SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
(Mark One)
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003
or
[ ] 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: 000-17687
ENSTAR INCOME/GROWTH PROGRAM SIX-A, L.P.
Georgia |
58-1755230 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
12405 Powerscourt Drive | ||
St. Louis, Missouri 63131 |
(314) 965-0555 |
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(Address of principal executive offices including zip code) | (Registrants telephone number, including area code) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Title of each class Units of Limited Partnership Interest |
Name of each exchange on which registered None |
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 [ ]
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrants knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K [ ]
State the aggregate market value of the voting equity securities held by non-affiliates of the registrant: All of the registrants 79,818 units of limited partnership interests, its only class of equity securities, are held by non-affiliates. There is no public trading market for the units, and transfers of units are subject to certain restrictions; accordingly, the registrant is unable to state the market value of the units held by non-affiliates.
ENSTAR INCOME/GROWTH PROGRAM SIX-A, L.P.
2003 FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
This annual report on Form 10-K is for the year ended December 31, 2003. This annual report modifies and supersedes documents filed prior to this annual report. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) allows us to incorporate by reference information that we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you directly to those documents. Information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this annual report. In addition, information that we file with the SEC in the future will automatically update and supersede information contained in this annual report. In this annual report, we, us, and our refers to Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A, L.P.
PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS.
Introduction
Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A, L.P., a Georgia limited partnership (the Partnership), was engaged in the ownership and operation of cable television systems in and around the cities of Bradford and Dyer, Tennessee.
The General Partners of the Partnership are Enstar Communications Corporation, a Georgia corporation (the Corporate General Partner) and Robert T. Graff, Jr. (the Individual General Partner). Since its incorporation in 1982, the Corporate General Partner has been engaged in the cable/telecommunications business, both as a General Partner of 14 Limited Partnerships formed to own and operate cable television systems and through a wholly-owned operating subsidiary. On November 12, 1999, the Corporate General Partner became an indirect controlled subsidiary of Charter Communications, Inc., also called Charter, a large cable operator, serving approximately 6.54 million customers. The Corporate General Partner is responsible for day-to-day management of the Partnership and its operations. Charter and its affiliates provide management and other services to the Partnership, for which they receive a management fee and reimbursement of expenses.
The principal executive offices of the Partnership and the Corporate General Partner are located at Charter Plaza, 12405 Powerscourt Drive, St. Louis, MO 63131-0555 and their telephone number is (314) 965-0555. Charter has a website accessible at http://www.charter.com.
The Partnerships public filings are available from the Securities and Exchange Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 or at Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 or at www.sec.gov.
Liquidation Basis Accounting and Sales of Cable Systems
On April 10, 2002, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement dated August 29, 2001, the Partnership completed the sale of all of the Partnerships Illinois cable television systems in and around Cisne, Farmersville, Flora, Noble, Raymond, Salem and Xenia, Illinois to Rifkin Acquisition Partners, LLC (RAP) and Charter Communications Entertainment I, LLC (CCE I), each an affiliate of the Corporate General Partner and an indirect subsidiary of Charter, for a total sale price of approximately $12.0 million (the Charter Sale). The Charter Sale was part of a larger transaction in which the Partnership and five other affiliated partnerships (which, together with the Partnership are collectively referred to as the Charter Selling Partnerships) sold all of their assets used in the operation of their respective Illinois cable television systems to RAP, CCE I and another affiliate (also referred to as the Purchasers) for a total cash sale price of $63.0 million. Each Charter Selling Partnership received the same value per customer. In addition, the Limited Partners of each of the Charter Selling Partnerships approved an amendment to their respective partnership agreement to allow the sale of assets to an affiliate of such partnerships General Partner. The Purchasers are each indirect subsidiaries of the Corporate General Partners ultimate parent company, Charter, and therefore, are affiliates of the Partnership and each of the other Charter Selling Partnerships.
After setting aside $1,000,000 to fund the Dyer, Tennessee headends working capital needs and paying or providing for the payment of the expenses of the Charter Sale, the Corporate General Partner made distributions of our allocable share of the remaining net sale proceeds, in accordance with our partnership agreement. We made an initial distribution payment of approximately $7,175,600 on or about May 15, 2002, with a second distribution of $1,612,400 made on or about September 24, 2002.
On November 8, 2002, the Partnership entered into an asset purchase agreement providing for the sale of its Dyer, Tennessee cable system to Telecommunications Management, LLC (Telecommunications Management) for a total sale price of approximately $1,524,400 (approximately $825 per customer acquired). This sale was a part of a larger transaction in which the Partnership and eight other affiliated partnerships (which, together with the Partnership are collectively referred to as the Telecommunications Management Selling Partnerships) sold all of their remaining assets used in the operation of their respective cable systems to Telecommunications Management for a total cash sale price of approximately $15,341,600 (before adjustments) (the Telecommunications Management Sale). The Telecommunications Management Sale was subject to the approval of a majority of the holders of the Partnerships
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units and approval of the holders of the other Telecommunications Management Selling Partnerships. In addition, the transaction was subject to certain closing conditions, including regulatory and franchise approvals.
On February 6, 2003, the Partnership entered into a side letter amending the asset purchase agreement providing for the sale of its remaining cable system to Telecommunications Management. The February 6, 2003 side letter amended the asset purchase agreement and deposit escrow agreement to extend the date of the second installment of the deposit and the outside closing date each by 60 days. On April 7, 2003, the second installment of the escrow deposit was due and was not made.
On April 24, 2003, the Partnership entered into another side letter amending the asset purchase agreement providing for the sale of its remaining cable system to Telecommunications Management. The April 24, 2003 side letter amended the asset purchase agreement and deposit escrow agreement to extend the date of the second installment of the deposit to May 15, 2003 and the outside closing date to September 30, 2003.
On June 6, 2003, the Partnership entered into a third side letter amending the asset purchase agreement providing for the sale of its remaining cable system to Telecommunications Management. The June 6, 2003 side letter amended the asset purchase agreement to reduce the purchase price of the remaining cable systems in the Selling Partnerships to approximately $14,487,200, subject to closing sale price adjustments, of which approximately $1,477,600 related to the cable system in the Partnership. In addition, $250,000 was deposited in the Deposit Escrow Account concurrent with the execution of the side letter.
Effective August 31, 2003, the Partnership completed the Telecommunications Management Sale of its only remaining cable system for a total adjusted sales price of approximately $1,286,400 (approximately $800 per customer acquired), subject to post closing adjustments.
The Charter Sale resulted from a sale process actively pursued since 1999, when the Corporate General Partner sought purchasers for all of the cable television systems of the Selling Partnerships, as well as eight other affiliated limited partnership cable operators of which the Corporate General Partner is also the general partner. This effort was undertaken primarily because, based on the Corporate General Partners experience in the cable television industry, it was concluded that generally applicable market conditions and competitive factors were making (and would increasingly make) it extremely difficult for smaller operators of rural cable systems (such as the Partnership and the other affiliated partnerships) to effectively compete and be financially successful. This determination was based on the anticipated cost of electronics and additional equipment to enable the Partnerships systems to operate on a two-way basis with improved technical capacity, insufficiency of Partnership cash reserves and cash flows from operations to finance such expenditures, limited customer growth potential due to the Partnerships systems rural location, and a general inability of a small cable system operator such as the Partnership to benefit from economies of scale and the ability to combine and integrate systems that large cable operators have.
The Partnership finalized its proposed plan of liquidation in December 2002 in connection with the filing of a proxy to obtain partner approval for the sale of the Partnerships final cable system and the subsequent liquidation and dissolution of the Partnership. In April 2003, the required number of votes necessary to implement the plan of liquidation were obtained. As a result, the Partnership changed its basis of accounting to the liquidation basis as of December 31, 2002. The statements of operations, partnership capital and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 have been presented on a going concern basis comparable to prior periods and do not reflect the effects of the change to the liquidation basis of accounting. Upon changing to liquidation basis accounting, the Partnership recorded $30,800 of accrued costs of liquidation in accounts payable and accrued liabilities representing an estimate of the costs to be incurred after the sale of the final cable system but prior to dissolution of the Partnership. Because reliable estimates of future operating results or the ultimate realizable value of property, plant and equipment could not be developed due to uncertainties surrounding the final dissolution of the Partnership, no adjustments were recorded, prior to the sale of the assets, to reflect assets at estimated realizable values or to reflect estimates of future operating results. Accordingly, the assets in the accompanying statement of net assets in liquidation as of December 31, 2002 have been stated at historical book values. Net assets in liquidation as of December 31, 2003 represent the estimated distributions to the Limited Partners and the General Partners. Distributions ultimately made to the partners upon liquidation will differ from the net assets in liquidation recorded in the accompanying statement of net assets in liquidation as of December 31, 2003 as a result of post closing adjustments to the sale proceeds received by the Partnership and adjustments to accrued costs of liquidation. The Partnerships accrued costs of liquidation were
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increased by $8,900 during the year ended December 31, 2003. No assurance can be given as to the amount of final distributions to be made to the partners.
The Corporate General Partners intention is to terminate the Partnership as expeditiously as possible in accordance with the Partnership Agreement. The Partnership made an initial distribution payment of $1.4 million to the Limited Partners in November 2003. A second and final liquidating distribution will occur on or after October 2004 upon the release of the indemnity escrow and the receipt of the remaining proceeds of such escrow if any.
In order to reduce costs during the liquidation period, we submitted a request for a no action letter on October 30, 2003 (the Letter) from the Division of Corporation Finance (the Division) of the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking to relieve us from filing annual and quarterly reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). The Letter requested that the Division not recommend enforcement action to the Commission against us for not filing these reports, subject to complying with the requirements of the Letter. Our request currently is pending with the Division and no relief has been granted. As such, we will continue to file annual and quarterly reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q under the Exchange Act pending receipt of a favorable no action letter or until final dissolution of the Partnership. However, in connection with the relief requested by the Letter, we have undertaken not to consent to the admission of any transferee of units as a limited partner in the Partnership, subject to the terms of our partnership agreement, except for transfers for estate planning, gift and intra-family transfer purposes. Following approval of the no action letter, we will continue to provide financial statements to the Limited Partners in a non-public presentation.
Competition
Prior to the Telecommunications Management Sale, we faced competition in the areas of price, services and service reliability. Our key competitors included Direct Broadcast Satellite, broadcast television, traditional overbuilds, telephone companies and utilities, private cable and wireless distribution. Following the Telecommunications Management Sale, we ceased operations and therefore have no competition.
Employees
The various personnel required to operate our business up through the close of the Telecommunications Management Sale were employed by the Corporate General Partner, its subsidiary corporation, and Charter, the cost of which was charged directly to the Partnership. Following the Telecommunications Management Sale, we ceased operations and terminated the remaining employees of the Partnership.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES.
All of our cable systems and the associated property leased or owned by them were sold effective August 31, 2003.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
As disclosed in Charters annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, the parent of the Corporate General Partner and the Manager is the defendant in twenty-two class action and shareholder lawsuits and is the subject of a grand jury investigation being conducted by the United States Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of Missouri into certain of its accounting and reporting practices, focusing on how Charter reported customer numbers and its reporting of amounts received from digital set-top terminal suppliers for advertising. The United States Attorneys Office has publicly stated that Charter is not currently a target of the investigation. Charter has also been advised by the United States Attorneys Office that no member of its board of directors, including its Chief Executive Officer, is a target of the investigation. On July 24, 2003, a federal grand jury charged four former officers of Charter with conspiracy and mail and wire fraud, alleging improper accounting and reporting practices focusing on revenue from digital set-top terminal suppliers and inflated subscriber account numbers. On July 25, 2003, one of the former officers who was indicted entered a guilty plea. Charter has informed the Corporate General Partner that they are fully cooperating with the investigation.
Charter is unable to predict the outcome of the class action lawsuits and government investigations at this time. An unfavorable outcome of these matters could have a material adverse effect on Charters results of operations and financial condition which could in turn have a material adverse effect on the Partnership.
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ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of the year ended December 31, 2003.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANTS EQUITY SECURITIES AND RELATED SECURITY HOLDER MATTERS.
Restrictions on Admission as Limited Partner
Our only remaining activities include settling our affairs in the normal course of liquidation and our only remaining assets consist of temporary investments in short-term securities and the right to receive certain escrowed amounts. In addition, there has historically been only limited trading in our limited partnership units and the units have never been listed or traded on a public securities exchange or on any similar trading facility. Therefore, in order to reduce costs during the liquidation period, we submitted a request for a no action letter on October 30, 2003 (the Letter) from the Division of Corporation Finance (the Division) of the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking to relieve us from filing annual and quarterly reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). The Letter requested that the Division not recommend enforcement action to the Commission against us for not filing these reports, subject to complying with the requirements of the Letter. Our request currently is pending with the Division and no relief has been granted. As such, we will continue to file annual and quarterly reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q under the Exchange Act pending receipt of a favorable no action letter or until final dissolution of the Partnership. However, in connection with the relief requested by the Letter, we have undertaken not to consent to the admission of any transferee of units as a limited partner in the Partnership, subject to the terms of our partnership agreement, except for transfers for estate planning, gift and intra-family transfer purposes. Following approval of the no action letter, we will continue to provide financial statements to the Limited Partners in a non-public presentation.
The approximate number of equity security holders of record was 1,823 as of December 31, 2003.
Distributions
The amended Partnership Agreement generally provides that all cash flow be distributed 1% to the General Partners and 99% to the Limited Partners until the Limited Partners have received aggregate cash distributions equal to their original capital contributions. The Partnership Agreement also provides that all partnership operating profits be allocated to the partners in the same proportion as cash flow distributions are made. After the Limited Partners have received cash flow equal to their initial investment, the General Partners will receive a 1% distribution of proceeds from a disposition or refinancing of a system until the Limited Partners have received an annual simple interest return of at least 8% of their initial investment less any distributions from previous dispositions or refinancing of systems. Thereafter, proceeds from a disposition or refinancing of a system shall be distributed 80% to the Limited Partners and 20% to the General Partners. Gains from dispositions of systems are first allocated in the same manner as the proceeds from such dispositions. This occurs until the dispositions result in the aggregate fair market value of the Partnerships remaining system(s) being less than or equal to 50% of the aggregate contributions to the capital of the Partnership by the partners. Once this level of dispositions has occurred, gain is allocated first to the partners having negative account balances until their capital accounts are increased to zero and thereafter to the partners so that distributions upon liquidation of the Partnership in accordance with capital account balances will result in the same amounts being distributed to the partners as if distributions were made in the same manner as they were prior to a liquidation.
Any losses, whether resulting from operations or the sale or disposition of a system, are allocated 99% to the Limited Partners and 1% to the General Partners until the Limited Partners capital account balances are equal to or less than zero. Thereafter, all losses are allocated to the Corporate General Partner.
Upon dissolution of the Partnership, distributions are to be made to the partners in accordance with their capital account balances. No partners other than General Partners shall be obligated to restore any negative capital account balance existing upon dissolution of the Partnership. All allocations to individual Limited Partners will be based on their respective limited partnership ownership interests. The Partnership Agreement limits the amount of debt the Partnership may incur.
We began making periodic cash distributions from operations in January 1989 and discontinued distributions in May 1993. No distributions were made in 2001 or 2000. Distributions related to the sale of cable systems totaled $8.8
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million in 2002. In 2003, we distributed $1.4 million to our Limited Partners from the proceeds received from the sale of our remaining cable system.
The Corporate General Partners intention is to terminate the Partnership as expeditiously as possible in accordance with its partnership agreement. A second and final liquidating distribution will occur on or after October 2004 upon the release of the indemnity escrow and the receipt of the remaining proceeds of such escrow if any.
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.
The table below presents selected financial data of the Partnership for the five years ended December 31, 2003. This data should be read in conjunction with the Partnerships financial statements and related notes thereto included in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data and Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in Item 7.
Year Ended December 31, |
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OPERATIONS STATEMENT DATA |
2002 (1) |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
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Revenues |
$ | 1,442,500 | $ | 3,194,400 | $ | 3,342,000 | $ | 3,463,300 | ||||||||
Operating expenses |
(971,500 | ) | (2,066,900 | ) | (2,062,700 | ) | (2,056,600 | ) | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
(461,000 | ) | (999,200 | ) | (1,079,000 | ) | (1,025,300 | ) | ||||||||
Operating income |
10,000 | 128,300 | 200,300 | 381,400 | ||||||||||||
Interest income (expense), net |
55,900 | (39,000 | ) | (81,200 | ) | (127,200 | ) | |||||||||
Gain on sale of cable systems |
7,451,500 | | | | ||||||||||||
Other expense |
| (58,900 | ) | (27,900 | ) | | ||||||||||
Net income |
$ | 7,517,400 | $ | 30,400 | $ | 91,200 | $ | 254,200 | ||||||||
Distributions to partners |
$ | 8,788,000 | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||||
Per unit of limited partnership interest: |
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Net income |
$ | 91.21 | $ | 0.38 | $ | 1.13 | $ | 3.15 | ||||||||
Distributions |
$ | 109.00 | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||||
OTHER OPERATING DATA |
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Net cash from operating activities |
$ | 273,700 | $ | 1,649,900 | $ | 2,770,100 | $ | 1,166,400 | ||||||||
Net cash from investing activities |
$ | 11,477,000 | $ | (990,600 | ) | $ | (2,839,500 | ) | $ | (536,800 | ) | |||||
Net cash from financing activities |
$ | (9,038,000 | ) | $ | (450,000 | ) | $ | (350,000 | ) | $ | (495,700 | ) | ||||
Capital expenditures |
$ | 555,100 | $ | 990,000 | $ | 2,807,700 | $ | 492,400 |
As of December 31, |
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BALANCE SHEET DATA |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
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Total assets |
$ | 5,806,300 | $ | 5,708,800 | $ | 4,365,400 | ||||||
Total debt |
$ | 250,000 | $ | 700,000 | $ | 1,050,000 | ||||||
General Partners deficit |
$ | (134,700 | ) | $ | (135,000 | ) | $ | (135,900 | ) | |||
Limited Partners capital |
$ | 2,930,000 | $ | 2,899,900 | $ | 2,809,600 |
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For the Year Ended | |||||
CHANGES IN NET ASSETS IN LIQUIDATION DATA |
December 31, 2003 |
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Revenues |
$ | 500,600 | |||
Interest income |
9,900 | ||||
Excess of net proceeds over net book value of cable systems |
266,100 | ||||
Total additions |
776,600 | ||||
Operating expenses |
418,500 | ||||
Capital expenditures |
17,200 | ||||
Increase in accrued costs of liquidation |
8,900 | ||||
Distributions |
1,436,700 | ||||
Total deductions |
1,881,300 | ||||
Net decrease in net assets in liquidation |
$ | (1,104,700 | ) | ||
NET ASSETS IN LIQUIDATION DATA |
As of December 31, |
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2003 |
2002 |
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Total assets |
$ | 482,100 | $ | 4,196,300 | ||||
Net assets in liquidation |
$ | 389,200 | $ | 1,493,900 |
(1) | Comparability of the above information from year to year is affected by the disposition of the Partnerships Illinois cable systems in and around Hillsboro, Jerseyville, Nokomis and Pana, Illinois in April 2002. This information excludes the effect of liquidation costs recorded on December 31, 2002. See Note 2 to our financial statements included with the annual report. |
Comparability of the above information from year to year is affected by the disposition of the Partnerships Illinois cable systems in and around Cisne, Farmersville, Flora, Noble, Raymond, Salem and Xena, Illinois in April 2002. This information excludes the effect of liquidation costs recorded on December 31, 2002. See Note 2 to our financial statements included with the annual report.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
Introduction
This report includes certain forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, our future costs of liquidation, legal requirements and our estimated future distributions. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, the uncertainty of legislative and regulatory changes and costs required to liquidate the Partnership, as discussed more fully elsewhere in this Report.
The Partnership finalized its proposed plan of liquidation in December 2002 in connection with the filing of a proxy to obtain partner approval for the sale of the Partnerships final cable system and the subsequent liquidation and dissolution of the Partnership. In April 2003, the required number of votes necessary to implement the plan of liquidation were obtained. As a result, the Partnership changed its basis of accounting to the liquidation basis as of December 31, 2002. The statements of operations, partnership capital and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 have been presented on a going concern basis comparable to prior periods and do not reflect the effects of the change to the liquidation basis of accounting. Upon changing to liquidation basis accounting, the Partnership recorded $30,800 of accrued costs of liquidation in accounts payable and accrued liabilities representing an estimate of the costs to be incurred after the sale of the final cable system but prior to dissolution of the Partnership. Because reliable estimates of future operating results or the ultimate realizable value of property, plant and equipment could not be developed due to uncertainties surrounding the final dissolution of the Partnership, no adjustments were recorded,
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prior to the sale of the assets, to reflect assets at estimated realizable values or to reflect estimates of future operating results. Accordingly, the assets in the accompanying statement of net assets in liquidation as of December 31, 2002 have been stated at historical book values. Net assets in liquidation as of December 31, 2003 represent the estimated distributions to the Limited Partners and the General Partners. Distributions ultimately made to the partners upon liquidation will differ from the net assets in liquidation recorded in the accompanying statement of net assets in liquidation as of December 31, 2003 as a result of post closing adjustments to the sale proceeds received by the Partnership and adjustments to accrued costs of liquidation. The Partnerships accrued costs of liquidation were increased by $8,900 during the year ended December 31, 2003. No assurance can be given as to the amount of final distributions to be made to the partners.
Critical Accounting Estimates
As discussed above, the financial statements are presented on the liquidation basis of accounting as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 and for the year ended December 31, 2003. These financial statements include estimates regarding the estimated costs to liquidate the partnership and the ultimate resolution of various items accrued for in the financial statements as well as post closing adjustments to sale proceeds received by the Partnership. No assurance can be given as to the amount of final distributions to be made to the partners.
Results of Operations
We operated the properties through August 31, 2003 but had no operations for the period subsequent to that date as a result of the Telecommunications Management Sale. In addition, the Partnership changed to the liquidation basis of accounting on December 31, 2002. Accordingly, no discussion of operating results for the year ended December 31, 2003 compared to the year ended December 31, 2002 has been provided as the periods are not comparable nor are they presented on a comparable basis of accounting.
Net assets in liquidation at December 31, 2003 were $389,200, consisting of current assets of $482,100, offset by current liabilities of $92,900. The net change in net assets in liquidation for year ended December 31, 2003 was a decrease of $1,104,700, which was primarily due to distributions to partners of $1,436,700 offset by $266,100 due to the excess of net proceeds over net book value of cable systems.
Year Ended December 31, 2002 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2001
On April 10, 2002, we completed the sale of all of our Illinois cable television systems in and around Cisne, Farmersville, Flora, Noble, Raymond, Salem and Xenia, Illinois. Accordingly, results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2002 are not comparable to the year ended December 31, 2001. Results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2002 do not reflect adjustments recorded upon the change to liquidation basis accounting.
Revenues decreased $1,751,900 from $3,194,400 to $1,442,500, or 54.8%, for the year ended December 31, 2002, as compared to 2001. The decrease was due to a decline in the number of basic and premium service customers primarily as a result of the sale of the Partnerships Illinois cable systems in April 2002. As of December 31, 2002 and 2001, we had approximately 1,800 and 7,400 basic customers, respectively, and 200 and 1,100 premium service units, respectively.
Service costs decreased $497,800 from $963,100 to $465,300, or 51.7%, for the year ended December 31, 2002, as compared to 2001. Service costs represent programming costs and other costs directly attributable to providing cable services to customers. The decrease was primarily due to the sale of the Partnerships Illinois cable systems in April 2002.
General and administrative expenses decreased $325,800 from $584,700 to $258,900, or 55.7%, for the year ended December 31, 2002, as compared to 2001, primarily due to the sale of the Partnerships Illinois cable systems in April 2002.
General partner management fees and reimbursed expenses decreased $271,800 from $519,100 to $247,300, or 52.4%, for the year ended December 31, 2002, as compared to 2001. These costs represent management fees and administrative costs reimbursed to Charter by us based on Charters actual costs incurred. Management fees are less due to a decrease in revenues as a result of the sale of the Partnerships Illinois cable systems in April 2002.
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Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $538,200 from $999,200 to $461,000, or 53.9%, for the year ended December 31, 2002, as compared to 2001, due to the sale of the Partnerships Illinois cable systems in April 2002 and certain fixed assets becoming fully depreciated during 2002.
Due to the factors described above, operating income decreased $118,300 from $128,300 to $10,000, or 92.2%, for the year ended December 31, 2002, as compared to 2001.
Interest income, net consisted of interest income of $55,900 for the year ended December 31, 2002 due to an increase in average cash balances on cash balances available for investment for the year ended December 31, 2002 as compared to 2001 as a result of proceeds from the sale of the Partnerships Illinois cable systems in April 2002. Interest expense of $39,000 for the year ended December 31, 2001 was primarily due a loan facility which matured on August 31, 2001 and a related party loan agreement which matured on May 31, 2002.
Gain on sale of cable systems totaled $7,451,500 for the year ended December 31, 2002. Gain on sale of cable systems represents the difference between the sale proceeds and the net book value of investment.
Other expense of $58,900 for the year ended December 31, 2001 represents costs associated with a previous unexecuted sales proposal.
Due to the factors described above, our income increased $7,487,000 from $30,400 to $7,517,400 for the year ended December 31, 2002, respectively, compared to the corresponding period in 2001.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash and cash equivalents decreased $2,747,400 from $3,178,500 at December 31, 2002 to $431,100 at December 31, 2003. The decrease was attributable to repayments of $2,507,100 on the amounts due to affiliates, remittance of $205,000 in withholding taxes related to the April 2002 sale of the Partnerships Illinois cable systems which had been recorded in accounts payable and accrued expenses and distributions of $1,436,700. The decrease was offset by $1,286,400 of proceeds from the Telecommunications Management Sale. Amounts due to affiliates at December 31, 2002 primarily represent accrued and unpaid management fees and other allocated expenses accrued since the fourth quarter of 2000. Cash and cash equivalents increased $2,712,700 from $465,800 at December 31, 2001 to $3,178,500 at December 31, 2002 primarily as a result of net proceeds from sale of cable systems of $12,032,100 offset by distributions to partners of $8,788,000. Capital expenditures, which are expensed as incurred in the year ended December 31, 2003, were $17,200. Capital expenditures for the year ended December 31, 2002 were $555,100.
We were party to a loan agreement with Enstar Finance Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Enstar Communications Corporation (ECC) that matured and was repaid on August 31, 2001. The loan facility was not extended or replaced and any amounts outstanding under the facility were paid in full.
We were also party to a loan agreement in the amount of $250,000 with Falcon Cable Communications, LLC, our affiliate, for general working capital purposes. The loan matured on May 31, 2002 and was repaid rather than extended or replaced.
The Corporate General Partners intention is to terminate the Partnership as expeditiously as possible, in accordance with its partnership agreement. The Partnership made in initial distribution payment of $1.4 million to the Limited Partners in November 2003. A second and final liquidating distribution will occur on or after October 2004 upon the release of the indemnity escrow and the receipt of the remaining proceeds of such escrow if any.
Certain Trends and Uncertainties
Charter and our Corporate General Partner have had communications and correspondence with representatives of certain limited partners, and others, concerning certain Enstar partnerships of which our Corporate General Partner is also the Corporate General Partner. While we are not aware of any formal litigation which has been filed relating to the communications and correspondence, or the subject matter referred to therein, it is impossible to predict what actions may be taken in the future or what loss contingencies may result therefrom.
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As disclosed in Charters annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, the parent of the Corporate General Partner and the Manager is the defendant in twenty-two class action and shareholder lawsuits and is the subject of a grand jury investigation being conducted by the United States Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of Missouri into certain of its accounting and reporting practices, focusing on how Charter reported customer numbers and its reporting of amounts received from digital set-top terminal suppliers for advertising. The United States Attorneys Office has publicly stated that Charter is not currently a target of the investigation. Charter has also been advised by the United States Attorneys Office that no member of its board of directors, including its Chief Executive Officer, is a target of the investigation. On July 24, 2003, a federal grand jury charged four former officers of Charter with conspiracy and mail and wire fraud, alleging improper accounting and reporting practices focusing on revenue from digital set-top terminal suppliers and inflated subscriber account numbers. On July 25, 2003, one of the former officers who was indicted entered a guilty plea. Charter has informed the Corporate General Partner that they are fully cooperating with the investigation.
Charter is unable to predict the outcome of the class action lawsuits and government investigations at this time. An unfavorable outcome of these matters could have a material adverse effect on Charters results of operations and financial condition which could in turn have a material adverse effect on us.
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
We are not exposed to material market risks associated with financial instruments.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
The index to the financial statements and related financial information required to be filed hereunder is located on Page F-1.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
Previously reported in our Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 14, 2002.
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
As of the end of the period covered by this report, our Corporate General Partner, including our Chief Administrative Officer and Principal Financial Officer, acting in the capacity of our Principal Executive Officer evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures with respect to the information generated for use in this annual report. The evaluation was based in part upon reports and affidavits provided by a number of executives of the Corporate General Partner. Based upon, and as of the date of that evaluation, our Chief Administrative Officer and Principal Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurances that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and forms.
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting during 2003 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, our management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance of achieving the desired control objectives and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based upon the above evaluation, we believe that our controls do provide such reasonable assurances.
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT.
The Corporate General Partner of the Partnership may be considered for certain purposes, the functional equivalent of directors and executive officers. The Corporate General Partner is Enstar Communications Corporation.
The directors and executive officers of the Corporate General Partner as of December 31, 2003, all of whom have their principal employment in a comparable position with Charter (except Paul Allen who is a director of Charter and not the Corporate General Partner), are named below:
NAME |
POSITION |
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Paul G. Allen
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Chairman of the Board of Directors of Charter | |
Carl E. Vogel
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President and Chief Executive Officer | |
Margaret Maggie
A. Bellville
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Executive Vice President Chief Operating Officer | |
Derek Chang
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Executive Vice President of Finance and Strategy | |
Thomas A. Cullen
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Senior Vice President of Advanced Services and Business Development | |
Wayne H. Davis
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Senior Vice President, Engineering and Technical Operations | |
Michael P. Huseby
|
Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer | |
Michael J. Lovett
|
Senior Vice President, Operations Support | |
Paul E. Martin
|
Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |
Steven A. Schumm
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Director of the Corporate General Partner, Executive Vice President Chief Administrative Officer | |
Curtis S. Shaw
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Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Except for executive officers who joined Charter after November 1999, all executive officers were appointed to their position with the Corporate General Partner following Charters acquisition of control of the Corporate General Partner in November 1999, have been employees of Charter since November 1999, and prior to November 1999, were employees of Charter Investment, Inc., an affiliate of Charter and the Corporate General Partner.
Paul G. Allen, 50, has been Chairman of the board of directors of Charter since July 1999, and Chairman of the board of directors of Charter Investment, Inc. (a predecessor to, and currently an affiliate of, Charter) since December 1998. Mr. Allen, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, has been a private investor for more than 15 years, with interests in over 50 technology, telecommunications, content and biotech companies. Mr. Allens investments include Vulcan Inc., Vulcan Productions, Inc., the Portland Trail Blazers NBA and Seattle Seahawks NFL franchises, and investments in TechTV, Inc., DreamWorks LLC, and Oxygen Media. In addition, he is a director of TechTV, Inc., Vulcan Programming Inc., Vulcan Ventures, Vulcan Inc. (f/k/a Vulcan Northwest), Vulcan Cable III, Inc. and numerous privately held companies.
Carl E. Vogel, 46, has been a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Charter since October 2001. Mr. Vogel has more than 20 years experience in telecommunications and the subscription television business. Prior to joining Charter, he was a Senior Vice President of Liberty Media Corp. from November 1999 until October 2001, and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Satellite and Technology, a distributor of Internet data and other content via satellite, from April 2000 until October 2001. Prior to joining Liberty, Mr. Vogel was an Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Field Operations for AT&T Broadband and Internet Services with responsibility for managing operations of all of AT&Ts cable broadband properties from June 1999 until November 1999. From June 1998 to June 1999, when the business of Primestar Inc. was sold, Mr. Vogel served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Primestar Inc., a national provider of subscription television services, and from 1997 to 1998, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Star Choice Communications. From 1994 through 1997, Mr. Vogel served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of EchoStar Communications. He began his career at Jones Intercable in 1983. Mr. Vogel serves as a director and member of the Executive Committee of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, CableLabs and Digeo, Inc. and serves as a director of Women in Cable and Telecommunications. Mr. Vogel holds a B.S. degree in Finance and Accounting from St. Norbert College. His employment agreement provides that he will serve on the board of directors of Charter.
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Margaret Maggie A. Bellville, 50, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Before joining Charter in December, 2002, Ms. Bellville was President and Chief Executive Officer of Incanta Inc., a technology-based streaming content company from 2001 to 2002. Incanta Inc. filed for bankruptcy in April 2002. Prior to that, she worked for six years at Cox Communications, beginning in 1995 as Vice President of Operations, she advanced to Executive Vice President of Operations. Ms. Bellville joined Cox from Century Communications, where she served as Senior Vice President. Before that, Ms. Bellville served seven years with GTE Wireless in a variety of management and executive-level roles. A graduate of the State University of New York in Binghamton, Ms. Bellville is also a graduate of Harvard Business Schools Advanced Management Program. She currently serves on the Cable and Television Association for Marketing Education Foundation.
Derek Chang, 36, Executive Vice President of Finance and Strategy. Prior to joining Charter, Mr. Chang was Executive Vice President of the Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) Network, a regional sports programming network in New York where he headed corporate development and financing activities from the companys inception in 2001 until January 2003. Prior to joining YES, he was the Chief Financial Officer and Co-Chief Operating Officer of GlobalCenter, the web hosting subsidiary of Global Crossing. Mr. Chang worked for TCI Communications/AT&T Broadband in Denver from 1997 to 2000, ultimately as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, where he directed mergers and acquisitions activities and managed a multibillion dollar portfolio of cable joint ventures. He was with InterMedia Partners in San Francisco from 1994 to 1997 where he held a number of positions and was ultimately Treasurer. Mr. Chang received a B.A. degree from Yale University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Thomas A. Cullen, 44, Senior Vice President of Advanced Services and Business Development. From January 2001 to October 2002, Mr. Cullen was General Partner of Lone Tree Capital, a private equity partnership focused on investment opportunities in the technology and communications sector. From March 1997 to June 2000, Mr. Cullen was President of MediaOne Ventures. Prior to that, Mr. Cullen served in several capacities with MediaOne Internet Services including Vice President from April 1998 to June 2000 and Vice President of Business Development from September 1995 to March 1997. Mr. Cullen is a member of the board of directors of SportsLine USA, and a member of the Colorado State University Global Leadership Council. Mr. Cullen is a graduate of Northern Arizona University with a B.S. degree in Business Administration. He earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Colorado, and he participated in a University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School Executive Program.
Wayne H. Davis, 50, Senior Vice President, Engineering and Technical Operations. Prior to becoming Senior Vice President, Engineering and Technical Operations, Mr. Davis was Assistant to the President/Vice President of Management Services since July 2002 and prior to that, he was Vice President of Engineering/Operations for Charters National Region from December 2001. Before joining Charter Mr. Davis held the position of Vice President of Engineering for Comcast Corporation, Inc. Prior to that, the held various engineering positions including Vice President of Engineering for Jones Intercable Inc. He began his career in the cable industry in 1980. He attended the State University of New York at Albany. Mr. Davis serves as an advisory board member of Cedar Point Communications, and as a board member of @Security Broadband Corp., a company in which Charter owns an equity investment interest. Mr. Davis is also a member of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers.
Michael P. Huseby, 49, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Huseby was Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer of AT&T Broadband from 1999 until its merger with Comcast in 2002. Prior to joining Charter in January 2004, he served as a consultant to Comcast and to Charter as President and founder of MPH Associates Inc., a privately held management and information technology firm providing consulting services to broadband industry clients. For ten years prior to joining AT&T, Mr. Huseby was a partner in the professional services firm of Andersen Worldwide. Mr. Huseby graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a degree in Business Administration.
Michael J, Lovett, 42, Senior Vice President, Operations Support. Mr. Lovett joined Charter in August of 2003. Prior to joining Charter, Mr. Lovett was Chief Operating Officer of Voyant Technologies, Inc., a voice conferencing hardware/software solutions provider, from December 2001 to August 2003. From November 2000 to December 2001, he was Executive Vice President of Operations for OneSource, Inc., a startup delivering management/monitoring of firewalls and virtual private networks. Prior to that, Mr. Lovett was Regional Vice President at AT&T from June 1999 to November 2000 where he was responsible for operations. Mr. Lovett was Senior Vice President at Jones Intercable from October 1989 to June 1999 where he was responsible for operations in nine states. Mr. Lovett began his career in cable television at Centel Corporation where he held a number of positions.
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Paul E. Martin, 43, Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer. Prior to his promotion to his current position in April 2002, Mr. Martin was Vice President and Corporate Controller of Charter from March 2000. Prior to joining Charter in March 2000, Mr. Martin was Vice President and Controller for Operations and Logistics for Fort James Corporation, a manufacturer of paper products. From 1995 to February 1999, Mr. Martin was Chief Financial Officer of Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc. Mr. Martin received a B.S. degree with honors in Accounting from the University of Missouri St. Louis.
Steven A. Schumm, 51, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. Prior to joining Charter Investment, Inc. in 1998, Mr. Schumm was a partner of Ernst & Young LLP for 14 years where he was Managing Partner of Ernst & Youngs St. Louis office and a member of the Ernst & Young National Tax Committee. Mr. Schumm joined Ernst & Young in 1974 and served in a variety of capacities during his years with the firm. Mr. Schumm earned a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Saint Louis University. Mr. Schumm served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Charter from December 2002 to January 2004.
Curtis S. Shaw, 55, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Mr. Shaw was promoted to Executive Vice President in October 2003. Prior to joining Charter Investment as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in 1997, Mr. Shaw served as corporate counsel to NYNEX from 1988 through 1996. Since 1973, Mr. Shaw has practiced as a corporate lawyer, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, public offerings, financings, and federal securities and antitrust law. Mr. Shaw received a B.A. degree with honors in Economics from Trinity College and a J.D. degree from Columbia University School of Law.
The sole director of the Corporate General Partner is elected to a one-year term at the annual shareholder meeting to serve until the next annual shareholder meeting and thereafter until his respective successor is elected and qualified. Officers are appointed by and serve at the discretion of the directors of the Corporate General Partner.
Code of Ethics
In January, 2003, we adopted a Code of Conduct that is a Code of Ethics within the meaning of federal securities regulations for our employees, including all executive officers, and established a hotline and website for reporting alleged violations of the code of conduct, established procedures for processing complaints and implemented educational programs to inform our employees regarding the Code of Conduct. A copy of our Code of Conduct is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 14.1 to this annual report.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
Management Fee
The Partnership has a management agreement (the Management Agreement) with Enstar Cable Corporation (Enstar Cable), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporate General Partner, pursuant to which Enstar Cable manages our systems and provides all operational support for our activities. For these services, Enstar Cable receives a management fee of 5% of our gross revenues, excluding revenues from the sale of cable television systems or franchises, which is calculated and paid monthly. In addition, we reimburse Enstar Cable for operating expenses incurred by Enstar Cable in the day-to-day operation of our cable systems. The Management Agreement also requires us to indemnify Enstar Cable (including its officers, employees, agents and shareholders) against loss or expense, absent negligence or deliberate breach by Enstar Cable of the Management Agreement. The Management Agreement is terminable by the Partnership upon 60 days written notice to Enstar Cable. Enstar Cable had, prior to November 12, 1999, engaged Falcon Communications, L.P. (Falcon) to provide management services for us and paid Falcon a portion of the management fees it received in consideration of such services and reimbursed Falcon for expenses incurred by Falcon on its behalf. Subsequent to November 12, 1999, Charter, as successor-by-merger to Falcon, has provided such services and received such payments. Additionally, we receive system operating management services from affiliates of Enstar Cable in lieu of directly employing personnel to perform those services. We reimburse the affiliates for our allocable share of their operating costs. The Corporate General Partner also performs supervisory and administrative services for the Partnership, for which it is reimbursed.
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, Enstar Cable charged us management fees of approximately $25,000. We also reimbursed Enstar Cable, Charter and its affiliates approximately $47,200 for system operating management
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services and direct expenses. In addition, programming services were purchased through Charter. Charter charged us approximately $112,900 for these programming services for fiscal year 2003.
Charter as manager of the Corporate General Partner has adopted a code of conduct which covers all employees, including all executive officers, and includes conflict of interest provisions and standards for honest and ethical conduct, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 14.1 to this annual report.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT.
As of December 31, 2003, the only persons known by us to own beneficially or that may be deemed to own beneficially, more than 5% of the units were:
Amount and Nature of | ||||||||||||
Beneficial Ownership |
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Name and Address | Sole Voting and | Shared Voting and | ||||||||||
of Beneficial Owner |
Dispositive Power |
Dispositive Power |
Percent of Class |
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Eric J. Branfman |
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3640 Appleton Street NW |
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Washington, DC 20008 |
2,554 | 1 | 0 | 8.5 | % |
1 Amount and percent of beneficial ownership listed is based on information received from the Partnerships transfer agent, Gemisys Financial Services. |
The Corporate General Partner is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC. As of December 31, 2003, the common membership units of Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC are owned 46% by Charter, 19% by Vulcan Cable III Inc., and 35% by Charter Investment, Inc. (assuming conversion of all convertible securities). Charter controls 100% of the voting power of Charter Communications Holding Company LLC. Paul G. Allen owns approximately 10% of the outstanding capital stock of Charter and controls approximately 92.8% of the voting power of Charters common stock, and he is the sole equity owner of Charter Investment, Inc. and Vulcan Cable III Inc.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS.
Management Services
On November 12, 1999, Charter acquired ownership of Enstar Communications Corporation (ECC) from Falcon Holding Group, L.P. (Falcon) and assumed the management services operations previously provided by affiliates of Falcon. Charter now manages the operations of the partnerships of which ECC is the Corporate General Partner, including the Partnership. Commencing November 13, 1999, Charter began receiving management fees and reimbursed expenses which had previously been paid by the Corporate General Partner to Falcon.
Pursuant to the Management Agreement between the Partnership and Enstar Cable Corporation, a subsidiary of the Corporate General Partner, Enstar Cable Corporation provides financial, management, supervisory and marketing services, as necessary to the Partnerships operations. This Management Agreement provides that the Partnership shall pay management fees equal to 5% of the Partnerships gross receipts from customers. In addition, Enstar Cable Corporation is to be reimbursed for amounts paid to third parties, the cost of administrative services in an amount equal to the lower of actual cost or the amount the Partnership would be required to pay to independent parties for comparable administrative services, salaries and benefits of employees necessary for day-to-day operation of the Partnerships systems, and an allocable shares of costs associated with facilities required to manage the Partnerships systems. To provide these management services, Enstar Cable Corporation has engaged Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC, an affiliate of the Corporate General Partner and Charter, to provide management, consulting, programming and billing services for the Partnership.
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Since November 12, 1999, when Charter acquired control of the Corporate General Partner and its subsidiary, Enstar Cable Corporation, as well as Falcon Communications, L.P., the management fees payable have been limited to reimbursement of an allocable share of Charters management costs, which is less than the fee permitted by the existing agreement. In addition, the Partnership was charged directly for the salaries and benefits of employees for daily operations, and where shared by other Charter systems, an allocable share of facilities costs, with programming and billing being charged to the Partnership at Charters actual cost. For the year ended December 31, 2003, service costs directly attributable to providing cable services to customers which were incurred by Charter and reimbursed by the Partnership, were $47,200. In addition, programming services were purchased through Charter. Charter charged us approximately $112,900 for these programming services for fiscal year 2003.
Conflicts of Interest
The Partnership relies upon the Corporate General Partner and certain of its affiliates to provide general management services, system operating services, supervisory and administrative services and programming. See Item 11. Executive Compensation. The executive officers of the Corporate General Partner have their personal employment with Charter, and, as a result, are involved in the management of other cable ventures. Charter may continue to enter into other cable ventures. These affiliations subject Charter and the Corporate General Partner and their management to conflicts of interest. These conflicts of interest relate to the time and services that management will devote to the Partnerships affairs.
Fiduciary Responsibility and Indemnification of the General Partners
The Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partners will be indemnified by the Partnership for acts performed within the scope of their authority under the Partnership Agreement if the General Partners (i) acted in good faith and in a manner that it reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Partnership and the partners, and (ii) had no reasonable grounds to believe that their conduct was negligent. In addition, the Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partners will not be liable to the Partnership or its Limited Partners for errors in judgment or other acts or omissions not amounting to negligence or misconduct. Therefore, Limited Partners will have a more limited right of action than they would have absent such provisions. In addition, we maintain, at our expense and in such reasonable amounts as the Corporate General Partner determines, a liability insurance policy which insures the Corporate General Partner, Charter and its affiliates, officers and directors and other persons determined by the Corporate General Partner against liabilities which they may incur with respect to claims made against them for wrongful or allegedly wrongful acts, including errors, misstatements, misleading statements, omissions, neglect or breaches of duty.
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PART IV
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES.
Audit Fees
During the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, we paid KPMG LLP (KPMG) aggregate fees and related expenses for the audit of our financial statements for the year and for the reviews of our interim financial statements of approximately $21,100 and $36,200, respectively.
The Sole Director of our Corporate General Partner functions as our Audit Committee. As such, the Sole Director appoints, retains, compensates and oversees the registered public accountants and approves in advance all fees and terms for the audit engagement and non-audit engagements where non-audit services are not prohibited by Section 10A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended with registered public accountants. The Sole Director approved 100% of the KPMG fees for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002. Each year, including 2003, with respect to the proposed audit engagement, the Sole Director reviews the proposed risk assessment process in establishing the scope of examination and the reports to be rendered.
The Sole Director oversees the work of the registered public accounting firm (including resolution of disagreements between management and the public accounting firm regarding financial reporting) for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or performing other audit, review or attest services. The registered public accounting firm reports directly to the Sole Director in its Audit Committee function. In performing this function, the Sole Director undertakes those tasks and responsibilities that, in its judgment, most effectively contribute to and implement the purposes of an audit committee.
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.
(a) | The following documents are filed as part of this annual report: |
1. | Financial Statements | |||
Reference is made to the Index to Financial Statements on page F-1. | ||||
2. | Financial Statement Schedules | |||
Reference is made to the Index to Financial Statements on page F-1. | ||||
3. | Exhibits | |||
Reference is made to the Exhibits Index on Page E-1. |
(b) | Reports on Form 8-K |
With respect to any information furnished under Item 9 of any Report on Form 8-K listed below, the reference to such report in this Item 15(b) is not intended to, and shall not, cause such information to be deemed filed under the Exchange Act. | ||||
On February 14, 2003 the registrant filed a current report on Form 8-K dated February 6, 2003 to announce it had entered into a side letter amending an asset purchase agreement. | ||||
On April 25, 2003 the registrant filed a current report on Form 8-K dated April 24, 2003 to announce it had entered into a side letter amending an asset purchase agreement. | ||||
On June 9, 2003 the registrant filed a current report on Form 8-K dated November 8, 2002 to announce it had entered into a side letter amending an asset purchase agreement. |
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On September 16, 2003 the registrant filed a current report on Form 8-K dated September 11, 2003 to announce the close of the asset purchase agreement dated November 8, 2002. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
ENSTAR INCOME/GROWTH PROGRAM SIX-A, L.P. | ||||||
By: | Enstar Communications Corporation, Corporate General Partner |
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Dated: April 14, 2004
|
By: | /s/ Steven A. Schumm | ||||
Steven A. Schumm | ||||||
Director, | ||||||
Executive Vice President, Chief | ||||||
Administrative Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Dated: April 14, 2004
|
By: | /s/ Steven A. Schumm | ||
Steven A. Schumm | ||||
Director, | ||||
Executive Vice President, Chief | ||||
Administrative Officer | ||||
(Principal Executive Officer) * | ||||
Dated: April 14, 2004
|
By: | /s/ Paul E. Martin | ||
Paul E. Martin | ||||
Senior Vice President and | ||||
Corporate Controller | ||||
(Principal Financial Officer and | ||||
Principal Accounting Officer) * |
*Indicates position held with Enstar Communications Corporation, the Corporate General Partner of the registrant.
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
PAGE |
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Independent Auditors Report |
F-2 | |||
Report of Independent Public Accountants |
F-3 | |||
Statements of Net Assets in Liquidation as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 |
F-4 | |||
Statement of Changes in Net Assets in Liquidation for the year ended December 31, 2003 |
F-5 | |||
Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 |
F-6 | |||
Statements of Partnership Capital (Deficit) for the years ended
December 31, 2002 and 2001 |
F-7 | |||
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 |
F-8 | |||
Notes to Financial Statements |
F-9 |
All financial statement schedules have been omitted because they are either not required, not applicable or the information has otherwise been supplied.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT
To the Partners of
Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A, L.P.:
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets in liquidation as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 and the related statement of changes in net assets in liquidation for the year ended December 31, 2003 of Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A, L.P. (a Georgia limited partnership) (see Note 2). We have also audited the statements of operations, partnership capital (deficit) and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2002. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Partnerships management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. The 2001 financial statements were audited by other auditors who have ceased operations. Those auditors expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements in their report dated March 29, 2002.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
As described in Note 2 to the financial statements, the partners of Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A, L.P. have approved a plan of liquidation. Accordingly, the Partnership has changed its basis of accounting from the going concern basis to a liquidation basis as of December 31, 2002.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets in liquidation of Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A, L.P. as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, the changes in its net assets in liquidation for the year ended December 31, 2003, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2002 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America applied on the bases described in the preceding paragraph.
/s/ KPMG LLP
St. Louis, Missouri
April 12, 2004
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THIS IS A COPY OF A REPORT PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BY ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP AND HAS NOT
BEEN REISSUED BY ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To the Partners of
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A, L.P. (a Georgia limited partnership) as of December 31, 2001, and the related statements of operations, partnership capital (deficit) and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Partnerships management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A, L.P. as of December 31, 2001, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
/s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
St. Louis, Missouri
March 29, 2002
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ENSTAR INCOME/GROWTH PROGRAM SIX-A, L.P.
STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS IN LIQUIDATION
(See Note 2)
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2003 AND 2002
2003 |
2002 |
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ASSETS: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 431,100 | $ | 3,178,500 | ||||
Accounts receivable, net |
| 6,600 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
| 7,600 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment |
| 837,600 | ||||||
Franchise cost |
| 166,000 | ||||||
Escrow deposits |
51,000 | | ||||||
Total assets |
482,100 | 4,196,300 | ||||||
LIABILITIES: |
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
38,000 | 349,300 | ||||||
Due to purchaser |
53,000 | | ||||||
Due to affiliates |
1,900 | 2,353,100 | ||||||
Total liabilities |
92,900 | 2,702,400 | ||||||
NET ASSETS IN LIQUIDATION: |
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General Partners |
17,900 | 14,600 | ||||||
Limited Partners |
371,300 | 1,479,300 | ||||||
$ | 389,200 | $ | 1,493,900 | |||||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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ENSTAR INCOME/GROWTH PROGRAM SIX-A, L.P.
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS IN LIQUIDATION
(See Note 2)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2003
Additions: |
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Revenues |
$ | 500,600 | ||
Interest income |
9,900 | |||
Excess of net proceeds over net book value of cable systems |
266,100 | |||
Total additions |
776,600 | |||
Deductions: |
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Service costs |
197,200 | |||
General and administrative expenses |
149,100 | |||
General partner and management fees and reimbursed expenses |
72,200 | |||
Capital expenditures |
17,200 | |||
Increase in accrued costs of liquidation |
8,900 | |||
Distributions |
1,436,700 | |||
Total deductions |
1,881,300 | |||
Net decrease in net assets in liquidation |
(1,104,700 | ) | ||
NET ASSETS IN LIQUIDATION, beginning of period |
1,493,900 | |||
NET ASSETS IN LIQUIDATION, end of period |
$ | 389,200 | ||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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ENSTAR INCOME/GROWTH PROGRAM SIX-A, L.P.
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002 AND 2001
2002 |
2001 |
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(See Note 2) | ||||||||
REVENUES |
$ | 1,442,500 | $ | 3,194,400 | ||||
OPERATING EXPENSES: |
||||||||
Service costs |
465,300 | 963,100 | ||||||
General and administrative expenses |
258,900 | 584,700 | ||||||
General partner management fees and reimbursed expenses |
247,300 | 519,100 | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
461,000 | 999,200 | ||||||
1,432,500 | 3,066,100 | |||||||
Operating income |
10,000 | 128,300 | ||||||
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE): |
||||||||
Interest income (expense), net |
55,900 | (39,000 | ) | |||||
Gain on sale of cable systems |
7,451,500 | | ||||||
Other expense |
| (58,900 | ) | |||||
7,507,400 | (97,900 | ) | ||||||
NET INCOME |
$ | 7,517,400 | $ | 30,400 | ||||
NET INCOME ALLOCATED TO GENERAL PARTNERS |
$ | 237,500 | $ | 300 | ||||
NET INCOME ALLOCATED TO LIMITED PARTNERS |
$ | 7,279,900 | $ | 30,100 | ||||
NET INCOME PER UNIT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST |
$ | 91.21 | $ | 0.38 | ||||
WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITS OUTSTANDING
DURING THE YEAR |
79,818 | 79,818 | ||||||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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ENSTAR INCOME/GROWTH PROGRAM SIX-A, L.P.
STATEMENTS OF PARTNERSHIP CAPITAL (DEFICIT)
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002 AND 2001
General | Limited | |||||||||||
Partners |
Partners |
Total |
||||||||||
PARTNERSHIP CAPITAL (DEFICIT), January 1, 2001 |
$ | (135,000 | ) | $ | 2,899,900 | $ | 2,764,900 | |||||
Net income |
300 | 30,100 | 30,400 | |||||||||
PARTNERSHIP CAPITAL (DEFICIT), December 31, 2001 |
(134,700 | ) | 2,930,000 | 2,795,300 | ||||||||
Net income |
237,500 | 7,279,900 | 7,517,400 | |||||||||
Distributions |
(87,900 | ) | (8,700,100 | ) | (8,788,000 | ) | ||||||
PARTNERSHIP CAPITAL, December 31, 2002 |
14,900 | 1,509,800 | 1,524,700 | |||||||||
Effects of change to liquidation basis (see Note 2) |
(300 | ) | (30,500 | ) | (30,800 | ) | ||||||
NET ASSETS IN LIQUIDATION, December 31, 2002 |
$ | 14,600 | $ | 1,479,300 | $ | 1,493,900 | ||||||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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ENSTAR INCOME/GROWTH PROGRAM SIX-A, L.P.
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002 AND 2001
2002 |
2001 |
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(see Note 2) | ||||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: |
||||||||
Net income |
$ | 7,517,400 | $ | 30,400 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating
activities: |
||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
461,000 | 999,200 | ||||||
Gain on sale of cable system |
(7,451,500 | ) | | |||||
Changes in: |
||||||||
Accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other assets |
116,600 | 103,200 | ||||||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and due to affiliates |
(369,800 | ) | 517,100 | |||||
Net cash from operating activities |
273,700 | 1,649,900 | ||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: |
||||||||
Capital expenditures |
(555,100 | ) | (990,000 | ) | ||||
Increase in intangible assets |
| (600 | ) | |||||
Proceeds from sale of cable system, net |
12,032,100 | | ||||||
Net cash from investing activities |
11,477,000 | (990,600 | ) | |||||
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: |
||||||||
Distributions |
(8,788,000 | ) | | |||||
Repayments on note payable to affiliate |
(250,000 | ) | (700,000 | ) | ||||
Issuance of note payable to affiliate |
| 250,000 | ||||||
Net cash from financing activities |
(9,038,000 | ) | (450,000 | ) | ||||
Net increase in cash |
2,712,700 | 209,300 | ||||||
CASH, beginning of year |
465,800 | 256,500 | ||||||
CASH, end of year |
$ | 3,178,500 | $ | 465,800 | ||||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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ENSTAR INCOME/GROWTH PROGRAM SIX-A, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2003, 2002 AND 2001
1. ORGANIZATION
Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A L.P. (the Partnership) was formed on September 23, 1987 by a partnership agreement, as amended (the Partnership Agreement), to acquire, construct, improve, develop and operate cable television systems in various locations in Illinois and Tennessee. The Partnership Agreement provided for Enstar Communications Corporation (the Corporate General Partner) and Robert T. Graff, Jr., to be the General Partners and for the admission of Limited Partners through the sale of interests in the Partnership.
On November 12, 1999, Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC, an entity controlled by Charter Communications, Inc. (Charter), acquired both the Corporate General Partner, as well as Falcon Communications, L.P. (Falcon), the entity that provided management and certain other services to the Partnership. Charter is a large cable operator, serving approximately 6.54 million customers and files periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Charter and its affiliates (principally CC VII Holdings, LLC, the successor-by-merger to Falcon) provide management and other services to the Partnership. Charter receives a management fee and reimbursement of expenses from the Corporate General Partner for managing the Partnerships cable television operations. The Corporate General Partner, Charter and affiliated companies are responsible for the management of the Partnership and its operations.
The financial statements do not give effect to any assets that the partners may
have outside of their interest in the Partnership, nor to any obligations of
the partners, including income taxes.
Reclassifications. Certain 2002 and 2001 amounts have been reclassified to
conform with the 2003 presentation.
2. LIQUIDATION BASIS ACCOUNTING AND SALES OF CABLE SYSTEMS
On April 10, 2002, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement dated August 29, 2001, the Partnership completed the sale of all of the Partnerships Illinois cable television systems in and around Cisne, Farmersville, Flora, Noble, Raymond, Salem and Xenia, Illinois to Rifkin Acquisition Partners, LLC (RAP) and Charter Communications Entertainment I, LLC (CCE I), each an affiliate of the Corporate General Partner and an indirect subsidiary of Charter, for a total sale price of approximately $12.0 million (the Charter Sale). The Charter Sale is part of a larger transaction in which the Partnership and five other affiliated partnerships (which, together with the Partnership are collectively referred to as the Selling Partnerships) sold all of their assets used in the operation of their respective Illinois cable television systems to RAP, CCE I and another affiliate (also referred to as the Purchasers) for a total cash sale price of $63.0 million. Each Selling Partnership received the same value per customer. In addition, the Limited Partners of each of the Selling Partnerships approved an amendment to their respective partnership agreement to allow the sale of assets to an affiliate of such partnerships General Partner. The Purchasers are each indirect subsidiaries of the Corporate General Partners ultimate parent company, Charter, and therefore, are affiliates of the Partnership and each of the other Selling Partnerships.
The Charter Sale resulted from a sale process actively pursued since 1999, when the Corporate General Partner sought purchasers for all of the cable television systems of the Selling Partnerships, as well as eight other affiliated limited partnership cable operators of which the Corporate General Partner is also the general partner. This effort was undertaken primarily because, based on the Corporate General Partners experience in the cable television industry, it was concluded that generally applicable market conditions and competitive factors were making (and would increasingly make) it extremely difficult for smaller operators of rural cable systems (such as the Partnership and the other affiliated partnerships) to effectively compete and be financially successful. This determination was based on the anticipated cost of electronics and additional equipment to enable the Partnerships systems to operate on a two-way basis with improved technical capacity, insufficiency of Partnership cash reserves and cash flows from operations to finance such expenditures, limited customer growth potential due to the Partnerships systems rural location, and a general inability of a small cable system operator such as the Partnership to benefit from economies of scale and the ability to combine and integrate systems that large cable operators have. Although limited plant upgrades were made, the Corporate General Partner projected that if the Partnership made the comprehensive additional upgrades deemed necessary to enable enhanced and competitive services, particularly two-way capability,
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2003, 2002 AND 2001
the Partnership would not have been able to recoup the costs or regain its ability to operate profitably within the remaining term of its franchises, and as a result, making these upgrades would not have been economically prudent.
After setting aside $1,000,000 to fund the Dyer, Tennessee headends working capital needs and paying or providing for the payment of the expenses of the Charter Sale, the Corporate General Partner made distributions of the allocable share of the remaining net sale proceeds, in accordance with the Partnership Agreement. The Partnership made an initial distribution payment of approximately $7,175,600 on or about May 15, 2002, with a second distribution of $1,612,400 made on or about September 24, 2002.
On November 8, 2002, the Partnership entered into an asset purchase agreement providing for the sale of its Dyer, Tennessee cable system to Telecommunications Management, LLC (Telecommunications Management) for a total sale price of approximately $1,524,400 (approximately $825 per customer acquired). This sale was a part of a larger transaction in which the Partnership and eight other affiliated partnerships (which, together with the Partnership are collectively referred to as the Telecommunications Management Selling Partnerships) sold all of their remaining assets used in the operation of their respective cable systems to Telecommunications Management for a total cash sale price of approximately $15,341,600 (before adjustments) (the Telecommunications Management Sale). The Telecommunications Management Sale was subject to the approval of a majority of the holders of the Partnerships units and approval of the holders of the other Telecommunications Management Selling Partnerships. In addition, the transaction was subject to certain closing conditions, including regulatory and franchise approvals. In April 2003, a majority of the Limited Partners approved the Telecommunications Management Sale and a plan of liquidation.
On February 6, 2003, the Partnership entered into a side letter amending the asset purchase agreement providing for the sale of its remaining cable system to Telecommunications Management. The February 6, 2003 side letter amended the asset purchase agreement and deposit escrow agreement to extend the date of the second installment of the deposit and the outside closing date each by 60 days. On April 7, 2003, the second installment of the escrow deposit was due and was not made.
On April 24, 2003, the Partnership entered into another side letter amending the asset purchase agreement providing for the sale of its remaining cable system to Telecommunications Management. The April 24, 2003 side letter amended the asset purchase agreement and deposit escrow agreement to extend the date of the second installment of the deposit to May 15, 2003 and the outside closing date to September 30, 2003.
On June 6, 2003, the Partnership entered into a third side letter amending the asset purchase agreement providing for the sale of its remaining cable system to Telecommunications Management. The June 6, 2003 side letter amended the asset purchase agreement to reduce the purchase price of the remaining cable systems in the Selling Partnerships to approximately $14,487,200, subject to closing sale price adjustments, of which approximately $1,477,600 related to the cable systems in the Partnership. In addition, $250,000 was deposited in the Deposit Escrow Account concurrent with the execution of the side letter.
Effective August 31, 2003, the Partnership completed the Telecommunications Management Sale of its only remaining cable system for a total adjusted sales price of approximately $1,286,400 (approximately $800 per customer acquired), subject to post closing adjustments.
The Partnership finalized its proposed plan of liquidation in December 2002 in connection with the filing of a proxy to obtain partner approval for the sale of the Partnerships final cable system and the subsequent liquidation and dissolution of the Partnership. In April 2003, the required number of votes necessary to implement the plan of liquidation were obtained. As a result, the Partnership changed its basis of accounting to the liquidation basis as of December 31, 2002. The statements of operations, partnership capital and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 have been presented on a going concern basis comparable to prior periods and do not reflect the effects of the change to the liquidation basis of accounting. Upon changing to liquidation basis accounting, the Partnership recorded $30,800 of accrued costs of liquidation in accounts payable and accrued liabilities representing an estimate of the costs to be incurred after the sale of the final cable system but prior to dissolution of the
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2003, 2002 AND 2001
Partnership. Because reliable estimates of future operating results or the ultimate realizable value of property, plant and equipment could not be developed due to uncertainties surrounding the final dissolution of the Partnership, no adjustments were recorded, prior to the sale of the assets, to reflect assets at estimated realizable values or to reflect estimates of future operating results. Accordingly, the assets in the accompanying statement of net assets in liquidation as of December 31, 2002 have been stated at historical book values. Net assets in liquidation as of December 31, 2003 represent the estimated distributions to the Limited Partners and the General Partners. Distributions ultimately made to the partners upon liquidation will differ from the net assets in liquidation recorded in the accompanying statement of net assets in liquidation as of December 31, 2003 as a result of post closing adjustments to the sale proceeds received by the Partnership and adjustments to accrued costs of liquidation. The Partnerships accrued costs of liquidation were increased by $8,900 during the year ended December 31, 2003. No assurance can be given as to the amount of final distributions to be made to the partners.
The Corporate General Partners intention is to terminate the Partnership as expeditiously as possible in accordance with the Partnership Agreement. The Partnership made an initial distribution payment of $1.4 million to the Limited Partners in November 2003. A second and final liquidating distribution will occur on or after October 2004 upon the release of the indemnity escrow and the receipt of the remaining proceeds of such escrow if any.
3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Liquidation Accounting
As discussed in Note 2, the financial statements as of December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002 are presented on a liquidation basis of accounting. Accordingly, the financial information in the statement of changes in net assets in liquidation for the year ended December 31, 2003 is presented on a different basis of accounting than the financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, which were prepared on the historical cost basis of accounting. As a result, depreciation and amortization ceased upon conversion to liquidation accounting and capital expenditures are expensed as incurred.
Cash Equivalents
The Partnership considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. These investments are carried at cost which approximates market value.
Property, Plant and Equipment
Costs associated with initial customer installations and the additions of network equipment are capitalized. The costs of disconnecting service at a customers dwelling or reconnecting service to a previously installed dwelling are charged to operating expense in the period incurred. Costs for repairs and maintenance are charged to operating expense as incurred, while equipment replacement and betterments, including replacement of drops, are capitalized.
Cable distribution systems
|
5-15 years | |
Vehicles
|
3 years | |
Furniture and equipment
|
5-7 years | |
Leasehold improvements
|
Shorter of life of lease or useful life of asset |
Franchise Cost
Costs incurred in obtaining and renewing cable franchises are deferred and amortized over the lives of the franchises. Franchise rights acquired through the purchase of cable systems represent managements estimate of fair value and are generally amortized using the straight-line method over a period of up to 15 years. This period represents managements best estimate of the useful lives of the franchises and assumes substantially all of those franchises that expire during the period will be renewed by the Partnership. Amortization expense related to franchises for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 was $35,400 and $203,500, respectively.
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ENSTAR INCOME/GROWTH PROGRAM SIX-A, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2003, 2002 AND 2001
Long-Lived Assets
Prior to the sale of its remaining cable systems, the Partnership reviewed its long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If the sum of the expected cash flows, undiscounted and without interest, is less than the carrying amount of the asset, the carrying amount of the asset is reduced to its estimated fair value and an impairment loss is recognized.
Revenue Recognition
Cable television revenues from basic and premium services were recognized as services were provided. Advertising revenues were recognized when commercials were broadcast. Installation revenues were recognized to the extent of direct selling costs incurred. The remainder, if any, was deferred and amortized to income over the estimated average period that customers are expected to remain connected to the cable system. As of December 31, 2002 and 2001, no installation revenues have been deferred, as direct selling costs have exceeded installation revenues.
Local governmental authorities impose franchise fees on the Partnership ranging up to a federally mandated maximum of 5% of gross revenues. Such fees are collected on a monthly basis from the Partnerships customers and are periodically remitted to local franchise authorities. Franchise fees collected and paid are reported as revenues and expenses.
Income Taxes
As a partnership, Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A, L.P. pays no federal income taxes. All of the income, gains, losses, deductions and credits of the Partnership are passed through to its partners. The basis in the Partnerships assets and liabilities differs for financial and tax reporting purposes. As of December 31, 2003 and 2002 the book basis of the Partnerships net assets exceeds its tax basis by approximately $27,800 and $655,200, respectively. The accompanying financial statements, which are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, differ from the financial statements prepared for tax purposes due to the different treatment of various items as specified in the Internal Revenue Code. The net effect of these accounting differences is that the Partnerships net income for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, in the financial statements is approximately $426,100 and $1,100,500, respectively, less than tax income primarily as a result of differences between tax gain on sale of cable systems versus book gain on sale of cable systems caused principally by book and tax basis differences on the assets sold. The net effect of these accounting differences for the year ended December 31, 2001 is approximately $100,200 more than tax income or loss for the same period, respectively. The difference is principally due to timing differences in amortization and depreciation expense.
Net Income per Unit of Limited Partnership Interest
Net income per unit of limited partnership interest is based on the average number of units outstanding during the periods presented. The General Partners do not own units of partnership interest in the Partnership, but rather hold a participation interest in the income, losses and distributions of the Partnership.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and 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. These estimates include useful lives of property, plant and equipment, valuation of long-lived assets and allocated operating costs. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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ENSTAR INCOME/GROWTH PROGRAM SIX-A, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2003, 2002 AND 2001
4. PARTNERSHIP MATTERS
The amended Partnership Agreement generally provides that all cash flows be distributed 1% to the General Partners and 99% to the Limited Partners until the Limited Partners have received aggregate cash distributions equal to their original capital contributions. The Partnership Agreement also provides that all partnership operating profits be allocated to the partners in the same proportion as cash flow distributions are made. After the Limited Partners have received cash flow equal to their initial investment, the General Partners will receive a 1% distribution of proceeds from a disposition or refinancing of a system until the Limited Partners have received an annual simple interest return of at least 8% of their initial investment less any distributions from previous dispositions or refinancing of systems. Thereafter, proceeds from a disposition or refinancing of a system shall be distributed 80% to the Limited Partners and 20% to the General Partners. Gains from dispositions of systems are first allocated in the same manner as the proceeds from such dispositions. This occurs until the dispositions result in the aggregate fair market value of the Partnerships remaining system(s) being less than or equal to 50% of the aggregate contributions to the capital of the Partnership by the partners. Once this level of dispositions has occurred, gain is allocated first to the partners having negative account balances until their capital accounts are increased to zero and thereafter to the partners so that distributions upon liquidation of the Partnership in accordance with capital account balances will result in the same amounts being distributed to the partners as if distributions were made in the same manner as they were prior to a liquidation.
Any losses, whether resulting from operations or the sale or disposition of a system, are allocated 99% to the Limited Partners and 1% to the General Partners until the Limited Partners capital account balances are equal to or less than zero. Thereafter, all losses are allocated to the Corporate General Partner.
Upon dissolution of the Partnership, distributions are to be made to the partners in accordance with their capital account balances. No partners other than General Partners shall be obligated to restore any negative capital account balance existing upon dissolution of the Partnership. All allocations to individual Limited Partners will be based on their respective limited partnership ownership interests. The Partnership Agreement limits the amount of debt the Partnership may incur.
5. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Property, plant and equipment consist of the following as of December 31, 2002. All remaining property, plant and equipment was sold in 2003.
Cable distribution systems |
$ | 3,176,000 | ||
Land and improvements |
72,300 | |||
Vehicles, furniture and equipment |
180,500 | |||
3,428,800 | ||||
Less: accumulated depreciation |
(2,591,200 | ) | ||
$ | 837,600 | |||
Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 was $425,600 and $777,600, respectively.
6. CREDIT FACILITY
The Partnership was party to a loan agreement with Enstar Finance Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Enstar Communications Corporation (ECC) that matured and was repaid on August 31, 2001. The loan facility was not extended or replaced and any amounts outstanding under the facility were paid in full.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2003, 2002 AND 2001
The Partnership was also party to a loan agreement in the amount of $250,000 with Falcon Cable Communications, LLC, an affiliate of the Partnership, for general working capital purposes. The loan matured on May 31, 2002 and was repaid rather than extended or replaced.
7. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Litigation
The Partnership is a party to lawsuits and claims that arose in the ordinary course of conducting its business. In the opinion of management, after consulting with legal counsel, the outcome of these lawsuits and claims will not have a material adverse effect on the Partnerships net assets in liquidation.
Environmental Matters
The Partnerships facility in Dyer, Tennessee, is located on the site of a former gas station. The Partnership completed a Phase I environmental study to determine the environmental impact of the site. The results of the Phase I study concluded there were no Partnership environmental liabilities, therefore, a Phase II study is not required.
8. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
The Partnership participated in a cash or deferred profit sharing plan (the Profit Sharing Plan) sponsored by a subsidiary of the Corporate General Partner, which covered substantially all of its employees. The Profit Sharing Plan provided that each participant may elect to make a contribution in an amount up to 15% of the participants annual compensation which otherwise would have been payable to the participant as salary. The Partnership made an employer contribution equal to 100% of the first 3% and 50% of the next 2% of the participants contributions. The Profit Sharing Plan was merged into the Charter Communications Inc. 401(k) Plan on November 1, 2002. Employees that qualified for participation could contribute up to 50% of their salary, on a pre-tax basis, subject to a maximum contribution limit as determined by the Internal Revenue Service. The Partnership matched 50% of the first 5% of participant contributions. Contributions of approximately $100, $2,200 and $2,500 were made during 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
9. TRANSACTIONS WITH THE GENERAL PARTNERS AND AFFILIATES
The Partnership has a management and service agreement (the Management Agreement) with Enstar Cable Corporation (Enstar Cable), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporate General Partner, pursuant to which the Partnership pays a monthly management fee of 5% of gross revenues to Enstar Cable excluding revenues from the sale of cable television systems or franchises. Management fee expense approximated $25,000, $72,100 and $159,700 for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. Management fees are non-interest bearing.
In addition to the monthly management fee, the Partnership reimburses Enstar Cable for direct expenses incurred on behalf of the Partnership, and for the Partnerships allocable share of operational costs associated with services provided by Enstar Cable. Additionally, Charter and its affiliates provide other management and operational services for the Partnership. These expenses are charged to the properties served based primarily on the Partnerships allocable share of operational costs associated with the services provided. The total amount charged to the Partnership for these services and direct expenses approximated $47,200, $175,200 and $359,400 for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
Substantially all programming services were purchased through Charter. Charter charges the Partnership for these costs based on its costs. The Partnership recorded programming fee expense of $112,900, $325,800 and $625,000 for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. Programming fees are included in service costs in the accompanying statements of operations and statement of changes in net assets in liquidation.
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ENSTAR INCOME/GROWTH PROGRAM SIX-A, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2003, 2002 AND 2001
As disclosed in Charters annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, the parent of the Corporate General Partner and the Manager is the defendant in twenty-two class action and shareholder lawsuits and is the subject of a grand jury investigation being conducted by the United States Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of Missouri into certain of its accounting and reporting practices, focusing on how Charter reported customer numbers and its reporting of amounts received from digital set-top terminal suppliers for advertising. The United States Attorneys Office has publicly stated that Charter is not currently a target of the investigation. Charter has also been advised by the United States Attorneys Office that no member of its board of directors, including its Chief Executive Officer, is a target of the investigation. On July 24, 2003, a federal grand jury charged four former officers of Charter with conspiracy and mail and wire fraud, alleging improper accounting and reporting practices focusing on revenue from digital set-top terminal suppliers and inflated subscriber account numbers. On July 25, 2003, one of the former officers who was indicted entered a guilty plea. Charter has informed the Corporate General Partner that they are fully cooperating with the investigation.
Charter is unable to predict the outcome of the class action lawsuits and government investigations at this time. An unfavorable outcome of these matters could have a material adverse effect on Charters results of operations and financial condition which could in turn have a material adverse effect on the Partnership.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit | ||
Number |
Description |
|
2.1a
|
Asset Purchase Agreement, dated November 8, 2002, by and among Telecommunications Management, LLC and Enstar Income Program II-2, L.P., Enstar Income Program IV-3, L.P., Enstar Income Program 1984-1, L.P., Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A, L.P., Enstar VII, L.P., Enstar VIII, L.P., Enstar X, L.P., Enstar XI, L.P., Enstar IV/PBD Systems Venture and Enstar Cable of Cumberland Valley (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Enstar Income Program II-2, L.P. filed on November 12, 2002 (File No. 000-14505)). | |
2.1b
|
Letter of Amendment, dated as of February 6, 2003, between Enstar Income Program II-2, L.P., Enstar Income Program IV-3, L.P., Enstar Income Program 1984-1, L.P., Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A, L.P., Enstar Vii, L.P., Enstar VIII. L.P., Enstar X, L.P., Enstar XI, L.P., Enstar IV/PBD Systems Venture and Enstar Cable of Cumberland Valley and Telecommunications Management, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the current report on Form 8-K of Enstar Income/Growth Program Five-A, L.P. filed on February 14, 2003 (File No. 000-16779)). | |
2.1c
|
Letter of Amendment, dated as of April 24, 2003, between Enstar Income Program II-2, L.P., Enstar Income Program IV-3, L.P., Enstar Income Program 1984-1, L.P., Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A, L.P., Enstar VII, L.P., Enstar VIII. L.P., Enstar X, L.P., Enstar XI, L.P., Enstar IV/PBD Systems Venture and Enstar Cable of Cumberland Valley and Telecommunications Management, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the current report on Form 8-K of Enstar Income/Growth Program Five-A, L.P. filed on April 25, 2003 (File No. 000-16779)). | |
2.1d
|
Letter of Amendment, dated as of November 8, 2002, between Enstar Income Program II-2, L.P., Enstar Income Program IV-3, L.P., Enstar Income Program 1984-1, L.P., Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A, L.P., Enstar VII, L.P., Enstar VIII. L.P., Enstar X, L.P., Enstar XI, L.P., Enstar IV/PBD Systems Venture and Enstar Cable of Cumberland Valley and Telecommunications Management, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the current report on Form 8-K of Enstar Income/Growth Program Five-A, L.P. filed on June 9, 2003 (File No. 000-16779)). | |
2.2a
|
Asset Purchase Agreement, dated August 29, 2001, by and between Charter Communications Entertainment I, LLC, Interlink Communications Partners, LLC, and Rifkin Acquisitions Partners, LLC and Enstar Income Program II-1, L.P., Enstar Income Program II-2, L.P., Enstar Income Program IV-3, L.P., Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A, L.P., Enstar IV/PBD Systems Venture, and Enstar Cable of Macoupin County. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Registrants Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A as filed on February 4, 2002). | |
2.2b
|
Letter of Amendment, dated September 10, 2001, by and between Charter Communications Entertainment I, LLC, Interlink Communications Partners, LLC, and Rifkin Acquisitions Partners, LLC and Enstar Income Program II-1, L.P., Enstar Income Program II-2, L.P., Enstar Income Program IV-3, L.P., Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A, L.P., Enstar IV/PBD Systems Venture, and Enstar Cable of Macoupin County. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit B to Registrants Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A as filed on February 4, 2002). | |
2.2c
|
Letter of Amendment, dated November 30, 2001, by and between Charter Communications Entertainment I, LLC, Interlink Communications Partners, LLC, and Rifkin Acquisitions Partners, LLC and Enstar Income Program II-1, L.P., Enstar Income Program II-2, L.P., Enstar Income Program IV-3, L.P., Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A, L.P., Enstar IV/PBD Systems Venture, and Enstar Cable of Macoupin County. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit C to Registrants Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A as filed on February 4, 2002). |
E-1
Exhibit | ||
Number |
Description |
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3
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Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A, L.P., as of December 23, 1988. (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the Registrants annual report on Form 10-K, File No. 000-17687 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1988.) | |
10.1
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Management Agreement between Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A, L.P. and Enstar Cable Corporation. (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the Registrants annual report on Form 10-K, File No. 000-17687 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1988.) | |
10.2
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Management Services Agreement between Enstar Cable Corporation and Falcon Communications, L.P. dated as of September 30, 1998 (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the annual report on Form 10-K of Enstar Income Program II-1, L.P., File No. 000-14508 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001.) | |
10.3
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Service agreement between Enstar Communications Corporation, Enstar Cable Corporation and Falcon Communications, L.P. dated as of September 30, 1998 (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the annual report on Form 10-K of Enstar Income Program II-1, L.P., File No. 000-14508 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001.) | |
10.4
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Consulting Agreement between Enstar Communications Corporation and Falcon Communications, L.P. dated as of September 30, 1998 (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the annual report on Form 10-K of Enstar Income Program II-1, L.P., File No. 000-14508 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001.) | |
10.5
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Promissory Note dated September 1, 2001, between Enstar Income/Growth Program Six-A, L.P. and Falcon Cable Communications, L.L.C. (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the Registrants annual report on Form 10-K, File No. 000-17687 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001.) | |
14.1
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Code of Conduct adopted January 28, 2003. (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the Registrants annual report on Form 10-K, File No. 000-13333 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.) | |
21.1
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Subsidiaries: None. | |
31.1
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Certificate of Chief Administrative Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. * | |
31.2
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Certificate of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. * | |
32.1
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Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Administrative Officer). * | |
32.2
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Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Financial Officer).* | |
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filed herewith |
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