UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) February 23, 2012

 

 

SBA Communications Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Florida		000-30110		65-0716501
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
5900 Broken Sound Parkway N.W. Boca Raton, FL				33487
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)				(Zip Code)

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

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

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Item 2.02

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On February 23, 2012, SBA Communications Corporation issued a press release announcing its financial and operational results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, and providing its first quarter 2012 and updating its full year 2012 guidance. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.

The press release contains non-GAAP financial measures, including (i) Site Leasing Segment Operating Profit, Site Development Segment Operating Profit and Segment Operating Profit Margin, (ii) Tower Cash Flow and Tower Cash Flow Margin, (iii) Adjusted EBITDA, Annualized Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin, (iv) Net Debt, Net Secured Debt, Leverage Ratio and Secured Leverage Ratio (collectively, our “Non-GAAP Debt Measures”) and (v) Equity Free Cash Flow and Equity Free Cash Flow Per Share.

We have included these non-GAAP financial measures because we believe that they provide investors additional tools in understanding our financial performance and condition. Specifically, we believe that:

 

(1)

Segment Operating Profit is an indicator of the operating performance of our site leasing and site development segments;

 

(2)

Tower Cash Flow is an indicator of the performance of our site leasing operations;

 

(3)

Adjusted EBITDA, Equity Free Cash Flow and Equity Free Cash Flow Per Share are useful indicators of the financial performance of our core businesses; and

 

(4)

our Non-GAAP Debt Measures provide investors a more complete understanding of our net debt and leverage position as they include the full principal amount of our debt which will be due at maturity.

In addition, Tower Cash Flow, Adjusted EBITDA and our Non-GAAP Debt Measures are components of the calculations used by our lenders to determine compliance with certain covenants under our credit agreement and senior notes. These non-GAAP financial measures are not intended to be an alternative to any of the financial measures provided in our results of operations or our balance sheet as determined in accordance with GAAP.

A reconciliation of each of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures can be found in the press release.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits

As described in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the following exhibit is furnished as part of this Current Report.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release issued by SBA Communications Corporation on February 23, 2012.

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SIGNATURES

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

 

Date: February 23, 2012