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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-1004
FORM 10-K
(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, 2000
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (NO FEE REQUIRED)
FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM TO
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-13452
PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 59-3212788
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
organization)
601 CLEARWATER PARK ROAD, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 33401
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (561) 659-4122
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
NAME OF EXCHANGE
TITLE OF EACH CLASS ON WHICH REGISTERED
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Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value American Stock Exchange
11 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes American Stock Exchange
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 twelve months (or 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. [X]
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 registrant's 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. [ ]
The aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates of the
registrant as of March 5, 2001 is $365,733,564 computed by reference to the
closing price for such shares on the American Stock Exchange.
The number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes of
common stock, as of March 5, 2001 was: 55,986,911 shares of Class A Common
Stock, $0.001 par value, and 8,311,639 shares of Class B Common Stock, $0.001
par value.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Parts of the definitive Proxy Statement for the Registrant's Annual Meeting
of Stockholders to be held on May 1, 2001.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Item 1. Business.................................................... 1
Item 2. Properties.................................................. 23
Item 3. Legal Proceedings........................................... 23
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders......... 23
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related
Stockholder Matters......................................... 24
Item 6. Selected Financial Data..................................... 25
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations................................... 26
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk........................................................ 32
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Financial Data....... 32
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting
and Financial Disclosure.................................... 32
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.......... 33
Item 11. Executive Compensation...................................... 33
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management.................................................. 33
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.............. 33
Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form
8-K......................................................... 33
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ITEM 1. BUSINESS
GENERAL
Paxson Communications Corporation (the "Company") is a network television
broadcasting company whose principal business is the ownership and operation of
the largest broadcast television station group in the United States through
which it broadcasts PAX TV, the Company's family programming network. The
Company commenced its television operations in early 1994 in anticipation of
deregulation of the broadcast industry. In response to federal regulatory
changes reducing restrictions on broadcast television station ownership and
mandating cable carriage of local television stations, the Company has expanded
rapidly, through acquisitions and construction of television stations, to
establish the largest owned and operated broadcast television station group in
the United States. The PAX TV Network reaches US television households through a
distribution system comprised of owned and affiliated broadcast television
stations, cable television systems in markets not served by a PAX TV station and
nationwide through satellite television providers. According to Nielsen
Television Index ("NTI"), as of February 2001, the PAX TV Network reached 82% of
US primetime television households through owned or affiliated broadcast
stations, cable and satellite distribution. Upon completion of pending
transactions, the PAX TV Network will include 124 broadcast television stations,
consisting of 65 of the 73 stations which are owned and operated by the Company
and 59 independently owned PAX TV affiliates. The stations which the Company
will own or operate will reach 19 of the top 20 markets and 42 of the top 50
markets.
The Company launched the PAX TV Network on August 31, 1998. PAX TV is the
brand name for the programming that the Company provides seven days per week
through its television programming distribution system. PAX TV programming
consists of original family entertainment programs as well as syndicated
programs that have had, or are having, successful first runs on television in
terms of audience ratings. The Company's strategy for PAX TV and its station
group is to combine many of the favorable attributes of traditional television
networks and network-affiliated television stations under one operation.
Similar to traditional television networks, the Company provides
advertisers with nationwide reach through its extensive television distribution
system. Since the Company owns and operates most of its television distribution
system, it also receives advertising revenue from the entire broadcast day,
unlike a traditional network, which receives advertising revenue only from
commercials aired during limited network programming hours. Further, the
Company's station group achieves various economies of scale due to its size and
centralized operations, resulting in programming, promotional, research,
engineering, accounting and administrative expenses that are substantially lower
per station than those of a typical network-affiliated station.
NBC TRANSACTION AND STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP
In September 1999, the Company and National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
("NBC") entered into a series of agreements pursuant to which NBC made a
substantial financial investment in the Company. NBC also entered into an
agreement with Lowell W. Paxson, the Company's Chairman and controlling
stockholder ("Mr. Paxson"), and certain entities controlled by Mr. Paxson, under
which NBC was granted the right (the "Call Right") to purchase all 8,311,639
shares of Class B Common Stock of the Company beneficially owned by Mr. Paxson,
which shares are entitled to ten votes per share on all matters submitted to a
vote of the Company's stockholders. Under these agreements, NBC has the ability
to acquire voting and operational control of the Company, subject to the
satisfaction of various conditions, including compliance with applicable
provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the "Communications
Act") and the approval of the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC"). The
agreements contemplate a number of arrangements between NBC and the Company
which are intended to strengthen the Company's core broadcast group and PAX TV
Network operations. For example, the Company and NBC entered into an agreement
whereby NBC serves as the Company's exclusive sales representative to sell the
Company's network advertising time for agreed compensation. Further, each of the
Company's 13 stations operating in the 11 markets where NBC also owns and
operates a station has entered into a joint sales agreement ("JSA") with the NBC
station, pursuant to which many of the Company stations' operations have been or
are being integrated with those of
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the NBC station. In addition, to date 26 Company stations have entered into JSAs
with independently owned NBC-affiliated stations located in the same markets.
BUSINESS STRATEGY
The Company's strategy is to maximize its cash flow by centralizing many
functions that traditionally are managed at the local station level, partnering
with broadcast stations under JSAs, optimizing the mix of network, national and
local advertising sales to achieve the highest possible rates and providing
viewers with a schedule of high-quality destination programming. The principal
components of the Company's business strategy are as follows:
- Maintain a Centralized, Low-Cost Operating Structure. The Company
centralizes many station functions, including programming, promotions,
advertising, research, engineering, accounting and sales traffic control
at the Company's headquarters. The Company's stations typically have
three to 12 employees compared to an average of 100 employees at
network-affiliated stations, and an average of 60 employees at
independent stations in markets of similar size to the Company's. Unlike
other stations, the Company's stations do not purchase programming
individually. As part of its low-cost operating strategy, the Company
promotes the PAX TV brand and each of its local television stations by
utilizing a centralized advertising and promotional program. All local
advertisements and other promotional material share the same basic
content but are customized to identify and highlight each local market.
Management believes that the Company is able to obtain volume discounts
on the procurement of print and other media advertising used to promote
PAX TV programming and the Company's television stations.
- Expand Strategic Relationship with NBC. In addition to the NBC JSAs
described below, the Company continues to seek opportunities to improve
its operations by developing its relationship with NBC. During calendar
year 2000, the Company has integrated with NBC its network research,
collections and inventory management functions in order to participate in
certain efficiencies and advantages enjoyed by the larger corresponding
areas of NBC's operations. These operating relationships with NBC are
expected to increase the Company's core advertising revenues and
streamline its network operations.
The Company also continues to seek programming opportunities with NBC.
The Company and NBC have shared the premiere of the dramatic series
Mysterious Ways, plus special PAX TV runs of original NBC TV movies and
sports programs. The Company's programming costs for its special PAX TV
runs of original NBC TV movies have generally been less than the
Company's existing syndicated programming costs. The Company believes the
selective airing of NBC programming on the PAX TV Network will further
improve PAX TV's viewer demographics and its positive ratings trend.
- Achieve Local Television Station Operating Improvements by Implementing
Joint Sales Agreements. The Company believes it can improve the
operations of its local stations by entering into JSAs with broadcast
stations in corresponding markets. As of March 15, 2001, the Company has
entered into JSAs with respect to 45 of the Company's stations,
consisting of JSAs between the Company and NBC for all 13 of the
Company's stations serving the 11 markets also served by an NBC owned and
operated station, 26 JSAs with independently owned NBC affiliated
stations and six JSAs with other broadcast station operators. The Company
intends to continue to seek to enter into JSAs with respect to the
balance of its owned station group, other than those stations which are
subject to pending sales transactions. A complete listing of each of the
Company's stations and the partner with which the Company has executed a
JSA is contained in the table set forth under the section of this Form
10-K entitled "Paxson Communications Corporation Broadcast Property
Summary".
While specific terms of each JSA vary depending upon market
considerations and the attributes of the Company station and the
corresponding JSA partner, each JSA generally shares the following basic
structure: first, the local JSA partner will provide local and national
spot advertising sales management and representation to the Company
station, which the Company believes will allow the Company's stations to
benefit from the strength of the JSA partner's sales organization and
existing advertising
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relationships; second, each JSA partner will have the opportunity to
provide local news and syndicated programming to supplement and enhance
the Company station's PAX TV Network programming lineup; and third, the
JSAs will provide for the integration and co-location of the Company
station operations with the corresponding JSA partner in an effort to
reduce costs through operating efficiencies and economies of scale.
- Achieve Programming Economies of Scale and Original Programming
Efficiencies. The Company achieves economies of scale as it purchases
syndicated PAX TV programming for all of its stations. The Company
provides programming centrally and is able to deliver its programming by
satellite to its stations 24 hours per day, seven days per week. The
Company has generally sought to purchase one-hour dramas since management
believes that such programming is more cost efficient than programs of
shorter duration. With the exception of local news and syndicated
programming provided by JSA partners, each station offers substantially
the same programming schedule. Generally, the Company has negotiated
license agreements entitling it to exclusive nationwide distribution
rights for a fixed cost, independent of the number of households which
will receive such programming. These programming rights allow the Company
to supply PAX TV programming to its owned and operated television
stations, as well as to independently owned PAX TV affiliated television
stations, satellite providers and cable television systems. The Company
believes that by utilizing a centralized programming acquisition
strategy, the Company generally incurs programming costs per station
significantly lower than those of comparable television stations in
similar markets.
The Company also seeks to achieve cost efficiencies in the development of
original programming for the PAX TV Network. The Company has developed
original entertainment programming for PAX TV at substantially lower
costs than those typically incurred by other broadcast networks for
original entertainment programming and generally at a lower cost than the
syndicated programming currently aired on PAX TV. The Company has been
able to reduce original entertainment program production costs by
employing innovative development and production techniques, such as the
development of program concepts without the use of pilots, and by
entering into production arrangements with foreign production companies
with which the Company can share production costs, gain access to lower
cost production labor and participate in tax incentives intended to
reduce program production costs. In addition, the Company generally
pre-sells the foreign and other distribution rights to its original PAX
TV programming for a significant portion of the program's production
costs, while retaining all of the domestic exploitation rights to its
programming.
- Provide Quality Family Programming. The Company has established itself
as a leading provider of family programming. The Company is building the
brand recognition of, and attracting viewers to, PAX TV by offering a
combination of its growing library of original family programming and
syndicated programming which is free of excessive violence, explicit sex
and foul language. Certain of the syndicated programs purchased by the
Company (Touched By An Angel, Diagnosis Murder) are still in production,
and their new episodes continue to attract significant viewership.
The Company continues to expand its original programming lineup. PAX TV
airs its own original family programming including its newest program,
Doc, starring recording artist Billy Ray Cyrus, Miracle Pets, Twice In A
Lifetime, It's A Miracle, and Encounters with the Unexplained. With the
addition of Doc, PAX TV now airs at least one hour of original prime time
programming six days a week. The Company believes that increasing the
amount of original PAX TV programming it airs will further improve its
viewer demographics and its positive ratings trend. As the brand
recognition of PAX TV continues to grow, management believes that PAX TV
will reach viewers as a "destination channel" to which viewers turn
regularly for family programming, and that PAX TV will continue to
attract advertisers who want to reach the broad and desirable viewer
demographics attracted by such programming.
- Continue Airing Profitable Long-Form Paid Programming. The Company
continues to carry a reduced but still significant schedule of long-form
paid programming, including religious programming, traditional
entertainment programming needing distribution and infomercials,
primarily during the day,
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on weekends and during certain hours of weekday mornings. Long-form paid
programming still provides a significant and stable base of revenue for
the Company as it further develops the entertainment component of its PAX
TV strategy.
- Expand and Improve PAX TV Distribution. According to NTI data as of
February 2001, PAX TV reaches approximately 82% of all US primetime
television households. The Company intends to continue expanding the
distribution of its PAX TV Network through the addition of affiliated
broadcast television stations, cable systems and satellite television
providers and, to a lesser extent, through newly constructed owned or
operated television stations. The Company intends to expand its
distribution to reach as many U.S. television households as possible in
an economically beneficial manner. The Company has entered into
agreements with many of the country's leading cable television multiple
system operators ("MSOs"), whereby the Company receives carriage of its
PAX TV programming on each of these entities' television distribution
systems in certain markets or television households not currently served
by the Company's broadcast television station group. The Company
continues to seek to improve the channel positioning of its broadcast
television stations on local cable systems across the country through
negotiations with MSOs and to expand the cable carriage of its stations'
signals through enforcement of the rules and regulations of the FCC
pertaining to the mandatory carriage of broadcast television stations.
The Company has also entered into agreements with the country's leading
satellite television providers whereby the Company receives carriage of
its PAX TV programming on the satellite television providers' systems.
See "Federal Regulation of Broadcasting -- Must Carry/Retransmission
Consent".
- Develop the Company's Broadcast Station Group's Digital Television
Platform. The Company currently owns and operates the largest broadcast
television station group in the United States and intends to explore the
most effective use of digital broadcast technology for each of its
stations. Upon completion of the construction of the Company's digital
broadcast facilities, the Company believes that it will be able to
provide a significant broadband platform on which to multicast additional
television networks. While the Company believes that proposed alternative
and supplemental uses of its analog and digital spectrum will continue to
grow in number, the viability and success of each proposed alternative or
supplemental use of spectrum involves a number of contingencies and
uncertainties, including the development of new or enhanced technologies
and the willingness of consumers to adopt and use wireless services.
Furthermore, the Company cannot predict what future actions the FCC or
Congress may take with respect to regulatory control of these services.
There can be no assurance that the Company's efforts to take advantage of
digital technology will be commercially successful.
PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION BROADCAST PROPERTY SUMMARY
The Company owns or operates the following stations:
MARKET STATION BROADCAST
MARKET NAME RANK CALL LETTERS CHANNEL ECONOMIC INTEREST JSA PARTNER(3)
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New York 1 WPXN 31 Owned & Operated NBC
Los Angeles 2 KPXN 30 Owned & Operated NBC
Chicago 3 WCPX 38 Owned & Operated NBC
Philadelphia 4 WPPX 61 Owned & Operated NBC
San Francisco 5 KKPX 65 Owned & Operated Granite Broadcasting Corp.
Boston(1) 6 WPXB 60 Owned & Operated
Boston (3 stations) 6 WBPX 68 Owned & Operated
Dallas 7 KPXD 68 Owned & Operated NBC
Washington D.C 8 WPXW 66 Owned & Operated NBC
Washington D.C 8 WWPX 60 Owned & Operated NBC
Detroit 9 WPXD 31 Owned & Operated
Atlanta 10 WPXA 14 Owned & Operated Gannett Co., Inc.
Houston 11 KPXB 49 Owned & Operated
Seattle 12 KWPX 33 Owned & Operated Belo Corp.
Minneapolis 13 KPXM 41 Owned & Operated Gannett Co., Inc.
Tampa 14 WXPX 66 Owned & Operated Media General Broadcast Group
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MARKET STATION BROADCAST
MARKET NAME RANK CALL LETTERS CHANNEL ECONOMIC INTEREST JSA PARTNER(3)
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Cleveland 15 WVPX 23 Owned & Operated Gannett Co., Inc.
Miami 16 WPXM 35 Owned & Operated NBC
Phoenix 17 KPPX 51 Owned & Operated Gannett Co., Inc.
Phoenix/Flagstaff 17 KBPX 13 PS - Owned & Operated
Denver 18 KPXC 59 Owned & Operated Gannett Co., Inc.
Sacramento 19 KSPX 29 Owned & Operated
Orlando 21 WOPX 56 Owned & Operated
St. Louis 22 WPXS 13 PS - Owned & Operated
Portland, OR 23 KPXG 22 Owned & Operated Belo Corp.
Indianapolis 26 WIPX 63 Owned & Operated Dispatch Broadcast Group
Hartford 27 WHPX 26 Owned & Operated NBC
Raleigh-Durham 29 WFPX 62 Owned & Operated NBC
Raleigh-Durham 29 WRPX 47 Owned & Operated NBC
Kansas City 30 KPXE 50 Owned & Operated Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company
Nashville 31 WNPX 28 Owned & Operated
Milwaukee 33 WPXE 55 Owned & Operated Journal Broadcast Group, Inc.
Salt Lake City 36 KUPX 16 Owned & Operated
San Antonio 37 KPXL 44 Owned & Operated United Television, Inc.
Grand Rapids 38 WZPX 43 Owned & Operated
Birmingham 39 WPXH 44 Owned & Operated NBC
Memphis 40 WPXX 50 TBA - PA Raycom America, Inc.
Norfolk 41 WPXV 49 Owned & Operated
New Orleans 42 WPXL 49 TBA - PA
West Palm Beach 43 WPXP 67 Owned & Operated Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company
Buffalo 44 WPXJ 51 Owned & Operated Gannett Co., Inc.
Oklahoma City 45 KOPX 62 Owned & Operated The New York Times Company
Greensboro 47 WGPX 16 Owned & Operated
Louisville 48 WBNA 21 TBA - RFR
Providence 49 WPXQ 69 Owned & Operated NBC
Albuquerque 50 KAPX 14 Owned & Operated Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.
Wilkes Barre 52 WQPX 64 Owned & Operated The New York Times Company
Jacksonville-Brunswick 53 WBSG 21 Owned & Operated
Fresno-Visalia 54 KPXF 61 Owned & Operated Granite Broadcasting Corp.
Albany 56 WYPX 55 Owned & Operated Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.
Tulsa 59 KTPX 44 Owned & Operated Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company
Charleston, WV 61 WLPX 29 Owned & Operated
Mobile 62 Ch. 61 61 PA - CP
Knoxville 63 WPXK 54 Owned & Operated ACME Television of Tennessee, LLC(4)
Lexington 66 WAOM 67 PA
Roanoke 68 WPXR 35 Owned & Operated Media General Broadcast Group
Des Moines 70 KFPX 39 Owned & Operated The New York Times Company
Honolulu 72 KPXO 66 Owned & Operated
Shreveport 76 KPXJ 21 Owned & Operated KTBS, Inc.
Spokane 77 KGPX 31 Owned & Operated KHQ, Incorporated
Portland-Auburn, ME 79 WMPX 23 Owned & Operated Gannett Co., Inc.
Syracuse 80 WSPX 56 Owned & Operated Raycom America, Inc.
Cedar Rapids 89 KPXR 48 Owned & Operated Second Generation of Iowa, Ltd.
Greenville-N. Bern 106 WEPX 38 Owned & Operated GOCOM Television, LLC
Greenville-N. Bern 106 WPXU 35 Owned & Operated GOCOM Television, LLC
Wausau 136 WTPX 46 Owned - CP
Odessa 151 KPXK 30 PS - Owned & Operated
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MARKET STATION BROADCAST
MARKET NAME RANK CALL LETTERS CHANNEL ECONOMIC INTEREST JSA PARTNER(3)
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Puerto Rico (3
stations)(2) NR WJPX 24 PS - Owned & Operated
St. Croix NR WPXO 15 Owned & Operated
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CP Construction Permit
PA Pending Acquisition
PS Pending Sale
RFR Right of First Refusal
TBA Time-Brokerage Agreement
(1) Presently airing ValueVision programming.
(2) Presently airing long-form paid programming exclusively.
(3) Station subject to a joint sales agreement as of March 15, 2001.
(4) Terminates April 15, 2001.
COMPETITION
The Company's PAX TV Network and its television stations compete with the
other broadcast television networks and the other television broadcasting
stations in their respective market areas. In addition, PAX TV and the Company's
broadcast television stations compete with other advertising media, including
cable television networks, newspapers, radio, magazines, outdoor advertising,
transit advertising, and direct mail marketing, as well as newly developing
Internet advertising alternatives and digital television programming services.
Competition in the broadcast television network industry occurs on a national
basis and not with respect to any specific market. Competition within the
television broadcast station industry occurs primarily in individual market
areas, so a station in one market does not generally compete with stations in
other market areas. The Company faces competition from other broadcast networks
and other stations in each of the Company's station markets who have substantial
financial resources, including, in certain instances, networks and stations
whose programming is directed to the same demographic groups as PAX TV
programming. Factors that are material to competitive positions include a
station's rank in its market, authorized power, assigned frequency, audience
characteristics, channel position, local program acceptance and the programming
characteristics of other stations in the market area.
Although the television broadcasting industry is highly competitive, some
barriers to entry exist. The operation of a television broadcasting station
requires a license from the FCC, and the number of television stations that can
operate in a given market is limited by the availability of stations that the
FCC will license in that market. The television broadcasting industry
historically has grown in terms of total revenue, despite the introduction of
new technologies for the delivery of entertainment and information, such as the
Internet, cable and direct satellite. There is no assurance that market
fragmentation resulting from the application of new media technologies, such as
digital television, will not have an adverse effect on the television
broadcasting industry.
TELEVISION STATION PROGRAMMING AND OPERATING AGREEMENTS
The Company has entered into JSAs with stations owned by third parties in
markets served by Company stations. Under a JSA, the third party station will
provide the Company station with sales, some limited programming and other
related services while the Company station continues to broadcast the PAX TV
Network programming. The Company has entered into affiliation agreements with
stations owned by third parties pursuant to which the Company provides the
station with PAX TV programming. The Company also provides PAX TV Network
programming and certain operating services to stations owned by third parties
pursuant to time brokerage agreements (each, a "TBA").
Joint Sales Agreements. The Company has entered into JSAs with third
parties who operate television stations serving the same markets as Company
stations. Pursuant to a JSA, the JSA partner supplies sales and
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other operating services to the Company station and the Company station
continues to broadcast the PAX TV Network programming. Some JSAs provide that
the Company station will either rebroadcast the JSA partner's local newscasts or
originate a local newscast produced by the JSA partner specifically for the
Company station. Also, some JSA partners provide the Company with limited
syndicated programming for broadcast on the Company station. Each JSA provides
that the JSA partner will be reimbursed costs and paid a commission based on
revenue generated by advertising sales on the Company station.
Affiliation Agreements. To further the nationwide distribution of the PAX
TV Network, the Company has entered into affiliation agreements with stations in
markets where the Company does not otherwise own or operate a broadcast station.
These stations include full power and low power television stations. Each
affiliation agreement gives the particular station the right to broadcast the
PAX TV Network programming, or portions of it, in such station's market. While
the majority of such third party affiliation agreements include the distribution
of the PAX TV Network's prime time programming (i.e., programming aired on PAX
TV between the hours of 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time, Monday
through Sunday), certain of such affiliates do not carry all of the PAX TV
Network programming. Also, certain affiliates do not air PAX TV Network
programming in the exact time patterns that such programming is broadcast on the
PAX TV Network due to issues related to their specific markets. These
affiliation agreements with third parties do not require the Company to pay cash
compensation to the affiliate, but the affiliate is entitled to sell all or a
portion of the non-network advertising time during the PAX TV Network
programming hours.
Time Brokerage Agreements. The Company has entered into TBAs with third
parties under which the Company provides the third party station with PAX TV
programming and retains the advertising revenues from the sale of time during
these programs. The Company is currently operating the following stations
pursuant to TBAs: WPXL, New Orleans, Louisiana; WPXX, Memphis, Tennessee; and
WBNA, Louisville, Kentucky. The Company also has an option to acquire each of
these stations (WBNA-TV is a right of first refusal). The Company may in the
future enter into other TBAs to operate stations prior to their acquisition or
to enable the Company to operate additional television stations that it might
not be able to own under current FCC multiple station ownership restrictions.
FEDERAL REGULATION OF BROADCASTING
The FCC regulates television broadcast stations pursuant to the
Communications Act. The Communications Act permits the operation of television
broadcast stations only according to a license issued by the FCC upon a finding
that the grant of the license would serve the public interest, convenience and
necessity, and directs the FCC to issue licenses to provide a fair, efficient
and equitable distribution of broadcast service throughout the United States.
The Communications Act empowers the FCC, among other things, to determine
the frequencies, location and power of broadcast stations; to issue, modify,
renew and revoke station licenses; to approve the assignment or transfer of
control of broadcast licenses; to regulate the equipment used by stations; to
impose fees for processing applications; to impose penalties for violations of
the Communications Act or FCC regulations; and to conduct auctions to determine
the licensee for new television channel allotments. The FCC may revoke licenses
for, among other things, false statements made to the FCC or willful or repeated
violations of the Communications Act or of FCC rules. Legislation has been
introduced from time to time to amend the Communications Act in various respects
and the FCC from time to time considers new regulations or amendments to its
existing regulations. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the "1996 Act")
changed many provisions of the Communications Act and required the FCC to change
its existing rules and adopt new rules in several areas affecting broadcasting.
The following is a brief summary of certain provisions of the
Communications Act and the rules of the FCC. Reference should be made to the
Communications Act and the rules, orders, decisions and published policies of
the FCC for further information on FCC regulation of television broadcast
stations.
License Renewal. The Communications Act provides that a broadcast station
license may be granted to an applicant if the public interest, convenience and
necessity will be served thereby, subject to certain limitations. In making
licensing determinations, the FCC considers an applicant's legal, technical,
financial
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and other qualifications. Television broadcasting licenses are generally granted
and renewed for a period of eight years, but may be renewed for a shorter period
upon a finding by the FCC that the "public interest, convenience and necessity"
would be served thereby. At the time the application is made for renewal of a
television license, parties in interest, as well as members of the public may
apprise the FCC of the service the station has provided during the preceding
license term and urge the grant or denial of the application. Under the 1996
Act, as implemented in the FCC's rules, a competing application for authority to
operate a station and replace the incumbent licensee may not be filed against a
renewal application and considered by the FCC in deciding whether to grant a
renewal application. The statute modified the license renewal process to provide
for the grant of a renewal application upon a finding by the FCC that the
licensee (1) has served the public interest, convenience and necessity; (2) has
committed no serious violations of the Communications Act or the FCC's rules;
and (3) has committed no other violations of the Communications Act or the FCC's
rules which would constitute a pattern of abuse. If the FCC cannot make such a
finding, it may deny a renewal application, and only then may the FCC accept
other applications to operate the station of the former licensee. In the vast
majority of cases, broadcast licenses are renewed by the FCC even when petitions
to deny are filed against broadcast license renewal applications. All of the
Company's existing licenses that have come up for renewal have been renewed and
are in effect. The Company's licenses are subject to renewal at various times
during 2004 through 2007. Although there can be no assurance that the Company's
licenses will be renewed, the Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances
that would prevent renewal.
Ownership Matters. The Communications Act requires the prior approval of
the FCC for the assignment of a broadcast license or the transfer of control of
a corporation or other entity holding a license. In determining whether to
approve an assignment of a broadcast license or a transfer of control of a
broadcast licensee, the FCC considers, among other things, the financial and
legal qualifications of the prospective assignee or transferee, including
compliance with FCC restrictions on alien ownership and control, compliance with
rules limiting the common ownership of certain attributable interests in
broadcast, cable and newspaper properties, and the character qualifications of
the transferee or assignee and the individuals or entities holding attributable
interests in them.
The FCC's multiple ownership rules may limit the permissible acquisitions
and investments that the Company may make or the permissible investments that
others may make in the Company. In 1999, the FCC substantially modified its
multiple ownership and attribution rules. In January 2001, the FCC again
modified these rules on reconsideration of its 1999 orders. The FCC's decision
on reconsideration may be subject to further administrative proceedings and to
review by the courts.
The FCC generally applies its ownership limits to attributable interests
held by an individual, corporation, partnership, or other association or entity.
In the case of corporations holding broadcast licenses, the interests of
officers, directors, and those who, directly or indirectly, have the right to
vote five percent or more of the corporation's stock are generally attributable,
as are positions as an officer or director of a licensee or a corporate parent
of a broadcast licensee. The FCC treats all partnership and limited liability
company interests as attributable, except for those limited partnership and
limited liability company interests that are insulated under FCC policies. For
insurance companies, certain regulated investment companies, and bank trust
departments that hold stock for investment purposes only, stock interests become
attributable with the ownership of twenty percent or more of the voting stock of
the corporation holding or controlling broadcast licenses.
In its January 2001 reconsideration orders, the FCC eliminated its "single
majority shareholder" exception to its attribution rules prospectively, but will
continue to apply the exception to interests held before December 14, 2000.
Under that exception, the FCC generally did not treat any minority voting
shareholder as attributable if one person or entity (such as Mr. Paxson in the
case of the Company) held more than 50% of the combined voting power of the
common stock of a broadcasting corporation. Under the FCC's new rule, a person
who acquired a minority voting interest in a broadcasting corporation before
December 14, 2000, will not have that interest treated as attributable for
purposes of the FCC's ownership rules so long as a majority shareholder of the
broadcasting corporation (such as Mr. Paxson in the case of the Company)
continues to hold more than 50% of the combined voting power of the broadcast
corporation. This exception for a minority interest acquired before December 14,
2000, will be permanent until the interest is transferred or assigned. If a
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broadcast interest otherwise subject to the exception becomes attributable
because of a transfer or assignment, any other media interests held by the
holder of the interest would be combined with the interests held in the Company
for purposes of determining whether the acquiring shareholder meets the
requirements of FCC ownership rules.
Under its "equity-debt-plus" rules, the FCC treats certain combinations of
debt and equity interests as attributable if the interest meets a two-part test.
First, the combined equity and debt interest must exceed 33% of a station
licensee's total assets, defined as the total amount of debt and equity capital.
The value of the "total assets" of the licensee is to be determined by book
value, assessed fair market value, or another method chosen by the licensee and
acceptable under the FCC's policies. Second, the party holding the equity/debt
interest must either (i) supply more than 15% of the station's total weekly
programming or (ii) have an attributable interest in another media entity,
whether TV, radio, cable or newspaper, in the same market. Non-voting equity,
loans, and insulated interests count toward the 33% equity/debt threshold. The
FCC also will consider any amounts paid to acquire warrants and any financial
contributions made by a guarantor in connection with a guarantee of a loan.
Non-conforming interests acquired before November 7, 1996, are permanently
grandfathered for purposes of the equity-debt plus rules and thus do not
constitute attributable ownership interests.
Television National Ownership Rule. Under the Communications Act, no
individual or entity may have an attributable interest in television stations
reaching more than 35% of the national television viewing audience. The FCC
applies a 50% discount for purposes of calculating a UHF station's audience
reach. The FCC counts the audience in each market only once. If a broadcast
licensee has an attributable interest in a second television station in any of
its markets -- whether by virtue of ownership, a local marketing agreement or a
parent-satellite operation -- the audience for that market will not be counted
twice for the purposes of determining compliance with the national cap.
Television Duopoly Rule. The FCC's TV duopoly rule permits parties to own
two TV stations without regard to signal contour overlap if each of the stations
is located in a separate market referred to as designated market area ("DMA").
Parties in larger DMAs may own two television stations in the same DMA so long
as (a) at least eight independently owned and operating full-power commercial
and non-commercial television stations remain in the market at the time of
acquisition and (b) at least one of the two stations is not among the four
top-ranked stations in the market based on audience share. Without regard to
numbers of remaining or independently owned TV stations, the FCC permits
television duopolies within the same DMA so long as the station's Grade A
service contours do not overlap. Satellite stations that the FCC has authorized
to rebroadcast the programming of a "parent" station will continue to be exempt
from the duopoly rule if located in the same DMA as the "parent" station. The
FCC may grant a waiver of the TV duopoly rule if one of the two television
stations is a "failing" station or the proposed transaction would result in the
construction of a new television station.
Television Local Marketing and Joint Sales Agreements. Over the past few
years, a number of television stations, including certain of the Company's
television stations, have entered into agreements commonly referred to as local
marketing agreements (or time brokerage agreements) and joint sales agreements.
The form of these agreements varies. Pursuant to a typical local marketing
agreement, separately owned and licensed television stations agree to enter into
cooperative arrangements of varying sorts, subject to compliance with the
requirements of antitrust laws and with the FCC's rules and policies. Under
these types of arrangements, separately-owned stations serving a common
geographic area agree to function cooperatively in terms of programming,
advertising sales, and similar functions, subject to the requirement that the
licensee of each station maintains independent control over the programming and
operations of its own station. Under a typical joint sales agreement, two
separately-owned stations agree to function cooperatively in advertising sales
only.
The FCC's attribution and TV duopoly rules apply to same-market local
marketing agreements involving more than 15% of the brokered station's program
time. Local marketing agreements in effect on August 5, 1999, are exempt from
the TV duopoly rule for a limited period of time of either two years (until
August 5, 2001) or until the FCC completes its 2004 biennial review, depending
on the date of the adoption of the local
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marketing agreement. The rules do not apply to joint sales agreements; thus,
these types of arrangements remain non-attributable under the FCC's ownership
rules.
The FCC has determined that issues of joint advertising sales should be
left to antitrust enforcement. Furthermore, the FCC has held that time brokerage
agreements do not constitute a transfer of control, standing alone, and are not
contrary to the Communications Act provided that the licensee of the station
maintains ultimate responsibility for and control over operations of its
broadcast station (including, specifically, control over station finances,
licensee personnel and programming) and complies with applicable FCC rules and
with antitrust laws.
Alien Ownership. Under the Communications Act, no FCC broadcast license
may be held by a corporation of which more than one-fifth of its capital stock
is owned or voted by aliens or their representatives or by a foreign government
or representative thereof, or by any corporation organized under the laws of a
foreign country (collectively "Aliens"). Furthermore, the Communications Act
provides that no FCC broadcast license may be granted to any corporation
controlled by any other corporation of which more than one-fourth of its capital
stock is owned of record or voted by Aliens if the FCC should find that the
public interest would be served by the refusal of such license. Restrictions on
alien ownership also apply, in modified form, to other types of business
organizations, including partnerships.
Radio/Television Cross-Ownership Rule. The FCC's radio-television
cross-ownership rule permits cross-ownership of stations in the same market
based on the number of independently owned media voices in the local market. In
large markets (that is, markets with at least 20 independently owned media
voices), a single entity may own up to one television station and seven radio
stations or, if permissible under the TV duopoly rule, two television stations
and six radio stations. In a market that includes at least ten other
independently owned media voices, a single entity may own a television station
and up to four radio stations, and if permitted under the TV duopoly rule, two
television stations and up to four radio stations. A single entity may own one
radio station and one television station in a market or one radio station and
two television stations, if permitted under the TV duopoly rule, without regard
to the number of media voices in the market.
Waivers of the radio-television cross-ownership rule will be granted only
in situations where the station to be acquired is a failed station. In contrast
to the TV duopoly rule, the FCC has stated that it will not waive the
radio-television cross-ownership rule in situations of unbuilt stations.
Local Television/Cable Cross-Ownership Rule. While the 1996 Act eliminated
the statutory prohibition against the common ownership of a television station
and a cable system that serve the same local market, the FCC's rules still
contain this prohibition, although the FCC has initiated a proceeding to decide
whether to retain it.
Broadcast/Daily Newspaper Cross-Ownership Rule. The FCC's rules prohibit
the common ownership of a radio or television broadcast station and a daily
newspaper in the same market. In 1993, Congress authorized the FCC to grant
waivers of the radio-newspaper cross-ownership rule to permit cross-ownership of
a radio station and a daily newspaper in a top 25 market with at least 30
independent media voices, provided the FCC finds the transaction in the public
interest. Under current policy, the FCC will grant a permanent waiver of the
radio-newspaper cross-ownership rule only in those circumstances in which the
effects of applying the rule would be "unduly harsh" (that is, the newspaper is
unable to sell the commonly owned station, the sale would be at an artificially
depressed price, or the local community could not support a separately-owned
newspaper and radio station). The FCC previously has granted only two permanent
waivers of this rule. The FCC has pending a notice of inquiry requesting comment
on possible changes to its policy for waiving the rule.
Biennial Review of Broadcast Ownership Rules. The 1996 Act requires the
FCC to undertake a biennial review of its broadcast ownership rules. In the
review completed in June 2000, the FCC declined to amend the national television
ownership and the local television/cable cross-ownership rules, but stated it
would begin rule making proceedings to clarify its local radio ownership rules
and to consider relaxing the dual network rule and the standards for waiving the
daily newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rule. The FCC has begun a rule making
proceeding to review its dual network rules.
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Expansion of the Company's broadcast operations on both a local and
national level will continue to be subject to the FCC's ownership rules and any
changes that may be adopted. Any relaxation of the ownership rules may increase
the level of competition to the extent that any of the Company's competitors may
have greater resources and thereby may be in a superior position to take
advantage of such changes. Any restriction may also have an adverse effect on
the Company. The Company cannot predict the ultimate outcome of the FCC's
ownership proceedings or their impact on its business operations.
Programming and Operation. The Communications Act requires broadcasters to
present programming that responds to community problems, needs and interests and
to maintain certain records demonstrating such responsiveness.
Broadcast of obscene or indecent material is regulated by the FCC as well
as by state and federal law. Stations also must follow various rules promulgated
under the Communications Act that regulate, among other things, political
advertising, sponsorship identifications, the advertising of contests and
lotteries, and technical operations, including limits on radio frequency
radiation.
Pursuant to the Children's Television Act of 1990, the FCC has adopted
rules limiting advertising in children's television programming and requiring
that television broadcast stations serve the educational and informational needs
of children. Pursuant to those rules, television stations are required to
broadcast a minimum of three hours per week of "core" children's educational
programming, which the FCC defines as programming that (i) is serving the
educational and informational needs of children 16 years of age and under and
has a significant purpose; (ii) is regularly scheduled, weekly and at least 30
minutes in duration; and (iii) is aired between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00
p.m. Furthermore, "core" children's educational programs, in order to qualify as
such, are required to be identified as educational and informational programs
over the air at the time they are broadcast, and are required to be identified
in the children's programming reports required to be placed in the stations'
public inspection files. Additionally, television stations are required to
identify and provide information concerning "core" children's programming to
publishers of program guides and listings.
The Communications Act and FCC rules also impose regulations regarding the
broadcasting of political advertisements by legally qualified candidates for
elective office. Among other things, (i) stations must provide "reasonable
access" for the purchase of time by legally qualified candidates for federal
office; (ii) stations must provide "equal opportunities" for the purchase of
equivalent amounts of comparable broadcast time by opposing candidates for the
same elective office; and (iii) during the 45 days preceding a primary or
primary run-off election and during the 60 days preceding a general or special
election, legally qualified candidates for elective office may be charged no
more than the station's "lowest unit charge" for the same class of
advertisement, length of advertisement and daypart.
Equal Employment Opportunity Requirements. In early 2000, the FCC adopted
revised rules requiring broadcast licensees to develop and implement programs
designed to promote equal employment opportunities and submit reports on these
matters to the FCC. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit has struck down the recruitment, outreach and reporting
portions of these rules as unconstitutional. The decision of the court remains
subject to rehearing and to further review, and the FCC has suspended the
enforcement of the rules pending further developments. The general prohibition
against discrimination in employment remains in effect.
"Must Carry"/Retransmission Consent/Regulations. The Company believes that
the growth and success of its television station group depends materially upon
access to households served by cable television systems. The Communications Act
includes broadcast signal carriage requirements that allow local commercial
television broadcast stations to elect once every three years to require a cable
system to carry the station subject to certain exceptions, or to negotiate for
retransmission consent to carry the station. A cable system generally is
required to devote up to one-third of its activated channel capacity for the
mandatory carriage of local commercial television stations. Additionally, cable
systems are required to obtain retransmission consent for all distant commercial
television stations (except for commercial satellite-delivered independent
superstations such as WGN), commercial radio stations and certain low power
television stations. By electing the "must carry" rights, a broadcaster can
demand carriage on a specified channel on cable systems within its
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DMA, provided the broadcaster's television signal can be delivered to the cable
system operator's cable head end at a specified strength. These "must carry"
rights are not absolute, and their exercise depends on variables such as the
number of activated channels on a cable system, the location and size of a cable
system, and the amount of duplicative programming on a broadcast station.
Therefore, under certain circumstances, a cable system can decline to carry a
given station. Alternatively, if a broadcaster chooses to exercise
retransmission consent rights, it can prohibit cable systems from carrying its
signal or grant the appropriate cable system the authority to retransmit the
broadcast signal for a fee or other consideration. The Company's television
stations have generally elected the "must carry" alternative. The Company's
elections of retransmission or "must carry" status will continue until the next
election period which commences on January 1, 2003. If the law were changed to
eliminate or materially alter "must carry" rights, the Company could suffer
adverse effects.
In an ongoing rule making proceeding, the FCC is seeking to develop rules
to govern the obligations of cable television systems for mandatory carriage of
local television stations for obtaining retransmission consent during and
following the transition from analog to digital television ("DTV") broadcasting.
In an initial order in the proceeding, the FCC tentatively concluded that the
licensee of a television broadcast station would not be entitled to mandatory
carriage of both the station's analog signal and its digital signal, and would
not be entitled to mandatory carriage of its digital signal unless it first
gives up its analog signal. Furthermore, the FCC concluded that the "primary
video" of a station's signal entitled to mandatory carriage is a single DTV
programming stream and its program-related content. Thus, broadcasters with
multiple DTV video programming streams would be required to designate the
primary video stream eligible for mandatory carriage. The FCC has requested
further comment on its tentative conclusion. If the FCC adheres to the position
in its initial order, then mandatory carriage rights would be accorded only to
those television stations operating solely with a digital signal. Television
licensees nevertheless could negotiate with cable television systems for
carriage of a digital signal pursuant to retransmission consent. The FCC's
initial order also established technical requirements for the carriage of
digital signals, including channel capacity, signal quality and signal content.
The Company's television stations are also carried as distant signals on
cable systems which are located outside of the stations' markets. The stations
are carried pursuant to retransmission consent agreements which the Company has
entered into with the cable systems. Cable systems must remit a compulsory
license royalty fee to the United States Copyright Office ("Copyright Office")
to carry the Company's stations in these distant markets as required by the
Copyright Act of 1976, as amended (the "Copyright Act"). The Company has filed a
request with the Copyright Office, which administers the compulsory license, to
change the Company's stations' status under the compulsory license from
"independent" to "network" signals, which would reduce the amount of royalties
that a larger cable system would be required to remit in order to carry a
Company station in a distant market. If the Copyright Office grants the
Company's request, such larger cable systems would be permitted to carry the
Company's stations at reduced royalty rates, and additional cable systems may
transmit the Company's stations in distant markets. The Company cannot determine
when the Copyright Office will act on its request, or whether it will receive a
favorable ruling.
Syndicated Exclusivity/Territorial Exclusivity. The FCC has imposed on
cable operators syndicated exclusivity rules and network non-duplication rules.
These syndicated exclusivity rules allow local broadcast stations to require
that cable operators black out certain syndicated non-network programming
carried on distant signals (that is, signals of broadcast stations, including
so-called super stations, which serve areas substantially removed from the cable
system's local community). The network non-duplication rules allow local
broadcast network affiliates to require that cable operators black out
duplicating network broadcast programming carried on more distant signals that
are not significantly viewed over the air.
Satellite Carriage of Television Broadcast Signals. Under the Satellite
Home Viewer Act ("SHVIA"), a federal statute, satellite companies have authority
to deliver local broadcast signals to customers residing in a television
station's local market. After a transition period, satellite carriers must
obtain retransmission consent from the television station before continuing
carriage, and television stations must negotiate for retransmission consent in
good faith. Beginning January 1, 2002, a satellite carrier delivering the signal
of any local television station will be required to carry all stations licensed
to the carried station's local market. With respect to the delivery of
out-of-market, or distant, television broadcast signals to unserved customers,
the legislation permits
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satellite carriers to provide the signal of a distant network affiliate to only
those customers who cannot receive a signal of at least Grade B intensity from
the local network affiliate. The legislation grandfathers for a period of five
years from enactment current customers residing within a station's Grade B
contour but outside of its Grade A contour who would otherwise be ineligible to
receive distant network signals. To implement the statute, the FCC recently
adopted procedural and administrative rules similar to the must-carry
obligations that apply to cable television systems. Under the new rules,
stations may elect either mandatory carriage or negotiation for retransmission
consent. The first election period will be four years, with subsequent election
periods set at three years to coincide with the cable election period.
Broadcasters will be required to make their first satellite carriage election
prior to July 1, 2001. The FCC has issued a report recommending that Congress
retain the Grade B signal standard for purposes of determining whether a signal
is distant.
In September 2000, the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications
Association ("SBCA"), DirecTV and EchoStar (two satellite service providers)
filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
Virginia challenging the constitutionality of the statutory satellite must-carry
requirements. In February 2001, SBCA filed a similar complaint with the Fourth
Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond and EchoStar filed a similar complaint with
the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. Also in February 2001, NAB filed a
complaint with the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit alleging that the FCC
failed to implement the SHVIA's must-carry requirements properly. The three
February 2001 complaints have been consolidated into a single proceeding in the
Fourth Circuit.
Other Regulation. Television stations also may be subject to a number of
other federal, state and local regulations, including regulations of the Federal
Aviation Administration affecting tower height, lighting and marking, and
federal, state, and local environmental and land use restrictions; general
business regulation; and a variety of local regulatory concerns.
FCC Inquiry on Broadcast of Commercial Matter. The FCC also has initiated
a notice of inquiry proceeding seeking comment on whether the public interest
would be served by establishing limits on the amount of commercial matter
broadcast by television stations. The Company cannot predict at this time
whether the FCC will propose any limits on commercial advertising at the
conclusion of its deliberation or the effect the imposition of limits on the
commercial matter broadcast by television stations would have upon the Company's
operations.
Digital Television Service. The FCC has adopted rules for implementing DTV
in the United States. Implementation of DTV service is intended to improve the
technical quality of television broadcasts. In anticipation of the
implementation of DTV operations, the FCC has adopted technical DTV standards
and other rules necessary to protect the public interest. Each existing
television station was allotted a second channel for its DTV operations. Each
station must return one of its two channels at the end of the DTV transition
period currently scheduled to end in 2006. The transition period could be
extended in certain areas depending generally on the level of DTV market
penetration.
The FCC has adopted rules permitting DTV licensees to offer "ancillary or
supplementary services" on newly-available DTV spectrum, so long as such
services are consistent with the FCC's DTV standards, do not derogate required
DTV services, and are regulated in the same manner as similar non-DTV services.
Local broadcasters will be initiating DTV service at different times. A
station may begin DTV service as soon as it has received its FCC permit and is
ready with equipment and other necessary preparations. The FCC has established a
schedule by which broadcasters must begin DTV service absent extenuating
circumstances that may affect individual stations. The Company's stations
applied for their DTV permits before November 1, 1999 and must initiate some DTV
service by May 1, 2002.
The FCC has adopted other rules to implement DTV service. The FCC imposes
certain fees on DTV licensees for the transmission of non-broadcast services
(such as paid subscription services) over their DTV spectrum. The FCC also has
initiated rule making proceedings to examine: (1) whether, and the extent to
which, "must carry" obligations should be applied to DTV service; (2) the extent
to which additional public interest obligations should be imposed on DTV
licensees; and (3) various DTV tower siting issues. The FCC modified certain of
its rules to implement DTV services in its first periodic review. The FCC also
established a
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timetable for stations to meet requirements for increased service areas and for
permanent channel elections. The Company cannot predict the ultimate outcome of
the FCC's digital cable carriage proceeding or the impact it might have on the
Company's television stations.
The FCC also has commenced a proceeding to consider additional public
interest obligations for television stations as they transition to digital
broadcast television operation. The FCC is considering various proposals that
would require DTV stations to use digital technology to increase program
diversity, political discourse, access for disabled viewers and emergency
warnings and relief. If these proposals are adopted, the Company's stations may
be required to increase their current level of public interest programming which
generally does not generate as much revenue from commercial advertisers.
Class A Low Power Television. In November 1999, Congress passed the
Community Broadcasters Protection Act of 1999, which directs the FCC to offer a
new Class A status to qualifying low power television stations. To qualify, low
power television stations must meet certain programming and operational criteria
and were required to notify the FCC of their eligibility by January 28, 2000.
Under rules adopted by the FCC to implement the statute, qualifying stations are
required to submit a formal application for Class A status. The FCC's rules
grant Class A stations a measure of protection against full power and other low
power television stations. The protected status of Class A stations could limit
the Company's ability to modify its television facilities in the future and
could affect any pending applications for new or modified facilities to the
extent that changes proposed by the Company would create interference to
qualifying Class A stations. Class A stations will not be protected from
interference from DTV stations proposing to maximize their DTV service, provided
the DTV stations notified the FCC of their intent to maximize facilities no
later than December 31, 1999, and filed a maximization application by May 1,
2000.
Proposed Changes. Congress and the FCC have under consideration, and may
in the future adopt, new laws, regulations and policies regarding a wide variety
of matters that could, directly or indirectly, affect the operation, ownership
and profitability of the Company and its television broadcast stations, result
in the loss of audience share and advertising revenue for the Company's
television broadcast stations and affect the ability of the Company to acquire
additional broadcast stations or finance such acquisitions. Such matters include
proposals to impose additional or increased spectrum use or other fees upon
licensees; proposals to change rules relating to political broadcasting,
technical and frequency allocation matters, and DTV; proposals to restrict or
prohibit the advertising of alcoholic beverages; changes in the FCC's multiple
ownership, alien ownership, and attribution rules and policies; proposals to
allow telephone companies to deliver audio and video programming through
existing telephone lines; and proposals to limit the tax deductibility of
advertising expenses. The Company cannot predict what other matters may be
considered in the future, nor can it judge in advance what impact, if any, the
implementation of any of these proposals or changes might have on its business.
EMPLOYEES
As of December 31, 2000, the Company had approximately 823 full-time
employees and 106 part-time employees. The substantial majority of the Company's
employees are not represented by labor unions. The Company considers its
relations with its employees to be good.
SEASONALITY
Seasonal revenue fluctuations are common within the television broadcasting
industry and result primarily from fluctuations in advertising expenditures.
Generally, the Company believes that television advertisers spend relatively
more for commercial advertising time in the fourth and second calendar quarters
and spend relatively less during the first calendar quarter of each year.
TRADEMARKS AND SERVICE MARKS
The Company has thirteen federally registered trademarks and service marks
with another 81 applications pending. It does not own any patents nor does it
have any patent applications.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND ASSOCIATED RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
This Report contains "forward-looking statements" that reflect the
Company's current views with respect to future events. All statements in this
Report other than those that are simply statements of historical facts are
generally forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the
Company's current assumptions and analysis, which management believes to be
reasonable, but are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations. All
forward-looking statements in this Report are made only as of the date of this
Report, and the Company does not undertake to update these forward-looking
statements, even though circumstances may change in the future.
Among the significant risks and uncertainties which could cause actual
results to differ from those anticipated in the Company's forward-looking
statements or could otherwise adversely affect the Company's business or
financial condition are those described below.
High Level of Indebtedness; Restrictions Imposed by Terms of Indebtedness and
Preferred Stock
The Company is highly leveraged. At December 31, 2000, the Company had
$405.5 million of total debt and redeemable securities with an aggregate
liquidation preference of approximately $1,141.6 million. The Company may incur
additional indebtedness to finance acquisitions and capital expenditures and for
certain other corporate purposes. The Company's ability to incur indebtedness is
subject to restrictions in the terms of the Company's Senior Secured Revolving
Credit Facility (the "Credit Facility"), the Company's Equipment Purchase Credit
Facility (the "Equipment Facility"), and the indenture (the "Indenture")
governing the Company's 11 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes (the "Notes"), as well
as the terms of the Company's Junior Cumulative Compounding Redeemable Preferred
Stock (the "Junior Redeemable Preferred Stock"), the Company's redeemable
12 1/2% Cumulative Exchangeable Preferred Stock (the "Exchangeable Preferred
Stock"), the Company's redeemable 13 1/4% Cumulative Junior Exchangeable
Preferred Stock (the "Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock"), the Company's
9 3/4% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock") and the Company's 8% Series B Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock
(the "Series B Convertible Preferred Stock", and collectively with the Junior
Redeemable Preferred Stock, the Exchangeable Preferred Stock, the Junior
Exchangeable Preferred Stock and the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, the
"Preferred Stock").
The level of the Company's indebtedness and redeemable preferred stock
could have important consequences to the Company, including that: (i) a
significant amount of the Company's cash flow from operations must be dedicated
to debt service and preferred stock dividends and will not be available for
other purposes; (ii) the Company's ability to obtain additional financing may be
limited; (iii) the Company's leveraged position and covenants contained in the
Credit Facility, the Equipment Facility, the Indenture and the terms of the
Preferred Stock (or any replacements thereof) could limit its ability to expand
and make capital improvements and acquisitions; and (iv) the Company's level of
indebtedness could make it more vulnerable to economic downturns, limit its
ability to withstand competitive pressures and limit its flexibility in reacting
to changes in its industry and economic conditions generally. Many of the
Company's competitors currently operate on a less leveraged basis and may have
significantly greater operating and financing flexibility than the Company.
The Credit Facility, the Equipment Facility, the Indenture and the
Preferred Stock contain covenants that restrict, among other things, the
Company's ability to incur additional indebtedness, incur liens, make
investments, pay dividends or make other restricted payments, consummate asset
sales, consolidate with any other person or sell, assign, transfer, lease,
convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets.
Currently, these covenants prevent the Company from incurring additional
indebtedness other than limited amounts of certain types of permitted
indebtedness (e.g., purchase money indebtedness), although refinancing of
existing debt is not prohibited. If the Company defaults under the Credit
Facility or the Equipment Facility, the lenders may terminate their lending
commitments and declare the indebtedness under the Credit Facility or Equipment
Facility immediately due and payable. If this were to occur, there is no
assurance that the Company would have sufficient assets to pay indebtedness then
outstanding. If the Company is unable to service its indebtedness or satisfy its
dividend or redemption obligations with respect to its Preferred Stock, it
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will be forced to adopt an alternative strategy that may include actions such as
reducing or delaying capital expenditures, selling assets, restructuring or
refinancing its indebtedness or seeking additional equity capital. There is no
assurance that any of these strategies could be effected on satisfactory terms,
if at all.
History of Net Losses; Insufficiency of Earnings to Cover Fixed Charges;
Negative Operating Cash Flow
The Company has incurred losses from continuing operations in each of its
fiscal years since inception. As a result of these net losses, for the years
ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998, the Company's earnings were insufficient
to cover combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividend requirements by
approximately $390.7 million, $369.6 million and $163.3 million, respectively
(which amounts include the non-cash beneficial conversion feature on preferred
stock totaling $75.1 million and $65.5 million in 2000 and 1999, respectively).
The Company expects to continue to experience net losses available to common
stockholders in the foreseeable future, principally due to interest charges on
outstanding indebtedness, dividends on outstanding preferred stock and non-cash
charges for depreciation and amortization expense related to fixed assets and
intangible assets relating to acquisitions. Future net losses could be greater
than those the Company has experienced in the past.
The Company's cash flow from operations, as measured by its EBITDA (as
defined in footnote (d) in Item 6. Selected Financial Data elsewhere in this
Report), has been insufficient to cover its operating expenses, debt service
requirements and other cash commitments in each of the years ended December 31,
2000, 1999 and 1998. The Company's negative EBITDA for these periods was $4.9
million, $45.8 million and $59.4 million, respectively. The Company has financed
its operating cash requirements, as well as its capital needs, during these
periods with the proceeds of financing activities, including the issuance of
preferred stock and additional borrowings.
Acceptance of New Television Network
The Company's PAX TV Network is an early stage venture with a relatively
limited operating history. The experiences of other new television networks of
the past decade have demonstrated that gaining market acceptance of a new
television network by viewing audiences and advertisers to a sufficient degree
that the new network can attain profitability requires a substantial period of
time and the commitment of significant financial, managerial and other
resources. The network television industry has been dominated for many years by
ABC, NBC and CBS, and only recently have additional broadcast networks entered
the market. Most or all of the other television networks with which PAX TV
competes have substantially greater financial and other resources available to
them than the Company. While the Company believes that its approach is unique
among broadcast television networks, in that it owns and operates the stations
reaching most of the television households reached by the PAX TV Network, the
Company's business model is different from those of traditional television
networks and is unproven. The Company believes that the success of its business
plan for PAX TV will depend, among other things, upon its ability to sell
advertising at targeted rates, which is in turn dependent upon the Company's
ability to provide popular television programming and nationwide audience reach,
through the expansion and improvement of the Company's television distribution
system, to a sufficient degree to cause PAX TV to be an attractive choice for
advertising clients. There can be no assurance that the PAX TV Network will be
successful.
Reliance on Television Programming
The success of the Company's PAX TV Network and its television station
operations is dependent upon the Company's ability to provide programming which
attracts sufficient numbers of viewers in desirable demographic groups to
generate audience ratings that advertisers will find attractive. While PAX TV
audience ratings and the Company's advertising revenues have generally been
increasing since the launch of PAX TV on August 31, 1998, there can be no
assurance that the Company's programming will attract sufficient targeted
viewership or that the Company will be able to generate enough advertising
revenues for its PAX TV operations to achieve profitability. Further,
acquisitions of television programming rights may be made several years in
advance and may require multi-year commitments, making it difficult to
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predict how a program will perform in relation to its cost. In some instances,
programs must be replaced before their costs have been fully amortized,
resulting in write-offs that increase station operating costs. There can be no
assurance that the Company will not be exposed in the future to increased
programming costs which may materially adversely affect the Company's operating
results. The Company's production of original programming for airing on PAX TV
involves incurring production, talent and other ancillary costs. There is no
assurance that the Company's original programming will be commercially
successful.
Operations under Joint Sales Agreements
As of March 15, 2001, the Company has entered into JSAs with respect to 45
Company stations and expects to enter into additional JSA's with broadcasters in
markets in which the Company has a station. While the Company believes that each
of the stations which enters into a JSA should experience an improvement in
overall operating performance through a combination of improved revenues and
operating cost reductions, there can be no assurance that such operating
improvements, if any, will be realized. In addition, if a JSA proves to be
unsuccessful in a particular market, the Company may incur significant costs to
transfer its JSA to another broadcast television station operator or resume
operating independently.
"Must Carry" Regulations
The Company believes that the growth and success of its television station
group depends materially upon access to households served by cable television
systems. Pursuant to the 1992 Cable Act, each broadcaster is required to elect,
every three years, to exercise either certain "must carry" or retransmission
consent rights in connection with carriage of their signals by cable systems in
their local market. By electing the "must carry" rights, a broadcaster can
demand carriage on a specified channel on cable systems within its DMA, provided
the broadcaster's television signal can be delivered to the cable system
operator's cable head end at a specified strength. These "must carry" rights are
not absolute, and their exercise depends on variables such as the number of
activated channels on a cable system, the location and size of a cable system,
and the amount of duplicative programming on a broadcast station. Therefore,
under certain circumstances, a cable system can decline to carry a given
station. Alternatively, if a broadcaster chooses to exercise retransmission
consent rights, it can prohibit cable systems from carrying its signal or grant
the appropriate cable system the authority to retransmit the broadcast signal
for a fee or other consideration. The Company's television stations generally
elected "must carry" on local cable systems for the three year election period
which commenced January 1, 2000. The required election date for the next three
year election period commencing January 1, 2003 will be October 1, 2002. If the
law were changed to eliminate or materially alter "must carry" rights, the
Company could suffer adverse effects.
In an ongoing rule making proceeding, the FCC is seeking to develop rules
to govern the obligations of cable television systems for mandatory carriage of
local television stations for obtaining retransmission consent during and
following the transition from analog to digital television broadcasting. In an
initial order in the proceeding, the FCC tentatively concluded that the licensee
of a television broadcast station would not be entitled to mandatory carriage of
both the station's analog signal and its digital signal, and would not be
entitled to mandatory carriage of its digital signal unless it first gives up
its analog signal. Furthermore, the FCC concluded that the "primary video" of a
DTV station's signal entitled to mandatory carriage is a single DTV programming
stream and its program-related content. Thus, broadcast with multiple DTV
programming streams would be required to designate the primary video stream
eligible for mandatory carriage. The FCC has requested further comment on its
tentative conclusion. If the FCC adheres to the position in its initial order,
then mandatory carriage rights would be accorded only to those television
stations operating solely with a digital signal. Television licensees
nevertheless could negotiate with cable television systems for carriage of a
digital signal pursuant to retransmission consent. The Company cannot predict
the ultimate outcome of this proceeding or the effect upon the Company of a
decision by the FCC to adhere to its tentative conclusions.
Satellite Carriage of Television Broadcast Signals
Under federal law, satellite service providers have authority to deliver
local broadcast signals to customers residing in a television station's local
market. After a transition period, satellite carriers must obtain
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retransmission consent from the television station before continuing carriage,
and television stations must negotiate for retransmission consent in good faith.
Beginning January 1, 2002, a satellite carrier delivering the signal of any
local television station will be required to carry all stations licensed to the
carried station's local market. With respect to the delivery of out-of-market,
or distant, television broadcast signals to unserved customers, the legislation
permits satellite carriers to provide the signal of a distant network affiliate
to only those customers who cannot receive a signal of at least Grade B
intensity from the local network affiliate. To implement the statute, the FCC
recently adopted procedural and administrative rules similar to the must-carry
obligations that apply to cable television systems. Under the new rules,
stations may elect either mandatory carriage or negotiation for retransmission
consent. The first election period will be four years, with subsequent election
periods set at three years to coincide with the cable election period.
Broadcasters will be required to make their first satellite carriage election
prior to July 1, 2001. The FCC has issued a report recommending that Congress
retain the Grade B signal standard for purposes of determining whether a signal
is distant. The Company cannot predict the ultimate impact of the new
regulations on its television stations.
In September 2000, the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications
Association ("SBCA"), DirecTV and EchoStar (two satellite service providers)
filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
Virginia challenging the constitutionality of the statutory satellite must-carry
requirements. In February 2001, SBCA filed a similar complaint with the Fourth
Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond and EchoStar filed a similar complaint with
the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. Also in February 2001, NAB filed a
complaint with the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit alleging that the FCC
failed to implement the must-carry requirements properly. The three February
2001 complaints have been consolidated into a single proceeding in the Fourth
Circuit. The Company cannot predict the outcome of this litigation or its
ultimate impact, if any, on its television stations.
Government Regulation
Each of the Company's television stations operates pursuant to one or more
licenses issued by the FCC. The company's station licenses are subject to
renewal at various times during 2004 through 2007. Third parties may challenge
the Company's license renewal applications. Although the Company has no reason
to believe that its licenses will not be renewed in the ordinary course, there
can be no assurance that the licenses will be renewed. See "Item 1.
Business -- Federal Regulation of Broadcasting."
The television broadcasting industry is subject to extensive and changing
regulation. Among other things, the Communications Act and FCC rules and
policies require FCC consent to assignments of FCC licenses and transfers of
control of corporations or other entities holding broadcast licenses. Congress
and the FCC currently have under consideration and may in the future adopt new
laws, regulations and policies regarding a wide variety of matters which could,
directly or indirectly, adversely affect the ownership and operation of the
Company's television stations, as well as the Company's business strategies.
These matters include proposals to impose additional or increased spectrum use
or other fees upon licensees; proposals to change rules relating to political
broadcasting; technical and frequency allocation matters, and DTV; proposals to
restrict or prohibit the advertising of alcoholic beverages; changes in the
FCC's multiple ownership, alien ownership, and attribution rules and policies;
proposals to allow telephone companies to deliver audio and video programming
through existing phone lines; and proposals to limit the tax deductibility of
advertising expenses. In addition, relaxation of existing multiple ownership and
cross-ownership rules and policies by the FCC and other changes in the FCC's
rules following passage of the 1996 Act have affected the competitive landscape
in ways that could increase the competition faced by the Company, including
competition from larger media, entertainment and telecommunications companies,
some of which have greater financial resources than the Company.
FCC Auction of 700 MHz Spectrum
Eighteen of the Company's analog stations are licensed to broadcast on
television channels 59-69. This group of channels occupies a portion of the
frequency within the 700 MHz band of broadcast spectrum currently allocated to
television broadcasters by the FCC (the "700 MHz Spectrum"). As part of the
nationwide transition from analog to DTV broadcasting, the current rules of the
FCC require that after
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December 31, 2006, and subject to the further requirement that 85% of television
households in a television market are capable of receiving DTV services (i.e.,
owning or otherwise having the use of DTV capable consumer television
equipment), broadcasters give up their analog signal occupying the 700 MHz
Spectrum in a given market and thereafter broadcast only on their allotted
digital frequency, and the spectrum bandwidth vacated by the television
broadcaster would then be made available by the FCC for alternative wireless
communications and data applications. At the direction of Congress, and in
anticipation of this clearing and repurposing of the 700 MHz Spectrum, the FCC
has established an auction process (the "FCC Auction") to allow interested
parties to bid on licenses to use the 700 MHz Spectrum. The Company believes
that, based on auctions of spectrum in Europe and of the C&F spectrum block in
the United States, both of which could be used for comparable wireless
communications and data services, telecommunications companies and other
potential providers of wireless data communications and data services are likely
to be the most interested parties in bidding on the cleared 700 MHz Spectrum.
However, recent developments and ongoing technological and regulatory delays
have created substantial uncertainty as to the timing and consequences to the
Company from the clearing and repurposing of the 700 MHz Spectrum. Furthermore,
consumers have not accepted DTV equipment as rapidly as originally anticipated,
which in turn has delayed the likely date on which minimum household penetration
of DTV equipment would be high enough to cause broadcasters to give up their
analog signals. In its current format, the FCC Auction requires bidders to make
substantial, forfeitable deposits prior to bidding and winning bidders are
required to make full payments to the FCC within certain specified periods after
the auction is complete. Due to the delays described above, however, the Company
believes that the winning bidders will be required to make payments to the FCC
and incur the associated costs of the infrastructure development for new
wireless communications and data services well in advance of the earliest date
when broadcasters will be required by the FCC to abandon the 700 MHz Spectrum.
The Company believes, and has, along with other incumbent broadcasters, lobbied
Congress and the FCC, that it is in the best interest of broadcasters and the
public that the FCC Auction proceed and that incumbent broadcasters and the
potential bidders or winning bidders after the auction, enter into private
arrangements, providing for compensation to incumbent broadcasters, in order to
clear the 700 MHz Spectrum earlier than the dates currently required by law. On
the other hand, the Company and broadcasters recently lobbied Congress and the
FCC to delay the FCC Auction for four months in order to allow broadcasters to
develop and implement strategies to vacate their 700 MHz Spectrum and secure
alternative distribution. The FCC Auction was originally scheduled to commence
in May, 2000, but has been delayed four times and is currently scheduled to
commence on September 12, 2001. The Company is unable to predict whether there
will be further delays in commencing the FCC Auction or when the Company will
abandon, by private agreement or as required by law, the analog broadcast
service of each of its 18 stations occupying the 700 MHz Spectrum. Furthermore,
the Company is unable to predict when or if it will reach agreements with
potential or winning bidders to facilitate the early clearing of the 700 MHz
Spectrum utilized by its 18 stations, or the terms of any such arrangements,
including any compensation to the Company. While the Company believes it should
be able to secure suitable alternative distribution methods for its television
programming in each of the 18 markets where it will eventually abandon its
analog broadcast service, including utilizing the Company's own DTV allocation
in those 18 markets or through third party cable and satellite distribution
agreements, the Company could suffer adverse consequences if it were unable to
secure such alternative distribution on reasonable terms and conditions. The
Company is unable to predict the ultimate impact on its business of the
abandonment of analog broadcast television service by each of its 18 television
stations occupying the 700 MHz Spectrum.
Dependence on Key Personnel
The Company's business depends upon the efforts, abilities and expertise of
its executive officers and other key employees, including Lowell W. Paxson, its
Chairman and Jeffrey Sagansky, its Chief Executive Officer. If any of these
executive officers were to leave the Company, the Company's operating results
could be adversely affected.
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Ability to Manage Growth
Since inception, the Company has experienced rapid growth, primarily
through acquisitions. Rapidly growing businesses frequently encounter unforeseen
expenses and delays in completing acquisitions, as well as difficulties and
complications in integrating acquired operations without disruption to overall
operations. In addition, such rapid growth may adversely affect the Company's
operating results because of many factors, including capital requirements,
transitional management and operating adjustments, and interest costs associated
with acquisition debt. There can be no assurance that the Company will
successfully integrate acquired operations or successfully manage the costs
often associated with rapid growth.
Competition
The Company's television stations are located in highly competitive
markets. The financial success of each of the Company's television stations
depends, to a significant degree, upon its audience ratings, its share of the
overall television advertising sales within its geographic market, the economic
health of the market and the popularity of its programming. The audience ratings
and advertising of such individual stations are subject to change and any
adverse change in a particular market could have a material adverse effect on
the revenue and cash flow of the Company. The Company's television stations
compete for audience share and advertising revenue directly with other
television stations and with other media within their respective markets. Some
of the Company's competitors have greater resources than the Company, which may
enhance their ability to compete successfully against the Company. There can be
no assurance that the Company's stations will be able to obtain or maintain
significant audience ratings and advertising revenue.
Industry and Economic Conditions
The profitability of the Company's television stations is subject to
various factors that influence the television broadcasting industry as a whole,
including changes in audience tastes, priorities of advertisers, new laws and
governmental regulations and policies, changes in broadcast technical
requirements, technological changes, proposals to eliminate the tax
deductibility of expenses incurred by advertisers and changes in the willingness
of financial institutions and other lenders to finance television station
acquisitions and operations. The Company's broadcasting revenue is likely to be
adversely affected by a recession or downturn in the United States economy or
other events or circumstances that adversely affect advertising activity. In
addition, the Company's operating results in individual geographic markets could
be adversely affected by local or regional economic downturns.
Advertising Residual Payments to Performers Unions
Approximately 25% of the Company's 2000 revenues relate to network
commercial spot advertisements aired on the PAX TV Network. The Company believes
substantially all of such network spot advertisements were produced by
advertisers or their advertising agencies (the "Advertising Community") using
performers who are members of the Screen Actors Guild and the American
Federation of Television and Radio Artists (collectively, the "Guilds"). When
network commercials are aired on broadcast and cable television networks, the
performers are entitled to be paid by the Advertising Community certain
royalties (referred to within the industry as "residual payments") which are
determined under the collective bargaining agreements (the "Guild Agreements")
between the Guilds and the Advertising Community. In the Fall of 2000, after the
expiration of the then effective Guild Agreements (the "Old Guild Agreements")
and a prolonged strike by performers, the Guilds and the Advertising Community
entered into new Guild Agreements (the "Current Guild Agreements"). Under both
the Old Guild Agreements and the Current Guild Agreements, the residual payments
required to be paid by the Advertising Community in connection with
advertisements aired on cable networks are substantially lower than the
residuals required to be paid in connection with advertising aired on broadcast
networks. To date, the Company believes that a substantial portion, if not most,
of the network commercial spot advertising time purchased on the PAX TV Network
was purchased by the Advertising Community under the assumption that the
residual payment obligations the Advertising Community incurred in connection
with airing such advertising spots on the PAX TV Network were to be calculated
under the rates applicable to cable networks, not those applicable to broadcast
networks. Although the Old Guild Agreements
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did not contain express language on how residual payments were to be calculated
for advertisements aired on the PAX TV Network, the Current Guild Agreements
include express provisions establishing residual rates which are applicable to
network advertisements aired on PAX TV and are substantially lower than the
rates applicable to broadcast networks but still higher, in most circumstances,
than rates applicable to cable networks. As a result of this development,
certain advertisers have informed the Company that its network advertising spots
are not as attractive to advertisers as those of cable networks because of the
relatively higher residual payments under the Current Guild Agreements for PAX
TV Network advertisements as compared to advertisements on cable networks, the
Company's primary competitor for network advertising sales. Accordingly, the
Company has adopted new sales procedures in order to overcome this competitive
disadvantage, including offering to pay advertisers the difference between the
rate payable for PAX TV Network advertising and the rates payable by cable
network advertisers (the "PAX Residual Indemnity"). The Company believes that
this development with the Guilds should adversely affect only its network spot
advertising business; all of its other network, national and local advertising
revenues should be unaffected. While the Company believes it can substitute
other forms of advertising to mitigate the effect of this development and that
the PAX Residual Indemnity should reduce or overcome entirely the competitive
disadvantage of PAX TV Network advertisements created by the residual payments
structure under Current Guild Agreements, the Company is unable to predict or
estimate the magnitude of the effect of this development on its network spot
advertising revenues.
Change of Control
A "change of control" (as defined in the Credit Facility) constitutes an
event of default under the Credit Facility. In the event of a "change of
control" (as defined in the Indenture), the Company will be required to offer to
purchase all of the outstanding Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal
amount thereof. In the event of a "change of control" (as defined with respect
to the Exchangeable Preferred Stock, the Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock,
the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and the Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock), the Company will be required to offer to purchase all of the shares of
these preferred stocks then outstanding at 101% (100% for the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock) of the then effective liquidation preference
thereof, plus accumulated and unpaid dividends. A "change of control" (as
defined with respect to the Junior Redeemable Preferred Stock) will require the
Company to pay a significantly higher dividend on the Junior Redeemable
Preferred Stock, unless it is redeemed. Generally, under these instruments a
change of control will be deemed to have occurred if any person, other than Mr.
Paxson and his affiliates, acquires control of a majority of the voting power of
the Company's outstanding capital stock or acquires more than one-third of the
outstanding voting power and possesses voting power in excess of that possessed
by Mr. Paxson and his affiliates, or there is a merger and the Company is not
the surviving corporation and the stockholders of the Company do not own at
least a majority of the outstanding common stock of the surviving corporation.
The repurchase by the Company of the Notes or the redemption of any of the
Preferred Stock upon a change of control could also cause a default under the
Credit Facility. There can be no assurance that in the event of any change of
control, the Company will have access to sufficient funds or will be
contractually permitted under the terms of outstanding indebtedness to repay its
indebtedness under the Credit Facility, repay the Notes, or pay the required
purchase price for any shares of Preferred Stock tendered by holders. In this
event, the Company could be required to seek third party financing to the extent
it did not have sufficient available funds to meet its purchase obligations, and
there can be no assurance that the Company would be able to obtain such
financing on favorable terms, if at all.
Risks Associated with NBC Investment
On September 15, 1999, the Company entered into a series of agreements with
NBC pursuant to which NBC made a $415 million investment in the Company and
acquired rights to purchase additional Company securities, the exercise of which
would result in NBC owning a majority of the total outstanding voting power of
the Company.
The agreements with NBC include affirmative and negative covenants of the
Company and provisions requiring the Company to obtain the consent of NBC or its
permitted transferee with respect to certain corporate actions, including the
approval of annual budgets, expenditures materially in excess of budgeted
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amounts, certain programming acquisitions, material amendments to the Company's
certificate of incorporation or bylaws, sale of a Company television station
serving any of the top 20 markets or as a result of which the national household
coverage of the Company's PAX TV Network would fall below 70%, material asset
sales or purchases, any business combination where the Company would not be the
surviving corporation or as a result of which there would be a change of control
of the Company, issuance or sale of any capital stock (subject to certain agreed
exceptions) or a stock split or recombination, any increase in the size of the
Company's board of directors (other than an increase of up to two directors
resulting from provisions of the Company's outstanding preferred stock),
entering into any joint sales, joint services, time brokerage, local marketing
or similar agreement as a result of which Company stations with national
household coverage of 20% or more would be subject to such agreements, and other
matters. NBC was also granted certain rights with respect to the broadcast
television operations of the Company, including, among other things, the right
to require the conversion of Company television stations to NBC network
affiliates (subject to certain conditions and to the Company's right to decline
such conversion if as a result the national household coverage of the Company's
PAX TV Network would fall below 70%), a right of first refusal on a proposed
sale of a Company television station, the right to require Company television
stations to carry NBC network programming which is preempted by NBC network
affiliates, and the right to negotiate on behalf of the Company to acquire
interests in new media companies in exchange for advertising airtime on Company
stations. In addition, three representatives of NBC have been elected to the
Company's board of directors. NBC is therefore in a position to exert
significant influence over the management and policies of the Company and,
through the exercise of its contractual rights, to prevent the Company from
taking actions which Company management may otherwise desire to take.
NBC has the right, at any time that the FCC renders a final decision that
NBC's investment in the Company is "attributable" to NBC (as such term is
defined under applicable rules of the FCC), or for a period of 60 days beginning
on September 15, 2002 and on each September 15 thereafter, to require the
Company (or an assignee selected by the Company) to redeem the Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock then held by NBC at a price equal to the aggregate
liquidation preference thereof plus accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to the
date of redemption. The Company will have one year in which to effect such a
redemption, and its redemption obligation will be subject to the covenants
contained in the terms of its outstanding debt and preferred stock limiting its
ability to effect such a redemption. NBC also has the right, in case of certain
events of default, to require the Company or its assignee to redeem the Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock and shares of Class A Common Stock acquired upon
conversion thereof then held by NBC at the higher of (i) the aggregate
liquidation preference thereof plus accrued and unpaid dividends thereon or (ii)
an amount per share of Class A Common Stock equal to the 45 day trailing average
of the closing sale prices of the Class A Common Stock. The Company will have
six months to effect such a redemption, and its redemption obligation will be
subject to the covenants contained in the terms of its outstanding debt and
preferred stock limiting its ability to effect such a redemption.
Should the Company fail to effect a required redemption within the
applicable period, NBC will generally be permitted to transfer without
restriction all Company securities acquired by NBC, the Call Right, NBC's
contractual rights described above, and its other rights under the related
transaction agreements (provided that NBC's common stock purchase warrants and
the Call Right shall expire, to the extent not exercised, upon the later of 30
days after such transfer or the date they would otherwise first become
exercisable pursuant to their respective terms). Should the Company fail to
effect a redemption triggered by an event of default on its part, NBC will also
have the right to exercise in full the warrants and the Call Right without
regard to the limitations on exercisability prior to February 1, 2002 otherwise
applicable and, to the extent the minimum exercise price provisions of such
instruments would otherwise be applicable, at a reduced minimum exercise price.
Should NBC not exercise such rights, the Company shall have another 30 day
period in which to effect a redemption, failing which, NBC may require the
Company to effect, at the Company's option, a public sale or liquidation of the
Company, after which time NBC shall not be permitted to exercise the warrants or
the Call Right.
There is no assurance that, should NBC exercise any of the redemption
rights described above, the Company would have access to sufficient funds to pay
the redemption price for the securities to be redeemed,
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or that the Company would be able to identify another party willing to purchase
such securities at the required redemption prices thereof. If NBC were to
exercise any of its redemption rights described above and the Company were
unable to complete the redemption, the Company would be unable to prevent NBC's
transfer of a controlling interest in the Company to a third party selected by
NBC in its discretion or the ultimate public sale or liquidation of the Company.
The occurrence of any of these events could have a material adverse effect upon
the Company and upon the value of the Company's securities held by other
persons. Further, there is no assurance that NBC will not exercise its rights
with respect to the Company in a manner which could be materially adverse to the
interests of other holders of Company securities.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
The Company's corporate headquarters is in West Palm Beach, Florida. The
types of properties required to support PAX TV and each of the Company's
existing or to be acquired television stations include a satellite up-link
facility, offices, studios and transmitter sites. The Company's satellite
up-link facility is located on leased property in Clearwater, Florida. A
station's studio is generally housed with its office in a downtown or business
district. A station's transmitter site generally is located in a manner that
provides the maximum market coverage the station can enjoy subject to its
license. The studios and offices of the Company's stations and its corporate
headquarters are located in leased or owned facilities. The Company's studio and
office leases have expiration dates that range from one to ten years. The
Company either owns or leases its transmitter and antenna sites. In several
cases, the Company leases the land on which it has constructed its own tower and
transmitter building allowing the Company to lease tower space to third parties.
The Company's transmitter and antenna site leases have expiration dates that
range generally from two to twenty years. The Company does not anticipate any
difficulties in renewing those leases that expire within the next several years
or in leasing other space, if required. No single property is material to the
Company's overall operations. The Company believes that its properties are in
good condition and suitable for its operations. The Company owns substantially
all of the equipment used in its television broadcasting business.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
In October, November, and December 1999, complaints were filed in the 15th
Judicial Circuit Court in Palm Beach County, Florida, in the Court of Chancery
of the State of Delaware and in Superior Court of the State of California
against certain of the Company's officers and directors by alleged stockholders
of the Company alleging breach of fiduciary duty by the directors in approving
the transactions with NBC which occurred in September 1999. The complaints
generally allege that the directors failed to pursue acquisition negotiations
with a party other than NBC, which transaction would have provided the Company's
stockholders with a substantial premium over the then market price of the
Company's common stock, and instead completed the NBC transactions. All of these
actions are at an early stage procedurally. The Company believes the suits to be
wholly without merit and intends to vigorously defend its actions on these
matters.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders of the Company
during the fourth quarter of the period covered by this report.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The Company's Class A Common Stock is listed on the American Stock Exchange
under the symbol PAX. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated,
the high and low last sales price per share for the Class A Common Stock.
2000 1999
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First Quarter.............................. $12.375 $7.750 $10.063 $ 7.625
Second Quarter............................. 8.875 6.125 14.250 7.875
Third Quarter.............................. 13.813 8.375 17.438 10.500
Fourth Quarter............................. 11.938 8.750 13.813 9.625
On March 1, 2001, the closing sale price of the Class A Common Stock on the
American Stock Exchange was $10.34 per share. As of that date, there were
approximately 436 holders of record of the Class A Common Stock.
The Company has not paid cash dividends and does not intend for the
foreseeable future to declare or pay any cash dividends on any of its classes of
Common Stock and intends to retain earnings, if any, for the future operation
and expansion of the Company's business. Any determination to declare or pay
dividends will be at the discretion of the Company's board of directors and will
depend upon the Company's future earnings, results of operations, financial
condition, capital requirements, contractual restrictions under the Company's
debt instruments, considerations imposed by applicable law and other factors
deemed relevant by the board of directors. In addition, the terms of the Credit
Facility, the Equipment Facility, the Indenture and the Preferred Stock contain
restrictions on the declaration of dividends with respect to the Common Stock.
In June 2000, the Company issued 30,000 shares of its Class A Common Stock
to Ponce-Nicasio Broadcasting as partial consideration for the acquisition of
the assets of television station KSPX serving the Sacramento, California market.
The shares were issued without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 in
reliance upon the exemption from registration for transactions by an issuer not
involving any public offering.
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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following table sets forth selected consolidated financial data as of
and for each of the years in the five year period ended December 31, 2000. This
information is qualified in its entirety by, and should be read in conjunction
with, the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto which are
included elsewhere in this report. The following data, insofar as it relates to
each of the years presented, has been derived from annual financial statements,
including the consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the
related consolidated statements of operations and of cash flows for the three
years ended December 31, 2000, and notes thereto appearing elsewhere herein. See
"Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters"
for a discussion of the Company's dividend policy.
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenues.............................................. $ 315,936 $ 248,362 $ 134,196 $ 88,241 $ 62,333
Less: agency commissions.............................. (44,044) (34,182) (16,908) (10,537) (7,855)
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Net revenues.......................................... 271,892 214,180 117,288 77,704 54,478
Operating loss........................................ (151,035) (225,251) (135,531) (21,935) (3,895)
Loss from continuing operations....................... (178,525) (160,372) (89,470) (36,504) (30,436)
Income from discontinued operations(a)................ -- -- 1,182 251,193 4,217
Net income (loss)..................................... (178,525) (160,372) (88,288) 214,689 (26,219)
Net income (loss) attributable to common
stockholders(b)..................................... (391,329) (314,579) (137,955) 188,412 (48,127)
BASIC AND DILUTED PER SHARE DATA:(C)
Loss from continuing operations....................... $ (6.16) $ (5.10) $ (2.31) $ (1.17) $ (1.20)
Discontinued operations............................... -- -- 0.02 4.67 0.10
Net income (loss)..................................... (6.16) (5.10) (2.29) 3.50 (1.10)
Weighted average shares outstanding -- basic and
diluted............................................. 63,515,340 61,737,576 60,360,384 53,808,472 43,836,526
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Working capital....................................... $ 74,298 $ 237,855 $ 1,807 $ 86,944 $ 76,201
Total assets.......................................... 1,526,047 1,690,087 1,542,786 1,057,113 543,182
Current portion of bank financing..................... 15,966 18,698 529 496 645
Senior subordinated notes and bank financing.......... 389,510 369,723 373,469 350,258 231,063
Total redeemable securities........................... 1,080,389 949,807 521,401 210,987 184,710
Total common stockholders' (deficit) equity........... (199,789) 96,721 247,673 367,744 106,775
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(d)............................................. $ (4,869) $ (45,821) $ (59,410) $ 30,140 $ 19,537
Program rights payments and deposits.................. 128,288 125,916 62,076 37,485 1,425
Payments for cable distribution rights................ 10,727 30,713 19,905 -- --
Capital expenditures.................................. 25,110 34,609 82,922 44,474 36,709
Cash flows used in operating activities............... (76,036) (181,808) (150,580) (76,041) (2,551)
Cash flows used in investing activities............... (12,784) (160,508) (168,486) (21,772) (258,530)
Cash flows provided by financing activities........... 14,994 418,065 285,865 118,705 254,761
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(a) Includes gains on the 1997 disposal of the Company's former
Network-Affiliated Television and Paxson Radio segments of $1.2 million and
$254.7 million in 1998 and 1997, respectively, net of applicable income
taxes.
(b) Includes dividends and accretion on redeemable preferred stock and
redeemable common stock warrants, as applicable.
(c) Due to losses from continuing operations, the effect of stock options and
warrants is antidilutive. Accordingly, the Company's presentation of diluted
earnings per share is the same as that of basic earnings per share.
(d) "EBITDA" is defined as operating loss plus depreciation, amortization,
stock-based compensation, programming net realizable value adjustments,
restructuring and other one-time charges, and time brokerage and affiliation
fees. EBITDA does not purport to represent cash provided by operating
activities as reflected in the consolidated statements of cash flows, is not
a measure of financial performance under generally accepted accounting
principles, and it should not be considered in isolation. Management
believes the presentation of EBITDA is relevant and useful because EBITDA is
a measurement industry analysts utilize when evaluating the Company's
operating performance.
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
GENERAL
The Company is a network television broadcasting company whose principal
business is the ownership and operation of the largest broadcast television
station group in the United States through which it broadcasts PAX TV, the
Company's family programming network. The Company commenced its television
operations in early 1994 in anticipation of deregulation of the broadcast
industry. In response to federal regulatory changes reducing restrictions on
broadcast television station ownership and mandating cable carriage of local
television stations, the Company has expanded rapidly, through acquisitions and
construction of television stations, to establish the largest owned and operated
broadcast television station group in the United States. The PAX TV Network
reaches US television households through a distribution system comprised of
owned and affiliated broadcast television stations, cable television systems in
markets not served by a PAX TV station and nationwide through satellite
television providers. According to Nielsen Television Index, as of February
2001, the PAX TV Network reached 82% of US primetime television households
through owned or affiliated broadcast stations, cable and satellite
distribution. Upon completion of pending transactions, the PAX TV Network will
include 124 broadcast television stations, consisting of 65 of the 73 stations
which are owned and operated by the Company and 59 independently owned PAX TV
affiliates. The stations which the Company will own or operate will reach 19 of
the top 20 markets and 42 of the top 50 markets. The Company's consolidated
operating revenues and expenses include the operating results of stations
operated under time brokerage agreements.
In September 1999, the Company and NBC entered into a series of agreements
pursuant to which NBC made a substantial financial investment in the Company
and, subject to the satisfaction of various conditions, including compliance
with applicable provisions of the Communications Act and the approval of the
FCC, has the ability to acquire voting and operational control of the Company.
The Company and NBC have entered into a number of agreements affecting the
Company's business operations, including an agreement under which NBC provides
network sales, marketing and research services for the Company's PAX TV Network,
and JSAs between the Company's stations and NBC's owned and operated stations
serving the same markets. Pursuant to the terms of the JSAs, the NBC stations
sell all non-network spot advertising of the Company's stations and receive
commission compensation for such sales and the Company's stations may agree to
carry one hour per day of the NBC station's syndicated or news programming.
Certain Company station operations, including sales operations, are integrated
with the corresponding functions of the related NBC station and the Company
reimburses NBC for the cost of performing these operations. During the year
ended December 31, 2000, the Company paid or accrued amounts due to NBC totaling
approximately $17.8 million for commission compensation and cost reimbursements
incurred in conjunction with these agreements. The Company believes it can
improve the operations of substantially all of its television stations by
entering into JSAs with NBC affiliated or other independently owned broadcast
stations in corresponding markets.
The Company's operating data throughout the periods discussed have been
affected significantly by the timing and mix of television station acquisitions
throughout such periods and the costs incurred to launch and support PAX TV. The
Company's primary operating costs include employee salaries, administrative
expenses, and payments with respect to syndicated program rights, cable
distribution, ratings services and promotional advertising. The Company's
business is subject to various risks and uncertainties, which may significantly
reduce revenues and increase operating expenses. For example, a reduction in
expenditures by television advertisers in the Company's markets may result in
lower revenues. The Company may be unable to reduce expenses, including
syndicated program rights fees and certain variable expenses, in an amount
sufficient in the short term to offset lost revenues caused by poor market
conditions. The broadcasting industry continues to undergo rapid technological
change, which may increase competition within the Company's markets as new
delivery systems, such as direct broadcast satellite and internet networks,
attract customers.
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The changing nature of audience tastes and viewing habits may affect the
continued attractiveness of the Company's broadcasting stations to advertisers
upon whom the Company is dependent for its revenue. See
"Business -- Forward-Looking Statements and Associated Risks and Uncertainties"
for a discussion of certain factors which could influence the Company's future
performance and prospects.
RESULTS OF CONTINUING OPERATIONS
The following table sets forth net revenues, the components of operating
expenses, with percentages of net revenues, and other operating data for the
years ended December 31 (in thousands):
2000 % 1999 % 1998 %
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Revenues.................................... $ 315,936 $ 248,362 $ 134,196
Less: agency commissions.................... (44,044) (34,182) (16,908)
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Net revenues................................ 271,892 100.0 214,180 100.0 117,288 100.0
Expenses:
Programming and broadcast operations...... 38,633 14.2 33,139 15.5 26,717 22.8
Program rights amortization............... 100,324 36.9 91,799 42.9 31,422 26.8
Selling, general and administrative....... 137,804 50.7 135,063 63.1 118,559 101.1
Time brokerage and affiliation fees....... 5,259 1.9 14,257 6.7 15,699 13.4
Stock-based compensation.................. 13,866 5.1 16,814 7.8 10,413 8.9
Adjustment of programming to net
realizable value........................ 24,400 9.0 70,499 32.9 -- --
Restructuring charge related to JSAs...... 5,760 2.1 -- -- -- --
Depreciation and amortization............. 96,881 35.6 77,860 36.3 50,009 42.6
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Total operating expenses................ 422,927 155.5 439,431 205.2 252,819 215.6
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Operating loss.............................. $(151,035) (55.5) $(225,251) (105.2) $(135,531) (115.6)
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Other Data:
EBITDA...................................... $ (4,869) $ (45,821) $ (59,410)
Program rights payments and deposits........ 128,288 125,916 62,076
Payments for cable distribution rights...... 10,727 30,713 19,905
Capital expenditures........................ 25,110 34,609 82,922
Cash flows used in operating activities..... (76,036) (181,808) (150,580)
Cash flows used in investing activities..... (12,784) (160,508) (168,486)
Cash flows provided by financing
activities................................ 14,994 418,065 285,865
Years Ended December 31, 2000 and 1999
Net revenues increased to $271.9 million for the year ended December 31,
2000 from $214.2 million for 1999, an increase of 26.9%. The increase in net
revenues in 2000 is due to increases in advertising revenues from the PAX TV
Network and the Company's television stations. The increase in PAX TV Network
advertising revenues resulted from increases in ratings and distribution of the
PAX TV Network and favorable results from the Company's network sales agreement
with NBC. The increase in television station revenues resulted from an increase
in ratings and television station acquisitions. In addition, the Company's
increasing long-form programming rates continued to enhance both network and
television station revenue growth.
Expenses decreased to $422.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2000
from $439.4 million for 1999, a decrease of 3.8%. The decrease in expense
primarily relates to the programming rights adjustment to net realizable value
of $24.4 million in the current year compared to $70.5 million in 1999 and
decreased time brokerage and affiliation fees of $9.0 million due to the
completion of related acquisitions. These decreases in expenses were partially
offset by other significant expense increases including program rights
amortization of $8.5 million, reflecting the increased cost of new programming
as well as higher usage of certain shows this year compared to last year,
increased programming and broadcast operations costs of $5.5 million due
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primarily to completion of acquisitions, and higher depreciation and
amortization of $19.0 million primarily related to acquisitions as well as
accelerated depreciation on assets to be disposed of in connection with the JSA
restructuring plan described below.
During the fourth quarter of 2000, the Company approved a plan to
restructure its television station operations by entering into JSAs with third
party broadcast stations in the Company's remaining non-JSA markets. As of March
15, 2001, the Company has entered into JSAs for 45 of its television stations,
19 of which entered into JSAs prior to the date management approved the JSA
restructuring plan. Under the JSA structure, the Company generally carries no
on-site station sales staff. The JSA partner then provides local and national
spot advertising sales management and representation to the Company station and
integrates and co-locates the Company station operations with its own
operations. The Company's restructuring plan includes two major components: (1)
termination of 226 station sales and administrative employees; and (2) exiting
Company studio and sales office leased properties. These restructuring
activities resulted in a charge of approximately $5.8 million in the fourth
quarter of 2000 consisting of $2.7 million of termination benefits and $3.1
million of costs associated with exiting leased properties which will no longer
be utilized upon implementation of the JSAs. Through December 31, 2000, the
Company paid termination benefits to five employees totaling approximately
$83,000 which were charged against the restructuring reserve. The Company
expects to substantially complete the restructuring plan by the end of 2001;
however, certain lease obligations may continue through mid-2002.
The Company has issued options to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock
to certain members of management and employees pursuant to its stock
compensation plans. As of December 31, 2000, there were 7,774,286 options
outstanding under these plans and, in addition to these options, the Company has
granted options to purchase 3,200,000 shares of Class A Common Stock to members
of senior management and others as discussed in Note 13 of the Consolidated
Financial Statements. In connection with option and warrant grants, the Company
recognized stock-based compensation expense of approximately $13.9 million,
$16.8 million and $10.4 million in 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively, and
expects that approximately $7 million of compensation expense will be recognized
over the remaining vesting period of the outstanding options. In October 1999,
the Company amended the terms of substantially all of its outstanding employee
stock options to provide for certain accelerated vesting of the options in the
event of termination of employment with the Company as a result of the
consolidation of Company operations or functions with those of NBC or within six
months preceding or three years following a change in control of the Company.
Were such events to occur, the Company could be required to recognize
stock-based compensation expense at earlier dates than currently expected.
Interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2000 decreased 4.6% to
$48.0 million from $50.3 million in 1999. The decrease is due to repayment of DP
Media, Inc. debt in the fourth quarter of 1999. At December 31, 2000, total debt
was $405.5 million compared with $388.4 million as of December 31, 1999.
Interest income for the year ended December 31, 2000 increased 63.6% to $14.0
million from $8.6 million in 1999. The increase is primarily due to the
investment of the cash proceeds from the September 1999 $415 million investment
by NBC.
During 2000, the Company recognized a $10.2 million gain on the
modification of program rights obligations primarily resulting from the
Company's return of certain fully amortized programming rights in exchange for
cash of $4.9 million and the cancellation of the remaining payment obligations.
During 1999, the Company recognized pre-tax gains on the sale of its 30%
interest in the Travel Channel L.L.C. ("The Travel Channel") and television
stations totaling approximately $59.5 million. Such amount consists of a $17
million pre-tax gain on the sale of the Company's interest in the Travel
Channel, a $23.8 million pre-tax gain on the transfer of the Company's interest
in KWOK during the first quarter of 1999 and pre-tax gains of $18.7 million on
the sale of four television stations during the second quarter of 1999.
The Series B Convertible Preferred Stock issued in conjunction with the NBC
transaction was issued with a conversion price per share that was less than the
closing price of the Class A Common Stock at the date of issuance. As a result,
the Company recognized a beneficial conversion feature in connection with the
issuance of the stock equal to the amount of the discount multiplied by the
number of shares into which the
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Series B Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible. The beneficial conversion
feature calculated for the 1999 fiscal year totaling approximately $65.5 million
was reflected in the accompanying statement of operations as a preferred stock
dividend during 1999 and allocated to additional paid-in capital in the
accompanying balance sheet because the preferred stock was immediately
convertible. In November 2000, the Emerging Issues Task Force of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board reached a consensus regarding the accounting for
beneficial conversion features which required the Company to recalculate the
beneficial conversion feature utilizing the accounting conversion price as
opposed to the stated conversion price used for 1999. This change resulted in a
cumulative catch-up adjustment totaling approximately $75.1 million which was
recorded as a preferred stock dividend in the fourth quarter of 2000.
Years Ended December 31, 1999 and 1998
Net revenues for 1999 increased to $214.2 million from $117.3 million in
1998, an increase of 82.6%. This increase was primarily due to increased
advertising revenues as a result of greater distribution of the Company's
programming and the first full year of PAX TV operations since its launch on
August 31, 1998.
Expenses for 1999 increased to $439.4 million from $252.8 million in 1998,
an increase of 73.8%. The largest increase in expense relates to the second
quarter programming rights adjustment to net realizable value of $70.5 million,
reflecting a decrease in programming value due to lower anticipated future
usage, ratings and related revenues for these programs. Other significant
expense increases included programming rights amortization of $60.4 million,
reflecting twelve months usage during 1999 versus four months in 1998, selling,
general and administrative costs of $16.5 million which increased due to the
launch of PAX TV, increased stock-based compensation of $6.4 million and higher
depreciation and amortization of $27.9 million.
Interest expense for 1999 increased 20% to $50.3 million from $41.9 million
in 1998, due to a greater level of senior debt and higher rates throughout the
period as well as the consolidation of DP Media interest expense for the fourth
quarter. At December 31, 1999, total debt was $388.4 million, compared with
$374.0 million in the prior year. Interest income for 1999 decreased 43% to $8.6
million from $15.0 million in 1998, primarily due to lower levels of cash and
cash equivalents resulting from the use of the proceeds of the Radio Segment
sale in 1997 and the June 1998 preferred stock sales to fund acquisitions and
operating requirements.
The gain on sale of the Travel Channel and television stations in 1999
totaling $59.5 million reflects the Company's sale of its interests in the
Travel Channel, the transfer of the Company's interest in KWOK and the sale of
four television stations previously described. The gain in 1998 totaling $51.6
million reflects the sale of three television stations. Included in Other
expense, net for 1999 is a loss of $4.5 million, representing the Company's
estimate of advances and costs related to the planned acquisition of a
television station which were determined to be unrecoverable due to the
termination of the acquisition contract.
During 1998, the Company recognized an additional gain of $1.2 million on
the 1997 sale of its former Radio segment, net of applicable income taxes of
$2.2 million. This gain reflects an adjustment of $2.7 million of estimated
costs attributable to the segment disposal and the recovery of a $3 million loan
related to the billboard operations of Radio, which was charged off against the
gain in 1997. An additional $2.3 million of income taxes were recorded within
discontinued operations in 1998, as a result of certain adjustments by the IRS
reducing the Company's net operating loss carry-forwards relating to the
historical results of the Radio segment.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The Company's primary capital requirements are for the funds required to
complete announced acquisitions of broadcasting properties, capital expenditures
on existing and acquired properties, syndicated programming rights payments,
cable carriage and promotion payments, debt service payments and working
capital. The Company's primary sources of liquidity are its net working capital
and availability under the Equipment Facility for the funding of capital
expenditures. As of December 31, 2000, the Company had $101.4 million in cash
and short-term investments and working capital of approximately $74.3 million.
During the year ended December 31, 2000, the Company's working capital decreased
$163.6 million due to use of $74.2 million to complete the acquisition of
television stations, $40.1 million to pay interest due under certain
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of the Company's debt instruments, $25.1 million to fund capital expenditures,
$7.1 million to fund preferred stock dividend payments and $17.1 million to fund
other operating activities offset by proceeds from the exercise of stock
options, additional borrowings under the Equipment Facility and proceeds from
the sale of certain of the Company's television stations.
In 2000, the Company entered into three amendments of its Senior Credit
Facility. The amended terms include: (1) requiring the Company to make certain
escrow deposits if it does not meet certain quarterly financial ratios; (2)
allowing the Company to sell its communications towers and related equipment;
(3) allowing the Company to sell its accounts receivable; (4) adjustment to the
timing and amounts of principal payments; and (5) amendment of certain financial
covenants. In connection with the amendments, the interest rates under the
facility were increased to 2.50% over base rate or 3.50% over LIBOR. At December
31, 2000, $13.7 million was deposited in escrow pursuant to the amended terms of
the facility. Under the current terms, the Company is required to make principal
payments of $2.5 million in 2001, $10 million on March 31, 2002 and $109.5
million on June 30, 2002. Should the Company not meet certain future quarterly
financial ratios, the Company will be required to deposit quarterly into escrow
an amount equal to principal amortization due in the following quarter and
annualized interest as calculated under the terms of the facility. Unless the
credit facility is amended or refinanced, the Company believes that, more likely
than not, it will be required to make the future escrow deposits previously
described.
In March 2001, the Company amended its equipment credit facility (the
"Equipment Facility") as follows: (1) the maximum borrowing capacity was
increased from $65 million to $85 million with availability through June 30,
2002; and (2) scheduled principal amortization was eliminated and replaced with
a requirement to repay in full amounts outstanding on June 30, 2002. In
connection with the amendment, the interest rates were increased to the Index
Rate, as defined, plus 2.75%, LIBOR plus 3.75% or commercial paper rate plus
3.75%, at the Company's option. The Company paid a $200,000 origination fee for
the increased commitment. All borrowings under this facility are secured by the
equipment purchased with the proceeds drawn. At December 31, 2000, the Company
had borrowings of approximately $53.7 million outstanding under the Equipment
Facility. The Company intends to utilize the Equipment Facility to fund the
majority of its capital expenditure needs in 2001.
The terms of certain of the Company's preferred securities and the
indenture relating to its Senior Subordinated Notes contain covenants which
currently preclude the Company from incurring additional indebtedness except for
certain indebtedness related to the funding of capital expenditures. The Company
has entered or intends to enter into agreements to sell certain of its assets
and anticipates the proceeds from these transactions to be approximately $70 to
$100 million. These assets include the Company's television stations serving
markets in Puerto Rico, Honolulu, Boston/Merrimack, Phoenix/Flagstaff, St.
Louis, and certain other LPTV stations. The Company expects to receive the
proceeds related to these asset sales during 2001 and 2002. The Company believes
that cash provided by future operations, net working capital, its availability
under the Equipment Facility and the proceeds from the planned sale of assets
will provide the liquidity necessary to meet its obligations and financial
commitments through 2001. Should the Company be unable to sell the identified
assets on acceptable terms, it may be required to seek to sell additional assets
in order to generate sufficient cash to meet its liquidity needs. As the Senior
Credit Facility and the Equipment Facility mature on June 30, 2002, the Company
will be required to refinance or extend these facilities on or before that date.
Additionally, the Company will likely be required to refinance its $230 million
Senior Subordinated Notes on or before the stated maturity on October 1, 2002.
The Senior Subordinated Notes are currently redeemable at the option of the
Company through September 30, 2001 at 102% of the face value plus accrued
interest. Commencing October 1, 2001 through maturity, the Senior Subordinated
Notes are redeemable at the option of the Company at 100% of the face value plus
accrued interest.
Cash used in operating activities was approximately $76.0 million, $181.8
million and $150.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998,
respectively. Such amounts primarily reflect the operating costs incurred in
connection with the operation of PAX TV and the related cable distribution
rights and programming rights payments. The decrease in 2000 reflects improved
operating performance and EBITDA.
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Cash used in investing activities of approximately $12.8 million, $160.5
million and $168.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998,
respectively, primarily reflects acquisitions of and investments in broadcast
properties, proceeds from the sale of television stations and, in 1999, the sale
of the Travel Channel, capital expenditures, short term investment transactions
and other transactions.
In June 2000, the Company completed the acquisition of DP Media, Inc. ("DP
Media"). Prior to acquisition, DP Media was beneficially owned by family members
of Mr. Paxson, the Company's Chairman and principal stockholder. The Company
acquired DP Media for aggregate consideration of $113.5 million, $106 million of
which had previously been advanced by the Company during 1999. DP Media's assets
included a 32% equity interest in a limited liability company controlled by the
former stockholders of DP Media, which owns television station WWDP in Norwell,
Massachusetts. The Company allocated the aggregate purchase price of DP Media to
the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their relative fair market
values. During the third quarter of 1999, the Company advanced funds to DP Media
to fund operating cash flow needs. As a result of the Company's significant
operating relationships with DP Media and its funding of DP Media's operating
cash flow needs, the assets and liabilities of DP Media, together with their
results of operations have been included in the Company's consolidated financial
statements since September 30, 1999. In consolidating DP Media, at December 31,
1999, the Company recorded current assets of approximately $4.3 million, current
liabilities of approximately $1.3 million, property, plant and equipment of
approximately $22.2 million, intangible assets of approximately $72.2 million
and other assets of approximately $2.6 million.
During 2000, the Company also acquired the assets of four television
stations (including construction permits) for total consideration of
approximately $68.7 million of which $10.9 million was paid in prior years, and
paid approximately $8.9 million of additional consideration for a prior year
acquisition. During 1999, the Company acquired the assets of five television
stations (including construction permits), for total consideration of
approximately $65.6 million. In February 1999, the Company also completed its
acquisition of WCPX in Chicago by transferring its interest in KWOK in San
Francisco as partial consideration for WCPX. In connection with the transfer of
ownership of KWOK, the Company recognized a pre-tax gain of approximately $23.8
million. During 1998, the Company acquired the assets of 26 television stations
(including construction permits), for total consideration of approximately
$591.4 million, financed primarily from proceeds from the sale of the Company's
former radio segment.
During 2000, the Company sold its interests in four stations for aggregate
consideration of approximately $14.5 million and realized pre-tax gains of
approximately $1.3 million on these sales. During 1999, the Company sold its
interests in four stations for aggregate consideration of approximately $61
million and realized pre-tax gains of approximately $18.7 million on these
sales. In addition, in February 1999, the Company sold its 30% interest in The
Travel Channel for aggregate consideration of approximately $55 million and
realized a pre-tax gain of approximately $17 million. The results of operations
of The Travel Channel have been included in the Company's December 31, 1999 and
1998 consolidated statement of operations using the equity method of accounting
through the date of sale. During 1998, the Company sold its interests in three
stations for aggregate consideration of $79.5 million and realized pre-tax gains
of approximately $51.6 million.
As of December 31, 2000, the Company had agreements to purchase significant
assets of, or to enter into time brokerage and financing arrangements with
respect to broadcast properties totaling approximately $60.3 million, net of
deposits and advances, of which approximately $11.6 million was paid in the
first quarter of 2001.
Capital expenditures were approximately $25.1 million, $34.6 million and
$82.9 million in 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively. The FCC has mandated that
each licensee of a full power broadcast TV station, which was allotted a second
digital television channel in addition to the current analog channel, complete
the build-out of its digital broadcast service by May 2002. Despite the current
uncertainty that exists in the broadcasting industry with respect to standards
for digital broadcast services, planned formats and usage, it is the Company's
intention to comply with the FCC's timing requirements for the broadcast of
digital television. The Company has already commenced migration to digital
broadcasting in certain of its markets and will continue
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to do so throughout its required time period. Due to such uncertainty with
respect to standards, formats and usage, however, the Company cannot currently
predict with reasonable certainty the amount it will likely have to spend in
aggregate to complete the digital conversion of its stations, but does
anticipate spending at least $70 million. It is likely that the capital
necessary to complete the digital conversion will come from cash on hand as well
as the monetization of certain non-core assets or other financing arrangements.
Cash provided by financing activities primarily reflects the proceeds from
long-term debt borrowings and the exercise of common stock options, net of
repayments of long-term debt and preferred stock dividends paid.
As of December 31, 2000, the Company's programming contracts require
collective payments by the Company of approximately $219.4 million as follows
(in thousands):
OBLIGATIONS
FOR PROGRAM
PROGRAM RIGHTS
RIGHTS COMMITMENTS TOTAL
----------- ----------- --------
2001......................................... $ 88,336 $19,158 $107,494
2002......................................... 54,962 12,816 67,778
2003......................................... 18,273 8,692 26,965
2004......................................... 6,106 6,650 12,756
2005......................................... -- 4,433 4,433
-------- ------- --------
$167,677 $51,749 $219,426
======== ======= ========
The Company has also committed to purchase at similar terms additional
future series episodes of its licensed programs should they be made available.
As of December 31, 2000, obligations for cable distribution rights require
collective payments by the Company of approximately $22.8 million as follows (in
thousands):
2001........................................................ $19,840
2002........................................................ 2,624
2003........................................................ 260
2004........................................................ 108
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22,832
Less: Amount representing interest.......................... (2,020)
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Present value of cable rights payable....................... $20,812
=======
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL DATA
The response to this item is submitted in a separate section of this
report.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
Information required by this item regarding directors and officers is
incorporated by reference from the definitive Proxy Statement being filed by the
Company for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 1, 2001.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the
definitive Proxy Statement being filed by the Company for the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be held on May 1, 2001.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
Information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the
definitive Proxy Statement being filed by the Company for the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be held on May 1, 2001.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the
definitive Proxy Statement being filed by the Company for the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be held on May 1, 2001.
PART IV
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) The following documents are filed as part of the report:
1. The financial statements filed as part of this report are listed
separately in the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Financial
Statement Schedule on page F-1 of this report.
2. The Financial Statement Schedule filed as part of this report is
listed separately in the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and
Financial Statement Schedule on page F-1 of this report.
3. For Exhibits see Item 14(c), below. Each management contract or
compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit hereto
is listed in Exhibits Nos. 10.27, 10.28, 10.157, 10.199, 10.202, 10.207,
10.208, 10.214, 10.215 and 10.216 of Item 14(c) below.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K.
None.
(c) List of Exhibits:
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBITS
- ------- -----------------------
3.1.1 -- Certificate of Incorporation of the Company(2)
3.1.2 -- Certificate of Designations of the Company's Junior
Cumulative Compounding Redeemable Preferred Stock(2)
3.1.4 -- Certificate of Designations of the Company's 12 1/2%
Cumulative Exchangeable Preferred Stock(5)
3.1.6 -- Certificate of Designation of the Company's 9 3/4% Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock(12)
3.1.7 -- Certificate of Designation of the Company's 13 1/4%
Cumulative Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock(12)
3.1.8 -- Certificate of Designation of the Company's 8% Series B
Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock(17)
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBITS
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3.2 -- Bylaws of the Company(4)
4.1 -- Indenture dated as of September 28, 1995, by and between the
Company, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee, with respect to the Senior Subordinated
Notes(3)
4.2 -- Indenture dated as of October 4, 1996, by and between the
Company, the Guarantors named therein and the Bank of New
York, as Trustee, with respect to the Exchange Debentures(5)
4.3 -- Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
April 28, 1998, among Paxson Communications Corporation, the
lenders from time to time parties thereto and Union Bank of
California, N.A., as Agent(21)
4.3.1 -- Amendment, dated as of March 31, 2000, to the Second Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 28, 1998,
among Paxson Communications Corporation, the lenders from
time to time parties thereto and Union Bank of California,
N.A., as Agent(21)
4.3.2 -- Second Amendment, dated as of September 28, 2000, to the
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
April 28, 1998, among Paxson Communications Corporation, the
lenders from time to time parties thereto and Union Bank of
California, N.A., as Agent(21)
4.3.3 -- Third Amendment, dated as of December 15, 2000, to the
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
April 28, 1998, among Paxson Communications Corporation, the
lenders from time to time parties thereto and Union Bank of
California, N.A., as Agent
4.4 -- Investment Agreement, dated as of September 15, 1999, by and
between Paxson Communications Corporation and National
Broadcasting Company, Inc.(17)
4.4.1 -- Stockholder Agreement, dated as of September 15, 1999, among
Paxson Communications Corporation, National Broadcasting
Company, Inc., Lowell W. Paxson, Second Crystal Diamond
Limited Partnership and Paxson Enterprises, Inc.(17)
4.4.2 -- Class A Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated September 15,
1999, with respect to up to 13,065,507 shares of Class A
Common Stock(17)
4.4.3 -- Class A Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated September 15,
1999, with respect to up to 18,966,620 shares of Class A
Common Stock(17)
4.4.5 -- Form of Indenture with respect to the Company's 8% Exchange
Debentures due 2009(17)
4.4.6 -- Registration Rights Agreement, dated September 15, 1999,
between Paxson Communications Corporation and National
Broadcasting Company, Inc.(17)
4.5 -- Indenture dated as of June 10, 1998, by and between the
Company, the Guarantors named therein and the Bank of New
York, as Trustee, with respect to the New Exchange
Debentures(12)
9.1 -- Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of
December 22, 1994, by and among the Company and certain
stockholders thereof(2)
9.2 -- Agreement, dated March 26, 1996, amending the Amended and
Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 22,
1994, by and among the Company and certain Stockholders
thereof and certain related agreements(4)
10.1 -- Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 22,
1995, by and among the Company, the Guarantors named therein
and the Initial Purchasers named therein(3)
10.3 -- Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 22, 1994, by
and among the Company and certain purchasers of the Company
securities(2)
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBITS
- ------- -----------------------
10.4 -- Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of
December 22, 1994, by and among the Company and certain
stockholders thereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
9.1)(2)
10.4.1 -- Agreement, dated March 26, 1996, amending the Amended and
Restated Stockholders Agreement, by and among the Company
and certain stockholders thereof and certain related
agreements (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 9.2)(4)
10.5 -- Exchange and Consent Agreement, dated as of December 22,
1994, by and among the Company and certain stockholders
thereof(2)
10.27 -- Paxson Communications Corp. Profit Sharing Plan(1)
10.28 -- Paxson Communications Corp. Stock Incentive Plan(1)
10.54 -- Indenture, dated as of September 28, 1995, among the
Company, the Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee with respect to the Senior Subordinated
Notes (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1)(3)
10.55 -- Original Note No. 1 for $115,000,000 CUSIP No. 704231-AA-7,
with Guarantee of Guarantors listed therein(3)
10.56 -- Original Note No. 2 for $115,000,000, CUSIP No. 704231-AA-7,
with Guarantee of Guarantors listed therein(4)
10.57 -- Form of New Note with Form of New Guarantee(3)
10.58 -- Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 28,
1995, by and among the Company, the Guarantors named therein
and each of the Purchasers referred to therein(3)
10.83 -- Lease Agreement, dated June 14, 1994, between Paxson
Communications of Tampa-66, Inc. and The Christian Network,
Inc. for lease of production and distribution facilities at
WFCT-TV(4)
10.148 -- Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated April 16, 1996,
by and between Ocean State Television, L. L. C. and Paxson
Communications of Providence-69, Inc.(7)
10.151 -- Option Purchase Agreement, dated February 14, 1997, by and
between Paxson Communications of Raleigh-Durham-47, Inc.,
and D P. Media, Inc.(7)
10.157 -- Paxson Communications Corporation 1996 Stock Incentive
Plan(6)
10.162 -- Assignment and acceptance agreement, dated April 18, 1997,
among WQED Pittsburgh and Paxson Communications of
Pittsburgh-40, Inc.(8)
10.183 -- Stock Purchase Agreement, dated September 9, 1997, by and
among Channel 46 of Tucson, Inc., Paxson Communications of
Tucson-46, Inc. and Sungilt Corporation, Inc.(9)
10.186 -- Option Agreement, dated November 14, 1997, by and between
Paxson Communications Corporation and Flinn Broadcasting
Corporation for Television station WCCL-TV, New Orleans,
Louisiana(10)
10.187 -- Option Agreement, dated November 14, 1997, by and between
Paxson Communications Corporation and Flinn Broadcasting
Corporation for Television station WFBI-TV, Memphis,
Tennessee(10)
10.193 -- Asset Exchange Agreement, dated January 26, 1998, by and
among Paxson Communications of Chicago-38, Inc., Christian
Communications of Chicagoland, Inc., and Paxson
Communications Corporation(10)
10.193.1 -- Programming Agreement by and between Paxson Communications
of Chicago-38, Inc. and Christian Communications of
Chicagoland Inc.(10)
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBITS
- ------- -----------------------
10.194 -- Asset Purchase Agreement, dated March 19, 1998, by and
between Paxson Communications of Atlanta-14, Inc. and SKMD
Broadcasting Partnership and USA Station Group of Maryland,
Inc.(11)
10.196 -- Membership Purchase Agreement, dated January 14, 1998, by
and among Dr. Joseph A. Zavaletta, South Texas Vision,
L.L.C., Paxson Communications of San Antonio-26, Inc., and
Paxson Communications Corporation for television station
Channel 26, Uvalde, Texas(11)
10.199 -- Employment Agreement, dated as of June 11, 1998, by and
between the Company and Dean M. Goodman(13)
10.202 -- Paxson Communications Corporation 1998 Stock Incentive
Plan(12)
10.203 -- Interest Transfer Agreement, dated February 4, 1999, between
Discovery Communications, Inc., Project Discovery, Inc., The
Travel Channel, LLC, Discovery Ventures, LLC, Paxson
Communications Corporation and Travel Channel Acquisition
Corporation(14)
10.204 -- Asset Purchase Agreement by and among Paxson Communications
of New York-43, Inc. and Paxson New York License, Inc. and
Shop at Home, Inc. dated as of February 26, 1999(14)
10.206 -- Asset Purchase Agreement, dated April 23, 1999, by and among
Paxson Communications Corporation, Paxson Communications
License Company, LLC, Paxson Communications of Green Bay-14,
Inc., Paxson Communications of Dayton-26, Inc., Paxson
Dayton License, Inc., Paxson Communications of Decatur-23,
Inc., and Paxson Decatur License, Inc., and ACME Television
of Ohio, LLC, ACME Television Licenses of Ohio, LLC, ACME
Television of Wisconsin, LLC, ACME Television Licenses of
Wisconsin, LLC, ACME Television of Illinois, LLC, and ACME
Television Licenses of Illinois, LLC for WDPX (TV),
Springfield, OF, WPXG(TV), Suring, WI and WPXU(TV), Decatur,
IL(15)
10.207 -- Employment Agreement, dated September 15, 1999, by and
between the Company and Jeffrey Sagansky(16)
10.208 -- Employment Agreement, dated October 16,1999, by and between
the Company and Lowell W. Paxson(18)
10.209 -- Asset Purchase Agreement by and between Paxson
Communications Corporation and DP Media dated November 22,
1999(18)
10.209.1 -- Restated and Amended Asset Purchase Agreement by and between
Paxson Communications Corporation and DP Media dated
November 21, 1999(19)
10.210 -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated April 30, 1999, by and
between DP Media of Boston, Inc. and Boston University
Communications, Inc. for television stations WABU (TV),
Boston, MA WZBU (TV), Vineyard Haven, MA WNBU (TV), Concord,
NH and Low Power television station W67BA (TV) Dennis,
MA(18)
10.214 -- Employment Agreement, dated June 1, 1999, by and between the
Company and Seth A. Grossman(20)
10.215 -- Employment Agreement, dated June 11, 1998, by and between
the Company and Anthony L. Morrison(18)
10.216 -- Employment Agreement dated June 30, 2000 by and between the
Company and Thomas E. Severson, Jr.(20)
21 -- Subsidiaries of the Company
23 -- Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
99.1 -- Tax Exemption Savings Agreement between the Company and The
Christian Network, Inc., dated May 15, 1994(4)
- ---------------
(1) Filed with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed
September 26, 1994, Registration No. 33-84416, and incorporated herein by
reference.
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(2) Filed with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 31, 1995,
and incorporated herein by reference.
(3) Filed with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended,
filed January 23, 1996, Registration No. 33-63765, and incorporated herein
by reference.
(4) Filed with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended,
filed January 26, 1996, Registration No. 333-473, and incorporated herein
by reference.
(5) Filed with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended,
filed August 15, 1996, Registration No. 333-10267, and incorporated herein
by reference.
(6) Filed with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed January
22, 1997, Registration No. 333-20163, and incorporated herein by reference.
(7) Filed with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated December 31,
1996, and incorporated herein by reference.
(8) Filed with the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, dated March 31,
1997, and incorporated herein by reference.
(9) Filed with the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, dated September 30,
1997, and incorporated herein by reference.
(10) Filed with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated December 31,
1997, and incorporated herein by reference.
(11) Filed with the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, dated March 31,
1998 and incorporated herein by reference.
(12) Filed with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended,
filed July 23, 1998, Registration No. 333-59641, and incorporated herein by
reference.
(13) Filed with the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, dated June 30,
1998, and incorporated herein by reference.
(14) Filed with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated December 31,
1998, and incorporated herein by reference.
(15) Filed with the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, dated June 30,
1999, and incorporated herein by reference.
(16) Filed with the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, dated September 30,
1999, and incorporated herein by reference.
(17) Filed with the Company's Form 8-K dated September 15, 1999 and incorporated
herein by reference.
(18) Filed with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated December 31,
1999, and incorporated herein by reference.
(19) Filed with the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, dated March 31,
2000, and incorporated herein by reference.
(20) Filed with the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, dated June 30,
2000, and incorporated herein by reference.
(21) Filed with the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, dated September 30,
2000, and incorporated herein by reference.
(d) The financial statement schedule filed as part of this report is
listed separately in the Index to Financial Statements beginning on
page F-1 of this report.
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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, thereto duly authorized, in the City of West Palm
Beach, State of Florida, on March 29, 2001.
PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS
CORPORATION
By: /s/ LOWELL W. PAXSON
--------------------------------------
Lowell W. Paxson
Chairman of the Board
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and
in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE
---------- ----- ----
/s/ LOWELL W. PAXSON Chairman of the Board, Director March 29, 2001
- -----------------------------------------------------
Lowell W. Paxson
/s/ JEFFREY SAGANSKY Chief Executive Officer, March 29, 2001
- ----------------------------------------------------- President
Jeffrey Sagansky and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ THOMAS E. SEVERSON, JR. Senior Vice President and Chief March 29, 2001
- ----------------------------------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal
Thomas E. Severson, Jr. Financial Officer)
/s/ RONALD L. RUBIN Vice President, Chief March 29, 2001
- ----------------------------------------------------- Accounting Officer and
Ronald L. Rubin Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting
Officer)
/s/ WILLIAM E. SIMON, JR. Vice Chairman, Director March 29, 2001
- -----------------------------------------------------
William E. Simon, Jr.
/s/ BRUCE L. BURNHAM Director March 29, 2001
- -----------------------------------------------------
Bruce L. Burnham
/s/ JAMES L. GREENWALD Director March 29, 2001
- -----------------------------------------------------
James L. Greenwald
/s/ KEITH G. TURNER Director March 29, 2001
- -----------------------------------------------------
Keith G. Turner
/s/ BRANDON BURGESS Director March 29, 2001
- -----------------------------------------------------
Brandon Burgess
/s/ ROYCE EDWARD WILSON Director March 29, 2001
- -----------------------------------------------------
Royce Edward Wilson
/s/ JOHN E. OXENDINE Director March 29, 2001
- -----------------------------------------------------
John E. Oxendine
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PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND
FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE
PAGE
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Report of Independent Certified Public Accountants.......... F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets................................. F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations....................... F-4
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Common Stockholders'
Equity.................................................... F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows....................... F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.................. F-7 - F-32
Financial Statement Schedule -- Schedule II-Valuation and
Qualifying Accounts....................................... F-33
F-1
42
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
of Paxson Communications Corporation:
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to under
Item 14(a)(1) on page 33 and listed in the accompanying index on page F-1
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Paxson
Communications Corporation and its subsidiaries at December 31, 2000 and 1999,
and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three
years in the period ended December 31, 2000 in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In addition, in
our opinion, the financial statement schedule referred to under Item 14(a)(2) on
page 33 and listed in the accompanying index on page F-1 presents fairly, in all
material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction
with the related consolidated financial statements. These financial statements
and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company's
management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements and financial statement schedule based on our audits. We conducted
our audits of these statements in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States of America, which 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,
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We
believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
Miami, Florida
March 16, 2001
F-2
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PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT SHARE DATA)
DECEMBER 31,
------------------------
2000 1999
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ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents................................. $ 51,363 $ 125,189
Short-term investments.................................... 50,001 124,987
Restricted cash and short-term investments................ 13,729 8,158
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts
of $4,167 and $4,255, respectively...................... 39,528 40,069
Program rights............................................ 79,160 79,686
Prepaid expenses and other current assets................. 2,065 2,777
---------- ----------
Total current assets............................... 235,846 380,866
Property and equipment, net................................. 174,649 189,908
Intangible assets, net...................................... 949,614 916,145
Program rights, net of current portion...................... 119,423 130,016
Investments in broadcast properties......................... 33,453 40,347
Other assets, net........................................... 13,062 32,805
---------- ----------
Total assets....................................... $1,526,047 $1,690,087
========== ==========
LIABILITIES, MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK AND COMMON STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities.................. $ 21,828 $ 15,885
Accrued interest.......................................... 10,464 7,862
Obligations for cable distribution rights................. 19,840 14,712
Obligations for satellite distribution rights............. 5,114 2,947
Obligations for program rights............................ 88,336 82,907
Current portion of bank financing......................... 15,966 18,698
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Total current liabilities.......................... 161,548 143,011
Obligations for cable distribution rights, net of current
portion................................................... 972 6,672
Obligations for satellite distribution rights, net of
current portion........................................... 14,076 12,000
Obligations for program rights, net of current portion...... 79,341 112,153
Senior subordinated notes and bank financing................ 389,510 369,723
---------- ----------
Total liabilities.................................. 645,447 643,559
---------- ----------
Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock...................... 1,080,389 949,807
---------- ----------
Commitments and contingencies (Note 18)..................... -- --
---------- ----------
Stockholders' equity (deficit):
Class A common stock, $0.001 par value; one vote per
share; 215,000,000 shares authorized, 55,872,152 and
54,577,784 shares issued and outstanding................ 56 55
Class B common stock, $0.001 par value; ten votes per
share; 35,000,000 shares authorized and 8,311,639 shares
issued and outstanding.................................. 8 8
Common stock warrants and call option..................... 68,384 68,245
Stock subscription notes receivable....................... (1,270) (1,270)
Additional paid-in capital................................ 499,304 417,652
Deferred stock option compensation........................ (6,999) (20,026)
Accumulated deficit....................................... (759,272) (367,943)
---------- ----------
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)............... (199,789) 96,721
---------- ----------
Total liabilities, mandatorily redeemable preferred
stock and common stockholders' equity
(deficit)........................................ $1,526,047 $1,690,087
========== ==========
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial
statements.
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PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA)
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
-----------------------------------------
2000 1999 1998
----------- ----------- -----------
Revenues............................................ $ 315,936 $ 248,362 $ 134,196
Less: agency commissions............................ (44,044) (34,182) (16,908)
----------- ----------- -----------
Net revenues........................................ 271,892 214,180 117,288
----------- ----------- -----------
Expenses:
Programming and broadcast operations.............. 38,633 33,139 26,717
Program rights amortization....................... 100,324 91,799 31,422
Selling, general and administrative............... 137,804 135,063 118,559
Time brokerage and affiliation fees............... 5,259 14,257 15,699
Stock-based compensation.......................... 13,866 16,814 10,413
Adjustment of programming to net realizable
value.......................................... 24,400 70,499 --
Restructuring charge related to Joint Sales
Agreements..................................... 5,760 -- --
Depreciation and amortization..................... 96,881 77,860 50,009
----------- ----------- -----------
Total operating expenses.................. 422,927 439,431 252,819
----------- ----------- -----------
Operating loss...................................... (151,035) (225,251) (135,531)
Other income (expense):
Interest expense.................................. (47,973) (50,286) (41,906)
Interest income................................... 14,022 8,570 14,992
Other expenses, net............................... (4,426) (7,855) (2,744)
Gain on modification of program rights
obligations.................................... 10,221 -- --
Gain on sale of Travel Channel and other broadcast
assets......................................... 1,325 59,453 51,603
Equity in loss of unconsolidated investment....... (539) (2,260) (13,273)
----------- ----------- -----------
Loss from continuing operations before income
taxes............................................. (178,405) (217,629) (126,859)
Income tax (provision) benefit...................... (120) 57,257 37,389
----------- ----------- -----------
Loss from continuing operations..................... (178,525) (160,372) (89,470)
Gain on disposal of discontinued operations, net of
applicable income taxes........................... -- -- 1,182
----------- ----------- -----------
Net loss............................................ (178,525) (160,372) (88,288)
Dividends and accretion on redeemable preferred
stock............................................. (137,674) (88,740) (49,667)
Beneficial conversion feature on issuance of
convertible preferred stock....................... (75,130) (65,467) --
----------- ----------- -----------
Net loss available to common stockholders........... $ (391,329) $ (314,579) $ (137,955)
=========== =========== ===========
Basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share:
Continuing operations............................... $ (6.16) $ (5.10) $ (2.31)
Discontinued operations............................. -- -- 0.02
----------- ----------- -----------
Net loss............................................ $ (6.16) $ (5.10) $ (2.29)
=========== =========== ===========
Weighted average shares outstanding................. 63,515,340 61,737,576 60,360,384
=========== =========== ===========
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial
statements.
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PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN COMMON STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(IN THOUSANDS)
COMMON
STOCK STOCK DEFERRED RETAINED
COMMON STOCK WARRANTS SUBSCRIPTION ADDITIONAL OPTION EARNINGS
----------------- AND CALL NOTES PAID-IN PLAN (ACCUMULATED
CLASS A CLASS B OPTION RECEIVABLE CAPITAL COMPENSATION DEFICIT)
------- ------- -------- ------------ ---------- ------------ ------------
Balance at December 31, 1997...... $51 $ 8 $ 2,316 $(2,813) $285,796 $ (2,205) $ 84,591
Stock issued for acquisitions.... 1 5,249
Issuance of common stock
warrants....................... 1,582
Exercise of common stock
warrants....................... 1 (2,316) 2,315
Deferred option plan
compensation................... 24,314 (24,314)
Stock-based compensation......... 9,791
Stock options exercised.......... 1,261
Dividends on redeemable and
convertible preferred stock.... (47,399)
Accretion on redeemable preferred
stock.......................... (2,268)
Net loss......................... (88,288)
--- ---- ------- ------- -------- -------- ---------
Balance at December 31, 1998...... 53 8 1,582 (2,813) 318,935 (16,728) (53,364)
Stock issued for cable
distribution rights............ 1 8,478
Stock issued for acquisition..... 500
Issuance of common stock warrants
and Class B common stock call
option......................... 66,663
Deferred option plan
compensation................... 20,112 (20,112)
Repayment of stock subscription
receivable..................... 1,543
Stock-based compensation......... 16,814
Stock options exercised.......... 1 4,160
Beneficial conversion feature on
issuance of convertible
preferred stock................ 65,467 (65,467)
Dividends on redeemable and
convertible preferred stock.... (79,005)
Accretion on redeemable preferred
stock.......................... (9,735)
Net loss......................... (160,372)
--- ---- ------- ------- -------- -------- ---------
Balance at December 31, 1999...... 55 8 68,245 (1,270) 417,652 (20,026) (367,943)
Stock issued for acquisition..... 251
Deferred option plan
compensation................... 700 (700)
Stock-based compensation......... 139 13,727
Stock options exercised.......... 1 5,571
Cumulative effect adjustment for
beneficial conversion
feature........................ 75,130 (75,130)
Dividends on redeemable and
convertible preferred stock.... (111,203)
Accretion on redeemable preferred
stock.......................... (26,471)
Net loss......................... (178,525)
--- ---- ------- ------- -------- -------- ---------
Balance at December 31, 2000...... $56 $ 8 $68,384 $(1,270) $499,304 $ (6,999) $(759,272)
=== ==== ======= ======= ======== ======== =========
TOTAL
STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
(DEFICIT)
-------------
Balance at December 31, 1997...... $ 367,744
Stock issued for acquisitions.... 5,250
Issuance of common stock
warrants....................... 1,582
Exercise of common stock
warrants....................... --
Deferred option plan
compensation................... --
Stock-based compensation......... 9,791
Stock options exercised.......... 1,261
Dividends on redeemable and
convertible preferred stock.... (47,399)
Accretion on redeemable preferred
stock.......................... (2,268)
Net loss......................... (88,288)
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Balance at December 31, 1998...... 247,673
Stock issued for cable
distribution rights............ 8,479
Stock issued for acquisition..... 500
Issuance of common stock warrants
and Class B common stock call
option......................... 66,663
Deferred option plan
compensation................... --
Repayment of stock subscription
receivable..................... 1,543
Stock-based compensation......... 16,814
Stock options exercised.......... 4,161
Beneficial conversion feature on
issuance of convertible
preferred stock................ --
Dividends on redeemable and
convertible preferred stock.... (79,005)
Accretion on redeemable preferred
stock.......................... (9,735)
Net loss......................... (160,372)
---------
Balance at December 31, 1999...... 96,721
Stock issued for acquisition..... 251
Deferred option plan
compensation................... --
Stock-based compensation......... 13,866
Stock options exercised.......... 5,572
Cumulative effect adjustment for
beneficial conversion
feature........................ --
Dividends on redeemable and
convertible preferred stock.... (111,203)
Accretion on redeemable preferred
stock.......................... (26,471)
Net loss......................... (178,525)
---------
Balance at December 31, 2000...... $(199,789)
=========
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial
statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(IN THOUSANDS)
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
---------------------------------
2000 1999 1998
--------- --------- ---------
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss.................................................. $(178,525) $(160,372) $ (88,288)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization........................... 96,881 77,860 50,009
Stock-based compensation................................ 13,866 16,814 10,413
Non-cash restructuring charge........................... 5,677 -- --
Program rights amortization............................. 100,324 91,799 31,422
Adjustment of programming to net realizable value....... 24,400 70,499 --
Payments for cable distribution rights.................. (10,727) (30,713) (19,905)
Program rights payments and deposits.................... (128,288) (125,916) (62,076)
Provision for doubtful accounts......................... 3,277 6,164 4,214
Deferred income tax benefit............................. -- (58,109) (42,143)
Loss on sale or disposal of assets...................... 3,449 4,483 3,852
Gain on sale of Travel Channel and other broadcast
assets................................................ (1,325) (59,453) (51,603)
Equity in loss of unconsolidated investment............. 539 2,260 13,273
Gain on restructuring of program rights obligations..... (9,230) -- --
Gain on disposal of discontinued operations, net........ -- -- (1,182)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
(Increase) decrease in restricted cash and short-term
investments........................................ (5,571) 17,638 (1,096)
Increase in accounts receivable....................... (2,654) (21,036) (20,791)
Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses and other
current assets..................................... 712 394 (188)
Decrease in other assets.............................. 8,291 1,425 2,050
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued
liabilities........................................ 266 (13,837) 21,544
Increase (decrease) in accrued interest............... 2,602 (1,708) (85)
--------- --------- ---------
Net cash used in operating activities.............. (76,036) (181,808) (150,580)
--------- --------- ---------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Decrease (increase) in short-term investments............. 74,987 (124,987) --
Acquisitions of broadcasting properties, including DP
Media, Inc.............................................. (74,180) (171,586) (591,368)
(Increase) decrease in investments in broadcast
properties.............................................. (2,957) 10,780 (15,659)
Decrease in deposits on broadcast properties.............. -- 4,214 29,399
Collection of notes receivable from CAP Communications,
Inc..................................................... -- 30,644 --
Cash held by qualified intermediary....................... -- -- 418,950
Purchases of property and equipment....................... (25,110) (34,609) (82,922)
Proceeds from sales of Travel Channel, broadcast assets
and discontinued operations............................. 14,476 120,726 69,944
Other..................................................... -- 4,310 3,170
--------- --------- ---------
Net cash used in investing activities.............. (12,784) (160,508) (168,486)
--------- --------- ---------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of exchangeable and convertible
preferred stock, net.................................... -- 406,500 261,706
Borrowings of long-term debt.............................. 19,452 15,812 23,411
Repayments of long-term debt.............................. (2,018) (9,780) (513)
Payment of loan origination costs......................... (920) -- --
Preferred stock dividends................................. (7,092) (171) --
Proceeds from exercise of common stock options, net....... 5,572 4,161 1,261
Repayment of stock subscription notes receivable.......... -- 1,543 --
--------- --------- ---------
Net cash provided by financing activities.......... 14,994 418,065 285,865
--------- --------- ---------
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents............ (73,826) 75,749 (33,201)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year................ 125,189 49,440 82,641
--------- --------- ---------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year...................... $ 51,363 $ 125,189 $ 49,440
========= ========= =========
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial
statements.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. NATURE OF THE BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Paxson Communications Corporation (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation,
was organized in December 1993. The Company owns and operates television
stations nationwide, and on August 31, 1998, launched PAX TV. PAX TV is the
brand name for the programming that the Company broadcasts through its owned,
operated and affiliated television stations, as well as certain cable and
satellite system affiliates.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company
and its subsidiaries and those of DP Media, Inc. ("DP Media"), a company
acquired in June 2000. Prior to acquisition, DP Media was beneficially owned by
family members of Lowell W. Paxson ("Mr. Paxson"), the Company's Chairman and
principal shareholder. The financial position and results of operations of DP
Media have been included in the Company's consolidated financial statements
since September 1999 (see Note 3). All significant intercompany balances and
transactions have been eliminated.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash and cash equivalents are highly liquid investments with original
maturities of three months or less.
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
Short-term investments consist of marketable government securities with
original maturities of one year or less. All short-term investments are
classified as trading and are recorded at fair value.
RESTRICTED CASH AND SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
Restricted cash and short-term investments consist of cash and other liquid
securities held in an escrow account to be applied to the payment of principal
and interest due in connection with the Company's senior credit facility (see
Note 11).
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Purchases of property and equipment, including additions and improvements
and expenditures for repairs and maintenance that significantly add to
productivity or extend the economic lives of assets, are capitalized at cost and
depreciated using the straight line method over their estimated useful lives as
follows (see Note 7):
Broadcasting towers and equipment........................... 6-13 years
Office furniture and equipment.............................. 5-10 years
Buildings and building improvements......................... 15-40 years
Leasehold improvements...................................... Term of lease
Aircraft, vehicles and other................................ 5 years
Maintenance, repairs, and minor replacements of these items are charged to
expense as incurred.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Intangible assets are recorded at cost and amortized using the straight
line method over their estimated useful lives as follows (see Note 8):
FCC licenses and goodwill................................... 25 years
Cable distribution rights................................... Generally 7 years
Covenants not to compete.................................... Generally 3 years
Favorable lease and other contracts......................... Contract term
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
INVESTMENTS IN BROADCAST PROPERTIES
Investments in broadcast properties represent the Company's financing of
television station acquisitions by third party licensees, purchase options or
other investments in entities owning television broadcasting stations or
construction permits. In connection with a number of these agreements, the
Company has obtained the right to provide programming for the related stations
pursuant to time brokerage agreements ("TBAs") and has options to purchase
certain of the related station assets and Federal Communications Commission
("FCC") licenses at various amounts and terms (see Note 18). Included in other
expenses, net for 1999 is a loss of $4.5 million, reflecting the Company's
estimate of advances and costs related to the planned acquisition of a
television station which were determined to be unrecoverable due to the
termination of the acquisition contract.
PROGRAM RIGHTS
Program rights are carried at the lower of unamortized cost or estimated
net realizable value. Program rights and the related liabilities are recorded at
the contractual amounts when the programming is available to air, and are
amortized over the licensing agreement term using the greater of the straight
line per run or straight line over the license term method. The estimated costs
of programming which will be amortized during the next year are included in
current assets; program rights obligations which become due within the next year
are included in current liabilities.
The Company periodically evaluates the net realizable value of its program
rights based on anticipated future usage of programming and the anticipated
future ratings and related advertising revenue to be generated. As further
described in Note 9, during the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, the
Company recorded charges of approximately $24.4 million and $70.5 million,
respectively, related to the write-down of program rights to net realizable
value.
CABLE DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS
The Company has agreements under which it receives cable carriage of its
PAX TV programming on certain cable systems in markets not currently served by a
Company owned television station. The Company pays fees based on the number of
cable television subscribers reached and in certain instances provides local
advertising airtime during PAX TV programming. Cable distribution rights are
recorded at the present value of the Company's future obligation when the
Company receives affidavits of subscribers delivered. Cable distribution rights
are amortized over seven years using the straight line method. Obligations for
cable distribution rights which will be paid within the next year are included
in current liabilities.
SATELLITE DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS
The Company has entered into agreements with satellite television providers
for carriage on their systems in exchange for advertising credits. The Company
has recorded satellite distribution rights based on the estimated value of the
advertising credits at prevailing rates. Satellite distribution rights are
amortized over five to seven years using the straight line method. Obligations
for satellite distribution rights are recognized as advertising revenue when
advertising credits are utilized. An estimate of the advertising credit that
will be utilized within the next year is included in current liabilities.
LONG-LIVED ASSETS
The Company reviews long-lived assets, identifiable intangibles and
goodwill and reserves for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate that, based on estimated undiscounted future cash flows, the carrying
amount of the assets may not be fully recoverable. It is possible that the
estimated life of certain long-lived assets will be reduced significantly in the
near term due to the anticipated industry migration
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
from analog to digital broadcasting. If and when the Company becomes aware of
such a reduction of useful lives, depreciation expense will be adjusted
prospectively to ensure assets are fully depreciated upon migration.
REVENUE RECOGNITION
Revenue is recognized as commercial spots are aired and air time is
provided.
TIME BROKERAGE AGREEMENTS
The Company operates certain stations under TBAs whereby the Company has
agreed to provide the station with programming and sells and retains all
advertising revenue during such programming. The broadcast station licensee
retains responsibility for ultimate control of the station in accordance with
FCC policies. The Company pays a fixed fee to the station owner as well as
certain expenses of the station and performs other functions. The financial
results of TBA operated stations are included in the Company's statements of
operations from the date of commencement of the TBA.
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
The Company's employee stock option plans are accounted for using the
intrinsic value method. Stock-based compensation to non-employees is accounted
for using the fair value method. The Company also provides disclosure of certain
pro forma information as if the Company's employee stock option plans were
accounted for using the fair value method (see Note 13).
INCOME TAXES
The Company records deferred income taxes using the liability method. Under
the liability method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the
expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial
statement and income tax bases of the Company's assets and liabilities. An
allowance is recorded, based upon currently available information, when it is
more likely than not that any or all of a deferred tax asset will not be
realized. The provision for income taxes includes taxes currently payable, if
any, plus the net change during the year in deferred tax assets and liabilities
recorded by the Company.
PER SHARE DATA
Basic and diluted loss per share from continuing operations was computed by
dividing the loss from continuing operations less dividends and accretion and
the effect of beneficial conversion features on redeemable preferred stock by
the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.
Because of losses from continuing operations, the effect of stock options and
warrants is antidilutive. Accordingly, the Company's presentation of diluted
earnings per share is the same as that of basic earnings per share.
The following securities, which could potentially dilute earnings per share
in the future, were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per
share, because to do so would have been antidilutive for the periods presented
(in thousands):
2000 1999 1998
------ ------ ------
Stock options outstanding................................... 10,974 11,991 9,342
Class A and B common stock warrants outstanding............. 32,428 32,428 396
Class A common stock reserved under convertible
securities................................................ 37,893 37,342 4,946
------ ------ ------
81,295 81,761 14,684
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements 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. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
RECLASSIFICATIONS
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year's financial
statements to conform with the 2000 presentation. The primary change was the
reclassification of agency commissions from selling, general and administrative
expenses to a separate line item in presenting net revenues.
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 133
as amended by SFAS No. 137 and SFAS No. 138, "Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities" ("SFAS 133"). SFAS 133 establishes
accounting and reporting standards requiring that every derivative instrument
(including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts) be
recorded in the balance sheet as either an asset or liability measured at its
fair value. SFAS 133 requires that changes in the derivative's fair value be
recognized currently in earnings unless specific hedge accounting criteria are
met. SFAS 133 is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2000. The
Company will adopt SFAS 133 beginning January 1, 2001. The Company believes that
the adoption of SFAS 133 will not have a material impact on its consolidated
financial position or results of operations.
2. NBC TRANSACTION:
Effective September 15, 1999 (the "Issue Date"), the Company entered into
an Investment Agreement (the "Investment Agreement") with National Broadcasting
Company, Inc. ("NBC"), pursuant to which NBC purchased shares of convertible
exchangeable preferred stock (the "Series B Convertible Preferred Stock"), and
common stock purchase warrants from the Company for an aggregate purchase price
of $415 million. Further, Mr. Paxson and certain entities controlled by Mr.
Paxson granted NBC the right (the "Call Right") to purchase all (but not less
than all) 8,311,639 shares of Class B Common Stock of the Company beneficially
owned by Mr. Paxson.
The common stock purchase warrants issued to NBC consist of a warrant to
purchase up to 13,065,507 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of
$12.60 per share ("Warrant A") and a warrant to purchase up to 18,966,620 shares
of Class A Common Stock ("Warrant B") at an exercise price equal to the average
of the closing sale prices of the Class A Common Stock for the 45 consecutive
trading days ending on the trading day immediately preceding the warrant
exercise date (provided that such price shall not be more than 17.5% higher or
17.5% lower than the six month trailing average closing sale price), subject to
a minimum exercise price during the first three years after the Issue Date of
$22.50 per share. The Warrants are exercisable for ten years from the Issue
Date, subject to certain conditions and limitations.
The Call Right has a per share exercise price equal to the higher of (i)
the average of the closing sale prices of the Class A Common Stock for the 45
consecutive trading days ending on the trading day immediately preceding the
exercise of the Call Right (provided that such price shall not be more than
17.5% higher or 17.5% lower than the six month trailing average closing sale
prices), and (ii) $22.50 for any exercise of the Call Right on or prior to the
third anniversary of the Issue Date and $20.00 for any exercise of the Call
Right thereafter. The owners of the shares which are subject to the Call Right
may not transfer such shares prior to the sixth anniversary of the Issue Date,
and may not convert such shares into any other securities of the Company
(including shares of Class A Common Stock). Exercise of the Call Right is
subject to
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
compliance with applicable provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Communications Act"), and the rules and regulations of the FCC.
The Call Right may not be exercised until Warrant A and Warrant B have been
exercised in full. The Call Right expires on the tenth anniversary of the Issue
Date, or prior thereto under certain circumstances.
The Company valued the common stock purchase warrants issued to NBC and the
Call Right at $66.7 million. The Company recorded this value along with
transaction costs as a reduction of the face value of the Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock. Such discount is being accreted as preferred stock dividends
over three years using the interest method.
The Series B Convertible Preferred Stock was issued with a conversion price
per share that was less than the closing price of the Class A Common Stock at
the Issue Date. As a result, the Company recognized a beneficial conversion
feature in connection with the issuance of the stock equal to the difference
between the closing price and the conversion price multiplied by the number of
shares issuable upon conversion of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. The
amount of the beneficial conversion feature calculated for the 1999 fiscal year
totaling approximately $65.5 million was reflected in the accompanying statement
of operations as a preferred stock dividend during 1999 and allocated to
additional paid-in capital in the accompanying balance sheet because the
preferred stock was immediately convertible. In November 2000, the Emerging
Issues Task Force of the Financial Accounting Standards Board reached a
consensus regarding the accounting for beneficial conversion features which
required the Company to recalculate the beneficial conversion feature utilizing
the accounting conversion price as opposed to the stated conversion price used
for 1999. This change resulted in a cumulative catch-up adjustment totaling
approximately $75.1 million which was recorded as a preferred stock dividend in
the fourth quarter of 2000.
The Investment Agreement requires the Company to obtain the consent of NBC
or its permitted transferee with respect to certain corporate actions, as set
forth in the Investment Agreement, and grants NBC certain rights with respect to
the network operations of the Company. NBC was also granted certain demand and
piggyback registration rights with respect to the shares of Class A Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (or
conversion of any exchange debentures issued in exchange therefor), exercise of
the Warrants or conversion of the Class B Common Stock subject to the Call
Right.
NBC, the Company, Mr. Paxson and certain entities controlled by Mr. Paxson
also entered into a Stockholder Agreement, pursuant to which, if permitted by
the Communications Act and FCC rules and regulations, the Company may nominate
persons named by NBC for election to the Company's board of directors and Mr.
Paxson and his affiliates have agreed to vote their shares of common stock in
favor of the election of such persons as directors of the Company. Should no NBC
nominee be serving as a member of the Company's board of directors, then NBC may
appoint two observers to attend all board meetings. In December 1999 and March
2000, the Company's Board of Directors elected three NBC nominees to fill newly
created vacancies on the board. At the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders
in May 2000, all of the Company's directors, including the NBC nominees were
reelected for terms of one to three years. The Stockholder Agreement further
provides that the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of NBC,
enter into certain agreements or adopt certain plans, as set forth in the
Stockholder Agreement, which would be breached or violated upon the acquisition
of the Company securities by NBC or its affiliates or would otherwise restrict
or impede the ability of NBC or its affiliates to acquire additional shares of
capital stock of the Company.
The Company and NBC have entered into a number of agreements affecting the
Company's business operations, including an agreement under which NBC provides
network sales, marketing and research services for the Company's PAX TV Network,
and Joint Sales Agreements ("JSA") between the Company's stations and NBC's
owned and operated stations serving the same markets. Pursuant to the terms of
the JSAs, the NBC stations sell all non-network spot advertising of the
Company's stations and receive commission
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
compensation for such sales and the Company's stations may agree to carry one
hour per day of the NBC station's syndicated or news programming. Certain
Company station operations, including sales operations, are integrated with the
corresponding functions of the related NBC station and the Company reimburses
NBC for the cost of performing these operations. During the year ended December
31, 2000, the Company paid or accrued amounts due to NBC totaling approximately
$17.8 million for commission compensation and cost reimbursements incurred in
conjunction with these agreements.
3. DP MEDIA:
In June 2000, the Company completed the acquisition of DP Media for
aggregate consideration of $113.5 million, $106.0 million of which had
previously been advanced by the Company during 1999. DP Media's assets included
a 32% equity interest in a limited liability company controlled by the former
stockholders of DP Media, which owns television station WWDP in Norwell,
Massachusetts. The Company is entitled to receive a 45% distribution of the
proceeds upon sale of the station which, pursuant to the terms of the limited
liability agreement, must be sold by March 2003. The Company allocated the
aggregate purchase price of DP Media to the assets acquired and liabilities
assumed based on their relative fair market values. The assets, liabilities and
results of operations of WWDP are no longer consolidated within the financial
statements of the Company. The Company accounts for its equity interest in WWDP
utilizing the equity method of accounting and has recorded its equity investment
in WWDP within other assets as of December 31, 2000.
During the third quarter of 1999, the Company advanced funds to DP Media
which were utilized to fund operating cash flow needs. As a result of the
Company's significant operating relationships with DP Media and its funding of
DP Media's operating cash flow needs, the assets and liabilities of DP Media,
together with their results of operations were included in the Company's
consolidated financial statements since September 30, 1999. In consolidating DP
Media, at December 31, 1999, the Company recorded current assets of
approximately $4.3 million, current liabilities of approximately $1.3 million,
property, plant and equipment of approximately $22.2 million, intangible assets
of approximately $72.2 million and other assets of approximately $2.6 million.
In August 1999, a subsidiary of DP Media repaid notes receivable to the
Company of $15.5 million and $15.0 million in connection with its acquisition of
WBPX in Boston and WHPX in Hartford. Both WBPX and WHPX were indirectly acquired
from the Company by DP Media in prior years and have been reflected in the
accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 1999 at the Company's
approximate historical cost.
During August 1998, the Company advanced $1.75 million to DP Media in
connection with its acquisition of WIPX in Bloomington, Indiana and was repaid
these amounts at the closing of the acquisition transaction.
During 1998, the Company sold two television stations to DP Media for
aggregate consideration of approximately $13 million. The stations, which serve
the Grand Rapids and Milwaukee markets, became PAX TV affiliates upon their
acquisition by DP Media. No significant gain or loss was recorded in connection
with these transactions.
Prior to the acquisition of DP Media, the Company and DP Media had entered
into various operating agreements including affiliation, services and commercial
representation, and sales agreements. Subsequent to the consolidation of DP
Media in September 1999, all intercompany transactions with DP Media have been
eliminated. Prior to consolidation, the Company recorded time brokerage and
affiliation fees related to stations owned by DP Media totaling approximately
$13.6 million in 1999 and $5.7 million in 1998. Additionally, during 1999, the
Company recorded commission revenue of $404,000 under its services and
commercial representation agreements with DP Media.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
4. JSA RESTRUCTURING:
In connection with the NBC strategic relationship, the Company entered into
JSAs with certain of NBC's owned and operated stations in 1999 and 2000. During
the fourth quarter of 2000, the Company approved a plan to restructure its
television station operations by entering into JSAs primarily with NBC affiliate
stations in each of the Company's remaining non-JSA markets. To date, the
Company has entered into JSAs for 45 of its television stations, 19 of which
entered into JSAs prior to adoption of the formal JSA restructuring plan. Under
the JSA structure, the Company generally terminates its station sales staff. The
JSA partner then provides local and national spot advertising sales management
and representation to the Company station and integrates and co-locates the
Company station operations. The Company's restructuring plan includes two major
components: (1) termination of 226 station sales and administrative employees;
and (2) exiting Company studio and sales office leased properties. These
restructuring activities resulted in a charge of approximately $5.8 million in
the fourth quarter of 2000 consisting of $2.7 million of termination benefits
and $3.1 million of costs associated with exiting leased properties which will
no longer be utilized upon implementation of the JSAs. Through December 31,
2000, the Company paid termination benefits to five employees totaling
approximately $83,000 which were charged against the restructuring reserve. The
Company expects to be substantially complete with the restructuring plan by the
end of 2001; however, certain lease obligations may continue through mid-2002.
During 2000, the Company recognized severance and lease termination costs
related to JSAs entered into prior to management's approval of the restructuring
plan totaling approximately $942,000 which are included in selling, general and
administrative expenses.
5. CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES:
In addition to the transactions with NBC described in Note 2, the Company
has entered into certain operating and financing transactions with related
parties as described below.
THE CHRISTIAN NETWORK, INC.
The Company has entered into several agreements with The Christian Network,
Inc. and certain of its for profit subsidiaries (individually and collectively
referred to herein as "CNI"). The Christian Network, Inc. is a section 501(c)(3)
not-for-profit corporation to which Mr. Paxson, the majority stockholder of the
Company, has been a substantial contributor and of which he was a member of the
Board of Stewards through 1993.
In connection with the NBC transactions described elsewhere herein, the
Company entered into a Master Agreement for Overnight Programming, Use of
Digital Capacity and Public Interest Programming with CNI, pursuant to which the
Company granted CNI, for a term of 50 years (with automatic ten year renewals,
subject to certain limited conditions), certain rights to continue broadcasting
CNI's programming on Company stations during the hours of 1:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.
When digital programming begins, the Company will make a digital channel
available for CNI's use for 24 hour CNI digital programming.
Investments in Broadcast Properties. In April 1998, DP Media contracted to
acquire WBPX in Boston, a PAX TV affiliate, for $18 million, including the
assumption of CNI's obligations to the Company totaling approximately $15.5
million. In February of 1999 DP Media's acquisition of WBPX was completed.
CNI Agreement. The Company and CNI entered into an agreement in May 1994
(the "CNI Agreement") under which the Company agreed that, if the tax exempt
status of CNI were jeopardized by virtue of its relationships with the Company
and its subsidiaries, the Company would take certain actions to ensure that
CNI's tax exempt status would no longer be so jeopardized. Such steps could
include, but not be limited to, rescission of one or more transactions or
payment of additional funds by the Company. If the Company's activities with CNI
are consistent with the terms governing their relationship, the Company believes
that it will not be required to take any actions under the CNI Agreement.
However, there can be no
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assurance that the Company will not be required to take any actions under the
CNI Agreement at a material cost to the Company.
Worship Channel Studio. CNI and the Company have contracted for the
Company to lease CNI's television production and distribution facility, the
Worship Channel Studio. The Company utilizes this facility primarily as its
network operations center and originates the PAX TV network signal from this
location. During the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998, the Company
incurred rental charges in connection with this agreement of $199,000, $195,000
and $252,000, respectively.
AIRCRAFT LEASE
During 1997, the Company entered into a three year aircraft lease with a
company which is owned by Mr. Paxson. The lease is for a Boeing 727 aircraft
with monthly payments of approximately $64,000. The Company continued to lease
the Boeing 727 aircraft on a month to month basis through December 2000.
Effective, January 1, 2001 the Company no longer leases the aircraft. In
connection with such lease, the Company incurred rental costs of approximately
$759,000, $763,000 and $763,000 during the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999
and 1998, respectively.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Company has entered into transactions with certain current and former
members of its Board of Directors.
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. In May 1998, the Board of
Directors of the Company elected a Vice Chairman of the Board. In connection
with this appointment, an affiliate of the Vice Chairman received fully vested
warrants to acquire 155,500 shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price
of $16 per share (see Note 15). The warrants were valued at approximately
$622,000, which was recorded as stock-based compensation at the time the
warrants were issued.
In June 1998, an affiliate of the Vice Chairman purchased $10 million of
the Company's mandatorily redeemable convertible preferred stock and warrants to
purchase 32,000 shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $16 per
share. In connection with the Company's offering of such stock, the affiliate of
the Vice Chairman received a consulting fee of $500,000 and an underwriting fee
of $550,000 for the placement of additional shares of mandatorily redeemable
convertible preferred stock. The Company recorded such fees as issuance costs in
connection with the sale of the preferred stock.
In March 2000, the Company reduced the exercise price of all of the
warrants held by the previously described affiliate of the Vice Chairman from
$16.00 per share to $12.60 per share resulting in a stock based compensation
charge of approximately $139,000.
Stockholders Agreement. Certain entities controlled by Mr. Paxson and
entities which are affiliates of a former director of the Company are parties to
a stockholders agreement whereby the parties to such agreement were granted
registration rights with respect to certain shares of common stock held by such
parties and the right of first refusal to acquire a pro rata share of any new
securities the Company may issue. Additionally, the stockholders agreement
grants certain cosale rights in the event that Mr. Paxson should sell more than
a predetermined percentage of his ownership interest in the Company.
6. ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES
In addition to the acquisition of DP Media described in Note 3, during
2000, the Company acquired the assets of four television stations (including
construction permits) for total consideration of approximately $68.7 million of
which $10.9 million was paid in prior years. Additionally, the Company paid
approximately $8.9 million of consideration for a prior year acquisition. During
1999, the Company acquired the assets of five
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television stations (including construction permits), for total consideration of
approximately $65.6 million. In February 1999, the Company also completed its
acquisition of WCPX in Chicago by transferring its interest in KWOK in San
Francisco as partial consideration for WCPX. In connection with the transfer of
ownership of KWOK, the Company recognized a pre-tax gain of approximately $23.8
million. During 1998, the Company acquired the assets of 26 television stations
(including construction permits), for total consideration of approximately
$591.4 million.
During 2000, the Company sold interests in four stations for aggregate
consideration of approximately $14.5 million and realized pre-tax gains of
approximately $1.3 million on these sales. During 1999, the Company sold its
interests in four stations for aggregate consideration of approximately $61
million and realized pre-tax gains of approximately $18.7 million on these
sales. In addition, in February 1999, the Company sold its 30% interest in The
Travel Channel, L.L.C. ("The Travel Channel") for aggregate consideration of
approximately $55 million and realized a pre-tax gain of approximately $17
million. The results of operations of The Travel Channel have been included in
the Company's December 31, 1999 and 1998 consolidated statement of operations
using the equity method of accounting through the date of sale. During 1998, the
Company sold its interests in three stations for aggregate consideration of
$79.5 million and realized a gain of approximately $51.6 million.
7. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:
Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):
2000 1999
--------- --------
Broadcasting towers and equipment........................... $ 229,414 $212,550
Office furniture and equipment.............................. 20,012 19,552
Buildings and leasehold improvements........................ 21,446 20,982
Land and land improvements.................................. 3,417 5,986
Aircraft, vehicles and other................................ 3,905 3,832
--------- --------
278,194 262,902
Accumulated depreciation.................................... (103,545) (72,994)
--------- --------
Property and equipment, net................................. $ 174,649 $189,908
========= ========
Depreciation expense aggregated approximately $37.7 million, $28.4 million
and $20.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998,
respectively. In connection with restructuring activities described in Note 4,
the Company identified certain leasehold improvements and office furniture and
equipment which will no longer be used in its operations upon exiting certain
leased properties in 2001. The Company has prospectively shortened the estimated
remaining useful lives through the expected disposal date of these assets
resulting in approximately $2.1 million of additional depreciation expense in
2000.
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8. INTANGIBLE ASSETS:
Intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):
2000 1999
---------- ----------
FCC licenses and goodwill................................... $ 969,052 $ 892,674
Cable distribution rights................................... 101,172 93,003
Satellite distribution rights............................... 20,345 15,004
Covenants not to compete.................................... 4,364 5,574
Favorable lease and other contracts......................... 2,003 511
---------- ----------
1,096,936 1,006,766
Accumulated amortization.................................... (147,322) (90,621)
---------- ----------
Intangible assets, net...................................... $ 949,614 $ 916,145
========== ==========
Amortization expense related to intangible assets aggregated $59.2 million,
$49.5 million and $29.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and
1998, respectively.
9. PROGRAM RIGHTS:
Program rights consist of the following (in thousands):
2000 1999
--------- ---------
Program rights.............................................. $ 512,804 $ 400,737
Accumulated amortization.................................... (314,221) (191,035)
--------- ---------
198,583 209,702
Less: current portion....................................... (79,160) (79,686)
--------- ---------
Program rights, net......................................... $ 119,423 $ 130,016
========= =========
Program rights amortization expense aggregated $100.3 million, $91.8
million and $31.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998,
respectively.
In addition to its existing inventory of program rights, the Company
continues to develop additional original programming and purchase additional
syndicated programs, as well as negotiate with NBC for the acquisition of
programming. The Company has entered into certain Joint Sales Agreements with
NBC and NBC affiliated television station operators whereby the Company expects
to obtain rights to additional news or syndicated programming. As a result of
these factors, the Company adjusted its estimates of the anticipated future
usage of its existing programming assets and the related advertising revenues to
be generated by such programming and recorded an expense of approximately $24.4
million related to reduction of the carrying value of certain of its programming
rights to net realizable value during 2000. In addition, in 1999 the Company
adjusted the carrying value of certain of its program rights to net realizable
value resulting in an expense of approximately $70.5 million.
In March 2000, the Company gave up its rights to air certain syndicated
programming, in exchange for approximately $4.9 million in cash and forgiveness
of the remaining programming rights payments due under the original programming
agreement. This transaction resulted in a gain of approximately $9.9 million. In
September 2000, the Company assigned certain other programming rights to a third
party who assumed the Company's remaining payment obligation. In connection with
this transaction, $2.8 million of deferred gain was recorded. The deferred gain
is being amortized over the term of the third party's assumed payments as the
Company remains liable should the third party default. Approximately $311,000 of
this deferred gain was recognized into income in 2000.
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As of December 31, 2000, the Company's programming contracts require
collective payments by the Company of approximately $219.4 million as follows
(in thousands):
PROGRAM
OBLIGATIONS FOR RIGHTS
PROGRAM RIGHTS COMMITMENTS TOTAL
--------------- ----------- --------
2001.......................................... $ 88,336 $19,158 $107,494
2002.......................................... 54,962 12,816 67,778
2003.......................................... 18,273 8,692 26,965
2004.......................................... 6,106 6,650 12,756
2005.......................................... -- 4,433 4,433
-------- ------- --------
$167,677 $51,749 $219,426
======== ======= ========
The Company has also committed to purchase at similar terms additional
future episodes of certain of these programs should they be made available.
10. OBLIGATIONS FOR CABLE DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS:
As of December 31, 2000, obligations for cable distribution rights require
collective payments by the Company of approximately $22.8 million as follows (in
thousands):
2001........................................................ $19,840
2002........................................................ 2,624
2003........................................................ 260
2004........................................................ 108
-------
22,832
Less: Amount representing interest.......................... (2,020)
-------
Present value of obligations for cable distribution
rights.................................................... $20,812
=======
11. SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES AND BANK FINANCING:
Senior subordinated notes and bank financing consists of the following (in
thousands):
2000 1999
-------- --------
11 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes, due 2002................. $230,000 $230,000
Senior Bank Credit Facility, maturing June 30, 2002,
interest at LIBOR plus 3.50% or base rate plus 2.50%, at
the Company's option (10.26% at December 31, 2000),
quarterly principal payments commencing January 2001...... 122,000 122,000
Equipment facility, as amended in March 2001, maturing June
30, 2002, interest at the Index Rate, as defined, plus
2.75% per annum, LIBOR plus 3.75% per annum or the
commercial paper rate plus 3.75% per annum, at the
Company's option (10.11% at December 31, 2000), secured by
purchased assets.......................................... 53,689 36,003
Other....................................................... 648 1,724
-------- --------
406,337 389,727
Less: discount on Senior Subordinated Notes................. (861) (1,306)
Less: current portion....................................... (15,966) (18,698)
-------- --------
$389,510 $369,723
======== ========
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On September 28, 1995, the Company issued $230 million of senior
subordinated notes (the "Notes") at a discount, netting proceeds of
approximately $227.3 million to the Company. Interest on the Notes accrues at
11.625% to yield an effective rate per annum of 11.875%. Interest payments are
payable semiannually on each April 1 and October 1. The principal balance is due
at maturity on October 1, 2002.
The Notes contain certain covenants which, among other things, restrict
additional indebtedness, payment of dividends, stock issuance of subsidiaries,
certain investments and transfers or sales of assets, and provide for the
repurchase of the Notes in the event of a change in control of the Company. The
Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company subordinate in right of
payment to all existing and future senior indebtedness of the Company and senior
in right to all future subordinated indebtedness of the Company.
The Notes are currently redeemable at the option of the Company through
September 30, 2001 at 102% of the face value plus accrued interest. Commencing
October 1, 2001 through maturity, the Notes are redeemable at the option of the
Company at 100% of the face value plus accrued interest.
In 2000, the Company entered into three amendments of its Senior Bank
Credit Facility. The amended terms include: (1) requiring the Company to make
certain escrow deposits if it does not meet certain quarterly financial ratios;
(2) allowing the Company to sell its communications towers and related
equipment; (3) allowing the Company to sell its accounts receivable; (4)
adjustment to the timing and amounts of principal payments; (5) amendment of
certain financial covenants. In connection with the amendments, the interest
rates under the agreement were increased to 2.50% over base rate or 3.50% over
LIBOR. At December 31, 2000, $13.7 million was deposited in escrow pursuant to
the amended terms of the facility. Under the current terms, the Company is
required to make principal payments of $2.5 million in 2001, $10 million on
March 31, 2002 and $109.5 million on June 30, 2002. Should the Company not meet
certain future quarterly financial ratios, the Company will be required to
deposit quarterly into escrow an amount equal to principal amortization due in
the following quarter and annualized interest as calculated under the terms of
the agreement. Unless the credit agreement is amended or refinanced, the Company
believes that, more likely than not, it will be required to make the future
escrow deposits previously described.
In March 2001, the Company and its lender amended its equipment credit
facility (the "Equipment Facility") as follows: (1) the maximum borrowing
capacity was increased from $65 million to $85 million with availability through
June 30, 2002; and (2) scheduled principal amortization was eliminated and
replaced with a requirement to repay in full amounts outstanding on June 30,
2002. In connection with the amendment, the interest rates were increased to
Index Rate, as defined, plus 2.75%, LIBOR plus 3.75% or commercial paper rate
plus 3.75%, at the Company's option. The Company paid a $200,000 origination fee
for the increased commitment.
Under the Senior Bank Credit Facility and the Equipment Facility, the
Company is required to maintain certain financial ratios commencing March 31,
2001 and December 31, 2001, respectively. In addition, these credit facilities
contain a number of covenants that restrict, among other things, the Company's
ability to incur additional indebtedness, incur liens, make investments, pay
dividends or make other restricted payments, consummate certain asset sales,
consolidate with any other person or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or
otherwise dispose of substantially all of the assets of the Company.
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Aggregate maturities of senior subordinated notes and bank financing at
December 31, 2000 are as follows (in thousands):
2001........................................................ $ 15,966
2002........................................................ 367,445
2003........................................................ 22,424
2004........................................................ 59
2005........................................................ 65
Thereafter.................................................. 378
--------
$406,337
========
12. INCOME TAXES:
Income tax (expense) benefit included in the consolidated statements of
operations follows (in thousands):
2000 1999 1998
----- ------- -------
Continuing operations....................................... $(120) $57,257 $37,389
Discontinued operations..................................... -- -- (4,505)
----- ------- -------
$(120) $57,257 $32,884
===== ======= =======
The (provision) benefit for federal and state income taxes for the three
years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998 is as follows (in thousands):
2000 1999 1998
----- ------- -------
Current:
Federal................................................ $ -- $ 975 $ --
State.................................................. (120) (1,827) (4,754)
----- ------- -------
$(120) $ (852) $(4,754)
===== ======= =======
Deferred:
Federal................................................ $ -- $51,293 $33,676
State.................................................. -- 6,816 3,962
----- ------- -------
$ -- $58,109 $37,638
===== ======= =======
Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities reflect the tax effect of
differences between financial statement carrying amounts and tax bases of assets
and liabilities as follows (in thousands):
2000 1999
--------- ---------
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards....................... $ 190,365 $ 125,699
Programming rights..................................... 14,980 18,667
Deferred compensation.................................. 14,987 13,199
Other.................................................. 4,335 3,637
--------- ---------
224,667 161,202
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance................. (84,204) (27,429)
--------- ---------
140,463 133,773
Deferred tax liabilities:
Basis difference on fixed and intangible assets........ (140,463) (133,773)
--------- ---------
Net deferred tax liabilities...................... $ -- $ --
========= =========
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The reconciliation of income tax provision (benefit) attributable to
continuing operations, computed at the U.S. federal statutory tax rate, to the
provision for income taxes is as follows (in thousands):
2000 1999 1998
-------- -------- --------
Tax benefit at U.S. federal statutory tax rate......... $(62,442) $(76,170) $(43,132)
State income tax benefit, net of federal tax........... (5,145) (6,426) (320)
Non deductible items................................... 1,548 1,198 2,364
Valuation allowance.................................... 63,498 24,358 --
Other.................................................. 2,661 (217) 3,699
-------- -------- --------
Provision (benefit) for income taxes................... $ 120 $(57,257) $(37,389)
======== ======== ========
The Company has recorded a valuation allowance for its net deferred tax
assets at December 31, 2000, as it believes it is more likely than not that it
will be unable to utilize its deferred tax assets. During the year ended
December 31, 1999, the Company recognized a deferred tax benefit to the extent
that the Company had offsetting deferred tax liabilities.
The Company has net operating loss carryforwards for income tax purposes
subject to certain carryforward limitations of approximately $501 million at
December 31, 2000 expiring through 2020. A portion of the net operating losses,
amounting to approximately $7.9 million, are limited to annual utilization as a
result of a change in ownership occurring when the Company acquired the
subsidiary. The Company has recorded a valuation allowance in connection with
the deferred tax asset relating to the net operating losses subject to
limitation. Additionally, further limitations on the utilization of the
Company's net operating tax loss carryforwards could result in the event of
certain changes in the Company's ownership.
13. STOCK INCENTIVE PLANS:
The Company has established various stock incentive plans to provide
incentives to officers, employees and others who perform services for the
Company through awards of options and shares of restricted stock. Awards granted
under the plans are at the discretion of the Company's Compensation Committee
and may be in the form of either incentive or nonqualified stock options or
awards of restricted stock. Options granted under the plans generally vest over
a five year period and expire ten years after the date of grant. At December 31,
2000, 276,861 shares of Class A common stock were available for additional
awards under the plans.
When options are granted to employees, a non-cash charge representing the
difference between the exercise price and the fair market value of the common
stock underlying the vested options on the date of grant is recorded as
stock-based compensation expense with the balance deferred and amortized over
the remaining vesting period. For the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and
1998, the Company recognized approximately $13.9 million, $16.8 million and
$10.4 million, respectively, of stock-based compensation expense related to
options and warrants and expects to recognize an additional expense of
approximately $7 million over the next five years as such outstanding options
vest. Stock-based compensation relates primarily to selling, general and
administrative expenses.
In May 2000, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved
certain amendments to the terms of the stock options previously granted under
the Company's stock option plans. The amendments were as follows: (1) to extend
the exercise period in the event of an involuntary termination other than for
cause to three years from the date of termination (or the original expiration,
if earlier); (2) to extend the exercise period in the event of a voluntary
termination to one year from the date of termination (or the original
expiration, if earlier); and (3) to retroactively revise the vesting schedule
for those options which included a deferred vesting schedule over a five year
period at the rates of 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% and 30% per year to a vesting schedule
at the rate of 20% per year over a five year period. These modifications
resulted in a new
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measurement date for purposes of measuring compensation expense for stock
options outstanding at the date of the modification. However, no additional
compensation expense was recognized as the intrinsic value at the modification
date did not exceed the intrinsic value at the original measurement date.
During 1999, the Company modified the terms of certain stock options in
connection with the termination of employment of the holders. Included in
stock-based compensation expense is $2.1 million reflecting the additional
intrinsic value of those awards at the date of modification. Also in 1999, the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors reduced the per share exercise
price of 840,000 unvested stock options held by the Company's CEO to $.01 and
360,000 vested stock options held by the Company's CEO to $1.00. The Company
recognized stock based compensation of approximately $5.7 million and $8.2
million for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively, related to
these options.
In October 1999, the Company amended the terms of substantially all of its
outstanding employee stock options to provide for certain accelerated vesting of
the options in the event of termination of employment with the Company as a
result of the consolidation of Company operations or functions with those of NBC
or within six months preceding or three years following a change in control of
the Company. Were such events to occur, the Company could be required to
recognize stock-based compensation expense at earlier dates than currently
expected.
A summary of the Company's 1994, 1996 and 1998 stock option plans as of
December 31, 2000 and 1999 and changes during the three years ending December
31, 2000 is presented below:
2000 1999 1998
--------------------- --------------------- --------------------
WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED
AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE
NUMBER OF EXERCISE NUMBER OF EXERCISE NUMBER OF EXERCISE
OPTIONS PRICE OPTIONS PRICE OPTIONS PRICE
---------- -------- ---------- -------- --------- --------
Outstanding, beginning of
year......................... 8,891,061 $6.31 9,341,662 $5.86 3,605,461 $3.28
Granted......................... 515,000 7.25 2,364,000 7.25 6,279,500 7.23
Forfeited....................... (366,925) 6.88 (1,612,500) 7.21 (228,000) 6.36
Exercised....................... (1,264,850) 4.40 (1,202,101) 3.46 (315,299) 3.22
---------- ---------- ---------
Outstanding, end of year........ 7,774,286 6.66 8,891,061 6.31 9,341,662 5.86
========== ========== =========
Weighted average fair value of
options granted during the
year......................... 6.88 6.90 9.14
The majority of the Company's option grants have been at exercise prices of
$7.25 and $3.42, prices which have historically been below the fair market value
of the underlying common stock at the date of grant.
The following table summarizes information about employee and director
stock options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2000:
WEIGHTED
NUMBER AVERAGE NUMBER
OUTSTANDING AT REMAINING EXERCISABLE AT
DECEMBER 31, CONTRACTUAL DECEMBER 31,
EXERCISE PRICES 2000 LIFE 2000
- --------------- -------------- ----------- --------------
$0.01........................................... 840,000 7 300,000
$1.00........................................... 360,000 7 360,000
$3.42........................................... 1,188,850 4 1,067,961
$7.25........................................... 5,385,436 8 2,328,725
--------- ---------
7,774,286 4,056,686
========= =========
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Had compensation expense for the Company's option plans been determined
using the fair value method the Company's net loss and net loss per share would
have been as follows (in thousands except per share data):
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
---------------------------------
2000 1999 1998
--------- --------- ---------
Net loss available to common stockholders:
As reported....................................... $(391,329) $(314,579) $(137,955)
Pro forma......................................... (402,495) (319,919) (144,743)
Basic and diluted net loss per share:
As reported....................................... $ (6.16) $ (5.10) $ (2.29)
Pro forma......................................... (6.34) (5.18) (2.40)
The fair value of each option grant was estimated on the date of grant
using the Black-Scholes option pricing model assuming a dividend yield of 0.0%,
expected volatility range of 50% to 73%, and risk free interest rates of 4.83%
to 6.9% and weighted average expected option terms of .5 to 7.5 years.
In addition to the options granted under its stock incentive plans, the
Company has granted nonqualified options to purchase 3,200,000 (3,100,000 in
1999) shares of Class A common stock to members of senior management and others.
These grants consist primarily of options granted in 1999 to purchase 1,000,000
shares of Class A common stock, which vest over three years and expire in ten
years, and options to purchase 2,000,000 shares which vest over four years and
expire in ten years. The exercise price for options vesting on the first
anniversary is $10. The exercise prices for options vesting on the second
anniversary are $12.03 (options to purchase 333,333 shares) and $11.68 (options
to purchase 500,000 shares). The exercise price for options vesting on
subsequent anniversaries will be the lower of a range between $18 and $21, or
the fair market value of the common stock on the prior anniversary date. The
Company recognized stock based compensation related to these grants of
approximately $2.3 million and $873,000 for the years ended December 2000 and
1999, respectively. The options granted which vest subsequent to the second year
are being accounted for as variable plans and the ultimate compensation expense
for such options cannot be determined until their vesting date.
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14. REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK:
The following represents a summary of the changes in the Company's
mandatorily redeemable preferred stock during the three years ended December 31,
2000 and the aggregate liquidation preference as of December 31, 2000 (in
thousands):
JUNIOR
EXCHANGEABLE SERIES B
JUNIOR EXCHANGEABLE PREFERRED CONVERTIBLE CONVERTIBLE
PREFERRED PREFERRED STOCK PREFERRED PREFERRED
STOCK 12% STOCK 12 1/2% 13 1/4% STOCK 9 3/4% STOCK 8% TOTAL
--------- ------------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ----------
Balance at December 31,
1997..................... $42,612 $168,375 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 210,987
Issuances.................. -- -- 190,000 70,747 -- 260,747
Accretion.................. 681 670 646 271 -- 2,268
Accrual of cumulative
dividends................ 5,803 22,472 14,986 4,138 -- 47,399
------- -------- -------- ------- -------- ----------
Balance at December 31,
1998..................... 49,096 191,517 205,632 75,156 -- 521,401
Issuances.................. -- -- -- -- 339,837 339,837
Accretion.................. 697 673 1,164 486 6,715 9,735
Accrual of cumulative
dividends................ 6,519 25,371 29,430 8,002 9,683 79,005
Cash dividends............. (171) -- -- -- -- (171)
------- -------- -------- ------- -------- ----------
Balance at December 31,
1999..................... 56,141 217,561 236,226 83,644 356,235 949,807
Accretion.................. 714 676 1,170 489 23,422 26,471
Accrual of cumulative
dividends................ 7,092 28,641 33,458 8,812 33,200 111,203
Cash dividends............. (7,092) -- -- -- -- (7,092)
------- -------- -------- ------- -------- ----------
Balance at December 31,
2000..................... $56,855 $246,878 $270,854 $92,945 $412,857 $1,080,389
======= ======== ======== ======= ======== ==========
Aggregate liquidation
preference at December
31, 2000................. $59,102 $250,833 $277,874 $95,952 $457,883 $1,141,644
======= ======== ======== ======= ======== ==========
JUNIOR PREFERRED STOCK 12%
At December 31, 2000 and 1999, the Company had 33,000 shares of $0.001 par
value Junior Preferred Stock authorized, issued and outstanding (the "Junior
Preferred Stock"). Holders of the Junior Preferred Stock are entitled to
cumulative dividends at an annual rate of 12% prior to December 22, 2001, 13%
from December 23, 2001 to December 22, 2002, and 14% per annum thereafter.
Semi-annual dividend payments commenced December 31, 1999.
The Junior Preferred Stock is currently redeemable, at the option of the
Company, at par plus unpaid, deferred, and accrued dividends. The shares are
subject to mandatory redemption on December 22, 2003. The Company paid cash
dividends of approximately $7.1 million and $171,000 in 2000 and 1999,
respectively.
Junior Preferred Stock dividends in arrears aggregated approximately $26.1
million at December 31, 2000 and 1999.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
CUMULATIVE EXCHANGEABLE PREFERRED STOCK 12 1/2%
At December 31, 2000, the Company had authorized 440,000 shares of $0.001
par value Cumulative Exchangeable Preferred Stock (the "Exchangeable Preferred
Stock") of which 245,706 and 217,649 were issued and outstanding as of December
31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. Holders of Exchangeable Preferred Stock are
entitled to cumulative dividends at an annual rate of 12.5% of the liquidation
preference, payable semi-annually in cash or additional shares beginning April
30, 1997. The Company is required to make dividend payments in cash after
October 31, 2002.
The Company is required to redeem all of the then outstanding Exchangeable
Preferred Stock on October 31, 2006 at a price equal to the aggregate
liquidation preference thereof plus accumulated and unpaid dividends to the date
of redemption. The Exchangeable Preferred Stock is redeemable at the Company's
option on or after October 31, 2001 at the redemption prices set forth below
(expressed as a percentage of liquidation preference) plus accumulated and
unpaid dividends to the date of redemption:
TWELVE MONTH PERIOD
BEGINNING OCTOBER 31,
- ---------------------
2001................................................. 106.250%
2002................................................. 104.167%
2003................................................. 102.083%
2004 and thereafter.................................. 100.000%
Upon a change of control, the Company is required to offer to purchase the
Exchangeable Preferred Stock at a price equal to 101% of the liquidation
preference thereof plus accumulated and unpaid dividends.
The Company may, provided it is not contractually prohibited from doing so,
exchange the outstanding Exchangeable Preferred Stock for 12.5% Exchange
Debentures due 2006. Additionally, the Company has agreed to exchange all
outstanding Exchangeable Preferred Stock for 12.5% Exchange Debentures within 60
days from the date on which the Company is no longer contractually prohibited
from effecting such exchange. The 12.5% Exchange Debentures have redemption
features similar to those of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock.
During 2000, 1999 and 1998, the Company paid dividends of approximately
$28.1 million, $24.9 million, $22.0 million, respectively, by the issuance of
additional shares of Exchangeable Preferred Stock. Accrued Exchangeable
Preferred Stock dividends since the last dividend payment date aggregated
approximately $5.1 million and $4.5 million at December 31, 2000 and 1999,
respectively.
JUNIOR EXCHANGEABLE PREFERRED STOCK 13 1/4%
During 1998, the Company issued 20,000 shares of Cumulative Junior
Exchangeable Preferred Stock (the "Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock") with an
aggregate $200 million liquidation preference for gross proceeds of an
equivalent amount. At December 31, 2000 and 1999, the Company had authorized
72,000 shares of $0.001 par value Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock of which
27,335 and 24,043 were issued and outstanding, respectively. Holders of the
Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock are entitled to cumulative dividends at an
annual rate of 13 1/4% of the liquidation preference, payable semi-annually in
cash or additional shares beginning November 15, 1998 and accumulating from the
issue date. If dividends for any period ending after May 15, 2003 are paid in
additional shares of Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock, the dividend rate will
increase by 1% per annum for such dividend payment period.
The Company is required to redeem all of the then outstanding Junior
Exchangeable Preferred Stock on November 15, 2006, at a price equal to the
aggregate liquidation preference thereof plus accumulated and unpaid dividends
to the date of redemption. The Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock is redeemable
at the
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
Company's option at any time on or after May 15, 2003, at the redemption prices
set forth below (expressed as a percentage of liquidation preference) plus
accumulated and unpaid dividends to the date of redemption:
TWELVE MONTH PERIOD
BEGINNING MAY 15,
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2003................................................... 106.625%
2004................................................... 103.313%
2005 and thereafter.................................... 100.000%
Prior to May 15, 2001, the Company may use the proceeds of certain public
stock offerings or major asset sales to redeem up to an aggregate of 35% of the
shares of Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock outstanding at 113.25% of the
aggregate liquidation preference of such shares, plus accumulated and unpaid
dividends. Upon a change of control, the Company is required to offer to
purchase the Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock at a price equal to 101% of the
liquidation preference thereof plus accumulated and unpaid dividends.
The Company may, provided it is not contractually prohibited from doing so,
exchange the outstanding Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock on any dividend
payment date for 13 1/4% Exchange Debentures due 2006. The Exchange Debentures
have redemption features similar to those of the Junior Exchangeable Preferred
Stock.
During 2000, 1999 and 1998, the Company paid dividends of approximately
$32.9 million, $28.9 million and $11.5 million, respectively, by the issuance of
additional shares of Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock. Accrued Junior
Exchangeable Preferred Stock dividends since the last dividend payment date
aggregated approximately $4.5 million and $4.0 million at December 31, 2000 and
1999, respectively.
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK 9 3/4%
During 1998, the Company issued 7,500 shares of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock ("Convertible Preferred Stock") with an aggregate liquidation
preference of $75 million, and warrants to purchase 240,000 shares of Class A
common stock. At December 31, 2000 and 1999, the Company had authorized 17,500
shares of $0.001 par value Convertible Preferred Stock of which 9,595 and 8,714
were issued and outstanding, respectively. Of the gross proceeds of $75 million,
approximately $960,000 was allocated to the value of the warrants, which are
exercisable at a price of $16 per share through June 2003. Holders of the
Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to receive cumulative dividends at an
annual rate of 9 3/4%, payable quarterly beginning September 30, 1998 and
accumulating from the issue date. The Company may pay dividends either in cash,
in additional shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, or (subject to an increased
dividend rate) by the issuance of shares of Class A common stock equal in value
to the amount of such dividends.
During 2000, 1999 and 1998, the Company paid dividends of approximately
$8.8 million, $8.0 million and $4.1 million, respectively, by the issuance of
additional shares of Convertible Preferred Stock. At December 31, 2000 and 1999,
there were no accrued and unpaid dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock.
The Company is required to redeem the Convertible Preferred Stock on
December 31, 2006, at a price equal to the aggregate liquidation preference
thereof plus accumulated and unpaid dividends to the date of redemption. The
Convertible Preferred Stock is redeemable at the Company's option at any time on
or after June 30, 2003, at the redemption prices set forth below (expressed as a
percentage of liquidation preference) plus accumulated and unpaid dividends to
the date of redemption:
TWELVE MONTH PERIOD
BEGINNING JUNE 30,
- -------------------
2003................................................... 104.00%
2004................................................... 102.00%
2005 and thereafter.................................... 100.00%
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
Upon a change of control, the Company is required to offer to purchase the
Convertible Preferred Stock at a price equal to the liquidation preference
thereof plus accumulated and unpaid dividends. The Convertible Preferred Stock
contains restrictions, primarily based on the trading price of the common stock,
on the issuance of additional preferred stock ranking senior to the Convertible
Preferred Stock.
Each share of Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of
Class A common stock at an initial conversion price of $16 per share. If the
Convertible Preferred Stock is called for redemption, the conversion right will
terminate at the close of business on the date fixed for redemption.
Holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock have voting rights on all
matters submitted for a vote to the Company's common stockholders and are
entitled to one vote for each share of Class A common stock into which their
Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible.
SERIES B CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK 8%
Pursuant to the Investment Agreement, NBC acquired $415 million aggregate
liquidation preference of a new series of the Company's convertible exchangeable
preferred stock which accrues cumulative dividends from the Issue Date at an
annual rate of 8% and is convertible (subject to adjustment under the terms of
the Certificate of Designation relating to the Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock) into 31,896,032 shares of the Company's Class A common stock at an
initial conversion price of $13.01 per share, which increases at a rate equal to
the dividend rate.
The Series B Convertible Preferred Stock is mandatorily redeemable at NBC's
option in September 2002 or annually thereafter through September 2009. The
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock also has redemption rights prior to
September 2002 under certain circumstances related to the attribution to NBC of
its investment in the Company under rules established by the FCC. The Company's
mandatory redemption obligation in respect of the Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock is subject to the Company's compliance with the terms of its existing debt
and preferred stock agreements as well as the existence of funds on hand to
consummate such redemption.
The Series B Convertible Preferred Stock is exchangeable, at the option of
the holder, subject to the Company's debt and preferred stock covenants limiting
additional indebtedness but in any event not later than January 1, 2007, into
convertible debentures of the Company ranking on a parity with the Company's
other subordinated indebtedness. Should NBC determine that the rules and
regulations of the FCC prohibit it from holding shares of Class A common stock,
NBC may convert the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock held by it into an
equal number of shares of non-voting common stock of the Company, which
non-voting common stock shall be immediately convertible into Class A common
stock upon transfer by NBC.
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock dividends in arrears aggregated
approximately $42.9 million and $9.7 million at December 31, 2000 and 1999,
respectively.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
REDEMPTION FEATURES OF PREFERRED STOCK
The following table presents the redemption value of the five classes of
preferred stock outstanding at December 31, 2000 should the Company elect to
redeem the preferred stock in the indicated year, assuming no dividends are paid
prior to redemption, unless required (in thousands):
JUNIOR CONVERTIBLE SERIES B
JUNIOR EXCHANGEABLE EXCHANGEABLE PREFERRED CONVERTIBLE
PREFERRED PREFERRED PREFERRED STOCK PREFERRED
STOCK 12%(1) STOCK 12 1/2%(2) STOCK 13 1/4%(3) 9 3/4%(4) STOCK 8%(5)
------------ ---------------- ---------------- ----------- -----------
2001........................... $59,102 $300,495 $ -- $ -- $ --
2002........................... 59,102 332,708 -- -- --
2003........................... 59,102 326,182 407,907 133,228 --
2004........................... -- 319,659 395,430 143,880 582,383
2005........................... -- 319,659 382,950 155,324 615,583
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(1) Mandatorily redeemable on December 22, 2003; redeemable by the Company prior
to that date.
(2) Mandatorily redeemable on October 31, 2006; redeemable by the Company on or
after October 31, 2001.
(3) Mandatorily redeemable on November 15, 2006; redeemable by the Company on or
after May 15, 2003. See previous discussion for earlier redemption features
on up to 35% of the shares.
(4) Mandatorily redeemable on December 31, 2006; redeemable by the Company on or
after June 30, 2003.
(5) Mandatorily redeemable in September 2002 and annually thereafter through
September 2009, and prior to such dates under certain circumstances related
to the attribution of NBC's investment in the Company under rules
established by the FCC. The Company has the right to redeem the Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock in whole or in part commencing in September 2004
at the redemption value of such shares plus accrued and unpaid dividends.
COVENANTS UNDER PREFERRED STOCK TERMS
The certificates of designation of the preferred stock contain certain
covenants which, among other things, restrict additional indebtedness, payment
of dividends, transactions with related parties, certain investments and
transfers or sales of assets.
15. COMMON STOCK WARRANTS:
In connection with the NBC transaction discussed elsewhere herein, NBC
acquired a warrant to purchase up to 13,065,507 shares of Class A Common stock
at an exercise price of $12.60 per share ("Warrant A") and a warrant to purchase
up to 18,966,620 shares of Class A Common Stock ("Warrant B") at an exercise
price equal to the average of the closing sale prices of the Class A Common
Stock for the 45 consecutive trading days ending on the trading day immediately
preceding the warrant exercise date (provided that such price shall not be more
than 17.5% higher or 17.5% lower than the six month trailing average closing
sale price) subject to a minimum exercise price during the first three years
after the Issue Date of $22.50 per share. The Warrants are exercisable for ten
years from the Issue Date, subject to certain conditions and limitations.
In connection with the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock sale in June
1998, the Company issued warrants to purchase 240,000 shares of Class A common
stock at an exercise price of $16. The warrants were valued at $960,000.
In June 1998, the Company issued to an affiliate of a newly appointed
member of its Board of Directors five year warrants entitling the holder to
purchase 155,500 shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $16.00
per share. The Company recorded $622,000 of stock-based compensation expense in
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
connection with this issuance. In March 2000, the Company reduced the exercise
price of warrants held by the affiliate from $16.00 per share to $12.60 per
share. See Note 5.
16. COMMON STOCK:
On May 1, 2000, the Company's stockholders approved an amendment to the
Company's certificate of incorporation to increase the total number of
authorized shares of common stock from 197,500,000 shares to 327,500,000 shares,
the number of authorized shares of Class A common stock from 150,000,000 shares
to 215,000,000 shares and the number of authorized shares of Class C non-voting
common stock, par value $0.001 per share, from 12,500,000 shares to 77,500,000
shares. No shares of the Company's Class C common stock were issued or
outstanding at December 31, 2000 or 1999.
Class A common stock and Class B common stock will vote as a single class
on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders, with each share of Class
A common stock entitled to one vote and each share of Class B common stock
entitled to ten votes; Class C common stock is non-voting. Each share of Class B
common stock is convertible, at the option of its holder, into one share of
Class A common stock at any time. Under certain circumstances, Class C common
stock may be converted, at the option of the holder, into Class A common stock.
During December 1996, the Company approved a program under which it
extended loans to certain members of management for the purchase of Company
common stock in the open market by those individuals. The loans are full
recourse promissory notes bearing interest at 5.75% per annum and are
collateralized by the shares of stock purchased with the loan proceeds. The
Company extended the maturity of all outstanding loans under this program until
March 31, 2001. The outstanding principal balance on such loans was
approximately $1.3 million at December 31, 2000 and 1999 and is reflected as
stock subscription notes receivable in the accompanying balance sheets.
17. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS:
The estimated fair value of financial instruments has been determined by
the Company using available market information and appropriate valuation
methodologies. However, considerable judgment is required in interpreting data
to develop the estimates of fair value. Accordingly, the estimates presented
herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that the Company could
realize in a current market exchange. The fair value estimates presented herein
are based on pertinent information available to management as of December 31,
2000. Although management is not aware of any factors that would significantly
affect the estimated fair value amounts, such amounts have not been
comprehensively revalued for purposes of these financial statements since that
date and current estimates of fair value may differ significantly from the
amounts presented herein. The following methods and assumptions were used to
estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments for which it is
practicable to estimate such value:
Cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, cash held by qualified
intermediary, accounts payable and accrued expenses. The fair values
approximate the carrying values due to their short term nature.
Investments in broadcast properties. The fair value of investments in
broadcast properties is estimated based on recent market sale prices for
comparable stations and/or markets. The fair value approximates the carrying
value.
Long-term debt and Senior subordinated notes. The fair value of the
Company's long-term debt is estimated based on current market rates and
instruments with the same risk and maturities. The fair value of the Company's
long-term debt approximates its carrying value. The fair market value of the
Company's senior subordinated notes is estimated based on year end quoted market
prices for such securities. At December 31, 2000, the estimated fair market
value of the Company's senior subordinated notes was approximately $231.2
million.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
Mandatorily redeemable securities. The fair market value of the Company's
mandatorily redeemable preferred stock is estimated based on quoted market
prices except for the Junior Preferred Stock and the Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock which are estimated at the December 31, 2000 aggregate
liquidation preference as no quoted market prices are available for these
securities. The estimated fair market value of the Company's mandatorily
redeemable preferred stock is as follows (in thousands):
Junior Preferred 12%........................................ $ 59,102
Exchangeable Preferred 12 1/2%.............................. 240,792
Junior Exchangeable Preferred 13 1/4%....................... 252,868
Convertible Preferred 9 3/4%................................ 90,673
Series B Convertible Preferred 8%........................... 457,883
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$1,101,318
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18. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:
Future minimum annual payments under non-cancelable operating leases for
broadcasting facilities and equipment and employment agreements, as of December
31, 2000, are as follows (in thousands):
2001........................................................ $14,639
2002........................................................ 13,506
2003........................................................ 9,985
2004........................................................ 6,791
2005........................................................ 6,063
Thereafter.................................................. 27,206
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$78,190
=======
The Company incurred total operating expenses of approximately $17.7
million, $15.2 million and $10.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2000,
1999 and 1998, respectively, under these agreements.
At December 31, 2000, the Company had entered into certain affiliation and
time brokerage agreements which required certain minimum payments as follows (in
thousands):
2001........................................................ $3,577
2002........................................................ 3,627
2003........................................................ 275
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$7,479
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INVESTMENT COMMITMENTS
The Company has agreements to purchase significant assets of, or to enter
into time brokerage and financing arrangements with respect to, the following
properties, which are subject to various conditions, including the receipt of
regulatory approvals. The completion of each of the investments discussed below
is subject to a variety of factors and to the satisfaction of various
conditions, and there can be no assurance that any of such investments will be
completed.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
PURCHASE PRICE
STATION MARKET SERVED (IN THOUSANDS)
- ------- ------------- --------------
WPXX/WPXL................................. Memphis, TN/New Orleans, LA(1) $ 40,000
KPPX...................................... Phoenix, AZ(2) 15,303
WAOM...................................... Lexington, KY 8,000
WBSG...................................... Brunswick, GA(3) 7,100
Channel 61................................ Mobile, AL 6,750
WBNA...................................... Louisville, KY 3,000
Less: advances and escrow deposits........ (19,823)
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Total investment commitments.............. $ 60,330
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(1) The Company has a $4 million escrow deposit on these stations.
(2) The Company had acquired a 49% interest in this station as of December 31,
2000. The Company has acquired the remaining 51% interest in this station as
of January 2001.
(3) Acquisition completed during January 2001.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The Company is involved in litigation from time to time in the ordinary
course of its business. In the opinion of management, the ultimate resolution of
these matters will not have a material effect on the Company's consolidated
financial position or results of operations and cash flows.
In October, November and December 1999, complaints were filed in the 15th
Judicial Circuit Court in Palm Beach County, Florida, in the Court of Chancery
of the State of Delaware and in Superior Court of the State of California
against certain of the Company's officers and directors by alleged stockholders
of the Company alleging breach of fiduciary duty by the directors in approving
the transactions with NBC which occurred in September 1999. The complaints
generally allege that the directors failed to pursue acquisition negotiations
with a party other than NBC, which transaction would have provided the Company's
stockholders with a substantial premium over the then market price of the
Company's common stock and instead completed the NBC Investment Agreement and
related transactions. All of these actions are at an early stage procedurally.
The Company believes the suits to be wholly without merit and intends to
vigorously defend its actions on these matters.
OTHER
See also Notes 9 and 10.
19. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS:
During 1998, the Company recognized an additional gain of $1.2 million on
the 1997 sale of its former radio segment, net of applicable income taxes of
$2.2 million. This gain reflects a reduction of $2.7 million of estimated costs
attributable to the segment disposal and the recovery of a $3 million loan by
the billboard operations of Radio, which was charged off against the gain in
1997. An additional $2.3 million of income taxes were recorded within
discontinued operations in 1998 as a result of certain adjustments by the
Internal Revenue Service reducing the Company's net operating loss carry
forwards relating to the historical results of the Radio segment.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
20. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Supplemental cash flow information and non-cash operating, investing and
financing activities are as follows (in thousands):
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
----------------------------
2000 1999 1998
-------- ------- -------
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest.................................... $ 40,101 $44,076 $38,849
======== ======= =======
Cash paid for income taxes................................ $ 1,301 $ 1,346 $ 2,239
======== ======= =======
Non-cash operating, investing and financing activities:
Accretion of discount on Senior Subordinated Notes........ $ 445 $ 389 $ 346
======== ======= =======
Issuance of common stock in connection with
acquisitions........................................... $ 251 $ 500 $ 5,250
======== ======= =======
Beneficial conversion feature on issuance of convertible
preferred stock........................................ $ 75,130 $65,467 $ --
======== ======= =======
Dividends accrued on redeemable preferred stock........... $104,111 $78,834 $47,399
======== ======= =======
Discount accretion on redeemable securities............... $ 26,471 $ 9,735 $ 2,268
======== ======= =======
Satellite distribution.................................... $ 5,345 $15,000 $ --
======== ======= =======
Sale of KWOK in exchange for WCPX......................... $ -- $30,000 $ --
======== ======= =======
Issuance of common stock in payment of obligations for
cable distribution rights.............................. $ -- $ 8,479 $ --
======== ======= =======
21. QUARTERLY RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
FOR THE 2000 QUARTERS ENDED
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(IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA)
------------------------------------------------------
DECEMBER 31 SEPTEMBER 30 JUNE 30 MARCH 31
----------- ------------ ----------- -----------
Revenues.................................... $ 85,886 $ 73,443 $ 78,151 $ 78,456
Less: agency commissions.................... (11,830) (10,344) (10,886) (10,984)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Net revenues................................ 74,056 63,099 67,265 67,472
Expenses, excluding depreciation,
amortization and stock based
compensation.............................. 73,622 74,472 67,675 96,411
Depreciation and amortization............... 31,713 22,594 21,394 21,180
Stock based compensation.................... 3,026 3,090 5,583 2,167
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Operating loss.............................. $ (34,305) $ (37,057) $ (27,387) $ (52,286)
=========== =========== =========== ===========
Net loss attributable to common
stockholders.............................. $ (154,785) $ (80,073) $ (68,835) $ (87,636)
=========== =========== =========== ===========
Basic and diluted loss per share............ $ (2.41) $ (1.26) $ (1.09) $ (1.39)
=========== =========== =========== ===========
Weighted average common shares
outstanding............................... 64,167,739 63,705,076 63,135,530 63,043,758
=========== =========== =========== ===========
Stock price(1)
High................................... $ 11.938 $ 13.813 $ 8.875 $ 12.375
Low.................................... $ 8.750 $ 8.375 $ 6.125 $ 7.750
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(1) The Company's Class A common stock is listed on the American Stock Exchange
under the symbol PAX.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)
FOR THE 1999 QUARTERS ENDED
------------------------------------------------------
(IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA)
------------------------------------------------------
DECEMBER 31 SEPTEMBER 30 JUNE 30 MARCH 31
----------- ------------ ----------- -----------
Revenues.................................... $ 80,677 $ 58,051 $ 57,855 $ 51,779
Less: agency commission..................... (10,647) (8,089) (8,221) (7,225)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Net revenues................................ 70,030 49,962 49,634 44,554
Expenses, excluding depreciation,
amortization and stock based
compensation.............................. 70,411 70,433 140,247 63,666
Depreciation and amortization............... 21,016 19,488 18,730 18,626
Stock based compensation.................... 3,101 9,419 2,147 2,147
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Operating loss.............................. $ (24,498) $ (49,378) $ (111,490) $ (39,885)
=========== =========== =========== ===========
Net loss attributable to common
stockholders.............................. $ (76,958) $ (129,759) $ (82,732) $ (25,130)
=========== =========== =========== ===========
Basic and diluted loss per share............ $ (1.23) $ (2.10) $ (1.35) $ (0.41)
=========== =========== =========== ===========
Weighted average common shares
outstanding............................... 62,668,330 61,887,000 61,420,661 60,954,281
=========== =========== =========== ===========
Stock price(1)
High................................... $ 13.813 $ 17.438 $ 14.250 $ 10.063
Low.................................... $ 9.625 $ 10.500 $ 7.875 $ 7.625
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(1) The Company's Class A common stock is listed on the American Stock Exchange
under the symbol PAX.
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VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
FOR THE THREE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000
(IN THOUSANDS)
COLUMN A COLUMN B COLUMN C COLUMN D COLUMN E
-------- ---------- -------- ---------- ----------
ADDITIONS
--------------------
CHARGED
BALANCE AT TO BALANCE AT
BEGINNING COSTS AND END OF
OF YEAR EXPENSES OTHER DEDUCTIONS YEAR
---------- --------- -------- ---------- ----------
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
2000:
Allowance for doubtful accounts... $ 4,255 $3,277 $ -- $ (3,365)(1) $ 4,167
======= ====== ======= ======== =======
Deferred tax assets valuation
allowance...................... $27,429 $ -- $56,775(2) $ -- $84,204
======= ====== ======= ======== =======
Restructuring reserves............ $ -- $5,760 $ -- $ (83)(3) $ 5,677
======= ====== ======= ======== =======
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
1999:
Allowance for doubtful accounts... $ 3,953 $6,164 $ -- $ (5,862)(1) $ 4,255
======= ====== ======= ======== =======
Deferred tax assets valuation
allowance...................... $ 3,071 $ -- $24,358(2) $ -- $27,429
======= ====== ======= ======== =======
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
1998:
Allowance for doubtful accounts... $ 912 $4,214 $ -- $ (1,173)(1) $ 3,953
======= ====== ======= ======== =======
Deferred tax assets valuation
allowance...................... $ 3,071 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 3,071
======= ====== ======= ======== =======
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(1) Write off of uncollectible receivables.
(2) Valuation allowance for net deferred tax assets due to uncertainty
surrounding the Company's utilization of future tax benefits.
(3) Cash payments of termination benefits.
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