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Spirit Realty Capital, Inc., et al. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/17 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Wednesday, 5/3/17, at 4:21pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/17   ·   Accession #:  1308606-17-61   ·   File #s:  1-36004, 333-216815-01

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 5/03/17  Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.       10-Q        3/31/17   84:9.1M
          Spirit Realty, L.P.

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        1Q2017 Spirit Realty 10-Q                           HTML    839K 
 2: EX-10.40    Material Contract                                   HTML     43K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 5: EX-31.3     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 6: EX-31.4     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
15: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     50K 
16: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    132K 
17: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     43K 
18: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    126K 
19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     42K 
20: R6          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity      HTML     86K 
21: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    140K 
22: R8          Organization                                        HTML     30K 
23: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     57K 
24: R10         Investments                                         HTML    145K 
25: R11         Debt                                                HTML    184K 
26: R12         Derivative and Hedging Activities                   HTML     47K 
27: R13         Stockholders' Equity and Partners' Capital          HTML     47K 
28: R14         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     38K 
29: R15         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    171K 
30: R16         Significant Credit and Revenue Concentration        HTML     30K 
31: R17         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     40K 
32: R18         Incentive Award Plan                                HTML     34K 
33: R19         Income Per Share and Partnership Unit               HTML     60K 
34: R20         Costs Associated With Restructuring Activities      HTML     30K 
35: R21         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     63K 
                (Policies)                                                       
36: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     41K 
                (Tables)                                                         
37: R23         Investments (Tables)                                HTML    193K 
38: R24         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML    156K 
39: R25         Derivative and Hedging Activities (Tables)          HTML     39K 
40: R26         Stockholders' Equity and Partners' Capital          HTML     35K 
                (Tables)                                                         
41: R27         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    177K 
42: R28         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)         HTML     38K 
43: R29         Income Per Share and Partnership Unit (Tables)      HTML     56K 
44: R30         Organization - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     30K 
45: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     47K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
46: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     38K 
                Schedule of Restricted Cash and Escrow Deposits                  
                (Details)                                                        
47: R33         Investments - Narrative (Details)                   HTML     56K 
48: R34         Investments - Summary of Real Estate and Loan       HTML     71K 
                Activity, Net of Accumulated Depreciation and                    
                Amortization (Details)                                           
49: R35         Investments - Summary of Real Estate and Loan       HTML     31K 
                Activity, Net of Accumulated Depreciation and                    
                Amortization (Footnote) (Details)                                
50: R36         Investments - Schedule of Minimum Future            HTML     40K 
                Contractual Rent to be Received (Details)                        
51: R37         Investments - Schedule of Loans Receivable, Net of  HTML     41K 
                Premium and Allowance for Loan Losses (Details)                  
52: R38         Investments - Schedule of Lease Intangible Assets   HTML     41K 
                and Liabilities, Net of Accumulated Amortization                 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R39         Investments - Schedule of Components of Real        HTML     35K 
                Estate Investments Held Under Direct Financing                   
                Leases (Details)                                                 
54: R40         Investments - Schedule of Activity in Real Estate   HTML     44K 
                Assets Held for Sale (Details)                                   
55: R41         Investments - Summary of Total Impairment Losses    HTML     38K 
                Recognized (Details)                                             
56: R42         Debt - Summary of Debt (Details)                    HTML     73K 
57: R43         Debt - Revolving Credit Facilities - Narrative      HTML     73K 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R44         Debt - Term Loan - Narrative (Details)              HTML     63K 
59: R45         Debt - Senior Unsecured Notes (Details)             HTML     46K 
60: R46         Debt - Summary of Debt - Master Trust Notes         HTML     71K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R47         Debt - Master Trust Notes - Narrative (Details)     HTML     33K 
62: R48         Debt - CMBS - Narrative (Details)                   HTML     60K 
63: R49         Debt - Convertible Notes - Narrative (Details)      HTML     51K 
64: R50         Debt - Debt Extinguishment - Narrative (Details)    HTML     34K 
65: R51         Debt - Schedule of Debt Maturities (Details)        HTML     55K 
66: R52         Debt - Schedule of Debt Maturities (Footnote)       HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R53         Debt - Summary of Components of Interest Expense    HTML     52K 
                Related to Borrowings (Details)                                  
68: R54         Derivative and Hedging Activities - Summary of      HTML     44K 
                Amounts Recorded in AOCL (Details)                               
69: R55         Stockholders' Equity and Partners' Capital -        HTML     43K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
70: R56         Stockholders' Equity and Partners' Capital -        HTML     29K 
                Summary of Dividends Declared (Details)                          
71: R57         Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative           HTML     79K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R58         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     31K 
73: R59         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Assets at     HTML     90K 
                Fair Value on Nonrecurring Basis (Details)                       
74: R60         Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value Inputs of      HTML     62K 
                Long-Lived Assets Held and Used (Details)                        
75: R61         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Carrying      HTML     48K 
                Amount And Estimated Fair Value Of Financial                     
                Instruments (Details)                                            
76: R62         Significant Credit and Revenue Concentration -      HTML     42K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
77: R63         Supplemental Cash Flow Information - Schedule of    HTML     41K 
                Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures (Details)                     
78: R64         Incentive Award Plan - Narrative (Details)          HTML     62K 
79: R65         Income Per Share and Partnership Unit - Schedule    HTML     67K 
                of Reconciliation of the Numerator and Denominator               
                Used in the Computation of Basic and Diluted                     
                Income Per Share (Details)                                       
80: R66         Income Per Share and Partnership Unit - Narrative   HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R67         Costs Associated With Restructuring Activities -    HTML     28K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
83: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    147K 
82: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     90K 
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11: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- src-20170331_cal                XML    256K 
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10: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- src-20170331                          XSD    228K 
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