Cautionary statements regarding
forward-looking statements
Certain parts of this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein and in the accompanying prospectus, contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). Forward-looking statements include information that is not purely historic fact and include, without limitation, statements concerning our financial outlook for 2017 and beyond, our possible or assumed future results of operations generally, and other statements and information regarding assumptions about our revenues, revenue growth rates, gross margin percentage, net income, net income per share, fully diluted net income per share, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, non-generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) net income, non-GAAP net income per share, weighted-average outstanding shares, taxable income, cash flow from operating activities, available cash, operating costs, amortization expense, intangible asset recovery, capital and other expenditures, legal proceedings and claims, legal costs, effective tax rate, equity compensation charges, future taxable income, pending acquisitions, the anticipated benefits of completed or proposed acquisitions, the anticipated benefits of cross-selling efforts, product development and release, sales and marketing campaigns, product integrations, elimination and de-emphasizing of services, contract renewal rate, the timing of future payments of principal under our $400.0 million term loan facility available to us under a credit agreement dated April 1, 2014 (as amended, the Credit Agreement), expectations regarding our compliance with financial and restrictive covenants in our Credit Agreement, financing plans, geographic expansion, capital structure, contractual obligations, our database, database growth, services and facilities, employee relations, future economic performance, our ability to liquidate or realize our long-term investments, managements plans, goals and objectives for future operations, and growth and markets for our stock. Sections of this prospectus supplement, including Market, ranking and other data, Summary, The offering, Risk factors, Use of proceeds and Capitalization and the documents incorporated by reference herein, including Business, Risk Factors, Properties, Legal Proceedings, Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk, Controls and Procedures and the Financial Statements and related notes contain forward-looking statements.
Our forward-looking statements are also identified by words such as hope, anticipate, may, believe, expect, intend, will, should, plan, estimate, predict, continue and potential or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. You should understand that these forward-looking statements are estimates reflecting our judgment, beliefs and expectations, not guarantees of future performance. They are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. The following important factors, in addition to those discussed or referred to under the heading Risk Factors, and other unforeseen events or circumstances, could affect our future results and could cause those results or other outcomes to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements:
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commercial real estate market conditions;
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general economic conditions, both domestic and international;
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our ability to identify, acquire and integrate acquisition candidates;
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our ability to realize the expected benefits, cost savings or other synergies from acquisitions, on a timely basis or at all;
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our ability to combine acquired businesses successfully or in a timely and cost-efficient manner;
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business disruption relating to integration of acquired businesses or other business initiatives;
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theft of any personally identifiable information we maintain or process;
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any actual or perceived failure to comply with privacy or data protection laws, regulations or standards;
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the amount of investment for sales and marketing and our ability to realize a return on investments in sales and marketing;
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our ability to effectively and strategically combine, eliminate or de-emphasize service offerings;
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reductions in revenues as a result of service changes;
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