canadian dollar denominated cash instruments at December 31, 2015,2018, and no debt instruments denominated in Canadian dollar at December 31, 2014.2018. We do not hold any hedging instruments related to foreign currency transactions.
We monitor foreign currency positions and may enter into certain hedging instruments in the future should we determine that exposure to foreign exchange risk has increased.

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Item 8.    Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
The consolidated financial statementsConsolidated Financial Statements and related notes and schedules required by this Itemitem are incorporated into this Form 10-K and set forth in Part IV, Item 15. "Exhibits and Financial Statements"Statement Schedules" herein.
Item 9.    Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 9A.    Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Prior to the filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20152018 and under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Controller, we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (the "Evaluation") at a reasonable assurance level as of the last day of the period covered by this Form 10-K.
Disclosure controls and procedures are defined by Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") as controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the SEC's rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Controller, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
Based upon the Evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Controller concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level as of December 31, 2015.2018.
Inherent Limitations of the Effectiveness of Internal Control
Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). Our internal control over financial reporting includes 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 Company's assets;
(ii)provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that the Company's receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of the Company's management and directors; 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, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Controller, does not expect that our internal controls will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of internal controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. Also, any evaluation of the effectiveness of controls in future periods are subject to the risk that those internal controls may become inadequate because of changes in business conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Management's Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control system was designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and Board of Directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of our published financial statements.
Prior to the filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015,2018, our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of the last day of the period covered by the report. In making this assessment, our management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission ("COSO") in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013 Framework). Based on our Evaluation under the COSO Framework, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2015.2018. Management's assessment of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018 excludes internal control over financial reporting related to ZWB Holdings, Inc. and Rynn's Luggage Corporation, their subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, "Bags") (acquired on November 30, 2018).

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Ernst & Young LLP has audited the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and, as part of its audit, has issued an attestation report, included herein, on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There werehave been no significant changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fourth quarter of 2015,year ended December 31, 2018, which were identified in connection with management’s evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Evaluation,Exchange Act, that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal controls over financial reporting.

Management's assessment and conclusions on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.reporting did not include the internal controls of Bags, which is included in the 2018 Consolidated Financial Statements of SP Plus Corporation. We will incorporate Bags into our annual evaluation of internal control over financial reporting for the year ending December 31, 2019. Bags constituted 2% and 3% of the Company's total and net assets, excluding goodwill and intangible assets recognized as part of purchase accounting, respectively, as of December 31, 2018 and 1% and 3% of the Company's revenue and net income attributable to SP Plus Corporation, respectively, for the year then ended.

Item 9B.    Other Information
None.
PART III
Item 10.    Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Information required by this item with respect to our directors and compliance by our directors, executive officers and certain beneficial owners of our common stock with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act is incorporated by reference to all information under the captions entitled "Board Matters—Nominees for Director," "Board Matters—Nominations for Director,Nomination Process," "Our Corporate Governance Practices—Codes of Conduct and Ethics," "Board Committees and Meetings," "Executive Officers" and "Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance" included in our 20162019 Proxy Statement.
We have adopted a code of ethics as part of our compliance program. The code of ethics applies to our Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer), Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer). In addition we have adopted a code of business conduct that applies to all of our officers and employees. Any amendments to, or waivers from, our code of ethics will be posted on our website www.spplus.com. www.spplus.com. A copy of these codes of conduct and ethics will be provided to you without charge upon request to investor_relations@spplus.com. investor_relations@spplus.com.
Item 11.    Executive Compensation
Information required by this item is incorporated by reference to all information under the caption entitled "Compensation Discussion and Analysis," "Compensation Committee Report," "Executive Compensation," and "Director Compensation,""Non-Employee Director Compensation" included in our 20162019 Proxy Statement.
Item 12.    Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
Information required by this item is incorporated by reference to all information under the caption entitled "Equity Compensation Plan Information" and "Security Ownership" included in our 20162019 Proxy Statement.

Item 13.    Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence
Information required by this item is incorporated by reference to all information under the caption "Board Matters—Nominations for Directors—Nomination Process—Board Designees," "Our Corporate Governance Practices—Director Independence," "Our Corporate Governance Practices—Related-Party Transaction Policy," and "Transactions with Related Persons and Control Persons" included in our 20162019 Proxy Statement.
Item 14.    Principal AccountAccountant Fees and Services
Information required by this item is incorporated by reference to all information under the caption "Audit Committee Disclosure—Principal Accounting Fees and Services," and "Audit Committee Disclosure—Procedures for Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services of our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm" included in our 20162019 Proxy Statement.

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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a) Financial Statements and SchedulesDocuments filed as part of this report

1. All Financial Statements
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements
Audited Consolidated Financial Statements 
For the years ended December 31, 2015, 20142018, 2017 and 20132016 
2. Financial Statement Schedule
The following financial statement schedule is included in this report and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and ReportReports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm referred to above.
Other schedules are omitted since the required information is not present or is not present in amounts sufficient to require submission of the schedule, or because the information required is included in the consolidated financial statementsConsolidated Financial Statements or the notes thereto.
(b)3. Exhibits Required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K
The information required by this item is set forth on the exhibit ind
    Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
 Description FormExhibitFiling Date/Period End Date
2.1  8-K2.1October 17, 2018
       
3.1  10-K3.1December 31, 2008
        
3.1.1  10-K3.1.1December 31, 2008
        
3.1.2  10-Q3.1.3June 30, 2010
        
3.1.3  10-Q3.1.4June 30, 2010
        
3.1.4  8-K3.1December 2, 2013
        
3.2  10-Q3.1September 30, 2016
       

ex that follows the signature page
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3.2.1  10-Q3.1.1September 30, 2016
       
3.2.2  10-Q3.1.2September 30, 2016
        
4.1  10-K4.1December 31, 2015
        
10.1  8-K10.1November 30, 2018
        
10.1.1*    
       
10.2+ 10-K10.24December 31, 2001
        
10.2.1+ 10-K10.25December 31, 2001
       
10.2.2+ S-110.7.2February 10, 2004
        
10.2.3+ 10-K10.7.3December 31, 2008
10.2.4+ 10-K10.7.4December 31, 2008
        
10.2.5+ 10-K10.7.5December 31, 2008
       
10.2.6+ 10-K10.6.6December 31, 2016
        
10.3+ 10-K10.22.2December 31, 2012
        
10.3.1+ 8-K10.3March 7, 2005
        
10.3.2+ 10-K10.10.2December 31, 2012
        
10.3.3+ 10-Q10.8June 30, 2012
        
10.4+ 10-K10.12December 31, 2014
        

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10.5+ 10-K10.14December 31, 2009
        
10.5.1+ 10-K10.14.1December 31, 2009
        
10.5.2+ 10-Q10.3September 30, 2011
       
10.5.3+ 10-K10.10.3December 31, 2016
        
10.6+ 10-Q10.9September 30, 2012
       
10.6.1+ 10-K10.7.1December 31, 2017
       
10.6.2+ 10-K10.12.1December 31, 2016
        
10.7+ 8-K/A10.1March 31, 2014
        
10.8*+    
        
10.9+ 10-K4.1December 31, 2015
       
10.10
+


 8-K10.1July 2, 2008
       
10.10.1
+

 8-K10.1August 6, 2009
       
10.10.2+ 8-K10.1June 2, 2011
       
10.11  10-K10.23December 31, 2013
        
10.12  10-K10.24December 31, 2013
        
10.13  10-K10.30December 31, 2005
        
10.14  10-K10.27December 31, 2008
        
10.15  10-K10.28December 31, 2008
       
10.16  10-K10.29December 31, 2008
        

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14.1  10-K14.1December 31, 2002
        
21*    
        
23*    
        
31.1*    
        
31.2*    
        
31.3*    
        
32**    
        
101.INS*XBRL Instance Document.    
        
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101.CAL*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.    
        
101.DEF*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase.    
        
101.LAB*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.    
        
101.PRE*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.    
* Filed herewith.

** Furnished herewith.

+ Management contract or compensation plan, contract or agreement.





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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
TheTo the Stockholders and the Board of Directors and Stockholders of SP Plus Corporation

Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of SP Plus Corporation (the Company) as of December 31, 20152018 and 2014, and2017, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders'stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2015. Our audits also included2018, the related notes and the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15. These15 (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements and schedule arereferred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the responsibilityfinancial position of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statementsCompany at December 31, 2018 and schedule based on our audits.2017, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2018, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We conducted our auditsalso have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) and our report dated February 27, 2019 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. 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 includesmisstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence supportingregarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An auditOur audits also includes assessingincluded evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statement presentation.statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
We have served as the Company's auditor since 1989.

Chicago, Illinois
February 27, 2019

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of SP Plus Corporation    

Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have audited SP Plus Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 Framework) (the COSO Criteria). In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly,SP Plus Corporation (the Company) maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on the COSO criteria.

As indicated in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Controls over Financial Reporting, management’s assessment of and conclusion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting did not include the internal controls of ZWB Holdings, Inc. and Rynn’s Luggage Corporation, their subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively "Bags"), which are included in the 2018 consolidated financial positionstatements of SP Plus Corporation atthe Company and constituted 2% and 3% of total and net assets, excluding the goodwill and intangible assets recognized as part of purchase accounting, respectively, as of December 31, 20152018 and 2014,1% and 3% of revenues and net income, respectively, for the consolidated resultsyear then ended. Our audit of their operations and their cash flows for eachinternal control over financial reporting of the three years inCompany also did not include an evaluation of the period ended December 31, 2015, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also in our opinion, the relatedinternal control over financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.reporting of Bags.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), SP Plus Corporation's internal control over financial reportingthe consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2015, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by2018 and 2017, the Committeerelated consolidated statements of Sponsoring Organizationsincome, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework)three years in the period ended December 31, 2018, the related notes and the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15 of the Company and our report dated March 1, 2016,February 27, 2019 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Basis for Opinion
Chicago, Illinois
March 1, 2016

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of SP Plus Corporation
We have audited SP Plus Corporation's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) (the COSO criteria). SP Plus Corporation'sCompany’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management'sManagement’s Annual Report on Internal ControlControls over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the company'sCompany’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).PCAOB. 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, 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.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company'scompany’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'scompany’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'scompany’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, SP Plus Corporation maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, based on the COSO criteria.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of SP Plus Corporation as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2015, and our report dated March 1, 2016 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
 /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
March 1, 2016February 27, 2019

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SP Plus Corporation
Consolidated Balance Sheets

 December 31,
(millions, except for share and per share data)2015 2014
Assets 
  
Cash and cash equivalents$18.7
 $18.2
Notes and accounts receivable, net105.1
 109.3
Prepaid expenses and other13.9
 17.8
Deferred taxes12.3
 10.9
Total current assets150.0
 156.2
Leasehold improvements, equipment, land and construction in progress, net34.6
 42.8
Other assets 
  
Advances and deposits5.0
 6.7
Other intangible assets, net75.9
 91.0
Favorable acquired lease contracts, net38.1
 48.3
Equity investments in unconsolidated entities19.0
 20.7
Other assets, net18.3
 14.0
Cost of contracts, net11.9
 10.5
Goodwill431.3
 432.9
Total other assets599.5
 624.1
Total assets$784.1
 $823.1
Liabilities and stockholders' equity 
  
Accounts payable$95.1
 $106.5
Accrued rent22.9
 22.1
Compensation and payroll withholdings21.0
 22.0
Property, payroll and other taxes8.6
 11.7
Accrued insurance19.4
 22.0
Accrued expenses25.4
 26.0
Current portion of long-term obligations under credit facility and other long-term borrowings15.2
 14.5
Total current liabilities207.6
 224.8
Deferred taxes
 5.8
Long-term borrowings, excluding current portion 
  
Obligations under credit facility209.4
 235.5
Other long-term borrowings0.5
 0.8
 209.9
 236.3
Unfavorable acquired lease contracts, net50.3
 61.4
Other long-term liabilities66.2
 65.0
Total noncurrent liabilities326.4
 368.5
Stockholders' equity 
  
Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share; 5,000,000 shares authorized as of December 31, 2015 and 2014; no shares issued
 
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share; 50,000,000 shares authorized as of December 31, 2015 and 2014; 22,328,578 and 22,127,725 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively
 
Additional paid-in capital247.9
 243.9
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(1.1) (0.2)
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)2.8
 (14.6)
Total SP Plus Corporation stockholders' equity249.6
 229.1
Noncontrolling interest0.5
 0.7
Total shareholders' equity250.1
 229.8
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity$784.1
 $823.1
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


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SP Plus Corporation
Consolidated Balance Sheets

 December 31,
(millions, except for share and per share data)2018 2017
Assets 
  
Cash and cash equivalents$39.9
 $22.8
Notes and accounts receivable, net150.7
 122.3
Prepaid expenses and other17.2
 15.5
Total current assets207.8
 160.6
Leasehold improvements, equipment, land and construction in progress, net40.3
 27.4
Other assets 
  
Advances and deposits4.2
 4.1
Other intangible assets, net166.0
 54.1
Favorable acquired lease contracts, net17.6
 23.3
Equity investments in unconsolidated entities9.8
 18.6
Other assets, net17.3
 18.3
Deferred taxes14.6

15.9
Cost of contracts, net9.2
 8.9
Goodwill585.5
 431.7
Total other assets824.2
 574.9
Total assets$1,072.3
 $762.9
Liabilities and stockholders' equity 
  
Accounts payable$110.1
 $102.8
Accrued rent23.5
 23.2
Compensation and payroll withholdings25.8
 22.2
Property, payroll and other taxes9.5
 6.8
Accrued insurance19.7
 18.9
Accrued expenses45.1
 25.5
Current portion of long-term obligations under credit facility and other long-term borrowings13.2
 20.6
Total current liabilities246.9
 220.0
Long-term borrowings, excluding current portion 
  
Obligations under credit facility360.9
 132.0
Other long-term borrowings12.6
 1.2
 373.5
 133.2
Unfavorable acquired lease contracts, net24.7
 31.5
Other long-term liabilities58.6
 65.1
Total noncurrent liabilities456.8
 229.8
Stockholders' equity 
  
Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share; 5,000,000 shares authorized as of December 31, 2018 and 2017; no shares issued
 
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share; 50,000,000 shares authorized as of December 31, 2018 and 2017; 22,783,976 and 22,542,672 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively
 
Treasury stock, 305,183 at cost; shares at December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017(7.5) (7.5)
Additional paid-in capital257.7
 254.6
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(2.4) (1.2)
Retained earnings120.7
 67.0
Total SP Plus Corporation stockholders' equity368.5
 312.9
Noncontrolling interest0.1
 0.2
Total stockholders' equity368.6
 313.1
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity$1,072.3
 $762.9
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Income

Years Ended December 31,Years Ended December 31,
(millions, except for share and per share data)2015 2014 20132018 2017 2016
Parking services revenue 
  
  
Lease contracts$570.9
 $496.6
 $489.6
Management contracts350.3
 338.3
 347.3
Services revenue 
  
  
Lease type contracts$413.9
 $563.1
 $545.0
Management type contracts361.5
 348.2
 346.8
921.2
 834.9
 836.9
775.4
 911.3
 891.8
Reimbursed management contract revenue694.7
 679.8
 629.9
Total revenue1,615.9
 1,514.7
 1,466.8
Cost of parking services 
  
  
Lease contracts532.8
 455.7
 456.1
Management contracts218.3
 207.9
 208.7
Reimbursed management type contract revenue693.0
 679.2
 676.6
Total services revenue1,468.4
 1,590.5
 1,568.4
Cost of services 
  
  
Lease type contracts377.6
 518.4
 505.6
Management type contracts213.8
 207.6
 209.8
751.1
 663.6
 664.8
591.4
 726.0
 715.4
Reimbursed management contract expense694.7
 679.8
 629.9
Total cost of parking services1,445.8
 1,343.4
 1,294.7
Reimbursed management type contract expense693.0
 679.2
 676.6
Total cost of services1,284.4
 1,405.2
 1,392.0
Gross profit 
  
  
 
  
  
Lease contracts38.1
 40.9
 33.5
Management contracts132.0
 130.4
 138.6
Lease type contracts36.3
 44.7
 39.4
Management type contracts147.7
 140.6
 137.0
Total gross profit170.1
 171.3
 172.1
184.0
 185.3
 176.4
General and administrative expenses97.3
 101.5
 98.9
91.0
 82.9
 90.0
Depreciation and amortization34.0
 30.3
 31.2
17.9
 21.0
 33.7
Operating income38.8
 39.5
 42.0
75.1
 81.4
 52.7
Other expense (income) 
  
  
 
  
  
Interest expense12.7
 17.8
 19.0
9.6
 9.2
 10.5
Interest income(0.2) (0.4) (0.6)(0.4) (0.6) (0.5)
Gain on sale of a business(0.5) 
 

 (0.1) 
Gain on contribution of a business to an unconsolidated entity
 (4.1) 
Equity in losses from investment in unconsolidated entity1.7
 0.3
 
Equity in (earnings) losses from investment in unconsolidated entity(10.1) 0.7
 0.9
Total other expenses (income)13.7
 13.6
 18.4
(0.9) 9.2
 10.9
Earnings before income taxes25.1
 25.9
 23.6
76.0
 72.2
 41.8
Income tax expense (benefit)4.8
 (0.2) 8.8
Income tax expense19.6
 27.7
 15.8
Net income20.3
 26.1
 14.8
56.4
 44.5
 26.0
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest2.9
 3.0
 2.7
3.2
 3.3
 2.9
Net income attributable to SP Plus Corporation$17.4
 $23.1
 $12.1
$53.2
 $41.2
 $23.1
Common stock data          
Net income per common share 
  
  
 
  
  
Basic$0.78
 $1.05
 $0.55
$2.38
 $1.86
 $1.04
Diluted$0.77
 $1.03
 $0.54
$2.35
 $1.83
 $1.03
Weighted average shares outstanding 
  
  
 
  
  
Basic22,189,140
 22,009,800
 21,902,870
22,394,542
 22,195,350
 22,238,021
Diluted22,511,759
 22,407,343
 22,249,584
22,607,223
 22,508,288
 22,528,122
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

Years Ended December 31,Years Ended December 31,
(millions)2015 2014 20132018 2017 2016
Net income$20.3
 $26.1
 $14.8
$56.4
 $44.5
 $26.0
Other comprehensive income (expense)(0.9) (0.3) 0.5
Other comprehensive (loss) income(0.6) 0.2
 (0.3)
Comprehensive income19.4
 25.8
 15.3
55.8
 44.7
 25.7
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest2.9
 3.0
 2.7
3.2
 3.3
 2.9
Comprehensive income attributable to SP Plus Corporation$16.5
 $22.8
 $12.6
$52.6
 $41.4
 $22.8
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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity

Common Stock          Common Stock            
(millions, except for share and per share data)
Number
of
Shares
 
Par
Value
 
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) 
Noncontrolling
Interest
 Total
Number
of
Shares
 
Par
Value
 
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 Retained Earnings Treasury Stock 
Noncontrolling
Interest
 Total
Balance (deficit) at December 31, 201221,870,770
 $
 $236.4
 $(0.4) $(49.8) $0.8
 $187.0
Net income 
  
  
  
 12.1
 2.7
 14.8
Foreign currency translation adjustments 
  
  
 (0.5)  
  
 (0.5)
Effective portion of cash flow hedge 
  
  
 1.0
  
  
 1.0
Shares issued—Central Merger 
  
  
  
  
  
 
Exercise of stock options             
Issuance of stock grants15,576
 
         
Vested restricted stock units90,965
 
         
Non-cash stock-based compensation related to restricted stock units 
   4.1
       4.1
Tax benefit from exercise of stock options 
   0.2
       0.2
Purchase of Central shares of noncontrolling interest 
            
Distribution to noncontrolling interest 
  
  
  
  
 (2.8) (2.8)
Balance (deficit) at December 31, 201321,977,311
 $
 $240.7
 $0.1
 $(37.7) $0.6
 $203.7
Balance (deficit) at December 31, 201522,328,578
 $
 $247.9
 $(1.1) $2.8
 $
 $0.5
 $250.1
Net income 
  
  
  
 23.1
 3.0
 26.1

 
 
 
 23.1
 
 2.9
 26.0
Foreign currency translation adjustments 
  
  
 (0.2)  
  
 (0.2)
 
 
 (0.2) 
 
 
 (0.2)
Effective portion of cash flow hedge 
  
  
 (0.2)  
  
 (0.2)
 
 
 (0.1) 
 
 
 (0.1)
Issuance of stock grants19,336
 
 0.5
  
  
  
 0.5
26,593
 
 0.6
 
 
 
 
 0.6
Vested restricted stock units131,078
 
  
  
  
  
  
Issuance of restricted stock units1,415
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-cash stock-based compensation related to restricted stock units and performance share units 
  
 2.8
  
  
  
 (2.8)
 
 2.7
 
 
 

 
 2.7
Tax benefit from vesting of restricted stock    (0.1)       (0.1)
Treasury stock
 
 
 
 
 (7.5) 
 (7.5)
Distribution to noncontrolling interest 
  
  
  
  
 (2.9) (2.9)
 
 
 
 
 
 (3.3) (3.3)
Balance (deficit) at December 31, 201422,127,725
 $
 $243.9
 $(0.2) $(14.6) $0.7
 $229.8
Balance (deficit) at December 31, 201622,356,586
 $
 $251.2
 $(1.4) $25.9
 $(7.5) $0.2
 $268.4
Cumulative effect adjustment upon adoption of new accounting standard on January 1, 2017
 
 0.3
 
 (0.3) 
 
 
Balances at January 1, 201722,356,586
 $
 $251.5
 $(1.4) $25.6
 $(7.5) $0.2
 $268.4
Net income        17.4
 2.9
 20.3

 
 
 
 41.2
 
 3.3
 44.5
Foreign currency translation adjustments      (0.7)     (0.7)
 
 
 0.2
 
 
 
 0.2
Effective portion of cash flow hedge      (0.2)     (0.2)
Issuance of stock grants29,305
 
 0.7
       0.7
27,632
 
 0.9
 
 
 
 
 0.9
Vested restricted stock units164,447
 
         
Proceeds from exercise of stock options7,101
 
 
       
Issuance of restricted stock units61,599
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issuance of performance stock units96,855
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-cash stock-based compensation related to restricted stock units and performance share units    3.0
       3.0

 
 2.2
 
 
   
 2.2
Tax benefit from vesting of restricted stock units    0.3
       0.3
Distribution to noncontrolling interest          (3.1) (3.1)
 
 
 
 
 
 (3.2) (3.2)
Balance (deficit) at December 31, 201522,328,578
 $
 $247.9
 $(1.1) $2.8
 $0.5
 $250.1
Balance (deficit) at December 31, 201722,542,672
 $
 $254.6
 $(1.2) $67.0
 $(7.5) $0.2
 $313.1
Cumulative effect adjustment upon adoption of new accounting standard on January 1, 2018





(0.6)
0.6






Net income
 
 
 
 53.2
 
 3.2
 56.4
Foreign currency translation adjustments
 
 
 (0.6) 
 
 
 (0.6)
Issuance of stock grants20,757
 
 0.7
 
 
 
 
 0.7
Issuance of restricted stock units161,495
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issuance of performance stock units59,052
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-cash stock-based compensation related to restricted stock units and performance share units
 
 2.4
 
 
 
 
 2.4
Distribution to noncontrolling interest
 
 
 
 
 
 (3.3) (3.3)
Balance (deficit) at December 31, 201822,783,976
 $
 $257.7
 $(2.4) $120.7
 $(7.5) $0.1
 $368.6

See NotesNote: Amounts may not foot due to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
 Year Ended December 31,
(millions)2015 2014 2013
Operating activities 
  
  
Net income$20.3
 $26.1
 $14.8
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:   
  
Depreciation and amortization34.1
 30.4
 29.5
Net (accretion) amortization of acquired lease contracts(0.9) (1.0) (4.3)
(Gain) loss on sale of equipment0.4
 (0.3) 1.6
(Gain) loss on sale of equity interest in land
 
 (1.2)
(Gain) loss on sale of business(0.5) 
 
Amortization of debt issuance costs0.9
 1.3
 1.4
Amortization of original discount on borrowings1.2
 1.2
 1.3
Non-cash stock-based compensation3.7
 3.3
 4.2
Provision for losses on accounts receivable0.7
 0.7
 0.2
Excess tax (benefit) expense related to vesting of restricted stock units(0.3) 0.1
 (0.2)
(Gain) on contribution of a business to an unconsolidated entity
 (4.1) 
Deferred income taxes(9.7) (12.1) 2.7
Changes in operating assets and liabilities   
  
Notes and accounts receivable3.5
 5.4
 (3.8)
Prepaid assets3.7
 2.6
 7.4
Other assets4.4
 (0.5) (3.1)
Accounts payable(11.4) (9.0) (13.5)
Accrued liabilities(6.5) 7.5
 (2.1)
Net cash provided by operating activities43.6
 51.6
 34.9
Investing activities 
  
  
Purchase of leasehold improvements and equipment(9.6) (13.5) (15.7)
Proceeds from sale of equipment and contract terminations0.5
 0.9
 0.8
Cash received from sale of business, net1.0
 
 
Proceeds from sale of equity interest in land
 
 2.3
Cost of contracts purchased(3.7) (2.3) (0.4)
Contingent payments for businesses acquired
 
 (0.3)
Net cash used in investing activities(11.8) (14.9) (13.3)
Financing activities 
  
  
Contingent payments for businesses acquired(0.1) (1.8) (0.6)
Payments on senior credit facility revolver (Senior Credit Facility and Restated Credit Facility)(460.9) (572.6) (491.6)
Proceeds from senior credit facility revolver (Senior Credit Facility and Restated Credit Facility)439.5
 568.0
 491.5
Proceeds from term loan (Restated Credit Facility)10.4
 
 
Payments on term loan (Senior Credit Facility and Restated Credit Facility)(15.0) (32.3) (22.5)
Proceeds from (payments on) other long-term borrowings(0.3) 0.2
 (0.6)
Distribution to noncontrolling interest(3.1) (2.9) (2.8)
Payments of debt issuance costs and original discount on borrowings(1.4) 
 
Excess tax (benefit) expense related to vesting of restricted stock units0.3
 (0.1) 0.2
Net cash used in financing activities(30.6) (41.5) (26.4)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents(0.7) (0.2) (0.5)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents0.5
 (5.0) (5.3)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year18.2
 23.2
 28.5
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year$18.7
 $18.2
 $23.2
Supplemental Disclosures     
Cash paid during the period for   
  
Interest$10.7
 $13.9
 $16.3
Income taxes, net$18.1
 $1.3
 $1.3
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
 Year Ended December 31,
(millions)2018 2017 2016
Operating activities 
  
  
Net income$56.4
 $44.5
 $26.0
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:   
  
Depreciation and amortization18.8
 21.7
 34.2
Net accretion of acquired lease contracts(1.1) (2.2) (1.8)
Loss (gain) on sale of equipment
 0.2
 (0.3)
Net equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated entities (net of distributions)(0.4) (8.5) 0.5
Gain on sale of equity method investment in unconsolidated entity(10.1) 
 
Net gain on sale of a business

(0.1)

Amortization of debt issuance costs0.7
 0.7
 0.8
Amortization of original discount on borrowings0.5
 0.5
 0.5
Non-cash stock-based compensation3.1
 3.1
 3.4
Provision for losses on accounts receivable1.5
 0.7
 0.4
Deferred income taxes1.3
 1.8
 (2.1)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities   
  
Notes and accounts receivable(16.7) (2.6) (15.9)
Prepaid assets0.1
 (1.8) (1.0)
Other assets2.1
 (2.3) (1.0)
Accounts payable0.8
 (7.2) 14.8
Accrued liabilities13.9
 (3.3) 1.2
Net cash provided by operating activities70.9
 45.2
 59.7
Investing activities 
  
  
Purchase of leasehold improvements and equipment(8.9) (6.8) (13.0)
Proceeds from sale of equipment and contract terminations0.2
 0.8
 3.0
Cash received from sale of a business, net
 0.6
 
Proceeds from sale of equity method investee's sale of assets19.3
 8.4
 
Cost of contracts purchased(1.1) (0.7) (3.8)
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired(277.9)



Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities(268.4) 2.3
 (13.8)
Financing activities 
  
  
Payments on credit facility revolver(186.3) (410.1) (401.0)
Proceeds from credit facility revolver333.5
 386.6
 385.0
Proceeds from credit facility term loan225.0




Payments on credit facility term loan(150.0) (20.0) (15.0)
Payments of debt issuance costs and original discount on borrowings(3.2)



Payments on other long-term borrowings(0.5) (0.5) (0.3)
Distribution to noncontrolling interest(3.3) (3.2) (3.3)
Repurchase of common stock
 
 (7.5)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities215.2
 (47.2) (42.1)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents(0.6) 0.3
 (0.3)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents17.1
 0.6
 3.5
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year22.8
 22.2
 18.7
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year$39.9
 $22.8
 $22.2
Supplemental Disclosures     
Cash paid during the period for   
  
Interest$8.5
 $8.0
 $9.2
Income taxes, net$15.3
 $26.5
 $17.6
Non cash transactions     
Capital lease obligations incurred to acquire equipment$13.0
 $1.5
 $

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SP PLUS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(millions, except share and per share data)
1. Significant Accounting Policies and Practices
The Company
SP Plus Corporation (the "Company") providesis one of the leading providers of parking management, ground transportation services, baggage handling and other ancillary services to commercial, hospitality, institutional, municipal and municipalaviation clients in urban markets and airports across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico and Canada.Rico. These services include a comprehensive set of on-site parking management, andvalet parking, ground transportation services, which include facility maintenance, training, schedulingevent logistics, baggage services, remote airline check-in, security services, municipal meter revenue collection and supervising allenforcement services, and consulting services. The Company schedules and supervises service personnel as well as providingprovides customer service, marketing, and accounting and revenue control functions necessary to facilitateprovide such services.
Bags Acquisition
On November 30, 2018, the operationCompany acquired the outstanding shares of clients' facilities. The Company also provides a rangeZWB Holdings, Inc. and Rynn’s Luggage Corporation, their subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively "Bags"), for an all-cash purchase price of ancillary services such as airport shuttle$277.9 million, net of $5.9 million of cash acquired. Accordingly, our consolidated statements of income and statements of cash flows includes Bags' operations valet services, taxi and livery dispatch services and municipal meter revenue collection and enforcement services.for one month of 2018, but exclude Bags' results of operations in the comparative years prior to November 30, 2018. See Note 2. Acquisition, for further information on the acquisition of Bags.
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statementsConsolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly owned subsidiaries, and Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") in which the Company is the primary beneficiary. All significant intercompany profits, transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Management evaluates its estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis using historical experience and other factors, including the current environment.
Foreign Currency Translation
The functional currency of the Company's foreign operations is the local currency. Accordingly, assets and liabilities of the Company's foreign operations are translated from foreign currencies into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect on the balance sheet date while income and expenses are translated at the weighted-average exchange rates for the year. Adjustments resulting from the translations of foreign currency financial statements are accumulated and classified as a separate component of stockholders' equity.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash equivalents represent funds temporarily invested in money market instruments with maturities of three months or less. Cash equivalents are stated at cost, which approximates fair value. Cash and cash equivalents that are restricted as to withdrawal or use under the terms of certain contractual agreements was $0.9$1.7 million and $0.5$0.3 million as of December 31, 20152018 and 2014,2017, respectively, and are included within Cash and cash equivalents within the Consolidated Balance Sheet.Sheets.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Accounts receivable, net of the allowance for doubtful accounts, represents the Company's estimate of the amount that ultimately will be realized in cash. Management reviews the adequacy of its allowance for doubtful accounts on an ongoing basis, using historical collection trends, aging of receivables, and a review of specific accounts, and makes adjustments in the allowance as necessary. Changes in economic conditions or other circumstances could have an impact on the collection of existing receivable balances or future allowance considerations. As of December 31, 20152018 and 2014,2017, the Company's allowance for doubtful accounts was $0.9$1.0 million and $1.0$0.7 million, respectively.

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Leasehold Improvements, Equipment, Land and Construction in Progress, net
Leasehold improvements, equipment, software, vehicles, and other fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Equipment is depreciated on the straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives ranging from 21 to 10 years. Expenditures for major renewals and improvements that extend the useful life of property and equipment are capitalized. Leasehold improvements are amortized on the straight-line basis over the terms of the respective leases or the service lives of the improvements, whichever is shorter (weighted average remaining life of approximately 8.24.5 years).
Certain costs associated with directly obtaining, developing or upgrading internal-use software are capitalized and amortized over the estimated useful life of software.
Cost of Contracts
Cost of contracts represents the cost of obtaining contractual rights associated with providing parking services at a managed type or leased facility.lease-type contract. Cost of parking contracts are amortized over the estimated life of the contracts, including anticipated renewals and terminations. Estimated lives are based on the contract life or anticipated liveslife of the contract.
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Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price paid over the fair value of net assets acquired. In accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board's ("FASB") authoritative accounting guidance on goodwill, the Company does not amortize goodwill but rather evaluates it for impairment on an annual basis, or more often if events or circumstances change that could cause goodwill to become impaired. The Company has elected to assess the impairment of goodwill annually on the first day of its fiscal fourth quarter, or at an interim date if there is an event or change in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. Factors that could trigger an impairment review include significant under-performance relative to expected historical or projected future operating results, significant changes in the use of acquired assets or its business strategy, and significant negative industry or economic trends.
A multi-step impairment test is performed on goodwill. TheFor the fourth quarter 2018 and 2017 goodwill impairment tests, the Company hasutilized the option to evaluate various qualitative factors to determine the likelihood of impairment. If determined thatimpairment and if it iswas more likely than not that the fair value isof the reporting units were less than the carrying value of athe reporting unit, thenunit. The Company concluded there was no impairment of goodwill at any of the Company is required to reporting units.
perform Step 1. If the Company does not elect to perform a qualitative assessment, it can voluntarily proceed directly to Step 1. In Step 1, the Company performs a quantitative analysis to compare the fair value of the reporting unit to its carrying value including goodwill. If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds the carrying value of the net assets assigned to that unit, goodwill is not considered impaired, and the Company's is not required to perform further testing. If the carrying value of the net assets assigned to the reporting unit exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, then the Company must perform Step 2 of the impairment test in order to determine the implied fair value of the reporting unit's goodwill. If the carrying value of a reporting unit's goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, then the Company would record an impairment loss equal to the difference.
The goodwill impairment test is performed at the reporting unit level; the Company's reporting units represent its operating segments, consisting of the NorthSegment One (Commercial and Institutional) and Segment Two (Aviation) reporting unit, South reporting unit, NY Metropolitan tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut reporting unit, Airport transportation services reporting unit, USA Parking reporting unit and event planning and transportation services reporting unit.units. The December 31, 20152018 goodwill balances by reportable segment are presented in detail in Note 9. Note. 9 Goodwill. Goodwill.Management determines the fair value of each of its reporting units by using a discounted cash flow approach and a market approach using multiples of EBITDA of comparable companies to estimate market value. In addition, the Company compares its derived enterprise value on a consolidated basis to the Company's market capitalization as of its test date to ensure its derived value approximates the market value of the Company when taken as a whole.
In conducting its goodwill impairment quantitative assessment, the Company analyzedanalyzes actual and projected growth trends of the reporting unit, gross margin, operating expenses and EBITDA (which also includes forecasted five-year income statement and working capital projections, a market-based weighted average cost of capital and terminal values after five years). The Company also assesses critical areas that may impact its business including economic conditions, market related exposures, competition, changes in product offerings and changes in key personnel for each of its reporting unit's. As part of the 2015 and 2014 annual goodwill assessments, the Company engaged a third party to evaluate its reporting unit's fair values.units.
The Company will continue to perform a goodwill impairment test as required on an annual basis and on an interim basis, if certain conditions exist. Factors the Company considers important, which could result in changes to its estimates, include under-performance relative to historical or projected future operating results and declines in acquisitions and trading multiples. Due to the broad customer base, the Company does not believe its future operating results will vary significantly relative to its historical and projected future operating results. However, future events may indicate differences from its judgments and estimates which could, in turn, result in impairment charges in the future. Future events that may result in impairment charges include increases in interest rates, which would impact discount rates, and unfavorable economic conditions or other factors which could decrease revenues and profitability of existing locations and changes in the cost structure of existing facilities. Factors that could potentially have an unfavorable economic effect on management's judgments and estimates include, among others: changes imposed by governmental and regulatory agencies, such as property condemnations and assessment of parking-related taxes; and construction or other events that could change traffic patterns; and terrorism or other catastrophic events.

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Intangible assets with finite lives are amortized over their estimated useful lives and reviewed for impairment when circumstances change that would create a triggering event. Intangible assets with finite lives are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. The Company evaluates the remaining useful life of the other intangible assets on a periodic basis to determine whether events or circumstances warrant a revision to the remaining useful life. Assumptions and estimates about future values and remaining useful lives of its intangible and other long-lived assets are complex and subjective. They can be affected by a variety of factors, including external factors such as industry and economic trends, and internal factors, such as changes in its business strategy and internal forecasts. Although management believes the historical assumptions and estimates are reasonable and appropriate, different assumptions and estimates could materially impact its reported financial results.
Long-Lived Assets
The Company evaluates long-lived asset groups whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset or asset group may not be recoverable. Events or circumstances that would result in an impairment review primarily include a significant change in the use of an asset, or the planned sale or disposal of an asset. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of the asset to future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset group. If it is determined to be impaired, the impairment recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying value of the asset exceeds its fair value. The Company's estimates of future cash flows from such assets could be impacted if it underperforms relative to historical or projected future operating results.

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Assumptions and estimates used to determine cash flows in the evaluation of impairment and the fair values used to determine the impairment are subject to a degree of judgment and complexity. Any changes to the assumptions and estimates resulting from changes in actual results or market conditions from those anticipated may affect the carrying value of long-lived assets and could result in an impairment charge.
Debt Issuance Costs
The costs of obtaining financing are capitalized and amortized as interest expense over the term of the respective financing using the effective interest method. Pursuant to ASU 2015-03, Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30), adopted by the Company on December 31, 2015, debtDebt issuance costs of $2.4$2.2 million and $2.6$1.0 million atas of December 31, 2015,2018, and 2014,2017, respectively, arehave been recorded as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the Company's debt balance within the Consolidated Balance Sheets and are reflected net of accumulated amortization of $8.2$10.4 million and $7.3$9.7 million respectively. Amortization expense related to debt issuance costs and included in interest expense within the Consolidated Statements of Income was $0.9$0.7 million, $1.3$0.7 million and $1.5$0.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 20142018, 2017 and 2013,2016, respectively.
Financial Instruments
The carrying values of cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their fair value due to the short-term nature of these financial instruments. Book overdrafts of $25.8$34.0 million and $30.8$29.0 million are included within Accounts payable within the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2015,2018, and 2014,2017, respectively. Long-term debt has a carrying value that approximates fair value because these instruments bear interest at variable market rates.
Insurance Reserves
The Company purchases comprehensive casualty insurance covering certain claims that arise in connection with its operations. In addition, the Company purchases umbrella/excess liability coverage. Under ourthe various liability and workers' compensation insurance policies, the Company is obligated to pay directly or reimburse the insurance carrier for the first $0.5 milliondeductible / retention amount of each loss covered by its general/garage liability, or automobile, liability policies and $0.3 million for each loss covered by its workers' compensation and garage keepers legal liability policies. As a result, the Company is, in effect, self-insured for all claims up to these levels.within the deductible / retention amount of each loss. The Company applies the provisions as defined in the guidance related to accounting for contingencies, in determining the timing and amount of expense recognition associated with claims against the Company. The expense recognition is based upon the Company's determination of an unfavorable outcome of a claim being deemed as probable and capable of being reasonably estimated, as defined in the guidance related to accounting for contingencies. This determination requires the use of judgment in both the estimation of probability and the amount to be recognized as an expense. The Company utilizes historical claims experience along with regular input from third party insurance advisers in determining the required level of insurance reserves. Future information regarding historical loss experience may require changes to the level of insurance reserves and could result in increased expense recognition in the future.
Legal and Other Commitments and Contingencies
The Company is subject to litigation in the normal course of its business. The Company applies the provisions as defined in the guidance related to accounting for contingencies in determining the recognition and measurement of expense recognition associated with legal claims against the Company.
Management uses guidance from internal and external legal counsel on the potential outcome of litigation in determining the need to record liabilities for potential losses and the disclosure of pending legal claims.

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Certain lease contracts acquired from an acquisition completed in the Central Merger include2012 included provisions allocating to the Company responsibility for the cost of certain structural and other repairs required to be made to thecertain leased property, including improvement and repair costs arising as a result of ordinary wear and tear. The Company recorded $4.6 million, $1.3$nil, $0.1 million and $nil$0.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2015, 20142018, 2017 and 2013,2016 respectively, of costs (net of expected recoveries of the total cost recognized by the Company through the applicable indemnity discussed further in Note 2. Acquisition)indemnity) in Cost of parking services-Leaseservices-lease type contracts within the Consolidated Statements of Income for structural and other repair costs related to certain lease type contracts acquired, in the Central Merger, whereby, the Company has expensed repair costs for certain leases and engaged third-party general contractors to complete certain structural and other repair projects, and other indemnity related costs. The Company expects to incur additional costs for certain structural and other repair costs pursuant to the contractual requirements of certain lease contracts acquired in the Central Merger ("Structural and Repair Costs"). Based on information available at this time, the Company currently expects to incur additional Structural and Repair Costs of $1.5 million. While the Company is unable to estimate with certainty when such remaining costs will be incurred, it is expected that a substantial majority of these costs will be incurred in early- to mid-calendar year 2016. The Company currently expects to recover 80% of the Structural and Repair Costs incurred and related to certain lease contracts acquired in the Central Merger through the applicable indemnity discussed further in Note 2. Acquisition.


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Interest Rate Swaps
In October 2012, the Company entered into Interest Rate Swap transactions (collectively, the "Interest Rate Swaps") with each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and PNC Bank, N.A. in an initial aggregate Notional Amount of $150.0 million (the "Notional Amount"). The Interest Rate Swaps have a termination date of September 30, 2017. The Interest Rate Swaps effectively fix the interest rate on an amount of variable interest rate borrowings under the Company's credit agreements, originally equal to the Notional Amount at 0.7525% per annum plus the applicable margin rate for LIBOR loans under the Company's credit agreements determined based upon the Company's consolidated total debt to EBITDA ratio. The Notional Amount is subject to scheduled quarterly amortization that coincides with quarterly prepayments of principal under the credit agreements. These Interest Rate Swaps are classified as cash flow hedges, and the Company calculates the effectiveness of the hedge on a monthly basis. The ineffective portion of the cash flow hedge is recognized in earnings as an increase to interest expense. As of December 31, 2015, no ineffective portion of cash flow hedges has been recognized in interest expense. See Note 10. Fair Value Measurement for the fair value of the interest rate swap for the year ended December 31, 2015 and 2014.
The Company does not enter into derivative instruments for any purpose other than cash flow hedging purposes.
Parking Services Revenue
The Company's revenues are primarily derived from leased locations, managed propertiesmanagement type and lease type contracts; whereby the providing ofCompany provides parking services, parking management, ground transportation services, baggage handling services and other ancillary services to commercial, hospitality, institutional, municipal and aviation clients. Ancillary services include on-site parking management, facility maintenance, ground transportation services, event logistics, remote airline check-in, security services, municipal meter revenue collection and enforcement services, scheduling and supervising all service personnel as well as providing customer service, marketing, and accounting and revenue control functions necessary to complete such as accounting,services, payments received for exercising termination rights, consulting development fees, gains on sales of contracts, insurance (general, workers' compensation and health care) and other value-added services. In accordance with the guidance related to revenue recognition, entities are required to recognize revenue when control of the promised goods or services is recognized when persuasive evidence oftransferred to customers at an arrangement exists,amount that reflects the fees are fixedconsideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured and as services are provided.services. The Company recognizes gross receipts (net of taxes collected from customers) as revenue from leased locations,type contracts, and management fees for parking services, as the related services are provided. Ancillary services are earned from management contract properties and are recognized as revenue as those services are provided.
Cost of Parking Services
The Company recognizes costs for leases, non-reimbursed costs from managed facilities and reimbursed expense as cost of parking services. Cost of parking services consists primarily of rent and payroll related costs.
Reimbursed Management Type Contract Revenue and Expense
The Company recognizes as both revenues and expenses, in equal amounts, costs incurred by the Company that are directly reimbursed from itsfor operating expenses incurred under a management clients.type contract. The Company has determined it is the principal in these transactions as defined in Accounting Standard Codification (ASC) 605-45 Principal Agent Considerations, basedthe nature of our performance obligations is for the Company to provide the services on behalf of the indicators of gross revenue reporting.customer. As the principal to these related transactions, the Company ishas control of the primary obligor inpromised services before they are transferred to the arrangement, has latitude in establishing price, discretion in supplier selection,customer.
Cost of Services
The Company recognizes costs for lease type contracts, non-reimbursed costs from management type contracts and the Company assumes credit risk.reimbursed management type contract expenses as cost of services. Cost of services consists primarily of rent and payroll related costs.
Advertising Costs
Advertising costs are expensed as incurred and are included in General and administrative expenses within the Consolidated Statements of Income. Advertising expenses aggregated $1.6$1.5 million, $1.3$1.5 million, and $1.0$1.2 million for 2015, 2014,2018, 2017, and 2013,2016, respectively.
Stock-Based Compensation
Share basedStock-based payments to employees including grants of employee stock options, restricted stock units and performance-based share units are measured at the grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the award, and the related expense is recognized over the requisite employee service period or performance period (generally the vesting period) for awards expected to vest (considering estimated forfeitures).vest. The Company accounts for forfeitures of stock-based awards as they occur.
Equity Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
The Company has ownership interests in 3830 active partnerships, joint ventures or similar arrangements whichthat operate parking facilities, of which 2725 are VIEs and 11 areconsolidated under the VIE or voting interest model entitiesmodels and 5 are unconsolidated where the Company'sCompany’s ownership interests range from 30-50 percent and for which there are no indicators of control. The Company accounts for such investments under the equity method of accounting, and its underlying share of each investee'sinvestee’s equity is included in Equity Investmentinvestments in Unconsolidated Entitiesunconsolidated entities within the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As the operations of these entities are consistent with the Company'sCompany’s underlying core business operations, the equity in earnings of these investments are included in Parking Services Revenue - Lease Contractsrevenue—lease type contracts within the Consolidated Statements of Income. Included in equity earnings for the year ended December 31, 2017 are earnings of $8.5 million from the Company's proportionate share of the net gain of an equity method investees' sale of assets. The equity earnings in these related investments were $2.0$2.7 million, $1.9$11.3 million, and $2.1$2.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2015, 20142018, 2017 and 2013,2016, respectively.

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In October 2014, the Company entered into an agreement to establish a joint venture with Parkmobile USA, Inc. ("Parkmobile USA") and contributed all of the assets and liabilities of its proprietary Click and Park parking prepayment business in exchange for a 30 percent30% interest in the newly formed legal entity called Parkmobile, LLC ("Parkmobile"(“Parkmobile”). The Parkmobile joint venture ofcombined two parking transaction engines, with SP Plus contributing the Click and Park® parking prepayment systems, which enables consumers to reserve and pay for parking online in advance and Parkmobile provides on-demand and prepaidUSA contributing its on demand transaction processingengine that allows consumers to transact real-time payment for parking privileges in both on- and off-street parkingenvironments. On January 3, 2018, the Company closed a transaction to sell the entire 30% interest in Parkmobile to Parkmobile USA, Inc. for a gross sale price of $19.0 million and transportation services. The contribution of the Click and Park business in the joint venture resulted in a lossfirst quarter of control of the business, and therefore it was deconsolidated from

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the Company's financial statements. As a result of the deconsolidation,2018, the Company recognized a pre-tax gain of $4.1$10.1 million, which was measured as the fair valuenet of the consideration receivedclosing costs, and included in the form of a 30 percent interestEquity in Parkmobile less the carrying amount of the former business' net assets, including goodwill. The pre-tax gain is reflected(earnings) losses from investment in Gain on a sale of businessunconsolidated entity within the Consolidated Statements of Income.Income for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018. The Company accountshistorically accounted for its investment in the Parkmobile joint venture with Parkmobile using the equity method of accounting, and its underlying share of equity in Parkmobile iswas included in Equity investments in unconsolidated entities within the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The equity earnings(earnings) losses in the Parkmobile joint venture arewere historically included in Equity Investments in Unconsolidated Entities(earnings) losses from investment in unconsolidated entity within the Consolidated Statements of Income.
Non-ControllingNoncontrolling Interests
Noncontrolling interests represent the noncontrolling holders' percentage share of income or losses from the subsidiaries in which the Company holds a majority, but less than 100 percent, ownership interest and the results of which are consolidated and included within in our consolidated financial statements.Consolidated Financial Statements.
Sale of a Business
During the third quarter 2015, the Company signed an agreement to sell and subsequently sold portions of the Company’s security business primarily operating in the Southern California market to a third-party for a gross sales price of $1.8 million, which resulted in a gain on sale of business of $0.5 million, net of legal and other expenses. The pre-tax gain is reflected in Gain on sale of a business within the Consolidated Statements of Income. The assets under the sale agreement met the definition of a business as defined by ASU 805-10-55-4. Cash consideration received during the third quarter 2015, net of legal and other expenses, was $1.0 million with the remaining consideration for the sale of the business being classified as contingent consideration, which perconsideration. Per the sale agreement, isthe contingent consideration was based on the performance of the business and retention of current customers over an eighteen-month period and due from the buyerending in February 2017. The contingent consideration was valued at fair value as of the date of sale of the business and resulted in the Company recognizing a contingent consideration receivable from the buyer in the amount of $0.5 million. The buyer had sixty days from February 2017 to calculate and remit the remaining consideration. The Company received $0.6 million for the final earn-out consideration from the buyer during 2017, which resulted in the Company recognizing an additional gain on sale of business of $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The pre-tax profit for the operations of the sold business was not significant to prior periods presented. See Note 10. Fair Value Measurement forThe significant inputs historically used to derive the Level 3 fair value of the contingent receivable were the probability of reaching certain revenue growth of the business and retention of current customers over the eighteen month period. The fair value of the contingent consideration receivable as offor the year ended December 31, 2015.2016 was $0.5 million.
Income Taxes
Income tax expense involves management judgment as to the ultimate resolution of any tax issues. Historically, our assessments of the ultimate resolution of tax issues have been reasonably accurate. The current open issues are not dissimilar from historical items.
Deferred income taxes are computed using the asset and liability method, such that deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between financial reporting amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities based on currently enacted tax laws and tax rates in effect for the periods in which these temporary differences are expected to reverse or settle.be settled. Income tax expense is the tax payable for the period plus the change during the period in deferred income taxes. The Company has certain state net operating loss carry forwards which expire in 2035. The Company's ability to fully utilize these net operating losses to offset state taxable income is limited due to the change in ownership resulting from the initial public offering of our stock in 2004 (Internal Revenue Code, Section 382).2036. The Company considers a number of factors in its assessment of the recoverability of its net operating loss carryforwards including their expiration dates, the limitations imposed due to the change in ownership as well as future projections of income. Future changes in the Company's operating performance along with these considerations may significantly impact the amount of net operating losses ultimately recovered, and its assessment of their recoverability.
When evaluating our tax positions, the Company accounts for uncertainty in income taxes in its consolidated financial statements.our Consolidated Financial Statements. The evaluation of a tax position by the Company is a two-step process, the first step being recognition. The Company determinesfirst step is to determine whether it is more-likely-than-not that a tax position will be sustained upon tax examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on only the technical merits of the position.position and the weight of available evidence. If a tax position does not meet the more-likely-than-not threshold, which is more than 50% likely of being realized, the benefit of that position is not recognized in our financial statements. The second step is measurement.measurement of the tax benefit. The tax position is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is more-likely-than-not of being realized, which is more than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate resolution with a taxing authority.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("the FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2015-03, Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. ASU 2015-03 requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the related debt liability instead of being presented as an asset. ASU 2015-03 requires retrospective application and represents a change in accounting principle. ASU 2015-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015 with early adoption being permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued. The Company adopted ASU 2015-03 in December 2015 on a retrospective basis and reclassified debt issuance costs from Other assets to a direct reduction from the carrying amount of the (i) Current portion of obligations under the Restated Senior Credit Facility borrowings and (ii) Long-term obligations under the Restated Credit Facility borrowings within the Consolidated Balance Sheets for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014. See Note 11. Borrowing Arrangements for further detail on the Company's debt instruments.


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On December 22, 2017, the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “2017 Tax Act”) was signed into law. The 2017 Tax Act includes significant changes to the corporate income tax system in the United States, including a federal corporate rate reduction from 35% to 21% and the transition of United States international taxation from a worldwide tax system to a territorial tax system, and a one-time transition tax on the mandatory deemed repatriation of foreign earnings. The 2017 Tax Act requires complex computations to be performed that were not previously required in U.S. tax law, significant judgments to be made in interpretation of the provisions of the 2017 Tax Act and significant estimates in calculations, and the preparation and analysis of information not previously relevant or regularly produced. The U.S. Department of Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), foreign jurisdictions, state jurisdictions and other standard-setting bodies could interpret or issue guidance on how provisions of the 2017 Tax Act will be applied or otherwise administered that is different than our interpretation. The Company is required to recognize the effect of the tax law changes in the period of enactment, which include determining the transition tax, remeasuring our deferred tax assets and liabilities as well as reassessing the net realizability of our deferred tax assets and liabilities.
On December 22, 2017, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (SAB 118), as issued to address the application of US GAAP in situations when a registrant does not have the necessary information available, prepared, or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete accounting for certain income tax effects of the 2017 Tax Act. The Company completed its analysis of the income tax effects of the 2017 Tax Act in the fourth quarter of 2018 (within the measurement period not to extend beyond one year) in accordance with SAB 118.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2014-09 "Revenue from Contracts with Customers" (Topic 606) and following its release, the FASB also issued the following additional ASUs updating the topic:

In December 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-20, Technical Corrections and Improvements to Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers
In May 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-12, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients
In April 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-10, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing
In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-08, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net)
In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date

Topic 606 supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in ASC 605, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605), and requires entities to recognize revenue when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to customers at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The Company adopted the provisions of Topic 606 on January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective transition method and therefore the comparative periods have not been recasted and continue to be reported under the accounting standards in effect for those prior periods presented.

The standard has been applied to contracts that have not been completed at the date of initial application. Furthermore and in accordance with Topic 606, the Company has not retrospectively restated the contracts that were modified before the beginning of the earliest reporting period presented. The aggregate effect of all modifications when identifying the satisfied and unsatisfied performance obligations were reflected in determining and allocating the transaction price. The application of these practical expedients did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, cash flows and related financial statement disclosures.

In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-10, Service Concession Arrangements (Topic 853): Determining the Customer of the Operation Services. Topic 853 further clarifies how operating entities should determine the customer of operation services for transactions within the scope of Topic 853. The Company determined that revenue generated from service concession arrangements, will be accounted for under the guidance of Topic 606 upon adoption of Topic 853. The Company adopted the provisions of Topic 853 on January 1, 2018 and upon the adoption, the Company was required to reclassify certain assets used in service concession arrangements that were previously included in Leasehold improvements, equipment and construction in progress, net, to Other assets, net within the Consolidated Balance Sheet for December 31, 2018 (as discussed previously, the prior period presented has not been recasted).

In addition, the Company has the contractual right to invoice a customer prior to the performance obligation being satisfied in certain contractual arrangements, primarily related to monthly parking arrangements, and therefore effective January 1, 2018; the Company established a contract asset with a corresponding contract liability for the performance obligation expected to be satisfied at a future date.


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The impact of this change on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2018 is as follows:
  Impact of Changes in Accounting Policies as of December 31, 2018
(millions, unaudited) As Reported Balances without Adoption of Topics 606 and 853 
Impact of Adoption
Increase/(Decrease)
Assets      
Notes and accounts receivable, net (1) $150.7
 $140.3
 $10.4
Leasehold improvements, equipment and construction in progress, net (2) 40.3
 40.8
 (0.5)
Other assets, net (2) 17.3
 16.8
 0.5
Liabilities      
Accrued expenses (1) $45.1
 $34.7
 $10.4

(1) Approximately $10.4 million and $10.4 million of contract assets and contract liabilities, respectively, were recognized as of December 31, 2018.

(2) Leasehold improvements used in service concession arrangements of approximately $0.5 million were reclassified from Leasehold improvements, equipment and construction in progress to Other assets, net, as of December 31, 2018.

The adoption of Topics 606 and 853 had no impact to the Company’s Operating income or Net income for the year ended December 31, 2018. Certain expenses, primarily rental expense for the contractual arrangements that meet the definition of service concession arrangements under Topic 853, have been recorded as a reduction of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018 (as discussed above, prior periods have not been recasted).

The impact of this change to gross profit and depreciation and amortization for the year ended December 31, 2018 was as follows:
  Impact of Changes in Accounting Policies for the Year Ended December 31, 2018
(millions, unaudited) As Reported Balances without Adoption of Topics 606 and 853 Impact of Adoption
Increase/(Decrease)
Services revenue      
Lease type contracts (1) $413.9
 $547.5
 $(133.6)
Management type contracts 361.5
 361.7
 (0.2)
  775.4
 909.2
 (133.8)
Reimbursed management type contract revenue 693.0
 693.0
 
Total services revenue 1,468.4
 1,602.2
 (133.8)
Cost of services      
Lease type contracts (1) 377.6
 511.0
 (133.4)
Management type contracts 213.8
 213.8
 
  591.4
 724.8
 (133.4)
Reimbursed management type contract expense 693.0
 693.0
 
Total cost of services 1,284.4
 1,417.8
 (133.4)
Gross profit      
Lease type contracts 36.3
 36.5
 (0.2)
Management type contracts 147.7
 147.8
 (0.1)
Total gross profit $184.0
 $184.3
 $(0.3)
       
Depreciation and amortization $17.9
 $18.2
 $(0.3)

(1) Certain expenses, primarily rental expense for contractual arrangements that meet the definition of a service concession arrangement under Topic 853, of approximately $133.4 million that would have been previously classified as Cost of services - lease type contracts have been classified as a reduction of revenue and included in Services revenue - lease type contracts for the year ended December 31, 2018.

The adoption of Topics 606 and 853 did not result in a cumulative effect on our opening retained earnings and there was no impact to the Company's Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. See Note 4. Revenue for further discussion on the impacts of adopting Topics 606 and 853.


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In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-09, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718), Scope Modification Accounting. ASU No. 2017-09 clarifies when to account for a change to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award as a modification. Under the new guidance, modification accounting is required only if the fair value, the vesting conditions, or the classification of the award (as equity or liability) changes as a result of the change in terms or conditions. The guidance is effective prospectively for all companies for annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted the standard as of January 1, 2018. The standard did not have an impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, cash flows and financial statement disclosures.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01, Business Combinations - Clarifying the Definition of a Business (Topic 805). Under ASU No. 2017-01, an entity first determines whether substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets. If this threshold is met, the set is not a business. If it’s not met, the entity then evaluates whether the set meets the requirement that a business include, at a minimum, an input and a substantive process that together significantly contribute to the ability to create outputs. ASU No. 2017-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those years. The standard will be applied prospectively to any transactions occurring within the period of adoption. The Company adopted the standard as of January 1, 2018. The standard did not have an impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, cash flows and financial statement disclosures.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-02, Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. The ASU provides guidance that permits companies to reclassify disproportionate tax effects in accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) caused by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the "2017 Tax Act") to retained earnings. The FASB refers to these amounts as "stranded tax effects." Companies that elect to reclassify the effects associated with the change in US federal corporate income tax rate must do so for all items within the AOCI. The new guidance also requires all companies to include certain new disclosures in their financial statements, regardless of whether a company opts to make the reclassification. Companies may adopt the new guidance using one of two transition methods: (1) retrospective to each period (or periods) in which the income tax effects of the 2017 Tax Act related to items remaining in AOCI are recognized, or (2) at the beginning of the period of adoption. ASU No. 2018-02 is effective for all companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those fiscal years. Public business entities may early adopt the guidance for financial statements that have not yet been issued.

The Company adopted the provisions of ASU 2018-02 in the fourth quarter of 2018. The impact to the Company's financial position, results of operations, cash flow and financial statement disclosures are as follows:

At the beginning of the twelve months ended December 31, 2018, as allowed by ASU 2018-02, the Company elected to reclassify the "stranded tax effects" from AOCI to retained earnings. As a result, beginning retained earnings includes a $0.6 million adjustment related to the recognition of stranded tax effects previously not recognized as a reduction of expense by the Company as of December 31, 2017.
There was no significant impact to diluted weighted average shares outstanding for purposes of calculating net income per common share-diluted for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018, as a result of the adoption.

Accounting Pronouncements to be Adopted

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-2,2016-02, Leases (Topic 842).ASU 2016-2No. 2016-02 requires lessees to moverecord most leases toon the balance sheet and recognize expense, similar to current accounting guidance, on the income statement. Additionally, the classification criteria and the accounting for sales-type and direct financing leases is modified for lessors. Under ASU 2016-2,No. 2016-02, all entities are required to recognize "right-of-use" ("ROU") assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet for all leases classified as either operating or finance leases. Lease classification will classify leases to determine: (i)determine recognition of lease-related revenue and expenseexpense. Since the release of ASU No. 2016-02, the FASB also issued the following additional ASUs updating the topic:

In January 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-01, Land Easement Practical Expedient for Transition to Topic 842
In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-11, Lease (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements
In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases
In December 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-20, Narrow Scope Improvements for Lessors
ASU No. 2016-02 and (ii) for lessors, amount recorded on the balance sheet. Entitiesits related ASUs are required to use a modified retrospective approach for leases that exist or are entered into after the beginning of the earliest comparative period in the financial statements, with full retrospective application being prohibited. ASU 2016-2 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. These

The Company is finalizing the project plan in place to guide the implementation and assessment of the impact of the standard and other changes to accounting for leases under ASU 2016-2 are currently being evaluated by the Company for impacts to the Company's financial position, results of operations, cash flows and financial statement disclosures. This plan has included an assessment of the Company’s portfolio of leases, understanding key policy elections and considerations under the standard as well as changes to key processes and internal controls. In addition to these procedures, the Company has selected a lease accounting software solution to support the new reporting requirements, extracted and input into the software solution data from the lease agreements.


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The Company will adopt the standard as of January 1, 2019, the beginning of fiscal 2019. The Company will take advantage of the transition package of practical expedients as permitted within ASU No. 2016-02 which among other things allows the Company to carry forward the historical lease classification. The Company will be making an accounting policy election to keep leases with an initial lease term of 12 months or less off of the Consolidated Balance Sheet and therefore there will be no requirement to recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities for these leases. We will recognize those lease payments in the Consolidated Statements of Operations on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

The standard will have a material impact on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and the Company estimates that the adoption of the standard is expected to result in the recognition of ROU lease assets and lease liabilities for operating leases ranging from approximately $475.0 million to $505.0 million and $490.0 million to $520.0 million, respectively. We do not believe the standard will materially affect our Consolidated Statement of Income or Consolidated Statement of Cash flow. The Company is currently assessing the impact of adopting this standard on the Company’s financial statement disclosures. The standard will have no impact on our debt-covenant compliance under our current agreements.

In January 2016,2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-1,2017-04, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): RecognitionIntangibles – Goodwill and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. ASU 2016-1 amends various areas of the accounting for financial instruments. Key provisions of the amendment currently being evaluated by the Company requires (i) equity investments to be measured at fair value (except those accounted for under the equity method), (ii) the simplification of equity investment impairment determination, (iii) certain changes to the fair value measurement of financial instruments measured at amortized cost, (iv) the separate presentation, in other comprehensive income, the portion of the total change in the fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument-specific credit risk (given certain conditions), and (v) the evaluation for a valuation allowance on a deferred tax asset related to available-for-sale securities in combination with the Company's other deferred tax assets. ASU 2016-1 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. These provisions and others of ASU 2016-1 are currently being assessed by the Company for impacts on the Company's financial position, results of operations, cash flows and financial statement disclosures.

In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-16, Business CombinationsOther (Topic 805)350): Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period AdjustmentsGoodwill Impairment. . ASU 2015-16 requires that an acquirer in a business combination recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified duringThe new guidance simplifies the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The amendment requires that the acquirer record, in the same period’s financial statements, the effect on earnings of changes in depreciation, amortization, or other income effects, if any, as a resultaccounting for goodwill impairment by removing Step 2 of the change to the provisional amounts, calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. The ASU alsogoodwill impairment test, which requires an entity to present separately on the face of the income statement or disclose in the notes the portion ofa hypothetical purchase price allocation. A goodwill impairment will now be the amount recorded in current-period earnings by line item that wouldwhich a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. All other goodwill impairment guidance will remain largely unchanged. Entities will continue to have been recorded in previousthe option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine if a quantitative impairment test is necessary. The same one-step impairment test will be applied to goodwill at all reporting periods ifunits, even those with zero or negative carrying amounts. Entities will be required to disclose the adjustment to the provisional amounts had been recognized asamount of the acquisition date.goodwill at reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts. ASU 2015-16No. 2017-04 is effective for annual or any interim and annual reporting periodsgoodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015.2019. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. The Company is currently assessing the impact of adopting the standard on the Company's financial position, results of operations, cash flows and financial statement disclosures.

In April 2015,June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-05,2016-13, Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing ArrangementCredit Losses - Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (Topic 326). This ASU provides guidanceThe standard significantly changes how entities will measure credit losses for most financial assets and certain other instruments that are not measured at fair value through net income. The standard will replace today’s “incurred loss” approach with an “expected loss” model for instruments measured at amortized cost. For available-for-sale debt securities, entities will be required to customers about whetherrecord allowances rather than reduce the carrying amount, as they do today under the other-than-temporary impairment model. Entities will apply the standard’s provisions as a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license. If a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license, the customer should account for the software license elementcumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the arrangement consistent withbeginning of the acquisition of other software licenses. If a cloud computing arrangement does not include a software license,first reporting period in which the customer should account for the arrangement as a service contract.guidance is effective. The new guidance does not change the accounting for a customer’s accounting for service contracts. ASU 2015-05standard is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015.2019. The Company is currently assessing the impact of adopting this standard on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, cash flows and financial statement disclosures.

In February 2015,August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-02,2018-15, Consolidation (Topic 810)Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal - Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): AmendmentsCustomer's Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract. The standard requires a customer in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract to follow the Consolidation Analysis. ASU 2015- 02 amends certain aspectsinternal-use software guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 350-40 to determine which implementation costs to capitalize as assets. Capitalized implementation costs related to a hosting arrangement that is a service contract will be amortized over the term of the consolidation guidance in U.S. GAAP. In particular, it will modifyhosting arrangement, beginning when the evaluation of whether limited partnerships and similar legal entities are variable interest entities (“VIEs”)module or voting interest entities and also eliminates the presumption that a general partner should consolidate a limited partnership. The new guidance will also affect the consolidation analysiscomponent of the Company’s interests in VIEs, particularly those that have fee arrangements and related party relationships. ASU 2015-02hosting arrangement is ready for its intended use. The standard is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015 and retrospective adoption is required either through a modified retrospective approach by recording a cumulative-effect adjustment to equity as of the beginning of the year of adoption or retrospectively for all comparative periods. Early adoption is permitted.2019. The Company is currently assessing the impact of adopting this standard on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, cash flows and financial statement disclosures.

In January 2015,August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-01,2018-13, Income Statement - ExtraordinaryFair Value Measurement (Topic 820). This standard modifies the disclosures on fair value measurements by removing the requirement to disclose the amount and Unusual Items (Subtopic 225-20): Simplifying Income Statement Presentation by Eliminating the Concept of Extraordinary Items. This Update eliminates from GAAP the concept of extraordinary items. The amendments in this Update are effectivereasons for fiscal years,transfers between Level 1 and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. A reporting entity may apply the amendments prospectively. A reporting entity also may apply the amendments retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. Early adoption is permitted provided that the guidance is applied from the beginningLevel 2 of the fiscal yearfair value hierarchy and the policy for timing of adoption.such transfers. The Company does not expectASU expands the adoption of ASU 2015-01 to have material impact of adopting thisdisclosure requirements for Level 3 fair value measurements, primarily focused on changes in unrealized gains and losses included in other comprehensive income. The standard on the Company’s financial statements.


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In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-12 Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718), Accounting for Share Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period. A performance target in a share-based payment that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period should be accounted for as a performance condition under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 718, Compensation-Stock Compensation. As a result, the target is not reflected in the estimation of the award’s grant date fair value. Compensation cost would be recognized over the required service period, if it is probable that the performance condition will be achieved. The guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015 and interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted.2019. The Company is currently assessing the impact of adopting this standard on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, cash flows and financial statement disclosures.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-9, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The amendments in ASU No. 2014-9 create Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, and supersede the revenue recognition requirements in Topic 605, Revenue Recognition, including most industry specific revenue recognition guidance. In addition, the amendments supersede the cost guidance in Subtopic 605-35, Revenue Recognition—Construction-Type and Production-Type Contract, and create a new Subtopic 340-40, Other Assets and Deferred Costs—Contracts with Customers. The core principle of the guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services. The amendments are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is not permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations, cash flows and financial statement disclosures.
2. Acquisition
On October 2, 2012 ("Closing Date"), the Company completed the acquisition (the "Central Merger" or "Merger") of 100% of the outstanding common shares of KCPC Holdings, Inc., which was the ultimate parent of Central Parking Corporation (collectively, "Central"), for 6,161,332 shares of Company common stock and the assumption of approximately $217.7 million of Central's debt, net of cash acquired. Additionally, the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated February 28, 2012 with respect to the Central Merger ("Merger Agreement") provides that Central's former stockholders are entitled to receive cash consideration (the "Cash Consideration") in the amount equal to $27.0 million plus, if and to the extent the Net Debt Working Capital (as defined below) was less than $275.0 million (the "Lower Threshold") as of September 30, 2012, the amount by which the Net Debt Working Capital was below such amount (such sum, the "Cash Consideration Amount") to be paid three years after closing, to the extent the $27.0 million is not used to satisfy indemnity obligations pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company is entitled to indemnification from Central's former stockholders (i) if and to the extent Central's combined net debt and the absolute value of Central's working capital (as determined in accordance with the Merger Agreement) (the "Net Debt Working Capital") exceeded $285.0 million (the "Upper Threshold") as of September 30, 2012 and (ii) for certain defined adverse consequences as set forth in the Merger Agreement (including with respect to Structural and Repair Costs). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Central's former stockholders are required to satisfy certain indemnity obligations, which are capped at the Cash Consideration Amount (the "Capped Items") only through a reduction of the Cash Consideration. For certain other indemnity obligations set forth in the Merger Agreement, which are not capped at the Cash Consideration Amount (the "Uncapped Items"), including the Net Debt Working Capital indemnity obligations described above, Central's former stockholders may satisfy any amount payable pursuant to such indemnity obligations as follows (provided that the Company reserves the right to reject the cash and stock alternatives available to the Company and choose to reduce the Cash Consideration):
Central's former stockholders can elect to pay such amount with cash;
Central's former stockholders can elect to pay such amount with the Company's common stock (valued at $23.64 per share, the market value as of the closing date of the Merger Agreement); or
Central's former stockholders can elect to reduce the $27.0 million cash consideration by such amount, subject to the condition that the cash consideration remains at least $17.0 million to cover Capped Items.

Under the Merger Agreement, all post-closing claims and disputes, including as to indemnification matters, are ultimately subject to resolution through binding arbitration or, in the case of a dispute as to the calculation of Net Debt Working Capital, resolution by an independent public accounting firm. Should a dispute resolution process for indemnification matters result in determinations unfavorable to the Company, the resulting resolution may have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Since the Closing Date, the Company has periodically given Central’s former stockholders notice regarding indemnification matters, including with respect to the calculation of Net Debt Working Capital, and has made adjustments for known matters as they arose, although Central’s former stockholders have not agreed to the aggregate of such adjustments made by the Company. During such time, Central’s former stockholders have continually requested additional documentation supporting the Company’s indemnification claims, including with respect to the Company’s calculation of Net Debt Working Capital. Furthermore, following the Company's notices of indemnification matters, the representative of Central's former stockholders has indicated that they may make additional inquiries and raise issues with respect to the Company's indemnification claims (including, specifically, as to Structural and Repair Costs) and that they may assert various claims of their own relating to the Merger Agreement.

The Company previously determined and submitted notification to Central’s former stockholders, that (i) the Net Debt Working Capital was $296.3 million as of September 30, 2012 and that, accordingly, the Net Debt Working Capital exceeded the Upper

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Threshold by$11.3 million; and (ii) the Company had indemnity claims of $23.4 million for certain defined adverse consequences (including indemnity claims with respect to Structural and Repair Costs incurred through December 31, 2015) and as set forth in an October 1, 2015 notification letter to Central's former stockholders' that certain indemnification claims for Structural and Repair Costs yet to be incurred met the requirements of the indemnification provisions established in the Merger Agreement. These additional indemnification claims for Structural and Repair Costs are estimated to be $1.2 million (representing 80% of the $1.5 million of Structural and Repair Costs yet to be incurred by the Company).

In early 2015, the Company and Central’s former stockholders engaged an independent public accounting firm for ultimate resolution, through binding arbitration, regarding its dispute as to the Company’s calculation of Net Debt Working Capital. On April 30, 2015, with respect to the Company's Net Debt Working Capital calculation, the representative of Central's former stockholders submitted specific objections to the Company's calculation, asserting that the Net Debt Working Capital as of September 30, 2012 was $270.8 million ($4.2 million below the Lower Threshold) and on September 21, 2015 submitted a revised calculation, asserting that the Net Debt Working Capital as of September 30, 2012 was $278.0 million ($3.0 million above the Lower Threshold) and therefore no amounts are due to the Company given calculated net Debt Working Capital is between the Lower Threshold and the Upper Threshold. On October 1, 2015, the Company provided notification to Central's former stockholders that the aggregate amount of the Company's (i) Net Debt Working Capital claim of $11.3 million as of September 30, 2012 and (ii) indemnity claims for certain defined adverse consequences as set forth in the Merger Agreement (including with respect to Structural and Repair Costs), exceeded the$27.0 million Cash Consideration and therefore the Company would not be making any Cash Consideration payment pursuant to Section 3.7 of the Merger Agreement. On October 20, 2015, Central's former stockholders provided notification that they deemed the Company's refusal to pay the $27.0 million Cash Consideration to be a violation of the terms of the Merger Agreement.

On February 19, 2016, the Company and Central’s former stockholders received a non-appealable and binding decision from the independent public accounting firm indicating that Net Debt Working Capital as of September 30, 2012 was $291.6 million, or $6.6 million above the Upper Threshold. Furthermore, as part of the independent public accounting firm’s decision over the calculation of Net Debt Working Capital as of September 30, 2012, it was determined by the independent public accounting firm and the Company that $1.5 million of Net Debt Working Capital claims were more appropriately claimable as an adverse consequence indemnification claim, as defined in the Merger Agreement. As such and in conjunction with the independent public accounting firm’s decision on Net Debt Working Capital, the Company (i) reclassified $1.5 million of indemnification claims from the Net Debt Working Capital calculation to indemnification claims for certain adverse consequences; and (ii) recognized an expense of $1.6 million ($0.9 million, net of tax) in General and administrative expenses for certain of the other amounts disallowed under the Net Debt Working Capital calculation as of and for the year ended December 31, 2015, respectively. The independent public accounting firm also determined that an additional $1.6 million of Net Debt Working Capital claims were disallowed; however, these Net Debt Working Capital amounts claimed by the Company were not previously recognized by the Company as a cost recovery given their contingent nature and since these claims were not previously recognized as an expense by the Company, the independent public accounting firm’s decision to disallow these claims had no impact to the Company's consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2015.

As a result of the independent public accounting firm’s decision on the calculation of Net Debt Working Capital, the Company will revise its indemnity claims for certain defined adverse consequences from $23.4 million to $24.9 million. As previously discussed in Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies and Practices, certain lease contracts acquired in the Central Merger include provisions allocating to the Company responsibility for all or a defined portion of the costs of certain structural and other repair costs required on the property, including improvement and repair costs arising as a result of ordinary wear and tear. The Company has reduced the Cash Consideration Amount by $6.6 million, representing the amount Net Debt Working Capital exceeded the Upper Threshold, and $18.8 million, representing the amount of indemnified claims for certain adverse consequences (including but not limited to Structural and Repair Costs) recognized by the Company as of December 31, 2015. While the Company has submitted $6.1 million of additional indemnity claims for certain adverse consequences (including but not limited to Structural and Repair Costs) to Central’s former stockholders, including claims as set forth in the October 1, 2015 letter, the Company has not recognized these indemnity claims as a receivable or offset to the Cash Consideration Amount with a corresponding gain or reduction of costs incurred by the Company, as these additional indemnified claims are contingent in nature or represent costs which the Company has not yet incurred but which met the requirements of the indemnification provisions established in the Merger Agreement. The Company has evaluated the nature of the costs and related indemnity claims and has concluded that it is probable that such indemnified claims will sustain any challenge from Central’s former stockholders and recoverability of these indemnified claims is reasonably assured.

The Central Merger has been accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting (in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 805, Business Combinations), which requires, among other things, that most assets acquired and liabilities assumed be recognized at their fair values as of the acquisition date. The purchase price has been allocated based on the estimated fair value of net assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of the date of acquistion. The Company finalized the purchase price allocation during the third quarter of 2013.

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2. Acquisition

On November 30, 2018, the Company acquired the outstanding shares of Bags (the "Acquisition"). Bags is a leading provider of baggage delivery, remote airline check in, and other related services, primarily to airline, airport and hospitality clients. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Stock Purchase Agreement, as consideration for the acquisition of Bags, SP Plus paid to the Sellers total consideration of approximately $283.6 million. The consideration is comprised of $275.0 million of contractual cash consideration, $8.1 million related to the preliminary net working capital and cash acquired and $0.5 million for certain individual taxes to be paid by the Seller (the “Cash Consideration”). The purchase price is subject to adjustment based upon a working capital provision provided for by the purchase agreement, which the Company expects to finalize no later than the fourth quarter of 2019. As described in Note 21. Domestic and Foreign Operations, the Company integrated the Bags' operations into Segment Two (Aviation) for segment reporting purposes, effective November 30, 2018.

The Company's acquisition of Bags has been accounted for as a business combination, and assets acquired and liabilities assumed were recorded at their estimated fair values. Goodwill as of the acquisition date is measured as the excess of consideration transferred, which is also generally measured at fair value or the net acquisition date fair values of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed. The results of operations are reflected in the consolidated financial statements of the Company from the date of acquisition.

The Company incurred certain acquisition and integration costs associated with the transaction that were expensed as incurred and are reflected in the Consolidated Statements of IncomeIncome. See Note 3. Acquisition, Restructuring and Integration Costs.

The Company believes that information gathered to date provides a reasonable basis for estimating the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed but the company is waiting for additional information necessary to finalize those fair values. Thus, the provisional measurements of fair value set forth above are subject to change. As a result, during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed will be recorded with corresponding adjustments to goodwill. The Company expects to complete the purchase price allocation as soon as practicable but no later than one year from the acquisition date.

The following estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed are provisional and are based on the information that was available as of the acquisition date to estimate the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
(millions)
Cash and cash equivalents$5.9
Notes and accounts receivable13.2
Prepaid expenses and other2.0
Advances and deposits0.2
Leasehold improvements, equipment and construction in progress, net1.5
Other intangible assets, net118.0
Goodwill154.1
Accounts payable(6.5)
Accrued expenses(4.1)
Other long-term liabilities(0.7)
Net assets acquired and liabilities assumed$283.6

Goodwill amounting to $154.1 million represents the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. The estimated goodwill to be recognized is attributable primarily to expanded revenue synergies and expanded opportunities in the aviation and hospitality businesses, and other benefits that the Company believes will result from combining its operations with the operations of Bags. The goodwill acquired is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.


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Other Intangibles assets, net acquired consist of the following:
(millions) Estimated Life (1)Estimated Fair Value
Trade name 5.0 Years$5.6
Customer relationships 12.4 - 15.8 Years100.4
Existing technology 5.0 - 6.0 Years10.4
Non-compete agreement 5.0 Years1.6
Estimated fair value of identified intangibles $118.0
(1) Represents preliminary estimated life of assets acquired.

The fair value estimate for all identifiable intangible assets is based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset, based on the most advantageous market for the asset (i.e., its highest and best use). The estimated fair value of trade names was determined with the relief from royalty savings method, which is a commonly-used variation of the income approach.  The Company considered the return on assets and market comparable methods when estimating an appropriate royalty rate for the trade names.  The estimated fair value of acquired customer relationships was determined with the excess earnings method, which is a variation of the income approach.  This approach calculates the excess of the future cash inflows (i.e., revenue from customers generated from the relationships) over the related cash outflows (i.e., customer servicing expenses) generated over the useful life of the relationship.  The estimated fair value of developed or existing technology was determined utilizing the relief from royalty savings method under the income approach with additional consideration given to asset deterioration rates.
The final determination of fair value of intangible assets, as well as estimated useful lives, remains subject to change. The finalization may have a material impact on the valuation of intangible assets and the purchase price allocation, which is expected to be finalized subsequent to the transaction but within the measurement period.

Pro forma financial information

The following unaudited pro forma results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2015, 20142018 and 2013. 2017, assumes the Acquisition was completed on January 1, 2017, and as such Bags pre-acquisition results have been added to the Company’s historical results. The historical consolidated financial information of the Company and the acquisition have been adjusted in the pro forma information to give effect to pro forma events that are (1) directly attributable to the transaction, (2) factually supportable and (3) expected to have a continuing impact on the combined results. The pro forma results contained in the table below include adjustments for (i) amortization of acquired intangibles, (ii) reduced general and administrative expenses related to non-routine transaction expenses, (iii) increased interest expense related to the financing of the acquisition, and (iv) estimated income tax effect.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is presented solely for informational purposes and is not necessarily indicative of the combined results of operations or financial position that might have been achieved for the periods or dates indicated, nor is it necessarily indicative of the future results of the combined company. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements do not give effect to the potential impact of any anticipated benefits from revenue synergies, cost savings or operating synergies that may result from the Acquisition or to any future disynergies and integration related costs. Also, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not reflect possible adjustments related to potential restructuring or integration activities that have yet to be determined or transaction or other costs following the combination that are not expected to have a continuing impact on the business of the combined company. Further, one-time transaction-related expenses anticipated to be incurred prior to, or concurrent with, the closing of the transaction are not included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of income as such transaction costs were determined not to be significant. Additionally, the pro forma financial information does not reflect the costs which the company has incurred or may incur to integrate Bags.
 Year Ended December 31,
(millions)20182017
Total services revenue$1,617.7
$1,735.1
Net income attributable to SP Plus Corporation55.1
41.4

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3. Acquisition, Restructuring and Integration Costs
Acquisition, Restructuring and Integration Costs
The Company recognized $6.2 million, $8.5 millionhas incurred certain acquisition, restructuring, and $10.9 million, respectively, of theseintegration costs inthat were expensed as incurred, which include:
transaction costs and other acquisition related costs (primarily professional services and advisory services) for the Bags acquisition (included within General and administrative expenses within the Consolidated Statements of Income);
costs (primarily severance and relocation costs) related to a series of Company initiated workforce reductions to increase organizational effectiveness and provide cost savings that can be reinvested in the Company's growth initiatives, during 2018, 2017 and 2016 (included within General and administrative expenses within the Consolidated Statements of Income);
costs related to the selling stockholders' underwritten public offerings of common stock of the Company incurred during the second quarter 2017 (included within General and administrative expenses within the Consolidated Statements of Income); and
costs related to the write off of certain fixed assets and the acceleration of certain software assets directly as a result of a previous merger (included within Depreciation and amortization within the Consolidated Statements of Income).
 Year Ended December 31,
(millions)2018 2017 2016
General and administrative expenses$8.1
 $1.2
 $4.5
Depreciation and amortization
 
 2.4
Total$8.1
 $1.2
 $6.9
An accrual for acquisition, restructuring and integration costs of $3.3 million (of which, $1.0 million is included in Compensation and payroll withholdings, $2.1 million is included in Accrued Expenses, $0.2 million in Other long-term liabilities within the Consolidated Balance Sheets) and $2.3 million (of which, $1.8 million is included in Compensation and payroll withholdings and $0.5 million in Other long-term liabilities within the Consolidated Balance Sheets) as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. All accruals are expected to be paid during 2019, with the exception of $0.2 million included in Other long-term liabilities within the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
4. Revenue

The Company accounts for revenue in accordance with Topics 606 and 853. Topic 606 requires entities to recognize revenue when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to customers at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. See also Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies and Practices for further discussion. The Company adopted Topics 606 and 853 on January 1, 2018, using the modified retrospective method of adoption.
Contracts with customers and clients
The Company accounts for a contract when it has approval and commitment from both parties, the rights of the parties are identified, payment terms are identified, the contract has commercial substance, and collectability of consideration is probable. Once a contract is identified, the Company evaluates whether the combined or single contract should be accounted for as more than one performance obligation. Substantially all of our revenues come from the following two types of arrangements: Lease type and Management type contracts.

Services revenue - lease type contracts 

Under lease type arrangements, the Company pays the property owner a fixed base rent or payment, percentage rent or payment that is tied to the facility’s financial performance, or a combination of both. The Company operates the parking facility and is responsible for most operating expenses, but typically is not responsible for major maintenance, capital expenditures or real estate taxes. Performance obligations for services revenues related to lease type contracts include parking for transient and monthly parkers. Revenue is recognized over time as the Company provides services. As noted in Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies and Practices and in accordance with Topic 853, certain expenses, primarily rental expense for the contractual arrangements that meet the definition of service concession arrangements, are recorded as a reduction of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018.


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Services revenue - management type contracts  

Management type contract revenue consists of management fees, including both fixed, variable and/or performance-based fees. In exchange for this consideration, the Company has a bundle of performance obligations that include services such as managing the facilities and providing certain services to a client. The Company believes that it can generally purchase required insurance for the location at lower rates than clients can obtain on their own because the Company is effectively self-insured for all liability, worker's compensation and health care claims by maintaining a large per-claim deductible. As a result, the Company generates operating income on the insurance provided under our management type contracts by focusing on our risk management efforts and controlling losses. Management type contract revenues do not include gross customer collections at the managed facilities or for providing certain services to a client, as these revenues belong to the clients rather than to the Company. Management type contracts generally provide the Company with management fees regardless of the operating performance of the underlying facilities. Revenue is recognized over time as the Company provides services.

Service concession arrangements

Service concession agreements within the scope of Topic 853 include both lease type and management type contracts. Upon the adoption of Topic 853, revenue generated from service concession arrangements, is accounted for under the guidance of Topics 606 and Topic 853. For the year ended December 31, 2018, certain expenses (primarily rental expense) related to service concession arrangements, previously recorded within Cost of services - lease type contracts and Depreciation and amortization, have been recorded as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts upon adoption of Topic 853.

Contract modifications and taxes

Contracts are often modified to account for changes in contract specifications and requirements. The Company considers contract modifications to exist when the modification either changes the consideration due to the Company or creates new performance obligations or changes the existing scope of the contract and related performance obligations. Most of our contract modifications are for services that are not distinct from the existing contract due to the fact that the Company is providing a bundle of performance obligations that are highly inter-related in the context of the contract, and are therefore accounted for as if they were part of that existing contract. Typically, modifications are accounted for prospectively as part of the existing contract.

Taxes assessed by a governmental authority that are both imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue-producing transaction, which are collected by the Company from a customer, are excluded from revenue.

Reimbursed management type contract revenue and expense
The Company recognizes both revenues and expenses, in equal amounts, that are directly reimbursed operating expenses incurred under a management type contract. The Company has determined it is the principal in these transactions as the nature of our performance obligations is for the Company to provide the services on behalf of the customer. As the principal to these related transactions, the Company has control of the promised services before they are transferred to the customer.
Disaggregation of revenue

The Company disaggregates its revenue from contracts with customers by type of arrangement for each of our reportable segments. The Company has concluded that such disaggregation of revenue best depicts the overall economic nature, timing and uncertainty of the Company's revenue and cash flows affected by the economic factors of the respective contractual arrangement. See Note 21. Domestic and Foreign Operations for further information on disaggregation of our revenue by segment.

Performance obligations

A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer or client, and is the unit of account in Topic 606. The contract transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. The majority of our contracts have a single performance obligation that is not separately identifiable from other promises in the contract and therefore not distinct, comprising the promise to provide a bundle of monthly performance obligations or services for transient or monthly parkers.
The contract price is generally deemed to be the transaction price. Some management type contracts include performance incentives that are based on variable performance measures. These incentives are constrained at contract inception and recognized once the customer has confirmed that the Company has met the contractually agreed upon performance measures as defined in the contract.
Our performance obligations are primarily satisfied over time as the Company provides the related services. Typically, revenue is recognized over time on a straight-line basis as the Company satisfies the related performance obligation. There are certain management type contracts where revenue is recognized based on costs incurred to date plus a reasonable margin. The Company has concluded this is a faithful depiction of how control is transferred to the customer. Performance obligations satisfied at a point in time for the year ended December 31, 2018 were not significant.

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The time between completion of the performance obligation and collection of cash is typically not more than 30 - 60 days. In certain contractual arrangements, such monthly parker contracts, cash is collected in advance of the Company commencing its performance obligations under the contractual arrangement.
As of December 31, 2018, the Company had $113.6 million related to performance obligations that were unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied for which the Company expects to recognize revenue. This amount excludes variable consideration primarily related to contracts where the Company and customer share the gross revenues or operating profit for the location and contracts where transaction prices include performance incentives that are constrained at contract inception. These performance incentives are based on measures that are ascertained exclusively by future performance and therefore cannot be estimated at contract inception by the Company. The Company applies the practical expedient that permits exclusion of information about the remaining performance obligations that have original expected durations of one year or less. The Company expects to recognize our remaining performance obligations as revenue in future periods as follows:
(millions)Remaining Performance Obligations
2019$48.6
202029.0
202116.9
20228.6
20235.3
2024 and thereafter5.2
Total$113.6
Contract balances
The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections results in accounts receivable, contract assets and contract liabilities. Accounts receivable represent amounts where the Company has an unconditional right to the consideration and therefore only the passage of time is required for the Company to receive consideration due from the customer. Both lease type and management type contracts have customers and clients where amounts are billed as work progresses or in advance in accordance with agreed-upon contractual terms. Billing may occur subsequent to or prior to revenue recognition, resulting in contract assets and contract liabilities. The Company, on occasion, receives advances or deposits from customers and clients, on both lease and management type contracts, before revenue is recognized, resulting in the recognition of contract liabilities.


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Contract assets and contract liabilities are reported on a contract-by-contract basis and are included in Notes and accounts receivable, net and Accrued expenses, respectively, on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2018. Impairment charges related to accounts receivable for the years ended December 31, 2015, 20142018, 2017 and 2013, respectively,2016, were not significant. There were no impairment charges recorded on contract assets and ancontract liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016. The following table provides information about contract assets and contract liabilities with customers and clients as of December 31, 2018:
(millions)December 31, 2018
Accounts receivable$139.3
Contract asset11.4
Contract liability$(19.1)

Changes in contract assets include recognition of additional $1.0 million, $nil and $nil, respectively, of costs in Depreciation and amortization expense. Additionally and as noted above,consideration due from the customer or client once the Company recognized $1.6 millionobtains an unconditional right to the consideration offset by reclassifications of expense in General and administrative expensescontract asset balances to accounts receivable when the Company obtains an unconditional right to consideration, thereby establishing an accounts receivable. The following table provides information about changes to contract asset balances for the year ended December 31, 2015 for certain Net Debt Working Capital claims deemed disallowable by the independent public accounting firm’s decision.2018:
(millions)Contract Asset
Balance as of January 1, 2018$12.2
Additional contract assets132.7
Reclassification to accounts receivable(133.5)
Balance as of December 31, 2018$11.4

Changes in contract liability primarily include additional contract liabilities and liquidation of contract liabilities when revenue is recognized. The entire contract liability balance as of January 1, 2018 was recognized as revenue during the year ended December 31, 2018. The following table provides information about changes to contract liability balances for the year ended December 31, 2018:
(millions)Contract Liability
Balance as of January 1, 2018$(20.5)
Additional contract liabilities(170.4)
Recognition of revenue from contract liabilities171.8
Balance as of December 31, 2018$(19.1)

Cost of contracts, net
Cost of contracts, net represents the cost of obtaining contractual rights associated with providing services for a lease or management type contracts. The adoption of Topic 606 did not have a significant impact on how the Company previously reported contract costs. Incremental costs incurred to obtain parking contracts are amortized on a straight line basis over the estimated life of the contracts, including anticipated renewals and terminations. This is consistent with the timing of when the Company satisfies the related performance obligations. Estimated lives are based on the contract life or anticipated lives of the contract.

The table below shows amortization expense related to cost of contracts for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Amortization expense of cost of contracts related to service concession arrangements within the scope of Topic 853 is recorded as a reduction of revenue and was not significant for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
 Year Ended December 31,
(millions)2018 2017 2016
Amortization expense related to cost of contract$3.0
 $3.2
 $3.4

As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, cost of contracts net of accumulated amortization included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets under Cost of contract, net were $9.2 million and $8.9 million, respectively. No impairment charges were recorded for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.


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5. Net Income per Common Share
Basic net income per common share is computed by dividing netNet income attributable to SP Plus Corporation by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per common share is based upon the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding at period end, consisting of incremental shares assumed to be issued upon exercise of stock options and the incremental shares assumed to be issued under performance share and restricted stock unit arrangements, using the treasury-stock method.
A reconciliation of the basic weighted average common shares outstanding to diluted weighted average common shares outstanding is as follows:
Year Ended December 31,Year Ended December 31,
(millions, except share and per share data)2015 2014 20132018 2017 2016
Net income attributable to SP Plus Corporation$17.4
 $23.1
 $12.1
$53.2
 $41.2
 $23.1
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding22,189,140
 22,009,800
 21,902,870
22,394,542
 22,195,350
 22,238,021
Dilutive impact of share-based awards322,619
 397,543
 346,714
212,681
 312,938
 290,101
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding22,511,759
 22,407,343
 22,249,584
22,607,223
 22,508,288
 22,528,122
Net income per common share 
  
  
 
  
  
Basic$0.78
 $1.05
 $0.55
$2.38
 $1.86
 $1.04
Diluted$0.77
 $1.03
 $0.54
$2.35
 $1.83
 $1.03
ForAs of December 31, 2018, the weighted average number of performance-based shares units related to the 2016 awards were included for the purposes of determining diluted net income per share as all performance goals were achieved as of this date. The 2017 and 2018 performance-based awards have been excluded for purposes of determining diluted net income per share for the year ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, performance-based share units were excluded in the computation of weighted average diluted common share outstanding because the number of shares ultimately issuable is contingent on the Company's2018, as all performance goals which were not achieved relating to these awards as of the reporting date. There was no performance-based incentive program in place during 2013.December 31, 2018.

There are no additional securities that could dilute basic earnings per share in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share, other than those disclosed.
4.6. Stock-Based Compensation
The Company measures stock-based compensation expense at the grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the award, and the expense is recognized over the requisite employee service period or performance period (generally the vesting period) for awards expected to vest (considering estimated forfeitures).vest. The Company accounts for forfeitures of stock-based awards as they occur.
The Company has an amended and restated long-term incentive plan (the "Plan") that was adopted in conjunction with its initial public offering in 2004. In February 2008, the Board of Directors approved an amendment to the Plan, subject to stockholder approval, that increased the maximum number of shares of common stock available for awards under the Plan from 2,000,000 to 2,175,000 and extended the Plan's termination date. Company stockholders approved this Plan amendment on April 22, 2008, and the Plan now terminates twenty years from the date of such approval, or April 22, 2028. On March 13, 2013,7, 2018, the Board approved an amendment toand restatement of the Plan, subject to stockholder approval, that increased the number of shares of common stock available for awards under the Plan from 2,175,0002,975,000 to 2,975,000.3,775,000. Company stockholders approved thisthe Plan amendment and restatement on April 24, 2013.May 8, 2018. Forfeited and expired options under the Plan become generally available for reissuance. At December 31, 2015, 370,4202018, 940,529 shares remained available for award under the Plan.
Stock Options and Grants
The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of each option grant as of the date of grant. The volatilities are based on the 90 day historical volatility of Company common stock as the grant date. The risk free interest rate is based on zero-coupon U.S. government issues with a remaining term equal to the expected life of the option.
There were no options granted during the years ended December 31, 2015, 20142018, 2017 and 2013.2016. The Company recognized no stock-based compensation expense related to stock options for the years ended December 31, 2015, 20142018, 2017 and 20132016 as all options previously granted are fully vested.

The following is a summary of Company authorized vested stock grants to certain directors for the year ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016. Stock-based compensation expense related to vested stock grants are included in General and administrative expenses within the Consolidated Statements of Income.
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 Year Ended December 31,
(millions, except stock grants)2018
2017
2016
Vested stock grants12,736

16,428

32,180
Stock-based compensation expense$0.5

$0.5

$0.7
Restricted Stock Units
During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company authorized certain one-time grants of 48,663 and 8,426 restricted stock units to certain executives that vest three yearsor five years from date of issuance, respectively. The restricted stock unit agreements are designed to reward performance over threeor five-year periods.
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On April 21, 2015, the Company authorized vested stock grants to certain directors totaling 32,357 shares. The total value of the grant was $0.7 million, which was fully expensed at the grant date, and is included in General and administrative expenses within the Consolidated Statements of Income. On April 22, 2014, the Company authorized vested stock grants to certain directors totaling 19,336 shares. The total value of the grant was $0.5 million, which was fully expensed at the grant date, and is included in General and administrative expenses within the Consolidated Statements of Income. On April 24, 2013, the Company authorized vested stock grants to certain directors totaling 21,949 shares. The total value of the grant, based on the fair value of the stock on the grant date, was $0.5 million, which was fully expensed at the grant date and is included in General and administrative expenses within the Consolidated Statements of Income.
The Company recognized $0.7 million, $0.5 million, and $0.5 million of stock based compensation expense for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively, which are included in General and administrative expense within the Consolidated Statements of Income. As of December 31, 2015, there was no unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested options.
A summary of the status of the stock option plans as of December 31, 2015, and changes during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, are presented below:
 
Number of
Shares
 
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(Years)
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
Outstanding at December 31, 20127,101

$5.75

 

 
Granted

n/a

 

 
Exercised

n/a

 

 
Expired

n/a

 

 
Outstanding at December 31, 20137,101

$5.75

 

 
Granted

n/a

 

 
Exercised

n/a

 

 
Expired

n/a

 

 
Outstanding at December 31, 20147,101

$5.75

 

 
Granted

n/a

 

 
Exercised(7,101)
5.75

 

 
Expired

n/a

 

 
Vested and Exercisable at December 31, 2015

$



$
The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the year ended December 31, 2013 was $0.1 million. There were no nonvested options as of December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013.
Restricted Stock Units
During the year ended December 31, 2015,2016, the Company authorized certain one-time grants of 3,963 restricted stock units to certain executives that vest three years from date of issuance. The restricted stock unit agreement is designed to reward performance over a three-year period.
During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company authorized certain one-time grants of 31,0994,020 restricted stock units to certain executives that vest five years from date of issuance. The restricted stock unit agreements are designed to reward performance over a five-year period.
During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company authorized a one-time grant of 68,044 restricted stock units to executives that joined the Company in connection with the Central Merger. These restricted stock units vest on December 3, 2018. The restricted stock unit agreements are designed to reward performance over a five-year period. Additionally, the Company authorized a one-time grant of 4,247 restricted stock units to an executive which vest in June 2016.
The fair value of restricted stock units is determined using the market value of Companythe Company's common stock on the date of the grant, and compensation expense is recognized over the vesting period. The Company estimates forfeitures at the time of the grant and revises those estimates in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. The Company uses historical data to estimate pre-vesting forfeitures and records stock-based compensation expense only for those awards that are expected to vest.

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A summary of the status of the restricted stock units as of December 31, 2015,2018, and changes during the year ended December 31, 2015, 20142018, 2017 and 2013,2016, are presented below:
Shares Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
Shares Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
Nonvested at December 31, 2012723,425
 $19.78
Nonvested as of December 31, 2015401,716
 $19.25
Issued72,291
 20.40
4,020
 24.87
Vested(90,965) 21.84
(54,215) 18.33
Forfeited
 n/a
(17,324) 19.68
Nonvested at December 31, 2013704,751
 $20.00
Nonvested as of December 31, 2016334,197
 $19.45
Issued31,099
 22.20
22,000
 18.25
Vested(145,421) 22.41
(26,399) 18.98
Forfeited(34,729) 23.88
(4,537) 21.92
Nonvested at December 31, 2014555,700
 $19.57
Nonvested as of December 31, 2017325,261
 $19.37
Issued12,589
 23.65
57,089
 35.28
Vested(150,073) 20.77
(173,240) 19.67
Forfeited(16,500) 19.45
(6,456) 21.57
Nonvested at December 31, 2015401,716
 $19.25
Nonvested as of December 31, 2018202,654
 $23.53
The Company recognized $1.6 million, $2.4 million and $3.8 million of stock basedtable below shows the Company's stock-based compensation expense related to the restricted stock units for the yearyears ended December 31, 2015, 20142018, 2017 and 2013, respectively, which2016, and is included in General and administrative expense. Forexpenses within the Consolidated Statements of Income.
 Year Ended December 31,
(millions)2018 2017 2016
Stock-based compensation expense$0.9
 $0.9
 $0.9
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to the restricted stock units and the respective weighted average periods in which the expense will be recognized for the years ended December 31, 2015, 20142018, 2017 and 2013, unrecognized stock-based compensation costs, net of estimated forfeitures, were $2.7 million, $4.4 million and $7.3 million, respectively. The costs related to restricted stock units that are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 3.8 years, 4.0 years and 4.0 years for 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.2016, is shown in the table below.

Year Ended December 31,
(millions)2018
2017
2016
Unrecognized stock-based compensation$1.8

$0.9

$1.7
Weighted average (years)2.3 years

2.1 years

2.8 years
Performance Share Units
In September 2014, the Board of Directors authorized a performance-based incentive program under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan ("Performance-Based Incentive Program"), whereby the Company will issue performance share units to certain executive management individuals that represent shares potentially issuable in the future. The objective of the performance-based incentive program is to link compensation to business performance, encourage ownership of Company stock, retain executive talent, and reward executive performance. The Performance-Based Incentive Program provides participating executives with the opportunity to earn vested common stock if certain performance targets for pre-tax free cash flow are achieved over the cumulative three yearthree-year period and recipients satisfy service-based vesting requirements. The stock-based compensation expense associated with unvested performance-based incentives are recognized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the vesting period or minimum service period and dependent upon the probable outcome of the number of shares that will ultimately be issued based on the achievement of pre-tax free cash flow over the cumulative three yearthree-year period.
During 2014, certain participating executives became vested in the Performance-Based Incentive Program shares based on retirement eligibility and as a result $0.2 million of stock-based compensation related to 9,687 shares were recognized in General and administrative expenses within the Consolidated Statement of Income, and which continue to be subject to achieving cumulative pre-tax free cash flow over the three-year period of 2014 through 2016.
In April 2015,March 2018, the Board of Directors authorized anothera performance-based incentive program under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan ("20152018 Performance-Based Incentive Program"). The 20152018 Performance-Based Incentive Program is similar to the 20142016 and 2017 Performance-Based Incentive Program, with the exception of the number of shares ultimately to be issued is based on the achievement of free cash flow before cash tax and interest payments over the cumulative three-year period of 2018 through 2020.

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During 2018, certain participating executives became vested in Performance-Based Incentive Program shares based on retirement eligibility and as a result $0.2 million of stock-based compensation related to 15,497 shares were recognized in General and administrative expenses, and which continue to be subject to achieving cumulative pre-tax free cash flow over the respective three-year periods. Additionally, participating executives became vested in the Performance-Based Incentive Program shares based on meeting eligibility for vesting at the end of the three-year performance period of 2016 through 2018. As a result, 51,160 shares were vested to these participating executives as of December 31, 2018.
In March 2017, the Board of Directors authorized another performance-based incentive program under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan ("2017 Performance-Based Incentive Program"). The 2017 Performance-Based Incentive Program is similar to the 2015 and 2016 Performance-Based Incentive Program, with the exception of the number of shares ultimately to be issued is based on the achievement of free cash flow before cash tax payments over the cumulative three-year period of 2017 through 2019.
During 2017, certain participating executives became vested in Performance-Based Incentive Program shares based on retirement eligibility and as a result $0.2 million of stock-based compensation related to 7,529 shares were recognized in General and administrative expenses, and which continue to be subject to achieving cumulative pre-tax free cash flow over the respective three-year periods. Additionally, participating executives became vested in the Performance-Based Incentive Program shares based on meeting eligibility for vesting at the end of the three-year performance period of 2015 through 2017. As a result, 54,390 shares were vested to these participating executives as of December 31, 2017.
In April 2016, the Board of Directors authorized another performance-based incentive program under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan ("2016 Performance-Based Incentive Program"). The 2016 Performance-Based Incentive Program is similar to the 2015 Performance-Based Incentive Program, with the exception of the number of shares ultimately to be issued is based on the achievement of free cash flow before cash tax payments over the cumulative three-year period of 2016 through 2018.
During 2015,2016, certain participating executives became vested in Performance-Based Incentive Program shares based on retirement eligibility and as a result $0.1 million of stock-based compensation related to 6,9152,083 shares were recognized in General and administrative expenses, and which continue to be subject to achieving cumulative pre-tax free cash flow over the respective three-year periods. Additionally, participating executives became vested in the Performance-Based Incentive Program shares based on meeting eligibility for vesting at the end of the three-year performance period of 2014 through 2016. As a result, 82,334 shares were vested to these participating executives as of December 31, 2016.

A summary of the status of the performance share units as of December 31, 2018, and changes during the year ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 are presented below:
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 Shares Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
Nonvested as of December 31, 2015173,851
 $20.63
Issued99,466
 23.72
Vested(84,417) 19.15
Forfeited(29,423) 22.52
Nonvested as of December 31, 2016159,477
 22.99
Issued (1)29,494
 29.51
Vested(61,919) 22.63
Forfeited(11,770) 25.86
Nonvested as of December 31, 2017115,282
 28.01
Issued (2)55,640
 36.49
Vested(66,657) 25.42
Forfeited(10,572) 29.70
Nonvested as of December 31, 201893,693
 $35.92
(1) Includes a reduction of 59,091 shares of performance adjustments made at a weighted average grant-date fair value of $26.07.
(2) Includes a reduction of 45,075 shares of performance adjustments made at a weighted average grant-date fair value of $35.86.    

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A summary of the status of the performance share units as of December 31, 2015, and changes during the year ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 are presented below:
 Shares Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
Nonvested at December 31, 2013
 n/a
Issued89,117
 18.96
Vested(9,687) 18.96
Forfeited
 n/a
Nonvested at December 31, 201479,430
 18.96
Issued125,392
 21.64
Vested(6,915) 19.91
Forfeited(24,056) 20.60
Nonvested at December 31, 2015173,851
 $20.63
The Company recognized $1.3 million and $0.3 million oftable below shows the Company's stock-based compensation expense related to the Performance-Based Incentive Program for the years ended December 31, 20152018, 2017 and 2014, respectively,2016, and is included in General and administrative expenses within the Consolidated StatementStatements of Income. During the year ended December 31, 2015, 24,056 performance-based shares were forfeited under the Long-Term Incentive Program and became available for reissuance. During the year ended December 31, 2014, no performance-based shares were forfeited.

Year Ended December 31,
(millions)2018
2017
2016
Stock-based compensation$1.4

$1.3

$1.8
Future compensation expense for currently outstanding awards under the Performance-Based Incentive Program could reach a maximum of $5.4$9.7 million. Stock-based compensation for the Performance-Based Incentive Program is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.6 years. There was no such program in place during 2013.
5.7. Leasehold Improvements, Equipment, Land and Construction in Progress, net
Leasehold improvements, equipment, and construction in progress and related accumulated depreciation and amortization is as follows:
  December 31  December 31
(millions)Ranges of Estimated Useful Life 2015 2014Ranges of Estimated Useful Life 2018 2017
Equipment2 - 10 Years $34.5
 $33.6
1 - 10 Years $41.5
 $39.6
Software3 - 10 Years 27.0
 24.1
2 - 5 Years 34.7
 31.9
Vehicles4 Years 8.7
 8.6
1 - 10 Years 23.6
 9.1
Other10 Years 0.4
 0.3
3 Years 0.6
 0.5
Leasehold improvementsShorter of lease term or economic life up to 10 years 20.2
 20.4
Shorter of lease term or economic life up to 10 years 17.7
 20.8
Construction in progress  3.6
 2.1
  4.4
 2.7
  94.4
 89.1
  122.5
 104.6
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization  (59.8) (47.6)  (82.2) (77.2)
  34.6
 41.5
Land  
 1.3
Leasehold improvements, equipment, land and construction in progress, net  $34.6
 $42.8
  $40.3
 $27.4
Asset additions are recorded at cost, which includes interest on significant projects. Depreciation is provided in amounts sufficient to relate the cost of depreciable assets to operations over their estimated useful lives or over the terms of the respective leases, whichever is shorter, and depreciated principally on the straight-line basis. The costs and accumulated depreciation of assets sold or disposed of are removed from the accounts and the resulting gain or loss is reflected in earnings. Plant and equipment are reviewed for impairment when conditions indicate an impairment or future impairment; the assets are either written down or the useful life is adjusted to the remaining period of estimated useful life.
DepreciationThe table below shows the Company's depreciation and amortization expense was $15.9 million, $12.0 millionrelated to Leasehold improvements, equipment and $10.4 millionconstruction in 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Duringprogress for the yearyears ended December 31, 2013,2018, 2017 and 2016, and is included in Depreciation and amortization expense within the Company sold its equity interest in land for $2.3 million and recognized a gain on saleConsolidated Statements of $1.2 million.Income.

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(millions)2018 2017 2016
Depreciation expense$9.6
 $11.3
 $16.2

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6.8. Cost of Contracts, net
Cost of contracts, net, is comprised of the following:
December 31,December 31,
(millions)2015 20142018 2017
Cost of contracts$31.3
 $28.3
$33.8
 $30.5
Accumulated amortization(19.4) (17.8)(24.6) (21.6)
Cost of contracts, net$11.9
 $10.5
$9.2
 $8.9
The expected future amortization of cost of contracts is as follows:
(millions)Cost of
Contract
Cost of
Contract
2016$3.2
20173.0
20182.5
20191.6
$2.8
20200.6
1.7
2021 and Thereafter1.0
20211.2
20221.1
20230.8
2024 and Thereafter1.6
Total$11.9
$9.2
AmortizationThe table below shows the Company's amortization expense related to costcosts of contracts was $3.1 million, $3.2 million and $2.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 20142018, 2017 and 2013 respectively. The weighted average remaining life was 9.0 years, 9.5 years2016, and 9.6 years asis primarily included in Depreciation and amortization within the Consolidated Statements of December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.Income.
 Year Ended December 31,
(millions)2018 2017 2016
Amortization expense$3.0
 $3.2
 $3.4
Weighted average life (years)9.4
 9.8
 9.6
7.9. Other Intangible Assets, Netnet
The following presents a summary of other intangible assets:
 December 31, December 31,
 2015 2014 2018 2017
(millions)Weighted
Average
Life
(Years)
 Acquired
Intangible
Assets,
Gross (1)
 Accumulated
Amortization
 Acquired
Intangible
Assets,
Net
 Acquired
Intangible
Assets,
Gross(1)
 Accumulated
Amortization
 Acquired
Intangible
Assets,
Net
Weighted
Average
Life
(Years)
 Acquired
Intangible
Assets,
Gross (1)
 Accumulated
Amortization
 Acquired
Intangible
Assets,
Net
 Acquired
Intangible
Assets,
Gross (1)
 Accumulated
Amortization
 Acquired
Intangible
Assets,
Net
Covenant not to compete3.0 $0.9
 $(0.9) $
 $0.9
 $(0.9) $
4.9 $1.6
 $
 $1.6
 $0.9
 $(0.9) $
Trade names and trademarks1.1 9.8
 (7.8) 2.0
 9.8
 (5.5) 4.3
4.9 6.3
 (0.7) 5.6
 9.8
 (9.7) 0.1
Proprietary know how1.3 34.7
 (25.0) 9.7
 34.7
 (17.4) 17.3
5.7 11.0
 (0.8) 10.2
 34.6
 (34.5) 0.1
Management contract rights12.8 81.0
 (16.8) 64.2
 81.0
 (11.6) 69.4
10.0 81.0
 (32.2) 48.8
 81.0
 (27.1) 53.9
Customer relationships14.9 100.4
 (0.6) 99.8
 
 
 
Acquired intangible assets, net (2)11.1 $126.4
 $(50.5) $75.9
 $126.4
 $(35.4) $91.0
12.5 $200.3
 $(34.3) $166.0
 $126.3
 $(72.2) $54.1
(1) Excludes the original cost and accumulated amortization on fully amortized intangible assets.
(2) Intangible assets have estimated remaining lives between onea half year and 16 years.
Amortization expense related to intangible assets included in depreciation and amortization expense was $15.1 million, $15.2 million and $16.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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The table below shows the amortization expense related to intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, and is included in Depreciation and amortization within the Consolidated Statements of Income.
 Year Ended December 31,
(millions)2018 2017 2016
Amortization expense$6.1
 $7.2
 $14.6
The expected future amortization of intangible assets as of December 31, 20152018 is as follows:
(millions)Intangible asset
amortization
Intangible asset
amortization
2016$14.6
20177.2
20185.3
20195.2
$15.1
20205.2
15.1
2021 and Thereafter38.4
202115.1
202215.0
202314.9
2024 and thereafter90.8
Total$75.9
$166.0
8.10. Favorable and Unfavorable Acquired Lease Contracts, net
Favorable and unfavorable acquired lease contracts represent the acquired fair value of lease contracts in connection with the Central Merger. Favorable and unfavorable acquired lease contracts are being amortized over the contract term, including anticipated renewals and terminations.
The following presents a summary of favorable and unfavorable lease contracts:
Favorable (Unfavorable)Favorable Unfavorable
December 31, December 31,December 31, December 31,
(millions)2015 2014 2015 20142018 2017 2018 2017
Acquired fair value of lease contracts$74.0
 $77.0
 $(88.2) $(90.1)$62.2
 $65.2
 $(70.6) $(81.3)
Accumulated (amortization) accretion(35.9) (28.7) 37.9
 28.7
(44.6) (41.9) 45.9
 49.8
Total acquired fair value of lease contracts, net$38.1
 $48.3
 $(50.3) $(61.4)$17.6
 $23.3
 $(24.7) $(31.5)
AmortizationThe table below shows the amortization expense for favorable acquired lease contracts, net of favorable lease contracts, was $0.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2015 andwhich is recognized as an increase to Cost of parking services - Lease contract. Amortization, netlease type contracts within the Consolidated Statements of unfavorable lease contracts, was $1.0 million and $4.3 millionIncome for the years ended December 31, 20142018, 2017 and 2013, respectively, and2016, along with the weighted average remaining useful life.
 Year Ended December 31,
(millions)2018 2017 2016
Amortization expense$5.7
 $6.6
 $8.3
Weighted average life (years)12.0
 14.1
 11.9
The table below shows the amortization expense for unfavorable acquired lease contracts, which is recognized as a reductiondecrease to Cost of parking services-Lease contractservices - lease type contracts within the Consolidated Statements of Income.
For the year ended December 31, 2015, the weighted average remaining lifeIncome, for favorable and unfavorable acquired lease contracts was 11.1 years and 10.1 years, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2014, the weighted average remaining life for favorable and unfavorable acquired lease contracts was 10.8 years and 9.8 years, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2013,2018, 2017 and 2016, along with the weighted average remaining life for favorable and unfavorable acquired lease contracts was 10.1 years and 8.9 years, respectively.
The expected future amortization (accretion) of lease contract rights is as follows:useful life.
(millions)Favorable (Unfavorable) Favorable /
(Unfavorable),
Net
2016$8.2
 $(10.1) $(1.9)
20176.4
 (9.0) (2.6)
20184.0
 (7.3) (3.3)
20193.6
 (4.8) (1.2)
20203.1
 (3.7) (0.6)
2021 and Thereafter12.8
 (15.4) (2.6)
Total$38.1
 $(50.3) $(12.2)
 Year Ended December 31,
(millions)2018 2017 2016
Amortization expense$6.7
 $8.8
 $10.1
Weighted average life (years)7.9
 10.7
 10.5

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9.The expected future amortization (accretion) of acquired lease contracts is as follows:
(millions)Favorable Unfavorable Unfavorable,
Net
2019$3.5
 $(5.6) $(2.1)
20203.0
 (3.7) (0.7)
20212.2
 (2.7) (0.5)
20221.5
 (2.6) (1.1)
20231.0
 (2.2) (1.2)
2024 and thereafter6.4
 (7.9) (1.5)
Total$17.6
 $(24.7) $(7.1)
11. Goodwill
The amounts for goodwill and changes to carrying value by reportable segment are as follows:
(millions)Region
One
 Region
Two
 Region
Three
 Region
Four
 Region
Five
 Total
Balance as of December 31, 2013$163.8
 $143.8
 $37.0
 $62.6
 $32.2
 $439.4
Goodwill acquired
 
 
 0.2
 
 0.2
Foreign currency translation(0.5) 
 

 
 
 (0.5)
Disposals (1)(2.1) (2.3) (0.6) (0.1) (1.1) (6.2)
Balance as of December 31, 2014$161.2
 $141.5
 $36.4
 $62.7
 $31.1
 $432.9
Foreign currency translation(0.7) 
 
 
 
 (0.7)
Disposals (2)
 (0.9) 
 
 
 (0.9)
Balance as of December 31, 2015$160.5
 $140.6
 $36.4
 $62.7
 $31.1
 $431.3
(1) In October 2014, the Company contributed all of the assets and liabilities of its proprietary Click and Park parking prepayment business in exchange for a 30 percent interest in the newly formed legal entity called Parkmobile, LLC. The contribution of the Click and Park business to the joint venture resulted in a loss of control of the subsidiary and therefore it was deconsolidated from the Company's financial statements. As a result of the deconsolidation, the Company was required to allocate $6.2 million of goodwill to the net carrying amount of the subsidiary's net assets contributed to the Parkmobile joint venture. The pro-rata allocation on the disposal of goodwill at the operating segment level was based on a relative fair value approach.
(2) In August 2015, certain assets, which met the definition of a business, were sold to a third-party in an arms-length transaction (see also Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies and Practices and Note 10. Fair Value for further detail on the sale of the business). The sale resulted in the disposal of specifically identifiable goodwill associated with the business of $0.9 million from Region Two.
(millions)Segment
One
 Segment
Two
 Total
Balance as of December 31, 2016$368.7
 $62.7
 $431.4
Foreign currency translation0.3
 
 0.3
Balance as of December 31, 2017$369.0
 $62.7
 $431.7
Goodwill acquired
 154.1
 154.1
Foreign currency translation(0.3) 
 (0.3)
Balance as of December 31, 2018$368.7
 $216.8
 $585.5
The Company tests goodwill at least annually for impairment (the Company has elected to annually test for potential impairment of goodwill on the first day of the fourth quarter) and tests more frequently if indicators are present or changes in circumstances suggest that impairment may exist. The indicators include, among others, declines in sales, earning or cash flows or the development of a material adverse change in business climate. The Company assesses goodwill for impairment at the reporting unit level, which is defined as an operating segment or one level below an operating segment, referred to as a reporting unit. See Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies and Practices for additional detail on the Company's policy for assessing goodwill for impairment.
Due to a change in the Company’s segment reporting effective January 1, 2015, the goodwill allocated to previous reporting units have been reallocated to new reporting units based on the relative fair value of the new reporting units. See also Note 19. Domestic and Foreign Operations for further disclosure on the Company’s change in reporting segments effective January 1, 2015.
As a result of the change in internal reporting segment information, the Company completed a quantitative test (Step One) of goodwill impairment as of January 1, 2015 and concluded that the estimated fair values of each of the Company’s reporting units exceeded its carrying amount of net assets assigned to that reporting unit and therefore no further testing was required (Step Two). In conducting the January 1, 2015 goodwill impairment quantitative test (Step One), the Company analyzed actual and projected growth trends of the reporting units, gross margin, operating expenses and Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (“EBITDA”) (which also includes forecasted five-year income statement and working capital projection, a market-based weighted average cost of capital and terminal values after five years). The Company also assesses critical areas that may impact its business including economic conditions, market related exposures, competition, changes in service offerings and changes in key personnel. As part of the January 1, 2015 goodwill assessment, the Company engaged a third-party to evaluate its reporting units’ fair values. No impairment was recorded as a result of the goodwill impairment test performed.
The Company completed its annual goodwill impairment test as of October 1, 2015,2018, using a quantitativequalitative test (Step One)Zero), to determine the likelihood of impairment and if it was more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting units were less than the carrying value of the reporting unit. The Company concluded that the estimated fair values of each of the Company's reporting units exceeded its carrying amount of net assets assigned to that reporting unit and, therefore, no further testing was required (Step Two)One). As partGenerally, the more-likely-than-not threshold is a greater than a 50% likelihood that the fair value of a reporting unit is greater than the October 1, 2015 goodwill assessment, the Company engaged a third-party to evaluate its reporting units' fair values.carrying value. No impairment was recorded as a result of the goodwill impairment test performed.
The reporting units are reported as Region One (North reporting unit), Region Two (South reporting unit), Region Three (New York Metropolitan tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut reporting unit), Region Four (Airport transportation operations nationwide reporting unit) and Region Five (USA Parking reporting unit and event planning and transportation services reporting unit). For purposes of reportable segments, goodwill in Region Five is attributable to USA Parking and event planning and transportation services reporting units.

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10.12. Fair Value Measurement
Fair Value Measurements-Recurring Basis
In determining fair value, the Company uses various valuation approaches within the fair value measurement framework. Fair value measurements are determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. Applicable accounting literature establishes a hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that the most observable inputs be used when available. The fair value hierarchy is based on observable or unobservable inputs to valuation techniques that are used to measure fair value. Observable inputs reflect assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability based on market data obtained from independent sources while unobservable inputs reflect a reporting entity's pricing based upon its own market assumptions. Applicable accounting literature defines levels within the hierarchy based on the reliability of inputs as follows:
Level 1: Inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2: Inputs are quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in an active market, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, and inputs other than quoted prices that are observable and market-corroborated inputs, which are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data.
Level 3: Inputs that are derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or value drivers are unobservable.
The following table sets forth the Company's financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and the basis of measurement at December 31, 2015 and 2014:
 Fair Value at
December 31, 2015
 Fair Value at
December 31, 2014
(millions)Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Assets 
  
  
  
  
  
Prepaid expenses and other 
  
  
  
  
  
Contingent consideration receivable$
 $
 $0.5
 $
 $
 $
Interest rate swap
 0.2
 
 
 0.6
 
   Total$
 $0.2
 $0.5
 $
 $0.6
 $
Liabilities 
  
  
  
  
  
Accrued expenses 
  
  
  
  
  
Contingent consideration obligation    $
 $
 $
 $
 $
 $0.1
Other long term liabilities 
  
  
  
  
  
Contingent consideration obligation
 
 
 
 
 0.2
   Total
$
 $
 
 $
 
 $0.3
Interest Rate Swap
The Company seeks to minimize risks from interest rate fluctuations through the use of interest rate swap contracts and hedge only exposures in the ordinary course of business. Interest rate swaps are used to manage interest rate risk associated with our floating rate debt. The Company accounts for its derivative instruments at fair value provided it meets certain documentary and analytical requirements to qualify for hedge accounting treatment. Hedge accounting creates the potential for a Consolidated Statements of Income match between the changes in fair values of derivatives and the changes in cost of the associated underlying transactions, in this case interest expense. Derivatives held by us are designated as hedges of specific exposures at inception, with an expectation that changes in the fair value will essentially offset the change in the underlying exposure. Discontinuance of hedge accounting is required whenever it is subsequently determined that an underlying transaction is not going to occur, with any gains or losses recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income at such time, with any subsequent changes in fair value recognized currently in earnings. Fair values of derivatives are determined based on quoted prices for similar contracts. The effective portion of the change in fair value of the interest rate swap is reported in accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of stockholders' equity, and is being recognized as an adjustment to interest expense or other (expense) income, respectively, over the same period the related expenses are recognized in earnings. Ineffectiveness would occur when changes in the market value of the hedged transactions are not completely offset by changes in the market value of the derivative and those related gains and losses on derivatives representing hedge ineffectiveness or hedge components excluded from the assessment of effectiveness are recognized currently in earnings when incurred. No ineffectiveness was recognized during 2015, 2014 or 2013.

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Contingent Consideration Receivable

During the third quarterAs of 2015, certain assets, which met the definition of a business, were sold to a third-party in an arms-length transaction (see also Note 1. Significant Accounting PoliciesDecember 31, 2018 and Practices for further detail on the sale of the business). Under the sales agreement, 40% of the sale proceeds from the buyer is contingent in nature and scheduled to be received by2017, the Company in February 2017, or eighteen months from the date of the transaction. The contingent consideration amount expected to be received by the Company is based on thehad no financial assets and operational performance of the business sold. The significant inputs used to derive the Level 3 fair value contingent consideration receivable is the probability of reaching certain revenue growth of the businessliabilities, other than cash and retention of current customers over the eighteen month period. The fair value of the contingent consideration receivable for the year ended December 31, 2015 was $0.5 million.

Contingent Consideration Obligation

The significant inputs used to derive the fair value of the contingent consideration obligation include financial forecasts of future operating results, the probability of reaching the forecast and the associated discount rate. The contingent acquisition obligation remaining for the year ended December 31, 2015 was not significant.
The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for the contingent consideration obligationcash equivalents measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3):
(millions)Due to Seller
Balance at December 31, 2012$(3.3)
Increase related to new acquisitions
Payment of contingent consideration0.9
Change in fair value0.9
Balance at December 31, 2013(1.5)
Increase related to new acquisitions
Payment of contingent consideration1.8
Change in fair value(0.5)
Balance at December 31, 2014(0.3)
Increase related to new acquisitions
Payment of contingent consideration0.1
Change in fair value0.2
Balance at December 31, 2015$
Note: Amounts may not foot due to rounding.
For the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company recognizedon a benefitrecurring basis. The carrying value of $0.2 million in Generalcash and administrative expenses within the Consolidated Statement of Incomecash equivalents approximates their fair value due to the change in fair value measurements using a level three valuation technique. For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company recognized an expense and benefit, respectively, of $0.5 million and $0.9 million in General and administrative expenses due to the change in fair value measurements using a level three valuation technique. These adjustments were the result of using revised forecasts to operating results, updates to the probability of achieving the revised forecasts and updated fair value measurements that revised the Company's contingent consideration obligations related to the purchaseshort-term nature of these businesses.financial instruments and has been classified as a Level 1.
Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements
Certain assets are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis; that is, the assets are measured at fair value on an ongoing basis but are subject to fair value adjustments only in certain circumstances (for example, when there is evidence of impairment). Non-financial assets such as goodwill, intangible assets, and leasehold improvements, equipment land and construction in progress are subsequently measured at fair value when there is an indicator of impairment and recorded at fair value only when an impairment is recognized. The Company assesses the impairment of intangible assets annually or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an intangible asset may not be recoverable. The fair value of its goodwill and intangible assets is not estimated if there is no change in events or circumstances that indicate the carrying amount of an intangible asset may not be recoverable. The Company has not recorded impairment charges related to its business acquisitions. The purchase price of business acquisitions is primarily allocated to the tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values on the acquisition dates, with the excess recorded as goodwill. The Company utilizes Level 3 inputs in the determination of the initial fair value.value using certain assumptions, which are further discussed in Note 2. Acquisition. There were no impairment charges for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016.

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Financial Instruments not Measured at Fair Value
The following table presents the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of financial instruments not measured at fair value in the Consolidated Balance SheetSheets at December 31, 20152018 and 2014:2017:
2015 20142018 2017
(millions)Carrying
Amount
 Fair
Value
 Carrying
Amount
 Fair
Value
Carrying
Amount
 Fair
Value
 Carrying
Amount
 Fair
Value
Cash and cash equivalents$18.7
 $18.7
 $18.2
 $18.2
Long-term borrowings 
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
Senior credit facility, net of original discount on borrowings and deferred financing costs223.1
 223.1
 248.4
 248.4
Credit Facility, net of original discount on borrowings and deferred financing costs$371.2
 $371.2
 $151.0
 $151.0
Other obligations$2.0
 $2.0
 $2.4
 $2.4
$15.4
 $15.4
 $2.8
 $2.8
The carryingfair value of cashthe Restated Credit Facility and cash equivalentsOther obligations approximates their fair valuethe carrying amount due to the short-term nature of these financial instrumentsvariable interest rates and would be classified as a Level 1. The fair value of the Senior Credit Facility and Other obligations were estimated to not be materially different from the carrying amount and are generally measured using a discounted cash flow analysis based on current market interest rates2. See Note 13. Borrowing Arrangements, for similar types of financial instruments and would be classified as a Level 2.further information.
11.13. Borrowing Arrangements
Long-term borrowings, in order of preference, consisted of the following:
  Amount Outstanding  Amount Outstanding
  December 31,  December 31,
(millions)Maturity Date 2015 2014Maturity Date 2018 2017
Senior credit facility, net of original discount on borrowings and deferred financing costs(1) / (2) $223.1
 $248.4
Credit facility, net of original discount on borrowings and deferred financing costsNovember 30, 2023 $371.2
 $151.0
Other borrowingsVarious 2.0
 2.4
Various 15.5
 2.8
Total obligations under credit facility and other borrowings  225.1
 250.8
  386.7
 153.8
Less: Current portion of obligations under credit facility and other borrowings  15.2
 14.5
  13.2
 20.6
Total long-term obligations under credit facility and other borrowings  $209.9
 $236.3
  $373.5
 $133.2
(1) Credit Agreement was due to mature October 2, 2017
(2) Restated Credit Agreement matures on February 20, 2020.
Aggregate minimum principal maturities of long-term borrowings for the fiscal years following December 31, 2015, are as follows:
(millions) 
2016$16.5
201720.4
201820.1
201920.0
2020152.3
Thereafter
Total debt229.3
Less: Current portion, including debt discount15.2
Less: Original discount on borrowings1.8
Less: Deferred financing costs2.4
Total long-term portion, obligations under credit facility and other borrowings$209.9

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Senior Credit Facility
On October 2, 2012,Aggregate minimum principal maturities of long-term borrowings for the Company entered into a credit agreement ("Credit Agreement") with Bank of America, N.A. ("Bank of America"),fiscal years following December 31, 2018, are as administrative agent, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ("Wells Fargo Bank") and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as co-syndication agents, U.S. Bank National Association, First Hawaiian Bank and General Electric Capital Corporation, as co-documentation agents, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as joint lead arrangers and joint book managers, and the lenders party thereto.follows:
Pursuant to the terms, and subject to the conditions, of the Credit Agreement, the Lenders made available to the Company a secured senior credit facility (the "Senior Credit Facility") that permitted aggregate borrowings of $450.0 million consisting of (i) a revolving credit facility of up to $200.0 million at any time outstanding, which includes a letter of credit facility that is limited to $100.0 million at any time outstanding, and (ii) a term loan facility of $250.0 million. The Senior Credit Facility was due to mature on October 2, 2017.
(millions) 
2019$14.1
202013.1
202113.0
202213.0
2023331.5
Thereafter5.8
Total debt390.5
Less: Current portion, including debt discount13.2
Less: Original discount on borrowings1.6
Less: Deferred financing costs2.2
Total long-term portion, obligations under credit facility and other borrowings$373.5
Former Amended and Restated Credit Facility
On February 20, 2015, (“Restatement Date”), the Company entered into an Amendedamended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Restated Credit Agreement”) with Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”), as administrative agent, an issuing lender and swing-line lender; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as an issuing lender and syndication agent; U.S. Bank National Association, First Hawaiian Bank and BMO Harris Bank N.A., as co-documentation agents; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as joint lead arrangers and joint book managers; and the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”). The Restated Credit Agreement reflects modifications to, and an extension of, the Senior Credit Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms, and subject to the conditions, of the Restated Credit Agreement, the Lenders have made available to the Company a senior securedrestated its credit facility (the “Restated"Former Restated Credit Facility”Facility") that permitspermitted aggregate borrowings of $400.0 million consisting of (i) a revolving credit facility of up to $200.0 million at any time outstanding, which includes a $100.0 million sublimit for letters of credit and a $20.0 million sublimit for swing-line loans, and (ii) a term loan facility of $200.0 million (reduced from $250.0 million under the million. The Former Amended and Restated Credit Facility was due to mature on February 20, 2020.
Senior Credit Facility)Facility
On November 30, 2018 (the "Closing Date") and in connection with the Acquisition, the Company entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”), as Administrative Agent, swing-line lender and a letter of credit issuer; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as syndication agent; BMO Harris Bank N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., KeyBank National Association and U.S. Bank National Association, as co-documentation agents; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners; and the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”). The Company may request increasesPursuant to the terms, and subject to the conditions, of the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have made available to the Company a new senior secured credit facility (the “Senior Credit Facility”) that permits aggregate borrowings of $550 million consisting of (i) a revolving credit facility in an aggregate additional principal amount of $100.0up to $325 million at any time outstanding, which includes a letter of credit facility that is limited to $100 million at any time outstanding, and (ii) a term loan facility of $225 million. The RestatedSenior Credit Facility matures on February 20, 2020.November 30, 2023.

The entire amount of the term loan portion of the RestatedSenior Credit Facility had beenwas drawn by the Company as ofon the Amended and RestatementClosing Date (including approximately $10.4 million drawn on such date) and is subject to scheduled quarterly amortization of principal as follows: (i) $15.0 million in installments equal to 1.25% of the first year, (ii) $15.0 million in the second year, (iii) $20.0 million in the third year, (iv) $20.0 million in the fourth year, (v) $20.0 million in the fifth year and (vi) $110.0 million in the sixth year.initial aggregate principal amount of such term loan. The Company also had outstanding borrowings of $147.3borrowed $174.8 million (including $53.4 million in letters of credit) under the revolving credit facility ason the Closing Date. The proceeds from these borrowings were used by the Company to pay the purchase price for the Acquisition (See Note 2. Acquisition), to pay other costs and expenses related to the acquisition of Bags and the Restatement Date.

related financing and to repay in full the obligations under the Former Amended Credit Facility. In addition, proceeds from the Senior Credit Facility may be used to finance working capital, capital expenditures and other acquisitions, payments and general corporate purposes.
Borrowings under the RestatedSenior Credit Facility bear interest, at the Company’s option, (i) at a rate per annum based on the Company’s consolidated total debt to EBITDA ratio for the 12-month period ending as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter, determined in accordance with the applicable pricing levels set forth in the Restated Credit Agreement (the “ Applicable“Applicable Margin”), for London Interbank Offered Rate (or a comparable or successor rate approved by Bank of America) (“LIBOR”) loans, plus the applicable LIBOR rate or (ii) the Applicable Margin for base rate loans plus the highest of (x) the federal funds rate plus 0.5%, (y) the Bank of America prime rate and (z) a daily rate equal to the applicable LIBOR rate plus 1.0% (the highest of (x), (y) and (z), the “Base Rate”), except that all swing-line loans will bear interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

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Under the terms of the Restated Credit Agreement, the Company is required to maintain a maximum consolidated total debt to EBITDA ratio of not greater than 4.0 to 4.25:1.0 as ofwith certain step-downs described in the end of any fiscal quarter ending during the period from the Amended and Restatement Date through September 30, 2015, (ii) 3.75 to 1.0 as of the end of any fiscal quarter ending during the period from October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016, and (iii) 3.5 to 1.0 as of the end of any fiscal quarter ending thereafter.Credit Agreement. In addition, the Company is required to maintain a minimum consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.25:1.0.

3.50:1.0 (with certain step-ups described in the Credit Agreement).
Events of default under the Restated Credit Agreement include failure to pay principal or interest when due, failure to comply with the financial and operational covenants, the occurrence of any cross default event, non-compliance with the other loan documents, the occurrence of a change of control event, and bankruptcy and other insolvency events. If an event of default occurs and is continuing, the Lenders holding a majorityAdministrative Agent can, with the consent of the commitments and outstanding term loan under the Restated Credit Agreement have the right,required Lenders, among others to (i) terminate the commitments under the Restated Credit Agreement, (ii) accelerate and require the Company to repay all the outstanding amounts owed under the Restated Credit Agreement, and (iii) require the Company to cash collateralize any outstanding letters of credit.

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Each wholly owned domestic subsidiary of the Company (subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Restated Credit Agreement) has guaranteed all existing and future indebtedness and liabilities of the other guarantors and the Company arising under the Restated Credit Agreement. The Company’s obligations under the Restated Credit Agreement and such domestic subsidiaries’ guaranty obligations are secured by substantially all of their respective assets.
The Company wasis in compliance with all of itsdebt covenants as of December 31, 2015.

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TableAt December 31, 2018, the Company had $51.1 million of Contentsletters of credit outstanding under the Senior Credit Facility, borrowings against the Senior Credit Facility aggregated to $386.7 million.

The weighted average interest rate on our Senior Credit Facility and Former Restated Credit Facility was 2.6%4.0% and 3.2%2.9% for the years ended December 31, 20152018 and 2014,2017, respectively. The rate includes all outstanding LIBOR contracts cash flow hedge effectiveness effect and letters of credit. The weighted average interest rate on outstanding borrowings, not including letters of credit, was 2.7%4.3% and 3.2%3.3%, respectively, at December 31, 20152018 and December 31, 2014.
At December 31, 2015, the Company had $105.3 million of borrowing availability under the Restated Credit Agreement, of which the Company could have borrowed $82.7 million on December 31, 2015 and remained in compliance with the above described covenants as of such date. The additional borrowing availability under the Restated Credit Agreement is limited only as of the Company's fiscal quarter end by the covenant restrictions described above. At December 31, 2015, the Company had $52.4 million of letters of credit outstanding under the Restated Credit Agreement with aggregate borrowings against the Restated Credit Agreement of $227.3 million (excluding debt discount of $1.8 million and deferred financing cost of $2.4 million).2017.
In connection with and effective upon the execution and delivery of the Restated Credit Agreement on February 20, 2015,November 30, 2018, the Company recordedrecognized losses on extinguishment of debt relating to debt discount and debt issuance costs, of $0.6 million.
See Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies and Practices for additional information regarding the treatment of debt issuance costs under ASU 2015-3, which requires such costs to be a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the related debt liability.costs. These losses were not significant.
Subordinated Convertible Debentures
The Company acquired Subordinated Convertible Debentures ("Convertible Debentures") as a result of the acquisition of Central. The subordinated debenture holders have the right to redeem the Convertible Debentures for $19.18 per share upon their stated maturity (April 1, 2028) or upon acceleration or earlier repayment of the Convertible Debentures. There were $0.1 million and no significant redemptions of Convertible Debentures during the years ended December 31, 20152018 and 2014,2017, respectively. The approximate redemption value of the Convertible Debentures outstanding at December 31, 20152018 and December 31, 20142017 is $1.1 million and $1.2$1.1 million, respectively.
12.14. Share Repurchase Plan

In May 2016, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase, on the open market, shares of its outstanding common stock in an amount not to exceed $30.0 million in aggregate. Purchases of the Company's common stock may be made in open market transactions effected through a broker-dealer at prevailing market prices, in block trades, or by other means in accordance with Rule 10b-18 and 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act. The share repurchase program does not obligate the Company to repurchase any particular amount of common stock, and has no fixed termination date.

Under this program, the Company repurchased 305,183 shares of common stock through December 31, 2016. No shares were repurchased during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

The following table summarizes the remaining authorized repurchase amount under the program as at December 31, 2018.
(millions)December 31, 2018
Total authorized repurchase amount$30.0
Total value of shares repurchased7.5
Total remaining authorized repurchase amount$22.5


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15. Leases and Contingencies
The Company operates parking facilities under operating leases expiring on various dates. Certain of the leases contain options to renew at the Company's discretion. Total future annual rent expense is not determinable as a portion of such future rent is contingent based on revenues of the parking facilities.
At December 31, 2015,2018, the Company's minimum rental commitments (which includes parking facility, equipment and vehicle and office operating leases), excluding contingent rent provisions and sublease income under all non-cancellable operating leases, are as follows:
(millions) 

2016$222.0
2017190.6
2018158.7
2019137.2
$170.6
202070.4
122.5
2021 and thereafter206.2
202194.5
202274.0
202348.4
2024 and thereafter117.0
Total$985.1
$627.0

(1)$18.6 $42.0 is included in 20162019 minimum commitments for leases that expire in less than one year.
Rent expense, including contingent rents, was $400.3$254.7 million, $330.8$394.6 million and $326.8$384.0 million in 2015, 20142018, 2017 and 2013,2016, respectively. Contingent rent expense was $186.2, $139.7$47.4 million, $161.5 million and $133.9$140.0 million in 2015, 20142018, 2017 and 2013,2016, respectively. Contingent rent expense consists primarily of percentage rent payments, which will cease at various times as certain leases expire. Future sublease income under all non-cancellable operating leases was $29.8$8.4 million as of December 31, 2015.2018.
The Company adopted the provisions of Topic 853 on January 1, 2018, as a result, service concession arrangements within the scope of Topic 853 are not deemed to be lease arrangements within the scope of Topic 840. For the year ended December 31, 2018, rent expense amounting to $133.6 million for contractual arrangements that meet the definition of service concession arrangements was recorded as reduction of revenue and is excluded from the above disclosures. Prior periods have not been recasted. See Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies and Practices and Note 4. Revenue for further discussion on impacts of adopting Topic 853.
The Company accrued no contingent payment obligations outstanding under the previous business combination accounting pronouncement for the year ended December 31, 2015. The Company has recorded a contingency obligation for acquisitions subsequent to the adoption of the most recent guidance on business combinations, in the amount of $0.1 million and $0.3 million, as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.2018.
The Company has contractual provisions under certain lease type contracts to complete structural or other improvements to leased properties and incurs repair costs, including improvements and repairs arising as a result of ordinary wear and tear. The Company evaluates the nature of those costs when incurred and either capitalizes the costs as leasehold improvements, as applicable, or recognizes the costs as repair expenses within Cost of Parking Services-Leasesservices - lease type contracts within the Consolidated Statements of Income.

16. Income Taxes
For financial reporting purposes, earnings before income taxes includes the following components:
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 Year Ended December 31,
(millions)2018 2017 2016
United States$74.9
 $70.0
 $38.9
Foreign1.1
 2.2
 2.9
Total$76.0
 $72.2
 $41.8

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13. Income Taxes
For financial reporting purposes, earnings before income
taxes includes the following components:
 Year Ended December 31,
(millions)2015 2014 2013
United States$21.7
 $23.5
 $21.4
Foreign3.4
 2.4
 2.2
Total$25.1
 $25.9
 $23.6
The components of income tax expense (benefit) are as follows:
Year Ended December 31,Year Ended December 31,
(millions)2015 2014 20132018 2017 2016
Current provision 
  
  
 
  
  
U.S. federal$11.5
 $9.5
 $3.2
$9.9
 $21.5
 $13.9
Foreign1.2
 0.8
 0.7
1.0
 1.0
 1.4
State1.8
 1.6
 2.2
7.4
 3.3
 2.6
Total current14.5
 11.9
 6.1
18.3
 25.8
 17.9
Deferred provision 
  
  
 
  
  
U.S. federal(4.9) (1.5) 2.3
1.3
 2.6
 (2.5)
Foreign0.1
 0.1
 (0.1)(0.3) 0.6
 (0.4)
State(4.9) (10.7) 0.5
0.3
 (1.3) 0.8
Total deferred(9.7) (12.1) 2.7
1.3
 1.9
 (2.1)
Income tax expense (benefit)$4.8
 $(0.2) $8.8
Income tax expense$19.6
 $27.7
 $15.8
Deferred income taxes reflect the net effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amount used for income tax purposes.
Significant componentsComponents of the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
December 31,December 31,
(millions)2015 20142018 2017
Deferred tax assets 
  
 
  
Net operating loss carry forwards$20.6
 $22.0
$21.6
 $21.5
Accrued expenses34.1
 34.3
17.4
 18.8
Accrued compensation12.1
 12.0
7.1
 8.1
Book over tax cost unfavorable acquired lease contracts20.6
 25.2
6.4
 8.2
Other0.7
 0.4
0.9
 
Total gross deferred tax assets88.1
 93.9
53.4
 56.6
Less: valuation allowance(6.8) (12.3)(8.1) (7.1)
Total deferred tax assets81.3
 81.6
45.3
 49.5
Deferred tax liabilities 
  
 
  
Prepaid expenses(0.4) (0.6)(0.1) (0.1)
Undistributed foreign earnings(1.0) (0.8)(0.1) (0.3)
Tax over book depreciation and amortization(11.0) (16.7)1.3
 (3.8)
Tax over book goodwill amortization(28.7) (28.7)(22.3) (18.2)
Tax over book cost favorable acquired lease contracts(15.6) (19.8)(4.6) (6.1)
Equity investments in unconsolidated entities(8.8) (9.2)(4.9) (5.1)
Other(0.1) (0.7)
Total deferred tax liabilities(65.6) (76.5)(30.7) (33.6)
Net deferred tax asset$15.7
 $5.1
$14.6
 $15.9

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AmountsOn December 22, 2017, the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the "2017 Tax Act") was signed into law. The 2017 Tax Act significantly revised the U.S. corporate income tax regime by, among other things, lowering the U.S. corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018, while also implementing a territorial tax system and imposing a repatriation tax on deemed repatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries. U.S. GAAP requires that the impact of tax legislation be recognized in the period in which the law was enacted. As a result of the 2017 Tax Act, the Company recorded $0.2 million of income tax expense in the fourth quarter of 2017. The provisional amount related to the remeasurement of certain deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the balance sheet consist of:rates at which they are expected to reverse in the future was $1.6 million income tax benefit, which includes a $1.2 million income tax expense related to an increase in the valuation allowance. The provisional amount related to the one-time transition tax on the mandatory deemed repatriation of foreign earnings was $1.8 million income tax expense based on the cumulative foreign earnings of $14.1 million and the Company's current best estimate. Additionally, the Company recorded a tax charge of $0.6 million as an additional provision for withholding taxes on undistributed earnings not considered to be permanently reinvested.
For the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company finalized its accounting for the income tax effects of the 2017 Tax Act. The Company recorded a current tax benefit of $1.5 million for the finalization of its accounting for the transition tax on the mandatory deemed repatriation of foreign earnings. The current year tax benefit is the result of the Company finalizing its analysis of foreign earnings and profits and eligible foreign tax credits to be claimed to offset the tax liability.
 December 31,
(millions)2015 2014
Deferred tax asset, current$12.3
 $10.9
Other assets, net / Deferred tax (liability)3.4
 (5.8)
Net deferred tax asset$15.7
 $5.1
The 2017 Tax Act also included a provision designed to tax Global Intangible Low Taxed Income (“GILTI”). The Company has elected the period cost method to account for any tax liability subject to the GILTI regime. For the current year the Company did not record any tax liability attributable to GILTI.
The accounting guidance for accounting for income taxes requires that the Company assess the realisabilityrealizability of deferred tax assets at each reporting period. These assessments generally consider several factors including the reversal of existing temporary differences, projected future taxable income, and potential tax planning strategies. The Company has valuation allowances totaling $6.8$8.1 million and $12.3$7.1 million at December 31, 20152018 and 2014,2017, respectively, primarily related to our state Net Operating Loss carryforwards ("NOLs"), foreign tax credits and state tax creditcredits that the Company believes are not likely to be realized based on upon its estimates of future state taxable income, limitations on the uses of its state NOLs, and the carryforward life over which the state tax benefit is realized. The Company recognized a $5.5$0.3 million net benefit for the reversal of a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets established for the historical net operating losses.
As of December 31, 2018, the Company recognized approximately $3.9 million of Canadian foreign and $7.2 million of Puerto Rico foreign earnings as permanently reinvested to meet working capital requirements in each jurisdiction. The valuation allowance was reversed primarilyamount of tax that may be payable on the future distribution of such earnings is approximately $0.2 million and $0.7 million of Canadian and Puerto Rico withholding taxes. No U.S. taxes will be incurred on future distributions of foreign earnings due to changesthe participation exemption under the 2017 Tax Act.
Due to the adoption of ASU 2016-09 in the New York City tax laws enacted April 1, 2015 and an entity restructuring undertaken in the fourth quarter of 2015, which resulted in2017, the Company determining thatrecognized excess tax benefits of $1.0 millionand $0.9 million as income tax benefit for the future benefityear ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and as a result of the net operating loss carryforwards were more likely than not to be realized.required adoption of ASU 2016-09, the Company's effective tax rate may have increased volatility.
The Company has $19.7$19.5 million of tax-effectedtax effected state net operating loss carryforwards as of December 31, 2015,2018, which will expire in the years 20162019 through 2035.2038. As noted above, the utilization of the state net operating loss carryforwards of the Company are limited due to the ownership change in June 2004 and are also limited due to the Central Merger.
Since 2005, the Company has treated its investment in its Canadian subsidiary as non-permanent in duration and provided taxes on the undistributed Canadian earnings. As
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Table of December 31, 2015, the Company treats approximately $2.4 million of Canadian earnings as permanently reinvested to meet the Canadian subsidiary's working capital requirements. The amount of tax that may be payable on the distribution of such earnings to the United States is approximately $1.0 million. Generally, such amounts will become subject to U.S. taxation upon the remittance of dividends and under certain other circumstances. The Company has provided taxes for the remaining undistributed earnings of its Canadian subsidiary in excess of the permanently reinvested amount. The Company is treating its cumulative earnings of $5.6 million in its Puerto Rico subsidiary as permanent in duration to satisfy current working capital requirements. The amount of tax that may be payable on a distribution of such earnings to the United States is $2.5 million.Contents

A reconciliation of the Company's reported income tax provision (benefit) to the amount computed by multiplying book incomeearnings before income taxes by the statutory United States federal income tax rate is as follows:
Year Ended December 31,Year Ended December 31,
(millions)2015 2014 20132018 2017 2016
Tax at statutory rate$8.8
 $9.1
 $8.3
$16.0
 $25.3
 $14.6
Permanent differences1.4
 1.0
 0.8
0.2
 0.3
 0.8
State taxes, net of federal benefit0.3
 0.8
 1.4
6.3
 2.5
 1.3
Effect of foreign tax rates(0.1) 
 
0.6
 
 
Effect of 2017 Tax Act(1.5) (1.0) 
Minority interest(1.0) (1.1) (0.9)(0.7) (1.1) (1.0)
Equity investments in unconsolidated entities
 2.4
 
Current year adjustment to deferred taxes1.5
 (1.3) 4.0
0.4
 1.6
 1.3
Recognition of tax credits(1.2) (1.5) (1.7)(2.7) (1.5) (1.4)
Other0.6
 (0.5) 0.9

 1.1
 0.4
10.3
 8.9
 12.8
18.6
 27.2
 16.0
Change in valuation allowance(1)(5.5) (9.1) (4.0)1.0
 0.5
 (0.2)
Income tax (benefit) expense$4.8
 $(0.2) $8.8
Income tax expense$19.6
 $27.7
 $15.8
Effective tax rate25.8% 38.4% 37.8%
(1) The year ended December 31, 2017 includes $1.2 million of additional income tax expense related to an increase in the valuation allowance as a result of the 2017 Tax Act.
Taxes paid, which are for United States federalFederal income tax, certain state income taxes, and foreign income taxes were $18.1$15.3 million, $1.3$26.5 million, and $1.3$17.6 million in 2015, 2014the twelve months ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2013,2016, respectively.
As of December 31, 2015, 2014 and 20132018 the Company had not identified any uncertain tax positions that would have a material impact on the Company's financial position.

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The Company recognizes potential interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions, if any, in income tax expense. The tax years that remain subject to examination for the Company's major tax jurisdictions as of December 31, 20152018 are shown below:
20112014 - 20152018United States—States - federal income tax
2007 - 20152018United States—States - state and local income tax
20122014 - 20152018Foreign—Foreign - Canada and Puerto Rico
14.17. Benefit Plans
Deferred Compensation Arrangements
The Company offers deferred compensation arrangements for certain key executives. Subject to their continued employment by the Company, certain employees are offered supplemental pension arrangements in which the employees will receive a defined monthly benefit upon attaining age 65. At December 31, 20152018 and 2014,2017, the Company has accrued $3.7 million and $5.0$3.6 million, respectively, representing the present value of the future benefit payments. Expenses related to these plans amounted to $0.4 million, $nil and $0.2 million $0.4 millionin 2018, 2017 and $0.1 million in 2015, 2014 and 2013,2016, respectively.
The Company also has agreements with certain former key executives that provide for aggregate annual payments for periods ranging from 10 years to life, beginning when the executive retires or upon death or disability. Under certain conditions, the amount of deferred benefits can be reduced. Compensation costscost for the year ended December 31, 2018 was $0.2 million, $0.2 million and $0.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 20142018, 2017 and 2013 were $0.1 million, $1.0 million and $0.6 million,2016, respectively. The Company hadhas recorded a liability of $3.8$2.4 million and $4.2$2.6 million associated with these agreements as of December 31, 20152018 and 2014,2017, respectively.
Life insurance contracts with a face value of approximately $6.9$6.2 million and $10.8$6.7 million as of December 31, 20152018 and 20142017 have been purchased to fund, as necessary, the benefits under the Company's deferred compensation agreements. The cash surrender value of the life insurance contracts is approximately $3.9$3.6 million and $3.9$4.0 million as of December 31, 20152018 and 2014,2017, respectively, and classified as non-current assets and included in Other assets, net within the Consolidated Balance Sheet.Sheets. The plan is a non-qualified plan and is not subject to ERISA funding requirements.
Defined Contribution Plans
The Company sponsored twosponsors savings and retirement plans whereby the participants may elect to contribute a portion of their compensation to the plans. The two plans merged effective January 1, 2014 into a single plan. The plan is a qualified defined contribution plan 401(k). The Company contributes an amount in cash or other property as a Company match equal to 50% of the first 6% of contributions as they occur. Expenses related to the Company's 401(k) match amounted to $2.1 million, $1.8$2.1 million, and $1.8$1.9 million in 2015, 20142018, 2017 and 2013,2016, respectively.

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The Company also offers a non-qualified deferred compensation plan to those employees whose participation in its 401(k) plan is limited by statute or regulation. This plan allows certain employees to defer a portion of their compensation, limited to a maximum of $0.1 million per year, to be paid to the participants upon separation of employment or distribution date selected by employee. To support the non-qualified deferred compensation plan, the Company has elected to purchase Company Owned Life Insurance ("COLI") policies on certain plan participants. The cash surrender value of the COLI policies is designed to provide a source for funding the non-qualified deferred compensation liability. As of December 31, 20152018 and 2014,2017, the cash surrender value of the COLI policies is $10.9$13.0 million and $9.9$14.1 million, respectively, and classified as non-current assets in Other Assets, net within the Consolidated Balance Sheet.Sheets. The liability for the non-qualified deferred compensation plan is included in Other long-term liabilities on the Consolidated Balance SheetSheets and was $12.5$15.0 million and $11.3$16.3 million as of December 31, 20152018 and 2014,2017, respectively.
Multi-Employer Defined Benefit and Contribution Plans
The Company contributes to a number of multiemployer defined benefit plans under the terms of collective-bargaining agreements that cover its union-represented employees. The risks of participating in these multiemployer plans are different from single-employer plans in the following aspects:
Assets contributed to the multiemployer plan by one employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers.
If a participating employer stops contributing to the plan, the unfunded obligations of the plan may be borne by the remaining participating employers.
If the Company chooses to stop participating in one of its multiemployer plans, it may be required to pay the plan an amount based on the underfunded status of the plan, referred to as withdrawal liability.
The Company's contributions represented more than 5% of total contributions to the Teamsters Local Union No. 727 and Local 272 Labor Management Benefit Funds for the plan year ending February 28, 20152018 and November 30, 2015,2018, respectively. The Company does not represent more than five percent to any other fund. The Company's participation in this plan for the annual periods ended December 31, 2015, 20142018, 2017 and 2013,2016, is outlined in the table below. The "EIN/Pension Plan Number" column provides the Employee Identification Number ("EIN") and the three-digit plan number, if applicable. The zone status is based on information that the Company

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received from the plan and is certified by the plan's actuary. Among other factors, plans in the red zone are generally less than 65 percent funded, plans in the yellow zone are less than 80 percent funded, and plans in the green zone are at least 80 percent funded. The "FIP/RP Status Pending/Implemented" column indicates plans for which a Financial Improvement Plan ("FIP") or a Rehabilitation Plan ("RP") is either pending or has been implemented.
The "Expiration Date of Collective Bargaining Agreement" column lists the expiration dates of the agreements to which the plans are subject.
EIN/
Pension
Plan
Number
 Pension Protection
Zone Status
 FIP/FR
Pending
Implementation
 Contributions (millions) Zone
Status
as of the
Most
Recent
Annual
Report
 Expiration
Date of
Collective
Bargaining
Agreement
EIN/
Pension
Plan
Number
 Pension Protection
Zone Status
 FIP/FR
Pending
Implementation
 Contributions (millions) Zone
Status
as of the
Most
Recent
Annual
Report
 Expiration
Date of
Collective
Bargaining
Agreement
Pension 2015 2014 2013 2015 2014 2013 Surcharge
Imposed
  2018 2017 2016 2018 2017 2016 Surcharge
Imposed
 
Teamsters Local Union 72736-61023973 Green Green Green N/A $3.5
 $3.3
 $3.4
 No 2015 10/31/201636-61023973 Green Green Green N/A $3.2
 $3.4
 $3.5
 No 2018 10/31/2021
Local 272 Labor Management13-5673836 Green N/A Green N/A $2.2
 $2.0
 $2.4
 No 2015 3/5/202113-5673836 Green Green Green N/A $1.5
 $1.6
 $1.5
 No 2018 3/5/2021
Local 911 (Los Angeles Airport)216271 Green N/A N/A N/A $2.2
 $
 $
 No 2015 6/30/2016
Net expenses for contributions not reimbursed by clients and related to multiemployer defined benefit and defined contribution benefit plans were $4.6$2.1 million, $2.7$2.0 million and $0.6$3.3 million in 2015, 2014for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2013,2016, respectively.
In the event that the Company decides to cease participating in these plans, the Company could be assessed a withdrawal liability. The Company currently does not have any intentions to cease participating in these multiemployer pension plans and therefore would not trigger the withdrawal liability.
15. Management Contracts and Related Arrangements with Affiliates
Closing Agreements
In connection with the Central Merger, on February 28, 2012, the Company entered into initial Closing Agreements (the "Initial Closing Agreements") with each of Lubert-Adler Real Estate Fund V, L.P. and Lubert-Adler Real Estate Parallel Fund V, L.P. (collectively, "Lubert-Adler Entities"); each of Kohlberg Investors V, L.P., Kohlberg TE Investors V, L.P., Kohlberg Partners V, L.P., Kohlberg Offshore Investors V, L.P., and KOCO Investors V, L.P. (collectively, the "Kohlberg Entities"); and each of Versa Capital Fund I, L.P. and Versa Capital Fund I Parallel, L.P. (collectively, the "Versa Entities"). As of the most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Lubert-Adler Entities collectively own approximately 6.0% of our common stock, the Kohlberg Entities collectively own approximately 16.2% of our common stock, and the Versa Entities collectively own approximately 3.7% of our common stock. In addition, Paul Halpern, one of the Company's directors, is affiliated with the Versa Entities; and Jonathan P. Ward and Gordon H. Woodward, both directors, are affiliated with the Kohlberg Entities.
Under the Initial Closing Agreements, the Lubert-Adler, Kohlberg and Versa Entities (collectively, the "Central Stockholders") agreed, among other things, to vote their shares of our common stock in accordance with the Board's recommendations or, in specified cases, in proportion to the votes made by the Company's other stockholders, until October 2, 2015.
Additionally, the Initial Closing Agreements provide that each Central Stockholder will be subject to a four-year "standstill period" following the closing of the Merger, during which each such Central Stockholder will not, among other things, (i) acquire any additional voting securities of the Company, (ii) seek or propose a merger, acquisition, tender offer or other extraordinary transaction with respect to the Company, (iii) call a meeting of Company stockholders or initiate a stockholder proposal, or (iv) form a "group" with any person with respect to Company securities.
The Initial Closing Agreements also impose certain restrictive covenants on some of the Central Stockholders, including, among others, (i) non-compete covenants, (ii) non-solicitation covenants, (iii) confidentiality obligations and (iv) non-disparagement requirements.
The foregoing description of the Initial Closing Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Closing Agreements, copies of which are attached to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 29, 2012 as Exhibits 10.2 through 10.4 and incorporated by reference herein.
In connection with the Central Merger, on October 2, 2012, the Company entered into Additional Closing Agreements (the "Additional Closing Agreements") with the Central Stockholders. Pursuant to the terms of the Additional Closing Agreements, the Kohlberg, Lubert-Adler and Versa Entities have each agreed that, until October 2, 2015 and for so long as it owns in the aggregate (together with its affiliates, all other Central stockholders and their respective affiliates and any other persons with which any of the foregoing

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form a "group") beneficially or of record more than 10% of Company issued and outstanding common stock, to cause the shares of our common stock held by them to be counted as present at any meeting of Company stockholders and to vote, in person or by proxy, all of such shares of Company common stock as follows:
From October 2, 2013 until October 2, 2014:
with respect to the election of directors to the Company's Board, "for" any nominees recommended by the Board; and
with respect to all other matters submitted for a vote of Company stockholders, in accordance with the recommendation of the Board with respect to such matters.
From October 2, 2014 until October 2, 2015:
with respect to the election of directors to the Board, "for" any nominees recommended by our Board; and
with respect to all other matters submitted for a vote of Company stockholders, in proportion to the votes cast by all of the Company's other stockholders.
The Additional Closing Agreements also provide that the Kohlberg, Lubert-Adler and Versa Entities will be subject to a four-year standstill period following the Closing Date, during which time, such Central Stockholder will not, among other things, (i) acquire or agree to acquire any additional voting securities of the Company, (ii) seek or propose a merger, acquisition, tender offer or other extraordinary transaction with or involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective securities or assets, (iii) call a meeting of the stockholders of the Company or initiate a stockholder proposal or (iv) form a "group" (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) with any person (other than an affiliate of such Central Stockholder) with respect to the acquisition or voting of any of the Company's voting securities.
The Additional Closing Agreements impose certain restrictive covenants on the Kohlberg and Versa Entities, including (i) confidentiality obligations with respect to the Company confidential information and (ii) non- disparagement requirements. The Lubert-Adler Entity is subject to confidentiality obligations with respect to its confidential information pursuant to the terms of its Additional Closing Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Additional Closing Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Additional Closing Agreements, copies of which are attached as Exhibits 10.2 through 10.8 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 2, 2012.
Agreements Related to Myron C. Warshauer
Myron C. Warshauer was a director from April 2013 to April 2015 and our chief executive officer until October 15, 2001, when his employment period terminated under the employment agreement with him dated as of March 30, 1998. This agreement, which was amended on July 7, 2003 and May 10, 2004, requires the Company to pay Mr. Warshauer various post-employment benefits. For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, Mr. Warshauer received payments of $0.5 million and $0.5 million, respectively, which included payments for health and dental insurance, office space and secretarial coverage. No post-employment benefits were made for the year ended 2015.
In addition, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Shoreline Enterprises, LLC, which is solely owned by Myron C. Warshauer, dated October 16, 2001, as amended on May 10, 2004. Pursuant to this agreement, Mr. Warshauer provided consulting services under the title of Vice Chairman (Emeritus), which title and role is not that of an officer, director, employee or agent of the Company. Under this agreement, the Company paid Shoreline $0.2 million and $0.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. No payments were made to Shoreline for the year ended December 31, 2015.
Both of these agreements terminated on December 5, 2014.
Related Arrangements with Affiliates
In 2013 the Company provided property management services for twelve separate retail shopping centers and commercial office buildings in which D&E Parking, Inc. has an ownership interest. Edward Simmons, a former executive officer of the Company, has an ownership interest in D&E. In consideration of the property management services the Company provided for these twelve properties, the Company recorded net management fees totaling $0.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. No such management fee was recognized during 2015 and 2014.
16.18. Bradley Agreement
The Company entered into a 25-year agreement with the State of Connecticut ("State") that expires on April 6, 2025, under which it operates the surface parking and 3,500 garage parking spaces at Bradley International Airport ("Bradley") located in the Hartford, Connecticut metropolitan area.
The parking garage was financed through the issuance of State of Connecticut special facility revenue bonds and provides that the Company deposits, with the trustee for the bondholders, all gross revenues collected from operations of the surface and garage parking. From these gross revenues, the trustee pays debt service on the special facility revenue bonds outstanding, operating and capital maintenance expense of the surface and garage parking facilities, and specific annual guaranteed minimum payments to the state. Principal and interest on the Bradley special facility revenue bonds increase from approximately $3.6 million in contract

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year 2002 to approximately $4.5 million in contract year 2025. Annual guaranteed minimum payments to the State increase from approximately $8.3 million contract year 2002 to approximately $13.2 million in contract year 2024. The annual minimum guaranteed payment to the State by the trustee for the twelve months ended December 31, 20152018 and 20142017 was $11.0$11.8 million and $10.8$11.5 million, respectively. All of the cash flow from the parking facilities are pledged to the security of the special facility revenue bonds and are collected and deposited with the bond trustee. Each month the bond trustee makes certain required monthly distributions, which are characterized as "Guaranteed Payments." To the extent the monthly gross receipts generated by the parking facilities are not sufficient for the trustee to make the required Guaranteed Payments, the Company is obligated to deliver the deficiency amount to the trustee, with such deficiency payments representing interest bearing advances to the trustee. The Company does not directly guarantee the payment of any principal or interest on any debt obligations of the State of Connecticut or the trustee.
The following is the list of Guaranteed Payments:
Garage and surface operating expenses,
Principal and interest on the special facility revenue bonds,
Trustee expenses,
Major maintenance and capital improvement deposits;deposits, and
State minimum guarantee.
To the extent sufficient funds exist, the trustee is then directed to reimburse the Company for deficiency payments up to the amount of the calculated surplus, with the Company having the right to be repaid the principal amount of any and all deficiency payments, together with actual interest and premium, not to exceed 10% of the initial deficiency payment. The Company calculates and records interest and premium income along with deficiency principal repayments as a reduction of cost of parking services in the period the associated deficiency repayment is received from the trustee. The Company believes these advances to be fully recoverable as the Bradley Agreement places no time restriction on the Company's right to reimbursement.
The total deficiency repayments, net of payments made, as of December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:
 December 31,
(millions)2018
2017
2016
Balance at beginning of year$7.8

$9.9

$11.6
Deficiency payments made0.1

0.3

0.2
Deficiency repayment received(4.0)
(2.3)
(1.9)
Balance at end of year$3.9

$7.8

$9.9
The total deficiency repayments (net of payments made), interest and premium received and recorded for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

Year Ended December 31
(millions)2018
2017
2016
Deficiency repayments$3.9

$2.0

$1.7
Interest0.9

0.6

0.5
Premium$0.3

$0.2

$0.2
Deficiency payments made are recorded as an increase in Cost of services-management type contracts and deficiency repayments, interest and premium received are recorded as reductions to cost of services. The reimbursement of principal, interest and premium will beare recognized when received.
The total deficiency payments, net of reimbursements, as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 are as follows:
 December 31,
(millions)2015 2014
Balance at beginning of year$13.3
 $14.6
Deficiency payments made0.1
 
Deficiency repayment received(1.8) (1.3)
Balance at end of year$11.6
 $13.3
For the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company received deficiency repayments (net of deficiency payments made) of $1.7 million and received interest of $0.4 million and premium of $0.2 million, with the net of these amounts recorded as reduction in Cost of parking services within the Consolidated Statements of Income. For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company received deficiency payments (net of deficiency payments made) of $1.3 million and received interest of $0.5 million and premium of $0.1 million, with the net of these amounts recorded as additional cost of parking services within the Consolidated Statements of Income. There were no amounts of estimated deficiency payments accrued as of December 31, 2015,2018 and 2017, as the Company concluded that the potential for future deficiency payments did not meet the criteria of both probable and estimable.

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In addition to the recovery of certain general and administrative expenses incurred, the Bradley Agreement provides for an annual management fee payment, which is based on operating profit tiers. The annual management fee is further apportioned 60% to the Company and 40% to an un-affiliated entity and the annual management fee will be paid to the extent funds are available for the trustee to make distribution, and are paid after Guaranteed Payments (as defined in the Bradley Agreement) repayment of all deficiency payments, including interest and premium. Cumulative management fees of approximately $15.7$18.7 million and $14.7$17.7 million have not been recognized as of December 31, 20152018 and 2014,2017, respectively, and no management fees were recognized as revenue during 2015, 20142018, 2017 or 2013.

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17.19. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) is comprised of unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges and foreign currency translation adjustments. The components of changes in accumulated comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes,tax, were as follows:
(millions)Foreign
Currency
Translation
Adjustments
 Effective Portion
of Unrealized
Gain (Loss) on
Derivative
 Total
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Foreign
Currency
Translation
Adjustments
 Effective Portion
of Unrealized
Gain (Loss) on
Derivative
 Total
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Balance as of December 31, 2012$0.1
 $(0.5) $(0.4)
Balance as of December 31, 2015$(1.2) $0.1
 $(1.1)
Change in other comprehensive income (loss)(0.5) 1.0
 0.5
(0.2) (0.1) (0.3)
Balance as of December 31, 2013(0.4) 0.5
 0.1
Balance as of December 31, 2016(1.4) 
 (1.4)
Change in other comprehensive income (loss)(0.2) (0.2) (0.3)0.2
 
 0.2
Balance as of December 31, 2014(0.5) 0.3
 (0.2)
Balance as of December 31, 2017(1.2) 
 (1.2)
Change in other comprehensive income (loss)(0.7) (0.2) (0.9)(0.6) 
 (0.6)
Balance as of December 31, 2015$(1.2) $0.1
 $(1.1)
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (1)(0.6) 
 (0.6)
Balance as of December 31, 2018$(2.4) $
 $(2.4)
(1) Refer to Note 1, Significant Accounting Policies and Practices for additional information on the Company's adoption of ASU 2018-02.
Note: Amounts may not foot due to rounding.

18.20. Legal Proceedings
The Company is subject to litigation in the normal course of its business. The outcomes of legal proceedings and claims brought against it and other loss contingencies are subject to significant uncertainty. The Company accrues a charge against income when its management determines that it is probable that an asset has been impaired or a liability has been incurred and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. In addition, the Company accrues for the authoritative judgments or assertions made against it by government agencies at the time of their rendering regardless of its intent to appeal. In addition, the Company is from time-to-time party to litigation, administrative proceedings and union grievances that arise in the normal course of business, and occasionally pays non-material amounts to resolve claims or alleged violations of regulatory requirements. There are no "normal course" matters that separately or in the aggregate, would, in the opinion of management, have a material adverse effect on its operation, financial condition or cash flow.
In determining the appropriate accounting for loss contingencies, the Company considers the likelihood of loss or impairment of an asset or the incurrence of a liability, as well as its ability to reasonably estimate the amount of potential loss. The Company regularly evaluates current information available to determine whether an accrual should be established or adjusted. Estimating the probability that a loss will occur and estimating the amount of a potential loss or a range of potential loss involves significant estimation and judgment.
Holten Settlement

In March 2010, John V. Holten, a former indirect controlling shareholder of the Company, filed a lawsuit against the Company in the United States District Court, District of Connecticut. Mr. Holten was terminated as the Company's chairman in October 2009. The lawsuit alleged breach of his employment agreement and claimed that the agreement entitled Mr. Holten to payments worth more than $3.8 million. The Company filed an answer and counterclaim to Mr. Holten's lawsuit in 2010.

In March 2016, the Company and Mr. Holten settled all claims in connection with the original lawsuits ("Holten Settlement"). Per the settlement, the Company paid Mr. Holten $3.4 million of which $1.9 million was recovered by the Company through the Company's directors and officers liability insurance policies. The Company recognized an expense, net of insurance recoveries, related to the Holten Settlement of $1.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2016.


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Settlement with Former Central Stockholders
In September 2016, the Company and the former stockholders of KCPC Holdings, Inc., which was the ultimate parent of Central Parking Corporation (collectively, "Central") agreed-upon non-binding terms to settle all outstanding matters between the parties relating to the Central Merger ("Settlement Terms") and on December 15, 2016 the Company and Central's former stockholders executed a settlement agreement ("Settlement Agreement") to settle all outstanding matters between the parties relating to the Central Merger (including the Company's claims as described above). Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Company paid Central's former stockholders $2.5 million in aggregate. As a result of the Settlement Terms, the Company recorded $0.8 million ($0.5 million, net of tax) in General and administrative expenses within the Consolidated Statements of Income in 2016. Additionally and pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the parties fully released one another for any future claims.
19.21. Domestic and Foreign Operations
Business Unit Segment Information
Segment information is presented in accordance with a "management approach," which designates the internal reporting used by the chief operating decision maker for making decisions and assessing performance as the source of the Company's reportable segments. The Company's segments are organized in a manner consistent with which separate financial information is available and evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision-maker ("CODM") in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing the Company's overall performance.
An operating segment is defined as a component of an enterprise that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenue and incur expenses, and about which separate financial information is regularly evaluated by the chief operating decision maker.CODM. The chief operating decision makerCODM is the Company's president and chief executive officer. The business is managed based on regionssegments administered by executive vice presidents. Each of the operating segments is directly responsible for revenue and expenses related to their operations including direct regionalsegment administrative costs. Finance, information technology, human resources, and legal are shared functions that are not allocated back to the fourtwo operating segments. The chief operating decision makerCODM assesses the performance of each operating segment using information about its revenue and operating income (loss) before interest, taxes, and depreciation and amortization, but does not evaluate operating segments using discrete asset information. There are no inter-segment transactions and the Company does not allocate interest and other income, interest expense, depreciation and amortization or taxes to operating segments. The accounting policies for segment reporting are the same as for the Company as a whole.
In the fourth quarter of 2018, the Company changed its internal reporting segment information reported to the CODM as a result of the Bags acquisition (see Note 2. Acquisition). The operating segments are internally reported as Segment One (Commercial and Institutional) and Segment Two (Aviation). All prior periods presented have been restated to reflect the new internal reporting to the CODM.
Segment One (Commercial and Institutional) encompasses our services in healthcare facilities, municipalities, including meter revenue collection and enforcement services, government facilities, hotels, commercial real estate, residential communities, retail, colleges and universities, as well as ancillary services such as shuttle and ground transportation services, valet services, taxi and livery dispatch services and event planning, including shuttle and transportation services.
Segment Two (Aviation) encompasses our services in aviation (i.e., airports, airline and certain hospitality clients with baggage and parking services) as well as ancillary services, which includes shuttle and ground transportation services, valet services, baggage handling, baggage repair and replacement, remote air check-in services, wheelchair assist services and other services.
"Other" consists of ancillary revenue that is not specifically identifiable to Segments One or Two and certain unallocated items, such as and including prior year insurance reserve adjustments and other corporate items.




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On January 1, 2015, the Company changed its internal reporting segment information reported to its CODM. All periods presented have been restated to reflect the new internal reporting to the CODM. The following includes the current internal reporting:
Region One encompasses operations in Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Northern California, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and three Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario and Quebec.
Region Two encompasses operations in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Southern California, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Puerto Rico.
Region Three encompasses operations in the New York metropolitan tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Region Four encompasses all major airport and transportation operations nationwide.
Region Five encompasses other reporting units of USA Parking and event planning and transportation services.
Other consists of ancillary revenue that is not specifically identifiable to a region and insurance reserve adjustments related to prior years.

The following is a summary of revenues (excluding reimbursed management contract revenue) and gross profit by operating segment for the years ended December 31, 2015, 20142018, 2017 and 2013:2016:
 Year Ended December 31,
(millions)2015 Gross
Margin
 2014 Gross Margin 2013 Gross
Margin
Parking services revenue (a) 
  
  
    
  
Region One 
  
  
    
  
Lease contracts$208.1
  
 $206.0
   $199.1
  
Management contracts84.7
  
 84.0
   95.3
  
Total Region One292.8
  
 290.0
   294.4
  
Region Two 
  
  
    
  
Lease contracts125.7
  
 119.9
   124.0
  
Management contracts79.6
  
 83.2
   87.0
  
Total Region Two205.3
  
 203.1
   211.0
  
Region Three 
  
  
    
  
Lease contracts108.8
  
 117.8
   120.6
  
Management contracts27.8
  
 25.8
   23.4
  
Total Region Three136.6
  
 143.6
   144.0
  
Region Four 
  
  
    
  
Lease contracts123.8
  
 48.5
   43.7
  
Management contracts100.6
  
 103.3
   96.6
  
Total Region Four224.4
  
 151.8
   140.3
  
Region Five 
  
  
    
  
Lease contracts4.4
  
 2.7
   2.6
  
Management contracts43.8
  
 29.8
   33.7
  
Total Region Five48.2
  
 32.5
   36.3
  
Other 
  
  
    
  
Lease contracts
  
 1.7
   (0.4)  
Management contracts13.9
  
 12.2
   11.3
  
Total Other13.9
  
 13.9
   10.9
  
Reimbursed management contract revenue694.7
  
 679.8
   629.9
  
Total revenues$1,615.9
  
 $1,514.7
   $1,466.8
  
Gross Profit 
  
  
    
  
Region One 
  
  
    
  
Lease contracts12.5
 6% 12.4
 6% $10.6
 5 %
Management contracts38.0
 45% 36.0
 43% 42.8
 45 %
Total Region One50.5
  
 48.4
   53.4
  
 Year Ended December 31,
 (millions)2018 (1) Gross
Margin
 2017 Gross
Margin
 2016 Gross Margin
Services revenue 
  
  
    
  
Segment One 
  
  
    
  
Lease type contracts$386.2
  
 $433.8
   $420.3
  
Management type contracts250.8
  
 250.0
   248.3
  
Total Segment One637.0
  
 683.8
   668.6
  
Segment Two 
  
  
    
  
Lease type contracts27.0
  
 129.3
   124.7
  
Management type contracts101.2
  
 89.1
   88.0
  
Total Segment Two128.2
  
 218.4
   212.7
  
Other 
  
  
    
  
Lease type contracts0.7
  
 
   
  
Management type contracts9.5
  
 9.1
   10.5
  
Total Other10.2
  
 9.1
   10.5
  
Reimbursed management type contract revenue693.0
  
 679.2
   676.6
  
Total services revenue$1,468.4
  
 $1,590.5
   $1,568.4
  
Gross Profit 
  
  
    
  
Segment One 
    
    
  
Lease type contracts25.3
 6.6% 35.8
 8.3% 32.6
 7.8%
Management type contracts94.9
 37.8% 96.9
 38.8% 95.7
 38.5%
Total Segment One120.2
  
 132.7
   128.3
  
Segment Two 
  
  
    
  
Lease type contracts7.1
 26.3% 6.7
 5.2% 5.7
 4.5%
Management type contracts31.9
 31.5% 26.2
 29.2% 24.6
 28.0%
Total Segment Two39.0
  
 32.9
   30.3
  
Other 
  
  
    
  
Lease type contracts3.8
 542.9% 2.2
 % 1.1
 %
Management type contracts21.0
 221.1% 17.5
 192.3% 16.7
 159.0%
Total Other24.8
  
 19.7
   17.8
  
Total gross profit184.0
  
 185.3
   176.4
  
General and administrative expenses91.0
  
 82.9
  
 90.0
  
General and administrative
expense percentage of gross profit
49.5%  
 44.7%  
 51.0%  
Depreciation and amortization17.9
  
 21.0
  
 33.7
  
Operating income75.1
  
 81.4
  
 52.7
  
Other expenses (income):   
  
  
  
  
Interest expense9.6
  
 9.2
  
 10.5
  
Interest income(0.4)  
 (0.6)  
 (0.5)  
Gain on sale of a business
   (0.1)   
  
Equity in (earnings) losses from
investment in unconsolidated entity
(10.1)  
 0.7
  
 0.9
  
Total other expenses (income)(0.9)  
 9.2
   10.9
  
Earnings before income taxes76.0
  
 72.2
   41.8
  
Income tax expense19.6
  
 27.7
   15.8
  
Net income56.4
  
 44.5
   26.0
  
Less: Net income attributable
to noncontrolling interest
3.2
  
 3.3
   2.9
  
Net income attributable
to SP Plus Corporation
$53.2
  
 $41.2
   $23.1
  

(1) On November 30, 2018, we completed our acquisition of Bags. Our consolidated operations for the year ended December 31, 2018 includes Bags operating results for the period of November 30, 2018 through December 31, 2018. Our consolidated results for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 do not include the operating results of Bags. See Note 2. Acquisition for additional information.

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 Year Ended December 31,
(millions)2015 Gross
Margin
 2014 Gross Margin 2013 Gross
Margin
Region Two 
  
  
    
  
Lease contracts21.1
 17% 19.8
 17% 18.9
 15 %
Management contracts32.9
 41% 35.8
 43% 38.8
 45 %
Total Region Two54.0
  
 55.6
   57.7
  
Region Three 
  
  
    
  
Lease contracts2.2
 2% 4.7
 4% (0.1)  %
Management contracts14.2
 51% 14.3
 55% 12.6
 54 %
Total Region Three16.4
  
 19.0
   12.5
  
Region Four 
  
  
    
  
Lease contracts5.5
 4% 3.6
 7% 3.2
 7 %
Management contracts24.5
 24% 26.4
 26% 24.6
 25 %
Total Region Four30.0
  
 30.0
   27.8
  
Region Five 
  
  
    
  
Lease contracts0.3
 7% 0.2
 8% 
 (2)%
Management contracts11.4
 26% 11.7
 39% 11.3
 34 %
Total Region Five11.7
  
 11.9
   11.3
  
Other 
  
  
    
  
Lease contracts(3.5) N/A
 0.2
 N/A
 0.9
 N/A
Management contracts11.0
 N/A
 6.2
 N/A
 8.5
 N/A
Total Other7.5
  
 6.4
   9.4
  
Total gross profit170.1
  
 171.3
   172.1
  
General and administrative expenses97.3
  
 101.5
   98.9
  
General and administrative
expense percentage of gross profit
57%  
 59%   57%  
Depreciation and amortization34.0
  
 30.3
   31.2
  
Operating income38.8
  
 39.5
   42.0
  
Other expenses (income): 
  
  
    
  
Interest expense12.7
  
 17.8
   19.0
  
Interest income(0.2)  
 (0.4)   (0.6)  
Gain on sale of business(0.5)   
   
  
Gain on contribution of a
business to an unconsolidated entity

  
 (4.1)   
  
Equity in losses from
investment in unconsolidated entity
1.7
  
 0.3
   
  
 13.7
  
 13.6
   18.4
  
Income before income taxes25.1
  
 25.9
   23.6
  
Income tax (benefit) expense4.8
  
 (0.2)   8.8
  
Net income20.3
  
 26.1
   14.8
  
Less: Net income attributable
to noncontrolling interest
2.9
  
 3.0
   2.7
  
Net income attributable
to SP Plus Corporation
$17.4
  
 $23.1
   $12.1
  

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On January 1, 2016, the Company changed its internal reporting segment information reported to its CODM. The Company will prospectively report on the following regions beginning in 2016 and restate prior periods presented to reflect the internal reporting to the CODM:
Region One (Urban) encompasses operations in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Northern California, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Southern California, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Puerto Rico, and three Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario and Quebec.
Region Two (Airport transportation) encompasses all major airport and transportation operations nationwide.
Region Three encompasses other reporting units of USA Parking and event planning and transportation services.
Other consists of ancillary revenue that is not specifically identifiable to a region and certain unallocated insurance reserve adjustments.
20.22. Unaudited Quarterly Results
The following table sets forth the Company's unaudited quarterly consolidated statement of income data for the years ended December 31, 20152018 and December 31, 2014.2017. The unaudited quarterly information has been prepared on the same basis as the annual financial information and, in management's opinion, includes all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the information for the quarters presented. Historically, the Company's operating results have varied from quarter to quarter and are expected to continue to fluctuate in the future. These fluctuations have been due to a number of factors, including: general economic conditions in its markets; acquisitions; additions of contracts; expiration and termination of contracts; conversion of lease type contracts to management type contracts; conversion of management type contracts to lease type contracts and changes in terms of contracts that are retained and timing of general and administrative expenditures.
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2015 20142018 2017
(millions, except for share and per share data)First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth QuarterFirst Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter (3) First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter
(Unaudited) (Unaudited)(Unaudited) (Unaudited)
Parking services revenue 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Lease contracts$135.8
 $146.4
 $146.6
 $142.1
 $116.6
 $125.0
 $129.0
 $126.0
Management contracts94.1
 88.3
 85.8
 82.1
 90.0
 84.9
 77.9
 85.5
Reimbursed management contract revenue174.3
 170.9
 168.3
 181.2
 169.2
 164.5
 173.4
 172.7
Services revenue 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Lease type contracts (1) (2)$99.5
 $107.4
 $104.7
 $102.3
 $130.8
 $150.9
 $140.9
 $140.5
Management type contracts94.4
 87.7
 82.6
 96.8
 92.1
 84.0
 86.7
 85.4
Reimbursed management type contract revenue172.9
 167.1
 174.8
 178.2
 179.0
 168.6
 165.1
 166.5
Total revenue404.2
 405.6
 400.7
 405.4
 375.8
 374.4
 380.3
 384.2
366.8
 362.2
 362.1
 377.3
 401.9
 403.5
 392.7
 392.4
Cost of parking services 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Lease contracts128.7
 134.5
 136.0
 133.6
 112.1
 112.0
 116.5
 115.1
Management contracts60.0
 53.8
 53.6
 50.9
 59.2
 50.0
 46.8
 51.9
Reimbursed management contract expense174.3
 170.9
 168.3
 181.2
 169.2
 164.5
 173.4
 172.7
Total cost of parking services363.0
 359.2
 357.9
 365.7
 340.5
 326.5
 336.7
 339.7
Cost of services 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Lease type contracts94.6
 94.5
 94.2
 94.3
 125.8
 130.2
 131.0
 131.4
Management type contracts59.9
 49.5
 48.1
 56.3
 56.6
 47.2
 50.7
 53.1
Reimbursed management type contract expense172.9
 167.1
 174.8
 178.2
 179.0
 168.6
 165.1
 166.5
Total cost of services327.4
 311.1
 317.1
 328.8
 361.4
 346.0
 346.8
 351.0
Gross profit 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Lease contracts7.1
 11.9
 10.6
 8.5
 4.5
 13.0
 12.5
 10.9
Management contracts34.1
 34.5
 32.2
 31.2
 30.8
 34.9
 31.1
 33.6
Lease type contracts (1)4.9
 12.9
 10.5
 8.0
 5.0
 20.7
 9.9
 9.1
Management type contracts34.5
 38.2
 34.5
 40.5
 35.5
 36.8
 36.0
 32.3
Total gross profit41.2
 46.4
 42.8
 39.7
 35.3
 47.9
 43.6
 44.5
39.4
 51.1
 45.0
 48.5
 40.5
 57.5
 45.9
 41.4
General and administrative expenses25.7
 24.7
 23.8
 23.1
 26.1
 25.0
 24.1
 26.3
22.3
 22.3
 18.7
 27.7
 21.2
 22.5
 19.6
 19.6
Depreciation and amortization7.9
 8.2
 8.2
 9.7
 7.2
 7.7
 7.6
 7.8
4.0
 4.5
 4.2
 5.2
 6.6
 4.8
 4.9
 4.7
Operating income7.6
 13.5
 10.8
 6.9
 2.0
 15.2
 11.9
 10.4
13.1
 24.3
 22.1
 15.6
 12.7
 30.2
 21.4
 17.1
Other expense (income) 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Interest expense4.0
 3.0
 3.0
 2.7
 4.8
 4.8
 4.2
 4.0
2.1
 2.2
 2.1
 3.2
 2.6
 2.3
 2.2
 2.1
Interest income(0.1) 
 
 (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1)(0.1) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) (0.2) (0.2) (0.1)
Gain on sale of business
 
 (0.5) 
 
 
 
 
Gain on contribution of a business to an unconsolidated entity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (4.1)
Equity in losses from investment in unconsolidated entity0.5
 0.3
 0.4
 0.5
 
 
 
 0.3
Gain on sale of a business
 
 
 
 
 (0.1) 
 
Equity in (income) losses from investment in unconsolidated entity(10.1) 
 
 
 0.2
 0.2
 0.1
 0.2
Total other expenses (income)4.4
 3.3
 2.9
 3.1
 4.7
 4.7
 4.1
 0.1
(8.1) 2.1
 2.0
 3.1
 2.7
 2.2
 2.1
 2.2
Earnings (loss) before income taxes3.2
 10.2
 7.9
 3.8
 (2.7) 10.5
 7.8
 10.3
Income tax expense (benefit)1.3
 (0.4) 3.5
 0.4
 (7.4) 4.2
 2.8
 0.2
Earnings before income taxes21.2
 22.2
 20.1
 12.5
 10.0
 28.0
 19.3
 14.9
Income tax expense5.3
 6.0
 5.6
 2.7
 3.3
 10.7
 7.3
 6.4
Net income1.9
 10.6
 4.4
 3.4
 4.7
 6.3
 5.0
 10.1
15.9
 16.2
 14.5
 9.8
 6.7
 17.3
 12.0
 8.5
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest0.5
 0.8
 0.8
 0.8
 0.5
 0.9
 0.8
 0.8
0.6
 0.9
 1.0
 0.7
 0.7
 1.1
 0.8
 0.7
Net income attributable to SP Plus Corporation$1.4
 $9.8
 $3.6
 $2.6
 $4.2
 $5.4
 $4.2
 $9.3
$15.3
 $15.3
 $13.5
 $9.1
 $6.0
 $16.2
 $11.2
 $7.8
Common stock data 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Net income per share               
Net income per common share (4)               
Basic$0.06
 $0.44
 $0.17
 $0.11
 $0.20
 $0.24
 $0.20
 $0.42
$0.69
 $0.68
 $0.60
 $0.40
 $0.27
 $0.73
 $0.51
 $0.35
Diluted$0.06
 $0.43
 $0.16
 $0.11
 $0.19
 $0.24
 $0.19
 $0.41
$0.68
 $0.68
 $0.60
 $0.40
 $0.27
 $0.72
 $0.50
 $0.35
Weighted average shares outstanding 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Basic22,127,725
 22,145,190
 22,205,707
 22,276,763
 21,977,836
 21,991,965
 21,997,394
 22,071,706
22,308,694
 22,370,923
 22,439,884
 22,465,834
 22,148,265
 22,190,421
 22,203,023
 22,221,536
Diluted22,528,608
 22,521,832
 22,548,166
 22,486,888
 22,351,845
 22,398,886
 22,426,787
 22,451,557
22,557,326
 22,644,884
 22,626,746
 22,607,102
 22,447,904
 22,515,234
 22,523,036
 22,528,825
(1) Services revenue - lease type contracts and Gross profit - lease type contracts in the second quarter of 2017 includes earnings of $8.5 million for our proportionate share of the net gain of an equity method investee's sale of assets.
(2) Includes reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts due to the adoption of Topic 853, which requires rental expense for the periods after January 1, 2018 be presented as a reduction of Services revenue - lease type contracts for that business (and corresponding contracts) that meet the criteria and definition of a service concession arrangement. Refer to Note 4. Revenue, for further discussion regarding the adoption of Topic 853.
(3) The Company began including Bags operations within its consolidated operating results on November 30, 2018. See also Note 2. Acquisition for additional information.
(4) Basic and diluted net income per share are computed independently for each of the quarters presented. As a result, the sum of quarterly basic and diluted net income per share information may not equal annual basic and diluted net income per share.

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21. Subsequent Events
On February 19, 2016, the Company and Central’s former stockholders received a non-appealable and binding decision from an independent public accounting firm indicating that Net Debt Working Capital as of September 30, 2012 was $291.6 million, or $6.6 million above the Upper Threshold. Therefore, the Company recognized an expense of $1.6 million ($0.9 million, net of tax) in General and administrative expenses for certain of the other amounts disallowed under the Net Debt Working Capital calculation as of and for the year ended December 31, 2015, respectively.Item 16.    Form 10-K Summary
None.

See Note 2. Acquisition for disclosure regarding the non-appealable and binding decision by the independent public accounting firm on Net Debt Working Capital, including impacts to our Consolidated Financial Statements, and the Company's indemnification from Central's former stockholders for for certain defined adverse consequences as set forth in the Merger Agreement (including with respect to Structural and Repair Costs).


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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.

  SP PLUS CORPORATION
Date: March 1, 2016February 27, 2019 By: /s/ VANCE C. JOHNSTON
    Vance C. Johnston
    
 Executive Vice President,
    Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
    (Principal Financial Officer)
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/ G MARC BAUMANN Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) March 1, 2016February 27, 2019
G Marc Baumann   
/s/ KAREN M. GARRISON Director and Non-Executive Chairman March 1, 2016February 27, 2019
Karen M. Garrison    
/s/ PAUL HALPERNALICE M. PETERSON Director March 1, 2016February 27, 2019
Paul HalpernAlice M. Peterson    
/s/ ROBERT S. ROATHGREGORY A. REID Director March 1, 2016February 27, 2019
Robert S. RoathGregory A. Reid    
/s/ WYMAN T. ROBERTS Director March 1, 2016February 27, 2019
Wyman T. Roberts    
/s/ DOUGLAS R. WAGGONER Director March 1, 2016February 27, 2019
Douglas R. Waggoner
/s/ JONATHAN P. WARDDirectorMarch 1, 2016
Jonathan P. Ward
/s/ JAMES A. WILHELMDirector and Non-Executive ChairmanMarch 1, 2016
James A. Wilhelm
/s/ GORDON H. WOODWARDDirectorMarch 1, 2016
Gordon H. Woodward    
/s/ VANCE C. JOHNSTON Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) March 1, 2016February 27, 2019
Vance C. Johnston   
/s/ KRISTOPHER H. ROY Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Assistant Treasurer (Principal Accounting Officer and Duly Authorized Officer) March 1, 2016February 27, 2019
Kristopher H. Roy   


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SCHEDULE II—VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
DescriptionBalance at
Beginning
of Year
 Additions
Charged
to Costs
and
Expenses
 Reductions (1) Balance at
End of
Year
(millions)       
Allowance for doubtful accounts 
  
  
  
Year ended December 31, 2015$1.0
 $0.7
 $(0.8) $0.9
Year ended December 31, 20140.7
 0.7
 (0.5) 1.0
Year ended December 31, 2013$0.5
 $0.6
 $(0.4) $0.7
Tax valuation account 
  
  
  
Year ended December 31, 2015$12.3
 
 (5.5) $6.8
Year ended December 31, 201421.3
 
 (9.0) $12.3
Year ended December 31, 2013$25.3
 2.1
 (6.0) $21.3
DescriptionBalance at
Beginning
of Year
 Additions
Charged
to Costs
and
Expenses
 Reductions (1) Balance at
End of
Year
(millions)       
Allowance for doubtful accounts 
  
  
  
Year ended December 31, 2018$0.7
 $1.7
 $(1.4) $1.0
Year ended December 31, 20170.4
 0.7
 (0.4) 0.7
Year ended December 31, 2016$0.9
 $0.5
 $(1.0) $0.4
Deferred tax valuation allowance 
  
  
  
Year ended December 31, 2018$7.1
 $1.0
 $
 $8.1
Year ended December 31, 20176.6
 0.5
 
 7.1
Year ended December 31, 2016$6.8
 $
 $(0.2) $6.6

(1)Represents uncollectible accounts written off and reversal of provision.

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company filed on June 2, 2004 (incorporated by reference to exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 13, 2009).
3.1.1Certificate of Amendment of Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company effective as of January 7, 2008 (incorporated by reference to exhibit 3.1.1 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 13, 2009).
3.1.2Certificate of Amendment of Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company effective as of April 29, 2010 (incorporated by reference to exhibit 3.1.3 of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 6, 2010).
3.1.3Certificate of Amendment of Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company effective as of May 6, 2010 (incorporated by reference to exhibit 3.1.4 of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 6, 2010).
3.1.4Certificate of Ownership and Merger, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 25, 2013, effective as of December 2, 2013 (incorporated by reference to exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 2, 2013).
3.2Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company dated January 1, 2010 (incorporated by reference to exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 27, 2010).
3.2.1Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company dated January 1, 2010 (incorporated by reference to exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 22, 2016).
4.1*Specimen common stock certificate.
10.1^Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2015, by and among the Company, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, an issuing lender and wing-line lender; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as an issuing lender and syndication agent; U.S. Bank National Association, First Hawaiian Bank and BMO Harris Bank N.A., as co-documentation agents; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Wells Fargo Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as joint lead arrangers and joint book managers, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1.2 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for on March 6, 2015).
10.1.1Amendment No. 1 to Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2015, by and among the Company, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, an issuing lender and wing-line lender; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as an issuing lender and syndication agent; U.S. Bank National Association, First Hawaiian Bank and BMO Harris Bank N.A., as co-documentation agents; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Wells Fargo Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as joint lead arrangers and joint book managers, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 1, 2015).
10.2Confirmation of Interest Rate Swap Transaction, dated as of October 25, 2012, between the Company and Bank of America, N.A. (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.4 of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed for September 30, 2012).
10.3Confirmation of Interest Rate Swap Transaction, dated as of October 25, 2012, between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.5 of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed for September 30, 2012).
10.4Confirmation of Interest Rate Swap Transaction, dated as of October 25, 2012, between the Company and PNC Bank, N.A. (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.6 of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed for September 30, 2012).
10.5+Deferred Compensation Agreement dated as of August 1, 1999, between the Company and James A. Wilhelm (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.7 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 15, 2012).
10.5.1+First Amendment to Deferred Compensation Agreement dated January 25, 2012, between the Company and James A. Wilhelm (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.7.1 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 15, 2012).
10.6+Employment Agreement dated May 18, 1998 between the Company and Robert N. Sacks (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.24 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for December 31, 2001).
10.6.1+First Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as of November 7, 2001 between the Company and Robert N. Sacks (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.25 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for December 31, 2001).

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Exhibit
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Description
10.6.2+Second Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as of August 1, 2003 between the Company and Robert N. Sacks (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.7.2 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-112652, filed on February 10, 2004).
10.6.3+Third Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as of April 1, 2005 between the Company and Robert N. Sacks (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.7.3 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 13, 2009).
10.6.4+Fourth Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as of December 29, 2008 between the Company and Robert N. Sacks (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.7.4 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 13, 2009).
10.6.5+Fifth Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as of January 28, 2009 between the Company and Robert N. Sacks (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.7.5 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 13, 2009).
10.7+Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement dated as of December 1, 2002 between the Company and John Ricchiuto (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.22.2 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for December 31, 2002).
10.7.1+First Amendment to Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement dated as of April 11, 2005, between the Company and John Ricchiuto (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.3 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 7, 2005).
10.7.2+Second Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as of December 28, 2008 between the Company and John Ricchiuto (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.10.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for December 31, 2012).
10.7.3+Third Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as of April 2, 2012 between the Company and John Ricchiuto (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.8 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed for June 30, 2012).
10.8+Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated March 1, 2005, between the Company and Steven A. Warshauer (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 7, 2005).
10.8.1+First Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as of December 29, 2008 between the Company and Steven A. Warshauer (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.11.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for December 31, 2012).
10.8.2+Second Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as of April 2, 2012 between the Company and Steven A. Warshauer (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.9 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed for June 30, 2012).
10.9+Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement between the Company and G Marc Baumann dated November 19, 2014 effective as of January 1, 2015.
10.10+Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement dated as of March 1, 2005, between the Company and Thomas L. Hagerman (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 7, 2005).
10.10.1+First Amendment to Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement dated October 1, 2007 between the Company and Thomas Hagerman (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed for September 30, 2007).
10.10.2+Second Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as of December 29, 2008 between the Company and Thomas L. Hagerman (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.14.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for December 31, 2012).
10.10.3+Third Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as of April 2, 2012 between the Company and Thomas L. Hagerman (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.7 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed for June 30, 2012).
10.11+Executive Employment Agreement dated March 15, 2005 between the Company and Gerard M. Klaisle (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.14 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 12, 2010).

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Exhibit
Number
Description
10.11.1+First Amendment to Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement dated December 29, 2008 between the Company and Gerard M. Klaisle (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.14.1 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 12, 2010).
10.11.2+Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement dated July 28, 2011 between the Company and Gerald M. Klaisle (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 7, 2011).
10.12+Employment Agreement, dated as of September 10, 2012, between the Company and William Bodenhamer (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.7 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed for September 30, 2012).
10.13+Employment Agreement, dated as of September 10, 2012, between the Company and Rob Toy (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.9 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed for September 30, 2012).
10.14+Employment Agreement effective as of March 3, 2014 by and between the Company and Vance C. Johnston (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 1-K/A filed on March 31, 2014).
10.15+Employment Agreement between the Company and Hector Chevalier dated July 14, 2014 and made effective as of July 1, 2014 (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 17, 2014).
10.16+Long-Term Incentive Plan dated as of May 1, 2004 (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.12 of Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-112652, filed on May 10, 2004).
10.16.1+Long-Term Incentive Plan Amendment effective as of April 22, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Appendix B of the Company's 2008 Proxy on Form DEF 14A, filed on April 1, 2008).
10.17*+Form of Performance Share Agreement between the Company and Recipient.
10.18
+

Form of the Company's Restricted Stock Unit Agreement dated as of July 1, 2008 (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 2, 2008).

10.18.1
+

First Amendment to Form of the Company's Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on August 6, 2009).
10.18.2+Second Amendment to Form of the Company's Restricted Stock Unit Agreement dated May 27, 2011 (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 2, 2011).
10.19Office Lease dated as of October 31, 2012 between the Company and Piedmont—Chicago Center Owner, LLC (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.23 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for December 31, 2013).
10.20Office Lease dated as of October 17, 2013 between the Company and Riverview Business Center I & II, LLC (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.23 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for December 31, 2013).
10.21Form of Property Management Agreement (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.30 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 10, 2006).
10.22Guaranty Agreement of APCOA/Standard Parking, Inc. dated as of March 2000 to and for the benefit of the State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.27 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 13, 2009).
10.23Construction, Financing and Operating Special Facility Lease Agreement dated as of March 2000 between the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation and APCOA Bradley Parking Company, LLC (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.28 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 13, 2009).
10.24Trust Indenture dated March 1, 2000 between State of Connecticut and First Union National Bank as Trustee (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.29 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 13, 2009).
10.25Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated February 28, 2012, by and among the Company, Hermitage Merger Sub, Inc., KCPC Holdings, Inc. and Kohlberg CPC Rep., L.L.C. (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 29, 2012). The schedules and exhibits to the Agreement and Plan of Merger have been omitted from this filing pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K but will be provided supplemental to the SEC upon request.

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Exhibit
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Description
10.26The Closing Agreements, dated February 28, 2012, between the Company and each of Lubert-Adler Real Estate Fund V, L.P. and Lubert-Adler Real Estate Parallel Fund V, L.P. (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.2 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 29, 2012).
10.27The Closing Agreements, dated February 28, 2012, between the Company and each of Kohlberg Investors V, L.P., Kohlberg TE Investors V, L.P., Kohlberg Partners V, L.P., Kohlberg Offshore Investors V, L.P. and KOCO Investors V,  L.P. (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.3 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 29, 2012).
10.28The Closing Agreements, dated February 28, 2012, between the Company and each of Versa Capital Fund I, L.P. and Versa Capital Fund I Parallel, L.P. (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.4 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 29, 2012).
10.29Closing Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2012, between the Company and Kohlberg CPC Rep, LLC (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.2 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 2, 2012).
10.30Closing Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2012, between the Company and 2929 CPC HoldCo, LLC (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.3 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 2, 2012).
10.31Closing Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2012, between the Company and VCM STAN-CPC Holdings, LLC (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.4 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 2, 2012).
10.32Closing Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2012, between the Company and West-FSI, LLC (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.5 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 2, 2012).
10.33Closing Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2012, between the Company and Sailorshell and Co. (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.6 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 2, 2012).
10.34Closing Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2012, between the Company and CP Klaff Equity LLC (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.7 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 2, 2012).
10.35Closing Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2012, between the Company and Jumpstart Development LLC (Worldwide) (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.8 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 2, 2012).
14.1Code of Ethics (incorporated by reference to exhibit 14.1 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for December 31, 2002).
21*Subsidiaries of the Company.
23*Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm dated as of March 1, 2016.
31.1*Section 302 Certification dated March 1, 2016 for G Marc Baumann, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer).
31.2*Section 302 Certification dated March 1, 2016 for Vance C. Johnston, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer).
31.3*Section 302 Certification dated March 1, 2016 for Kristopher H. Roy, Vice President Corporate Controller and Assistant Treasurer (Principal Accounting Officer and Duly Authorized Officer).
32**Certification pursuant to 18 USC Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dated March 1, 2016.
101.INS*XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCH*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.
101.CAL*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.
101.DEF*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase.
101.LAB*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.
101.PRE*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.


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* Filed herewith.
** Furnished herewith.
+ Management contract or compensation plan, contract or agreement.
^ Confidential treatment has been granted with respect to certain portions of this Exhibit pursuant to a confidential treatment order granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Omitted portions have been separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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