under this authorization the company repurchased 121,168 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $ 1.4 million in 2015. in the fourth quarter of 2015 , the company offered an employee voluntary separation program ( “ evsp ” ) , which provided enhanced separation benefits to eligible non-union employees with more than one year of service . the total charge expected to be recognized is $ 55.8 million with $ 45.6 million recognized in the year ended december 27 , 2015 . on february 3 , 2016 , the company completed a $ 44.4 million private placement of the company 's common stock to merrick media . 29 2016 private placement on february 3 , 2016 , the company completed a $ 44.4 million private placement , pursuant to which the company sold to merrick media 5,220,000 shares of the company 's common stock at a purchase price of $ 8.50 per share . the company intends to use the $ 42.5 million net proceeds from the sale to execute further on its growth strategy , including acquisitions and digital initiatives . the shares of common stock acquired by merrick media ( the “ shares ” ) are subject to certain lockup provisions that , subject to the terms and conditions set out in the purchase agreement dated february 3 , 2016 among the company , merrick media and michael w. ferro , jr. ( the “ purchase agreement ” ) , prohibit certain transfers of the shares for the first three years following the date of issuance and , thereafter , any transfers of the shares that would result in a transfer of more than 25 % of the shares purchased under the purchase agreement in any 12-month period . the purchase agreement also includes covenants prohibiting the transfer of the shares if the transfer would result in a person beneficially owning more than 4.9 % of the company 's then outstanding shares of common stock following the transfer , as well as transfers to a material competitor of the company in any of the company 's then-existing primary geographical markets . merrick media and mr. ferro and their respective affiliates , are also prohibited from acquiring additional equity if the acquisition could result in their beneficial ownership of more than 25 % of the company 's then outstanding shares of common stock . in connection with the private placement , mr. ferro was elected to fill a newly-created vacancy on the company 's board of directors and was named non-executive chairman of the board . the company granted merrick media the right to designate a replacement individual for election as a director at each annual and special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected as part of the slate of nominees recommended by the board of directors , subject to the reasonable prior approval of the board 's nominating and corporate governance committee , in the event that mr. ferro is unable to continue to serve as a director . merrick media 's right to appoint a replacement director representative will expire either ( a ) on the date that mr. ferro or his replacement is not nominated for reelection as a director , is removed as a director , or is not reelected as a director if the company has not recommended his or his replacement 's reelection or ( b ) at such time as merrick media , mr. ferro and their respective affiliates no longer beneficially own at least 75 % of the shares originally acquired pursuant to the purchase agreement . the company has agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to cause a registration statement with respect to the shares to be declared effective by the earlier of ( a ) february 3 , 2019 and ( b ) 60 days after the termination of certain voting covenants made by merrick media and mr. ferro and their respective affiliates in the purchase agreement . 2015 acquisitions on may 21 , 2015 , the company purchased the san diego union-tribune ( f/k/a the u-t san diego ) and nine community weeklies and related digital properties in san diego county , california . the stated purchase price was $ 85 million , consisting of $ 73 million in cash , subject to a working capital adjustment , and $ 12 million in tribune publishing common stock ( 700,869 shares ) . the company financed the $ 73 million cash portion of the purchase price , less a $ 2 million preliminary working capital adjustment at close , with a combination of cash-on-hand and funds available under the company 's existing senior abl facility as well as the net proceeds of the senior term loan facility increase described below . in the year ended december 27 , 2015 , the company received the final working capital adjustment of $ 2.6 million in cash from the seller and the purchase price has been adjusted . as part of the acquisition , the company became the sponsor of a single employer defined benefit plan that will require approximately $ 10.8 million in contributions in 2016. evsp in the fourth quarter of 2015 , the company offered an evsp , which provided enhanced separation benefits to eligible non-union employees with more than one year of service . of the employees offered the evsp , 780 accepted . of the 780 who accepted , 275 of the positions are expected to be replaced leaving a net reduction of 505 positions . the total charge expected to be recognized is $ 55.8 million with $ 45.6 million recognized in the year ended december 27 , 2015 . the company plans to fund the evsp ratably over the payout period through salary continuation that started immediately and continues through the first half of 2018 instead of lump sum severance payments . see note 4 of the consolidated and combined financial statements for additional information . story_separator_special_tag preprint revenues , which are primarily included in retail advertising , decreased 8.9 % , or $ 31.3 million , due to declines at all daily newspapers . national advertising revenues fell 13.1 % , or $ 28.2 million , due to declines in several categories , most notably movies , wireless/telecom , financial , and packaged goods which together declined by a total of $ 27.1 million . classified advertising revenues decreased 1.8 % , or $ 5.2 million , compared to the prior year period , primarily due to a decrease of $ 12.2 million related to the careerbuilder contract amendment and a decrease of $ 3.3 million related to the classified ventures sale of apartments.com in april 2014 , which resulted in the termination of the apartments.com contract . these declines also resulted in the decrease in digital advertising revenues , which are included in the above categories and decreased 1.7 % , or $ 3.5 million , in the year ended december 28 , 2014 compared to the prior year period . the declines in advertising revenues were partially offset by year-to-date-contributions of $ 18.5 million from the baltimore and chicago properties acquired during 2014. circulation revenues —circulation revenues increased 1.4 % , or $ 6.0 million , in the year ended december 28 , 2014 compared to the prior year due largely to an increase of $ 7.8 million from acquisitions . this increase was partially offset by decreases in print edition sales . though total daily net paid circulation , including digital editions , averaged 1.8 million copies for the year ended december 28 , 2014 , up 5.6 % from the prior year period , total sunday net paid circulations , including digital editions , for the year ended december 28 , 2014 averaged 2.9 million copies , down 0.7 % from the prior year period . other revenues —other revenues are derived from commercial printing and delivery services provided to other newspapers ; distribution of syndicated content ; direct mail advertising and other related activities . other revenues decreased 3.6 % , or $ 10.6 million , in year ended december 28 , 2014 primarily due to declines in commercial print and delivery revenues of $ 17.8 million for third-party publications , including certain publications of the sun-times media group , the wall street journal , the new york times and the orange county register . these declines were partially offset by a $ 9.1 million contribution from mct , a partnership in which the company purchased the remaining 50 % interest during the second quarter 2014. operating costs and expenses — total operating expenses , by classification , for the years ended december 28 , 2014 and december 29 , 2013 were as follows ( in thousands ) : replace_table_token_9_th tribune publishing operating expenses decreased 0.4 % , or $ 7.3 million , in the year ended december 28 , 2014 compared to the prior year period . the decrease was due primarily to lower corporate allocations , newsprint and ink and circulation distribution expense , partially offset by higher occupancy , outside services and affiliate fees . compensation expense —compensation expense decreased 0.3 % , or $ 1.5 million , in the year ended december 28 , 2014 due primarily to a decrease in direct pay and benefits realized from continued declines in staffing levels at the newspapers . these declines were partially offset by increases associated with the businesses acquired during the year and a decrease in the pension credit . before the distribution date , tribune publishing recorded the portion of tco 's pension credit that related to 37 the company 's employees . subsequent to the distribution date , the pension plan remained with tco and therefore no further credits were recorded by the company related to the tco plans . circulation and distribution expense —circulation and distribution expense decreased 5.9 % , or $ 18.3 million , primarily due to lower print circulation volumes for the daily newspapers and commercial delivery of third party publications . total daily net paid print circulation in the year ended december 28 , 2014 averaged 1.3 million copies , down 11.5 % . total sunday net paid print circulation in the year ended december 28 , 2014 averaged 2.4 million copies , down 10.8 % . newsprint and ink expense —newsprint and ink expense declined 13.9 % , or $ 22.6 million , in the year ended december 28 , 2014 due mainly to a 13.8 % decrease in newsprint consumption as a result of lower print circulation volumes , which decreased 11.5 % for daily and 10.8 % for sunday copies of the company 's newspapers , a 9.1 % decline in commercial printing revenue and a 1.2 % decrease in the average cost per ton of newsprint . outside services expense —outside services expense increased 26.2 % , or $ 26.2 million , in the year ended december 28 , 2014 due primarily to inclusion of technology costs subsequent to the distribution date that were previously included in corporate allocations . corporate allocations —corporate allocations comprise allocated charges from tco for certain corporate support services . the allocated charges include corporate management fees , technology support costs , general insurance costs and occupancy costs , among others . corporate allocations decreased 35.7 % , or $ 50.3 million , in the year ended december 28 , 2014 . corporate allocations comprise allocated charges from tco for certain corporate support services . subsequent to the distribution date , no additional charges were allocated from tco . the allocated charges include corporate management fees , technology support costs , general insurance costs and occupancy costs , among others . subsequent to the distribution date , these expenses are reflected in outside services and other general and administrative . occupancy expense —occupancy expense increased 84.6 % , or $ 28.0 million , in the year ended december 28 , 2014 ,

net cash used for investing activities totaled $ 91.0 million in the year ended december 27 , 2015 primarily due to acquisitions and capital expenditures . net cash used for the acquisition of the san diego union-tribune totaled $ 67.8 million ( see note 6 to the consolidated and combined financial statements included elsewhere in this report for further information ) . tribune publishing 's capital expenditures in the year ended december 27 , 2015 totaled $ 32.3 million . net cash used for investing in the year ended december 27 , 2015 was partially offset by $ 10.5 million provided by a reduction in restricted cash . net cash used for investing activities totaled $ 102.9 million in the year ended december 28 , 2014 primarily due to acquisitions , restricted cash and capital expenditures . net cash used for the acquisitions totaled $ 52.3 million in 2014. the restricted cash of $ 27.5 million is in connection with the letter of credit agreement described below . tribune publishing 's capital expenditures in the year ended december 28 , 2014 totaled $ 22.3 million . net cash used for investing activities totaled $ 19.9 million in the year ended december 29 , 2013 and was comprised almost entirely of capital expenditures . we anticipate that capital expenditures for the year ended december 25 , 2016 will be approximately $ 30 million to $ 35 million . net cash provided by financing activities totaled $ 32.2 million in the year ended december 27 , 2015 and included proceeds of $ 69.0 million from the issuance of senior debt , net of discount , $ 19.8 million used for loan payments on senior debt , $ 13.7 million used for payment of stockholder dividends and $ 2.8 million used for payment of financing costs related to the issuance of senior debt .


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     ```net cash used for investing activities totaled $ 91.0 million in the year ended december 27 , 2015 primarily due to acquisitions and capital expenditures . net cash used for the acquisition of the san diego union-tribune totaled $ 67.8 million ( see note 6 to the consolidated and combined financial statements included elsewhere in this report for further information ) . tribune publishing 's capital expenditures in the year ended december 27 , 2015 totaled $ 32.3 million . net cash used for investing in the year ended december 27 , 2015 was partially offset by $ 10.5 million provided by a reduction in restricted cash . net cash used for investing activities totaled $ 102.9 million in the year ended december 28 , 2014 primarily due to acquisitions , restricted cash and capital expenditures . net cash used for the acquisitions totaled $ 52.3 million in 2014. the restricted cash of $ 27.5 million is in connection with the letter of credit agreement described below . tribune publishing 's capital expenditures in the year ended december 28 , 2014 totaled $ 22.3 million . net cash used for investing activities totaled $ 19.9 million in the year ended december 29 , 2013 and was comprised almost entirely of capital expenditures . we anticipate that capital expenditures for the year ended december 25 , 2016 will be approximately $ 30 million to $ 35 million . net cash provided by financing activities totaled $ 32.2 million in the year ended december 27 , 2015 and included proceeds of $ 69.0 million from the issuance of senior debt , net of discount , $ 19.8 million used for loan payments on senior debt , $ 13.7 million used for payment of stockholder dividends and $ 2.8 million used for payment of financing costs related to the issuance of senior debt .
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 Suspicious Activity Report : under this authorization the company repurchased 121,168 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $ 1.4 million in 2015. in the fourth quarter of 2015 , the company offered an employee voluntary separation program ( “ evsp ” ) , which provided enhanced separation benefits to eligible non-union employees with more than one year of service . the total charge expected to be recognized is $ 55.8 million with $ 45.6 million recognized in the year ended december 27 , 2015 . on february 3 , 2016 , the company completed a $ 44.4 million private placement of the company 's common stock to merrick media . 29 2016 private placement on february 3 , 2016 , the company completed a $ 44.4 million private placement , pursuant to which the company sold to merrick media 5,220,000 shares of the company 's common stock at a purchase price of $ 8.50 per share . the company intends to use the $ 42.5 million net proceeds from the sale to execute further on its growth strategy , including acquisitions and digital initiatives . the shares of common stock acquired by merrick media ( the “ shares ” ) are subject to certain lockup provisions that , subject to the terms and conditions set out in the purchase agreement dated february 3 , 2016 among the company , merrick media and michael w. ferro , jr. ( the “ purchase agreement ” ) , prohibit certain transfers of the shares for the first three years following the date of issuance and , thereafter , any transfers of the shares that would result in a transfer of more than 25 % of the shares purchased under the purchase agreement in any 12-month period . the purchase agreement also includes covenants prohibiting the transfer of the shares if the transfer would result in a person beneficially owning more than 4.9 % of the company 's then outstanding shares of common stock following the transfer , as well as transfers to a material competitor of the company in any of the company 's then-existing primary geographical markets . merrick media and mr. ferro and their respective affiliates , are also prohibited from acquiring additional equity if the acquisition could result in their beneficial ownership of more than 25 % of the company 's then outstanding shares of common stock . in connection with the private placement , mr. ferro was elected to fill a newly-created vacancy on the company 's board of directors and was named non-executive chairman of the board . the company granted merrick media the right to designate a replacement individual for election as a director at each annual and special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected as part of the slate of nominees recommended by the board of directors , subject to the reasonable prior approval of the board 's nominating and corporate governance committee , in the event that mr. ferro is unable to continue to serve as a director . merrick media 's right to appoint a replacement director representative will expire either ( a ) on the date that mr. ferro or his replacement is not nominated for reelection as a director , is removed as a director , or is not reelected as a director if the company has not recommended his or his replacement 's reelection or ( b ) at such time as merrick media , mr. ferro and their respective affiliates no longer beneficially own at least 75 % of the shares originally acquired pursuant to the purchase agreement . the company has agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to cause a registration statement with respect to the shares to be declared effective by the earlier of ( a ) february 3 , 2019 and ( b ) 60 days after the termination of certain voting covenants made by merrick media and mr. ferro and their respective affiliates in the purchase agreement . 2015 acquisitions on may 21 , 2015 , the company purchased the san diego union-tribune ( f/k/a the u-t san diego ) and nine community weeklies and related digital properties in san diego county , california . the stated purchase price was $ 85 million , consisting of $ 73 million in cash , subject to a working capital adjustment , and $ 12 million in tribune publishing common stock ( 700,869 shares ) . the company financed the $ 73 million cash portion of the purchase price , less a $ 2 million preliminary working capital adjustment at close , with a combination of cash-on-hand and funds available under the company 's existing senior abl facility as well as the net proceeds of the senior term loan facility increase described below . in the year ended december 27 , 2015 , the company received the final working capital adjustment of $ 2.6 million in cash from the seller and the purchase price has been adjusted . as part of the acquisition , the company became the sponsor of a single employer defined benefit plan that will require approximately $ 10.8 million in contributions in 2016. evsp in the fourth quarter of 2015 , the company offered an evsp , which provided enhanced separation benefits to eligible non-union employees with more than one year of service . of the employees offered the evsp , 780 accepted . of the 780 who accepted , 275 of the positions are expected to be replaced leaving a net reduction of 505 positions . the total charge expected to be recognized is $ 55.8 million with $ 45.6 million recognized in the year ended december 27 , 2015 . the company plans to fund the evsp ratably over the payout period through salary continuation that started immediately and continues through the first half of 2018 instead of lump sum severance payments . see note 4 of the consolidated and combined financial statements for additional information . story_separator_special_tag preprint revenues , which are primarily included in retail advertising , decreased 8.9 % , or $ 31.3 million , due to declines at all daily newspapers . national advertising revenues fell 13.1 % , or $ 28.2 million , due to declines in several categories , most notably movies , wireless/telecom , financial , and packaged goods which together declined by a total of $ 27.1 million . classified advertising revenues decreased 1.8 % , or $ 5.2 million , compared to the prior year period , primarily due to a decrease of $ 12.2 million related to the careerbuilder contract amendment and a decrease of $ 3.3 million related to the classified ventures sale of apartments.com in april 2014 , which resulted in the termination of the apartments.com contract . these declines also resulted in the decrease in digital advertising revenues , which are included in the above categories and decreased 1.7 % , or $ 3.5 million , in the year ended december 28 , 2014 compared to the prior year period . the declines in advertising revenues were partially offset by year-to-date-contributions of $ 18.5 million from the baltimore and chicago properties acquired during 2014. circulation revenues —circulation revenues increased 1.4 % , or $ 6.0 million , in the year ended december 28 , 2014 compared to the prior year due largely to an increase of $ 7.8 million from acquisitions . this increase was partially offset by decreases in print edition sales . though total daily net paid circulation , including digital editions , averaged 1.8 million copies for the year ended december 28 , 2014 , up 5.6 % from the prior year period , total sunday net paid circulations , including digital editions , for the year ended december 28 , 2014 averaged 2.9 million copies , down 0.7 % from the prior year period . other revenues —other revenues are derived from commercial printing and delivery services provided to other newspapers ; distribution of syndicated content ; direct mail advertising and other related activities . other revenues decreased 3.6 % , or $ 10.6 million , in year ended december 28 , 2014 primarily due to declines in commercial print and delivery revenues of $ 17.8 million for third-party publications , including certain publications of the sun-times media group , the wall street journal , the new york times and the orange county register . these declines were partially offset by a $ 9.1 million contribution from mct , a partnership in which the company purchased the remaining 50 % interest during the second quarter 2014. operating costs and expenses — total operating expenses , by classification , for the years ended december 28 , 2014 and december 29 , 2013 were as follows ( in thousands ) : replace_table_token_9_th tribune publishing operating expenses decreased 0.4 % , or $ 7.3 million , in the year ended december 28 , 2014 compared to the prior year period . the decrease was due primarily to lower corporate allocations , newsprint and ink and circulation distribution expense , partially offset by higher occupancy , outside services and affiliate fees . compensation expense —compensation expense decreased 0.3 % , or $ 1.5 million , in the year ended december 28 , 2014 due primarily to a decrease in direct pay and benefits realized from continued declines in staffing levels at the newspapers . these declines were partially offset by increases associated with the businesses acquired during the year and a decrease in the pension credit . before the distribution date , tribune publishing recorded the portion of tco 's pension credit that related to 37 the company 's employees . subsequent to the distribution date , the pension plan remained with tco and therefore no further credits were recorded by the company related to the tco plans . circulation and distribution expense —circulation and distribution expense decreased 5.9 % , or $ 18.3 million , primarily due to lower print circulation volumes for the daily newspapers and commercial delivery of third party publications . total daily net paid print circulation in the year ended december 28 , 2014 averaged 1.3 million copies , down 11.5 % . total sunday net paid print circulation in the year ended december 28 , 2014 averaged 2.4 million copies , down 10.8 % . newsprint and ink expense —newsprint and ink expense declined 13.9 % , or $ 22.6 million , in the year ended december 28 , 2014 due mainly to a 13.8 % decrease in newsprint consumption as a result of lower print circulation volumes , which decreased 11.5 % for daily and 10.8 % for sunday copies of the company 's newspapers , a 9.1 % decline in commercial printing revenue and a 1.2 % decrease in the average cost per ton of newsprint . outside services expense —outside services expense increased 26.2 % , or $ 26.2 million , in the year ended december 28 , 2014 due primarily to inclusion of technology costs subsequent to the distribution date that were previously included in corporate allocations . corporate allocations —corporate allocations comprise allocated charges from tco for certain corporate support services . the allocated charges include corporate management fees , technology support costs , general insurance costs and occupancy costs , among others . corporate allocations decreased 35.7 % , or $ 50.3 million , in the year ended december 28 , 2014 . corporate allocations comprise allocated charges from tco for certain corporate support services . subsequent to the distribution date , no additional charges were allocated from tco . the allocated charges include corporate management fees , technology support costs , general insurance costs and occupancy costs , among others . subsequent to the distribution date , these expenses are reflected in outside services and other general and administrative . occupancy expense —occupancy expense increased 84.6 % , or $ 28.0 million , in the year ended december 28 , 2014 ,

