pursuant to this strategy , we returned cash of $ 87.1 million to our stockholders in 2013 in the form of : four quarterly dividends , each $ 0.75 per share of our common stock , declared and paid totaling $ 57.4 million , and repurchases of over 412,000 shares of our common stock totaling $ 29.7 million , with authorization remaining to repurchase an additional $ 70.3 million . 28 other highlights of our fiscal 2013 performance include : increased ihop 's domestic systemwide same-restaurant sales by 2.4 % during 2013 , the first full year of growth in domestic systemwide same-restaurant sales since fiscal 2008 and the highest yearly increase since 2006 ; generated cash from operating activities of greater than $ 100 million for the fourth time in the last five years ; opened 58 new restaurants worldwide by ihop franchisees and area licensees and 26 new restaurants by applebee 's franchisees ; expanded our international footprint with restaurant openings by ihop franchisees in the philippines , kuwait and the kingdom of saudi arabia and by an applebee 's franchisee in egypt and the dominican republic ; remodeled over 500 restaurants system-wide during 2013. applebee 's and its franchisees remodeled 289 restaurants during 2013 , while ihop and its franchisees remodeled 215 restaurants . over the past three years , approximately 70 % of applebee 's restaurants and 40 % of ihop restaurants have been remodeled ; and named to fast company 's annual list of most innovative companies , ranking number two in the category of “ the world 's most innovative companies in food . ” key performance indicators in evaluating the performance of each dining concept , we consider the key performance indicators to be net franchise restaurant development and the percentage change in domestic system-wide same-restaurant sales . since we are a 99 % franchised company , expanding the number of franchise restaurants is an important driver of revenue growth . we currently do not plan to open any new applebee 's or ihop company-operated restaurants . revenue from our rental and financing operations , legacies from the previous ihop business model we operated under prior to 2003 , is subject to progressive decline over time as interest-earning balances are repaid . therefore , growth in both the number of franchise restaurants and sales at those restaurants will drive franchise revenues in the form of higher royalty revenues , additional franchise fees and , in the case of ihop restaurants , sales of proprietary pancake and waffle dry mix . an overview of our 2013 performance in these metrics is as follows : replace_table_token_7_th _ ( 1 ) franchise and area license openings , net of closings ihop 's increase of 2.4 % in domestic system-wide restaurant sales for the year ended december 31 , 2013 resulted from a higher average customer check partially offset by a decrease in customer traffic . the increase reflects sequential improvement throughout 2013 , with a decrease of 0.5 % in the first quarter of 2013 followed by increases of 1.9 % , 3.6 % and 4.5 % in the second , third and fourth quarters , respectively . the increase in the fourth quarter was the largest since the first quarter of 2006. applebee 's decrease of 0.3 % in domestic system-wide restaurant sales for the year ended december 31 , 2013 resulted from a decrease in customer traffic partially offset by an increase in average customer check . the decrease was the first annual decline in domestic system-wide restaurant sales for applebee 's since 2009. with the decrease in 2013 , applebee 's cumulative increase over the past four years is 3.2 % . applebee 's net restaurant development for the year ended december 31 , 2013 was adversely impacted by restaurant closures during 2013. applebee 's franchisees opened 26 new franchise restaurants in 2013 but closed 49 restaurants . the largest single group of closures took place in the second quarter of 2013 , when an applebee 's franchisee that owned and operated 33 restaurants located in illinois filed for bankruptcy protection . as a result of those proceedings , 15 of the restaurants were sold in june 2013 to an affiliate of an existing franchisee and operated without interruption during the transition of ownership . the remaining 18 restaurants were closed . however , we did receive termination fees of $ 3.8 million related to the closure of the 18 restaurants . we have entered into a development agreement with the new franchisee to open additional restaurants in illinois in the future . ihop franchisees and area licensees opened 58 new franchise restaurants in 2013 , with net restaurant development of 38 restaurants . the 2013 openings included three restaurants in the philippines , the first ihop franchise restaurants in the asia pacific region . over the past five years , ihop net restaurant development totaled 217 , an annual growth average of 43 restaurants per year . 29 in evaluating the performance of the consolidated enterprise , we consider the key performance indicators to be consolidated cash flows from operating activities and consolidated free cash flow ( cash from operations , plus receipts from notes , equipment contracts and other long-term receivables , minus capital expenditures , principal payments on capital leases and financing obligations and the mandatory annual repayment of 1 % of the principal balance of our term loans ) . consolidated cash flows from operating activities and consolidated free cash flow for the years ended december 31 , 2013 and 2012 were as follows : replace_table_token_8_th the primary reasons for the increase in cash flows from operating activities were lower income tax payments , lower general and administrative expenses and lower interest costs for the year ended december 31 , 2013 compared to the same period of 2012 , partially offset by lower segment profit that resulted from the refranchising of applebee 's company-operated restaurants . story_separator_special_tag ( b ) “ system-wide sales ” are retail sales at applebee 's restaurants operated by franchisees and ihop restaurants operated by franchisees and area licensees , as reported to the company , in addition to retail sales at company-operated restaurants . sales at restaurants that are owned by franchisees and area licensees are not attributable to the company . unaudited reported sales for applebee 's domestic franchise restaurants , ihop franchise restaurants and ihop area license restaurants for the years ended december 31 , 2013 , 2012 and 2011 were as follows : replace_table_token_11_th ( c ) `` sales percentage change `` reflects , for each category of restaurants , the percentage change in sales in any given fiscal year compared to the prior fiscal year for all restaurants in that category . ( d ) “ domestic same-restaurant sales percentage change ” reflects the percentage change in sales in any given fiscal period , compared to the same weeks in the prior year , for domestic restaurants that have been operated throughout both fiscal periods that are being compared and have been open for at least 18 months . because of new unit openings and restaurant closures , the domestic restaurants open throughout both fiscal periods being compared may be different from period to period . domestic same-restaurant sales percentage change does not include data on ihop area license restaurants . ( e ) the sales percentage change for applebee 's franchise and company-operated restaurants is impacted by the refranchising of 154 company-operated restaurants in 2012 , 132 company-operated restaurants during 2011 and 83 company-operated restaurants during 2010 . 36 the following tables summarize applebee 's and ihop restaurant development and franchising activity . replace_table_token_12_th replace_table_token_13_th 37 comparison of the fiscal years ended december 31 , 2013 and 2012 summary replace_table_token_14_th _ ( 1 ) percentages calculated on actual amounts , not rounded amounts presented above the completion of our transition to a 99 % franchised company in october 2012 had a significant impact on the comparison of our results of operations for the year ended december 31 , 2013 with the same period of the prior year . the most significant impact was the decline in revenues and segment profit from the applebee 's company-operated restaurants that were refranchised , partially offset by increased royalty revenues and franchise fees from the refranchised restaurants . while the total amount of segment profit declined , segment profit as a percentage of total revenue improved because royalty revenues and franchise fees produce a higher gross margin than do revenues from company-operated restaurants . a significant portion of the decline in general and administrative ( “ g & a ” ) expenses for the year ended december 31 , 2013 was due to the elimination and realignment of administrative functions associated with company-operated restaurants , as well as to the full-year effect of our staff reduction initiative implemented in the latter half of 2012. additionally , g & a expenses for the year ended december 31 , 2012 included a $ 9.1 million charge related to settlement of litigation that commenced prior to our acquisition of applebee 's . interest expense declined , in large part , due to repayment of debt with proceeds from the sale of assets of company-operated restaurants that were refranchised . revenue replace_table_token_15_th _ ( 1 ) percentages calculated on actual amounts , not rounded amounts presented above the decrease in total revenue was primarily due to the refranchising of applebee 's company-operated restaurants in 2012 , partially offset by higher franchise royalty revenues resulting from the increase in the number of applebee 's and ihop franchise restaurants . additionally , in 2013 we received a total of $ 7.8 million in termination , transfer and extension fees related to applebee 's restaurants compared to a total of $ 4.4 million in such fees in 2012 . 38 segment profit ( loss ) replace_table_token_16_th _ ( 1 ) percentages calculated on actual amounts , not rounded amounts presented above the decline in segment profit for the year ended december 31 , 2013 compared to the prior year was primarily due to the impact of the refranchising of applebee 's company-operated restaurants , completed in 2012 , on the company restaurant segment . this was partially offset by an increase in the number of applebee 's and ihop franchise restaurants , a $ 3.4 million increase in termination , transfer and extension fees related to applebee 's restaurants and a 2.4 % increase in ihop domestic same-restaurant sales . nearly 90 % of our segment profit now comes from our franchise operations . we operate our company restaurants primarily to test new remodel programs , operating procedures , products , technology , cooking platforms and service models and , accordingly , we do not anticipate these restaurants will generate a significant amount of segment profit or loss in the foreseeable future . franchise operations replace_table_token_17_th ( 1 ) effective franchise restaurants are the weighted average number of franchise restaurants open in a given fiscal period , adjusted to account for franchise restaurants open for only a portion of the period . ( 2 ) percentages calculated on actual amounts , not rounded amounts presented above . the increase in applebee 's franchise revenue was attributable to higher royalty revenue resulting from a 5.4 % increase in the number of effective franchise restaurants and to termination fees associated with the closure of certain applebee 's franchise restaurants . these favorable changes were partially offset by a decrease in fees associated with franchisee-to-franchisee sales of applebee 's franchise restaurants and 0.3 % decrease in applebee 's domestic same-restaurant sales . 39 applebee 's effective franchise restaurants increased by 102 due to the full-year effect in 2013 of refranchising 154 applebee 's company-operated restaurants during 2012 ( 17 in the first quarter , 98 in the third quarter and 39 in the fourth quarter ) , partially offset by a

debt modification costs in 2011 , we incurred costs paid to third parties of $ 4.0 million in connection with an amendment to our credit agreement that were expensed in accordance with u.s. gaap guidance for debt modifications . there were no such costs in 2012 . income tax provision we recorded a tax provision of $ 67.2 million in 2012 as compared to a tax provision of $ 29.8 million in 2011 . the change was primarily due to the increase in our pretax book income . the 2012 effective tax rate of 34.5 % applied to pretax book income was lower than the statutory federal tax rate of 35 % primarily related to a reduction in state deferred taxes as a result of the refranchising and sale of applebee 's company-operated restaurants and compensation-related tax credits . liquidity and capital resources of the company credit facilities in october 2010 , we entered into a credit agreement with a group of lenders and financial institutions ( the `` credit agreement '' ) that established a senior secured credit facility ( the “ credit facility ” ) consisting of a $ 900 million term facility ( the “ term facility ” ) maturing in october 2017 and a $ 50 million senior secured revolving credit facility ( the “ revolving facility ” ) maturing in october 2015. the credit agreement also provides for an uncommitted incremental facility that permits us , subject to certain conditions , to increase the credit facility by up to $ 250 million , provided that the aggregate amount of the commitments under the revolving facility may not exceed $ 150 million .


 Write a concise suspicious activity report of the following text delimited by triple backquotes. Return your response as a formal report which covers the key points highlighting the location,dates,entity names and account holder information in chronological order of the text.
     ```debt modification costs in 2011 , we incurred costs paid to third parties of $ 4.0 million in connection with an amendment to our credit agreement that were expensed in accordance with u.s. gaap guidance for debt modifications . there were no such costs in 2012 . income tax provision we recorded a tax provision of $ 67.2 million in 2012 as compared to a tax provision of $ 29.8 million in 2011 . the change was primarily due to the increase in our pretax book income . the 2012 effective tax rate of 34.5 % applied to pretax book income was lower than the statutory federal tax rate of 35 % primarily related to a reduction in state deferred taxes as a result of the refranchising and sale of applebee 's company-operated restaurants and compensation-related tax credits . liquidity and capital resources of the company credit facilities in october 2010 , we entered into a credit agreement with a group of lenders and financial institutions ( the `` credit agreement '' ) that established a senior secured credit facility ( the “ credit facility ” ) consisting of a $ 900 million term facility ( the “ term facility ” ) maturing in october 2017 and a $ 50 million senior secured revolving credit facility ( the “ revolving facility ” ) maturing in october 2015. the credit agreement also provides for an uncommitted incremental facility that permits us , subject to certain conditions , to increase the credit facility by up to $ 250 million , provided that the aggregate amount of the commitments under the revolving facility may not exceed $ 150 million .
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 Suspicious Activity Report : pursuant to this strategy , we returned cash of $ 87.1 million to our stockholders in 2013 in the form of : four quarterly dividends , each $ 0.75 per share of our common stock , declared and paid totaling $ 57.4 million , and repurchases of over 412,000 shares of our common stock totaling $ 29.7 million , with authorization remaining to repurchase an additional $ 70.3 million . 28 other highlights of our fiscal 2013 performance include : increased ihop 's domestic systemwide same-restaurant sales by 2.4 % during 2013 , the first full year of growth in domestic systemwide same-restaurant sales since fiscal 2008 and the highest yearly increase since 2006 ; generated cash from operating activities of greater than $ 100 million for the fourth time in the last five years ; opened 58 new restaurants worldwide by ihop franchisees and area licensees and 26 new restaurants by applebee 's franchisees ; expanded our international footprint with restaurant openings by ihop franchisees in the philippines , kuwait and the kingdom of saudi arabia and by an applebee 's franchisee in egypt and the dominican republic ; remodeled over 500 restaurants system-wide during 2013. applebee 's and its franchisees remodeled 289 restaurants during 2013 , while ihop and its franchisees remodeled 215 restaurants . over the past three years , approximately 70 % of applebee 's restaurants and 40 % of ihop restaurants have been remodeled ; and named to fast company 's annual list of most innovative companies , ranking number two in the category of “ the world 's most innovative companies in food . ” key performance indicators in evaluating the performance of each dining concept , we consider the key performance indicators to be net franchise restaurant development and the percentage change in domestic system-wide same-restaurant sales . since we are a 99 % franchised company , expanding the number of franchise restaurants is an important driver of revenue growth . we currently do not plan to open any new applebee 's or ihop company-operated restaurants . revenue from our rental and financing operations , legacies from the previous ihop business model we operated under prior to 2003 , is subject to progressive decline over time as interest-earning balances are repaid . therefore , growth in both the number of franchise restaurants and sales at those restaurants will drive franchise revenues in the form of higher royalty revenues , additional franchise fees and , in the case of ihop restaurants , sales of proprietary pancake and waffle dry mix . an overview of our 2013 performance in these metrics is as follows : replace_table_token_7_th _ ( 1 ) franchise and area license openings , net of closings ihop 's increase of 2.4 % in domestic system-wide restaurant sales for the year ended december 31 , 2013 resulted from a higher average customer check partially offset by a decrease in customer traffic . the increase reflects sequential improvement throughout 2013 , with a decrease of 0.5 % in the first quarter of 2013 followed by increases of 1.9 % , 3.6 % and 4.5 % in the second , third and fourth quarters , respectively . the increase in the fourth quarter was the largest since the first quarter of 2006. applebee 's decrease of 0.3 % in domestic system-wide restaurant sales for the year ended december 31 , 2013 resulted from a decrease in customer traffic partially offset by an increase in average customer check . the decrease was the first annual decline in domestic system-wide restaurant sales for applebee 's since 2009. with the decrease in 2013 , applebee 's cumulative increase over the past four years is 3.2 % . applebee 's net restaurant development for the year ended december 31 , 2013 was adversely impacted by restaurant closures during 2013. applebee 's franchisees opened 26 new franchise restaurants in 2013 but closed 49 restaurants . the largest single group of closures took place in the second quarter of 2013 , when an applebee 's franchisee that owned and operated 33 restaurants located in illinois filed for bankruptcy protection . as a result of those proceedings , 15 of the restaurants were sold in june 2013 to an affiliate of an existing franchisee and operated without interruption during the transition of ownership . the remaining 18 restaurants were closed . however , we did receive termination fees of $ 3.8 million related to the closure of the 18 restaurants . we have entered into a development agreement with the new franchisee to open additional restaurants in illinois in the future . ihop franchisees and area licensees opened 58 new franchise restaurants in 2013 , with net restaurant development of 38 restaurants . the 2013 openings included three restaurants in the philippines , the first ihop franchise restaurants in the asia pacific region . over the past five years , ihop net restaurant development totaled 217 , an annual growth average of 43 restaurants per year . 29 in evaluating the performance of the consolidated enterprise , we consider the key performance indicators to be consolidated cash flows from operating activities and consolidated free cash flow ( cash from operations , plus receipts from notes , equipment contracts and other long-term receivables , minus capital expenditures , principal payments on capital leases and financing obligations and the mandatory annual repayment of 1 % of the principal balance of our term loans ) . consolidated cash flows from operating activities and consolidated free cash flow for the years ended december 31 , 2013 and 2012 were as follows : replace_table_token_8_th the primary reasons for the increase in cash flows from operating activities were lower income tax payments , lower general and administrative expenses and lower interest costs for the year ended december 31 , 2013 compared to the same period of 2012 , partially offset by lower segment profit that resulted from the refranchising of applebee 's company-operated restaurants . story_separator_special_tag ( b ) “ system-wide sales ” are retail sales at applebee 's restaurants operated by franchisees and ihop restaurants operated by franchisees and area licensees , as reported to the company , in addition to retail sales at company-operated restaurants . sales at restaurants that are owned by franchisees and area licensees are not attributable to the company . unaudited reported sales for applebee 's domestic franchise restaurants , ihop franchise restaurants and ihop area license restaurants for the years ended december 31 , 2013 , 2012 and 2011 were as follows : replace_table_token_11_th ( c ) `` sales percentage change `` reflects , for each category of restaurants , the percentage change in sales in any given fiscal year compared to the prior fiscal year for all restaurants in that category . ( d ) “ domestic same-restaurant sales percentage change ” reflects the percentage change in sales in any given fiscal period , compared to the same weeks in the prior year , for domestic restaurants that have been operated throughout both fiscal periods that are being compared and have been open for at least 18 months . because of new unit openings and restaurant closures , the domestic restaurants open throughout both fiscal periods being compared may be different from period to period . domestic same-restaurant sales percentage change does not include data on ihop area license restaurants . ( e ) the sales percentage change for applebee 's franchise and company-operated restaurants is impacted by the refranchising of 154 company-operated restaurants in 2012 , 132 company-operated restaurants during 2011 and 83 company-operated restaurants during 2010 . 36 the following tables summarize applebee 's and ihop restaurant development and franchising activity . replace_table_token_12_th replace_table_token_13_th 37 comparison of the fiscal years ended december 31 , 2013 and 2012 summary replace_table_token_14_th _ ( 1 ) percentages calculated on actual amounts , not rounded amounts presented above the completion of our transition to a 99 % franchised company in october 2012 had a significant impact on the comparison of our results of operations for the year ended december 31 , 2013 with the same period of the prior year . the most significant impact was the decline in revenues and segment profit from the applebee 's company-operated restaurants that were refranchised , partially offset by increased royalty revenues and franchise fees from the refranchised restaurants . while the total amount of segment profit declined , segment profit as a percentage of total revenue improved because royalty revenues and franchise fees produce a higher gross margin than do revenues from company-operated restaurants . a significant portion of the decline in general and administrative ( “ g & a ” ) expenses for the year ended december 31 , 2013 was due to the elimination and realignment of administrative functions associated with company-operated restaurants , as well as to the full-year effect of our staff reduction initiative implemented in the latter half of 2012. additionally , g & a expenses for the year ended december 31 , 2012 included a $ 9.1 million charge related to settlement of litigation that commenced prior to our acquisition of applebee 's . interest expense declined , in large part , due to repayment of debt with proceeds from the sale of assets of company-operated restaurants that were refranchised . revenue replace_table_token_15_th _ ( 1 ) percentages calculated on actual amounts , not rounded amounts presented above the decrease in total revenue was primarily due to the refranchising of applebee 's company-operated restaurants in 2012 , partially offset by higher franchise royalty revenues resulting from the increase in the number of applebee 's and ihop franchise restaurants . additionally , in 2013 we received a total of $ 7.8 million in termination , transfer and extension fees related to applebee 's restaurants compared to a total of $ 4.4 million in such fees in 2012 . 38 segment profit ( loss ) replace_table_token_16_th _ ( 1 ) percentages calculated on actual amounts , not rounded amounts presented above the decline in segment profit for the year ended december 31 , 2013 compared to the prior year was primarily due to the impact of the refranchising of applebee 's company-operated restaurants , completed in 2012 , on the company restaurant segment . this was partially offset by an increase in the number of applebee 's and ihop franchise restaurants , a $ 3.4 million increase in termination , transfer and extension fees related to applebee 's restaurants and a 2.4 % increase in ihop domestic same-restaurant sales . nearly 90 % of our segment profit now comes from our franchise operations . we operate our company restaurants primarily to test new remodel programs , operating procedures , products , technology , cooking platforms and service models and , accordingly , we do not anticipate these restaurants will generate a significant amount of segment profit or loss in the foreseeable future . franchise operations replace_table_token_17_th ( 1 ) effective franchise restaurants are the weighted average number of franchise restaurants open in a given fiscal period , adjusted to account for franchise restaurants open for only a portion of the period . ( 2 ) percentages calculated on actual amounts , not rounded amounts presented above . the increase in applebee 's franchise revenue was attributable to higher royalty revenue resulting from a 5.4 % increase in the number of effective franchise restaurants and to termination fees associated with the closure of certain applebee 's franchise restaurants . these favorable changes were partially offset by a decrease in fees associated with franchisee-to-franchisee sales of applebee 's franchise restaurants and 0.3 % decrease in applebee 's domestic same-restaurant sales . 39 applebee 's effective franchise restaurants increased by 102 due to the full-year effect in 2013 of refranchising 154 applebee 's company-operated restaurants during 2012 ( 17 in the first quarter , 98 in the third quarter and 39 in the fourth quarter ) , partially offset by a

