Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

Interest and Taxes Paid

The following table sets forth the cash paid for interest and income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 (dollars in thousands):



	2016		2015		2014
Interest, net	$	65,884	$	59,564	$	43,076
Income taxes	$	45,738	$	44,807	$	36,179

Significant Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities

The Company had outstanding receivables from outside parties for the funding of capital expenditures of $10.7 million, $23.0 million and $32.1 million as of December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. At December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Company also had $16.4 million, $26.2 million and $51.3 million, respectively, of purchases of property and equipment that had not been paid and, accordingly, were accrued in accounts payable in the normal course of business.

As more fully described in Note 4, Earnings Per Common Share, on October 1, 2015, the Company settled the prepaid stock purchase contract component of its TEUs with the delivery of 3,539,240 shares of its Class A Common Stock.