TIME WARNER INC.
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
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Commission file number 001-15062
TIME WARNER INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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Identification No.) |
One Time Warner Center
New York, NY 10019-8016
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(212) 484-8000
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for
such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of accelerated filer and large accelerated filer in
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Description of Class
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Shares Outstanding
as of April 27, 2007 |
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Common Stock $.01 par value
Series LMCN-V Common Stock $.01 par value
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3,766,682,571
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TIME WARNER INC.
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AND OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION
TIME WARNER INC.
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
INTRODUCTION
Managements discussion and analysis of results of operations and financial condition (MD&A)
is provided as a supplement to the accompanying consolidated financial statements and notes to help
provide an understanding of Time Warner Inc.s (Time Warner or the Company) financial
condition, changes in financial condition and results of operations. MD&A is organized as follows:
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Overview. This section provides a general description of Time Warners business
segments, as well as recent developments the Company believes are important in understanding
the results of operations and financial condition or in understanding anticipated future
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Results of operations. This section provides an analysis of the Companys results of
operations for the three months ended March 31, 2007. This analysis is presented on both a
consolidated and a business segment basis. In addition, a brief description is provided of
significant transactions and events that impact the comparability of the results being
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Financial condition and liquidity. This section provides an analysis of the Companys
financial condition as of March 31, 2007 and cash flows for the three months ended March 31,
2007. |
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Caution concerning forward-looking statements. This section provides a description of
the use of forward-looking information appearing in this report, including in MD&A and the
consolidated financial statements. Such information is based on managements current
expectations about future events, which are inherently susceptible to uncertainty and
changes in circumstances. Refer to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2006 (the 2006 Form 10-K) for a discussion of the risk factors
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As discussed more fully in Note 1 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the
2006 financial information has been recast so that the basis of presentation is consistent with
that of the 2007 financial information. Specifically, amounts were recast to reflect the
retrospective presentation of certain businesses that were sold or that the Company intends to sell
as discontinued operations.
Use of Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization
The Company utilizes Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization, among other
measures, to evaluate the performance of its businesses. Operating Income before Depreciation and
Amortization is considered an important indicator of the operational strength of the Companys
businesses and it provides an indication of the Companys ability to service debt and fund capital
expenditures. Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization eliminates the uneven effect
across all business segments of considerable amounts of noncash depreciation of tangible assets and
amortization of certain intangible assets that were recognized in business combinations. A
limitation of this measure, however, is that it does not reflect the periodic costs of certain
capitalized tangible and intangible assets used in generating revenues in the Companys businesses.
Management evaluates the investments in such tangible and intangible assets through other financial
measures, such as capital expenditure budgets, investment spending levels and return on capital.
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization should be considered in addition to, not
as a substitute for, the Companys Operating Income, Net Income and various cash flow measures
(e.g., Cash provided by operations) as well as other measures of financial performance reported in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). A reconciliation of
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization to Operating Income is presented under
Results of Operations.
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OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (Continued)
OVERVIEW
Time Warner is a leading media and entertainment company, whose major businesses encompass an
array of the most respected and successful media brands. Among the Companys brands are HBO, CNN,
AOL, People, Sports Illustrated, Time and Time Warner Cable. The Company produces and distributes
films through Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema, including 300, Happy Feet, The Departed and The
Nativity Story, as well as television programs, including ER, Two and a Half Men, Cold Case,
Without a Trace and The New Adventures of Old Christine. During the three months ended March 31,
2007, the Company generated revenues of $11.184 billion (up 9% from $10.238 billion in 2006),
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization of $3.618 billion (up 38% from $2.618 billion
in 2006), Operating Income of $2.540 billion (up 38% from $1.840 billion in 2006), Net Income of
$1.203 billion (down 18% from $1.463 billion in 2006) and Cash Provided by Operations of $1.399
billion (down 40% from $2.347 billion in 2006).
Time Warner Businesses
Time Warner classifies its operations into five reportable segments: AOL, Cable, Filmed
Entertainment, Networks and Publishing.
AOL. AOL LLC (together with its subsidiaries, AOL) is a leader in interactive services. In
the U.S. and internationally, AOL operates a leading network of web brands, offers free client
software and services to users who have their own Internet connection and provides services to
advertisers on the Internet. In addition, AOL operates one of the largest Internet access
subscription services in the United States. At March 31, 2007, AOL had 12.0 million AOL brand
subscribers in the U.S., which does not include registrations for the free AOL service. For the
three months ended March 31, 2007, AOL reported total revenues of $1.458 billion (13% of the
Companys overall revenues) and had $1.211 billion in Operating Income before Depreciation and
Amortization and $1.084 billion in Operating Income, both of
which included a pretax gain of approximately
$670 million related to the sale of AOLs German access business.
Historically, AOLs primary product offering has been an online subscription service that
includes dial-up Internet access, and this product currently generates the majority of AOLs
revenues. AOL continued to experience significant declines in the first quarter of 2007 in the
number of its U.S. subscribers and related revenues, due primarily to AOLs decisions to focus on
its advertising business and offer most of its services (other than Internet access) for free,
AOLs proactive reduction of subscriber acquisition and retention efforts, and the industry-wide
decline of the premium dial-up ISP business and growth in the broadband Internet access business.
The decline in subscribers has had an adverse impact on AOLs Subscription revenues. However,
dial-up network costs have also decreased and are anticipated to continue to decrease as
subscribers decline. AOLs Advertising revenues, in large part, are generated from the traffic to
and usage of the AOL service by AOLs subscribers. Therefore, the decline in subscribers also could
have an adverse impact on AOLs Advertising revenues to the extent that subscribers canceling their
subscriptions do not maintain their relationship with and usage of the AOL Network (as defined
below).
AOL has continued to implement the next phase of its strategy (as announced on August 2, 2006)
to transition from a business that has relied heavily on Subscription revenues from dial-up
subscribers to one that attracts and engages more Internet users and takes advantage of the growth
in online advertising. AOL is emphasizing growing its global web services business and managing
costs in its access services business. A goal of AOLs strategy is to maintain and expand
relationships with current and former AOL subscribers, whether they continue to purchase the
dial-up Internet access subscription service or not. Another component of the strategy is to permit
access to most of the AOL services, including use of the AOL client software and AOL e-mail
accounts, without charge. Therefore, as long as an individual has a means to connect to the
Internet, that person can access and use most of the AOL services for free.
The components of this strategy primarily include the following:
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providing advertising services domestically and internationally on the AOL Network and on
Internet sites of third-party entities (referred to as Partner Sites) through display
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attracting highly-engaged users to and retaining those users on AOLs interactive
properties, including AIM, AOL.com, MapQuest and Moviefone, as well as attracting and
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offering compelling content, features and tools, including e-mail, instant
messaging and the AOL client software, which generally are available to Internet users
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implementing a cost-effective distribution strategy for its free and paid products
and services by entering into or maintaining relationships with third-party high-speed
Internet access providers, such as telephone and cable companies, retailers, computer
manufacturers, or other aggregators of Internet activity, and search engine optimization
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providing paid services, including a variety of online safety and security products on a subscription basis; and |
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providing software for mobile devices that will further the distribution of AOL products and services. |
The AOL Network consists of a variety of websites, related applications and services, and the
AOL and low-cost ISP services. Specifically, the AOL Network includes AOL.com, AIM, MapQuest,
Moviefone, ICQ and Netscape as well as other co-branded websites for which certain criteria have
been met, including that the Internet traffic has been assigned to AOL. Advertising services on
Partner Sites are provided primarily through AOLs wholly owned subsidiary, Advertising.com, but
also directly by AOL, and paid-search advertising activities on the AOL Network are conducted
primarily through AOLs strategic relationship with Google.
As discussed in more detail in Recent Developments, AOL completed the dispositions of its
European access businesses with the closing of the sale of its German access business on February
28, 2007.
In connection with its revised strategy, AOL undertook certain restructuring and related
activities in 2006 and the first quarter of 2007, including involuntary employee terminations,
contract terminations, facility closures and asset write-offs. Additional restructuring and related
activities of this nature are anticipated during the remainder of 2007.
Cable. Time Warners cable business, Time Warner Cable Inc. and its subsidiaries (TWC), is
the second-largest cable operator in the U.S. and is an industry leader in developing and launching
innovative video, data and voice services. At March 31, 2007, TWC had approximately 13.4 million
basic video subscribers in technologically advanced, well-clustered systems located mainly in five
geographic areas New York state, the Carolinas, Ohio, southern California and Texas. As of March
31, 2007, TWC was the largest cable operator in a number of large cities, including New York City
and Los Angeles. For the three months ended March 31, 2007, TWC delivered revenues of $3.851
billion (34% of the Companys overall revenues), $1.307 billion in Operating Income before
Depreciation and Amortization and $579 million in Operating Income.
On July 31, 2006, a subsidiary of TWC, Time Warner NY Cable LLC (TW NY), and Comcast
Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, Comcast) completed the acquisition of substantially
all of the cable assets of Adelphia Communications Corporation (Adelphia) and related
transactions. In addition, effective January 1, 2007, TWC began consolidating the results of
certain cable systems located in Kansas City, south and west Texas and New Mexico (the Kansas City
Pool) upon the distribution of the assets of Texas and Kansas City Cable Partners, L.P. (TKCCP)
to its partners, TWC and Comcast. Prior to January 1, 2007, TWCs interest in TKCCP was reported as
an equity method investment. Refer to Recent Developments for further details.
TWC principally offers three services video, high-speed data and voice, which have been
primarily targeted to residential customers. Video is TWCs largest service in terms of revenues
generated. TWC expects to continue to increase video revenues through the offering of advanced
digital video services such as video-on-demand (VOD), subscription-video-on-demand (SVOD), high
definition television (HDTV) and set-top boxes equipped with digital video recorders (DVRs), as
well as through price increases and subscriber growth. TWCs digital video subscribers provide a
broad base of potential customers for additional advanced services. Providing basic video services
is a competitive and highly penetrated business, and, as a result, TWC expects slower incremental
growth in the number of basic video subscribers compared to the growth in TWCs advanced service
offerings. Video programming costs represent a major component of TWCs expenses and are expected
to continue to increase, reflecting contractual rate increases, subscriber growth and the expansion
of service offerings, and it is expected that TWCs video service margins will decline over the
next few years as programming cost increases outpace growth in video revenues.
High-speed data has been one of TWCs fastest-growing services over the past several years and
is a key driver of its results. As of March 31, 2007, TWC had approximately 7.0 million residential
high-speed data subscribers. TWC expects
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continued strong growth in residential high-speed data subscribers and revenues for the
foreseeable future; however, the rate of growth of both subscribers and revenues is expected to
slow over time as high-speed data services become increasingly well-penetrated. In addition, as
narrowband Internet users continue to migrate to broadband connections, TWC anticipates that an
increasing percentage of its new high-speed data customers will elect to purchase its entry-level
high-speed data service, which is generally less expensive than TWCs flagship service. As a
result, over time, TWCs average high-speed data revenue per subscriber may decline reflecting this
shift in mix. TWC also offers commercial high-speed data services and had approximately 254,000
commercial high-speed data subscribers as of March 31, 2007.
Approximately 2.1 million subscribers received Digital Phone service, TWCs residential voice
service, as of March 31, 2007. For a monthly fixed fee, Digital Phone customers typically receive
the following services: an unlimited local, in-state and U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico calling plan,
as well as call waiting, caller ID and E911 services. TWC also is currently deploying a
lower-priced unlimited in-state-only calling plan to serve those customers that do not use an
interstate calling plan extensively and is planning to offer additional plans with a variety of
local and long-distance options. Digital Phone enables TWC to offer its customers a convenient
package, or bundle, of video, high-speed data and voice services, and to compete effectively
against bundled services available from its competitors. TWC expects strong increases in Digital
Phone subscribers and revenues for the foreseeable future. TWC has begun to introduce a commercial
voice service to small- to medium-sized businesses and will continue to deploy this service during
the remainder of 2007 in most of the systems TWC owned before and retained after the transactions
with Adelphia and Comcast (the Legacy Systems). TWC also expects to deploy this service in some
of the systems it acquired in and retained after the transactions with Adelphia and Comcast (the
Acquired Systems) during the remainder of 2007.
Some of TWCs principal competitors, in particular, direct broadcast satellite operators and
incumbent local telephone companies, either offer or are making significant capital investments
that will allow them to offer services that provide features and functions comparable to the video,
data and/or voice services that TWC offers and they are aggressively seeking to offer them in
bundles similar to TWCs. TWC expects that the availability of these service offerings will
intensify competition.
In addition to the subscription services described above, TWC also earns revenues by selling
advertising time to national, regional and local businesses.
As of July 31, 2006, the date the transactions with Adelphia and Comcast closed, the
penetration rates for basic video, digital video and high-speed data services were generally lower
in the Acquired Systems than in the Legacy Systems. Furthermore, certain advanced services were not
available in some of the Acquired Systems, and an IP-based telephony service was not available in
any of the Acquired Systems. To increase the penetration of these services in the Acquired Systems,
TWC is in the midst of a significant integration effort that includes upgrading the capacity and
technical performance of these systems to levels that will allow the delivery of these advanced
services and features. Such integration-related efforts are expected to be largely complete by the
end of 2007. As of March 31, 2007, Digital Phone was available to over 15% of the homes passed in
the Acquired Systems. TWC expects to continue to roll out Digital Phone service across the Acquired
Systems during the remainder of 2007.
Improvement in the financial and operating performance of the Acquired Systems depends in part
on the completion of these initiatives and the subsequent availability of the Companys bundled
advanced services in the Acquired Systems. In addition, due to various operational and competitive
challenges, the Company expects that the acquired systems located in Los Angeles, CA and Dallas, TX
will likely require more time and resources than the other acquired systems to stabilize and then
meaningfully improve their financial and operating performance. As of March 31, 2007, the Los
Angeles and Dallas acquired systems together served approximately 2.0 million basic video
subscribers (about 50% of the basic video subscribers served by the Acquired Systems). TWC believes
that by upgrading the plant and integrating the Acquired Systems into its operations, there is a
significant opportunity over time to increase service penetration rates, and improve Subscription
revenues and Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization in the Acquired Systems.
Filmed Entertainment. Time Warners Filmed Entertainment businesses, Warner Bros.
Entertainment Group (Warner Bros.) and New Line Cinema Corporation (New Line), generated
revenues of $2.743 billion (24% of the Companys overall revenues), $332 million in Operating
Income before Depreciation and Amortization and $243 million in Operating Income for the three
months ended March 31, 2007. The Filmed Entertainment segment experienced a decline in revenues
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and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2007 due to difficult comparisons
to the three months ended March 31, 2006.
One of the worlds leading studios, Warner Bros. has diversified sources of revenues with its
film and television businesses, including an extensive film library and global distribution
infrastructure. This diversification has helped Warner Bros. deliver consistent long-term
performance. New Line is the worlds oldest independent film company. Its primary source of
revenues is the creation and distribution of theatrical motion pictures.
Warner Bros. continues to develop its industry-leading television business, including the
successful releases of television series on home video. Throughout the 2006-2007 television season,
Warner Bros. produced prime-time series for all five broadcast networks (including Two and a Half
Men, ER, Without a Trace, Cold Case, Smallville, Men In Trees and The New Adventures of Old
Christine), as well as original series for cable networks (including Nip/Tuck and The Closer).
The sale of DVDs has been one of the largest drivers of the segments profit over the last
several years, and Warner Bros. extensive library of theatrical and television titles positions it
to continue to benefit from sales of home video product to consumers. However, the industry and the
Company have experienced a leveling of DVD sales due to several factors, including increasing
competition for consumer discretionary spending, piracy, the maturation of the standard definition
DVD format and the fragmentation of consumer time.
Piracy, including physical piracy as well as illegal online file-sharing, continues to be a
significant issue for the filmed entertainment industry. Due to technological advances, piracy has
expanded from music to movies and television programming. The Company has taken a variety of
actions to combat piracy over the last several years, including the launch of new services for
consumers at competitive price points, aggressive online and customs enforcement, compressed
release windows and educational campaigns, and will continue to do so, both individually and
together with cross-industry groups, trade associations and strategic partners.
Networks. Time Warners Networks segment comprises Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
(Turner) and Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO). On September 17, 2006, Warner Bros. and CBS Corp.
(CBS) ceased the stand-alone operations of The WB Network and UPN, respectively, and formed The
CW, an equity method investee of the Company. The Networks segment results included the operations
of The WB Network through the date of its shutdown on September 17, 2006. For the three months
ended March 31, 2007, the Networks segment delivered revenues of $2.410 billion (20% of the
Companys overall revenues), $937 million in Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization
and $860 million in Operating Income.
The Turner networks including such recognized brands as TNT, TBS, CNN, Cartoon Network and
CNN Headline News are among the leaders in advertising-supported cable TV networks. For five
consecutive years, more prime-time viewers have watched advertising-supported cable TV networks
than the national broadcast networks. For the three months ended March 31, 2007, TNT ranked first
among advertising-supported cable networks in total-day delivery of its key demographics, Adults
18-49 and Adults 25-54 and in prime-time delivery ranked third and second, respectively, for Adults
18-49 and Adults 25-54. TBS ranked second among advertising-supported cable networks in prime-time
delivery of its key demographic, Adults 18-34.
The Turner networks generate revenues principally from the sale of advertising time and
monthly subscriber fees paid by cable system operators, direct-to-home satellite operators and
other affiliates. Key contributors to Turners success are its continued investments in
high-quality programming focused on sports, network movie premieres, licensed and original series,
news and animation, leading to strong ratings and Advertising and Subscription revenue growth, as
well as strong brands and operating efficiency.
HBO operates the HBO and Cinemax multichannel pay television programming services, with the
HBO service ranking as the nations most widely distributed pay television network. HBO generates
revenues principally from monthly subscriber fees from cable system operators, direct-to-home
satellite operators and other affiliates. An additional source of revenue is the ancillary sales of
its original programming, including The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Rome and Entourage.
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Publishing. Time Warners Publishing segment consists principally of magazine publishing and
a number of direct-marketing and direct-selling businesses. The segment generated revenues of
$1.048 billion (9% of the Companys overall revenues), $84 million in Operating Income before
Depreciation and Amortization and $38 million in Operating Income for the three months ended March
31, 2007.
As of March 31, 2007, Time Inc. published over 130 magazines globally, including People,
Sports Illustrated, In Style, Southern Living, Real Simple, Entertainment Weekly, Time, Cooking
Light, Fortune and Whats on TV. It generates revenues primarily from advertising, magazine
subscriptions and newsstand sales, and its growth is derived from higher circulation and
advertising on existing magazines, new magazine launches, acquisitions and advertising from online
properties. Time Inc. owns IPC Media, the U.K.s largest magazine company (IPC), and the magazine
subscription marketer Synapse Group, Inc. The Companys Publishing segment has experienced sluggish
print advertising sales as advertisers are shifting advertising expenditures to online media. As a
result, Time Inc. continues to invest in developing digital content, including the redesign of
Time.com, EW.com and Golf.com, increased functionality for CNNMoney.com and the expansion of Sports
Illustrateds digital properties. Time Inc.s direct-selling division, Southern Living At Home,
sells home decor products through independent consultants at parties hosted in peoples homes
throughout the U.S.
On March 3, 2007, the Company sold its Parenting Group and most of the Time4 Media magazine
titles, consisting of 18 of Time Inc.s smaller niche magazines, to a subsidiary of Bonnier AB, a
Swedish media company (Bonnier). Refer to Recent Developments for further discussion.
Recent Developments
Texas/Kansas City Cable Joint Venture
TKCCP is a 50-50 joint venture between a consolidated subsidiary of TWC (Time Warner
Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership (TWE-A/N)) and Comcast. On January 1, 2007, TKCCP
distributed its assets to its partners. TWC received the Kansas City Pool, which served
approximately 788,000 basic video subscribers as of December 31, 2006, and Comcast received the
pool of assets consisting of the Houston cable systems (the Houston Pool), which served
approximately 795,000 basic video subscribers as of December 31, 2006. TWC began consolidating the
results of the Kansas City Pool on January 1, 2007. TWC expects that TKCCP will be formally
dissolved in the second quarter of 2007. For accounting purposes, the Company has treated the
distribution of TKCCPs assets as a sale of the Companys 50% equity interest in the Houston Pool
and as an acquisition of Comcasts 50% equity interest in the Kansas City Pool. As a result of the
sale of the Companys 50% equity interest in the Houston Pool, the Company recorded a pretax gain
of approximately $146 million in the first quarter of 2007, which is included as a component of
other income, net in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations (Note 2).
Bookspan
On April 9, 2007, the Company sold its 50% interest in Bookspan, a joint venture that
primarily owns and operates book clubs via direct mail and e-commerce, to a subsidiary of
Bertelsmann AG (Bertelsmann) for a purchase price of $145 million, which will result in a pretax
gain of approximately $100 million in the second quarter of 2007 (Note 3).
TradeDoubler
On March 14, 2007, AOL withdrew its cash tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of
TradeDoubler AB (TradeDoubler). The completion of the offer was subject to the condition that at
least 90% of TradeDoublers outstanding shares be tendered in the offer, and this condition was not
met (Note 3).
Parenting and Time4 Media
On March 3, 2007, the Company sold its Parenting Group and most of the Time4 Media magazine
titles, consisting of 18 of Time Inc.s smaller niche magazines, to a subsidiary of Bonnier for
approximately $220 million, which resulted in a pretax gain of approximately $54 million. The
results of operations of the Parenting Group and Time4 Media magazine titles that were sold have
been reflected as discontinued operations for all periods presented (Note 3).
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Sale of AOLs European Access Businesses
On February 28, 2007, the Company completed the sale of AOLs German access business to
Telecom Italia S.p.A. for $850 million in cash, resulting in a pretax gain of approximately $670
million. In connection with this sale, the Company entered into a separate agreement to provide
ongoing web services, including content, e-mail and other online tools and services to Telecom
Italia S.p.A.
As a result of the historical interdependency of AOLs European access and audience
businesses, the historical cash flows and operations of the access and audience businesses were not
clearly distinguishable. Accordingly, AOLs German access business and its other European access
businesses, which were sold in 2006, have not been reflected as discontinued operations in the
accompanying consolidated financial statements (Note 3).
Transactions with Liberty
In February 2007, the Company signed a non-binding letter of intent with Liberty Media
Corporation (Liberty) regarding the exchange of a significant portion of Libertys interest in
Time Warner for a subsidiary of Time Warner that contains a mix of non-strategic assets, including
the Atlanta Braves franchise (the Braves) and Leisure Arts, Inc. (Leisure Arts), and cash. Any
sale of a major league baseball team requires the prior approval of Major League Baseball (the
League). Therefore, the Company and Liberty have submitted to the League documents related to the
proposed transfer of the Braves and requested the Leagues approval of the transfer. There can be
no assurance that the League will approve the proposed transfer or that the parties will reach a
definitive agreement regarding the proposed transaction. In the first quarter of 2007, the Company
recorded an impairment of approximately $13 million on the Companys investment in Leisure Arts. As
a result of the Companys intent to dispose of the Braves and Leisure Arts, the results of
operations of both businesses have been reflected as discontinued operations for all periods
presented (Note 3).
Claxson
On December 14, 2006, Turner announced an agreement with Claxson Interactive Group, Inc.
(Claxson) to purchase seven pay television networks currently operating in Latin America for
approximately $235 million (net of cash acquired). The transaction, which is subject to customary
closing conditions, is expected to close in the second or third quarter of 2007 (Note 3).
Divestiture of Certain Non-Core AOL Wireless Businesses
The Company is in discussions with prospective buyers regarding the divestiture of certain
non-core AOL wireless businesses. In the first quarter of 2007, the Company recorded an impairment
of approximately $18 million on the long-lived assets associated with one of the non-core AOL
wireless businesses. As a result of the Companys intent to dispose of these businesses, the
results of operations of these businesses have been reflected as discontinued operations for all
periods presented (Note 3).
Transactions with Adelphia and Comcast
On July 31, 2006, TW NY and Comcast completed their respective acquisitions of assets
comprising in the aggregate substantially all of the cable assets of Adelphia (the Adelphia
Acquisition). Additionally, on July 31, 2006, immediately before the closing of the Adelphia
Acquisition, Comcasts interests in TWC and Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. (TWE), a
subsidiary of TWC, were redeemed (the Redemptions). Following the Redemptions and the Adelphia
Acquisition, on July 31, 2006, TW NY and Comcast swapped certain cable systems, most of which were
acquired from Adelphia, in order to enhance TWCs and Comcasts respective geographic clusters of
subscribers (the Exchange and, together with the Adelphia Acquisition and the Redemptions, the
Adelphia/Comcast Transactions). The results of the systems acquired in connection with the
Adelphia/Comcast Transactions have been included in the accompanying consolidated statement of
operations since the closing of the transactions on July 31, 2006. As a result of the closing of
the Adelphia/Comcast Transactions, TWC acquired systems with approximately 4.0 million basic video
subscribers and disposed of the systems previously owned by TWC and transferred to Comcast in
connection with the Redemptions and the
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OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (Continued)
Exchange with approximately 0.8 million basic video subscribers for a net gain of
approximately 3.2 million basic video subscribers.
On February 13, 2007, Adelphias Chapter 11 reorganization plan became effective and, under
applicable securities law regulations and provisions of the U.S. bankruptcy code, TWC became a
public company subject to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act). Under the terms of the reorganization plan, most of the shares of TWC Class A
Common Stock that Adelphia received in the Adelphia Acquisition (representing approximately 16% of
TWCs outstanding common stock) are being distributed to Adelphias creditors. On March 1, 2007,
TWCs Class A common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TWC
(Note 2).
Common Stock Repurchase Program
Time Warners Board of Directors has authorized a common stock repurchase program that allows
the Company to purchase up to an aggregate of $20 billion of common stock during the period from
July 29, 2005 through December 31, 2007. Purchases under the stock repurchase program may be made
from time to time on the open market and in privately negotiated transactions. Size and timing of
these purchases is based on a number of factors, including price and business and market
conditions. At existing price levels, the Company intends to continue purchases under its stock
repurchase program within its stated objective of maintaining a net debt-to-Operating Income before
Depreciation and Amortization ratio, as defined, of approximately 3-to-1 and expects it will
complete the program by the end of the second quarter of 2007. From the programs inception through
May 1, 2007, the Company repurchased approximately 1.0 billion shares of common stock for
approximately $18.4 billion pursuant to trading programs under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act,
including approximately 208 million shares of common stock for approximately $3.6 billion pursuant
to prepaid stock repurchase contracts (Note 6).
Amounts Related to Securities Litigation
At December 31, 2006, the Company had a reserve of approximately $620 million related to its
remaining unresolved securities litigation matters. During the first quarter of 2007, the Company
reached agreements to pay approximately $764 million to settle substantially all of the remaining
claims. The Company recorded an incremental charge of approximately $152 million during the first
quarter of 2007 reflecting these 2007 settlements, including approximately $8 million related to an
expected attorneys fee award related to a previously settled matter. The Company believes the
potential exposure in any securities litigation matters that remain pending at March 31, 2007 to be
de minimis.
The Company recognizes insurance recoveries when it becomes probable that such amounts will be
received. The Company recognized insurance recoveries of approximately $8 million and $50 million
related to Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) matters for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
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MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (Continued)
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Changes in Basis of Presentation
Discontinued Operations
As discussed more fully in Note 1 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the
2006 financial information has been recast so that the basis of presentation is consistent with
that of the 2007 financial information. Specifically, the Company has reflected certain magazines
sold, including the Parenting Group, most of the Time4 Media magazine titles and The Progressive
Farmer magazine, and certain businesses it intends to sell, including Leisure Arts, the Braves and
certain non-core AOL wireless businesses as discontinued operations. Accordingly, the financial
condition and results of operations of these businesses have been reflected as discontinued
operations for all periods presented.
Consolidation of Kansas City Pool
On January 1, 2007, the Company began consolidating the results of the Kansas City Pool upon
the distribution of the assets of TKCCP to its partners.
Recent Accounting Standards
Accounting for Sabbatical Leave and Other Similar Benefits
On January 1, 2007, the Company adopted the provisions of Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF)
Issue No. 06-02, Accounting for Sabbatical Leave and Other Similar Benefits (EITF 06-02), related
to certain sabbatical leave and other employment arrangements that are similar to a sabbatical
leave. EITF 06-02 provides that an employees right to a compensated absence under a sabbatical
leave or similar benefit arrangement in which the employee is not required to perform any duties
during the absence is an accumulating benefit. Therefore, such arrangements should be accounted for
as a liability with the cost recognized over the service period during which the employee earns the
benefit. Adoption of this guidance resulted in an increase to accumulated deficit of approximately
$97 million (approximately $59 million, net of tax) on January 1, 2007. The resulting change in the
accrual for the three months ended March 31, 2007 was not material.
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes
On January 1, 2007, the Company adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48,
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (FIN
48), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income tax positions. This interpretation
requires the Company to recognize in the consolidated financial statements only those tax positions
determined to be more likely than not of being sustained upon examination, based on the technical
merits of the positions. Upon adoption, the Company recognized approximately $445 million of tax
benefits for positions that were previously unrecognized, of which approximately $433 million was
accounted for as a reduction to the accumulated deficit balance and approximately $12 million was
accounted for as an increase to the paid-in-capital balance as of January 1, 2007. Additionally,
the adoption of FIN 48 resulted in the recognition of additional tax reserves for positions where
there is uncertainty about the timing or character of such deductibility. These additional reserves
were largely offset by increased deferred tax assets (Note 1).
Accounting for Deferred Compensation and Postretirement Benefit Aspects of Split-Dollar Life
Insurance Arrangements
The EITF has reached consensuses on EITF Issue No. 06-10, Deferred Compensation and
Postretirement Benefit Aspects of Collateral Assignment Split-Dollar Life Insurance Arrangements
(EITF 06-10), and EITF Issue No. 06-04, Deferred Compensation and Postretirement Benefits Aspects
of Endorsement Split-Dollar Life Insurance Arrangements (EITF 06-04), which require that a
company recognize a liability for the postretirement benefits associated with endorsement and
collateral assignment split-dollar life insurance arrangements. The provisions of EITF 06-10 and
EITF 06-04 will be effective for Time Warner as of January 1, 2008 and will impact the Company in
instances where the Company has contractually agreed to maintain a life insurance policy (i.e., the
Company pays the premiums) for an
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MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (Continued)
employee in periods in which the employee is no longer providing services. The Company is
currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on the Companys consolidated financial
statements.
Significant Transactions and Other Items Affecting Comparability
As more fully described herein and in the related notes to the accompanying consolidated
financial statements, the comparability of Time Warners results from continuing operations has
been affected by certain significant transactions and other items in each period as follows
(millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
Amounts related to securities litigation and government investigations |
|
$ |
(163 |
) |
|
$ |
(29 |
) |
Asset impairments |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Gain on disposal of assets, net |
|
|
670 |
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impact on Operating Income (Loss) |
|
|
506 |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
Investment gains, net |
|
|
163 |
|
|
|
295 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impact on Other income, net |
|
|
163 |
|
|
|
295 |
|
Minority interest impact |
|
|
(57 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pretax impact |
|
|
612 |
|
|
|
288 |
|
Income tax impact |
|
|
(290 |
) |
|
|
(105 |
) |
Other tax items affecting comparability |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
93 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
After-tax impact |
|
$ |
325 |
|
|
$ |
276 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In addition to the items affecting comparability above, the Company incurred approximately $68
million and $30 million of merger-related, restructuring and shutdown costs during the three months
ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
The Company incurred restructuring costs for the three months ended March 31, 2007 of
approximately $64 million, primarily related to various employee terminations and other exit
activities, including $23 million at the AOL segment, $6 million at the Cable segment and $35
million at the Publishing segment. In addition, the Cable segment also expensed approximately $4
million of non-capitalizable merger-related and restructuring costs associated with the
Adelphia/Comcast Transactions.
The Company incurred restructuring costs for the three months ended March 31, 2006 of
approximately $23 million, primarily related to various employee terminations, including $12
million at the Publishing segment, $6 million at the Cable segment and $5 million at the Corporate
segment. The Company also expensed $2 million at the Filmed Entertainment segment and $1 million at
the AOL segment as a result of changes in estimates of previously established restructuring
accruals. In addition, during the three months ended March 31, 2006, the Cable segment expensed
approximately $4 million of non-capitalizable merger-related costs associated with the
Adelphia/Comcast Transactions.
Amounts Related to Securities Litigation
The Company recognized legal reserves as well as legal and other professional fees related to
the defense of various shareholder lawsuits, totaling $171 million and $79 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. In addition, the Company recognized related
insurance recoveries of $8 million and $50 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and
2006, respectively.
Asset Impairments
During the three months ended March 31, 2007, the Company incurred a $1 million noncash asset
impairment charge related to asset write-offs in connection with facility closures primarily as a
result of AOLs revised strategy.
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MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (Continued)
Gains on Disposal of Assets, Net
For the three months ended March 31, 2007, the Company recorded a gain of approximately $670
million on the sale of AOLs German access business.
For the three months ended March 31, 2006, the Company recorded a gain of approximately $20
million at the Corporate segment related to the sale of two aircraft and a $2 million gain at the
AOL segment from the resolution of a previously contingent gain related to the 2004 sale of
Netscape Security Solutions (NSS).
Investment Gains, Net
For the three months ended March 31, 2007, the Company recognized net gains of $163 million
primarily related to the sale of investments, including a $146 million gain on TWCs deemed sale of
the Companys 50% interest in the Houston Pool in connection with the distribution of TKCCPs
assets at the Cable segment. For the three months ended March 31, 2007, investment gains, net also
include $6 million of gains resulting from market fluctuations in equity derivative instruments.
For the three months ended March 31, 2006, the Company recognized net gains of $295 million
primarily related to the sale of investments, including a $239 million gain on the sale of a
portion of the Companys investment in Time Warner Telecom Inc. (TWT) and a $51 million gain on
the sale of the Companys investment in Canal Satellite Digital. Investment gains, net also include
$7 million of gains resulting from market fluctuations in equity derivative instruments.
Minority Interest Impact
For the three months ended March 31, 2007, income of $57 million was attributed to minority
interests, which primarily reflects the respective minority owners share of the gains on TWCs
deemed sale of the Houston Pool interest and on the sale of AOLs German access business.
Income Tax Impact and Other Tax Items Affecting Comparability
The income tax impact reflects the estimated tax or tax benefit associated with each item
affecting comparability. Such estimated taxes or tax benefits vary based on certain factors,
including deductibility of the amounts and foreign tax on certain gains. The Companys tax
provision may also include certain items affecting comparability. For the three months ended March
31, 2007 and 2006 these items included approximately $3 million and $93 million, respectively, of
tax benefits related primarily to the realization of tax attribute carryforwards.
Three Months Ended March 31, 2007 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2006
Consolidated Results
Revenues. The components of revenues are as follows (millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
% Change |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
|
|
|
|
Subscription |
|
$ |
6,239 |
|
|
$ |
5,494 |
|
|
|
14% |
|
Advertising |
|
|
1,932 |
|
|
|
1,749 |
|
|
|
10% |
|
Content |
|
|
2,779 |
|
|
|
2,746 |
|
|
|
1% |
|
Other |
|
|
234 |
|
|
|
249 |
|
|
|
(6% |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues |
|
$ |
11,184 |
|
|
$ |
10,238 |
|
|
|
9% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The increase in Subscription revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2007 was primarily
related to increases at the Cable and Networks segments, offset partially by a decline at the AOL
segment. The increase at the Cable segment was driven by the impact of the Acquired Systems, the
consolidation of the Kansas City Pool, the continued penetration of digital video services and
Digital Phone, video price increases and growth in both basic video and high-speed data
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MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (Continued)
subscriber levels in the Legacy Systems. The increase at the Networks segment was due
primarily to higher subscription rates and, to a lesser extent, an increase in the number of
subscribers at both Turner and HBO. Revenues at the AOL segment declined primarily as a result of
the sales of AOLs European access businesses in the fourth quarter of 2006 and first quarter of
2007, as well as decreases in the number of AOL brand domestic subscribers and related revenues.
The increase in Advertising revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2007 was primarily
due to growth at the AOL and Cable segments, offset partially by a decline at the Networks segment.
The increase at the AOL segment was due to growth in Advertising revenues on both the AOL Network
and on Partner Sites. The increase at the Cable segment was primarily attributable to the Acquired
Systems and the consolidation of the Kansas City Pool. The decline at the Networks segment was
primarily driven by the impact of the shutdown of The WB Network on September 17, 2006, partially
offset by higher Advertising revenue across Turners primary networks.
Each of the revenue categories is discussed in greater detail by segment in Business Segment
Results.
Costs of Revenues. For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, costs of revenues
totaled $6.496 billion and $5.677 billion, respectively, and as a percentage of revenues were 58%
and 55%, respectively. The increase in costs of revenues as a percentage of revenues related
primarily to increases at the Cable segment, primarily related to the Acquired Systems and the
consolidation of the Kansas City Pool, and at the Filmed Entertainment segment, primarily
reflecting the change in the quantity and mix of products released, partially offset by a decline
at the AOL segment, primarily reflecting a shift to Advertising revenues, which have higher
margins. The segment variations are discussed in detail in Business Segment Results.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and
2006, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 6% to $2.409 billion for the three
months ended March 31, 2007 from $2.555 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2006. The
decrease related primarily to a significant decline at the AOL segment, primarily due to reduced
subscriber acquisition marketing as part of AOLs revised strategy, partially offset by an increase
at the Cable segment related to the Acquired Systems and the consolidation of the Kansas City Pool.
The segment variations are discussed in detail in Business Segment Results.
Amounts Related to Securities Litigation. As previously discussed in Recent Developments,
the Company recognized legal reserves as well as legal and other professional fees related to the
defense of various shareholder lawsuits, totaling $171 million and $79 million for the three months
ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. In addition, the Company recognized related insurance
recoveries of $8 million and $50 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
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TIME WARNER INC.
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (Continued)
Reconciliation of Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization to Operating Income.
The following table reconciles Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization to
Operating Income. In addition, the table provides the components from Operating Income to net
income for purposes of the discussions that follow (millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
% Change |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization |
|
$ |
3,618 |
|
|
$ |
2,618 |
|
|
|
38% |
|
Depreciation |
|
|
(901 |
) |
|
|
(649 |
) |
|
|
39% |
|
Amortization |
|
|
(177 |
) |
|
|
(129 |
) |
|
|
37% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Income |
|
|
2,540 |
|
|
|
1,840 |
|
|
|
38% |
|
Interest expense, net |
|
|
(551 |
) |
|
|
(299 |
) |
|
|
84% |
|
Other income, net |
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
311 |
|
|
|
(60% |
) |
Minority interest expense, net |
|
|
(130 |
) |
|
|
(71 |
) |
|
|
83% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income taxes, discontinued operations and cumulative
effect of accounting change |
|
|
1,984 |
|
|
|
1,781 |
|
|
|
11% |
|
Income tax provision |
|
|
(797 |
) |
|
|
(598 |
) |
|
|
33% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before discontinued operations and cumulative effect of
accounting change |
|
|
1,187 |
|
|
|
1,183 |
|
|
|
|
|
Discontinued operations, net of tax |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
255 |
|
|
NM |
|
Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax |
|
|
|
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
NM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
|
$ |
1,203 |
|
|
$ |
1,463 |
|
|
|
(18% |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization. Time Warners Operating Income before
Depreciation and Amortization increased 38% to $3.618 billion for the three months ended March 31,
2007 from $2.618 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2006. Excluding the items previously
discussed under Significant Transactions and Other Items Affecting Comparability totaling $506
million of income, net and $7 million of expense, net for 2007 and 2006, respectively, Operating
Income before Depreciation and Amortization increased $487 million, principally as a result of
growth at the AOL, Cable and Networks segments, partially offset by a decline at the Filmed
Entertainment and Publishing segments. The segment variations are discussed in detail under
Business Segment Results.
Depreciation Expense. Depreciation expense increased to $901 million for the three months
ended March 31, 2007 from $649 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006. The increase in
depreciation expense primarily related to an increase at the Cable segment reflecting the impact of
the Acquired Systems, the consolidation of the Kansas City Pool and demand-driven increases in
recent years of purchases of customer premise equipment, which generally has a significantly
shorter useful life compared to the mix of assets previously purchased.
Amortization Expense. Amortization expense increased to $177 million for the three months
ended March 31, 2007 from $129 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006. The increase in
amortization expense primarily related to the Cable segment driven by the amortization of
intangible assets associated with customer relationships acquired as part of the Acquired Systems.
Operating Income. Time Warners Operating Income increased to $2.540 billion for the three
months ended March 31, 2007 from $1.840 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2006.
Excluding the items previously discussed under Significant Transactions and Other Items Affecting
Comparability totaling $506 million of income, net and $7 million of expense, net for 2007 and
2006, respectively, Operating Income increased $187 million, reflecting the changes in Operating
Income before Depreciation and Amortization, offset partially by the increases in both depreciation
and amortization expense as discussed above.
Interest Expense, Net. Interest expense, net, increased to $551 million for the three months
ended March 31, 2007 from $299 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006, reflecting higher
average outstanding balances of borrowings as a result of the Companys stock repurchase program
and the Adelphia/Comcast Transactions, increased interest rates on borrowings and lower interest
income related primarily to a lower level of short-term investments.
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MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (Continued)
Other Income, Net. Other income, net, detail is shown in the table below (millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
Investment gains, net |
|
$ |
163 |
|
|
$ |
295 |
|
Income (loss) from equity investees |
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
16 |
|
Other |
|
|
(26 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income, net |
|
$ |
125 |
|
|
$ |
311 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The changes in investment gains, net are discussed under Significant Transactions and Other
Items Affecting Comparability. Excluding the impact of investment gains, Other income, net,
decreased primarily due to lower income from equity method investees and higher foreign exchange
losses. The decrease in equity income primarily reflects the absence of equity income as a result
of TKCCP no longer being treated as an equity method investee following the TKCCP asset
distribution, as well as losses recognized on The CW investment.
Minority Interest Expense, Net. Time Warner had $130 million of minority interest expense,
net for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to $71 million for the three months ended
March 31, 2006. The increase related primarily to the 5% minority interest in AOL issued to Google
in the second quarter of 2006, which included Googles 5% share of the gain recognized by AOL on
the sale of its German access business, and to larger profits recorded by the Cable segment,
including the gain on the deemed sale of the Houston Pool in connection with the TKCCP asset
distribution. Comcast held an effective 21% minority interest in TWC until the closing of the
Adelphia/Comcast Transactions on July 31, 2006, upon which Comcasts interest in TWC was redeemed
and Adelphia received an approximate 16% minority interest in TWC. Adelphia is in the process of
distributing this interest to its creditors.
Income Tax Provision. Income tax expense from continuing operations was $797 million for the
three months ended March 31, 2007, compared to $598 million for the three months ended March 31,
2006. The Companys effective tax rate for continuing operations was 40% for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 compared to 34% for the three months ended March 31, 2006. The increase reflects the
impact of nondeductible goodwill associated with the sale of AOLs German access business in 2007
and the lower realization of tax attribute carryforwards relative to 2006.
Income before Discontinued Operations and Cumulative Effect of Accounting Change. Income
before discontinued operations and cumulative effect of accounting change was $1.187 billion for
the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to $1.183 billion for the three months ended March
31, 2006. Basic and diluted net income per share before discontinued operations and cumulative
effect of accounting change were $0.31 and $0.30, respectively, in 2007 compared to $0.26 for both
in 2006. Excluding the items previously discussed under Significant Transactions and Other Items
Affecting Comparability totaling $325 million and $276 million of income, net for the three months
ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, income before discontinued operations and cumulative
effect of accounting change declined by $45 million primarily due to higher interest expense, net
and higher minority interest expense, net, partially offset by higher Operating Income as discussed
above.
Discontinued Operations. Discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2007
and 2006 include certain magazines sold, including the Parenting
Group, most of the Time4 Media
magazine titles and The Progressive Farmer magazine, and certain businesses the Company intends to
sell, including Leisure Arts, the Braves, and certain non-core AOL wireless businesses. Also
included in discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2006 are the operations of
the systems transferred to Comcast in connection with the Redemptions and the Exchange, the Turner
South network and Time Warner Book Group (TWBG).
Included in the results for the three months ended March 31, 2007 was a pretax gain of
approximately $54 million and a related tax benefit of approximately $2 million on the sale of the
Parenting Group and most of the Time4 Media magazine titles, an impairment of approximately $18
million on AOLs long-lived assets associated with one of the non-core wireless businesses and an
impairment of approximately $13 million on the Companys investment in Leisure Arts. The tax
benefit on the pretax gain resulted primarily from the recognition of deferred tax assets
associated with the sale of the magazine titles. Included in the results for the three months ended
March 31, 2006 was a pretax gain of approximately $207 million and a related tax benefit of
approximately $24 million on the sale of TWBG. The tax benefit on the sale of TWBG resulted
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OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (Continued)
primarily from the release of a valuation allowance associated with tax attribute
carryforwards offsetting the gain on the transaction.
Cumulative Effect of Accounting Change, Net of Tax. For the three months ended March 31,
2006, the Company recorded a benefit of $25 million, net of tax, as the cumulative effect of a
change in accounting principle upon the adoption of FAS 123R in 2006, to recognize the effect of
estimating the number of awards granted prior to January 1, 2006 that are not ultimately expected
to vest.
Net Income and Net Income Per Common Share. Net income was $1.203 billion for the three
months ended March 31, 2007 compared to $1.463 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2006.
Basic and diluted net income per common share were both $0.31 in 2007 compared to $0.33 and $0.32,
respectively, in 2006. Net income per common share for both 2007 and 2006 reflect the favorable
impact of the shares repurchased under the $20 billion share repurchase program.
Business Segment Results
AOL. Revenues, Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization and Operating Income of
the AOL segment for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 are as follows (millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
% Change |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subscription |
|
$ |
873 |
|
|
$ |
1,538 |
|
|
|
(43% |
) |
Advertising |
|
|
549 |
|
|
|
392 |
|
|
|
40% |
|
Other |
|
|
36 |
|
|
|
27 |
|
|
|
33% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues |
|
|
1,458 |
|
|
|
1,957 |
|
|
|
(25% |
) |
Costs of revenues(a) |
|
|
(621 |
) |
|
|
(942 |
) |
|
|
(34% |
) |
Selling, general and administrative(a) |
|
|
(272 |
) |
|
|
(587 |
) |
|
|
(54% |
) |
Gain on disposal of consolidated businesses |
|
|
670 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
NM |
|
Asset impairments |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
NM |
|
Restructuring costs |
|
|
(23 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
NM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization |
|
|
1,211 |
|
|
|
429 |
|
|
|
182% |
|
Depreciation |
|
|
(105 |
) |
|
|
(127 |
) |
|
|
(17% |
) |
Amortization |
|
|
(22 |
) |
|
|
(37 |
) |
|
|
(41% |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Income |
|
$ |
1,084 |
|
|
$ |
265 |
|
|
|
309% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Costs of revenues and selling, general and administrative expenses exclude
depreciation. |
On August 2, 2006, AOL announced that it was implementing the next phase of its business
strategy, which is designed to accelerate AOLs transition to a global web services company. A
significant component of this strategy is to permit the use of most of AOLs services, including
use of the AOL client software and AOL e-mail accounts, without charge. Therefore, as long as an
individual has a means to connect to the Internet, that person can access and use most of the AOL
services for free.
AOL continues to serve customers with dial-up Internet access by providing dial-up
connectivity to the Internet and customer service for subscribers. AOL also continues to develop
and offer price plans with varying service levels. In the third quarter of 2006, AOL implemented
new $25.90 and $9.95 price plans in the U.S. with varying levels of dial-up access service, storage
and other tools and services. However, AOL has substantially reduced its marketing and customer
service efforts previously aimed at attracting and retaining subscribers to the dial-up AOL
service.
In connection with AOLs revised strategy and as a result of the sales of AOLs European
access businesses in the fourth quarter of 2006 and the first quarter of 2007, the Company has
reevaluated its historical disclosures related to the AOL brand domestic and European subscribers.
Beginning in the first quarter of 2007 and going forward, the Company will no longer provide
subscriber and average revenue per subscriber (ARPU) information for AOL brand domestic
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subscribers in the $15 and over and under $15 price plan categories as the Company
believes this information is no longer meaningful. Similarly, the AOL Europe subscriber and ARPU
discussions have also been discontinued.
The decline in Subscription revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the
three months ended March 31, 2006 was due to the sales of AOLs European access businesses
(approximately $300 million) in the fourth quarter of 2006 and first quarter of 2007, as well as
decreases in the number of AOL brand domestic subscribers and related revenues.
The number of AOL brand domestic subscribers was 12.0 million, 13.2 million, and 18.6 million
as of March 31, 2007, December 31, 2006, and March 31, 2006, respectively. The AOL brand domestic
ARPU was $18.97 and $18.43 for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. AOL
includes in its subscriber numbers individuals, households and entities that have provided billing
information and completed the registration process sufficiently to allow for an initial log-on to
the AOL service. Subscribers to the AOL brand service include subscribers participating in
introductory free-trial periods and subscribers that are paying no or reduced monthly fees through
member service and retention programs. Total AOL brand subscribers include free-trial and retention
members of approximately 4% at March 31, 2007, 6% at December 31, 2006, and 11% at March 31, 2006.
Individuals who have registered for the free AOL service, including subscribers who have migrated
from paid subscription plans, are not included in the AOL brand subscriber numbers presented above.
As previously discussed, due to the sales of AOLs access businesses in the U.K., Germany and
France, AOL no longer has AOL brand Internet access subscribers in Europe, although the purchasers
of AOLs European access businesses have certain rights to use specific AOL brands.
The decreases in subscribers are the result of a number of factors, including the effects of
AOLs revised strategy, which has resulted in the migration of subscribers to the free AOL service
offering, declining registrations for the paid service in response to AOLs reduced marketing and
retention campaigns, and competition from broadband access providers. The increase in ARPU for the
three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the similar period in the prior year was due
primarily to a price increase implemented late in the first quarter of 2006 and an increase in the
percentage of revenue generating customers, partially offset by a shift in the subscriber mix to
lower-priced subscriber price plans.
In addition to the AOL brand service, AOL has subscribers to other services, both domestically
and internationally, including the Netscape and CompuServe brands. These other brand services are
not a significant source of revenues.
Advertising services include display advertising and paid-search advertising, both
domestically and internationally, which are provided on both the AOL Network and on Partner Sites.
Total Advertising revenues improved for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the three
months ended March 31, 2006 due to increased Advertising revenues generated on both the AOL Network
and on Partner Sites. Specifically, Advertising revenues on the AOL Network increased $90 million
to $399 million, while Advertising revenues on Partner Sites increased $67 million to $150 million.
Total Advertising revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2007 declined sequentially by
approximately $17 million from the three months ended December 31, 2006 primarily reflecting the
impact of higher seasonal advertising in the fourth quarter of 2006.
The increase in Advertising revenues generated on the AOL Network for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 reflects increases in both display and paid-search Advertising revenues. Display
Advertising revenues increased $56 million to $232 million for the three months ended March 31,
2007 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2006, primarily attributable to increased
inventory sold as well as operational improvements. In addition, display Advertising revenues for
the three months ended March 31, 2007 included a benefit of approximately $19 million related to a
change in an accounting estimate resulting from more timely system data. Paid-search Advertising
revenues, which are generated primarily through AOLs strategic relationship with Google, increased
$34 million to $167 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the three months
ended March 31, 2006. This increase is primarily attributable to both higher revenues per search
query and increases in search query volume on certain AOL Network properties.
Advertising revenues on Partner Sites are generated primarily through AOLs wholly owned
subsidiary, Advertising.com. The increase in such revenues is primarily attributable to the
expansion of a relationship with a major customer in the second quarter of 2006, which increased
$46 million to $56 million for the three months ended March 31,
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2007, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2006, as well as to continued growth in
revenues from other advertisers.
AOL expects Advertising revenues to continue to increase during the remainder of 2007 as
compared to the similar period in 2006 due to expected increases in display and paid-search
advertising on the AOL Network and expected increases in sales of advertising run on Partner Sites,
although revenues generated on Partner Sites are expected to increase at a rate less than that
experienced in the first quarter of 2007, as the expansion of the relationship with a major
customer occurred in the second quarter of 2006.
Costs of revenues decreased 34% and as a percentage of revenues were 43% for the three months
ended March 31, 2007 compared to 48% for the three months ended March 31, 2006. Approximately $200
million of the decrease in costs of revenues was attributable to the sales of AOLs European access
businesses. The remaining decrease was attributable to lower network-related expenses and lower
customer service expenses associated with the closure of customer support call centers, partially
offset by an increase in traffic acquisition costs associated with advertising run on Partner
Sites. Network-related expenses decreased 69% to $98 million for the three months ended March 31,
2007 from $318 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006, of which approximately $150
million of the decrease was attributable to the sales of AOLs European access businesses. The
remaining decline in network-related expenses was principally attributable to lower usage of AOLs
dial-up network associated with the declining AOL brand domestic dial-up subscriber base, improved
pricing and network utilization and decreased levels of long-term fixed commitments.
Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 54% for the three months ended March
31, 2007, of which approximately $80 million of the decrease was attributable to the sales of AOLs
European access businesses. The remaining decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses
reflects a decrease in direct marketing costs of approximately $210 million, primarily due to
reduced subscriber acquisition marketing as part of AOLs revised strategy, and other cost savings
initiatives, partially offset by higher employee incentive compensation, including higher current
year accruals. The three months ended March 31, 2006 also included an $18 million benefit due to
the reversal of previously established accruals that were no longer required and an approximate $14
million benefit related to the favorable resolution of certain tax matters.
As previously discussed under Significant Transactions and Other Items Affecting
Comparability, the results for the three months ended March 31, 2007 included a gain of
approximately $670 million on the sale of AOLs German access business, a $32 million restructuring
charge primarily related to involuntary employee terminations and facility closures, partially
offset by the reversal of $9 million of restructuring charges that were no longer needed due to
changes in estimates and a $1 million noncash asset impairment charge related to asset write-offs
in connection with facility closures primarily as a result of AOLs revised strategy. Further
restructuring actions associated with the strategy are expected to result in additional
restructuring and related charges during the remainder of 2007 of up to $50 million. The results
for the three months ended March 31, 2006 include a $2 million gain from the resolution of a
previously contingent gain related to the 2004 sale of NSS and a $1 million restructuring charge,
primarily related to changes in estimates of previously established restructuring accruals.
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization and Operating Income increased due
primarily to the gain on the sale of the German access business, higher Advertising revenues and
lower costs of revenues and selling, general and administrative expenses, partially offset by lower
Subscription revenues and higher restructuring costs. In addition, the increase in Operating Income
reflected lower depreciation expense as a result of a decline in network assets due to membership
declines.
In connection with AOLs strategy, including its proactive reduction of subscriber acquisition
efforts, AOL expects to experience a continued decline in its subscribers and related Subscription
revenues, and for the remainder of 2007, a decline in subscriber ARPU, as compared to the similar
period in 2006. In addition, over the remainder of 2007, AOL expects to continue to reduce costs of
revenues, including dial-up network and customer service expenses, and selling, general and
administrative expenses.
The Company expects that AOLs growth rates for Operating Income before Depreciation and
Amortization and Operating Income for the remainder of the year compared to the corresponding
nine-month period in the prior year,
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excluding the gains on the sales of AOLs European access businesses, will be significantly
lower than the levels of growth achieved in the first quarter of 2007 primarily as a result of
continued declines in Subscription revenues, including the impact on Subscription revenues of the
divestiture of AOLs European access businesses.
As discussed in Recent Developments, on February 28, 2007, the Company completed the sale of
AOLs German access business to Telecom Italia S.p.A. for $850 million in cash, resulting in a
pretax gain of approximately $670 million. In connection with this sale, the Company entered into a
separate agreement to provide ongoing web services, including content, e-mail and other online
tools and services to Telecom Italia S.p.A.
As a result of the historical interdependency of AOLs European access and audience
businesses, the historical cash flows and operations of the access and audience businesses were not
clearly distinguishable. Accordingly, AOLs German access business and its other European access
businesses, which were sold in 2006, have not been reflected as discontinued operations in the
accompanying consolidated financial statements.
As discussed in Recent Developments, the Company is in discussions with prospective buyers
regarding the divestiture of certain non-core AOL wireless businesses. In the first quarter of
2007, the Company recorded an impairment of approximately $18 million on the long-lived assets
associated with one of the non-core AOL wireless businesses. As a result of the Companys intent to
dispose of these businesses, the results of operations of these businesses have been reflected as
discontinued operations for all periods presented.
Cable. As previously disclosed, on July 31, 2006, the Company completed the Adelphia/Comcast
Transactions and began consolidating the results of the Acquired Systems. Additionally, on January
1, 2007, the Company began consolidating the results of the Kansas City Pool. Revenues, Operating
Income before Depreciation and Amortization and Operating Income of the Cable segment for the three
months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 are as follows (millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
% Change |
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subscription |
|
$ |
3,662 |
|
|
$ |
2,276 |
|
|
|
61 |
% |
Advertising |
|
|
189 |
|
|
|
109 |
|
|
|
73 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues |
|
|
3,851 |
|
|
|
2,385 |
|
|
|
61 |
% |
Costs of revenues(a) |
|
|
(1,883 |
) |
|
|
(1,087 |
) |
|
|
73 |
% |
Selling, general and administrative(a) |
|
|
(651 |
) |
|
|
(437 |
) |
|
|
49 |
% |
Merger-related and restructuring costs |
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization |
|
|
1,307 |
|
|
|
851 |
|
|
|
54 |
% |
Depreciation |
|
|
(649 |
) |
|
|
(380 |
) |
|
|
71 |
% |
Amortization |
|
|
(79 |
) |
|
|
(19 |
) |
|
|
316 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Income |
|
$ |
579 |
|
|
$ |
452 |
|
|
|
28 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Costs of revenues and selling, general and administrative expenses exclude
depreciation. |
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Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2007 include the results of the Legacy
Systems, the Acquired Systems and the Kansas City Pool, and revenues for the three months ended
March 31, 2006 consist only of the results of the Legacy Systems. Revenues, including the
components of Subscription revenues, for the Legacy Systems, the Acquired Systems, the Kansas City
Pool and Total Systems were as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 (in
millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Legacy |
|
|
Acquired |
|
|
Kansas |
|
|
Total |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Systems |
|
|
Systems |
|
|
City Pool |
|
|
Systems |
|
|
Systems(a) |
|
|
% Change |
Subscription revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Video |
|
$ |
1,674 |
|
|
$ |
695 |
|
|
$ |
135 |
|
|
$ |
2,504 |
|
|
$ |
1,574 |
|
|
|
59% |
|
High-speed data |
|
|
648 |
|
|
|
197 |
|
|
|
49 |
|
|
|
894 |
|
|
|
568 |
|
|
|
57% |
|
Voice(b) |
|
|
230 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
264 |
|
|
|
134 |
|
|
|
97% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Subscription revenues |
|
|
2,552 |
|
|
|
907 |
|
|
|
203 |
|
|
|
3,662 |
|
|
|
2,276 |
|
|
|
61% |
|
Advertising revenues |
|
|
116 |
|
|
|
64 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
189 |
|
|
|
109 |
|
|
|
73% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues |
|
$ |
2,668 |
|
|
$ |
971 |
|
|
$ |
212 |
|
|
$ |
3,851 |
|
|
$ |
2,385 |
|
|
|
61% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2006 consist only of the results of
the Legacy Systems. |
|
(b) |
|
Voice revenues included revenues primarily associated with Digital Phone, TWCs
residential voice service, as well as revenues associated with subscribers acquired from
Comcast who received traditional, circuit-switched telephone service, which were $14 million
for the three months ended March 31, 2007. TWC continues to provide traditional,
circuit-switched services to those subscribers and will continue to do so for some period of
time until it is able to discontinue the circuit-switched offering in accordance with
regulatory requirements, at which time the only voice services provided by TWC will be Digital
Phone and commercial voice. As of March 31, 2007, Digital Phone service was available to over
15% of the homes passed in the Acquired Systems. |
Subscriber numbers were as follows (thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated Subscribers (a) as of |
|
Managed Subscribers (a) as of |
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
3/31/06 |
|
% Change |
|
3/31/07 |
|
3/31/06 |
|
% Change |
Subscribers: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic video(b) |
|
|
13,448 |
|
|
|
8,657 |
|
|
|
55 |
% |
|
|
13,448 |
|
|
|
9,447 |
|
|
|
42 |
% |
Digital video(c) |
|
|
7,548 |
|
|
|
4,493 |
|
|
|
68 |
% |
|
|
7,548 |
|
|
|
4,808 |
|
|
|
57 |
% |
Residential high-speed data(d) |
|
|
7,000 |
|
|
|
4,116 |
|
|
|
70 |
% |
|
|
7,000 |
|
|
|
4,443 |
|
|
|
58 |
% |
Commercial high-speed data(d) |
|
|
254 |
|
|
|
173 |
|
|
|
47 |
% |
|
|
254 |
|
|
|
188 |
|
|
|
35 |
% |
Digital Phone(e) |
|
|
2,094 |
|
|
|
1,149 |
|
|
|
82 |
% |
|
|
2,094 |
|
|
|
1,248 |
|
|
|
68 |
% |
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Historically, managed subscribers included TWCs consolidated subscribers and
subscribers in the Kansas City Pool of TKCCP that TWC received on January 1, 2007 in the TKCCP
asset distribution. Beginning January 1, 2007, subscribers in the Kansas City Pool are
included in both managed and consolidated subscriber results as a result of the consolidation
of the Kansas City Pool. |
|
(b) |
|
Basic video subscriber numbers reflect billable subscribers who receive basic video
service. |
|
(c) |
|
Digital video subscriber numbers reflect billable subscribers who receive any level
of video service via digital technology. |
|
(d) |
|
High-speed data subscriber numbers reflect billable subscribers who receive TWCs
Road Runner high-speed data service or any of the other high-speed data services offered by
TWC. |
|
(e) |
|
Digital Phone subscriber numbers reflect billable subscribers who receive IP-based
telephony service. Digital Phone subscribers exclude subscribers acquired from Comcast in the
Exchange who receive traditional, circuit-switched telephone service (which totaled
approximately 93,000 consolidated subscribers at March 31, 2007). |
Subscription revenues increased, driven by the impact of the Acquired Systems, the
consolidation of the Kansas City Pool, the continued penetration of digital video services and
Digital Phone, video price increases and growth in both basic video and high-speed data subscriber
levels in the Legacy Systems. Aggregate revenues associated with TWCs digital video services,
including digital tiers, pay-per-view, VOD, SVOD and DVRs, increased 70% to $563 million for the
three months ended March 31, 2007 from $332 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006.
Strong growth rates for high-speed data service and voice revenues are expected to continue during
the remainder of 2007.
For the three months ended March 31, 2007, Advertising revenues increased due to an increase
in local and national advertising, primarily due to the impact of the Acquired Systems and the
consolidation of the Kansas City Pool.
For the three months ended March 31, 2007, costs of revenues increased 73%, and, as a
percentage of revenues, were 49% for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to 46% for the
three months ended March 31, 2006. The
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increase in costs of revenues was primarily related to the impact of the Acquired Systems and
the consolidation of the Kansas City Pool, as well as increases in video programming, employee,
voice and other costs. The increase in costs of revenues as a percentage of revenues reflects lower
margins in the Acquired Systems. Video programming costs increased 73% to $880 million for the
three months ended March 31, 2007, due primarily to the impact of the Acquired Systems ($257
million) and the consolidation of the Kansas City Pool ($50 million), as well as contractual rate
increases, the increase in video subscribers and the expansion of service offerings in the Legacy
Systems. Video programming costs for the three months ended March 31, 2006 also included an $11
million benefit reflecting an adjustment in the amortization of certain launch support payments.
Employee costs increased primarily due to the impact of the Acquired Systems, the consolidation of
the Kansas City Pool, higher headcount resulting from the continued roll-out of advanced services,
salary increases and an approximate $16 million benefit (with an additional approximate $5 million
benefit included in selling, general and administrative expenses) recorded in the first quarter of
2006 due to changes in estimates related to prior period medical benefit accruals. Voice costs
increased approximately $52 million to $112 million primarily due to growth in Digital Phone
subscribers and the consolidation of the Kansas City Pool. Other costs increased primarily due to
the impact of the Acquired Systems and the consolidation of the Kansas City Pool, as well as
revenue-driven increases in fees paid to local franchise authorities and increases in other costs
associated with the continued roll-out of advanced services in the Legacy Systems.
The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses is primarily the result of higher
employee, marketing and other costs due to the impact of the Acquired Systems and the consolidation
of the Kansas City Pool, increased headcount and higher costs resulting from the continued roll-out
of advanced services and salary increases.
As previously discussed under Significant Transactions and Other Items Affecting
Comparability, the Cable segment expensed non-capitalizable merger-related and restructuring costs
associated with the Adelphia/Comcast Transactions of approximately $4 million for each of the three
months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006. In addition, the results for both the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006 included approximately $6 million of other restructuring costs. TWCs
restructuring activities are part of TWCs broader plans to simplify its organizational structure
and enhance its customer focus. TWC is in the process of executing these initiatives and expects to
incur additional costs as these plans continue to be implemented throughout 2007.
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization increased principally as a result of
revenue growth, partially offset by higher costs of revenues and selling, general and
administrative expenses, as discussed above.
Operating Income increased primarily due to the increase in Operating Income before
Depreciation and Amortization described above, partially offset by an increase in depreciation
expense and amortization expense. Depreciation expense increased primarily due to the impact of the
Acquired Systems, the consolidation of the Kansas City Pool and demand-driven increases in recent
years of purchases of customer premise equipment, which generally has a significantly shorter
useful life compared to the mix of assets previously purchased. Amortization expense increased as a
result of the amortization of intangible assets associated with customer relationships acquired as
part of the Adelphia/Comcast Transactions.
The Company anticipates that Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization and
Operating Income will continue to increase during the remainder of 2007 as compared to the similar
period in the prior year, although the full year rates of growth are expected to be lower than
those experienced in the first quarter of 2007 as the last five months of 2006 also included the
benefit of the Adelphia Acquisition.
20
TIME WARNER INC.
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (Continued)
Filmed Entertainment. Revenues, Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization and
Operating Income of the Filmed Entertainment segment for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and
2006 are as follows (millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
|
% Change |
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subscription |
|
$ |
7 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
NM |
Advertising |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NM |
Content |
|
|
2,663 |
|
|
|
2,709 |
|
|
|
(2 |
%) |
Other |
|
|
68 |
|
|
|
70 |
|
|
|
(3 |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues |
|
|
2,743 |
|
|
|
2,779 |
|
|
|
(1 |
%) |
Costs of revenues(a) |
|
|
(2,008 |
) |
|
|
(1,944 |
) |
|
|
3 |
% |
Selling, general and administrative(a) |
|
|
(403 |
) |
|
|
(376 |
) |
|
|
7 |
% |
Restructuring costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
NM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization |
|
|
332 |
|
|
|
457 |
|
|
|
(27 |
%) |
Depreciation |
|
|
(35 |
) |
|
|
(34 |
) |
|
|
3 |
% |
Amortization |
|
|
(54 |
) |
|
|
(55 |
) |
|
|
(2 |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Income |
|
$ |
243 |
|
|
$ |
368 |
|
|
|
(34 |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Costs of revenues and selling, general and administrative expenses exclude
depreciation. |
Content revenues include theatrical product (which is content made available for initial
airing in theaters), television product (which is content made available for initial airing on
television), and consumer products and other. The components of Content revenues for the three
months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 are as follows (millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
|
% Change |
Theatrical product: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Theatrical film |
|
$ |
453 |
|
|
$ |
300 |
|
|
|
51 |
% |
Television licensing |
|
|
432 |
|
|
|
362 |
|
|
|
19 |
% |
Home video |
|
|
741 |
|
|
|
997 |
|
|
|
(26 |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total theatrical product |
|
|
1,626 |
|
|
|
1,659 |
|
|
|
(2 |
%) |
Television product: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Television licensing |
|
|
761 |
|
|
|
755 |
|
|
|
1 |
% |
Home video |
|
|
154 |
|
|
|
178 |
|
|
|
(13 |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total television product |
|
|
915 |
|
|
|
933 |
|
|
|
(2 |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consumer product and other |
|
|
122 |
|
|
|
117 |
|
|
|
4 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Content revenues |
|
$ |
2,663 |
|
|
$ |
2,709 |
|
|
|
(2 |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The increase in theatrical film revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2007 was due
primarily to the success of certain key releases, including 300 and Music & Lyrics, as well as the
carryover revenues from Blood Diamond and Happy Feet, compared to the carryover revenues from Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire and the release of V For Vendetta in the first quarter of 2006. The
increase in theatrical product revenues from television licensing primarily related to the timing
and quantity of availabilities, including a greater number of significant titles in the first
quarter of 2007. Home video sales of theatrical product declined primarily due to difficult
comparisons to the first quarter of 2006, which included the worldwide release of Harry Potter and
the Goblet of Fire and the domestic release of Wedding Crashers compared to the releases of Happy
Feet and The Departed in the first quarter of 2007.
The decline in home video sales of television product reflects difficult comparisons to the
prior year, which included higher revenues attributable to Seinfeld and Friends.
The increase in costs of revenues resulted primarily from higher advertising and print costs
resulting from the quantity and mix of films released, as well as higher film costs ($1.143 billion
in 2007 compared to $1.132 billion in 2006). These increases were partially offset by lower home
video manufacturing and freight costs related to a decline in volume. Included in film costs are
pre-release theatrical film valuation adjustments, which decreased to $53 million in 2007 from
21
TIME WARNER INC.
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (Continued)
$69 million in 2006. Costs of revenues as a percentage of revenues were 73% and 70% in 2007
and 2006, respectively, reflecting the quantity and mix of products released.
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased primarily due to higher employee costs,
partially offset by lower distribution fees.
As previously discussed in Significant Transactions and Other Items Affecting Comparability,
the results for the three months ended March 31, 2006 included $2 million of restructuring charges
as a result of changes in estimates of previously established restructuring accruals.
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization and Operating Income decreased due to a
decline in revenues and increases in costs of revenues and selling, general and administrative
expenses. The first quarter of 2006 also included a benefit of $42 million from the sale of certain
international film rights.
The Company expects that both Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization and
Operating Income at the Filmed Entertainment segment will increase for the remainder of 2007
relative to the corresponding nine-month period in 2006, with the growth occurring in the second
half of 2007 due primarily to expectations of improved performance from the current years
theatrical release slate.
Networks. Revenues, Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization and Operating
Income of the Networks segment for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 are as follows
(millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
|
% Change |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subscription |
|
$ |
1,545 |
|
|
$ |
1,462 |
|
|
|
6 |
% |
Advertising |
|
|
655 |
|
|
|
743 |
|
|
|
(12 |
%) |
Content |
|
|
200 |
|
|
|
194 |
|
|
|
3 |
% |
Other |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
(9 |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues |
|
|
2,410 |
|
|
|
2,410 |
|
|
|
|
|
Costs of revenues(a) |
|
|
(1,067 |
) |
|
|
(1,076 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
%) |
Selling, general and administrative(a) |
|
|
(406 |
) |
|
|
(452 |
) |
|
|
(10 |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization |
|
|
937 |
|
|
|
882 |
|
|
|
6 |
% |
Depreciation |
|
|
(74 |
) |
|
|
(67 |
) |
|
|
10 |
% |
Amortization |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Income |
|
$ |
860 |
|
|
$ |
812 |
|
|
|
6 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Costs of revenues and selling, general and administrative expenses exclude
depreciation. |
On September 17, 2006, Warner Bros. and CBS ceased the stand-alone operations of The WB
Network and UPN, respectively, and formed The CW, an equity method investee of the Company. The
Networks segment results included the operations of The WB Network through the date of its shutdown
on September 17, 2006. For the three months ended March 31, 2006, the Networks segment operating
results included revenues and an Operating Loss of $139 million and $29 million, respectively, from
The WB Network.
The increase in Subscription revenues was due primarily to higher subscription rates and, to a
lesser extent, an increase in the number of subscribers at both Turner and HBO.
The decrease in Advertising revenues was driven primarily by the impact of the shutdown of The
WB Network on September 17, 2006, partially offset by higher Advertising revenue across Turners
primary networks.
For the three months ended March 31, 2007, costs of revenues decreased 1% primarily due to a
decline in programming costs, partially offset by increases in distribution costs and costs related
to digital initiatives. Programming costs decreased 5% to $740 million for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 from $775 million for the three months ended March 31,
22
TIME WARNER INC.
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (Continued)
2006. The decrease in programming costs was primarily due to the shutdown of The WB Network on
September 17, 2006, partially offset by higher acquired theatrical programming costs at HBO and an
increase in sports programming costs, particularly related to NBA programming at Turner. Costs of
revenues as a percentage of revenues, were 44% and 45% for the three months ended March 31, 2007
and 2006, respectively.
For the three months ended March 31, 2007, selling, general and administrative expenses
decreased primarily due to the shutdown of The WB Network on September 17, 2006 and overall lower
expenses at HBO.
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization and Operating Income increased primarily
due to a decline in costs of revenues and selling, general and administrative expenses, as
described above.
Publishing. Revenues, Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization and Operating
Income of the Publishing segment for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 are as follows
(millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
|
% Change |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subscription |
|
$ |
356 |
|
|
$ |
361 |
|
|
|
(1 |
%) |
Advertising |
|
|
554 |
|
|
|
538 |
|
|
|
3 |
% |
Content |
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
18 |
% |
Other |
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
153 |
|
|
|
(18 |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues |
|
|
1,048 |
|
|
|
1,063 |
|
|
|
(1 |
%) |
Costs of revenues(a) |
|
|
(436 |
) |
|
|
(438 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Selling, general and administrative(a) |
|
|
(493 |
) |
|
|
(496 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
%) |
Restructuring costs |
|
|
(35 |
) |
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
192 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization |
|
|
84 |
|
|
|
117 |
|
|
|
(28 |
%) |
Depreciation |
|
|
(27 |
) |
|
|
(28 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
%) |
Amortization |
|
|
(19 |
) |
|
|
(15 |
) |
|
|
27 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Income |
|
$ |
38 |
|
|
$ |
74 |
|
|
|
(49 |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Costs of revenues and selling, general and administrative expenses exclude
depreciation. |
Subscription revenues declined slightly primarily as a result of slower newsstand sales,
lower subscription revenues for several domestic titles and the closure of Teen People in September
2006, partially offset by the favorable effects of foreign currency exchange rates at IPC.
Advertising revenues increased due primarily to growth in online Advertising revenues,
reflecting contributions from People.com, CNNMoney.com and SI.com, partially offset by a decrease
in print Advertising revenues.
Other revenues decreased due primarily to declines at Synapse, a subscription marketing
business, Southern Living At Home and licensing revenues from AOL.
Costs of revenues remained essentially flat and, as a percentage of revenues, were 42% and 41%
for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Costs of revenues for the
magazine publishing business include manufacturing costs (paper, printing and distribution) and
editorial-related costs, which together decreased 2% to $384 million for the three months ended
March 31, 2007, primarily due to editorial-related and print cost savings. These decreases at the
magazine publishing business were offset by increased costs associated with investments in digital
properties, including incremental editorial costs.
Selling, general and administrative expenses remained essentially flat primarily due to recent
cost savings initiatives and the closure of Teen People, offset by costs associated with the
investment in digital properties and the unfavorable effects of foreign currency exchange rates at
IPC.
23
TIME WARNER INC.
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (Continued)
As previously discussed in Significant Transactions and Other Items Affecting Comparability,
the results for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 include $35 million and $12 million,
respectively, of restructuring costs, primarily severance associated with continuing efforts to
streamline operations and costs related to the shutdown of LIFE magazine in the first quarter of
2007.
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization and Operating Income decreased primarily
due to a decline in revenues and an increase in restructuring charges of $23 million.
As discussed in Recent Developments, on March 3, 2007, the Company sold its Parenting Group
and most of the Time4 Media magazine titles to a subsidiary of Bonnier for approximately $220
million, which resulted in a pretax gain of approximately $54 million. The operations of the
Parenting Group and most of the Time4 Media magazine titles that were sold have been reflected as
discontinued operations for all periods presented.
As discussed in Recent Developments, on April 9, 2007, the Company sold its 50% interest in
Bookspan, a joint venture that primarily owns and operates book clubs via direct mail and
e-commerce, to a subsidiary of Bertelsmann for a purchase price of $145 million, which will result
in a pretax gain of approximately $100 million in the second quarter of 2007.
Corporate. Operating Loss before Depreciation and Amortization and Operating Loss of the
Corporate segment for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 are as follows (millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
|
% Change |
Amounts related to securities litigation and government investigations |
|
$ |
(163 |
) |
|
$ |
(29 |
) |
|
NM |
|
Selling, general and administrative(a) |
|
|
(105 |
) |
|
|
(112 |
) |
|
|
(6 |
%) |
|
|
Gain on sale of assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
NM |
|
Restructuring costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
NM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Loss before Depreciation and Amortization |
|
|
(268 |
) |
|
|
(126 |
) |
|
|
113 |
% |
Depreciation |
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
(15 |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Loss |
|
$ |
(279 |
) |
|
$ |
(139 |
) |
|
|
101 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses exclude depreciation. |
As previously discussed, the Company recognized legal reserves as well as legal and other
professional fees related to the defense of various shareholder lawsuits, totaling $171 million and
$79 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. In addition, the
Company recognized related insurance recoveries of $8 million and $50 million for the three months
ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Legal fees are expected to continue to be incurred in
future periods, primarily related to ongoing proceedings with respect to certain former employees
of the Company.
As previously discussed under Significant Transactions and Other Items Affecting
Comparability, the results for the three months ended March 31, 2006 include approximately $5
million of restructuring costs and a gain of approximately $20 million on the sale of two aircraft.
Excluding the items discussed above, Operating Loss before Depreciation and Amortization and
Operating Loss decreased due primarily to lower professional and financial advisory costs.
24
TIME WARNER INC.
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (Continued)
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND LIQUIDITY
Management believes that cash generated by or available to Time Warner should be sufficient to
fund its capital and liquidity needs for the foreseeable future, including the quarterly dividend
payments and the completion of its common stock repurchase program. Time Warners sources of cash
include cash provided by operations, expected proceeds from recently announced sales of assets,
cash and equivalents on hand and available borrowing capacity under its committed credit facilities
and commercial paper programs of $5.270 billion at Time Warner and $3.023 billion at TWC, in each
case as of March 31, 2007, and access to the capital markets. Time Warner increased the size of its
unsecured commercial paper program from $5.0 billion to $7.0 billion in January 2007. In addition,
on April 9, 2007, TWC completed the $5.0 billion Cable Bond Offering (defined below), and used the
net proceeds to repay all of the outstanding indebtedness under its three-year term facility and a
portion of the outstanding indebtedness under its five-year term facility.
Current Financial Condition
At March 31, 2007, Time Warner had $35.041 billion of debt, $1.041 billion of cash and
equivalents (net debt of $34.000 billion, defined as total debt less cash and equivalents), $300
million of mandatorily redeemable preferred membership units at a subsidiary and $60.048 billion of
shareholders equity, compared to $34.997 billion of debt, $1.549 billion of cash and equivalents
(net debt of $33.448 billion), $300 million of mandatorily redeemable preferred membership units at
a subsidiary and $60.389 billion of shareholders equity at December 31, 2006.
The following table shows the significant items contributing to the increase in net debt from
December 31, 2006 to March 31, 2007 (millions):
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2006 |
|
$ |
33,448 |
|
Cash provided by operations |
|
|
(1,399 |
) |
Proceeds from exercise of stock options |
|
|
(242 |
) |
Capital expenditures and product development costs from continuing operations |
|
|
914 |
|
Dividends paid to common stockholders |
|
|
211 |
|
Repurchases of common stock |
|
|
2,089 |
|
Proceeds from sale of AOLs German access business |
|
|
(850 |
) |
Proceeds from sale of the Parenting Group and most of the Time4 Media magazine titles |
|
|
(220 |
) |
All other, net |
|
|
49 |
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at March 31, 2007(a) |
|
$ |
34,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Included in the net debt balance is approximately $210 million that represents the
net unamortized fair value adjustment recognized as a result of the merger of AOL and Historic
TW. |
As noted in Recent Developments, Time Warners Board of Directors has authorized a
common stock repurchase program that allows the Company to purchase up to an aggregate of $20
billion of common stock during the period from July 29, 2005 through December 31, 2007. Purchases
under the stock repurchase program may be made from time to time on the open market and in
privately negotiated transactions. Size and timing of these purchases is based on a number of
factors, including price and business and market conditions. At existing price levels, the Company
intends to continue purchases under its stock repurchase program within its stated objective of
maintaining a net debt-to-Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization ratio, as defined,
of approximately 3-to-1 and expects it will complete the program by the end of the second quarter
of 2007. From the programs inception through May 1, 2007, the Company repurchased approximately
1.0 billion shares of common stock for approximately $18.4 billion pursuant to trading programs
under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange, including approximately 208 million shares of common stock for
approximately $3.6 billion purchased under prepaid stock repurchase contracts (Note 6).
As noted in Recent Developments, on April 9, 2007, the Company sold its 50% interest in
Bookspan, a joint venture that primarily owns and operates book clubs via direct mail and
e-commerce, to a subsidiary of Bertelsmann for a purchase price of $145 million, which will result
in a pretax gain of approximately $100 million in the second quarter of 2007 (Note 3).
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TIME WARNER INC.
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (Continued)
As noted in Recent Developments, on December 14, 2006, Turner announced an agreement with
Claxson to purchase seven pay television networks currently operating in Latin America for
approximately $235 million (net of cash acquired). The transaction, which is subject to customary
closing conditions, is expected to close in the second or third quarter of 2007.
On December 29, 2006, the Company completed the sale of AOLs U.K. access business for $712
million in cash, $476 million of which was paid at closing and the remainder of which is payable
over the eighteen months following the closing. In the second quarter of 2007, the Company expects
to receive approximately $70 million of the amount payable at December 31, 2006. The receivable due
from the purchaser of the U.K. access business is non-interest bearing, and was recorded at its
discounted present value upon the closing of the sale transaction. In addition, the receivable is
denominated in British pounds, and the U.S. dollar amount presented is subject to change based on
fluctuations in the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the British pound.
On May 1, 2007, Time Warners 6.15% notes due May 1, 2007 (aggregate principal of $1.0
billion) matured and were retired.
Cash Flows
Cash and equivalents decreased by $508 million and $1.835 billion for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Components of these changes are discussed below in more
detail.
Operating Activities
Details of cash provided by operations are as follows (millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization |
|
$ |
3,618 |
|
|
$ |
2,618 |
|
Amounts related to securities litigation and government investigations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net expenses |
|
|
163 |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Cash payments, net of recoveries |
|
|
(551 |
) |
|
|
(24 |
) |
(Gain) on dispositions of assets |
|
|
(670 |
) |
|
|
(22 |
) |
Noncash asset impairments |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net interest payments(a) |
|
|
(442 |
) |
|
|
(259 |
) |
Net income taxes paid(b) |
|
|
(98 |
) |
|
|
(60 |
) |
Noncash equity-based compensation |
|
|
87 |
|
|
|
108 |
|
Net cash flows from discontinued operations(c) |
|
|
75 |
|
|
|
119 |
|
Merger-related and restructuring payments, net of accruals(d) |
|
|
(51 |
) |
|
|
(14 |
) |
All other, net, including working capital changes |
|
|
(733 |
) |
|
|
(148 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash provided by operations |
|
$ |
1,399 |
|
|
$ |
2,347 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Includes interest income received of $19 million and $45 million in 2007 and 2006,
respectively. |
|
(b) |
|
Includes income tax refunds received of $32 million and $16 million in 2007 and
2006, respectively. |
|
(c) |
|
Reflects net income from discontinued operations of $16 million and $255 million in
2007 and 2006, respectively, net of noncash gains and expenses and working capital-related
adjustments of $59 million in 2007 and $(136) million in 2006. |
|
(d) |
|
Includes payments for restructuring and merger-related costs and payments for
certain other merger-related liabilities, net of accruals. |
Cash provided by operations decreased to $1.399 billion in 2007 compared to $2.347
billion in 2006. The decrease in cash provided by operations was related primarily to an increase
in payments made in connection with the settlements in the securities litigation and the government
investigations and an increase in cash used for working capital, partially offset by an increase in
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization. The changes in components of working capital
are subject to wide fluctuations based on the timing of cash transactions related to production
schedules, the acquisition of programming, collection of accounts receivable and similar items. The
change in working capital between periods is primarily related to lower cash collections on
receivables and higher payments on accounts payables.
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TIME WARNER INC.
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (Continued)
Investing Activities
Details of cash provided (used) by investing activities are as follows (millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
Investments in available-for-sale securities |
|
$ |
(86 |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
Investments and acquisitions, net of cash acquired, principally funding of
joint ventures |
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
(53 |
) |
Capital expenditures and product development costs from continuing operations |
|
|
(914 |
) |
|
|
(754 |
) |
Capital expenditures and product development costs from discontinued operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(27 |
) |
Proceeds from the sale of available-for-sale securities |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
Proceeds from the sale of AOLs German access business |
|
|
850 |
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from the sale of the Parenting Group and most of the Time4 Media
magazine titles |
|
|
220 |
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from the sale of Time Warner Book Group |
|
|
|
|
|
|
532 |
|
Proceeds from the sale of a portion of the Companys interest in Time Warner
Telecom |
|
|
|
|
|
|
239 |
|
All other investment and asset sale proceeds |
|
|
72 |
|
|
|
36 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash provided (used) by investing activities |
|
$ |
140 |
|
|
$ |
(23 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash provided by investing activities was $140 million in 2007 compared to cash used by
investing activities of $23 million in 2006. The change in cash provided (used) by investing
activities is primarily due to an increase in proceeds from the sales of assets, partially offset
by an increase in capital expenditures and product development costs, principally at the Companys
Cable segment. Such capital expenditures were principally associated with the Acquired Systems, as
well as the continued roll-out of TWCs advanced digital services and continued growth in
high-speed data services in the Legacy Systems.
As a
result of the Adelphia/Comcast Transactions, the Company has made and anticipates
continuing to make significant capital expenditures related to the continued integration of the
Acquired Systems, including improvements to plant and technical performance and upgrading system
capacity, which will allow TWC to offer its advanced services and features in the Acquired Systems.
Through December 31, 2006, the Company incurred approximately
$200 million of such expenditures, and the Company estimates
that it will incur additional expenditures of approximately $225
million to $275 million during 2007 (including $43 million incurred during the three months ended
March 31, 2007). TWC expects that these upgrades will be
substantially complete by the end of 2007. The Company does not believe that
these expenditures will have a material negative impact on its liquidity or capital resources.
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TIME WARNER INC.
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (Continued)
Financing Activities
Details of cash used by financing activities are as follows (millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
Borrowings |
|
$ |
2,182 |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
Debt repayments |
|
|
(2,112 |
) |
|
|
(226 |
) |
Proceeds from exercise of stock options |
|
|
242 |
|
|
|
242 |
|
Excess tax benefit on stock options |
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
32 |
|
Principal payments on capital leases |
|
|
(18 |
) |
|
|
(23 |
) |
Repurchases of common stock |
|
|
(2,089 |
) |
|
|
(3,936 |
) |
Dividends paid |
|
|
(211 |
) |
|
|
(225 |
) |
Other financing activities |
|
|
(71 |
) |
|
|
(24 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash used by financing activities |
|
$ |
(2,047 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,159 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash used by financing activities was $2.047 billion in 2007 compared to cash used by
financing activities of $4.159 billion in 2006. The change in cash used by financing activities is
primarily due to an increase in net borrowings and a decline in repurchases of common stock made in
connection with the Companys common stock repurchase program.
TWC Debt Securities
On April 9, 2007, TWC completed the issuance of $5.0 billion in aggregate principal amount of
senior unsecured notes and debentures (the Cable Bond Offering) consisting of $1.5 billion
principal amount of 5.40% Notes due 2012 (the 2012 Notes), $2.0 billion principal amount of 5.85%
Notes due 2017 (the 2017 Notes) and $1.5 billion principal amount of 6.55% Debentures due 2037
(the 2037 Debentures and, together with the 2012 Notes and the 2017 Notes, the Cable Debt
Securities) pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the Securities Act). The Cable Debt Securities are guaranteed by TWE and TW NY Cable Holding
Inc. (TWNYCH and, together with TWE, the Guarantors). TWC used a portion of the net proceeds of
the Cable Bond Offering to repay all of the outstanding indebtedness under its $4.0 billion
three-year term credit facility, which was terminated on April 13, 2007. The balance of the net
proceeds was used to repay a portion of the outstanding indebtedness under TWCs
$4.0 billion five-year term credit facility on April 27, 2007, which reduced the amounts outstanding under that
facility to $3.045 billion.
The Cable Debt Securities were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of April 9, 2007 (the
Base Cable Indenture), by and among TWC, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York, as trustee, as
supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 9, 2007 (the First
Supplemental Cable Indenture and, together with the Cable Base Indenture, the Cable Indenture),
by and among TWC, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
The 2012 Notes will mature on July 2, 2012, the 2017 Notes will mature on May 1, 2017 and the
2037 Debentures will mature on May 1, 2037. Interest on the 2012 Notes will be payable
semi-annually in arrears on January 2 and July 2 of each year, beginning on July 2, 2007. Interest
on the 2017 Notes and the 2037 Debentures will be payable semi-annually in arrears on May 1 and
November 1 of each year, beginning on November 1, 2007. The Cable Debt Securities are unsecured
senior obligations of TWC and rank equally with its other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations.
The guarantees of the Cable Debt Securities are unsecured senior obligations of the Guarantors and
rank equally in right of payment with all other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the
Guarantors.
The Cable Debt Securities may be redeemed in whole or in part at any time at TWCs option at a
redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Cable Debt
Securities being redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled
payments on the Cable Debt Securities discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis at a
government treasury rate plus 20 basis points for the 2012 Notes, 30 basis points for the 2017
Notes and 35 basis points for the 2037 Debentures as further described in the Cable Indenture,
plus, in each case, accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date.
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TIME WARNER INC.
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (Continued)
The Cable Indenture contains customary covenants relating to restrictions on the ability of
TWC or any material subsidiary of TWC to create liens and on the ability of TWC and the Guarantors
to consolidate, merge or convey or transfer substantially all of their assets. The Cable Indenture
also contains customary events of default.
In connection with the issuance of the Cable Debt Securities, on April 9, 2007, TWC, the
Guarantors and the initial purchasers of the Cable Debt Securities entered into a Registration
Rights Agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement) pursuant to which TWC agreed, among other
things, to use its commercially reasonable efforts to consummate a registered exchange offer for
the Cable Debt Securities within 270 days after the issuance date of the Cable Debt Securities or
cause a shelf registration statement covering the resale of the Cable Debt Securities to be
declared effective within specified periods. TWC will be required to pay additional interest of
0.25% per annum on the Cable Debt Securities if it fails to timely comply with its obligations
under the Registration Rights Agreement until such time as it complies.
Commercial Paper Programs
On January 25, 2007, Time Warner entered into a $7.0 billion unsecured commercial paper
program (the TW Program) that replaced its previous $5.0 billion unsecured commercial paper
program, which was terminated in February 2007 upon repayment of the last amounts issued
thereunder. The obligations of Time Warner under the TW Program are guaranteed by TW AOL Holdings
Inc. (TW AOL) and Historic TW. In addition, the obligations of Historic TW are guaranteed by
Turner and Time Warner Companies, Inc. Proceeds from the TW Program may be used for general
corporate purposes, including investments, repayment of debt and acquisitions. Commercial paper
issued by Time Warner is supported by unused committed capacity under the Companys $7.0 billion
senior unsecured five-year revolving credit facility. As of March 31, 2007, approximately $1.652
billion of commercial paper was outstanding under the TW Program.
On December 4, 2006, TWC entered into a $6.0 billion unsecured commercial paper program (the
TWC Program) that replaced its previous $2.0 billion commercial paper program, which was
terminated on February 14, 2007 upon repayment of the last remaining notes issued thereunder. The
TWC Program is guaranteed by TWNYCH and TWE. Commercial paper issued by TWC under the TWC Program
is supported by unused committed capacity under TWCs $6.0 billion senior unsecured cable revolving
credit facility and ranks pari passu with other unsecured senior indebtedness of TWC, TWE and
TWNYCH. As of March 31, 2007, approximately $2.8 billion of commercial paper was outstanding under
the TWC Program.
Programming Licensing Backlog
Programming licensing backlog represents the amount of future revenue not yet recorded from
cash contracts for the licensing of theatrical and television product for pay cable, basic cable,
network and syndicated television exhibition. Backlog was approximately $4.0 billion and $4.2
billion at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively. Included in these amounts is
licensing of film product from one Time Warner division to another Time Warner division in the
amount of $695 million and $702 million at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.
CAUTION CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, particularly statements anticipating future growth in
revenues, Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization and cash from operations. Words
such as anticipates, estimates, expects, projects, intends, plans, believes and words
and terms of similar substance used in connection with any discussion of future operating or
financial performance identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are
based on managements current expectations and beliefs about future events. As with any projection
or forecast, they are inherently susceptible to uncertainty and changes in circumstances, and the
Company is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter its
forward-looking statements whether as a result of such changes, new information, subsequent events
or otherwise.
Various factors could adversely affect the operations, business or financial results of Time
Warner or its business segments in the future and cause Time Warners actual results to differ
materially from those contained in the forward-
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TIME WARNER INC.
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION (Continued)
looking statements, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, Risk Factors, in
the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 (the 2006 Form
10-K), and in Time Warners other filings made from time to time with the SEC after the date of
this report. In addition, Time Warner operates in highly competitive, consumer and
technology-driven and rapidly changing media, entertainment, interactive services and cable
businesses. These businesses are affected by government regulation, economic, strategic, political
and social conditions, consumer response to new and existing products and services, technological
developments and, particularly in view of new technologies, the continued ability to protect
intellectual property rights. Time Warners actual results could differ materially from
managements expectations because of changes in such factors.
Further, for Time Warner generally, lower than expected valuations associated with the cash
flows and revenues at Time Warners segments may result in Time Warners inability to realize the
value of recorded intangibles and goodwill at those segments. In addition, achieving the Companys
financial objectives, including growth in operations, maintaining financial ratios and a strong
balance sheet, could be adversely affected by the factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, Risk
Factors, in the 2006 Form 10-K, as well as:
|
|
|
economic slowdowns; |
|
|
|
|
the impact of terrorist acts and hostilities; |
|
|
|
|
changes in the Companys plans, strategies and intentions; |
|
|
|
|
the impacts of significant acquisitions, dispositions and other similar transactions; |
|
|
|
|
the failure to meet earnings expectations; |
|
|
|
|
decreased liquidity in the capital markets, including any reduction in the ability to
access the capital markets for debt securities or bank financings; and |
|
|
|
|
the significant amount of debt obligations incurred in connection with the
Adelphia/Comcast Transactions. |
30
TIME WARNER INC.
Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company, under the supervision and with the participation of its management, including the
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and
operation of the Companys disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule
13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that
evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer concluded that the
Companys disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely making known to them material
information relating to the Company and the Companys consolidated subsidiaries required to be
disclosed in the Companys reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act. The Company has
investments in certain unconsolidated entities. As the Company does not control these entities, its
disclosure controls and procedures with respect to such entities are necessarily substantially more
limited than those it maintains with respect to its consolidated subsidiaries.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
On July 31, 2006, the Companys Cable segment acquired certain cable systems from Adelphia and
Comcast and, as a result, is integrating the processes, systems and controls relating to the
acquired cable systems into the Cable segments existing system of internal control over financial
reporting. The Cable segment has continued to integrate into its control structure many of the
processes, systems and controls relating to the acquired cable systems in accordance with its
integration plans. In addition, various transitional controls designed to supplement existing
internal controls have been implemented with respect to the acquired systems. Except for the
processes, systems and controls relating to the integration of the acquired cable systems at the
Cable segment, there have not been any changes in the Companys internal control over financial
reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2007 that have materially affected, or are reasonably
likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting.
31
TIME
WARNER INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(Unaudited; millions, except per share amounts)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and equivalents |
|
$ |
1,041 |
|
|
$ |
1,549 |
|
Restricted cash |
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Receivables, less allowances of $1,992 and $2,271 |
|
|
5,612 |
|
|
|
6,064 |
|
Inventories |
|
|
1,951 |
|
|
|
1,907 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
|
974 |
|
|
|
1,136 |
|
Current assets of discontinued operations |
|
|
84 |
|
|
|
166 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
|
|
9,680 |
|
|
|
10,851 |
|
Noncurrent inventories and film costs |
|
|
5,396 |
|
|
|
5,394 |
|
Investments, including available-for-sale securities |
|
|
2,143 |
|
|
|
3,426 |
|
Property, plant and equipment, net |
|
|
17,215 |
|
|
|
16,718 |
|
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net |
|
|
5,120 |
|
|
|
5,204 |
|
Intangible assets not subject to amortization |
|
|
47,267 |
|
|
|
46,362 |
|
Goodwill |
|
|
40,713 |
|
|
|
40,749 |
|
Other assets |
|
|
2,302 |
|
|
|
2,389 |
|
Noncurrent assets of discontinued operations |
|
|
374 |
|
|
|
576 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
|
$ |
130,210 |
|
|
$ |
131,669 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable |
|
$ |
1,056 |
|
|
$ |
1,357 |
|
Participations payable |
|
|
1,980 |
|
|
|
2,049 |
|
Royalties and programming costs payable |
|
|
1,221 |
|
|
|
1,215 |
|
Deferred revenue |
|
|
1,482 |
|
|
|
1,434 |
|
Debt due within one year |
|
|
61 |
|
|
|
64 |
|
Other current liabilities |
|
|
4,941 |
|
|
|
6,508 |
|
Current liabilities of discontinued operations |
|
|
156 |
|
|
|
153 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
|
|
10,897 |
|
|
|
12,780 |
|
Long-term debt |
|
|
34,980 |
|
|
|
34,933 |
|
Mandatorily redeemable preferred membership units issued by a subsidiary |
|
|
300 |
|
|
|
300 |
|
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
12,254 |
|
|
|
13,114 |
|
Deferred revenue |
|
|
433 |
|
|
|
528 |
|
Other liabilities |
|
|
7,036 |
|
|
|
5,462 |
|
Noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations |
|
|
106 |
|
|
|
124 |
|
Minority interests |
|
|
4,156 |
|
|
|
4,039 |
|
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series LMCN-V common stock, $0.01 par value, 18.8 and 18.8 million
shares issued and outstanding |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Time Warner common stock, $0.01 par value, 4.854 and 4.836 billion
shares issued and 3.787 and 3.864 billion shares outstanding |
|
|
49 |
|
|
|
48 |
|
Paid-in-capital |
|
|
172,304 |
|
|
|
172,083 |
|
Treasury stock, at cost (1,067 and 972 million shares) |
|
|
(21,169 |
) |
|
|
(19,140 |
) |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net |
|
|
(33 |
) |
|
|
(136 |
) |
Accumulated deficit |
|
|
(91,103 |
) |
|
|
(92,466 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total shareholders equity |
|
|
60,048 |
|
|
|
60,389 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
|
$ |
130,210 |
|
|
$ |
131,669 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes.
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TIME
WARNER INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Three Months Ended March 31,
(Unaudited; millions, except per share amounts)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subscription |
|
$ |
6,239 |
|
|
$ |
5,494 |
|
Advertising |
|
|
1,932 |
|
|
|
1,749 |
|
Content |
|
|
2,779 |
|
|
|
2,746 |
|
Other |
|
|
234 |
|
|
|
249 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues(a) |
|
|
11,184 |
|
|
|
10,238 |
|
Costs of revenues(a) |
|
|
(6,496 |
) |
|
|
(5,677 |
) |
Selling, general and administrative(a) |
|
|
(2,409 |
) |
|
|
(2,555 |
) |
Amortization of intangible assets |
|
|
(177 |
) |
|
|
(129 |
) |
Amounts related to securities litigation and government investigations |
|
|
(163 |
) |
|
|
(29 |
) |
Merger-related, restructuring and shutdown costs |
|
|
(68 |
) |
|
|
(30 |
) |
Asset impairments |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Gains on disposal of assets, net |
|
|
670 |
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income |
|
|
2,540 |
|
|
|
1,840 |
|
Interest expense, net(a) |
|
|
(551 |
) |
|
|
(299 |
) |
Other income, net |
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
311 |
|
Minority interest expense, net |
|
|
(130 |
) |
|
|
(71 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income taxes, discontinued operations and cumulative effect of
accounting change |
|
|
1,984 |
|
|
|
1,781 |
|
Income tax provision |
|
|
(797 |
) |
|
|
(598 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before discontinued operations and cumulative effect of accounting change |
|
|
1,187 |
|
|
|
1,183 |
|
Discontinued operations, net of tax |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
255 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before cumulative effect of accounting change |
|
|
1,203 |
|
|
|
1,438 |
|
Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax |
|
|
|
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
|
$ |
1,203 |
|
|
$ |
1,463 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic income per common share before discontinued operations and cumulative
effect of accounting change |
|
$ |
0.31 |
|
|
$ |
0.26 |
|
Discontinued operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.06 |
|
Cumulative effect of accounting change |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic net income per common share |
|
$ |
0.31 |
|
|
$ |
0.33 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average basic common shares |
|
|
3,839.5 |
|
|
|
4,499.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted income per common share before discontinued operations and cumulative
effect of accounting change |
|
$ |
0.30 |
|
|
$ |
0.26 |
|
Discontinued operations |
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
0.06 |
|
Cumulative effect of accounting change |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted net income per common share |
|
$ |
0.31 |
|
|
$ |
0.32 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average diluted common shares |
|
|
3,892.6 |
|
|
|
4,542.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash dividends declared per share of common stock |
|
$ |
0.055 |
|
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Includes the following income (expenses) resulting from transactions with related
companies: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues |
|
$ |
108 |
|
|
$ |
81 |
|
Costs of revenues |
|
|
(43 |
) |
|
|
(45 |
) |
Selling, general and administrative |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
8 |
|
Interest income, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
See accompanying notes.
33
TIME WARNER INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Three Months Ended March 31,
(Unaudited, millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
OPERATIONS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income(a) |
|
$ |
1,203 |
|
|
$ |
1,463 |
|
Adjustments for noncash and nonoperating items: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(25 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
1,078 |
|
|
|
778 |
|
Amortization of film costs |
|
|
774 |
|
|
|
822 |
|
Asset impairments |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on investments and other assets, net |
|
|
(831 |
) |
|
|
(309 |
) |
Equity in (income) losses of investee companies, net of cash distributions |
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
Equity-based compensation |
|
|
87 |
|
|
|
108 |
|
Minority interests |
|
|
130 |
|
|
|
71 |
|
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
712 |
|
|
|
432 |
|
Amounts related to securities litigation and government investigations |
|
|
(388 |
) |
|
|
5 |
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions |
|
|
(1,456 |
) |
|
|
(856 |
) |
Adjustments relating to discontinued operations |
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
(136 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash provided by operations(b) |
|
|
1,399 |
|
|
|
2,347 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in available-for-sale securities |
|
|
(86 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Investments and acquisitions, net of cash acquired |
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
(53 |
) |
Capital expenditures and product development costs |
|
|
(914 |
) |
|
|
(754 |
) |
Capital expenditures from discontinued operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(27 |
) |
Investment proceeds from available-for-sale securities |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
Other investment proceeds |
|
|
1,142 |
|
|
|
807 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash provided (used) by investing activities |
|
|
140 |
|
|
|
(23 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Borrowings |
|
|
2,182 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Debt repayments |
|
|
(2,112 |
) |
|
|
(226 |
) |
Proceeds from exercise of stock options |
|
|
242 |
|
|
|
242 |
|
Excess tax benefit on stock options |
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
32 |
|
Principal payments on capital leases |
|
|
(18 |
) |
|
|
(23 |
) |
Repurchases of common stock |
|
|
(2,089 |
) |
|
|
(3,936 |
) |
Dividends paid |
|
|
(211 |
) |
|
|
(225 |
) |
Other |
|
|
(71 |
) |
|
|
(24 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash used by financing activities |
|
|
(2,047 |
) |
|
|
(4,159 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DECREASE IN CASH AND EQUIVALENTS |
|
|
(508 |
) |
|
|
(1,835 |
) |
CASH AND EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD |
|
|
1,549 |
|
|
|
4,220 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH AND EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD |
|
$ |
1,041 |
|
|
$ |
2,385 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
The three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 include net income from discontinued
operations of $16 million and $255 million, respectively. After considering noncash gains and
expenses and working capital-related adjustments relating to discontinued operations, net
operational cash flows from discontinued operations were $75 million and $119 million for the
three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. |
|
(b) |
|
The three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 include an approximate $2 million and
$181 million source of cash, respectively, related to changing the fiscal year end of certain
international operations from November 30 to December 31. |
See accompanying notes.
34
TIME WARNER INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Three Months Ended March 31,
(Unaudited, millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
BALANCE AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD |
|
$ |
60,389 |
|
|
$ |
65,105 |
|
Net income |
|
|
1,203 |
|
|
|
1,463 |
|
Other comprehensive income |
|
|
104 |
|
|
|
47 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income |
|
|
1,307 |
|
|
|
1,510 |
|
Cash dividends ($0.055 and $0.05 per common share) |
|
|
(211 |
) |
|
|
(225 |
) |
Common stock repurchases |
|
|
(2,017 |
) |
|
|
(4,073 |
) |
Impact of adopting new accounting pronouncements(a) |
|
|
386 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other(b) |
|
|
194 |
|
|
|
146 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BALANCE AT END OF PERIOD |
|
$ |
60,048 |
|
|
$ |
62,463 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Relates to the impact of adopting the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards
Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes an interpretation of
FASB Statement No. 109 (FIN 48) of $445 million, partially offset by the impact of adopting
the provisions of Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 06-02, Accounting for
Sabbatical Leave and Other Similar Benefits (EITF 06-02) of $59 million. See Note 1 of the
consolidated financial statements. |
|
(b) |
|
The first quarter of 2007 includes $234 million pursuant to stock option and other
benefit plans, $43 million related to the allocation of certain equity adjustments to the
minority interest and an approximate $5 million net gain related to changing the fiscal year
end of certain international operations from November 30 to December 31 (net of the related
income tax benefit of approximately $2 million). The first quarter of 2006 includes
approximately $164 million pursuant to stock option and other benefit plans and an approximate
$17 million net loss related to changing the fiscal year end of certain international
operations from November 30 to December 31 (net of the related income tax benefit of
approximately $7 million). |
See accompanying notes.
35
TIME WARNER INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Description of Business
Time Warner Inc. (Time Warner or the Company) is a leading media and entertainment
company, whose businesses include interactive services, cable systems, filmed entertainment,
television networks and publishing. Time Warner classifies its business interests into five
reportable segments: AOL: consisting principally of interactive services; Cable: consisting
principally of interests in cable systems that provide video, high-speed data and voice services;
Filmed Entertainment: consisting principally of feature film, television and home video production
and distribution; Networks: consisting principally of cable television networks; and Publishing:
consisting principally of magazine publishing. Financial information for Time Warners various
reportable segments is presented in Note 10.
Basis of Presentation
Basis of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include 100% of the assets, liabilities, revenues,
expenses and cash flows of Time Warner and all entities in which Time Warner has a controlling
voting interest (subsidiaries) and variable interest entities (VIE) required to be consolidated
in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Intercompany accounts
and transactions between consolidated companies have been eliminated in consolidation.
The financial position and operating results of substantially all foreign operations are
consolidated using the local currency as the functional currency. Local currency assets and
liabilities are translated at the rates of exchange on the balance sheet date, and local currency
revenues and expenses are translated at average rates of exchange during the period. Resulting
translation gains or losses are included in the consolidated statement of shareholders equity as a
component of Accumulated other comprehensive income, net.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and
footnotes thereto. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Significant estimates inherent in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements
include reserves established for securities litigation matters, accounting for asset impairments,
allowances for doubtful accounts, depreciation and amortization, film ultimate revenues, home video
and magazine returns, business combinations, pensions and other postretirement benefits,
stock-based compensation, income taxes, contingencies and certain programming arrangements.
Interim Financial Statements
The consolidated financial statements are unaudited; however, in the opinion of management,
they contain all the adjustments (consisting of those of a normal recurring nature) considered
necessary to present fairly the financial position, the results of operations and cash flows for
the periods presented in conformity with GAAP applicable to interim periods. The consolidated
financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial
statements of Time Warner included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2006 (the 2006 Form 10-K).
36
TIME WARNER INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Income Per Common Share
Basic income per common share is computed by dividing the net income applicable to common
shares after preferred dividend requirements, if any, by the weighted average of common shares
outstanding during the period. Weighted-average common shares include shares of Time Warners
common stock and Series LMCN-V common stock. Diluted income per common share adjusts basic income
per common share for the effects of convertible securities, stock options, restricted stock,
restricted stock units, performance stock units and other potentially dilutive financial
instruments, only in the periods in which such effect is dilutive.
Set forth below is a reconciliation of basic and diluted income per common share before
discontinued operations and cumulative effect of accounting change:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
|
|
(millions, except per share amounts) |
|
Income before discontinued operations and
cumulative effect of accounting change basic and
diluted |
|
$ |
1,187 |
|
|
$ |
1,183 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average number of common shares outstanding basic |
|
|
3,839.5 |
|
|
|
4,499.5 |
|
Dilutive effect of equity awards |
|
|
53.1 |
|
|
|
43.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average number of common shares outstanding diluted |
|
|
3,892.6 |
|
|
|
4,542.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income per common share before discontinued
operations and cumulative effect of accounting
change: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic |
|
$ |
0.31 |
|
|
$ |
0.26 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted |
|
$ |
0.30 |
|
|
$ |
0.26 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted income per common share for March 31, 2007 and 2006 excludes approximately 289 million
and 398 million, respectively, of common shares issuable under the Companys stock compensation
plans because they do not have a dilutive effect.
Changes in Basis of Presentation
The 2006 financial information has been recast so that the basis of presentation is consistent
with that of the 2007 financial information. Specifically, amounts were recast to reflect the
retrospective presentation of certain businesses that were sold or that the Company intends to sell
as discontinued operations (see Note 3).
Consolidation of Kansas City Pool
On January 1, 2007, the Company began consolidating the results of the Kansas City, south and
west Texas and New Mexico cable systems (the Kansas City Pool) upon the distribution of the
assets of Texas and Kansas City Cable Partners L.P. (TKCCP) to its partners.
Amounts Related to Securities Litigation
At December 31, 2006, the Company had a reserve of approximately $620 million related to its
remaining unresolved securities litigation matters. During the first quarter of 2007, the Company
reached agreements to pay approximately $764 million to settle substantially all of the remaining
claims. The Company recorded an incremental charge of approximately $152 million during the first
quarter of 2007 reflecting these 2007 settlements, including approximately $8 million related to an
expected attorneys fee award related to a previously settled matter. The Company believes the
potential exposure in any securities litigation matters that remain pending at March 31, 2007 to be
de minimis.
The Company recognizes insurance recoveries when it becomes probable that such amounts will be
received. The Company recognized insurance recoveries of approximately $8 million and $50 million
related to Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) matters for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
37
TIME WARNER INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company follows the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards (Statement) No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment (FAS
123R), which requires that a company measure the cost of employee services received in exchange
for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award. That cost is
recognized in the statement of operations over the period during which an employee is required to
provide service in exchange for the award. FAS 123R also requires that excess tax benefits, as
defined, realized from the exercise of stock options be reported as a financing cash inflow rather
than as a reduction of taxes paid in cash flow from operations.
The grant-date fair value of a stock option award is estimated using the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model, consistent with the provisions of FAS 123R and
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Staff
Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 107, Share-Based
Payment. Because option-pricing models require the use of subjective assumptions, changes in these
assumptions can materially affect the fair value of the options. The Company determines the
volatility assumption for these stock options using implied volatilities from its traded options as
well as quotes from third-party investment banks. The expected term, which represents the period of
time that options granted are expected to be outstanding, is estimated based on the historical
exercise experience of Time Warner employees. Separate groups of employees that have similar
historical exercise behavior are considered separately for valuation purposes. The risk-free rate
assumed in valuing the options is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of
grant for the expected term of the option. The Company determines the expected dividend yield
percentage by dividing the expected annual dividend by the market price of Time Warner common stock
at the date of grant.
Prior to the adoption of FAS 123R on January 1, 2006, the Company recognized stock-based
compensation expense for awards with graded vesting by treating each vesting tranche as a separate
award and recognizing compensation expense ratably for each tranche. For equity awards granted
subsequent to the adoption of FAS 123R, the Company treats such awards as a single award and
recognizes stock-based compensation expense on a straight-line basis (net of estimated forfeitures)
over the employee service period. Stock-based compensation expense is recorded in costs of revenues
or selling, general and administrative expense depending on the employees job function.
When recording compensation cost for equity awards, FAS 123R requires companies to estimate
the number of equity awards granted that are expected to be forfeited. Prior to the adoption of FAS
123R, the Company recognized forfeitures when they occurred, rather than using an estimate at the
grant date and subsequently adjusting the estimated forfeitures to reflect actual forfeitures. The
Company recorded a benefit of $25 million, net of tax, as the cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principle upon the adoption of FAS 123R in the first quarter of 2006, to recognize the
effect of estimating the number of awards granted prior to January 1, 2006 that are not ultimately
expected to vest.
Recent Accounting Standards
Accounting for Sabbatical Leave and Other Similar Benefits
On January 1, 2007, the Company adopted the provisions of Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF)
Issue No. 06-02, Accounting for Sabbatical Leave and Other Similar Benefits (EITF 06-02), related
to certain sabbatical leave and other employment arrangements that are similar to a sabbatical
leave. EITF 06-02 provides that an employees right to a compensated absence under a sabbatical
leave or similar benefit arrangement in which the employee is not required to perform any duties
during the absence is an accumulating benefit. Therefore, such arrangements should be accounted for
as a liability with the cost recognized over the service period during which the employee earns the
benefit. Adoption of this guidance resulted in an increase to accumulated deficit of approximately
$97 million (approximately $59 million, net of tax) on January 1, 2007. The resulting change in the
accrual for the three months ended March 31, 2007 was not material.
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes
On January 1, 2007, the Company adopted the provisions of FIN 48, which clarifies the
accounting for uncertainty in income tax positions. This interpretation requires the Company to
recognize in the consolidated financial statements only those tax positions determined to be more
likely than not of being sustained upon examination, based on the technical merits of the
positions. Upon adoption, the Company recognized approximately $445 million of tax benefits for
positions that were previously unrecognized, of which approximately $433 million was accounted for
as a reduction to the
38
TIME WARNER INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
accumulated deficit balance and approximately $12 million was accounted for as an increase to
the paid-in-capital balance as of January 1, 2007. Additionally, the adoption of FIN 48 resulted in
the recognition of additional tax reserves for positions where there is uncertainty about the
timing or character of such deductibility. These additional reserves were largely offset by
increased deferred tax assets.
After
considering the impact of adopting FIN 48, the Company had a $1.6 billion reserve for uncertain income tax
positions as of January 1, 2007. Movement in the reserve balance during the three months ended March 31, 2007 was not
material. The Company does not presently anticipate such uncertain income tax positions will
significantly increase or decrease prior to March 31, 2008; however, actual developments in this area could differ
from those currently expected. The majority of such unrecognized tax positions, if ever recognized
in the financial statements, would be recorded in the statement of operations as part of the income
tax provision.
The income tax reserve as of January 1, 2007 included an accrual for interest and penalties of
approximately $117 million. The impact of timing differences and tax attributes are considered when
calculating interest and penalty accruals associated with the tax reserve. The change in the
accrual for interest and penalties for the three months ended March 31, 2007 was not material. The
Companys policy is to recognize interest and penalties accrued on uncertain tax positions as part
of income tax expense.
The Company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. and various state and
local and foreign jurisdictions. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has commenced an examination of
the Companys U.S. income tax returns for the 2002 through 2004 period. The tax years that remain
subject to examination by significant jurisdiction are as follows:
|
|
|
U.S. federal
|
|
2002 through the current period |
California
|
|
2002 through the current period |
New York State
|
|
1997 through the current period |
New York City
|
|
1997 through the current period |
Accounting for Deferred Compensation and Postretirement Benefit Aspects of Split-Dollar Life
Insurance Arrangements
The EITF has reached consensuses on EITF Issue No. 06-10, Deferred Compensation and
Postretirement Benefit Aspects of Collateral Assignment Split-Dollar Life Insurance Arrangements
(EITF 06-10), and EITF Issue No. 06-04, Deferred Compensation and Postretirement Benefits Aspects
of Endorsement Split-Dollar Life Insurance Arrangements (EITF 06-04), which require that a
company recognize a liability for the postretirement benefits associated with endorsement and
collateral assignment split-dollar life insurance arrangements. The provisions of EITF 06-10 and
EITF 06-04 will be effective for Time Warner as of January 1, 2008 and will impact the Company in
instances where the Company has contractually agreed to maintain a life insurance policy (i.e., the
Company pays the premiums) for an employee in periods in which the employee is no longer providing
services. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on the Companys
consolidated financial statements.
2. TIME WARNER CABLE INC.
Transactions with Adelphia and Comcast
On July 31, 2006, a subsidiary of Time Warner Cable Inc. (together with its subsidiaries,
TWC), Time Warner NY Cable LLC (TW NY), and Comcast Corporation (together with its
subsidiaries, Comcast) completed their respective acquisitions of assets comprising in the
aggregate substantially all of the cable assets of Adelphia Communications Corporation (Adelphia)
(the Adelphia Acquisition). Additionally, on July 31, 2006, immediately before the closing of the
Adelphia Acquisition, Comcasts interests in TWC and Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P.
(TWE), a subsidiary of TWC, were redeemed (the Redemptions). Following the Redemptions and the
Adelphia Acquisition, on July 31, 2006, TW NY and Comcast swapped certain cable systems, most of
which were acquired from Adelphia, in order to enhance TWCs and Comcasts respective geographic
clusters of subscribers (the Exchange and, together with the Adelphia Acquisition and the
Redemptions, the Adelphia/Comcast Transactions). The results of the systems acquired in
connection with the Adelphia/Comcast Transactions have been included in the consolidated statement
of operations since
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the closing of the transactions on July 31, 2006. As a result of the closing of the
Adelphia/Comcast Transactions, TWC acquired systems with approximately 4.0 million basic video
subscribers and disposed of the systems previously owned by TWC and transferred to Comcast in
connection with the Redemptions and the Exchange with approximately 0.8 million basic video
subscribers for a net gain of approximately 3.2 million basic video subscribers.
On
February 13, 2007, Adelphias Chapter 11 reorganization plan became effective and, under
applicable securities law regulations and provisions of the U.S. bankruptcy code, TWC became a
public company subject to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act). Under the terms of the reorganization plan, most of the shares of TWC Class A
Common Stock that Adelphia received in the Adelphia Acquisition (representing approximately 16% of
TWCs outstanding common stock) are being distributed to Adelphias creditors. On March 1, 2007,
TWCs Class A common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TWC.
Texas/Kansas City Cable Joint Venture
TKCCP is a 50-50 joint venture between a consolidated subsidiary of TWC (Time Warner
Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership (TWE-A/N)) and Comcast. On January 1, 2007, TKCCP
distributed its assets to its partners. TWC received the Kansas City Pool, which served
approximately 788,000 basic video subscribers as of December 31, 2006, and Comcast received the
pool of assets consisting of the Houston cable systems (the Houston Pool), which served
approximately 795,000 basic video subscribers as of December 31, 2006. TWC began consolidating the
results of the Kansas City Pool on January 1, 2007. TWC expects that TKCCP will be formally
dissolved in the second quarter of 2007. For accounting purposes, the Company has treated the
distribution of TKCCPs assets as a sale of the Companys 50% equity interest in the Houston Pool
and as an acquisition of Comcasts 50% equity interest in the Kansas City Pool. As a result of the
sale of the Companys 50% equity interest in the Houston Pool, the Company recorded a pretax gain
of approximately $146 million in the first quarter of 2007, which is included as a component of
other income, net in the consolidated statement of operations.
The acquisition
of Comcasts 50% equity interest in the Kansas City Pool on January 1, 2007
was treated as a step-acquisition and accounted for as a purchase business combination. The
consideration paid to acquire the 50% equity interest in the Kansas City Pool was the fair value of
the 50% equity interest in the Houston Pool transferred to Comcast.
The estimated fair value of TWCs 50% interest in the Houston Pool (approximately
$880 million) was determined using a discounted cash flow
analysis and was reduced by debt assumed by Comcast. Approximately $612 million
of the purchase price has been allocated to intangible assets not
subject to amortization and $183
million has been allocated to property, plant and equipment with the
remainder of $85 million
allocated to other assets and liabilities.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Supplemental Unaudited Pro Forma Information
The following schedule presents supplemental unaudited pro forma information for the three
months ended March 31, 2006 as if the Adelphia/Comcast Transactions and the consolidation of the
Kansas City Pool had occurred on January 1, 2006. The unaudited pro forma information is presented
based on information available, is intended for informational purposes only and is not necessarily
indicative of and does not purport to represent what Time Warners future financial condition or
operating results will be after giving effect to the Adelphia/Comcast Transactions and the
consolidation of the Kansas City Pool, and does not reflect actions that may be undertaken by
management in integrating these businesses (e.g., the cost of incremental capital expenditures). In
addition, this supplemental information does not reflect financial and operating benefits TWC
expects to realize as a result of the Adelphia/Comcast Transactions and the consolidation of the
Kansas City Pool (millions, except per share amounts).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro Forma |
|
|
|
Three |
|
|
|
Months Ended |
|
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
Revenues |
|
$ |
11,289 |
|
Costs of revenues(a) |
|
|
(5,696 |
) |
Selling, general and administrative expenses(a) |
|
|
(2,617 |
) |
Other, net |
|
|
(39 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization |
|
|
2,937 |
|
Depreciation |
|
|
(838 |
) |
Amortization |
|
|
(190 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Operating Income |
|
|
1,909 |
|
Interest expense, net |
|
|
(460 |
) |
Other income (expense), net |
|
|
232 |
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income taxes, discontinued operations and cumulative effect of accounting change |
|
|
1,681 |
|
Income tax provision |
|
|
(562 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Income before discontinued operations and cumulative effect of accounting change |
|
$ |
1,119 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic net income per common share before discontinued operations and cumulative effect of
accounting change |
|
$ |
0.25 |
|
Diluted net income per common share before discontinued operations and cumulative effect of
accounting change |
|
$ |
0.25 |
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Costs of revenues and selling, general and administrative expenses exclude
depreciation. |
3. BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS
Bookspan
On April 9, 2007, the Company sold its 50% interest in Bookspan, a joint venture that
primarily owns and operates book clubs via direct mail and e-commerce, to a subsidiary of
Bertelsmann AG (Bertelsmann) for a purchase price of $145 million, which will result in a pretax
gain of approximately $100 million in the second quarter of 2007.
TradeDoubler
On March 14, 2007, AOL withdrew its cash tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of
TradeDoubler AB (TradeDoubler). The completion of the offer was subject to the condition that at
least 90% of TradeDoublers outstanding shares be tendered in the offer, and this condition was not
met.
Parenting and Time4 Media
On March 3, 2007, the Company sold its Parenting Group and most of the Time4 Media magazine
titles, consisting of 18 of Time Inc.s smaller niche magazines, to a subsidiary of Bonnier AB, a
Swedish media company (Bonnier), for approximately $220 million, which resulted in a pretax gain
of approximately $54 million. The results of operations of the
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Parenting Group and Time4 Media magazine titles that were sold have been reflected as
discontinued operations for all periods presented.
Sale of AOLs European Access Businesses
On February 28, 2007, the Company completed the sale of AOLs German access business to
Telecom Italia S.p.A. for $850 million in cash, resulting in a pretax gain of approximately $670
million. In connection with this sale, the Company entered into a separate agreement to provide
ongoing web services, including content, e-mail and other online tools and services to Telecom
Italia S.p.A.
As a result of the historical interdependency of AOLs European access and audience
businesses, the historical cash flows and operations of the access and audience businesses were not
clearly distinguishable. Accordingly, AOLs German access business and its other European access
businesses, which were sold in 2006, have not been reflected as discontinued operations in the
consolidated financial statements.
Transactions with Liberty
In February 2007, the Company signed a non-binding letter of intent with Liberty Media
Corporation (Liberty) regarding the exchange of a significant portion of Libertys interest in
Time Warner for a subsidiary of Time Warner that contains a mix of non-strategic assets, including
the Atlanta Braves franchise (the Braves) and Leisure Arts, Inc. (Leisure Arts), and cash. Any
sale of a major league baseball team requires the prior approval of Major League Baseball (the
League). Therefore, the Company and Liberty have submitted to the League documents related to the
proposed transfer of the Braves and requested the Leagues approval of the transfer. There can be
no assurance that the League will approve the proposed transfer or that the parties will reach a
definitive agreement regarding the proposed transaction. In the first quarter of 2007, the Company
recorded an impairment of approximately $13 million on the Companys investment in Leisure Arts. As
a result of the Companys intent to dispose of the Braves and Leisure Arts, the results of
operations of both businesses have been reflected as discontinued operations for all periods
presented.
Claxson
On December 14, 2006, Turner announced an agreement with Claxson Interactive Group, Inc. to
purchase seven pay television networks currently operating in Latin America for approximately $235
million (net of cash acquired). The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions,
is expected to close in the second or third quarter of 2007.
Divestiture of Certain Non-Core AOL Wireless Businesses
The Company is in discussions with prospective buyers regarding the divestiture of certain
non-core AOL wireless businesses. In the first quarter of 2007, the Company recorded an impairment
of approximately $18 million on the long-lived assets associated with one of the non-core AOL
wireless businesses. As a result of the Companys intent to dispose of these businesses, the
results of operations of these businesses have been reflected as discontinued operations for all
periods presented.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Summary of Discontinued Operations
Discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 include certain
magazines sold, including the Parenting Group, most of the Time4 Media magazine titles and The
Progressive Farmer magazine, and certain businesses the Company intends to sell, including Leisure
Arts, the Braves, and certain non-core AOL wireless businesses. Also included in discontinued
operations for the three months ended March 31, 2006 are the operations of the systems transferred
to Comcast in connection with the Redemptions and the Exchange, the Turner South network and Time
Warner Book Group. The financial data for the discontinued operations for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006 is as follows (millions, except per share amounts):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
Total revenues |
|
$ |
62 |
|
|
$ |
399 |
|
Pretax income (loss) |
|
$ |
(3 |
) |
|
$ |
248 |
|
Income tax benefit |
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
|
$ |
16 |
|
|
$ |
255 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic net income per common share |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
0.06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average basic common shares |
|
|
3,839.5 |
|
|
|
4,499.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted net income per common share |
|
$ |
0.01 |
|
|
$ |
0.06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average basic diluted shares |
|
|
3,892.6 |
|
|
|
4,542.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4. INVENTORIES AND FILM COSTS
Inventories and film costs consist of (millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
Programming costs, less amortization |
|
$ |
3,301 |
|
|
$ |
3,287 |
|
DVDs, books, paper and other merchandise |
|
|
355 |
|
|
|
347 |
|
Film costs Theatrical: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Released, less amortization |
|
|
563 |
|
|
|
682 |
|
Completed and not released |
|
|
493 |
|
|
|
205 |
|
In production |
|
|
1,271 |
|
|
|
1,392 |
|
Development and pre-production |
|
|
45 |
|
|
|
50 |
|
Film costs Television: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Released, less amortization |
|
|
783 |
|
|
|
704 |
|
Completed and not released |
|
|
177 |
|
|
|
158 |
|
In production |
|
|
352 |
|
|
|
473 |
|
Development and pre-production |
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total inventories and film costs(a) |
|
|
7,347 |
|
|
|
7,301 |
|
Less: current portion of inventory(b) |
|
|
(1,951 |
) |
|
|
(1,907 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total noncurrent inventories and film costs |
|
$ |
5,396 |
|
|
$ |
5,394 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Does not include $2.638 billion and $2.691 billion of net film library costs as of
March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively, which are included in intangible assets
subject to amortization on the consolidated balance sheet. |
|
(b) |
|
Current inventory as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 is comprised primarily
of programming inventory at the Networks segment ($1.588 billion and $1.557 billion,
respectively), magazines, paper and other merchandise at the Publishing segment ($136 million
and $140 million, respectively), and DVDs and videocassettes at the Filmed Entertainment
segment ($227 million and $210 million, respectively). |
5. LONG TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS
TWC Debt Securities
On April 9, 2007, TWC completed the issuance of $5.0 billion in aggregate principal amount of
senior unsecured notes and debentures (the Cable Bond Offering) consisting of $1.5 billion
principal amount of 5.40% Notes due 2012 (the 2012 Notes), $2.0 billion principal amount of 5.85%
Notes due 2017 (the 2017 Notes) and $1.5 billion principal amount of 6.55% Debentures due 2037
(the 2037 Debentures and, together with the 2012 Notes and the 2017 Notes, the
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Cable Debt Securities) pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the Securities Act). The Cable Debt Securities are guaranteed by TWE and TW NY
Cable Holding Inc. (TWNYCH and, together with TWE, the Guarantors). TWC used a portion of the
net proceeds of the Cable Bond Offering to repay all of the outstanding indebtedness under its $4.0
billion three-year term credit facility, which was terminated on April 13, 2007. The balance of the
net proceeds was used to repay a portion of the outstanding indebtedness under
TWCs $4.0 billion five-year term credit facility on April 27, 2007, which reduced the amounts outstanding under that
facility to $3.045 billion.
The Cable Debt Securities were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of April 9, 2007 (the
Base Cable Indenture), by and among TWC, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York, as trustee, as
supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 9, 2007 (the First
Supplemental Cable Indenture and, together with the Cable Base Indenture, the Cable Indenture),
by and among TWC, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
The 2012 Notes will mature on July 2, 2012, the 2017 Notes will mature on May 1, 2017 and the
2037 Debentures will mature on May 1, 2037. Interest on the 2012 Notes will be payable
semi-annually in arrears on January 2 and July 2 of each year, beginning on July 2, 2007. Interest
on the 2017 Notes and the 2037 Debentures will be payable semi-annually in arrears on May 1 and
November 1 of each year, beginning on November 1, 2007. The Cable Debt Securities are unsecured
senior obligations of TWC and rank equally with its other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations.
The guarantees of the Cable Debt Securities are unsecured senior obligations of the Guarantors and
rank equally in right of payment with all other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the
Guarantors.
The Cable Debt Securities may be redeemed in whole or in part at any time at TWCs option at a
redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Cable Debt
Securities being redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled
payments on the Cable Debt Securities discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis at a
government treasury rate plus 20 basis points for the 2012 Notes, 30 basis points for the 2017
Notes and 35 basis points for the 2037 Debentures as further described in the Cable Indenture,
plus, in each case, accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date.
The Cable Indenture contains customary covenants relating to restrictions on the ability of
TWC or any material subsidiary of TWC to create liens and on the ability of TWC and the Guarantors
to consolidate, merge or convey or transfer substantially all of their assets. The Cable Indenture
also contains customary events of default.
In connection with the issuance of the Cable Debt Securities, on April 9, 2007, TWC, the
Guarantors and the initial purchasers of the Cable Debt Securities entered into a Registration
Rights Agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement) pursuant to which TWC agreed, among other
things, to use its commercially reasonable efforts to consummate a registered exchange offer for
the Cable Debt Securities within 270 days after the issuance date of the Cable Debt Securities or
cause a shelf registration statement covering the resale of the Cable Debt Securities to be
declared effective within specified periods. TWC will be required to pay additional interest of
0.25% per annum on the Cable Debt Securities if it fails to timely comply with its obligations
under the Registration Rights Agreement until such time as it complies.
Commercial Paper Programs
On January 25, 2007, Time Warner entered into a $7.0 billion unsecured commercial paper
program (the TW Program) that replaced its previous $5.0 billion unsecured commercial paper
program, which was terminated in February 2007 upon repayment of the last amounts issued
thereunder. The obligations of Time Warner under the TW Program are guaranteed by TW AOL Holdings
Inc. (TW AOL) and Historic TW. In addition, the obligations of Historic TW are guaranteed by
Turner and Time Warner Companies, Inc. Proceeds from the TW Program may be used for general
corporate purposes, including investments, repayment of debt and acquisitions. Commercial paper
issued by Time Warner is supported by unused committed capacity under the Companys $7.0 billion
senior unsecured five-year revolving credit facility. As of March 31, 2007, approximately $1.652
billion of commercial paper was outstanding under the TW Program.
On December 4, 2006, TWC entered into a $6.0 billion unsecured commercial paper program (the
TWC Program) that replaced its previous $2.0 billion commercial paper program, which was
terminated on February 14, 2007 upon repayment of the last remaining notes issued thereunder. The
TWC Program is guaranteed by TWNYCH and TWE.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Commercial paper issued by TWC under the TWC Program is supported by unused committed capacity
under TWCs $6.0 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility and ranks pari passu with other
unsecured senior indebtedness of TWC, TWE and TWNYCH. As of March 31, 2007, approximately $2.8
billion of commercial paper was outstanding under the TWC Program.
6. SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Common Stock Repurchase Program
Time Warners Board of Directors has authorized a common stock repurchase program that allows
the Company to purchase up to an aggregate of $20 billion of common stock during the period from
July 29, 2005 through December 31, 2007. Purchases under the stock repurchase program may be made
from time to time on the open market and in privately negotiated transactions. Size and timing of
these purchases is based on a number of factors, including price and business and market
conditions. At existing price levels, the Company intends to continue purchases under its stock
repurchase program within its stated objective of maintaining a net debt-to-Operating Income before
Depreciation and Amortization ratio, as defined, of approximately 3-to-1 and expects it will
complete the program by the end of the second quarter of 2007. From the programs inception through
March 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company repurchased approximately 984 million shares of common stock
for approximately $17.9 billion and 359 million shares of common stock for approximately $6.3
billion, respectively, pursuant to trading programs under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act.
7. STOCK COMPENSATION
The Company has three active equity plans under which it is authorized to grant options to
purchase up to an aggregate of 450 million shares of Time Warner common stock. Options have been
granted to employees and non-employee directors of Time Warner with exercise prices equal to, or in
excess of, the fair market value at the date of grant. Generally, the options vest ratably over a
four-year vesting period and expire ten years from the date of grant. Certain option awards provide
for accelerated vesting upon an election to retire pursuant to the Companys defined benefit
retirement plans or after reaching a specified age and years of service, as well as certain
additional circumstances for non-employee directors. For the three months ended March 31, 2007, the
Company granted approximately 27 million options at a weighted average grant date fair value per
option of $5.15 ($3.19 net of taxes). For the three months ended March 31, 2006, the Company
granted approximately 52 million options at a weighted average grant date fair value per option of
$4.46 ($2.77 net of taxes). The assumptions presented in the table below represent the
weighted-average value of the applicable assumption used to value stock options at their grant
date.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
3/31/06 |
Expected volatility |
|
|
22.0 |
% |
|
|
22.2 |
% |
|
Expected term to exercise from grant date |
|
5.32 years |
|
5.08 years |
|
Risk-free rate |
|
|
4.4 |
% |
|
|
4.6 |
% |
|
Expected dividend yield |
|
|
1.1 |
% |
|
|
1.1 |
% |
|
Time Warner also can grant shares of common stock or restricted stock units (RSUs), which
generally vest between three to five years from the date of grant, to its employees and its
non-employee directors pursuant to these equity plans, including an additional plan limited to
non-employee directors. Certain RSU awards provide for accelerated vesting upon an election to
retire pursuant to the Companys defined benefit retirement plans or after reaching a specified age
and years of service, as well as certain additional circumstances for non-employee directors. For
the three months ended March 31, 2007, the Company granted approximately 8.2 million RSUs at a
weighted average grant date fair value per RSU of $19.97. For the three months ended March 31,
2006, the Company granted approximately 3.8 million RSUs at a weighted average grant date fair
value per RSU of $17.40.
No awards of the Companys stock options and RSUs were made in 2007 to employees of TWC. TWC
awards will be granted under the Time Warner Cable Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, under which
awards covering the issuance of up to 100,000,000 shares of TWC Class A common stock may be granted
to directors, employees, and certain non-employee advisors of TWC. TWC made its first equity
awards based on TWC Class A common stock in the second quarter of 2007.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Time Warner also has a performance share program for senior level executives. Under this
program, recipients of performance share units (PSUs) are awarded a target number of PSUs that
represent the contingent (unfunded and unsecured) right to receive shares of Company stock at the
end of a three-year performance period based on the actual performance level achieved by the
Company. Depending on the Companys total shareholder return relative to the other companies in the
S&P 500 Index, as well as a requirement of continued employment, the recipient of a PSU may receive
0% to 200% of the target PSUs granted based on a sliding scale where a relative ranking of less
than the 25th percentile will pay 0% and a ranking at the 100th percentile
will pay 200% of the target number of shares. PSU holders do not receive payments or accruals of
dividends or dividend equivalents for regular cash dividends paid by the Company while the PSU is
outstanding. Participants who are terminated by the Company other than for cause or who terminate
their own employment for good reason or due to retirement or disability are generally entitled to a
pro rata portion of the PSUs that would otherwise vest at the end of the performance period. For
accounting purposes, the PSU is considered to have a market condition. The effect of a market
condition is reflected in the grant date fair value of the award and, thus, compensation expense is
recognized on this type of award provided that the requisite service is rendered (regardless of
whether the market condition is achieved). The fair value of a PSU is estimated by using a Monte
Carlo analysis to estimate the total return ranking of Time Warner among the S&P 500 Index
companies over the performance period. For the three months ended March 31, 2007, the Company
granted approximately 1.1 million target PSUs at a weighted average grant date fair value per PSU
of $19.48. There were no PSUs granted in 2006.
Compensation expense recognized for stock-based compensation plans for the three-months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006 is as follows (millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
3/31/06 |
Stock options |
|
$ |
49 |
|
|
$ |
80 |
|
Restricted stock, restricted stock units and performance share units |
|
|
38 |
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total impact on operating income |
|
$ |
87 |
|
|
$ |
108 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax benefit recognized |
|
$ |
33 |
|
|
$ |
40 |
|
8. BENEFIT PLANS
Time Warner and certain of its subsidiaries have both funded and unfunded noncontributory
defined benefit pension plans covering a majority of domestic employees and, to a lesser extent,
have various defined benefit plans covering international employees. Pension benefits are based on
formulas that reflect the employees years of service and compensation during their employment
period and participation in the plans. Time Warner uses a December 31 measurement date for the
majority of its plans. A summary of the components of the net periodic benefit cost from continuing
operations recognized by substantially all of Time Warners domestic and international defined
benefit pension plans for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 are as follows (millions):
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Costs (a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Domestic |
|
International |
|
|
March 31, |
|
March 31, |
|
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
Service cost |
|
$ |
40 |
|
|
$ |
41 |
|
|
$ |
6 |
|
|
$ |
6 |
|
Interest cost |
|
|
50 |
|
|
|
46 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
Expected return on plan assets |
|
|
(65 |
) |
|
|
(57 |
) |
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
(13 |
) |
Amounts amortized |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net periodic benefit costs |
|
$ |
33 |
|
|
$ |
48 |
|
|
$ |
2 |
|
|
$ |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contributions |
|
$ |
4 |
|
|
$ |
3 |
|
|
$ |
5 |
|
|
$ |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
The domestic benefit cost for the three months ended March 31, 2007 does not
include the benefit cost attributable to the Adelphia and Comcast employees who will be
eligible to participate in the plans beginning in August 2007. The estimated total benefit
cost for these participants for the five months in 2007 in which they will be participating in
the plans is estimated to be approximately $11 million. |
46
TIME WARNER INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Expected cash flows
After considering the funded status of the Companys defined benefit pension plans, movements
in the discount rate, investment performance and related tax consequences, the Company may choose
to make contributions to its pension plans in any given year. There currently are no minimum
required contributions for domestic funded plans and no discretionary or noncash contributions are
currently planned. For domestic unfunded plans, contributions will continue to be made to the
extent benefits are paid. Expected benefit payments for domestic unfunded plans for 2007 are
approximately $20 million.
9. MERGER, RESTRUCTURING AND SHUTDOWN COSTS
In accordance with GAAP, Time Warner generally treats merger costs relating to business
acquisitions as additional purchase price paid. However, certain merger costs do not meet the
criteria for capitalization and are expensed as incurred as they either relate to the operations of
the acquirer or otherwise did not qualify as a liability or cost assumed in an acquisition. In
addition, the Company has incurred restructuring and shutdown costs unrelated to business
acquisitions which are expensed as incurred.
Merger Costs Capitalized as a Cost of Acquisition
During 2006, the Company acquired the remaining 50% interest in Courtroom Television Network
LLC (Court TV) that it did not already own from Liberty. In connection with the 2006 acquisition
of the additional Court TV interest, the Company incurred approximately $57 million in
capitalizable merger costs (of which $5 million was incurred during the first quarter of 2007, with
a corresponding increase in goodwill, as employee terminations and other exit costs were higher
than originally estimated). These costs included approximately $36 million related to employee
termination costs and approximately $21 million for various exit costs, including lease
terminations. Employee termination costs ranged from senior executive
to line personnel. Payments of $38 million have been made against this accrual as of March 31, 2007 ($4
million was paid against this liability for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and no payments
were made for the three months ended March 31, 2006).
As of March 31, 2007, there was also a remaining liability of approximately $23 million
related to the AOL-Historic TW merger.
As of March 31, 2007, out of the remaining liability of $42 million for all capitalized merger
costs, $6 million was classified as a current liability, with the remaining $36 million classified
as a long-term liability in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. Amounts relating to these
liabilities are expected to be paid through 2014.
Merger, Restructuring and Shutdown Costs Expensed as Incurred
Merger, restructuring and shutdown costs that were expensed as incurred for the three months
ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
(millions) |
|
Adelphia/Comcast Transactions merger-related costs |
|
$ |
4 |
|
|
$ |
4 |
|
2007 restructuring costs |
|
|
60 |
|
|
|
|
|
2006 and prior restructuring and shutdown costs |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Merger, restructuring and shutdown costs expensed as incurred |
|
$ |
68 |
|
|
$ |
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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TIME WARNER INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Merger, restructuring and shutdown costs expensed as incurred by segment for the three months
ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
(millions) |
|
AOL |
|
$ |
23 |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
Cable |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
Filmed Entertainment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
Networks |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Publishing |
|
|
35 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
Corporate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
Eliminations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Merger, restructuring and shutdown costs by segment |
|
$ |
68 |
|
|
$ |
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adelphia/Comcast Transactions Merger-Related Costs
Through the end of 2006, the Company incurred non-capitalizable merger-related costs at the
Cable segment related to the Adelphia/Comcast Transactions of $46 million. These expenses primarily
relate to consulting fees concerning integration planning as well as employee terminations. For the
quarter ended March 31, 2007, the Company incurred an additional $4 million in non-capitalizable
merger-related costs. Of the $46 million incurred through the end of 2006, $4 million was incurred
during the three months ended March 31, 2006 (see Note 2).
2007 Restructuring Costs
For the three months ended March 31, 2007, the Company incurred restructuring costs of
approximately $60 million, primarily related to various employee terminations and other exit
activities, including $19 million at the AOL segment, $6 million at the Cable segment and $35
million at the Publishing segment, which includes $8 million of shutdown costs related to the
shutdown of LIFE magazine. Employee termination costs occurred across each of the segments and
ranged from senior executive to line personnel. For the three months ended March 31, 2007, $11
million was paid against these liabilities. Amounts related to these liabilities are expected to be
paid through 2009.
As of March 31, 2007, out of the remaining liability of $49 million, $36 million was
classified as a current liability, with the remaining liability of $13 million classified as a
long-term liability in the consolidated balance sheet.
2006 and Prior Restructuring and Shutdown Costs
During the years ended 2006, 2005 and 2004, the Company incurred restructuring and shutdown
costs related to various employee and contractual terminations totaling $521 million. In connection with the 2006 and prior
restructuring and shutdown costs, employee termination costs occurred across each of the segments
and ranged from senior executives to line personnel. For the three months ended March 31, 2007, the
Company incurred additional restructuring costs of $4 million at the AOL segment as a result of
changes in estimates of these previously established restructuring accruals. For the three months
ended March 31, 2006, the Company incurred restructuring costs of $26 million, including $6 million
at the Cable segment, $12 million at the Publishing segment and $5 million at the Corporate
segment. In addition, the Company incurred $3 million of additional restructuring charges ($2
million at the Filmed Entertainment segment and $1 million at the AOL segment) as a result of
changes in estimates of previously established restructuring accruals.
48
TIME WARNER INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Selected Information
Selected information relating to the Adelphia/Comcast Transactions Merger-Related Costs, 2007
Restructuring Costs, 2006 and Prior Restructuring and Shutdown Costs is as follows (millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee |
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
Terminations |
|
Exit Costs |
|
Total |
Remaining liability as of December 31, 2006 |
|
$ |
162 |
|
|
$ |
52 |
|
|
$ |
214 |
|
Net accruals |
|
|
54 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
68 |
|
Cash paid |
|
|
(91 |
) |
|
|
(24 |
) |
|
|
(115 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Remaining liability as of March 31, 2007 |
|
$ |
125 |
|
|
$ |
42 |
|
|
$ |
167 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of March 31, 2007, out of the remaining liability of $167 million, $105 million was
classified as a current liability, with the remaining $62 million classified as a long-term
liability in the consolidated balance sheet. Amounts are expected to be paid through 2013.
10. SEGMENT INFORMATION
Time Warner classifies its business interests into five reportable segments: AOL, consisting
principally of interactive services; Cable, consisting principally of interests in cable systems
that provide video, high-speed data and voice services; Filmed Entertainment, consisting
principally of feature film, television and home video production and distribution; Networks,
consisting principally of cable television networks; and Publishing, consisting principally of
magazine publishing.
Information as to the operations of Time Warner in each of its business segments is set forth
below based on the nature of the products and services offered. Time Warner evaluates performance
based on several factors, of which the primary financial measure is operating income before
depreciation of tangible assets and amortization of intangible assets (Operating Income before
Depreciation and Amortization). Additionally, the Company has provided a summary of Operating
Income by segment.
Three Months Ended March 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subscription |
|
|
Advertising |
|
|
Content |
|
|
Other |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AOL |
|
$ |
873 |
|
|
$ |
549 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
36 |
|
|
$ |
1,458 |
|
Cable |
|
|
3,662 |
|
|
|
189 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,851 |
|
Filmed Entertainment |
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
2,663 |
|
|
|
68 |
|
|
|
2,743 |
|
Networks |
|
|
1,545 |
|
|
|
655 |
|
|
|
200 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
2,410 |
|
Publishing |
|
|
356 |
|
|
|
554 |
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
1,048 |
|
Intersegment elimination |
|
|
(204 |
) |
|
|
(20 |
) |
|
|
(97 |
) |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
(326 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues |
|
$ |
6,239 |
|
|
$ |
1,932 |
|
|
$ |
2,779 |
|
|
$ |
234 |
|
|
$ |
11,184 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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TIME WARNER INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subscription |
|
|
Advertising |
|
|
Content |
|
|
Other |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) (millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AOL |
|
$ |
1,538 |
|
|
$ |
392 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
27 |
|
|
$ |
1,957 |
|
Cable |
|
|
2,276 |
|
|
|
109 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,385 |
|
Filmed Entertainment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,709 |
|
|
|
70 |
|
|
|
2,779 |
|
Networks |
|
|
1,462 |
|
|
|
743 |
|
|
|
194 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
2,410 |
|
Publishing |
|
|
361 |
|
|
|
538 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
153 |
|
|
|
1,063 |
|
Intersegment elimination |
|
|
(143 |
) |
|
|
(33 |
) |
|
|
(168 |
) |
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
(356 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues |
|
$ |
5,494 |
|
|
$ |
1,749 |
|
|
$ |
2,746 |
|
|
$ |
249 |
|
|
$ |
10,238 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intersegment Revenues
In the normal course of business, the Time Warner segments enter into transactions with one
another. The most common types of intersegment transactions include:
|
|
|
The Filmed Entertainment segment generating Content revenues by licensing television and
theatrical programming to the Networks segment; |
|
|
|
|
The Networks segment generating Subscription revenues by selling cable network
programming to the Cable segment; and |
|
|
|
|
The AOL, Cable, Networks and Publishing segments generating Advertising revenues by
promoting the products and services of other Time Warner segments. |
These intersegment transactions are recorded by each segment at estimated fair value as if the
transactions were with third parties and, therefore, impact segment performance. While intersegment
transactions are treated like third-party transactions to determine segment performance, the
revenues (and corresponding expenses or assets recognized by the segment that is counterparty to
the transaction) are eliminated in consolidation and, therefore, do not themselves impact
consolidated results. Additionally, transactions between divisions within the same reporting
segment (e.g., a transaction between HBO and Turner within the Networks segment) are eliminated in
arriving at segment performance and, therefore, do not themselves impact segment results. Revenues
recognized by Time Warners segments on intersegment transactions are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
|
|
(millions) |
|
Intersegment Revenues(a) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AOL |
|
$ |
6 |
|
|
$ |
14 |
|
Cable |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
Filmed Entertainment(b) |
|
|
91 |
|
|
|
154 |
|
Networks(c) |
|
|
219 |
|
|
|
166 |
|
Publishing |
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total intersegment revenues |
|
$ |
326 |
|
|
$ |
356 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Intersegment revenues include intercompany Advertising revenues of $20 million and
$33 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. |
|
(b) |
|
Intersegment revenues at the Filmed Entertainment segment included sales to The WB
Network through the date of its shutdown on September 17, 2006. |
|
(c) |
|
Intersegment revenues at the Networks segment include the impact of the systems
acquired in the Adelphia/Comcast Transactions (the Acquired Systems) and the consolidation
of the Kansas City Pool. |
50
TIME WARNER INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
|
|
(millions) |
|
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AOL(a) |
|
$ |
1,211 |
|
|
$ |
429 |
|
Cable |
|
|
1,307 |
|
|
|
851 |
|
Filmed Entertainment |
|
|
332 |
|
|
|
457 |
|
Networks |
|
|
937 |
|
|
|
882 |
|
Publishing |
|
|
84 |
|
|
|
117 |
|
Corporate(b) |
|
|
(268 |
) |
|
|
(126 |
) |
Intersegment elimination |
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization |
|
$ |
3,618 |
|
|
$ |
2,618 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
For the three months ended March 31, 2007, includes a
pretax gain of approximately $670
million related to the sale of AOLs German access business and a $1 million noncash asset
impairment. For the three months ended March 31, 2006, includes a $2 million gain from the
resolution of a previously contingent gain related to the 2004 sale of Netscape Security
Solutions (NSS). |
|
(b) |
|
For the three months ended March 31, 2007, includes $152 million in legal reserves
related to securities litigation and $11 million in net expenses related to securities
litigation and government investigations. For the three months ended March 31, 2006, includes a $20 million gain on the sale
of two aircraft and $50 million in legal reserves related to securities litigation and $21
million in net recoveries related to securities litigation and government investigations. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
|
|
(millions) |
|
Depreciation of Property, Plant and Equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AOL |
|
$ |
(105 |
) |
|
$ |
(127 |
) |
Cable |
|
|
(649 |
) |
|
|
(380 |
) |
Filmed Entertainment |
|
|
(35 |
) |
|
|
(34 |
) |
Networks |
|
|
(74 |
) |
|
|
(67 |
) |
Publishing |
|
|
(27 |
) |
|
|
(28 |
) |
Corporate |
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
|
$ |
(901 |
) |
|
$ |
(649 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
|
|
(millions) |
|
Amortization of Intangible Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AOL |
|
$ |
(22 |
) |
|
$ |
(37 |
) |
Cable |
|
|
(79 |
) |
|
|
(19 |
) |
Filmed Entertainment |
|
|
(54 |
) |
|
|
(55 |
) |
Networks |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
Publishing |
|
|
(19 |
) |
|
|
(15 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total amortization of intangible assets |
|
$ |
(177 |
) |
|
$ |
(129 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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TIME WARNER INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
|
|
(millions) |
|
Operating Income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AOL(a) |
|
$ |
1,084 |
|
|
$ |
265 |
|
Cable |
|
|
579 |
|
|
|
452 |
|
Filmed Entertainment |
|
|
243 |
|
|
|
368 |
|
Networks |
|
|
860 |
|
|
|
812 |
|
Publishing |
|
|
38 |
|
|
|
74 |
|
Corporate(b) |
|
|
(279 |
) |
|
|
(139 |
) |
Intersegment elimination |
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating income |
|
$ |
2,540 |
|
|
$ |
1,840 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
For the three months ended March 31, 2007, includes a
pretax gain of approximately $670
million related to the sale of AOLs German access business and a $1 million noncash asset
impairment. For the three months ended March 31, 2006, includes a $2 million gain from the
resolution of a previously contingent gain related to the 2004 sale of NSS. |
|
(b) |
|
For the three months ended March 31, 2007, includes $152 million in legal reserves
related to securities litigation and $11 million in net expenses related to securities
litigation and government investigations. For the three months ended March 31, 2006, includes a $20 million gain on the sale
of two aircraft and $50 million in legal reserves related to securities litigation and $21
million in net recoveries related to securities litigation and government investigations. |
A summary of total assets by operating segment is set forth below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
(millions) |
|
Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AOL |
|
$ |
5,139 |
|
|
$ |
5,762 |
|
Cable |
|
|
55,625 |
|
|
|
55,736 |
|
Filmed Entertainment |
|
|
18,117 |
|
|
|
18,354 |
|
Networks |
|
|
34,917 |
|
|
|
34,952 |
|
Publishing |
|
|
14,489 |
|
|
|
14,900 |
|
Corporate |
|
|
1,923 |
|
|
|
1,965 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
|
$ |
130,210 |
|
|
$ |
131,669 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Contingencies
Securities Matters
Consolidated Securities Class Action
During the Summer and Fall of 2002, 30 shareholder class action lawsuits were filed naming as
defendants the Company, certain current and former executives of the Company and, in several
instances, AOL. These lawsuits were filed in U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of New
York, the Eastern District of Virginia and the Eastern District of Texas. The complaints purported
to be made on behalf of certain shareholders of the Company and alleged that the Company made
material misrepresentations and/or omissions of material fact in violation of Section 10(b) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act), Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, and
Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act. Plaintiffs claimed that the Company failed to disclose AOLs
declining advertising revenues and that the Company and AOL inappropriately inflated advertising
revenues in a series of transactions. Certain of the lawsuits also alleged that certain of the
individual defendants and other insiders at the Company improperly sold their personal holdings of
Time Warner stock, that the Company failed to disclose that the January 2001 merger of America
Online, Inc. (now AOL LLC) and Time Warner Inc., now known as Historic TW Inc. (Historic TW) (the
Merger or the AOL-Historic TW Merger), was not generating the synergies anticipated at the time
of the announcement of the merger and, further, that the Company inappropriately delayed writing
down more than $50 billion of goodwill. The lawsuits sought an unspecified amount in compensatory
damages. All of these lawsuits were centralized in the U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of New York for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings (along with the federal
derivative lawsuits and certain
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lawsuits brought under ERISA described below) under the caption In re AOL Time Warner Inc.
Securities and ERISA Litigation.
The Minnesota State Board of Investment (MSBI) was designated lead plaintiff for the
consolidated securities actions and filed a consolidated amended complaint on April 15, 2003,
adding additional defendants including additional officers and directors of the Company, Morgan
Stanley & Co., Salomon Smith Barney Inc., Citigroup Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and JP
Morgan Chase & Co. Plaintiffs also added additional allegations, including that the Company made
material misrepresentations in its registration statements and joint proxy statement-prospectus
related to the AOL-Historic TW Merger and in its registration statements pursuant to which debt
securities were issued in April 2001 and April 2002, allegedly in violation of Section 11 and
Section 12 of the Securities Act of 1933. On July 14, 2003, the defendants filed a motion to
dismiss the consolidated amended complaint. On May 5, 2004, the district court granted in part the
defendants motion, dismissing all claims with respect to the registration statements pursuant to
which debt securities were issued in April 2001 and April 2002 and certain other claims against
other defendants, but otherwise allowing the remaining claims against the Company and certain other
defendants to proceed. On August 11, 2004, the court granted MSBIs motion to file a second amended
complaint. On July 30, 2004, defendants filed a motion for summary judgment on the basis that
plaintiffs could not establish loss causation for any of their claims, and thus plaintiffs did not
have any recoverable damages. On April 8, 2005, MSBI moved for leave to file a third amended
complaint to add certain new factual allegations and four additional individual defendants.
In July 2005, the Company reached an agreement in principle with MSBI for the settlement of
the consolidated securities actions. The settlement is reflected in a written agreement between the
lead plaintiff and the Company. On September 30, 2005, the court issued an order granting
preliminary approval of the settlement and certified the settlement class. The court issued an
order dated April 6, 2006 granting final approval of the settlement, and the time to appeal that
decision has expired. In connection with reaching the agreement in principle on the securities
class action, the Company established a reserve of $3 billion during the second quarter of 2005
reflecting the MSBI settlement and other pending related shareholder and ERISA litigation. Pursuant
to the MSBI settlement, in October 2005, Time Warner paid $2.4 billion into a settlement fund (the
MSBI Settlement Fund) for the members of the class represented in the action, and Ernst & Young
LLP paid $100 million. In connection with the settlement, the $150 million previously paid by Time
Warner into a fund in connection with the settlement of the investigation by the DOJ was
transferred to the MSBI Settlement Fund. In addition, the $300 million the Company previously paid
in connection with the settlement of its SEC investigation will be distributed to investors through
the MSBI settlement process pursuant to an order issued by the U.S. District Court for the District
of Columbia on July 11, 2006. On October 27, 2006, the court awarded to plaintiffs counsel fees in
the amount of $147.5 million and reimbursement for expenses in the amount of $3.4 million, plus
interest accrued on such amounts since October 7, 2005, the date the Company paid $2.4 billion into
the MSBI Settlement Fund; these amounts are to be paid from the MSBI Settlement Fund. The
administration of the MSBI settlement is ongoing. Settlements also have been reached in many of the
additional related cases, including the ERISA and derivative actions, as described below.
Other Related Securities Litigation Matters
During the Fall of 2002 and Winter of 2003, three putative class action lawsuits were filed
alleging violations of ERISA in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on
behalf of current and former participants in the Time Warner Savings Plan, the Time Warner Thrift
Plan and/or the TWC Savings Plan (the Plans). Collectively, these lawsuits named as defendants
the Company, certain current and former directors and officers of the Company and members of the
Administrative Committees of the Plans. The lawsuits alleged that the Company and other defendants
breached certain fiduciary duties to plan participants by, inter alia, continuing to offer Time
Warner stock as an investment under the Plans, and by failing to disclose, among other things, that
the Company was experiencing declining advertising revenues and that the Company was
inappropriately inflating advertising revenues through various transactions. The complaints sought
unspecified damages and unspecified equitable relief. The ERISA actions were consolidated as part
of the In re AOL Time Warner Inc. Securities and ERISA Litigation described above. On July 3,
2003, plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended complaint naming additional defendants, including
TWE, certain current and former officers, directors and employees of the Company and Fidelity
Management Trust Company. On September 12, 2003, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the
consolidated ERISA complaint. On March 9, 2005, the court granted in part and denied in part the
Companys motion to dismiss. The court dismissed two individual defendants and TWE for all
purposes, dismissed other individuals with respect to claims plaintiffs had asserted involving the
TWC Savings Plan, and dismissed all individuals who were named in a claim asserting that their
stock sales had constituted a breach of fiduciary duty to the Plans. The parties reached an
agreement to resolve this matter in 2006 and the court granted preliminary approval of the
settlement in an opinion dated
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May 1, 2006. A final approval hearing was held on July 19, 2006, and the court granted final
approval of the settlement in an opinion dated September 27, 2006. On October 25, 2006, one of the
objectors to this settlement filed a notice of appeal of this decision; pursuant to a settlement
agreement between the parties in a related securities matter, that objector subsequently withdrew
his notice of appeal, and the time to appeal has expired. The court has yet to rule on plaintiffs
petition for attorneys fees and expenses.
During the Summer and Fall of 2002, 11 shareholder derivative lawsuits were filed naming as
defendants certain current and former directors and officers of the Company, as well as the Company
as a nominal defendant. Three were filed in New York State Supreme Court for the County of New
York, four were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and four
were filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware for New Castle County. The complaints
alleged that defendants breached their fiduciary duties by causing the Company to issue corporate
statements that did not accurately represent that AOL had declining advertising revenues and by
failing to conduct adequate due diligence in connection with the AOL-Historic TW Merger, that the
AOL-Historic TW Merger was not generating the synergies anticipated at the time of the announcement
of the merger, and that the Company inappropriately delayed writing down more than $50 billion of
goodwill, thereby exposing the Company to potential liability for alleged violations of federal
securities laws. The lawsuits further alleged that certain of the defendants improperly sold their
personal holdings of Time Warner securities. The lawsuits requested that (i) all proceeds from
defendants sales of Time Warner common stock, (ii) all expenses incurred by the Company as a
result of the defense of the shareholder class actions discussed above and (iii) any improper
salaries or payments be returned to the Company. The four lawsuits filed in the Court of Chancery
for the State of Delaware for New Castle County were consolidated under the caption, In re AOL Time
Warner Inc. Derivative Litigation. A consolidated complaint was filed on March 7, 2003 in that
action, and on June 9, 2003, the Company filed a notice of motion to dismiss the consolidated
complaint. On May 2, 2003, the three lawsuits filed in New York State Supreme Court for the County
of New York were dismissed on forum non conveniens grounds, and plaintiffs time to appeal has
expired. The four lawsuits pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
were centralized for coordinated or consolidated pre-trial proceedings with the securities and
ERISA lawsuits described above under the caption In re AOL Time Warner Inc. Securities and ERISA
Litigation. On October 6, 2004, plaintiffs filed an amended consolidated complaint in three of
these four cases. On April 20, 2006, plaintiffs in the four lawsuits filed in the Court of Chancery
of the State of Delaware for New Castle County filed a new complaint in the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New York. The parties to all of these actions subsequently reached an
agreement to resolve all remaining matters in 2006, and the federal district court in New York
granted preliminary approval of the settlement in an opinion dated May 10, 2006. A final approval
hearing was held on June 28, 2006, and the court granted final approval of the settlement in an
opinion dated September 6, 2006. The time to appeal that decision has expired. The court has yet to
rule on plaintiffs petition for attorneys fees and expenses.
During the Summer and Fall of 2002, several lawsuits brought by individual shareholders were
filed in various federal jurisdictions, and in late 2005 and early 2006, numerous additional
shareholders determined to opt-out of the settlement reached in the consolidated federal
securities class action described above, and many have since filed federal lawsuits. The claims
alleged in these actions are substantially identical to the claims alleged in the consolidated
federal securities class action described above, and all of these cases have been transferred to
the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for coordinated or consolidated
pre-trial proceedings. In May 2006, amended complaints were filed in thirty-five of these cases. In
June 2006, the Company filed a motion to dismiss and a motion for partial summary judgment in these
thirty-five cases, which seek to dismiss some or all of the complaints and/or to preclude recovery
of alleged damages incurred prior to July 2002 based on loss causation principles. The Court has
scheduled oral argument on these motions for February 28, 2007. In March 2006, the parties reached
an agreement to settle the claims brought in the case Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP v. AOL Time
Warner, et al. In December 2006, the parties reached an agreement to settle the claims brought in
the case DEKA Investment GMBH et al. v. AOL Time Warner Inc. et al. Also in December 2006, the
parties reached an agreement to settle the claims brought in the case Norges Bank v. AOL Time
Warner Inc. et al. In February 2007, the parties reached an agreement to settle the claims brought
in the thirty-five cases referenced above. The aggregate amount for which the Company has settled
these lawsuits as well as related lawsuits is described below. The Company intends to defend
against the remaining lawsuits vigorously.
On November 11, 2002, Staro Asset Management, LLC filed a putative class action complaint in
the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of certain purchasers of
Reliant 2.0% Zero-Premium Exchangeable Subordinated Notes for alleged violations of the federal
securities laws. Plaintiff is a purchaser of subordinated notes, the price of which was purportedly
tied to the market value of Time Warner stock. Plaintiff alleges that the Company made
misstatements and/or omissions of material fact that artificially inflated the value of Time Warner
stock and directly
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affected the price of the notes. Plaintiff seeks compensatory damages and/or rescission. This
lawsuit has been consolidated for coordinated pretrial proceedings under the caption In re AOL Time
Warner Inc. Securities and ERISA Litigation described above. The Company intends to defend
against this lawsuit vigorously.
On April 14, 2003, Regents of the University of California et al. v. Parsons et al., was filed
in California Superior Court, County of Los Angeles, naming as defendants the Company, certain
current and former officers, directors and employees of the Company, Ernst & Young LLP, Citigroup
Inc., Salomon Smith Barney Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Plaintiffs allege that the Company made
material misrepresentations in its registration statements related to the AOL-Historic TW Merger
and stock option plans in violation of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933. The
complaint also alleges common law fraud and breach of fiduciary duties under California state law.
Plaintiffs seek disgorgement of alleged insider trading proceeds and restitution for their stock
losses. Three related cases have been filed in California Supreme Court and have been coordinated
in the County of Los Angeles. On January 26, 2004, certain individuals filed motions to dismiss for
lack of personal jurisdiction. On September 10, 2004, the Company filed a motion to dismiss
plaintiffs complaints and certain individual defendants (who had not previously moved to dismiss
plaintiffs complaints for lack of personal jurisdiction) filed a motion to dismiss plaintiffs
complaints. On April 22, 2005, the court granted certain motions to dismiss for lack of personal
jurisdiction and denied certain motions to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. The court
issued a series of rulings on threshold issues presented by the motions to dismiss on May 12, July
22 and August 2, 2005. These rulings granted in part and denied in part the relief sought by
defendants, subject to plaintiffs right to make a prima facie evidentiary showing to support
certain dismissed claims. In January 2006, the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Agency,
which had filed one of the three related cases described above, voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit;
an order of dismissal was entered on January 17, 2006. Also in January 2006, two additional
individual actions were filed in California Superior Court against the Company and, in one
instance, Ernst & Young LLP and certain former officers, directors and executives of the Company.
Both of these additional individual actions assert claims substantially identical to those asserted
in the four actions already coordinated in California Superior Court, and have been consolidated
with the other coordinated proceedings. In December 2006, the Company reached an agreement to
settle the claims brought by the California State Teachers Retirement System and the Franklin
Funds. In February 2007, the Company reached an agreement to settle the claims brought by the
plaintiffs in the remaining related cases, including the Regents of the University of California
and the California Public Employees Retirement System. The aggregate amount for which the Company
has settled these as well as related lawsuits is described below.
On July 18, 2003, Ohio Public Employees Retirement System et al. v. Parsons et al. was filed
in Ohio, Court of Common Pleas, Franklin County, naming as defendants the Company, certain current
and former officers, directors and employees of the Company, Citigroup Inc., Salomon Smith Barney
Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. and Ernst & Young LLP. Plaintiffs allege that the Company made material
misrepresentations in its registration statements in violation of Sections 11 and 12 of the
Securities Act of 1933. Plaintiffs also allege violations of Ohio law, breach of fiduciary duty and
common law fraud. Plaintiffs seek disgorgement of alleged insider trading proceeds, restitution and
unspecified compensatory damages. On October 29, 2003, the Company moved to stay the proceedings
or, in the alternative, dismiss the complaint. Also on October 29, 2003, all named individual
defendants moved to dismiss the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction. On October 8, 2004,
the court granted in part the Companys motion to dismiss plaintiffs complaint; specifically, the
court dismissed plaintiffs common law claims but otherwise allowed plaintiffs remaining statutory
claims against the Company and certain other defendants to proceed. The Company answered the
complaint on February 22, 2005. On November 17, 2005, the court granted the jurisdictional motions
of twenty-five of the individual defendants, and dismissed them from the case. In
February 2007, the parties reached an agreement to settle this lawsuit. The aggregate amount for
which the Company has settled this as well as related lawsuits is described below.
On July 18, 2003, West Virginia Investment Management Board v. Parsons et al. was filed in
West Virginia, Circuit Court, Kanawha County, naming as defendants the Company, certain current and
former officers, directors and employees of the Company, Citigroup Inc., Salomon Smith Barney Inc.,
Morgan Stanley & Co., and Ernst & Young LLP. Plaintiff alleges the Company made material
misrepresentations in its registration statements in violation of Sections 11 and 12 of the
Securities Act of 1933. Plaintiff also alleges violations of West Virginia law, breach of fiduciary
duty and common law fraud. Plaintiff seeks disgorgement of alleged insider trading proceeds,
restitution and unspecified compensatory damages. On May 27, 2004, the Company filed a motion to
dismiss the complaint. Also on May 27, 2004, all named individual defendants moved to dismiss the
complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction. In February 2007, the parties reached an
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agreement to settle this lawsuit. The aggregate amount for which Time Warner has settled this
as well as related lawsuits is described below.
On January 28, 2004, McClure et al. v. AOL Time Warner Inc. et al. was filed in the District
Court of Cass County, Texas (purportedly on behalf of several purchasers of Company stock) naming
as defendants the Company and certain current and former officers, directors and employees of the
Company. Plaintiffs allege that the Company made material misrepresentations in its registration
statements in violation of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933. Plaintiffs also allege
breach of fiduciary duty and common law fraud. Plaintiffs seek unspecified compensatory damages. On
May 8, 2004, the Company filed a general denial and a motion to dismiss for improper venue. Also on
May 8, 2004, all named individual defendants moved to dismiss the complaint for lack of personal
jurisdiction. In February 2007, the parties reached an agreement to settle this lawsuit. The
aggregate amount for which the Company has settled this as well as related lawsuits is described
below.
On April 1, 2004, Alaska State Department of Revenue et al. v. America Online, Inc. et al. was
filed in Superior Court in Juneau County, Alaska, naming as defendants the Company, certain current
and former officers, directors and employees of the Company, AOL, Historic TW, Morgan Stanley &
Co., Inc., and Ernst & Young LLP. Plaintiffs alleged that the Company made material
misrepresentations in its registration statements in violation of Alaska law and common law fraud.
The plaintiffs sought unspecified compensatory and punitive damages. In December 2006, the parties
reached an agreement to settle this lawsuit. The aggregate amount for which the Company has settled
this as well as related lawsuits is described below.
On November 15, 2002, the California State Teachers Retirement System filed an amended
consolidated complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on behalf
of a putative class of purchasers of stock in Homestore.com, Inc. (Homestore). Plaintiff alleged
that Homestore engaged in a scheme to defraud its shareholders in violation of Section 10(b) of the
Exchange Act. The Company and two former employees of its AOL division were named as defendants in
the amended consolidated complaint because of their alleged participation in the scheme through
certain advertising transactions entered into with Homestore. Motions to dismiss filed by the
Company and the two former employees were granted on March 7, 2003, and a final judgment of
dismissal was entered on March 8, 2004. On April 7, 2004, plaintiff filed a notice of appeal in the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Ninth Circuit heard oral argument on this appeal on February 6,
2006 and issued an opinion on June 30, 2006 affirming the lower courts decision and remanding the
case to the district court for further proceedings. On September 28, 2006, plaintiff filed a motion
for leave to amend the complaint, and on December 18, 2006, the court held a hearing and denied
plaintiffs motion. In addition, on October 20, 2006, the Company joined its co-defendants in
filing a petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States, seeking
reconsideration of the Ninth Circuits decision. In December 2006, the Company reached an agreement
with plaintiff to settle its claims against the Company and its former employees. The aggregate
amount for which the Company has agreed to settle this as well as related lawsuits is described
below. The settlement agreement will be subject to preliminary and final approval by the district
court. There can be no assurance that the settlement will receive either preliminary or final court
approval.
On April 30, 2004, a second amended complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the
District of Nevada on behalf of a putative class of purchasers of stock in PurchasePro.com, Inc.
(PurchasePro). Plaintiffs alleged that PurchasePro engaged in a scheme to defraud its
shareholders in violation of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act. The Company and four former
officers and employees were added as defendants in the second amended complaint and were alleged to
have participated in the scheme through certain advertising transactions entered into with
PurchasePro. Three similar putative class actions had previously been filed against the Company,
AOL and certain former officers and employees, and were consolidated with the Nevada action. On
February 17, 2005, the judge in the consolidated action granted the Companys motion to dismiss the
second amended complaint with prejudice. The parties have agreed to settle this matter. The court
granted preliminary approval of the proposed settlement in an order dated July 18, 2006 and granted
final approval of the settlement in an order dated October 10, 2006. The administration of the
settlement is ongoing. The aggregate amount for which the Company has settled this as well as
related lawsuits is described below.
During the fourth quarter of 2006, the Company established an additional reserve of $600
million related to its remaining securities litigation matters described above, bringing the
reserve for unresolved claims to approximately $620 million at December 31, 2006. The prior reserve
aggregating $3.0 billion established in the second quarter of 2005 had been substantially utilized
as a result of the settlements resolving many of the other shareholder lawsuits that had been
pending against the Company, including settlements entered into during the fourth quarter of 2006.
During the first quarter of 2007,
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the Company reached agreements to pay approximately $764 million to settle substantially all
of these remaining claims. The Company recorded an incremental charge of approximately $152 million
during the first quarter of 2007 reflecting these 2007 settlements, including approximately $8
million related to an expected attorneys fee award related to a previously settled matter. The
Company believes the potential exposure in any securities litigation matters that remain pending at
March 31, 2007 to be de minimis.
Other Matters
Warner Bros. (South) Inc. (WBS), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, is litigating
numerous tax cases in Brazil. WBS currently is the theatrical distribution licensee for Warner
Bros. Entertainment Nederlands (Warner Bros.) in Brazil and acts as a service provider to the
Warner Bros. home video licensee. All of the ongoing tax litigation involves WBS distribution
activities prior to January 2004, when WBS conducted both theatrical and home video distribution.
Much of the tax litigation stems from WBS position that in distributing videos to rental
retailers, it was conducting a distribution service, subject to a municipal service tax, and not
the industrialization or sale of videos, subject to Brazilian federal and state VAT-like taxes.
Both the federal tax authorities and the State of Sao Paulo, where WBS is based, have challenged
this position. In some additional tax cases, WBS, often together with other film distributors, is
challenging the imposition of taxes on royalties remitted outside of Brazil and the
constitutionality of certain taxes. The Company intends to defend all of these various tax cases
vigorously, but is unable to predict the outcome of these suits.
On October 8, 2004, certain heirs of Jerome Siegel, one of the creators of the Superman
character, filed suit against the Company, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. in the
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Plaintiffs complaint seeks an
accounting and demands up to one-half of the profits made on Superman since the alleged April 16,
1999 termination by plaintiffs of Siegels grants of one-half of the rights to the Superman
character to DC Comics predecessor-in-interest. Plaintiffs have also asserted various Lanham Act
and unfair competition claims, alleging wasting of the Superman property by DC Comics and failure
to accord credit to Siegel. The Company answered the complaint and filed counterclaims on November
11, 2004, to which plaintiffs replied on January 7, 2005. On April 30, 2007, the Company filed
motions for partial summary judgment on various issues, including the unavailability of accounting
for pre-termination and foreign works. The Company intends to defend against this lawsuit
vigorously, but is unable to predict its outcome.
On October 22, 2004, the same Siegel heirs filed a second lawsuit against the Company, DC
Comics, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Warner Communications Inc. and Warner Bros. Television
Production Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Plaintiffs claim
that Jerome Siegel was the sole creator of the character Superboy and, as such, DC Comics has had
no right to create new Superboy works since the alleged October 17, 2004 termination by plaintiffs
of Siegels grants of rights to the Superboy character to DC Comics predecessor-in-interest. This
lawsuit seeks a declaration regarding the validity of the alleged termination and an injunction
against future use of the Superboy character. Plaintiffs have also asserted Lanham Act and unfair
competition claims alleging false statements by DC Comics regarding the creation of the Superboy
character. The Company answered the complaint and filed counterclaims on December 21, 2004, to
which plaintiffs replied on January 7, 2005. The case was consolidated for discovery purposes with
the Superman action described immediately above. The parties filed cross-motions for summary
judgment or partial summary judgment on February 15, 2006. In its ruling dated March 23, 2006, the
court denied the Companys motion for summary judgment, granted plaintiffs motion for partial
summary judgment on termination and held that further proceedings are necessary to determine
whether the Companys Smallville television series may infringe on plaintiffs rights to the
Superboy character. On January 12, 2007, the Company filed a motion for reconsideration of the
courts decision granting plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment on termination. On April
30, 2007, the Company filed a motion for summary judgment on non-infringement of Smallville.
Both motions are pending. The Company intends to defend against this lawsuit vigorously, but is
unable to predict its outcome.
On May 24, 1999, two former AOL Community Leader volunteers filed Hallissey et al. v. America
Online, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. This lawsuit was
brought as a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and as a class action
under New York state law against AOL and AOL Community, Inc. The plaintiffs allege that, in serving
as Community Leader volunteers, they were acting as employees rather than volunteers for purposes
of the FLSA and New York state law and are entitled to minimum wages. On December 8, 2000,
defendants filed a motion to dismiss on the ground that the plaintiffs were volunteers and not
employees covered by the FLSA. On March 10, 2006, the court denied defendants motion to dismiss.
On May 11, 2006, plaintiffs filed a motion under the Fair Labor Standards Act asking the court to
notify former community leaders nationwide about the lawsuit and allow those
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community leaders the opportunity to join the lawsuit. A related case was filed by several of
the Hallissey plaintiffs in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging
violations of the retaliation provisions of the FLSA. This case was stayed pending the outcome of
the Hallissey motion to dismiss and has not yet been activated. Three related class actions have
been filed in state courts in New Jersey, California and Ohio, alleging violations of the FLSA
and/or the respective state laws. The New Jersey and Ohio cases were removed to federal court and
subsequently transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for
consolidated pretrial proceedings with Hallissey. The California action was remanded to California
state court, and on January 6, 2004 the court denied plaintiffs motion for class certification.
Plaintiffs appealed the trial courts denial of their motion for class certification to the
California Court of Appeals. On May 26, 2005, a three-justice panel of the California Court of
Appeals unanimously affirmed the trial courts order denying class certification. The plaintiffs
petition for review in the California Supreme Court was denied. The Company has settled the
remaining individual claims in the California action. The Company intends to defend against the
remaining lawsuits vigorously, but is unable to predict the outcome of these suits.
On January 17, 2002, Community Leader volunteers filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Company, AOL and AOL Community,
Inc. under ERISA. Plaintiffs allege that they are entitled to pension and/or welfare benefits
and/or other employee benefits subject to ERISA. In March 2003, plaintiffs filed and served a
second amended complaint, adding as defendants the Companys Administrative Committee and the AOL
Administrative Committee. On May 19, 2003, the Company, AOL and AOL Community, Inc. filed a motion
to dismiss and the Administrative Committees filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings. Both of
these motions are pending. The Company intends to defend against these lawsuits vigorously, but is
unable to predict the outcome of these suits.
On August 1, 2005, Thomas Dreiling filed a derivative suit in the U.S. District Court for the
Western District of Washington against AOL and Infospace Inc. as nominal defendant. The complaint,
brought in the name of Infospace by one if its shareholders, asserts violations of Section 16(b) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Plaintiff alleges that certain AOL executives and the founder
of Infospace, Naveen Jain, entered into an agreement to manipulate Infospaces stock price through
the exercise of warrants that AOL had received in connection with a commercial agreement with
Infospace. Because of this alleged agreement, plaintiff asserts that AOL and Mr. Jain constituted a
group that held more than 10% of Infospaces stock and, as a result, AOL violated the short-swing
trading prohibition of Section 16(b) in connection with sales of shares received from the exercise
of those warrants. The complaint seeks disgorgement of profits, interest and attorneys fees. On
September 26, 2005, AOL filed a motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim, which
was denied by the Court on December 5, 2005. The case is scheduled for trial starting in October of
2007. The Company intends to defend against this lawsuit vigorously, but is unable to predict the
outcome of this suit or reasonably estimate the range of possible loss.
On September 1, 2006, Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. (Katz) filed a complaint in
the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware alleging that TWC and AOL, among other
defendants, infringe a number of patents purportedly relating to customer call center operations,
voicemail and/or video-on-demand services. The plaintiff is seeking unspecified monetary damages as
well as injunctive relief. On March 20, 2007, this case, together with other lawsuits filed by
Katz, was made subject to a Multidistrict Litigation Order transferring the case for pretrial
proceedings to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The Company intends
to defend against the claim vigorously, but is unable to predict the outcome of the suit or
reasonably estimate a range of possible loss.
On June 16, 1998, plaintiffs in Andrew Parker and Eric DeBrauwere, et al. v. Time Warner
Entertainment Company, L.P. and Time Warner Cable filed a purported nation-wide class action in
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York claiming that TWE sold its subscribers
personally identifiable information and failed to inform subscribers of their privacy rights in
violation of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 and common law. The plaintiffs seek
damages and declaratory and injunctive relief. On August 6, 1998, TWE filed a motion to dismiss,
which was denied on September 7, 1999. On December 8, 1999, TWE filed a motion to deny class
certification, which was granted on January 9, 2001 with respect to monetary damages, but denied
with respect to injunctive relief. On June 2, 2003, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit vacated the District Courts decision denying class certification as a matter of law and
remanded the case for further proceedings on class certification and other matters. On May 4, 2004,
plaintiffs filed a motion for class certification, which the Company opposed. On October 25, 2005,
the court granted preliminary approval of a class settlement arrangement on terms that were not
material to the Company. A final settlement approval hearing was held on May 19, 2006, and on
January 26, 2007, the court denied approval of the settlement. The Company intends to defend
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against this lawsuit vigorously, but is unable to predict the outcome of this suit or
reasonably estimate a range of possible loss.
On October 20, 2005, a group of syndicate participants, including BNZ Investments Limited,
filed three related actions in the High Court of New Zealand, Auckland Registry, against New Line
Cinema Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and its subsidiary, New Line
Productions Inc. (collectively, New Line). The complaints allege breach of contract, breach of
duties of good faith and fair dealing, and other common law and statutory claims under California
and New Zealand law. Plaintiffs contend, among other things, they have not received proceeds from
certain financing transactions they entered into with New Line relating to three motion pictures:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; and The
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The parties to these actions have agreed that all claims
will be heard before a single arbitrator, who has been selected, before the International Court for
Arbitration, and the proceedings before the High Court of New Zealand have been dismissed without
prejudice. The arbitration is scheduled to begin in September 2008. The Company intends to defend
against these proceedings vigorously, but is unable to predict the outcome of the proceedings.
As previously disclosed, in 2005, Time Inc. received a grand jury subpoena from the United
States Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of New York in connection with an investigation
of certain magazine circulation-related practices. Time Inc. responded to the subpoena and is
cooperating with the investigation.
On December 22, 2006, AOL Europe Services SARL (AOL Luxembourg), a wholly owned subsidiary
of AOL organized under the laws of Luxembourg, received an assessment from the French tax
authorities for 34 million (approximately $44 million) for value added tax (VAT) due in
France, including interest, related to subscription revenues from French subscribers earned from
July 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003. The French tax authorities claim that these revenues are
subject to French VAT, instead of Luxembourg VAT, as originally reported and paid by AOL. The
Company intends to defend against this assessment vigorously, but is unable to predict the outcome
of the proceedings. AOL Luxembourg also could receive similar assessments from the French tax
authorities in the future for subscription revenues earned in 2004 through 2006, which assessment
could total up to 72 million (approximately $94 million), including interest.
From time to time, the Company receives notices from third parties claiming that it infringes
their intellectual property rights. Claims of intellectual property infringement could require Time
Warner to enter into royalty or licensing agreements on unfavorable terms, incur substantial
monetary liability or be enjoined preliminarily or permanently from further use of the intellectual
property in question. In addition, certain agreements entered into by the Company may require the
Company to indemnify the other party for certain third-party intellectual property infringement
claims, which could increase the Companys damages and its costs of defending against such claims.
Even if the claims are without merit, defending against the claims can be time-consuming and
costly.
The costs and other effects of pending or future litigation, governmental investigations,
legal and administrative cases and proceedings (whether civil or criminal), settlements, judgments
and investigations, claims and changes in those matters (including those matters described above),
and developments or assertions by or against the Company relating to intellectual property rights
and intellectual property licenses, could have a material adverse effect on the Companys business,
financial condition and operating results.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
12. ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Cash Flows
Additional financial information with respect to cash (payments) and receipts is as follows
(millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
Cash payments made for interest |
|
$ |
(461 |
) |
|
$ |
(304 |
) |
Interest income received |
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
45 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash interest payments, net |
|
$ |
(442 |
) |
|
$ |
(259 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash payments made for income taxes |
|
$ |
(130 |
) |
|
$ |
(76 |
) |
Income tax refunds received |
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash tax payments, net |
|
$ |
(98 |
) |
|
$ |
(60 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The consolidated statement of cash flows does not reflect approximately $48 million of common
stock repurchases included in Other current liabilities, because this amount was not paid as of
March 31, 2007. Additionally, the consolidated statement of cash flows reflects approximately $120
million of common stock repurchases that were included in Other current liabilities at December 31,
2006 but for which payment was not made until the first quarter of 2007.
Interest Expense, Net
Interest expense, net, consists of (millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
Interest income |
|
$ |
46 |
|
|
$ |
93 |
|
Interest expense |
|
|
(597 |
) |
|
|
(392 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total interest expense, net |
|
$ |
(551 |
) |
|
$ |
(299 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Income, Net
Other income, net, consists of (millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
3/31/07 |
|
|
3/31/06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
Investment gains, net |
|
$ |
163 |
|
|
$ |
295 |
|
Income (loss) on equity method investees |
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
16 |
|
Losses on accounts receivable securitization programs |
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
(13 |
) |
Other |
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other income, net |
|
$ |
125 |
|
|
$ |
311 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Current Liabilities
Other current liabilities consist of (millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(recast) |
|
Accrued expenses |
|
$ |
3,947 |
|
|
$ |
4,952 |
|
Accrued compensation |
|
|
836 |
|
|
|
1,351 |
|
Accrued income taxes |
|
|
158 |
|
|
|
205 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other current liabilities, net |
|
$ |
4,941 |
|
|
$ |
6,508 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
TW AOL Holdings Inc. (TW AOL Holdings), Historic TW Inc. (Historic TW), Time Warner
Companies, Inc. (TW Companies) and Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS and, together with TW
AOL Holdings, Historic TW and TW Companies, the Guarantor Subsidiaries) are wholly owned
subsidiaries of Time Warner Inc. (Time Warner). The Guarantor Subsidiaries have fully and
unconditionally, jointly and severally, directly or indirectly,
guaranteed, on an unsecured basis, the debt issued by Time Warner in
its November 2006 public offering.
The Securities and Exchange Commissions rules require that condensed consolidating financial
information be provided for a certain period of time for wholly owned subsidiaries that have
guaranteed debt of a registrant issued in a public offering, where each such guarantee is full and
unconditional. Set forth below are condensed consolidating financial
statements of Time Warner presenting the results of operations, financial position and cash flows
of (i) Time Warner, (ii) the Guarantor Subsidiaries on a
combined basis because such guarantees are joint and several, (iii) the direct and indirect non-guarantor
subsidiaries of Time Warner on a combined basis and (iv) the eliminations necessary to arrive at the information for
Time Warner on a consolidated basis. Investments in the consolidated subsidiaries of Time Warner
and the Guarantor Subsidiaries are, in each case, reflected under the equity method of accounting.
There are no restrictions on Time Warners ability to obtain funds from any of its wholly owned
subsidiaries through dividends, loans or advances. These condensed consolidating financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements of Time Warner. Beginning in 2007, Time Warner
changed its method of allocating Corporate overhead expenses for
purposes of preparing these condensed consolidating financial
statements. Specifically, Time Warner no longer allocates these
expenses to the Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, but they
instead are reflected as expenses of Time Warner as the Issuer.
Consolidating Statement of Operations
For The Three Months Ended March 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Time |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guarantor |
|
|
Non-Guarantor |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warner |
|
|
|
Time Warner |
|
|
Subsidiaries |
|
|
Subsidiaries |
|
|
Eliminations |
|
|
Consolidated |
|
|
|
(millions) |
|
Revenues |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
292 |
|
|
$ |
10,916 |
|
|
$ |
(24 |
) |
|
$ |
11,184 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs of revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(102 |
) |
|
|
(6,418 |
) |
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
(6,496 |
) |
Selling, general and administrative |
|
|
(116 |
) |
|
|
(53 |
) |
|
|
(2,240 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,409 |
) |
Amortization of intangible assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(177 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(177 |
) |
Amounts related to securities
litigation and government
investigations |
|
|
(163 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(163 |
) |
Merger-related, restructuring and
shut-down costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(68 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(68 |
) |
Asset impairments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
Gains on disposal of assets, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
670 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
670 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss) |
|
|
(279 |
) |
|
|
137 |
|
|
|
2,682 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,540 |
|
Equity in pretax income of
consolidated subsidiaries |
|
|
2,483 |
|
|
|
2,668 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,151 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Interest income (expense), net |
|
|
(234 |
) |
|
|
(349 |
) |
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(551 |
) |
Other income (expense), net |
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
134 |
|
|
|
(22 |
) |
|
|
125 |
|
Minority interest expense, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(75 |
) |
|
|
(55 |
) |
|
|
(130 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
before income taxes and
discontinued operations |
|
|
1,984 |
|
|
|
2,455 |
|
|
|
2,773 |
|
|
|
(5,228 |
) |
|
|
1,984 |
|
Income tax provision |
|
|
(797 |
) |
|
|
(954 |
) |
|
|
(1,080 |
) |
|
|
2,034 |
|
|
|
(797 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before discontinued
operations |
|
|
1,187 |
|
|
|
1,501 |
|
|
|
1,693 |
|
|
|
(3,194 |
) |
|
|
1,187 |
|
Discontinued operations, net of tax |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
(32 |
) |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
|
$ |
1,203 |
|
|
$ |
1,518 |
|
|
$ |
1,708 |
|
|
$ |
(3,226 |
) |
|
$ |
1,203 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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WARNER INC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
Consolidating Statement of Operations
For The Three Months Ended March 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Time |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guarantor |
|
|
Non-Guarantor |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warner |
|
|
|
Time Warner |
|
|
Subsidiaries |
|
|
Subsidiaries |
|
|
Eliminations |
|
|
Consolidated |
|
|
|
(millions) |
|
Revenues |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
282 |
|
|
$ |
9,978 |
|
|
$ |
(22 |
) |
|
$ |
10,238 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs of revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(99 |
) |
|
|
(5,599 |
) |
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
(5,677 |
) |
Selling, general and administrative |
|
|
(31 |
) |
|
|
(72 |
) |
|
|
(2,453 |
) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
(2,555 |
) |
Amortization of intangible assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(129 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(129 |
) |
Amounts related to securities
litigation and government
investigations |
|
|
(29 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(29 |
) |
Merger-related, restructuring and
shut-down costs |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(25 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(30 |
) |
Gains on disposal of assets, net |
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss) |
|
|
(45 |
) |
|
|
111 |
|
|
|
1,774 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,840 |
|
Equity in pretax income of
consolidated subsidiaries |
|
|
1,952 |
|
|
|
2,115 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,067 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Interest income (expense), net |
|
|
(124 |
) |
|
|
(277 |
) |
|
|
102 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(299 |
) |
Other income
(expense), net |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
333 |
|
|
|
(22 |
) |
|
|
311 |
|
Minority interest expense, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(71 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(71 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income taxes,
discontinued operations and
cumulative effect of accounting
change |
|
|
1,781 |
|
|
|
1,951 |
|
|
|
2,138 |
|
|
|
(4,089 |
) |
|
|
1,781 |
|
Income tax provision |
|
|
(598 |
) |
|
|
(660 |
) |
|
|
(735 |
) |
|
|
1,395 |
|
|
|
(598 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before discontinued
operations and cumulative effect
of accounting change |
|
|
1,183 |
|
|
|
1,291 |
|
|
|
1,403 |
|
|
|
(2,694 |
) |
|
|
1,183 |
|
Discontinued operations, net of tax |
|
|
255 |
|
|
|
256 |
|
|
|
256 |
|
|
|
(512 |
) |
|
|
255 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before cumulative effect of
accounting change |
|
|
1,438 |
|
|
|
1,547 |
|
|
|
1,659 |
|
|
|
(3,206 |
) |
|
|
1,438 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cumulative effect of accounting
change, net of tax |
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
|
$ |
1,463 |
|
|
$ |
1,547 |
|
|
$ |
1,659 |
|
|
$ |
(3,206 |
) |
|
$ |
1,463 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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WARNER INC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
Consolidating Balance Sheet
March 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Time |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guarantor |
|
|
Non-Guarantor |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warner |
|
|
|
Time Warner |
|
|
Subsidiaries |
|
|
Subsidiaries |
|
|
Eliminations |
|
|
Consolidated |
|
|
|
(millions) |
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and equivalents |
|
$ |
413 |
|
|
$ |
44 |
|
|
$ |
584 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,041 |
|
Restricted cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
|
Receivables, net |
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
5,593 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,612 |
|
Inventories |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,951 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,951 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
|
279 |
|
|
|
49 |
|
|
|
646 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
974 |
|
Current assets of discontinued operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
84 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
84 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
|
|
710 |
|
|
|
94 |
|
|
|
8,876 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,680 |
|
Noncurrent inventories and film costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,396 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,396 |
|
Investments in amounts due to and from
consolidated subsidiaries |
|
|
86,499 |
|
|
|
81,390 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(167,889 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Investments, including available-for-sale
securities |
|
|
57 |
|
|
|
660 |
|
|
|
1,882 |
|
|
|
(456 |
) |
|
|
2,143 |
|
Property, plant and equipment, net |
|
|
447 |
|
|
|
241 |
|
|
|
16,527 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,215 |
|
Intangible assets subject to
amortization, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,120 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,120 |
|
Intangible assets not subject to
amortization |
|
|
|
|
|
|
641 |
|
|
|
46,626 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
47,267 |
|
Goodwill |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,617 |
|
|
|
38,096 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40,713 |
|
Other assets |
|
|
121 |
|
|
|
240 |
|
|
|
1,941 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,302 |
|
Noncurrent assets of discontinued
operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
374 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
374 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
|
$ |
87,834 |
|
|
$ |
85,883 |
|
|
$ |
124,838 |
|
|
$ |
(168,345 |
) |
|
$ |
130,210 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable |
|
$ |
4 |
|
|
$ |
9 |
|
|
$ |
1,043 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,056 |
|
Participations payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,980 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,980 |
|
Royalties and programming costs payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
1,219 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,221 |
|
Deferred revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,482 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,482 |
|
Debt due within one year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
57 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
61 |
|
Other current liabilities |
|
|
1,022 |
|
|
|
264 |
|
|
|
3,696 |
|
|
|
(41 |
) |
|
|
4,941 |
|
Current liabilities of discontinued
operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
155 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
156 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
|
|
1,026 |
|
|
|
280 |
|
|
|
9,632 |
|
|
|
(41 |
) |
|
|
10,897 |
|
Long-term debt |
|
|
14,613 |
|
|
|
5,989 |
|
|
|
14,378 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34,980 |
|
Mandatorily redeemable preferred
membership units issued by a subsidiary |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
300 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
300 |
|
Debt due (from) to affiliates |
|
|
(1,815 |
) |
|
|
735 |
|
|
|
1,080 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
12,254 |
|
|
|
13,387 |
|
|
|
13,759 |
|
|
|
(27,146 |
) |
|
|
12,254 |
|
Deferred revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
433 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
433 |
|
Other liabilities |
|
|
1,625 |
|
|
|
2,360 |
|
|
|
6,005 |
|
|
|
(2,954 |
) |
|
|
7,036 |
|
Noncurrent liabilities of discontinued
operations |
|
|
83 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
106 |
|
Minority interests |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,813 |
|
|
|
343 |
|
|
|
4,156 |
|
Shareholders equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Due (to) from Time Warner and subsidiaries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10,215 |
) |
|
|
(25,807 |
) |
|
|
36,022 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other shareholders equity |
|
|
60,048 |
|
|
|
73,347 |
|
|
|
101,222 |
|
|
|
(174,569 |
) |
|
|
60,048 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total shareholders equity |
|
|
60,048 |
|
|
|
63,132 |
|
|
|
75,415 |
|
|
|
(138,547 |
) |
|
|
60,048 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
|
$ |
87,834 |
|
|
$ |
85,883 |
|
|
$ |
124,838 |
|
|
$ |
(168,345 |
) |
|
$ |
130,210 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
63
TIME
WARNER INC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
Consolidating Balance Sheet
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Time |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guarantor |
|
|
Non-Guarantor |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warner |
|
|
|
Time Warner |
|
|
Subsidiaries |
|
|
Subsidiaries |
|
|
Eliminations |
|
|
Consolidated |
|
|
|
(millions) |
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and equivalents |
|
$ |
207 |
|
|
$ |
77 |
|
|
$ |
1,265 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,549 |
|
Restricted cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29 |
|
Receivables, net |
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
6,032 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,064 |
|
Inventories |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,907 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,907 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
|
273 |
|
|
|
39 |
|
|
|
824 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,136 |
|
Current assets of discontinued operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
166 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
166 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
|
|
510 |
|
|
|
118 |
|
|
|
10,223 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,851 |
|
Noncurrent inventories and film costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,394 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,394 |
|
Investments in amounts due to and from
consolidated subsidiaries |
|
|
86,833 |
|
|
|
80,079 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(166,912 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Investments, including available-for-sale
securities |
|
|
33 |
|
|
|
607 |
|
|
|
3,203 |
|
|
|
(417 |
) |
|
|
3,426 |
|
Property, plant and equipment, net |
|
|
476 |
|
|
|
242 |
|
|
|
16,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,718 |
|
Intangible assets subject to
amortization, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,204 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,204 |
|
Intangible assets not subject to
amortization |
|
|
|
|
|
|
626 |
|
|
|
45,736 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
46,362 |
|
Goodwill |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,546 |
|
|
|
38,203 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40,749 |
|
Other assets |
|
|
121 |
|
|
|
250 |
|
|
|
2,018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,389 |
|
Noncurrent assets of discontinued
operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
576 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
576 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
|
$ |
87,973 |
|
|
$ |
84,468 |
|
|
$ |
126,557 |
|
|
$ |
(167,329 |
) |
|
$ |
131,669 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable |
|
$ |
4 |
|
|
$ |
13 |
|
|
$ |
1,340 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,357 |
|
Participations payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,049 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,049 |
|
Royalties and programming costs payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
1,210 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,215 |
|
Deferred revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,434 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,434 |
|
Debt due within one year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
60 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
64 |
|
Other current liabilities |
|
|
1,457 |
|
|
|
262 |
|
|
|
4,808 |
|
|
|
(19 |
) |
|
|
6,508 |
|
Current liabilities of discontinued
operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
152 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
153 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
|
|
1,461 |
|
|
|
285 |
|
|
|
11,053 |
|
|
|
(19 |
) |
|
|
12,780 |
|
Long-term debt |
|
|
14,273 |
|
|
|
5,993 |
|
|
|
14,667 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34,933 |
|
Mandatorily redeemable preferred
membership units issued by a subsidiary |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
300 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
300 |
|
Debt due (from) to affiliates |
|
|
(1,798 |
) |
|
|
735 |
|
|
|
1,063 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
13,112 |
|
|
|
14,308 |
|
|
|
14,686 |
|
|
|
(28,992 |
) |
|
|
13,114 |
|
Deferred revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
528 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
528 |
|
Other liabilities |
|
|
454 |
|
|
|
1,179 |
|
|
|
4,873 |
|
|
|
(1,044 |
) |
|
|
5,462 |
|
Noncurrent liabilities of discontinued
operations |
|
|
82 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
42 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
124 |
|
Minority interests |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,800 |
|
|
|
239 |
|
|
|
4,039 |
|
Shareholders equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Due (to) from Time Warner and subsidiaries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9,310 |
) |
|
|
(23,278 |
) |
|
|
32,588 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other shareholders equity |
|
|
60,389 |
|
|
|
71,278 |
|
|
|
98,823 |
|
|
|
(170,101 |
) |
|
|
60,389 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total shareholders equity |
|
|
60,389 |
|
|
|
61,968 |
|
|
|
75,545 |
|
|
|
(137,513 |
) |
|
|
60,389 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
|
$ |
87,973 |
|
|
$ |
84,468 |
|
|
$ |
126,557 |
|
|
$ |
(167,329 |
) |
|
$ |
131,669 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
64
TIME
WARNER INC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
For The Three Months Ended March 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Time |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guarantor |
|
|
Non-Guarantor |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warner |
|
|
|
Time Warner |
|
|
Subsidiaries |
|
|
Subsidiaries |
|
|
Eliminations |
|
|
Consolidated |
|
|
|
(millions) |
|
OPERATIONS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
|
$ |
1,203 |
|
|
$ |
1,518 |
|
|
$ |
1,708 |
|
|
$ |
(3,226 |
) |
|
$ |
1,203 |
|
Adjustments for noncash and
nonoperating items: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
1,049 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,078 |
|
Amortization of film costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
774 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
774 |
|
Asset impairments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Gain on investments and other assets,
net |
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(823 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(831 |
) |
Deficiency of distributions over
equity in pretax income of
consolidated subsidiaries |
|
|
(2,483 |
) |
|
|
(2,668 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,151 |
|
|
|
|
|
Equity in losses of investee
companies, net of cash distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
29 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 |
|
Equity-based compensation |
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
62 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
87 |
|
Minority interests |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
75 |
|
|
|
55 |
|
|
|
130 |
|
Amounts related to securities
litigation and government
investigations |
|
|
(388 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(388 |
) |
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities, net of acquisitions |
|
|
4,848 |
|
|
|
2,103 |
|
|
|
(979 |
) |
|
|
(6,716 |
) |
|
|
(744 |
) |
Adjustments relating to discontinued
operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash provided by operations |
|
|
3,202 |
|
|
|
978 |
|
|
|
1,955 |
|
|
|
(4,736 |
) |
|
|
1,399 |
|
INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in available-for-sale
securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(86 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(86 |
) |
Investments and acquisitions, net of
cash acquired |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(12 |
) |
Capital expenditures and product
development costs |
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
(39 |
) |
|
|
(893 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(914 |
) |
Investment proceeds from
available-for-sale securities |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
Other investment proceeds |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
1,140 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,142 |
|
Advances to
parent and consolidated subsidiaries |
|
|
(1,350 |
) |
|
|
(55 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,405 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash provided (used) by investing
activities |
|
|
(1,326 |
) |
|
|
(105 |
) |
|
|
166 |
|
|
|
1,405 |
|
|
|
140 |
|
FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Borrowings |
|
|
1,384 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
798 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,182 |
|
Debt repayments |
|
|
(1,032 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,080 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,112 |
) |
Proceeds from exercise of stock options |
|
|
242 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
242 |
|
Excess tax benefit on stock options |
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 |
|
Principal payments on capital leases |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(18 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(18 |
) |
Repurchases of common stock |
|
|
(2,089 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,089 |
) |
Dividends paid |
|
|
(211 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(211 |
) |
Other |
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(60 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(71 |
) |
Change in
due to/from parent and investment in segment |
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
(906 |
) |
|
|
(2,442 |
) |
|
|
3,331 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash used by financing activities |
|
|
(1,670 |
) |
|
|
(906 |
) |
|
|
(2,802 |
) |
|
|
3,331 |
|
|
|
(2,047 |
) |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND
EQUIVALENTS |
|
|
206 |
|
|
|
(33 |
) |
|
|
(681 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(508 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH AND EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF
PERIOD |
|
|
207 |
|
|
|
77 |
|
|
|
1,265 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,549 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH AND EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD |
|
$ |
413 |
|
|
$ |
44 |
|
|
$ |
584 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,041 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
65
TIME
WARNER INC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
For The Three Months Ended March 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Time |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guarantor |
|
|
Non-Guarantor |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warner |
|
|
|
Time Warner |
|
|
Subsidiaries |
|
|
Subsidiaries |
|
|
Eliminations |
|
|
Consolidated |
|
|
|
(millions) |
|
OPERATIONS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
|
$ |
1,463 |
|
|
$ |
1,547 |
|
|
$ |
1,659 |
|
|
$ |
(3,206 |
) |
|
$ |
1,463 |
|
Adjustments for noncash and
nonoperating items: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cumulative effect of accounting
change, net of tax |
|
|
(25 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(25 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
752 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
778 |
|
Amortization of film costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
822 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
822 |
|
Asset impairments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on investments and other assets,
net |
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(301 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(309 |
) |
Excess (deficiency) of distributions
over equity in pretax income of
consolidated subsidiaries |
|
|
(1,952 |
) |
|
|
(2,115 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,067 |
|
|
|
|
|
Equity in (income) losses of investee
companies, net of cash distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
Equity-based compensation |
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
79 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
108 |
|
Minority interests |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
71 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
71 |
|
Amounts related to securities
litigation and government
investigations |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities, net of acquisitions |
|
|
2,382 |
|
|
|
3,718 |
|
|
|
(738 |
) |
|
|
(5,786 |
) |
|
|
(424 |
) |
Adjustments relating to discontinued
operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(136 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(136 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash provided by operations |
|
|
1,900 |
|
|
|
3,170 |
|
|
|
2,202 |
|
|
|
(4,925 |
) |
|
|
2,347 |
|
INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments and acquisitions, net of
cash acquired |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(49 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(53 |
) |
Advances to parents and consolidated
subsidiaries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(173 |
) |
|
|
(99 |
) |
|
|
272 |
|
|
|
|
|
Capital expenditures and product
development costs |
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
|
(20 |
) |
|
|
(726 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(754 |
) |
Capital expenditures from discontinued
operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(27 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(27 |
) |
Investment proceeds from
available-for-sale securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
Other investment proceeds |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
807 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
807 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash used by investing activities |
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
|
(194 |
) |
|
|
(93 |
) |
|
|
272 |
|
|
|
(23 |
) |
FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Borrowings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Debt repayments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(226 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(226 |
) |
Proceeds from exercise of stock options |
|
|
242 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
242 |
|
Excess tax benefit on stock options |
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32 |
|
Principal payments on capital leases |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(22 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(23 |
) |
Repurchases of common stock |
|
|
(3,936 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,936 |
) |
Dividends paid |
|
|
(225 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(225 |
) |
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(24 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(24 |
) |
Change in due to/due from parent |
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
(3,013 |
) |
|
|
(1,658 |
) |
|
|
4,653 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash used by financing activities |
|
|
(3,869 |
) |
|
|
(3,014 |
) |
|
|
(1,929 |
) |
|
|
4,653 |
|
|
|
(4,159 |
) |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND
EQUIVALENTS |
|
|
(1,977 |
) |
|
|
(38 |
) |
|
|
180 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,835 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH AND EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF
PERIOD |
|
|
3,798 |
|
|
|
95 |
|
|
|
327 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,220 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH AND EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD |
|
$ |
1,821 |
|
|
$ |
57 |
|
|
$ |
507 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
2,385 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
66
Part II. Other Information
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
Securities Matters
Other Related Securities Litigation Matters
Reference is made to the shareholder derivative, ERISA and individual securities matters
described on pages 52-56 of the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2006 (the 2006 Form 10-K). During the first quarter of 2007, the Company
reached agreements to pay approximately $764 million to settle substantially all of these
remaining claims. The Company recorded an incremental charge of approximately $152 million
during the first quarter of 2007 reflecting these 2007 settlements, including approximately $8
million related to an expected attorneys fee award related to a previously settled matter.
The Company believes the potential exposure in any securities litigation matters that remain
pending at March 31, 2007 to be de minimis.
Reference is made to the lawsuits described on page 53 of the 2006 Form 10-K filed by
shareholders who determined to opt-out of the settlement reached in the consolidated federal
securities class action. With respect to the thirty-five cases in which amended complaints
were filed in May 2006, the parties reached an agreement in February 2007 to settle the claims
brought in these cases. The aggregate amount for which the Company has settled these as well
as related lawsuits is described above.
Reference is made to the lawsuit filed by the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System et
al. described on page 54 of the 2006 Form 10-K. In February 2007, the parties reached an
agreement to settle this lawsuit. The aggregate amount for which the Company has settled this
as well as related lawsuits is described above.
Reference is made to the lawsuit filed by the West Virginia Investment Management Board
described on page 55 of the 2006 Form 10-K. In February 2007, the parties reached an
agreement to settle this lawsuit. The aggregate amount for which the Company has settled this
as well as related lawsuits is described above.
Other Matters
Reference is made to the lawsuit filed by certain heirs of Jerome Siegel relating to the
Superman character described on page 57 of the 2006 Form 10-K. On April 30, 2007, the Company
filed motions for partial summary judgment on various issues, including the unavailability of
accounting for pre-termination and foreign works.
Reference is made to the lawsuit filed by certain heirs of Jerome Siegel relating to the
Superboy character described on page 57 of the 2006 Form 10-K. On April 30, 2007, the Company
filed a motion for summary judgment on non-infringement of the Companys Smallville television
series.
Reference is made to the lawsuit filed by Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. (Katz)
described on page 59 of the 2006 Form 10-K. On March 20, 2007, this case, together with other
lawsuits filed by Katz, was made subject to a Multidistrict Litigation Order transferring the case
for pretrial proceedings to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Reference is made to the three related actions filed by a group of syndicate
participants, including BNZ Investments Limited, described on page 59 of the 2006 Form 10-K.
The arbitration of the claims brought in these actions is scheduled to begin in September
2008.
67
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
Company Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table provides information about purchases by the Company during the quarter
ended March 31, 2007 of equity securities registered by the Company pursuant to Section 12 of the
Exchange Act.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Number of |
|
|
Approximate Dollar |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares Purchased as |
|
|
Value of Shares that |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Part of Publicly |
|
|
May Yet Be |
|
|
|
Total Number of |
|
|
Average Price |
|
|
Announced Plans or |
|
|
Purchased Under the |
|
Period |
|
Shares Purchased(1) |
|
|
Paid Per Share(2) |
|
|
Programs(3) |
|
|
Plans or Programs |
|
January 1, 2007 -
January 31, 2007 |
|
|
24,275,900 |
|
|
$ |
22.29 |
|
|
|
24,275,900 |
|
|
$ |
3,551,218,900 |
|
February 1, 2007 -
February 28, 2007 |
|
|
50,713,636 |
|
|
$ |
21.43 |
|
|
|
50,207,008 |
|
|
$ |
2,475,401,484 |
|
March 1, 2007 -
March 31, 2007 |
|
|
20,109,552 |
|
|
$ |
19.86 |
|
|
|
20,098,600 |
|
|
$ |
2,076,321,724 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
95,099,088 |
|
|
$ |
21.32 |
|
|
|
94,581,508 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
The total number of shares purchased includes (a) shares of Common Stock
purchased by the Company under the publicly announced stock repurchase program described in
footnote (3) below, and (b) shares of Common Stock that are tendered by employees to the
Company to satisfy the employees tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting
of awards of restricted stock, which are repurchased by the Company based on their fair market
value on the vesting date. The number of shares of Common Stock purchased by the Company in
connection with the vesting of such awards totaled 0 shares, 506,628 shares and 10,952 shares,
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The calculation of the average price paid per share does not give effect to any
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On August 3, 2005, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had
authorized a Common Stock repurchase program that allows the Company to repurchase, from time
to time, up to $5 billion of Common Stock over a two-year period. On November 2, 2005, the
Company announced the increase of the amount that may be repurchased under the Companys
publicly announced stock repurchase program to an aggregate of up to $12.5 billion of Common
Stock. In addition, on February 17, 2006, the Company announced a further increase of the
amount of its stock repurchase program and the extension of the programs ending date. Under
the extended program, the Company has authority to repurchase up to an aggregate of $20
billion of Common Stock during the period from July 29, 2005 through December 31, 2007.
Purchases under the stock repurchase program may be made from time to time on the open market
and in privately negotiated transactions. The size and timing of these purchases will be based
on a number of factors including price and business and market conditions. In the past, the
Company has repurchased shares of Common Stock pursuant to trading programs under Rule 10b5-1
promulgated under the Exchange Act, and it may repurchase shares of Common Stock under such
trading programs in the future. |
Item 6. Exhibits.
The exhibits listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index are filed or incorporated by
reference as a part of this report and such Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.
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TIME WARNER INC.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.
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TIME WARNER INC. |
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Date: May 2, 2007 |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K
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Indenture, dated as of April 9, 2007, among Time Warner
Cable Inc. (TWC), TW NY Cable Holding Inc. (TWNYCH),
Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. (TWE) and The
Bank of New York, as trustee (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to TWCs Current Report on Form
8-K dated April 4, 2007 (the TWC April 2007 Form 8-K)). |
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First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 9, 2007,
among TWC, TWNYCH, TWE and The Bank of New York, as
trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 9, 2007,
among TWC, TWNYCH, TWE and ABN AMRO Incorporated,
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc. and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC on behalf of
themselves and the other initial purchasers named therein
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the
TWC April 2007 Form 8-K). |
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Purchase Agreement, dated April 4, 2007, among TWC,
TWNYCH, TWE and ABN AMRO Incorporated, Citigroup Global
Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Wachovia
Capital Markets, LLC on behalf of themselves and the other
initial purchasers named therein (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the TWC April 2007 Form 8-K). |
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Letter Agreement, dated April 18, 2007, by and among
Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., MOC Holdco I,
LLC, TWE Holdings I Trust, Comcast of
Louisiana/Mississippi/Texas, LLC, TWC, TWE, Comcast
Corporation (Comcast), the Company and Time Warner NY
Cable LLC, relating to certain TWE administrative matters
in connection with the redemption of Comcasts interest in
TWE. |
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Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, with
respect to the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended March 31, 2007. |
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Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, with
respect to the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended March 31, 2007. |
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Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal
Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, with respect to the Companys
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
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This certification will not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78r), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such
certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the
Securities Act or Securities Exchange Act, except to the extent that the Company specifically
incorporates it by reference. |
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