certain non-gaap financial information in addition to disclosing financial results that are determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the united states ( `` gaap `` ) , the company also discloses certain non-gaap financial information , including : sales , income , or expense items as adjusted for the impact of changes in foreign currencies ( referred to as `` impact of changes in foreign currencies `` ) and the impact of acquisitions by adjusting the company 's prior periods to include the operating results of businesses acquired , including the amortization expense related to acquired intangible assets , as if the acquisitions had occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented ( referred to as `` impact of acquisitions `` ) ; operating income as adjusted to exclude identifiable intangible asset amortization , restructuring , integration , and other charges , and impairment charge ; and net income attributable to shareholders as adjusted to exclude identifiable intangible asset amortization , restructuring , integration , and other charges , impairment charge , gain on sale of investment , loss on investment , loss on prepayment of debt , and settlement of certain international tax matters . 21 management believes that providing this additional information is useful to the reader to better assess and understand the company 's operating performance , especially when comparing results with previous periods , primarily because management typically monitors the business adjusted for these items in addition to gaap results . however , analysis of results on a non-gaap basis should be used as a complement to , and in conjunction with , data presented in accordance with gaap . sales substantially all of the company 's sales are made on an order-by-order basis , rather than through long-term sales contracts . as such , the nature of the company 's business does not provide for the visibility of material forward-looking information from its customers and suppliers beyond a few months . following is an analysis of net sales by business segment for the years ended december 31 ( in millions ) : replace_table_token_5_th consolidated sales for 2015 increased by $ 513.3 million , or 2.3 % , compared with the year-earlier period . the increase in 2015 was driven by an increase in global components business segment sales of $ 92.8 million , or 0.6 % , and an increase in global ecs business segment sales of $ 420.6 million , or 5.0 % , compared with the year-earlier period . adjusted for the impact of changes in foreign currencies and acquisitions , the company 's consolidated sales increased by 2.9 % in 2015 , compared with the year-earlier period . the translation of the company 's international financial statements into u.s. dollars resulted in a decrease in consolidated sales of 5.4 % for 2015 compared with the year-earlier period . in the global components business segment , sales for 2015 increased 0.6 % , compared with the year-earlier period primarily driven by increased demand in the emea regions and the impact of recently acquired businesses , offset in part , by the impact of changes in foreign currencies . adjusted for the impact of changes in foreign currencies and acquisitions , the company 's global components business segment sales increased by 1.3 % in 2015 , compared with the year-earlier period . in the global ecs business segment , sales for 2015 increased 5.0 % primarily driven by increased demand in the emea regions and the impact of recently acquired businesses , offset in part , by the impact of changes in foreign currencies . adjusted for the impact of changes in foreign currencies and acquisitions , the company 's global ecs business segment sales increased by 5.6 % in 2015 , compared with the year-earlier period . 22 following is an analysis of net sales by business segment for the years ended december 31 ( in millions ) : replace_table_token_6_th consolidated sales for 2014 increased by $ 1.41 billion , or 6.6 % , compared with the year-earlier period . the increase in 2014 was driven by an increase in global components business segment sales of $ 817.3 million , or 6.1 % , and an increase in global ecs business segment sales of $ 594.1 million , or 7.6 % , compared with the year-earlier period . adjusted for the impact of changes in foreign currencies and acquisitions , the company 's consolidated sales increased by 2.5 % in 2014 , compared with the year-earlier period . in the global components business segment , sales for 2014 increased 6.1 % compared with the year-earlier period primarily due to an increase in demand for products worldwide and the impact of recently acquired businesses . adjusted for the impact of changes in foreign currencies and acquisitions , the company 's global components business segment sales increased by 4.2 % in 2014 , compared with the year-earlier period . in the global ecs business segment , sales for 2014 increased 7.6 % primarily driven by growth in software , services , storage and industry standard servers , offset , in part , by a decrease in demand for proprietary servers in the north america and emea regions . adjusted for the impact of changes in foreign currencies and acquisitions , the company 's global ecs business segment sales were flat in 2014 , compared with the year-earlier period . gross profit following is an analysis of gross profit for the years ended december 31 ( in millions ) : replace_table_token_7_th the company recorded gross profit of $ 3.04 billion and $ 3.00 billion for 2015 and 2014 , respectively . the increase in gross profit was primarily due to the aforementioned 2.3 % increase in sales during 2015 . gross profit margins for 2015 decreased by approximately 20 basis points , compared with the year-earlier period primarily due to competitive pricing pressure in the ecs 23 business . story_separator_special_tag the company currently does not expect such regulations and restrictions to impact its ability to make acquisitions or to pay vendors and conduct operations throughout the global organization . during 2015 , the net amount of cash provided by the company 's operating activities was $ 655.1 million , the net amount of cash used for investing activities was $ 664.0 million , and the net amount of cash used for financing activities was $ 84.2 million . the effect of exchange rate changes on cash was a decrease of $ 34.1 million . during 2014 , the net amount of cash provided by the company 's operating activities was $ 673.3 million , the net amount of cash used for investing activities was $ 244.8 million , and the net amount of cash used for financing activities was $ 434.9 million . the effect of exchange rate changes on cash was an increase of $ 16.2 million . during 2013 , the net amount of cash provided by the company 's operating activities was $ 450.7 million , the net amount of cash used for investing activities was $ 487.1 million , and the net amount of cash used for financing activities was $ 26.6 million . the effect of exchange rate changes on cash was an increase of $ 43.9 million . cash flows from operating activities the company maintains a significant investment in accounts receivable and inventories . as a percentage of total assets , accounts receivable and inventories were approximately 66.3 % at december 31 , 2015 and were approximately 67.4 % at december 31 , 2014 . the net amount of cash provided by the company 's operating activities during 2015 was $ 655.1 million and was primarily due to earnings from operations , adjusted for non-cash items , offset , in part , by an increase in net working capital to support the increase in sales . the net amount of cash provided by the company 's operating activities during 2014 was $ 673.3 million and was primarily due to earnings from operations , adjusted for non-cash items . the net amount of cash provided by the company 's operating activities during 2013 was $ 450.7 million and was primarily due to earnings from operations , adjusted for non-cash items , offset in part , by an increase in net working capital to support an increase in sales . working capital , as a percentage of sales , was 14.8 % , 14.7 % , and 16.1 % in 2015 , 2014 , and 2013 , respectively . cash flows from investing activities the net amount of cash used for investing activities during 2015 was $ 664.0 million , primarily reflecting $ 514.7 million of cash consideration paid , net of cash acquired , for acquired businesses , $ 154.8 million for capital expenditures , $ 3.5 million of proceeds from sale of facilities , and $ 2.0 million of proceeds from sale of investment . included in capital expenditures for 2015 is $ 48.8 million related to the company 's global erp initiative . during 2015 , the company completed ten acquisitions , inclusive of a 53.7 % acquisition of data modul ag . the aggregate consideration paid for these ten acquisitions was $ 514.7 million , net of cash acquired , contingent consideration and other amounts withheld . 29 the net amount of cash used for investing activities during 2014 was $ 244.8 million , primarily reflecting $ 162.9 million of cash consideration paid for acquired businesses , $ 122.5 million for capital expenditures , and $ 40.5 million of proceeds from sale of investment . included in capital expenditures for 2014 is $ 57.0 million related to the company 's global erp initiative . the net amount of cash used for investing activities during 2013 was $ 487.1 million , primarily reflecting $ 367.9 million of cash consideration paid for acquired businesses , $ 116.2 million for capital expenditures , and $ 3.0 million related to the purchase of a cost method investment . included in capital expenditures for 2013 is $ 57.1 million related to the company 's global erp initiative . during 2013 , the company acquired computerlinks , a value-added distributor of enterprise computing solutions with a comprehensive offering of it solutions from many of the world 's leading technology suppliers for aggregate consideration of $ 292.2 million , net of cash acquired . during 2013 the company completed four additional acquisitions for aggregate consideration of $ 75.7 million , net of cash acquired and contingent consideration . story_separator_special_tag in the normal course of business certain of the company 's subsidiaries have agreements to sell , without recourse , selected trade receivables to financial institutions . the company does not retain financial or legal interests in these receivables , and accordingly they are accounted for as sales of the related receivables and the receivables are removed from the company 's consolidated balance sheets . financing costs related to these transactions were not material and are included in `` interest and other financing expense , net `` in the company 's consolidated statements of operations . the company filed a shelf registration statement with the sec in october 2015 registering debt securities , preferred stock , common stock , and warrants of arrow electronics , inc. that may be issued by the company from time to time . as set forth in the shelf registration statement , the net proceeds from the sale of the offered securities may be used by the company for general corporate purposes , including repayment of borrowings , working capital , capital expenditures , acquisitions and stock repurchases , or for such other purposes as may be specified in the applicable prospectus supplement . management believes that the company 's current cash availability , its current borrowing capacity under its revolving credit facility and asset securitization program , its expected ability to generate future

cash flows from financing activities the net amount of cash used for financing activities during 2015 was $ 84.2 million . the uses of cash from financing activities included $ 356.4 million of repurchases of common stock , $ 46.6 million decrease in short-term and other borrowings , $ 254.3 million of redemption of notes , $ 128.0 million of net repayments of long-term bank borrowings , and $ 7.8 million of other acquisition related payments . the sources of cash from financing activities during 2015 were $ 688.2 million of net proceeds from a note offering and $ 20.8 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options and other benefits related to stock-based compensation arrangements . during 2015 , the company completed the sale of $ 350.0 million principal amount of 3.50 % notes due in 2022 and $ 350.0 million principal amount of 4.00 % notes due in 2025. the net proceeds of the offering of $ 688.2 million were used to refinance the company 's 3.375 % notes due november 2015 and for general corporate purposes . during 2015 , the company redeemed $ 250.0 million principal amount of its 3.375 % notes due november 2015. the related loss on the redemption for the year-ended december 31 , 2015 aggregated $ 2.9 million ( $ 1.8 million net of related taxes or $ .02 per share on both a basic and diluted basis ) and was recognized as a loss on prepayment of debt in the company 's consolidated statements of operations . the net amount of cash used for financing activities during 2014 was $ 434.9 million . the uses of cash from financing activities included $ 145.0 million of net repayments of long-term bank borrowings , $ 304.8 million of repurchases of common stock , a $ 12.5 million decrease in short-term and other borrowings , and other contingent consideration payments of $ 1.5 million . the source of cash from financing activities during 2014 was $ 28.9 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options and other benefits related to stock-based compensation arrangements .


 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.
     ```cash flows from financing activities the net amount of cash used for financing activities during 2015 was $ 84.2 million . the uses of cash from financing activities included $ 356.4 million of repurchases of common stock , $ 46.6 million decrease in short-term and other borrowings , $ 254.3 million of redemption of notes , $ 128.0 million of net repayments of long-term bank borrowings , and $ 7.8 million of other acquisition related payments . the sources of cash from financing activities during 2015 were $ 688.2 million of net proceeds from a note offering and $ 20.8 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options and other benefits related to stock-based compensation arrangements . during 2015 , the company completed the sale of $ 350.0 million principal amount of 3.50 % notes due in 2022 and $ 350.0 million principal amount of 4.00 % notes due in 2025. the net proceeds of the offering of $ 688.2 million were used to refinance the company 's 3.375 % notes due november 2015 and for general corporate purposes . during 2015 , the company redeemed $ 250.0 million principal amount of its 3.375 % notes due november 2015. the related loss on the redemption for the year-ended december 31 , 2015 aggregated $ 2.9 million ( $ 1.8 million net of related taxes or $ .02 per share on both a basic and diluted basis ) and was recognized as a loss on prepayment of debt in the company 's consolidated statements of operations . the net amount of cash used for financing activities during 2014 was $ 434.9 million . the uses of cash from financing activities included $ 145.0 million of net repayments of long-term bank borrowings , $ 304.8 million of repurchases of common stock , a $ 12.5 million decrease in short-term and other borrowings , and other contingent consideration payments of $ 1.5 million . the source of cash from financing activities during 2014 was $ 28.9 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options and other benefits related to stock-based compensation arrangements .
```    
 Suspicious Activity Report : certain non-gaap financial information in addition to disclosing financial results that are determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the united states ( `` gaap `` ) , the company also discloses certain non-gaap financial information , including : sales , income , or expense items as adjusted for the impact of changes in foreign currencies ( referred to as `` impact of changes in foreign currencies `` ) and the impact of acquisitions by adjusting the company 's prior periods to include the operating results of businesses acquired , including the amortization expense related to acquired intangible assets , as if the acquisitions had occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented ( referred to as `` impact of acquisitions `` ) ; operating income as adjusted to exclude identifiable intangible asset amortization , restructuring , integration , and other charges , and impairment charge ; and net income attributable to shareholders as adjusted to exclude identifiable intangible asset amortization , restructuring , integration , and other charges , impairment charge , gain on sale of investment , loss on investment , loss on prepayment of debt , and settlement of certain international tax matters . 21 management believes that providing this additional information is useful to the reader to better assess and understand the company 's operating performance , especially when comparing results with previous periods , primarily because management typically monitors the business adjusted for these items in addition to gaap results . however , analysis of results on a non-gaap basis should be used as a complement to , and in conjunction with , data presented in accordance with gaap . sales substantially all of the company 's sales are made on an order-by-order basis , rather than through long-term sales contracts . as such , the nature of the company 's business does not provide for the visibility of material forward-looking information from its customers and suppliers beyond a few months . following is an analysis of net sales by business segment for the years ended december 31 ( in millions ) : replace_table_token_5_th consolidated sales for 2015 increased by $ 513.3 million , or 2.3 % , compared with the year-earlier period . the increase in 2015 was driven by an increase in global components business segment sales of $ 92.8 million , or 0.6 % , and an increase in global ecs business segment sales of $ 420.6 million , or 5.0 % , compared with the year-earlier period . adjusted for the impact of changes in foreign currencies and acquisitions , the company 's consolidated sales increased by 2.9 % in 2015 , compared with the year-earlier period . the translation of the company 's international financial statements into u.s. dollars resulted in a decrease in consolidated sales of 5.4 % for 2015 compared with the year-earlier period . in the global components business segment , sales for 2015 increased 0.6 % , compared with the year-earlier period primarily driven by increased demand in the emea regions and the impact of recently acquired businesses , offset in part , by the impact of changes in foreign currencies . adjusted for the impact of changes in foreign currencies and acquisitions , the company 's global components business segment sales increased by 1.3 % in 2015 , compared with the year-earlier period . in the global ecs business segment , sales for 2015 increased 5.0 % primarily driven by increased demand in the emea regions and the impact of recently acquired businesses , offset in part , by the impact of changes in foreign currencies . adjusted for the impact of changes in foreign currencies and acquisitions , the company 's global ecs business segment sales increased by 5.6 % in 2015 , compared with the year-earlier period . 22 following is an analysis of net sales by business segment for the years ended december 31 ( in millions ) : replace_table_token_6_th consolidated sales for 2014 increased by $ 1.41 billion , or 6.6 % , compared with the year-earlier period . the increase in 2014 was driven by an increase in global components business segment sales of $ 817.3 million , or 6.1 % , and an increase in global ecs business segment sales of $ 594.1 million , or 7.6 % , compared with the year-earlier period . adjusted for the impact of changes in foreign currencies and acquisitions , the company 's consolidated sales increased by 2.5 % in 2014 , compared with the year-earlier period . in the global components business segment , sales for 2014 increased 6.1 % compared with the year-earlier period primarily due to an increase in demand for products worldwide and the impact of recently acquired businesses . adjusted for the impact of changes in foreign currencies and acquisitions , the company 's global components business segment sales increased by 4.2 % in 2014 , compared with the year-earlier period . in the global ecs business segment , sales for 2014 increased 7.6 % primarily driven by growth in software , services , storage and industry standard servers , offset , in part , by a decrease in demand for proprietary servers in the north america and emea regions . adjusted for the impact of changes in foreign currencies and acquisitions , the company 's global ecs business segment sales were flat in 2014 , compared with the year-earlier period . gross profit following is an analysis of gross profit for the years ended december 31 ( in millions ) : replace_table_token_7_th the company recorded gross profit of $ 3.04 billion and $ 3.00 billion for 2015 and 2014 , respectively . the increase in gross profit was primarily due to the aforementioned 2.3 % increase in sales during 2015 . gross profit margins for 2015 decreased by approximately 20 basis points , compared with the year-earlier period primarily due to competitive pricing pressure in the ecs 23 business . story_separator_special_tag the company currently does not expect such regulations and restrictions to impact its ability to make acquisitions or to pay vendors and conduct operations throughout the global organization . during 2015 , the net amount of cash provided by the company 's operating activities was $ 655.1 million , the net amount of cash used for investing activities was $ 664.0 million , and the net amount of cash used for financing activities was $ 84.2 million . the effect of exchange rate changes on cash was a decrease of $ 34.1 million . during 2014 , the net amount of cash provided by the company 's operating activities was $ 673.3 million , the net amount of cash used for investing activities was $ 244.8 million , and the net amount of cash used for financing activities was $ 434.9 million . the effect of exchange rate changes on cash was an increase of $ 16.2 million . during 2013 , the net amount of cash provided by the company 's operating activities was $ 450.7 million , the net amount of cash used for investing activities was $ 487.1 million , and the net amount of cash used for financing activities was $ 26.6 million . the effect of exchange rate changes on cash was an increase of $ 43.9 million . cash flows from operating activities the company maintains a significant investment in accounts receivable and inventories . as a percentage of total assets , accounts receivable and inventories were approximately 66.3 % at december 31 , 2015 and were approximately 67.4 % at december 31 , 2014 . the net amount of cash provided by the company 's operating activities during 2015 was $ 655.1 million and was primarily due to earnings from operations , adjusted for non-cash items , offset , in part , by an increase in net working capital to support the increase in sales . the net amount of cash provided by the company 's operating activities during 2014 was $ 673.3 million and was primarily due to earnings from operations , adjusted for non-cash items . the net amount of cash provided by the company 's operating activities during 2013 was $ 450.7 million and was primarily due to earnings from operations , adjusted for non-cash items , offset in part , by an increase in net working capital to support an increase in sales . working capital , as a percentage of sales , was 14.8 % , 14.7 % , and 16.1 % in 2015 , 2014 , and 2013 , respectively . cash flows from investing activities the net amount of cash used for investing activities during 2015 was $ 664.0 million , primarily reflecting $ 514.7 million of cash consideration paid , net of cash acquired , for acquired businesses , $ 154.8 million for capital expenditures , $ 3.5 million of proceeds from sale of facilities , and $ 2.0 million of proceeds from sale of investment . included in capital expenditures for 2015 is $ 48.8 million related to the company 's global erp initiative . during 2015 , the company completed ten acquisitions , inclusive of a 53.7 % acquisition of data modul ag . the aggregate consideration paid for these ten acquisitions was $ 514.7 million , net of cash acquired , contingent consideration and other amounts withheld . 29 the net amount of cash used for investing activities during 2014 was $ 244.8 million , primarily reflecting $ 162.9 million of cash consideration paid for acquired businesses , $ 122.5 million for capital expenditures , and $ 40.5 million of proceeds from sale of investment . included in capital expenditures for 2014 is $ 57.0 million related to the company 's global erp initiative . the net amount of cash used for investing activities during 2013 was $ 487.1 million , primarily reflecting $ 367.9 million of cash consideration paid for acquired businesses , $ 116.2 million for capital expenditures , and $ 3.0 million related to the purchase of a cost method investment . included in capital expenditures for 2013 is $ 57.1 million related to the company 's global erp initiative . during 2013 , the company acquired computerlinks , a value-added distributor of enterprise computing solutions with a comprehensive offering of it solutions from many of the world 's leading technology suppliers for aggregate consideration of $ 292.2 million , net of cash acquired . during 2013 the company completed four additional acquisitions for aggregate consideration of $ 75.7 million , net of cash acquired and contingent consideration . story_separator_special_tag in the normal course of business certain of the company 's subsidiaries have agreements to sell , without recourse , selected trade receivables to financial institutions . the company does not retain financial or legal interests in these receivables , and accordingly they are accounted for as sales of the related receivables and the receivables are removed from the company 's consolidated balance sheets . financing costs related to these transactions were not material and are included in `` interest and other financing expense , net `` in the company 's consolidated statements of operations . the company filed a shelf registration statement with the sec in october 2015 registering debt securities , preferred stock , common stock , and warrants of arrow electronics , inc. that may be issued by the company from time to time . as set forth in the shelf registration statement , the net proceeds from the sale of the offered securities may be used by the company for general corporate purposes , including repayment of borrowings , working capital , capital expenditures , acquisitions and stock repurchases , or for such other purposes as may be specified in the applicable prospectus supplement . management believes that the company 's current cash availability , its current borrowing capacity under its revolving credit facility and asset securitization program , its expected ability to generate future

