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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 1)
Filed by the Registrant: þ
Filed by a Party other than the Registrant: o
Check the appropriate box:
þ Preliminary Proxy Statement
o Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
o Definitive Proxy Statement
o Definitive Additional Materials
o Soliciting Material Under Rule 14a-12
Liberty Media International, Inc.
(Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
N/A
(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant)
Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):
o No fee required.
þ Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.
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Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:
Liberty Media International, Inc. Series A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
Liberty Media International, Inc. Series B Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. Class C Common Stock, par value $.01 per share |
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Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:
As of December 31, 2004, (1) 167,205,861 outstanding shares
of LMI Series A Common Stock, which
include options to acquire 1,690,899 shares of LMI Series A
Common Stock, (2) 10,331,016 outstanding shares of LMI Series B Common Stock, which include options to acquire 3,066,716 shares of LMI Series B
Common Stock, (3) 429,845,505 outstanding shares of UGC Class A Common Stock, which include (x) equity
incentive awards to acquire 48,617,610 shares of UGC Class A Common Stock, (y) 1,629,284 shares of UGC
Class A Common Stock placed in escrow in connection with a pending transaction and (z) 15,396,224
shares of UGC Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance in connection with certain outstanding claims,
and (4) 2,141,272 outstanding shares of UGC Class C Common Stock.
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Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to
Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state
how it was determined):
Based upon the averages of the high and low prices reported for the
LMI Series A Common Stock, LMI Series B Common Stock and UGC Class A Common Stock, respectively, on the Nasdaq National Market on
February 10, 2005, which were $44.54, $47.18 and $9.64, respectively. The filing fee is being
calculated based upon an aggregate transaction value of $12,099,118,914.10, which is obtained by: (1)
multiplying (x) the number of outstanding shares of LMI Series A Common Stock listed above by (y)
$44.54, and (2) adding thereto the product of (x) the number of outstanding shares of LMI Series B
Common Stock listed above and (y) $47.18, and (3) adding thereto the product of (x) the number of
outstanding shares of UGC Class A Common Stock listed above and (y) $9.64, and (4) adding thereto the
product of (x) the number of outstanding shares of UGC Class C Common Stock listed above and (y) $9.64
(shares of UGC Class C Common Stock are not publicly traded, but they are convertible at the option of
the holder into shares of UGC Class A Common Stock, on a one-to-one basis).
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Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:
$12,099,118,914.10 |
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Total fee paid:
$1,424,066.30, estimated pursuant to Section 14(g) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, on the basis of $117.70 per million of the
estimated maximum aggregate value of the transaction.
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Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. |
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Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2)
and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the
previous filing by registration statement number, or the form or schedule and the date of its
filing. |
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Amount previously paid: |
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Form, schedule or registration statement no.: |
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The information in this joint proxy statement/ prospectus is
not complete and may be changed. We may not sell the securities
offered by this joint proxy statement/ prospectus until the
registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission is effective. This joint proxy statement/ prospectus
does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an
offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction where an offer
or solicitation is not permitted.
Subject to completion dated March 28, 2005
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2005
To the stockholders of Liberty Media International, Inc.:
The 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Liberty Media
International, Inc. (LMI) will be held at
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on
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2005 at
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local time. At the annual meeting, you will be asked to consider
and vote on the merger proposal, a proposal to adopt
the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 17,
2005, among LMI, UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (UGC), Liberty Global,
Inc. and two subsidiaries of Liberty Global. If the merger
proposal is approved, LMI and UGC will be combined under a new
parent company named Liberty Global, Inc. The
combination of the two companies will create a global broadband
company with significant scale outside of the United States. LMI
and UGC will each designate one-half of the directors of Liberty
Global, and the senior management of Liberty Global will consist
of senior executives of LMI and UGC.
LMI currently controls UGC. In the mergers combining LMI and UGC:
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LMI stockholders will receive, for each share of LMI
Series A or Series B common stock they own, one share
of the corresponding series of Liberty Global stock; and |
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UGC stockholders (other than LMI and its wholly owned
subsidiaries) will have the right to elect to receive, for each
share of UGC common stock they own, 0.2155 of a share of Liberty
Global Series A common stock or $9.58 in cash. The cash
election will be subject to proration, so that the total cash
consideration paid does not exceed 20% of the aggregate value of
the merger consideration payable to the public stockholders of
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The exchange ratios at which LMI shares and UGC shares will be
converted into Liberty Global shares are fixed, and there will
be no adjustment in the exchange ratios for any changes in the
market price of either the LMI or UGC common stock. Depending on
the number of UGC stockholders who make the cash election, we
estimate that former LMI stockholders will own between 69% and
73% of the equity and between 75% and 79% of the aggregate
voting power of Liberty Global, with the remaining percentages
of equity and voting power being owned by the former UGC
stockholders, other than LMI and its wholly owned subsidiaries
(based upon the LMI Series A closing stock price on
March 23, 2005 and outstanding share information for UGC as
of February 28, 2005). It is anticipated that Liberty
Global Series A and Series B common stock will be
listed on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbols
LBTYA and LBTYB, respectively, the same
symbols under which LMI common stock currently trades.
At the annual meeting, you will also be asked to consider and
vote upon:
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the LMI election of directors proposal, a proposal
to elect David E. Rapley and Larry E. Romrell to serve as
Class I members of our board of directors until the 2008
annual meeting of LMI stockholders or until their successors are
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the LMI incentive plan proposal, a proposal to
approve the Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Incentive
Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective March 9, 2005); |
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the LMI auditors ratification proposal, a proposal
to approve the selection of KPMG LLP as LMIs independent
auditors for the year ending December 31, 2005; and |
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such other proposals, if any, as may properly come before the
annual meeting. |
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This document describes the annual meeting, the proposals to be
considered and voted upon at the annual meeting and related
matters. Our board of directors has approved the merger
agreement and the merger involving LMI and recommends that you
vote FOR the adoption of the merger agreement. Our
board has also considered and approved each of the other
proposals described above and recommends that you vote
FOR each of them.
We are very excited about the prospective business combination
of our company with UGC, and we look forward to obtaining your
approval of the merger proposal and the other proposals being
submitted to you at the annual meeting.
Your vote is very important, regardless of the number of
shares you own. Whether or not you plan to attend the annual
meeting, please vote as soon as possible to make sure that your
shares are represented.
Thank you for your continued support and interest in our company.
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Sincerely, |
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John C. Malone |
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Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer |
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Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of the mergers
or the securities being offered in the mergers, has passed upon
the merits or fairness of the mergers or passed upon the
adequacy or accuracy of the disclosure in this booklet. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Investing in Liberty Globals securities involves risks.
See Risk Factors beginning on page 58.
The accompanying joint proxy statement/ prospectus is dated
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2005 and is first being mailed on or about
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2005 to LMI stockholders of record as of 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on
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2005.
The information in this joint proxy statement/ prospectus is
not complete and may be changed. We may not sell the securities
offered by this joint proxy statement/ prospectus until the
registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission is effective. This joint proxy statement/ prospectus
does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an
offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction where an offer
or solicitation is not permitted.
Subject to completion dated March 28, 2005
(UGC LOGO)
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2005
To the stockholders of UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.:
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (UGC) has entered into a merger
agreement with Liberty Media International, Inc.
(LMI) providing for the combination of our two companies
under a new parent company named Liberty Global,
Inc. The combination of our two companies will create a
global broadband company with significant scale outside of the
United States. LMI and UGC will each designate one-half of the
directors of Liberty Global, and the senior management of
Liberty Global will consist of senior executives of LMI and UGC.
LMI currently controls UGC. In the mergers combining LMI and UGC:
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UGC stockholders (other than LMI and its wholly owned
subsidiaries) will have the right to elect to receive, for each
share of UGC common stock they own, 0.2155 of a share of Liberty
Global Series A common stock or $9.58 in cash. The cash
election will be subject to proration, so that the total cash
consideration paid does not exceed 20% of the aggregate value of
the merger consideration payable to the public stockholders of
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LMI stockholders will receive, for each share of LMI
Series A or Series B common stock they own, one share
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The exchange ratios at which LMI shares and UGC shares will be
converted into Liberty Global shares are fixed, and there will
be no adjustment in the exchange ratios for any changes in the
market price of either the LMI or UGC common stock. Depending on
the number of UGC stockholders who make the cash election, we
estimate that former UGC stockholders (other than LMI and its
wholly owned subsidiaries) will own between 27% and 31% of the
equity and between 21% and 25% of the aggregate voting power of
Liberty Global, with the remaining percentages of equity and
voting power being owned by the former LMI stockholders (based
upon the LMI Series A closing stock price on March 23,
2005 and outstanding share information for UGC as of
February 28, 2005). It is anticipated that Liberty Global
Series A and Series B common stock will be listed on
the Nasdaq National Market under the symbols LBTYA
and LBTYB, respectively, the same symbols under
which LMI common stock currently trades.
UGC is calling a special meeting of its stockholders to consider
and vote on the merger agreement and the merger involving UGC.
The special meeting will be held at
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on
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local time
The board of directors of UGC has approved the merger agreement
and the merger involving UGC and recommends that UGC
stockholders vote FOR the adoption of the
merger agreement. In approving the merger agreement and making
its recommendation, the UGC board considered (1) the
unanimous determination of a special committee of members of the
UGC board (who are independent under the rules of the Nasdaq
Stock Market and have no relationship with LMI or any of its
affiliates that the special committee viewed as undermining its
independence) that the UGC merger, on the terms and conditions
set forth in the merger agreement and voting agreement, is
substantively and procedurally fair to, and in the best
interests of, the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC and
(2) the approval by the special committee of the merger
agreement in compliance with the rules of the Nasdaq Stock
Market. The special committee was formed in compliance
with the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market for purposes of
negotiating exclusively on UGCs behalf any transaction
with LMI.
Your vote is very important, regardless of the number of
shares you own. Whether or not you plan to attend the special
meeting, please vote as soon as possible to make sure that your
shares are represented. If you do not vote, it will have the
same effect as a vote AGAINST the adoption of the
merger agreement.
We are very excited about the prospective business combination
of our company with LMI, and we look forward to obtaining your
approval at the special meeting.
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Sincerely, |
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Gene W. Schneider |
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Chairman of the Board |
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UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. |
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Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of the mergers
or the securities being offered in the mergers, has passed upon
the merits or fairness of the mergers or passed upon the
adequacy or accuracy of the disclosure in this booklet. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Investing in Liberty Globals securities involves risks.
See Risk Factors beginning on page 58.
The accompanying joint proxy statement/ prospectus is dated
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2005 to UGC stockholders of record as of 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on
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2005.
REFERENCES TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
LMI and UGC are each subject to the information and reporting
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, in
accordance with the Exchange Act, LMI and UGC each file periodic
reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. In addition, this joint proxy statement/ prospectus
incorporates important business and financial information about
UGC from other documents that are not included in or delivered
with this joint proxy statement/ prospectus. This information is
available to you without charge upon your written or oral
request. You can obtain copies of documents filed by LMI and UGC
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the UGC
documents incorporated by reference in this joint proxy
statement/ prospectus, through the Securities and Exchange
Commission website at http://www.sec.gov or by contacting
LMI or UGC, as applicable, by writing or telephoning the office
of Investor Relations:
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Liberty Media International, Inc.
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UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. |
12300 Liberty Boulevard
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Telephone: (800) 783-7676
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If you would like to request any documents from either LMI or
UGC, please do so by
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2005 in order to receive them before the applicable stockholders
meeting. If you request any documents, they will be mailed
to you by first class mail, or another equally prompt means,
within one business day after your request is received.
See Additional Information Where You Can Find
More Information beginning on page 176.
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders
to be Held
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2005
Dear Liberty Media International, Inc. Stockholder:
You are cordially invited to attend, and notice is hereby given
of, the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Liberty Media
International, Inc. (LMI) to be held at
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on
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2005 at
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local time, for the following purposes:
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1. To consider and vote upon a proposal (which we refer to
as the merger proposal) to adopt the Agreement and Plan of
Merger, dated as of January 17, 2005, among LMI,
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (UGC), Liberty Global, Inc. and two
subsidiaries of Liberty Global pursuant to which, among other
things, LMI and UGC would become wholly owned subsidiaries of
Liberty Global and each outstanding share of LMI common stock
would be exchanged for one share of the corresponding series of
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2. To consider and vote upon a proposal (which we refer to
as the LMI election of directors proposal) to elect David E.
Rapley and Larry E. Romrell to serve as Class I members of
our board of directors until the 2008 annual meeting of LMI
stockholders or until their successors are elected; |
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3. To consider and vote upon a proposal (which we refer to
as the LMI incentive plan proposal) to approve the Liberty Media
International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated
Effective March 9, 2005); |
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4. To consider and vote upon a proposal (which we refer to
as the LMI auditors ratification proposal) to ratify the
selection of KPMG LLP as LMIs independent auditors for the
year ending December 31, 2005; and |
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5. To transact such other business as may properly be
presented at the meeting or any postponements or adjournments of
the meeting. |
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Holders of record of LMI common stock as of 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on
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2005, the record date for the LMI annual meeting, will be
entitled to notice of and to vote at the LMI annual meeting or
any adjournment or postponement thereof. The affirmative vote of
the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate voting power
of the shares of LMI common stock outstanding on the record
date, voting together as a single class, is required to approve
the merger proposal. A plurality of the affirmative votes of the
shares of LMI common stock outstanding on the record date,
voting together as a single class, that are voted in person or
by proxy at the annual meeting is required to elect
Messrs. Rapley and Romrell as Class I members of
LMIs board of directors pursuant to the LMI election of
directors proposal. The affirmative vote of the holders of at
least a majority of the aggregate voting power of the shares of
LMI common stock outstanding on the record date that are present
at the annual meeting, in person or by proxy, voting together as
a single class, is required to approve the LMI incentive plan
proposal and the LMI auditors ratification proposal. A list of
stockholders entitled to vote at the LMI annual meeting will be
available at the office of LMI for review by any LMI
stockholder, for any purpose germane to the LMI annual meeting,
for at least 10 days prior to the LMI annual meeting.
If the merger proposal is approved, the LMI board of directors,
including the members elected at the annual meeting, will be
succeeded by a board of directors that is appropriate for a
wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Global.
Pursuant to a voting agreement entered into between John C.
Malone, the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and
President of LMI, and UGC, Mr. Malone has agreed to vote
the shares of LMI
Series A common stock and LMI Series B common stock
owned by him or which he has the right to vote (representing, as
of February 28, 2005, approximately 26.5% of the
outstanding voting power of LMI) FOR the
merger proposal.
We describe the merger proposal, as well as the other enumerated
proposals to be considered at the annual meeting, in more detail
in the accompanying joint proxy statement/ prospectus. We
encourage you to read the joint proxy statement/ prospectus in
its entirety before voting.
The board of directors of LMI unanimously recommends that you
vote FOR the approval of the merger proposal and
each of the other enumerated proposals to be considered and
voted upon at the annual meeting.
Your vote is very important, regardless of the number of shares
you own. To make sure your shares are represented at the annual
meeting, please vote as soon as possible, whether or not you
plan to attend the annual meeting. You may vote by proxy in any
one of the following ways:
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Use the Internet website shown on the proxy card; or |
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Complete, sign, date and promptly return the enclosed proxy card
in the postage-paid envelope. It requires no postage if mailed
in the United States. |
You may revoke your proxy in the manner described in the
accompanying joint proxy statement/ prospectus. If you attend
the LMI annual meeting, you may vote your shares in person even
if you have previously submitted a proxy.
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PLEASE COMPLETE, EXECUTE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD
PROMPTLY OR VOTE BY TELEPHONE OR OVER THE INTERNET, WHETHER OR
NOT YOU INTEND TO BE PRESENT AT THE LMI ANNUAL MEETING. IF YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROPOSALS OR ABOUT VOTING YOUR LMI
SHARES, PLEASE CALL D.F. KING & CO. AT
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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
Notice of Special Meeting of Stockholders
to be Held
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Dear UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. Stockholder:
You are cordially invited to attend, and notice is hereby given
of, a special meeting of stockholders of UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.
(UGC) to be held at
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on
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local time, for the following purposes:
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1. To consider and vote upon a proposal (which we refer to
as the merger proposal) to adopt the Agreement and Plan of
Merger, dated as of January 17, 2005, among Liberty Media
International, Inc. (LMI), UGC, Liberty Global, Inc. and two
subsidiaries of Liberty Global pursuant to which, among other
things, UGC and LMI would become wholly owned subsidiaries of
Liberty Global and UGC stockholders (other than LMI and its
wholly owned subsidiaries) would have the right to elect to
receive, for each share of UGC common stock they own, 0.2155 of
a share of Liberty Global Series A common stock or $9.58 in
cash (with the cash election subject to proration so that the
total cash consideration paid does not exceed 20% of the
aggregate value of the merger consideration payable to the
public stockholders of UGC); and |
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presented at the meeting or any postponements or adjournments of
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The approval of the merger proposal requires a vote of the
holders of UGC common stock, with all classes voting together as
a single class, that satisfies two criteria:
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first, the merger proposal must be approved by the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate
voting power of the shares of UGC common stock outstanding on
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second, the merger proposal must be approved by the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate
voting power of the shares of UGC common stock outstanding on
the record date, exclusive of the shares beneficially owned by
LMI, Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty) or any of their
respective subsidiaries or any of the executive officers or
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As LMI has agreed in the merger agreement to vote its UGC shares
(representing approximately 91% in aggregate UGC voting power)
FOR the merger proposal, the first criteria
will be met.
Holders of record of UGC common stock as of 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on
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entitled to notice of and to vote at the UGC special meeting or
at any adjournment or postponement thereof. A list of
stockholders entitled to vote at the UGC special meeting will be
available at UGCs office for review by any UGC
stockholder, for any purpose germane to the UGC special meeting,
for at least 10 days prior to the UGC special meeting.
We describe the merger proposal in more detail in the
accompanying joint proxy statement/ prospectus. We encourage you
to read the joint proxy statement/ prospectus in its entirety
before voting.
The board of directors of UGC, after consideration of the
favorable recommendation of, and approval of the merger
agreement in compliance with the rules of the Nasdaq Stock
Market by, a special committee of independent directors of the
UGC board, unanimously recommends that you vote FOR
the approval of the merger proposal.
Your vote is very important, regardless of the number of shares
you own. To make sure your shares are represented at the special
meeting, please vote as soon as possible, whether or not you
plan to attend the special meeting. You may vote by proxy in any
one of the following ways:
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Complete, sign, date and promptly return the enclosed proxy card
in the postage-paid envelope. It requires no postage if mailed
in the United States. |
You may revoke your proxy in the manner described in the
accompanying joint proxy statement/ prospectus. If you attend
the UGC special meeting, you may vote your shares in person even
if you have previously submitted a proxy.
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By Order of the Board of Directors, |
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Denver, Colorado
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PLEASE COMPLETE, EXECUTE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD
PROMPTLY OR VOTE BY TELEPHONE OR OVER THE INTERNET, WHETHER OR
NOT YOU INTEND TO BE PRESENT AT THE UGC SPECIAL MEETING. IF YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MERGER PROPOSAL OR ABOUT
VOTING YOUR UGC SHARES, PLEASE CALL D.F. KING & CO. AT
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iv
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The questions and answers below highlight only selected
information from this joint proxy statement/ prospectus. They do
not contain all of the information that may be important to you.
You should read carefully the entire joint proxy statement/
prospectus, including the appendices included herein, and the
additional documents incorporated by reference in this joint
proxy statement/ prospectus to fully understand the matters
being considered at the stockholders meetings.
Concerning the Mergers
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Q: |
What is the proposed business combination transaction for
which LMI stockholders and UGC stockholders are being asked to
vote? |
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A: |
LMI and UGC have agreed to combine their businesses by each
merging with a separate wholly owned subsidiary of a new parent
company named Liberty Global, Inc. The merger involving LMI
requires the approval of the stockholders of LMI, while the
merger involving UGC requires the approval of the stockholders
of UGC (including a majority of the minority
approval). Stockholders of LMI and stockholders of UGC (other
than LMI and its wholly owned subsidiaries) would become
stockholders of Liberty Global. |
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Q: |
What will holders of LMI common stock receive as a result of
the mergers? |
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Each share of LMI Series A common stock or LMI
Series B common stock owned by an LMI stockholder will be
exchanged for one share of the corresponding series of Liberty
Global common stock. Each series of Liberty Global common stock
will have the same rights, powers and preferences as the
corresponding series of LMI common stock. |
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Q: |
What will holders of UGC common stock receive as a result of
the mergers? |
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Stockholders of UGC (other than LMI and its wholly owned
subsidiaries) may elect to receive, for each share of UGC common
stock owned by them, either: |
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0.2155 of a share of Series A common stock of Liberty
Global (plus cash in lieu of any fractional share interest),
which we refer to as the stock election; or |
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$9.58 in cash, without interest, which we refer to as the
cash election. |
UGC stockholders who make the cash election will be subject to
proration so that, in the aggregate, the cash consideration paid
to UGC stockholders does not exceed 20% of the aggregate value
of the merger consideration payable to UGCs public
stockholders. If proration is made, any share as to which a UGC
stockholder elected to receive cash but with respect to which
such election is denied due to proration will be converted into
0.2155 of a share of Series A common stock of Liberty
Global (plus cash in lieu of any fractional share interest). See
The Transaction Agreements Merger
Agreement UGC Stockholders Making Stock and Cash
Elections; Proration.
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Q: |
Where will Liberty Global common stock trade? |
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A: |
We expect Liberty Global Series A common stock and Liberty
Global Series B common stock to trade on the Nasdaq Stock
Market, following the mergers, under the symbols
LBTYA and LBTYB, respectively, the same
symbols under which LMI common stock currently trades. |
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How do UGC stockholders make their cash election or stock
election? |
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A: |
A form of election is included with the joint proxy statement/
prospectus being mailed to UGC stockholders. To make a cash
election or a stock election, UGC stockholders must properly
complete, sign |
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and send the form of election, together with the shares of UGC
common stock as to which the election relates, to EquiServe
Trust Company N.A., the exchange agent, at the following address: |
EquiServe Trust Company N.A.
[ ]
[ ]
Questions regarding the cash or stock elections should be
directed to D.F. King & Co. at:
[ ]
[ ]
The exchange agent must receive the form of election and UGC
shares to which the election relates by the election deadline.
The election deadline will be 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on
[ ],
2005, which we will extend if the mergers are not expected to be
completed on or before the fourth business day after the initial
election deadline.
If you own shares of UGC common stock in street
name through a broker, bank or other nominee and you wish
to make an election, you should seek instructions from the
broker, bank or other nominee holding your shares concerning how
to make a valid election.
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May UGC stockholders make the cash election for some of their
UGC shares and the stock election for other UGC shares they
own? |
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Yes. UGC stockholders who properly complete the form of election
may make the cash election for some of their shares and the
stock election for other UGC shares they own. As mentioned
above, a UGC stockholder who makes a cash election will be
subject to possible proration. |
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May UGC stockholders change their election after they have
submitted their form of election? |
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Yes, as long as the exchange agent receives from the
stockholder, before the election deadline, a written notice of
revocation or a new election form. If an election form was
submitted by a broker, bank or other nominee, the broker, bank
or other nominee should be contacted as to how to revoke or
change the election so submitted. |
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Q: |
Where can UGC stockholders obtain additional forms of
election? |
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Additional forms of election can be obtained by calling
EquiServe Trust Company N.A. at
[ ]. |
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Q: |
May UGC stockholders trade their shares of UGC common stock
after making an election and submitting their shares to the
exchange agent? |
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No. UGC stockholders will be unable to sell or otherwise
transfer their shares of UGC common stock once they have been
submitted to the exchange agent in connection with their
election, unless and until their election is revoked and their
shares are returned to them. The exchange agent will promptly
return shares of UGC common stock following receipt of a written
notice of revocation as to those shares or if the merger
agreement is terminated. |
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Q: |
What if a UGC stockholder fails to timely submit an election
form? |
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If the exchange agent does not receive a properly completed form
of election from a UGC stockholder before the election deadline,
together with the shares of UGC common stock as to which the
election relates, then that stockholder will be treated as
though he or she made the stock election. UGC stockholders bear
the risk of delivery and should send their election form and
stock certificates by courier or by hand to the appropriate
addresses shown in the form of election. UGC stockholders who
hold their shares in street name should promptly
contact their broker, bank or other nominee as to their choice
of election to ensure that their election and shares of UGC
stock are timely received by the exchange agent. |
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May a UGC stockholder who votes against the UGC merger submit
a form of election? |
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Yes. Irrespective of the manner in which a UGC stockholder votes
on the merger proposal, that stockholder should submit a form of
election in the event the merger proposal is adopted. UGC
stockholders who do not make an election will not be entitled to
any portion of the cash consideration and will be treated as
though they have made the stock election as to all of their
shares of UGC common stock. |
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Can LMI stockholders make the cash election? |
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No. If the mergers are approved, each share of LMI
Series A common stock or LMI Series B common stock
owned by an LMI stockholder will be exchanged for one share of
the corresponding series of Liberty Global common stock. Because
LMI stockholders do not have an election, they will not receive
an election form with the joint proxy statement/ prospectus
being mailed to them. |
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Q: |
What stockholder approvals are required to approve the merger
proposal? |
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A: |
In order for the mergers to occur, the LMI stockholders must
approve the merger proposal at the LMI annual meeting and the
UGC stockholders must approve the merger proposal at the UGC
special meeting. |
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For LMI, the approval of the merger proposal requires the
affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the
aggregate voting power of the shares of LMI common stock
outstanding on the record date for the LMI annual meeting,
voting together as a single class. |
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Pursuant to a voting agreement entered into between John C.
Malone, the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and
President of LMI, and UGC, Mr. Malone has agreed to vote
the shares of LMI Series A common stock and LMI
Series B common stock owned by him or which he has the
right to vote (representing, as of February 28, 2005,
approximately 26.5% of the aggregate voting power of LMI) in
favor of the approval of the merger proposal. See The
Transaction Agreements Voting Agreement. In
addition, the directors and executive officers of LMI (other
than Mr. Malone), who together beneficially own shares of
LMI common stock representing 3.3% of LMIs aggregate
voting power, as of February 28, 2005, have indicated to
LMI that they intend to vote FOR the merger proposal
at the LMI annual meeting. |
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For UGC, the approval of the merger proposal requires a vote of
the holders of the shares of UGC common stock outstanding on the
record date for the UGC special meeting, with all classes voting
together as a single class, that satisfies two criteria: |
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first, the merger proposal must be approved by the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate
voting power of the outstanding shares of UGC common stock,
which we refer to as the statutory approval; and |
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second, the merger proposal must be approved by the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate
voting power of the outstanding shares of UGC common stock,
exclusive of shares beneficially owned by LMI, Liberty Media
Corporation (Liberty) or any of their respective subsidiaries or
any of the executive officers or directors of LMI, Liberty or
UGC, which we refer to as the minority approval. |
LMI, which beneficially owns shares of UGC common stock
representing approximately 91% of the aggregate voting power of
all UGC shares as of February 28, 2005, has agreed in the
merger agreement to vote those shares in favor of the merger
proposal. As a result, the statutory approval is assured.
However, because the votes of LMI and its wholly owned
subsidiaries, LMIs directors and executive officers and
UGCs directors and executive officers do not count for
purposes of the minority approval, approval of the merger
proposal at the UGC special meeting is dependent upon the vote
of the public stockholders of UGC.
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Q: |
What do LMI and UGC stockholders need to do to vote on the
merger proposal? |
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A: |
After carefully reading and considering the information
contained in this joint proxy statement/ prospectus, LMI and UGC
stockholders should complete, sign and date their proxy cards
and mail them in the |
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enclosed return envelope, or vote by the telephone or through
the Internet, in each case as soon as possible so that their
shares are represented and voted at the applicable stockholders
meeting. Stockholders who have shares registered in the name of
a broker, bank or other nominee should follow the voting
instruction card provided by their broker, bank or other nominee
in instructing them how to vote their shares. |
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Q: |
If shares are held in street name by a broker,
bank or other nominee, will the broker, bank or other nominee
vote those shares for the beneficial owner on the merger
proposal? |
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A: |
If you hold your shares in street name and do not provide voting
instructions to your broker, bank or other nominee, your shares
will not be voted on the merger proposal. Accordingly, your
broker, bank or other nominee will vote your shares held in
street name only if you provide instructions on how
to vote. You should follow the directions your broker, bank or
other nominee provides to you regarding how to vote your shares.
If your shares are held in street name and they are not voted on
the merger proposal, that will have the same effect as a vote
AGAINST the merger proposal. |
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Q: |
What if an LMI or UGC stockholder does not vote on the merger
proposal? |
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If you fail to respond with a vote on the merger proposal, it
will have the same effect as a vote AGAINST
the merger proposal. If you respond but do not indicate how you
want to vote, your proxy will be counted as a vote
FOR the merger proposal. If you respond and
indicate that you are abstaining from voting, your proxy will
have the same effect as a vote AGAINST the
merger proposal. |
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Q: |
May stockholders change their vote on the merger proposal
after returning a proxy card or voting by telephone or over the
Internet? |
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Yes. Before their proxy is voted at the applicable stockholders
meeting, LMI or UGC stockholders who want to change their vote
on the merger proposal may do so by telephone or over the
Internet (if they originally voted by telephone or over the
Internet), by voting in person at the applicable stockholders
meeting or by delivering a signed proxy revocation or a new
signed proxy with a later date to the address below: |
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in the case of an LMI stockholder, to: Liberty Media
International, Inc., c/o EquiServe Trust Company, N.A.,
P.O.
Box [ ],
Edison, New Jersey
08818-[ ]; and |
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in the case of a UGC stockholder, to: UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.,
c/o EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., P.O.
Box [ ],
Edison, New Jersey
08818-[ ]. |
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Any signed proxy revocation or new signed proxy must be
received before the start of the applicable stockholders
meeting. Your attendance at the applicable stockholders meeting
will not, by itself, revoke your proxy.
If your shares are held in an account by a broker, bank or
other nominee who you previously contacted with voting
instructions, you should contact your broker, bank or other
nominee to change your vote.
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When do LMI and UGC expect to complete the mergers? |
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We expect to complete the mergers as quickly as possible once
all the conditions to the mergers, including obtaining the
approvals of our stockholders at the respective stockholders
meetings of LMI and UGC, are fulfilled. We currently expect to
complete the mergers within a few days following the
stockholders meetings. |
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Q: |
Should UGC stockholders send their proxy cards to the same
address as they send their forms of election and UGC shares? |
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A: |
No. Separate envelopes are enclosed for UGC stockholders to
return (1) their forms of election and UGC shares and
(2) their proxy cards. UGC stockholders should check to
be sure they are mailing their materials in the proper envelope
and to the proper address. UGC stockholders are urged to please
NOT send their election form and UGC shares with their proxy
cards, or vice versa. |
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Q: |
Should LMI stockholders send their LMI shares with their
proxy cards? |
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No. LMI stockholders will receive written instructions from
the exchange agent after the mergers are completed on how to
exchange their LMI shares for Liberty Global shares. LMI
stockholders are urged to please NOT send their LMI shares with
their proxy cards. |
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Q: |
Who can help answer questions about the voting and election
procedures and the mergers? |
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A: |
LMI and UGC have retained D.F. King & Co. to serve as
an information agent and proxy solicitor in connection with each
of the stockholders meetings and the mergers. |
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LMI stockholders who have questions about the LMI annual
meeting, including the voting procedures, or the mergers should
call D.F. King & Co. at
[ ]
with their questions.
UGC stockholders who have questions about the UGC special
meeting, including the voting and election procedures, or the
mergers should call D.F. King & Co. at
[ ]
with their questions.
In addition, LMI stockholders may call LMIs Investor
Relations Department at (800) 783-7676, and UGC
stockholders may call UGCs Investor Relations Department
at (303) 770-4001.
Concerning the LMI Annual Meeting
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Why is LMI having its annual meeting at this time? |
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A: |
LMIs common stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market,
and it is a requirement of the Nasdaq Stock Market that all
issuers of securities traded on that market hold an annual
meeting once a year. LMIs annual meeting will satisfy this
requirement. If the merger proposal is approved and the mergers
close, Liberty Global, as the successor to LMI, will not be
required to hold an annual meeting until 2006. |
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Q: |
In addition to the merger proposal, what other proposals are
to be considered and voted upon at the LMI annual meeting? |
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LMI stockholders are being asked to consider and vote on the
following three proposals, which we refer to collectively as the
annual business matter proposals, in addition to the
merger proposal: |
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the LMI election of directors proposal, a proposal
to elect David E. Rapley and Larry E. Romrell to serve as
Class I members of LMIs board of directors until the
2008 annual meeting of LMI stockholders or until their
successors are elected; |
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the LMI incentive plan proposal, a proposal to
approve the Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Incentive
Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective March 9, 2005); |
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the LMI auditors ratification proposal, a proposal
to approve the selection of KPMG LLP as LMIs independent
auditors for the year ending December 31, 2005. |
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We are not aware of any other matters to be acted upon at the
annual meeting.
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What stockholder approval is required to approve the LMI
election of directors proposal? |
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A plurality of the affirmative votes of the shares of LMI common
stock outstanding on the record date, voting together as a
single class, that are voted in person or by proxy at the annual
meeting is required to elect Messrs. Rapley and Romrell as
Class I members of LMIs board of directors. |
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How will the vote on the merger proposal impact the LMI
directors elected pursuant to the LMI election of directors
proposal? |
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If the merger proposal receives the requisite stockholder
approvals at the respective stockholders meetings of LMI and
UGC, the LMI directors elected pursuant to the LMI election of
directors proposal will serve until the closing of the mergers.
At that time, the LMI board of directors, including the members
elected as Class I directors at the annual meeting, will be
succeeded by a board of directors that is appropriate for a
wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Global, the new parent
company. |
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If the merger proposal does not receive the requisite
stockholder approvals, or if for any other reason the merger
agreement is terminated, then the persons elected as
Class I directors at the LMI annual meeting will serve
until the 2008 annual meeting of LMI stockholders or until their
successors are elected.
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What stockholder approval is required to approve the LMI
incentive plan proposal? |
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A: |
Approval of the LMI incentive plan proposal requires the
affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the
aggregate voting power of the shares of LMI common stock
outstanding on the record date for the LMI annual meeting that
are present at the annual meeting, in person or by proxy, voting
together as a single class. |
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Q: |
Why are LMI stockholders being asked to vote on the LMI
incentive plan proposal? |
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A: |
The Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan was
originally adopted by the LMI board of directors on May 11,
2004, and approved by LMIs sole stockholder at that time,
Liberty Media Corporation. On March 9, 2005, the
compensation committee of the LMI board of directors determined
to amend the incentive plan in anticipation of Liberty Global
assuming the incentive plan following the completion of the
mergers. Prior to the amendment, the maximum number of shares of
any series of Liberty Global common stock with respect to which
awards could have been granted under the incentive plan
following the mergers was 20 million. LMIs
compensation committee determined to amend and restate the
incentive plan to provide, among other things, that, if the
mergers are completed, the maximum number of shares of any
series of Liberty Global common stock with respect to which
awards may be issued by Liberty Global under the incentive plan
will be 25 million. The increase was deemed advisable
because following the mergers equity incentive awards granted to
the employees of UGC and its subsidiaries will be granted under
the Liberty Global plan, instead of the various UGC stock
incentive plans which will no longer be available for future
awards, and because Liberty Global will have a significantly
larger number of shares of common stock outstanding following
the mergers than LMI has currently. In order for certain awards
under the incentive plan to be eligible for favorable tax
treatment under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue
Code, the incentive plan, as amended and restated, must be
approved by the public stockholders of LMI. |
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How will the vote on the merger proposal impact the LMI
incentive plan proposal? |
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A: |
If the merger proposal receives the requisite stockholder
approvals at the respective stockholders meetings of LMI and UGC
and the mergers are completed, the Liberty Media International,
Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective
March 9, 2005) will be assumed by Liberty Global, and
Liberty Global will succeed LMI as the issuer under the
incentive plan. In addition, the incentive plan will
automatically be renamed the Liberty Global, Inc. 2005
Incentive Plan, and the number of shares with respect to
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The LMI auditors ratification proposal requires the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate
voting power of the shares of LMI common stock outstanding on
the record date for the LMI annual meeting that are present at
the annual meeting, in person or by proxy, voting together as a
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What do LMI stockholders need to do to vote on the annual
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After carefully reading and considering the information relating
to the annual business matter proposals contained in this joint
proxy statement/ prospectus, LMI stockholders should complete,
sign and date their proxy cards and mail them in the enclosed
return envelope, or vote by the telephone or through the
Internet, in each case as soon as possible so that their shares
are represented and voted at the annual meeting. Stockholders
who have shares registered in the name of a broker, bank or
other nominee should follow the voting instruction card provided
by their broker, bank or other nominee in instructing their
broker, bank or other nominee how to vote their shares on each
of the annual business matter proposals. |
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broker, bank or other nominee, will the broker, bank or other
nominee vote those shares for the beneficial owner on each of
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If LMI stockholders hold shares in street name and do not
provide voting instructions to their broker, bank or other
nominee, their shares will not be voted on the incentive plan
proposal but may, in the discretion of the broker, bank or other
nominee, be voted on the election of directors proposal and the
auditors ratification proposal. Accordingly, their broker, bank
or other nominee will vote their shares held in street name for
or against the incentive plan proposal only if they provide
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SUMMARY
The following summary includes information contained
elsewhere in this joint proxy statement/prospectus. This summary
does not purport to contain a complete statement of all material
information relating to the merger agreement, the mergers and
the other matters discussed herein and is subject to, and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to, the more detailed
information and financial statements contained or incorporated
in this joint proxy statement/prospectus, including the
appendices included herein. You may obtain the information about
UGC that we incorporate by reference into this joint proxy
statement/prospectus without charge by following the
instructions in the section entitled Additional
Information Where You Can Find More
Information. You should carefully read this joint proxy
statement/prospectus in its entirety, as well as the merger
agreement included with this proxy statement/prospectus as
Appendix B and the other Appendices included herein.
The Companies
(see page 71)
Liberty Media International, Inc.
12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112
Telephone: (720) 875-5800
LMI, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides broadband
distribution services and video programming services to
subscribers in Europe, Japan, Latin America and Australia.
LMIs broadband distribution services consist primarily of
cable television distribution, Internet access, telephony, and,
in selected markets, direct-to-home satellite distribution.
LMIs broadband distribution services include those of UGC,
which is a controlled subsidiary of LMI. LMIs programming
networks create original programming and also distribute
programming obtained from international and home-country content
providers. LMIs principal assets include interests in UGC,
LMI/Sumisho Super Media, LLC, Jupiter Programming Co., Ltd.
(JPC), Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico Ltd. and Pramer S.C.A.
LMIs corporate website is located at
www.libertymediainternational.com.
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.
4643 South Ulster Street
Suite 1300
Denver, Colorado 80237
Telephone: (303) 770-4001
UGC is an international broadband communications provider of
video, voice and broadband Internet access services with
operations in 16 countries outside the United States. UGCs
networks pass approximately 15.9 million homes and serve
approximately 8.7 million video subscribers,
0.8 million voice subscribers and 1.4 million
broadband Internet access subscribers. UGC Europe, Inc.,
UGCs largest consolidated operation, is a pan-European
broadband communications company, providing video, high-speed
Internet access and telephone services through its broadband
networks in 13 European countries. UGCs primary Latin
American operation, VTR GlobalCom S.A., provides video,
high-speed Internet access and telephone services primarily to
residential customers in Chile. UGC also has consolidated
operations in Brazil and Peru; an approximate 19% interest
in SBS Broadcasting S.A., a European commercial television
and radio broadcasting company; an approximate 34% interest
in Austar United Communications Ltd., a pay-TV provider in
Australia; and an indirect investment in Telenet Group Holding
N.V., a broadband communications provider in Belgium. UGCs
corporate website is located at www.unitedglobal.com.
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Liberty Global, Inc.
12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112
Telephone: (720) 875-5800
Liberty Global is a newly-formed corporation and currently a
wholly owned subsidiary of LMI. Liberty Global has not conducted
any activities other than those incident to its formation, the
matters contemplated by the merger agreement and the preparation
of applicable filings under the federal securities laws. Upon
consummation of the mergers, LMI and UGC will become wholly
owned subsidiaries of Liberty Global, and Liberty Global will
become a publicly traded company. Following the mergers, Liberty
Globals corporate website will be located at
[ ].
Cheetah Acquisition Corp.
12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112
Telephone: (720) 875-5800
Cheetah Acquisition Corp, which we refer to as LMI Merger
Sub, is a wholly owned transitory merger subsidiary of
Liberty Global, recently formed solely for the purpose of
merging with and into LMI.
Tiger Global Acquisition Corp.
12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112
Telephone: (720) 875-5800
Tiger Global Acquisition Corp., which we refer to as UGC
Merger Sub, is a wholly owned transitory merger subsidiary
of Liberty Global, recently formed solely for the purpose of
merging with and into UGC.
Structure of The Mergers
(see page 88)
To accomplish the combination of the businesses of LMI and UGC
under a new parent company, Liberty Global was formed with two
wholly owned subsidiaries, LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger Sub. At
the effective time of the mergers:
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LMI Merger Sub will merge with and into LMI, and LMI will be the
surviving corporation in that merger (which we refer to as the
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As a result of the mergers described above and the conversion
and exchange of securities described in this joint proxy
statement/prospectus, LMI will become a direct, wholly owned
subsidiary of Liberty Global, and UGC will become an indirect,
wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Global. Following the
mergers, Liberty Global will own directly 46.5% of the common
stock of UGC and indirectly through Liberty Globals wholly
owned subsidiary LMI 53.5% of the common stock of UGC (based
upon outstanding UGC share information as of February 28,
2005).
The Stockholders Meetings and Proxy Solicitations
(see page 73)
Where and When. The LMI annual meeting will take place at
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on
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2005, at
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local time.
Who May Vote. You may vote at the LMI annual meeting
if you were the record holder of LMI Series A common stock
or LMI Series B common stock as of 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on
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the record date for the LMI annual meeting. On that date,
there were
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of LMI Series A common stock outstanding and entitled to
vote and 7,264,300 shares of LMI Series B common
stock outstanding and entitled to vote. The holders of
LMI Series A common stock and the holders of LMI
Series B common stock will vote together as a single class.
You may cast one vote for each share of LMI Series A common
stock that you owned on the record date for the LMI annual
meeting and ten votes for each share of LMI Series B common
stock that you owned on the record date for the LMI annual
meeting.
Where and When. The UGC special meeting will take place
at
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on
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2005, at
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local time.
Who May Vote. You may vote at the UGC special
meeting if you were the record holder of UGC Class A common
stock, UGC Class B common stock or UGC Class C common
stock as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
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2005, the record date for the UGC special meeting. On that
date, there were
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of UGC Class A common stock outstanding and entitled to
vote, 10,493,461 shares of UGC Class B common stock
outstanding and entitled to vote and 379,603,223 shares of
UGC Class C common stock outstanding and entitled to vote.
The holders of UGC Class A common stock, the holders of UGC
Class B common stock and the holders of UGC Class C
common stock will vote together as a single class. You may cast
one vote for each share of UGC Class A common stock that
you owned on the record date for the UGC special meeting and ten
votes for each share of UGC Class B common stock or UGC
Class C common stock that you owned on the record date for
the UGC special meeting.
Fairness Determinations and Recommendations of the Special
Committee and the UGC Board
Throughout this joint proxy statement/ prospectus, when we refer
to unaffiliated stockholders of UGC, we mean
holders of UGC Class A common stock other than LMI and its
affiliates.
Fairness
Determination and Recommendation of the Special Committee (see
page 25)
A special committee of the board of directors of UGC, which we
refer to as the Special Committee, consisting of three UGC
directors (who are independent under the rules of the Nasdaq
Stock Market and have no relationship with LMI or any of its
affiliates that the Special Committee viewed as undermining its
independence) evaluated the fairness of the UGC merger and
negotiated the terms of the mergers.
The Special Committee determined that the UGC merger, on the
terms and conditions set forth in the merger agreement and
voting agreement, is substantively and procedurally fair to, and
in the best interests of, the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC.
The Special Committee also determined to approve, and to
recommend that the UGC board of directors approve, the merger
agreement and the UGC merger. In making these determinations,
the Special Committee considered various factors, including:
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the opinion of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated,
financial advisor to the Special Committee, directed to the
Special Committee that, as of the date of the opinion and based
upon and subject to the assumptions, qualifications and
limitations set forth in the opinion, the consideration to be
received by the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC pursuant to the
merger agreement was fair from a financial point of view to such
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that the UGC merger would be conditioned on the approval of the
holders of a majority of UGCs publicly traded shares
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respective subsidiaries or any of the executive officers or
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the premium presented to the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC by
the merger consideration in relation to various benchmarks,
including the relative trading prices of UGC common stock and
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that the cash election provided the unaffiliated stockholders of
UGC with some protection in the event the price of LMIs
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the opportunity presented to the unaffiliated stockholders of
UGC by the stock election to participate in the benefits
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that the implied valuation in the mergers of the Japanese
distribution and content assets of LMI is attractive as a
financial matter, and such assets offer opportunities in diverse
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that Michael T. Fries, the current Chief Executive Officer of
UGC, would be the Chief Executive Officer of the combined
company; |
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that Liberty Global would have no single stockholder or group of
stockholders exercising voting control over the combined company; |
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that the opportunity for growth is greater as a part of the
combined company; |
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that UGC stockholders would own interests in a company with a
more diverse portfolio of investments, which would be better
able to weather economic change, including fluctuations in
foreign exchange rates; |
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the absence of the ability to sell UGC to a third party as a
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that the receipt of Liberty Global stock by the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC in the mergers will generally not be taxable
to such stockholders, while the receipt of cash consideration
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the other factors referred to under Special
Factors Fairness Determinations and Recommendations
of the Special Committee and the UGC Board. |
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Fairness Determination and Recommendation of the UGC Board
(see page 30) |
Based upon the recommendation of the Special Committee [and
adopting the analysis of the Special Committee], the UGC board
of directors unanimously determined that the UGC merger, on the
terms and conditions set forth in the merger agreement and
voting agreement, is [substantively and procedurally] fair to,
and in the best interests of, the unaffiliated stockholders of
UGC. The UGC board also unanimously determined that the UGC
merger, on the terms and conditions set forth in the merger
agreement and voting agreement, is fair to, and in the best
interests of, UGC and its stockholders. Accordingly, the UGC
board of directors recommends that UGC stockholders vote
FOR the merger proposal at the UGC special
meeting.
Opinion of the Financial Advisor to the Special Committee
(see page 30)
Morgan Stanley, financial advisor to the Special Committee,
delivered a written opinion to the Special Committee to the
effect that, as of January 17, 2005 and based upon and
subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set
forth in the opinion, the consideration to be received by the
unaffiliated stockholders of UGC pursuant to the merger
agreement was fair from a financial point of view to such
stockholders. The full text of Morgan Stanleys opinion,
dated January 17, 2005, which sets forth, among other
things, the assumptions made, procedures followed, matters
considered and qualifications and limitations on the scope of
review undertaken by Morgan Stanley in rendering its opinion, is
included as Appendix D to this joint proxy
statement/prospectus. UGC stockholders should read this opinion
carefully and in its entirety. The opinion does not constitute a
recommendation to any UGC stockholder as to how to vote with
respect to the UGC merger or as to what form of consideration to
elect.
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Fairness Determinations of the Boards of Directors of LMI,
Liberty Global, LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger Sub (see
page 37) |
The UGC merger is considered a 13E-3 transaction
because each of LMI, Liberty Global, LMI Merger Sub and UGC
Merger Sub is an affiliate of UGC, and the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC are entitled to receive consideration in the
UGC merger other than Liberty Global common stock. As a result,
under the
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federal securities laws, LMI, Liberty Global, LMI Merger Sub and
UGC Merger Sub are each required to consider the substantive and
procedural fairness of the UGC merger to the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC.
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Fairness Determination of the LMI Board (see
page 38) |
The LMI board of directors determined that the transactions
contemplated by the merger agreement, including the UGC merger,
are, substantively and procedurally, fair to the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC. In making this determination, the LMI board
considered various factors, including:
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that the UGC merger is structured so that it is a condition to
its completion that it be approved by at least a majority of the
outstanding shares of UGC common stock not beneficially owned by
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that the 0.2155 to 1.0 exchange ratio represents an 8.6% premium
over the closing sale price for the shares of UGC Class A
common stock on December 14, 2004, the last trading day
before Mr. Malones first conversation with the
Special Committee, and a slight premium over the closing sale
price of those shares on January 11, 2005, the last trading
day before LMI management and the Special Committee reached an
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its belief that since LMIs spin off from Liberty in June
2004, UGCs historical trading price has included an
acquisition premium attributable to market
speculation that LMI would buy out the public minority
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its belief that LMIs common stock trades with a holding
company discount of between 9% and 19%, implying a larger
premium to the unaffiliated UGC stockholders on a fair
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that the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC who elect to receive
Liberty Global stock will have the opportunity to participate in
LMIs Japanese cable distribution and programming
businesses, as well as continue to participate in the potential
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that LMI was foregoing its ability to obtain a control premium
for its investment in UGC, while the unaffiliated stockholders
of UGC who become stockholders of Liberty Global would
participate as stockholders of the new company in any control
premium because there will be no single controlling stockholder
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Factors Fairness Determinations of the Boards of
Directors of LMI, Liberty Global, LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger
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Fairness Determinations of the Boards of Liberty Global,
LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger Sub |
(see page 40)
Adopting the analysis of the board of directors of LMI, the
boards of directors of each of Liberty Global, LMI Merger Sub
and UGC Merger Sub unanimously determined that the transactions
contemplated by the merger agreement, including the UGC merger,
are, substantively and procedurally, fair to the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC. Each of these boards of directors is
comprised of two persons serving on the board of directors of
LMI, each of whom was present for and participated in the
adopted analysis of the LMI board.
Recommendation of and Reasons for the LMI Merger
(see page 40)
LMIs board of directors unanimously approved the merger
agreement and determined that the merger agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby, including the LMI merger, are
advisable, fair to, and in the best interests of, LMI and its
stockholders. Accordingly, LMIs board of directors
recommends that LMI stockholders vote FOR the
merger proposal at the LMI annual meeting.
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LMIs board of directors considered various factors in
approving the merger agreement and the LMI merger, including:
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that the mergers would eliminate the current dual public holding
company structure in which LMIs principal consolidated
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that the elimination of the holding company structure would
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the opinion of Banc of America Securities LLC, financial advisor
to LMI, directed to the LMI board that, as of the date of the
opinion, and based upon and subject to the factors, limitations
and assumptions set forth in the opinion, the consideration to
be received by LMI stockholders (other than affiliates of LMI)
in the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement was
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that the strengths of the respective management teams of LMI and
UGC would complement each other, and that there was little if
any overlap at the operating level that would impede a smooth
integration of the two companies; |
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that the consummation of the mergers would eliminate any
potential competition between LMI and UGC, including in the
pursuit of acquisition opportunities and capital raising
activities; |
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that the receipt of the merger consideration in the LMI merger
would be tax-free to the LMI stockholders; |
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that the merger agreement included a limitation on the cash
election and that LMI had sufficient cash to fund the maximum
amount of cash anticipated to be payable if the cash elections
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(see page 41)
Banc of America Securities, LMIs financial advisor,
delivered a written opinion to the LMI board of directors to the
effect that, as of January 17, 2005 and based upon and
subject to the factors, limitations and assumptions set forth in
the opinion, the consideration to be received by the
stockholders of LMI (other than affiliates of LMI) in the
transactions contemplated by the merger agreement was fair from
a financial point of view to such stockholders. The full text of
Banc of America Securities opinion, dated January 17,
2005, which sets forth, among other things, the assumptions
made, procedures followed, matters considered and qualifications
and limitations on the scope of review undertaken by Banc of
America Securities in rendering its opinion, is included as
Appendix E to this joint proxy statement/ prospectus. LMI
stockholders should read this opinion carefully and in its
entirety. The opinion does not constitute a recommendation to
any LMI stockholder as to how any LMI stockholder should vote
with respect to the LMI merger.
Management of Liberty Global
(see page 101)
Following the mergers, the board of directors of Liberty Global
will consist of ten members, of whom five are current members of
LMIs board of directors and five are current members of
UGCs board of directors. The members of the Liberty Global
board of directors will be:
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John C. Malone, currently Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
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John W. Dick, currently a director of UGC and a member of the
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Paul A. Gould, currently a director of UGC and a member of the
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Larry E. Romrell, currently a director of LMI; |
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The management of Liberty Global will be comprised of certain
executive officers from each of LMI and UGC, including
Mr. Malone who has agreed to serve as the Chairman of the
Board of Liberty Global and Mr. Fries who has agreed to
serve as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Liberty
Global. For more information on the proposed directors and
executive officers of Liberty Global, see Management of
Liberty Global, Management of LMI and
Executive Officers, Directors and Principal Stockholders
of UGC.
Interests of Certain Persons in the Mergers
(see page 49)
In considering the recommendations of LMIs and UGCs
boards of directors to vote to approve the merger proposal,
stockholders of LMI and UGC should be aware that members of
LMIs and UGCs boards of directors and members of
LMIs and UGCs executive management teams have
relationships, agreements or arrangements that provide them with
interests in the mergers that may be in addition to or different
from those of LMIs or UGCs public stockholders. Both
LMIs and UGCs boards of directors were aware of
these interests and considered them when approving the merger
agreement and the mergers.
Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences of the
Mergers
(see page 81)
Completion of the mergers is conditioned upon the receipt by LMI
of the opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P., or another nationally
recognized law firm, to the effect that the LMI merger will be
treated as a reorganization within the meaning of
Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, and upon the
receipt by UGC of the opinion of a nationally recognized law
firm, to the effect that, when integrated with the LMI merger,
the conversion of shares of UGC common stock into shares of
Liberty Global Series A common stock that is effected
pursuant to the UGC merger will qualify as an exchange within
the meaning of Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code.
The opinions will be based upon factual representations and
covenants, including those contained in letters provided by LMI,
UGC, Liberty Global and/or others, and certain assumptions set
forth in the opinions. No rulings have been or will be requested
from the Internal Revenue Service with respect to any tax
matters relating to the mergers.
Assuming the mergers are treated as described above, the mergers
generally will not result in the recognition of gain or loss by
LMI, UGC, Liberty Global, the LMI stockholders or, except to the
extent that they receive cash, the UGC stockholders. The
taxation of the receipt of cash by a holder of UGC common stock
is very complicated and subject to uncertainties. Due to the
uncertainties concerning the taxation of the receipt of cash,
Liberty Global or the exchange agent, as applicable, expect to
withhold 30% (unless reduced by an applicable treaty) of all
cash payments made to UGC stockholders that are
non-U.S. holders as a result of making a valid cash
election. UGC stockholders should consult their tax advisors
if they are considering making a cash election with respect to
their UGC common stock.
LMI stockholders and UGC stockholders should be aware that the
tax consequences to them of the applicable merger may depend
upon their own situations. In addition, LMI stockholders and UGC
stockholders may be subject to state, local or foreign tax laws
that are not discussed in this joint proxy statement/
prospectus. LMI stockholders and UGC stockholders should
therefore consult with their own tax advisors for a full
understanding of the tax consequences to them of the mergers.
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Merger Agreement
(see page 88 and Appendix B)
The merger agreement is included as Appendix B to this
joint proxy statement/ prospectus. We encourage you to read the
merger agreement because it is the legal document that governs
the mergers.
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Conditions to Completion of the Mergers |
LMIs and UGCs respective obligations to complete the
mergers are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a number of
conditions, including, among others:
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the approval of the merger proposal by the LMI stockholders at
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approval for listing on the Nasdaq National Market of the
Liberty Global common stock to be issued in connection with the
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LMI and Liberty Global having received an opinion that the
mergers should not cause the spin off of LMI by Liberty, which
occurred on June 7, 2004, to fail to qualify as a tax-free
distribution to Liberty under Section 355(e) of the
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We expect to complete the mergers as promptly as practicable
after all of the conditions to the mergers have been satisfied
or, if applicable, waived. Neither the condition relating to the
minority approval at the UGC special meeting nor the conditions
relating to the receipt of the tax opinions may be waived.
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Termination of the Merger Agreement |
We may jointly agree to terminate the merger agreement at any
time without completing the mergers, even after receiving the
requisite stockholder approvals of the merger proposal. In
addition, either UGC (with the approval of the Special
Committee) or LMI may terminate the merger agreement if, among
other things:
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the mergers have not been consummated before September 30,
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any order, decree or ruling that permanently restrains, enjoins
or prohibits the mergers becomes final and non-appealable; or |
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any of the stockholder approvals required to approve the merger
proposal have not been obtained. |
In addition, LMI may terminate the merger agreement if the board
of directors of UGC (with the approval of the Special Committee)
has withdrawn or modified, in any manner adverse to LMI, its
recommendation to the UGC stockholders.
No termination fee will be payable by any party to the merger
agreement if the merger agreement is terminated.
Appraisal or Dissenters Rights
(see page 51)
Under Delaware law, holders of shares of UGC Class A common
stock will not be entitled to appraisal rights in connection
with the UGC merger.
Under Delaware law, LMI stockholders are not entitled to
appraisal rights in connection with the LMI merger.
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Regulatory Matters
(see page 51)
At the date of this joint proxy statement/ prospectus, each of
LMI and UGC has obtained all regulatory approvals required for
the completion of the mergers.
Voting Agreement
(see page 100 and Appendix C)
On January 17, 2005, at the insistence of the Special
Committee and at the request of the LMI board of directors, John
C. Malone, the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
and President of LMI, entered into a voting agreement with UGC,
pursuant to which Mr. Malone has agreed to vote
the shares
of LMI Series A common stock and LMI Series B common
stock owned by him or which he has the right to vote
(representing, as of February 28, 2005, approximately 26.5%
of the aggregate voting power of LMI) in favor of the approval
of the merger proposal. A copy of the voting agreement is
included as Appendix C to this joint proxy statement/
prospectus.
Risk Factors
(see page 58)
The mergers entail several risks, including:
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risks relating to the value of the merger consideration received
compared with the value of the securities exchanged therefor; |
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risks relating to the value of the merger consideration received
by UGC stockholders compared to the value of the merger
consideration at the time elected by UGC stockholders; |
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risks associated with the ability of the parties to realize the
anticipated benefits of the mergers; |
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risks associated with class action lawsuits relating to the UGC
merger; and |
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risks associated with transaction costs. |
In addition, the parties to the mergers face risks and
uncertainties relating to:
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overseas operations and regulations; |
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technology and competition; |
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certain financial matters; and |
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governance matters. |
Please carefully read the information included under the
heading Risk Factors.
Recommendations regarding the LMI Annual Business Matter
Proposals
(see page 172)
LMIs board of directors has approved each of the annual
business matter proposals and recommends that the LMI
stockholders vote FOR the election of
Messrs. Rapley and Romrell as Class I directors
pursuant to the LMI election of directors proposal,
FOR the LMI incentive plan proposal and
FOR the LMI auditors ratification proposal.
Prior to the LMI board approving the LMI auditors ratification
proposal, KPMG LLP was selected by the audit committee of the
LMI board to serve as the independent auditors of LMI for the
year ending December 31, 2005.
9
Selected Summary Historical Financial Data of LMI
The following tables present selected historical financial
information of (i) certain international cable television
and programming subsidiaries and assets of Liberty (LMC
International), for periods prior to the June 7, 2004 spin
off transaction, whereby LMIs common stock was distributed
on a pro rata basis to Libertys stockholders as a
dividend, and (ii) LMI and its consolidated subsidiaries
for periods following such date. Upon consummation of the spin
off, LMI became the owner of the assets that comprise LMC
International. The following selected financial data was derived
from the audited consolidated financial statements of LMI as of
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 and for each of the four
years ended December 31, 2004. Data for other periods has
been derived from unaudited information. This information is
only a summary, and you should read it together with the
historical financial statements of LMI included elsewhere herein.
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December 31, | |
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2004(1) | |
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2003 | |
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2002 | |
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2001 | |
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2000 | |
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amounts in thousands | |
Summary Balance Sheet Data:
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Investment in affiliates
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$ |
1,865,642 |
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1,740,552 |
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1,145,382 |
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423,326 |
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1,189,630 |
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Other investments
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$ |
838,608 |
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450,134 |
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187,826 |
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916,562 |
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134,910 |
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Property and equipment, net
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$ |
4,303,099 |
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97,577 |
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89,211 |
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80,306 |
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82,578 |
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Intangible assets, net
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$ |
2,897,953 |
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689,026 |
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689,046 |
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701,935 |
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803,514 |
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Total assets
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$ |
13,702,363 |
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3,687,037 |
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2,800,896 |
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2,169,102 |
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2,301,800 |
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Debt, including current portion
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$ |
5,018,787 |
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54,126 |
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35,286 |
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338,466 |
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101,415 |
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Stockholders equity
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$ |
5,226,806 |
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3,418,568 |
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2,708,893 |
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2,039,593 |
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1,907,085 |
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Year ended December 31, | |
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2004(1) | |
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2003 | |
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2002 | |
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2001 | |
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2000 | |
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amounts in thousands, except per share amounts | |
Summary Statement of Operations Data:
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Revenue
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$ |
2,644,284 |
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108,390 |
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100,255 |
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139,535 |
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125,246 |
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Operating income (loss)
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$ |
(313,873 |
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(1,455 |
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(39,145 |
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(122,623 |
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3,828 |
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Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates(2)
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$ |
38,710 |
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13,739 |
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(331,225 |
) |
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(589,525 |
) |
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(168,404 |
) |
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations(3)
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$ |
(31,758 |
) |
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20,889 |
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(329,887 |
) |
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(820,355 |
) |
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(129,694 |
) |
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations per common share (pro
forma for spin off)(4)
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$ |
(.20 |
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.14 |
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N/A |
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N/A |
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N/A |
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(1) |
Prior to January 1, 2004, the substantial majority of LMI
operations were conducted through equity method affiliates,
including UGC, J-COM and JPC. As more fully discussed in the
notes to LMIs historical financial statements included
elsewhere herein, in January 2004, LMI completed a transaction
that increased LMIs ownership in UGC and enabled LMI to
fully exercise its voting rights with respect to its historical
investment in UGC. As a result, UGC has been accounted for as a
consolidated subsidiary and included in LMIs consolidated
financial position and results of operations since
January 1, 2004. See Liberty Globals unaudited
condensed pro forma combined financial statements included
elsewhere herein for the pro forma effects of consolidating UGC
on Liberty Globals results of operations. See also
Appendix A: Information Concerning Liberty Media
International, Inc. Part 4: Historical
Financial Information of LMI and its Significant Affiliates and
Acquirees to this joint proxy statement/ prospectus. |
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(2) |
Effective January 1, 2002, LMI adopted Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and
Other Intangible Assets (Statement 142), which, among
other matters, provides that goodwill, intangible assets with
indefinite lives and excess costs that are considered equity
method goodwill are no longer |
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amortized, but are evaluated for impairment under
Statement 142 and, in the case of equity method goodwill,
APB Opinion No. 18. Share of losses of affiliates includes
excess basis amortization of $92,902,000 and $41,419,000 in 2001
and 2000, respectively. |
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(3) |
LMIs loss from continuing operations in 2002 and 2001
included LMIs share of UGCs net losses of
$190,216,000 and $439,843,000, respectively. Because LMI had no
commitment to make additional capital contributions to UGC, LMI
suspended recording its share of UGCs losses when
LMIs carrying value was reduced to zero in 2002. In
addition, LMIs loss from continuing operations in 2002
included $247,386,000 of other-than-temporary declines in fair
values of investments, and LMIs loss from continuing
operations in 2001 included $534,962,000 of realized and
unrealized losses on derivative instruments. |
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(4) |
Earnings (loss) per common share amounts were computed assuming
that the shares issued in the spin off were outstanding since
January 1, 2003. In addition, the weighted average share
amounts for periods prior to July 26, 2004, the date that
certain subscription rights were distributed to stockholders
pursuant to a rights offering by LMI, have been increased to
give effect to the benefit derived by LMIs stockholders as
a result of the distribution of such subscription rights. For
additional information, see note 3 to the LMI consolidated
financial statements included elsewhere herein. |
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Selected Summary Historical Financial Data of UGC
The following summary financial data of UGC was derived from the
audited financial statements of UGC for the five years ended
December 31, 2004. This information is only a summary, and
is not necessarily comparable from period to period as a result
of certain impairments, restructuring charges, gains on
extinguishments of debt, acquisitions and dispositions, merger
transactions, gains on issuance of common equity securities by
subsidiaries and cumulative effects of changes in accounting
principles. For this and other reasons, you should read it
together with UGCs historical financial statements and
related notes and also with UGCs managements
discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of
operations incorporated by reference herein.
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December 31, | |
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2004 | |
|
2003 | |
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2002 | |
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2001 | |
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2000 | |
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amounts in thousands | |
Summary Balance Sheet Data:
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Cash, cash equivalents and short term liquid investments
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$ |
1,077,958 |
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312,495 |
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456,039 |
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999,086 |
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2,223,912 |
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Property and equipment, net
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$ |
4,193,095 |
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3,342,743 |
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3,640,211 |
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3,692,485 |
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3,880,657 |
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Goodwill and other intangible assets, net
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$ |
2,615,877 |
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|
2,772,067 |
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1,264,109 |
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2,843,922 |
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5,154,907 |
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Total assets
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$ |
9,134,297 |
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|
|
7,099,671 |
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5,931,594 |
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9,038,640 |
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13,146,952 |
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Long-term debt, including current portion, not subject to
compromise
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$ |
4,878,949 |
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|
3,926,706 |
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3,838,906 |
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10,033,387 |
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9,893,044 |
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Long-term debt, including current portion, subject to compromise
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$ |
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|
317,372 |
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|
2,812,988 |
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Stockholders equity (deficit)
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$ |
2,395,943 |
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1,472,492 |
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(4,284,874 |
) |
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(4,555,480 |
) |
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(85,234 |
) |
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Year ended December 31, | |
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2004(1) | |
|
2003(2) | |
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2002(3) | |
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2001(4) | |
|
2000(5) | |
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amounts in thousands | |
Summary Statements of Operations Data:
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Revenue
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$ |
2,525,446 |
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|
|
1,891,530 |
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|
|
1,515,021 |
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|
|
1,561,894 |
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|
|
1,251,034 |
|
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Operating loss
|
|
$ |
(240,547 |
) |
|
|
(656,014 |
) |
|
|
(899,282 |
) |
|
|
(2,872,306 |
) |
|
|
(1,140,803 |
) |
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Income (loss) from continuing operations
|
|
$ |
(382,355 |
) |
|
|
1,995,368 |
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|
|
988,268 |
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(4,514,765 |
) |
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|
(1,220,890 |
) |
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Earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations:
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Basic earnings (loss) per share
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$ |
(0.50 |
) |
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7.41 |
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2.29 |
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(41.47 |
) |
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(12.00 |
) |
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Diluted earnings (loss) per share
|
|
$ |
(0.50 |
) |
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|
7.41 |
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|
2.29 |
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|
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(41.47 |
) |
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(12.00 |
) |
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(1) |
Includes impairments, gains on extinguishment of debt and gains
on sales of investments in affiliates and other, net, totaling
$38.9 million, $35.8 million and $12.3 million,
respectively. |
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(2) |
Includes impairments, gains on extinguishment of debt and gains
on sales of investments in affiliates and other, net, totaling
$402.2 million, $2.2 billion and $279.4 million,
respectively. |
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(3) |
Includes impairments, gains on extinguishment of debt and gains
on sales of investments in affiliates and other, net, totaling
$436.2 million, $2.2 billion and $117.3 million,
respectively. Effective January 1, 2002, UGC adopted
Statement 142, which, among other things, provides that
goodwill, intangible assets with indefinite lives and excess
costs on equity method investments are no longer amortized, but
are evaluated for impairment under Statement 142. The
cumulative effect of the adoption of Statement 142 was a
charge of $1.3 billion. |
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(4) |
Includes impairments, restructuring charges, gains on sales of
investments in affiliates, other-than-temporary losses on
investments and amortization of indefinite-lived intangible
assets totaling $1.3 billion, $204.1 million,
$416.8 million, $342.4 million and
$447.2 million, respectively. |
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(5) |
Includes amortization of indefinite-lived intangible assets
totaling $287.5 million. |
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Ratio (Deficiency) of Earnings to Fixed Charges of
UGC |
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Year ended December 31, | |
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2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
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amounts in thousands, except ratios | |
Income (loss) before income taxes and other items
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$ |
(498,831 |
) |
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|
1,568,066 |
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|
1,328,695 |
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|
|
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Fixed charges:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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Interest within rental expense
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|
25,851 |
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|
20,970 |
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14,540 |
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Interest, whether expensed or capitalized, including
amortization of discounts
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|
283,280 |
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|
327,132 |
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|
680,101 |
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Total fixed charges
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|
|
309,131 |
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|
|
348,102 |
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|
694,641 |
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Distributed income of equity investees
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|
|
17,098 |
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|
|
4,714 |
|
|
|
11,276 |
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|
|
|
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|
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Adjusted earnings (losses)
|
|
|
(172,602 |
) |
|
|
1,920,882 |
|
|
|
2,034,612 |
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Fixed charges
|
|
|
309,131 |
|
|
|
348,102 |
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|
694,641 |
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|
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
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|
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|
5.52 |
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|
2.93 |
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|
|
|
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Dollar amount of coverage deficiency
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|
$ |
(481,733 |
) |
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Selected Unaudited Condensed Pro Forma Combined Financial
Data of Liberty Global
We have included in this joint proxy statement/ prospectus the
selected unaudited condensed pro forma combined financial data
of Liberty Global set forth below after giving effect to
(1) the proposed mergers (the Proposed Mergers) and the
resulting step acquisition of the UGC interest not already owned
by LMI using the purchase method of accounting; and (2) the
July 1, 2004 acquisition of Suez-Lyonnaise
Télécom SA (Noos) and the January 1, 2005
consolidation of LMI/ Sumisho Super Media LLC (Super Media) and
Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (J-COM) (together with the
Noos acquisition, the Consummated Transactions) based upon the
assumptions and adjustments described in the unaudited condensed
pro forma combined financial information and notes of Liberty
Global contained elsewhere in this document.
The unaudited condensed pro forma combined balance sheet data as
of December 31, 2004 gives effect to the Proposed Mergers
and the consolidation of Super Media and J-COM as if they
occurred on December 31, 2004. The unaudited condensed pro
forma combined statement of operations data for the year ended
December 31, 2004 is presented as if the Proposed Mergers
and the Consummated Transactions were consummated on
January 1, 2004.
The selected unaudited condensed pro forma combined financial
information is based upon estimates and assumptions, which are
preliminary. The unaudited pro forma information does not
purport to be indicative of the financial position and results
of operations that Liberty Global will obtain in the future, or
that Liberty Global would have obtained if the Proposed Mergers
and Consummated Transactions were effective as of the dates
indicated above. The selected unaudited condensed pro forma
combined information of Liberty Global has been derived from and
should be read in conjunction with the historical financial
statements and related notes thereto of LMI and UGC. The LMI
historical financial statements are included elsewhere herein
and the UGC historical financial statements are incorporated by
reference into this document.
Selected Unaudited Condensed Pro Forma Combined
Financial Data of Liberty Global
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|
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Year ended | |
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|
December 31, | |
|
|
2004 | |
|
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| |
|
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amounts in | |
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thousands, | |
|
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except per | |
|
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share amounts | |
Summary Statement of Operations Data:
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|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$ |
4,348,873 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
$ |
(1,415,786 |
) |
|
Operating loss
|
|
$ |
(127,203 |
) |
|
Net loss
|
|
$ |
(209,761 |
) |
|
Net loss per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted net loss per share
|
|
$ |
(0.83 |
) |
|
|
Shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share
|
|
|
251,726 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
Summary Balance Sheet Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
2,622,235 |
|
|
Investment in affiliates
|
|
$ |
1,716,960 |
|
|
Property and equipment, net
|
|
$ |
6,744,295 |
|
|
Intangible assets not subject to amortization
|
|
$ |
7,132,396 |
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$ |
19,789,388 |
|
|
Debt, excluding current portion
|
|
$ |
7,094,682 |
|
|
Stockholders equity
|
|
$ |
8,685,635 |
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Comparative Per Share Financial Data
The following table shows (1) the basic and diluted loss
per common share and book value per share data for each of LMI
and UGC on a historical basis, (2) the basic and diluted
loss per common share and book value per share for Liberty
Global on a pro forma basis and (3) the equivalent pro
forma net income and book value per share attributable to the
shares of Liberty Global common stock issuable at an exchange
ratio of 0.2155 per UGC share. Pro forma per share data has
been presented assuming UGC stockholders (other than LMI and its
wholly owned subsidiaries) receive (1) all stock
consideration or (2) 80% stock and 20% cash consideration.
The following information should be read in conjunction with
(1) the separate historical financial statements and
related notes of LMI included elsewhere herein, (2) the
separate historical financial statements and related notes of
UGC incorporated by reference herein and (3) the unaudited
condensed pro forma combined financial statements of Liberty
Global included elsewhere herein. The pro forma information is
not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that
would have resulted if the Proposed Mergers and the Consummated
Transactions had been completed as of the assumed dates or of
the results that will be achieved in the future.
We calculate historical book value per share by dividing
stockholders equity by the number of shares of common
stock outstanding at December 31, 2004. We calculate pro
forma book value per share by dividing pro forma
stockholders equity by the pro forma number of shares of
Liberty Global common stock that would have been outstanding had
the Proposed Mergers been completed as of December 31, 2004.
Liberty Global pro forma combined loss applicable to common
stockholders, pro forma stockholders equity and the pro
forma number of shares of Liberty Global common stock
outstanding have been derived from the unaudited condensed pro
forma combined financial information for Liberty Global
appearing elsewhere herein.
We calculate the UGC equivalent pro forma per share data by
multiplying the pro forma per share amounts by the exchange
ratio of 0.2155 shares of Liberty Global common stock for
each share of UGC common stock.
Neither LMI nor UGC has paid any cash dividends on its common
stock during the periods presented.
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Comparative Per Share Market Price and Dividend
Information
The following table sets forth high and low sales prices for a
share of LMI Series A common stock,
LMI Series B common stock and UGC Class A
common stock for the periods indicated.
LMI Series A common stock and LMI Series B common
stock trade on The Nasdaq National Market under the symbols
LBTYA and LBTYB, respectively. In
connection with LMIs June 7, 2004 spin off from
Liberty, LMI common stock first began trading on a when-issued
basis on June 2, 2004.
UGC Class A common stock trades on The Nasdaq National
Market under the symbol UCOMA. There is no trading
market for the UGC Class B common stock or UGC
Class C common stock.
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3.22 |
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5.63 |
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2.81 |
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7.70 |
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4.92 |
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33.98 |
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41.25 |
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38.79 |
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49.31 |
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(1) |
As to LMI common stock, from the period beginning on
June 8, the date on which regular way trading began in LMI
common stock, and ending on June 30. |
On January 14, 2005, the last trading day before the public
announcement of the mergers, LMI Series A common stock
closed at $43.69 per share, LMI Series B common stock
closed at $46.44 per share and UGC Class A common
stock closed at $9.64 per share. Based upon the exchange
ratio in the stock election of 0.2155, the pro forma equivalent
per share value of the UGC Class A common stock on
January 14, 2005, was equal to approximately $9.42 per
share.
On March 23, 2005, LMI Series A common stock closed at
$44.27 per share, LMI Series B common stock closed at
$46.87 per share and UGC Class A common stock closed
at $9.54 per share. Based upon the exchange ratio in the
stock election of 0.2155, the pro forma equivalent per share
value of the UGC Class A common stock on March 23,
2005, was equal to approximately $9.54 per share.
[Liberty Global has applied to list its Series A common
stock and Series B common stock on the Nasdaq National
Market under the symbols LBTYA and
LBTYB, respectively, the same symbols under which
LMI common stock currently trades.]
LMI. In July 2004, LMI distributed, as a dividend to
its stockholders, 0.20 of a transferable subscription right for
each share of LMI common stock owned by them as of
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 26, 2004, the
record date for the LMI rights offering. Each whole right to
purchase LMI Series A common stock entitled the holder to
purchase one share of LMI Series A common stock at a
subscription price of $25.00 per share. Each whole right to
purchase LMI Series B common stock entitled the holder to
purchase one share of
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LMI Series B common stock at a subscription price of
$27.50 per share. In addition, each whole Series A and
Series B right entitled the holder to subscribe, at the
same applicable subscription price pursuant to an
oversubscription privilege, for additional shares of the
applicable series of LMI common stock, subject to proration. LMI
has paid no other dividends since it became a publicly traded
company.
Pursuant to the merger agreement, LMI may not pay any dividends
(other than dividends payable in LMI common stock) until the
mergers are completed or the merger agreement is terminated.
Except for the foregoing, there are currently no restrictions on
the ability of LMI to pay dividends in cash or stock. It is
LMIs current dividend policy to not pay cash dividends.
All decisions regarding the payment of future dividends by LMI
will be made by its board of directors, from time to time, in
accordance with applicable law.
UGC. In January 2004, UGC distributed, as a dividend
to its stockholders, 0.28 of a transferable subscription right
for each share of UGC common stock owned by them at the close of
business on January 21, 2004, the record date for the UGC
rights offering. Each whole right to purchase UGC Class A
common stock entitled the holder to purchase one share of UGC
Class A common stock at a subscription price of
$6.00 per share. Each whole right to purchase UGC
Class B common stock entitled the holder to purchase one
share of UGC Class B common stock at a subscription price
of $6.00 per share. Each whole right to purchase UGC
Class C common stock entitled the holder to purchase one
share of UGC Class C common stock at a subscription price
of $6.00 per share. In addition, each whole Class A,
Class B and Class C right entitled the holder to
subscribe, at the same subscription price pursuant to an
oversubscription privilege, for additional shares of the
applicable class of UGC common stock, subject to proration. UGC
has paid no other dividends since its predecessor became a
publicly traded company on August 2, 1993.
Pursuant to the merger agreement, UGC may not pay any dividends
until the mergers are completed or the merger agreement is
terminated. Except for the foregoing, there are currently no
restrictions on the ability of UGC to pay dividends in cash or
stock. It is UGCs current policy to not pay cash
dividends. All decisions regarding the payment of future
dividends by UGC will be made by its board of directors, from
time to time, in accordance with applicable law.
Liberty Global. Following the consummation of the
mergers, all decisions regarding the payment of dividends by
Liberty Global will be made by its board of directors, from time
to time, in accordance with applicable law after taking into
account various factors, including its financial condition,
operating results, current and anticipated cash needs, plans for
expansion and possible loan covenants which may restrict or
prohibit its payment of dividends.
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SPECIAL FACTORS
Background of the Mergers
LMI was formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty. On
June 7, 2004, Liberty distributed to its stockholders, on a
pro rata basis, all of the issued and outstanding shares of LMI
common stock, and LMI became an independent, publicly-traded
company. From time to time following the spin off, LMIs
board of directors and management reviewed the assets held by
LMI to determine the available alternatives for enhancing the
value of the company.
Among the alternatives discussed following the spin off was a
potential combination of LMI with its subsidiary UGC, in which
LMI owns capital stock representing 53.6% of the equity and 91%
of the outstanding voting power. On November 12, 2004, John
C. Malone, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and
President of LMI, stated in response to questions posed during a
conference call with LMI investors that LMI would eventually
like to combine with UGC, but not at the then-current market
prices, which he believed undervalued LMI. During the period
from June 2004 through early December 2004, LMI did not have any
contact with UGC regarding a potential combination.
At a meeting of the LMI board of directors on December 10,
2004, Mr. Malone sought authorization from the board to
contact and initiate discussions with UGC concerning a possible
combination of LMI and UGC in a stock-for-stock transaction.
Mr. Malone discussed with the board his view that a
combination of the two companies should be approached as a
merger of equals, with the board of directors and senior
management team of the combined company being drawn from members
of the boards and senior management teams of both companies.
After discussion of the exchange ratio implied by the relative
trading prices and sum-of-the parts values of the two companies,
the board concluded that any valuation discussions with UGC
should be on a market-to-market or fair value-to-fair value
basis, with no premium to either companys stockholders.
The LMI board authorized Mr. Malone to contact and initiate
discussions with UGC on the basis discussed at that meeting.
On the evening of December 10, 2004, as a prelude to
discussions with UGC, LMI delivered a letter to UGC stating that
it wished to initiate discussions concerning a possible
transaction involving the shares of UGC that LMI did not already
own, and seeking a mutual confidentiality agreement in
anticipation of such talks. This letter did not include any
terms of a proposed transaction.
At a telephonic meeting of the UGC board of directors held on
December 13, 2004, the board appointed three outside
directors, John P. Cole, Jr., John W. Dick and Paul A.
Gould, to serve as a Special Committee; to advise the UGC board
with respect to the fairness of any transactions proposed by
LMI; if deemed appropriate by the Special Committee, to
negotiate the terms and conditions of a transaction with
representatives of LMI; following such negotiations, to make a
recommendation to the UGC board as to whether such proposal
should be accepted or rejected by the UGC board; and to retain,
at UGCs expense, such attorneys, investment bankers,
accountants, actuaries or other advisors as the Special
Committee might deem appropriate in order to advise and assist
it. Messrs. Cole, Dick and Gould were selected to serve on
the Special Committee because they were independent under the
rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market and have no relationship with
LMI or any of its affiliates that the Special Committee viewed
as undermining the independence of the Special Committee, as
further described under Fairness
Determinations and Recommendations of the Special Committee and
the UGC Board.
Subsequently, by unanimous written consent effective as of
December 22, 2004, the UGC board approved payment to each
member of the Special Committee of a fee of $95,000 for serving
on the Special Committee and provided the Special Committee with
certain additional powers in connection with the performance of
its duties, including full access to UGCs records and
personnel and the authority to execute and deliver any documents
or agreements it deemed appropriate in connection with its
duties.
After conducting interviews and follow-up conversations with
three law firms, on December 14, 2004, the Special
Committee retained Debevoise & Plimpton LLP to act as
its legal advisor. Among the reasons for this selection were
Debevoises strong reputation, its experience in mergers
and acquisitions transactions, its
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experience in representing other special committees, the
seniority and experience of the attorneys who would be working
on the transaction and the absence of any material prior
relationship with LMI, UGC or any of their affiliates.
On December 15, 2004, the Special Committee, together with
representatives of Debevoise, conducted preliminary interviews
with representatives of two internationally recognized
investment banking firms: Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated and another firm. Mr. Gould and Debevoise
participated in these meetings in person, and Messrs. Cole
and Dick joined by telephone. Each firm was asked to provide
additional information to assist the Special Committee in its
decision.
Also on December 15, 2004, the members of the Special
Committee, together with their legal advisors, spoke by
telephone with Mr. Malone. Mr. Malone noted that LMI
was not making a formal offer and said that he would be
interested in discussing with the Special Committee a
stock-for-stock transaction based upon relative fair values in
which LMI and UGC and their respective boards of directors and
management teams would be combined. He indicated that in his
view the recent market prices of LMIs and UGCs
stocks reflected a fair relative valuation of the two companies.
Mr. Malone asked the Special Committee whether they would
be interested in discussing a transaction within that framework.
In response to questions from the Special Committee,
Mr. Malone expressed his views as to the benefits to be
derived from a combination of LMI and UGC. The Special Committee
also asked Mr. Malone whether LMI would be willing to sell
its interest in UGC in a transaction for the entire company.
Mr. Malone responded that LMI would not be willing to
consider such a transaction and had no current intention of
selling its interest in UGC to a third party.
On December 20, 2004, the Special Committee, together with
representatives of Debevoise, conducted further interviews with
representatives of Morgan Stanley and another investment banking
firm. Mr. Gould and Debevoise participated in these
meetings in person, and Messrs. Cole and Dick joined by
telephone. The Special Committee and its legal advisor raised
questions designed to ascertain any prior relationships of each
firm with Liberty, LMI and UGC.
On December 21, 2004, the Special Committee had two
separate telephone meetings during which the Special Committee
extensively discussed the qualifications and fee expectations of
the investment banking firms being considered for the position
of financial advisor to the Special Committee. At the
instruction of the Special Committee, Mr. Gould
subsequently requested that each firm reduce its initial fee
proposal.
On December 22, 2004, the Special Committee had a further
telephonic meeting to discuss the selection of a financial
advisor. The Special Committee reviewed the revised fee
proposals made by Morgan Stanley and another investment banking
firm in response to the committees request. After
discussion, the Special Committee agreed to choose Morgan
Stanley provided it was able to meet the Special
Committees fee expectations. Morgan Stanley met those
expectations and was retained on December 22, 2004, to act
as the Special Committees financial advisor. Among the
reasons for selecting Morgan Stanley were Morgan Stanleys
strong reputation, experience in transactions of this kind and
knowledge of UGC, its business and the industries in which UGC
and LMI operate.
On December 23, 2004, the Special Committee held a
telephonic meeting with its legal and financial advisors.
Participants discussed the Special Committees
December 15, 2004 conversation with Mr. Malone
regarding a possible transaction. Participants also discussed
the methodologies that Morgan Stanley anticipated using in
advising the Special Committee, strategic issues and next steps
with respect to Morgan Stanleys commencing its financial
analysis, including due diligence plans. At this meeting,
Debevoise also reviewed with the members of the Special
Committee the Delaware law applicable to the potential
transaction and their duties thereunder.
On December 28, 2004, the Special Committee held a
telephonic meeting with its legal and financial advisors to
discuss the status of Morgan Stanleys financial due
diligence. The Special Committee agreed to arrange a call with
Mr. Malone on December 31, 2004.
On December 29, 2004, representatives of Debevoise
contacted Elizabeth Markowski, the general counsel of LMI, and
Ellen Spangler, the general counsel of UGC, regarding legal due
diligence matters.
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On December 30, 2004, the Special Committee held a
telephonic meeting with its legal advisors. The Special
Committee discussed legal and strategic issues relating to a
potential transaction, including whether the Special Committee
should seek to obtain a requirement that a majority of the
unaffiliated stockholders of UGC approve any transaction, also
known as the majority of the minority condition.
On December 31, 2004, the Special Committee held a
telephonic meeting with its legal and financial advisors. Morgan
Stanley described the status of its financial due diligence.
Morgan Stanley also discussed its preliminary views as to the
potential values of LMI and UGC and implied exchange ratios from
various perspectives, including public equity analyst reports, a
preliminary discounted cash flow analysis, the valuation of
companies in similar industries and markets as UGC and LMI,
historical trading prices of the LMI and UGC common stock and
precedent transactions involving purchases of minority interests
by controlling stockholders. The Special Committee discussed
with Morgan Stanley the approach that Morgan Stanley took in
formulating its preliminary views and also discussed certain
negotiating considerations.
Later on December 31, 2004, the Special Committee and its
legal and financial advisors spoke by telephone with
Mr. Malone, Ms. Markowski and two other executives of
LMI. On this call Mr. Malone expressed his views as to the
prospects of the LMI and UGC businesses, benefits to be obtained
by combining LMI and UGC, and why such a combination should be
on a market-to-market or fair value-to-fair value basis.
Mr. Malone insisted that LMI would not pay a premium for
the UGC minority stake, as LMI already controlled UGC and
UGCs stockholders would share in all of the benefits of
the combined company. He said that any discussion should focus
on the parties respective views as to the relative values
of the two companies. He further observed that when he had first
approached UGC about discussing a possible combination, the
relative market prices of the stocks of the two companies
implied an exchange ratio between 0.1923 and 0.1961 shares
of LMI Series A common stock for each share of UGC
Class A common stock. Since that time, he noted, whether
due to speculation regarding LMIs intentions towards its
largest investment or currency exchange rate changes, UGCs
stock price had moved and had already built in a premium.
Following the call with Mr. Malone, the Special Committee
reconvened by telephone with its legal and financial advisors to
discuss its next steps. The Special Committee then continued the
discussion with its legal advisors only.
On January 3, 2005, the Special Committee held a telephonic
meeting with its legal and financial advisors. Morgan Stanley
discussed potential arguments that could be used when
negotiating to maximize the value of the merger consideration to
be received by the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC and provided
an update as to its preliminary views regarding the potential
values of LMI and UGC, including potential combination benefits
that might result from the proposed transaction and approaches
to sharing those benefits, the implied exchange ratios and
potential premiums with respect to various benchmark dates. The
Special Committee discussed Morgan Stanleys views with
them, inquired as to the status of Morgan Stanleys
financial due diligence, and requested that Morgan Stanley
obtain additional information. The Special Committee and its
advisors discussed potential strategic options for the
consummation of a potential transaction. Subsequently, the
Special Committee continued its discussions in executive session.
On January 4, 2005, the Special Committee held a telephonic
meeting with its legal advisors. The Special Committee reviewed
the merits of a public versus a private negotiating process and
instructed Debevoise to discuss the matter with
Ms. Markowski. The Special Committee also met in executive
session and had a conference call with Michael T. Fries, the
Chief Executive Officer and President of UGC, to review various
matters relating to the UGC business and the discussions with
LMI. Morgan Stanley spoke separately with Mr. Fries by
telephone to discuss similar matters.
On January 5, 2005, representatives of Debevoise called
Ms. Markowski to discuss the possibility of pursuing a
public process. Ms. Markowski stated that to date LMI had
simply asked if the Special Committee would be interested in
pursuing discussions on the basis outlined by Mr. Malone in
earlier conversations, and that to her knowledge the Special
Committee had yet to respond. She also noted that the parties
had yet to exchange views on relative values. Ms. Markowski
advised Debevoise that in the absence of an agreement in
principle on the essential terms of a transaction, she did not
believe LMI would be willing to make a formal offer and engage
in a public negotiating process.
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Later on January 5, 2005, the Special Committee met
telephonically with its legal and financial advisors. Morgan
Stanley reported on its recent conversation with Mr. Fries.
Debevoise reported on its conversation with Ms. Markowski.
The Special Committee agreed to convene in person in New York on
January 10, 2005. The Special Committee further agreed to
dispatch its financial advisors to meet with Mr. Malone in
person on the morning of January 10, 2005 to discuss the
details of a possible transaction with LMI and the preliminary
valuations of the two companies by Morgan Stanley. The Special
Committee and its advisors also discussed certain strategic
issues, including the value of obtaining a majority of the
minority condition. On the evening of January 5, 2005,
Morgan Stanley spoke by telephone with Mr. Fries at the
instruction of the Special Committee to follow up on certain
financial due diligence matters.
On January 7, 2005, the Special Committee met
telephonically with its legal and financial advisors. Morgan
Stanley provided the Special Committee with an overview of the
points that it anticipated discussing with Mr. Malone and
responded to the Special Committees questions and comments.
On the morning of January 10, 2005, representatives of
Morgan Stanley met in person with Mr. Malone and
Ms. Markowski. Morgan Stanley provided preliminary views as
to valuations of LMI and UGC and discussed those values and the
implied exchange ratios with Mr. Malone. Morgan Stanley
also explored with Mr. Malone LMIs willingness to
consider a cash alternative or the addition of another component
to the stock consideration to provide additional value to the
UGC public stockholders.
On the afternoon of January 10, 2005, the Special Committee
met in person in New York with its legal advisors to discuss the
duties of the members of the Special Committee under Delaware
law and legal and strategic issues, including whether the
Special Committee should insist upon a majority of the minority
condition.
Representatives of Morgan Stanley subsequently joined the
meeting and briefed the members of the Special Committee on the
results of their conversations earlier in the day with the LMI
representatives. Morgan Stanley informed the Special Committee
that Mr. Malone had repeated his interest in a
stock-for-stock transaction at an exchange ratio reflecting a
price at or about market, which at that time implied an exchange
ratio of 0.20 LMI shares for each share of UGC. Morgan
Stanley reported that Mr. Malone had exhibited some very
limited flexibility within that range, including a willingness
to consider offering UGC stockholders a cash option for up to
20% of the aggregate value of the merger consideration, the
possibility of providing a small amount of additional merger
consideration in the form of structured securities and an
interest in having the combined company pursue a stock buy-back
strategy after the consummation of a transaction. After
discussion with Morgan Stanley, and having considered their
prior discussions and the preliminary views previously presented
to the Special Committee by Morgan Stanley, the Special
Committee concluded that Mr. Malones position was
below the range of merger consideration that it could reasonably
expect to achieve in the proposed transaction. As a strategic
matter, the Special Committee also noted that it could expect
Mr. Malone to improve upon his initial position over the
course of negotiations. The Special Committee agreed that
Mr. Malones position provided the basis for further
discussion.
Later on the evening of January 10, 2005, the Special
Committee, Mr. Malone, Ms. Markowski, the respective
legal advisors of LMI and the Special Committee, Morgan Stanley
and LMIs financial advisor, Banc of America Securities,
met to discuss further a possible transaction. Mr. Malone
emphasized that he had not made an offer for UGC and that he
would not engage in a public negotiating process. He expressed
concern that recent increases in the UGC stock price raised
doubts as to whether the UGC and LMI stock prices continued to
reflect the relative fair values of the two companies, and again
stated that LMI was unwilling to pay a premium for the UGC stock
at its then-market price. He also repeated the statements made
earlier that day to Morgan Stanley. Representatives of the
Special Committee noted their strong interest in having a
majority of the minority condition as an element of any
transaction. Mr. Malone stated that LMI was not interested
in pursuing a transaction with such a condition. At the request
of the Special Committee, Mr. Malone stated his personal
willingness as a significant stockholder of LMI to enter into a
voting agreement to support the approval of a potential
transaction by the LMI stockholders. Representatives of Morgan
Stanley and Banc of America agreed to meet the following morning
to discuss the structured securities Mr. Malone indicated
may be included in the merger consideration.
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Subsequently, the Special Committee met with its legal and
financial advisors to discuss its response to LMI. After
discussion with Morgan Stanley, and having considered their
prior discussions and the preliminary views previously presented
to the Special Committee by Morgan Stanley, the Special
Committee concluded that proposing an exchange ratio of
0.23 LMI shares for each share of UGC would be an
aggressive and appropriate response to LMIs position in
the context of a negotiation.
On the morning of January 11, 2005, representatives of
Morgan Stanley and Banc of America Securities met to discuss the
possible inclusion of structured securities as an additional
component of the merger consideration. Banc of America and
Morgan Stanley discussed Banc of Americas preliminary
structure of a security that could contain both debt and equity
characteristics and explored other potential structures. In
addition, Banc of America and Morgan Stanley discussed the
valuation methodologies each was employing with respect to LMI
and UGC.
On the afternoon of January 11, 2005, Messrs. Dick and
Gould met with the Special Committees legal and financial
advisors. Mr. Cole was not present. Morgan Stanley updated
the members of the Special Committee on its discussions with
Banc of America Securities. After discussion with its advisors,
the Special Committee members observed that the structured
securities described by Mr. Malone and Banc of America
Securities could not be valued properly because the proposal was
not fully developed. The Special Committee members further noted
that the proposed structured securities were quite complex and
concluded that a negotiation over the terms of these securities
would distract the parties from the Special Committees
central concern of maximizing economic value for the
unaffiliated stockholders of UGC. Morgan Stanley also discussed
with the Special Committee members a range of premiums to
various assumed UGC stock prices at various exchange ratios. The
discussion was based upon both the then-current trading price of
LMIs stock and a higher assumed price, which Morgan
Stanley observed may have more fully reflected the underlying
value of LMI than LMIs public market trading price.
Later that afternoon, Messrs. Dick and Gould met with
Mr. Malone, Ms. Markowski, and the respective legal
and financial advisors of the Special Committee and LMI. The
initial positions of the two sides were as follows: The Special
Committee members and their representatives stated (based upon
the prior evenings Special Committee discussions) that an
exchange ratio of 0.23 LMI shares for each share of UGC
would be acceptable. Mr. Malone and his representatives
stated that an exchange ratio of 0.20 continued to reflect
LMIs sense of an at-market transaction. The Special
Committee noted that a majority of the minority condition was of
key importance and that it would be interested in obtaining a
standstill agreement with Mr. Malone and his affiliates
with respect to acquisitions of LMI stock after the consummation
of any transaction. Mr. Malone stated that a majority of
the minority condition remained unacceptable to LMI and refused
to sign a standstill agreement. After extensive further
discussion and negotiation, Mr. Malone agreed that LMI
would consider a majority of the minority condition if UGC
agreed to include in any merger agreement certain termination
rights for LMI to avoid a prolonged process. Messrs. Dick
and Gould continued negotiations with Mr. Malone without
the presence of advisors. At the conclusion of this discussion,
each side summarized their last proposals. Mr. Malone had
proposed that, subject to the approval of the LMI board, he
would consider an exchange ratio of 0.213, reflecting an
at-market transaction based upon that days closing stock
prices, with a 20% cash election option at $9.50 per share
of UGC, representing a premium over that days UGC closing
stock price of $9.26 per share, and the majority of the
minority condition if the merger agreement included certain
termination rights for LMI. In response, Messrs. Dick and
Gould proposed, subject to confirmation by the entire Special
Committee, that they would consider an exchange ratio of 0.22
LMI shares for each share of UGC, a 20% cash election option at
$9.75 per share and that the Special Committee would drop
its request that Mr. Malone sign a standstill agreement.
On the morning of January 12, 2005, the Special Committee
met telephonically with its legal and financial advisors to
update Mr. Cole on the prior days negotiations and to
discuss the Special Committees response to LMIs
proposed financial terms for a transaction. At this meeting,
Morgan Stanley also discussed with the Special Committee implied
values per UGC share and resulting premiums at assumed LMI share
prices based upon the 0.213 exchange ratio proposed by
Mr. Malone and the 0.22 exchange ratio proposed by
Messrs. Dick and Gould and, in each case, based upon an
election to receive consideration consisting of either 100%
stock or 80% stock and 20% cash.
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Also on the morning of January 12, 2005, the board of
directors of LMI met to discuss the terms of the potential
transaction. Mr. Malone discussed with the LMI board the
negotiations with the Special Committee over the prior two days.
Noting that the closing prices of the two companies stocks
the prior day implied an exchange ratio of 0.213,
Mr. Malone advised the board that he would be willing to
support a transaction at that exchange ratio and compromise with
a marginally higher exchange ratio. Mr. Malone then
requested authority from the LMI board to propose an exchange
ratio of 0.215 and a cash election alternative of $9.55 per
share. After discussing the concerns of the board with respect
to the time to complete the transaction in light of the
uncertainty created by the majority of the minority condition
and the termination rights Mr. Malone was negotiating for,
the LMI board authorized Mr. Malone to propose the
foregoing exchange ratio and cash alternative election.
On the afternoon of January 12, 2005, the Special Committee
reconvened by telephone with its legal and financial advisors
and received reports on conversations with representatives of
LMI, who had contacted Debevoise and Morgan Stanley to request a
conference call with the Special Committee to continue
negotiations.
Thereafter, the Special Committee and its legal and financial
advisors met telephonically with Mr. Malone and
Ms. Markowski. Mr. Malone informed the Special
Committee that, after consultation with the LMI board,
LMIs best and final proposal was an exchange ratio of
0.215 LMI shares for each share of UGC with a 20% cash election
option at $9.55 per share. Mr. Malone insisted that
the price negotiations be concluded prior to market close in
order to protect LMI against further movements in the stock
price, which he believed continued to reflect speculation about
a possible transaction, and stated that LMI would withdraw from
negotiations if there was no agreement in principle on the
exchange ratio before market close.
The Special Committee, after separate discussion with its legal
and financial advisors, informed the LMI representatives that it
would be prepared to recommend the transaction at an exchange
ratio of 0.216 LMI shares for each share of UGC with a 20% cash
election option at $9.60 per share. Mr. Malone
responded that, subject to receiving approval from the LMI board
and only if this proposal was sufficient to obtain agreement, he
was prepared to accept an exchange ratio of 0.2155 LMI shares
for each share of UGC with a 20% cash election option at
$9.58 per share. The Special Committee and the LMI
representatives agreed that they would instruct their respective
legal advisors to proceed to negotiate definitive documentation
on that basis, with final agreement subject to the successful
completion of such documentation, board approval and the receipt
by each of LMI and the Special Committee from their respective
financial advisors of an opinion as to the fairness, from a
financial point of view, of the proposed merger consideration.
On the morning of January 13, 2005, Baker Botts L.L.P.,
counsel to LMI, delivered to Debevoise an initial draft of a
proposed merger agreement. On the morning of January 14,
2005, Debevoise delivered to Baker Botts an initial draft of a
proposed voting agreement and provided initial comments to the
draft merger agreement. Also on January 14, 2005, the
Special Committee met telephonically with its legal advisors to
discuss the provisions of the proposed merger agreement.
From January 14 through January 17, 2005, the terms of
the merger agreement and the voting agreement were negotiated,
including the scope of the representations and warranties that
would be provided by each of the parties and the scope of the
termination right required by LMI in exchange for agreeing to
provide UGC with a majority of the minority voting condition.
On January 17, 2005, the Special Committee met in person in
New York with its legal and financial advisors. At this meeting,
Morgan Stanley delivered its financial analysis in connection
with the proposed transaction and its opinion that, as of the
date of the opinion and based upon and subject to the
assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth in the
opinion, the merger consideration to be received by the
unaffiliated stockholders of UGC pursuant to the merger
agreement was fair from a financial point of view to such
stockholders. See Fairness Determinations and
Recommendations of the Special Committee and the UGC
Board. Morgan Stanley also discussed with the Special
Committee the impact on the value of LMIs offer of UGC
stockholders elections to receive cash consideration at
various LMI share prices. The Special Committee then unanimously
determined that the UGC merger, on the terms and conditions set
forth in the merger agreement and voting agreement, is
substantively and procedurally fair to, and in the best
interests, of
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the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC, approved the UGC merger
and the merger agreement, the voting agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby and resolved to recommend that
the UGC board of directors approve the UGC merger and the merger
agreement, the voting agreement and the transactions
contemplated thereby, and that the stockholders of UGC approve
the UGC merger, the merger agreement and the transactions
contemplated thereby.
Following the meeting of the Special Committee, the UGC board of
directors met. The Special Committee reported its recommendation
that the UGC board approve and declare advisable the UGC merger,
the merger agreement, the voting agreement and the transactions
contemplated thereby, and its recommendation that the
stockholders of UGC approve the UGC merger, the merger agreement
and the transactions contemplated thereby. Morgan Stanley
discussed with the UGC board the opinion that it delivered to
the Special Committee, as described under
Opinion of the Financial Advisor to Special
Committee. The UGC board [, adopting the analysis of the
Special Committee,] then unanimously determined that the UGC
merger, on the terms and conditions set forth in the merger
agreement and voting agreement, is [substantively and
procedurally] fair to, and in the best interests of, the
unaffiliated stockholders of UGC. The UGC board also unanimously
determined that the UGC merger, on the terms and conditions set
forth in the merger agreement and the voting agreement, is fair
to, and in the best interests of, UGC and its stockholders,
approved the entry into the merger agreement and the other
documents contemplated thereby, and resolved to recommend that
the holders of UGC capital stock approve the UGC merger and
approve and adopt the merger agreement.
On January 17, 2005, the LMI board of directors met to
consider the business combination with UGC. Participating in the
meeting from Banc of America Securities was a team led by
Stephen Ketchum. Ms. Markowski was also present. At this
meeting, Mr. Malone recounted for the LMI board the history
of the negotiations with the Special Committee. He noted that
the relative trading prices of LMIs and UGCs stock
implied a ratio of 0.194 to 1 over a period of two to three
weeks prior to his initiation of discussions, but that the
market price of UGCs stock had climbed during the
negotiations increasing the implied exchange ratio. Banc of
America Securities then delivered its financial analysis in
connection with the proposed transaction and its oral opinion,
which was subsequently confirmed in writing, that, as of
January 17, 2005 and based upon and subject to the factors,
limitations and assumptions set forth in the opinion, the
consideration to be received by the holders of LMIs common
stock, other than affiliates of LMI, pursuant to the merger
agreement is fair from a financial point of view to the holders
of LMIs common stock, other than any affiliate of LMI. See
Opinion of LMIs Financial Advisor.
Ms. Markowski reviewed the terms of the merger agreement
and the voting agreement to be signed by Mr. Malone, the
negotiation of each of which had been completed in all material
respects. The LMI board then unanimously approved the merger
agreement and determined that the merger agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby, including the LMI merger, are
advisable, fair to, and in the best interests, of LMI and its
stockholders, determined that the transactions contemplated by
the merger agreement, including the UGC merger, are,
substantively and procedurally, fair to the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC, approved the entry into the merger
agreement, and resolved to recommend that the holders of LMI
common stock approve the LMI merger and approve and adopt the
merger agreement.
On the evening of January 17, 2005, the parties finalized
the merger agreement, including the disclosure schedules to the
merger agreement, and, early on the morning of January 18,
2005, executed the merger agreement and the voting agreement.
Also on January 18, 2005, LMI and UGC issued a joint press
release announcing the merger agreement and the proposed mergers.
Fairness Determinations and Recommendations of the Special
Committee and the UGC Board
The UGC board of directors created the Special Committee to
negotiate exclusively on UGCs behalf any transaction with
LMI, because certain of the other directors of UGC have a
conflict of interest in evaluating LMIs proposal on behalf
of the stockholders of UGC (other than LMI and its affiliates).
This conflict of interest exists because these directors also
serve as LMIs officers or directors. In addition, the
members of the management of UGC who serve on the UGC board
could be viewed as having a conflict of interest because of
LMIs position as the controlling stockholder of UGC.
Therefore, the Special Committee is comprised of
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three members of the UGC board who are independent under the
rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market and who have no relationship
with LMI or any of its affiliates that the Special Committee
viewed as undermining the independence of the Special Committee.
The Special Committee considered that each member of the
committee currently serves as a director of UGC, and that,
assuming the consummation of the proposed transaction, each
member of the committee expects to serve as a director of
Liberty Global. The Special Committee also recognized the
following, as to Paul A. Gould: (1) that Mr. Gould
currently serves as a director of Liberty, that Mr. Gould
served as a director of Libertys predecessor (Old Liberty)
prior to its 1994 business combination transaction with
Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI), each a company in which
Mr. Malone was Chairman of the Board and a significant
stockholder, and that Mr. Gould served as a member of the
special committee of Old Libertys board formed to evaluate
the transaction with TCI and the consideration to be received by
the public stockholders of Old Liberty in that transaction;
(2) that subsequent to the 1994 business combination
transaction between TCI and Old Liberty, Mr. Gould served
as a member of the board of directors of TCI and several
companies in which TCI or Liberty had a substantial investment
or controlling interest; (3) that, in connection with the
1999 merger between TCI and AT&T Corp., Mr. Gould and
another TCI director each received a fee of $1 million for
their services on a special committee of the TCI board formed to
evaluate the merger transaction with AT&T and the
consideration to be received by the public stockholders of TCI
in the TCI-AT&T merger; and (4) that Mr. Gould
joined the UGC board in conjunction with Libertys
acquisition of control of UGC in January 2004. The Special
Committee noted that Mr. Goulds service on the boards
of directors of various entities affiliated with Mr. Malone
or in which Mr. Malone, directly or indirectly, was a
substantial investor consisted in each case of service as an
independent director. The Special Committee deemed
Mr. Goulds receipt of fees with respect to this
service as a director to be insufficiently material to undermine
his independence, given Mr. Goulds personal finances.
The Special Committee also noted that neither Mr. Cole nor
Mr. Dick had any history of service on boards of directors
of entities affiliated with Mr. Malone other than UGC and
its subsidiaries, and that the Special Committee did not
designate any member as its chairman and took all decisions
unanimously. The Special Committee therefore determined that the
factors described above regarding Mr. Gould would not
undermine the independence of the Special Committee.
The members of the Special Committee are:
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John P. Cole, Jr. Mr. Cole has served as a
director of UGC and its predecessors since March 1998.
Mr. Cole served as a member of the United Pan-Europe
Communications N.V., or UPC, Supervisory Board from February
1999 to September 2003. Mr. Cole is a founder of the
Washington, D.C. law firm of Cole, Raywid and Braveman,
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John W. Dick. Mr. Dick has served as a director of
UGC since March 2003. He served as a member of the UPC
Supervisory Board from May 2001 to September 2003, and a
director of UGC Europe, Inc. from September 2003 to January
2004. He is the non-executive Chairman and a director of Hooper
Industries Group, a privately held U.K. group consisting of:
Hooper and Co (Coachbuilders) Ltd. (building special/bodied
Rolls Royce and Bentley motorcars) and Hooper Industries (China)
(providing industrial products and components to Europe and the
U.S.). Until 2002, Hooper Industries Group also held Metrocab UK
(manufacturing London taxicabs) and Moscab (a joint venture with
the Moscow city government, producing left-hand drive Metrocabs
for Russia). Mr. Dick has held his positions with Hooper
Industries Group since 1984. Mr. Dick is also a director of
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Paul A. Gould. Mr. Gould has served as a director of
UGC since January 2004. Mr. Gould has served as Managing
Director of Allen & Company L.L.C., an investment
banking services company, and has been associated with
Allen & Company and its affiliates for more than the
last five years. Mr. Gould is also a director of
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Fairness Determination and Recommendation of the Special
Committee |
On January 17, 2005, the Special Committee unanimously:
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forth in the merger agreement and the voting agreement, is
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determined to approve, and to recommend that the UGC board of
directors approve, the UGC merger, the merger agreement, the
voting agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, and
that the UGC board recommend that the stockholders of UGC
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The material factors considered by the Special Committee in
making its fairness determination and recommendation are:
Negotiation Process and Procedural Fairness. The terms of
the UGC merger, the merger agreement, the voting agreement and
the transactions contemplated thereby were the result of
extensive negotiations conducted by the Special Committee, which
is comprised of independent directors, with the assistance of
independent financial and legal advisors. The Special Committee
recognized that it had obtained increases in the exchange ratio
and cash amount offered by LMI, and concluded that an exchange
ratio of 0.2155 Liberty Global shares for each share of UGC or a
cash amount of $9.58 per UGC share at the election of the
unaffiliated stockholders of UGC (up to an overall cap of 20% of
the aggregate value of the merger consideration payable to such
stockholders being paid in cash) were the most favorable
financial terms that could be obtained from LMI and that further
negotiation could have caused LMI to abandon the transaction.
Independent Financial Advisor. The Special Committee
considered the presentation by its independent financial
advisor, Morgan Stanley, and Morgan Stanleys opinion that,
as of the date of the opinion and based upon and subject to the
assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth in Morgan
Stanleys opinion, the merger consideration to be received
by the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC pursuant to the merger
agreement was fair from a financial point of view to such
stockholders. The Special Committee noted that Morgan Stanley
had been selected as its financial advisor after a competitive
process, based upon the firms strong reputation,
experience in transactions of this kind and knowledge of UGC,
its business and the industries in which UGC and LMI operate.
In evaluating the presentation and opinion of Morgan Stanley,
which is summarized below under Opinion of the
Financial Advisor to the Special Committee, the Special
Committee considered that Morgan Stanleys compensation
arrangements had been structured and negotiated to enhance the
firms ability to provide objective advice to the Special
Committee for the benefit of the unaffiliated stockholders of
UGC. Morgan Stanley was entitled to receive an initial fee of
$1.0 million at the time the engagement letter was
executed. Morgan Stanley became entitled to receive an
additional fee of $4.5 million at the time the Special
Committee requested, and Morgan Stanley delivered, an opinion as
to the fairness, from a financial point of view, of the merger
consideration to be received by the unaffiliated stockholders of
UGC. Morgan Stanley would have received the same fee had its
opinion been as to the inadequacy of the merger consideration
from a financial point of view. Morgan Stanley will not receive
any additional compensation upon the successful completion of
the UGC merger. The Special Committee believed that this fee
arrangement helped advance the interests of the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC by ensuring that the Special Committee
received the unbiased advice of its financial advisor.
In evaluating the presentation and opinion of Morgan Stanley,
which is summarized below under Opinion of the
Financial Advisor to the Special Committee, the Special
Committee noted that Morgan Stanley considered the results of
all of its analyses as a whole and did not attribute any
particular weight to any particular analysis or factor
considered by it. The Special Committee observed that the merger
consideration was generally lower than the implied merger
consideration ranges generated by two of the analyses performed
by Morgan Stanley, described below under
Discounted Cash Flow Analysis and
Equity Research
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Analysts Price Targets. In considering the
discounted cash flow analysis, the Special Committee recognized
that Morgan Stanley had judged it appropriate to conduct its
analysis based on a management case and an adjusted case. The
Special Committee noted Morgan Stanleys view that the
adjusted case likely reflected a more balanced view of
UGCs future performance, and that the low end of the
adjusted case discounted cash flow analysis implied an equity
value per share of UGC common stock equal to the cash
consideration per share in the proposed transaction. The Special
Committee also took note of Morgan Stanleys observation
that equity research analyst price targets for LMI and UGC
varied widely and, in any event, may not have provided the most
reliable estimates of the value of either company. In reviewing
each of the analyses presented by Morgan Stanley, the Special
Committee also considered the fact, pointed out by Morgan
Stanley to the Special Committee, that LMIs significant
ownership interest in UGC meant that relatively significant
increases in the implied value of UGC would likely be necessary
in order to have a material impact on the relative exchange
ratio. The Special Committee further noted that Morgan Stanley
had provided other valuation metrics that were supportive of its
analysis.
Holders of Majority of Public Shares Determine Whether
Transaction is Completed. The provisions of the merger
agreement permit the holders of a majority of UGCs
publicly held shares (excluding shares held by LMI, Liberty or
any of their respective subsidiaries or any of the executive
officers or directors of LMI, Liberty or UGC) to determine
whether to approve the UGC merger. The Special Committee
believed that this decision, which it expected would be taken in
light of, among other things, the detailed information provided
to the stockholders of UGC in this joint proxy statement/
prospectus regarding the transaction and the factors considered
by the Special Committee and the UGC board of directors in
making their respective recommendations would allow each
stockholder of UGC to make its own informed judgment as to
whether the proposed transactions are in its best interests.
Premium Analysis. Based upon the presentation made by
Morgan Stanley, the Special Committee noted that the equity and
cash merger consideration represented a premium to the
unaffiliated stockholders of UGC relative to many of the
benchmarks summarized below under Opinion of
the Financial Advisor to the Special Committee
Exchange Ratio and Price Premium Analysis. The Special
Committee noted in particular that the equity merger
consideration represented an exchange ratio premium of:
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January 11, 2005, the last trading day prior to the
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The Special Committee also noted that the equity merger
consideration represented an exchange ratio discount with
respect to other benchmarks presented by Morgan Stanley,
including a discount of approximately 3.6% with respect to the
UGC and LMI closing stock prices on November 11, 2004 and
of 2.3% with respect to the UGC and LMI closing stock prices on
January 14, 2005. The Special Committee noted Morgan
Stanleys observation that the proposed exchange ratio
would have represented a premium to the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC on 135 of the 158 trading days between
June 2, 2004, the day on which the LMI Series A common
stock commenced being publicly traded on a when-issued basis,
and the last trading date before the entry into the merger
agreement.
The Special Committee also took note of Morgan Stanleys
observation that, in transactions involving stock consideration,
premiums paid by the acquirer are generally smaller than in
all-cash transactions in recognition of the target
stockholders continuing opportunity to benefit from the
performance of the combined company and to realize the benefits
of the combination. In reviewing the benchmarks presented by
Morgan Stanley, the Special Committee also considered the fact,
pointed out by Morgan Stanley to the Special Committee as noted
above, that LMIs significant ownership interest in UGC
meant that relatively significant increases in
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the implied value of UGC would likely be necessary in order to
have a material impact on the relative exchange ratio and
corresponding premium paid.
After discussion, the Special Committee concluded that a very
large premium in this context was therefore unlikely, and that
the range of historical exchange ratios supported the conclusion
that the proposed transaction is fair to the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC.
Option to Receive Cash Provides Some Protection Against Stock
Price Declines. The Special Committee noted that the option
to elect to receive cash for up to 20% of the aggregate value of
the merger consideration payable to the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC provides some protection to the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC if the price of LMIs stock declines
prior to closing.
Opportunity Benefits of Participation in the Combined
Company. Because unaffiliated stockholders of UGC will have
the option to receive up to 100% of the merger consideration in
stock of the combined company, they will have the opportunity to
participate in the benefits expected to be realized by the
transaction in the future.
UGC management and Morgan Stanley discussed with the Special
Committee potentially significant synergies, strategic
opportunities and other benefits that the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC would have the opportunity to participate in
as stockholders of the combined company. The benefits discussed
included: the creation of a company able to operate around the
world and achieve the benefits of such scale; the creation of a
more liquid stock with larger public float, which should also
represent a stronger acquisition currency; the elimination of a
holding company discount in the LMI stock price; enhanced
position with vendors, manufacturers and content providers;
enhanced growth potential given stronger position to pursue
distribution, consolidation and content investment
opportunities; a strong balance sheet, which should reduce the
combined companys future financing costs; and
organizational and corporate synergies.
Confidence in Combined Company Management. The Special
Committee noted that the Chief Executive Officer of the combined
company would be Michael T. Fries, the current Chief Executive
Officer of UGC. The Special Committee considered that its
familiarity with Mr. Fries abilities and past
performance gave increased confidence that the intended benefits
of the UGC merger would be achieved.
Investment in Japanese Distribution and Content Assets at an
Attractive Valuation. The Special Committee considered the
valuations implied by Morgan Stanleys analysis of the
Japanese distribution and content assets to be contributed to
the combined company by LMI in the mergers and the other
transactions contemplated by the UGC merger and, after
discussions with Morgan Stanley regarding comparable valuation
multiples for similar assets in the industry, found them
attractive as a financial matter. In particular, the Special
Committee took note of Morgan Stanleys analysis that the
proposed transaction implied UGC stockholders would receive a
stake in the assets of Jupiter Telecommunications Co, Ltd., or
J-COM, at a valuation multiple of 5.9 times J-COMs 2005
estimated EBITDA, which compared favorably to comparable company
analyses provided by Morgan Stanley indicating that valuation
multiples of 9 to 10 times estimated 2005 EBITDA would be within
a market range for similar assets. The Special Committee further
observed that these assets offered growth opportunities to the
unaffiliated stockholders of UGC in diverse markets. The Special
Committee believed that this opportunity for the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC to participate in the value of J-COM at a
relatively attractive valuation supported the view that the
merger is fair to such stockholders.
Improved Management Attention and Focus. Because LMI and
UGC operate similar businesses in many respects, their current
structure creates significant long-term potential for conflicts
between the two companies over the exploitation of commercial
opportunities. The Special Committee observed that uniting the
two businesses under a single management team will eliminate any
such conflicts and permit a unified management team to pursue
opportunities more efficiently.
Improved Equity Position. The Special Committee noted
that, as a result of the UGC merger and assuming that all
unaffiliated stockholders of UGC elect to receive Liberty Global
stock, the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC would hold
approximately 25% of the aggregate voting power of Liberty
Global, which would have no single stockholder or group of
stockholders exercising voting control over the combined
company. This contrasts to the current situation of unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC, who have a minority voting interest in a
company controlled by LMI.
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Intention to Commence Share Repurchases. The Special
Committee noted that LMI had stated that, given the substantial
liquidity and free cash flow profile of the combined company,
LMI expected that the Liberty Global board of directors would
authorize a stock repurchase program following the combination.
The Special Committee noted that this expectation underscores
LMIs belief in the value of the combined business. LMI and
UGC subsequently announced that they expect the Liberty Global
board to authorize such a program and that any share repurchases
under the program would occur from time to time in the open
market or in privately negotiated transactions, subject to
market conditions.
Growth Opportunities. The Special Committee recognized
the opportunity for growth to be greater as part of the combined
company. Important opportunities to acquire assets from third
parties are expected to arise in Europe in the near future, and
UGCs ability to avail itself of these opportunities will
be greatly enhanced by a combination with LMI. The Special
Committee also observed that the Japanese business interests
owned by LMI provide significant opportunities for growth, both
within Japan and in other important Asian growth markets. The
combined company is expected to have a significantly stronger
balance sheet than UGC and the ability to offer stock as an
acquisition currency at more favorable valuations.
Diversification Benefits. The Special Committee noted
that by combining UGCs principally European and Latin
American business with LMIs Japanese business, UGC
stockholders would own a company with a more diverse portfolio
of investments, which would be better able to weather economic
change including fluctuations in foreign exchange rates.
Absence of Ability to Sell UGC to Third Party. LMI
informed the Special Committee early in the negotiations that it
was not interested in pursuing a sale of all of its interest in
UGC. In light of LMIs intentions, the Special Committee
concluded that realization of third party sale value or causing
a sale of a substantial portion, in a liquidation, break-up or
similar transaction, of UGCs assets were not alternatives
available to UGC. Consequently, the Special Committee considered
a transaction with LMI or continuing UGC as a publicly traded
entity, with LMI remaining as controlling stockholder, as the
only practical alternatives available. The Special Committee
determined that the merger afforded the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC the opportunity to participate in the
benefits of the combined company described above under
Opportunity Benefits of Participation in the
Combined Company, as well as the other benefits described
above under Investment in Japanese
Distribution and Content Assets at an Attractive
Valuation, Improved Management Attention
and Focus, Growth Opportunities
and Diversification Benefits. The
Special Committee observed that none of these benefits would be
available to the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC if UGC
continued as a publicly traded company with LMI as its
controlling stockholder and deemed this alternative inferior to
the proposed transaction.
Terms of Merger Agreement. The Special Committee
considered the draft merger agreement and the summary of the key
terms and provisions thereof provided by its counsel. The
Special Committee concluded that the terms and provisions of the
merger agreement were customary for transactions of this kind
and provided appropriate protections to the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC. The merger agreement provides only limited
circumstances under which LMI is permitted to not close the
transaction, and any termination of the merger agreement by UGC
must be approved by the Special Committee. The voting agreement
entered into by Mr. Malone, pursuant to which he agreed to
vote the LMI shares that he owns or which he has the right to
vote (representing, as of February 28, 2005, approximately
26.5% of the aggregate voting power of LMI) in favor of the
merger agreement and the LMI merger, increases the likelihood
that the merger agreement and the LMI merger will be approved by
the LMI stockholders.
Financing of Transaction. The Special Committee noted
that LMI has available to it sufficient cash to pay the cash
portion of the merger consideration and the combined company
will have sufficient cash to fund the potential stock purchase
program described above after the closing.
Stock Consideration Non-Taxable. The Special Committee
noted that the receipt of Liberty Global stock by the
unaffiliated stockholders of UGC validly electing to receive
stock as merger consideration will generally not be taxable to
such stockholders.
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Market Price of Shares. The Special Committee was aware
that the relative trading prices of UGC and LMI at the market
close on January 14, 2005 implied that LMI would be
acquiring the shares of UGC held by the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC at a very slight discount to market. After
discussions with Morgan Stanley and review of the analyses
described below under Opinion of the Financial
Advisor to the Special Committee, the Special Committee
concluded that the long-term valuations of UGC and LMI provided
by Morgan Stanley were more accurate indicators of the
underlying values of UGC and LMI than either of their market
closing prices on any particular date. The Special Committee
also noted that the merger consideration represented a premium
to the unaffiliated UGC stockholders relative to many of the
other benchmarks presented by Morgan Stanley. See the discussion
above under Premium Analysis.
Exposure to Japanese Market. While acknowledging the
diversification opportunity that LMIs investments in the
Japanese broadband and programming markets offers the
unaffiliated stockholders of UGC, the Special Committee also
considered that such diversification carried with it exposure to
new and different risk factors for the unaffiliated stockholders
of UGC, including exposure to downturns in the Japanese economy
and new foreign currency exchange risks.
Tax Treatment. The Special Committee was aware that the
receipt of the $9.58 per share cash price available to the
unaffiliated stockholders of UGC validly electing to receive
cash consideration, subject to proration, will generally be
taxable to such stockholders.
Risks the Mergers May Not be Completed. The Special
Committee considered the risk that the conditions to the merger
agreement may not be satisfied and, therefore, that the UGC
merger may not be consummated.
The Special Committee did not consider the third party sale
value or liquidation or break-up of UGCs assets because
LMI stated that it was not willing to pursue these alternatives.
As the beneficial owner of a majority of the aggregate voting
power of UGCs stock, LMI can prevent the pursuit of these
alternatives. The Special Committee did not consider the net
book value of UGC to be a useful indicator of UGCs value
because UGCs value as a going concern exceeds its net book
value and because the Special Committee believed that the net
book value of UGC is indicative of historical costs but is not a
material indicator of the value of UGC as a going concern.
Conflicts of Interest. The Special Committee was aware of
the conflicts of interest of the members of the UGC board of
directors who are also officers or directors of LMI, as well as
the potential conflicts of interest of management
representatives on the UGC board. The Special Committee believes
that the process of using a committee of independent directors,
together with the condition that the UGC merger and the merger
agreement be approved by a majority of the stockholders of UGC
(other than LMI, Liberty or any of their respective subsidiaries
or any of the executive officers or directors of LMI, Liberty or
UGC), effectively mitigates these potential conflicts.
This discussion summarizes the material factors considered by
the Special Committee, including factors that support as well as
weigh against the UGC merger, the merger agreement, the voting
agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby. In view of
the variety of factors and the amount of information considered,
the Special Committee did not find it practicable to, and did
not, make specific assessments of, quantify, or otherwise assign
relative weights to these factors in reaching its determination.
In addition, individual members of the Special Committee may
have given different weights to different factors. The
determination that the UGC merger, on the terms and conditions
set forth in the merger agreement and the voting agreement, is
substantively and procedurally fair to, and in the best
interests of, the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC was made
after consideration of all of these factors as a whole. The
Special Committee concluded that the supportive factors
outweighed the negative factors.
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Fairness Determination and Recommendation of the UGC
Board |
Following the meeting of the Special Committee, based upon the
recommendation of the Special Committee [and adopting the
analysis of the Special Committee], the UGC board unanimously
determined that the UGC merger, on the terms and conditions set
forth in the merger agreement and voting agreement, is
[substantively and procedurally] fair to, and in the best
interests of, the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC. The UGC
board also unanimously determined that:
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merger agreement and the voting agreement, is fair to, and in
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authorized UGC to enter into the merger agreement and the voting
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resolved to recommend that the UGC stockholders approve the UGC
merger and approve and adopt the merger agreement; and |
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resolved to call a special meeting of the UGC stockholders for
the purpose of submitting the merger agreement and the
transactions set forth therein to the UGC stockholders. |
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In addition to the analysis of the Special Committee[, which was
adopted by the UGC board in reaching its fairness
determination,] the UGC board of directors considered that the
Special Committee received from Morgan Stanley an opinion that,
as of the date of the opinion and based upon and subject to the
assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth in the
opinion, the merger consideration to be received by the
unaffiliated stockholders of UGC pursuant to the merger
agreement was fair from a financial point of view to such
stockholders.
Opinion of the Financial Advisor to the Special Committee
The Special Committee engaged Morgan Stanley to provide
financial advisory services in connection with the UGC merger.
Morgan Stanley was selected by the Special Committee based upon
Morgan Stanleys qualifications, expertise and reputation,
as well as its knowledge of the business and affairs of UGC and
the industry in which UGC operates. At a meeting of the Special
Committee held on January 17, 2005, Morgan Stanley
delivered its oral opinion, subsequently confirmed in writing,
that, as of that date, and based upon and subject to the
assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth in the
opinion, the consideration to be received by the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC pursuant to the merger agreement was fair
from a financial point of view to such stockholders.
The full text of Morgan Stanleys opinion, dated
January 17, 2005, which sets forth, among other things, the
assumptions made, procedures followed, matters considered and
qualifications and limitations on the scope of the review
undertaken by Morgan Stanley in rendering its opinion, is
included as Appendix D to this joint proxy statement/
prospectus. The summary of Morgan Stanleys fairness
opinion set forth in this joint proxy statement/ prospectus is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the
opinion. Stockholders should read this opinion carefully and in
its entirety. Morgan Stanleys opinion is directed to the
Special Committee and only addresses the fairness from a
financial point of view of the consideration to be received by
the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC pursuant to the merger
agreement. Morgan Stanleys opinion does not address any
other aspect of the mergers and does not constitute a
recommendation to any UGC stockholder as to how to vote at the
UGC stockholders meeting or as to what form of
consideration UGC stockholders should elect. Morgan Stanley has
consented to the inclusion of its report and the summary of its
report in this joint proxy statement/ prospectus. By rendering
its opinion and giving such consent Morgan Stanley has not
admitted that it is an expert with respect to any part of this
joint proxy statement/ prospectus within the meaning of the term
expert as used in, or that Morgan Stanley comes
within the category of persons whose consent is required under,
the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.
In connection with rendering its opinion, Morgan Stanley, among
other things:
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other information of UGC and LMI; |
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financial and operating data concerning UGC and LMI prepared by
the managements of UGC and LMI, respectively; |
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reviewed certain financial projections prepared by the
respective managements of UGC and LMI; |
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discussed the past and current operations and financial
condition and prospects of UGC and LMI with senior executives of
UGC and LMI, respectively; |
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considered information relating to certain strategic, financial
and operational benefits anticipated from the UGC merger,
discussed with the management of UGC; |
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discussed the strategic rationale for the UGC merger with the
senior executives of UGC; |
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reviewed the reported prices and trading activity of the UGC
Class A common stock and the LMI Series A common stock; |
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compared the financial performance of UGC and LMI, as well as
the prices and trading activity of the UGC Class A common
stock and the LMI Series A common stock with that of
certain other comparable publicly-traded companies and their
securities; |
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reviewed the financial terms, to the extent publicly available,
of selected minority buy-back transactions; |
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participated in discussions and negotiations among
representatives of UGC and LMI and their respective financial
and legal advisors; |
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reviewed the proposed merger agreement and certain related
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performed such other analyses and considered such other factors
as Morgan Stanley deemed appropriate. |
In arriving at its opinion, Morgan Stanley assumed and relied
upon without independent verification the accuracy and
completeness of the information reviewed by Morgan Stanley for
the purposes of its opinion. With respect to the internal
financial statements, other financial and operating data, and
financial forecasts, including information relating to certain
strategic, financial and operational benefits anticipated from
the UGC merger, Morgan Stanley assumed that they had been
reasonably prepared on bases reflecting best available estimates
and judgments of the future financial performance of UGC and
LMI. Morgan Stanley also relied without independent
investigation on the assessment by the executives of UGC
regarding the strategic rationale for the UGC merger. In
addition, Morgan Stanley assumed that the mergers will be
consummated in accordance with the terms set forth in the
proposed merger agreement, including, among other things, that
the LMI merger and UGC merger will be treated as a tax-free
reorganization and exchange, respectively, each pursuant to the
Code, without material modification, delay or waiver. Morgan
Stanley did not make any independent valuation or appraisal of
the assets or liabilities or technologies of UGC or LMI, nor was
Morgan Stanley furnished with any such appraisals. Morgan
Stanleys opinion is necessarily based upon financial,
economic, market and other conditions as in effect on, and the
information made available to it as of, January 17, 2005.
In arriving at its opinion, Morgan Stanley was not authorized to
solicit, and did not solicit, interest from any party with
respect to an acquisition, business combination or other
extraordinary transaction involving UGC or its assets.
The following is a summary of the material financial analyses
performed by Morgan Stanley in connection with its opinion. Some
of these summaries include information presented in tabular
format. In order to understand fully the financial analyses used
by Morgan Stanley, the tables must be read together with the
text of each summary. The tables alone do not constitute a
complete description of the analyses used by Morgan Stanley.
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Historical Share Price Analysis |
Morgan Stanley reviewed the historical price performance and
trading volumes of UGC Class A common stock from
January 20, 2004 through January 14, 2005, and of LMI
Series A common stock from June 2, 2004 through
January 14, 2005. For the period that Morgan Stanley
reviewed UGCs share price, the high and low closing prices
were $10.60 and $6.00, respectively, and for the period that
Morgan Stanley reviewed LMIs share price, the high and low
closing prices were $47.27 and $29.15, respectively.
Morgan Stanley also reviewed the respective recent stock price
performances of UGC Class A common stock and LMI
Series A common stock in comparison to the stock price
performances of selected comparable companies, as well as with
the S&P 500. Morgan Stanley observed the appreciation or
depreciation in closing market prices over certain time periods
as shown below:
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The foregoing historical share price analysis was presented to
the Special Committee to provide it with background information
and perspective with respect to the relative historical share
prices and share price performances of UGC and LMI. No company
used in the share price performance analysis is identical to UGC
or LMI because of differences in business mix, operations and
other characteristics.
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Comparable Company Analysis |
Morgan Stanley compared certain publicly available financial
information of UGC with corresponding publicly available
information for the following cable companies:
U.S. Cable Companies
Comcast Corp.
Cablevision Systems Corp.
Charter Communications, Inc.
Insight Communications Co.
European Cable Companies
NTL Inc.
Telewest Global Inc.
For each of the comparable companies, Morgan Stanley calculated
the current cable aggregate value, defined as equity value plus
net debt and minority interests and less unconsolidated and
non-cable assets, as a multiple of 2005 estimated earnings
before expenses for interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization, or EBITDA, based upon publicly available
information, including reports of equity research analysts. The
multiples calculated in this analysis are referred to in this
section as the aggregate value/2005E EBITDA multiples.
Morgan Stanley calculated implied equity values per share of UGC
common stock by applying aggregate value/2005E EBITDA multiples
ranging from 8.0x to 9.0x to UGCs 2005 estimated EBITDA,
as provided by UGC management, and to UGCs 2005 estimated
EBITDA as provided by management and converted at
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a current spot rate of US$1.31 per Euro. The following
table presents the ranges of equity values per common share
implied by this analysis:
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Morgan Stanley noted that the implied value of the stock
consideration per share of UGC common stock in the merger was
$9.42 as of January 14, 2005, and that the cash
consideration was $9.58 per share of UGC common stock.
No company used in the comparable company analysis is identical
to UGC because of differences between the business mix,
operations and other characteristics of UGC and the comparable
companies. In evaluating the comparable companies, Morgan
Stanley made judgments and assumptions with regard to industry
performance, general business, economic, market and financial
conditions and other matters, many of which are beyond the
control of UGC, such as the impact of currency exchange rates,
competition on the business of UGC as well as on the industry
generally, industry growth and the absence of any adverse
material change in the financial condition and prospects of UGC
or the industry or in the markets generally.
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Morgan Stanley performed a discounted cash flow analysis of the
projected unlevered free cash flows of UGC. This analysis was
based upon 2005 projections and long-term growth assumptions for
the period beginning January 1, 2005 and ending
December 31, 2009 prepared by UGC management.
Morgan Stanley calculated implied equity values per share of UGC
common stock by using discount rates ranging from 8% to 10% and
terminal value multiples of estimated 2010 EBITDA ranging from
7.5x to 8.5x. Morgan Stanley calculated different ranges of
equity values per share of UGC common stock by utilizing the
2005 projections and long-term growth rate guidance provided by
UGC management, as well as sensitivities performed by Morgan
Stanley adjusting for various revenue growth rates and EBITDA
margins. The following table presents the ranges of implied
equity values per share of UGC common stock implied by this
analysis:
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Morgan Stanley noted that the implied value of the stock
consideration per share of UGC common stock in the merger was
$9.42 as of January 14, 2005, and that the cash
consideration was $9.58 per share of UGC common stock.
The discount rates used in the discounted cash flow analysis of
UGC reflect UGCs weighted average cost of capital. The
weighted average cost of capital represents the cost of capital
for UGC based upon the relative proportion of debt, preferred
equity and common equity employed by UGC. The terminal EBITDA
multiple range used in the discounted cash flow analysis was
based upon a review of the trading multiples for, and the
business position of, UGC and other comparable companies, as
well as reviewing implied perpetual growth rates.
While discounted cash flow analysis is a widely accepted and
practiced valuation methodology, it relies on a number of
assumptions including growth rates, terminal multiples, discount
rates and currency exchange rates.
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The valuation stated above is not necessarily indicative of
UGCs actual, present or future value or results, which may
be more or less favorable than suggested by this type of
analysis.
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Morgan Stanley performed an analysis of LMI as the sum of its
constituent businesses and performed financial analyses on the
assets represented by LMIs investments in the following
entities:
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This analysis was performed to determine an implied valuation
range for LMI common stock.
Morgan Stanley reviewed various publicly available financial,
operating and stock market information, as well as financial
data and forecasts provided by LMI management, for the
individual LMI businesses. Based upon this data, Morgan Stanley
estimated implied value ranges for each constituent business by
applying analyses as appropriate for the individual business
segments, including analyses based upon book value, per
subscriber value, multiples to 2004 and 2005 estimated EBITDA,
as provided by LMI management and publicly available research
reports, and public market value, taking into account applicable
tax rates. The multiples for the various assets used in the
sum-of-the-parts analysis were arrived at after a review of
publicly traded companies with a similar operating profile to
the LMI assets. Market position, growth prospects and
profitability were a few of the many factors used in comparing
the LMI assets to the publicly traded comparables.
This analysis yielded an implied valuation range of LMI common
stock of $48.86 to $51.13 per share. Morgan Stanley then
applied discounts of 10%, 15% and 20% to approximate the holding
company discount for LMIs UGC holdings that is widely
acknowledged by the research community. Applying these discounts
to the sum-of-the-parts analysis yielded an implied valuation
range of LMI common stock of $44.26 to $48.83 per share.
Morgan Stanley noted that the closing price per share of LMI
Series A common stock was $43.69 as of January 14,
2005.
In connection with its sum-of-the-parts analysis, Morgan Stanley
noted in particular the values of Jupiter Telecommunications
Co., Ltd., or J-COM, implied by the 0.2155x exchange ratio
pursuant to the merger agreement, as well as the exchange ratios
implied by deriving share prices for LMI based upon valuations
of LMIs 45.45% ownership stake in J-COM. Morgan Stanley
applied various analyses in order to arrive at an implied value
range for J-COM, including analyses based upon multiples to 2005
EBITDA, which were included in the sum-of-the-parts analysis, as
well as discounted cash flow analyses. Morgan Stanley observed
that, applying the valuations of LMIs assets, other than
UGC and J-COM, derived in connection with the sum-of-the-parts
analysis, as well as both the exchange ratio of 0.2155x pursuant
to the merger and LMIs share price of $43.69 as of
January 14, 2005, the implied forward EBITDA multiple for
J-COM was 5.9x. In
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addition, Morgan Stanley observed that, based upon valuations of
LMIs 45.45% stake in J-COM implied by Morgan
Stanleys analyses and assuming values per share of UGC
common stock of $10.00, $11.00 and $12.00, the implied exchange
ratios derived from the resulting implied LMI per share prices
ranged from 0.1780x to 0.1954x.
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Morgan Stanley reviewed the range of available price targets
prepared and published by equity research analysts for UGC
Class A common stock and LMI Series A common stock
during the periods from September 22, 2004 to
January 14, 2005 for UGC and from November 15, 2004 to
December 8, 2004 for LMI. These price targets reflect each
analysts estimate of the future public market trading
price of UGC Class A common stock or LMI Series A
common stock, as applicable, at the end of the relevant period
considered for each estimate. Applying a discount rate of 10% to
these price targets, Morgan Stanley arrived at a range of
present values for the per share price targets as of January
2005. The results of this analysis are set forth below:
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Morgan Stanley noted that the analysis summarized above included
present values with respect to two research price targets for
UGC Class A common stock that had been increased on
January 14, 2005 from prior research reports. On
January 14, 2005, Morgan Stanley issued a new research
report increasing its price target for UGC Class A common
stock from $9.00, or $8.31 at present value, to $11.00, or
$10.00 at present value. Also on January 14, 2005, Janco
Partners issued a new research report increasing its price
target for UGC Class A common stock from $12.43, or $11.48
at present value, to $15.27, or $13.88 at present value.
Morgan Stanley also noted that the public market trading price
targets published by the securities research analysts do not
reflect current market trading prices and are subject to
uncertainties, including the future financial performances of
UGC and LMI, as applicable, and future financial market
conditions.
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Precedent Transaction Analysis |
Morgan Stanley reviewed publicly available information with
respect to selected minority buy-back transactions. The
transactions reviewed included transactions involving cash
and/or stock consideration with aggregate transaction values in
excess of $1 billion, referred to in this section as the
cash/stock transactions, and stock only transactions with
aggregate transaction values in excess of $500 million,
referred to in this section as the stock-only transactions. For
each transaction, Morgan Stanley analyzed, as of the
announcement date, the premium offered by the acquiror to the
targets closing price one day prior to the announcement of
the transaction. In the cash/stock transactions, the range of
final premiums was 10.5% to 47.6%, with a median of 23.5%. In
the stock-only transactions, the range of final premiums was
2.3% to 47.6%, with a median of 19.4%. The foregoing precedent
transaction analysis was presented to the Special Committee to
provide it with background information and perspective in
connection with its review of the UGC merger.
No company or transaction utilized in the analysis of selected
precedent transactions is identical to UGC, LMI or the UGC
merger. Mathematical analysis, such as determining the average
or median, is not in itself a meaningful method of using
precedent transaction data.
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Exchange Ratio and Price Premium Analyses |
Morgan Stanley reviewed the ratios determined by dividing the
closing prices of UGC Class A common stock by the closing
prices of LMI Series A common stock for certain periods
from June 2, 2004 to January 14, 2005. Morgan Stanley
then examined the premiums represented by the exchange ratio of
0.2155 pursuant to the merger agreement as compared to these
ratios of closing market prices of UGC common stock to LMI
common stock. The results of this analysis are set forth below:
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January 14, 2005
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0.2206 |
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0.2131 |
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December 14, 2004
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0.1914 |
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December 10, 2004
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0.1931 |
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November 11, 2004
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0.2235 |
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Five Trading Day Average During the Period from June 2,
2004 to January 14, 2005
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Ten Trading Day Average During the Period from June 2, 2004
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Twenty Trading Day Average During the Period from June 2,
2004 to January 14, 2005
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Morgan Stanley also examined the implied percentage premium of
the $9.42 implied stock consideration, as of January 14,
2005, and of the $9.58 cash consideration, each as compared to
UGCs Class A common stock closing prices over various
periods. The results of this analysis are set forth below:
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Based upon 0.2155x exchange ratio and current LMI share price of
$43.69 as of January 14, 2005 |
The preparation of a fairness opinion is a complex process and
is not necessarily susceptible to a partial analysis or summary
description. In arriving at its opinion, Morgan Stanley
considered the results of all of its analyses as a whole and did
not attribute any particular weight to any particular analysis
or factor considered by it. The summary provided and the
analyses described above must be considered as a whole, and
selecting any portion of Morgan Stanleys analyses, without
considering all analyses, would create an incomplete view of the
process underlying Morgan Stanleys opinion. In addition,
Morgan Stanley may have given various analyses and factors more
or less weight than other analyses and factors and may have
deemed various
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assumptions more or less probable than other assumptions, so
that the ranges of valuations resulting from any particular
analysis described above should not be taken to be Morgan
Stanleys view of the actual value of UGC or LMI.
In performing its analysis, Morgan Stanley made numerous
assumptions with respect to industry performance, general
business and economic conditions and other matters, many of
which are beyond the control of UGC and LMI. Any estimates
contained in the analyses performed by Morgan Stanley are not
necessarily indicative of actual values, which may be
significantly more or less favorable than suggested by such
estimates. The analyses performed were prepared solely as a part
of Morgan Stanleys analysis of the fairness from a
financial point of view of the consideration to be received by
the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC pursuant to the merger
agreement and were conducted in connection with the delivery by
Morgan Stanley of its opinion, dated January 17, 2005, to
the Special Committee. Morgan Stanleys analyses do not
purport to be appraisals or to reflect the prices at which
shares of UGC common stock or LMI common stock might actually
trade.
The consideration to be received by the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC pursuant to the merger agreement was
determined through negotiations between the Special Committee
and LMI and was approved by UGCs board of directors.
Morgan Stanleys opinion to the Special Committee was one
of many factors taken into consideration by the UGC board of
directors in making its determination to approve the merger.
Morgan Stanley is an internationally recognized investment
banking and advisory firm. Morgan Stanley, as part of its
investment banking and financial advisory business, is
continuously engaged in the valuation of businesses and their
securities in connection with mergers and acquisitions,
negotiated underwritings, competitive biddings, secondary
distributions of listed and unlisted securities, private
placements and valuations for corporate and other purposes. In
the past, Morgan Stanley and its affiliates have provided
financial advisory and financing services for UGC and have
received fees for the rendering of these services. Morgan
Stanley received fees of approximately
1 million
during the past two years in connection with such services and
expects to be paid a fee of approximately $1.5 million for
services being provided to UGC other than in connection with
this transaction. In the ordinary course of its business, Morgan
Stanley and its affiliates may from time to time trade in the
securities or the indebtedness of UGC and LMI and its affiliates
for its own account, the accounts of investment funds and other
clients under the management of Morgan Stanley and for the
accounts of its customers and accordingly, may at any time hold
a long or short position in such securities or indebtedness for
any such account.
Pursuant to an engagement letter dated December 22, 2004,
UGC agreed to pay Morgan Stanley a financial advisory fee of
$1 million. In addition, UGC agreed to pay Morgan Stanley a
transaction fee of $4.5 million upon delivery of its
opinion. UGC also agreed to reimburse Morgan Stanley for its
expenses incurred in performing its services and to indemnify
Morgan Stanley and its affiliates, their respective directors,
officers, agents and employees and each person, if any,
controlling Morgan Stanley or any of its affiliates against
certain liabilities and expenses, including certain liabilities
under federal securities laws, related to or arising out of
Morgan Stanleys engagement and any related transactions.
Fairness Determinations of the Boards of Directors of LMI,
Liberty Global, LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger Sub
The UGC merger is considered a 13e-3 transaction for
purposes of Rule 13e-3 under the Exchange Act because each
of LMI, Liberty Global, LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger Sub is an
affiliate of UGC and public stockholders of UGC are entitled to
receive consideration in the UGC merger other than Liberty
Global common stock. As a result, under Rule 13e-3, LMI,
Liberty Global, LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger Sub are each
required to consider the substantive and procedural fairness of
the UGC merger to the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC.
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Fairness Determination of the LMI Board |
The LMI board of directors determined that the transactions
contemplated by the merger agreement, including the UGC merger,
are, substantively and procedurally, fair to the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC. In making this determination, the LMI board
considered various factors, including:
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that the merger was negotiated with the Special Committee, which
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that the merger is structured so that it is a condition to the
completion of the merger that it be approved by at least a
majority of the outstanding shares of UGC common stock not
beneficially owned by LMI or Liberty or the directors and
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that the 0.2155 to 1.0 exchange ratio represents an 8.6% premium
over the closing sale price for the shares of UGC Class A
common stock on December 14, 2004, the last trading day
before Mr. Malones first conversation with the
Special Committee, and a slight premium over the closing sale
price of those shares on January 11, 2005, the last trading
day before LMI management and the Special Committee reached an
agreement in principle on the financial terms of the UGC merger.
The LMI board also considered that from the time of the LMI spin
off in June 2004 through the last trading day before the public
announcement of the mergers, the historical ratio in which the
shares of UGC Class A common stock has traded relative to
the LMI Series A common stock has predominantly been below
the 0.2155 exchange ratio; |
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its belief that since LMIs spin off from Liberty in June
2004, UGCs historical trading price has included an
acquisition premium attributable to market
speculation that LMI would buy out the public minority
stockholders of UGC; |
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its belief that LMI common stock trades with a holding company
discount of between 9% and 19%, implying a larger premium to the
unaffiliated stockholders of UGC on a fair value to fair value
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that the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC who elect to receive
Liberty Global stock will have the opportunity to participate in
LMIs Japanese cable distribution and programming
businesses, as well as continue to participate in the potential
growth of the businesses of UGC; |
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that LMI was foregoing its ability to obtain a control premium
for its investment in UGC, while the unaffiliated stockholders
of UGC who become stockholders of Liberty Global would
participate as stockholders of the new company in any control
premium because there will be no single controlling stockholder
of the new company; |
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that LMI has sufficient voting power to determine a disposition
of UGC, and informed the Special Committee that it would not be
interested in a sale of UGC to a third party; and |
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the fact that the Special Committee received an opinion from
Morgan Stanley to the effect that, as of the date of such
opinion and based upon and subject to the assumptions,
qualifications and limitations set forth in the opinion, the
consideration to be received by the unaffiliated stockholders of
UGC pursuant to the merger agreement was fair from a financial
point of view to such stockholders. LMI management recognized
that Morgan Stanleys opinion is directed solely to the
Special Committee, and that LMI is not entitled to rely on that
opinion. |
In addition to the foregoing positive factors which the LMI
board considered in making its fairness determination, the LMI
board also evaluated the following negative factors, which it
viewed as insufficient to outweigh the positive factors:
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that on January 14, 2005, the last trading day prior to the
LMI board meeting approving the merger agreement, the UGC
Class A common stock was trading above the 0.2155 exchange
ratio; and |
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that the holders of UGC Class A common stock are not
entitled to appraisal rights under Delaware law, and that no
provision is included in the merger agreement to provide them
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The LMI board further considered the prices at which each of LMI
and, before its spin off from Liberty in June 2004, Liberty had
purchased shares of UGC over the preceding two year period,
including the range of prices paid in such purchases. With the
exception of Libertys acquisition of all of the UGC
Class B common stock of the founders of UGC in January
2004, all UGC stock purchases during that two-year period were
made at prices between $3.62 and $8.59 per share, which is
below the $9.58 cash consideration being offered to the
unaffiliated stockholders of UGC in the cash election and the
$9.42 implied value of the exchange ratio being made available
in the stock election, as of January 14, 2005, the last
trading day prior to the LMI board meeting approving the merger
agreement. Those purchases had all involved shares of UGC
Class A common stock purchased pursuant to the exercise of
contractual preemptive rights or pursuant to subscription rights
that had been made available to all UGC stockholders. In the
case of Libertys acquisition of the shares of UGC
Class B common stock from the UGC founders, the average per
share price paid for those shares was $19.93. The LMI board did
not view the amount paid for the shares of UGC Class B
common stock acquired from the UGC founders as relevant to its
determination of the fairness of the consideration being paid to
the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC in the UGC merger. That
transaction involved a control premium due to the removal at
that time of substantial constraints on the ability of Liberty
to exercise control over UGC. By contrast, the stock
consideration and cash consideration being made available to the
unaffiliated stockholders of UGC does not include a control
premium as LMI already has a 53.6% equity interest and an
approximate 91% voting interest in UGC.
LMIs purpose for engaging in the mergers is to acquire,
through Liberty Global, all of the outstanding shares of UGC
capital stock that LMI does not already own. The LMI board did
not consider other alternatives to achieving its goal of
acquiring the minority interest in UGC. The LMI board considered
the alternative of maintaining the status quo in which LMI was
the controlling stockholder of UGC and instituting a stock
repurchase program for LMI stock. On balance, the LMI board
determined that the proposed mergers would be preferable to
maintaining the status quo. Consummating the mergers was viewed
as preferable as it would eliminate or significantly reduce the
holding company discount at which LMI believes its stock has
traded since its spin off from Liberty in June 2004, as well as
eliminate any potential competition between LMI and UGC,
including in the pursuit of acquisition opportunities and
capital raising activities.
The LMI board did not consider UGCs net book value (assets
minus liabilities as reflected in UGCs financial
statements for accounting purposes) in its evaluation of
fairness to the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC, as that metric
does not take into account the future cash flow potential of
UGC, which is the most common basis for valuing cable television
companies. In any event, UGCs net book value was
substantially less than the value of the merger consideration.
The LMI board did not consider the liquidation value of UGC
because liquidation was not an acceptable option to LMI, as the
controlling stockholder of UGC. Because liquidation would
involve selling UGCs assets and businesses for cash,
liquidation value would most likely yield a lower valuation for
UGC due to the significant tax liability such a sale would
entail. Although a sale of UGC to a third party was also not
considered by the LMI board to be an acceptable option, the LMI
board considered the going concern value of UGC to the extent
that it was encompassed in the comparable company analysis and
discounted cash flow analysis of UGC performed by Banc of
America Securities as part of its relative valuation analyses of
LMI in relation to UGC. Those analyses, which were adopted by
the LMI board for this purpose, were performed by Banc of
America Securities for the purpose of valuing UGCs
contribution to the sum-of-the parts value of LMI and are
described under Opinion of LMIs
Financial Advisor. Banc of America Securities was not
requested to and did not consider the fairness of the UGC merger
to the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC. However, given the
purpose for which the comparable company analysis and discounted
cash flow analysis were made, the LMI board deemed it
appropriate to consider them in making its determination
regarding the fairness of the UGC merger to the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC. Because UGCs unaffiliated
stockholders are being given the opportunity to continue to
participate in the growth of UGCs business and the other
businesses of Liberty Global through the stock election and in
the belief that the mergers will eliminate the holding company
discount at which LMIs stock trades, the LMI board
believes that the going concern value of UGC supports the
determination of LMIs board that the UGC merger is fair to
the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC.
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The LMI board did not find it practicable to, and therefore did
not, quantify or otherwise assign relative weights to the
individual factors considered in making its fairness
determination. Rather, its fairness determination was made after
consideration of all of the foregoing factors as a whole.
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Fairness Determinations of the Boards of Liberty Global,
LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger Sub |
Adopting the analysis of the board of directors of LMI, the
boards of directors of each of Liberty Global, LMI Merger Sub
and UGC Merger Sub unanimously determined that the transactions
contemplated by the merger agreement, including the UGC merger,
are, substantively and procedurally, fair to the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC. Each of these boards of directors is
comprised of two persons, John C. Malone and Robert R. Bennett,
who serve on the board of directors of LMI and were present for
and participated in the adopted analysis of the LMI board.
Liberty Global is a new company created by LMI, its sole
stockholder, for the purpose of becoming the new parent company
of LMI and UGC if the mergers are completed. Liberty
Globals purpose in engaging in the mergers is the
facilitation of the combination of LMI and UGC. As Liberty
Global was created for the foregoing purpose, no alternatives to
the mergers were considered by Liberty Global.
Each of LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger Sub is a new company
created by Liberty Global, its sole stockholder, to facilitate
the mergers. The sole purpose of each of LMI Merger Sub and UGC
Merger Sub in engaging in the mergers is the facilitation of the
combination of LMI and UGC. As they were created for the
foregoing purpose, no alternatives to the mergers were
considered by LMI Merger Sub or UGC Merger Sub.
Recommendation of and Reasons for the LMI Merger
LMIs board of directors unanimously approved the merger
agreement and determined that the merger agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby, including the LMI merger, are
advisable, fair to, and in the best interests of, LMI and its
stockholders. Accordingly the LMI board recommends that the LMI
stockholders vote FOR the merger proposal at
the LMI annual meeting. In determining that the merger agreement
and the LMI merger are in the best interests of LMI and its
stockholders, the LMI board considered that the mergers would
eliminate the current dual public holding company structure in
which LMIs principal consolidated asset is its interest in
another public company, UGC. The LMI board determined that the
principal benefit to LMI stockholders from the combination of
the two companies under a single public company, Liberty Global,
was the elimination of the holding company discount in
LMIs stock price. The LMI board also considered the
following matters in reaching its determination:
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the presentation by its financial advisor, Banc of America
Securities, and Banc of America Securities oral opinion,
subsequently confirmed in writing, that as of the date of such
opinion and based upon and subject to the factors, limitations
and assumptions set forth in Banc of America Securities
written opinion, the consideration to be received by LMI
stockholders (other than affiliates of LMI) in the transactions
contemplated by the merger agreement was fair from a financial
point of view to such stockholders. In evaluating the
presentation and opinion of Banc of America Securities, the LMI
board was aware of the compensation arrangements with Banc of
America Securities, including that a substantial portion of its
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the integration of the management teams of the two companies,
with Mr. Malone serving as Chairman of the Board of Liberty
Global and Mr. Fries as Chief Executive Officer. The LMI
board believed that the strengths of the respective management
teams at the corporate level of the two companies would
complement each other, and that there was little if any overlap
at the operating level that would impede a smooth integration of
the two companies; |
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that the consummation of the mergers would eliminate any
potential competition between LMI and UGC, including in the
pursuit of acquisition opportunities and capital raising
activities; |
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that the receipt of the merger consideration in the LMI merger
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the background of the negotiations between Mr. Malone and
the Special Committee that resulted in the agreed exchange ratio
and cash election alternative. Mr. Malone had advised the
LMI board of his conclusion, based upon these negotiations, that
the Special Committee would not approve the transaction at any
lower exchange ratio. The LMI board took note of the premium
that the exchange ratio represented for the shares of UGC stock,
based upon the relative trading prices of the two companies
prior to the initiation of discussions with the Special
Committee, and the information provided by Banc of America
Securities as to premiums paid in other transactions. Based upon
the foregoing, the increase in the exchange ratio over the
course of the negotiations did not detract from the LMI
boards conclusion that the LMI merger would be in the best
interests of LMI and its stockholders; |
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that the merger agreement included a limitation on the cash
election, and that LMI had sufficient cash to fund the maximum
amount of cash anticipated to be payable if the cash elections
were fully exercised; and |
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the draft of the merger agreement and the voting agreement and
the summary of the terms of each provided by LMIs counsel.
In general, the terms of the merger agreement are customary for
transactions of this nature and the Special Committee had
insisted on the voting agreement as a condition to its approval
of the merger agreement. The LMI board considered that the
provision of the merger agreement requiring approval of the UGC
merger by the vote of a majority of the minority stockholders of
UGC was a negative factor from LMIs perspective because of
the resulting uncertainty that the transaction would be
consummated. Because the merger agreement also included
provisions allowing LMI to terminate the merger agreement if
UGCs annual report on Form 10-K was not filed by
May 15, 2005 or if the mergers are not consummated by
September 30, 2005, the uncertainty resulting from the
inclusion of the minority approval requirement did not outweigh
the other factors supporting the LMI boards conclusion
that the LMI merger would be in the best interests of LMI and
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If the mergers are completed, LMI stockholders will not have
dissenters rights of appraisal under Delaware law or the
merger agreement because shares of LMI common stock are, and
shares of Liberty Global common stock will be, listed on the
Nasdaq National Market.
Opinion of LMIs Financial Advisor
On January 10, 2005, the board of directors of LMI retained
Banc of America Securities LLC to act as its financial advisor
in connection with the possible acquisition of the minority
interest of UGC. Banc of America Securities is a nationally
recognized investment banking firm. Banc of America Securities
is regularly engaged in the valuation of businesses and their
securities in connection with mergers and acquisitions and has
negotiated underwritings, secondary distributions of listed and
unlisted securities, private placements and valuations for
corporate and other purposes. LMI selected Banc of America
Securities to act as its financial advisor on the basis of Banc
of America Securities experience and expertise in
transactions similar to the mergers, and its reputation in the
media industry and investment community and its historical
investment banking relationship with LMI and its affiliates.
On January 17, 2005, Banc of America Securities delivered
its oral opinion, subsequently confirmed in writing, to the LMI
board of directors that as of the date of the opinion the
consideration to be received by the holders of LMIs common
stock, other than any affiliates of LMI, pursuant to the merger
agreement is fair from a financial point of view to the holders
of LMIs common stock, other than any affiliates of LMI.
The amount of the consideration was determined by negotiations
between LMI and the Special Committee and was not based upon
recommendations from Banc of America Securities. LMIs
board of directors did not limit the investigations made or
procedures followed by Banc of America Securities in rendering
its opinion.
We have attached the full text of Banc of America
Securities written opinion to the LMI board of directors
as Appendix E. You should read this opinion carefully and
in its entirety in connection with this joint proxy statement/
prospectus. The following summary of Banc of America
Securities opinion, is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the full text of the opinion. Banc of America
Securities has consented to the
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inclusion of its report and the summary of its report in this
joint proxy statement/ prospectus. By rendering its opinion and
giving such consent Banc of America Securities has not admitted
that it is an expert with respect to any part of this joint
proxy statement/ prospectus within the meaning of the term
expert as used in, or that Banc of America
Securities comes within the category of persons whose consent is
required under, the Securities Act or the rules and regulations
of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated
thereunder.
Banc of America Securities opinion is directed to the
LMI board of directors. It does not constitute a recommendation
to any stockholder of LMI or UGC on how to vote with respect to
the mergers. The opinion addresses only the financial fairness
of the consideration to be received by the holders of LMIs
common stock, other than any affiliates of LMI, pursuant to the
merger agreement. The opinion does not address the relative
merits of the mergers or any alternatives to the mergers, the
underlying decision of the LMI board of directors to proceed
with or effect the mergers or any other aspect of the
transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. In furnishing
its opinion, Banc of America Securities did not admit that it is
an expert within the meaning of the term expert as
used in the Securities Act, nor did it admit that its opinion
constitutes a report or valuation within the meaning of the
Securities Act. Statements to that effect are included in the
Banc of America Securities opinion.
For purposes of rendering its opinion Banc of America Securities
has:
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reviewed certain publicly available financial statements and
other business and financial information of LMI and UGC; |
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reviewed certain internal financial statements and other
financial and operating data concerning LMI and UGC; |
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analyzed certain financial forecasts to which Banc of America
Securities was directed by the management of LMI; |
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reviewed and discussed with senior executives of LMI information
relating to certain benefits anticipated from the mergers; |
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discussed the past and current operations, financial condition
and prospects of LMI with senior executives of LMI and discussed
the past and current operations, financial condition and
prospects of UGC with senior executives of UGC; |
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reviewed the reported prices and trading activity for the LMI
common stock and the UGC common stock; |
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compared the financial performance of UGC and the prices and
trading activity of the UGC common stock with that of certain
other publicly traded companies that Banc of America Securities
deemed relevant; |
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compared the financial terms of the mergers to the financial
terms, to the extent publicly available, of certain other
business combination transactions that Banc of America
Securities deemed relevant; |
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participated in discussions and negotiations among
representatives of LMI and UGC and their financial and legal
advisors; |
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reviewed the January 16, 2005 draft merger agreement and
certain related documents; and |
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performed such other analyses and considered other factors as
Banc of America Securities deemed appropriate. |
Banc of America Securities reviewed the January 16, 2005
draft merger agreement in its preparation of its opinion. While
LMI and UGC had the opportunity to agree to materially add,
delete or alter material terms of the merger agreement before
its execution, the final merger agreement was substantially
similar to the January 16, 2005 draft merger agreement.
Banc of America Securities did not assume any responsibility to
independently verify the information listed above. Instead, with
the consent of the LMI board of directors, Banc of America
Securities relied on the
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information as being accurate and complete in all material
respects. Banc of America Securities also made the following
assumptions with the consent of the LMI board of directors:
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with respect to financial forecasts for LMI and UGC, Banc of
America Securities was directed by the management of LMI to rely
on certain publicly available financial forecasts in performing
its analyses and has assumed that, in the good faith belief of
the management of LMI, such forecasts reflect the best currently
available estimates of the future financial performance of LMI
and UGC; |
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that the LMI merger will qualify as a reorganization within the
meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, and that the conversion of the UGC
common stock into shares of Liberty Global Series A common
stock pursuant to the merger agreement, will qualify as an
exchange within the meaning of Section 351(a) of the Code
and the regulations promulgated thereunder; |
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that the final executed merger agreement will not differ in any
material respect from the January 16, 2005 draft merger
agreement reviewed by Banc of America Securities, and that the
mergers will be consummated as provided in the January 16,
2005 draft merger agreement, with full satisfaction of all
covenants and conditions set forth in it and without any waivers
thereof; |
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that all material governmental, regulatory or other consents and
approvals necessary for the consummation of the mergers will be
obtained without any adverse effect on LMI or UGC or the
contemplated benefits of the mergers; and |
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that the terms of the merger agreement and the mergers are the
most beneficial terms from LMIs perspective that could
under the circumstances be negotiated among the parties to the
merger agreement and the mergers. |
In addition, for purposes of its opinion, Banc of America
Securities has:
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relied on advice of counsel to LMI as to all legal matters with
respect to LMI, the mergers and the January 16, 2005 draft
merger agreement; and |
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not assumed responsibility for making an independent evaluation,
appraisal or physical inspection of any of the assets or
liabilities, contingent or otherwise, of LMI or UGC, nor did
Banc of America Securities receive any appraisals with respect
thereto. |
Banc of America Securities opinion was based upon
economic, monetary and market and other conditions in effect on,
and the information made available to it as of, the date of the
opinion. Accordingly, although subsequent developments may
affect its opinion, Banc of America Securities did not assume
any obligation to update, revise or reaffirm its opinion.
The following represents a brief summary of the material
financial analyses performed by Banc of America Securities in
connection with providing its opinion to the LMI board of
directors. Some of the summaries of financial analyses performed
by Banc of America Securities include information presented in
tabular format. In order to fully understand the financial
analyses performed by Banc of America Securities, you should
read the tables together with the text of each summary. The
tables alone do not constitute a complete description of the
financial analyses. Considering the data set forth in the tables
without considering the full narrative description of the
financial analyses, including the methodologies and assumptions
underlying the analyses, could create a misleading or incomplete
view of the financial analyses performed by Banc of America
Securities.
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LMI and UGC Valuation Analyses |
Banc of America Securities conducted valuation analyses of both
LMI and UGC to evaluate the respective exchange ratios of shares
of LMI and UGC, which were designed to yield a range of exchange
ratios for evaluating the fairness of the exchange ratio in the
mergers. The exchange ratio ranges that resulted from the
analyses conducted by Banc of America Securities were presented
to the LMI board of directors in two forms,
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with one range of ratios reflecting the consideration to be
received by UGC stockholders in Liberty Global shares and/or
cash for each UGC share, and with the other range of ratios
reflecting the consideration to be received by LMI stockholders
in Liberty Global shares, expressed as the number of Liberty
Global shares to be received for each LMI share.
These two ranges of exchange ratios are different ways of
expressing the economic exchange involved in the creation of
Liberty Global and the consummation of the mergers. For example,
an exchange ratio expressed in terms of the number of shares of
Liberty Global stock to be received by a holder of a share of
stock of either UGC or LMI, respectively, can be converted into
an exchange ratio expressed in terms of the number of shares of
Liberty Global stock to be received by a holder of a share of
the other by applying an implied exchange ratio and the number
of outstanding shares of the companies immediately prior to the
exchange. For the purposes of Banc of America Securities
analysis, the implied exchange ratios used were the exchange
ratios derived from closing stock prices on January 14,
2005 and the outstanding shares used were 807.1 million for
UGC and 173.7 million for LMI, respectively.
Exchange Ratio Analysis. Banc of America Securities
reviewed the historical ratio of the closing price per share of
LMI common stock and that of UGC common stock for several time
periods since June 2, 2004 (the day on which LMI common
stock began trading on a when-issued basis prior to LMIs
spin off from Liberty). During this period, the historical
exchange ratio calculated on a daily basis ranged from a low of
0.1853 on July 20, 2004 to a high of 0.2239 on
September 30, 2004.
The weighted average exchange ratios for selected time periods
since June 2, 2004 were:
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0.2168 |
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0.2087 |
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0.2034 |
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0.2060 |
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0.2054 |
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Premiums Paid Analysis. Banc of America Securities
reviewed the consideration paid in 19 merger and acquisition
transactions announced after March 31, 1995 and involving
U.S. companies in which the aggregate values paid exceeded
$500 million and in which the acquirer owned more than 50%
of the target prior to the acquisition. Banc of America
Securities calculated the premiums paid relative to the stock
prices of the acquired companies in all cash or cash and stock
deals and premiums paid relative to the exchange ratio for all
stock deals one day, one week and one month prior to the
announcement of the acquisition offer.
The Premiums Paid Analysis indicated the following median and
mean premiums for these transactions, excluding pending
transactions:
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19.8 |
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Based upon this analysis, Banc of America Securities established
an exchange ratio premium range of 10% 25% to the
one day and one month prior exchange ratios. This exchange ratio
premium range was selected because it encompassed substantively
all the means and medians yielded by the Premiums Paid Analysis.
The table below sets forth the exchange ratios derived from
applying the premium range to the exchange ratios derived from
the closing stock prices of LMI and UGC on January 14, 2005.
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10% Premium (1 Day Prior)
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0.2427 |
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0.8879 |
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25% Premium (1 Day Prior)
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0.2758 |
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0.2105 |
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0.2392 |
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Banc of America Securities noted that the per-share value of the
stock consideration to be received by UGC stockholders pursuant
to the merger agreement based upon LMIs closing stock
price on January 14, 2005 implied a discount of 2.3% over
UGCs closing stock price on January 14, 2005. The
premium implied over UGCs closing stock price one week
prior to January 14, 2005 was 2.5% and the implied premium
over the price one month prior to that date was 8.6%.
Holding Company Discount Analysis. Banc of America
Securities performed a sum-of-the-parts valuation of LMI to
determine the net asset value of LMI, in part in order to derive
the appropriate range of holding company discounts implicit in
LMIs market price. In order to derive LMIs
sum-of-the-parts value, LMIs ownership in UGC was taken at
market value and the values of the other assets of LMI were
calculated using publicly available information and management
estimates. Banc of America Securities sum-of-the-parts
equity value for LMI ranged from approximately $8.8 billion
to $9.1 billion, implying a current holding company
discount of approximately 13% to 17%. In addition, Banc of
America Securities reviewed several Wall Street analysts
reports, published over a three week period beginning in
mid-November 2004, each of which provided (i) an estimated
net asset value per share for LMI, and (ii) in all but one
case, a target share price for LMI and the discount represented
by the target share price relative to such net asset value per
share. These reports were used by Banc of America Securities to
derive a range of discounts or premiums at which Wall Street
analysts estimate LMIs shares trade relative to its net
asset value per share as well as a range of discounts to net
asset value per share represented by those analysts
published target prices. The specific reports were selected
because they were deemed to be sufficiently recent to be
relevant and because they provided estimates of LMIs net
asset value per share, which could be used to calculate an
implied premium or discount to LMIs stock price (which we
refer to as the holding company discount) as of the report date.
Other available research was excluded from this analysis because
it did not provide an estimated net asset value per share and
could not, therefore, be used to quantify a holding company
discount. The estimated net asset value per share included in
the reports included a high of $56.81 and a low of $41.89,
yielding a median estimated net asset value of $49.22.
The holding company discount analysis yielded the following
information regarding LMIs estimated holding company
discount:
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The report that did not assign a target price for LMI stock was
not included in the calculation of premium or discount of target
price to net asset value above.
Banc of America Securities used the results of these analyses to
determine what discount, if any, should be applied to the net
asset valuations calculated in the relative valuation analysis
of LMI and UGC (described below). Based upon the results of the
holding company discount analysis, Banc of America Securities
applied a holding company discount range of 0% to 20% to
LMIs sum-of-the-parts value in the relative valuation
analysis.
Relative Valuation Analysis. Banc of America Securities
used a sum-of-the-parts approach to value LMI in relation to
UGC. In establishing LMIs sum-of-the-parts valuation, the
value of LMIs assets not including UGC was calculated
using publicly available information and management estimates.
In valuing UGCs contribution to LMIs
sum-of-the-parts value, Banc of America Securities used three
different valuation methodologies, each of which is described
below.
For purposes of the analyses outlined below, Banc of America
Securities used a holding company discount range between 0% and
20%.
A. Public Market Valuation.
Based upon the closing market price of UGCs stock on
January 14, 2005 and the fully diluted shares outstanding
of UGC, Banc of America Securities established a valuation for
UGC that was then applied to LMIs holdings in UGC for the
purposes of the sum-of-the-parts valuation.
The public market valuation of UGC yielded exchange ratios as
follows:
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20% Holding Company Discount
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0.2357 |
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0.9143 |
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0% Holding Company Discount
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0.1886 |
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1.1429 |
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Banc of America Securities noted that, assuming a public market
valuation for UGC, LMI traded at a 15% holding company discount
as of January 14, 2005.
B. Comparable Company
Analysis. Based upon publicly available information, Banc of
America Securities calculated the implied exchange ratio between
LMIs stock and UGCs stock assuming respective
valuations based upon application of multiples of
aggregate value to estimated forward cable earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (which we
refer to as Cable EBITDA) for 2005 for five companies in the
U.S. cable industry that Banc of America Securities deemed
to be comparable to UGC.
Banc of America Securities defined aggregate value
to mean:
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equity value, defined as the product of the number of shares of
common stock outstanding for a company multiplied by its stock
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outstanding funded debt; less |
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cash, cash equivalents and non-cable unconsolidated assets. |
The following table sets forth multiples indicated by this
analysis for these five companies:
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Aggregate Value to: |
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7.9x to 10.0x |
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The comparable company analysis compared UGC to the five
U.S. cable companies which were selected because they were
all U.S. publicly traded companies and, given their scale,
the scope of services provided by them and the quality of their
respective businesses, Banc of America Securities considered
them to be most relevant to UGC for purposes of its analysis.
Banc of America Securities noted that the two largest publicly
traded UK cable companies, NTL and Telewest, trade at a median
multiple of 6.1x 2005 estimated Cable EBITDA. Banc of America
Securities, however, did not view these two companies as being
comparable to UGC for purposes of this analysis. Banc of America
Securities did not include every company that could be deemed to
be a participant in the same industry.
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Based upon the median of US cable company trading multiples,
which Banc of America Securities deemed to be the most relevant
for purposes of the analysis, the comparable companies valuation
of UGC yielded a range of exchange ratios as follows:
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0.2262 |
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0.9529 |
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0% Holding Company Discount
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0.1809 |
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1.1911 |
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Banc of America Securities noted that, assuming a comparable
companies valuation for UGC, LMI traded at an 11% holding
company discount as of January 14, 2005.
C. Discounted Cash Flow
Analysis. Banc of America Securities used certain publicly
available financial cash flow forecasts for UGC for 5 years
(2005 through 2009), to which it was directed by the management
of UGC, to perform discounted cash flow analysis. In conducting
this analysis, Banc of America Securities first calculated the
present values of the forecasted cash flows. Second, Banc of
America Securities estimated the terminal value of UGC at the
end of 2009 by applying multiples to UGCs estimated 2009
EBITDA, which multiples ranged from 8.0x to 10.0x. Banc of
America Securities then discounted the cash flows and terminal
values to present values using discount rates ranging from 8% to
12%. Banc of America Securities selected the range of discount
rates to reflect a realistic range of the weighted average cost
of capital for companies in UGCs industry and with
capitalization profiles not dissimilar from UGCs.
This analysis indicated a range of aggregate value for UGC,
expressed as multiples of estimated 2005E Cable EBITDA, as
follows:
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Based upon the mid-point using a terminal multiple of 9.0x and a
discount rate of 10% the discounted cash flow valuation of UGC
yielded exchange ratios as follows:
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20% Holding Company Discount
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0.2447 |
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0.8807 |
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0.1957 |
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Banc of America Securities noted that, assuming a discounted
cash flow valuation of UGC, LMI traded at a 17% holding company
discount as of January 14, 2005.
As noted above, the discussion above is merely a summary of the
analyses and examinations that Banc of America Securities
considered to be material to its opinion. It is not a
comprehensive description of all analyses and examinations
actually conducted by Banc of America Securities. The
preparation of a fairness opinion is not susceptible to partial
analysis or summary description. Banc of America Securities
believes that its analyses and the summary above must be
considered as a whole. Banc of America Securities further
believes that selecting portions of its analyses and the factors
considered, without considering all analyses and factors, would
create an incomplete view of the process underlying the analyses
set forth in its presentation to the LMI board of directors.
Banc of America Securities did not assign any specific weight to
any of the analyses described above. The fact that any specific
analysis has been referred to in the summary above is not meant
to indicate that that analysis was given greater weight than any
other analysis. Accordingly, the ranges of valuations resulting
from any particular analysis described above should not be taken
to be Banc of America Securities view of the actual value
of LMI.
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In performing its analyses, Banc of America Securities made
numerous assumptions with respect to industry performance,
general business and economic conditions and other matters, many
of which are beyond the control of LMI and UGC. The analyses
performed by Banc of America Securities are not necessarily
indicative of actual values or actual future results, which may
be significantly more or less favorable than those suggested by
these analyses. These analyses were prepared solely as part of
Banc of America Securities analysis of the financial
fairness of the consideration to be received by the holders of
LMIs common stock, other than any affiliates of LMI,
pursuant to the merger agreement and were provided to the LMI
board of directors in connection with the delivery of Banc of
America Securities opinion. The analyses do not purport to
be appraisals or to reflect the prices at which a company might
actually be sold or the prices at which any securities have
traded or may trade at any time in the future.
As described above, Banc of America Securities opinion and
presentation to the LMI board of directors were among the many
factors taken into consideration by the LMI board of directors
in making its determination to approve, and to recommend that
LMIs stockholders approve, the merger agreement.
Pursuant to the engagement letter between LMI and Banc of
America Securities, LMI has paid Banc of America Securities a
fee of $500,000 upon execution of the engagement letter and an
additional $500,000 upon rendering of Banc of America
Securities opinion described above and agreed to an
additional fee of $4,000,000, payable upon the consummation of
the mergers. LMI has separately engaged Banc of America
Securities to act as LMIs financial advisor in connection
with a separate assignment, for which it has agreed to pay Banc
of America Securities $200,000 per quarter until
December 31, 2005, and an additional $500,000 upon delivery
of a formal presentation to LMI. The LMI board of directors was
aware of these fees and took them into account in considering
Banc of America Securities fairness opinion and in
approving the merger agreement and the LMI merger. Each
engagement letter calls for LMI to reimburse Banc of America
Securities for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, and LMI
has agreed to indemnify Banc of America Securities, its
affiliates, and their respective partners, directors, officers,
agents, consultants, employees and controlling persons against
particular liabilities, including liabilities under the federal
securities laws.
In the ordinary course of their business, Banc of America
Securities and its affiliates may actively trade the debt and
equity securities or loans of LMI, UGC and their affiliates for
their own account and for the accounts of customers, and
accordingly, Banc of America Securities and its affiliates may
at any time hold a long or short position in such securities or
loans. Banc of America Securities or its affiliates have also
performed, and may in the future perform, various investment
banking, lending and other financial services for LMI and UGC
and their affiliates for which Banc of America Securities or its
affiliates has received, and would expect to receive, customary
fees.
Availability of Opinions and Reports
Morgan Stanleys opinion and its report to the Special
Committee (portions of which report will be omitted pursuant to
a confidential treatment request filed with the SEC) will be
made available for inspection and copying at the principal
executive offices of UGC during its regular business hours by
any interested stockholder of UGC or any representative of an
interested stockholder of UGC who has been designated as such in
writing. Banc of America Securities opinion and its report
to the LMI board of directors (portions of which report will be
omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request filed with
the SEC) will be made available for inspection and copying at
the principal executive offices of LMI during its regular
business hours by any interested stockholder of LMI or any
representative of an interested stockholder of LMI who has been
designated as such in writing.
Conduct of the Business of UGC if the Mergers are Not
Completed
If the mergers are not completed, UGC intends to continue to
operate its business substantially in the manner it is operated
today with its existing capital structure and management team
remaining. From time to time, UGC will evaluate and review its
business operations, properties, dividend policy and
capitalization, and make such changes as are deemed appropriate,
and continue to seek to identify strategic alternatives to
maximize stockholder value.
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Amount and Source of Funds and Financing of the Mergers;
Expenses
Prior to the effective time of the mergers, LMI will loan to
Liberty Global a sufficient amount of cash for Liberty Global to
fund the cash consideration deliverable to the UGC stockholders
(other than LMI and its wholly owned subsidiaries) in the UGC
merger. LMI will fund this loan with its available cash. The
mergers are not conditioned on the receipt of financing by LMI
to pay the cash consideration deliverable to UGC stockholders.
It is expected that LMI and UGC will incur an aggregate of
approximately $22 million in expenses in connection with
the mergers. These expenses will be comprised of:
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approximately $10.6 million in financial advisory fees; |
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approximately $5 million of printing and mailing expenses
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It is expected that LMIs portion of these expenses will
equal approximately $11 million and UGCs portion of
these expenses will equal approximately $11 million.
Interests of Certain Persons in the Mergers
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Interests of Directors and Executive Officers |
In considering the recommendation of UGCs board of
directors to vote to approve the merger proposal, stockholders
of UGC should be aware that members of UGCs board of
directors and members of UGCs executive management have
relationships, agreements or arrangements that provide them with
interests in the mergers that may be in addition to or different
from those of the public stockholders of UGC. Similarly, in
considering the recommendation of LMIs board of directors
to vote to approve the merger proposal, stockholders of LMI
should be aware that members of LMIs board of directors
and members of LMIs executive management have
relationships, agreements or arrangements that provide them with
interests in the mergers that may be in addition to or different
from those of the public stockholders of LMI. In addition, the
current directors of LMI and UGC will be entitled to the
continuation of certain indemnification arrangements following
completion of the mergers.
Following completion of the mergers, John C. Malone, Chairman of
the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of LMI, will
become Chairman of the Board of Liberty Global, and Michael T.
Fries, Chief Executive Officer and President of UGC, will become
President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Global. Five of
LMIs current directors, including Mr. Malone, and
five of UGCs current directors, including Mr. Fries
and the three members of the Special Committee, have agreed to
together comprise the board of Liberty Global. In addition,
Liberty Globals management will be comprised of members of
LMIs and UGCs management teams. The directors and
executive officers of Liberty Global are expected to
beneficially own shares of Liberty Global common stock
representing in the aggregate approximately
[ ]%
of the aggregate voting power of Liberty Global, based upon
their beneficial ownership interests in LMI and UGC,
respectively, as of the record dates for the stockholders
meetings, and assuming no cash elections are made by the UGC
stockholders.
Both LMIs board of directors and UGCs board of
directors were aware of these interests and arrangements and
considered them when approving the mergers. For more information
regarding these interests and arrangements, see Management
of LMI, Executive Officers, Directors and Principal
Stockholders of UGC and Management of Liberty
Global, including:
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Ownership Information of LMI Management, the
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officers of LMI immediately following the mergers, based upon
their beneficial ownership interests in LMI and UGC, as of
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under Executive Officers, Directors and Principal
Stockholders of UGC Pro Forma Security
Ownership Information of UGC Management, the
beneficial ownership interests in Liberty Global estimated to be
held by the directors and executive officers of UGC immediately
following the mergers, based upon their beneficial ownership
interests in LMI and UGC, as of February 28, 2005, and
assuming none of them elects any cash consideration in the UGC
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Stockholders of UGC Pro Forma Cash Consideration
Deliverable to UGC Management, the aggregate amount of
cash consideration that could be received by the directors and
executive officers of UGC in the UGC merger, based upon their
beneficial ownership interests in UGC as of February 28,
2005, and assuming (1) they exercise their cash election
with respect to all of their UGC beneficial ownership interests
(other than interests held pursuant to stock options) and
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The directors and executive officers of UGC, who together
beneficially own shares of UGC common stock representing less
than 1% of UGCs aggregate voting power, as of
February 28, 2005, have indicated to UGC that they intend
to vote in favor of the approval of the merger proposal at the
UGC special meeting. Also, LMI, which beneficially owns shares
of UGC common stock representing approximately 91% of UGCs
aggregate voting power, as of February 28, 2005, has agreed
in the merger agreement to vote, and to cause its subsidiaries
to vote, in favor of the approval of the merger proposal at the
UGC special meeting. The directors and executive officers of LMI
(including Mr. Malone), who together beneficially own
shares of UGC common stock representing less than 1% of
UGCs aggregate voting power, as of February 28, 2005,
have indicated to UGC that they intend to vote in favor of the
approval of the merger proposal at the UGC special meeting.
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Transactions in UGC Securities |
Except as described below, none of (1) LMI or its wholly
owned subsidiaries, (2) the directors and executive
officers of UGC, or (3) the directors and executive
officers of LMI:
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Certain of UGCs executive officers hold restricted stock
awards under UGCs equity incentive plans. A portion of the
restricted shares of UGC Class A common stock granted to
these persons will vest prior to the stockholders meetings. UGC
and [most of] these executive officers whose grants will so vest
have agreed that UGC will withhold, upon the vesting date, a
number of shares sufficient to satisfy the withholding tax
obligations associated with the vesting.
Accounting Treatment
The mergers will be accounted for as a step
acquisition by LMI of the remaining minority interest in
UGC. The purchase price in this step acquisition will include
the consideration issued to UGC public stockholders to acquire
the UGC interest not already owned by LMI and the direct
acquisition costs incurred by LMI. As UGC was a consolidated
subsidiary of LMI prior to the mergers, the purchase price will
first be applied to eliminate the minority interest in UGC from
the consolidated balance sheet of LMI, and the remaining
purchase price will be allocated on a pro rata basis to the
identifiable assets and liabilities of UGC based upon their
respective fair values at the effective date of the mergers and
the 46.5% interest in UGC to be acquired by Liberty Global
pursuant to the mergers. Any excess purchase price that remains
after amounts have been
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allocated to the net identifiable assets of UGC will be recorded
as goodwill. As the acquiring company for accounting purposes,
LMI will be the predecessor to Liberty Global and the historical
financial statements of LMI will become the historical financial
statements of Liberty Global. See Liberty Global Unaudited
Condensed Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements.
Regulatory Matters
At the date of this joint proxy statement/ prospectus, each of
LMI and UGC has obtained all regulatory approvals required for
the completion of the mergers.
Appraisal or Dissenters Rights
Under Section 262 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
(DGCL), holders of shares of UGC Class A common stock will
not be entitled to appraisal rights in connection with the UGC
merger. Unlike holders of shares of UGC Class A common
stock, holders of shares of UGC Class B common stock or UGC
Class C common stock (in each case, other than LMI and its
wholly owned subsidiaries) will be entitled to appraisal rights
in connection with the UGC merger because those shares are not
listed on a stock exchange or traded on the Nasdaq National
Market and are held of record by less than 2,000 persons. At the
date of this joint proxy statement/ prospectus, the only holders
of UGC Class B or Class C common stock other than LMI
and its wholly owned subsidiaries are Liberty and its wholly
owned subsidiaries, which own shares of UGC Class C common
stock. Gene W. Schneider, the Chairman of the Board of UGC, and
two employees of UGC hold currently exercisable options to
acquire shares of UGC Class B common stock; however, none
of Mr. Schneider and the two employees will be entitled to
appraisal rights with respect to those shares unless their
respective options are first exercised.
Under Section 262 of the DGCL, LMI stockholders are not
entitled to appraisal rights in connection with the LMI merger.
Section 262 of the DGCL is included as Appendix H to
this joint proxy statement/ prospectus and is incorporated
herein in its entirety by this reference.
Federal Securities Law Consequences
The issuance of shares of Liberty Global common stock in the
mergers will be registered under the Securities Act, and the
shares of Liberty Global common stock so issued will be freely
transferable under the Securities Act, except for shares of
Liberty Global common stock issued to any person who is deemed
to be an affiliate of either LMI or UGC at the time
of the stockholders meetings. Persons who may be deemed to be
affiliates include individuals or entities that control, are
controlled by, or are under common control with either LMI or
UGC and may include directors, executive officers and
significant stockholders of each of LMI and UGC. Affiliates may
not sell their shares of Liberty Global common stock acquired in
connection with the mergers, except pursuant to:
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any other applicable exemption under the Securities Act. |
Liberty Globals registration statement on Form S-4,
of which this document forms a part, does not cover the resale
of shares of Liberty Global common stock to be received by
affiliates in the mergers. The merger agreement requires that
LMI and UGC each use its commercially reasonable efforts to
cause each of their respective affiliates to deliver to Liberty
Global a written agreement to the effect that these persons will
not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the shares of
Liberty Global common stock issued to them in the mergers in
violation of the Securities Act or the related rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. See
The Transaction Agreements Merger
Agreement Covenants.
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Class Action Lawsuits Relating to the UGC Merger
Since January 18, 2005, twenty-one lawsuits have been filed
in the Delaware Court of Chancery and one lawsuit has been filed
in Denver District Court, State of Colorado, all purportedly on
behalf of the public stockholders of UGC regarding the
announcement on January 18, 2005 of the execution by LMI
and UGC of the merger agreement. The defendants named in these
actions include Gene W. Schneider, Michael T. Fries, David B.
Koff, Robert R. Bennett, John C. Malone, John P. Cole, Bernard
G. Dvorak, John W. Dick, Paul A. Gould and Gary S. Howard
(directors of UGC), UGC and LMI. The allegations in each of the
complaints, which are substantially similar, assert that the
defendants have breached their fiduciary duties of loyalty,
care, good faith and candor and that various defendants have
engaged in self-dealing and unjust enrichment, affirmed an
unfair price, and impeded or discouraged other offers for UGC or
its assets in bad faith and for improper motives. In addition to
seeking to enjoin the UGC merger, the complaints seek remedies
including damages for the public holders of UGC stock and an
award of attorneys fees to plaintiffs counsel. In
connection with the Delaware lawsuits, defendants have been
served with one request for production of documents. On
February 11, 2005, the Delaware Court of Chancery
consolidated all twenty-one Delaware lawsuits into a single
action. Under the terms of the courts consolidation order,
the plaintiffs are required to file a consolidated amended
complaint as soon as practicable, and the defendants are not
required to respond to any other complaints filed in the
twenty-one constituent actions. As of the date of this joint
proxy statement/ prospectus, the plaintiffs have not filed a
consolidated amended complaint and, pursuant to the terms of the
court order, the defendants have not filed an answer or other
response. The defendants believe the lawsuits are without merit.
Provisions for Unaffiliated Stockholders of UGC
Delaware law provides stockholders of a Delaware corporation who
have a proper purpose and who meet certain statutory
requirements the right to inspect a list of stockholders and
other corporate books and records. Other than in accordance with
Delaware law or any action by a governmental authority, the
unaffiliated stockholders of UGC will not be given any special
access to the corporate files of UGC in connection with or in
contemplation of the mergers.
Unless otherwise required by Delaware law or any action by a
governmental authority, neither UGC nor LMI intends to obtain
counsel or appraisal services for the unaffiliated stockholders
of UGC in connection with the mergers.
Plans for UGC After the Mergers; Certain Effects of the
Mergers
Following the mergers, the business and operations of UGC will
be conducted substantially as they are currently being conducted
with the exception that, among other things, UGC will become a
subsidiary of a new parent company named Liberty Global, Inc.
The centralized management, administration, finance, accounting,
legal and other parent company tasks performed by
UGC prior to the mergers will be performed by Liberty Global
following the mergers. It is anticipated that the centralization
of these functions will not create an economic benefit for UGC
as we anticipate that substantially all of UGCs corporate
staff will either remain employed by UGC or will become members
of Liberty Globals corporate staff following the
completion of the mergers. However, the centralization of these
functions is anticipated to provide LMI with potential
cost-savings. Since its June 2004 spin off, LMI has paid Liberty
for the portion of Libertys personnel costs (taking into
account wages and fringe benefits) allocable to LMI for time
spent by Liberty personnel performing services for LMI under the
services agreement entered into between LMI and Liberty at the
time of the spin off. Following the mergers, it is anticipated
that the corporate staff of Liberty Global and its subsidiaries
will perform the services previously provided by Liberty
personnel under the services agreement. Based upon the amounts
budgeted to be paid to Liberty for LMIs allocable portion
of Libertys personnel costs for 2005, it is estimated that
LMI will realize an annualized cost savings of approximately
$700,000 as a result of the centralization of these functions.
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UGC Directors and Officers |
Following the mergers, Liberty Globals management team
will be responsible for the businesses of UGC. Liberty
Globals management team will include certain members of
UGCs current management team, including Michael T. Fries,
the President and Chief Executive Officer of UGC, who has agreed
to serve as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty
Global. Liberty Global will have a staggered board that will
include five of UGCs ten directors, who will be assigned
to board classes with different terms than those to which they
are currently assigned on UGCs board. See Management
of Liberty Global.
Following the mergers, each of LMI and UGC will have a board of
directors comprised of persons appropriate to serve on a board
of directors of a subsidiary of Liberty Global. Hence, UGC will
no longer have a separate audit committee and compensation
committee, eliminating the fees paid by UGC to and expenses paid
by UGC on behalf of its nonemployee directors and committee
members, which aggregated $258,000 for the year ended
December 31, 2004. For information regarding UGCs
director compensation policy, see Item 11. Executive
Compensation Compensation of Directors in
UGCs Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2004, which is incorporated by reference in
this joint proxy statement/ prospectus.
For information regarding the current directors and executive
officers of LMI, Liberty Global, LMI Merger Sub and UGC Mergers
Sub, see Management of LMI, including
Current Management of Liberty Global, LMI
Merger Sub and UGC Merger Sub included under
Management of LMI.
UGC will be the surviving corporation in the UGC merger, and its
existing capital structure will remain in place immediately
following the mergers. Each share of UGC common stock acquired
by Liberty Global in the UGC merger will be converted into one
share of the corresponding class of common stock of UGC as the
surviving corporation and will remain outstanding immediately
following the mergers, and each share of UGC common stock held
by LMI or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries, at the time of
the UGC merger, will be converted into one share of the
corresponding class of common stock of UGC as the surviving
corporation and will remain outstanding immediately following
the mergers. As a result, Liberty Global will own directly 46.5%
of the common stock of UGC as the surviving corporation in the
UGC merger, and indirectly through Liberty Globals wholly
owned subsidiary LMI 53.5% of the common stock of UGC as the
surviving corporation in the UGC merger (based upon outstanding
UGC share information as of February 28, 2005).
Liberty Global will have a different capital structure than UGC
has. See Description of Liberty Global Capital Stock
and Comparison of Rights of Stockholders of LMI, UGC and
Liberty Global. In addition, it is anticipated that
Liberty Global common stock will have greater liquidity due to
the size of Liberty Globals stockholder base. However, we
cannot quantify the benefit of this liquidity to the
unaffiliated stockholders of UGC who make the stock election in
the UGC merger.
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Outstanding Convertible Notes of UGC |
As of December 31, 2004, UGC had
outstanding 500,000,000
aggregate principal amount of
13/4% convertible
senior notes due April 15, 2024 (which we refer to as the
UGC convertible notes). The UGC convertible notes were issued
under an indenture dated as of April 6, 2004 between UGC
and The Bank of New York, as trustee. The indenture provides
that after the consummation of the UGC merger, the note holders
will be entitled, subject to the restrictions on convertibility
set forth in the indenture, to convert their notes into the
number of shares of Liberty Global Series A common stock
that they would have received in the UGC merger if they had
converted their notes into UGC Class A common stock
immediately prior to the UGC merger and had made the stock
election. In connection with the mergers, UGC, Liberty Global
and the trustee will enter into a supplemental indenture to
implement this modification in the conversion right of the UGC
convertible notes. In addition, under the indenture the UGC
convertible notes will become convertible in connection with the
UGC merger unless at least 90% of the aggregate value of the
merger consideration (excluding cash payments for fractional
share interests) into which the UGC Class A common stock is
converted consists of Liberty Global Series A common stock.
Hence, whether the UGC convertible notes become convertible in
connection with the UGC merger will depend on the amount of cash
paid to those UGC stockholders (if any)
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who make the cash election for their shares of UGC Class A
common stock. Under the conversion provisions of the indenture,
UGC convertible notes are convertible into, at the option of
UGC, (1) shares of UGC Class A common stock at the
conversion price of 9.7561 euros per share, (2) an amount
in cash determined by multiplying the number of shares of UGC
Class A common stock into which the surrendered note is
convertible by a measure of the average trading price of UGC
Class A common stock for the five trading days following
the conversion date, or (3) a combination of such stock and
cash. UGC will give the requisite notice under the indenture of
any conversion rights accruing to holders of the UGC convertible
notes in connection with the UGC merger at least 20 days
prior to the anticipated effective date of the UGC merger, and
the procedures to be followed to effect conversion. The merger
will not constitute a change in control as defined
in the indenture, which would have given the note holders the
right to require UGC to repurchase the UGC convertible notes at
par, plus accrued and unpaid interest.
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Listing and Registration; Reporting Obligations |
Following the mergers, UGC Class A common stock will be
delisted from the Nasdaq National Market and deregistered under
the Exchange Act, and UGC will cease to be a reporting company
under the Exchange Act. During 2004, UGC incurred approximately
$2.7 million in compliance costs associated with its
reporting obligations (excluding fees paid to UGCs
independent auditors) and approximately $128,000 in Nasdaq
listing fees. Not paying these costs and fees will represent a
cost-savings for UGC following the completion of the mergers.
Following the mergers, LMI Series A common stock and LMI
Series B common stock will be delisted from the Nasdaq
National Market and deregistered under the Exchange Act, and LMI
will cease to be a reporting company under the Exchange Act.
However, we do not anticipate realizing any economic benefits
associated with this delistment, deregistration and cessation of
reporting obligations because Liberty Global will incur
comparable costs to those that LMI otherwise would have incurred
had the mergers not been completed.
It is anticipated that the shares of Liberty Global common stock
issuable in connection with the mergers will be registered under
the Exchange Act, and it is a condition to the mergers that such
shares be authorized for listing on the Nasdaq National Market,
subject only to official notice of issuance. [Liberty Global has
applied to list its Series A common stock and Series B
common stock on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbols
LBTYA and LBTYB, respectively, the same
symbols under which LMI common stock currently trades.] Liberty
Global will become subject to the reporting requirements of the
Exchange Act contemporaneously with the completion of the
mergers.
Neither LMI Merger Sub nor UGC Merger Sub has or will
have any securities listed on a securities exchange or
registered under the Exchange Act. Neither LMI Merger Sub
nor UGC Merger Sub is or will be subject to the reporting
obligations of the Exchange Act.
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Effect on Net Book Value and Net Earnings |
As the successor entity to LMI, Liberty Global would have
experienced, on a pro forma basis, (1) an increase of
$3,458,829,000 in its interest in the net book value of UGC at
December 31, 2004 if the mergers had been completed at
December 31, 2004 and the unaffiliated stockholders of UGC
had elected to receive all stock consideration. In addition,
Liberty Global would have experienced, on a pro forma basis, an
increase of $184,607,000 in its interest in the net loss of UGC
for the year ended December 31, 2004 if the mergers had
been completed at January 1, 2004 and the unaffiliated
stockholders of UGC had elected to receive all stock
consideration. Such changes in Liberty Globals interest in
UGCs net book value and net loss are the result of the
increase in Liberty Globals ownership interest in UGC that
will occur if the mergers are consummated. If the mergers had
been completed at December 31, 2004, Liberty Globals
ownership interest in UGC would have increased to 100% from the
53.6% owned by LMI at that date. There is no effect on
LMIs interest in UGCs net book value or net loss as
a result of the mergers. For additional information, see
Liberty Global Unaudited Condensed Pro Forma Combined
Financial Statements.
Neither LMI Merger Sub nor UGC Merger Sub has any
interests, or has had any historical interests, in the net book
value or net loss of UGC. Following the completion of the
mergers, each of LMI Merger Sub and
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UGC Merger will cease to exist. As a result, neither
company will ever have an interest in the net book value or net
loss of UGC.
If the mergers are completed, and except as described in this
joint proxy statement/prospectus, none of LMI, Liberty Global,
LMI Merger Sub or UGC Merger Sub has any plans or
proposals that relate to or would result in:
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Forward-Looking Information; Certain Projections
While UGC has historically provided limited annual guidance
regarding selected financial and operating measures, UGC does
not, as a matter of course, make public detailed financial
projections. However, UGCs management provided to Morgan
Stanley, the financial advisor of the Special Committee,
preliminary budget projections for UGC for 2005, projected debt
information for UGC for 2005 and 2004 and projected selected
compound annual growth rates for UGCs broadband operations
for the next five years. The projections summarized below are
included in this document solely because they were provided to
the Special Committees financial advisor. The projections
were not provided to LMI, or to any directors of UGC who are
also officers of LMI. UGC management provided certain of the
information summarized below to the financial advisor of LMI,
Banc of America Securities, under a confidentiality agreement
between LMI and UGC.
The projections summarized below were prepared internally at UGC
as part of its regular internal budgeting process, were
preliminary, and were not reviewed by the Special Committee or
the UGC board prior to the time they were provided to Morgan
Stanley. Accordingly, the projections were not prepared by UGC
with a view to public disclosure or compliance with published
guidelines of the SEC or the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants regarding prospective financial information.
Neither UGCs nor LMIs independent accountants have
compiled, examined or reviewed the projections or performed any
procedures with respect to the projections, and expressly
disclaim any association with them. The projections were
prepared by UGC management as of December 26, 2004, and are
based on assumptions which UGC believes were reasonable, given
the information known by its management at the time the
projections were prepared. Hence, UGC believes that Morgan
Stanley was reasonable in relying on the projections as part of
the mix of information it considered in connection with its
analyses of the fairness of the consideration being paid to the
unaffiliated stockholders of UGC.
The projections reflect numerous assumptions with respect to
business, economic, regulatory, competitive and market
conditions and other matters, all of which are difficult to
predict and many of which are beyond UGCs control. The
projections were not prepared in anticipation of the proposed
mergers and do not give any effect to the mergers. There can be
no assurance that the assumptions made in preparing the
projections summarized below will prove accurate, and UGCs
future financial results may differ materially from those
reflected in the projections.
In light of the uncertainties inherent in forward looking
information of any kind, we caution against placing undue
reliance on the projections. For information concerning factors
which may cause UGCs future financial results to
materially vary, see Information Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements. UGC does not intend to update or revise the
projections to reflect circumstances existing after the date
they were prepared or to reflect the occurrence of future
events. Although the projections were prepared in the course of
UGCs 2005 budget process, the 2005 budget ultimately
approved by the UGC board differs in some respects from the
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following projections. The projections should not be viewed as a
representation by UGC, the Special Committee, LMI or any of
their advisors or representatives that the forecasts reflected
therein will be achieved.
These projections have assumed the foreign currency exchange
rates indicated below. Fluctuations in exchange rates relative
to the U.S. dollar can significantly affect the actual financial
results of UGC.
2005 Budget for UGC (1)
(RGUs in Thousands; US$s in Millions)
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(1) |
The 2005 preliminary budget information presented in this table
(other than RGUs) includes the impact of certain acquisitions.
These acquisitions include broadband businesses in Ireland
(Chorus) and the content/programming businesses of ZoneVision
and Canal+ NL (which has not closed as of the date of this joint
proxy statement/prospectus and the closing of which is
conditioned upon receipt of regulatory approval which has not
yet been granted). The preliminary 2005 budget figures include
assumptions as to the completion and timing of these
acquisitions, including the Canal+ NL acquisition which has not
yet closed but which management assumed would close in February
2005 for purposes of preparing the preliminary 2005 budget. The
impact of the February 2005 acquisition of broadband
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(2) |
A Revenue Generating Unit (RGU) is separately an
analog cable subscriber, digital cable subscriber, DTH
subscriber, MMDS subscriber, Internet subscriber or telephony
subscriber. A home may contain one or more RGUs. For example, if
a residential customer in UGCs Austrian system subscribed
to its analog cable service, digital cable service, telephony
service and high-speed broadband Internet access service, that
customer would constitute four RGUs. Excludes RGUs from the
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Operating Cash Flow (OCF) is defined by UGC as
revenue less operating, selling, general and administrative
expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization, impairment of
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UGC also provided to Morgan Stanley net debt information for
2005 and 2004 of $3,483 million and $2,986 million,
respectively, which represent the estimated amounts as of
December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, of the sum of
total debt less total cash and cash equivalents. These estimates
were derived using the US$ per Euro 1 exchange rate of 1.23
listed in the table above, which was the approximate 2004
year-to-date average exchange rate. The US$ per Euro 1
exchange rate in effect at December 31, 2004 was
significantly different, as was the exchange rate used by Morgan
Stanley in its analyses.
In addition, UGC provided to Morgan Stanley the following
compound annual growth rates for UGCs broadband
operations, on a consolidated basis, for the five year period
2004 2009:
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UGCs historical financial statements and other financial
information and Managements Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations set forth in
UGCs Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2004, which is incorporated by reference into
this joint proxy statement/prospectus. See Additional
Information Where You Can Find More
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RISK FACTORS
In addition to the other information contained in,
incorporated by reference in or included as an appendix to this
joint proxy statement/prospectus, you should carefully consider
the following risk factors in deciding whether to vote to
approve the merger proposal.
Factors Relating to the Mergers
Fluctuations in market prices may cause the value of the
shares of Liberty Global common stock that you receive in the
mergers to be less than the value of your shares of LMI common
stock or UGC common stock prior to the mergers. The
ratios at which shares of LMI common stock and shares of UGC
common stock will be converted into shares of Liberty Global
common stock in the mergers are fixed, and there will be no
adjustment to these ratios for changes in the market price of
LMI common stock or UGC common stock. Accordingly, the value of
the stock consideration to be received by holders of LMI common
stock and holders of UGC common stock upon completion of the
mergers is not ascertainable at this time and will ultimately
depend upon the market prices of LMI common stock and UGC common
stock at the effective time of the mergers. Those market prices
may be higher or lower than the market prices of those shares on
the date on which the merger agreement was executed, the date of
this joint proxy statement/prospectus or the date on which the
LMI stockholders and UGC stockholders vote on the
merger proposal. Neither LMI nor UGC is permitted to walk
away from the mergers or resolicit the vote of its
stockholders solely because of changes in the market price of
either partys common stock at any time prior to the
effective time of the mergers. Also, there is no
collar or other adjustment mechanism that will
ensure stockholders receive merger consideration with a minimum
or maximum value.
At the time UGC stockholders make their stock election or
cash election, they may not know if 0.2155 of a share of Liberty
Global common stock will be worth more or less than the cash
election amount of $9.58 per share. To make a valid
stock election or cash election, UGC stockholders must submit
their form of election and related UGC shares to the exchange
agent by the election deadline. The election deadline is
scheduled for 5:00 p.m., New York time, on
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2005. We will extend the election deadline to no later than
5:00 p.m., New York time, on the second business day
prior to the completion of the mergers if we anticipate that the
mergers will not occur within four business days after the
initial election deadline. As the initial trading price of the
shares of Liberty Global Series A common stock is expected
to approximate the trading price of the LMI Series A
common stock immediately prior to the completion of the mergers,
there can be no assurance that the value of the stock
consideration will not fluctuate, with the trading price of the
LMI Series A common stock, between the submission of a
form of election and the completion of the mergers. Hence, while
UGC stockholders will know the value of the stock consideration
at the time they submit their form of election, there can be no
assurance that the stock consideration will not have a lower
value when the mergers are completed and the Liberty Global
Series A common stock is first made available to UGC
stockholders.
UGC stockholders who make the cash election may not have
all of their UGC shares exchanged for cash, and the average per
share value of the merger consideration they receive could be
less than $9.58. The merger agreement limits the amount
of cash payable to UGC stockholders who make the cash election
to no more than 20% of the aggregate value of the merger
consideration payable to UGC stockholders who are not
Permitted Holders within the meaning of UGCs
indenture with respect to its
13/4% convertible
senior notes due 2024, which we refer to as the cash
threshold amount. The term Permitted
Holders is generally defined to include LMI and Liberty
and the Chief Executive Officer and each member of the board of
directors of each of UGC, LMI and Liberty as of April 1,
2004 and each of their respective affiliates. If the cash
threshold amount is exceeded, those UGC stockholders making the
cash election will have the number of their shares of UGC stock
as to which they made the cash election reduced by a
pro rata amount, and will receive the stock consideration
for those shares which are not exchanged for the cash
consideration. Depending on the market price of the Liberty
Global Series A common stock immediately after the mergers
are completed, UGC stockholders who made only the cash election
but who receive stock consideration for some of their shares due
to proration may obtain aggregate consideration that is worth
less than $9.58 per
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share on a blended basis. See The Transaction
Agreements Merger Agreement
UGC Stockholders Making Stock and Cash Elections;
Proration.
Once UGC stockholders deliver their shares of UGC common
stock to the exchange agent with their form of election, they
will not be able to sell those shares unless they revoke their
election prior to the election deadline. UGC
stockholders may submit a form of election to the exchange agent
at any time after the mailing of the joint proxy
statement/prospectus and prior to the election deadline. To be
valid, an election must be accompanied by the UGC shares as to
which the election has been made. Once the exchange agent is in
receipt of the UGC shares, they will not be available for
settlement purposes in a trade unless and until the person who
submitted the election and the shares revokes the election,
prior to the election deadline, by written notice to the
exchange agent.
Liberty Global may fail to realize the anticipated
benefits of the mergers. The success of the mergers will
depend in part on the ability of Liberty Global to realize the
anticipated synergies and growth opportunities from combining
the two companies. In addition, the market may not quickly, if
ever, eliminate or reduce the holding company discount that we
believe has suppressed the historical trading price of LMI
common stock. Any failure to realize the anticipated benefits of
the mergers may adversely affect the stock price of Liberty
Global.
Significant transaction costs will be incurred as a result
of the mergers. LMI and UGC expect to incur significant
one-time transaction costs, currently estimated to be
approximately $22 million, related to the mergers. These
transaction costs include investment banking, legal and
accounting fees and expenses of approximately $13.8 million
and SEC filing fees, printing expenses, mailing expenses and
other related charges of approximately $6.5 million. LMI
and UGC may also incur additional unanticipated transaction
costs in connection with the mergers. A portion of the
transaction costs related to the mergers, estimated to be
approximately $18 million, will be incurred regardless of
whether the mergers are completed. LMI and UGC will each pay its
own transaction costs incurred, except that they will share
equally all costs associated with printing and mailing this
joint proxy statement/prospectus.
We are parties to pending class action lawsuits relating
to the UGC merger. We are parties to twenty-two lawsuits
filed by third parties seeking monetary damages or injunctive
relief, or both, in connection with the UGC merger. Predicting
the outcome of these lawsuits is difficult; and an adverse
judgment for monetary damages could have a material adverse
effect on the operations of Liberty Global after the mergers, a
preliminary injunction could delay or jeopardize the completion
of the mergers and an adverse judgment granting injunctive
relief could permanently enjoin the consummation of the mergers.
LMIs potential indemnity liability to Liberty if the
spin off is treated as a taxable transaction as a result of the
mergers could materially adversely affect Liberty Globals
prospects and financial condition. LMI entered into a
tax sharing agreement with Liberty in connection with its spin
off from Liberty on June 7, 2004. In the tax sharing
agreement, LMI agreed to indemnify Liberty and its subsidiaries,
officers and directors for any loss, including any adjustment to
taxes of Liberty, resulting from (1) any action or failure
to act by LMI or any of LMIs subsidiaries following the
completion of the spin off that would be inconsistent with or
prohibit the spin off from qualifying as a tax-free transaction
to Liberty and to Libertys stockholders under
Section 355 of the Code or (2) any breach of any
representation or covenant given by LMI or one of LMIs
subsidiaries in connection with any tax opinion delivered to
Liberty relating to the qualification of the spin off as a
tax-free distribution described in Section 355 of the Code.
LMIs indemnification obligations to Liberty and its
subsidiaries, officers and directors are not limited in amount
or subject to any cap. If LMI is required to indemnify Liberty
and its subsidiaries, officers and directors under the
circumstances set forth in the tax sharing agreement, LMI may be
subject to substantial liabilities. For more information about
the tax sharing agreement, see Appendix A:
Information Concerning Liberty Media International,
Inc. Part 2: Certain Relationships and Related
Party Transactions Agreements Between LMI and
Liberty Tax Sharing Agreement.
It is a non-waivable condition to the mergers that LMI and
Liberty Global shall have received the opinion of Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP or another nationally
recognized law firm reasonably acceptable to UGC (acting with
the approval of the Special Committee), dated the closing date
of the mergers, to the
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effect that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, provided
that the spin off would otherwise have qualified as a tax-free
distribution under Section 355 of the Code to Liberty and
the Liberty stockholders, the mergers should not cause the spin
off to fail to qualify as a tax-free distribution to Liberty
under Section 355(e) of the Code. In rendering such
opinion, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP or
such other alternate firm may rely upon factual representations
and covenants, including those contained in certificates of
officers of LMI, Liberty Global and UGC, and customary factual
assumptions. Any inaccuracy in the representations, covenants
and assumptions upon which such tax opinion is based could alter
the conclusions reached in such opinion. Neither LMI nor Liberty
Global have requested a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service
as to the effect, if any, that the mergers would have on the
spin off. Therefore, there can be no assurance that the Internal
Revenue Service will agree with the conclusions in such opinion.
Factors Relating to Overseas Operations and Regulations
The businesses of LMI and UGC are, and the businesses of
Liberty Global will be, conducted almost exclusively outside of
the United States, which gives rise to numerous operational
risks. The businesses of LMI and UGC are, and the
businesses of Liberty Global will be, operated almost
exclusively in countries other than the United States and are
thereby subject to the following inherent risks:
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LMI and UGC are, and Liberty Global is expected to be,
exposed to potentially volatile fluctuations of the
U.S. dollar (their functional currency) against the
currencies of their operating subsidiaries and
affiliates. Any increase (decrease) in the value of the
U.S. dollar against any foreign currency that is the
functional currency of an operating subsidiary or affiliate of
LMI or UGC, and, following the mergers, Liberty Global, will
cause the parent company to experience unrealized foreign
currency translation losses (gains) with respect to amounts
already invested in such foreign currencies. In addition, LMI,
UGC and their operating subsidiaries and affiliates are, and
Liberty Global and its operating subsidiaries and affiliates are
expected to be, exposed to foreign currency risk to the extent
that they enter into transactions denominated in currencies
other than their respective functional currencies, such as
investments in debt and equity securities of foreign
subsidiaries, equipment purchases, programming costs, notes
payable and notes receivable (including intercompany amounts)
that are denominated in a currency other than their own
functional currency. Changes in exchange rates with respect to
these items will result in unrealized (based upon period-end
exchange rates) or realized foreign currency transaction gains
and losses upon settlement of the transactions. In addition, LMI
and UGC are, and Liberty Global is expected to be, exposed to
foreign exchange rate fluctuations related to operating
subsidiaries monetary assets and liabilities and the
financial results of foreign subsidiaries and affiliates when
their respective financial statements are translated into
U.S. dollars for inclusion in their consolidated financial
statements. Cumulative translation adjustments are recorded in
accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as a separate
component of equity. As a result of foreign currency risk, LMI,
UGC and, following the mergers, Liberty Global may experience
economic loss and a
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negative impact on earnings and equity with respect to their
holdings solely as a result of foreign currency exchange rate
fluctuations. The primary exposure to foreign currency risk for
LMI and UGC is, and for Liberty Global is expected to be, to the
euro due to the percentage of the U.S. dollar revenue of
LMI and UGC that is derived, and following the mergers is
expected to be derived by Liberty Global, from countries where
the euro is the functional currency. In addition, the operating
results and financial condition of LMI and UGC are, and of
Liberty Global following the mergers are expected to be,
significantly impacted by changes in the exchange rates for the
Japanese yen, Chilean peso and, to a lesser degree, other local
currencies in Europe. In the past, LMI and UGC generally have
not, and Liberty Global following the mergers is not expected
to, enter into derivative transactions that are designed to
reduce their long-term exposure to foreign currency exchange
risk.
The businesses of LMI and UGC are, and the businesses of
Liberty Global will be, subject to risks of adverse regulation
by foreign governments. The businesses of LMI and UGC
are, and the businesses of Liberty Global will be, subject to
the unique regulatory regimes of the countries in which they
operate. Cable and telecommunications businesses are subject to
licensing eligibility rules and regulations, which vary by
country. The provision of telephony services requires licensing
from, or registration with, the appropriate regulatory
authorities and entrance into interconnection arrangements with
the incumbent phone companies. It is possible that countries in
which LMI, UGC and, following the mergers, Liberty Global
operate may adopt laws and regulations regarding electronic
commerce which could dampen the growth of the Internet access
services being offered and developed by these businesses.
Programming businesses are subject to regulation on a country by
country basis, including programming content requirements,
requirements to carry specified programming, service quality
standards, price controls and ownership restrictions.
Consequently, such businesses must adapt their ownership and
organizational structure as well as their services to satisfy
the rules and regulations to which they are subject. A failure
to comply with these rules and regulations could result in
penalties, restrictions on such business or loss of required
licenses.
Businesses that offer multiple services, such as video
distribution as well as Internet access and telephony, or both
video distribution and programming content, are facing increased
regulatory review from competition authorities in several
countries in which LMI and UGC operate, and, following the
mergers, Liberty Global will operate, with respect to their
businesses and proposed business combinations. For example, the
European Union and the regulatory authorities in several
countries in which LMI and UGC do business, and in which Liberty
Global will do business, are considering what access rights, if
any, should be afforded to third parties for use of existing
cable television networks. If third parties were to be granted
access to the distribution infrastructure of LMI and UGC, and,
following the mergers, Liberty Global, for the delivery of
video, audio, Internet or other services, those providers could
compete with services similar to those which the businesses of
LMI and UGC offer, and, following the mergers, Liberty Global
will offer, which could lead to significant price competition
and loss of market share.
LMI, UGC and, following the mergers, Liberty Global may
determine to acquire additional communications companies. These
acquisitions may require the approval of governmental
authorities, which can block, impose conditions on or delay an
acquisition.
LMI, UGC and, following the mergers, Liberty Global cannot
be certain that they will be successful in acquiring new
businesses or integrating acquired businesses with their
existing operations. Historically, the businesses of LMI
and UGC have grown, in part, through selective acquisitions that
enabled them to take advantage of existing networks, local
service offerings and region-specific management expertise. LMI,
UGC and, following the mergers, Liberty Global may seek to
continue growing their businesses through acquisitions in
selected markets. Their ability to acquire new businesses may be
limited by many factors, including debt covenants, availability
of financing, the prevalence of complex ownership structures
among potential targets and government regulation. Even if they
were successful in acquiring new businesses, the integration of
new businesses may present significant challenges, including:
realizing economies of scale in interconnection, programming and
network operations; eliminating duplicative overheads; and
integrating networks, financial systems and operational systems.
We cannot assure you that LMI, UGC and, following the mergers,
Liberty Global will be successful in acquiring new businesses or
realizing the anticipated benefits of any completed acquisition.
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In addition, we anticipate that most, if not all, companies
acquired by LMI, UGC or, following the mergers, Liberty Global
will be located outside the United States. Foreign companies may
not have disclosure controls and procedures or internal controls
over financial reporting that are as thorough or effective as
those required by U.S. securities laws. While LMI, UGC and,
following the mergers, Liberty Global intend to conduct
appropriate due diligence and to implement appropriate controls
and procedures as they integrate acquired companies, they may
not be able to certify as to the effectiveness of these
companies disclosure controls and procedures or internal
controls over financial reporting until they have fully
integrated them.
LMI and UGC are, and Liberty Global will be, subject to
the risk of revocation or loss of their telecommunications and
media licenses. In certain operating regions, the
services provided by the businesses of LMI, UGC and, following
the mergers, Liberty Global require receipt of a license from
the appropriate national, provincial and/or local regulatory
authority. In those regions, regulatory authorities may have
significant discretion in granting licenses, including the term
of the licenses, and are often under no obligation to renew them
when they expire. The breach of a license or applicable law,
even if inadvertent, can result in the revocation, suspension,
cancellation or reduction in the term of a license or the
imposition of fines. In addition, regulatory authorities may
grant new licenses to third parties, resulting in greater
competition in territories where the businesses of LMI, UGC and,
following the mergers, Liberty Global may already be licensed.
In order to promote competition, licenses may also require that
third parties be granted access to the bandwidth, frequency
capacity, facilities or services of LMI, UGC and, following the
mergers, Liberty Global. There can be no assurance that LMI or
UGC or, following the mergers, Liberty Global will be able to
obtain or retain any required license, or that any renewal of a
required license will not be on less favorable terms.
LMI, UGC and, following the mergers, Liberty Global may
have to pay U.S. taxes on earnings of certain of their
foreign subsidiaries regardless of whether such earnings are
actually distributed to them, and they may be limited in
claiming foreign tax credits; since substantially all of their
revenue is generated through their foreign investments, these
tax risks could have a material adverse impact on their
effective income tax rate, financial condition and
liquidity. Certain foreign corporations in which LMI and
UGC have, and in which Liberty Global will have, interests
particularly those in which they have or will have controlling
interests, are considered to be controlled foreign
corporations under U.S. tax law. In general, their
pro rata share of certain income earned by their
subsidiaries that are controlled foreign corporations during a
taxable year when such subsidiaries have current or accumulated
earnings and profits will be included in their income when the
income is earned, regardless of whether the income is
distributed to them. This income, typically referred to as
Subpart F income, generally includes, but is
not limited to, such items as interest, dividends, royalties,
gains from the disposition of certain property, certain currency
exchange gains in excess of currency exchange losses, and
certain related party sales and services income. In addition, a
U.S. stockholder of a controlled foreign corporation may be
required to include in income its pro rata share of the
controlled foreign corporations increase for the year in
current or accumulated earnings and profits (other than
Subpart F income) invested in U.S. property,
regardless of whether the U.S. stockholder received any
actual cash distributions from the controlled foreign
corporation. Since LMI and UGC are investors in, and Liberty
Global will be an investor in, foreign corporations, they could
have significant amounts of Subpart F income. Although they
intend to take reasonable tax planning measures to limit their
tax exposure, we cannot assure you that they will be able to do
so or that any of such measures will not be challenged.
In general, a U.S. corporation may claim a foreign tax
credit against its U.S. federal income taxes for foreign
income taxes paid or accrued. A U.S. corporation may also
claim a credit for foreign income taxes paid or accrued on the
earnings of certain foreign corporations paid to the
U.S. corporation as a dividend. The ability of LMI, UGC
and, following the mergers, Liberty Global to claim a foreign
tax credit for dividends received from their foreign
subsidiaries is subject to various limitations. Some of their
businesses are located in countries with which the United States
does not have income tax treaties. Because LMI and UGC lack, and
Liberty Global will lack, treaty protection in these countries,
they may be subject to high rates of withholding taxes on
distributions and other payments from their businesses and may
be subject to double taxation on their income. Limitations on
the ability of LMI, UGC and, following the mergers, Liberty
Global to claim a foreign tax credit, their lack of treaty
protection in some countries, and their inability to offset
losses in one foreign jurisdiction against income earned in
another foreign jurisdiction could result in a high effective
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income tax rate on their earnings. Since substantially all of
their revenue is generated abroad, including in jurisdictions
that do not have tax treaties with the United States, these
risks are proportionately greater for them than for companies
that generate most of their revenue in the United States or in
jurisdictions that have such treaties.
Factors Relating to Technology and Competition
Changes in technology may limit the competitiveness of and
demand for our services, which may adversely impact the business
and stock value of LMI, UGC, and following the mergers, Liberty
Global. Technology in the video, telecommunications and
data services industries is changing rapidly. This significantly
influences the demand for the products and services that are
offered by the businesses of LMI, UGC and, following the
mergers, Liberty Global. The ability to anticipate changes in
technology and consumer tastes and to develop and introduce new
and enhanced products on a timely basis will affect the ability
of LMI, UGC, and, following the mergers, Liberty Global to
continue to grow, increase their revenue and number of
subscribers and remain competitive. New products, once marketed,
may not meet consumer expectations or demand, can be subject to
delays in development and may fail to operate as intended. A
lack of market acceptance of new products and services which
LMI, UGC and, following the mergers, Liberty Global may offer,
or the development of significant competitive products or
services by others, could have a material adverse impact on the
revenue, growth and stock price of LMI, UGC and, following the
mergers, Liberty Global. Alternatively, if consumer demand for
new services in a specific country or region exceeds our
expectations, meeting that demand could overburden our
infrastructure, which could result in service interruptions and
a loss of customers.
LMI and UGC operate, and, following the mergers, Liberty
Global will operate, in increasingly competitive markets, and
there is a risk that LMI, UGC and, following the mergers,
Liberty Global will not be able to effectively compete with
other service providers. The markets for cable
television, high-speed Internet access and telecommunications in
many of the regions in which LMI and UGC operate, and Liberty
Global will operate, are highly competitive and highly
fragmented. In the provision of video services, LMI and UGC
face, and Liberty Global will face, competition from other cable
television service providers, direct-to-home satellite service
providers, digital terrestrial television broadcasters and video
over asymmetric digital subscriber line providers, among others.
Their operating businesses in The Netherlands, France and Japan
are facing increasing competition from video services provided
by or over the networks of incumbent telecommunications
operators. In the provision of telephone services, LMI and UGC
face, and Liberty Global will face, competition from the
incumbent telecommunications operators in each country in which
they operate. These operators have substantially more experience
in providing telephone services and have greater resources to
devote to the provision of telephone services. In addition, in
many countries, LMI and UGC face, and Liberty Global will face,
competition from wireless telephone providers, facilities-based
and resale telephone operators, voice over Internet protocol
providers and other providers. In the provision of Internet
access services and online content, LMI and UGC face, and
Liberty Global will face, competition from incumbent
telecommunications companies and other telecommunications
operators, other cable-based Internet service providers,
non-cable based Internet service providers, Internet portals and
satellite, microwave and other wireless providers. The Internet
services offered by these competitors include both traditional
dial-up access services and high-speed access services. Digital
subscriber line is a technology that provides high-speed
Internet access over traditional telephone lines. Both incumbent
and alternative providers offer digital subscriber line
services. We expect digital subscriber line to be an
increasingly strong competitor in the provision of Internet
services.
The market for programming services is also highly competitive.
Programming businesses compete with other programmers for
distribution on a limited number of channels. Once distribution
is obtained, program offerings must then compete for viewers and
advertisers with other programming services as well as with
other entertainment media, such as home video, online activities
and movies.
We expect the level and intensity of competition to increase in
the future from both existing competitors and new market
entrants as a result of changes in the regulatory framework of
the industries in which LMI and UGC operate, and in which
Liberty Global will operate, the influx of new market entrants
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alliances and cooperative relationships among industry
participants. Increased competition may result in increased
customer churn, reduce the rate of customer acquisition and lead
to significant price competition, in each case resulting in
decreases in cash flows, operating margins and profitability.
The inability to compete effectively may result in the loss of
subscribers, and revenue and the stock price of LMI and UGC,
and, following the mergers, Liberty Global, may suffer.
LMI, UGC and, following the mergers, Liberty Global may
not be able to obtain attractive programming for their digital
video services, thereby lowering demand for their
services. LMI and UGC rely, and, following the mergers,
Liberty Global will rely, on programming suppliers for the bulk
of their programming content. They may not be able to obtain
sufficient high-quality programming for their digital video
services on satisfactory terms or at all in order to offer
compelling digital video services. This may reduce demand for
their services, thereby lowering their future revenue. It may
also limit their ability to migrate customers from lower tier
programming to higher tier programming, thereby inhibiting their
ability to execute their business plans. Furthermore, LMI, UGC
and, following the mergers, Liberty Global may not be able to
obtain attractive country-specific programming for video
services. This could further lower revenue and profitability. In
addition, must-carry requirements may consume channel capacity
otherwise available for other services.
Some of the operating businesses of LMI, UGC and,
following the mergers, Liberty Global depend upon third parties
for the distribution of their products and services. In
certain operating regions, the businesses of LMI, UGC and,
following the mergers, Liberty Global require access to utility
poles, roadside conduits and leased fiber that interconnect
their headends and/or connect their headends to
telecommunications facilities of third parties. This
infrastructure is, in some cases, owned by regional utility
companies or other third party administrators, and access to the
infrastructure is licensed to the businesses of LMI, UGC and,
following the mergers, Liberty Global. In other operating
regions, the transmission of cable programming content to
regional headend facilities is accomplished via communications
satellites owned by third parties, who, in some cases, are
competitors. We cannot assure you that the businesses of LMI,
UGC and, following the mergers, Liberty Global will be able to
renew any existing access agreements with these third parties or
enter into new agreements for additional access rights, which
may be necessary for the expansion of their businesses in these
regions. Any cancellation, delay or interruption in these access
rights would disrupt the delivery of the products and services
of LMI, UGC and, following the mergers, Liberty Global to
customers in the affected regions. In addition, the failure to
obtain additional access rights from such third parties could
preclude expansionary efforts in these operating regions. We
also cannot assure you that any alternative distribution means
will be available in these regions, on reasonable terms or at
all.
Following the mergers, Liberty Global and Liberty may
compete for business opportunities. LMIs former
parent company, Liberty, has interests in various
U.S. programming companies that have subsidiaries or
controlled affiliates that own or operate foreign programming
services that may compete with the programming services to be
offered by Liberty Globals businesses. In addition,
Liberty may seek to expand its foreign programming services to
capitalize on the significant growth potential presented by the
international cable market. As a result of these expansionary
efforts, Liberty Globals programming services may find
themselves in direct competition with those of Liberty. Liberty
Global has no rights in respect of international programming
opportunities developed by or presented to the subsidiaries or
controlled affiliates of Libertys U.S. programming
companies and the pursuit of these opportunities by such
subsidiaries or affiliates may adversely affect the interests of
Liberty Global and its stockholders. Since Liberty Global will
have overlapping directors with Liberty, the pursuit of these
opportunities could create, or appear to create, potential
conflicts of interest. See Management of Liberty
Global.
Factors Relating to Certain Financial Matters
The liquidity and value of the interests of LMI, UGC and,
following the mergers, Liberty Global in their subsidiaries and
affiliates may be adversely affected by stockholder agreements
and similar agreements to which they are a party. LMI
and UGC own, and Liberty Global will own, equity interests in a
variety of international broadband distribution and video
programming businesses. Certain of these equity interests are,
or will be, held pursuant to stockholder agreements, partnership
agreements and other instruments and agreements that contain
provisions that affect the liquidity, and therefore the
realizable value, of those
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interests. Most of these agreements subject, or will subject,
the transfer of such equity interests to consent rights or
rights of first refusal of the other stockholders or partners.
In certain cases, a change in control of the company or the
subsidiary holding the equity interest will give rise to rights
or remedies exercisable by other stockholders or partners. Some
of the subsidiaries and affiliates of LMI and UGC and, following
the mergers, Liberty Global are parties to loan agreements that
restrict changes in ownership of the borrower without the
consent of the lenders. All of these provisions will restrict
the ability to sell those equity interests and may adversely
affect the prices at which those interests may be sold.
LMI and UGC do not, and Liberty Global will not, have the right
to manage the businesses or affairs of any of the companies in
which they hold less than a majority voting interest. Rather,
such rights may take the form of representation on the board of
directors or a partners or similar committee that
supervises management or possession of veto rights over
significant or extraordinary actions. The scope of veto rights
varies from agreement to agreement. Although board
representation and veto rights may enable LMI, UGC and,
following the mergers, Liberty Global to exercise influence over
the management or policies of an affiliate, they do not enable
LMI, UGC or, following the mergers, Liberty Global to cause
those affiliates to take actions, such as paying dividends or
making distributions to their stockholders or partners.
Following the mergers, Liberty Global may not report
operating income or net earnings. Each of UGC and LMI
has a history of reporting operating and net losses. UGCs
net earnings (losses) from continuing operations amounted to
$(382.4 million), $1,955.4 million and
$988.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2004,
2003 and 2002, respectively. Although UGC had net earnings in
2003 and 2002, the net earnings were primarily attributable to
gains on debt extinguishment of $2.1 billion and
$2.2 billion, respectively. During the same periods,
LMIs net earnings (losses) from continuing operations
amounted to $(31.8 million), $20.9 million and
$(329.9 million) for the years ended December 31,
2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. In light of the historical
financial performance of UGC and LMI, we cannot assure you that
Liberty Global will report operating income or net earnings in
the near future or at all.
If LMI, UGC or, following the mergers, Liberty Global
fails to meet required capital calls to a company in which it
holds interests, its interests in that company could be diluted
or it could forfeit important rights. LMI and UGC are
parties to, and, following the mergers, Liberty Global may be a
party to, stockholder and partnership agreements that provide
for possible capital calls on stockholders and partners. Failure
to meet a capital call, or other commitment to provide capital
or loans to a particular company in which LMI, UGC or, following
the mergers, Liberty Global holds interests may have adverse
consequences to LMI, UGC or, following the mergers, Liberty
Global. These consequences may include, among others, the
dilution of equity interest in that company, the forfeiture of
the right to vote or exercise other rights or, in some
instances, a breach of contract action for damages against LMI,
UGC or, following the mergers, Liberty Global. The ability to
meet capital calls or other capital or loan commitments is
subject to the ability to access cash. See
LMI, UGC and Liberty Global may not freely
access the cash of their operating companies. below.
LMI, UGC and Liberty Global may not freely access the cash
of their operating companies. The operations of LMI and
UGC are, and, following the mergers, Liberty Global will be,
conducted through their respective subsidiaries. The potential
sources of cash of LMI and UGC, and, following the mergers,
Liberty Global will include their available cash balances, net
cash from the operating activities of their subsidiaries,
dividends and interest from their investments, availability
under credit facilities and proceeds from asset sales. The
ability of their operating subsidiaries to pay dividends or to
make other payments or advances to them depends on their
individual operating results and any statutory, regulatory or
contractual restrictions to which they may be or may become
subject. Some of LMIs and UGCs operating
subsidiaries are, and, following the mergers, Liberty
Globals operating subsidiaries will be, subject to loan
agreements or bank facilities that restrict sales of assets and
prohibit or limit the payment of dividends or the making of
distributions, loans or advances to stockholders and partners,
including LMI, UGC and, following the mergers, Liberty Global.
In addition, because these subsidiaries are separate and
distinct legal entities they have no obligation to provide LMI,
UGC or, following the mergers, Liberty Global with funds for
payment obligations, whether by dividends, distributions, loans
or other payments. With respect to those companies in which LMI,
UGC or, following the mergers, Liberty Global have less than a
majority voting interest, LMI and UGC do not have, and,
following the mergers, Liberty Global will not have, sufficient
voting control to cause those companies to pay dividends
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or make other payments or advances to any of their partners or
stockholders, including LMI, UGC or, following the mergers,
Liberty Global.
If, following the mergers, Liberty Global is unable to
satisfy completely the regulatory requirements of
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or Liberty
Globals internal control over financial reporting is not
effective, the reliability of Liberty Globals financial
statements may be questioned and Liberty Globals stock
price may suffer. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 requires companies to do a comprehensive evaluation
of their internal control over financial reporting. To comply
with this statute, Liberty Global will be required to document
and test its internal control procedures; Liberty Globals
management will be required to assess and issue a report
concerning Liberty Globals internal control over financial
reporting; and Liberty Globals independent auditors will
be required to issue an opinion on managements assessment
of those matters. Liberty Globals compliance with
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act will first be tested
in connection with the filing of its Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2005. The
rules governing the standards that must be met for management to
assess Liberty Globals internal control over financial
reporting are new and complex and require significant
documentation, testing and possible remediation to meet the
detailed standards under the rules. During the course of its
testing, Liberty Globals management may identify material
weaknesses or deficiencies which may not be remedied in time to
meet the deadline imposed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. If,
following the mergers, Liberty Globals management cannot
favorably assess the effectiveness of Liberty Globals
internal control over financial reporting or Liberty
Globals auditors identify material weaknesses in those
controls, investor confidence in Liberty Globals financial
results may weaken, and Liberty Globals stock price may
suffer.
Certain subsidiaries of LMI and UGC are, and certain
subsidiaries of Liberty Global will be, subject to various debt
instruments that contain restrictions on how they finance their
operations and operate their businesses, which could impede
their ability to engage in beneficial transactions.
Certain subsidiaries of LMI and UGC are, and certain
subsidiaries of Liberty Global will be, subject to significant
financial and operating restrictions contained in outstanding
credit agreements, indentures and similar instruments of
indebtedness. These restrictions will affect, and in some cases
significantly limit or prohibit, among other things, the ability
of those subsidiaries to:
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As a result of restrictions contained in these credit
facilities, the companies party thereto, and their subsidiaries,
could be unable to obtain additional capital in the future to:
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LMI and UGC are, and Liberty Global will be, typically
prohibited from or significantly restricted in accessing the net
cash of their subsidiaries that have outstanding credit
facilities.
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In addition, some of the credit agreements to which these
subsidiaries are parties require them to maintain financial
ratios, including ratios of total debt to operating cash flow
and operating cash flow to interest expense. Their ability to
meet these financial ratios and tests may be affected by events
beyond their control, and we cannot assure you that they will be
met. In the event of a default under such subsidiaries
credit agreements or indentures, the lenders may accelerate the
maturity of the indebtedness under those agreements or
indentures, which could result in a default under other
outstanding credit facilities of these subsidiaries. We cannot
assure you that any of these subsidiaries will have sufficient
assets to pay indebtedness outstanding under their credit
agreements and indentures. Any refinancing of this indebtedness
is likely to contain similar restrictive covenants.
Factors Relating to Governance Matters
John C. Malone will have significant influence over
corporate matters considered by Liberty Global and its
stockholders. Following the mergers, John C. Malone is
expected to beneficially own shares of Liberty Global common
stock representing approximately
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of the aggregate voting power of Liberty Global (based upon his
beneficial ownership interests in LMI and UGC, respectively, as
of the record dates for the respective stockholders meetings of
LMI and UGC, and assuming no cash elections are made by the UGC
stockholders). By virtue of Mr. Malones voting power
in Liberty Global as well as his position as Liberty
Globals Chairman of the Board, Mr. Malone will have
significant influence over the outcome of any corporate
transaction or other matters submitted to Liberty Global
stockholders for approval, including the election of directors,
mergers, consolidations and the sale of all or substantially all
of Liberty Globals assets. Mr. Malones rights
to vote or dispose of his equity interests in Liberty Global
will not be subject to any restrictions in favor of Liberty
Global other than as may be required by applicable law and
except for customary transfer restrictions pursuant to incentive
award agreements.
It may be difficult for a third party to acquire Liberty
Global, even if doing so may be beneficial to Liberty Global
stockholders. Certain provisions of Liberty
Globals restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws
may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of Liberty
Global that a stockholder may consider favorable. These
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authorizing a capital structure with multiple series of common
stock: a Series B that entitles the holders to ten votes
per share; a Series A that entitles the holders to one vote
per share; and a Series C that, except as otherwise
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candidates for election to its board of directors or for
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requiring stockholder approval by holders of at least 80% of its
voting power or the approval by at least 75% of its board of
directors with respect to certain extraordinary matters, such as
a merger or consolidation of Liberty Global, a sale of all or
substantially all of its assets or an amendment to its restated
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its board of directors to issue shares to persons friendly to
current management, thereby protecting the continuity of its
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Liberty Globals incentive plan may also discourage, delay
or prevent a change in control of Liberty Global even if such
change of control would be in the best interests of Liberty
Global stockholders. For information regarding the relative
rights of the holders of LMI common stock, UGC common stock and
Liberty Global common stock, see Comparison of the Rights
of Stockholders of LMI, UGC and Liberty Global.
Holders of any single series of Liberty Global common
stock may not have any remedies if any action by Liberty
Globals directors or officers has an adverse effect on
only that series of Liberty Global common stock.
Principles of Delaware law and the provisions of Liberty
Globals restated certificate of incorporation may protect
decisions of Liberty Globals board of directors that have
a disparate impact upon holders of any single series of Liberty
Global common stock. Under Delaware law, Liberty Globals
board of directors has a duty to act with due care and in the
best interests of all Liberty Global stockholders, including the
holders of all series of Liberty Global common stock. Principles
of Delaware law established in cases involving differing
treatment of multiple classes or series of stock provide that a
board of directors owes an equal duty to all common stockholders
regardless of class or series and does not have separate or
additional duties to any group of stockholders. As a result, in
some circumstances, Liberty Globals directors may be
required to make a decision that is adverse to the holders of
one series of Liberty Global common stock. Under the principles
of Delaware law referred to above, if you are a holder of a
disadvantaged series of Liberty Global common stock, you may not
be able to challenge such a decision if Liberty Globals
board of directors is disinterested and adequately informed with
respect to its decision and acts in good faith and in the honest
belief that it is acting in the best interests of all of its
stockholders.
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INFORMATION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This joint proxy statement/ prospectus includes certain
forward-looking statements regarding market potential, future
financial performance and other matters. These statements may be
made directly in this joint proxy statement/ prospectus or they
may be made a part of this joint proxy statement/ prospectus by
appearing in other documents filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and incorporated by reference in this joint
proxy statement/ prospectus. These statements may include
statements regarding the period following completion of the
mergers.
In some cases, you can identify these statements by our use of
forward-looking words such as may, will,
should, anticipate,
estimate, expect, plan,
believe, predict, potential,
intend and other terms of similar substance used in
connection with any discussion of the mergers or the future
operations or financial performance of LMI, UGC or Liberty
Global. You should be aware that these statements and any other
forward-looking statements in these documents only reflect our
expectations and are not guarantees of performance. These
statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many of
these risks, uncertainties and assumptions are beyond the
control of LMI, UGC and Liberty Global, and may cause actual
results and performance to differ materially from our
expectations.
In addition to the risks and uncertainties set forth under the
heading Risk Factors on
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statement/ prospectus, important factors that could cause our
actual results to be materially different from our expectations
include, among others:
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consumer acceptance of new technology, programming alternatives
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our ability to manage rapid technological changes, and grow our
digital video, voice and Internet access services; |
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the regulatory and competitive environment in the broadband
communications and programming industries in the countries in
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the expanded deployment of personal video recorders and the
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capital spending for the acquisition and/or development of
telecommunications networks and services; |
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uncertainties associated with product and service development
and market acceptance, including the development and provision
of programming for new television and telecommunications
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You should be aware that the video, voice and Internet access
services industries are changing rapidly, and, therefore, the
forward-looking statements and statements of expectations, plans
and intent herein are subject to a greater degree of risk than
similar statements regarding certain other industries.
We caution you not to place undue reliance on the
forward-looking statements contained or incorporated by
reference in this joint proxy statement/ prospectus. These
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which
the statements were made. Except as may be required by law, none
of LMI, UGC or Liberty Global has any obligation to update or
alter these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise.
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THE COMPANIES
Liberty Media International, Inc.
LMI, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides broadband
distribution services and video programming services to
subscribers in Europe, Japan, Latin America and Australia.
LMIs broadband distribution services consist primarily of
cable television distribution, Internet access, telephony, and,
in selected markets, direct-to-home satellite distribution.
LMIs broadband distribution services include those of UGC,
which is a controlled subsidiary of LMI. LMIs programming
networks create original programming and also distribute
programming obtained from international and home-country content
providers. LMIs principal assets include interests in UGC,
LMI/ Sumisho Super Media, LLC, Jupiter Programming Co., Ltd.
(JPC), Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico Ltd. and Pramer S.C.A.
LMI is a Delaware corporation, formed on March 16, 2004, in
connection with the proposed spin off of Libertys
International Group business segment. LMIs assets and
businesses, including its controlling stake in UGC, consist
largely of those which Liberty attributed to its International
Group business segment prior to the spin off. On June 7,
2004, Liberty distributed to its stockholders, on a pro rata
basis, all of the outstanding shares of LMIs common stock,
and LMI became an independent, publicly traded company.
LMIs principal executive offices are located at 12300
Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112. LMIs main
telephone number is (720) 875-5800, and its company website
is www.libertymediainternational.com.
For more information regarding LMI, please see
Appendix A: Information Concerning Liberty Media
International, Inc. to this joint proxy statement/
prospectus, including, without limitation:
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which is incorporated herein in its entirety by this reference.
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.
UGC is an international broadband communications provider of
video, voice and broadband Internet access services with
operations in 16 countries outside the United States. UGCs
networks pass approximately 15.9 million homes and serve
approximately 8.7 million video subscribers,
0.8 million voice subscribers and 1.4 million
broadband Internet access subscribers. UGC Europe, Inc.,
UGCs largest consolidated operation, is a pan-European
broadband communications company, providing video, high-speed
Internet access and telephone services through its broadband
networks in 13 European countries. UGCs primary Latin
American operation, VTR GlobalCom S.A., provides video,
high-speed Internet access and telephone services primarily to
residential customers in Chile. UGC also has consolidated
operations in Brazil and Peru; an approximate 19% interest in
SBS Broadcasting S.A., a European commercial television and
radio broadcasting company; an approximate 34% interest in
Austar United Communications Ltd., a pay-TV provider in
Australia; and an indirect investment in Telenet Group Holding
N.V., a broadband communications provider in Belgium.
UGC is a Delaware corporation, formed on February 5, 2001
in connection with a substantial investment by Liberty.
UGCs principal executive offices are located at 4643 South
Ulster Street, Suite 1300, Denver, Colorado 80237.
UGCs main telephone number is (303) 770-4001, and its
company website is www.unitedglobal.com.
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For more information regarding UGC, please see Additional
Information Where You Can Find More
Information.
Liberty Global, Inc.
Liberty Global, a wholly owned subsidiary of LMI, is a Delaware
corporation, formed on January 13, 2005, for the purpose of
effecting the mergers. Upon consummation of the mergers, Liberty
Global will become the parent company of LMI and UGC. The
businesses of Liberty Global will reflect the combination of the
businesses currently conducted by each of LMI and UGC.
To date, Liberty Global has not conducted any activities other
than those incident to its formation and the matters
contemplated by the merger agreement, including the formation of
each of LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger Sub as wholly owned
subsidiaries and the preparation of applicable filings under the
securities laws.
Liberty Globals principal executive offices are located at
12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112. Liberty
Globals main telephone number is (720) 875-5800.
Following the mergers, Liberty Globals corporate website
will be located at
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For more information regarding the business of Liberty Global
following the mergers, please see the description of LMIs
business included in Appendix A: Information
Concerning Liberty Media International, Inc.
Part 1: Description of Business, which includes a
description of UGCs business. In addition, please
carefully read the information provided in this joint proxy
statement/ prospectus, including the information provided under
the heading Liberty Global Unaudited Condensed Pro Forma
Combined Financial Statements.
Cheetah Acquisition Corp. (LMI Merger Sub)
LMI Merger Sub, a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Global, is
a Delaware corporation, formed on January 13, 2005, for the
purpose of effecting the merger with LMI. LMI Merger Sub has not
conducted any activities other than those incident to its
formation and the matters contemplated by the merger agreement,
including the preparation of applicable filings under the
securities laws.
LMI Merger Subs principal executive offices are located at
12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112. LMI
Merger Subs main telephone number is (720) 875-5800.
Tiger Global Acquisition Corp. (UGC Merger Sub)
UGC Merger Sub, a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Global, is
a Delaware corporation, formed on January 13, 2005, for the
purpose of effecting the merger with UGC. UGC Merger Sub has not
conducted any activities other than those incident to its
formation and the matters contemplated by the merger agreement,
including the preparation of applicable filings under the
securities laws.
UGC Merger Subs principal executive offices are located at
12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112. UGC
Merger Subs main telephone number is (720) 875-5800.
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THE STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS AND PROXY SOLICITATIONS
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To consider and vote on the election of David E.
Rapley and Larry E. Romrell as Class I directors pursuant
to the LMI election of directors proposal;
To consider and vote on the LMI incentive plan
proposal;
To consider and vote on the LMI auditors
ratification proposal; and
To transact other business as may properly be
presented at the LMI annual meeting or any postponements or
adjournments thereof.
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To transact other business as may properly be
presented at the UGC special meeting or any postponements or
adjournments thereof.
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meeting, a quorum of stockholders must be present. This means
that at least a majority of the aggregate voting power
represented by the outstanding shares of LMI common stock or UGC
common stock, as the case may be, must be represented at the
applicable stockholders meeting, either in person or by proxy.
For purposes of determining a quorum, your shares will be
included as represented at the meeting even if you indicate on
your proxy that you abstain from voting. In addition, if a
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vote those shares on any proposal, or if those shares are voted
in circumstances in which proxy authority is defective or has
been withheld with respect to any proposal, these shares (which
we refer to as broker non-votes) will be treated as
present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum.
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Holders of LMI Series A common stock and LMI Series B
common stock, as recorded in LMIs stock register on the
record date for the LMI annual meeting, may vote at the LMI
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Holders of UGC Class A common stock, UGC Class B
common stock and UGC Class C common stock, as recorded in
UGCs stock register on the record date for the UGC special
meeting, may vote at the UGC special meeting or at any
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At the LMI annual meeting, holders of LMI Series A common
stock will have one vote for each share of LMI Series A
common stock that LMIs records show they owned as of
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the record date for the
LMI annual meeting.
At the LMI annual meeting, holders of LMI Series B common
stock will have ten votes for each share of LMI Series B
common stock that LMIs records show they owned as of
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the record date for the
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At the UGC special meeting, holders of UGC Class A common
stock will have one vote for each share of UGC Class A
common stock that UGCs records show they owned as of
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the record date for the
UGC special meeting.
At the UGC special meeting, holders of UGC Class B common
stock and holders of UGC Class C common stock will have ten
votes for each share of UGC Class B common stock or UGC
Class C common stock that UGCs records show they
owned as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the record
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Recommendation of the Board of Directors |
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Merger Proposal. LMIs board of directors has
unanimously approved the merger agreement and determined that
the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby,
including the LMI merger, are advisable, |
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Merger Proposal. UGCs board of directors, based
upon the recommendation of the Special Committee, has
unanimously determined that the UGC merger, on the terms and
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fair to, and in the best interests of, LMI and its stockholders.
Accordingly, LMIs board of directors recommends that LMI
stockholders vote FOR the merger proposal.
Annual Business Matter Proposals. LMIs board of
directors has also approved the annual business matter proposals
and recommends that LMI stockholders vote FOR each
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agreement and voting agreement, is fair to, and in the best
interests of, UGC and its stockholders. Accordingly, UGCs
board of directors recommends that UGC stockholders vote
FOR the merger proposal. |
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Merger Proposal. Approval of the merger proposal requires
the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of
the aggregate voting power of the LMI Series A common stock and
LMI Series B common stock outstanding as of the record date
for the LMI annual meeting, voting together as a single
class.
A common stock and LMI Series B common stock outstanding as
of the record date for the LMI annual meeting, voting together
as a single class.
Pursuant to a voting agreement entered into between John C.
Malone, the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and
President of LMI, and UGC, Mr. Malone has agreed to vote
the shares of LMI Series A common stock and LMI
Series B common stock owned by him or which he has the
right to vote (representing, as of February 28, 2005,
approximately 26.5% of the aggregate voting power of LMI)
FOR the approval of the merger proposal. See
The Transaction Agreements Voting
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Merger Proposal. Approval of the merger proposal requires
a vote of the holders of UGC common stock, with all classes
voting together as a single class, that satisfies two
criteria:
statutory approval: the affirmative vote of
the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate voting power
of the shares of UGC Class A common stock, UGC Class B
common stock and UGC Class C common stock outstanding as of
the record date for the UGC special meeting; and
minority approval: the affirmative vote of
the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate voting power
of the shares of UGC Class A common stock, UGC Class B
common stock and UGC Class C common stock outstanding as of
the record date for the UGC special meeting, exclusive of any
shares beneficially owned by LMI, Liberty or any of their
respective subsidiaries or any of the executive officers or
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officers of LMI (other than Mr. Malone), who together
beneficially own shares of LMI common stock representing
approximately 3.3% of LMIs aggregate voting power, as of
February 28, 2005, have indicated to LMI that they intend
to vote FOR the merger proposal at the LMI annual
meeting.
Annual Business Matter Proposals. A plurality of the
affirmative votes of the shares of LMI Series A common
stock and LMI Series B common stock outstanding on the
record date, voting together as a single class, that are voted
in person or by proxy at the annual meeting is required to elect
Messrs. Rapley and Romrell as Class I members of
LMIs board of directors pursuant to the LMI election of
directors proposal. This means that the two nominees will be
elected if they receive more affirmative votes than any other
person.
Approval of each of the LMI incentive plan proposal and the LMI
auditors ratification proposal requires the affirmative vote of
the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate voting power
of the shares of LMI Series A common stock and LMI
Series B common stock outstanding on the record date for
the LMI annual meeting that are present, in person or by proxy,
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UGC.
LMI, which beneficially owns shares of UGC common stock
representing approximately 91% of the aggregate voting power of
UGC, as of February 28, 2005, has agreed to vote, and to
cause its subsidiaries to vote, such shares in favor of the
approval of the merger proposal. See The Transaction
Agreements Merger Agreement. Accordingly, the
statutory approval is assured.
The directors and executive officers of UGC, who together
beneficially own shares of UGC common stock representing less
than 1% of UGCs aggregate voting power, as of
February 28, 2005, have indicated to UGC that they intend
to vote FOR the merger proposal at the UGC special
meeting.
The directors and executive officers of LMI (including
Mr. Malone), who together beneficially own shares of UGC
common stock representing less than 1% of UGCs aggregate
voting power, as of February 28, 2005, have indicated to
UGC that they intend to vote FOR the merger proposal
at the UGC special meeting.
The votes of LMI and its wholly owned subsidiaries, the votes of
UGCs directors and executive officers and the votes of
LMIs directors and executive officers will not be counted
toward the minority approval. |
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7,264,300 shares of LMI Series B common stock
outstanding and entitled to vote at the LMI annual meeting. |
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10,493,461 shares of UGC Class B common stock and
379,603,223 shares of UGC Class C common stock
outstanding and entitled to vote at the UGC special meeting. |
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As of the record date for the LMI annual meeting, there were
approximately
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record holders of LMI Series A common stock and
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record holders of LMI Series B common stock (which amounts
do not include the number of stockholders whose shares are held
of record by banks, brokers or other nominees, but include each
such institution as one holder). |
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As of the record date for the UGC special meeting, there were
approximately [ ] record holders of
UGC Class A common stock, one record holder of UGC
Class B common stock and four record holders of UGC
Class C common stock (which amounts do not include the
number of stockholders whose shares are held of record by banks,
brokers or other nominees, but include each such institution as
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Holders of record of LMI common stock or UGC common stock as of
the record date for the applicable stockholders meeting may vote
in person thereat. Alternatively, they may give a proxy by
completing, signing, dating and returning the proxy card that is
being included with the mailing of this joint proxy statement/
prospectus, or by voting by telephone or over the Internet.
Unless subsequently revoked, shares of LMI common stock or UGC
common stock represented by a proxy submitted as described below
and received at or before the applicable stockholders meeting
will be voted in accordance with the instructions on the
proxy.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. It is recommended that you vote
by proxy even if you plan to attend the applicable stockholders
meeting. You may change your vote at the applicable stockholders
meeting. To submit a written proxy by mail, you should complete,
sign, date and mail the proxy in accordance with its
instructions.
If any other matters are properly presented before the
applicable stockholders meeting, the persons you choose as
proxies will have discretion to vote or to act on these matters
according to their best judgment, unless you indicate otherwise
on your proxy. |
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If a proxy is signed and returned by an LMI record holder
without indicating any voting instructions, the shares of LMI
common stock represented by the proxy will be voted
FOR the approval of the merger proposal and
FOR the approval of each of the annual business
matter proposals.
If a proxy is signed and returned by an LMI record holder and
the LMI record holder indicates that it is abstaining from
voting, the proxy will have the same effect as a vote
AGAINST the merger proposal, the LMI incentive plan
proposal and the LMI auditors ratification proposal, but it will
have no effect on the vote on the LMI election of directors
proposal.
Failure of an LMI record holder to submit a proxy representing
shares of LMI common stock or vote in person at the LMI annual
meeting will have the same effect as a vote AGAINST
the merger proposal but it will have no effect on the vote on
any of the annual business matter proposals. |
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If a proxy is signed and returned by a UGC record holder without
indicating any voting instructions, the shares of UGC common
stock represented by the proxy will be voted FOR the
approval of the merger proposal.
If a proxy is signed and returned by a UGC record holder and the
UGC record holder indicates that it is abstaining from voting,
the proxy will have the same effect as a vote
AGAINST the merger proposal.
Failure of a UGC record holder to submit a proxy representing
shares of UGC common stock or vote in person at the UGC special
meeting will have the same effect as a vote AGAINST
the merger proposal. |
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Voting Procedures for Shares Held in Street
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General. If you hold your shares in the name of a broker,
bank or other nominee, you should follow the instructions
provided by your broker, bank or other nominee when voting your
shares of LMI common stock or when granting or revoking a proxy. |
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General. If you hold your shares in the name of a broker,
bank or other nominee, you should follow the instructions
provided by your broker, bank or other nominee when voting your
shares of UGC common stock or when granting or revoking a proxy. |
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Effect of Broker Non-Votes. Shares represented by
broker non-votes will be deemed shares not entitled
to vote and will not be included for purposes of |
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Effect of Broker Non-Votes.
Shares represented by broker non-votes will be
deemed shares not entitled to vote and will not be included for
purposes of |
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determining the aggregate voting power and number of shares
represented and entitled to vote on a particular proposal.
Broker non-votes will have the same effect as a vote
AGAINST the merger proposal.
Broker non-votes will have no effect on any of the annual
business matter proposals.
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determining the aggregate voting power and number of shares
represented and entitled to vote on a particular proposal.
Broker non-votes will have the same effect as a vote
AGAINST the merger proposal.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. |
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Revoking a Proxy |
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Before your proxy is voted, you may change your vote by
telephone or over the Internet (if you originally voted by
telephone or over the Internet), by voting in person at the LMI
annual meeting or by delivering a signed proxy revocation or a
new signed proxy with a later date to Liberty Media
International, Inc., c/o EquiServe Trust Company, N.A.,
P.O.
Box [ ],
Edison, New Jersey
08818-[ ].
Any signed proxy revocation or new signed proxy must be received
before the start of the LMI annual meeting.
Your attendance at the LMI annual meeting will not, by itself,
revoke your proxy. |
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Before your proxy is voted, you may change your vote by
telephone or over the Internet (if you originally voted by
telephone or over the Internet), by voting in person at the UGC
special meeting or by delivering a signed proxy revocation or a
new signed proxy with a later date to UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.,
c/o Mellon Investor Services LLC, Proxy Processing, P.O.
Box [ ], South Hackensack, New
Jersey 07606-[ ]. Any signed proxy
revocation or new signed proxy must be received before the start
of the UGC special meeting.
Your attendance at the UGC special meeting will not, by itself,
revoke your proxy. |
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nominee, you should contact your broker, bank or other nominee
to change your vote. |
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Solicitation of Proxies |
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The accompanying proxy for the LMI annual meeting is being
solicited on behalf of LMIs board of directors. In
addition to this mailing, LMIs employees may solicit
proxies personally or by telephone. LMI pays the cost of
soliciting these proxies. LMI |
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The accompanying proxy for the UGC special meeting is being
solicited on behalf of UGCs board of directors. In
addition to this mailing, UGCs employees may solicit
proxies personally or by telephone. UGC pays the cost of
soliciting these proxies. UGC |
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also reimburses brokers and other nominees for their expenses in
sending these materials to you and getting your voting
instructions.
In addition to this mailing, LMI has hired D.F. King &
Co. to solicit proxies on LMIs behalf. D.F.
King & Co. will receive $7,000 from LMI as compensation
for such services, plus expenses. |
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also reimburses brokers and other nominees for their expenses in
sending these materials to you and getting your voting
instructions.
In addition to this mailing, UGC has hired D.F. King &
Co. to solicit proxies on UGCs behalf. D.F.
King & Co. will receive approximately $11,500 from UGC
as compensation for such services, plus expenses. |
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KPMG LLP serves as LMIs independent auditors.
Representatives of KPMG plan to attend the LMI annual meeting
and will be available to answer questions. A representative of
KPMG is expected to attend the LMI annual meeting with the
opportunity to make a statement and/or respond to appropriate
questions from LMI stockholders at the LMI annual meeting. |
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KPMG LLP serves as UGCs independent auditors.
Representatives of KPMG plan to attend the UGC special meeting
and will be available to answer questions. A representative of
KPMG is expected to attend the UGC special meeting with the
opportunity to make a statement and/or respond to appropriate
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MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE
MERGERS
The following is a summary of the U.S. federal income tax
consequences of the LMI merger and the UGC merger that are
expected to be material to U.S. holders and
non-U.S. holders (each as defined below) of LMI common
stock and UGC common stock, subject to the limitations below.
This summary is limited to the U.S. federal income tax
consequences of the mergers and does not purport to be a
complete technical analysis or listing of all potential tax
consequences that may be relevant to holders of LMI common stock
or UGC common stock. It is not intended to be, nor should it be
construed as being, legal or tax advice. For this reason,
holders of LMI common stock and UGC common stock should consult
their own tax advisors concerning the tax consequences of the
mergers. Further, this summary does not address any tax
consequences arising under the income or other tax laws of any
state, local or foreign jurisdiction or any tax treaties.
This summary is based upon the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (referred to as the Code), the applicable regulations of
the U.S. Treasury Department, and publicly available
judicial and administrative rulings and decisions, all as in
effect on the date of this joint proxy statement/ prospectus,
any of which may change, possibly retroactively. Any changes
could affect the continuing validity of this summary.
For purposes of this summary, the term U.S. holder means a
beneficial owner of shares of LMI common stock or UGC common
stock, as applicable, who is:
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U.S. federal income tax purposes, created or organized
under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the
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a trust, if either (i) a court within the United States is
able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of
the trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority
to control all substantial decisions of the trust or
(ii) the trust has a valid election in effect under
applicable Treasury Regulations to be treated as a
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income regardless of its source. |
For purposes of this summary, the term non-U.S. holder
means a beneficial owner of shares of LMI common stock or UGC
common stock, as applicable, that is not treated as a
partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and that
is not a U.S. holder. For purposes of this summary, an
entity that is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal
income tax purposes is neither a U.S. holder nor a
non-U.S. holder. The U.S. federal income tax treatment
of a partnership and its partners depends upon a variety of
factors, including the activities of the partnership and the
partners. Holders of LMI common stock or UGC common stock that
are partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and
partners in any such partnership, should consult their tax
advisors concerning the U.S. federal income tax
consequences of the mergers.
This summary assumes that LMI stockholders and UGC stockholders
hold their shares of LMI common stock and UGC common stock,
respectively, as capital assets within the meaning of
Section 1221 of the Code at the effective time of the
mergers. Further, this summary does not address all aspects of
U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to LMI
stockholders or UGC stockholders in light of their particular
circumstances or that may be applicable to them if they are
subject to special treatment under the U.S. federal income
tax laws, including if an LMI stockholder or UGC stockholder is:
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thereof; |
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a trader or an investor in LMI common stock or UGC common stock
who elects the mark-to-market method of accounting for such
stock; |
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a stockholder who received LMI common stock or UGC common stock
from the exercise of employee stock options, from an employee
stock purchase plan or otherwise as compensation; |
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a stockholder who received LMI common stock or UGC common stock
from a tax-qualified retirement plan, individual retirement
account or other qualified savings account; |
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a U.S. holder that has a functional currency other than the
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part of a hedge against currency risk, straddle or a
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Further, this summary does not address the U.S. federal
income tax consequences to any holder that actually or
constructively owns both LMI common stock and UGC common stock,
or to any holder of options or warrants to purchase LMI, UGC or
Liberty Global common stock.
This summary does not address tax consequences that may vary
with, or are contingent upon, individual circumstances,
including without limitation alternative minimum tax
consequences, and does not address tax consequences to persons
who exercise appraisal rights. Moreover, it does not address any
non-income tax or any foreign, state or local tax consequences
of the mergers. Tax matters are very complicated, and the tax
consequences of the mergers to LMI stockholders and UGC
stockholders will depend upon the facts of the individual
stockholders particular situation. Accordingly, LMI
stockholders and UGC stockholders are strongly urged to consult
with a tax advisor to determine the particular federal, state,
local or foreign income or other tax consequences of the
mergers.
Tax Opinions
It is a non-waivable condition of the LMI merger that LMI
receive an opinion from Baker Botts L.L.P., counsel to LMI, or
another nationally recognized law firm, dated the closing date,
to the effect that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:
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no gain or loss will be recognized by Liberty Global, LMI, any
wholly owned subsidiary of LMI that owns shares of UGC common
stock, or UGC as a result of the LMI merger or the UGC
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with respect to shares of LMI common stock converted solely into
Liberty Global common stock as a result of the LMI merger. |
It is a non-waivable condition of the UGC merger that UGC
receive an opinion from a nationally recognized law firm, dated
the closing date, to the effect that, for U.S. federal
income tax purposes:
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when viewed as a collective whole with the LMI merger, the
conversion of shares of UGC common stock into shares of Liberty
Global Series A common stock that is effected pursuant to
the UGC merger will qualify as an exchange within the meaning of
Section 351 of the Code; |
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result of the UGC merger; and |
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with respect to shares of UGC common stock converted solely into
Liberty Global Series A common stock pursuant to the UGC
merger. |
The merger agreement does not require that these opinions, which
will be provided by Baker Botts L.L.P. and Holme
Roberts & Owen LLP, address all of the material
U.S. federal income tax consequences relating to the
mergers.
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These opinions will be based upon factual representations and
covenants, including those contained in letters provided by
Liberty Global, LMI, UGC and/or others, and upon specified
assumptions, and will assume that the mergers will be completed
according to the terms of the merger agreement and that there
will be no material changes in existing facts or in law. Any
inaccuracy or change in the representations, covenants or
assumptions upon which the opinions are based could alter the
conclusions reached in the opinions.
The opinions to be delivered by Baker Botts L.L.P. and by Holme
Roberts & Owen LLP will neither bind the Internal
Revenue Service nor preclude the Internal Revenue Service from
challenging the conclusions set forth therein, nor preclude a
court from adopting a contrary position. Neither Liberty Global,
LMI nor UGC intends to obtain a ruling from the Internal Revenue
Service regarding the tax consequences of the mergers.
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the LMI
Merger
LMI has received the opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. that the
discussion under this heading,
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of
the LMI Merger, is the opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. with
respect to the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the
LMI merger that are expected to be material to U.S. holders
and non-U.S. holders of LMI common stock. This opinion is
subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations
referenced and summarized above under the heading Material
United States Federal Income Tax Consequences of the
Mergers, and those summarized below under this heading,
and is conditioned upon the accuracy of the representations,
covenants and assumptions upon which the opinion is based. The
opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. concerning this discussion will
not be binding upon the Internal Revenue Service or a court, and
there can be no assurance that the Internal Revenue Service or a
court will not take a contrary position. The opinion is included
as an exhibit to the registration statement on Form S-4 of
Liberty Global being filed in connection with the mergers. This
discussion assumes that the opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.,
described above under Tax Opinions, will
be delivered to LMI on the closing date of the LMI merger and
that the representations, covenants, and assumptions upon which
such opinion is based will be accurate. Any inaccuracy in any of
the representations, covenants and assumptions upon which either
of the opinions of Baker Botts L.L.P. are based could alter the
conclusions described below under this heading,
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of
the LMI Merger.
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LMI will not recognize gain or loss as a result of the LMI
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U.S. Holders and Non-U.S. Holders of LMI Common
Stock |
U.S. holders and non-U.S. holders of LMI common stock
will not recognize gain or loss as a result of the receipt of
Liberty Global common stock in the LMI merger in exchange for
their LMI common stock. The aggregate tax basis of the Liberty
Global common stock received by an LMI stockholder will be equal
to the LMI stockholders aggregate tax basis of the LMI
common stock surrendered, and the holding period of the Liberty
Global common stock received by an LMI stockholder will include
the LMI stockholders holding period of the LMI common
stock surrendered.
Holders of LMI common stock will be required to file with their
U.S. federal income tax return for the taxable year in
which the LMI merger occurs a statement setting forth certain
facts relating to the LMI merger, including their tax basis in
the shares of LMI common stock exchanged in the LMI merger and
the number of shares of Liberty Global common stock received in
the LMI merger. Holders of LMI common stock must also keep a
permanent record of such facts relating to the exchange of their
LMI common stock for Liberty Global common stock pursuant to LMI
merger.
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the UGC
Merger
UGC has received the opinion of Holme Roberts & Owen
LLP that the discussion under this heading,
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of
the UGC Merger, is the opinion of Holme Roberts &
Owen LLP with respect to the U.S. federal income tax
consequences of the UGC merger that are expected to be material
to U.S. holders and non-U.S. holders of UGC common
stock. This opinion is subject to the
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qualifications, assumptions and limitations referenced and
summarized above under the heading Material United States
Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Mergers and those
summarized below under this heading, and is conditioned upon the
accuracy of the representations, covenants and assumptions upon
which such opinion is based. The opinion of Holme
Roberts & Owen LLP concerning this discussion will not
be binding upon the Internal Revenue Service or a court, and
there can be no assurance that the Internal Revenue Service or a
court will not take a contrary position. The opinion is included
as an exhibit to the registration statement on Form S-4 of
Liberty Global being filed in connection with the mergers. This
discussion assumes that the opinion of Holme Roberts &
Owen LLP, described above under Tax
Opinions, will be delivered to UGC on the closing date of
the UGC merger and that the representations, covenants, and
assumptions upon which such opinion is based will be accurate.
Any inaccuracy in any of the representations, covenants and
assumptions upon which either of the opinions of Holme
Roberts & Owen LLP are based could alter the
conclusions described below under this heading,
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of
the UGC Merger.
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UGC will not recognize gain or loss as a result of the UGC
merger.
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U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to
U.S. Holders of UGC Common Stock |
U.S. Holders of UGC Common Stock Who Receive Only
Liberty Global Common Stock (and Cash for Fractional Shares) in
the UGC Merger. A U.S. holder of UGC common stock who
receives solely Liberty Global common stock in exchange for UGC
common stock surrendered in the UGC merger (and, as applicable,
cash for fractional shares) will not recognize gain or loss as a
result of the receipt of Liberty Global common stock, except to
the extent that cash is received instead of fractional shares.
The aggregate tax basis of the Liberty Global common stock
received by a UGC stockholder will be equal to the UGC
stockholders aggregate tax basis of the UGC common stock
surrendered, excluding the tax basis allocated to fractional
shares, and the holding period of the Liberty Global common
stock received by a UGC stockholder will include the UGC
stockholders holding period of the UGC common stock
surrendered. If a UGC stockholder receives cash instead of
fractional shares, the UGC stockholder will be treated as
recognizing capital gain or loss equal to the difference between
the amount of cash received with respect to the fractional
shares and the ratable portion of the UGC stockholders tax
basis in the UGC common stock which is surrendered in the UGC
merger and which is allocated to such fractional shares. Any
capital gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if
the UGC stockholders holding period in such UGC common
stock is more than one year as of the closing date of the UGC
merger. For non-corporate U.S. holders, long-term capital
gain generally will be taxed at a maximum U.S. federal
income tax rate of 15%. The deductibility of capital losses is
subject to limits.
U.S. Holders of UGC Common Stock Who Receive Cash and
Liberty Global Common Stock in the UGC Merger. A
U.S. holder of UGC common stock who receives a combination
of Liberty Global common stock and cash in exchange for UGC
common stock surrendered in the UGC merger will recognize
capital gain, but not capital loss, realized in the UGC merger
(subject to the discussion below under
Possible Dividend Treatment). The amount
of capital gain recognized by the U.S. holder of UGC common
stock generally will be calculated separately for each block of
UGC common stock surrendered (i.e., shares of UGC common stock
that have the same tax basis and holding period) and will be
equal to the lesser of:
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excess (if any) of (x) the sum of the amount of cash and
the fair market value of the Liberty Global common stock
received that is allocable to such block of UGC common stock
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For this purpose, the cash and the Liberty Global common stock
received by a UGC stockholder generally will be allocated among
the blocks of UGC common stock surrendered in the UGC merger
proportionately based upon the fair market values of such blocks
of UGC common stock. Because no loss will be recognized, a UGC
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stockholder will not be able to offset gain recognized on one
block of UGC common stock by loss attributable to another block.
The capital gain, if any, attributable to a block of UGC common
stock will be long-term capital gain if the UGC
stockholders holding period in the block of UGC common
stock is more than one year as of the closing date of the UGC
merger. For non-corporate U.S. holders, long-term capital
gain generally will be taxed at a maximum U.S. federal
income tax rate of 15%.
The aggregate tax basis of the Liberty Global common stock
received by a U.S. holder of UGC common stock in the UGC
merger will be equal to the UGC stockholders aggregate tax
basis in the UGC common stock surrendered, decreased by the
amount of cash received by the UGC stockholder and increased by
the amount of gain recognized by the UGC stockholder in
connection with the UGC merger. A UGC stockholders holding
period for the Liberty Global common stock received in exchange
for UGC common stock will include the holding period for the UGC
common stock surrendered. U.S. holders of multiple blocks
of UGC common stock are urged to consult their tax advisors
concerning the determination of the tax basis and holding period
for the Liberty Global common stock received in the UGC merger.
U.S. Holders of UGC Common Stock Who Receive Only Cash
in the UGC Merger. A U.S. holder of UGC common stock
who receives solely cash in exchange for the holders UGC
common stock surrendered in the UGC merger will recognize
capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount
of cash received by the UGC stockholder and the holders
tax basis of the UGC common stock surrendered (subject to the
discussion below under Possible Dividend
Treatment). Gain or loss must be calculated separately for
each block of UGC common stock (i.e., shares of UGC common stock
that have the same tax basis and holding period). Such gain or
loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if the UGC
stockholders holding period in such UGC common stock is
more than one year as of the closing date of the UGC merger. For
non-corporate U.S. holders, long-term capital gain
generally will be taxed at a maximum U.S. federal income
tax rate of 15%. The deductibility of capital losses is subject
to limits.
Possible Dividend Treatment. It is possible that cash
received in the UGC merger as a result of a cash election could
be subject to taxation under the rules of Section 304 of
the Code. If Section 304 were to apply, holders of UGC
common stock who receive both Liberty Global common stock and
cash pursuant to a cash election in the UGC merger would be
treated as having exchanged a portion of their UGC common stock
for Liberty Global common stock in a tax-free exchange under
Section 351(a) of the Code (to the extent that they receive
Liberty Global common stock in the UGC merger), and as having
exchanged the remaining portion of their shares of UGC common
stock for cash. The cash received would be treated as a
distribution that, depending upon the circumstances of the
holder of the UGC common stock and the earnings and profits of
Liberty Global and UGC, would be taxable either as a dividend or
as a payment received in exchange for the UGC common stock.
There is some uncertainty about whether Section 304 applies
in the circumstances of the UGC merger because its application
depends upon the determination of certain factual matters
relating to the actual and constructive ownership by the UGC
stockholders (other than LMI and its wholly owned subsidiaries)
of the stock of UGC immediately prior to the completion of the
UGC merger and to the actual and constructive ownership by the
UGC stockholders (other than LMI and its wholly owned
subsidiaries) of the stock of Liberty Global immediately
following the completion of the mergers. Based upon information
currently available, we cannot provide any assurance that the
rules of Section 304 will not apply to a UGC stockholder
who makes a cash election. If Section 304 were to apply,
and if the cash were taxable as a dividend (generally taxable at
a maximum rate of 15% for U.S. federal income tax
purposes), the U.S. holder of the UGC common stock would
not be able to reduce the amount taxable by the amount of the
U.S. holders tax basis allocable to the portion of
the shares of UGC common stock exchanged for cash. Dividend
treatment would generally not apply to holders of UGC common
stock (i) that receive solely cash in exchange for their
UGC common stock and that do not actually or constructively own
any stock of Liberty Global or UGC (under specified attribution
rules) after giving effect to the UGC merger, or (ii) that
receive solely Liberty Global common stock in exchange for their
UGC common stock.
Reporting Requirements. Holders of UGC common stock will
be required to file with their U.S. federal income tax
return for the taxable year in which the UGC merger occurs a
statement setting forth certain facts relating to the UGC
merger, including their tax basis in the shares of UGC common
stock exchanged in the UGC merger and the number of shares of
Liberty Global common stock and the amount of cash received in
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the UGC merger. Holders of UGC common stock must also keep a
permanent record of such facts relating to the exchange of their
UGC common stock for Liberty Global common stock and/or cash
pursuant to UGC merger.
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Non-U.S. Holders of UGC Common Stock |
Scope of Discussion With Respect to
Non-U.S. Holders. As previously stated, this summary
does not address the U.S. federal income tax consequences
to stockholders that are subject to special rules. With respect
to a UGC stockholder who is a non-U.S. holder, this summary
also does not apply to (1) a UGC stockholder that holds its
UGC common stock in connection with a trade or business
conducted in the United States or in connection with an office
or fixed place of business located in the United States; or
(2) a UGC stockholder that is affected by the provisions of
an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party. This
summary also does not address currency exchange issues. Any
non-U.S. holder that may be subject to any of these tax
rules is urged to consult his or her own tax advisor to
determine the tax consequences to him or her of the UGC
merger.
The tax consequences to non-U.S. holders of UGC common
stock could be materially different if UGC or Liberty Global are
or have previously been a U.S. real property holding
corporation as of the closing date of the UGC merger, and
certain exemptions do not apply. We do not believe that UGC or
Liberty Global will be or will have previously been a
U.S. real property holding corporation as of the closing
date of the UGC merger, and therefore, such tax consequences are
not discussed below.
Non-U.S. Holders of UGC Common Stock Who Receive Only
Liberty Global Common Stock (and Cash for Fractional Shares) in
the UGC Merger. A non-U.S. holder of UGC common stock
that receives only Liberty Global common stock (and, as
applicable, cash for fractional shares) in exchange for UGC
common stock surrendered in the UGC merger will not be subject
to U.S. federal income or withholding tax, except with
respect to any cash received instead of fractional shares. A
non-U.S. holder of UGC common stock generally will not be
subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax with
respect to cash received instead of fractional shares unless
such UGC stockholder is an individual that is present in the
United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of
the UGC merger and certain other conditions are met.
Non-U.S. Holders of UGC Common Stock Who Elect to
Receive Cash. A non-U.S. holder of UGC common stock
that receives either a combination of Liberty Global common
stock and cash in the UGC merger, or solely cash in the UGC
merger will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax with
respect to any shares of Liberty Global common stock or cash
received in the UGC merger unless either (i) such
non-U.S. holder is an individual that is present in the
United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of
UGC merger and certain other conditions are met or (ii) the
cash received in the UGC merger is taxable as a dividend as
described above under U.S. Federal Income
Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders of UGC Common
Stock Possible Dividend Treatment.
If a non-U.S. holder of UGC common stock is an individual
that is present in the United States for 183 days or more
in the taxable year of UGC merger, and if certain other
conditions are met, such non-U.S. holder will be subject to
U.S. federal income tax at a rate of 30% (unless otherwise
reduced by treaty) on all or part of the gain attributable to
the UGC common stock. For a non-U.S. holder of UGC common
stock who receives both Liberty Global common stock and cash in
the UGC merger, the gain subject to tax will be calculated as
described under U.S. Federal Income Tax
Consequences to U.S. Holders of UGC Common
Stock U.S. Holders of UGC Common Stock Who
Receive Cash and Liberty Global Common Stock in the UGC
Merger. For a non-U.S. holder of UGC common stock who
receives only cash in the UGC merger, the gain subject to tax
will be calculated as described under
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to
U.S. Holders of UGC Common Stock
U.S. Holders of UGC Common Stock Who Receive Only Cash in
the UGC Merger.
If the receipt of cash is taxable as a dividend, a
non-U.S. holder of UGC common stock will be subject to
U.S. federal income tax at a rate of 30%, unless the tax
rate is reduced by treaty. In addition, to ensure payment of the
income tax, Liberty Global or any exchange agent is required to
withhold tax at a rate of 30% (or a lower rate as may be
specified by treaty) on dividend payments to
non-U.S. holders. Amounts withheld
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are creditable against the U.S. federal income taxes owing
by non-U.S. holders. Taxes that have been withheld are not
refundable by Liberty Global or the exchange agent, although the
taxpayer may be able to claim a refund from the Internal Revenue
Service if the amounts withheld exceed the tax due. Due to
the uncertainties about whether all or any portion of the cash
payments will be taxable as a dividend, Liberty Global or the
exchange agent expects to withhold tax at the required rate on
all payments of cash to non-U.S. holders of UGC common
stock (other than payments for fractional shares).
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Backup Withholding and Information Reporting |
In general, information reporting requirements will apply with
respect to cash received pursuant to a cash election or in lieu
of fractional shares by a U.S. holder in connection with
the UGC merger. Due to the uncertainty about the application
of Section 304 of the Code, Liberty Global expects to
report cash payments made to UGC stockholders pursuant to a cash
election as a dividend to the extent that Liberty Global or UGC
has current or accumulated earnings and profits. This
information reporting obligation, however, does not apply with
respect to certain U.S. holders, including corporations,
tax-exempt organizations, qualified pension and profit sharing
trusts, and individual retirement accounts. In the event that a
U.S. holder subject to the reporting requirements fails to
supply its correct taxpayer identification number in the manner
required by applicable law or is notified by the Internal
Revenue Service that it has failed to properly report payments
of interest and dividends, a backup withholding tax (at a rate
that is currently 28%) generally will be imposed on the amount
of the cash received pursuant to a cash election or in lieu of
fractional shares. A U.S. holder may generally credit any
amounts withheld under the backup withholding provisions against
its U.S. federal income tax liability, and, as a result,
may entitle the U.S. holder to a refund, provided the
required information is furnished to the Internal Revenue
Service. Such amounts, once withheld, are not refundable by
Liberty Global or the exchange agent.
In general, information and backup withholding will apply with
respect to cash received by a non-U.S. holder in connection
with the UGC merger unless the non-U.S. holder certifies as
to its non-U.S. status under penalties of perjury or
otherwise establishes an exemption.
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THE TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS
Merger Agreement
The following is a summary of the material terms of the
merger agreement. This summary may not contain all of the
information that is important to you. It is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the merger agreement, a copy of which
is included as Appendix B and is incorporated herein by
reference. You should read the merger agreement because it, and
not this document, is the legal document that governs the terms
of the mergers and will give you a more complete understanding
of the mergers.
To effect the combination of LMI and UGC, a new company, Liberty
Global, Inc. was formed with two wholly owned subsidiaries,
Cheetah Acquisition Corp., which we refer to as LMI Merger Sub,
and Tiger Global Acquisition Corp., which we refer to as UGC
Merger Sub. At the effective time of the mergers:
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LMI Merger Sub will merge with and into LMI, and LMI will be the
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UGC Merger Sub will merge with and into UGC, and UGC will be the
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As a result of the mergers described above and the conversion
and exchange of securities described below, LMI will become a
direct wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Global and UGC will
become an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Global.
Following the mergers, Liberty Global will own directly 46.5% of
the common stock of UGC and indirectly through Liberty
Globals wholly owned subsidiary LMI 53.5% of the common
stock of UGC (based upon outstanding UGC share information as of
February 28, 2005). See Conversion of
Outstanding Shares of Common Stock of LMI and UGC below.
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Effective Time of the Mergers and Timing of Closing |
LMI and UGC will file certificates of merger with the Delaware
Secretary of State on the second business day after the day on
which the last condition to completing the merger is satisfied
or, where permissible, waived or at such other time as LMI and
UGC may agree. The LMI merger and the UGC merger will become
effective at the time and on the date on which those documents
are filed, or later if the parties so agree and specify in those
documents, provided that the LMI merger and the UGC merger will
become effective at the same time. The time that the LMI merger
and the UGC merger become effective is referred to as the
effective time of the mergers.
We cannot assure you when, or if, all the conditions to
completion of the mergers will be satisfied or, where
permissible, waived. See Conditions to
Completion of the Mergers. The parties intend to complete
the mergers as promptly as practicable, subject to receipt of
the requisite approvals of the LMI stockholders and the UGC
stockholders to the merger proposal.
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Conversion of Outstanding Shares of Common Stock of LMI
and UGC |
LMI. At the effective time of the LMI merger:
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each share of LMI Series A common stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the
mergers will be converted into the right to receive one share of
Liberty Global Series A common stock; |
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each share of LMI Series B common stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the
mergers will be converted into the right to receive one share of
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each share of common stock of LMI Merger Sub issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the
mergers will be converted into one share of common stock of LMI
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UGC. At the effective time of the UGC merger:
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each share of UGC common stock (other than shares of UGC common
stock held by LMI or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries) will
be converted into the right to receive 0.2155 of a share of
Liberty Global Series A common stock plus cash in lieu of
any fractional shares, unless the holder thereof has
validly made and not validly revoked an election to have such
share of UGC common stock converted into $9.58 in cash, subject
to certain limitations described in UGC
Stockholders Making Stock and Cash Elections; Proration
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the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of UGC Merger
Sub will be converted into a number of shares of each class of
common stock of UGC, as the surviving corporation in the UGC
merger, that is identical to the number of shares of the same
class of UGC common stock that are converted into the right to
receive Liberty Global Series A common stock and/or cash in
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For information on how holders of UGC common stock can elect to
receive Liberty Global Series A common stock and/or cash in
the UGC merger, see UGC Stockholders Making
Stock and Cash Elections; Proration below.
The rights pertaining to Liberty Global common stock will be the
same in all material respects as the rights pertaining to LMI
common stock, because the restated certificate of incorporation
and bylaws of Liberty Global in effect immediately after the
completion of the mergers will be substantially similar to the
current restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws of LMI.
For a description of Liberty Globals common stock, see
Description of Liberty Global Capital Stock, and for
a description of the comparative rights of holders of LMI common
stock, UGC common stock and Liberty Global common stock, see
Comparison of the Rights of Stockholders of LMI, UGC and
Liberty Global.
If, before the effective time of the mergers, the outstanding
shares of LMI common stock and/or UGC common stock are changed
into a different number of shares as a result of a stock split,
stock dividend or other reclassification or exchange, an
appropriate adjustment will be made to the consideration to be
received in the mergers to provide the holders of LMI and UGC
common stock the same economic effect as contemplated by the
merger agreement.
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UGC Stockholders Making Stock and Cash Elections;
Proration |
UGC stockholders are receiving a form of election with this
joint proxy statement/ prospectus for making cash and stock
elections. Any UGC stockholder who became a UGC stockholder
after the record date for the UGC special meeting, or who did
not otherwise receive a form of election, should contact the
exchange agent to obtain a form of election. UGC stockholders
who vote against the merger proposal are still entitled to make
elections with respect to their shares. The form of election
allows holders of UGC common stock to make cash or stock
elections for some or all of their shares of UGC common stock.
If a holder or the holders affiliates are the registered
holders of shares of UGC common stock represented by more than
one certificate or held in more than one account, the holder may
also specify on the form of election how to allocate cash
consideration, if any, among those shares of UGC common stock.
Shares of UGC common stock as to which the holder has not
made a valid election prior to the election deadline, including
as a result of revocation, will be treated as though the holder
made an election to receive the stock consideration for all
shares with respect to which no valid election was made prior to
the election deadline.
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LMI stockholders do not need to make an election since each
outstanding share of LMI common stock will be converted into one
share of the corresponding series of Liberty Global common
stock, with no cash option available.
The U.S. federal income tax consequences of the UGC merger
to each UGC stockholder will depend upon whether the UGC
stockholder receives cash or stock of Liberty Global, or a
combination of cash and stock, in exchange for his or her shares
of UGC common stock. However, at the time that a UGC stockholder
is required to make a cash or stock election, the UGC
stockholder will not know if, and to what extent, the proration
procedures described below will change the mix of consideration
that he or she will receive in the UGC merger. As a result of
the proration, among other reasons, at the time that a UGC
stockholder is required to make a cash or stock election, the
UGC stockholder will not know the tax consequences to him or her
with certainty. For more information regarding the tax
consequences of the UGC merger to the UGC stockholders, please
see Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences
of the Mergers U.S. Federal Income Tax
Consequences of the UGC Merger.
Exchange Agent. EquiServe Trust Company N.A. will serve
as the exchange agent for purposes of effecting the election and
proration procedures.
Election Deadline. The election deadline will be
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
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2005. If the completion of the mergers is anticipated to occur
more than four business days after
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2005, LMI and UGC will publicly announce, by issuing a press
release to the Dow Jones News Service by 9:00 a.m. on the
business day immediately following the initial election
deadline, the anticipated effective date of the mergers, which
will not be earlier than the fourth business day after the date
of the press release. The new election deadline will be
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second business day
preceding the anticipated effective date of the mergers.
Form of Election. The form of election must be properly
completed and signed and accompanied by certificates
representing all of the shares of UGC common stock covered by
the form of election, duly endorsed in blank or otherwise in a
form acceptable for transfer on UGCs books (or appropriate
evidence as to the loss, theft or destruction, appropriate
evidence as to the ownership of that certificate by the
claimant, and appropriate and customary indemnification, as
described in the form of election).
In order to make a cash or stock election, the properly
completed and signed form of election, together with the UGC
stock certificates, must be actually received by the exchange
agent at or prior to the election deadline in accordance with
the instructions in the form of election.
If shares of UGC common stock are held in street name, to make
an election the beneficial owner should contact his or her
broker, bank or other nominee and follow their instructions as
to how to make their election.
Inability to Sell Shares as to which an Election is Made.
Stockholders who have made elections will be unable to sell
their shares of UGC common stock after making the election,
unless the election is properly revoked before the election
deadline or the merger agreement is terminated.
Election Revocation and Changes. Generally, an election
may be revoked or changed with respect to all or a portion of
the shares of UGC common stock covered by the election by the
holder who submitted the applicable form of election, but only
by written notice received by the exchange agent prior to the
election deadline. If an election is validly revoked, or the
merger agreement is terminated, the exchange agent will promptly
return the related stock certificates (or book-entry shares) to
the stockholder who submitted them. UGC stockholders will not be
entitled to revoke or change their elections following the
election deadline. As a result, UGC stockholders who have made
elections will be unable to revoke their elections or sell their
shares of UGC common stock during the interval between the
election deadline and the date of completion of the mergers.
Shares of UGC common stock as to which the holder has not made a
valid election prior to the election deadline, including as a
result of revocation, will be deemed non-electing shares. If it
is determined that any purported cash election or stock election
was not properly made, the purported election will be deemed to
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of no force or effect and the holder making the purported
election will be deemed not to have made an election for these
purposes, unless a proper election is subsequently made on a
timely basis.
Non-Electing Holders. UGC stockholders who make no
election to receive cash consideration or stock consideration in
the UGC merger, whose elections are not received by the exchange
agent by the election deadline, or whose forms of election are
improperly completed or are not signed or not accompanied by the
shares of UGC common stock to which they relate will be deemed
not to have made an election. UGC stockholders not making an
election in respect of their shares of UGC common stock will be
deemed to have made an election to receive only Liberty Global
common stock, and not to receive any cash (other than cash in
lieu of fractional shares), for the shares of UGC common stock
held by such stockholder.
Proration Procedures. UGC stockholders should be aware
that cash elections they make may be subject to the proration
procedures provided in the merger agreement. Regardless of the
cash or stock elections made by UGC stockholders, these
procedures are designed to ensure that the total cash
consideration paid (exclusive of cash paid for fractional
shares) represents no more than 20% of the aggregate value of
the merger consideration payable to UGC stockholders (other than
those stockholders who are Permitted Holders under
UGCs indenture with respect to the UGC convertible notes).
Accordingly, the proration procedures described below will be
triggered if the number of shares of UGC common stock as to
which a valid cash election is made and not revoked exceeds a
number we refer to as the UGC share threshold
number. Under the merger agreement, the UGC share
threshold number is equal to (rounded down to the nearest whole
number):
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If the total number of shares of UGC common stock as to which
cash elections are validly made and not validly revoked is
greater then the UGC share threshold number, then each UGC
stockholder who validly made and did not validly revoke a cash
election will be entitled to receive $9.58 in cash per share
with respect to that number of shares of UGC common stock equal
to (rounded down to the nearest whole number):
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number of shares of UGC common stock as to which cash elections
are validly made and not validly revoked. |
The remaining number of such UGC stockholders shares as to
which such stockholder validly makes and does not validly revoke
a cash election will be converted, on a per share basis, into
the right to receive 0.2155 of a share of Liberty Global
Series A common stock.
By way of illustration, assume that the last sales price of a
share of LMI Series A common stock on the day immediately
prior to the closing date is $44.11, the number of outstanding
shares of UGC Class A common stock (other than shares held
by Permitted Holders) is 363,056,129 (based upon
currently available share information for UGC) and the number of
shares of UGC common stock as to which a valid cash election is
made and not revoked is 100,000,000, which exceeds the UGC share
threshold number of 72,160,033.
In this example, if you own 500 shares of UGC common stock
and make a valid cash election with respect to all of those
shares, then you would receive $3,448.80 in cash for 360 of your
shares of UGC common stock and 30 shares of Liberty Global
Series A common stock for your remaining shares of UGC
common stock (plus cash in lieu of any fractional share
interest).
Each UGC stockholder who properly elected, or was deemed to have
elected, to receive the stock consideration will receive 0.2155
of a share of Liberty Global Series A common stock for each
share of UGC common stock with respect to which such election
was made or deemed to have been made, plus cash in lieu of any
fractional share interest.
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None of Liberty Global, LMI or UGC is making any
recommendation as to whether UGC stockholders should elect to
receive cash consideration or stock consideration in the UGC
merger. UGC stockholders must make their own decision with
respect to such election.
No guarantee can be made that a UGC stockholder will receive
the amount of cash consideration it elects. As a result of the
proration procedures, UGC stockholders may receive cash
consideration in amounts that are different from the amounts
they elect to receive. Because the value of the stock
consideration and cash consideration may differ, UGC
stockholders may receive consideration having an aggregate value
less than what they elected to receive.
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Conversion of Shares; Exchange of Certificates; Dividends;
Withholding |
Conversion and Exchange of Shares. The conversion of LMI
shares and shares of UGC common stock into the right to receive
the applicable merger consideration will occur automatically at
the effective time of the mergers. The exchange agent will, as
soon as reasonably practicable after the effective time of the
mergers, exchange certificates (or book-entry shares)
representing shares of LMI and UGC common stock for the
applicable merger consideration to be received in the mergers
pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement.
Letter of Transmittal. Promptly after the completion of
the mergers, the exchange agent will send a letter of
transmittal to those persons who were record holders of shares
of LMI common stock at the effective time of the LMI merger and
record holders of shares of UGC common stock at the effective
time of the UGC merger who have not previously submitted a form
of election (or validly revoked their form of election and
did not resubmit a form of election by the election deadline) or
have not properly surrendered shares of UGC common stock to the
exchange agent. This mailing will contain instructions on how to
surrender shares of LMI common stock and shares of UGC common
stock in exchange for the applicable merger consideration the
holder is entitled to receive under the merger agreement. When
you deliver your LMI stock certificates or UGC stock
certificates to the exchange agent along with a properly
executed letter of transmittal and any other required documents,
your stock certificates will be canceled.
Except for UGC stockholders who submit their UGC stock
certificates with the form of election to the exchange agent, do
not submit your LMI or UGC shares for exchange until you receive
the transmittal instructions and letter of transmittal from the
exchange agent.
If a certificate for LMI common stock or UGC common stock has
been lost, stolen or destroyed, the exchange agent will issue
the applicable merger consideration properly payable under the
merger agreement upon compliance by the applicable stockholder
with the replacement requirements established by the exchange
agent.
Fractional Shares. You will not receive fractional shares
of Liberty Global common stock in connection with the UGC
merger. Instead, each holder of shares of UGC common stock
exchanged in the UGC merger who would otherwise have received a
fraction of a share of Liberty Global common stock will receive
cash in an amount determined by multiplying the fractional
interest to which such holder would otherwise be entitled by the
closing price for a share of LMI Series A common stock as
reported on the Nasdaq National Market on the last trading day
immediately preceding the effective time of the mergers. Because
each share of LMI common stock is being exchanged for a share of
the corresponding series of Liberty Global common stock on a
one-for-one basis, no fractional shares will arise as a result
of that exchange.
Dividends and Distributions. Until LMI shares or UGC
shares are surrendered for exchange, any dividends or other
distributions declared after the effective time of the mergers
with respect to shares of Liberty Global common stock into which
shares of LMI common stock or shares of UGC common stock may
have been converted will accrue but will not be paid. Liberty
Global will pay to former LMI stockholders and UGC stockholders
any unpaid dividends or other distributions, without interest,
only after they have duly surrendered their LMI shares or UGC
shares. After the effective time of the mergers, there will be
no transfers on the stock transfer books of LMI or UGC of any
shares of LMI common stock or shares of UGC common stock,
respectively. If LMI shares or UGC shares are presented for
transfer after the completion of
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the mergers, they will be cancelled and exchanged for the
applicable merger consideration into which such shares have been
converted pursuant to the merger agreement.
Withholding. Liberty Global and the exchange agent will
be entitled to deduct and withhold from the merger consideration
payable to any LMI stockholder or UGC stockholder the amounts it
is required to deduct and withhold under the Code or any
provision of any state, local or foreign tax law. If Liberty
Global or the exchange agent withholds any amounts, these
amounts will be treated for all purposes as having been paid to
the stockholders from whom they were withheld. See
Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences of
the Mergers.
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Treatment of Stock Options and Other Awards |
LMI Stock Options and Other Awards. Each outstanding
option to purchase shares of LMI common stock will be converted
into an option to purchase the same number of shares of the
corresponding series of Liberty Global common stock at an
exercise price per share equal to the exercise price per share
of the LMI common stock subject to the option immediately prior
to the effective time of the mergers and will continue to be
governed by its applicable terms. Each outstanding stock
appreciation right, if any, with respect to shares of any series
of LMI common stock outstanding immediately prior to the
effective time of the mergers will be converted into a stock
appreciation right with respect to the same number of shares of
the corresponding series of Liberty Global common stock as such
converted LMI stock appreciation right, at an exercise price or
base price per stock appreciation right equal to the exercise or
base price of such converted LMI stock appreciation right
immediately prior to the effective time of the mergers. In
addition, each outstanding restricted share of LMI common stock
outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the
mergers will be converted into one restricted share of the
corresponding series of Liberty Global common stock, and will
remain subject to the same restrictions applicable to such
restricted share of LMI common stock as in effect immediately
prior to the effective time of the mergers.
UGC Stock Options and Other Awards. Each outstanding
option to purchase shares of UGC common stock will be converted
into an option to purchase the number of shares of Liberty
Global Series A common stock determined by multiplying the
number of UGC common shares subject to the option immediately
prior to the effective time of the mergers by 0.2155 and
rounding the resulting number down to the nearest whole number.
The exercise price per share of UGC common stock for each of the
converted UGC options will be the exercise price per share of
UGC common stock applicable to that option immediately prior to
the effective time of the mergers divided by 0.2155, rounded up
to the nearest whole cent. The UGC converted options will
generally have the same terms and conditions as were applicable
under the UGC option plan pursuant to which such option was
granted. Each outstanding stock appreciation right with respect
to shares of UGC common stock immediately prior to the effective
time of the mergers will be converted into a stock appreciation
right with respect to that number of shares of Liberty Global
Series A common stock equal to the number of shares of UGC
common stock that were subject to such converted UGC stock
appreciation right immediately prior to the effective time of
the mergers multiplied by 0.2155, rounded down to the nearest
whole number. The exercise or base price per stock appreciation
right of the related converted UGC stock appreciation right will
be equal to:
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in the case of a UGC stock appreciation right issued in tandem
with, and at the same base or exercise price as, a UGC option,
the base or exercise price per share of the related converted
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in the case of a free standing UGC stock appreciation right or a
UGC stock appreciation right issued in tandem with, and at a
different base or exercise price as, a UGC option, the amount
determined by dividing the base or exercise price per share of
such UGC stock appreciation right immediately prior to the
effective time of the mergers by 0.2155, rounded up to the
nearest whole cent. |
In addition, each outstanding restricted share of UGC common
stock will be converted into 0.2155 of a restricted share of
Liberty Global Series A common stock, with the total number
of shares for each holder rounded down to the nearest whole
number, and will remain subject to the same restrictions
applicable to such restricted share of UGC common stock as in
effect immediately prior to the effective time of the mergers.
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Conditions to Completion of the Mergers |
Conditions to Each Companys Obligation to Effect the
Mergers. The obligations of LMI and UGC to complete the
mergers are subject to the satisfaction or, if applicable,
waiver of the following conditions:
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the approval by LMI stockholders and UGC stockholders,
respectively, of the merger agreement and the LMI merger and UGC
merger, respectively; |
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the approval of the merger agreement and the UGC merger by the
holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the
outstanding shares of UGC common stock entitled to vote at the
UGC special meeting, exclusive of any shares of UGC common stock
beneficially owned by LMI, Liberty or any of their respective
subsidiaries or any of the executive officers or directors of
LMI, Liberty or UGC, which condition we refer to as the
minority approval and which condition is
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the declaration of effectiveness of the registration statement
of Liberty Global of which this document is a part by the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the absence of any stop
order or proceedings seeking a stop order or suspension of
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the absence of any order, injunction, statute, rule or
regulation prohibiting the consummation of the mergers or making
such consummation illegal, or permitting such consummation
subject to any condition that would have a material adverse
effect on UGC or LMI or the ability of either UGC or LMI to
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the receipt by LMI and Liberty Global of a written opinion of
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP or another
nationally recognized law firm that, for U.S. federal
income tax purposes, provided that the spin off of LMI by
Liberty would otherwise have qualified as a tax-free
distribution under Section 355 of the Code, the mergers
should not cause such spin off to fail to qualify as a tax-free
distribution to Liberty under Section 355(e) of the Code,
which condition is non-waivable; |
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the approval for listing on the Nasdaq National Market of the
shares of Liberty Global common stock to be issued in the
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all authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of, or
declarations or filings with, or expiration of waiting periods
imposed by, any governmental entity necessary for the completion
of the mergers having been filed, expired or been obtained,
other than those where the failure to so file, expire or obtain
would not be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect
on LMI or UGC or the ability of either LMI or UGC to consummate
the mergers. |
Additional Conditions to Each Companys Obligations.
The obligations of each of LMI and UGC to complete the mergers
are subject to the following additional conditions, unless
waived by the other party:
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the performance by the other party in all material respects of
its agreements and covenants contained in the merger agreement
required to be performed at or before the effective time of the
mergers; |
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as a condition to LMIs obligations, UGCs
representations and warranties contained in the merger agreement
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if specifically qualified by reference to a material adverse
effect on UGC or UGCs ability to complete the mergers, be
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if not so qualified, be true and correct except where the
failure to be so true and correct would not have a material
adverse effect on UGC or UGCs ability to complete the
mergers, except for UGCs representations and warranties
relating to its capitalization, which must be true and correct
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in each case, on the closing date (except to the extent any such
representations or warranties speak only as of a specified
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as a condition to UGCs obligations, LMIs
representations and warranties contained in the merger agreement
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if specifically qualified by reference to a material adverse
effect on LMI or LMIs ability to complete the mergers, be
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if not so qualified, be true and correct except where the
failure to be so true and correct would not have a material
adverse effect on LMI or LMIs ability to complete the
mergers, except for: |
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LMIs representations and warranties relating to its
capitalization, which must be true and correct in all material
respects, and |
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LMIs representation and warranty that, except as disclosed
in its Exchange Act filings prior to January 17, 2005,
since September 30, 2004 there has not been a material
adverse change in the business, properties, operations or
financial condition of LMIs Japanese businesses, taken as
a whole, other than any such change arising out of or resulting
from (1) general business or economic conditions in Japan
or from general changes in or affecting the industries in which
LMIs Japanese businesses operate (except to the extent any
such change has a disproportionate impact on LMIs Japanese
businesses), (2) any changes in applicable generally
accepted accounting principles that affect generally entities
such as the Japanese businesses or (3) the conduct of, or
failure to conduct or successfully complete, any public offering
of shares by any of the Japanese businesses, which must be true
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in each case, on the closing date (except to the extent any such
representations or warranties speak only as of a specified
earlier date, in which case, as of that earlier date);
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as a condition to LMIs obligations, there being no action
taken, statute, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree
proposed, enacted, promulgated, entered, issued, enforced or
deemed applicable by any governmental entity that imposes or is
reasonably likely to result in the imposition of material
limitations on the ability of Liberty Global to effectively
exercise full rights of ownership of the shares of LMI and UGC
after the effective time of the mergers or makes the holding by
Liberty Global of such shares illegal; and |
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the receipt of a written opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. or
another nationally recognized law firm, in the case of LMI, to
the effect that the LMI merger will be treated for
U.S. federal income tax purposes as a reorganization within
the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code,
and of a nationally recognized law firm, in the case of UGC, to
the effect that, when integrated with the LMI merger, the
conversion of shares of UGC common stock into shares of Liberty
Global Series A common stock that is effected pursuant to
the UGC merger will qualify as an exchange within the meaning of
Section 351 of the Code, which condition is non-waivable by
either party. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is delivering
this opinion to UGC. |
In the merger agreement, the phrase material adverse
effect on LMI or UGC means a material adverse effect on
the business, properties, operations or financial condition of
such entity and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than
any effect arising out of or resulting from:
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any change in the trading prices of, in the case of LMI, the LMI
Series A common stock and, in the case of UGC, UGC
Class A common stock; |
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any changes in generally accepted accounting principles that
affect entities such as LMI and UGC, as applicable; |
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general business or economic conditions or from general changes
in or affecting the industries in areas in which LMI and its
subsidiaries or UGC and its subsidiaries, respectively, operate,
except to the extent that any such change has a disproportionate
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the announcement of the merger agreement or the consummation of
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In the case of UGC, no material adverse effect can arise or
result from any matter approved after the execution of the
merger agreement that is an approved matter. When we
refer to an approved matter, we mean any matter
expressly approved by (1) the UGC board, provided that all
of the directors of UGC who are also executive officers of LMI
did not cast their votes against the approval of such matter, or
(2) the executive committee of the UGC board, provided that
at least one member of the executive committee of the UGC board
is also an executive officer of LMI and all members of the
executive committee who are also executive officers of LMI did
not vote against such matter.
The merger agreement may be terminated and the mergers may be
abandoned at any time prior to the effective time of the mergers
by:
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the mutual consent of UGC (with the approval of the Special
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either UGC (with the approval of the Special Committee) or LMI,
if the mergers have not been consummated before
September 30, 2005, unless the party seeking to terminate
the agreement failed to fulfill its obligations in the merger
agreement and such failure resulted in the mergers having not
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either UGC (with the approval of the Special Committee) or LMI,
if the other party has breached any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement contained in the merger agreement, such
that the conditions to the non-breaching partys obligation
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either UGC (with the approval of the Special Committee) or LMI,
if any order, decree or ruling that permanently restrains,
enjoins or prohibits the mergers has been issued and becomes
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LMI, if the board of directors of UGC (with the approval of the
Special Committee) has withdrawn or modified in any manner
adverse to LMI its recommendation to the UGC
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either UGC (with the approval of the Special Committee) or LMI,
if any of the stockholder approvals, which consist of the LMI
stockholder approval, the UGC statutory approval and the UGC
minority approval, has not been obtained at the applicable
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Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission by
May 15, 2005, LMI would have had the right to terminate the
merger agreement (subject to certain exceptions). UGC filed this
report on March 14, 2005.
Neither LMI nor UGC will be entitled to a termination fee upon
any termination of the merger agreement.
Conduct of UGC Business Pending the Merger. Under the
merger agreement, UGC agreed that, prior to the completion of
the mergers, UGC would, and would cause its subsidiaries
(1) to, conduct its business in the ordinary and usual
course of its business and consistent with past practices,
(2) to submit to a vote of its board of directors (or
executive committee thereof) or other governing body any matter
of a nature or in an amount that, consistent with past practices
or existing board or other governing body policies, would have
been required, or would have been expected, to be submitted to
such a vote prior to the date of the merger agreement, and
(3) not to take specified actions, except that UGC is
permitted to take any action:
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that is permitted, required or specifically contemplated by the
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as to matters contemplated in the most recent budget approved by
the board of directors of UGC, provided that such budget is
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Subject to these exceptions, UGC agreed, and agreed to cause its
subsidiaries, not to take the following specified actions:
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authorize for issuance, issue, grant, sell, deliver, dispose of,
pledge or otherwise encumber any shares of its capital stock or
any securities or rights convertible into, exchangeable for, or
evidencing the right to subscribe for any shares of its capital
stock or other equity or voting interests, or any rights,
options, warrants, calls, commitments or other agreements of any
character to purchase or acquire any shares of its capital stock
or other equity or voting interests, or any securities or rights
convertible into, exchangeable for, or evidencing the right to
subscribe for, any shares of its capital stock or other equity
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split, combine, subdivide or reclassify the outstanding shares
of its capital stock or other equity or voting interests, or
declare, set aside for payment or pay any dividend, or make any
other actual constructive or deemed distribution in respect of
any shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting
interests, or otherwise make any payments to stockholders or
owners of equity or voting interests in their capacity as such
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any outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities or
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equity or partnership interest owned by it in any subsidiary of
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enter into new employment agreements with, or increase
compensation of, (a) any officer or director of UGC or
(b) any member of senior executive management of any
subsidiary of UGC whose annual income exceeds $100,000 per
annum, other than in the case of (b), as required by written
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establish, amend or modify any of its employee benefit plans,
except in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past
practice and to the extent not material, and except to the
extent required by applicable law or the existing terms of the
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make any capital expenditures that individually or in the
aggregate are in excess of the amount provided for capital
expenditures in the most recent capital budget for UGC and its
subsidiaries approved by the board of directors of UGC, provided
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incur any material amount of indebtedness or guarantee any
material amount of indebtedness other than in the ordinary
course of business, provided that UGC may renew, extend or
refinance existing indebtedness if there is no increase in
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acquire or agree to acquire in any manner any business or any
corporation or otherwise acquire any assets that are material to
UGC other than in the ordinary course of business; |
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take any action that would reasonably be expected to result in
any of the conditions to the mergers not to be
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No Solicitation. In addition, UGC has agreed that it will
not, and it will not knowingly permit its officers, directors,
representatives and agents to, directly or indirectly,
(1) take any action to solicit, initiate or knowingly
encourage the submission of any offer or proposal concerning a
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share exchange, recapitalization, consolidation or other similar
business combination, or a direct or indirect acquisition in any
manner of a significant equity interest in, or a substantial
portion of the assets of, UGC (each, an acquisition proposal) or
(2) engage in discussions or negotiations with any person
to facilitate an acquisition proposal. However, UGC may engage
in discussions or negotiations with, and furnish nonpublic
information or access to, any person in response to an
unsolicited acquisition proposal, if (A) it has complied,
prior to such response, with the foregoing non-solicitation
covenant and (B) the UGC board determines in good faith
after consultation with counsel that it is necessary to do so in
order to discharge its fiduciary duties under applicable law.
UGC must notify LMI of, and keep it informed of any material
developments with respect to, any acquisition proposal.
Conduct of LMI Pending the Mergers. In the merger
agreement, LMI agreed that, during the period before completion
of the mergers, it would not declare, make or pay any dividend
or distribution in respect of its capital stock (other than in
shares of LMI common stock) or take any other action that would
reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions to the
mergers not being fulfilled.
Additional Covenants. Each of LMI and UGC agreed to duly
call, give notice of, convene and hold, as soon as reasonably
practicable after the date of the merger agreement, a meeting of
such entitys stockholders for the purpose of considering
and voting upon the merger agreement, and, at such meeting, each
of the board of directors of LMI and UGC will, except as
required by the fiduciary duties of such board, recommend to its
stockholders the approval of the merger agreement and the
applicable merger.
In the merger agreement, LMI and UGC agreed to use their
commercially reasonable efforts to take all action and to do all
things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws to
consummate the mergers, including the use of commercially
reasonable efforts to, among other things:
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prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
this joint proxy statement/ prospectus, the registration
statement of which it is a part and the required
Schedule 13E-3 transaction statement and seek to have such
filings cleared and/or declared effective, as applicable, by the
Securities and Exchange Commission as soon as reasonably
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cause the shares of Liberty Global common stock issuable in the
mergers (and the shares of Liberty Global common stock reserved
for issuance with respect to LMI and UGC options, stock
appreciation rights and restricted stock) to be eligible for
quotation on the Nasdaq National Market prior to the effective
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obtain all necessary or appropriate consents, waivers or
approvals of third parties or any governmental entity in
connection with the mergers. |
UGC and LMI agreed that, after the effective time of the
mergers, each of them will indemnify its present and former
directors and officers, and any person serving at the request of
UGC or LMI, as applicable, as a director or officer of another
entity, against all liabilities incurred by any such person in
his or her capacity as a director or officer in connection with
any action arising out of the fact that such person was a
director or officer of UGC or LMI, as applicable, and pertaining
to any matter existing at or prior to the effective time of the
mergers, to the same extent as such persons are currently
indemnified by UGC or LMI, as applicable. In addition, the
merger agreement provides that all rights to indemnification or
advancement of expenses currently existing in the organizational
documents of UGC or LMI in favor of such officers and directors
and persons serving at the request of UGC or LMI, as applicable,
as a director or officer of another entity, will continue in
force for no less than six years following January 17,
2005, the date on which the merger agreement was signed.
LMI, which beneficially owns shares of UGC common stock
representing approximately 91% of the aggregate voting power of
UGC, as of February 28, 2005, agreed to vote, and to cause
its subsidiaries to vote, such shares in favor of the approval
of the merger agreement and the UGC merger.
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Representations and Warranties |
The merger agreement contains customary and substantially
reciprocal representations and warranties by each of LMI and UGC
relating to, among other things:
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corporate organization and qualification; |
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authorization and validity of the merger agreement, absence of
conflicts and board approval of the merger agreement; |
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capital structure; |
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information supplied in connection with this joint proxy
statement/ prospectus, the registration statement of which it is
a part and the Schedule 13E-3 transaction statement; |
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absence of material breaches of organizational documents, laws
or agreements as a result of the mergers; |
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absence of certain changes or events since September 30,
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legal proceedings; |
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At the date of this joint proxy statement/ prospectus, each of
LMI and UGC believes that the commencement of the class action
lawsuits described under Special Factors
Class Action Lawsuits Relating to the UGC Merger will
not result in the inability of LMI or UGC to bring down, as of
the closing date, its representations and warranties relating to
legal proceedings contained in the merger agreement, because the
lawsuits are not reasonably anticipated to have a material
adverse effect, as such term is defined in the merger
agreement, on LMI or UGC or on the ability of either of them to
consummate the mergers.
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LMI and UGC may amend the merger agreement by action taken or
authorized by their respective boards of directors (in the case
of UGC, with the approval of the Special Committee), at any time
before or after the approval of the merger agreement and the
applicable merger by the stockholders of LMI or UGC. After the
stockholder approvals, no amendment may be made which by law
requires further approval by those stockholders, unless LMI
and/or UGC obtain that further approval. All amendments to the
merger agreement must be in writing signed by all of the parties
thereto.
Whether or not the mergers are completed, all costs and expenses
incurred in connection with the merger agreement and the mergers
will be paid by the party incurring the expense, except that all
expenses and fees incurred in connection with the printing and
mailing of this joint proxy statement/ prospectus, the
registration statement of which it is a part and the
Schedule 13E-3 transaction statement will be shared equally
by LMI and UGC.
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Voting Agreement
The following is a summary of the material terms of the
voting agreement. This summary may not contain all of the
information that is important to you. It is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the voting agreement, a copy of which
is included as Appendix C and is incorporated herein by
reference.
The Special Committee made it a condition to UGCs
execution of the merger agreement, and the board of directors of
LMI requested, that John C. Malone enter into a voting agreement
pursuant to which he would agree to vote certain of his shares
of LMI common stock in favor of the merger agreement and the LMI
merger. Accordingly, concurrently with the execution of the
merger agreement, Mr. Malone entered into the voting
agreement, dated as of January 17, 2005, with UGC, pursuant
to which Mr. Malone agreed to vote the shares of LMI
Series A common stock and LMI Series B common stock
over which he possesses sole voting power, and, subject to his
fiduciary duties as trustee, the shares of LMI Series A
common stock and LMI Series B common stock held in two
separate trusts of which Mr. Malone serves as the sole
trustee, in favor of the adoption by LMI of the merger agreement
and the approval of the LMI merger at any meeting of LMI
stockholders at which the merger agreement and the LMI merger
are submitted for a vote of LMI stockholders (or pursuant to
written consent). The voting agreement also covers shares of LMI
common stock acquired by Mr. Malone (including upon
exercise of stock options) after January 17, 2005.
The voting agreement restricts Mr. Malones ability to
transfer any of the shares owned by him or any options to
purchase shares, unless, among other things, he retains the
right to vote such shares or the applicable transferee enters
into an agreement with UGC having the same obligations and
restrictions as the voting agreement. The voting agreement also
provides that Mr. Malone will not grant any proxies or
power of attorney or enter into a voting agreement or other
arrangement relating to the matters covered by the voting
agreement with respect to any of these shares or options to
acquire such shares or deposit any of these shares or options to
acquire such shares into a voting trust.
The Voting Agreement will terminate upon the first to occur of
the closing of the transactions contemplated by the merger
agreement and the termination of the merger agreement in
accordance with its terms.
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MANAGEMENT OF LIBERTY GLOBAL
Executive Officers and Directors
The following table sets forth certain information concerning
the persons who have agreed to serve as Liberty Globals
executive officers and directors immediately following the
mergers, including a five year employment history and any
directorships held in public companies:
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John C. Malone
Born March 7, 1941 |
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Chairman of the Board and a director of Liberty Global.
Mr. Malone has served as President, Chief Executive
Officer, Chairman of the Board and a director of LMI since March
2004. Mr. Malone has served as a director of UGC and its
predecessors since November 1999. Mr. Malone has served as
Chairman of the Board of Liberty since 1990. Mr. Malone
served as Chairman of the Board and a director of Liberty
Satellite & Technology, Inc. from December 1996 to
August 2000. Mr. Malone also served as Chairman of the
Board of Tele-Communications, Inc., the former parent company of
Liberty (TCI), from November 1996 to March 1999 and as Chief
Executive Officer of TCI from January 1994 to March 1999.
Mr. Malone is also a director of The Bank of New York,
Cablevision Systems Corporation and Liberty. |
Michael T. Fries
Born February 6, 1963 |
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Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of Liberty
Global. Mr. Fries has served as Chief Executive Officer of
UGC since January 2004. Mr. Fries has served as a director
of UGC and its predecessors since November 1999 and as President
of UGC and its predecessors since September 1998. He also served
as Chief Operating Officer of UGC and its predecessors from
September 1998 to January 2004. In addition, he serves or has
served as an officer and/or director of various direct and
indirect subsidiaries and affiliates of UGC, including as a
member of the UPC Supervisory Board from September 1998 until
September 2003 and as Chairman thereof from February 1999 until
September 2003, a member of the Priority Telecom Supervisory
Board since November 2000 and as Chairman thereof since March
2003 and as a director of Austar United Communications Limited
since June 1999. He served as Chairman of Austar United from
June 1999 to April 2003. Mr. Fries has been with UGC and
its predecessors since 1990. |
John P. Cole, Jr
Born January 12, 1930 |
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A director of Liberty Global. Mr. Cole has served as a
director of UGC and its predecessors since March 1998.
Mr. Cole served as a member of the UPC Supervisory Board
from February 1999 to September 2003. Mr. Cole is a founder
of the Washington, D.C. law firm of Cole, Raywid and
Braverman, which specializes in all aspects of
telecommunications and media law. |
John W. Dick
Born January 9, 1938 |
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A director of Liberty Global. Mr. Dick has served as a
director of UGC since March 2003. Mr. Dick served as a
member of the UPC Supervisory Board from May 2001 to September
2003 and as a director of UGC Europe from September 2003 to
January 2004. He is the non-executive Chairman and a director of
Hooper Industries Group, a privately held U.K. group consisting
of: Hooper and Co (Coachbuilders) Ltd. (building special/bodied
Rolls Royce and Bentley motorcars) and Hooper Industries (China)
(providing industrial products and components to Europe and the
U.S.). Until 2002, Hooper Industries Group also held Metrocab UK
(manufacturing London taxicabs) and Moscab (a joint venture with
the Moscow city government, producing left-hand drive Metrocabs
for Russia). Mr. Dick has held his positions with Hooper
Industries Group since 1984. Mr. Dick is also a director of
Austar United. |
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Paul A. Gould
Born September 27, 1945 |
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A director of Liberty Global. Mr. Gould has served as a
director of UGC since January 2004. Mr. Gould has served as
Managing Director of Allen & Company L.L.C., an
investment banking services company, and has been associated
with Allen & Company and its affiliates for more than
the last five years. Mr. Gould is also a director of
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation and Liberty. |
David E. Rapley
Born June 22, 1941 |
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A director of Liberty Global. Mr. Rapley has served as a
director of LMI since May 2004. Mr. Rapley served as
Executive Vice President Engineering of VECO Corp.
Alaska from January 1998 to December 2001. Mr. Rapley is
also a director of Liberty. |
Larry E. Romrell
Born December 30, 1939 |
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A director of Liberty Global. Mr. Romrell has served as a
director of LMI since May 2004. Mr. Romrell served as an
Executive Vice President of TCI from January 1994 to March 1999.
Mr. Romrell also served, from December 1997 to March 1999,
as Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of TCI
Business Alliance and Technology Co.; and from December 1997 to
March 1999, as Senior Vice President of TCI Ventures Group.
Mr. Romrell is also a director of Liberty. |
Gene W. Schneider
Born September 8, 1926 |
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A director of Liberty Global. Mr. Schneider has served as
Chairman of the Board of UGC and its predecessors since 1989.
Mr. Schneider also served as Chief Executive Officer of UGC
and its predecessors from 1995 to January 2004.
Mr. Schneider has served as an officer and/or director of
various direct and indirect subsidiaries of UGC. In addition,
from 1995 until 1999, Mr. Schneider served as a member of
the UPC Supervisory Board, and an advisor to the Supervisory
Board of UPC from 1999 until September 2003. Mr. Schneider
has been with UGC and its predecessors since 1989.
Mr. Schneider is also a director of Austar United. |
J.C. Sparkman
Born September 12, 1932 |
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A director of Liberty Global. Mr. Sparkman has served as a
director of LMI since November 2004. Mr. Sparkman served as
the Chairman of the Board of Broadband Services, Inc. from
September 1999 through December 2003. Mr. Sparkman is also
a director of Shaw Communications Inc. and Universal
Electronics, Inc. |
J. David Wargo
Born October 1, 1953 |
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A director of Liberty Global. Mr. Wargo has served as a
director of LMI since May 2004. Mr. Wargo has served as the
President of Wargo & Company, Inc., a private
investment company specializing in the communications industry,
since January 1993. Mr. Wargo is also a director of OpenTV
Corp. and Strayer Education, Inc. |
The executive officers named above will serve in such capacities
until the first annual meeting of our board of directors, or
until their respective successors have been duly elected and
have been qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation,
disqualification or removal from office. There is no family
relationship between any of the directors, by blood, marriage or
adoption.
During the past five years, none of the above persons was
convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violation
or similar misdemeanors) or was a party to any judicial or
administrative proceeding (except for matters that were
dismissed without sanction or settlement) that resulted in a
judgment, decree or final order enjoining the person from future
violations of, or prohibiting activities subject to, federal or
state securities laws, or a finding of any violation of federal
or state securities laws.
Involvement in Certain Proceedings
Except as stated below, during the past five years, none of the
above persons has had any involvement in such legal proceedings
as would be material to an evaluation of his or her ability or
integrity.
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On March 29, 2002, United Australia/Pacific, Inc. (UAP),
then a subsidiary of UGC, filed a voluntary petition for
reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code in the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York. UAPs reorganization closed on
June 27, 2003, and UAP has since dissolved. Until
February 11, 2002, Mr. Fries was a director and the
President of UAP and, until November 14, 2001,
Mr. Schneider was a director and Chief Executive Officer of
UAP.
On December 3, 2002, United Pan-Europe Communications N.V.
(UPC), now a subsidiary of UGC Europe, Inc., filed a voluntary
petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United
States Bankruptcy Code, together with a pre-negotiated plan of
reorganization, in the United States District Court of the
Southern District of New York. In conjunction with such filing,
also on December 3, 2002, UPC commenced a moratorium of
payments in The Netherlands under Dutch bankruptcy law with the
filing of a proposed plan of compulsory composition or the
Akkoord with the Amsterdam Court (Rechtbank) under
the Dutch Faillissementswet. These actions were completed on
September 3, 2003, when UGC Europe acquired more than 99%
of the stock of, and became a successor issuer to UPC.
Messrs. Fries, Cole and Dick were Supervisory Directors of
UPC and Mr. Schneider was an advisor to UPCs
Supervisory Board.
On January 12, 2004, UGCs predecessor (Old UGC),
filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with the U.S. Bankruptcy
Court for the Southern District of New York. On
November 10, 2004, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court confirmed
Old UGCs plan of reorganization and Old UGC emerged from
the Chapter 11 proceedings on November 18, 2004. Until
August 2003, Mr. Fries was the President of Old UGC, and
Mr. Schneider was a director and Chief Executive Officer of
Old UGC.
Board Composition
The board of directors of Liberty Global will initially consist
of ten directors, divided among three classes. Liberty
Globals Class I directors, whose term will expire at
the annual meeting of its stockholders in 2006, are Gene W.
Schneider, John P. Cole, Jr. and David E. Rapley. Liberty
Globals Class II directors, whose term will expire at
the annual meeting of its stockholders in 2007, are J. David
Wargo, J.C. Sparkman and John W. Dick. Liberty Globals
Class III directors, whose term will expire at the annual
meeting of its stockholders in 2008, are John C. Malone, Paul A.
Gould, Michael T. Fries and Larry Romrell. At each annual
meeting of Liberty Global stockholders, the successors of that
class of directors whose term(s) expire at that meeting shall be
elected to hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting
of Liberty Global stockholders held in the third year following
the year of their election. The directors of each class will
hold office until their respective death, resignation or removal
and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.
Executive Compensation
Liberty Global has not yet paid any compensation to any of its
executive officers or any person expected to become an executive
officer of Liberty Global. The form and amount of the
compensation to be paid to each of Liberty Globals
executive officers in any future period will be determined by
the compensation committee of Liberty Globals board of
directors.
For information concerning the compensation paid to the Chief
Executive Officer of LMI and the four most highly compensated
executive officers of LMI during the year ended
December 31, 2004, see Management of LMI
Executive Compensation.
For information concerning the compensation paid to, and any
employment agreements with, the Chief Executive Officer of UGC
and the four most highly compensated executive officers of UGC
for the year ended December 31, 2004, see
Item 11. Executive Compensation in UGCs
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2004, which has been incorporated by reference
in this joint proxy statement/ prospectus.
Compensation of Directors
In accordance with existing practice of LMI and UGC, it is
expected that directors of Liberty Global who are also employees
of Liberty Global will receive no additional compensation for
their services as directors. Each
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non-employee director of Liberty Global will receive
compensation for services as a director of Liberty Global and,
if applicable, for services as a member of any board committee,
as will be determined by Liberty Globals board of
directors.
For information concerning the compensation policy for directors
of LMI, see Management of LMI Director
Compensation.
For information concerning the compensation policy for directors
of UGC, see UGCs Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2004, which has been incorporated
by reference in this joint proxy statement/ prospectus.
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MANAGEMENT OF LMI
Executive Officers and Directors
The name and present principal occupation of each executive
officer and director of LMI is set forth below. Unless otherwise
noted, the business address for each person listed below is
c/o Liberty Media International, Inc., 12300 Liberty
Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112. To the knowledge of LMI,
all executive officers listed below are United States citizens,
except for Miranda Curtis, who is a citizen of the United
Kingdom.
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John C. Malone
Born March 7, 1941 |
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President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and a
director of LMI since March 2004. Mr. Malone has served as
Chairman of the Board of Liberty since 1990. Mr. Malone
served as Chairman of the Board and a director of Liberty
Satellite & Technology, Inc. from December 1996 to
August 2000. Mr. Malone also served as Chairman of the
Board of TCI from November 1996 to March 1999 and as Chief
Executive Officer of TCI from January 1994 to March 1999.
Mr. Malone is also a director of The Bank of New York,
Cablevision Systems Corporation, Liberty and UGC |
Miranda Curtis
Born November 26, 1955 |
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Senior Vice President of LMI and President of its Asia division
since March 2004. Ms. Curtis has served as a Senior Vice
President of LMIs subsidiary, Liberty Media International
Holdings, LLC (Old LMINT), since June 2004, and she served as
President of Old LMINT and its predecessors from February 1999
to June 2004 |
Bernard G. Dvorak
Born April 19, 1960 |
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Senior Vice President and Controller of LMI since March 2004.
Mr. Dvorak served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer of On Command Corporation, a subsidiary of
Liberty, from July 2002 until May 17, 2004. Mr. Dvorak
was the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of
directors of Formus Communications, Inc., a provider of fixed
wireless services in Europe, from September 2000 until June
2002, and, from April 1999 until September 2000, he served as
Chief Financial Officer of Formus. Mr. Dvorak is a director
of UGC |
Graham Hollis
Born January 9, 1952 |
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Senior Vice President and Treasurer of LMI and Executive Vice
President of its Asia division since March 2004. Mr. Hollis
has served as a Senior Vice President of Old LMINT since June
2004, and he served as Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of Old LMINT and its predecessors from May
1995 to June 2004 |
David B. Koff
Born December 26, 1958 |
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Senior Vice President of LMI and President of its Europe
division since March 2004. Mr. Koff served as a Senior Vice
President of Liberty from February 1998 through May 2004.
Mr. Koff is a director of UGC |
David J. Leonard
Born March 28, 1953 |
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Senior Vice President of LMI and President of its Latin America
division since March 2004. Mr. Leonard served as the
President of Libertys Latin America Group, a subgroup of
Libertys International Group, from January 2004 through
June 2004. From May 2002 through December 2003, Mr. Leonard
was the founder and managing director of VLG Acquisition Corp.,
which owned interests in selected telecommunications companies
in Latin America. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Leonard was the
founder, president and Chief Executive Officer of VeloCom Inc.,
a competitive local exchange carrier which provided wireless
communications services throughout Brazil and Argentina |
Elizabeth M. Markowski
Born October 26, 1948 |
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of LMI
since March 2004. Ms. Markowski served as a Senior Vice
President of Liberty from November 2000 through December 2004.
Prior to joining Liberty, Ms. Markowski was a partner in
the law firm of Baker Botts L.L.P. for more than five years |
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Robert R. Bennett
Born April 19, 1958
c/o Liberty Media Corporation
12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112 |
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A director of LMI and Vice-Chairman of the Board since March
2004. Mr. Bennett has served as President and Chief
Executive Officer of Liberty since April 1997, and he held
various other executive positions with Liberty since its
inception in 1990. Mr. Bennett served as Executive Vice
President of TCI from April 1997 to March 1999. Mr. Bennett
is also a director of Liberty, OpenTV Corp. and UGC |
Donne F. Fisher
Born May 24, 1938
Fisher Capital Partners, Ltd.
5619 DTC Parkway,
Suite 1150
Greenwood Village,
Colorado 80111 |
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A director of LMI since May 2004. Mr. Fisher has served as
President of Fisher Capital Partners, Ltd., a venture capital
partnership, since December 1991. Mr. Fisher is also a
director of General Communication, Inc., Liberty and Sorrento
Networks Corporation |
David E. Rapley
Born June 22, 1941 |
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A director of LMI since May 2004. Mr. Rapley served as
Executive Vice President Engineering of VECO Corp.
Alaska from January 1998 to December 2001. Mr. Rapley is
also a director of Liberty |
M. LaVoy Robison
Born September 6, 1935
The Anschutz Foundation
1727 Tremont Place
Denver, Colorado 80202 |
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A director of LMI since June 2004. Mr. Robison has served
as an executive director and board member of The Anschutz
Foundation (a private foundation) since January 1998.
Mr. Robison is also a director of Liberty |
Larry E. Romrell
Born December 30, 1939 |
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A director of LMI since May 2004. Mr. Romrell served as an
Executive Vice President of TCI from January 1994 to March 1999.
Mr. Romrell also served, from December 1997 to March 1999,
as Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of TCI
Business Alliance and Technology Co.; and from December 1997 to
March 1999, as Senior Vice President of TCI Ventures Group.
Mr. Romrell is also a director of Liberty |
J. C. Sparkman
Born September 12, 1931 |
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A director of LMI since November 2004. Mr. Sparkman served
as the Chairman of the Board of Broadband Services, Inc. from
September 1999 through December 2003. Mr. Sparkman is also
a director of Shaw Communications Inc. and Universal
Electronics, Inc. |
J. David Wargo
Born October 1, 1953
Wargo & Company, Inc.
712 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10019 |
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A director of LMI since May 2004. Mr. Wargo has served as
the President of Wargo & Company, Inc., a private
investment company specializing in the communications industry,
since January 1993. Mr. Wargo is also a director of OpenTV
Corp. and Strayer Education, Inc. |
There are no family relations among the above named individuals,
by blood, marriage or adoption.
During the past five years, none of the above persons was
convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations
or similar misdemeanors) or was party to any judicial or
administrative proceeding (except for matters that were
dismissed without sanction or settlement) that resulted in a
judgment, decree or final order enjoining the person from future
violations of, or prohibiting activities subject to, federal or
state securities laws, or a finding of any violation of federal
or state securities laws.
Involvement in Certain Proceedings
Except as stated below, during the past five years, none of the
above persons has had any involvement in such legal proceedings
as would be material to an evaluation of his or her ability or
integrity.
On March 28, 2001, an involuntary petition under
Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code was filed
against Formus in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
District of Colorado. Mr. Dvorak was a director and the
Chief Executive Officer of Formus from September 2000 until June
2002.
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Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting
Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, requires LMIs executive officers and directors,
and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class
of LMIs equity securities, to file reports of ownership
and changes in ownership with the SEC. Officers, directors and
greater than ten-percent stockholders are required by SEC
regulation to furnish LMI with copies of all Section 16
forms they file.
Based solely on a review of the copies of the Forms 3, 4
and 5 and amendments to those forms furnished to LMI with
respect to LMIs most recent fiscal year, or written
representations that no Forms 5 were required, LMI believes
that, during the year ended December 31, 2004, all
Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to LMIs
executive officers, directors and greater than ten-percent
beneficial owners were complied with, except that one
Form 4 on behalf of Larry Romrell was not timely filed.
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
LMI has adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that
applies to all of its employees, directors and officers.
LMIs code of business conduct and ethics constitutes its
code of ethics within the meaning of
Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and is available on
its website at www.libertymediainternational.com. In
addition, LMI will provide a copy of its code of business
conduct and ethics, free of charge, to any stockholder who calls
or submits a request in writing to Investor Relations, Liberty
Media International, Inc., 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood,
Colorado 80112, Tel. No. (800) 783-7676.
Committees of the Board of Directors
LMIs board of directors has established an executive
committee, whose members are Robert R. Bennett and John C.
Malone. Except as specifically prohibited by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or limited by
LMIs board of directors, the executive committee may
exercise all the powers and authority of LMIs board in the
management of LMIs business and affairs, including the
power and authority to authorize the issuance of shares of LMI
capital stock.
LMIs board of directors has established a compensation
committee, whose members are Donne F. Fisher, Larry E. Romrell
and J. David Wargo. LMIs board of directors has determined
that Messrs. Fisher, Romrell and Wargo are independent, as
independence is defined in the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market
as well as the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC. The
compensation committee reviews and makes recommendations to
LMIs board regarding all forms of compensation provided to
LMIs executive officers and directors. In addition, the
compensation committee reviews and makes recommendations on
bonus and stock compensation arrangements for all of LMIs
employees and has sole responsibility for the administration of
the Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (As
Amended and Restated Effective March 9, 2005).
LMIs board of directors has established an audit
committee, whose members are Donne F. Fisher, David E. Rapley,
M. LaVoy Robison and J. David Wargo. LMIs board of
directors has determined that Messrs. Fisher, Rapley,
Robison and Wargo are independent, as independence for audit
committee members is defined in the rules of the Nasdaq Stock
Market as well as the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC.
In addition, LMIs board of directors has determined that
M. LaVoy Robison qualifies as an audit committee financial
expert under applicable SEC rules and regulations.
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The audit committee reviews and monitors the corporate financial
reporting and the internal and external audits of LMI. The
committees functions include:
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auditing services, and all permissible non-auditing services, to
be performed for LMI by LMIs independent auditors; |
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management and LMIs independent auditors and making
recommendations regarding inclusion of such audited financial
statements in certain public filings of LMI; |
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overseeing the performance of services by LMIs independent
auditors, including holding quarterly meetings to review the
quarterly reports of LMIs independent auditors, discussing
with LMIs independent auditors issues regarding the
ability of LMIs independent auditors to perform such
services, obtaining, annually, a letter from LMIs
independent auditors addressing certain internal quality-control
issues, reviewing with LMIs independent auditors any
audit-related problems or difficulties and the response of
LMIs management, and addressing other general oversight
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overseeing the implementation and maintenance of an internal
audit function, discussing with LMIs independent auditors
and LMIs management the internal audit functions
responsibilities, budget and staff, periodically reviewing with
LMIs independent auditors the results and findings of the
internal audit function and coordinating with LMIs
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reviewing and overseeing compliance with, and establishing
procedures for the treatment of alleged violations of,
applicable securities laws, SEC and Nasdaq Stock Market rules
regarding audit committees and the code of business conduct and
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LMIs board of directors has adopted a written charter for
the audit committee which is included as Appendix A:
Information Concerning Liberty Media International,
Inc. Part 6: Audit Committee Charter of Audit
Committee of LMI Board of Directors to this joint proxy
statement/ prospectus. The charter is also available on
LMIs website at www.libertymediainternational.com.
In addition, LMI will provide a copy of the charter, free of
charge, to any stockholder who calls or submits a request in
writing to Investor Relations, Liberty Media International, Inc.
12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112,
Tel. No. (800) 783-7676.
The audit committee has reviewed and discussed LMIs most
recent audited consolidated financial statements with
management. The audit committee has also discussed with KPMG LLP
the matters required to be discussed by the Statement on
Auditing Standards No. 61, Communication with Audit
Committees, as amended, including the auditors judgment
about the quality of our accounting principles, as applied in
our financial reporting.
The audit committee has received the written disclosures and the
letter from the independent auditors required by Independence
Standards Board Standard No. 1 (Independence Discussions
with Audit Committees) that relates to the auditors
independence from LMI and its subsidiaries, and has discussed
with LMIs independent auditors their independence.
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Based on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the
audit committee recommended to LMIs board of directors
that the audited financial statements be included in LMIs
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2004, filed on March 14, 2005 with the
SEC.
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Submitted by the Members of the Audit Committee: |
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Donne F. Fisher |
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David E. Rapley |
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M. LaVoy Robison |
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J. David Wargo |
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Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee |
LMIs board of directors has established a nominating and
corporate governance committee, whose members are Donne F.
Fisher, David E. Rapley, Larry E. Romrell and J. David
Wargo. LMIs board of directors has determined that
Messrs. Fisher, Rapley, Romrell and Wargo are independent,
as independence is defined in the rules of the Nasdaq Stock
Market as well as the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC.
The nominating and corporate governance committee identifies and
recommends as nominees to LMIs board of directors
individuals qualified to become members of LMIs board, and
reviews from time to time the corporate governance guidelines
applicable to LMI and recommends to LMIs board such
changes as it may deem appropriate. The nominating and corporate
governance committee also oversees the evaluation of management
of LMI and LMIs board of directors and makes
recommendations, as appropriate.
The nominating and corporate governance committee will consider
candidates for director recommended by any stockholder provided
that such nominations are properly submitted. Eligible
stockholders wishing to recommend a candidate for nomination as
a director should send the recommendation in writing to the
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Liberty Media
International, Inc., 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood,
Colorado 80112. Stockholder recommendations must be made in
accordance with LMIs bylaws, as discussed under
Additional Information Stockholder
Proposals LMI below, and contain the following
information:
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the proposing stockholders name and address and
documentation indicating the number of shares of LMI common
stock beneficially owned by such person and the holder or
holders of record of those shares, together with a statement
that the proposing stockholder is recommending a candidate for
nomination as a director; |
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the candidates name, age, business and residence
addresses, principal occupation or employment, business
experience, educational background and any other information
relevant in light of the factors considered by the nominating
and corporate governance committee in making a determination of
a candidates qualifications, as described below; |
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a statement detailing any relationship, arrangement or
understanding that might affect the independence of the
candidate as a member of LMIs board; |
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any other information that would be required under SEC rules in
a proxy statement soliciting proxies for the election of such
candidate as a director; |
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a representation as to whether the proposing stockholder intends
to deliver any proxy materials or otherwise solicit proxies in
support of the director nominee; |
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a representation that the proposing stockholder intends to
appear in person or by proxy at the annual stockholders meeting
at which the person named in such notice is to stand for
election; and |
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a signed consent of the candidate to serve as a director, if
nominated and elected. |
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In connection with its evaluation, the nominating and corporate
governance committee may request additional information from the
proposing stockholder and the candidate. The nominating and
corporate governance committee has sole discretion to decide
which individuals to recommend for nomination as directors.
To be nominated to serve as a director, a nominee need not meet
any specific, minimum criteria; however, the nominating and
corporate governance committee believes that nominees for
director should possess the highest personal and professional
ethics, integrity, values and judgment and should be committed
to the long-term interests of LMI stockholders. When evaluating
a potential director nominee, including one recommended by a
stockholder, the nominating and corporate governance committee
will take into account a number of factors, including, but not
limited to, the following:
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independence from management; |
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education and professional background; |
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judgment, skill, integrity and reputation; |
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existing commitments to other businesses as a director,
executive or owner; |
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personal conflicts of interest, if any; and |
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When seeking candidates for director, the nominating and
corporate governance committee may solicit suggestions from
incumbent directors, management, stockholders and others. After
conducting an initial evaluation of a prospective nominee, the
nominating and corporate governance committee will interview
that candidate if it believes the candidate might be suitable to
be a director. The nominating and corporate governance committee
may also ask the candidate to meet with management. If the
nominating and corporate governance committee believes a
candidate would be a valuable addition to the board of
directors, it may recommend to LMIs full board that
candidates appointment or election.
Prior to nominating an incumbent director for re-election at an
annual meeting of stockholders, the nominating and corporate
governance committee will consider the directors past
attendance at, and participation in, meetings of the board of
directors and its committees and the directors formal and
informal contributions to the various activities conducted by
the board and the board committees of which such individual is a
member. Messrs. Rapley and Romrell, who are nominated for
re-election at the LMI annual meeting, were approved for
nomination by the nominating and corporate governance committee.
LMIs board of directors has adopted a written charter for
the nominating and corporate governance committee. LMIs
board has also adopted corporate governance guidelines and, as
an annex thereto, criteria for director independence. The
criteria for director independence consists of categorical
standards to be used in determining which of LMIs
directors qualify as independent for purposes of the
Nasdaq Stock Market rules as well as applicable rules and
regulations adopted by the SEC. This charter and the corporate
governance guidelines, including the criteria for director
independence, is available on LMIs website at
www.libertymediainternational.com. In addition, LMI will
provide copies of this charter or the corporate governance
guidelines, including the criteria for director independence,
free of charge, to any stockholder who calls or submits a
request in writing to Investor Relations, Liberty Media
International, 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado
80112, Tel. No. (800) 783-7676.
The board, by resolution, may from time to time establish
certain other committees of the board, consisting of one or more
of LMIs directors. Any committee so established will have
the powers delegated to it by resolution of the board, subject
to applicable law.
Board Meetings
During 2004, there were nine meetings of LMIs full board
of directors, three meetings of LMIs compensation
committee, six meetings of LMIs audit committee and one
meeting of LMIs nominating and
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corporate governance committee. Each director of LMI attended,
either in person or telephonically, at least 75% of the total
number of LMI board meetings held during the period during which
he served on the LMI board. Each director serving on a
committee of the LMI board attended, in person or
telephonically, at least 75% of the total number of meetings
held by each committee on which he served during the period
during which he served on such committee, other than Donne F.
Fisher who did not attend one meeting of LMIs compensation
committee.
Director Attendance at Annual Meetings
LMIs board of directors encourages all members to attend
each annual meeting of LMI stockholders. Since LMI was spun off
from Liberty on June 7, 2004, LMI did not hold a 2004
annual stockholders meeting.
Stockholder Communication with Directors
LMIs stockholders may send communications to LMIs
board of directors or to individual directors by mail addressed
to the Board of Directors or to an individual director
c/o Liberty Media International, Inc., 12300 Liberty
Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112. Communications from
LMIs stockholders will be forwarded to LMIs
directors on a timely basis.
Executive Sessions
Following LMIs spin off from Liberty, the independent
directors of LMI held one executive session without the
participation of management or of non-independent directors
during 2004. During 2005, the independent directors of LMI
intend to hold regularly scheduled executive sessions without
the participation of management or of non-independent directors.
Executive Compensation
The table below sets forth information for the year ended
December 31, 2004 relating to compensation paid to
LMIs Chief Executive Officer and LMIs four other
most highly compensated executive officers, who we refer to as
the LMI named executive officers, for services
rendered to LMI and its subsidiaries. Prior to June 7,
2004, LMI was a subsidiary of Liberty. Accordingly, all
compensation earned by the LMI named executive officers from
January 1, 2004 through the date of the spin off was paid
by Liberty. All compensation earned by the LMI named executive
officers (other than by Elizabeth M. Markowski, see note
(2) below) after the date of the spin off was paid by LMI.
Although certain of the individuals who are LMI named executive
officers were performing services in connection with LMIs
businesses prior to January 1, 2004, those individuals were
employed by Liberty during that period, were not dedicated
exclusively to LMIs businesses (with the exception of
Miranda Curtis), and devoted substantial time and effort to
other Liberty businesses or to the Liberty organization in
general.
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Accordingly, no information on the compensation of the LMI named
executive officers for periods prior to January 1, 2004 is
reported.
Summary Compensation Table
Annual Compensation
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Options/SARs | |
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Compensation ($) | |
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John C. Malone
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2004 |
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$ |
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$ |
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1,568,562 |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Miranda Curtis
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2004 |
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716,330 |
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63,830 |
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22,019 |
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Senior Vice President |
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David B. Koff
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2004 |
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$ |
595,808 |
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742,003 |
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53,192 |
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21,256 |
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David J. Leonard
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2004 |
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$ |
403,077 |
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42,554 |
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16,756 |
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Senior Vice President |
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Elizabeth M. Markowski
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2004 |
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$ |
676,866 |
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63,830 |
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20,500 |
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General Counsel and Secretary |
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(1) |
Ms. Curtis compensation is paid in U.K. pounds,
which, for purposes of the foregoing presentation, has been
converted to U.S. Dollars based upon the average exchange
rate in effect during 2004. |
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(2) |
Ms. Markowski continued to be an officer and employee of
Liberty through December 31, 2004, and during the period
from the date of the spin off through December 31, 2004,
LMI reimbursed Liberty for 75% of Ms. Markowskis
compensation expenses. This allocation was based upon the amount
of time she spent on the respective businesses of LMI and
Liberty. The numbers in the table represent 100% of
Ms. Markowskis compensation for 2004, rather than
LMIs allocable share. |
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(3) |
Represents reimbursement for housing and other costs incurred by
Mr. Koff as an expatriate working in London, England. |
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(4) |
The numbers of shares reflect adjustments for LMIs July
2004 rights offering which concluded in August 2004. |
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(5) |
Amounts represent contributions made during 2004 to a pension
fund maintained for the benefit of Ms. Curtis under
applicable United Kingdom law. With respect to these
contributions, Ms. Curtis is fully vested. |
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(6) |
Amounts represent contributions to the Liberty 401(k) Savings
Plan during 2004 prior to the date of the spin off and, in the
case of Messrs. Koff and Leonard, premiums paid for term
life insurance under UGCs group policy. The Liberty 401(k)
Savings Plan provides employees with an opportunity to save for
retirement. The Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan participants may
contribute up to 10% of their compensation, and Liberty makes a
matching contribution of 100% of the participants
contributions. Participant contributions to the Liberty 401(k)
Savings Plan are fully vested upon contribution. |
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Generally, participants acquire a vested right in Liberty
contributions as follows:
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Less than 1
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1-2
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33 |
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With respect to Liberty contributions made to the Liberty 401(k)
Savings Plan in 2004, Mr. Koff and Ms. Markowski were
fully vested and Mr. Leonard was not vested as of
December 31, 2004. |
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Under UGCs group term life insurance benefits plan, each
employee is provided with employer-paid coverage equal to twice
the employees annual salary up to maximum coverage of
$400,000 for employees with an annual salary of less than
$266,000, and, upon an employees election, 1.5 times the
employees annual salary up to maximum coverage of
$1 million for employees with an annual salary of $266,000
or more. LMI reimburses UGC for the premiums paid with respect
to LMIs employees. |
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Option and SAR Grants in Last Fiscal Year |
The table below sets forth certain information concerning stock
options granted to the LMI named executive officers during the
year ended December 31, 2004.
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John C. Malone
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Series A |
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Series B |
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36.75 |
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June 7, 2014 |
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$ |
20,881,827 |
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Series A |
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33.41 |
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June 22, 2014 |
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772,600 |
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David B. Koff
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Series A |
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33.41 |
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June 22, 2014 |
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640,837 |
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David J. Leonard
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Series A |
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42,554 |
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33.41 |
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June 22, 2014 |
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$ |
515,074 |
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Elizabeth M. Markowski
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Series A |
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63,830 |
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33.41 |
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June 22, 2014 |
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772,600 |
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(1) |
The numbers of shares reflect adjustments for LMIs July
2004 rights offering which concluded in August 2004. |
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(2) |
The exercise prices reflect adjustments for LMIs July 2004
rights offering which concluded in August 2004. The exercise
prices for the LMI Series A Options were equal to the
closing sale price of the LMI Series A common stock on
their respective grant dates. The exercise price for the LMI
Series B options was equal to 110% of the closing sale
price of the LMI Series A common stock on June 22,
2004 ($39.10 before considering the impact of the July 2004
rights offering), the date that definitive terms were
established for such options. The closing market price of the
LMI Series B common stock on that date was $40.05 (before
considering the impact of the July 2004 rights offering). |
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(3) |
The value shown is based upon (i) the number of options
granted, as adjusted for the July 2004 rights offering and
(ii) the per share present value, as determined using the
Black-Scholes model. The key assumptions used in the model for
purposes of this calculation include the following: (a) a
4.09% discount rate; (b) a 25.25% volatility factor;
(c) the 6-year expected option life; (d) the fair
value of the applicable series of LMI common stock on the grant
date; and (e) a per share exercise price of $33.41, in the
case of LMI Series A options, and a per share exercise
price of $36.75, in the case of LMI Series B options (in
each case, as adjusted for the July 2004 rights offering). The
actual value realized will depend upon the extent to which the
stock price exceeds the exercise price on the date the option is
exercised. Accordingly, the realized value, if any, will not
necessarily be the value determined by the model. |
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(4) |
The options granted to Mr. Malone were awarded as the
primary form of compensation to be paid to Mr. Malone by
LMI. See Employment Contracts and Termination
of Employment and Change in Control Arrangements. |
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Aggregate Option/SAR Exercises in Last Fiscal Year and
Fiscal Year-End Option/SAR Values |
The following table sets forth certain information concerning
exercises of LMI options by the named executive officers during
the year ended December 31, 2004:
Aggregated Option/ SAR Exercises in the Last Fiscal Year and
Fiscal Year-End Option/ SAR Values
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John C. Malone
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Exercisable |
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$ |
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221 |
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2,721 |
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Exercisable |
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$ |
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$ |
23,630,664 |
(2) |
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Unexercisable |
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$ |
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213,824 |
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$ |
2,377,728 |
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Miranda Curtis
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Exercisable |
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$ |
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81,361 |
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$ |
1,001,558 |
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Unexercisable |
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$ |
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76,713 |
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$ |
976,949 |
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Series B |
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Exercisable |
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$ |
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Unexercisable |
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$ |
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David B. Koff
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Series A |
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Exercisable |
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100,551 |
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$ |
657,101 |
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21,594 |
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$ |
265,822 |
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Unexercisable |
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|
$ |
|
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127,872 |
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$ |
1,601,232 |
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Series B |
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Exercisable |
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$ |
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Unexercisable |
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$ |
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David J. Leonard
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Series A |
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Exercisable |
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$ |
|
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|
|
1,596 |
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$ |
19,644 |
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Unexercisable |
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|
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|
$ |
|
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|
48,937 |
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$ |
624,119 |
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|
Series B |
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Exercisable |
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$ |
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Unexercisable |
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$ |
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Elizabeth M. Markowski
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Series A |
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Exercisable |
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$ |
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|
53,804 |
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$ |
662,331 |
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Unexercisable |
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|
$ |
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92,199 |
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$ |
1,167,520 |
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Series B |
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Exercisable |
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$ |
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Unexercisable |
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$ |
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(1) |
Includes options to acquire LMI common stock that were issued to
the LMI named executive officers as a result of adjustments
made, in connection with the spin off, to their outstanding
Liberty stock incentive awards, all of which were granted to
them by Liberty prior to January 1, 2004. Each option and
stock appreciation right with respect to Liberty common stock
outstanding as of the record date for the spin off was adjusted
by the incentive plan committee of Libertys board of
directors in connection with the spin off. Liberty options held,
as of the spin off record date, by the LMI named executive
officers, among |
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others, were divided into two options: (1) an option to
purchase the number and series of shares of LMI common stock
that would have been issued in the spin off in respect of the
shares of Liberty common stock subject to the applicable Liberty
option, as if such Liberty option had been exercised in full
immediately prior to the record date for the spin off, and
(2) an adjusted Liberty option. The aggregate exercise
price of each such outstanding Liberty option was allocated
between the LMI option and the adjusted Liberty option. Stock
appreciation rights related to Liberty Series A common
stock held, as of the spin off record date, by the LMI named
executive officers, among others, were divided into two awards
(in a manner similar to the adjustment made to outstanding
Liberty options): (1) an LMI option and (2) an
adjusted Liberty stock appreciation right. The aggregate base
price of each outstanding Liberty stock appreciation right was
allocated between the LMI option and the adjusted Liberty stock
appreciation right. Each LMI option issued as a result of these
adjustments had an exercise price per share equal to the fair
market value per share of the applicable series of LMI common
stock, which, in the case of Series A options, was $33.92
(as adjusted for LMIs July 2004 rights offering) and, in
the case of Series B options, was $37.88 (as adjusted for
LMIs July 2004 rights offering). |
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(2) |
These options were fully exercisable as of December 31,
2004, but are subject to forfeiture. See
Employment Contracts and Termination of
Employment and Change in Control Arrangements for more
information. |
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Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment and Change
in Control Arrangements
Except as described below, LMI has no employment contracts,
termination of employment agreements or change of control
agreements with any of its named executive officers.
LMI entered into an option agreement with John C. Malone,
LMIs Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and
President, pursuant to which LMI granted to Mr. Malone,
under the Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan
(As Amended and Restated Effective March 9, 2005), options
to acquire 1,568,562 shares of LMI Series B common
stock (as adjusted for LMIs July 2004 rights offering) at
an exercise price per share of $36.75 (as adjusted for
LMIs July 2004 rights offering). The options represent the
primary form of compensation to be paid to Mr. Malone by
LMI. The options are fully exercisable; however,
Mr. Malones rights with respect to the options and
any shares issued upon exercise will vest at the rate of
20% per year on each anniversary of the date on which the
spin off was completed (which was June 7, 2004), provided
that Mr. Malone continues to have a qualifying relationship
(whether as a director, officer, employee or consultant) with
LMI or any successor to LMI. (If the mergers are completed,
Liberty Global will be the successor to LMI under the option
agreement.) If Mr. Malone ceases to have such a qualifying
relationship (subject to certain exceptions for his death or
disability or termination without cause), his unvested options
will be terminated and/or LMI will have the right to require
Mr. Malone to sell to LMI, at the exercise price of the
options, any shares of LMI Series B common stock previously
acquired by Mr. Malone upon exercise of options which have
not vested as of the date on which Mr. Malone ceases to
have a qualifying relationship with LMI.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider
Participation
Donne F. Fisher, Larry E. Romrell and J. David Wargo each served
on LMIs compensation committee during the year ended
December 31, 2004. None of them was, during 2004, an
officer or employee of LMI or any of its subsidiaries, was
formerly an officer of LMI or any of its subsidiaries or had any
relationship requiring disclosure under the securities laws.
Report of the Compensation Committee on Executive
Compensation
Most decisions regarding the compensation of LMIs
executive officers during the year ended December 31, 2004,
were made by the compensation committee of LMIs board of
directors, whose members were Donne F. Fisher, Larry E. Romrell
and J. David Wargo. All decisions of the compensation committee
regarding the compensation of LMIs executive officers
during the year ended December 31, 2004, were reviewed by
LMIs board of directors.
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For the year ended December 31, 2004, the compensation
committee furnished the following report on its policies with
respect to the compensation of LMIs executive officers.
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General Executive Compensation Policy |
LMIs executive compensation policy is designed to attract
qualified individuals who have the potential as executive
officers to contribute to LMIs long-term growth and
success, to motivate LMIs executive officers to maximize
their contribution to LMI and to retain LMIs executive
officers in LMIs employ. Accordingly, LMIs executive
compensation policy is designed to offer LMIs executive
officers competitive compensation opportunities that are tied to
their contribution to LMIs growth and success and their
personal performance. Each executive officers compensation
package is comprised primarily of base salary, stock-based
incentives and matching contributions to the UnitedGlobalCom,
Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan.
LMIs compensation committee evaluates certain qualitative
factors relating to the performance of each of LMIs
executive officers, including LMIs Chief Executive
Officer, such as:
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experience; |
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responsibilities assumed; |
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demonstrated leadership ability; |
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overall effectiveness; |
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the level of an executives compensation in relation to
other executives in LMI with the same, more or less
responsibilities; and |
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the performance of the group for which the executive is
primarily responsible. |
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Implementation of Executive Compensation Policy |
The following describes the manner in which LMIs executive
compensation policy was implemented generally with respect to
the year ended December 31, 2004. Also summarized below are
several of the more important factors which were considered in
establishing the components of LMIs executive
officers compensation packages for the year ended
December 31, 2004. Additional factors were also taken into
account, and the compensation committee may, in its discretion,
apply entirely different factors, particularly different
measures of performance, in setting executive compensation for
future fiscal years, but it is expected that all compensation
decisions will be designed to further LMIs executive
compensation policy set forth above.
Base Salary. The compensation committee determined that,
for 2004, the base salary of the executive officers (other than
LMIs Chief Executive Officer) would continue on the same
basis and at the same rate as such persons were being
compensated by Liberty prior to the June 7, 2004 spin off
transaction.
Stock-Based Incentives. To provide additional long-term
incentives to the executive officers that are tied to LMIs
success, the compensation committee awarded stock options to
each of LMIs executive officers (other than LMIs
Chief Executive Officer) to purchase between 42,554 and
63,830 shares of LMIs Series A common stock (as
adjusted for LMIs July 2004 rights offering). In approving
these grants, the compensation committee considered the expected
future contributions of the individual executive officers.
401(k). LMI matches contributions made to the
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan by LMIs
executive officers on the same basis as UGC matches
contributions by its employees.
Prior to the June 2004 spin off transaction, the compensation
committee approved the grant to Mr. Malone, as his primary
form of compensation as Chief Executive Officer of LMI, of
options to purchase a number of shares of LMIs
Series B common stock that would represent upon exercise 1%
of the shares of LMIs common stock outstanding following
the spin off at an exercise price equal to 110% of the trading
price of
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LMIs Series A common stock. At a meeting of the
compensation committee held on June 22, 2004 to approve the
definitive terms of the option grant, the number of shares
subject to the options was set at 1,568,562 (as adjusted for
LMIs July 2004 rights offering) and the exercise price was
set at 110% of the closing price of LMIs Series A
common stock on that date ($36.75 after adjustment for
LMIs July 2004 rights offering). In setting
Mr. Malones 2004 compensation package, the
compensation committee considered the various qualitative
factors described above, as well as Mr. Malones
strategic vision for LMI.
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Submitted by the Members of the Compensation Committee: |
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Donne F. Fisher |
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Larry E. Romrell |
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J. David Wargo |
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Director Compensation
Each LMI director who is not an employee of LMI is entitled to a
fee of $1,000 for each board meeting he attends. In addition,
the chairman and each other member of the audit committee of
LMIs board of directors is entitled to a fee of $5,000 and
$2,000, respectively, for each audit committee meeting he
attends. Each member of the compensation committee and each
member of the nominating and corporate governance committee is
entitled to a fee of $1,000 for each committee meeting he
attends. Fees to LMI directors are payable in cash. LMI also
reimburses members of its board for travel expenses incurred to
attend any meetings of its board or any committee thereof.
Each LMI director who is not an employee of LMI (other than J.C.
Sparkman) was granted options to acquire 3,000 shares of
LMI Series A common stock on June 22, 2004. All of
these options were granted pursuant to the Liberty Media
International, Inc. 2004 Nonemployee Director Incentive Plan,
vest on the first anniversary of the grant date (provided that
the LMI director who is not an employee of LMI continues to
serve as a director of LMI on the first anniversary of the grant
date) and were granted at a per share exercise price of $35.55,
which was the closing price of LMI Series A common stock on
the grant date. These options, together with all of LMIs
then-outstanding stock incentive awards, were adjusted in
connection with LMIs July 2004 rights offering. As a
result, these options now represent the right to acquire
3,192 shares of LMI Series A common stock at a per
share exercise price of $33.41. All other terms of these options
remained the same. Mr. Sparkman, who is also not an
employee of LMI, joined the board of directors of LMI on
November 9, 2004 and, consistent with LMIs director
compensation policy, Mr. Sparkman was granted options to
acquire 3,000 shares of LMI Series A common stock on
that date. The options were granted pursuant to the Liberty
Media International, Inc. 2004 Nonemployee Director Incentive
Plan, vest on the first anniversary of the grant date (provided
that Mr. Sparkman continues to serve as a director of LMI
on the first anniversary of the grant date) and were granted at
a per share exercise price of $37.42, which was the closing
price of LMI Series A common stock on the grant date.
On March 9, 2005, the LMI board determined to amend the Non
Qualified Stock Option Agreements, dated as of June 22,
2004, that LMI had entered into with each of Robert R. Bennett,
Donne F. Fisher and M. LaVoy Robison to provide that if the
mergers are completed before June 22, 2005 (the first
anniversary of the grant date of their 2004 option grants), and
solely as a result of the completion of the mergers,
Messrs. Bennett, Fisher and Robison cease to serve as
directors of LMI, their 2004 option grants will vest on the date
on which the mergers are completed rather than on June 22,
2005.
Following each annual meeting of LMI stockholders, each LMI
director who is not an employee of LMI will be granted options
to acquire an additional 3,000 shares of LMI Series A
common stock. All of these options
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will be granted pursuant to the Liberty Media International,
Inc. 2004 Nonemployee Director Incentive Plan, will vest on the
first anniversary of the applicable grant date and will be
granted at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of
LMI Series A common stock. If the mergers are completed,
the options granted to LMIs nonemployee directors
following the LMI annual meeting will terminate in accordance
with their terms on the day on which the mergers are completed.
Equity Compensation Plan Information
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Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (As
Amended and Restated Effective March 9, 2005) |
General. The incentive plan is administered by the
compensation committee of LMIs board of directors. The
compensation committee is currently comprised of three members:
Donne F. Fisher, Larry E. Romrell and J. David Wargo. Each
member is a non-employee director within the meaning
of Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act and an outside
director within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the
Code. The compensation committee has the full power and
authority to grant eligible persons the awards described below
and determine the terms and conditions under which any awards
are made.
On March 9, 2005, the LMI compensation committee determined
to amend and restate the incentive plan in anticipation of
Liberty Global assuming the incentive plan following the
completion of the mergers. The following summary of the
incentive plan reflects the terms and conditions of the
incentive plan as in effect following this amendment and
restatement. These terms and conditions apply to all grants made
under the incentive plan from and following March 9, 2005.
The following summary is not intended to be complete, and we
refer you to the copy of the incentive plan included as
Appendix A: Information Concerning Liberty Media
International, Inc. Part 5: Liberty Media
International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated
Effective March 9, 2005) to this joint proxy
statement/prospectus for a complete statement of its terms and
conditions.
The incentive plan is designed to provide additional
remuneration to certain employees and independent contractors
for exceptional service and to encourage their investment in
LMI. The incentive plan is also intended to (1) attract
persons of exceptional ability to become officers and employees
of LMI, and (2) induce independent contractors to provide
services to LMI. LMIs employees (including employees who
are officers or directors of LMI or any of LMIs
subsidiaries) and independent contractors are eligible to
participate and may be granted awards under the incentive plan.
Awards may be made to any such person, officer, director or
contractor whether or not he or she holds or has held awards
under this plan or under any other plan of LMI or any of
LMIs affiliates.
The number of individuals who will receive awards under the
incentive plan will vary from year to year and will depend on
various factors, such as the number of promotions and LMIs
hiring needs during the year, and thus we cannot determine
future award recipients. Currently, under the incentive plan,
options to acquire an aggregate of 438,054 shares of LMI
Series A common stock have been granted to LMIs
officers and employees and options to acquire
1,568,562 shares of LMI Series B common stock have
been granted to John C. Malone, LMIs President, Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. These option share
numbers reflect adjustments made in connection with LMIs
July 2004 rights offering.
The compensation committee may grant non-qualified stock
options, stock appreciation rights (SARs), restricted shares,
stock units, cash awards, performance awards or any combination
of the foregoing under the incentive plan (collectively,
awards). The maximum number of shares of LMI common stock with
respect to which awards may be granted under the incentive plan
is currently 20 million, subject to anti-dilution and other
adjustment provisions of the incentive plan. Subject to the
completion of the mergers, the maximum number of shares with
respect to which awards may be granted under the incentive plan
will be increased to 25 million. If the incentive plan is
not approved at the LMI annual meeting, as described in
LMI Annual Business Matter Proposals LMI
Incentive Plan Proposal, the maximum number of shares with
respect to which awards may be issued under the incentive plan
will remain at 20 million. With limited exceptions, no
person may be granted in any calendar year awards covering more
than 2 million shares of LMI common
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stock. In addition, no person may receive payment for cash
awards during any calendar year in excess of $10 million.
Shares of LMI common stock issuable pursuant to awards made
under the incentive plan will be made available from either
authorized but unissued shares or shares that have been issued
but reacquired by LMI. Shares of LMI common stock that are
subject to (1) any award that expires, terminates or is
annulled for any reason without having been exercised,
(2) any award of any SARs that is exercised for cash, and
(3) any award of restricted shares or stock units that
shall be forfeited prior to becoming vested, will once again be
available for issuance under the incentive plan.
The compensation committee also has the power to:
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interpret the incentive plan and adopt any rules, regulations
and guidelines for carrying out the incentive plan that it
believes are proper; |
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correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any
inconsistency in the incentive plan or related documents; |
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determine the form and terms of the awards made under the
incentive plan, including persons eligible to receive the award
and the number of shares or other consideration subject to
awards; and |
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delegate to any subcommittee its authority and duties under the
incentive plan unless a delegation would adversely impact the
availability of transaction exemptions under Rule 16b-3 of
the Exchange Act, and the deductibility of compensation for
federal income tax purposes. |
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If the mergers are completed, (1) all outstanding awards
under the incentive plan will be converted into awards with
respect to an identical series of shares of Liberty Global
common stock; (2) Liberty Global will assume the incentive
plan and succeed LMI as the issuer under the incentive plan;
(3) all future awards issued under the incentive plan will
be with respect to Liberty Global common stock rather than LMI
common stock; (4) the name of the plan will automatically
change to the Liberty Global, Inc. 2005 Incentive
Plan; and (5) the maximum number of shares of any
series of Liberty Global common stock with respect to which
awards will be issuable by Liberty Global under the incentive
plan will be 25 million, subject to anti-dilution and other
adjustment provisions of the incentive plan.
Outstanding Awards. The following chart reflects awards
outstanding under the incentive plan, as of February 28,
2005, granted to LMIs named executive officers, LMIs
current executive officers as a group and LMIs current
non-executive officer employees as a group (in each case, as
adjusted for LMIs July 2004 rights offering). No awards
have been granted under the incentive plan to any of LMIs
directors who are not also executive officers of LMI.
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PLAN BENEFITS
Liberty Media International 2004 Incentive Plan
(As Amended and Restated Effective March 9, 2005)
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John C. Malone
President and Chief Executive Officer
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$ |
36.75 |
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1,568,562 (Series B) |
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Miranda Curtis
Senior Vice President
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$ |
33.41 |
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63,830 (Series A) |
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David B. Koff
Senior Vice President
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$ |
33.41 |
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53,192 (Series A) |
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David J. Leonard
Senior Vice President
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$ |
33.41 |
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42,554 (Series A) |
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Elizabeth M. Markowski
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
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$ |
33.41 |
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63,380 (Series A) |
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Executive Group
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$ |
33.41 |
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308,514 (Series A) |
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$ |
36.75 |
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1,568,562 (Series B) |
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Non Executive Officer Employee Group
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33.45 |
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438,054 (Series A) |
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(1) |
The dollar value is assumed for this purpose to equal the
exercise price, which (i) in the case of the LMI
Series A options listed, is equal to the closing sale price
of the LMI Series A common stock on the grant date (as
adjusted for LMIs July 2004 rights offering), and
(ii) in the case of the LMI Series B options listed,
is equal to 110% of the closing sale price of the LMI
Series A common stock on June 22, 2004 (as adjusted
for LMIs July 2004 rights offering), the date that
definitive terms were established for the LMI Series B
options. Any value realized by a grantee will depend upon the
extent to which the market price of the stock exceeds the
exercise price on the date the award is exercised. |
Options. Non-qualified stock options entitle the holder
to purchase a specified number of shares of a series of LMI
common stock at a specified exercise price subject to the terms
and conditions of the option grant. The exercise price of an
option specified in a grant made after March 9, 2005 may be
no less than the fair market value of the applicable series of
LMI common stock as of the day the option is granted. LMIs
compensation committee determines, in connection with each
option awarded to a holder, (1) the series and number of
shares of LMI common stock subject to the option, (2) the
per share exercise price, (3) whether that price is payable
in cash, by check, by promissory note, in whole shares of any
series of LMI common stock, by the withholding of shares of LMI
common stock issuable upon exercise of the option, by cashless
exercise, or any combination of the foregoing, (4) other
terms and conditions of exercise, (5) restrictions on
transfer of the option and (6) other provisions not
inconsistent with the incentive plan. Options granted under the
incentive plan are generally non-transferable during the
lifetime of an option holder, except as permitted by will or the
laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified
domestic relations order.
Stock Appreciation Rights. An SAR entitles the recipient
to receive a payment in stock equal to the excess of the fair
market value (on the day the SAR is exercised) of a share of the
applicable series of LMI common stock with respect to which the
SAR was granted over the base price specified in the grant.
LMIs compensation committee may permit a recipient who is
not subject to U.S. federal income tax to receive payments
in the form of cash or stock, or a combination of cash and
stock, upon the exercise of an SAR. An SAR may be granted to an
option holder with respect to all or a portion of the shares of
LMI common stock subject to the related stock option (a tandem
SAR) or granted separately to an eligible employee or
independent contractor (a free-standing SAR). Tandem SARs are
exercisable only to the extent that the related stock option is
exercisable. Upon the exercise or termination of the related
stock option, the related tandem SAR will be automatically
cancelled to the extent of the number of shares of LMI common
stock with respect to which the related stock option was so
exercised or terminated. Free-standing SARs are exercisable
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at the time and upon the terms and conditions provided in the
relevant agreement. The base price of an SAR specified in a
grant made after March 9, 2005 may be no less than the fair
market value of a share of the applicable series of LMI common
stock as of the day the SAR is granted. SARs granted under the
incentive plan are also generally non-transferable during the
lifetime of an SAR holder, except as permitted by will or the
laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified
domestic relations order.
Restricted Shares. Restricted shares are shares of LMI
common stock, or the right to receive shares of LMI common
stock, that become vested and may be transferred upon completion
of the restriction period. LMIs compensation committee
determines, and each individual award agreement will provide,
(1) whether the restricted shares are issued to the award
recipient at the beginning or end of the restriction period,
(2) the price, if any, to be paid by the recipient of the
restricted shares, (3) whether dividend equivalents will be
paid during the restriction period in the event that shares are
to be issued at the end of the restriction period,
(4) whether dividends or distributions paid with respect to
shares issued at the beginning of the restriction period will be
retained by LMI during the restriction period, (5) whether
the holder of the restricted shares may be paid a cash amount
any time after the shares become vested, (6) the vesting
date or vesting dates (or basis of determining the same) for the
award and (7) other terms and conditions of the award. Upon
the applicable vesting date, all or the applicable portion of
restricted shares will vest, any retained distributions or
unpaid dividend equivalents with respect to the restricted
shares will vest to the extent that the restricted shares
related thereto have vested, and any cash amount to be received
by the holder with respect to the restricted shares will become
payable, all in accordance with the terms of the individual
award agreement.
Stock Units. Units based upon the fair market value of
shares of either series of LMI common stock may also be awarded
under the incentive plan. LMIs compensation committee has
the power to determine the terms, conditions, restrictions,
vesting requirements and payment rules for awards of stock units.
Cash Awards. LMIs compensation committee may also
provide for the grant of cash awards. A cash award is a bonus
paid in cash that is based solely upon the attainment of one or
more performance goals that have been established by LMIs
compensation committee. The terms, condition and limitations
applicable to any cash awards will be determined by LMIs
compensation committee.
Performance Awards. At the discretion of LMIs
compensation committee, any of the above-described awards,
including cash awards, may be designated as a performance award.
Performance awards are contingent upon performance measures
applicable to a particular period, as established by LMIs
compensation committee and set forth in individual agreements,
based upon any one or more of the following business criteria:
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stock price measures (including, but not limited to, growth
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market share; |
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earnings per share (actual or targeted growth); |
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earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
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economic value added (or an equivalent metric); |
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market value added; |
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cash flow measures (including, but not limited to, cash flow
return on capital, cash flow return on tangible capital, net
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return measures (including, but not limited to, return on
equity, return on average assets, return on capital,
risk-adjusted return on capital, return on investors
capital and return on average equity); |
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operating measures (including operating income, funds from
operations, cash from operations, after-tax operating income,
sales volumes, production volumes and production efficiency); |
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expense measures (including, but not limited to, overhead costs
and general and administrative expense); |
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margins; |
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stockholder value; |
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total stockholder return; |
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proceeds from dispositions; |
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Performance measures may apply to the award recipient, to one or
more business units, divisions or subsidiaries of LMI or the
applicable sector of LMI, or to LMI as a whole. Goals may also
be based on performance relative to a peer group of companies.
If LMIs compensation committee intends for the performance
award to be granted and administered in a manner that preserves
the deductibility of LMIs compensation resulting from such
award in accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code, the
performance goals must be established (1) no later than
90 days after the commencement of the period of service to
which the performance goals relate and (2) prior to the
completion of 25% of such period of service. LMIs
compensation committee may modify or waive the performance goals
or conditions to the granting or vesting of a performance award
unless the performance award is intended to qualify as
performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the
Code. Section 162(m) of the Code generally disallows
deductions for compensation in excess of $1 million for
some executive officers unless the awards meet the requirements
for being performance-based.
Awards Generally. Awards under the incentive plan may be
granted either individually, in tandem or in combination with
each other. Under certain conditions, including the occurrence
of certain approved transactions, a board change or a control
purchase (all as defined in the incentive plan), options and
SARs will become immediately exercisable, the restrictions on
restricted shares will lapse and stock units will become fully
vested, unless individual agreements state otherwise. At the
time an award is granted, LMIs compensation committee will
determine, and the relevant agreement will provide for, the
vesting or early termination, upon a holders termination
of employment with LMI, of any unvested options, SARs, stock
units or restricted shares and the period during which any
vested options, SARs and stock units must be exercised. Unless
otherwise provided in the relevant agreement, (1) no option
or SAR may be exercised after its scheduled expiration date,
(2) if the holders service terminates by reason of
death or disability (as defined in the incentive plan), his or
her options or SARs shall remain exercisable for a period of at
least one year following such termination (but not later than
the scheduled expiration date) and (3) any termination of
the holders service for cause (as defined in
the incentive plan) will result in the immediate termination of
all options, SARs and stock units and the forfeiture of all
rights to any restricted shares held by such terminated holder.
If a holders service terminates due to death or
disability, options and SARs will become immediately
exercisable, the restrictions on restricted shares will lapse
and stock units will become fully vested, unless individual
agreements state otherwise.
Adjustments. The number and kind of shares of LMI common
stock which may be awarded or otherwise made subject to awards
under the incentive plan, the number and kind of shares of LMI
common stock covered by outstanding awards and the purchase or
exercise price and any relevant appreciation base with respect
to any of the foregoing are subject to appropriate adjustment in
the discretion of LMIs compensation committee, as
LMIs compensation committee deems equitable, in the event
(1) LMI subdivides its outstanding shares of any series of
LMI common stock into a greater number of shares of such series
of LMI
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common stock, (2) LMI combines its outstanding shares of
any series of LMI common stock into a smaller number of shares
of such series of LMI common stock or (3) there is a stock
dividend, extraordinary cash dividend, reclassification,
recapitalization, reorganization, split-up, spin off,
combination, exchange of shares, warrants or rights offering to
purchase any series of LMI common stock, or any other similar
corporate event (including mergers or consolidations other than
approved transactions (as defined in the incentive plan)).
Amendment and Termination. The incentive plan was
approved by LMIs board of directors, and became effective,
on May 11, 2004. The incentive plan was amended and
restated on March 9, 2005. The incentive plan will
terminate on May 11, 2014, unless earlier terminated by
LMIs compensation committee. LMIs compensation
committee may suspend, discontinue, modify or amend the
incentive plan at any time prior to its termination. However,
before an amendment may be made that would adversely affect a
participant who has already been granted an award, the
participants consent must be obtained, unless the change
is necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code.
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Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Non-Employee
Director Incentive Plan |
General. The director plan is designed to provide a
method whereby non-employee directors may be awarded additional
remuneration for the services they render on LMIs board
and subcommittees of LMIs board, and to encourage their
investment in capital stock of LMI, thereby increasing their
proprietary interest in LMIs businesses and their personal
interest in the continued success and progress of LMI. The
director plan is also intended to aid in attracting persons of
exceptional ability to become non-employee directors of LMI. The
director plan is administered by the full board of directors.
The board has the full power and authority to grant eligible
non-employee directors the awards described below and determine
the terms and conditions under which any awards are made, and
may delegate certain administrative duties to LMIs
employees.
LMIs board may grant non-qualified stock options, stock
appreciation rights, restricted shares, stock units or any
combination of the foregoing under the director plan
(collectively, awards). Only non-employee members of LMIs
board of directors are eligible to receive awards under the
director plan. The maximum number of shares of LMI common stock
with respect to which awards may be issued under the director
plan is 5 million, subject to anti-dilution and other
adjustment provisions of the director plan. Shares of LMI common
stock issuable pursuant to awards made under the director plan
will be made available from either authorized but unissued
shares or shares that have been issued but reacquired by LMI.
Shares of LMI common stock that are subject to (1) any
award that expires, terminates or is annulled for any reason
without having been exercised, (2) any award of any SARs
that is exercised for cash, and (3) any award of restricted
shares or stock units that shall be forfeited prior to becoming
vested, will once again be available for distribution under the
director plan.
LMIs board also reserves the power to:
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interpret the director plan and adopt any rules, regulations and
guidelines for carrying out the director plan that it believes
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correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any
inconsistency in the director plan or related documents; |
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determine the form and terms of awards made under the director
plan, including directors eligible to receive awards and the
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delegate to company employees certain administrative or
ministerial duties in carrying out the purposes of the director
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If the mergers are completed, (1) all outstanding awards
under the director plan will be converted into awards with
respect to an identical series of Liberty Global common stock;
(2) Liberty Global will assume the director plan and
succeed LMI as the issuer under the director plan; and
(3) all future awards issued under the director plan will
be with respect to Liberty Global common stock rather than LMI
common stock.
Options. Non-qualified stock options entitle the holder
to purchase a specified number of shares of a series of LMI
common stock at a specified exercise price subject to the terms
and conditions of the option grant. The
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price at which options may be exercised under the director plan
may be more than, less than or equal to the fair market value of
a share of the applicable series of LMI common stock as of the
day the option is granted. LMIs board determines, in
connection with each option awarded to a holder, (1) the
series and number of shares of LMI common stock subject to the
option, (2) the per share exercise price, (3) whether
that price is payable in cash, by check, in whole shares of any
series of LMI common stock, by the withholding of shares of LMI
common stock issuable upon exercise of the option, by cashless
exercise or any combination of the foregoing, (4) other
terms and conditions of exercise, (5) restrictions on
transfer of the option, and (6) other provisions not
inconsistent with the director plan. Options granted under the
director plan are generally non-transferable during the lifetime
of an option holder, except as permitted by will or the laws of
descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic
relations order.
Stock Appreciation Rights. An SAR entitles the recipient
to receive a payment in cash, in stock or in a combination of
both equal to the excess of the fair market value (on the day
the SAR is exercised) of a share of the applicable series of LMI
common stock with respect to which the SAR was granted over the
base price specified in the grant. An SAR may be granted to an
option holder with respect to all or a portion of the shares of
LMI common stock subject to the related stock option (a tandem
SAR) or granted separately to an eligible director (a
free-standing SAR). Tandem SARs are exercisable only to the
extent that the related stock option is exercisable. Upon the
exercise or termination of the related stock option, the related
tandem SAR will be automatically cancelled to the extent of the
number of shares of LMI common stock with respect to which the
related stock option was so exercised or terminated.
Free-standing SARs are exercisable at the time and upon the
terms and conditions provided in the relevant agreement. The
base price of an SAR may be more than, less than or equal to the
fair market value of a share of the applicable series of LMI
common stock as of the day the SAR is granted. The base price of
a tandem SAR will equal the exercise price of the related stock
option. SARs granted under the director plan are also generally
non-transferable during the lifetime of an SAR holder, except as
permitted by will or the laws of descent and distribution or
pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order.
Restricted Shares. Restricted shares are shares of LMI
common stock, or the right to receive shares of LMI common
stock, that become vested and may be transferred upon completion
of the restriction period. The board determines, and each
individual award agreement will provide, (1) whether the
restricted shares are issued to the award recipient at the
beginning or end of the restriction period, (2) the price,
if any, to be paid by the recipient of restricted shares,
(3) whether dividend equivalents will be paid during the
restriction period in the event that shares are to be issued at
the end of the restriction period, (4) whether dividends or
distributions paid with respect to shares issued at the
beginning of the restriction period will be retained by LMI
during the restriction period, (5) whether the holder of
the restricted shares may be paid a cash amount any time after
the shares become vested, (6) the vesting date or vesting
dates (or basis of determining the same) for the award and
(7) other terms and conditions of the award. Upon the
applicable vesting date, all or the applicable portion of
restricted shares will vest, any retained distributions or
unpaid dividend equivalents with respect to the restricted
shares will vest to the extent that the restricted shares
related thereto have vested, and any cash amount to be received
by the holder with respect to the restricted shares will become
payable, all in accordance with the terms of the individual
agreement.
Stock Units. Units based upon the fair market value of
shares of either series of LMI common stock may also be awarded
under the director plan. The board has the power to determine
the terms, conditions, restrictions, vesting requirements and
payment rules for awards of stock units.
Awards Generally. The awards described above may be
granted either individually, in tandem or in combination with
each other. Under certain conditions, including the occurrence
of certain approved transactions, a board change or a control
purchase (all as defined in the director plan), options and SARs
will become immediately exercisable, the restrictions on
restricted shares will lapse and stock units will become fully
vested, unless individual agreements state otherwise. At the
time an award is granted, LMIs board will determine, and
the relevant agreement will provide for, the vesting or early
termination, upon a holders cessation of membership on
LMIs board, of any unvested options, SARs, stock units or
restricted shares and the period during which any vested
options, SARs and stock units must be exercised. Unless
otherwise provided in the relevant agreement, (1) no option
or SAR may be exercised after its scheduled expiration
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date, (2) if the holders service terminates by reason
of death or disability (as defined in the director plan), his or
her options or SARs shall remain exercisable for a period of at
least one year following such termination (but not later than
the scheduled expiration date) and (3) any termination of
the holders service for cause (as defined in
the director plan) will result in the immediate termination of
all options, SARs and stock units and the forfeiture of all
rights to any restricted shares held by such terminated holder.
If a holders service terminates due to death or
disability, options and SARs will become immediately
exercisable, the restrictions on restricted shares will lapse
and stock units will become fully vested, unless individual
agreements state otherwise.
Adjustments. The number and kind of shares of LMI common
stock which may be awarded or otherwise made subject to awards
under the director plan, the number and kind of shares of LMI
common stock covered by outstanding awards and the purchase or
exercise price and any relevant appreciation base with respect
to any of the foregoing are subject to appropriate adjustment in
the discretion of LMIs board, as the board deems
equitable, in the event (1) LMI subdivides its outstanding
shares of any series of LMI common stock into a greater number
of shares of such series of LMI common stock, (2) LMI
combines its outstanding shares of any series of LMI common
stock into a smaller number of shares of such series of LMI
common stock or (3) there is a stock dividend,
extraordinary cash dividend, reclassification, recapitalization,
reorganization, split-up, spin off, combination, exchange of
shares, warrants or rights offering to purchase such series of
LMI common stock, or any other similar corporate event
(including mergers or consolidations other than approved
transactions (as defined in the director plan)).
Amendment and Termination. The director plan was approved
by LMIs board of directors, and became effective, on
May 11, 2004. The director plan will terminate on
May 11, 2014, unless earlier terminated by LMIs
board. LMIs board may suspend, discontinue, modify or
amend the director plan at any time prior to its termination.
However, before an amendment can be made that would adversely
affect a participant who has already been granted an award, the
participants consent must be obtained.
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U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences |
The following is a summary of the general rules of present
U.S. federal income tax law relating to the tax treatment
of non-qualified stock options, SARs, restricted shares, stock
units and cash awards issued under the incentive plan and the
director plan. The discussion is general in nature and does not
take into account a number of considerations that may apply
based upon the circumstances of a particular holder under the
incentive plan and the director plan, including the possibility
that a holder may not be subject to U.S. federal income
taxation.
Non-Qualified Stock Options; SARs. Holders will not
realize taxable income upon the grant of a non-qualified stock
option or an SAR. Upon the exercise of a non-qualified stock
option or an SAR, the holder will recognize ordinary income
(subject to withholding, if applicable) in an amount equal to
the excess of (1) the fair market value on the date of
exercise of the shares received over (2) the exercise price
(if any) he or she paid for the shares. The holder will
generally have a tax basis in any shares of LMI common stock
received pursuant to the exercise of an SAR, or pursuant to the
cash exercise of a non-qualified stock option, that equals the
fair market value of such shares on the date of exercise.
Subject to the discussion under Certain Tax
Code Limitations on Deductibility below, LMI will be
entitled to a deduction for U.S. federal income tax
purposes that corresponds as to timing and amount with
LMIs compensation income recognized by the holder under
the foregoing rules. The disposition of the shares of LMI common
stock acquired upon exercise of a non-qualified stock option
will ordinarily result in capital gain or loss.
Under current rulings, if a holder transfers previously held
ordinary shares in satisfaction of part or all of the exercise
price of a non-qualified stock option, the holder will recognize
income with respect to the shares received, but no additional
gain will be recognized as a result of the transfer of such
previously held shares in satisfaction of the non-qualified
stock option exercise price. Moreover, that number of shares
received upon exercise that equals the number of previously held
shares surrendered in satisfaction of the non-qualified stock
option will have a tax basis that equals, and a holding period
that includes, the tax basis and holding period of the
previously held shares surrendered in satisfaction of the
non-qualified stock option exercise price. Any
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additional shares received upon exercise will have a tax basis
that equals the amount of cash (if any) paid by the holder,
plus, the amount of ordinary income recognized by the holder
with respect to the shares received.
Cash Awards; Stock Units; Restricted Shares. A holder
will recognize ordinary compensation income upon receipt of cash
pursuant to a cash award or, if earlier, at the time such cash
is otherwise made available for the holder to draw upon it. A
holder will not have taxable income upon the grant of a stock
unit but rather will generally recognize ordinary compensation
income at the time the holder receives cash in satisfaction of
such stock unit or shares of LMI common stock in satisfaction of
such stock unit in an amount equal to the fair market value of
the shares received.
Generally, a holder will not recognize taxable income upon the
grant of restricted shares, and LMI will not be entitled to any
federal income deduction upon the grant of such award. The value
of the restricted shares will generally be taxable to the holder
as compensation income in the year or years in which the
restrictions on the shares of LMI common stock lapse. Such value
will equal the fair market value of the shares on the date or
dates the restrictions terminate. A holder, however, may elect
pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code to treat the fair
market value of the shares subject to the restricted share award
on the date of such grant as compensation income in the year of
the grant of the restricted share award. The holder must make
such an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code
within 30 days after the date of grant. If such an election
is made and the holder later forfeits the restricted shares to
us, the holder will not be allowed to deduct, at a later date,
the amount such holder had earlier included as compensation
income.
A holder who is an employee will be subject to withholding for
federal, and generally for state and local, income taxes at the
time the holder recognizes income under the rules described
above with respect to the cash or the shares of LMI common stock
received pursuant to awards. Dividends that are received by a
holder prior to the time that the restricted shares are taxed to
the holder under the rules described in the preceding paragraph
are taxed as additional compensation, not as dividend income.
The tax basis of a holder in the shares of LMI common stock
received will equal the amount recognized by the holder as
compensation income under the rules described in the preceding
paragraph, and the holders holding period in such shares
will commence on the date income is so recognized.
Subject to the discussion under Certain Tax
Code Limitations on Deductibility below, LMI will be
entitled to a deduction for U.S. federal income tax
purposes that corresponds as to timing and amount with
LMIs compensation income recognized by the holder under
the foregoing rules.
Section 409A. Awards under LMIs incentive
plans have features that could cause them to be treated as
deferred compensation arrangements. The American Jobs Creation
Act of 2004 (which we refer to as the AJCA) significantly alters
the tax law relating to nonqualified deferred compensation
arrangements, through the adoption of the new section 409A
of the Code, and imposes significant penalties for
noncompliance. Specifically, if a deferred compensation
arrangement does not comply with section 409A, deferred
amounts will be taxed currently at the employees marginal
rate, interest will be assessed at the underpayment rate
established by the IRS plus one percent measured from the later
of the deferral date or the vesting date, and a penalty will be
assessed equal to 20% of the taxable amount of compensation. The
IRS is expected to promulgate additional regulations and
guidelines for employers seeking to comply with new Code
section 409A, but such regulations and guidelines are still
evolving. The incentive plan and the director plan will be
administered in a manner that is in good faith compliance with
section 409A and applicable regulations.
We intend that any awards under the incentive plan and the
director plan satisfy the applicable requirements of
section 409A. If any plan provision or award would result
in the imposition of an additional tax under section 409A,
such plan provision or award will be amended to avoid imposition
of the additional tax. No action taken to comply with
section 409A will be deemed to adversely affect the
employees rights under any award.
Certain Tax Code Limitations on Deductibility. In order
for LMI to deduct the amounts described above, such amounts must
constitute reasonable compensation for services rendered or to
be rendered and must be ordinary and necessary business
expenses. LMIs ability to obtain a deduction for future
payments under the incentive plan could also be limited by
Section 280G of the Code, which provides that certain excess
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parachute payments made in connection with a change of control
of an employer are not deductible. LMIs ability to obtain
a deduction for amounts paid under the incentive plan could also
be affected by Section 162(m) of the Code, which limits the
deductibility, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, of
compensation paid to certain employees to $1 million during
any taxable year. In order for certain awards under the
incentive plan to be eligible for favorable tax treatment under
Section 162(m) of the Code, LMI is submitting the incentive
plan for the approval of its stockholders at the LMI annual
meeting. If the LMI incentive plan proposal is not approved at
the LMI annual meeting, awards under the incentive plan will not
be eligible for favorable tax treatment under
Section 162(m) of the Code. See LMI Annual Business
Matter Proposals LMI Incentive Plan Proposal.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation
Plans
The following table sets forth information as of
December 31, 2004, with respect to shares of LMI common
stock authorized for issuance under LMIs equity
compensation plans. Information concerning outstanding awards
reflects adjustments made to these awards in connection with
LMIs July 2004 rights offering.
EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
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Equity compensation plans approved by security holders:
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Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (As
Amended and Restated Effective March 9, 2005)(1)
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Series A common stock
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438,054 |
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33.45 |
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18,113,552 |
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Series B common stock
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1,568,562 |
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36.75 |
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Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Nonemployee Director
Incentive Plan(1)
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Series A common stock
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22,152 |
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33.95 |
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4,979,000 |
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Series B common stock
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Liberty Media International, Inc. Transitional Stock Adjustment
Plan(1)(3)
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Series A common stock
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1,241,332 |
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33.92 |
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Series B common stock
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1,498,154 |
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37.88 |
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Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders: None
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Series A common stock
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1,701,538 |
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23,092,552 |
(2) |
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Series B common stock
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3,066,716 |
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(1) |
Prior to LMIs spin off from Liberty, Liberty approved each
plan in its capacity as the then-sole stockholder of LMI. |
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(2) |
Each plan permits grants of, or with respect to, shares of LMI
Series A common stock or LMI Series B common stock
subject to a single aggregate limit. The total number of shares
available for future issuances under each plan is calculated
based upon the number of shares subject to the original awards
granted under each plan, prior to giving effect to any
anti-dilution adjustments to such awards (such as the
adjustments made in connection with the July 2004 rights
offering). |
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(3) |
The transitional plan was adopted in connection with LMIs
spin off from Liberty to provide for the supplemental award of
options to purchase shares of LMI common stock and restricted
shares of LMI |
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Series A common stock, in each case, pursuant to
adjustments made to Liberty stock incentive awards in accordance
with the anti-dilution provisions of Libertys stock
incentive plans. |
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
The following table sets forth information, to the extent known
by LMI or ascertainable from public filings, concerning shares
of LMI common stock beneficially owned by each person or entity
(excluding any of LMIs directors and executive officers)
known by LMI to own more than five percent of the outstanding
shares of LMI common stock.
The security ownership information is given as of
February 28, 2005, and in the case of percentage ownership
information, is based upon (1) 165,514,962 shares of
LMI Series A common stock, and
(2) 7,264,300 shares of LMI Series B common stock.
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Percent of | |
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Voting | |
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner |
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(In thousands) | |
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Capital Research and Management Company
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LMI Series A |
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8,418 |
* |
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5.0 |
% |
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* |
333 South Hope Street
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LMI Series B |
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Los Angeles, CA 90071
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* |
The number of shares of common stock in the table is based upon
the Schedule 13G dated December 31, 2004, filed by
Capital Research and Management Company with respect to
LMI Series A common stock. Capital Research, an
investment advisor, is the beneficial owner of
8,417,960 shares of LMI Series A common stock, as a
result of acting as investment advisor to various investments
companies, but disclaims beneficial ownership pursuant to
Rule 13d-4. The Schedule 13G reflects that Capital
Research has no voting power over and sole dispositive power
over these shares. |
Security Ownership of Management
The following table sets forth information with respect to the
beneficial ownership by each LMI director and each of the LMI
named executive officers and by all of LMIs directors and
executive officers as a group of (1) shares of LMI
Series A common stock, (2) shares of
LMI Series B common stock and (3) shares of UGC
Class A common stock.
The security ownership information for LMI common stock is given
as of February 28, 2005, and, in the case of percentage
ownership information, is based upon
(1) 165,514,962 shares of LMI Series A common
stock, and (2) 7,264,300 shares of LMI Series B
common stock, in each case, outstanding on that date. The
security ownership information for UGC Class A common stock
is given as of February 28, 2005, and, in the case of
percentage ownership information, is based upon
401,673,781 shares of UGC Class A common stock
outstanding on that date.
Shares of LMI common stock issuable upon exercise or conversion
of options that were exercisable or convertible on or within
60 days after February 28, 2005, are deemed to be
outstanding and to be beneficially owned by the person holding
the options for the purpose of computing the percentage
ownership of the person, but are not treated as outstanding for
the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other
person. Shares of UGC common stock issuable upon exercise or
conversion of options that were exercisable or convertible on or
within 60 days after February 28, 2005, are deemed to
be outstanding and to be beneficially owned by the person
holding the options for the purpose of computing the percentage
ownership of the person, but are not treated as outstanding for
the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other
person.
For purposes of the following presentation, beneficial ownership
of shares of LMI Series B common stock, though convertible
on a one-for-one basis into shares of LMI Series A common
stock, is reported as beneficial ownership of LMI Series B
common stock only, and not as beneficial ownership of LMI
Series A common stock. In addition, although outstanding
shares of UGC Class B common stock and UGC Class C
common stock are convertible into UGC Class A common stock,
share data set forth in the following presentation with respect
to UGC Class A common stock excludes any dilution
associated with the potential conversion of UGC Class B
common stock or UGC Class C common stock into UGC
Class A common stock. So far as is known
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to LMI, the persons indicated below have sole voting power with
respect to the shares indicated as owned by them, except as
otherwise stated in the notes to the table.
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John C. Malone
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LMI Series A |
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953 |
(1)(2)(4)(5) |
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* |
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33.2 |
% |
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LMI Series B |
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8,506 |
(1)(3)(5) |
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91.0 |
% |
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UGC Class A |
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93 |
(6) |
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* |
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* |
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Miranda Curtis
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LMI Series A |
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85 |
(7) |
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* |
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* |
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LMI Series B |
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0 |
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UGC Class A |
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0 |
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David B. Koff
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LMI Series A |
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65 |
(8)(9)(10) |
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* |
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* |
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LMI Series B |
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0 |
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UGC Class A |
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0 |
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David J. Leonard
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LMI Series A |
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2 |
(11)(12) |
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* |
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* |
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LMI Series B |
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0 |
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UGC Class A |
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7 |
(13) |
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Elizabeth M. Markowski
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LMI Series A |
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62 |
(14)(15)(16)(17) |
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* |
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* |
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LMI Series B |
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0 |
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UGC Class A |
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0 |
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Robert R. Bennett
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LMI Series A |
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240 |
(18)(19)(20) |
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* |
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3.1 |
% |
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LMI Series B |
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732 |
(18)(20) |
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9.2 |
% |
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UGC Class A |
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209 |
(21) |
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* |
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* |
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Donne F. Fisher
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LMI Series A |
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15 |
(22) |
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* |
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* |
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LMI Series B |
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32 |
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* |
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UGC Class A |
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0 |
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David E. Rapley
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LMI Series A |
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1 |
(22) |
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* |
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* |
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LMI Series B |
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0 |
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UGC Class A |
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0 |
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M. LaVoy Robison
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LMI Series A |
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1 |
(22) |
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* |
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* |
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LMI Series B |
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0 |
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UGC Class A |
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0 |
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Larry E. Romrell
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LMI Series A |
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13 |
(22) |
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* |
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* |
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LMI Series B |
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0 |
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UGC Class A |
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0 |
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J.C. Sparkman
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LMI Series A |
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14 |
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* |
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* |
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LMI Series B |
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0 |
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* |
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* |
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UGC Class A |
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0 |
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* |
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* |
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J. David Wargo
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LMI Series A |
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8 |
(23) |
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* |
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* |
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LMI Series B |
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0 |
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UGC Class A |
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921 |
(24) |
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* |
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* |
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All directors and executive officers as a group (14 persons)
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LMI Series A |
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1,500 |
(2)(18)(23)(25) |
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* |
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35.4 |
% |
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(26)(27)(28) |
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LMI Series B |
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9,270 |
(3)(18)(25)(28) |
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92.1 |
% |
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UGC Class A |
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1,234 |
(24)(29)(30) |
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* |
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* |
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(1) |
Includes 90,303 shares of LMI Series A common stock
and 204,566 shares of LMI Series B common stock held
by Mr. Malones wife, Leslie Malone, as to which
shares Mr. Malone has disclaimed beneficial ownership. |
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(2) |
Includes 198 shares of LMI Series A common stock held
by a trust with respect to which Mr. Malone is the sole
trustee and, with his wife, Leslie Malone, retains a unitrust
interest in the trust. |
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(3) |
Includes 1,042,628 shares of LMI Series B common stock
held by a trust with respect to which Mr. Malone is the
sole trustee and holder of a unitrust interest in the trust. |
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(4) |
Includes 46,943 shares of LMI Series A common stock
held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan. |
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(5) |
Includes 221 shares of LMI Series A common stock and
2,072,577 shares of LMI Series B common stock that are
subject to options which were exercisable as of, or will be
exercisable within 60 days of, February 28, 2005.
Mr. Malone has the right to convert options to
purchase 504,015 shares of LMI Series B common
stock into options to purchase shares of LMI Series A
common stock. |
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(6) |
Includes 93,333 shares of UGC Class A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005. |
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(7) |
Includes 85,143 shares of LMI Series A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005. |
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(8) |
Includes 675 shares of LMI Series A common stock held
by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan. |
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(9) |
Includes 1,250 restricted shares of LMI Series A common
stock, none of which were vested at February 28, 2005. |
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(10) |
Includes 53,615 shares of LMI Series A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005. |
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(11) |
Includes 7 shares of LMI Series A common stock held by
the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan. |
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(12) |
Includes 1,596 shares of LMI Series A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005. |
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(13) |
Includes 2,067 shares of UGC Class A common stock held
by the UGC 401(k) Plan. |
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(14) |
Includes 136 shares of LMI Series A common stock held
by Mrs. Markowskis husband, Thomas Markowski, as to
which shares Mrs. Markowski disclaims beneficial ownership. |
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(15) |
Includes 301 shares of LMI Series A common stock held
by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan. |
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(16) |
Includes 44 restricted shares of LMI Series A common stock,
none of which were vested at February 28, 2005. |
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(17) |
Includes 57,214 shares of LMI Series A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005. |
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(18) |
Includes 75,084 shares of LMI Series A common stock
and 24 shares of LMI Series B common stock held by
Hilltop Investments, Inc. which is jointly owned by
Mr. Bennett and his wife, Deborah Bennett. |
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(19) |
Includes 1,657 shares of LMI Series A common stock
held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan. |
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(20) |
Includes 12,002 shares of LMI Series A common stock
and 731,962 shares of LMI Series B common stock that
are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or will be
exercisable within 60 days of, February 28, 2005.
Mr. Bennett has the right to convert the options to
purchase shares of LMI Series B common stock into options
to purchase shares of LMI Series A common stock. |
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(21) |
Includes 81,250 shares of UGC Class A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005. |
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(22) |
Includes 586 shares of LMI Series A common stock that
are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or will be
exercisable within 60 days of, February 28, 2005. |
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(23) |
Includes 7,142 shares of LMI Series A common stock
held in various accounts managed by Mr. Wargo, as to which
shares Mr. Wargo disclaims beneficial ownership. |
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(24) |
Includes 498,757 shares of UGC Class A common stock
held in various accounts managed by Mr. Wargo, as to which
shares Mr. Wargo disclaims beneficial ownership. |
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(25) |
Includes 96,003 shares of LMI Series A common stock
and 204,566 shares of LMI Series B common stock held
by relatives of certain directors and executive officers, as to
which shares beneficial ownership by such directors and
executive officers is disclaimed. |
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(26) |
Includes 50,358 shares of LMI Series A common stock
held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan. |
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(27) |
Includes 1,294 restricted shares of LMI Series A common
stock, none of which were vested at February 28, 2005. |
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(28) |
Includes 247,102 shares of LMI Series A common stock
and 2,804,539 shares of LMI Series B common stock that
are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or will be
exercisable within 60 days of, February 28, 2005. The
options to purchase 1,235,977 shares of LMI
Series B common stock may be converted into options to
purchase shares of LMI Series A common stock. |
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(29) |
Includes 3,744 shares of UGC Class A common stock held
by UGCs 401(k) defined contribution plan. |
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(30) |
Includes 174,583 shares of UGC Class A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005. |
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One of LMIs directors and two of its executive officers
also hold interests in Liberty Jupiter, Inc., one of LMIs
privately held subsidiaries. Mr. Bennett, Ms. Curtis,
another executive officer and another individual hold 180, 320,
200 and 100 shares, respectively, of Class A common
stock of Liberty Jupiter, representing a 20% aggregate common
equity interest and less than 1% aggregate voting interest in
Liberty Jupiter, based upon 800 shares of Liberty Jupiter
Class A common stock, 3,198 shares of Liberty Jupiter
Class B common stock, 2 shares of Liberty Jupiter
Class C common stock and approximately 93,379 shares
of Liberty Jupiter preferred stock outstanding, as of
February 28, 2005. Pursuant to a stockholders
agreement among LMI, Liberty Jupiter and certain of Liberty
Jupiters stockholders, LMI has the right to cause all or
any part of the Liberty Jupiter Class A common stock to be
converted into shares of LMI Series A common stock. On or
after April 24, 2005, each holder of Liberty Jupiter
Class A common stock will have the right to cause all of
the shares of Liberty Jupiter Class A common stock held by
such holder to be converted into shares of LMI Series A
common stock. Each share of Liberty Jupiter Class A common
stock that is converted will be converted into that number of
shares of LMI Series A common stock having an aggregate
market price that is equal to the fair market value of the
Liberty Jupiter Class A common stock so converted, as of
the time of conversion. Liberty Jupiter owns an approximate
7.96% interest in LMIs consolidated subsidiary, LMI/
Sumisho SuperMedia, LLC.
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Stock Performance Graphs
The following graph compares the percentage change from
June 8, 2004, the date on which regular way trading in LMI
common stock began, to December 31, 2004, in the cumulative
total stockholder return (assuming reinvestment of dividends) on
LMI Series A common stock, LMI Series B common stock,
the Nasdaq Composite Index and a peer group of companies based
on the Nasdaq Telecommunications Index. The graph assumes that
$100 was invested on June 8, 2004. The stock prices of LMI
Series A and Series B common stock on June 8,
2004 have been reduced to give effect to the rights distributed
to LMI stockholders on July 26, 2004.
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June 8, 2004 | |
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December 31, 2004 | |
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LMI Series A
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100 |
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LMI Series B
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100 |
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Nasdaq Telecommunications Index
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100 |
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102 |
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Nasdaq Composite Index
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100 |
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108 |
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Pro Forma Security Ownership Information of LMI
Management
The following table sets forth information with respect to the
estimated beneficial ownership by each LMI director, each of the
LMI named executive officers and all of LMIs directors and
executive officers as a group of shares of Liberty Global
Series A common stock and Liberty Global Series B
common stock, assuming that the mergers had been effected on
February 28, 2005.
If the mergers are effected, (1) each share of LMI
Series A common stock and LMI Series B common stock
will be converted into one share of the corresponding series of
Liberty Global common stock, and (2) each share of UGC
common stock will be converted into the right to receive 0.2155
of a share of Liberty Global Series A common stock or $9.58
in cash, subject to proration. For purposes of the following
presentation, we have assumed that none of LMIs directors
and executive officers elect to receive cash for their shares of
UGC common stock in the mergers. In addition, although shares of
LMI Series B common stock are convertible on a one-for-one
basis into shares of LMI Series A common stock, we have
assumed, for purposes of this
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presentation, that no shares of LMI Series B common stock
were converted into shares of LMI Series A common stock
prior to the assumed merger date of February 28, 2005.
The security ownership information for Liberty Global common
stock has been estimated based upon outstanding stock
information for LMI common stock and UGC common stock as of
February 28, 2005, and, in the case of percentage ownership
information, has been estimated based upon
244,815,890 shares of Liberty Global Series A common
stock and 7,264,300 shares of Liberty Global Series B
common stock estimated to have been issued in the mergers
(assuming no cash elections were made by any UGC stockholders).
Shares of Liberty Global common stock deemed to be issuable
within 60 days of February 28, 2005 upon exercise of
options, conversion of convertible securities, exchange of
exchangeable securities or upon vesting of restricted stock
awards are deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing
the percentage ownership and aggregate voting power of persons
expected to beneficially own such securities, but have not been
deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the
percentage ownership or aggregate voting power of any other
person.
So far as is known to LMI, the persons indicated below would
have sole voting power with respect to the shares estimated to
be owned by them, except as otherwise stated in the notes to the
table. The number of shares indicated as owned by the executive
officers and directors of LMI includes interests in shares held
by UGCs defined contribution 401(k) plan and shares held
by Libertys defined contribution 401(k) plan, in each case
as of February 28, 2005. The shares held by the trustees of
these 401(k) plans for the benefit of these persons are voted as
directed by such persons.
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Amount and Nature of | |
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Percent of | |
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Voting | |
Name of Beneficial Owner |
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Title of Class | |
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Beneficial Ownership | |
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Class | |
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Power | |
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(In thousands) | |
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John C. Malone
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Liberty Global Series A |
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973 |
(1)(2)(4)(5) |
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|
* |
|
|
|
25.5 |
% |
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
8,506 |
(1)(3)(5) |
|
|
91.1 |
% |
|
|
* |
|
Miranda Curtis
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
85 |
(6) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
David B. Koff
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
65 |
(7)(8)(9) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
David J. Leonard
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
3 |
(10)(11)(12) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elizabeth M. Markowski
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
62 |
(13)(14)(15)(16) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Robert R. Bennett
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
285 |
(17)(18)(19) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
2.3 |
% |
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
732 |
(17)(19) |
|
|
9.2 |
% |
|
|
* |
|
Donne F. Fisher
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
15 |
(20) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
|
David E. Rapley
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
1 |
(20) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
M. LaVoy Robison
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
1 |
(20) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Larry E. Romrell
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
13 |
(20) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J.C. Sparkman
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
J. David Wargo
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
206 |
(21) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All directors and executive officers as a group (14 persons)
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
1,766 |
(2)(17)(21)(22) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(23)(24)(25)(26) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
27.4 |
% |
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
9,270 |
(3)(17)(22)(25) |
|
|
92.1 |
% |
|
|
* |
|
133
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Includes 90,303 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock and 204,566 shares of Liberty Global
Series B common stock held by Mr. Malones wife,
Leslie Malone, as to which shares Mr. Malone has disclaimed
beneficial ownership. |
|
|
|
|
(2) |
Includes 198 shares of Liberty Global Series A common
stock held by a trust with respect to which Mr. Malone is
the sole trustee and, with his wife, Leslie Malone, retains a
unitrust interest in the trust. |
|
|
|
|
(3) |
Includes 1,042,628 shares of Liberty Global Series B
common stock held by a trust with respect to which
Mr. Malone is the sole trustee and holder of a unitrust
interest in the trust. |
|
|
|
|
(4) |
Includes 46,943 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan. |
|
|
|
|
(5) |
Includes 20,334 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock and 2,072,577 shares of Liberty Global
Series B common stock that are subject to options which
were exercisable as of, or will be exercisable within
60 days of, February 28, 2005. Mr. Malone has the
right to convert options to purchase 504,015 shares of
Liberty Global Series B common stock into options to
purchase shares of Liberty Global Series A common stock. |
|
|
|
|
(6) |
Includes 85,143 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable
as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of,
February 28, 2005. |
|
|
|
|
(7) |
Includes 675 shares of Liberty Global Series A common
stock held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan. |
|
|
|
|
(8) |
Includes 1,250 restricted shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock, none of which were vested at February 28,
2005. |
|
|
|
|
(9) |
Includes 53,615 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable
as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of,
February 28, 2005. |
|
|
|
|
(10) |
Includes 7 shares of Liberty Global Series A common
stock held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan. |
|
|
|
(11) |
Includes 1,596 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable
as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of,
February 28, 2005. |
|
|
|
(12) |
Includes 445 shares of Liberty Global Series A common
stock held by the UGC 401(k) Plan. |
|
|
|
(13) |
Includes 136 shares of Liberty Global Series A common
stock held by Mrs. Markowskis husband, Thomas
Markowski, as to which shares Mrs. Markowski disclaims
beneficial ownership. |
|
|
|
(14) |
Includes 301 shares of Liberty Global Series A common
stock held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan. |
|
|
|
(15) |
Includes 44 restricted shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock, none of which were vested at February 28,
2005. |
|
|
|
(16) |
Includes 57,214 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable
as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of,
February 28, 2005. |
|
|
|
(17) |
Includes 102,708 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock and 24 shares of Liberty Global Series B
common stock held by Hilltop Investments, Inc. which is jointly
owned by Mr. Bennett and his wife, Deborah Bennett. |
|
|
|
(18) |
Includes 1,657 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan. |
|
|
|
(19) |
Includes 29,511 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock and 731,962 shares of Liberty Global
Series B common stock that are subject to options which
were exercisable as of, or will be exercisable within
60 days of, February 28, 2005. Mr. Bennett has
the right to convert the options to purchase shares of Liberty
Global Series B common stock into options to purchase
shares of Liberty Global Series A common stock. |
|
|
|
(20) |
Includes 586 shares of Liberty Global Series A common
stock that are subject to options which were exercisable as of,
or will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005. |
|
|
|
(21) |
Includes 114,624 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock held in various accounts managed by Mr. Wargo,
as to which shares Mr. Wargo disclaims beneficial ownership. |
|
134
|
|
|
(22) |
Includes 96,003 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock and 204,566 shares of Liberty Global
Series B common stock held by relatives of certain
directors and executive officers, as to which shares beneficial
ownership by such directors and executive officers is disclaimed. |
|
|
|
(23) |
Includes 51,164 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan. |
|
|
|
(24) |
Includes 1,294 restricted shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock, none of which were vested at February 28,
2005. |
|
|
|
(25) |
Includes 284,724 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock and 2,804,539 shares of Liberty Global
Series B common stock that are subject to options which
were exercisable as of, or will be exercisable within
60 days of, February 28, 2005. The options to
purchase 1,235,977 shares of Liberty Global
Series B common stock may be converted into options to
purchase shares of Liberty Global Series A common stock. |
|
|
|
(26) |
Includes 806 shares of Liberty Global Series A common
stock held by UGCs 401(k) defined contribution plan. |
|
Current Management of Liberty Global, LMI Merger Sub and UGC
Merger Sub
Each of Liberty Global, LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger Sub
currently has two directors, Messrs. Malone and Bennett,
and two officers, Mr. Malone who serves as President and
Ms. Markowski who serves as Secretary. Biographical and
other information about Messrs. Malone and Bennett and
Ms. Markowski can be found above under
Executive Officers and Directors.
135
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS OF
UGC
Executive Officers and Directors
The name and present principal occupation of each executive
officer and director of UGC is set forth below. Unless otherwise
noted, the business address for each person listed below is c/
o UnitedGlobalCom, Inc., 4643 South Ulster Street,
Suite 1300, Denver, Colorado 80237. To the knowledge
of UGC, all executive officers and directors listed below are
United States citizens.
|
|
|
Name |
|
Positions |
|
|
|
Gene W. Schneider |
|
Chairman of the Board of UGC and its predecessors since 1989.
Mr. Schneider also served as Chief Executive Officer of UGC
and its predecessors from 1995 to January 2004.
Mr. Schneider has served as an officer and/or director of
various direct and indirect subsidiaries of UGC. In addition,
from 1995 until 1999, Mr. Schneider served as a member of
the UPC Supervisory Board, and an advisor to the
Supervisory Board of UPC from 1999 until September 2003.
Mr. Schneider has been with UGC and its predecessors since
1989. Mr. Schneider is also a director of Austar United. |
Michael T. Fries |
|
Chief Executive Officer of UGC since January 2004.
Mr. Fries has served a director of UGC and its predecessors
since November 1999 and as President of UGC and its predecessors
since September 1998. He also served as Chief Operating Officer
of UGC and its predecessors from September 1998 to January 2004.
In addition, he serves or has served as an officer and/or
director of various direct and indirect subsidiaries and
affiliates of UGC, including as a member of the
UPC Supervisory Board from September 1998 until September
2003 and as Chairman thereof from February 1999 until September
2003, member of the Priority Telecom Supervisory Board since
November 2000 and as Chairman thereof since March 2003 and as a
director of Austar United since June 1999. He served as Chairman
of Austar United from June 1999 to April 2003. Mr. Fries
has been with UGC and its predecessors since 1990. |
Frederick G. Westerman, III |
|
Chief Financial Officer of UGC and its predecessors since June
1999 and UGCs Co-Chief Financial Officer since February
2004. Mr. Westermans responsibilities include
oversight and planning of UGCs financial and treasury
operations. He also serves as an officer and/or director of
various direct and indirect subsidiaries of UGC. |
Charles H.R. Bracken |
|
Co-Chief Financial Officer of UGC since February 2004.
Mr. Bracken has served as the Chief Financial Officer of
UGC Europe and its predecessors since November 1999.
Mr. Bracken served as a member of the UPC Board of
Management from July 1999 to September 2003. Prior to November
1999, Mr. Bracken served as the Managing Director of
Strategy, Acquisitions and Corporate Development at UPC from
March 1999. Mr. Bracken also serves as an officer and/or
director of various European subsidiaries, including as a member
of the Priority Telecom Supervisory Board since July 2000. |
Gene M. Musselman |
|
President and Chief Operating Officer of UPC Broadband Division
of UGC Europe, Inc., a subsidiary of UGC, since September 2003.
Mr. Musselman has served as UPCs Chief Operating
Officer since April 2000, and he served as a member of its Board
of Management from June 2000 to September 2003. He also served
as managing director of UPC from July 2003 until June 2004.
Mr. Musselman serves as an officer and/or director of
various European subsidiaries of UGC. Except when he was at
Tevecap S.A. from 1995 to 1997, Mr. Musselman has been with
UGC and its affiliates since 1991. |
136
|
|
|
Name |
|
Positions |
|
|
|
Shane ONeill |
|
Chief Strategy Officer of UGC Europe since September 2003.
He has served as UPCs Chief Strategy Officer since June
2000. Mr. ONeill served as a member of the
UPC Board of Management from June 2000 to September 2003.
From November 1999 to June 2000, Mr. ONeill served as
the Managing Director, Strategy, Acquisitions and Corporate
Development at UPC. Mr. ONeill is a director of
SBS Broadcasting S.A., a public company in which UGC
has a 19.3% interest. |
Robert R. Bennett
c/o Liberty Media Corporation
12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112 |
|
A director of UGC since January 2002. Mr. Bennett has
served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty since
April 1997, and he held various other executive positions with
Liberty since its inception in 1990. Mr. Bennett served as
Executive Vice President of TCI from April 1997 to March 1999.
Mr. Bennett is a Vice-Chairman of the Board and a director
of LMI and is also a director of Liberty and OpenTV Corp. |
John P. Cole, Jr. |
|
A director of UGC and its predecessors since March 1998.
Mr. Cole served as a member of the UPC Supervisory Board
from February 1999 to September 2003. Mr. Cole is a founder
of the Washington, D.C. law firm of Cole, Raywid and
Braverman, which specializes in all aspects of
telecommunications and media law. |
John W. Dick |
|
A director of UGC since March 2003. Mr. Dick served as a
member of the UPC Supervisory Board from May 2001 to
September 2003 and as a director of UGC Europe from
September 2003 to January 2004. He is the non-executive Chairman
and a director of Hooper Industries Group, a privately held
U.K. group consisting of: Hooper and Co
(Coachbuilders) Ltd. (building special/ bodied Rolls Royce
and Bentley motorcars) and Hooper Industries (China) (providing
industrial products and components to Europe and the U.S.).
Until 2002, Hooper Industries Group also held Metrocab UK
(manufacturing London taxicabs) and Moscab (a joint venture with
the Moscow city government, producing left-hand drive Metrocabs
for Russia). Mr. Dick has held his positions with Hooper
Industries Group since 1984. Mr. Dick is also a director of
Austar United. |
Bernard G. Dvorak
c/o Liberty Media International, Inc.
12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112 |
|
A director of UGC since November 2004. Mr. Dvorak has
served as a director of various subsidiaries of UGC since
January 2005. Mr. Dvorak has served as Senior Vice
President and Controller of LMI since March 2004. From July 2002
until May 2004, Mr. Dvorak served as Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of On Command Corporation,
a subsidiary of Liberty. Mr. Dvorak was the Chief Executive
Officer and member of the board of directors of Formus, a
provider of fixed wireless services in Europe, from September
2000 until June 2002, and, from April 1999 until September 2000,
he served as Chief Financial Officer of Formus. |
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|
|
|
Name |
|
Positions |
|
|
|
Paul A. Gould
Allen & Company L.L.C.
711 5th Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10022 |
|
A director of UGC since January 2004. Mr. Gould has served
as Managing Director of Allen & Company L.L.C., an
investment banking services company, and has been associated
with Allen & Company and its affiliates for more than
the last five years. Mr. Gould is also a director of
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation and Liberty. |
Gary S. Howard |
|
A director of UGC since January 2002. Mr. Howard served as
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Liberty
from July 1998 to February 2004. Mr. Howard served as Chief
Executive Officer of Liberty Satellite & Technology,
Inc. from December 1996 to April 2000. |
David B. Koff
c/o Liberty Media International, Inc.
12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112 |
|
A director of UGC since August 2003. Mr. Koff has served as
Senior Vice President of LMI since March 2004. Mr. Koff
served as a Senior Vice President of Liberty from February 1998
through March 2004. |
John C. Malone
c/o Liberty Media International, Inc.
12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112 |
|
A director of UGC and its predecessors since November 1999.
Mr. Malone has served as President, Chief Executive
Officer, Chairman of the Board and a director of LMI since March
2004. Mr. Malone has served as Chairman of the Board of
Liberty since 1990. Mr. Malone served as Chairman of the
Board and a director of Liberty Satellite & Technology,
Inc. from December 1996 to August 2000. Mr. Malone also
served as Chairman of the Board of TCI from November 1996 to
March 1999 and as Chief Executive Officer of TCI from January
1994 to March 1999. Mr. Malone is also a director of The
Bank of New York, Cablevision Systems Corporation and Liberty. |
Gene W. Schneider is the father of Mark L. Schneider, who was a
named executive officer of UGC until December 31, 2004.
There are no other family relations among the above named
individuals, by blood, marriage or adoption.
During the past five years, none of the above persons was
convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations
or similar misdemeanors) or was party to any judicial or
administrative proceeding (except for matters that were
dismissed without sanction or settlement) that resulted in a
judgment, decree or final order enjoining the person from future
violations of, or prohibiting activities subject to, federal or
state securities laws, or a finding of any violation of federal
or state securities laws.
Involvement in Certain Proceedings
Except as stated below, during the past five years, none of the
above persons has had any involvement in such legal proceedings
as would be material to an evaluation of his or her ability or
integrity.
On March 28, 2001, an involuntary petition under
Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code was filed
against Formus in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
District of Colorado. Mr. Dvorak was a director and the
Chief Executive Officer of Formus from September 2000 until June
2002.
On March 29, 2002, UAP, then a subsidiary of UGC, filed a
voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York. UAPs
reorganization closed on June 27, 2003, and UAP has since
dissolved. Until February 11, 2002, Mr. Fries was a
director and the President of UAP and, until November 14,
2001, Mr. Schneider was a director and Chief Executive
Officer of UAP. Mr. Westerman was a director of UAP from
November 2001 and President thereof from March 2002 until
UAPs dissolution in January 2004.
138
On December 3, 2002, UPC, now a subsidiary of UGC Europe,
filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under
Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, together
with a pre-negotiated plan of reorganization, in the United
States District Court of the Southern District of New York. In
conjunction with such filing, also on December 3, 2002, UPC
commenced a moratorium of payments in The Netherlands under
Dutch bankruptcy law with the filing of a proposed plan of
compulsory composition or the Akkoord with the
Amsterdam Court (Rechtbank) under the Dutch Faillissementswet.
These actions were completed on September 3, 2003, when
UGC Europe acquired more than 99% of the stock of, and
became a successor issuer to UPC. Messrs. Fries, Cole and
Dick were Supervisory Directors of UPC and Mr. Schneider
was an advisor to UPCs Supervisory Board. Also,
Messrs. Bracken, Musselman and ONeill were members of
the UPC Board of Management.
In June 2003, UPC Polska, Inc. executed an agreement with
some of its creditors to restructure its balance sheet. On
January 22, 2004, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court confirmed
UPC Polskas Chapter 11 plan of reorganization.
On February 18, 2004, UPC Polska emerged from the
Chapter 11 proceedings. Mr. Musselman is a director of
UPC Polska.
On January 12, 2004, UGCs predecessor (Old UGC),
filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with the U.S. Bankruptcy
Court for the Southern District of New York. On
November 10, 2004, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court confirmed
Old UGCs plan of reorganization and Old UGC emerged
from the Chapter 11 proceedings on November 18, 2004.
Until August 2003, Mr. Fries was the President of Old UGC,
and Mr. Schneider was a director and Chief Executive
Officer of Old UGC. Mr. Westerman has served as a director
of Old UGC since August 2003 and as President thereof since
November 2003.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management
The following table sets forth information with respect to the
beneficial ownership (1) by each UGC director, each of the
UGC named executive officers (as defined in UGCs Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2004) and all of UGCs directors and executive officers as
a group of shares of all classes of UGC common stock and both
series of LMI common stock, and (2) by each stockholder who
is known by UGC to own beneficially more than five percent of
any class of UGC common stock. None of UGCs directors or
the UGC named executive officers beneficially owns any
equity securities of any subsidiary of UGC.
At the election of the holder, shares of UGC Class B common
stock are convertible immediately into shares of UGC
Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, and shares of
UGC Class C common stock are convertible on a one-for-one
basis into either shares of UGC Class A common stock or
shares of UGC Class B common stock. For purposes of the
following presentation, beneficial ownership of shares of UGC
Class B common stock and UGC Class C common stock is
reported as beneficial ownership of UGC Class B common
stock and UGC Class C common stock, respectively, only, and
not as beneficial ownership of any other class of
UGC common stock. In addition, beneficial ownership of
shares of LMI Series B common stock, though convertible on
a one-for-one basis into shares of LMI Series A common
stock, is reported as beneficial ownership of LMI Series B
common stock only, and not as beneficial ownership of LMI
Series A common stock.
The security ownership information for UGC common stock is given
as of February 28, 2005, and, in the case of percentage
ownership information, is based upon
(1) 401,673,781 shares of UGC Class A common
stock, (2) 10,493,461 shares of UGC Class B
common stock, and (3) 379,603,223 shares of UGC
Class C common stock, in each case, outstanding on that
date. The security ownership information for LMI common stock is
given as of February 28, 2005, and, in the case of
percentage ownership information, is based upon
(1) 165,514,962 shares of LMI Series A common
stock, and (2) 7,264,300 shares of LMI Series B
common stock, in each case, outstanding on that date.
Shares of UGC common stock issuable within 60 days of
February 28, 2005 upon exercise of options, conversion of
convertible securities, exchange of exchangeable securities or
upon vesting of restricted stock awards are deemed to be
outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage
ownership and aggregate voting power of persons beneficially
owning such securities, but have not been deemed to be
outstanding for
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the purpose of computing the percentage ownership or aggregate
voting power of any other person. Shares of LMI common stock
issuable upon exercise or conversion of options that were
exercisable or convertible on or within 60 days after
February 28, 2005, are deemed to be outstanding and to be
beneficially owned by the person holding the options for the
purpose of computing the percentage ownership of the person, but
are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the
percentage ownership of any other person.
So far as is known to UGC, the persons indicated below have sole
voting power with respect to the shares indicated as owned by
them, except as otherwise stated in the notes to the table. The
number of shares indicated as owned by the executive officers
and directors of UGC, includes interests in shares held by
UGCs defined contribution 401(k) plan and shares held by
Libertys defined contribution 401(k) plan, in each case as
of February 28, 2005. The shares held by the trustees of
the 401(k) plans for the benefit of these persons are voted as
directed by such persons.
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Robert R. Bennett
|
|
|
UGC Class A |
|
|
|
209 |
(1)(2) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
LMI Series A |
|
|
|
240 |
(3)(4)(5) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
3.1 |
% |
|
|
|
LMI Series B |
|
|
|
732 |
(3)(5) |
|
|
9.2 |
% |
|
|
* |
|
Charles H.R. Bracken
|
|
|
UGC Class A |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LMI Series A |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LMI Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John P. Cole, Jr.
|
|
|
UGC Class A |
|
|
|
382 |
(6) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
LMI Series A |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
LMI Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John W. Dick
|
|
|
UGC Class A |
|
|
|
52 |
(7) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
LMI Series A |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LMI Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bernard G. Dvorak
|
|
|
UGC Class A |
|
|
|
3 |
(8) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
LMI Series A |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
LMI Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Michael T. Fries
|
|
|
UGC Class A |
|
|
|
2,427 |
(9)(10) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
LMI Series A |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LMI Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paul A. Gould
|
|
|
UGC Class A |
|
|
|
181 |
(11) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
LMI Series A |
|
|
|
101 |
(12) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
LMI Series B |
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
Gary S. Howard
|
|
|
UGC Class A |
|
|
|
79 |
(13) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
LMI Series A |
|
|
|
389 |
(14)(15) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
LMI Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
David B. Koff
|
|
|
UGC Class A |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LMI Series A |
|
|
|
65 |
(16)(17)(18) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
LMI Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John C. Malone
|
|
|
UGC Class A |
|
|
|
93 |
(19) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
LMI Series A |
|
|
|
953 |
(20)(21)(23)(24) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
33.2 |
% |
|
|
|
LMI Series B |
|
|
|
8,506 |
(20)(22)(24) |
|
|
91.0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Gene M. Musselman
|
|
|
UGC Class A |
|
|
|
9 |
(25) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
LMI Series A |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
LMI Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shane ONeill
|
|
|
UGC Class A |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LMI Series A |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LMI Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amount and Nature of | |
|
Percent of | |
|
Voting | |
Name of Beneficial Owner |
|
Title of Class | |
|
Beneficial Ownership | |
|
Class | |
|
Power | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
(In thousands) | |
|
|
|
|
Gene W. Schneider
|
|
|
UGC Class A |
|
|
|
2,045 |
(26)(27) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
UGC Class B |
|
|
|
2,901 |
(28) |
|
|
21.7 |
% |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
LMI Series A |
|
|
|
555 |
(29)(30) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
LMI Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Frederick G. Westerman III
|
|
|
UGC Class A |
|
|
|
846 |
(31) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
LMI Series A |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LMI Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All directors and executive officers as a group
|
|
|
UGC Class A |
|
|
|
6,325 |
(2)(10)(27)(32) |
|
|
1.6 |
% |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
UGC Class B |
|
|
|
2,901 |
(28) |
|
|
21.7 |
% |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
LMI Series A |
|
|
|
2,304 |
(3)(5)(15)(17)(20) |
|
|
1.4 |
% |
|
|
35.6 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(21)(24)(29)(33) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LMI Series B |
|
|
|
9,275 |
(3)(5)(20)(22) |
|
|
92.0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(24) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LMI(34)
|
|
|
UGC Class A |
|
|
|
35,829 |
|
|
|
9.0 |
% |
|
|
91.0 |
% |
|
|
|
UGC Class B |
|
|
|
10,493 |
|
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UGC Class C |
|
|
|
377,462 |
|
|
|
99.4 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Capital Research and Management Company(35)
|
|
|
UGC Class A |
|
|
|
55,909 |
|
|
|
10.6 |
% |
|
|
* |
|
Credit Suisse First Boston(36)
|
|
|
UGC Class A |
|
|
|
39,286 |
|
|
|
9.8 |
% |
|
|
* |
|
Oppenheimer Funds, Inc.(37)
|
|
|
UGC Class A |
|
|
|
31,380 |
|
|
|
7.8 |
% |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Includes 81,250 shares of UGC Class A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005. |
|
|
|
|
(2) |
Includes 128,186 shares of UGC Class A common stock
owned by Hilltop Investments, Inc., which is jointly owned by
Mr. Bennett and his spouse. |
|
|
|
(3) |
Includes 75,084 shares of LMI Series A common stock
and 24 shares of LMI Series B common stock held by
Hilltop Investments, Inc. which is jointly owned by
Mr. Bennett and his spouse. |
|
|
|
(4) |
Includes 1,657 shares of LMI Series A common stock
held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan. |
|
|
|
|
(5) |
Includes 12,002 shares of LMI Series A common stock
and 731,962 shares of LMI Series B common stock that
are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or will be
exercisable within 60 days of, February 28, 2005.
Mr. Bennett has the right to convert the options to
purchase shares of LMI Series B common stock into options
to purchase shares of LMI Series A common stock. |
|
|
|
|
(6) |
Includes 203,333 shares of UGC Class A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005. |
|
|
|
|
(7) |
Includes 52,083 shares of UGC Class A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005. |
|
|
|
|
(8) |
Includes 1,677 shares of UGC Class A common stock held
by the UGC 401(k) Plan. |
|
|
|
|
(9) |
Includes 2,400,000 shares of UGC Class A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005, and 8,289 shares of UGC Class A common stock
held by the UGC 401(k) Plan. |
|
|
|
|
(10) |
Includes 210 shares of UGC Class A common stock held
by his spouse. |
|
|
|
(11) |
Includes 31,250 shares of UGC Class A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005. |
|
|
|
(12) |
Includes 586 shares of LMI Series A common stock that
are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or will be
exercisable within 60 days of, February 28, 2005. |
|
141
|
|
|
(13) |
Includes 79,166 shares of UGC Class A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005. |
|
|
|
(14) |
Includes 2,300 shares of LMI Series A common stock
held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan and 302,640 shares
of LMI Series A common stock that are subject to options
which were exercisable as of, or will be exercisable within
60 days of, February 28, 2005. |
|
|
|
(15) |
Includes 20,940 shares of LMI Series A common stock
held by a Grantor Retained Annuity Trust. Also includes
614 shares of LMI Series A common stock owned by his
spouse of which Mr. Howard disclaims beneficial ownership
and 11,108 shares of LMI Series A common stock held by
a Grantor Retained Annuity Trust of which Mr. Howard
disclaims beneficial ownership. |
|
|
|
(16) |
Includes 675 shares of LMI Series A common stock held
by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan. |
|
|
|
(17) |
Includes 1,250 restricted shares of LMI Series A common
stock, none of which were vested at February 28, 2005. |
|
|
|
(18) |
Includes 53,615 shares of LMI Series A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005. |
|
|
|
(19) |
Includes 93,333 shares of UGC Class A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005. |
|
|
|
(20) |
Includes 90,303 shares of LMI Series A common stock
and 204,566 shares of LMI Series B common stock held
by Mr. Malones spouse, as to which shares
Mr. Malone has disclaimed beneficial ownership. |
|
|
|
(21) |
Includes 198 shares of LMI Series A common stock held
by a trust with respect to which Mr. Malone is the sole
trustee and, with his wife, Leslie Malone, retains a unitrust
interest in the trust. |
|
|
|
(22) |
Includes 1,042,628 shares of LMI Series B common stock
held by a trust with respect to which Mr. Malone is the
sole trustee and holder of a unitrust interest in the trust. |
|
|
|
(23) |
Includes 46,943 shares of LMI Series A common stock
held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan. |
|
|
|
(24) |
Includes 221 shares of LMI Series A common stock and
2,072,577 shares of LMI Series B common stock that are
subject to options which were exercisable as of, or will be
exercisable within 60 days of, February 28, 2005.
Mr. Malone has the right to convert options to
purchase 504,015 shares of LMI Series B common
stock into options to purchase shares of LMI Series A
common stock. |
|
|
|
(25) |
Includes 7,977 shares of UGC Class A common stock held
by the UGC 401(k) Plan. |
|
|
|
(26) |
Includes 1,766,341 shares of UGC Class A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005, and 9,931 shares of UGC Class A common stock
held by the UGC 401(k) Plan. |
|
|
|
(27) |
Includes 712 shares of UGC Class A common stock held
by a trust of which Mr. Schneider is a beneficiary and a
trustee and 66 shares of UGC Class A common stock held
by his spouse. |
|
|
|
(28) |
Includes 2,900,702 shares of UGC Class B common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005. |
|
|
|
(29) |
Includes 199,261 shares of LMI Series A common stock
held by G. Schneider Holdings, LLP of which Mr. Schneider
is the general partner, 1,155 shares of LMI Series A
common stock held by a trust of which Mr. Schneider is a
beneficiary and a trustee, 1,577 shares of LMI
Series A common stock held by his spouse, and an aggregate
of 1,555 shares of LMI Series A common stock held by
separate trusts for the benefit of his children and two of his
grandchildren, respectively, of which Mr. Schneider is the
sole trustee. |
|
|
|
(30) |
Includes 43 shares of LMI Series A common stock held
by the UGC 401(k) Plan. |
|
|
|
(31) |
Includes 840,000 shares of UGC Class A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005, and includes 6,332 shares of UGC Class A common
stock held by the UGC 401(k) Plan. |
|
|
|
(32) |
Includes 5,544,672 shares of UGC Class A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005, and 34,206 shares of UGC |
|
142
|
|
|
Class A common stock held by the UGC 401(k) Plan for the
benefit of the directors and executive officers. |
|
|
(33) |
Includes 356,823 shares of LMI Series A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005, and 51,618 shares of LMI Series A common stock
held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan. |
|
|
|
(34) |
The number of shares of UGC Class A common stock, UGC
Class B common stock and UGC Class C common stock in
the table is based upon Amendment No. 1 to the
Schedule 13D dated January 17, 2005, filed by LMI. The
address of LMI is 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado
80112. Robert R. Bennett, Bernard G. Dvorak, David B. Koff, and
John C. Malone, all directors of UGC, are also officers and/or
directors of LMI. |
|
|
|
(35) |
The number of shares of UGC Class A common stock in the
table is based upon Amendment No. 8 to the
Schedule 13G dated December 31, 2004, filed by Capital
Research and Management Company and The Growth Fund of America,
Inc. with respect to the UGC Class A common stock. Capital
Research, an investment advisor, is the beneficial owner of
55,909,250 shares of UGC Class A common stock, as a
result of acting as investment advisor to various investments
companies, but disclaims beneficial ownership pursuant to
Rule 13d-4. Growth Fund, an investment company advised by
Capital Research, is the beneficial owner of
25,200,000 shares of UGC Class A common stock. The
Schedule 13G reflects that Capital Research has no voting
power over said shares and sole dispositive power over the
shares of UGC Class A common stock and that Growth Fund has
sole voting power over its shares but no dispositive power. The
address of Capital Research and Growth Fund is 333 South Hope
Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071. |
|
|
|
(36) |
The number of shares of UGC Class A common stock in the
table is based upon a Schedule 13G dated December 31,
2004, filed by Credit Suisse First Boston on behalf of Credit
Suisse First Boston business unit (CSFB). CSFB is a
bank and provides financial advisory services and through Credit
Suisse Asset Management provides asset management and investment
advisory services. CSFB also filed as a parent holding company
or control person. Its ultimate parent is Credit Suisse Group,
which disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares reported by
CSFB. The Schedule 13G reflects that CSFB has shared voting
and shared dispositive powers over the UGC Class A common
stock. The address of CSFB is: Uetlibergstrasse 231, P.O.
Box 900, CH 8070 Zurich, Switzerland. The address of Credit
Suisse Group is: Paradeplatz 8, P.O. Box 1, CH 8070
Zurich, Switzerland. |
|
|
|
(37) |
The number of shares of UGC Class A common stock in the
table is based upon a Schedule 13G dated December 31,
2004, filed by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. OppenheimerFunds is an
investment advisor and disclaims beneficial ownership pursuant
to Rule 13d-4 of the Exchange Act of 1934. The Schedule 13G
reflects that OppenheimerFunds has no voting power and shared
dispositive power over the UGC Class A common stock. The
address of OppenheimerFunds is 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor,
New York, NY 10018. |
|
Pro Forma Security Ownership Information of UGC
Management
The following table sets forth information with respect to the
estimated beneficial ownership by each UGC director, each of the
UGC named executive officers (as defined in UGCs Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2004) and all of UGCs directors and executive officers as
a group of shares of Liberty Global Series A common stock
and Liberty Global Series B common stock, assuming that the
mergers had been effected on February 28, 2005.
If the mergers are effected, (1) each share of UGC common
stock will be converted into the right to receive 0.2155 of a
share of Liberty Global Series A common stock or $9.58 in
cash, subject to proration, and (2) each share of LMI
Series A common stock and LMI Series B common stock
will be converted into one share of the corresponding series of
Liberty Global common stock. For purposes of the following
presentation, we have assumed that none of UGCs directors
and executive officers elect to receive cash for their shares of
UGC common stock in the mergers. In addition, although shares of
LMI Series B common stock are convertible on a one-for-one
basis into shares of LMI Series A common stock, we have
assumed, for purposes
143
of this presentation, that no shares of LMI Series B common
stock were converted into shares of LMI Series A common
stock prior to the assumed merger date of February 28, 2005.
The security ownership information for Liberty Global common
stock has been estimated based upon outstanding stock
information for LMI common stock and UGC common stock as of
February 28, 2005, and, in the case of percentage ownership
information, has been estimated based upon
244,815,890 shares of Liberty Global Series A common
stock and 7,264,300 shares of Liberty Global Series B
common stock estimated to have been issued in the mergers
(assuming no cash elections had been made by any UGC
stockholders).
Shares of Liberty Global common stock deemed to be issuable
within 60 days of February 28, 2005 upon exercise of
options, conversion of convertible securities, exchange of
exchangeable securities or upon vesting of restricted stock
awards are deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing
the percentage ownership and aggregate voting power of persons
expected to beneficially own such securities, but have not been
deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the
percentage ownership or aggregate voting power of any other
person.
So far as is known to UGC, the persons indicated below would
have sole voting power with respect to the shares estimated to
be owned by them, except as otherwise stated in the notes to the
table. The number of shares indicated as owned by the executive
officers and directors of UGC includes interests in shares held
by UGCs defined contribution 401(k) plan and shares held
by Libertys defined contribution 401(k) plan, in each case
as of February 28, 2005. The shares held by the trustees of
these 401(k) plans for the benefit of these persons are voted as
directed by such persons.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amount and Nature of | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beneficial Ownership | |
|
Percent of | |
|
Voting | |
Name of Beneficial Owner |
|
Title of Class | |
|
(In thousands) | |
|
Class | |
|
Power | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Robert R. Bennett
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
285 |
(1)(2)(3)(4) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
2.3 |
% |
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
732 |
(2)(4) |
|
|
9.2 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Charles H.R. Bracken
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John P. Cole, Jr.
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
82 |
(5) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John W. Dick
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
11 |
(6) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bernard G. Dvorak
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
0 |
(7) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Michael T. Fries
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
523 |
(8)(9) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paul A. Gould
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
140 |
(10) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
Gary S. Howard
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
406 |
(11)(12) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
David B. Koff
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
65 |
(13)(14)(15) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John C. Malone
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
973 |
(16)(17)(19)(20) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
25.5 |
% |
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
8,506 |
(16)(18)(20) |
|
|
91.1 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Gene M. Musselman
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
2 |
(21) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shane ONeill
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gene W. Schneider
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
1,621 |
(22)(23)(24)(25) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
144
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amount and Nature of | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beneficial Ownership | |
|
Percent of | |
|
Voting | |
Name of Beneficial Owner |
|
Title of Class | |
|
(In thousands) | |
|
Class | |
|
Power | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Frederick G. Westerman III
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
182 |
(26) |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All directors and executive officers as a group
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series A |
|
|
|
4,291 |
(2)(4)(9)(12)(14) (16)(17)(20)(23) (24)(27) |
|
|
1.7 |
% |
|
|
26.7 |
% |
|
|
|
Liberty Global Series B |
|
|
|
9,274 |
(2)(4)(16)(18)(20) |
|
|
92.1 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Includes 29,511 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable
as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of,
February 28, 2005. |
|
|
|
|
(2) |
Includes 102,708 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock and 24 shares of Liberty Global Series B
common stock owned by Hilltop Investments, Inc., which is
jointly owned by Mr. Bennett and his spouse. |
|
|
|
|
(3) |
Includes 1,657 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan. |
|
|
|
|
(4) |
Includes 29,511 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock and 731,962 shares of Liberty Global
Series B common stock that are subject to options which
were exercisable as of, or will be exercisable within
60 days of, February 28, 2005. Mr. Bennett has
the right to convert the options to purchase shares of Liberty
Global Series B common stock into options to purchase
shares of Liberty Global Series A common stock. |
|
|
|
|
(5) |
Includes 43,818 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable
as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of,
February 28, 2005. |
|
|
|
|
(6) |
Includes 11,223 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable
as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of,
February 28, 2005. |
|
|
|
|
(7) |
Includes 361 shares of Liberty Global Series A common
stock held by the UGC 401(k) Plan. |
|
|
|
|
(8) |
Includes 517,200 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable
as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of,
February 28, 2005, and 1,786 shares of Liberty Global
Series A common stock held by the UGC 401(k) Plan. |
|
|
|
|
(9) |
Includes 45 shares of Liberty Global Series A common
stock held by his spouse. |
|
|
|
|
(10) |
Includes 7,320 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable
as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of,
February 28, 2005. |
|
|
|
(11) |
Includes 2,300 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan and
319,700 shares of Liberty Global Series A common stock
that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or
will be exercisable within 60 days of, February 28,
2005. |
|
|
|
(12) |
Includes 20,940 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock held by a Grantor Retained Annuity Trust. Also
includes 614 shares of Liberty Global Series A common
stock owned by his spouse of which Mr. Howard disclaims
beneficial ownership and 11,108 shares of Liberty Global
Series A common stock held by a Grantor Retained Annuity
Trust of which Mr. Howard disclaims beneficial ownership. |
|
|
|
(13) |
Includes 675 shares of Liberty Global Series A common
stock held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan. |
|
|
|
(14) |
Includes 1,250 restricted shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock, none of which were vested at February 28,
2005. |
|
|
|
(15) |
Includes 53,615 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable
as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of,
February 28, 2005. |
|
145
|
|
|
(16) |
Includes 90,303 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock and 204,566 shares of Liberty Global
Series B common stock held by Mr. Malones
spouse, as to which shares Mr. Malone has disclaimed
beneficial ownership. |
|
|
|
(17) |
Includes 198 shares of Liberty Global Series A common
stock held by a trust with respect to which Mr. Malone is
the sole trustee and, with his wife, Leslie Malone, retains a
unitrust interest in the trust. |
|
|
|
(18) |
Includes 1,042,628 shares of Liberty Global Series B
common stock held by a trust with respect to which
Mr. Malone is the sole trustee and holder of a unitrust
interest in the trust. |
|
|
|
(19) |
Includes 46,943 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan. |
|
|
|
(20) |
Includes 20,334 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock and 2,072,577 shares of Liberty Global
Series B common stock that are subject to options which
were exercisable as of, or will be exercisable within
60 days of, February 28, 2005. Mr. Malone has the
right to convert options to purchase 504,015 shares of
Liberty Global Series B common stock into options to
purchase shares of Liberty Global Series A common stock. |
|
|
|
(21) |
Includes 1,719 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock held by the UGC 401(k) Plan. |
|
|
|
(22) |
Includes 1,005,747 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable
as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of,
February 28, 2005, and 2,140 shares of Liberty Global
Series A common stock held by the UGC 401(k) Plan. |
|
|
|
(23) |
Includes 153 shares of Liberty Global Series A common
stock held by a trust of which Mr. Schneider is a
beneficiary and a trustee and 14 shares of Liberty Global
Series A common stock held by his spouse. |
|
|
|
(24) |
Includes 199,261 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock held by G. Schneider Holdings, LLP of which
Mr. Schneider is the general partner, 1,155 shares of
Liberty Global Series A common stock held by a trust of
which Mr. Schneider is a beneficiary and a trustee,
1,577 shares of Liberty Global Series A common stock
held by his spouse, and an aggregate of 1,555 shares of
Liberty Global Series A common stock held by separate
trusts for the benefit of his children and two of his
grandchildren, respectively, of which Mr. Schneider is the
sole trustee. |
|
|
|
(25) |
Includes 43 shares of Liberty Global Series A common
stock held by the UGC 401(k) Plan. |
|
|
|
(26) |
Includes 181,020 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable
as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of,
February 28, 2005, and includes 1,364 shares of
Liberty Global Series A common stock held by the UGC 401(k)
Plan. |
|
|
|
(27) |
Includes 2,156,703 shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable
as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of,
February 28, 2005, 7,413 shares of Liberty Global
Series A common stock held by the UGC 401(k) Plan and
51,575 shares of Liberty Global Series A common stock
held by the Liberty 401(k) plan. |
|
146
Pro Forma Cash Consideration Deliverable to UGC Management
The following table sets forth an estimate of the amount of cash
consideration that could have been received by each UGC director
and each of the UGC named executive officers (as defined in
UGCs Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2004) and by all of UGCs directors and
executive officers as a group if the mergers had been effected
on February 28, 2005, and assuming that (1) they
exercised their cash election with respect to all of their UGC
beneficial ownership interests (other than interests held
pursuant to stock options), and (2) their cash elections
were not reduced pursuant to applicable proration procedures.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Approximate | |
|
|
Amount of Cash | |
Name of Beneficial Owner |
|
Consideration | |
|
|
| |
Charles H.R. Bracken
|
|
|
|
|
Robert R. Bennett
|
|
$ |
1,228,022 |
|
John P. Cole, Jr.*
|
|
$ |
1,711,400 |
|
John W. Dick*
|
|
|
|
|
Bernard G. Dvorak
|
|
$ |
28,960 |
|
Michael T. Fries
|
|
$ |
255,326 |
|
Paul A. Gould*
|
|
$ |
1,434,413 |
|
Gary S. Howard
|
|
|
|
|
David B. Koff
|
|
|
|
|
John C. Malone
|
|
|
|
|
Gene M. Musselman
|
|
$ |
88,615 |
|
Shane ONeill
|
|
|
|
|
Gene W. Schneider
|
|
$ |
2,670,377 |
|
Frederick G. Westerman III
|
|
$ |
60,661 |
|
All directors and executive officers as a group
|
|
$ |
7,477,774 |
|
|
|
* |
Member of the Special Committee |
147
DESCRIPTION OF LIBERTY GLOBAL CAPITAL STOCK
The following information reflects Liberty Globals
restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws as these
documents will be in effect at the time of the mergers.
Authorized Capital Stock
Liberty Globals authorized capital stock consists of one
billion one hundred million (1,100,000,000) shares, of which one
billion fifty million (1,050,000,000) shares are designated
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and fifty million
(50,000,000) shares are designated preferred stock, par value
$0.01 per share. Liberty Globals common stock is
divided into three series. Liberty Global has authorized five
hundred million (500,000,000) shares of Series A common
stock, fifty million (50,000,000) shares of Series B common
stock, and five hundred million (500,000,000) shares of
Series C common stock.
Immediately following the effective time of the mergers, Liberty
Global expects to have up to
[ ] shares
of its Series A common stock and
[ ] shares
of its Series B common stock outstanding, based upon the
number of shares of LMI Series A common stock, LMI
Series B common stock, UGC Class A common stock and
UGC Class C common stock outstanding on
[ ],
2005. The actual number of outstanding shares of Liberty Global
Series A common stock will also depend on the number of UGC
stockholders who make the cash election. No shares of Liberty
Global Series C common stock or preferred stock will be
outstanding immediately following the effective time of the
merger.
Common Stock
The holders of Liberty Global Series A common stock,
Series B common stock and Series C common stock have
equal rights, powers and privileges, except as otherwise
described below.
The holders of Liberty Global Series A common stock will be
entitled to one vote for each share held, and the holders of
Liberty Global Series B common stock will be entitled to
ten votes for each share held, on all matters voted on by
Liberty Global stockholders, including elections of directors.
The holders of Liberty Global Series C common stock will
not be entitled to any voting powers, except as required by
Delaware law. When the vote or consent of holders of Liberty
Global Series C common stock is required by Delaware law,
the holders of Liberty Global Series C common stock will be
entitled to
1/100th
of a vote for each share held. Liberty Globals charter
does not provide for cumulative voting in the election of
directors.
Subject to any preferential rights of any outstanding series of
Liberty Globals preferred stock created by Liberty
Globals board from time to time, the holders of Liberty
Globals common stock will be entitled to such dividends as
may be declared from time to time by Liberty Globals board
from funds available therefor. Except as otherwise described
under Distributions, whenever a dividend
is paid to the holders of one of Liberty Global Series of common
stock, Liberty Global shall also pay to the holders of the other
series of Liberty Globals common stock an equal per share
dividend. For a more complete discussion of Liberty
Globals dividend policy, please see
Dividend Policy.
Each share of Liberty Global Series B common stock is
convertible, at the option of the holder, into one share of
Liberty Global Series A common stock. Liberty Global
Series A common stock and Liberty Global Series C
common stock are not convertible.
Distributions made in shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock, Liberty Global Series B common stock, Liberty
Global Series C common stock or any other security with
respect to Liberty Global Series A
148
common stock, Liberty Global Series B common stock or
Liberty Global Series C common stock may be declared and
paid only as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
a share distribution (1) consisting of shares of Liberty
Global Series A common stock (or securities convertible
therefor) to holders of Liberty Global Series A common
stock, Liberty Global Series B common stock and Liberty
Global Series C common stock, on an equal per share basis;
or (2) consisting of shares of Liberty Global Series B
common stock (or securities convertible therefor) to holders of
Liberty Global Series A common stock, Liberty Global
Series B common stock and Liberty Global Series C
common stock, on an equal per share basis; or
(3) consisting of shares of Liberty Global Series C
common stock (or securities convertible therefor) to holders of
Liberty Global Series A common stock, Liberty Global
Series B common stock and Liberty Global Series C
common stock, on an equal per share basis; or
(4) consisting of shares of Liberty Global Series A
common stock (or securities convertible therefor) to holders of
Liberty Global Series A common stock and, on an equal per
share basis, shares of Liberty Global Series B common stock
(or securities convertible therefor) to holders of Liberty
Global Series B common stock and, on an equal per share
basis, shares of Liberty Global Series C common stock (or
securities convertible therefor) to holders of Liberty Global
Series C common stock; and |
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|
|
a share distribution consisting of shares of any class or series
of securities of Liberty Global or any other person, other than
Liberty Global Series A common stock, Liberty Global
Series B common stock or Liberty Global Series C
common stock (or securities convertible therefor) on the basis
of a distribution of (1) identical securities, on an equal
per share basis, to holders of Liberty Global Series A
common stock, Liberty Global Series B common stock and
Liberty Global Series C common stock; or (2) separate
classes or series of securities, on an equal per share basis, to
holders of Liberty Global Series A common stock, Liberty
Global Series B common stock and Liberty Global
Series C common stock; or (3) a separate class or
series of securities to the holders of one or more series of
Liberty Globals common stock and, on an equal per share
basis, a different class or series of securities to the holders
of all other series of Liberty Globals common stock,
provided that, in the case of (2) or (3) above,
the securities so distributed do not differ in any respect other
than their relative voting rights and related differences in
designation, conversion and share distribution provisions, with
the holders of shares of Liberty Global Series B common
stock receiving securities of the class or series having the
highest relative voting rights and the holders of shares of each
other series of Liberty Globals common stock receiving
securities of the class or series having lesser relative voting
rights, and provided further that, if different classes
or series of securities are being distributed to holders of
Liberty Global Series A common stock and Liberty Global
Series C common stock, then such securities shall be
distributed either as determined by Liberty Globals board
of directors or such that the relative voting rights of the
securities of the class or series of securities to be received
by the holders of Liberty Global Series A common stock and
Liberty Global Series C common stock corresponds, to the
extent practicable, to the relative voting rights of each such
series of Liberty Globals common stock, and provided
further that, in each case, the distribution is otherwise
made on a equal per share basis. |
Liberty Global may not reclassify, subdivide or combine any
series of Liberty Globals common stock without
reclassifying, subdividing or combining the other series of
Liberty Globals common stock, on an equal per share basis.
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|
Liquidation and Dissolution |
In the event of Liberty Globals liquidation, dissolution
and winding up, after payment or provision for payment of
Liberty Globals debts and liabilities and subject to the
prior payment in full of any preferential amounts to which
Liberty Globals preferred stock holders may be entitled,
the holders of Liberty Global Series A common stock,
Liberty Global Series B common stock and Liberty Global
Series C common stock will share equally, on a share for
share basis, in Liberty Globals assets remaining for
distribution to the holders of Liberty Globals common
stock.
149
Preferred Stock
Liberty Globals restated certificate of incorporation
authorizes Liberty Globals board of directors to establish
one or more series of Liberty Globals preferred stock and
to determine, with respect to any series of Liberty
Globals preferred stock, the terms and rights of the
series, including:
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|
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the designation of the series; |
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|
|
the number of authorized shares of the series, which number
Liberty Globals board may thereafter increase or decrease
but not below the number of such shares then outstanding; |
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|
the dividend rate or amounts, if any, payable on the shares and,
in the case of cumulative dividends, the date or dates from
which dividends on all shares of the series shall be cumulative
and the relative preferences or rights of priority or
participation with respect to such dividends; |
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|
the rights of the series in the event of Liberty Globals
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up
and the relative preferences or rights of priority of payment; |
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|
|
the rights, if any, of holders of the series to convert into or
exchange for other classes or series of stock or indebtedness
and the terms and conditions of any such conversion or exchange,
including provision for adjustments within the discretion of
Liberty Globals board; |
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|
the voting rights, if any, of the holders of the series; |
|
|
|
the terms and conditions, if any, for us to purchase or redeem
the shares; and |
|
|
|
any other relative rights, preferences and limitations of the
series. |
Liberty Global believes that the ability of Liberty
Globals board of directors to issue one or more series of
Liberty Globals preferred stock will provide them with
flexibility in structuring possible future financing and
acquisitions, and in meeting other corporate needs which might
arise. The authorized shares of Liberty Globals preferred
stock, as well as shares of Liberty Globals common stock,
will be available for issuance without further action by Liberty
Global stockholders, unless such action is required by
applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange or automated
quotation system on which Liberty Globals securities may
be listed or traded. If the approval of Liberty Global
stockholders is not required for the issuance of shares of
Liberty Globals preferred stock or Liberty Globals
common stock, Liberty Globals board may determine not to
seek stockholder approval.
Although Liberty Global has no intention at the present time of
doing so, it could issue a series of Liberty Globals
preferred stock that could, depending on the terms of such
series, impede the completion of a merger, tender offer or other
takeover attempt. Liberty Globals board of directors will
make any determination to issue such shares based upon its
judgment as to the best interests of Liberty Globals
stockholders. Liberty Globals board of directors, in so
acting, could issue Liberty Globals preferred stock having
terms that could discourage an acquisition attempt through which
an acquirer may be able to change the composition of Liberty
Globals board of directors, including a tender offer or
other transaction that some, or a majority, of Liberty Global
stockholders might believe to be in their best interests or in
which stockholders might receive a premium for their stock over
the then-current market price of the stock.
Dividend Policy
Liberty Global presently intends to retain future earnings, if
any, to finance the expansion of Liberty Globals business.
Therefore, Liberty Global does not expect to pay any cash
dividends in the foreseeable future. All decisions regarding the
payment of dividends by Liberty Global will be made by Liberty
Globals board of directors, from time to time, in
accordance with applicable law after taking into account various
factors, including Liberty Globals financial condition,
operating results, current and anticipated cash needs, plans for
expansion and possible loan covenants which may restrict or
prohibit Liberty Globals payment of dividends.
150
Anti-Takeover Effects of Provisions of Restated Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws
Liberty Globals restated certificate of incorporation and
bylaws provide that, subject to any rights of the holders of any
series of Liberty Globals preferred stock to elect
additional directors, the number of Liberty Globals
directors shall not be less than three and the exact number
shall be fixed from time to time by a resolution adopted by the
affirmative vote of 75% of the members of Liberty Globals
board then in office. The members of Liberty Globals
board, other than those who may be elected by holders of Liberty
Globals preferred stock, are divided into three classes.
Each class consists, as nearly as possible, of a number of
directors equal to one-third of the then authorized number of
board members. The term of office of Liberty Globals
Class I directors expires at the annual meeting of Liberty
Global stockholders in 2006. The term of office of Liberty
Globals Class II directors expires at the annual
meeting of Liberty Global stockholders in 2007. The term of
office of Liberty Globals Class III directors expires
at the annual meeting of Liberty Global stockholders in 2008. At
each annual meeting of Liberty Global stockholders, the
successors of that class of directors whose term expires at that
meeting shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at
the annual meeting of Liberty Global stockholders held in the
third year following the year of their election. The directors
of each class will hold office until their respective successors
are elected and qualified.
Liberty Globals restated certificate of incorporation
provides that, subject to the rights of the holders of any
series of Liberty Globals preferred stock, Liberty
Globals directors may be removed from office only for
cause upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a
majority of the aggregate voting power of Liberty Globals
outstanding capital stock entitled to vote at an election of
directors, voting together as a single class.
Liberty Globals restated certificate of incorporation
provides that, subject to the rights of the holders of any
series of Liberty Globals preferred stock, vacancies on
Liberty Globals board resulting from death, resignation,
removal, disqualification or other cause, and newly created
directorships resulting from any increase in the number of
directors on Liberty Globals board, shall be filled only
by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors
then in office (even though less than a quorum) or by the sole
remaining director. Any director so elected shall hold office
for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in
which the vacancy occurred or to which the new directorship is
assigned, and until that directors successor shall have
been elected and qualified or until such directors earlier
death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of
directors constituting Liberty Globals board shall shorten
the term of any incumbent director, except as may be provided in
any certificate of designation with respect to a series of
Liberty Globals preferred stock with respect to any
additional director elected by the holders of that series of
Liberty Globals preferred stock.
These provisions would preclude a third party from removing
incumbent directors and simultaneously gaining control of
Liberty Globals board by filling the vacancies created by
removal with its own nominees. Under the classified board
provisions described above, it would take at least two elections
of directors for any individual or group to gain control of
Liberty Globals board. Accordingly, these provisions could
discourage a third party from initiating a proxy contest, making
a tender offer or otherwise attempting to gain control of
Liberty Global.
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No Shareowner Action by Written Consent; Special
Meetings |
Liberty Globals restated certificate of incorporation
provides that, except as otherwise provided in the terms of any
series of preferred stock, any action required to be taken or
which may be taken at any annual meeting or special meeting of
stockholders may not be taken without a meeting and may not be
effected by any consent in writing by such holders. Except as
otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the
holders of any series of Liberty Globals preferred stock,
special meetings of Liberty Global stockholders for any purpose
or purposes may be called only by Liberty Globals
Secretary at the request of at least 75% of the members of
Liberty Globals board then in office. No business other
than that stated in the notice of special meeting shall be
transacted at any special meeting.
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Advance Notice Procedures |
Liberty Globals bylaws establish an advance notice
procedure for stockholders to make nominations of candidates for
election as directors or to bring other business before an
annual meeting of Liberty Global stockholders.
All nominations by stockholders or other business to be properly
brought before a meeting of stockholders shall be made pursuant
to timely notice in proper written form to Liberty Globals
Secretary. To be timely, a stockholders notice shall be
given to Liberty Globals Secretary at Liberty
Globals offices as follows:
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(1) with respect to an annual meeting of Liberty Global
stockholders that is called for a date not more than
30 days before or 70 days after the anniversary date
of the immediately preceding annual meeting of Liberty Global
stockholders, such notice shall be given no earlier than the
close of business on the 120th day prior to such anniversary and
no later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to
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(2) with respect to an annual meeting of Liberty Global
stockholders that is called for a date which is more than
30 days before or 70 days after the anniversary date
of the immediately preceding annual meeting of Liberty Global
stockholders, such notice shall be given no earlier than the
close of business on the 120th day prior to the current annual
meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of
(A) the 90th day prior to the current annual meeting or
(b) the 10th day following the day on which Liberty Global
first publicly announces the date of the current annual
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(3) with respect to an election to be held at a special
meeting of Liberty Global stockholders, not earlier than the
close of business on the 120th day prior to such special meeting
and not later than the close of business on the later of the
90th day prior to such special meeting or the 10th day following
the day on which public announcement is first made of the date
of the special meeting. |
The public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a
meeting of Liberty Global stockholders does not commence a new
time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of any
such stockholder notice. However, if the number of directors to
be elected to Liberty Globals board at any meeting is
increased, and Liberty Global does not make a public
announcement naming all of the nominees for director or
specifying the size of the increased board at least
100 days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately
preceding annual meeting, a stockholders notice shall also
be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any
new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered
to Liberty Globals Secretary at Liberty Globals
offices not later than the close of business on the 10th day
following the day on which Liberty Global first made the
relevant public announcement. For purposes of the first annual
meeting of stockholders to be held in 2006, the first
anniversary date shall be deemed to be
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2006.
Liberty Globals restated certificate of incorporation
provides that, subject to the rights of the holders of any
series of Liberty Globals preferred stock, the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least 80% of the aggregate voting
power of Liberty Globals outstanding capital stock
generally entitled to vote upon all matters submitted to Liberty
Global stockholders, voting together as a single class, is
required to adopt, amend or repeal any provision of Liberty
Globals restated certificate of incorporation or the
addition or insertion of other provisions in the certificate,
provided that the foregoing voting requirement shall not apply
to any adoption, amendment, repeal, addition or insertion
(1) as to which Delaware law does not require the consent
of Liberty Global stockholders or (2) which has been
approved by at least 75% of the members of Liberty Globals
board then in office. Liberty Globals restated certificate
of incorporation further provides that the affirmative vote of
the holders of at least 80% of the aggregate voting power of
Liberty Globals outstanding capital stock generally
entitled to vote upon all matters submitted to Liberty Global
stockholders, voting together as a single class, is required to
adopt, amend or repeal any provision of Liberty Globals
bylaws, provided that the foregoing voting requirement shall not
apply to any adoption, amendment or repeal approved by the
affirmative vote of not less than 75% of the members of Liberty
Globals board then in office.
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Supermajority Voting Provisions |
In addition to the supermajority voting provisions discussed
under Amendments above, Liberty
Globals restated certificate of incorporation provides
that, subject to the rights of the holders of any series of
Liberty Globals preferred stock, the affirmative vote of
the holders of at least 80% of the aggregate voting power of
Liberty Globals outstanding capital stock generally
entitled to vote upon all matters submitted to Liberty Global
stockholders, voting together as a single class, is required for:
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Liberty Globals merger or consolidation with or into any
other corporation, provided, that the foregoing voting provision
shall not apply to any such merger or consolidation (1) as
to which the laws of the State of Delaware, as then in effect,
do not require the consent of Liberty Global stockholders, or
(2) that at least 75% of the members of Liberty
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the sale, lease or exchange of all, or substantially all, of
Liberty Globals assets, provided, that the foregoing
voting provisions shall not apply to any such sale, lease or
exchange that at least 75% of the members of Liberty
Globals board of directors then in office have
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Liberty Globals dissolution, provided, that the foregoing
voting provision shall not apply to such dissolution if at least
75% of the members of Liberty Globals board of directors
then in office have approved such dissolution. |
Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
prohibits certain transactions between a Delaware corporation
and an interested stockholder. An interested
stockholder for this purpose is a stockholder who is
directly or indirectly a beneficial owner of 15% or more of the
aggregate voting power of a Delaware corporation. This provision
prohibits certain business combinations between an interested
stockholder and a corporation for a period of three years after
the date on which the stockholder became an interested
stockholder, unless: (1) the transaction which resulted in
the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder is approved
by the corporations board of directors before the
stockholder became an interested stockholder, (2) the
interested stockholder acquired at least 85% of the aggregate
voting power of the corporation in the transaction in which the
stockholder became an interested stockholder, or (3) the
business combination is approved by a majority of the board of
directors and the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds
of the aggregate voting power not owned by the interested
stockholder at or subsequent to the time that the stockholder
became an interested stockholder. These restrictions do not
apply if, among other things, the corporations certificate
of incorporation contains a provision expressly electing not to
be governed by Section 203. In Liberty Globals
restated certificate of incorporation, Liberty Global has
elected not to be governed by Section 203.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
EquiServe Trust Company N.A. will be the transfer agent and
registrar for Liberty Globals common stock.
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COMPARISON OF THE RIGHTS OF STOCKHOLDERS OF LMI, UGC AND
LIBERTY GLOBAL
Liberty Global, LMI and UGC are each organized under the laws of
the State of Delaware. Any differences, therefore, in the rights
of holders of capital stock in Liberty Global, LMI and UGC arise
primarily from differences in their respective charters and
bylaws, in the case of LMI and UGC, as in effect on the date of
this joint proxy statement/ prospectus, and, in the case of
Liberty Global, as will be in effect at the effective time of
the mergers. Upon completion of the mergers, holders of LMI
common stock and holders of UGC common stock will become holders
of Liberty Global common stock and their rights will be governed
by Delaware law and Liberty Globals restated certificate
of incorporation and bylaws.
The following discussion summarizes the material differences
between the rights of LMI stockholders, UGC stockholders and
Liberty Global stockholders, as described in the applicable
provisions of their respective charters and bylaws. This section
does not include a complete description of all the differences
among the rights of these stockholders, nor does it include a
complete description of the specific rights of these
stockholders. All LMI stockholders and UGC stockholders are
urged to carefully read the relevant provisions of Delaware law
as well as the form of restated certificate of incorporation and
form of bylaws of Liberty Global included with this joint proxy
statement/ prospectus as Appendix F and Appendix G,
respectively.
Authorized Capital Stock
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The authorized capital stock of LMI consists of
(i) 1,050,000,000 shares of common stock, par value
$.01 per share, of which 500,000,000 shares are
designated LMI Series A common stock 50,000,000 shares
are designated LMI Series B common stock and
500,000,000 shares are designated LMI Series C common
stock and (ii) 50,000,000 shares of LMI preferred
stock, par value $.01 per share. LMIs restated
certificate of incorporation authorizes the board of directors
to authorize the issuance of one or more series of preferred
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The authorized capital stock of UGC consists of
(i) 2,400,000,000 shares of UGC common stock, par
value $.01 per share, of which 1,000,000,000 shares
are designated UGC Class A common stock,
1,000,000,000 shares are designated UGC Class B common
stock and 400,000,000 shares are designated UGC
Class C common stock and (ii) 10,000,000 shares
of UGC preferred stock, par value $.01 per share.
UGCs amended and restated certificate of incorporation
authorizes the board of directors to authorize the issuance of
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Voting Rights
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Under LMIs restated certificate of incorporation, holders
of LMI Series A common stock are entitled to one vote for
each share of such stock held, and holders of LMI Series B
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Under UGCs amended and restated certificate of
incorporation, holders of UGC Class A common stock are
entitled to one vote for each share of such stock held, holders |
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stock are entitled to ten votes for each share of such stock
held, on all matters submitted to a vote of LMI stockholders at
any annual or special meeting. Holders of LMI Series C
common stock are not entitled to any voting powers, except as
required by Delaware law (in which case holders of LMI
Series C common stock are entitled to 1/100th of a vote per
share).
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of UGC Class B common stock are entitled to ten votes for
each share of such stock held and holders of Class C common
stock are entitled to ten votes for each share of such stock
held. |
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Cumulative Voting
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Under Delaware law, stockholders of a Delaware corporation do
not have the right to cumulate their votes in the election of
directors, unless that right is granted in the certificate of
incorporation of the corporation. LMIs restated
certificate of incorporation does not permit cumulative voting
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Size of Board of Directors
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LMIs board of directors has eight members. LMIs
restated certificate of incorporation provides that the minimum
number of directors is three, and that the actual number of
directors may be fixed by the board of directors. |
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UGCs board of directors has ten members. UGCs
amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that
the number of directors shall not be fewer than nine nor more
than twelve, and that the actual number of directors may be
fixed by the board of directors. |
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Liberty Globals board of directors initially will have ten
members. Liberty Globals restated certificate of
incorporation and bylaws will provide that the minimum number of
directors is three, and that the actual number of directors may
be fixed by the board of directors. |
Classes of Directors
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LMIs restated certificate of incorporation provides that
its board of directors is divided into three classes of
directors with each class being elected to a staggered
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Removal of Directors
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Under LMIs restated certificate of incorporation, a
director may be removed from office only for cause upon the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the aggregate
voting power of the outstanding shares of LMI Series A
common stock, LMI Series B common stock and any series of
preferred stock entitled to vote upon matters that may be
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Under UGCs amended and restated certificate of
incorporation, any and all directors may be removed from the
board of directors with or without cause upon the affirmative
vote of holders of at least
662/3%
of the aggregate combined voting power of the UGC Class A
common stock, UGC Class B common stock and UGC Class C
common stock, voting together as a single class. |
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Vacancies on the Board of Directors
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LMIs restated certificate of incorporation provides that
vacancies resulting from death, resignation, removal,
disqualification or other cause, and newly created directorships
resulting from any increase in the number of directors on the
board of directors, shall be filled only by the affirmative vote
of a majority of the remaining directors then in office. |
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UGCs amended and restated certificate of incorporation
provides that any newly created directorship resulting from an
increase in the number of directors or any other vacancy,
however caused, shall be filled by a majority of the directors
then in office. |
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Limitation of Personal Liability of Directors
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Under Delaware law, a corporation may include in its certificate
of incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting the
personal liability of a director to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty
as a director; however, the provision may not eliminate or limit
the liability of a director for a breach of the duty of loyalty,
acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, unlawful payments of
dividends, certain stock |
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repurchases or redemptions or any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit. LMIs
restated certificate of incorporation limits the personal
liability of LMI directors for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent permitted by
Delaware law.
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Indemnification of Directors and Officers
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Delaware law provides that, subject to certain limitations in
the case of derivative suits brought by a corporations
stockholders in its name, a corporation may indemnify any person
who is made a party to any third-party action, suit or
proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation) on account of being a current or former director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation (or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation in such capacity for
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise) against expenses, including attorneys fees,
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the action,
suit or proceeding through, among other things, a majority of
directors who were not parties to the suit or proceeding, if the
person (i) acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably
believed to be in the best interests of the corporation (or in
some circumstances, at least not opposed to its best interests),
and (ii) in a criminal action or proceeding, had no
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conduct was unlawful. Delaware corporate law also permits
indemnification by a corporation under similar circumstances for
expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by such persons in connection with the
defense or settlement of a derivative action or suit, except
that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim,
issue or matter as to which the person is adjudged to be liable
to the corporation unless the Delaware Court of Chancery or the
court in which the action or suit was brought determines upon
application that the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for the expenses which the court deems to be proper.
To the extent that a current or former director, officer,
employee or agent is successful in the defense of such an
action, suit or proceeding, the corporation is required by
Delaware corporate law to indemnify such person for reasonable
expenses incurred thereby. Expenses (including attorneys
fees) incurred by such persons in defending any action, suit or
proceeding may be paid in advance of the final disposition of
such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking
by or on behalf of that person to repay the amount if it is
ultimately determined that person is not entitled to be so
indemnified. LMIs restated certificate of incorporation
provides for (i) the indemnification of its current or
former directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by
law, and (ii) the prepayment of expenses (including
attorneys fees) upon receipt of an undertaking to repay
such
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amounts if it is ultimately determined that the director or
officer is not entitled to indemnification.
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Action by Written Consent
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LMIs restated certificate of incorporation specifically
denies LMI stockholders the power to consent in writing, without
a meeting, to the taking of any action. |
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allows UGC stockholders to take action by written consent. |
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Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation
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LMIs restated certificate of incorporation requires, for
the amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of or the
addition or insertion of any provision in LMIs restated
certificate of incorporation, the affirmative vote of the
holders of at least 80% of the aggregate voting power of the
outstanding shares of LMI Series A common stock, LMI
Series B common stock and any series of preferred stock
entitled to vote upon matters submitted to a stockholder vote,
unless the amendment (i) is not required to be approved by
LMI stockholders under Delaware Law or (ii) has been
approved by 75% of the LMI directors then in office. |
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UGCs amended and restated certificate of incorporation
requires the affirmative vote of the holders of
662/3%
of the aggregate voting power of the outstanding UGC common
stock, voting together as a single class, to amend, alter,
repeal or adopt provisions of the amended and restated
certificate of incorporation relating to the following matters:
(1) the classification of directors, (2) the election
of directors, (3) the term of office of directors,
(4) the filling of vacant directorships, (5) the
removal of directors, (6) the nominations of directors,
(7) the calling of special meetings of stockholders,
(8) requirements concerning amendments to the bylaws and
(9) requirements concerning amendments to the amended and
restated certificate of incorporation. The items listed under
(1) through (6) also require the affirmative vote of the holders
of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding UGC
Class C common stock, voting separately. |
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Amendments to Bylaws
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Delaware law provides that stockholders have the power to amend
the bylaws of a corporation unless the certificate of
incorporation grants such power to the board of directors, in
which case either the stockholders or the board of directors may
amend the bylaws. LMIs restated certificate of
incorporation authorizes the board of directors, by the
affirmative vote of not less than 75% of the directors then in
office, to adopt, amend or repeal any provision of the bylaws. |
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Delaware law provides that stockholders shall have the power to
amend the bylaws of a corporation unless the certificate of
incorporation grants such power to the board of directors, in
which case either the stockholders or the board of directors may
amend the bylaws. UGCs amended and restated certificate of
incorporation provides that the board of directors has the power
to adopt, alter, amend or repeal the bylaws of UGC by a vote of
the majority of the directors then in office. The holders of
shares of outstanding equity securities of UGC entitled to vote
in the election of directors, to the extent such power is
conferred on them by application of law, also have the power to
adopt, alter, amend or repeal the bylaws of UGC if approved by
at least
662/3%
of the aggregate voting power of the outstanding UGC common
stock, voting together as a single class. |
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Special Meetings of Stockholders
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LMIs restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws
provide that the secretary may call special meetings of the
stockholders, only at the request of 75% of the members of the
board of directors then in office. |
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UGCs bylaws provide that special meetings may be called
only (i) by the board of directors pursuant to a resolution
approved by a majority of the directors then in office,
(ii) by the chairman of the board of directors or
(iii) at the request of holders of common stock
representing a majority of the aggregate voting power of the
outstanding equity securities entitled to vote in the election
of director. |
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Vote on Extraordinary Corporate Transactions
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Under Delaware law, a sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of a corporations assets, a merger or
consolidation of a corporation with another corporation or a
dissolution of a corporation requires the affirmative vote of
the corporations board of directors (except in limited
circumstances) plus, with limited exceptions, the affirmative
vote of a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote on
the transaction. LMIs restated certificate of
incorporation requires the affirmative vote of holders of at
least 80% of the aggregate voting power of the outstanding
shares of LMI Series A common stock, LMI Series B
common stock and any series of preferred stock entitled to vote
upon matters submitted to an LMI stockholder vote to authorize:
(i) a merger or consolidation with and into any other
corporation, unless (a) the laws of the state of Delaware
do not require stockholder consent or (b) 75% of the
members of the board of directors have approved the merger or
consolidation, (ii) the sale, lease or exchange of all, or
substantially all, assets of LMI, unless 75% of the members of
the board of directors then in office have approved the
transaction or (iii) the dissolution of LMI, unless 75% of
the members of the board of directors then in office have
approved the dissolution. |
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Under Delaware law, a sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of a corporations assets, a merger or
consolidation of a corporation with another corporation or a
dissolution of a corporation requires the affirmative vote of
the corporations board of directors (except in limited
circumstances) plus, with limited exceptions, the affirmative
vote of a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote on
the transaction. UGCs amended and restated certificate of
incorporation and bylaws include no additional provisions in
this regard, and the Delaware law applies without modification. |
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State Anti-Takeover Statutes
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engaging in significant business transactions, including
mergers, with a holder of 15% or more of the corporations
stock, referred to as an interested stockholder, for a period of
three years after the interested stockholder becomes an
interested stockholder, unless the certificate of incorporation
contains a provision expressly electing not to be governed by
such a section. LMIs restated certificate of incorporation
expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203.
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Notice of Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominations
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Under LMIs bylaws, for director nominations or other
business to be properly brought before an LMI annual meeting by
a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice
thereof in writing to the Secretary of LMI and any such proposed
business other than the nominations of persons for election to
the board of directors, must constitute a proper matter for
stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholders notice
must be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive
offices of LMI not later than the close of business on the
ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business
on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the first
anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting
(provided, however, that in the event that the date of the
annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more
than seventy (70) days after such anniversary date, notice
by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the
close of business on the one |
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Under UGCs bylaws, for director nominations or other
business to be properly brought before a UGC annual meeting by a
stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice
thereof in writing to the Secretary of UGC and any such proposed
business other than the nominations of persons for election to
the board of directors, must constitute a proper matter for
stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholders notice
must be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive
offices of UGC not later than the close of business on the
ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on
the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the first
anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting
(provided, however, that in the event that the date of the
annual meeting is advanced more than thirty (30) days prior
to or delayed by more than thirty (30) days after the
anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, notice
by the stockholder must be so |
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hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and
not later than the close of business on the later of the
ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth
(10th) day following the day on which public announcement
of the date of such meeting is first made by LMI).
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delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one
hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting
and not later than the close of business on the later of the
ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the
tenth (10th) day following the day on which public
announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by UGC). |
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LIBERTY GLOBAL UNAUDITED CONDENSED PRO FORMA COMBINED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
General
The accompanying unaudited condensed pro forma combined
financial statements reflect the pro forma effects of
(1) the proposed mergers (the Proposed Mergers)
contemplated by the merger agreement, whereby Liberty Global
will acquire all of the capital stock of UGC that LMI does not
already own and LMI and UGC will become wholly owned
subsidiaries of Liberty Global; and (2) the July 1,
2004 acquisition of Suez-Lyonnaise Télécom SA (Noos)
and the January 1, 2005 consolidation of LMI/Sumisho Super
Media LLC (Super Media) and Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd.
(J-COM) (together with the Noos acquisition, the Consummated
Transactions).
The following unaudited condensed pro forma combined balance
sheet of Liberty Global, dated as of December 31, 2004,
assumes that the Proposed Mergers and the consolidation of Super
Media and J-COM were effective as of such date. The following
unaudited condensed pro forma combined statement of operations
of Liberty Global for the year ended December 31, 2004
includes the pro forma effects of the Proposed Mergers and the
Consummated Transactions, as if each of such transactions were
effective as of January 1, 2004.
The unaudited pro forma results do not purport to be indicative
of the financial position and results of operations that Liberty
Global will obtain in the future, or that Liberty Global would
have obtained if the Proposed Mergers and Consummated
Transactions were effective as of the dates indicated above.
These unaudited condensed pro forma combined financial
statements of Liberty Global have been derived from and should
be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements
and related notes thereto of LMI and UGC. The LMI historical
financial statements are included in Appendix A:
Information Concerning Liberty Media International,
Inc. Part 4: Historical Financial Statements of
LMI and its Significant Affiliates and Acquirees and the
UGC historical financial statements are incorporated by
reference into this document. See Additional
Information Where You Can Find More
Information.
Proposed Mergers
At December 31, 2004, LMI owned 53.6% of the outstanding
equity securities of UGC representing approximately 91.0% of
UGCs outstanding voting power. Pursuant to the Proposed
Mergers, each share of LMI Series A common stock or
Series B common stock owned by an LMI stockholder will be
exchanged for one share of the corresponding series of Liberty
Global common stock. Stockholders of UGC (other than LMI and its
wholly owned subsidiaries) may elect to receive, for each share
of UGC common stock owned by them, either:
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0.2155 of a share of Liberty Global Series A common stock
(plus cash in lieu of any fractional share interest) (the stock
election); or |
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$9.58 in cash, without interest (the cash election). |
UGC stockholders who make the cash election will be subject to
proration so that, in the aggregate, the cash consideration paid
to UGC stockholders does not exceed 20% of the aggregate value
of the merger consideration payable to UGC public stockholders.
If proration is made, any share for which a holder is not
entitled to receive cash will be converted into 0.2155 of a
share of Liberty Global Series A common stock (plus cash in
lieu of any fractional share interest).
The Proposed Mergers will be accounted for as a step
acquisition by LMI of the remaining minority interest in
UGC. The purchase price in this step acquisition will include
the consideration issued to UGC public stockholders to acquire
the UGC interest not already owned by LMI and the direct
acquisition costs incurred by LMI. As UGC was a consolidated
subsidiary of LMI prior to the Proposed Mergers, the purchase
price will first be applied to eliminate the minority interest
in UGC from the consolidated balance sheet of LMI, and the
remaining purchase price will be allocated on a pro rata basis
to the identifiable assets and liabilities of UGC based upon
their respective fair values at the effective date of the
Proposed Mergers and the minority interest in UGC (46.4% at
December 31, 2004) to be acquired by Liberty Global
pursuant to the Proposed Mergers. Any excess purchase price that
remains after amounts have been allocated to the net
identifiable assets of UGC will be recorded as
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goodwill. As the acquiring company for accounting purposes, LMI
will be the predecessor to Liberty Global and the historical
financial statements of LMI will become the historical financial
statements of Liberty Global. As discussed further in the
accompanying notes, the preliminary calculation of the purchase
price reflected in the accompanying unaudited condensed pro
forma combined financial statements is based upon the assumption
that all UGC stockholders (other than LMI and its wholly owned
subsidiaries) will elect to receive shares of Liberty Global in
the Proposed Mergers. In addition, the preliminary purchase
price allocation reflected in the accompanying unaudited
condensed pro forma combined financial statements is subject to
adjustment based upon the final assessment of the fair values of
UGCs identifiable assets and liabilities.
Consummated Transactions
Noos Acquisition. On July 1, 2004, UPC Broadband
France SAS (UPC Broadband France), an indirect wholly owned
subsidiary of UGC and the owner of UGCs French cable
television operations, acquired Noos from Suez SA (Suez). Noos
is a provider of digital and analog cable television services
and high-speed internet access services in France. The final
purchase price for a 100% interest in Noos was
approximately 567,102,000
($689,989,000 at July 1, 2004), consisting
of 487,085,000
($592,633,000 at July 1, 2004) in cash, a 19.9% equity
interest in UPC Broadband France valued at
approximately 71,339,000
($86,798,000 at July 1, 2004)
and 8,678,000
($10,558,000 at July 1, 2004) in direct acquisition costs.
UGC has accounted for this transaction as the acquisition of an
80.1% interest in Noos and the sale of a 19.9% interest in UPC
Broadband France. Under the purchase method of accounting, the
final purchase price was allocated to the acquired identifiable
tangible and intangible assets and liabilities based upon their
respective fair values.
Consolidation of Super Media/J-COM. J-COM owns and
operates broadband businesses in Japan. On December 28,
2004, LMIs 45.45% ownership interest in J-COM, and a
19.78% interest in J-COM owned by Sumitomo Corporation
(Sumitomo) were combined in Super Media. Super Medias
investment in J-COM was originally recorded at the respective
historical cost bases of LMI and Sumitomo on the date that their
J-COM interests were combined in Super Media. As a result of
these transactions, LMI held a 69.68% noncontrolling interest in
Super Media, and Super Media held a 65.23% controlling interest
in J-COM at December 31, 2004. At December 31, 2004,
Sumitomo also held a 12.25% direct interest in J-COM and
Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) held a 19.46% beneficial
interest in J-COM. Subject to certain conditions, Sumitomo has
the obligation to contribute to Super Media substantially all of
its remaining equity interest in J-COM during 2005. Also,
Sumitomo and LMI are generally required to contribute to Super
Media any additional shares of J-COM that either party acquires
and to permit the other party to participate in any additional
acquisition of J-COM shares during the term of Super Media.
Due to certain veto rights held by Sumitomo, LMI accounted for
its 69.68% ownership interest in Super Media using the equity
method of accounting at December 31, 2004. On
February 18, 2005, J-COM announced an initial public
offering of its common shares in Japan. Under the terms of the
operating agreement of Super Media, LMIs casting or
tie-breaking vote with respect to decisions of the management
committee became effective upon this announcement. Super Media
is managed by a management committee consisting of two members,
one appointed by LMI and one appointed by Sumitomo. From and
after February 18, 2005, the management committee member
appointed by LMI has a casting or deciding vote with respect to
any management committee decision that LMI and Sumitomo are
unable to agree on, with the exception of the terms of the
initial public offering of J-COM. Certain decisions with respect
to Super Media will continue to require the consent of both
members rather than the management committee. These include any
decision to engage in any business other than holding J-COM
shares, sell J-COM shares, issue additional units in Super
Media, make in-kind distributions or dissolve Super Media, in
each case other than as contemplated by the Super Media
operating agreement.
As a result of the above-described change in the governance of
Super Media, LMI will begin accounting for Super Media and J-COM
as consolidated subsidiaries effective January 1, 2005.
On March 23, 2005, Sumitomo contributed additional J-COM
shares to Super Media, increasing Sumitomos interest in
Super Media to 32.4%, and decreasing LMIs interest in
Super Media to 67.6%. Also on March 23,
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2005, J-COM completed an initial public offering of its common
shares. After giving effect to Sumitomos additional
contribution of J-COM shares to Super Media and the consummation
of J-COMs initial public offering, Super Medias
ownership interest in J-COM is approximately 55.46%. If
J-COMs overallotment option is exercised in full, Super
Medias ownership interest in J-COM will decrease to
approximately 54.46%. The accompanying unaudited condensed pro
forma combined financial statements do not give effect to the
proceeds received by J-COM in connection with the initial public
offering or to the aforementioned changes in (i) LMIs
ownership interest in Super Media, or (ii) Super
Medias ownership interest in J-COM.
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Liberty Global, Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Pro Forma Combined Balance Sheet
December 31, 2004
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Pro forma | |
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(Super Media/J-COM | |
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Pro forma | |
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Consolidation) | |
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(Proposed Mergers) | |
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Historical | |
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Adjustments | |
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Adjustments | |
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Liberty | |
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increase | |
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increase | |
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Global | |
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LMI | |
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J-COM | |
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(decrease) | |
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As adjusted | |
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(decrease) | |
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as adjusted | |
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amounts in thousands | |
Assets: |
Cash and cash equivalents
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$ |
2,531,486 |
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101,749 |
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|
2,633,235 |
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(11,000 |
)(5) |
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2,622,235 |
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Receivables and other current assets
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661,097 |
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165,535 |
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|
|
|
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826,632 |
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826,632 |
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Investments and related receivables
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2,704,250 |
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65,178 |
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(2,517 |
)(1) |
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1,716,960 |
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|
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|
|
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1,716,960 |
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(1,049,951 |
)(2) |
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Property and equipment, net
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4,303,099 |
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2,441,196 |
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6,744,295 |
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6,744,295 |
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Intangible assets not subject to amortization
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2,897,953 |
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1,373,486 |
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491,097 |
(3) |
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4,762,536 |
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2,369,860 |
(5) |
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7,132,396 |
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Other assets
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604,478 |
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142,392 |
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|
|
|
|
|
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746,870 |
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746,870 |
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Total assets
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$ |
13,702,363 |
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4,289,536 |
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(561,371 |
) |
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17,430,528 |
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2,358,860 |
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19,789,388 |
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Liabilities and Stockholders Equity: |
Current liabilities
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$ |
1,421,092 |
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375,794 |
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(2,517 |
)(1) |
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1,794,369 |
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|
|
|
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1,794,369 |
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Debt, excluding current portion
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4,981,960 |
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|
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2,112,722 |
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|
|
|
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7,094,682 |
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|
|
|
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7,094,682 |
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Deferred income tax liabilities, excluding current portion
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|
458,138 |
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|
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|
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458,138 |
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|
|
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|
|
458,138 |
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Other liabilities
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409,998 |
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440,371 |
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|
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850,369 |
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850,369 |
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Total liabilities
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7,271,188 |
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2,928,887 |
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(2,517 |
) |
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10,197,558 |
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10,197,558 |
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Minority interests in subsidiaries
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1,204,369 |
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9,513 |
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792,282 |
(4) |
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2,006,164 |
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(1,099,969 |
)(5) |
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906,195 |
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Stockholders Equity:
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Common stock
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1,758 |
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1,758 |
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(1,758 |
)(5) |
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2,517 |
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2,517 |
(5) |
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Additional paid-in capital
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7,001,635 |
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7,001,635 |
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3,330,180 |
(5) |
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10,331,815 |
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Accumulated deficit
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(1,662,707 |
) |
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(1,662,707 |
) |
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|
(1,662,707 |
) |
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Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes
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|
14,010 |
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|
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14,010 |
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|
14,010 |
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Treasury stock
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(127,890 |
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(127,890 |
) |
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|
127,890 |
(5) |
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J-COM equity
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1,351,136 |
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(1,351,136 |
)(2) |
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Total stockholders equity
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5,226,806 |
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1,351,136 |
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(1,351,136 |
) |
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5,226,806 |
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3,458,829 |
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|
8,685,635 |
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Total liabilities and stockholders equity
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$ |
13,702,363 |
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|
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4,289,536 |
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(561,371 |
) |
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|
17,430,528 |
|
|
|
2,358,860 |
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|
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19,789,388 |
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|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
See notes to unaudited condensed pro forma combined financial
statements.
167
Liberty Global, Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Pro Forma Combined Statement of
Operations
Year ended December 31, 2004
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|
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Pro forma | |
|
Pro forma | |
|
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Historical | |
|
(Consummated Transactions) | |
|
(Proposed Mergers) | |
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| |
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| |
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|
Adjustments | |
|
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|
|
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|
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|
increase (decrease) | |
|
|
|
Adjustments | |
|
Liberty | |
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|
|
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| |
|
As | |
|
increase | |
|
Global as | |
|
|
LMI | |
|
Noos* | |
|
J-COM | |
|
Noos* | |
|
J-COM | |
|
adjusted | |
|
(decrease) | |
|
adjusted | |
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amounts in thousands | |
Revenue
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|
$ |
2,644,284 |
|
|
|
199,880 |
|
|
|
1,504,709 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,348,873 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,348,873 |
|
Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
(1,756,136 |
) |
|
|
(147,126 |
) |
|
|
(915,112 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,818,374 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,818,374 |
) |
Stock compensation
|
|
|
(142,762 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(783 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(143,545 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(143,545 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
(960,888 |
) |
|
|
(73,052 |
) |
|
|
(378,868 |
) |
|
|
(2,978 |
)(6) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,415,786 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,415,786 |
) |
Other operating expenses
|
|
|
(98,371 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(98,371 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(98,371 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss)
|
|
|
(313,873 |
) |
|
|
(20,298 |
) |
|
|
209,946 |
|
|
|
(2,978 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(127,203 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(127,203 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Other income (expense):
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(288,532 |
) |
|
|
(40,394 |
) |
|
|
(94,958 |
) |
|
|
37,702 |
(7) |
|
|
9,428 |
(9) |
|
|
(376,754 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(376,754 |
) |
|
Share of earnings of affiliates, net
|
|
|
38,710 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,677 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(45,092 |
)(10) |
|
|
(705 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(705 |
) |
|
Gain on exchange of investment security
|
|
|
178,818 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
178,818 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
178,818 |
|
|
Gain on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
35,787 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,787 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,787 |
|
|
Other, net
|
|
|
120,206 |
|
|
|
727 |
|
|
|
337 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9,428 |
)(9) |
|
|
111,842 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
111,842 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
84,989 |
|
|
|
(39,667 |
) |
|
|
(88,944 |
) |
|
|
37,702 |
|
|
|
(45,092 |
) |
|
|
(51,012 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(51,012 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) before income tax and minority interest
|
|
|
(228,884 |
) |
|
|
(59,965 |
) |
|
|
121,002 |
|
|
|
34,724 |
|
|
|
(45,092 |
) |
|
|
(178,215 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(178,215 |
) |
Income tax benefit (expense)
|
|
|
17,449 |
|
|
|
(101 |
) |
|
|
(17,315 |
) |
|
|
|
(12) |
|
|
15,640 |
(12) |
|
|
15,673 |
|
|
|
|
(12) |
|
|
15,673 |
|
Minority interests in losses (earnings) of subsidiaries
|
|
|
179,677 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,231 |
) |
|
|
16,193 |
(8) |
|
|
(54,251 |
)(11) |
|
|
137,388 |
|
|
|
(184,607 |
)(13) |
|
|
(47,219 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
$ |
(31,758 |
) |
|
|
(60,066 |
) |
|
|
99,456 |
|
|
|
50,917 |
|
|
|
(83,703 |
) |
|
|
(25,154 |
) |
|
|
(184,607 |
) |
|
|
(209,761 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss per share
|
|
$ |
(0.20 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.15 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.83 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average shares outstanding (14)
|
|
|
162,481 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
162,481 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
251,726 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* |
For the 6 months ended June 30, 2004 |
See notes to unaudited condensed pro forma combined financial
statements.
168
LIBERTY GLOBAL, INC.
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Pro Forma Combined Financial
Statements
December 31, 2004
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Represents the elimination of intercompany balances between LMI
and J-COM. |
|
|
|
|
(2) |
Represents the elimination of LMIs equity method
investment in J-COM and the elimination of J-COMs
stockholders equity. |
|
|
|
|
(3) |
Represents the increase in goodwill for the aggregate amount of
the excess of Super Medias investment in J-COM over its
proportionate share of J-COMs equity. Super Medias
investment in J-COM was originally recorded at the respective
historical cost bases of LMI and Sumitomo on the date that their
J-COM interests were combined in Super Media. |
|
|
|
|
(4) |
Represents the minority interests in Super Media and J-COM, as
set forth below (amounts in thousands): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minority interest in J-COM
|
|
$ |
469,790 |
|
Minority interest in Super Media
|
|
|
322,492 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
792,282 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5) |
Represents the adjustments required to reflect the Proposed
Mergers, including adjustments to (i) record the issuance
of 244,462,021 Liberty Global Series A shares and
7,264,300 Liberty Global Series B shares in connection
with the Proposed Mergers, (ii) eliminate the minority
interests in UGCs equity, (iii) record the
preliminary allocation of the step acquisition purchase price,
(iv) eliminate LMIs common stock and treasury stock,
and (v) reflect the payment of $11,000,000 of direct
acquisition costs. The number of shares assumed to be issued in
connection with the proposed mergers is based upon (A) the
number of issued and outstanding shares of LMI and UGC common
stock as of December 31, 2004, and (B) the assumption
that all UGC stockholders (other than LMI and its wholly owned
subsidiaries) will make an election to receive shares of Liberty
Global Series A common stock. |
As discussed in the headnote to these unaudited condensed pro
forma combined financial statements, UGC stockholders (other
than LMI and its wholly owned subsidiaries) may make a stock or
cash election. Stockholders who make the cash election will be
subject to proration so that, in the aggregate, the cash
consideration paid to UGC stockholders does not exceed 20% of
the aggregate value of the merger consideration payable to UGC
public stockholders. The accompanying unaudited condensed pro
forma combined balance sheet and statements of operations for
Liberty Global assume that all UGC stockholders (other than LMI
and its wholly owned subsidiaries) make the stock election. A
comparison of the preliminary purchase price calculation and
allocation assuming UGC stockholders (other than LMI and its
wholly owned subsidiaries) receive (i) all stock
consideration or (ii) 80% stock and 20% cash consideration
is set forth below (dollar amounts in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
80% stock and | |
|
|
All Stock | |
|
20% cash (d) | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Liberty Global Series A shares issued to UGC public
stockholders(a):
|
|
|
78,947,059 |
|
|
|
63,157,647 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value of shares issued(b)
|
|
$ |
3,458,829 |
|
|
|
2,767,063 |
|
Cash consideration
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
701,914 |
|
Estimated direct acquisition costs
|
|
|
11,000 |
|
|
|
11,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total purchase price
|
|
|
3,469,829 |
|
|
|
3,479,977 |
|
Eliminate minority interest in UGC
|
|
|
(1,099,969 |
) |
|
|
(1,099,969 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allocate residual to goodwill(c)
|
|
$ |
2,369,860 |
|
|
|
2,380,008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Represents the number of shares that would have been issued to
UGC stockholders (other than LMI and its wholly owned
subsidiaries) based upon the number of shares of UGC common
stock that were |
169
|
|
|
|
|
|
issued and outstanding on December 31, 2004. The actual
number of shares issued in the Proposed Mergers will depend on
the number of shares of UGC common stock outstanding on the
closing date and the portion of the consideration that is paid
in Liberty Global shares. |
|
|
|
(b) |
The fair value of the shares issued is based upon a fair value
of $43.812 per share, which is the average of the quoted
market price of LMI Series A common stock for the period
beginning two trading days before and ending two trading days
after the date that the Proposed Mergers were announced
(January 18, 2004). |
|
|
|
(c) |
For purposes of these unaudited condensed pro forma combined
financial statements, it has been assumed that the historical
cost of UGCs existing assets and liabilities approximate
their fair value. Accordingly, the excess purchase price after
the elimination of the UGC minority interest has been allocated
to goodwill. Consistent with the requirements of Statement of
Financial Accounting No. 142, Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets, the unaudited condensed pro forma
combined statements of operations do not reflect any
amortization of this goodwill. The final allocation of the
purchase price will be based upon appraisals and may result in
the allocation of consideration to identifiable assets and
liabilities, including assets with definitive lives. To the
extent that consideration is allocated to assets with definitive
lives, the final allocation of the purchase price could result
in additional depreciation and or amortization expense that in
turn would result in higher operating losses, net losses and net
loss per share in subsequent periods. For example, if
$500 million of the excess consideration had been allocated
to property and equipment that had a weighted average life of
10 years, the accompanying unaudited condensed pro forma
combined statements of operations of Liberty Global for the year
ended December 31, 2004 would have reflected increases in,
(i) the pro forma operating loss of $50,000,000;
(ii) the pro forma net loss of $32,135,000 (based upon
LMIs weighted average statutory income tax rate); and
(iii) the pro forma loss per share of $0.13. |
|
|
|
|
(d) |
As noted above, the amount of cash consideration payable to UGC
stockholders is limited to 20% of the total consideration
payable to UGC public stockholders, namely UGC stockholders
other than Permitted Holders within the meaning of
UGCs indenture with respect to its
13/4% convertible
senior notes due 2024 (Permitted Holders). Permitted Holders
include LMI, Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty), and the Chief
Executive Officer and each member of the board of directors of
UGC, LMI and Liberty as of April 1, 2004 and each of the
Affiliated Persons, as defined, of the foregoing).
The pro forma calculations of the number of shares of Liberty
Global Series A common stock to be issued, the fair value
of such shares to be issued, and the cash consideration to be
paid under the 80% stock and 20% cash column have
not been adjusted to give effect to the number of shares of UGC
Class A common stock held by Permitted Holders other than
LMI and its wholly owned subsidiaries. If the shares held by
Permitted Holders other than LMI and its wholly owned
subsidiaries had been considered in the aforementioned pro forma
calculations, the pro forma amounts would not have been
materially different. If the number of shares of UGC
Class A common stock held by Permitted Holders were to be
increased by 1 million shares above the amount currently
reflected in these pro forma financial statements, the maximum
cash consideration to be paid would be decreased by $1,916,000
and the number of shares of Liberty Global Series A common
stock to be issued would be increased by 215,500. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6) |
The pro forma adjustment to depreciation and amortization
expense consists of the depreciation and amortization of Noos
purchase price allocations to property and equipment (estimated
weighted average life of 9.5 years) and amortizable
intangible assets (estimated lives ranging from 3 to
6 years). |
|
|
|
|
(7) |
Represents the elimination of $40,394,000 of Noos
historical interest expense as UPC Broadband France did not
assume the related debt, less $2,692,000 of interest expense on
the debt incurred by UGC to finance a portion of the Noos
acquisition. |
|
170
|
|
|
|
(8) |
Represents pro forma adjustments to minority interests in losses
(earnings) of subsidiaries as a result of the Noos acquisition,
as follows (amounts in thousands): |
|
|
|
|
|
Minority interest in UPC Broadband France (19.9%)
|
|
$ |
8,273 |
|
Minority interest in UGC (46.4%)
|
|
|
7,920 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
16,193 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9) |
Represents the elimination of (i) intercompany interest on
shareholder loans between J-COM and LMI and (ii) guarantee
fees earned by LMI from J-COM. |
|
|
|
(10) |
Represents the elimination of LMIs share of earnings of
J-COM as a result of the consolidation of Super Media and J-COM. |
|
|
|
(11) |
Represents pro forma adjustments to minority interests in losses
(earnings) of subsidiaries as a result of the consolidation of
Super Media and J-COM as follows (amounts in thousands): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minority interest in J-COM (34.77%)
|
|
$ |
(34,581 |
) |
Minority interest in Super Media (30.32%)
|
|
|
(19,670 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(54,251 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(12) |
Represents the tax effects of the pro forma adjustments related
to the consolidation of Super Media and J-COM. The pro forma
adjustments associated with the Noos acquisition and the
Proposed Mergers had no impact on pro forma income tax expense
due primarily to the fact that the pro forma adjustments relate
to jurisdictions where valuation allowances have been provided
against deferred tax assets. |
|
|
|
(13) |
Represents the elimination of the minority interests share
of UGCs results as a result of the Proposed Mergers. |
|
|
|
(14) |
The historical weighted average shares outstanding assume that
the June 7, 2004 distribution of LMI common stock to the
stockholders of Liberty occurred on January 1, 2004 and the
pro forma weighted average shares outstanding assume that the
number of Liberty Global common shares that would have been
issued and outstanding had the Proposed Mergers occurred on
December 31, 2004 were outstanding since January 1,
2004. |
|
171
LMI ANNUAL BUSINESS MATTER PROPOSALS
LMI Election of Directors Proposal
LMIs board of directors currently consists of eight
directors, divided among three classes. LMIs Class I
directors, whose term will expire at the LMI annual meeting, are
David E. Rapley and Larry E. Romrell. These directors are
nominated for re-election to LMIs board to continue to
serve as Class I directors, and LMI has been informed that
each of Messrs. Rapley and Romrell are willing to continue
to serve as directors of LMI. The term of LMIs
Class I directors who are elected at the annual meeting
will expire in 2008. LMIs Class II directors, whose
term will expire at the annual meeting of LMI stockholders in
2006, are Robert R. Bennett, Donne F. Fisher and M. LaVoy
Robison. LMIs Class III directors, whose term will
expire at the annual meeting of LMI stockholders in 2007, are
John C. Malone, J.C. Sparkman and J. David Wargo. Set forth
under Management of LMI Executive Officers and
Directors is certain background information for each
director of LMI including:
|
|
|
|
|
|
birth date; |
|
|
|
|
|
positions held with LMI; |
|
|
|
|
|
principal occupation, if any; |
|
|
|
|
|
business address; |
|
|
|
|
|
certain other directorships held; and |
|
|
|
|
|
the year in which such person became a director of LMI. |
|
In addition, the number of shares of LMI common stock
beneficially owned by each LMI director as of February 28,
2005, is set forth under Management of LMI
Security Ownership of Management.
If any nominee should decline re-election or should become
unable to serve as a director of LMI for any reason before
re-election, votes will be cast for a substitute nominee, if
any, designated by the LMI board of directors, or, if none is so
designated prior to the election, votes will be cast according
to the judgment of the person or persons voting the proxy.
A plurality of the affirmative votes of the shares of LMI common
stock outstanding on the record date, voting together as a
single class, that are voted in person or by proxy at the annual
meeting is required to elect Messrs. Rapley and Romrell as
Class I members of LMIs board of directors.
The LMI board of directors recommends a vote
FOR the election of each nominee to
LMIs board of directors.
LMI Incentive Plan Proposal
In connection with LMIs spin off from Liberty, the board
of directors of LMI, on May 11, 2004, approved and adopted
the Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan and
determined to submit the incentive plan for the approval of
Liberty, as LMIs then-sole stockholder. On May 11,
2004, Liberty, as the sole stockholder of LMI, approved the
incentive plan. The compensation committee of LMIs board
of directors began granting awards under the incentive plan
following LMIs spin off from Liberty on June 7, 2004.
For information regarding these awards, see Management of
LMI Equity Compensation Plan Information
Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (As
Amended and Restated Effective March 9, 2005)
Outstanding Awards.
172
If the mergers are completed, (1) all outstanding awards
under the incentive plan will be converted into awards with
respect to an identical series of shares of Liberty Global
common stock; (2) Liberty Global will assume the incentive
plan and succeed LMI as the issuer under the incentive plan;
(3) all future awards issued under the incentive plan will
be with respect to Liberty Global common stock rather than LMI
common stock; (4) the name of the plan will automatically
change to the Liberty Global, Inc. 2005 Incentive
Plan; and (5) the maximum number of shares of any
series of Liberty Global common stock with respect to which
awards will be issuable by Liberty Global under the incentive
plan will be 25 million, subject to anti-dilution and other
adjustment provisions of the incentive plan.
Prior to the amendment and restatement of the incentive plan on
March 9, 2005, the maximum number of shares of any series
of Liberty Global common stock with respect to which awards
could have been granted under the incentive plan following the
mergers was 20 million. LMIs compensation committee
determined to amend and restate the incentive plan to provide,
among other things, that, if the mergers are completed, the
maximum number of shares of any series of Liberty Global common
stock with respect to which awards may be issued by Liberty
Global under the incentive plan will be 25 million. The
increase was deemed advisable because following the mergers
equity incentive awards granted to the employees of UGC and its
subsidiaries will be granted under the Liberty Global plan,
instead of the various UGC stock incentive plans which will no
longer be available for future awards, and because Liberty
Global will have a significantly larger number of shares of
common stock outstanding following the mergers than LMI has
currently.
If the mergers are not completed for any reason, the maximum
number of shares of any series of LMI common stock with respect
to which awards may be issued under the incentive plan will
remain at 20 million, subject to anti-dilution and other
adjustment provisions of the incentive plan.
In order for certain awards under the incentive plan to be
eligible for favorable tax treatment under Section 162(m)
of the Code, the incentive plan must be approved by the public
stockholders of LMI. If the LMI incentive plan proposal is
approved at the LMI annual meeting and the mergers are
completed, no separate approval of the incentive plan by the
stockholders of Liberty Global will be sought.
|
|
|
Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (As
Amended and Restated Effective March 9, 2005) |
LMI is requesting that its stockholders approve the incentive
plan. A description of the material provisions of the incentive
plan is set forth under Management of LMI
Equity Compensation Plan Information Liberty Media
International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated
Effective March 9, 2005). The summary set forth
thereunder is not intended to be complete, and we refer you to
the copy of the incentive plan included as
Appendix A: Information Concerning Liberty Media
International, Inc. Part 5: Liberty Media
International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated
Effective March 9, 2005) to this joint proxy
statement/ prospectus for a complete statement of its terms and
conditions.
The affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of
the aggregate voting power of the shares of LMI Series A
common stock and LMI Series B common stock outstanding on
the record date for the LMI annual meeting that are present, in
person or by proxy, at the LMI annual meeting, voting together
as a single class, is required to approve the Liberty Media
International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated
Effective March 9, 2005).
LMIs board of directors recommends a vote
FOR the approval of the Liberty Media International,
Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective
March 9, 2005).
LMI Auditors Ratification Proposal
LMI is asking its stockholders to ratify the selection of KPMG
LLP as LMIs independent auditors for the year ending
December 31, 2005.
173
Even if the selection of KPMG LLP is ratified, the audit
committee of LMIs board in its discretion may direct the
appointment of a different independent accounting firm at any
time during the year if LMIs audit committee determines
that such a change would be in the best interests of LMI and its
stockholders. In the event LMI stockholders fail to ratify the
selection of KPMG LLP, LMIs audit committee will consider
it as a direction to select other auditors for the year ending
December 31, 2006.
A representative of KPMG LLP is expected to be present at the
LMI annual meeting, will have the opportunity to make a
statement if he or she so desires and will be available to
respond to appropriate questions.
It is currently expected that, if the mergers are completed,
KPMG LLP will serve as the independent auditors of Liberty
Global for the year ending December 31, 2005.
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|
Audit Fees and All Other Fees |
The following table presents fees for professional audit
services rendered by KPMG LLP for the audit of LMIs
consolidated financial statements for 2004 and 2003, and fees
billed for other services rendered by KPMG LLP:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Audit fees
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Audit related fees(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Audit and audit related fees
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax fees(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total fees
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Audit related fees consisted of professional consultations with
respect to accounting issues affecting LMIs consolidated
financial statements, reviews of registration statements and
issuance of consents and due diligence related to potential
business combinations. |
|
|
|
(2) |
Tax fees consisted of tax compliance and consultations regarding
the tax implications of certain transactions. |
|
LMIs audit committee has considered whether the provision
of services by KPMG LLP to LMI other than auditing is compatible
with KPMG LLP maintaining its independence and does not believe
that the provision of such other services is incompatible with
KPMG LLP maintaining its independence.
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|
|
Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and
Permissible Non-Audit Services of Independent Auditor |
Effective August 2, 2004, LMIs audit committee
adopted a policy regarding the pre-approval of all audit and
certain permissible audit-related and non-audit services
provided by LMIs independent auditor. Pursuant to this
policy, LMIs audit committee has approved the engagement
of LMIs independent auditor to provide (a) audit
services as specified in the policy, including
(i) statutory and financial audits of LMI and its
subsidiaries, (ii) services associated with LMIs
registration statements, periodic reports and other documents
filed with the SEC such as consents, comfort letters and
responses to comment letters, (iii) attestations of
management reports on internal controls, and
(iv) consultations with management with respect to the
accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions or events and
the potential impact of final or proposed rules of applicable
regulatory and standard setting bodies (when such consultations
are considered audit services under the SEC rules
promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act),
(b) audit-related services as specified in the policy,
including (i) due diligence services relating to potential
business acquisitions and dispositions, (ii) financial
audits of employee benefit plans, (iii) consultations with
management with respect to the accounting or disclosure
treatment of transactions or events and the potential impact of
final or proposed rules of applicable regulatory and standard
setting bodies (when such consultations are considered
audit-related services and not audit
services under the SEC rules promulgated pursuant to the
Exchange Act),
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(iii) attestation services not required by statute or
regulation, (iv) closing balance sheet audits pertaining to
dispositions, and (v) assistance with implementation of the
requirements of SEC rules or listing standards promulgated
pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; and (c) tax
services as specified in the policy, including
(i) planning, advice and compliance services in connection
with the preparation and filing of U.S. federal, state,
local or international taxes, (ii) reviews of federal
state, local and international income, franchise and other tax
returns, (iii) assistance with tax audits and appeals
before the IRS or similar agencies, (iv) tax advice
regarding the potential impact of statutory, regulatory or
administrative developments, (v) expatriate tax due
diligence assistance, (vi) mergers and acquisition tax due
diligence assistance and (vii) tax advice and assistance
regarding structuring of mergers and acquisitions (all of the
foregoing, which we refer to as Pre-Approved Services).
Notwithstanding the foregoing general pre-approval, any
individual project involving the provision of Pre-Approved
Services that is expected to result in fees in excess of $50,000
requires the specific pre-approval of LMIs audit
committee. In addition, any engagement of LMIs independent
auditors for services other than the Pre-Approved Services
requires the specific approval of LMIs audit committee.
LMIs audit committee has delegated the authority for the
foregoing approvals to its chairman. M. LaVoy Robison currently
serves as the Chairman of LMIs audit committee. At each
audit committee meeting, the Chairmans approval of
services provided by LMIs independent auditors is subject
to ratification by the entire audit committee.
LMIs pre-approval policy prohibits the engagement of
LMIs independent auditor to provide any services that are
subject to the prohibition imposed by Section 201 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
All services provided by LMIs independent auditor
subsequent to the adoption of LMIs pre-approval policy
were approved in accordance with the terms of the policy.
The affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of
the aggregate voting power of the shares of LMI Series A
common stock and LMI Series B common stock outstanding on
the record date for the LMI annual meeting that are present, in
person or by proxy, at the LMI annual meeting, voting together
as a single class, is required to ratify the selection of KPMG
LLP as LMIs independent auditors for the year ending
December 31, 2005.
LMIs board of directors recommends a vote
FOR the ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as
LMIs independent auditors for the year ending
December 31, 2005.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Legal Matters
Legal matters relating to the validity of the securities to be
issued in the mergers will be passed upon by Baker Botts L.L.P.
Stockholder Proposals
We currently expect that Liberty Globals first annual
meeting of stockholders will be held during the second quarter
of 2006. In order to be eligible for inclusion in Liberty
Globals proxy materials for its first annual meeting, any
stockholder proposal must be submitted in writing to Liberty
Globals Corporate Secretary and received at Liberty
Globals executive offices, by the close of business on
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or such later date as Liberty Global may determine and announce
in connection with the actual scheduling of the first annual
meeting. To be considered for presentation at Liberty
Globals first annual meeting, although not included in its
proxy statement, any stockholder proposal must be received at
the executive offices of Liberty Global on or before the close
of business on
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or such later date as Liberty Global may determine and announce
in connection with the actual scheduling of the first annual
meeting.
All stockholder proposals for inclusion in Liberty Globals
proxy materials will be subject to the requirements of the proxy
rules adopted under the Exchange Act and, as with any
stockholder proposal (regardless of whether it is included in
Liberty Globals proxy materials), Liberty Globals
restated certificate of incorporation, Liberty Globals
bylaws and Delaware law.
If the mergers are not completed for any reason, LMI expects
that its annual meeting of stockholders for the calendar year
2006 will be held during the second quarter of 2006. In order to
be eligible for inclusion in LMIs proxy material for the
2006 annual meeting, any stockholder proposal must be submitted
in writing to LMIs Corporate Secretary and received at
LMIs executive offices at 12300 Liberty Boulevard,
Englewood, Colorado 80112, by the close of business on
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or such later date as LMI may determine and announce in
connection with the actual scheduling of the 2006 annual
meeting. To be considered for presentation at the 2006 annual
meeting, although not included in LMIs proxy statement,
any stockholder proposal must be received at LMIs
executive offices at the foregoing address on or before the
close of business on
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or such later date as LMI may determine and announce in
connection with the actual scheduling of the 2006 annual meeting.
All stockholder proposals for inclusion in LMIs proxy
materials will be subject to the requirements of the proxy rules
adopted under the Exchange Act and, as with any stockholder
proposal (regardless of whether it is included in LMIs
proxy materials), LMIs restated certificate of
incorporation, LMIs bylaws and Delaware law.
Where You Can Find More Information
Liberty Global has filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission a registration statement on Form S-4 under the
Securities Act with respect to the securities being offered by
this joint proxy statement/ prospectus. This joint proxy
statement/ prospectus, which forms a part of the registration
statement, does not contain all the information included in the
registration statement and the exhibits thereto. You should
refer to the registration statement, including its exhibits and
schedules, for further information about Liberty Global and the
securities being offered hereby.
LMI and UGC are each subject to the information and reporting
requirements of the Exchange Act and, in accordance with the
Exchange Act, LMI and UGC each file periodic reports and other
information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You may
read and copy any document that they or Liberty Global file at
the Public Reference Room of the Securities and Exchange
Commission at 450 Fifth Street, NW,
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Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the
operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the Securities
and Exchange Commission at (800) SEC-0330. You may also
inspect such filings on the Internet website maintained by the
SEC at www.sec.gov. Information contained on any website
referenced in this joint proxy statement/ prospectus is not
incorporated by reference in this prospectus. In addition,
copies of documents filed by LMI and UGC with the Securities and
Exchange Commission are also available by contacting LMI or UGC,
as applicable, by writing or telephoning the office of Investor
Relations:
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Denver, Colorado 80237
Telephone: (303) 770-4001 |
The Securities and Exchange Commission allows UGC to
incorporate by reference information into this
document, which means that we can disclose important information
about UGC to you by referring you to other documents. The
information incorporated by reference is an important part of
this joint proxy statement/ prospectus, and is deemed to be part
of this document except for any information superseded by this
document or any other document incorporated by reference into
this document. Any statement, including financial statements,
contained in UGCs Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2004 shall be deemed to be modified
or superseded to the extent that a statement, including
financial statements, contained in this joint proxy statement/
prospectus or in any other later incorporated document modifies
or supersedes that statement. We incorporate by reference the
documents listed below and any future filings made by UGC with
the Securities and Exchange Commission under
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
prior to the date of the respective stockholders meetings of LMI
and UGC:
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Neither LMI nor UGC has authorized anyone to give any
information or make any representation about the mergers,
Liberty Global, LMI or UGC, that is different from, or in
addition to, the information contained in this joint proxy
statement/ prospectus or in any of the materials that we have
incorporated into this document by reference. Therefore, if
anyone does give you information of this sort, you should not
rely on it. If you are in a jurisdiction where offers to
exchange or sell, or solicitations of offers to exchange or
purchase, the securities offered by this joint proxy statement/
prospectus or the solicitation of proxies is unlawful, or if you
are a person to whom it is unlawful to direct these types of
activities, then the offer presented in this joint proxy
statement/ prospectus does not extend to you. The information
contained in this joint proxy statement/ prospectus speaks only
as of the date of this joint proxy statement/ prospectus unless
the information specifically indicates that another date applies.
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APPENDIX A: INFORMATION CONCERNING LIBERTY MEDIA
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
PART 1: DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Following the mergers, Liberty Global, Inc. will succeed to
the business of Liberty Media International, Inc., which
includes the business of UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. Accordingly, the
following description of business is reflective of the
description of Liberty Globals business following the
mergers.
General Development of Business
Through our subsidiaries and affiliates, we provide broadband
distribution services and video programming services to
subscribers in Europe, Japan, Latin America and Australia. Our
principal assets are UnitedGlobalCom, Inc., LMI/ Sumisho Super
Media, LLC, Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico Ltd. and
Pramer S.C.A., each a consolidated subsidiary as of
January 1, 2005, and our affiliate, Jupiter Programming
Co., Ltd.
Liberty Media International, Inc. (together with its
subsidiaries, LMI, we, us,
our or similar terms) was formed in March 2004 as a
wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, which we
refer to as Liberty. Liberty transferred, and caused its other
subsidiaries to transfer to us, substantially all of the assets
comprising Libertys International Group, together with
cash and certain financial assets. On June 7, 2004, Liberty
distributed to its shareholders, on a pro rata basis, all of our
shares of common stock, which we refer to as the spin off, and
we became an independent, publicly traded company.
Recent Developments
On January 5, 2004, Liberty completed a transaction
pursuant to which the founding shareholders of UnitedGlobalCom,
Inc., which we refer to as UGC, transferred to Liberty
8.2 million shares of Class B common stock in exchange
for 12.6 million shares of Libertys common stock and
a cash payment. Upon closing of this exchange, the restrictions
contained in the existing standstill agreement between Liberty
and UGC on the amount of UGCs stock that Liberty could
acquire and on the way Liberty could vote its shares of UGC
stock terminated and Liberty gained control of UGC.
Substantially all of Libertys direct and indirect interest
in UGC and related contract rights were transferred to us prior
to the spin off.
On January 12, 2004, Old UGC, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of UGC that principally owns UGCs interests in
businesses in Latin America and Australia, filed a voluntary
petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code. Old UGCs plan of reorganization, as amended, was
confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court on November 10, 2004, and
the restructuring of its indebtedness and other obligations
pursuant to the plan was completed on November 24, 2004.
In February 2004, UGC issued 83.0 million shares of its
Class A common stock, 2.3 million shares of its
Class B common stock and 84.9 million shares of its
Class C common stock pursuant to a fully subscribed rights
offering, resulting in gross proceeds to UGC of
$1.02 billion.
Also in February 2004, UPC Polska, Inc., an indirect subsidiary
of UGC, emerged from its U.S. bankruptcy proceedings. Pursuant
to UPC Polskas plan of reorganization, claim holders
received aggregate consideration consisting of cash, new 9%
UPC Polska Notes due 2007 and 2.0 million shares of
UGCs Class A common stock in exchange for
cancellation of their claims. On July 16, 2004, UPC Polska
redeemed the new 9% UPC Polska Notes at par plus accrued but
unpaid interest.
On April 6, 2004, UGC sold
500 million
aggregate principal amount of its
13/4%
convertible senior notes due April 15, 2024. The
convertible notes are convertible into shares of UGCs
Class A common stock at an initial conversion price of
9.7561 per share.
On May 20, 2004, we made secured loans to and acquired all
of the issued and outstanding shares of Princes Holdings
Limited, pursuant to a restructuring under Irish insolvency laws
of the debt and other obligations of Princes Holdings and its
wholly owned subsidiary, Chorus Communication Limited. In
December 2004, we
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sold 100% of the equity of Princes Holdings to a subsidiary of
UGC for 6.4 million shares of UGCs Class A
common stock.
In June 2004, UPC Broadband Holding B.V. (formerly UPC
Distribution Holding B.V.), an indirect subsidiary of UGC,
amended its senior secured credit facility, which we refer to as
the UPC Broadband Bank Facility, to add a new Facility E
term loan to replace the undrawn Facility D term loan.
Proceeds from Facility E totaled
1.0 billion,
which, in conjunction with
450 million
of cash contributed indirectly by UGC, was used to repay some of
the indebtedness borrowed under the other tranches of the credit
facility, to redeem the 9% UPC Polska Notes referred to above
and to provide funding for the Noos acquisition described below.
In December 2004, the UPC Broadband Bank Facility was
amended to add a new Facility F term loan that increased
UPC Broadbands average debt maturity and available
liquidity, and reduced its average interest margin. The
amendment consisted of a $525.0 million tranche and a
140.0 million
tranche, totaling
535.0 million
in gross proceeds. These proceeds were applied to (1) repay
245.0 million
under the Facility A revolver (representing all then outstanding
amounts), (2) prepay
101.2 million
of the term loan Facility B that matured in June 2006,
(3) prepay
177.0 million
of Facility C debt and (4) pay transaction fees of
11.8 million.
On March 8, 2005, the UPC Broadband Bank Facility was
further amended to permit indebtedness under:
(i) Facility G, a new
1.0 billion
term loan facility further maturing in full on April 1,
2010; (ii) Facility H, a new
1.5 billion
term loan facility maturing in full on September 1, 2012,
of which $1.25 billion was denominated in U.S. dollars and
then swapped into euros through a 7.5 year cross-currency
swap; and (iii) Facility I, a new
500 million
revolving credit facility maturing in full on April 1,
2010. In connection with this amendment,
167 million
of Facility A, the existing revolving credit facility, was
cancelled, reducing Facility A to a maximum amount of
500 million.
The proceeds from Facilities G and H were used primarily to
prepay all amounts outstanding under existing term loan
Facilities B, C and E, to fund certain acquisitions and pay
transaction fees. The aggregate availability of
1.0 billion
under Facilities A and I can be used to fund acquisitions
and for general corporate purposes. As a result of this
amendment, the weighted average maturity of the UPC Broadband
Bank Facility was extended from approximately 4 years to
approximately 6 years, with no amortization payments
required until 2010, and the weighted average interest margin on
the UPC Broadband Bank Facility was reduced by
approximately 0.25% per annum. The amendment also provided for
additional flexibility on certain covenants and the funding of
acquisitions.
On July 1, 2004, UPC Broadband France SAS, an indirect
wholly owned subsidiary of UGC and the owner of UGCs
French cable television operations, completed its acquisition of
Suez-Lyonnaise Telecom SA, which we refer to as Noos,
Frances largest cable operator, from Suez SA, a
French utility group, for cash and a 19.9% equity interest in
UPC Broadband France.
On July 19, 2004, our investment in Senior Notes and Senior
Discount Notes of Telewest Communications plc was converted into
approximately 7.5% of the outstanding common stock of Telewest
Global, Inc.
In August 2004, we issued 28.2 million shares of our
Series A common stock and 1.2 million shares of our
Series B common stock pursuant to a fully subscribed rights
offering, resulting in gross proceeds to us of
$739.4 million.
Also in August 2004, we, Sumitomo Corporation and Microsoft
Corporation effectively converted a portion of our respective
subordinated loans to Jupiter
Telecommunications Co., Ltd., which we refer to as
J-COM, into equity. Such conversions did not have a material
impact on our, Sumitomos or Microsofts respective
ownership interests in J-COM. In December 2004, J-COM repaid the
balance of these subordinated shareholder loans in cash.
Subsequent to the spin off, our management and Board of
Directors undertook a review of our assets and determined that
it would be advisable to monetize or dispose of our financial
assets and to consider disposing of other non-consolidated
non-cash-flow producing assets if opportunities arose.
Consistent with the foregoing, prior to December 31, 2004,
we sold all of our shares of Telewest Global and
4.5 million shares of Class A common stock of News
Corporation, Inc.
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In October 2004, we also sold our 10% interest in Sky
Multi-Country and entered into agreements to sell our 10%
interest in each of Sky Brasil and Sky Mexico. Sky
Multi-Country, Sky Brasil and Sky Mexico, which we refer to
collectively as Sky Latin America, offer entertainment services
via satellite through owned and affiliated distribution
platforms in Latin America. The closing of the transfer of our
interests in Sky Brasil and Sky Mexico are subject to receipt of
regulatory approvals and other customary conditions.
Then, in November 2004, we entered into a put-call agreement
with respect to our right and obligation to subscribe for newly
issued shares of Cablevisión S.A., a cable television
operator in Argentina, in the event that Cablevisións
pending restructuring under local law of its debt and other
obligations is approved. Consummation of this transaction, which
occurred on March 2, 2005, resulted in the transfer of our
subscription right and obligation in consideration of a cash
payment, 50% of which was paid as a down payment in November
2004. Separately, the counterparty to our total return debt swap
with respect to certain bonds of Cablevisión, with our
consent, entered into a participation agreement with a third
party, which in January 2005 resulted in the termination of our
liability under the total return debt swap and the return of our
posted collateral.
On October 15, 2004, our indirect wholly owned subsidiary,
Belgian Cable Holdings, entered into an agreement to restructure
its investment in the debt of Cable Partners Europe, which we
refer to as CPE, and one of its two indirect majority-owned
subsidiaries, which we refer to as the InvestCos. In December
2004, two European subsidiaries of UGC acquired Belgian Cable
Holdings from us for cash. Thereafter, Belgian Cable Holdings
effected the debt restructuring by contributing cash and its
investment in the debt of one of the InvestCos to Belgian Cable
Investors, L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of CPE, in
exchange for 78.4% of the common equity and 100% of the
preferred equity of Belgian Cable Investors. CPE owns the
remaining 21.6% of the common equity of Belgian Cable Investors.
Most of the proceeds of Belgian Cable Holdings investment
was then distributed by Belgian Cable Investors to CPE and used
by CPE to repurchase its debt held by Belgian Cable Holdings for
a purchase price approximately equal to Belgian Cable
Holdings cost of acquiring the CPE debt plus accrued
interest. Belgian Cable Investors holds an indirect 14.1%
interest in Telenet Group Holding N.V., Belgiums
largest cable system operator in terms of number of subscribers.
In December 2004, a subsidiary of chellomedia BV, an indirect
wholly owned subsidiary of UGC, entered into an agreement to
sell its 28.7% interest in EWT Holding GmbH to the other
investors in EWT Holding for cash. Chellomedia received 90% of
the purchase price on January 31, 2005 and the remaining
10% is due and payable no later than June 30, 2005.
On December 7, 2004, we purchased 3.0 million shares
of our Series A common stock from Comcast Corporation for
cash.
During 2004, our subsidiary Liberty Japan MC, LLC
acquired shares of the stock of Mediatti
Communications, Inc., a Japanese broadband provider of
cable and Internet access services, in a series of transactions
resulting in its holding an aggregate 37.3% interest in Mediatti
as of December 31, 2004. In December 2004, Sumitomo
Corporation acquired a net 6.9% interest in Liberty
Japan MC for a purchase price equal to the same percentage
of our investment in Mediatti. Sumitomo has the option until
February 2006 to increase its interest in Liberty Japan MC
to up to 50%, at a purchase price equal to the greater of the
then fair market value of the additional interests so acquired
and our investment in such interests.
Pursuant to a contribution agreement between Sumitomo and us, on
December 28, 2004, our approximate 45.45% equity interest
in J-COM and an approximate 19.78% equity interest in J-COM
owned by Sumitomo were combined in a holding company named LMI/
Sumisho Super Media, LLC, which we refer to as Super Media.
On February 18, 2005, J-COM announced an initial public
offering of its common shares in Japan. Under the terms of the
operating agreement of Super Media, our casting or tie-breaking
vote with respect to decisions of the management committee of
Super Media became effective upon this announcement. As a
result, we began accounting for Super Media and J-COM as
consolidated subsidiaries effective as of January 1, 2005.
On March 23, 2005, J-COM completed its initial public
offering. Also on March 23, 2005, Sumitomo contributed to
Super Media a portion of the 12.25% equity interest in J-COM
that Sumitomo retained following the December 2004
contributions. Sumitomo has the obligation to contribute all of
its remaining interests in J-COM to Super Media during 2005.
After giving effect to the J-COM initial public
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offering and the March 2005 contribution by Sumitomo, Super
Media owns an approximate 55.46% ownership interest in J-COM,
and we own a 67.6% ownership interest in Super Media.
On January 17, 2005, chellomedia acquired an 87.5% interest
in Zone Vision Networks Ltd. from its current shareholders.
Zone Vision is a programming company that owns three pay
television channels and represents over 30 international
channels. The consideration for the transaction consisted of
cash and 1.6 million shares of UGCs Class A
common stock, which are subject to a five-year vesting period.
As part of the transaction, chellomedia will contribute to Zone
Vision the 49% shareholding it already holds in Reality TV
Ltd. and chellomedias Club channel business.
On January 17, 2005, we entered into an agreement and plan
of merger with UGC pursuant to which we each would merge with a
separate wholly owned subsidiary of a new parent company named
Liberty Global, Inc., which we have formed for purposes of
the mergers. In the mergers, each outstanding share of our
Series A common stock and Series B common stock would
be exchanged for one share of the corresponding series of
Liberty Global common stock. Stockholders of UGC (other than us
and our wholly owned subsidiaries) may elect to receive for each
share of UGC common stock owned either 0.2155 of a share of
Liberty Global Series A common stock (plus cash instead of
any fractional share interest) or $9.58 in cash. Cash elections
will be subject to proration so that the aggregate cash
consideration paid to UGCs stockholders does not exceed
20% of the aggregate value of the merger consideration payable
to UGCs public stockholders. Completion of the
transactions is subject, among other conditions, to approval of
both companies stockholders, including in the case of UGC,
the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the
UGC shares not beneficially owned by us, Liberty, any of our
respective subsidiaries or any of the executive officers or
directors of us, Liberty or UGC.
On February 10, 2005, UPC Broadband Holding, an indirect
wholly owned subsidiary of UGC, acquired 100% of the shares in
Telemach d.o.o., a broadband communications provider in
Slovenia for cash.
On February 25, 2005, J-COM acquired the respective
interests of Sumitomo Corporation, Microsoft Corporation and us
in Chofu Cable, Inc., a small Japanese broadband communications
provider, for cash. As a result, J-COM acquired an approximate
92% equity interest in Chofu Cable.
Narrative Description of Business
Overview
We offer a variety of broadband distribution services over our
cable television systems, including analog video, digital video,
Internet access and telephony. Available service offerings
depend on the bandwidth capacity of our cable systems and
whether they have been upgraded for two-way communications. In
select markets, we also offer video services through
direct-to-home satellite television distribution or
DTH. We operate our broadband distribution
businesses in Europe principally through UGC Europe, Inc.,
a subsidiary of UGC; in Japan principally through J-COM, a
subsidiary of Super Media; and in Latin America principally
through VTR GlobalCom S.A. a subsidiary of UGC, and
Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico Ltd., which we refer to
as Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico. Each of UGC, Super Media and
Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico is currently our subsidiary.
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The following table presents certain operating data, as of
December 31, 2004, with respect to the broadband
distribution systems of our subsidiaries in Europe, Japan and
Latin America. For purposes of this presentation, we refer to
Puerto Rico, the islands of the Caribbean and the countries of
Central and South America collectively as Latin America. This
table reflects 100% of the operational data applicable to each
subsidiary regardless of our ownership percentage.
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4,044,100 |
|
|
|
424,600 |
|
|
Central and Eastern Europe
|
|
|
4,552,200 |
|
|
|
1,739,800 |
|
|
|
2,618,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
245,100 |
|
|
|
32,200 |
|
|
|
1,733,100 |
|
|
|
178,500 |
|
|
|
415,600 |
|
|
|
68,900 |
|
Total Europe
|
|
|
14,080,800 |
|
|
|
9,203,100 |
|
|
|
7,809,300 |
|
|
|
725,100 |
|
|
|
245,100 |
|
|
|
121,200 |
|
|
|
9,186,700 |
|
|
|
1,220,500 |
|
|
|
4,459,700 |
|
|
|
493,500 |
|
Japan:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J-COM**
|
|
|
6,287,800 |
|
|
|
6,276,200 |
|
|
|
1,482,600 |
|
|
|
232,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,276,200 |
|
|
|
708,600 |
|
|
|
5,799,200 |
|
|
|
726,500 |
|
Total Japan
|
|
|
6,287,800 |
|
|
|
6,276,200 |
|
|
|
1,482,600 |
|
|
|
232,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,276,200 |
|
|
|
708,600 |
|
|
|
5,799,200 |
|
|
|
726,500 |
|
Latin America:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UGC*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
VTR GlobalCom
|
|
|
1,793,900 |
|
|
|
1,070,700 |
|
|
|
504,600 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,500 |
|
|
|
13,900 |
|
|
|
1,070,700 |
|
|
|
176,300 |
|
|
|
1,052,700 |
|
|
|
310,000 |
|
|
Other
|
|
|
82,200 |
|
|
|
45,700 |
|
|
|
12,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,300 |
|
|
|
45,700 |
|
|
|
4,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico
|
|
|
324,600 |
|
|
|
302,800 |
|
|
|
120,800 |
|
|
|
43,700 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
302,800 |
|
|
|
20,500 |
|
|
|
302,800 |
|
|
|
9,000 |
|
Total Latin America
|
|
|
2,200,700 |
|
|
|
1,419,200 |
|
|
|
637,800 |
|
|
|
43,700 |
|
|
|
4,500 |
|
|
|
29,200 |
|
|
|
1,419,200 |
|
|
|
201,100 |
|
|
|
1,355,500 |
|
|
|
319,000 |
|
Total
|
|
|
22,569,300 |
|
|
|
16,898,500 |
|
|
|
9,929,700 |
|
|
|
1,000,800 |
|
|
|
249,600 |
|
|
|
150,400 |
|
|
|
16,882,100 |
|
|
|
2,130,200 |
|
|
|
11,614,400 |
|
|
|
1,539,000 |
|
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|
|
|
|
* |
Excludes systems owned by affiliates that were not consolidated
with UGC for financial reporting purposes as of
December 31, 2004 or that were acquired by UGC after
December 31, 2004. |
|
|
|
|
** |
Excludes systems owned by affiliates that were not consolidated
with J-COM for financial reporting purposes as of
December 31, 2004 or that were acquired by J-COM after
December 31, 2004. Also excludes households to which J-COM
provides only retransmission services of terrestrial television
signals. |
|
|
(1) |
In some cases, non-paying subscribers are counted by UGC as
subscribers during their free promotional service period. Some
of these subscribers choose to disconnect after their free
service period. The number of non-paying subscribers at
December 31, 2004 was immaterial. |
|
(2) |
Homes Passed are homes that can be connected to our networks
without further extending the distribution plant, except for DTH
and MMDS homes. With respect to DTH, we do not count homes
passed. With respect to MMDS, one home passed is equal to one
MMDS subscriber. |
|
(3) |
Two-way Homes Passed are homes passed by our networks where
customers can request and receive the installation of a two-way
addressable set-top converter, cable modem, transceiver and/or
voice port which, in most cases, allows for the provision of
video and Internet services and, in some cases, telephony
services. |
|
(4) |
Basic Cable Subscriber is comprised of basic cable video
customers (both analog and digital) that generally are counted
on a per connection basis. Except in the case of UGC,
residential multiple dwelling units with a discounted pricing
structure are counted on an equivalent bulk unit (EBU) basis.
Commercial contracts such as hotels and hospitals are counted by
all our subsidiaries on an EBU basis. EBU is calculated by
dividing the bulk price charged to accounts in an area by the
prevalent price charged to non-bulk residential customers in
that market for the comparable tier of service. UGC also has
lifeline customers (approximately 1.34 million
at December 31, 2004) that are counted on a per connection
basis, representing the least expensive regulated tier of basic
cable service, with only a few channels. |
|
(5) |
Digital Cable Subscriber is a customer with one or more digital
converter boxes that receives our digital video service. Each
Digital Cable Subscriber is included in the Basic Cable
Subscriber column of the above table whether such customer
receives only our digital video service or both analog and
digital video services. |
|
(6) |
DTH Subscriber is a home or commercial unit that receives our
video programming broadcast directly to the home via a
geosynchronous satellite. |
|
(7) |
MMDS Subscriber is a home or commercial unit that receives our
video programming via a multipoint microwave
(wireless) distribution system. |
|
(8) |
Internet Homes Serviceable are homes that can be connected to
our networks, where customers can request and receive Internet
access services. |
|
(9) |
Internet Subscriber is a home or commercial unit with one or
more cable modems connected to our networks, where a customer
has requested and is receiving high-speed Internet access
services. |
|
|
(10) |
Telephony Homes Serviceable are homes that can be connected to
our networks, where customers can request and receive voice
services. |
|
(11) |
Telephony Subscriber is a home or commercial unit connected to
our networks, where a customer has requested and is receiving
voice services. |
We own programming networks that provide video programming
channels to multi-channel distribution systems owned by us and
by third parties. We also represent programming networks owned
by others. Our programming networks distribute their services
through a number of distribution technologies, principally cable
television and DTH. Programming services may be delivered to
subscribers as part of a video distributors basic package
of programming services for a fixed monthly fee, or may be
delivered as a premium programming service for an
additional monthly charge or on a pay-per-view basis. Whether a
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programming service is on a basic or premium tier, the
programmer generally enters into separate affiliation
agreements, providing for terms of one or more years, with those
distributors that agree to carry the service. Basic programming
services derive their revenue from per-subscriber license fees
received from distributors and the sale of advertising time on
their networks or, in the case of shopping channels, retail
sales. Premium services generally do not sell advertising and
primarily generate their revenue from subscriber fees.
Programming providers generally have two sources of content:
(1) rights to productions that are purchased from various
independent producers and distributors, and (2) original
productions filmed for the programming provider by internal
personnel or contractors. We operate our programming businesses
in Europe principally through the chellomedia division of UGC;
in Japan principally through our affiliate Jupiter
Programming Co., Ltd., which we refer to as JPC; and in
Latin America principally through our subsidiary,
Pramer S.C.A.
Operations
|
|
|
Europe UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. |
Our European operations are conducted primarily through
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. At December 31, 2004, we owned
an approximate 53.6% common equity interest, representing an
approximate 91.0% voting interest, in UGC. UGC is one of the
largest broadband communications providers, in terms of
aggregate number of subscribers and homes passed, outside the
United States. UGC provides video distribution services and/or
Internet access and telephony services in 16 countries worldwide.
UGCs European operations are conducted through its wholly
owned subsidiary, UGC Europe, Inc., which provides services in
13 countries in Europe. UGC Europes operations are
currently organized into two principal divisions: UPC Broadband
and chellomedia. Through its UPC Broadband division, UGC Europe
provides video, high-speed Internet access and telephony
services over its networks and operates the largest cable
network in each of The Netherlands, France, Austria, Poland,
Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic and Slovenia and the
second largest cable network in Norway, in each case in terms of
number of subscribers. UGC Europes high-speed
Internet access service is provided over the UPC Broadband
network infrastructure generally under the brand name chello.
Depending on the capacity of the particular network, UGC Europe
may provide up to seven tiers of high-speed Internet access. For
information concerning the chellomedia division, see
chellomedia and Other.
Provided below is country-specific information with respect to
the broadband distribution services of the UPC Broadband
division:
UGC Europes networks in The Netherlands, which we refer to
as UGC-Netherlands, passed approximately 2.6 million homes
and had approximately 2.3 million basic cable subscribers,
397,400 Internet subscribers and 182,100 telephony subscribers
as of December 31, 2004. Over 30% of Dutch households
receive at least analog cable service from UGC-Netherlands.
UGC-Netherlands subscribers are located in six regional
clusters, including the major cities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
Its networks are approximately 95% upgraded to two-way
capability, with approximately 94% of its basic cable
subscribers served by a network with a bandwidth of at least
860 MHz.
UGC-Netherlands provides analog cable services to approximately
87% of its homes passed. Approximately 82% of
UGC-Netherlands homes passed are capable of receiving
digital cable service. UGC-Netherlands offers its digital cable
subscribers a basic package of 58 channels with an option
to subscribe for up to 15 additional general entertainment,
movie, sports, music and ethnic channels and an electronic
program guide. UGC-Netherlands digital cable service also
offers 56 channels of near-video-on-demand, or NVOD,
services and interactive services, including television-based
email, to approximately 57% of its homes passed.
UGC-Netherlands offers seven tiers of chello brand high-speed
Internet access service with download speeds ranging from
256 Kbps to 8 Mbps. Approximately 17% of its basic
cable subscribers also receive its Internet access service,
representing approximately 100% of its Internet subscribers.
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Multi-feature telephony services are available from
UGC-Netherlands to approximately 86% of its homes passed.
Approximately 8% of its basic cable subscribers also receive its
telephony services, representing approximately 100% of its
telephony subscribers. In 2004, UGC-Netherlands began offering
telephony services to its two-way homes passed by applying
Voice-over-Internet Protocol or VoIP.
In early 2004, UGC-Netherlands launched self-install for all of
its Internet access services, allowing subscribers to install
the technology themselves and save money on the installation
fee. UGC-Netherlands also launched self-install for its digital
cable services in June 2004. Approximately 50% of its new
Internet subscribers have chosen to self-install their new
service, and approximately 30% of its new digital subscribers
have chosen to self-install their new service.
UGC Europes networks in France (including Noos), which we
refer to as UGC-France, passed approximately 4.6 million
homes and had 1.5 million basic cable subscribers,
247,100 Internet subscribers and 66,600 telephony
subscribers as of December 31, 2004. Its major operations
are located in Paris and its suburbs including the Marne la
Vallee area east of Paris, Strasbourg, Orleans, Le Mans,
the suburbs of Lyon, the southeast region, and other operations
spread throughout France. Its network is approximately 72%
upgraded to two-way capability, with approximately 90% of its
basic cable subscribers served by a network with a bandwidth of
at least 750 MHz.
In 2004, UGC-France extended the reach of its digital cable
platform, which is now available to approximately 90% of its
homes passed. The digital platform offers a number of options in
terms of packages from 52 channels for the
entry-level tier to more than 100 channels for the premium
tier. Programming includes series, general entertainment, youth,
sports, news, documentary, music, lifestyle and foreign
channels. With all tiers, UGC-France offers a number of movie
premium packages, a pay-per-view service, numerous
a la carte channels and several Canal+
channels. UGC-France intends to migrate most of its analog cable
subscribers to this new digital platform.
UGC-France offers three tiers of chello and Noos brand
high-speed Internet access service with download speeds ranging
from 512 Kbps to 10 Mbps. Approximately 12% of its
basic cable subscribers also receive Internet service,
representing approximately 75% of its Internet subscribers.
Multi-feature telephony services are available from UGC-France
to approximately 15% of its homes passed.
Suez SA owns a 19.9% equity interest in UGC-France. Subject to
the terms of a call option, the indirect wholly owned subsidiary
of UGC that holds the remaining 80.1% equity interest in
UGC-France, which we refer to as UGC France Holdco, has the
right through June 30, 2005 to purchase from Suez all of
its equity interest in UGC-France for
85,000,000,
subject to adjustment, plus interest. The purchase price may be
paid in cash, shares of UGCs Class A common stock or
shares of our Series A common stock. Subject to the terms
of a put option, Suez may require UGC France Holdco to
purchase Suezs equity interest in UGC-France at specified
times prior to or after July 1, 2007, July 1, 2008 or
July 1, 2009 for the then fair market value of such equity
interest or assist Suez in obtaining an offer to purchase its
equity interest in UGC-France. UGC France Holdco also has the
option to purchase Suezs equity interest in UGC-France
during specified periods shortly after July 1, 2007,
July 1, 2008 and July 1, 2009 at the then fair market
value of such equity interest, payable in cash or shares of our
or UGCs common stock.
UGC Europes networks in Austria, which we refer to as
UGC-Austria, passed 946,900 homes and had
501,400 basic cable subscribers, 242,500 Internet
subscribers and 152,500 telephony subscribers as of
December 31. 2004. UGC-Austrias subscribers are
located in regional clusters encompassing the capital city of
Vienna, two other regional capitals and two smaller cities. Each
of the cities in which it operates owns, directly or indirectly,
5% of the local operating company of UGC-Austria.
UGC-Austrias network is almost entirely upgraded to
two-way capability, with approximately 97% of its basic cable
subscribers served by a network with a bandwidth of at least
750 MHz.
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UGC-Austria provides a single offering to its analog cable
subscribers that consists of 34 channels, mostly in the German
language. UGC-Austrias digital platform offers more than
100 basic and premium TV channels, plus NVOD, interactive
services, television-based e-mail and an electronic program
guide. UGC-Austrias premium content includes first run
movies and specific ethnic offerings, including Serb and Turkish
channels.
UGC-Austria offers five tiers of chello brand high-speed
Internet access service with download speeds ranging from 256
Kbps to 2.6 Mbps. UGC-Austrias high-speed Internet
access is available in all of the cities in its operating area.
Approximately 37% of its basic cable subscribers also receive
its Internet access service, representing approximately 76% of
its Internet subscribers.
Multi-feature telephony services are available from UGC-Austria
to approximately 96% of its homes passed. UGC-Austria offers
basic dial tone service as well as value-added services.
UGC-Austria also offers a bundled product of fixed line and
mobile telephony services in cooperation with the third largest
mobile phone operator in Austria under the brand Take
Two. More than 100,000 of its telephony subscribers
subscribe to this product. Approximately 22% of
UGC-Austrias basic cable subscribers also receive its
telephony service, representing approximately 72% of its
telephony subscribers.
UGC Europes networks in Norway, which we refer to as
UGC-Norway, passed 486,600 homes and had 341,000 basic
cable subscribers, 48,500 Internet subscribers and
22,900 telephony subscribers as of December 31, 2004.
Its main network is located in Oslo and its other systems are
located primarily in the southeast and along Norways
southwestern coast. UGC-Norways networks are approximately
50% upgraded to two-way capability, with approximately 30% of
its basic cable subscribers served by a network with a bandwidth
of at least 860 MHz. Digital cable services are offered to
approximately 39% of UGC-Norways homes passed.
UGC-Norway has a basic analog cable package with 15 channels and
a plus-package with 23 channels. UGC-Norways highest
analog tier, the total package, includes the plus-package and
12 additional channels. Customers can also subscribe to
premium channels, such as movie, sports and ethnic channels.
Approximately 60% of UGC-Norways basic cable subscribers
consist of multi-dwelling units, or MDUs, with a
discounted pricing structure.
UGC-Norways basic digital cable package consists of
29 channels. Its upper-level digital package includes an
additional 21 channels. Subscribers to the basic digital
cable package can subscribe to channels from the upper-level
digital package for an additional fee. Different movie, sports,
entertainment and ethnic channels may be selected from an a la
carte menu for a per-channel fee. To complement its digital
offering, UGC-Norway launched 48 channels of NVOD service
in 2004.
UGC-Norway offers five tiers of chello brand high-speed Internet
access service with download speeds ranging from 256 Kbps
to 4 Mbps. Approximately 14% of its basic cable subscribers
also receive its Internet service, representing approximately
100% of its Internet subscribers.
Multi-feature telephony services are available from UGC-Norway
to approximately 31% of its homes passed. Approximately 7% of
its basic cable subscribers also receive telephony service,
representing approximately 100% of its telephony subscribers.
UGC Europes network in Sweden, which we refer to as
UGC-Sweden, passed 421,600 homes and had 292,300 basic
cable subscribers and 76,000 Internet subscribers as of
December 31, 2004. It operates in the greater Stockholm
area on leased fiber from Stokab AB, a city controlled
entity with exclusive rights to lay cable ducts for
communications or broadcast services in the city of Stockholm.
These lease terms vary from 10 to 25 years, and expire
beginning in 2012 through 2018. Its network is approximately 67%
upgraded to two-way capability, with all of its basic cable
subscribers served by a network with a bandwidth of at least
550 MHz.
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UGC-Sweden provides all of its basic cable subscribers with a
lifeline service consisting of four must-carry
channels. In addition to this lifeline service, UGC-Sweden
offers an analog cable package with 12 channels and a
digital cable package with up to 80 channels. Its program
offerings include domestic, foreign, sport and premium movie
channels, as well as digital event channels such as seasonal
sport and real life entertainment events. Approximately 39% of
the homes served by UGC-Swedens network subscribe to the
lifeline analog cable service only. Approximately 13% of its
basic cable subscribers are digital cable subscribers. To
complement its digital offering, UGC-Sweden launched
24 channels of NVOD service in 2004.
UGC-Sweden offers five tiers of chello brand high-speed Internet
access service with download speeds ranging from 128 Kbps
to 8 Mbps. Approximately 26% of its basic cable subscribers
subscribe to its Internet service, representing approximately
100% of its Internet subscribers.
UGC Europes network in Ireland, which we refer to as
UGC-Ireland, or Chorus, passed 317,300 homes and had
112,900 basic cable subscribers, 89,000 MMDS
subscribers, 600 Internet subscribers and
500 telephony subscribers as of December 31, 2004.
UGC-Ireland is Irelands largest cable and MMDS video
service provider outside of Dublin, based on customers served.
UGC-Ireland also distributes four Irish channels and produces a
local sports channel.
UGC Europes network in Belgium, which we refer to as
UGC-Belgium, passed 155,500 homes and had 134,900 basic
cable subscribers and 29,900 Internet subscribers as of
December 31, 2004. Its operations are located in certain
areas of Leuven and Brussels, the capital city of Belgium.
UGC-Belgiums network is fully upgraded to two-way
capability, with all of its basic cable subscribers served by a
network with a bandwidth of 860 MHz.
UGC-Belgiums analog cable service, consisting of all
Belgium terrestrial channels, regional channels and selected
European channels, offers 41 channels in Brussels and
39 channels in Leuven. In both regions, UGC-Belgium offers
an expanded analog cable package, including a starters
pack of three channels that can be upgraded to
15 channels in Leuven and 17 channels in Brussels.
This programming generally includes a selection of European and
United States thematic satellite channels, including sports,
kids, nature, movies and general entertainment channels.
UGC-Belgium also distributes three premium channels that are
provided by Canal+, two in Brussels and one in Leuven.
UGC-Belgium offers five tiers of chello brand high-speed
Internet access service with download speeds ranging from
256 Kbps to 16 Mbps. Approximately 12% of its basic
cable subscribers also receive Internet access service,
representing approximately 56% of its Internet subscribers.
Through its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Belgian Cable
Holding, UGC Europe holds 78.4% of the common equity and
100% of the preferred equity of Belgian Cable
Investors, L.L.C. Cable Partners Europe LLC, which we
refer to as CPE, owns the remaining 21.6% of the common equity
of Belgian Cable Investors. Belgian Cable Investors in turn
holds an indirect 14.1% economic interest in Telenet Group
Holding NV, and certain call options, expiring in 2007 and
2009, to acquire 11.6% and 17.6% respectively, of the
outstanding equity of Telenet from existing shareholders.
Belgian Cable Investors indirect 14.1% interest in Telenet
results from its majority ownership of two entities, which we
refer to as the InvestCos, that hold in the aggregate 18.99% of
the common stock of Telenet, and a shareholders agreement among
Belgian Cable Investors and three unaffiliated investors in the
InvestCos that governs the voting and disposition of 21.36% of
the common stock of Telenet, including the stock held by the
InvestCos. Telenet is Belgiums largest cable system
operator in terms of number of subscribers.
Pursuant to the agreement with CPE governing Belgian Cable
Investors, CPE has the right to require Belgian Cable Holdings
to purchase all of CPEs interest in Belgian Cable
Investors for the appraised fair value of such interest during
the first 30 days of every six-month period beginning in
December 2007. Belgian Cable Holdings has the corresponding
right to require CPE to sell all of its interest in Belgian
Cable Investors to
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Belgian Cable Holdings for appraised fair value during the first
30 days of every six-month period following December 2009.
UGC Europes networks in Poland, which we refer to as
UGC-Poland, passed approximately 1.9 million homes and had
approximately 1 million basic cable subscribers and
53,400 Internet subscribers as of December 31, 2004.
UGC-Polands subscribers are located in regional clusters
encompassing eight of the ten largest cities in Poland,
including Warsaw and Katowice. Approximately 30% of its networks
are upgraded to two-way capability, with approximately 96% of
its basic cable subscribers served by a network with a bandwidth
of at least 550 MHz. UGC-Poland continues to upgrade
portions of its network that have bandwidths below 550 MHz
to bandwidths of at least 860 MHz.
UGC-Poland offers analog cable subscribers three packages of
cable television service. Its lowest tier, the broadcast
package, includes 4 to 12 channels and the intermediate
package includes 13 to 22 channels. The higher tier, the
full package, includes the broadcast package plus up to 30
additional channels with such themes as sports, kids,
science/educational, news, film and music. For an additional
monthly charge, UGC-Poland offers two premium television
services, the HBO Poland service and Canal+ Multiplex, a
Polish-language premium package of three movie, sport and
general entertainment channels.
UGC-Poland offers three different tiers of chello brand
high-speed Internet access service in portions of its network
with download speeds ranging from 512 Kbps to 6 Mbps.
UGC-Poland is currently expanding its Internet ready network in
Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk and Katowice and began providing Internet
access services in Szczecin and Lublin in the second quarter of
2004. Approximately 5% of its basic cable subscribers also
receive its Internet service, representing approximately 88% of
its Internet subscribers.
UGC Europes networks in Hungary, which we refer to as
UGC-Hungary, passed approximately 1 million homes and had
720,900 basic cable subscribers, 140,400 DTH
subscribers, 73,200 Internet subscribers and
68,900 telephony subscribers, as of December 31, 2004.
Approximately 67% of its networks are upgraded to two-way
capability, with 50% of its basic cable subscribers served by a
network with a bandwidth of at least 750 MHz.
UGC-Hungary offers up to four tiers of analog cable programming
services (between 4 and 60 channels) and two premium
channels, depending on the technical capability of the network.
Programming consists of the national Hungarian terrestrial
broadcast channels and selected European satellite and local
programming that consists of proprietary and third party
channels.
UGC-Hungary offers three tiers of chello brand high-speed
Internet access service with download speeds ranging from
512 Kbps to 3 Mbps. UGC-Hungary offers these broadband
Internet services to 69,200 subscribers in fourteen cities,
including Budapest. It also had 4,000 asymmetric digital
subscriber line, or ADSL, subscribers at
December 31, 2004. Approximately 6% of its basic cable
subscribers also receive its Internet service, representing
approximately 55% of its Internet subscribers.
Monor Telefon Tarsasag Rt., one of UGC-Hungarys
operating companies, offers traditional switched telephony
services over a twisted copper pair network in the southeast
part of Pest County. In 2004, UGC-Hungary began offering
VoIP telephony services over its cable network in Budapest.
As of December 31, 2004, UGC-Hungary had
68,900 telephony subscribers.
UGC Europes network in the Czech Republic, which we refer
to as UGC-Czech, passed 729,000 homes and had
295,700 basic cable subscribers, 90,100 DTH
subscribers and 42,400 Internet subscribers as of
December 31, 2004. Its operations are located in more than
80 cities and towns in the Czech Republic, including Prague
and Brno, the two largest cities in the country. Approximately
44% of its networks are upgraded to two-way capability, with 40%
of its basic cable subscribers served by a network with a
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of at least 750 MHz. UGC-Czech offers two tiers of analog
cable programming services, with up to 31 channels, and two
premium channels.
UGC-Czech offers four tiers of chello brand high-speed Internet
access service with download speeds ranging from 256 Kbps
to 6 Mbps. Approximately 9% of its basic cable subscribers
also receive its Internet service, representing approximately
64% of its Internet subscribers.
UGC Europes networks in Romania, which we refer to as
UGC-Romania, passed 518,700 homes and had
357,000 basic cable subscribers, as of December 31,
2004. UGC-Romanias systems served 34 cities in
Romania with 75% of its subscriber base in six cities:
Timisoara, Cluj, Ploiesti, Focsani, Bacau and Botosani.
UGC-Romania is currently test marketing, on a limited basis, an
Internet access product in two of its main systems.
Approximately 1% of its networks are upgraded to two-way
capability, with 75% of its basic cable subscribers served by a
network with a bandwidth of at least 550 MHz. UGC-Romania
continues to upgrade its medium size systems to 550 MHz.
UGC-Romania offers analog cable service with 24 to
36 channels in all of its cities, which include Romanian
terrestrial broadcast channels, European satellite programming
and regional local programming. Three extra basic packages of 6
to 18 channels each are offered in Timisoara, Ploiesti,
Cluj and Bacau. Premium Pay TV (HBO Romania) is offered in
13 cities.
UGC Europes network in the Slovak Republic, which we refer
to as UGC-Slovak, passed 413,200 homes and had
250,300 basic cable subscribers, 14,600 DTH
subscribers, 32,200 MMDS subscribers and
9,200 Internet subscribers as of December 31, 2004.
Approximately 41% of its networks are upgraded to two-way
capability, with 25% of its basic cable subscribers served by a
network with a bandwidth of at least 750 MHz. In some areas
like Bratislava, the capital city, its network is 98% upgraded
to two-way capability.
UGC-Slovak offers two tiers of analog cable service and three
premium services. Its lower-tier, the lifeline package, includes
4 to 9 channels. UGC-Slovaks most popular tier, the
basic package, includes 16 to 42 channels that generally
offer all Slovak terrestrial, cable and local channels, selected
European satellite programming and other third-party
programming. For an additional monthly charge, UGC-Slovak offers
three premium services HBO, Private Gold and the
UPC Komfort package consisting of six thematic third-party
channels.
In Bratislava, UGC-Slovak offers five tiers of chello brand
high-speed Internet access service with download speeds ranging
from 256 Kbps to 4 Mbps. Approximately 3% of its basic
cable subscribers also receive Internet access service,
representing approximately 85% of its Internet subscribers.
UGC Europes network in Slovenia, acquired in February
2005, which we refer to as UGC-Slovenia, is the largest
broadband communications provider in Slovenia in terms of number
of subscribers, with over 100,000 basic cable subscribers and
10,000 Internet subscribers at December 31, 2004.
UGC-Slovenia offers analog cable service and one premium movie
service. UGC-Slovenias most popular tier, the basic
package, includes on average 50 video and 20 radio
channels and generally offers all Slovenian terrestrial, cable
and local channels, selected European satellite programming and
other third-party programming. For an additional monthly charge,
UGC-Slovenia offers one premium movie service.
UGC-Slovenia offers five tiers of high-speed Internet access
service with download speeds ranging from 128 Kbps to
2 Mbps.
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UGC Europes chellomedia division provides interactive
digital products and services, produces and markets thematic
channels, operates UGC Europes digital media center,
operates a competitive local exchange carrier business under the
brand name Priority Telecom and owns or manages UGCs
investments in various businesses in Europe. Below is a
description of the operations of the chellomedia division:
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Interactive Services. We expect the development of
interactive television services to play an important role in
increasing subscriptions to UGC Europes digital television
offerings. The chellomedia divisions Interactive Services
Group is responsible for developing its core digital products,
such as an electronic program guide, walled garden,
television-based email, and PC/ TV portals as well as other
television and PC-based applications supporting various areas,
including communications services and enhanced television
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Transactional Television. Transactional television,
branded as Arrivo, is another component of UGC
Europes digital service offerings. UGC-Netherlands
currently offers 42 channels of NVOD programming and UGC-Austria
currently offers 56 channels of NVOD programming. Arrivo
provides digital customers with a wide range of Hollywood
blockbusters and other movies. Arrivo is also in the process of
developing video-on-demand, or VOD, services for UGC
Europes UPC Broadband division and third-party cable
operators. The VOD service will provide VOD subscribers with
enhanced playback functionality and will give subscribers access
to a broad array of on-demand programming, including movies,
live events, local drama, music videos, kids programming and
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Pay Television. UPCtv, a wholly owned subsidiary of
UGC Europe, produces and markets its own pay television
products, currently consisting of three thematic channels. The
channels target the following genres: extreme sports and
lifestyles; womens information and entertainment; and real
life documentaries. All three channels originate from
UGC Europes digital media center, or DMC,
located in Amsterdam. The DMC is a technologically advanced
production facility that services UPCtv and third-party clients
with channel origination, post-production and satellite and
fiber transmission. The DMC delivers high-quality, customized
programming by integrating different video elements, languages
(either in dubbed or sub-titled form) and special effects, then
transmits the final product to various customers in numerous
countries through affiliated and unaffiliated cable systems and
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Priority Telecom. Priority Telecom is a facilities-based
business telecommunications provider that provides voice
services, high-speed Internet access, private data networks and
customized network services to over 7,000 business
customers primarily in its core metropolitan markets in The
Netherlands, Austria and Norway. UGC Europe owns an approximate
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Investments. Chellomedia is an investor in branded equity
ventures for the development of country-specific programming,
including Iberian Programming Services, Xtra Music,
MTV Networks Polska, Fox Kids Poland and Sports 1. In
January 2005, chellomedia acquired an 87.5% interest in Zone
Vision Networks Ltd. Zone Vision owns and operates three
thematic programming channels, Reality TV, Europa Europa
and Romantica, which are broadcast in over
125 countries in 18 languages, and represents over
30 international programming channels. Zone Visions
minority shareholders have the right to put 60% of their 12.5%
shareholding to chellomedia on the third anniversary, and 100%
of their shareholding on the fifth anniversary, of completion of
the transaction. Chellomedia has corresponding call rights. The
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Chellomedia also owns or manages UGCs minority interests
in other European businesses. These include a 25% interest in
PrimaCom AG, which owns and operates a cable television and
broadband network in Germany and The Netherlands; a 50% interest
in Melita Cable PLC, the only cable television and broadband
network in Malta; a 25% interest in Telewizyjna Korporacja
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We have entered into a standstill agreement with UGC pursuant to
which we may not acquire more than 90% of UGCs outstanding
common stock unless we make an offer or otherwise effect a
transaction to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of
UGC not already owned by us. Under certain circumstances, such
an offer or transaction would require an independent appraisal
to determine the price to be paid to shareholders unaffiliated
with our company. In addition, we are entitled to preemptive
rights with respect to certain issuances of UGC common stock.
We also own approximately 27% of the outstanding shares of The
Wireless Group plc, which represents an approximate 22% economic
interest. The Wireless Group is a commercial radio group in the
United Kingdom that operates talkSPORT, a nationwide commercial
radio station dedicated to sports, in addition to local and
regional stations in North West England, South Wales and
Scotland.
UGC owns an approximate 19% equity interest in SBS
Broadcasting S.A., a European commercial television and
radio broadcasting company.
Our Japanese operations are conducted primarily through LMI/
Sumisho Super Media, LLC and its subsidiary Jupiter
Telecommunications Co., Ltd., and through Jupiter
Programming Co., Ltd. As of December 31, 2004, we
owned a 69.68% ownership interest in Super Media and Super Media
owned a 65.23% ownership interest in J-COM. As a result of a
change in governance of Super Media that occurred on
February 18, 2005, we began accounting for Super Media and
J-COM as consolidated subsidiaries, effective as of
January 1, 2005. As a result of the completion of
J-COMs initial public offering and certain contributions
of J-COM shares made by Sumitomo to Super Media, in each case,
on March 23, 2005, our ownership interest in Super Media
decreased to 67.6%, and Super Medias ownership interest in
J-COM decreased to 55.46%, as of that date. As of
December 31, 2004, we owned a 50% ownership interest in our
affiliate JPC.
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J-COM is a leading broadband provider of bundled entertainment,
data and communication services in Japan. J-COM is currently the
largest multiple-system operator, or MSO, in Japan,
as measured by the total number of homes passed and customers.
J-COM operates its broadband networks through 19 managed local
cable companies, which J-COM refers to as its managed
franchises, 16 of which were consolidated subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2004. J-COM owned a 45% equity interest and a
50% equity interest in two of its three unconsolidated managed
franchises and had no equity interest in the remaining managed
franchise, Chofu Cable, Inc., as of December 31, 2004. On
February 25, 2005, J-COM acquired an aggregate 92%
ownership interest in Chofu Cable, including an approximate 31%
ownership interest acquired from us. As of December 31,
2004, J-COMs three unconsolidated managed franchises
(including Chofu Cable) served approximately 139,800 basic
cable subscribers, 52,800 Internet subscribers and
46,500 telephony subscribers.
Eighteen of J-COMs managed franchises are clustered around
three metropolitan areas of Japan, consisting of the Kanto
region (which includes Tokyo), the Kansai region (which includes
Osaka and Kobe) and the Kyushu region (which includes Fukuoka
and Kita-Kyushu). In addition, J-COM owns and manages a local
franchise in the Sapporo area of Japan that is not part of a
cluster.
Each managed franchise consists of headend facilities receiving
television programming from satellites, traditional terrestrial
television broadcasters and other sources, and a distribution
network composed of a combination of fiber-optic and coaxial
cable, which transmits signals between the headend facility and
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customer locations. Almost all of J-COMs networks are
upgraded to two-way capability, with all of its cable
subscribers served by a system with a bandwidth of 750 or
770 MHz. J-COM provides its managed franchises with
experienced personnel, operating and administrative services,
sales and marketing, training, programming and equipment
procurement assistance and other management services. Each of
J-COMs managed franchises uses J-COMs centralized
customer management system to support sales, customer and
technical services, customer call centers and billing and
collection services.
J-COM offers analog and digital cable services in all of its
managed franchises. J-COMs basic analog service consists
of approximately 47 channels of cable programming, not
including premium services. A typical channel line-up includes
popular channels in the Japanese market such as Movie
Plus, a top Japanese movie channel, the Shop Channel,
a home-shopping network, J Sports 1, 2 and 3, three
popular sports channels, the Discovery Channel, the Golf
Network, the Disney Channel and Animal Planet,
in addition to retransmission of analog terrestrial and
satellite television broadcasts. J-COMs basic digital
service currently includes approximately 59 channels of cable
programming, not including audio and data channels and premium
services. The channel line-up for the basic digital service is
generally similar to the channel line-up for the basic analog
service, but digital broadcasts can be offered in
high-definition television format. For an additional fee,
digital cable subscribers may also receive up to
9 pay-per-view channels not available to J-COMs
analog cable subscribers. J-COM also offers both its basic
analog and digital subscribers optional subscriptions for an
additional fee to premium channels, including movies, sports,
horseracing and other special entertainment programming, either
individually or in packages. J-COM offers package discounts to
customers who subscribe to bundles of J-COM services. In
addition to the services offered to its cable television
subscribers, J-COM also provides terrestrial broadcast
retransmission services to approximately 3.0 million
additional households in its managed franchises as of
December 31, 2004.
J-COM offers high-speed Internet access in all of its managed
franchises through its wholly owned subsidiary,
@NetHome Co., Ltd, and through its affiliate, Kansai
Multimedia Services. J-COM holds a 25.8% interest in Kansai
Multimedia, which provides high-speed Internet access in the
Kansai region of Japan. These Internet access services offer
downstream speeds of either 8 Mbps or 30 Mbps. At
December 31, 2004, approximately 37% of the basic cable
subscribers in J-COMs consolidated managed franchises also
received Internet service, representing approximately 77% of the
Internet subscribers in such franchises.
J-COM currently offers telephony services over its own network
in 14 of its consolidated franchise areas. In these franchise
areas, J-COMs headend facilities contain equipment that
routes calls from the local network to J-COMs telephony
switches, which in turn transmit voice signals and other
information over the network. J-COM currently provides a single
line to the majority of its telephony customers, most of whom
are residential customers. J-COM charges its telephony
subscribers a flat fee for basic telephony service (together
with charges for calls made) and offers additional premium
services, including call-waiting, call-forwarding, caller
identification and three way calling, for a fee. At
December 31, 2004, approximately 38% of the basic cable
subscribers in J-COMs consolidated managed franchises also
received telephony service, representing approximately 78% of
the telephony subscribers in such franchises. In February 2005,
J-COM started a trial telephony service using VoIP technology in
its Sapporo franchise.
In addition to its 19 managed franchises, J-COM owns
non-controlling equity interests, between 5.5% and 20.4%, in
three cable franchises and an MSO that are operated and managed
by third-party franchise operators.
J-COM sources its programming through multiple suppliers
including its affiliate, JPC. J-COMs relationship with JPC
enables the two companies to work together to identify and bring
key programming genres to the Japanese market and to expedite
the development of quality programming services. J-COM and JPC
each currently owns a 50% interest in Jupiter VOD Co.,
Ltd., a joint venture formed in 2004 to obtain video-on-demand,
or VOD, programming content to offer VOD services to
J-COM franchises. J-COM began offering VOD services to its
digital customers on a trial basis in 2004 and anticipates
rolling-out VOD service in all of its franchises in 2005.
Because J-COM is usually a programmers largest cable
customer in Japan, J-COM is generally able to negotiate
favorable terms with its programmers.
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Our interest in J-COM is currently held through Super Media, an
entity that is owned 67.6% by us and 32.4% by Sumitomo
Corporation. Pursuant to a contribution agreement between
Sumitomo and us, on December 28, 2004, our 45.45% ownership
interest in J-COM and a majority of Sumitomos 32%
ownership interest in J-COM were combined in Super Media. Prior
to the contribution agreement closing, Super Media was our
wholly owned subsidiary and owned a portion of our ownership
interest in J-COM. At closing of the contribution agreement, our
remaining ownership interest in J-COM owned by four of our other
subsidiaries and a 19.78% ownership interest in J-COM owned by
Sumitomo were contributed to Super Media, bringing Super
Medias total ownership interest in J-COM to 65.23% as of
the contribution closing date. Following the contribution
agreement closing, Sumitomo retained a 12.25% equity interest in
J-COM, which Sumitomo had the obligation, subject to certain
conditions, to contribute to Super Media during 2005. On
March 23, 2005, Sumitomo contributed to Super Media a
portion of its remaining equity interest in J-COM, and Sumitomo
has the obligation to contribute all of its remaining equity
interests in J-COM to Super Media during 2005. Sumitomo and we
are generally required to contribute to Super Media any
additional shares of J-COM that either of us acquires and to
permit the other party to participate in any additional
acquisition of J-COM shares during the term of Super Media.
Our interest in Super Media is held through five separate
corporations, four of which are wholly owned. Several
individuals, including two of our executive officers and one of
our directors, own common stock representing an aggregate of 20%
of the common equity in the fifth corporation, which owns an
approximate 7.96% interest in Super Media.
Super Media is managed by a management committee consisting of
two members, one appointed by us and one appointed by Sumitomo.
Effective upon J-COMs announcement on February 18,
2005 of an initial public offering of its common shares in
Japan, the management committee member appointed by us has a
casting or tie-breaking vote with respect to any management
committee decision that we and Sumitomo are unable to agree on
which casting vote will remain in effect for the term of Super
Media. Certain decisions with respect to Super Media require the
consent of both members rather than the management committee.
These include a decision to engage in any business other than
holding J-COM shares, sell J-COM shares, issue additional
units in Super Media, make in-kind distributions or dissolve
Super Media, in each case other than as contemplated by the
Super Media operating agreement. While Super Media effectively
has the ability to elect J-COMs entire board, pursuant to
the Super Media operating agreement, Super Media is required to
vote its J-COM shares in favor of the election to J-COMs
board of three non-executive directors designated by Sumitomo
and three non-executive directors designated by us.
Because of our casting vote, we indirectly control J-COM through
our control of Super Media, which owns a controlling interest in
J-COM, and therefore consolidate J-COMs results of
operations for accounting purposes. Super Media will be
dissolved five years after our casting vote became effective
unless Sumitomo and we mutually agree to extend the term. Super
Media may also be dissolved earlier under certain circumstances.
Our other primary partner in J-COM was Microsoft Corporation,
which held a 19.5% beneficial ownership interest in J-COM as of
December 31, 2004. Microsofts ownership interest in
J-COM has since decreased to 14.41% as a result of the
completion of J-COMs initial public offering on
March 23, 2005, which included the sale by Microsoft of a
portion of its J-COM shares. Also as a result of the completion
of J-COMs initial public offering, the J-COM stockholders
agreement among Super Media, Sumitomo and Microsoft has
terminated.
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JPC is a joint venture between Sumitomo and us that primarily
develops, manages and distributes pay television services in
Japan on a platform-neutral basis through various distribution
infrastructures, principally cable and DTH service providers. As
of December 31, 2004, JPC owned five channels through
wholly or majority-owned subsidiaries and had investments
ranging from approximately 10% to 50% in eleven additional
channels. JPCs majority owned channels are a movie channel
(Movie Plus), a golf channel (Golf Network), a
shopping channel (Shop Channel, in which JPC has a 70%
interest and Home Shopping Network has a 30%
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interest), a womens entertainment channel (LaLa
TV), and a video game information channel (Channel
BB). Channels in which JPC holds investments include three
sports channels owned by J Sports Broadcasting Corporation, a
43% owned joint venture with News Television B.V., Sony
Broadcast Media Co. Ltd, Fuji Television Network, Inc. and
SOFTBANK Broadmedia Corporation; Animal Planet Japan, a
one-third owned joint venture with Discovery and BBC Worldwide;
Discovery Channel Japan, a 50% owned joint venture with
Discovery; and AXN Japan, a 35% owned joint venture with
Sony. JPC provides affiliate sales services and in some cases
advertising sales and other services to channels in which it has
an investment for a fee.
The market for multi-channel television services in Japan is
highly complex with multiple cable systems and direct-to-home
satellite platforms. Cable systems in Japan served approximately
17.0 million homes at December 31, 2004. A large
percentage of these homes, however, are served by systems
(referred to as compensation systems) whose service principally
consists of retransmitting free TV services to homes whose
reception of such broadcast signals has been blocked. Higher
capacity systems and larger cable systems that offer a full
complement of cable and broadcast channels, of which J-COM is
the largest in terms of subscribers, currently serve
approximately 5.4 million households. The majority of
channels in which JPC holds an interest are marketed as basic
television services to cable system operators, with distribution
at December 31, 2004 ranging from approximately
14.4 million homes for Shop Channel (which is
carried in many compensation systems and on VHF as well as in
multi-channel cable systems) to approximately 1.9 million
homes for more recently launched channels, such as Animal
Planet Japan. Channel BB, which was acquired by JPC in
December 2004, has negligible cable distribution.
Each of the channels in which JPC has an interest is also
currently offered on SkyPerfecTV1, a digital satellite platform
that delivers approximately 180 channels a la carte and in an
array of basic and premium packages, from two satellites
operated by JSAT Corporation. Each of the channels, except for
Channel BB, is also offered on SkyPerfecTV2, another satellite
platform in Japan, which delivers a significantly smaller number
of channels. Under Japans complex regulatory scheme for
satellite broadcasting, a person engaged in the business of
broadcasting programming must obtain a broadcast license that is
perpetual, although subject to revocation by the relevant
governmental agency, and then lease from a satellite operator
the bandwidth capacity on satellites necessary to transmit the
programming to cable and other distributors and direct-to-home
satellite subscribers. In the case of distribution of JPCs
33% or greater owned channels on SkyPerfecTV1, these licenses
and satellite capacity leases are held through its subsidiary,
Jupiter Satellite Broadcasting Corporation, or JSBC,
except for AXN Japan, Channel BB and the J Sports
Broadcasting channels which hold their own licenses. The
broadcast licenses and satellite capacity leases for those of
JPCs 33% or greater owned channels that are delivered by
SkyPerfecTV2 are held by four other companies that are majority
owned by unaffiliated entities. JSBCs leases with JSAT for
bandwidth capacity on JSATs two satellites expire between
2006 and 2011. The leases for bandwidth capacity with respect to
the SkyPerfecTV2 platform expire between 2012 and 2014. JSBC and
other licensed broadcasters then contract with the platform
operator, such as SkyPerfecTV, for customer management and
marketing services (sales and marketing, billing and collection)
and for encoding services (compression, encoding and
multiplexing of signals for transmission) on behalf of the
licensed channels. The majority of channels in which JPC holds
an interest are marketed as basic television services to DTH
subscribers with distribution at December 31, 2004 ranging
from 3.2 million homes for Shop Channel (which is
carried as a free service to all DTH subscribers) to 281,000
homes for more recently launched channels, such as Animal
Planet Japan.
Approximately 83% of JPCs consolidated revenue for 2004
was attributable to retail revenue generated by the Shop
Channel. Cable operators are paid distribution fees to carry
the Shop Channel, which are either fixed rate per
subscriber fees or the greater of fixed rate per subscriber fees
and a percentage of revenue generated through sales to the cable
operators viewers. SkyPerfecTV is paid fixed rate per
subscriber distribution fees to provide the Shop Channel
to its DTH subscribers. After Shop Channel, the J
Sports Broadcasting channels generate the most revenue of the
channels in which JPC has an interest. The majority of this
revenue is derived from cable and satellite subscriptions.
Currently, advertising sales are not a significant component of
JPCs revenue.
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Sumitomo and we each own a 50% interest in JPC. Pursuant to a
stockholders agreement we entered into with JPC and Sumitomo,
Sumitomo and we each have preemptive rights to maintain our
respective equity interests in JPC, and Sumitomo and we each
appoint an equal number of directors provided we maintain our
equal ownership interests. No board action may be taken with
respect to certain material matters without the unanimous
approval of the directors appointed by us and Sumitomo, provided
that Sumitomo and we each own 30% of JPCs equity at the
time of any such action. Sumitomo and we each hold a right of
first refusal with respect to the others interests in JPC,
and Sumitomo and we have each agreed to provide JPC with a right
of first opportunity with respect to the acquisition of more
than a 10% equity position in, or the management of or any
similar participation in, any programming business or service in
Japan and any other country to which JPC distributes its
signals, in each case subject to specified limitations.
At December 31, 2004, we also owned an approximate 35%
indirect ownership interest in Mediatti Communications, Inc.
Mediatti is a provider of cable television and high speed
Internet access services in Japan that served approximately
91,500 basic cable subscribers and 50,500 Internet subscribers
at December 31, 2004. Our interest in Mediatti is held
through Liberty Japan MC, LLC, a company of which we own
approximately 93.1% and Sumitomo Corporation owns approximately
6.9%. Sumitomo has the option until February 2006 to increase
its ownership interest in Liberty Japan MC to up to 50%.
Liberty Japan MC owns a 36.4% voting interest in Mediatti
Communications and an additional 0.87% interest that has limited
veto rights. Liberty Japan MC has the option until February 2006
to acquire from Mediatti up to 9,463 additional Mediatti shares
at a price of ¥290,000 per share. If such option is fully
exercised, Liberty Japan MCs interest in Mediatti will be
approximately 46%. The additional interest that Liberty Japan MC
has the right to acquire may initially be in the form of
non-voting Class A shares, but it is expected that any
Class A shares owned by Liberty Japan MC will be converted
to voting common stock.
Liberty Japan MC, Olympus Mediacom L.P. and two minority
shareholders of Mediatti have entered into a shareholders
agreement pursuant to which Liberty Japan MC has the right to
nominate three of Mediattis seven directors and which
requires that significant actions by Mediatti be approved by at
least one director nominated by Liberty Japan MC.
The Mediatti shareholders who are party to the shareholders
agreement have granted to each other party whose ownership
interest is greater than 10%, a right of first refusal with
respect to transfers of their respective interests in Mediatti.
Each shareholder also has tag-along rights with respect to such
transfers. Olympus Mediacom has a put right that is first
exercisable during July 2008 to require Liberty Japan MC to
purchase all of its Mediatti shares at fair market value. If
Olympus exercises such right, the two minority shareholders who
are party to the shareholders agreement may also require Liberty
Japan MC to purchase their Mediatti shares at fair market value.
If Olympus does not exercise such right, Liberty Japan MC has a
call right that is first exercisable during July 2009 to require
Olympus and the minority shareholders to sell their Mediatti
shares to Liberty Japan MC at fair market value. If both the
Olympus put right and the Liberty Japan MC call right expire
without being exercised during the first exercise period, either
may thereafter exercise its put or call right, as applicable,
until October 2010.
We also own minority interests in broadband distributors and
video programmers operating in Australia. UGC owns an indirect
approximate 34% equity interest in Austar United Communications
Ltd. Austar United provides pay television services, Internet
access and mobile telephony services to subscribers in regional
and rural Australia and the capital cities of Hobart and Darwin.
In addition, we own an approximate 20% equity interest in
Premium Movie Partnership, which supplies three premium
movie-programming channels to the major subscription television
distributors in Australia. PMPs partners include Showtime,
Twentieth Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures and
Universal Studios.
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Our Latin American operations are conducted primarily through
VTR GlobalCom S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of UGC, and our
wholly owned subsidiaries Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico
Ltd. and Pramer S.C.A. UGC also has subsidiaries that are
broadband providers operating in Brazil and Peru.
Many countries in Latin America have experienced ongoing
recessionary conditions during the past five years. Among these
countries, Argentina, in which certain of LMIs businesses
offer programming services, may have been the most harshly
affected. Argentina has experienced severe economic and
political volatility since 2001. Effective January 2002, the
Argentine government eliminated the historical exchange rate of
one Argentine peso to one U.S. dollar (the peg
rate). The value of the Argentine peso dropped
significantly on the date the peg rate was eliminated and
dropped further through 2002. As a result, our businesses in
Argentina have experienced significant negative effects on their
financial results. In many cases, their customers reduced
spending or extended payments, while their lenders tightened
credit criteria. We cannot predict how much longer these
recessionary conditions will last, nor can we predict the future
impact of these conditions on the financial results of our
businesses that operate in Latin America.
UGCs primary Latin American operation, VTR GlobalCom S.A.,
which we refer to as VTR, is Chiles largest multi-channel
television and high-speed Internet access provider in terms of
homes passed and number of subscribers, and Chiles second
largest provider of residential telephony services, in terms of
lines in service. VTR provides services in Santiago,
Chiles largest city, the large regional cities of Iquique,
Antofagasta, Concepción, Viña del Mar, Valparaiso and
Rancagua, and smaller cities across Chile. Approximately 96% of
its video subscribers are served via wireline cable, with the
remainder via MMDS technologies. VTRs network is
approximately 60% upgraded to two-way capability, with 65% of
its basic cable subscribers served by a network with a bandwidth
of at least 750 MHz. VTR has an approximate 70% market
share of cable television services throughout Chile and an
approximate 51% market share within Santiago.
VTRs channel lineup consists of 52 to 68 channels
segregated into two tiers of analog cable service: a basic
service with 52 to 57 channels and a premium service with 11
channels. VTR offers basic tier programming similar to the basic
tier program lineup in the United States, including more
premium-like channels such as HBO, Cinemax and Cinecanal on the
basic tier. As a result, subscription to its existing premium
service package is limited because its basic analog package
contains similar channels. VTR obtains programming from the
United States, Europe, Argentina and Mexico. Domestic cable
television programming in Chile is only just beginning to
develop around local events such as soccer matches.
VTR offers several alternatives of always on, unlimited-use
high-speed Internet access to residences and small/home offices
under the brand name Banda Ancha in 22 communities within
Santiago and 12 cities outside Santiago. Subscribers can
purchase one of five services with download speeds ranging from
128 Kbps to 2.4 Mbps. For a moderate to heavy Internet
user, VTRs Internet service is generally less expensive
than a dial-up service with its metered usage. To provide more
flexibility to the user, VTR also offers Banda Ancha Flex, where
a low monthly flat fee includes the first 200 minutes, with
metered usage above 200 minutes. Approximately 33% of VTRs
basic cable subscribers also receive Internet service,
representing approximately 95% of its Internet subscribers.
VTR offers telephony service to customers in 22 communities
within Santiago and seven cities outside Santiago. VTR offers
basic dial tone service as well as several value-added services.
VTR primarily provides service to residential customers who
require one or two telephony lines. It also provides service to
small businesses and home offices. In 2004, VTR began offering
telephony services to its two-way homes passed by applying VoIP.
Approximately 40% of VTRs basic cable subscribers also
receive telephony service, representing approximately 65% of its
telephony subscribers.
On January 23, 2004, we, Liberty and CristalChile
Comunicaciones S.A., our partner in Metrópolis-Intercom
S.A., a cable operator in Chile, entered into an agreement
pursuant to which each agreed to use its respective commercially
reasonable efforts to combine the businesses of Metrópolis
and VTR, in an effort to facilitate the
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provision of enhanced services to cable and telecommunications
consumers in the Chilean marketplace. The combination is subject
to certain conditions, including the execution of definitive
agreements, Chilean regulatory approval, the approval of our
board of directors and the boards of directors of CristalChile,
VTR and UGC (including, in the case of UGC, the independent
members of UGCs board of directors) and the receipt of
necessary third party approvals and waivers. The Chilean
antitrust authorities approved the combination in October 2004.
An action was filed with the Chilean Supreme Court seeking to
reverse such approval, but the action was dismissed on
March 10, 2005. We, CristalChile and UGC are currently
negotiating the terms of the definitive agreements for the
combination. If the proposed combination is consummated as
contemplated, UGC will own 80% of the voting and equity rights
in the combined entity, CristalChile will own the remaining 20%
and we will receive a promissory note from the combined entity.
CristalChile will have the right to elect 1 of the 5 members of
the combined entitys board and will have veto rights over
certain material decisions for so long as CristalChile owns at
least a 10% equity interest in the combined entity. In addition,
CristalChile will have a put right which will allow CristalChile
to require UGC to purchase all, but not less than all, of its
interest in the combined entity at the fair market value of the
interest, subject to a minimum price, which put right will end
on the tenth anniversary of the combination. Liberty has agreed
to perform UGCs obligations under CristalChiles put
if UGC does not do so. We have agreed to indemnify Liberty
against its obligations with respect to CristalChiles put
right.
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Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico Ltd. |
Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico Ltd., our wholly owned
subsidiary, is one of Puerto Ricos largest cable
television operators based on number of subscribers. Liberty
Cablevision of Puerto Rico operates three head ends, serving the
communities of Luquillo, Arecibo, Florida, Caguas, Humacao,
Cayey and Barranquitas and 30 other municipalities. In portions
of its network, Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico also offers
high speed Internet access and cable telephony services. Liberty
Cablevision of Puerto Ricos network is approximately 94%
upgraded to two-way capability, with all of its basic cable
subscribers served by a system with a bandwidth of at least
550 MHz.
Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico provides subscribers with 61
analog channels. Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico also offers
48 digital channels, 46 premium channels, 46 pay-per-view
channels and 33 digital music channels. Liberty Cablevision of
Puerto Rico obtains programming primarily from international
sources, including suppliers from the United States.
Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico offers four tiers of
high-speed Internet access with download speeds ranging from 64
Kbps to 1.5 Mbps. Approximately 14% of Liberty Cablevision of
Puerto Ricos basic cable subscribers also receive Internet
service, representing approximately 82% of its Internet
subscribers.
Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico has begun offering telephony
service using IP-based technology. Currently, 7% of Liberty
Cablevision of Puerto Ricos basic cable subscribers also
receive telephony service, representing approximately 95% of its
telephony subscribers.
Pramer S.C.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of LMI, is an Argentine
programming company which supplies programming services to cable
television and DTH satellite distributors in Latin America and
Spain. At December 31, 2004, Pramer owned or had an equity
interest in 11 channels and produced, marketed, distributed or
otherwise represented 12 additional channels, including two of
Argentinas five terrestrial broadcast stations.
Subscription units for 2004 ranged from approximately 24,000 for
the smallest premium service to approximately 9.6 million
for the most popular basic service. Pramers wholly owned
channels include Canal (a), the first Latin-American
quality arts channel, Film & Arts, offering quality
films, concerts, operas and interviews with artists,
elgourmet.com, a channel for the lovers of the good
things in life, and Magic Kids, an entertainment
childrens channel, all of which are offered as basic
television services. Pramers represented channels include
Hallmark and Cosmopolitan Channel (in which we own
a 50% interest through another subsidiary).
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Pramers affiliation agreements with cable television and
satellite distributors provide for payments based on the number
of subscribers that receive Pramers services.
Cablevisión S.A., an Argentine cable provider, represented
approximately 13% of Pramers consolidated revenue for
2004. Pramers affiliation agreement with Cablevisión
expired in December 2004. The parties have agreed to extend this
agreement until June 30, 2005 with Cablevisión paying
Pramer a fixed monthly fee which represents an approximate 35%
discount from the applicable fees in 2004. During this period,
the parties will seek to negotiate a new affiliation agreement.
Pramer handles affiliate sales for the 12 channels it represents
and advertising sales for 6 of such channels. Pramer collects
the revenue for the represented channels and pays the channel
owners either a fixed fee or a fee based on amounts collected.
Pramers representation of the Hallmark channel,
including the provision of satellite uplinking and other
services, accounted for approximately 9% of Pramers
consolidated revenue for 2004. The representation agreement for
the Hallmark channel expires on December 31, 2005,
subject to earlier termination under certain circumstances.
Pramer has two sources of content: rights that are purchased
from various distributors and its own productions. Pramers
own productions are usually contracted with independent
producers.
All of Pramers satellite transponder capacity is provided
pursuant to contracts expiring in 2014.
Our 50% owned affiliate, Metrópolis-Intercom S.A. is
Chiles second largest cable operator based on the number
of subscribers served. Metrópolis operates cable systems in
nine of the most densely populated cities within Chile,
including Santiago (the capital of Chile), Viña del Mar,
Concepción and Temuco. At December 31, 2004,
Metrópolis served approximately 224,800 basic cable
subscribers, 38,200 Internet subscribers and 10,800 telephony
subscribers.
CristalChile Comunicaciones S.A., a large publicly traded
Chilean company with significant media interests, and we each
own a 50% interest in Metrópolis. The board of directors of
Metrópolis consists of eight members. CristalChile and we
each designate one-half of the directors of Metrópolis and
almost all actions by the board require the consent of
representatives of each partner. LMI has given CristalChile the
right to control the day-to-day operations of Metrópolis.
As discussed under VTR GlobalCom S.A.
above, we, Liberty and CristalChile have entered into an
agreement pursuant to which each has agreed to use its
commercially reasonable efforts to combine the businesses of
Metrópolis and VTR. The combination is subject to certain
conditions. If the combination does not occur, we and
CristalChile have each agreed to fund its pro rata share of a
capital call sufficient to retire Metrópolis local
debt facility, and to amend the existing agreement governing the
parties relationship with respect to Metrópolis.
Among other things, our approval rights as an owner of
Metrópolis will be limited to certain material matters,
including material related party transactions, but will not
include the adoption of budgets or business plans or the making
of capital calls. CristalChile will have a call right with
respect to our interest in Metrópolis, subject to a minimum
price, and for so long as CristalChile owns directly or
indirectly 50% or more of the shares of Metrópolis,
CristalChile will have a drag-along right, subject to a minimum
purchase price, with respect to our interest in Metrópolis
in connection with a bona fide sale of all of its and its
affiliates direct interest in Metrópolis. We will
have tag-along rights in connection with sales by CristalChile
or its affiliates of any of their direct interests in
Metrópolis. Neither party will have a put right to the
other party of its interest in Metrópolis.
Our majority owned subsidiary, Liberty Programming Argentina,
LLC, owns a 40% equity interest in Torneos y Competencias, an
independent producer of Argentine sports and entertainment
programming that, through various affiliates, operates a sports
programming cable channel; commercializes rights to televise
sporting events via cable, satellite and broadcast television,
and manages two sports magazines and several thematic soccer
bars. We also own a 10.6% equity interest in Fox Pan American
Sports LLC, a joint venture that develops and operates multiple
Spanish language subscription television and radio services
comprised predominantly of sports programming. Fox Pan American
Sports is a principal customer of Torneos.
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Regulatory Matters
Video distribution, Internet, telephony and content businesses
are regulated in each of the countries in which we operate. The
scope of regulation varies from country to country, although in
some significant respects regulation in European markets is
harmonized under the regulatory structure of the European Union
or EU. Adverse regulatory developments could subject
our businesses to a number of risks. Regulation could limit
growth, revenue and the number and types of services offered. In
addition, regulation may restrict our operations and subject
them to further competitive pressure, including pricing
restrictions, interconnect and open-network obligations, and
restrictions on content, including content provided by third
parties. Failure to comply with current or future regulation
could expose our businesses to various penalties.
Foreign regulations affecting distribution and programming
businesses fall into several general categories. Our businesses
are required to obtain licenses, permits or other governmental
authorizations from (or to notify or register with) relevant
local or regulatory authorities to own and operate their
respective distribution systems. In many countries, these
licenses are non-exclusive and of limited duration. In some
countries where we provide video programming services, we must
comply with restrictions on programming content. Local or
national regulatory authorities in some countries where we
provide video services also impose pricing restrictions and
subject certain price increases to approval by the relevant
local or national authority.
Our telecommunications businesses generally are required to
register with the appropriate regulatory authority where we
offer telephony services, although, in some instances, we may be
required to obtain a license. Our telephony businesses to date
have not been subject to rate regulation but could become
subject to such regulation in a number of jurisdictions if they
are deemed to hold significant market power. Under the EUs
new regulatory framework discussed below, a company will be
deemed to have significant market power if it has the power to
behave to an appreciable extent independently of competitors,
customers and consumers. In some countries, we must notify the
regulatory authority of our tariff structure and any subsequent
price increases.
Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, The Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland,
Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United
Kingdom are Member States of the European Union or EU. As such,
these countries are required to enact national legislation that
implements EU directives. Although not an EU Member State,
Norway is a member of the European Economic Area and generally
has implemented or is implementing the same principles on the
same timetable as EU Member States. In addition, Romania is
seeking to join the EU in 2007 and its laws are strongly
influenced by EU directives since it will need to comply with
these directives in order to join the EU. As a result, most of
the markets in Europe in which our businesses operate have been
significantly affected by the regulatory framework that has been
developed by the EU.
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Communications Services and Competition Directives |
A number of legal measures, which we refer to as the Directives,
have revised the regulatory regime concerning communications
services across the EU. They include the following:
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In addition to the Directives, the European Parliament and
European Council made a decision intended to ensure the
efficient use of radio spectrum within the EU. Existing EU
member countries were required to implement the Framework,
Authorization, Access and the Universal Service and Users
Rights Directives by July 25, 2003. The Privacy Directive
was to have been implemented by October 31, 2003. The
Competition Directive is self-implementing and does not require
any national measures to be adopted. The 10 countries that
joined the EU on May 1, 2004 were to ensure compliance with
the Directives as of the date of accession. Measures seeking to
implement the Directives are in force in most Member States. Of
those countries that we operate in only Belgium and the Czech
Republic still need to bring into force laws seeking
substantially to implement the Directives.
The Directives seek, among other things, to harmonize national
regulations and licensing systems and further increase market
competition. These policies seek to harmonize licensing
procedures, reduce administrative fees, ease access and
interconnection, and reduce the regulatory burden on
telecommunications companies. Another important objective of the
new Directives is to implement one new regime for the
development of communications networks and communications
services, including the delivery of video services, irrespective
of the technology used.
Many of the obligations included within the Directives apply
only to operators or service providers with Significant
Market Power in a relevant market. For example, the
provisions of the Access Directive allow Member States to
mandate certain access obligations only for those operators and
service providers that are deemed to have Significant Market
Power. For purposes of the Directives, an operator or service
provider will be deemed to have Significant Market Power where,
either individually or jointly with others, it enjoys a position
of significant economic strength affording it the power to
behave to an appreciable extent independently of competitors,
customers and consumers. As part of the implementation of
certain of the Directives, the National Regulatory Authority or
NRA is obliged to analyze 18 predefined markets to determine if
any operator or service provider has Significant Market Power.
We may be found to have Significant Market Power in some markets
and in some countries. In particular, in those markets where we
offer telephony services, we may be found to have Significant
Market Power in the termination of calls on our own network. In
addition, in some countries we may be found to have Significant
Market Power in the wholesale distribution of television
channels. Some national regulators may also seek to find that we
have Significant Market Power in the retail broadband Internet
market. Although we would vigorously dispute this last finding,
there can be no assurance that such finding will not be made. In
the event that we are found to have Significant Market Power in
any particular market, a NRA could impose certain conditions on
us to prevent abusive behavior by us.
The European Commission has adopted a Recommendation on relevant
markets susceptible to ex-ante regulation under the Directives.
Under the Directives, the European Commission has the power to
veto the assessment by a NRA of Significant Market Power in any
market not set out in this Recommendation as well as any finding
by a NRA of Significant Market Power in any market whether or
not it is set out in the Recommendation.
Certain key elements introduced by the Directives are set forth
below, followed by a discussion of certain other regulatory
matters and a description of regulation for three countries
where we have large operations. This is not intended to be a
comprehensive description of all aspects of regulation in this
area.
Licensing. Individual licenses for electronic
communications services are not required for the operation of an
electronic communications network or the offering of electronic
communications services. A simple registration is required in
these cases. Member States are limited in the obligations that
they may place on someone
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who has so registered; the only obligations that may be imposed
are specifically set out in the Authorizations Directive.
Access Issues. The Access Directive sets forth the
general framework for interconnection of, and third party access
to, networks, including cable networks. Public
telecommunications network operators are required to negotiate
interconnection agreements on a non-discriminatory basis with
each other. In addition, some specific obligations are provided
for in this Directive such as an obligation to distribute
wide-screen television broadcasts in that format and certain
requirements to provide access to conditional access systems.
Other access obligations can be imposed on operators identified
as having Significant Market Power in a particular market. These
obligations are based on the outcomes that would occur under
general competition law.
Must Carry Requirements. In most countries
where we provide video and radio services, we are required to
transmit to subscribers certain must carry channels,
which generally include public national and local channels. In
some European countries, we may be obligated to transmit quite a
large number of channels by virtue of these requirements. Until
recently, there was no meaningful oversight of this issue at the
EU level. This changed when the Directives came into effect.
Member States are only permitted to impose must carry
obligations where they are necessary to meet clearly defined
general interest objectives and where they are proportionate and
transparent. Any such obligations must be subject to periodic
review. It is not clear what effect this new rule will have in
practice but we expect it to lead to a reduction of the size of
must-carry packages in some countries.
API Standards. The Directives require Member States to
encourage the use of open Application Programming Interfaces or
APIs. The European Commission is required to conduct a review to
ascertain whether interoperability and freedom of choice have
been adequately achieved in the Member States with respect to
digital interactive video services. If the European Commission
reaches a negative conclusion on this issue with respect to one
or more Member States, it has the power to mandate use of a
particular API.
Consumer Protection Issues and Pricing Restrictions.
Under the Directives, we may face various consumer protection
restrictions if we are in a dominant position in a particular
market. However, before the implementation of the Directives,
local or national regulatory authorities in many European
countries where we provide video services already imposed
pricing restrictions. This is often a contractual provision
rather than a regulatory requirement. Often, the relevant local
or national authority must approve basic tier price increases.
In certain countries, price increases will only be approved if
the increase is justified by an increase in costs associated
with providing the service or if the increase is less than or
equal to the increase in the consumer price index. Even in
countries where rates are not regulated, subscriber fees may be
challenged if they are deemed to constitute anti-competitive
practices.
Other. Our European operating companies must comply with
both specific and general legislation concerning data
protection, content provider liability and electronic commerce.
These issues are broadly harmonized at the EU level. This is an
area that may become more significant over time.
Broadcasting. Broadcasting is an area outside the scope
of the Directives. Generally, broadcasts originating in and
intended for reception within a country must respect the laws of
that country. However, pursuant to another Directive, EU Member
States are required to allow broadcast signals of broadcasters
in another EU Member State to be freely transmitted within their
territory so long as the broadcaster complies with the law of
the originating EU Member State. An international convention
extends this right beyond the EUs borders into the
majority of territories in which we operate. An EU directive
also establishes quotas for the transmission of
European-produced programming and programs made by European
producers who are independent of broadcasters. The EU legal
framework governing broadcast television currently is under
review.
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Competition Law and Other Matters |
EU directives and national consumer protection and competition
laws in our Western European and certain other markets impose
limitations on the pricing and marketing of bundled packages of
services, such as video, telephony and Internet access services.
Although our businesses may offer their services in bundled
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in European markets, they are generally not permitted to make
subscription to one service, such as cable television,
conditional upon subscription to another service, such as
telephony. In addition, providers cannot abuse or enhance a
dominant market position through unfair anti-competitive
behavior. For example, cross-subsidization having this effect
would be prohibited.
As our businesses become larger throughout the EU and in
individual countries in terms of service area coverage and
number of subscribers, they may face increased regulatory
scrutiny. Regulators may prevent certain acquisitions or permit
them only subject to certain conditions.
Austria has recently brought into effect a communications law
that broadly transposes the Directives. The NRA is in the
process of analyzing the 18 predefined markets to determine if
any operator or service provider has Significant Market Power.
We have been notified that the regulators intention is to
define us as having Significant Market Power in the call
termination market on our own telecommunications network,
together with all other network operators. It is unknown if and
which conditions the NRA will impose on the parties that have
been determined to have Significant Market Power.
France has recently brought into effect a communications law
that broadly transposes the Directives. The NRA is in the
process of analyzing the 18 predefined markets to determine if
any operator or service provider has Significant Market Power.
The Netherlands has recently brought into effect a
communications law that broadly transposes the Directives. The
NRA is currently analyzing the 18 predefined markets to
determine if any operator or service provider has Significant
Market Power, which could lead to obligations being placed on
us, especially with respect to television distribution (where we
faced obligations under the old regime). In the last quarter of
2004, the incumbent telecommunications operator, KPN, requested
access to our network to distribute television programming. The
NRA has denied the request of KPN, stating that we have no
obligation to lease capacity on our network to KPN. There have
been long-standing debates in The Netherlands regarding the
desirability of requiring cable operators to open their networks
to unaffiliated Internet service providers. To date these
discussions have not led to a requirement for cable operators to
offer such an access service.
The Dutch competition authority, NMA, is still investigating the
price increases that we made with respect to our video services
in 2004 to determine whether we abused our dominant position. If
the NMA were to find that the price increases amount to an abuse
of a dominant position, the NMA could impose fines of up to 10%
of our 2003 video revenue in The Netherlands and we would be
obliged to reconsider the price increases. Historically, in many
parts of the Netherlands, we are a party to contracts with local
municipalities that seek to control aspects of our Dutch
business including, in some cases, pricing and package
composition. Most of these contracts have been eliminated by
agreement, although some contracts are still in force and under
negotiation. In some cases there is litigation ongoing where
some municipalities have resisted our attempts to move away from
the contracts.
Regulation of the Cable Television Industry. The two key
laws governing cable television broadcasting services in Japan
are the Cable Television Broadcast Law and the Wire
Telecommunications Law. The Cable Television Broadcast Law was
enacted in 1972 to regulate the installation and operation of
cable television facilities and the provision of cable
television services. The Wire Telecommunications Law is the
basic law in Japan governing wire telecommunications, and it
regulates all wire telecommunications equipment, including cable
television facilities.
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Under the Cable Television Broadcast Law, any business seeking
to install cable television facilities with more than 500 drop
terminals must obtain a license from the Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communications, commonly referred to as the MIC.
Under the Wire Telecommunications Law, if these facilities have
fewer than 500 drop terminals, only prior notification to the
MIC is required. If a license is required, the license
application must provide an installation plan, including details
of the facilities to be constructed and the frequencies to be
used, financial estimates, and other relevant information.
Generally, the license holder must obtain prior permission from
the MIC in order to change any of the items included in the
original license application. The Cable Television Broadcast Law
also provides that any business that wishes to furnish cable
television services must file prior notification with the MIC
before commencing service. This notification must identify the
service areas, facilities and frequencies to be used (unless the
facilities are owned by the provider) and outline the proposed
cable television broadcasting services and other relevant
information, regardless of whether these facilities are leased
or owned. Generally, the cable television provider must notify
the MIC of any changes to these items.
Prior to the commencement of operations, a cable television
provider must notify the MIC of all charges and tariffs for its
cable television services. Those charges and tariffs to be
incurred in connection with the mandatory re-broadcasting of
television content require the approval of the MIC. A cable
television provider must also give prior notification to the MIC
of all amendments to existing tariffs or charges (but MIC
approval of these amendments is not required).
A cable television provider must comply with specific
guidelines, including: (1) editing standards;
(2) making its facilities available for third party use for
cable television broadcasting services, subject to the
availability of broadcast capacity; (3) providing service
within its service area to those who request it absent
reasonable grounds for refusal; (4) obtaining
retransmission consent where retransmission of television
broadcasts occur, unless such retransmission is required under
the Cable Television Broadcast Law for areas having difficulties
receiving television signals; and (5) obtaining permission
to use public roads for the installation and use of cable.
The MIC may revoke a facility license if the license holder
breaches the terms of its license; fails to comply with
technical standards set forth in, or otherwise fails to meet the
requirements of, the Cable Television Broadcast Law; or fails to
implement a MIC improvement order relating to its cable
television facilities or its operation of cable television
services.
Regulation of the Telecommunications Industry. As
providers of high-speed Internet access and telephony, our
businesses in Japan also are subject to regulation by the MIC
under the Telecommunications Business Law. The
Telecommunications Business Law previously regulated Type I and
Type II carriers. Type I carriers were allowed to carry data
over telecommunications circuit facilities which they install or
on which they hold long-term leases meeting certain criteria.
Type I carriers included common carriers, as well as wireless
operators. Type II carriers, including telecommunications
circuit resale carriers and Internet service providers, carried
data over facilities installed by others. Under the
Telecommunications Business Law, Type I carriers were allowed to
offer the same kinds and categories of services as Type II
carriers. Because our businesses carry data over
telecommunications circuit facilities they installed in
connection with their telephony and high-speed Internet access
and existing cable lines, our businesses were Type I carriers.
Effective April 1, 2004, amendments to the
Telecommunications Business Law eliminated the distinction
between Type I (facilities-based) and Type II (service-based)
carriers. Type I carriers previously were subject to more
stringent licensing and tariff requirements than Type II
carriers. The amendments will make it easier for entities to
enter the Japanese telecommunications market, particularly those
carriers who wish to own and operate their own facilities on a
limited scale. Larger carriers with facilities exceeding a
certain size will be required to register with the MIC, while
smaller carriers may enter the market just by providing notice
to the MIC. The amendments also allow any carrier to discontinue
business by providing notice to their users and ex post
notification to the MIC.
Under these amendments, carriers who provide Basic
Telecommunications Services, defined as telecommunications that
are indispensable to the lives of the citizenry as specified in
MIC ordinances, will be required to provide such services in an
appropriate, fair and stable manner. Carriers providing Basic
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Services must do so pursuant to terms and conditions and for
rates that have been filed in advance with the MIC. The MIC may
order modifications to contract terms and conditions it deems
inappropriate for certain specified reasons. The terms and
conditions as well as charges and tariffs for the provision of
telecommunications services for Type I carriers were strictly
regulated, but under these amendments, carriers may generally
negotiate terms and conditions with their users (including fees
and charges) except those relating to Basic Telecommunications
Services.
Under these amendments, interconnection with telecommunications
carriers was also deregulated. Telecommunications carriers,
other than those exceeding certain standards specified in the
Telecommunications Business Law (such as NTT), may set
interconnection tariffs and terms and conditions through
independent negotiations without MIC approval.
Telecommunication carriers that own their telecommunication
circuit facilities are required to maintain such facilities in
conformity with specified technical standards. The MIC may order
a carrier that fails to meet such standards to improve or repair
its telecommunication facilities.
Cable and telephony applications for permits and concessions are
submitted to the Ministry of Transportation and
Telecommunications, which, through the Subsecretary of
Telecommunications or Subtel, is responsible for regulating,
granting permits and concessions, registering and supervising
all telecommunications providers. The Antitrust Court
(Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia) also plays
an important role in regulating telecommunications in Chile
through its judgments. Wireline cable television permits are
non-exclusive and granted for indefinite terms. Wireless
television permits have renewable terms of 10 years, while
telecommunication concessions (for example, for fixed or mobile
telephony) have renewable 30-year terms. Wireline and wireless
permits and concessions require operation in accordance with a
technical plan submitted by the licensee together with the
permit or concession application. Our businesses have cable
permits in most major and medium sized markets in Chile. Cross
ownership between cable television, Internet access and
telephony is also permitted.
In general, the General Telecommunications Law of Chile allows
telecommunications companies to provide service and develop
telecommunication infrastructure without geographic restrictions
or exclusive rights to serve. Chile currently has a competitive,
multi-carrier system for international and local long distance
telecommunications services. Regulatory authorities currently
determine prices charged to customers for local
telecommunications services provided by incumbent local fixed
telephony operators until the market is determined to be
competitive. Charges for access (prices for terminating calls in
fixed or mobile networks), other interconnection services and
unbundling services are determined for all operators, whether or
not incumbent. To date, the regulatory authorities have
determined prices charged to customers by the dominant local
wireline telephony providers and the interconnection tariffs for
several other operators. In all cases, the authorities determine
a maximum rate structure that shall be in force for a five year
period. Local service providers with concessions are obligated
to provide service to all customers that are within their
service area or are willing to pay for an extension to receive
service. Local providers, whether or not incumbent, must also
give long distance service providers equal access to their
network connections at regulated prices.
U.S. Federal Communications Commission Regulation. The
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the regulations of
the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) significantly
affect the cable system operations of our subsidiary Liberty
Cablevision of Puerto Rico, including, for example, subscriber
rates; carriage of broadcast television stations; leased access
and public, educational and government access; customer service;
program packaging to subscribers; obscene programming; technical
operating standards; use of utility poles and conduit; and
ownership transfers. Thus, the FCC limits the price that cable
systems that are not subject to effective competition may charge
for basic services and equipment. Cable systems also must carry,
without compensation, certain commercial and non-commercial
television station programming within
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their geographic markets. Alternatively, local television
stations may insist that a cable operator negotiate for
retransmission consent. In addition, the FCC initiated a further
notice of proposed rulemaking to determine whether a television
station may assert rights to carriage on cable systems of both
analog and digital signals during the transition to digital
television and to carriage of all digital signals transmitted by
a station. On February 10, 2005, the FCC denied mandatory
dual carriage of a television stations analog and digital
signals during the digital television transition and mandatory
carriage of all digital signals, other than its
primary signal.
Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico also offers high-speed
Internet access over portions of its network. The FCC has
classified high-speed Internet access service as an
interstate information service which the FCC
traditionally has not regulated. However, a federal appellate
court vacated the FCCs classification, and rehearing was
denied. On December 3, 2004, the United States Supreme
Court decided to review the federal appellate courts
decision. Thus, it is uncertain how Internet access services
ultimately will be classified and regulated. The FCC also
adopted a notice of proposed rulemaking to examine whether local
franchising authorities should be allowed to impose regulatory
requirements on high-speed Internet access, among other issues.
Puerto Rico Regulation. The Puerto Rico
Telecommunications Regulatory Board awards franchises for and
regulates cable television systems in Puerto Rico. Such
franchises are non-exclusive and renewable for periods up to
10 years. The regulatory board may revoke a franchise for
various reasons, including, for example, substantial
noncompliance with franchise terms and conditions, violations of
applicable regulations, or continuing failure to satisfy
required customer service standards. Cable systems may be
charged a franchise fee of up to 5% of their gross revenue.
The Comité Federal de Radiodifusión exercises broad
regulatory authority over broadcast television, cable system and
DTH satellite licensees. Our businesses provide programming to
such distributors. Programming must comply with restrictions on
obscene, violent and advertising content, among other matters.
Licensed distributors are responsible for complying with these
restrictions.
Competition
Markets for broadband distribution, including cable and
satellite distribution, Internet access and telephony services,
and video programming generally are highly competitive and
rapidly evolving. Consequently, our businesses expect to face
increased competition in these markets in the countries in which
they operate, and specifically as a result of deregulation in
the EU.
Our businesses compete directly with a wide range of providers
of news, information and entertainment programming to consumers.
Depending upon the country and market, these may include:
(1) over-the-air broadcast television services;
(2) DTH satellite service providers (systems that transmit
satellite signals containing video programming, data and other
information to receiving dishes of varying sizes located on the
subscribers premises); (3) satellite master antenna
television systems, commonly known as SMATVs, which generally
serve condominiums, apartment and office complexes and
residential developments; (4) MMDS operators;
(5) digital television terrestrial broadcasters;
(6) other cable operators in the same communities that we
serve; (7) other fixed-line telecommunications carriers and
broadband providers, including the incumbent telecommunications
operators, offering video products using DSL or ADSL technology
or over fiber optic lines of fiber-to-the-home, or
FTTH, networks; and (8) movie theaters, video
stores and home video products. Our businesses also compete to
varying degrees with more traditional sources of information and
entertainment, such as newspapers, magazines, books, live
entertainment/concerts and sporting events.
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In some countries, our businesses face significant competition
from other cable operators, while in other countries the primary
competition is from DTH satellite service providers, digital
television terrestrial broadcasters and/or other distributors of
video programming using broadband networks. In some of our
largest markets, including The Netherlands, France and Japan, we
are facing increasing competition from video services offered by
or over the network of the incumbent telecommunications
operator. In Austria, the primary competition for video services
is from satellite television service providers.
With respect to Internet access services and online content, our
businesses face competition in a rapidly evolving marketplace
from incumbent and non-incumbent telecommunications companies,
other cable-based Internet service providers, non-cable-based
Internet service providers and Internet portals, many of which
have substantial resources. The Internet services offered by
these competitors include both traditional dial-up Internet
services and high-speed Internet access services using DSL or
ADSL technology or fiber optic lines, in a range of product
offerings with varying speeds and pricing, as well as
interactive computer-based services, data and other non-video
services to homes and businesses.
With respect to telephony services, our businesses face
competition from the incumbent telecommunications operator in
each country. These operators have substantially more experience
in providing telephony services, greater resources to devote to
the provision of telephony services and longstanding customer
relationships. In many countries, our businesses also face
competition from other cable telephony providers, wireless
telephony providers, FTTH-based providers or other indirect
access providers. Competition in both the residential and
business telephony markets will increase with certain market
trends and regulatory changes, such as general price
competition, the introduction of carrier pre-selection, number
portability, continued deregulation of telephony markets, the
replacement of fixed-line with mobile telephony, and the growth
of VoIP services.
The business of providing programming for cable and satellite
television distribution is highly competitive. Our programming
businesses directly compete with other programmers for
distribution on a limited number of channels. Once distribution
is obtained, these programming services compete, to varying
degrees, for viewers and advertisers with other cable and over
the air broadcast television programming services as well as
with other entertainment media, including home video (generally
video rentals), online activities, movies and other forms of
news, information and entertainment.
Employees
As of December 31, 2004, our consolidated subsidiaries and
we had an aggregate of approximately 11,800 employees. We
believe that our employee relations are good.
Properties
We lease our executive offices in Englewood, Colorado from
Liberty. All of our other real or personal property is owned or
leased by our subsidiaries and affiliates.
UGC leases its executive offices in Denver, Colorado. UGCs
various operating companies lease or own their respective
administrative offices, headend facilities, rights of way and
other property necessary for their operations. The physical
components of their broadband networks require maintenance and
periodic upgrades to support the new services and products they
introduce.
Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico owns its main office in
Luquillo, Puerto Rico, its headends and certain other equipment
in Cayey, Humacao and Lares, Puerto Rico. Liberty Cablevision of
Puerto Rico also leases additional customer service offices,
warehouses, headends and other equipment throughout Puerto Rico.
Pramer leases its offices in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Our other subsidiaries and affiliates own or lease the fixed
assets necessary for the operation of their respective
businesses, including office space, transponder space, headends,
cable television and telecommunications distribution equipment,
telecommunications switches and customer equipment (including
converter boxes). Our management believes that our current
facilities are suitable and adequate for our business operations
for the foreseeable future.
Legal Proceedings
From time to time, our subsidiaries and affiliates have become
involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of their
operations in the normal course of business. The following is a
description of certain legal proceedings to which one of our
subsidiaries or another company in which we hold an interest is
a party. In our opinion, the ultimate resolution of these legal
proceedings would not likely have a material adverse effect on
our business, results of operations, financial condition or
liquidity.
Old UGC Reorganization. On January 12, 2004, Old
UGC, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of UGC, filed a voluntary
petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of
New York. On September 21, 2004, UGC and Old UGC filed with
the Bankruptcy Court a plan of reorganization, which was
subsequently amended on October 5, 2004. On
November 10, 2004, the Bankruptcy Court confirmed the
amended plan of reorganization.
On November 24, 2004, Old UGC completed the restructuring
of its indebtedness and other obligations pursuant to the terms
of the approved plan of reorganization. In the restructuring,
Old UGC acquired (i) $638.0 million face amount of Old
UGC senior notes held by UGC in consideration for newly issued
common stock of Old UGC and (ii) $599.2 million face
amount of Old UGC senior notes held by IDT United, Inc. in
consideration for newly issued preferred stock of Old UGC. At
the time, UGC owned a 33% common equity interest and a 94% fully
diluted interest in IDT United. The Old UGC senior notes held by
third parties ($24.6 million face amount) were left
outstanding (after cure, through the repayment of approximately
$5.1 million in unpaid interest, and reinstatement) and
were subsequently redeemed in February 2005. In addition, Old
UGC paid approximately $3.1 million in settlement of
certain outstanding guarantee obligations.
Following the restructuring, UGC acquired the interests in
IDT United that it did not previously own for a total cash
purchase price of approximately $22.7 million. As a result
of Old UGCs restructuring and UGCs purchase of the
IDT United interests, UGC continues to hold 100% of Old
UGCs outstanding equity securities.
Movieco. On December 3, 2002, Europe Movieco
Partners Limited (Movieco) filed a request for arbitration
against United Pan-Europe Communications, N.V., a
subsidiary of UGC that we refer to as UPC, with the
International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber
of Commerce. The request contained claims that were based on a
cable affiliation agreement entered into between the parties on
December 21, 1999. In the proceedings, Movieco claimed
(1) unpaid license fees due under the affiliation
agreement, plus interest, (2) an order for specific
performance of the affiliation agreement or, in the alternative,
damages for breach of that agreement, and (3) legal and
arbitration costs plus interest. On January 13, 2005, the
Arbitral Tribunal rendered an award in which Moviecos
claim for the unpaid license fees as described above was
sustained and determined that UPC must pay unpaid license fees,
plus interest and legal fees. These amounts, which aggregated
$49.3 million, were paid during the first quarter of 2005.
All other claims and counterclaims were dismissed.
Excite@Home. In 2000, certain of UGCs subsidiaries,
including UPC, pursued a transaction with Excite@Home which, if
completed, would have merged UPCs chello broadband
subsidiary with Excite@Homes international broadband
operations to form a European Internet business. The transaction
was not completed, and discussions between the parties ended in
late 2000. On November 3, 2003, UGC received a complaint
filed on September 26, 2003 by Frank Morrow, on behalf of
the General Unsecured Creditors Liquidating Trust of At
Home in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern
District of California, styled as In re At Home Corporation,
Frank Morrow v. UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. et al. (Case
No. 01-32495-TC). In general, the complaint alleged breach
of contract and fiduciary duty by UGC and Old
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UGC, Inc. The plaintiff filed a claim in the Old UGC bankruptcy
proceedings of approximately $2.2 billion. On
September 16, 2004, the Bankruptcy Court in the Old UGC
bankruptcy proceedings estimated the claim against Old UGC
at zero. On November 10, 2004, the Bankruptcy Court
confirmed Old UGCs plan of reorganization, which provided
that the claim of Excite@Home would receive no distribution and
released both Old UGC and UGC from any liability in connection
with such claim. The reorganization became effective on
November 24, 2004. On February 15, 2005, the parties
involved in the California proceeding agreed to dismiss the
Excite@Home complaint.
Cignal. On April 26, 2002, UPC received a notice
that certain former shareholders of Cignal Global Communications
filed a lawsuit against UPC in the District Court in Amsterdam,
The Netherlands, claiming $200 million on the basis that
UPC failed to honor certain option rights that were granted to
those shareholders in connection with the acquisition of Cignal
by Priority Telecom. UPC believes that it has complied in full
with its obligations to these shareholders through the
successful completion of the initial public offering of Priority
Telecom on September 27, 2001. Accordingly, UPC believes
that the Cignal shareholders claims are without merit and
intends to defend this suit vigorously. In December 2003,
certain members and former members of the Supervisory Board of
Priority Telecom were put on notice that a tort claim may be
filed against them for their cooperation in the initial public
offering. A hearing was held on March 8, 2005 and a
decision is expected in April 2005.
Class Action Lawsuits Relating to the Merger Transaction
with UGC. Since January 18, 2005, twenty-one lawsuits
have been filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery, and one
lawsuit has been filed in the Denver District Court, State of
Colorado, all purportedly on behalf of the public stockholders
of UGC regarding the announcement on January 18, 2005 of
the execution by UGC and us of the agreement and plan of merger
for the combination of our companies under a new parent company.
The defendants named in these actions include UGC, Gene W.
Schneider, Michael T. Fries, David B. Koff,
Robert R. Bennett, John C. Malone, John P. Cole,
Bernard G. Dvorak, John W. Dick, Paul A. Gould
and Gary S. Howard (directors of UGC) and us. The
allegations in each of the complaints, which are substantially
similar, assert that the defendants have breached their
fiduciary duties of loyalty, care, good faith and candor and
that various defendants have engaged in self-dealing and unjust
enrichment, affirmed an unfair price, and impeded or discouraged
other offers for UGC or its assets in bad faith and for improper
motives. In addition to seeking to enjoin the transaction, the
complaints seek remedies including damages for the public
holders of UGC stock and an award of attorneys fees to
plaintiffs counsel. In connection with the Delaware
lawsuits, defendants have been served with one request for
production of documents. On February 11, 2005, the Delaware
Court of Chancery consolidated all twenty-one Delaware lawsuits
into a single action. Under the terms of the courts
consolidation order, the plaintiffs are required to file a
consolidated amended complaint as soon as practicable, and the
defendants are not required to respond to any other complaints
filed in the twenty-one constituent actions. As of the date of
this joint proxy statement/ prospectus, the plaintiffs have not
filed a consolidated amended complaint and, pursuant to the
terms of the court order, the defendants have not filed an
answer or other response. The defendants believe the lawsuits
are without merit.
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APPENDIX A: INFORMATION CONCERNING LIBERTY MEDIA
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
PART 2: CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY
TRANSACTIONS
Agreements with or relating to UGC
In connection with the spin off of LMI from Liberty, Liberty
contributed substantially all of its shares of UGC common stock
and related contract rights and obligations to LMI. Accordingly,
we have described below certain contracts, agreements and
arrangements entered into by Liberty prior to the date of the
spin off and contributed or assigned by Liberty to LMI in
connection with the spin off.
On January 30, 2002, pursuant to an Amended and Restated
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 31, 2001,
among Liberty, UGC, UGCs predecessor (Old UGC) and certain
of their respective subsidiaries, Liberty contributed to UGC all
of the Class B common stock of Old UGC and some of the
Class A common stock of Old UGC that it held in exchange
for newly issued shares of UGC Class C common stock.
Immediately after these contributions and contributions to UGC
by the founding stockholders of Old UGC (the founders), UGC
acquired Old UGC by merger of a subsidiary of UGC with and into
Old UGC. As a result of the merger, UGC became a publicly traded
company. Immediately following the merger, Liberty contributed
to UGC certain assets, including $200 million in cash, in
exchange for additional shares of UGC common stock. After giving
effect to the contributions as well as certain other
transactions, Liberty owned approximately 74% of UGCs
outstanding equity and approximately 94% of UGCs
outstanding voting power, subject to limitations on
Libertys voting rights.
In connection with these transactions, on January 30, 2002,
Liberty, UGC, Old UGC and the founders entered into other
agreements relating to the governance of UGC and Old UGC, which,
among other things, ensured that the founders remained in
control of UGC, as well as agreements relating to UGC
securities. These agreements included a stockholders agreement,
a standstill agreement and a registration rights agreement.
Except for the provisions described below, each of these
agreements was terminated on January 5, 2004, in connection
with Libertys acquisition of all of the outstanding shares
of UGC Class B common stock from the founders.
Also on January 30, 2002, UGC acquired from Liberty
approximately $751.2 principal amount at maturity of the senior
notes of Old UGC held by Liberty, as well as the debt and equity
interests owned by Liberty in an entity that held approximately
$598.8 million principal amount at maturity of the senior
notes of Old UGC, in exchange for approximately
$304.6 million of indebtedness owed by Liberty to Old UGC
and cash in the amount of approximately $143.9 million.
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Registration Rights Agreement |
On January 30, 2002, UGC, Liberty and certain subsidiaries
of Liberty entered into a registration rights agreement. In
connection with the spin off, LMI became entitled to the
benefits of the demand and piggy-back registration rights set
forth in the registration rights agreement. The registration
rights agreement is expected to be terminated in connection with
the consummation of the mergers.
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Old Standstill Agreement; Letter Agreement |
On January 30, 2002, UGC, Liberty and certain subsidiaries
of Liberty entered into a standstill agreement (which we refer
to as the old standstill agreement). Pursuant to the old
standstill agreement, Liberty was entitled to, among other
things, certain preemptive rights with respect to issuances of
shares of UGC Class A common stock. On November 12,
2003, Liberty entered into a letter agreement with UGC pursuant
to which Liberty agreed to a limited waiver of its preemptive
rights in connection with the consummation of the acquisition of
UGC Europe, Inc. by UGC, provided that Libertys preemptive
rights under the old standstill
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agreement would survive the termination of the old standstill
agreement, subject to modification. These preemptive rights were
contributed to LMI in connection with the spin off. The old
standstill agreement and the letter agreement are expected to be
terminated in connection with the consummation of the mergers.
On January 5, 2004, Liberty acquired approximately
8.2 million shares of UGC Class B common stock from
the founders, including Gene W. Schneider, Chairman of the Board
and former Chief Executive Officer of UGC, and certain trusts
for the benefit of Mr. Schneiders family,
representing all of the outstanding shares of UGC Class B
common stock, in exchange for approximately 12.6 million
shares of Liberty Series A common stock and approximately
$12.9 million in cash. We refer to this transaction as the
founders transaction. Upon the consummation of the founders
transaction, the material terms of the old standstill agreement
terminated, but the preemptive rights set forth therein survived
in accordance with and as modified by the letter agreement, and
Liberty obtained the power to elect all of the members of
UGCs board of directors and, generally, to control UGC.
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Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation Agreements |
On December 19, 2003, in connection with the founders
transaction, Liberty entered into noncompetition and
nonsolicitation agreements with Michael T. Fries, Chief
Executive Officer and a director of UGC, Mark L. Schneider,
former director of UGC and former Chief Executive Officer of the
chellomedia division of UGC Europe, Ellen P. Spangler, Senior
Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs and Secretary of
UGC, and Tina M. Wildes, former director and former Senior Vice
President of Business Administration of UGC, providing for the
issuance of, respectively, 228,750 shares,
228,750 shares, 134,935 shares and 134,934 shares
of Liberty Series A common stock to such persons in
exchange for certain noncompetition and nonsolicitation
covenants from such persons to Liberty. In connection with the
spin off of LMI from Liberty, the benefits of these agreements
were assigned to LMI.
On January 5, 2004, in connection with the founders
transaction, Liberty and UGC entered into a standstill agreement
(which we refer to as the new standstill agreement). The new
standstill agreement, which Liberty assigned to LMI in
connection with the spin off, generally limits LMIs
ownership of UGCs common stock to 90% or less, unless LMI
makes an offer or effects another transaction to acquire all of
UGCs common stock. Except in the case of a short-form
merger in which UGCs stockholders are entitled to
statutory appraisal rights, such offer or transaction must be at
a price at or above a fair value of UGCs shares determined
through an appraisal process if a majority of UGCs
independent directors has voted against approval or acceptance
of such transaction. The mergers comply with LMIs
obligations under the new standstill agreement. The new
standstill agreement is expected to be terminated in connection
with the consummation of the mergers.
On June 7, 2004, LMI and UGC entered into an agreement
pursuant to which they agreed to obtain certain services from
each other. Pursuant to the UGC services agreement, UGC provides
LMI with specified services and benefits, including employee
benefit administration, payroll, tax withholding, workers
compensation administration and enrollment in UGCs benefit
plans, in each case with respect to persons employed by LMI, and
such other services as LMI and UGC may from time to time
mutually determine to be necessary or desirable. Also, pursuant
to the UGC services agreement, LMI provides to UGC certain
services typically performed by accounting and tax department
personnel, which may include services provided to LMI by
Libertys accounting and tax department personnel pursuant
to a facilities and services agreement that LMI entered into
with Liberty. See Agreements with
Liberty Liberty Services Agreement below.
Pursuant to the UGC services agreement, LMI pays UGC an annual
fee of $20,000 for providing the foregoing benefits and services
to LMI and its employees. In addition, LMI reimburses UGC for
direct out-of-pocket costs incurred by UGC for third party
services in providing the foregoing benefits and services to LMI
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and LMIs employees. UGC pays LMI the portion of any
accounting or tax department personnel costs (taking into
account wages and fringe benefits) that is expected to be
attributable to time spent performing services for UGC under the
UGC services agreement. LMI and UGC evaluate all charges for
reasonableness periodically and make any adjustments as they
mutually agree upon.
The UGC services agreement was renewed automatically on
January 1, 2005. The UGC services agreement is expected to
be terminated in connection with the consummation of the mergers.
Agreements with Liberty
In connection with LMIs spin off from Liberty, LMI and
Liberty entered into a series of agreements, under which LMI has
certain rights and liabilities. The following is a summary of
the terms of the material agreements LMI entered into with
Liberty. This summary is qualified by reference to the full text
of the agreements which have been included as exhibits to the
registration statement on Form S-4 being filed by Liberty
Global in connection with the mergers.
On June 7, 2004, LMI, Liberty and certain subsidiaries of
Liberty entered into a reorganization agreement to provide for,
among other things, the principal corporate transactions
required to effect the spin off of LMI. Pursuant to the
reorganization agreement, Liberty transferred to LMI, or caused
its subsidiaries to transfer to LMI, substantially all of the
assets comprising Libertys International Group not already
held by LMI, cash and certain financial assets. The
reorganization agreement provides for mutual indemnification
obligations, which are designed to make LMI financially
responsible for substantially all of the liabilities relating to
the businesses of Libertys International Group prior to
the spin off, as well as for all liabilities incurred by LMI
after the spin off, and to make Liberty financially responsible
for all of LMIs potential liabilities which are not
related to LMIs businesses, including, for example,
liabilities arising as a result of LMI having been a subsidiary
of Liberty. In addition, the reorganization agreement provides
for each of LMI and Liberty to preserve the confidentiality of
all confidential or proprietary information of the other party
for three years following the spin off, subject to customary
exceptions, including disclosures required by law, court order
or government regulation.
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Liberty Services Agreement |
On June 7, 2004, LMI and Liberty entered into a facilities
and services agreement pursuant to which Liberty provides LMI
with specified services and benefits, including:
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telephone, utilities, technical assistance (including
information technology, management information systems, network
maintenance and data storage), computers, office supplies,
postage, courier service, cafeteria access and other office and
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other services typically performed by Libertys accounting,
treasury, engineering, legal, investor relations and tax
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LMI makes payments to Liberty under the Liberty services
agreement based upon an annual per-square foot occupancy charge
and an allocated portion of Libertys personnel costs
(taking into account wages and fringe benefits) of the
departments expected to provide services to LMI. The allocated
portion of these personnel costs will be based upon the
anticipated percentages of time to be spent by Liberty personnel
in each department performing services for LMI under the Liberty
services agreement. LMI also reimburses Liberty for direct
out-of-pocket costs incurred by Liberty for third party services
provided to LMI that are not
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included in LMIs occupancy charge. LMI and Liberty
evaluate all charges for reasonableness semi-annually and make
any adjustments to these charges as they mutually agree upon.
LMI paid Liberty approximately $1.325 million in fees under
the Liberty services agreement for the period beginning on the
date of the spin off and ending on December 31, 2004.
The Liberty services agreement will continue in effect for two
years, unless earlier terminated (1) by LMI at any time on
at least 30 days prior written notice, (2) by
Liberty at any time on at least 180 days prior
notice, (3) by Liberty upon written notice to LMI,
following certain changes in control of LMI or LMI being the
subject of certain bankruptcy or insolvency-related events, or
(4) by LMI upon written notice to Liberty, following
certain changes in control of Liberty or Liberty being the
subject of certain bankruptcy or insolvency-related events. The
mergers do not result in a change in control of LMI under the
Liberty services agreement.
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Agreements for Aircraft Joint Ownership and
Management |
Prior to the spin off, Liberty transferred to LMI a 25%
ownership interest in two of Libertys aircraft. In
connection with the transfer, LMI and Liberty entered into
certain agreements pursuant to which, among other things, LMI
and Liberty share the costs of Libertys flight department
and the costs of maintaining and operating the jointly owned
aircraft. Costs are allocated based upon either LMIs and
Libertys respective usage or ownership of such aircraft,
depending on the type of cost. LMIs allocable share of
costs under these agreements amounted to approximately $229,000
for the period beginning on the date of the spin off and ending
on December 31, 2004.
Prior the spin off, LMI entered into a tax sharing agreement
with Liberty that governs Libertys and LMIs
respective rights, responsibilities and obligations with respect
to taxes and tax benefits, the filing of tax returns, the
control of audits and other tax matters. References in this
summary description of the tax sharing agreement to the terms
tax or taxes mean taxes as well as any
interest, penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts in
respect of such taxes.
Prior to the spin off, LMI and its eligible subsidiaries joined
with Liberty in the filing of a consolidated return for
U.S. federal income tax purposes and also joined with
Liberty in the filing of certain consolidated, combined, and
unitary returns for state, local, and foreign tax purposes.
However, for periods (or portions thereof) beginning after the
spin off, LMI no longer joins with Liberty in the filing of any
federal, state, local or foreign consolidated, combined or
unitary tax returns.
Under the tax sharing agreement, except as described below,
Liberty is responsible for all U.S. federal, state, local
and foreign income taxes reported on a consolidated, combined or
unitary return that includes LMI or one of LMIs
subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Liberty or one of its
subsidiaries, on the other hand. In addition, except for certain
liabilities relating to dual consolidated losses and gain
recognition agreements that are described below, Liberty will
indemnify LMI and its subsidiaries against any liabilities
arising under its tax sharing agreement with AT&T Corp. LMI
is responsible for all other taxes (including income taxes not
reported on a consolidated, combined, or unitary return by
Liberty or its subsidiaries) that are attributable to LMI or one
of its subsidiaries, whether accruing before, on or after the
spin off. LMI has no obligation to reimburse Liberty for the
use, in any period following the spin off, of a tax benefit
created before the spin off, regardless of whether such benefit
arose with respect to taxes reported on a consolidated, combined
or unitary basis.
Notwithstanding the tax sharing agreement, under
U.S. Treasury Regulations, each member of a consolidated
group is severally liable for the U.S. federal income tax
liability of each other member of the consolidated group.
Accordingly, with respect to periods in which LMI (or LMIs
subsidiaries) have been included in Libertys, AT&T
Corp.s or Tele-Communications, Inc.s consolidated
group, LMI (or LMIs subsidiaries) could be liable to the
U.S. government for any U.S. federal income tax
liability incurred, but not discharged, by any other member of
such consolidated group. However, if any such liability were
imposed, LMI would
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generally be entitled to be indemnified by Liberty for tax
liabilities allocated to Liberty under the tax sharing agreement.
LMIs ability to obtain a refund from a carryback of a tax
benefit to a year in which LMI and Liberty (or any of their
respective subsidiaries) joined in the filing of a consolidated,
combined or unitary return will be at the discretion of Liberty.
Moreover, any refund that LMI may obtain will be net of any
increase in taxes resulting from the carryback for which Liberty
is otherwise liable under the tax sharing agreement.
The tax sharing agreement provides that LMI will enter into a
closing agreement with the Internal Revenue Service with respect
to unrecaptured dual consolidated losses attributable to LMI or
any of its subsidiaries under Section 1503(d) of the Code.
Moreover, LMI agreed to be liable for any deemed adjustment to
taxes resulting from the recapture of any dual consolidated loss
so attributed to LMI, if such loss is required to be recaptured
as a result of one or more specified events described in the
U.S. Treasury Regulations occurring after the distribution
date. For purposes of the tax sharing agreement, the deemed
adjustment to taxes generally will be an amount equal to the
recaptured dual consolidated loss multiplied by the highest
applicable statutory rate for the applicable taxing
jurisdiction, plus interest and any penalties. LMI must also
indemnify and hold harmless Liberty and its subsidiaries against
any liability arising under Libertys tax sharing agreement
with AT&T Corp. with respect to such recaptured dual
consolidated loss.
The tax sharing agreement provides that LMI is liable for any
deemed adjustment to taxes resulting from the recognition of
gain pursuant to a gain recognition agreement entered into by
Liberty (or any parent of a consolidated group of which LMI or
any of its subsidiaries were formerly a member) in accordance
with Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-8(b), but only
if the recognition of such gain results in an adjustment to the
basis of any property held by LMI or any of its subsidiaries.
For purposes of the tax sharing agreement, the deemed adjustment
to taxes generally will be an amount equal to the gain
recognized multiplied by the highest applicable statutory rate
for the applicable taxing jurisdiction, plus interest and any
penalties. LMI must also indemnify and hold harmless Liberty and
its subsidiaries against any liability arising under its tax
sharing agreement with AT&T Corp. with respect to such
recognition of gain. However, the amount LMI is required to
indemnify Liberty and its subsidiaries for any deemed adjustment
to taxes or any liability arising under Libertys tax
sharing agreement with AT&T Corp. will be reduced by any
amount that Liberty or any of its subsidiaries receives pursuant
to any indemnification arrangement with any other person arising
from or relating to recognition of gain under such gain
recognition agreement.
To the extent permitted by applicable tax law, LMI and Liberty
will treat any payments made under the tax sharing agreement as
a capital contribution or distribution (as applicable) made
immediately prior to the spin off, and accordingly, as not
includible in the taxable income of the recipient. However, if
any payment causes, directly or indirectly, an increase in the
taxable income of the recipient (or its affiliates), the
payors payment obligation will be grossed up to take into
account the deemed taxes owed by the recipient (or its
affiliates).
LMI is responsible for preparing and filing all tax returns that
include LMI or one of its subsidiaries other than any
consolidated, combined or unitary income tax return that
includes LMI or one of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and
Liberty or one of its subsidiaries, on the other hand, and LMI
has the authority to respond to and conduct all tax proceedings,
including tax audits, involving any taxes or any deemed
adjustment to taxes reported on such tax returns. Liberty is
responsible for preparing and filing all consolidated, combined
or unitary income tax returns that include LMI or one of its
subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Liberty or one of its
subsidiaries, on the other hand, and Liberty has the authority
to respond to and conduct all tax proceedings, including tax
audits, relating to taxes or any deemed adjustment to taxes
reported on such tax returns. Liberty also has the authority to
respond to and conduct all tax proceedings relating to any
liability arising under its tax sharing agreement with AT&T
Corp. LMI is entitled to participate in any tax proceeding
involving any taxes or deemed adjustment to taxes, or any
liabilities under Libertys tax sharing agreement with
AT&T Corp., for which LMI is liable under the tax sharing
agreement. The tax sharing agreement further provides for
cooperation between Liberty and LMI with respect to tax matters,
the exchange of information and the retention of records that
may affect the tax liabilities of the parties to the agreement.
Finally, the tax sharing agreement requires that neither LMI nor
any of its subsidiaries will take, or fail to take, any action
where such action, or failure to act, would be inconsistent with
or prohibit the spin off from
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qualifying as a tax-free transaction to Liberty and to
Libertys stockholders as of the record date for the spin
off under Section 355 of the Code. Moreover, LMI must
indemnify Liberty and its subsidiaries, officers and directors
for any loss, including any deemed adjustment to taxes of
Liberty, resulting from (1) such action or failure to act,
if such action or failure to act precludes the spin off from
qualifying as a tax-free transaction or (2) any breach of
any representation or covenant given by LMI or one of its
subsidiaries in connection with the tax opinion delivered to
Liberty by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and
any other tax opinion delivered to Liberty, in each case
relating to the qualification of the spin off as a tax-free
distribution described in Section 355 of the Code. For
purposes of the tax sharing agreement, the deemed adjustment to
taxes generally will be an amount equal to the gain recognized
by Liberty multiplied by the highest applicable statutory rate
for the applicable taxing jurisdiction, plus interest and any
penalties.
Transfer of Interests in Cablevisión S.A.
On November 2, 2004, Liberty, VLG Acquisition LLC, Liberty
Media International Holdings, LLC (a subsidiary of LMI) and
Mr. Fred A. Vierra, the then-sole shareholder of VLG
Acquisition, entered into an agreement with a third party to
transfer to the third party, for aggregate cash consideration of
$65 million, all outstanding equity interests in VLG
Argentina and all of LMIs indirect rights and obligations
pursuant to Cablevisión S.A.s debt restructuring
agreement to contribute $27,500,000 to Cablevisión in
exchange for newly issued Cablevisión shares representing
approximately 40.0% of Cablevisións fully diluted
post-restructuring equity. Liberty owned a 78.2% economic and
non-voting interest in VLG Argentina, and VLG Acquisition owned
a 21.8% economic interest and all of the voting interests in VLG
Argentina. VLG Argentina owns a 50% interest in
Cablevisión. Of the aggregate consideration deliverable by
the third party under this agreement, LMI was allocated
$40.5 million, Liberty was allocated $13.4 million and
VLG Acquisition was allocated $11.1 million. Each of LMI,
Liberty and VLG Acquisition received 50% of its allocable amount
in November 2004 upon signing of the agreement and the remaining
50% of its allocable amount in March 2005 upon consummation of
the transaction.
David J. Leonard is an executive officer of LMI, and John H.
Gowen is an officer of LMI. Prior to joining LMI,
Messrs. Leonard and Gowen held indirect equity interests in
VLG Acquisition, which they sold to Mr. Vierra. In
connection with this sale, Messrs. Leonard and Gowen each
retained a contractual right to 33% of any proceeds in excess of
$100,000 from the sale of VLG Acquisitions interest in VLG
Argentina or from distributions to VLG Acquisition by VLG
Argentina in connection with a sale of VLG Argentinas
interest in Cablevisión. As a result of these rights,
Messrs. Leonard and Gowen each received approximately
$3.64 million in cash consideration in connection with the
transfer to the third party by VLG Acquisition of its interests
in VLG Argentina, as described above.
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APPENDIX A: INFORMATION CONCERNING LIBERTY MEDIA
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
PART 3 MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations
The capitalized terms used below have been defined in the notes
to the accompanying consolidated financial statements. In the
following text, the terms, we, our,
our company and us may refer, as the
context requires, to LMC International (prior to June 7,
2004), LMI and its consolidated subsidiaries (on and subsequent
to June 7, 2004) or both. Unless otherwise indicated,
convenience translations into U.S. dollars are calculated as of
December 31, 2004.
The following discussion and analysis provides information
concerning our results of operations and financial condition.
This discussion should be read in conjunction with our
accompanying consolidated financial statements and the notes
thereto included elsewhere herein.
Overview
We own majority and minority interests in international
broadband distribution and programming companies. On
June 7, 2004, Liberty completed the spin off of LMI to
Libertys shareholders. In connection with the spin off,
holders of Liberty common stock on the June 1, 2004 Record
Date received 0.05 of a share of LMI Series A common stock
for each share of Liberty Series A common stock owned on
the Record Date and 0.05 of a share of LMI Series B common
stock for each share of Liberty Series B common stock owned
on the Record Date. The spin off was intended to qualify as a
tax-free spin off. For financial reporting purposes, the spin
off is deemed to have occurred on June 1, 2004.
Following the spin off, we and Liberty operate independently,
and neither has any stock ownership, beneficial or otherwise, in
the other.
Our operating subsidiaries and most significant equity method
investments are set forth below:
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Operating subsidiaries at December 31,
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UGC
Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico
Pramer |
Our most significant subsidiary is UGC, an international
broadband communications provider of video, voice, and Internet
access services with operations in 13 European countries and
three Latin American countries. UGCs largest operating
segments are located in The Netherlands, France, Austria and
Chile. At December 31, 2004, we owned approximately
423.8 million shares of UGC common stock, representing an
approximate 53.6% economic interest and a 91.0% voting interest.
As further described in note 5 to the accompanying
consolidated financial statements, we began consolidating UGC on
January 1, 2004. Prior to that date, we used the equity
method to account for our investment in UGC. As discussed in
greater detail in note 1 to the accompanying consolidated
financial statements, we have entered into a merger agreement
with UGC, whereby Liberty Global, a newly-formed holding
company, would acquire all of the capital stock of our company
and all of the capital stock of UGC not owned by our company.
Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico is a wholly-owned subsidiary
that owns and operates cable television systems in Puerto Rico.
Pramer is a wholly-owned Argentine programming company that
supplies programming services to cable television and DTH
satellite distributors in Latin America and Spain.
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Significant equity method investments at
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On December 28, 2004, our 45.45% ownership interest in
J-COM, and a 19.78% interest in J-COM owned by Sumitomo were
combined in Super Media. As a result of these transactions, we
held a 69.68% noncontrolling interest in Super Media, and Super
Media held a 65.23% controlling interest in J-COM at
December 31, 2004. Subject to certain conditions, Sumitomo
has the obligation to contribute to Super Media substantially
all of its remaining 12.25% equity interest in J-COM during
2005. At December 31, 2004, we accounted for our 69.68%
interest in Super Media using the equity method. As a result of
a change in the corporate governance of Super Media that
occurred on February 18, 2005, we will begin accounting for
Super Media as a consolidated subsidiary effective
January 1, 2005. J-COM owns and operates broadband
businesses in Japan. For additional information, see note 6
to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
JPC is a joint venture between Sumitomo and our company that
primarily develops, manages and distributes pay television
services in Japan on a platform-neutral basis through various
distribution infrastructures, principally cable and DTH service
providers.
We believe our primary opportunities in our international
markets include continued growth in subscribers; increasing the
average revenue per unit by continuing to rollout broadband
communication services such as telephone, Internet access and
digital video; developing foreign programming businesses; and
maximizing operating efficiencies on a regional basis. Potential
impediments to achieving these goals include increasing price
competition for broadband services; competition from alternative
video distribution technologies; and availability of sufficient
capital to finance the rollout of new services.
Results of Operations
Due to the January 1, 2004 change from the equity method to
the consolidation method of accounting for our investment in
UGC, our historical revenue and expenses for 2004 are not
comparable to prior year periods. Accordingly, in addition to a
discussion of our historical results of operations, we have also
included an analysis of our operating results based on the
approach we use to analyze our reportable operating segments. As
further described below, we believe that our operating segment
discussion provides a more meaningful basis for comparing
UGCs operating results than does our historical discussion.
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates have a significant
impact on our operating results as all of our operating
segments, except Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico, have
functional currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Our
primary exposure is currently to the euro as over 50% of our
U.S. dollar revenue during 2004 was derived from countries
where the euro is the functional currency. In addition, our
operating results are also significantly impacted by changes in
the exchange rates for the Japanese yen, Chilean peso and, to a
lesser degree, other local currencies in Europe.
Discussion and Analysis of Historical Operating
Results
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Years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003 |
As noted above, we began consolidating UGC effective
January 1, 2004. Unless otherwise indicated in the
discussion below, the significant increases in our historical
revenue, expenses and other items during 2004, as compared to
2003, are primarily attributable to this change in our
consolidated reporting entities.
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Stock-based compensation charges |
We incurred stock-based compensation expense of $142,762,000 and
$4,088,000 during 2004 and 2003, respectively. The 2004 amount,
which includes $116,661,000 of compensation expense related to
UGC stock incentive awards, is primarily a function of higher
UGC and LMI stock prices and additional vesting of stock
incentive awards. As a result of adjustments to certain terms of
UGC and LMI stock incentive awards that were outstanding at
the time of their respective rights offerings in February 2004
and July 2004, most of the UGC and LMI stock incentive
awards outstanding at December 31, 2004 are accounted for
as variable-plan awards. A $50,409,000 first quarter 2004
charge was recorded by UGC to reflect a change from fixed-plan
accounting to variable-plan accounting. Due to the use of
variable-plan accounting by LMI and UGC, stock compensation
expense with respect to LMI and Liberty options held by LMI
employees and UGC stock
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incentive awards held by UGC employees is subject to adjustment
based on the market value of the underlying common stock and
vesting schedules, and ultimately on the final determination of
market value when the incentive awards are exercised.
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Impairment of long-lived assets |
We recorded charges to reflect the impairment of long-lived
assets of $69,353,000 during 2004. This amount includes a
$26,000,000 charge to write-off enterprise level goodwill
associated with Pramer. This charge was triggered by our third
quarter 2004 determination that it was more-likely-than-not that
we would sell Pramer. Other impairment charges during 2004
include $16,111,000 related to the write-down of certain of
UGCs long-lived telecommunications assets in Norway and
$10,955,000 related to the write-down of certain of UGCs
tangible fixed assets in The Netherlands.
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Restructuring and other charges |
During 2004, UGC recorded aggregate restructuring and other
charges of $29,018,000, including (i) $21,660,000 related
to its operations in The Netherlands, (ii) $4,172,000
relating to certain of its other operations in Europe and
(iii) $3,186,00 for certain benefits of the former Chief
Executive Officer of UGC. For additional information, see
note 17 to the accompanying consolidated financial
statements.
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Interest and dividend income |
Interest and dividend income increased $40,733,000 during 2004,
as compared to 2003. The increase includes $23,823,000 that is
attributable to the January 1, 2004 consolidation of UGC.
The remaining increase is primarily attributable to dividend
income on the ABC Family preferred stock, a 99.9% interest
in which was contributed by Liberty to our company in connection
with the spin off.
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Share of earnings of affiliates, net |
Our share of earnings of affiliates increased $24,971,000 during
2004, as compared to 2003. Such increase primarily is
attributable to increases in our share of the net earnings of
J-COM and, to a lesser extent, JPC. Such increases were
partially offset by write-downs of our investments in Torneos y
Competencias S.A., (Torneos) and another programming entity
that operates in Latin America to reflect other-than-temporary
declines in the fair values of these investments. The increase
in J-COMs net earnings is primarily attributable to
revenue growth due to increases in the subscribers to
J-COMs telephone, Internet and cable television services.
For additional discussion of J-COMs operating results, see
Discussion and Analysis of Reportable
Segments below. During 2003, we did not recognize our
share of UGCs losses as our investment in UGC previously
had been reduced to zero and we had no commitment to make
additional investments in UGC. For additional information, see
note 6 to the accompanying consolidated financial
statements.
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Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Derivative
Instruments, Net |
The details of our realized and unrealized gains (losses) on
derivative instruments are as follows:
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Foreign exchange derivatives
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$ |
196 |
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(22,626 |
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Total return debt swaps
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2,384 |
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37,804 |
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Cross-currency and interest rate swaps
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(43,779 |
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Interest rate caps
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(20,318 |
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Variable forward transaction
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1,013 |
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Call agreements on LMI Series A common stock
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1,713 |
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Other
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3,844 |
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(2,416 |
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(54,947 |
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12,762 |
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For additional information concerning our derivative
instruments, see note 8 to the accompanying consolidated
financial statements.
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Foreign currency transaction gains (losses), net |
The details of our foreign currency transaction gains
(losses) are as follows:
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Repayment of yen denominated shareholder loans(a)
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56,061 |
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U.S. dollar debt issued by UGCs European subsidiaries
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35,684 |
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Intercompany notes denominated in a currency other than the
entities functional currency
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46,349 |
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U.S. dollar debt issued and cash held by VTR
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3,929 |
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Euro denominated debt issued by UGC
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(77,255 |
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Euro denominated cash held by UGC
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26,192 |
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Pramer (primarily U.S. dollar denominated debt)
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(730 |
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2,461 |
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Telewest bonds
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333 |
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1,750 |
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Yen denominated cash held by LMI
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7,408 |
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Other
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(5,666 |
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1,201 |
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$ |
92,305 |
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5,412 |
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On December 21, 2004, we received cash proceeds of
¥43,809 million ($420,188,000 at December 21,
2004) in connection with the repayment by J-COM and another
affiliate of all principal and interest due to our company
pursuant to then outstanding shareholder loans. In connection
with this transaction, we recognized in our statement of
operations the foreign currency translation gains that
previously had been reflected in accumulated other comprehensive
earnings. |
Through December 31, 2004, we have incurred cumulative
translation losses with respect to our equity method investments
in Torneos, an Argentine programming company, and
Metrópolis, a Chilean cable company, of $86,446,000 and
$30,338,000, respectively. Such amounts are included in other
comprehensive earnings, net of taxes, in our December 31,
2004 consolidated balance sheet. Upon any disposition of all or
a part of these investments, we would recognize the pro rata
share of such losses in our statements of operations. Neither
investment was deemed to be held for sale at December 31,
2004.
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Gains on exchanges of investment securities |
During 2004, we recognized pre-tax gains aggregating
$178,818,000 on exchanges of investment securities, including a
$168,301,000 gain that is attributable to the July 19, 2004
conversion of our investment in Telewest Communications plc
Senior Notes and Senior Discount Notes into
18,417,883 shares or approximately 7.5% of the issued and
outstanding common stock of Telewest. This gain represents the
excess of the fair value of the Telewest common stock received
over our cost basis in the Senior Notes and Senior Discount
Notes.
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Other-than-temporary declines in fair values of
investments |
We recognized other-than-temporary declines in fair values of
investments of $18,542,000 and $6,884,000 during 2004 and 2003,
respectively. The 2004 amount includes a $12,429,000 charge
recognized during the third quarter of 2004 in connection with
our decision to dispose of all remaining Telewest shares during
the fourth quarter of 2004.
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Gains on extinguishment of debt |
During 2004, we recognized gains on extinguishment of debt of
$35,787,000. Such gains included a $31,916,000 gain recognized
by UGC in connection with the first quarter 2004 consummation of
UPC Polskas plan of reorganization and emergence from
U.S. bankruptcy proceedings. For additional information, see
note 10 to the accompanying consolidated financial
statements.
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Gains (losses) on disposition of investments, net |
We recognized net gains on dispositions of investments of
$43,714,000 and $3,759,000 during 2004 and 2003, respectively.
The 2004 amount includes (i) a $37,174,000 gain on the sale
of News Corp. Class A common stock, (ii) a $25,256,000
gain in connection with the contribution to JPC of certain
indirect interests in an equity method affiliate, (iii) a
$16,407,000 net loss on the disposition of 18,417,883 Telewest
shares, (iv) a $10,000,000 loss on the sale of Sky
Multi-Country, and a (v) a $6,878,000 gain associated with
the redemption of our investment in certain bonds. For
additional information, see notes 6 and 7 to the accompanying
consolidated financial statements.
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Income tax benefit (expense) |
We recognized income tax benefit (expense) of $17,449,000 and
($27,975,000) during 2004 and 2003, respectively. The 2004 tax
benefit differs from the expected tax benefit of $80,110,000
(based on the U.S. federal 35% income tax rate) due
primarily to (i) the reduction of UGCs deferred tax
assets as a result of tax rate reductions in The Netherlands,
France, the Czech Republic, and Austria; (ii) the impact of
certain permanent differences between the financial and tax
accounting treatment of interest and other items associated with
cross jurisdictional intercompany loans and investments;
(iii) the realization of taxable foreign currency gains in
certain jurisdictions not recognized for financial reporting
purposes, (iv) a net increase in UGCs valuation
allowance associated with reserves established against currently
arising tax loss carryforwards that were only partially offset
by the release of valuation allowances in other jurisdictions.
Certain of the released valuation allowances were related to
deferred tax assets that were recorded in purchase accounting
and accordingly, such valuation allowances were reversed against
goodwill. The items mentioned above were partially offset by
(i) the reversal of a deferred tax liability originally
recorded for a gain on extinguishment of debt in a 2002 merger
transaction as a result of the emergence of Old UGC from
bankruptcy in November 2004; (ii) the recognition of tax
losses or deferred tax assets for the sale of investments or
subsidiaries and (iii) a deferred tax benefit that we
recorded during the third quarter of 2004 to reflect a reduction
in the estimated blended state tax rate used to compute our net
deferred tax liabilities. Such reduction represents a change in
estimate that resulted from our re-evaluation of this rate upon
our becoming a separate tax paying entity in connection with the
spin off. The difference between the actual tax expense and the
expected tax expense of $17,111,000 (based on the
U.S. Federal 35% income tax rate) during 2003 is primarily
attributable
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to foreign, state and local taxes. For additional details, see
note 11 to the accompanying consolidated financial
statements.
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Years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 |
Revenue increased $8,135,000 or 8.1% during 2003, as compared to
2002. The increase was due primarily to a $7,495,000 increase in
revenue generated by Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico. The
increase in the revenue of Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico is
due primarily to a $3,685,000 increase in revenue from cable
television services, a $1,772,000 increase in broadband Internet
revenue and a $1,255,000 increase in equipment rental income.
The increase in revenue from cable television services is due
primarily to the net effect of (i) increases associated
with higher rates and an increase in the number of digital cable
subscribers and (ii) decreases associated with an
approximate 1% decrease in the number of subscribers to basic
cable services. The increase in Liberty Cablevision Puerto
Ricos equipment rental revenue is due primarily to the
increase in digital cable subscribers.
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Operating costs and expenses |
Operating costs and expenses increased $6,375,000 or 14.5%
during 2003, as compared to 2002. The increase was due primarily
to increases in the operating costs and expenses of both Liberty
Cablevision Puerto Rico and Pramer. Higher programming rates and
an increase in the number of subscribers receiving the digital
programming tier of service contributed to an increase in
programming costs that accounted for most of the $4,103,000
increase in Liberty Cablevision Puerto Ricos operating
expenses. The increase in Pramers operating costs and
expenses is attributable to individually insignificant items.
|
|
|
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses |
SG&A expenses decreased $1,932,000 or 4.6% during 2003, as
compared to 2002. The decrease is due primarily to a $4,596,000
decrease in SG&A expenses incurred by Pramer, offset by a
$2,584,000 increase in SG&A expenses incurred by Liberty
Cablevision Puerto Rico. The decrease in Pramers SG&A
expenses is due primarily to a decrease in bad debt expense as
Pramer experienced unusually high bad debt expense during 2002
as a result of poor economic conditions in Argentina and the
devaluation of the Argentine peso. The increase in Liberty
Cablevision Puerto Ricos SG&A expense is due to
increases in salaries and related personnel costs and other
individually insignificant items. The increase in salaries and
personnel costs is primarily related to increased headcount
required to support Liberty Cablevision Puerto Ricos
launch of its broadband Internet service.
|
|
|
Stock-based compensation charges (credits) |
We had stock-based compensation charges of $4,088,000 in 2003
and credits of $5,815,000 in 2002. The stock compensation
amounts reflected in our statements of operations during these
periods were based on stock appreciation rights held by Liberty
employees who performed services for our company. The stock
compensation amounts recorded during 2003 and 2002 are primarily
a function of the market price of Liberty common stock and the
vesting of the awards.
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
Depreciation and amortization increased $2,027,000 or 15.5%
during 2003, as compared to 2002. The increase in depreciation
and amortization is primarily due to an increase in the
depreciable tangible assets of Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico
as a result of capital additions.
|
|
|
Impairment of long-lived assets |
We recorded charges to reflect the impairment of long-lived
assets of $45,928,000 during 2002, including charges of
$39,000,000 and $5,000,000 to reflect the write-off of
enterprise goodwill associated with our
A3-6
investments in Metrópolis and Torneos, respectively. We
recorded the Metrópolis impairment in connection with an
evaluation of the carrying value of our investment in
Metrópolis as more fully described below. The Torneos
impairment resulted primarily from the devaluation of the
Argentine peso.
|
|
|
Interest and dividend income |
We recognized interest and dividend income of $24,874,000 and
$25,883,000 during 2003 and 2002, respectively. The $1,009,000
decrease during 2003 is primarily attributable to a decrease in
interest income from the Belmarken Loan that was largely offset
by increases in (i) interest income earned on shareholder
loans to J-COM and (ii) other sources of interest income.
The Belmarken Loan represented debt of a UGC subsidiary, and we
contributed the Belmarken Loan to UGC in connection with the
2002 UGC Transaction.
|
|
|
Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates, net |
A summary of our share of earnings (losses) of affiliates, net,
is included below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
J-COM
|
|
$ |
20,341 |
|
|
|
(21,595 |
) |
JPC
|
|
|
11,775 |
|
|
|
5,801 |
|
Metrópolis
|
|
|
(8,291 |
) |
|
|
(80,394 |
) |
UGC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(190,216 |
) |
Other
|
|
|
(10,086 |
) |
|
|
(44,821 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
13,739 |
|
|
|
(331,225 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Included in share of losses in 2003 and 2002 are adjustments for
other-than-temporary declines in value aggregating $12,616,000
and $72,030,000, respectively. The 2002 amount includes
$66,555,000 associated with Metrópolis. The Metrópolis
impairment was recorded as a result of a decline in value
associated with increased competition and subscriber losses.
As noted above, we did not recognize our share of UGCs
losses during 2003 as our investment in UGC previously had been
reduced to zero and we had no commitment to make additional
investments in UGC.
|
|
|
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivative
instruments, net |
The details of our realized and unrealized gains
(losses) on derivative instruments, net, are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Foreign exchange derivatives
|
|
$ |
(22,626 |
) |
|
|
(11,239 |
) |
Total return debt swaps
|
|
|
37,804 |
|
|
|
(1,088 |
) |
Other
|
|
|
(2,416 |
) |
|
|
(4,378 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
12,762 |
|
|
|
(16,705 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A3-7
|
|
|
Foreign currency transaction gains (losses), net |
The details of our foreign currency transaction gains (losses),
net are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Pramer (primarily U.S. dollar denominated debt)(a)
|
|
$ |
2,461 |
|
|
|
(12,290 |
) |
Telewest bonds
|
|
|
1,750 |
|
|
|
3,603 |
|
Other
|
|
|
1,201 |
|
|
|
420 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
5,412 |
|
|
|
(8,267 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
The foreign currency losses experienced by Pramer during 2002
are attributable to the devaluation of the Argentine peso. |
|
|
|
Gains on exchanges of investment securities |
On January 30, 2002, our company and UGC completed the 2002
UGC Transaction pursuant to which UGC was formed to own Old UGC.
Upon consummation of the 2002 UGC Transaction, all shares of
Old UGC common stock were exchanged for shares of common
stock of UGC. In addition, we contributed to UGC (i) cash
consideration of $200,000,000, (ii) the Belmarken Loan,
with an accreted value of $891,671,000 and a carrying value of
$495,603,000 and (iii) Senior Notes and Senior Discount
Notes of UPC, a subsidiary of Old UGC, with an aggregate
carrying amount of $270,398,000, in exchange for
281.3 million shares of UGC Class C common stock with
a fair value of $1,406,441,000. We accounted for the 2002 UGC
Transaction as the acquisition of an additional noncontrolling
interest in UGC in exchange for monetary financial instruments.
Accordingly, we calculated a $440,440,000 gain on the
transaction based on the difference between the estimated fair
value of the financial instruments and their carrying value. Due
to our continuing indirect ownership in the assets contributed
to UGC, we limited the amount of gain we recognized to the
minority shareholders attributable share (approximately
28%) of such assets or $122,618,000 (before deferred tax expense
of $47,821,000).
|
|
|
Other-than-temporary declines in fair values of
investments |
During 2003 and 2002, we determined that certain of our cost
investments experienced other-than-temporary declines in value.
As a result, the cost bases of such investments were adjusted to
their respective fair values based on quoted market prices and
discounted cash flow analysis. These adjustments are reflected
as other-than-temporary declines in fair value of investments in
the consolidated statements of operations. The details of our
other-than-temporary declines in fair value of investments are
as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Sky Latin America
|
|
$ |
6,884 |
|
|
|
105,250 |
|
Telewest bonds
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
141,271 |
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
865 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
6,884 |
|
|
|
247,386 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The impairment of our investment in Sky Latin America was
primarily a function of economic conditions in the countries in
which Sky Latin America operates. The amount of the Sky Latin
America impairment was based on discounted cash flow analysis.
The carrying value of the Telewest bonds was reduced based on
quoted market prices at the balance sheet date.
A3-8
|
|
|
Income tax benefit (expense) |
We recognized income tax benefit (expense) of ($27,975,000) and
$166,121,000 during 2003 and 2002, respectively. The 2003 tax
expense differs from the expected tax expense of $17,111,000
(based on the U.S. federal 35% income tax rate) primarily
due to foreign, state and local taxes. The 2002 tax expense
differs from the expected tax benefit of $173,593,000 (based on
the U.S. federal 35% income tax rate) as the effect of state,
local and foreign tax benefits was more than offset by the
impact of certain non-deductible expenses and other individually
insignificant items. For additional information, see
note 11 to the accompanying consolidated financial
statements.
|
|
|
Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of taxes |
We and our subsidiaries adopted Statement 142 effective
January 1, 2002. Upon adoption, we determined that the
carrying value of certain of our reporting units (including
allocated goodwill) was not recoverable. Accordingly, in the
first quarter of 2002, we recorded an impairment loss of
$238,267,000, after deducting taxes of $103,105,000, as the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle. This
transitional impairment loss includes a pre-tax adjustment of
$264,372,000 for our proportionate share of transition
adjustments that UGC recorded.
Discussion and Analysis of Reportable Segments
For purposes of evaluating the performance of our operating
segments, we compare and analyze 100% of the revenue and
operating cash flow of our reportable operating segments
regardless of whether we use the consolidation or equity method
to account for such reportable segments. Accordingly, in the
following tables, we have presented 100% of the revenue,
operating expenses, SG&A expenses and operating cash flow of
our reportable segments, notwithstanding the fact that we used
the equity method to account for (i) UGC during the 2003
and 2002 periods and (ii) our equity method investment in
J-COM for all periods presented. The revenue, operating
expenses, SG&A expenses and operating cash flow of UGC for
the 2003 and 2002 periods and J-COM for all periods presented
are then eliminated to arrive at the reported amounts. It should
be noted, however, that this presentation is not in accordance
with GAAP since the results of operations of equity method
investments are required to be reported on a net basis. Further,
we could not, among other things, cause any noncontrolled
affiliate to distribute to us our proportionate share of the
revenue or operating cash flow of such affiliate. For additional
information concerning our operating segments, including a
discussion of our performance measures and a reconciliation of
operating cash flow to pre-tax earnings (loss), see note 20
to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
The tables presented below in this section provide a separate
analysis of each of the line items that comprise operating cash
flow (revenue, operating expenses and SG&A expenses) as well
as an analysis of operating cash flow by operating segment for
2004 compared to 2003 and 2003 compared to 2002. In each case,
the tables present (i) the amounts reported by each of our
operating segments for the comparative periods, (ii) the
U.S. dollar change and percentage change from period to period,
and (iii) the U.S. dollar equivalent of the change and the
percentage change from period to period, after removing foreign
currency effects (FX). The comparisons that exclude FX assume
that exchange rates remained constant during the periods that
are included in each table.
UGC Broadband France acquired Noos on July 1,
2004. Accordingly, increases in the amounts presented for UGC
Broadband France during 2004, as compared to the
corresponding prior year periods, are primarily attributable to
the Noos acquisition. In addition, UGC has included Chorus
Communications Limited (Chorus), a wholly owned subsidiary of
PHL and a cable operator in Ireland, in its consolidated
financial statements since June 1, 2004. Accordingly,
increases in the amounts presented for UGC Broadband
Other Europe during 2004, as compared to 2003, are partially
attributable to the operations of Chorus since June 1,
2004. In addition, the third quarter 2002 deconsolidation of
UGCs broadband operations in Germany factors into the 2003
to 2002 comparisons. For additional information concerning the
Noos acquisition and the PHL transactions, see note 5 to
the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
A3-9
Revenue of our Reportable Segments
|
|
|
Revenue Years ended December 31, 2004 and
2003 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase (decrease) | |
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
Increase (decrease) | |
|
excluding FX | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
$ | |
|
% | |
|
$ | |
|
% | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands, except % amounts | |
UGC Broadband The Netherlands
|
|
$ |
716,932 |
|
|
|
592,223 |
|
|
|
124,709 |
|
|
|
21.1 |
% |
|
|
60,999 |
|
|
|
10.3 |
% |
UGC Broadband France
|
|
|
312,792 |
|
|
|
113,946 |
|
|
|
198,846 |
|
|
|
174.5 |
% |
|
|
187,462 |
|
|
|
164.5 |
% |
UGC Broadband Austria
|
|
|
299,874 |
|
|
|
260,162 |
|
|
|
39,712 |
|
|
|
15.3 |
% |
|
|
13,268 |
|
|
|
5.1 |
% |
UGC Broadband Other Europe
|
|
|
752,900 |
|
|
|
561,737 |
|
|
|
191,163 |
|
|
|
34.0 |
% |
|
|
134,926 |
|
|
|
24.0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Total Europe
|
|
|
2,082,498 |
|
|
|
1,528,068 |
|
|
|
554,430 |
|
|
|
36.3 |
% |
|
|
396,655 |
|
|
|
26.0 |
% |
UGC Broadband Chile (VTR)
|
|
|
299,951 |
|
|
|
229,835 |
|
|
|
70,116 |
|
|
|
30.5 |
% |
|
|
36,314 |
|
|
|
15.8 |
% |
J-COM
|
|
|
1,504,709 |
|
|
|
1,233,492 |
|
|
|
271,217 |
|
|
|
22.0 |
% |
|
|
156,706 |
|
|
|
12.7 |
% |
Corporate and all other
|
|
|
400,818 |
|
|
|
369,072 |
|
|
|
31,746 |
|
|
|
8.6 |
% |
|
|
(3,835 |
) |
|
|
(1.0 |
%) |
Elimination of intercompany transactions
|
|
|
(138,983 |
) |
|
|
(127,055 |
) |
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
Elimination of equity affiliates
|
|
|
(1,504,709 |
) |
|
|
(3,125,022 |
) |
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total consolidated LMI
|
|
$ |
2,644,284 |
|
|
|
108,390 |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N.M. Not Meaningful
|
|
|
UGC Broadband The Netherlands |
UGC Broadband The Netherlands revenue
increased 21.1% in 2004, as compared to 2003. Excluding the
effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, such increase was
10.3%. The local currency increase is primarily attributable to
an increase in the average monthly revenue per subscriber, due
primarily to higher average rates for cable television services
and the increased penetration of broadband Internet services.
These factors were somewhat offset by reduced tariffs for
telephone services as lower outbound interconnect rates were
passed through to the customer to maintain the product at a
competitive level in the market. The average number of
subscribers in 2004 was slightly higher than the comparable
number in 2003 as increases in broadband Internet and telephone
subscribers were largely offset by a decline in cable television
subscribers.
UGC previously announced that it would increase rates for analog
video customers in The Netherlands towards a standard rate,
effective January 1, 2004. As previously reported, UGC has
been enjoined from, or has voluntarily waived, implementing
these rate increases in certain cities within The Netherlands.
Thus far, UGC has reached agreement with most of these
municipalities, including the municipality of Amsterdam,
allowing it to increase its cable tariffs to a standard rate of
15.20. UGC is
continuing to negotiate with the other municipalities.
UGC Broadband Frances revenue in 2004 includes
$183,930,000 generated by Noos. Excluding the increase
associated with the Noos acquisition and the $11,384,000
increase associated with foreign exchange fluctuations, UGC
Broadband Frances revenue increased $3,532,000
or 3.1% in 2004, as compared to 2003. This 3.1% increase is
primarily attributable to an increase in the average number of
subscribers in 2004, as compared to 2003. Cable television,
broadband Internet and telephone services all contributed to
this subscriber increase. A decrease in the average monthly
revenue per telephone subscriber partially offset the positive
impact of the subscriber increases. The lower telephone revenue
is attributable to lower tariffs from telephone services, as
lower outbound interconnect rates were passed through to the
customer to maintain the service at a competitive level in the
market, as well as reduced outbound telephone traffic as more
customers
A3-10
migrate from dial-up Internet access to broadband Internet
access and migrate from fixed-line telephone usage to cellular
phone usage.
UGC Broadband Austrias revenue increased 15.3%
in 2004, as compared to 2003. Excluding the effects of foreign
exchange fluctuations, such increase was 5.1%. The local
currency increase is primarily attributable to growth in the
average number of subscribers in 2004, as compared to 2003. This
subscriber growth is primarily attributable to an increase in
the average number of subscribers to broadband Internet service.
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Other Europe |
UGC Broadband Other Europe includes broadband
operations in Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Ireland, Hungary, Poland,
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Romania. UGC
Broadband Other Europes revenue in 2004
includes $48,953,000 of revenue generated by Chorus. Excluding
the increase associated with the 2004 Chorus acquisition and the
$56,237,000 increase associated with foreign exchange
fluctuations, UGC Broadband Other Europes
revenue increased $85,973,000 or 15.3% during 2004, as compared
to 2003. The 15.3% increase is due primarily to increases in the
average monthly revenue per subscriber across all of the UGC
Broadband Other Europe countries. An overall
increase in the average number of cable television and broadband
Internet subscribers in 2004, as compared to 2003, also
contributed to the increase.
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Chile (VTR) |
UGC Broadband Chiles revenue increased 30.5%
during 2004, as compared to 2003. Excluding the effects of
foreign exchange fluctuations, such increase was 15.8%. This
15.8% increase is due primarily to growth in the average number
of subscribers to cable television, broadband Internet and
telephone services during 2004, as compared to 2003. This
subscriber growth is due primarily to improved direct sales,
mass marketing initiatives and lower subscriber churn. UGC
Broadband Chiles average monthly revenue per
subscriber remained relatively flat from period to period due
primarily to significant competition in UGC
Broadband Chiles markets.
J-COMs revenue increased 22.0% during 2004, as compared to
2003. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations,
such increase was 12.7%. The local currency increase is
primarily attributable to a significant increase in the average
number of subscribers in 2004, as compared to 2003. Most of this
subscriber increase is attributable to growth within
J-COMs telephone and broadband Internet services. An
increase in average revenue per household per month also
contributed to the increase in local currency revenue. The
increase in average revenue per household per month is primarily
attributable to the full-year effect of cable television service
price increases implemented during 2003 and increased
penetration of J-COMs higher-priced broadband Internet
service. These factors were somewhat offset by a reduction in
the price for one of J-COMs lower-priced broadband
Internet services and a decrease in customer call volumes for
J-COMs telephone service.
A3-11
|
|
|
Revenue Years ended December 31, 2003 and
2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase (decrease) | |
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
Increase (decrease) | |
|
excluding FX | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
$ | |
|
% | |
|
$ | |
|
% | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands, except % amounts | |
UGC Broadband The Netherlands
|
|
$ |
592,223 |
|
|
|
459,044 |
|
|
|
133,179 |
|
|
|
29.0 |
% |
|
|
35,346 |
|
|
|
7.7 |
% |
UGC Broadband France
|
|
|
113,946 |
|
|
|
92,441 |
|
|
|
21,505 |
|
|
|
23.3 |
% |
|
|
2,681 |
|
|
|
2.9 |
% |
UGC Broadband Austria
|
|
|
260,162 |
|
|
|
198,189 |
|
|
|
61,973 |
|
|
|
31.3 |
% |
|
|
19,026 |
|
|
|
9.6 |
% |
UGC Broadband Other Europe
|
|
|
561,737 |
|
|
|
461,149 |
|
|
|
100,588 |
|
|
|
21.8 |
% |
|
|
34,034 |
|
|
|
7.4 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Total Europe
|
|
|
1,528,068 |
|
|
|
1,210,823 |
|
|
|
317,245 |
|
|
|
26.2 |
% |
|
|
91,087 |
|
|
|
7.5 |
% |
UGC Broadband Chile (VTR)
|
|
|
229,835 |
|
|
|
186,426 |
|
|
|
43,409 |
|
|
|
23.3 |
% |
|
|
42,319 |
|
|
|
22.7 |
% |
J-COM
|
|
|
1,233,492 |
|
|
|
930,736 |
|
|
|
302,756 |
|
|
|
32.5 |
% |
|
|
211,703 |
|
|
|
22.7 |
% |
Corporate and all other
|
|
|
369,072 |
|
|
|
326,722 |
|
|
|
42,350 |
|
|
|
13.0 |
% |
|
|
(8,448 |
) |
|
|
(2.6 |
)% |
Elimination of intercompany transactions
|
|
|
(127,055 |
) |
|
|
(108,695 |
) |
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
Elimination of equity affiliates
|
|
|
(3,125,022 |
) |
|
|
(2,445,757 |
) |
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total consolidated LMI
|
|
$ |
108,390 |
|
|
|
100,255 |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N.M. Not Meaningful
|
|
|
UGC Broadband The Netherlands |
UGC Broadband The Netherlands revenue
increased 29.0% in 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the
effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, such increase was
7.7%. The local currency increase is due primarily to rate
increases for cable television services. The average number of
subscribers in 2003 increased slightly over the comparable
number in 2002 as increases in broadband Internet subscribers
were largely offset by decreases in cable television and
telephone subscribers.
UGC Broadband Frances revenue increased 23.3%
in 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the effects of foreign
exchange fluctuations, revenue increased 2.9% in 2003, as
compared to 2002. This local currency increase is primarily
attributable to increases in the average number of subscribers
to cable television, and to a lesser extent, broadband Internet
and telephone services in 2003, as compared to 2002. UGC
Broadband Frances average monthly revenue per
subscriber declined slightly as the positive impact of increased
penetration of broadband Internet services was more than offset
by lower telephony revenue and an increase in the proportion of
subscribers to lower-priced tiers within the total number of
subscribers for cable television services.
UGC Broadband Austrias revenue increased 31.3%
in 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the effects of foreign
exchange fluctuations, such increase was 9.6%. The local
currency increase is due primarily to increases in the average
number of broadband Internet and telephone subscribers during
2003, as compared to 2002. An increase in the average monthly
revenue per subscriber, due primarily to the increased
penetration of broadband Internet services, also contributed to
the increase.
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Other Europe |
UGC Broadband Other Europes revenue increased
21.8% during 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the
$28,069,000 decrease associated with the third quarter 2002
deconsolidation of UGCs broadband operations in Germany
and the $66,554,000 increase associated with foreign exchange
fluctuations, UGC
A3-12
Broadband Other Europes revenue increased
$62,103,000 or 14.3% in 2003, as compared to 2002. The local
currency revenue increase is attributable to increases in
average monthly revenue per subscriber across all of the UGC
Broadband Other Europe countries. An overall
increase in the average number of cable television and broadband
Internet subscribers in 2004, as compared to 2003, also
contributed to the increase.
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Chile (VTR) |
UGC Broadband Chiles revenue increased 23.3%
in 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the effects of foreign
exchange fluctuations, such increase was 22.7%. The local
currency increase was primarily due to an increase in the
average number of subscribers in 2003, as compared to 2002. The
subscriber increase is attributable to the increased
effectiveness of UGC Broadband Chiles direct
sales force and mass marketing initiatives for its broadband
Internet services, and to increased premium tier customers. In
addition, UGC Broadband Chiles average monthly
revenue per subscriber was favorably impacted by a decrease in
promotions and price discounts.
J-COMs revenue increased 32.5% during 2003, as compared to
2002. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations,
such increase was 22.7%. The local currency increases are
primarily attributable to a significant increase in the average
number of subscribers in 2003, as compared to 2002. Most of this
subscriber increase is attributable to growth within
J-COMs telephone and broadband Internet services. An
increase in average revenue per household per month during 2003,
as compared to 2002, also contributed to the increase in local
currency revenue. The increases in average revenue per household
per month is primarily attributable to the effect of cable
television service price increases and increased penetration of
J-COMs higher-priced broadband Internet service. These
factors were somewhat offset by a reduction in the prices for
J-COMs lower-priced broadband Internet services and a
decrease in customer call volumes for J-COMs telephone
service.
Operating Expenses of our Reportable Segments
|
|
|
Operating expenses Years ended
December 31, 2004 and 2003 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase (decrease) | |
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
Increase (decrease) | |
|
excluding FX | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
$ | |
|
% | |
|
$ | |
|
% | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands, except % amounts | |
UGC Broadband The Netherlands
|
|
$ |
243,975 |
|
|
|
229,653 |
|
|
|
14,322 |
|
|
|
6.2 |
% |
|
|
(8,038 |
) |
|
|
(3.5 |
)% |
UGC Broadband France
|
|
|
168,634 |
|
|
|
67,160 |
|
|
|
101,474 |
|
|
|
151.1 |
% |
|
|
94,427 |
|
|
|
140.6 |
% |
UGC Broadband Austria
|
|
|
136,675 |
|
|
|
118,457 |
|
|
|
18,218 |
|
|
|
15.4 |
% |
|
|
5,686 |
|
|
|
4.8 |
% |
UGC Broadband Other Europe
|
|
|
329,669 |
|
|
|
259,045 |
|
|
|
70,624 |
|
|
|
27.3 |
% |
|
|
44,952 |
|
|
|
17.4 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Total Europe
|
|
|
878,953 |
|
|
|
674,315 |
|
|
|
204,638 |
|
|
|
30.3 |
% |
|
|
137,027 |
|
|
|
20.3 |
% |
UGC Broadband Chile (VTR)
|
|
|
116,131 |
|
|
|
96,965 |
|
|
|
19,166 |
|
|
|
19.8 |
% |
|
|
5,818 |
|
|
|
6.0 |
% |
J-COM
|
|
|
502,488 |
|
|
|
429,911 |
|
|
|
72,577 |
|
|
|
16.9 |
% |
|
|
34,243 |
|
|
|
8.0 |
% |
Corporate and all other
|
|
|
201,819 |
|
|
|
181,581 |
|
|
|
20,238 |
|
|
|
11.1 |
% |
|
|
5,909 |
|
|
|
3.3 |
% |
Elimination of intercompany transactions
|
|
|
(128,611 |
) |
|
|
(117,423 |
) |
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
Elimination of equity affiliates
|
|
|
(502,488 |
) |
|
|
(1,215,043 |
) |
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total consolidated LMI
|
|
$ |
1,068,292 |
|
|
|
50,306 |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N.M. Not Meaningful
A3-13
Operating expenses include programming, network operations and
other direct costs. Programming costs, which represent a
significant portion of our operating costs, are expected to rise
in future periods as a result of the expansion of service
offerings and the potential for price increases. Any cost
increases that we are not able to pass on to our subscribers
through service rate increases would result in increased
pressure on our operating margins.
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Total Europe |
Operating expenses for UGC Broadband Total Europe
increased 30.3% in 2004, as compared to 2003. Operating expenses
for UGC Broadband France and UGC
Broadband Other Europe include $92,076,000 and
$11,451,000 incurred by Noos and Chorus, respectively, both of
which were acquired in 2004. Excluding the $103,527,000 increase
associated with the 2004 Noos and Chorus acquisitions and the
$67,611,000 increase associated with foreign exchange rate
fluctuations, UGC Broadband Total Europes
operating expenses increased $33,500,000 or 5.0% in 2004, as
compared to 2003, primarily due to the net effect of the
following factors:
|
|
|
|
(i) an increase in customer operation expenses as a result
of higher numbers of new and reconnecting subscribers during
2004, as compared to 2003. This higher activity level required
UGC to hire additional staff and use outsourced contractors; |
|
|
|
|
(ii) an increase in direct programming costs related to
subscriber growth and, in certain markets, an increase in
channels on the analog and digital platforms; |
|
|
|
|
(iii) a decrease due to net cost reductions across network
operations, customer care and billing and collection activities.
These reductions were due to improved cost controls across all
aspects of the business, including more effective procurement of
support services, lower billing and collections charges, with
bad debt charges in particular reduced in The Netherlands, and
the increasing operational leverage of the business; |
|
|
|
|
(iv) an increase in intercompany costs for broadband
Internet services under the revenue sharing agreement between
UPC Broadband and chellomedia; |
|
|
|
|
(v) a decrease related to reduced telephone direct costs in
2004, as compared to 2003, primarily due to decreases in
outbound interconnect rates; |
|
|
|
|
(vi) an increase due to annual wage increases; and |
|
|
|
|
(vii) a decrease due to cost savings in The Netherlands
resulting from a restructuring plan implemented in the second
quarter of 2004 whereby the management structure was changed
from a three-region model to a centralized management
organization. |
|
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Chile (VTR) |
UGC Broadband Chiles operating expenses
increased 19.8% for 2004, as compared to 2003. Excluding the
effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, such increase was
6.0%. The local currency increase primarily is due to increases
in (i) domestic and international access charges,
(ii) programming costs, and (iii) the cost of
maintenance and technical services. Such increased costs were
largely driven by subscriber growth.
J-COM operating expenses increased 16.9% during 2004, as
compared to 2003. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange
fluctuations, such increase was 8.0%. These local currency
increases primarily are due to an increase in programming costs
as a result of subscriber growth and improved service offerings.
Increases in network maintenance and technical support costs
associated with the expansion of J-COMs network also
contributed to the increases.
A3-14
|
|
|
Operating expenses Years ended
December 31, 2003 and 2002 |
An analysis of the operating expenses of our reportable segments
for the indicated periods is set forth below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase (decrease) | |
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
Increase (decrease) | |
|
excluding FX | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
$ | |
|
% | |
|
$ | |
|
% | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands, except % amounts | |
UGC Broadband The Netherlands
|
|
$ |
229,653 |
|
|
|
251,614 |
|
|
|
(21,961 |
) |
|
|
(8.7 |
)% |
|
|
(58,878 |
) |
|
|
(23.4 |
)% |
UGC Broadband France
|
|
|
67,160 |
|
|
|
72,120 |
|
|
|
(4,960 |
) |
|
|
(6.9 |
)% |
|
|
(15,794 |
) |
|
|
(21.9 |
)% |
UGC Broadband Austria
|
|
|
118,457 |
|
|
|
100,849 |
|
|
|
17,608 |
|
|
|
17.5 |
% |
|
|
(1,412 |
) |
|
|
(1.4 |
)% |
UGC Broadband Other Europe
|
|
|
259,045 |
|
|
|
236,685 |
|
|
|
22,360 |
|
|
|
9.4 |
% |
|
|
(6,750 |
) |
|
|
(2.9 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Total Europe
|
|
|
674,315 |
|
|
|
661,268 |
|
|
|
13,047 |
|
|
|
2.0 |
% |
|
|
(82,834 |
) |
|
|
(12.5 |
)% |
UGC Broadband Chile (VTR)
|
|
|
96,965 |
|
|
|
93,243 |
|
|
|
3,722 |
|
|
|
4.0 |
% |
|
|
3,730 |
|
|
|
4.0 |
% |
J-COM
|
|
|
429,911 |
|
|
|
366,828 |
|
|
|
63,083 |
|
|
|
17.2 |
% |
|
|
31,348 |
|
|
|
8.5 |
% |
Corporate and all other
|
|
|
181,581 |
|
|
|
175,639 |
|
|
|
5,942 |
|
|
|
3.4 |
% |
|
|
(19,118 |
) |
|
|
(10.9 |
)% |
Elimination of intercompany transactions
|
|
|
(117,423 |
) |
|
|
(96,762 |
) |
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
Elimination of equity affiliates
|
|
|
(1,215,043 |
) |
|
|
(1,156,285 |
) |
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total consolidated LMI
|
|
$ |
50,306 |
|
|
|
43,931 |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N.M. Not Meaningful
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Total Europe |
Operating expenses for UGC Broadband Total Europe
increased 2.0% in 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the
$14,332,000 decrease associated with the third quarter 2002
deconsolidation of UGCs Broadband operations in Germany
and the $95,881,000 increase associated with foreign exchange
rate fluctuations, UGC Broadband Total Europes
operating expenses decreased $68,502,000 or 10.4% in 2003, as
compared to 2002, primarily due to:
|
|
|
|
(i) a decrease associated with improved cost control across
all aspects of the business, including the benefit of
restructuring activities, other cost cutting initiatives,
continued improvements in processes and systems and
organizational rationalization. In addition, more effective
procurement processes resulted in improved terms from major
vendors; and |
|
|
|
|
(ii) a decrease in billing and collection charges,
reflecting improved receivables management and lower bad debt
charges, particularly in The Netherlands and France, where
reduced bad debt charges accounted for over 75% of the total
reduction; |
|
|
|
|
(iii) a decrease in telephone outbound interconnect costs,
which offset an increase in intercompany cost for broadband
Internet services under the revenue sharing agreement between
UPC Broadband and chellomedia; |
|
|
|
|
(iv) a decrease in programming costs resulting from a year
over year reduction in the DTH business, due to the closure of
an uplink facility, which was only partially offset by the
impact of subscriber growth. |
|
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Chile (VTR) |
Operating expenses for UGC Broadband Chile increased
4.0% in 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the effects of
foreign exchange fluctuations, such increase was also 4.0%. This
increase is primarily due to increases in variable costs such as
domestic and international access charges, programming costs and
maintenance and technical service costs. Such increased costs
were largely driven by subscriber growth.
A3-15
J-COM operating expenses increased 17.2% during 2003, as
compared to 2002. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange
fluctuations, such increases were 8.5%. The local currency
increase primarily is due to an increase in programming costs as
a result of video subscriber growth, and to an increase in
interconnection charges paid to third parties associated with an
increase in telephone revenue. Increases in network maintenance
and technical support costs associated with the expansion of
J-COMs network also contributed to the increase.
SG&A Expenses of our Reportable Segments
|
|
|
SG&A expenses Years ended
December 31, 2004 and 2003 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase | |
|
Increase (decrease) | |
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
(decrease) | |
|
excluding FX | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
$ | |
|
% | |
|
$ | |
|
% | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands, except % amounts | |
UGC Broadband The Netherlands
|
|
$ |
111,692 |
|
|
|
95,495 |
|
|
|
16,197 |
|
|
|
17.0 |
% |
|
|
6,016 |
|
|
|
6.3 |
% |
UGC Broadband France
|
|
|
90,468 |
|
|
|
32,866 |
|
|
|
57,602 |
|
|
|
175.3 |
% |
|
|
54,257 |
|
|
|
165.1 |
% |
UGC Broadband Austria
|
|
|
51,249 |
|
|
|
43,427 |
|
|
|
7,822 |
|
|
|
18.0 |
% |
|
|
3,344 |
|
|
|
7.7 |
% |
UGC Broadband Other Europe
|
|
|
141,833 |
|
|
|
99,197 |
|
|
|
42,636 |
|
|
|
43.0 |
% |
|
|
32,448 |
|
|
|
32.7 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Total Europe
|
|
|
395,242 |
|
|
|
270,985 |
|
|
|
124,257 |
|
|
|
45.9 |
% |
|
|
96,065 |
|
|
|
35.5 |
% |
UGC Broadband Chile (VTR)
|
|
|
75,068 |
|
|
|
62,919 |
|
|
|
12,149 |
|
|
|
19.3 |
% |
|
|
3,775 |
|
|
|
6.0 |
% |
J-COM
|
|
|
412,624 |
|
|
|
375,263 |
|
|
|
37,361 |
|
|
|
10.0 |
% |
|
|
6,009 |
|
|
|
1.6 |
% |
Corporate and all other
|
|
|
227,906 |
|
|
|
193,581 |
|
|
|
34,325 |
|
|
|
17.7 |
% |
|
|
10,238 |
|
|
|
5.3 |
% |
Elimination of intercompany transactions
|
|
|
(10,372 |
) |
|
|
(9,632 |
) |
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
Elimination of equity affiliates
|
|
|
(412,624 |
) |
|
|
(852,779 |
) |
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total consolidated LMI
|
|
$ |
687,844 |
|
|
|
40,337 |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N.M. Not Meaningful
SG&A expenses include human resources, information
technology, general services, management, finance, legal and
marketing costs and other general expenses.
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Total Europe |
SG&A expenses for UGC Broadband Total Europe
increased 45.9% in 2004, as compared to 2003. SG&A expenses
for UGC Broadband France and UGC
Broadband Other Europe include $51,069,000 and
$25,707,000 incurred by Noos and Chorus, respectively, both of
which were acquired in 2004. Excluding the $76,776,000 increase
associated with the 2004 Noos and Chorus acquisitions and the
$28,192,000 increase due to exchange rate fluctuations, UGC
Broadband Total Europes SG&A expenses
increased $19,289,000, or 7.1% in 2004, as compared to 2003,
primarily due to:
|
|
|
|
(i) an increase in marketing expenditures to support
subscriber growth and new digital programming services; |
|
|
|
|
(ii) annual wage increases; and |
|
|
|
|
(iii) increased consulting and other information technology
support costs associated with the implementation of new customer
care systems in several countries and a subscriber management
system in Austria. |
|
A3-16
These increases were partly offset by continuing cost control
across all aspects of the business and cost savings resulting
from UGC Broadband The Netherlands
restructuring that was implemented during the second quarter of
2004.
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Chile (VTR) |
UGC Broadband Chiles SG&A expenses
increased 19.3% during 2004, as compared to 2003. Excluding the
effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, such increase was
6.0%. The local currency increase primarily is due to
(i) an increase in commissions and marketing costs as a
result of subscriber growth and increased competition,
(ii) annual wage increases, and (iii) higher legal,
accounting and other professional advisory fees due in part to
requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
J-COM SG&A expenses increased 10% during 2004 as compared to
2003. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations,
J-COM SG&A expenses increased 1.6% during 2004 as compared
to 2003. This local currency increase primarily is attributable
to the net effect of (i) increased labor and other overhead
costs associated primarily with increases in J-COMs
subscribers, and (ii) reduced marketing personnel and
advertising and promotion expenses.
|
|
|
SG&A expenses Years ended
December 31, 2003 and 2002 |
An analysis of the SG&A expenses of our reportable segments
for the indicated periods is set forth below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase (decrease) | |
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
Increase (decrease) | |
|
excluding FX | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
$ | |
|
% | |
|
$ | |
|
% | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands, except % amounts | |
UGC Broadband The Netherlands
|
|
$ |
95,495 |
|
|
|
88,101 |
|
|
|
7,394 |
|
|
|
8.4 |
% |
|
|
(9,691 |
) |
|
|
(11.0 |
)% |
UGC Broadband France
|
|
|
32,866 |
|
|
|
30,767 |
|
|
|
2,099 |
|
|
|
6.8 |
% |
|
|
(3,538 |
) |
|
|
(11.5 |
)% |
UGC Broadband Austria
|
|
|
43,427 |
|
|
|
32,678 |
|
|
|
10,749 |
|
|
|
32.9 |
% |
|
|
2,680 |
|
|
|
8.2 |
% |
UGC Broadband Other Europe
|
|
|
99,197 |
|
|
|
92,582 |
|
|
|
6,615 |
|
|
|
7.1 |
% |
|
|
(2,381 |
) |
|
|
(2.6 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Total Europe
|
|
|
270,985 |
|
|
|
244,128 |
|
|
|
26,857 |
|
|
|
11.0 |
% |
|
|
(12,930 |
) |
|
|
(5.3 |
)% |
UGC Broadband Chile (VTR)
|
|
|
62,919 |
|
|
|
51,224 |
|
|
|
11,695 |
|
|
|
22.8 |
% |
|
|
11,321 |
|
|
|
22.1 |
% |
J-COM
|
|
|
375,263 |
|
|
|
352,762 |
|
|
|
22,501 |
|
|
|
6.4 |
% |
|
|
(5,380 |
) |
|
|
(1.5 |
)% |
Corporate and all other
|
|
|
193,581 |
|
|
|
188,040 |
|
|
|
5,541 |
|
|
|
2.9 |
% |
|
|
(19,513 |
) |
|
|
(10.4 |
)% |
Elimination of intercompany transactions
|
|
|
(9,632 |
) |
|
|
(11,933 |
) |
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
Elimination of equity affiliates
|
|
|
(852,779 |
) |
|
|
(781,952 |
) |
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total consolidated LMI
|
|
$ |
40,337 |
|
|
|
42,269 |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N.M. Not Meaningful
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Total Europe |
SG&A expenses for UGC Broadband Total Europe
increased 11.0% in 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the
$1,175,000 decrease associated with the third quarter 2002
deconsolidation of UGCs broadband operations in Germany
and the $39,787,000 increase associated with exchange rate
fluctuations, UGC Broadband Total Europes
SG&A expenses decreased $11,755,000 or 4.8% in 2003, as
compared to 2002, primarily due to improved operational cost
control resulting from restructuring activities and other cost
cutting measures. These cost reductions were partially offset by
an increase in marketing expenditures to support subscriber
growth.
A3-17
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Chile (VTR) |
SG&A expenses for UGC Broadband Chile increased
22.8% in 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the effects of
foreign exchange fluctuations, SG&A expenses increased
22.1%, primarily due to (i) an increase in commissions and
marketing costs as a result of subscriber growth and increased
competition, (ii) annual wage increases and
(iii) higher professional advisory fees.
J-COM SG&A expenses increased 6.4% during 2003, as compared
to 2002. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations,
J-COM SG&A expenses decreased 1.5% during 2003 as compared
to 2002. This decrease was attributable primarily to reduced
costs for marketing personnel and advertising and promotion
expenses associated with customer acquisitions, expense
reductions resulting from scale efficiencies and to continued
management focus on limiting expenses. The decrease was
partially offset by an increase in labor costs at J-COMs
call centers as a result of the provision of customer support to
a larger subscriber base.
Operating Cash Flow of our Reportable Segments
Operating cash flow is the primary measure used by our chief
operating decision maker to evaluate segment operating
performance and to decide how to allocate resources to segments.
As we use the term, operating cash flow is defined as revenue
less operating and SG&A expenses (excluding depreciation and
amortization, impairment of long-lived assets, restructuring and
other charges and stock-based compensation). We believe
operating cash flow is meaningful because it provides investors
a means to evaluate the operating performance of our segments
and our company on an ongoing basis using criteria that is used
by our internal decision makers. Our internal decision makers
believe operating cash flow is a meaningful measure and is
superior to other available GAAP measures because it represents
a transparent view of our recurring operating performance and
allows management to readily view operating trends, perform
analytical comparisons and benchmarking between segments in the
different countries in which we operate and identify strategies
to improve operating performance. For example, our internal
decision makers believe that the inclusion of impairment and
restructuring charges within operating cash flow distorts the
ability to efficiently assess and view the core operating trends
in our segments. In addition, our internal decision makers
believe our measure of operating cash flow is important because
analysts and investors use it to compare our performance to
other companies in our industry. For a reconciliation of total
consolidated operating cash flow to our consolidated pre-tax
earnings (loss), see note 20 to the accompanying
consolidated financial statements. Investors should view
operating cash flow as a supplement to, and not a substitute
for, operating income, net income, cash flow from operating
activities and other GAAP measures of income as a measure of
operating performance.
A3-18
|
|
|
Operating Cash Flow Years ended
December 31, 2004 and 2003 |
An analysis of the operating cash flow of our reportable
segments for the indicated periods is set forth below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase (decrease) | |
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
Increase (decrease) | |
|
excluding FX | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
$ | |
|
% | |
|
$ | |
|
% | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands, except % amounts | |
UGC Broadband The Netherlands
|
|
$ |
361,265 |
|
|
|
267,075 |
|
|
|
94,190 |
|
|
|
35.3 |
% |
|
|
63,021 |
|
|
|
23.6 |
% |
UGC Broadband France
|
|
|
53,690 |
|
|
|
13,920 |
|
|
|
39,770 |
|
|
|
285.7 |
% |
|
|
38,778 |
|
|
|
278.6 |
% |
UGC Broadband Austria
|
|
|
111,950 |
|
|
|
98,278 |
|
|
|
13,672 |
|
|
|
13.9 |
% |
|
|
4,238 |
|
|
|
4.3 |
% |
UGC Broadband Other Europe
|
|
|
281,398 |
|
|
|
203,495 |
|
|
|
77,903 |
|
|
|
38.3 |
% |
|
|
57,526 |
|
|
|
28.3 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Total Europe
|
|
|
808,303 |
|
|
|
582,768 |
|
|
|
225,535 |
|
|
|
38.7 |
% |
|
|
163,563 |
|
|
|
28.1 |
% |
UGC Broadband Chile (VTR)
|
|
|
108,752 |
|
|
|
69,951 |
|
|
|
38,801 |
|
|
|
55.5 |
% |
|
|
26,721 |
|
|
|
38.2 |
% |
J-COM
|
|
|
589,597 |
|
|
|
428,318 |
|
|
|
161,279 |
|
|
|
37.7 |
% |
|
|
116,454 |
|
|
|
27.2 |
% |
Corporate and all other
|
|
|
(28,907 |
) |
|
|
(6,090 |
) |
|
|
(22,817 |
) |
|
|
374.7 |
% |
|
|
(19,982 |
) |
|
|
328.1 |
% |
Elimination of equity affiliates
|
|
|
(589,597 |
) |
|
|
(1,057,200 |
) |
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total consolidated LMI
|
|
$ |
888,148 |
|
|
|
17,747 |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N.M. Not Meaningful
As set forth in the above table, our consolidated operating cash
flow for 2004 was $888,148,000. If exchange rates had remained
unchanged from 2003 levels, our operating cash flow would have
been $816,931,000 in 2004. For explanations of the factors
contributing to the changes in operating cash flow, see the
above analyses of the revenue, operating expenses and SG&A
expenses of our reportable segments.
|
|
|
Operating Cash Flow Years ended
December 31, 2003 and 2002 |
An analysis of the operating cash flow of our reportable
segments for the indicated periods is set forth below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase (decrease) | |
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
Increase (decrease) | |
|
excluding FX | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
$ | |
|
% | |
|
$ | |
|
% | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands, except % amounts | |
UGC Broadband The Netherlands
|
|
$ |
267,075 |
|
|
|
119,329 |
|
|
|
147,746 |
|
|
|
123.8 |
% |
|
|
103,915 |
|
|
|
87.1 |
% |
UGC Broadband France
|
|
|
13,920 |
|
|
|
(10,446 |
) |
|
|
24,366 |
|
|
|
(233.3 |
)% |
|
|
22,013 |
|
|
|
(210.7 |
)% |
UGC Broadband Austria
|
|
|
98,278 |
|
|
|
64,662 |
|
|
|
33,616 |
|
|
|
52.0 |
% |
|
|
17,758 |
|
|
|
27.5 |
% |
UGC Broadband Other Europe
|
|
|
203,495 |
|
|
|
131,882 |
|
|
|
71,613 |
|
|
|
54.3 |
% |
|
|
43,165 |
|
|
|
32.7 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UGC Broadband Total Europe
|
|
|
582,768 |
|
|
|
305,427 |
|
|
|
277,341 |
|
|
|
90.8 |
% |
|
|
186,851 |
|
|
|
61.2 |
% |
UGC Broadband Chile (VTR)
|
|
|
69,951 |
|
|
|
41,959 |
|
|
|
27,992 |
|
|
|
66.7 |
% |
|
|
27,268 |
|
|
|
65.0 |
% |
J-COM
|
|
|
428,318 |
|
|
|
211,146 |
|
|
|
217,172 |
|
|
|
102.9 |
% |
|
|
185,735 |
|
|
|
88.0 |
% |
Corporate and all other
|
|
|
(6,090 |
) |
|
|
(36,957 |
) |
|
|
30,867 |
|
|
|
(83.5 |
)% |
|
|
30,183 |
|
|
|
(81.7 |
)% |
Elimination of equity affiliates
|
|
|
(1,057,200 |
) |
|
|
(507,520 |
) |
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total consolidated LMI
|
|
$ |
17,747 |
|
|
|
14,055 |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
N.M. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N.M. Not Meaningful
For explanations of the factors contributing to the changes in
operating cash flow, see the above analyses of the revenue,
operating expenses and SG&A expenses of our reportable
segments.
A3-19
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Prior to the spin off, cash transfers from Liberty represented
our primary source of funds. Due to the spin off, cash transfers
from Liberty no longer represent a source of liquidity for us.
Although our consolidated operating subsidiaries have generated
cash from operating activities and have borrowed funds under
their respective bank facilities, we generally are not entitled
to the resources of our operating subsidiaries or business
affiliates. In this regard, we and each of our operating
subsidiaries perform separate assessments of our respective
liquidity needs. Accordingly, the current and future liquidity
of our corporate and subsidiary operations is discussed
separately below. Following the discussion of our sources and
uses of liquidity, we present a discussion of our consolidated
cash flow statements.
At December 31, 2004, we and our non-operating subsidiaries
held unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $1,487,963,000.
Such cash and cash equivalents represent available liquidity at
the corporate level. Our remaining unrestricted cash and cash
equivalents at December 31, 2004 of $1,043,523,000 were
held by UGC and our other operating subsidiaries. As noted
above, we generally do not anticipate that any of the cash held
by our operating subsidiaries will be made available to us to
satisfy our corporate liquidity requirements. As described in
greater detail below, our current sources of liquidity include
(i) our cash and cash equivalents, (ii) our ability to
monetize certain investments and derivative instruments, and
(iii) interest and dividend income received on our cash and
cash equivalents and investments. From time to time, we may also
receive distributions or loan repayments from our subsidiaries
or affiliates and proceeds upon the disposition of investments
and other assets or upon the exercise of stock options.
During the 2004 period prior to the spin off, a subsidiary of
our company borrowed $116,666,000 from Liberty pursuant to
certain notes payable. In connection with the spin off, Liberty
also entered into a Short-Term Credit Facility with us. During
the third quarter of 2004, all amounts due to Liberty under the
notes payable were repaid with proceeds from the LMI Rights
Offering and the Short-Term Credit Facility was terminated.
In connection with the spin off, Liberty contributed to our
company cash and cash equivalents of $50,000,000 and
available-for-sale securities with a fair value of $561,130,000
on the contribution date. For additional information, see
note 2 to the accompanying consolidated financial
statements.
On July 19, 2004, our investment in Telewest Communications
plc Senior Notes and Senior Discount Notes was converted into
18,417,883 shares or approximately 7.5% of the issued and
outstanding common stock of Telewest. During the third and
fourth quarters of 2004, we sold all of the acquired Telewest
shares for aggregate cash proceeds of $215,708,000, resulting in
a pre-tax loss of $16,407,000.
On July 26, 2004, we commenced the LMI Rights Offering
whereby holders of record of LMI common stock on that date
received 0.20 transferable subscription rights for each share of
LMI common stock held. The LMI Rights Offering expired in
accordance with its terms on August 23, 2004. Pursuant to
the terms of the LMI Rights Offering, we issued 28,245,000
shares of LMI Series A common stock and 1,211,157 shares of
LMI Series B common stock in exchange for aggregate cash
proceeds of $739,432,000, before deducting related offering
costs of $3,771,000.
In October 2004, we sold our interest in the Sky Multi-Country
DTH platform in exchange for reimbursement by the purchaser of
$1,500,000 of funding provided by us in the previous few months
and the release from certain guarantees described below. We were
deemed to owe the purchaser $6 million in respect of such
platform, which amount was offset against a separate payment we
received from the purchaser as explained below. We also agreed
to sell our interest in the Sky Brasil DTH platform and granted
the purchaser an option to purchase our interest in the Sky
Mexico DTH platform. On October 28, 2004, we received
$54 million in cash from the purchaser, which consisted of
$60 million consideration payable for our Sky Brasil
interest less the $6 million we were deemed to owe the
purchaser in respect of the Sky Multi-Country DTH platform. The
$60 million is refundable by us if the Sky Brasil
transaction is terminated. It may be terminated by us or the
purchaser if it has not closed by October 8, 2007 or by the
purchaser if certain conditions are incapable of
A3-20
being satisfied. We will receive $88 million in cash upon
the transfer of our Sky Mexico interest to the purchaser. The
Sky Mexico interest will not be transferred until certain
Mexican regulatory conditions are satisfied. If the purchaser
does not exercise its option to purchase our Sky Mexico interest
on or before October 8, 2006 (or in some cases an earlier
date), then we have the right to require the purchaser to
purchase our interest if certain conditions, including the
absence of Mexican regulatory prohibition of the transaction,
have been satisfied or waived. In connection with these
transactions our guarantees of the obligations of the Sky
Multi-Country, Sky Brasil and Sky Mexico platforms under certain
transponder leases were terminated and the purchaser agreed to
obtain releases of our guarantees of obligations under certain
equipment leases no later than December 31, 2004. All but
one of such guarantees have been released. The purchaser has
agreed to indemnify us for any amounts we are required to pay
under our remaining guarantee until such guarantee is terminated.
Cablevisión is currently seeking to restructure its debt
pursuant to an out of court reorganization agreement. That
agreement has been approved by the requisite majorities of
Cablevisións creditors, and a petition for its
approval has been filed by Cablevisión with a commercial
court in Buenos Aires under Argentinas bankruptcy laws.
Pursuant to the reorganization agreement, we had the right and
obligation to contribute $27,500,000 to Cablevisión, for
which we would receive, after giving effect to a capital
reduction pertaining to the current shareholders of
Cablevisión (including the entity in which Liberty had a
78.2% economic interest), approximately 40.0% of the equity of
the restructured Cablevisión. In the fourth quarter of,
2004, we entered into an agreement that provided for the
transfer of this right and obligation in exchange for cash
consideration of approximately $40,527,000. We received 50% of
such cash consideration as a down payment in November 2004 and
we received the remainder in March 2005. We will recognize a
gain of $40,527,000 during the first quarter of 2005 in
connection with the closing of this transaction.
On December 21, 2004, we received cash proceeds of
¥43,809 million ($420,188,000 at December 21,
2004) in repayment of all principal and interest due to our
company from J-COM and another affiliate pursuant to then
outstanding shareholder loans.
During the fourth quarter of 2004, we sold 4,500,000 shares of
News Corp. Class A common stock for aggregate cash proceeds
of $83,669,000 ($29,770,000 of which was received in 2005),
resulting in a pre-tax gain of $37,174,000.
On December 23, 2004, Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico
completed the refinancing of its existing bank facility with a
new $140 million dollar facility consisting of a
$125 million six-year term loan facility and a
$15 million six-year revolving credit facility. In
connection with the closing of this facility, (i) Liberty
Cablevision Puerto Rico made a $63,500,000 cash distribution to
our company and (ii) the $50,542,000 cash collateral
(including interest) for Liberty Cablevision Puerto Ricos
previous bank facility was released to our company.
In addition to the above sources and potential sources of
liquidity, we may elect to monetize our investments in News
Corp., ABC Family preferred stock and/or certain other
investments and derivative instruments that we hold. In this
regard, we are a party to a variable forward sale transaction
with respect to 5,500,000 shares of News Corp. Class A
common stock that provided us with borrowing availability of
$86,460,000 at December 31, 2004. For additional
information concerning our investments and derivative contracts,
see notes 7 and 8 to the accompanying consolidated financial
statements.
We believe that our current sources of liquidity are sufficient
to meet our known liquidity requirements through 2005, including
any cash consideration that we might pay in connection with the
closing of the proposed merger transaction with UGC, as
described below. However, in the event another major investment
or acquisition opportunity were to arise, it is likely that we
would be required to seek additional capital in order to
consummate any such transaction.
Our primary uses of cash have historically been investments in
affiliates and acquisitions of consolidated businesses. We
intend to continue expanding our collection of international
broadband and programming assets. Accordingly, our future cash
needs include making additional investments in and loans to
existing affiliates, funding new investment opportunities, and
funding our corporate general and administrative expenses.
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On January 5, 2004, we completed a transaction pursuant to
which UGCs founding shareholders transferred
8.2 million shares of UGC Class B common stock to our
company in exchange for 12.6 million shares of Liberty
Series A common stock valued, for accounting purposes, at
$152,122,000 and a cash payment of $12,857,000. We also incurred
$2,970,000 of acquisition costs in connection with this
transaction. This transaction was the last of a number of
independent transactions that occurred from 2001 through January
2004 pursuant to which we acquired our controlling interest in
UGC.
During 2004 we also purchased an additional 20 million
shares of UGC Class A common stock pursuant to certain
pre-emptive rights granted to our company by UGC. The
$152,284,000 purchase price for such shares was comprised of
(i) the cancellation of indebtedness due from subsidiaries
of UGC to certain of our subsidiaries in the amount of
$104,462,000 (including accrued interest) and (ii) $47,822,000
in cash. As UGC was one of our consolidated subsidiaries at the
time of these purchases, the effect of these purchases was
eliminated in consolidation.
Also, in January 2004, UGC initiated a rights offering pursuant
to which holders of each of UGCs Class A,
Class B and Class C common stock received 0.28
transferable subscription rights to purchase a like class of
common stock for each share of UGC common stock owned by them on
January 21, 2004. The rights offering expired on
February 12, 2004. UGC received cash proceeds of
approximately $1.02 billion from the rights offering. As a
holder of UGC Class A, Class B and Class C common
stock, we participated in the rights offering and exercised our
rights to purchase 90.7 million shares for a total cash
purchase price of $544,250,000.
We hold a 50% interest in Metrópolis, a cable operator in
Chile. On January 23, 2004, we, Liberty and CristalChile
entered into an agreement pursuant to which each agreed to use
its respective commercially reasonable efforts to combine the
businesses of Metrópolis and VTR a wholly owned subsidiary
of UGC. If the proposed combination is consummated, UGC would
own 80% of the voting and equity rights in the combined entity,
and CristalChile would own the remaining 20%. We would also
receive a promissory note from the combined entity (the amount
of which is subject to negotiation), which would be unsecured
and subordinated to third party debt. In addition, CristalChile
would have a put right which would allow CristalChile to require
UGC to purchase all, but not less than all, of its interest in
the combined entity at the fair value of the interest, subject
to a minimum price of $140 million. This put right will end
on the tenth anniversary of the combination. Liberty has agreed
to perform UGCs obligations under CristalChiles put
if UGC does not do so and, in connection with the spin off, we
agreed to indemnify Liberty against its obligations with respect
to CristalChiles put right. If the merger does not occur,
we and CristalChile have agreed to fund our pro rata share of a
capital call sufficient to retire Metropolis local debt
facility, which had an outstanding principal amount of Chilean
pesos 30.2 billion ($54,399,000) at December 31, 2004.
The combination is subject to certain conditions, including the
execution of definitive agreements, Chilean regulatory approval,
the approval of the respective boards of directors of the
relevant parties (including, in the case of UGC, the independent
members of UGCs board of directors) and the receipt of
necessary third party approvals and waivers. The Chilean
antitrust authorities approved the combination in October 2004
subject to certain conditions. The primary conditions require
that the combined entity (i) re-sell broadband capacity to
third party Internet service providers on a wholesale basis;
(ii) activate two-way capacity on all portions of the
combined network within five years; and (iii) limit basic
tier price increases to the rate of inflation plus a programming
cost escalator over the next three years. An action was filed
with the Chilean Supreme Court seeking to reverse such approval,
but the action was dismissed on March 10, 2005. We,
CristalChile and UGC are currently negotiating the terms of the
definitive agreements for the combination.
On May 20, 2004, we acquired all of the issued and
outstanding ordinary shares of PHL for
2,447,000,
including
447,000 of
acquisition costs ($2,918,000 at May 20, 2004). PHL,
through its subsidiary Chorus Communications Limited, owns and
operates broadband communications systems in Ireland. In
connection with this acquisition, we loaned an aggregate of
75,000,000
($89,483,000 as of May 20, 2004) to PHL. The proceeds from
this loan were used by PHL to discharge liabilities pursuant to
a debt restructuring plan and to provide funds for capital
expenditures and working capital. In June 2004, LMI loaned PHL
an additional
4,500,000
($6,137,000), for a total of
79,500,000
($108,414,000) as of December 31, 2004. In addition to the
amounts loaned to PHL as of December 31, 2004, we have
committed to loan to PHL up to
10,000,000
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($13,637,000) at December 31, 2004. On December 16,
2004, UGC acquired our interest in PHL in exchange for 6,413,991
shares of UGC Class A common stock, valued for accounting
purposes at $58,303,000 on that date. In connection with
UGCs acquisition of our interest in PHL, UGC committed to
refinance our loans to PHL no later than June 16, 2005. We
and UGC accounted for this transaction as a reorganization of
entities under common control at historical cost, similar to a
pooling of interests. For additional information, see
note 5 to the accompanying consolidated financial
statements.
During the fourth quarter of 2004, we entered into call option
contracts pursuant to which we contemporaneously (i) sold
call options on 1,210,000 shares of LMI Series A common
stock at exercise prices ranging from $39.5236 to $41.7536, and
(ii) purchased call options on 1,210,000 shares with an
exercise price of zero. As structured with the counterparty,
these instruments have similar financial mechanics to prepaid
put option contracts. Under the terms of the contracts, we can
elect cash or physical settlement. All of the contracts expired
during the first quarter of 2005 and were settled for cash. At
December 31, 2004, the $49,218,000 fair value of these call
option contracts is included in other current assets in the
accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
On December 16, 2004, chellomedia Belgium acquired our
wholly owned subsidiary BCH for $121,068,000 in cash. BCHs
only assets were debt securities of CPE and one of the InvestCos
and certain related contract rights. This purchase price was
equal to our cost basis in these debt securities, which included
an unrealized gain of $10,517,000. On December 17, 2004,
UGC entered into a restructuring transaction with CPE and
certain other parties. In this restructuring, BCH contributed
approximately $137,950,000 in cash and the debt security of the
InvestCo to Belgian Cable Investors in exchange for a 78.4%
common equity interest and 100% preferred equity interest in
Belgian Cable Investors. CPE owns the remaining 21.6% interest
in Belgian Cable Investors. Belgian Cable Investors distributed
approximately $115,592,000 in cash to CPE, which used the
proceeds to repurchase the debt securities of CPE held by BCH.
Belgian Cable Investors holds an indirect 14.1% interest in
Telenet and certain call options expiring in 2007 and 2009 to
acquire 3.36 million shares (11.6%) and 5.11 million
shares (17.6%), respectively, of the outstanding equity of
Telenet from existing shareholders. Belgian Cable
Investors indirect 14.1% interest in Telenet results from
its majority ownership of the InvestCos, which hold in the
aggregate 18.99% of the stock of Telenet, and a shareholders
agreement among Belgian Cable Investors and three unaffiliated
investors in the InvestCos that governs the voting and
disposition of 21.36% of the stock of Telenet, including the
stock held by the InvestCos.
During December 2004, we paid $127,890,000 to purchase 3,000,000
shares of LMI Series A common stock from Comcast
Corporation in a private transaction.
On January 17, 2005, we entered into an agreement and plan
of merger with UGC pursuant to which we each will merge with a
separate wholly owned subsidiary of a new parent company named
Liberty Global, which has been formed for this purpose. In the
mergers, each outstanding share of LMI Series A common
stock and LMI Series B common stock will be exchanged for
one share of the corresponding series of Liberty Global common
stock. UGCs public stockholders may elect to receive for
each share of common stock owned either 0.2155 of a share of
Liberty Global Series A common stock (plus cash for any
fractional share interest) or $9.58 in cash. Cash elections will
be subject to proration so that the aggregate cash consideration
paid to UGCs stockholders does not exceed 20% of the
aggregate value of the merger consideration payable to
UGCs public stockholders. Completion of the transactions
is subject to, among other conditions, approval of both
companies stockholders, including an affirmative vote of a
majority of the voting power of UGC Class A common stock
not beneficially owned by our company, Liberty, any of our
respective subsidiaries or any of the executive officers or
directors of our company, Liberty, or UGC. Based on the number
of shares outstanding of LMI common stock and UGC common stock
at December 31, 2004, we estimate that UGCs public
stockholders will receive (i) between approximately
63 million and 79 million shares of Liberty Global
Series A common stock and (ii) between nil and
approximately $700 million of cash consideration depending
on the extent to which UGC public shareholders elect to receive
cash consideration. We anticipate that we would fund any cash
consideration with existing cash balances.
As noted above, we will begin consolidating Super Media and
J-COM effective January 1, 2005. We do not expect the
consolidation of Super Media and J-COM to have a material impact
on our liquidity or capital
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resources as we expect that both our company and J-COM will
continue to separately assess and finance our respective
liquidity needs.
UGC. At December 31, 2004, UGC held cash and cash
equivalents of $1,028,993,000 and short-term liquid investments
of $48,965,000. In addition to its cash and cash equivalents and
its short-term liquid investments, UGCs sources of
liquidity include borrowing availability under its existing
credit facilities and its operating cash flow.
UGC completed a rights offering in February 2004 and received
net cash proceeds of $1.02 billion. As a holder of UGC
Class A, Class B and Class C common stock, we
participated in the rights offering and exercised our rights to
purchase 90.7 million shares for a total cash purchase
price of $544,250,000.
On February 18, 2004, in connection with the consummation
of UPC Polskas plan of reorganization and emergence from
its U.S. bankruptcy proceeding, third-party holders of UPC
Polska Notes and other claimholders received a total of
$87,361,000 in cash, $101,701,000 in new 9% UPC Polska Notes due
2007 and approximately 2,011,813 shares of UGC Class A
common stock in exchange for the cancellation of their claims.
UGC redeemed the new 9% UPC Polska Notes due 2007 for a cash
payment of $101,701,000 during the third quarter of 2004.
On April 6, 2004, UGC completed the offering and sale of
500 million
UGC Convertible Notes. The UGC Convertible Notes are convertible
into shares of UGC Class A common stock at an initial
conversion price of
9.7561 per
share, which was equivalent to a conversion price of $12.00 per
share and a conversion rate of 102.5 shares per
1,000 principal
amount of the UGC Convertible Notes on the date of issue. For
additional information, see note 10 to the accompanying
consolidated financial statements.
On December 17, 2004, VTR completed the refinancing of its
existing bank facility with the VTR Bank Facility, a new Chilean
peso-denominated six-year amortizing term senior secured credit
facility. The facility consists of two tranches a
54.7675 billion Chilean peso ($95 million at
December 17, 2004) committed Tranche A and an
uncommitted Tranche B. At December 31, 2004, the U.S.
dollar equivalent of the amount outstanding under Tranche A
of the VTR Bank Facility was $97,941,000.
At December 31, 2004, UGCs debt includes outstanding
euro denominated borrowings under four Facilities aggregating
2,366,217,000
($3,226,810,000) and U.S. dollar denominated borrowings under
two Facilities aggregating $701,020,000 pursuant to the UPC
Broadband Bank Facility (as amended through December 31,
2004),
500 million
($681,850,000) principal amount of UGC Convertible Notes,
$97,941,000 outstanding under the VTR Bank Facility, and certain
other borrowings. A fifth euro denominated Facility under the
UPC Broadband Bank Facility provided for aggregate availability
of
667 million
($909 million) at December 31, 2004. The indenture
governing the UPC Broadband Bank Facility (i) provides for
a commitment fee of 0.5% of unused borrowing availability and
(ii) is secured by the assets of most of UPCs
majority-owned European cable operating companies and is senior
to other long-term obligations of UPC. The indenture governing
the UPC Broadband Bank Facility also contains covenants that
limit among other things, UPC Broadbands ability to merge
with or into another company, acquire other companies, incur
additional debt, dispose of any assets unless in the ordinary
course of business, enter or guarantee a loan, and enter into a
hedging arrangement. The indenture also restricts UPC Broadband
from transferring funds to its parent company (and directly to
UGC) through loans, advances or dividends. The weighted average
interest rate on borrowings under the UPC Broadband Bank
Facility was 6% for 2004.
On March 8, 2005, the UPC Broadband Bank Facility was
further amended to permit indebtedness under: (i) Facility
G, a new
1.0 billion
term loan facility maturing in full on April 1, 2010;
(ii) Facility H, a new
1.5 billion
($2.05 billion) term loan facility maturing in full on
September 1, 2012, of which $1.25 billion was
denominated in U.S. dollars and then swapped into euros through
a 7.5 year cross-currency swap; and (iii) Facility I,
a new
500 million
($682 million) revolving credit facility maturing in full
on April 1, 2010. In connection with this amendment,
167 million
($228 million) of Facility A, the existing revolving credit
facility, was cancelled, reducing Facility A to a maximum amount
of
500 million
($682 million). The
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proceeds from Facilities G and H were used primarily to prepay
all amounts outstanding under existing term loan Facilities B, C
and E, to fund certain acquisitions and pay transaction fees.
The aggregate availability of
1.0 billion
($1.36 billion) under Facilities A and I can be used to
fund acquisitions and for general corporate purposes. As a
result of this amendment, the weighted average maturity of the
UPC Broadband Bank Facility was extended from approximately
4 years to approximately 6 years, with no amortization
payments required until 2010, and the weighted average interest
margin on the UPC Broadband Bank Facility was reduced by
approximately 0.25% per annum. The amendment also provided for
additional flexibility on certain covenants and the funding of
acquisitions.
For additional information concerning UGCs debt, see
note 10 to the accompanying consolidated financial
statements.
On July 1, 2004, UPC Broadband France, an indirect
subsidiary of UGC and the owner of UGCs French cable
television operations, acquired Noos, from Suez. Noos is a
provider of digital and analog cable television services and
high-speed Internet access services in France. UPC Broadband
France purchased Noos to achieve certain financial, operational
and strategic benefits through the integration of Noos with its
French operations and the creation of a platform for further
growth and innovation in Paris and its remaining French systems.
The preliminary purchase price was subject to a review of
certain historical financial information of Noos and UPC
Broadband France. In January 2005, UGC completed its purchase
price review with Suez, which resulted in a
42,844,000
($52,128,000) reduction in the purchase price. The final
purchase price for Noos was approximately
567,102,000
($689,989,000), consisting of
487,085,000
($592,633,000) in cash and a 19.9% equity interest in UPC
Broadband France, valued at approximately
71,339,000
($86,798,000). Acquisition costs totaled
8,678,000
($10,558,000). For additional information, see note 5 to
the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
During the third quarter of 2004, UGCs Board of Directors
authorized a $100 million share repurchase program. As of
December 31, 2004, UGC had repurchased 787,391 shares of
UGC Class A common stock under this program. Pursuant to
the Liberty Global merger agreement, UGC may not make further
purchases of its Class A common stock until the mergers
contemplated thereby are completed or the merger agreement is
terminated.
On January 12, 2004, Old UGC, a wholly owned subsidiary of
UGC that principally owns UGCs interests in businesses in
Latin America and Australia, filed a voluntary petition for
relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Old
UGCs plan of reorganization, as amended, was confirmed by
the Bankruptcy Court on November 10, 2004, and the
restructuring of its indebtedness and other obligations pursuant
to the plan was completed on November 24, 2004. On
February 15, 2005, all of the Old UGC Senior Notes held by
third parties were redeemed in full for total cash consideration
of $25,068,000 plus accrued interest from August 15, 2004
through the redemption date totaling $1,324,000. For additional
information, see note 16 to the accompanying consolidated
financial statements.
On January 17, 2005, chellomedia acquired an 87.5% interest
in Zone Vision from its current shareholders. Zone Vision is a
programming company that owns three pay television channels and
represents over 30 international channels. The consideration for
the transaction consisted of $50 million in cash and
1.6 million shares of UGC Class A common stock, which
are subject to a five-year vesting period. As part of the
transaction, chellomedia will contribute to Zone Vision the 49%
interest it already holds in Reality TV Ltd. and
chellomedias Club channel business.
During the first quarter of 2005, UGC made aggregate cash
payments of $49.3 million in connection with the settlement
of certain litigation. For additional information, see
note 22 to the accompanying consolidated financial
statements.
Management of UGC believes that UGC will be able to meet its
current and long-term liquidity, acquisition and capital needs
through its existing cash, operating cash flow and available
borrowings under its existing credit facilities. However, to the
extent that UGC management plans to grow UGCs business
through acquisitions, UGC management believes that UGC will need
additional sources of financing, most likely to come from the
capital markets in the form of debt or equity financing or a
combination of both.
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Other Subsidiaries. Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico and
Pramer generally fund their own investing and financing
activities with cash from operations and bank borrowings, as
necessary. Due to covenants in their respective loan agreements,
we generally are not entitled to the cash resources or cash
generated by the operating activities of these two consolidated
subsidiaries. As noted above, Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico
completed the refinancing of its existing bank facility on
December 23, 2004. At December 31, 2004, Pramers
U.S. dollar denominated bank borrowings aggregated
$12,338,000. During 2002, following the devaluation of the
Argentine peso, Pramer failed to make certain required
payments due under its bank credit facility, resulting in a
technical default. However, the bank lenders did not provide
notice of default or request acceleration of the payments due
under the facility. On December 29, 2004, Pramer and the
banks signed definitive documents for the refinancing of this
credit facility (the New Pramer Facility) and the closing
occurred on January 28, 2005.
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Consolidated Cash Flow Statements |
Our cash flows are subject to significant variations based on
foreign currency exchange rates. See related discussion under
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market
Risk below. See also our Discussion and
Analysis of Reportable Segments above.
Due to the fact that we began consolidating UGC on
January 1, 2004, our cash flows for 2004 are not comparable
to the cash flows for 2003. Accordingly, the following
discussion focuses on our cash flows for 2004.
During 2004, we used net cash provided by our financing
activities of $2,240,388,000 and net cash provided by operating
activities of $746,240,000 to fund an increase in our cash and
cash equivalent balances of $2,451,977,000 (excluding a
$66,756,000 increase due to changes in foreign exchange rates)
and net cash used in our investing activities of $534,651,000.
During 2004, the net cash used by our investing activities was
$534,651,000. Such amount includes net cash paid for
acquisitions of $508,836,000, capital expenditures of
$508,347,000, investments in and loans to affiliates and others
of $256,959,000 and other less significant uses of cash. For
additional information concerning our acquisitions during 2004,
see note 5 to the accompanying consolidated financial
statements. UGC accounted for $480,133,000 of our consolidated
capital expenditures during 2004. In 2005, UGC management will
continue to focus on increasing penetration of services in its
existing upgraded footprint and the efficient deployment of
capital aimed at services that result in positive net cash
flows. UGC management expects its capital expenditures to be
significantly higher in 2005 than in 2004, primarily due to:
(i) costs for customer premise equipment as UGC management
expects to add more customers in 2005 than in 2004;
(ii) increased expenditures for new build and upgrade
projects to meet certain franchise commitments, increased
traffic, expansion of services and other competitive factors;
(iii) new initiatives such as UGC managements plan to
invest more aggressively in digital television in certain
locations and UGC managements planned VoIP rollout in
UGCs major markets in Europe and Chile; and
(iv) other factors such as improvements to UGCs
master telecom center in Europe, information technology upgrades
and expenditures for UGCs general support systems.
The above-described uses of our cash for investing activities
were partially offset by proceeds received upon repayment of
principal amounts loaned to affiliates of $535,074,000 and
proceeds received upon dispositions of investments of
$315,792,000 and other less significant sources of cash. The
proceeds received upon repayment of affiliate loans primarily
represent the third and fourth quarter repayment of
yen-denominated loans to J-COM and another affiliate. The
proceeds received upon dispositions of investments relate
primarily to the sale of our Telewest and News Corp. securities.
During 2004, the cash provided by our financing activities was
$2,240,388,000. Such amount includes net proceeds of
$735,661,000 from the LMI Rights Offering, contributions
from Liberty of $704,250,000, net proceeds received on a
consolidated basis from the issuance of stock by subsidiaries of
$488,437,000, and net borrowings of debt of $451,830,000.
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During 2003 and 2002, cash contributions from Liberty funded
most of our investments in and advances to our affiliates,
principally J-COM in 2003, and principally UGC and J-COM during
2002.
Critical Accounting Policies, Judgments and Estimates
The preparation of these financial statements required us to
make estimates and assumptions that affected the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities, revenue and expenses, and
related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the
date of our financial statements. Actual results may differ from
these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
Critical accounting policies are defined as those policies that
are reflective of significant judgments and uncertainties, which
would potentially result in materially different results under
different assumptions and conditions. We believe our judgments
and related estimates associated with the carrying value of our
investments, the carrying value of our long-lived assets, the
valuation of our acquisition related assets and liabilities,
capitalization of our construction and installation costs and
our income tax accounting to be critical in the preparation of
our consolidated financial statements. These accounting
estimates or assumptions are critical because of the levels of
judgment necessary to account for matters that are inherently
uncertain or highly susceptible to change.
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Carrying Value of Long-lived Assets |
The aggregate carrying value of our property and equipment,
intangible assets and goodwill (collectively, long-lived assets)
comprised 55% and 21% of our total assets at December 31,
2004 and 2003, respectively. Pursuant to Statements 142 and
144, we are required to assess the recoverability of our
long-lived assets.
Statement 144 requires that we periodically review the
carrying amounts of our property and equipment and our
intangible assets (other than goodwill and indefinite-lived
intangible assets) to determine whether current events or
circumstances indicate that such carrying amounts may not be
recoverable. If the carrying amount of the asset is greater than
the expected undiscounted cash flows to be generated by such
asset, an impairment adjustment is to be recognized. Such
adjustment is measured by the amount that the carrying value of
such assets exceeds their fair value. We generally measure fair
value by considering sale prices for similar assets or by
discounting estimated future cash flows using an appropriate
discount rate. For purposes of impairment testing, long-lived
assets are grouped at the lowest level for which cash flows are
largely independent of other assets and liabilities. Assets to
be disposed of are carried at the lower of their financial
statement carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.
Pursuant to Statement 142, we evaluate the goodwill and
franchise rights for impairment at least annually on October 1
and whenever other facts and circumstances indicate that the
carrying amounts of goodwill and franchise rights may not be
recoverable. For purposes of the goodwill evaluation, we compare
the fair value of each of our reporting units to their
respective carrying amounts. If the carrying value of a
reporting unit were to exceed its fair value, we would then
compare the implied fair value of the reporting units
goodwill to its carrying amount, and any excess of the carrying
amount over the fair value would be charged to operations as an
impairment loss. Consistent with the provisions of Emerging
Issue Task Force Issue No. 02-7, Unit of Measure for
Testing Impairment of Indefinite-Lived Assets, we evaluate
the recoverability of the carrying amount of our franchise
rights based on the same asset groupings used to evaluate our
long-lived assets because the franchise rights are inseparable
from the other assets in the asset group. Any excess of the
carrying value over the fair value for franchise rights is
charged to operations as an impairment loss.
Considerable management judgment is necessary to estimate the
fair value of assets; accordingly, actual results could vary
significantly from such estimates.
In 2004, 2003 and 2002, we recorded impairments of our
long-lived assets aggregating $69,353,000, nil and
$45,928,000, respectively. For additional information, see
note 9 to the accompanying consolidated financial
statements.
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Carrying Value of Investments |
The aggregate carrying value of our available-for-sale, cost and
equity method investments comprised 20% and 59% of our total
assets at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. We
account for these investments pursuant to Statement 115,
Statement 142 and Accounting Principles Board Opinion
No. 18. These accounting principles require us to
periodically evaluate our investments to determine if decreases
in fair value below our cost bases are other than temporary. If
a decline in fair value is determined to be
other-than-temporary, we are required to reflect such decline in
our statement of operations. Other-than-temporary declines in
fair value of cost investments are recognized on a separate line
in our consolidated statement of operations, and
other-than-temporary declines in fair value of equity method
investments are included in share of losses of affiliates in our
consolidated statement of operations.
The primary factors we consider in our determination are the
length of time that the fair value of the investment is below
our companys carrying value and the financial condition,
operating performance and near term prospects of the investee.
In addition, we consider the reason for the decline in fair
value, be it general market conditions, industry specific or
investee specific; changes in stock price or valuation
subsequent to the balance sheet date; and our intent and ability
to hold the investment for a period of time sufficient to allow
for a recovery in fair value. If the decline in fair value is
deemed to be other-than-temporary, the cost basis of the
security is written down to fair value. In situations where the
fair value of an investment is not evident due to a lack of a
public market price or other factors, we use our best estimates
and assumptions to arrive at the estimated fair value of such
investment. Our assessment of the foregoing factors involves a
high degree of judgment and accordingly, actual results may
differ materially from our estimates and judgments.
Our evaluation of the fair value of our investments and any
resulting impairment charges are determined as of the most
recent balance sheet date. Changes in fair value subsequent to
the balance sheet date due to the factors described above are
possible. Subsequent decreases in fair value will be recognized
in our consolidated statement of operations in the period in
which they occur to the extent such decreases are deemed to be
other-than-temporary. Subsequent increases in fair value will be
recognized in our consolidated statement of operations only upon
our ultimate disposition of the investment.
In 2004, 2003 and 2002, we recorded other-than-temporary
declines in the fair values of our (i) cost and
available-for-sale investments aggregating $18,542,000,
$6,884,000 and $247,386,000, respectively, and (ii) equity
method investments aggregating $25,973,000, $12,616,000, and
$72,030,000, respectively.
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Fair Value of Acquisition Related Assets and Liabilities |
We allocate the purchase price of acquired companies or
acquisitions of minority interests of a subsidiary to the
identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on
their estimated fair values. In determining fair value,
management is required to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the recorded amounts. To assist in this process, third
party valuation specialists generally are engaged to value
certain of these assets and liabilities. Estimates used in
valuing acquired assets and liabilities include, but are not
limited to, expected future cash flows, market comparables and
appropriate discount rates. Managements estimates of fair
value are based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable, but
which are inherently uncertain.
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Capitalization of Construction and Installation Costs |
In accordance with SFAS No. 51, Financial Reporting
by Cable Television Companies, we capitalize costs
associated with the construction of new cable transmission and
distribution facilities and the installation of new cable
services. Capitalized construction and installation costs
include materials, labor and applicable overhead costs.
Installation activities that are capitalized include
(i) the initial connection (or drop) from our cable system
to a customer location, (ii) the replacement of a drop, and
(iii) the installation of equipment for additional
services, such as digital cable, telephone or broadband Internet
service. The costs of other customer-facing activities such as
reconnecting customer locations where a drop already exists,
disconnecting customer locations and repairing or maintaining
drops, are expensed. Significant judgment is involved in the
determination of the nature and amount of internal costs to be
capitalized with respect to construction and installation
activities.
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We are required to estimate the amount of tax payable or
refundable for the current year and the deferred tax assets and
liabilities for the future tax consequences attributable to
differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and
income tax basis of assets and liabilities and the expected
benefits of utilizing net operating loss and tax credit
carryforwards, using enacted tax rates in effect for each taxing
jurisdiction in which we operate for the year in which those
temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.
This process requires our management to make assessments
regarding the timing and probability of the ultimate tax impact
of such items. Net deferred tax assets are reduced by a
valuation allowance if we believe it more-likely-than-not such
net deferred tax assets will not be realized. Establishing a tax
valuation allowance requires us to make assessments about the
timing of future events, including the probability of expected
future taxable income and available tax planning opportunities.
Actual income taxes could vary from these estimates due to
future changes in income tax law in the jurisdictions in which
we operate, our inability to generate sufficient future taxable
income, differences between estimated and actual results, or
unpredicted results from the final determination of each
years liability by taxing authorities. Any of such factors
could have a material effect on our current and deferred tax
position as reported in the accompanying consolidated financial
statements. A high degree of judgment is required to assess the
impact of possible future outcomes on our current and deferred
tax positions. For additional information, see note 11 to
the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
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Off Balance Sheet Arrangements and Aggregate Contractual
Obligations |
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Off Balance Sheet Arrangements |
At December 31, 2004, Liberty guaranteed
¥4,695 million ($45,842,000) of the bank debt of
J-COM. Libertys guarantees expire as the underlying debt
matures and is repaid. The debt maturity dates range from 2004
to 2019. In connection with the spin off, we have agreed to
indemnify Liberty for any amounts it is required to fund under
these arrangements.
Liberty Japan MC owns a 36.4% voting interest in Mediatti
Communications and an additional 0.87% interest that has limited
veto rights. Liberty Japan MC has the option until February 2006
to acquire from Mediatti up to 9,463 additional shares in
Mediatti at a price of ¥290,000 ($3,000) per share. If such
option is fully exercised, Liberty Japan MCs interest in
Mediatti will be approximately 46%. The additional interest that
Liberty Japan MC has the right to acquire may initially be in
the form of non-voting Class A shares, but it is expected
that any Class A shares owned by Liberty Japan MC will be
converted to voting common stock.
The Mediatti shareholders who are party to the shareholders
agreement have granted to each other party whose ownership
interest is greater than 10%, a right of first refusal with
respect to transfers of their respective interests in Mediatti.
Each shareholder also has tag-along rights with respect to such
transfers. Olympus Mediacom has a put right that is first
exercisable during July 2008 to require Liberty Japan MC, LLC to
purchase all of its Mediatti shares at fair market value. If
Olympus exercises such right, the two minority shareholders who
are party to the shareholders agreement may also require Liberty
Japan MC to purchase their Mediatti shares at fair market value.
If Olympus Mediacom does not exercise such right, Liberty Japan
MC has a call right that is first exercisable during July 2009
to require Olympus Mediacom and the minority shareholders to
sell their Mediatti shares to Liberty Japan MC at fair market
value. If both the Olympus Mediacom put right and the Liberty
Japan MC call right expire without being exercised during the
first exercise period, either may thereafter exercise its put or
call right, as applicable, until October 2010.
Suez 19.9% interest in UPC Broadband France consists of
85,000,000 Class B Shares of UPC Broadband France. Subject
to the terms of a call option agreement, UPC France, UGCs
indirect wholly owned subsidiary, has the right through
June 30, 2005 to purchase from Suez all of the Class B
Shares for
85,000,000,
subject to adjustment, plus interest. The purchase price for the
Class B Shares may be paid in cash, UGC Class A common
stock or LMI Series A common stock. Subject to the terms of
a put option, Suez may require UPC France to purchase the
Class B Shares at specific times prior to or after the
third, fourth or fifth anniversaries of the purchase date. UPC
France will be required to pay the then fair value, payable in
cash, UGC common stock or LMI Series A common stock, for
the Class B Shares or assist Suez in obtaining
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an offer to purchase the Class B Shares. UPC France also
has the option to purchase the Class B Shares from Suez
shortly after the third, fourth or fifth anniversaries of the
purchase date at the then fair value in cash, UGC Class A
common stock or LMI Series A common stock.
Pursuant to the agreement with CPE governing Belgian Cable
Investors, CPE has the right to require BCH to purchase all of
CPEs interest in Belgian Cable Investors for the then
appraised fair market value of such interest during the first
30 days of every six-month period beginning in December
2007. BCH has the corresponding right to require CPE to sell all
of its interest in Belgian Cable Investors to BCH for appraised
fair value during the first 30 days of every six-month
period following December 2009.
In January 2005, chellomedia acquired an 87.5% interest in Zone
Vision from its current shareholders. Zone Visions
minority shareholders have the right to put 60% of their 12.5%
shareholding in Zone Vision to chellomedia on the third
anniversary of the completion of the acquisition, and 100% of
their shareholding on the fifth anniversary of the completion of
the acquisition. Chellomedia has corresponding call rights. The
price payable upon exercise of the put or call will be the then
fair market value of the shareholdings purchased.
In the ordinary course of business, we have provided
indemnifications to (i) purchasers of certain of our
assets, (ii) our lenders, (iii) our vendors and
(iv) other parties. In addition, we have provided
performance and/or financial guarantees to our franchise
authorities, customers and vendors. Historically, these
arrangements have not resulted in our company making any
material payments and we do not believe that they will result in
material payments in the future.
We have contingent liabilities related to legal and tax
proceedings and other matters arising in the ordinary course of
business. Although it is reasonably possible we may incur losses
upon conclusion of such matters, an estimate of any loss or
range of loss cannot be made. In the opinion of management, it
is expected that amounts, if any, which may be required to
satisfy such contingencies will not be material in relation to
the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
As of December 31, 2004, the U.S. dollar equivalent (based
on December 31, 2004 exchange rates) of our consolidated
contractual commitments are as follows:
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Debt
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$ |
29,518 |
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1,308,328 |
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2,112,967 |
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1,509,094 |
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4,959,907 |
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Capital leases
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2,585 |
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5,995 |
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7,166 |
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32,608 |
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48,354 |
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Other debt
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4,724 |
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2,145 |
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1,533 |
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2,124 |
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10,526 |
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$ |
36,827 |
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1,316,468 |
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2,121,666 |
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1,543,826 |
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5,018,787 |
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Operating leases
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$ |
101,440 |
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142,630 |
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94,811 |
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124,092 |
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462,973 |
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Purchase obligations:
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Programming
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95,911 |
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34,181 |
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8,838 |
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17,086 |
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156,016 |
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Other
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22,717 |
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1,957 |
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24,674 |
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Other commitments
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53,697 |
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15,636 |
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7,925 |
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14,313 |
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91,571 |
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Total contractual payments
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$ |
310,592 |
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1,510,872 |
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2,233,240 |
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1,699,317 |
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5,754,021 |
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Programming commitments consist of obligations associated with
certain of our programming contracts that are enforceable and
legally binding on us inasmuch as we have agreed to pay minimum
fees, regardless of the actual number of subscribers or whether
we terminate cable service to a portion of our subscribers or
dispose of a portion of our cable systems.
Other purchase obligations consist of commitments to purchase
customer premise equipment that are enforceable and legally
binding on us. Other commitments consist of commitments to
rebuild or upgrade cable
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systems and to extend the cable network to new developments,
network maintenance, and other fixed minimum contractual
commitments associated with our agreements with franchise or
municipal authorities. The amount and timing of the payments
included in the table with respect to our rebuild, upgrade and
network extension commitments are estimated based on the
remaining capital required to bring the cable distribution
system into compliance with the requirements of the applicable
franchise agreement specifications.
In addition to the commitments set forth in the table above, we
have commitments under agreements with programming vendors,
franchise authorities and municipalities, and other third
parties pursuant to which we expect to make payments in future
periods. Such amounts are not included in the above table
because they are not fixed or determinable due to various
factors.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are exposed to market risk in the normal course of our
business operations due to our investments in various foreign
countries and ongoing investing and financial activities. Market
risk refers to the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in
foreign currency exchange rates, interest rates and stock
prices. The risk of loss can be assessed from the perspective of
adverse changes in fair values, cash flows and future earnings.
We have established policies, procedures and internal processes
governing our management of market risks and the use of
financial instruments to manage our exposure to such risks.
We invest our cash in liquid instruments that meet high credit
quality standards and generally have maturities at the date of
purchase of less than three months. We are exposed to exchange
rate risk with respect to certain of our cash balances that are
denominated in the Japanese yen, euros and, to a lesser degree,
other currencies. At December 31, 2004, we held cash
balances of $417,488,000 that were denominated in the Japanese
yen and UGC held cash balances of $713,016,000 that were
denominated in euros. These Japanese yen and euro cash balances
are available to be used for future acquisitions and other
liquidity requirements that may be denominated in such
currencies.
We are also exposed to market price fluctuations related to our
investments in equity securities. At December 31, 2004, the
aggregate fair value of our equity method and available-for-sale
investments that was subject to price risk was $708,787,000.
We are exposed to unfavorable and potentially volatile
fluctuations of the U.S. dollar (our functional currency)
against the currencies of our operating subsidiaries and
affiliates. Any increase (decrease) in the value of the
U.S. dollar against any foreign currency that is the functional
currency of one of our operating subsidiaries or affiliates will
cause the parent company to experience unrealized foreign
currency translation losses (gains) with respect to amounts
already invested in such foreign currencies. In addition, we and
our operating subsidiaries and affiliates are exposed to foreign
currency risk to the extent that we enter into transactions
denominated in currencies other than our respective functional
currencies, such as investments in debt and equity securities of
foreign subsidiaries, equipment purchases, programming costs,
notes payable and notes receivable (including intercompany
amounts) that are denominated in a currency other than their own
functional currency. Changes in exchange rates with respect to
these items will result in unrealized (based upon period-end
exchange rates) or realized foreign currency transaction gains
and losses upon settlement of the transactions. In addition, we
are exposed to foreign exchange rate fluctuations related to our
operating subsidiaries monetary assets and liabilities and
the financial results of foreign subsidiaries and affiliates
when their respective financial statements are translated into
U.S. dollars for inclusion in our consolidated financial
statements. Cumulative translation adjustments are recorded in
accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as a separate
component of equity. As a result of foreign currency risk, we
may experience economic loss and a negative impact on earnings
and equity with respect to our holdings solely as a result of
foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. The primary
exposure to foreign currency risk for our company is to the euro
as over 50% of our U.S. dollar revenue is derived from countries
where the euro is the functional
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currency. In addition, we have significant exposure to changes
in the exchange rates for the Japanese yen, Chilean peso and, to
a lesser degree, other local currencies in Europe.
We generally do not enter into derivative transactions that are
designed to reduce our long-term exposure to foreign currency
exchange risk. However, in order to reduce our foreign currency
exchange risk related to our cash balances that are denominated
in Japanese yen and our investment in J-COM, we have entered
into collar agreements with respect to ¥15 billion
($146,470,000). These collar agreements have a weighted average
remaining term of approximately
21/2
months, an average call price of ¥105/ U.S. dollar and an
average put price of ¥109/ U.S. dollar. In the past, we
have also entered into forward sales contracts with respect to
the Japanese yen. During 2004, we paid $17,001,000 to settle yen
forward sales and collar contracts.
The relationship between the euro, Japanese yen and Chilean peso
and the U.S. dollar, which is our reporting currency, is shown
below, per one U.S. dollar:
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December 31, 2004
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0.7333 |
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102.41 |
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559.19 |
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December 31, 2003
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0.7933 |
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107.37 |
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593.80 |
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December 31, 2002
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0.9545 |
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118.76 |
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718.61 |
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December 31, 2004
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0.8059 |
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107.44 |
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609.22 |
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December 31, 2003
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0.8806 |
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116.06 |
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686.04 |
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December 31, 2002
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1.0492 |
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125.31 |
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689.54 |
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Inflation and Foreign Investment Risk |
Certain of our operating companies operate in countries where
the rate of inflation is higher than that in the United States.
While our affiliated companies attempt to increase their
subscription rates to offset increases in operating costs, there
is no assurance that they will be able to do so. Therefore,
operating costs may rise faster than associated revenue,
resulting in a material negative impact on reported earnings. We
are also impacted by inflationary increases in salaries, wages,
benefits and other administrative costs, the effects of which to
date have not been material. Our foreign operating companies are
all directly affected by their respective countries
government, economic, fiscal and monetary policies and other
political factors.
We are exposed to changes in interest rates primarily as a
result of our borrowing and investment activities, which include
fixed and floating rate investments and borrowings by our
operating subsidiaries that are used to maintain liquidity and
fund their respective business operations. The nature and amount
of our long-term and short-term debt are expected to vary as a
result of future requirements, market conditions and other
factors. Our primary exposure to variable rate debt is through
the EURIBOR-indexed and LIBOR-indexed debt of UGC. UGC maintains
a mix of fixed and variable rate debt and enters into various
derivative transactions pursuant to UGCs policies to
manage exposure to movements in interest rates. UGC monitors its
interest rate risk exposures using techniques including market
value and sensitivity analyses. UGC manages the credit risks
associated with its derivative financial instruments through the
evaluation and monitoring of the creditworthiness of the
counterparties. Although the counterparties may expose UGC to
losses in the event of nonperformance, UGC does not expect such
losses, if any, to be significant. UGC uses interest rate
exchange agreements to exchange, at specified intervals, the
difference between fixed and variable interest amounts
calculated by reference to an agreed-upon notional principal
amount. UGC uses interest rate cap agreements
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that lock in a maximum interest rate should variable rates rise,
but which enable it to otherwise pay lower market rates.
During the first quarter of 2003, UGC purchased interest rate
caps related to the UPC Broadband Bank Facility that capped the
variable EURIBOR interest rate at 3.0% on a notional amount of
2.7 billion
for 2003 and 2004. As UGC was able to fix its variable interest
rates below 3.0% on the UPC Broadband Bank Facility during 2003
and 2004, all of these caps expired without being exercised.
During the first and second quarter of 2004, UGC purchased
interest rate caps for a total of $21,442,000, capping the
variable interest rate at 3.0% and 4.0% for 2005 and 2006,
respectively, on notional amounts totaling
2.25 billion
to
2.6 billion.
In June 2003, UGC entered into a cross currency and interest
rate swap pursuant to which a notional amount of
$347.5 million was swapped at an average rate of 1.133
euros per U.S. dollar until July 2005, with the variable LIBOR
interest rate (including margin) swapped into a fixed interest
rate of 7.85%. Following the prepayment of part of
Facility C in December 2004, UGC paid down this swap with a
cash payment of $59,100,000 and unwound a notional amount of
$171,480,000. The remainder of the swap is for a notional amount
of $176,020,000, and the euro to U.S. dollar exchange rate has
been reset at 1.3158 to 1. In connection with the refinancing of
the UPC Broadband Bank Facility in December 2004, UGC entered
into a seven-year cross currency and interest rate swap pursuant
to which a notional amount of $525 million was swapped at a
rate of 1.3342 euros per U.S. dollar until December 2011, with
the variable interest rate of LIBOR + 300 basis points
swapped into a variable rate of EURIBOR + 310 basis points for
the same time period.
During 2004, the weighted-average interest rate on variable rate
indebtedness of our consolidated subsidiaries was approximately
6%. If market interest rates had been higher by 50 basis
points during this period, our consolidated interest expense
would have increased by approximately $19 million during
2004.
At December 31, 2004, we were a party to total return debt
swaps in connection with (i) bank debt of a subsidiary of
UPC, and (ii) public debt of Cablevisión. Through
March 2, 2005, Liberty owned an indirect 78.2% economic and
non-voting interest in a limited liability company that owns 50%
of the outstanding capital stock of Cablevisión. Under the
total return debt swaps, a counterparty purchases a specified
amount of the underlying debt security for the benefit of our
company. We posted collateral with the counterparties equal to
30% of the counterpartys purchase price for the purchased
indebtedness of the UPC subsidiary and 90% of the
counterpartys purchase price for the purchased
indebtedness of Cablevisión. We record a derivative asset
equal to the posted collateral and such asset is included in
other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. We
earn interest income based upon the face amount and stated
interest rate of the underlying debt securities, and pay
interest expense at market rates on the amount funded by the
counterparty. In the event the fair value of the underlying
purchased indebtedness of the UPC subsidiary declines by 10% or
more, we are required to post cash collateral for the decline,
and we record an unrealized loss on derivative instruments. The
cash collateral related to the UPC subsidiary indebtedness is
further adjusted up or down for subsequent changes in the fair
value of the underlying indebtedness or for foreign currency
exchange rate movements involving the euro and U.S. dollar.
During the fourth quarter of 2004, we received cash proceeds of
$35,800,000 in connection with the termination of a portion of
the total return swap related to the debt of the UPC subsidiary.
At December 31, 2004, the aggregate purchase price of debt
securities underlying our total return debt swap arrangements
involving the indebtedness of the UPC subsidiary and
Cablevisión was $29,532,000. As of such date, we had posted
cash collateral equal to $19,868,000 ($2,930,000 with respect to
the UPC subsidiary and $16,938,000 with respect to
Cablevisión). If the fair value of the purchased debt
securities had been zero at December 31, 2004, we would
have been required to post additional cash collateral of
$8,972,000. During the first quarter of 2005, we received cash
proceeds of $22,264,000 upon termination of the Cablevisión
and UPC subsidiary total return swaps.
Prior to the spin off, Liberty contributed to our company
10,000,000 shares of News Corp. Class A common stock,
together with a related variable forward transaction. In
connection with the sale of 4,500,000 shares of News Corp.
Class A common stock during the fourth quarter of 2004, we
paid $3,429,000 to terminate the portion of the variable forward
transaction that related to the shares that were sold. After
giving effect to the
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fourth quarter termination transaction, the forward, which
expires on September 17, 2009, provides (i) us with
the right to effectively require the counterparty to buy
5,500,000 News Corp. Class A common stock at a price of
$15.72 per share, or an aggregate price of $86,460,000 (the
Floor Price), and (ii) the counterparty with the effective
right to require us to sell 5,500,000 shares of News Corp.
Class A common stock at a price of $26.19 per share. At any
time during the term of the forward, we can require the
counterparty to advance the full Floor Price. Provided we do not
draw an aggregate amount in excess of the present value of the
Floor Price, as determined in accordance with the forward, we
may elect to draw such amounts on a discounted or undiscounted
basis. As long as the aggregate advances are not in excess of
the present value of the Floor Price, undiscounted advances will
bear interest at prevailing three-month LIBOR and discounted
advances will not bear interest. Amounts advanced up to the
present value of the Floor Price are secured by the underlying
shares of News Corp. Class A common stock. If we elect to
draw amounts in excess of the present value of the Floor Price,
those amounts will be unsecured and will bear interest at a
negotiated interest rate. During the third quarter of 2004, we
received undiscounted advances aggregating $126 million
under the forward. Such advances were subsequently repaid during
the quarter.
During the fourth quarter of 2004, we entered into call option
contracts pursuant to which we contemporaneously (i) sold
call options on 1,210,000 shares of LMI Series A
common stock at exercise prices ranging from $39.5236 to
$41.7536, and (ii) purchased call options on
1,210,000 shares with an exercise price of zero. As
structured with the counterparty, these instruments have similar
financial mechanics to prepaid put option contracts. Under the
terms of the contracts, we can elect cash or physical
settlement. All of the contracts expired during the first
quarter of 2005 and were settled for cash.
In addition to the risks described above, we are also exposed to
the risk that our counterparties will default on their
obligations to us under the above-described derivative
instruments. Based on our assessment of the credit worthiness of
the counterparties, we do not anticipate any such default.
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APPENDIX A: INFORMATION CONCERNING LIBERTY MEDIA
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
PART 4 HISTORICAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF
LMI AND ITS
SIGNIFICANT AFFILIATES AND ACQUIREES
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Jupiter Programming Co. Ltd.
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UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.
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Suez Lyonnaise Telecom SA
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A4-2
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Liberty Media International, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of
Liberty Media International, Inc. (a Delaware corporation) and
subsidiaries (as more fully described in Note 1) as of
December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, comprehensive earnings (loss),
stockholders equity and cash flows for each of the years
in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004. These
consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the
Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our
audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are
free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred
to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of Liberty Media International, Inc. and subsidiaries
as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 2004, in conformity
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
KPMG LLP
Denver, Colorado
March 11, 2005
A4-3
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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December 31, | |
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ASSETS |
Current assets:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$ |
2,531,486 |
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12,753 |
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Trade receivables, net
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201,519 |
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14,162 |
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Other receivables, net
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165,631 |
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968 |
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Other current assets
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293,947 |
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16,453 |
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Total current assets
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3,192,583 |
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44,336 |
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Investments in affiliates, accounted for using the equity
method, and related receivables (note 6)
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1,865,642 |
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1,740,552 |
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Other investments (note 7)
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838,608 |
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450,134 |
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Property and equipment, net (note 9)
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4,303,099 |
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97,577 |
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Intangible assets not subject to amortization:
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Goodwill (note 9)
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2,667,279 |
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525,576 |
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Franchise rights and other
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230,674 |
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163,450 |
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2,897,953 |
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689,026 |
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Intangible assets subject to amortization, net (note 9)
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382,599 |
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4,504 |
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Deferred tax assets (note 11)
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77,313 |
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583,945 |
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Other assets, net
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144,566 |
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76,963 |
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Total assets
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$ |
13,702,363 |
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3,687,037 |
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A4-4
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Continued)
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December 31, | |
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2003 | |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
Current liabilities:
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Accounts payable
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$ |
363,549 |
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20,629 |
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Accrued liabilities
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526,382 |
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12,556 |
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Subscriber advance payments and deposits
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353,069 |
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283 |
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Accrued interest
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89,612 |
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976 |
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Current portion of accrued stock-based compensation (notes 3 and
13)
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37,017 |
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15,052 |
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Derivative instruments (note 8)
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14,636 |
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21,010 |
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Current portion of debt (note 10)
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36,827 |
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12,426 |
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Total current liabilities
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1,421,092 |
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82,932 |
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Long-term debt (note 10)
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4,981,960 |
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41,700 |
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Deferred tax liabilities (note 11)
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458,138 |
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135,811 |
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Other long-term liabilities
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409,998 |
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7,948 |
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Total liabilities
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7,271,188 |
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268,391 |
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Commitments and contingencies (note 19)
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Minority interests in subsidiaries
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1,204,369 |
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78 |
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Stockholders Equity:
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Series A common stock, $.01 par value. Authorized
500,000,000 shares; issued 168,514,962 and nil shares at
December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively
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1,685 |
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Series B common stock, $.01 par value. Authorized
50,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 7,264,300 and nil
shares at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively
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73 |
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Series C common stock, $.01 par value. Authorized
500,000,000 shares; no shares issued at December 31, 2004
or 2003
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Additional paid-in capital
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7,001,635 |
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Accumulated deficit
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(1,662,707 |
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(1,630,949 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of taxes
(note 18)
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14,010 |
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(46,566 |
) |
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Treasury stock, at cost (note 12)
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(127,890 |
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Parents investment
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5,096,083 |
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Total stockholders equity
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5,226,806 |
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3,418,568 |
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Total liabilities and stockholders equity
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$ |
13,702,363 |
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3,687,037 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
A4-5
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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Year ended December 31, | |
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
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2002 | |
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amounts in thousands, except per share amounts | |
Revenue (note 14)
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$ |
2,644,284 |
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108,390 |
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|
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100,255 |
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|
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Operating costs and expenses:
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|
|
|
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|
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Operating (other than depreciation) (note 14)
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|
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1,068,292 |
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|
|
50,306 |
|
|
|
43,931 |
|
|
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) (note 14)
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|
|
687,844 |
|
|
|
40,337 |
|
|
|
42,269 |
|
|
Stock-based compensation charges (credits) primarily
SG&A (notes 3 and 13)
|
|
|
142,762 |
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|
|
4,088 |
|
|
|
(5,815 |
) |
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Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
960,888 |
|
|
|
15,114 |
|
|
|
13,087 |
|
|
Impairment of long-lived assets (note 9)
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|
|
69,353 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45,928 |
|
|
Restructuring and other charges (note 17)
|
|
|
29,018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,958,157 |
|
|
|
109,845 |
|
|
|
139,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating loss
|
|
|
(313,873 |
) |
|
|
(1,455 |
) |
|
|
(39,145 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense (note 14)
|
|
|
(288,532 |
) |
|
|
(2,178 |
) |
|
|
(3,943 |
) |
|
Interest and dividend income (note 14)
|
|
|
65,607 |
|
|
|
24,874 |
|
|
|
25,883 |
|
|
Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates, net (note 6)
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|
|
38,710 |
|
|
|
13,739 |
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|
|
(331,225 |
) |
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Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivative
instruments, net (note 8)
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|
|
(54,947 |
) |
|
|
12,762 |
|
|
|
(16,705 |
) |
|
Foreign currency transaction gains (losses), net
|
|
|
92,305 |
|
|
|
5,412 |
|
|
|
(8,267 |
) |
|
Gains on exchanges of investment securities (notes 6 and 7)
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|
|
178,818 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
122,618 |
|
|
Other-than-temporary declines in fair values of investments
(note 7)
|
|
|
(18,542 |
) |
|
|
(6,884 |
) |
|
|
(247,386 |
) |
|
Gains on extinguishment of debt (note 10)
|
|
|
35,787 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gains (losses) on disposition of investments, net (notes 6
and 7)
|
|
|
43,714 |
|
|
|
(4,033 |
) |
|
|
(287 |
) |
|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
|
(7,931 |
) |
|
|
6,651 |
|
|
|
2,476 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
84,989 |
|
|
|
50,343 |
|
|
|
(456,836 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings (loss) before income taxes and minority interests
|
|
|
(228,884 |
) |
|
|
48,888 |
|
|
|
(495,981 |
) |
Income tax benefit (expense)
|
|
|
17,449 |
|
|
|
(27,975 |
) |
|
|
166,121 |
|
Minority interests in losses (earnings) of subsidiaries
|
|
|
179,677 |
|
|
|
(24 |
) |
|
|
(27 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting
change
|
|
|
(31,758 |
) |
|
|
20,889 |
|
|
|
(329,887 |
) |
Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of taxes
(note 3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(238,267 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net earnings (loss)
|
|
$ |
(31,758 |
) |
|
|
20,889 |
|
|
|
(568,154 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma earnings (loss) per common share (note 3):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted
|
|
$ |
(0.20 |
) |
|
|
0.14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
A4-6
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE EARNINGS (LOSS)
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Net earnings (loss)
|
|
$ |
(31,758 |
) |
|
|
20,889 |
|
|
|
(568,154 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of taxes (note 18):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation adjustments
|
|
|
165,315 |
|
|
|
102,321 |
|
|
|
(173,715 |
) |
|
Reclassification adjustment for foreign currency translation
gains included in net earnings (loss)
|
|
|
(36,174 |
) |
|
|
(27 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities
|
|
|
(1,450 |
) |
|
|
111,594 |
|
|
|
(39,526 |
) |
|
Reclassification adjustment for net (gains) losses on
available-for-sale securities included in net earnings (loss)
|
|
|
(120,842 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
86,175 |
|
|
Effect of change in estimated blended state income tax rate
(note 11)
|
|
|
2,745 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive earnings (loss)
|
|
|
9,594 |
|
|
|
213,888 |
|
|
|
(127,066 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive earnings (loss)
|
|
$ |
(22,164 |
) |
|
|
234,777 |
|
|
|
(695,220 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
A4-7
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
Accumulated other | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock | |
|
Additional | |
|
|
|
comprehensive | |
|
Treasury | |
|
|
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Total | |
|
|
| |
|
paid-in | |
|
Accumulated | |
|
earnings (loss), | |
|
stock, at | |
|
Parents | |
|
stockholders | |
|
|
Series A | |
|
Series B | |
|
Series C | |
|
capital | |
|
deficit | |
|
net of taxes | |
|
cost | |
|
investment | |
|
equity | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Balance at January 1, 2002
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,083,684 |
) |
|
|
(133,388 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,256,665 |
|
|
|
2,039,593 |
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(568,154 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(568,154 |
) |
|
Other comprehensive loss (note 18)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(127,066 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(127,066 |
) |
|
Reallocation of enterprise-level goodwill from parent
(note 3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
118,000 |
|
|
|
118,000 |
|
|
Intercompany tax allocation (note 11)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,988 |
|
|
|
3,988 |
|
|
Allocation of corporate overhead (note 14)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,794 |
|
|
|
10,794 |
|
|
Net cash transfers from parent
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,231,738 |
|
|
|
1,231,738 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,651,838 |
) |
|
|
(260,454 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,621,185 |
|
|
|
2,708,893 |
|
|
Net earnings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,889 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,889 |
|
|
Other comprehensive earnings (note 18)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
213,888 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
213,888 |
|
|
Intercompany tax allocation (note 11)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(14,774 |
) |
|
|
(14,774 |
) |
|
Allocation of corporate overhead (note 14)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,873 |
|
|
|
10,873 |
|
|
Net cash transfers from parent
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
478,799 |
|
|
|
478,799 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,630,949 |
) |
|
|
(46,566 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,096,083 |
|
|
|
3,418,568 |
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(31,758 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(31,758 |
) |
|
Other comprehensive earnings (note 18)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,594 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,594 |
|
|
Intercompany tax allocation (note 11)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,133 |
|
|
|
6,133 |
|
|
Allocation of corporate overhead (note 14)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,357 |
|
|
|
9,357 |
|
|
Issuance of Liberty Media Corporation common stock in
acquisition (note 5)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
152,122 |
|
|
|
152,122 |
|
|
Contribution of cash, investments and other net liabilities in
connection with spin off (note 2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50,982 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
304,578 |
|
|
|
355,560 |
|
|
Assumption by Liberty Media Corporation of obligation for stock
appreciation rights in connection with spin off (note 2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,763 |
|
|
|
5,763 |
|
|
Adjustment due to issuance of stock by subsidiaries and
affiliates and other changes in subsidiary equity, net of taxes
(note 12)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,049 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,025 |
|
|
|
7,074 |
|
|
Net cash transfers from parent
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
654,250 |
|
|
|
654,250 |
|
|
Change in capitalization in connection with spin off
(note 2)
|
|
|
1,399 |
|
|
|
61 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,227,851 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,229,311 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock issued in rights offering (note 2)
|
|
|
283 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
735,366 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
735,661 |
|
|
Stock issued for stock option exercises (note 13)
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,987 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,990 |
|
|
Repurchase of common stock (note 12)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(127,890 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(127,890 |
) |
|
Stock-based compensation (notes 3 and 13)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,382 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,382 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2004
|
|
$ |
1,685 |
|
|
|
73 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,001,635 |
|
|
|
(1,662,707 |
) |
|
|
14,010 |
|
|
|
(127,890 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,226,806 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements
A4-8
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net earnings (loss)
|
|
$ |
(31,758 |
) |
|
|
20,889 |
|
|
|
(568,154 |
) |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash
provided by operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based compensation charges (credits)
|
|
|
142,762 |
|
|
|
4,088 |
|
|
|
(5,815 |
) |
|
|
Cumulative effect of accounting change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
238,267 |
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
960,888 |
|
|
|
15,114 |
|
|
|
13,087 |
|
|
|
Impairment of long-lived assets
|
|
|
69,353 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45,928 |
|
|
|
Restructuring and other charges
|
|
|
29,018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of deferred financing costs
|
|
|
21,735 |
|
|
|
117 |
|
|
|
134 |
|
|
|
Share of losses (earnings) of affiliates, net
|
|
|
(38,710 |
) |
|
|
(13,739 |
) |
|
|
331,225 |
|
|
|
Realized and unrealized losses (gains) on derivative
instruments, net
|
|
|
54,947 |
|
|
|
(12,762 |
) |
|
|
16,705 |
|
|
|
Foreign currency transaction losses (gains), net
|
|
|
(92,305 |
) |
|
|
(5,412 |
) |
|
|
8,267 |
|
|
|
Gain on exchanges of investment securities
|
|
|
(178,818 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(122,618 |
) |
|
|
Other-than-temporary declines in fair values of investments
|
|
|
18,542 |
|
|
|
6,884 |
|
|
|
247,386 |
|
|
|
Gains on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
(35,787 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Losses (gains) on disposition of investments, net
|
|
|
(43,714 |
) |
|
|
(3,759 |
) |
|
|
287 |
|
|
|
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)
|
|
|
(84,149 |
) |
|
|
42,278 |
|
|
|
(169,606 |
) |
|
|
Minority interests in (losses) earnings of subsidiaries
|
|
|
(179,677 |
) |
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
27 |
|
|
|
Non-cash charges (credits) from Liberty Media Corporation
|
|
|
15,490 |
|
|
|
(3,901 |
) |
|
|
14,782 |
|
|
|
Other noncash items
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,750 |
) |
|
|
(7,069 |
) |
|
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effects
of acquisitions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receivables, prepaids and other
|
|
|
(50,358 |
) |
|
|
9,653 |
|
|
|
12,064 |
|
|
|
|
Payables and accruals
|
|
|
168,781 |
|
|
|
(1,728 |
) |
|
|
(28,165 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
|
$ |
746,240 |
|
|
|
55,996 |
|
|
|
26,732 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-9
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC
(See note 1)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH
FLOWS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
|
|
$ |
(508,836 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for acquisition to be refunded by seller
|
|
|
(52,128 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in and loans to affiliates and others
|
|
|
(256,959 |
) |
|
|
(494,193 |
) |
|
|
(1,204,242 |
) |
|
Proceeds received upon repayment of principal amounts loaned to
affiliates
|
|
|
535,074 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds received upon repayment of debt securities
|
|
|
115,592 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of short-term liquid investments
|
|
|
(293,734 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds received from sale of short-term liquid investments
|
|
|
246,981 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital expended for property and equipment
|
|
|
(508,347 |
) |
|
|
(22,869 |
) |
|
|
(24,910 |
) |
|
Net cash received (paid) to purchase or settle derivative
instruments
|
|
|
(158,949 |
) |
|
|
19,580 |
|
|
|
(15,346 |
) |
|
Proceeds received upon dispositions of investments
|
|
|
315,792 |
|
|
|
8,230 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deposits received in connection with pending asset sales
|
|
|
80,264 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in restricted cash
|
|
|
(27,298 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other investing activities, net
|
|
|
(22,103 |
) |
|
|
(16,042 |
) |
|
|
1,940 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used by investing activities
|
|
|
(534,651 |
) |
|
|
(505,294 |
) |
|
|
(1,242,558 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Borrowings of debt
|
|
|
2,301,211 |
|
|
|
41,700 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repayments of debt
|
|
|
(1,849,381 |
) |
|
|
(22,954 |
) |
|
|
(12,784 |
) |
|
Net proceeds received from rights offering
|
|
|
735,661 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from issuance of stock by subsidiaries
|
|
|
488,437 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in cash collateral
|
|
|
41,700 |
|
|
|
(41,700 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Contributions from Liberty Media Corporation
|
|
|
704,250 |
|
|
|
478,799 |
|
|
|
1,231,738 |
|
|
Treasury stock purchase
|
|
|
(127,890 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred financing costs
|
|
|
(65,951 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other financing activities, net
|
|
|
12,351 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
2,240,388 |
|
|
|
455,845 |
|
|
|
1,218,954 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect of exchange rates on cash
|
|
|
66,756 |
|
|
|
614 |
|
|
|
(2,238 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
2,518,733 |
|
|
|
7,161 |
|
|
|
890 |
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of period
|
|
|
12,753 |
|
|
|
5,592 |
|
|
|
4,702 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
End of period
|
|
$ |
2,531,486 |
|
|
|
12,753 |
|
|
|
5,592 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for interest
|
|
$ |
280,815 |
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932 |
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18,603 |
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Net cash paid for taxes
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$ |
4,264 |
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4,651 |
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2,895 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002
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Basis of Presentation |
The accompanying consolidated financial statements of Liberty
Media International, Inc. (LMI) include the historical
financial information of (i) certain international cable
television and programming subsidiaries and assets of Liberty
Media Corporation (Liberty), which we collectively refer to as
LMC International, for periods prior to the June 7, 2004
consummation of the spin off transaction described in
note 2 and (ii) LMI and its consolidated subsidiaries
for the period following such date. Upon consummation of the
spin off, LMI became the owner of the assets that comprise LMC
International. In the following text, we,
our, our company and us may
refer, as the context requires, to LMC International (prior to
June 7, 2004), LMI and its consolidated subsidiaries (on
and subsequent to June 7, 2004) or both.
Our operating subsidiaries and our most significant equity
method investments are set forth below.
Operating
subsidiaries at December 31, 2004:
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UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (UGC)
Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico Ltd. (Liberty Cablevision
Puerto Rico)
Pramer S.C.A. (Pramer) |
UGC. Our most significant subsidiary is UGC, an
international broadband communications provider of video, voice,
and Internet access services with operations in 13 European
countries and three Latin American countries. UGCs largest
operating segments are located in The Netherlands, France,
Austria and Chile. At December 31, 2004, we owned
approximately 423.8 million shares of UGC common stock,
representing an approximate 53.6% economic interest and a 91.0%
voting interest. As further described in note 5, we began
consolidating UGC on January 1, 2004. Prior to that date,
we used the equity method to account for our investment in UGC.
On January 17, 2005, we entered into an agreement and plan
of merger with UGC pursuant to which we each will merge with a
separate wholly owned subsidiary of a new parent company named
Liberty Global, Inc. (Liberty Global), which has been formed for
this purpose. In the mergers, each outstanding share of LMI
Series A common stock and LMI Series B common stock
will be exchanged for one share of the corresponding series of
Liberty Global common stock. UGCs public stockholders may
elect to receive for each share of common stock owned either
0.2155 of a share of Liberty Global Series A common stock
(plus cash for any fractional share interest) or $9.58 in cash.
Cash elections will be subject to proration so that the
aggregate cash consideration paid to UGCs stockholders
does not exceed 20% of the aggregate value of the merger
consideration payable to UGCs public stockholders.
Completion of the transactions is subject to, among other
conditions, approval of both companies stockholders,
including an affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power
of UGC Class A common stock not beneficially owned by our
company, Liberty, any of our respective subsidiaries or any of
the executive officers or directors of our company, Liberty, or
UGC.
The proposed merger will be accounted for as a step
acquisition by our company of the remaining minority
interest in UGC. The purchase price in this step acquisition
will include the consideration issued to UGC public stockholders
to acquire the UGC interest not already owned by our company and
the direct acquisition costs incurred by our company. As UGC was
our consolidated subsidiary prior to the proposed mergers, the
purchase price will first be applied to eliminate the minority
interest in UGC from our consolidated balance sheet, and the
remaining purchase price will be allocated on a pro rata basis
to the identifiable assets and liabilities of UGC based upon
their respective fair values at the effective date of the
proposed merger and the 46.4% interest in UGC to be acquired by
Liberty Global pursuant to the proposed mergers. Any excess
purchase price that remains after amounts have been allocated to
the net identifiable assets of UGC will be recorded as goodwill.
As the acquiring company for accounting purposes, our company
will be the predecessor
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
to Liberty Global and our historical financial statements will
become the historical financial statements of Liberty Global.
Other. Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico is a wholly-owned
subsidiary that owns and operates cable television systems in
Puerto Rico. Pramer is a wholly-owned Argentine programming
company that supplies programming services to cable television
and direct-to-home (DTH) satellite distributors in Latin
America and Spain.
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Significant equity method investments at
December 31, 2004: |
LMI/ Sumisho Super Media LLC (Super Media)
Jupiter Programming Co., Ltd. (JPC)
On December 28, 2004, our 45.45% ownership interest in
Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (J-COM), and a 19.78%
interest in J-COM owned by Sumitomo Corporation were combined in
Super Media. As a result of these transactions, we held a 69.68%
noncontrolling interest in Super Media, and Super Media held an
approximate 65.23% controlling interest in J-COM at
December 31, 2004. At December 31, 2004, we accounted
for our 69.68% interest in Super Media using the equity method.
As a result of a change in the corporate governance of Super
Media that occurred on February 18, 2005, we will begin
accounting for Super Media as a consolidated subsidiary
effective January 1, 2005. J-COM owns and operates
broadband businesses in Japan.
JPC is a joint venture between Sumitomo and our company that
primarily develops, manages and distributes pay television
services in Japan on a platform-neutral basis through various
distribution infrastructures, principally cable and DTH service
providers.
For additional information concerning our equity affiliates, see
note 6.
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Spin Off Transaction and Rights Offering |
Spin
Off Transaction
On June 7, 2004 (the Spin Off Date), our common stock was
distributed on a pro rata basis to Libertys shareholders
as a dividend in connection with a spin off transaction. In
connection with the spin off, holders of Liberty common stock on
June 1, 2004 (the Record Date) received in the aggregate
139,921,145 shares of LMI Series A common stock for their
shares of Liberty Series A common stock owned on the Record
Date and 6,053,173 shares of LMI Series B common stock for
their shares of Liberty Series B common stock owned on the
Record Date. The number of shares of LMI common stock
distributed in the spin off was based on a ratio of .05 of a
share of LMI common stock for each share of Liberty common
stock. The spin off was intended to qualify as a tax-free spin
off.
In addition to the contributed subsidiaries and net assets that
comprise our company, Liberty also contributed certain other
assets and liabilities to our company in connection with the
spin off, as set forth in the following table (amounts in
thousands):
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Cash and cash equivalents
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50,000 |
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561,130 |
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(253,163 |
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Other net liabilities
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(2,407 |
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355,560 |
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A4-12
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
The contributed available-for-sale securities included 5,000,000
American Depositary Shares (ADSs) for preferred limited voting
ordinary shares of The News Corporation Limited (News Corp.) and
a 99.9% economic interest in 345,000 shares of ABC Family
Worldwide, Inc. (ABC Family) Series A preferred stock.
Liberty also contributed a variable forward transaction with
respect to the News Corp. ADSs. During the fourth quarter of
2004, the 5,000,000 News Corp. ADSs were converted into
10,000,000 shares of News Corp.s Class A
non-voting common stock (News Corp. Class A common stock)
pursuant to News Corp.s reincorporation from Australia to
the United States. All of the following references to News Corp.
shares herein give effect to such conversion. For financial
reporting purposes, the contribution of the cash,
available-for-sale securities, related deferred tax liability
and other net liabilities is deemed to have occurred on
June 1, 2004.
All of the net assets contributed to our company by Liberty in
connection with the spin off have been recorded at
Libertys historical cost.
As a result of the spin off, we operate independently from
Liberty, and neither we nor Liberty have any stock ownership,
beneficial or otherwise, in the other. In connection with the
spin off, we and Liberty entered into certain agreements in
order to govern certain of the ongoing relationships between
Liberty and our company after the spin off and to provide for an
orderly transition. These agreements include a Reorganization
Agreement, a Facilities and Services Agreement and a Tax Sharing
Agreement. In addition, Liberty and our company entered into a
Short-Term Credit Facility that has since been terminated.
The Reorganization Agreement provides for, among other things,
the principal corporate transactions required to effect the spin
off, the issuance of LMI stock options upon adjustment of
certain Liberty stock incentive awards and the allocation of
responsibility for LMI and Liberty stock incentive awards, cross
indemnities and other matters. Such cross indemnities are
designed to make (i) our company responsible for all
liabilities related to the businesses of our company prior to
the spin off, as well as for all liabilities incurred by our
company following the spin off, and (ii) Liberty
responsible for all of our potential liabilities that are not
related to our businesses, including, for example, liabilities
arising as a result of our company having been a subsidiary of
Liberty.
The Facilities and Services Agreement and the Short-Term Credit
Facility, are described in note 14, and the Tax Sharing
Agreement is described in note 11.
Rights
Offering
On July 26, 2004, we commenced a rights offering (the LMI
Rights Offering) whereby holders of record of LMI common stock
on that date received 0.20 transferable subscription rights for
each share of LMI common stock held. Each whole right to
purchase LMI Series A common stock entitled the holder to
purchase one share of LMI Series A common stock at a
subscription price of $25.00 per share. Each whole right to
purchase LMI Series B common stock entitled the holder to
purchase one share of LMI Series B common stock at a
subscription price of $27.50 per share. Each whole Series A
and Series B right entitled the holder to subscribe, at the
same applicable subscription price pursuant to an
oversubscription privilege, for additional shares of the
applicable series of LMI common stock, subject to proration. The
LMI Rights Offering expired in accordance with its terms on
August 23, 2004. Pursuant to the terms of the LMI Rights
Offering, we issued 28,245,000 shares of LMI Series A
common stock and 1,211,157 shares of LMI Series B
common stock in exchange for aggregate cash proceeds of
$739,432,000, before deducting related offering costs of
$3,771,000.
As a result of the LMI Rights Offering, the exercise price
for LMI stock options outstanding at the time of the
LMI Rights Offering was reduced by multiplying the exercise
price by 94%, and the number of options outstanding was
increased by dividing the number of the then outstanding
LMI stock options by 94%. Unless
A4-13
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
otherwise noted, all references herein to the number of
outstanding LMI stock options and the related exercise
prices reflect these modified terms.
(3) Summary of Significant
Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the
date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of
revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates and
assumptions are used in accounting for, among other things, the
valuation of acquisition-related assets and liabilities,
allowances for uncollectible accounts, deferred income taxes and
related valuation allowances, loss contingencies, fair values of
financial instruments, fair values of long-lived assets and any
related impairments, capitalization of construction and
installation costs, useful lives of property and equipment,
restructuring accruals and other special items. Actual results
could differ from those estimates.
We do not control the decision making process or business
management practices of our equity affiliates. Accordingly, we
rely on management of these affiliates and their independent
auditors to provide us with accurate financial information
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the U.S. (GAAP) that we use in the application
of the equity method. We are not aware, however, of any errors
in or possible misstatements of the financial information
provided by our equity affiliates that would have a material
effect on our financial statements. For information concerning
our equity method investments, see note 6.
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to
the current year presentation.
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Principles of Consolidation |
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include our
accounts and all voting interest entities where we exercise a
controlling financial interest through the ownership of a direct
or indirect majority voting interest and variable interest
entities for which our company is the primary beneficiary. All
significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been
eliminated in consolidation.
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Cash and Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Short-Term
Liquid Investments |
Cash equivalents consist of all investments that are readily
convertible into cash and have maturities of three months or
less at the time of acquisition. Restricted cash includes cash
held in escrow and cash held as collateral for lines of credit
and other compensating balances. Cash restricted to a specific
use is classified based on the expected timing of such
disbursement. Short-term liquid investments include marketable
equity securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper,
corporate bonds and government securities that have original
maturities greater than three months but less than twelve months.
Receivables are reflected net of an allowance for doubtful
accounts. Such allowance aggregated $61,390,000 and $13,947,000
at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The allowance
for doubtful accounts is based upon our assessment of probable
loss related to uncollectible accounts receivable. We use a
number of factors in determining the allowance, including, among
other things, collection trends, prevailing and anticipated
economic conditions and specific customer credit risk.
Generally, upon disconnection of a subscriber, the
A4-14
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
account is fully reserved. The allowance is maintained until
either receipt of payment or collection of the account is no
longer being pursued.
Concentration of credit risk with respect to trade receivables
is limited due to the large number of customers and their
dispersion across many different countries worldwide. We also
manage this risk by disconnecting services to customers who are
delinquent.
All debt and marketable equity securities held by our company
are classified as available-for-sale and are carried at fair
value. Unrealized holding gains and losses on securities that
are classified as available-for-sale are carried net of taxes as
a component of accumulated other comprehensive earnings
(loss) in stockholders equity. Realized gains and
losses generally are determined on an average cost basis. Other
investments in which our ownership interest is less than 20% and
that are not considered marketable securities are carried at
cost. Securities transactions are recorded on the trade date.
For those investments in affiliates in which we have the ability
to exercise significant influence, the equity method of
accounting is used. Generally, we exercise significant influence
through a voting interest between 20% and 50% and/or board
representation and management authority. Under this method, the
investment, originally recorded at cost, is adjusted to
recognize our share of net earnings or losses of the affiliates
as they occur rather than as dividends or other distributions
are received, limited to the extent of our investment in, and
advances and commitments to, the investee. If our investment in
the common stock of an affiliate is reduced to zero as a result
of the prior recognition of the affiliates net losses, and
we hold investments in other more senior securities of the
affiliate, we would continue to record losses from the affiliate
to the extent of these additional investments. The amount of
additional losses recorded would be determined based on changes
in the hypothetical amount of proceeds that would be received by
us if the affiliate were to experience a liquidation of its
assets at their current book values. In accordance with
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(SFAS) No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets (Statement 142), the portion of the difference
between our investment and our share of the net assets of the
investee that represents goodwill (equity method goodwill) is no
longer amortized, but continues to be considered for impairment
under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 18. Our share
of net earnings or losses of affiliates also includes any
other-than-temporary declines in fair value recognized during
the period.
Changes in our proportionate share of the underlying equity of a
subsidiary or equity method investee, which result from the
issuance of additional equity securities by such subsidiary or
equity investee, are recognized as increases or decreases to
additional paid-in capital.
We continually review our investments to determine whether a
decline in fair value below the cost basis is
other-than-temporary. The primary factors we consider in our
determination are the length of time that the fair value of the
investment is below our companys carrying value and the
financial condition, operating performance and near term
prospects of the investee. In addition, we consider the reason
for the decline in fair value, be it general market conditions,
industry specific or investee specific changes in stock price or
valuation subsequent to the balance sheet date; and our intent
and ability to hold the investment for a period of time
sufficient to allow for a recovery in fair value. If the decline
in fair value is deemed to be other-than-temporary, the cost
basis of the security is written down to fair value. In
situations where the fair value of an investment is not evident
due to a lack of a public market price or other factors, we use
our best estimates and assumptions to arrive at the estimated
fair value of such investment. Writedowns for cost investments
and available-for-sale securities are included in the
consolidated statements of operations as other-than-temporary
declines in fair values of investments. Writedowns for equity
method investments are included in share of earnings
(losses) of affiliates.
A4-15
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
At December 31, 2004 and 2003, the fair value and the
carrying value of our debt were approximately equal. The
carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash,
short-term liquid investments, receivables, trade and other
receivables, other current assets, accounts payable, accrued
liabilities, subscriber advance payments and deposits and other
current liabilities approximate fair value, due to their short
maturity. The fair values of equity securities are based upon
quoted market prices, to the extent available, at the reporting
date.
We have entered into several derivative instrument contracts
including total return bond swaps, variable forward transactions
and foreign currency derivative instruments. All derivatives,
whether designated in hedging relationships or not, are required
to be recorded on the balance sheet at fair value. If the
derivative is designated as a fair value hedge, the changes in
the fair value of the derivative and of the hedged item
attributable to the hedged risk are recognized in earnings. If
the derivative is designated as a cash flow hedge, the effective
portions of changes in the fair value of the derivative are
recorded in other comprehensive earnings. Ineffective portions
of changes in the fair value of cash flow hedges are recognized
in earnings. If the derivative is not designated as a hedge,
changes in the fair value of the derivative are recognized in
earnings. None of the derivative instruments that were in effect
during the three years ended December 31, 2004 were
designated as hedges.
Property and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated
depreciation. In accordance with SFAS No. 51,
Financial Reporting by Cable Television Companies, we
capitalize costs associated with the construction of new cable
transmission and distribution facilities and the installation of
new cable services. Capitalized construction and installation
costs include materials, labor and applicable overhead costs.
Installation activities that are capitalized include
(i) the initial connection (or drop) from our cable system
to a customer location, (ii) the replacement of a drop, and
(iii) the installation of equipment for additional
services, such as digital cable, telephone or broadband Internet
service. The costs of other customer-facing activities such as
reconnecting customer locations where a drop already exists,
disconnecting customer locations and repairing or maintaining
drops, are expensed. Interest capitalized with respect to
construction activities was not material during 2004, 2003 and
2002.
Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over
estimated useful lives of 2 to 25 years for cable
distribution systems, 20 to 40 years for buildings and 3 to
15 years for support equipment. The useful lives used to
depreciate cable distribution systems that are undergoing a
rebuild are adjusted such that property and equipment to be
retired will be fully depreciated by the time the rebuild is
completed.
When property and equipment is retired or otherwise disposed of,
the cost and related accumulated depreciation accounts are
relieved of the applicable amounts and any difference is
included in deprecation expense. The impact of such retirements
and disposals was not material during 2004, 2003 and 2002.
Additions, replacements and improvements that extend the asset
life are capitalized. Repairs and maintenance are charged to
operations.
Our primary intangible assets are goodwill, cable television
franchise rights, customer relationships and trade names.
Goodwill represents the excess purchase price over the fair
value of the identifiable net assets acquired
A4-16
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
in a business combination. Cable television franchise rights,
customer relationships, and trade names were originally recorded
at their fair values in connection with business combinations.
Pursuant to Statement 142, goodwill and intangible assets
with indefinite useful lives are not amortized, but instead are
tested for impairment at least annually in accordance with the
provisions of Statement 142. Statement 142 also
provides that equity method goodwill is not amortized, but will
continue to be considered for impairment under Accounting
Principles Board Opinion No. 18. Pursuant to
Statement 142, intangible assets with estimable useful
lives are amortized over their respective estimated useful lives
to their estimated residual values, and reviewed for impairment
in accordance with SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets
(Statement 144).
We do not amortize our franchise rights and certain trade name
intangible assets as we have concluded that these assets are
indefinite-lived assets. Our customer relationship intangible
assets are amortized on a straight line basis over estimated
useful lives ranging from 4 to 10 years.
Effective January 1, 2002, we adopted Statement 142.
Statement 142 required us to perform an assessment of
whether there was an indication that goodwill was impaired as of
the date of adoption. To accomplish this, we identified our
reporting units and determined the carrying value of each
reporting unit by assigning the assets and liabilities,
including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those
reporting units as of the date of adoption. Statement 142
requires us to consider equity method affiliates as separate
reporting units. As a result, a portion of Libertys
enterprise-level goodwill balance was allocated to our reporting
units, including several reporting units whose only asset was a
single equity method investment. For example, a portion of
Libertys enterprise level goodwill was allocated to a
separate reporting unit which included only our investment in
J-COM. This allocation is performed for goodwill impairment
testing purposes only and does not change the reported carrying
value of the investment. However, to the extent that all or a
portion of an equity method investment which is part of a
reporting unit containing allocated goodwill is disposed of in
the future, the allocated portion of goodwill will be relieved
and included in the calculation of the gain or loss on disposal.
After we had allocated enterprise level goodwill to our
reporting units, we determined the fair value of our reporting
units using independent appraisals, public trading prices and
other means. We then compared the fair value of each reporting
unit to the reporting units carrying amount. To the extent
a reporting units carrying amount exceeded its fair value,
we performed the second step of the transitional impairment
test. In the second step, we compared the implied fair value of
the reporting units goodwill, determined by allocating the
reporting units fair value to all of its assets
(recognized and unrecognized) and liabilities in a manner
similar to a purchase price allocation, to its carrying amount,
both of which were measured as of the date of adoption.
In situations where the implied fair value of a reporting
units goodwill was less than its carrying value, we
recorded a transitional impairment charge. As a result, during
2002, we recognized a $238,267,000 transitional impairment loss,
after deducting taxes of $103,105,000, as the cumulative effect
of a change in accounting principle. The foregoing transitional
impairment loss included a pre-tax adjustment of $264,372,000,
representing our proportionate share of transition adjustments
recorded by UGC.
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Impairment of Long-Lived Assets |
Statement 144 requires that we periodically review the carrying
amounts of our property and equipment and our intangible assets
(other than goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets) to
determine whether current events or circumstances indicate that
such carrying amounts may not be recoverable. If the carrying
amount of the asset is greater than the expected undiscounted
cash flows to be generated by such asset, an impairment
A4-17
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
adjustment is to be recognized. Such adjustment is measured by
the amount that the carrying value of such assets exceeds their
fair value. We generally measure fair value by considering sale
prices for similar assets or by discounting estimated future
cash flows using an appropriate discount rate. For purposes of
impairment testing, long-lived assets are grouped at the lowest
level for which cash flows are largely independent of other
assets and liabilities. Assets to be disposed of are carried at
the lower of their financial statement carrying amount or fair
value less costs to sell.
Pursuant to Statement 142, we evaluate the goodwill and
franchise rights for impairment at least annually on
October 1 and whenever other facts and circumstances
indicate that the carrying amounts of goodwill and franchise
rights may not be recoverable. For purposes of the goodwill
evaluation, we compare the fair value of each of our reporting
units to their respective carrying amounts. If the carrying
value of a reporting unit were to exceed its fair value, we
would then compare the implied fair value of the reporting
units goodwill to its carrying amount, and any excess of
the carrying amount over the fair value would be charged to
operations as an impairment loss. Consistent with the provisions
of Emerging Issue Task Force Issue No. 02-7, Unit of
Measure for Testing Impairment of Indefinite-Lived Assets,
we evaluate the recoverability of the carrying amount of our
franchise rights based on the same asset groupings used to
evaluate our long-lived assets because the franchise rights are
inseparable from the other assets in the asset group. Any excess
of the carrying value over the fair value for franchise rights
is charged to operations as an impairment loss.
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability
method. We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the
future tax consequences attributable to differences between the
financial statement carrying amounts and income tax basis of
assets and liabilities and the expected benefits of utilizing
net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards, using enacted
tax rates in effect for each taxing jurisdiction in which we
operate for the year in which those temporary differences are
expected to be recovered or settled. Net deferred tax assets are
then reduced by a valuation allowance if we believe it
more-likely-than-not such net deferred tax assets will not be
realized. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a
change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that
includes the enactment date. Deferred tax liabilities related to
investments in foreign subsidiaries and foreign corporate joint
ventures that are essentially permanent in duration are not
recognized until it becomes apparent that such amounts will
reverse in the foreseeable future.
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Foreign Currency Translation |
The functional currency of our company is the U.S. dollar. The
functional currency of our foreign operations generally is the
applicable local currency for each foreign subsidiary and equity
method investee. Assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries
and equity investees are translated at the spot rate in effect
at the applicable reporting date, and the consolidated
statements of operations and our companys share of the
results of operations of its equity affiliates are translated at
the average exchange rates in effect during the applicable
period. The resulting unrealized cumulative translation
adjustment, net of applicable income taxes, is recorded as a
component of accumulated other comprehensive earnings
(loss) in the consolidated statement of stockholders
equity. Cash flows from our operations in foreign countries are
translated at actual exchange rates when known, or at the
average rate for the period. The effect of exchange rates on
cash balances held in foreign currencies are reported as a
separate line item below cash flows from financing activities.
Transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional
currency are recorded based on exchange rates at the time such
transactions arise. Subsequent changes in exchange rates result
in transaction gains and losses which are reflected in the
statements of operations as unrealized (based on the applicable
period end translation) or realized upon settlement of the
transactions.
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
Unless otherwise indicated, convenience translations into
U.S. dollars are calculated as of December 31, 2004.
Cable Network Revenue. We recognize revenue from the
provision of video, telephone and Internet access services over
our cable network to customers in the period the related
services are provided. Installation revenue (including reconnect
fees) related to these services over our cable network is
recognized as revenue in the period in which the installation
occurs, to the extent these fees are equal to or less than
direct selling costs, which are expensed. To the extent
installation revenue exceeds direct selling costs, the excess
fees are deferred and amortized over the average expected
subscriber life. Costs related to reconnections and
disconnections are recognized in the statement of operations as
incurred.
Other Revenue. We recognize revenue from the provision of
direct-to-home satellite services, or DTH, telephone and data
services to business customers outside of our cable network in
the period the related services are provided. Installation
revenue (including reconnect fees) related to these services
outside of our cable network is deferred and amortized over the
average expected subscriber life. Costs related to reconnections
and disconnections are recognized in the statement of operations
as incurred.
Promotional Discounts. For subscriber promotions, such as
discounted or free services during an introductory period,
revenue is recorded at the monthly rate, if any, charged to the
subscriber.
Subscriber Advance Payments and Deposits. Payments
received in advance for distribution services are deferred and
recognized as revenue when the associated services are provided.
Deposits are recorded as a liability upon receipt and refunded
to the subscriber upon disconnection.
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|
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Earnings (Loss) per Common Share |
Basic earnings (loss) per common share is computed by dividing
net earnings (loss) by the weighted average number of common
shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per
common share presents the dilutive effect on a per share basis
of potential common shares (e.g. options and convertible
securities) as if they had been converted at the beginning of
the periods presented.
As described in note 2, we issued shares of
LMI Series A common stock and LMI Series B common
stock in connection with the spin off. The pro forma net
earnings (loss) per share amounts set forth in the accompanying
consolidated statements of operations were computed assuming
that the shares issued in the spin off were issued and
outstanding since January 1, 2003. In addition, the
weighted average share amounts for periods prior to
July 26, 2004, the date that certain subscription rights
were distributed to our stockholders pursuant to the
LMI Rights Offering, have been increased by 6,866,484 to
give effect to the benefit derived by our stockholders as a
result of the distribution of such subscription rights. The
details of the calculations of our weighted average common
shares outstanding are set forth in the following table:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Basic and diluted:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average common shares outstanding before adjustment
|
|
|
158,597,222 |
|
|
|
145,974,318 |
|
Adjustment for July 2004 LMI Rights Offering
|
|
|
3,883,504 |
|
|
|
6,866,484 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average common shares, as adjusted
|
|
|
162,480,726 |
|
|
|
152,840,802 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
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* |
The weighted average share amounts for all periods assume that
the shares of LMI common stock issued in connection with
the spin off were issued and outstanding since January 1,
2003. |
At December 31, 2004, 4,768,254 potential common
shares were outstanding. All of such potential common shares
represent shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options
that were issued in June 2004 and adjusted in connection with
the LMI Rights Offering. Potential common shares have been
excluded from the pro forma calculation of diluted earnings per
share in 2004 because their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.
Prior to the consummation of the spin off, no potential common
shares were outstanding, and accordingly, there is no difference
between basic and diluted earnings per share in 2003.
As a result of the spin off and related adjustments to
Libertys stock incentive awards, options to acquire an
aggregate of 1,595,709 shares of LMI Series A common
stock and 1,498,154 shares of LMI Series B common
stock were issued to our and Libertys employees.
Consistent with Libertys accounting for the adjusted
Liberty stock options and stock appreciation rights prior to the
Spin Off Date, we use variable-plan accounting to account for
all LMI stock options issued as adjustments of
Libertys stock incentive awards in connection with the
spin off.
In addition, options to acquire an aggregate of
453,206 shares of LMI Series A common stock and
1,568,562 shares of LMI Series B common stock were
issued to LMI employees and directors in June 2004. Prior to the
LMI Rights Offering, we used fixed-plan accounting to account
for these LMI stock options. As a result of the modification of
certain terms of the LMI stock options that were outstanding at
the time of the LMI Rights Offering, we began accounting for
these LMI options as variable-plan options. In addition, options
to acquire an aggregate 7,000 shares of LMI Series A
common stock were issued to LMI employees and directors
subsequent to the LMI Rights Offering. These options were
granted at fair market value and, as such, are accounted for
using fixed-plan accounting.
As a result of the spin off and the related issuance of options
to acquire LMI common stock, certain persons who remained
employees of Liberty immediately following the spin off hold
options to purchase LMI common stock and certain persons who are
our employees hold options, stock appreciation rights (SARs) and
options with tandem SARs with respect to Liberty common stock.
Pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement, we are responsible for
all stock incentive awards related to LMI common stock and
Liberty is responsible for all stock incentive awards related to
Liberty common stock regardless of whether such stock incentive
awards are held by our or Libertys employees.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, our stock-based compensation
expense is based on the stock incentive awards held by our
employees regardless of whether such awards relate to LMI or
Liberty common stock. Accordingly, any stock-based compensation
that we include in our statements of operations with respect to
Liberty stock incentive awards is treated as a capital
transaction that is reflected as an adjustment of additional
paid-in capital.
We account for our fixed and variable stock-based compensation
plans using the intrinsic value method. Generally, under the
intrinsic value method, (i) compensation expense for
fixed-plan stock options is recognized only if the estimated
fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price on
the date of grant, in which case, compensation is recognized
based on the percentage of options that are vested until the
options are exercised, expire or are cancelled, and
(ii) compensation for variable-plan options is recognized
based upon the percentage of the options that are vested and the
difference between the estimated fair value of the underlying
common stock and the exercise price of the options at the
balance sheet date, until the options are exercised, expire or
are cancelled. We record stock-based compensation expense for
our stock appreciation rights (SARs) using the accelerated
expense attribution method. We record compensation expense for
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
restricted stock awards based on the quoted market price of our
stock at the date of grant and the vesting period.
As a result of the modification of certain terms of its stock
options in connection with its February 2004 rights offering,
UGC began accounting for its stock options that it granted prior
to February 2004 as variable plan options. UGC stock options
granted subsequent to February 2004 are accounted for as
fixed-plan options. Most of the stock-based compensation
included in our consolidated statements of operations in 2004 is
attributable to UGCs stock incentive awards.
The following table illustrates the effect on net earnings
(loss) and earnings (loss) per share as if we had applied the
fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123,
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,
(Statement 123) to our outstanding options. As the
accounting for the liability-based SARs is the same under the
intrinsic value method and the fair value method, the pro forma
adjustments included in the following table do not include
amounts related to our calculation of compensation expense
related to SARs or to options with tandem SARs:
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|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
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|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands, | |
|
|
except per share amounts | |
Net earnings (loss)
|
|
$ |
(31,758 |
) |
|
|
20,889 |
|
|
|
(568,154 |
) |
|
Add stock-based compensation charges as determined under the
intrinsic value method, net of taxes
|
|
|
51,524 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deduct stock compensation charges as determined under the fair
value method, net of taxes
|
|
|
(29,904 |
) |
|
|
(832 |
) |
|
|
(1,498 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma net earnings (loss)
|
|
$ |
(10,138 |
) |
|
|
20,057 |
|
|
|
(569,652 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) from continuing
operations per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As reported
|
|
$ |
(0.20 |
) |
|
|
0.14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma
|
|
$ |
(0.06 |
) |
|
|
0.13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4) Recent Accounting
Pronouncements
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123
(revised 2004), Share-Based Payment (Statement No. 123(R)),
which is a revision of Statement 123, as amended by Statement
No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation-Transition and Disclosure and Amendment of
Statement No. 123 (Statement 148). Statement
No. 123(R) supersedes Accounting Principles Board Opinion
(APB) No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees (APB 25) and amends certain provisions of
Statement No. 95, Statement of Cash Flows. Statement
No. 123(R) requires all share-based payments to employees,
including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in
the financial statements based on their fair values, beginning
with the first interim or annual period after June 15,
2005, with early adoption encouraged. In addition, Statement
No. 123(R) will cause unrecognized expense (based on the
amounts in our pro forma footnote disclosure) related to options
vesting after the date of initial adoption to be recognized as a
charge to operations over the remaining vesting period. We are
required to adopt Statement No. 123(R) in our third quarter
of 2005, beginning July 1, 2005. Under Statement
No. 123(R), we must determine the appropriate fair value
model to be used for valuing share-based payments, the
amortization method for compensation cost and the transition
method to be used at the date of
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
adoption. The transition alternatives include prospective and
retroactive adoption methods. Under the retroactive methods,
prior periods may be restated either as of the beginning of the
year of adoption or for all periods presented. The prospective
method requires that compensation expense be recorded for all
unvested stock options and share awards at the beginning of the
first quarter of adoption of Statement No. 123(R), while
the retroactive methods would record compensation expense for
all unvested stock options and share awards beginning with the
first period restated. We are evaluating the requirements of
Statement No. 123(R) and we expect that the adoption of
Statement No. 123(R) will have a material impact on our
consolidated results of operations and earnings per share. We
have not yet determined the method of adoption for Statement
No. 123(R).
(5) Acquisitions
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|
|
Acquisition of Controlling Interest in UGC |
On January 5, 2004, we completed a transaction pursuant to
which UGCs founding shareholders (the Founders)
transferred 8.2 million shares of UGC Class B common
stock to our company in exchange for 12.6 million shares of
Liberty Series A common stock valued, for accounting
purposes, at $152,122,000 and a cash payment of $12,857,000. We
also incurred $2,970,000 of acquisition costs in connection with
this transaction (the UGC Founders Transaction). The UGC
Founders Transaction was the last of a number of independent
transactions that occurred from 2001 through January 2004
pursuant to which we acquired our controlling interest in UGC.
For information concerning our transactions with UGC during 2003
and 2002, see note 6.
Our acquisition of 281.3 million shares of UGC common stock
in January 2002 gave us a greater than 50% economic interest in
UGC, but due to certain voting and standstill arrangements, we
used the equity method to account for our investment in UGC
through December 31, 2003. Upon closing of the
January 5, 2004 transaction, the restrictions on the
exercise by us of our voting power with respect to UGC
terminated, and we gained voting control of UGC. Accordingly,
UGC has been accounted for as a consolidated subsidiary and
included in our financial position and results of operations
since January 1, 2004. We have accounted for our
acquisition of UGC as a step acquisition, and have allocated our
investment basis to our pro rata share of UGCs assets and
liabilities at each significant acquisition date based on the
estimated fair values of such assets and liabilities on such
dates. Prior to the acquisition of the Founders shares,
our investment basis in UGC had been reduced to zero as a result
of the prior recognition of our share of UGCs losses. The
following
A4-22
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
table reflects the amounts allocated to our assets and
liabilities upon completion of the January 2004 acquisition of
the Founders shares (amounts in thousands):
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|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$ |
310,361 |
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
298,826 |
|
Property and equipment
|
|
|
3,386,252 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
2,023,374 |
|
Customer relationships(1)
|
|
|
379,093 |
|
Trade names
|
|
|
62,441 |
|
Other intangible assets
|
|
|
4,532 |
|
Investments and other assets
|
|
|
347,542 |
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
(1,407,275 |
) |
Long-term debt
|
|
|
(3,615,902 |
) |
Deferred income taxes
|
|
|
(754,111 |
) |
Other liabilities
|
|
|
(259,492 |
) |
Minority interest
|
|
|
(607,692 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Aggregate purchase price
|
|
|
167,949 |
|
Issuance of Liberty common stock
|
|
|
(152,122 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Aggregate cash consideration (including direct acquisition costs)
|
|
$ |
15,827 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
The estimated weighted-average amortization period on
January 1, 2004 for the intangible asset associated with
customer relationships was 4.9 years. |
We have entered into a new Standstill Agreement with UGC that
limits our ownership of UGC common stock to 90% of the
outstanding common stock unless we make an offer or effect
another transaction to acquire all outstanding UGC common stock.
Under certain circumstances, such an offer or transaction would
require an independent appraisal to establish the price to be
paid to stockholders unaffiliated with us. Subsequent to
December 31, 2004, we and UGC entered into a merger
agreement whereby a newly-formed holding company will acquire
all of the capital stock of our company and all of the capital
stock of UGC not owned by our company. For additional
information, see note 1.
During 2004, we also purchased an additional 20 million
shares of UGC Class A common stock pursuant to certain
pre-emptive rights granted to our company by UGC. The
$152,284,000 purchase price for such shares was comprised of
(i) the cancellation of indebtedness due from subsidiaries
of UGC to certain of our subsidiaries in the amount of
$104,462,000 (including accrued interest) and
(ii) $47,822,000 in cash. As UGC was one of our
consolidated subsidiaries at the time of these purchases, the
effect of these purchases was eliminated in consolidation.
Also, in January 2004, UGC initiated a rights offering pursuant
to which holders of each of UGCs Class A,
Class B and Class C common stock received 0.28
transferable subscription rights to purchase a like class of
common stock for each share of UGC common stock owned by them on
January 21, 2004. The rights offering expired on
February 12, 2004. UGC received cash proceeds of
approximately $1.02 billion from the rights offering. As a
holder of UGC Class A, Class B and Class C common
stock, we participated in the rights offering and exercised our
rights to purchase 90.7 million shares for a total cash
purchase price of $544,250,000.
A4-23
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
On May 20, 2004, we acquired all of the issued and
outstanding ordinary shares of Princes Holdings Limited
(PHL) for
2,447,000,
including
447,000 of
acquisition costs ($2,918,000 at May 20, 2004). PHL,
through its subsidiary Chorus Communications Limited, owns and
operates broadband communications systems in Ireland. In
connection with this acquisition, we loaned an aggregate of
75,000,000
($89,483,000 as of May 20, 2004) to PHL. The proceeds from
this loan were used by PHL to discharge liabilities pursuant to
a debt restructuring plan and to provide funds for capital
expenditures and working capital. In June 2004, LMI loaned PHL
an additional
4,500,000
($6,137,000), for a total of
79,500,000
($108,414,000) as of December 31, 2004. This loan bears
interest at 1.75% per annum. In addition to the amounts
loaned to PHL as of December 31, 2004, we have committed to
loan to PHL up to
10,000,000
($13,637,000) at December 31, 2004.
We have accounted for this acquisition using the purchase method
of accounting. For financial reporting purposes, the PHL
acquisition is deemed to have occurred on June 1, 2004. The
purchase price allocation for this acquisition is as follows
(amounts in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
14,473 |
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
7,423 |
|
Property and equipment
|
|
|
75,172 |
|
Customer relationships(1)
|
|
|
10,239 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
24,023 |
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
(26,078 |
) |
Subscriber advance payments and deposits
|
|
|
(12,851 |
) |
Debt
|
|
|
(89,483 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Aggregate cash consideration (including acquisition costs)
|
|
$ |
2,918 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
The estimated weighted-average amortization period at
acquisition for the intangible asset associated with customer
relationships was 4 years. |
On December 16, 2004, UGC acquired our interest in PHL in
exchange for 6,413,991 shares of UGC Class A common
stock, valued for accounting purposes at $58,303,000 on that
date. In connection with UGCs acquisition of our interest
in PHL, UGC committed to refinance our loans to PHL no later
than June 16, 2005. We and UGC accounted for this
transaction as a reorganization of entities under common control
at historical cost, similar to a pooling of interests. Under
reorganization accounting, UGC consolidated the financial
position and results of operations of PHL using LMIs
historical cost, as if this transaction had been consummated by
UGC as of May 20, 2004 (June 1, 2004 for financial
reporting purposes), the date of the original acquisition of PHL
by our company. As UGC was a consolidated subsidiary of LMI at
the time of this transaction, the shares of UGC Class A
common stock received by LMI were eliminated in consolidation.
On July 1, 2004, UPC Broadband France SAS (UPC Broadband
France), an indirect subsidiary of UGC and the owner of
UGCs French broadband video and Internet access
operations, acquired Suez-Lyonnaise Télécom SA
(Noos), from Suez SA (Suez). Noos is a provider of digital
and analog cable television services and high-speed Internet
access services in France. UPC Broadband France purchased Noos
to achieve certain financial, operational and strategic benefits
through the integration of Noos with its French operations and
the
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
creation of a platform for further growth and innovation in
Paris and its remaining French systems. The preliminary purchase
price was subject to a review of certain historical financial
information of Noos and UPC Broadband France. In January
2005, UGC completed its purchase price review with Suez, which
resulted in a
42,844,000
($52,128,000) reduction in the purchase price. The receivable
that resulted from this purchase price reduction is included in
other receivables in our consolidated balance sheet. The final
purchase price for Noos was approximately
567,102,000
($689,989,000), consisting of
487,085,000
($592,633,000) in cash and a 19.9% equity interest in UPC
Broadband France, valued at approximately
71,339,000
($86,798,000). Acquisition costs totaled
8,678,000
($10,558,000).
UGC accounted for this transaction as the acquisition of an
80.1% interest in Noos and the sale of a 19.9% interest in UPC
Broadband France. Under the purchase method of accounting, the
preliminary purchase price was allocated to the acquired
identifiable tangible and intangible assets and liabilities
based upon their respective fair values. UGC recorded a loss of
approximately
9,679,000
($11,776,000) associated with the dilution of its ownership
interest in UPC Broadband France as a result of the Noos
transaction. Our $6,102,000 share of this loss is reflected as a
reduction of additional paid-in capital in our consolidated
statement of stockholders equity.
The following table presents the purchase price allocation for
UGCs acquisition of an 80.1% interest in Noos, together
with the effects of the sale of a 19.9% interest in UGCs
historical French operations (amounts in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
Working capital
|
|
$ |
(106,744 |
) |
Property, plant and equipment
|
|
|
769,852 |
|
Intangible assets(1)
|
|
|
11,815 |
|
Other long-term assets
|
|
|
4,066 |
|
Other long-term liabilities
|
|
|
(7,099 |
) |
Minority interest
|
|
|
(91,033 |
) |
Equity in UPC Broadband France
|
|
|
11,776 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash consideration for Noos
|
|
|
592,633 |
|
Less cash acquired
|
|
|
(18,791 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Net cash consideration for Noos
|
|
$ |
573,842 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
The estimated weighted-average amortization period for the
intangible assets (favorable programming contract and tradename)
at acquisition was 3.8 years. |
The allocation above was made based on UGCs assessment of
the fair value of the assets and liabilities of Noos. As of
December 31, 2004, this assessment had not been finalized,
but UGC does not expect further significant purchase accounting
adjustments. Minority interest was computed based on 19.9% of
the fair value of our historical French operations and 19.9% of
the historical carrying amount of Noos.
Suez 19.9% interest in UPC Broadband France consists of
85,000,000 shares of Class B common stock of UPC Broadband
France (the Class B Shares). Subject to the terms of a call
option agreement, UPC France Holding BV (UPC France), UGCs
indirect wholly owned subsidiary, has the right through
June 30, 2005 to purchase from Suez all of the Class B
Shares for
85,000,000,
subject to adjustment, plus interest. The purchase price for the
Class B Shares may be paid in cash, UGC Class A common
stock or LMI Series A common stock. Subject to the terms of
a put option, Suez may require UPC France to purchase the
Class B Shares at specific times prior to or after the
third, fourth or fifth anniversaries of the purchase date.
A4-25
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
UPC France will be required to pay the then fair value,
payable in cash, UGC common stock or LMI Series A common
stock, for the Class B Shares or assist Suez in obtaining
an offer to purchase the Class B Shares. UPC France also
has the option to purchase the Class B Shares from Suez shortly
after the third, fourth or fifth anniversaries of the purchase
date at the then fair value in cash, UGC Class A common
stock or LMI Series A common stock.
The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated
operating results give effect to the UGC, PHL and Noos
transactions as if they had been completed as of January 1,
2004 (for 2004 results) and as of January 1, 2003 (for 2003
results). These pro forma amounts are not necessarily indicative
of operating results that would have occurred if the UGC, PHL
and Noos acquisitions had occurred on such dates. The pro forma
adjustments are based upon currently available information and
upon certain assumptions that we believe are reasonable:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Years ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands, | |
|
|
except per share amounts | |
Revenue
|
|
$ |
2,877,159 |
|
|
|
2,429,548 |
|
Net loss
|
|
$ |
(44,158 |
) |
|
|
(690,869 |
) |
Loss per share
|
|
$ |
(0.27 |
) |
|
|
(4.52 |
) |
(6) Investments in Affiliates
Accounted for Using the Equity Method
Our affiliates generally are engaged in the cable and/or
programming businesses in various foreign countries. The
following table includes our companys carrying value and
approximate percentage ownership of our more significant
investments in affiliates:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
December 31, 2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
Percentage | |
|
Carrying | |
|
Carrying | |
|
|
Ownership | |
|
Amount | |
|
Amount | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands, | |
|
|
except percent amounts | |
Super Media/ J-COM
|
|
|
70% |
|
|
$ |
1,052,468 |
|
|
|
1,330,602 |
|
JPC
|
|
|
50% |
|
|
|
290,224 |
|
|
|
259,571 |
|
Telenet Group Holdings N.V. (Telenet)
|
|
|
19% |
|
|
|
232,649 |
|
|
|
|
|
Mediatti Communications, Inc. (Mediatti)
|
|
|
37% |
|
|
|
58,586 |
|
|
|
|
|
Metrópolis-Intercom S.A. (Metrópolis),
|
|
|
50% |
|
|
|
57,344 |
|
|
|
52,223 |
|
Other
|
|
|
Various |
|
|
|
174,371 |
|
|
|
98,156 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,865,642 |
|
|
|
1,740,552 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-26
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
The following table sets forth our share of earnings
(losses) of affiliates including any writedowns for
other-than-temporary declines in fair value:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Super Media/ J-COM
|
|
$ |
45,092 |
|
|
|
20,341 |
|
|
|
(21,595 |
) |
JPC
|
|
|
14,644 |
|
|
|
11,775 |
|
|
|
5,801 |
|
Mediatti
|
|
|
(2,331 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Metrópolis
|
|
|
(8,355 |
) |
|
|
(8,291 |
) |
|
|
(80,394 |
) |
UGC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(190,216 |
) |
Other
|
|
|
(10,340 |
) |
|
|
(10,086 |
) |
|
|
(44,821 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
38,710 |
|
|
|
13,739 |
|
|
|
(331,225 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Our share of earnings (losses) of affiliates includes
losses related to other-than-temporary declines in the value of
our equity method investments of $25,973,000, $12,616,000, and
$72,030,000 during 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
Substantially all of such losses relate to our affiliates that
operate in Latin America.
At December 31, 2004 and 2003, the aggregate carrying
amount of our investments in affiliates exceeded our
proportionate share of our affiliates net assets by
$757,235,000 and $690,332,000, respectively. Any calculated
excess costs on investments are allocated on an estimated fair
value basis to the underlying assets and liabilities of the
investee. Amounts associated with assets other than goodwill and
indefinite lived intangible assets are amortized over their
estimated useful lives.
J-COM was incorporated in 1995 to own and operate broadband
businesses in Japan. The functional currency of J-COM is the
Japanese yen. On December 28, 2004, our 45.45% ownership
interest in J-COM, and a 19.78% interest in J-COM owned by
Sumitomo Corporation (Sumitomo) were combined in Super Media. As
a result of these transactions, we held a 69.68% noncontrolling
interest in Super Media, and Super Media held a 65.23%
controlling interest in J-COM at December 31, 2004. At
December 31, 2004, Sumitomo also held a 12.25% direct interest
in J-COM and Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) held a 19.46%
beneficial interest in J-COM. Subject to certain conditions,
Sumitomo has the obligation to contribute to Super Media
substantially all of its remaining 12.25% equity interest in
J-COM during 2005. Also, Sumitomo and we are generally required
to contribute to Super Media any additional shares of J-COM that
either of us acquires and to permit the other party to
participate in any additional acquisition of J-COM shares during
the term of Super Media.
Due to certain veto rights held by Sumitomo, we accounted for
our 69.68% ownership interest in Super Media using the equity
method of accounting at December 31, 2004. On
February 18, 2005, J-COM announced an initial public
offering of its common shares in Japan. Under the terms of the
operating agreement of Super Media, our casting or tie-breaking
vote with respect to decisions of the management committee
became effective upon this announcement. Super Media is managed
by a management committee consisting of two members, one
appointed by us and one appointed by Sumitomo. From and after
February 18, 2005, the management committee member
appointed by us has a casting or deciding vote with respect to
any management committee decision that we and Sumitomo are
unable to agree on, with the exception of the terms of the
initial public offering of J-COM. Certain decisions with respect
to Super Media will continue to require the consent of both
members rather than the management committee. These include any
decision to engage in any business other than holding J-COM
shares, sell J-COM shares, issue additional units in Super
A4-27
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
Media, make in-kind distributions or dissolve Super Media, in
each case other than as contemplated by the Super Media
operating agreement.
As a result of the above-described change in the governance of
Super Media, we will begin accounting for Super Media and J-COM
as consolidated subsidiaries effective January 1, 2005. If
all of the J-COM shares offered for sale by J-COM in the initial
public offering are sold (including pursuant to the
underwriters over-allotment option). Super Medias
equity interests in J-COM will be diluted to approximately
52.84%.
Super Media will be dissolved in February 2010 unless we and
Sumitomo mutually agree to extend the term. Super Media may also
be earlier dissolved under specified circumstances.
On August 6, 2004, J-COM used cash proceeds received
pursuant to capital contributions from our company, Sumitomo and
Microsoft to repay shareholder loans with an aggregate principal
amount of ¥30,000 million ($275,660,000 at
August 6, 2004). Such amount includes
¥14,065 million ($129,237,000 at August 6, 2004)
of shareholder loans held by us that were effectively converted
to equity in these transactions. Such transactions did not
materially impact the J-COM ownership interests of our company,
Sumitomo or Microsoft.
On December 21, 2004, we received cash proceeds of
¥42,755 million ($410,080,000 at December 21,
2004) in repayment of all principal and interest due to our
company from J-COM pursuant to then outstanding shareholder
loans. In connection with this transaction, we recognized in our
statement of operations foreign currency translation gains of
$55,350,000 that previously had been reflected in accumulated
other comprehensive earnings and deferred taxes.
On February 25, 2005, J-COM acquired the respective
interests of Sumitomo, Microsoft and our company in Chofu Cable,
Inc. (Chofu Cable), a Japanese broadband communications
provider, for cash consideration of ¥2,884 million
($27,358,000 at February 25, 2005), of which
¥972 million ($9,223,000 at February 25, 2005)
was paid to our company for our equity method investment in
Chofu Cable. As a result of this acquisition, J-COM owns an
approximate 92% equity interest in Chofu Cable.
In 2003, we purchased an 8% equity interest in J-COM from
Sumitomo for $141,000,000 in cash, and we and Sumitomo each
converted certain shareholder loans to equity interests in J-COM.
Summarized financial information for J-COM is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Financial Position
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments
|
|
$ |
65,178 |
|
|
|
52,962 |
|
Property and equipment, net
|
|
|
2,441,196 |
|
|
|
2,274,632 |
|
Intangible and other assets, net
|
|
|
1,783,162 |
|
|
|
1,601,596 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$ |
4,289,536 |
|
|
|
3,929,190 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Debt
|
|
$ |
2,260,805 |
|
|
|
2,378,698 |
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
677,595 |
|
|
|
649,229 |
|
Owners equity
|
|
|
1,351,136 |
|
|
|
901,263 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and equity
|
|
$ |
4,289,536 |
|
|
|
3,929,190 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-28
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Results of Operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$ |
1,504,709 |
|
|
|
1,233,492 |
|
|
|
930,736 |
|
Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
(915,112 |
) |
|
|
(805,174 |
) |
|
|
(719,590 |
) |
Stock-based compensation
|
|
|
(783 |
) |
|
|
(840 |
) |
|
|
(494 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
(378,868 |
) |
|
|
(313,725 |
) |
|
|
(240,042 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss)
|
|
|
209,946 |
|
|
|
113,753 |
|
|
|
(29,390 |
) |
Interest expense, net
|
|
|
(94,958 |
) |
|
|
(68,980 |
) |
|
|
(33,381 |
) |
Other, net
|
|
|
(15,532 |
) |
|
|
1,335 |
|
|
|
2,579 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net earnings (loss)
|
|
$ |
99,456 |
|
|
|
46,108 |
|
|
|
(60,192 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
JPC, a 50% joint venture formed in 1996 by our company and
Sumitomo, is a programming company in Japan, which owns and
invests in a variety of channels including Shop Channel.
The functional currency of JPC is the Japanese yen.
At December 31, 2004, our investment in JPC included
¥500 million ($4,882,000) of shareholder loans to JPC.
Such loans are denominated in Japanese yen and bear interest at
variable rates (1.55% at December 31, 2004). Such
shareholder loans are due and payable on July 26, 2008.
On April 22, 2004, JPC issued 24,000 shares of JPC ordinary
shares to Sumitomo for ¥6 billion ($54,260,000 as of
April 22, 2004). On April 26, 2004, JPC paid
¥3 billion ($27,677,000 as of April 26, 2004) to
each of our company and Sumitomo to redeem 12,000 shares of JPC
ordinary shares from each shareholder. On April 27, 2004,
we transferred our 100% indirect ownership interest in Liberty
J-Sports, Inc. (Liberty J-Sports), the owner of an indirect
minority interest in J-SPORTS Broadcasting Corporation, to JPC
in exchange for 24,000 ordinary shares of JPC valued at
¥6 billion ($54,805,000 as of April 27, 2004). We
recognized a $25,256,000 gain on this transaction, representing
the excess of the cash received from the earlier share
redemption over 50% of our historical cost basis in Liberty
J-Sports.
On December 16, 2004, chellomedia Belgium I BV
and chellomedia Belgium II BV, UGCs indirect
wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, chellomedia Belgium),
acquired our wholly owned subsidiary Belgian Cable Holdings
(BCH) for $121,068,000 in cash. BCHs only assets were debt
securities of Callahan Partners Europe (CPE) and one of two
entities majority-owned by CPE (the InvestCos), and certain
related contract rights. This purchase price was equal to our
cost basis in these debt securities, which included an
unrealized gain of $10,517,000. On December 17, 2004, UGC
entered into a restructuring transaction with CPE and certain
other parties. In this restructuring, BCH contributed
approximately $137,950,000 in cash and the debt security of the
InvestCo to Belgian Cable Investors, LLC (Belgian Cable
Investors) in exchange for a 78.4% common equity interest and
100% preferred equity interest in Belgian Cable Investors. CPE
owns the remaining 21.6% interest in Belgian Cable Investors.
Belgian Cable Investors distributed approximately $115,592,000
in cash to CPE, which used the proceeds to repurchase the debt
securities of CPE held by BCH. Belgian Cable Investors holds an
indirect 14.1% interest in Telenet Group Holding NV (Telenet)
and certain call options expiring in 2007 and 2009 to acquire
3.36 million shares (11.6%) and 5.11 million shares
(17.6%),
A4-29
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
respectively, of the outstanding equity of Telenet from existing
shareholders. Belgian Cable Investors indirect 14.1%
interest in Telenet results from its majority ownership of the
InvestCos, which hold in the aggregate 18.99% of the stock of
Telenet, and a shareholders agreement among Belgian Cable
Investors and three unaffiliated investors in the InvestCos that
governs the voting and disposition of 21.36% of the stock of
Telenet, including the stock held by the InvestCos. Telenet is a
cable system operator in Belgium.
The restructuring was accounted for as a fair value transaction,
in which BCH effectively transferred its debt securities and
approximately $22,358,000 in return for an equity interest in
Belgian Cable Investors. As this was a transaction consummated
at fair value, we recognized the $10,517,000 unrealized gain
associated with the CPE and InvestCo debt securities as a
realized gain in our consolidated statement of operations. We
have determined that the InvestCos are variable interest
entities, in which Belgian Cable Investors is the primary
beneficiary. Certain of the securities of the InvestCos held by
the InvestCos shareholders have a mandatory redemption
feature, and accordingly, we have classified such securities
attributable to the other shareholders of the InvestCos as debt.
See note 10. In our preliminary allocation of the purchase
price, we have allocated $232,649,000 to the investment in
Telenet and the call options to purchase additional shares of
Telenet, and have allocated $87,821,000 to the InvestCos
securities that we have classified as debt, based on our
preliminary assessment of fair values. We expect our purchase
price allocation to be finalized during the first quarter of
2005. For financial reporting purposes, the restructuring
transaction was deemed to have occurred on December 31,
2004.
Pursuant to the Telenet shareholders agreement, the InvestCos
are able to vote a 25% interest plus one vote on certain Telenet
matters that require a 75% vote to pass. In addition, through
its interest in the InvestCos, UGC has two representatives on
Telenets board of directors. Based on the InvestCos voting
ability, board membership and ability to acquire significantly
more direct ownership of Telenet through the call options, UGC
believes that the InvestCos exercise significant influence over
Telenet. Therefore, we account for our indirect investment in
Telenet using the equity method of accounting.
Pursuant to the agreement with CPE governing Belgian Cable
Investors, CPE has the right to require BCH to purchase all of
CPEs interest in Belgian Cable Investors for the then
appraised fair value of such interest during the first
30 days of every six-month period beginning in December
2007. BCH has the corresponding right to require CPE to sell all
of its interest in Belgian Cable Investors to BCH for appraised
fair value during the first 30 days of every six-month
period following December 2009.
During 2004, we completed three transactions that resulted in
our acquisition of 21,572 Mediatti shares for an aggregate cash
purchase price of ¥6,257 million ($59,129,000).
Mediatti is a provider of cable television and high speed
Internet access services in Japan. Our interest in Mediatti is
held through Liberty Japan MC, LLC, (Liberty Japan MC) a company
of which we own approximately 93.1% and Sumitomo owns
approximately 6.9%. Sumitomo has the option until February 2006
to increase its ownership interest in Liberty Japan MC to up to
50%.
Liberty Japan MC owns a 36.4% voting interest in Mediatti and an
additional 0.87% interest that has limited veto rights. Liberty
Japan MC has the option until February 2006 to acquire from
Mediatti up to 9,463 additional shares in Mediatti at a price of
¥290,000 ($3,000) per share. If such option is fully
exercised, Liberty Japan MCs interest in Mediatti will be
approximately 46%. The additional interest that Liberty Japan MC
has the right to acquire may initially be in the form of
non-voting Class A shares, but it is expected that any
Class A shares owned by Liberty Japan MC will be converted
to voting common stock.
A4-30
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
Liberty Japan MC, Olympus Mediacom L.P. (Olympus Mediacom) and
two minority shareholders of Mediatti have entered into a
shareholders agreement pursuant to which Liberty Japan MC has
the right to nominate three of Mediattis seven directors
and which requires that significant actions by Mediatti be
approved by at least one director nominated by Liberty Japan MC.
The Mediatti shareholders who are party to the shareholders
agreement have granted to each other party whose ownership
interest is greater than 10%, a right of first refusal with
respect to transfers of their respective interests in Mediatti.
Each shareholder also has tag-along rights with respect to such
transfers. Olympus Mediacom has a put right that is first
exercisable during July 2008 to require Liberty Japan MC to
purchase all of its Mediatti shares at fair market value. If
Olympus exercises such right, the two minority shareholders who
are party to the shareholders agreement may also require Liberty
Japan MC to purchase their Mediatti shares at fair market value.
If Olympus Mediacom does not exercise such right, Liberty Japan
MC has a call right that is first exercisable during July 2009
to require Olympus Mediacom and the minority shareholders to
sell their Mediatti shares to Liberty Japan MC at fair market
value. If both the Olympus Mediacom put right and the Liberty
Japan MC call right expire without being exercised during the
first exercise period, either may thereafter exercise its put or
call right, as applicable, until October 2010.
We hold a 50% interest in Metrópolis, a cable operator in
Chile. On January 23, 2004, we, Liberty and CristalChile
entered into an agreement pursuant to which each agreed to use
its respective commercially reasonable efforts to combine the
businesses of Metrópolis and VTR GlobalCom S.A. (VTR), a
wholly owned subsidiary of UGC that owns UGCs Chilean
operations. If the proposed combination is consummated, UGC
would own 80% of the voting and equity rights in the combined
entity, and CristalChile would own the remaining 20%. We would
also receive a promissory note (the amount of which is subject
to negotiation) from the combined entity, which would be
unsecured and subordinated to third party debt. In addition,
CristalChile would have a put right which would allow
CristalChile to require UGC to purchase all, but not less than
all, of its interest in the combined entity at the fair value of
the interest, subject to a minimum price of $140 million.
This put right will end on the tenth anniversary of the
combination. Liberty has agreed to perform UGCs
obligations under CristalChiles put if UGC does not do so
and, in connection with the spin off, we agreed to indemnify
Liberty against its obligations with respect to
CristalChiles put right. If the merger does not occur, we
and CristalChile have agreed to fund our pro rata share of a
capital call sufficient to retire Metropolis local debt
facility, which had an outstanding principal amount of Chilean
pesos 30.2 billion ($54,399,000) at December 31, 2004.
The combination is subject to certain conditions, including the
execution of definitive agreements, Chilean regulatory approval,
the approval of the respective boards of directors of the
relevant parties (including, in the case of UGC, the independent
members of UGCs board of directors) and the receipt of
necessary third party approvals and waivers. The Chilean
antitrust authorities approved the combination in October 2004
subject to certain conditions. The primary conditions require
that the combined entity (i) re-sell broadband capacity to
third party Internet service providers on a wholesale basis;
(ii) activate two-way capacity on all portions of the
combined network within five years; and (iii) limit basic
tier price increases to the rate of inflation plus a programming
cost escalator over the next three years. An action was filed
with the Chilean Supreme Court seeking to reverse such approval,
but the action was dismissed on March 10, 2005. We,
CristalChile and UGC are currently negotiating the terms of the
definitive agreements for the combination.
Due to increased competition, losses in subscribers and a
decrease in operating income in 2002, we determined that the
carrying value of our investment in Metrópolis including
allocated enterprise-level goodwill, exceeded the estimated fair
value of this investment, which fair value was based on a
per-subscriber valuation. Accordingly, we recorded an
other-than-temporary decline in value of $66,555,000, which is
included in share
A4-31
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
of losses of affiliates in 2002, and an impairment of long-lived
assets of $39,000,000 related to the allocated enterprise-level
goodwill for Metrópolis.
On January 30, 2002, our company and UGC completed a
transaction (the 2002 UGC Transaction) pursuant to which UGC was
formed to own Old UGC, Inc. (Old UGC) (formerly known as UGC
Holdings, Inc.). Upon consummation of the 2002 UGC Transaction,
all shares of Old UGC common stock were exchanged for shares of
common stock of UGC. In addition, we contributed (i) cash
consideration of $200,000,000, (ii) a note receivable from
Belmarken Holding B.V., (Belmarken) an indirect subsidiary of
Old UGC, with an accreted value of $891,671,000 and a carrying
value of $495,603,000 (the Belmarken Loan) and (iii) Senior
Notes and Senior Discount Notes of United-Pan Europe
Communications N.V. (UPC), a subsidiary of Old UGC, with an
aggregate carrying amount of $270,398,000 to UGC in exchange for
281.3 million shares of UGC Class C common stock with
a fair value of $1,406,441,000. We accounted for the 2002 UGC
Transaction as the acquisition of an additional noncontrolling
interest in UGC in exchange for monetary financial instruments.
Accordingly, we calculated a $440,440,000 gain on the
transaction based on the difference between the estimated fair
value of the financial instruments and their carrying value. Due
to our continuing indirect ownership in the assets contributed
to UGC, our company limited the amount of gain it recognized to
the minority shareholders attributable share
(approximately 28%) of such assets or $122,618,000 (before
deferred tax expense of $47,821,000).
Also on January 30, 2002, UGC acquired from our company our
debt and equity interests in IDT United, Inc. and
$751 million principal amount at maturity of UGCs
$1,375 million
103/4%
senior secured discount notes due 2008 (2008 Notes), which had
been distributed to us in redemption of a portion of our
interest in IDT United and repayment of a portion of IDT
Uniteds debt to our company. IDT United was formed as an
indirect subsidiary of IDT Corporation for purposes of effecting
a tender offer for all outstanding 2008 Notes at a purchase
price of $400 per $1,000 principal amount at maturity, which
tender offer expired on February 1, 2002. The aggregate
purchase price for our interest in IDT United of
$448 million equaled the aggregate amount we had invested
in IDT United, plus interest. Approximately $305 million of
the purchase price was paid by the assumption by UGC of debt
owed by our company to a subsidiary of Old UGC, and the
remainder was credited against our companys
$200 million cash contribution to UGC described above. In
connection with the 2002 UGC Transaction, a subsidiary of our
company made loans to a subsidiary of UGC aggregating
$103 million. Such loans accrued interest at 8% per annum.
At December 31, 2003, we owned approximately
296 million shares of UGC common stock, or an approximate
50% economic interest and an 87% voting interest in UGC.
Pursuant to certain voting and standstill arrangements, we were
unable to exercise control of UGC, and accordingly, we used the
equity method of accounting for our investment through
December 31, 2003.
Because we had no commitment to make additional capital
contributions to UGC, we suspended recording our share of
UGCs losses when the carrying value of our investment in
UGC was reduced to zero in 2002.
On September 3, 2003, UPC completed a restructuring of its
debt instruments and emerged from bankruptcy. Under the terms of
the restructuring, approximately $5.4 billion of UPCs
debt was exchanged for equity of UGC Europe, Inc., a new holding
company of UPC (UGC Europe). Upon consummation, UGC received
approximately 65.5% of UGC Europes equity in exchange for
UPC debt securities that it owned; third-party noteholders
received approximately 32.5% of UGC Europes equity; and
existing preferred and ordinary shareholders, including UGC,
received 2% of UGC Europes equity.
A4-32
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
On December 18, 2003, UGC completed its offer to exchange
its Class A common stock for the outstanding shares of UGC
Europe common stock that it did not already own. Upon completion
of the exchange offer, UGC owned 92.7% of the outstanding shares
of UGC Europe common stock. On December 19, 2003, UGC
effected a short-form merger with UGC Europe. In the
short-form merger, each share of UGC Europe common stock not
tendered in the exchange offer was converted into the right to
receive the same consideration offered in the exchange offer,
and UGC acquired the remaining 7.3% of UGC Europe. In connection
with UGCs acquisition of the minority interest in UGC
Europe, we calculated a $680,488,000 gain due to the dilutive
effect on our investment in UGC and the implied per share value
of the exchange offer. However, as we had suspended recording
losses of UGC in 2002 and these suspended losses exceeded the
aforementioned gain, we did not recognize the gain in our
consolidated financial statements.
As discussed in detail in note 5, on January 5, 2004,
we completed a transaction pursuant to which we gained voting
control of UGC. Accordingly, UGC has been accounted for as a
consolidated subsidiary and included in our financial position
and results of operations since January 1, 2004.
Summarized financial information for UGC as of December 31,
2003 and for 2003 and 2002 is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Financial Position
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets
|
|
$ |
622,321 |
|
Property and equipment, net
|
|
|
3,342,743 |
|
Intangible and other assets, net
|
|
|
3,134,607 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$ |
7,099,671 |
|
|
|
|
|
Debt, including liabilities subject to compromise
|
|
$ |
4,351,905 |
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
1,252,513 |
|
Minority interest
|
|
|
22,761 |
|
Shareholders equity
|
|
|
1,472,492 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and equity
|
|
$ |
7,099,671 |
|
|
|
|
|
A4-33
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Results of Operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$ |
1,891,530 |
|
|
|
1,515,021 |
|
Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
(1,262,648 |
) |
|
|
(1,218,647 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
(808,663 |
) |
|
|
(730,001 |
) |
Impairment of long-lived assets, restructuring charges and
stock-based compensation
|
|
|
(476,233 |
) |
|
|
(465,655 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating loss
|
|
|
(656,014 |
) |
|
|
(899,282 |
) |
Interest expense
|
|
|
(327,132 |
) |
|
|
(680,101 |
) |
Gain on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
2,183,997 |
|
|
|
2,208,782 |
|
Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates
|
|
|
294,464 |
|
|
|
(72,142 |
) |
Foreign currency transaction gains, net
|
|
|
153,808 |
|
|
|
485,938 |
|
Minority interest in losses (earnings) of subsidiaries
|
|
|
183,182 |
|
|
|
(67,103 |
) |
Other, net
|
|
|
163,063 |
|
|
|
12,176 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income from continuing operations
|
|
$ |
1,995,368 |
|
|
|
988,268 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7) Other Investments
The following table sets forth the carrying amount of our other
investments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
ABC Family
|
|
$ |
387,380 |
|
|
|
|
|
SBS Broadcasting S.A. (SBS)
|
|
|
241,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
News Corp.
|
|
|
102,630 |
|
|
|
|
|
Sky Latin America
|
|
|
85,846 |
|
|
|
94,347 |
|
Telewest Global, Inc., the successor to Telewest Communications
plc (Telewest)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
281,392 |
|
Cable Partners Europe (CPE)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
74,068 |
|
Other
|
|
|
21,252 |
|
|
|
327 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other investments
|
|
$ |
838,608 |
|
|
|
450,134 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Our investments in ABC Family, SBS and News Corp. are all
accounted for as available-for-sale securities. We accounted for
our investments in Telewest and CPE as available-for-sale
securities during the periods in which we held those investments.
At December 31, 2004, we owned a 99.9% beneficial interest
in 345,000 shares of the 9% Series A preferred stock of ABC
Family with an aggregate liquidation value of $345 million.
The issuer is required to redeem the ABC Family preferred stock
at its liquidation value on August 1, 2027, and has the
option to redeem the ABC Family preferred stock at its
liquidation value at any time after August 1, 2007. We have
the right to require
A4-34
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
the issuer to redeem the ABC Family preferred stock at its
liquidation value during the 30 day periods commencing upon
August 2 of the years 2017 and 2022. Liberty contributed this
interest to our company in connection with the spin off. We
recognized dividend income on the ABC Family preferred stock of
$18,217,000 during the period from the Spin Off Date through
December 31, 2004.
At December 31, 2004, UGC owned 6,000,000 shares or
approximately 19% of the outstanding shares of SBS, a European
commercial television and radio broadcasting company. UGC
records these marketable equity securities at fair value using
quoted market prices.
Liberty contributed 10,000,000 shares of News Corp. Class A
common stock to our company in connection with the spin off.
During the fourth quarter of 2004, we sold 4,500,000 shares of
News Corp. Class A common stock for aggregate cash proceeds
of $83,669,000 ($29,770,000 of which was received in 2005),
resulting in a pre-tax gain of $37,174,000. Accordingly, we
owned 5,500,000 shares of News Corp. Class A common stock
at December 31, 2004.
Prior to October 2004, we held a 10% ownership interest in each
of three direct-to-home satellite providers that operate in
Brazil (Sky Brasil), Mexico (Sky Mexico) and Chile and Colombia
(Sky Multi-Country) (collectively, Sky Latin America), which
were accounted for as cost investments. Prior to August 2004, we
also held an investment in public debt securities issued by Sky
Brasil and accounted for this investment as an
available-for-sale security.
In October 2004, we sold our interest in the Sky Multi-Country
DTH platform in exchange for reimbursement by the purchaser of
$1,500,000 of funding provided by us in the previous few months
and the release from certain guarantees described below. We were
deemed to owe the purchaser $6,000,000 in respect of the Sky
Multi-Country platform, which amount was offset against a
separate payment we received from the purchaser as explained
below. We also agreed to sell our interest in the Sky Brasil DTH
platform and granted the purchaser an option to purchase our
interest in the Sky Mexico DTH platform.
On October 28, 2004, we received $54 million in cash
from the purchaser, which consisted of $60 million
consideration payable for our Sky Brasil interest less the
$6 million we were deemed to owe the purchaser in respect
of the Sky Multi-Country DTH platform. The $60 million is
refundable by us if the Sky Brasil transaction is terminated. It
may be terminated by us or the purchaser if it has not closed by
October 8, 2007 or by the purchaser if certain conditions
are incapable of being satisfied.
We will receive $88 million in cash upon the transfer of
our Sky Mexico interest to the purchaser. The Sky Mexico
interest will not be transferred until certain Mexican
regulatory conditions are satisfied. If the purchaser does not
exercise its option to purchase our Sky Mexico interest on or
before October 8, 2006 (or in some cases an earlier date),
then we have the right to require the purchaser to purchase our
interest if certain conditions, including the absence of Mexican
regulatory prohibition of the transaction, have been satisfied
or waived.
In light of the contingencies involved, we have not treated
either of the Sky Mexico or Sky Brasil transactions as a sale
for accounting purposes until such time as the necessary
regulatory approvals are obtained and, in the case of Sky
Mexico, the cash is received.
A4-35
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
In connection with these transactions our guarantees of the
obligations of the Sky Multi-Country, Sky Brasil and Sky Mexico
platforms under certain transponder leases were terminated and
the purchaser agreed to obtain releases of our guarantees of
obligations under certain equipment leases no later than
December 31, 2004. All but one of such guarantees have been
released. The purchaser has agreed to indemnify us for any
amounts we are required to pay under our remaining guarantee
until such guarantee is terminated.
In 2002, we determined that due to, among other factors,
economic conditions in the countries in which Sky Latin America
operates, our investment in Sky Latin America experienced an
other-than-temporary decline in value. As a result, the
investment in each of the Sky Latin America entities was
adjusted to its respective fair value based on a discounted cash
flow model and per subscriber values. In the case of Sky
Multi-Country, we determined that because of low subscriber
counts, lack of economies of scale and the future projected cash
needs of Sky Multi-Country, the entire investment should be
written off at December 31, 2002. In addition, all amounts
funded to Sky Multi-Country in 2003 were expensed when paid. The
total amount of impairment for Sky Latin America in 2003 and
2002 was $6,884,000 and $105,250,000, respectively.
During 2002, we purchased $370,177,000 and £67,222,000
($128,965,000) of Telewest bonds for cash proceeds of
$204,087,000. At December 31, 2002, we determined that the
Telewest bonds had experienced an other-than-temporary decline
in value. As a result, the carrying values of the Telewest bonds
were adjusted to their respective estimated fair values based on
quoted market prices at the balance sheet date, and LMC
recognized an other-than-temporary decline in value of
$141,271,000.
On July 19, 2004, our investment in Telewest Communications
plc Senior Notes and Senior Discount Notes was converted into
18,417,883 shares or approximately 7.5% of the issued and
outstanding common stock of Telewest. In connection with this
transaction, we recognized a pre-tax gain of $168,301,000,
representing the excess of the fair value of the Telewest common
stock received over our cost basis in the Senior Notes and
Senior Discount Notes. During the third and fourth quarters of
2004, we sold all of the acquired Telewest shares for aggregate
cash proceeds of $215,708,000, resulting in a pre-tax loss of
$16,407,000. Based on our third quarter 2004 determination that
we would dispose of all remaining Telewest shares during the
fourth quarter of 2004, the $12,429,000 excess of the carrying
value over the fair value of the Telewest shares that we held as
of September 30, 2004 was included in other-than-temporary
declines in fair values of investments in our consolidated
statement of operations. Consistent with our classification of
the Senior Notes and Senior Discount Notes and the Telewest
common stock as available-for-sale securities, the
above-described gains and losses were reflected as components of
our accumulated other comprehensive loss account prior to their
reclassification into our consolidated statements of operations.
|
|
|
Unrealized holding gains and losses |
Unrealized holding gains and losses related to investments in
available-for-sale securities that are included in accumulated
other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of tax, are summarized
as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
Equity | |
|
Debt | |
|
Equity | |
|
Debt | |
|
|
securities | |
|
securities | |
|
securities | |
|
securities | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Gross unrealized holding gains
|
|
$ |
92,195 |
|
|
|
18,516 |
|
|
|
156 |
|
|
|
210,925 |
|
Gross unrealized holding losses
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-36
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
(8) Derivative
Instruments
The following table provides detail of the fair value of our
derivative instrument assets (liabilities), net:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Foreign exchange derivatives
|
|
$ |
(5,305 |
) |
|
|
(18,594 |
) |
Total return debt swaps
|
|
|
23,731 |
|
|
|
22,983 |
|
Interest rate caps
|
|
|
2,384 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cross-currency and interest rate swaps
|
|
|
(25,648 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Variable forward transaction
|
|
|
(3,305 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Call agreements on LMI Series A common stock
|
|
|
49,218 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,416 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
41,075 |
|
|
|
1,973 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current asset
|
|
$ |
73,507 |
|
|
|
|
|
Current liability
|
|
|
(14,636 |
) |
|
|
(21,010 |
) |
Long-term asset
|
|
|
2,568 |
|
|
|
22,983 |
|
Long-term liability
|
|
|
(20,364 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
41,075 |
|
|
|
1,973 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivative
instruments are comprised of the following amounts:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Foreign exchange derivatives
|
|
$ |
196 |
|
|
|
(22,626 |
) |
|
|
(11,239 |
) |
Total return debt swaps
|
|
|
2,384 |
|
|
|
37,804 |
|
|
|
(1,088 |
) |
Cross-currency and interest rate swaps
|
|
|
(43,779 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest rate caps
|
|
|
(20,318 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Variable forward transaction
|
|
|
1,013 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Call agreements on LMI Series A common stock
|
|
|
1,713 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
3,844 |
|
|
|
(2,416 |
) |
|
|
(4,378 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
(54,947 |
) |
|
|
12,762 |
|
|
|
(16,705 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign Exchange Contracts |
We generally do not enter into derivative transactions that are
designed to reduce our long-term exposure to foreign currency
exchange risk. However, in order to reduce our foreign currency
exchange risk related to our cash balances that are denominated
in Japanese yen and our investment in J-COM, we have entered
into collar agreements with respect to ¥15 billion
($146,470,000). These collar agreements have a weighted average
remaining term of approximately
21/2 months,
an average call price of ¥105/U.S. dollar and an average
put price of ¥109/U.S. dollar. In the past, we have also
entered into forward sales contracts with respect to the
Japanese yen. During 2004, we paid $17,001,000 to settle yen
forward sales and collar contracts.
A4-37
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
At December 31, 2004, we were a party to total return debt
swaps in connection with (i) bank debt of a subsidiary of
UPC, and (ii) public debt of Cablevisión S.A.
(Cablevisión), the largest cable television company in
Argentina, in terms of basic cable subscribers. Through
March 2, 2005, Liberty owned an indirect 78.2% economic and
non-voting interest in a limited liability company that owns 50%
of the outstanding capital stock of Cablevisión. Under the
total return debt swaps, a counterparty purchases a specified
amount of the underlying debt security for the benefit of our
company. We have posted collateral with the counterparties equal
to 30% of the counterpartys purchase price for the
purchased indebtedness of the UPC subsidiary and 90% of the
counterpartys purchase price for the purchased
indebtedness of Cablevisión. We record a derivative asset
equal to the posted collateral and such asset is included in
other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. We
earn interest income based upon the face amount and stated
interest rate of the underlying debt securities, and pay
interest expense at market rates on the amount funded by the
counterparty. In the event the fair value of the underlying
purchased indebtedness of the UPC subsidiary declines by 10% or
more, we are required to post cash collateral for the decline,
and we record an unrealized loss on derivative instruments. The
cash collateral related to the UPC subsidiary indebtedness is
further adjusted up or down for subsequent changes in the fair
value of the underlying indebtedness or for foreign currency
exchange rate movements involving the euro and U.S. dollar.
During the fourth quarter of 2004, we received cash proceeds of
$35,800,000 in connection with the termination of a portion of
the UPC total return swap related to the debt of the UPC
subsidiary. At December 31, 2004, the aggregate purchase
price of debt securities underlying our total return debt swap
arrangements involving the indebtedness of the UPC subsidiary
and Cablevisión was $29,532,000. As of such date, we had
posted cash collateral equal to $19,868,000 ($2,930,000 with
respect to the UPC subsidiary and $16,938,000 with respect to
Cablevisión). If the fair value of the purchased debt
securities had been zero at December 31, 2004, we would
have been required to post additional cash collateral of
$8,972,000.
During the first quarter of 2005, we received cash proceeds of
$22,642,000 upon termination of the Cablevisión and UPC
subsidiary total return swaps.
|
|
|
UGC Interest Rate and Cross-currency Derivative
Contracts |
During the first quarter of 2003, UGC purchased interest
rate caps related to the UPC Broadband Bank Facility (see
note 10) that capped the variable Euro Interbank Offered
Rate (EURIBOR) interest rate at 3.0% on a notional amount
of
2.7 billion
in 2003 and 2004. As UGC was able to fix its variable interest
rates below 3.0% on the UPC Broadband Bank Facility during
2003 and 2004, all of these caps expired without being
exercised. During the first and second quarter of 2004, UGC
purchased interest rate caps for a total of $21,442,000, capping
the variable interest rate at 3.0% and 4.0% in 2005 and 2006,
respectively, on notional amounts totaling
2.25 billion
to
2.6 billion.
In June 2003, UGC entered into a cross currency and interest
rate swap pursuant to which a notional amount of
$347.5 million was swapped at an average rate of
1.133 euros per U.S. dollar until July 2005, with the
variable LIBOR interest rate (including margin) swapped into a
fixed interest rate of 7.85%. Following the prepayment of part
of Facility C in December 2004, UGC paid down this swap
with a cash payment of $59,100,000 and unwound a notional amount
of $171,480,000. The remainder of the swap is for a notional
amount of $176,020,000, and the euro to U.S. dollar
exchange rate has been reset at 1.3158 to 1. In connection with
the refinancing of the UPC Broadband Bank Facility in
December 2004, UGC entered into a seven-year cross currency and
interest rate swap pursuant to which a notional amount of
$525 million was swapped at a rate of 1.3342 euros per
U.S. dollar until December 2011, with the variable interest
rate of LIBOR + 300 basis points swapped into a variable
rate of EURIBOR + 310 basis points for the same time period.
A4-38
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
|
|
|
Variable Forward Transaction |
Prior to the spin off, Liberty contributed to our company
10,000,000 shares of News Corp. Class A common stock,
together with a related variable forward transaction. In
connection with the sale of 4,500,000 shares of News Corp.
Class A common stock during the fourth quarter of 2004, we
paid $3,429,000 to terminate the portion of the variable forward
transaction that related to the shares that were sold. After
giving effect to the fourth quarter termination transaction, the
forward, which expires on September 17, 2009, provides
(i) us with the right to effectively require the
counterparty to buy 5,500,000 News Corp. Class A
common stock at a price of $15.72 per share, or an
aggregate price of $86,460,000 (the Floor Price), and
(ii) the counterparty with the effective right to require
us to sell 5,500,000 shares of News Corp. Class A
common stock at a price of $26.19 per share.
At any time during the term of the forward, we can require the
counterparty to advance the full Floor Price. Provided we do not
draw an aggregate amount in excess of the present value of the
Floor Price, as determined in accordance with the forward, we
may elect to draw such amounts on a discounted or undiscounted
basis. As long as the aggregate advances are not in excess of
the present value of the Floor Price, undiscounted advances will
bear interest at prevailing three-month LIBOR and discounted
advances will not bear interest. Amounts advanced up to the
present value of the Floor Price are secured by the underlying
shares of News Corp. Class A common stock. If we elect to
draw amounts in excess of the present value of the Floor Price,
those amounts will be unsecured and will bear interest at a
negotiated interest rate. During the third quarter of 2004, we
received undiscounted advances aggregating $126,000,000 under
the forward. Such advances were subsequently repaid during the
quarter.
|
|
|
Call Agreements on LMI Series A common stock |
During the fourth quarter of 2004, we entered into call option
contracts pursuant to which we contemporaneously (i) sold
call options on 1,210,000 shares of LMI Series A
common stock at exercise prices ranging from $39.5236 to
$41.7536, and (ii) purchased call options on
1,210,000 shares with an exercise price of zero. As
structured with the counterparty, these instruments have similar
financial mechanics to prepaid put option contracts. Under the
terms of the contracts, we can elect cash or physical
settlement. All of the contracts expired during the first
quarter of 2005 and were settled for cash.
(9) Long-Lived Assets
The details of property and equipment and the related
accumulated depreciation are set forth below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Cable distribution systems
|
|
$ |
5,280,307 |
|
|
|
116,962 |
|
Support equipment, buildings and land
|
|
|
23,601 |
|
|
|
11,051 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,303,908 |
|
|
|
128,013 |
|
Accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(1,000,809 |
) |
|
|
(30,436 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net property and equipment
|
|
$ |
4,303,099 |
|
|
|
97,577 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
During the second quarter of 2004, UGC recorded an impairment of
$16,111,000 on certain tangible fixed assets of its wholly owned
subsidiary, Priority Telecom. The impairment assessment was
triggered by
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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
competitive factors in 2004 that led to a greater than expected
price erosion and the inability to reach forecasted market
share. Fair value of the tangible assets was estimated using a
discounted cash flow analysis, along with other available market
data. In the fourth quarter of 2004, UGC recorded an impairment
of $10,955,000 related to certain tangible fixed assets in The
Netherlands. In addition, during 2004 UGC recorded several minor
impairments for long-lived assets which had no future service
potential due to changes in managements plans.
Depreciation expense related to our property and equipment was
$894,789,000, $14,642,000 and $13,037,000 for the years ended
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for 2004 were as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Release of | |
|
|
|
Foreign | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
pre-acquisition | |
|
|
|
currency | |
|
|
|
|
January 1, | |
|
|
|
valuation | |
|
|
|
translation | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2004 | |
|
Acquisitions | |
|
allowance | |
|
Impairments | |
|
adjustments | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
UGC Broadband The Netherlands
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
680,349 |
|
|
|
(6,374 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
55,960 |
|
|
|
729,935 |
|
UGC Broadband Austria
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
460,810 |
|
|
|
(2,893 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
37,416 |
|
|
|
495,333 |
|
UGC Broadband Other Europe
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
506,854 |
|
|
|
(34,133 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
56,869 |
|
|
|
529,590 |
|
UGC Broadband Chile (VTR)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
191,785 |
|
|
|
(4,575 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,876 |
|
|
|
199,086 |
|
J-COM
|
|
|
203,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
203,000 |
|
All other
|
|
|
322,576 |
|
|
|
211,590 |
|
|
|
(10,105 |
) |
|
|
(29,000 |
) |
|
|
15,274 |
|
|
|
510,335 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total LMI
|
|
$ |
525,576 |
|
|
|
2,051,388 |
|
|
|
(58,080 |
) |
|
|
(29,000 |
) |
|
|
177,395 |
|
|
|
2,667,279 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
During 2004, we recorded a $26,000,000 impairment of certain
enterprise level goodwill associated with Pramer and a
$3,000,000 impairment of the enterprise level goodwill
associated with one or our equity affiliates. The impairment
assessment for Pramer was triggered by our determination that it
was more-likely-than-not that we will sell Pramer.
Accordingly, the fair value used to assess the recoverability of
the enterprise level goodwill associated with Pramer was based
on the value that we would expect to receive upon any sale of
Pramer.
During the year ended December 31, 2004, UGC reversed
valuation allowances for deferred tax assets in various tax
jurisdictions due to the realization or expected realization of
tax benefits from these assets. The valuation allowances were
originally recorded as part of the purchase accounting
adjustments related to the UGC Founders Transaction and the UGC
Europe exchange offer and merger and were therefore reversed
against goodwill.
Prior to January 1, 2004, when we began consolidating UGC,
all of our goodwill was enterprise level goodwill. During 2002
we recorded impairment charges aggregating $45,928,000 to reduce
the carrying value of the enterprise level goodwill, including
$39,000,000 related to our investment in Metrópolis (see
note 6). There were no changes in our goodwill balances
during 2003.
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
|
|
|
Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization, Net |
The details of our amortizable intangible assets are set forth
below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Gross carrying amount
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer relationships
|
|
$ |
426,213 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
31,420 |
|
|
|
6,083 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
457,633 |
|
|
|
6,083 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated amortization
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer relationships
|
|
$ |
(71,311 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
(3,723 |
) |
|
|
(1,579 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(75,034 |
) |
|
|
(1,579 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net carrying amount
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer relationships
|
|
$ |
354,902 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
27,697 |
|
|
|
4,504 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
382,599 |
|
|
|
4,504 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of intangible assets with finite useful lives was
$66,099,000 and $472,000 in 2004 and 2003, respectively. Based
on our current amortizable intangible assets, we expect that
amortization expense will be as follows for the next five years
and thereafter (amounts in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
$ |
78,803 |
|
2006
|
|
|
73,235 |
|
2007
|
|
|
68,935 |
|
2008
|
|
|
65,601 |
|
2009
|
|
|
65,601 |
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
30,424 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
382,599 |
|
|
|
|
|
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
(10) Debt
The components of debt were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
UPC Broadband Bank Facility
|
|
$ |
3,927,830 |
|
|
|
|
|
UGC Convertible Notes
|
|
|
681,850 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other UGC debt
|
|
|
269,269 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other subsidiary debt and capital lease obligations
|
|
|
139,838 |
|
|
|
54,126 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total debt
|
|
|
5,018,787 |
|
|
|
54,126 |
|
Current maturities
|
|
|
(36,827 |
) |
|
|
(12,426 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total long-term debt
|
|
$ |
4,981,960 |
|
|
|
41,700 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UPC Broadband Bank Facility |
The UPC Broadband Bank Facility is the senior secured credit
facility of UPC Broadband Holding B.V. (UPC Broadband), formerly
known as UPC Distribution Holding B.V., an indirect wholly owned
subsidiary of UPC. The UPC Broadband Bank Facility, originally
executed in October 2000, is secured by the assets of UPC
Broadbands majority-owned operating companies, and is
senior to other long-term debt obligations of UPC.
The indenture governing the UPC Broadband Bank Facility contains
covenants that limit among other things, UPC Broadbands
ability to merge with or into another company, acquire other
companies, incur additional debt, dispose of any assets unless
in the ordinary course of business, enter or guarantee a loan
and enter into a hedging arrangement. The indenture also
restricts UPC Broadband from transferring funds to its parent
company (and indirectly to UGC) through loans, advances or
dividends. If a change of control exists with respect to
UGCs ownership of UGC Europe, UGC Europes ownership
of UPC Broadband or UPC Broadbands ownership of its
respective subsidiaries, the facility agent may cancel each
Facility and demand full payment. The covenants also provide for
the following ratios (which vary depending on the period used
for the calculation): (i) senior debt to annualized
earnings before interest taxes and depreciation, as defined in
the indenture for the UPC Broadband Bank Facility, (EBITDA)
ranging from 4.00:1 to 7.75:1 (ii) EBITDA to total cash
ranging from 2.00:1 to 3.00:1 (iii) EBITDA to senior debt
service ranging from 0.65:1 to 2.25:1 (iv) EBITDA to senior
interest ranging from 2.10:1 to 3.40:1; and (v) total debt
to annualized EBITDA ranging from 5.75:1 to 7.50:1.
In January 2004, the UPC Broadband Bank Facility was amended to
permit indebtedness under a new tranche (Facility D).
Facility D had substantially the same terms as the then
existing facilities, and consisted of five different tranches
totaling
1.072 billion
($1.462 billion). The proceeds of Facility D were
limited in use to fund the scheduled payments of Facility B
between December 2004 and December 2006.
In June 2004, UPC Broadband amended the UPC Broadband Bank
Facility to add a new Facility E term loan to replace the
undrawn Facility D term loan. Proceeds from Facility E
totaled
1.022 billion
($1.394 billion), which, in conjunction with cash
contributed indirectly by us, was used to: (i) repay some
of the indebtedness borrowed under the other Facilities;
(ii) redeem the UPC Polska senior notes due 2007; and
(iii) provide funding for the Noos Acquisition.
In December 2004, the UPC Broadband Bank Facility was amended to
add a new Facility F term loan that: (i) increased the
average debt maturity under the UPC Broadband Bank Facility;
(ii) increased the available
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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
liquidity under the Facility; and (iii) reduced the average
interest margin under the Facility. The amendment consisted of a
$525,000,000 tranche and a
140,000,000
($190,918,000) tranche, totaling
535,019,000
($729,605,000) in gross borrowings. The proceeds from these
borrowings were applied to: (i) repay
245,000,000
($334,106,000) under Facility A (representing all then
outstanding amounts); (ii) prepay
101,224,000
($138,039,000) of Facility B that were scheduled to mature
in June 2006; (iii) prepay
177,013,000
($241,393,000) of Facility C; and (iv) pay transaction
fees of
11,782,000
($16,067,000).
The following table provides detail of the UPC Broadband Bank
Facility:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2004 | |
|
December 31, 2003 | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
Facility |
|
Currency | |
|
Euros | |
|
US dollars | |
|
Euros | |
|
US dollars | |
|
Interest rate(3) |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
|
|
A(1)(2)
|
|
|
Euro |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
230,000 |
|
|
$ |
289,946 |
|
|
EURIBOR +
2.25% 4.0% |
B(1)
|
|
|
Euro |
|
|
|
1,160,026 |
|
|
|
1,581,927 |
|
|
|
2,333,250 |
|
|
|
2,941,380 |
|
|
EURIBOR +
2.25% 4.0% |
C1
|
|
|
Euro |
|
|
|
44,338 |
|
|
|
60,464 |
|
|
|
95,000 |
|
|
|
119,760 |
|
|
EURIBOR +
5.5% |
C2
|
|
|
USD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
176,020 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
347,500 |
|
|
LIBOR +
5.5% |
E
|
|
|
Euro |
|
|
|
1,021,853 |
|
|
|
1,393,501 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EURIBOR +
3.0% |
F1(1)
|
|
|
Euro |
|
|
|
140,000 |
|
|
|
190,918 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EURIBOR +
3.25% 4.0% |
F2(1)
|
|
|
USD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
525,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIBOR +
3.00% 3.5% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,366,217 |
|
|
$ |
3,927,830 |
|
|
|
2,658,250 |
|
|
$ |
3,698,586 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
The interest rate margin is variable based on certain leverage
ratios. |
|
|
|
(2) |
Facility A is a revolving credit facility that has availability
of 666,750,000
($909,247,000) as of December 31, 2004, which can be used
to finance additional permitted acquisitions and/or to refinance
indebtedness, subject to covenant compliance. Facility A
provides for an annual commitment fee of 0.5% for the unused
portion of this facility. |
|
|
|
(3) |
As of December 31, 2004, six month EURIBOR and LIBOR rates
were approximately 2.2% and 2.8%, respectively. The
weighted-average interest rate on all Facilities in 2004 was
approximately 6.0%. |
|
On March 8, 2005, the UPC Broadband Bank Facility was
further amended to permit indebtedness under: (i) Facility
G, a new
1.0 billion
term loan facility maturing in full on April 1, 2010;
(ii) Facility H, a new
1.5 billion
($2.05 billion) term loan facility maturing in full on
September 1, 2012, of which $1.25 billion was
denominated in U.S. dollars and then swapped into euros through
a 7.5 year cross-currency swap; and (iii) Facility I,
a new
500 million
($682 million) revolving credit facility maturing in full
on April 1, 2010. In connection with this amendment,
167 million
($228 million) of Facility A, the existing revolving credit
facility, was cancelled, reducing Facility A to a maximum amount
of
500 million
($682 million). The proceeds from Facilities G and H were
used primarily to prepay all amounts outstanding under existing
term loan Facilities B, C and E, to fund certain acquisitions
and pay transaction fees. The aggregate availability of
1.0 billion
($1.36 billion) under Facilities A and I can be used to
fund acquisitions and for general corporate purposes. As a
result of this amendment, the weighted average maturity of the
UPC Broadband Bank Facility
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
was extended from approximately 4 years to approximately
6 years, with no amortization payments required until 2010,
and the weighted average interest margin on the UPC Broadband
Bank Facility was reduced by approximately 0.25% per annum. The
amendment also provided for additional flexibility on certain
covenants and the funding of acquisitions.
On April 6, 2004, UGC completed the offering and sale of
500 million
($604,595,000 based on the April 6, 2004 exchange rate)
13/4%
euro-denominated convertible senior notes (the UGC Convertible
Notes) due April 15, 2024. Interest is payable
semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning
October 15, 2004. The UGC Convertible Notes are senior
unsecured obligations that rank equally in right of payment with
all of UGCs existing and future senior unsubordinated and
unsecured indebtedness and ranks senior in right to all of
UGCs existing and future subordinated indebtedness. The
UGC Convertible Notes are effectively subordinated to all
existing and future indebtedness and other obligations of
UGCs subsidiaries. The indenture governing the UGC
Convertible Notes (the Indenture) does not contain any financial
or operating covenants. The UGC Convertible Notes may be
redeemed at UGCs option, in whole or in part, on or after
April 20, 2011 at a redemption price in euros equal to 100%
of the principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid
interest. Holders of the UGC Convertible Notes have the right to
tender all or part of their notes for purchase by UGC on
April 15, 2011, April 15, 2014 and April 15,
2019, for a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal
amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest. If a change in control
(as defined in the Indenture) has occurred, each holder of the
UGC Convertible Notes may require UGC to purchase their notes,
in whole or in part, at a price equal to 100% of the principal
amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The UGC Convertible
Notes are convertible into 51,250,000 shares of UGC Class A
common stock at an initial conversion price of
9.7561 per
share, which was equivalent to a conversion price of $12.00 per
share and a conversion rate of 102.5 shares per
1,000 principal
amount of the UGC Convertible Notes on the date of issue.
Holders of the UGC Convertible Notes may surrender their notes
for conversion prior to maturity in the following circumstances:
(i) the price of UGC Class A common stock issuable
upon conversion of a UGC Convertible Note reaches a specified
threshold, (ii) UGC has called the UGC Convertible Notes
for redemption, (iii) the trading price for the UGC
Convertible Notes falls below a specified threshold or
(iv) UGC makes certain distributions to holders of UGC
Class A common stock or specified corporate transactions
occur.
VTR Bank Facility. On December 17, 2004, VTR
completed the refinancing of its existing bank facility with a
new Chilean peso-denominated six-year amortizing term senior
secured credit facility (the VTR Bank Facility at
December 17, 2004). The facility consists of two tranches
a 54.7675 billion Chilean peso ($95 million at
December 17, 2004) committed Tranche A and an
uncommitted Tranche B. At December 31, 2004, the U.S.
dollar equivalent of the amount outstanding under Tranche A
of the VTR Bank Facility was $97,941,000. The VTR Bank Facility
bears interest at variable rates (5.19% at December 31,
2004) that are subject to reduction depending on VTRs
solvency rating and debt to EBITDA ratio. The VTR Bank Facility
is secured by VTRs assets and the assets and capital stock
of its subsidiaries, is senior to the subordinated debt owed to
UGC and ranks pari passu to future senior indebtedness of VTR.
The VTR Bank Facility credit agreement contains customary
financial covenants and allows for the distribution by VTR of
certain restricted payments, such as dividends to its
shareholders, as long as no default exists under the facility
and VTR maintains certain minimum levels of cash. VTR is in
compliance with its loan covenants.
InvestCos Notes (Telenet). At December 31, 2004,
UGCs debt included $87,821,000 related to mandatorily
redeemable securities of the InvestCos, the consolidated
subsidiaries of UGC that own a direct investment in
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
Telenet. These securities are subject to mandatory redemption on
March 30, 2050. Upon an initial public offering of Telenet
or the occurrence of certain other events, these securities will
become immediately redeemable. Given the mandatory redemption
feature, UGC has classified these securities as debt and has
recorded these securities at their estimated fair value at
December 31, 2004 in conjunction with the preliminary
purchase price allocation for the acquisition of Belgium Cable
Investors and its indirect interest in Telenet. See note 6.
Once the purchase price allocation is finalized, subsequent
changes in fair value will be reported in earnings.
UPC Polska Notes. UPC Polska, Inc. (UPC Polska) is an
indirect subsidiary of UGC. On February 18, 2004, in
connection with the consummation of UPC Polskas plan of
reorganization and emergence from its U.S. bankruptcy
proceeding, third-party holders of UPC Polska Notes and other
claimholders received a total of $87,361,000 in cash,
$101,701,000 in new 9% UPC Polska Notes due 2007 and
approximately 2,011,813 shares of UGC Class A common stock
in exchange for the cancellation of their claims. UGC recognized
a gain of $31,916,000 from the extinguishment of the UPC Polska
Notes and other liabilities subject to compromise, equal to the
excess of their respective carrying amounts over the fair value
of consideration given. During 2004, UPC Polska incurred costs
associated with its reorganization aggregating $5,951,000. Such
costs are included in other income (expense), net in the
accompanying consolidated statement of operations. As noted
above, UGC redeemed the new 9% UPC Polska Notes due 2007 for a
cash payment of $101,701,000 during the third quarter of 2004.
Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico. On December 23,
2004, Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico completed the refinancing
of its existing bank facility with a new $140 million
facility consisting of a $125 million six-year term loan
facility and a $15 million six-year revolving credit
facility (the Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico Facility). In
connection with the closing of the Liberty Cablevision Puerto
Rico Facility, (i) Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico made a
$63,500,000 cash distribution to our company and (ii) the
$50,542,000 cash collateral for Liberty Cablevision Puerto
Ricos previous bank facility was released to our company.
At December 31, 2004, the aggregate amount outstanding
under this facility was $127,500,000. The Liberty Cablevision
Puerto Rico Facility bears interest at LIBOR plus a 2.25% margin
(5.0% at December 31, 2004). The LIBOR margin is subject to
reduction depending on Liberty Cablevision Puerto Ricos
debt to EBITDA ratio, as defined by the Liberty Cablevision
Puerto Rico Facility. The Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico
Facility is secured by a pledge of the capital stock of Liberty
Cablevision Puerto Rico and by Liberty Cablevision Puerto
Ricos assets, including the capital stock of its
subsidiaries. The Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico Facility
contains customary financial covenants.
Pramer. At December 31, 2004, Pramers U.S.
dollar denominated bank borrowings aggregated $12,338,000.
During 2002, following the devaluation of the Argentine peso,
Pramer failed to make certain required payments due under its
bank credit facility, resulting in a technical default. However,
the bank lenders did not provide notice of default or request
acceleration of the payments due under the facility. On December
29, 2004, Pramer and the banks signed definitive documents for
the refinancing of this credit facility (the New Pramer
Facility) and the closing occurred on January 28, 2005. At
closing, Pramer made an approximate $1.8 million payment to
the banks. The remaining outstanding principal of
$10.5 million amortizes over the next 4 years. The New
Pramer Facility is denominated in U.S. dollars and bears
interest at LIBOR plus a 3.5% margin during 2005 (6.1% at
January 28, 2005). The LIBOR margin is subject to annual
increases of 0.5% per year. The New Pramer Facility credit
agreement contains customary financial covenants.
A4-45
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
Our debt maturities for the next five years and thereafter are
as follows (amounts in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
$ |
36,827 |
|
2006
|
|
|
571,464 |
|
2007
|
|
|
745,004 |
|
2008
|
|
|
588,484 |
|
2009
|
|
|
1,533,182 |
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
1,543,826 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Debt
|
|
$ |
5,018,787 |
|
|
|
|
|
We believe that the fair value and the carrying value of our
debt were approximately equal at December 31, 2004.
(11) Income Taxes
Prior to the Spin Off Date, LMC International and its
80%-or-more-owned domestic subsidiaries (the LMC International
Tax Group) are included in the consolidated federal and state
income tax returns of Liberty. LMC Internationals income
taxes included those items in the consolidated income tax
calculation applicable to the LMC International Tax Group
(intercompany tax allocation) and any taxes on income of LMC
Internationals consolidated foreign or domestic
subsidiaries that are excluded from the consolidated federal and
state income tax returns of Liberty. The intercompany tax
amounts owed to Liberty as a result of these allocations were
contributed to our equity in connection with the spin off.
In connection with the spin off, LMI (together with its
80%-or-more-owned domestic subsidiaries, the LMI Tax Group),
(i) became a separate tax paying entity, and
(ii) entered into a Tax Sharing Agreement with Liberty.
Under the Tax Sharing Agreement, Liberty is responsible for U.S.
federal, state, local and foreign income taxes reported on a
consolidated, combined or unitary return that includes the LMI
Tax Group, on the one hand, and Liberty or one of its
subsidiaries on the other hand, subject to certain limited
exceptions. We are responsible for all other taxes that are
attributable to the LMI Tax Group, whether accruing before, on
or after the spin off. The Tax Sharing Agreement requires that
we will not take, or fail to take, any action where such action,
or failure to act, would be inconsistent with or prohibit the
spin off from qualifying as a tax-free transaction. Moreover, we
will indemnify Liberty for any loss resulting from such action
or failure to act, if such action or failure to act precludes
the spin off from qualifying as a tax-free transaction.
As a result of the LMI Tax Group becoming a separate tax paying
entity in connection with the spin off, we re-evaluated the
estimated blended state tax rate used to compute certain of our
deferred tax balances, and concluded that our estimate of this
blended state tax rate should be reduced. As a result, we
recorded a $22,938,000 deferred tax benefit during the third
quarter of 2004 to reflect the impact of the reduced rate on our
net deferred tax liabilities.
A4-46
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
Income tax benefit (expense) consists of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current | |
|
Deferred | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Year ended December 31, 2004:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
$ |
(51,851 |
) |
|
|
75,974 |
|
|
|
24,123 |
|
|
State and local
|
|
|
(4,554 |
) |
|
|
13,694 |
|
|
|
9,140 |
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
(10,295 |
) |
|
|
(5,519 |
) |
|
|
(15,814 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(66,700 |
) |
|
|
84,149 |
|
|
|
17,449 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2003:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
$ |
14,774 |
|
|
|
(28,630 |
) |
|
|
(13,856 |
) |
|
State and local
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,589 |
) |
|
|
(5,589 |
) |
|
Foreign
|
|
|
(471 |
) |
|
|
(8,059 |
) |
|
|
(8,530 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
14,303 |
|
|
|
(42,278 |
) |
|
|
(27,975 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2002:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
$ |
(3,988 |
) |
|
|
140,533 |
|
|
|
136,545 |
|
|
State and local
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,527 |
|
|
|
26,527 |
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
503 |
|
|
|
2,546 |
|
|
|
3,049 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(3,485 |
) |
|
|
169,606 |
|
|
|
166,121 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax benefit (expense) attributable to our companys
pre-tax loss or earnings differs from the amounts computed by
applying the U.S. federal income tax rate of 35%, as a result of
the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Computed expected tax benefit (expense)
|
|
$ |
80,110 |
|
|
|
(17,111 |
) |
|
|
173,593 |
|
State and local income taxes, net of federal income taxes
|
|
|
(774 |
) |
|
|
(4,315 |
) |
|
|
15,472 |
|
Foreign taxes
|
|
|
(308 |
) |
|
|
(7,922 |
) |
|
|
1,841 |
|
Enacted tax law changes, case law and rate changes
|
|
|
(149,294 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
107,863 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Losses on sale of investments, affiliates and other assets
|
|
|
78,693 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-deductible interest and other expenses
|
|
|
(68,497 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16,153 |
) |
Non-deductible or taxable foreign currency exchange results
|
|
|
(36,575 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income recognized for tax purposes, but not for financial
reporting purposes
|
|
|
(25,820 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,679 |
) |
Change in valuation allowance
|
|
|
(22,131 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in estimated blended state tax rate
|
|
|
22,938 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-taxable investment income
|
|
|
20,481 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
International rate differences
|
|
|
6,511 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other, net
|
|
|
4,252 |
|
|
|
1,373 |
|
|
|
(5,953 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
17,449 |
|
|
|
(27,975 |
) |
|
|
166,121 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-47
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
The current and non-current components of our deferred tax
assets (liabilities) are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Current deferred tax assets
|
|
$ |
38,355 |
|
|
|
9,697 |
|
Non-current deferred tax assets
|
|
|
77,313 |
|
|
|
583,945 |
|
Non-current deferred tax liabilities
|
|
|
(458,138 |
) |
|
|
(135,811 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax assets (liabilities), net
|
|
$ |
(342,470 |
) |
|
|
457,831 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Our deferred income tax valuation allowance increased
$2,281,253,000 in 2004, including a $22,131,000 charge to tax
expense, with the remaining net increase resulting from the
January 1, 2004 consolidation of UGC, acquisitions, foreign
currency translation adjustments and other items. Approximately
$546 million of the valuation allowance recorded as of
December 31, 2004 was attributable to deferred tax assets
for which any subsequently recognized tax benefits will be
allocated to reduce goodwill related to various business
combinations.
The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to
significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax
liabilities at December 31, 2004 and 2003 are presented
below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Deferred tax assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments
|
|
$ |
66,862 |
|
|
|
499,214 |
|
|
Net operating loss carryforwards
|
|
|
1,770,957 |
|
|
|
7,263 |
|
|
Property and equipment, net
|
|
|
556,507 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible assets, net
|
|
|
44,303 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred compensation and severance
|
|
|
41,686 |
|
|
|
7,315 |
|
|
Other future deductible amounts
|
|
|
100,596 |
|
|
|
8,508 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax assets
|
|
|
2,580,911 |
|
|
|
522,300 |
|
|
Valuation allowance
|
|
|
(2,281,253 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance
|
|
|
299,658 |
|
|
|
522,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments
|
|
|
(344,871 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment
|
|
|
(53,124 |
) |
|
|
(14,749 |
) |
|
Intangible assets
|
|
|
(127,712 |
) |
|
|
(19,038 |
) |
|
Unrealized gains on investments
|
|
|
(25,287 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Other future taxable amounts
|
|
|
(91,134 |
) |
|
|
(30,682 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax liabilities
|
|
|
(642,128 |
) |
|
|
(64,469 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net deferred tax asset (liability)
|
|
$ |
(342,470 |
) |
|
|
457,831 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-48
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
The significant components of our tax loss carryforwards and
related tax assets are as follows (amounts in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax loss | |
|
Related tax | |
|
Expiration | |
Country |
|
carryforward | |
|
asset | |
|
date | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
France
|
|
$ |
2,425,612 |
|
|
|
835,138 |
|
|
|
Indefinite |
|
The Netherlands
|
|
|
1,910,476 |
|
|
|
574,542 |
|
|
|
Indefinite |
|
Ireland
|
|
|
293,686 |
|
|
|
36,711 |
|
|
|
Indefinite |
|
Austria
|
|
|
249,025 |
|
|
|
62,257 |
|
|
|
Indefinite |
|
Luxembourg
|
|
|
243,936 |
|
|
|
74,108 |
|
|
|
Indefinite |
|
Chile
|
|
|
241,232 |
|
|
|
41,009 |
|
|
|
Indefinite |
|
Norway
|
|
|
117,856 |
|
|
|
33,000 |
|
|
|
2007-2012 |
|
Poland
|
|
|
69,901 |
|
|
|
13,281 |
|
|
|
2005-2008 |
|
United States
|
|
|
23,193 |
|
|
|
8,118 |
|
|
|
2021-2024 |
|
Other
|
|
|
401,906 |
|
|
|
92,793 |
|
|
|
Various |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
5,976,823 |
|
|
|
1,770,957 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Our tax loss carryforwards in The Netherlands are associated
with various different tax groups, which are limited in their
ability to offset taxable income of other Dutch tax groups. We
intend to indefinitely reinvest earnings from certain foreign
operations except to the extent the earnings are subject to
current U.S. income taxes. Accordingly, U.S. and non-U.S. income
and withholding taxes for which a deferred tax might otherwise
be required have not been provided on a cumulative amount of
temporary differences (including, for this purpose, any
difference between the tax basis in stock of a consolidated
subsidiary and the amount of the subsidiarys net equity
determined for financial reporting purposes) related to
investments in foreign subsidiaries are estimated to be
approximately $2.7 billion at December 31, 2004. The
determination of the additional U.S. and non-U.S. income and
withholding tax that would arise upon a reversal of the
temporary differences is subject to offset by available foreign
tax credits, subject to certain limitations, and it is
impractical to estimate the amount of income and withholding tax
that might be payable.
Because we do business in foreign countries and have a
controlling interest in most of our subsidiaries, such
subsidiaries are considered to be controlled foreign
corporations (CFC) under U.S. tax law. In
general, our pro rata share of certain income earned by these
subsidiaries that are CFCs during a taxable year when such
subsidiaries have positive current or accumulated earnings and
profits will be included in our income to the extent of the
earnings and profits when the income is earned, regardless of
whether the income is distributed to us. The income, often
referred to as Subpart F income, generally includes,
but is not limited to, such items as interest, dividends,
royalties, gains from the disposition of certain property,
certain exchange gains in excess of exchange losses, and certain
related party sales and services income.
In addition, a U.S. corporation that is a shareholder in a CFC
may be required to include in its income its pro rata share of
the CFCs increase in the average adjusted tax basis of any
investment in U.S. property held by a wholly or majority owned
CFC to the extent that the CFC has positive current or
accumulated earnings and profits. This is the case even though
the U.S. corporation may not have received any actual cash
distributions from the CFC. Although we intend to take
reasonable tax planning measures to limit our tax exposure,
there can be no assurance we will be able to do so.
A4-49
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
In general, a U.S. corporation may claim a foreign tax credit
against its U.S. federal income tax expense for foreign income
taxes paid or accrued. A U.S. corporation may also claim a
credit for foreign income taxes paid or accrued on the earnings
of a foreign corporation paid to the U.S. corporation as a
dividend.
Our ability to claim a foreign tax credit for dividends received
from our foreign subsidiaries or foreign taxes paid or accrued
is subject to various significant limitations under U.S. tax
laws including a limited carry back and carry forward period.
Some of our operating companies are located in countries with
which the United States does not have income tax treaties.
Because we lack treaty protection in these countries, we may be
subject to high rates of withholding taxes on distributions and
other payments from these operating companies and may be subject
to double taxation on our income. Limitations on the ability to
claim a foreign tax credit, lack of treaty protection in some
countries, and the inability to offset losses in one foreign
jurisdiction against income earned in another foreign
jurisdiction could result in a high effective U.S. federal tax
rate on our earnings. Since substantially all of our revenue is
generated abroad, including in jurisdictions that do not have
tax treaties with the U.S., these risks are proportionately
greater for us than for companies that generate most of their
revenue in the U.S. or in jurisdictions that have these treaties.
We, through our subsidiaries, maintain a presence in many
foreign countries. Many of these countries maintain tax regimes
that differ significantly from the system of income taxation
used in the United States. We have accounted for the effect of
foreign taxes based on what we believe is reasonably expected to
apply to us and our subsidiaries based on tax laws currently in
effect and/or reasonable interpretations of these laws. Because
some foreign jurisdictions do not have systems of taxation that
are as well established as the system of income taxation used in
the United States or tax regimes used in other major
industrialized countries, it may be difficult to anticipate how
foreign jurisdictions will tax our and our subsidiaries
current and future operations.
(12) Stockholders
Equity
Our authorized capital stock consists of (i) 1,050,000,000
shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of which
500,000,000 shares are designated LMI Series A Common Stock
50,000,000 shares are designated LMI Series B Common Stock
and 500,000,000 shares are designated LMI Series C Common
Stock and (ii) 50,000,000 shares of LMI preferred stock,
par value $.01 per share. LMIs restated certificate of
incorporation authorizes the board of directors to authorize the
issuance of one or more series of preferred stock.
Under LMIs restated certificate of incorporation, holders
of LMI Series A common stock are entitled to one vote for each
share of such stock held, and holders of LMI Series B
common stock are entitled to ten votes for each share of such
stock held, on all matters submitted to a vote of LMI
stockholders at any annual or special meeting. Holders of LMI
Series C common stock are not entitled to any voting
powers, except as required by Delaware law (in which case
holders of LMI Series C common stock are entitled to
1/100th of a vote per share).
Each share of LMI Series A common stock is convertible into
one share of LMI Series B common stock. At
December 31, 2004, there were 1,701,538 shares of LMI
Series A common stock and 3,066,716 shares of LMI
Series B common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to
outstanding stock options. In addition to these amounts, one
share of LMI Series A common stock is reserved for issuance
for each share of LMI Series B common stock that is either
issued (7,264,300 shares) or subject to future issuance pursuant
to outstanding stock options (3,066,716 shares).
A4-50
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
Subject to any preferential rights of any outstanding series of
our preferred stock, the holder of LMI Series A, LMI
Series B and LMI Series C common stock will be entitled to
such dividends as may be declared from time to time by our board
from funds available therefor. Except with respect to certain
share distributions, whenever a dividend is paid to the holder
of one of our series of common stock, we shall also pay to the
holders of the other series of our common stock an equal per
share dividend. Pursuant to the Liberty Global merger agreement,
neither we nor UGC may pay any cash dividends on our respective
common stocks until the mergers contemplated thereby are
completed or the merger agreement is terminated. Except for the
foregoing, there are currently no restrictions on our ability to
pay dividends in cash or stock.
In the event of our liquidation, dissolution and winding up,
after payment or provision for payment of our debts and
liabilities and subject to the prior payment in full of any
preferential amounts to which our preferred stockholders may be
entitled, the holders of LMI Series A, LMI Series B
and LMI Series C common stock will share equally, on a
share for share basis, in our assets remaining for distribution
to the holders of LMI common stock.
On December 7, 2004, we purchased 3,000,000 shares of LMI
Series A common stock from Comcast Corporation in a private
transaction for a cash purchase price of $127,890,000.
|
|
|
Spin Off and LMI Rights Offering |
For information concerning the spin off transaction and the
subsequent LMI Rights Offering, see note 2.
|
|
|
Issuance of Shares by Subsidiaries |
During 2004, we recorded an aggregate increase to additional
paid-in capital of $11,126,000 as a result of the dilution of
our ownership interest in UGC.
In addition, UGC recorded a loss of approximately
9,679,000
($11,776,000) associated with the dilution of its ownership
interest in UPC Broadband France as a result of the Noos
transaction. Our $6,102,000 share of this loss is reflected as a
reduction of additional paid-in capital in our consolidated
statement of stockholders equity.
At December 31, 2004, approximately $1.8 billion of
our net assets represented net assets of certain of our
subsidiaries that were not available to be transferred to our
company in the form of dividends, loans or advances due to
restrictions contained in the credit facilities of these
subsidiaries.
(13) Stock Incentive
Awards
As discussed in more detail in note 2, certain terms of the
then outstanding LMI stock options were modified in connection
with the LMI Rights Offering. All references herein to the
number of outstanding LMI stock options and the related exercise
prices reflect these modified terms.
As a result of the spin off and related adjustments to
Libertys stock incentive awards, options to acquire an
aggregate of 1,595,709 shares of LMI Series A common stock
and 1,498,154 shares of LMI Series B common
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
stock were issued to our and Libertys employees at
exercise prices of $33.92 and $37.88, respectively, pursuant to
the LMI Transitional Stock Adjustment Plan (the Transitional
Plan). Such options have remaining terms and vesting provisions
equivalent to those of the respective Liberty stock incentive
awards that were adjusted. At the spin off date, such options to
purchase shares of LMI Series A common stock had a
remaining weighted average term of 7.03 years and a
remaining weighted average vesting period of 1.76 years.
Options to purchase shares of LMI Series B common stock had
a remaining weighted average term of 6.73 years and a
remaining weighted average vesting period of 1.73 years.
Subsequent to the spin off, options to acquire an aggregate of
438,054 shares of LMI Series A common stock were
issued to our employees pursuant to the Liberty Media
International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (LMI 2004 Incentive
Plan) at a weighted average exercise price of $33.45 per share.
In addition, 22,152 shares of LMI Series A common stock
were issued to our non-employee directors pursuant to the
Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Non-employee Director
Incentive Plan (LMI 2004 Directors Incentive Plan) at a weighted
average exercise price of $33.95 per share. The employee stock
options will vest at the rate of 20% per year on each
anniversary of the grant date. The non-employee director stock
options will vest on the first anniversary of the grant date.
All stock options granted in 2004 expire ten years after the
grant date.
In 2004, LMI entered into an option agreement with John C.
Malone, LMIs Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President, pursuant to which LMI granted to
Mr. Malone, under the LMI 2004 Incentive Plan, options to
acquire 1,568,562 shares of LMI Series B common stock at an
exercise price per share of $36.75. The options are fully
exercisable; however, Mr. Malones rights with respect
to the options and any shares issued upon exercise will vest at
the rate of 20% per year on each anniversary of the Spin Off
Date, provided that Mr. Malone continues to have a
qualifying relationship (whether as a director, officer,
employee or consultant) with LMI or any successor to LMI.
(Liberty Global would be the successor to LMI under the option
agreement.) If Mr. Malone ceases to have such a qualifying
relationship (subject to certain exceptions for his death or
disability or termination without cause), his unvested options
will be terminated and/or LMI will have the right to require Mr.
Malone to sell to LMI, at the exercise price of the options, any
shares of LMI Series B common stock previously acquired by
Mr. Malone upon exercise of options which have not vested
as of the date on which Mr. Malone ceases to have a qualifying
relationship with LMI.
The LMI 2004 Incentive Plan is administered by the compensation
committee of our board of directors. The compensation committee
of our board has full power and authority to grant eligible
persons the awards described below and determine the terms and
conditions under which any awards are made. The incentive plan
is designed to provide additional remuneration to certain
employees and independent contractors for exceptional service
and to encourage their investment in our company. The
compensation committee may grant non-qualified stock options,
stock appreciation rights (SARs), restricted shares, stock
units, cash awards, performance awards or any combination of the
foregoing under the incentive plan (collectively, awards).
The maximum number of shares of LMI common stock with respect to
which awards may be issued under the incentive plan is
20 million, subject to anti-dilution and other adjustment
provisions of the LMI 2004 Incentive Plan. With limited
exceptions, no person may be granted in any calendar year awards
covering more than 2 million shares of our common stock. In
addition, no person may receive payment for cash awards during
any calendar year in excess of $10 million. Shares of our
common stock issuable pursuant to awards made under the
incentive plan are made available from either authorized but
unissued shares or shares that have been issued but reacquired
by our company.
The LMI 2004 Directors Incentive Plan is designed to provide a
method whereby non-employee directors may be awarded additional
remuneration for the services they render on our board and
committees of our board, and to encourage their investment in
capital stock of our company. The LMI 2004 Directors Incentive
Plan is
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
administered by our full board of directors. Our board has the
full power and authority to grant eligible non-employee
directors the awards described below and determine the terms and
conditions under which any awards are made, and may delegate
certain administrative duties to our employees.
Our board may grant non-qualified stock options, stock
appreciation rights, restricted shares, stock units or any
combination of the foregoing under the director plan
(collectively, awards). Only non-employee members of our board
of directors are eligible to receive awards under the LMI 2004
Directors Incentive Plan. The maximum number of shares of our
common stock with respect to which awards may be issued under
the director plan is 5 million, subject to anti-dilution
and other adjustment provisions of the LMI 2004 Directors
Incentive Plan. Shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to
awards made under the LMI 2004 Directors Incentive Plan will be
made available from either authorized but unissued shares or
shares that have been issued but reacquired by our company.
A summary of stock option activity in 2004 is as follows:
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LMI 2004 | |
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LMI 2004 Directors | |
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Incentive Plan | |
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Incentive Plan | |
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Transitional Plan | |
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Total | |
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Weighted | |
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Weighted | |
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Weighted | |
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Weighted | |
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average | |
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average | |
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average | |
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average | |
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exercise | |
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exercise | |
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exercise | |
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exercise | |
LMI Series A common stock: |
|
Number | |
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price | |
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Number | |
|
price | |
|
Number | |
|
price | |
|
Number | |
|
price | |
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| |
Outstanding at January 1, 2004
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NA |
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NA |
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NA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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NA |
|
Issued in connection with the spin-off and related adjustments
to Libertys stock incentive awards
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NA |
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NA |
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1,595,709 |
|
|
$ |
33.92 |
|
|
|
1,595,709 |
|
|
$ |
33.92 |
|
Granted
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438,054 |
|
|
$ |
33.45 |
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22,152 |
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|
$ |
33.95 |
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NA |
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460,206 |
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$ |
33.47 |
|
Canceled
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NA |
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NA |
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(892 |
) |
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$ |
33.92 |
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|
(892 |
) |
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$ |
33.92 |
|
Exercised
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|
|
|
|
NA |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
NA |
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|
|
(353,485 |
) |
|
$ |
33.92 |
|
|
|
(353,485 |
) |
|
$ |
33.92 |
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Outstanding at December 31, 2004
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438,054 |
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$ |
33.45 |
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22,152 |
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$ |
33.95 |
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1,241,332 |
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$ |
33.92 |
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1,701,538 |
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$ |
33.82 |
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Exercisable at December 31, 2004
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NA |
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NA |
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794,245 |
|
|
$ |
33.92 |
|
|
|
794,245 |
|
|
$ |
33.92 |
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A4-53
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
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LMI 2004 Incentive Plan | |
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Transitional Plan | |
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Total | |
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Weighted | |
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Weighted | |
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Weighted | |
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average | |
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average | |
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average | |
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|
exercise | |
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|
exercise | |
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|
exercise | |
LMI Series B common stock: |
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Number | |
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price | |
|
Number | |
|
price | |
|
Number | |
|
price | |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
Outstanding at January 1, 2004
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NA |
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|
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NA |
|
|
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|
|
|
|
NA |
|
Issued in connection with the spin-off and related adjustments
to Libertys stock incentive awards
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|
|
|
|
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NA |
|
|
|
1,498,154 |
|
|
$ |
37.88 |
|
|
|
1,498,154 |
|
|
$ |
37.88 |
|
Granted
|
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|
1,568,562 |
|
|
$ |
36.75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
1,568,562 |
|
|
$ |
36.75 |
|
Canceled
|
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|
|
|
|
NA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NA |
|
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NA |
|
Exercised
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NA |
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NA |
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NA |
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|
Outstanding at December 31, 2004
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1,568,562 |
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$ |
36.75 |
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1,498,154 |
|
|
$ |
37.88 |
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3,066,716 |
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|
$ |
37.30 |
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Exercisable at December 31, 2004
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1,568,562 |
(1) |
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$ |
36.75 |
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973,800 |
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$ |
37.88 |
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2,542,362 |
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$ |
37.18 |
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(1) |
Amount represents Mr. Malones options that are fully
exercisable, but not vested as of December 31, 2004. The
options or shares issued upon exercise vest at the rate of 20%
per year on each anniversary of the date on which the spin off
was completed (which was June 7, 2004), provided that
Mr. Malone meets certain conditions regarding his
relationship with LMI. See discussion above. |
The following table summarizes information about our stock
options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2004:
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Options outstanding | |
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Options exercisable | |
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| |
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Weighted | |
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|
average | |
|
Weighted | |
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|
Weighted | |
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|
remaining | |
|
average | |
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|
average | |
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|
contractual life | |
|
exercise | |
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|
exercise | |
Exercise price range |
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Number | |
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(years) | |
|
price | |
|
Number | |
|
price | |
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| |
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| |
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| |
LMI Series A common stock
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|
$33.41
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|
453,206 |
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|
|
9.47 |
|
|
$ |
33.41 |
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|
$ |
33.41 |
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|
$33.92
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1,241,332 |
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|
6.60 |
|
|
$ |
33.92 |
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|
794,245 |
|
|
$ |
33.92 |
|
|
$37.42
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|
7,000 |
|
|
|
9.86 |
|
|
$ |
37.42 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
37.42 |
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,701,538 |
|
|
|
7.38 |
|
|
$ |
33.82 |
|
|
|
794,245 |
|
|
$ |
33.92 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LMI Series B common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
|
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|
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|
|
$36.75
|
|
|
1,568,562 |
|
|
|
9.47 |
|
|
$ |
36.75 |
|
|
|
1,568,562 |
(1) |
|
$ |
36.75 |
|
|
$37.88
|
|
|
1,498,154 |
|
|
|
6.16 |
|
|
$ |
37.88 |
|
|
|
973,800 |
|
|
$ |
37.88 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
3,066,716 |
|
|
|
7.86 |
|
|
$ |
37.30 |
|
|
|
2,542,362 |
|
|
$ |
37.18 |
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Amount represents Mr. Malones options that are fully
exercisable, but not vested as of December 31, 2004. The
options or shares issued upon exercise vest at the rate of 20%
per year on each anniversary of the date on which the spin off
was completed (which was June 7, 2004), provided that
Mr. Malone meets certain conditions regarding his
relationship with LMI. See discussion above. |
A4-54
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
The fair value of options granted pursuant to the LMI 2004
Incentive Plan and the LMI 2004 Directors Incentive Plan in 2004
has been estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes
single-option pricing model and the following weighted-average
assumptions:
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Risk-free interest rate
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|
|
4.09% |
|
Expected lives
|
|
|
6 years |
|
Expected volatility
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|
|
25% |
|
Expected dividend yield
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|
0% |
|
Based on the above assumptions, the total fair value of options
granted under the LMI 2004 Incentive Plan and the LMI 2004
Directors Incentive Plan during 2004 was $24,872,000. The
weighted average fair value per share of LMI Series A and B
options granted in 2004 was $11.39 and $12.51, respectively. All
such options exercise prices were equal to their market
prices at the date of grant, except for the exercise price for
1,568,562 LMI Series B options granted in June 2004. The
exercise price for these options was equal to 110% of the market
price of the LMI Series A common stock on June 22,
2004 ($39.10 before considering the impact of the LMI Rights
Offering), the date that definitive terms were established for
such options. The closing market price of the LMI Series B
common stock on that date was $40.05 (before considering the
impact of the LMI Rights Offering).
In April 2000, four individuals, including two of our executive
officers and one of our directors, purchased a 20% common stock
interest in Liberty Jupiter, Inc., which owned an approximate
5.4% interest in J-COM at December 31, 2004. The
individuals paid a total purchase price of $800,000 for the 20%
common stock interest. We, one of our subsidiaries and these
individuals are parties to an amended and restated shareholders
agreement under which the individuals can require us to
purchase, after five years from the date of purchase, all or
part of their common stock interest in exchange for LMI
Series A common stock at its then-fair market value. The
shareholders agreement also provides that, if an individual
terminates his or her employment or consulting arrangement with
us or with LMC within five years from the date of purchase, we
have the right to purchase from that individual certain
non-vested shares (currently equal to 25% of the
common shares originally purchased by him or her) at the
original purchase price plus 6% per year. In addition, we have
the right at any time to purchase, in exchange for LMI
Series A common stock, the common stock interests of the
individuals at fair market value. Compensation charges
(credits) with respect to the interests held by the
aforementioned executive officers and directors were $6,318,000,
$1,164,000 and $(113,000) in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
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UGC Equity Incentive Plan |
In August 2003 UGCs board of directors (the UGC Board)
adopted an equity incentive plan (the UGC Incentive Plan).
UGCs stockholders approved the UGC Incentive Plan, which
was effective as of September 1, 2003 and will terminate on
August 31, 2013. The UGC Incentive Plan permits the grant
of stock options, restricted stock awards, SARs, stock bonuses,
stock units, and other grants of stock (collectively, the UGC
Awards) covering up to 59,000,000 shares, as amended, of UGC
Class A or Class B common stock. The number of shares
increases on January 1 of each calendar year (beginning with
calendar year 2004) during the duration of the UGC Incentive
Plan by 1% of the aggregate number of shares of UGC Class A
and Class B common stock outstanding on December 31 of the
immediately preceding calendar year. No more than 5,000,000
shares of UGC Class A and Class B common stock in the
aggregate may be granted to a single
A4-55
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
participant during any calendar year, and no more than 3,000,000
shares may be issued under the UGC Incentive Plan as UGC
Class B common stock. Employees, consultants, and other
non-employee directors of UGC and affiliated entities designated
by the UGC Board may receive UGC Awards under the UGC Incentive
Plan, provided, however, that incentive stock options may not be
granted to consultants or non-employee directors.
The UGC Incentive Plan is generally administered by the
compensation committee of the UGC Board, which has the
discretion to determine the employees and consultants to whom
the UGC Awards are granted, the number and type of shares
subject to the UGC Awards, the exercise price of the UGC Awards
(which may be at, below, or above the fair market value of UGC
Class A or Class B common stock on the date of grant),
the period over which the UGC Awards vest, the term of the UGC
Awards, and certain other provisions relating to the UGC Awards.
The compensation committee of the UGC Board may, under certain
circumstances, delegate to officers of UGC the authority to
grant UGC Awards to specified groups of employees and
consultants. The UGC Board has the sole authority to grant UGC
Awards under the UGC Incentive Plan to non-employee directors.
As a result of the dilution caused by UGCs subscription
rights offering in February 2004, the exercise or base prices of
all awards outstanding pursuant to the UGC Incentive Plan were
reduced by $0.87.
A summary of activity for the UGC Incentive Plan options,
restricted stock and SARs for the year ended December 31,
2004 is as follows:
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Options(1) | |
|
Restricted stock(1) | |
|
SARs(1) | |
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Number of | |
|
Weighted | |
|
Number of | |
|
Weighted | |
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|
Weighted | |
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|
stock | |
|
average | |
|
restricted | |
|
average | |
|
Number of | |
|
average | |
|
|
options | |
|
exercise price | |
|
stock awards | |
|
stock price | |
|
SARs | |
|
base price | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Outstanding at January 1
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
32,087,270 |
|
|
$ |
3.82 |
|
Granted
|
|
|
4,780,000 |
|
|
$ |
7.72 |
|
|
|
224,587 |
|
|
$ |
8.24 |
|
|
|
5,062,138 |
|
|
$ |
7.31 |
|
Canceled
|
|
|
(80,000 |
) |
|
$ |
7.48 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
(1,851,904 |
) |
|
$ |
4.39 |
|
Exercised
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
(5,215,510 |
) |
|
$ |
3.66 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at December 31
|
|
|
4,700,000 |
|
|
$ |
7.72 |
|
|
|
224,587 |
|
|
$ |
8.24 |
|
|
|
30,081,994 |
|
|
$ |
4.43 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable at December 31
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
1,972,906 |
|
|
$ |
4.39 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
These UGC options and restricted stock awards vest over
5 years, with quarterly vesting beginning six months from
date of grant. The UGC SARs that were outstanding at
January 1, 2004 vest in 5 equal annual increments from
the date of grant. The UGC SARs granted in 2004 vest over
5 years, with quarterly vesting beginning six months from
the date of grant. |
The following table summarizes information about UGC options and
restricted stock granted under the UGC Incentive Plan during the
year ended December 31, 2004:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options | |
|
Restricted stock | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Fair | |
|
Exercise | |
|
|
|
Fair | |
|
Exercise | |
Exercise/Stock price |
|
Number | |
|
value | |
|
price | |
|
Number | |
|
value | |
|
price | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Less than market price
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
Equal to market price
|
|
|
4,780,000 |
|
|
$ |
6.19 |
|
|
$ |
7.72 |
|
|
|
224,587 |
|
|
$ |
8.24 |
|
|
$ |
8.24 |
|
Greater than market price
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
4,780,000 |
|
|
$ |
6.19 |
|
|
$ |
7.72 |
|
|
|
224,587 |
|
|
$ |
8.24 |
|
|
$ |
8.24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-56
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
The weighted-average fair value and weighted-average base price
of SARs granted under the UGC Incentive Plan in 2004 are as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair | |
|
Base | |
Base price |
|
Number | |
|
value | |
|
price | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Less than market price(1)
|
|
|
154,500 |
|
|
$ |
4.57 |
|
|
$ |
2.87 |
|
Equal to market price
|
|
|
154,500 |
|
|
$ |
8.31 |
|
|
$ |
4.57 |
|
Equal to market price
|
|
|
4,753,138 |
|
|
$ |
6.02 |
|
|
$ |
7.55 |
|
Greater than market price
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
5,062,138 |
|
|
$ |
6.17 |
|
|
$ |
7.31 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
UGC originally granted these SARs below fair market value on
date of grant; however, upon exercise the holder will only
receive the difference between $2.87 and the lesser of $4.57 or
the market price of UGC Class A common stock on the date of
exercise. |
The following summarizes information about UGCs options,
SARs and restricted stock outstanding and exercisable as of
December 31, 2004:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options outstanding | |
|
Options exercisable |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
average | |
|
Weighted | |
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
|
|
remaining | |
|
average | |
|
|
|
average |
|
|
|
|
contractual | |
|
exercise | |
|
|
|
exercise |
Exercise price range |
|
Number | |
|
life (years) | |
|
price | |
|
Number | |
|
price |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
$7.48
|
|
|
3,215,000 |
|
|
|
9.84 |
|
|
$ |
7.48 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
$8.24
|
|
|
1,485,000 |
|
|
|
9.90 |
|
|
$ |
8.24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
4,700,000 |
|
|
|
9.86 |
|
|
$ |
7.72 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SARs outstanding | |
|
SARs exercisable | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Weighted | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
average | |
|
Weighted | |
|
|
|
Weighted | |
|
|
|
|
remaining | |
|
average | |
|
|
|
average | |
|
|
|
|
contractual | |
|
base | |
|
|
|
base | |
Base price range |
|
Number | |
|
life (years) | |
|
price | |
|
Number | |
|
price | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
$2.87
|
|
|
11,523,022 |
|
|
|
8.49 |
|
|
$ |
2.87 |
|
|
|
507,378 |
|
|
$ |
2.87 |
|
$4.57
|
|
|
12,084,784 |
|
|
|
8.37 |
|
|
$ |
4.57 |
|
|
|
1,069,140 |
|
|
$ |
4.57 |
|
$5.26-$6.33
|
|
|
1,981,050 |
|
|
|
8.86 |
|
|
$ |
5.38 |
|
|
|
268,250 |
|
|
$ |
5.26 |
|
$7.10-$8.24
|
|
|
4,493,138 |
|
|
|
9.83 |
|
|
$ |
7.63 |
|
|
|
128,138 |
|
|
$ |
7.10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
30,081,994 |
|
|
|
8.67 |
|
|
$ |
4.43 |
|
|
|
1,972,906 |
|
|
$ |
4.39 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restricted stock outstanding | |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Weighted | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
average | |
|
Weighted | |
|
|
|
|
remaining | |
|
average | |
|
|
|
|
contractual | |
|
stock | |
Base price range |
|
Number | |
|
life (years) | |
|
price | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
$8.24
|
|
|
224,587 |
|
|
|
4.95 |
|
|
$ |
8.24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-57
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
A total of 11,523,022 SARs outstanding as of December 31,
2004 represent capped SARs, where the holder will only receive
the difference between $2.87 and the lesser of $4.57 or the
market price of UGC Class A common stock on the date of
exercise.
Fair Value of Grants in 2004. The fair value of options
granted pursuant to the UGC Incentive Plan in 2004 has been
estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes
single-option pricing model and the following weighted-average
assumptions:
|
|
|
|
|
Risk-free interest rate
|
|
|
3.61% |
|
Expected lives
|
|
|
6 years |
|
Expected volatility
|
|
|
100% |
|
Expected dividend yield
|
|
|
0% |
|
Based on the above assumptions, the total fair value of options
granted under the UGC Incentive Plan was $29,580,000 in 2004.
During 1993, Old UGC adopted a stock option plan for certain of
its employees, which was assumed by UGC on January 30, 2002
(the UGC Employee Plan). The UGC Employee Plan provided for the
grant of options to purchase up to 39,200,000 shares of UGC
Class A common stock, of which options for up to 3,000,000
shares of UGC Class B common stock were available to be
granted in lieu of options for shares of UGC Class A common
stock. The UGC Committee had the discretion to determine the
employees and consultants to whom options were granted, the
number of shares subject to the options, the exercise price of
the options, the period over which the options became
exercisable, the term of the options (including the period after
termination of employment during which an option was to be
exercised) and certain other provisions relating to the options.
The maximum number of shares subject to options that were
allowed to be granted to any one participant under the UGC
Employee Plan during any calendar year was 5,000,000 shares. The
maximum term of options granted under the UGC Employee Plan was
ten years. Options granted were either incentive stock options
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or
non-qualified stock options. The UGC Employee Plan expired
June 1, 2003. Options outstanding prior to the expiration
date continue to be recognized, but no new grants of options
will be made. All options outstanding on January 5, 2004
pursuant to the UGC Employee Plan became fully vested as a
result of the change of control due to the UGC Founders
Transaction. As of December 31, 2004, 9,881,029 and
3,000,000 shares of UGC Class A common stock and UGC
Class B common stock, respectively, were outstanding and
exercisable pursuant to the UGC Employee Plan.
Old UGC adopted a stock option plan for non-employee directors
effective June 1, 1993, which was assumed by UGC on
January 30, 2002 (the UGC 1993 Director Plan). The UGC 1993
Director Plan provided for the grant of an option to acquire
20,000 shares of UGC Class A common stock to each member of
the UGC Board of Directors who was not also an employee of UGC
(a UGC non-employee director) on June 1, 1993, and to each
person who is newly elected to the UGC Board of Directors as a
non-employee director after June 1, 1993, on the date of
their election. To allow for additional option grants to
non-employee directors, Old UGC adopted a second stock option
plan for non-employee directors effective March 20, 1998,
which was assumed by UGC on January 30, 2002 (the UGC 1998
Director Plan, and together with the UGC 1993 Director Plan, the
UGC Director Plans). Options under the UGC 1998 Director Plan
were granted at the discretion of UGCs Board of Directors.
The maximum term of options granted under the UGC Director Plans
was ten years. Effective March 14, 2003, the UGC Board of
Directors terminated the UGC 1993
A4-58
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
Director Plan. Options outstanding prior to the date of
termination shall continue to be recognized, but no new grants
of options will be made.
A summary of stock option activity for the UGC Employee Plan and
the UGC Director Plans in 2004 is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UGC Employee Plan | |
|
UGC Director Plans | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Weighted | |
|
|
|
Weighted | |
|
|
|
|
average | |
|
|
|
average | |
|
|
|
|
exercise | |
|
|
|
exercise | |
|
|
Number | |
|
price | |
|
Number | |
|
price | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Outstanding at January 1
|
|
|
13,745,692 |
|
|
$ |
7.49 |
|
|
|
920,000 |
|
|
$ |
10.66 |
|
Granted
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
|
$ |
5.94 |
|
Canceled
|
|
|
(247,586 |
) |
|
$ |
14.63 |
|
|
|
(130,000 |
) |
|
$ |
47.75 |
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(617,077 |
) |
|
$ |
4.94 |
|
|
|
(260,000 |
) |
|
$ |
3.94 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at December 31
|
|
|
12,881,029 |
|
|
$ |
7.52 |
|
|
|
730,000 |
|
|
$ |
5.11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable at December 31
|
|
|
12,881,029 |
|
|
$ |
7.52 |
|
|
|
492,498 |
|
|
$ |
5.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The combined weighted-average fair value and weighted-average
exercise price of options granted under the UGC Employee Plan
and the UGC Director Plans in 2004 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise price |
|
Number | |
|
Fair value | |
|
Exercise price | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Less than market price
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
|
$ |
7.22 |
|
|
$ |
5.94 |
|
Equal to market price
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
Greater than market price
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
|
$ |
7.22 |
|
|
$ |
5.94 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following table summarizes information about the UGC
Employee Plan and the UGC Director Plans stock options
outstanding and exercisable as of December 31, 2004:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options outstanding | |
|
Options exercisable | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Weighted | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
average | |
|
Weighted | |
|
|
|
Weighted | |
|
|
|
|
remaining | |
|
average | |
|
|
|
average | |
|
|
|
|
contractual | |
|
exercise | |
|
|
|
exercise | |
Exercise price range |
|
Number | |
|
life (years) | |
|
price | |
|
Number | |
|
price | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
$3.29-$3.88
|
|
|
258,282 |
|
|
|
4.68 |
|
|
$ |
3.44 |
|
|
|
258,282 |
|
|
$ |
3.44 |
|
$4.13
|
|
|
10,426,709 |
|
|
|
6.71 |
|
|
$ |
4.13 |
|
|
|
10,266,291 |
|
|
$ |
4.13 |
|
$4.25-$67.51
|
|
|
2,914,038 |
|
|
|
4.41 |
|
|
$ |
19.08 |
|
|
|
2,836,954 |
|
|
$ |
19.39 |
|
$85.63
|
|
|
12,000 |
|
|
|
5.23 |
|
|
$ |
85.63 |
|
|
|
12,000 |
|
|
$ |
85.63 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
13,611,029 |
|
|
|
6.17 |
|
|
$ |
7.39 |
|
|
|
13,373,527 |
|
|
$ |
7.43 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UPC Stock Option Plan. UPC adopted a stock option plan on
June 13, 1996, as amended (the UPC Plan), for certain of
its employees and those of its subsidiaries. As a result of
UPCs reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code, the UPC Plan was cancelled.
A4-59
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
(14) Related Party
Transactions
During the 2004 period prior to the spin off, a subsidiary of
our company borrowed $116,666,000 from Liberty pursuant to
certain notes payable. Interest expense accrued on the amounts
borrowed pursuant to such notes payable was $1,534,000 in 2004.
In connection with the spin off, Liberty also entered into a
Short-Term Credit Facility with our company. Pursuant to the
Short-Term Credit Facility, Liberty had agreed to make loans to
us from time to time up to an aggregate principal amount of
$383,334,000. Amounts borrowed under the Short-Term Credit
Facility and the notes payable accrued interest at 6% per annum,
compounded semi-annually, and were due and payable no later than
March 31, 2005. During 2004, all amounts due to Liberty
under the notes payable were repaid with proceeds from the LMI
Rights Offering and the Short-Term Credit Facility was
terminated.
For periods prior to the spin off, corporate expenses were
allocated from Liberty to us based upon the cost of general and
administrative services provided. We believe such allocations
were reasonable and materially approximate the amount that we
would have incurred on a stand-alone basis. Amounts allocated to
us prior to the spin off pursuant to these arrangements
aggregated $10,833,000, $10,873,000 and $10,794,000 in 2004,
2003 and 2002, respectively. The 2004 amount includes costs
associated with the spin off aggregating $2,952,000. Pursuant to
the Reorganization Agreement, we and Liberty each agreed to pay
50% of such spin off costs. Excluding our share of such spin off
costs, the intercompany amounts owed to Liberty as a result of
these allocations were contributed to our equity in connection
with the spin off. The amounts allocated by Liberty are included
in SG&A expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements
of operations.
In connection with the spin off, we and Liberty entered into a
Facilities and Services Agreement that sets forth the terms that
apply to services and other benefits provided by Liberty to us
following the spin off. Pursuant to the Facilities and Services
Agreement, Liberty provides us with office space and certain
general and administrative services including legal, tax,
accounting, treasury, engineering and investor relations
support. We reimburse Liberty for direct, out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by Liberty in providing these services and for our
allocable portion of facilities costs and costs associated with
any shared services or personnel. Amounts charged to us pursuant
to this agreement aggregated $1,324,000 for the period from the
Spin Off Date through December 31, 2004 and are included in
SG&A expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of
operations.
Prior to the spin off, Liberty transferred to our company a 25%
ownership interest in two of Libertys aircraft. In
connection with the transfer, we and Liberty entered into
certain agreements pursuant to which, among other things, we and
Liberty share the costs of Libertys flight department and
the costs of maintaining and operating the jointly owned
aircraft. Costs are allocated based upon either our actual usage
or our ownership interest, depending on the type of costs.
Amounts charged to us pursuant to these agreements aggregated
$230,000 for the period from the Spin Off Date through
December 31, 2004 and are included in SG&A expenses in
the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
Other agreements between our company and Liberty that were
entered into in connection with the spin off our described in
note 2 (the Reorganization Agreement) and note 11 (the
Tax Sharing Agreement).
At December 31, 2004, John C. Malone beneficially owned
shares of Liberty common stock representing approximately 29.7%
of Libertys voting power and beneficially owned shares of
LMI common stock which may represent up to approximately 33.2%
of the voting power in our company, assuming the exercise in
full of certain options to acquire shares of LMI Series B
common stock granted to Mr. Malone at the time of the spin
off. In addition, six of our eight directors are also directors
of Liberty. By virtue of Mr. Malones voting power in
Liberty and our company, as well as his position as Chairman of
the Board of Liberty and positions as
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of
our company, and the aforementioned common directors, Liberty
may be deemed an affiliate of our company.
Certain key employees of our company hold stock options and
options with tandem SARs with respect to certain common stock of
Liberty. For additional information, see note 3.
In the normal course of business, Pramer provides programming
and uplink services to equity method affiliates of LMI. Total
revenue for such services from the LMI affiliates aggregated
$195,000, $862,000 and $569,000 in 2004, 2003 and 2002,
respectively.
In the normal course of business, Liberty Cablevision Puerto
Rico purchases programming services from subsidiaries of
Liberty. In 2004, 2003 and 2002, the charges for such services
aggregated $2,053,000, $1,867,000 and $632,000, respectively.
In 2004, 2003 and 2002, we recognized income from guarantee fees
charged to J-COM aggregating $641,000, $244,000 and $3,420,000,
respectively. See note 19.
During 2004, 2003 and 2002, we recognized interest income from
equity method affiliates (including J-COM in all periods and UGC
in 2003 and 2002) and other related parties aggregating
$11,166,000, $18,180,000 and $17,864,000, respectively. See
note 6.
UGCs 2004 related party revenue was $7,982,000, which
consisted primarily of management, advisory and license fees,
call center charges and uplink services. UGCs 2004 related
party operating expenses were $15,325,000, which consisted
primarily of programming costs and interconnect fees.
In addition, in 2002 we recognized $1,891,000 of aggregate
interest expense on indebtedness owed to UGC and its
subsidiaries.
(15) Transactions with
Officers and Directors
Prior to March 2, 2005, Liberty owned a 78.2% economic and
non-voting interest in VLG Argentina LLC (VLG Argentina), an
entity that owns a 50% interest in Cablevisión. VLG
Acquisition Corp. (VLG Acquisition), an entity in which neither
Liberty nor our company has any ownership interests, owned the
remaining 21.8% economic interest and all of the voting power in
VLG Argentina LLC. An executive officer and an officer of our
company were shareholders of VLG Acquisition. Prior to joining
our company, they sold their equity interests in VLG Acquisition
to the remaining shareholder, but each retained a contractual
right to 33% of any proceeds in excess of $100,000 from the sale
of VLG Acquisition Corp.s interest in VLG Argentina, or
from distributions to VLG Acquisition Corp. by VLG Argentina in
connection with a sale of VLG Argentinas interest in
Cablevisión. Although we have no direct or indirect equity
interest in Cablevisión, we had the right and obligation
pursuant to Cablevisións debt restructuring agreement
to contribute $27,500,000 to Cablevisión in exchange
for newly issued Cablevisión shares representing
approximately 40.0% of Cablevisións fully diluted
equity (the Subscription Right).
On November 2, 2004, Liberty, VLG Acquisition, VLG
Argentina, a subsidiary of our company and the then sole
shareholder of VLG Acquisition entered into an agreement with a
third party to transfer all of the equity in VLG Argentina and
all of our rights and obligations with respect to the
Subscription Right to the third party for aggregate
consideration of $65 million. This agreement provided that
$40,527,000 of such proceeds would be allocated to our company
for the Subscription Right. We received 50% of such proceeds as
a down payment in November 2004 and we received the remainder in
March 2005. We will recognize a gain of $40,527,000 during the
first quarter of 2005 in connection with the closing of this
transaction.
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
As a result of the foregoing transactions, the executive officer
and officer of our company who retained the above-described
contractual rights with respect to VLG Acquisition received
aggregate cash distributions of $7.3 million in respect of
such rights during the fourth quarter of 2004 and the first
quarter of 2005.
(16) Reorganization of Old
UGC
Old UGC is a wholly owned subsidiary of UGC that owns VTR and an
approximate 34% interest in Austar United Communications Ltd.
Certain information concerning the consolidated operating
performance and total assets of VTR are set forth in
note 20.
On January 12, 2004, Old UGC filed a voluntary petition for
relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
On September 21, 2004, UGC and Old UGC filed with the
Bankruptcy Court a plan of reorganization, which was
subsequently amended on October 5, 2004. The plan of
reorganization provided for the acquisition by Old UGC of
$638,008,000 face amount of certain senior notes of Old UGC
(Old UGC Senior Notes) held by UGC (following cancellation of
certain offsetting obligations) for common stock of Old UGC
and $599,173,000 face amount of Old UGC Senior Notes held
by IDT United, another consolidated subsidiary of UGC for
preferred stock of Old UGC. Old UGC Senior Notes held
by third parties ($24,627,000 face amount) would be left
outstanding (after cure, through the repayment of approximately
$5,073,000 in unpaid interest, and reinstatement). In addition,
Old UGC would make a payment of approximately $3,114,000 in
settlement of certain outstanding guarantee obligations. The
Bankruptcy Court confirmed the plan of reorganization on
November 10, 2004. Following an appeal period, the plan of
reorganization was consummated on November 24, 2004.
On November 24, 2004, immediately following the
consummation of the plan of reorganization, UGC executed a stock
purchase agreement with two shareholders of IDT United whereby
UGC acquired all of the remaining capital stock of IDT United
not previously owned by UGC for approximately $22,711,000 in
cash. As a result of this transaction, IDT United became
UGCs wholly owned subsidiary.
In connection with the Old UGC Reorganization, a total of
$24,627,000 was deposited into an escrow account for the purpose
of repayment of the Old UGC Senior Notes. On
February 15, 2005, the Old UGC Senior Notes were
redeemed in full for total cash consideration of $25,068,000
plus accrued interest from August 15, 2004 through the
redemption date totaling $1,324,000.
A4-62
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
(17) Restructuring and Other
Charges
A summary of UGCs restructuring charge activity in 2004 is
set forth in the table below:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee | |
|
|
|
Programming | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
severance | |
|
|
|
and lease | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
and | |
|
Office | |
|
contract | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
termination | |
|
closures | |
|
termination | |
|
Other | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Restructuring liability as of January 1, 2004
|
|
$ |
8,405 |
|
|
|
16,821 |
|
|
|
34,399 |
|
|
|
2,442 |
|
|
|
62,067 |
|
Restructuring charges
|
|
|
8,176 |
|
|
|
16,862 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
794 |
|
|
|
25,832 |
|
Cash paid
|
|
|
(6,938 |
) |
|
|
(5,741 |
) |
|
|
(7,566 |
) |
|
|
(1,057 |
) |
|
|
(21,302 |
) |
Foreign currency translation adjustments
|
|
|
980 |
|
|
|
1,983 |
|
|
|
3,695 |
|
|
|
(657 |
) |
|
|
6,001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring liability as of December 31, 2004
|
|
$ |
10,623 |
|
|
|
29,925 |
|
|
|
30,528 |
|
|
|
1,522 |
|
|
|
72,598 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term portion
|
|
$ |
4,973 |
|
|
|
5,271 |
|
|
|
3,817 |
|
|
|
345 |
|
|
|
14,406 |
|
Long-term portion
|
|
|
5,650 |
|
|
|
24,654 |
|
|
|
26,711 |
|
|
|
1,177 |
|
|
|
58,192 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
10,623 |
|
|
|
29,925 |
|
|
|
30,528 |
|
|
|
1,522 |
|
|
|
72,598 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In May and September 2004, UGCs Netherlands operations
recorded an aggregate charge of $5,690,000 for severance
benefits as a result of a restructuring plan to change its
management structure from a three-region model to a centralized
management organization, eliminating certain redundancies and
vacating space under an office lease. In December 2004,
UGCs Netherlands operations changed its estimate regarding
the timing and amount of sub-lease income related to a
restructuring plan that was finalized in 2001. While the office
space under lease remains vacated, UGC has been unable to
sub-lease this space and cannot predict that it will be able to
for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the restructuring
liability has been adjusted by approximately $15,970,000 to
reflect UGCs best estimate regarding future sub-lease
income for the vacated property. The remaining $4,172,000 of
restructuring charges in 2004 related to various redundancy
eliminations and other streamlining efforts at
chellomedia BV (chellomedia) an indirect wholly owned
subsidiary of UGC, and Priority Telecom.
A4-63
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
In January 2004, UGCs Chief Executive Officer resigned and
received certain benefits totaling $3,186,000.
(18) Other Comprehensive
Earnings (Loss)
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss) included in our
companys consolidated balance sheets and statements of
stockholders equity reflect the aggregate of foreign
currency translation adjustments and unrealized holding gains
and losses on securities classified as available-for-sale. The
change in the components of accumulated other comprehensive
earnings (loss), net of taxes, is summarized as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
currency | |
|
Unrealized | |
|
Other | |
|
|
translation | |
|
gains (losses) | |
|
comprehensive | |
|
|
adjustment | |
|
on securities | |
|
earnings (loss) | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Balance at January 1, 2002
|
|
$ |
(102,988 |
) |
|
|
(30,400 |
) |
|
|
(133,388 |
) |
Other comprehensive earnings (loss)
|
|
|
(173,715 |
) |
|
|
46,649 |
|
|
|
(127,066 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2002
|
|
|
(276,703 |
) |
|
|
16,249 |
|
|
|
(260,454 |
) |
Other comprehensive earnings
|
|
|
102,294 |
|
|
|
111,594 |
|
|
|
213,888 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2003
|
|
|
(174,409 |
) |
|
|
127,843 |
|
|
|
(46,566 |
) |
Other comprehensive earnings (loss)
|
|
|
129,141 |
|
|
|
(122,292 |
) |
|
|
6,849 |
|
Effect of change in estimated blended state income tax rate
(note 11)
|
|
|
2,222 |
|
|
|
523 |
|
|
|
2,745 |
|
Spin off transaction (note 2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50,982 |
|
|
|
50,982 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2004
|
|
$ |
(43,046 |
) |
|
|
57,056 |
|
|
|
14,010 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-64
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
The components of other comprehensive earnings (loss) are
reflected in our companys consolidated statements of
comprehensive earnings (loss), net of taxes. The following table
summarizes the tax effects related to each component of other
comprehensive earnings (loss):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax | |
|
|
|
|
Before-tax | |
|
benefit | |
|
Net-of-tax | |
|
|
amount | |
|
(expense) | |
|
amount | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Year ended December 31, 2004:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation adjustments
|
|
$ |
204,392 |
|
|
|
(75,251 |
) |
|
|
129,141 |
|
Unrealized holding losses arising during period
|
|
|
(189,465 |
) |
|
|
67,173 |
|
|
|
(122,292 |
) |
Effect of change in estimated blended state income tax rate
(note 11)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,745 |
|
|
|
2,745 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive earnings
|
|
$ |
14,927 |
|
|
|
(5,333 |
) |
|
|
9,594 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2003:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation adjustments
|
|
$ |
168,239 |
|
|
|
(65,945 |
) |
|
|
102,294 |
|
Unrealized holding gains arising during period
|
|
|
182,941 |
|
|
|
(71,347 |
) |
|
|
111,594 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive earnings
|
|
$ |
351,180 |
|
|
|
(137,292 |
) |
|
|
213,888 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2002:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation adjustments
|
|
$ |
(284,779 |
) |
|
|
111,064 |
|
|
|
(173,715 |
) |
Unrealized holding gains arising during period
|
|
|
76,474 |
|
|
|
(29,825 |
) |
|
|
46,649 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive loss
|
|
$ |
(208,305 |
) |
|
|
81,239 |
|
|
|
(127,066 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(19) Commitments and
Contingencies
In the normal course of business, we have entered into
agreements that commit our company to make cash payments in
future periods with respect to non-cancelable leases,
programming contracts, purchases of customer premise equipment,
construction activities, network maintenance, and upgrade and
other commitments arising from our agreements with local
franchise authorities. As of December 31, 2004, the U.S.
dollar equivalent (based on December 31, 2004 exchange
rates) of such commitments is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payments due during years ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2005 | |
|
2006 | |
|
2007 | |
|
2008 | |
|
2009 | |
|
Thereafter | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Operating Leases
|
|
$ |
101,440 |
|
|
|
74,519 |
|
|
|
68,111 |
|
|
|
49,892 |
|
|
|
44,919 |
|
|
|
124,092 |
|
|
|
462,973 |
|
Purchase obligations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Programming
|
|
|
95,911 |
|
|
|
23,877 |
|
|
|
10,304 |
|
|
|
6,191 |
|
|
|
2,647 |
|
|
|
17,086 |
|
|
|
156,016 |
|
|
Other
|
|
|
22,717 |
|
|
|
1,957 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24,674 |
|
Other commitments
|
|
|
53,697 |
|
|
|
9,753 |
|
|
|
5,883 |
|
|
|
3,953 |
|
|
|
3,972 |
|
|
|
14,313 |
|
|
|
91,571 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total contractual payments
|
|
$ |
273,765 |
|
|
|
110,106 |
|
|
|
84,298 |
|
|
|
60,036 |
|
|
|
51,538 |
|
|
|
155,491 |
|
|
|
735,234 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-65
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
Rental costs under non-cancelable lease arrangements amounted to
$88,588,000, $2,934,000 and $1,701,000 in 2004, 2003 and 2002,
respectively. It is expected that in the normal course of
business, leases that expire generally will be renewed or
replaced by similar leases.
Programming commitments consist of obligations associated with
certain of our programming contracts that are enforceable and
legally binding on us inasmuch as we have agreed to pay minimum
fees, regardless of the actual number of subscribers or whether
we terminate cable service to a portion of our subscribers or
dispose of a portion of our cable systems.
Other purchase obligations consist of commitments to purchase
customer premise equipment that are enforceable and legally
binding on us. Other commitments consist of commitments to
rebuild or upgrade cable systems and to extend the cable network
to new developments, network maintenance, and other fixed
minimum contractual commitments associated with our agreements
with franchise or municipal authorities. The amount and timing
of the payments included in the table with respect to our
rebuild, upgrade and network extension commitments are estimated
based on the remaining capital required to bring the cable
distribution system into compliance with the requirements of the
applicable franchise agreement specifications.
In addition to the commitments set forth in the table above, we
have commitments under agreements with programming vendors,
franchise authorities and municipalities, and other third
parties pursuant to which we expect to make payments in future
periods. Such amounts are not included in the above table
because they are not fixed or determinable due to various
factors.
Various partnerships and other affiliates of our company
accounted for using the equity method finance a substantial
portion of their acquisitions and capital expenditures through
borrowings under their own credit facilities and net cash
provided by their operating activities. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, certain of our affiliates may require additional
capital to finance their operating or investing activities. In
addition, we are a party to stockholder and partnership
agreements that provide for possible capital calls on
stockholders and partners. In the event our affiliates require
additional financing and we fail to meet a capital call, or
other commitment to provide capital or loans to a particular
company, such failure may have adverse consequences to our
company. These consequences may include, among others, the
dilution of our equity interest in that company, the forfeiture
of our right to vote or exercise other rights, the right of the
other stockholders or partners to force us to sell our interest
at less than fair value, the forced dissolution of the company
to which we have made the commitment or, in some instances, a
breach of contract action for damages against us.
In addition to the foregoing, the agreement governing our
investment in Mediatti contains a put-call arrangement whereby
we could be required to purchase another investors
ownership interest at fair value. We have similar put-call
arrangements with the minority shareholders of Belgium Cable
Investors and Zone Vision. For additional information concerning
these contingent obligations, see notes 6 and 22.
For a description of certain put obligations that we assumed in
connection with the Noos acquisition, see note 5.
We and UGC have entered into indemnification agreements with
each of our respective directors, our respective named executive
officers and certain other officers. Pursuant to such agreements
and as permitted by our and UGCs Bylaws, we each will
indemnify our respective indemnities to the fullest extent
permitted by law against any and all expenses, judgments, fines,
penalties and settlements incurred as a result of being a party
or threatened to be a party in a legal proceeding as a result of
their service to or on behalf of our company or UGC, as
applicable.
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
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Guarantees and Other Credit Enhancements |
At December 31, 2004, Liberty guaranteed
¥4,695 million ($45,842,000) of the bank debt of
J-COM. Libertys guarantees expire as the underlying debt
matures and is repaid. The debt maturity dates range from 2004
to 2019. In connection with the spin off, we have agreed to
indemnify Liberty for any amounts Liberty is required to fund
under these arrangements.
In the ordinary course of business, we have provided
indemnifications to (i) purchasers of certain of our
assets, (ii) our lenders, (iii) our vendors and
(iv) other parties. In addition, we have provided
performance and/or financial guarantees to our franchise
authorities, customers and vendors. Historically, these
arrangements have not resulted in our company making any
material payments and we do not believe that they will result in
material payments in the future.
We have contingent liabilities related to legal proceedings and
other matters arising in the ordinary course of business.
Although it is reasonably possible we may incur losses upon
conclusion of such matters, an estimate of any loss or range of
loss cannot be made. In our opinion, it is expected that
amounts, if any, which may be required to satisfy such
contingencies will not be material in relation to the
accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Cignal. On April 26, 2002, UPC received a notice
that certain former shareholders of Cignal Global Communications
(Cignal) filed a lawsuit against UPC in the District Court of
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, claiming $200 million on the
basis that UPC failed to honor certain option rights that were
granted to those shareholders in connection with the acquisition
of Cignal by Priority Telecom. UPC believes that it has complied
in full with its obligations to these shareholders through the
successful completion of the initial public offering of Priority
Telecom on September 27, 2001. Accordingly, UPC believes
that the Cignal shareholders claims are without merit and
intends to defend this suit vigorously. In December 2003,
certain members and former members of the Supervisory Board of
Priority Telecom were put on notice that a tort claim may be
filed against them for their cooperation in the initial public
offering. A hearing was held on March 8, 2005, and a
decision is expected in April 2005.
Class Action Lawsuits Relating to the Merger Transaction
with UGC. Since January 18, 2005, twenty-one lawsuits
have been filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery and one
lawsuit in the Denver District Court, State of Colorado, all
purportedly on behalf of UGCs public stockholders,
regarding the announcement on January 18, 2005 of the
execution by UGC and us of the agreement and plan of merger for
the combination of our companies under a new parent company. The
defendants named in these actions include UGC, Gene W.
Schneider, Michael T. Fries, David B. Koff,
Robert R. Bennett, John C. Malone, John P. Cole,
Bernard G. Dvorak, John W. Dick, Paul A. Gould
and Gary S. Howard (directors of UGC) and our company. The
allegations in each of the complaints, which are substantially
similar, assert that the defendants have breached their
fiduciary duties of loyalty, care, good faith and candor and
that various defendants have engaged in self-dealing and unjust
enrichment, affirmed an unfair price, and impeded or discouraged
other offers for UGC or its assets in bad faith and for improper
motives. In addition to seeking to enjoin the transaction, the
complaints seek remedies, including damages for the public
holders of UGCs stock and an award of attorneys fees
to plaintiffs counsel. On February 11, 2005, the
Delaware Court of Chancery consolidated the Delaware lawsuits.
In connection with the Delaware lawsuits, defendants have been
served with one request for production of documents. The
defendants believe the lawsuits are without merit.
The Netherlands 2004 Rate Increases. The Dutch
competition authority (NMA) is currently investigating the
price increases that UGC made with respect to its video services
in 2004 to determine whether it abused
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
its dominant position. If the NMA were to find that the price
increases amount to an abuse of a dominant position, the NMA
could impose fines of up to 10% of UGCs 2003 video revenue
in The Netherlands and UGC would be obliged to reconsider the
price increases. Historically, in many parts of The Netherlands,
UGC is a party to contracts with local municipalities that seek
to control aspects of its Dutch business including, in some
cases, pricing and package composition. Most of these contracts
have been eliminated by agreement, although some contracts are
still in force and under negotiation. In some cases there is
litigation ongoing where some municipalities have resisted
UGCs attempts to move away from the contracts.
We and UGC operate in numerous countries around the world and
accordingly we are subject to, and pay annual income taxes
under, the various income tax regimes in the countries in which
we operate. We have historically filed, and continue to file,
all required income tax returns and pay income taxes reasonably
determined to be due. The tax rules and regulations in many
countries are highly complex and subject to interpretation. From
time to time we may be subject to a review of our historic
income tax filings. In connection with such reviews, disputes
could arise with the taxing authorities over the interpretation
or application of certain income tax rules related to our
business in that tax jurisdiction. We have accrued income taxes
(and related interest and penalties, if applicable) for amounts
that represent income tax exposure items in tax years for which
additional income taxes may be assessed.
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Information About Operating Segments |
We own a variety of international subsidiaries and investments
that provide broadband distribution services and video
programming services. We identify our reportable segments as
(i) those consolidated subsidiaries that represent 10% or
more of our revenue, operating cash flow (as defined below), or
total assets, and (ii) those equity method affiliates where
our investment or share of operating cash flow represents 10% or
more of our total assets or operating cash flow, respectively.
We evaluate performance and make decisions about allocating
resources to our operating segments based on financial measures
such as revenue and operating cash flow. In addition, we review
non-financial measures such as subscriber growth and
penetration, as appropriate.
Operating cash flow is the primary measure used by our chief
operating decision makers to evaluate segment operating
performance and to decide how to allocate resources to segments.
As we use the term, operating cash flow is defined as revenue
less operating and selling, general and administrative expenses
(excluding depreciation and amortization, impairment of
long-lived assets, restructuring and other charges and
stock-based compensation). We believe operating cash flow is
meaningful because it provides investors a means to evaluate the
operating performance of our segments and our company on an
ongoing basis using criteria that is used by our internal
decision makers. Our internal decision makers believe operating
cash flow is a meaningful measure and is superior to other
available GAAP measures because it represents a transparent view
of our recurring operating performance and allows management to
readily view operating trends, perform analytical comparisons
and benchmarking between segments in the different countries in
which we operate and identify strategies to improve operating
performance. For example, our internal decision makers believe
that the inclusion of impairment and restructuring charges
within operating cash flow distorts the ability to efficiently
assess and view the core operating trends in our segments. In
addition, our internal decision makers believe our measure of
operating cash flow is important because analysts and investors
use it to compare our performance to other companies in our
industry. A reconciliation of total consolidated operating cash
flow to our consolidated pre-tax earnings (loss) is
presented below. Investors should view operating cash flow as a
supplement to, and not a substitute for, operating income, net
income, cash flow from operating activities and other GAAP
measures of income as a measure of operating performance.
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
For 2004 we have identified the following consolidated
subsidiaries and equity method affiliates as our reportable
segments:
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UGC Broadband The Netherlands |
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UGC Broadband France |
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UGC Broadband Austria |
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UGC Broadband Other Europe |
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UGC Broadband Chile (VTR) |
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Super Media/ J-COM |
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UGC, a majority-owned subsidiary of our company, is an
international broadband communications provider of video, voice,
and Internet services with operations in 16 countries.
UGCs operations are located primarily in Europe and Latin
America. UGC Broadband The Netherlands, UGC
Broadband France and UGC Broadband
Austria represent UGCs three largest operating segments in
Europe in terms of revenue. UGC Broadband Other
Europe includes broadband operations in Norway, Sweden, Belgium,
Ireland, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic,
Slovenia and Romania. None of the components of UGC
Broadband Other Europe constitute a reportable
segment. UGC Broadband Chile (VTR) represents
UGCs operating segment in Latin America. J-COM provides
broadband communication services in Japan. Prior to the
December 28, 2004 transaction in which our 45.45% ownership
interest in J-COM and a 19.78% interest in J-COM owned by
Sumitomo were combined in Super Media, we accounted for J-COM
using the equity method of accounting. As a result of these
transactions, we held a 69.68% noncontrolling interest in Super
Media, and Super Media held a 65.23% controlling interest in
J-COM at December 31, 2004. At December 31, 2004, we
accounted for our 69.68% interest in Super Media using the
equity method. As a result of a change in the corporate
governance of Super Media that occurred on February 18,
2005, we will begin accounting for Super Media as a consolidated
subsidiary effective January 1, 2005. For additional
information concerning J-COM and Super Media, see note 6.
The amounts presented below represent 100% of each
business revenue and operating cash flow. These amounts
are combined and are then adjusted to remove the amounts related
to UGC during the 2003 and 2002 periods and J-COM during all
periods to arrive at the reported consolidated amounts. This
presentation is designed to reflect the manner in which
management reviews the operating performance of individual
businesses regardless of whether the investment is accounted for
as a consolidated subsidiary or an equity investment. It should
be noted, however, that this presentation is not in accordance
with GAAP since the results of equity method investments are
required to be reported on a net basis. Further, we could not,
among
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
other things, cause any noncontrolled affiliate to distribute to
us our proportionate share of the revenue or operating cash flow
of such affiliate:
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Year ended December 31, | |
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
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2002 | |
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Operating | |
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Operating | |
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Operating | |
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Revenue | |
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cash flow | |
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Revenue | |
|
cash flow | |
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Revenue | |
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cash flow | |
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amounts in thousands | |
UGC Broadband The Netherlands
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$ |
716,932 |
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|
361,265 |
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|
592,223 |
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|
267,075 |
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|
459,044 |
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|
|
119,329 |
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UGC Broadband France
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312,792 |
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|
53,690 |
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|
113,946 |
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|
13,920 |
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92,441 |
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(10,446 |
) |
UGC Broadband Austria
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|
299,874 |
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|
111,950 |
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|
260,162 |
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|
98,278 |
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|
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198,189 |
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|
64,662 |
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UGC Broadband Other Europe
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|
752,900 |
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|
281,398 |
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|
561,737 |
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|
203,495 |
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|
|
461,149 |
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|
131,882 |
|
UGC Broadband Chile (VTR)
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|
299,951 |
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|
|
108,752 |
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|
|
229,835 |
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|
|
69,951 |
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|
186,426 |
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|
|
41,959 |
|
J-COM
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1,504,709 |
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|
589,597 |
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|
|
1,233,492 |
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|
|
428,318 |
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|
|
930,736 |
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|
|
211,146 |
|
Corporate and all other
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|
261,835 |
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(28,907 |
) |
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|
242,017 |
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|
(6,090 |
) |
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218,027 |
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|
(36,957 |
) |
Elimination of equity affiliates
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(1,504,709 |
) |
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(589,597 |
) |
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(3,125,022 |
) |
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(1,057,200 |
) |
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(2,445,757 |
) |
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(507,520 |
) |
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|
|
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Total consolidated LMI
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$ |
2,644,284 |
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|
888,148 |
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|
|
108,390 |
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|
17,747 |
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|
|
100,255 |
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|
|
14,055 |
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Investments in affiliates | |
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Long-lived assets | |
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Total assets | |
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December 31, | |
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December 31, | |
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December 31, | |
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
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amounts in thousands | |
UGC Broadband The Netherlands
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$ |
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|
222 |
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|
1,099,118 |
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1,334,294 |
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|
2,024,365 |
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|
2,458,724 |
|
UGC Broadband France
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|
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|
1,065,874 |
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|
246,307 |
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1,198,372 |
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|
274,180 |
|
UGC Broadband Austria
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|
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|
302,820 |
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|
307,758 |
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|
827,506 |
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|
700,209 |
|
UGC Broadband Other Europe
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|
|
11,797 |
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|
16,757 |
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|
1,026,989 |
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|
873,221 |
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|
1,832,761 |
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|
1,845,202 |
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UGC Broadband Chile (VTR)
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|
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|
|
|
351,314 |
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|
322,606 |
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|
682,270 |
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|
|
602,762 |
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Super Media/J-COM
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|
36,846 |
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26,027 |
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|
2,441,196 |
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2,274,632 |
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4,289,536 |
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3,929,190 |
|
Corporate and all other
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1,853,845 |
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1,818,811 |
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|
456,984 |
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|
356,134 |
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|
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7,137,089 |
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|
4,905,631 |
|
Elimination of equity affiliates
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(36,846 |
) |
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(121,265 |
) |
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|
(2,441,196 |
) |
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|
(5,617,375 |
) |
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(4,289,536 |
) |
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|
(11,028,861 |
) |
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Total consolidated LMI
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$ |
1,865,642 |
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|
|
1,740,552 |
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|
4,303,099 |
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|
97,577 |
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|
13,702,363 |
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|
3,687,037 |
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
The following table provides a reconciliation of total segment
operating cash flow to earnings (loss) before income taxes
and minority interests:
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Year ended December 31, | |
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
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2002 | |
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amounts in thousands | |
Total segment operating cash flow
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$ |
888,148 |
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17,747 |
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14,055 |
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Stock-based compensation credits (charges)
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(142,762 |
) |
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|
(4,088 |
) |
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5,815 |
|
Depreciation and amortization
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|
(960,888 |
) |
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|
(15,114 |
) |
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|
(13,087 |
) |
Impairment of long-lived assets
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|
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(69,353 |
) |
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|
|
|
|
(45,928 |
) |
Restructuring and other charges
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|
|
(29,018 |
) |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Operating loss
|
|
|
(313,873 |
) |
|
|
(1,455 |
) |
|
|
(39,145 |
) |
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Interest expense
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|
|
(288,532 |
) |
|
|
(2,178 |
) |
|
|
(3,943 |
) |
Interest and dividend income
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|
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65,607 |
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|
|
24,874 |
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|
|
25,883 |
|
Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates, net
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|
38,710 |
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|
|
13,739 |
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|
|
(331,225 |
) |
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivative
instruments, net
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|
|
(54,947 |
) |
|
|
12,762 |
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|
|
(16,705 |
) |
Foreign currency transaction gains (losses), net
|
|
|
92,305 |
|
|
|
5,412 |
|
|
|
(8,267 |
) |
Gains on exchanges of investment securities
|
|
|
178,818 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
122,618 |
|
Other-than-temporary declines in fair values of investments
|
|
|
(18,542 |
) |
|
|
(6,884 |
) |
|
|
(247,386 |
) |
Gains on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
35,787 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gains (losses) on disposition of investments, net
|
|
|
43,714 |
|
|
|
(4,033 |
) |
|
|
(287 |
) |
Other income (expense), net
|
|
|
(7,931 |
) |
|
|
6,651 |
|
|
|
2,476 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings (loss) before income taxes and minority interests
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|
$ |
(228,884 |
) |
|
|
48,888 |
|
|
|
(495,981 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital expenditures | |
|
|
| |
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
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| |
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| |
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amounts in thousands | |
UGC Broadband The Netherlands
|
|
$ |
(84,698 |
) |
|
|
(63,451 |
) |
|
|
(97,841 |
) |
UGC Broadband France
|
|
|
(65,435 |
) |
|
|
(48,810 |
) |
|
|
(19,688 |
) |
UGC Broadband Austria
|
|
|
(53,660 |
) |
|
|
(43,751 |
) |
|
|
(38,388 |
) |
UGC Broadband Other Europe
|
|
|
(146,965 |
) |
|
|
(75,873 |
) |
|
|
(53,142 |
) |
UGC Broadband Chile (VTR)
|
|
|
(41,685 |
) |
|
|
(41,391 |
) |
|
|
(80,006 |
) |
J-COM
|
|
|
(295,914 |
) |
|
|
(279,841 |
) |
|
|
(383,913 |
) |
Corporate and all other
|
|
|
(115,904 |
) |
|
|
(82,717 |
) |
|
|
(71,037 |
) |
Elimination of equity affiliates
|
|
|
295,914 |
|
|
|
612,965 |
|
|
|
719,105 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total consolidated LMI
|
|
$ |
(508,347 |
) |
|
|
(22,869 |
) |
|
|
(24,910 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
(21) Quarterly Financial
Information (Unaudited)
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quarter | |
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2004:
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Revenue
|
|
$ |
576,303 |
|
|
|
580,659 |
|
|
|
708,807 |
|
|
|
778,515 |
|
|
Operating loss
|
|
$ |
(83,627 |
) |
|
|
(34,192 |
) |
|
|
(43,061 |
) |
|
|
(152,993 |
) |
|
Net earnings (loss)
|
|
$ |
(83,951 |
) |
|
|
(1,040 |
) |
|
|
74,365 |
|
|
|
(21,132 |
) |
|
Historical and pro forma earnings (loss) per common share
(note 3)
Basic and diluted
|
|
$ |
(0.55 |
) |
|
|
(0.01 |
) |
|
|
0.44 |
|
|
|
(0.12 |
) |
2003:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$ |
24,947 |
|
|
|
27,076 |
|
|
|
28,031 |
|
|
|
28,336 |
|
|
Operating income (loss)
|
|
$ |
1,777 |
|
|
|
(787 |
) |
|
|
1,625 |
|
|
|
(4,070 |
) |
|
Net earnings (loss)
|
|
$ |
6,802 |
|
|
|
10,499 |
|
|
|
9,051 |
|
|
|
(5,463 |
) |
|
Historical and pro forma earnings (loss) per common share
(note 3)
Basic and diluted
|
|
$ |
0.04 |
|
|
|
0.07 |
|
|
|
0.06 |
|
|
|
(0.04 |
) |
(22) Subsequent Events
On December 3, 2002, Europe Movieco Partners Limited
(Movieco) filed a request for arbitration against UPC with the
International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber
of Commerce. The request contained claims that were based on a
cable affiliation agreement entered into between the parties on
December 21, 1999. In the proceedings, Movieco claimed
(1) unpaid license fees due under the affiliation
agreement, plus interest, (2) an order for specific
performance of the affiliation agreement or, in the alternative,
damages for breach of that agreement, and (3) legal and
arbitration costs plus interest. On January 13, 2005, the
Arbitral Tribunal rendered an award in which Moviecos
claim for the unpaid license fees, as described above, was
sustained and determined that UPC must pay $39.3 million of
unpaid license fees, plus interest and legal fees of
£1.5 million ($2.9 million). We paid a total
amount of $49.3 million in settlement of the award during
the first quarter of 2005. Such amount was accrued in our
December 31, 2004 consolidated balance sheet. All other
claims and counterclaims were dismissed.
In January 2005, chellomedia acquired an 87.5% interest in Zone
Vision Networks Ltd. (Zone Vision) from its current
shareholders. Zone Vision is a programming company that owns
three pay television channels and represents over 30
international channels. The consideration for the transaction
consisted of $50 million in cash and 1.6 million
shares of UGC Class A common stock, which are subject to a
five-year vesting period. As part of the transaction,
chellomedia will contribute to Zone Vision the 49% interest it
already holds in Reality TV Ltd. and chellomedias Club
channel business. Zone Visions minority shareholders have
the right to put 60% of their 12.5% shareholding in Zone Vision
to chellomedia on the third anniversary of the completion of the
acquisition, and 100% of their shareholding on the fifth
anniversary of the completion of the acquisition. Chellomedia
has corresponding call rights. The price payable upon exercise
of the put or call will be the then fair market value of the
shareholdings purchased.
A4-72
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and
2002 (Continued)
In December 2004, a subsidiary of chellomedia entered into an
agreement to sell its 28.7% interest in EWT Holding GmbH to
other investors for
30 million
($40.9 million) in cash. Chellomedia received 90% of the
purchase price on January 31, 2005 and the remaining 10% is
due and payable no later than June 30, 2005.
On February 10, 2005, UPC Broadband Holding, UGCs
wholly owned subsidiary, acquired 100% of the shares in Telemach
d.o.o., a broadband communications provider in Slovenia, for
cash consideration of approximately $89.4 million.
A4-73
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Liberty Media International, Inc.:
Under date of March 11, 2005, we reported on the
consolidated balance sheets of Liberty Media International, Inc.
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive
earnings (loss), stockholders equity and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2004, which are included in the Companys
annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2004. In connection with our audits of the
aforementioned consolidated financial statements, we also
audited the related consolidated financial statement schedules I
and II in the Companys annual report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2004. These financial statement
schedules are the responsibility of the Companys
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statement schedules based on our audits.
In our opinion, such financial statement schedules, when
considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial
statements taken as a whole, present fairly, in all material
respects, the information set forth therein.
KPMG LLP
Denver, Colorado
March 11, 2005
A4-74
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SCHEDULE I
CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT
(Parent Company Information)
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET
(Parent Company Only)
As of December 31, 2004
amounts in thousands
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS |
Current assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
1,069,996 |
|
|
Derivative instruments
|
|
|
56,011 |
|
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
621 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
1,126,628 |
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries
|
|
|
4,133,285 |
|
Property and equipment, at cost
|
|
|
7,597 |
|
Accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(387 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,210 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$ |
5,267,123 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
Current liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued liabilities
|
|
$ |
3,927 |
|
|
Derivative instruments
|
|
|
5,257 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
9,184 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other long-term liabilities
|
|
|
31,133 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
40,317 |
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and contingencies
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders Equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series A common stock, $.01 par value. Authorized
500,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding; 168,514,962 and nil
shares at December 31, 2003 and 2004, respectively
|
|
|
1,685 |
|
|
Series B common stock, $.01 par value. Authorized
50,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding; 7,264,300 and nil
shares at December 31, 2003 and 2004, respectively
|
|
|
73 |
|
|
Series C common stock, $.01 par value. Authorized
500,000,000 shares; no shares issued at December 31, 2004
or 2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
|
|
7,001,635 |
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(1,662,707 |
) |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes
|
|
|
14,010 |
|
|
Treasury stock, at cost
|
|
|
(127,890 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity
|
|
|
5,226,806 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders equity
|
|
$ |
5,267,123 |
|
|
|
|
|
A4-75
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SCHEDULE I
CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT
(Parent Company Information)
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(Parent Company Only)
For the seven months ended December 31, 2004
amounts in thousands
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating costs and expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A)
|
|
$ |
8,535 |
|
|
Stock-based compensation charges
|
|
|
20,382 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
387 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating loss
|
|
|
(29,304 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest and dividend income
|
|
|
8,673 |
|
|
Realized and unrealized losses on derivative instruments, net
|
|
|
(4,146 |
) |
|
Other income, net
|
|
|
1,465 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before income taxes and equity in income of consolidated
subsidiaries, net
|
|
|
(23,312 |
) |
Equity in income of consolidated subsidiaries, net
|
|
|
76,743 |
|
Income tax benefit
|
|
|
5,763 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$ |
59,194 |
|
|
|
|
|
A4-76
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SCHEDULE I
CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT
(Parent Company Information)
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
(Parent Company Only)
For the seven months ended December 31, 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
other | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock | |
|
Additional | |
|
|
|
comprehensive | |
|
Treasury | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
paid-in | |
|
Accumulated | |
|
earnings (loss), | |
|
stock, | |
|
stockholders | |
|
|
Series A | |
|
Series B | |
|
Series C | |
|
capital | |
|
deficit | |
|
net of taxes | |
|
at cost | |
|
equity | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Balance at June 1, 2004
|
|
$ |
1,399 |
|
|
|
61 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,227,851 |
|
|
|
(1,721,901 |
) |
|
|
(56,388 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,451,022 |
|
|
Net earnings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
59,194 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
59,194 |
|
|
Other comprehensive earnings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
70,398 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
70,398 |
|
|
Adjustment due to issuance of stock by subsidiaries and
affiliates and other changes in subsidiary equity, net of taxes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,049 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,049 |
|
|
Common stock issued in rights offering
|
|
|
283 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
735,366 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
735,661 |
|
|
Stock issued for stock option exercises
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,987 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,990 |
|
|
Repurchase of common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(127,890 |
) |
|
|
(127,890 |
) |
|
Stock-based compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,382 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,382 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2004
|
|
$ |
1,685 |
|
|
|
73 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,001,635 |
|
|
|
(1,662,707 |
) |
|
|
14,010 |
|
|
|
(127,890 |
) |
|
|
5,226,806 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-77
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SCHEDULE I
CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT
(Parent Company Information)
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(Parent Company Only)
For the seven months ended December 31, 2004
amounts in thousands
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net earnings
|
|
$ |
59,194 |
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by
operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based compensation charges
|
|
|
20,382 |
|
|
|
Realized and unrealized losses on derivative instruments, net
|
|
|
4,146 |
|
|
|
Deferred income tax expense
|
|
|
(4,417 |
) |
|
|
Other noncash items, net
|
|
|
30,582 |
|
|
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receivables, prepaids and other
|
|
|
(329 |
) |
|
|
|
Payables and accruals
|
|
|
2,242 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
111,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in and loans to consolidated subsidiaries,
affiliates and others
|
|
|
323,538 |
|
|
Net cash paid to purchase or settle derivative instruments
|
|
|
(35,653 |
) |
|
Other investing activities, net
|
|
|
(36 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used by investing activities
|
|
|
287,849 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net proceeds received from rights offering
|
|
|
735,661 |
|
|
Treasury stock purchase
|
|
|
(127,890 |
) |
|
Proceeds from stock option exercises
|
|
|
11,990 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
619,761 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
1,019,410 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of period
|
|
|
50,586 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
End of period
|
|
$ |
1,069,996 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash paid for taxes
|
|
$ |
4,383 |
|
|
|
|
|
A4-78
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SCHEDULE II
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Additions | |
|
|
|
|
Balance at | |
|
to costs | |
|
|
|
Balance at | |
|
|
beginning | |
|
and | |
|
|
|
Deductions | |
|
|
|
end of | |
|
|
of period | |
|
expenses | |
|
Acquisition | |
|
or write-offs | |
|
FCTA | |
|
Other | |
|
period | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
amounts in thousands | |
Year ended
December 31:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
$ |
11,208 |
|
|
|
6,689 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,162 |
) |
|
|
(3,631 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,104 |
|
|
2003
|
|
$ |
13,104 |
|
|
|
1,450 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,076 |
) |
|
|
1,469 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,947 |
|
|
2004
|
|
$ |
13,947 |
|
|
|
22,663 |
|
|
|
51,400 |
|
|
|
(30,765 |
) |
|
|
3,644 |
|
|
|
501 |
|
|
|
61,390 |
|
A4-79
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of
Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. and Subsidiaries:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of
Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (a Japanese corporation)
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2004, and the
related consolidated statements of operations,
shareholders equity and cash flows for each of the years
in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004. These
consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the
Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our
audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are
free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred
to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2004, and the
results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004, in
conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
KPMG AZSA & Co.
Tokyo, Japan
February 14, 2005
A4-80
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(Yen in thousands) | |
Current assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
¥ |
7,785,978 |
|
|
¥ |
10,420,109 |
|
|
Restricted cash
|
|
|
1,773,060 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of
¥229,793 thousand in 2003 and ¥245,504 thousand in 2004
|
|
|
7,907,324 |
|
|
|
8,823,311 |
|
|
Loans to related party (Note 5)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,030,000 |
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (Note 8)
|
|
|
1,596,150 |
|
|
|
4,099,032 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
19,062,512 |
|
|
|
27,372,452 |
|
Investments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in affiliates (Notes 3 and 5)
|
|
|
2,794,533 |
|
|
|
3,773,360 |
|
|
Investments in other securities, at cost
|
|
|
2,891,973 |
|
|
|
2,901,566 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,686,506 |
|
|
|
6,674,926 |
|
Property and equipment, at cost (Notes 5 and 7):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Land
|
|
|
1,826,787 |
|
|
|
1,796,217 |
|
|
Distribution system and equipment
|
|
|
312,330,187 |
|
|
|
344,207,670 |
|
|
Support equipment and buildings
|
|
|
11,593,849 |
|
|
|
12,612,896 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
325,750,823 |
|
|
|
358,616,783 |
|
|
Less accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(81,523,580 |
) |
|
|
(108,613,916 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
244,227,243 |
|
|
|
250,002,867 |
|
Other assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill, net (Notes 2 and 4)
|
|
|
139,853,596 |
|
|
|
140,658,718 |
|
|
Other (Note 4 and 8)
|
|
|
13,047,229 |
|
|
|
14,582,383 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
152,900,825 |
|
|
|
155,241,101 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
421,877,086 |
|
|
¥ |
439,291,346 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are
an integral part of these balance sheets.
A4-81
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(Yen in thousands) | |
Current liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term loans
|
|
¥ |
|
|
|
¥ |
250,000 |
|
|
Long-term debt current portion (Notes 6
and 12)
|
|
|
2,438,480 |
|
|
|
5,385,980 |
|
|
Capital lease obligations current portion
(Notes 5, 7 and 12):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related parties
|
|
|
7,673,978 |
|
|
|
8,237,323 |
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
1,800,456 |
|
|
|
1,291,918 |
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
17,293,932 |
|
|
|
17,164,463 |
|
|
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
|
|
|
3,576,708 |
|
|
|
6,155,380 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
32,783,554 |
|
|
|
38,485,064 |
|
Long-term debt, less current portion (Notes 6 and 12):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related parties
|
|
|
149,739,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
72,092,465 |
|
|
|
194,088,485 |
|
Capital lease obligations, less current portion (Notes 5, 7
and 12):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related parties
|
|
|
17,704,295 |
|
|
|
19,714,799 |
|
|
Other
|
|
|
3,951,900 |
|
|
|
2,560,511 |
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
41,635,426 |
|
|
|
41,699,497 |
|
Severance and retirement allowance (Note 9)
|
|
|
2,023,706 |
|
|
|
2,718,792 |
|
Redeemable preferred stock of consolidated subsidiary
(Note 10)
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
3,411,564 |
|
|
|
180,098 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
323,842,160 |
|
|
|
299,947,246 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minority interest
|
|
|
1,266,287 |
|
|
|
974,227 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders equity (Note 11):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ordinary shares no par value
|
|
|
63,132,998 |
|
|
|
78,133,015 |
|
|
|
Authorized 15,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding
4,684,535.74 shares at December 31, 2003
and 5,146,074.74 shares at December 31, 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
|
|
122,837,273 |
|
|
|
137,930,774 |
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(88,506,887 |
) |
|
|
(77,685,712 |
) |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
|
|
|
(694,745 |
) |
|
|
(8,204 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total shareholders equity
|
|
|
96,768,639 |
|
|
|
138,369,873 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
421,877,086 |
|
|
¥ |
439,291,346 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are
an integral part of these balance sheets.
A4-82
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(Yen in thousands, except share and | |
|
|
per share amounts) | |
Revenue (Note 5):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subscription fees
|
|
¥ |
97,144,356 |
|
|
¥ |
123,214,958 |
|
|
¥ |
140,826,446 |
|
|
Other
|
|
|
19,486,170 |
|
|
|
19,944,074 |
|
|
|
20,519,825 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
116,630,526 |
|
|
|
143,159,032 |
|
|
|
161,346,271 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating costs and expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating and programming costs (Note 5)
|
|
|
45,967,220 |
|
|
|
49,895,426 |
|
|
|
53,869,646 |
|
|
Selling, general and administrative (inclusive of stock
compensation expense of ¥61,902 thousand in 2002,
¥120,214 thousand in 2003 and ¥84,267 thousand in
2004) (Notes 5 and 11)
|
|
|
44,266,444 |
|
|
|
43,650,593 |
|
|
|
44,311,685 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
30,079,753 |
|
|
|
36,410,894 |
|
|
|
40,573,166 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
120,313,417 |
|
|
|
129,956,913 |
|
|
|
138,754,497 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss)
|
|
|
(3,682,891 |
) |
|
|
13,202,119 |
|
|
|
22,591,774 |
|
Other income (expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense, net:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related parties (Note 5)
|
|
|
(2,847,551 |
) |
|
|
(4,562,594 |
) |
|
|
(4,055,343 |
) |
|
|
Other
|
|
|
(1,335,400 |
) |
|
|
(3,360,674 |
) |
|
|
(6,045,939 |
) |
|
Other income, net
|
|
|
147,639 |
|
|
|
316,116 |
|
|
|
37,574 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) before income taxes and other items
|
|
|
(7,718,203 |
) |
|
|
5,594,967 |
|
|
|
12,528,066 |
|
Equity in earnings of affiliates (inclusive of stock
compensation expense of ¥2,156 thousand in 2002,
¥(2,855) thousand in 2003 and ¥9,217 thousand in 2004)
(Note 11)
|
|
|
235,792 |
|
|
|
414,756 |
|
|
|
610,110 |
|
Minority interest in net (income) losses of consolidated
subsidiaries
|
|
|
196,498 |
|
|
|
(448,668 |
) |
|
|
(458,624 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) before income taxes
|
|
|
(7,285,913 |
) |
|
|
5,561,055 |
|
|
|
12,679,552 |
|
Income taxes (Note 8)
|
|
|
(256,763 |
) |
|
|
(209,805 |
) |
|
|
(1,858,377 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
¥ |
(7,542,676 |
) |
|
¥ |
5,351,250 |
|
|
¥ |
10,821,175 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per share data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) per share basic and diluted
|
|
¥ |
(1,917 |
) |
|
¥ |
1,214 |
|
|
¥ |
2,221 |
|
Weighted average number of ordinary shares
outstanding basic and diluted
|
|
|
3,934,286 |
|
|
|
4,407,046 |
|
|
|
4,871,169 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are
an integral part of these statements.
A4-83
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional | |
|
Comprehensive | |
|
|
|
Other | |
|
Total | |
|
|
Ordinary | |
|
Paid-in | |
|
Income | |
|
Accumulated | |
|
Comprehensive | |
|
Shareholders | |
|
|
Shares | |
|
Capital | |
|
(Loss) | |
|
Deficit | |
|
Loss | |
|
Equity | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(Yen in thousands, except per share amounts) | |
Balance at January 1, 2002
|
|
¥ |
47,002,623 |
|
|
¥ |
106,525,481 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
(86,315,461 |
) |
|
¥ |
|
|
|
¥ |
67,212,643 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
(7,542,676 |
) |
|
|
(7,542,676 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7,542,676 |
) |
Other comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
(7,542,676 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock compensation (Notes 1 and 11)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
64,058 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
64,058 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2002
|
|
¥ |
47,002,623 |
|
|
¥ |
106,589,539 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
(93,858,137 |
) |
|
¥ |
|
|
|
¥ |
59,734,025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
5,351,250 |
|
|
|
5,351,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,351,250 |
|
Other comprehensive loss:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized loss on cash flow hedge
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(694,745 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(694,745 |
) |
|
|
(694,745 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
4,656,505 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock compensation (Notes 1 and 11)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
117,359 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
117,359 |
|
Ordinary shares issued upon conversion of long-term debt;
750,250 shares at ¥43,000 per share (Note 6)
|
|
|
16,130,375 |
|
|
|
16,130,375 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32,260,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2003
|
|
¥ |
63,132,998 |
|
|
¥ |
122,837,273 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
(88,506,887 |
) |
|
¥ |
(694,745 |
) |
|
¥ |
96,768,639 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
10,821,175 |
|
|
|
10,821,175 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,821,175 |
|
Other comprehensive gain:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized gain on cash flow hedge
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
686,541 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
686,541 |
|
|
|
686,541 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
11,507,716 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock compensation (Notes 1 and 11)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
93,484 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
93,484 |
|
Ordinary shares issued; 461,539 shares at ¥65,000 per share
(Note 1)
|
|
|
15,000,017 |
|
|
|
15,000,017 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,000,034 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2004
|
|
¥ |
78,133,015 |
|
|
¥ |
137,930,774 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
(77,685,712 |
) |
|
¥ |
(8,204 |
) |
|
¥ |
138,369,873 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are
an integral part of these statements.
A4-84
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(Yen in thousands) | |
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
¥ |
(7,542,676 |
) |
|
¥ |
5,351,250 |
|
|
¥ |
10,821,175 |
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash
provided by operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on forgiveness of subsidiary debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(400,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
30,079,753 |
|
|
|
36,410,894 |
|
|
|
40,573,166 |
|
|
|
Equity in earnings of affiliates
|
|
|
(235,792 |
) |
|
|
(414,756 |
) |
|
|
(610,110 |
) |
|
|
Minority interest in net income (losses) of consolidated
subsidiaries
|
|
|
(196,498 |
) |
|
|
448,668 |
|
|
|
458,624 |
|
|
|
Stock compensation expense
|
|
|
61,902 |
|
|
|
120,214 |
|
|
|
84,267 |
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45,591 |
|
|
|
Provision for retirement allowance
|
|
|
412,692 |
|
|
|
417,335 |
|
|
|
647,592 |
|
|
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, excluding effects
of business combinations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Decrease/(increase) in accounts receivable, net
|
|
|
1,368,081 |
|
|
|
1,712,904 |
|
|
|
(431,162 |
) |
|
|
|
Decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
|
|
553,192 |
|
|
|
349,147 |
|
|
|
4,866 |
|
|
|
|
(Increase)/decrease in other assets
|
|
|
(1,651,599 |
) |
|
|
(325,769 |
) |
|
|
2,443,960 |
|
|
|
|
(Decrease)/increase in accounts payable
|
|
|
(3,124,486 |
) |
|
|
171,705 |
|
|
|
(1,184,539 |
) |
|
|
|
Increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities
|
|
|
188,537 |
|
|
|
2,665,162 |
|
|
|
39,279 |
|
|
|
|
Increase/(decrease) in deferred revenue
|
|
|
2,768,512 |
|
|
|
458,315 |
|
|
|
(380,578 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
22,681,618 |
|
|
|
46,965,069 |
|
|
|
52,512,131 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital expenditures
|
|
|
(48,108,176 |
) |
|
|
(32,478,389 |
) |
|
|
(31,792,956 |
) |
|
Acquisition of new subsidiaries, net of cash acquired
|
|
|
1,856,230 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(442,910 |
) |
|
Investments in and advances to affiliates
|
|
|
(665,575 |
) |
|
|
(172,500 |
) |
|
|
(359,500 |
) |
|
(Increase)/decrease in restricted cash
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,773,060 |
) |
|
|
1,773,060 |
|
|
Loans to related party
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,030,000 |
) |
|
Acquisition of minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries
|
|
|
(164,590 |
) |
|
|
(25,565 |
) |
|
|
(4,960,484 |
) |
|
Other investing activities
|
|
|
(650,729 |
) |
|
|
(76,891 |
) |
|
|
(69,427 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(47,732,840 |
) |
|
|
(34,526,405 |
) |
|
|
(39,882,217 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,000,034 |
|
|
Net increase/(decrease) in short-term loans
|
|
|
36,984,965 |
|
|
|
(228,785,000 |
) |
|
|
250,000 |
|
|
Proceeds from long-term debt
|
|
|
2,620,000 |
|
|
|
239,078,000 |
|
|
|
185,302,000 |
|
|
Principal payments of long-term debt
|
|
|
(2,082,335 |
) |
|
|
(8,184,980 |
) |
|
|
(210,097,730 |
) |
|
Principal payments under capital lease obligations
|
|
|
(9,293,487 |
) |
|
|
(10,843,024 |
) |
|
|
(11,887,363 |
) |
|
Other financing activities
|
|
|
(738,854 |
) |
|
|
(3,464,440 |
) |
|
|
(3,562,724 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
|
|
27,490,289 |
|
|
|
(12,199,444 |
) |
|
|
(9,995,783 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
2,439,067 |
|
|
|
239,220 |
|
|
|
2,634,131 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
|
|
|
5,107,691 |
|
|
|
7,546,758 |
|
|
|
7,785,978 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
|
|
¥ |
7,546,758 |
|
|
¥ |
7,785,978 |
|
|
¥ |
10,420,109 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are
an integral part of these statements.
A4-85
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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1. |
Description of Business, Basis of Financial Statements and
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
Business and
Organization
Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (Jupiter) and
its subsidiaries (the Company) own and operate cable
telecommunication systems throughout Japan and provide cable
television services, telephony and high-speed Internet access
services (collectively, Broadband services). The
telecommunications industry in Japan is highly regulated by the
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
(MIC). In general, franchise rights granted by the
MIC to the Companys subsidiaries for operation of cable
telecommunications systems in their respective localities are
not exclusive. Currently, cable television services account for
a majority of the Companys revenue. Telephony operations
accounted for approximately 10%, 13% and 15% of total revenue
for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004,
respectively. Internet operations accounted for approximately
23%, 24% and 25% of total revenue for the years ended
December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively.
The Companys beneficial ownership at December 31,
2004 was as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
LMI/Sumisho Super Media, LLC (SM)
|
|
|
65.23% |
|
Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft)
|
|
|
19.46% |
|
Sumitomo Corporation (SC)
|
|
|
12.25% |
|
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
|
|
|
1.53% |
|
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
|
|
|
1.53% |
|
In August 2004, Liberty Media International, Inc.
(LMI), SC and Microsoft made capital contributions
to the Company in the following amounts: LMI:
¥14,065 million for 216,382 shares:
SC: ¥9,913 million for 152,505 shares; and
Microsoft ¥6,022 million for 92,652 shares. The shares
of common stock issued in exchange for the capital contributions
were based on fair value at the date of the transaction. As a
result of the transaction, their beneficial ownership in the
Company increased to 45.45%, 32.03% and 19.46%, respectively.
The proceeds from the capital contributions were used to repay
subordinated debt owed to each of LMI, SC and Microsoft in the
same amounts as contributed by each shareholder respectively
(see Note 6).
On December 28, 2004, LMI contributed all of its then
45.45% beneficial ownership interest and SC contributed 19.78%
of its then ownership interest in the Company to SM, a company
owned 69.7% by LMI and 30.3% by SC. As a result, SM became a
65.23% shareholder of the Company while SCs direct
ownership interest was reduced to 12.25%. SC is obligated to
contribute its remaining 12.25% direct ownership interest in the
Company to SM within six months of an initial public offering
(IPO) in Japan by the Company.
The Company has historically relied on financing from its
principle shareholders to meet liquidity requirements. However,
in December 2004, the Company entered into a new syndicated
facility and repaid all outstanding debt with its principal
shareholders. For additional information concerning the 2004
refinancing, see Note 6.
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|
|
Basis of Financial Statements |
The Company maintains its books of account in conformity with
financial accounting standards of Japan. The consolidated
financial statements presented herein have been prepared in a
manner and reflect certain adjustments which are necessary to
conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America (U.S. GAAP). These
adjustments include those related to the scope of consolidation,
accounting for business combinations, accounting for income
taxes, accounting for leases, accounting for stock-based
compensation, revenue recognition of certain revenues,
post-retirement benefits, depreciation and amortization and
accruals for certain expenses.
A4-86
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of the Company and all of its majority-owned
subsidiaries which are primarily cable system operators
(SOs). All significant intercompany balances and
transactions have been eliminated. For the consolidated
subsidiaries with a negative equity position, the Company has
recognized the entire amount of cumulative losses of such
subsidiaries regardless of its ownership percentage.
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|
|
(b) Cash and Cash Equivalents |
Cash and cash equivalents include all highly liquid debt
instruments with an initial maturity of three months or less.
|
|
|
(c) Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |
Allowance for doubtful accounts is computed based on historical
bad debt experience and includes estimated uncollectible amounts
based on analysis of certain individual accounts, including
claims in bankruptcy.
For those investments in affiliates in which the Companys
voting interest is 20% to 50% and the Company has the ability to
exercise significant influence over the affiliates
operation and financial policies, the equity method of
accounting is used. Under this method, the investment is
originally recorded at cost and adjusted to recognize the
Companys share of the net earnings or losses of its
affiliates. Prior to the adoption on January 1, 2002 of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS)
No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, the excess
of the Companys cost over its percentage interest in the
net assets of each affiliate was amortized, primarily over a
period of 20 years. Subsequent to the adoption of
SFAS No. 142, such excess is no longer amortized. All
significant intercompany profits from these affiliates have been
eliminated.
Investments in other securities carried at cost represent
non-marketable equity securities in which the Companys
ownership is less than 20% and the Company does not have the
ability to exercise significant influence over the
entities operation and financial policies.
The Company evaluates its investments in affiliates and
non-marketable equity securities for impairment due to declines
in value considered to be other than temporary. In performing
its evaluations, the Company utilizes various information, as
available, including cash flow projections, independent
valuations, industry multiples and, as applicable, stock price
analysis. In the event of a determination that a decline in
value is other than temporary, a charge to earnings is recorded
for the loss, and a new cost basis in the investment is
established.
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|
|
(e) Property and Equipment |
Property and equipment, including construction materials, are
carried at cost, which includes all direct costs and certain
indirect costs associated with the construction of cable
television transmission and distribution systems, and the costs
of new subscriber installations. Depreciation is computed on a
straight-line method using estimated useful lives ranging from
10 to 15 years for distribution systems and equipment, from
15 to 60 years for buildings and structures and from 8 to
15 years for support equipment. Equipment under capital
leases is stated at the present value of minimum lease payments.
Equipment under capital leases is amortized on a straight-line
basis over the shorter of the lease term or estimated useful
life of the asset, which ranges from 2 to 21 years.
Ordinary maintenance and repairs are charged to income as
incurred. Major replacements and improvements are capitalized.
When property and equipment is retired or otherwise disposed of,
the cost and related
A4-87
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
accumulated depreciation accounts are relieved of the applicable
amounts and any differences are included in depreciation
expense. The impact of such retirements and disposals resulted
in additional depreciation expense of ¥1,315,484 thousand,
¥2,041,347 thousand and ¥2,558,513 thousand for the
years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively.
During the first quarter of 2000, the Company and its
subsidiaries approved a plan to upgrade substantially all of its
450 MHz distribution systems to 750 MHz during the years ending
December 31, 2000 and 2001. The Company identified certain
electronic components of their distribution systems that were
replaced in connection with the upgrade and, accordingly,
adjusted the remaining useful lives of such electronics in
accordance with the upgrade schedule. The effect of such changes
in the remaining useful lives resulted in additional
depreciation expense of approximately ¥484 million for
the year ended December 31, 2002. Additionally, after
giving effect to the accelerated depreciation, the net loss per
share increased by approximately ¥(123) per share for the
year ended December 31, 2002. Such upgrades had been
substantially completed by December 31, 2002.
Goodwill represents the difference between the cost of the
acquired cable television companies and amounts allocated to the
estimated fair value of their net assets. The Company performs
an assessment of goodwill for impairment at least annually, and
more frequently if an indicator of impairment has occurred,
using a two-step process. The first step requires identification
of reporting units and determination of the fair value for each
individual reporting unit. The fair value of each reporting unit
is then compared to the reporting units carrying amount
including assigned goodwill. To the extent a reporting
units carrying amount exceeds its fair value, the second
step of the impairment test is performed by comparing the
implied fair value of the reporting units goodwill to its
carrying amount. If the implied fair value of a reporting
units goodwill is less than its carrying amount, an
impairment loss is recorded. The Company performs its annual
impairment test on the first day of October in each year. The
Company has determined its reporting units to be the same as its
reportable segments. The Company had no impairment charges of
goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and
2004.
The Company and its subsidiaries long-lived assets,
excluding goodwill, are reviewed for impairment whenever events
or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of
an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be
held and used is measured by comparing the carrying amount of an
asset to future net cash flows (undiscounted and without
interest) expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets
are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized
is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the
assets exceeds the estimated fair value of the assets. Assets to
be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount
or fair value less costs to sell.
In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143,
Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations. The standard
requires that obligations associated with the retirement of
tangible long-lived assets be recorded as liabilities when those
obligations are incurred, with the amount of the liability
initially measured at fair value. The associated asset
retirement costs are capitalized as part of the carrying amount
of the long-lived asset. SFAS No. 143 is effective for
financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after
June 15, 2002. The Company and its subsidiaries adopted
SFAS No. 143 on January 1, 2003 and the adoption did not
have a material effect on its results of operations, financial
position or cash flows.
Other assets include certain development costs associated with
internal-use software capitalized, including external costs of
material and services, and payroll costs for employees devoting
time to the software projects.
A4-88
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
These costs are amortized over a period not to exceed five years
beginning when the asset is substantially ready for use. Costs
incurred during the preliminary project stage, as well as
maintenance and training costs are expensed as incurred. Other
assets also include deferred financing costs, primarily legal
fees and bank facility fees, incurred to negotiate and secure
the facility. These costs are amortized to interest expense
using the effective interest method over the term of the
facility. For additional information concerning the
Companys debt facilities, see Note 6.
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|
|
(i) Derivative Financial Instruments |
The Company uses certain derivative financial instruments to
manage its foreign currency and interest rate exposure. The
Company may enter into forward contracts to reduce its exposure
to short-term (generally no more than one year) movements in
exchange rates applicable to firm funding commitments that are
denominated in currencies other than the Japanese yen. The
Company uses interest rate risk management derivative
instruments, such as interest rate swap and interest cap
agreements, to manage interest costs to achieve an overall
desired mix of fixed and variable rate debt. As a matter of
policy, the Company does not enter into derivative contracts for
trading or speculative purposes.
The Company accounts for its derivative instruments in
accordance with SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities and
SFAS No. 138, Accounting for Certain Derivative
Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities, an amendment of
SFAS No. 133. SFAS No. 133, as amended,
requires that all derivative instruments be reported on the
balance sheet as either assets or liabilities measured at fair
value. For derivative instruments designated and effective as
fair value hedges, changes in the fair value of the derivative
instrument and of the hedged item attributable to the hedged
risk are recognized in earnings. For derivative instruments
designated as cash flow hedges, the effective portion of any
hedge is reported in other comprehensive income until it is
recognized in earnings in the same period in which the hedged
item affects earnings. The ineffective portion of all hedges
will be recognized in current earnings each period. Changes in
fair value of derivative instruments that are not designated as
a hedge will be recorded each period in current earnings.
The Company formally documents all relationships between hedging
instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk-management
objective and strategy for undertaking hedge transactions. This
process includes linking all derivatives that are designated as
fair value or cash flow hedges to specific assets and
liabilities on the balance sheet or to specific firm commitments
or forecasted transactions. The Company discontinues hedge
accounting prospectively when (1) it is determined that the
derivative is no longer effective in offsetting changes in the
fair value of cash flows of a hedged item; (2) the
derivative expires or is sold, terminated, or exercised;
(3) it is determined that the forecasted hedged transaction
will no longer occur; (4) a hedged firm commitment no
longer meets the definition of a firm commitment, or
(5) management determines that the designation of the
derivative as a hedge instrument is no longer appropriate.
Ongoing assessments of effectiveness are being made every three
months.
The Company had several outstanding forward contracts with a
commercial bank to hedge foreign currency exposures related to
U.S. dollar-denominated equipment purchases and other firm
commitments. As of December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, such
forward contracts had an aggregate notional amount of
¥1,553,053 thousand, ¥3,134,242 thousand and
¥5,658,147 thousand, respectively, and expire on various
dates through December 2005. The forward contracts have not been
designated as hedges as they do not meet the effectiveness
criteria specified by SFAS No. 133. However,
management believes such forward contracts are closely related
with the firm commitments designated in U.S. dollars, thus
managing associated currency risk. Forward contracts not
designated as hedges are marked to market each period. Included
in other income, net, in the accompanying consolidated
statements of operations are losses on forward contracts not
designated as hedges of ¥11,589 thousand, ¥65,195
thousand and ¥72,223 thousand for the years ended
December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively.
A4-89
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
In May 2003, the Company entered into several interest rate swap
agreements and an interest rate cap agreement to manage variable
rate debt as required under the terms of its facility agreement
(see Note 6). These interest rate exchange agreements
effectively convert ¥60 billion of variable rate debt
based on TIBOR into fixed rate debt and mature on June 30,
2009. These interest rate exchange agreements are considered
cash flow hedging instruments as they are expected to
effectively convert variable interest payments on certain debt
instruments into fixed payments. Changes in fair value of these
interest rate agreements designated as cash flow hedges are
reported in accumulated other comprehensive loss. The amounts
will be subsequently reclassified into interest expense as a
yield adjustment in the same period in which the related
interest on the variable rate debt affects earnings. The
counterparties to the interest rate exchange agreements are
banks participating in the facility agreement, therefore the
Company does not anticipate nonperformance by any of them on the
interest rate exchange agreements. In December 2004, the Company
entered into a new debt facility, which replaced its former
facility (see Note 6). Under the terms of the new facility,
the Company was required to cancel certain interest rate swap
agreements and an interest rate cap agreement with an aggregate
notional amount of ¥24 billion, as the counterparties
elected not to participate in the new facility. Such agreements
were canceled in January 2005. As a result, these agreements are
no longer considered cash flow hedging instruments and their
respective fair value changes were reclassified into interest
expense, net in the accompanying consolidated statements of
operations for the year ended December 31, 2004. The
remaining aggregate notional amount of ¥36 billion of
interest rate swap agreements have been permitted to be carried
over to the new facility as the counterparties are participants
in the new facility. The Company has re-designated such interest
swap agreements as cash flow hedging instruments.
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|
|
(j) Severance and Retirement Plans |
The Company and its subsidiaries have unfunded noncontributory
defined benefit severance and retirement plans which are
accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 87,
Employers Accounting for Pensions.
(k) Income Taxes
The Company and its subsidiaries account for income taxes under
the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and
liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences
attributable to differences between the financial statement
carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their
respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit
carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured
using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in
the years in which those temporary differences are expected to
be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and
liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in
the period that includes the enactment date.
(l) Cable Television
System Costs, Expenses and Revenues
The Company and its subsidiaries account for costs, expenses and
revenues applicable to the construction and operation of cable
television systems in accordance with SFAS No. 51,
Financial Reporting by Cable Television Companies.
Currently, there is no significant system that falls in a
prematurity period as defined by SFAS No. 51.
Operating and programming costs in the Companys
consolidated statements of operations include, among other
things, cable service related expenses, billing costs, technical
and maintenance personnel and utility expenses related to the
cable television network.
(m) Revenue
Recognition
The Company and its subsidiaries recognize cable television,
high-speed Internet access, telephony and programming revenues
when such services are provided to subscribers. Revenues derived
from other sources are recognized when services are provided,
events occur or products are delivered. Initial subscriber
installation revenues are recognized in the period in which the
related services are provided to the extent of
A4-90
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
direct selling costs. Any remaining amount is deferred and
recognized over the estimated average period that the
subscribers are expected to remain connected to the cable
television system. Historically, installation revenues have been
less than related direct selling costs, therefore such revenues
have been recognized as installations are completed.
The Company and its subsidiaries provide poor reception
rebroadcasting services to noncable television viewers suffering
from poor reception of television waves caused by artificial
obstacles. The Company and its subsidiaries enter into
agreements with parties that have built obstacles causing poor
reception for construction and maintenance of cable facilities
to provide such services to the affected viewers at no cost to
them during the agreement period. Under these agreements, the
Company and its subsidiaries receive up-front, lump-sum
compensation payments for construction and maintenance. Revenues
from these agreements have been deferred and are being
recognized in income on a straight-line basis over the agreement
periods which are generally 20 years. Such revenues are
included in revenue other in the accompanying
consolidated statements of operations.
See Note 5 for a description of revenue from affiliates
related to construction-related sales and programming fees which
are recorded in revenue other in the accompanying
consolidated statements of operations.
(n) Advertising
Expense
Advertising expense is charged to income as incurred.
Advertising expense amounted to ¥4,425,004 thousand,
¥3,921,229 thousand and ¥2,915,403 thousand and for
the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004,
respectively, and is included in selling, general and
administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated
statements of operations.
(o) Stock-Based
Compensation
The Company and its subsidiaries account for stock-based
compensation plans to employees using the intrinsic value based
method prescribed by Accounting Principles Board Opinion
No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees
(APB No. 25) and FASB Interpretation
No. 44, Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving
Stock Compensation an Interpretation of APB
No. 25. (FIN No. 44). As such,
compensation expense is measured on the date of grant only if
the current fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the
exercise price. The Company accounts for its stock-based
compensation plans to nonemployees and employees of
unconsolidated affiliated companies using the fair market value
based method prescribed by SFAS No. 123, Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation, and Emerging Issues Task Force
Issue 00-12, Accounting by an Investor for Stock-Based
Compensation Granted to Employees of an Equity Method
Investee (EITF 00-12). Under
SFAS No. 123, the fair value of the stock based award
is determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing method,
which is remeasured each period end until a commitment date is
reached, which is generally the vesting date. The fair value of
the subscription rights and stock purchase warrants granted each
year was calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model
with the following assumptions: no dividends, volatility of 40%,
risk-free rate of 3.0% and an expected life of three years.
Expense associated with stock-based compensation for certain
management employees is amortized on an accelerated basis over
the vesting period of the individual award consistent with the
method described in FASB Interpretation No. 28,
Accounting for Stock Appreciation Rights and Other Variable
Stock Option or Award Plans. Otherwise, compensation expense
is generally amortized evenly over the vesting period.
Compensation expense is recorded in operating costs and expenses
for the Companys employees and nonemployees and in equity
in earnings of affiliates for employees of affiliated companies
in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
SFAS No. 123 allows companies to continue to apply the
provisions of APB No. 25, where applicable, and provide pro
forma disclosure for employee stock option grants as if the fair
value based method defined in SFAS No. 123 had been
applied. The Company has elected to continue to apply the
provisions of APB No. 25
A4-91
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
for stock-based compensation plans to its employees and provide
the pro forma disclosure required by SFAS No. 123. The
following table illustrates the effect on net income (loss) and
net income (loss) per share for the years ended
December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, if the Company had
applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS
No. 123 (Yen in thousands, except share and per share
amounts):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Net income (loss), as reported
|
|
¥ |
(7,542,676 |
) |
|
¥ |
5,351,250 |
|
|
|
¥10,821,175 |
|
|
Add stock-based compensation expense included in reported net
income (loss)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deduct stock-based compensation expense determined under fair
value based method for all awards, net of applicable taxes
|
|
|
(510,246 |
) |
|
|
(454,172 |
) |
|
|
(607,655 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma net income (loss)
|
|
¥ |
(8,052,922 |
) |
|
¥ |
4,897,078 |
|
|
|
¥10,213,520 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted per share data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) per share, as reported (Yen)
|
|
|
(1,917 |
) |
|
|
1,214 |
|
|
|
2,221 |
|
Net income (loss) per share, pro forma (Yen)
|
|
|
(2,047 |
) |
|
|
1,111 |
|
|
|
2,097 |
|
(p) Earnings Per
Share
Earnings per share (EPS) is presented in accordance
with the provisions of SFAS No. 128, Earnings Per
Share. Under SFAS No. 128, basic EPS excludes dilution
for potential ordinary shares and is computed by dividing net
income (loss) by the weighted average number of ordinary shares
outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential
dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to
issue ordinary shares were exercised or converted into ordinary
shares. Basic and diluted EPS are the same in 2002, 2003 and
2004, as all potential ordinary share equivalents, consisting of
stock options, are anti-dilutive.
(q) Segments
The Company reports operating segment information in accordance
with SFAS No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an
Enterprise and Related Information. SFAS No. 131
defined operating segments as components of an enterprise about
which separate financial information is available that is
regularly evaluated by the chief operating decision-maker in
deciding how to allocate resources to an individual segment and
in assessing performance of the segment.
The Company has determined that each individual consolidated
subsidiary and unconsolidated managed equity affiliate SO is an
operating segment because each SO represents a legal entity and
serves a separate geographic area. The Company has evaluated the
criteria for aggregation of the operating segments under
paragraph 17 of SFAS No. 131 and believes it meets
each of its respective criteria. Accordingly, management has
determined that the Company has one reportable segment,
Broadband services.
(r) Use of
Estimates
Management of the Company has made a number of estimates and
assumptions relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities
and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the
date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported
amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period to
prepare these consolidated financial statements in conformity
with U.S. GAAP. Significant judgments and estimates include
derivative financial instruments, depreciation and amortization
costs, impairments of property and equipment and goodwill,
income taxes and other contingencies. Actual results could
differ from those estimates.
A4-92
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
(s) Recent Accounting
Pronouncements
The FASB issued SFAS No. 123 (Revised 2004) (SFAS
No. 123R) in December 2004. SFAS No. 123R is a
revision of SFAS No. 123. SFAS No. 123R supersedes APB
No. 25 and its related implementation guidance. SFAS
No. 123R focuses primarily on accounting for transactions
in which an entity obtains employee services in share-based
payment transactions. SFAS No. 123R requires a public
entity to 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 (with limited exceptions).
That cost will be recognized over the period during which an
employee is required to provide service in exchange for the
award. This statement is effective as of the beginning of the
first interim or annual reporting period that begins after
June 15, 2005. We have not yet determined the impact SFAS
No. 123R will have on our results of operations.
2. Acquisitions
The Company acquired varying interests in cable television
companies during the periods presented. The Company utilized the
purchase method of accounting for all such acquisitions and,
accordingly, has allocated the purchase price based on the
estimated fair value of the assets and liabilities of the
acquired companies. The assets, liabilities and operations of
such companies have been included in the accompanying
consolidated financial statements since the dates of their
respective acquisitions.
In January 2002, the Company purchased additional shares of its
affiliate J-COM Media Saitama during a capital call for
¥500,000 thousand and purchased shares from existing
shareholders of its affiliate J-COM Urawa-Yono for ¥10,080
thousand. After the purchases, the Companys equity
ownership increased to a 50.2% controlling interest in J-COM
Media Saitama and a 50.10% controlling interest in J-COM
Urawa-Yono. These transactions have been treated as
step-acquisitions. The results of operations for both J-COM
Media Saitama and J-COM Urawa-Yono have been included as a
consolidated entity from January 1, 2002.
In March 2002, the Company purchased additional shares in its
affiliate, @NetHome Co., Ltd (@NetHome), from SC at
a price per share of ¥55,000 or ¥527,670 thousand and
all of the shares held by At Home Asia-Pacific for
¥1.4 billion. After the purchases, the Company had an
87.4% equity interest in @NetHome. The purchases have been
accounted for as a step-acquisition. The operations for @NetHome
have been included as a consolidated entity from April 1,
2002. In March 2004, the Company purchased from SC the remaining
outstanding shares of @NetHome for ¥4,860 million.
After the purchase, @NetHome became a wholly owned subsidiary of
the Company. The purchase has been accounted for as a
step-acquisition. The Company recorded approximately
¥4.0 billion of goodwill for the excess consideration
over the fair value of the net assets and liabilities acquired
in the 2004 step-acquisition.
In March 2004, the Company purchased a controlling interest in
Izumi Otsu from certain of its shareholders. The total purchase
price of such Izumi Otsu shares was ¥160,000 thousand and
gave the Company a 66.7% interest. The results of Izumi Otsu
have been included as a consolidated subsidiary from
April 1, 2004. In August 2004, the Company and certain
shareholders entered into an agreement and merged Izumi Otsu
into the Companys 84.2% consolidated subsidiary, J-COM
Kansai. After the merger, the Company has an 84.0% equity
interest in J-COM Kansai.
In July 2004, the Company purchased a 100% controlling interest
in Cable System Engineering Corporation (CSE), whose
business is cable network construction and installation. The
total purchase price of CSE was ¥577,210 thousand. No
goodwill was recognized in connection with this acquisition. The
result of operations for CSE have been included from
August 1, 2004.
The impact to revenue, net income (loss) and net income (loss)
per share for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and
2004, as if the transactions were completed as of the beginning
of those years, is not significant.
A4-93
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
The aggregate purchase price of the business combinations during
the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2004 was allocated
based upon fair values as follows (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Cash, receivables and other assets
|
|
¥ |
7,039,726 |
|
|
¥ |
2,073,191 |
|
Property and equipment
|
|
|
16,565,501 |
|
|
|
791,856 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
3,690,538 |
|
|
|
4,228,117 |
|
Debt and capital lease obligations
|
|
|
(15,881,589 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
(6,110,058 |
) |
|
|
(1,395,471 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
5,304,118 |
|
|
¥ |
5,697,693 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3. Investments in Affiliates
The Companys affiliates are engaged primarily in the
Broadband services business in Japan. At December 31, 2004,
the Company held investments in J-COM Shimonoseki (50.0%), J-COM
Fukuoka (45.0%), Jupiter VOD Co. Ltd. (50.0%), Kansai Multimedia
Service Co., Ltd. (Kansai Multimedia) (25.8%), CATV
Kobe (20.4%) and Green City Cable TV Corporation (20.0%).
The carrying value of investments in affiliates as of
December 31, 2003 and 2004 includes ¥730,910 thousand
and ¥761,053 thousand of unamortized excess cost of
investments over the Companys equity in the net assets of
the affiliates. All significant intercompany profits from these
affiliates have been eliminated according to the equity method
of accounting.
The carrying value of investments in affiliates as of
December 31, 2003 and 2004 includes ¥2,019,000
thousand and ¥1,945,000 thousand of short-term loans the
Company made to certain managed affiliates. The interest rate on
these loans was 3.23% and 2.48% as of December 31, 2003 and
2004.
Condensed financial information of the Companys
unconsolidated affiliates at December 31, 2003, and 2004
and for each of the three years ended December 31, 2002,
2003 and 2004 are as follows (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Combined Financial Position:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net
|
|
¥ |
29,696,602 |
|
|
¥ |
29,578,096 |
|
|
Other assets, net
|
|
|
6,201,251 |
|
|
|
7,545,469 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
¥ |
35,897,853 |
|
|
¥ |
37,123,565 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Debt
|
|
¥ |
17,998,825 |
|
|
¥ |
15,577,345 |
|
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
16,030,950 |
|
|
|
17,224,152 |
|
|
Shareholders equity
|
|
|
1,868,078 |
|
|
|
4,322,068 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and equity
|
|
¥ |
35,897,853 |
|
|
¥ |
37,123,565 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Combined Operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenue
|
|
¥ |
18,218,205 |
|
|
¥ |
19,776,603 |
|
|
¥ |
21,784,795 |
|
|
Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
(13,001,409 |
) |
|
|
(13,430,881 |
) |
|
|
(15,080,471 |
) |
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
(3,180,977 |
) |
|
|
(3,682,641 |
) |
|
|
(4,164,827 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
2,035,819 |
|
|
|
2,663,081 |
|
|
|
2,539,497 |
|
|
Interest expense, net
|
|
|
(410,278 |
) |
|
|
(478,609 |
) |
|
|
(427,400 |
) |
|
Other expense, net
|
|
|
(558,636 |
) |
|
|
(1,013,158 |
) |
|
|
(428,107 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
¥ |
1,066,905 |
|
|
¥ |
1,171,314 |
|
|
¥ |
1,683,990 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-94
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
4. Goodwill and Other Assets
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill, net, for the
years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004 consisted of the
following (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Goodwill, net, beginning of year
|
|
¥ |
139,827,277 |
|
|
¥ |
139,853,596 |
|
Goodwill acquired during the year
|
|
|
26,319 |
|
|
|
4,228,117 |
|
Initial recognition of acquired tax benefits allocated to reduce
goodwill of acquired entities (Note 8)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,422,995 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill, net, end of year
|
|
¥ |
139,853,596 |
|
|
¥ |
140,658,718 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other assets, excluding goodwill, at December 31, 2003 and
2004, consisted of the following (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Lease and other deposits
|
|
¥ |
4,295,947 |
|
|
¥ |
4,313,742 |
|
Deferred financing costs
|
|
|
3,763,785 |
|
|
|
3,540,302 |
|
Capitalized computer software, net
|
|
|
3,022,557 |
|
|
|
3,351,115 |
|
Long-term loans receivable, net
|
|
|
300,380 |
|
|
|
270,885 |
|
Deferred tax assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,308,582 |
|
Other
|
|
|
1,664,560 |
|
|
|
1,797,757 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other assets
|
|
¥ |
13,047,229 |
|
|
¥ |
14,582,383 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5. Related Party Transactions
The Company purchases cable system materials and supplies from
third-party suppliers and resells them to its subsidiaries and
affiliates. The sales to unconsolidated affiliates amounted to
¥3,484,288 thousand, ¥2,888,046 thousand and
¥2,385,495 thousand for the years ended December 31,
2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, and are included in
revenue other in the accompanying consolidated
statements of operations.
The Company provides programming services to its subsidiaries
and affiliates. The revenue from unconsolidated affiliates for
such services provided and the related products sold amounted to
¥815,287 thousand, ¥1,092,724 thousand and
¥1,379,744 thousand for the years ended
December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, and are
included in revenue other in the accompanying
consolidated statements of operations.
The Company provides management services to its subsidiaries and
managed affiliates. Fees for such services related to managed
affiliates amounted to ¥390,434 thousand,
¥468,219 thousand and ¥521,670 thousand for
the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004,
respectively, and are included in revenue other in
the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
In July 2002, the Company began providing management services to
Chofu Cable Inc. (J-COM Chofu), an affiliated
company that is 92% jointly owned by LMI, Microsoft and SC. Fees
for such services amounted to ¥29,590 thousand,
¥60,882 thousand and ¥87,446 thousand for
the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004
respectively, and are included in revenue other in
the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. As part
of the 2004 refinancing, J-COM Chofu became party to the
Companys new debt facility (see Note 6). At
December 31, 2004, the Company had advanced
¥4,030 million of short term loans to J-COM Chofu and
the interest rate on these loans were 2.48%.
The Company purchases certain cable television programs from
Jupiter Programming Co., Ltd. (JPC), an affiliated
company jointly owned by SC and a wholly owned subsidiary of
LMI. Such purchases, including purchases from JPCs
affiliates, amounted to ¥2,879,616 thousand,
¥3,155,139 thousand and ¥3,915,345 thousand
for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004,
respectively, and are included in operating and
A4-95
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
programming costs in the accompanying consolidated statements of
operations. Additionally, the Company receives a distribution
fee to carry the Shop Channel, a majority owned subsidiary of
JPC, for the greater of a fixed rate per subscriber or a
percentage of revenue generated through sales in the
Companys territory. Such fees amounted to
¥614,224 thousand, ¥939,438 thousand and
¥1,063,678 thousand for the years ended
December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, and are
included as revenue other in the accompanying
consolidated statements of operations.
The Company purchased stock of affiliated companies from SC in
the amounts of ¥1,112,750 thousand,
¥0 thousand, and ¥5,091,864 thousand in the
years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively.
AJCC K.K. (AJCC) is a subsidiary of SC and its
primary business is the sale of home terminals and related goods
to cable television companies. Sumisho Lease Co., Ltd. and
Sumisho Auto Leasing Co., Ltd. (collectively Sumisho
leasing) are a subsidiary and affiliate, respectively, of
SC and provide to the Company various office equipment and
vehicles. The Company and its subsidiaries purchases of
such goods, primarily as capital leases, from both AJCC and
Sumisho leasing, amounted to ¥10,074,639 thousand,
¥6,087,645 thousand and ¥12,621,284 thousand
for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004,
respectively.
The Company pays monthly fees to its affiliates, @NetHome and
Kansai Multimedia, based on an agreed-upon percentage of
subscription revenue collected by the Company from its customers
for the @NetHome and Kansai Multimedia services. Payments made
to @NetHome under these arrangements, prior to it becoming a
consolidated subsidiary, amounted to
¥1,585,691 thousand for the years ended
December 31, 2002. Payments made to Kansai Multimedia under
these arrangements amounted to ¥2,882,494 thousand,
¥3,226,764 thousand and ¥3,380,148 thousand
for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004,
respectively. Such payments are included in operating and
programming costs in the accompanying consolidated statements of
operations. In March 2002, @Net Home became a consolidated
subsidiary of the Company (see Note 2). Therefore, since
April 1, 2002, through @NetHome, the Company receives the
monthly fee from its unconsolidated affiliates. Such service
fees amounted to ¥480,356 thousand,
¥1,071,891 thousand and ¥1,242,550 thousand
for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004,
respectively, and are included in revenue-subscription fees in
the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
The Company has management service agreements with SC and LMI
under which officers and management level employees are seconded
from SC and LMI to the Company, whose services are charged as
service fees to the Company based on their payroll costs. The
service fees paid to SC amounted to ¥571,319 thousand,
¥706,303 thousand and ¥784,122 thousand for
the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004,
respectively. The service fees paid to LMI amounted to
¥761,009 thousand, ¥714,986 thousand and
¥665,354 thousand for the years ended
December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. These
amounts are included in selling, general and administrative
expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of
operations.
SC, LMI and Microsoft had long-term subordinated loans to the
Company of ¥52,894,625 thousand,
¥52,894,625 thousand and
¥43,950,000 thousand, respectively, at
December 31, 2003. In December 2004, the Company refinanced
and replaced these subordinated shareholder loans under a new
facility. See Note 6.
The Company pays fees on debt guaranteed by SC, LMI and
Microsoft. The guarantee fees incurred were
¥413,128 thousand to SC, ¥361,627 thousand
to LMI and ¥285,042 thousand to Microsoft for the year
ended December 31, 2002. The guarantee fees incurred were
¥84,224 thousand to SC, ¥73,470 thousand to LMI
and ¥51,890 thousand to Microsoft for the year ended
December 31, 2003. The guarantee fees incurred were
¥41,071 thousand to SC, ¥41,071 thousand to
LMI and ¥16,332 thousand to Microsoft for the year
ended December 31, 2004. Such fees are included in interest
expense, net-related parties in the accompanying
A4-96
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
consolidated statements of operations. In December 2004 these
guarantees were replaced by a guarantee facility with a
syndicate of lenders. See Note 6.
6. Long-Term Debt
A summary of long-term debt as of December 31, 2003 and
2004 is as follows (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
¥140 billion Facility term loans, due fiscal
2005 2009
|
|
¥ |
53,000,000 |
|
|
¥ |
|
|
¥175 billion Facility term loans, due fiscal
2005 2011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
130,000,000 |
|
Mezzanine Facility Subordinated loan due fiscal 2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50,000,000 |
|
8 yr Shareholder Subordinated loans, due fiscal 2011
|
|
|
117,739,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
8 yr Shareholder Tranche B Subordinated loans, due
fiscal 2011
|
|
|
32,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
0% unsecured loans from Development Bank of Japan, due fiscal
2005 2019
|
|
|
12,223,720 |
|
|
|
|
|
Unsecured loans from Development Bank of Japan, due fiscal
2005 2019, interest from 0.65% to 6.8%
|
|
|
3,895,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
0% secured loans from Development Bank of Japan, due fiscal
2005 2019
|
|
|
5,354,735 |
|
|
|
15,810,095 |
|
Secured loans from Development Bank of Japan, due fiscal
2005 2019, interest at 0.95% to 6.8%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,614,200 |
|
0% unsecured loans from others, due fiscal 2012
|
|
|
57,090 |
|
|
|
50,170 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
224,270,195 |
|
|
|
199,474,465 |
|
Less: current portion
|
|
|
(2,438,480 |
) |
|
|
(5,385,980 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt, less current portion
|
|
¥ |
221,831,715 |
|
|
¥ |
194,088,485 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 Financing
On January 31, 2003, the Company entered into a
¥140 billion bank syndicated facility for certain of
its managed subsidiaries and affiliates
(¥140 billion Facility). In connection
with the ¥140 billion Facility, on February 6,
2003, the Company entered into eight-year subordinated loans
with each of SC, LMI and Microsoft (Principal
Shareholders), which initially aggregated
¥182 billion (Shareholder Subordinated
Loans).
The ¥140 billion Facility was for the financing of
Jupiter, sixteen of its consolidated managed affiliates and one
managed affiliate accounted for under the equity method of
accounting. The financing was used for permitted general
corporate purposes, capital expenditures, financing costs and
limited purchase of minority shares and capital calls of the
affiliates participating in the ¥140 billion Facility.
The ¥140 billion Facility provided for term loans of
up to ¥120 billion and a revolving loan facility up to
¥20 billion with the final maturity of June 30,
2009. ¥32 billion of the total term loan portion of
the ¥140 billion Facility was considered provided by
the shareholders under the Tranche B Subordinated Loans.
Interest was based on TIBOR, as defined in the
¥140 billion Facility, plus margin which changed based
upon a leverage ratio of Total Debt to EBITDA as set forth in
the ¥140 billion Facility agreement. At
December 31, 2003, the interest rate was 2.83%. The
Shareholder Subordinated Loans, which were subordinated to the
¥140 billion Facility, consisted of eight-year
subordinated loans and eight-year Tranche B Subordinated
Loans. The ¥140 billion Facility had requirements to
make mandatory prepayments under specific circumstances as
defined in the agreements. Such prepayments are designated as
restricted cash on the consolidated balance sheets.
In May 2003, LMI and SC converted ¥32 billion of
Shareholder Subordinated Loans for 750,250 shares of common
stock of the company. At December 31, 2003, the interest
rate was 2.08%.
A4-97
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
In December 2003, a consolidated subsidiary of the Company
became party to the ¥140 billion Facility. Immediately
prior to this transaction, the consolidated subsidiary had
outstanding ¥3,686,090 thousand to third-party
creditors. In connection with this transaction, a third-party
debt holder forgave ¥400,000 thousand of debt owed to
it. As a result, the Company recorded a gain of
¥400,000 thousand in other non-operating income in the
accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year
ended December 31, 2003. Additionally, the third-party debt
holder was issued ¥500,000 thousand of preferred stock
of the consolidated subsidiary in exchange for
¥500,000 thousand of debt owed to it (see
Note 10). The remaining ¥2,686,090 thousand of
third-party debt was repaid from proceeds of the
¥140 billion Facility.
In March 2004, the Company entered into additional shareholder
subordinated loans of ¥2,431,000 thousand each with SC
and LMI. The aggregate ¥4,862,000 thousand of loan
proceeds were used for the purchase of the remaining shares of
@NetHome (see Note 2). These additional shareholder
subordinated loans had identical terms to the Shareholder
Subordinated Loans discussed above.
In August 2004, LMI, SC and Microsoft made a capital
contribution to the Company in the aggregate amount of
¥30,000 million. The proceeds of this contribution
were used to repay an aggregate of ¥30,000 million of
Shareholder Subordinated Loans owed respectively in the same
amounts as contributed by LMI, SC and Microsoft (see
Note 1).
2004 Refinancing
On December 15, 2004, for the purpose of the refinancing
the ¥140 billion Facility, the Company entered into a
¥175 billion senior syndicated facility
(¥175 billion Facility) which consists of
a ¥130 billion term loan facility (Term Loan
Facility), a ¥20 billion revolving facility
(Revolving Facility) and a ¥25 billion
guarantee facility (Guarantee Facility).
Concurrently the Company entered into a ¥50 billion
subordinated syndicated loan facility (Mezzanine
Facility). Consistent with the ¥140 billion
Facility, the ¥175 billion Facility will be utilized
for the financing of Jupiter, sixteen of its consolidated
managed affiliates, one managed affiliate under the equity
method accounting and one managed affiliate, which the Company
has no equity investment (Jupiter Combined Group).
On December 21, 2004, the Company made full drawdowns from
each of the ¥130 billion Term Loan Facility and the
¥50 billion Mezzanine Facility. The proceeds from the
December 2004 drawdown were used to repay all outstanding loans
under the ¥140 billion Facility and all outstanding
Shareholder Subordinated Loans.
The ¥130 billion Term Loan Facility consists of a five
year ¥90 billion Tranche A Term Loan Facility
(Tranche A Facility) and a seven year
¥40 billion Tranche B Term Loan Facility
(Tranche B Facility). Final maturity dates of
the Tranche A Facility and Tranche B Facility are
December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2011, respectively.
Loan repayment of the Tranche A Facility and the
Tranche B Facility commence on September 30, 2005 and
March 31, 2009, respectively, each based on a defined rate
reduction each quarter thereafter until maturity.
The ¥20 billion Revolving Facility will be available
for drawdown until one month prior to its final maturity of
December 31, 2009. A commitment fee of 0.50% per annum is
payable on the unused available Revolving Facility during its
availability period.
The ¥25 billion Guarantee Facility provides for seven
years of bank guarantees on loans from the Development Bank of
Japan owed by affiliates of the Jupiter Combined Group. The
Guarantee Facility commitment reduces gradually according to the
amount and schedule as defined in the ¥175 billion
Facility agreement until final maturity at December 31,
2011. As of December 31, 2004 the guarantee commitment is
¥25 billion. Such guarantee commitment will be reduced
to ¥23.1 billion by December 2005;
¥21.6 billion by December 2006;
¥20.0 billion by December 2007;
¥18.6 billion by December 2008;
¥17.2 billion by December 2009;
¥15.8 billion by December 2010; and to
¥13.2 billion by December 2011. A commitment fee of
0.50% per annum is payable on the unused available Guarantee
Facility during its availability period.
A4-98
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
Interest on the Tranche A Facility, Tranche B Facility
and the Revolving Facility is based on TIBOR, as defined in the
agreement, plus the applicable margin. Each facilitys
applicable margin is reducing based upon a leverage ratio of
Senior Debt to EBITDA as such terms are defined in the
¥175 billion Facility agreement. When the leverage
ratio is greater than or equal to 4.0:1, the margin on the
Tranche A Facility and the Revolving Facility is 1.50% per
annum and the margin of the Tranche B Facility ranges from
1.80% to 2.00% per annum; when less than 4.0:1 but greater than
or equal to 2.5:1 the margin on the Tranche A Facility and
the Revolving Facility is 1.38% per annum and the margin of the
Tranche B Facility ranges from 1.69% to 1.88% per annum;
when less than 2.5:1 but greater than or equal to 1.5:1 the
margin on the Tranche A Facility and the Revolving Facility
is 1.25% per annum and the margin of the Tranche B Facility
ranges from 1.58% to 1.75% per annum; and when less than 1.5:1
the margin on the Tranche A Facility and the Revolving
Facility is 1.00% per annum and the margin of the Tranche B
Facility ranges from 1.35% to 1.50% per annum. In regards to the
fees due on the Guarantee Facility, when the leverage ratio is
greater than 4.00:1, the interest rate is 3.00% per annum; when
less than 4.00:1 but greater than or equal to 3.75:1 the
interest rate is 2.00%; when less than 3.75:1 but greater than
or equal to 3.50:1 the interest rate is 1.50%; when less than
3.50:1 but greater than or equal to 3.00:1 the interest rate is
1.00%; when less than 3.00:1 but greater than or equal to 2.00:1
the interest rate is 0.75%; and when less than 2.00:1, the
interest rate is 0.50% per annum. As of December 31, 2004
the interest rates for the outstanding Tranche A Facility,
Tranche B Facility, and Guarantee Facility, were 1.6%,
1.9%, and 1.0% respectively.
The ¥175 billion Facility has requirements to make
mandatory prepayments in the amount equal to (1) 50% of the
Group Free Cash Flow, as defined in the agreement, until the
later of (a) March 31, 2007 and (b) the first
quarter for which the ratio of Senior Debt to EBITDA, as defined
in the agreement, is less than 2.50:1.00; (2) 50% of third
party contributions received when the ratio of Senior Debt to
EBITDA is greater than 4.00:1.00; (3) proceeds from the
sale of assets exceeding ¥500 million that are not
reinvested within six months; (4) insurance proceeds
exceeding ¥500 million that are not used to repair or
replace the damaged assets within twelve months; and
(5) proceeds of any take-out securities as defined in the
¥175 billion Facility agreement. The
¥175 billion Facility requires the Jupiter Combined
Group to comply with various financial covenants, such as
Maximum Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio, Maximum Senior Debt to
Combined Total Capital Ratio, Minimum Debt Service Coverage
Ratio and Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio as such terms are
defined in the ¥175 billion Facility agreement. In
addition, the ¥175 billion Facility contains certain
limitations or prohibitions on additional indebtedness.
Additionally, the ¥175 billion Facility requires the
Company to maintain interest hedging agreements on at least 50%
of the outstanding amounts under the Tranche A Facility.
Due to the ¥175 billion Facility closing on
December 15, 2004, the Company was not required to
calculate financial covenants for the fiscal year 2004.
The Mezzanine Facility contains a bullet repayment upon final
maturity at June 30, 2012. However, in the event of an IPO
by the Company, there is a mandatory prepayment of the Mezzanine
Facility of 100% from the proceeds of such IPO. Interest on the
Mezzanine Facility is based on TIBOR, as defined in the
agreement, plus an increasing margin. The initial margin is
3.25% per annum and increases 0.25% each successive three month
period from closing up to a maximum margin of 9.00% per annum.
The Mezzanine Facility has identical financial covenants as the
¥175 billion Facility.
As of December 31, 2004 the Company had
¥20 billion revolving loans available for immediate
borrowing under the ¥175 billion Facility.
Development Bank of Japan Loans
The loans represent institutional loans from the Development
Bank of Japan, which have been made available to
telecommunication companies operating in specific local areas
designated as Teletopia by the MIC to facilitate
development of local telecommunication network. Requirements to
qualify for such financing include use of optical fiber cables,
equity participation by local/municipal government and guarantee
by third parties,
A4-99
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
among other things. These loans are obtained by the
Companys subsidiaries and were primarily guaranteed,
directly or indirectly, by SC, LMI and Microsoft. In connection
with the 2004 refinancing described above, the guarantees by SC,
LMI and Microsoft have been cancelled and replaced with
guarantees pursuant to the Guarantee Facility.
Securities on Long-Term Debt
At December 31, 2004, subsidiaries shares owned by
the Company, trademark and franchise rights held by the Company
and substantially all equipment held by the Companys
subsidiaries were pledged to secure the loans from the
Development Bank of Japan and the Companys bank
facilities. The aggregate annual maturities of long-term debt
outstanding at December 31, 2004 are as follows (Yen in
thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ending December 31, |
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
¥ |
5,385,980 |
|
2006
|
|
|
11,648,720 |
|
2007
|
|
|
20,461,660 |
|
2008
|
|
|
31,474,610 |
|
2009
|
|
|
42,981,060 |
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
87,522,435 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
199,474,465 |
|
|
|
|
|
7. Leases
The Company and its subsidiaries are obligated under various
capital leases, primarily for home terminals, and other
noncancelable operating leases, which expire at various dates
during the next seven years. See Note 5 for further
discussion of capital leases from subsidiaries and affiliates of
SC.
At December 31, 2003 and 2004, the amount of equipment and
related accumulated depreciation recorded under capital leases
were as follows (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Distribution system and equipment
|
|
¥ |
45,170,512 |
|
|
¥ |
48,061,224 |
|
Support equipment and buildings
|
|
|
6,656,913 |
|
|
|
6,594,499 |
|
Less: accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(22,111,664 |
) |
|
|
(24,129,460 |
) |
Other assets, at cost, net of depreciation
|
|
|
292,511 |
|
|
|
209,669 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
30,008,272 |
|
|
¥ |
30,735,932 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation of assets under capital leases is included in
depreciation and amortization in the accompanying consolidated
statements of operations.
A4-100
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
Future minimum lease payments under capital leases and
noncancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2004 are
as follows (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital | |
|
Operating | |
Year ending December 31, |
|
Leases | |
|
Leases | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
2005
|
|
¥ |
10,479,258 |
|
|
¥ |
901,131 |
|
|
2006
|
|
|
8,298,826 |
|
|
|
750,754 |
|
|
2007
|
|
|
5,997,212 |
|
|
|
626,332 |
|
|
2008
|
|
|
4,102,122 |
|
|
|
399,496 |
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2,810,622 |
|
|
|
383,100 |
|
|
More than five years
|
|
|
2,686,635 |
|
|
|
703,288 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total minimum lease payments
|
|
|
34,374,675 |
|
|
¥ |
3,764,101 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: amount representing interest (rates ranging from 1.10% to
5.99%)
|
|
|
(2,570,124 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Present value of net minimum payments
|
|
|
31,804,551 |
|
|
|
|
|
Less: current portion
|
|
|
(9,529,241 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Noncurrent portion
|
|
¥ |
22,275,310 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company and its subsidiaries occupy certain offices under
cancelable lease arrangements. Rental expenses for such leases
for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004,
totaled ¥4,115,628 thousand, ¥4,134,249 thousand and
¥3,970,228 thousand, respectively, and were included in
selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying
consolidated statements of operations. Also, the Company and its
subsidiaries occupy certain transmission facilities and use
poles and other equipment under cancelable lease arrangements.
Rental expenses for such leases for the years ended
December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, totaled ¥7,323,538
thousand, ¥8,542,845 thousand and ¥8,943,602 thousand,
respectively, and are included in operating costs and
programming costs in the accompanying consolidated statements of
operations.
8. Income Taxes
The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to Japanese
national corporate tax of 30%, an inhabitant tax of 6% and a
deductible enterprise tax of 10%, which in aggregate result in a
statutory tax rate of 42%. On March 24, 2003, the Japanese
Diet approved the Amendments to Local Tax Law, reducing the
enterprise tax from 10.08% to 7.2%. The amendments to the tax
rates will be effective for fiscal years beginning on or after
April 1, 2004. Consequently, the statutory income tax rate
will be lowered to approximately 40% for deferred tax assets and
liabilities expected to be settled or realized on or after
January 1, 2005 for the Company.
All pretax income/loss and related tax expense/benefit are
derived solely from Japanese operations. Income tax expense for
the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 is as
follows (Yen in thousand):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Current
|
|
¥ |
256,763 |
|
|
¥ |
209,805 |
|
|
¥ |
1,812,786 |
|
Deferred
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45,591 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax expense
|
|
¥ |
256,763 |
|
|
¥ |
209,805 |
|
|
¥ |
1,858,377 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-101
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
The effective rates of income tax (benefit) expense
relating to losses (income) incurred differs from the rate
that would result from applying the normal statutory tax rates
for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 is as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Normal effective statutory tax rate
|
|
|
(42.0 |
)% |
|
|
42.0 |
% |
|
|
42.0 |
% |
|
Adjustment to deferred tax assets and liabilities for enacted
changes in tax laws and rates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
Increase/(decrease) in valuation allowance
|
|
|
42.0 |
|
|
|
(41.2 |
) |
|
|
(27.4 |
) |
|
Other
|
|
|
3.5 |
|
|
|
3.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effective tax rate
|
|
|
3.5 |
% |
|
|
3.8 |
% |
|
|
14.7 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The effects of temporary differences and carryforwards that give
rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31,
2003 and 2004 are as follows (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Deferred tax assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating loss carryforwards
|
|
¥ |
29,921,448 |
|
|
¥ |
21,649,833 |
|
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
14,165,581 |
|
|
|
14,455,010 |
|
|
Lease obligation
|
|
|
12,452,252 |
|
|
|
12,721,820 |
|
|
Retirement and other allowances
|
|
|
1,390,741 |
|
|
|
1,459,068 |
|
|
Investment in affiliates
|
|
|
794,896 |
|
|
|
567,766 |
|
|
Accrued expenses and other
|
|
|
2,485,228 |
|
|
|
3,978,505 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total gross deferred tax assets
|
|
|
61,210,146 |
|
|
|
54,832,002 |
|
|
Less: valuation allowance
|
|
|
(45,846,086 |
) |
|
|
(35,240,909 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax assets
|
|
|
15,364,060 |
|
|
|
19,591,093 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment
|
|
|
12,680,631 |
|
|
|
13,796,923 |
|
|
Tax deductible goodwill
|
|
|
633,155 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
2,050,274 |
|
|
|
2,416,766 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total gross deferred tax liabilities
|
|
|
15,364,060 |
|
|
|
16,213,689 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net deferred tax assets
|
|
¥ |
|
|
|
¥ |
3,377,404 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The net changes in the total valuation allowance for the years
ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 were decreases of
¥8,985,905 thousand, ¥6,543,162 thousand and
¥10,605,177 thousand, respectively.
Current deferred tax assets in the amount of ¥2,068,822
thousand are included in prepaid expenses and non-current
deferred tax assets in the amount of ¥1,308,582 thousand
are included in other in non-current assets in the accompanied
consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2004.
In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, the
Company considers whether it is more likely than not that some
portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent
upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods
in which those temporary differences become deductible. The
Company considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax
liabilities, projected future taxable income, and tax planning
strategies in making this assessment. Based upon the level of
historical taxable income and projections for future taxable
income over the periods in which the deferred tax assets are
deductible, management expects to realize its deferred tax
assets net of existing valuation allowance. The Company had
¥343,918 thousand of tax deductible goodwill as of
December 31, 2004.
The amount of unrecognized tax benefits at December 31,
2003 and 2004 acquired in connection with business combinations
were ¥12,000 million and ¥7,267 million (net
of ¥3,423 million recognized during 2004),
A4-102
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
respectively. If the deferred tax assets are realized or the
valuation allowance is reversed, the tax benefit realized is
first applied to i) reduce to zero any goodwill related to
acquisition, ii) second to reduce to zero other non-current
intangible assets related to the acquisition and iii) third
to reduce income tax expense. See Note 4.
At December 31, 2004, the Company and its subsidiaries had
net operating loss carryforwards for income tax purposes of
¥54,124,581 thousand which were available to offset
future taxable income. Net operating loss carryforwards, if not
utilized, will expire in each of the next five years as follows
(Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ending December 31, |
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
¥ |
17,501,242 |
|
2006
|
|
|
20,094,037 |
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
55,494 |
|
2009
|
|
|
10,751,591 |
|
2010-2011
|
|
|
5,722,217 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
54,124,581 |
|
|
|
|
|
9. Severance and Retirement
Plans
Under unfunded severance and retirement plans, substantially all
full-time employees terminating their employment after the three
year vesting period are entitled, under most circumstances, to
lump-sum severance payments determined by reference to their
rate of pay at the time of termination, years of service and
certain other factors. No assumptions are made for future
compensation levels as the plans have flat-benefit formulas. As
a result, the accumulated benefit obligation and projected
benefit obligation are the same. December 31, 2004 was used
as the measurement date.
Net periodic cost of the Company and its subsidiaries
plans accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 87 for
the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, included
the following components (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Service cost benefits earned during the year
|
|
¥ |
205,094 |
|
|
¥ |
257,230 |
|
|
¥ |
265,608 |
|
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation
|
|
|
35,074 |
|
|
|
40,159 |
|
|
|
40,120 |
|
Recognized actuarial loss
|
|
|
232,507 |
|
|
|
158,371 |
|
|
|
463,216 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net periodic cost
|
|
¥ |
472,675 |
|
|
¥ |
455,760 |
|
|
¥ |
768,944 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The reconciliation of beginning and ending balances of the
benefit obligations of the Company and its subsidiaries
plans accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 87 are
as follows (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Change in benefit obligation:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Benefit obligation, beginning of year
|
|
¥ |
1,606,371 |
|
|
¥ |
2,006,011 |
|
Service cost
|
|
|
257,230 |
|
|
|
265,608 |
|
Interest cost
|
|
|
40,159 |
|
|
|
40,120 |
|
Acquisitions (Note 2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,630 |
|
Actuarial loss
|
|
|
158,371 |
|
|
|
432,586 |
|
Benefits paid
|
|
|
(56,120 |
) |
|
|
(93,288 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Benefit obligation, end of year
|
|
¥ |
2,006,011 |
|
|
¥ |
2,681,667 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-103
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
The weighted-average discount rate used in the determination of
projected benefit obligation and net pension cost of the Company
and its subsidiaries plans as of and for the year ended
December 31, 2002, 2003, and 2004 is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
Projected benefit obligation |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Discount rate
|
|
|
2.5% |
|
|
|
2.0% |
|
|
|
2.0% |
|
Net pension cost
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discount rate
|
|
|
3.0% |
|
|
|
2.0% |
|
|
|
2.0% |
|
The estimated future benefit payments are (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
Estimated Future Benefit Payments |
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
¥ |
105,753 |
|
2006
|
|
|
116,145 |
|
2007
|
|
|
172,494 |
|
2008
|
|
|
138,000 |
|
2009
|
|
|
167,641 |
|
2010 to 2014
|
|
|
996,298 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
1,696,331 |
|
|
|
|
|
In addition, employees of the Company and certain of its
subsidiaries participate in a multi-employer defined benefit
plan. The Company contributions to this plan amounted to
¥324,521 thousand, ¥342,521 thousand and ¥292,546
thousand for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and
2004, respectively, and are included in provision for retirement
allowance in selling, general and administrative expenses in the
accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
10. Redeemable Preferred
Stock
On December 29, 2003, in connection with being included as
a party to the ¥140 billion Facility, a consolidated
subsidiary of the Company issued ¥500,000 thousand of
preferred stock to a third-party in exchange for debt owed to
that third party. All or a part of the preferred stock can be
redeemed after 2010, up to a half of the preceding years
net income, at the holders demand. The holder of the
preferred stock has a priority to receive dividends, however,
the amount of such dividends will be decided by the
subsidiarys board of directors and such dividend will not
exceed ¥1,000 per preferred stock for any fiscal year and
will not accumulate.
11. Shareholders Equity
Under the Japanese Commercial Code (the Code), the
amount available for dividends is based on retained earnings as
recorded on the books of the Company maintained in conformity
with financial accounting standards of Japan. Certain
adjustments not recorded on the Companys books are
reflected in the consolidated financial statements for reasons
described in Note 1. At December 31, 2004, the
accumulated deficit recorded on the Companys books of
account was ¥16,024,828 thousand. Therefore, no dividends
may be paid at the present time.
The Code provides that an amount equivalent to at least 10% of
cash dividends paid and other cash outlays resulting from
appropriation of retained earnings be appropriated to a legal
reserve until such reserve and the additional paid-in capital
equal 25% of the issued capital. The Code also provides that
neither additional paid-in capital nor the legal reserve are to
be used for cash dividends, but may be either (i) used to
reduce a capital deficit, by resolution of the shareholders;
(ii) capitalized, by resolution of the Board of Directors;
or (iii) used
A4-104
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
for purposes other than those provided in (i) and (ii),
such as refund made to shareholders or acquisition of treasury
stocks, but only up to an amount equal to the additional paid-in
capital and the legal reserve less 25% of the issued capital, by
resolution of the shareholders. The Code provides that at least
one-half of the issue price of new shares be included in capital.
|
|
|
Stock-Based Compensation Plans |
The Company maintains subscription-rights option plans and stock
purchase warrant plans for certain directors, corporate auditors
and employees of the Companys consolidated managed
franchises and to directors, corporate auditors and employees of
the Companys unconsolidated managed franchises and other
non-employees (collectively the Jupiter Option
Plans). The Companys board of directors and
shareholders approved the grant of the Companys ordinary
shares at an initial exercise price of ¥92,000 per share.
The exercise price is subject to adjustment upon an effective
IPO to the lower of ¥92,000 per share or the IPO offering
price.
Under Jupiter Option Plans, the number of ordinary shares
issuable will be adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits
and certain other recapitalizations and the subscription rights
will not be exercisable until the Companys ordinary shares
are registered with the Japan Securities Dealers Association or
listed on a stock exchange. Non-management employees will,
unless the grant agreement provides otherwise, vest in two years
from date of grant. Management employees will, unless the grant
agreement provides otherwise, vest in four equal installments
from date of grant. Options under the Jupiter Option Plans
generally expire 10 years from date of grant, currently
ranging from August 23, 2010 to August 23, 2012.
The Company has accounted for awards granted to the
Companys and its consolidated managed franchises
directors, corporate auditors and employees under APB
No. 25 and FIN No. 44. Based on the
Companys estimated fair value per ordinary share, there
was no intrinsic value at the date of grant under the Jupiter
Option Plans. As the exercise price at the date of grant is
uncertain, the Jupiter Option Plans are considered variable
awards. Under APB No. 25 and FIN 44, variable awards
will have stock compensation recognized each period to the
extent the market value of the ordinary shares granted exceeds
the exercise price. The Company will be subject to variable
accounting for grants to employees under the Jupiter Option
Plans until all options granted are exercised, forfeited, or
expired. At December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, the market
value of the Companys ordinary shares did not exceed the
exercise price and no compensation expense was recognized.
The Company has accounted for awards granted to directors,
corporate auditors and employees of the Companys
unconsolidated managed franchises and to other non-employees, in
accordance with SFAS No. 123 and EITF 00-12. As a
result of cancellations, options outstanding to directors,
corporate auditors and employees of the Companys
unconsolidated managed franchises and to other non-employees
were 23,338 ordinary shares, 21,916 ordinary shares and 11,476
ordinary shares at December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004,
respectively. The Company recorded compensation expense related
to the directors, corporate auditors and employees of the
Companys unconsolidated managed franchises and other
non-employees of ¥64,058 thousand, ¥117,359 thousand
and ¥93,484 thousand for the years ended December 31,
2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, which has been included in
selling, general and administrative expense for the
Companys non-employees and in equity in earnings of
affiliates for employees of affiliated companies in the
accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
A4-105
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
The following table summarizes activity under the Jupiter Option
Plans:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Outstanding at beginning of the year
|
|
|
132,712 |
|
|
|
159,004 |
|
|
|
191,764 |
|
Granted
|
|
|
30,576 |
|
|
|
41,958 |
|
|
|
29,730 |
|
Canceled
|
|
|
(4,284 |
) |
|
|
(9,198 |
) |
|
|
(8,418 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at end of the year
|
|
|
159,004 |
|
|
|
191,764 |
|
|
|
213,076 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average exercise price
|
|
¥ |
92,000 |
|
|
¥ |
92,000 |
|
|
¥ |
92,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average remaining contractual life
|
|
|
8.0 years |
|
|
|
7.4 years |
|
|
|
6.6 years |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options exercisable, end of period
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average fair value of options granted
|
|
¥ |
14,604 |
|
|
¥ |
18,340 |
|
|
¥ |
24,545 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12. Fair Value of Financial
Instruments
For financial instruments other than long-term loans, lease
obligations and interest rate swap agreements, the carrying
amount approximates fair value because of the short maturity of
these instruments. Based on the borrowing rates currently
available to the Company for bank loans with similar terms and
average maturities, the fair value of long-term debt and capital
lease obligations at December 31, 2003 and 2004 are as
follows (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
Carrying | |
|
Fair | |
|
Carrying | |
|
Fair | |
|
|
Amount | |
|
Value | |
|
Amount | |
|
Value | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Long-term debt
|
|
¥ |
224,270,195 |
|
|
¥ |
220,114,532 |
|
|
|
¥199,474,465 |
|
|
|
¥199,127,222 |
|
Lease obligation
|
|
|
31,130,629 |
|
|
|
32,328,048 |
|
|
|
31,804,551 |
|
|
|
30,125,734 |
|
Interest rate swap agreements
|
|
|
694,745 |
|
|
|
694,745 |
|
|
|
8,204 |
|
|
|
8,204 |
|
13. Supplemental Disclosures to
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(Yen in thousands) | |
Cash paid during the year for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
|
|
¥ |
4,696,332 |
|
|
¥ |
4,408,426 |
|
|
¥ |
8,588,285 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax
|
|
¥ |
|
|
|
¥ |
378,116 |
|
|
¥ |
323,144 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash acquisitions of new subsidiaries:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value of assets acquired
|
|
¥ |
20,135,417 |
|
|
¥ |
|
|
|
¥ |
1,688,442 |
|
|
Liabilities assumed
|
|
|
21,991,647 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,245,532 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid, net of cash acquired
|
|
¥ |
(1,856,230 |
) |
|
¥ |
|
|
|
¥ |
442,910 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property acquired under capital leases during the year
|
|
¥ |
10,990,909 |
|
|
¥ |
6,057,250 |
|
|
¥ |
12,561,285 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conversion of long-term debt into equity
|
|
¥ |
|
|
|
¥ |
32,260,750 |
|
|
¥ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14. Commitments
In connection with the September 1, 2000 acquisition of
Titus Communications Corporation (Titus), Microsoft
and the Company entered into a gain recognition agreement with
respect to the Titus shares and assets acquired. The Company
agreed not to sell during any 18-month period, without Microsoft
consent, any shares of Titus, or sell any of Titus assets,
valued at $35 million or more, in a transaction that would
result in taxable income to Microsoft. Microsoft will retain
this consent right until the earlier of June 30, 2006 or the
A4-106
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Continued)
date Microsoft owns less than 5% of the Companys ordinary
shares and Microsoft has sold, in taxable transactions, 80% of
the Companys ordinary shares issued to it in connection
with the Titus acquisition.
The Company has guaranteed payment of certain bank loans for its
equity method affiliate investee, CATV Kobe, and its cost method
investee Bay Communications Inc. The guarantees are based on an
agreed-upon proportionate share of the bank loans among certain
of the entities shareholders, considering each of their
respective equity interest. The term of the guarantee ranges
from 5 to 12 years and the aggregate guaranteed amounts
were ¥796,233 thousand, ¥722,531 thousand
and ¥179,072 thousand as of December 31, 2002,
2003 and 2004, respectively. Management believes that the
likelihood the Company would be required to perform or otherwise
incur any significant losses associated with any of these
guarantees is remote.
15. Subsequent Events
On February 9, 2005, the Company entered into a share
purchase agreement to purchase from Microsoft, LMI, and SC all
of their interest in J-COM Chofu, as well as all of the equity
interest owned by Microsoft in Tu-Ka Cellular Tokyo, Inc. and
Tu-Ka Cellular Tokai, Inc. (Tu-Ka) on or about
February 25, 2005. The Company will pay approximately
$24 million (approximately ¥2,500 million) to
Microsoft, approximately ¥972 million to LMI and
approximately ¥940 million to SC for their respective
Chofu or Tu-Ka shares. Consideration for J-COM Chofu shares will
be in cash at closing, and the Tu-Ka shares will be transferred
in exchange for a non-interest-bearing promissory note to
Microsoft that is payable 5 business days after a
successful IPO in Japan by the Company.
A4-107
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Jupiter Programming Co. Ltd.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of
Jupiter Programming Co. Ltd. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2003 and 2004, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, shareholders equity and
comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in
the two-year period ended December 31, 2004. These
consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the
Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our
audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are
free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred
to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of Jupiter Programming Co., Ltd. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2003 and 2004, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the
two-year period ended December 31, 2004, in conformity with
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Tokyo, Japan
March 4, 2005
A4-108
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
December 31, 2003 and 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(Yen in thousands) | |
ASSETS |
Current assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related party
|
|
¥ |
2,350,000 |
|
|
¥ |
3,100,000 |
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
2,554,768 |
|
|
|
2,252,611 |
|
|
Accounts receivable (less allowance for doubtful accounts of
¥10,618 thousand in 2003 and ¥7,723 thousand in 2004):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related party
|
|
|
307,160 |
|
|
|
380,826 |
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
3,036,190 |
|
|
|
4,298,811 |
|
|
Retail inventories
|
|
|
2,235,952 |
|
|
|
2,999,404 |
|
|
Program rights and language versioning, net (Note 3)
|
|
|
646,758 |
|
|
|
599,480 |
|
|
Deferred income taxes (Note 13)
|
|
|
1,165,550 |
|
|
|
1,334,560 |
|
|
Prepaid and other current assets
|
|
|
378,606 |
|
|
|
401,840 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
12,674,984 |
|
|
|
15,367,532 |
|
Investments (Note 4)
|
|
|
3,359,563 |
|
|
|
6,929,961 |
|
Property and equipment, net (Note 5)
|
|
|
2,012,286 |
|
|
|
5,327,068 |
|
Software development costs, net (Note 6)
|
|
|
1,450,388 |
|
|
|
1,902,244 |
|
Program rights and language versioning, excluding current
portion, net (Note 3)
|
|
|
140,372 |
|
|
|
86,289 |
|
Goodwill (Note 8)
|
|
|
188,945 |
|
|
|
470,131 |
|
Other intangible assets, net (Note 7)
|
|
|
59,393 |
|
|
|
251,959 |
|
Deferred income taxes (Note 13)
|
|
|
236,975 |
|
|
|
357,606 |
|
Other assets, net
|
|
|
506,321 |
|
|
|
680,365 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
¥ |
20,629,227 |
|
|
¥ |
31,373,155 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-109
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(Yen in thousands) | |
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
Current liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term debt (Note 12)
|
|
¥ |
46,000 |
|
|
¥ |
|
|
|
Obligations under capital leases, current installments (related
party) (Note 11)
|
|
|
329,764 |
|
|
|
290,031 |
|
|
Accounts payable:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related party
|
|
|
485,416 |
|
|
|
557,851 |
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
3,722,456 |
|
|
|
4,848,307 |
|
|
Accrued liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related party
|
|
|
232,172 |
|
|
|
276,938 |
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
1,228,563 |
|
|
|
1,515,453 |
|
|
Income taxes payable
|
|
|
1,516,200 |
|
|
|
2,191,203 |
|
|
Advances from affiliate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
938,000 |
|
|
Other current liabilities
|
|
|
517,910 |
|
|
|
512,501 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
8,078,481 |
|
|
|
11,130,284 |
|
Long-term debt (Note 12):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related party
|
|
|
2,016,000 |
|
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
4,000,000 |
|
|
|
4,000,000 |
|
Obligations under capital leases, excluding current installments
(related party) (Note 11)
|
|
|
174,946 |
|
|
|
823,170 |
|
Accrued pension and severance cost (Note 14)
|
|
|
216,611 |
|
|
|
284,796 |
|
Deferred income taxes (Note 13)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
81,380 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
14,486,038 |
|
|
|
17,319,630 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minority interests
|
|
|
1,539,900 |
|
|
|
3,055,893 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders equity (Note 15):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, no par value; 2003 authorized
450,000 shares; issued and outstanding 336,680 shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 authorized 460,000 shares; issued and
outstanding 360,680 shares
|
|
|
16,834,000 |
|
|
|
11,434,000 |
|
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,788,054 |
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(12,230,711 |
) |
|
|
(7,207,717 |
) |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16,705 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total shareholders equity
|
|
|
4,603,289 |
|
|
|
10,997,632 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and shareholders equity
|
|
¥ |
20,629,227 |
|
|
¥ |
31,373,155 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
A4-110
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(unaudited) | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Yen in thousands) | |
Revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retail sales, net
|
|
¥ |
27,432,871 |
|
|
¥ |
38,699,329 |
|
|
¥ |
50,010,854 |
|
|
Television programming revenue:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related party
|
|
|
1,457,731 |
|
|
|
1,655,215 |
|
|
|
1,762,782 |
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
4,247,036 |
|
|
|
5,802,030 |
|
|
|
6,664,584 |
|
|
Services and other revenue:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related party
|
|
|
524,849 |
|
|
|
755,244 |
|
|
|
866,157 |
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
634,336 |
|
|
|
906,453 |
|
|
|
1,176,418 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues
|
|
|
34,296,823 |
|
|
|
47,818,271 |
|
|
|
60,480,795 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating costs and expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of retail sales:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related party
|
|
|
1,251,413 |
|
|
|
1,597,880 |
|
|
|
2,212,430 |
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
15,141,176 |
|
|
|
21,658,902 |
|
|
|
28,038,763 |
|
|
Cost of programming and distribution:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related party
|
|
|
851,475 |
|
|
|
2,487,545 |
|
|
|
2,742,401 |
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
5,417,193 |
|
|
|
6,271,783 |
|
|
|
7,482,238 |
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related party
|
|
|
895,979 |
|
|
|
943,439 |
|
|
|
1,318,449 |
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
6,728,610 |
|
|
|
8,532,952 |
|
|
|
10,084,322 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
1,107,040 |
|
|
|
1,210,163 |
|
|
|
1,380,432 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
31,392,886 |
|
|
|
42,702,664 |
|
|
|
53,259,035 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
2,903,937 |
|
|
|
5,115,607 |
|
|
|
7,221,760 |
|
Other income (expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related party
|
|
|
(77,899 |
) |
|
|
(60,073 |
) |
|
|
(45,258 |
) |
|
|
Other
|
|
|
(74,482 |
) |
|
|
(66,204 |
) |
|
|
(77,245 |
) |
|
Foreign exchange (loss) gain
|
|
|
(309,017 |
) |
|
|
(141,368 |
) |
|
|
126,572 |
|
|
Equity in (losses) income of equity method affiliates
(Note 4)
|
|
|
(163,758 |
) |
|
|
(64,472 |
) |
|
|
22,888 |
|
|
Other (expense) income, net
|
|
|
(214,087 |
) |
|
|
9,763 |
|
|
|
(9,241 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other (expense) income
|
|
|
(839,243 |
) |
|
|
(322,354 |
) |
|
|
17,716 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income taxes and minority interests
|
|
|
2,064,694 |
|
|
|
4,793,253 |
|
|
|
7,239,476 |
|
Income tax expense (Note 13)
|
|
|
(703,947 |
) |
|
|
(1,519,225 |
) |
|
|
(2,951,446 |
) |
Minority interests in earnings, net of tax
|
|
|
(343,027 |
) |
|
|
(608,738 |
) |
|
|
(1,077,972 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
¥ |
1,017,720 |
|
|
¥ |
2,665,290 |
|
|
¥ |
3,210,058 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
A4-111
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(unaudited) | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Yen in thousands) | |
Common stock (Note 15):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at beginning of year
|
|
¥ |
16,834,000 |
|
|
¥ |
16,834,000 |
|
|
¥ |
16,834,000 |
|
|
Transfer from common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8,400,000 |
) |
|
Issuance of common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at end of year
|
|
|
16,834,000 |
|
|
|
16,834,000 |
|
|
|
11,434,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital (Note 15):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at beginning of year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transfer from common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,587,064 |
|
|
Issuance of common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,000,000 |
|
|
Carryover basis adjustment related to LJS acquisition
(Note 2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,799,010 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at end of year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,788,054 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated deficit:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at beginning of year
|
|
|
(15,913,721 |
) |
|
|
(14,896,001 |
) |
|
|
(12,230,711 |
) |
|
Transfer from common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,812,936 |
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
1,017,720 |
|
|
|
2,665,290 |
|
|
|
3,210,058 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at end of year
|
|
|
(14,896,001 |
) |
|
|
(12,230,711 |
) |
|
|
(7,207,717 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at beginning of year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrecognized losses on derivative instruments (Note 9):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized holding losses arising during the year, net of tax
benefit, ¥11,460 thousand in 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16,705 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at end of year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16,705 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Treasury stock at cost:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at beginning of year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Redemption of common stock, to be held as treasury stock
(Note 15)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,000,000 |
) |
|
Issuance of treasury stock related to LJS acquisition
(Note 2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at end of year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total shareholders equity
|
|
¥ |
1,937,999 |
|
|
¥ |
4,603,289 |
|
|
¥ |
10,997,632 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income for the year
|
|
¥ |
1,017,720 |
|
|
¥ |
2,665,290 |
|
|
¥ |
3,210,058 |
|
|
Other comprehensive loss for the year, net of tax benefit,
¥11,460 thousand in 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16,705 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive income
|
|
¥ |
1,017,720 |
|
|
¥ |
2,665,290 |
|
|
¥ |
3,193,353 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
A4-112
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(unaudited) | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Yen in thousands) | |
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
¥ |
1,017,720 |
|
|
¥ |
2,665,290 |
|
|
¥ |
3,210,058 |
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
1,107,040 |
|
|
|
1,210,163 |
|
|
|
1,380,432 |
|
|
|
Amortization of program rights and language versioning
|
|
|
1,298,054 |
|
|
|
1,570,670 |
|
|
|
1,732,435 |
|
|
|
Provision for doubtful accounts
|
|
|
1,501 |
|
|
|
1,975 |
|
|
|
(3,519 |
) |
|
|
Equity in losses (income) of equity method affiliates
|
|
|
163,758 |
|
|
|
64,472 |
|
|
|
(22,888 |
) |
|
|
Write-down of cost method investment
|
|
|
215,650 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes
|
|
|
(536,017 |
) |
|
|
(553,039 |
) |
|
|
(278,181 |
) |
|
|
Minority interest in earnings
|
|
|
343,027 |
|
|
|
608,738 |
|
|
|
1,077,972 |
|
|
|
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of
acquisitions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase of program rights and language versioning
|
|
|
(1,433,219 |
) |
|
|
(1,608,392 |
) |
|
|
(1,631,074 |
) |
|
|
|
Increase in accounts receivable
|
|
|
(515,809 |
) |
|
|
(740,650 |
) |
|
|
(1,307,561 |
) |
|
|
|
(Increase) decrease in retail inventories, net
|
|
|
(777,383 |
) |
|
|
252,870 |
|
|
|
(763,453 |
) |
|
|
|
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable
|
|
|
1,242,235 |
|
|
|
777,510 |
|
|
|
883,283 |
|
|
|
|
Increase in accrued liabilities
|
|
|
169,642 |
|
|
|
425,674 |
|
|
|
263,015 |
|
|
|
|
Increase in income taxes payable
|
|
|
939,964 |
|
|
|
369,587 |
|
|
|
674,288 |
|
|
|
|
Other, net
|
|
|
457,341 |
|
|
|
210,947 |
|
|
|
(22,218 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
3,693,504 |
|
|
|
5,255,815 |
|
|
|
5,192,589 |
|
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital expenditures
|
|
|
(1,378,218 |
) |
|
|
(1,299,228 |
) |
|
|
(3,886,668 |
) |
|
Acquisition of subsidiary, net of cash acquired
|
|
|
(188,844 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(391,887 |
) |
|
Investments in affiliates
|
|
|
(626,050 |
) |
|
|
(1,259,945 |
) |
|
|
(748,500 |
) |
|
Other, net
|
|
|
(113,998 |
) |
|
|
4,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(2,307,110 |
) |
|
|
(2,554,673 |
) |
|
|
(5,027,055 |
) |
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds (repayments) on short-term debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
46,000 |
|
|
|
(46,000 |
) |
|
Proceeds from advances from affiliate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
938,000 |
|
|
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
|
|
|
60,000 |
|
|
|
4,040,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal payments on long-term debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,000,000 |
) |
|
|
(176,000 |
) |
|
Principal payments on obligations under capital leases
|
|
|
(527,935 |
) |
|
|
(460,262 |
) |
|
|
(429,014 |
) |
|
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,000,000 |
|
|
Payments to acquire treasury stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,000,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in financing activities
|
|
|
(467,935 |
) |
|
|
(374,262 |
) |
|
|
286,986 |
|
Net effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
(25,895 |
) |
|
|
(23,095 |
) |
|
|
(4,677 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
892,564 |
|
|
|
2,303,785 |
|
|
|
447,843 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
|
|
|
1,708,419 |
|
|
|
2,600,983 |
|
|
|
4,904,768 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
|
|
¥ |
2,600,983 |
|
|
¥ |
4,904,768 |
|
|
¥ |
5,352,611 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Supplemental information:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid during the year for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income taxes
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|
¥ |
299,999 |
|
|
¥ |
1,702,678 |
|
|
¥ |
2,551,301 |
|
|
|
Interest
|
|
|
152,381 |
|
|
|
126,277 |
|
|
|
90,711 |
|
|
Acquisition of BBF (Note 2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value of assets acquired (including cash acquired of
¥158,113 thousand)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
705,657 |
|
|
|
Fair value of liabilities assumed
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(87,657 |
) |
|
|
Accrued estimated additional purchase consideration
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(68,000 |
) |
|
Non-cash activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets acquired under capital leases
|
|
|
5,457 |
|
|
|
142,644 |
|
|
|
1,037,505 |
|
|
|
Acquisition of LJS through issuance of treasury stock
(Note 2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,200,990 |
|
|
|
Elimination of long-term loan from LJS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
840,000 |
|
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
A4-113
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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|
(1) |
Description of Business and Summary of Significant
Accounting Policies and Practices |
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|
(a) |
Description of Business |
Jupiter Programming Co. Ltd. (the Company) and its
subsidiaries (hereafter collectively referred to as
JPC) invest in, develop, manage and distribute
television programming to cable and satellite systems in Japan.
Jupiter Shop Channel Co., Ltd (Shop Channel),
through which JPC markets and sells a wide variety of consumer
products and accessories, is JPCs largest channel in terms
of revenue, comprising approximately 80%, 81%, and 83%, of total
revenues for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and
2004, respectively. JPCs business activities are conducted
in Japan and serve the Japanese market.
The Company is owned 50% by Liberty Media International, Inc.
(LMI) through its wholly owned subsidiaries Liberty
Programming Japan, Inc. (43%) and Liberty Programming
Japan II LLC (7%), and 50% by Sumitomo Corporation. The
Company was incorporated in 1996 in Japan under the name
Kabushiki Kaisha Jupiter Programming, Jupiter Programming Co.
Ltd. in English.
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|
(b) |
Basis of Consolidated Financial Statements |
The consolidated statements of operations, shareholders
equity and comprehensive income and cash flows for the year
ended December 31, 2002, as well as the related footnote
disclosures for that year, are unaudited. These consolidated
financial statements for 2002 have been prepared on a consistent
basis with the 2003 and 2004 consolidated financial statements
and reflect all adjustments that in the opinion of management
are necessary to present the results of operations and cash
flows for 2002 in accordance with the accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
The Company and its subsidiaries maintain their books of account
in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in
Japan. The consolidated financial statements presented herein
have been prepared in a manner and reflect certain adjustments
that are necessary to conform them to accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America. The major
areas requiring such adjustment are accounting for derivative
instruments and hedging activities, accounting for assets held
under finance lease arrangements, accounting for goodwill and
other intangible assets, employers accounting for
pensions, accounting for compensated absence, accounting for
deferred taxes, accounting for cooperative marketing
arrangements and certain customer discounts, and accounting for
the non-cash contribution of Liberty J Sports, Inc., from LMI.
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|
(c) |
Principles of Consolidation |
The consolidated financial statements include the financial
statements of the Company and all of its majority owned
subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
JPC accounts for investments in variable interest entities in
accordance with the provisions of the Revised Interpretation of
the FASB Interpretation (FIN) No. 46
Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, issued
in December 2003. The Revised Interpretation of
FIN No. 46 provides guidance on how to identify a
variable interest entity (VIE), and determines when
the assets, liabilities, non-controlling interests, and results
of operations of a VIE must be included in a companys
consolidated financial statements. A company that holds variable
interests in an entity is required to consolidate the entity if
the companys interest in the VIE is such that the company
will absorb a majority of the VIEs expected losses and/or
receive a majority of the entitys expected residual
returns, if any. VIEs created after December 31, 2003 must
be accounted for under FIN No. 46R. For nonpublic
companies, FIN No. 46R must be applied to all VIEs created
before January 1, 2004 that are subject to this
Interpretation by the beginning of the first annual period
beginning after December 15, 2004. There has been no
material effect to JPCs consolidated financial statements
from potential VIEs entered into after December 31, 2003
and there was no impact from the adoption of the deferred
provisions effective January 1, 2005.
A4-114
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid debt instruments with
an initial maturity of three months or less from the date of
purchase.
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|
(e) |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |
Allowance for doubtful accounts is computed based on historical
bad debt experience and includes estimated uncollectible amounts
based on an analysis of certain individual accounts, including
claims in bankruptcy.
Retail Inventories, consisting primarily of products held for
sale on Shop Channel, are stated at the lower of cost or market
value. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out method.
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|
(g) |
Program Rights and Language Versioning |
Rights to programming acquired for broadcast on the programming
channels and language versioning are stated at the lower of cost
and net realizable value. Program right licenses generally state
a fixed time period within which a program can be aired, and
generally limit the number of times a program can be aired. The
licensor retains ownership of the program upon expiration of the
license. Programming rights and language versioning costs are
amortized over the license period for the program rights based
on the nature of the contract or program. Where airing runs are
limited, amortization is generally based on runs usage, where
usage is unlimited, a straight line basis is used as an estimate
of actual usage for amortization purposes. Certain sports
programs are amortized fully upon first airing. Such
amortization is included in programming and distribution expense
in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
The portion of unamortized program rights and language
versioning costs expected to be amortized within one year is
classified as a current asset in the accompanying consolidated
balance sheets.
For those investments in affiliates in which JPCs voting
interest is 20% to 50% and JPC has the ability to exercise
significant influence over the affiliates operations and
financial policies, the equity method of accounting is used.
Under this method, the investment is originally recorded at cost
and is adjusted to recognize JPCs share of the net
earnings or losses of its affiliates. JPC recognizes its share
of losses of an equity method affiliate until its investment and
net advances, if any, are reduced to zero and only provides for
additional losses in the event that it has guaranteed
obligations of the equity method affiliate or is otherwise
committed to provide further financial support.
The difference between the carrying value of JPCs
investment in the affiliate and the underlying equity in the net
assets of the affiliate is recorded as equity method intangible
assets where appropriate and amortized over a relevant period of
time, or as residual goodwill. Equity method goodwill is not
amortized but continues to be reviewed for impairment in
accordance with APB No. 18, which requires that an other
than temporary decline in value of an investment be recognized
as an impairment loss.
Investments in other securities carried at cost represent
non-marketable equity securities in which JPCs ownership
is less than 20% and JPC does not have the ability to exercise
significant influence over the entities operation and
financial policies.
JPC evaluates its investments in affiliates and non-marketable
equity securities for impairment due to declines in value
considered to be other than temporary. In performing its
evaluations, JPC utilizes various sources of information, as
available, including cash flow projections, independent
valuations and, as applicable, stock
A4-115
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
price analysis. In the event of a determination that a decline
in value is other than temporary, a charge to income is recorded
for the loss, and a new cost basis in the investment is
established.
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|
(i) |
Derivative Financial Instruments |
Under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(SFAS) No. 133, Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended, entities
are required to carry all derivative instruments in the
consolidated balance sheets at fair value. The accounting for
changes in the fair value (that is, gains or losses) of a
derivative instrument depends on whether it has been designated
and qualifies as part of a hedging relationship and, if so, on
the reason for holding the instrument. If certain conditions are
met, entities may elect to designate a derivative instrument as
a hedge of exposures to changes in fair values, cash flows, or
foreign currencies. If the hedged exposure is a fair value
exposure, the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is
recognized in earnings in the period of change together with the
offsetting loss or gain on the hedged item attributable to the
risk being hedged. If the hedged exposure is a cash flow
exposure, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the
derivative instrument is reported initially as a component of
other comprehensive income (loss) and subsequently reclassified
into earnings when the forecasted transaction affects earnings.
Any amounts excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness
as well as the ineffective portion of the gain or loss are
reported in earnings immediately. If the derivative instrument
is not designated as a hedge, the gain or loss is recognized in
income in the period of change.
JPC uses foreign exchange forward contracts to manage currency
exposure, resulting from changes in foreign currency exchange
rates, on purchase commitments for contracted programming rights
and other contract costs and for forecasted inventory purchases
in U.S. dollars. JPC enters into these contracts to hedge
its U.S. dollar denominated net monetary exposures. Hedges
relating to purchase commitments for contracted programming
rights and other contract costs may qualify for hedge accounting
under the hedging criteria specified by SFAS No. 133.
However prior to January 1, 2004, JPC elected not to
designate any qualifying transactions as hedges. For certain
qualifying transactions entered into since January 1, 2004,
JPC has designated the transactions as cash flow hedges and the
effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative
instrument is reported as a component of other comprehensive
loss. For JPCs foreign exchange forward contracts that do
not qualify for hedge accounting under the hedging criteria
specified by SFAS No. 133, changes in the fair value
of derivatives are recorded in the consolidated statement of
operations in the period of the change.
JPC does not, as a matter of policy, enter into derivative
transactions for the purpose of speculation.
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|
(j) |
Property and Equipment |
Property and equipment are stated at cost.
Depreciation and amortization is generally computed using the
straight line method over the estimated useful lives of the
respective assets as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
Furniture and fixtures
|
|
|
2-20 years |
|
Leasehold and building improvements
|
|
|
3-18 years |
|
Equipment and vehicles
|
|
|
2-15 years |
|
Buildings
|
|
|
37-50 years |
|
Equipment under capital leases is initially stated at the
present value of minimum lease payments. Equipment under capital
leases is amortized using the straight line method over the
shorter of the lease term and the estimated useful lives of the
respective assets, which generally range from three to nine
years.
A4-116
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
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|
(k) |
Software Development Costs |
JPC capitalizes certain costs incurred to purchase or develop
software for internal use. Costs incurred to develop software
for internal use are expensed as incurred during the preliminary
project stage, including costs associated with making strategic
decisions and determining performance and system requirements
regarding the project, and vendor demonstration costs. Labor
costs incurred subsequent to the preliminary project stage
through implementation are capitalized. JPC also expenses costs
incurred for internal use software projects in the post
implementation stage such as costs for training and maintenance.
The capitalized cost of software is amortized straight-line over
the estimated useful life, which is generally two to five years.
|
|
(l) |
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets |
Goodwill represents the excess of costs over fair value of net
assets of businesses acquired. In June 2001, the FASB issued
SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations, and
SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets. SFAS No. 141 requires the use of the
purchase method of accounting for business combinations and
establishes certain criteria for the recognition of intangible
assets separately from goodwill. Under SFAS No. 142
goodwill is no longer amortized, but instead is tested for
impairment at least annually. Intangible assets with definite
useful lives are amortized over their respective estimated
useful lives and reviewed for impairment in accordance with
SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or
Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. Any recognized intangible
assets determined to have an indefinite useful life are not
amortized, but instead are tested for impairment until their
life is determined to be no longer indefinite.
JPC performs its annual impairment test for goodwill and
indefinite-life intangible assets at the end of each year. JPC
completed its annual impairment tests at December 31, 2002,
2003 and 2004, respectively, with no indication of impairment
identified.
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|
(m) |
Long-Lived Assets and Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed
of |
JPC accounts for long-lived assets in accordance with the
provisions of SFAS No. 144. SFAS No. 144
requires that long-lived assets and certain identifiable
intangibles with definite useful lives be reviewed for
impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate
that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.
Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a
comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future net
undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset.
If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to
be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying
amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets.
Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the
carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell. Fair value is
determined by independent third party appraisals, projected
discounted cash flows, or other valuation techniques as
appropriate.
In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143,
Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations. The
standard requires that obligations associated with the
retirement of tangible long-lived assets be recorded as
liabilities when those obligations are incurred, with the amount
of the liability initially measured at fair value. The
associated asset retirement costs are capitalized as part of the
carrying amount of the long-lived asset. SFAS No. 143
is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years
beginning after June 15, 2002. JPC adopted
SFAS No. 143 on January 1, 2003 and the adoption
did not have a material effect on its results of operations,
financial position or cash flows.
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|
(n) |
Accrued Pension and Severance Costs |
The Company and certain of its subsidiaries provide a Retirement
Allowance Plan (RAP) for eligible employees. The RAP
is an unfunded retirement allowance program in which benefits
are based on years of service which in turn determine a multiple
of final monthly compensation. JPC accounts for the RAP in
accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 87,
Employers Accounting for Pensions.
A4-117
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
In addition, JPC employees participate in an Employees
Pension Fund (EPF) Plan. The EPF Plan is a
multi-employer plan consisting of approximately 120
participating companies, mainly affiliates of Sumitomo
Corporation. The plan is composed of substitutional portions
based on the pay-related part of the old age pension benefits
prescribed by the Welfare Pension Insurance Law in Japan, and
corporate portions based on contributory defined benefit pension
arrangements established at the discretion of the Company and
its subsidiaries. Benefits under the EPF Plan are based on years
of service and the employees compensation during the five
years before retirement.
The assets of the EPF Plan are co-mingled and no assets are
separately identifiable for any one participating company. JPC
accounts for the EPF Plan in accordance with the provisions of
SFAS No. 87, governing multi-employer plans. Under
these provisions, JPC recognizes a net pension expense for the
required contribution for each period and recognizes a liability
for any contributions due but unpaid at the end of each period.
Any shortfalls in plan funding are charged to participating
companies on a share-of-contribution basis through
special contributions spread over a period of years
determined by the EPF Plan as being appropriate.
Retail sales. Revenue from sales of products by Shop
Channel is recognized when the products are delivered to
customers, which is when title and risk of loss transfers. Shop
Channels retail sales policy allows merchandise to be
returned at the customers discretion, generally up to
30 days after the date of sale. Retail sales revenue is
reported net of discounts, and of estimated returns, which are
based upon historical experience.
Television Programming Revenue. Television programming
revenue includes subscription and advertising revenue.
Subscription revenue is recognized in the periods in which
programming services are provided to cable and satellite
subscribers. JPCs channels distribute programming to
individual satellite platform subscribers through an agreement
with the platform operator which provides subscriber management
services to channels in return for a fee based on subscription
revenues. Individual subscribers pay a monthly fee for
programming channels under the terms of rolling one-month
subscription contracts. Cable service providers generally pay a
per-subscriber fee for the right to distribute JPCs
programming on their systems under the terms of generally annual
distribution contracts. Subscription revenue is recognized net
of satellite platform commissions and certain cooperative
marketing and advertising funds paid to cable system operators.
Satellite platform commissions for the years ended
December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 were ¥843,335
thousand, ¥1,580,945 thousand and ¥1,639,055 thousand,
respectively. Cooperative marketing and advertising funds paid
to cable system operators for the years ended December 31,
2002, 2003 and 2004 were ¥80,289 thousand, ¥174,432
thousand and ¥225,572 thousand, respectively.
The Company generates advertising revenue on all of its
programming channels except Shop Channel. Advertising revenue is
recognized, net of agency commissions, when advertisements are
broadcast on JPCs programming channels.
Services and Other Revenue. Services and other revenue
mainly comprises cable and advertising sales fees and
commissions, and technical broadcast facility and production
services provided by the Company and certain subsidiaries, and
is recognized in the periods in which such services are provided
to customers.
Cost of retail sales consists of the cost of products marketed
to customers by Shop Channel, including write-downs for
inventory obsolescence, shipping and handling costs and
warehouse costs. Product costs are recognized as cost of retail
sales in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations
when the products are delivered to customers and the
corresponding revenue is recognized.
A4-118
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
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|
(q) |
Cost of Programming and Distribution |
Cost of programming and distribution consists of costs incurred
to acquire or produce programs airing on the channels
distributed to cable and satellite subscribers. Distribution
costs include the costs of delivering the programming channels
via satellite, including the costs incurred for uplink services
and use of satellite transponders, and payments made to cable
and satellite platforms for carriage of Shop Channel.
Advertising expense is recognized as incurred and is included in
selling, general and administrative expenses or, if appropriate,
as a reduction of subscription revenue. Cooperative marketing
costs are recognized as an expense to the extent that an
identifiable benefit is received and the fair value of the
benefit can be reasonably measured, otherwise as a reduction of
subscription revenue. Advertising expense included in selling,
general and administrative expenses for the years ended
December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 was ¥1,062,757
thousand, ¥1,003,836 thousand and ¥1,333,596 thousand,
respectively.
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability
method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for
the future tax consequences attributable to differences between
the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and
liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss
and tax credit carry-forwards. Deferred tax assets and
liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to
apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary
differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect
on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates
is recognized in income in the period that includes the
enactment date.
|
|
(t) |
Foreign Currency Transactions |
Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are
translated at the applicable current rates on the balance sheet
dates. All revenue and expenses denominated in foreign
currencies are converted at the rates of exchange prevailing
when such transactions occur. The resulting exchange gains or
losses are reflected in other income (expense) in the
accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
Management of JPC has made a number of estimates and assumptions
relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities and the
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts
of revenues and expenses during the reporting period, to prepare
these consolidated financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America. Significant items subject to such estimates and
assumptions include valuation allowances for accounts
receivable, retail inventories, investments, deferred tax
assets, retail sales returns, and obligations related to
employees retirement plans. Actual results could differ
from estimates.
|
|
(v) |
New Accounting Standards |
In November 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 151,
Inventory Costs-an amendment of ARB No. 43.
This Statement amends the guidance in ARB No. 43,
Chapter 4, Inventory Pricing, to clarify the
accounting for abnormal amounts of idle facility expense,
freight, handling costs, and wasted material (spoilage).
Paragraph 5 of ARB 43, Chapter 4, previously stated
that ... under some circumstances, items such as idle
facility expense, excessive spoilage, double freight, and
rehandling costs may be so abnormal as to require treatment as
current period charges... . This Statement requires that
those items be recognized as current-period charges regardless
of whether they meet the criterion of so abnormal.
In addition, this Statement requires
A4-119
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
that allocation of fixed production overheads to the costs of
conversion be based on the normal capacity of the production
facilities. This statement is effective for inventory costs
incurred during annual periods beginning after June 15,
2005. JPC does not expect the adoption of this statement will
have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified for
comparability with the current year presentation.
On May 1, 2002, JPC acquired 100% of the outstanding common
stock of Misawa Satellite Broadcasting Ltd. (MSB), a
television programming company. The aggregate purchase price was
¥188,844 thousand and was paid in cash. The acquisition was
accounted for as a purchase. On January 1, 2003, JPC merged
the business operations of MSB with its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Jupiter Satellite Broadcasting Co., Ltd. MSB operated Home
Channel and as a result of the acquisition, JPC is expected to
increase direct-to-home revenue from the packages in which Home
Channel was carried. The results of operations of MSB are
included in the accompanying consolidated statements of
operations from May 1, 2002 onward. Goodwill from the
acquisition of MSB is not deductible for tax purposes.
The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of the
assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of
acquisition of MSB (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets
|
|
¥ |
139,787 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
183,655 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets acquired
|
|
|
323,442 |
|
Current liabilities assumed
|
|
|
(134,598 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Net assets acquired
|
|
¥ |
188,844 |
|
|
|
|
|
In addition to the goodwill recognized from the MSB transaction,
¥7,827 thousand of other goodwill was recorded in 2002.
In April 2004, JPC acquired all of the issued and outstanding
common stock of Liberty J Sports, Inc. (LJS)
from LMI, in exchange for 24,000 shares of JPCs
common stock held in treasury having a fair value, as determined
by independent appraisal, of ¥250,000 per share. The
aggregate purchase price amounted to
¥6,000,000 thousand. Immediately prior to the
acquisition, LJS held 33.3% of the issued and outstanding shares
of voting common stock of Jupiter Sports, Inc., with JPC holding
the remaining 66.7%. Jupiter Sports Inc. is a holding company
with its only principal asset, an investment, representing
approximately 42.8% of the issued and outstanding voting common
stock, in JSports Broadcasting Corporation (JSB).
JSB is a sports channel broadcasting company currently operating
three channels of various sports related contents. Jupiter
Sports Inc. accounts for its investment in JSB using the equity
method of accounting as it is able to exercise significant
influence over the operations of JSB. As a result of the
acquisition of LJS, JPC has increased its indirect ownership in
JSB from 28.5% to 42.8%. Upon consummation of the acquisition,
LJS was converted to a limited liability company with the
Certificate of Conversion filed with the Secretary of State of
Delaware, and renamed J Sports LLC.
The acquisition was consummated in concert with a series of
capital transactions as described in Note 15 to the
consolidated financial statements.
The Company has accounted for the acquisition to the extent of
the ¥3,000,000 thousand cash paid to LMI in an earlier
redemption of shares of common stock (see Note 15) in a
manner similar to a partial step acquisition, reflecting the
culmination of an earnings process on the part of LMI.
Accordingly, the excess of
A4-120
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
¥3,000,000 thousand over 50% of the fair value of the
assets acquired and liabilities assumed with respect to the
underlying investment in JSB has been recorded as a component of
JPCs investment in JSB and accordingly has been classified
as equity method goodwill. Management has determined that the
fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed
approximated their respective carrying values at the date of
acquisition, and that there were no material intangible assets
applicable to the underlying investment in JSB. The balance of
the underlying investment acquired in JSB has been accounted for
at historical cost using carryover basis with the difference of
¥3,000,000 thousand over such historical cost amount
being reflected as a deduction from additional paid in capital.
Goodwill from the acquisition is not deductible for tax purposes.
The following table summarizes the allocation of the acquisition
consideration (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase accounting:
|
|
|
|
|
|
50% of acquisition consideration
|
|
¥ |
3,000,000 |
|
|
Fair value of 50% of underlying net assets acquired
|
|
|
200,990 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity method goodwill
|
|
¥ |
2,799,010 |
|
|
|
|
|
Carryover basis:
|
|
|
|
|
|
50% of acquisition consideration
|
|
¥ |
3,000,000 |
|
|
Historical cost of 50% of underlying net assets acquired
|
|
|
200,990 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carryover basis adjustment to additional paid in capital
|
|
¥ |
2,799,010 |
|
|
|
|
|
On December 28, 2004, JPC acquired 100% of the outstanding
shares of BB Factory Corporation Ltd. (BBF), a
television programming company. The aggregate purchase price is
estimated to be ¥618,000 thousand, of which
¥550,000 thousand was paid in cash on December 28,
2004. The estimated additional purchase consideration of
¥68,000 has been accrued at December 31, 2004. The
amount was determined with reference to the net asset value of
BBF at January 31, 2005, pending final approval by both
parties to the transaction. The additional purchase amount for
BBF shall be settled in cash no later than March 31, 2005.
The acquisition was accounted for as a purchase. JPC intends to
sell access rights to the BBF broadcasting infrastructure to a
new joint venture in which the JPC will hold a 50% interest. The
new joint venture will be named Reality TV Japan, and was
incorporated on January 26, 2005. BBF operated Channel BB
and as a result of the acquisition, JPC expects to decrease
funding requirements for Reality TV Japan due to its access to
direct-to-home revenue from the packages in which Channel BB was
carried. JPC has recognized intangible assets in the amount of
¥200,000 thousand representing estimated financial
benefits from taking over Channel BBs position in those
packaging alliances, which it will amortize over a ten year
period from 2005. The results of operations of BBF will be
included in JPCs consolidated statements of operations
from January 1, 2005. Goodwill from the acquisition of BBF
is not deductible for tax purposes.
The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of the
assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of
acquisition of BBF (Yen in thousands).
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets
|
|
¥ |
224,471 |
|
Intangible assets
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
281,186 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets acquired
|
|
|
705,657 |
|
Current liabilities assumed
|
|
|
(6,277 |
) |
Deferred tax liabilities
|
|
|
(81,380 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Net assets acquired
|
|
¥ |
618,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
A4-121
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
(3) |
Program Rights and Language Versioning |
Program rights and language versioning as of December 31,
2003 and 2004 were composed of the following (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Program rights
|
|
¥ |
1,616,603 |
|
|
¥ |
1,308,623 |
|
Language versioning
|
|
|
206,884 |
|
|
|
116,910 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,823,487 |
|
|
|
1,425,533 |
|
Less accumulated amortization 557,638
|
|
|
(1,036,357 |
) |
|
|
(739,764 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
787,130 |
|
|
|
685,769 |
|
Less current portion
|
|
|
(646,758 |
) |
|
|
(599,480 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
140,372 |
|
|
¥ |
86,289 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization expense related to program rights and language
versioning for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and
2004 was ¥1,298,054 thousand,
¥1,570,670 thousand and ¥1,732,435 thousand,
respectively, which is included in cost of programming and
distribution in the consolidated statements of operations in
respective years.
Investments, including advances, as of December 31, 2003
and 2004 were composed of the following (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
percentage | |
|
carrying | |
|
percentage | |
|
carrying | |
|
|
ownership | |
|
amount | |
|
ownership | |
|
amount | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Investments accounted for under the equity method:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discovery Japan, Inc.
|
|
|
50.0 |
% |
|
¥ |
281,692 |
|
|
|
50.0 |
% |
|
¥ |
580,455 |
|
|
Animal Planet Japan, Co. Ltd.
|
|
|
33.3 |
% |
|
|
342,423 |
|
|
|
33.3 |
% |
|
|
223,510 |
|
|
InteracTV Co., Ltd.
|
|
|
42.5 |
% |
|
|
38,805 |
|
|
|
42.5 |
% |
|
|
38,586 |
|
|
JSports Broadcasting Corporation
|
|
|
28.5 |
% |
|
|
1,110,431 |
|
|
|
42.8 |
% |
|
|
4,045,414 |
|
|
AXN Japan, Inc.
|
|
|
35.0 |
% |
|
|
825,112 |
|
|
|
35.0 |
% |
|
|
879,630 |
|
|
Jupiter VOD Co., Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50.0 |
% |
|
|
401,266 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total equity method investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,598,463 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,168,861 |
|
Investments accounted for at cost:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NikkeiCNBC Japan, Inc.
|
|
|
9.8 |
% |
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
9.8 |
% |
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
Kids Station, Inc.
|
|
|
15.0 |
% |
|
|
304,500 |
|
|
|
15.0 |
% |
|
|
304,500 |
|
|
AT-X, Inc.
|
|
|
12.3 |
% |
|
|
266,000 |
|
|
|
12.3 |
% |
|
|
266,000 |
|
|
Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting Corporation
|
|
|
10.0 |
% |
|
|
66,600 |
|
|
|
10.0 |
% |
|
|
66,600 |
|
|
Satellite Service Co. Ltd.
|
|
|
12.0 |
% |
|
|
24,000 |
|
|
|
12.0 |
% |
|
|
24,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total cost method investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
761,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
761,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
3,359,563 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
6,929,961 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-122
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
The following investments represent participation in programming
businesses:
|
|
|
|
Discovery Japan, Inc., a general documentary channel; |
|
|
|
Animal Planet Japan, Co. Ltd., an animal-specific documentary
channel; |
|
|
|
JSports Broadcasting Corporation, a sports channel business
currently operating three channels; |
|
|
|
AXN Japan, Inc., an action and adventure channel; |
|
|
|
NikkeiCNBC Japan, Inc., a news service channel; |
|
|
|
Kids Station, Inc., a childrens entertainment channel; |
|
|
|
AT-X, Inc., an animation genre channel; |
|
|
|
Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting Corporation, a Japanese period
drama and movie channels business |
|
|
|
currently operating two channels;
and |
|
|
|
Jupiter VOD Co., Inc. a multi-genre video on demand programming
service |
|
The following investments represent participation in broadcast
license-holding companies through which channels are consigned
to subscribers to the CS110 degree East
Direct-to-home satellite service:
|
|
|
|
InteracTV Co., Ltd., holds licenses for Movie Plus, Lala, Golf
Network and Shop channels, among |
|
|
|
others; |
|
|
|
Satellite Service Co. Ltd., holds licenses for Discovery and
Animal Planet channels, among others. |
|
The following reflects JPCs share of earnings (losses) of
investments accounted for under the equity method for the years
ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(unaudited) | |
|
|
|
|
Discovery Japan, Inc.
|
|
¥ |
(92,949 |
) |
|
¥ |
143,445 |
|
|
¥ |
298,763 |
|
Animal Planet Japan, Co. Ltd.
|
|
|
(260,929 |
) |
|
|
(311,673 |
) |
|
|
(283,913 |
) |
InteracTV Co., Ltd.
|
|
|
(1,142 |
) |
|
|
(1,272 |
) |
|
|
(219 |
) |
JSports Broadcasting Corporation
|
|
|
191,262 |
|
|
|
143,227 |
|
|
|
135,973 |
|
AXN Japan, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(38,199 |
) |
|
|
(43,982 |
) |
Jupiter VOD Co., Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(83,734 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
(163,758 |
) |
|
¥ |
(64,472 |
) |
|
¥ |
22,888 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In August 2003, the Company invested ¥863,311 thousand to
acquire a 35% interest in AXN Japan, Inc. (AXN).
During 2004 JPC provided cash loans in the amount of
¥98,500 thousand to AXN. AXN is an action and adventure
entertainment channel that complements JPCs channel
businesses.
In December 2004, the Company invested ¥485,000 thousand
and acquired a 50% voting interest in Jupiter VOD Co., Ltd.
(JVOD). JVOD is a video on demand service that will
begin providing on-demand video services primarily to digitized
cable systems capable of receiving its service from January 2005.
The carrying amount of investments in affiliates as of
December 31, 2003, included ¥751,940 thousand of
excess cost of the investments over the Companys equity in
the net assets of AXN. The carrying amount of investments in
affiliates as of December 31, 2004, included ¥751,940
thousand and ¥2,799,010 thousand of excess cost of the
investments over the Companys equity in the net assets of
AXN and JSB, respectively. The amount of that excess cost
represents equity method goodwill.
JPC holds 33.3% of the ordinary shares of Animal Planet Japan,
Co. Ltd, and records its share of the earnings and losses in
accordance with that ordinary shareholding ratio. The Company
has funding obligations in accordance with its ordinary
shareholding ratio up to a maximum of ¥1,295,250 thousand.
During the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004, the
Company invested ¥370,000 thousand and ¥165,000
thousand, respectively, and had made an aggregate investment of
¥1,295,000 thousand as of December 31, 2004, in
A4-123
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Animal Planet Japan, Co. Ltd. JPCs funding obligations for
this investment have been substantially fulfilled. JPC and
Animal Planet Japan, Co. Ltd.s other shareholders are
currently preparing a revised business plan and funding
agreement for this investment.
The aggregate cost of JPCs cost method investments totaled
¥761,100 thousand at December 31, 2004. JPC estimated
that the fair value of each of those investments exceeded the
cost of the investment, and therefore concluded that no
impairment had occurred.
Financial information for the companies in which the Company has
an investment accounted for under the equity method is presented
as combined as the companies are similar in nature and operate
in the same business area. Condensed combined financial
information is as follows (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Combined financial position at December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets
|
|
¥ |
6,747,882 |
|
|
¥ |
8,533,233 |
|
|
Other assets
|
|
|
1,780,915 |
|
|
|
634,175 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
¥ |
8,528,797 |
|
|
¥ |
9,167,408 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities
|
|
¥ |
2,983,359 |
|
|
¥ |
3,056,756 |
|
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
2,543,293 |
|
|
|
1,413,948 |
|
|
Shareholders equity
|
|
|
3,002,145 |
|
|
|
4,696,704 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and shareholders equity
|
|
¥ |
8,528,797 |
|
|
¥ |
9,167,408 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(unaudited) | |
|
|
|
|
Combined operations for the year ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
¥ |
16,034,608 |
|
|
¥ |
15,256,112 |
|
|
¥ |
21,682,192 |
|
|
Operating expenses
|
|
|
15,720,997 |
|
|
|
15,270,229 |
|
|
|
21,998,685 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss)
|
|
|
313,611 |
|
|
|
(14,117 |
) |
|
|
(316,493 |
) |
|
Other income, net, including income taxes
|
|
|
364,935 |
|
|
|
319,099 |
|
|
|
783,921 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
¥ |
678,546 |
|
|
¥ |
304,982 |
|
|
¥ |
467,428 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-124
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
(5) |
Property and Equipment |
Property and equipment as of December 31, 2003 and 2004
were comprised of the following (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Furniture and fixtures
|
|
¥ |
143,364 |
|
|
¥ |
187,233 |
|
Leasehold and building improvements
|
|
|
671,028 |
|
|
|
1,362,537 |
|
Equipment and vehicles
|
|
|
2,698,152 |
|
|
|
4,295,113 |
|
Buildings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
851,485 |
|
Land
|
|
|
437,147 |
|
|
|
437,147 |
|
Construction in progress
|
|
|
253,678 |
|
|
|
183,254 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,203,369 |
|
|
|
7,316,769 |
|
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
(2,191,083 |
) |
|
|
(1,989,701 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
2,012,286 |
|
|
¥ |
5,327,068 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment include assets held under capitalized
lease arrangements (Note 11). Depreciation and amortization
expense related to property and equipment for the years ended
December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 was ¥699,332
thousand, ¥734,930 thousand and ¥772,907 thousand,
respectively.
|
|
(6) |
Software Development Costs |
Capitalized software development costs for internal use as of
December 31, 2003 and 2004 are as follows (Yen in
thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Software development costs
|
|
¥ |
2,722,942 |
|
|
¥ |
3,773,137 |
|
Less accumulated amortization
|
|
|
(1,272,554 |
) |
|
|
(1,870,893 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
1,450,388 |
|
|
¥ |
1,902,244 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Significant software development additions during 2003 and 2004
included development of Shop Channel core system and e-commerce
infrastructure, and further development of a sales receivables
management system, all of which are for internal use.
Aggregate amortization expense for the years ended
December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 was ¥355,727
thousand, ¥451,327 thousand and ¥584,340 thousand,
respectively.
Intangible assets acquired during the year ended
December 31, 2004 totaled ¥214,936 thousand. The
weighted average amortization period is ten years. (Note 2)
A4-125
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
The details of intangible assets other than software and
goodwill at December 31, 2003 and 2004 were as follows (Yen
in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net of accumulated
amortization of ¥6,420 thousand in 2003 and ¥28,417
thousand in 2004:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Channel packaging arrangements
|
|
¥ |
|
|
|
¥ |
200,000 |
|
|
Other
|
|
|
54,525 |
|
|
|
46,886 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
54,525 |
|
|
|
246,886 |
|
Other intangible assets not subject to amortization:
|
|
|
4,868 |
|
|
|
5,073 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other intangible assets
|
|
¥ |
59,393 |
|
|
¥ |
251,959 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Channel packaging arrangements represent estimated value to be
derived from existing channel position in packaging alliances on
the direct-to-home satellite distribution platform, and are
being amortized over their estimated useful life of ten years.
The aggregate amortization expense of other intangible assets
subject to amortization for the years ended December 31,
2002, 2003 and 2004 was ¥36,177 thousand, ¥1,802
thousand and ¥22,257 thousand, respectively. The future
estimated amortization expenses for each of five years relating
to amounts currently recorded in the consolidated balance sheet
are as follows (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
Year ending December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
¥ |
45,892 |
|
2006
|
|
|
26,146 |
|
2007
|
|
|
22,466 |
|
2008
|
|
|
22,466 |
|
2009
|
|
|
22,466 |
|
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years
ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 were as follows (Yen
in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(unaudited) | |
|
|
|
|
Balance at beginning of year
|
|
¥ |
|
|
|
¥ |
191,482 |
|
|
¥ |
188,945 |
|
Acquisitions
|
|
|
191,482 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
281,186 |
|
Adjustment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,537 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at end of year
|
|
¥ |
191,482 |
|
|
¥ |
188,945 |
|
|
¥ |
470,131 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A breakdown of the goodwill recorded during 2002 and 2004 is
provided in note 2 and is summarized as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
Misawa Satellite Broadcasting Co |
|
¥191,482 thousand |
2004
|
|
BB Factory |
|
¥281,186 thousand |
|
|
(9) |
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities |
JPC uses foreign exchange forward contracts that extend 3 to
52 months to manage currency exposure, resulting from
changes in foreign currency exchange rates, on purchase
commitments for contracted programming rights and other contract
costs and for forecasted inventory purchases in
U.S. dollars. JPC enters into these contracts to hedge its
U.S. dollar denominated monetary exposures.
A4-126
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
JPC does not enter into derivative financial transactions for
trading or speculative purposes.
JPC is exposed to credit-related losses in the event of
non-performance by the counterparties to derivative financial
instruments, but they do not expect the counterparties to fail
to meet their obligations because of the high credit rating of
the counterparties.
For certain qualifying transactions entered into from
January 1, 2004, JPC designates the transactions as cash
flow hedges and the effective portion of the gain or loss on the
derivative instrument is reported as a component of other
accumulated comprehensive loss. The amount of hedge
ineffectiveness recognized currently in foreign exchange gain
was not material for the year ended December 31, 2004.
These amounts are reclassified into earnings through loss
(gain) on forward exchange contracts when the hedged items
impact earnings. Accumulated losses, net of taxes, of
¥16,705 thousand are included in accumulated other
comprehensive loss at December 31, 2004, and will be
reclassified into earnings within twelve months. No cash flow
hedges were discontinued during the year ended December 31,
2004 as a result of forecasted transactions that are no longer
probable to occur.
JPC has entered into foreign exchange forward contracts
designated but not qualified as hedging instruments under
SFAS No. 133 as a means of hedging certain foreign
currency exposures. JPC records these contracts on the balance
sheet at fair value. The changes in fair value of such
instruments are recognized currently in earnings and are
included in foreign exchange (loss) gain.
At December 31, 2003, the fair value of forward exchange
contracts not designated as hedging instruments recognized in
the balance sheet was a liability of
¥241,507 thousand. At December 31, 2004, the fair
value of forward exchange contracts recognized in the balance
sheet was a liability of ¥174,959 thousand and an asset of
¥18,813 thousand.
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|
(10) |
Fair Value of Financial Instruments |
The carrying amounts for financial instruments in JPCs
consolidated financial statements at December 31, 2003 and
2004 approximate to their estimated fair values. Fair value
estimates are made at a specific point in time based on relevant
market information and information about the financial
instrument. These estimates are subjective in nature and involve
uncertainties and matters of significant judgment and,
therefore, cannot be determined with precision. Changes in
assumptions could significantly affect the estimates.
The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the
fair value of each class of financial instruments:
Cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts
payable, income taxes payable, accrued liabilities, and other
current liabilities (non-derivatives): The carrying amounts
approximate fair value because of the short duration of these
instruments.
Foreign exchange forward contracts: The carrying amount
is reflective of fair value. The fair value of currency forward
contracts is estimated based on quotes obtained from financial
institutions. As at December 31, 2003, fair value of
foreign exchange forward contracts of
¥241,507 thousand was included in the consolidated
balance sheet under other current liabilities. As at
December 31, 2004, fair value of foreign exchange forward
contracts of ¥18,813 thousand was included in the
consolidated balance sheet under other current assets, and
¥174,959 thousand was included under other current
liabilities.
Long-term debt, including current maturities and short-term
debt: The fair value of JPCs long-term debt is
estimated by discounting the future cash flows of each
instrument by a proxy for rates expected to be incurred on
similar borrowings at current rates. Borrowings bear interest
based on certain financial ratios that determine a margin over
Euroyen TIBOR, and are therefore variable. JPC believes the
carrying amount approximates fair value based on the variable
rates and currently available terms and conditions for similar
debt.
A4-127
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Capital lease obligations, including current
installments: The carrying amount is reflective of fair
value. The fair value of JPCs capital lease obligations is
estimated by discounting the future cash flows of each
instrument at rates currently offered to JPC by leasing
companies.
JPC is obligated under various capital leases for certain
equipment and other assets that expire at various dates,
generally during the next five years. At December 31, 2003
and 2004, the gross amount of equipment and the related
accumulated amortization recorded under capital leases were as
follows (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Equipment and vehicles
|
|
¥ |
1,794,097 |
|
|
¥ |
1,839,215 |
|
Others
|
|
|
99,667 |
|
|
|
126,368 |
|
Less accumulated amortization
|
|
|
(1,417,805 |
) |
|
|
(865,908 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
475,959 |
|
|
¥ |
1,099,675 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of assets held under capital leases is included
with depreciation and amortization expense. Leased equipment is
included in property and equipment (note 5).
Future minimum capital lease payments as of December 31,
2004 were as follows (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ending December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
¥ |
313,917 |
|
|
2006
|
|
|
247,663 |
|
|
2007
|
|
|
224,818 |
|
|
2008
|
|
|
190,961 |
|
|
2009
|
|
|
170,756 |
|
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
24,479 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total minimum lease payments
|
|
|
1,172,594 |
|
Less amount representing interest (at rates ranging from 1.25%
to 2.6%)
|
|
|
(59,393 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Present value of future minimum capital lease payments
|
|
|
1,113,201 |
|
Less current installments
|
|
|
(290,031 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
823,170 |
|
|
|
|
|
JPC also has several operating leases, primarily for office
space, that expire over the next 10 years and a 30-year
lease for land that expires in 29 years. Rent expense for
the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 was
¥238,621 thousand, ¥275,264 thousand and
¥332,530 thousand, respectively.
The Company leases two principle office premises. JPC
headquarters has a three-year lease agreement from August 2004,
with a rolling two-year right of renewal that provides for
annual rental costs of ¥245,118 thousand. Shop Channel
has a 10-year agreement expiring in October 2013 with an annual
rental cost of ¥185,905 thousand. These and other
leases for office space are mainly cancelable upon six months
notice. Accordingly, the schedule below detailing future minimum
lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases includes
the lease costs for the Companys premises for only a
six-month period.
A4-128
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Future minimum lease payments for the noncancelable portion of
operating leases as of December 31, 2004 were as follows
(Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ending December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
¥ |
293,418 |
|
|
2006
|
|
|
4,980 |
|
|
2007
|
|
|
4,980 |
|
|
2008
|
|
|
4,980 |
|
|
2009
|
|
|
4,980 |
|
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
111,635 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total minimum lease payments
|
|
¥ |
424,973 |
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term debt at December 31, 2003 and 2004 consisted of
the following (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Promissory note
|
|
¥ |
46,000 |
|
|
¥ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term debt in 2003 represented a promissory note in the
amount of ¥46,000 thousand due to Sony Pictures
Entertainment (Japan) Inc. which was repaid by the due date of
March 31, 2004.
Long-term debt at December 31, 2003 and 2004 consisted of
the following (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Borrowings from banks
|
|
¥ |
4,000,000 |
|
|
¥ |
4,000,000 |
|
Loans from shareholders
|
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
Loans from subsidiary minority shareholders
|
|
|
1,016,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total long-term debt
|
|
|
6,016,000 |
|
|
|
5,000,000 |
|
Less: current maturities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt
|
|
¥ |
6,016,000 |
|
|
¥ |
5,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At December 31, 2004, the Company had a
¥10,000,000 thousand credit facility (the
Facility) available for immediate and full borrowing
with a group of banks. The Facility, which is guaranteed by
certain of the Companys subsidiaries, comprises an
¥8,000,000 thousand five-year term loan and a
¥2,000,000 thousand 364-day revolving facility.
Outstanding borrowings under the five-year term loan at
December 31, 2003 and 2004 were
¥4,000,000 thousand. There were no borrowings
outstanding under the 364-day revolving facility as of
December 31, 2003 and 2004. The Company pays a commitment
fee of 0.20% on undrawn borrowings of the Facility. Interest on
outstanding borrowings is based on certain financial ratios and
can range from Euroyen TIBOR + 0.75% to TIBOR + 2.00% for the
five-year term loan and from TIBOR + 0.70% to TIBOR + 1.00% for
the 364-day revolving facility. The interest rates charged at
December 31, 2003 and 2004 for the five-year term loan and
for the 364-day revolving facility were 0.83% and 0.835% and
0.78% and 0.785%, respectively.
The term loan portion of the Facility is available for immediate
and full borrowing to be drawn upon until December 25,
2005. Repayment by installments begins on March 31, 2006,
on a quarterly basis, equal to 10% of the outstanding balance at
the end of the availability period, until fully repaid on
June 25, 2008. The 364-day revolving facility was renewed
on June 22, 2004 and is available for immediate and full
borrowing until June 22, 2005, and repayment in full is due
on that date.
A4-129
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
The Facility contains certain financial and other restrictive
covenants. The financial covenants consist of: (i) EBITDA,
as defined by the Facility agreement and reported on a
Commercial Code of Japan basis, shall be equal to or exceed; for
year 2004, ¥3,000,000 thousand; for year 2005,
¥3,500,000 thousand; for year 2006, ¥4,000,000
thousand; for year 2007, ¥5,000,000 thousand; and
(ii) Actual Amount of Investment, as defined by
the Facility agreement, shall not exceed Maximum Amount of
Investment as defined, provided that, in respect of a
year, an amount equal to the excess of Maximum over Actual
amount of investment shall be added to the Maximum Amount of
Investment of the next following year. Maximum amounts of
investment are defined relative to prior year EBITDA and other
specified amounts.
Restrictive covenants contained in the Facility agreement
include certain restrictions on: (i) creation of
contractual security interests over the Companys assets;
(ii) sale of assets that would result in material adverse
effect, or would comprise over 10% of total assets;
(iii) corporate reorganization that would result in
material adverse effect; (iv) sale of shares in principal
subsidiaries; (v) distribution of dividends, repurchase of
own shares, and repayment of subordinated loans;
(vi) amendment of subordinated loan agreements;
(vii) transactions with related parties other than in
normal course of business, (viii) changes in fundamental
nature of business; (ix) incursion of interest-bearing debt
not contemplated in the Facility agreement; (x) transfer,
creation of security interests on, or otherwise disposal of the
Companys shares; (xi) changes in control of the
Company management by parent companies; (xii) purchase of
shares in companies in unrelated business areas; and
(xiii) changes in scope of the business of a particular
subsidiary. JPC was in compliance with these covenants at
December 31, 2004.
JPC has outstanding term borrowings of ¥500,000 thousand
from each of LMI and Sumitomo Corporation. The borrowings are
subordinated to the Facility described above. The borrowings
bear interest at the higher of the rate applicable to the term
loan portion of the Facility, and Japan Long Term Prime rate
(1.85% and 1.55% at December 31, 2003 and 2004,
respectively), and are due in full on July 26, 2008.
JPC had the following debt of certain subsidiaries due to
minority shareholders in those subsidiaries:
As of December 31, 2003 JPC had outstanding borrowings of
¥836,000 thousand by Jupiter Sports Inc. due to Liberty J
Sports, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of LMI. The
borrowings bore interest at the higher of the rate applicable to
the term loan portion of the Facility and Japan Long Term Prime
rate (1.85% at December 31, 2003), and was due in full on
December 31, 2007. In April 2004, JPC acquired all of the
issued and outstanding shares of Liberty J Sports, Inc. from
LMI. Upon acquiring control, the outstanding borrowings were
eliminated in consolidation of Liberty J Sports, Inc., which was
subsequently renamed J Sports LLC. Note 2 provides further
details of this acquisition.
As of December 31, 2003 JPC had outstanding borrowings of
¥180,000 thousand by Jupiter Shop Channel Co., Ltd. due to
Home Shopping Network Inc. The borrowings bore interest at the
Japan Short Term Prime rate (1.375% at December 31, 2003).
The borrowings were due in full on December 31, 2005 and
were repaid early in full in December 2004. No gain or loss was
recognized on this repayment transaction.
A4-130
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
The aggregate maturities of long-term debt for each of the five
years subsequent to December 31, 2004 were as follows (Yen
in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
Year ending December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
¥ |
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
1,600,000 |
|
|
2007
|
|
|
1,600,000 |
|
|
2008
|
|
|
1,800,000 |
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total debt
|
|
¥ |
5,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
The components of the provision for income taxes for the years
ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 recognized in the
consolidated statements of operations were as follows (Yen in
thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(unaudited) | |
|
|
|
|
Current taxes
|
|
¥ |
1,239,964 |
|
|
¥ |
2,072,264 |
|
|
¥ |
3,229,627 |
|
Deferred taxes
|
|
|
(536,017 |
) |
|
|
(553,039 |
) |
|
|
(278,181 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax expense
|
|
¥ |
703,947 |
|
|
¥ |
1,519,225 |
|
|
¥ |
2,951,446 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All pre-tax income and income tax expense is related to
operations in Japan. The tax effects of temporary differences
that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax
assets and deferred tax liabilities at December 31, 2003
and 2004 were presented below (Yen in thousands).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Deferred tax assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retail inventories
|
|
¥ |
617,970 |
|
|
¥ |
811,289 |
|
|
Property and equipment
|
|
|
195,223 |
|
|
|
297,238 |
|
|
Accrued liabilities
|
|
|
372,529 |
|
|
|
330,995 |
|
|
Enterprise tax payable
|
|
|
142,709 |
|
|
|
195,588 |
|
|
Unrealized foreign exchange
|
|
|
101,371 |
|
|
|
62,581 |
|
|
Equity method investments
|
|
|
711,645 |
|
|
|
944,389 |
|
|
Operating loss carryforwards
|
|
|
1,892,339 |
|
|
|
895,097 |
|
|
Others
|
|
|
270,394 |
|
|
|
320,361 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,304,180 |
|
|
|
3,857,538 |
|
|
Less valuation allowance
|
|
|
(2,901,655 |
) |
|
|
(2,165,372 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred tax assets
|
|
|
1,402,525 |
|
|
|
1,692,166 |
|
Deferred tax liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangibles
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(81,380 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net deferred tax assets
|
|
¥ |
1,402,525 |
|
|
¥ |
1,610,786 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The net changes in the total valuation allowance for the years
ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 were decreases of
¥1,003,452 thousand, ¥1,970,667 thousand, and
¥736,283 thousand, respectively.
A4-131
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, the
Company considers whether it is more likely than not that some
portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent
upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods
in which those temporary differences become deductible or in
which the operating losses are available for use. The Company
considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities,
projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies in
making this assessment. Based upon the level of historical
taxable income and projections for future taxable income over
the periods in which the deferred tax assets are deductible,
management believes it is more likely than not that the Company
will realize the benefit of these deductible differences, net of
the existing valuation allowance. The amount of the deferred tax
asset considered realizable, however, could be reduced in the
near term if estimates of the future taxable income during the
carryforward period are reduced.
At December 31, 2004, JPC and its subsidiaries had total
net operating loss carryforwards for income tax purposes of
approximately ¥2,199,795 thousand, which are available to
offset future taxable income, if any. JPCs subsidiaries
are subject to taxation on a stand-alone basis and net operating
loss carryforwards may not be utilized against other group
company profits. Aggregated net operating loss carryforwards, if
not utilized, expire as follows (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ending December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
¥ |
1,116,701 |
|
|
2006
|
|
|
143,308 |
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
351,540 |
|
|
2010
|
|
|
229,485 |
|
|
2011
|
|
|
358,761 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
¥ |
2,199,795 |
|
|
|
|
|
The Company and its subsidiaries were subject to Japanese
National Corporate tax of 30%, an Inhabitant tax of 6% and a
deductible Enterprise tax of 10%, which in aggregate result in a
statutory tax rate of 42.1%. On March 24, 2003, the
Japanese Diet approved the Amendments to Local Tax Law, reducing
the standard enterprise tax rate from 10.08% to 7.2%. The
amendments to the tax rates became effective for fiscal years
beginning on or after April 1, 2004. Consequently, the
statutory income tax rate was lowered to approximately 40.7% for
deferred tax assets and liabilities expected to be settled or
realized on or after January 1, 2005. As a result of the
decrease in the statutory tax rate, when compared with the
amounts based on the tax rate applied before this revision, the
net deferred tax assets decreased by approximately ¥47,119
thousand at December 31, 2004. A reconciliation of the
Japanese statutory income tax rate and the effective income tax
rate as a
A4-132
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
percentage of income before income taxes for the years ended
December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(unaudited) | |
|
|
|
|
Statutory tax rate
|
|
|
42.1 |
% |
|
|
42.1 |
% |
|
|
42.1 |
% |
Non-deductible expenses
|
|
|
2.8 |
|
|
|
1.9 |
|
|
|
1.4 |
|
Change in valuation allowance
|
|
|
(27.1 |
) |
|
|
(9.9 |
) |
|
|
(1.2 |
) |
Income tax credits
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.8 |
) |
Reduction of tax net operating loss due to intercompany transfer
of assets
|
|
|
19.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional tax deduction due to intercompany transfer of assets
|
|
|
(3.9 |
) |
|
|
(1.7 |
) |
|
|
(1.1 |
) |
Effect of tax rate change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.7 |
|
Others
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
(0.7 |
) |
|
|
(0.3 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effective income tax rate
|
|
|
34.1 |
% |
|
|
31.7 |
% |
|
|
40.8 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(14) |
Accrued Pension and Severance Cost |
Net periodic cost of the Company and its subsidiaries
unfunded RAP accounted for in accordance with
SFAS No. 87 for the years ended December 31,
2002, 2003 and 2004, included the following components (Yen in
thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(unaudited) | |
|
|
|
|
Service cost benefits earned during the year
|
|
¥ |
43,652 |
|
|
¥ |
44,743 |
|
|
¥ |
49,768 |
|
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation
|
|
|
2,625 |
|
|
|
3,951 |
|
|
|
4,332 |
|
Recognized actuarial loss
|
|
|
10,341 |
|
|
|
15,972 |
|
|
|
24,317 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net periodic cost
|
|
¥ |
56,618 |
|
|
¥ |
64,666 |
|
|
¥ |
78,417 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The reconciliation of beginning and ending balances of the
benefit obligations of the Company and its subsidiaries
plans accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 87 are
as follows (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Change in projected benefit obligations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Benefit obligations, beginning of year
|
|
¥ |
158,031 |
|
|
¥ |
216,611 |
|
|
Service cost
|
|
|
44,743 |
|
|
|
49,768 |
|
|
Interest cost
|
|
|
3,951 |
|
|
|
4,332 |
|
|
Actuarial loss
|
|
|
15,973 |
|
|
|
24,317 |
|
|
Benefits paid
|
|
|
(6,087 |
) |
|
|
(10,232 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Projected benefit obligations, end of year
|
|
¥ |
216,611 |
|
|
¥ |
284,796 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated benefit obligations, end of year
|
|
¥ |
164,662 |
|
|
¥ |
210,159 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Actuarial gains and losses are recognized fully in the year in
which they occur. The weighted-average discount rate used in
determining net periodic cost of the Company and its
subsidiaries plans was 2.50%, 2.00% and 2.00% for the
years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively.
The weighted-average discount rate used in determining benefit
obligations as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 was 2.00%.
Assumed salary
A4-133
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
increases ranged from 1% to 4.1% depending on employees
age for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
The following benefit payments, which reflect expected future
service, as appropriate, are expected to be paid (Yen in
thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ending December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
¥ |
16,206 |
|
|
2006
|
|
|
25,570 |
|
|
2007
|
|
|
25,291 |
|
|
2008
|
|
|
29,482 |
|
|
2009
|
|
|
34,715 |
|
|
Years 2010-2014
|
|
|
174,596 |
|
JPC uses a measurement date of December 31 for all of its
unfunded Retirement Allowance Plans.
In addition, employees of the Company and certain of its
subsidiaries participate in a multi-employer defined benefit EPF
plan. The Company contributions to this plan amounted to
¥56,976 thousand, ¥60,322 thousand, and ¥44,510
thousand for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and
2004, respectively, and are included in selling, general and
administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated
statements of operations.
|
|
(15) |
Shareholders Equity |
The Commercial Code of Japan, provides that an amount equal to
at least 10% of cash dividends and other cash appropriations
paid be appropriated as a legal reserve until the aggregated
amount of additional paid-in capital and the legal reserve
equals 25% of the issued capital.
The Company paid no cash dividends for the years ended
December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004. The amount available for
dividends under the Commercial Code of Japan is based on the
unappropriated retained earnings recorded in the Companys
books of account and amounted to nil at December 31, 2004.
On January 30, 2004, the total number of JPCs
ordinary shares authorized to be issued was increased from
450,000 to 460,000 shares.
On March 5, 2004, JPC transferred ¥8,400,000 thousand
of common stock to additional paid-in capital (¥6,587,064
thousand) and accumulated deficit (¥1,812,936 thousand).
The transfer was approved by the Companys stockholders in
accordance with the Commercial Code of Japan, which allows a
company to make a purchase of its own shares, as contemplated in
the further transaction noted below, only from specified
additional paid-in capital or retained earnings reserves. JPC
purchased its own shares using the resulting additional paid-in
capital, and elected at the same time to eliminate its
accumulated deficit and generate positive retained earnings on a
single entity basis. On a consolidated basis, JPC continued to
show an accumulated deficit immediately after that transfer.
Such transfer did not impact JPCs total equity, cash
position or liquidity. Had the Company been subject to corporate
law generally applicable to United States companies for similar
transactions, the accumulated deficit at December 31, 2004
would be ¥1,812,936 thousand more than the amount included
in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
During March and April 2004 the following capital transactions
occurred and were based on an independent third party valuation
of the common stock of JPC:
|
|
|
1) Issuance of 24,000 newly issued shares of common stock
to Sumitomo Corporation at a rate of ¥250,000 per
common share (¥6,000,000 thousand), ¥3,000,000
thousand of which was allocated to common stock with the
remaining ¥3,000,000 thousand allocated to additional
paid-in capital; |
A4-134
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
2) Redemption of 12,000 shares of common stock from
Sumitomo Corporation at a rate of ¥250,000 per common
share (¥3,000,000 thousand) to be held as treasury stock; |
|
|
|
|
3) Redemption of 12,000 shares of common stock from
Liberty Programming Japan at a rate of ¥250,000 per
common share (¥3,000,000 thousand) to be held as treasury
stock; |
|
|
|
|
4) Issuance of 24,000 shares of common stock held in
treasury shares to Liberty Programming Japan II Inc. in
return for 1,000 shares of common stock in Liberty J Sports
Inc. Liberty J Sports Inc. was then converted to a limited
liability company with the Certificate of Conversion filed with
the Delaware Secretary of State, and was subsequently renamed J
Sports LLC. J Sports LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of JPC. |
|
|
|
(16) |
Related Party Transactions |
JPC engages in a variety of transactions in the normal course of
business. Significant related party balances, income and
expenditures have been separately identified in the consolidated
balance sheets and statements of operations. A list of related
parties and a description of main types of transactions with
each party follows:
Sumitomo Corporation, shareholder, and its subsidiaries:
television programming advertising revenues, cost of retail
sales, costs of programming and distribution, selling, general
and administrative expenses for staff secondment fees, cash
deposits, property and equipment capital leases, subordinated
loans and interest thereon;
LMI, shareholder, and its subsidiaries: selling, general and
administrative expenses for staff secondment fees and recharge
of project development costs, subordinated loans and interest
thereon;
Discovery Japan, Inc., and Animal Planet Japan, Co. Ltd,
affiliate companies: services and other revenues from cable and
advertising sales activities and broadcasting, marketing and
office support services; costs of programming, distribution
relating to direct-to-home subscription revenue and receipt of
cash advances;
JSports Broadcasting Corporation, affiliate company: services
and other revenues from cable and advertising sales activities
and recovery of staff costs for seconded staff;
InteracTV Co., Ltd, affiliate company: pass through of
direct-to-home television programming subscription revenues to
JPC, costs of programming and distribution payments for
transponder services;
Minority interests in Jupiter Golf Network, Co. Ltd, four
companies holding total of 10.6%: television programming
advertising revenues;
Home Shopping Network Inc.: minority shareholder loans and
interest thereon;
Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd, an affiliated company of
LMI and Sumitomo Corporation at December 31, 2004, and an
indirect consolidated subsidiary of LMI effective
January 1, 2005: television programming cable subscription
revenues, costs of programming and distribution for carriage of
Shop Channel by cable systems.
|
|
(17) |
Concentration of credit risk |
As of December 31, 2003 and 2004, SkyPerfecTV, an unrelated
party, and Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd
(JCom), a related party, agent for sales of
programming delivered via satellite and most significant cable
system operator, respectively, represented concentrations of
credit risk for the Company. For the years ended
December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, subscription revenues of
¥1,688,119 thousand, ¥2,888,163 thousand and
¥3,095,526 thousand, respectively, received through
SkyPerfect TV, accounted for approximately 35%, 45% and 44%,
respectively, of subscription revenues, and 5%, 6% and 5%,
respectively, of total revenues. As of
A4-135
JUPITER PROGRAMMING CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, SkyPerfect TV accounted
for approximately 7%, 5% and 6%, respectively, of accounts
receivable.
For the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004,
subscription revenues of ¥1,207,749 thousand,
¥1,361,897 thousand and ¥1,464,167 thousand,
respectively, received through JCom, accounted for approximately
25%, 21% and 21%, respectively, of subscription revenues, and
4%, 3% and 2%, respectively, of total revenues. As of
December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, JCom accounted for
approximately 7%, 6% and 3%, respectively, of accounts
receivable.
|
|
(18) |
Commitments, Other Than Leases |
At December 31, 2004, JPC has commitments to purchase
various program rights as follows (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ending December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
¥ |
1,131,527 |
|
|
2006
|
|
|
822,490 |
|
|
2007
|
|
|
37,864 |
|
|
2008
|
|
|
14,205 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total program rights purchase commitments
|
|
¥ |
2,006,086 |
|
|
|
|
|
At December 31, 2004, JPC has commitments for transponder
and uplink services as follows (Yen in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ending December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
¥ |
1,217,059 |
|
|
2006
|
|
|
1,265,173 |
|
|
2007
|
|
|
642,872 |
|
|
2008
|
|
|
523,984 |
|
|
2009
|
|
|
403,459 |
|
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
140,142 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total transponder and uplink services commitments
|
|
¥ |
4,192,689 |
|
|
|
|
|
JPC contracts, through subsidiaries and affiliate licensed
broadcasting companies, to utilize capacity on three satellites
from two transponder service providers. JPC channels contract
for a portion of the capacity available on a transponder
according to the bandwidth needs of individual channels.
Transponder service contracts are generally ten years in
duration. Service fees are based on fixed rates or a fixed
portion plus a variable portion based on platform subscriber
numbers. Termination is possible on a channel-by-channel basis.
One transponder service provider charges termination penalty
fees, the other does not charge a fee until the last channel
from one licensed broadcaster terminates. Due to the unclear
nature of the responsibility for termination fees, commitments
are disclosed for the full minimum commitment amounts under the
service contracts.
JPC has capital equipment purchase commitments amounting to
¥2,024,206 thousand at December 31, 2004 that must be
expended by December 31, 2005.
A4-136
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Torneos y Competencias S.A.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of
Torneos y Competencias S.A. and its subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2004 and 2003 and the related consolidated
statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), of
changes in stockholders equity and of cash flows for each
of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
2004. These consolidated financial statements are the
responsibility of the Companys management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated
financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards
generally accepted in the United States of America. Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are
free of material misstatement. An audit includes consideration
of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for
designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion
on the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over
financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An
audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An
audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating
the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that
our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred
to above present fairly, in all material respects, the
consolidated financial position of Torneos y Competencias S.A.
and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and
the consolidated results of their operations and their cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2004, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been
prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going
concern. As disclosed in Note 1 to the consolidated
financial statements, the Company is in default with respect to
two bank loans and certain loans are past due. In addition, at
December 31, 2004, the Company has a net working capital
deficiency. These matters raise substantial doubt about the
Companys ability to continue as a going concern.
Managements plans with regards to these matters are also
described in Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do
not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome
of this uncertainty.
Finsterbusch Pickenhayn Sibille(*)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
March 11, 2005
(*) Finsterbusch Pickenhayn Sibille is the Argentine member
firm of KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative.
A4-137
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands of | |
|
|
Argentine pesos | |
ASSETS |
Current Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
A$ |
2,641 |
|
|
A$ |
2,224 |
|
Accounts receivable, net
|
|
|
19,007 |
|
|
|
15,116 |
|
Related party receivables (Note 6)
|
|
|
15,426 |
|
|
|
9,087 |
|
Programming rights, net
|
|
|
3,210 |
|
|
|
7,268 |
|
Advances to soccer clubs
|
|
|
1,180 |
|
|
|
2,216 |
|
Tax receivables
|
|
|
2,805 |
|
|
|
5,877 |
|
Building held for sale (Notes 6.d and 11.a)
|
|
|
2,940 |
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
|
|
3,466 |
|
|
|
2,375 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
50,675 |
|
|
|
44,163 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related party receivables (Note 6)
|
|
|
2,885 |
|
|
|
774 |
|
Programming rights, net
|
|
|
19,050 |
|
|
|
9,291 |
|
Advances to soccer clubs
|
|
|
2,421 |
|
|
|
4,660 |
|
Deferred income taxes (Note 9)
|
|
|
1,360 |
|
|
|
2,054 |
|
Investments in affiliates accounted for under the equity method
(Note 4)
|
|
|
21,132 |
|
|
|
19,185 |
|
Property and equipment, net (Note 5)
|
|
|
15,690 |
|
|
|
15,914 |
|
Other assets
|
|
|
1,214 |
|
|
|
1,165 |
|
Assets associated with discontinued operations (Note 6.d)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,909 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL ASSETS
|
|
A$ |
114,427 |
|
|
A$ |
103,115 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES |
Current Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
|
A$ |
28,532 |
|
|
A$ |
11,743 |
|
Related party liabilities (Note 6)
|
|
|
6,216 |
|
|
|
15,880 |
|
Debt (Note 7)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related party debt
|
|
|
8,419 |
|
|
|
8,306 |
|
|
Third party debt
|
|
|
8,333 |
|
|
|
9,024 |
|
Taxes payable
|
|
|
6,588 |
|
|
|
5,331 |
|
Deferred income
|
|
|
6,906 |
|
|
|
16,133 |
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
4,816 |
|
|
|
4,203 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
69,810 |
|
|
|
70,620 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in affiliates accounted for under the equity method
(Note 4)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,715 |
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
2,076 |
|
|
|
3,476 |
|
Liabilities associated with discontinued operations
(Note 6.d)
|
|
|
3,700 |
|
|
|
3,208 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES
|
|
A$ |
75,586 |
|
|
A$ |
81,019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minority interest in subsidiaries
|
|
|
(31 |
) |
|
|
8 |
|
|
Stockholders equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, A$1 par value. 50,160,000 shares authorized,
issued and outstanding
|
|
|
50,160 |
|
|
|
50,160 |
|
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
107,812 |
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive losses, net of taxes
|
|
|
(6,768 |
) |
|
|
(6,717 |
) |
|
Legal reserve
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,597 |
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(4,520 |
) |
|
|
(130,764 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity
|
|
A$ |
38,872 |
|
|
A$ |
22,088 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
|
|
A$ |
114,427 |
|
|
A$ |
103,115 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
A4-138
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands of Argentine pesos, except number of | |
|
|
shares and per share amounts | |
Revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related party (Note 6)
|
|
A$ |
84,241 |
|
|
A$ |
85,320 |
|
|
A$ |
71,195 |
|
|
|
Third party
|
|
|
18,826 |
|
|
|
10,210 |
|
|
|
9,508 |
|
Operating costs and expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating (other than depreciation)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related party (Note 6)
|
|
|
(532 |
) |
|
|
(199 |
) |
|
|
(404 |
) |
|
|
Third party
|
|
|
(59,230 |
) |
|
|
(46,447 |
) |
|
|
(37,339 |
) |
|
Selling, general and administrative
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related party (Note 6)
|
|
|
(9,651 |
) |
|
|
(9,963 |
) |
|
|
(2,469 |
) |
|
|
Third party
|
|
|
(15,984 |
) |
|
|
(13,540 |
) |
|
|
(17,934 |
) |
Provision for doubtful accounts and other receivables
|
|
|
(3,798 |
) |
|
|
(709 |
) |
|
|
(7,293 |
) |
Depreciation
|
|
|
(1,404 |
) |
|
|
(1,424 |
) |
|
|
(1,719 |
) |
Impairment of goodwill (Note 2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(95,663 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss)
|
|
|
12,468 |
|
|
|
23,248 |
|
|
|
(82,118 |
) |
Share of earnings (losses) from equity affiliates
(Note 4)
|
|
|
12,901 |
|
|
|
9,427 |
|
|
|
(10,589 |
) |
Interest expense
|
|
|
(7,215 |
) |
|
|
(10,042 |
) |
|
|
(18,321 |
) |
Foreign currency transaction gains (losses)
|
|
|
4,167 |
|
|
|
5,365 |
|
|
|
(9,236 |
) |
Other income (expenses), net
|
|
|
(709 |
) |
|
|
459 |
|
|
|
(2,082 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income
tax and minority interest
|
|
|
21,612 |
|
|
|
28,457 |
|
|
|
(122,346 |
) |
Income tax expense (Note 9)
|
|
|
(5,027 |
) |
|
|
(7,886 |
) |
|
|
(1,698 |
) |
Minority interest in losses (earnings) of subsidiaries
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
116 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from continuing operations
|
|
|
16,596 |
|
|
|
20,555 |
|
|
|
(123,928 |
) |
Discontinued operations, net of tax (including gain on disposal
of A$239 during 2004 and impairment of goodwill of A$6,074
during 2002) (Note 6.d)
|
|
|
239 |
|
|
|
(604 |
) |
|
|
(9,658 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
A$ |
16,835 |
|
|
A$ |
19,951 |
|
|
A$ |
(133,586 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
(51 |
) |
|
|
1,136 |
|
|
|
(6,222 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
A$ |
16,784 |
|
|
A$ |
21,087 |
|
|
A$ |
(139,808 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) per share from continuing operations
|
|
|
0.33 |
|
|
|
0.41 |
|
|
|
(2.47 |
) |
Income (loss) per share from discontinued operations
|
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
(0.01 |
) |
|
|
(0.19 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) per share
|
|
|
0.34 |
|
|
|
0.40 |
|
|
|
(2.66 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding
|
|
|
50,160,000 |
|
|
|
50,160,000 |
|
|
|
50,160,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
A4-139
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS
EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
other | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional | |
|
comprehensive | |
|
|
|
|
|
Total | |
|
|
Common | |
|
paid-in | |
|
losses, | |
|
Legal | |
|
Accumulated | |
|
stockholders | |
|
|
stock | |
|
capital | |
|
net of taxes | |
|
reserve | |
|
deficit | |
|
equity | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands of Argentine pesos | |
Balance as of January 1, 2002
|
|
A$ |
50,160 |
|
|
A$ |
107,812 |
|
|
A$ |
(1,631 |
) |
|
A$ |
1,597 |
|
|
A$ |
(17,129 |
) |
|
A$ |
140,809 |
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,222 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,222 |
) |
Net loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(133,586 |
) |
|
|
(133,586 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as of December 31, 2002
|
|
|
50,160 |
|
|
|
107,812 |
|
|
|
(7,853 |
) |
|
|
1,597 |
|
|
|
(150,715 |
) |
|
|
1,001 |
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,136 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,136 |
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19,951 |
|
|
|
19,951 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as of December 31, 2003
|
|
|
50,160 |
|
|
|
107,812 |
|
|
|
(6,717 |
) |
|
|
1,597 |
|
|
|
(130,764 |
) |
|
|
22,088 |
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(51 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(51 |
) |
Absorption of accumulated deficit as required under Argentine
law (Note 8)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(107,812 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,597 |
) |
|
|
109,409 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,835 |
|
|
|
16,835 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as of December 31, 2004
|
|
A$ |
50,160 |
|
|
A$ |
|
|
|
A$ |
(6,768 |
) |
|
A$ |
|
|
|
A$ |
(4,520 |
) |
|
A$ |
38,872 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
A4-140
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands of Argentine pesos | |
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from continuing operations
|
|
A$ |
16,596 |
|
|
A$ |
20,555 |
|
|
A$ |
(123,928 |
) |
Adjustments to reconcile income (loss) from continuing
operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Provision for doubtful accounts and other receivables
|
|
|
3,798 |
|
|
|
709 |
|
|
|
7,293 |
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
1,404 |
|
|
|
1,424 |
|
|
|
1,719 |
|
|
Share of (earnings) losses from equity affiliates
|
|
|
(12,901 |
) |
|
|
(9,427 |
) |
|
|
10,589 |
|
|
Impairment of goodwill
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
95,663 |
|
|
Minority interest in losses (earnings) of subsidiaries
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
(116 |
) |
|
Deferred tax expense
|
|
|
694 |
|
|
|
4,170 |
|
|
|
1,698 |
|
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effect
of dispositions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receivables, programming rights and others
|
|
|
(17,098 |
) |
|
|
13,847 |
|
|
|
3,775 |
|
|
|
Payable and other current liabilities
|
|
|
2,194 |
|
|
|
(24,639 |
) |
|
|
30,019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
|
|
(5,324 |
) |
|
|
6,655 |
|
|
|
26,712 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital expenditures
|
|
|
(1,430 |
) |
|
|
(1,162 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash distribution from equity affiliates
|
|
|
7,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,718 |
|
|
Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment
|
|
|
250 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
732 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
|
|
6,320 |
|
|
|
(1,162 |
) |
|
|
3,450 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Debt proceeds
|
|
|
4,338 |
|
|
|
1,213 |
|
|
|
10,537 |
|
|
Repayment of debt
|
|
|
(4,917 |
) |
|
|
(5,063 |
) |
|
|
(43,649 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in financing activities
|
|
|
(579 |
) |
|
|
(3,850 |
) |
|
|
(33,112 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(26 |
) |
|
|
172 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash
|
|
|
417 |
|
|
|
1,617 |
|
|
|
(2,778 |
) |
|
|
|
Cash at beginning of year
|
|
|
2,224 |
|
|
|
607 |
|
|
|
3,385 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash at end of year
|
|
A$ |
2,641 |
|
|
A$ |
2,224 |
|
|
A$ |
607 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
A4-141
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands of Argentine pesos, except as otherwise
mentioned)
|
|
1. |
Description of Business, Liquidity and Basis of
Presentation |
Description of
business
Torneos y Competencias S.A. (TyC or the
Company) is an independent producer of Argentine
sports and entertainment programming that, through various
affiliates, operates a sports programming cable channel;
commercializes rights to televise sporting events via cable,
satellite and broadcast television; and manages two sports
magazines and several thematic soccer bars. TyCs emphasis
is on soccer, and it has an exclusive agreement (except for
certain cable broadcast rights held by an affiliate) with the
Asociación de Fútbol Argentino, or
AFA, to produce and distribute programs related to
matches between clubs in the Argentine professional soccer
leagues. This agreement expires in 2010 unless extended to 2014
at TyCs request. TyC produces or co-produces, with its
three television studios and the production facilities of its
production partners, a number of soccer-based programs, such as
Fútbol de Primera, El clásico del Domingo and
Fútbol de Verano.
TyC has interests in two magazines: El Grafico, which covers
Argentine and international sports, with special emphasis on
soccer; and Golf Digest, the Argentine and Chilean editions of
the American golf magazine.
TyC also has the rights to broadcast friendly summer season
tournaments in different Argentine cities through 2007.
The Companys principal shareholders are:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ownership | |
Shareholders |
|
percentage | |
|
|
| |
ACH Acquisitions Co.
|
|
|
20% |
|
Telefónica de Contenidos S.A. Unipersonal
|
|
|
20% |
|
A y N Argentina LLC
|
|
|
20% |
|
Liberty Argentina, Inc, a subsidiary of Liberty Media
International, Inc (LMI)
|
|
|
40% |
|
TyCs 50% owned affiliate, Televisión
Satelital Codificada S.A., or TSC holds the
commercial rights in Argentina, with certain exceptions, to
televise selected official soccer matches of AFAs Premier
Ligue. TSC sells the rights to televise specific matches to
cable operators, to an over-the-air broadcast television channel
in and around Buenos Aires and, in certain cases, exclusively to
the TyC Sports Channel.
Another 50% owned affiliate of TyC, TELE-RED
Imagen S.A., or TRISA owns the TyC Sports
Channel, the first dedicated sports cable channel in Argentina,
which packages soccer programming co produced by Torneos and
other sporting events to which TRISA holds commercial rights.
TRISA also holds commercial rights to produce and distribute
certain motor car racing, basketball and boxing events.
T&T Sports Marketing Inc. (T&T), a
50% owned affiliate of the Company, has entered into
agreements with the Confederación Sudamericana de
Fútbol (Conmebol) for the acquisition of
the Copa Libertadores and Copa
Sudamericana broadcasting rights up to 2010. See Notes
4 and 6.
Liquidity
The Company is in default with respect to two bank loans. In
addition, the Companys loans from LMI are past due.
Principal and interest under these bank and LMI loans of
A$13,346 and A$4,088, respectively, have been classified as
current liabilities at December 31, 2004. See Note 7. In
addition, at December 31, 2004, current liabilities exceed
current assets by A$19,135. The Company plans to renegotiate
these loans to extend the repayment terms. Although the Company
expects that it will be able to successfully renegotiate the
bank loans that are in default and the past due loans from LMI,
no assurance can be given that the Company will be
A4-142
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
successful. In the event that the Companys efforts in this
regard are not successful, the Companys ability to
continue as a going concern could be adversely affected in that
the Company may not have sufficient funds available to meet its
current liabilities as they become due and payable, particularly
if payment is demanded under the aforementioned bank or LMI
loans.
Basis of presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of TyC and all voting interest entities where TyC
exercises a controlling interest through the ownership of a
direct or indirect majority voting interest and variable
interest entities for which TyC is the primary beneficiary. All
significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been
eliminated in consolidation. TyC management concluded that the
Company holds no interest in entities that meet the definition
of variable interest entities pursuant to Financial Accounting
Standards Board Interpretation No. 46(R).
TyCs operating subsidiaries and TyCs most
significant equity affiliates as of December 31, 2004 are
set forth below:
|
|
|
Operating subsidiaries as of December 31,
2004 |
|
Avilacab S.A. (Avilacab) |
|
South American Sports S.A. (SAS) |
|
TyC Minor S.A. (TyC Minor) |
|
|
Significant equity affiliates as of December 31,
2004 |
|
TSC |
|
TRISA |
|
T&T |
For additional information concerning TyCs equity
affiliates, see Note 4.
In the following notes, references to the Company refer to TyC
and its consolidated subsidiaries.
|
|
2. |
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
The Company maintains its books of account in conformity with
financial accounting standards of the City of Buenos Aires,
Argentina. The accompanying consolidated statements have been
prepared in a manner and reflect certain adjustments which are
necessary to conform to accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America (US GAAP).
Use of estimates
The preparation of these consolidated financial statements in
conformity with US GAAP requires the Company to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the
reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting
period. Estimates and assumptions are used in accounting for,
among other things, allowances for uncollectible accounts,
deferred income taxes and related valuation allowances, loss
contingencies, fair values and useful lives of long-lived assets
and any related impairment. Actual results could differ from
those estimates.
The Company does not control the decision making process or
business management practices of TyCs equity affiliates.
Accordingly, the Company relies on management of these
affiliates and their independent auditors to provide us with
accurate financial information prepared in accordance with US
GAAP that we use in the application of the equity method. The
Company is not aware, however, of any errors in or possible
misstatements of the financial information provided by
TyCs equity affiliates that would have a material effect
on Companys financial statements. For information
concerning TyCs equity method investments, see Note 4.
A4-143
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Inflation adjustment
Argentine generally accepted accounting principles require the
restatement of assets and liabilities into constant Argentine
pesos.
Under US GAAP, account balances and transactions are stated in
the units of currency of the period when the transactions
originated. This accounting model is commonly known as the
historical cost basis of accounting. The Company has excluded
the effect of the general price level restatement for the
preparation of these financial statements in accordance with US
GAAP.
Accounts receivable,
net
Accounts receivable are reflected net of an allowance for
doubtful accounts. Such allowance amounted to A$6,810 and
A$4,521 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The
allowance for doubtful accounts is based upon the Companys
assessment of probable loss related to uncollectible accounts
receivable. A number of factors are used in determining the
allowance, including, among other things, collection trends,
prevailing and anticipated economic conditions and specific
customer credit risk. The allowance is maintained until either
receipt of payment or collection of the account is no longer
being pursued.
The Company has five clients whose balances aggregate
approximately 40% and 79% of the total balances of accounts
receivable, net, as of December 31, 2004 and 2003,
respectively, and approximately 83%, 89% and 88% of the revenue
for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002,
respectively.
Programming rights,
net
The Company and certain equity investees have multi-year
contracts for telecast rights of sporting events and rights to
the image and sound archives related to all of the
countrys national soccer teams. Pursuant to these
contracts, an asset is recorded for the rights acquired and a
liability is recorded for the obligation incurred when the
programs or sporting events are available for telecast. Program
rights for sporting events which are for a specified number of
games are amortized on an event-by-event basis, and those which
are for a specified season or period are amortized over the term
of such period on a straight-line basis.
Non-current programming rights represent telecast and production
rights of sporting events available for telecast beyond one year
from the balance sheet date.
Investments in affiliates
accounted for under the equity method
Investments in affiliates in which TyC has the ability to
exercise significant influence are accounted for using the
equity method. Under this method, the investment, originally
recorded at cost, is adjusted to recognize TyCs share of
net earnings or losses of the affiliates as they occur rather
than as dividends or other distributions are received, limited
to the extent of TyCs investment in, and advances and
commitments to, the investee. If the investment in the common
stock of an affiliate is reduced to zero as a result of the
prior recognition of the affiliates net losses, TyC would
continue to record losses from the affiliate to the extent of
its commitments to the affiliate and would include the negative
investment in other liabilities.
Impairment of
investments
The Company continually reviews its investments in affiliates to
determine whether a decline in fair value below the cost basis
is other than non-temporary. The primary factors that the
Company considers in its determination are the length of time
that the fair value of the investment is below Companys
carrying value and the financial condition, operating
performance and near term prospects of the investee, industry
specific or investee specific changes in stock price or
valuation subsequent to the balance sheet date, and
Companys intent and ability to hold the investment for a
period of time sufficient to allow for recovery in fair value. In
A4-144
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
situations where the fair value of an investment is not evident
due to a lack of public market price or other factors, the
Company uses its best estimates and assumptions to arrive at the
estimated fair value of such investment. Writedowns for equity
method investments are included in Share of earning
(losses) from equity affiliates, and a new cost basis in
the investment is established.
Property and equipment,
net
Property and equipment is recorded at cost, net of the
respective accumulated depreciation.
Depreciation has been calculated on the straight-line method
over the assets estimated useful lives as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Estimated useful | |
|
|
life (years) | |
|
|
| |
Buildings
|
|
|
50 |
|
Furniture and fixtures
|
|
|
10 |
|
Technical equipment, vehicles and TV studio
|
|
|
5 |
|
Computer hardware
|
|
|
2 to 3 |
|
Additions, replacements and improvements that extend the asset
life are capitalized. Repairs and maintenance are charged to
operation expenses.
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144,
Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived
Assets (Statement 144) requires the Company
to periodically review the carrying amount of property and
equipment, to determine whether current events or circumstances
indicate that such carrying amounts may not be recoverable. If
the carrying amount of the assets is greater than the expected
undiscounted cash flow to be generated by such assets, an
impairment adjustment is to be recognized. Such adjustment is
measured by the amount that the carrying value of such assets
exceeds their fair value. The Company generally measures fair
value by considering sales prices for similar assets or
discounting estimated future cash flows using an appropriate
discount rate. For purposes of impairment testing, long-lived
assets are grouped at the lowest level for which cash flows are
largely independent of other assets and liabilities. Assets to
be disposed of are carried at the lower of the carrying amount
or fair value less costs to sell.
Building held for
sale
Represents a building received in connection with the
transaction related to the sale of Red Celeste y Blanca S.A.
(La Red), which is available for sale. It is
recorded at its fair value at the date of the disposition of La
Red, which does not exceed its fair value as of
December 31, 2004. See Note 6.d.
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the fair
value of identifiable assets acquired, in acquisitions of equity
interests in subsidiaries and affiliates.
Impairment of
Goodwill
Effective January 1, 2002, the Company adopted Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and
Other Intangible Assets (Statement 142).
Statement 142 requires that goodwill and other intangible
assets with indefinite useful lives (collectively,
indefinite lived intangible assets) no longer be
amortized, but instead be tested for impairment at least
annually in accordance with the provisions of
Statement 142. Equity method goodwill is also no longer
amortized, but continues to be considered for impairment under
Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 18.
Statement 142 also requires that intangible assets with
estimable useful lives be amortized over their respective
estimated useful lives and reviewed for impairment in accordance
with Statement 144.
A4-145
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Statement 142 required the Company to perform an assessment
of whether there was an indication that goodwill was impaired as
of the date of adoption. To accomplish this, the Company
identified its reporting units and determined the carrying value
of each reporting unit by assigning the assets and liabilities,
including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those
reporting units as of the date of adoption. Statement 142
requires the Company to consider equity method affiliates as
separate reporting units.
The Company determined the fair value of its reporting units
using discounted cash flows. The Company then compared the fair
value of each reporting unit to the reporting units
carrying amount. To the extent a reporting units carrying
amount exceeded its fair value, the Company performed the second
step of the transitional impairment test. In the second step,
the Company compared the implied fair value of the reporting
units goodwill, determined by allocating the reporting
units fair value to all of its assets (recognized and
unrecognized) and liabilities in a manner similar to a purchase
price allocation, to its carrying amount, both of which were
measured as of the date of adoption. This allocation is
performed for goodwill impairment testing purposes only and does
not change the reported carrying value of the investment. If the
carrying amount of the reporting units goodwill exceeds
the implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is
recognized in an amount equal to that excess. Based on this
analysis, the Company recorded an impairment loss of A$101,737
for the year ended December 31, 2002 to write-off all of
its then existing goodwill, including A$6,074 related to
La Red that has been included in Discontinued operations,
net of tax in the accompanying consolidated financial
statements. Since this analysis used projections made during the
time of unfavorable economic events in Argentina in early 2002,
the adjustment was recognized as a component of operating costs
and expenses and not as a transition adjustment.
As noted above, the Companys enterprise-level goodwill is
allocable to reporting units, whether they are consolidated
subsidiaries or equity method investments. The following table
summarizes the allocation of the impairment loss recorded for
the year ended December 31, 2002, corresponding to
continuing operations.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Entity |
|
Impairment loss | |
|
|
| |
SAS
|
|
A$ |
7,132 |
|
Sobre Golf S.A.
|
|
|
420 |
|
TSC
|
|
|
50,317 |
|
TRISA and Tele Net Image Corp.
|
|
|
37,794 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total enterprise-level goodwill
|
|
A$ |
95,663 |
|
|
|
|
|
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with the
liability method whereby deferred tax asset and liability
account balances are determined based on differences between
financial reporting and tax based assets and liabilities and are
measured using the enacted tax rates.
Net deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance
calculated based on the estimation of future results prepared by
the Companys management. Deferred tax liabilities related
to investments in equity investees that are essentially
permanent in duration are not recognized until it becomes
apparent that such amounts will reverse in the foreseeable
future. See Note 9.
Recognition of the minority interests share of losses of
subsidiaries is generally limited to the amount of such minority
interests allocable portion of the common equity of those
subsidiaries.
A4-146
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation |
The functional currency of the Company is the Argentine Peso.
The functional currency of the Companys foreign equity
affiliate T&T is the United States dollar. The
Companys share of the assets and liabilities of T&T is
translated at the spot rate in effect at the applicable
reporting date and the Companys share of the results of
operations of T&T is determined based on results translated
at the average exchange rates in effect during the applicable
period. The resulting unrealized cumulative translation
adjustment is recorded as a component of Accumulated other
comprehensive losses, net of taxes, in the Companys
statements of stockholders equity.
Transactions denominated in currencies other than the
Companys functional currency are recorded at the exchange
rates prevailing at the time such transactions arise. Subsequent
changes in exchange rates result in transaction gains and losses
which are reflected in the statements of operations.
The Companys principal sources of revenue are:
|
|
|
Broadcasting Program rights: Broadcast program rights
revenue are recognized when the matches are broadcasted. |
|
|
Sport TV programs production: Revenue from sports TV
programs production services are recognized when the services
are rendered. |
|
|
Others: Other revenue includes, among others, advertising
and sports event organization. Advertising revenue, including
the stadium based advertising, are recognized in the period
during which underlying advertisements are broadcast. Sports
events organization revenue are recognized when services are
rendered. |
|
|
Deferred income: corresponds to revenue collected by TyC
in advance, whose recognition is deferred until matches or
related advertising are available for telecast. |
The Company computes net income (loss) per share by dividing net
income (loss) for the year by the weighted average number of
common shares outstanding. There were no potential common shares
outstanding during any of the periods presented.
|
|
3. |
Supplemental Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Disclosures |
|
|
|
a) Income tax, minimum
presumed income tax and interests |
During the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002,
the Company paid A$4,352, A$3,716 and A$0 for income tax and
minimum presumed income tax, respectively. Additionally, during
the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 the
Company paid A$732, A$498 and A$13,891, respectively, in
interest related to operating activities.
A4-147
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
b) Noncash investing and
financing activities |
The Company sold all of its interest in La Red to Avila
Inversora S.A. (AISA) and Carlos Avila Enterprise
S.A. (CAE) (related companies, see Note 6) for
consideration of A$6,640. In conjunction with the sale,
receivables were originated and a building was received as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
Related party receivable
|
|
A$ |
3,700 |
(1) |
Building
|
|
|
2,940 |
(2) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
A$ |
6,640 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
The accounts receivable will be settled by AISA by effectively
assuming the obligation to repay up to A$3,700 of principal and
interest of a financial debt payable by TyC, currently in
default. See Notes 6.d and 7. If as a result of the
renegotiation of the loan in default, TyC pays an amount lower
than A$3.7 million, the difference will be settled by AISA
through the provision of advertising by América T.V. S.A.
(América TV), a related company of the
purchasers. |
|
(2) |
Fair value was determined based on an option held by TyC to
return the building to CAE for an amount of US$1 million as
per the related sales agreement signed between the parties. See
note 6.d. |
|
|
4. |
Investments in Affiliates Accounted for Under the Equity
Method |
The following table includes TyCs carrying value and
percentage ownership of its investments in affiliates:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2004 | |
|
December 31, 2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
Percentage | |
|
Carrying | |
|
Carrying | |
|
|
ownership | |
|
amount | |
|
amount | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
TSC
|
|
|
50 |
% |
|
A$ |
10,062 |
|
|
A$ |
7,196 |
|
TRISA
|
|
|
50 |
% |
|
|
9,162 |
|
|
|
11,983 |
|
T&T
|
|
|
50 |
% |
|
|
1,902 |
|
|
|
(3,715 |
)(1) |
Others
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
A$ |
21,132 |
|
|
A$ |
15,470 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
As the Companys investment in T&T was negative as of
December 31, 2003, it has been classified in Non-current
liabilities-Investments in affiliates accounted for under the
equity method because the Company is ready to provide financial
support, as may be necessary, to allow T&T to continue
operating as going concern. |
The following table reflects TyCs share of earnings
(losses) from equity affiliates:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
TSC
|
|
A$ |
2,868 |
|
|
A$ |
3,502 |
|
|
A$ |
(193 |
) |
TRISA
|
|
|
4,678 |
|
|
|
8,539 |
|
|
|
(10,084 |
) |
T&T
|
|
|
5,668 |
|
|
|
4,055 |
|
|
|
2,492 |
|
Sale of Pro Entertainment S.A.(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,706 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Others
|
|
|
(313 |
) |
|
|
(963 |
) |
|
|
(2,804 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
A$ |
12,901 |
|
|
A$ |
9,427 |
|
|
A$ |
(10,589 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Relates to TyC forgiveness in 2003 of an accounts receivable
maintained with Pro Entertainment S.A., as a result of the sale
of such company by T&T in fiscal year 2002. |
A4-148
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
For the years ended December, 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, the
Companys share of earnings (losses) from equity affiliates
includes losses related to other-than-temporary declines in the
fair value of equity method investments of A$0, A$0 and A$2,493,
respectively.
During the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002,
TRISA distributed cash dividends, of which the Company collected
A$7,500, A$0 and A$2,718, respectively.
Summarized financial information for TSC follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Financial Position
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets(1)
|
|
A$ |
50,111 |
|
|
A$ |
45,716 |
|
Non-current assets
|
|
|
10,487 |
|
|
|
8,661 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
A$ |
60,598 |
|
|
A$ |
54,377 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current portion of long term debt
|
|
A$ |
11,500 |
|
|
A$ |
5,728 |
|
Other current liabilities(2)
|
|
|
24,863 |
|
|
|
30,905 |
|
Non current liabilities
|
|
|
4,111 |
|
|
|
3,352 |
|
Stockholders equity
|
|
|
20,124 |
|
|
|
14,392 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders equity
|
|
A$ |
60,598 |
|
|
A$ |
54,377 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Includes outstanding amounts receivable from Cablevisión
S.A. (Cablevisión), a related party, of A$2,497
and A$2,497 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
See Note 6. |
|
(2) |
Includes outstanding amounts payable to TyC of A$3,893 and
A$5,466 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. See
Note 6. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Results of Operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue(1)
|
|
A$ |
127,023 |
|
|
A$ |
128,762 |
|
|
A$ |
117,833 |
|
Operating, selling, general and administrative expense(2)
|
|
|
(118,149 |
) |
|
|
(113,599 |
) |
|
|
(104,423 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
8,874 |
|
|
|
15,163 |
|
|
|
13,410 |
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(2,459 |
) |
|
|
(4,638 |
) |
|
|
(14,773 |
) |
Interest income
|
|
|
56 |
|
|
|
984 |
|
|
|
680 |
|
Foreign exchange gain (loss)
|
|
|
35 |
|
|
|
(671 |
) |
|
|
2,370 |
|
Other, net
|
|
|
(123 |
) |
|
|
91 |
|
|
|
(1,701 |
) |
Income tax expense
|
|
|
(647 |
) |
|
|
(3,925 |
) |
|
|
(372 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
A$ |
5,736 |
|
|
A$ |
7,004 |
|
|
A$ |
(386 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Includes revenue from Cablevisión, a related party, for an
amount of A$39,172, A$39,899 and A$29,052 for the years ended
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. See
Note 6. |
|
(2) |
Includes services provided by TyC for an amount of A$10,468,
A$10,205 and A$8,456 for the years ended December 31, 2004,
2003 and 2002, respectively. See Note 6. |
A4-149
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Summarized financial information for TRISA follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Financial Position
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets(1)
|
|
A$ |
68,196 |
|
|
A$ |
80,357 |
|
Property and equipment, net
|
|
|
11,813 |
|
|
|
9,812 |
|
Investments
|
|
|
853 |
|
|
|
794 |
|
Other non-current assets
|
|
|
28,621 |
|
|
|
17,827 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
A$ |
109,483 |
|
|
A$ |
108,790 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current portion of long term debt
|
|
A$ |
4,348 |
|
|
A$ |
4,272 |
|
Other current liabilities(2)
|
|
|
43,721 |
|
|
|
43,384 |
|
Non-current debt
|
|
|
25,986 |
|
|
|
29,808 |
|
Other non-current liabilities
|
|
|
17,105 |
|
|
|
7,359 |
|
Stockholders equity
|
|
|
18,323 |
|
|
|
23,967 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders equity
|
|
A$ |
109,483 |
|
|
A$ |
108,790 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Includes outstanding amounts receivable from Cablevisión, a
related party, of A$3,136 and A$3,036 at December 31, 2004
and 2003, respectively. See Note 6. |
|
(2) |
Includes outstanding amounts payable to TyC of A$3,202 and
A$2,173 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. See
Note 6. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Results of Operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue(1)
|
|
A$ |
125,011 |
|
|
A$ |
109,598 |
|
|
A$ |
98,041 |
|
Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses(2)
|
|
|
(115,732 |
) |
|
|
(97,707 |
) |
|
|
(81,911 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
9,279 |
|
|
|
11,891 |
|
|
|
16,130 |
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(5,490 |
) |
|
|
(3,451 |
) |
|
|
(2,291 |
) |
Interest income
|
|
|
2,367 |
|
|
|
4,487 |
|
|
|
4,379 |
|
Foreign exchange gain (loss)
|
|
|
(636 |
) |
|
|
5,379 |
|
|
|
(31,575 |
) |
Share of earnings (losses) from equity affiliates
|
|
|
61 |
|
|
|
(356 |
) |
|
|
(1,462 |
) |
Other, net
|
|
|
926 |
|
|
|
509 |
|
|
|
4,234 |
|
Income tax benefit (expense)
|
|
|
2,849 |
|
|
|
(1,381 |
) |
|
|
(9,583 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
A$ |
9,356 |
|
|
A$ |
17,078 |
|
|
A$ |
(20,168 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Includes revenues from Cablevisión, a related party, for an
amount of A$32,938, A$34,126 and A$25,902 and from TyC for an
amount of A$532, A$184 and A$149 for the years ended
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. See
Note 6. |
|
(2) |
Includes services provided by TyC for an amount of A$14,272,
A$10,119 and A$5,713 for the years ended December 31, 2004,
2003 and 2002, respectively. See Note 6. |
A4-150
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
In December 2004, the Company sold its ownership interest (50%)
in T&T to an unrelated third party for cash proceeds of
US$270 thousand. In connection with this sale, the Company
retained a call right to repurchase the 50% interest in T&T
for a price of US$285 thousand during the one-year period ended
December 29, 2005. Due to the Companys unilateral
ability to repurchase this interest and the favorable call price
relative to the fair value of the interest, the Company did not
meet the criteria for treating this transaction as a sale, and
accordingly, has recorded the cash received as a current
liability in the accompanying balance sheet as of
December 31, 2004.
Summarized financial information for T&T follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Financial Position
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets(1)
|
|
A$ |
10,441 |
|
|
A$ |
11,987 |
|
Non-current assets
|
|
|
60 |
|
|
|
1,411 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
A$ |
10,501 |
|
|
A$ |
13,398 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current portion of long term debt
|
|
A$ |
|
|
|
|
288 |
|
Other current liabilities(2)
|
|
|
6,697 |
|
|
|
19,806 |
|
Non-current liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
735 |
|
Stockholders equity
|
|
|
3,804 |
|
|
|
(7,431 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders equity
|
|
A$ |
10,501 |
|
|
A$ |
13,398 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Includes outstanding amounts receivable from Fox Sports Latin
America S.A. (Fox Sports), a related party, of A$0
and A$374 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. See
Note 6. |
|
(2) |
Includes outstanding amounts payable to Fox Sports, a related
party, of A$3,675 and A$5,438 at December 31, 2004 and
2003, respectively. See Note 6. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Results of Operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue(1)
|
|
A$ |
117,713 |
|
|
A$ |
110,962 |
|
|
A$ |
127,827 |
|
Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses(2)
|
|
|
(106,351 |
) |
|
|
(103,556 |
) |
|
|
(126,113 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
A$ |
11,362 |
|
|
A$ |
7,406 |
|
|
A$ |
1,714 |
|
Share of earnings from equity affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,312 |
|
Other, net
|
|
|
(26 |
) |
|
|
705 |
|
|
|
(42 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
A$ |
11,336 |
|
|
A$ |
8,111 |
|
|
A$ |
4,984 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Includes revenues from Fox Sports, a related party, for an
amount of A$93,933, A$85,689 and A$115,254 for the years ended
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. See
Note 6. |
|
(2) |
Includes services provided by TyC for an amount of A$9,239,
A$2,938 and A$3,227, for the years ended December 31, 2004,
2003 and 2002, respectively. See Note 6. |
A4-151
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
5. Property and
Equipment
The details of property and equipment and the related
accumulated depreciation are set forth below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Buildings
|
|
A$ |
14,544 |
|
|
A$ |
14,794 |
|
Furniture and fixtures
|
|
|
7,267 |
|
|
|
5,311 |
|
Technical equipment, vehicles and TV studio
|
|
|
7,339 |
|
|
|
6,109 |
|
Computer hardware
|
|
|
1,367 |
|
|
|
1,429 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total property and equipment
|
|
|
30,517 |
|
|
|
27,643 |
|
Less: Accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(14,827 |
) |
|
|
(11,729 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net property and equipment
|
|
A$ |
15,690 |
|
|
A$ |
15,914 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loans amounting to A$2,856 are secured by certain of the
Companys premises. See Note 7.
6. Related Party
Transactions
|
|
|
(a) Companys
affiliated entities: |
Detailed information about Companys affiliated entities is
provided in Note 4.
|
|
|
(b) Balances and
transactions with related parties |
Entities in which TyC has significant influence: TSC, TRISA,
T&T and Theme Bar Management S.A.
Companies with common shareholders or directors:
Cablevisión, Pramer S.C.A. and the following companies
pertaining to the Fox Group: Fox Pan American Sports LLC, Fox
Sports, International Sports Programming LLC and Fox Sports
International Distribution Ltd. (hereinafter referred to
individually or together as FPAS).
Companies with equity interests in TyC, either direct or
indirect: LMI.
Companies where TyCs chairman has an equity interest,
either direct or indirect: CAE, AISA and América TV.
A4-152
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
The Company entered into transactions in the normal course of
business with related parties. The following is a summary of the
balances and transactions with related parties:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Receivables Current:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
América TV
|
|
A$ |
1,458 |
|
|
A$ |
1,091 |
|
TRISA
|
|
|
3,202 |
|
|
|
2,173 |
|
TSC
|
|
|
3,893 |
|
|
|
5,466 |
|
FPAS
|
|
|
5,047 |
|
|
|
|
|
AISA
|
|
|
1,550 |
(1) |
|
|
357 |
|
Others
|
|
|
276 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A$ |
15,426 |
|
|
A$ |
9,087 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receivables Non Current:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
América TV
|
|
A$ |
735 |
|
|
A$ |
774 |
|
AISA
|
|
|
2,150 |
(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A$ |
2,885 |
|
|
A$ |
774 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payables Current:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
América TV
|
|
A$ |
1,297 |
|
|
A$ |
312 |
|
FPAS
|
|
|
4,207 |
|
|
|
14,921 |
|
Others
|
|
|
712 |
|
|
|
647 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A$ |
6,216 |
|
|
A$ |
15,880 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Accounts receivable related to the sale of La Red
See item (d) below in this note. |
See Note 7 regarding Related Party Loans.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
|
|
| |
Revenue |
|
Transaction description |
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
TRISA
|
|
Advertising, Production,
Rights and Others |
|
A$ |
14,272 |
|
|
|
10,119 |
|
|
|
5,713 |
|
TSC
|
|
Production and Rights |
|
|
10,468 |
|
|
|
10,205 |
|
|
|
8,456 |
|
T&T
|
|
Production and Rights |
|
|
9,239 |
|
|
|
2,938 |
|
|
|
3,227 |
|
América TV
|
|
Production |
|
|
852 |
|
|
|
1,006 |
|
|
|
1,035 |
|
FPAS
|
|
Advertising, Production,
Rights and Others |
|
|
49,367 |
|
|
|
60,871 |
|
|
|
52,312 |
|
Others
|
|
|
|
|
43 |
|
|
|
181 |
|
|
|
452 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A$ |
84,241 |
|
|
A$ |
85,320 |
|
|
A$ |
71,195 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-153
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
|
|
| |
Services received |
|
Transaction description |
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Operating (other than depreciation) expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TRISA
|
|
Production and rights |
|
A$ |
(532) |
|
|
|
(184) |
|
|
|
(149) |
|
Pramer S.C.A.
|
|
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(15) |
|
|
|
(255) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating (other
than depreciation)
expenses |
|
A$ |
(532) |
|
|
|
(199) |
|
|
|
(404) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
América TV
|
|
Advertising and others |
|
A$ |
(1,131) |
|
|
A$ |
(1,628) |
|
|
A$ |
(1,540) |
|
FPAS
|
|
Advertising |
|
|
(8,450) |
|
|
|
(8,192) |
|
|
|
(529) |
|
CAE
|
|
Other |
|
|
(39) |
|
|
|
(100) |
|
|
|
(296) |
|
Others
|
|
Rights and others |
|
|
(31) |
|
|
|
(43) |
|
|
|
(104) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total selling, general and
administrative expenses |
|
A$ |
(9,651) |
|
|
A$ |
(9,963) |
|
|
A$ |
(2,469) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company believes that the transactions discussed above were
made on terms no less favorable to the Company than would have
been obtained from unaffiliated third parties.
In April 2003, TyC agreed with FPAS to forgive four monthly
payments that were due from April to July 2004 pursuant to a
contract that expired in July 2004. TyC has recognized the
forgiven payments as a reduction of revenue from the date of the
agreement through July 2004 on a straight-line basis.
|
|
(d) |
Discontinued operations Sale of La
Red |
On January 7, 2004, TyC sold its interest in La Red to CAE
and AISA.
As stated in the sales agreement, the sales price was
A$8.7 million, comprised of: a) A$5.0 million through
the transfer of a building (see Building held for
sale Note 2), and b) A$3.7 million, which will
be paid by AISA through the assumption of a financial debt held
by TyC, currently in default (see Note 7). As provided in such
agreement, if as a result of the renegotiation of the loan in
default, TyC pays an amount lower than A$3.7 million, the
difference will be settled by AISA through the provision of
advertising by América T.V., a related company of the
purchasers, as determined based on fair market value. As
collateral for payment, all transferred shares were pledged in
favor of the seller.
Additionally, as per the agreement, TyC had the option to return
the building to CAE for consideration of US$1 million,
equivalent to A$2,940 as of the date of the transaction, in the
event that during the one-year period ending January 7, 2005,
TyC was not able to sell such building. TyC considered this
amount to be the fair value of the building as of the date of
the transaction.
The difference between the book value of the Companys
equity interest in La Red as of the date of disposition and the
fair value of the total consideration received amounts to
A$3,939. The Company considered the earnings process was not
substantially complete with respect to the uncollected
A$3.7 million related party receivable. Consequently, the
Company recognized a gain of A$239, which is included in
Discontinued operations, net of tax; and deferred a gain of
A$3,700, which is included in Liabilities associated with
discontinued operations, in the accompanying consolidated
balance sheet as of December 31, 2004.
As mentioned in Note 11, in January 2005, the building was sold
for cash consideration of A$6.0 million.
A4-154
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
As a result of this transaction, the Company has disposed of its
entire radio broadcasting business. Accordingly, the assets and
liabilities, revenue, costs and expenses, and cash flows of La
Red have been excluded from the respective captions in the
accompanying consolidated balance sheets, statements of
operation and statements of cash flows and have been reported
separately in such consolidated financial statements. In
addition, unless specifically noted, amounts disclosed in the
notes to the accompanying consolidated financial statements are
for continuing operations.
The following table summarizes certain information related to
discontinued operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2003 | |
|
|
| |
Current assets
|
|
A$ |
4,357 |
|
Non-current assets
|
|
|
1,552 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
A$ |
5,909 |
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities
|
|
A$ |
2,790 |
|
Non-current liabilities
|
|
|
418 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
A$ |
3,208 |
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders equity
|
|
A$ |
2,701 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Revenue
|
|
A$ |
5,672 |
|
|
A$ |
3,820 |
|
Pre-tax loss (including impairment of goodwill of A$6,074 in
2002)
|
|
A$ |
(253 |
) |
|
A$ |
(9,658 |
) |
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
|
A$ |
(604 |
) |
|
A$ |
(9,658 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Companys debt as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 is
summarized below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Bank loans
|
|
A$ |
8,333 |
|
|
A$ |
9,024 |
|
Related Party
|
|
|
8,419 |
|
|
|
8,306 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
A$ |
16,752 |
|
|
A$ |
17,330 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bank Loans:
The bank debt is denominated in Argentine pesos with interest
rates ranging from 9% to 11% and maturities as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Past due
|
|
A$ |
4,927 |
|
2005
|
|
A$ |
3,406 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total debt
|
|
A$ |
8,333 |
(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Includes A$2,635 for which one of the purchasers of La Red has
effectively assumed the obligation to repay up to A$3,700 of
principal and interest. See Note 6. |
The total amount of loans denominated in Argentine pesos at
December 31, 2004 includes A$4,927 corresponding to loans
that are in default and are being renegotiated. Such loans are
classified as current liabilities.
A4-155
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Loans amounting to A$2,856 are secured by certain of the
Companys premises.
Related Party Loans:
Represents loans primarily from LMI. The loans from LMI, which
bear interest at 9% and are denominated in US dollars, are past
due. Such loans are classified as current liabilities.
TyC believes that the carrying amount of debt approximates fair
value at December 31, 2004, with the exception of related
party loans and bank loans in default, for which TyC considers
that it is not practical to estimate fair value.
The Company is subject to certain restrictions on the
distribution of profits. Under the Argentine Commercial Law, a
minimum of 5% of net income for the year calculated in
accordance with Argentine GAAP must be appropriated by
resolution of the shareholders to a legal reserve until such
reserve reaches 20% of the outstanding capital (common stock
plus inflation adjustment of common stock accounts, and
additional Paid-in Capital). This legal reserve may be used only
to absorb accumulated deficits.
Additionally, under Argentine Commercial Law, in the event that
accumulated deficit is higher than 50% of common stock, plus
100% of additional paid-in-capital and legal reserve, the
Company is required to absorb the related accumulated deficit
against such equity accounts. Consequently on July 8, 2004, TyC
stockholders approved the absorption of accumulated deficit in
the amount of A$109,409, by offsetting such balance against
additional paid-in-capital and legal reserve outstanding as of
that date.
Income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2004,
2003 and 2002 consists of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Current tax expense
|
|
A$ |
(4,231 |
) |
|
A$ |
(3,611 |
) |
|
A$ |
|
|
Deferred tax expense
|
|
|
(694 |
) |
|
|
(4,170 |
) |
|
|
(1,698 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sub-total
|
|
|
(4,925 |
) |
|
|
(7,781 |
) |
|
|
(1,698 |
) |
Minimum presumed income tax
|
|
|
(102 |
) |
|
|
(105 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax expense
|
|
A$ |
(5,027 |
) |
|
A$ |
(7,886 |
) |
|
A$ |
(1,698 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-156
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
The tax effects of temporary differences and tax loss
carryforwards that give rise to significant portions of the
Companys deferred tax assets and liabilities are presented
below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Allowance for doubtful accounts
|
|
A$ |
2,506 |
|
|
A$ |
1,467 |
|
Directors fees
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
660 |
|
Accumulated tax losses
|
|
|
499 |
|
|
|
567 |
|
Accumulated tax losses from the sale of controlled subsidiaries
|
|
|
5,754 |
|
|
|
|
|
Items accrued not yet deducted
|
|
|
597 |
|
|
|
884 |
|
Deferred income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,202 |
|
Programming rights
|
|
|
(2,133 |
) |
|
|
(1,623 |
) |
Unpaid interest on foreign loans from related parties
|
|
|
1,290 |
|
|
|
|
|
Others
|
|
|
48 |
|
|
|
91 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sub-total
|
|
|
8,561 |
|
|
|
3,248 |
|
Less: Valuation allowance on deferred tax asset
|
|
|
(7,201 |
) |
|
|
(1,194 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net deferred tax asset at tax rate (35%)
|
|
A$ |
1,360 |
|
|
A$ |
2,054 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax expense (benefit) for the years ended
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 differ from the amounts
computed by applying the Companys statutory income tax
rate to pre-tax income (loss) as a result of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Income (loss) before taxes and discontinued operations
|
|
A$ |
21,623 |
|
|
A$ |
28,441 |
|
|
A$ |
(122,230 |
) |
Prevailing tax rate
|
|
|
35 |
% |
|
|
35 |
% |
|
|
35 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expected tax benefit (expense) from continuing operations
|
|
|
(7,568 |
) |
|
|
(9,954 |
) |
|
|
42,781 |
|
|
Impairment of intangible assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(33,482 |
) |
|
Increase in accumulated tax losses from the sale of controlled
subsidiaries
|
|
|
5,754 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Imputed interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(246 |
) |
|
|
(1,075 |
) |
|
Directors fees
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,268 |
) |
|
Share of earnings (losses) from equity affiliates
|
|
|
4,515 |
|
|
|
3,299 |
|
|
|
(3,706 |
) |
|
Non-recoverable receivables
|
|
|
(236 |
) |
|
|
(363 |
) |
|
|
(1,824 |
) |
|
Non-deductible expenses
|
|
|
(1,485 |
) |
|
|
(467 |
) |
|
|
(2,747 |
) |
|
Change in valuation allowance on deferred tax assets
|
|
|
(6,007 |
) |
|
|
(155 |
) |
|
|
(377 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax expense from continuing operations
|
|
A$ |
(5,027 |
) |
|
A$ |
(7,886 |
) |
|
A$ |
(1,698 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2004, the Company has accumulated tax
loss carryforwards of A$17.9 million (equivalent to
A$6.3 million at prevailing tax rate), which expire through
year 2009.
The Company is subject to a minimum presumed income tax. This
tax is supplementary to income tax. The tax is calculated by
applying the effective tax rate of 1% on certain production
assets valued according to the tax regulations in effect as of
the end of each year. The Companys tax liabilities will be
the higher of income tax or minimum presumed income tax.
However, if the minimum presumed income tax exceeds income tax
during any fiscal year, such excess may be computed as a
prepayment of any income tax excess over the
A4-157
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
minimum presumed income tax that may arise in the next ten
fiscal years. Each of TyC and its controlled companies file
separate tax returns. The minimum presumed income tax charge for
the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003 correspond to
controlled companies that generate tax losses.
|
|
10. |
Commitments and Contingencies |
|
|
|
(a) Long-term Rights
Contracts |
The Company has long-term rights contracts which require
payments through 2010. Future minimum payments, including
unrecorded amounts, by year are as follows at December 31,
2004:
Year ending
December 31:
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
A$ |
8,625 |
|
2006
|
|
A$ |
16,755 |
|
2007
|
|
A$ |
5,589 |
|
2008
|
|
A$ |
1,589 |
|
2009
|
|
A$ |
1,589 |
|
Thereafter
|
|
A$ |
723 |
|
Additionally, TyC has long-term rights contracts which require,
for the period from 2007 to 2014, payments of 50% of the revenue
derived form the related rights.
The Company has contingent liabilities related to legal and
other matters arising in the ordinary course of business. A
liability of A$2,664 has been included in the Companys
consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2004 to
provide for probable and estimable potential losses under these
claims.
In addition, the Company is subject to other claims and legal
actions that have arisen in the ordinary course of business.
Although there can be no assurance as to the ultimate
disposition of these matters, it is the opinion of the
Companys management based upon the information available
at this time and consultation with external legal counsel, that
the expected outcome of these other claims and legal actions,
individually or in the aggregate, will not have a material
effect on the Companys financial position or results of
operations. Accordingly, no additional liabilities have been
established for the outcome of these matters.
|
|
|
(a) Sale of Building Held
for Sale |
On January 6, 2005 the Company sold to a third party the
building held for sale included in current assets in the
accompanying consolidated financial statements, for cash
consideration of A$6 million.
The Companys contracts with FPAS for the provision of
production of content, advertising sales and operating and
administrative service to the signal Fox Sports expired on
December 31, 2004. On January 1,
A4-158
TORNEOS Y COMPETENCIAS S.A.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
2005, the Company signed new service agreements with FPAS that
expire in December 2010. The annual payments due to the Company
under these contracts are as follows:
Amounts in thousands of US$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 | |
|
2005 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Administrative services
|
|
|
658 |
|
|
|
658 |
|
Production of content
|
|
|
4,344 |
|
|
|
5,544 |
|
Advertising commission (range)
|
|
|
From 17.5% to 20% |
|
|
|
From 17.5% to 20% |
|
Regarding production of content, the amount of the payments
increases to US$5,844 thousand and US$6,244 thousand for years
2006 and 2007, respectively, and to US$6,744 thousand for years
2008 to 2010.
The value of administrative services will not change throughout
the period from 2005 to 2010.
In the case of certain changes in the direct or indirect TyC
ownership, FPAS has the right to terminate any or all service
agreements by delivering written notice 60 days prior to
such termination.
On January 1, 2005 the Company also extended from 2007 to
2010 the revenue agreements related to Clásico del
Domingo and Futbol de Primera rights for América
(except Argentina) and the Summer Soccer rights for América
in the same terms and conditions prevailing in the former
agreements.
A4-159
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (a Delaware corporation) and subsidiaries
as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 and the related
consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income
(loss), stockholders equity (deficit) and cash flows
for the years then ended. These consolidated financial
statements are the responsibility of the Companys
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
consolidated financial statements based on our audits. The 2001
consolidated financial statements of UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. and
subsidiaries were audited by other auditors who have ceased
operations. Those auditors expressed an unqualified opinion on
those consolidated financial statements, before the revision
described in Note 7 to the 2003 consolidated financial
statements, in their report dated April 12, 2002 (except
with respect to the matter discussed in Note 23 to those
consolidated financial statements, as to which the date was
May 14, 2002). Such report included an explanatory
paragraph indicating substantial doubt about the Companys
ability to continue as a going concern.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are
free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the 2003 and 2002 consolidated financial
statements referred to above present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the
results of their operations and their cash flows for the years
then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.
As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial
statements, in 2002, the Company changed its method of
accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets and in 2003,
changed its method of accounting for gains and losses on the
early extinguishments of debt.
As discussed above, the 2001 consolidated financial statements
of UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. and subsidiaries were audited by other
auditors who have ceased operations. As described in
Note 6, these consolidated financial statements have been
revised to include the transitional disclosures required by
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142,
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, which was adopted by the
Company as of January 1, 2002. In our opinion, the
disclosures for 2001 in Note 6 are appropriate. However, we
were not engaged to audit, review, or apply any procedures to
the 2001 consolidated financial statements of UnitedGlobalCom,
Inc. and subsidiaries other than with respect to such
disclosures, and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion or
any other form of assurance on the 2001 consolidated financial
statements taken as a whole.
Denver, Colorado
March 8, 2004
A4-160
The following is a copy of the Report of Independent Public
Accountants previously issued by Arthur Andersen LLP in
connection with the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, as
amended in connection with Amendment No. 1 to the
Companys Form S-1 Registration Statement filed on
June 6, 2002. The report of Andersen is included in this
Annual Report on Form 10-K pursuant to Rule 2-02(e) of
Regulation S-X. This Audit Report has not been reissued by
Arthur Andersen LLP. The information previously contained in
Note 23 to those consolidated financial statements is
provided in Note 4 to our 2003 consolidated financial
statements. The information previously contained in Note 2
to those consolidated financial statements is not included in
our 2003 consolidated financial statements.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (a Delaware corporation f/k/a New
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. see Note 23) and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the
related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive
(loss) income, stockholders (deficit) equity and cash
flows for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2001. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Companys management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards
generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require
that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test
basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated
financial position of UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. and subsidiaries as
of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in
the period ended December 31, 2001, in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
As explained in Note 3 to the consolidated financial
statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for
derivative instruments and hedging activities effective
January 1, 2001.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared
assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As
discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the
Company has suffered recurring losses from operations, is
currently in default under certain of its significant bank
credit facilities, senior notes and senior discount note
agreements, which has resulted in a significant net working
capital deficiency that raises substantial doubt about its
ability to continue as a going concern. Managements plans
in regard to these matters are also described in Note 2.
The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating
to the recoverability and classification of asset carrying
amounts or the amount and classification of liabilities that
might result should the Company be unable to continue as a going
concern.
Denver, Colorado
April 12, 2002 (except with respect
to the matter discussed in Note 23,
as to which the date is May 14, 2002)
A4-161
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands, except par value | |
|
|
and number of shares | |
ASSETS |
Current Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
310,361 |
|
|
$ |
410,185 |
|
|
Restricted cash
|
|
|
25,052 |
|
|
|
48,219 |
|
|
Marketable equity securities and other investments
|
|
|
208,459 |
|
|
|
45,854 |
|
|
Subscriber receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts
of $51,109 and $71,485, respectively
|
|
|
140,075 |
|
|
|
136,796 |
|
|
Related party receivables
|
|
|
1,730 |
|
|
|
15,402 |
|
|
Other receivables
|
|
|
63,427 |
|
|
|
50,759 |
|
|
Deferred financing costs, net
|
|
|
2,730 |
|
|
|
62,996 |
|
|
Other current assets, net
|
|
|
76,812 |
|
|
|
95,340 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Current Assets
|
|
|
828,646 |
|
|
|
865,551 |
|
Long-Term Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment, net
|
|
|
3,342,743 |
|
|
|
3,640,211 |
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
2,519,831 |
|
|
|
1,250,333 |
|
|
Intangible assets, net
|
|
|
252,236 |
|
|
|
13,776 |
|
|
Other assets, net
|
|
|
156,215 |
|
|
|
161,723 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Assets
|
|
$ |
7,099,671 |
|
|
$ |
5,931,594 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY (DEFICIT) |
Current Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Not subject to compromise:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
$ |
224,092 |
|
|
$ |
190,710 |
|
|
|
Accounts payable, related party
|
|
|
1,448 |
|
|
|
1,704 |
|
|
|
Accrued liabilities
|
|
|
405,546 |
|
|
|
328,927 |
|
|
|
Subscriber prepayments and deposits
|
|
|
141,108 |
|
|
|
127,553 |
|
|
|
Short-term debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
205,145 |
|
|
|
Notes payable, related party
|
|
|
102,728 |
|
|
|
102,728 |
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt
|
|
|
310,804 |
|
|
|
3,366,235 |
|
|
|
Other current liabilities
|
|
|
82,149 |
|
|
|
16,448 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Current Liabilities not Subject to Compromise
|
|
|
1,267,875 |
|
|
|
4,339,450 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subject to compromise:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
|
|
14,445 |
|
|
|
271,250 |
|
|
|
Short-term debt
|
|
|
5,099 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt
|
|
|
317,372 |
|
|
|
2,812,988 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Current Liabilities Subject to Compromise
|
|
|
336,916 |
|
|
|
3,084,238 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Not subject to compromise:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt
|
|
|
3,615,902 |
|
|
|
472,671 |
|
|
|
Net negative investment in deconsolidated subsidiaries
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
644,471 |
|
|
|
Deferred taxes
|
|
|
124,232 |
|
|
|
107,596 |
|
|
|
Other long-term liabilities
|
|
|
259,493 |
|
|
|
165,896 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Long-Term Liabilities not Subject to Compromise
|
|
|
3,999,627 |
|
|
|
1,390,634 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guarantees, commitments and contingencies (Note 13)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minority interests in subsidiaries
|
|
|
22,761 |
|
|
|
1,402,146 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders Equity (Deficit)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares
authorized, nil shares issued and outstanding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Class A common stock, $0.01 par value,
1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 287,350,970 and
110,392,692 shares issued, respectively
|
|
|
2,873 |
|
|
|
1,104 |
|
|
Class B common stock, $0.01 par value,
1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 8,870,332 shares
issued
|
|
|
89 |
|
|
|
89 |
|
|
Class C common stock, $0.01 par value,
400,000,000 shares authorized, 303,123,542 shares
issued and outstanding
|
|
|
3,031 |
|
|
|
3,031 |
|
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
|
|
5,852,896 |
|
|
|
3,683,644 |
|
|
Deferred compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(28,473 |
) |
|
Treasury stock, at cost
|
|
|
(70,495 |
) |
|
|
(34,162 |
) |
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(3,372,737 |
) |
|
|
(6,797,762 |
) |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
|
(943,165 |
) |
|
|
(1,112,345 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Stockholders Equity (Deficit)
|
|
|
1,472,492 |
|
|
|
(4,284,874 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Liabilities and Stockholders Equity (Deficit)
|
|
$ |
7,099,671 |
|
|
$ |
5,931,594 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
A4-162
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME (LOSS)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands, except per share data | |
Statements of Operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$ |
1,891,530 |
|
|
$ |
1,515,021 |
|
|
$ |
1,561,894 |
|
|
Operating expense
|
|
|
(768,838 |
) |
|
|
(772,398 |
) |
|
|
(1,062,394 |
) |
|
Selling, general and administrative expense
|
|
|
(493,810 |
) |
|
|
(446,249 |
) |
|
|
(690,743 |
) |
|
Depreciation and amortization Operating expense
|
|
|
(808,663 |
) |
|
|
(730,001 |
) |
|
|
(1,147,176 |
) |
|
Impairment of long-lived assets Operating expense
|
|
|
(402,239 |
) |
|
|
(436,153 |
) |
|
|
(1,320,942 |
) |
|
Restructuring charges and other Operating expense
|
|
|
(35,970 |
) |
|
|
(1,274 |
) |
|
|
(204,127 |
) |
|
Stock-based compensation Selling, general and
administrative expense
|
|
|
(38,024 |
) |
|
|
(28,228 |
) |
|
|
(8,818 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss)
|
|
|
(656,014 |
) |
|
|
(899,282 |
) |
|
|
(2,872,306 |
) |
|
Interest income, including related party income of $985, $2,722
and $35,336,
respectively
|
|
|
13,054 |
|
|
|
38,315 |
|
|
|
104,696 |
|
|
Interest expense, including related party expense of $8,218,
$24,805 and $58,834, respectively
|
|
|
(327,132 |
) |
|
|
(680,101 |
) |
|
|
(1,070,830 |
) |
|
Foreign currency exchange gain (loss), net
|
|
|
121,612 |
|
|
|
739,794 |
|
|
|
(148,192 |
) |
|
Gain on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
2,183,997 |
|
|
|
2,208,782 |
|
|
|
3,447 |
|
|
Gain (loss) on sale of investments in affiliates, net
|
|
|
279,442 |
|
|
|
117,262 |
|
|
|
(416,803 |
) |
|
Provision for loss on investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(27,083 |
) |
|
|
(342,419 |
) |
|
Other (expense) income, net
|
|
|
(14,884 |
) |
|
|
(93,749 |
) |
|
|
76,907 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) before income taxes and other items
|
|
|
1,600,075 |
|
|
|
1,403,938 |
|
|
|
(4,665,500 |
) |
|
Reorganization expense, net
|
|
|
(32,009 |
) |
|
|
(75,243 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax (expense) benefit, net
|
|
|
(50,344 |
) |
|
|
(201,182 |
) |
|
|
40,661 |
|
|
Minority interests in subsidiaries, net
|
|
|
183,182 |
|
|
|
(67,103 |
) |
|
|
496,515 |
|
|
Share in results of affiliates, net
|
|
|
294,464 |
|
|
|
(72,142 |
) |
|
|
(386,441 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle
|
|
|
1,995,368 |
|
|
|
988,268 |
|
|
|
(4,514,765 |
) |
|
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,344,722 |
) |
|
|
20,056 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
$ |
1,995,368 |
|
|
$ |
(356,454 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,494,709 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per share (Note 20):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic net income (loss) per share before cumulative effect of
change in accounting principle
|
|
$ |
7.41 |
|
|
$ |
2.29 |
|
|
$ |
(41.47 |
) |
|
|
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3.13 |
) |
|
|
0.18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic net income (loss) per share
|
|
$ |
7.41 |
|
|
$ |
(0.84 |
) |
|
$ |
(41.29 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted net income (loss) per share before cumulative effect of
change in accounting principle
|
|
$ |
7.41 |
|
|
$ |
2.29 |
|
|
$ |
(41.47 |
) |
|
|
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3.12 |
) |
|
|
0.18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted net income (loss) per share
|
|
$ |
7.41 |
|
|
$ |
(0.83 |
) |
|
$ |
(41.29 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Statements of Comprehensive Income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
$ |
1,995,368 |
|
|
$ |
(356,454 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,494,709 |
) |
|
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation adjustments
|
|
|
61,440 |
|
|
|
(864,104 |
) |
|
|
11,157 |
|
|
|
Change in fair value of derivative assets
|
|
|
10,616 |
|
|
|
13,443 |
|
|
|
(24,059 |
) |
|
|
Change in unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities
|
|
|
97,318 |
|
|
|
4,029 |
|
|
|
37,526 |
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
(194 |
) |
|
|
(77 |
) |
|
|
271 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
$ |
2,164,548 |
|
|
$ |
(1,203,163 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,469,814 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
A4-163
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
(DEFICIT)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Class A | |
|
Class B | |
|
Class C | |
|
|
|
|
|
Class A | |
|
|
Common Stock | |
|
Common Stock | |
|
Common Stock | |
|
Additional | |
|
|
|
Treasury Stock | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
Paid-In | |
|
Deferred | |
|
| |
|
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Capital | |
|
Compensation | |
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands, except number of shares | |
December 31, 2002
|
|
|
110,392,692 |
|
|
$ |
1,104 |
|
|
|
8,870,332 |
|
|
$ |
89 |
|
|
|
303,123,542 |
|
|
$ |
3,031 |
|
|
$ |
3,683,644 |
|
|
$ |
(28,473 |
) |
|
|
7,404,240 |
|
|
$ |
(34,162 |
) |
Issuance of Class A common stock for subsidiary preference
shares
|
|
|
2,155,905 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,082 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of Class A common stock in connection with stock
option plans
|
|
|
311,454 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,351 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of Class A common stock in connection with 401(k)
plan
|
|
|
58,272 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
258 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of common stock by UGC Europe for debt and other
liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
966,362 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity transactions of subsidiaries
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(129,904 |
) |
|
|
1,896 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of deferred compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,577 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receipt of common stock in satisfaction of executive loans
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
188,792 |
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of Class A common stock in connection with the UGC
Europe exchange offer
|
|
|
174,432,647 |
|
|
|
1,744 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,325,103 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,780,611 |
|
|
|
(36,333 |
) |
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation
adjustments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in fair value of derivative
assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2003
|
|
|
287,350,970 |
|
|
$ |
2,873 |
|
|
|
8,870,332 |
|
|
$ |
89 |
|
|
|
303,123,542 |
|
|
$ |
3,031 |
|
|
$ |
5,852,896 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
12,373,643 |
|
|
$ |
(70,495 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[Additional columns below]
[Continued from above table, first column(s) repeated]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Class B |
|
|
|
Accumulated | |
|
|
|
|
Treasury Stock |
|
|
|
Other | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated | |
|
Comprehensive | |
|
|
|
|
Shares | |
|
Amount |
|
Deficit | |
|
Income (Loss) | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands, except number of shares | |
December 31, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(6,797,762 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,112,345 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,284,874 |
) |
Issuance of Class A common stock for subsidiary preference
shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,423,102 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,429,205 |
|
Issuance of Class A common stock in connection with stock
option plans
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,354 |
|
Issuance of Class A common stock in connection with 401(k)
plan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
259 |
|
Issuance of common stock by UGC Europe for debt and other
liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
966,362 |
|
Equity transactions of subsidiaries
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,555 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(121,453 |
) |
Amortization of deferred compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,577 |
|
Receipt of common stock in satisfaction of executive loans
|
|
|
672,316 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of Class A common stock in connection with the UGC
Europe exchange offer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,290,514 |
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,995,368 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,995,368 |
|
Foreign currency translation
adjustments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
61,440 |
|
|
|
61,440 |
|
Change in fair value of derivative
assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,616 |
|
|
|
10,616 |
|
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
97,318 |
|
|
|
97,318 |
|
Amortization of cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(194 |
) |
|
|
(194 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2003
|
|
|
672,316 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(3,372,737 |
) |
|
$ |
(943,165 |
) |
|
$ |
1,472,492 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Foreign currency translation adjustments
|
|
$ |
(1,057,074 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,118,514 |
) |
Fair value of derivative assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10,616 |
) |
Other
|
|
|
113,909 |
|
|
|
16,785 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
(943,165 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,112,345 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
A4-164
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
(DEFICIT) (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series C | |
|
Series D | |
|
Class A | |
|
Class B | |
|
Class C | |
|
|
|
|
Preferred Stock | |
|
Preferred Stock | |
|
Common Stock | |
|
Common Stock | |
|
Common Stock | |
|
Additional | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
Paid-In | |
|
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Capital | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands, except number of shares | |
Balances, December 31, 2001
|
|
|
425,000 |
|
|
$ |
425,000 |
|
|
|
287,500 |
|
|
$ |
287,500 |
|
|
|
98,042,205 |
|
|
$ |
981 |
|
|
|
19,027,134 |
|
|
$ |
190 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,537,944 |
|
Accrual of dividends on Series B, C and D convertible
preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(156 |
) |
Merger/reorganization transaction
|
|
|
(425,000 |
) |
|
|
(425,000 |
) |
|
|
(287,500 |
) |
|
|
(287,500 |
) |
|
|
11,628,674 |
|
|
|
116 |
|
|
|
(10,156,802 |
) |
|
|
(101 |
) |
|
|
21,835,384 |
|
|
|
218 |
|
|
|
770,448 |
|
Issuance of Class C common stock for financial assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
281,288,158 |
|
|
|
2,813 |
|
|
|
1,396,469 |
|
Issuance of Class A common stock in exchange for remaining
interest in Old UGC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
600,000 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
Issuance of Class A common stock in connection with 401(k)
plan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
121,813 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
340 |
|
Equity transactions of subsidiaries and other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(21,395 |
) |
Amortization of deferred
compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase of treasury shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation
adjustments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in fair value of derivative
assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances, December 31, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
110,392,692 |
|
|
$ |
1,104 |
|
|
|
8,870,332 |
|
|
$ |
89 |
|
|
|
303,123,542 |
|
|
$ |
3,031 |
|
|
$ |
3,683,644 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[Additional columns below]
[Continued from above table, first column(s) repeated]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Treasury Stock | |
|
|
|
Comprehensive | |
|
|
|
|
Deferred | |
|
| |
|
Accumulated | |
|
Income | |
|
|
|
|
Compensation | |
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Deficit | |
|
(Loss) | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands, except number of shares | |
Balances, December 31, 2001
|
|
$ |
(74,185 |
) |
|
|
5,604,948 |
|
|
$ |
(29,984 |
) |
|
$ |
(6,437,290 |
) |
|
$ |
(265,636 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,555,480 |
) |
Accrual of dividends on Series B, C and D convertible
preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,018 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,174 |
) |
Merger/reorganizatio transaction
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(35,708 |
) |
|
|
923 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
59,104 |
|
Issuance of Class C common stock for financial assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,399,282 |
|
Issuance of Class A common stock in exchange for remaining
interest in Old UGC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of Class A common stock in connection with 401(k)
plan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
341 |
|
Equity transactions of subsidiaries and other
|
|
|
12,794 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8,601 |
) |
Amortization of deferred
compensation
|
|
|
32,918 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32,918 |
|
Purchase of treasury shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,835,000 |
|
|
|
(5,101 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,101 |
) |
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(356,454 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(356,454 |
) |
Foreign currency translation
adjustments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(864,104 |
) |
|
|
(864,104 |
) |
Change in fair value of derivative
assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,443 |
|
|
|
13,443 |
|
Change in unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,029 |
|
|
|
4,029 |
|
Amortization of cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(77 |
) |
|
|
(77 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances, December 31, 2002
|
|
$ |
(28,473 |
) |
|
|
7,404,240 |
|
|
$ |
(34,162 |
) |
|
$ |
(6,797,762 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,112,345 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,284,874 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
A4-165
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
(DEFICIT) (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series C | |
|
Series D | |
|
Class A | |
|
Class B | |
|
|
|
|
Preferred Stock | |
|
Preferred Stock | |
|
Common Stock | |
|
Common Stock | |
|
Additional | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
Paid-In | |
|
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Capital | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands, except number of shares | |
Balances, December 31, 2000
|
|
|
425,000 |
|
|
$ |
425,000 |
|
|
|
287,500 |
|
|
$ |
287,500 |
|
|
|
83,820,633 |
|
|
$ |
838 |
|
|
|
19,221,940 |
|
|
$ |
192 |
|
|
$ |
1,531,593 |
|
Exchange of Class B common stock for Class A common
stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
194,806 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
(194,806 |
) |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Issuance of Class A common stock in connection with stock
option plans and
401(k) plan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
76,504 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
386 |
|
Issuance of Class A common stock for cash
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,991,018 |
|
|
|
120 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19,905 |
|
Accrual of dividends on Series B, C and D convertible
preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,875 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,063 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,873 |
) |
Issuance of Class A common stock in lieu of cash dividends
on Series C and D convertible preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(14,875 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10,063 |
) |
|
|
1,959,244 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24,918 |
|
Equity transactions of subsidiaries and others
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(29,122 |
) |
Amortization of deferred compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,292 |
) |
Loans to related parties, collateralized with common shares and
options
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,571 |
) |
Net loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation adjustments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in fair value of derivative assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances, December 31, 2001
|
|
|
425,000 |
|
|
$ |
425,000 |
|
|
|
287,500 |
|
|
$ |
287,500 |
|
|
|
98,042,205 |
|
|
$ |
981 |
|
|
|
19,027,134 |
|
|
$ |
190 |
|
|
$ |
1,537,944 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[Additional columns below]
[Continued from above table, first column(s) repeated]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Treasury Stock | |
|
|
|
Comprehensive | |
|
|
|
|
Deferred | |
|
| |
|
Accumulated | |
|
Income | |
|
|
|
|
Compensation | |
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Deficit | |
|
(Loss) | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands, except number of shares | |
Balances, December 31, 2000
|
|
$ |
(117,136 |
) |
|
|
5,604,948 |
|
|
$ |
(29,984 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,892,706 |
) |
|
$ |
(290,531 |
) |
|
$ |
(85,234 |
) |
Exchange of Class B common stock for Class A common
stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of Class A common stock in connection with stock
option plans and
401(k) plan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
387 |
|
Issuance of Class A common stock for cash
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,025 |
|
Accrual of dividends on Series B, C and D convertible
preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(49,875 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(26,810 |
) |
Issuance of Class A common stock in lieu of cash dividends
on Series C and D convertible preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity transactions of subsidiaries and others
|
|
|
22,159 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,963 |
) |
Amortization of deferred compensation
|
|
|
20,792 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19,500 |
|
Loans to related parties, collateralized with common shares and
options
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,571 |
) |
Net loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,494,709 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,494,709 |
) |
Foreign currency translation adjustments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,157 |
|
|
|
11,157 |
|
Change in fair value of derivative assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(24,059 |
) |
|
|
(24,059 |
) |
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37,526 |
|
|
|
37,526 |
|
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
523 |
|
|
|
523 |
|
Amortization of cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(252 |
) |
|
|
(252 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances, December 31, 2001
|
|
$ |
(74,185 |
) |
|
|
5,604,948 |
|
|
$ |
(29,984 |
) |
|
$ |
(6,437,290 |
) |
|
$ |
(265,636 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,555,480 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
A4-166
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
$ |
1,995,368 |
|
|
$ |
(356,454 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,494,709 |
) |
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows
from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based compensation
|
|
|
38,024 |
|
|
|
28,228 |
|
|
|
8,818 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
808,663 |
|
|
|
730,001 |
|
|
|
1,147,176 |
|
|
Impairment of long-lived assets
|
|
|
402,239 |
|
|
|
437,427 |
|
|
|
1,525,069 |
|
|
Accretion of interest on senior notes and amortization of
deferred financing costs
|
|
|
50,733 |
|
|
|
234,247 |
|
|
|
492,387 |
|
|
Unrealized foreign exchange (gains) losses, net
|
|
|
(84,258 |
) |
|
|
(745,169 |
) |
|
|
125,722 |
|
|
Loss on derivative securities
|
|
|
12,508 |
|
|
|
115,458 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
(2,183,997 |
) |
|
|
(2,208,782 |
) |
|
|
3,447 |
|
|
(Gain) loss on sale of investments in affiliates and other
assets, net
|
|
|
(279,442 |
) |
|
|
(117,262 |
) |
|
|
416,803 |
|
|
Provision for loss on investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,083 |
|
|
|
342,419 |
|
|
Reorganization expenses, net
|
|
|
32,009 |
|
|
|
75,243 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax provision
|
|
|
(18,161 |
) |
|
|
104,068 |
|
|
|
(43,167 |
) |
|
Minority interests in subsidiaries, net
|
|
|
(183,182 |
) |
|
|
67,103 |
|
|
|
(496,515 |
) |
|
Share in results of affiliates, net
|
|
|
(294,464 |
) |
|
|
72,142 |
|
|
|
386,441 |
|
|
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,344,722 |
|
|
|
(20,056 |
) |
Change in assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in receivables, net
|
|
|
49,238 |
|
|
|
42,175 |
|
|
|
68,137 |
|
|
Change in other assets
|
|
|
(8,368 |
) |
|
|
4,628 |
|
|
|
2,489 |
|
|
Change in accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other
|
|
|
55,182 |
|
|
|
(148,466 |
) |
|
|
(135,604 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows from operating activities
|
|
|
392,092 |
|
|
|
(293,608 |
) |
|
|
(671,143 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase of short-term liquid investments
|
|
|
(1,000 |
) |
|
|
(117,221 |
) |
|
|
(1,691,751 |
) |
Proceeds from sale of short-term liquid investments
|
|
|
45,561 |
|
|
|
152,405 |
|
|
|
1,907,171 |
|
Restricted cash released (deposited), net
|
|
|
24,825 |
|
|
|
40,357 |
|
|
|
(74,996 |
) |
Investments in affiliates and other investments
|
|
|
(20,931 |
) |
|
|
(2,590 |
) |
|
|
(60,654 |
) |
Proceeds from sale of investments in affiliated companies
|
|
|
45,447 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
120,416 |
|
New acquisitions, net of cash acquired
|
|
|
(2,150 |
) |
|
|
(22,617 |
) |
|
|
(39,950 |
) |
Capital expenditures
|
|
|
(333,124 |
) |
|
|
(335,192 |
) |
|
|
(996,411 |
) |
Purchase of interest rate caps
|
|
|
(9,750 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Settlement of interest rate caps
|
|
|
(58,038 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
7,806 |
|
|
|
27,595 |
|
|
|
(45,192 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows from investing activities
|
|
|
(301,354 |
) |
|
|
(257,263 |
) |
|
|
(881,367 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of common stock
|
|
|
1,354 |
|
|
|
200,006 |
|
|
|
24,054 |
|
Proceeds from notes payable to shareholder
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
102,728 |
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from short-term and long-term borrowings
|
|
|
23,161 |
|
|
|
42,742 |
|
|
|
1,673,981 |
|
Retirement of existing senior notes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(231,630 |
) |
|
|
(261,309 |
) |
Financing costs
|
|
|
(2,233 |
) |
|
|
(18,293 |
) |
|
|
(17,771 |
) |
Repayments of short-term and long-term borrowings
|
|
|
(233,506 |
) |
|
|
(90,331 |
) |
|
|
(766,950 |
) |
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,571 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows from financing activities
|
|
|
(211,224 |
) |
|
|
5,222 |
|
|
|
645,434 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effects of Exchange Rates on Cash
|
|
|
20,662 |
|
|
|
35,694 |
|
|
|
(49,612 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Decrease in Cash and Cash Equivalents
|
|
|
(99,824 |
) |
|
|
(509,955 |
) |
|
|
(956,688 |
) |
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Year
|
|
|
410,185 |
|
|
|
920,140 |
|
|
|
1,876,828 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Year
|
|
$ |
310,361 |
|
|
$ |
410,185 |
|
|
$ |
920,140 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosure
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for reorganization expenses
|
|
$ |
27,084 |
|
|
$ |
33,488 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for interest
|
|
$ |
185,591 |
|
|
$ |
304,274 |
|
|
$ |
519,221 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for income taxes
|
|
$ |
1,947 |
|
|
$ |
14,260 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of subsidiary common stock for financial assets
|
|
$ |
966,362 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of common stock for acquisitions
|
|
$ |
1,326,847 |
|
|
$ |
1,206,441 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
A4-167
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
|
1. |
Organization and Nature of Operations |
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries the
Company, UGC, we,
us, our or similar terms) was formed in
February 2001 as part of a series of planned transactions with
Old UGC, Inc. (Old UGC, formerly known as UGC
Holdings, Inc., now our wholly owned subsidiary) and Liberty
Media Corporation (together with its subsidiaries and affiliates
Liberty), which restructured and recapitalized our
business. We are an international broadband communications
provider of video, voice and Internet services with operations
in 15 countries outside the United States. UGC Europe, Inc.
(together with its subsidiaries UGC Europe), our
largest consolidated operation, is a pan-European broadband
communications company. Through its broadband networks, UGC
Europe provides video, high-speed Internet access, telephone and
programming services. UGC Europes operations are currently
organized into two principal divisions UPC Broadband
and chellomedia. UPC Broadband delivers video, high-speed
Internet access and telephone services to residential customers.
chellomedia provides broadband Internet and interactive digital
products and services, produces and markets thematic channels,
operates our digital media center and operates a competitive
local exchange carrier business providing telephone and data
network solutions to the business market under the brand name
Priority Telecom. Our primary Latin American operation, VTR
GlobalCom S.A. (VTR), provides multi-channel
television, high-speed Internet access and residential telephone
services in Chile. We also have an approximate 19% interest in
SBS Broadcasting S.A. (SBS), a European commercial
television and radio broadcasting company, and an approximate
34% interest in Austar United Communications Ltd. (Austar
United), a pay-TV provider in Australia.
|
|
2. |
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
(GAAP) requires us to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues
and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates are used in
accounting for, among other things, allowances for uncollectible
accounts, deferred tax valuation allowances, loss contingencies,
fair values of financial instruments, asset impairments, useful
lives of property, plant and equipment, restructuring accruals
and other special items. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Principles of
Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include our
accounts and all voting interest entities where we exercise a
controlling financial interest through the ownership of a direct
or indirect majority voting interest and variable interest
entities for which we are the primary beneficiary. All
significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been
eliminated in consolidation.
Cash and Cash Equivalents,
Restricted Cash, Marketable Equity Securities and Other
Investments
Cash and cash equivalents include cash and highly liquid
investments with original maturities of less than three months.
Restricted cash includes cash held as collateral for letters of
credit and other loans, and is classified based on the expected
expiration of such facilities. Cash held in escrow and
restricted to a specific use is classified based on the expected
timing of such disbursement. Marketable equity securities and
other investments include marketable equity securities,
certificates of deposit, commercial paper, corporate bonds and
government securities that have original maturities greater than
three months but less than twelve months.
Marketable equity securities and other investments are
classified as available-for-sale and reported at fair value.
Unrealized gains and losses on these marketable equity
securities and other investments are reported as a separate
component of stockholders equity. Declines in the fair
value of marketable equity securities and
A4-168
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
other investments that are other than temporary are recognized
in the statement of operations, thus establishing a new cost
basis for such investment. These marketable equity securities
and other investments are evaluated on a quarterly basis to
determine whether declines in the fair value of these securities
are other than temporary. This quarterly evaluation consists of
reviewing, among other things, the historical volatility of the
price of each security and any market and company specific
factors related to each security. Declines in the fair value of
investments below cost basis for a period of less than six
months are considered to be temporary. Declines in the fair
value of investments for a period of six to nine months are
evaluated on a case-by-case basis to determine whether any
company or market-specific factors exist that would indicate
that such declines are other than temporary. Declines in the
fair value of investments below cost basis for greater than nine
months are considered other than temporary and are recorded as
charges to the statement of operations, absent specific factors
to the contrary.
We estimate fair value amounts using available market
information and appropriate methodologies. However, considerable
judgment is required in interpreting market data to develop the
estimates of fair value. The estimates presented in these
consolidated financial statements are not necessarily indicative
of the amounts we could realize in a current market exchange.
The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation
methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair
value amounts.
Allowance for Doubtful
Accounts
The allowance for doubtful accounts is based upon our assessment
of probable loss related to uncollectible accounts receivable.
Generally, upon disconnection of a subscriber, the account is
fully reserved. The allowance is maintained until either receipt
of payment or collection of the account is no longer pursued. We
use a number of factors in determining the allowance, including,
among other things, collection trends, prevailing and
anticipated economic conditions and specific customer credit
risk.
Property, Plant and
Equipment
Property, plant and equipment are recorded at cost. Additions,
replacements and improvements that extend asset lives are
capitalized and costs for normal repair and maintenance are
charged to expense as incurred. Costs associated with the
construction of cable networks, transmission and distribution
facilities are capitalized (including capital leases).
Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over
the economic useful life of the asset. Costs associated with new
cable, telephone and Internet access subscriber installations
are capitalized and depreciated over the average expected
subscriber life. Subscriber installation costs include direct
labor, materials (such as cabling, wiring, wall plates and
fittings) and related overhead (such as indirect labor,
logistics and inventory handling).
The economic lives of property, plant and equipment at
acquisition are as follows:
|
|
|
Customer premise equipment
|
|
4-10 years |
Commercial
|
|
3-20 years |
Scaleable infrastructure
|
|
3-20 years |
Line extensions
|
|
5-20 years |
Upgrade/rebuild
|
|
3-20 years |
Support capital
|
|
1-33 years |
Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or
changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may
not be recoverable. For assets we intend to use, if the total of
the expected future undiscounted cash flows is less than the
carrying amount of the asset, we recognize a loss for the
difference between the fair value and carrying value of the
asset. For assets we intend to dispose of, we recognize a loss
for the amount that the estimated fair value, less costs to
sell, is less than the carrying value of the assets.
A4-169
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets
Goodwill is the excess of the acquisition cost of an acquired
entity over the fair value of the identifiable net assets
acquired. Other intangible assets consist principally of
customer relationships, trademarks and computer software. Other
intangible assets with finite lives are amortized on a
straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. We
adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(SFAS) No. 142, Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets (SFAS 142), effective
January 1, 2002. Under SFAS 142, goodwill and
intangible assets with indefinite lives are no longer amortized,
but are tested for impairment on an annual basis and whenever
indicators of impairment arise. The goodwill impairment test,
which is based on fair value, is performed on a reporting unit
level on an annual basis. Goodwill and other indefinite-lived
intangible assets are tested for impairment between annual tests
if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more
likely than not reduce the fair value of an entity below its
carrying value. These events or circumstances may include a
significant change in the business climate, legal factors,
operating performance indicators, competition, sale or
disposition of a significant portion of the business or other
factors.
Investments in Affiliates,
Accounted for under the Equity Method
For those investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and
companies in which our voting interest is 20% to 50%, our
investments are held through a combination of voting common
stock, preferred stock, debentures or convertible debt and we
exert significant influence through Board representation and
management authority, the equity method of accounting is used.
The cost method of accounting is used for our investments in
affiliates in which our ownership interest is less than 20% and
where we do not exert significant influence. Under the equity
method, the investment, originally recorded at cost, is adjusted
to recognize our proportionate share of net earnings or losses
of the affiliate, limited to the extent of our investment in and
advances to the affiliate, including any debt guarantees or
other contractual funding commitments. We evaluate our
investments in publicly traded securities accounted for under
the equity method periodically for impairment. A current fair
value of an investment that is less than its carrying amount may
indicate a loss in value of the investment. A decline in value
of an investment which is other than temporary is recognized as
a realized loss, establishing a new carrying amount for the
investment. Factors considered in making this evaluation include
the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has
been less than cost, the financial condition and near-term
prospects of the issuer, including cash flows of the investee
and any specific events which may influence the operations of
the issuer, and our intent and ability to retain our investments
for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated
recovery in market value.
Derivative Financial
Instruments
We use derivative financial instruments from time to time to
manage exposure to movements in foreign currency exchange rates
and interest rates. We account for derivative financial
instruments in accordance with SFAS No. 133
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities, as amended, (SFAS 133), which
establishes accounting and reporting standards requiring that
every derivative instrument (including certain derivative
instruments embedded in other contracts) be recorded in the
balance sheets as either an asset or liability measured at its
fair value. These rules require that changes in the derivative
instruments fair value be recognized currently in earnings
unless specific hedge accounting criteria are met. Special
accounting for qualifying hedges allows a derivative
instruments gains and losses to offset related results on
the hedged item in the statement of operations, to the extent
effective, and requires that a company must formally document,
designate, and assess the effectiveness of transactions that
receive hedge accounting. For derivative financial instruments
designated and that qualify as cash flow hedges, changes in the
fair value of the effective portion of the derivative financial
instruments are recorded as a component of other comprehensive
income or loss in stockholders equity until the hedged
item is recognized in earnings. The ineffective portion of the
change in fair value of the derivative financial instruments is
immediately recognized in earnings. The change in fair value of
the hedged item is recorded as an adjustment to its carrying
value on the balance sheet. For
A4-170
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
derivative financial instruments that are not designated or that
do not qualify as accounting hedges, the changes in the fair
value of the derivative financial instruments are recognized in
earnings.
Subscriber Prepayments and
Deposits
Payments received in advance for distribution services are
deferred and recognized as revenue when the associated services
are provided. Deposits are recorded as a liability upon receipt
and refunded to the subscriber upon disconnection.
Cable Network Revenue and
Related Costs
We recognize revenue from the provision of video, telephone and
Internet access services over our cable network to customers in
the period the related services are provided. Installation
revenue (including reconnect fees) related to these services
over our cable network is recognized as revenue in the period in
which the installation occurs, to the extent these fees are
equal to or less than direct selling costs, which are expensed.
To the extent installation revenue exceeds direct selling costs,
the excess fees are deferred and amortized over the average
expected subscriber life. Costs related to reconnections and
disconnections are recognized in the statement of operations as
incurred.
Other Revenue and Related
Costs
We recognize revenue from the provision of direct-to-home
satellite services, or DTH, telephone and data
services to business customers outside of our cable network in
the period the related services are provided. Installation
revenue (including reconnect fees) related to these services
outside of our cable network is deferred and amortized over the
average expected subscriber life. Costs related to reconnections
and disconnections are recognized in the statement of operations
as incurred.
Concentration of Credit
Risk
Financial instruments which potentially subject us to
concentrations of credit risk consist principally of subscriber
receivables. Concentration of credit risk with respect to
subscriber receivables is limited due to the large number of
customers and their dispersion across many different countries
worldwide. We also manage this risk by disconnecting services to
customers who are delinquent.
Stock-Based
Compensation
We account for our stock-based compensation plans and the
stock-based compensation plans of our subsidiaries using the
intrinsic value method prescribed by Accounting Principles Board
Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees
(APB 25). We have provided pro forma
disclosures of net income (loss) under the fair value method of
accounting for these plans, as prescribed by
SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation (SFAS 123), as amended by
SFAS No. 148, Accounting for
A4-171
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Stock-Based Compensation Transition and
Disclosure and Amendment of SFAS No. 123
(SFAS 148), as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands, except per share amounts | |
Net income (loss), as reported
|
|
$ |
1,995,368 |
|
|
$ |
(356,454 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,494,709 |
) |
|
Add: Stock-based employee compensation expense included in
reported net income, net of related tax effects(1)
|
|
|
29,242 |
|
|
|
28,228 |
|
|
|
8,818 |
|
|
Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense
determined under the fair value based method for all awards, net
of related tax effects
|
|
|
(57,101 |
) |
|
|
(102,837 |
) |
|
|
(98,638 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma net income (loss)
|
|
$ |
1,967,509 |
|
|
$ |
(431,063 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,584,529 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic net income (loss) per common share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As reported
|
|
$ |
7.41 |
|
|
$ |
(0.84 |
) |
|
$ |
(41.29 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma
|
|
$ |
7.35 |
|
|
$ |
(1.01 |
) |
|
$ |
(42.10 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted net income (loss) per common share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As reported
|
|
$ |
7.41 |
|
|
$ |
(0.83 |
) |
|
$ |
(41.29 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma
|
|
$ |
7.35 |
|
|
$ |
(1.01 |
) |
|
$ |
(42.10 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Not including SARs. Compensation expense for SARs is the same
under APB 25 and SFAS 123. |
Stock-based compensation is recorded as a result of applying
variable-plan accounting to stock appreciation rights
(SARs) granted to employees and vesting of certain
of our fixed stock-based compensation plans. Under variable-plan
accounting, compensation expense (credit) is recognized at each
financial statement date for vested SARs based on the difference
between the grant price and the estimated fair value of our
Class A common stock, until the SARs are exercised or
expire, or until the fair value is less than the original grant
price. Under fixed-plan accounting, deferred compensation is
recorded for the excess of fair value over the exercise price of
such options at the date of grant. This deferred compensation is
then recognized in the statement of operations ratably over the
vesting period of the options.
Income Taxes
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability
method. We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the
future tax consequences attributable to differences between the
financial statement carrying amounts and income tax basis of
assets and liabilities and the expected benefits of utilizing
net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards, using enacted
tax rates in effect for the year in which those temporary
differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Net
deferred tax assets are then reduced by a valuation allowance if
we believe it more likely than not such net deferred tax assets
will not be realized. The effect on deferred tax assets and
liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in
the period that includes the enactment date. Deferred tax
liabilities related to investments in foreign subsidiaries and
foreign corporate joint ventures that are essentially permanent
in duration are not recognized until it becomes apparent that
such amounts will reverse in the foreseeable future.
Basic and Diluted Net Income
(Loss) Per Share
Basic net income (loss) per share is determined by dividing net
income (loss) attributable to common stockholders by the
weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during each
period. Net income
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(loss) attributable to common stockholders includes the accrual
of dividends on convertible preferred stock which is charged
directly to additional paid-in capital and/or accumulated
deficit. Diluted net income (loss) per share includes the
effects of potentially issuable common stock, but only if
dilutive.
Foreign Operations and
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk
Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in
U.S. dollars. Almost all of our operations are conducted in
a currency other than the U.S. dollar. Assets and
liabilities of foreign subsidiaries for which the functional
currency is the local currency are translated at period-end
exchange rates and the statements of operations are translated
at actual exchange rates when known, or at the average exchange
rate for the period. Exchange rate fluctuations on translating
foreign currency financial statements into U.S. dollars
that result in unrealized gains or losses are referred to as
translation adjustments. Cumulative translation adjustments are
recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) as a separate
component of stockholders equity (deficit). Transactions
denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are
recorded based on exchange rates at the time such transactions
arise. Subsequent changes in exchange rates result in
transaction gains and losses, which are reflected in income as
unrealized (based on period-end translations) or realized upon
settlement of the transactions. Cash flows from our operations
in foreign countries are translated at actual exchange rates
when known, or at the average rate for the period. As a result,
amounts related to assets and liabilities reported in the
consolidated statements of cash flows will not agree to changes
in the corresponding balances in the consolidated balance
sheets. The effects of exchange rate changes on cash balances
held in foreign currencies are reported as a separate line below
cash flows from financing activities. Certain items such as
investments in debt and equity securities of foreign
subsidiaries, equipment purchases, programming costs, notes
payable and notes receivable (including intercompany amounts)
and certain other charges are denominated in a currency other
than the respective companys functional currency, which
results in foreign exchange gains and losses recorded in the
consolidated statement of operations. Accordingly, we may
experience economic loss and a negative impact on earnings and
equity with respect to our holdings solely as a result of
foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.
Reclassifications
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to
the current year presentation. We adopted SFAS 145,
Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44, and 64,
Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical
Corrections. Among other things, SFAS 145 required us
to reclassify gains and losses associated with the
extinguishment of debt (including the related tax effects) from
extraordinary classification to other income in the accompanying
consolidated statements of operations.
3. Acquisitions, Dispositions
and Other
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|
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Acquisition of UPC Preference Shares |
On February 12, 2003, we issued 368,287 shares of our
Class A common stock in a private transaction pursuant to a
securities purchase agreement dated February 6, 2003, among
us and Alliance Balanced Shares, Alliance Growth Fund, Alliance
Global Strategic Income Trust and EQ Alliance Common Stock
Portfolio. In consideration for issuing the 368,287 shares
of our Class A common stock, we acquired 1,833 preference
shares A of UPC, nominal value
1.00 per
share, and warrants to purchase 890,030 ordinary
shares A of UPC, nominal value
1.00 per
share, at an exercise price of
42.546 per
ordinary share. On February 13, 2003, we issued
482,217 shares of our Class A common stock in a
private transaction pursuant to a securities purchase agreement
dated February 11, 2003, among us and Capital Research and
Management Company, on behalf of The Income Fund of America,
Inc., Capital World Growth and Income Fund, Inc. and Fundamental
Investors, Inc. In consideration for the 482,217 shares of
our Class A common stock, we acquired 2,400
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
preference shares A of UPC, nominal value
1.00 per
share, and warrants to purchase 1,165,352 ordinary
shares A of UPC, nominal value
1.00 per
share, at an exercise price of
42.546 per
ordinary share. A gain of $610.9 million was recognized
from the purchase of these preference shares for the difference
between fair value of the consideration given and book value
(including accrued dividends) of these preference shares at the
transaction date. This gain is reflected in the consolidated
statement of stockholders equity (deficit).
On April 4, 2003, we issued 879,041 shares of our
Class A common stock in a private transaction pursuant to a
transaction agreement dated March 31, 2003, among us, a
subsidiary of ours, Motorola Inc. and Motorola UPC Holdings,
Inc. In consideration for the 879,041 shares of our
Class A common stock, we acquired 3,500 preference
shares A of UPC, nominal value
1.00 per
share and warrants to purchase 1,669,457 ordinary
shares A of UPC, nominal value
1.00 per
share, at an exercise price of
42.546 per
ordinary share. On April 14, 2003, we issued
426,360 shares of our Class A common stock in a
private transaction pursuant to a securities purchase agreement
dated April 8, 2003, between us and Liberty International
B-L LLC. In consideration for the 426,360 shares of our
Class A common stock, we acquired 2,122 preference
shares A of UPC, nominal value
.00 per
share and warrants to purchase 971,118 ordinary
shares A of UPC, nominal value
1.00 per
share, at an exercise price of
42.546 per
ordinary share. A gain of $812.2 million was recognized
during the second quarter of 2003 from the purchase of these
preference shares for the difference between fair value of the
consideration given and book value (including accrued dividends)
of the preference shares at the transaction date. This gain is
reflected in the consolidated statement of stockholders
equity (deficit).
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|
|
United Pan-Europe Communications N.V. Reorganization |
In September 2003, as a result of the consummation of UPCs
plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the
U.S. Bankruptcy Code and insolvency proceedings under Dutch
law, UGC Europe acquired all of the stock of, and became the
successor issuer to, UPC. Prior to UPCs reorganization, we
were the majority stockholder and largest single creditor of
UPC. We became the holder of approximately 66.6% of UGC
Europes common stock in exchange for the equity and debt
of UPC that we owned prior to UPCs reorganization.
UPCs other bondholders and third-party holders of
UPCs ordinary shares and preference shares exchanged their
securities for the remaining 33.4% of UGC Europes common
stock.
We accounted for this restructuring as a reorganization of
entities under common control at historical cost, similar to a
pooling of interests. Under reorganization accounting, we have
consolidated the financial position and results of operations of
UGC Europe as if the reorganization had been consummated at
inception. We previously recognized a gain on the effective
retirement of UPCs senior notes, senior discount notes and
UPCs exchangeable loan held by us when those securities
were acquired directly and indirectly by us in connection with
our merger transaction with Liberty in January 2002. The
issuance of common stock by UGC Europe to third-party holders of
the remaining UPC senior notes and senior discount notes was
recorded at fair value. This fair value was significantly less
than the accreted value of such debt securities as reflected in
our historical consolidated financial statements. Accordingly,
for consolidated financial reporting purposes, we recognized a
gain of $2.1 billion from the extinguishment of such debt
outstanding at that time equal to the excess of the then
accreted value of such debt ($3.076 billion) over the fair
value of UGC Europe common stock issued ($966.4 million).
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|
|
UGC Europe Exchange Offer and Merger |
On December 18, 2003, we completed an exchange offer
pursuant to which we offered to exchange 10.3 shares
of our Class A common stock for each outstanding share of
UGC Europe common stock not owned by us. On December 19,
2003, we effected a short-form merger between UGC Europe and one
of our subsidiaries on the same terms offered in the exchange
offer. We issued 172,248,306 shares of our Class A
common stock to third parties in connection with the exchange
offer and merger (including 2,596,270 shares subject to
appraisal
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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
rights that were withdrawn subsequent to December 31,
2003), as well as 4,780,611 shares to Old UGC to acquire
its UGC Europe common stock. We now own all of the outstanding
equity securities of UGC Europe.
We valued the exchange offer and merger for accounting purposes
at $1.315 billion, based on the issuance of our
Class A common stock at the average closing price of such
stock for the five days surrounding November 12, 2003, the
date we announced the revised and final terms of the exchange
offer, and our estimated transaction costs, consisting primarily
of dealer-manager, legal and accounting fees, printing costs,
other external costs and other purchase consideration directly
related to the exchange offer and merger. This total value
includes $19.7 million related to the value of shares
subject to appraisal rights that were withdrawn in January 2004.
This amount is included in other current liabilities in the
accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
We accounted for the exchange offer and merger using the
purchase method of accounting, in accordance with
SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations
(SFAS 141). Under the purchase method of
accounting, the total estimated purchase price was allocated to
the minority shareholders proportionate interest in UGC
Europes identifiable tangible and intangible assets and
liabilities acquired by us based upon their estimated fair
values upon completion of the transaction. Purchase price in
excess of the book value of these identifiable tangible and
intangible assets and liabilities acquired was allocated as
follows (in thousands):
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|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment
|
|
$ |
717 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
1,005,148 |
|
Customer relationships and tradename
|
|
|
243,212 |
|
Other assets
|
|
|
10,556 |
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
55,271 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total consideration
|
|
$ |
1,314,904 |
|
|
|
|
|
The excess purchase price over the net identifiable tangible and
intangible assets and liabilities acquired was recorded as
goodwill, which is not deductible for tax purposes. This
goodwill was attributable to the following:
|
|
|
|
|
Our ability to create a simpler, unified capital structure in
which equity investors would participate in our equity at a
single level, which would lead to greater liquidity for
investors, due to the larger combined public float; |
|
|
|
Our ability to facilitate the investment and transfer of funds
between us and UGC Europe and its subsidiaries, thereby creating
more efficient uses of our consolidated financial
resources; and |
|
|
|
Our assessment that the elimination of public stockholders at
the UGC Europe level would create opportunities for cost
reductions and organizational efficiencies through, among other
things, the combination of UGC Europes and our separate
corporate functions into a better integrated, unitary corporate
organization. |
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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated
operating results give effect to this transaction as if it had
been completed as of January 1, 2003 (for 2003 results) and
as of January 1, 2002 (for 2002 results). This unaudited
pro forma condensed consolidated financial information does not
purport to represent what our results of operations would
actually have been if this transaction had in fact occurred on
such dates. The pro forma adjustments are based upon currently
available information and upon certain assumptions that we
believe are reasonable:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands, except share | |
|
|
and per share amounts | |
Revenue
|
|
$ |
1,891,530 |
|
|
$ |
1,515,021 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
$ |
1,805,225 |
|
|
$ |
1,014,908 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
$ |
1,805,225 |
|
|
$ |
(329,814 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic net income (loss) per share before cumulative effect of
change in accounting principle
|
|
$ |
4.99 |
|
|
$ |
1.63 |
|
|
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.17 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic net income (loss) per share
|
|
$ |
4.99 |
|
|
$ |
(0.54 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted net income (loss) per share before cumulative effect of
change in accounting principle
|
|
$ |
4.98 |
|
|
$ |
1.63 |
|
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.17 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted net income (loss) per share
|
|
$ |
4.98 |
|
|
$ |
(0.54 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
On January 30, 2002, we completed a transaction with
Liberty and Old UGC, pursuant to which the following occurred.
Immediately prior to the merger transaction on January 30,
2002:
|
|
|
|
|
Liberty contributed approximately 9.9 million shares of Old
UGC Class B common stock and approximately
12.0 million shares of Old UGC Class A common stock to
us and in exchange for these contributions, we issued Liberty
approximately 21.8 million shares of our Class C
common stock; |
|
|
|
Certain long-term stockholders of Old UGC (the
Founders) transferred their shares of Old UGC
Class B common stock to limited liability companies, which
limited liability companies then merged into us. As a result of
such mergers, the Founders received approximately
8.9 million shares of our Class B common stock, which
number of shares equals the number of shares of Old UGC
Class B common stock transferred by them to the limited
liability companies; and |
|
|
|
Four of the Founders (the Principal Founders)
contributed $3.0 million to Old UGC in exchange for
securities that, at the effective time of the merger, converted
into securities representing a 0.5% interest in Old UGC and
entitled them to elect one-half of Old UGCs directors. |
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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
As a result of the merger transaction:
|
|
|
|
|
Old UGC became our 99.5%-owned subsidiary, and the Principal
Founders held the remaining 0.5% interest in Old UGC; |
|
|
|
Each share of Old UGCs Class A and Class B
common stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger was
converted into one share of our Class A common stock; |
|
|
|
The shares of Old UGCs Series B, C and D preferred
stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger were converted
into an aggregate of approximately 23.3 million shares of
our Class A common stock, which amount is equal to the
number of shares of Old UGC Class A common stock the
holders of Old UGCs preferred stock would have received
had they converted their preferred stock immediately prior to
the merger; |
|
|
|
Liberty had the right to elect four of our 12 directors; |
|
|
|
The Founders had the effective voting power to elect eight of
our 12 directors; and |
|
|
|
We had the right to elect half of Old UGCs directors and
the Principal Founders had the right to elect the other half of
Old UGCs directors (see discussion below regarding a
transaction that occurred on May 14, 2002, pursuant to
which Old UGC became our wholly-owned subsidiary and we became
entitled to elect the entire board of directors of Old UGC). |
Immediately following the merger transaction:
|
|
|
|
|
Liberty contributed to us the UPC Exchangeable Loan which had an
accreted value of $891.7 million as of January 30,
2002 and, as a result, UPC owed the amount payable under such
loan to us rather than to Liberty; |
|
|
|
Liberty contributed $200.0 million in cash to us; |
|
|
|
Liberty contributed to us certain UPC bonds (the United
UPC Bonds) and, as a result, UPC owed the amounts
represented by the United UPC Bonds to us rather than to
Liberty; and |
|
|
|
In exchange for the contribution of these assets to us, an
aggregate of approximately 281.3 million shares of our
Class C common stock was issued to Liberty. |
In December 2001, IDT United, Inc. (IDT United)
commenced a cash tender offer for, and related consent
solicitation with respect to, the entire $1.375 billion
face amount of senior discount notes of Old UGC (the Old
UGC Senior Notes). As of the expiration of the tender
offer on February 1, 2002, holders of the notes had validly
tendered and not withdrawn notes representing approximately
$1.350 billion aggregate principal amount at maturity. At
the time of the tender offer, Liberty had an equity and debt
interest in IDT United. IDT Uniteds sole purpose was to
tender for the Old UGC Senior Notes.
Prior to the merger on January 30, 2002, we acquired from
Liberty $751.2 million aggregate principal amount at
maturity of the Old UGC Senior Notes (which had previously been
distributed to Liberty by IDT United in redemption of a portion
of Libertys equity interest and in prepayment of a portion
of IDT Uniteds debt to Liberty), as well as all of
Libertys remaining interest in IDT United. The purchase
price for the Old UGC Senior Notes and Libertys interest
in IDT United was:
|
|
|
|
|
Our assumption of approximately $304.6 million of
indebtedness owed by Liberty to Old UGC; and |
|
|
|
Cash in the amount of approximately $143.9 million. |
On January 30, 2002, Liberty loaned us approximately
$17.3 million, of which approximately $2.3 million was
used to purchase shares of redeemable preferred stock and
convertible promissory notes issued by IDT United. Following
January 30, 2002, Liberty loaned us an additional
approximately $85.4 million. We used the
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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
proceeds of these loans to purchase additional shares of
redeemable preferred stock and convertible promissory notes
issued by IDT United. These notes to Liberty accrued interest at
8.0% annually, compounded and payable quarterly, and were
cancelled in January 2004 (see Note 22). Subsequent to
these transactions, IDT United held Old UGC Senior Notes with a
principal amount at maturity of $599.2 million. Although we
only retain a 33.3% common equity interest in IDT United, we
consolidate IDT United as a variable interest
entity, as we are the primary beneficiary of an entity
that has insufficient equity at risk.
On May 14, 2002, the Principal Founders transferred all of
the shares of Old UGC common stock held by them to us in
exchange for an aggregate of 600,000 shares of our
Class A common stock pursuant to an exchange agreement
dated May 14, 2002, among such individuals and us. This
exchange agreement superseded the exchange agreement entered
into at the time of the merger transaction. As a result of this
exchange, Old UGC became our wholly-owned subsidiary, and we
were entitled to elect the entire board of directors of Old UGC.
This transaction was the final step in the recapitalization of
Old UGC.
We accounted for the merger transaction on January 30, 2002
as a reorganization of entities under common control at
historical cost, similar to a pooling of interests. Under
reorganization accounting, we consolidated the financial
position and results of operations of Old UGC as if the merger
transaction had been consummated at the inception of Old UGC.
The purchase of the Old UGC Senior Notes directly from Liberty
and the purchase of Libertys interest in IDT United were
recorded at fair value. The issuance of our new shares of
Class C common stock to Liberty for cash, the United UPC
Bonds and the UPC Exchangeable Loan was recorded at the fair
value of our common stock at closing. The estimated fair value
of these financial assets (with the exception of the UPC
Exchangeable Loan) was significantly less than the accreted
value of such debt securities as reflected in Old UGCs
historical financial statements. Accordingly, for consolidated
financial reporting purposes, we recognized a gain of
approximately $1.757 billion from the extinguishment of
such debt outstanding at that time equal to the excess of the
then accreted value of such debt over our cost, as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
at acquisition | |
|
Book value | |
|
Gain/(loss) | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Old UGC Senior Notes
|
|
$ |
540,149 |
|
|
$ |
1,210,974 |
|
|
$ |
670,825 |
|
United UPC Bonds
|
|
|
312,831 |
|
|
|
1,451,519 |
|
|
|
1,138,688 |
|
UPC Exchangeable Loan
|
|
|
891,671 |
|
|
|
891,671 |
|
|
|
|
|
Write-off of deferred financing costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(52,224 |
) |
|
|
(52,224 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total gain on extinguishment of debt
|
|
$ |
1,744,651 |
|
|
$ |
3,501,940 |
|
|
$ |
1,757,289 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
We also recorded a deferred income tax provision of
$110.6 million related to a portion of the gain on
extinguishment of the Old UGC Senior Notes.
|
|
|
Transfer of German Shares |
Until July 30, 2002, UPC had a 51% ownership interest in
EWT/ TSS Group through its 51% owned subsidiary, UPC Germany.
Pursuant to the agreement by which UPC acquired EWT/ TSS Group,
UPC was required to fulfill a contribution obligation no later
than March 2003, by contributing certain assets amounting to
approximately
358.8 million.
If UPC failed to make the contribution by such date or in
certain circumstances such as a material default by UPC under
its financing agreements, the minority shareholders of UPC
Germany could call for 22.3% of the ownership interest in UPC
Germany in exchange for the euro equivalent of 1 Deutsche Mark.
On March 5, 2002, UPC received the holders notice of
exercise. On July 30, 2002, UPC completed the transfer of
22.3% of UPC Germany to the minority shareholders in return for
the cancellation of the contribution obligation. UPC now owns
28.7% of UPC Germany, with the former minority shareholders
owning the remaining 71.3%. UPC Germany is governed by a new
shareholders agreement. For
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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
accounting purposes, this transaction resulted in the
deconsolidation of UPC Germany effective August 1, 2002,
and recognition of a gain from the reversal of the net negative
investment in UPC Germany. Details of the assets and liabilities
of UPC Germany as of August 1, 2002 were as follows (in
thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
Working capital
|
|
$ |
(74,809 |
) |
Property, plant and equipment
|
|
|
74,169 |
|
Goodwill and other intangible assets
|
|
|
69,912 |
|
Long-term liabilities
|
|
|
(84,288 |
) |
Minority interest
|
|
|
(142,158 |
) |
Gain on reversal of net negative investment
|
|
|
147,925 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash deconsolidated
|
|
$ |
(9,249 |
) |
|
|
|
|
In January 2002, we recognized a gain of $109.2 million
from the restructuring and cancellation of capital lease
obligations associated with excess capacity of certain Priority
Telecom vendor contracts.
In June 2002, we recognized a gain of $342.3 million from
the delivery by certain banks of $399.2 million in
aggregate principal amount of UPCs senior notes and senior
discount notes as settlement of certain interest rate and cross
currency derivative contracts between the banks and UPC.
In December 2001, UPC and Canal+ Group, the television and film
division of Vivendi Universal (Canal+) merged their
respective Polish DTH satellite television platforms, as well as
the Canal+ Polska premium channel, to form a common Polish DTH
platform. UPC Polska contributed its Polish and United Kingdom
DTH assets to Telewizyjna Korporacja Partycypacyjna S.A., a
subsidiary of Canal+ (TKP), and placed
30.0 million
($26.8 million) cash into an escrow account, which was used
to fund TKP with a loan of
30.0 million
in January 2002 (the JV Loan). In return, UPC Polska
received a 25% ownership interest in TKP and
150.0
($134.1) million in cash. UPC Polskas investment in
TKP was recorded at fair value as of the date of the
transaction, resulting in a loss of $416.9 million upon
consummation of the merger.
|
|
4. |
Marketable Equity Securities and Other Investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2003 | |
|
December 31, 2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
Fair | |
|
Unrealized | |
|
Fair | |
|
Unrealized | |
|
|
value | |
|
gain | |
|
value | |
|
gain | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
SBS common stock
|
|
$ |
195,600 |
|
|
$ |
105,790 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
Other equity securities
|
|
|
10,725 |
|
|
|
6,098 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate bonds and other
|
|
|
2,134 |
|
|
|
856 |
|
|
|
45,854 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
208,459 |
|
|
$ |
112,744 |
|
|
$ |
45,854 |
|
|
$ |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
We recorded an aggregate charge to earnings for other than
temporary declines in the fair value of certain of our
investments of approximately nil, $2.0 million and nil for
the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001,
respectively.
We own 6.0 million shares of SBS. Historically, our common
share ownership interest in SBS was accounted for under the
equity method of accounting, as we were able to exert
significant influence. On December 19, 2003, SBS redeemed
certain of its outstanding debt and as a result issued new
common shares to the note
A4-179
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
holders which reduced our ownership interest. As we no longer
have the ability to exercise significant influence over SBS, we
changed our accounting method from the equity method to the cost
method, and marked these shares to fair value as
available-for-sale securities.
|
|
5. |
Property, Plant and Equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UGC Europe | |
|
currency | |
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
exchange | |
|
translation | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2002 | |
|
Additions | |
|
Disposals | |
|
Impairments(1) | |
|
offer(2) | |
|
adjustments | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Customer premises equipment
|
|
$ |
1,003,950 |
|
|
$ |
95,834 |
|
|
$ |
(2,459 |
) |
|
$ |
(89,971 |
) |
|
$ |
20,936 |
|
|
$ |
201,941 |
|
|
$ |
1,230,231 |
|
Commercial
|
|
|
5,670 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
235 |
|
|
|
5,905 |
|
Scaleable infrastructure
|
|
|
637,171 |
|
|
|
44,177 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(23,806 |
) |
|
|
(8,973 |
) |
|
|
138,000 |
|
|
|
786,569 |
|
Line extensions
|
|
|
2,055,614 |
|
|
|
66,216 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(302,280 |
) |
|
|
(3,806 |
) |
|
|
373,306 |
|
|
|
2,189,050 |
|
Upgrade/rebuild
|
|
|
846,406 |
|
|
|
30,287 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,854 |
) |
|
|
(5,653 |
) |
|
|
151,127 |
|
|
|
1,017,313 |
|
Support capital
|
|
|
696,362 |
|
|
|
70,972 |
|
|
|
(473 |
) |
|
|
(30,874 |
) |
|
|
4,824 |
|
|
|
127,250 |
|
|
|
868,061 |
|
Priority Telecom(3)
|
|
|
306,233 |
|
|
|
17,074 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(415 |
) |
|
|
(5,357 |
) |
|
|
43,521 |
|
|
|
361,056 |
|
UPC Media
|
|
|
83,598 |
|
|
|
5,833 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,438 |
) |
|
|
(1,254 |
) |
|
|
16,447 |
|
|
|
98,186 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
5,635,004 |
|
|
|
330,393 |
|
|
|
(2,932 |
) |
|
|
(458,638 |
) |
|
|
717 |
|
|
|
1,051,827 |
|
|
|
6,556,371 |
|
Accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(1,994,793 |
) |
|
|
(804,937 |
) |
|
|
2,123 |
|
|
|
64,788 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(480,809 |
) |
|
|
(3,213,628 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net property, plant and equipment
|
|
$ |
3,640,211 |
|
|
$ |
(474,544 |
) |
|
$ |
(809 |
) |
|
$ |
(393,850 |
) |
|
$ |
717 |
|
|
$ |
571,018 |
|
|
$ |
3,342,743 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
See Note 17. |
|
(2) |
See Note 3. |
|
(3) |
Consists primarily of network infrastructure and equipment. |
A4-180
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
The change in the carrying amount of goodwill by operating
segment for the year ended December 31, 2003 is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UGC Europe | |
|
currency | |
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
|
exchange | |
|
translation | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2002 | |
|
Acquisitions | |
|
offer(1) | |
|
adjustments | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Europe:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Austria
|
|
$ |
140,349 |
|
|
$ |
383 |
|
|
$ |
167,209 |
|
|
$ |
31,640 |
|
|
$ |
339,581 |
|
|
Belgium
|
|
|
14,284 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24,467 |
|
|
|
1,747 |
|
|
|
40,498 |
|
|
Czech Republic
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
67,138 |
|
|
|
1,240 |
|
|
|
68,378 |
|
|
Hungary
|
|
|
73,878 |
|
|
|
229 |
|
|
|
142,809 |
|
|
|
11,723 |
|
|
|
228,639 |
|
|
The Netherlands
|
|
|
705,833 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
256,415 |
|
|
|
149,310 |
|
|
|
1,111,558 |
|
|
Norway
|
|
|
9,017 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28,553 |
|
|
|
930 |
|
|
|
38,500 |
|
|
Poland
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
36,368 |
|
|
|
672 |
|
|
|
37,040 |
|
|
Romania
|
|
|
20,138 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,698 |
|
|
|
324 |
|
|
|
23,160 |
|
|
Slovak Republic
|
|
|
3,353 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,644 |
|
|
|
1,133 |
|
|
|
27,130 |
|
|
Sweden
|
|
|
142,771 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,823 |
|
|
|
31,270 |
|
|
|
204,864 |
|
|
chellomedia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
122,304 |
|
|
|
2,258 |
|
|
|
124,562 |
|
|
UGC Europe, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
103,720 |
|
|
|
1,915 |
|
|
|
105,635 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
1,109,623 |
|
|
|
612 |
|
|
|
1,005,148 |
|
|
|
234,162 |
|
|
|
2,349,545 |
|
Latin America:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chile
|
|
|
140,710 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,576 |
|
|
|
170,286 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
1,250,333 |
|
|
$ |
612 |
|
|
$ |
1,005,148 |
|
|
$ |
263,738 |
|
|
$ |
2,519,831 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
We adopted SFAS 142 effective January 1, 2002.
SFAS 142 required a transitional impairment assessment of
goodwill as of January 1, 2002, in two steps. Under step
one, the fair value of each of our reporting units was compared
with their respective carrying amounts, including goodwill. If
the fair value of a reporting unit exceeded its carrying amount,
goodwill of the reporting unit was considered not impaired. If
the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeded its fair value,
the second step of the goodwill impairment test was performed to
measure the amount of impairment loss. We completed step one in
June 2002, and concluded the carrying value of certain reporting
units as of January 1, 2002 exceeded fair value. The
completion of step two resulted in an impairment adjustment of
$1.34 billion. This amount has been reflected as a
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in the
consolidated statement of operations, effective January 1,
2002, in accordance with SFAS 142. We also recorded
impairment charges totaling $362.8 million based on our
annual impairment test effective December 31, 2002.
A4-181
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Pro Forma Information
Prior to January 1, 2002, goodwill and excess basis on
equity method investments was generally amortized over
15 years. The following presents the pro forma effect on
net loss for the year ended December 31, 2001, from the
reduction of amortization expense on goodwill and the reduction
of amortization of excess basis on equity method investments, as
a result of the adoption of SFAS 142 (in thousands, except
per share amounts):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended | |
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
Net loss as reported
|
|
$ |
(4,494,709 |
) |
|
Goodwill amortization
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UPC and subsidiaries
|
|
|
379,449 |
|
|
|
VTR
|
|
|
11,310 |
|
|
|
Austar United and subsidiaries
|
|
|
12,765 |
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
2,881 |
|
|
Amortization of excess basis on equity investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UPC affiliates
|
|
|
35,940 |
|
|
|
Austar United affiliates
|
|
|
2,823 |
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
2,027 |
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted net loss
|
|
$ |
(4,047,514 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted net loss per common share as reported
|
|
$ |
(41.29 |
) |
|
Goodwill amortization
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UPC and subsidiaries
|
|
|
3.45 |
|
|
|
VTR
|
|
|
0.10 |
|
|
|
Austar United and subsidiaries
|
|
|
0.12 |
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
0.03 |
|
|
Amortization of excess basis on equity investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UPC affiliates
|
|
|
0.33 |
|
|
|
Austar United affiliates
|
|
|
0.03 |
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
0.02 |
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted basic and diluted net loss per common share
|
|
$ |
(37.21 |
) |
|
|
|
|
A4-182
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Other intangible assets consist primarily of customer
relationships, tradename, licenses and capitalized software.
Customer relationships are amortized over the expected lives of
our customers. The weighted-average amortization period of the
customer relationship intangible is approximately
7.5 years. Tradename is an indefinite-lived intangible
asset that is not subject to amortization. The following tables
present certain information for other intangible assets. Actual
amounts of amortization expense may differ from estimated
amounts due to additional acquisitions, changes in foreign
currency exchange rates, impairment of intangible assets,
accelerated amortization of intangible assets, and other events.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UGC Europe | |
|
currency | |
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
exchange | |
|
translation | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2002 | |
|
Additions | |
|
Impairments(1) | |
|
Disposals | |
|
offer | |
|
adjustments | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Intangible assets with definite lives:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer
relationships
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
220,290 |
|
|
$ |
4,068 |
|
|
$ |
224,358 |
|
|
License fees
|
|
|
25,075 |
|
|
|
1,489 |
|
|
|
(13,871 |
) |
|
|
(3,815 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,870 |
|
|
|
11,748 |
|
|
Other
|
|
|
10,493 |
|
|
|
233 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,132 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,925 |
|
|
|
8,519 |
|
Intangible assets with indefinite lives:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tradename
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,922 |
|
|
|
424 |
|
|
|
23,346 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
35,568 |
|
|
|
1,722 |
|
|
|
(13,871 |
) |
|
|
(7,947 |
) |
|
|
243,212 |
|
|
|
9,287 |
|
|
|
267,971 |
|
|
Accumulated amortization
|
|
|
(21,792 |
) |
|
|
(3,726 |
) |
|
|
5,482 |
|
|
|
7,537 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,236 |
) |
|
|
(15,735 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net intangible
assets
|
|
$ |
13,776 |
|
|
$ |
(2,004 |
) |
|
$ |
(8,389 |
) |
|
$ |
(410 |
) |
|
$ |
243,212 |
|
|
$ |
6,051 |
|
|
$ |
252,236 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Amortization expense
|
|
$ |
3,726 |
|
|
$ |
16,632 |
|
|
$ |
19,136 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2005 | |
|
2006 | |
|
2007 | |
|
2008 | |
|
Thereafter | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Estimated amortization expense
|
|
$ |
33,043 |
|
|
$ |
31,816 |
|
|
$ |
30,515 |
|
|
$ |
30,515 |
|
|
$ |
30,515 |
|
|
$ |
72,486 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-183
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
UPC Distribution Bank Facility
|
|
$ |
3,698,586 |
|
|
$ |
3,289,826 |
|
UPC Polska notes
|
|
|
317,372 |
|
|
|
377,110 |
|
VTR Bank Facility
|
|
|
123,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Old UGC Senior Notes
|
|
|
24,627 |
|
|
|
24,313 |
|
Other
|
|
|
80,493 |
|
|
|
133,148 |
|
PCI notes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,509 |
|
UPC July 1999 senior notes(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,079,062 |
|
UPC January 2000 senior notes(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,075,468 |
|
UPC October 1999 senior notes(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
658,458 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
4,244,078 |
|
|
|
6,651,894 |
|
|
Current portion
|
|
|
(628,176 |
) |
|
|
(6,179,223 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term portion
|
|
$ |
3,615,902 |
|
|
$ |
472,671 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
These senior notes and senior discount notes were converted into
common stock of UGC Europe in connection with UPCs
reorganization. |
UPC Distribution Bank
Facility
The UPC Distribution Bank Facility is guaranteed by UPCs
majority owned cable operating companies, excluding Poland, and
is senior to other long-term debt obligations of UPC. The UPC
Distribution Bank Facility credit agreement contains certain
financial covenants and restrictions on UPCs subsidiaries
regarding payment of dividends, ability to incur indebtedness,
dispose of assets, and merge and enter into affiliate
transactions.
A4-184
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
The following table provides detail of the UPC Distribution Bank
Facility:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency/tranche | |
|
Amount outstanding | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
amount | |
|
December 31, 2003 | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Payment | |
|
Final | |
Tranche |
|
Euros | |
|
US dollars | |
|
Euros | |
|
US dollars | |
|
Interest rate(4) | |
|
Description | |
|
begins | |
|
maturity | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Facility A(1)(2)(3)
|
|
|
666,750 |
|
|
$ |
840,529 |
|
|
|
230,000 |
|
|
$ |
289,946 |
|
|
|
EURIBOR +2.25%4.0% |
|
|
Revolving credit |
|
|
June-06 |
|
|
|
June-08 |
|
Facility B(1)(2)
|
|
|
2,333,250 |
|
|
|
2,941,380 |
|
|
|
2,333,250 |
|
|
|
2,941,380 |
|
|
|
EURIBOR +2.25%4.0% |
|
|
|
Term loan |
|
|
|
June-04 |
|
|
|
June-08 |
|
Facility C1(1)
|
|
|
95,000 |
|
|
|
119,760 |
|
|
|
95,000 |
|
|
|
119,760 |
|
|
|
EURIBOR +5.5% |
|
|
|
Term loan |
|
|
|
June-04 |
|
|
|
March-09 |
|
Facility C2(1)
|
|
|
405,000 |
|
|
|
347,500 |
|
|
|
275,654 |
|
|
|
347,500 |
|
|
|
LIBOR +5.5% |
|
|
|
Term loan |
|
|
|
June-04 |
|
|
|
March-09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
2,933,904 |
|
|
$ |
3,698,586 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
An annual commitment fee of 0.5% over the unused portions of
each facility is applicable. |
|
(2) |
Pursuant to the terms of the October 2000 agreement, this
interest rate is variable depending on certain leverage ratios. |
|
(3) |
The availability under Facility A of
436.8
($550.6) million can be used to finance additional
permitted acquisitions and/or to refinance indebtedness, subject
to covenant compliance. |
|
(4) |
As of December 31, 2003, six month EURIBOR and LIBOR rates
were 2.2% and 1.2%, respectively. |
In January 2004, the UPC Distribution Bank Facility was amended
to:
|
|
|
|
|
Permit indebtedness under a new facility
(Facility D). The new facility has
substantially the same terms as the existing facility and
consists of five different tranches totaling
1.072 billion.
The proceeds of Facility D are limited in use to fund the
scheduled payments of Facility B under the existing facility
between December 2004 and December 2006; |
|
|
|
Increase and extend the maximum permitted ratios of senior debt
to annualized EBITDA (as defined in the bank facility) and lower
and extend the minimum required ratios of EBITDA to senior
interest and EBITDA to senior debt service; |
|
|
|
Include a total debt to annualized EBITDA ratio and EBITDA to
total cash interest ratio; |
|
|
|
Include a mandatory prepayment from proceeds of debt issuance
and net equity proceeds received by UGC Europe; and |
|
|
|
Permit acquisitions depending on certain leverage ratios and
other restrictions. |
UPC Polska Notes
On July 7, 2003, UPC Polska filed a voluntary petition for
relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of
New York. On January 22, 2004, the U.S. Bankruptcy
Court confirmed UPC Polskas Chapter 11 plan of
reorganization, which was consummated and became effective on
February 18, 2004, when UPC Polska emerged from the
Chapter 11 proceedings. In accordance with UPC
Polskas plan of reorganization, third-party note holders
received a total of $80.0 million in cash,
$100.0 million in new 9.0% UPC Polska notes due 2007, and
approximately 2.0 million shares of our Class A common
stock in exchange for the cancellation of their claims. Two
subsidiaries of UGC Europe, UPC Telecom B.V. and Belmarken
Holding B.V., received $15.0 million in cash and 100% of
the newly issued membership interests denominated as stock of
the reorganized company in exchange for the cancellation of
their claims.
A4-185
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
VTR Bank Facility
In May 2003, VTR and VTRs senior lenders amended and
restated VTRs existing senior secured credit facility.
Principal payments are payable during the term of the facility
on a quarterly basis beginning March 31, 2004, with final
maturity on December 31, 2006. The VTR Bank Facility bears
interest at LIBOR plus 5.50% (subject to adjustment under
certain conditions) and is collateralized by tangible and
intangible assets pledged by VTR and certain of its operating
subsidiaries, as set forth in the credit agreement. The VTR Bank
Facility is senior to other long-term debt obligations of VTR.
The VTR Bank Facility credit agreement establishes certain
covenants with respect to financial statements, existence of
lawsuits, insurance, prohibition of material changes, limits to
taxes, indebtedness, restriction of payments, capital
expenditures, compliance ratios, governmental approvals,
coverage agreements, lines of business, transactions with
related parties, certain obligations with subsidiaries and
collateral issues.
Old UGC Senior Notes
The Old UGC Senior Notes accreted to an aggregate principal
amount of $1.375 billion on February 15, 2003, at
which time cash interest began to accrue. Commencing
August 15, 2003, cash interest on the Old UGC Senior Notes
is payable on February 15 and August 15 of each year
until maturity at a rate of 10.75% per annum. The Old UGC
Senior Notes mature on February 15, 2008. As of
December 31, 2003, the following entities held the Old UGC
Senior Notes:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal | |
|
|
amount at | |
|
|
maturity | |
|
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
UGC
|
|
$ |
638,008 |
(1) |
IDT United
|
|
|
599,173 |
(1) |
Third parties
|
|
|
24,627 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
1,261,808 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Eliminated in consolidation. |
The Old UGC Senior Notes began to accrue interest on a cash-pay
basis on February 15, 2003, with the first payment due
August 15, 2003. Old UGC did not make this interest
payment. Because this failure to pay continued for a period of
more than 30 days, an event of default exists under the
terms of the Old UGC Senior Notes indenture. On
November 24, 2003, Old UGC, which principally owns our
interests in Latin America and Australia, reached an agreement
with us, IDT United (in which we have a 94% fully diluted
interest and a 33% common equity interest) and the unaffiliated
stockholders of IDT United on terms for the restructuring of the
Old UGC Senior Notes. Consistent with the restructuring
agreement, on January 12, 2004, Old UGC filed a voluntary
petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the
U.S. Bankruptcy Code with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
for the Southern District of New York. The agreement and related
transactions, if implemented, would result in the acquisition by
Old UGC of the Old UGC Notes held by us (following cancellation
of offsetting obligations) and IDT United for common stock of
Old UGC. Old UGC Senior Notes held by third parties would either
be left outstanding (after cure and reinstatement) or acquired
for our Class A Common Stock (or, at our election, for
cash). Subject to consummation of the transactions contemplated
by the agreement, we expect to acquire the interests of the
unaffiliated stockholders in IDT United for our Class A
Common Stock and/or cash, at our election, in which case Old UGC
would continue to be wholly owned by us. The value of any
Class A Common Stock to be issued by us in these
transactions is not expected to exceed $45 million. A claim
was filed in the Chapter 11 proceeding by Excite@Home. See
Note 13.
A4-186
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Long-Term Debt
Maturities
The maturities of our long-term debt are as follows (in
thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, 2004
|
|
$ |
628,176 |
|
Year Ended December 31, 2005
|
|
|
718,903 |
|
Year Ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
1,002,106 |
|
Year Ended December 31, 2007
|
|
|
671,704 |
|
Year Ended December 31, 2008
|
|
|
813,423 |
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
409,766 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
4,244,078 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9. |
Fair Value of Financial Instruments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2003 | |
|
December 31, 2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
Carrying | |
|
Fair | |
|
Carrying | |
|
Fair | |
|
|
value | |
|
value | |
|
value | |
|
value | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
UPC Distribution Bank Facility
|
|
$ |
3,698,586 |
|
|
$ |
3,698,586 |
(1) |
|
$ |
3,289,826 |
|
|
$ |
3,289,826 |
(2) |
UPC Polska Notes
|
|
|
317,372 |
|
|
|
194,500 |
(3) |
|
|
377,110 |
|
|
|
99,133 |
(4) |
VTR Bank Facility
|
|
|
123,000 |
|
|
|
123,000 |
(5) |
|
|
144,000 |
|
|
|
144,000 |
(5) |
Note payable to Liberty
|
|
|
102,728 |
|
|
|
102,728 |
(6) |
|
|
102,728 |
|
|
|
102,728 |
(6) |
Old UGC Senior Notes
|
|
|
24,627 |
|
|
|
20,687 |
(7) |
|
|
24,313 |
|
|
|
8,619 |
(4) |
UPC July 1999 Senior Notes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,079,062 |
|
|
|
64,687 |
(4) |
UPC October 1999 Senior Notes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
658,458 |
|
|
|
41,146 |
(4) |
UPC January 2000 Senior Notes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,075,468 |
|
|
|
68,152 |
(4) |
UPC FiBI Loan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
57,033 |
|
|
|
|
(8) |
Other
|
|
|
85,592 |
|
|
|
85,592 |
(9) |
|
|
151,769 |
|
|
|
151,769 |
(9) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
4,351,905 |
|
|
$ |
4,225,093 |
|
|
$ |
6,959,767 |
|
|
$ |
3,970,060 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
In the absence of quoted market prices, we determined the fair
value to be equivalent to carrying value because:
a) interest on this facility is tied to variable market
rates; b) Moodys Investor Service rated the facility
at B+; and c) the credit agreement was amended in January
2004 to add a new
1.072 billion
tranche on similar credit terms as the previous facility. |
|
(2) |
In the absence of quoted market prices, we determined the fair
value to be equivalent to carrying value because: a) the
restructuring plan of UPC assumed this facility was valued at
par (100% of carrying amount); b) the reorganization plan
of UPC assumed, in liquidation, that the lenders of the facility
would be paid back 100%, based on seniority in liquidation
(i.e., the assets of UPC Distribution were sufficient to repay
the facility in a liquidation scenario); c) certain lenders
under the facility confirmed to us they did not mark down the
facility on their books; and d) when the facility was
amended in connection with the restructuring agreement on
September 30, 2002, the revised terms included increased
fees and margin (credit spread), resetting the terms of this
variable-rate facility to market. |
|
(3) |
Fair value represents the consideration UPC Polska note holders
received from the consummation of UPC Polskas second
amended Chapter 11 plan of reorganization. |
|
(4) |
Fair value is based on quoted market prices. |
A4-187
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
(5) |
In the absence of quoted market prices, we determined the fair
value to be equivalent to carrying value because:
a) interest on this facility is tied to variable market
rates; b) VTR is not highly leveraged; c) VTRs
results of operations exceeded budget in 2002 and 2003;
d) the Chilean peso strengthened considerably in 2003; and
e) in May 2003 the credit agreement was amended and
restated on similar credit terms to the previous facility. |
|
(6) |
We extinguished this obligation at its carrying amount in
January 2004 through the issuance of our Class A common
stock at fair value. |
|
(7) |
Fair value is based on an independent valuation analysis. |
|
(8) |
Fair value of our Israeli investment was determined to be nil by
an independent valuation firm in 2002. The FiBI Loan was secured
by this investment. On October 30, 2002, the First
International Bank of Israel (FiBI) and we agreed to
sell our Israeli investment to a wholly-owned subsidiary of FiBI
in exchange for the extinguishment of the FiBI Loan. This
transaction closed on February 24, 2003. |
|
(9) |
Fair value approximates carrying value. |
The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, subscriber
receivables, other receivables, other current assets, accounts
payable, accrued liabilities and subscriber prepayments and
deposits approximates fair value, due to their short maturity.
The fair values of equity securities are based upon quoted
market prices at the reporting date.
|
|
10. |
Derivative Instruments |
We had a cross currency swap related to the UPC Distribution
Bank Facility where a $347.5 million notional amount was
swapped at an average rate of 0.852 euros per U.S. dollar
until November 29, 2002. On November 29, 2002, the
swap was settled for
64.6 million.
We also had an interest rate swap related to the UPC
Distribution Bank Facility where a notional amount of
1.725 billion
was fixed at 4.55% for the EURIBOR portion of the interest
calculation through April 15, 2003. This swap qualified as
an accounting cash flow hedge, accordingly, the changes in fair
value of this instrument were recorded through other
comprehensive income (loss) in the consolidated statement of
stockholders equity (deficit). This swap expired
April 15, 2003. During the first quarter of 2003, we
purchased an interest rate cap on the euro denominated UPC
Distribution Bank Facility for 2003 and 2004. As a result, the
net rate (without the applicable margin) is capped at 3.0% on a
notional amount of
2.7 billion.
The changes in fair value of these interest caps are recorded
through other income in the consolidated statement of
operations. In June 2003, we entered into a cross currency and
interest rate swap pursuant to which a $347.5 million
obligation under the UPC Distribution Bank Facility was swapped
at an average rate of 1.113 euros per U.S. dollar until
July 2005. The changes in fair value of these interest swaps are
recorded through other income in the consolidated statement of
operations. For the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and
2001, we recorded losses of $56.3 million,
$130.1 million and $105.8 million, respectively, in
connection with the change in fair value of these derivative
instruments. The fair value of these derivative contracts as of
December 31, 2003 was $45.6 million (liability).
Certain of our operating companies programming contracts
are denominated in currencies that are not the functional
currency or local currency of that operating company, nor that
of the counter party. As a result, these contracts contain
embedded foreign exchange derivatives that require separate
accounting. We report these derivatives at fair value, with
changes in fair value recognized in earnings.
|
|
11. |
Bankruptcy Proceedings |
In September 2002, we and other creditors of UPC reached a
binding agreement on a recapitalization and reorganization plan
for UPC. In order to effect the restructuring, on
December 3, 2002, UPC filed a voluntary petition for relief
under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with the
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the
A4-188
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Southern District of New York, including a pre-negotiated plan
of reorganization dated December 3, 2002. On that date, UPC
also commenced a moratorium of payments in The Netherlands under
Dutch bankruptcy law and filed a proposed plan of compulsory
composition with the Amsterdam Court under the Dutch bankruptcy
code. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court confirmed the
reorganization plan on February 20, 2003. The Dutch
Bankruptcy Court ratified the plan of compulsory composition on
March 13, 2003. Following appeals in the Dutch proceedings,
the reorganization was completed as provided for in the
pre-negotiated plan of reorganization in September 2003.
On June 19, 2003, UPC Polska executed a binding agreement
with some of its creditors to restructure its balance sheet. In
order to effect the restructuring, on July 7, 2003, UPC
Polska filed a voluntary petition for relief under
Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with the
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New
York, including a pre-negotiated plan of reorganization dated
July 8, 2003. On October 27, 2003, UPC Polska filed a
first amended plan of reorganization with the
U.S. Bankruptcy Court. On December 17, 2003, UPC
Polska entered into a Stipulation and Order with Respect
to Consensual Plan of Reorganization which terminated the
restructuring agreement. Pursuant to the Stipulation, UPC filed
a second amended plan of reorganization with the
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, which was consummated and became
effective on February 18, 2004.
In connection with their bankruptcy proceedings, UPC and UPC
Polska are required to prepare their consolidated financial
statements in accordance with Statement of Position 90-7,
Financial Reporting by Entities in Reorganization Under the
Bankruptcy Code (SOP 90-7), issued by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. In
accordance with SOP 90-7, all of UPCs and UPC
Polskas pre-petition liabilities that were subject to
compromise under their plans of reorganization are segregated in
their consolidated balance sheet as liabilities and convertible
preferred stock subject to compromise. These liabilities were
recorded at the amounts expected to be allowed as claims in the
bankruptcy proceedings rather than at the estimated amounts for
which those allowed claims might be settled as a result of the
approval of the plans of reorganization. Since we consolidate
UPC and UPC Polska, financial information with respect to UPC
and UPC Polska included in our accompanying consolidated
financial statements has been prepared in
A4-189
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
accordance with SOP 90-7. The following presents condensed
financial information for UPC Polska and UPC in accordance with
SOP 90-7:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UPC Polska | |
|
UPC | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Balance Sheet
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets
|
|
$ |
240,131 |
|
|
$ |
54,650 |
|
|
Long-term assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
328,422 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$ |
240,131 |
|
|
$ |
383,072 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities and Stockholders Equity (Deficit)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Not subject to compromise:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable, accrued liabilities, debt and other
|
|
$ |
10,794 |
|
|
$ |
631 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities not subject to compromise
|
|
|
10,794 |
|
|
|
631 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subject to compromise:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
14,445 |
|
|
|
38,647 |
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term debt
|
|
|
6,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
232,603 |
|
|
|
|
|
Intercompany payable(1)
|
|
|
4,668 |
|
|
|
135,652 |
|
|
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt(1)
|
|
|
456,992 |
|
|
|
2,812,954 |
|
|
|
|
|
Debt(1)
|
|
|
481,737 |
|
|
|
1,533,707 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities subject to compromise
|
|
|
963,842 |
|
|
|
4,753,563 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term liabilities not subject to compromise
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
725,008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible preferred stock subject to compromise(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,744,043 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders equity (deficit)
|
|
|
(734,505 |
) |
|
|
(6,840,173 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders equity (deficit)
|
|
$ |
240,131 |
|
|
$ |
383,072 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Certain amounts are eliminated in consolidation. |
|
(2) |
99.6% is eliminated in consolidation. |
A4-190
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UPC Polska | |
|
UPC | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003(1) | |
|
2002(2) | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Statement of Operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
19,037 |
|
|
Expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(42,696 |
) |
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16,562 |
) |
|
Impairment and restructuring charges
|
|
|
(6,000 |
) |
|
|
(1,218 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss)
|
|
|
(6,000 |
) |
|
|
(41,439 |
) |
|
Share in results of affiliates and other expense, net
|
|
|
(6,669 |
) |
|
|
(1,870,430 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
$ |
(12,669 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,911,869 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
For the period from July 7, 2003 (the petition date) to
December 31, 2003. |
|
(2) |
For the year ended December 31, 2002. |
The following presents certain other disclosures required by
SOP 90-7 for UPC Polska and UPC:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Interest expense on liabilities subject to compromise(1)
|
|
$ |
55,270 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contractual interest expense on liabilities subject to compromise
|
|
$ |
106,858 |
|
|
$ |
709,571 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reorganization expense:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional fees
|
|
$ |
43,248 |
|
|
$ |
37,898 |
|
|
Adjustment of debt to expected allowed amounts
|
|
|
(19,239 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Write-off of deferred finance costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
36,203 |
|
|
Other
|
|
|
8,000 |
|
|
|
1,142 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total reorganization expense
|
|
$ |
32,009 |
|
|
$ |
75,243 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
In accordance with SOP 90-7, interest expense on
liabilities subject to compromise is reported in the
accompanying consolidated statement of operations only to the
extent that it will be paid during the bankruptcy proceedings or
to the extent it is considered an allowed claim. |
|
|
12. |
Net Negative Investment in Deconsolidated
Subsidiaries |
On November 15, 2001, we transferred an approximate 50%
interest in United Australia/ Pacific, Inc. (UAP) to
an independent third party for nominal consideration. As a
result, we deconsolidated UAP effective November 15, 2001.
On March 29, 2002, UAP filed a voluntary petition for
reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. On March 18, 2003,
the U.S. Bankruptcy Court entered an order confirming
UAPs plan of reorganization (the UAP Plan).
The UAP Plan became effective in April 2003, and the UAP
bankruptcy proceeding was completed in June 2003.
In April 2003, pursuant to the UAP Plan, affiliates of Castle
Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners Pty Ltd.
(CHAMP) acquired UAPs indirect approximate
63.2% interest in United Austar, Inc. (UAI), which
owned approximately 80.7% of Austar United. The purchase price
for UAPs indirect interest in UAI was $34.5 million
in cash, which was distributed to the holders of UAPs
senior notes due 2006 in complete satisfaction of their claims.
Upon consummation of the UAP Plan, we recognized our
proportionate share of
A4-191
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
UAPs gain from the sale of its 63.2% interest in UAI
($26.3 million) and our proportionate share of UAPs
gain from the extinguishment of its outstanding senior notes
($258.4 million). Such amounts are reflected in share in
results of affiliates in the accompanying consolidated statement
of operations. In addition, we recognized a gain of
$284.7 million associated with the sale of our indirect
approximate 49.99% interest in UAP that occurred on
November 15, 2001.
13. Guarantees, Commitments
and Contingencies
Guarantees
In connection with agreements for the sale of certain assets, we
typically retain liabilities that relate to events occurring
prior to its sale, such as tax, environmental, litigation and
employment matters. We generally indemnify the purchaser in the
event that a third party asserts a claim against the purchaser
that relates to a liability retained by us. These types of
indemnification guarantees typically extend for a number of
years. We are unable to estimate the maximum potential liability
for these types of indemnification guarantees as the sale
agreements typically do not specify a maximum amount and the
amounts are dependent upon the outcome of future contingent
events, the nature and the likelihood of which cannot be
determined at this time. Historically, we have not made any
significant indemnification payments under such agreements and
no amount has been accrued in the accompanying consolidated
financial statements with respect to these indemnification
guarantees.
In connection with the acquisition of UPCs ordinary shares
held by Philips Electronics N.V. (Philips) on
December 1, 1997, UPC agreed to indemnify Philips for any
damages incurred by Philips in relation to a guarantee provided
by them to the City of Vienna, Austria (Vienna
Obligations), but was not able to give such
indemnification due to certain debt covenants. Following the
successful tender for our bonds in January 2002, we were able to
enter into an indemnity agreement with Philips with respect to
the Vienna Obligations. On August 27, 2003, UPC
acknowledged to us that UPC would be primarily liable for the
payment of any amounts owing pursuant to the Vienna Obligations
and that UPC would indemnify and hold us harmless for the
payment of any amounts owing under such indemnity agreement.
Historically, UPC has not made any significant indemnification
payments to either Philips or us under such agreements and no
material amounts have been accrued in the accompanying
consolidated financial statements with respect to these
indemnification guarantees, as UPC does not believe such amounts
are probable of occurrence.
Under the UPC Distribution Bank Facility and VTR Bank Facility,
we have agreed to indemnify our lenders under such facilities
against costs or losses resulting from changes in laws and
regulation which would increase the lenders costs, and for
legal action brought against the lenders. These indemnifications
generally extend for the term of the credit facilities and do
not provide for any limit on the maximum potential liability.
Historically, we have not made any significant indemnification
payments under such agreements and no material amounts have been
accrued in the accompanying financial statements with respect to
these indemnification guarantees.
We sub-lease transponder capacity to a third party and all
guaranteed performance criteria is matched with the guaranteed
performance criteria we receive from the lease transponder
provider. We have third party contracts for the distribution of
channels from our digital media center in Amsterdam that require
us to perform according to industry standard practice, with
penalties attached should performance drop below the agreed-upon
criteria. Additionally, our interactive services group in Europe
has third party contracts for the delivery of interactive
content with certain performance criteria guarantees.
Commitments
We have entered into various lease agreements for conduit and
satellite transponder capacity, programming, broadcast and
exhibition rights, office space, office furniture and equipment,
and vehicles. Rental expense
A4-192
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
under these lease agreements totaled $69.9 million,
$48.5 million and $63.3 million for the years ended
December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. We have
capital and operating lease obligations and other non-cancelable
commitments as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital | |
|
Operating | |
|
|
leases | |
|
leases | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Year ended December 31, 2004
|
|
$ |
7,791 |
|
|
$ |
60,501 |
|
Year ended December 31, 2005
|
|
|
8,790 |
|
|
|
39,376 |
|
Year ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
7,887 |
|
|
|
32,020 |
|
Year ended December 31, 2007
|
|
|
7,899 |
|
|
|
26,109 |
|
Year ended December 31, 2008
|
|
|
7,917 |
|
|
|
21,511 |
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
61,826 |
|
|
|
42,092 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total minimum payments
|
|
$ |
102,110 |
|
|
$ |
221,609 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less amount representing interest and executory costs
|
|
|
(37,268 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net lease payments
|
|
|
64,842 |
|
|
|
|
|
Lease obligations due within one year
|
|
|
(3,073 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term lease obligations
|
|
$ |
61,769 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2003, we have a commitment to
purchase 265,000 set-top computers over the next two years.
We expect to finance these purchases from existing unrestricted
cash balances and future operating cash flow.
We have certain franchise obligations under which we must meet
performance requirements to construct networks under certain
circumstances. Non-performance of these obligations could result
in penalties being levied against us. We continue to meet our
obligations so as not to incur such penalties. In the ordinary
course of business, we provide customers with certain
performance guarantees. For example, should a service outage
occur in excess of a certain period of time, we would compensate
those customers for the outage. Historically, we have not made
any significant payments under any of these indemnifications or
guarantees. In certain cases, due to the nature of the
agreement, we have not been able to estimate our maximum
potential loss or the maximum potential loss has not been
specified.
Contingencies
The following is a description of certain legal proceedings to
which we or one of our subsidiaries is a party. From time to
time we may become involved in litigation relating to claims
arising out of our operations in the normal course of business.
In our opinion, the ultimate resolution of these legal
proceedings would not likely have a material adverse effect on
our business, results of operations, financial condition or
liquidity.
Cignal
On April 26, 2002, UPC received a notice that certain
former shareholders of Cignal Global Communications
(Cignal) filed a lawsuit against UPC in the District
Court in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, claiming
$200.0 million alleging that UPC failed to honor certain
option rights that were granted to those shareholders in
connection with the acquisition of Cignal by Priority Telecom.
UPC believes that it has complied in full with its obligations
to these shareholders through the successful consummation of the
initial public offering of Priority Telecom on
September 27, 2001. Accordingly, UPC believes that the
Cignal shareholders claims are without merit and intends
to defend this suit vigorously. In December 2003, certain
members and former members of the Supervisory Board of Priority
Telecom were put on notice that a tort claim may be filed
against them for their cooperation in the initial public
offering.
A4-193
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Excite@Home
In 2000, certain of our subsidiaries, including UPC, pursued a
transaction with Excite@Home, which if completed, would have
merged UPCs chello broadband subsidiary with
Excite@Homes international broadband operations to form a
European Internet business. The transaction was not completed,
and discussions between the parties ended in late 2000. On
November 3, 2003, we received a complaint filed on
September 26, 2003 by Frank Morrow, on behalf of the
General Unsecured Creditors Liquidating Trust of At Home
in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District
of California, styled as In re At Home Corporation, Frank
Morrow v. UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. et al. (Case No.
01-32495-TC). In general, the complaint alleges breach of
contract and fiduciary duty by UGC and Old UGC. The action has
been stayed as to Old UGC by the Bankruptcy Court in the Old UGC
bankruptcy proceeding. The plaintiff has filed a claim in the
bankruptcy proceedings of approximately $2.2 billion. We
deny the material allegations and intend to defend the
litigation vigorously.
HBO
UPC Polska was involved in a dispute with HBO Communications
(UK) Ltd., Polska Programming B.V. and HBO Poland Partners
(collectively HBO) concerning its cable carriage
agreement and its D-DTH carriage agreement for the HBO premium
movie channel. In February 2004, the matter was settled and UPC
Polska paid $6.0 million to HBO.
ICH
On July 4, 2001, ICH, InterComm France CVOHA
(ICF I), InterComm France II CVOHA
(ICF II), and Reflex Participations
(Reflex, collectively with ICF I and
ICF II, the ICF Party) served a demand for
arbitration on UPC, Old UGC, and its subsidiaries, Belmarken
Holding B.V. (Belmarken) and UPC France Holding B.V.
The claimants allege breaches of obligations allegedly owed by
UPC in connection with the ICF Partys position as a
minority shareholder in Médiaréseaux S.A. In February
2004, the parties entered into a settlement agreement pursuant
to which UPC purchased the shares owned by the ICF Party in
Médiaréseaux S.A. for consideration of
1,800,000 shares of our Class A common stock.
Movieco
On December 3, 2002, Europe Movieco Partners Limited
(Movieco) filed a request for arbitration (the
Request) against UPC with the International Court of
Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. The
Request contains claims that are based on a cable affiliation
agreement entered into between the parties on December 21,
1999 (the CAA). The arbitral proceedings were
suspended from December 17, 2002 to March 18, 2003.
They have subsequently been reactivated and directions have been
given by the Arbitral Tribunal. In the proceedings, Movieco
claims (i) unpaid license fees due under the CAA, plus
interest, (ii) an order for specific performance of the CAA
or, in the alternative, damages for breach of that agreement,
and (iii) legal and arbitration costs plus interest. Of the
unpaid license fees, approximately $11.0 million had been
accrued prior to UPC commencing insolvency proceedings in the
Netherlands on December 3, 2002 (the Pre-Petition
Claim). Movieco made a claim in the Dutch insolvency
proceedings for the Pre-Petition Claim and shares of the
appropriate value were delivered to Movieco in December 2003.
UPC filed a counterclaim in the arbitral proceeding, stating
that the CAA is null and void because it breaches
Article 81 of the EC Treaty. UPC also relies on the Order
of the Southern District of New York dated January 7, 2003
in which the New York Court ordered that the rejection of the
CAA was approved effective March 1, 2003, and that UPC
shall have no further liability under the CAA.
A4-194
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Philips
On October 22, 2002, Philips Digital Networks B.V.
(Philips) commenced legal proceedings against UPC,
UPC Nederland B.V. and UPC Distribution (together the UPC
Defendants) alleging failure to perform by the UPC
Defendants under a Set Top Computer Supply Agreement between the
parties dated November 19, 2001, as amended (the STC
Agreement). The action was commenced by Philips following
a termination of the STC Agreement by the UPC Defendants as a
consequence of Philips failure to deliver STCs conforming
to the material technical specifications required by the terms
of the STC Agreement. The parties have entered into a settlement
agreement conditioned upon UPC Defendants entering into a
purchase agreement for STCs by June 30, 2004.
UGC Europe Exchange
Offer
On October 8, 2003, an action was filed in the Court of
Chancery of the State of Delaware in New Castle County, in which
the plaintiff named as defendants UGC Europe, UGC and certain of
our directors. The complaint purports to assert claims on behalf
of all public shareholders of UGC Europe. On October 21,
2003, the plaintiff filed an amended complaint in the Delaware
Court of Chancery. The complaint alleges that UGC Europe and the
defendant directors have breached their fiduciary duties to the
public shareholders of UGC Europe in connection with an offer by
UGC to exchange shares of its common stock for outstanding
common stock of UGC Europe. Among the remedies demanded, the
complaint seeks to enjoin the exchange offer and obtain
declaratory relief, unspecified damages and rescission. On
November 12, 2003, we and the plaintiff, through respective
counsel, entered into a memorandum of understanding agreeing to
settle the litigation and to pay up to $975,000 in attorney
fees, subject to court approval of the settlement.
|
|
14. |
Minority Interests in Subsidiaries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
UPC convertible preference shares held by third parties(1)
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,094,668 |
|
UPC convertible preference shares held by Liberty(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
297,753 |
|
IDT United
|
|
|
20,858 |
|
|
|
7,986 |
|
Other
|
|
|
1,903 |
|
|
|
1,739 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
22,761 |
|
|
$ |
1,402,146 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
We acquired 99.4% of these convertible preference shares in
February and April 2003. The remainder was exchanged for UGC
Europe common stock in connection with UPCs restructuring. |
|
(2) |
Acquired by us in April 2003. |
A4-195
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
The minority interests share of results of operations is
as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Minority interest share of UGC Europe net loss
|
|
$ |
181,046 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
Accrual of dividends on UPCs convertible preference shares
held by third parties
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(78,355 |
) |
|
|
(70,089 |
) |
Accrual of dividends on UPCs convertible preference shares
held by Liberty
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(18,728 |
) |
|
|
(19,113 |
) |
Minority interest share of UPC net loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
54,050 |
|
Subsidiaries of UGC Europe
|
|
|
(91 |
) |
|
|
28,080 |
|
|
|
484,780 |
|
Other
|
|
|
2,227 |
|
|
|
1,900 |
|
|
|
46,887 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
183,182 |
|
|
$ |
(67,103 |
) |
|
$ |
496,515 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15. |
Stockholders Equity (Deficit) |
Description of Capital
Stock
Our authorized capital stock currently consists of:
|
|
|
|
|
1,000,000,000 shares of Class A common stock; |
|
|
|
1,000,000,000 shares of Class B common stock; |
|
|
|
400,000,000 shares of Class C common stock; and |
|
|
|
10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, all $0.01 par
value per share. |
Common Stock
Our Class A common stock, Class B common stock and
Class C common stock have identical economic rights. They
do, however, differ in the following respects:
|
|
|
|
|
Each share of Class A common stock, Class B common
stock and Class C common stock entitles the holders thereof
to one, ten and ten votes, respectively, on each matter to be
voted on by our stockholders, excluding, until our next annual
meeting of stockholders, the election of directors, at which
time the holders of Class A common stock, Class B
common stock and Class C common stock will vote together as
a single class on each matter to be voted on by our
stockholders, including the election of directors; and |
|
|
|
Each share of Class B common stock is convertible, at the
option of the holder, into one share of Class A common
stock at any time. Each share of Class C common stock is
convertible, at the option of the holder, into one share of
Class A common stock or Class B common stock at any
time. |
Holders of our Class A, Class B and Class C
common stock are entitled to receive any dividends that are
declared by our board of directors out of funds legally
available for that purpose. In the event of our liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, holders of our Class A,
Class B and Class C common stock will be entitled to
share in all assets available for distribution to holders of
common stock. Holders of our Class A, Class B and
Class C common stock have no preemptive right under our
certificate of incorporation. Our certificate of incorporation
provides that if there is any dividend, subdivision, combination
or reclassification of any class of common stock, a
proportionate dividend, subdivision, combination or
reclassification of one other class of common stock will be made
at the same time.
A4-196
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Preferred Stock
We are authorized to issue 10 million shares of preferred
stock. Our board of directors is authorized, without any further
action by the stockholders, to determine the following for any
unissued series of preferred stock:
|
|
|
|
|
voting rights; |
|
|
|
dividend rights; |
|
|
|
dividend rates; |
|
|
|
liquidation preferences; |
|
|
|
redemption provisions; |
|
|
|
sinking fund terms; |
|
|
|
conversion or exchange rights; |
|
|
|
the number of shares in the series; and |
|
|
|
other rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions. |
In addition, the preferred stock could have other rights,
including economic rights senior to common stock, so that the
issuance of the preferred stock could adversely affect the
market value of common stock. The issuance of preferred stock
may also have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a
change in control of us without any action by the stockholders.
UGC Equity Incentive
Plan
On August 19, 2003, our Board of Directors adopted an
Equity Incentive Plan (the Incentive Plan) effective
September 1, 2003. Our stockholders approved the Incentive
Plan on September 30, 2003. After such stockholder approval
of the Incentive Plan, the Board of Directors recommended
certain changes to the Incentive Plan that give us the ability
to issue stock appreciation rights with a grant price at, above,
or less than the fair market value of our common stock on the
date the stock appreciation right is granted. Those changes,
along with certain other technical changes, were incorporated
into an amended UGC Equity Incentive Plan (the Amended
Incentive Plan), which was approved by our stockholders on
December 17, 2003. The Board of Directors have reserved
39,000,000 shares of common stock, plus an additional
number of shares on January 1 of each year equal to 1% of the
aggregate shares of Class A and Class B common stock
outstanding, for the Amended Incentive Plan. No more than
5,000,000 shares of Class A or Class B common
stock in the aggregate may be granted to a single participant
during any calendar year, and no more than 3,000,000 shares
may be issued under the Amended Incentive Plan as Class B
common stock. The Amended Incentive Plan permits the grant of
the following awards (the Awards): stock options
(Options), restricted stock awards (Restricted
Stock), SARs, stock bonuses (Stock Bonuses),
stock units (Stock Units) and other grants of stock.
Our employees, consultants and non-employee directors and
affiliated entities designated by the Board of Directors are
entitled to receive any Awards under the Amended Incentive Plan,
provided, however, that only non-qualified Options may be
granted to non-employee directors. In accordance with the
provisions of the Plan, our compensation committee (the
Committee) has the discretion to: select
participants from among eligible employees and eligible
consultants; determine the Awards to be made; determine the
number of Stock Units, SARs or shares of stock to be issued and
the time at which such Awards are to be made; fix the option
price, period and manner in which an Option becomes exercisable;
establish the duration and nature of Restricted Stock Award
restrictions; establish the terms and conditions applicable to
Stock Bonuses and Stock Units; and establish such other terms
and requirements of the various compensation incentives under
the Amended Incentive Plan as the Committee may deem necessary
or desirable and consistent with the terms of the Amended
Incentive Plan. The Committee may,
A4-197
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
under certain circumstances, delegate to our officers the
authority to grant Awards to specified groups of employees and
consultants. The Board has the sole authority to grant Options
under the Amended Incentive Plan to non-employee directors. The
maximum term of Options granted under the Amended Incentive Plan
is ten years. The Committee shall determine, at the time of the
award of SARs, the time period during which the SARs may be
exercised and other terms that shall apply to the SARs. The
Amended Incentive Plan terminates August 31, 2013.
A summary of activity for the Amended Incentive Plan is as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted- | |
|
|
Number of | |
|
average | |
|
|
SARs | |
|
base price | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Outstanding at beginning of year
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
Granted during the year
|
|
|
32,165,550 |
|
|
$ |
4.69 |
|
Cancelled during the year
|
|
|
(78,280 |
) |
|
$ |
4.59 |
|
Exercised during the year
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at end of year
|
|
|
32,087,270 |
|
|
$ |
4.69 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable at end of year
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The weighted-average fair values and weighted average base
prices of SARs granted under the Amended Incentive Plan are as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair | |
|
Base | |
Base price |
|
Number | |
|
value | |
|
price | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Less than market price(1)
|
|
|
15,081,775 |
|
|
$ |
5.44 |
|
|
$ |
3.74 |
|
Equal to market price(2)
|
|
|
15,081,775 |
|
|
$ |
6.88 |
|
|
$ |
5.44 |
|
Equal to market price
|
|
|
2,002,000 |
|
|
$ |
4.91 |
|
|
$ |
6.13 |
|
Greater than market price
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total(3)
|
|
|
32,165,550 |
|
|
$ |
4.33 |
|
|
$ |
4.69 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
We originally granted these SARs below fair market value on date
of grant; however, upon exercise the holder will receive only
the difference between the base price and the lesser of $5.44 or
the fair market value of our Class A common stock on the
date of exercise. |
|
(2) |
We originally granted these SARs at fair market value on date of
grant. As a result of the UGC Europe Exchange Offer and merger
transaction in December 2003, we substituted UGC SARs for UGC
Europe SARs. |
|
(3) |
All the SARs granted during Fiscal 2003 vest in five equal
annual increments. Vesting of the SARs granted would be
accelerated upon a change of control of UGC as defined in the
Amended Incentive Plan. The table does not reflect the
adjustment to the base prices on all outstanding SARs in January
2004. As a result of the dilution caused by our subscription
rights offering that closed in February 2004, all base prices
have since been reduced by $0.87. |
A4-198
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
The following summarizes information about SARs outstanding and
exercisable at December 31, 2003:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding | |
|
Exercisable |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted- | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
average | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
remaining | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
contractual | |
|
Weighted- | |
|
|
|
Weighted- |
|
|
|
|
life | |
|
average | |
|
|
|
average |
Base price range |
|
Number | |
|
(years) | |
|
base price | |
|
Number | |
|
base price |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
$3.74
|
|
|
15,042,635 |
|
|
|
9.97 |
|
|
$ |
3.74 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
$5.44
|
|
|
15,042,635 |
|
|
|
9.97 |
|
|
$ |
5.44 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
$6.13
|
|
|
1,997,000 |
|
|
|
9.75 |
|
|
$ |
6.13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
$7.20
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
9.90 |
|
|
$ |
7.20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
32,087,270 |
|
|
|
9.95 |
|
|
$ |
4.69 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Amended Incentive Plan is accounted for as a variable plan
and accordingly, compensation expense is recognized at each
financial statement date based on the difference between the
grant price and the estimated fair value of our Class A
common stock. Compensation expense of $8.8 million was
recognized in the statement of operations for the year ended
December 31, 2003.
UGC Stock Option
Plans
During 1993, Old UGC adopted a stock option plan for certain of
its employees, which was assumed by us on January 30, 2002
(the Employee Plan). The Employee Plan was
construed, interpreted and administered by the Committee,
consisting of all members of the Board of Directors who were not
our employees. The Employee Plan provided for the grant of
options to purchase up to 39,200,000 shares of Class A
common stock, of which options for up to 3,000,000 shares
of Class B common stock were available to be granted in
lieu of options for shares of Class A common stock. The
Committee had the discretion to determine the employees and
consultants to whom options were granted, the number of shares
subject to the options, the exercise price of the options, the
period over which the options became exercisable, the term of
the options (including the period after termination of
employment during which an option was to be exercised) and
certain other provisions relating to the options. The maximum
number of shares subject to options that were allowed to be
granted to any one participant under the Employee Plan during
any calendar year was 5,000,000 shares. The maximum term of
options granted under the Employee Plan was ten years. Options
granted were either incentive stock options under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or non-qualified stock
options. In general, for grants prior to December 1, 2000,
options vested in equal monthly increments over 48 months,
and for grants subsequent to December 1, 2000, options
vested 12.5% six months from the date of grant and then in equal
monthly increments over the next 42 months. Vesting would
be accelerated upon a change of control of us as defined in the
Employee Plan. At December 31, 2003, employees had options
to purchase an aggregate of 10,745,692 shares of
Class A common stock outstanding under The Employee Plan
and options to purchase an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of
Class B common stock. The Employee Plan expired
June 1, 2003. Options outstanding prior to the expiration
date continue to be recognized, but no new grants of options
will be made.
Old UGC adopted a stock option plan for non-employee directors
effective June 1, 1993, which was assumed by us on
January 30, 2002 (the 1993 Director Plan).
The 1993 Director Plan provided for the grant of an option
to acquire 20,000 shares of our Class A common stock
to each member of the Board of Directors who was not also an
employee of ours (a non-employee director) on
June 1, 1993, and to each person who was newly elected to
the Board of Directors as a non-employee director after
June 1, 1993, on the date of their election. To allow for
additional option grants to non-employee directors, Old UGC
adopted a second stock option plan for non-employee directors
effective March 20, 1998, which was assumed by us on
January 30,
A4-199
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
2002 (the 1998 Director Plan, and together with
the 1993 Director Plan, the Director Plans).
Options under the 1998 Director Plan were granted at the
discretion of our Board of Directors. The maximum term of
options granted under the Director Plans was ten years. Under
the 1993 Director Plan, options vested 25.0% on the first
anniversary of the date of grant and then evenly over the next
36-month period. Under the 1998 Director Plan, options
vested in equal monthly increments over the four-year period
following the date of grant. Vesting under the Director Plans
would be accelerated upon a change in control of us as defined
in the respective Director Plans. Effective March 14, 2003,
the Board of Directors terminated the 1993 Director Plan.
At the time of termination, we had granted options for an
aggregate of 860,000 shares of Class A common stock,
of which 271,667 shares have been cancelled. Options
outstanding prior to the date of termination continue to be
recognized, but no new grants of options will be made.
Pro forma information regarding net income (loss) and net income
(loss) per share is required to be determined as if we had
accounted for our Employee Plans and Director Plans
options granted on or after March 1, 1995 under the fair
value method prescribed by SFAS 123. The fair value of
options granted for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002
and 2001 reported below has been estimated at the date of grant
using the Black-Scholes single-option pricing model and the
following weighted-average assumptions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Risk-free interest rate
|
|
|
3.40% |
|
|
|
4.62% |
|
|
|
4.78% |
|
Expected lives
|
|
|
6 years |
|
|
|
6 years |
|
|
|
6 years |
|
Expected volatility
|
|
|
100% |
|
|
|
100% |
|
|
|
95.13% |
|
Expected dividend yield
|
|
|
0% |
|
|
|
0% |
|
|
|
0% |
|
Based on the above assumptions, the total fair value of options
granted was nil, $47.6 million and $5.3 million for
the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001,
respectively.
A summary of stock option activity for the Employee Plan is as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Weighted- | |
|
|
|
Weighted- | |
|
|
|
Weighted- | |
|
|
|
|
average | |
|
|
|
average | |
|
|
|
average | |
|
|
|
|
exercise | |
|
|
|
exercise | |
|
|
|
exercise | |
|
|
Number | |
|
price | |
|
Number | |
|
price | |
|
Number | |
|
price | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Outstanding at beginning of year
|
|
|
16,964,230 |
|
|
$ |
7.88 |
|
|
|
5,141,807 |
|
|
$ |
16.16 |
|
|
|
4,770,216 |
|
|
$ |
16.95 |
|
Granted during the year
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
11,970,000 |
|
|
$ |
4.43 |
|
|
|
543,107 |
|
|
$ |
10.08 |
|
Cancelled during the year
|
|
|
(3,067,084 |
) |
|
$ |
5.90 |
|
|
|
(147,577 |
) |
|
$ |
16.66 |
|
|
|
(157,741 |
) |
|
$ |
20.12 |
|
Exercised during the year
|
|
|
(151,454 |
) |
|
$ |
3.92 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
(13,775 |
) |
|
$ |
5.30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at end of year
|
|
|
13,745,692 |
|
|
$ |
8.36 |
|
|
|
16,964,230 |
|
|
$ |
7.88 |
|
|
|
5,141,807 |
|
|
$ |
16.16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable at end of year
|
|
|
8,977,124 |
|
|
$ |
9.91 |
|
|
|
7,371,369 |
|
|
$ |
10.28 |
|
|
|
3,125,596 |
|
|
$ |
13.70 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-200
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
A summary of stock option activity for the Director Plans is as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Weighted- | |
|
|
|
Weighted- | |
|
|
|
Weighted- | |
|
|
|
|
average | |
|
|
|
average | |
|
|
|
average | |
|
|
|
|
exercise | |
|
|
|
exercise | |
|
|
|
exercise | |
|
|
Number | |
|
price | |
|
Number | |
|
price | |
|
Number | |
|
price | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Outstanding at beginning of year
|
|
|
1,080,000 |
|
|
$ |
10.52 |
|
|
|
1,110,416 |
|
|
$ |
11.24 |
|
|
|
630,000 |
|
|
$ |
18.13 |
|
Granted during the year
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
|
$ |
5.00 |
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
$ |
5.00 |
|
Cancelled during the year
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
(230,416 |
) |
|
$ |
9.20 |
|
|
|
(19,584 |
) |
|
$ |
73.45 |
|
Exercised during the year
|
|
|
(160,000 |
) |
|
$ |
4.75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at end of year
|
|
|
920,000 |
|
|
$ |
11.53 |
|
|
|
1,080,000 |
|
|
$ |
10.52 |
|
|
|
1,110,416 |
|
|
$ |
11.24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable at end of year
|
|
|
702,290 |
|
|
$ |
13.48 |
|
|
|
569,999 |
|
|
$ |
12.81 |
|
|
|
487,290 |
|
|
$ |
12.99 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The combined weighted-average fair values and weighted-average
exercise prices of options granted under the Employee Plan and
the Director Plans are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Fair | |
|
Exercise | |
|
|
|
Fair | |
|
Exercise | |
Exercise price |
|
Number | |
|
value | |
|
price | |
|
Number | |
|
value | |
|
price | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Less than market price
|
|
|
2,900,000 |
|
|
$ |
4.53 |
|
|
$ |
2.64 |
|
|
|
3,149 |
|
|
$ |
9.65 |
|
|
$ |
5.96 |
|
Equal to market price
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
$ |
13.71 |
|
|
$ |
17.38 |
|
Greater than market price
|
|
|
9,270,000 |
|
|
$ |
3.71 |
|
|
$ |
5.00 |
|
|
|
939,958 |
|
|
$ |
4.10 |
|
|
$ |
6.62 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
12,170,000 |
|
|
$ |
3.91 |
|
|
$ |
4.44 |
|
|
|
1,043,107 |
|
|
$ |
5.03 |
|
|
$ |
7.64 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following table summarizes information about employee and
director stock options outstanding and exercisable at
December 31, 2003:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options outstanding | |
|
Options exercisable | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average | |
|
Weighted- | |
|
|
|
Weighted- | |
|
|
|
|
remaining | |
|
average | |
|
|
|
average | |
|
|
|
|
contractual life | |
|
exercise | |
|
|
|
exercise | |
Exercise price range |
|
Number | |
|
(years) | |
|
price | |
|
Number | |
|
price | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
$4.16$4.75
|
|
|
407,000 |
|
|
|
3.75 |
|
|
$ |
4.29 |
|
|
|
407,000 |
|
|
$ |
4.29 |
|
$5.00$5.00
|
|
|
10,977,808 |
|
|
|
8.09 |
|
|
$ |
5.00 |
|
|
|
6,203,710 |
|
|
$ |
5.00 |
|
$5.11$7.13
|
|
|
996,182 |
|
|
|
3.89 |
|
|
$ |
5.75 |
|
|
|
974,677 |
|
|
$ |
5.77 |
|
$7.75$86.50
|
|
|
2,284,702 |
|
|
|
5.84 |
|
|
$ |
27.66 |
|
|
|
2,094,027 |
|
|
$ |
28.68 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
14,665,692 |
|
|
|
7.33 |
|
|
$ |
8.56 |
|
|
|
9,679,414 |
|
|
$ |
10.17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UPC Stock Option
Plans
UPC adopted a stock option plan on June 13, 1996, as
amended (the UPC Plan), for certain of its employees
and those of its subsidiaries. Options under the UPC Plan were
granted at fair market value at the time of the grant, unless
determined otherwise by UPCs Supervisory Board. The
maximum term that the options were exerciseable was five years
from the date of the grant. In order to introduce the element of
vesting of the options, the UPC Plan provided that
even though the options were exercisable upon grant, the options
were subject to repurchase rights reduced by equal monthly
amounts over a vesting period of 36 months for options
granted in 1996 and 48 months for all other options. Upon
termination of an employee
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(except in the case of death, disability or the like), all
unvested options previously exercised were resold to UPC at the
exercise price and all vested options were exercised within
30 days of the termination date. UPCs Supervisory
Board was allowed to alter these vesting schedules at its
discretion. The UPC Plan also contained anti-dilution protection
and provided that, in the case of a change of control, the
acquiring company had the right to require UPC to acquire all of
the options outstanding at the per share value determined in the
transaction giving rise to the change of control. As a result of
UPCs reorganization under Chapter 11 of the
U.S. Bankruptcy Code, all of UPCs existing
stock-based compensation plans were cancelled.
Pro forma information regarding net income (loss) and net income
(loss) per share is presented below as if UPC had accounted for
the UPC Plan under the fair value method of SFAS 123. The
fair value of options granted for the years ended
December 31, 2002 and 2001 reported below has been
estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes
single-option pricing model and the following weighted-average
assumptions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Risk-free interest rate
|
|
|
3.16% |
|
|
|
4.15% |
|
Expected lives
|
|
|
5 years |
|
|
|
5 years |
|
Expected volatility
|
|
|
118.33% |
|
|
|
112.19% |
|
Expected dividend yield
|
|
|
0% |
|
|
|
0% |
|
Based on the above assumptions, the total fair value of options
granted was approximately $0.1 million and
$140.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2002
and 2001, respectively.
The UPC Plan was accounted for as a variable plan prior to
UPCs initial public offering in February 1999.
Accordingly, compensation expense was recognized at each
financial statement date based on the difference between the
grant price and the estimated fair value of UPCs common
stock. Thereafter, the UPC Plan was accounted for as a fixed
plan. Compensation expense of $29.2 million,
$31.9 million and $30.6 million was recognized in the
statement of operations for the years ended December 31,
2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
In March 1998, UPC adopted a phantom stock option plan (the
UPC Phantom Plan) which permitted the grant of
phantom stock rights in up to 7,200,000 shares of
UPCs common stock. The UPC Phantom Plan gave the employee
the right to receive payment equal to the difference between the
fair value of a share of UPC common stock and the option base
price for the portion of the rights vested. The rights were
granted at fair value at the time of grant, and generally vested
in equal monthly increments over the four-year period following
the effective date of grant and were exerciseable for ten years
following the effective date of grant. UPC had the option of
payment in (i) cash, (ii) freely tradable shares of
our Class A common stock or (iii) freely tradable
shares of UPCs common stock. The UPC Phantom Plan
contained anti-dilution protection and provided that, in certain
cases of a change of control, all phantom options outstanding
become fully exercisable. As a result of UPCs
reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code, all of UPCs existing stock-based compensation plans
were cancelled. The UPC Phantom Plan was accounted for as a
variable plan in accordance with its terms, resulting in
compensation expense for the difference between the grant price
and the fair market value at each financial statement date.
Compensation expense (credit) of nil and $(22.8) million
was recognized in the statement of operations for the years
ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
Our European operations are currently organized into two
principal divisions-UPC Broadband and chellomedia. UPC Broadband
provides video services, telephone services and high-speed
Internet access services to residential customers, and manages
its business by country. chellomedia provides broadband Internet
and interactive digital products and services, operates a
competitive local exchange carrier business providing telephone
and data network solutions to the business market (Priority
Telecom) and holds certain invest-
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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
ments. In Latin America we also have a Broadband division that
provides video services, telephone services and high-speed
Internet access services to residential and business customers,
and manages its business by country. We evaluate performance and
allocate resources based on the results of these segments. The
key operating performance criteria used in this evaluation
include revenue and Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA
is the primary measure used by our chief operating decision
makers to evaluate segment-operating performance and to decide
how to allocate resources to segments. EBITDA is an
acronym for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization. As we use the term, Adjusted EBITDA further
removes the effects of cumulative effects of accounting changes,
share in results of affiliates, minority interests in
subsidiaries, reorganization expense, other income and expense,
provision for loss on investments, gain (loss) on sale of
investments in affiliates, gain on extinguishment of debt,
foreign currency exchange gain (loss), impairment and
restructuring charges, certain litigation expenses and
stock-based compensation. We believe Adjusted EBITDA is
meaningful because it provides investors a means to evaluate the
operating performance of our segments and our company on an
ongoing basis using criteria that is used by our internal
decision makers. Our internal decision makers believe Adjusted
EBITDA is a meaningful measure and is superior to other
available GAAP measures because it represents a transparent view
of our recurring operating performance and allows management to
readily view operating trends, perform analytical comparisons
and benchmarking between segments in the different countries in
which we operate and identify strategies to improve operating
performance. For example, our internal decision makers believe
that the inclusion of impairment and restructuring charges
within Adjusted EBITDA distorts their ability to efficiently
assess and view the core operating trends in our segments. In
addition, our internal decision makers believe our measure of
Adjusted EBITDA is important because analysts and other
investors use it to compare our performance to other companies
in our industry. We reconcile the total of the reportable
segments Adjusted EBITDA to our consolidated net income as
presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of
operations, because we believe consolidated net income is the
most directly comparable financial measure to total segment
operating performance. Investors should view Adjusted EBITDA as
a supplement to, and not a substitute for, other GAAP measures
of income as a measure of operating performance. As discussed
above, Adjusted EBITDA excludes, among other items, frequently
occurring impairment, restructuring and other charges that would
be included in GAAP measures of operating performance.
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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Europe:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UPC Broadband
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Netherlands
|
|
$ |
592,223 |
|
|
$ |
459,044 |
|
|
$ |
365,988 |
|
|
|
Austria
|
|
|
260,162 |
|
|
|
198,189 |
|
|
|
163,073 |
|
|
|
Belgium
|
|
|
31,586 |
|
|
|
24,646 |
|
|
|
22,318 |
|
|
|
Czech Republic
|
|
|
63,348 |
|
|
|
44,337 |
|
|
|
38,588 |
|
|
|
Norway
|
|
|
95,284 |
|
|
|
76,430 |
|
|
|
59,707 |
|
|
|
Hungary
|
|
|
165,450 |
|
|
|
124,046 |
|
|
|
93,206 |
|
|
|
France
|
|
|
113,946 |
|
|
|
92,441 |
|
|
|
83,811 |
|
|
|
Poland
|
|
|
85,356 |
|
|
|
76,090 |
|
|
|
132,669 |
|
|
|
Sweden
|
|
|
75,057 |
|
|
|
52,560 |
|
|
|
40,493 |
|
|
|
Slovak Republic
|
|
|
25,467 |
|
|
|
18,852 |
|
|
|
17,607 |
|
|
|
Romania
|
|
|
20,189 |
|
|
|
16,119 |
|
|
|
12,710 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
1,528,068 |
|
|
|
1,182,754 |
|
|
|
1,030,170 |
|
|
|
Germany
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28,069 |
|
|
|
45,848 |
|
|
|
Corporate and other(1)
|
|
|
32,563 |
|
|
|
35,139 |
|
|
|
51,762 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
1,560,631 |
|
|
|
1,245,962 |
|
|
|
1,127,780 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
chellomedia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Priority Telecom(1)
|
|
|
121,330 |
|
|
|
112,637 |
|
|
|
206,149 |
|
|
|
Media(1)
|
|
|
98,463 |
|
|
|
69,372 |
|
|
|
75,676 |
|
|
|
Investments
|
|
|
528 |
|
|
|
465 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
220,321 |
|
|
|
182,474 |
|
|
|
281,825 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intercompany Eliminations
|
|
|
(127,055 |
) |
|
|
(108,695 |
) |
|
|
(176,417 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
1,653,897 |
|
|
|
1,319,741 |
|
|
|
1,233,188 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latin America:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Broadband
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chile
|
|
|
229,835 |
|
|
|
186,426 |
|
|
|
166,590 |
|
|
|
Brazil, Peru, Uruguay
|
|
|
7,798 |
|
|
|
7,054 |
|
|
|
6,044 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
237,633 |
|
|
|
193,480 |
|
|
|
172,634 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Australia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Broadband
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
145,423 |
|
|
Content
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,973 |
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
235 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
155,631 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate and other (United States)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,800 |
|
|
|
441 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
1,891,530 |
|
|
$ |
1,515,021 |
|
|
$ |
1,561,894 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Primarily The Netherlands. |
A4-204
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Adjusted EBITDA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Europe:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UPC Broadband
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Netherlands
|
|
$ |
267,075 |
|
|
$ |
119,329 |
|
|
$ |
40,913 |
|
|
|
Austria
|
|
|
98,278 |
|
|
|
64,662 |
|
|
|
40,583 |
|
|
|
Belgium
|
|
|
12,306 |
|
|
|
8,340 |
|
|
|
4,367 |
|
|
|
Czech Republic
|
|
|
24,657 |
|
|
|
9,241 |
|
|
|
9,048 |
|
|
|
Norway
|
|
|
27,913 |
|
|
|
17,035 |
|
|
|
5,337 |
|
|
|
Hungary
|
|
|
63,357 |
|
|
|
41,487 |
|
|
|
26,555 |
|
|
|
France
|
|
|
13,920 |
|
|
|
(10,446 |
) |
|
|
(25,678 |
) |
|
|
Poland
|
|
|
24,886 |
|
|
|
15,794 |
|
|
|
(8,633 |
) |
|
|
Sweden
|
|
|
31,827 |
|
|
|
15,904 |
|
|
|
6,993 |
|
|
|
Slovak Republic
|
|
|
10,618 |
|
|
|
4,940 |
|
|
|
2,802 |
|
|
|
Romania
|
|
|
7,545 |
|
|
|
6,044 |
|
|
|
3,165 |
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
386 |
|
|
|
535 |
|
|
|
1,434 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
582,768 |
|
|
|
292,865 |
|
|
|
106,886 |
|
|
|
Germany
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,562 |
|
|
|
22,197 |
|
|
|
Corporate and other(1)
|
|
|
(46,091 |
) |
|
|
(25,727 |
) |
|
|
(93,781 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
536,677 |
|
|
|
279,700 |
|
|
|
35,302 |
|
|
chellomedia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Priority Telecom(1)
|
|
|
14,530 |
|
|
|
(3,809 |
) |
|
|
(79,758 |
) |
|
|
Media(1)
|
|
|
22,874 |
|
|
|
(4,851 |
) |
|
|
(100,599 |
) |
|
|
Investments
|
|
|
(1,033 |
) |
|
|
(374 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
36,371 |
|
|
|
(9,034 |
) |
|
|
(180,357 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
573,048 |
|
|
|
270,666 |
|
|
|
(145,055 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latin America:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Broadband
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chile
|
|
|
69,951 |
|
|
|
41,959 |
|
|
|
26,860 |
|
|
|
Brazil, Peru, Uruguay
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
(3,475 |
) |
|
|
(4,016 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
69,959 |
|
|
|
38,484 |
|
|
|
22,844 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Australia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Broadband
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(32,338 |
) |
|
Content
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,849 |
) |
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(282 |
) |
|
|
(832 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(282 |
) |
|
|
(40,019 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate and other (United States)
|
|
|
(14,125 |
) |
|
|
(12,494 |
) |
|
|
(29,013 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
628,882 |
|
|
$ |
296,374 |
|
|
$ |
(191,243 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Primarily The Netherlands. |
A4-205
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Total segment Adjusted EBITDA reconciles to consolidated net
income (loss) as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Total segment Adjusted EBITDA
|
|
$ |
628,882 |
|
|
$ |
296,374 |
|
|
$ |
(191,243 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
(808,663 |
) |
|
|
(730,001 |
) |
|
|
(1,147,176 |
) |
Impairment of long-lived assets
|
|
|
(402,239 |
) |
|
|
(436,153 |
) |
|
|
(1,320,942 |
) |
Restructuring charges and other
|
|
|
(35,970 |
) |
|
|
(1,274 |
) |
|
|
(204,127 |
) |
Stock-based compensation
|
|
|
(38,024 |
) |
|
|
(28,228 |
) |
|
|
(8,818 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss)
|
|
|
(656,014 |
) |
|
|
(899,282 |
) |
|
|
(2,872,306 |
) |
Interest expense, net
|
|
|
(314,078 |
) |
|
|
(641,786 |
) |
|
|
(966,134 |
) |
Foreign currency exchange gain (loss), net
|
|
|
121,612 |
|
|
|
739,794 |
|
|
|
(148,192 |
) |
Gain on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
2,183,997 |
|
|
|
2,208,782 |
|
|
|
3,447 |
|
Gain (loss) on sale of investments in affiliates, net
|
|
|
279,442 |
|
|
|
117,262 |
|
|
|
(416,803 |
) |
Other expense, net
|
|
|
(14,884 |
) |
|
|
(120,832 |
) |
|
|
(265,512 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) before income taxes and other items
|
|
|
1,600,075 |
|
|
|
1,403,938 |
|
|
|
(4,665,500 |
) |
Other, net
|
|
|
395,293 |
|
|
|
(415,670 |
) |
|
|
150,735 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle
|
|
|
1,995,368 |
|
|
|
988,268 |
|
|
|
(4,514,765 |
) |
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,344,722 |
) |
|
|
20,056 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
$ |
1,995,368 |
|
|
$ |
(356,454 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,494,709 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-206
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in affiliates | |
|
Long-lived assets | |
|
Total assets | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Europe:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UPC Broadband
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Netherlands
|
|
$ |
222 |
|
|
$ |
215 |
|
|
$ |
1,334,294 |
|
|
$ |
1,310,783 |
|
|
$ |
2,493,134 |
|
|
$ |
1,884,044 |
|
|
|
Austria
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
307,758 |
|
|
|
282,628 |
|
|
|
700,209 |
|
|
|
450,526 |
|
|
|
Belgium
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,596 |
|
|
|
22,395 |
|
|
|
88,725 |
|
|
|
44,444 |
|
|
|
Czech Republic
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
117,527 |
|
|
|
120,863 |
|
|
|
201,103 |
|
|
|
127,691 |
|
|
|
Norway
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
219,651 |
|
|
|
226,981 |
|
|
|
280,528 |
|
|
|
249,761 |
|
|
|
Hungary
|
|
|
1,708 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
249,515 |
|
|
|
251,120 |
|
|
|
541,139 |
|
|
|
343,287 |
|
|
|
France
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
246,307 |
|
|
|
573,167 |
|
|
|
274,180 |
|
|
|
608,650 |
|
|
|
Poland
|
|
|
15,049 |
|
|
|
3,277 |
|
|
|
118,586 |
|
|
|
124,088 |
|
|
|
302,216 |
|
|
|
245,122 |
|
|
|
Sweden
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
94,414 |
|
|
|
87,339 |
|
|
|
321,961 |
|
|
|
237,619 |
|
|
|
Slovak Republic
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,697 |
|
|
|
26,896 |
|
|
|
67,027 |
|
|
|
33,428 |
|
|
|
Romania
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,235 |
|
|
|
9,403 |
|
|
|
42,503 |
|
|
|
31,078 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
16,979 |
|
|
|
3,492 |
|
|
|
2,761,580 |
|
|
|
3,035,663 |
|
|
|
5,312,725 |
|
|
|
4,255,650 |
|
|
|
Corporate and other(1)
|
|
|
65,279 |
|
|
|
112,507 |
|
|
|
14,154 |
|
|
|
39,455 |
|
|
|
374,876 |
|
|
|
576,568 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
82,258 |
|
|
|
115,999 |
|
|
|
2,775,734 |
|
|
|
3,075,118 |
|
|
|
5,687,601 |
|
|
|
4,832,218 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
chellomedia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Priority Telecom(1)
|
|
|
3,232 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
182,491 |
|
|
|
202,986 |
|
|
|
241,909 |
|
|
|
261,301 |
|
|
|
Media(1)
|
|
|
2,257 |
|
|
|
4,037 |
|
|
|
43,578 |
|
|
|
48,625 |
|
|
|
232,527 |
|
|
|
72,554 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
5,489 |
|
|
|
4,037 |
|
|
|
226,069 |
|
|
|
251,611 |
|
|
|
474,436 |
|
|
|
333,855 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
87,747 |
|
|
|
120,036 |
|
|
|
3,001,803 |
|
|
|
3,326,729 |
|
|
|
6,162,037 |
|
|
|
5,166,073 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latin America:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Broadband
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chile
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
322,606 |
|
|
|
293,941 |
|
|
|
602,762 |
|
|
|
509,376 |
|
|
|
Brazil, Peru, Uruguay
|
|
|
3,522 |
|
|
|
33,817 |
|
|
|
9,584 |
|
|
|
9,448 |
|
|
|
18,388 |
|
|
|
55,381 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
3,522 |
|
|
|
33,817 |
|
|
|
332,190 |
|
|
|
303,389 |
|
|
|
621,150 |
|
|
|
564,757 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate and other (United States)
|
|
|
3,969 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,750 |
|
|
|
10,093 |
|
|
|
316,484 |
|
|
|
200,764 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
95,238 |
|
|
$ |
153,853 |
|
|
$ |
3,342,743 |
|
|
$ |
3,640,211 |
|
|
$ |
7,099,671 |
|
|
$ |
5,931,594 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Primarily The Netherlands. |
A4-207
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization | |
|
Capital expenditures | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Europe:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UPC Broadband
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Netherlands
|
|
$ |
(225,638 |
) |
|
$ |
(230,852 |
) |
|
$ |
(252,356 |
) |
|
$ |
(63,451 |
) |
|
$ |
(97,841 |
) |
|
$ |
(213,846 |
) |
|
|
Austria
|
|
|
(85,589 |
) |
|
|
(71,924 |
) |
|
|
(68,513 |
) |
|
|
(43,751 |
) |
|
|
(38,388 |
) |
|
|
(92,679 |
) |
|
|
Belgium
|
|
|
(6,877 |
) |
|
|
(5,952 |
) |
|
|
(7,531 |
) |
|
|
(3,473 |
) |
|
|
(2,884 |
) |
|
|
(8,367 |
) |
|
|
Czech Republic
|
|
|
(18,665 |
) |
|
|
(16,317 |
) |
|
|
(24,577 |
) |
|
|
(12,294 |
) |
|
|
(4,706 |
) |
|
|
(26,287 |
) |
|
|
Norway
|
|
|
(36,765 |
) |
|
|
(37,288 |
) |
|
|
(35,918 |
) |
|
|
(9,714 |
) |
|
|
(7,050 |
) |
|
|
(60,562 |
) |
|
|
Hungary
|
|
|
(39,102 |
) |
|
|
(34,889 |
) |
|
|
(35,202 |
) |
|
|
(23,004 |
) |
|
|
(16,659 |
) |
|
|
(31,599 |
) |
|
|
France
|
|
|
(99,913 |
) |
|
|
(85,940 |
) |
|
|
(78,732 |
) |
|
|
(48,810 |
) |
|
|
(19,688 |
) |
|
|
(114,596 |
) |
|
|
Poland
|
|
|
(28,487 |
) |
|
|
(28,517 |
) |
|
|
(126,855 |
) |
|
|
(8,476 |
) |
|
|
(4,464 |
) |
|
|
(35,628 |
) |
|
|
Sweden
|
|
|
(19,668 |
) |
|
|
(13,519 |
) |
|
|
(37,098 |
) |
|
|
(9,778 |
) |
|
|
(8,974 |
) |
|
|
(28,767 |
) |
|
|
Slovak Republic
|
|
|
(8,939 |
) |
|
|
(7,478 |
) |
|
|
(13,124 |
) |
|
|
(3,848 |
) |
|
|
(501 |
) |
|
|
(5,005 |
) |
|
|
Romania
|
|
|
(2,984 |
) |
|
|
(2,494 |
) |
|
|
(1,578 |
) |
|
|
(5,286 |
) |
|
|
(4,547 |
) |
|
|
(3,433 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
(572,627 |
) |
|
|
(535,170 |
) |
|
|
(681,484 |
) |
|
|
(231,885 |
) |
|
|
(205,702 |
) |
|
|
(620,769 |
) |
|
|
Germany
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9,240 |
) |
|
|
(107,799 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,357 |
) |
|
|
(12,788 |
) |
|
|
Corporate and
other(1)
|
|
|
(86,939 |
) |
|
|
(61,543 |
) |
|
|
(74,420 |
) |
|
|
(35,666 |
) |
|
|
(6,491 |
) |
|
|
(47,773 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
(659,566 |
) |
|
|
(605,953 |
) |
|
|
(863,703 |
) |
|
|
(267,551 |
) |
|
|
(215,550 |
) |
|
|
(681,330 |
) |
|
chellomedia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Priority Telecom(1)
|
|
|
(60,952 |
) |
|
|
(45,239 |
) |
|
|
(80,887 |
) |
|
|
(16,727 |
) |
|
|
(30,658 |
) |
|
|
(69,710 |
) |
|
|
UPC Media(1)
|
|
|
(17,706 |
) |
|
|
(20,565 |
) |
|
|
(37,305 |
) |
|
|
(5,779 |
) |
|
|
(6,241 |
) |
|
|
(50,051 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
(78,658 |
) |
|
|
(65,804 |
) |
|
|
(118,192 |
) |
|
|
(22,506 |
) |
|
|
(36,899 |
) |
|
|
(119,761 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
(738,224 |
) |
|
|
(671,757 |
) |
|
|
(981,895 |
) |
|
|
(290,057 |
) |
|
|
(252,449 |
) |
|
|
(801,091 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latin America:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Broadband
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chile
|
|
|
(66,928 |
) |
|
|
(54,458 |
) |
|
|
(54,027 |
) |
|
|
(41,391 |
) |
|
|
(80,006 |
) |
|
|
(135,821 |
) |
|
|
Brazil, Peru, Uruguay
|
|
|
(2,206 |
) |
|
|
(2,371 |
) |
|
|
(7,824 |
) |
|
|
(1,582 |
) |
|
|
(2,679 |
) |
|
|
(10,418 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
(69,134 |
) |
|
|
(56,829 |
) |
|
|
(61,851 |
) |
|
|
(42,973 |
) |
|
|
(82,685 |
) |
|
|
(146,239 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Australia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Broadband
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(100,489 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(48,291 |
) |
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,282 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(101,771 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(48,291 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate and other (United States)
|
|
|
(1,305 |
) |
|
|
(1,415 |
) |
|
|
(1,659 |
) |
|
|
(94 |
) |
|
|
(58 |
) |
|
|
(790 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
(808,663 |
) |
|
$ |
(730,001 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,147,176 |
) |
|
$ |
(333,124 |
) |
|
$ |
(335,192 |
) |
|
$ |
(996,411 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Primarily The Netherlands. |
A4-208
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
17. |
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
UPC Broadband
|
|
$ |
(402,239 |
) |
|
$ |
(75,305 |
) |
|
$ |
(682,633 |
) |
Priority Telecom
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(359,237 |
) |
|
|
(418,413 |
) |
Swiss wireless license
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(91,260 |
) |
Microsoft contract acquisition rights
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(59,831 |
) |
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,611 |
) |
|
|
(68,805 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
(402,239 |
) |
|
$ |
(436,153 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,320,942 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003
During the fourth quarter of 2003, various events took place
that indicated the long-lived assets in our French asset group
were potentially impaired: 1) We entered into preliminary
discussions regarding the merger of our French assets into a new
company, which indicated a potential decline in the fair value
of these assets; 2) We made downward revisions to the
revenue and Adjusted EBITDA projections for France in our
long-range plan, due to actual results continuing to fall short
of expectations; and 3) We performed a fair value analysis
of all the assets of UGC Europe in connection with the UGC
Europe Exchange Offer that confirmed a decrease in fair value of
our French assets. As a result, we determined a triggering event
had occurred in the fourth quarter of 2003. We performed a cash
flow analysis, which indicated the carrying amount of our
long-lived assets in France exceeded the sum of the undiscounted
cash flows expected to result from the use of these assets.
Accordingly, we performed a discounted cash flow analysis
(supported by the independent valuation from the UGC Europe
Exchange Offer), and recorded an impairment of
$384.9 million and $8.4 million for the difference
between the fair value and the carrying amount of property,
plant and equipment and other long-lived assets, respectively.
We also recorded a total of $8.9 million for other
impairments in 2003.
2002
Based on our annual impairment test as of December 31, 2002
in accordance with SFAS 142, we recorded an impairment
charge of $344.8 million and $18.0 million on goodwill
related to Priority Telecom and UPC Romania, respectively. In
addition, we wrote off other tangible assets in The Netherlands,
Norway, France, Poland, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic and
Priority Telecom amounting to $73.4 million for the year
ended December 31, 2002.
2001
Due to the lack of financial resources to fully develop the
triple play in Germany, and due to our inability to find a
partner to help implement this strategy, the long range plans of
UPC Germany were revised in 2001 to provide for a care and
maintenance program, meaning that the business plan would
be primarily focused on current customers and product offerings
instead of a planned roll out of new service offerings. As a
result of this revised business plan, we determined that a
triggering event had occurred with respect to this investment in
the fourth quarter of 2001, as defined in SFAS No. 121
Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for
Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of
(SFAS 121). After analyzing the projected
undiscounted free cash flows (without interest), an impairment
charge was deemed necessary. The amount of the charge was
determined by evaluating the estimated fair value of our
investment in UPC Germany using a discounted cash flow approach,
resulting in an impairment charge of $682.6 million for the
year ended December 31, 2001.
A4-209
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
During the second quarter of 2001, we identified indicators of
possible impairment of long-lived assets, principally
indefeasible rights of use and related goodwill within our
subsidiary Priority Telecom. Such indicators included
significant declines in the market value of publicly traded
telecommunications providers and a change, subsequent to the
acquisition of Cignal, in the way that certain assets from the
Cignal acquisition were being used within Priority Telecom. We
revised our strategic plans for using these assets because of
reduced levels of private equity funding activity for these
businesses and our decision to complete a public listing of
Priority Telecom in the second half of 2001. The changes in
strategic plans included a decision to phase out the legacy
international wholesale voice operations of Cignal. When we and
Priority Telecom reached agreement to acquire Cignal in the
second quarter of 2000, the companies originally intended to
continue the international wholesale voice operations of Cignal
for the foreseeable future. This original plan for the
international wholesale voice operations was considered in the
determination of the consideration paid for Cignal. In 2001,
using the strategic plan prepared in connection with the public
listing of Priority Telecom, an impairment assessment test and
measurement in accordance with SFAS 121 was completed,
resulting in a write down of tangible assets, related goodwill
and other impairment charges of $418.4 million for the year
ended December 31, 2001.
In 2000 we acquired a license to operate a wireless
telecommunications system in Switzerland. During the fourth
quarter of 2001, in connection with our overall strategic
review, we determined that we were not in a position to develop
this asset as a result of both funding constraints and a change
in strategic focus away from the wireless business, resulting in
a write down of the value of this asset to nil and a charge of
$91.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2001.
As a result of issuing warrants to acquire common stock of UPC
during 1999 and 2000, we
recorded 150.2 million
in contract acquisition rights. These rights were being
amortized over the three-year term of an interim technology
agreement. During the fourth quarter of 2001, this interim
technology agreement was terminated, and the remaining
unamortized contract acquisition rights totaling
$59.8 million were written off.
A4-210
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
18. |
Restructuring Charges and Other |
In 2001, UPC implemented a restructuring plan to both lower
operating expenses and strengthen its competitive and financial
position. This included eliminating certain employee positions,
reducing office space and related overhead expenses,
rationalization of certain corporate assets, recognizing losses
related to excess capacity under certain contracts and canceling
certain programming contracts. The total workforce reduction was
effected through attrition, involuntary terminations and
reorganization of UPCs operations to permanently eliminate
open positions resulting from normal employee attrition. The
following table summarizes these costs by type as of
December 31, 2003:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Programming | |
|
Asset | |
|
|
|
|
Employee | |
|
|
|
and lease | |
|
disposal | |
|
|
|
|
severence and | |
|
Office | |
|
contract | |
|
losses and | |
|
|
|
|
termination(2) | |
|
closures | |
|
termination | |
|
other | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
|
Restructuring charges
|
|
$ |
46,935 |
|
|
$ |
16,304 |
|
|
$ |
93,553 |
|
|
$ |
47,335 |
|
|
$ |
204,127 |
|
|
Cash paid and other releases
|
|
|
(13,497 |
) |
|
|
(6,386 |
) |
|
|
(14,814 |
) |
|
|
(3,294 |
) |
|
|
(37,991 |
) |
|
Foreign currency translation
adjustments
|
|
|
127 |
|
|
|
38 |
|
|
|
12,468 |
|
|
|
(29,537 |
) |
|
|
(16,904 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring liability as of December 31, 2001
|
|
|
33,565 |
|
|
|
9,956 |
|
|
|
91,207 |
|
|
|
14,504 |
|
|
|
149,232 |
|
|
Restructuring charges (credits)
|
|
|
13,675 |
|
|
|
7,884 |
|
|
|
(32,035 |
) |
|
|
11,750 |
|
|
|
1,274 |
|
|
Cash paid and other releases
|
|
|
(30,944 |
) |
|
|
(4,622 |
) |
|
|
(32,231 |
) |
|
|
(24,449 |
) |
|
|
(92,246 |
) |
|
Foreign currency translation
adjustments
|
|
|
3,133 |
|
|
|
978 |
|
|
|
9,920 |
|
|
|
2,590 |
|
|
|
16,621 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring liability as of December 31, 2002
|
|
|
19,429 |
|
|
|
14,196 |
|
|
|
36,861 |
|
|
|
4,395 |
|
|
|
74,881 |
|
|
Restructuring charges (credits)(1)
|
|
|
177 |
|
|
|
7,506 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(605 |
) |
|
|
7,078 |
|
|
Cash paid and other releases
|
|
|
(13,628 |
) |
|
|
(5,934 |
) |
|
|
(5,981 |
) |
|
|
(1,991 |
) |
|
|
(27,534 |
) |
|
Foreign currency translation
adjustments
|
|
|
2,427 |
|
|
|
1,053 |
|
|
|
3,519 |
|
|
|
643 |
|
|
|
7,642 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring liability as of December 31, 2003
|
|
$ |
8,405 |
|
|
$ |
16,821 |
|
|
$ |
34,399 |
|
|
$ |
2,442 |
|
|
$ |
62,067 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term portion
|
|
$ |
3,682 |
|
|
$ |
6,002 |
|
|
$ |
3,795 |
|
|
$ |
794 |
|
|
$ |
14,273 |
|
Long-term portion
|
|
|
4,723 |
|
|
|
10,819 |
|
|
|
30,604 |
|
|
|
1,648 |
|
|
|
47,794 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
8,405 |
|
|
$ |
16,821 |
|
|
$ |
34,399 |
|
|
$ |
2,442 |
|
|
$ |
62,067 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Restructuring charges and other in 2003 also includes other
litigation settlements totaling $22.2 million and costs
incurred by UGC Europe related to the UGC Europe Exchange Offer
and merger of $6.7 million. |
|
(2) |
Included nil and 45 employees scheduled for termination as of
December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. |
A4-211
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
The significant components of our consolidated deferred tax
assets and liabilities are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Deferred tax assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax net operating loss carryforward of consolidated foreign
subsidiaries
|
|
$ |
1,017,895 |
|
|
$ |
1,431,785 |
|
|
U.S. tax net operating loss carryforward
|
|
|
9,258 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued interest expense
|
|
|
20,985 |
|
|
|
91,036 |
|
|
Investment valuation allowance and other
|
|
|
33,619 |
|
|
|
22,442 |
|
|
Property, plant and equipment, net
|
|
|
310,657 |
|
|
|
40,063 |
|
|
Intangible assets, net
|
|
|
20,701 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
48,743 |
|
|
|
38,213 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred tax assets
|
|
|
1,461,858 |
|
|
|
1,623,539 |
|
|
Valuation allowance
|
|
|
(1,331,778 |
) |
|
|
(1,607,089 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance
|
|
|
130,080 |
|
|
|
16,450 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cancellation of debt and other
|
|
|
(110,583 |
) |
|
|
(110,583 |
) |
|
Intangible assets
|
|
|
(82,679 |
) |
|
|
(12,056 |
) |
|
Other
|
|
|
(25,937 |
) |
|
|
(41 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred tax liabilities
|
|
|
(219,199 |
) |
|
|
(122,680 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax liabilities, net
|
|
$ |
(89,119 |
) |
|
$ |
(106,230 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-212
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
The difference between income tax expense (benefit) provided in
the accompanying consolidated financial statements and the
expected income tax expense (benefit) at statutory rates is
reconciled as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Expected income tax expense (benefit) at the U.S. statutory
rate of 35%
|
|
$ |
560,026 |
|
|
$ |
491,379 |
|
|
$ |
(1,632,925 |
) |
Tax effect of permanent and other differences:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in valuation allowance
|
|
|
(516,810 |
) |
|
|
173,604 |
|
|
|
814,612 |
|
|
Gain on sale of investment in affiliate
|
|
|
(133,211 |
) |
|
|
(51,774 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Tax ruling regarding UPC reorganization
|
|
|
107,922 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enacted tax law changes, case law and rate changes
|
|
|
(92,584 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue for book not for tax
|
|
|
75,308 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
26,122 |
|
|
|
(11,415 |
) |
|
|
(5,063 |
) |
|
Financial instruments
|
|
|
15,280 |
|
|
|
95,178 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-deductible interest accretion
|
|
|
8,680 |
|
|
|
110,974 |
|
|
|
81,149 |
|
|
State tax, net of federal benefit
|
|
|
7,193 |
|
|
|
42,118 |
|
|
|
(139,965 |
) |
|
International rate differences
|
|
|
(5,857 |
) |
|
|
58,407 |
|
|
|
187,027 |
|
|
Non-deductible foreign currency exchange results
|
|
|
(3,595 |
) |
|
|
(104,598 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Non-deductible expenses
|
|
|
1,870 |
|
|
|
12,024 |
|
|
|
14,740 |
|
|
Gain on extinguishment of debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(728,754 |
) |
|
|
(1,310 |
) |
|
Goodwill impairment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
114,039 |
|
|
|
559,028 |
|
|
Amortization of goodwill
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
84,020 |
|
|
Gain on issuance of common equity securities by subsidiaries
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,974 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total income tax expense (benefit)
|
|
$ |
50,344 |
|
|
$ |
201,182 |
|
|
$ |
(40,661 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax expense (benefit) consists of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Current:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Federal
|
|
$ |
1,008 |
|
|
$ |
23,801 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
State and local
|
|
|
1,674 |
|
|
|
4,966 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign jurisdiction
|
|
|
2,916 |
|
|
|
5,592 |
|
|
|
2,506 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,598 |
|
|
|
34,359 |
|
|
|
2,506 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Federal
|
|
$ |
61,768 |
|
|
$ |
138,746 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
State and local
|
|
|
8,519 |
|
|
|
19,136 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign jurisdiction
|
|
|
(25,541 |
) |
|
|
8,941 |
|
|
|
(43,167 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
44,746 |
|
|
|
166,823 |
|
|
|
(43,167 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax expense (benefit)
|
|
$ |
50,344 |
|
|
$ |
201,182 |
|
|
$ |
(40,661 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-213
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
The significant components of our foreign tax loss carryforwards
are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax loss | |
|
|
|
Expiration | |
Country |
|
carryforward | |
|
Tax asset | |
|
date | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
The Netherlands
|
|
$ |
1,293,157 |
|
|
$ |
446,139 |
|
|
|
Indefinite |
|
France
|
|
|
786,516 |
|
|
|
278,662 |
|
|
|
Indefinite |
|
Norway
|
|
|
302,860 |
|
|
|
84,801 |
|
|
|
2007-2012 |
|
Chile
|
|
|
273,619 |
|
|
|
45,147 |
|
|
|
Indefinite |
|
Austria
|
|
|
226,173 |
|
|
|
76,899 |
|
|
|
Indefinite |
|
Hungary
|
|
|
142,158 |
|
|
|
22,746 |
|
|
|
2004-2009 |
|
Poland
|
|
|
88,286 |
|
|
|
16,774 |
|
|
|
2004-2008 |
|
Other
|
|
|
163,602 |
|
|
|
46,727 |
|
|
|
Various |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
3,276,371 |
|
|
$ |
1,017,895 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign Tax Issues
Because we do business in foreign countries and have a
controlling interest in most of our subsidiaries, such
subsidiaries are considered to be controlled foreign
corporations (CFC) under U.S. tax law
(the Code). In general, a U.S. corporation that
is a shareholder in a CFC may be required to include in its
income the average adjusted tax basis of any investment in
U.S. property held by a wholly or majority owned CFC to the
extent that the CFC has positive current or accumulated earnings
and profits. This is the case even though the
U.S. corporation may not have received any actual cash
distributions from the CFC. In addition, certain income earned
by most of our foreign subsidiaries during a taxable year when
our subsidiaries have positive earnings and profits will be
included in our income to the extent of the earnings and profits
when the income is earned, regardless of whether the income is
distributed to us. The income, often referred to as
Subpart F income, generally includes, but is not
limited to, such items as interest, dividends, royalties, gains
from the disposition of certain property, certain exchange gains
in excess of exchange losses, and certain related party sales
and services income. Since we and a majority of our subsidiaries
are investors in, or are involved in, foreign businesses, we
could have significant amounts of Subpart F income.
Although we intend to take reasonable tax planning measures to
limit our tax exposure, there can be no assurance we will be
able to do so.
In general, a U.S. corporation may claim a foreign tax
credit against its U.S. federal income tax expense for
foreign income taxes paid or accrued. A U.S. corporation
may also claim a credit for foreign income taxes paid or accrued
on the earnings of a foreign corporation paid to the
U.S. corporation as a dividend. Because we must calculate
our foreign tax credit separately for dividends received from
certain of our foreign subsidiaries from those of other foreign
subsidiaries and because of certain other limitations, our
ability to claim a foreign tax credit may be limited. Some of
our operating companies are located in countries with which the
U.S. does not have income tax treaties. Because we lack
treaty protection in these countries, we may be subject to high
rates of withholding taxes on distributions and other payments
from these operating companies and may be subject to double
taxation on our income. Limitations on the ability to claim a
foreign tax credit, lack of treaty protection in some countries,
and the inability to offset losses in one foreign jurisdiction
against income earned in another foreign jurisdiction could
result in a high effective U.S. federal tax rate on our
earnings. Since substantially all of our revenue is generated
abroad, including in jurisdictions that do not have tax treaties
with the U.S., these risks are proportionately greater for us
than for companies that generate most of their revenue in the
U.S. or in jurisdictions that have these treaties.
We through our subsidiaries maintain a presence in 15 countries.
Many of these countries maintain tax regimes that differ
significantly from the system of income taxation used in the
U.S., such as a value added tax
A4-214
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
system. We have accounted for the effect of foreign taxes based
on what we believe is reasonably expected to apply to us and our
subsidiaries based on tax laws currently in effect and/or
reasonable interpretations of these laws. Because some foreign
jurisdictions do not have systems of taxation that are as well
established as the system of income taxation used in the
U.S. or tax regimes used in other major industrialized
countries, it may be difficult to anticipate how foreign
jurisdictions will tax our and our subsidiaries current
and future operations.
UPC discharged a substantial amount of debt in connection with
its reorganization. Under Dutch tax law, the discharge of
UPCs indebtedness in connection with its reorganization
would generally constitute taxable income to UPC in the period
of discharge. UPC has reached an agreement with the Dutch tax
authorities whereby UPC is able to utilize net operating loss
carry forwards to offset any Dutch income taxes arising from the
discharge of debt in 2003. UPC, together with its fiscal
unity companies, expects that for the year ended
December 31, 2003 it will have sufficient current year and
carry forward losses to fully offset any income to be recognized
on the discharge of the debt.
A4-215
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Numerator (Basic):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle
|
|
$ |
1,995,368 |
|
|
$ |
988,268 |
|
|
$ |
(4,514,765 |
) |
|
Gain on issuance of Class A common stock for UGC Europe
preference shares
|
|
|
1,423,102 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity transactions of subsidiaries
|
|
|
6,555 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrual of dividends on Series B convertible preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(156 |
) |
|
|
(1,873 |
) |
|
Accrual of dividends on Series C convertible preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,397 |
) |
|
|
(29,750 |
) |
|
Accrual of dividends on Series D convertible preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,621 |
) |
|
|
(20,125 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic income (loss) attributable to common stockholders before
cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
3,425,025 |
|
|
|
984,094 |
|
|
|
(4,566,513 |
) |
|
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,344,722 |
) |
|
|
20,056 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
|
|
$ |
3,425,025 |
|
|
$ |
(360,628 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,546,457 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denominator (Basic):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic weighted-average number of common shares outstanding,
before adjustment
|
|
|
418,874,941 |
|
|
|
390,087,623 |
|
|
|
99,834,387 |
|
|
Adjustment for rights offering in February 2004
|
|
|
43,149,291 |
|
|
|
40,183,842 |
|
|
|
10,284,175 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic weighted-average number of common shares outstanding
|
|
|
462,024,232 |
|
|
|
430,271,465 |
|
|
|
110,118,562 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Numerator (Diluted):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle
|
|
$ |
1,995,368 |
|
|
$ |
988,268 |
|
|
$ |
(4,514,765 |
) |
|
Gain on issuance of Class A common stock for UGC Europe
preference shares
|
|
|
1,423,102 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity transactions of subsidiaries
|
|
|
6,555 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrual of dividends on Series B convertible preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,873 |
) |
|
Accrual of dividends on Series C convertible preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,397 |
) |
|
|
(29,750 |
) |
|
Accrual of dividends on Series D convertible preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,621 |
) |
|
|
(20,125 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted income (loss) attributable to common stockholders before
cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
3,425,025 |
|
|
|
984,250 |
|
|
|
(4,566,513 |
) |
|
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,344,722 |
) |
|
|
20,056 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
|
|
$ |
3,425,025 |
|
|
$ |
(360,472 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,546,457 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-216
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in thousands | |
Denominator (Diluted):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, as
adjusted
|
|
|
462,024,232 |
|
|
|
430,271,465 |
|
|
|
110,118,562 |
|
|
Incremental shares attributable to the assumed exercise of
outstanding stock appreciation rights
|
|
|
109,544 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Incremental shares attributable to the assumed exercise of
contingently issuable shares
|
|
|
92,470 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Incremental shares attributable to the assumed exercise of
outstanding options (treasury stock method)
|
|
|
220,115 |
|
|
|
9,701 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Incremental shares attributable to the assumed conversion of
Series B convertible preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
224,256 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted weighted-average number of common shares
outstanding
|
|
|
462,446,361 |
|
|
|
430,505,422 |
|
|
|
110,118,562 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21. |
Related Party Transactions |
Loans to Officers and
Directors
In 2000 and 2001, Old UGC made loans through a subsidiary to
Michael T. Fries, Mark L. Schneider and John F. Riordan, each of
whom at the time was a director or an executive officer of Old
UGC. The loans, totaling approximately $16.6 million,
accrued interest at 90-day LIBOR plus 2.5% or 3.5%, as
determined in accordance with the terms of each note. The
purpose of the loans was to enable these individuals to repay
margin debt secured by common stock of Old UGC or its
subsidiaries without having to liquidate their stock ownership
positions in Old UGC or its subsidiaries. Each loan was secured
by certain outstanding stock options and phantom stock options
issued by Old UGC and its subsidiaries to the borrower, and
certain of the loans were also secured by common stock of Old
UGC and its subsidiaries held by the borrower. Initially the
loans were recourse to the borrower, however, in April 2001, the
Old UGC board of directors revised the loans to be non-recourse
to the borrower, except to the extent of any pledged collateral.
Accordingly, such amounts have been reflected as a reduction of
stockholders equity. The written documentation for these
loans provided that they were payable on demand, or, if not paid
sooner, on November 22, 2002. On January 22, 2003, we
notified Mr. Fries and Mr. Schneider of foreclosure on
all of the collateral securing the loans, which loans had an
outstanding balance on such date, including interest, of
approximately $8.8 million. Our board of directors
authorized payment to Mr. Fries and Mr. Schneider a
bonus in the aggregate amount of approximately $1.7 million
to pay the taxes resulting from the foreclosure and the bonus.
On January 6, 2004, we notified Mr. Riordan of
foreclosure on all of the collateral securing his loans, which
loans had an outstanding balance on such date, including
interest, of approximately $10.1 million.
Merger Transaction
Loans
When Old UGC issued shares of its Series E preferred stock
in connection with the merger transaction with Liberty in
January 2002, the Principal Founders delivered full-recourse
promissory notes to Old UGC in the aggregate amount of
$3.0 million in partial payment of their subscriptions for
the Series E preferred stock. The loans evidenced by these
promissory notes bear interest at 6.5% per annum and are
due and payable on demand on or after January 30, 2003, or
on January 30, 2007 if no demand has been made by then.
Such amounts have been reflected as a reduction of
stockholders equity, as such transactions are accounted
for as variable option awards because the loans do not meet the
criteria of recourse loans for accounting purposes.
A4-217
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Mark L. Schneider
Transactions
In 1999, chello broadband loaned Mr. Schneider
2,268,901 so
that he could acquire certificates evidencing the economic value
of stock options granted to Mr. Schneider in 1999 for
chello broadband ordinary shares B. This recourse loan, which is
due and payable upon the sale of the certificates or the
expiration of the stock options, bears no interest. Interest,
however, is imputed and the tax payable on the imputed interest
is added to the principal amount of the loan. In 2000,
Mr. Schneider exercised chello broadband options through
the sale of the certificates acquired with the loans proceeds.
Of the funds received,
823,824 was
withheld for payment of the portion of the loan associated with
the options exercised. In addition, chello broadband cancelled
the unvested options and related loan amount in May 2003. The
outstanding loan balance was
380,197 at
December 31, 2003.
Gene W. Schneider
Employment Agreement
On January 5, 2004, we entered into a five-year employment
agreement with Mr. Gene W. Schneider. Pursuant to the
employment agreement, Mr. Schneider shall continue to serve
as the non-executive chairman of our Board for so long as
requested by our Board, and is subject to a five year
non-competition obligation (regardless of when his employment
under the employment agreement is terminated). In exchange,
Mr. Schneider shall receive an annual base salary of not
less than his current base salary, is eligible to participate in
all welfare benefit plans or programs covering UGCs senior
executives generally, and is entitled to receive certain
additional fringe benefits. The employment agreement terminates
upon Mr. Schneiders death. We may terminate him for
certain disabilities and for cause. Mr. Schneider may
terminate the employment agreement for any reason on thirty days
notice to UGC. If the employment agreement is terminated for
death or disability, we shall make certain payments to
Mr. Schneider or his personal representatives, as
appropriate, for his annual base salary accrued through the
termination date, the amount of any annual base salary that
would have accrued from the termination date through the end of
the employment period had Mr. Schneiders employment
continued through the end of the five year term, and
compensation previously deferred by Mr. Schneider, if any,
but not paid to him. Certain stock options and other
equity-based incentives granted to Mr. Schneider shall
remain exercisable until the third anniversary of the
termination date (but not beyond the term of the award). Upon
Mr. Schneiders election to terminate the employment
agreement early, he is entitled to certain payments from us. If
the employment agreement is terminated for cause by us, we have
no further obligations to Mr. Schneider under the
agreement, except with respect to certain compensation accrued
through the date of termination and compensation previously
deferred, if any, by Mr. Schneider.
Spinhalf Contract
In 2002, a subsidiary of UPC entered into a contract with
Spinhalf Ltd for the provision of network services. This company
is owned by a family member of John F. Riordan, a former
director and former Chief Executive Officer of UPC. Amounts
incurred with respect to such contracted services to date are
approximately
7.8 million.
We terminated the network support contract with Spinhalf during
2003.
Gene W. Schneider Life
Insurance
In 2001, Old UGCs board of directors approved a
split-dollar policy on the lives of Gene W.
Schneider and his spouse for $30 million. Old UGC agreed to
pay an annual premium of approximately $1.8 million for
this policy, which has a roll-out period of approximately
15 years. Old UGCs board of directors believed that
this policy was a reasonable addition to
Mr. Schneiders compensation package in view of his
many years of service to Old UGC. Following the enactment of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, no additional premiums have been
paid by Old UGC. The policy is being continued by payments made
out of the cash surrender value of the policy. In the event the
law is subsequently clarified to permit Old UGC to again make
the premium payments
A4-218
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
on the policy, Old UGC will pay the premiums annually until the
first to occur of the death of both insureds, the lapse of the
roll-out period, or at such time as The Gene W. Schneider
Trust (the 2001 Trust) fails to make its
contribution to Old UGC for the premiums due on the policy. The
2001 Trust is the sole owner and beneficiary of the policy, but
has assigned to Old UGC policy benefits in the amount of
premiums paid by Old UGC. The Trust will contribute to Old UGC
an amount equal to the annual economic benefit provided by the
policy. The trustees of the Trust are the children of
Mr. Schneider. Upon termination of the policy, Old UGC will
recoup the premiums that it has paid.
Programming
Agreements
In the ordinary course of business, we acquire programming from
various vendors, including Discovery Communications, Inc.
(Discovery), Pramer S.C.A. (Pramer) and
Torneos y Competencias, S.A. (TyC). Liberty has a
50% equity interest in Discovery and a 40% equity interest in
TyC. Pramer is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty.
VTR has programming agreements with Discovery, TyC and Pramer.
The cost of these agreements with VTR is approximately
$4.2 million per year. UGC Europe has programming
agreements with Discovery and the cost of these agreements is
approximately $9.8 million per year. All of the agreements
have a fixed term with maturities ranging from August 2004 to
year-end 2006, however, most of the agreements will
automatically renew for an additional year unless terminated
upon prior notice.
|
|
|
Liberty Acquisition of Controlling Interest |
On January 5, 2004, Liberty acquired approximately
8.2 million shares of Class B common stock from our
founding stockholders in exchange for securities of Liberty and
cash (the Founders Transaction). Upon the completion
of this exchange and subsequent acquisitions of our stock,
Liberty owns approximately 55% of our common stock, representing
approximately 92% of the voting power. Beginning with the next
annual meeting of our stockholders, the holders of our
Class A, Class B and Class C common stock will
vote together as a single class in the election of our
directors. Liberty now has the ability to elect our entire board
of directors and otherwise to generally control us. The closing
of the Founders Transaction resulted in a change of control of
us.
Upon closing of the Founders Transaction, our existing
standstill agreement with Liberty terminated, except for
provisions of that agreement granting Liberty preemptive rights
to acquire shares of our Class A common stock. These
preemptive rights will survive indefinitely, as modified by an
agreement dated November 12, 2003, between Liberty and us.
The former standstill agreement restricted the amount of our
stock that Liberty could acquire and restricted the way Liberty
could vote our stock. On January 5, 2004, Liberty entered
into a new standstill agreement with us that generally limits
Libertys ownership of our common stock to 90% or less,
unless Liberty makes an offer or effects another transaction to
acquire all of our common stock. Except in the case of a
short-form merger in which our stockholders are entitled to
statutory appraisal rights, such offer or transaction must be at
a price at or above a fair value of our shares determined
through an appraisal process if a majority of our independent
directors has voted against approval or acceptance of such
transaction.
Prior to January 5, 2004, we understand that Liberty
accounted for its investment in us under the equity method of
accounting, as certain voting and standstill agreements entered
into between them and the Founders precluded Libertys
ability to control us. Libertys acquisition of the
Founders shares on January 5, 2004 caused those
voting restrictions to terminate and allows Liberty to fully
exercise their voting rights and control us. As a result,
Liberty began consolidating us from the date of that
transaction. Liberty has elected to push down its investment
basis in us (and the related purchase accounting adjustments) as
part of its consolidation process. The effects of this pushdown
accounting will likely reduce our total assets and
stockholders equity by a material amount and could have a
material effect on our statement of operations.
A4-219
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Liberty Exercise of
Preemptive Right
Pursuant to the terms of a standstill agreement, if we propose
to issue any of our Class A common stock or rights to
acquire our Class A common stock, Liberty has the right,
but not the obligation, to purchase a portion of such issuance
sufficient to maintain its then existing equity percentage in us
on terms at least as favorable as those given to any third party
purchasers. This preemptive right does not apply to (i) the
issuance of our Class A common stock or rights to acquire
our Class A common stock in connection with the acquisition
of a business from a third party not affiliated with us or any
founder that is directly related to the existing business of us
and our subsidiaries, (ii) the issuance of options to
acquire our Class A common stock to employees pursuant to
employee benefit plans approved by our board (such options and
all shares issued pursuant thereto not to exceed 10% of our
outstanding common stock), (iii) equity securities issued
as a dividend on all equity securities or upon a subdivision or
combination of all outstanding equity securities, or
(iv) equity securities issued upon the exercise of rights
outstanding as of the closing of the merger or as to the
issuance of which Liberty had the right to exercise preemptive
rights. Based on the foregoing provisions, in January 2004,
Liberty exercised its preemptive right, based on shares of
Class A common stock issued by us in the UGC Europe
Exchange Offer. As a result, Liberty acquired approximately
18.3 million shares of our Class A common stock at
$7.6929 per share. Liberty paid for the shares through the
cancellation of $102.7 million of notes we owed Liberty,
the cancellation of $1.7 million of accrued but unpaid
interest on those notes and $36.3 million in cash.
Rights Offering
We distributed to our stockholders of record on January 21,
2004, transferable subscription rights to purchase shares of our
Class A, Class B and Class C common stock at a
per share subscription price of $6.00. The rights offering,
which expired on February 12, 2004, was fully subscribed,
resulting in gross proceeds to us of approximately
$1.0 billion. We issued approximately 83.0 million
shares of our Class A common stock, 2.3 million shares
of Class B common stock and 84.9 million shares of our
Class C common stock in the rights offering.
A4-220
Independent Auditors Report
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Suez Lyonnaise
Telecom S.A
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of
Suez Lyonnaise Telecom S.A and subsidiaries (the
Group), as of December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 and
the related consolidated statements of income,
shareholders equity, and cash flows for the years then
ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Groups management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are
free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated
financial position of the Group at December 31, 2003, 2002
and 2001 and the consolidated results of its operations and its
cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in France.
Accounting practices generally accepted in France vary in
certain significant respects from accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America. Information
relating to the nature and effect of such differences is
presented in Note 8 to the consolidated financial
statements.
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Barbier
Frinault & Autres
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Ernst & Young
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/s/ Bruno Bizet
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Bruno Bizet |
Neuilly-sur-Seine,
July 16, 2004
A4-221
SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(In thousands of euros)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2001 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
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| |
|
| |
|
| |
ASSETS |
Non-current assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible assets, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
48,452 |
|
|
|
45,522 |
|
|
|
42,597 |
|
|
|
Concessions, patents and brands
|
|
|
19,844 |
|
|
|
20,585 |
|
|
|
10,375 |
|
|
|
Other intangible assets and in progress
|
|
|
694,471 |
|
|
|
654,403 |
|
|
|
163,187 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
762,767 |
|
|
|
720,510 |
|
|
|
216,159 |
|
|
Tangible assets, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Land
|
|
|
253 |
|
|
|
147 |
|
|
|
147 |
|
|
|
Constructions, net
|
|
|
474,998 |
|
|
|
484,613 |
|
|
|
456,998 |
|
|
|
Technical fixtures, net
|
|
|
84,925 |
|
|
|
64,659 |
|
|
|
60,360 |
|
|
|
Other tangible assets, net
|
|
|
25,116 |
|
|
|
22,151 |
|
|
|
17,336 |
|
|
|
Fixed assets under construction
|
|
|
65,500 |
|
|
|
51,010 |
|
|
|
17,775 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
650,792 |
|
|
|
622,580 |
|
|
|
552,616 |
|
|
|
|
Investments
|
|
|
4,405 |
|
|
|
880 |
|
|
|
782 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total non-current assets
|
|
|
1,417,964 |
|
|
|
1,343,970 |
|
|
|
769,557 |
|
|
Current assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inventories, net
|
|
|
5,693 |
|
|
|
5,550 |
|
|
|
1,774 |
|
|
|
Advances and payment on account
|
|
|
12,713 |
|
|
|
9,651 |
|
|
|
14,297 |
|
|
|
Trade receivables
|
|
|
26,643 |
|
|
|
20,699 |
|
|
|
17,456 |
|
|
|
Other receivables
|
|
|
50,243 |
|
|
|
40,489 |
|
|
|
53,950 |
|
|
|
Marketable securities
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,215 |
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
8,040 |
|
|
|
3,757 |
|
|
|
6,657 |
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses
|
|
|
9,611 |
|
|
|
9,045 |
|
|
|
2,695 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
112,966 |
|
|
|
89,191 |
|
|
|
98,044 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL ASSETS
|
|
|
1,530,930 |
|
|
|
1,433,161 |
|
|
|
867,601 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
Shareholders equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital stock
|
|
|
470,371 |
|
|
|
470,371 |
|
|
|
470,371 |
|
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
|
|
378,287 |
|
|
|
378,287 |
|
|
|
378,287 |
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(17,254 |
) |
|
|
(152,589 |
) |
|
|
(463,668 |
) |
|
Net loss for the year
|
|
|
(135,335 |
) |
|
|
(311,079 |
) |
|
|
(622,713 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Shareholders equity
|
|
|
696,069 |
|
|
|
384,990 |
|
|
|
(237,723 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contingencies and loss provisions
|
|
|
23,643 |
|
|
|
26,024 |
|
|
|
17,936 |
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bank debt
|
|
|
232,034 |
|
|
|
214,489 |
|
|
|
210,558 |
|
|
Other debt
|
|
|
332,020 |
|
|
|
589,235 |
|
|
|
663,055 |
|
|
Customers deposits
|
|
|
34,734 |
|
|
|
40,520 |
|
|
|
43,548 |
|
|
Advanced payment received
|
|
|
1,407 |
|
|
|
173 |
|
|
|
1,146 |
|
|
Trade payables
|
|
|
115,542 |
|
|
|
109,035 |
|
|
|
114,814 |
|
|
Tax and social liabilities
|
|
|
11,619 |
|
|
|
24,721 |
|
|
|
22,859 |
|
|
Amounts due to suppliers of fixed assets
|
|
|
76,934 |
|
|
|
39,289 |
|
|
|
20,953 |
|
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
4,706 |
|
|
|
2,775 |
|
|
|
7,046 |
|
|
Deferred income
|
|
|
2,222 |
|
|
|
1,910 |
|
|
|
3,409 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
811,218 |
|
|
|
1,022,147 |
|
|
|
1,087,388 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
|
|
|
1,530,930 |
|
|
|
1,433,161 |
|
|
|
867,601 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated
financial statements.
A4-222
SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In thousands of euros except amounts per share)
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended | |
|
Year ended | |
|
Year ended | |
|
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2001 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Net sales
|
|
|
140,864 |
|
|
|
276,333 |
|
|
|
299,039 |
|
Other operating revenues
|
|
|
3,126 |
|
|
|
14,493 |
|
|
|
15,444 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues
|
|
|
143,990 |
|
|
|
290,826 |
|
|
|
314,483 |
|
Purchases of materials
|
|
|
2,456 |
|
|
|
7,160 |
|
|
|
10,388 |
|
Other external operating expenses
|
|
|
138,926 |
|
|
|
218,781 |
|
|
|
169,563 |
|
Taxes
|
|
|
2,647 |
|
|
|
7,301 |
|
|
|
7,866 |
|
Payroll expenses
|
|
|
32,558 |
|
|
|
67,014 |
|
|
|
46,641 |
|
Depreciation, amortization (excluding goodwill amortization)
|
|
|
80,786 |
|
|
|
162,663 |
|
|
|
166,112 |
|
Other operating expenses
|
|
|
4,284 |
|
|
|
8,841 |
|
|
|
9,386 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses
|
|
|
261,657 |
|
|
|
471,760 |
|
|
|
409,956 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating loss
|
|
|
(117,667 |
) |
|
|
(180,934 |
) |
|
|
(95,473 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial income (expense), net
|
|
|
(15,405 |
) |
|
|
(48,132 |
) |
|
|
(62,656 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before income tax and exceptional items
|
|
|
(133,072 |
) |
|
|
(229,066 |
) |
|
|
(158,129 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exceptional items, net
|
|
|
(166 |
) |
|
|
(79,752 |
) |
|
|
(462,009 |
) |
Income taxes
|
|
|
(121 |
) |
|
|
(44 |
) |
|
|
(358 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss before goodwill amortization
|
|
|
(133,359 |
) |
|
|
(308,862 |
) |
|
|
(620,496 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill amortization
|
|
|
(1,976 |
) |
|
|
(2,217 |
) |
|
|
(2,217 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(135,335 |
) |
|
|
(311,079 |
) |
|
|
(622,713 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic loss per share (in euro)
|
|
|
(4.4 |
) |
|
|
(10.1 |
) |
|
|
(20.2 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted loss per share (in euro)
|
|
|
(4.4 |
) |
|
|
(10.1 |
) |
|
|
(20.2 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-223
SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands of euros)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended | |
|
Year ended | |
|
Year ended | |
|
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2001 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(135,335 |
) |
|
|
(311,079 |
) |
|
|
(622,713 |
) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by
(used in) operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization, depreciation and allowances
|
|
|
79,547 |
|
|
|
207,908 |
|
|
|
593,703 |
|
|
Gains and losses from disposals, net of tax
|
|
|
(780 |
) |
|
|
81 |
|
|
|
9,362 |
|
|
Other
|
|
|
1,885 |
|
|
|
10,689 |
|
|
|
3,859 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from operating activities before changes in
working capital
|
|
|
(54,683 |
) |
|
|
(92,401 |
) |
|
|
(15,789 |
) |
Net changes in working capital:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inventories
|
|
|
(5,593 |
) |
|
|
143 |
|
|
|
3,776 |
|
|
Receivables/ Payables
|
|
|
(60,481 |
) |
|
|
22,971 |
|
|
|
(6,170 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flow from operating activities
|
|
|
(120,757 |
) |
|
|
(69,287 |
) |
|
|
(18,183 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additions to intangible assets
|
|
|
(3,394 |
) |
|
|
(7,722 |
) |
|
|
(1,846 |
) |
Additions to property, plant and equipment
|
|
|
(102,121 |
) |
|
|
(166,685 |
) |
|
|
(45,235 |
) |
Additions to investments
|
|
|
1,535 |
|
|
|
1,023 |
|
|
|
317 |
|
Proceeds from disposals of fixed assets
|
|
|
5,147 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from investments
|
|
|
141 |
|
|
|
881 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(98,692 |
) |
|
|
(172,503 |
) |
|
|
(46,764 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net change in customers deposits
|
|
|
4,957 |
|
|
|
5,786 |
|
|
|
2,313 |
|
Variance in loans and other financial liabilities
|
|
|
211,253 |
|
|
|
244,226 |
|
|
|
60,163 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
216,210 |
|
|
|
250,012 |
|
|
|
62,476 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
(3,239 |
) |
|
|
8,222 |
|
|
|
(2,471 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period
|
|
|
(5,405 |
) |
|
|
(8,644 |
) |
|
|
(422 |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period
|
|
|
(8,644 |
) |
|
|
(422 |
) |
|
|
(2,893 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-224
SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
|
|
1. |
Highlights of 2001, 2002 and 2003. |
The Group owns and operates cable telecommunication systems in
France (digital and analogical) and provides cable television
services and high-speed Internet access services. The Group is
the first cable operator in France operating mainly in Paris.
1.1 Creation of Suez
Lyonnaise Telecom (The Group)
On May 18, 2001, Suez, France Telecom, NTL Inc and Morgan
Stanley Dean Witter (MSDW) entered into an
agreement, the main terms of which were as follows:
|
|
|
A contribution of Suezs investments in Lyonnaise
Communications and Auxipar to the Group. |
|
|
A contribution of France Telecoms investments in Lyonnaise
Communications, Paris Cable and Rapp 16 to the Group. Rapp 16
owns a right of use of civil engineering through cable network
(owned by France Telecom) for a period of 20 years. |
|
|
A
154 million
capital increase. |
|
|
A shareholders loan. |
Following these transactions, MSDW and NTL inc then acquired
France Telecoms investment in the Group.
As a result of the aforementioned transactions, the ownership
structure of the Group was the following:
|
|
|
|
|
Suez
|
|
|
50.1% |
|
NTL Inc.
|
|
|
22.9% |
|
MSDW
|
|
|
27.0% |
|
1.2 Highlights of the Year
2001
1.2.1 Investment in NTL
France
On November 23, 2001, the Group acquired 100% of NTL France
Holding SAS and NTL France SAS. NTL France SASs business
is to manage 5 cable networks in the Paris area and in
Toulon.
1.2.2 Launch of Subscriptions
Under the SIPPEREC Agreement
On November 16, 1999, the SIPPEREC (Syndicat Intercommunal
de la Périphérie de Paris pour lElectricité
et les Réseaux de Communication) and the Group entered into
a concession agreement for establishing a cable video
communication network. The SIPPEREC project is composed of 3
zones: North, South and Plaque trois. The year 2000
was dedicated to companies bidding, construction of the network
head-ends, the civil engineering and the optical network for
municipalities included in the concession plan. Home-passed
built in 2000 were proposed to customer in 2001 and the first
subscriptions occurred in April 2001 mainly by collective
customers (life line subscription undertaken at
building level).
1.3 Highlights of the Year
2002
1.3.1 SIPPEREC Status
In 2002, Lyonnaise Communications invested
63 million
in the North and South zones of the SIPPEREC project. At
December 31, 2002, its cumulated capital expenditure
amounted to
171 million.
The Group recognized a write down of
32.3 million
due to costs incurred above initial plans in constructing the
networks. At this time, the Group and SIPPEREC entered into
discussion and negotiations to determine what should be the
planning for future construction and which amount of investment
should be made. Discussions
A4-225
SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
continued during the first half of 2003 and the 2 parties
finally reached an agreement for a waiver at the end of June
2003.
1.3.2 Voluntary Departure
Plan
The Group launched a downsizing procedure involving a voluntary
departure plan. Discussions with employee representatives began
in November 2002.
1.3.3 NTL Networks
In 2002, the six legal entities acquired in November 2001
accounted for an additional
15 million
revenue and decided to change their firms name in order to
clear all reference to NTL.
1.4 Highlights of the Year
2003
1.4.1 Voluntary Departure
Plan
The Group carried on with its voluntary departure plan initiated
in 2002. Consultations with employee representatives began on
January 30, 2003 and ended on March 20, 2003. The
first departures took place on April 15, 2003 and most of
the remaining occurred by June 30, 2003. A total of 534
employees left the Group in 2003. At December 31, 2003 the
Group had 625 employees.
1.4.2 SIPPEREC
On June 30, 2003 SIPPEREC and Lyonnaise Communications,
signed three compromise settlement agreements. These agreements
were then officially put in force on September 3, 2003 for
the North and South zones and on September 19, 2003 for the
third zone.
Under these agreements, Lyonnaise Communications undertakes to:
|
|
|
|
|
Build 16,400 home-passed, for a total cost of
3.8 million,
for the North zone within 24 months following the official
announcement date. |
|
|
|
Build 26,700 home-passed, for a total cost of
6 million,
for the South zone within 24 months following the official
announcement date. |
|
|
|
Create a company called Plaque Trois, with a capital
stock of
1.0 million. This wholly owned subsidiary of Lyonnaise
Communications will be required to conduct engineering and
financial studies for a total cost of
0.5 million
(of which
0.2 million
had already been incurred by SIPPEREC at December 31,
2003). In addition, Lyonnaise Communications undertakes to
contribute to the new company all of its rights on fixed assets
(such as network head-ends and other equipments) and intangible
assets (studies) for a total amount of
3.3 million
at December 31, 2003. Therefore, the Lyonnaise
Communications total investment amounts to
4.8 million.
Lyonnaise Communications undertakes to sell at a symbolic price
its entire stake in this company to any buyer vetted by
SIPPEREC. This agreement, signed for a period of 18 months,
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continuing capital expenditure that respects the economic
balance of the concession. |
In return, SIPPEREC undertakes to:
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ranging from the implementation of the concession agreement to
the expiration of the compromise settlement agreements, |
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SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
Penalties notified, invoiced or transferred to debt collection
services at June 30, 2003 amounted to
13.3 million.
This amount is disclosed in full as an off-balance sheet
commitment at December 31, 2003.
In accordance with the agreement signed with SIPPEREC, the Group
created in October 2003 a company called SAS SDP3
(formally named Plaque 3) with a share capital of
1.0 million.
1.4.3 Changes in the
Groups Shareholding
On January 10, 2003, NTL Inc sold its 27% investment in the
Group to France Telecom.
1.4.4 Long-lived Assets
Impairment
As of December 31, 2003, the Group proceeded with an
analysis of the recoverability of the carrying value of its
long-lived assets. The fair value of the assets was determined
based on expected future discounted cash flows, as per
managements five year plan (2004-2008) updated in February
2004.
Based on the result of this analysis, the Group recorded an
impairment charge of
450 million.
Assuming the assets and the evolution of the business of the
group, this write-down was fully allocated to the rights of use
of civil engineering, which had an historical amount of
703 million
and was the most significant Groups intangible assets.
1.5 Subsequent
Events
On March 15, 2004, Suez and UnitedGlobalCom Inc.
(UGC) announced that they had entered into an
agreement in regards to the purchase of the Groups shares.
This purchase had been carried out through the holding company
of the UGC group in France (Mediareseaux).
In April 2004, bank borrowings as of December 31, 2003 were
fully reimbursed by shareholders loans. (See
§ 5.7 for further details).
The purchase was subject to suspensive conditions (including the
clearance of the European Union Commission and the
recapitalization of the Group), which were cleared.
On May 2004, an agreement was reached between NTL Inc, Suez and
the Group, in order to finalize the price and the payment of the
NTL network acquired in 2001. Obligations and earn out clauses
originally included in the 2001 acquisition agreement have been
withdrawn.
On May 25th, 2004, Suez fully subscribed to the
Groups holding
549 million
share capital increase, which was performed on June 16th,
by debt compensation and shareholders loan granted by Suez.
On July 2, 2004, Mediareseaux acquired the Group in
accordance with the March 2004 agreement between Suez and UGC.
As a consequence of the sale agreement, Mediareseaux has
undertaken the shareholders loan and a new financing
convention is currently being drafted between the Group and
Mediareseaux.
The consolidated financial statements of the Group and its
subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with French
generally accepted accounting principles, and specifically
standard 99-02 issued by the Comité de Réglementation
Comptable (CRC 99-02) for the 3 years noted
above.
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Year 2001 Consolidated Financial Statement |
As detailed in § 1.1, the Group was created on
May 18, 2001. The 2001 fiscal year represents seven months
of activity from June 1st 2001 to December 31,
2001.
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SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
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Change in the Presentation of the Consolidated Statement
of Income |
In 2003, Bank commissions and fees which are not
VAT-liable were reclassified from Other purchases and
external charges to interest expense. The amount
reclassified at December 31, 2003 was
6.5 million.
This change in presentation had no impact on the Groups
net income.
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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
3.1 Basis of
Consolidation
The accounts of all significant subsidiaries over which the
Group directly or indirectly exercises exclusive legal or de
facto control are fully consolidated. De facto
control may result from contractual agreements or from the
ability to exercise the majority of the voting rights at the
subsidiarys shareholders meetings. Exclusive control may
be deemed to exist where the direct or indirect shareholding
exceeds 40% of voting rights.
Suez Lyonnaise Telecom exercises neither joint control nor
significant influence on any entities other than entities listed
in the scope of consolidation table (See note 4)
3.2 Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the
fair value of all assets and liabilities acquired in business
combinations at the date of the acquisition. If the purchase
price is more than the fair value of all assets and liabilities
acquired, the positive goodwill is amortized using the
straight-line method over 20 years.
If the purchase price is lower than the fair value of all assets
and liabilities acquired, the negative goodwill is reversed into
income according to the plan set up at the time of the
acquisition, based on initial objectives and estimates for the
related acquired business, or recorded against identified assets
and liabilities.
However, business combination may be accounted under a
pooling of interest method (méthode
dérogatoire) when the four criteria of the
section 215 of the standard CRC 99-02 are met. Under this
method, assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recognized
at their carrying amount of the business acquired and the excess
of the purchase price over the net book value of the assets
acquired and liabilities assumed is charged directly against
equity upon acquisition.
The creation of the SLT Group on May 18, 2001 was accounted
for using the pooling of interest method as
described above.
3.3 Impairment of
Assets
Tangible, intangible fixed assets and goodwill are subject to an
impairment review when events or a change in circumstances,
other than temporary, indicate that the carrying value is lower
than the value in use.
The value in use is determined based on expected future
discounted cash flows to be derived from the assets by
considering managements expectations of future economic
and operating conditions of the respective assets. For some of
them, the value in use could be determined based on replacement
cost for used equipment, cost of alternative technologies and
recent transactions for similar businesses.
When an impairment exists, the difference between the carrying
value of the asset and its book value is recognized through the
income statement.
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SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
3.4 Other Intangible
Assets
Other intangible assets are recorded at their acquisition cost
(excluding financial expenses) and are amortized on a
straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives.
Intangible assets are depreciated over the following period:
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3.5 Tangible
Assets
Tangible assets are recorded at acquisition cost and are
depreciated on a straight-line basis over their estimate useful
lives, which can be detailed as follows:
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Active electronics
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Cables and connectors
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Wiring
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Boxes and Modems correspond to rent items. At the end of each
contract, assets are reviewed for impairment or brought back
into service after inspection if possible. |
The Group has no tangible assets under finance lease. Tangible
assets in progress at the balance sheet date are recorded based
on capital expenditure realized and are written down if needed.
3.6 Investments
Investments in and advances to non-consolidated companies and
other investments are recorded at acquisition costs (excluding
incidental expenses). A provision for impairment is recorded
when the value in use to the Group as of the balance sheet date
is less than acquisition cost.
3.7 Inventories
Inventories are valued according to the weighted average cost
method (excluding incidental expenses). Inventories mainly
include modems and installation equipments. Modems remain in
stock until their sale or their transfer to assets when they are
rented. These modems can be written down following a physical
count that takes into account their condition and obsolescence.
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SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
3.8 Receivables
Receivables are stated at nominal value, which is assumed to
approximate their fair value because of their short maturity. At
year-end, receivables are reviewed and an allowance for bad debt
is recorded based on the aging of the accounts receivables and/
or the liquidity of the related customer for professional and
the level reached in the collection process, for residential.
Other receivables consist primarily of tax receivables.
3.9 Retirement
Obligation
The obligations of the Group relate principally to lump sum
indemnities payable to employees upon retirement. The amounts of
these obligations are valued based on actuarial assessments.
These calculations incorporate assumptions relating to
mortality, turnover of personnel and salary projections and
consider the economic conditions specific to each subsidiary of
the Group. The discount rate is calculated in accordance with
the yield, as of the date of valuation, of the bonds issued by
highly rated companies in Europe.
3.10 Income Tax
Current taxes are based on the results of the Group companies.
The Group recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for
temporary differences arising between the tax basis of assets
and liabilities and their carrying values for consolidated
financial statements purposes. In addition, deferred tax assets
relating to carry forward of unused tax losses are recognized if
there is a reasonable assurance of recovering them in the next
few years.
Gains and losses resulting from changes in the French tax rate
are recognized through the income in accordance with the
liability method on temporary difference and are subject to
standard rate or a lower rate according to the estimated expiry
date.
Deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets are compensated
and the net deferred income tax obtained is recognized through
the Balance Sheet if there is a reasonable assurance of
recovering them in the next few years.
3.11 Revenue
Recognition
TV and Internet subscriptions as well as rental of boxes and
modems are recognized in the period in which services are
delivered.
The impact of free subscriptions is recognized as a deduction of
sales while other marketing investments (i.e. distributor
commissions and promotional offers) are charged to income
statement in the year in which they are incurred.
3.12 Foreign Currency
Transactions
Sales are made in France and denominated in Euros.
3.13 Exceptional
Items
Exceptional items include non-recurring items, which do not
occur as a result of the general day-to-day operations of the
business, either because their amount or their impact is unusual
or because they rarely occur and therefore shall not be deemed
to pertain to the operational income of the Group.
3.14 Earnings Per
Share
Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing the
Groups net income by the weighted average number of shares
outstanding during the period.
A4-230
SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
Diluted earnings per share include the dilutive effects of
options and other dilutive instruments as if they had been
exercised (unless they are anti-dilutive).
There are no differences between basic and dilutive net loss per
share for the Company for the years ended December 31,
2001, 2002 and 2003.
3.15 Marketable
Securities
Marketable securities are stated at acquisition cost and a
provision is recorded when the market value of the securities
or, if not applicable, their estimated net realizable value, is
lower than their acquisition cost.
3.16 Cash Flow
Statement
The consolidated cash flow statement has been prepared using the
indirect method showing the reconciliation of the
net income to the cash and cash equivalent. In addition, in the
cash flow statement, cash and cash equivalents are
cash in bank including bank overdrafts and marketable securities.
3.17 Others
Treasury Share:
None
Derivative Instrument:
None
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SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
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4. |
Scope of Consolidation |
The financial statements of companies controlled by the Group
are fully consolidated. Intercompany balances and transactions
have been eliminated in the accompanying consolidated financial
statements. All companies have a December 31 year-end.
The scope of consolidation that includes all controlled
companies, was as follows:
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Siren: 402.986.707, 20 place des vins de France 75012 Paris |
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From the constitution of the Group:
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ALPINE DE VIDEOCOMMUNICATION
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Siren: 348 804 923, 20 place des Vins de France 75012 PARIS
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AUXIPAR
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Siren: 390 263 069, 20 place des Vins de France 75012 PARIS
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COMTOISE DE VIDEOCOMMUNICATION
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Siren: 348 313 412, 20 place des Vins de France 75012 PARIS
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CLERMONTOISE DE VIDEOCOMMUNICATION
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Siren: 345 193 791, 20 place des Vins de France 75012 PARIS
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LYONNAISE COMMUNICATIONS
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Siren: 335 354 379, 20 place des Vins de France 75012 PARIS
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CABLE ET VIDEOCOMMUNICATION DE LOUEST
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Siren: 348 487 042,20 place des Vins de France 75012 PARIS
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ARTESIENNE DE VIDEOCOMMUNICATION
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Siren: 348 075 227, 20 place des Vins de France 75012 PARIS
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SNERC (MENTON)
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Siren: 378 442 255, 20 place des Vins de France 75012 PARIS
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ORLEANAISE DE VIDEOCOMMUNICATION
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Siren: 347 859 274, 20 place des Vins de France 75012 PARIS
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PARIS CABLE
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Siren: 329 108 278, 20 place des Vins de France 75012 PARIS
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RAPP 16
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Siren: 428 748 081, 20 place des Vins de France 75012 PARIS
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SARCELLES TV CABLE
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Siren: 350 145 348, 20 place des Vins de France 75012 PARIS
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STRASBOURG TV CABLE
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Siren: 351 309 695, 20 place des Vins de France 75012 PARIS
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VIDEOCOMMUNICATION DE SUD OUEST
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SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
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REGION PARISIENNE COMMUNICATIONS
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COMMUNICATIONS 91
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PACA COMMUNICATIONS
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From its incorporation in October 2003:
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SDP3 (Société de Développement de la Plaque 3)
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IG integration globale: Fully consolidated
The balance sheets of NTL France were consolidated as of
December 31, 2001.
Under the agreement signed with the SIPPEREC, Lyonnaise
Communications created in October 2003 the company called
SAS SDP3 (formally named Plaque 3) with
a capital stock of
1.0 million.
In addition, the Group owns or owned minority sharing. These
non-consolidated companies were not significant as regards of
the following criteria: total balance sheet, revenue,
shareholders equity, net income and debt and had no impact
on the true and fair view provided by the groups
consolidated financial statements.
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5. |
Detailed Notes to the Financial Statements |
5.1 Assets
5.1.1 Goodwill and Intangible
Assets
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|
771.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additions
|
|
|
4.2 |
|
|
|
5.9 |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
Disposals
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4.6 |
) |
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SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
|
|
* |
Mainly include civil engineering and networks rights of use. |
5.1.2 Tangible Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2001 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in million of euros | |
Land
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
Constructions
|
|
|
707.0 |
|
|
|
804.7 |
|
|
|
828.9 |
|
Technical fixtures
|
|
|
171.0 |
|
|
|
211.2 |
|
|
|
226.1 |
|
Other tangible assets
|
|
|
46.3 |
|
|
|
52.2 |
|
|
|
52.2 |
|
Fixed assets under construction
|
|
|
73.2 |
|
|
|
55.0 |
|
|
|
35.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tangible assets (Gross)
|
|
|
997.7 |
|
|
|
1,123.2 |
|
|
|
1,142.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additions
|
|
|
126.6 |
|
|
|
128.2 |
|
|
|
30.2 |
|
Disposals
|
|
|
(0.9 |
) |
|
|
(2.7 |
) |
|
|
(10.8 |
) |
5.1.3 Depreciation and
Amortization
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2001 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in million of euros | |
Goodwill
|
|
|
10.1 |
|
|
|
13.0 |
|
|
|
15.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation in the period
|
|
|
1.7 |
|
|
|
2.9 |
|
|
|
2.9 |
|
Disposal and reversal
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Concessions, patents and brands
|
|
|
20.8 |
|
|
|
29.8 |
|
|
|
45.1 |
|
Fonds commerciaux
|
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
0.7 |
|
Other intangible assets and in-progress
|
|
|
33.5 |
|
|
|
69.6 |
|
|
|
552.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other Intangible assets
|
|
|
54.6 |
|
|
|
99.9 |
|
|
|
598.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation in the period
|
|
|
51.0 |
|
|
|
45.4 |
|
|
|
498.2 |
|
Disposal and reversal
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Constructions
|
|
|
232.0 |
|
|
|
320.1 |
|
|
|
371.9 |
|
Technical fixtures
|
|
|
86.1 |
|
|
|
146.5 |
|
|
|
165.7 |
|
Other tangible assets
|
|
|
21.1 |
|
|
|
30.1 |
|
|
|
34.9 |
|
Fixed assets under construction
|
|
|
7.7 |
|
|
|
4.0 |
|
|
|
17.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Tangible assets
|
|
|
346.9 |
|
|
|
500.7 |
|
|
|
590.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation in the period
|
|
|
26.5 |
|
|
|
157.3 |
|
|
|
100.0 |
|
Disposal and reversal
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3.5 |
) |
|
|
(10.7 |
) |
5.1.4 Explanatory Note
1) The creation of the SLT Group on May 18, 2001
generated goodwill of
1,449 million, which was recognized in the consolidated
financial statements as a reduction of the share premium using
the pooling of interest method (méthode
dérogatoire) in accordance with section 215 of the
appendix to CRC 99-02.D. (See § 3.2)
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SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
2) The
58.5 million
goodwill recorded in the balance sheet arose from Lyonnaise
Communications acquisition of Paris Cable shares in 1997.
This goodwill is being amortized over twenty years. Annual
amortization expense amounts to
2.9 million
and its net book value was
42.6 million
at December 31, 2003.
3) The acquisition of IDF Communications Holding SAS
(previously NTL France Holding SAS) and IDF Communications SAS
(previously NTL France SAS) on November 23, 2001 generated
negative goodwill of
9.3 million,
which was allocated as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allocation | |
|
Impact | |
|
Impact | |
|
At | |
|
|
December 31, | |
|
net income | |
|
net income | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2001 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in millions of euros | |
Network Operating Center (NOC)
|
|
|
(1.5 |
) |
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
(1.3 |
) |
Networks
|
|
|
(5.6 |
) |
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
(4.4 |
) |
Voluntary Departure Plan (Exceptional items)
|
|
|
(1.0 |
) |
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rental and relocation costs (Other operating expenses)
|
|
|
(0.7 |
) |
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rental (reversal included in operating income)
|
|
|
(0.5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
(9.3 |
) |
|
|
2.4 |
|
|
|
1.2 |
|
|
|
(5.7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A plan has been set up to recover through the income statement
(goodwill amortization caption) the negative
goodwill allocated to NOC and networks
(1.5 million
+
5.6 million)
over a period of ten years. Amounts reversed for the years 2002
and 2003 were
0.7 million.
As of December 31, 2003, the net negative goodwill
allocated to NOC and networks amounted to
5.7 million.
Total amounts reversed over the years 2002 and 2003 were
respectively
2.4 million
and
1.2 million.
4) Intangible assets mainly include civil engineering and
networks rights of use granted by France Telecom for a total
amount of
703 million,
amortized over the term of the contracts. An impairment charge
of
450 million
was recorded on these assets in 2003. (See above §1.4.4)
5.2 Investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2001 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in millions of euros | |
Investments in non-consolidated companies(1)
|
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
Loans to non-consolidated companies
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loans(2)
|
|
|
2.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other investments(3)
|
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments (net)
|
|
|
4.4 |
|
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
In 2002, Lyonnaise Communications sold its 8.8% investment in
the company Chaîne Histoire, which the Group
continues to broadcast. |
|
(2) |
Refers to salary loans reimbursed during the year 2002. |
|
(3) |
Other investments are mainly rent deposits. |
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SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
The investments in non-consolidated companies which total cost
amounts to
71,163 are
as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% held as of | |
|
|
Companies |
|
Activity |
|
December 2003 | |
|
Cost | |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
SAEM Mantes TV Cable
|
|
Local TV channel |
|
|
36.72% |
|
|
|
13,995 |
|
SAEM Vidéocâble 91
|
|
Local TV Channel |
|
|
18.30% |
|
|
|
53,357 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
35% until 2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
SEM Le Palace Epinal
|
|
Movie complex |
|
|
2.78% |
|
|
|
3,811 |
|
5.3 Inventories
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2001 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in millions of euros | |
Inventories (Gross)
|
|
|
7.7 |
|
|
|
7.6 |
|
|
|
4.0 |
|
Allowance
|
|
|
(2.0 |
) |
|
|
(2.0 |
) |
|
|
(2.2 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inventories (net)
|
|
|
5.7 |
|
|
|
5.6 |
|
|
|
1.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The decrease in inventories gross value is partly explained by
the improvement in the delivery lead-time of modems. Allowances
mainly relate to the obsolescence of installation equipments
(fully depreciated as of December 31, 2003).
5.4 Receivables
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2001 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in millions of euros | |
Advances and payment on account
|
|
|
12.7 |
|
|
|
9.7 |
|
|
|
14.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade receivables (Gross)
|
|
|
36.5 |
|
|
|
37.5 |
|
|
|
40.2 |
|
Allowance for bad debt
|
|
|
(9.9 |
) |
|
|
(16.8 |
) |
|
|
(22.8 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade receivables (Net)
|
|
|
26.6 |
|
|
|
20.7 |
|
|
|
17.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other receivables
|
|
|
50.2 |
|
|
|
40.5 |
|
|
|
54.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other receivables mainly relate to VAT. All receivables are due
within a year.
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SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
5.5 Shareholders
Equity
Changes in shareholders equity are presented below:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss | |
|
|
|
|
Capital | |
|
Share | |
|
Accumulated | |
|
for the | |
|
|
|
|
stock | |
|
premium | |
|
deficit | |
|
year | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in millions of euros | |
Opening balance
|
|
|
1.6 |
|
|
|
10.7 |
|
|
|
(17.3 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5.0 |
) |
Issuance of shares
|
|
|
31.6 |
|
|
|
122.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
153.9 |
|
Contribution May 18, 2001
|
|
|
437.2 |
|
|
|
1,694.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,132.0 |
|
Goodwill allocation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,449.5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,449.5 |
) |
Net loss for the year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(135.3 |
) |
|
|
(135.3 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2001
|
|
|
470.4 |
|
|
|
378.3 |
|
|
|
(17.3 |
) |
|
|
(135.3 |
) |
|
|
696.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in capital Net income for the prior year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(135.3 |
) |
|
|
135.3 |
|
Net loss for the year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(311.1 |
) |
|
|
(311.1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2002
|
|
|
470.4 |
|
|
|
378.3 |
|
|
|
(152.6 |
) |
|
|
(311.1 |
) |
|
|
385.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in capital Net income for the prior year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(311.1 |
) |
|
|
311.1 |
|
Net loss for the year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(622.7 |
) |
|
|
(622.7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2003
|
|
|
470.4 |
|
|
|
378.3 |
|
|
|
(463.7 |
) |
|
|
(622.7 |
) |
|
|
(237.7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At December 31, 2003, Suez Lyonnaise Telecom capital stock
is divided into 30,844,000 shares having a par value of
15.25.
Convertible bonds (616 880 BSA) granted during the fiscal year
2002 were not subscribed at maturity in 2003 and will therefore
have no effect on the Group shareholders equity. The Group
owns 100% of all the companies listed in the scope of
consolidation table. There is therefore no minority interest.
A4-237
SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
5.6 Contingencies and Loss
Provisions
Reserves for contingencies and losses as of December 31,
2001 and as of December 31, 2002 include:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2001 | |
|
Allowances | |
|
Uses | |
|
Others | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in millions of euros | |
Employee litigation
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
(0.2 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.2 |
|
Restructuring
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
10.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10.1 |
|
Boxes not returned
|
|
|
2.5 |
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.5 |
) |
|
|
0.4 |
|
VAT Gap on boxes
|
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.1 |
|
Contracts break-up fees
|
|
|
2.4 |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
(0.2 |
) |
|
|
(0.9 |
) |
|
|
1.5 |
|
Tax risk provision
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
Project telephone abandon
|
|
|
5.1 |
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.7 |
|
Provision for retirement
|
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.8 |
|
NTL badwill impact
|
|
|
2.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
Miscellaneous
|
|
|
7.0 |
|
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
|
(4.8 |
) |
|
|
(0.6 |
) |
|
|
2.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contingencies and loss provisions
|
|
|
23.6 |
|
|
|
13.4 |
|
|
|
(7.0 |
) |
|
|
(4.0 |
) |
|
|
26.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reserves for contingencies and losses as of December 31,
2003 include:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2002 | |
|
Allowances | |
|
Uses | |
|
Others | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in millions of euros | |
Employee litigation
|
|
|
1.2 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
|
(1.1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.9 |
|
Restructuring
|
|
|
10.1 |
|
|
|
3.3 |
|
|
|
(13.0 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
Boxes not returned
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.4 |
) |
|
|
0.0 |
|
VAT Gap on boxes
|
|
|
2.1 |
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
(0.5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.1 |
|
Contracts break-up fees
|
|
|
1.5 |
|
|
|
7.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.1 |
) |
|
|
7.4 |
|
Tax risk provision
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
1.2 |
|
|
|
(0.4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.2 |
|
Project telephone abandon
|
|
|
5.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.2 |
|
Provision for retirement
|
|
|
1.8 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
(1.4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
NTL negative goodwill impact
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.0 |
|
Miscellaneous
|
|
|
2.3 |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
|
(0.5 |
) |
|
|
(0.5 |
) |
|
|
2.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contingencies and loss provisions
|
|
|
26.0 |
|
|
|
13.9 |
|
|
|
(19.9 |
) |
|
|
(2.0 |
) |
|
|
18.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The measurement of the Groups obligations relating to lump
sum indemnities payable to employees upon retirement are based
on the following assumptions as of December 31, 2003:
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|
|
|
|
Assumptions |
|
|
|
|
|
Discount rate
|
|
|
5 |
% |
Rate of inflation
|
|
|
1.7 |
% |
Future salary increases
|
|
|
3.2 |
% |
Social security threshold upgrade
|
|
|
Inflation +0.5 |
% |
Mortality rate
|
|
|
INSEE tables |
|
A4-238
SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
5.7 Financial
Debt
The Group has been financed since its creation in 2001 by bank
borrowings and a shareholders loan. SLT received a loan
from the seller on the behalf of NTL Inc. as a result of the
purchase of NTL France. All this debt is at variable rates.
Over the 3 years, debt and maturities have evolved as
follows:
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|
|
|
|
|
As of | |
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2001 | |
|
|
| |
|
|
in millions | |
|
|
of euros | |
Bank borrowings
|
|
|
215.3 |
|
Bank overdrafts
|
|
|
16.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total bank debt
|
|
|
232.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders loan
|
|
|
291.5 |
|
Deferred price on NTL shares(1)
|
|
|
37.8 |
|
Other
|
|
|
2.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total other debt
|
|
|
332.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Portion of the NTL purchase price due in 2006 with interests due
in fine calculated each month at a Euribor +4% rate. As of
December 31, 2001, this debt includes a principal amount of
37.5 million
and interests for
0.3 million. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of | |
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
|
in millions | |
|
|
of euros | |
Bank borrowings
|
|
|
210.3 |
|
Bank overdrafts
|
|
|
4.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total bank debt
|
|
|
214.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders loan
|
|
|
548.6 |
|
Deferred price on NTL shares(1)
|
|
|
40.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total other debt
|
|
|
589.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Portion of the NTL purchase price due in 2006 with interests due
in fine calculated each month at a Euribor +4% rate. As of
December 31, 2002, this debt includes a principal amount of
37.5 million
and interests for
3.1 million. |
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SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
At | |
|
Maturity | |
|
|
December 31, | |
|
| |
|
|
2003 | |
|
<1 year | |
|
1-5 years | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in millions of euros | |
Bank borrowings(1)
|
|
|
199.8 |
|
|
|
122.6 |
|
|
|
77.2 |
|
Bank overdrafts
|
|
|
10.8 |
|
|
|
10.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total bank debt
|
|
|
210.6 |
|
|
|
133.4 |
|
|
|
77.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders loan(3)
|
|
|
619.9 |
|
|
|
619.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred price on NTL shares(2)
|
|
|
43.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
43.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other debt
|
|
|
663.1 |
|
|
|
619.9 |
|
|
|
43.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
These borrowings, guaranteed by Suez, were immediately repayable
in the event of a change in the ownership structure of Suez
Lyonnaise Telecom. Moreover, the Group renegotiated in December
2003 this debt to postpone the maturity date by six months. Over
the years 2001-2003, interest rates were based on Euribor +
margin and these bank borrowings as of December 31, 2003
were fully reimbursed in April 2004. |
|
(2) |
Portion of the NTL purchase price due in 2006 with interests due
in fine calculated each month at a Euribor +4% rate. As of
December 31, 2003, this debt includes a principal amount of
37.5 million
and interests for
5.7 million. |
|
(3) |
Shareholders loan: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in millions of euros | |
Principal
|
|
|
287.5 |
|
|
|
536.8 |
|
|
|
607.0 |
|
Interests
|
|
|
4.0 |
|
|
|
11.8 |
|
|
|
12.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
291.5 |
|
|
|
548.6 |
|
|
|
619.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The interest rate used over the years 2001-2003 were based on
Eonia plus margin.
5.8 Deferred
Tax
As a result of experienced losses, and based on the business
plans, it was determined that deferred tax assets were less than
likely to be recovered, therefore, no deferred tax assets have
been recognized. Deferred tax assets not recognized are as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
|
in millions | |
|
|
of euros | |
Ordinary losses
|
|
|
251.0 |
|
Ever green losses
|
|
|
101.4 |
|
Non deductible provision
|
|
|
160.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
512.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
Tax proof
|
|
|
|
|
Net income before tax
|
|
|
(620.1 |
) |
Theoretical tax
|
|
|
|
|
Effective tax
|
|
|
(0.4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
A4-240
SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
Current income taxes consist of a minimum tax lump sum paid
under French tax law (Impôt Forfaitaire Annuel).
5.9 Revenue
The main sources of revenue for the Group are the sales of TV
and Internet subscriptions to residential and professional
customers, as well as proceeds from the rental of boxes and
modems. Sales are made in France in euros.
The Groups management has determined that its operation is
currently organized into one segment (broadband services) and
operates in only one geographical area, France.
5.10 Other External
Operating Expenses
These expenses mainly include broadcasting rights, customer
acquisition costs, customer management costs, network costs and
central costs.
5.11 Payroll Expenses and
Number of Employees
Personnel costs for period ended December 31, 2001, 2002
and 2003 could be detailed as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2001 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in millions of euros | |
Wages and salaries
|
|
|
21.7 |
|
|
|
44.4 |
|
|
|
32.3 |
|
Payroll taxes and benefits
|
|
|
10.9 |
|
|
|
22.6 |
|
|
|
14.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payroll and expenses
|
|
|
32.6 |
|
|
|
67.0 |
|
|
|
46.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Headcount as of December 31, 2002 and 2003 were 966 and
625, respectively.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Managers
|
|
|
361 |
|
|
|
392 |
|
|
|
332 |
|
Employees
|
|
|
304 |
|
|
|
314 |
|
|
|
256 |
|
Workers
|
|
|
390 |
|
|
|
358 |
|
|
|
213 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average number of employees
|
|
|
1055 |
|
|
|
1064 |
|
|
|
801 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-241
SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
5.12 Depreciation,
Amortization and Allowances
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2001 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in millions of euros | |
INTANGIBLE ASSETS Depreciation
|
|
|
51.0 |
|
|
|
45.4 |
|
|
|
48.3 |
|
Impairment losses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
449.9 |
|
TANGIBLE ASSETS Depreciation
|
|
|
26.5 |
|
|
|
108.4 |
|
|
|
100.0 |
|
Impairment losses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
48.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENTS: Valuation allowances
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allowances on current assets
|
|
|
3.3 |
|
|
|
8.9 |
|
|
|
11.4 |
|
Prepaid expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
80.8 |
|
|
|
211.6 |
|
|
|
616.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Including in operating expenses
|
|
|
80.8 |
|
|
|
162.7 |
|
|
|
166.1 |
|
Including in exceptional items
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
48.9 |
|
|
|
449.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.13 Financial Income
(Loss) Net
Net interest expense primarily includes interest on the
shareholders loan and on bank borrowings. Bank
commissions and fees which are not VAT-liable were
reclassified from Other purchases and external
charges to interest expense. The amount reclassified at
December 31, 2003 was
6.5 million.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2001 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in millions of euros | |
Shareholders
|
|
|
(8.7 |
) |
|
|
(36.9 |
) |
|
|
(47.4 |
) |
Interests on banks loans
|
|
|
(5.7 |
) |
|
|
(8.4 |
) |
|
|
(6.2 |
) |
Interests on deferred price on NTL shares
|
|
|
(0.3 |
) |
|
|
(2.8 |
) |
|
|
(2.6 |
) |
Others
|
|
|
(1.0 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial income
|
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bank commissions and borrowing fees
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6.5 |
) |
Financial expense (net)
|
|
|
(15.4 |
) |
|
|
(48.1 |
) |
|
|
(62.7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.14 Exceptional Items,
Net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2001 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
in millions of euros | |
Impairment of long-lived assets(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(32.3 |
) |
|
|
(449.9 |
) |
Costs related to project abandonment, net of allowances
variances(2)
|
|
|
(2.9 |
) |
|
|
(16.6 |
) |
|
|
(0.7 |
) |
SIPPEREC penalties(3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6.0 |
) |
|
|
6.0 |
|
Supply contract break-up fees(4)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(11.4 |
) |
|
|
(5.9 |
) |
Restructuring-net of reversals(5)
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
(10.1 |
) |
|
|
(10.1 |
) |
Provision for retirement-net of reversals(6)
|
|
|
(0.5 |
) |
|
|
(0.3 |
) |
|
|
1.2 |
|
Other
|
|
|
3.0 |
|
|
|
(3.1 |
) |
|
|
(2.6 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exceptional items (net)
|
|
|
(0.2 |
) |
|
|
(79.8 |
) |
|
|
(462.0 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A4-242
SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
|
|
(1) |
Impairment of tangible assets (SIPPEREC) for the year 2002
and of Civil engineering rights of use in 2003. |
|
(2) |
The projects abandoned are mainly related to telephony and
network development. |
|
(3) |
Penalties due to SIPPEREC recognized in 2002 were reversed in
2003 in accordance with the agreement reached in 2003. (See
§1.4.2) (4) The Group broke-up several contracts with
contractors and suppliers, in particular, in relation with the
evolution in networks development plans. |
|
(5) |
Expenses related to the restructuring plan initiated in 2000 and
to the voluntary departure plan initiated in 2002. |
|
(6) |
The decrease in number of employees in 2003 induced a reduction
in pension obligations. |
|
|
6. |
Off Balance Sheet Commitments at December 31,
2003 |
6.1 Commitments Provided
in the Usual Course of Business
The Groups off-balance sheet commitments are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beneficiaries |
|
Object |
|
Amounts | |
|
Comments |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
in millions of euros | |
|
|
SIPPERREC
|
|
Penalties |
|
|
13.3 |
|
|
See §1.3 |
SIPPERREC
|
|
Commitment to perform construction works and produce engineering
studies |
|
|
10.2 |
|
|
|
SIPPERREC
|
|
Payment warranty |
|
|
3.0 |
|
|
|
SSIMI & Ville de PARIS
|
|
Rent payment warranty |
|
|
1.2 |
|
|
|
NTL Inc.
|
|
Earn-out clause provision for NTL shares |
|
|
100.0 |
|
|
See below(1) |
SAGEM
|
|
Commitment to buy terminals |
|
|
1.2 |
|
|
|
France TELECOM
|
|
Commitment to purchase the Cannes and Epinal networks from
France Telecom: |
|
|
12.3 |
|
|
See below(2) |
Villes Franciliennes
|
|
Restructuring of the 5 NTL networks |
|
|
26.7 |
|
|
See below(3) |
BNP-Paribas
|
|
Joint guarantee |
|
|
10.2 |
|
|
See below(4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
|
|
178.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
The earn-out clause provision is subject to certain conditions
up to a maximum of
100 million.
This earn-out provision represented as of December 31, 2003
the main off balance sheet liability but has expired in 2004 due
to the final agreement signed with NTL on May 2004. |
|
(2) |
Commitment amounting to
12.3 million,
related to the purchase of the Cannes and Epinal networks from
France Telecom, related to the operation of May 18, 2001.
The commitment was called in by its beneficiary in October 2003
even though conditions were not fully met. As a consequence,
this commitment was kept in off balance sheet liability as of
December 31, 2003 until the payment, funded by a
shareholder loan increase, which occurred in June 2004. |
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(3) |
Restructuring of the 5 NTL networks: The company had undertaken
to renovate a certain number of home-passed per year and per
network. To date, part of the work has been performed and 31% of
the home-passed have been renovated. The initial commitment of
38.1 million
was scaled back to
26.7 million |
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(4) |
Joint guarantee of
10.2 million,
given by Lyonnaise Communications to BNP-Paribas in relation
with the credit facility granted to Paris Cable. This guarantee
has expired in 2004 as a consequence of the repayment. |
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SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
In addition to the commitments described above, the Group has
undertaken to sell for one
its
investment in SDP 3 to any potential buyer agreed by the
SIPPEREC. (See § 1.3 and § 1.4)
6.2 Commitments
Received
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in millions of euros |
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SUEZ |
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Comfort letter (on the behalf of LCO) to the CCF |
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76.2 |
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See below(1) |
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SUEZ |
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Comfort letter (on the behalf of LCO) to Natexis |
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61.0 |
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See below(1) |
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SUEZ |
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Comfort letter (on the behalf of Paris Cable) to BNP-Paribas |
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10.2 |
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See below(1) |
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SUEZ |
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Comfort letter (on the behalf of Auxipar) to Natexis |
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45.7 |
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See below(1) |
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SUEZ |
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Undrawn portion of the credit facility |
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98.0 |
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SUEZ |
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Commitment provided under the SIPPEREC agreement |
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11.2 |
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See § 1.4.2 |
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SSIMI |
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Compensation commitment for rent variation |
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8.9 |
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See below(2) |
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TOTAL |
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311.2 |
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(1) |
As a consequence of the early repayment of bank borrowings in
2004 and of the purchase of the Group by Mediareseaux, all
commitments received from Suez have come to an end. |
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(2) |
The commitment received from SSIMI is amortized over the
remaining period of the lease. |
In addition to these commitments received, a protocol of
agreement dated June 2003 was reached with SIPPEREC. It states
that during this protocol all penalties are suspended.
To the best of the Suez Lyonnaise Telecom Groups
knowledge, this presentation of off-balance sheet commitments
does not omit any material off-balance sheet commitment based on
applicable accounting standards.
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7.1 |
Related Party Transactions in Accordance with the
Standard CRC 99.02 |
Several suppliers of the Group are related parties of its
previous parent company Suez. The related amounts are as follows:
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2002 | |
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2003 | |
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in millions of euros | |
M6 Thématiques
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Broadcasting rights |
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4.1 |
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2.6 |
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2.4 |
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Paris Première
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Broadcasting rights |
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4.1 |
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3.0 |
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2.9 |
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Sub-total
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Broadcasting rights |
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8.2 |
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5.6 |
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5.3 |
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SSIMI
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Rental |
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3.2 |
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4.1 |
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(1.8 |
) |
ZEUS
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Rental |
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1.8 |
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0 |
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TOTAL |
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13.2 |
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9.7 |
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3.5 |
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M6 Thématiques includes M6 Music, Teva, Série Club,
Fun TV and TF6.
By the end of 2002, SSIMI sold its building rented to the Group
to a third party, and the company SSIMI compensated the increase
in the rental cost due to this operation for the Group.
In addition, the amounts disclosed in the financial expense note
should be considered.
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SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
The trade payables balances of the related parties indicated
below are as follows:
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December 31, | |
Related party |
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2001 | |
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2002 | |
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2003 | |
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in millions of euros | |
Groupe M6
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0.2 |
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Paris Première
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SSIMI
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1.1 |
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0.2 |
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0.1 |
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ZEUS
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0.7 |
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TOTAL
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1.8 |
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0.2 |
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0.3 |
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In addition to the companies listed above, the Group bought
services from France Telecom, on the basis of its public tariffs.
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7.2 |
Management Compensation |
The total compensation paid by the Group and received to the
members of the SLTs Board of directors were
282,000,
743,000
and
862,000,
for the years ended on December 31, 2001, 2002, 2003,
respectively.
The Group doesnt allow specific pension plan and
post-retirement benefits for its members of the board of
directors and the management.
Tax reviews were in progress at December 31, 2003 (SLT,
Lyonnaise communications, Paris Cable and IDF Communication
SAS). The Tax Authorities have issued tax deficiency notices
concerning the year 2000. The total amount involved is
1.1 million,
for which a reserve has been booked.
For these companies the tax reviews on 2001 and 2002 will be
conducted in 2004. Tax reviews are also in progress at
Rapp 16, SNC 91, SNC Essonne, Clermontoise de
Vidéocommunication, and Strasbourg TV Câble for 2000
to 2003.
The business of the Group does not cause any environmental risks.
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8. |
Summary of Differences Between Accounting Policies
Generally Accepted in the United States of America and
France. |
The consolidated financial statements of the Group have been
prepared and presented in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in France (French GAAP). French
GAAP, as applied by the Group differ in certain significant
respects from accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America (U.S. GAAP). The
application of U.S. GAAP would have affected the
Companys consoli-
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SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
dated net income (loss) for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2003 and 2002 and its consolidated
shareholders equity as of December 31, 2003 and 2002
as follows:
a) Reconciliation of
Consolidated Net (Loss)/ Income from French GAAP to
U.S. GAAP
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Year ended | |
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Year ended | |
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December 31, | |
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December 31, | |
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2002 | |
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in millions of euros | |
Consolidated net income (loss) as determined in accordance
with French GAAP
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(622.7 |
) |
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(311.1 |
) |
U.S. GAAP reconciling adjustments:
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Business combinations:
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Goodwill impairment and cancellation of amortization
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2.9 |
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(254.5 |
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Amortization of other intangible assets
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(10.0 |
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(10.0 |
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Auxipar acquisition
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4.2 |
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4.2 |
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Long term assets impairment
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(105.1 |
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32.3 |
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Restructuring provision (Voluntary
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(10.1 |
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10.1 |
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Redundancy Plan) Logistical costs
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3.7 |
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(1.1 |
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Equipment depreciation
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(4.6 |
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(6.4 |
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Deferred tax effects of above adjustments
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Total U.S. GAAP adjustments, net
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(119.0 |
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(225.4 |
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Consolidated net income (loss) as determined in accordance
with U.S. GAAP
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(741.7 |
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(536.5 |
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b) Reconciliation of
Consolidated Shareholders Equity (Deficit) from French
GAAP to U.S. GAAP
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December 31, | |
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December 31, | |
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2003 | |
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2002 | |
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in million of euros | |
Consolidated shareholders equity (deficit) as
determined in accordance with French GAAP
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(237.7 |
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384.9 |
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U.S. GAAP reconciling adjustments:
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Business combinations:
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Goodwill impairment and cancellation of amortization
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(251.6 |
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(254.5 |
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Auxipar acquisition
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(50.2 |
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(54.4 |
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Paris Cable acquisition
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332.3 |
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342.3 |
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Other acquisitions
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37.7 |
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37.7 |
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Long term assets impairment
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(72.8 |
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32.3 |
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Restructuring provision (Voluntary
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10.1 |
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Redundancy Plan) Logistical costs
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(3.7 |
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Equipment depreciation
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2.5 |
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7.1 |
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Deferred tax effects of above adjustments
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Total U.S. GAAP adjustments, net
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(2.1 |
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116.9 |
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Consolidated shareholders equity (deficit) as
determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP
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(239.8 |
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501.8 |
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A4-246
SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
c) Description of the
Differences Between French GAAP, as Applied By the Group and
U.S. GAAP
Business Combinations and
Accounting for Intangible Assets, Including Goodwill
Under French and US GAAP, business combinations are generally
accounted for as purchases. The cost of an acquired company is
assigned to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and
liabilities assumed on the basis of their estimated fair values
at the date of acquisition. Any excess of purchase price over
the fair value of the tangible and intangible assets acquired is
allocated to goodwill. However, in certain circumstances, there
may be differences with respect to when and how the purchase
method of accounting is applied between French and US GAAP that
affect the allocation of purchase price, including the amounts
assigned to identifiable intangible assets, deferred income
taxes and goodwill. Information with respect to the specific
differences between French and US GAAP for the Groups
significant business combination is provided below.
On May 18, 2001, the Group acquired 100% of the outstanding
shares of Auxipar in exchange for common shares of the Group.
Prior to the transaction, all of the shares of Auxipar were
owned by the Groups parent company.
Under French GAAP, the acquisition of Auxipar was accounted for
in a manner similar to a pooling of interests. The assets
acquired and liabilities assumed were recognized at their
historical carrying amounts in the financial statements of
Auxipar prepared in accordance with French GAAP.
Under US GAAP, the transfer of shares of Auxipar from the
Groups parent company was considered as a reorganization
of entities under common control. Accordingly, the assets
acquired and liabilities assumed were recognized at their
historical carrying amounts in the financial statements of the
Groups parent company, which resulted in a lower value
assigned to the long-lived assets of Auxipar and consequently,
in a lower depreciation expense.
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Paris Cable acquisition |
On May 18, 2001, the Group acquired 100% of the outstanding
shares of Paris Cable in exchange for common shares of the
Group. Prior to the transaction, approximately 76% of the shares
of Paris Cable were owned by the Groups parent company.
The remaining 24% of the outstanding shares of Paris Cable were
owned by France Telecom.
Under French GAAP, the acquisition of Paris Cable was accounted
for in a manner similar to a pooling of interests. The assets
acquired and liabilities assumed were recognized at their
carrying amounts. The excess of the purchase price over the net
book value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, which
amounted to
367.4 million
was charged directly against equity upon acquisition.
Under US GAAP, the transfer of 76% of Paris Cable from
Groups parent company was considered as a reorganization
of entities under common control. The acquisition from France
Telecom of the remaining 24% interest was accounted for under
the purchase method of accounting. Accordingly, 76% of the
assets acquired and liabilities assumed were recognized at their
historical carrying amounts in the financial statements of the
Groups parent company and 24% of the assets acquired and
liabilities assumed were recognized at their fair values at the
date of the acquisition. The application of the purchase method
to the acquisition of the minority interest (24%) resulted in
the recognition of customer relationships for
49.9 million
and goodwill for
317.5 million.
A4-247
SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
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Amortization of other intangible assets |
Under U.S. GAAP, identifiable intangible assets, including
customer relationships, are recognized and amortized over their
estimated useful lives. The amortization adjustment for other
intangible assets reflects the U.S. GAAP amortization of
customer relationships over their estimated useful lives of
5 years.
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Goodwill impairment and cancellation of amortization |
Under French GAAP, the Group amortizes goodwill on a
straight-line basis over its estimated useful life of twenty
years.
Under US GAAP, in accordance with SFAS 142, the Group
ceased amortizing goodwill beginning January 1, 2002.
Goodwill is required to be tested for impairment at least
annually (or more frequently if impairment indicators arise). A
two-step impairment test is used. The first step is a screen for
potential impairment, while the second step measures the amount
of the impairment, if any. For the year ended December 31,
2002, under US GAAP, an impairment loss of
257.4 million
was recorded related to goodwill.
Long-Term Assets Impairment
As required by both French and US GAAP, the Group reviews the
carrying value of long lived assets, including goodwill and
other intangible assets, for impairment at least annually, or
whenever facts, events or changes in circumstances, either
internally and externally, indicate that the carrying amount may
not be recoverable.
Under French GAAP, impairment losses are measured by comparing
the net book value with the current value of the related asset
where the current value depends on the underlying nature of its
market value or value in use. The Group recorded an impairment
charge of
32.3 and
449.9 million
for each of the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2003,
respectively, related to long-lived assets.
Under US GAAP, a two-step process is used to test long-lived
assets for impairment and, if applicable, to measure the amount
of the impairment loss to be recognized. An impairment loss is
recognized only if the carrying amount of a long-lived asset (or
asset group) is higher than the sum of the undiscounted cash
flows expected to be generated from the operation and eventual
disposition of the asset (asset group). If the carrying amount
is higher, an impairment loss is recognized for the difference
between the carrying amount and fair value of the asset (asset
group). Any impairment is allocated on a pro rata basis to the
individual assets (other than goodwill) comprising the asset
group. Under US GAAP, an impairment loss was recognized for a
total amount of
555 million
in the year ended December 31, 2003.
Restructuring Provision
(Voluntary Redundancy Plan)
Under French GAAP, restructuring charges are recorded when
management expects that the related costs will be incurred. The
Group recorded restructuring liabilities, which were incurred
principally in connection with a voluntary plan, during the
period when a decision for the restructuring had been approved
by management of the Group.
Under US GAAP, certain criteria must be met in order to allow
recognition of contingent loss. Criteria related to recognition
of voluntary plan restructuring provisions are provided by
SFAS No 88, Employers Accounting for
Settlements and Curtailments of Defined Benefit Pension Plans
and for Termination Benefits (SFAS No
88). SFAS No 88 requires that certain specific
conditions be satisfied prior to accruing for
termination-related costs. Specifically, SFAS No 88
requires that an employer that offers special termination
benefits to employees shall recognize a liability and a loss
when the employees accept the offer and the amount can be
reasonably estimated.
A4-248
SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
Logistical Costs
Under French GAAP, through December 31, 2002, logistical
costs were capitalized and amortized over five years.
Under US GAAP, these costs are expensed as incurred.
Equipment Depreciation
Under French GAAP, equipment such as digital terminals, cards
and modems acquired prior to 2001 are subject to accelerated
depreciation over a period of five years. Equipment bought after
2001, is depreciated over five years on a straight-line basis.
Under US GAAP, equipment is depreciated using the straight-line
method.
Exceptional Items
Certain amounts presented as exceptional income and expense
(non-operating) in the consolidated statement of income under
French GAAP do not qualify as non-operating items under
U.S. GAAP.
Comprehensive Income
Comprehensive income includes all changes in equity during a
period except those resulting from investments by owners and
distributions to owners. In consolidated financial statements
under French GAAP, the concept of comprehensive income does not
exist because French accounting principles do not allow any
change in equity corresponding to this definition other than net
income, changes in the cumulative translation adjustments
related to consolidated foreign subsidiaries and changes in
accounting principles.
In consolidated financial statements under US GAAP,
comprehensive income and its components must be displayed in a
statement of comprehensive income. For each of the years ended
December 31, 2003 and 2002, the Groups only component
of comprehensive income is net income.
Statement of Cash Flows
Bank
Overdrafts
Under French GAAP, bank overdrafts are netted against cash and
cash equivalents for purposes of the statement of cash flows.
Under US GAAP, bank overdrafts, which amount to
11 million
and 4 million at December 31, 2003 and 2002,
respectively, would be presented as a financing activity. Under
US GAAP, cash and cash equivalent are
3.7 million
and
7.8 million
as of December 31, 2002 and 2003, respectively.
Gross
Versus Net Presentation
Under French GAAP, some items are presented on a net basis in
the statement of cash flows. Under US GAAP these items are
required to be presented on a gross basis (e.g. borrowings and
repayment of debt).
New Accounting
Pronouncements
In January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46,
Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities. In
December 2003, the FASB issued a revision to Interpretation
No. 46 (Collectively, FIN 46, as revised, is referred
to as FIN 46). FIN 46, as revised,
requires unconsolidated variable interest entities to be
consolidated by their primary beneficiaries, as defined by
FIN 46. As a non-public Group, the Group should apply the
provisions of FIN 46, as revised, to variable interest
entities created after December 31, 2003 upon initial
involvement with the entity. The Group is required to apply the
provisions of FIN 46, as revised, to
A4-249
SUEZ LYONNAISE TELECOM
(CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)
(Continued)
variable interest entities created prior to December 31,
2003 as of December 31, 2004. The adoption is not expected
to have a material effect on the Groups results of
operations or financial condition when adopted.
In November 2002, the EITF reached a consensus on issue
No. 00-21 Accounting for Revenue Arrangements with
Multiple Deliverables (EITF 00-21) on a
model to be used to determine when a revenue arrangement
involving the delivery or performance of multiple products,
services and/or rights to use assets should be divided into
separate units of accounting. Additionally, EITF 00-21
addresses if separation is appropriate, how the arrangements
consideration should be allocated to the identified accounting
units. EITF 00-21 will be applicable beginning in 2004. The
Group will adopt EITF 00-21 as of January 1, 2004 and
is currently assessing its impact on its consolidated financial
statements.
A4-250
APPENDIX A: INFORMATION CONCERNING LIBERTY MEDIA
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
PART 5: LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
2004 INCENTIVE PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective March 9, 2005)
ARTICLE I
Purpose of Plan
1.1 Purpose. The
purpose of the Plan is to promote the success of the Company by
providing a method whereby (i) eligible employees of the
Company and its Subsidiaries and (ii) independent
contractors providing services to the Company and its
Subsidiaries may be awarded additional remuneration for services
rendered and encouraged to invest in capital stock of the
Company, thereby increasing their proprietary interest in the
Companys businesses, encouraging them to remain in the
employ of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and increasing their
personal interest in the continued success and progress of the
Company and its Subsidiaries. The Plan is also intended to aid
in (i) attracting Persons of exceptional ability to become
officers and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries and
(ii) inducing independent contractors to agree to provide
services to the Company and its Subsidiaries.
1.2 Effective Date.
The Plan was originally effective May 11, 2004 (the
Effective Date). Subject to its approval by the
stockholders of the Company at the Companys 2005 annual
meeting of stockholders, the Plan, as amended and restated,
shall be effective as of March 9, 2005, with respect to
Awards made after that date.
ARTICLE II
Definitions
2.1 Certain Defined
Terms. Capitalized terms not defined elsewhere in the
Plan shall have the following meanings (whether used in the
singular or plural):
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Affiliate of the Company means any corporation,
partnership or other business association that, directly or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with the Company. |
|
|
Agreement means a stock option agreement, stock
appreciation rights agreement, restricted shares agreement,
stock units agreement, cash award agreement or an agreement
evidencing more than one type of Award, specified in
Section 11.5, as any such Agreement may be supplemented or
amended from time to time. |
|
|
Approved Transaction means any transaction in which
the Board (or, if approval of the Board is not required as a
matter of law, the stockholders of the Company) shall approve
(i) any consolidation or merger of the Company, or binding
share exchange, pursuant to which shares of Common Stock of the
Company would be changed or converted into or exchanged for
cash, securities, or other property, other than any such
transaction in which the common stockholders of the Company
immediately prior to such transaction have the same
proportionate ownership of the Common Stock of, and voting power
with respect to, the surviving corporation immediately after
such transaction, (ii) any merger, consolidation or binding
share exchange to which the Company is a party as a result of
which the Persons who are common stockholders of the Company
immediately prior thereto have less than a majority of the
combined voting power of the outstanding capital stock of the
Company ordinarily (and apart from the rights accruing under
special circumstances) having the right to vote in the election
of directors immediately following such merger, consolidation or
binding share exchange, (iii) the adoption of any plan or
proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or
(iv) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one
transaction or a series of related transactions) of all, or
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Award means a grant of Options, SARs, Restricted
Shares, Stock Units, Performance Awards, Cash Awards and/or cash
amounts under the Plan. |
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Board means the Board of Directors of the Company. |
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Board Change means, during any period of two
consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such
period constituted the entire Board cease for any reason to
constitute a majority thereof unless the election, or the
nomination for election, of each new director was approved by a
vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in
office who were directors at the beginning of the period. |
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Cash Award means an Award made pursuant to
Section 10.1 of the Plan to a Holder that is paid solely on
account of the attainment of one or more Performance Objectives
that have been preestablished by the Committee. |
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Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time, or any successor statute or statutes
thereto. Reference to any specific Code section shall include
any successor section. |
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Committee means the committee of the Board appointed
pursuant to Section 3.1 to administer the Plan. |
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Common Stock means each or any (as the context may
require) series of the Companys common stock. |
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Company means Liberty Media International, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, provided, however that contingent upon and
immediately following the consummation of the Mergers,
Company means Liberty Global, Inc., a Delaware
corporation. |
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Control Purchase means any transaction (or series of
related transactions) in which (i) any person (as such term
is defined in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the
Exchange Act), corporation or other entity (other than the
Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any employee benefit
plan sponsored by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company)
shall purchase any Common Stock of the Company (or securities
convertible into Common Stock of the Company) for cash,
securities or any other consideration pursuant to a tender offer
or exchange offer, without the prior consent of the Board, or
(ii) any person (as such term is so defined), corporation
or other entity (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the
Company, any employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company or any Exempt Person (as defined
below)) shall become the beneficial owner (as such
term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act),
directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company
representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the
then outstanding securities of the Company ordinarily (and apart
from the rights accruing under special circumstances) having the
right to vote in the election of directors (calculated as
provided in Rule 13d-3(d) under the Exchange Act in the
case of rights to acquire the Companys securities), other
than in a transaction (or series of related transactions)
approved by the Board. For purposes of this definition,
Exempt Person means each of (a) the Chairman of
the Board, the President and each of the directors of Liberty
Media International, Inc. as of the Distribution Date, and
(b) the respective family members, estates and heirs of
each of the Persons referred to in clause (a) above and any
trust or other investment vehicle for the primary benefit of any
of such Persons or their respective family members or heirs. As
used with respect to any Person, the term family
member means the spouse, siblings and lineal descendants
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Disability means the inability to engage in any
substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected
to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to
last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months. |
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Distribution Date means the date on which Liberty
Media International, Inc. ceased to be a wholly owned subsidiary
of Liberty Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation. |
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Dividend Equivalents means, with respect to
Restricted Shares to be issued at the end of the Restriction
Period, to the extent specified by the Committee only, an amount
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other distributions (or the economic equivalent thereof) which
are payable to stockholders of record during the Restriction
Period on a like number and kind of shares of Common Stock. |
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Domestic Relations Order means a domestic relations
order as defined by the Code or Title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act, or the rules thereunder. |
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Effective Date has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 1.2. |
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Equity Security shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 3(a)(11) of the Exchange Act, and an
equity security of an issuer shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto in Rule 16a-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act,
or any successor Rule. |
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Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute or
statutes thereto. Reference to any specific Exchange Act section
shall include any successor section. |
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Fair Market Value of a share of any series of Common
Stock on any day means the last sale price (or, if no last sale
price is reported, the average of the high bid and low asked
prices) for a share of such series of Common Stock on such day
(or, if such day is not a trading day, on the next preceding
trading day) as reported on the consolidated transaction
reporting system for the principal national securities exchange
on which shares of such series of Common Stock are listed on
such day or if such shares are not then listed on a national
securities exchange, then as reported on Nasdaq. If for any day
the Fair Market Value of a share of the applicable series of
Common Stock is not determinable by any of the foregoing means,
then the Fair Market Value for such day shall be determined in
good faith by the Committee on the basis of such quotations and
other considerations as the Committee deems appropriate. |
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Free Standing SAR has the meaning ascribed thereto
in Section 7.1. |
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Holder means a Person who has received an Award
under the Plan. |
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Mergers means the merger of a transitory merger
subsidiary of Liberty Global, Inc., a subsidiary of Liberty
Media International, Inc., with and into Liberty Media
International, Inc. and the merger of a transitory merger
subsidiary of Liberty Global, Inc. with and into
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of
Merger dated as of January 17, 2005 by and among Liberty
Media International, Inc., UnitedGlobalCom, Inc., Liberty
Global, Inc. and other parties thereto. |
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Nasdaq means The Nasdaq Stock Market. |
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Nonqualified Stock Option means a stock option
granted under Article VI. |
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Option means a Nonqualified Stock Option. |
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Performance Award means an Award made pursuant to
Article X of the Plan to a Holder that is subject to the
attainment of one or more Performance Objectives. |
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Performance Objective means a standard established
by the Committee to determine in whole or in part whether a
Performance Award shall be earned. |
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Person means an individual, corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, trust, incorporated or
unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity of any
kind. |
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Plan means this Liberty Media International, Inc.
2004 Incentive Plan, as amended and restated herein, provided
however, that contingent upon and immediately following the
consummation of the Mergers, the name of the Plan shall become
the Liberty Global, Inc. 2005 Incentive Plan. |
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Restricted Shares means shares of any series of
Common Stock or the right to receive shares of any specified
series of Common Stock, as the case may be, awarded pursuant to
Article VIII. |
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Restriction Period means a period of time beginning
on the date of each Award of Restricted Shares and ending on the
Vesting Date with respect to such Award. |
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Retained Distribution has the meaning ascribed
thereto in Section 8.3. |
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SARs means stock appreciation rights, awarded
pursuant to Article VII, with respect to shares of any
specified series of Common Stock. |
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Stock Unit Awards has the meaning ascribed thereto
in Section 9.1. |
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Subsidiary of a Person means any present or future
subsidiary (as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code) of
such Person or any business entity in which such Person owns,
directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the voting, capital or
profits interests. An entity shall be deemed a subsidiary of a
Person for purposes of this definition only for such periods as
the requisite ownership or control relationship is maintained. |
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Tandem SARs has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 7.1. |
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Vesting Date, with respect to any Restricted Shares
awarded hereunder, means the date on which such Restricted
Shares cease to be subject to a risk of forfeiture, as
designated in or determined in accordance with the Agreement
with respect to such Award of Restricted Shares pursuant to
Article VIII. If more than one Vesting Date is designated
for an Award of Restricted Shares, reference in the Plan to a
Vesting Date in respect of such Award shall be deemed to refer
to each part of such Award and the Vesting Date for such part. |
ARTICLE III
Administration
3.1 Committee. The
Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the
Board unless a different committee is subsequently appointed by
the Board. The Committee shall be comprised of not less than two
Persons. The Board may from time to time appoint members of the
Committee in substitution for or in addition to members
previously appointed, may fill vacancies in the Committee and
may remove members of the Committee. The Committee shall select
one of its members as its chairman and shall hold its meetings
at such times and places as it shall deem advisable. A majority
of its members shall constitute a quorum and all determinations
shall be made by a majority of such quorum. Any determination
reduced to writing and signed by all of the members shall be as
fully effective as if it had been made by a majority vote at a
meeting duly called and held.
3.2 Powers. The
Committee shall have full power and authority to grant to
eligible Persons Options under Article VI of the Plan, SARs
under Article VII of the Plan, Restricted Shares under
Article VIII of the Plan, Stock Units under Article IX
of the Plan, Cash Awards under Article X of the Plan and/or
Performance Awards under Article X of the Plan, to
determine the terms and conditions (which need not be identical)
of all Awards so granted, to interpret the provisions of the
Plan and any Agreements relating to Awards granted under the
Plan and to supervise the administration of the Plan. The
Committee in making an Award may provide for the granting or
issuance of additional, replacement or alternative Awards upon
the occurrence of specified events, including the exercise of
the original Award. The Committee shall have sole authority in
the selection of Persons to whom Awards may be granted under the
Plan and in the determination of the timing, pricing and amount
of any such Award, subject only to the express provisions of the
Plan. In making determinations hereunder, the Committee may take
into account the nature of the services rendered by the
respective employees and independent contractors, their present
and potential contributions to the success of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, and such other factors as the Committee in its
discretion deems relevant.
3.3 Interpretation.
The Committee is authorized, subject to the provisions of the
Plan, to establish, amend and rescind such rules and regulations
as it deems necessary or advisable for the proper administration
of the Plan and to take such other action in connection with or
in relation to the Plan as it deems necessary or advisable. Each
action and determination made or taken pursuant to the Plan by
the Committee, including any interpretation or construction of
the Plan, shall be final and conclusive for all purposes and
upon all Persons. No member of the Committee shall be liable for
any action or determination made or taken by him or the
Committee in good faith with respect to the Plan.
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ARTICLE IV
Shares Subject to the Plan
4.1 Number of Shares; Award
Limits. Subject to the provisions of this
Article IV, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock
with respect to which Awards may be granted during the term of
the Plan shall be 20 million shares; provided, however,
that contingent upon and immediately following the consummation
of the Mergers, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock
with respect to which Awards may be granted during the term of
the Plan shall be 25 million shares. Shares of Common Stock
will be made available from the authorized but unissued shares
of the Company or from shares reacquired by the Company,
including shares purchased in the open market. The shares of
Common Stock subject to (i) any Award granted under the
Plan that shall expire, terminate or be annulled for any reason
without having been exercised (or considered to have been
exercised as provided in Section 7.2), (ii) any Award
of any SARs granted under the Plan that shall be exercised for
cash, and (iii) any Award of Restricted Shares or Stock
Units that shall be forfeited prior to becoming vested (provided
that the Holder received no benefits of ownership of such
Restricted Shares or Stock Units other than voting rights and
the accumulation of Retained Distributions and unpaid Dividend
Equivalents that are likewise forfeited) shall again be
available for purposes of the Plan. Except for Awards described
in Section 11.1, no Person may be granted in any calendar
year Awards covering more than 2 million shares of Common
Stock (as such amount may be adjusted from time to time as
provided in Section 4.2). No Person shall receive payment
for Cash Awards during any calendar year aggregating in excess
of $10,000,000.
4.2 Adjustments. If
the Company subdivides its outstanding shares of any series of
Common Stock into a greater number of shares of such series of
Common Stock (by stock dividend, stock split, reclassification,
or otherwise) or combines its outstanding shares of any series
of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of such series
of Common Stock (by reverse stock split, reclassification, or
otherwise) or if the Committee determines that any stock
dividend, extraordinary cash dividend, reclassification,
recapitalization, reorganization, split-up, spin-off,
combination, exchange of shares, warrants or rights offering to
purchase such series of Common Stock or other similar corporate
event (including mergers or consolidations other than those
which constitute Approved Transactions, adjustments with respect
to which shall be governed by Section 11.1(b)) affects any
series of Common Stock so that an adjustment is required to
preserve the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made
available under the Plan, then the Committee, in its sole
discretion and in such manner as the Committee may deem
equitable and appropriate, may make such adjustments to any or
all of (i) the number and kind of shares of stock which
thereafter may be awarded, optioned or otherwise made subject to
the benefits contemplated by the Plan, (ii) the number and
kind of shares of stock subject to outstanding Awards, and
(iii) the purchase or exercise price and the relevant
appreciation base with respect to any of the foregoing,
provided, however, that the number of shares subject to
any Award shall always be a whole number. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if all shares of any series of Common Stock are
redeemed, then each outstanding Award shall be adjusted to
substitute for the shares of such series of Common Stock subject
thereto the kind and amount of cash, securities or other assets
issued or paid in the redemption of the equivalent number of
shares of such series of Common Stock and otherwise the terms of
such Award, including, in the case of Options or similar rights,
the aggregate exercise price, and, in the case of Free Standing
SARs, the aggregate base price, shall remain constant before and
after the substitution (unless otherwise determined by the
Committee and provided in the applicable Agreement). The
Committee may, if deemed appropriate, provide for a cash payment
to any Holder of an Award in connection with any adjustment made
pursuant to this Section 4.2.
ARTICLE V
Eligibility
5.1 General. The
Persons who shall be eligible to participate in the Plan and to
receive Awards under the Plan shall, subject to
Section 5.2, be such Persons who are employees (including
officers and directors) of or independent contractors providing
services to the Company or its Subsidiaries as the Committee
shall select.
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Awards may be made to employees or independent contractors who
hold or have held Awards under the Plan or any similar or other
awards under any other plan of the Company or any of its
Affiliates.
5.2 Ineligibility. No
member of the Committee, while serving as such, shall be
eligible to receive an Award.
ARTICLE VI
Stock Options
6.1 Grant of Options.
Subject to the limitations of the Plan, the Committee shall
designate from time to time those eligible Persons to be granted
Options, the time when each Option shall be granted to such
eligible Persons, the series and number of shares of Common
Stock subject to such Option, and, subject to Section 6.2,
the purchase price of the shares of Common Stock subject to such
Option.
6.2 Option Price. The
price at which shares may be purchased upon exercise of an
Option shall be fixed by the Committee and may be no less than
the Fair Market Value of the shares of the applicable series of
Common Stock subject to the Option as of the date the Option is
granted.
6.3 Term of Options.
Subject to the provisions of the Plan with respect to death,
retirement and termination of employment, the term of each
Option shall be for such period as the Committee shall determine
as set forth in the applicable Agreement.
6.4 Exercise of
Options. An Option granted under the Plan shall become
(and remain) exercisable during the term of the Option to the
extent provided in the applicable Agreement and the Plan and,
unless the Agreement otherwise provides, may be exercised to the
extent exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time and from
time to time during such term; provided, however, that
subsequent to the grant of an Option, the Committee, at any time
before complete termination of such Option, may accelerate the
time or times at which such Option may be exercised in whole or
in part (without reducing the term of such Option).
6.5 Manner of
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(a) Form of Payment. An Option shall be
exercised by written notice to the Company upon such terms and
conditions as the Agreement may provide and in accordance with
such other procedures for the exercise of Options as the
Committee may establish from time to time. The method or methods
of payment of the purchase price for the shares to be purchased
upon exercise of an Option and of any amounts required by
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applicable law), (iv) whole shares of any series of Common
Stock, (v) the withholding of shares of the applicable
series of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise of the
Option, (vi) the delivery, together with a properly
executed exercise notice, of irrevocable instructions to a
broker to deliver promptly to the Company the amount of sale or
loan proceeds required to pay the purchase price, or
(vii) any combination of the foregoing methods of payment,
or such other consideration and method of payment as may be
permitted for the issuance of shares under the Delaware General
Corporation Law. The permitted method or methods of payment of
the amounts payable upon exercise of an Option, if other than in
cash, shall be set forth in the applicable Agreement and may be
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(b) Value of Shares. Unless otherwise
determined by the Committee and provided in the applicable
Agreement, shares of any series of Common Stock delivered in
payment of all or any part of the amounts payable in connection
with the exercise of an Option, and shares of any series of
Common Stock withheld for such payment, shall be valued for such
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(c) Issuance of Shares. The Company shall
effect the transfer of the shares of Common Stock purchased
under the Option as soon as practicable after the exercise
thereof and payment in full of the purchase price therefor and
of any amounts required by Section 11.9, and within a
reasonable time thereafter, such transfer shall be evidenced on
the books of the Company. Unless otherwise determined by the
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Option shall have any of the rights of a stockholder of the
Company with respect to shares of Common Stock subject to an
Option granted under the Plan until due exercise and full
payment has been made, and (ii) no adjustment shall be made
for cash dividends or other rights for which the record date is
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6.6 Nontransferability.
Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and provided in the
applicable Agreement, Options shall not be transferable other
than by will or the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant
to a Domestic Relations Order, and, except as otherwise required
pursuant to a Domestic Relations Order, Options may be exercised
during the lifetime of the Holder thereof only by such Holder
(or his or her court-appointed legal representative).
ARTICLE VII
SARs
7.1 Grant of SARs.
Subject to the limitations of the Plan, SARs may be granted by
the Committee to such eligible Persons in such numbers, with
respect to any specified series of Common Stock, and at such
times during the term of the Plan as the Committee shall
determine. A SAR may be granted to a Holder of an Option
(hereinafter called a related Option) with respect
to all or a portion of the shares of Common Stock subject to the
related Option (a Tandem SAR) or may be granted
separately to an eligible employee (a Free Standing
SAR). Subject to the limitations of the Plan, SARs shall
be exercisable in whole or in part upon notice to the Company
upon such terms and conditions as are provided in the Agreement.
7.2 Tandem SARs. A
Tandem SAR may be granted either concurrently with the grant of
the related Option or at any time thereafter prior to the
complete exercise, termination, expiration or cancellation of
such related Option. Tandem SARs shall be exercisable only at
the time and to the extent that the related Option is
exercisable (and may be subject to such additional limitations
on exercisability as the Agreement may provide) and in no event
after the complete termination or full exercise of the related
Option. Upon the exercise or termination of the related Option,
the Tandem SARs with respect thereto shall be canceled
automatically to the extent of the number of shares of Common
Stock with respect to which the related Option was so exercised
or terminated. Subject to the limitations of the Plan, upon the
exercise of a Tandem SAR and unless otherwise determined by the
Committee and provided in the applicable Agreement, (i) the
Holder thereof shall be entitled to receive from the Company,
for each share of the applicable series of Common Stock with
respect to which the Tandem SAR is being exercised,
consideration (in the form determined as provided in
Section 7.4) equal in value to the excess of the Fair
Market Value of a share of the applicable series of Common Stock
with respect to which the Tandem SAR was granted on the date of
exercise over the related Option purchase price per share, and
(ii) the related Option with respect thereto shall be
canceled automatically to the extent of the number of shares of
Common Stock with respect to which the Tandem SAR was so
exercised.
7.3 Free Standing
SARs. Free Standing SARs shall be exercisable at the
time, to the extent and upon the terms and conditions set forth
in the applicable Agreement. The base price of a Free Standing
SAR may be no less than the Fair Market Value of the applicable
series of Common Stock with respect to which the Free Standing
SAR was granted as of the date the Free Standing SAR is granted.
Subject to the limitations of the Plan, upon the exercise of a
Free Standing SAR and unless otherwise determined by the
Committee and provided in the applicable Agreement, the Holder
thereof shall be entitled to receive from the Company, for each
share of the applicable series of Common Stock with respect to
which the Free Standing SAR is being exercised, consideration
(in the form determined as provided in Section 7.4) equal
in value to the excess of the Fair Market Value of a share of
the applicable series of Common Stock with respect to which the
Free Standing SAR was granted on the date of exercise over the
base price per share of such Free Standing SAR.
7.4 Consideration.
The consideration to be received upon the exercise of a SAR by
the Holder shall be paid in the applicable series of Common
Stock with respect to which the SAR was granted (valued at Fair
Market Value on the date of exercise of such SAR); provided,
however, that the Committee may permit the Holder of an SAR who
is not subject to United States federal income tax to be paid
consideration in the form
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of cash, or a combination of cash and the applicable series of
Common Stock with respect to which the SAR was granted. No
fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issuable upon
exercise of a SAR, and unless otherwise provided in the
applicable Agreement, the Holder will receive cash in lieu of
fractional shares. Unless the Committee shall otherwise
determine, to the extent a Free Standing SAR is exercisable, it
will be exercised automatically on its expiration date.
7.5 Limitations. The
applicable Agreement may provide for a limit on the amount
payable to a Holder upon exercise of SARs at any time or in the
aggregate, for a limit on the time periods during which a Holder
may exercise SARs, and for such other limits on the rights of
the Holder and such other terms and conditions of the SAR,
including a condition that the SAR may be exercised only in
accordance with rules and regulations adopted from time to time,
as the Committee may determine. Unless otherwise so provided in
the applicable Agreement, any such limit relating to a Tandem
SAR shall not restrict the exercisability of the related Option.
Such rules and regulations may govern the right to exercise SARs
granted prior to the adoption or amendment of such rules and
regulations as well as SARs granted thereafter.
7.6 Exercise. For
purposes of this Article VII, the date of exercise of a SAR
shall mean the date on which the Company shall have received
notice from the Holder of the SAR of the exercise of such SAR
(unless otherwise determined by the Committee and provided in
the applicable Agreement).
7.7 Nontransferability.
Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and provided in the
applicable Agreement, (i) SARs shall not be transferable
other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution or
pursuant to a Domestic Relations Order, and (ii) except as
otherwise required pursuant to a Domestic Relations Order, SARs
may be exercised during the lifetime of the Holder thereof only
by such Holder (or his or her court-appointed legal
representative).
ARTICLE VIII
Restricted Shares
8.1 Grant. Subject to
the limitations of the Plan, the Committee shall designate those
eligible Persons to be granted Awards of Restricted Shares,
shall determine the time when each such Award shall be granted,
shall determine whether shares of Common Stock covered by Awards
of Restricted Shares will be issued at the beginning or the end
of the Restriction Period and whether Dividend Equivalents will
be paid during the Restriction Period in the event shares of the
applicable series of Common Stock are to be issued at the end of
the Restriction Period, and shall designate (or set forth the
basis for determining) the Vesting Date or Vesting Dates for
each Award of Restricted Shares, and may prescribe other
restrictions, terms and conditions applicable to the vesting of
such Restricted Shares in addition to those provided in the
Plan. The Committee shall determine the price, if any, to be
paid by the Holder for the Restricted Shares; provided,
however, that the issuance of Restricted Shares shall be
made for at least the minimum consideration necessary to permit
such Restricted Shares to be deemed fully paid and
nonassessable. All determinations made by the Committee pursuant
to this Section 8.1 shall be specified in the Agreement.
8.2 Issuance of Restricted
Shares at Beginning of the Restriction Period. If shares
of the applicable series of Common Stock are issued at the
beginning of the Restriction Period, the stock certificate or
certificates representing such Restricted Shares shall be
registered in the name of the Holder to whom such Restricted
Shares shall have been awarded. During the Restriction Period,
certificates representing the Restricted Shares and any
securities constituting Retained Distributions shall bear a
restrictive legend to the effect that ownership of the
Restricted Shares (and such Retained Distributions), and the
enjoyment of all rights appurtenant thereto, are subject to the
restrictions, terms and conditions provided in the Plan and the
applicable Agreement. Such certificates shall remain in the
custody of the Company or its designee, and the Holder shall
deposit with the custodian stock powers or other instruments of
assignment, each endorsed in blank, so as to permit retransfer
to the Company of all or any portion of the Restricted Shares
and any securities constituting Retained Distributions that
shall be forfeited or otherwise not become vested in accordance
with the Plan and the applicable Agreement.
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8.3 Restrictions.
Restricted Shares issued at the beginning of the Restriction
Period shall constitute issued and outstanding shares of the
applicable series of Common Stock for all corporate purposes.
The Holder will have the right to vote such Restricted Shares,
to receive and retain such dividends and distributions, as the
Committee may designate, paid or distributed on such Restricted
Shares, and to exercise all other rights, powers and privileges
of a Holder of shares of the applicable series of Common Stock
with respect to such Restricted Shares; except, that,
unless otherwise determined by the Committee and provided in the
applicable Agreement, (i) the Holder will not be entitled
to delivery of the stock certificate or certificates
representing such Restricted Shares until the Restriction Period
shall have expired and unless all other vesting requirements
with respect thereto shall have been fulfilled or waived;
(ii) the Company or its designee will retain custody of the
stock certificate or certificates representing the Restricted
Shares during the Restriction Period as provided in
Section 8.2; (iii) other than such dividends and
distributions as the Committee may designate, the Company or its
designee will retain custody of all distributions
(Retained Distributions) made or declared with
respect to the Restricted Shares (and such Retained
Distributions will be subject to the same restrictions, terms
and vesting, and other conditions as are applicable to the
Restricted Shares) until such time, if ever, as the Restricted
Shares with respect to which such Retained Distributions shall
have been made, paid or declared shall have become vested, and
such Retained Distributions shall not bear interest or be
segregated in a separate account; (iv) the Holder may not
sell, assign, transfer, pledge, exchange, encumber or dispose of
the Restricted Shares or any Retained Distributions or his
interest in any of them during the Restriction Period; and
(v) a breach of any restrictions, terms or conditions
provided in the Plan or established by the Committee with
respect to any Restricted Shares or Retained Distributions will
cause a forfeiture of such Restricted Shares and any Retained
Distributions with respect thereto.
8.4 Issuance of Stock at End
of the Restriction Period. Restricted Shares issued at
the end of the Restriction Period shall not constitute issued
and outstanding shares of the applicable series of Common Stock,
and the Holder shall not have any of the rights of a stockholder
with respect to the shares of Common Stock covered by such an
Award of Restricted Shares, in each case until such shares shall
have been transferred to the Holder at the end of the
Restriction Period. If and to the extent that shares of Common
Stock are to be issued at the end of the Restriction Period, the
Holder shall be entitled to receive Dividend Equivalents with
respect to the shares of Common Stock covered thereby either
(i) during the Restriction Period or (ii) in
accordance with the rules applicable to Retained Distributions,
as the Committee may specify in the Agreement.
8.5 Cash Payments. In
connection with any Award of Restricted Shares, an Agreement may
provide for the payment of a cash amount to the Holder of such
Restricted Shares after such Restricted Shares shall have become
vested. Such cash amounts shall be payable in accordance with
such additional restrictions, terms and conditions as shall be
prescribed by the Committee in the Agreement and shall be in
addition to any other salary, incentive, bonus or other
compensation payments which such Holder shall be otherwise
entitled or eligible to receive from the Company.
8.6 Completion of Restriction
Period. On the Vesting Date with respect to each Award
of Restricted Shares and the satisfaction of any other
applicable restrictions, terms and conditions, (i) all or
the applicable portion of such Restricted Shares shall become
vested, (ii) any Retained Distributions and any unpaid
Dividend Equivalents with respect to such Restricted Shares
shall become vested to the extent that the Restricted Shares
related thereto shall have become vested, and (iii) any
cash amount to be received by the Holder with respect to such
Restricted Shares shall become payable, all in accordance with
the terms of the applicable Agreement. Any such Restricted
Shares, Retained Distributions and any unpaid Dividend
Equivalents that shall not become vested shall be forfeited to
the Company, and the Holder shall not thereafter have any rights
(including dividend and voting rights) with respect to such
Restricted Shares, Retained Distributions and any unpaid
Dividend Equivalents that shall have been so forfeited. The
Committee may, in its discretion, provide that the delivery of
any Restricted Shares, Retained Distributions and unpaid
Dividend Equivalents that shall have become vested, and payment
of any related cash amounts that shall have become payable under
this Article VIII, shall be deferred until such date or
dates as the recipient may elect. Any election of a recipient
pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be filed in writing
with the Committee in
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accordance with such rules and regulations, including any
deadline for the making of such an election, as the Committee
may provide, and shall be made in compliance with
Section 409A of the Code.
ARTICLE IX
Stock Units
9.1 Grant. In
addition to granting Awards of Options, SARs and Restricted
Shares, the Committee shall, subject to the limitations of the
Plan, have authority to grant to eligible Persons Awards of
Stock Units which may be in the form of shares of any specified
series of Common Stock or units, the value of which is based, in
whole or in part, on the Fair Market Value of the shares of any
specified series of Common Stock. Subject to the provisions of
the Plan, including any rules established pursuant to
Section 9.2, Awards of Stock Units shall be subject to such
terms, restrictions, conditions, vesting requirements and
payment rules as the Committee may determine in its discretion,
which need not be identical for each Award. The determinations
made by the Committee pursuant to this Section 9.1 shall be
specified in the applicable Agreement.
9.2 Rules. The
Committee may, in its discretion, establish any or all of the
following rules for application to an Award of Stock Units:
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(a) Any shares of Common Stock which are part of an Award
of Stock Units may not be assigned, sold, transferred, pledged
or otherwise encumbered prior to the date on which the shares
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(b) Such Awards may provide for the payment of cash
consideration by the Person to whom such Award is granted or
provide that the Award, and any shares of Common Stock to be
issued in connection therewith, if applicable, shall be
delivered without the payment of cash consideration;
provided, however, that the issuance of any shares of
Common Stock in connection with an Award of Stock Units shall be
for at least the minimum consideration necessary to permit such
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(c) Awards of Stock Units may provide for deferred payment
schedules, vesting over a specified period of employment, the
payment (on a current or deferred basis) of dividend equivalent
amounts with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock
covered by the Award, and elections by the employee to defer
payment of the Award or the lifting of restrictions on the
Award, if any, provided that any such deferrals shall comply
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(d) In such circumstances as the Committee may deem
advisable, the Committee may waive or otherwise remove, in whole
or in part, any restrictions or limitations to which a Stock
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ARTICLE X
Cash Awards and
Performance Awards
10.1 Cash Awards. In
addition to granting Options, SARs, Restricted Shares and Stock
Units, the Committee shall, subject to the limitations of the
Plan, have authority to grant to eligible Persons Cash Awards.
Each Cash Award shall be subject to such terms and conditions,
restrictions and contingencies as the Committee shall determine.
Restrictions and contingencies limiting the right to receive a
cash payment pursuant to a Cash Award shall be based upon the
achievement of single or multiple Performance Objectives over a
performance period established by the Committee. The
determinations made by the Committee pursuant to this
Section 10.1 shall be specified in the applicable Agreement.
10.2 Designation as a
Performance Award. The Committee shall have the right to
designate any Award of Options, SARs, Restricted Shares or Stock
Units as a Performance Award. All Cash Awards shall be
designated as Performance Awards.
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10.3 Performance
Objectives. The grant or vesting of a Performance Award
shall be subject to the achievement of Performance Objectives
over a performance period established by the Committee based
upon one or more of the following business criteria that apply
to the Holder, one or more business units, divisions or
Subsidiaries of the Company or the applicable sector of the
Company, or the Company as a whole, and if so desired by the
Committee, by comparison with a peer group of companies:
increased revenue; net income measures (including income after
capital costs and income before or after taxes); stock price
measures (including growth measures and total stockholder
return); price per share of Common Stock; market share; earnings
per share (actual or targeted growth); earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA); economic value
added (or an equivalent metric); market value added; debt to
equity ratio; cash flow measures (including cash flow return on
capital, cash flow return on tangible capital, net cash flow and
net cash flow before financing activities); return measures
(including return on equity, return on average assets, return on
capital, risk-adjusted return on capital, return on
investors capital and return on average equity); operating
measures (including operating income, funds from operations,
cash from operations, after-tax operating income; sales volumes,
production volumes and production efficiency); expense measures
(including overhead cost and general and administrative
expense); margins; stockholder value; total stockholder return;
proceeds from dispositions; total market value and corporate
values measures (including ethics compliance, environmental and
safety). Unless otherwise stated, such a Performance Objective
need not be based upon an increase or positive result under a
particular business criterion and could include, for example,
maintaining the status quo or limiting economic losses
(measured, in each case, by reference to specific business
criteria). The Committee shall have the authority to determine
whether the Performance Objectives and other terms and
conditions of the Award are satisfied, and the Committees
determination as to the achievement of Performance Objectives
relating to a Performance Award shall be made in writing.
10.4 Section 162(m) of
the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, if
the Committee intends for a Performance Award to be granted and
administered in a manner designed to preserve the deductibility
of the compensation resulting from such Award in accordance with
Section 162(m) of the Code, then the Performance Objectives
for such particular Performance Award relative to the particular
period of service to which the Performance Objectives relate
shall be established by the Committee in writing (i) no
later than 90 days after the beginning of such period and
(ii) prior to the completion of 25% of such period.
10.5 Waiver of Performance
Objectives. The Committee shall have no discretion to
modify or waive the Performance Objectives or conditions to the
grant or vesting of a Performance Award unless such Award is not
intended to qualify as qualified performance-based compensation
under Section 162(m) of the Code and the relevant Agreement
provides for such discretion.
ARTICLE XI
General Provisions
11.1 Acceleration of
Awards.
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(a) Death or Disability. If a Holders
employment shall terminate by reason of death or Disability,
notwithstanding any contrary waiting period, installment period,
vesting schedule or Restriction Period in any Agreement or in
the Plan, unless the applicable Agreement provides otherwise:
(i) in the case of an Option or SAR, each outstanding
Option or SAR granted under the Plan shall immediately become
exercisable in full in respect of the aggregate number of shares
covered thereby; (ii) in the case of Restricted Shares, the
Restriction Period applicable to each such Award of Restricted
Shares shall be deemed to have expired and all such Restricted
Shares, any related Retained Distributions and any unpaid
Dividend Equivalents shall become vested and any related cash
amounts payable pursuant to the applicable Agreement shall be
adjusted in such manner as may be provided in the Agreement; and
(iii) in the case of Stock Units, each such Award of Stock
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(b) Approved Transactions; Board Change; Control
Purchase. In the event of any Approved Transaction,
Board Change or Control Purchase, notwithstanding any contrary
waiting period, installment period, vesting schedule or
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provides otherwise: (i) in the case of an Option or SAR,
each such outstanding Option or SAR granted under the Plan shall
become exercisable in full in respect of the aggregate number of
shares covered thereby; (ii) in the case of Restricted
Shares, the Restriction Period applicable to each such Award of
Restricted Shares shall be deemed to have expired and all such
Restricted Shares, any related Retained Distributions and any
unpaid Dividend Equivalents shall become vested and any related
cash amounts payable pursuant to the applicable Agreement shall
be adjusted in such manner as may be provided in the Agreement;
and (iii) in the case of Stock Units, each such Award of
Stock Units shall become vested in full, in each case effective
upon the Board Change or Control Purchase or immediately prior
to consummation of the Approved Transaction. The effect, if any,
on a Cash Award of an Approved Transaction, Board Change or
Control Purchase shall be prescribed in the applicable
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise
provided in the applicable Agreement, the Committee may, in its
discretion, determine that any or all outstanding Awards of any
or all types granted pursuant to the Plan will not vest or
become exercisable on an accelerated basis in connection with an
Approved Transaction if effective provision has been made for
the taking of such action which, in the opinion of the
Committee, is equitable and appropriate to substitute a new
Award for such Award or to assume such Award and to make such
new or assumed Award, as nearly as may be practicable,
equivalent to the old Award (before giving effect to any
acceleration of the vesting or exercisability thereof), taking
into account, to the extent applicable, the kind and amount of
securities, cash or other assets into or for which the
applicable series of Common Stock may be changed, converted or
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11.2 Termination of
Employment.
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(a) General. If a Holders employment
shall terminate prior to an Option or SAR becoming exercisable
or being exercised (or deemed exercised, as provided in
Section 7.2) in full, or during the Restriction Period with
respect to any Restricted Shares or prior to the vesting or
complete exercise of any Stock Units, then such Option or SAR
shall thereafter become or be exercisable, such Stock Units to
the extent vested shall thereafter be exercisable, and the
Holders rights to any unvested Restricted Shares, Retained
Distributions, unpaid Dividend Equivalents and related cash
amounts and any such unvested Stock Units shall thereafter vest,
in each case solely to the extent provided in the applicable
Agreement; provided, however, that, unless otherwise
determined by the Committee and provided in the applicable
Agreement, (i) no Option or SAR may be exercised after the
scheduled expiration date thereof; (ii) if the
Holders employment terminates by reason of death or
Disability, the Option or SAR shall remain exercisable for a
period of at least one year following such termination (but not
later than the scheduled expiration of such Option or SAR); and
(iii) any termination of the Holders employment for
cause will be treated in accordance with the provisions of
Section 11.2(b). The effect on a Cash Award of the
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(b) Termination for Cause. If a Holders
employment with the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company shall
be terminated by the Company or such Subsidiary for
cause during the Restriction Period with respect to
any Restricted Shares or prior to any Option or SAR becoming
exercisable or being exercised in full or prior to the vesting
or complete exercise of any Stock Unit or the payment in full of
any Cash Award (for these purposes, cause shall have
the meaning ascribed thereto in any employment agreement to
which such Holder is a party or, in the absence thereof, shall
include insubordination, dishonesty, incompetence, moral
turpitude, other misconduct of any kind and the refusal to
perform his duties and responsibilities for any reason other
than illness or incapacity; provided, however, that if
such termination occurs within 12 months after an Approved
Transaction or Control Purchase or Board Change, termination for
cause shall mean only a felony conviction for fraud,
misappropriation, or embezzlement), then, unless otherwise
determined by the Committee and provided in the applicable
Agreement, (i) all Options and SARs and all unvested or
unexercised Stock Units and all unpaid Cash Awards held by such
Holder shall immediately terminate, and (ii) such
Holders rights to all Restricted Shares, Retained
Distributions, any unpaid Dividend Equivalents and any related
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(c) Miscellaneous. The Committee may
determine whether any given leave of absence constitutes a
termination of employment; provided, however, that for
purposes of the Plan, (i) a leave of absence, duly
authorized in writing by the Company for military service or
sickness, or for any other purpose approved by the Company if
the period of such leave does not exceed 90 days, and
(ii) a leave of absence in excess of 90 days, duly
authorized in writing by the Company provided the
employees right to reemployment is guaranteed either by
statute or contract, shall not be deemed a termination of
employment. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and
provided in the applicable Agreement, Awards made under the Plan
shall not be affected by any change of employment so long as the
Holder continues to be an employee of the Company. |
11.3 Right of Company to
Terminate Employment. Nothing contained in the Plan or
in any Award, and no action of the Company or the Committee with
respect thereto, shall confer or be construed to confer on any
Holder any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or interfere in any way with the right of
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to terminate the
employment of the Holder at any time, with or without cause,
subject, however, to the provisions of any employment agreement
between the Holder and the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company.
11.4 Nonalienation of
Benefits. Except as set forth herein, no right or
benefit under the Plan shall be subject to anticipation,
alienation, sale, assignment, hypothecation, pledge, exchange,
transfer, encumbrance or charge, and any attempt to anticipate,
alienate, sell, assign, hypothecate, pledge, exchange, transfer,
encumber or charge the same shall be void. No right or benefit
hereunder shall in any manner be liable for or subject to the
debts, contracts, liabilities or torts of the Person entitled to
such benefits.
11.5 Written
Agreement. Each Award of Options shall be evidenced by a
stock option agreement; each Award of SARs shall be evidenced by
a stock appreciation rights agreement; each Award of Restricted
Shares shall be evidenced by a restricted shares agreement; each
Award of Stock Units shall be evidenced by a stock units
agreement; and each Performance Award shall be evidenced by a
performance award agreement (including a cash award agreement
evidencing a Cash Award), each in such form and containing such
terms and provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of the
Plan as the Committee from time to time shall approve;
provided, however, that if more than one type of Award is
made to the same Holder, such Awards may be evidenced by a
single Agreement with such Holder. Each grantee of an Option,
SAR, Restricted Shares, Stock Units or Performance Award
(including a Cash Award) shall be notified promptly of such
grant, and a written Agreement shall be promptly executed and
delivered by the Company. Any such written Agreement may contain
(but shall not be required to contain) such provisions as the
Committee deems appropriate (i) to insure that the penalty
provisions of Section 4999 of the Code will not apply to
any stock or cash received by the Holder from the Company or
(ii) to provide cash payments to the Holder to mitigate the
impact of such penalty provisions upon the Holder. Any such
Agreement may be supplemented or amended from time to time as
approved by the Committee as contemplated by
Section 11.7(b).
11.6 Designation of
Beneficiaries. Each Person who shall be granted an Award
under the Plan may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries and
may change such designation from time to time by filing a
written designation of beneficiary or beneficiaries with the
Committee on a form to be prescribed by it, provided that no
such designation shall be effective unless so filed prior to the
death of such Person.
11.7 Termination and
Amendment.
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(a) General. Unless the Plan shall
theretofore have been terminated as hereinafter provided, no
Awards may be made under the Plan on or after the tenth
anniversary of the Effective Date. The Plan may be terminated at
any time prior to the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date
and may, from time to time, be suspended or discontinued or
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(b) Modification. No termination,
modification or amendment of the Plan may, without the consent
of the Person to whom any Award shall theretofore have been
granted, adversely affect the rights of such Person with respect
to such Award. No modification, extension, renewal or other
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the provisions of the Plan. With the consent of the Holder and
subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan (including
Section 11.7(a)), the Committee may amend outstanding
Agreements with any Holder, including any amendment which would
(i) accelerate the time or times at which the Award may be
exercised and/or (ii) extend the scheduled expiration date
of the Award. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Committee may, but solely with the Holders consent
unless otherwise provided in the Agreement, agree to cancel any
Award under the Plan and grant a new Award in substitution
therefor, provided that the Award so substituted shall satisfy
all of the requirements of the Plan as of the date such new
Award is made. Nothing contained in the foregoing provisions of
this Section 11.7(b) shall be construed to prevent the
Committee from providing in any Agreement that the rights of the
Holder with respect to the Award evidenced thereby shall be
subject to such rules and regulations as the Committee may,
subject to the express provisions of the Plan, adopt from time
to time or impair the enforceability of any such provision. |
11.8 Government and Other
Regulations. The obligation of the Company with respect
to Awards shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and
regulations and such approvals by any governmental agencies as
may be required, including the effectiveness of any registration
statement required under the Securities Act of 1933, and the
rules and regulations of any securities exchange or association
on which the Common Stock may be listed or quoted. For so long
as any series of Common Stock are registered under the Exchange
Act, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to comply with
any legal requirements (i) to maintain a registration
statement in effect under the Securities Act of 1933 with
respect to all shares of the applicable series of Common Stock
that may be issued to Holders under the Plan and (ii) to
file in a timely manner all reports required to be filed by it
under the Exchange Act.
11.9 Withholding. The
Companys obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock or
pay cash in respect of any Award under the Plan shall be subject
to applicable federal, state and local tax withholding
requirements. Federal, state and local withholding tax due at
the time of an Award, upon the exercise of any Option or SAR or
upon the vesting of, or expiration of restrictions with respect
to, Restricted Shares or Stock Units or the satisfaction of the
Performance Objectives applicable to a Performance Award, as
appropriate, may, in the discretion of the Committee, be paid in
shares of the applicable series of Common Stock already owned by
the Holder or through the withholding of shares otherwise
issuable to such Holder, upon such terms and conditions
(including the conditions referenced in Section 6.5) as the
Committee shall determine. If the Holder shall fail to pay, or
make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee for the payment
to the Company of, all such federal, state and local taxes
required to be withheld by the Company, then the Company shall,
to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct from
any payment of any kind otherwise due to such Holder an amount
equal to any federal, state or local taxes of any kind required
to be withheld by the Company with respect to such Award.
11.10 Nonexclusivity of the
Plan. The adoption of the Plan by the Board shall not be
construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board
to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem
desirable, including the granting of stock options and the
awarding of stock and cash otherwise than under the Plan, and
such arrangements may be either generally applicable or
applicable only in specific cases.
11.11 Exclusion from Pension
and Profit-Sharing Computation. By acceptance of an
Award, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Agreement,
each Holder shall be deemed to have agreed that such Award is
special incentive compensation that will not be taken into
account, in any manner, as salary, compensation or bonus in
determining the amount of any payment under any pension,
retirement or other employee benefit plan, program or policy of
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company. In addition, each
beneficiary of a deceased Holder shall be deemed to have agreed
that such Award will not affect the amount of any life insurance
coverage, if any, provided by the Company on the life of the
Holder which is payable to such beneficiary under any life
insurance plan covering employees of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company.
11.12 Unfunded Plan.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company shall be
required to segregate any cash or any shares of Common Stock
which may at any time be represented by Awards, and the Plan
shall constitute an unfunded plan of the Company.
Except as provided in Article VIII with respect to
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Awards of Restricted Shares and except as expressly set forth in
an Agreement, no employee shall have voting or other rights with
respect to the shares of Common Stock covered by an Award prior
to the delivery of such shares. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary of the Company shall, by any provisions of the Plan,
be deemed to be a trustee of any shares of Common Stock or any
other property, and the liabilities of the Company and any
Subsidiary of the Company to any employee pursuant to the Plan
shall be those of a debtor pursuant to such contract obligations
as are created by or pursuant to the Plan, and the rights of any
employee, former employee or beneficiary under the Plan shall be
limited to those of a general creditor of the Company or the
applicable Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be. In its
sole discretion, the Board may authorize the creation of trusts
or other arrangements to meet the obligations of the Company
under the Plan, provided, however, that the existence of
such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the
unfunded status of the Plan.
11.13 Governing Law.
The Plan shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of Delaware.
11.14 Accounts. The
delivery of any shares of Common Stock and the payment of any
amount in respect of an Award shall be for the account of the
Company or the applicable Subsidiary of the Company, as the case
may be, and any such delivery or payment shall not be made until
the recipient shall have paid or made satisfactory arrangements
for the payment of any applicable withholding taxes as provided
in Section 11.9.
11.15 Legends. Each
certificate evidencing shares of Common Stock subject to an
Award shall bear such legends as the Committee deems necessary
or appropriate to reflect or refer to any terms, conditions or
restrictions of the Award applicable to such shares, including
any to the effect that the shares represented thereby may not be
disposed of unless the Company has received an opinion of
counsel, acceptable to the Company, that such disposition will
not violate any federal or state securities laws.
11.16 Companys
Rights. The grant of Awards pursuant to the Plan shall
not affect in any way the right or power of the Company to make
reclassifications, reorganizations or other changes of or to its
capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate,
liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its
business or assets.
11.17 Interpretation.
The words include, includes,
included and including to the extent
used in the Plan shall be deemed in each case to be followed by
the words without limitation.
11.18 Section 409A.
Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, if any
Plan provision or Award under the Plan would result in the
imposition of an additional tax under Code Section 409A and
related regulations and United States Department of the Treasury
pronouncements (Section 409A), that Plan
provision or Award will be reformed to avoid imposition of the
applicable tax and no action taken to comply with
Section 409A shall be deemed to adversely affect the
Holders rights to an Award.
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APPENDIX A: INFORMATION CONCERNING LIBERTY MEDIA
INTERNATIONAL
PART 6: AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER OF AUDIT COMMITTEE OF
LMI BOARD OF DIRECTORS
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER
There will be a committee of the Board of Directors (the
Board) of Liberty Media International, Inc. (the
Corporation) which will be called the Audit
Committee.
The purpose of the Audit Committee is to provide assistance to
the Board in fulfilling the Boards responsibilities to the
Corporation and its shareholders relating to the accounting and
financial reporting process and the audit of the
Corporations financial statements. To that end, the Audit
Committee will oversee managements processes and
activities relating to:
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maintaining the reliability and integrity of the
Corporations accounting policies, financial reporting
practices and financial statements; |
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the independent auditors qualifications and independence; |
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the performance of the Corporations internal audit
function and independent auditor; and |
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confirming compliance with U.S. Federal laws and
regulations, and the requirements of any stock exchange or
quotation system on which the Corporations securities may
be listed. |
The Audit Committee will prepare the report required by the
rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
Commission) to be included in the Corporations
annual proxy statement.
The Audit Committee will consist of no fewer than three members.
The Audit Committee will be composed of directors who satisfy
the independence, experience and financial expertise
requirements set forth in the Corporate Governance Rules of The
Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. and Section 10A of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act),
including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. In
addition, at least one member of the Audit Committee will have
past employment experience in finance or accounting, requisite
professional certification in accounting, or other comparable
experience or background which results in the individuals
financial sophistication, including a current or past position
as a chief executive or financial officer or other senior
officer with financial oversight responsibilities. The Board
may, in its discretion, determine that one or more members of
the Audit Committee are financial experts as defined
by the Commission.
The members of the Audit Committee will be appointed, and may
from time to time be removed, by the Board. The Board will take
into account any recommendations of the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee in making such appointments.
The Audit Committee will meet periodically with management, the
internal auditors (or other personnel responsible for the
internal audit) and the independent auditor in separate
executive sessions in furtherance of its purposes.
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In furtherance of the purposes set forth above, the Audit
Committee will perform the functions and responsibilities
described in this Charter as appropriate and will have all
powers of the Board necessary or
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desirable to perform such functions and responsibilities as may
be delegated to a committee of the Board under Delaware law.
Notwithstanding the enumeration of specific functions and
responsibilities herein, the Audit Committee believes that its
policies and procedures should remain flexible, in order to best
respond to changing circumstances and conditions in fulfilling
its responsibilities to the Corporation and its shareholders.
The Audit Committee will by resolution establish its own rules
and regulations, including notice and quorum requirements for
all meetings. In the absence of such rules and regulations, the
provisions of the Corporations bylaws generally applicable
to committees of the Board will apply.
The Audit Committee will have the sole authority to appoint or
replace the independent auditor (subject, if applicable, to
shareholder ratification), and will approve all audit engagement
fees and terms and significant non-audit engagements with the
independent auditor. The Audit Committee will be directly
responsible for the oversight of the work of the independent
auditor (including resolution of disagreements between
management and the independent auditor regarding financial
reporting) for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit
report or related work or performing other audit, review or
attest services. The independent auditor will report directly to
the Audit Committee.
All auditing services and permitted non-audit services
(including the fees and terms thereof) to be performed for the
Corporation by its independent auditor must be approved by the
Audit Committee in advance, subject to the de minimus
exceptions for non-audit services described in
Section 10A(i)(l)(B) of the Exchange Act which are approved
by the Audit Committee prior to the completion of the audit. The
Audit Committee may form and delegate authority to subcommittees
consisting of one or more members or may delegate authority to
one or more members, including the authority to grant
preapprovals of audit and permitted non-audit services, provided
that all decisions to grant preapprovals pursuant to such
delegated authority will be presented to the entire Audit
Committee at its next scheduled meeting.
The Audit Committee will have the authority, to the extent it
deems necessary or appropriate to carry out its functions and
responsibilities, to retain independent legal, accounting or
other advisors. The Corporation will provide for appropriate
funding, as determined by the Audit Committee, for the payment
of compensation to the independent auditor for the purpose of
rendering or issuing an audit report or related work or
performing other audit, review or attest services and to any
advisors employed by the Audit Committee.
The Audit Committee will make regular reports to the Board. The
Audit Committee will review and reassess the adequacy of this
Charter annually and recommend any proposed changes to the Board
for approval. The Audit Committee will annually review the Audit
Committees own performance.
In addition, the Audit Committee will:
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(i) Review and discuss with management and the independent
auditor the Corporations annual audited financial
statements, including disclosures made in
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations, and recommend to the
Board whether the audited financial statements should be
included in the Corporations Form 10-K. |
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(ii) Review and discuss with management and the independent
auditor the Corporations quarterly financial statements,
including disclosures made in Managements Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations, prior to the filing of its Form 10-Q,
including the results of the independent auditors review
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(iii) Review and discuss with management and the
independent auditor, as applicable, (A) significant issues
regarding accounting principles and financial statement
presentations, including any significant changes in the
Corporations selection or application of accounting
principles, major issues as to the adequacy of the
Corporations internal controls and any special audit steps
adopted in light of material control deficiencies;
(B) analyses prepared by management or the independent
auditor setting forth significant financial reporting issues and
judgments made in connection with the preparation of the
financial statements, including analyses of the effects of
alternative generally accepted accounting principles
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ments; (C) the effect of regulatory and accounting
initiatives, as well as off-balance sheet structures, on the
financial statements of the Corporation; and (D) earnings
press releases (paying particular attention to any use of
pro forma or adjusted non-GAAP
information) as well as financial information and earnings
guidance (generally or on a case-by-case basis) provided to
analysts and rating agencies. |
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(iv) Hold meetings on a quarterly basis to review and
discuss quarterly reports from the independent auditor on (A)
all critical accounting policies and practice to be used; (B)
all alternative treatments of financial information within GAAP
that have been discussed with management, ramifications of the
use of such alternative disclosures and treatments, and
treatments preferred by the independent auditor; and
(C) other material written communications between the
independent auditor and management, such as any management
letter or schedule of unadjusted differences. |
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(v) Discuss with management the Corporations major
financial risk exposures and the steps management has taken to
monitor and control such risk exposures, including the
Corporations risk assessment and risk management policies
or guidelines. |
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(vi) Discuss with the independent auditor the matters
required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards
No. 61 relating to the conduct of the audit or any review
services, including any difficulties encountered in the course
of the audit or review work, any restrictions on the scope of
activities or access to requested information, and any
significant disagreements with management. |
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(vii) Review disclosures made to the Audit Committee by the
Corporations CEO and CFO during their certification
process for the Form 10-K and Form 10-Q about any
significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
controls or material weaknesses therein and any fraud involving
management or other employees who have a significant role in the
Corporations internal controls. |
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(b) Oversight of the Corporations Relationship
with the Independent Auditor. |
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(i) (1) Obtain and review a formal written statement
from the independent auditor at least annually regarding
(A) the audit firms internal quality-control
procedures, (B) any material issues raised by the most
recent internal quality-control review, or peer review, of the
firm, or by an inquiry or investigation by governmental or
professional authorities within the preceding five years
respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the
firm, (C) any steps taken to deal with such issues, and
(D) all relationships between the independent auditor and
the Corporation (consistent with Independence Standards Board
Standard 1); (2) evaluate the qualifications,
performance and independence of the independent auditor,
including a review and evaluation of the lead partner of the
independent auditor, considering whether the auditors
internal quality-controls are adequate, considering whether the
provision of permitted non-audit services is compatible with
maintaining the auditors independence and actively
engaging in a dialogue with the auditors with respect to any
disclosed relationship or services that may impact the
objectivity and independence of the independent auditor, taking
into account the opinions of management and the
Corporations internal auditors; and (3) present its
conclusions and consequent recommendations with respect to the
independent auditor to the Board. |
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(ii) Ensure the rotation of the lead (or coordinating)
audit partner having primary responsibility for the audit and
the audit partner responsible for reviewing the audit as
required by law. |
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(iii) Recommend to the Board policies for the
Corporations hiring of employees or former employees of
the independent auditor who were engaged on the
Corporations account or otherwise participated in any
audit of the Corporation. |
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(iv) Discuss with the independent auditor any accounting or
auditing issues with respect to which the Corporations
audit team consulted with the independent auditors
national office. |
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(v) Review with the independent auditor any audit problems
or difficulties and managements response. |
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(vi) Meet with the independent auditor prior to the audit
to discuss the planning and staffing of the audit. |
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(c) Oversight of the Corporations Internal Audit
Function. |
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(i) Ensure the Corporation maintains an internal audit
function. |
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(ii) Discuss with the independent auditor and management
the internal auditor functions responsibilities, budget
and staffing and any recommendations or suggested changes in the
planned scope of the internal audit. |
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(iii) Review with the internal auditor, on a periodic basis
as appropriate, the results of specified projects assigned to
the internal auditor, and coordinate with management to ensure
that any significant findings or control weaknesses are
addressed and resolved. |
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(d) Compliance Oversight Responsibilities. |
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(i) Review any reports of the independent auditor mandated
by Section 10A of the Exchange Act and obtain from the
independent auditor any information with respect to illegal acts
in accordance with Section 10A. |
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(ii) Establish procedures for the receipt, retention and
treatment of complaints received by the Corporation regarding
accounting, internal accounting controls or audit matters, and
the confidential, anonymous submission by employees of concerns
regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters. |
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(iii) Take actions necessary to enforce the Code of
Business Conduct and Ethics adopted by the Board, including the
establishment of procedures to consider alleged violations of
such code and reporting and disclosure of such violations and
any waivers granted by the Board under such code. |
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Limitation on Audit Committees Role. |
While the Audit Committee has the responsibilities and powers
set forth in this Charter, it is not the duty of the Audit
Committee to, and the Audit Committee will not, (a) plan or
conduct audits, (b) prepare the Corporations
financial statements, or (c) determine or certify that the
Corporations financial statements and disclosures are
complete and accurate and are in accordance with GAAP and
applicable rules and regulations. These are the responsibilities
of management and the independent auditor.
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ADOPTED this 11th day of May, 2004.
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/s/ Donne F. Fisher |
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Donne F. Fisher |
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/s/ David E. Rapley |
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Appendix B
EXECUTION VERSION
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
By and Among
NEW CHEETAH, INC.
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
CHEETAH ACQUISITION CORP.
TIGER GLOBAL ACQUISITION CORP.
Dated as of January 17, 2005
Table Of Contents
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this
Agreement) is made as of this 17th day
of January, 2005, by and among New Cheetah, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (HoldCo), Liberty Media
International, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(LMI), UnitedGlobalCom, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (UGC), Cheetah Acquisition Corp.,
a Delaware corporation (LMI Merger Sub), and
Tiger Global Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation
(UGC Merger Sub).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, on the date hereof LMI beneficially owns approximately
7.6% of the shares of Class A common stock, par value
$.01 per share, of UGC (the UGC Class A
Stock) issued and outstanding on December 31,
2004, 100% of the shares of Class B common stock, par value
$.01 per share, of UGC (the UGC Class B
Stock) issued and outstanding on December 31,
2004 and approximately 97.8% of the shares of Class C
common stock, par value $.01 per share, of UGC (the
UGC Class C Stock and, together with the
UGC Class A Stock and the UGC Class B Stock, the
UGC Common Stock) issued and outstanding on
December 31, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of each of LMI and UGC deem it
advisable and in the best interests of each corporation and its
stockholders that LMI and UGC engage in a business combination
on the terms and subject to the conditions hereof by means of
the Mergers (as defined below). A special committee of the Board
of Directors of UGC (the Special Committee)
has determined that the UGC Merger (as defined below) is fair
to, and is in the best interests of, UGC and the holders of UGC
Common Stock, other than LMI and its Affiliates, and has
recommended to the Board of Directors of UGC that it approve the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the UGC Merger;
WHEREAS, UGC and Stockholder are parties to the Voting
Agreement, of even date herewith, pursuant to which Stockholder
has agreed, among other things, to vote the Subject Shares (as
defined therein) in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby at any meeting of
stockholders of LMI or any adjournment thereof called to vote
upon this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated
hereby; and
WHEREAS, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it is
intended that the LMI Merger (as defined below) shall qualify as
a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
Code), and the regulations promulgated
thereunder, and that the conversion of the UGC Common Stock into
shares of HoldCo Series A Stock (as defined below) which is
effected pursuant to the UGC Merger shall qualify as an exchange
within the meaning of Section 351(a) of the Code and the
regulations promulgated thereunder;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and
of the mutual covenants, representations, warranties and
agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
1.1 Certain Definitions.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms will have the
following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:
Acquisition Proposal means any offer or
proposal by any Person or group of Persons concerning
(a) any tender or exchange offer for shares of any class or
series of UGC Stock, (b) any merger, share exchange,
recapitalization, consolidation or other business combination
involving UGC or (c) an acquisition in any manner, directly
or indirectly, of a significant equity interest in, or a
substantial portion of the assets of, UGC, other than pursuant
to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Affiliate of any Person has the meaning
ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act.
For purposes of this Agreement (other than Section 4.3),
unless otherwise specified, (a) neither UGC nor any of
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its Subsidiaries will be deemed to be Affiliates of LMI or any
of LMIs Subsidiaries; (b) neither LMI nor any of its
Subsidiaries will be deemed to be Affiliates of UGC or any of
UGCs Subsidiaries; (c) none of the Affiliates of UGC
or any of its Subsidiaries (the UGC
Affiliates) will be deemed to be an Affiliate of LMI
or any of LMIs Subsidiaries, unless such UGC Affiliate
would be such an Affiliate if neither LMI nor any of its
Subsidiaries (1) owned any capital stock of UGC,
(2) designated or nominated, or possessed any contractual
right to designate or nominate, any directors of UGC or any of
its Subsidiaries or (3) otherwise possessed, directly or
indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of UGC or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(d) none of the Affiliates of LMI or any of LMIs
Subsidiaries (LMI Affiliates) will be deemed
to be an Affiliate of UGC or any of UGCs Subsidiaries,
unless such LMI Affiliate would be such an Affiliate if neither
LMI nor any of its Subsidiaries (1) owned any capital stock
of UGC, (2) designated or nominated, or possessed any
contractual right to designate or nominate, any directors of UGC
or any of its Subsidiaries or (3) otherwise possessed,
directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of UGC or any of its
Subsidiaries.
Agreement has the meaning specified in the
preamble.
Approved Matter means any matter expressly
approved by (i) the UGC Board, provided that all of the
directors of UGC who are also executive officers of LMI did not
cast their votes against the approval of such matter, or
(ii) the Executive Committee of the UGC Board, provided
that at least one member of the Executive Committee of the UGC
Board is also an executive officer of LMI and all members of
such committee who are also executive officers of LMI did not
vote against such matter.
Book-Entry Shares has the meaning specified
in Section 3.4(a).
Cash Consideration means, for each share of
UGC Common Stock in respect of which a Cash Election is validly
made and subject to the provisions of Section 3.4(f),
$9.58, without interest.
Cash Election has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.3(b).
Certificates has the meaning specified in
Section 3.4(a).
Certificates of Merger means the LMI
Certificate of Merger and the UGC Certificate of Merger.
Claim has the meaning specified in
Section 7.5(c).
Closing has the meaning specified in
Section 3.2.
Closing Date means the date on which the
Closing occurs pursuant to Section 3.2.
Code has the meaning specified in the
recitals.
Contract has the meaning specified in
Section 5.5(iv).
Contract Consent has the meaning specified in
Section 5.5(iii).
Contract Notice has the meaning specified in
Section 5.5(iii).
Control means, with respect to any Person,
the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of such
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise.
Controlled Affiliates means, with respect to
any Person, any Affiliates of such Person that such Person
Controls.
Converted LMI Option has the meaning
specified in Section 3.6(a).
Converted LMI SAR has the meaning specified
in Section 3.6(b).
Converted UGC Option has the meaning
specified in Section 3.7(a).
Converted UGC SAR has the meaning specified
in Section 3.7(b).
Convertible Securities has the meaning
specified in Section 5.3(e).
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DGCL means the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware.
Deemed Stock Election has the meaning
specified in Section 3.3(b).
Deemed Stock Election Holder has the meaning
specified in Section 3.5(b).
Distribution means the distribution effected
on June 7, 2004 by LMC to its Series A common
stockholders of all of its LMI Series A common stock and to
its Series B common stockholders of all of its LMI
Series B common stock.
Drop Dead Date has the meaning specified in
Section 9.1(c).
Effective Time means the time when the
Mergers become effective under applicable law as provided in
Section 3.1(a).
Election Time has the meaning specified in
Section 3.4(d).
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended, and all regulations
promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
Exchange Agent has the meaning specified in
Section 3.4(a).
Exchange Fund has the meaning specified in
Section 3.5(a)(i).
Exchange Ratio means a fraction equal to
0.2155.
Excluded Shares means shares of UGC Common
Stock which are to be exchanged pursuant to
Section 3.3(b)(iv) or which are to be cancelled pursuant to
Section 3.3(b)(v).
Executive means Michael T. Fries.
Filing Termination Date has the meaning
specified in Section 9.1(b).
Form of Election has the meaning specified in
Section 3.4(c).
Former LMI Holders has the meaning specified
in Section 3.5(b).
Former LMI Shares has the meaning specified
in Section 3.5(b).
GAAP means generally accepted accounting
principles as accepted by the accounting profession in the
United States as in effect from time to time.
Government Consent has the meaning specified
in Section 5.5(ii).
Governmental Entity means any court,
arbitrator, administrative or other governmental department,
agency, commission, authority or instrumentality, domestic or
foreign.
Governmental Filing has the meaning specified
in Section 5.5(ii).
HoldCo has the meaning specified in the
preamble.
HoldCo Board has the meaning specified in
Section 2.2(a).
HoldCo Bylaws has the meaning specified in
Section 2.1.
HoldCo Charter has the meaning specified in
Section 2.1.
HoldCo Common Stock has the meaning specified
in Section 2.1.
HoldCo Original Series A Stock has the
meaning specified in Section 2.1.
HoldCo Original Stock has the meaning
specified in Section 2.1.
HoldCo Preferred Stock has the meaning
specified in Section 2.1.
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HoldCo Series A Stock has the meaning
specified in Section 2.1.
HoldCo Series B Stock has the meaning
specified in Section 2.1.
HoldCo Series C Stock has the meaning
specified in Section 2.1.
HoldCo Stock has the meaning specified in
Section 2.1.
Indebtedness means, with respect to any
Person, without duplication (whether or not the recourse of the
lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a
portion thereof), (i) every liability of such Person
(excluding intercompany accounts between UGC and any
wholly-owned Subsidiary of UGC or between wholly-owned
Subsidiaries of UGC) (A) for borrowed money,
(B) evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar
instruments (whether or not negotiable), (C) for
reimbursement of amounts drawn under letters of credit,
bankers acceptances or similar facilities issued for the
account of such Person, (D) issued or assumed as the
deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding
accounts payable) or (E) relating to a capitalized lease
obligation and all debt attributable to sale/leaseback
transactions of such Person; and (ii) every liability of
others of the kind described in the preceding clause (i)
that such Person has guaranteed or that is otherwise its legal
liability.
Initial HoldCo Board has the meaning
specified in Section 2.2(c).
Injunction has the meaning specified in
Section 4.4.
Insiders has the meaning specified in
Section 7.9.
Japanese Businesses means those Subsidiaries
of LMI and those Persons in which LMI (directly or indirectly
through one or more Subsidiaries) owns an investment accounted
for by the equity method within the meaning of GAAP whose
businesses are primarily conducted in Japan (including Jupiter
Telecommunications Co., Ltd. and Jupiter Programming Co., Ltd.)
Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus has the
meaning specified in Section 4.2(a).
License means any license, franchise,
ordinance, authorization, permit, certificate, variance,
exemption, concession, lease, right of way, easement,
instrument, order and approval, domestic or foreign.
Lien means any security interest, mortgage,
pledge, hypothecation, charge, claim, option, right to acquire,
adverse interest, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance,
restriction, lien (statutory or other), or preference, priority
or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any
kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, any financing lease involving
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing,
and the filing of any financing statement under the Uniform
Commercial Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction).
LMC means Liberty Media Corporation, a
Delaware corporation.
LMI has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
LMI Board means the Board of Directors of LMI.
LMI Book-Entry Shares has the meaning
specified in Section 3.4(a).
LMI Certificate of Merger means the
certificate of merger with respect to the LMI Merger, containing
the provisions required by, and executed in accordance with,
Section 251 of the DGCL.
LMI Certificates has the meaning specified in
Section 3.4(a).
LMI Charter means the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of LMI, as amended and as in effect on the date
hereof.
LMI Common Stock means the LMI Series A
Stock, the LMI Series B Stock and the LMI
Series C Stock.
LMI Consideration has the meaning specified
in Section 3.3(a).
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LMI ERISA Affiliate has the meaning specified
in the definition of the term LMI Plan.
LMI Fairness Opinion has the meaning
specified in Section 6.13.
LMI Indemnified Liabilities has the meaning
specified in Section 7.5(b).
LMI Indemnified Parties has the meaning
specified in Section 7.5(b).
LMI Indemnified Party has the meaning
specified in Section 7.5(b).
LMI Material Adverse Effect means a Material
Adverse Effect with respect to LMI or a material adverse effect
on the ability of LMI to consummate the Mergers and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
LMI Merger means the merger of LMI Merger Sub
with and into LMI as set forth in Section 3.1(a).
LMI Merger Sub has the meaning specified in
the preamble.
LMI Merger Sub Board has the meaning
specified in Section 2.4(a).
LMI Option has the meaning specified in
Section 3.6(a).
LMI Plan means each bonus, deferred
compensation, incentive compensation, stock purchase, stock
option, severance or termination pay, hospitalization, medical,
life or other insurance, supplemental unemployment benefits,
profit-sharing, pension or retirement plan, program, agreement
or arrangement, and each other employee benefit plan, program,
agreement or arrangement, sponsored, maintained or contributed
to or required to be contributed to at any time since
June 1, 2004 by LMI or by any trade or business, whether or
not incorporated (LMI ERISA Affiliate), that
together with LMI would be deemed a controlled group
within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA, for the
benefit of any employee, director or former employee or director
of LMI or any LMI ERISA Affiliate including any such type of
plan established, maintained or contributed to under the laws of
any foreign country; provided, however, that LMI Plan will not
include any such plan or arrangement maintained by UGC.
LMI Preferred Stock means the preferred
stock, $.01 par value per share, of LMI.
LMI Preferred Stock Consideration has the
meaning specified in Section 3.3(a).
LMI Restricted Stock has the meaning
specified in Section 3.6(c).
LMI SAR has the meaning specified in
Section 3.6(b).
LMI SEC Filings has the meaning specified in
Section 6.4.
LMI Series A Consideration has the
meaning specified in Section 3.3(a).
LMI Series B Consideration has the
meaning specified in Section 3.3(a).
LMI Series C Consideration has the
meaning specified in Section 3.3(a).
LMI Series A Stock means the
Series A common stock, $.01 par value per share, of
LMI.
LMI Series B Stock means the
Series B common stock, $.01 par value per share, of
LMI.
LMI Series C Stock means the
Series C common stock, $.01 par value per share, of
LMI.
LMI Special Meeting has the meaning specified
in Section 4.1.
LMI Stock means the LMI Common Stock and the
LMI Preferred Stock.
LMI Stockholder Approval has the meaning
specified in Section 6.14.
Material Adverse Effect means (A) with
respect to LMI, a material adverse effect on the business,
properties, operations or financial condition of LMI and its
Subsidiaries (for these purposes including UGC and its
Subsidiaries) taken as a whole, other than any such effect
arising out of or resulting from (i) any change in the
trading prices of LMI Series A Stock between the date
hereof and the Effective Time, (ii) any
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changes in GAAP that affect generally entities such as LMI,
(iii) general business or economic conditions or from
general changes in or affecting the industries in which LMI
operates in areas where LMI does business directly or through
its Subsidiaries (for these purposes including UGC and its
Subsidiaries), or (iv) the announcement of this Agreement
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby,
except, in the case of clause (iii), to the extent that any
such change has a disproportionate impact on LMI and its
Subsidiaries (for these purposes including UGC and its
Subsidiaries), taken as a whole, and (B) with respect to
UGC, a material adverse effect on the business, properties,
operations or financial condition of UGC and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, other than any such effect arising out of or
resulting from (i) any change in the trading prices of UGC
Class A Stock between the date hereof and the Effective
Time, (ii) any changes in GAAP that affect generally
entities such as UGC, (iii) general business or economic
conditions or general changes in or affecting the industries in
which UGC operates in areas where UGC does business directly or
through its Subsidiaries or (iv) the announcement of this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby or any Approved Matter approved following the date
hereof, except, in the case of clause (iii), to the extent
that any such change has a disproportionate impact on UGC and
its Subsidiaries. Neither a LMI Material Adverse Effect nor a
UGC Material Adverse Effect shall be deemed to occur as the
result of the consummation or failure to consummate the
combination of Metrópolis Intercom S.A. and VTR
GlobalCom S.A.
Merger Consideration has the meaning
specified in Section 3.3(b).
Mergers means the LMI Merger and the UGC
Merger.
Minority Approval has the meaning specified
in Section 5.14.
NASD means the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc.
Nasdaq means The Nasdaq National Market.
Person means an individual, partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated
organization, association, joint venture or other entity or a
government, agency, political subdivision, or instrumentality
thereof.
Registration Statement has the meaning
specified in Section 4.2(a).
Restriction, with respect to any capital
stock or other security, means any voting or other trust or
agreement, option, warrant, escrow arrangement, proxy, buy-sell
agreement, power of attorney or other Contract, or any law,
rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree which, conditionally
or unconditionally: (i) grants to any Person the right to
purchase or otherwise acquire, or obligates any Person to
purchase or sell or otherwise acquire, dispose of or issue, or
otherwise results in or, whether upon the occurrence of any
event or with notice or lapse of time or both or otherwise, may
result in, any Person acquiring, (A) any of such capital
stock or other security; (B) any of the proceeds of, or any
distributions paid or which are or may become payable with
respect to, any of such capital stock or other security; or
(C) any interest in such capital stock or other security or
any such proceeds or distributions; (ii) restricts or,
whether upon the occurrence of any event or with notice or lapse
of time or both or otherwise, may restrict the transfer or
voting of, or the exercise of any rights or the enjoyment of any
benefits arising by reason of ownership of, any such capital
stock or other security or any such proceeds or distributions;
or (iii) creates or, whether upon the occurrence of any
event or with notice or lapse of time or both or otherwise, may
create a Lien or purported Lien affecting such capital stock or
other security, proceeds or distributions.
Schedule 13E-3 has the meaning specified
in Section 4.2(a).
SEC means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Section 16 Information has the meaning
specified in Section 7.9.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
Significant LMI Subsidiary has the meaning
specified in Section 6.1.
Significant UGC Subsidiary has the meaning
specified in Section 5.1.
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Special Committee has the meaning set forth
in the recitals.
Special Meetings has the meaning specified in
Section 4.1.
Stock Consideration has the meaning specified
in Section 3.3(b).
Stock Election has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.3(b).
Stockholder means John C. Malone.
Subsidiary when used with respect to any
Person, means any other Person (1) of which (x) in the
case of a corporation, at least (A) a majority of the
equity and (B) a majority of the voting interests are owned
or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by such first Person, by
any one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such first Person and
one or more of its Subsidiaries or (y) in the case of any
Person other than a corporation, such first Person, one or more
of its Subsidiaries, or such first Person and one or more of its
Subsidiaries (A) owns a majority of the equity interests
thereof and (B) has the power to elect or direct the
election of a majority of the members of the governing body
thereof or otherwise has Control over such organization or
entity; or (2) that is required to be consolidated with
such first Person for financial reporting purposes under GAAP;
provided that, for purposes of the agreements set forth
in Article III and Article VI, references to
Subsidiaries will not include any Person as to which such first
Persons voting interests are subject to a voting
agreement, proxy, management contract or other arrangement as a
result of which such first Person does not Control such other
Person. For purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise
specified, neither UGC nor any of its Subsidiaries will be
deemed to be Subsidiaries of LMI or any of LMIs
Subsidiaries, whether or not they otherwise would be
Subsidiaries of LMI or any of LMIs Subsidiaries under the
foregoing definition.
Surviving LMI Corporation means LMI as the
surviving corporation after the LMI Merger as provided in
Section 3.1(a).
Surviving UGC Corporation means UGC as the
surviving corporation after the UGC Merger as provided in
Section 3.1(a).
Tax or Taxes means
(i) any and all federal, state, local and foreign taxes and
other assessments, governmental charges, duties, fees, levies,
impositions and liabilities in the nature of a tax, including
taxes based upon or measured by gross receipts, income, profits,
sales, use and occupation, and value added, ad valorem,
transfer, franchise, withholding, payroll, recapture,
employment, excise and property taxes and (ii) all
interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect to such
amounts in clause (i).
Tax Return means a report, return or other
information required to be supplied to or filed with a
Governmental Entity with respect to any Tax including an
information return, claim for refund, amended Tax return or
declaration of estimated Tax.
Treasury Regulations means the regulations
promulgated under the Code in effect on the date hereof and the
corresponding sections of any regulations subsequently issued
that amend or supersede such regulations.
Total Cash Election Number has the meaning
specified in Section 3.4(f).
UGC has the meaning specified in the preamble.
UGC Board means the Board of Directors of UGC.
UGC Book-Entry Shares has the meaning
specified in Section 3.4(a).
UGC Certificates has the meaning specified in
Section 3.4(a).
UGC Certificate of Merger means the
certificate of merger with respect to the UGC Merger, containing
the provisions required by, and executed in accordance with,
Section 251 of the DGCL.
UGC Charter means the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of UGC as amended to the date hereof.
UGC Class A Stock has the meaning set
forth in the recitals.
UGC Class B Stock has the meaning set
forth in the recitals.
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UGC Class C Stock has the meaning set
forth in the recitals.
UGC Common Stock has the meaning set forth in
the recitals.
UGC Convertible Notes means
the 500,000,000
principal amount of
13/4% Convertible
Senior Notes due April 15, 2024 issued by UGC.
UGC Disclosure Letter means the disclosure
letter, dated as of the date hereof, delivered by UGC to LMI.
UGC ERISA Affiliate has the meaning specified
in the term UGC Plan.
UGC Fairness Opinion has the meaning
specified in Section 5.13.
UGC Indemnified Liabilities has the meaning
specified in Section 7.5(a).
UGC Indemnified Parties has the meaning
specified in Section 7.5(a).
UGC Indemnified Party has the meaning
specified in Section 7.5(a).
UGC Indenture means the Indenture, dated as
of April 6, 2004, by and between UGC and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee, relating to the UGC Convertible Notes.
UGC Material Adverse Effect means a Material
Adverse Effect with respect to UGC or a material adverse effect
on the ability of UGC to consummate the Mergers and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
UGC Merger means the merger of UGC Merger Sub
with and into UGC as set forth in Section 3.1(a).
UGC Merger Sub has the meaning specified in
the preamble.
UGC Merger Sub Board has the meaning
specified in Section 2.4(b).
UGC Option has the meaning specified in
Section 3.7(a).
UGC Plan means each bonus, deferred
compensation, incentive compensation, stock purchase, stock
option, severance or termination pay, hospitalization, medical,
life or other insurance, supplemental unemployment benefits,
profit-sharing, pension or retirement plan, program, agreement
or arrangement, and each other employee benefit plan, program,
agreement or arrangement, sponsored, maintained or contributed
to or required to be contributed to at any time since
December 31, 1999 by UGC or by any trade or business,
whether or not incorporated (UGC ERISA
Affiliate), that together with UGC would be deemed a
controlled group within the meaning of
Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA, for the benefit of any
employee, director or former employee or director of the UGC or
any UGC ERISA Affiliate including any such type of plan
established, maintained or contributed to under the laws of any
foreign country; provided, however, that UGC Plan will
not include any such plan or arrangement maintained by LMI or
any Subsidiary of LMI.
UGC Preferred Stock means the preferred
stock, par value $.01 per share, of UGC.
UGC Restricted Stock has the meaning
specified in Section 3.7(c).
UGC SAR has the meaning specified in
Section 3.7(b).
UGC SEC Filings has the meaning specified in
Section 5.4.
UGC Share Threshold Number means the quotient
(rounded down to the nearest whole number) equal to (i) the
product of (x) the last sales price of a share of LMI
Series A Stock on the Nasdaq on the last trading day
immediately preceding the Effective Time (the LMI
Closing Day Market Price), (y) the Exchange Ratio
and (z) the number of shares of UGC Class A Stock
(other than shares of UGC Class A Stock beneficially owned
by Permitted Holders (as defined in the UGC Indenture) issued
and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, divided
by (ii) the sum of (x) 38.32 and (y) the product
of the LMI Closing Day Market Price and the Exchange Ratio.
UGC Special Meeting has the meaning specified
in Section 4.1(a).
UGC Stock means the UGC Common Stock and the
UGC Preferred Stock.
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UGC Stockholder Approval has the meaning
specified in Section 5.14.
UGC 10-K means an Annual Report of UGC on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004
which includes (i) audited financial statements of UGC and
its consolidated subsidiaries meeting the requirements of
Regulation S-X, (ii) an unqualified audit report of
UGCs auditors on such financial statements and
(iii) the statements, reports, attestations and other
disclosures required by, and that comply with, Item 308 of
Regulation S-K concerning UGCs internal control over
financial reporting.
Violation has the meaning specified in
Section 5.5(iv).
Voting Debt has the meaning specified in
Section 5.3(d).
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary means, as to any
Person, a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the equity and
voting interest in which is owned beneficially or of record,
directly and/or indirectly, by such Person.
1.2 Terms Generally.
The definitions in Section 1.1 will apply equally to both
the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the
context may require, any pronoun will include the corresponding
masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
include, includes and
including will be deemed to be followed by the
phrase without limitation. The words
herein, hereof and hereunder
and words of similar import refer to this Agreement (including
the Exhibits and Schedules) in its entirety and not to any part
hereof unless the context otherwise requires. As used herein,
the term to the knowledge of UGC or any similar term
relating to UGCs knowledge means the actual knowledge,
after due inquiry, of any of the executive officers of UGC, and
the term to the knowledge of LMI or any similar term
relating to LMIs knowledge means the actual knowledge,
after due inquiry, of any of the executive officers of LMI. All
references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules
will be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and
Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context
otherwise requires. Unless the context otherwise requires, any
references to any agreement, other instrument, statute or
regulation are to such agreement, instrument, statute or
regulation as amended and supplemented from time to time (and,
in the case of a statute or regulation, to any successor
provisions). Any reference in this Agreement to a
day or number of days (without the
explicit qualification of business) will be
interpreted as a reference to a calendar day or number of
calendar days, as the case may be. If any action or notice is to
be taken or given on or by a particular calendar day, and such
calendar day is not a business day, then such action or notice
will be deferred until, or may be taken or given on, the next
business day. As used herein, the phrase made
available means that the information referred to has been
made available if requested by the party to whom such
information is to be made available.
ARTICLE II
HOLDING COMPANY AND MERGER SUBSIDIARIES
2.1 Organization of
HoldCo. LMI has caused HoldCo to be organized under the
laws of the State of Delaware. The authorized capital stock of
HoldCo on the date hereof consists of 100 shares of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share (the HoldCo
Original Stock), of which one share has been issued to
LMI and no other shares are issued and outstanding. LMI shall
take, and shall cause HoldCo to take, all requisite action to
cause the certificate of incorporation of HoldCo to be in the
form of Exhibit A hereto (the HoldCo
Charter) and the bylaws of HoldCo to be in the form of
Exhibit B hereto (the HoldCo
Bylaws), in each case, at the Effective Time. Pursuant
to the HoldCo Charter, the authorized capital stock of HoldCo at
the Effective Time will consist solely of
500,000,000 shares of Series A common stock, par value
$.01 per share (the HoldCo Series A
Stock), 50,000,000 shares of Series B common
stock, par value $.01 per share (the HoldCo
Series B Stock), 500,000,000 shares of
Series C common stock, par value $.01 per share (the
HoldCo Series C Stock and, collectively
with the HoldCo Series A Stock and the HoldCo Series B
Stock, the HoldCo Common Stock), and
50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value
$.01 per share (the HoldCo Preferred
Stock and, together with the HoldCo Common Stock, the
HoldCo Stock). Effective upon the filing of
the HoldCo Charter, the HoldCo Original Stock shall be
reclassified as one share of HoldCo Series A Stock (the
HoldCo Original Series A Stock). At
the Effective Time, each issued and outstanding
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share of HoldCo Original Series A Stock shall be cancelled
without conversion into any other security or other
consideration therefor.
2.2 Directors and Officers of
HoldCo.
(a) Immediately prior to the Effective Time, the directors
of HoldCo shall be solely those persons identified on
Schedule 2.2(a) (the HoldCo Board).
HoldCo shall have a staggered board of directors, and each
person identified on Schedule 2.2(a) shall serve in the
class and for the term set forth opposite his or her name on
Schedule 2.2(a). Each director shall remain in office until
the expiration of the term of the class in which such person
serves or until his or her successor is duly elected or
appointed and qualified in accordance with the HoldCo Charter,
the HoldCo Bylaws and the DGCL or until such persons
earlier death, resignation or removal.
(b) Immediately prior to the Effective Time, the officers
of HoldCo shall be solely those persons identified on
Schedule 2.2(b), and such additional persons as may be
approved by the HoldCo Board. Each such officer shall remain in
office until his or her successor is duly elected or appointed
and qualified in accordance with the HoldCo Charter, the HoldCo
Bylaws and the DGCL or until such persons earlier death,
resignation or removal.
(c) The members of the board of directors of HoldCo as of
the date of this agreement are John C. Malone and Robert R.
Bennett (the Initial HoldCo Board);
additional directors may be elected or appointed to such board
in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws
of HoldCo and the DGCL. Each member of the Initial HoldCo Board
shall serve until his or her successor is elected to the HoldCo
Board as contemplated by Section 2.2(a), or until his or
her earlier death, resignation or removal. The initial officers
of HoldCo shall be those persons approved by the Initial HoldCo
Board, each of whom shall serve until his or her respective
successor is elected as contemplated by Section 2.2(b) or
until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
2.3 Organization of Merger
Subsidiaries. HoldCo has caused LMI Merger Sub and UGC
Merger Sub to be organized for the sole purpose of effecting the
Mergers contemplated herein. The authorized capital stock of LMI
Merger Sub consists of 100 shares of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, of which one share has been issued
to HoldCo at a price of $0.01 per share and no other shares
are issued or outstanding. The authorized capital stock of UGC
Merger Sub consists of 100 shares of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, of which one share has been issued
to HoldCo at a price of $0.01 per share and no other shares
are issued or outstanding.
2.4 Directors and Officers of
LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger Sub.
(a) Immediately prior to the Effective Time, the directors
of LMI Merger Sub shall be Stockholder and Executive (the
LMI Merger Sub Board), and the officers of
LMI Merger Sub shall be those persons duly elected by the LMI
Merger Sub Board. Each such director and officer shall remain in
office until his or her successor is duly elected or appointed
and qualified in accordance with the Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws of LMI Merger Sub and the DGCL or until
such persons earlier death, resignation or removal.
(b) Immediately prior to the Effective Time, the directors
of UGC Merger Sub shall be Stockholder and Executive (the
UGC Merger Sub Board), and the officers of
UGC Merger Sub shall be those persons duly elected by the UGC
Merger Sub Board. Each such director and officer shall remain in
office until his or her successor is duly elected or appointed
and qualified in accordance with the Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws of UGC Merger Sub and the DGCL or until
such persons earlier death, resignation or removal.
2.5 Certain Actions of
LMI. LMI, in its capacity as the sole stockholder of
HoldCo, has adopted and approved this Agreement by all action
required by the DGCL, the HoldCo Charter and the HoldCo Bylaws
to be taken and shall cause HoldCo, as the sole stockholder of
each of LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger Sub, to take all action
required by the DGCL and the respective charters and bylaws of
LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger Sub to adopt and approve this
Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, LMI shall cause HoldCo to perform, and shall cause
HoldCo to cause each of LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger Sub to
perform, their respective obligations under this Agreement.
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ARTICLE III
THE MERGERS AND RELATED
MATTERS
3.1 The Mergers.
(a) Mergers; Effective Time. At the Effective
Time and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, (i) LMI Merger Sub will merge with and into LMI
in accordance with the provisions of the DGCL, the separate
corporate existence of LMI Merger Sub will cease and LMI will
continue as the Surviving LMI Corporation and (ii) UGC
Merger Sub will merge with and into UGC in accordance with the
provisions of the DGCL, the separate corporate existence of UGC
Merger Sub will cease and UGC will continue as the Surviving UGC
Corporation. The Effective Time shall be on the date and at the
time that both of the Certificates of Merger have been accepted
for filing by the Delaware Secretary of State, and all other
documents required by the DGCL to effectuate the Mergers shall
have been properly executed and filed (or such later date and
time as may be agreed to by LMI and UGC and specified in the
Certificates of Merger, provided that both Mergers shall become
effective at the same time). The parties will cause the
Certificates of Merger to be filed with the Delaware Secretary
of State as soon as practicable after the Closing.
(b) Effects of the Mergers. From and after
the Effective Time, the Mergers will each have the effects set
forth in the DGCL (including Sections 259, 260 and 261
thereof). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and
subject thereto, at the Effective Time, (i) all the
properties, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of LMI and
LMI Merger Sub will vest in the Surviving LMI Corporation, and
all debts, liabilities and duties of LMI and LMI Merger Sub
will, by operation of law, become the debts, liabilities and
duties of the Surviving LMI Corporation and (ii) all the
properties, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of UGC and
UGC Merger Sub will vest in the Surviving UGC Corporation, and
all debts, liabilities and duties of UGC and UGC Merger Sub
will, by operation of law, become the debts, liabilities and
duties of the Surviving UGC Corporation.
(c) Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving
Corporations. At the Effective Time, (i) the LMI
Charter will be amended and restated pursuant to the LMI
Certificate of Merger to be identical to the certificate of
incorporation of LMI Merger Sub in effect immediately prior to
the Effective Time, except that Article FIRST thereof shall
read as follows: The name of the Corporation (which is
hereinafter called the Corporation) is Liberty Media
International, Inc. and (ii) the UGC Charter in
effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
certificate of incorporation of the Surviving UGC Corporation.
The LMI Charter, as so amended, and the UGC Charter shall remain
as the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving LMI
Corporation or the Surviving UGC Corporation, as applicable,
until thereafter amended in accordance with the terms thereof
and the DGCL.
(d) Bylaws of the Surviving Corporations. The
Bylaws of LMI Merger Sub will be the Bylaws of the Surviving LMI
Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with the
terms thereof, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving
LMI Corporation and the DGCL. The Bylaws of UGC Merger Sub will
be the Bylaws of the Surviving UGC Corporation until thereafter
amended in accordance with the terms thereof, the certificate of
incorporation of the Surviving UGC Corporation and the DGCL.
(e) Directors and Officers of the Surviving
Corporations. HoldCo, LMI and the Surviving LMI
Corporation will take such action as is necessary to ensure that
the directors and officers of LMI Merger Sub at the Effective
Time will, from and after the Effective Time, be the directors
and officers of the Surviving LMI Corporation until their
respective successors are duly elected or appointed and
qualified in accordance with the certificate of incorporation
and Bylaws of the Surviving LMI Corporation, and the DGCL, or
until such persons earlier death, resignation or removal.
HoldCo, UGC and the Surviving UGC Corporation will take such
action as is necessary to ensure that the directors and officers
of UGC Merger Sub at the Effective Time will, from and after the
Effective Time, be the directors and officers of the Surviving
UGC Corporation until their respective successors are duly
elected or appointed and qualified in accordance with the
certificate of incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving UGC
Corporation, and the DGCL, or until such persons earlier
death, resignation or removal.
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3.2 Closing. Unless
this Agreement has been terminated pursuant to Section 9.1
and subject to the satisfaction or, when permissible, waiver of
the conditions set forth in Article VIII, the closing of
the Mergers (the Closing) will take place
(i) at 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at the offices
of Baker Botts L.L.P., 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York
10112, on the second business day after the date on which the
last of the conditions set forth in Article VIII (other
than the filing of the Certificates of Merger and other than any
such conditions that by their terms are not capable of being
satisfied until the Closing Date or thereafter) is satisfied or,
when permissible, waived, or (ii) on such other date and/or
at such other time and/or place as the parties may mutually
agree.
3.3 Conversion of
Securities.
(a) Conversion of LMI Securities. At the
Effective Time, by virtue of the LMI Merger and without any
action on the part of any party hereto or any holder of shares
of LMI Stock:
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(i) each share of LMI Series A Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than
any shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.3(a)(v)) will be
converted into and represent the right to receive, and will be
exchangeable for, one validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable share of HoldCo Series A Stock (the
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(ii) each share of LMI Series B Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than
any shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.3(a)(v)) will be
converted into and represent the right to receive, and will be
exchangeable for, one validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable share of HoldCo Series B Stock (the
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(iii) each share of LMI Series C Stock, if any, issued
and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other
than any shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.3(a)(v))
will be converted into and represent the right to receive, and
will be exchangeable for, one validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable share of HoldCo Series C Stock (the
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(iv) each share of LMI Preferred Stock, if any, issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than
any shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.3(a)(v)) will be
converted into and represent the right to receive, and will be
exchangeable for, one validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable share of a corresponding series of HoldCo
Preferred Stock having a substantially equivalent designation of
rights and preferences as such series of LMI Preferred Stock
(the LMI Preferred Stock Consideration and,
together with the LMI Series A Consideration, the LMI
Series B Consideration and the LMI Series C
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(v) each share of LMI Stock held in treasury of LMI
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be
cancelled, retired and cease to exist without payment of any
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LMI will cause HoldCo to make any filings or other designations
required to comply with the provisions of
Section 3.3(a)(iv). At the Effective Time, all shares of
LMI Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time will no longer be outstanding and will
automatically be canceled and retired and will cease to exist,
and each holder of a certificate representing any such shares
will cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the
right to receive the shares of HoldCo Stock with respect thereto
upon the surrender of such certificate in accordance with
Section 3.5.
(b) Conversion of UGC Securities. At the
Effective Time, by virtue of the UGC Merger and without any
action on the part of any party hereto or the holders of shares
of UGC Stock:
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(i) subject to the provisions of Section 3.4(f), each
share of UGC Common Stock with respect to which an election to
receive the Cash Consideration has been validly made and not
validly revoked pursuant to Section 3.4 (a Cash
Election) shall be converted into and represent the
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an election to receive the Stock Consideration has been validly
made and not validly revoked pursuant to Section 3.4 (a
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Election) shall be converted into and represent the
right to receive, and will be exchangeable for, a fraction of a
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of HoldCo
Series A Stock equal to the Exchange Ratio (together with
cash in lieu of the issuance of any fractional share of HoldCo
Series A Stock to any holder thereof to be paid in
accordance with Section 3.5(d)) (the Stock
Consideration and, together with the Cash
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(iii) each share of UGC Common Stock other than shares of
UGC Common Stock with respect to which a Cash Election or a
Stock Election is validly made and not validly revoked pursuant
to Section 3.4 (and other than Excluded Shares) (each a
Deemed Stock Election) shall be converted
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(iv) each share of UGC Common Stock held immediately prior
to the Effective Time by LMI or any of its Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries shall be converted into and represent the right to
receive, and will be exchangeable for, one validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable share of the corresponding class of
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(v) each share of UGC Common Stock held in treasury of UGC
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be
cancelled, retired and cease to exist without payment of any
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(c) Conversion of LMI Merger Sub Stock. At
the Effective Time, by virtue of the LMI Merger and without any
action on the part of any party hereto or any holder of shares
of stock of LMI Merger Sub, each share of common stock of LMI
Merger Sub outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
will be converted into and become one validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable share of common stock of the Surviving LMI
Corporation. Such shares will constitute the only outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Surviving LMI Corporation.
(d) Conversion of UGC Merger Sub Stock. At
the Effective Time, by virtue of the UGC Merger and without any
action on the part of any party hereto or the holders of
share(s) of stock of UGC Merger Sub, the outstanding share(s) of
common stock of UGC Merger Sub immediately prior to the
Effective Time will be converted into and become a number of
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of each
class of common stock of the Surviving UGC Corporation that is
identical to the number of shares of the corresponding class of
UGC Common Stock (other than the Excluded Shares) outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time. Such shares (together
with the shares issued pursuant to Section 3.3(b)(iv)) will
constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Surviving UGC Corporation.
(e) Certain Changes. If, between the date of
this Agreement and the Effective Time, the outstanding shares of
LMI Common Stock or the outstanding shares of UGC Common Stock
shall have been increased, decreased, changed into or exchanged
for a different number of shares or different class of shares,
in each case, by reason of any reclassification,
recapitalization, stock split, split-up, combination or exchange
of shares or a stock dividend or dividend payable in any other
securities shall be declared with a record date within such
period, or any similar event shall have occurred, the applicable
Merger Consideration shall be appropriately adjusted to provide
to the holders of LMI Common Stock and UGC Common Stock the same
economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such
event.
3.4 UGC Election Procedures;
Proration.
(a) Not less than three business days prior to the mailing
of the Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus, LMI shall designate a
bank or trust company to act as exchange agent hereunder (the
Exchange Agent) for the purpose of exchanging
(x) certificates that immediately prior to the Effective
Time represented shares of UGC Common Stock (the UGC
Certificates) and shares of UGC Common Stock
represented by book-entry (UGC Book-Entry
Shares) and (y) certificates that immediately
prior to the Effective Time represented shares of LMI Common
Stock (the LMI Certificates and, together
with the UGC Certificates, the Certificates)
and shares of LMI Common Stock represented by book-entry
(LMI Book-Entry Shares and, together with UGC
Book-Entry Shares, the Book-Entry Shares).
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(b) Each Person who, on or prior to the Election Time (as
defined below), is a record holder of shares of UGC Common Stock
(other than a holder of Excluded Shares and other than a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of UGC) shall be entitled to specify the
number of such holders shares of UGC Common Stock (and, if
such shares to which the election relates are represented by UGC
Certificates, such particular shares) with respect to which such
holder makes a Cash Election or Stock Election.
(c) HoldCo shall prepare and file as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement a form of election (the
Form of Election). The Form of Election shall
specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and
title to any UGC Certificates shall pass, only upon proper
delivery of the Form of Election and any UGC Certificates to the
Exchange Agent. UGC shall mail the Form of Election with the
Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus to all Persons who are record
holders of shares of UGC Common Stock (other than holders of
Excluded Shares) as of the record date for the UGC Special
Meeting. The Form of Election shall be used by each record
holder of shares of UGC Common Stock (other than holders of
Excluded Shares), or, in the case of nominee record holders, the
beneficial owner through proper instructions and documentation,
who wishes to make a Cash Election or a Stock Election or a
combination of both for any and all shares of UGC Common Stock
held by such holder. UGC shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to make the Form of Election available to all Persons
who become holders of shares of UGC Common Stock during the
period between the record date for the UGC Special Meeting and
the date of the UGC Special Meeting.
(d) Any holders election shall have been properly
made only if the Exchange Agent shall have received at its
designated office, by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
(i) the date of the later of the two Special Meetings or
(ii) if the Closing Date is more than four business days
following the later of the two Special Meetings, the second
business day preceding the Closing Date (the Election
Time), a Form of Election properly completed and
signed and accompanied by (i) certificates representing the
shares of UGC Common Stock to which such Form of Election
relates, duly endorsed in blank or otherwise in form acceptable
for transfer on the books of UGC or (ii) in the case of UGC
Book-Entry Shares, any additional documents required by the
procedures set forth in the Form of Election. After a Cash
Election or a Stock Election is validly made with respect to any
shares of UGC Common Stock, no further registration of transfers
of such shares shall be made on the stock transfer books of UGC
unless and until such Cash Election or Stock Election is
properly revoked. If the Closing Date is anticipated to be more
than four business days following the later of the two Special
Meetings, then as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no
event later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
business day immediately following the date of the later of the
two Special Meetings, LMI and UGC shall so notify the holders of
UGC Common Stock by issuing a release to the Dow Jones News
Service specifying the anticipated Closing Date, which shall not
be earlier than the fourth business day after the date of the
release. Any Cash Election or Stock Election may be revoked with
respect to all or a portion of the shares of UGC Common Stock
subject thereto by the holder who submitted the applicable Form
of Election by written notice received by the Exchange Agent
prior to the Election Time. In addition, all Cash Elections and
Stock Elections shall automatically be revoked if this Agreement
is terminated in accordance with Article IX. If a Cash
Election or Stock Election is properly revoked (x) the UGC
Certificates representing such shares shall be returned to the
record owner thereof or such other Person as such record owner
shall have set forth in such owners Form of Election, and
(y) all UGC Book-Entry Shares representing such shares
shall be credited to such book-entry account as shall have been
set forth in the Form of Election relating thereto.
(e) The determination of the Exchange Agent (or the joint
determination of LMI and UGC, in the event that the Exchange
Agent declines to make any such determination) shall be
conclusive and binding as to whether or not Cash Elections,
Stock Elections or revocations shall have been properly made or
revoked pursuant to this Section 3.4 and as to when Cash
Elections, Stock Elections and revocations were received by the
Exchange Agent. The Exchange Agent (or LMI and UGC jointly, in
the event that the Exchange Agent declines to make the following
computation) shall also make all computations as to the
proration contemplated by Section 3.4(f), and absent
manifest error this computation shall be conclusive and binding.
The Exchange Agent may, with the written agreement of each of
LMI and UGC, make any rules as are consistent with this
Section 3.4 for the implementation of the Cash Elections
and Stock Elections provided for in this Agreement as shall be
necessary or desirable to effect the Cash Elections and Stock
Elections in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, the number of shares of UGC Common Stock converted
into the Cash Consideration may not exceed the UGC Share
Threshold Number. If the aggregate number of shares of UGC
Common Stock with respect to which the Cash Election is validly
made and not validly revoked (the Total Cash Election
Number) exceeds the UGC Share Threshold Number, then
(i) all shares of UGC Common Stock as to which a Stock
Election or Deemed Stock Election is made shall be converted
into and represent the right to receive, and will be
exchangeable for, the Stock Consideration and (ii) the
number of shares of UGC Common Stock as to which a Cash Election
is validly made and not validly revoked by a UGC stockholder
pursuant to Section 3.4 that shall be converted into and
represent the right to receive, and will be exchangeable for,
the Cash Consideration, shall be equal to the product (rounded
down to the nearest whole number) obtained by multiplying
(A) the number of shares of UGC Common Stock held by such
stockholder as to which such stockholder has validly made and
not validly revoked a Cash Election by (B) a fraction, the
numerator of which is the UGC Share Threshold Number and the
denominator of which is the Total Cash Election Number, with the
remaining number of such stockholders shares of UGC Common
Stock as to which such stockholder has validly made and not
validly revoked a Cash Election being converted into and
representing the right to receive, and being exchangeable for,
the Stock Consideration.
3.5 Exchange of
Certificates.
(a) Deposit of Merger Consideration.
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(i) Promptly after the Effective Time, HoldCo shall deposit
with the Exchange Agent, for the benefit of the stockholders of
LMI and UGC, (A) certificates or, at HoldCos option,
evidence of shares in book entry form, representing shares of
HoldCo Stock in such denominations as the Exchange Agent may
reasonably specify and (B) cash, in each case as are
issuable or payable, respectively, pursuant to this
Article III in respect of shares of UGC Common Stock or
shares of LMI Stock, as applicable, for which Certificates or
Book-Entry Shares have been properly delivered to the Exchange
Agent and cash to be paid in lieu of fractional shares. Such
certificates (or evidence of book-entry form, as the case may
be) for shares of HoldCo Stock and such cash so deposited,
together with any dividends or distributions with respect
thereto, are hereinafter referred to as the Exchange
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(ii) The Exchange Agent shall invest any cash deposited
with the Exchange Agent by HoldCo as directed by HoldCo,
provided that no such investment or losses thereon shall affect
the Cash Consideration payable to holders of shares of UGC
Common Stock entitled to receive such consideration or cash in
lieu of fractional interests, and HoldCo and LMI shall promptly
provide additional funds to the Exchange Agent for the benefit
of holders of shares of UGC Common Stock entitled to receive
such consideration in the net amount of any such losses. Any
interest or income produced by such investments shall not be
deemed part of the Exchange Fund and shall be payable to HoldCo
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(b) Exchange Procedures.
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(i) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective
Time, HoldCo shall cause to be mailed to (x) each record
holder, as of the Effective Time, of shares of UGC Common Stock
as to which a Deemed Stock Election is made (each holder a
Deemed Stock Election Holder) and
(y) each record holder, as of the Effective Time, of shares
of LMI Stock (such holders, Former LMI
Holders and such shares, Former LMI
Shares)): (A) a letter of transmittal (which
shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss
and title to the Certificates held by such holder representing
such shares of UGC Common Stock to which a Deemed Stock Election
is made or Former LMI Shares, as the case may be, shall pass,
only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange
Agent or, in the case of Book-Entry Shares, upon adherence to
the procedures set forth in the letter of transmittal) and
(B) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the
Certificates or, in the case of Book-Entry Shares, the surrender
of such shares, for payment of the Merger Consideration
therefor. Such letter of transmittal shall be in such form and
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(ii) (x) Each former stockholder of UGC who properly
made a Cash Election or Stock Election shall be entitled to
receive in exchange for such stockholders shares subject
to the Cash Election or Stock Election: (A) the number of
whole shares of HoldCo Series A Stock, if any, into which
such holders shares of UGC Common Stock represented by
such holders properly surrendered Certificates or
Book-Entry Shares, as applicable, were converted in accordance
with this Article III, and such Certificates or Book-Entry
Shares so surrendered shall be forthwith cancelled, and
(B) a check in an amount of U.S. dollars (after giving
effect to any required withholdings pursuant to
Section 3.5(g)) equal to (I) the aggregate amount of
cash (including the Cash Consideration plus cash in lieu of
fractional interests in shares of HoldCo Series A Stock to
be paid pursuant to Section 3.5(d)), if any, into which
such holders shares of UGC Common Stock represented by
such holders properly surrendered Certificates or
Book-Entry Shares, as applicable, were converted in accordance
with this Article III, plus (II) any cash dividends or
other distributions that such holder has the right to receive
pursuant to Section 3.5(c); and (y) upon surrender by
a Deemed Stock Election Holder to the Exchange Agent of a
Certificate or Book-Entry Shares, as applicable, together with a
letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in
accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other
documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, each
Deemed Stock Election Holder shall be entitled to receive in
exchange therefor: (A) the number of whole shares of HoldCo
Series A Stock, if any, into which such holders
shares of UGC Common Stock represented by such holders
properly surrendered Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, as
applicable, were converted in accordance with this
Article III, and such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares so
surrendered shall be forthwith cancelled, and (B) a check
in an amount of U.S. dollars (after giving effect to any
required withholdings pursuant to Section 3.5(g)) equal to
(I) the amount of cash in lieu of fractional interests in
shares of HoldCo Series A Stock to be paid pursuant to
Section 3.5(d), if any, into which such holders
shares of UGC Common Stock represented by such holders
properly surrendered Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, as
applicable, were converted in accordance with this
Article III, plus (II) any cash dividends or other
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(iii) Upon surrender by a Former LMI Holder to the Exchange
Agent of a Certificate or Book-Entry Shares, as applicable,
together with a letter of transmittal, duly completed and
validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto,
and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such
instructions, each Former LMI Holder shall be entitled to
receive in exchange therefor: (A) the number of whole
shares of HoldCo Stock into which such holders shares of
LMI Stock represented by such holders properly surrendered
Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, as applicable, were converted
in accordance with this Article III, and such Certificates
or Book-Entry Shares so surrendered shall be forthwith
cancelled, and (B) a check in an amount of
U.S. dollars (after giving effect to any required
withholdings pursuant to Section 3.5(g)) equal to any cash
dividends or other distributions that such holder has the right
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(iv) If payment or issuance of the Merger Consideration is
to be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name the
surrendered Certificate is registered, it shall be a condition
of payment or issuance that the Certificate so surrendered shall
be properly endorsed or shall be otherwise in proper form for
transfer and that the Person requesting such payment or issuance
shall have paid to the Exchange Agent any transfer and other
taxes required by reason of the payment or issuance of the
Merger Consideration to a Person other than the registered
holder of the Certificate surrendered or shall have established
to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such tax either
has been paid or is not applicable. In the event that any
Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the
holders compliance with the replacement requirements
established by the Exchange Agent, including, if necessary, the
posting by the holder of a bond in customary amount as indemnity
against any claim that may be made against it with respect to
the Certificate, the Exchange Agent shall deliver in exchange
for the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the applicable
Merger Consideration payable in respect of the shares of UGC
Common Stock or LMI Stock, as the case may be, represented by
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(v) No interest shall be paid or accrued for the benefit of
holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger
Consideration payable in respect of the Certificates or
Book-Entry Shares. Until surrendered as contemplated hereby,
each Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall, after the Effective
Time, represent for all purposes only the right to receive upon
such surrender the applicable Merger Consideration as
contemplated by this Article III, the issuance or payment
of which (including any cash in lieu of fractional shares) shall
be deemed to be the satisfaction in full of all rights
pertaining to shares of UGC Common Stock converted in the UGC
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(vi) At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of UGC
and LMI shall be closed, and thereafter there shall be no
further registration of transfers of shares of UGC Common Stock
or LMI Stock, respectively, that were outstanding prior to the
Effective Time. After the Effective Time, Certificates or
Book-Entry Shares presented to UGC or LMI for transfer shall be
canceled and exchanged for the consideration provided for, and
in accordance with the procedures set forth, in this
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(c) Distributions With Respect to Unexchanged
Shares. No dividends or other distributions with respect
to shares of HoldCo Stock issuable with respect to the shares of
UGC Common Stock or LMI Stock shall be paid to the holder of any
unsurrendered Certificates or Book-Entry Shares until those
Certificates or Book-Entry Shares are surrendered as provided in
this Article III. Upon surrender, there shall be issued
and/or paid to the holder of the shares of HoldCo Stock issued
in exchange therefor, without interest, (i) at the time of
surrender, the dividends or other distributions payable with
respect to those shares of HoldCo Stock with a record date on or
after the date of the Effective Time and a payment date on or
prior to the date of this surrender and not previously paid and
(ii) at the appropriate payment date, the dividends or
other distributions payable with respect to those shares of
HoldCo Stock with a record date on or after the date of the
Effective Time but with a payment date subsequent to surrender.
(d) No Fractional Shares. No certificates or
scrip representing fractional shares of HoldCo Series A
Stock shall be issued upon the surrender for exchange of
Certificates or Book-Entry Shares evidencing UGC Common Stock,
and such fractional share interests will not entitle the owner
thereof to vote or to any rights of a stockholder of HoldCo. In
lieu thereof, upon surrender of the applicable Certificates or
Book-Entry Shares, HoldCo shall pay each holder of UGC Common
Stock an amount in cash equal to the product obtained by
multiplying (i) the fractional share interest to which such
holder (after taking into account all shares of UGC Common Stock
held at the Effective Time by such holder that have been
converted into the Stock Consideration) would otherwise be
entitled, by (ii) the closing price on the Nasdaq for a
share of LMI Series A Stock on the last trading day
immediately preceding the Effective Time.
(e) Termination of Exchange Fund. Any portion
of the Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to the
stockholders of UGC and LMI on the first anniversary of the
Effective Time shall be delivered to HoldCo, upon demand by
HoldCo, and any stockholders of UGC or LMI who have not
theretofore complied with this Article III shall thereafter
look only to HoldCo for payment of their claim for any part of
the Merger Consideration, any cash in lieu of fractional shares
of HoldCo Series A Stock and any dividends or distributions
with respect to HoldCo Stock.
(f) No Liability. None of LMI, UGC or HoldCo
shall be liable to any holder of shares of UGC Common Stock or
LMI Stock for cash or shares of HoldCo Stock (or dividends or
distributions with respect thereto) from the Exchange Fund
delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable
abandoned property, escheat or similar law.
(g) Withholding. HoldCo and the Exchange
Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the
consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to
any holder of shares of UGC Common Stock or shares of LMI Stock
such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with
respect to the making of such payment under the Code and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any provision
of state, local or foreign tax law. To the extent that amounts
are so withheld by HoldCo or the Exchange Agent, such withheld
amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as
having been paid to the holder of the
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shares of UGC Common Stock or shares of LMI Stock in respect of
which such deduction and withholding was made by HoldCo or the
Exchange Agent.
3.6 LMI Stock Options, Stock
Appreciation Rights and Restricted Stock.
(a) LMI Stock Options. Each of the then
outstanding stock options, if any, to purchase shares of any
series of LMI Common Stock (each, a LMI
Option) issued by LMI pursuant to any LMI Plan, and
any non-plan options to acquire shares of any series of LMI
Common Stock issued by LMI pursuant to an option agreement or
otherwise issued by LMI, will, by virtue of the LMI Merger, and
without any further action on the part of any holder thereof, be
converted into an option (a Converted LMI
Option) to purchase a number of shares of the same
series of HoldCo Common Stock equal to the number of shares of
such series of LMI Common Stock subject to such LMI Option at
the Effective Time, at an exercise price per share of the
applicable series of HoldCo Common Stock equal to the exercise
price per share of such LMI Option immediately prior to the
Effective Time. The terms and conditions of each Converted LMI
Option will otherwise remain as set forth in the LMI Option
converted into such Converted LMI Option. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the adjustment provided for in
this Section 3.6(a) with respect to all options will be and
is intended to be effected in a manner that is consistent with
Section 424(a) of the Code and, to the extent applicable,
Q&A-18(d) of Notice 2005-1.
(b) LMI Stock Appreciation Rights. Each of
the then outstanding stock appreciation rights, if any, with
respect to shares of any series of LMI Common Stock (each, a
LMI SAR) issued by LMI pursuant to any LMI
Plan, and any non-plan stock appreciation rights with respect to
shares of any series of LMI Common Stock issued by LMI, will, by
virtue of the LMI Merger, and without any further action on the
part of any holder thereof, be converted into a stock
appreciation right (a Converted LMI SAR) with
respect to that number of shares of the same series of HoldCo
Common Stock equal to the number of shares of the same series of
LMI Common Stock that were subject to such LMI SAR at the
Effective Time, at an exercise or base price per stock
appreciation right equal to the exercise or base price of such
Converted LMI SAR immediately prior to the Effective Time. The
terms and conditions of each Converted LMI SAR will otherwise
remain as set forth in the LMI SAR converted into such Converted
LMI SAR. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
adjustment provided for in this Section 3.6(b) with respect
to all stock appreciation rights will be and is intended to be
effected in a manner that is consistent with Section 424(a)
of the Code and, to the extent applicable, Q&A-18(d) of
Notice 2005-1.
(c) LMI Restricted Stock. Each restricted
share of LMI Common Stock (LMI Restricted
Stock) granted pursuant to any LMI Plan and each
restricted share of LMI Common Stock issued pursuant to
individual awards not granted pursuant to any LMI Plan will, by
virtue of the LMI Merger, and without any further action on the
part of any holder thereof, be converted into one restricted
share of the same series of HoldCo Common Stock, and will remain
subject to the same restrictions applicable to such restricted
share of LMI Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective
Time.
3.7 UGC Stock Options, Stock
Appreciation Rights and Restricted Stock.
(a) UGC Stock Options. Each of the then
outstanding stock options, if any, to purchase shares of UGC
Common Stock (each, a UGC Option) issued by
UGC pursuant to any UGC Plan, and any non-plan options to
acquire shares of UGC Common Stock set forth in Section 3.7
of the UGC Disclosure Letter issued by UGC pursuant to an option
agreement or otherwise issued by UGC, will, by virtue of the UGC
Merger, and without any further action on the part of any holder
thereof, be converted into an option (a Converted UGC
Option) to purchase that number of shares of HoldCo
Series A Stock determined by multiplying the number of
shares of UGC Common Stock subject to such UGC Option at the
Effective Time by the Exchange Ratio, at an exercise price per
share of HoldCo Series A Stock equal to the exercise price
per share of such UGC Option immediately prior to the Effective
Time divided by the Exchange Ratio, rounded up to the nearest
whole cent. If the foregoing calculation results in a Converted
UGC Option being exercisable for a fraction of a share of HoldCo
Series A Stock, then the number of shares of HoldCo
Series A Stock subject to such option will be rounded down
to the nearest whole number of shares, with no cash being
payable for such fractional share. The terms and conditions of
each Converted UGC Option will otherwise remain as set forth in
the UGC Option converted into such Converted UGC Option.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the
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contrary, the adjustment provided for in this
Section 3.7(a) with respect to all options will be and is
intended to be effected in a manner that is consistent with
Section 424(a) of the Code and, to the extent applicable,
Q&A-18(d) of Notice 2005-1.
(b) UGC Stock Appreciation Rights. Each of
the then outstanding stock appreciation rights, if any, with
respect to shares of UGC Common Stock (each, a UGC
SAR) issued by UGC pursuant to any UGC Plan, and any
non-plan stock appreciation rights with respect to shares of UGC
Common Stock set forth in Section 3.7 of the UGC Disclosure
Letter or otherwise issued by UGC, will, by virtue of the UGC
Merger, and without any further action on the part of any holder
thereof, be converted into a stock appreciation right (a
Converted UGC SAR) with respect to that
number of shares of HoldCo Series A Stock equal to the
number of shares of UGC Common Stock that were subject to such
UGC SAR at the Effective Time multiplied by the Exchange Ratio,
at an exercise or base price per stock appreciation right equal
to (i) in the case of a UGC SAR issued in tandem with, and
at the same base or exercise price as, UGC Options, the exercise
price per share of the related Converted UGC Option as
determined above and (ii) in the case of a free standing
UGC SAR or a UGC SAR issued in tandem with, and at a different
base or exercise price as, UGC Options, the amount determined by
dividing the base or exercise price per share of such UGC SAR
immediately prior to the Effective Time by the Exchange Ratio,
rounded up to the nearest whole cent. If the foregoing
calculation results in a Converted UGC SAR being exercisable
with respect to a fraction of a share of HoldCo Series A
Stock, then the number of shares of HoldCo Series A Stock
in respect of such stock appreciation right will be rounded down
to the nearest whole number of shares, with no cash being
payable for such fractional share. The terms and conditions of
each Converted UGC SAR will otherwise remain as set forth in the
UGC SAR converted into such Converted UGC SAR. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the adjustment provided for in
this Section 3.7(b) with respect to all stock appreciation
rights will be and is intended to be effected in a manner that
is consistent with Section 424(a) of the Code and, to the
extent applicable, Q&A-18(d) of Notice 2005-1.
(c) UGC Restricted Stock. Each restricted
share of UGC Common Stock (UGC Restricted
Stock) granted pursuant to any UGC Plan and each
restricted share of UGC Common Stock issued pursuant to
individual awards not granted pursuant to any UGC Plan will, by
virtue of the UGC Merger, and without any further action on the
part of any holder thereof, be converted into a number of
restricted shares of HoldCo Series A Stock at the Exchange
Ratio, and will remain subject to the same restrictions
applicable to such restricted share of UGC Common Stock
immediately prior to the Effective Time. If the foregoing
calculation results in a restricted share of UGC Common Stock
being convertible for a fraction of a share of HoldCo
Series A Stock, then the number of shares of HoldCo
Series A Stock to be issued will be rounded down to the
nearest whole number of shares, with no cash being payable for
such fractional share.
ARTICLE IV
CERTAIN ACTIONS
4.1 Stockholder
Meetings.
(a) UGC, acting through the UGC Board, will, in accordance
with applicable law, the UGC Charter and UGCs Bylaws, duly
call, give notice of, convene and hold, as soon as reasonably
practicable after the date hereof, a meeting of UGCs
stockholders for the purpose of considering and voting upon this
Agreement (the UGC Special Meeting). Except
as otherwise required by the fiduciary duties of the UGC Board,
at the UGC Special Meeting the UGC Board (with the approval of
the Special Committee) will recommend to its stockholders the
adoption of this Agreement; provided, that the inability
or any refusal of the UGC Board to make such recommendation
shall not relieve UGC of its obligation pursuant to the first
sentence of this Section 4.1(a)
(b) LMI, acting through the LMI Board, will, in accordance
with applicable law, the LMI Charter and LMIs Bylaws, duly
call, give notice of, convene and hold, as soon as reasonably
practicable after the date hereof, a meeting of LMIs
stockholders (the LMI Special Meeting and
together with the UGC Special Meeting, the Special
Meetings) for the purpose of considering and voting
upon this Agreement. Except as
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otherwise required by the fiduciary duties of the LMI Board, at
the LMI Special Meeting the LMI Board will recommend to its
stockholders the adoption of this Agreement; provided,
that the inability or refusal of the LMI Board to make such
recommendation shall not relieve LMI of its obligation pursuant
to the first sentence of this Section 4.1(b). LMI may take
the actions contemplated by this Section 4.1(b) at either
an annual or special meeting.
4.2 Registration Statement
and Other SEC Filings.
(a) Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus and
Registration Statement. As soon as reasonably
practicable after the execution of this Agreement, (i) UGC
and LMI will prepare and file with the SEC a preliminary joint
proxy statement relating to the Special Meetings, (ii) UGC
and LMI will prepare and file a joint Rule 13e-3
Transaction Statement on Schedule 13E-3 (the
Schedule 13E-3), and (iii) HoldCo
will prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on
Form S-4 (the Registration Statement) in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the
HoldCo Common Stock issuable in the Mergers and of the HoldCo
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Converted LMI Options
and the Converted UGC Options. The joint proxy statement
furnished to UGCs stockholders in connection with the UGC
Special Meeting and the joint proxy statement furnished to
LMIs stockholders in connection with the LMI Special
Meeting will be included as part of the prospectus (the
Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus) forming
part of the Registration Statement. Each party hereto agrees to
use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with each other
party in connection with the preparation and filing of the
preliminary joint proxy statement, the Joint Proxy Statement/
Prospectus, the Schedule 13E-3 and the Registration
Statement, including providing information to the other parties
with respect to itself as may be reasonably required in
connection therewith. Each party hereto will use commercially
reasonable efforts to respond to any comments of the SEC, to
cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective under
the Securities Act as soon as reasonably practicable after such
filing and to continue to be effective as of the Effective Time
and to cause the Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus approved by
the SEC to be mailed to UGCs and LMIs stockholders
at the earliest practicable time.
(b) SEC Comments; Amendments and Supplements.
Each party will notify the other parties promptly of the receipt
of any comments of the SEC or its staff and of any request by
the SEC or its staff or any other governmental officials for
amendments or supplements to the preliminary joint proxy
statement, the Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus, the
Schedule 13E-3, the Registration Statement or any other
related filing or for additional information related thereto,
and will supply the others with copies of all correspondence
between it and any of its representatives, on the one hand, and
the SEC or its staff or any other governmental officials, on the
other hand, with respect to the preliminary joint proxy
statement, the Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus, the
Schedule 13E-3, the Registration Statement, the Mergers or
any other filing relating thereto. The Joint Proxy Statement/
Prospectus, the Schedule 13E-3, the Registration Statement
and such other filings will comply in all material respects with
all applicable requirements of law. If at any time prior to the
Effective Time, any event occurs relating to a party or its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors,
partners or Affiliates that should be described in an amendment
or supplement to the Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus, the
Schedule 13E-3, the Registration Statement or any other
related filing, the applicable party will inform the other
parties promptly after becoming aware of such event and
cooperate in filing with the SEC or its staff or any other
government officials, and/or mailing to stockholders of UGC or
LMI, as applicable, such amendment or supplement. The parties
shall cooperate and provide each other and the Special Committee
with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any
amendment or supplement to the preliminary joint proxy
statement, the Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus, the
Schedule 13E-3, the Registration Statement and any related
filings.
(c) Each of the preliminary joint proxy statement, the
Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus, the Registration Statement,
the Schedule 13E-3 and any amendments thereto shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Special Committee.
(d) Nasdaq Quotation. LMI and UGC shall use
their respective commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
shares of HoldCo Common Stock issuable to the UGC and LMI
stockholders as Merger Consideration (including the shares of
HoldCo Common Stock reserved for issuance with respect to
Converted LMI
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Options, Converted LMI SARs, each share of LMI Restricted Stock
converted pursuant to Section 3.6(c), Converted UGC
Options, Converted UGC SARs and each share of UGC Restricted
Stock converted pursuant to Section 3.7(c)) to be eligible
for quotation on Nasdaq prior to the Effective Time.
4.3 Identification of
Affiliates. Promptly after the Special Meetings and
before the Closing Date, each of UGC and LMI will deliver to
HoldCo a letter identifying all Persons who, to such
deliverers knowledge, at the time of the Special Meetings
or at the Effective Time, may be deemed to be
affiliates of UGC or LMI, as the case may be, for
purposes of Rule 145 under the Securities Act. Each of UGC
and LMI will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each
Person who is identified as an affiliate in the
letter referred to above to deliver to HoldCo, on or prior to
the Closing Date, a written agreement, in substantially the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit 4.3, that such Person will not
offer to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of HoldCo
Common Stock issued to such Person pursuant to the UGC Merger or
LMI Merger, as the case may be, in violation of the Securities
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
4.4 Commercially Reasonable
Efforts. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and applicable law, each of the parties hereto will
use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be
taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things
necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and
regulations or otherwise to consummate and make effective the
Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement as soon as reasonably practicable, including such
actions or things as any other party hereto may reasonably
request in order to cause any of the conditions to such other
partys obligation to consummate such transactions
specified in Article VIII to be fully satisfied. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the parties will, and
will cause their respective directors, officers and
Subsidiaries, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause
their respective Affiliates, employees, agents, attorneys,
accountants and representatives, to consult and fully cooperate
with and provide assistance to each other in (i) obtaining
all necessary consents, approvals, waivers, licenses, permits,
authorizations, registrations, qualifications, or other
permission or action by, and giving all necessary notices to and
making all necessary filings with and applications and
submissions to, any Governmental Entity or other Person;
(ii) lifting any permanent or preliminary injunction or
restraining order or other similar order issued or entered by
any court or Governmental Entity (an
Injunction) of any type referred to in
Section 8.1(d); (iii) taking such actions as may
reasonably be required under applicable federal securities laws
in connection with the issuance of the HoldCo Common Stock to be
covered by the Registration Statement; and (iv) in general,
consummating and making effective the transactions contemplated
hereby; provided, however, that in order to obtain any
consent, approval, waiver, license, permit, authorization,
registration, qualification, or other permission or action or
the lifting of any Injunction referred to in clause (i) or
(ii) of this sentence, no party will be required to pay any
consideration (other than filing fees for any Governmental
Filings), to divest itself of any of, or otherwise rearrange the
composition of, its assets or to agree to any of the foregoing
or to any conditions or requirements that are materially adverse
to its interests or materially burdensome. Prior to making any
application to or filing with any Governmental Entity or other
Person in connection with this Agreement, each party will
provide the other party with drafts thereof and afford the other
party a reasonable opportunity to comment on such drafts.
4.5 No Solicitations; Other
Offers.
(a) UGC shall not, nor shall it knowingly permit any of its
officers, directors, representatives or agents to, directly or
indirectly, (i) take any action to solicit, initiate or
knowingly encourage the submission of any Acquisition Proposal
or (ii) engage in discussions or negotiations with any
other Person to facilitate an Acquisition Proposal. From and
after the date hereof, UGC and all of its officers, directors,
employees, agents and advisors shall cease doing any of the
foregoing. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent the
UGC Board from complying with Rule 14d-9 or Rule 14e-2
under the Exchange Act with respect to any Acquisition Proposal.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, UGC may, subject to a
confidentiality agreement containing customary terms, engage in
discussions or negotiations with, and furnish nonpublic
information or access to, any Person in response to an
unsolicited Acquisition Proposal or a request for information or
access made incident to an unsolicited Acquisition Proposal if
(i) UGC has prior to such response complied with the terms
of
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Section 4.5(a) hereof and (ii) the UGC Board
determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal
counsel, that the taking of such action is necessary to
discharge its fiduciary duties under applicable law.
(c) UGC will promptly (but in no event later than
24 hours) notify LMI if any Acquisition Proposal is made,
indicating the identity of the offeror and the terms and
conditions of such Acquisition Proposal. UGC shall keep LMI
fully informed of all material developments regarding such
Acquisition Proposal.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF UGC
UGC hereby represents and warrants to HoldCo and to LMI as
follows:
5.1 Organization and
Qualification. UGC and each Significant UGC Subsidiary
(as defined below) is a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other business association duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization. UGC and each
Significant UGC Subsidiary has all requisite corporate,
partnership, limited liability company or other business
association power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to carry on its business as it is now being
conducted, except where the failure to have such power and
authority, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and
would not reasonably be expected to have a UGC Material Adverse
Effect. UGC and each Significant UGC Subsidiary is duly
qualified or licensed and in good standing to do business in
each jurisdiction in which the property owned, leased or
operated by it or the nature of the business conducted by it
makes such qualification or license necessary, except in such
jurisdictions where the failure to be so duly qualified or
licensed or in good standing has not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a UGC Material Adverse Effect. A Significant
UGC Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of UGC that
constitutes a significant subsidiary within the meaning of
Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X of the SEC.
5.2 Authorization and
Validity of Agreement.
(a) UGC has all requisite corporate power and authority to
enter into this Agreement and, subject to obtaining the UGC
Stockholder Approval, to perform its obligations hereunder and
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution,
delivery and performance by UGC of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been
duly authorized by the UGC Board (with the approval of the
Special Committee) and by all other necessary corporate action
on the part of UGC, subject, in the case of the consummation by
it of the UGC Merger, to obtaining the UGC Stockholder Approval.
This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by UGC and
(assuming the due execution and delivery of this Agreement by
the other parties hereto) constitutes a valid and binding
agreement of UGC, enforceable against UGC in accordance with its
terms (except insofar as enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting creditors rights generally, or by
principles governing the availability of equitable remedies).
(b) The Special Committee and the UGC Board, based on the
recommendation of the Special Committee, has (i) approved
this Agreement and the UGC Merger and, (ii) determined that
the UGC Merger is fair to and in the best interests of
UGCs stockholders (other than LMI and its Affiliates), and
the UGC Board, based on the recommendation of the Special
Committee, recommended that the stockholders of UGC adopt this
Agreement and approve the UGC Merger.
5.3 Capitalization; Stock
Option Vesting Acceleration. Except as set forth in
Section 5.3 of the UGC Disclosure Letter:
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(a) The authorized capital stock of UGC consists of
(i) 1,000,000,000 shares of UGC Class A Stock,
(ii) 1,000,000,000 shares of UGC Class B Stock,
(iii) 400,000,000 shares of UGC Class C Stock and
(iv) 10,000,000 shares of UGC Preferred Stock,
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(b) As of the close of business on December 31, 2004,
(i) 413,206,357 shares of UGC Class A Stock were
issued and outstanding, (ii) 10,493,461 shares of UGC
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outstanding, (iii) 379,603,223 shares of UGC
Class C Stock were issued and outstanding, (iv) no
shares of UGC Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding and no
action had been taken by the UGC Board with respect to the
designation of the rights and preferences of any series of UGC
Preferred Stock and (v) 13,174,660 shares of UGC
Class A Stock were held in treasury or by Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries of UGC and no other shares of UGC Common Stock or
UGC Preferred Stock were held in the treasury of UGC or held by
Subsidiaries of UGC. Except as set forth in the preceding
sentence or in clause (e) below, at the close of business
on December 31, 2004, no shares of capital stock or other
securities or other equity interests of UGC and no phantom
shares, phantom equity interests, or stock or equity
appreciation rights relating to UGC were issued, reserved for
issuance or outstanding. Except as set forth in the UGC SEC
Filings filed with the SEC and publicly available prior to the
date of this Agreement or in clause (e) below, at the close
of business on December 31, 2004, no shares of capital
stock or other securities or other equity interests of any
Significant UGC Subsidiary and no phantom shares, phantom equity
interests, or stock or equity appreciation rights relating to
any Significant UGC Subsidiary were issued, reserved for
issuance or outstanding. Since the close of business on
December 31, 2004, no shares of capital stock or other
securities or other equity interests of UGC and no phantom
shares, phantom equity interests, or stock or equity
appreciation rights relating to UGC or any Significant UGC
Subsidiary have been issued other than shares of UGC Common
Stock issued (A) upon exercise of the options or rights
referred to in clause (e)(ii) below in accordance with
their terms or (B) upon conversion of UGC Convertible Notes
outstanding at the close of business on December 31, 2004
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(c) All outstanding shares of UGC Common Stock are duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and no
class of capital stock of UGC is entitled to preemptive rights
with respect to the issuance thereof, except that LMI and its
Affiliates are entitled to certain contractual preemptive rights
with respect to the issuance of shares of UGC Class A Stock
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(d) There are no issued or outstanding bonds, debentures,
notes or other Indebtedness of UGC or any of its Subsidiaries
that have the right to vote (or that are convertible into other
securities having the right to vote, other than the UGC
Convertible Notes) on any matters on which stockholders of UGC
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(e) There are no, and immediately after the Effective Time
there will be no, outstanding or authorized subscriptions,
options, warrants, securities, calls, rights, commitments or any
other Contracts of any character to or by which UGC or any
Significant UGC Subsidiary is a party or is bound that, directly
or indirectly, obligate, or after the Effective Time will
obligate, UGC or any Significant UGC Subsidiary or HoldCo
(contingently or otherwise) to issue, deliver or sell or cause
to be issued, delivered or sold any shares of UGC Common Stock
or any UGC Preferred Stock or other capital stock, securities,
equity interests or Voting Debt of UGC or any Significant UGC
Subsidiary or HoldCo, any securities convertible into, or
exercisable or exchangeable for, or evidencing the right
(contingent or otherwise) to subscribe for any such shares,
securities, interests or Voting Debt, or any phantom shares,
phantom equity interests or stock or equity appreciation rights,
or obligating UGC or any Significant UGC Subsidiary or HoldCo to
grant, extend or enter into any such subscription, option,
warrant, security, call, right or Contract (collectively,
Convertible Securities), other than
(i) the UGC Convertible Notes, (ii) options or other
rights representing in the aggregate the right to purchase or
otherwise acquire on the date of this Agreement up to
45,594,482 shares of UGC Class A Stock and
3,000,000 shares of UGC Class B Stock and
(iii) Convertible Securities relating to Significant UGC
Subsidiaries that were outstanding on January 1, 2002.
Neither UGC nor any Significant UGC Subsidiary is subject to any
obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise
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(f) Except as disclosed in the UGC SEC Filings filed with
the SEC and publicly available prior to the date of this
Agreement, neither UGC nor any of the Significant UGC
Subsidiaries has adopted, authorized or assumed any plans,
arrangements or practices for the benefit of its officers,
employees or directors that require or permit the issuance,
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other equity interests or Voting Debt of UGC or any Significant
UGC Subsidiary, or any phantom shares, phantom equity interests
or stock or equity appreciation rights or any Convertible
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(g) The UGC Board has adopted a resolution stating that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement do not constitute a
change of control or any comparable event which would permit or
result in an acceleration of vesting or exercisability of any
outstanding awards (including UGC Options, UGC SARs and UGC
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5.4 Reports and Financial
Statements. Except as set forth in Section 5.4 of
the UGC Disclosure Letter, UGC has filed on a timely basis all
forms, reports and documents with the SEC required to be filed
by it under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act since
January 1, 2002 (collectively, other than preliminary
material, the UGC SEC Filings). As of their
respective dates, each of the UGC SEC Filings complied in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder, and none of the UGC SEC Filings contained as of such
date any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. When filed with the SEC,
the financial statements (including the related notes) included
in the UGC SEC Filings complied as to form in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act
or the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations
thereunder and were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on
a consistent basis (except as may be indicated therein or in the
schedules thereto), and such financial statements fairly
present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial
position of UGC and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the
respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of their
operations and their consolidated cash flows for the respective
periods then ended, subject, in the case of the unaudited
interim financial statements, to normal, recurring year-end
audit adjustments. Except as disclosed in the UGC SEC Filings
filed and publicly available prior to the date hereof, UGC and
its Subsidiaries have not incurred any liabilities that are of a
nature that would be required to be disclosed on a balance sheet
of UGC and its Subsidiaries or the footnotes thereto prepared in
conformity with GAAP, other than (a) liabilities incurred
in the ordinary course of business, (b) liabilities
incurred in accordance with Section 7.3,
(c) liabilities for Taxes or (d) liabilities that,
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
expected to have a UGC Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of
this section, the term timely shall have the meaning
set forth in General Instruction I.A.3(b) to Form S-3.
5.5 No Approvals or Notices
Required; No Conflict with Instruments. Except as set
forth in Section 5.5 of the UGC Disclosure Letter, the
execution and delivery by UGC of this Agreement do not, and the
performance by UGC of its obligations hereunder and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
will not:
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(i) assuming the UGC Stockholder Approval is obtained,
conflict with or violate the UGC Charter or UGCs Bylaws,
or the charter or bylaws of any Significant UGC Subsidiary, or
any other instrument or document governing any Significant UGC
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(ii) require any consent, approval, order or authorization
of or other action by any Governmental Entity (a
Government Consent) or any registration,
qualification, declaration or filing with or notice to any
Governmental Entity (a Governmental Filing),
in each case on the part of or with respect to UGC or any
Subsidiary of UGC, except for (A) the filing with the SEC
of the Registration Statement, the Schedule 13E-3 and the
Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus and such reports under
Sections 13(a) and 16(a) of the Exchange Act as may be
required in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, (B) the filing of the UGC Certificate
of Merger with the Delaware Secretary of State and appropriate
documents with the relevant authorities of other states in which
UGC is qualified to do business, (C) such Government
Consents and Governmental Filings as will have been obtained or
made prior to the Effective Time and (D) such Government
Consents and Governmental Filings the absence or omission of
which will not, either individually or in the aggregate, have a
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(iii) assuming the UGC Stockholder Approval is obtained,
require, on the part of UGC or any Subsidiary of UGC, any
consent by or approval or authorization of (a Contract
Consent) or notice to (a Contract
Notice) any other Person (other than a Governmental
Entity), whether under any License or other Contract or
otherwise, except where the failure to obtain such Contract
Consent or to give such Contract Notice will not, either
individually or in the aggregate, have a UGC Material Adverse
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(iv) conflict with or result in any violation or breach of
or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both)
under, or give rise to a put or call
right or a right of termination, cancellation, suspension,
modification or acceleration of any obligation or any increase
in any payment required by or the impairment, loss or forfeiture
of any material benefit, rights or privileges under or the
creation of a Lien, Restriction or other encumbrance on any
assets pursuant to (any such conflict, violation, breach,
default, right of termination, cancellation, suspension,
modification or acceleration, loss or creation, a
Violation) any contract (including any note,
bond, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, franchise,
permit, authorization, license, contract, instrument, employee
benefit plan or practice, or other agreement, obligation,
commitment or concession of any nature (each, a
Contract)) to which UGC or any Subsidiary of
UGC is a party, by which UGC or any Subsidiary of UGC or any of
their respective assets or properties is bound or affected or
pursuant to which UGC or any Subsidiary of UGC is entitled to
any rights or benefits (including any Licenses), except for such
Violations (other than Violations in respect of the UGC
Indenture) which would not, individually or in the aggregate,
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(v) assuming the UGC Stockholder Approval is obtained and
assuming that the Government Consents and Governmental Filings
specified in clause (ii) of this Section 5.5 are
obtained, made and given, result in a Violation of, under or
pursuant to any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree
applicable to UGC, any Subsidiary of UGC or by which any of
their respective properties or assets are bound or affected,
except for such Violations which would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have a UGC Material Adverse Effect. |
5.6 Absence of Certain
Changes or Events. Except as set forth in
Section 5.6 of the UGC Disclosure Letter and as otherwise
disclosed in the UGC SEC Filings filed with the SEC and publicly
available prior to the date hereof, since September 30,
2004, (a) there has not been any material adverse change in
the business, properties, operations or financial condition of
UGC and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and no event has
occurred and no condition exists that, individually or together
with other events or conditions, has had or is reasonably likely
to have a UGC Material Adverse Effect and (b) no action has
been taken by UGC or any Subsidiary of UGC that, if
Section 7.3 of this Agreement had then been in effect,
would have been prohibited by such Section without the consent
or approval of LMI, and no Contract to take any such action was
entered into during such period.
5.7 Registration Statement;
Schedule 13E-3; Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus.
None of the information supplied or to be supplied by UGC in
writing specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference
in, and which is included or incorporated by reference in,
(i) the Registration Statement or the Schedule 13E-3
or any amendment or supplement thereto will, at the respective
times such documents are filed, and, in the case of the
Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto,
when the same becomes effective, at the time of the Special
Meetings or at the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, or (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement/
Prospectus or any other documents filed or to be filed with the
SEC or any other Governmental Entity in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby, will, at the respective times
such documents are filed and, in the case of the Joint Proxy
Statement/ Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, at
the time of mailing to stockholders of UGC and LMI and at the
times of the Special Meetings, be false or misleading with
respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or
necessary to correct any statement in any earlier communication.
For this purpose, any such information included or incorporated
by reference in any such document relating to UGC will be deemed
to have been so supplied in writing specifically for inclusion
or incorporation therein if such document was available for
review by UGC or its counsel a reasonable time before such
document was filed (but the
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foregoing will not be the exclusive manner in which it may be
established that such information was so supplied). The
Registration Statement, the Schedule 13E-3 and the Joint
Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
5.8 Legal
Proceedings. Except as otherwise disclosed in the UGC
SEC Filings filed with the SEC and publicly available prior to
the date hereof, there are no claims, actions, suits,
investigations or proceedings pending, or, to the knowledge of
UGC, threatened against UGC or any of its Subsidiaries before
any court, arbitrator or administrative, governmental or
regulatory authority or body, domestic or foreign, that,
individually or in the aggregate, would, or would reasonably be
anticipated to, have a UGC Material Adverse Effect.
5.9 Compliance with
Laws. Except as otherwise disclosed in the UGC SEC
Filings filed with the SEC and publicly available prior to the
date hereof, neither UGC nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
violation of, and UGC and its Subsidiaries have not received any
notices of violations with respect to, any Licenses, laws,
ordinances or regulations of any Governmental Entity, except for
violations which, in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
expected to have a UGC Material Adverse Effect.
5.10 Tax Matters.
(a) To the knowledge of UGC, neither UGC nor any of its
Subsidiaries has taken or agreed to take any action that would
prevent the UGC Merger from constituting an exchange qualifying
under Section 351 of the Code. UGC is not aware of any
agreement, plan or other circumstance that would prevent the UGC
Merger from qualifying under Section 351 of the Code.
(b) UGC and each of its Subsidiaries have timely filed all
Tax Returns that they were required to file, other than any Tax
Returns the failure to file would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a UGC Material Adverse Effect. UGC and each of
its Subsidiaries have paid all Taxes due, other than Taxes
adequate reserves for which have been made in UGCs
financial statements and Taxes the failure to pay would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a UGC Material Adverse
Effect.
(c) There are no claims or assessments pending against UGC
or any of its Subsidiaries for any alleged deficiency in any
Tax, and UGC has not been notified in writing of any proposed
Tax claims or assessments against UGC or any of its Subsidiaries
(other than, in each case, claims or assessments for which
adequate reserves in the UGC financial statements have been
established and claims or assessments which would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a UGC Material Adverse
Effect).
(d) There are no Liens or Restrictions on any of the assets
or properties of UGC or any of its Subsidiaries that arose in
connection with any failure (or alleged failure) to pay any Tax,
except for statutory liens for current Taxes not yet due and
payable (and except for Liens or Restrictions which would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a UGC Material Adverse
Effect).
(e) Neither UGC nor any of its Subsidiaries (x) except
as set forth in Section 5.10(e) of the UGC Disclosure
Letter, is bound by any Tax allocation or Tax sharing agreement
which applies to U.S. federal or state income Taxes, or
(y) has any liabilities under any Tax allocation or Tax
sharing agreement (except for any liabilities which would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a UGC Material Adverse
Effect).
(f) Neither UGC nor any of its Subsidiaries has
participated in a listed transaction within the meaning of
Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).
5.11 Employee Matters.
(a) To the knowledge of UGC, each UGC Plan intended to be
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code continues to
satisfy the requirements for such qualification.
(b) Each UGC Plan has been maintained and administered in
compliance with its terms and with ERISA and the Code to the
extent applicable thereto, except for such non-compliance which
individually or in the aggregate would not have a UGC Material
Adverse Effect.
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(c) There has been no event or circumstance that has
resulted in any material liability being asserted by any UGC
Plan, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other
Person or entity under Title IV of ERISA or
Section 412 of the Code against UGC or any UGC ERISA
Affiliate and there has not been any event or circumstance that
could reasonably be expected to result in any liability which
individually or in the aggregate would have a UGC Material
Adverse Effect.
(d) There is no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement to
which UGC or any of its Subsidiaries is a party covering any
employee, former employee, officer, director, shareholder or
contract worker of UGC or any of its Subsidiaries, which,
individually or collectively, could give rise to the payment of
any amount that would not be deductible pursuant to
Section 280G of the Code solely as a result of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
5.12 Brokers or
Finders. No investment banker, broker, finder,
consultant or intermediary is entitled to any brokerage,
finders or other fee or commission in connection with this
Agreement, the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated
hereby based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of UGC other
than Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (Morgan
Stanley).
5.13 Fairness
Opinion. The Special Committee has received the opinion,
dated January 17, 2005, of Morgan Stanley to the effect
that the consideration to be received by the holders of shares
of UGC Class A Stock (other than LMI or its Affiliates) as
contemplated by Section 3.3(b) for the conversion of UGC
Common Stock into HoldCo Series A Stock and/or cash
pursuant to the UGC Merger is fair as of the date of the
opinion, from a financial point of view, to such holders (other
than LMI or its Affiliates) (the UGC Fairness
Opinion). A true and complete copy of the UGC Fairness
Opinion (which includes a consent to the inclusion in its
entirety of a copy of the UGC Fairness Opinion in any documents
required to be filed by UGC with the SEC with respect to the
Mergers, which consent has not been withdrawn) has been
delivered to LMI.
5.14 Vote Required.
The only vote of stockholders of UGC required under the DGCL,
the UGC Charter, UGCs Bylaws and the rules and regulations
of the NASD in order for UGC to validly perform its obligations
under this Agreement is the affirmative vote of a majority of
the aggregate voting power of the issued and outstanding shares
of UGC Common Stock voting together as a single class (the
UGC Stockholder Approval). This Agreement
also requires, as a condition to the Closing, that the holders
of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the
outstanding shares of UGC Common Stock entitled to be voted at
the UGC Special Meeting, other than any shares of UGC Common
Stock beneficially owned by LMI, LMC or any of their respective
Subsidiaries or any of the executive officers or directors of
LMI, LMC or UGC, shall have voted in favor of the UGC Merger
(the Minority Approval).
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF LMI
LMI hereby represents and warrants to UGC as follows:
6.1 Organization and
Qualification. Each of LMI, each Significant LMI
Subsidiary (as defined below), HoldCo, LMI Merger Sub and UGC
Merger Sub is a corporation, partnership, limited liability
company or other business association duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction
of its incorporation or organization. LMI and each Significant
LMI Subsidiary has all requisite corporate, partnership, limited
liability company or other business association power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry
on its business as it is now being conducted, except where such
failure, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would
not reasonably be expected to have a LMI Material Adverse
Effect. LMI and each Significant LMI Subsidiary is duly
qualified or licensed and in good standing to do business in
each jurisdiction in which the property owned, leased or
operated by it or the nature of the business conducted by it
makes such qualification or license necessary, except in such
jurisdictions where the failure to be so duly qualified or
licensed or in good standing has not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a LMI Material Adverse Effect. A Significant
LMI Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of LMI that
constitutes a significant subsidiary within the meaning of
Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X of the SEC.
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6.2 Authorization and
Validity of Agreement.
(a) Each of LMI, HoldCo, LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger Sub
has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into
this Agreement and, in the case of LMI subject to obtaining the
LMI Stockholder Approval, to perform its obligations hereunder
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The
execution, delivery and performance by each of LMI, HoldCo, LMI
Merger Sub and UGC Merger Sub of this Agreement and the
consummation by each of LMI, HoldCo, LMI Merger Sub and UGC
Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby have been
duly authorized by each of their respective board of directors,
and by all other necessary corporate action on the part of LMI,
HoldCo, LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger Sub subject, in the case
of the consummation by LMI of the LMI Merger, to the LMI
Stockholder Approval. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by each of LMI, HoldCo, LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger
Sub and (assuming the due execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the other parties hereto) constitutes a valid and
binding agreement of each of LMI, HoldCo, LMI Merger Sub and UGC
Merger Sub, enforceable against each such party in accordance
with its terms (except insofar as enforceability may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally, or
by principles governing the availability of equitable remedies).
(b) The LMI Board has (i) approved this Agreement and
the LMI Merger, (ii) determined that the LMI Merger is fair
to and in the best interests of LMIs stockholders and
(iii) recommended that the stockholders of LMI adopt this
Agreement and approve the LMI Merger.
6.3 Capitalization of LMI;
Stock Option Vesting Acceleration.
(a) The authorized capital stock of LMI consists of
(i) 1,050,000,000 shares of common stock,
$.01 par value, of which 500,000,000 shares are
designated LMI Series A Stock, 50,000,000 shares are
designated LMI Series B Stock and 500,000,000 shares
are designated as LMI Series C Stock and
(ii) 50,000,000 shares of LMI Preferred Stock.
(b) As of the close of business on December 31, 2004,
(i) 165,514,962 shares of LMI Series A Stock,
7,264,300 shares of LMI Series B Stock and no shares
of LMI Series C Stock (in each case net of shares held in
treasury and shares held by Subsidiaries of LMI all of the
common stock of which is beneficially owned by LMI) were issued
and outstanding, and (ii) no shares of LMI Preferred Stock
were issued and outstanding.
(c) All outstanding shares of LMI Series A Stock and
LMI Series B Stock are duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, and no class of capital stock of
LMI is entitled to preemptive rights.
(d) As of the close of business on December 31, 2004,
there were no options, warrants or other rights to acquire LMI
Series A Stock (or securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for LMI Series A Stock) from
LMI, other than (i) the right of the holders of LMI
Series B Stock to convert shares of LMI Series B Stock
into LMI Series A Stock, pursuant to the LMI Charter, and
(ii) options or other rights representing in the aggregate
the right to purchase or otherwise acquire up to
1,761,123 shares of LMI Series A Stock (which excludes
1,498,154 options to acquire LMI Series B Stock that can be
exercised for LMI Series A Stock, on a one-for-one basis,
at the option of the holder) and 3,066,716 shares of LMI
Series B Stock (which includes 1,498,154 options to
acquire LMI Series B Stock that can be exercised for LMI
Series A Stock, on a one-for-one basis, at the option of
the holder), pursuant to a LMI employee benefit plan or
otherwise. All other material information about the
capitalization of LMI has been disclosed in the LMI SEC Filings.
(e) The LMI Board has adopted a resolution stating that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement do not constitute a
change of control or any comparable event which would permit or
result in an acceleration of vesting or exercisability of any
outstanding awards (including LMI Options, LMI SARs and LMI
Restricted Stock) under any LMI Plan.
6.4 LMI Reports and Financial
Statements. LMI has filed on a timely basis all forms,
reports and documents with the SEC required to be filed by it
under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act since June 1,
2004 (collectively, together with the Form 10, dated
May 28, 2004, filed by LMI and other than preliminary
material, the LMI SEC Filings). As of their
respective dates, each of the LMI SEC Filings complied in all
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material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder, and none of the LMI SEC Filings contained as of such
date any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading (except that no
representation or warranty is made with respect to any
information regarding UGC included in the LMI SEC Filings which
was furnished by UGC expressly for use therein). When filed with
the SEC, the financial statements (including the related notes)
included in the LMI SEC Filings complied as to form in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and
regulations thereunder and were prepared in accordance with GAAP
applied on a consistent basis (except as may be indicated
therein or in the schedules thereto), and such financial
statements fairly present, in all material respects, the
consolidated financial position of LMI and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and the
consolidated results of their operations and their consolidated
cash flows for the respective periods then ended, subject, in
the case of the unaudited interim financial statements, to
normal, recurring year-end audit adjustments. Except as
disclosed in the LMI SEC Filings filed with the SEC and publicly
available prior to the date hereof, from September 30, 2004
to the date of this Agreement, LMI and its Subsidiaries have not
incurred any liabilities that are of a nature that would be
required to be disclosed on a balance sheet of LMI and its
Subsidiaries or the footnotes thereto prepared in conformity
with GAAP, other than (a) liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of business, (b) liabilities for Taxes or
(c) liabilities that, individually or in the aggregate,
would not reasonably be expected to have a LMI Material Adverse
Effect. For purposes of this section, the term
timely shall have the meaning set forth in General
Instruction I.A.3(b) to Form S-3. A form, report or
document filed or that should have been filed by LMI shall not
in any event be considered untimely if the delay in such filing
arose as a result of actions by UGC or any of its Subsidiaries.
6.5 No Approvals or Notices
Required; No Conflict with Instruments. The execution
and delivery by LMI of this Agreement do not, and the
performance by LMI of its obligations hereunder and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not:
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(i) assuming the LMI Stockholder Approval is obtained,
conflict with or violate the LMI Charter or LMIs Bylaws,
or the charter or bylaws of any Significant LMI Subsidiary, or
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(ii) require any Government Consent or Governmental Filing
on the part of or with respect to LMI or any Subsidiary of LMI,
except for (A) the filing with the SEC of the Registration
Statement, the Schedule 13E-3 and the Joint Proxy
Statement/ Prospectus and such reports under
Sections 12(g), 13(a), 13(d) and 16(a) of the Exchange Act
as may be required in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, (B) the filing of the LMI
Certificate of Merger with the Delaware Secretary of State and
appropriate documents with the relevant authorities or other
states in which LMI is qualified to do business,
(C) appropriate filings with and consents or approvals of
the Federal Communications Commission and the Puerto Rico
Telecommunications Regulatory Board, or (D) such Government
Consents and Governmental Filings the absence or omission of
which will not, either individually or in the aggregate, have a
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(iii) require on the part of LMI or any Subsidiary of LMI
any Contract Consent or Contract Notice to any other Person
(other than a Governmental Entity), whether under any License or
other Contract or otherwise, except where the failure to obtain
such Contract Consent or to give such Contract Notice will not,
either individually or in the aggregate, have a LMI Material
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(iv) result in a Violation of any Contract to which LMI or
any Subsidiary of LMI is a party, by which LMI or any Subsidiary
of LMI or any of their respective assets or properties is bound
or affected or pursuant to which LMI or any Subsidiary of LMI is
entitled to any rights or benefits (including any Licenses),
except for such Violations which would not, individually or in
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clause (ii) of this Section 6.5 are obtained, made and
given, result in a Violation of, under or pursuant to any law,
rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree applicable to LMI,
any Subsidiary of LMI or by which any of their respective
properties or assets are bound or affected, except for such
Violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate,
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6.6 Absence of Certain
Changes or Events.
(a) Except as otherwise disclosed in the LMI SEC Filings
filed with the SEC and publicly available prior to the date
hereof and subject to the accuracy of the representation and
warranty made by UGC in Section 5.6, since
September 30, 2004 (a) there has not been any material
adverse change in the business, properties, operations or
financial condition of LMI and its Subsidiaries (for this
purpose including UGC and its Subsidiaries) taken as a whole,
and no event has occurred and no condition exists that,
individually or together with other events or conditions, has
had or is reasonably likely to have, a LMI Material Adverse
Effect and (b) no action has been taken by LMI that, if
Section 7.12 of this Agreement had then been in effect,
would have been prohibited by such Section without the consent
or approval of UGC, and no Contract to take any such action was
entered into during such period.
(b) Except as otherwise disclosed in the LMI SEC Filings
filed with the SEC prior to the date hereof, since
September 30, 2004 there has not been a material adverse
change in the business, properties, operations or financial
condition of the Japanese Businesses, taken as a whole, other
than any such change arising out of or resulting from
(i) general business or economic conditions in Japan or
from general changes in or affecting the industries in which the
Japanese Businesses operate (except to the extent any such
change has a disproportionate impact on the Japanese
Businesses), (ii) any changes in applicable generally
accepted accounting principals that affect generally entities
such as the Japanese Businesses or (iii) the conduct of, or
failure to conduct or successfully complete, any public offering
of shares by any of the Japanese Businesses
6.7 Registration Statement;
Schedule 13E-3; Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus.
None of the information supplied or to be supplied by LMI in
writing specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference
in, and which is included or incorporated by reference in,
(i) the Registration Statement or the Schedule 13E-3
or any amendment or supplement thereto will, at the respective
times such documents are filed, and, in the case of the
Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto,
when the same becomes effective, at the time of the Special
Meetings or at the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, or (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement/
Prospectus or any other documents filed or to be filed with the
SEC or any other Governmental Entity in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby, will, at the respective times
such documents are filed and, in the case of the Joint Proxy
Statement/ Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, at
the time of mailing to stockholders of UGC and LMI and at the
times of the Special Meetings, be false or misleading with
respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or
necessary to correct any statement in any earlier communication.
For this purpose, any such information included or incorporated
by reference in any such document relating to LMI will be deemed
to have been so supplied in writing specifically for inclusion
or incorporation therein if such document was available for
review by LMI or its counsel a reasonable time before such
document was filed (but the foregoing will not be the exclusive
manner in which it may be established that such information was
so supplied). The Registration Statement, the
Schedule 13E-3 and the Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus
and the furnishing thereof by LMI will comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
6.8 Legal
Proceedings. Except as otherwise disclosed in the LMI
SEC Filings filed with the SEC and publicly available prior to
the date hereof, there are no claims, actions, suits,
investigations or proceedings pending, or, to the knowledge of
LMI, threatened against LMI or any of its Subsidiaries before
any court, arbitrator or administrative, governmental or
regulatory authority or body, domestic or foreign, that,
individually or in the aggregate, would, or would reasonably be
anticipated to, have a LMI Material Adverse Effect.
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6.9 Compliance with
Laws. Except as otherwise disclosed in the LMI SEC
Filings filed with the SEC and publicly available prior to the
date hereof, neither LMI nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
violation of, and LMI and its Subsidiaries have not received any
notices of violations with respect to, any Licenses, laws,
ordinances or regulations of any Governmental Entity, except for
violations which, in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
expected to have a LMI Material Adverse Effect.
6.10 Tax Matters.
(a) To the knowledge of LMI, neither LMI nor any of its
Subsidiaries has taken or agreed to take any action that would
prevent the LMI Merger from constituting a reorganization
qualifying under Section 368(a) of the Code. LMI is not
aware of any agreement, plan or other circumstance that would
prevent the LMI Merger from qualifying under Section 368(a)
of the Code.
(b) LMI and its Subsidiaries have not taken or failed to
take any action, and LMI and its Subsidiaries have no plan or
intention to take any action or fail to take any action, in each
case, which would reasonably be expected to give rise to an
indemnity claim against LMI pursuant to Section 2.5 or
Section 9.2 of the Tax Sharing Agreement, dated
June 1, 2004, between LMI and LMC (other than, in each
case, indemnity claims which would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a LMI Material Adverse Effect).
(c) LMI and each of its Subsidiaries have timely filed all
Tax Returns that they were required to file, other than any Tax
Returns the failure to file would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a LMI Material Adverse Effect. LMI and each of
its Subsidiaries have paid all Taxes due, other than Taxes
adequate reserves for which have been made in LMIs
financial statements and Taxes the failure to pay would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a LMI Material Adverse
Effect.
(d) There are no claims or assessments pending against LMI
or any of its Subsidiaries for any alleged deficiency in any
Tax, and LMI has not been notified in writing of any proposed
Tax claims or assessments against LMI or any of its Subsidiaries
(other than, in each case, claims or assessments for which
adequate reserves in the LMI financial statements have been
established and claims or assessments which would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a LMI Material Adverse
Effect.)
(e) There are no Liens or Restrictions on any of the assets
or properties of LMI or any of its Subsidiaries that arose in
connection with any failure (or alleged failure) to pay any Tax,
except for statutory liens for current Taxes not yet due and
payable (and except for Liens or Restrictions which would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a LMI Material Adverse
Effect).
(f) Neither LMI nor any of its Subsidiaries has
participated in a listed transaction within the meaning of
Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).
6.11 Employee Matters.
(a) To the knowledge of LMI, each LMI Plan intended to be
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code continues to
satisfy the requirements for such qualification.
(b) Each LMI Plan has been maintained and administered in
compliance with its terms and with ERISA and the Code to the
extent applicable thereto, except for such non-compliance which
individually or in the aggregate would not have a LMI Material
Adverse Effect.
(c) There has been no event or circumstance that has
resulted in any material liability being asserted by any LMI
Plan, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other
Person or entity under Title IV of ERISA or
Section 412 of the Code against LMI or any LMI ERISA
Affiliate and there has not been any event or circumstance that
could reasonably be expected to result in any liability which
individually or in the aggregate would have a LMI Material
Adverse Effect.
(d) There is no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement to
which LMI or any of its Subsidiaries is a party covering any
employee, former employee, officer, director, shareholder or
contract worker of LMI or any of its Subsidiaries, which,
individually or collectively, could give rise to the payment of
any amount that would not be deductible pursuant to
Section 280G of the Code solely as a result of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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6.12 Brokers or
Finders. No investment banker, broker, finder,
consultant or intermediary is entitled to any brokerage,
finders or other fee or commission in connection with this
Agreement, the LMI Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby based upon arrangements made by or on behalf
of LMI or LMI Merger Sub other than Banc of America Securities
LLC.
6.13 Fairness
Opinion. The CMI Board has received the opinion, dated
January 17, 2005, of Banc of America Securities LLC to the
effect that the consideration to be received by the holders of
LMI Common Stock, other than any affiliates of LMI, pursuant to
the transactions contemplated by the Mergers is fair as of the
date of the opinion, from a financial point of view, to the
holders of LMI Common Stock, other than any affiliates of LMI
(the LMI Fairness Opinion). A true and
complete copy of the LMI Fairness Opinion (which includes a
consent to the inclusion in its entirety of a copy of the LMI
Fairness Opinion in any documents required to be filed by LMI
with the SEC with respect to the Mergers, which consent has not
been withdrawn) has been delivered to UGC.
6.14 Vote Required.
The only vote of stockholders of LMI required under the DGCL,
the LMI Charter, LMIs Bylaws and the rules and regulations
of the NASD in order for LMI to validly perform its obligations
under this Agreement is the affirmative vote of a majority of
the aggregate voting power of the issued and outstanding shares
of LMI Common Stock voting together as a single class, and no
other vote or approval of or other action by the holders of any
capital stock or other securities of LMI is required thereby
(the LMI Stockholder Approval).
6.15 Merger
Subsidiaries. Each of HoldCo, UGC Merger Sub and LMI
Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the
transactions contemplated hereby and has not engaged in any
business activities, conducted operations other than in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, incurred
any liabilities other than in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby or owned any assets or property (other than,
in the case of HoldCo, owning all of the outstanding capital
stock of UGC Merger Sub and LMI Merger Sub).
ARTICLE VII
TRANSACTIONS PRIOR TO CLOSING
7.1 Information and
Access.
(a) From the date hereof to the Effective Time, upon
reasonable notice, each of UGC and LMI will (and will cause its
Subsidiaries, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause
its accountants and Affiliates, to) afford to the officers,
employees, counsel, bankers, accountants and other authorized
representatives of the other reasonable access during normal
business hours and upon reasonable prior notice to all its
properties, personnel, books and records and furnish promptly to
such Persons such information concerning its business,
properties, personnel and affairs as such Persons will from time
to time reasonably request consistent with its rights and
obligations under this Agreement. No investigation pursuant to
this Section 7.1 shall affect or otherwise obviate or
diminish any representations or warranties of any party or
conditions to the obligations of any party.
(b) Each of UGC and LMI will hold all information furnished
by or behalf of the other party or its representatives pursuant
to Section 7.1(a) in confidence in accordance with the
provisions of the nondisclosure agreement, dated
January 12, 2005, between UGC and LMI.
7.2 Public
Announcements. No party will or will permit any of its
Subsidiaries to (and each party will use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees,
agents and representatives not to) issue any press release, make
any public announcement or furnish any written statement to its
employees or stockholders generally concerning the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement without the consent of the other
parties (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), except to the extent required by applicable law or the
applicable requirements of the NASD (and in either such case
such party will, to the extent consistent with timely compliance
with such requirement, consult with the other party prior to
making the required release, announcement or statement).
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7.3 Conduct of UGCs
Business Pending the Effective Time. UGC will, and will
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, except (x) as to
Approved Matters, (y) any matters contemplated in the most
recent budget adopted by the UGC Board (provided such budget
itself is an Approved Matter) and (z) as permitted,
required or specifically contemplated by this Agreement or
Section 7.3 of the UGC Disclosure Letter, required by any
change in applicable law or consented to or approved in writing
by LMI (which consent or approval will not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) during the period commencing on the date
hereof and ending at the Effective Time:
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except in, the ordinary and usual course of its business and
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(b) submit to a vote of its board of directors (or
executive committee thereof) or other governing body any matter
of a nature or in any amount that, consistent with past
practices or existing board or other governing body resolutions
or policies, would have been required, or would have been
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(c) not (i) make any change or amendments in its
charter, bylaws or partnership agreement or other governing
instrument or document (as the case may be); (ii) authorize
for issuance, issue, grant, sell, deliver, dispose of, pledge or
otherwise encumber any shares of its capital stock or any
securities or rights convertible into, exchangeable for, or
evidencing the right to subscribe for any shares of its capital
stock or other equity or voting interests, or any rights,
options, warrants, calls, commitments or other agreements of any
character to purchase or acquire any shares of its capital stock
or other equity or voting interests, or any securities or rights
convertible into, exchangeable for, or evidencing the right to
subscribe for, any shares of its capital stock or other equity
or voting interests, other than shares of UGC Common Stock
issued upon exercise of UGC Options, conversion of UGC
Convertible Notes or upon the exercise of other rights
outstanding as of the date hereof under UGC Plans or otherwise
disclosed pursuant to this Agreement, in accordance with the
terms thereof; (iii) split, combine, subdivide or
reclassify the outstanding shares of its capital stock or other
equity or voting interests, or declare, set aside for payment or
pay any dividend, or make any other actual, constructive or
deemed distribution in respect of any shares of its capital
stock or other equity or voting interests, or otherwise make any
payments to stockholders or owners of equity or voting interests
in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions
paid by any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of UGC to UGC or another
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of UGC); (iv) redeem, purchase or
otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any outstanding
shares of capital stock or other securities or equity or voting
interests of UGC or any Subsidiary of UGC; (v) make any
other changes in its capital or ownership structure;
(vi) sell or grant a Lien or Restriction with respect to
any stock, equity or partnership interest owned by it in any
Subsidiary of UGC; or (vii) enter into or assume any
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(d) not (i) enter into any new employment agreements
with or increase the compensation of (x) any officer or
director of UGC or (y) any member of senior executive
management of any Subsidiary whose annual income exceeds
$100,000 per annum, other than as required by written
agreements in effect on the date hereof, (ii) establish,
amend or modify any UGC Plan or any other employee benefit plan,
except in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past
practice and to the extent not material and except to the extent
required by any applicable law or the existing terms of such UGC
Plan or by the provisions of this Agreement; (iii) make any
capital expenditures which individually or in the aggregate are
in excess of the amount provided for capital expenditures in the
most recent capital budget for UGC and its Subsidiaries approved
by the UGC Board (provided such budget itself is an Approved
Matter) or (iv) enter into or assume any contract,
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(e) not incur (which will not be deemed to include entering
into credit agreements, lines of credit or similar arrangements
until borrowings are made under such arrangements) any material
amount of Indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any such
Indebtedness other than in the ordinary course of business;
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(f) not acquire or agree to acquire by merging or
consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial equity
interest in or a substantial portion of the assets of, or by any
other manner, any business or any corporation, partnership,
association or other business organization or division thereof
or otherwise acquire or agree to otherwise acquire any assets
that are material, individually or in the aggregate, to UGC and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, other than in the ordinary
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to result in any of the conditions to the Mergers set forth in
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7.4 Expenses. Whether
or not the Merger is consummated, all costs and expenses
incurred or to be incurred in connection with this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby will be paid by the party
incurring such cost or expense, except that the costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the printing and mailing of
each of the Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus, the Registration
Statement (and any amendment or supplement thereto) and the
prospectus included in the Registration Statement (and any
amendment or supplement thereto) will be borne equally by LMI
and UGC.
7.5 Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of UGC Directors and
Officers. From and after the Effective Time, the UGC
Surviving Corporation will indemnify, defend and hold harmless
the present and former directors and officers of UGC (when
acting in such capacity) and any of its Subsidiaries, and any
Person who is or was serving at the request of UGC as a director
or officer of another Person (when acting in such capacity)
(individually a UGC Indemnified Party and,
collectively, the UGC Indemnified Parties)
against all losses, claims, damages, costs, expenses (including
fees and expenses of counsel properly retained by a UGC
Indemnified Party under this Section 7.5), liabilities or
judgments or amounts that are paid in settlement with the
approval of the UGC Surviving Corporation (which approval will
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of or in connection
with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation based
in whole or in part on or arising in whole or in part out of the
fact that such Person was at any time prior to the Effective
Time a director or officer of UGC, pertaining to any matter
existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time and
whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective
Time (UGC Indemnified Liabilities), to the
same extent such persons are indemnified or have the right to
advancement of expenses as of the date hereof by UGC pursuant to
the UGC Charter, the UGC Bylaws and indemnification agreements,
if any, in existence on the date hereof with any directors,
officers and employees of UGC and its Subsidiaries.
(b) Indemnification of LMI Directors and
Officers. From and after the Effective Time, the LMI
Surviving Corporation will indemnify, defend and hold harmless
the present and former directors and officers of LMI (when
acting in such capacity) and any of its Subsidiaries, and any
Person who is or was serving at the request of LMI as a director
or officer of another Person (when acting in such capacity)
(individually a LMI Indemnified Party and,
collectively, the LMI Indemnified Parties)
against all losses, claims, damages, costs, expenses (including
fees and expenses of counsel properly retained by a LMI
Indemnified Party under this Section 7.5), liabilities or
judgments or amounts that are paid in settlement with the
approval of the LMI Surviving Corporation (which approval will
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of or in connection
with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation based
in whole or in part on or arising in whole or in part out of the
fact that such Person was at any time prior to the Effective
Time a director or officer of LMI, pertaining to any matter
existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time and
whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective
Time (LMI Indemnified Liabilities), to the
same extent such persons are indemnified or have the right to
advancement of expenses as of the date hereof by LMI pursuant to
the LMI Charter and LMIs Bylaws and indemnification
agreements, if any, in existence on the date hereof with any
directors, officers and employees of LMI and its Subsidiaries.
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(c) Survival of Existing Indemnification Rights.
The parties agree that all rights to indemnification,
including provisions relating to advances of expenses incurred
in defense of any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (each, a
Claim), existing in favor of the Indemnified
Parties as provided in the UGC Charter or UGCs Bylaws or
LMI Charter or LMIs Bylaws or pursuant to other
agreements, or certificates of incorporation or bylaws or
similar documents of any of UGCs or LMIs
Subsidiaries, as in effect as of the date hereof, will survive
the Mergers and will continue in full force and effect for a
period of not less than six years from the Effective Time;
provided, however, that all rights to
indemnification in respect of any Claim asserted, made or
commenced within such period will continue until the final
disposition of such Claim.
(d) Survival. This Section 7.5 will
survive the consummation of the Mergers. The provisions of this
Section 7.5 are intended to be for the benefit of and will
be enforceable by each of the UGC Indemnified Parties and the
LMI Indemnified Parties, and their respective heirs and legal
representatives, and will be binding on UGC Surviving
Corporation and LMI Surviving Corporation, as applicable, and
each of their respective successors and assigns.
7.6 Notification of Certain
Matters. Between the date hereof and the Effective Time,
each party will give prompt notice in writing to the other party
of: (i) any information that indicates that any of its
representations or warranties contained herein was not true and
correct in any material respect as of the date hereof or will be
untrue and incorrect in any material respect at and as of the
Effective Time (except for changes permitted or contemplated by
this Agreement), (ii) the occurrence or non-occurrence of
any event which will result, or is reasonably likely to result,
in the failure of any condition set forth in Article VIII,
any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement to be
complied with or satisfied, (iii) any failure of UGC or
LMI, as the case may be, to satisfy any condition or comply
with, in any material respect, any covenant or agreement to be
satisfied or complied with by it hereunder, (iv) any notice
or other communication from any third party alleging that the
consent of such third party is or may be required in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or that
such transactions otherwise may violate the rights of or confer
remedies upon such third party and (v) any notice of, or
other communication relating to, any litigation referred to in
Section 7.7 or any order or judgment entered or rendered
therein; provided, however, that the delivery of
any notice pursuant to this Section 7.6 will not limit or
otherwise affect the remedies available hereunder to the party
receiving such notice.
7.7 Defense of
Litigation. Each of the parties agrees to vigorously
defend against all actions, suits or proceedings in which such
party is named as a defendant which seek to enjoin, restrain or
prohibit the transactions contemplated hereby or seek damages
with respect to such transactions. No party will settle any such
action, suit or proceeding or fail to perfect on a timely basis
any right to appeal any judgment rendered or order entered
against such party therein without the written consent of the
other parties (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld
or delayed). Each of the parties further agrees to use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause each of its Affiliates,
directors and officers to vigorously defend any action, suit or
proceeding in which such Affiliate, director or officer is named
as a defendant and which seeks any such relief to comply with
this Section to the same extent as if such Person were a party
hereto.
7.8 Actions by LMI.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, LMI
shall cause shares of UGC Common Stock beneficially owned by it
to be voted in favor of the adoption of this Agreement at the
UGC Special Meeting.
7.9 Section 16
Matters. Assuming that UGC and LMI deliver to HoldCo the
Section 16 Information (as defined below) reasonably in
advance of the Effective Time, the Board of Directors of HoldCo,
or a committee of Non-Employee Directors thereof (as such term
is defined for purposes of Rule 16b-3(d) under the Exchange
Act), shall reasonably promptly thereafter and in any event
prior to the Effective Time adopt a resolution providing that
the receipt by the Insiders (as defined below) of UGC and LMI of
HoldCo Common Stock in exchange for shares of UGC Common Stock
or shares of LMI Common Stock, as the case may be, or shares of
HoldCo Common Stock upon exercise of stock option or stock
appreciation rights or vesting of restricted stock, as the case
may be, in each case pursuant to the transactions contemplated
hereby and to the extent such securities are listed in the
Section 16 Information provided by UGC and LMI to HoldCo
prior to
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the Effective Times, are intended to be exempt from liability
pursuant to Section 16(b) under the Exchange Act such that
any such receipt shall be so exempt. Section 16
Information shall mean information accurate in all
material respects regarding the Insiders of a Person, the number
of shares of the capital stock held by each such Insider, and
the number and description of options, stock appreciate rights,
restricted shares and other stock-based awards held by each such
Insider. Insiders, with respect to a Person,
shall mean those officers and directors of such Person who are
subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of
the Exchange Act and who are listed in the Section 16
Information.
7.10 Tax Treatment of
Transactions. Each of the parties (a) shall use
their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the LMI Merger to
qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of
Section 368(a) of the Code and, when viewed as a collective
whole with the LMI Merger, the conversion of shares of UGC
Common Stock into shares of HoldCo Series A Stock that is
effected pursuant to the UGC Merger to qualify as an exchange
within the meaning of Section 351 of the Code,
(b) will not take any action, and will not permit any of
its Controlled Affiliates to take any action, that would cause
the LMI Merger not to qualify as a reorganization within the
meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code or the conversion of
shares of UGC Common Stock into shares of HoldCo Series A
Stock that is effected pursuant to the UGC Merger not to qualify
as an exchange within the meaning of Section 351 of the
Code, and (c) will cooperate with the law firms that are to
render the opinions referred to in Sections 8.1(e), 8.2(e)
and 8.3(d) by providing appropriate certifications as to factual
matters.
7.11 State Takeover Laws.
If any fair price, business
combination or control share acquisition
statute or other similar statute or regulation is or may become
applicable to the Mergers, LMI and UGC shall each take such
actions as are necessary so that the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable
on the terms contemplated hereby and otherwise act to eliminate
or minimize the effects of any such statute or regulation on the
Mergers.
7.12 Conduct of LMI.
LMI will not declare, make or pay any dividend or distribution
on or in respect of its capital stock (other than in shares of
LMI Common Stock) or take any action that would reasonably be
expected to result in any of the conditions to the Mergers set
forth in Article VIII not being fulfilled.
ARTICLE VIII
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
8.1 Conditions Precedent to
the Obligations of Each Party. The respective
obligations of the parties to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction
at or prior to the Effective Time of each of the following
conditions, any or all of which (other than the conditions set
forth in Sections 8.1(b) and 8.1(e), which shall be
non-waivable), to the extent permitted by applicable law, may be
waived by LMI, for itself, HoldCo, LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger
Sub (but not for UGC), or by UGC for itself (with the approval
of the Special Committee) (but not for LMI, HoldCo, LMI Merger
Sub or UGC Merger Sub):
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(c) Registration. The Registration Statement
(as amended or supplemented) will have been declared effective
and will be effective under the Securities Act at the Effective
Time, and no stop order suspending effectiveness will have been
issued, and no action, suit, proceeding or investigation seeking
a stop order or to suspend the effectiveness of the Registration
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(d) Absence of Injunctions. No permanent or
preliminary Injunction or restraining order or other order by
any court or other Governmental Entity of competent
jurisdiction, or other legal restraint or prohibition,
preventing consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
as provided herein, or permitting such consummation only subject
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Material Adverse Effect or a LMI Material Adverse Effect, will
be in effect; and there shall not be any action taken, or any
statute, rule, regulation or order (whether temporary,
preliminary or permanent) enacted, entered or enforced which
makes the consummation of the Mergers illegal or prevents or
prohibits the Mergers. |
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(e) Tax Opinion Relating to the Effect of the LMI
Merger and the UGC Merger on the Distribution. LMI and
HoldCo shall have received the opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP or another nationally recognized law
firm reasonably acceptable to UGC (acting with the approval of
the Special Committee), dated the Closing Date, to the effect
that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, provided that
the Distribution would otherwise have qualified as a tax-free
distribution under Section 355 of the Code to LMC and the
LMC shareholders, the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement should not cause the Distribution to fail to qualify
as a tax-free distribution to LMC under Section 355(e) of
the Code. In rendering such opinion, Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP or such other alternate firm may
require and rely upon (and may incorporate by reference)
representations and covenants made in certificates provided by
the parties hereto and upon such other documents and data as
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP or such other
alternate firm deems appropriate as a basis for such opinion. |
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(f) Governmental Entity Approvals. All
authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of, or
declarations or filings with, or expiration of waiting periods
imposed by, any Governmental Entity, if any, necessary for the
consummation of the Mergers shall have been filed, expired or
been obtained, other than those that, individually or in the
aggregate, the failure of which to be filed, expired or obtained
would not be reasonably likely to have a UGC Material Adverse
Effect or a LMI Material Adverse Effect. |
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(g) Nasdaq Listing. The shares of HoldCo
Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement will have
been approved for listing on the Nasdaq, subject only to
official notice of issuance. |
8.2 Conditions Precedent to
the Obligations of LMI. The obligations of LMI to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
also subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date
of each of the following conditions, unless waived by LMI (other
than the condition set forth in Section 8.2(e), which shall
be non-waivable):
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(a) Accuracy of Representations and
Warranties. All representations and warranties of UGC
contained in this Agreement will, if specifically qualified by
reference to a UGC Material Adverse Effect, be true and correct
and, if not so qualified, be true and correct except where the
failure to be so true and correct would not have a UGC Material
Adverse Effect, except for the representations and warranties
set forth in Section 5.3, which will be true and correct in
all material respects, in each case as of the date of this
Agreement and (except to the extent such representations and
warranties speak as of a specified earlier date) on and as of
the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date,
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(b) Performance of Agreements. UGC will have
performed in all material respects all obligations and
agreements, and complied in all material respects with all
covenants and conditions, contained in this Agreement to be
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(c) Officers Certificates. LMI will
have received such certificates of UGC, dated the Closing Date,
in each case signed by an executive officer of UGC (but without
personal liability thereto), to evidence satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Sections 8.1(a), 8.1(b), 8.2(a) and
8.2(b) (insofar as each relates to UGC), as may be reasonably
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(d) No Adverse Enactments. There will not
have been any action taken, or any statute, rule, regulation,
order, judgment or decree proposed, enacted, promulgated,
entered, issued, enforced or deemed applicable by any foreign or
United States federal, state or local Governmental Entity that
imposes or is reasonably likely to result in imposition of
material limitations on the ability of HoldCo effectively to
exercise full rights of ownership of shares of capital stock of
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presented to the stockholders of the relevant entity) or makes
the holding by HoldCo of any such shares illegal. |
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(e) Tax Opinion. LMI shall have received the
opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. or another nationally recognized
law firm, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that, for United
States federal income tax purposes, (i) the LMI Merger will
qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of
Section 368(a) of the Code, (ii) no gain or loss will
be recognized by HoldCo, LMI, any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of LMI
that owns shares of UGC Common Stock, or UGC as a result of the
LMI Merger or the UGC Merger, and (iii) no gain or loss
will be recognized by the shareholders of LMI with respect to
shares of LMI Stock converted solely into HoldCo Stock as a
result of the LMI Merger. In rendering such opinion, Baker Botts
L.L.P. or such alternate firm may require and rely upon (and may
incorporate by reference) representations and covenants made in
certificates provided by the parties hereto and upon such other
documents and data as such counsel deems appropriate as a basis
for such opinion. |
8.3 Conditions Precedent to
the Obligations of UGC. The obligation of UGC to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is
also subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date
of each of the following conditions, unless waived by UGC (with
the approval of the Special Committee) (other than the condition
set forth in Section 8.3(d), which shall be non-waivable):
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(a) Accuracy of Representations and
Warranties. All representations and warranties of LMI
contained in this Agreement will, if specifically qualified by
reference to a LMI Material Adverse Effect, be true and correct,
and, if not so qualified, be true and correct except where the
failure to be so true and correct would not have a LMI Material
Adverse Effect, except for (i) the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 6.3, which shall be true
and correct in all material respects, and (ii) the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.6(b),
which shall be true and correct, in each case as of the date of
this Agreement and (except to the extent such representations
and warranties speak of a specified earlier date) on and as of
the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date,
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(b) Performance of Agreements. Each of HoldCo
and LMI will have performed in all material respects all
obligations and agreements, and complied in all material
respects with all covenants and conditions, contained in this
Agreement to be performed or complied with by it prior to or on
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(c) Officers Certificates. UGC will
have received such certificates of HoldCo and LMI, dated the
Closing Date, in each case signed by an executive officer of
HoldCo or LMI (but without personal liability thereto) to
evidence satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Sections 8.1(a), 8.3(a) and 8.3(b) (insofar as each relates
to HoldCo or LMI), as may be reasonably requested by UGC. |
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(d) Tax Opinion. UGC shall have received the
opinion of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP or another
nationally recognized law firm, dated the Closing Date, to the
effect that, for United States federal income tax purposes,
(i) when viewed as a collective whole with the LMI Merger,
the conversion of shares of UGC Common Stock into shares of
HoldCo Series A Stock that is effected pursuant to the UGC
Merger will qualify as an exchange within the meaning of
Section 351 of the Code, (ii) no gain or loss will be
recognized by HoldCo or UGC as a result of the UGC Merger, and
(iii) no gain or loss will be recognized by the
shareholders of UGC with respect to shares of UGC Common Stock
converted solely into HoldCo Series A Stock pursuant to the
UGC Merger. In rendering such opinion, Debevoise &
Plimpton LLP or such alternate firm may require and rely upon
(and may incorporate by reference) representations and covenants
made in certificates provided by the parties hereto and upon
such other documents and data as Debevoise & Plimpton
LLP or such alternate firm deems appropriate as a basis for such
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ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
9.1 Termination and
Abandonment. This Agreement may be terminated and the
transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any time
prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after adoption of
this Agreement by the stockholders of LMI and/or UGC:
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(a) by mutual consent of LMI and UGC authorized by their
respective Boards of Directors (with the approval of the Special
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(b) by LMI if UGC has not filed the UGC 10-K with the SEC
by May 15, 2005 (the Filing Termination
Date). LMI may terminate this Agreement within five
business days after the Filing Termination Date;
provided, that LMI may extend the Filing Termination Date
to June 15, 2005, if it determines not to terminate this
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(c) by either UGC (with the approval of the Special
Committee) or LMI if either of the Mergers has not been
consummated before September 30, 2005 (the Drop
Dead Date); provided, that the right to
terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.1(c)
shall not be available to any party whose action or failure to
act has been the cause of or resulted in the failure of either
of the Mergers to occur on or before the Drop Dead Date and such
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(d) by either UGC (with the approval of the Special
Committee), on the one hand, or LMI, on the other hand:
(A) if there has been a breach of any representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the other party
contained in this Agreement such that the conditions set forth
in Sections 8.2(a) or (b) or Section 8.3(a) or
(b), as the case may be, shall have become incapable of
fulfillment, or (B) if any court of competent jurisdiction
or other competent governmental authority will have issued an
order, decree or ruling or taken any other action permanently
restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Mergers and
such order, decree, ruling or other action will have become
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(e) by LMI if the UGC Board (with the approval of the
Special Committee) has withdrawn or modified in any manner
adverse to LMI its recommendation to the UGC stockholders
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(f) By either LMI or UGC (with the approval of the Special
Committee) if (x) the UGC Stockholder Approval and the
Minority Approval or (y) the LMI Stockholder Approval has
not been obtained at the UGC Special Meeting or the LMI Special
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9.2 Effect of
Termination. In the event of any termination of this
Agreement by UGC or LMI pursuant to Section 9.1, this
Agreement (other than as set forth in Sections 7.1, 7.4,
9.2 and Article 10, each of which will survive the
termination of this Agreement) immediately will become void and
there will be no liability or obligation on the part of any
party or their respective Affiliates, stockholders, directors,
officers, agents or representatives; provided, that no
such termination will relieve any party of any liability or
damages resulting from any willful or intentional breach of any
of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements
contained in this Agreement.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Effectiveness of
Representations, Warranties and Agreements. Except as
set forth in the next sentence, the respective representations,
warranties and agreements of the parties contained herein or in
any certificate or other instrument delivered pursuant hereto
prior to or at the Closing will remain operative and in full
force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on
behalf of the other parties hereto, after the execution of this
Agreement. The representations, warranties, covenants or
agreements contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or
other instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement will
terminate at the Effective Time, except for (i) the
agreements contained in Article III, Sections 7.4 and
7.5, and in this
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Article X, (ii) the agreements of the
affiliates of UGC and LMI delivered pursuant to
Section 4.3 and (iii) any certificates delivered in
connection with the opinions described in Sections 8.1(e),
8.2(e) and 8.3(d).
10.2 Notices. All
notices, requests, demands, waivers and other communications
required or permitted to be given under this Agreement will be
in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given if
delivered personally or mailed, certified or registered mail
with postage prepaid, or sent by telegram, overnight courier or
confirmed telex or telecopier, as follows:
(a) if to HoldCo, LMI, LMI Merger Sub or UGC Merger Sub, to:
Liberty Media International, Inc.
12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112
Attn: Elizabeth M. Markowski, Esq.
Telecopier: (720) 875-5858
and with a copy to:
Baker Botts L.L.P.
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112
Attn: Robert W. Murray Jr., Esq.
Telecopier: (212) 259-2540
(b) if to UGC, to:
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.
4643 South Ulster Street
Denver, Colorado 80237
Attn: Ellen Spangler, Esq.
Telecopier: (303) 770-4207
and with a copy to:
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attn: Franci J. Blassberg
Paul
S. Bird
Telecopier: (212) 909-6836
and
Holme Roberts & Owen LLP
1700 Lincoln Street,
Suite 4100
Denver, Colorado 80203-4541
Telecopier: (303) 866-0200
Attention: W. Dean
Salter, Esq.
or to such other Person or address as any party will specify by
notice in writing to the other party. All such notices,
requests, demands, waivers and communications will be deemed to
have been received on the date of delivery or on the third
business day after the mailing thereof, except that any notice
of a change of address will be effective only upon actual
receipt thereof.
10.3 Entire
Agreement. This Agreement (including the Schedules,
Exhibits and other documents delivered in connection herewith)
constitutes the entire agreement of the parties and supersedes
all prior agreements and understandings, oral and written,
between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
10.4 Assignment; Binding
Effect; Benefit. Neither this Agreement nor any of the
rights, benefits or obligations hereunder may be assigned by any
party (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the
prior written consent of the other parties. Subject to the
preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure
to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their
respective successors and permitted
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assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is
intended to confer on, or to make enforceable by, any Person
other than the parties or their respective successors and
permitted assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations or
liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, other than
rights conferred upon persons indemnified under Section 7.5
and upon stockholders, directors, officers, Affiliates, agents
and representatives of the parties under Section 10.14.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, the provisions of Section 7.5 of this Agreement
may not be amended or altered in any manner with respect to any
person indemnified thereunder without the written consent of
such person. No assignment of this Agreement will relieve
HoldCo, or the Surviving UGC Corporation or the Surviving LMI
Corporation from its obligations to any person indemnified under
Section 7.5 of this Agreement.
10.5 Amendment.
Before or after the UGC Stockholder Approval or the LMI
Stockholder Approval, this Agreement may be amended by the
parties hereto, by action taken or authorized by their
respective Boards of Directors and, in the case of UGC, with the
approval of the Special Committee, at any time prior to the
Effective Time; provided, however, that after the UGC
Stockholder Approval or the LMI Stockholder Approval, no
amendment may be made without the further requisite approval of
such stockholders as contemplated in Section 8.1(a) and
Section 8.1(b) if such amendment by law requires the
further approval of such stockholders. This Agreement may not be
amended except by an instrument in writing signed by the parties
hereto.
10.6 Extension;
Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time, UGC
(with the approval of the Special Committee) or LMI (on behalf
of HoldCo, LMI, LMI Merger Sub and UGC Merger Sub), by action
taken or authorized by such partys Board of Directors,
may, to the extent legally allowed, (i) extend the time
specified herein for the performance of any of the obligations
of the other party, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the
representations and warranties of the other party contained
herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto,
(iii) waive compliance by the other party with any of the
agreements or covenants of such other party contained herein or
(iv) waive any condition to such waiving partys
obligation to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or
to any of such waiving partys other obligations hereunder
(other than in the case of the conditions set forth in
Sections 8.1(b), 8.1(e), 8.2(e) and 8.3(d), each of which
shall be non-waivable). Any such extension or waiver will be
valid only if set forth in a written instrument signed by the
party or parties to be bound thereby. Any such extension or
waiver by any party will be binding on such party but not on the
other party entitled to the benefits of the provision of this
Agreement affected unless such other party also has agreed to
such extension or waiver. No such waiver will constitute a
waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other
breach or failure to strictly comply with the provisions of this
Agreement. The failure of any party to exercise any of its
rights, powers or remedies hereunder or with respect hereto or
to insist on strict compliance with this Agreement will not
constitute a waiver by such party of its right to exercise any
such or other rights, powers or remedies or to demand such
compliance. Whenever this Agreement requires or permits consent
or approval by any party, such consent or approval will be
effective if given in writing in a manner consistent with the
requirements for a waiver of compliance as set forth in this
Section 10.6.
10.7 Headings. The
headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes
only and will not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.
10.8 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which will be deemed to be an original, and all of which
together will be deemed to be one and the same instrument.
10.9 Applicable Law.
This Agreement and the legal relations between the parties will
be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of laws rules
thereof.
10.10 Jurisdiction.
Any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision
of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with,
this Agreement, the Mergers or the transactions contemplated
hereby will be brought exclusively in the Delaware Chancery
Courts, or, if the Delaware Chancery Courts do not have subject
matter jurisdiction, in the state courts of the State of
Delaware located in Wilmington, Delaware or in the federal
courts located in the State of Delaware. Each of the parties
hereby consents to personal jurisdiction in any such action,
suit or proceeding brought in any such court (and of the
appropriate
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appellate courts therefrom) and irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that
it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any
such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any
such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has
been brought in an inconvenient form. Process in any such suit,
action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the
world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such
court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that
service of process on such party as provided in
Section 10.2 shall be deemed effective service of process
on such party.
10.11 Waiver of Jury
Trial. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY
CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO
INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH
SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY
RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY
LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS
AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
(i) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY
HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY
WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE
FOREGOING WAIVER, (ii) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS
CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (iii) EACH
PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (iv) EACH PARTY
HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS
SECTION 10.11.
10.12 Joint Participation in
Drafting this Agreement. The parties acknowledge and
confirm that each of their respective attorneys have
participated jointly in the drafting, review and revision of
this Agreement and that it has not been written solely by
counsel for one party and that each party has had the benefit of
its independent legal counsels advice with respect to the
terms and provisions hereof and its rights and obligations
hereunder. Each party hereto, therefore, stipulates and agrees
that the rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities
are to be or may be resolved against the drafting party shall
not be employed in the interpretation of this Agreement to favor
any party against another and that no party shall have the
benefit of any legal presumption or the detriment of any burden
of proof by reason of any ambiguity or uncertain meaning
contained in this Agreement.
10.13 Enforcement of this
Agreement. The parties hereto agree that irreparable
damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of
this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their
specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly
agreed that the parties will be entitled to an injunction or
injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce
specifically the terms and provisions hereof, this being in
addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law
or in equity.
10.14 Limited
Liability. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, no stockholder, director, officer, Affiliate, agent
or representative of any party (other than LMI as the sole
stockholder of HoldCo) will have any liability in respect of or
relating to the covenants, obligations, representations or
warranties of such party hereunder or in respect of any
certificate delivered with respect thereto and, to the fullest
extent legally permissible, each party, for itself and its
stockholders, directors, officers and Affiliates, waives and
agrees not to seek to assert or enforce any such liability which
any such Person otherwise might have pursuant to applicable law.
10.15 Severability.
If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid,
illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law or
public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this
Agreement will nevertheless remain in full force and effect so
long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions
contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially
adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or
other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being
enforced, the parties hereto will negotiate in good faith to
modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the
parties as closely as possible to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law in an acceptable manner to the end that the
transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the extent
possible.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement and Plan of Merger as of the date first above written.
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Appendix C
VOTING AGREEMENT
This VOTING AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated
as of January 17, 2005, between John C. Malone
(Stockholder) and UnitedGlobalCom, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (UGC),
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, as of December 31, 2004, Stockholder owned
815,474 shares of Series A common stock, par value
$0.01 per share, of Liberty Media International, Inc.
(LMI) and 5,186,254 shares of
Series B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of
LMI (together with any other shares of capital stock of LMI
acquired by Stockholder in his individual capacity (and not in
any Representative Capacity (as defined below)) after the date
hereof and during the term of this Agreement, the
Subject Shares);
WHEREAS, in addition to the Subject Shares, Stockholder is the
sole trustee of two irrevocable trusts holding, as of
December 31, 2004, in the aggregate, 198 shares of LMI
Series A Stock and 1,036,028 shares of LMI
Series B Stock (together with any other shares of capital
stock of LMI acquired by Stockholder in any Representative
Capacity after the date hereof and during the term of this
Agreement (including any Subject Shares transferred pursuant to
Section 3.2 which are then owned or held by Stockholder in
any Representative Capacity), the Trust
Shares) and, in such Representative Capacity, has the
power, subject to his fiduciary duties in such Representative
Capacity, directly or indirectly, to vote or direct the voting
of such Trust Shares;
WHEREAS, as of December 31, 2004, the Subject Shares and
the Trust Shares represented approximately 22.1% and 4.4%,
respectively, of the voting power of LMIs issued and
outstanding capital stock;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, UGC, LMI, New Cheetah, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(HoldCo), Cheetah Acquisition Corp., a
Delaware corporation (Cheetah Merger Sub),
and Tiger Global Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation
(Tiger Merger Sub), are entering into an
agreement (as the same may from time to time be modified,
supplemented or restated, the Merger
Agreement) pursuant to which, on the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth therein, LMI will merge with Cheetah
Merger Sub and UGC will merge with Tiger Merger Sub, whereupon
each of UGC and LMI will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of
HoldCo (the Mergers). Capitalized terms used
but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the
Merger Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Special Committee has made it a condition to the
Special Committees approval of the Merger Agreement and
UGCs willingness to enter into the Merger Agreement, that
Stockholder enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which
Stockholder, among other things, is agreeing to vote the Subject
Shares in favor of the adoption by LMI of the Merger Agreement
and the approval of the merger of LMI and Cheetah Merger Sub
(the LMI Merger), and the Stockholder, at the
request of the LMI Board, is willing to enter into this
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth
in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the
parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF STOCKHOLDER AND UGC
Section 1.1. Representations
and Warranties of Stockholder. Stockholder represents
and warrants to UGC as of the date hereof as follows:
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(a) Authority. Stockholder has all requisite
power and authority to enter into this Agreement. This Agreement
has been duly executed and delivered by Stockholder and
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Stockholder
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(b) No Conflicts; Required Filings and
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(i) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by
Stockholder, nor compliance by Stockholder with the terms hereof
will violate any law, rule or regulation applicable to
Stockholder or conflict with or result in a breach, or
constitute a default (with or without due notice, lapse of time
or both) under any provision of, any trust agreement, loan or
credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture or other
agreement, to which Stockholder is a party or by which
Stockholder is bound, other than such violations, conflicts,
breaches or defaults which would not, individually or in the
aggregate, prevent or materially delay the performance by
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(ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by
Stockholder does not, and the performance by Stockholder of his
obligations under this Agreement will not, require any
Government Consent or Governmental Filing, except
(x) Governmental Filings to be made pursuant to the federal
securities laws and (y) where the failure to obtain such
Government Consent or make such Governmental Filing would not,
individually or in the aggregate, prevent or materially delay
the performance by Stockholder of his obligations under this
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(c) The Subject Shares. Stockholder is the
record and beneficial owner of, and has good and valid title to,
the Subject Shares, free and clear of any Restriction, other
than as set forth on Schedule 1.1(c) and other than this
Agreement. Other than (i) the Trust Shares,
(ii) Stockholders interest in LMI Series A Stock
held in LMIs 401(k) Plan and (iii) shares with
respect to which Stockholder does not possess sole voting or
dispositive power, Stockholder does not own of record or
beneficially, any shares of capital stock of LMI other than the
Subject Shares. Stockholder has the sole right to vote the
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(d) The Trust Shares. Stockholder is the
sole trustee of each of the trusts owning the Trust Shares
and, subject to any fiduciary and similar duties owed to the
beneficiaries of such trusts, has the sole right to vote the
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(e) Reliance by UGC. Stockholder understands
and acknowledges that UGC is entering into the Merger Agreement
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(f) Litigation. There is no action or
proceeding pending or, to the actual knowledge of Stockholder,
threatened, against Stockholder that questions the validity of
this Agreement or any action taken or to be taken by Stockholder
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Section 1.2. Representations
and Warranties of UGC. UGC represents and warrants to
Stockholder as of the date hereof as follows: Each of this
Agreement and the Merger Agreement has been approved by the UGC
Board and by the Special Committee; such approval represents all
necessary corporate action on the part of UGC, except for the
approval of UGCs stockholders contemplated by the Merger
Agreement. Each of this Agreement and the Merger Agreement has
been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of
UGC. Each of this Agreement and the Merger Agreement constitutes
a valid and binding agreement of UGC enforceable against UGC in
accordance with their respective terms.
ARTICLE II
VOTING OF SUBJECT SHARES AND TRUST SHARES
Section 2.1. Agreement
to Vote. Stockholder agrees that at any meeting of
stockholders of LMI called to vote upon the LMI Merger and the
Merger Agreement or at any adjournment thereof or in connection
with any consent solicitation engaged in by LMI, at or in
connection with which a vote, consent or other approval
(including by written consent) with respect to the LMI Merger
and the Merger Agreement is sought, in each case held or
occurring prior to the termination of this Agreement,
Stockholder will vote (or cause to be voted or execute a written
consent in respect of) the Subject Shares, and, to the extent
consistent with Stockholders fiduciary and other duties in
his Representative Capacity, the Trust Shares, in favor of the
adoption by LMI of the Merger Agreement and the approval of the
LMI Merger and any actions reasonably required in
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furtherance thereof. The term Representative
Capacity means as a proxy, an executor or
administrator of any estate, a trustee of any trust or in any
other fiduciary or representative capacity.
Section 2.2. Not
Applicable to Stockholder in Other Capacities. Nothing
herein contained shall (a) restrict, limit or prohibit
Stockholder from exercising (in his capacity as a director or
officer) his fiduciary duties to the stockholders of LMI under
applicable law, or (ii) require Stockholder, in his
capacity as an officer of LMI, to take any action in
contravention of, or omit to take any action pursuant to, or
otherwise take or refrain from taking any actions which are
inconsistent with, instructions or directions of the LMI Board
undertaken in the exercise of its fiduciary duties,
provided that nothing in this Section 2.2 shall
relieve or be deemed to relieve Stockholder from his obligations
under Section 2.1 of this Agreement.
ARTICLE III
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
Section 3.1. Conditions
of Transfers. Except (x) as permitted pursuant to
Section 3.2 hereof and (y) for pledges to banks and
other financial institutions to secure indebtedness (which
pledges and loans will be on customary terms and conditions and
will not (prior to any default or foreclosure thereunder)
interfere with the ability of Stockholder to vote or otherwise
comply with his obligations hereunder in any material respect),
Stockholder agrees not to:
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(a) Sell, assign, transfer, grant a participation interest
in, option, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of or
encumber (each a Transfer) any Subject Shares
or options to acquire additional shares of LMI capital stock
(Options), or any interest therein, unless
(i) Stockholder provides prior notice to the Special
Committee of such Transfer; (ii) the transferee executes a
voting agreement in the form of this Agreement, and
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voting agreement or other arrangement relating to the matters
covered by Section 2.1 with respect to any Subject Shares
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Section 3.2. Exempt
Transfers. Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in
Section 3.1, Stockholder will be entitled to Transfer
Subject Shares or Options to (a) his wife, children,
grandchildren and other members of his family, (b) trusts,
foundations, limited and general partnerships, limited liability
companies and other entities in connection with good faith
estate planning and similar wealth management programs and
arrangements and (c) foundations charitable organizations
and similar entities in connection with Stockholders
charitable giving, in each case so long as Stockholder has the
right (including where such right is subject to
Stockholders fiduciary and similar obligations in a
Representative Capacity) to vote such shares (including shares
issued upon exercise of Options) in accordance with this
Agreement.
Section 3.3. Disclosure.
Stockholder agrees to the publication and disclosure in the
Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus with respect to the Mergers
and all documents and schedules filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, of Stockholders identity and
ownership of the Subject Shares and the Trust Shares and
the nature of Stockholders material commitments,
arrangements and understandings under this Agreement.
Section 3.4. Cooperation.
Stockholder will cooperate in all reasonable respects with the
law firms that are to render the opinions referred to in each of
Sections 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 of the Merger Agreement by
providing reasonable assurances as to factual matters, including
as to the absence of any plan or intention of Stockholder to
dispose (or to cause the trusts to dispose) of any of the HoldCo
stock received by Stockholder or the trusts in respect of the
Subject Shares or the Trust Shares, as the case may be,
pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Merger
Agreement.
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ARTICLE IV
TERMINATION
Section 4.1. Termination.
This Agreement shall terminate upon the earliest of (x) the
closing of the Mergers and (y) the termination of the
Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms. No party hereto
shall be relieved from any liability for breach of this
Agreement by reason of any such termination.
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.1. Additional
Shares. In the event Stockholder becomes the legal or
beneficial owner of any additional shares of capital stock or
other securities of LMI (other than where such beneficial
ownership is disclaimed), including pursuant to the exercise of
Options, any securities into which such shares or securities may
be converted or exchanged and any securities issued in
replacement of, or as a dividend or distribution on, or
otherwise in respect of, such shares or securities, then the
terms of this Agreement shall apply to such additional
securities; provided, however, that to the extent
Stockholder becomes such legal or beneficial owner in a
Representative Capacity or such shares or securities of LMI are
acquired as a dividend or distribution on, or otherwise in
respect of, Trust Shares, then such additional shares or
other securities will be deemed to be Trust Shares for
purposes of this Agreement.
Section 5.2. Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without
giving effect to its principles or rules of conflicts of laws to
the extent that such principles or rules would require or permit
the application of the law of another jurisdiction.
Section 5.3. Jurisdiction.
Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally
agrees that any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce
any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in
connection with, this Agreement will be brought exclusively in
the Delaware Chancery Courts, or, if the Delaware Chancery
Courts do not have subject matter jurisdiction, in the state
courts of the State of Delaware located in Wilmington, Delaware
or, in the federal courts located in the State of Delaware. Each
of the parties hereto consents to personal jurisdiction in any
such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court (and
of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) and irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any
objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the
venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court
or that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such
court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any
such suit, action or proceeding may be served on any party
anywhere in the world, whether within or without the
jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing,
each party agrees that service of process on such party as
provided in Section 5.9 shall be deemed effective service
of process on such party.
Section 5.4. WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES AGREES AND
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES,
AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL
BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE BREACH,
TERMINATION OR VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT.
Section 5.5. Specific
Performance. Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that
(i) the obligations and agreements of Stockholder contained
in this Agreement relate to special, unique and extraordinary
matters, (ii) UGC and the Special Committee is and will be
relying on such covenants in connection with entering into, and,
the performance of its obligations under, the Merger Agreement,
and (iii) a violation of any of the obligations or
agreements of Stockholder in this Agreement will cause UGC
irreparable injury for which adequate remedies are not available
at law. Therefore, Stockholder agrees that UGC shall be entitled
to an injunction, restraining order or such other equitable
relief (without the requirement to post bond) as a Delaware
Court of competent jurisdiction may deem necessary or
appropriate to restrain Stockholder from
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committing any violation of its covenants, obligations or
agreements set forth herein. These injunctive remedies are
cumulative and in addition to any other rights and remedies UGC
may have.
Section 5.6. Amendment,
Waivers, etc. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof
may be amended or otherwise modified other than by an instrument
in writing signed by UGC (and approved by the Special Committee)
and signed by Stockholder. No provision of this Agreement may be
waived, discharged or terminated other than by an instrument in
writing signed by the party against whom the enforcement of such
waiver, discharge or termination is sought, and, in the case of
UGC, approved by the Special Committee.
Section 5.7. Assignment;
No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall not
be assignable or otherwise transferable by a party without the
prior consent of the other party, and any attempt to so assign
or otherwise transfer this Agreement without such consent shall
be void and of no effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon
the parties and their respective successors and permitted
assigns, including in the case of Stockholder, any trustee,
executor, heir, legatee or personal representative succeeding to
the ownership of the Subject Shares (including upon the death,
disability or incapacity of Stockholder). Nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed as giving any person, other than
the parties hereto and their respective heirs, successors, legal
representatives and permitted assigns, any right, remedy or
claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision
hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent Stockholder
ceases to act in a Representative Capacity with respect to any
Trust Shares or such Representative Capacity is terminated
with respect to any such Trust Shares, no person succeeding
to Stockholders duties in such Representative Capacity or
otherwise acquiring legal or beneficial ownership of such
Trust Shares will be considered a successor or assign of
Stockholder for purposes of this Agreement.
Section 5.8. Expenses.
Except as otherwise provided herein, all costs and expenses
incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such costs
and expenses.
Section 5.9. Notices.
All notices, consents, requests, instructions, approvals and
other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be deemed validly given upon personal delivery
or one day after being sent by overnight courier service or by
telecopy (so long as for notices or other communications sent by
telecopy, the transmitting telecopy machine records electronic
confirmation of the due transmission of the notice), at the
following address or telecopy number, or at such other address
or telecopy number as a party may designate to the other parties:
(a) if to UGC to:
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.
4643 South Ulster Street
Denver, Colorado 80237
Attn: Ellen Spangler, Esq.
Fax: (303) 770-4207
with copies to:
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attn.: Franci J.
Blassberg, Esq.
Paul
S. Bird, Esq.
Fax: (212) 909-6836
and
Holme Roberts & Owen LLP
1700 Lincoln, Suite 4100
Denver, Colorado 80203
Attn.: W. Dean Salter, Esq.
Fax: (303) 866-0200
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(b) if to Stockholder to:
John C. Malone
12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, CO 80112
Fax: (720) 875-5394
with copies to:
Elizabeth M. Markowski
Senior Vice President and
General Counsel
Liberty Media International, Inc.
12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, CO 80112
Fax: (720) 875-5858
and
Robert W. Murray Jr.
Baker Botts L.L.P.
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112
Fax: (212) 259-2540
Section 5.10. Remedies.
No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power
or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver
thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise
of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies
provided herein shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any
rights or remedies provided by law.
Section 5.11. Severability.
If any term or provision of this Agreement is held to be
invalid, illegal, incapable of being enforced by any rule of
law, or public policy, or unenforceable for any reason, it shall
be adjusted rather than voided, if possible, in order to achieve
the intent of the parties hereto to the maximum extent possible.
In any event, the invalidity or unenforceability of any
provision of this Agreement in any jurisdiction shall not affect
the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this
Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability
of this Agreement, including that provision, in any other
jurisdiction. Upon such determination that any term or other
provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced,
the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this
Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as
closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order
that the terms of this Agreement remain as originally
contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
Section 5.12. Integration.
This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding and
agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and supersedes any and all prior understandings or
agreements relating to the subject matter hereof.
Section 5.13. Section Headings.
The article and section headings of this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in
construing this Agreement.
Section 5.14. Further
Assurances. From time to time at the request of UGC, and
without further consideration, Stockholder shall execute and
deliver or cause to be executed and delivered such additional
documents and instruments and shall take all such further action
as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to effect the
matters contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 5.15. Stop
Transfer. Stockholder agrees that he shall not request
that LMI register the Transfer (book-entry or otherwise) of any
certificate or uncertificated interest representing any Subject
Shares, unless such Transfer is made in compliance with this
Agreement.
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Section 5.16. Counterparts;
Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts, all of which shall be considered the same
agreement. Signature pages from separate identical counterparts
may be combined with the same effect as if the parties signing
such signature page had signed the same counterpart. This
Agreement shall become effective when each party hereto shall
have received counterparts hereof signed by all of the other
parties hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement as of the day and date first above written.
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Schedule 1.1(c)
1. Restrictions created by or arising under the federal
securities laws.
2. Restrictions that do not (in the case of a bona fide
pledge, prior to any default or foreclosure) interfere with the
ability of Stockholder to vote the Subject Shares in accordance
with his obligations under this Agreement.
Appendix D
[Letterhead of Morgan & Stanley Co. Incorporated]
January 17, 2005
Mr. John P. Cole, Jr.
Mr. John W. Dick
Mr. Paul A. Gould
Directors
Special Committee of the
Board of Directors
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.
Members of the Special Committee:
We understand that UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (UGC or the
Company), Liberty Media International, Inc.
(LMI), New Cheetah, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary
of LMI (HoldCo), and Cheetah Acquisition Corp.
(LMI Merger Sub) and Tiger Global Acquisition Corp.
(Tiger Merger Sub), each of which are wholly owned
subsidiaries of HoldCo, propose to enter into an Agreement and
Plan of Merger, dated as of January 17, 2005 (the
Merger Agreement), which provides, among other
things, for the simultaneous mergers of LMI Merger Sub with and
into LMI (the LMI Merger) and Tiger Merger Sub with
and into UGC (the UGC Merger, and together with the
LMI Merger, the Mergers). As a result of the
Mergers, each of LMI and UGC will survive as a wholly owned
subsidiary of HoldCo. Pursuant to the UGC Merger, each
outstanding share of Class A Common Stock of UGC, par value
$0.01 per share (the UGC Class A Common
Stock), Class B Common Stock of UGC, par value
$0.01 per share (the UGC Class B Common
Stock), and Class C Common Stock of UGC, par value
$0.01 per share (the UGC Class C Common
Stock and together with the UGC Class A Common Stock
and the UGC Class B Common Stock, the Company Common
Stock), other than shares held in treasury or held by LMI
or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries, will be converted into
the right to receive 0.2155 shares (the Exchange
Ratio) of Series A Common Stock of HoldCo, par value
$0.01 per share (the HoldCo Series A Common
Stock) (the Stock Consideration), or, at the
holders election, $9.58 per share in cash (the
Cash Consideration, and together with the Stock
Consideration, the Merger Consideration), provided
that the amount of cash to be received by a holder making a cash
election is subject to proration, based on formulas set forth in
the Merger Agreement, such that the total Cash Consideration
will not exceed 20% of the Merger Consideration. In addition, we
note that pursuant to the LMI Merger, holders of LMI equity will
receive securities of HoldCo with comparable rights to their LMI
securities. We understand that LMI presently owns approximately
9% of UGC Class A Common Stock, 100% of UGC Class B
Common Stock, and approximately 99% of UGC Class C Common
Stock and that an affiliate of LMI holds the remaining
approximate 1% of UGC Class C Common Stock, with the result
that LMI owns approximately 53% of the economic interests in UGC
and approximately 91% of the voting power of UGC. The terms and
conditions of the Merger are more fully set forth in the Merger
Agreement.
You have asked for our opinion as to whether the Merger
Consideration pursuant to the Merger Agreement is fair from a
financial point of view to the holders of shares of UGC
Class A Common Stock (other than LMI and its affiliates).
For purposes of the opinion set forth herein, we have:
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a) reviewed certain publicly available financial statements
and other information of UGC and LMI; |
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b) reviewed certain internal financial statements and other
financial and operating data concerning UGC and LMI prepared by
the managements of UGC and LMI, respectively; |
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c) reviewed certain financial projections prepared by the
respective managements of UGC and LMI; |
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d) discussed the past and current operations and financial
condition and prospects of UGC and LMI with senior executives of
UGC and LMI, respectively; |
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e) considered information relating to certain strategic,
financial and operational benefits anticipated from the Merger,
discussed with the management of UGC; |
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f) discussed the strategic rationale for the UGC Merger
with the senior executives of UGC; |
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g) reviewed the reported prices and trading activity for
the UGC Class A Common Stock and the Series A common
stock of LMI, $.01 par value per share (the LMI
Series A Stock); |
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h) compared the financial performance of UGC and LMI, as
well as the prices and trading activity of the UGC Class A
Common Stock and the LMI Series A Stock with that of
certain other comparable publicly-traded companies and their
securities; |
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i) reviewed the financial terms, to the extent publicly
available, of selected minority buy-back transactions; |
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j) participated in discussions and negotiations among
representatives of UGC and LMI and their respective financial
and legal advisors; |
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k) reviewed the proposed Merger Agreement and certain
related documents; and |
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l) performed such other analyses and considered such other
factors as we have deemed appropriate. |
We have assumed and relied upon without independent verification
the accuracy and completeness of the information reviewed by us
for the purposes of this opinion. With respect to the internal
financial statements, other financial and operating data, and
financial forecasts, including information relating to certain
strategic, financial and operational benefits anticipated from
the UGC Merger, we have assumed that they have been reasonably
prepared on bases reflecting best available estimates and
judgments of the future financial performance of the Company and
LMI.
We have also relied without independent investigation on the
assessment by the executives of UGC regarding the strategic
rationale for the UGC Merger. In addition, we have assumed that
the Mergers will be consummated in accordance with the terms set
forth in the proposed Merger Agreement, including among other
things, that the LMI Merger and UGC Merger will be treated as a
tax-free reorganization and exchange, respectively, each
pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
without material modification, delay or waiver. We have not made
any independent valuation or appraisal of the assets or
liabilities or technologies of the Company or LMI, nor have we
been furnished with any such appraisals. Our opinion is
necessarily based on financial, economic, market and other
conditions as in effect on, and the information made available
to us as of, the date hereof.
In arriving at our opinion, we were not authorized to solicit,
and did not solicit, interest from any party with respect to an
acquisition, business combination or other extraordinary
transaction involving the Company or its assets.
We have acted as financial advisor to the Special Committee of
the Board of Directors of the Company (the Special
Committee) in connection with the UGC Merger and will
receive a fee for our services. In the past, Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated (Morgan Stanley)
and its affiliates have provided financial advisory and
financing services for UGC and have received fees for the
rendering of these services.
In addition, Morgan Stanley is a full service securities firm
engaged in securities trading, investment management and
brokerage services. In the ordinary course of its trading,
brokerage, investment management and financing activities,
Morgan Stanley or its affiliates may actively trade the debt and
equity of the securities of UGC and LMI for its own accounts or
for the accounts or its customers and, accordingly, may at any
time hold long or short positions in such securities.
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It is understood that this letter is for the information of the
Special Committee in connection with the UGC Merger and may not
be used for any other purpose without our prior written consent,
except that this opinion may be included in its entirety in any
filing made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission with respect to the Mergers. This opinion expresses
no opinion or recommendation as to how holders of Company Common
Stock should vote at the shareholders meeting held in
connection with the UGC Merger or what form of consideration
holders of Company Common Stock should elect. In addition, this
opinion does not in any manner address the prices at which the
HoldCo Series A Common Stock, the LMI Series A Stock
or the Company Common Stock will actually trade at any time.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion
on the date hereof that the Merger Consideration pursuant to the
Merger Agreement is fair from a financial point of view to the
holders of shares of UGC Class A Common Stock (other than
LMI and its affiliates).
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Appendix E
[Letterhead of Banc of America Securities LLC]
January 17, 2005
Board of Directors
Liberty Media International, Inc.
123000 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112
Members of the Board of Directors:
You have requested our opinion as to the fairness from a
financial point of view to the holders of common stock of
Liberty Media International, Inc. (the Merger
Partner), other than any affiliates of the Merger Partner,
of the consideration proposed to be received by such
stockholders provided for in connection with the proposed
transaction with UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (the Company)
as more fully described below (the Transaction).
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger to be
dated as of January 17, 2005 (the Agreement) to
be entered into among the Company, the Merger Partner, New
Cheetah, Inc. (the HoldCo), Cheetah Acquisition
Corp. and Tiger Global Acquisition Corp., Cheetah Acquisition
Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdco, will merge with and
into the Merger Partner (the LMI Merger), and Tiger
Global Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdco,
will merge with and into the Company (the UGC
Merger), whereupon each of the Company and the Merger
Partner will become a wholly owned subsidiary of HoldCo. Upon
the completion of the LMI Merger, each outstanding share of the
Merger Partners Series A Common Stock, Series B
Common Stock, Series C Common Stock and Preferred Stock
(other than any such share held in treasury of the Merger
Partner) will be converted into one validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable share of HoldCos Series A Common
Stock, Series B Common Stock, Series C Common Stock,
and Preferred Stock, respectively. Upon the completion of the
UGC Merger, each outstanding share of the Companys Common
Stock (other than any such share held in treasury of the Company
or by the Merger Partner or any of its wholly owned
subsidiaries) will be converted into 0.2155 shares of
HoldCos Series A Common Stock or, at the election of
the holder thereof, $9.58 in cash; provided that the election of
holders will be adjusted as provided in Section 3.4(f) of
the Agreement so as to limit the number of shares with respect
to which the cash consideration is payable to the UGC Share
Threshold Number (as defined in the Agreement). The terms and
conditions of the Transaction are more fully set out in the
Agreement.
For purposes of the opinion set forth herein, we have:
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(i) reviewed certain publicly available financial
statements and other business and financial information of the
Company and the Merger Partner, respectively; |
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(ii) reviewed certain internal financial statements and
other financial and operating data concerning the Company and
the Merger Partner, respectively; |
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(iii) analyzed certain financial forecasts to which we were
directed by the management of the Merger Partner; |
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(iv) reviewed and discussed with senior executives of the
Merger Partner information relating to certain benefits
anticipated from the Transaction; |
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(v) discussed the past and current operations, financial
condition and prospects of the Company with senior executives of
the Company and discussed the past and current operations,
financial condition and prospects of the Merger Partner with
senior executives of the Merger Partner; |
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the Company common stock and the Merger Partner common stock; |
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(vii) compared the financial performance of the Company and
the prices and trading activity of the Company common stock with
that of certain other publicly traded companies we deemed
relevant; |
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(viii) compared certain financial terms of the Transaction
to financial terms, to the extent publicly available, of certain
other business combination transactions we deemed relevant; |
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(ix) participated in discussions and negotiations among
representatives of the Company and the Merger Partner and their
financial and legal advisors; |
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(x) reviewed the January 16, 2005 draft of the
Agreement (the Draft Agreement) and certain related
documents; and |
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(xi) performed such other analyses and considered such
other factors as we have deemed appropriate. |
We have assumed and relied upon, without independent
verification, the accuracy and completeness of the financial and
other information reviewed by us for the purposes of this
opinion. With respect to the financial forecasts, we have been
directed by the management of the Merger Partner to rely on
certain publicly available financial forecasts in performing our
analyses and we have assumed that, in the good faith belief of
the management of the Merger Partner, such forecasts reflect the
best currently available estimates of the future financial
performance of the Company and the Merger Partner. We have not
assumed any responsibility for the independent verification of
any such information, and we have further relied upon the
assurances of the senior management of the Merger Partner that
it is unaware of any facts that would make the information and
estimates provided to us, or to which we were directed,
incomplete or misleading. We have not made any independent
valuation or appraisal of the assets or liabilities of the
Company or the Merger Partner nor have we been furnished with
any such appraisals.
In arriving at our opinion, we have assumed that the LMI Merger
will qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of
Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the Code) and the regulations promulgated
thereunder, and that the conversion of the UGC common stock into
shares of HoldCo Class A Common Stock pursuant to the UGC
Merger, will qualify as an exchange within the meaning of
Section 351(a) of the Code and the regulations promulgated
thereunder. We have relied as to all legal matters relevant to
rendering our opinion upon the advice of counsel. We have also
assumed that the final executed Agreement will not differ in any
material respect from the Draft Agreement reviewed by us, and
that the Transaction will be consummated as provided in the
Draft Agreement, with full satisfaction of all covenants and
conditions set forth in the Draft Agreement and without any
waivers thereof and that all material governmental, regulatory
or other consents and approvals necessary for the consummation
of the Transaction will be obtained without any adverse effect
on the Merger Partner or the Company or the contemplated
benefits of the Transaction.
We have assumed that the terms of the Agreement and the
transactions are the most beneficial terms from the Merger
Partners perspective that could under the circumstances be
negotiated among the parties to the Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby.
We have acted as a sole financial advisor to the Board of
Directors of the Merger Partner in connection with the
Transaction and have received a fee for our services, and will
receive additional fees for our services, which are contingent
upon the rendering of this opinion and the consummation of the
Transaction. We or our affiliates have provided and may in the
future provide financial advisory and financing services to the
Merger Partner, the Company and certain of their affiliates and
have received or may in the future receive fees for the
rendering of these services. Bank of America, N.A., an affiliate
of ours, serves as an agent and a lender under certain senior
credit facilities of the Merger Partners affiliates and
has received fees for the rendering of such services. In the
ordinary course of our businesses, we and our affiliates may
actively trade the debt and equity securities or loans of the
Company, the Merger Partner and their affiliates for our own
account or for the accounts of customers, and accordingly, we or
our affiliates may at any time hold long or short positions in
such securities or loans.
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It is understood that this letter is for the benefit and use of
the Board of Directors of the Merger Partner in connection with
and for the purposes of its evaluation of the Transaction. This
opinion may not be disclosed, referred to, or communicated (in
whole or in part) to any third party for any purpose whatsoever
except with our prior written consent in each instance. However,
this opinion may be included in its entirety in any filing made
by the Merger Partner in respect of the Transaction with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, so long as this opinion is
reproduced in such filing in full and any description of or
reference to us or summary of this opinion and the related
analysis in such filing is in a form acceptable to us and our
counsel. In furnishing this opinion, we do not admit that we are
experts within the meaning of the term experts as
used in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act) and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, nor do we admit that this opinion
constitutes a report or valuation within the meaning of
Section 11 of the Securities Act. Our opinion is
necessarily based on economic, market and other conditions as in
effect on, and the information made available to us as of, the
date hereof. It should be understood that subsequent
developments may affect this opinion and we do not have any
obligation to update, revise or reaffirm this opinion. We have
not been requested to opine as to, and our opinion does not in
any manner address (i) the Merger Partners underlying
business decision to proceed with or effect the Transaction or
(ii) whether any alternative transaction might be more
favorable to the common stockholders of the Merger Partner. This
opinion does not in any manner address the prices at which any
of the HoldCos securities will trade following
consummation of the Transaction. In addition, we express no
opinion or recommendation as to how the stockholders of the
Merger Partner and the Company should vote at the
stockholders meetings held in connection with the
Transaction.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, including the various
assumptions and limitations set forth herein, we are of the
opinion on the date hereof that the consideration to be received
by the holders of the Merger Partners common stock, other
than any affiliates of the Merger Partner, in the proposed
Transaction is fair from a financial point of view to the
holders of the Merger Partners common stock, other than
any affiliates of the Merger Partner.
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Appendix F
FORM OF
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
LIBERTY GLOBAL, INC.
LIBERTY GLOBAL, INC., a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as
follows:
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(1) The name of the Corporation is Liberty Global, Inc.
The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was
filed on January 13, 2005. The name under which the
Corporation was originally incorporated is Liberty Global, Inc.
A Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation was
filed on January 18, 2005, changing the name of the
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(2) This Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates
and amends the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation,
as amended prior to the date hereof. |
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(3) This Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been
duly adopted in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. |
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(4) This Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall
become effective upon its filing with the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware. |
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(5) Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the text of the
Certificate of Incorporation is hereby restated to read in its
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ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of the corporation is Liberty Global, Inc. (the
Corporation).
ARTICLE II
REGISTERED OFFICE
The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the
State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400,
in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19808. The
name of its registered agent at such address is The
Prentice-Hall Corporation System, Inc.
ARTICLE III
PURPOSE
The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or
activity for which corporations may be organized under the
General Corporation Law of Delaware (as the same may be amended
from time to time, DGCL).
ARTICLE IV
AUTHORIZED STOCK
The total number of shares of capital stock which the
Corporation shall have authority to issue is one billion one
hundred million (1,100,000,000) shares, which shall be divided
into the following classes:
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(a) One billion fifty million (1,050,000,000) shares shall
be of a class designated Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share (Common Stock), such
class to be divided into series as provided in Section A of
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(b) Fifty million (50,000,000) shares shall be of a class
designated Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Preferred Stock), such class to be issuable
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The description of the Common Stock and the Preferred Stock of
the Corporation, and the relative rights, preferences and
limitations thereof, or the method of fixing and establishing
the same, are as hereinafter in this Article IV set forth:
SECTION A
SERIES A COMMON STOCK, SERIES B COMMON STOCK
AND SERIES C COMMON STOCK
Five hundred million (500,000,000) shares of Common Stock shall
be of a series designated as Series A Common Stock (the
Series A Common Stock), fifty million
(50,000,000) shares of Common Stock shall be of a series
designated as Series B Common Stock (the
Series B Common Stock) and five hundred
million (500,000,000) shares of Common Stock shall be of a
series designated as Series C Common Stock (the
Series C Common Stock).
Each share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Old Common Stock), of the Corporation issued
and outstanding immediately prior to the effectiveness of this
Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the Effective
Time) shall be reclassified as and converted into one
fully paid and non-assessable share of Series A Common
Stock such that at the Effective Time each holder of record of
one share of Old Common Stock shall, without further action, be
and become the holder of record of one share of Series A
Common Stock. Any certificate that previously represented a
share of Old Common Stock shall represent, from and following
the Effective Time, a share of Series A Common Stock
without the necessity for any exchange of certificates.
Each share of Series A Common Stock, each share of
Series B Common Stock and each share of Series C
Common Stock shall, except as otherwise provided in this
Section A, be identical in all respects and shall have
equal rights, powers and privileges.
1. Voting Rights.
Holders of Series A Common Stock shall be entitled to one
vote for each share of such stock held, and holders of
Series B Common Stock shall be entitled to ten votes for
each share of such stock held, on all matters that may be
submitted to a vote of stockholders at any annual or special
meeting thereof (regardless of whether such holders are voting
together with the holders of all series of Common Stock that are
Voting Securities (as defined in Article V,
Section C), or as a separate class with the holders of one
or more series of Common Stock or as a separate series of Common
Stock). Holders of Series C Common Stock shall not be
entitled to any voting powers, except as otherwise required by
the laws of the State of Delaware. When the vote or consent of
the holders of Series C Common Stock is required by the
laws of the State of Delaware, the holders of Series C
Common Stock shall be entitled to
1/100th
of a vote per share. Except as may otherwise be required by the
laws of the State of Delaware or, with respect to any series of
Preferred Stock, in any resolution or resolutions providing for
the establishment of such series pursuant to authority vested in
the Board of Directors by Article IV, Section B, of
this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as it may from time
to time hereafter be amended or restated, the
Certificate), the holders of outstanding
shares of Series A Common Stock, the holders of outstanding
shares of Series B Common Stock and the holders of
outstanding shares of each series of Preferred Stock entitled to
vote thereon, if any, shall vote as one class with respect to
the election of directors and with respect to all other matters
to be voted on by stockholders of the Corporation (including,
without limitation, any proposed amendment to this Certificate
that would increase the number of authorized shares of Common
Stock or any series thereof, the number of authorized shares of
Preferred Stock or any series thereof or the number of
authorized shares of any other class or series of capital stock
or decrease the number of authorized shares of Common Stock or
any series thereof, the number of authorized shares of Preferred
Stock or any series thereof or the number of authorized shares
of any other class or series of capital stock (but not below the
number of shares of Common Stock or any series thereof,
Preferred Stock or any series thereof or any other class or
series of capital stock then outstanding)), and except as
required by law no separate vote or consent of the holders of
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shares of any series of Common Stock or any series of Preferred
Stock shall be required for the approval of any such matter.
2. Conversion Rights.
Each share of Series B Common Stock shall be convertible,
at the option of the holder thereof, into one fully paid and
non-assessable share of Series A Common Stock. Any such
conversion may be effected by any holder of Series B Common
Stock by surrendering such holders certificate or
certificates for the Series B Common Stock to be converted,
duly endorsed, at the office of the Corporation or any transfer
agent for the Series B Common Stock, together with a
written notice to the Corporation at such office that such
holder elects to convert all or a specified number of shares of
Series B Common Stock represented by such certificate and
stating the name or names in which such holder desires the
certificate or certificates representing shares of Series A
Common Stock to be issued and, if less than all of the shares of
Series B Common Stock represented by one certificate are to
be converted, the name or names in which such holder desires the
certificate representing shares of Series B Common Stock to
be issued. If so required by the Corporation, any certificate
representing shares surrendered for conversion in accordance
with this paragraph shall be accompanied by instruments of
transfer, in form satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed
by the holder of such shares or the duly authorized
representative of such holder, and shall, if required by this
Section A.2., be accompanied by payment, or evidence of
payment, of applicable issue or transfer taxes. Promptly
thereafter, the Corporation shall issue and deliver to such
holder or such holders nominee or nominees, a certificate
or certificates representing the number of shares of
Series A Common Stock to which such holder shall be
entitled as herein provided. If less than all of the shares of
Series B Common Stock represented by any one certificate
are to be converted, the Corporation shall issue and deliver to
such holder or such holders nominee or nominees a new
certificate representing the shares of Series B Common
Stock not converted. Such conversion shall be deemed to have
been made at the close of business on the date of receipt by the
Corporation or any such transfer agent of the certificate or
certificates, notice and, if required, instruments of transfer
and payment or evidence of payment of taxes referred to above,
and the person or persons entitled to receive the Series A
Common Stock issuable on such conversion shall be treated for
all purposes as the record holder or holders of such
Series A Common Stock on that date. A number of shares of
Series A Common Stock equal to the number of shares of
Series B Common Stock outstanding from time to time shall
be set aside and reserved for issuance upon conversion of shares
of Series B Common Stock. Shares of Series B Common
Stock that have been converted hereunder shall become treasury
shares that may be issued or retired by resolution of the Board
of Directors. Shares of Series A Common Stock and shares of
Series C Common Stock shall not be convertible into shares
of any other series of Common Stock.
The Corporation shall pay any and all documentary, stamp or
similar issue or transfer taxes that may be payable in respect
of the issue or delivery of certificates representing shares of
Common Stock on conversion of shares of Series B Common
Stock pursuant to this Section A.2. The Corporation shall
not, however, be required to pay any tax that may be payable in
respect of any issue or delivery of certificates representing
any shares of Common Stock in a name other than that in which
the shares of Series B Common Stock so converted were
registered and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless
and until the person requesting the same has paid to the
Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established to the
satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid.
3. Dividends Generally.
Whenever a dividend, other than a dividend that consists of a
Share Distribution, is paid to the holders of one or more series
of Common Stock, the Corporation also shall pay to the holders
of each other series of Common Stock a dividend per share equal
to the dividend per share paid to the holders of such first one
or more series of Common Stock, such that the dividend paid on
each share of Common Stock, regardless of series, is the same.
Dividends shall be payable only as and when declared by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation out of assets of the
Corporation legally available therefor. Whenever a dividend that
consists of a Share Distribution is paid to the holders of one
or more series of Common Stock, the Corporation shall also pay a
dividend that consists of a Share Distribution to the holders of
each other series of Common Stock as provided in
Section A.4. below. For purposes of this Section A.3.
and Section A.4. below, a Share
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Distribution shall mean a dividend payable in
shares of any class or series of capital stock, Convertible
Securities (as defined in Section A.4.) or other equity
securities of the Corporation or any other corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust,
unincorporated association or other legal entity (all of the
foregoing and any natural person, a Person).
4. Share Distributions.
If at any time a Share Distribution is to be made with respect
to the Series A Common Stock, Series B Common Stock or
Series C Common Stock, such Share Distribution may be
declared and paid only as follows:
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(a) a Share Distribution (i) consisting of shares of
Series A Common Stock (or Convertible Securities that are
convertible into, exchangeable for or evidence the right to
purchase shares of Series A Common Stock) may be declared
and paid to holders of Series A Common Stock, Series B
Common Stock and Series C Common Stock, on an equal per
share basis; or (ii) consisting of shares of Series B
Common Stock (or Convertible Securities that are convertible
into, exchangeable for or evidence the right to purchase shares
of Series B Common Stock) may be declared and paid to
holders of Series A Common Stock, Series B Common
Stock and Series C Common Stock, on an equal per share
basis; or (iii) consisting of shares of Series C
Common Stock (or Convertible Securities that are convertible
into, exchangeable for or evidence the right to purchase shares
of Series C Common Stock) may be declared and paid to
holders of Series A Common Stock, Series B Common
Stock and Series C Common Stock, on an equal per share
basis; or (iv) consisting of shares of Series A Common
Stock (or Convertible Securities that are convertible into,
exchangeable for or evidence the right to purchase shares of
Series A Common Stock) may be declared and paid to holders
of Series A Common Stock, shares of Series B Common
Stock (or Convertible Securities that are convertible into,
exchangeable for or evidence the right to purchase shares of
Series B Common Stock) may be declared and paid to holders
of Series B Common Stock and shares of Series C Common
Stock (or Convertible Securities that are convertible into,
exchangeable for or evidence the right to purchase shares of
Series C Common Stock) may be declared and paid to holders
of Series C Common Stock, in each case on an equal per
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(b) a Share Distribution consisting of shares of any class
or series of securities of the Corporation or any other Person
other than Series A Common Stock, Series B Common
Stock or Series C Common Stock (or Convertible Securities
that are convertible into, exchangeable for or evidence the
right to purchase shares of Series A Common Stock,
Series B Common Stock or Series C Common Stock), may
be declared and paid either on the basis of a distribution of
(i) identical securities, on an equal per share basis, to
holders of Series A Common Stock, Series B Common
Stock and Series C Common Stock, (ii) separate classes
or series of securities, on an equal per share basis to the
holders of each series of Common Stock or (iii) a separate
class or series of securities to the holders of one or more
series of Common Stock and, on an equal per share basis, a
different class or series of securities to the holders of all
other series of Common Stock; provided, that, in
the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), (x) such separate
classes or series of securities (and, if the distribution
consists of Convertible Securities, the securities into which
such Convertible Securities are convertible or for which they
are exchangeable or which they evidence the right to purchase)
do not differ in any respect other than their relative voting
rights (and related differences in designation, conversion and
Share Distribution provisions), with holders of shares of
Series B Common Stock receiving securities of the class or
series having (or convertible into, exchangeable for or
evidencing the right to purchase securities having) the highest
relative voting rights and the holders of shares of each other
series of Common Stock receiving securities of a class or series
having (or convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the
right to purchase securities having) lesser relative voting
rights, in each case without regard to whether such rights
differ to a greater or lesser extent than the corresponding
differences in voting rights (and related differences in
designation, conversion and Share Distribution provisions) among
the Series A Common Stock, the Series B Common Stock
and the Series C Common Stock, and (y) in the event
the securities to be received by the holders of shares of Common
Stock other than the Series B Common Stock consist of
different classes or series of securities, with each such class
or series of securities (or the securities into which such class
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purchase) differing only with respect to the relative voting
rights of such class or series (and the related differences in
designation, conversion, redemption and Share Distribution
provisions), then such classes or series of securities shall be
distributed to the holders of each series of Common Stock (other
than the Series B Common Stock) (A) as the Board of
Directors determines or (B) such that the relative voting
rights (and related differences in designation, conversion,
redemption and Share Distribution provisions) of the class or
series of securities (or the securities into which such class or
series is convertible or for which such class or series is
exchangeable or which such class or series evidences the right
to purchase) to be received by the holders of each series of
Common Stock (other than the Series B Common Stock)
corresponds to the extent practicable to the relative voting
rights (and related differences in designation, conversion,
redemption and Share Distribution provisions) of such series of
Common Stock, as compared to the other series of Common Stock
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As used herein, the term Convertible
Securities means (x) any securities of the
Corporation (other than any series of Common Stock) that are
convertible into, exchangeable for or evidence the right to
purchase any shares of any series of Common Stock, whether upon
conversion, exercise, exchange, pursuant to anti-dilution
provisions of such securities or otherwise, and (y) any
securities of any other Person that are convertible into,
exchangeable for or evidence the right to purchase, securities
of such Person or any other Person, whether upon conversion
exercise, exchange, pursuant to antidilution provisions of such
securities or otherwise.
5. Reclassification.
The Corporation shall not reclassify, subdivide or combine one
series of Common Stock without reclassifying, subdividing or
combining each other series of Common Stock on an equal per
share basis.
6. Liquidation and
Dissolution.
In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment or
provision for payment of the debts and liabilities of the
Corporation and subject to the prior payment in full of the
preferential amounts to which any series of Preferred Stock is
entitled, the holders of shares of Series A Common Stock,
the holders of shares of Series B Common Stock and the
holders of shares of Series C Common Stock shall share
equally, on a share for share basis, in the assets of the
Corporation remaining for distribution to its common
stockholders. Neither the consolidation or merger of the
Corporation with or into any other Person or Persons nor the
sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Corporation shall itself be deemed to be a
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation within
the meaning of this paragraph 6.
SECTION B
PREFERRED STOCK
The Preferred Stock may be divided and issued in one or more
series from time to time, with such powers, designations,
preferences and relative, participating, optional or other
rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof,
as shall be stated and expressed in a resolution or resolutions
providing for the issue of each such series adopted by the Board
of Directors (a Preferred Stock Designation).
The Board of Directors, in the Preferred Stock Designation with
respect to a series of Preferred Stock (a copy of which shall be
filed as required by law), shall, without limitation of the
foregoing, fix the following with respect to such series of
Preferred Stock:
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(i) the distinctive serial designations and the number of
authorized shares of such series, which may be increased or
decreased, but not below the number of shares thereof then
outstanding, by a certificate made, signed and filed as required
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(ii) the dividend rate or amounts, if any, for such series,
the date or dates from which dividends on all shares of such
series shall be cumulative, if dividends on stock of such series
shall be cumulative, and the relative preferences or rights of
priority, if any, or participation, if any, with respect to
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(iii) the rights of the shares of such series in the event
of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Corporation, if any, and the relative
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(iv) the right, if any, of the holders of such series to
convert or exchange such stock into or for other classes or
series of a class of stock or indebtedness of the Corporation or
of another Person, and the terms and conditions of such
conversion or exchange, including provision for the adjustment
of the conversion or exchange rate in such events as the Board
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(v) the voting powers, if any, of the holders of such
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(vi) the terms and conditions, if any, for the Corporation
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The Board of Directors is hereby expressly authorized to
exercise its authority with respect to fixing and designating
various series of the Preferred Stock and determining the
relative rights, powers and preferences, if any, thereof to the
full extent permitted by applicable law, subject to any
stockholder vote that may be required by this Certificate. All
shares of any one series of the Preferred Stock shall be alike
in every particular. Except to the extent otherwise expressly
provided in the Preferred Stock Designation for a series of
Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of such series shall have
no voting rights except as may be required by the laws of the
State of Delaware. Further, unless otherwise expressly provided
in the Preferred Stock Designation for a series of Preferred
Stock, no consent or vote of the holders of shares of Preferred
Stock or any series thereof shall be required for any amendment
to this Certificate that would increase the number of authorized
shares of Preferred Stock or the number of authorized shares of
any series thereof or decrease the number of authorized shares
of Preferred Stock or the number of authorized shares of any
series thereof (but not below the number of authorized shares of
Preferred Stock or such series, as the case may be, then
outstanding).
Except as may be provided by the Board of Directors in a
Preferred Stock Designation or by law, shares of any series of
Preferred Stock that have been redeemed (whether through the
operation of a sinking fund or otherwise) or purchased by the
Corporation, or which, if convertible or exchangeable, have been
converted into or exchanged for shares of stock of any other
class or classes shall have the status of authorized and
unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as a part
of the series of which they were originally a part or may be
reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock to be
created by a Preferred Stock Designation or as part of any other
series of Preferred Stock.
ARTICLE V
DIRECTORS
SECTION A
NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
The governing body of the Corporation shall be a Board of
Directors. Subject to any rights of the holders of any series of
Preferred Stock to elect additional directors, the number of
directors shall not be less than three (3) and the exact
number of directors shall be fixed by the Board of Directors by
resolution adopted by the vote of 75% of the members then in
office. Election of directors need not be by written ballot.
SECTION B
CLASSIFICATION OF THE BOARD
Except as otherwise fixed by or pursuant to the provisions of
Article IV hereof relating to the rights of the holders of
any series of Preferred Stock to separately elect additional
directors, which additional directors are not required to be
classified pursuant to the terms of such series of Preferred
Stock, the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be
divided into three classes: Class I, Class II and
Class III. Each class shall consist, as
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nearly as possible, of a number of directors equal to one-third
(1/3) of the number of members of the Board of Directors
authorized as provided in Section A of this Article V.
The term of office of the initial Class I directors shall
expire at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2006; the term
of office of the initial Class II directors shall expire at
the annual meeting of stockholders in 2007; and the term of
office of the initial Class III directors shall expire at
the annual meeting of stockholders in 2008. At each annual
meeting of stockholders of the Corporation the successors of
that class of directors whose term expires at that meeting shall
be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the annual
meeting of stockholders held in the third year following the
year of their election. The directors of each class will hold
office until their respective successors are elected and
qualified or until such directors earlier death,
resignation or removal.
SECTION C
REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred
Stock, directors may be removed from office only for cause upon
the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of
the total voting power of the then outstanding shares of
Series A Common Stock, Series B Common Stock and any
series of Preferred Stock entitled to vote with the holders of
the Series A Common Stock and the Series B Common
Stock generally upon all matters that may be submitted to a vote
of stockholders at any annual or special meeting thereof
(collectively, Voting Securities).
SECTION D
NEWLY CREATED DIRECTORSHIPS AND VACANCIES
Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred
Stock, vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death,
resignation, removal, disqualification or other cause, and newly
created directorships resulting from any increase in the number
of directors on the Board of Directors, shall be filled only by
the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors
then in office (even though less than a quorum) or by the sole
remaining director. Any director elected in accordance with the
preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the
full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy
occurred or to which the new directorship is apportioned, and
until such directors successor shall have been elected and
qualified or until such directors earlier death,
resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors
constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of
any incumbent director, except as may be provided in a Preferred
Stock Designation with respect to any additional director
elected by the holders of the applicable series of Preferred
Stock.
SECTION E
LIMITATION ON LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
1. Limitation On Liability.
To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as the same exists
or may hereafter be amended, a director of the Corporation shall
not be liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Any
repeal or modification of this paragraph 1 shall be
prospective only and shall not adversely affect any limitation,
right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at
the time of such repeal or modification.
2. Indemnification.
(a) Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall
indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be
amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be
made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (a proceeding) by reason of the fact
that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is
or was a director or officer of the Corporation or while a
director or officer of the Corporation is or was serving at the
request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of
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another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity,
including service with respect to employee benefit plans,
against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including
attorneys fees) incurred by such person. Such right of
indemnification shall inure whether or not the claim asserted is
based on matters which antedate the adoption of this
Section E. The Corporation shall be required to indemnify
or make advances to a person in connection with a proceeding (or
part thereof) initiated by such person only if the proceeding
(or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of
the Corporation.
(b) Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall
pay the expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by a
director or officer in defending any proceeding in advance of
its final disposition, provided, however, that the
payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance
of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only
upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to
repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined
that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified
under this paragraph or otherwise.
(c) Claims. If a claim for indemnification or
payment of expenses under this paragraph is not paid in full
within 30 days after a written claim therefor has been
received by the Corporation, the claimant may file suit to
recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in
whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of
prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall
have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to
the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under
applicable law.
(d) Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred
on any person by this paragraph shall not be exclusive of any
other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire
under any statute, provision of this Certificate, the Bylaws,
agreement, vote of stockholders or resolution of disinterested
directors or otherwise.
(e) Insurance. The Board of Directors may, to the
full extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists,
or may hereafter be amended from time to time, authorize an
appropriate officer or officers to purchase and maintain at the
Corporations expense insurance: (i) to indemnify the
Corporation for any obligation which it incurs as a result of
the indemnification of directors and officers under the
provisions of this Section E; and (ii) to indemnify or
insure directors and officers against liability in instances in
which they may not otherwise be indemnified by the Corporation
under the provisions of this Section E.
(f) Other Indemnification. The Corporations
obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is
serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent
of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall
be reduced by any amount such person may collect as
indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint
venture, limited liability company, trust, enterprise or
nonprofit entity.
3. Amendment or Repeal.
Any amendment, modification or repeal of the foregoing
provisions of this Section E shall not adversely affect any
right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any
act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment,
modification or repeal.
SECTION F
AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by
the DGCL, the Board of Directors, by action taken by the
affirmative vote of not less than 75% of the members of the
Board of Directors then in office, is hereby expressly
authorized and empowered to adopt, amend or repeal any provision
of the Bylaws of this Corporation.
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ARTICLE VI
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION A
ANNUAL AND SPECIAL MEETINGS
Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred
Stock, stockholder action may be taken only at an annual or
special meeting. Except as otherwise provided in a Preferred
Stock Designation with respect to any series of Preferred Stock
or unless otherwise prescribed by law or by another provision of
this Certificate, special meetings of the stockholders of the
Corporation, for any purpose or purposes, shall be called by the
Secretary of the Corporation at the request of at least 75% of
the members of the Board of Directors then in office.
SECTION B
ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING
Except as otherwise provided in a Preferred Stock Designation
with respect to any series of Preferred Stock, no action
required to be taken or which may be taken at any annual meeting
or special meeting of stockholders may be taken without a
meeting, and the power of stockholders to consent in writing,
without a meeting, to the taking of any action is specifically
denied.
ARTICLE VII
ACTIONS REQUIRING SUPERMAJORITY STOCKHOLDER VOTE
Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred
Stock, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of
the total voting power of the then outstanding Voting
Securities, voting together as a single class at a meeting
specifically called for such purpose, shall be required in order
for the Corporation to take any action to authorize:
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(a) the amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of
this Certificate or the addition or insertion of other
provisions herein; provided, however, that this
clause (a) shall not apply to any such amendment,
alteration, repeal, addition or insertion (i) as to which
the laws of the State of Delaware, as then in effect, do not
require the consent of this Corporations stockholders, or
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(b) the adoption, amendment or repeal of any provision of
the Bylaws of the Corporation; provided, however,
that this clause (b) shall not apply to, and no vote of the
stockholders of the Corporation shall be required to authorize,
the adoption, amendment or repeal of any provision of the Bylaws
of the Corporation by the Board of Directors in accordance with
the power conferred upon it pursuant to Section F of
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(c) the merger or consolidation of this Corporation with or
into any other corporation; provided, however,
that this clause (c) shall not apply to any such merger or
consolidation (i) as to which the laws of the State of
Delaware, as then in effect, do not require the consent of this
Corporations stockholders, or (ii) that at least 75%
of the members of the Board of Directors then in office have
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(d) the sale, lease or exchange of all, or substantially
all, of the assets of the Corporation; provided,
however, that this clause (d) shall not apply to any
such sale, lease or exchange that at least 75% of the members of
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(e) the dissolution of the Corporation; provided,
however, that this clause (e) shall not apply to
such dissolution if at least 75% of the members of the Board of
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Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Article VII,
the Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to
time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained
in this Certificate, and other provisions authorized by the laws
of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or
inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and
all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature
conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other Persons
whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate in its present
form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights
reserved in this Article VII.
ARTICLE VIII
SECTION 203 OF THE DGCL
The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by
Section 203 of the DGCL.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this
Restated Certificate of Incorporation
this day
of ,
2005.
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Appendix G
FORM OF
LIBERTY GLOBAL, INC.
A Delaware Corporation
BYLAWS
ARTICLE I
STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1.1 Annual
Meeting.
An annual meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing
directors and of transacting any other business properly brought
before the meeting pursuant to these Bylaws shall be held each
year at such date, time and place, either within or without the
State of Delaware or, if so determined by the Board of Directors
in its sole discretion, at no place (but rather by means of
remote communication), as may be specified by the Board of
Directors in the notice of meeting.
Section 1.2 Special
Meetings.
Except as otherwise provided in the terms of any series of
preferred stock or unless otherwise provided by law or by the
Corporations Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation, for the
transaction of such business as may properly come before the
meeting, may be called by the Secretary of the Corporation only
at the request of not less than 75% of the members of the Board
of Directors then in office. Only such business may be
transacted as is specified in the notice of the special meeting.
The Board of Directors shall have the sole power to determine
the time, date and place, either within or without the State of
Delaware, for any special meeting of stockholders. Following
such determination, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to
cause notice to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote at
such meeting that a meeting will be held at the time, date and
place and in accordance with the record date determined by the
Board of Directors.
Section 1.3 Record
Date.
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders
or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of
any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights,
or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change,
conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other
lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date,
which record date shall not precede the date upon which the
resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of
Directors, and which record date: (i) in the case of
determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of
stockholders or adjournment thereof, shall, unless otherwise
required by the laws of the State of Delaware, not be more than
sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date
of such meeting, and (ii) in the case of any other lawful
action, shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to
such other action. If no record date is fixed by the Board of
Directors: (i) the record date for determining stockholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders
shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the
day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the
close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the
meeting is held, and (ii) the record date for determining
stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of
business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the
resolution relating thereto. A determination of stockholders of
record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of
stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting;
provided, however, that the Board of Directors may
fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
Section 1.4 Notice
of Meetings.
Notice of all stockholders meetings, stating the place, if any,
date and hour thereof; the means of remote communication, if
any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be
present in person and vote at such meeting; the place within the
city, other municipality or community or electronic network at
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which the list of stockholders may be examined; and, in the case
of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the
meeting is called, shall be delivered in accordance with
applicable law and applicable stock exchange rules and
regulations by the Chairman of the Board, the President, any
Vice President, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, to each
stockholder entitled to vote thereat at least ten (10) days
but not more than sixty (60) days before the date of the
meeting, unless a different period is prescribed by law, or the
lapse of the prescribed period of time shall have been waived.
If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when
deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed
to such stockholders address as it appears on the records
of the Corporation.
Section 1.5 Notice
of Stockholder Business and Nominations.
(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
(1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of
Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of business to be
considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting
of stockholders only (i) pursuant to the Corporations
notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (ii) by or
at the direction of the Board of Directors or (iii) by any
stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record
of the Corporation at the time the notice provided for in this
Section 1.5 is delivered to the Secretary of the
Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who
complies with the notice procedures set forth in this
Section 1.5.
(2) For nominations or other business to be properly
brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to
clause (iii) of paragraph (a)(1) of this
Section 1.5, the stockholder must have given timely notice
thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and any
such proposed business other than the nominations of persons for
election to the Board of Directors must constitute a proper
matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a
stockholders notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at
the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later
than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day nor
earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth
(120th) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding
years annual meeting (provided, however, that in the event
that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty
(30) days before or more than seventy (70) days after
such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so
delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one
hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and
not later than the close of business on the later of the
ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth
(10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the
date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation). In no
event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or
postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or
extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholders
notice as described above. For purposes of the first annual
meeting of stockholders to be held in 2006, the first
anniversary date shall be deemed to be
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2006. Such stockholders notice shall set forth:
(i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to
nominate for election as a director (x) all information
relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in
solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an
election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case
pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation 14A under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange
Act) and (y) such persons written consent to
being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving
as a director if elected; (ii) as to any other business
that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a
brief description of the business desired to be brought before
the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the
text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the
event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws
of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), the
reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any
material interest in such business of such stockholder and the
beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made;
and (iii) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the
beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or
proposal is made (w) the name and address of such
stockholder, as they appear on the Corporations books, and
of such beneficial owner, (x) the class and number of
shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned
beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such
beneficial owner, (y) a representation that the stockholder
is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to
vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy
at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, and
(z) a representation whether the stockholder or the
beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which
intends (A) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of
proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the
Corporations outstanding capital stock required to
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approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or
(B) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in
support of such proposal or nomination. The foregoing notice
requirements of clauses (a)(2)(ii) and (iii) of this
Section 1.5 shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder if
the stockholder has notified the Corporation of his or her
intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in
compliance with Rule 14a-8 (or any successor thereof)
promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholders
proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been
prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual
meeting. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to
furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to
determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a
director of the Corporation.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of
paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 1.5 to the contrary,
in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the
Board of Directors of the Corporation at an annual meeting is
increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation
naming the nominees for the additional directorships at least
one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of
the preceding years annual meeting, a stockholders
notice required by this Section 1.5 shall also be
considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the
additional directorships, if it shall be delivered to the
Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation
not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day
following the day on which such public announcement is first
made by the Corporation.
(b) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such
business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders
as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the
Corporations notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for
election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special
meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected
pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting (1) by
or at the direction of the Board of Directors or
(2) provided that the Board of Directors has determined
that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any
stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at
the time the notice provided for in this Section 1.5 is
delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled
to vote at the meeting and upon such election and who complies
with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.5.
In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of
stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors
to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote
in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons
(as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as
specified in the Corporations notice of meeting, if the
stockholders notice required by paragraph (a)(2) of
this Section 1.5 shall be delivered to the Secretary at the
principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than
the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day
prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of
business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such
special meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on
which public announcement is first made of the date of the
special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of
Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the
public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a
special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time
period) for the giving of a stockholders notice as
described above.
(c) General. (1) Only such persons who are
nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
Section 1.5 shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or
special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to serve as
directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting
of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this
Section 1.5. Except as otherwise provided by law, the
chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty
(i) to determine whether a nomination or any business
proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed,
as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth
in this Section 1.5 (including whether the stockholder or
beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or
proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which
solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in
support of such stockholders nominee or proposal in
compliance with such stockholders representation as
required by clause (a)(2)(iii)(z) of this Section 1.5)
and (ii) if any proposed nomination or business was not
made or proposed in compliance with this Section 1.5, to
declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such
proposed business shall not be transacted. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Section 1.5, if the
stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder)
does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders
of the Corporation to present a nomination or proposed business,
such nomination shall be
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disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted,
notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have
been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this
Section 1.5, to be considered a qualified representative of
the stockholder, a person must be authorized by a writing
executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission
delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as
proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must
produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable
reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the
meeting of stockholders.
(2) For purposes of this Section 1.5, public
announcement shall include disclosure in a press release
reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or
comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed
by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 1.5, a stockholder shall also comply with all
applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in
this Section 1.5. Nothing in this Section 1.5 shall be
deemed to affect any rights (i) of stockholders to request
inclusion of proposals in the Corporations proxy statement
pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or
(ii) of the holders of any series of preferred stock to
elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the
Corporations Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 1.6 Quorum.
Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred
stock and except as otherwise provided by law or in the
Corporations Restated Certificate of Incorporation or
these Bylaws, at any meeting of stockholders, the holders of a
majority in total voting power of the outstanding shares of
stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be present or
represented by proxy in order to constitute a quorum for the
transaction of any business. The chairman of the meeting shall
have the power and duty to determine whether a quorum is present
at any meeting of the stockholders. Shares of its own stock
belonging to the Corporation or to another corporation, if a
majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of
directors of such other corporation is held, directly or
indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to
vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided,
however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of
the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation to vote
stock, including, but not limited to, its own stock, held by it
in a fiduciary capacity. In the absence of a quorum, the
chairman of the meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to
time in the manner provided in Section 1.7 hereof until a
quorum shall be present.
Section 1.7 Adjournment.
Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn from
time to time solely by the chairman of the meeting because of
the absence of a quorum or for any other reason and to reconvene
at the same or some other time, date and place, if any. Notice
need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time,
date and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the
adjournment is taken. The chairman of the meeting shall have
full power and authority to adjourn a stockholder meeting in his
sole discretion even over stockholder opposition to such
adjournment. The stockholders present at a meeting shall not
have the authority to adjourn the meeting. If the time, date and
place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communication,
if any, by which the stockholders and the proxy holders may be
deemed to be present and in person and vote at such adjourned
meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is
taken and the adjournment is for less than thirty
(30) days, no notice need be given of any such adjourned
meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty
(30) days and the time, date and place, if any, and the
means of remote communication, if any, by which the stockholders
and the proxy holders may be deemed to be present and in person
are not announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is
taken, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed
for the adjourned meeting, then notice shall be given by the
Secretary as required for the original meeting. At the adjourned
meeting, the Corporation may transact any business that might
have been transacted at the original meeting.
Section 1.8 Organization.
The Chairman of the Board, or in his absence the Vice-Chairman
of the Board, or in their absence the President, or in their
absence any Vice President, shall call to order meetings of
stockholders and preside over
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and act as chairman of such meetings. The Board of Directors or,
if the Board fails to act, the stockholders, may appoint any
stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation to act as
chairman of any meeting in the absence of the Chairman of the
Board, the Vice-Chairman of the Board, the President and all
Vice Presidents. The date and time of the opening and closing of
the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote
at a meeting shall be determined by the chairman of the meeting
and announced at the meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt
by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the
meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Unless
otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the chairman of
the meeting shall have the exclusive right to determine the
order of business and to prescribe other such rules, regulations
and procedures and shall have the authority in his discretion to
regulate the conduct of any such meeting. Such rules,
regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of
Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may
include, without limitation, the following: (i) rules and
procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety
of those present; (ii) limitations on attendance at or
participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the
Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or
such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall
determine; (iii) restrictions on entry to the meeting after
the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and
(iv) limitations on the time allotted to questions or
comments by participants. Unless and to the extent determined by
the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings
of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance
with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
The Secretary shall act as secretary of all meetings of
stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the chairman
of the meeting may appoint any other person to act as secretary
of the meeting.
Section 1.9 Postponement
or Cancellation of Meeting.
Any previously scheduled annual or special meeting of the
stockholders may be postponed or canceled by resolution of the
Board of Directors upon public notice given prior to the time
previously scheduled for such meeting of stockholders.
Section 1.10 Voting.
Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred
stock and except as otherwise provided by law, the
Corporations Restated Certificate of Incorporation or
these Bylaws and except for the election of directors, at any
meeting duly called and held at which a quorum is present, the
affirmative vote of a majority of the combined voting power of
the outstanding shares present in person or represented by proxy
at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall
be the act of the stockholders. Subject to the rights of the
holders of any series of preferred stock, at any meeting duly
called and held for the election of directors at which a quorum
is present, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the
combined voting power of the outstanding shares present in
person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to
vote on the election of directors.
ARTICLE II
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 2.1 Number
and Term of Office.
(a) The governing body of this Corporation shall be a Board
of Directors. Subject to any rights of the holders of any series
of preferred stock to elect additional directors, the Board of
Directors shall be comprised of not less than three
(3) members, or such other number as may be fixed from time
to time by the Board of Directors by resolution adopted by the
affirmative vote of 75% of the members of the Board of Directors
then in office. Directors need not be stockholders of the
Corporation. The Corporation shall nominate the person(s)
holding the offices of Chairman of the Board and President for
election as directors at any meeting at which such person(s) are
subject to election as directors. The Board of Directors shall
appoint from its own members at its first meeting after each
annual meeting of stockholders a Vice-Chairman of the Board who,
in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, will preside at all
meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors.
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(b) Except as otherwise fixed by the Corporations
Restated Certificate of Incorporation relating to the rights of
the holders of any series of preferred stock to separately elect
additional directors, which additional directors are not
required to be classified pursuant to the terms of such series
of preferred stock, the Board of Directors shall be divided into
three classes: Class I, Class II and Class III.
Each class shall consist, as nearly as possible, of a number of
directors equal to one-third
(331/3%)
of the then authorized number of members of the Board of
Directors. The term of office of the initial Class I
directors shall expire at the annual meeting of stockholders in
2006; the term of office of the initial Class II directors
shall expire at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2007; and
the term of office of the initial Class III directors shall
expire at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2008. At each
annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation the successors
of that class of directors whose term expires at that meeting
shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the
annual meeting of stockholders held in the third year following
the year of their election. The directors of each class will
serve until the earliest to occur of their death, resignation,
removal or disqualification or the election and qualification of
their respective successors.
Section 2.2 Resignations.
Any director of the Corporation, or any member of any committee,
may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of
Directors, the Chairman of the Board, Vice-Chairman of the
Board, or the President or Secretary of the Corporation. Any
such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein
or, if the time be not specified therein, then upon receipt
thereof. The acceptance of such resignation shall not be
necessary to make it effective unless otherwise stated therein.
Section 2.3 Removal
of Directors.
Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred
stock, directors may be removed from office only for cause upon
the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than a majority
of the total voting power of the then outstanding shares
entitled to vote at an election of directors voting together as
a single class.
Section 2.4 Newly
Created Directorships and Vacancies.
Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred
stock, vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death,
resignation, removal, disqualification or other cause, and newly
created directorships resulting from any increase in the number
of directors on the Board of Directors, shall be filled by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then
in office (even though less than a quorum) or by the sole
remaining director at any regular or special meeting of the
Board of Directors. Any director elected in accordance with the
preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the
full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy
occurred or to which the new directorship is apportioned, and
until such directors successor shall have been elected and
qualified. No decrease in the number of directors constituting
the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent
director, except as may be provided in the terms of any series
of preferred stock with respect to any additional director
elected by the holders of such series of preferred stock.
Notwithstanding Article I of these Bylaws, in case the
entire Board of Directors shall die or resign, the President or
Secretary of the Corporation, or any ten (10) stockholders
may call and cause notice to be given for a special meeting of
stockholders in the same manner that the Chairman of the Board
or Vice-Chairman of the Board may call such a meeting, and
directors for the unexpired terms may be elected at such special
meeting.
Section 2.5 Meetings.
The annual meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors may
be held on such date and at such time and place as the Board of
Directors determines. The annual meeting may be held immediately
following the annual meeting of stockholders, and if so held, no
notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected
directors in order to hold the meeting legally, provided that a
quorum shall be present thereat.
Notice of each regular meeting shall be furnished in writing to
each member of the Board of Directors not less than five
(5) days in advance of said meeting, unless such notice
requirement is waived in writing by each member. No notice need
be given of the meeting immediately following an annual meeting
of stockholders.
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Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such
time and place as shall be designated in the notice of the
meeting. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be
called by the Chairman of the Board or the Vice-Chairman of the
Board, and shall be called by the President or Secretary of the
Corporation upon the written request of not less than 75% of the
members of the Board of Directors then in office.
Section 2.6 Notice
of Special Meetings.
The Secretary, or in his absence any other officer of the
Corporation, shall give each director notice of the time and
place of holding of special meetings of the Board of Directors
by mail at least ten (10) days before the meeting, or by
facsimile transmission, electronic mail or personal service at
least twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting unless such
notice requirement is waived in writing by each member. Unless
otherwise stated in the notice thereof, any and all business may
be transacted at any meeting without specification of such
business in the notice.
Section 2.7 Conference
Telephone Meeting.
Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may
participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such
committee by means of telephone conference or other similar
communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other and communicate
with each other, and such participation in a meeting shall
constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 2.8 Quorum
and Organization of Meetings.
A majority of the total number of members of the Board of
Directors as constituted from time to time shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, but, if at any meeting
of the Board of Directors (whether or not adjourned from a
previous meeting) there shall be less than a quorum present, a
majority of those present may adjourn the meeting to another
time, date and place, and the meeting may be held as adjourned
without further notice or waiver. Except as otherwise provided
by law, the Corporations Restated Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the directors
present at any meeting at which a quorum is present may decide
any question brought before such meeting. Meetings shall be
presided over by the Chairman of the Board or in his absence by
the Vice-Chairman of the Board, or in their absence by such
other person as the directors may select. The Board of Directors
shall keep written minutes of its meetings. The Secretary of the
Corporation shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or
her absence the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person
to act as secretary of the meeting.
The Board may designate one or more committees, each committee
to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation.
The Board may designate one or more Directors as alternate
members of any committee to replace absent or disqualified
members at any meeting of such committee. If a member of a
committee shall be absent from any meeting, or disqualified from
voting thereat, the remaining member or members present and not
disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members
constitute a quorum, may, by a unanimous vote, appoint another
member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place
of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee,
to the extent provided in a resolution of the Board of Directors
passed as aforesaid, shall have and may exercise all the powers
and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the
business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize
the seal of the Corporation to be impressed on all papers that
may require it, but no such committee shall have the power or
authority of the Board of Directors in reference to
(i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the
stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the
laws of the State of Delaware to be submitted to the
stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending or
repealing any Bylaw of the Corporation. Such committee or
committees shall have such name or names as may be determined
from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of
Directors. Unless otherwise specified in the resolution of the
Board of Directors designating a committee, at all meetings of
such committee a majority of the total number of members of the
committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, and the vote of a majority of the members of the
committee present at any meeting at which there is a quorum
shall be the act of the committee. Each committee shall keep
regular minutes of its meetings. Unless the Board of Directors
otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board of
Directors may make, alter and repeal rules for
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the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each
committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the
Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to
Article II of these Bylaws.
Section 2.9 Indemnification.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it
presently exists or may hereafter be amended, the Corporation
shall indemnify and hold harmless any person who is or was made,
or threatened to be made, a party to or is otherwise involved in
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding
(a Proceeding), whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, including, without limitation,
an action by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a
judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that such person,
or a person of whom such person is the legal representative, is
or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or while a
director or officer of the Corporation is or was serving at the
request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprises including non-profit enterprises (an Other
Entity), against all liabilities and losses, judgments,
fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid in settlement and
costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys fees and
disbursements). Persons who are not directors or officers of the
Corporation may be similarly indemnified in respect of service
to the Corporation or to an Other Entity at the request of the
Corporation to the extent the Board of Directors at any time
specifies that such persons are entitled to the benefits of this
Section 2.9. Except as otherwise provided in
Section 2.11 hereof, the Corporation shall be required to
indemnify a person in connection with a proceeding (or part
thereof) commenced by such person only if the commencement of
such proceeding (or part thereof) by the person was authorized
in the specific case by the Board of Directors.
Section 2.10 Advancement
of Expenses.
The Corporation shall, from time to time, reimburse or advance
to any director or officer or other person entitled to
indemnification hereunder the funds necessary for payment of
expenses, including attorneys fees and disbursements,
incurred in connection with any Proceeding in advance of the
final disposition of such Proceeding; provided,
however, that, if required by the laws of the State of
Delaware, such expenses incurred by or on behalf of any director
or officer or other person may be paid in advance of the final
disposition of a Proceeding only upon receipt by the Corporation
of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer
(or other person indemnified hereunder), to repay any such
amount so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final
judicial decision from which there is no further right of appeal
that such director, officer or other person is not entitled to
be indemnified for such expenses. Except as otherwise provided
in Section 2.11 hereof, the Corporation shall be required
to reimburse or advance expenses incurred by a person in
connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such
person only if the commencement of such proceeding (or part
thereof) by the person was authorized by the Board of Directors.
Section 2.11 Claims.
If a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses under
this Article II is not paid in full within thirty
(30) days after a written claim therefor by the person
seeking indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of
expenses has been received by the Corporation, the person may
file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if
successful, in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid
the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the
Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the person
seeking indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of
expenses is not entitled to the requested indemnification,
reimbursement or advancement of expenses under applicable law.
Section 2.12 Amendment,
Modification or Repeal.
Any amendment, modification or repeal of the foregoing
provisions of this Article II shall not adversely affect
any right or protection hereunder of any person entitled to
indemnification under Section 2.9 hereof in respect of any
act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or
modification.
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Section 2.13 Nonexclusivity
of Rights.
The rights conferred on any person by this Article II shall
not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have
or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the
Corporations Restated Certificate of Incorporation, these
Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise.
Section 2.14 Other
Sources.
The Corporations obligation, if any, to indemnify or to
advance expenses to any person who was or is serving at its
request as a director, officer, employee or agent of an Other
Entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as
indemnification or advancement of expenses from such Other
Entity.
Section 2.15 Other
Indemnification and Prepayment of Expenses.
This Article II shall not limit the right of the
Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law,
to indemnify and to advance expenses to additional persons when
and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.
Section 2.16 Executive
Committee of the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors, by the affirmative vote of not less than
75% of the members of the Board of Directors then in office, may
designate an executive committee, all of whose members shall be
directors, to manage and operate the affairs of the Corporation
or particular properties or enterprises of the Corporation.
Subject to the limitations of the law of the State of Delaware
and the Corporations Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, such executive committee shall exercise all
powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management
of the business and affairs of the Corporation including, but
not limited to, the power and authority to authorize the
issuance of shares of common or preferred stock. The executive
committee shall keep minutes of its meetings and report to the
Board of Directors not less often than quarterly on its
activities and shall be responsible to the Board of Directors
for the conduct of the enterprises and affairs entrusted to it.
Regular meetings of the executive committee, of which no notice
shall be necessary, shall be held at such time, dates and places
as shall be fixed by resolution adopted by the executive
committee. Special meetings of the executive committee shall be
called at the request of the President or of any member of the
executive committee, and shall be held upon such notice as is
required by these Bylaws for special meetings of the Board of
Directors, provided that oral notice by telephone or otherwise
shall be sufficient if received not later than the day
immediately preceding the day of the meeting.
Section 2.17 Other
Committees of the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors may by resolution establish committees
other than an executive committee and shall specify with
particularity the powers and duties of any such committee.
Subject to the limitations of the laws of the State of Delaware
and the Corporations Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, any such committee shall exercise all powers and
authority specifically granted to it by the Board of Directors,
which powers may include the authority to authorize the issuance
of shares of common or preferred stock. Such committees shall
serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors, keep minutes of
their meetings and have such names as the Board of Directors by
resolution may determine and shall be responsible to the Board
of Directors for the conduct of the enterprises and affairs
entrusted to them.
Section 2.18 Directors
Compensation.
Directors shall receive such compensation for attendance at any
meetings of the Board and any expenses incidental to the
performance of their duties as the Board of Directors shall
determine by resolution. Such compensation may be in addition to
any compensation received by the members of the Board of
Directors in any other capacity.
Section 2.19 Action
Without Meeting.
Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be deemed to restrict
the power of members of the Board of Directors or any committee
designated by the Board of Directors to take any action required
or permitted to be taken by them without a meeting.
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ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
Section 3.1 Executive
Officers.
The Board of Directors shall elect from its own members, at its
first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders, a
Chairman of the Board, a Vice-Chairman of the Board and a
President. The Board of Directors may also elect such Vice
Presidents as in the opinion of the Board of Directors the
business of the Corporation requires, a Treasurer and a
Secretary, any of whom may or may not be directors. The Board of
Directors may also elect, from time to time, such other or
additional officers as in its opinion are desirable for the
conduct of business of the Corporation. Each officer shall hold
office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors
following the next annual meeting of stockholders following
their respective election. Any person may hold at one time two
or more offices; provided, however, that the
President shall not hold any other office except that of
Chairman of the Board or Vice-Chairman of the Board.
Section 3.2 Powers
and Duties of Officers.
The Chairman of the Board shall have overall responsibility for
the management and direction of the business and affairs of the
Corporation and shall exercise such duties as customarily
pertain to the office of Chairman of the Board and such other
duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of
Directors. He shall be the senior officer of the Corporation and
in case of the inability or failure of the President to perform
his duties, he shall perform the duties of the President. He may
appoint and terminate the appointment or election of officers,
agents or employees other than those appointed or elected by the
Board of Directors. He may sign, execute and deliver, in the
name of the Corporation, powers of attorney, contracts, bonds
and other obligations. The Chairman shall preside at all
meetings of stockholders and of the Board of Directors at which
he is present, and shall perform such other duties as may be
prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or these
Bylaws.
The Vice-Chairman of the Board shall perform the duties and
exercise the powers of the office of Chairman of the Board in
the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board.
The President of the Corporation shall have such powers and
perform such duties as customarily pertain to a chief executive
officer and the office of a president, including, without
limitation, being responsible for the active direction of the
daily business of the Corporation, and shall exercise such other
duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of
Directors. The President may sign, execute and deliver, in the
name of the Corporation, powers of attorney, contracts, bonds
and other obligations. In the absence or disability of the
Chairman of the Board and the Vice-Chairman of the Board, the
President shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of
the office of Chairman of the Board.
Vice Presidents shall have such powers and perform such duties
as may be assigned to them by the Chairman of the Board, the
President, the executive committee, if any, or the Board of
Directors. A Vice President may sign and execute contracts and
other obligations pertaining to the regular course of his duties
which implement policies established by the Board of Directors.
The Treasurer shall be the chief financial officer of the
Corporation. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise declares by
resolution, the Treasurer shall have general custody of all the
funds and securities of the Corporation and general supervision
of the collection and disbursement of funds of the Corporation.
He shall endorse for collection on behalf of the Corporation
checks, notes and other obligations, and shall deposit the same
to the credit of the Corporation in such bank or banks or
depository as the Board of Directors may designate. He may sign,
with the Chairman of the Board, President or such other person
or persons as may be designated for the purpose by the Board of
Directors, all bills of exchange or promissory notes of the
Corporation. He shall enter or cause to be entered regularly in
the books of the Corporation a full and accurate account of all
moneys received and paid by him on account of the Corporation,
shall at all reasonable times exhibit his books and accounts to
any director of the Corporation upon application at the office
of the Corporation during business hours and, whenever required
by the Board of Directors or the President, shall render a
statement of his accounts. He shall perform such other duties as
may be prescribed from time to time
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by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws. He may be required
to give bond for the faithful performance of his duties in such
sum and with such surety as shall be approved by the Board of
Directors. Any Assistant Treasurer shall, in the absence or
disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the
powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and
have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time
to time prescribe.
The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the
stockholders and of the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall
cause notice to be given of meetings of stockholders, of the
Board of Directors, and of any committee appointed by the Board
of Directors. He or she shall have custody of the corporate
seal, minutes and records relating to the conduct and acts of
the stockholders and Board of Directors, which shall, at all
reasonable times, be open to the examination of any director.
The Secretary or any Assistant Secretary may certify the record
of proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders or of the
Board of Directors or resolutions adopted at such meetings, may
sign or attest certificates, statements or reports required to
be filed with governmental bodies or officials, may sign
acknowledgments of instruments, may give notices of meetings and
shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as
the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
Section 3.3 Bank
Accounts.
In addition to such bank accounts as may be authorized in the
usual manner by resolution of the Board of Directors, the
Treasurer, with approval of the Chairman of the Board or the
President, may authorize such bank accounts to be opened or
maintained in the name and on behalf of the Corporation as he
may deem necessary or appropriate, provided payments from such
bank accounts are to be made upon and according to the check of
the Corporation, which may be signed jointly or singularly by
either the manual or facsimile signature or signatures of such
officers or bonded employees of the Corporation as shall be
specified in the written instructions of the Treasurer or
Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation with the approval of the
Chairman of the Board or the President of the Corporation.
Section 3.4 Proxies;
Stock Transfers.
Unless otherwise provided in the Corporations Restated
Certificate of Incorporation or directed by the Board of
Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the President or any
Vice President or their designees shall have full power and
authority on behalf of the Corporation to attend and to vote
upon all matters and resolutions at any meeting of stockholders
of any corporation in which this Corporation may hold stock, and
may exercise on behalf of this Corporation any and all of the
rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any
such meeting, whether regular or special, and at all
adjournments thereof, and shall have power and authority to
execute and deliver proxies and consents on behalf of this
Corporation in connection with the exercise by this Corporation
of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such
stock, with full power of substitution or revocation. Unless
otherwise provided in the Corporations Restated
Certificate of Incorporation or directed by the Board of
Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the President or any
Vice President or their designees shall have full power and
authority on behalf of the Corporation to transfer, sell or
dispose of stock of any corporation in which this Corporation
may hold stock.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL STOCK
Section 4.1 Shares.
The shares of the corporation shall be represented by a
certificate or shall be uncertificated. Certificates shall be
signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the
President and by the Secretary or the Treasurer, and sealed with
the seal of the Corporation. Such seal may be a facsimile,
engraved or printed. Within a reasonable time after the issuance
or transfer of uncertificated shares, the Corporation shall send
to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the
information required to be set forth or stated on certificates
pursuant to Sections 151, 156, 202(a) or 218(a) of the
Delaware General Corporation Law or a statement that the
Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who
so requests the powers,
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designations, preferences and relative participating, optional
or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof
and the qualification, limitations or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights.
Any of or all the signatures on a certificate may be facsimile.
In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed
or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate
shall have ceased to be such an officer, transfer agent or
registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by
the Corporation with the same effect as if such officer,
transfer agent or registrar had not ceased to hold such position
at the time of its issuance.
Section 4.2 Transfer
of Shares.
(a) Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent
of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by
proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to
transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new
certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old
certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Upon
receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered
owner of uncertificated shares such uncertificated shares shall
be cancelled, and the issuance of new equivalent uncertificated
shares or certificated shares shall be made to the person
entitled thereto and the transaction shall be recorded upon the
books of the Corporation.
(b) The person in whose name shares of stock stand on the
books of the Corporation shall be deemed by the Corporation to
be the owner thereof for all purposes, and the Corporation shall
not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or
interest in such share or shares on the part of any other
person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice
thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State
of Delaware.
Section 4.3 Lost
Certificates.
The Board of Directors or any transfer agent of the Corporation
may direct a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated
shares representing stock of the Corporation to be issued in
place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by
the Corporation, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed,
upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person
claiming the certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When
authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates or
uncertificated shares, the Board of Directors (or any transfer
agent of the Corporation authorized to do so by a resolution of
the Board of Directors) may, in its discretion and as a
condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner
of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates,
or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond in
such sum as the Board of Directors (or any transfer agent so
authorized) shall direct to indemnify the Corporation and the
transfer agent against any claim that may be made against the
Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been
lost, stolen or destroyed or the issuance of such new
certificates or uncertificated shares, and such requirement may
be general or confined to specific instances.
Section 4.4 Transfer
Agent and Registrar.
The Board of Directors may appoint one or more transfer agents
and one or more registrars, and may require all certificates for
shares to bear the manual or facsimile signature or signatures
of any of them.
Section 4.5 Regulations.
The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make
all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient
concerning the issue, transfer, registration, cancellation and
replacement of certificates representing stock of the
Corporation or uncertificated shares, which rules and
regulations shall comply in all respects with the rules and
regulations of the transfer agent.
ARTICLE V
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 5.1 Offices.
The Corporation shall maintain a registered office in the State
of Delaware as required by the laws of the State of Delaware.
The Corporation may also have offices in such other places,
either within or without the State of
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Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time
designate or as the business of the Corporation may require.
Section 5.2 Corporate
Seal.
The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the
Corporation, the year of its organization, and the words
Corporate Seal and Delaware.
Section 5.3 Fiscal
Year.
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 5.4 Notices
and Waivers Thereof.
Whenever any notice is required by the laws of the State of
Delaware, the Corporations Restated Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws to be given to any stockholder,
director or officer, such notice, except as otherwise provided
by law, may be given personally, or by mail, or, in the case of
directors or officers, by electronic mail or facsimile
transmission, addressed to such address as appears on the books
of the Corporation. Any notice given by electronic mail or
facsimile transmission shall be deemed to have been given when
it shall have been transmitted and any notice given by mail
shall be deemed to have been given three (3) business days
after it shall have been deposited in the United States mail
with postage thereon prepaid.
Whenever any notice is required to be given by law, the
Corporations Restated Certificate of Incorporation, or
these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person
entitled to such notice, whether before or after the meeting or
the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent in all
respects to such notice to the full extent permitted by law.
Section 5.5 Saving
Clause.
These Bylaws are subject to the provisions of the
Corporations Restated Certificate of Incorporation and
applicable law. In the event any provision of these Bylaws is
inconsistent with the Corporations Restated Certificate of
Incorporation or the corporate laws of the State of Delaware,
such provision shall be invalid to the extent only of such
conflict, and such conflict shall not affect the validity of any
other provision of these Bylaws.
Section 5.6 Amendments.
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by
the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors, by
action taken by the affirmative vote of not less than 75% of the
members of the Board of Directors then in office, is hereby
expressly authorized and empowered to adopt, amend or repeal any
provision of the Bylaws of this Corporation.
Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred
stock, these Bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed by the
affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 80% of the
total voting power of the then outstanding capital stock of the
Corporation entitled to vote thereon; provided,
however, that this paragraph shall not apply to, and no
vote of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be required to
authorize, the adoption, amendment or repeal of any provision of
the Bylaws by the Board of Directors in accordance with the
preceding paragraph.
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Appendix H
Section 262 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
§ 262. Appraisal
rights.
(a) Any stockholder of a corporation of this State
who holds shares of stock on the date of the making of a demand
pursuant to subsection (d) of this section with
respect to such shares, who continuously holds such shares
through the effective date of the merger or consolidation, who
has otherwise complied with subsection (d) of this
section and who has neither voted in favor of the merger or
consolidation nor consented thereto in writing pursuant to
§ 228 of this title shall be entitled to an appraisal
by the Court of Chancery of the fair value of the
stockholders shares of stock under the circumstances
described in subsections (b) and (c) of this section.
As used in this section, the word stockholder means
a holder of record of stock in a stock corporation and also a
member of record of a nonstock corporation; the words
stock and share mean and include what is
ordinarily meant by those words and also membership or
membership interest of a member of a nonstock corporation; and
the words depository receipt mean a receipt or other
instrument issued by a depository representing an interest in
one or more shares, or fractions thereof, solely of stock of a
corporation, which stock is deposited with the depository.
(b) Appraisal rights shall be available for the
shares of any class or series of stock of a constituent
corporation in a merger or consolidation to be effected pursuant
to § 251 (other than a merger effected pursuant to
§ 251(g) of this title), § 252,
§ 254, § 257, § 258,
§ 263 or § 264 of this title:
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(1) Provided, however, that no appraisal rights under this
section shall be available for the shares of any class or series
of stock, which stock, or depository receipts in respect
thereof, at the record date fixed to determine the stockholders
entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the meeting of
stockholders to act upon the agreement of merger or
consolidation, were either (i) listed on a national
securities exchange or designated as a national market system
security on an interdealer quotation system by the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or (ii) held of
record by more than 2,000 holders; and further provided that no
appraisal rights shall be available for any shares of stock of
the constituent corporation surviving a merger if the merger did
not require for its approval the vote of the stockholders of the
surviving corporation as provided in subsection (f) of
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(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this
subsection, appraisal rights under this section shall be
available for the shares of any class or series of stock of a
constituent corporation if the holders thereof are required by
the terms of an agreement of merger or consolidation pursuant to
§§ 251, 252, 254, 257, 258, 263 and 264 of this
title to accept for such stock anything except: |
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a. Shares of stock of the corporation surviving or
resulting from such merger or consolidation, or depository
receipts in respect thereof; |
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b. Shares of stock of any other corporation, or depository
receipts in respect thereof, which shares of stock (or
depository receipts in respect thereof) or depository receipts
at the effective date of the merger or consolidation will be
either listed on a national securities exchange or designated as
a national market system security on an interdealer quotation
system by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
or held of record by more than 2,000 holders; |
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c. Cash in lieu of fractional shares or fractional
depository receipts described in the foregoing subparagraphs a.
and b. of this paragraph; or |
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d. Any combination of the shares of stock, depository
receipts and cash in lieu of fractional shares or fractional
depository receipts described in the foregoing subparagraphs a.,
b. and c. of this paragraph. |
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(3) In the event all of the stock of a subsidiary Delaware
corporation party to a merger effected under § 253 of
this title is not owned by the parent corporation immediately
prior to the merger, appraisal rights shall be available for the
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(c) Any corporation may provide in its certificate
of incorporation that appraisal rights under this section shall
be available for the shares of any class or series of its stock
as a result of an amendment to its certificate of incorporation,
any merger or consolidation in which the corporation is a
constituent corporation or the sale of all or substantially all
of the assets of the corporation. If the certificate of
incorporation contains such a provision, the procedures of this
section, including those set forth in subsections (d) and
(e) of this section, shall apply as nearly as is
practicable.
(d) Appraisal rights shall be perfected as follows:
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(1) If a proposed merger or consolidation for which
appraisal rights are provided under this section is to be
submitted for approval at a meeting of stockholders, the
corporation, not less than 20 days prior to the meeting,
shall notify each of its stockholders who was such on the record
date for such meeting with respect to shares for which appraisal
rights are available pursuant to subsection (b) or
(c) hereof that appraisal rights are available for any or
all of the shares of the constituent corporations, and shall
include in such notice a copy of this section. Each stockholder
electing to demand the appraisal of such stockholders
shares shall deliver to the corporation, before the taking of
the vote on the merger or consolidation, a written demand for
appraisal of such stockholders shares. Such demand will be
sufficient if it reasonably informs the corporation of the
identity of the stockholder and that the stockholder intends
thereby to demand the appraisal of such stockholders
shares. A proxy or vote against the merger or consolidation
shall not constitute such a demand. A stockholder electing to
take such action must do so by a separate written demand as
herein provided. Within 10 days after the effective date of
such merger or consolidation, the surviving or resulting
corporation shall notify each stockholder of each constituent
corporation who has complied with this subsection and has not
voted in favor of or consented to the merger or consolidation of
the date that the merger or consolidation has become
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(2) If the merger or consolidation was approved pursuant to
§ 228 or § 253 of this title, then either a
constituent corporation before the effective date of the merger
or consolidation or the surviving or resulting corporation
within 10 days thereafter shall notify each of the holders
of any class or series of stock of such constituent corporation
who are entitled to appraisal rights of the approval of the
merger or consolidation and that appraisal rights are available
for any or all shares of such class or series of stock of such
constituent corporation, and shall include in such notice a copy
of this section. Such notice may, and, if given on or after the
effective date of the merger or consolidation, shall, also
notify such stockholders of the effective date of the merger or
consolidation. Any stockholder entitled to appraisal rights may,
within 20 days after the date of mailing of such notice,
demand in writing from the surviving or resulting corporation
the appraisal of such holders shares. Such demand will be
sufficient if it reasonably informs the corporation of the
identity of the stockholder and that the stockholder intends
thereby to demand the appraisal of such holders shares. If
such notice did not notify stockholders of the effective date of
the merger or consolidation, either (i) each such
constituent corporation shall send a second notice before the
effective date of the merger or consolidation notifying each of
the holders of any class or series of stock of such constituent
corporation that are entitled to appraisal rights of the
effective date of the merger or consolidation or (ii) the
surviving or resulting corporation shall send such a second
notice to all such holders on or within 10 days after such
effective date; provided, however, that if such second notice is
sent more than 20 days following the sending of the first
notice, such second notice need only be sent to each stockholder
who is entitled to appraisal rights and who has demanded
appraisal of such holders shares in accordance with this
subsection. An affidavit of the secretary or assistant secretary
or of the transfer agent of the corporation that is required to
give either notice that such notice has been given shall, in the
absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated
therein. For purposes of determining the stockholders entitled
to receive either notice, each constituent corporation may fix,
in advance, a record date that shall be not more than
10 days prior to the date the notice is given, provided,
that if the notice is given on or after the effective date of
the merger or consolidation, the record date shall be such
effective date. If no record date is fixed and the notice is
given prior to the effective date, the record date shall be the
close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the
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(e) Within 120 days after the effective date of
the merger or consolidation, the surviving or resulting
corporation or any stockholder who has complied with subsections
(a) and (d) hereof and who is otherwise
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entitled to appraisal rights, may file a petition in the Court
of Chancery demanding a determination of the value of the stock
of all such stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any
time within 60 days after the effective date of the merger
or consolidation, any stockholder shall have the right to
withdraw such stockholders demand for appraisal and to
accept the terms offered upon the merger or consolidation.
Within 120 days after the effective date of the merger or
consolidation, any stockholder who has complied with the
requirements of subsections (a) and (d) hereof, upon
written request, shall be entitled to receive from the
corporation surviving the merger or resulting from the
consolidation a statement setting forth the aggregate number of
shares not voted in favor of the merger or consolidation and
with respect to which demands for appraisal have been received
and the aggregate number of holders of such shares. Such written
statement shall be mailed to the stockholder within 10 days
after such stockholders written request for such a
statement is received by the surviving or resulting corporation
or within 10 days after expiration of the period for
delivery of demands for appraisal under
subsection (d) hereof, whichever is later.
(f) Upon the filing of any such petition by a
stockholder, service of a copy thereof shall be made upon the
surviving or resulting corporation, which shall within
20 days after such service file in the office of the
Register in Chancery in which the petition was filed a duly
verified list containing the names and addresses of all
stockholders who have demanded payment for their shares and with
whom agreements as to the value of their shares have not been
reached by the surviving or resulting corporation. If the
petition shall be filed by the surviving or resulting
corporation, the petition shall be accompanied by such a duly
verified list. The Register in Chancery, if so ordered by the
Court, shall give notice of the time and place fixed for the
hearing of such petition by registered or certified mail to the
surviving or resulting corporation and to the stockholders shown
on the list at the addresses therein stated. Such notice shall
also be given by 1 or more publications at least 1 week
before the day of the hearing, in a newspaper of general
circulation published in the City of Wilmington, Delaware or
such publication as the Court deems advisable. The forms of the
notices by mail and by publication shall be approved by the
Court, and the costs thereof shall be borne by the surviving or
resulting corporation.
(g) At the hearing on such petition, the Court shall
determine the stockholders who have complied with this section
and who have become entitled to appraisal rights. The Court may
require the stockholders who have demanded an appraisal for
their shares and who hold stock represented by certificates to
submit their certificates of stock to the Register in Chancery
for notation thereon of the pendency of the appraisal
proceedings; and if any stockholder fails to comply with such
direction, the Court may dismiss the proceedings as to such
stockholder.
(h) After determining the stockholders entitled to
an appraisal, the Court shall appraise the shares, determining
their fair value exclusive of any element of value arising from
the accomplishment or expectation of the merger or
consolidation, together with a fair rate of interest, if any, to
be paid upon the amount determined to be the fair value. In
determining such fair value, the Court shall take into account
all relevant factors. In determining the fair rate of interest,
the Court may consider all relevant factors, including the rate
of interest that the surviving or resulting corporation would
have had to pay to borrow money during the pendency of the
proceeding. Upon application by the surviving or resulting
corporation or by any stockholder entitled to participate in the
appraisal proceeding, the Court may, in its discretion, permit
discovery or other pretrial proceedings and may proceed to trial
upon the appraisal prior to the final determination of the
stockholder entitled to an appraisal. Any stockholder whose name
appears on the list filed by the surviving or resulting
corporation pursuant to subsection (f) of this section
and who has submitted such stockholders certificates of
stock to the Register in Chancery, if such is required, may
participate fully in all proceedings until it is finally
determined that such stockholder is not entitled to appraisal
rights under this section.
(i) The Court shall direct the payment of the fair
value of the shares, together with interest, if any, by the
surviving or resulting corporation to the stockholders entitled
thereto. Interest may be simple or compound, as the Court may
direct. Payment shall be so made to each such stockholder, in
the case of holders of uncertificated stock forthwith, and the
case of holders of shares represented by certificates upon the
surrender to the corporation of the certificates representing
such stock. The Courts decree may be enforced as other
decrees in the Court of Chancery may be enforced, whether such
surviving or resulting corporation be a corporation of this
State or of any state.
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(j) The costs of the proceeding may be determined by
the Court and taxed upon the parties as the Court deems
equitable in the circumstances. Upon application of a
stockholder, the Court may order all or a portion of the
expenses incurred by any stockholder in connection with the
appraisal proceeding, including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys fees and the fees and expenses of experts, to be
charged pro rata against the value of all the shares entitled to
an appraisal.
(k) From and after the effective date of the merger
or consolidation, no stockholder who has demanded appraisal
rights as provided in subsection (d) of this section
shall be entitled to vote such stock for any purpose or to
receive payment of dividends or other distributions on the stock
(except dividends or other distributions payable to stockholders
of record at a date which is prior to the effective date of the
merger or consolidation); provided, however, that if no petition
for an appraisal shall be filed within the time provided in
subsection (e) of this section, or if such stockholder
shall deliver to the surviving or resulting corporation a
written withdrawal of such stockholders demand for an
appraisal and an acceptance of the merger or consolidation,
either within 60 days after the effective date of the
merger or consolidation as provided in
subsection (e) of this section or thereafter with the
written approval of the corporation, then the right of such
stockholder to an appraisal shall cease. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no appraisal proceeding in the Court of Chancery
shall be dismissed as to any stockholder without the approval of
the Court, and such approval may be conditioned upon such terms
as the Court deems just.
(l) The shares of the surviving or resulting
corporation to which the shares of such objecting stockholders
would have been converted had they assented to the merger or
consolidation shall have the status of authorized and unissued
shares of the surviving or resulting corporation.
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