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Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.CAL’

On:  Thursday, 2/29/24, at 11:34am ET   ·   For:  12/31/23   ·   Accession #:  1410578-24-91   ·   File #:  0-51829

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 2/29/24  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       10-K       12/31/23   92:12M                                    Toppan Merrill/FA2

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.47M 
 2: EX-10.23    Material Contract                                   HTML     33K 
 3: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     94K 
 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     30K 
 9: EX-97.1     Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     50K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 6: EX-31.2     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     96K 
16: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    152K 
17: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     55K 
18: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML    118K 
                (Loss)                                                           
19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     31K 
                (Loss) (Parenthetical)                                           
20: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML     77K 
                Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)                                   
21: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    148K 
22: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     34K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
23: R9          Description of the business and summary of          HTML    270K 
                significant accounting policies                                  
24: R10         Property and equipment                              HTML     62K 
25: R11         Accrued and other liabilities                       HTML     45K 
26: R12         Long-term debt                                      HTML     58K 
27: R13         Income taxes                                        HTML    136K 
28: R14         Commitments and contingencies                       HTML     43K 
29: R15         Stockholders' equity                                HTML     30K 
30: R16         Stock option and award plan                         HTML     95K 
31: R17         Related party transactions                          HTML     36K 
32: R18         Geographic information                              HTML    119K 
33: R19         Quarterly financial information (unaudited)         HTML    103K 
34: R20         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     30K 
35: R21         Schedule II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS       HTML     53K 
36: R22         Description of the business and summary of          HTML    226K 
                significant accounting policies (Policies)                       
37: R23         Description of the business and summary of          HTML    219K 
                significant accounting policies (Tables)                         
38: R24         Property and equipment (Tables)                     HTML     60K 
39: R25         Accrued and other liabilities (Tables)              HTML     45K 
40: R26         Long-term debt (Tables)                             HTML     37K 
41: R27         Income taxes (Tables)                               HTML    135K 
42: R28         Commitments and contingencies (Tables)              HTML     38K 
43: R29         Stock option and award plan (Tables)                HTML     93K 
44: R30         Geographic information (Tables)                     HTML    115K 
45: R31         Quarterly financial information (Unaudited)         HTML    102K 
                (Tables)                                                         
46: R32         Description of the business and summary of          HTML    165K 
                significant accounting policies - Acquisition of                 
                Sprint Communications (Details)                                  
47: R33         Description of the business and summary of          HTML     89K 
                significant accounting policies - Acquisition of                 
                Sprint Communications - Consideration (Details)                  
48: R34         Description of the business and summary of          HTML    134K 
                significant accounting policies - Acquisition of                 
                Sprint Communications - Fair Value of Assets                     
                Acquired and Liabilities Assumed and Gain on                     
                Bargain Purchase (Details)                                       
49: R35         Description of the business and summary of          HTML     37K 
                significant accounting policies - Acquisition of                 
                Sprint Communications - Asset Retirement                         
                Obligations (Details)                                            
50: R36         Description of the business and summary of          HTML     66K 
                significant accounting policies - Acquisition of                 
                Sprint Communications - Pro Forma Information                    
                (Details)                                                        
51: R37         Description of the business and summary of          HTML     34K 
                significant accounting policies - Allowance for                  
                credit losses (Details)                                          
52: R38         Description of the business and summary of          HTML     29K 
                significant accounting policies - Allowance for                  
                credit losses - Narrative (Details)                              
53: R39         Description of the business and summary of          HTML    120K 
                significant accounting policies - Leases (Details)               
54: R40         Description of the business and summary of          HTML     63K 
                significant accounting policies - Revenue                        
                recognition (Details)                                            
55: R41         Description of the business and summary of          HTML     29K 
                significant accounting policies - Gross receipts                 
                taxes, universal service fund and other surcharges               
                (Details)                                                        
56: R42         Description of the business and summary of          HTML     51K 
                significant accounting policies - Financial                      
                instruments (Details)                                            
57: R43         Description of the business and summary of          HTML     55K 
                significant accounting policies - Property and                   
                equipment (Details)                                              
58: R44         Description of the business and summary of          HTML     47K 
                significant accounting policies - Basic and                      
                diluted net income per common share (Details)                    
59: R45         Property and equipment (Details)                    HTML     74K 
60: R46         Accrued and other liabilities (Details)             HTML     42K 
61: R47         Long-term debt (Details)                            HTML    227K 
62: R48         Long-term debt- Debt extinguishment and             HTML     78K 
                redemptions of 2022 Notes (Details)                              
63: R49         Long-term debt- Senior unsecured notes (Details)    HTML     38K 
64: R50         Long-term debt - Limitations under the Indentures   HTML     61K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R51         Long-term debt - Long-term debt maturities          HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R52         Income taxes - The components of income before      HTML     37K 
                income taxes (Details)                                           
67: R53         Income taxes - Income tax expense (Details)         HTML     49K 
68: R54         Income taxes - Temporary differences (Details)      HTML     60K 
69: R55         Income taxes - Loss carry-forwards (Details)        HTML     40K 
70: R56         Income taxes - Effective income tax rate            HTML     46K 
                reconciliation (Details)                                         
71: R57         Commitments and contingencies - Current and         HTML     29K 
                potential litigation (Details)                                   
72: R58         Commitments and contingencies: Capital leases -     HTML     49K 
                future minimum payments (Details)                                
73: R59         Commitments and contingencies - Unconditional       HTML     49K 
                purchase obligations (Details)                                   
74: R60         Commitments and contingencies - Defined             HTML     29K 
                contribution plan (Details)                                      
75: R61         Stockholders' equity: Authorized shares (Details)   HTML     38K 
76: R62         Stockholders' equity: Common stock buyback program  HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
77: R63         Stock option and award plan: Incentive award plan   HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
78: R64         Stock option and award plan: Incentive award plan   HTML     50K 
                fair value assumptions (Details)                                 
79: R65         Stock option and award plan: Incentive award plan   HTML     85K 
                - activity (Details)                                             
80: R66         Stock option and award plan: Non-vested restricted  HTML     52K 
                stock (Details)                                                  
81: R67         Stock option and award plan: Incentive award plan,  HTML     51K 
                additional information (Details)                                 
82: R68         Related party transactions (Details)                HTML     66K 
83: R69         Geographic information (Details)                    HTML     72K 
84: R70         Quarterly financial information (Unaudited)         HTML     81K 
                (Details)                                                        
85: R71         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     34K 
86: R72         Schedule II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS       HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R73         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     35K 
89: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    166K 
92: XML         XBRL Instance -- ccoi-20231231x10k_htm               XML   2.97M 
88: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX    190K 
11: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- ccoi-20231231_cal               XML    200K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- ccoi-20231231_def                XML   1.08M 
13: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- ccoi-20231231_lab                     XML   1.93M 
14: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ccoi-20231231_pre              XML   1.41M 
10: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- ccoi-20231231                         XSD    238K 
90: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              624±   986K 
91: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001410578-24-000091-xbrl      Zip    606K 


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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 1/05/24  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       8-K:5,9     1/03/24   12:241K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 8/09/23  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       10-Q        6/30/23   60:9.9M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA2
 7/27/23  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       8-K:1,9     7/25/23   11:217K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 5/01/23  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       8-K:1,2,7,9 5/01/23   14:636K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/15/23  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       DEF 14A               12:7.4M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/24/23  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       10-K       12/31/22   86:10M                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
 1/11/23  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       8-K:1,9     1/06/23   12:430K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 1/06/23  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       8-K:5,9     1/03/23   11:215K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 9/07/22  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       8-K:1,7,9   9/06/22   13:1M                                     Toppan Merrill/FA
 6/22/22  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       8-K:1,2,9   6/22/22   11:1.2M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 5/05/22  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       10-Q        3/31/22   53:7.8M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 5/04/22  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       8-K:5,9     5/04/22   11:318K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/25/22  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       10-K       12/31/21   90:10M                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
 1/05/22  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       8-K:5,9     1/03/22   11:217K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 5/11/21  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       8-K:1,2,9   5/07/21   11:1.4M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/26/21  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       8-K:5,9     2/24/21   11:217K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/02/20  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       8-K:1,9     2/28/20   11:203K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/19/20  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       8-K:5,8,9   2/14/20   12:229K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/15/19  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       DEF 14A     5/01/19    1:1M                                     Toppan Merrill-FA
11/20/17  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       8-K:5,9    11/17/17    2:20K                                    Donnelley Fi… Express/FA
 5/03/17  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       8-K:5,9     5/03/17    3:91K                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
 4/17/15  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       8-K:1,5,9   4/16/15    3:160K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 8/07/14  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       10-Q        6/30/14   50:4.9M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 5/15/14  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       8-K:1,2,5,8 5/15/14    7:388K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 4/18/14  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       8-K:5,8,9   4/17/14    2:90K                                    Donnelley Fi… Express/FA
 4/07/10  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       8-K:1,8     4/07/10    3:15K                                    Donnelley Fi… Express/FA
 3/01/10  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       10-K       12/31/09    8:1M                                     Toppan Merrill-FA
 8/08/07  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       10-Q        6/30/07    6:523K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/14/07  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       10-K       12/31/06   11:2.3M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/14/05  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       S-1                    5:2.3M                                   Toppan Merrill-FA
10/16/01  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       S-4                   16:2.4M                                   Toppan Merrill-FA2/FA
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