Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Revenues:      
Commissions $ 445,734us-gaap_BrokerageCommissionsRevenue $ 394,414us-gaap_BrokerageCommissionsRevenue $ 326,132us-gaap_BrokerageCommissionsRevenue
Advisory fees 343,212us-gaap_InvestmentAdvisoryFees 274,018us-gaap_InvestmentAdvisoryFees 233,672us-gaap_InvestmentAdvisoryFees
Investment banking 46,998us-gaap_InvestmentBankingRevenue 41,991us-gaap_InvestmentBankingRevenue 29,278us-gaap_InvestmentBankingRevenue
Principal transactions 1,938us-gaap_PrincipalTransactionsRevenue 2,667us-gaap_PrincipalTransactionsRevenue (1,081)us-gaap_PrincipalTransactionsRevenue
Interest and dividends 6,209us-gaap_InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating 6,813us-gaap_InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating 4,773us-gaap_InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating
Service fees and other income 77,162lts_OtherServiceFeesAffiliatesNet 73,213lts_OtherServiceFeesAffiliatesNet 57,337lts_OtherServiceFeesAffiliatesNet
Total revenues 921,253us-gaap_Revenues 793,116us-gaap_Revenues 650,111us-gaap_Revenues
Expenses:      
Commissions and fees 662,178us-gaap_SalesCommissionsAndFees 573,621us-gaap_SalesCommissionsAndFees 477,104us-gaap_SalesCommissionsAndFees
Compensation and benefits 120,231us-gaap_LaborAndRelatedExpense 95,346us-gaap_LaborAndRelatedExpense 80,151us-gaap_LaborAndRelatedExpense
Non-cash compensation 10,541us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 6,766us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 4,744us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Brokerage, communication and clearance fees 17,900us-gaap_FloorBrokerageExchangeAndClearanceFees 11,614us-gaap_FloorBrokerageExchangeAndClearanceFees 9,939us-gaap_FloorBrokerageExchangeAndClearanceFees
Rent and occupancy, net of sublease revenue 7,040us-gaap_OccupancyNet 6,289us-gaap_OccupancyNet 6,600us-gaap_OccupancyNet
Professional services 11,040us-gaap_ProfessionalFees 9,162us-gaap_ProfessionalFees 8,347us-gaap_ProfessionalFees
Interest 6,990us-gaap_InterestExpense 15,438us-gaap_InterestExpense 24,541us-gaap_InterestExpense
Depreciation and amortization 18,397us-gaap_DepreciationAndAmortization 15,315us-gaap_DepreciationAndAmortization 16,061us-gaap_DepreciationAndAmortization
Acquisition-related expense 2,342us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts 0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts 0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
Amortization of retention and forgivable loans 11,041us-gaap_OtherAmortizationOfDeferredCharges 11,544us-gaap_OtherAmortizationOfDeferredCharges 11,664us-gaap_OtherAmortizationOfDeferredCharges
Loss on extinguishment of debt 548us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt 4,547us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt 0us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
Other 43,011us-gaap_OtherExpenses 40,949us-gaap_OtherExpenses 32,963us-gaap_OtherExpenses
Total expenses 911,259us-gaap_OperatingExpenses 790,591us-gaap_OperatingExpenses 672,114us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
Income (loss) before item shown below 9,994us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 2,525us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss (22,003)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Change in fair value of contingent consideration 12lts_IncreaseDecreaseInFairValueOfContingentConsideration (121)lts_IncreaseDecreaseInFairValueOfContingentConsideration 7,111lts_IncreaseDecreaseInFairValueOfContingentConsideration
Income (loss) before income taxes 10,006us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 2,404us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments (14,892)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Income tax (benefit) expense (23,346)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 2,926us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 1,462us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income (loss) 33,352us-gaap_ProfitLoss (522)us-gaap_ProfitLoss (16,354)us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest (81)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest (68)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest 0us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net income (loss) attributable to the Company 33,433us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss (454)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss (16,354)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Dividends declared on preferred stock (17,244)us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsIncomeStatementImpact (6,911)us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsIncomeStatementImpact 0us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsIncomeStatementImpact
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders $ 16,189us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic $ (7,365)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic $ (16,354)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
Net income (loss) per share available to common shareholders (basic) (per share) $ 0.09us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ (0.04)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ (0.09)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted income (loss) per common share $ 0.08us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ (0.04)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ (0.09)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average common shares used in computation of per share data:      
Basic (per share) 182,768,494us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 182,295,476us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 183,572,582us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Diluted (per share) 206,512,437us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 182,295,476us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 183,572,582us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding