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Description of the business: (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Description of the business:  
Schedule of acquisition-date fair value of consideration to be received from the transaction

(In thousands)

    

May 1, 2023

Working capital payments made to the Seller, net of severance reimbursements (a)

$

37,532

Purchase Agreement payment to be received from the Seller, net of discount of $8,392 (b)

 

19,723

Amounts due from the Seller – IP Transit Services Agreement, net of discount of $79,610 (c)

 

620,390

Total to be received from the Seller

 

640,113

Total net consideration to be received from the Seller (d)

 

602,581

(a)Includes $61.1 million paid to the Seller on the Closing Date and $5.0 million paid in April 2024. Additionally, includes an offsetting $28.6 million in total severance reimbursement payments received from the Seller recorded as measurement period adjustments of :
$16.2 million during the three months ended December 31, 2023;
$4.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024; and
$8.0 million during the three months ended June 30, 2024.
(b)Under the Purchase Agreement, 50.0% of the assumed short-term operating lease liabilities totaling $28.1 million are to be paid to the Company from the Seller in four equal installments in months 55-58 from the Closing Date which were recorded at their present value resulting in a discount of $8.4 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Working Capital Adjustment, net of discount, was adjusted by $17.0 million to reflect the conclusion of the determination of amounts due from the Seller from the Short-term Lease Payment.
(c)The IP Transit Services Agreement payments totaling $700.0 million were recorded at their present value resulting in a discount of $79.6 million. The $700.0 million is to be paid to the Company from the Seller in equal monthly payments of $29.2 million in months 1-12 and $8.3 million in months 13-54.
(d)Cash consideration was $1.
Schedule of fair values for each major class of assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the closing date

    

May 1, 2023

Assets

Current assets:

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

47,074

Accounts receivable

 

39,948

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

22,777

Total current assets

 

109,799

Total property and equipment

 

965,715

Right-of-use leased assets

 

304,982

IPv4 intangible assets

 

458,000

Other intangible assets

16,000

Deposits and other assets

 

7,521

Total assets

$

1,862,017

Liabilities

 

Current liabilities:

 

Accounts payable

$

13,313

Accrued and other current liabilities

 

25,344

Current maturities, operating lease liabilities

 

74,562

Current maturities, finance lease liabilities

39,559

Total current liabilities

 

152,778

Operating lease liabilities, net of current maturities

 

251,573

Finance lease liabilities, net of current maturities

121,342

Deferred income tax liabilities

 

474,891

Other long-term liabilities

 

35,366

Total liabilities

 

1,035,950

Fair value of net assets acquired

$

826,067

Gain on bargain purchase

Fair value of net assets acquired

$

826,067

Total net consideration to be received from the Seller, net of discounts - see table above

602,581

Gain on bargain purchase

$

1,428,648

Schedule of diluted weighted average shares

    

Three Months

    

Three Months

Ended

Ended

    

March 31, 2025

    

March 31, 2024

Weighted-average common shares - basic

47,676,735

47,416,268

Dilutive effect of stock options

Dilutive effect of restricted stock

Weighted-average common shares - diluted

47,676,735

47,416,268

Schedule of details unvested shares of restricted common stock as well as the anti-dilutive effects of stock options and restricted stock awards outstanding

Three Months

Three Months

Ended

Ended

    

March 31, 2025

    

March 31, 2024

Unvested shares of restricted common stock

1,661,185

1,602,845

Anti-dilutive options for common stock

137,945

194,990

Anti-dilutive shares of restricted common stock

789,335

115,341

Schedule of stockholders' (deficit) equity

The following details the changes in stockholders’ (deficit) equity for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively (in thousands except share data):

Accumulated

Additional

Other

Total

Common Stock

Paid-in

Comprehensive

Accumulated

Stockholders’

    

Shares

    

Amount

    

Capital

    

Income (Loss)

    

Equity (Deficit)

    

Equity

Balance at December 31, 2023

48,608,569

$

49

$

606,755

$

(14,385)

$

17,137

$

609,556

Forfeitures of shares granted to employees

(37,379)

Equity-based compensation

7,616

7,616

Foreign currency translation

(5,034)

(5,034)

Issuances of common stock

439,090

Exercises of options

3,207

164

164

Dividends paid

(46,351)

(46,351)

Net loss

(65,307)

(65,307)

Balance at March 31, 2024

49,013,487

$

49

$

614,535

$

(19,419)

$

(94,521)

$

500,644

Common Stock

Paid-in

Comprehensive

Accumulated

Stockholders’

    

Shares

    

Amount

    

Capital

    

Loss

    

Deficit

    

Equity

Balance at December 31, 2024

49,034,925

$

49

$

629,829

$

(30,685)

$

(376,345)

$

222,848

Forfeitures of shares granted to employees

 

(10,260)

Equity-based compensation

 

9,298

9,298

Foreign currency translation

 

11,752

11,752

Issuances of common stock

 

310,598

Exercises of options

 

2,047

121

121

Dividends paid

 

(49,133)

(49,133)

Net loss

 

(52,042)

(52,042)

Balance at March 31, 2025

 

49,337,310

$

49

$

639,248

$

(18,933)

$

(477,520)

$

142,844

Schedule of revenue for termination fees

    

Three Months

    

Three Months

Ended

Ended

(in thousands)

March 31, 2025

March 31, 2024

Service revenue recognized from deferred revenue balance at beginning of period

$

2,252

$

3,085

Amortization expense for contract costs

 

5,373

4,733

Schedule of lease cost

    

Three Months

 

Three Months

Ended

 

Ended

(Amounts in thousands)

    

March 31, 2025

    

March 31, 2024

Finance lease cost

 

  

Amortization of right-of-use assets

$

13,916

$

11,564

Interest expense on finance lease liabilities

 

11,106

10,411

Operating lease cost

 

17,444

24,251

Total lease costs

$

42,466

$

46,226

    

Three Months

    

Three Months

Ended

Ended

March 31, 2025

March 31, 2024

Other lease information (amounts in thousands)

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities

Operating cash flows from finance leases

$

(9,723)

$

(10,419)

Operating cash flows from operating leases

(18,665)

(24,729)

Financing cash flows from finance leases

(8,003)

(23,235)

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new finance lease liabilities

38,961

54,423

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities

7,873

5,151

Weighted-average remaining lease term — finance leases (in years)

17.2

14.2

Weighted-average remaining lease term — operating leases (in years)

11.1

12.3

Weighted-average discount rate — finance leases

8.1

%

7.7

%

Weighted-average discount rate — operating leases

7.6

%

8.1

%

Schedule of future minimum payments under these operating lease agreements

The future minimum payments under operating lease and finance lease agreements are as follows (in thousands):

    

Operating

    

Finance

For the Twelve Months Ending March 31

Leases

Leases

2026

 

$

63,812

$

65,639

2027

59,932

61,187

2028

57,551

61,327

2029

55,098

59,928

2030

39,579

59,748

Thereafter

245,191

759,496

Total minimum lease obligations

521,163

1,067,325

Less—amounts representing interest

(169,326)

(498,788)

Present value of minimum lease obligations

351,837

568,537

Current maturities

(55,973)

(24,685)

Lease obligations, net of current maturities

$

295,864

$

543,852

Schedule of future minimum payments under and finance lease agreements

The future minimum payments under operating lease and finance lease agreements are as follows (in thousands):

    

Operating

    

Finance

For the Twelve Months Ending March 31

Leases

Leases

2026

 

$

63,812

$

65,639

2027

59,932

61,187

2028

57,551

61,327

2029

55,098

59,928

2030

39,579

59,748

Thereafter

245,191

759,496

Total minimum lease obligations

521,163

1,067,325

Less—amounts representing interest

(169,326)

(498,788)

Present value of minimum lease obligations

351,837

568,537

Current maturities

(55,973)

(24,685)

Lease obligations, net of current maturities

$

295,864

$

543,852

Schedule of allowance for credit losses

    

    

Current-period

    

    

Provision for

Write offs

Beginning

Expected Credit

Charged Against

Ending

Description

Balance

Losses

Allowance

Balance

Allowance for credit losses (deducted from accounts receivable) (in thousands)

  

  

  

  

Three months ended March 31, 2025

$

9,762

$

4,051

$

(4,620)

$

9,193

Three months ended March 31, 2024

3,677

$

2,595

$

(684)

$

5,588

Schedule of fair value of accounts receivable at the acquisition date

    

Three Months

    

Three Months

Ended

Ended

(in thousands)

March 31, 2025

March 31, 2024

Net bad debt expense

$

2,064

$

2,595

Bad debt recoveries

 

1,987

296