Papa John's Announces Third Quarter 2016 Results
Highlights
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Third quarter earnings per diluted share of
$0.57 in 2016, or an increase of 26.7% over 2015 third quarter earnings -
System-wide comparable sales increases of 5.5% for
North America and 7.6% for International in the third quarter - 36 worldwide net unit openings in the third quarter
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Increased 2016 diluted earnings per share guidance to a range of
$2.46 to$2.52 from the prior range of$2.35 to 2.45
"We are pleased that our strong performance continued in the 3rd
quarter, with excellent comp sales, earnings and unit growth," said Papa
John's founder, chairman and CEO
Third quarter 2016 revenues were
Revenues were
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Global restaurant sales growth (a) | 7.6% | 3.9% | 5.2% | 5.9% | ||||||||
Global restaurant sales growth, excluding the impact of foreign currency (a) |
8.9% | 7.0% | 6.8% | 8.5% | ||||||||
Comparable sales growth (b) | ||||||||||||
Domestic company-owned restaurants | 6.3% | 4.7% | 4.2% | 6.8% | ||||||||
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5.1% | 2.4% | 3.0% | 4.4% | ||||||||
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5.5% | 3.0% | 3.4% | 5.0% | ||||||||
System-wide international restaurants | 7.6% | 8.0% | 6.2% | 7.5% | ||||||||
(a) | Includes both company-owned and franchised restaurant sales. |
(b) |
Represents the change in year-over-year sales for the same base of
restaurants for the same fiscal periods. Comparable sales results
for restaurants operating outside of |
We believe global restaurant and comparable sales growth information, as
defined in the table above, is useful in analyzing our results since our
franchisees pay royalties that are based on a percentage of franchise
sales. Franchise sales generate commissary revenue in
Revenue and Operating Highlights
All revenue and operating highlights below are compared to the same period of the prior year, unless otherwise noted.
Revenue Highlights
Consolidated revenues increased
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Domestic company-owned restaurant sales increased
$19.0 million , or 10.5%, and$45.7 million , or 8.1%, for the three and nine months, respectively, primarily due to increases of 6.3% and 4.2% in comparable sales and increases of 5.1% and 4.8% in equivalent units, including 20 restaurants acquired from franchisees during the first quarter of 2016. -
Domestic franchise royalties and fees increased approximately
$2.5 million , or 11.2%, and$5.4 million , or 7.5%, for the three and nine months, respectively, primarily due to increases of 5.1% and 3.0% in comparable sales and reduced levels of royalty incentives in 2016. -
Domestic commissary and other sales increased
$9.7 million , or 6.1%, and decreased$3.7 million , or 0.7%, for the three and nine months, respectively. The increase of$9.7 million for the three-month period was primarily due to higher commissary sales from an increase in volumes. The decrease of$3.7 million for the nine-month period was primarily due to the prior year inclusion of approximately$9.8 million of point of sale equipment sales to franchisees which had no significant impact on 2015 operating results. This decrease was partially offset by higher domestic commissary sales volumes. -
International revenues increased approximately
$1.9 million , or 7.2%, and$6.1 million , or 7.7%, for the three and nine months, respectively, primarily due to the following:-
International revenues for 2016 include sublease rental revenue in
the
United Kingdom of approximately$2.2 million and$5.6 million for the three- and nine-months, respectively, which were shown net of the rental expenses in the prior year. - Royalties were higher due to an increase in the number of restaurants and increases in comparable sales of 7.6% and 6.2% for the three- and nine-month periods, respectively, calculated on a constant dollar basis. Commissary revenues were also higher for the nine-month period due to an increase in the number of restaurants and increases in comparable sales.
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China Company -owned restaurant revenues were$1.4 million and$4.0 million lower than the prior year three- and nine-month periods, respectively, primarily due to negative comparable sales and fewer restaurants in 2016.
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International revenues for 2016 include sublease rental revenue in
the
Foreign currency exchange rates reduced International revenues by
approximately
Operating Highlights
The tables below summarize income before income taxes on a
reporting segment basis for the three and nine months ended
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Domestic company-owned restaurants | $ | 11,576 | $ | 8,088 | $ | 3,488 | |||||||||
Domestic commissaries | 11,311 | 10,192 | 1,119 | ||||||||||||
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21,856 | 19,172 | 2,684 | ||||||||||||
International | 3,083 | 3,184 | (101 | ) | |||||||||||
All others | 392 | (556 | ) | 948 | |||||||||||
Unallocated corporate expenses | (16,360 | ) | (13,482 | ) | (2,878 | ) | |||||||||
Elimination of intersegment profits | (231 | ) | (341 | ) | 110 | ||||||||||
Total income before income taxes | $ | 31,627 | $ | 26,257 | $ | 5,370 | |||||||||
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Domestic company-owned restaurants | $ | 47,088 | $ | 41,185 | $ | - | $ | 41,185 | $ | 5,903 | ||||||||||||||
Domestic commissaries | 34,539 | 32,694 | - | 32,694 | 1,845 | |||||||||||||||||||
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67,881 | 61,545 | - | 61,545 | 6,336 | |||||||||||||||||||
International | 8,996 | 6,807 | - | 6,807 | 2,189 | |||||||||||||||||||
All others | 868 | (230 | ) | - | (230 | ) | 1,098 | |||||||||||||||||
Unallocated corporate expenses | (49,771 | ) | (60,636 | ) | 12,278 | (48,358 | ) | (1,413 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Elimination of intersegment profits | (1,365 | ) | (1,141 | ) | - | (1,141 | ) | (224 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Total income before income taxes | $ | 108,236 | $ | 80,224 | $ | 12,278 | $ | 92,502 | $ | 15,734 | ||||||||||||||
Third quarter 2016 income before income taxes increased approximately
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Domestic company-owned restaurants increased approximately
$3.5 million primarily due to a 6.3% increase in comparable sales, a 5.1% increase in equivalent units, and lower commodity costs. -
Domestic commissaries income increased approximately
$1.1 million primarily due to higher sales volumes. -
North America franchising income increased approximately$2.7 million primarily due to higher royalties attributable to the 5.1% increase in comparable sales and lower sales and development incentives. -
International income decreased approximately
$100,000 primarily due to a non-recurring charge of approximately$800,000 to record ourUnited Kingdom lease arrangements on a straight line basis. This decrease was substantially offset by higher royalties from an increase in the number of restaurants and an increase in comparable sales. Foreign currency exchange rates also had a negative impact of approximately$400,000 , which was primarily attributable to theUnited Kingdom . -
All others income increased approximately
$900,000 primarily due to improved operating results in our online and mobile ordering business and our print and promotions subsidiary. -
Unallocated corporate expenses increased approximately
$2.9 million primarily due to increases in management incentive costs from higher annual operating results and higher interest costs due to an increase in outstanding debt.
Income before income taxes increased
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International income increased approximately
$2.2 million primarily due to higher royalties and commissary revenues primarily due to an increase in units and higher comparable sales and lower advertising spending. These increases were partially offset by the previously mentioned charge of$800,000 for ourUnited Kingdom lease arrangements. Foreign currency exchange rates had a negative impact of approximately$1.7 million .
The effective income tax rates were 28.4% and 30.9% for the three and
nine months ended
The company's free cash flow, a non-GAAP financial measure, for the first nine months of 2016 and 2015, was as follows (in thousands):
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Net cash provided by operating activities (a) | $ | 115,982 | $ | 119,738 | ||||||
Purchases of property and equipment (b) | (38,954 | ) | (26,508 | ) | ||||||
Free cash flow | $ | 77,028 | $ | 93,230 | ||||||
(a) |
The decrease of approximately |
(b) |
The increase of |
We define free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities (from the consolidated statements of cash flows) less the amounts spent on the purchase of property and equipment. We view free cash flow as an important measure because it is a factor that management uses in determining the amount of cash available for discretionary investment. Free cash flow is not a term defined by GAAP, and as a result, our measure of free cash flow might not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. Free cash flow should not be construed as a substitute for or a better indicator of the company's liquidity or performance than the company's GAAP measures.
See the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations section of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed
with the
Global Restaurant Unit Data
At
Domestic |
Franchised |
Total North |
International | System-wide | ||||||||||||||||
Third Quarter |
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Beginning - |
734 | 2,668 | 3,402 | 1,533 | 4,935 | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 3 | 25 | 28 | 47 | 75 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | (1 | ) | (18 | ) | (19 | ) | (20 | ) | (39 | ) | ||||||||||
Ending - |
736 | 2,675 | 3,411 | 1,560 | 4,971 | |||||||||||||||
Year-to-date |
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Beginning - |
707 | 2,681 | 3,388 | 1,505 | 4,893 | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 10 | 66 | 76 | 117 | 193 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | (1 | ) | (52 | ) | (53 | ) | (62 | ) | (115 | ) | ||||||||||
Acquired (divested) | 20 | (20 | ) | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
Ending - |
736 | 2,675 | 3,411 | 1,560 | 4,971 | |||||||||||||||
Unit growth (decline) | 29 | (6 | ) | 23 | 55 | 78 | ||||||||||||||
% increase (decrease) | 4.1 | % | (0.2 | %) | 0.7 | % | 3.7 | % | 1.6 | % | ||||||||||
Our development pipeline as of
Item Impacting Comparability - Non-GAAP Presentation
The following table reconciles our GAAP financial results to our
adjusted financial results, which are non-GAAP measures, for the nine
months ended
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(In thousands, except per share amounts) | 2016 | 2015 | ||||||
Income before income taxes, as reported | $ | 108,236 | $ | 80,224 | ||||
Legal settlement expense | - | 12,278 | ||||||
Income before income taxes, as adjusted | $ | 108,236 | $ | 92,502 | ||||
Net income, as reported | $ | 70,190 | $ | 50,987 | ||||
Legal settlement expense | - | 7,986 | ||||||
Net income, as adjusted | $ | 70,190 | $ | 58,973 | ||||
Diluted earnings per share, as reported | $ | 1.86 | $ | 1.27 | ||||
Legal settlement expense | - | 0.20 | ||||||
Diluted earnings per share, as adjusted | $ | 1.86 | $ | 1.47 | ||||
The 2015 legal settlement expense represents a pre-tax expense of
The non-GAAP adjusted results shown above, which exclude the 2015 legal settlement, should not be construed as a substitute for or a better indicator of the company's performance than the company's GAAP results. Management believes presenting the financial information excluding the legal settlement is important for purposes of comparison to prior year results. In addition, management uses this metric to evaluate the company's underlying operating performance and to analyze trends.
Share Repurchase Activity
The following table reflects our repurchases for the three and nine
months ended
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Three Months Ended |
180 | $ | 13,052 | ||||
Nine Months Ended |
1,987 | $ | 109,407 | ||||
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There were 37.4 million and 37.7 million diluted weighted average shares
outstanding for the three and nine months ended
2016 Guidance
The company provided the following 2016 guidance updates and reaffirmed all other guidance:
Updated Guidance | Previous Guidance | |||||
Diluted earnings per share* |
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*The earnings guidance presented excludes any potential impact of a
refranchising in 2016 of our Company-owned
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Investors and others should note that we announce material financial
information to our investors using our investor relations website, press
releases,
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain matters discussed in this press release and other company communications constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Generally, the use of words such as "expect," "intend," "estimate," "believe," "anticipate," "will," "forecast," "plan," "project," or similar words identify forward-looking statements that we intend to be included within the safe harbor protections provided by the federal securities laws. Such forward-looking statements may relate to projections or guidance concerning business performance, revenue, earnings, cash flow, contingent liabilities, resolution of litigation, commodity costs, profit margins, unit growth, unit level performance, capital expenditures, and other financial and operational measures. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those matters expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. The risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are involved in our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:
- aggressive changes in pricing or other marketing or promotional strategies by competitors, which may adversely affect sales and profitability; and new product and concept developments by food industry competitors;
- changes in consumer preferences or consumer buying habits, including changes in general economic conditions or other factors that may affect consumer confidence and discretionary spending;
- the adverse impact on the company or our results caused by product recalls, food quality or safety issues, incidences of foodborne illness, food contamination and other general public health concerns about our company-owned or franchised restaurants or others in the restaurant industry;
- failure to maintain our brand strength, quality reputation and consumer enthusiasm for our better ingredients marketing and advertising strategy;
- the ability of the company and its franchisees to meet planned growth targets and operate new and existing restaurants profitably, including difficulties finding qualified franchisees, store level employees or suitable sites;
- increases in food costs or sustained higher other operating costs. This could include increased employee compensation, benefits, insurance, tax rates, new regulatory requirements or increasing compliance costs;
- increases in insurance claims and related costs for programs funded by the company up to certain retention limits, including medical, owned and non-owned automobiles, workers' compensation, general liability and property;
- disruption of our supply chain or commissary operations which could be caused by our sole source of supply of cheese or limited source of suppliers for other key ingredients or more generally due to weather, natural disasters including drought, disease, geopolitical or other disruptions beyond our control;
- increased risks associated with our international operations, including economic and political conditions, instability or uncertainty in our international markets, especially emerging markets, fluctuations in currency exchange rates, and difficulty in meeting planned sales targets and new store growth;
- the impact of current or future claims and litigation, including labor and employment-related claims;
- current or proposed legislation impacting our business;
- failure to effectively execute succession planning, and our reliance on the multiple roles of our founder, chairman and chief executive officer, who also serves as our brand spokesperson; and
- disruption of critical business or information technology systems, or those of our suppliers, and risks associated with systems failures and data privacy and security breaches, including theft of confidential company, employee and customer information, including payment cards.
These and other risk factors are discussed in detail in "Part I. Item
1A. - Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended
For more information about the company, please visit www.papajohns.com.
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Revenues: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic company-owned restaurant sales | $ | 199,041 | $ | 180,059 | $ | 608,968 | $ | 563,308 | ||||||||||||||
Domestic franchise royalties and fees | 24,776 | 22,285 | 76,554 | 71,185 | ||||||||||||||||||
Domestic commissary and other sales | 169,684 | 159,939 | 503,623 | 507,313 | ||||||||||||||||||
International | 28,941 | 27,001 | 84,856 | 78,753 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues | 422,442 | 389,284 | 1,274,001 | 1,220,559 | ||||||||||||||||||
Costs and expenses: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating costs (excluding depreciation and amortization shown separately below): |
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Domestic company-owned restaurant expenses | 161,750 | 148,536 | 486,529 | 450,924 | ||||||||||||||||||
Domestic commissary and other expenses | 157,552 | 148,709 | 466,616 | 470,254 | ||||||||||||||||||
International expenses | 18,594 | 16,481 | 53,936 | 48,209 | ||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses | 40,549 | 37,660 | 123,419 | 124,456 | ||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 10,614 | 10,461 | 30,389 | 30,638 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total costs and expenses | 389,059 | 361,847 | 1,160,889 | 1,124,481 | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating income | 33,383 | 27,437 | 113,112 | 96,078 | ||||||||||||||||||
Legal settlement expense | - | - | - | (12,278 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Net interest expense | (1,756 | ) | (1,180 | ) | (4,876 | ) | (3,576 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Income before income taxes | 31,627 | 26,257 | 108,236 | 80,224 | ||||||||||||||||||
Income tax expense | 8,977 | 7,281 | 33,423 | 24,541 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net income before attribution to noncontrolling interests | 22,650 | 18,976 | 74,813 | 55,683 | ||||||||||||||||||
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (1,183 | ) | (1,005 | ) | (4,623 | ) | (4,696 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net income attributable to the company | $ | 21,467 | $ | 17,971 | $ | 70,190 | $ | 50,987 | ||||||||||||||
Calculation of income for earnings per share: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income attributable to the company | $ | 21,467 | $ | 17,971 | $ | 70,190 | $ | 50,987 | ||||||||||||||
Change in noncontrolling interest redemption value | (157 | ) | 49 | 342 | 192 | |||||||||||||||||
Net income attributable to participating securities | (87 | ) | (73 | ) | (288 | ) | (223 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net income attributable to common shareholders | $ | 21,223 | $ | 17,947 | $ | 70,244 | $ | 50,956 | ||||||||||||||
Basic earnings per common share | $ | 0.57 | $ | 0.46 | $ | 1.88 | $ | 1.29 | ||||||||||||||
Diluted earnings per common share | $ | 0.57 | $ | 0.45 | $ | 1.86 | $ | 1.27 | ||||||||||||||
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding | 36,989 | 39,394 | 37,374 | 39,640 | ||||||||||||||||||
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding | 37,359 | 39,895 | 37,712 | 40,210 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dividends declared per common share | $ | 0.200 | $ | 0.175 | $ | 0.550 | $ | 0.455 | ||||||||||||||
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Assets | |||||||||
Current assets: | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 19,107 | $ | 21,006 | |||||
Accounts receivable, net | 59,046 | 63,320 | |||||||
Notes receivable, net | 4,269 | 7,816 | |||||||
Income taxes receivable | 701 | 272 | |||||||
Inventories | 24,328 | 21,564 | |||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 24,217 | 29,313 | |||||||
Assets held for sale | 8,784 | 9,299 | |||||||
Total current assets | 140,452 | 152,590 | |||||||
Property and equipment, net | 221,809 | 214,044 | |||||||
Notes receivable, less current portion, net | 9,747 | 11,105 | |||||||
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86,570 | 79,657 | |||||||
Deferred income taxes | 1,428 | 2,415 | |||||||
Other assets | 38,782 | 34,247 | |||||||
Total assets | $ | 498,788 | $ | 494,058 | |||||
Liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit) | |||||||||
Current liabilities: | |||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 37,302 | $ | 43,492 | |||||
Income and other taxes payable | 11,909 | 8,527 | |||||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 73,648 | 80,918 | |||||||
Total current liabilities | 122,859 | 132,937 | |||||||
Deferred revenue | 3,772 | 3,190 | |||||||
Long-term debt, net | 311,570 | 255,146 | |||||||
Deferred income taxes | 2,215 | 4,610 | |||||||
Other long-term liabilities | 61,161 | 47,606 | |||||||
Total liabilities | 501,577 | 443,489 | |||||||
Redeemable noncontrolling interests | 8,830 | 8,363 | |||||||
Total stockholders' equity (deficit) | (11,619 | ) | 42,206 | ||||||
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests and stockholders' equity (deficit) | $ | 498,788 | $ | 494,058 | |||||
Note: The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet has been derived
from the audited consolidated financial statements, but does not
include all information and footnotes required by accounting
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Operating activities | ||||||||||
Net income before attribution to noncontrolling interests | $ | 74,813 | $ | 55,683 | ||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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Provision for uncollectible accounts and notes receivable | 153 | 813 | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 30,389 | 30,638 | ||||||||
Deferred income taxes | 4,966 | (7,625 | ) | |||||||
Stock-based compensation expense | 7,525 | 7,124 | ||||||||
Other | 2,811 | 3,268 | ||||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions: | ||||||||||
Accounts receivable | 3,867 | (1,994 | ) | |||||||
Income taxes receivable | (429 | ) | 8,731 | |||||||
Inventories | (2,673 | ) | 2,178 | |||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 5,627 | 2,400 | ||||||||
Other assets and liabilities | (3,085 | ) | 819 | |||||||
Accounts payable | (6,290 | ) | (3,380 | ) | ||||||
Income and other taxes payable | 3,381 | 375 | ||||||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | (6,484 | ) | 20,508 | |||||||
Deferred revenue | 1,411 | 200 | ||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | 115,982 | 119,738 | ||||||||
Investing activities | ||||||||||
Purchases of property and equipment | (38,954 | ) | (26,508 | ) | ||||||
Loans issued | (2,216 | ) | (2,497 | ) | ||||||
Repayments of loans issued | 6,449 | 3,961 | ||||||||
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired | (11,202 | ) | (491 | ) | ||||||
Other | 193 | 406 | ||||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (45,730 | ) | (25,129 | ) | ||||||
Financing activities | ||||||||||
Net proceeds on line of credit facility | 56,375 | 8,549 | ||||||||
Cash dividends paid | (20,523 | ) | (17,950 | ) | ||||||
Excess tax benefit on equity awards | 5,474 | 9,884 | ||||||||
Tax payments for equity award issuances | (5,999 | ) | (10,947 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds from exercise of stock options | 5,377 | 4,569 | ||||||||
Acquisition of Company common stock | (109,407 | ) | (80,166 | ) | ||||||
Contributions from noncontrolling interest holders | 120 | 683 | ||||||||
Distributions to noncontrolling interest holders | (3,950 | ) | (4,950 | ) | ||||||
Other | 481 | 377 | ||||||||
Net cash used in financing activities | (72,052 | ) | (89,951 | ) | ||||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | (99 | ) | (339 | ) | ||||||
Change in cash and cash equivalents | (1,899 | ) | 4,319 | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 21,006 | 20,122 | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 19,107 | $ | 24,441 |
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