Paxson Communications Corporation
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(MARK ONE)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For The Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2006
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For The Transition Period From ____________________________ TO ____________________________
Commission File Number 1-13452
PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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59-3212788
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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601 Clearwater Park Road
West Palm Beach, Florida
(Address of principal executive offices)
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33401
(Zip Code) |
Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (561) 659-4122
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for
such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a Large Accelerated filer, an Accelerated
filer, or a Non-accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2). Large Accelerated Filer
o Accelerated Filer o Non-accelerated Filer x
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act). Yes o No x
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuers classes of common stock, as of
May 5, 2006:
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Class of Stock |
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Number of Shares |
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Common stock-Class A, $0.001 par value per share |
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65,018,340 |
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Common stock-Class B, $0.001 par value per share |
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8,311,639 |
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PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
INDEX
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Part I
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Financial Information |
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Item 1. Financial Statements |
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Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2006 (unaudited) and December 31, 2005
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Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2006 and 2005
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Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Stockholders Deficit for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2006
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Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2006 and 2005
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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
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Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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23 |
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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
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23 |
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Part II
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Other Information |
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Item 1. Legal Proceedings
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Item 6. Exhibits
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25 |
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Signature
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Section 302 Certification of CEO |
Section 302 Certification of CFO |
Section 906 Certification of CEO and CFO |
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Part I Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statements
PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands except share data)
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March 31, |
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December 31, |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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(Unaudited) |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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102,231 |
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$ |
90,893 |
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Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $418 and $397, respectively |
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15,208 |
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17,510 |
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Program rights |
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13,260 |
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18,630 |
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Amounts due from Crown Media |
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958 |
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1,655 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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4,633 |
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3,685 |
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Total current assets |
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136,290 |
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132,373 |
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Property and equipment, net |
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90,524 |
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93,080 |
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Intangible assets: |
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FCC license intangible assets |
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845,638 |
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845,592 |
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Other intangible assets, net |
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33,330 |
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36,099 |
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Program rights, net of current portion |
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5,602 |
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7,486 |
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Investments in broadcast properties |
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2,077 |
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2,103 |
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Other assets, net |
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34,838 |
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29,523 |
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Total assets |
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$ |
1,148,299 |
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$ |
1,146,256 |
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LIABILITIES, MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE AND CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED
STOCK, CONTINGENT COMMON STOCK AND STOCK OPTION PURCHASE
OBLIGATIONS AND STOCKHOLDERS DEFICIT |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
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34,100 |
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$ |
40,140 |
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Accrued interest |
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31,572 |
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6,321 |
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Current portion of accrued restructuring charges |
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13,388 |
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14,807 |
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Obligations for program rights |
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1,894 |
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3,398 |
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Obligations to CBS |
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5,433 |
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7,664 |
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Obligations for cable distribution rights |
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2,549 |
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2,549 |
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Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock |
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559,848 |
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540,916 |
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Deferred revenue |
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10,329 |
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10,616 |
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Current portion of notes payable |
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71 |
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70 |
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Total current liabilities |
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659,184 |
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626,481 |
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Accrued restructuring charges, net of current portion |
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4,231 |
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7,240 |
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Deferred revenue, net of current portion |
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11,616 |
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12,231 |
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Deferred income taxes |
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181,956 |
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177,200 |
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Term loans and notes payable, net of current portion |
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1,122,474 |
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1,122,213 |
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Other long-term liabilities |
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14,540 |
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15,055 |
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Total liabilities |
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1,994,001 |
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1,960,420 |
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Mandatorily redeemable and convertible preferred stock |
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798,102 |
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777,521 |
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Contingent common stock and stock option purchase obligations |
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6,910 |
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2,410 |
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Commitments and contingencies (See Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements) |
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Stockholders deficit: |
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Class A common stock, $0.001 par value; one vote per share; 215,000,000 shares authorized,
64,998,340 and 64,910,506 shares issued and outstanding |
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65 |
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Class B common stock, $0.001 par value; ten votes per share; 35,000,000 shares authorized
and 8,311,639 shares issued and outstanding |
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8 |
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Class C non-voting common stock, $0.001 par value, 77,500,000 shares authorized, no
shares issued and outstanding |
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Additional paid in capital |
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604,302 |
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617,873 |
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Deferred stock-based compensation |
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(11,486 |
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Accumulated deficit |
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(2,261,522 |
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(2,200,555 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive income |
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6,433 |
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Total stockholders deficit |
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(1,650,714 |
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(1,594,095 |
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Total liabilities, mandatorily redeemable and convertible preferred stock, contingent common stock
and stock option purchase obligations and stockholders deficit |
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1,148,299 |
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$ |
1,146,256 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
(in thousands except share and per share data)
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For the Three Months Ended |
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March 31, |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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NET REVENUES (net of agency commissions of $10,115,
and $11,533, respectively) |
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$ |
60,716 |
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$ |
68,310 |
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EXPENSES: |
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Programming and broadcast operations (excluding depreciation and
amortization shown separately below and including stock-based
compensation of $33 and $180, respectively) |
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13,519 |
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14,874 |
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Program rights amortization |
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7,253 |
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16,244 |
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Selling, general and administrative (excluding depreciation
and amortization shown separately below and including stock-based compensation of $2,382 and $662, respectively) |
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20,031 |
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31,839 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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9,034 |
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8,952 |
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Time brokerage and affiliation fees |
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1,145 |
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1,145 |
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Restructuring charges, including stock-based compensation of
$1,108 in 2005 |
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56 |
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2,392 |
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Total operating expenses |
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51,038 |
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75,446 |
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Loss on sale or disposal of broadcast and other assets, net |
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(79 |
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(57 |
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Operating income (loss) |
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9,599 |
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OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE): |
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Interest expense |
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(27,018 |
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(25,209 |
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Dividends on mandatorily redeemable preferred stock |
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(18,932 |
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(16,498 |
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Interest income |
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922 |
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569 |
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Other (expense) income, net |
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(321 |
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3,430 |
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Gain on modification of program rights obligations |
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370 |
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Loss before income taxes |
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(35,750 |
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(44,531 |
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Income tax provision |
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(4,594 |
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(3,634 |
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Net loss before minority interest |
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(40,344 |
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(48,165 |
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Minority interest |
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(42 |
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Net loss |
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(40,386 |
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(48,165 |
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Dividends and accretion on redeemable and convertible
preferred stock |
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(20,581 |
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(47,712 |
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Net loss attributable to common stockholders |
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(60,967 |
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(95,877 |
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Basic and diluted loss per common share |
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(0.84 |
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(1.40 |
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Weighted average shares outstanding |
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72,704,936 |
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68,684,198 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS DEFICIT
For the Three Months
Ended March 31, 2006 (Unaudited)
(in thousands)
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Deferred |
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Accumulated |
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Common Stock |
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Additional |
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Stock- |
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Other |
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Total |
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Paid-In |
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Based |
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Accumulated |
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Comprehensive |
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Stockholders |
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Comprehensive |
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Class A |
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Class B |
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Capital |
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Compensation |
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Deficit |
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Income |
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Deficit |
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Loss |
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Balance at January 1, 2006 |
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$ |
65 |
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$ |
8 |
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$ |
617,873 |
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$ |
(11,486 |
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$ |
(2,200,555 |
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$ |
(1,594,095 |
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Adoption of SFAS No. 123R |
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(11,486 |
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11,486 |
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Contingent common stock option
purchase obligation |
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(4,500 |
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(4,500 |
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Stock-based compensation |
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2,415 |
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2,415 |
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Dividends and accretion on redeemable
and convertible preferred stock |
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(20,581 |
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(20,581 |
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Unrealized gain on interest rate swap |
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6,433 |
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6,433 |
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$ |
6,433 |
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Net loss |
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(40,386 |
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(40,386 |
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(40,386 |
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Balance at March 31, 2006 |
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65 |
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8 |
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$ |
604,302 |
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$ |
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$ |
(2,261,522 |
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$ |
6,433 |
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$ |
(1,650,714 |
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$ |
(33,953 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
5
PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
(in thousands)
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For the Three Months Ended |
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March 31, |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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Cash flows from operating activities: |
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Net loss |
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$ |
(40,386 |
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$ |
(48,165 |
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Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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9,034 |
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8,952 |
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Stock-based compensation |
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2,415 |
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842 |
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Non-cash restructuring charges |
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321 |
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1,108 |
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Program rights amortization |
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7,253 |
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16,244 |
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Payments for cable distribution rights |
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(188 |
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Non-cash barter, net |
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(74 |
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77 |
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Program rights payments and deposits |
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(1,448 |
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(33,527 |
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Provision for doubtful accounts |
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30 |
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49 |
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Deferred income tax provision |
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4,756 |
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3,649 |
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Loss on sale or disposal of broadcast and other assets, net |
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79 |
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57 |
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Dividends and accretion on 14¼% mandatorily redeemable preferred stock |
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18,932 |
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16,498 |
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Amortization of debt discount |
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280 |
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13,224 |
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Gain on modification of program rights obligations |
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(370 |
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(Increase) decrease in operating assets: |
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Accounts receivable |
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2,338 |
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2,008 |
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Amounts due from Crown Media |
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697 |
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3,691 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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(949 |
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(619 |
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Other assets |
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1,064 |
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|
|
1,635 |
|
Increase (decrease) in operating liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
(3,789 |
) |
|
|
(8,878 |
) |
Accrued restructuring charges |
|
|
(4,749 |
) |
|
|
525 |
|
Accrued interest |
|
|
25,252 |
|
|
|
(5,554 |
) |
Deferred revenue |
|
|
(902 |
) |
|
|
(1,497 |
) |
Obligations to CBS |
|
|
(2,231 |
) |
|
|
(4,350 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
|
|
17,923 |
|
|
|
(34,589 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Decrease in short-term investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,993 |
|
Refund of programming letters of credit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
24,603 |
|
Purchases of property and equipment |
|
|
(4,847 |
) |
|
|
(1,627 |
) |
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment |
|
|
29 |
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of intangible assets |
|
|
(545 |
) |
|
|
(20 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities |
|
|
(5,363 |
) |
|
|
28,949 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repayments of long-term debt |
|
|
(18 |
) |
|
|
(16 |
) |
Payments of loan origination costs |
|
|
(1,212 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from exercise of common stock options, net |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in financing activities |
|
|
(1,222 |
) |
|
|
(14 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
11,338 |
|
|
|
(5,654 |
) |
|
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period |
|
|
90,893 |
|
|
|
82,047 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period |
|
$ |
102,231 |
|
|
$ |
76,393 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
6
PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. GENERAL
Nature of the Business
Paxson Communications Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, collectively, the
Company), a Delaware corporation, was organized in 1993. The Company is a network television
broadcasting company which owns and operates the largest broadcast television station group in the
United States, as measured by the number of television households in the markets the Companys
stations serve. The Company provides network programming seven days per week, 24 hours per day,
through its broadcast television station group and pursuant to distribution arrangements with cable
and satellite distribution systems. On February 28, 2006, the Company began doing business under
the name ION Media Networks and announced that it would present a proposal to change its
corporate name to ION Media Networks, Inc. to its stockholders for approval at its annual meeting
of stockholders scheduled for June 23, 2006.
The Companys business operations presently do not provide sufficient cash flow to support its
debt service and to pay cash dividends on its preferred stock. The Company continues to consider
strategic alternatives that may arise, which may include the sale of all or part of the Companys
assets, finding a strategic partner who would provide the financial resources to enable the Company
to redeem, restructure or refinance the Companys debt and preferred stock, or finding a third
party to acquire the Company through a merger or other business combination or through a purchase
of the Companys equity securities.
Basis of Presentation
Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been
condensed or omitted. The accompanying financial statements, footnotes and discussions should be
read in conjunction with the financial statements and related footnotes and discussions contained
in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 and the
definitive proxy statement for the 2006 annual meeting of stockholders, both of which were filed
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain reclassifications have been
made to the prior period financial statements to conform to the 2006 presentation.
The financial information contained in the financial statements and notes thereto as of March
31, 2006 and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 is unaudited. In the
opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for the fair presentation of such financial
information have been included. These adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its majority-owned
subsidiaries and Paxson Management Corporation (PMC), a special purpose entity that was formed on
November 7, 2005 and is being consolidated in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board
Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003) Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an
Interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51 (FIN46R). All significant intercompany
balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
For the three months ended March 31, 2005, the amounts of net loss and comprehensive loss were
the same.
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and 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. The Company believes the most significant estimates involved
in preparing the Companys financial statements include estimates related to the net realizable
value of programming rights, accounting for leases, allowance for doubtful accounts and impairment
of long-lived assets and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licenses. The Company bases its
estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions it believes are reasonable.
Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Companys significant accounting policies
are described in Note 1. Nature of the Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in
the notes to the Companys consolidated financial statements included in the Companys Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. Also see Notes 4 and 8.
7
2. RESTRUCTURING
During 2005, the Company adopted a plan to substantially reduce or eliminate its sales of spot
advertisements that are based on audience ratings and to focus its sales efforts on long form paid
programming, non-rated spot advertisements and sales of blocks of air time to third party
programmers. In connection with this plan the Company:
|
|
|
Terminated its joint sales agreements (JSAs) other than those with NBC Universal, Inc.
(NBCU), effective June 30, 2005; |
|
|
|
|
exercised its right to terminate all of its network affiliation agreements, effective
June 30, 2005; |
|
|
|
|
suspended, by mutual agreement, its network and national sales agency agreements with
NBCU and each of its JSAs with NBCU; and |
|
|
|
|
reduced personnel by 68 employees. |
The Company and NBCU had entered into a number of agreements affecting the Companys business
operations, including an agreement under which NBCU provided network sales, marketing and research
services. Pursuant to the terms of the JSAs between the Companys stations and NBCUs owned and
operated stations serving the same markets, the NBCU stations sold all non-network spot advertising
of the Companys stations and received commission compensation for such sales. Certain Company
station operations, including sales operations, were integrated with the corresponding functions of
the related NBCU station and the Company reimbursed NBCU for the cost of performing these
operations. For the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company incurred $52,000 and
$5.6 million for commission compensation and cost reimbursements to NBCU in connection with these
arrangements. NBCU no longer provides services to the Company under these agreements. For the
three months ended March 31, 2005, the Company incurred $5.2 million for commission compensation
and cost reimbursement to non-NBCU JSA partners, and did not incur any expense with respect to
these former JSA partners in 2006.
The Company recorded restructuring charges in the amount of $30.9 million in 2005 in
connection with the aforementioned restructuring activities. The restructuring charges consisted
primarily of the recognition of liabilities in the amount of $26.0 million for costs that will
continue to be incurred under the remaining terms of contracts that no longer provide any economic
benefit to the Company, one-time termination benefits in connection with personnel reductions at
the Company and personnel reductions for the Companys JSA partners and NBCU.
During 2005, in connection with the termination of its JSAs, the Company relocated 16 of its
station master controls that had been located in its JSA partners facility at a cost of
approximately $2.7 million, and expects to relocate two additional station master controls during
2006. The following summarizes the activity in the Companys restructuring accrual for the three
months ended March 31, 2006 (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amounts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance |
|
|
Charged to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance |
|
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
costs and |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
|
2005 |
|
|
expenses |
|
|
Accretion |
|
|
Payments |
|
|
2006 |
|
Contractual obligations
and other costs |
|
$ |
21,707 |
|
|
$ |
56 |
|
|
$ |
321 |
|
|
$ |
(4,465 |
) |
|
$ |
17,619 |
|
Employee termination
costs |
|
|
340 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(340 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,047 |
|
|
|
56 |
|
|
|
321 |
|
|
|
(4,805 |
) |
|
|
17,619 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: current portion |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(13,388 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring accrual, net of current portion |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
4,231 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
3. TERM LOANS AND NOTES PAYABLE
Term loans and notes payable consist of the following as of (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
Term Loans due 2012 |
|
$ |
325,000 |
|
|
$ |
325,000 |
|
Floating Rate First Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2012 |
|
|
400,000 |
|
|
|
400,000 |
|
Floating Rate Second Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2013 |
|
|
405,000 |
|
|
|
405,000 |
|
Other |
|
|
358 |
|
|
|
376 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,130,358 |
|
|
|
1,130,376 |
|
Less: discount on Floating Rate Second Priority Senior Secured Notes |
|
|
(7,813 |
) |
|
|
(8,093 |
) |
Less: current portion |
|
|
(71 |
) |
|
|
(70 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,122,474 |
|
|
$ |
1,122,213 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
On December 30, 2005, the Company borrowed $325.0 million of new term loans and issued $400.0
million of Floating Rate First Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2012 (the First Priority Notes)
and $405.0 million of Floating Rate Second Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2013 (the Second
Priority Notes). The $325.0 million of term loans and the First Priority Notes bear interest at a
rate of LIBOR plus 3.25%, and are secured by first priority liens on substantially all of the
Companys assets. The Second Priority Notes bear interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 6.25%, and most
of the Companys obligations under the Second Priority Notes are secured by second priority liens
on substantially all of the Companys assets. For any interest period commencing on or after April
17, 2006 and prior to January 15, 2010, the Company has the option to pay interest on the Second
Priority Notes either (i) entirely in cash or (ii) in kind through the issuance of additional
Second Priority Notes or by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Second Priority
Notes. If the Company elects to pay interest in kind on the Second Priority Notes, the interest
rate for the corresponding interest period will increase to LIBOR plus 7.25%. On February 22,
2006, the Company entered into two floating to fixed interest rate swap arrangements with a
combined notional amount of $1.13 billion. The effect of these arrangements is to fix the interest
rates through maturity at 8.355% for the term loans and First Priority Notes and 11.36% for the
Second Priority Notes, assuming interest thereon is paid in cash (see Note 4).
Concurrently with the issuance of the debt securities described above, the Company conducted a
tender offer and related consent solicitation to purchase the entire $365 million outstanding
principal amount of its Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2010, the approximately $496.3
million outstanding principal amount at maturity of its 121/4% Senior Subordinated Discount Notes due
2009 and the $200 million outstanding principal amount of its 103/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2008, plus accrued interest and redemption premiums as applicable to each security. Approximately
$1,038.7 million of the aggregate $1,061.3 million outstanding principal amount of these securities
was tendered in accordance with the terms of the tender offer. On December 30, 2005 the Company
exercised its rights to call the remaining $22.6 million of notes and deposited $23.4 million,
including accrued interest and redemption premiums where applicable, into an irrevocable escrow
account to retire and legally defease the remaining notes that had not been tendered, in accordance
with the terms of the notes and the tender offer. As a result, the $22.6 million of non-tendered
debt plus related accrued interest is not reflected in the Companys balance sheet as of December
31, 2005. In January of 2006, the remaining $23.4 million of note principal, accrued interest and
redemption premiums was paid from the funds escrowed by the Company in December 2005.
The term loan facility and the indentures governing the First Priority Notes and Second
Priority Notes contain covenants which, among other things, limit the Companys ability to incur
more debt, pay dividends on or redeem outstanding capital stock, make certain investments, enter
into transactions with affiliates, incur liens, sell assets, merge with any other person, or
transfer substantially all of its assets. Subject to limitations, the Company may incur up to $600
million of additional subordinated indebtedness, which it may use to retire other subordinated
obligations, including preferred stock, or for other corporate purposes not prohibited by the
applicable covenants. The Company will be required to make an offer to purchase the First Priority
Notes and Second Priority Notes and repay the term loans with the proceeds of any sale of its
stations serving the New York, Los Angeles and Chicago markets and with the proceeds of other asset
sales that it does not reinvest in its business. The Company will be required to make an offer to
purchase a portion of the First Priority Notes and Second Priority Notes and repay a portion of the
term loans within 270 days after any quarterly determination date as of which the ratio of the
appraised value of its television stations to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
term loans and the Notes (excluding any Second Priority Notes it may issue in payment of interest
on the Second Priority Notes) is less than 1.5 to 1.0. The holders of the First Priority Notes and
Second Priority Notes and the lenders of the term loans have the right to require the Company to
repurchase these obligations following the occurrence of certain changes in control. Events of
default under this indebtedness include the failure to pay interest within 30 days of the due date,
the failure to pay principal when due, a default under any other debt in an amount greater than
$10.0 million, the failure to pay a monetary judgment against the Company in an aggregate amount
greater than $10.0 million, the failure to perform any covenant or agreement which continues for 60
days after the Company receives notice of default from the indenture trustee or holders of at least
25% of the outstanding indebtedness, and the occurrence of certain bankruptcy events. At March 31,
2006, the Company was in compliance with all of its debt covenants.
9
4. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
As part of its overall interest rate risk management activities, the Company has historically
used interest rate related derivatives to manage its exposure to various types of interest rate
risks. The Company does not use derivative financial instruments or other market risk sensitive
instruments for trading or speculative purposes.
The Companys risk management policies emphasize the management of interest rate risk within
acceptable guidelines. The Companys objective in maintaining these policies is to limit
volatility arising from changes in interest rates. Risks to be managed are primarily cash flow
risks. The Company is potentially exposed to interest rate cash flow risk related to its term
loans, First Priority Notes and Second Priority Notes, all of which require interest payments based
on floating rate indices (see Note 3). On February 22, 2006, the Company entered into two floating
to fixed interest rate swap arrangements with an aggregate notional amount of $1.13 billion for a
period through the maturity dates of the underlying floating rate debt. Under the terms of these
arrangements, the Company is required to pay a fixed interest rate of 8.355% on a notional amount
of $725 million while receiving a variable interest rate of three month LIBOR plus 3.25%, and is
required to pay a fixed interest rate of 11.36% on a notional amount of $405 million while
receiving a variable interest rate equal to three month LIBOR plus 6.25%. These interest rate
swaps require quarterly settlements which coincide with the interest payment dates of the
underlying debt, and effectively fix the interest rates on the Companys $1.13 billion of variable
rate debt through maturity. The Company monitors the credit ratings of its swap counterparties and
believes that the credit risk related to its interest rate swap agreements is minimal.
The Company accounts for its interest rate swaps as cash flow hedges, thus changes in the fair
value of the interest rate swaps are reported in other comprehensive income. These amounts are
subsequently reclassified into interest expense as a yield adjustment of the hedged loans. The
aggregate fair value of the Companys interest rate swap arrangements was zero at inception and
$6.4 million at March 31, 2006, and the Company recorded $6.4 million in other comprehensive income
in the first three months of 2006. During the first three months of 2006, the Company did not
recognize in losses any gain or loss from hedge ineffectiveness and did not exclude any component
of its derivative instruments gain or loss from its assessment of hedge effectiveness. In
addition, the Company anticipates that the cash flow hedge will be 97% effective over the next
twelve months, and the Company does not anticipate reclassifying into earnings any gains or losses
currently within Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.
During the three months ended March 31, 2006, no gains or losses were recognized into earnings
as a result of the discontinuance of the cash flow hedges.
10
5. MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE AND CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
The following represents a summary of the changes in the Companys mandatorily redeemable and
convertible preferred stock for the three months ended March 31, 2006 (in thousands except share
data):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 ¾% |
|
|
11% Series B |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible |
|
|
Convertible |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred |
|
|
Exchangeable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock |
|
|
Preferred Stock |
|
|
Total |
|
Mandatorily redeemable and convertible preferred stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at January 1, 2006 |
|
$ |
154,812 |
|
|
$ |
622,709 |
|
|
$ |
777,521 |
|
Accretion |
|
|
127 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
127 |
|
Accrual of cumulative dividends |
|
|
3,787 |
|
|
|
16,667 |
|
|
|
20,454 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at March 31, 2006 |
|
$ |
158,726 |
|
|
$ |
639,376 |
|
|
$ |
798,102 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aggregated liquidation preference and accumulated dividends
at March 31, 2006 |
|
$ |
159,109 |
|
|
$ |
639,376 |
|
|
$ |
798,485 |
|
Shares authorized |
|
|
17,500 |
|
|
|
60,607 |
|
|
|
78,107 |
|
Shares issued and outstanding |
|
|
15,911 |
|
|
|
60,607 |
|
|
|
76,518 |
|
Accrued dividends |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
33,306 |
|
|
$ |
33,306 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 ¼% Junior |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exchangeable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock |
|
Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at January 1, 2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
540,916 |
|
Accrual of cumulative dividends |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,932 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at March 31, 2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
559,848 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aggregated liquidation preference and accumulated dividends
at March 31, 2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
559,848 |
|
Shares authorized |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
72,000 |
|
Shares issued and outstanding |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
53,145 |
|
Accrued dividends |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
28,399 |
|
The Company is required to redeem the 141/4% Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock and 93/4%
Convertible Preferred Stock by November 15, 2006 and December 31, 2006, respectively. The
redemption prices of these securities at their mandatory redemption dates, which reflect the
aggregate liquidation preference plus accumulated and unpaid dividends, are approximately $609.9
million and $171.0 million, respectively. The Company presently does not have the financial
resources to redeem these securities and does not anticipate having sufficient resources to redeem
these securities at their scheduled redemption dates. The terms of the Companys outstanding debt
limit the amount of these securities that the Company is permitted to redeem. If the Company does
not redeem these series of preferred stock by their scheduled redemption dates, the holders of each
series will have the right, each voting separately and as one class, to elect two additional
members to the Companys board of directors.
The certificates of designation of the preferred stock contain certain covenants which, among
other things, restrict additional indebtedness, payment of dividends, transactions with related
parties, certain investments and transfers or sales of assets. As of March 31, 2006, the Company
was in compliance with its preferred stock covenants.
6. INCOME TAXES
The Company structured the disposition of its radio division in 1997 and the acquisition of
its television stations during the period following this disposition in a manner that the Company
believed would qualify these transactions as a like-kind exchange under Section 1031 of the
Internal Revenue Code and would permit the Company to defer recognizing for income tax purposes up
to approximately $333.0 million of gain. The IRS examined the Companys 1997 tax return and
proposed to disallow all of the gain deferral, and the Company filed a protest with the IRS appeals
division. In March 2006, the Company finalized a settlement with the IRS that resulted in the
recognition, for income tax purposes, of an additional $200.0 million of the gain resulting from
the disposition of its radio division. Because the Company had net operating losses in the years
subsequent to 1997 in excess of the additional gain to be recognized, the Company is not liable for
any federal tax deficiency, but is liable for state income taxes, interest on the state income
taxes due and interest on the federal tax liability for the period prior to the carry back of net
operating losses. The estimated amount of state income taxes payable was approximately $2.6
million and $2.8 million at March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively. The estimated
combined amount of federal and state interest was approximately $3.5 million and $3.8 million at
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March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively. The Company expects to pay the state taxes and
interest in the second quarter of 2006.
The Company records deferred income taxes using the liability method. Under the liability
method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences
of temporary differences between the financial statement and income tax bases of the Companys
assets and liabilities. An allowance is recorded, based upon currently available information, when
it is more likely than not that any or all deferred tax assets will not be realized. As of March
31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, the Company has recorded a valuation allowance for its deferred tax
assets (primarily resulting from tax losses generated during the periods) net of those deferred tax
liabilities which are expected to reverse in determinate future periods, as the Company believes it
is more likely than not that it will be unable to utilize its remaining net deferred tax assets.
The Company will continue to record increases in its valuation allowance in future periods based on
increases in the Companys net deferred tax assets. As a result, for the three months ended March
31, 2006 and 2005, the Company recorded a provision for income taxes in the amount of $4.6 million
and $3.6 million, respectively.
As of December 31, 2005 and March 31, 2006, the liability for deferred income taxes amounted
to $177.2 million and $182.0 million, respectively. The increase is due primarily to the Companys
recording of its income tax expense for the three months ending March 31, 2006.
7. PER SHARE DATA
Basic and diluted loss per common share was computed by dividing net loss less dividends and
accretion on redeemable and convertible preferred stock by the weighted average number of common
shares outstanding during the period. The effect of stock options and warrants is antidilutive.
Accordingly, basic and diluted loss per share is the same for all periods presented.
As of March 31, 2006 and 2005, the following securities, which could potentially dilute
earnings per share in the future, were not included in the computation of earnings per share,
because to do so would have been antidilutive (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
Stock options |
|
|
18,551 |
|
|
|
5,350 |
|
Class A common stock warrants, restricted Class A common
stock outstanding and Restricted Stock Units |
|
|
9,921 |
|
|
|
32,890 |
|
Class A common stock reserved for issuance under convertible
securities |
|
|
312,979 |
|
|
|
40,927 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
341,451 |
|
|
|
79,167 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
On January 1, 2006, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123
(revised 2004), Share-Based Payment (SFAS No. 123R), which is a revision of SFAS No. 123,
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (SFAS No. 123). SFAS No. 123R supersedes APB No. 25,
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and amends SFAS No. 95, Statement of Cash Flows.
SFAS No. 123R requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock
options, to be recognized in the financial statements based upon their fair values. As a result,
the intrinsic value method of accounting for stock options with pro forma footnote disclosure, as
allowed for under SFAS No. 123, is no longer permitted.
The Company adopted SFAS No. 123R using the modified prospective method, which requires the
Company to record compensation expense for all awards granted after the date of adoption, and for
the unvested portion of previously granted awards that remain outstanding at the date of adoption.
Accordingly, prior period amounts have not been restated to reflect the adoption of SFAS No. 123R.
After assessing alternative valuation models and amortization assumptions, the Company chose to
continue using the Black-Scholes valuation model and recognition of compensation expense over the
requisite service period of the grant.
During the first three months of 2006, the Company recorded stock-based compensation expense
as follows (in thousands):
|
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|
|
|
Vesting of stock options |
|
$ |
1,331 |
|
Vesting of Restricted Stock Units |
|
|
982 |
|
Vesting of restricted Class A common stock |
|
|
102 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,415 |
|
|
|
|
|
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The adoption of SFAS No. 123R resulted in an increase to selling, general and administrative
expenses, loss before income taxes and net loss of approximately $0.9 million, or $0.01 per share,
over what would have been recorded under the original provisions of SFAS No. 123.
On November 7, 2005, the Company reserved 50,000,000 shares of Class A common stock for
issuance in connection with stock awards to its new chief executive officer and to its president
and additional awards the Company has agreed to make under the Amended and Restated Stockholder
Agreement between the Company and NBCU. The Board of Directors has adopted a new stock incentive
plan that will be submitted for approval at the Companys annual meeting of stockholders scheduled
for June 23, 2006. Lowell W. Paxson, the companys former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and
the beneficial owner of shares possessing a majority of the voting power of the Companys
outstanding stock, has granted an irrevocable proxy to vote all shares which he is entitled to vote
in favor of the new stock incentive plan, thus approval of the stock incentive plan by the
Companys stockholders is assured. The Company also has, as of March 31, 2006, 1,966,738 shares
available for future stock-based compensation awards under its other stock incentive
plans.
Stock Options
Also on November 7, 2005, the Company granted options to purchase 8,333,334 shares of Class A
common stock at a price of $0.42 per share and 8,333,333 shares of Class A common stock at a price
of $1.25 per share to its new chief executive officer and to its president and chief operating
officer, which vest on each of the eighteenth, twenty-fourth, thirty-sixth and forty-eighth month
anniversaries of the grant date, subject to the early vesting provisions contained in the
executives respective employment agreements.
As of March 31, 2006, the Company had 18,550,674 stock options outstanding, of which 1,884,007
were fully vested. A summary of the activity in the Companys stock option plans is as follows for
the three months ended March 31, 2006:
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
Non-qualified Options |
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|
|
Options Granted Under Stock |
|
|
Granted Outside of Stock |
|
|
|
Incentive Plans |
|
|
Incentive Plans |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average |
|
|
|
Number of |
|
|
Exercise |
|
|
Number of |
|
|
Exercise |
|
|
|
Options |
|
|
Price |
|
|
Options |
|
|
Price |
|
Outstanding, beginning of year |
|
|
18,042,174 |
|
|
$ |
0.89 |
|
|
|
522,500 |
|
|
$ |
3.04 |
|
Granted |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited |
|
|
(9,500 |
) |
|
|
3.42 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised |
|
|
(4,500 |
) |
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding, March 31, 2006 |
|
|
18,028,174 |
|
|
|
0.89 |
|
|
|
522,500 |
|
|
|
3.04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average fair value of options granted during the year |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
For the three months ended March 31, 2006, the Company did not grant any stock options.
Stock options with an aggregate intrinsic value of approximately $4,000 were exercised during the
three months ended March 31, 2006.
The following table summarizes information about vested and exercisable stock options
outstanding at March 31, 2006:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
Intrinsic Value |
|
|
|
Number |
|
|
Average |
|
|
at |
|
|
|
Outstanding |
|
|
Remaining |
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
Contractual |
|
|
2006 (in |
|
Exercise Prices |
|
2006 |
|
|
Life |
|
|
thousands) |
|
$0.01 |
|
|
519,496 |
|
|
|
3.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
$1.00 |
|
|
360,000 |
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
$2.11 |
|
|
2,500 |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
$2.85 |
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
$3.42 |
|
|
444,511 |
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
$7.25 |
|
|
22,500 |
|
|
|
5.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
$7.25 |
|
|
35,000 |
|
|
|
2.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
1,884,007 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
483 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Compensation expense pertaining to stock options recognized in 2006 assumes a risk-free
interest rate of 4.5%, expected volatility (which is based on historical volatility) at 94%, zero
dividend yield and an expected option term of five years. The expected option term is based on the
Companys historical experience with similar awards. The previously-disclosed pro forma effect of
recognizing the estimated fair value of stock-based compensation in the first quarter of 2005 is
presented below:
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|
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|
|
|
|
2005 |
|
Net loss attributable to common stockholders: |
|
|
|
|
As reported |
|
$ |
(95,877 |
) |
Add: Stock-based compensation expense
included in reported net loss |
|
|
1,950 |
|
Deduct: Total stock-based compensation
expense determined under the fair value method |
|
|
(1,950 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Pro forma net loss attributable to common stockholders |
|
$ |
(95,877 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted net loss per share: |
|
|
|
|
As reported |
|
$ |
(1.40 |
) |
Pro forma |
|
|
(1.40 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Expected volatility |
|
74% to 75% |
Risk free interest rate |
|
3.6% to 3.7% |
Dividend yield |
|
|
0 |
% |
Expected option term |
|
One day |
The Company expects to recognize approximately $8.8 million of additional compensation
expense through the remainder of 2006, 2007 and 2008 for stock options that are not currently
vested. The Company expects to issue new shares from existing or future authorized amounts upon
the exercise or settlement of any stock options or Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). In addition,
during the three months ended March 31, 2006, the Company reclassified $4.5 million from
stockholders equity to Contingent Common Stock and Stock Option Purchase Obligations, due to the
possibility that cash payment may be required in consideration of the cancellation of certain stock
options awarded to the chief executive officer.
SFAS No. 123R also requires entities to report the excess tax benefits from the exercise of
stock options as cash inflows from financing activities. This requirement did not have an effect
upon the Company due to the Companys net operating loss carryforwards.
Restricted Stock Units
On November 7, 2005, the Company awarded RSUs with respect to 9,333,333 shares of Class A
common stock to its new chief executive officer and to its president. Each RSU notionally
represents one share of the Companys Class A common stock. Under the terms of the respective RSU
grants, 1,333,333 RSUs have a purchase price of $0.01 and the remaining 8.0 million RSUs have no
purchase price. One million RSUs were awarded under the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan and will vest in
five equal annual installments. The remaining RSUs were awarded in connection with the new stock
incentive plan discussed above, and vest in 25% increments on each of the eighteenth,
twenty-fourth, thirty-sixth and forty-eighth month anniversaries of November 7, 2005, subject to
the early vesting provisions contained in the executives respective employment agreements. The
RSUs were valued based on the closing price of the Companys common stock on the date of the
award, less the $0.01 exercise price where applicable. There were no changes to the terms or the
amount of RSUs outstanding, either through new grants, conversions, exercises, settlements,
cancellations or forfeitures, during the three months ended March 31, 2006, and no RSUs were vested
as of March 31, 2006.
The Company expects to recognize approximately $6.5 million of additional compensation expense
through the remainder of 2006, 2007 and 2008 for RSUs that are not currently vested.
Restricted Common Stock
In April 2005, the Company amended the terms of the stock option agreements of eligible
holders to permit those persons holding unvested stock options to exercise, during a one business
day period, the unvested options and purchase unvested shares of Class A common stock. As a result
of this offer, eligible holders exercised unvested options resulting in the issuance of 2,678,175
unvested shares of Class A common stock. At December 31, 2005, and March 31, 2006, 525,383 and
587,717 unvested shares were outstanding, with weighted average grant date fair values of $2.43 and
$2.28 per share, respectively. During the first three months of 2006, 21,000 shares, with an
aggregate grant date fair value of approximately $0.70 per share, vested. In addition, a total of
83,334 restricted shares, with a weighted average award date fair
value of $0.90 per share, were awarded to the Companys non-employee directors during the first three months of 2006.
The Company determines the fair value of restricted common stock based on the closing market
price of the Companys Class A common stock on the date of grant. The Company recognizes
compensation expense on a pro rata basis as these shares vest. The Company expects to recognize an
aggregate of $0.5 million of compensation expense through 2010 in connection with restricted common
stock granted to employees and directors.
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9. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Supplemental cash flow information and non-cash financing activities are as follows (in
thousands):
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Three Months |
|
|
|
Ended March 31, |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for interest |
|
$ |
188 |
|
|
$ |
15,758 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for income taxes |
|
$ |
34 |
|
|
$ |
141 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-cash financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends on redeemable and convertible
preferred stock |
|
$ |
20,454 |
|
|
$ |
47,585 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discount accretion on redeemable and convertible securities |
|
$ |
127 |
|
|
$ |
127 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In March 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 156,
Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140. This
statement requires an entity to recognize a servicing asset or servicing liability each time it
undertakes an obligation to service a financial asset by entering into a servicing contract under
certain circumstances. The statement also requires separately recognized servicing assets and
servicing liabilities to be initially measured at fair value, if practicable, and also requires
separate presentation of servicing assets and servicing liabilities subsequently measured at fair
value in the statement of financial position and additional disclosures for all separately
recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities. The statement is effective for fiscal years
beginning after September 15, 2006. The Company does not believe this standard will have a
material effect on its financial position or results of operations.
In February 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 155, Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial
Instruments, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 133 and 140. This statement permits fair value
remeasurement for any hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative that
otherwise would require bifurcation, and eliminates a restriction on the passive derivative
instruments that a qualifying special-purpose entity (SPE) may hold. The statement is effective
for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2006. The Company does not believe this standard
will have a material effect on its financial position or results of operations.
In June 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections. SFAS
No. 154 replaces Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB) No. 20, Accounting Changes, and SFAS
No. 3, Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements. Among other changes, SFAS No.
154 requires that a voluntary change in accounting principle be applied retroactively with all
prior period financial statements presented on the basis of the new accounting principle, unless it
is impracticable to do so. SFAS No. 154 also provides that (1) a change in method of depreciating
or amortizing a long-lived non-financial asset must be accounted for as a change in estimate
(prospectively) that was affected by a change in accounting principle, and (2) correction of errors
in previously issued financial statements should be termed a restatement. The new standard is
effective for accounting changes and correction of errors made in fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2005. The adoption of SFAS No. 154 did not have an effect on the Companys financial
position or results of operations.
11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In January 2006, Directv, Inc. (Directv) filed a complaint against the Company seeking a
declaratory ruling that it had the right to terminate its September 2002 affiliation agreement with
the Company and cease distributing the Companys network programming. On April 28, 2006, the
Company and Directv settled the litigation arising out of the September 2002 affiliation agreement
and entered into a new affiliation agreement which provides for the distribution of the Companys
programming to Directvs subscribers through the end of 2011.
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Item 2. MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
OVERVIEW
We are a network television broadcasting company which owns and operates the largest broadcast
television station group in the U.S., as measured by the number of television households in the
markets our stations serve. We currently own and operate 60 broadcast television stations
(including three stations we operate under time brokerage agreements), which reach all of the top
20 U.S. markets and 39 of the top 50 U.S. markets. We operate i (formerly known as PAX TV), a
network that provides programming seven days per week, 24 hours per day, and reaches approximately
91 million homes, or 83% of prime time television households in the U.S., through our broadcast
television station group, and pursuant to distribution arrangements with cable and satellite
distribution systems. Our current schedule of entertainment programming principally consists of
shows originally developed by us and shows that have appeared previously on other broadcast
networks which we have purchased the right to air, as well as movies, sports and game shows. The
balance of our programming consists of long form paid programming (principally infomercials),
programming produced by third parties who have purchased from us the right to air their programming
during specific time periods and public interest programming. We have obtained certain data, such
as market rank and television household data set forth in this report, from the most recent
information available from Nielsen Media Research. We do not assume responsibility for the
accuracy or completeness of this data.
As part of our strategic plan to rebrand and reposition our company, in February 2006 we
commenced doing business under the name ION Media Networks. We will present a proposal to change
our corporate name to our stockholders for approval at our annual meeting of stockholders to be
held on June 23, 2006.
For the three months ended March 31, 2006, we generated net revenues of $48.5 million from the
sale of local and national air time for long-form paid programming, consisting primarily of
infomercials. For the three months ended March 31, 2005, we generated $45.2 million from the sale
of local and national long-form paid programming. The remainder of our net revenues ($12.2 million
and $23.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively) were generated
primarily from the sale of commercial spot advertisements.
During the past 12 months, we have implemented significant changes to our business strategy,
including changes in our programming and sales operations. Among the key elements of our new
strategy are:
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|
|
rebranding our network to i (for independent television) from PAX TV, which we began
on July 1, 2005; |
|
|
|
|
changing our corporate name to ION Media Networks, Inc., with associated changes in our
corporate logo and brand identity; |
|
|
|
|
significantly reducing our programming expenses by eliminating investments in new
original entertainment programming; |
|
|
|
|
phasing out our sales of commercial spot advertisements that are based on audience
ratings, and increasing our sales of spot advertisements that are not dependent upon
audience ratings, such as direct response advertising; and |
|
|
|
|
providing entertainment programming consisting of original entertainment programs we
previously aired on PAX TV, syndicated programming and programming of third parties who
have purchased from us the right to air their programming during specific time periods. |
In addition, during 2005 we terminated our joint sales agreements (JSAs) with parties other than
NBC Universal, Inc. (NBCU) and suspended, by mutual agreement, our network and national sales
agency agreements and JSAs with NBCU. Since the termination of these agreements, the elimination
of costs associated with these arrangements have more than offset the decreased revenues that
resulted from our departure from ratings-based advertisements. These changes resulted in our
recognizing restructuring charges of approximately $30.9 million in 2005, mainly for liabilities
that we recorded for costs that we will continue to incur under contracts which no longer provide
any economic benefit to us.
We expect to continue to provide approximately the same amount of entertainment programming,
long form paid programming and public interest programming as we currently provide, and to provide
this programming across our entire distribution system on a network basis. We also intend to
develop digital television broadcasts for underserved audiences and communities through
multicasting, beginning in late 2006.
Our primary operating expenses include selling, general and administrative expenses,
programming and broadcast operations expenses, depreciation and amortization expenses, employee
compensation costs and costs associated with cable and satellite distribution.
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We have a history of significant operating losses, and our business operations presently do
not provide sufficient cash flow to support our debt service requirements and to pay cash dividends
on our preferred stock. We continue to consider strategic alternatives that may arise, which may
include the sale of all or part of our assets, finding a strategic partner for our company who
would provide the financial resources to enable us to redeem, restructure or refinance our debt and
preferred stock, or finding a third party to acquire our company through a merger or other business
combination or through a purchase of our equity securities, as we seek to improve our core business
operations and increase our cash flow.
On November 7, 2005, we entered into various agreements with NBCU, Lowell W. Paxson, our
controlling stockholder and former chairman and chief executive officer, and certain of their
respective affiliates, pursuant to which, among other things, we and NBCU amended the terms of
NBCUs investment in us, including the terms of the Series B preferred stock NBCU holds, and we
settled all pending litigation and arbitration proceedings with NBCU. On December 30, 2005, we
refinanced all of our outstanding senior secured and senior subordinated debt. For further
information regarding these transactions, you should read the information set forth in our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.
Financial Performance:
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|
|
Net revenues in the first quarter of 2006 decreased 11.1% to $60.7 million from $68.3
million in the first quarter of 2005, primarily due to our shift to non-rated spot
advertisements, which sell at lower rates, partially offset by increased long form
revenues. |
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|
|
|
Operating income in the first quarter of 2006 was $9.6 million, as compared to an
operating loss of $7.2 million in the first quarter of 2005. The improvement in 2006 is
mainly due to lower selling, general and administrative expenses and lower program rights
amortization, which more than offset the decline in revenues. |
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|
|
|
Net loss attributable to common stockholders in the first quarter of 2006 was $61.0
million, as compared to $95.9 million in the first quarter of 2005. Net loss attributable
to common stockholders for the first quarter of 2006 reflects our improved operating
performance and reduced dividends on redeemable preferred stock resulting from amending
the terms of our Series B preferred stock in November of 2005. |
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|
|
|
Cash provided by operating activities was $17.9 million for the first three months of
2006, as compared to cash used in operating activities of $34.6 million for the first
three months of 2005. As a result of the refinancing of our debt on December 30, 2005,
accrued interest that would otherwise have been paid in January 2006 was paid on December
30, 2005, and we were not required to make our next interest payment until April 2006. In
addition, our strategy of not investing significant amounts for new programming resulted
in a $32.1 million decrease in program rights payments and deposits in the first quarter
of 2006 compared with the same period a year ago. |
Balance Sheet:
Our cash and cash equivalents increased during the three months ended March 31, 2006 by $11.3
million to $102.2 million, primarily as a result of not being required to pay cash interest during
the period and significantly lower program rights payments. We expect our cash balances to
decrease over the remainder of 2006, mainly due to our debt service obligations. Our total debt of
approximately $1.1 billion at March 31, 2006 is substantially unchanged from December 31, 2005.
Additionally, we have three series of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock currently outstanding
with a carrying value of $1.4 billion as of March 31, 2006, two of which provide for mandatory
redemption in the fourth quarter of 2006 (see Liquidity and Capital Resources below).
Sources of Cash:
Our principal sources of cash during the first three months of 2006 were revenues from the
sale of long form paid programming and network spot advertising, which we also expect to be our
principal sources of cash for the remainder of 2006. We are also exploring the sale of certain
assets, which if completed during 2006 would generate additional cash.
Key Company Performance Indicators:
We use a number of key performance indicators to evaluate and manage our business. One of the
key indicators related to the performance of our long form paid programming is long form
advertising rates. These rates can be affected by the number of television outlets through which
long form advertisers can air their programs, weather patterns which can affect viewing levels and
new product introductions. We monitor early indicators such as how new products are performing and
our ability to increase or decrease rates for given time slots.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table sets forth net revenues, the components of operating expenses and other
operating data for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 (in thousands):
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Three Months ended March 31, |
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2006 |
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% |
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2005 |
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% |
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Net revenues (net of agency commissions) |
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$ |
60,716 |
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100.0 |
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$ |
68,310 |
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100.0 |
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Expenses: |
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Programming and broadcast operations |
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13,519 |
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22.3 |
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14,874 |
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21.8 |
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Program rights amortization |
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7,253 |
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11.9 |
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16,244 |
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23.8 |
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Selling, general and administrative |
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20,031 |
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33.0 |
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31,839 |
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46.6 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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9,034 |
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14.9 |
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8,952 |
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13.1 |
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Time brokerage and affiliation fees |
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1,145 |
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1.9 |
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1,145 |
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1.7 |
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Restructuring charges |
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56 |
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0.1 |
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2,392 |
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3.5 |
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Total operating expenses |
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51,038 |
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84.1 |
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75,446 |
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110.4 |
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Loss on sale or disposal of broadcast and other assets, net |
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(79 |
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(0.1 |
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(57 |
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(0.1 |
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Operating income (loss) |
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$ |
9,599 |
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15.8 |
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$ |
(7,193 |
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(10.5 |
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Other Data: |
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Program rights payments and deposits |
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$ |
1,448 |
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$ |
33,527 |
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Purchases of property and equipment |
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4,847 |
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1,627 |
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Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities |
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17,923 |
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(34,589 |
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Cash flows (used in) provided by investing activities |
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(5,363 |
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28,949 |
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Cash flows used in financing activities |
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(1,222 |
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(14 |
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THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2006 AND 2005
Net revenues decreased 11.1% to $60.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006 from
$68.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005, primarily due to our shift to non-rated
spot advertisements, which sell at lower rates, partially offset by increased long form revenues.
Programming and broadcast operations expenses were $13.5 million during the three months ended
March 31, 2006, compared with $14.9 million for the comparable period in the prior year. The
decrease is primarily due to the elimination of JSA related expenses in 2006, with comparable
expenses in 2005 of approximately $1.3 million. In addition, federal legislation was enacted in
the first quarter of 2006 which set a definitive date for the completion of the transition from
analog to digital broadcasting. Some of our operating leases contain terms whereby the rental
payments decrease when we cease broadcasting an analog signal. Because we recognize rent expense
on a straight line basis over the life of the lease, the definitive reduction in future payments
for these leases resulted in a reduction in rent expense of approximately $0.6 million in the first
quarter of 2006. We also incurred higher program residual expenses and utilities expense of
approximately $0.9 million in 2006.
Program rights amortization expense decreased to $7.3 million during the first quarter of
2006, compared with $16.2 million for the first quarter of 2005. The decrease is due to continued
amortization of our existing programming assets, coupled with our strategy of not investing
significant amounts for new programming.
Selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A) were $20.0 million during the three
months ended March 31, 2006, compared with $31.8 million for the comparable period in the prior
year. The decrease is primarily due to the elimination of JSA and related expenses of
approximately $9.0 million and reduced legal, consulting and audit fees of approximately $3.0
million, partially offset by an accrual of $1.3 million in the first quarter of 2006 for the
settlement of litigation. Additionally, approximately $3.5 million of contractual expenses for
research and ratings services used to support the sale of commercial spot advertisements that are
based on audience ratings were accrued as restructuring charges in 2005.
SG&A also includes stock-based compensation expense of approximately $2.4 million for the
first quarter of 2006, as compared with $0.8 million of stock-based compensation expense in the
first quarter of 2005. As discussed in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements, we were
required to adopt Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based
Payment (SFAS No. 123R) effective January 1, 2006. As a result, the intrinsic value method of
accounting for stock options with
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pro forma footnote disclosure, which is the method we employed prior to 2006, is no longer
permitted. We adopted SFAS No. 123R using the modified prospective method, which requires us to
record compensation expense for all awards granted after the date of adoption, and for the unvested
portion of previously granted awards that remain outstanding at the date of adoption. Accordingly,
prior period amounts presented in this report have not been restated to reflect the adoption of
SFAS No. 123R. After assessing alternative valuation models and amortization assumptions, we chose
to continue using the Black-Scholes valuation model with recognition of compensation expense over
the requisite service period of the grant. We continued to estimate the volatility of our common
stock for fair value calculation purposes based on historical volatility.
Substantially all of the stock-based compensation expense that we recorded in the first
quarter of 2006 pertained to the stock options and Restricted Stock Units that were granted to our
chief executive officer and chief operating officer in November of 2005. Our adoption of SFAS No.
123R resulted in an increase to SG&A and net loss attributable to common stockholders of
approximately $0.9 million over what we would have recorded under the original provisions of SFAS
No. 123. We did not accelerate any vesting or make any modifications to existing equity
compensation awards prior to January 1, 2006 in anticipation of the adoption of SFAS No. 123R.
Depreciation and amortization expense was $9.0 million during the three months ended March 31,
2006 and was relatively unchanged from the comparable period in the prior year. In the first
quarter of 2006 we changed our estimate of useful lives for some of our long-lived assets that will
have little or no use when we are required to complete the transition from analog to digital
broadcasting. The change in estimate resulted in an increase to depreciation and amortization
expense of approximately $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006.
In the first quarter of 2005, we recorded a restructuring charge of $2.4 million in connection
with the planned termination of JSAs and the related employee termination costs that were incurred
during the quarter, which included approximately $1.1 million of stock-based compensation expense.
Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2006 increased to $27.0 million from
$25.2 million in the same period in 2005, primarily due to slightly increased principal balances in
2006 and an increase in LIBOR.
Dividends on mandatorily redeemable preferred stock were $18.9 million for the three months
ended March 31, 2006 compared to $16.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005, as we
continued to pay cumulative dividends on our 141/4% Junior Exchangeable preferred stock in the form
of additional shares.
The provision for income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2006 was $4.6 million
compared to $3.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005.
Dividends and accretion on redeemable and convertible preferred stock amounted to $20.6
million for the three months ended March 31, 2006 compared to $47.7 million for the three months
ended March 31, 2005. The decrease is due primarily to the amendments to our Series B preferred
stock which reduced the dividend rate to 11% from 28.3% for the same period in 2005. The three
months ended March 31, 2005 also included an adjustment of $14.8 million for an increase in the
dividend rate to 28.3% retroactive to September 15, 2004, which resulted from litigation.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Our primary capital requirements are to fund debt service payments, capital expenditures for
our television properties and programming rights payments. Our primary source of liquidity is our
cash on hand. As of March 31, 2006, we had $102.2 million in cash and cash equivalents and had
working capital, exclusive of preferred stock that is required to be redeemed in 2006 (see
discussion below), of approximately $37.0 million. We believe that our cash on hand and cash we
expect to generate from future operations will provide the liquidity necessary to meet our
obligations and financial commitments through the next twelve months. In addition, beginning in
the second half of 2006, we have the ability to service a portion of our debt through in-kind
payments in lieu of cash. If our financial results are not as anticipated, we may be required to
seek to sell assets, raise funds through the offering of additional debt and equity securities or
refinance or restructure the terms of our debt and preferred stock in order to meet our liquidity
needs. We can provide no assurance that we would be successful in selling assets, raising
additional funds or otherwise completing a refinancing transaction to meet our liquidity needs.
On December 30, 2005, we refinanced all of our outstanding senior secured and senior
subordinated debt by borrowing $325 million of new term loans and issuing $400 million of first
lien senior secured floating rate notes and $405 million of second lien senior secured floating
rate notes. The term loans and the first lien notes bear interest at a rate of three-month LIBOR
plus 3.25%,
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and mature on January 15, 2012. The second lien notes bear interest at a rate of three-month
LIBOR plus 6.25% and mature on January 15, 2013. All three tranches require quarterly interest
payments in January, April, July and October of each year, with the first interest payment date
being April 17, 2006. For any interest period commencing on or after April 17, 2006 and prior to
January 15, 2010, we have the option to pay interest on the second lien notes either (i) entirely
in cash or (ii) in kind through the issuance of additional second lien notes or by increasing the
principal amount of the outstanding second lien notes. If we elect to pay interest in kind on the
second lien notes, the interest rate for the corresponding interest period will increase to LIBOR
plus 7.25%. For the interest period commencing on April 17, 2006 and ending on July 16, 2006, we
have elected to pay interest on the second lien notes in cash. We used the net proceeds of $1.1
billion from the issuance of these new debt securities to retire our previously outstanding
indebtedness, including the payment of $41.7 million of early redemption premiums.
On February 22, 2006, we entered into two floating to fixed interest rate swap arrangements
which fixed the interest rates through maturity at 8.355% for the term loans and first lien notes
and 11.36% for the second lien notes (assuming interest thereon is paid in cash). As a result, our
cash interest obligations during 2006 with respect to the term loans and the first and second lien
notes (assuming we elect to pay cash interest on the second lien notes) were $31.1
million on April 17 and will be approximately $26.9 million on each of July 17 and October 16.
The term loan facility and the indentures governing our first lien notes and second lien notes
contain covenants which, among other things, limit our and our subsidiaries ability to incur more
debt, pay dividends on or redeem our outstanding capital stock, make certain investments, enter
into transactions with affiliates, create additional liens on our assets, sell assets and merge
with any other person or transfer substantially all of our assets. Subject to limitations, we may
incur up to $600 million of additional subordinated debt, which we may use to retire other
subordinated obligations, including preferred stock, or for other corporate purposes not prohibited
by the applicable covenants. We will be required to make an offer to purchase the outstanding
notes and repay the term loans with the proceeds of any sale of our stations serving the New York,
Los Angeles and Chicago markets and with the proceeds of other asset sales that we do not reinvest
in our business. We will be required to make an offer to purchase a portion of the outstanding
notes and repay a portion of the outstanding term loans within 270 days after any quarterly
determination date as of which the ratio of the appraised value of our television stations to the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the term loans and the notes (excluding any second lien
notes we may issue in payment of interest on the second lien notes) is less than 1.5 to 1.0. The
holders of the outstanding notes and the lenders of the term loans have the right to require us to
repurchase these obligations following the occurrence of certain changes in the control of our
company.
Events of default under the notes and the term loans include the failure to pay interest
within 30 days of the due date, the failure to pay principal when due, a default under any other
debt in an amount greater than $10.0 million, the failure to pay a monetary judgment against us in
an aggregate amount greater than $10.0 million, the failure to perform any covenant or agreement
which continues for 60 days after we receive notice of default from the indenture trustee or
holders of at least 25% of the outstanding debt, and the occurrence of certain bankruptcy events.
We are currently in compliance with all of our debt covenants.
None of our outstanding shares of preferred stock currently require us to pay cash dividends.
We are required to redeem our 141/4% Junior Exchangeable preferred stock and 93/4% Series A convertible
preferred stock by November 15, 2006 and December 31, 2006, respectively. The redemption prices of
these securities at their mandatory redemption dates are expected to be $609.9 million and $171.0
million, respectively, assuming we make no payments in respect of these securities prior to these
dates. We presently do not have the financial resources to redeem these securities, and we do not
anticipate that we will have sufficient resources to do so at their scheduled redemption dates.
The terms of our outstanding debt limit the amount of these securities that we are permitted to
redeem. If we do not redeem these series of preferred stock by their scheduled mandatory
redemption dates, the holders of each series will have the right, each voting separately and as one
class, to elect two additional members to our board of directors.
During 2005, we adopted a plan to phase out our sales of spot advertisements that are based on
audience ratings and to focus our sales efforts on long form paid programming, non-rated spot
advertisements and sales of blocks of air time to third party programmers. We are subject to a
contract under which, as a result of the restructuring, we no longer receive any economic benefit
that requires us to pay approximately $1.0 million per month through August of 2007.
On October 14, 2005, we adopted an executive retention bonus plan, under which select senior
executives may become entitled to receive additional cash compensation if the participant remains
employed by us. The total anticipated cost of the plan, assuming all participants earn their
maximum potential compensation under the plan, is approximately $4.9 million, of which
approximately $0.9 million was paid in late 2005 and the remainder is to be paid on various dates
during 2006.
On November 6, 2005, Mr. Paxson resigned as our Chairman of the Board and director, and on
November 7, 2005 he entered into a consulting and noncompetition agreement with us and NBCU,
pursuant to which he has agreed, for a period commencing on November 7, 2005 and continuing until
five years after the later of the closing of the acquisition of the shares of our common stock
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held by his affiliates through exercise of NBCUs call right or the closing of our purchase of
these shares, should NBCUs call right not be exercised, to provide certain consulting services to
us and to refrain from engaging in certain activities in competition with us. We paid Mr. Paxson
$250,000 on signing in respect of the first years consulting services, and are obligated to pay
Mr. Paxson $750,000 six months and one day after the November 7, 2005 in respect of Mr. Paxsons
agreement to refrain from engaging in certain competitive activities, and four additional annual
payments of $1,000,000 each on the anniversary of November 7, 2005, which are to be allocated
between consulting services and the non-compete agreement in the same ratio.
In addition to the above, as of March 31, 2006, we were obligated under the terms of our
outstanding debt, programming contracts, cable distribution agreements, operating lease agreements
and employment agreements to make future payments as follows (in thousands):
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2006 |
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2007 |
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2010 |
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Thereafter |
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Total |
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Term loans and notes payable |
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$ |
52 |
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$ |
80 |
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$ |
86 |
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$ |
95 |
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$ |
45 |
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$ |
1,130,000 |
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$ |
1,130,358 |
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Obligations to CBS for program license,
net of sublicense fees to be received |
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4,475 |
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4,475 |
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Obligations for other program rights and
program rights commitments |
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2,094 |
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2,094 |
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Obligations for cable distribution rights |
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2,549 |
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2,549 |
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Operating leases and employment agreements |
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19,778 |
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20,530 |
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16,866 |
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12,979 |
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12,866 |
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95,550 |
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178,569 |
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Total |
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$ |
28,948 |
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$ |
20,610 |
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$ |
16,952 |
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$ |
13,074 |
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$ |
12,911 |
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$ |
1,225,550 |
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$ |
1,318,045 |
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For a majority of the employment agreements (with aggregate annual commitments amounting
to $5.0 million) with our senior executives and managers, we may, under certain circumstances, also
be required to make separation payments to these employees for periods ranging from six months to
two years. In addition, the employment agreements with our Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Operating Officer may, under certain circumstances, require separation payments aggregating to
$10.7 million over a period of two to four years.
We have options to purchase the assets of two television stations serving the Memphis and New
Orleans markets for an aggregate purchase price of $36.0 million. We have paid $4.0 million for the
options to purchase these stations. The owners of these stations also have the right to require us
to purchase these stations at any time after January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2008. These
stations are currently operating under time brokerage agreements with us.
Cash provided by operating activities was approximately $17.9 million for the three months
ended March 31, 2006, compared with cash used in operating activities of $34.6 million for the
three months ended March 31, 2005. In 2006 we made payments for programming rights and deposits in
the amount of $1.4 million, as compared to $33.5 million in 2005. In addition, as a result of the
refinancing transaction on December 30, 2005, cash interest that would otherwise been paid in
January 2006 was paid in December 2005, with the next interest payment not being due until April of
2006. In the first quarter of 2005, we paid cash interest of approximately $15.8 million. We made
cash interest payments, including the effects of our interest rate swaps, of $31.1 million in April
of 2006.
Cash used in investing activities was approximately $5.4 million in the first quarter of 2006,
as compared to cash provided by investing activities of $28.9 million in the first quarter of 2005.
In late 2004, we pre-funded $24.6 million of outstanding letters of credit to support our
obligation to pay for certain original programming. These obligations were settled and the
deposits were refunded in 2005. We also had $6.0 million of short-term investments mature during
2005. Capital expenditures, which consist primarily of digital conversion costs and purchases of
broadcast equipment for our television stations, were approximately $4.8 million and $1.6 million
for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The FCC has mandated that each
licensee of a full power broadcast television station that was allotted a second digital television
channel in addition to the current analog channel complete the construction of digital facilities
capable of serving its community of license with a signal of requisite strength by May 2002. Those
digital stations that were not operating by the May 2002 date requested extensions of time from the
FCC which have been granted with limited exceptions. We currently own or operate 52 stations
broadcasting in digital (in addition to broadcasting in analog). With respect to our remaining
stations, we have received a construction permit from the FCC and will be completing the build-out
on one station during 2006, we are awaiting construction permits from the FCC with respect to six
of our television stations and one of our television stations has not received a digital channel
allocation and therefore will not be converted until the end of the digital transition. We expect
our total capital expenditures in 2006 will be approximately $15.0 million, including approximately
$7.0 million to complete the conversion of each of our stations that has received a construction
permit and a digital channel allocation. We expect to fund these expenditures from cash on hand
and cash from operations.
Cash used in financing activities was $1.2 million and $14,000 for the three months ended
March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. These amounts include principal repayments, payment of loan
origination costs and proceeds from the exercise of stock options. Cash used in financing
activities in 2006 is comprised primarily of loan origination costs in connection with the December
30, 2005 refinancing transaction.
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New Accounting Pronouncements
In March 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 156,
Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140. This
statement requires an entity to recognize a servicing asset or servicing liability each time it
undertakes an obligation to service a financial asset by entering into a servicing contract under
certain circumstances. The statement also requires separately recognized servicing assets and
servicing liabilities to be initially measured at fair value, if practicable, and also requires
separate presentation of servicing assets and servicing liabilities subsequently measured at fair
value in the statement of financial position and additional disclosures for all separately
recognized servicing assets and servicing liabilities. The statement is effective for fiscal years
beginning after September 15, 2006. We do not believe this standard will have a material effect on
our financial position or results of operations.
In February 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 155, Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial
Instruments, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 133 and 140. This statement permits fair value
remeasurement for any hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative that
otherwise would require bifurcation, and eliminates a restriction on the passive derivative
instruments that a qualifying special-purpose entity (SPE) may hold. The statement is effective
for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2006. We do not believe this standard will have a
material effect on our financial position or results of operations.
In June 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections. SFAS
No. 154 replaces Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB) No. 20, Accounting Changes, and SFAS
No. 3, Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements. Among other changes, SFAS No.
154 requires that a voluntary change in accounting principle be applied retroactively with all
prior period financial statements presented on the basis of the new accounting principle, unless it
is impracticable to do so. SFAS No. 154 also provides that (1) a change in method of depreciating
or amortizing a long-lived non-financial asset must be accounted for as a change in estimate
(prospectively) that was affected by a change in accounting principle, and (2) correction of errors
in previously issued financial statements should be termed a restatement. The new standard is
effective for accounting changes and correction of errors made in fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2005. The adoption of SFAS No. 154 did not have an effect on our financial position
or results of operations.
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Item 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are potentially exposed to changing interest rates and specifically changes in LIBOR,
resulting from the issuance of floating rate debt on December 30, 2005 under which we pay interest
at the prevailing LIBOR plus an agreed margin, as increases in LIBOR would increase our cash
interest obligations (see Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations Liquidity and Capital Resources). We have used interest rate swaps to
manage our interest rate exposures, based upon market conditions. We do not use derivative
financial instruments or other market risk sensitive instruments for trading or speculative
purposes. On February 22, 2006 we entered into two floating to fixed interest rate swap
arrangements for a notional principal amount of $1.13 billion for a period through the maturity
dates of our outstanding floating rate debt. Under the terms of these arrangements, we are
required to pay a fixed interest rate of 8.355% on a notional principal amount of $725 million
while receiving a variable interest rate of three month LIBOR plus 3.25% (which is the interest
rate we are required to pay to the holders of our first lien notes and term loans), and are
required to pay a fixed interest rate of 11.36% on a notional principal amount of $405 million
while receiving a variable interest rate equal to three month LIBOR plus 6.25% (which is the
interest rate we are required to pay to the holders of our second lien notes, assuming we elect to
pay interest on these obligations in cash). These interest rate swaps effectively fixed the
interest rates on our $1.13 billion of floating rate debt. As a result, changes in LIBOR will no
longer result in changes to our aggregate debt service requirements. We monitor the credit
ratings of our swap counterparties and believe that the credit risk related to our interest rate
swap agreements is minimal.
Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
As required by Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, we carried out an
evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and
procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Report. This evaluation was carried out
under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our principal executive
officer and our principal financial officer. Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and
other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our
reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Report, is recorded, processed, summarized and
reported within the time periods specified in the SECs rules and forms. Disclosure controls and
procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information
required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and
communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial
officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Based upon our evaluation, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer
concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this Report, our disclosure controls and
procedures are effective in timely alerting them to material information required to be included in
our periodic SEC reports. The design of any system of controls is based in part upon certain
assumptions about the likelihood of future events and there can be no assurance that any design
will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions, regardless of how
remote.
In the course of our evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2005 that occurred in connection with the preparation of our fiscal 2005 Form 10-K, we
determined that as of December 31, 2005 we had a material weakness relating to our internal
controls over our compliance with federal income tax withholding requirements.
Over a period of several years, we failed to withhold the proper amounts in respect of federal
income taxes from salary and bonus payments to certain members of our senior management, including
our former chairman and chief executive officer. We did not obtain the documentation required by
IRS rules to support our withholding calculations for these employees. We promptly implemented
corrective measures and remitted to the IRS all required payroll taxes and withholding amounts for
fiscal 2005, which amounts were reimbursed to us by all but one of the affected employees. With
respect to prior years, all affected employees have provided us with affidavits that they have
properly reported on their personal tax returns all compensation we paid to them for such periods
and have paid all taxes due. We have taken steps, including additional education and training of
relevant personnel, that are designed to assure that we fully comply with federal tax withholding
rules in all future periods. We believe we have corrected our control environment and did not have
a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2006.
In addition, we reviewed our internal control over financial reporting and, other than
correcting the material weakness identified above, there were no changes in our internal control
over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of
Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to
materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Under our September 2002 affiliation agreement with Directv, Inc., a satellite television
carrier, Directv provided our network programming to substantially all of its subscribers and also
carried some of our stations in the local markets served by those stations. On January 27, 2006,
Directv filed a complaint against us in US District Court for the Central District of
California seeking a declaratory ruling that it has the right to terminate the affiliation
agreement and cease distributing our network programming and the signals of 35 of our television
stations in their respective markets. In addition, Directvs complaint asserted breach of contract
claims and sought an accounting of monies owed to Directv by us under the revenue sharing
provisions of the affiliation agreement.
On April 28, 2006, we and Directv settled the litigation arising out of the affiliation
agreement and entered into a new affiliation agreement which provides for the distribution of our
programming to Directvs subscribers through the end of 2011.
We are involved in other litigation from time to time in the ordinary course of our business.
We believe the ultimate resolution of these matters will not have a material effect on our
financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
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Item 6. EXHIBITS
(a) List of Exhibits:
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Exhibit
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Description of Exhibits |
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3.1.1
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Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (1) |
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3.1.6
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Certificate of Designation of the Companys 9-3/4% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (2) |
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3.1.7
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Certificate of Designation of the Companys 14-1/4% Cumulative Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock (2) |
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3.1.8
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Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation of the Companys 11% Series B Convertible
Exchangeable Preferred Stock (6) |
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3.1.9
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Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (3) |
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3.2
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (effective November 6, 2005) (4) |
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4.7
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Indenture, dated as of December 30, 2005, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors named therein,
and The Bank of New York Trust Company, NA, as Trustee, with respect to the Companys Floating Rate
First Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2012 (5) |
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4.7.1
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Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 28, 2006, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors
named therein, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, NA, as Trustee, with respect to the Companys
Floating Rate First Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2012 (7) |
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4.8
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Indenture, dated as of December 30, 2005, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors named therein,
and The Bank of New York Trust Company, NA, as Trustee, with respect to the Companys Floating Rate
Second Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2013 (5) |
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4.8.1
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Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 28, 2006, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors
named therein, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, NA, as Trustee, with respect to the Companys
Floating Rate Second Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2013 (7) |
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4.9
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Term Loan Agreement, dated December 30, 2005, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors named
therein, the Lenders named therein, Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent, Citigroup
Global Markets Inc. and UBS Securities LLC, as joint lead arrangers, and Citigroup Global Markets
Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., and CIBC
World Markets Corp., as joint bookrunners (5) |
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4.9.1
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First Amendment to Term Loan Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2006, among the Company, the
subsidiary guarantors named therein, and Citicorp North America, Inc., as Administrative Agent (7) |
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31.1
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Certification by the Chief Executive Officer of Paxson Communications Corporation pursuant to Rule
13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended |
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31.2
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Certification by the Chief Financial Officer of Paxson Communications Corporation pursuant to Rule
13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended |
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32.1
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Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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Filed with the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1994, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 31, 1995, and
incorporated herein by reference. |
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(2) |
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Filed with the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 23, 1998, Registration No. 333-59641, and
incorporated herein by reference. |
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(3) |
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Filed with the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2003,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2003, and incorporated herein by
reference. |
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Filed with the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 7, 2005, and incorporated
herein by reference. |
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(5) |
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Filed with the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 6, 2006, and incorporated
herein by reference. |
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Filed with the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 16, 2006, and incorporated
herein by reference. |
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Filed with the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2006, and incorporated herein
by reference. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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Date: May 12, 2006 |
By: |
/s/ Tammy G. Hedge
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Tammy G. Hedge |
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Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer and duly authorized officer) |
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