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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 30, 1999
Registration No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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The Walt Disney Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware 7812 95-4545390
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (IRS Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Classification Code Number) Identification No.)
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500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521
(818) 560-1000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
David K. Thompson, Esq.
Senior Vice President--Assistant General Counsel
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521
(818) 560-1000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
Copies to:
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Morton A. Pierce, Esq. David J. Segre, Esq.
Dewey Ballantine LLP Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
1301 Avenue of the Americas Professional Corporation
New York, New York 10019-1035 650 Page Mill Road
(212) 259-8000 Palo Alto, California 94304-1050
(650) 493-9300
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the
public: As soon as practicable after the effectiveness of this Registration
Statement and the satisfaction or waiver of all other conditions to the merger
of a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant with and into Infoseek
Corporation pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization described in
the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus forming part of this Registration
Statement.
If the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered in
connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with
General Instruction G, check the following box. [_]
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. [_]
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier registration statement for the
same offering. [_]
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or
dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant
shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration
Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933 or until this Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed
Proposed Maximum
Title of each Class of Amount Maximum Aggregate Amount of
Securities to be to be Offering Price Offering Registration
Registered Registered (1) Per Share Price (2) Fee (3)
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go.com Common Stock,
$0.01 par
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(1) Represents the maximum number of shares of go.com Common Stock to be issued
in connection with the transaction, based on 36,288,198 shares of Infoseek
Common Stock outstanding, excluding shares held by the Registrant and its
affiliates, and assuming the exercise of all outstanding options to
purchase shares of Infoseek Common Stock.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 457(f)(1) and 457(c) under the Securities Act, the
registration fee has been calculated based on a price of $27.9688 per share
of Infoseek Common Stock (the average of the high and low price per share
of Infoseek Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on September 24,
1999).
(3) Calculated by multiplying 0.000278 by the proposed maximum aggregate
offering price. Pursuant to Rule 457(b), $290,639.00 of the registration
fee that was previously paid pursuant to Section 14(g) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in connection with the filing of
preliminary proxy materials on August 20, 1999, has been credited against
the registration fee payable in connection with this filing.
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[LOGO OF WALT DISNEY]
Dear Disney Stockholder,
As you know, Disney has agreed to acquire Infoseek Corporation and establish
"go.com," which initially will be comprised of Disney's existing Internet
business, including Disney's online businesses and The Disney Catalog, and the
assets, liabilities and businesses of Infoseek. The boards of directors of
Disney and Infoseek believe that their Internet efforts should be wholly
consolidated in order to build a market leading Internet business. In
connection with this transaction, Disney will create and issue a new class of
common stock, "go.com Common Stock," to reflect the performance of go.com.
We believe that the combination of Disney's existing online business and e-
commerce infrastructure and its global brands, broad content and promotional
and marketing strength with Infoseek's business will position go.com to be a
leading provider of content and commerce on the Internet. In addition, the
merger will enable go.com to benefit from a unified management and operational
structure that can leverage Disney's assets while retaining operational
flexibility.
We are very enthusiastic about the merger. The merger cannot be completed,
however, unless a majority of Infoseek's stockholders, as well as a majority of
Infoseek's stockholders other than Disney and its affiliates, approve the
merger and a majority of Disney stockholders approve an amendment to Disney's
certificate of incorporation, to provide for, among other things, go.com Common
Stock.
If the merger is completed, Infoseek's stockholders, other than Disney and its
affiliates, will receive 1.15 shares of go.com Common Stock for each share of
Infoseek common stock that they own, which will result in Infoseek
stockholders, other than Disney and its affiliates, owning, in the aggregate,
approximately 28% of the equity value attributed to go.com at the closing,
excluding stock options. Current Disney stockholders will continue to own their
shares of Disney common stock, which, if the merger is completed, will reflect
the performance of all other assets, liabilities and businesses of Disney as
well as an initial retained interest of approximately 72% of the equity value
attributed to go.com at the closing, excluding stock options. Each share of
go.com Common Stock will, subject to some exceptions, have that number of votes
equal to the average market value of a share of go.com Common Stock divided by
the average market value of a share of Disney common stock after the merger.
Disney common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
"DIS" and go.com Common Stock has been approved for listing on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol "GO," subject to official notice of issuance.
The board of directors of Disney and Infoseek's board of directors, with only
those directors unaffiliated with Disney participating, have unanimously
approved the merger and are seeking your approval of the specific proposals
that will allow the merger to take place.
Please see pages 21 through 34 for a description of factors that may affect the
value of go.com Common Stock to be issued in the merger, along with several
other risk factors pertaining to the merger and the proposed Disney charter
amendment that you should consider.
If you fail to return the enclosed proxy card, or fail to vote via the Internet
or by telephone, the effect will be a vote against the Disney proposals, and,
in effect, against the merger, unless you attend the stockholders' meeting and
vote for the proposals.
This document provides you with detailed information about the Disney proposals
and the proposed merger. We encourage you to read this document carefully in
its entirety.
We believe this merger will enhance Disney's position as a leader in the
Internet industry and offer us significant opportunities to expand our business
in exciting new ways. We urge you to vote FOR the Disney proposals.
Sincerely yours,
Michael D. Eisner
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Walt Disney Company
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission has approved the go.com Common Stock to be issued under this
document or determined if this document is accurate or adequate. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
This joint proxy statement/prospectus is dated September 30, 1999, and was
first mailed to stockholders on October 6, 1999.
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[Logo of Infoseek]
Dear Infoseek Stockholder,
As you know, The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire Infoseek Corporation
and establish "go.com," which initially will be comprised of the assets,
liabilities and businesses of Infoseek and Disney's existing Internet business,
including Disney's online businesses and The Disney Catalog. The boards of
directors of Infoseek and Disney believe that their Internet efforts should be
wholly consolidated in order to build a more powerful Internet business than
could otherwise be achieved independently. In connection with this transaction,
Disney will create a new class of common stock, "go.com Common Stock," to
reflect the performance of go.com.
Infoseek Corporation is a premier global on-line media company that provides
consumers with solutions for everyday life by combining integrated Internet
services, including the go.com portal--part of GO Network, search and
directory, chat and message boards, with leading consumer brands. GO Network
was launched in conjunction with Disney in January 1999. In addition, Infoseek
licenses its Ultraseek Server search and navigation software to companies for
their own intranet, extranet and Internet sites.
We believe that some of the benefits of this proposed transaction include:
. Creation of a larger Internet business with the high profile and branding
strength of Disney, enabling go.com to attract more advertisers and strategic
partners;
. Alignment of interests, goals and objectives resulting from a unified online
business, allowing go.com to leverage synergies of an integrated management
team, streamlined operations, and strengthened infrastructure;
. Consolidation of Disney's and Infoseek's online businesses, such as Disney's
interest in the ABC News and ESPN Internet Ventures; and
. Ability to leverage Disney's robust business and relationships, enabling
go.com to more effectively pursue initiatives such as broadband media,
electronic commerce, and cross-network sponsorship opportunities.
We are very enthusiastic about the merger. The merger cannot be completed,
however, unless a majority of Infoseek's stockholders, as well as a majority of
Infoseek's stockholders other than Disney and its affiliates, approve the
merger and Disney stockholders approve an amendment to Disney's certificate of
incorporation, to provide for, among other things, the go.com Common Stock.
If the merger is completed, Infoseek's stockholders, other than Disney and its
affiliates, will receive 1.15 shares of go.com Common Stock for each share of
Infoseek common stock that they own. Following the merger, Infoseek
stockholders, other than Disney and its affiliates, will own, in the aggregate,
approximately 28% of the equity value attributed to go.com at the closing,
excluding stock options. Current Disney stockholders will continue to own their
shares of Disney common stock, which, if the merger is completed, will reflect
the performance of all other businesses of Disney including an initial retained
interest of approximately 72% of the equity value attributed to go.com at the
closing, excluding stock options.
Infoseek common stock is quoted on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol
"SEEK," and Disney's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol "DIS." go.com Common Stock has been approved for listing on
the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "GO," subject to official notice
of issuance. Each share of go.com Common Stock will, subject to some
exceptions, have that number of votes equal to the average market value of a
share of go.com Common Stock divided by the average market value of a share of
Disney common stock after the merger.
Infoseek's board of directors, with only those directors unaffiliated with
Disney participating, and Disney's board of directors have unanimously approved
the merger and are seeking your approval of the specific proposals that will
allow the merger to take place.
Please see pages 21 through 34 for a description of factors that may affect the
value of go.com Common Stock to be issued in the merger, along with several
other risk factors pertaining to the merger that you should consider.
If you fail to return the enclosed proxy card or vote via the Internet or by
telephone, the effect will be a vote against the merger proposal unless you
attend the meeting and vote for the proposal.
This document provides you with detailed information about the merger proposal.
We encourage you to read this document carefully in its entirety.
We believe this merger will enhance GO Network's position as a market leader on
the Internet, and go.com will offer significant opportunities to exploit the
Internet in exciting new ways. We urge you to vote FOR the merger proposal.
Sincerely yours,
[Signature of Harry M. Motro]
Harry M. Motro
President and Chief Executive Officer
Infoseek Corporation
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission has approved the go.com Common Stock to be issued under this
document or determined if this document is accurate or adequate. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
This joint proxy statement/prospectus is dated September 30, 1999, and was
first mailed to stockholders on October 6, 1999.
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[The Walt Disney Company Logo]
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521-9722
Notice of Special Meeting of Stockholders
A special meeting of stockholders of The Walt Disney Company will be held at
the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, 150 West San Carlos, San Jose,
California 95113 at 10:00 a.m., local time, on November 17, 1999 for the
following purposes:
1. To consider and vote upon a proposal to amend and restate Disney's
certificate of incorporation to:
. increase the number of authorized shares of Disney's common stock
from 3,600,000,000 to 4,600,000,000;
. provide for an additional class of Disney's common stock; and
. reclassify each outstanding share of Disney's existing common stock
as one share of Disney Common Stock.
2. To consider and vote upon a proposal to amend and restate The Walt
Disney Company 1995 Stock Incentive Plan in connection with the
creation of the go.com Common Stock.
Only existing holders of record of Disney common stock at the close of
business on September 23, 1999 are entitled to vote at the special meeting or
any adjournments or postponements of the special meeting. YOUR VOTE IS VERY
IMPORTANT. Approval of the Disney proposals, described in the attached joint
proxy statement/prospectus, at the special meeting requires the favorable vote
of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Disney common stock,
in the case of the charter amendment proposal, and the favorable vote of the
holders of a majority of the shares present, or represented, and entitled to
vote at the special meeting, in the case of the Stock Incentive Plan proposal.
By Order of the Board of Directors
[Signature of Marsha L. Reed]
Marsha L. Reed
Corporate Secretary
September 30, 1999
Please mark, sign, date and return your proxy promptly, or vote via the
Internet or by telephone,
whether or not you plan to attend the special meeting.
The board of directors of Disney has unanimously approved the Disney
proposals and determined that the merger and the amendment and
restatement of the certificate of incorporation and the 1995 Stock
Incentive Plan are advisable and in the best interests of Disney
and its stockholders. After careful consideration, the Disney
board of directors unanimously recommends that Disney
stockholders vote "FOR" approval of the Disney
proposals.
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[Logo of Infoseek]
1399 Moffett Park Drive
Sunnyvale, California 94089-1134
Notice of Special Meeting of Stockholders
A special meeting of stockholders of Infoseek Corporation will be held at
the Stanford Park Hotel, 100 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, California 94025, at
10:00 a.m., local time, on November 17, 1999 for the following purpose:
To consider and vote upon a proposal to adopt the Agreement and
Plan of Reorganization, dated as of July 10, 1999, by and among
Infoseek Corporation, The Walt Disney Company and Bingo Acquisition
Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney, and approve the
acquisition of Infoseek by Disney by means of a merger of Bingo
Acquisition Corp. with and into Infoseek Corporation.
Only existing holders of record of Infoseek common stock at the close of
business on September 23, 1999 are entitled to vote at the special meeting or
any adjournments or postponements of the special meeting. YOUR VOTE IS VERY
IMPORTANT. Approval of the merger proposal, described in the attached joint
proxy statement/prospectus, at the special meeting requires the favorable vote
of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Infoseek common
stock, as well as a majority of the outstanding shares of Infoseek common stock
held by stockholders other than Disney and its affiliates.
By Order of the Board of Directors
[Signature of Harry M. Motro]
Harry M. Motro
President and Chief Executive
Officer
September 30, 1999
Please mark, sign, date and return your proxy promptly, or vote via the
Internet or by telephone,
whether or not you plan to attend the special meeting.
The board of directors of Infoseek, with only those Infoseek directors not
affiliated or associated with Disney participating, has unanimously
approved the merger and the reorganization agreement and
determined that the merger is advisable and in the best
interests of Infoseek and its stockholders. After careful
consideration, the Infoseek board of directors
unanimously recommends that Infoseek stockholders
vote "FOR" approval of the merger proposal.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE MERGER................................... 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE DISNEY PROPOSALS......................... 2
WHO CAN HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS....................................... 5
SUMMARY.................................................................. 6
SUMMARY HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA........................................ 14
RISK FACTORS............................................................. 21
Risks Associated With Having Two Classes of Disney Common Stock.......... 21
Risks Related to go.com Common Stock..................................... 24
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS............................................... 34
THE STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS............................................... 36
The Disney Special Meeting............................................... 36
The Infoseek Special Meeting............................................. 36
Voting of Proxies........................................................ 37
THE MERGER............................................................... 40
Background of the Merger................................................. 40
Joint Reasons for The Merger............................................. 41
Disney's Reasons for the Merger and the Disney Proposals................. 42
Opinion of Disney's Financial Advisor.................................... 44
Infoseek's Reasons for the Merger; Additional Considerations and
Recommendations of the Infoseek Board................................... 50
Opinion of Infoseek's Financial Advisor.................................. 53
Accounting Treatment..................................................... 60
Interests of Insiders in the Merger...................................... 60
Material Federal Income Tax Consequences................................. 62
Regulatory Matters....................................................... 65
No Appraisal or Dissenters' Rights....................................... 66
Federal Securities Laws Consequences; Stock Transfer Restriction
Agreements.............................................................. 66
COMPARATIVE PER SHARE MARKET PRICE AND DIVIDEND INFORMATION.............. 67
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SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA......................................... 68
Disney..................................................................... 68
Disney Group............................................................... 69
Disney's Existing Internet Business........................................ 70
Infoseek................................................................... 71
HISTORICAL AND PRO FORMA PER SHARE DATA.................................... 75
SELECTED UNAUDITED PRO FORMA FINANCIAL DATA................................ 76
Disney..................................................................... 76
The Disney Group........................................................... 84
go.com..................................................................... 90
PRINCIPAL PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION........... 99
General.................................................................... 99
Conversion of Shares and Consideration to be Received in the Merger........ 99
Representations and Warranties............................................. 99
Principal Covenants........................................................ 101
Conditions to the Consummation of the Merger............................... 105
Termination................................................................ 107
Effect of Termination...................................................... 108
Termination Fees and Other Events.......................................... 108
OTHER MATERIAL AGREEMENTS.................................................. 110
Support Agreements......................................................... 110
Retention Bonus Side Letter................................................ 110
Amendments to Partnership Agreements....................................... 111
INFOSEEK'S CURRENT RELATIONSHIP WITH DISNEY................................ 111
General.................................................................... 111
Related Agreements......................................................... 111
DESCRIPTION OF DISNEY'S EXISTING CAPITAL STOCK............................. 112
General.................................................................... 112
Disney Common Stock........................................................ 113
Disney Preferred Stock..................................................... 113
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DESCRIPTION OF DISNEY'S CAPITAL STOCK FOLLOWING THE MERGER............... 115
The Disney Charter Amendment Proposal.................................... 115
Disney Common Stock and go.com Common Stock.............................. 116
Disney Series A Voting Preferred Stock................................... 130
Determinations by the Disney Board of Directors.......................... 133
DISNEY COMMON STOCK POLICIES GOVERNING THE INTERESTS OF DISNEY TO BE
ALLOCATED BETWEEN THE DISNEY GROUP AND GO.COM........................... 134
COMPARISON OF STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS......................................... 142
DESCRIPTION OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED 1995 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN........ 147
INFOSEEK SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT.. 151
LEGAL MATTERS............................................................ 153
EXPERTS.................................................................. 153
FUTURE STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS............................................. 154
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION...................................... 154
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Annex A Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
Annex B Support Agreements
Annex C Proposed Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Disney
Annex D The Walt Disney Company Common Stock Policies
Annex E Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan of The Walt Disney
Company
Annex F Opinion of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Annex G Opinion of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Annex H Illustration of Terms of go.com Common Stock
Annex I Information about the Disney Group
Annex J Information about Disney's Existing Internet Business
Annex K Information about Infoseek Corporation
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Questions and Answers About the Merger
Q. What will happen to outstanding shares of common stock of Infoseek in the
merger?
A: Each outstanding share of Infoseek common stock, other than shares held
by Disney and its affiliates, will be converted into the right to receive 1.15
shares of go.com Common Stock, a new class of Disney common stock. The shares
of go.com Common Stock will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol "GO." Immediately after the merger, there will be no other shares of
go.com Common Stock outstanding, however, Disney will initially retain an
interest of approximately 72% of the equity value attributed to go.com,
excluding stock options. Thus, immediately after the merger, former Infoseek
stockholders, other than Disney, will own approximately 28% of the equity value
of go.com, excluding stock options.
Q. What will happen to outstanding shares of common stock of Disney in the
merger?
A: In connection with the merger, Disney proposes to amend and restate its
certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of its
common stock and to provide for an additional class of common stock, go.com
Common Stock. Each outstanding share of the common stock of Disney will be
reclassified as one share of Disney Common Stock. These shares will continue to
trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "DIS." As noted above,
Disney stockholders will not receive any shares of go.com, however, Disney will
initially retain an interest of approximately 72% of the equity value
attributed to go.com, excluding stock options.
Q: How do Infoseek stockholders vote on the merger?
A: Just indicate on the proxy card that is enclosed with this document in
the space designated for the merger how you want to vote on the merger, sign
the proxy card and mail it in the enclosed postage-prepaid return envelope as
soon as possible, so that your shares may be represented at the Infoseek
special meeting. Infoseek stockholders also have the option of submitting their
vote by telephone or via the Internet, as described in this document. If you,
as an Infoseek stockholder, sign and send in a proxy card and do not indicate
how you want to vote, Infoseek will count the proxy card as a vote in favor of
the merger proposal submitted at the Infoseek special meeting. If you fail to
return your proxy or vote via the Internet or by telephone, your failure will
have the same effect as a vote against the merger. Infoseek stockholders may
attend the Infoseek special meeting and vote their shares in person or call in
a vote or vote via the Internet rather than signing and mailing the proxy card.
Q: Can I change my vote on the merger?
A: Yes. Any person who gives a proxy in connection with this solicitation,
including one given by telephone or via the Internet, may revoke the proxy at
any time before it is voted. The proxy may be revoked in writing, by telephone
or via the Internet, or by your appearing at the Infoseek special meeting and
voting in person. You can find further details on how to revoke your proxy on
page 37 of this document.
Q: If my shares are held in "street name" by my broker, will my broker vote
my shares on the merger proposal for me?
A: Your broker will not be able to vote your shares of Infoseek common stock
on the merger proposal without instructions from you. Following the directions
provided by your broker, you should instruct your broker on how to vote your
shares.
Q: What are the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the merger
to me?
A. We believe that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, go.com Common
Stock will be treated as stock of Disney and, except with respect to cash
received instead of a fractional share, you will recognize no gain or
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loss as a result of your exchange of Infoseek common stock for go.com Common
Stock in the merger. There are, however, no court decisions or other
authorities directly bearing on the tax effects of the issuance and
classification of stock with the features of go.com Common Stock or, for that
matter, bearing on certain other criteria unrelated to the issuance or
classification of go.com Common Stock that must be met in order for your
exchange of Infoseek common stock for go.com Common Stock in the merger to
qualify for tax-free treatment. In addition, the Internal Revenue Service has
announced that it will not issue advance rulings on the classification of an
instrument with characteristics similar to those of go.com Common Stock.
Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the views expressed in this
paragraph, if contested, would be sustained by a court.
Q. What kind of financial information will I receive in the future?
A. Following the merger, holders of Disney Common Stock and go.com Common
Stock will receive consolidated financial information for Disney as a whole
accompanied by separate combined financial information for Disney's other
businesses and go.com, respectively. These statements should be read in
conjunction with one another.
Q: Should I send in my stock certificates now?
A: No. Disney will send written instructions to Infoseek stockholders on how
to exchange their Infoseek stock certificates for certificates of go.com Common
Stock after the merger is completed. Disney stockholders will not need to
exchange any stock certificates, as their existing stock certificates will
continue to represent the Disney Common Stock after the merger.
Q: When do you expect to complete the merger?
A: We are working to complete the merger as soon as possible. We hope to
complete the merger shortly after the special meetings, if we obtain the
required stockholder approvals.
Questions and Answers About the Disney Proposals
Q: What is the Disney charter amendment proposal?
A: The Disney charter amendment proposal is a proposal to amend and restate
the Disney certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized
shares of common stock, to provide for an additional class of Disney common
stock and to reclassify the outstanding common stock of Disney.
Q: What will be the two classes of common stock of Disney?
A: The two classes of common stock of Disney will be the go.com Common Stock
and the Disney Common Stock.
. The go.com Common Stock is intended to reflect the performance of
Disney's existing Internet business, which includes Disney's online
businesses and The Disney Catalog, which currently operates as a
traditional mail order catalog business; the assets, liabilities and
businesses of Infoseek being acquired in the merger; and future
Internet businesses, including related liabilities, as may be
designated by Disney's board of directors. For purposes of periods
after the merger, these assets, liabilities and businesses, together
with the assets, liabilities and businesses of Infoseek, are referred
to as "go.com." Investors commonly refer to this type of stock as
tracking stock or targeted stock, because the stock is intended to
track or target the performance of a group of assets, division or
business of a company.
. The Disney Common Stock is intended to reflect the performance of
Disney's interest in all of its other assets, liabilities and
businesses, including an initial retained interest in go.com of
approximately 72%. For purposes of periods after the merger, these
assets, liabilities and businesses are referred to as the "The Disney
Group." If the Disney charter amendment proposal is approved, all
currently outstanding shares of common stock of Disney will be
reclassified as Disney Common Stock without any further action on the
part of Disney stockholders.
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Q. What is the Disney stock incentive plan proposal?
A. The Disney stock incentive plan proposal relates to an amendment of the
Disney 1995 Stock Incentive Plan to enable Disney to make employee stock option
awards in shares of go.com Common Stock, as well as awards in shares of Disney
Common Stock.
Q. Why is the amendment to the Disney 1995 Stock Incentive Plan necessary?
A. We believe that the amendment will enable Disney to attract and retain
key Internet personnel by being able to direct business-specific options and
securities to go.com employees, as well as certain Disney employees.
Q. How do Disney's stockholders vote on the Disney proposals?
A. Just indicate on the proxy card that is enclosed with this document in
the space designated for the Disney charter amendment proposal and the stock
incentive plan proposal how you want to vote on each proposal, sign the proxy
card and mail it in the enclosed postage-prepaid return envelope as soon as
possible, so that your shares may be represented at the Disney special meeting.
Disney stockholders also have the option of submitting their vote by telephone
or via the Internet, as we describe in this document. If you, as a Disney
stockholder, sign and send in a proxy card and do not indicate how you want to
vote, Disney will count the proxy card as a vote in favor of the Disney
proposals. If you fail to return your proxy or vote via the Internet or by
telephone, your failure will have the same effect as a vote against the charter
amendment proposal and will not be counted as a vote for or against the stock
incentive plan proposal or for purposes of determining the presence of a
quorum. Disney stockholders may attend the Disney special meeting and vote
shares in person, call in their vote or vote via the Internet rather than
signing and mailing a proxy card.
Q. How do participants in Disney's 401(k) vote 401(k) shares?
A. If you participate in Disney's Savings and Investment Plan or the ABC,
Inc. Savings and Investment Plan, that is, Disney's 401(k) plans, you may vote
an amount of shares of Disney common stock equivalent to the interest in
Disney's common stock credited to your account as of the record date. You may
vote by instructing Fidelity Management Trust Company, the trustee of both
plans, pursuant to the proxy card that is enclosed with this document. The
trustee will vote your shares in accordance with your duly executed
instructions received by November 12, 1999. If you do not send instructions,
the share equivalents credited to your account will be voted by the trustee in
the same proportion that it votes share equivalents for which it did receive
timely instructions. Participants may also remove previously given instructions
by November 12, 1999 by filing with the trustee either a written notice of
revocation or a properly completed and signed proxy card bearing a later date.
Q. When will the Disney proposals be implemented?
A. If the Disney charter amendment proposal is approved by Disney's
stockholders, it will be implemented by Disney's board of directors by filing
an amendment to the Disney certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of
the State of Delaware, just prior to the closing of the merger.
If the Disney stock incentive plan proposal is approved by Disney's
stockholders it will be implemented by the Disney board of directors
immediately following the merger.
Q. Will the Disney charter amendment proposal result in a change of control
of Disney?
A. No.
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Q. Will the Disney charter amendment proposal result in a spin-off of any of
the assets or liabilities of Disney?
A. No. The Disney charter amendment proposal will not result in a
distribution or spin-off of any of the assets or liabilities of Disney and will
not affect ownership of the assets or responsibility for the liabilities of
Disney. Holders of Disney Common Stock and go.com Common Stock will be
stockholders of Disney and subject to all risks associated with an investment
in Disney and all of its businesses, assets and liabilities. Other than the
retained interest of the Disney Group in go.com, the two classes of common
stock do not represent
ownership interests in either group. The two classes of common stock do not
entitle their holders to any special rights to receive specific assets of
either group.
Q. What are the consequences of my not voting on the Disney proposals?
A. The failure to vote on the charter amendment proposal will have the same
effect as a vote against the proposal and the failure to vote on the stock
incentive plan proposal will not be counted as a vote for or against the stock
incentive plan proposal or for purposes of determining the presence of a
quorum.
Q. Can I change my vote on the Disney proposals?
A. Yes. Any person who gives a proxy in connection with this solicitation,
including one given by telephone or via the Internet, may revoke the proxy at
any time before it is voted. The proxy may be revoked in writing, by telephone
or via the Internet, or by your appearing at the Disney special meeting and
voting in person.
Q. If my shares are held in "street name" by my broker, will my broker vote
my shares on the Disney proposals for me?
A. Your broker will not be able to vote your shares of Disney common stock
on the Disney proposals without instructions from you. Following the directions
provided by your broker, you should instruct your broker on how to vote your
shares.
Q. What are the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the Disney
charter amendment to me?
A. We believe that you will recognize no gain or loss for U.S. federal
income tax purposes as a result of the Disney charter amendment.
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Who Can Help Answer Your Questions
If you have additional questions about the
Disney proposals or the Infoseek merger proposal
you should contact:
If you are a
Disney Stockholder:
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521-9722
Attention: Shareholder Services
Phone Number: (818) 553-7200
If you are an
Infoseek Stockholder:
Infoseek Corporation
1399 Moffett Park Drive
Sunnyvale, California 94089-1134
Attention: Office of Investor Relations
Phone Number: (408) 543-6000
If you would like additional copies of this document,
or if you have questions about the
Disney proposals or the Infoseek merger proposal,
you should contact:
If you are a
Disney Stockholder:
GEORGESON
SHAREHOLDER
COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Phone Number: 1-800-223-2064 (toll-free)
If you are an
Infoseek Stockholder:
[Logo of MORROW & CO., Inc.]
Phone Number: 1-800-566-9061 (toll-free)
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Summary
This summary contains selected information from this document and may not
contain all of the information that is important to you. To understand the
Disney proposals and the Infoseek merger proposal fully, as well as the merger,
we strongly encourage you to read this entire document carefully, including the
annexes, and the documents to which we refer. A list of documents that Disney
incorporates by reference appears under the heading "Where You Can Find More
Information."
The Companies
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521
Telephone: (818) 560-1000
The Walt Disney Company, a Delaware corporation, together with its
subsidiaries, is a diversified worldwide entertainment company with operations
in three business segments: Creative Content, Broadcasting and Theme Parks and
Resorts. Disney and its affiliates currently own approximately 42% of Infoseek.
Following the merger and the approval of the Disney charter amendment,
Disney will consist of two groups for financial accounting purposes:
. "go.com" will consist of Disney's existing Internet business, including
Disney's online businesses and The Disney Catalog, the assets,
liabilities and businesses of Infoseek, and future Internet business of
Disney; and
. The "Disney Group" will consist of Disney's interest in all other assets,
liabilities and businesses of Disney, as well as an initial retained
interest of approximately 72% in go.com.
Infoseek Corporation
1399 Moffett Park Drive
Sunnyvale, California 94089-1134
Telephone: (408) 543-6000
Infoseek Corporation, a Delaware corporation, is a premier global on-line
media company that provides consumers with solutions for everyday life by
combining integrated Internet services, including the go.com portal, part of
the GO Network, search and directory, chat and message boards, with leading
consumer brands. GO Network was launched in conjunction with Disney in January
1999. In addition, Infoseek licenses its Ultraseek Server search and navigation
software.
The Merger (see pages 40 and 41)
Each outstanding share of Infoseek Common Stock, other than shares held by
Disney and its affiliates, will be converted into the right to receive 1.15
shares of go.com Common Stock. The shares of go.com Common Stock will be listed
on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "GO." Immediately after the
merger, there will be no other shares of go.com Common Stock outstanding,
however, Disney will initially retain an interest of approximately 72% of the
equity value attributed to go.com, excluding stock options. Immediately after
the merger, former Infoseek stockholders, other than Disney and its affiliates,
will own approximately 28% of the equity value attributed to go.com, excluding
stock options.
We encourage you to read the reorganization agreement carefully because it
is the legal document that governs the merger.
The Proposals
Disney
In connection with the merger, Disney is seeking the approval of its
stockholders to amend its certificate of incorporation to, among other things,
create the go.com Common Stock, and to amend Disney's 1995 Stock Incentive
Plan.
Infoseek
In connection with the merger, Infoseek is asking its stockholders, to adopt
the reorganization agreement and approve the merger.
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Joint Reasons for the Merger (see pages 41 and 42)
Disney and Infoseek believe that the merger will:
. Result in the creation of a larger Internet business with the high
profile and branding strength of Disney, enabling go.com to attract more
advertisers and strategic partners;
. Enable Disney and Infoseek to enhance the potential value of their
combined assets and businesses and to more effectively compete in the
Internet marketplace;
. Enable Disney and Infoseek to benefit from a management and operational
structure that can leverage the strength of Disney while retaining the
operating flexibility required of a successful Internet company;
. Enable Disney and Infoseek to benefit from the potential financial and
operating synergies that will result from integrating the systems and
operations of Disney's existing Internet business and Infoseek; and
. Enable the combined business to enjoy increased cross-promotion and
cross-marketing.
However, you should note that achieving these objectives is subject to
particular risks which we discuss below in the section entitled "Risk Factors."
Reasons of Disney for the Merger and the Disney Proposals (see pages 42 through
44)
Disney also believes that the merger and the Disney proposals will, among
other things:
. Efficiently address Disney's desire for increased liquidity and financing
flexibility with respect to its existing Internet business;
. Assist Disney in meeting the capital requirements of go.com by creating
an additional publicly traded equity security that can be used to raise
capital and as a valuable currency for strategic acquisitions and
investments; and
. Provide Disney with the ability to benefit from the potential synergies,
including financial and operational benefits, that would not be available
if the Disney Group and go.com were not commonly owned. Disney
anticipates potential synergies relating to, among other things, interest
expense and overhead costs, and potential benefits from improved cross-
promotion and sales between groups.
Reasons of Infoseek for the Merger (see pages 50 through 52)
Infoseek also believes that the merger offers Infoseek's stockholders, among
other things:
. Alignment of Infoseek's and Disney's interests, goals and objectives
resulting from a unified online business, allowing go.com to leverage
synergies of an integrated management team, streamlined operations, and
strengthened infrastructure;
. Consolidation of Disney's and Infoseek's online businesses, such as
combining both Infoseek's and Disney's interests in the ABC News and ESPN
Internet Ventures; and
. Ability to leverage Disney's business and relationships, enabling go.com
to more effectively pursue initiatives such as broadband media,
electronic commerce, and cross-network sponsorship opportunities.
Recommendations to Stockholders
To Disney's Stockholders (see page 44):
Disney's board of directors believes that the merger and the Disney
proposals are advisable and in the best interests of Disney and its
stockholders and unanimously recommends that Disney stockholders vote FOR the
proposals to:
. Amend and restate the Disney certificate of incorporation, to increase
the number of authorized shares of Disney common stock, to provide for an
additional class of Disney common stock, the "go.com Common Stock," and
to reclassify each outstanding share of the existing common stock of
Disney as "Disney Common Stock"; and
. Amend and restate Disney's 1995 Stock Incentive Plan.
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To Infoseek's Stockholders (see page 52):
Infoseek's board of directors, with only those Infoseek board members who
are not affiliated or associated with Disney participating, believes that the
merger is advisable and in the best interests of Infoseek and its stockholders
and unanimously recommends that Infoseek stockholders vote FOR the merger
proposal.
The members of Infoseek's board of directors who are affiliated or
associated with Disney did not participate in the consideration and approval of
the proposed merger.
Required Vote of Disney Common Stockholders (see page 36)
The approval of a majority of all of the outstanding shares of Disney common
stock entitled to vote at the Disney special meeting is required to approve and
adopt the Disney charter amendment proposal, and the approval of a majority of
the shares of Disney common stock present, or represented, and entitled to vote
at the Disney special meeting is required to approve the stock incentive plan
proposal.
Required Vote of Infoseek Common Stockholders (see page 37)
The approval by a majority of all of the outstanding shares of Infoseek
common stock entitled to vote at the Infoseek special meeting, as well as a
majority of the outstanding shares not owned by Disney or its affiliates, is
required to approve the merger proposal.
Record Date; Voting Power (see pages 36 through 37)
If you are a Disney stockholder, you are entitled to vote at the Disney
special meeting if you owned shares of Disney common stock as of the record
date for that special meeting, which was the close of business on September 23,
1999.
If you are an Infoseek stockholder, you are entitled to vote at the Infoseek
special meeting if you owned shares of Infoseek common stock as of the record
date for that special meeting, which was the close of business on September 23,
1999.
On September 23, 1999, there were 2,063,298,666 shares of Disney common
stock outstanding. For each share of Disney common stock owned on that date,
Disney stockholders will have one vote at the Disney special meeting.
On September 23, 1999, there were 36,288,198 shares of Infoseek common stock
outstanding, excluding shares held by Disney and its affiliates. For each share
of Infoseek common stock owned on that date, Infoseek stockholders will have
one vote at the Infoseek special meeting.
Opinions of Financial Advisors (see pages 44 through 50 and 53 through 60)
In connection with the merger, an opinion was rendered to each of the Disney
board of directors and the Infoseek board of directors from its respective
financial advisors as to the fairness, from a financial point of view, of the
merger consideration.
The Disney board of directors received a written opinion, dated July 10,
1999, from its financial advisor, Goldman, Sachs & Co., to the effect that, as
of the date of the opinion and based upon and subject to the matters described
in the opinion, the consideration to be paid by Disney in the merger was fair,
from a financial point of view, to Disney. We have included this opinion as
Annex F to this document.
The Infoseek board of directors received a written opinion, dated July 9,
1999, from its financial advisor, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated, to the effect that, as of the date of the opinion and based upon
and subject to the matters described in the opinion, the merger consideration
was fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of Infoseek common
stock, other than Disney and its affiliates. We have included this opinion as
Annex G to this document.
The opinions are directed to the Disney board of directors and the Infoseek
board of directors and are not recommendations to stockholders with respect to
any matter relating to the merger, the Disney proposals or the Infoseek merger
proposal. We urge you to read carefully the opinions in their entirety.
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Share Ownership of Management and Directors (see pages 60 and 61)
On September 23, 1999, the record date for the Disney special meeting,
directors and executive officers of Disney and their affiliates owned and were
entitled to vote 33,583,050 shares of Disney's common stock, or approximately
1.63% of the Disney common stock outstanding on that date.
On September 23, 1999, the record date for the Infoseek special meeting,
directors and executive officers of Infoseek and their affiliates, other than
directors and executive officers affiliated or associated with Disney, owned
and were entitled to vote 5,600,564 shares of Infoseek's common stock, or
approximately 8.93% of the Infoseek common stock outstanding on that date.
The Merger (see pages 40 through 66)
We have attached a copy of the reorganization agreement as Annex A to this
document. We encourage you to read the reorganization agreement carefully in
its entirety because it is the legal document governing the merger.
What Infoseek Stockholders Will Hold After the Merger
As a result of the merger, Infoseek stockholders, other than Disney and its
affiliates, will receive, for each share of Infoseek common stock that they
own, 1.15 shares of go.com Common Stock. The shares of go.com Common Stock that
will be issued to Infoseek stockholders in the merger will represent
approximately 28% of the equity value attributed to go.com, excluding stock
options.
Based upon the number of shares of Infoseek common stock outstanding on
September 23, 1999, and not taking into account shares of Infoseek held by
Disney and its affiliates, Disney will issue approximately 41,700,000 shares of
go.com Common Stock to Infoseek stockholders in the merger.
Disney will not issue any fractional shares of go.com Common Stock in the
merger. Instead, Infoseek stockholders will receive cash for any fractional
share of go.com Common Stock owed to them in an amount based upon the trading
prices of go.com Common Stock following the merger.
Infoseek stockholders should not send in their stock certificates for
exchange until instructed to do so after completion of the merger.
What Disney Stockholders Will Hold After the Merger
Existing Disney stockholders will continue to own their shares of Disney
common stock after the merger. However, as a result of the Disney charter
amendment, existing Disney common stock will be reclassified as "Disney Common
Stock." Disney stockholders should not send in their stock certificates in
connection with the merger.
Ownership of go.com after the Merger
Following the merger, Disney will initially own approximately 72% of the
equity value attributed to go.com in the form of a retained interest, and
former Infoseek stockholders, other than Disney and its affiliates, will
initially own approximately 28% of the equity value attributed to go.com,
excluding stock options. These percentages of equity values could change over
time as a result of a number of events. For an illustration of the ownership of
go.com, see Annex H--Illustration of Terms of go.com Common Stock.
Material Federal Income Tax Consequences (see pages 62 through 65)
We believe that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, go.com Common Stock
will be treated as stock of Disney and, except with respect to cash received
instead of a fractional share, you will recognize no gain or loss as a result
of your exchange of Infoseek common stock for go.com Common Stock in the
merger. There are, however, no court decisions or other authorities directly
bearing on the tax effects of the issuance and classification of stock with the
features of go.com Common Stock or, for that matter, bearing on certain other
criteria unrelated to the issuance or classification of the go.com Common Stock
that must be met in order for your exchange of Infoseek common stock for go.com
Common Stock in the merger to qualify for tax-free treatment. In addition,
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the IRS has announced that it will not issue advance rulings on the
classification of an instrument with characteristics similar to those of go.com
Common Stock. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the views expressed
in this paragraph, if contested, would be sustained by a court.
Tax matters are very complicated and the tax consequences of the merger to
you will depend on the facts of your own situation. We urge you to consult your
tax advisors for a full description of the tax consequences of the merger to
you.
No Appraisal Rights (see page 66)
Infoseek is a Delaware corporation. Under Delaware law, Infoseek
stockholders have no right to an appraisal of the value of their Infoseek
common stock in connection with the merger.
Comparative Per Share Market Price and Dividend Information (see page 67)
Disney common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol "DIS." go.com Common Stock has been approved for listing on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol "GO," subject to official notice of issuance.
Infoseek common stock is listed on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol
"SEEK." On June 4, 1999, the last full trading date prior to the filing of
Disney's Schedule 13D amendment relating to its investment in Infoseek, the
closing price per share of Disney common stock was $30.63 and the closing price
per share of Infoseek common stock was $36.69. On July 9, 1999, the last full
trading day prior to public announcement of the proposed merger, the closing
price per share of Disney common stock was $27.63 and the closing price per
share of Infoseek common stock was $51.50. On September 29, 1999, the most
recent practicable date prior to the filing of this document, the closing price
per share of Disney common stock was $26.188 and the closing price per share of
Infoseek common stock was $30.875. Until after the merger, there will be no
public market for go.com common stock.
Accounting Treatment (see page 60)
The merger will be accounted for by Disney as a purchase of a business.
Under this method of accounting, the assets and liabilities of Infoseek will be
recorded at their fair value, and any excess of Disney's purchase price over
the fair value will be accounted for as goodwill.
Regulatory Approvals (see page 65)
The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended,
prohibits completion of a merger until statutory notification requirements and
waiting periods have been satisfied. On September 9, 1999, in connection with
the merger, Disney and Infoseek each filed with the United States Federal Trade
Commission and the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of
Justice a Notification and Report Form under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, and on
September 23, 1999, the FTC granted early termination of the review period
under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. Notwithstanding the FTC's grant of early
termination, each of the FTC and the DOJ has the authority to challenge the
merger on antitrust grounds before or after we complete the merger.
Formation of the New Media Advisory Group
Disney will establish a new media advisory group composed of senior
executive officers and directors of Infoseek, who are not presently affiliated
or associated with Disney, and executive officers of Disney. The purpose of
this group is to provide advice to go.com during a one-year transition period
following the merger with respect to Internet and new media developments.
Conditions to the Merger (see pages 105 through 106)
We will complete the merger only if specific conditions are satisfied or, in
some cases, waived, including the following:
. the Disney charter amendment proposal has been approved by Disney's
stockholders and the Infoseek merger proposal has been approved by
Infoseek's stockholders;
. there being no law or court order that prohibits the merger;
. the go.com Common Stock has been approved for listing on the New York
Stock Exchange;
. receipt by Disney of an opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP to the effect
that the merger will be a "reorganization" for federal income
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tax purposes and that neither Disney nor any of its subsidiaries will
recognize gain or loss by reason of the Disney charter amendment proposal,
in each case under the law in effect as of the closing date of the merger;
and
. receipt by Infoseek of an opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
Professional Corporation, that the merger will be a "reorganization" for
federal income tax purposes under the law in effect as of the closing
date of the merger.
The company entitled to assert a condition may waive some of the conditions
to the merger, but not the first three conditions listed above.
Termination of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (see pages 107 through
110)
The Disney and Infoseek boards of directors can jointly agree to terminate
the reorganization agreement at any time before the merger is completed. In
addition, either company can terminate the reorganization agreement if:
. the merger is not completed by February 29, 2000;
. a law or final and nonappealable court order prohibits the merger;
. either Disney's stockholders fail to approve the charter amendment
proposal or Infoseek's stockholders fail to approve the merger proposal;
or
. the other party breaches any of its representations or warranties or
fails to comply with any of its obligations under the reorganization
agreement; provided that the breach is not cured within 30 days after
notice to the other party, except for breaches which would not have a
material adverse effect on Infoseek or go.com, as the case may be.
In addition, Disney can terminate the reorganization agreement if:
. Infoseek's board of directors changes its recommendation to Infoseek's
stockholders to vote in favor of the merger proposal; or
. Infoseek's board of directors fails to reaffirm its recommendation or
publicly reject an alternative transaction.
Infoseek can also terminate the reorganization agreement if its board of
directors decides to accept a proposal relating to an alternative transaction
by a third party after determining that the proposal is superior to the merger.
However, Infoseek must give Disney at least five days' notice and the
opportunity to negotiate before either party can terminate the reorganization
agreement based on this condition.
Termination Fees and Expenses (see pages 108 through 110)
Infoseek must pay Disney a termination fee of $75 million in cash in
specified circumstances, including termination of the reorganization agreement
because of the following:
. Infoseek breaches the covenant restricting its ability to negotiate with
a third party concerning an alternative transaction;
. Infoseek's board of directors fails to publicly reaffirm its
recommendation to approve the merger or fails to publicly reject an
alternative transaction;
. Infoseek's board of directors has changed its recommendation to its
stockholders;
. Infoseek's board of directors accepts a proposal by a third party
relating to an alternative transaction that it determines is superior to
the merger; and
. Infoseek's stockholders reject the merger proposal after a third party
has publicly announced a takeover proposal for Infoseek, and if within 12
months of the termination Infoseek agrees to become or becomes a majority
owned subsidiary of another person.
In addition to payment of a termination fee because of the occurrence of any
of the circumstances described above, if within 12 months of any such
termination Infoseek becomes a majority owned subsidiary of another person,
several agreements between Disney and Infoseek will be terminated.
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Disney must make a $50 million investment in Infoseek if the reorganization
agreement is terminated because the merger fails to occur by February 29, 2000
because of the possibility of adverse tax consequences. In that event, Disney
must purchase the $50 million in stock from Infoseek at a price per share equal
to (1) an average of current market prices of shares of Infoseek common stock
if the average of current market prices of shares of Infoseek common stock is
greater than $40.00 per share or (2) 200% of the average of current market
prices of shares of Infoseek common stock if the average of current market
prices of shares of Infoseek common stock is less than $40.00 per share.
If either company receives its stockholder approval and the other company
fails to receive its stockholder approval, the company failing to receive its
stockholder approval must pay the other company's actual and documented
expenses, up to a maximum of $2.5 million.
The Disney Charter Amendment Proposal (see pages 115 through 134)
We have attached the proposed amendment to Disney's certificate of
incorporation as Annex C to this document. We encourage you to read the
proposed amendment carefully in its entirety.
Disney's capital stock will consist of two classes of Disney common stock--
Disney Common Stock and go.com Common Stock--and preferred stock if the Disney
charter amendment proposal is approved by the Disney stockholders and the
merger is consummated. The proposed amendment to the Disney certificate of
incorporation provides for the following rights and preferences with respect to
the two classes of Disney common stock following the merger:
Retained Interest
. The number of shares of go.com Common Stock to be issued to Infoseek's
stockholders, other than Disney and its affiliates, pursuant to the
merger will initially represent approximately 28% of the equity value
attributable to go.com, excluding stock options. Thus, Disney will
initially retain approximately 72% of the equity value attributable to
go.com, excluding stock options.
. The amount of Disney's retained interest in go.com may change following
the merger in the event of a stock dividend, sale or repurchase of go.com
Common Stock, or if Disney's board of directors determines to contribute
additional equity, cash or other property of the Disney Group to go.com
or upon other events more fully described in the Disney charter amendment
proposal.
Voting Rights
. On all matters as to which both classes of Disney common stock would vote
together as a single class, each outstanding share of Disney Common Stock
will have one vote, and each outstanding share of go.com Common Stock
will have a number of votes equal to the quotient of the average market
value of a share of go.com Common Stock divided by the average market
value of a share of Disney Common Stock during the twenty consecutive
trading days next preceding the tenth trading day prior to the record
date for determination of the stockholders entitled to vote, subject to
some exceptions and qualifications. go.com Common Stock will in no event
represent in excess of 40% of the total voting power of all outstanding
shares of the common stock of Disney.
. Under limited circumstances, more fully described in the Disney charter
amendment proposal, holders of Disney Common Stock and go.com Common
Stock will have the right to vote as separate classes, in which case each
share of Disney Common Stock and go.com Common Stock will have one vote.
Liquidation
. In the event of a dissolution or liquidation and winding-up of Disney,
after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities
of Disney and full preferential
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amounts to which holders of preferred stock are entitled, the holders of
Disney Common Stock and go.com Common Stock will be entitled to receive
the net assets, if any, of Disney remaining for distribution on a per
share basis in proportion to the specific liquidation units per share of
each class, as more fully described in the Disney charter proposal
amendment.
. The liquidation rights of the holders of the respective classes may not
bear any relationship to the relative market values or the relative
voting rights of the two classes.
Conversion
. Upon a merger, consolidation, sale of assets or stock or other
disposition by Disney of all or substantially all of the properties and
assets attributed to go.com, Disney is required to convert outstanding
shares of go.com Common Stock into shares of Disney Common Stock, at a
premium to market prices, subject to some exceptions more fully described
in the Disney charter amendment proposal.
. At any time after either the first anniversary of the effective date of
the proposed amendment to the Disney certificate of incorporation or the
occurrence of tax-related events, the Disney board of directors may
convert shares of go.com Common Stock into Disney Common Stock at a
premium to market prices, as more fully described in the Disney charter
amendment proposal.
. At any time after the tenth anniversary of the effective date of the
proposed amendment to the Disney certificate of incorporation, the Disney
board of directors may convert outstanding shares of Disney Common Stock
into shares of go.com Common Stock.
Dividends
. Funds available for dividends on Disney Common Stock and go.com Common
Stock will be limited to the lesser of the amount that would be legally
available for the payment of dividends on the stock of such group if the
group were a separate company and an amount equal to the funds legally
available for the payment of dividends for Disney as a whole.
. Subject to the prior payment of dividends on outstanding shares of
preferred stock and the limitations described above, the Disney board of
directors may choose to declare and pay dividends on either class, or
both classes, of common stock, in equal or unequal amounts.
The Disney Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan (see pages 147
through 151)
We have attached a copy of the proposed Amended and Restated Disney 1995
Stock Incentive Plan as Annex E to this document. We encourage you to carefully
read the amended and restated stock incentive plan in its entirety.
Disney has adopted, subject to stockholder approval, the Amended and
Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan. The plan has been amended to, among other
things, permit Disney to make awards in shares of go.com Common Stock, as well
as awards in shares of Disney Common Stock. Disney believes that this amendment
will allow Disney to provide incentive compensation opportunities to
participants based on the performance of go.com Common Stock.
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SUMMARY HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA
Disney and Infoseek stockholders should read the summary historical
financial data presented below in conjunction with the consolidated financial
statements and the notes to the financial statements for Disney and Infoseek
incorporated by reference or included herein.
Disney
The following table presents summary historical consolidated financial data
for Disney as of and for the years ended September 30, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995
and 1994 and as of and for the nine months ended June 30, 1999 and 1998. The
statement of income data for the years ended September 30, 1998, 1997 and 1996
and for the nine months ended June 30, 1999 and 1998 and the balance sheet data
as of September 30, 1998 and 1997 and June 30, 1999 were derived from the
consolidated financial statements of Disney which are incorporated by reference
in this document. Statement of income data for the years ended September 30,
1995 and 1994 and balance sheet data as of September 30, 1996, 1995 and 1994
and June 30, 1998 were derived from Disney's consolidated financial statements.
This table should be read in conjunction with the selected historical financial
data and management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and
results of operations for the Disney Group and Disney's existing Internet
business and financial statements of the Disney Group and Disney's existing
Internet business within Annex I and Annex J of this document, respectively.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended
June 30 Year Ended September 30
----------------------- -----------------------------------------
1999 (1) 1998
(unaudited) (unaudited) 1998 1997 (2) 1996 (3) 1995 1994
----------- ----------- ------- -------- -------- ------- -------
(In millions, except per share data)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Statements of income
Revenues.............. $17,621 $16,829 $22,976 $22,473 $18,739 $12,151 $10,090
Operating income...... 3,055 3,264 4,015 4,447 3,033 2,466 1,972
Net income............ 1,215 1,554 1,850 1,966 1,214 1,380 1,110
Per share--(4)
Earnings
Diluted............. $ 0.58 $ 0.75 $ 0.89 $ 0.95 $ 0.65 $ 0.87 $ 0.68
Basic............... 0.59 0.76 0.91 0.97 0.66 0.88 0.69
Dividends............. -- 0.14 0.20 0.17 0.14 0.12 0.10
Balance sheets
Total assets.......... $43,244 $40,036 $41,378 $38,497 $37,341 $14,995 $13,110
Borrowings............ 12,101 11,972 11,685 11,068 12,342 2,984 2,937
Stockholders' equity.. 20,811 19,214 19,388 17,285 16,086 6,651 5,508
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(1) 1999 interim results include a $345 million gain from the sale of Starwave.
The diluted earnings per share impact of the gain was $0.10. See Disney's
unaudited consolidated financial statements which are incorporated by
reference in this document.
(2) 1997 results include a $135 million gain from the sale of KCAL-TV. The
diluted earnings per share impact of the gain was $0.04. See Disney's
consolidated financial statements which are incorporated by reference in
this document.
(3) 1996 results include a $300 million non-cash charge pertaining to the
implementation of SFAS 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived
Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of," and a $225 million
charge for costs related to the acquisition of ABC. The earnings per share
impacts of these charges were $0.10 and $0.07, respectively. See Disney's
consolidated financial statements which are incorporated by reference in
this document.
(4) Earnings and dividends per share have been adjusted to give effect to the
three-for-one split of Disney's common shares effective June 1998. See
Disney's consolidated financial statements which are incorporated by
reference in this document.
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Disney Group
The following table presents summary historical combined financial data for
the Disney Group as of and for the years ended September 30, 1998, 1997, 1996,
1995 and 1994 and as of and for the nine months ended June 30, 1999 and 1998.
The statement of income data for the years ended September 30, 1998, 1997 and
1996 and for the nine months ended June 30, 1999 and 1998 and the balance sheet
data as of September 30, 1998 and 1997 and June 30, 1999 were derived from the
combined financial statements of the Disney Group which are included in Annex I
in this document. Statement of income data for the years ended September 30,
1995 and 1994 and balance sheet data as of September 30, 1996, 1995 and 1994
and June 30, 1998 were derived from the Disney Group's unaudited combined
financial statements. This table should be read in conjunction with the
selected historical financial data and management's discussion and analysis of
financial condition and results of operations for the Disney Group and Disney's
existing Internet business and financial statements of the Disney Group and
Disney's existing Internet business within Annex I and Annex J of this
document, respectively.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended
June 30 Year Ended September 30
----------------------- -----------------------------------------------
1999 1998 1998 1997(1) 1996(2) 1995 1994
----------- ----------- ------- ------- ------- ----------- -----------
(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
(In millions)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Statements of income
Revenues.............. $17,461 $16,627 $22,716 $22,299 $18,658 $12,102 $10,059
Operating income...... 2,753 3,328 4,115 4,510 3,054 2,463 1,968
Net income(3)......... 1,215 1,554 1,850 1,966 1,214 1,380 1,110
Balance sheets(4)
Total assets.......... $42,963 $39,987 $41,305 $38,425 $37,323 $14,981 $13,103
Borrowings............ 11,975 11,972 11,685 11,068 12,342 2,984 2,937
Group equity.......... 20,811 19,214 19,388 17,285 16,086 6,651 5,508
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(1) 1997 results include a $135 million gain from the sale of KCAL-TV. See Note
3 to the Disney Group's combined financial statements.
(2) 1996 results include a $300 million non-cash charge pertaining to the
implementation of SFAS 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived
Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of," and a $225 million
charge for costs related to the acquisition of ABC. See Notes 3 and 12 to
the Disney Group's combined financial statements.
(3) No historical earnings per share or share data are presented as the Disney
Group does not consider such data meaningful. After redesignation of Disney
common stock as Disney Common Stock, Disney will report earnings per share
data for the Disney Group and go.com, but not for Disney.
(4) Balance sheet data as of September 30, 1996 is unaudited.
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Disney's Existing Internet Business
The following table presents summary historical combined financial data for
Disney's existing Internet business as of and for the years ended September 30,
1998, 1997, 1996, 1995 and 1994 and as of and for the nine months ended June
30, 1999 and 1998. The statement of operations data for the years ended
September 30, 1998, 1997 and 1996 and for the nine months ended June 30, 1999
and 1998 and the balance sheet data as of September 30, 1998 and 1997 and June
30, 1999 were derived from the combined financial statements of Disney's
existing Internet business which are included in Annex J in this document.
Statement of operations data for the years ended September 30, 1995 and 1994
and balance sheet data as of September 30, 1996, 1995 and 1994 and June 30,
1998 were derived from Disney's existing Internet business' unaudited combined
financial statements. This table should be read in conjunction with the
selected historical financial data and management's discussion and analysis of
financial condition and results of operations for the Disney Group and Disney's
existing Internet business and financial statements of the Disney Group and
Disney's existing Internet business within Annex I and Annex J of this
document, respectively.
On November 18, 1998, Disney's existing Internet business exchanged its
approximately 90% ownership interest in Starwave Corporation plus cash for an
approximately 43% ownership interest in Infoseek (see Notes 3 and 13 to
Disney's existing Internet business' combined financial statements included in
Annex J of this document). Accordingly, the data as of and for the nine months
ended June 30, 1999 below incorporate Starwave as a consolidated subsidiary
from October 1, 1998 until November 18, 1998, at which date Disney's existing
Internet business recognized a $345.0 million non-cash gain from the sale of
Starwave, and reflect Disney's existing Internet business' interest in
Infoseek's net assets and operating results under the equity method of
accounting for the period from November 18, 1998 through June 30, 1999. In
addition, since the disposition of Starwave reduced Disney's existing Internet
business' ownership interests in ESPN and ABC News Internet joint ventures with
Starwave, the data as of and for the nine months ended June 30, 1999 reflect
the change from consolidation to equity method accounting for ESPN and ABC News
Internet Ventures. As a result of these events, information presented below for
periods after September 30, 1998 may not be directly comparable to data for
prior or subsequent periods.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended
June 30 Year Ended September 30
----------------------- ------------------------------------------------------
1999 1998 1998 1997 1996 1995(3) 1994(3)
----------- ----------- --------- -------- -------- ----------- -----------
(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
(In thousands)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Statements of operations
Internet revenues(1).. $ 43,164 $ 48,888 $ 67,764 $ 26,977 $ 5,453 -- --
Catalog revenues...... 116,634 153,251 191,808 146,613 75,508 49,249 30,589
Gain on sale of
Starwave............. 345,048 -- -- -- -- -- --
Operating income
(loss)............... 302,318 (63,732) (100,592) (63,282) (20,672) 2,533 3,933
Net income
(loss)(2)(5)......... 24,233 (45,276) (71,070) (46,497) (15,299) 801 1,758
Balance sheets(4)
Total assets.......... $714,415 $320,382 $ 335,945 $168,044 $ 38,853 $24,089 $ 4,502
Total liabilities..... 280,964 49,224 73,619 71,676 17,950 13,805 7,397
Group equity.......... 433,451 271,158 262,326 96,368 20,903 10,284 (2,895)
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(1) If Starwave and the related businesses had been accounted for using the
equity method of accounting during 1998, pro forma Internet revenues for
the nine months ended June 30, 1998 would have been $26.7 million,
resulting in a $16.5 million increase in revenue from the nine months ended
June 30, 1998 to the nine months ended June 30, 1999.
(2) No historical earnings per share or share data are presented as Disney's
existing Internet business does not consider such data meaningful. After
issuance of go.com Common Stock, Disney will report earnings per share data
for the Disney Group and go.com, but not for Disney.
(3) The Internet operations of Disney's existing Internet business began during
1995 with minimal revenues and costs and expenses. Accordingly, this
financial data primarily reflects Disney's direct mail catalog operations.
(4) Balance sheet data as of September 30, 1996 is unaudited.
(5) Net income for the nine months ended June 30, 1999 includes a charge of
$165.0 million for the amortization of intangible assets related to the
November 18, 1998 Infoseek acquisition.
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Infoseek
Explanatory Note
For purposes of this joint proxy statement/prospectus, references to
"Infoseek" on or after November 18, 1998 or to "Infoseek Delaware" are
references to Infoseek Corporation, a Delaware corporation and its wholly owned
subsidiaries, and references to Infoseek prior to November 18, 1998 or to
"Infoseek California" are references to Infoseek Corporation, a California
corporation. References to "Disney" refer to The Walt Disney Company and its
affiliated companies. References to the "Joint Ventures" refer to the ABC News
Internet Ventures and ESPN Internet Ventures that Starwave Corporation
maintains with affiliates of Disney and ESPN, Inc., respectively. ESPN, Inc.
operates through a subsidiary company of Disney.
In November 1998, Infoseek entered into a significant transaction with
Disney. In this transaction, Infoseek acquired Starwave from Disney and formed
Infoseek Delaware for the purpose of holding the capital stock of Infoseek
California and Starwave. The acquisition of Starwave was accounted for using
the purchase method of accounting. The summary historical consolidated
statement of operations of Infoseek for the nine months ended July 3, 1999
includes the results of operations of Starwave from November 18, 1998.
In January 1999, Infoseek acquired Quando, Inc. in a tax-free reorganization
in which a wholly owned subsidiary of Infoseek was merged directly into Quando
for shares of Infoseek common stock. The acquisition of Quando was accounted
for using the purchase method of accounting. The summary historical
consolidated statement of operations of Infoseek for the nine months ended July
3, 1999 includes the results of operations of Quando from January 15, 1999.
In June 1999, Infoseek acquired certain assets from Digital Garage, Inc.,
its Japanese commercial distribution partner, and transferred the assets to
Infoseek Japan Holdings, Inc. and Infoseek Japan KK which are collectively
referred to as "Infoseek Japan." The summary historical statement of operations
of Infoseek for the nine months ended July 3, 1999 includes the results of
operations of Infoseek Japan from June 28, 1999.
On January 28, 1999, Infoseek changed to a fiscal year of 52 or 53 week
periods ending on the Saturday nearest September 30. The unaudited results of
operations of Infoseek for the nine months ended July 3, 1999 and June 30, 1998
both contained 273 days. The results of operations of Infoseek for the nine
months ended October 3, 1998 contained 276 days and compare to 273 days
unaudited results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 1997.
Prior to November 18, 1998, Infoseek Delaware was a wholly owned subsidiary
of Infoseek California that was created for the purpose of conducting the
transactions described above. Therefore, Infoseek Delaware did not conduct
business activities in the nine months ended October 3, 1998. Since November
18, 1998, Infoseek Delaware's business has primarily consisted of holding the
capital stock of Infoseek California, Starwave, Quando and Infoseek Japan
beginning from the respective dates described above. The financial positions
and results of operations of Infoseek and Starwave are presented on a
consolidated basis beginning November 18, 1998. The financial positions and
results of operations of Infoseek, Starwave and Quando are presented on a
consolidated basis beginning January 15, 1999. The financial positions and
results of operations of Infoseek, Starwave, Quando and Infoseek Japan are
presented on a consolidated basis beginning June 28, 1999.
This joint proxy statement/prospectus presents, separately, summary
historical consolidated financial data as of and for the nine months ended
October 3, 1998 and prior periods for Infoseek California and for the twelve
months ended October 4, 1998 and prior periods for Starwave. As a result, the
information related to the aforementioned periods presented herein may not be
directly comparable to the summary historical consolidated financial data in
subsequent periods also presented herein.
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Summary Historical Consolidated Financial Data
The summary historical consolidated financial data of Infoseek including the
unaudited consolidated statements of operations data set forth below with
respect to the nine months ended July 3, 1999, June 30, 1998 and September 30,
1997 and the unaudited consolidated balance sheet data at July 3, 1999 are
derived from Infoseek's unaudited consolidated financial statements included in
Annex K of this document. The unaudited consolidated balance sheets data at
June 30, 1998 and September 30, 1997 are derived from Infoseek's unaudited
condensed consolidated balance sheets which are not included herein. The
consolidated statements of operations data for the nine months ended October 3,
1998 and for the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the consolidated
balance sheet data at October 3, 1998 and December 31, 1997 are derived from
the audited consolidated financial statements of Infoseek included in Annex K
of this document. The consolidated statements of operations data with respect
to the years ended December 31, 1995 and 1994 and the balance sheet data at
December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994 are derived from the audited financial
statements of Infoseek, which are not included herein. In the opinion of
Infoseek's management, the unaudited summary historical consolidated financial
data presented below reflects all adjustments, which are of a normal recurring
nature, necessary for the fair presentation of such unaudited summary
historical consolidated financial data.
During the nine months ended July 3, 1999, Starwave was acquired by Infoseek
and the unaudited consolidated financial position and results of operations
data of Starwave are included in the results of operations of Infoseek
beginning November 18, 1998. The summary historical consolidated financial data
of Starwave including the statements of operations data set forth below with
respect to the year ended October 4, 1998, the nine months ended September 28,
1997 and the year ended December 31, 1996 and the balance sheet data at October
4, 1998, September 28, 1997 and December 31, 1996 are derived from the audited
consolidated financial statements of Starwave included in Annex K of this
document. The statement of operations data for the year ended September 28,
1997 has been derived from the unaudited consolidated statement of operations
for the year ended September 28, 1997 included in Annex K of this document. The
statement of operations data with respect to the year ended December 31, 1995,
and the balance sheet data at December 31, 1995, are derived from the audited
financial statements of Starwave, which are not included herein. The statement
of operations data and balance sheet data for the year ended and as of December
31, 1994 are derived from the unaudited consolidated financial statements of
Starwave, which are not included herein. In the opinion of management,
Starwave's unaudited summary historical consolidated financial data reflects
all adjustments, which are of a normal recurring nature, necessary for the fair
presentation of such unaudited summary historical consolidated financial data.
Infoseek Summary Historical Consolidated Financial Data
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<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended Year Ended December 31
------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------
July 3, June 30, October 3, September 30,
1999 1998 1998 1997 1997 1996 1995 1994
----------- ----------- ---------- ------------- ------- ------- ------ ------
(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share data)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Statements of
operations(1)
Revenues............... $ 95,954 $44,194 $ 50,715 $22,407 $35,082 $15,095 $1,032 $ --
Operating loss(2)(3)... (212,576) (9,187) (7,693) (22,980) (27,848) (17,281) (3,393) (1,520)
Net loss(2)(3)(4)...... (212,186) (7,715) (5,694) (21,914) (26,562) (15,938) (3,296) (1,510)
Basic and diluted net
loss per
share(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)... $ (3.76) $ (0.26) $ (0.19) $ (0.83) $ (1.00) $ (0.72) $(0.21)
Balance sheets(1)
Total assets........... $996,178 $94,646 $101,656 $49,567 $51,489 $58,332 $5,123 $ 859
Total liabilities...... 125,596 25,903 34,939 19,074 24,483 9,347 2,981 339
Stockholders' equity... 870,582 68,743 66,717 30,493 27,006 48,985 2,142 520
</TABLE>
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(1) Infoseek's consolidated financial statements for 1997 have been restated to
reflect the acquisition of WebChat Communications, Inc. ("WebChat"), which
has been accounted for as a pooling-of-interests. Prior to 1997, amounts
for WebChat were not significant compared to those of Infoseek and,
accordingly, Infoseek's consolidated financial statements were not
restated.
(2) Amounts include amortization of intangible assets including goodwill ($43.4
million), developed technology ($11.3 million), Joint Ventures
relationships ($11.2 million), and assembled workforce ($4.9 million)
recorded as a result of Infoseek's acquisitions of Starwave Corporation and
Quando, Inc. during fiscal 1999. Amounts also include non-recurring charges
associated with in-process research and development recorded as a result of
Infoseek's acquisitions of Starwave Corporation ($72.6 million) and Quando,
Inc. ($4.3 million) during fiscal 1999. Amounts are included in operating
loss, net loss and calculation of net loss per share.
(3) During the second quarter of 1997, Infoseek recorded restructuring and
other charges of approximately $7.4 million related to the discontinuance
of certain business arrangements that were determined to be non-strategic
and related to management changes.
(4) Includes Infoseek's portion of losses from its equity investments in the
Joint Ventures. Infoseek's equity interests in the Joint Ventures were
acquired as part of Infoseek's acquisition of Starwave during fiscal 1999.
(5) The annual basic and diluted net loss per share amounts prior to 1997 and
the basic and diluted net loss per share amount for the nine months ended
September 30, 1997 have been restated as required to comply with Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, "Earnings per Share" and Staff
Accounting Bulletin No. 98, "Earnings per Share." Basic and diluted net
loss per share for 1995 have been presented on a pro forma basis which
means that common equivalent shares (such as convertible preferred stock)
have been included in the basic and diluted net loss per share
calculations, even if antidilutive. Basic and diluted net loss per share
for 1994 were not significant.
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Starwave Summary Historical Consolidated Financial Data
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months
Year Ended Year Ended Ended Year Ended December 31
October 4, September 28, September 28, -----------------------------
1998 1997 1997 1996 1995 1994
---------- ------------- ------------- ------- ------- -----------
(unaudited) (unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share data)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Statements of
operations(1)
Revenues.............. $ 5,266 $ 8,611 $ 4,892 $ 8,302 $ 1,111 $ --
Operating loss........ (1,968) (16,047) (8,014) (26,343) (16,414) (8,848)
Net loss.............. (15,426) (27,700) (17,573) (35,965) (26,903) (13,548)
Basic and diluted net
loss per share......... $ (0.16) $ (0.45) $ (0.25) $ (1.13) $ (0.95) $ (0.77)
Balance sheets
Total assets.......... $15,812 29,461 $29,461 $ 9,713 $ 6,354 $ 5,955
Total liabilities..... 6,927 5,847 5,847 92,169 53,007 25,706
Total shareholders'
equity (deficit)..... 8,885 23,614 23,614 (82,456) (46,653) (19,751)
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(1) In April 1997 Starwave entered into the ESPN Joint Venture and the ABC News
Joint Venture. Subsequently, Starwave continued its business of website
hosting, software development and research activities while revenue and
expenses associated with sites operated under contract with ESPN, ABC and
others were assumed by these Joint Ventures. As a result, periods prior to
and following April 1997 are not comparable.
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RISK FACTORS
Stockholders of Disney and Infoseek should consider the risk factors
described below, as well as the other information included in or incorporated
by reference into this document before deciding how to vote on the proposals.
Risks Associated With Having Two Classes of Disney Common Stock
Financial effects on one group could adversely affect the other group
Holders of Disney Common Stock and go.com Common Stock will be stockholders
of Disney. The Disney Group and go.com will not be separate legal entities. As
a result, stockholders of both classes of common stock will continue to be
subject to all of the risks of an investment in Disney and all of its
businesses, assets and liabilities. The assets attributed to one group will be
subject to the liabilities of the other group, even if these liabilities arise
from lawsuits, contracts or indebtedness attributed to the other group. If
Disney is unable to satisfy one group's liabilities out of the assets
attributed to it, it may satisfy those liabilities with assets it has
attributed to the other group. Further, in any liquidation, holders of Disney
Common Stock and go.com Common Stock will only have the rights specified in
the Disney certificate of incorporation and will not have any legal rights
related to specific assets of either group and in any liquidation will receive
a fixed share of the net assets of Disney which may not reflect the actual
trading prices of the respective groups at such time.
Financial effects on one group that affect the consolidated results of
operations or financial condition of Disney could, if significant, affect the
results of operations or financial condition of the other group and the market
price of the common stock relating to the other group. In addition, net losses
of either group and dividends and distributions on, or repurchases of, either
class of common stock or repurchases of preferred stock at a price per share
greater than par value will reduce the funds Disney can pay on each class of
common stock under Delaware law. For these reasons, you should read the
consolidated financial information of Disney in addition to the financial
information provided for each of the Disney Group and go.com.
Decisions of the Disney board of directors affecting the market value of each
class of common stock could affect stockholder rights
The relative voting power per share of the Disney Common Stock and the
go.com Common Stock and the number of shares of Disney Common Stock issuable
upon the conversion of the go.com Common Stock will vary depending upon the
relative market value of the Disney Common Stock and the go.com Common Stock.
The market value of either or both classes of common stock could be affected
by market reaction to decisions by the Disney board of directors that
investors perceive to affect differently one class of common stock compared to
the other and will correspondingly have an effect on the voting power of one
group relative to the other. These decisions could involve changes to Disney's
management and allocation policies, transfers of assets between groups,
allocations of corporate opportunities and financing resources between groups
and changes in dividend policies.
Investors may not value the common stock based on group financial information
and polices
There can be no assurance that investors will value the Disney Common Stock
and the go.com Common Stock based on the reported financial results and
prospects of the Disney Group and go.com or the dividend policies established
by the Disney board of directors with respect to the groups.
The Disney board of directors may change its management and allocation
policies without stockholder approval to the detriment of a group
Disney's board of directors may modify or rescind its policies with respect
to the allocation of shared services, expenses, corporate, general and
administrative expenses, taxes, debt, interest, retirement benefit costs,
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treasury and cash management policies, technology and know-how, corporate
overhead and other matters, or may adopt additional policies in its sole
discretion, subject to fiduciary duties under applicable law, without
stockholder approval. A decision to modify or rescind these policies, or adopt
additional policies, could have different effects on the Disney Group and
go.com and could adversely affect one class of stockholders compared to the
other class.
Allocation of corporate opportunities could favor one group over the other
Disney's board of directors may be required to allocate corporate
opportunities between the Disney Group and go.com. In some cases, Disney's
board of directors could determine that a corporate opportunity, such as a
business that Disney is acquiring, should be shared by the groups. These
decisions could favor one group at the expense of the other.
Holders of each class of common stock will have only limited class stockholder
rights
Holders of Disney Common Stock and go.com Common Stock generally will not
have stockholder rights specific to their corresponding groups. Rather,
stockholders will have customary stockholder rights relating to Disney as a
whole. For example, holders of Disney Common Stock and go.com Common Stock will
vote as a single class to approve a disposition of all or substantially all of
Disney's assets. Holders of either Disney Common Stock or go.com Common Stock
will have only the following rights with respect to their particular group:
. an opportunity to receive dividends, if any, when, as and if declared by
the Disney board of directors;
. conversion of go.com Common Stock into Disney Common Stock upon the
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of go.com; and
. a right to vote separately as a class on certain matters as set forth in
the Disney certificate of incorporation and as may be required under
applicable law or New York Stock Exchange rules.
Limits exist on voting power of go.com Common Stock
Except for limited matters on which a separate class vote may be required,
the Disney Common Stock and the go.com Common Stock will vote together as a
single class on all matters requiring a stockholder vote. Matters on which the
Disney Common Stock and the go.com Common Stock will vote together may involve
an apparent or real divergence of interests between the holders of each class
of common stock in the aggregate. The aggregate voting power of all of the
outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock is limited to 40% of the total voting
power of all of the outstanding shares of both classes of Disney common stock.
Consequently, the aggregate voting power of all of the outstanding shares of
Disney Common Stock will represent a majority of the outstanding voting power
of all of the outstanding shares of both classes of Disney common stock. To the
extent that matters come before the stockholders of Disney on which the holders
of Disney Common Stock and the holders of go.com Common Stock have a divergence
of interests, the holders of Disney Common Stock, to the extent they vote in a
similar manner, will be able to control the vote. These matters may include
mergers or other extraordinary transactions. In addition, the issuance or
repurchase of shares of either class of common stock could cause changes in the
relative voting power of the groups, subject to the 40% limitation on the
voting power of the go.com Common Stock described above.
In circumstances where a separate class vote is required, the class of common
stock with less than majority voting power can block action
If Disney's certificate of incorporation, Delaware law, New York Stock
Exchange rules or the Disney board of directors requires a separate vote on any
matter by the holders of either the Disney Common Stock or the go.com Common
Stock, those holders could prevent approval of the matter, even if the holders
of a majority of the total number of votes cast or entitled to be cast, voting
together as a class, were to vote in favor of it.
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Holders of either class of common stock could be adversely affected by a
conversion of the go.com Common Stock
At any time after either the first anniversary of the effective date of the
Disney charter amendment or the occurrence of tax-related events, the Disney
board of directors, in its sole discretion and without stockholder approval,
could determine to convert shares of go.com Common Stock into shares of Disney
Common Stock, including a conversion at a time when either or both classes of
Disney common stock may be considered to be overvalued or undervalued. Any
conversion at a premium would dilute the interests of the holders of the Disney
Common Stock in Disney. Any conversion would also preclude holders of both
classes of common stock from retaining their investment in a security that is
intended to reflect separately the performance of the relevant group. It would
also give holders of shares of converted go.com Common Stock a greater or
lesser consideration than any consideration a third-party buyer pays or would
pay for all or substantially all of the assets of go.com.
Stockholders may not have any remedies if any action by directors and officers
has a disadvantageous effect on either class of common stock
Stockholders may not have any remedies simply because an action or decision
of the Disney board of directors or officers of Disney has a disadvantageous
effect on the Disney Common Stock or the go.com Common Stock compared to the
other class of common stock.
Although the Delaware Supreme Court has not ruled on the issue, recent cases
in the Delaware Court of Chancery involving tracking stocks have held that
decisions by directors or officers involving differing treatment of tracking
stocks are judged under the business judgment rule, unless self-interest is
established. One of these cases is currently on appeal. The business judgment
rule provides that a good faith business decision made by a disinterested and
informed board of directors, board committee or corporate officer, would be a
defense to any challenge to any such business decision made by the Disney board
of directors or a committee of the Disney board of directors or executive
officers of Disney. Because of the application of the business judgment rule,
holders of one group's stock who are disadvantaged by an action of Disney's
board of directors or officers may not be able to successfully make claims that
a decision involving different treatment of the Disney Common Stock or go.com
Common Stock was wrongful, absent a showing of self-interest by a majority of
Disney's board of directors.
Disney's board of directors may pay more or less dividends on one group's
common stock than if that group were a separate company
Subject to the limitations referred to below, Disney's board of directors
has the authority to declare and pay dividends on the Disney Common Stock and
the go.com Common Stock in any amount. Disney's board of directors could, in
its sole discretion, declare and pay dividends exclusively on the Disney Common
Stock, exclusively on the go.com Common Stock or on both, in equal or unequal
amounts. The performance of one group may cause Disney's board of directors to
pay more or less dividends on the common stock relating to the other group than
if that other group were a stand-alone company. Disney's board of directors
will not be required to consider the amount of dividends previously declared on
each class of common stock, the respective voting or liquidation rights of each
class or any other factor. In addition, net losses of either the Disney Group
or go.com, and any dividends or distributions on, or repurchases of, either
class, will reduce the assets of Disney legally available for dividends on both
classes of common stock.
Because go.com is expected to require significant capital commitments to
finance its operations and fund its future growth, Disney does not expect to
pay any dividends on shares of go.com Common Stock for the foreseeable future.
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Proceeds of mergers or consolidations or from the issuance of go.com Common
Stock and costs of repurchases of go.com Common Stock may be allocated
unfavorably
Because Disney's certificate of incorporation does not specify how
consideration to be received in a merger or consolidation involving Disney will
be allocated between the holders of Disney Common Stock and the holders of
go.com Common Stock, Disney's board of directors will make the determination in
its sole discretion. That determination could treat the holders of Disney
Common Stock and holders of the go.com Common Stock differently, however, if
the allocation is not proportional to the relative market value of each class
of common stock, the holders of go.com Common Stock would be entitled to a
class vote. In addition, proceeds from the issuance of go.com Common Stock may
not necessarily be allocated to the equity of go.com. The Disney board of
directors will determine, in its sole discretion, whether to allocate proceeds
from the issuance or costs of repurchases of go.com Common Stock to the equity
of go.com or to the Disney Group in respect of the Disney Group's retained
interest in go.com.
Provisions governing the two classes of common stock could discourage a change
of control and the payment of a premium for shares
The existence of two classes of common stock could present complexities and
could pose obstacles, financial or otherwise, to a person seeking to acquire
control of Disney. In addition, provisions of Delaware law and Disney's
certificate of incorporation and bylaws may also deter hostile takeover
attempts. If the Disney Group and go.com were separate, independent companies,
any person interested in acquiring either group without negotiating with the
other group's management could seek control of that entity by obtaining control
of its outstanding voting stock by means of a tender offer or proxy contest.
Although Disney intends the Disney Common Stock and the go.com Common Stock to
reflect the performance of the group to which the stock relates, a person
interested in acquiring only one group without negotiating with the other
group's management would still be required to seek control of the voting power
represented by all the outstanding stock of Disney, including the class of
common stock relating to the other group.
Groups may compete with each other to the detriment of their businesses
The creation of two separate classes of common stock will not prevent the
Disney Group and go.com from competing with each other. Any competition between
the groups could be detrimental to the businesses of either or both of the
groups.
Risks Related to go.com Common Stock
Potential Inability to Successfully Integrate Internet Operations
The merger involves the integration of Infoseek and Disney's existing
Internet business, which have previously operated independently. Disney expects
this combination to result in financial and operating benefits, but there can
be no assurance regarding when or the extent to which these benefits may be
achieved. Difficulties associated with integrating Infoseek and Disney's
existing Internet business could have a material adverse effect on go.com and
the value of the go.com Common Stock.
A market for the go.com Common Stock may not develop, and the market value of
the go.com Common Stock and the potential effect of the Disney charter
amendment on the Disney stock are not predictable
There is currently no public trading market for go.com Common Stock and we
cannot assure you that one will develop or be sustained after the merger. In
addition, the market prices of Disney Common Stock and go.com Common Stock will
be determined in the trading markets and will be influenced by many factors,
including, among other things:
. the respective financial results of the Disney Group and go.com;
. the consolidated financial results of Disney;
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. investors' expectations for the Disney Group, go.com and Disney as a
whole;
. the right of the Disney board of directors to exchange shares of one
class of common stock for shares of the other class;
. the discretion of the Disney board of directors in making determinations
relating to a variety of cash management and allocation matters;
. the variable voting power of go.com Common Stock relative to Disney
Common Stock;
. trading volume of each class of common stock;
. share issuances and repurchases; and
. general economic conditions.
There can be no assurance that the market value of the go.com Common Stock
will equal or exceed the market value of the existing common stock of Infoseek.
In addition, Disney cannot predict the impact that the terms of the Disney
charter amendment proposal will have on the market prices of the Disney common
stock. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that the market values of the
Disney Common Stock and the go.com Common Stock will in fact reflect the
performance of the Disney Group and go.com, as intended.
The go.com Common Stock price will fluctuate
The market price of go.com Common Stock may fluctuate widely in response to
a number of events and factors such as:
. quarterly changes in results of operations of go.com;
. announcements of new technological innovations, new products and media
properties by go.com or its competitors;
. changes in financial estimates and recommendations by securities
analysts;
. the operating and stock price performance of companies that investors may
deem comparable to go.com; and
. news relating to trends in go.com's markets or general economic
conditions.
The stock market and specifically the stock of Internet companies has been
very volatile. This volatility is often not related to the operating
performance of the companies. This broad market volatility and industry
volatility may reduce the price of go.com Common Stock, without regard to
go.com's performance. In addition, go.com's operating results may be below the
expectations of public market analysts and investors. In such event, there
would be a high possibility that the market price of go.com Common Stock would
decrease.
The market price of go.com Common Stock may be adversely affected by the
issuance or availability for future issuance of go.com Common Stock
Assuming the number of shares of Infoseek common stock outstanding at the
record date are outstanding immediately prior to the merger, Disney and
Infoseek expect that approximately 41,700,000 shares of go.com Common Stock
will be outstanding following the merger. Upon completion of the merger, Disney
will be entitled to issue up to approximately 958,300,000 additional shares of
go.com Common Stock.
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Under Delaware law, the Disney board of directors would not need Disney
stockholders' approval for issuances of go.com Common Stock. The Disney board
of directors does not expect to seek stockholder approval for issuances of
go.com Common Stock unless the Disney board of directors deems it advisable or
applicable law or stock exchange regulations require such approval.
We cannot predict the effect, if any, that sales of go.com Common Stock, or
the availability of shares for sale, will have on the market price of go.com
Common Stock prevailing from time to time. Nevertheless, sales of significant
amounts of go.com Common Stock in the public market, or the perception that
such sales may occur, could adversely affect prevailing market prices.
Each of Disney's existing Internet business and Infoseek has a limited
operating history and a history of net losses and there is no assurance that
go.com will report net income in the future
A potential investor in go.com Common Stock should consider the risks,
expenses and difficulties frequently encountered by businesses such as go.com,
particularly in the new and rapidly evolving market for Internet products,
content and services. There can be no assurance that Disney and/or go.com will
be successful in addressing these risks. Disney's Internet revenues grew
during the nine months through June 1999, but this growth was offset by
catalog declines. Although Disney and Infoseek each has historically
experienced revenue growth, there can be no assurance that go.com's combined
revenue will grow or maintain historical growth levels following the merger.
Disney's existing Internet business has incurred significant net losses in the
past, $71.1 million in 1998 and $46.5 million in 1997. Infoseek has incurred
significant net losses in the past, $5.7 million for the nine months ended
October 3, 1998 and $26.6 million in 1997. There can be no assurance that
go.com will report net income in the future.
If the Internet and electronic commerce do not continue to grow, go.com's
business will suffer
For revenue growth, go.com will depend on increased acceptance and use of
the Internet, intranets and other interactive online platforms as sources of
information, entertainment and sale of goods and services. If Internet growth
is slower than expected, or if it fails to grow at all, go.com's business and
financial condition would be adversely affected.
The Internet industry has grown rapidly in recent years. There can be no
assurance that the Internet will continue to be accepted and widely used. In
particular, there can be no assurance that consumers will continue to use the
Internet for the purchase and sale of goods and services, or that advertisers
will continue to use it for advertising goods and services. In addition, there
can be no assurance that a large base of users will support go.com's business.
Significant structural problems remain in using the Internet and conducting
electronic commerce, including:
. security;
. reliability;
. cost;
. ease of use and access;
. quality of service;
. lack of network infrastructure to support increased use;
. speed of Internet service;
. limitations on access by corporations and schools; and
. privacy.
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These problems may slow the growth of Internet use or the attractiveness of
the Internet for advertising and online transactions. In addition, the use of
the Internet could be reduced due to delays in the development or adoption of
new standards and protocols required to handle increased levels of Internet
activity or as the result of increased government regulation.
The Internet industry is young and undergoing rapid development and go.com
may be unable to modify its business model rapidly enough to remain competitive
within the industry. In addition, the development of the Internet market may
stop or may continue at a rate slower than expected. Furthermore, the Internet
market is becoming filled with competitors and go.com's products may not become
accepted by Internet users or advertisers. If any of these events occurs,
go.com's business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects
would be adversely affected.
go.com will depend on advertising as a significant source of its revenue
Disney and Infoseek expect that advertising revenue will be a significant
source of revenue for go.com in the foreseeable future. Most of go.com's
advertising and licensing contracts will be short-term and/or terminable by the
advertiser at any time with little notice. There can be no assurance that
go.com will be able to retain the advertising contracts currently held by
Disney's existing Internet business and Infoseek or that go.com will
successfully obtain new advertising contracts and licensing agreements.
go.com's ability to generate advertising revenue will depend on several
factors, including:
. the continued development of the Internet as an advertising medium;
. the pricing of advertising on other Internet sites;
. the amount of traffic on go.com's network of sites;
. pricing pressures, delays and new product launches;
. go.com's ability to achieve, demonstrate and maintain attractive user
demographics; and
. go.com's ability to develop and retain a skilled advertising sales force.
go.com will receive a significant percentage of its advertising revenue from a
limited number of advertisers
Infoseek and Disney's existing Internet business have each historically
generated a significant portion of their advertising revenues from a limited
number of advertisers. Following the merger, go.com will continue to receive a
significant percentage of its advertising revenue from a limited number of
advertisers. Following the merger, these advertising clients and others may not
use go.com's services to the same extent, or at all, that they used the
services of Disney's existing Internet business and Infoseek prior to the
merger. A significant reduction in advertising by one or more of the largest
advertisers would have a material adverse effect on go.com's profits and
liquidity.
go.com may face significant inventory risk because consumer demand can change
for products between the time that the products are ordered and the time that
the products are received
go.com will carry a significant level of inventory as part of its catalog
business. As a result, rapidly changing trends in consumer tastes for
children's toys, clothing, videos and collectibles will subject go.com to
inventory risks. It is critical to go.com's success that it actively predicts
these trends and does not overstock unpopular products. The demand for specific
products can change between the time the products are ordered and the date of
receipt. go.com is particularly exposed to this risk because the majority of
its catalog sales are generated in the fourth calendar quarter of each year. In
addition, go.com's failure to sufficiently stock popular products would
significantly harm its operating results.
In the event that one or more products do not achieve widespread consumer
acceptance, go.com may be required to take markdowns, which could adversely
affect go.com's business. This risk may be greatest in the
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third calendar quarter of each year, after go.com has significantly increased
inventory levels for the holiday season. We believe that this risk will
increase as go.com enters into new product categories due to its lack of
experience in purchasing products for these categories. In addition, to the
extent that demand for products increases over time, go.com may be forced to
increase inventory levels. Any increase would subject go.com to additional
inventory risks.
go.com's net sales will be dependent upon its ability to offer customers
sufficient quantities of products in a timely manner
If go.com is unable to offer customers sufficient quantities of toys,
clothing, collectibles, videos and its other products in a timely manner, its
net sales and results of operations will be harmed. go.com's success is
significantly dependent upon the ability of go.com to purchase products in
sufficient quantities at competitive prices. go.com does not have long-term or
exclusive arrangements with any vendor or distributor that guarantees the
availability of products for resale. Therefore, go.com does not have a
predictable or guaranteed supply of products for resale.
go.com will depend on arrangements with third parties for Internet traffic to
its sites and go.com's failure to maintain these arrangements could adversely
affect its business
An important element of the success of go.com will be its ability to
advertise on and maintain links from other Internet sites. Traffic originating
from links existing on other Internet sites, directories and other
navigational tools managed by Internet service providers and Web browser
companies will comprise an important segment of the overall traffic on
go.com's Internet sites. Prior to the merger, Infoseek maintained special
linking arrangements with Microsoft and WebTV. These linking arrangements are
generally short-term contracts and/or can be terminated with short notice.
There is intense competition for these types of linking arrangements. The
products or services of those companies that will provide access or links to
go.com's products or services, such as other website operators, may not
achieve market acceptance or commercial success, which could adversely affect
go.com's business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.
We cannot assure you that these linking arrangements will be maintained by
go.com following the merger or that advertising or links will continue to be
available on reasonable commercial terms or at all.
go.com will depend on licensed technology from third parties and go.com's
failure to maintain these licenses could adversely affect its business
go.com is expected to rely on certain technology licensed from third
parties, including Interworld, Netgravity and Macromedia for use in operating
and managing its Internet sites and providing related services to users and
advertisers. go.com's ability to generate revenue from Internet commerce may
also depend on data encryption and authentication technologies that it may be
required to license from third parties. There can be no assurance that these
technology licenses will be available at all, that they will be available on
reasonable commercial terms or that the technology will operate as intended.
go.com's competitive position will depend on its ability to attract and
retain key personnel
go.com's performance will depend substantially on the services and
performance of its senior executive officers and other key personnel. Except
as described in this document, Infoseek and Disney's existing Internet
business currently do not have long-term employment agreements with any of
their key personnel. Following the merger, it is expected that go.com will not
have long-term agreements with its key personnel. go.com's future success will
also depend on its ability to identify, attract, retain and motivate highly
skilled technical, managerial, sales, marketing and customer service
personnel. Competition for such persons is intense. There can be no assurance
that go.com will be able to attract or retain these personnel.
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go.com may not be able to adequately respond to technological change
The market for Internet products and services is characterized by rapid
technological developments, frequent new product introductions and evolving
industry standards. go.com will be required to continually improve the
performance, features and reliability of its network infrastructure and
Internet sites, particularly in response to competition and changing customer
demands. There can be no assurance that go.com will be successful in responding
rapidly, cost-effectively or adequately to these developments.
go.com will face intense competition, which is expected to increase
significantly
go.com consists of a combination of content sites, Internet portals and
search sites and faces intense competition in each of these areas. The market
for Internet content sites is rapidly evolving and barriers to entry are low,
enabling newcomers to launch competitive sites at relatively low cost.
Moreover, increased competition could result in reduced margins or loss of
market share, any of which could have an effect on future revenue and profits
of go.com. There can be no assurance that go.com will be able to compete
effectively with other Internet companies. In addition, Disney and Infoseek
believe that go.com will compete most directly with Internet portals and search
sites that help users access information. go.com will also compete for users
and advertisers with:
. general news sites;
. general purpose online service providers;
. browser/software companies offering information services; and
. large general-interest sites.
In addition, go.com will compete with traditional media content businesses
such as newspapers, magazines, radio and television. In order to compete
successfully and attract users, advertisers and strategic partners, go.com must
provide high quality, engaging content in a timely and cost-effective manner.
To remain competitive, go.com must constantly expand and develop new content
areas and services
go.com may not be able to respond to changing Internet technologies,
consumer needs and industry standards. go.com may not be able to introduce new
products and services before competitors or improve existing products to match
competitors' products and services. If it does not timely and continually
improve its products and services and introduce new ones, go.com could suffer
serious harm to its business, results of operations and prospects.
go.com will face risks due to its continuous need to provide technological
improvements in its services. There can be no assurance that:
. any of go.com's new or proposed products or services will be accepted by
the market or will continue to meet the market's changing needs;
. go.com will successfully design, develop, test, market and introduce new
and enhanced technologies and services;
. go.com will successfully improve its products and services;
. go.com will not experience difficulties that delay or prevent the
successful development, introduction or marketing of new or enhanced
technologies, products and services;
. go.com will bring its technological innovations to the market quickly and
in advance of its competitors;
. go.com will spend a sufficient portion of its resources in order to
develop, improve or acquire new technologies; or
. go.com's new or enhanced products and services will be free of errors and
will not require significant design changes once introduced.
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If any of these risks occur, customers may become dissatisfied with go.com's
products and services. In turn, go.com could lose users and could experience
reduced advertising and other revenues.
In order to accommodate future growth, go.com must continually improve its
operations
go.com may not be able to manage its growth effectively. go.com may be
required to expand in order to take advantage of market opportunities. Growth
of go.com could place a significant strain on go.com's resources.
In order to succeed, go.com must:
. invest in and improve operational, financial and management information
systems which affect planning, advertising sales, management, inventory
management, finance and accounting;
. hire, train, motivate and manage its staff;
. maintain relationships with various partners, advertising customers,
advertising agencies, suppliers, Internet sites and services, Internet
service providers and other third parties;
. effectively manage the operations and strategic direction of go.com in a
rapidly changing environment and identify new business activities; and
. develop and expand electronic commerce capabilities, including
infrastructure for security, order processing and financial reporting.
If go.com fails to address, or experiences unscheduled delays or encounters
unexpected additional costs in addressing these issues, go.com's business,
results of operations, financial condition and prospects could be seriously
harmed.
Any capacity constraints or system disruptions could have a material adverse
effect on go.com
The performance and reliability of go.com's Internet sites and network
infrastructure will be critical to its ability to attract and retain users,
advertisers, merchants and strategic partners. Any system error or failure, or
a sudden and significant increase in traffic, may result in the unavailability
of sites and significantly delay response times. Individual, sustained or
repeated occurrences could result in a loss of potential or existing users,
advertisers or strategic partners. In addition, because go.com's advertising
revenue is expected to be directly related to the number of advertisements it
delivers to users, system interruptions or delays would reduce the number of
impressions delivered and thereby reduce its revenue.
go.com's systems and operations will be vulnerable to interruption or
malfunction due to certain events beyond its control, including natural
disasters, telecommunications failures and computer hacking. go.com will also
rely on Web browsers and online service providers to provide Internet access to
its sites. There can be no assurance that go.com will be able to expand its
network infrastructure, either itself or through use of third-party hosting
systems or service providers, on a timely basis sufficient to meet demand.
Immediately following the merger, go.com will have only a limited amount of
redundant facilities or systems, no formal disaster recovery plan and no
sufficient business interruption insurance to compensate for losses that may
occur. Any interruption to its systems or operations could have a material
adverse effect on go.com's business and its ability to retain users,
advertisers and strategic partners.
go.com's networks may be vulnerable to security risks
Following the merger, go.com's networks may be vulnerable to unauthorized
access, computer hacking, computer viruses and other security problems. A user
who circumvents security measures could misappropriate proprietary information
or cause interruptions or malfunctions in go.com's operations. go.com may be
required to expend significant resources to protect against the threat of
security breaches or to alleviate problems caused by any breaches. Although it
is expected that go.com will employ industry-standard security measures, these
measures may be inadequate.
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go.com's business could suffer if it is unable to protect its intellectual
property
go.com's success will depend heavily upon its exclusive technology, brand
names and Internet locations, called domain names. There can be no assurance
that go.com can adequately protect this intellectual property. go.com's
business could consequently suffer.
To protect its rights to its software, systems, content and product
features, go.com will rely on a combination of:
. patent, copyright and trademark and similar laws;
. trade secret laws;
. unfair competition laws;
. confidentiality procedures; and
. contractual provisions.
These methods of protection may not be adequate to protect against others
using go.com's technology, brand names and content. Accordingly, there can be
no assurance that go.com will be able to develop and maintain goodwill
associated with its products and services or competitive features.
Despite efforts to patent and trademark or otherwise protect its
intellectual property and keep information confidential, go.com may not be able
to do so because:
. pending and new patent and trademark applications may not be approved;
. even if issued, patents and copyright and trademark registrations may be
challenged, invalidated or designed around;
. go.com's new products or technologies may not be patentable or otherwise
protectible;
. time-consuming and costly litigation may be necessary to protect go.com's
proprietary technologies;
. policing unauthorized use of go.com's intellectual property may be
difficult and expensive;
. the laws of some foreign countries in which go.com will be doing business
do not protect proprietary rights to as great an extent as do the laws of
the United States;
. go.com's competitors may independently develop similar or competitive
technology and/or design around go.com's intellectual property; and
. the application of copyright, trademark and similar laws to the Internet
and other digital media is very uncertain.
Third parties may prevent go.com from developing, protecting or using its
intellectual property
go.com may not be able to use its intellectual property or further develop
its business because of third parties. There can be no assurance that third
parties will not in the future claim infringement by go.com with respect to
go.com's current or future products. These claims of infringement, whether
successful or not, could seriously harm go.com's business, results of
operations or prospects.
Third parties:
. may bring claims of patent, copyright or trademark infringement against
go.com;
. may obtain and/or enforce patents or other intellectual property rights
which may limit go.com's ability to do business or require go.com to
license or cross-license technology; or
. may bring costly and time-consuming lawsuits against go.com.
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Changes in laws governing the Internet could decrease the demand for go.com's
services
At present there are few laws and regulations that apply to the access to
or commerce on the Internet, either in the United States or overseas. However,
go.com will be subject to general laws and regulations that apply to all
businesses. Proposals for Internet regulation are presented to federal, state
and foreign governments frequently. If any of these proposals are adopted,
Internet use may decrease, and in turn demand for go.com's products and
services could decrease. Similarly, go.com's operating expenses could increase
as a result of new regulations. These effects could seriously harm go.com's
business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.
Laws or regulations may be passed regarding the Internet on issues such as:
. user privacy, including sending of unsolicited e-mail, or "spamming";
. consumer protection for products and services;
. media regulation, such as libel and obscenity;
. intellectual property; and
. liability of Internet service providers.
In addition, courts are still determining how existing laws regarding
copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property, trade secrets, libel
and defamation, and privacy apply to the Internet.
go.com may face copyright claims for materials distributed through its
online or Internet services to others, such as chat rooms and message boards.
go.com will have little control over these users' content. However, go.com
will not be liable for monetary claims under the Digital Millenium Copyright
Act of 1998 due to its compliance with the threshold requirements of the Act
and its commitment to taking all actions required under the Act upon becoming
aware of the claimed infringement.
go.com may also face claims because materials may be downloaded through its
online or Internet services and then distributed to others. Some of go.com's
products and services, such as chat rooms and message boards, messaging, and
hosted Web pages, contain content provided by users. go.com will have little
control over these users' content. Claims might be made against go.com under a
variety of media and intellectual property laws for the nature, content,
publication and distribution of its materials or its users' materials. For
example, go.com might be subject to claims of copyright or trademark
infringement, obscenity, or libel brought against it for content that appears
on its site. These types of claims have been brought against online service
providers in the past, some of which have been successful.
go.com will provide a variety of third-party information through its
services. For example, go.com's service will provide news, stock quotes,
analyst estimates or other stock trading information. If this information
contains errors, go.com could be sued for losses suffered by users who relied
on the information. go.com will also offer Web-based e-mail services. E-mail
may further expose go.com to potential risks. For example, go.com may be
subject to claims or liabilities from spamming, lost or incorrectly delivered
messages, use of e-mail for illegal purposes or fraud, harassment or
interruptions or delays in e-mail service.
Although go.com will carry general liability insurance, this insurance may
not cover all claims or may not be sufficient to reimburse go.com for all
liabilities that may occur.
go.com's acquisition and investment strategy may not be successful and could
adversely affect its business
go.com may acquire or make investments in new or complementary businesses,
products, services or technologies. There can be no assurance that go.com will
be able to identify suitable acquisition or investment candidates. Even if
go.com does identify suitable candidates, there can be no assurance that
go.com will be able to make such acquisitions or investments on reasonable
commercial terms or successfully assimilate personnel, operations, products,
services or technologies into its operations. This could disrupt go.com's
ongoing business,
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distract go.com's management and employees, increase go.com's expenses,
including amortization of goodwill, and materially and adversely affect
go.com's financial condition and results of operations. Furthermore, the
incurrence or issuance of debt or equity securities may be attributed to go.com
to fund any future go.com acquisitions.
go.com intends to expand its international operations and will be subject to
risks associated with international operations
Disney's existing Internet business and Infoseek currently have
international operations which are at various stages of development and have
limited operating history. The markets in which go.com is expected to undertake
international expansion have technology and online industries that are less
well developed than in the United States.
There are certain risks inherent in doing business in international markets,
such as the following:
. uncertainty of product acceptance by different cultures;
. unforeseen changes in regulatory requirements;
. difficulties in staffing and managing multinational operations;
. state-imposed restrictions on the repatriation of funds;
. currency fluctuations;
. difficulties in finding appropriate foreign licensees or joint venture
partners;
. potentially adverse tax consequences; and
. less stringent and/or narrower intellectual property protection.
There is a risk that these factors will have an adverse effect on go.com's
ability to successfully operate internationally and on its results of
operations and financial condition.
Holders of go.com Common Stock may receive less consideration upon a sale of
assets than if go.com were a separate company
Pursuant to the Disney charter amendment proposal, Disney's certificate of
incorporation will provide that if Disney disposes of all or substantially all
of the assets attributed to go.com, Disney must, subject to some exceptions,
convert each outstanding share of go.com Common Stock into a number of shares
of Disney Common Stock equal to the lesser of (1) 110% of the ratio of the
average market value of one share of go.com Common Stock to the average market
value of one share of Disney Common Stock and (2) what holders of go.com Common
Stock would otherwise be entitled to receive upon conversion of go.com Common
Stock into shares of Disney Common Stock.
If go.com were a separate, independent company and its shares were acquired
by another person, the consideration received for that disposition, might be at
a premium higher than the required automatic conversion feature with a maximum
10% premium. As a result, stockholders of the separate, independent company
might receive a greater amount than the consideration that would be received by
holders of go.com Common Stock. In the event of a conversion following the
disposition of go.com's assets, the conversion premium may not fully reflect
the value of the disposition.
go.com's computer systems, and those of others on whom it relies, may not
achieve Year 2000 readiness
Programming codes in existing computer systems and software may not reliably
recognize date-sensitive information when the calendar year changes to 2000.
Systems or software that do not properly recognize such information could
generate erroneous data or fail. Disney and Infoseek are currently in the
process of
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identifying and testing their computer systems and software for Year 2000
readiness. In addition, Disney and Infoseek are in the process of working with
third parties on whom they rely for system and database management to ensure
Year 2000 readiness. Disney and Infoseek have not verified that these third
parties are Year 2000 compliant. Following the merger, go.com will continue the
programs undertaken by Disney and Infoseek to ensure that go.com's computer
systems and software will be Year 2000 compliant. There can be no assurance
that go.com's systems or software, or third-party systems or software on which
it will rely, will be Year 2000 compliant. Significant uncertainty exists
concerning the potential costs and effects associated with Year 2000
compliance. If go.com or any subscribers, advertisers, licensors, vendors or
other third parties on whom it will rely experience a Year 2000 compliance
problem, this could have a material adverse effect on go.com.
Recent Clinton Administration proposal, if enacted, would result in taxation
on issuances of tracking stock
A recent proposal by the Clinton Administration would impose a corporate-
level tax on the issuance of stock similar to the go.com Common Stock. As
proposed by the Clinton Administration, this provision would be effective on
the date of its enactment by Congress. If this or a similar proposal is
enacted, Disney could be subject to tax on an issuance of go.com Common Stock
after the date of enactment. Legislation proposed in the U.S. House of
Representatives and the U.S. Senate does not contain any such proposal. We
cannot predict, however, whether the Clinton Administration's proposal will be
enacted by the U.S. Congress and, if enacted, whether it will be in the form
proposed by the Clinton Administration.
Consummation of the merger is conditioned upon there not having been a
change in the law that, as determined in the good faith judgment of Disney or
Infoseek after consultation with its external advisors, could, if adopted, be
reasonably likely to have a material adverse tax consequence to Disney,
Infoseek or their respective stockholders. In addition, following the
consummation of the merger, Disney may convert the go.com Common Stock into
Disney Common Stock at a premium of 10 percent if, based upon the opinion of
tax counsel, there are adverse U.S. federal income tax law developments related
to stock such as the go.com Common Stock that occur after the issuance of the
go.com Common Stock. The proposal of the Clinton Administration would be such
an adverse development if it were enacted in its proposed form.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This document contains forward-looking statements about Disney, Infoseek,
the Disney Group and go.com that Disney and Infoseek believe are within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements in
this document that are not historical facts are hereby identified as "forward-
looking statements" for the purpose of the safe harbor provided by Section 21E
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These statements include, but are not
limited to, statements that contain or describe forecasts, projections,
objectives, plans, strategies and expectations, as well as the assumptions
underlying or relating to the forward-looking statements. When used in this
document, forward-looking statements may also be identified by the words
"anticipates," "believes," "expects," "plan," "intends" and similar expressions
as they relate to Disney, Infoseek, the Disney Group or go.com or their
management and by the fact that their truth or accuracy cannot be fully
discerned without reference to future events. In making any of these
statements, Disney and Infoseek believe that their expectations are based on
reasonable assumptions. However, any of these statements may be influenced by
factors that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different
from those projected. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are
beyond the control of Disney, Infoseek, the Disney Group and go.com and may
cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the
anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed in, or implied by,
those forward-looking statements.
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These factors include, among other things:
. the impact of general economic conditions in the United States and Canada
and in other regions in which Disney and Infoseek currently do business,
including Asia, Europe and Latin and South America;
. industry conditions, including competition and products;
. technological developments;
. fluctuations in exchange rates and currency values;
. capital expenditure requirements;
. legislative or regulatory requirements;
. interest rates;
. access to capital markets;
. the timing of and value received in connection with asset divestitures;
and
. the specific risk factors identified and discussed in the "Risk Factors"
section on pages 21 through 34 of this document.
Accordingly, no assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated
by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do
so, what impact they will have on the results of operations and financial
condition of Disney, Infoseek, the Disney Group or go.com.
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THE STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS
We are furnishing this document to holders of Disney common stock and
Infoseek common stock in connection with the solicitation of proxies by
Disney's board of directors at a special meeting of its stockholders and by
Infoseek's board of directors at a special meeting of its stockholders, and at
any adjournments or postponements of either special meeting.
The Disney Special Meeting
Where and When the Disney Special Meeting Will be Held
The Disney special meeting will be held at the San Jose McEnery Convention
Center, 150 West San Carlos, San Jose, California 95113 on November 17, 1999,
starting at 10:00 a.m., local time.
What Will be Voted Upon
At the Disney special meeting, Disney stockholders will consider and vote
upon the following proposals:
1. A proposal to amend and restate the Disney certificate of
incorporation to:
. increase the number of authorized shares of Disney common stock
from 3,600,000,000 to 4,600,000,000;
. provide an additional class of common stock of Disney, the go.com
Common Stock; and
. reclassify each outstanding share of the existing common stock of
Disney as Disney Common Stock.
2. A proposal to amend and restate The Walt Disney Company 1995 Stock
Incentive Plan.
Only Disney Stockholders of Record on September 23, 1999 Are Entitled to Vote
The only outstanding voting securities of Disney are shares of Disney
common stock. Only holders of record of Disney common stock on the Disney
record date are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Disney special
meeting. Each holder of record, as of the Disney record date, of Disney common
stock is entitled to cast one vote per share on the Disney proposals.
On the Disney record date, there were 2,063,298,666 shares of Disney common
stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Disney special meeting, held by
approximately 845,000 Disney stockholders of record.
Vote Required for Approval
The favorable vote of a majority of all outstanding shares on the Disney
record date entitled to vote at the Disney special meeting is required to
approve the Disney charter amendment proposal, and the favorable vote of a
majority of the shares present, or represented, and entitled to vote at the
Disney special meeting is required to approve the Disney stock incentive plan
proposal.
On the Disney record date, the directors and executive officers of Disney
and their affiliates beneficially owned and were entitled to vote
approximately 33,583,050 shares of Disney common stock, or approximately 1.63
percent of the Disney common stock outstanding on the Disney record date.
The Infoseek Special Meeting
Where and When the Infoseek Special Meeting Will be Held
The Infoseek special meeting will be held at the Stanford Park Hotel, 100
El Camino Real, Menlo Park, California 94025 on November 17, 1999, starting at
10:00 a.m., local time.
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What Will be Voted Upon
At the Infoseek special meeting, Infoseek stockholders will consider and
vote upon a proposal to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated
as of July 10, 1999, by and among Infoseek, Disney and Bingo Acquisition Corp.,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney, and approve the acquisition of Infoseek by
Disney by means of a merger of Bingo Acquisition Corp. with and into Infoseek.
Only Infoseek Stockholders of Record on September 23, 1999 Are Entitled to
Vote
Currently, the only outstanding voting securities of Infoseek are shares of
Infoseek common stock. Only holders of record of Infoseek common stock on the
Infoseek record date are entitled to notice of and vote at the Infoseek special
meeting. Each holder of record, as of the Infoseek record date, of Infoseek
common stock is entitled to cast one vote per share on the merger proposal.
On the Infoseek record date, there were 62,691,345 shares of Infoseek common
stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Infoseek special meeting. These
outstanding shares are held by approximately 739 Infoseek stockholders of
record. Disney holds an aggregate of 26,403,147 shares of Infoseek common
stock.
Vote Required for Approval
The favorable vote of a majority of the shares of Infoseek common stock
outstanding on the Infoseek record date, as well as a majority of the shares of
Infoseek common stock not held by Disney and its affiliates, is required to
adopt the reorganization agreement and approve the merger.
On the Infoseek record date, the directors and executive officers of
Infoseek and their affiliates beneficially owned and were entitled to vote
5,600,564 shares of Infoseek common stock, or approximately 8.93 percent of the
shares of Infoseek common stock outstanding on the Infoseek record date, and
Disney and the directors of Infoseek designated by Disney beneficially owned
and were entitled to vote 26,403,147 shares of Infoseek common stock, or
approximately 42 percent of the shares of Infoseek common stock outstanding on
the record date.
Voting of Proxies
All shares of Disney common stock and shares of Infoseek common stock
represented by proxies properly received prior to or at the Disney special
meeting or the Infoseek special meeting, as the case may be, and not revoked,
will be voted in accordance with the instructions indicated in such proxies. If
stockholders do not indicate any instructions on a properly executed and
returned proxy, that proxy will be voted FOR the approval of the Disney
proposals, in the case of Disney stockholders, and FOR the merger proposal, in
the case of the Infoseek stockholders.
If any other matters are properly presented at the Disney special meeting,
in the case of the Disney stockholders, or the Infoseek special meeting, in the
case of the Infoseek stockholders, for consideration, the persons named in the
enclosed form of proxy, and acting under that proxy, will have discretion to
vote on such matters in accordance with their best judgment, unless
authorization to use that discretion is withheld. If a proposal to adjourn the
Disney special meeting or the Infoseek special meeting is properly presented,
the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy will not have discretion to
vote shares voted against any of the proposals related to the approval of the
merger in favor of the adjournment proposal. Neither Disney nor Infoseek is
aware of any matters expected to be presented at its respective special meeting
other than as described in its respective notice of its special meeting.
Any proxy given pursuant to this solicitation may be revoked by the person
giving it at any time before it is voted. Proxies may be revoked by:
. filing, including by telegram or telecopy, with the Secretary of Disney
or the Secretary of Infoseek, as the case may be, before taking the vote
at the relevant special meeting, a written notice of revocation bearing a
later date than the date of the proxy or a later-dated proxy relating to
the same shares;
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. voting by telephone before taking the vote at the Disney special meeting
or the Infoseek special meeting, as the case may be, which will serve to
revoke any prior telephone vote;
. by Internet; or
. attending the relevant special meeting and voting in person.
In order to vote in person at either the Disney special meeting or the
Infoseek special meeting, the Disney stockholders and Infoseek stockholders
must attend the relevant special meeting and cast their votes in accordance
with the voting procedures established for the special meeting. Attendance at a
special meeting will not in and of itself constitute a revocation of a proxy.
Any written notice of revocation or subsequent proxy must be sent so as to be
delivered at or before the taking of the vote at the applicable special meeting
as follows:
. in the case of the Disney stockholders, to The Walt Disney Company, 500
South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA 91521, Telecopy: (818) 553-7210,
Attention: Shareholder Services; and
. in the case of Infoseek stockholders, to Infoseek Corporation, 1399
Moffett Park Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1134, Telecopy: (408) 543-6000,
Attention: Secretary.
Disney and Infoseek stockholders may use a toll-free telephone number to
vote their shares. The enclosed proxy card contains the specific instructions
to be followed by Disney and Infoseek stockholders for telephone voting. Disney
and Infoseek stockholders whose shares are held in the name of a bank or broker
should follow the voting instructions provided by the bank or broker. The
availability of telephone voting will depend on the voting processes of the
bank or broker.
Disney and Infoseek stockholders may submit a proxy by Internet in lieu of
returning an executed proxy card. In order to use this voting service, Disney
and Infoseek stockholders should log into their company's voting web site and
follow the instructions. Disney's voting web site can be found at
www.proxyvote.com, while Infoseek's voting web site can be found at
www.proxyvoting.com/Infoseek. The enclosed proxy card also contains
instructions for Internet voting. The availability of Internet voting to Disney
and Infoseek stockholders whose shares are held in the name of a bank or broker
will depend on the voting processes of the bank or broker.
Disney stockholders who require assistance in changing or revoking a proxy
should contact Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc. at the address or
phone number provided in this document under the caption "Who Can Help Answer
Your Questions." Infoseek stockholders who require assistance in changing or
revoking a proxy should contact Morrow & Co., Inc. at the address or phone
number provided in this document under the caption "Who Can Help Answer Your
Questions."
Abstentions may be specified on each of the proposals required for approval
of the merger proposal or the Disney proposals, as the case may be. Since the
favorable vote of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Infoseek
common stock, as well as a majority of the outstanding shares of Infoseek
common stock not held by Disney or its affiliates, on Infoseek's merger
proposal and the majority of all outstanding shares of Disney's common stock
entitled to vote at the Disney special meeting on the Disney charter amendment
proposal is in each case required to approve those proposals, a proxy marked
"ABSTAIN" with respect to any such proposal will have the effect of a vote
against that proposal. In addition, the failure of an Infoseek stockholder in
connection with Infoseek's merger proposal, or a stockholder of Disney in
connection with the Disney charter amendment proposal, to return a proxy will
have the effect of a vote against those proposals. The failure of a Disney
stockholder to return a proxy will have the effect of being counted neither for
nor against the stock incentive plan proposal nor for purpose of determining
the presence of a quorum. Further, as the merger cannot occur unless the Disney
stockholders adopt the Disney charter amendment proposal, any vote that counts
as a vote against the Disney charter amendment proposal has the effect of a
vote against the merger.
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Under applicable rules, brokers who hold shares in street name for customers
have the authority to vote on some routine proposals when they have not
received instructions from beneficial owners. Under applicable rules, these
brokers are precluded from exercising their voting discretion with respect to
the approval and adoption of non-routine matters like Disney's and Infoseek's
proposals and, thus, absent specific instructions from the beneficial owner of
shares held in street name, brokers are not empowered to vote these shares with
respect to the approval and adoption of Disney's and Infoseek's proposals,
i.e., broker non-votes. Since the affirmative votes described above are
required for approval of the Disney proposals and Infoseek's merger proposal, a
broker non-vote with respect to those proposals will have the effect of a vote
against the Infoseek merger proposal and the Disney charter amendment proposal
and will not be counted for or against the stock incentive plan proposal or for
purposes of determining the presence of a quorum.
It is the policy of both Disney and Infoseek to keep confidential proxy
cards, ballots and voting tabulations that identify individual stockholders,
except where disclosure is mandated by law and in other limited circumstances.
The cost of solicitation of proxies will be paid by Disney for the Disney
proxies and by Infoseek for Infoseek proxies. In addition to solicitation by
mail, arrangements will be made with brokerage houses and other custodians,
nominees and fiduciaries to send the proxy materials to beneficial owners, and
Disney or Infoseek, as the case may be, will, upon request, reimburse those
brokerage houses and custodians for their reasonable expenses in so doing.
Disney has retained Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc. and Infoseek has
retained Morrow & Co., Inc. to aid in the solicitation of proxies and to verify
records related to the solicitations. Each proxy solicitor will receive
customary fees and expense reimbursement for their services. To the extent
necessary in order to ensure sufficient representation at its special meeting,
Disney or Infoseek may request by telephone or telegram the return of proxy
cards. The extent to which this will be necessary depends entirely upon how
promptly proxies are received. We urge stockholders to vote proxies without
delay.
Infoseek stockholders should not send in any stock certificates with their
proxy cards. A transmittal form with instructions for the surrender of
certificates representing shares of Infoseek common stock will be mailed by
Disney to former Infoseek stockholders as soon as practicable after the
consummation of the merger.
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THE MERGER
Background of the Merger
In pursuing their strategies for enhancing stockholder value, each of Disney
and Infoseek regularly consider strategic opportunities, joint ventures,
acquisitions and other strategic alliances. These strategic considerations led
Disney and Infoseek to enter into an agreement in June 1998, under the terms of
which Disney acquired, in November 1998, approximately a 43% equity interest in
Infoseek.
Subsequent to the November 1998 acquisition, Disney and Infoseek determined
that stockholder value of both Disney and Infoseek could be further enhanced by
Disney acquiring a greater interest in Infoseek in connection with combining
the Internet businesses of both companies. On June 7, 1999, Disney announced
that it had entered into discussions with Infoseek in connection with a
potential transaction that would result in Disney acquiring all of the
outstanding shares of Infoseek not already owned by Disney or its affiliates.
Among the alternatives being considered at that time was the issuance of a new
class of Disney stock designed to track the combined performance of Disney's
existing Internet business and Infoseek, in exchange for the remaining Infoseek
common stock not owned by Disney or its affiliates.
From June 7, 1999 to June 26, 1999, Disney, together with Dewey Ballantine
LLP, its legal advisor, and its financial advisors, Goldman Sachs & Co. and
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., and Infoseek, together with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &
Rosati, Professional Corporation, its legal advisor, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated, its financial advisor, conducted legal and
financial due diligence and entered into negotiations regarding the terms of a
potential transaction and the reorganization agreement and the related
documents.
On June 27, 1999, the Infoseek board of directors, with only those members
of the Infoseek board not designated to the board by, employed by or otherwise
affiliated with Disney and its affiliates participating, met to consider the
proposed transaction with Disney. At this meeting, Infoseek management and its
financial, accounting and legal advisors reviewed with these disinterested
directors the status of negotiations and potential transaction terms under
discussion. Representatives of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated reviewed with the disinterested directors an overview of various
aspects of the proposed transaction structure, including a review of businesses
and assets that were proposed to be attributed to the new class of Disney
common stock, and a preliminary analysis of a number of valuation metrics
applicable to the potential transaction based upon materials previously
distributed to the board. Representatives of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
Professional Corporation also reviewed with the disinterested directors the
proposed terms of the new class of Disney common stock and a number of the
other terms and conditions of the proposed transaction. The disinterested
directors authorized and directed Infoseek management, in consultation with its
financial, accounting and legal advisors, to continue to negotiate the terms
and conditions of a proposed transaction with Disney.
The next day, Disney's board of directors met at a regularly scheduled board
meeting and discussed the proposed transaction. Disney management and Dewey
Ballantine LLP reviewed the status of the negotiations, the current terms of
the reorganization agreement and the related documents and unresolved issues.
At the meeting, Goldman, Sachs & Co. reviewed with the board of directors the
financial aspects of the merger and the Disney charter amendment proposal
generally. In addition, Disney's legal advisors reviewed with the board of
directors their fiduciary duties. After discussion, the Disney board of
directors unanimously authorized the officers of Disney to continue
negotiations with Infoseek.
Between June 29 and July 9, 1999, Disney and Infoseek, together with their
legal and financial advisors, continued their legal and financial due diligence
and negotiation of the terms and conditions of the proposed transaction, the
reorganization agreement and the related documents. At this stage, the
negotiations, in general, focused on the terms of the go.com Common Stock, the
governance of go.com following the merger and the inter-group arrangements
between the Disney Group and go.com.
On July 2, 1999, the Infoseek board of directors, again with only those
members of the Infoseek board not designated to the board by, employed by or
otherwise affiliated with Disney and its affiliates participating, met
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to further review with Infoseek management and its financial, accounting and
legal advisors the status of the due diligence investigations and the progress
of negotiations with Disney since their last meeting. The material issues
subject to ongoing negotiation were reviewed and the disinterested directors
directed management, in consultation with Infoseek's financial, accounting and
legal advisors, to continue negotiations with Disney on the proposed
transaction and the draft forms of reorganization agreement, the charter and
the common stock policies, copies of which had previously been circulated to
the board.
On July 9, 1999, Disney's board of directors met by conference call to again
review the status of the negotiations and the current terms of the proposed
transaction and the related documents. After considering presentations from
management and management's analysis of the proposed merger and the
presentations of Disney's legal and financial advisors, including the
presentation and opinion of Goldman, Sachs & Co. as to the fairness, from a
financial point of view, to Disney of the consideration to be paid by Disney in
the merger, the board of directors unanimously approved the merger, the
reorganization agreement and the related documents and voted to recommend that
Disney's stockholders approve the Disney proposals.
On that same date, Infoseek's board of directors, with only those members of
the board not designated to the board by, employed by or otherwise affiliated
with Disney and its affiliates participating, met to consider the proposed
transaction. At this meeting, Infoseek management, along with its financial,
accounting and legal advisors, updated the disinterested directors on their due
diligence investigations and reviewed the terms of the proposed transaction,
based upon the proposed definitive reorganization agreement, the charter, the
common stock policies and other materials previously circulated to the board.
This meeting included a discussion of the material terms of the proposed
transaction, including the businesses and assets to be combined, the terms of
the new class of Disney common stock to be received by Infoseek stockholders in
the transaction, and the corporate governance, tax and accounting treatment of
the contemplated transactions. In addition, representatives of Merrill Lynch
made a presentation to the disinterested directors regarding the valuation
aspects of the proposed transaction. This presentation included the several
analyses described under "--Opinion of Infoseek's Financial Advisor" below.
Representatives of Merrill Lynch also delivered its oral opinion, subsequently
confirmed in writing on July 9, 1999, that the consideration to be received in
the merger by the holders of Infoseek common stock, other than Disney and its
affiliates, is fair to the holders from a financial point of view. This meeting
concluded with the board's unanimously voting, with those directors designated
to the board by, employed by or otherwise affiliated with Disney not
participating, to approve the merger and the reorganization agreement and
related documents and to recommend that Infoseek's stockholders adopt the
reorganization agreement and approve the merger.
Following the approvals by each of Disney's board of directors and the
Infoseek board of directors, with only those members of the board not
designated to the board by, employed by or otherwise affiliated with Disney and
its affiliates participating, Infoseek and Disney entered into the
reorganization agreement on July 10, 1999. The reorganization agreement
provides for, among other things, the merger of Bingo Acquisition Corp. with
and into Infoseek, with Infoseek surviving the merger. The merger will become
effective in accordance with the certificate of merger to be filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
Joint Reasons for The Merger
Disney and Infoseek believe that the merger will:
. Result in the creation of a larger Internet business with the high
profile and branding strength possessed by Disney, enabling go.com to
attract more advertisers and strategic partners;
. Enable Disney and Infoseek to enhance the potential value of their
combined assets and businesses and to more effectively compete in the
Internet marketplace;
. Enable Disney and Infoseek to benefit from a management and operational
structure that can leverage the strength of Disney while retaining the
operating flexibility required of a successful Internet company;
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. Enable Disney and Infoseek to benefit from the potential financial and
operating synergies that will result from integrating the systems and
operations of Disney's existing Internet business and Infoseek; and
. Enable the combined entity to enjoy increased cross-promotion and cross-
marketing.
We describe the uncertainties associated with realizing these anticipated
benefits under the heading "Risk Factors."
Disney's Reasons for the Merger and the Disney Proposals
In reaching its decision to approve the merger and recommending that the
Disney stockholders approve the Disney proposals, the Disney board of directors
consulted with:
. Disney management regarding the business and financial condition of
Infoseek, trends and competitors in the Internet industry, Disney
management's investigation of Infoseek and the terms and other
considerations in the proposed merger;
. Its legal counsel regarding the proposed terms of the transaction, the
obligations of the board of directors in its consideration of the
proposed transaction and the legal due diligence of Infoseek;
. Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns, its financial advisors, regarding the
financial aspects of the proposed transaction and trends and competitors
in the Internet industry and Goldman Sachs regarding the fairness to
Disney, from a financial point of view, of the consideration to be paid
by Disney in the merger; and
. Its independent accountants regarding the accounting aspects of the
proposed transaction.
In reaching its conclusion that the merger was in the best interests of
Disney and its stockholders and in deciding to recommend that its stockholders
approve the Disney proposals, Disney's board of directors considered the
following information and factors:
. All of the reasons described above under "Joint Reasons for The Merger."
. The acquisition of Infoseek will assist Disney in achieving its strategic
objective of obtaining integrated management control of Infoseek and
Disney's existing Internet business.
. Alignment of interests, goals and objectives resulting from a unified
online business, allowing go.com to leverage synergies resulting from an
integrated management team, streamlined operations, and strengthened
infrastructure;
. The merger efficiently addresses Disney's desire for increased liquidity
and financing flexibility with respect to its existing Disney Internet
business.
. By separating the performance of the Disney Group and go.com into
separate, publicly traded classes of common stock, a number of factors
may work to enhance stockholder value, through, among other things:
(a) the separate reporting of go.com's operating results from those of
the Disney Group;
(b) the increase in market understanding and recognition of the value
(individually and collectively) of go.com and the Disney Group; and
(c) the fact that the resulting separate investment vehicles meet the
requirements of distinct investor groups--those investors looking for
yield and income of a relatively more mature business, in the case of
the Disney Group, and those investors looking for the growth
potential of a less mature business, in the case of go.com, which
should encourage proper valuation of the assets of each of the
groups.
. The Disney charter amendment proposal assists Disney in meeting the
capital requirements of go.com by creating an additional publicly traded
equity security that can be used to raise capital and as a valuable
currency for strategic acquisitions and investments. Because the Disney
board of directors does not expect to declare a dividend on the go.com
Common Stock for the foreseeable future, any issuance
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of such stock in connection with an acquisition or otherwise, would not
reduce cash flow that would otherwise be available for capital
investments.
. The two classes of common stock contemplated by the Disney charter
amendment proposal, as well as the stock incentive plan proposal, enhance
the ability of Disney to create more effective management incentive
approaches with the ability to direct business-specific options and
securities to employees of each group and, thereby, attract and retain
key personnel.
. The acquisition of Infoseek will provide Disney with the advantages of
doing business under common ownership, which were not available prior to
the acquisition. Each group will be able to benefit from the potential
synergies, including financial and operational benefits, that would not
be available if the Disney Group and go.com were not commonly owned.
Disney anticipates potential synergies relating to, among other things,
interest expense and overhead costs, and potential benefits from improved
cross-promotion and sales between groups.
. The opportunity for go.com to leverage Infoseek's online e-commerce
technologies and distribution with Disney products and existing delivery
infrastructure, including the potential benefits afforded to go.com by
migrating the Disney Catalog business to the Internet;
. The merger will enable Disney to maximize the strategic benefits relating
to the full integration of Disney's online and offline assets.
In addition, the Disney board of directors considered Disney's strategic
flexibility after implementation of the Disney charter amendment proposal,
including the ability to engage in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin
offs, split offs and recombinations, and to convert the go.com Common Stock, in
accordance with the terms of the Disney charter amendment proposal, after a
period of time. The Disney board of directors also considered other factors
relating to the Disney charter amendment proposal, including, among other
things:
. It is not expected that implementation of the Disney charter amendment
proposal will be taxable for United States federal income tax purposes to
Disney or its stockholders.
. The Disney Group's retained interest in go.com avoids the creation of a
substantial concentrated voting block of go.com Common Stock.
. In determining the fairness of the consideration to be paid in the
merger, Disney's board of directors considered, in consultation with its
financial advisor, the relative valuations of Disney's existing Internet
business and go.com. The Disney board of directors considered these
relative valuations in light of its approximate 42% interest in Infoseek
and Disney's existing Internet business being attributed to go.com. For
additional information concerning the potential valuation of go.com and
the implied value of the Disney Group's retained interest in go.com see
"--Opinion of Disney's Financial Advisor."
. Several other large, well-known companies have created equity securities
that are intended to reflect separately the performance of specific
businesses. The Disney board of directors considered the performance of
those securities and the performance of other equity securities
comparable to the newly created go.com Common Stock.
. The presentation and opinion of Goldman, Sachs & Co., Disney's financial
advisor, to the effect that, as of the date of the opinion, the
consideration to be paid by Disney in the merger is fair, from a
financial point of view, to Disney. The full text of Goldman Sachs'
opinion to the Disney board of directors, which sets forth the
assumptions made, matters considered and limitations on the review
undertaken in connection with the Goldman Sachs opinion, is attached as
Annex F and is incorporated into this document by reference. We urge
Disney stockholders to read the opinion carefully in its entirety.
The Disney board of directors also considered the following potential
adverse consequences of the Disney charter amendment proposal:
. There can be no assurance as to the degree to which the market price of
the go.com Common Stock and the Disney Common Stock will reflect the
performance of go.com and the Disney Group or the Disney Group's retained
interest in go.com, nor as to the impact of the Disney charter amendment
proposal on
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the market price of Disney's common stock prior to the merger and
implementation of the charter amendment proposal.
. The proposed charter amendment presents certain corporate governance
issues not present under Disney's current structure, such as the Disney
board of directors' fiduciary obligation to holders of different classes
of capital stock representing different lines of business. In particular,
in the future the interests of the two groups could diverge, or appear to
diverge, and complex issues could arise in resolving such conflicts that
effectively require the Disney board of directors to benefit, or appear
to benefit, one group at the expense of another.
. In general, the implementation of the Disney charter amendment proposal
will make the capital structure of Disney more complex and could cause
confusion among investors analyzing Disney's capital structure.
. Holders of Disney Common Stock and go.com Common Stock will continue to
bear the risks associated with an investment in a single corporation and
all of Disney's businesses, assets and liabilities.
. There is no direct legal authority regarding the tax treatment of
tracking stock, and the recent proposal by the Clinton Administration to
impose a corporate level tax on tracking stock similar to the go.com
Common Stock would, if enacted, require Disney, subsequent to the
issuance of the tracking stock, to revise its capital structure which
could adversely affect the go.com Common Stock and potentially the Disney
Common Stock.
. The acquisition of 100% of the ownership of Infoseek could have an
adverse impact on Disney's credit rating and cost of borrowing.
The Disney board of directors determined, however, that, on balance, the
positive aspects of the Disney charter amendment proposal outweigh any
potentially adverse consequences. The Disney board of directors ultimately
concluded that the merger and the Disney proposals are advisable and in the
best interests of Disney and its stockholders and are the best means to achieve
Disney's strategic goals.
In view of the number and wide variety of factors considered in connection
with its evaluation of the merger and the Disney proposals and the complexity
of these matters, Disney's board of directors did not find it practicable to,
nor did it attempt to, quantify, rank or otherwise assign relative weights to
the specific factors it considered. In addition, the Disney board of directors
did not undertake to make any specific determination as to whether any
particular factor was favorable or unfavorable to the Disney board of
directors' ultimate determination or assign any particular weight to any
factor, but rather conducted an overall analysis of the factors described
above, including through discussions with and questioning of Disney's
management and management's analysis of the merger and the proposed charter
amendment based on information received from Disney's legal, financial and
accounting advisors. In considering the factors described above, individual
members of Disney's board of directors may have given different weight to
different factors. Disney's board of directors considered all these factors as
a whole, and considered the factors overall to be favorable to and to support
its determination.
Recommendation of Disney's Board of Directors
The Disney board of directors has unanimously approved the Disney proposals
and believes that the merger and the adoption of the proposals are in the best
interests of Disney and its stockholders. Accordingly, the Disney board of
directors unanimously recommends that stockholders vote "FOR" the Disney
proposals.
Opinion of Disney's Financial Advisor
On July 9, 1999, Goldman Sachs delivered its oral opinion to Disney's board
of directors, which was subsequently confirmed by the written opinion of
Goldman Sachs dated July 10, 1999, that as of that date, and based upon and
subject to the various qualifications and assumptions described in its opinion,
the consideration to be paid by Disney pursuant to the reorganization agreement
was fair to Disney from a financial point of view.
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The full text of the written opinion of Goldman Sachs dated July 10, 1999,
which sets forth the assumptions made, procedures followed, matters considered
and limitations on the review undertaken in connection with the opinion, is
attached as Annex F to this joint proxy statement/prospectus and is
incorporated into this document by reference. Holders of Disney common stock
should read the opinion in its entirety.
In connection with its opinion, Goldman Sachs reviewed, among other things,
(1) the reorganization agreement, Disney's proposed charter amendment and
Disney's proposed common stock policies;
(2) Annual Reports to Stockholders and Annual Reports on Form 10-K of Disney
for the five fiscal years ended September 30, 1998;
(3) Annual Reports to Stockholders and Annual Reports on Form 10-K of
Infoseek and its predecessor for the two years ended December 31, 1997 and the
period from January 1 to October 3, 1998;
(4) interim reports to stockholders and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q of
Disney and Infoseek;
(5) other communications from Disney and Infoseek to their stockholders;
(6) other information furnished by Disney relating to Disney's existing
Internet assets and businesses;
(7) internal financial analyses and forecasts for Disney's existing Internet
assets and businesses and Infoseek prepared by the management of Disney; and
(8) internal financial analyses and forecasts for Infoseek prepared by the
management of Infoseek.
Goldman Sachs also held discussions with members of the senior management of
Disney and Infoseek regarding the strategic, financial and operating rationale
for, and expected benefits of, the proposed transactions and the past and
current business operations, financial condition and future prospects of
Disney's existing Internet assets and businesses and Infoseek. In addition,
Goldman Sachs reviewed the reported price and trading activity for shares of
the common stock of Infoseek, compared financial information for Disney's
existing Internet assets and businesses and financial and stock market
information for Infoseek with similar information for other companies the
securities of which are publicly traded, reviewed the financial terms of recent
business combinations in the Internet industry specifically and in other
industries generally and performed other studies and analyses as it considered
appropriate.
Goldman Sachs relied upon the accuracy and completeness of all of the
financial and other information reviewed by it and assumed the accuracy and
completeness of the financial and other information for purposes of rendering
its opinion. In addition, Goldman Sachs did not make an independent evaluation
or appraisal of the assets and liabilities of Disney or Infoseek or any of
their subsidiaries and was not furnished with any such evaluation or appraisal.
Although Goldman Sachs evaluated the merger consideration from a financial
point of view, Goldman Sachs was not requested to, and did not, recommend the
specific consideration payable in the merger, which consideration was
determined between Disney and Infoseek. No other limitations were imposed on
Goldman Sachs with respect to the investigations made or procedures followed in
rendering its opinion. The opinion of Goldman Sachs was provided for the
information and assistance of Disney's board of directors in connection with
its consideration of the merger and does not constitute a recommendation as to
how any stockholder should vote on any matter relating to the merger.
The following is a summary of the material financial analyses presented to
Disney's board of directors by Goldman Sachs in connection with providing its
oral opinion to Disney's board of directors on July 9, 1999. It does not
purport to be a complete description of the analyses performed by Goldman
Sachs. The order of analyses described, and the results of those analyses, do
not represent relative importance or weight given to those analyses by Goldman
Sachs. Except as otherwise described, the financial estimates used by Goldman
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Sachs for purposes of its analyses were provided to Goldman Sachs by management
of Disney. In addition, these analyses assumed that revenue from joint ventures
between Disney and Infoseek would be allocated to Disney's existing Internet
assets and businesses and Infoseek based on their proportionate ownership of
the joint ventures. Some of the summaries of the financial analyses include
information presented in tabular form. The tables must be read together with
the text accompanying each summary. Unless indicated otherwise, all dollar
amounts set forth in these tables are in millions.
Online Revenue Contribution Analysis
Goldman Sachs reviewed the relative historical and estimated future online
revenue contribution of Disney's existing Internet assets and businesses and
Infoseek to go.com, excluding the Disney Catalog revenues and potential synergy
revenues, for fiscal year 1998 and estimated fiscal years 1999 and 2000. The
results of this analysis were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Contribution of
Disney's
existing Internet
assets and Contribution of
businesses to Infoseek to
go.com online go.com online
revenue revenue
----------------- ---------------
<S> <C> <C>
FYE 1998
Online Revenue............................. 39% 61%
FYE 1999
Estimated Online Revenue................... 40% 60%
FYE 2000
Estimated Online Revenue................... 53% 47%
</TABLE>
Revenue Multiple and Growth Rate Comparison
Goldman Sachs reviewed estimates of future revenue of Infoseek, Disney's
existing Internet assets and businesses and several other companies in the
Internet industry, referred to as the Internet Companies, and, using these
estimates, derived and compared the multiples at which the common stock of
Infoseek and the Internet Companies trade based upon the closing stock prices
of these companies as of July 7, 1999. The Internet Companies consisted of:
Amazon.com
America Online
barnesandnoble.com
Beyond.com
CNET
eBay
iVillage
Lycos
MarketWatch
Preview Travel
CBS Sportsline
Yahoo
ZDNet
Infoseek's common stock traded at a multiple of 27x estimated revenue for
the twelve months ending September 30, 1999 and a multiple of 15x estimated
revenue for the twelve months ending September 30, 2000, compared with
multiples for the Internet Companies ranging from 11x to 133x estimated revenue
for the twelve months ending September 30, 1999 and multiples ranging from 5x
to 77x estimated revenue for the twelve months ending September 30, 2000.
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Using these estimates of future revenue, Goldman Sachs also derived and
compared the rates of growth in estimated revenue of Infoseek, the Internet
Companies and Disney's existing Internet assets and businesses for the fiscal
year ended September 30, 2000 over estimated revenue for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 1999. This comparison indicated that the estimated revenue growth
rate for Disney's existing Internet assets and businesses was materially higher
than the estimated revenue growth rate for Infoseek or any of the Internet
Companies. The estimates of future revenue of the Internet Companies used by
Goldman Sachs in this review were based on securities research analysts'
estimates and reports.
Valuation of Disney's Existing Internet Assets and Businesses
Goldman Sachs performed a theoretical analysis of the overall estimated
value of Disney's existing Internet assets and businesses. This valuation
estimate was generated by segmenting Disney's existing Internet assets and
businesses' estimated future online revenues and applying to each segment a
range of potential revenue multiples utilizing a range of revenue multiples for
comparable companies in each segment. From this range of potential revenue
multiples by segment, Goldman Sachs derived an implied potential blended online
revenue multiple range for Disney's existing Internet assets and businesses of
24x to 33x estimated online revenue for fiscal year 1999 and 12x to 16x
estimated online revenue for fiscal year 2000. Goldman Sachs then applied this
multiple range to Disney's existing Internet assets and businesses' estimated
online revenue for fiscal years 1999 and 2000. This resulted in an overall
estimated value for Disney's existing Internet assets and businesses based on
estimated online revenue for fiscal year 1999 ranging from $1.9 billion to $2.6
billion and based on estimated online revenue for fiscal year 2000 ranging from
$2.8 billion to $3.9 billion.
Implied Relative Value of Internet Assets Contributed by Disney
Goldman Sachs performed an analysis of the implied relative value
contributed by Disney to go.com, by applying potential multiples to the
estimated future online revenue contributed by each of Disney's existing
Internet assets and businesses and Infoseek to the combined estimated future
revenues of go.com. The multiples used for each of Disney's existing Internet
assets and businesses and Infoseek were 20x, 25x and 30x estimated fiscal year
1999 online revenue and 10x, 15x and 20x estimated fiscal year 2000 online
revenue. Disney's value contribution included an assumed value for Disney's
existing Internet assets and businesses' off-line catalog business of $116
million. Percentages in the table below represent Disney's contribution at the
assumed multiples indicated in the following table.
The results of this analysis were as follows:
Implied Relative Value Based on FYE
1999
Estimated Revenues
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Disney
Internet
Business
Infoseek Online
Revenue Revenue
Multiples Multiples
- --------- -------------
20x 25x 30x
--- --- ---
<S> <C> <C> <C>
20x 41% 47% 51%
25x 36 41 45
30x 32 37 41
</TABLE>
Implied Relative Value Based on FYE
2000
Estimated Revenues
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Disney
Internet
Business
Infoseek Online
Revenue Revenue
Multiples Multiples
- --------- -------------
10x 15x 20x
--- --- ---
<S> <C> <C> <C>
10x 54% 63% 70%
15x 44 54 60
20x 37 46 53
</TABLE>
Sensitivity Analysis of Disney Contribution
Goldman Sachs performed a sensitivity analysis of the relative value
contributed by Disney to go.com. For purposes of its analysis, Goldman Sachs
assumed that Infoseek's contribution to the estimated overall value of go.com
was equal to Infoseek's aggregate equity market capitalization as of July 7,
1999 of $3.3 billion. Disney's contribution to the estimated overall value of
go.com was measured using a range of assumed growth rates for Disney's existing
Internet assets and businesses' online revenues from fiscal year 1999 to fiscal
year
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2000 and applying a range of potential multiples of fiscal year 2000 online
revenues to the resulting online revenue amounts. Disney's value contribution
included an assumed value for Disney's existing Internet assets and businesses'
off-line catalog business of $116 million.
The results of this analysis were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Relative Value Contributed by
Disney to go.com (based on
Disney Internet Business
Revenue Contribution)
----------------------------------
2000 Estimated Disney
Internet
Business Online Revenue
Multiples
----------------------------------
10x 12x 14x 16x 18x 20x
FYE 1999--2000 Disney Internet ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Business Online Revenue--Assumed
Growth Rate (%)
--------------------------------
80%............................. 33% 37% 41% 44% 47% 49%
120%............................ 38 42 45 49 51 54
160%............................ 41 46 49 53 55 58
200%............................ 45 49 53 56 59 61
</TABLE>
Potential Increase in Value of Disney Internet Assets
Goldman Sachs analyzed the potential percentage increase in the value of
Disney's Internet assets resulting from Disney's contribution of Disney's
existing Internet assets and businesses to go.com in exchange for a 52.5%
interest in go.com. This 52.5% interest represents the percentage interest in
go.com attributable to Disney's contribution of Disney's existing Internet
assets and businesses before taking into account the interest in Infoseek
already owned by Disney and its affiliates. In this analysis, Goldman Sachs
compared the value of a 52.5% interest in go.com, based on multiples of
estimated fiscal year 2000 online revenues of 10x, 15x and 20x and assuming a
value for the off-line catalog business of $116 million, with the value of
Disney's existing Internet assets and businesses on a stand-alone basis at the
midpoint of the range of valuations for go.com based on fiscal year 1999
estimated revenues and fiscal year 2000 estimated revenues as set forth under
the caption "Valuation of Disney's Existing Internet Assets and Businesses"
above. This analysis indicated that the potential increase, or decrease, in the
value of Disney's Internet assets resulting from the exchange of Disney's
existing Internet assets and businesses for 52.5% of go.com ranged from an
increase of 10% to an increase of 117% relative to the midpoint valuation of
Disney's existing Internet assets and businesses based upon estimated fiscal
year 1999 online revenue and ranged from a decrease of 26% to an increase of
46% relative to the midpoint valuation of Disney's existing Internet assets and
businesses based upon estimated fiscal year 2000 online revenue.
Sensitivity Analysis of Potential Valuation of go.com
Goldman Sachs performed a sensitivity analysis of the potential valuation of
go.com, by applying a range of potential revenue multiples to a range of
estimated fiscal year 2000 revenues for go.com, assuming a value for the off-
line catalog business of $116 million.
The results of this analysis were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Potential Valuation
of go.com
--------------------
Estimated FYE 2000
Revenue Multiples
--------------------
FYE 1999-2000 go.com Online Revenue Growth 10x 15x 20x
------------------------------------------ ------ ------ ------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
60%.................................................... $3,296 $4,886 $6,476
90%.................................................... 3,896 5,786 7,676
120%................................................... 4,496 6,686 8,876
150%................................................... 5,096 7,586 10,076
</TABLE>
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Disney Earnings Per Share Impact
Goldman Sachs analyzed the pro forma impact of the merger on Disney's
estimated fiscal year 2000 earnings per share. In this analysis, Goldman Sachs
assumed an effective tax rate of 43.3% for Disney, a 0% tax rate for go.com and
no write-off for in-process research and development. This analysis indicated
that, for estimated fiscal year 2000, on a pro forma basis, the merger would
(1) increase Disney's cash earnings per share, after adding back goodwill
associated with Disney's interest in go.com, by $.01, (2) increase Disney's
earnings per share, after adding back goodwill and losses associated with
Disney's interest in go.com, by $.02 and (3) decrease Disney's reported
earnings per share by $0.12, when amortizing goodwill associated with Disney's
interest in go.com over 5 years, or by $0.35 when amortizing goodwill
associated with Disney's interest in go.com over 2 years.
Potential Pro Forma Disney Stock Price
Goldman Sachs analyzed the potential pro forma effect of the merger on the
common stock price of Disney, assuming values for go.com as a multiple of
estimated fiscal year 2000 revenue of 10x, 15x and 20x, taking into account
Disney's initial 72% pro forma ownership of go.com, and a range of potential
fiscal year 2000 price/earnings multiples for pro forma Disney, excluding
Disney's initial 72% pro forma ownership of go.com, of 30x, 35x and 40x. The
actual price of Disney common stock on July 7, 1999 was $28.06. This analysis
indicated a range of potential pro forma Disney common stock prices of between
$28 per share and $38 per share.
The preparation of a fairness opinion is a complex process and is not
necessarily susceptible to partial analysis or summary description. Selecting
portions of the analyses or of the summary set forth above, without considering
the analyses as a whole, could create an incomplete view of the processes
underlying Goldman Sachs' opinion. In arriving at its fairness determination,
Goldman Sachs considered the results of all its analyses and did not attribute
any particular weight to any factor or analysis considered by it. Rather,
Goldman Sachs made its determination as to fairness on the basis of its
experience and professional judgment after considering the results of all its
analyses. No company used in the above analyses as a comparison is directly
comparable to Disney's existing Internet assets and businesses or Infoseek and
no transaction used is directly comparable to the merger. The analyses were
prepared solely for purposes of Goldman Sachs' providing its opinion to
Disney's board of directors as to the fairness from a financial point of view
to Disney of the consideration to be paid by Disney pursuant to the
reorganization agreement and do not purport to be appraisals or necessarily
reflect the prices at which businesses or securities actually may be sold.
Analyses based upon forecasts or future results are not necessarily indicative
of actual future results, which may be significantly more or less favorable
than suggested by the analyses. Because analyses based on forecasts or future
results are inherently subject to uncertainty, being based upon numerous
factors or events beyond the control of the parties or their respective
advisors, none of Disney, Infoseek, Goldman Sachs or any other person assumes
responsibility if future results are materially different from those
forecasted. As described above, Goldman Sachs' opinion to Disney's board of
directors was one of many factors taken into consideration by Disney's board of
directors in making its determination to approve the reorganization agreement
and the merger. The foregoing summary does not purport to be a complete
description of the analyses performed by Goldman Sachs.
The Disney board of directors selected Goldman Sachs to act as its financial
advisor in the merger because Goldman Sachs is an internationally recognized
investment banking firm with substantial experience in the new media and
Internet industries and because Goldman Sachs is familiar with Disney, having
provided other investment banking services to Disney from time to time,
including having acted as agent on Disney's medium term note program, for which
Goldman Sachs received customary compensation. Goldman Sachs, as part of its
investment banking business, is continually engaged in the valuation of
businesses and their securities in connection with mergers and acquisitions,
negotiated underwritings, competitive biddings, secondary distributions of
listed and unlisted securities, private placements and valuations for estate,
corporate and other purposes.
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Goldman Sachs provides a full range of financial advisory and security
services and in the course of its normal trading activities may, from time to
time, effect transactions and hold securities, including derivative securities,
of Disney and Infoseek for its account and for the accounts of customers. As of
July 9, 1999, Goldman Sachs had accumulated a net long position of 282,167
shares of common stock of Disney, a net short position of 212,400 shares of
common stock of Disney through various option contracts, and a net short
position of 156,600 shares of common stock of Infoseek.
Pursuant to a letter agreement dated March 29, 1999, Disney engaged Goldman
Sachs as its financial advisor in connection with its consideration of
potential strategic transactions involving its investment in Infoseek and to
render an opinion with respect to the fairness of the consideration to be paid
by Disney in connection with a possible transaction. Pursuant to the terms of
the Goldman Sachs engagement letter, if the proposed transactions are
completed, Goldman Sachs will receive from Disney a cash transaction fee equal
to $4 million and a stock transaction fee of 77,422 shares of go.com common
stock. In addition, Disney has agreed to reimburse Goldman Sachs for its
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including attorney's fees, and to indemnify
Goldman Sachs against liabilities it incurs, including liabilities under the
federal securities laws.
Infoseek's Reasons for the Merger; Additional Considerations and
Recommendations
of the Infoseek Board
The Infoseek board of directors, with only the five members of the board of
directors who are not designated to the Infoseek board by, employed by, or
affiliated or associated with Disney or its affiliates participating, has held
several meetings to evaluate the merits of the merger. At its meeting on July
9, 1999, these disinterested directors concluded that the merger is in the best
interests of Infoseek and its stockholders, and voted unanimously to enter into
the reorganization agreement and to recommend that Infoseek stockholders vote
to adopt the reorganization agreement and approve the merger.
The decision of the Infoseek disinterested directors to authorize Infoseek
to enter into the reorganization agreement and to recommend that Infoseek
stockholders adopt the reorganization agreement and approve the merger was the
result of their careful consideration of a range of strategic alternatives,
including the pursuit of a long-term independent business strategy for
Infoseek. The disinterested directors' primary consideration was to identify
and secure the strategic alternative that would provide the greatest value to
Infoseek stockholders.
In reaching its decision, the Infoseek board, with only those members of the
board who were not designated to the Infoseek board by, employed by or
affiliated or associated with Disney participating, consulted with:
. Infoseek management regarding the business and financial condition of
Infoseek, trends and competitors in the Internet industry, Infoseek
management's investigation of Disney and Disney's Internet assets and the
terms and other considerations in the proposed merger;
. Merrill Lynch, its financial advisor, regarding the financial aspects of
the proposed transaction and the fairness, from a financial point of
view, of the consideration to be received by holders of Infoseek common
stock, other than Disney and its affiliates, in the merger;
. Its legal counsel regarding the proposed terms of the transaction, the
obligations of the members of the Infoseek board in its consideration of
the proposed transaction and the legal investigation of Disney and
Disney's Internet assets conducted by legal counsel; and
. Its independent accountants regarding the accounting aspects of the
proposed transaction.
In reaching its conclusion that the merger was in the best interests of
Infoseek and its stockholders, the Infoseek disinterested directors considered
the following information and factors:
. All of the reasons described above under "Joint Reasons for the Merger";
. Opportunities for go.com after combining Infoseek's business with
Disney's existing Internet business compared with the opportunities for
Infoseek as a stand-alone company;
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. Alignment of interests, goals and objectives resulting from a unified
online business, allowing go.com to leverage synergies resulting from an
integrated management team, streamlined operations, and strengthened
infrastructure;
. The extent to which Infoseek and Disney have already been successful in
working together to develop and launch the GO Network and other Internet
sites and the extent to which Infoseek presently cooperates and depends
on Disney, and the opportunity to exploit these as well as future
initiatives without the inefficiencies resulting from trying to
coordinate efforts between two separate companies;
. Consolidation of Disney's and Infoseek's online businesses, including all
of the ABC News and ESPN Internet Ventures and extension of the terms of
these joint ventures for 99 years after the merger;
. The ability to leverage Disney's robust business and relationships,
enabling go.com to more effectively pursue initiatives such as broadband
media, electronic commerce, and cross-network sponsorship opportunities
in order to increase the success of the GO Network;
. Access to Disney's brands and intellectual property significantly
increasing those presently available to Infoseek;
. Because the Internet industry continues to consolidate, creating a
business with broad content and substantial resources to effectively
compete in the future;
. Access to the substantial financial strength of Disney and the
availability of Disney's lower cost of capital;
. The recognized quality of Disney's Internet properties, for example,
Disney.com, Family.com and Disney's Club Blast;
. The opportunity for increased promotion by Disney for the GO Network and
go.com's business;
. The opportunity for go.com to leverage Infoseek's online e-commerce
technologies and distribution with Disney products and existing delivery
infrastructure, including the potential benefits afforded to go.com by
migrating the Disney Catalog business to the Internet;
. The formation of the New Media Advisory Group at Disney to provide go.com
with advice from former directors and officers of Infoseek during a one-
year transitional period following the merger;
. The presentation and opinion of Merrill Lynch that, as of the date of the
opinion, the consideration to be received by holders of Infoseek stock,
other than Disney and its affiliates, in the merger is fair, from a
financial point of view, to these stockholders. The full text of Merrill
Lynch's opinion, which sets forth the assumptions made, matters
considered and limitations on the review undertaken in connection with
the opinion of Merrill Lynch, is attached as Annex G and is incorporated
into this document by reference. We urge Infoseek stockholders to read
the opinion carefully in its entirety;
. The opportunity for Infoseek stockholders to participate in the potential
for growth of go.com's business after the merger in the form of go.com
Common Stock;
. The belief that the terms of the reorganization agreement, including the
parties' representations, warranties and covenants and the conditions to
each party's obligations, as well as the common stock policies which
govern the go.com Common Stock, are reasonable;
. Reports from Infoseek's management and legal and accounting advisors as
to the results of their due diligence; and
. The fact that the parties intend to treat the merger as a tax-free
reorganization under the Internal Revenue Code and the condition to
Infoseek's obligations that it receive an opinion of its counsel that the
merger is a tax-free reorganization.
The Infoseek disinterested directors also considered potentially negative
factors relating to the merger, including:
. The risk that the potential benefits anticipated to result from the
merger set forth above might not be realized;
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. The fact that there currently is no trading market for go.com common
stock and the uncertainty as to how the go.com common stock will trade
after the merger, including uncertainty as to whether the go.com Common
Stock will be valued by the trading market in similar fashion to
independent Internet companies;
. The fact that go.com will not be a separate independent company from
Disney as Infoseek presently is;
. The relative complexity of the terms of the go.com Common Stock and the
unique nature of the issuance of tracking stock in the context of an
acquisition;
. The fact that Disney common stock policies affecting the go.com Common
Stock are subject to change by resolution of the Disney board of
directors;
. The substantial costs that will be incurred in connection with the
merger, including the amortization of large amounts of goodwill, as well
as the costs of integrating the businesses and transaction expenses
arising from the merger;
. The risk that Infoseek's key sales, technical and management personnel
might not continue with go.com due to integration difficulties or
otherwise;
. The risk of future dilution to former Infoseek stockholders through the
issuance of go.com Common Stock in mergers and acquisitions or to finance
the operations of go.com and the issuance of options to purchase go.com
Common Stock to employees of go.com;
. The possibility of a decline in the value of the go.com Common Stock
following the merger;
. The risk that the merger or the public announcement of the merger could
harm Infoseek's relationships with some of its customers and strategic
partners;
. The possibility that the merger might not be completed, even if approved
by Infoseek and Disney stockholders, and the effect of public
announcement of the merger or any failure to complete the merger on
Infoseek's business and stock price, its ability to attract and retain
key management, sales and marketing and technical personnel and the fees
payable by Infoseek if the merger is terminated under some circumstances;
and
. Other potential risks described in this joint proxy statement/prospectus
under "Risk Factors."
In view of the number and wide variety of factors considered in connection
with its evaluation of the merger, and the complexity of these matters, the
Infoseek disinterested directors did not find it practicable to, nor did it
attempt to, quantify, rank or otherwise assign relative weights to the specific
factors it considered. In addition, the board did not undertake to make any
specific determination as to whether any particular factor was favorable or
unfavorable to its ultimate determination or assign any particular weight to
any factor, but rather conducted an overall analysis of the factors described
above, including through discussions with and questioning of Infoseek's
management and management's analysis of the proposed merger based on
information received from Infoseek's legal, financial and accounting advisors.
In considering the factors described above, individual members of the Infoseek
board of directors may have given different weight to different factors. The
Infoseek disinterested directors considered all these factors as a whole, and
overall considered the factors to be favorable to and to support its
determination.
Recommendation of Infoseek's Board of Directors
Infoseek's board of directors, with only those members of the board who were
not designated to the Infoseek board by, employed by or affiliated with Disney
participating, believes that the merger is fair to and in the best interests of
Infoseek and its stockholders and unanimously recommends to its stockholders
that they vote "FOR" the proposal to adopt the reorganization agreement and
approve the merger.
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Opinion of Infoseek's Financial Advisor
Infoseek retained Merrill Lynch to act as its financial advisor with respect
to the merger. In connection with its engagement, Infoseek requested that
Merrill Lynch evaluate the fairness, from a financial point of view, of the
consideration to be received in the merger by the holders of Infoseek's common
stock, other than Disney and its affiliates. At a meeting of Infoseek's board
of directors on July 9, 1999, with only those members of the board who are not
designated to the Infoseek board by, or employed by or affiliated or associated
with Disney participating, Merrill Lynch rendered its oral opinion,
subsequently confirmed in writing on July 9, 1999 that, as of that date and
based upon the assumptions made, matters considered and limits of review, as
set forth in the opinion, the consideration to be received in the merger by the
holders of Infoseek's common stock, other than Disney and its affiliates, was
fair to the holders from a financial point of view.
The full text of Merrill Lynch's opinion, which sets forth the assumptions
made, matters considered and limitations on the scope of review undertaken by
Merrill Lynch is attached as Annex G to this document and is incorporated into
this document by reference. The description of the opinion set forth in this
document is qualified by reference to the full text of the opinion.
Stockholders of Infoseek are urged to read the opinion in its entirety. Merrill
Lynch's opinion is addressed to Infoseek's board and addresses only the
fairness from a financial point of view of the consideration to be received in
the merger by Infoseek's stockholders, other than Disney and its affiliates.
The terms of the merger were determined on the basis of negotiations between
Infoseek and Disney. Merrill Lynch's opinion does not address the merits of the
underlying decision by Infoseek to engage in the merger and does not
constitute, nor should it be construed as, a recommendation to any stockholder
of Infoseek as to how the stockholder should vote on the merger or as to any
other matter in connection with the merger.
In arriving at its opinion, Merrill Lynch, among other things:
. reviewed publicly available business and financial information relating
to Infoseek and the assets and businesses to be attributed by Disney to
go.com that Merrill Lynch deemed to be relevant;
. reviewed information, including financial forecasts, relating to the
business, earnings, cash flow, assets, liabilities and prospects of
Infoseek and the interests to be attributed by Disney to go.com,
individually and on a combined basis, furnished to it by Infoseek and
Disney;
. conducted discussions with members of senior management and
representatives of Infoseek and Disney's Internet business concerning the
matters described in the clauses above, as well as their businesses and
prospects before and after giving effect to the merger;
. reviewed the market prices and valuation multiples for Infoseek's common
stock and compared it with those of publicly traded companies that
Merrill Lynch deemed to be relevant;
. reviewed the results of operations of Infoseek and the interests to be
attributed by Disney to go.com and compared them with those of publicly
traded companies that Merrill Lynch deemed to be relevant;
. compared the proposed financial terms of the merger with the financial
terms of other transactions that Merrill Lynch deemed to be relevant;
. participated in discussions and negotiations between representatives of
Infoseek and Disney and their financial and legal advisors;
. reviewed the potential pro forma impact of the merger;
. reviewed drafts of the reorganization agreement, Disney's proposed
charter amendment and the Disney's common stock policies; and
. reviewed other financial studies and analyses and took into account other
matters as Merrill Lynch deemed necessary, including its assessment of
general economic, market and monetary conditions.
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In preparing its opinion, Merrill Lynch:
. assumed and relied on the accuracy and completeness of all information
supplied or otherwise made available to it, discussed with or reviewed by
or for it, or publicly available, and Merrill Lynch did not assume any
responsibility for independently verifying the information;
. did not undertake an independent evaluation or appraisal of any of the
assets or liabilities of Infoseek or the interests to be attributed by
Disney to go.com, nor was Merrill Lynch furnished with any evaluation or
appraisal;
. did not assume any obligation to conduct any physical inspection of the
properties or facilities of Infoseek or the interests to be attributed by
Disney to go.com;
. with respect to the financial forecast information furnished to or
discussed with Merrill Lynch by Infoseek or Disney, Merrill Lynch assumed
that the information had been reasonably prepared and reflected the best
then available estimates and judgment of Infoseek's or Disney's
management as to the expected future financial performance of Infoseek or
the interests to be attributed by Disney to go.com, as the case may be,
individually and on a combined basis;
. assumed that the merger would qualify as a tax-free reorganization for
U.S. federal income tax purposes and that no change of law, as defined in
the reorganization agreement, which could have an adverse tax consequence
on the transaction has occurred or will occur;
. assumed that the final forms of each of the reorganization agreement,
Disney's certificate of incorporation and the Disney common stock
policies would be substantially similar to the last draft reviewed by
Merrill Lynch; and
. assumed that in the course of obtaining the necessary regulatory or other
consents or approvals, contractual or otherwise, for the merger, no
restrictions, including any divestiture requirements or amendments or
modifications, will be imposed that will have a material adverse effect
on the contemplated benefits of the merger.
Merrill Lynch's opinion was necessarily based upon market, economic and
other conditions as they existed and could be evaluated on, and on the
information made available to Merrill Lynch as of, the date of its opinion. In
arriving at its opinion, Merrill Lynch was not authorized to solicit, and did
not solicit, third party indications of interest for the acquisition of all or
any part of Infoseek. Merrill Lynch expressed no opinion as to the price at
which Infoseek common stock or go.com Common Stock will trade following the
announcement or consummation of the merger.
The matters considered by Merrill Lynch in arriving at its opinion are based
on numerous macroeconomic, operating and financial assumptions with respect to
industry performance and general business and economic conditions, many of
which are beyond the control of Infoseek and Disney. Any estimates incorporated
in the analyses performed by Merrill Lynch are not necessarily indicative of
actual past or future results or values, which may be significantly more or
less favorable than any estimates. Estimated values do not purport to be
appraisals and do not necessarily reflect the prices at which businesses or
companies may be sold in the future. Merrill Lynch's opinion does not present a
discussion of the relative merits of the merger as compared with any other
business plan or opportunity that might be presented to Infoseek, or the effect
of any other arrangement in which Infoseek might engage.
Set forth below is a summary of the material analyses presented by Merrill
Lynch to the Infoseek disinterested directors on July 9, 1999, in connection
with its opinion.
Relative Valuation Analysis
Based on the analysis described below, Merrill Lynch calculated a range of
percentages representing Infoseek's implied equity value as a percentage of the
implied equity value of go.com after giving effect to the merger utilizing:
. comparable company analysis;
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. comparable transaction analysis; and
. contribution analysis.
Merrill Lynch compared these percentage ranges to the approximately 49%
fully diluted equity interest in go.com allocated to the equity of Infoseek,
including that owned by Disney and its affiliates, in the merger. Merrill Lynch
noted that the implied equity value of Infoseek represented:
. from 37% to 59% of the implied value of go.com determined utilizing the
comparable company analysis;
. from 41% to 56% of the implied equity value of go.com based upon the
comparable transaction analysis; and
. from 36% to 59% of the combined implied value of go.com determined
utilizing the contribution analysis.
Comparable Company Analysis. In this analysis Merrill Lynch calculated the
implied equity value for Infoseek and the interests to be attributed by Disney
to go.com based upon ratios of certain financial and operating information for
comparable public companies and discounted cash flow analysis. Merrill Lynch
then allocated the implied value of synergies estimated to be realized as a
result of the merger equally between Infoseek and the interests to be
attributed by Disney to go.com. After calculating these implied equity values,
Merrill Lynch developed a range of percentages representing Infoseek's implied
equity value as a percentage of the implied equity value of go.com.
Implied Equity Value of Infoseek. Using publicly available information and
various forecasts prepared by Infoseek's management, Merrill Lynch compared
certain financial and operating information and ratios for Infoseek with the
corresponding financial and operating information and ratios for a group of
publicly traded online consumer portal companies, which are comparable to
Infoseek. Utilizing this information Merrill Lynch developed a range of total
enterprise value, defined as market value of common equity plus book value of
total debt and preferred stock less cash,
. as a multiple of estimated September fiscal year-end 1999 revenues, which
is referred to below as the "current year multiple," of 15.0x to 20.0x,
. as a multiple of estimated September fiscal year-end 2000 revenues, which
is referred to below as the "one year forward multiple," of 10.0x to
15.0x,
. as a multiple of average daily page views for the quarter ending March
1999 of $60 to $80, and
. as a multiple of estimated unique visitors for March 1999 of $100 to
$150.
Merrill Lynch then calculated implied equity values for Infoseek, adjusted
for the equity value of the joint ventures between Disney and Infoseek, using
. the current year multiple and one year forward multiple calculated above
and estimated revenues for Infoseek, excluding revenues associated with
the joint ventures between Disney and Infoseek, for September fiscal
year-end 1999 and September fiscal year-end 2000 and
. average daily page views for the quarter ending March 1999 and estimated
unique visitors for March 1999 for Infoseek and the appropriate multiples
calculated above.
Merrill Lynch then adjusted these implied equity values as necessary to
include the implied equity value of Infoseek's interest in its joint ventures
with Disney calculated below, to produce a range of implied equity value for
Infoseek of $2.1 billion to $3.2 billion.
Merrill Lynch then calculated implied equity values for Infoseek using
. the one year forward multiple calculated above and estimated revenues of
Infoseek for September fiscal year-end 2001, excluding revenues
associated with the joint ventures between Disney and Infoseek, and
discounting the resulting equity value using discount rates ranging from
25% to 30%, and
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. a discounted cash flow analysis, that is, an analysis of the present
value for the projected unlevered free cash flows and terminal value for
the periods and at the discount rates indicated, from 2000 to 2001 with
the terminal value based on estimated September fiscal year-end 2001
revenues, excluding revenues associated with the joint ventures between
Disney and Infoseek, a terminal multiple range of 14.0x to 19.0x and
discount rates ranging from 25% to 30%. Based upon this discounting
analysis, Merrill Lynch calculated a range of implied equity value for
Infoseek of $3.1 billion to $4.6 billion after including the value
attributed to Infoseek's interest in the joint ventures between Disney
and Infoseek.
Based upon this analysis, Merrill Lynch derived a reference range for the
implied equity value of Infoseek of $2.1 billion to $3.1 billion.
None of the companies comparable to Infoseek is, of course, identical to
Infoseek. Accordingly, a complete analysis of the results of the foregoing
calculations cannot be limited to a quantitative review of such results and
involves complex considerations and judgments concerning differences in
financial and operating characteristics of the companies comparable to Infoseek
and other factors that could affect the public trading value of the companies
comparable to Infoseek, as well as that of Infoseek.
Implied Equity Value of the Interests Attributed to go.com. Using publicly
available information and forecasts prepared by Infoseek's management, Merrill
Lynch compared certain financial information and ratios for the interests to be
attributed by Disney to go.com, excluding Infoseek's joint ventures with Disney
and the catalog business, which will be referred to as the "Disney Internet
Business," with the corresponding financial information and ratios for a group
of publicly traded companies comparable with the Disney Internet Business.
Utilizing this information Merrill Lynch developed a weighted average range of
one year forward multiples of 14.4x to 19.4x.
Merrill Lynch then calculated implied equity values for the Disney Internet
Business using the one year forward multiple calculated above and estimated
revenues for the Disney Internet Business for September fiscal year-end 2000
which when combined with the implied equity value of Disney interest in its
joint ventures with Infoseek and other assets to be attributed to go.com
resulted in a range of implied equity value for the interests to be attributed
by Disney to go.com of $2.5 billion to $3.5 billion.
Merrill Lynch then calculated implied equity values for the Disney Internet
Business using
. the one year forward multiple calculated above, adjusted for the change
in mix of revenues and estimated revenues for the Disney Internet
Business for September fiscal year-end 2001 and discounting the resulting
equity value using discount rates ranging from 25% to 30%, and
. a discounted cash flow analysis from 2000 to 2001, with the terminal
value based on estimated September fiscal year-end 2001 revenues for the
Disney Internet Business, terminal multiple range of 20.0x to 30.0x and
discount rates ranging from 25% to 30%.
Based upon this discounting analysis, Merrill Lynch calculated a range of
implied equity value of Disney's interest in the joint ventures between Disney
and Infoseek and other assets to be attributed to go.com that resulted in a
range of implied equity value for the interests to be attributed by Disney to
go.com of $3.2 billion to $4.6 billion.
Based upon this analysis, Merrill Lynch derived a reference range for the
implied equity value of the interests to be attributed by Disney to go.com of
$2.7 billion to $3.7 billion.
None of the companies comparable to the Disney Internet Business is, of
course, identical to the Disney Internet Business. Accordingly, a complete
analysis of the results of the foregoing calculations cannot be limited to a
quantitative review of such results and involves complex considerations and
judgments concerning differences in financial and operating characteristics of
the companies comparable to the Disney Internet Business and other factors that
could affect the public trading value of these companies, as well as that of
the Disney Internet Business.
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Implied Equity Value of the Joint Ventures.
ESPN Internet Ventures. Using publicly available information and various
forecasts prepared by Infoseek's management, Merrill Lynch compared certain
financial and operating information and ratios for ESPN Internet Ventures with
the corresponding financial and operating information and ratios with CBS
Sportsline, a comparable company to ESPN Internet Ventures. Utilizing this
information Merrill Lynch developed the following ranges:
. the current-year multiple of 20.0x to 30.0x,
. the one-year forward multiple of 10.0x to 15.0x,
. ratios of total enterprise value to average daily page views for the
quarter ending March 1999 of $80 to $120 and
. ratios of total enterprise value to estimated unique visitors for March
1999 of $150 to $210.
Merrill Lynch then calculated implied equity values for ESPN Internet
Ventures using the current year multiple and one year forward multiple and
estimated revenues for ESPN Internet Ventures for September fiscal year-end
1999 and September fiscal year-end 2000 and average daily page views for the
quarter ending March 1999 and estimated unique visitors for March 1999. After
adjusting for the term of this joint venture and certain minority ownership,
the Disney stake resulted in a range of implied equity values of $400 million
to $600 million.
The ESPN Internet Ventures comparable company is, of course, not identical
to ESPN Internet Ventures. Accordingly, a complete analysis of the results of
the foregoing calculations cannot be limited to a quantitative review of such
results and involves complex considerations and judgments concerning
differences in financial and operating characteristics of the ESPN Internet
Ventures comparable company and other factors that could affect the public
trading value of the ESPN Internet Ventures comparable company, as well as that
of ESPN Internet Ventures.
ABC News Internet Ventures. Using publicly available information and various
forecasts prepared by Infoseek's management, Merrill Lynch compared certain
financial and operating information and ratios for ABC News Internet Ventures
with the corresponding financial and operating information and ratios with CNET
and ZDNet, two companies which are comparable to ABC News Internet Ventures.
Utilizing this information Merrill Lynch developed the following ranges:
. the current-year multiple of 10.0x to 25.0x,
. the one-year forward multiple of 6.0x to 15.0x,
. ratios of total enterprise value to average daily page views for the
quarter ending March 1999 of $60 to $100 and
. ratios of total enterprise value to estimated unique visitors for March
1999 of $75 to $150.
Merrill Lynch then calculated implied equity values for ABC News Internet
Ventures using the current year multiple and one-year forward multiple and
estimated revenues for ABC News Internet Ventures for September fiscal year-end
1999 and September fiscal year-end 2000 and average daily page views for the
quarter ending March 1999 and estimated unique visitors for March 1999. After
adjusting for the term of this joint venture, the Disney stake resulted in a
range of implied equity value of $65 million to $150 million.
None of the comparable companies is, of course, identical to ABC News
Internet Ventures. Accordingly, a complete analysis of the results of the
foregoing calculations cannot be limited to a quantitative review of such
results and involves complex considerations and judgments concerning
differences in financial and operating characteristics of the comparable
company and other factors that could affect the public trading value of CNET
and ZDNet, as well as that of ABC News Internet Ventures.
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Percentage Ranges. After calculating ranges of implied equity values for
Infoseek and the interests to be attributed by Disney to go.com, Merrill Lynch
allocated the value of estimated synergies equally between Infoseek and the
interests to be attributed by Disney to go.com and developed a range of
percentages representing Infoseek's implied equity value as a percentage of the
implied equity value of go.com after giving effect to the merger of 38% to 56%
using the multiple based analysis, 40% to 59% using the discounted analysis and
37% to 54% using the derived reference ranges.
Comparable Transaction Analysis. Using publicly available information,
Merrill Lynch reviewed selected mergers and acquisitions that Merrill Lynch
deemed to be relevant. For each of the transactions, Merrill Lynch reviewed the
implied premium/discount of the price paid per share of common stock to the
issuing company's stock prices on the day before the announcement of the
respective transactions. This analysis yielded a range of relevant premiums of
10% to 25%.
Based upon this range of premiums Merrill Lynch calculated a range of
implied equity values for Infoseek using the market price for Infoseek common
stock on July 7, 1999, adjusted to eliminate the effect of the announcement on
June 7, 1999 of the potential acquisition of Infoseek by Disney, and premiums
between 10% and 25%. The adjusted share price for Infoseek common stock on July
7, 1999 was determined to be $38.31. Merrill Lynch then compared these implied
equity values to a range of implied equity values for go.com, including the
implied equity value for Infoseek using the adjusted price for Infoseek common
stock, the value of the estimated synergies and the implied equity value for
the interests to be attributed by Disney to go.com of $2.7 billion to $3.7
billion, which was derived from the comparable company analysis, and calculated
a range of percentages representing Infoseek's implied equity value as a
percentage of the implied equity value of go.com after giving effect to the
merger of 41% to 56%.
Contribution Analysis. Merrill Lynch analyzed the relative contributions of
Infoseek and the interests to be attributed by Disney to go.com to the revenues
of the combined entity. Using revenue assumptions provided by Infoseek for the
interests to be attributed by Disney to go.com, revenue assumptions for
Infoseek based on Wall Street analysts' projections, revenue assumptions for
Infoseek provided by Infoseek and allocating the revenue synergies estimated to
be realized as a result of the merger equally between Infoseek and the
interests to be attributed by Disney to go.com, Merrill Lynch observed that for
fiscal years 1999, 2000 and 2001, Infoseek would contribute 33% to 34%, 43% to
44% and 47% to 48%, respectively, of go.com's total revenue based on revenue
assumptions for Infoseek provided by Infoseek and 31% to 32%, 36% to 38%, and
40% to 41%, respectively, of go.com's total revenue based on revenue
assumptions for Infoseek from Wall Street analysts' projections.
Because of the different character of certain segments of the interests to
be attributed by Disney to go.com, Merrill Lynch excluded certain revenues of
the interests to be attributed by Disney to go.com related to the catalog
business, calculated the implied equity value for the online assets included in
the interests to be attributed by Disney to go.com based on its respective
revenue contribution and the implied equity value for Infoseek using the market
price of Infoseek common stock, adjusted to eliminate the effect of the
announcement on June 7, 1999 of the potential acquisition of Infoseek by
Disney. Merrill Lynch then analyzed the relative contributions of Infoseek and
the interests to be attributed by Disney to go.com to the combined entity,
after adjusting the contribution of Disney for the value of the catalog
business. Merrill Lynch observed that for fiscal years 1999, 2000 and 2001,
respectively, Infoseek would contribute 57% to 60%, 55% to 58% and 55% to 57%,
respectively, of go.com's total revenue based on revenue assumptions for
Infoseek provided by Infoseek and 55% to 58%, 50% to 52% and 49% to 50%,
respectively, of go.com's total revenue based on revenue assumptions for
Infoseek from various Wall Street analysts' projections.
Pro Forma Analysis
Merrill Lynch calculated a range of implied equity values on a per share
basis for go.com on a pro forma basis giving effect to the merger using
multiples of revenue analysis and discounted cash flow. It then compared this
range of implied equity values to the market price of Infoseek common stock as
of July 7, 1999,
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adjusted to eliminate the effect of the announcement on June 7, 1999 of the
potential acquisition of Infoseek by Disney. This adjusted share price for
Infoseek common stock was determined to be $38.31.
Utilizing pro forma projected revenues for go.com after giving effect to the
merger which were prepared by management of Infoseek, Merrill Lynch calculated
go.com's implied equity value on a per share basis as a multiple of estimated
fiscal year 2000 revenues of 12.0x to 15.0x. This analysis resulted in a per
share equity price value of $39.55 to $49.20 as compared to the adjusted price
for Infoseek common stock of $38.31. Merrill Lynch also calculated go.com's
implied equity value on a per share basis as a multiple of estimated fiscal
year 2001 revenues of 12.0x to 15.0x, discounted one year using rates ranging
from 25% to 30%. This analysis resulted in per share equity values of $50.20 to
$65.20 as compared to the adjusted price per share for Infoseek's common stock
of $38.31.
Merrill Lynch's performed a discounted cash flow analysis of go.com giving
effect to the merger, for the years 2000 through 2001, inclusive, based upon
forecasts prepared by Infoseek's management. Utilizing these forecasts, Merrill
Lynch calculated a range of implied equity values on a per share basis for
go.com based upon the sum of the discounted net present value of go.com's two-
year stream of projected unlevered free cash flows plus the discounted net
present value of the terminal value based on a range of multiples of its
projected fiscal year 2001 revenues, less net debt. Assuming discount rates
reflecting a weighted average cost of capital ranging from 25% to 30% and
terminal value multiples of fiscal year 2001 revenues ranging from 18.0x to
25.0x, Merrill Lynch calculated a range of implied equity values on a per share
basis for go.com of $53.10 to $81.60 as compared to the adjusted price per
share for Infoseek's common stock of $38.31.
Merrill Lynch also analyzed other pro forma effects to earnings per share
resulting from the merger for fiscal years 1999, 2000 and 2001. Using
projections provided by Infoseek, the analysis indicated that the merger would
be dilutive on a pro forma accounting basis for all years, both including and
excluding the effects of goodwill.
The summary set forth above does not purport to be a complete description of
the analyses performed by Merrill Lynch in arriving at its opinion. The
preparation of a fairness opinion is a complex and analytical process involving
various determinations as to the most appropriate and relevant methods of
financial analysis and the application of those methods to the particular
circumstances and, therefore, a fairness opinion is not readily susceptible to
partial or summary description. In arriving at its opinion, Merrill Lynch did
not attribute any particular weight to any analysis or factor considered by it,
but rather made qualitative judgments as to the significance and relevance of
each analysis and factor. Accordingly, Merrill Lynch believes that its analyses
must be considered as a whole and that selecting portions of its analyses and
of the factors considered by it, without considering all factors and analyses,
could create a misleading view of the analyses underlying its opinion.
Infoseek retained Merrill Lynch based upon Merrill Lynch's experience and
expertise. Merrill Lynch is an internationally recognized investment banking
and advisory firm with substantial experience in transactions similar to the
merger. Merrill Lynch is continually engaged in the valuation of businesses and
their securities in connection with mergers and acquisitions and for other
purposes.
Pursuant to a letter agreement, Infoseek has agreed to pay Merrill Lynch
. a fee of $250,000 payable on the date of the letter agreement and
. if the merger is consummated, a transaction fee ranging from $6,000,000
to $10,000,000 depending upon the equity value of Infoseek. Based upon
the closing sales price for shares of Infoseek common stock on September
29, 1999, the transaction fee would have been approximately $6,000,000.
In addition, Infoseek has agreed to reimburse Merrill Lynch for its
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including reasonable fees and expenses of
its legal counsel, subject to certain limitations, incurred in
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connection with its engagement, and to indemnify Merrill Lynch and related
persons against liabilities arising out of or in conjunction with its rendering
of services under its engagement, including liabilities under the federal
securities laws.
Merrill Lynch has in the past provided financial advisory and financing
services to Infoseek and Disney, and may continue to do so, and has received,
and may receive, customary fees for such services. In the ordinary course of
its business, Merrill Lynch may actively trade the securities and loans of
Infoseek and Disney for its own account and for the accounts of its customers
and, accordingly, may at any time hold a long or short position in those
securities and loans.
Accounting Treatment
The Infoseek merger will be accounted for by Disney as a purchase of a
business. Under this method of accounting, the assets and liabilities of
Infoseek will be recorded at their fair value, and any excess of Disney's
purchase price over this fair value will be accounted for as goodwill.
Results of operations of Infoseek, including the related amortization of
intangible assets and write-off of in-process research and development
associated with the merger, will be included in the results of operations of
go.com subsequent to the date on which the merger is completed.
Interests of Insiders in the Merger
In considering the recommendations of Disney's board of directors and the
Infoseek board of directors, with only those members of the board who were not
designated to the Infoseek board by, or employed by, or affiliated or
associated with Disney participating, with respect to the proposals, the Disney
stockholders and Infoseek stockholders should be aware that some directors and
members of the management of Infoseek have interests in the merger that are in
addition to their interests as Infoseek stockholders generally. The names and
titles of the individuals who are directors and/or executive officers of
Infoseek and who are known to have these additional interests are described
below. Infoseek's board of directors was aware of these interests and
considered them, among other matters, in approving the merger.
Interests of Infoseek Officers and Directors
Stock Ownership and Voting. As of the record date for the Infoseek special
meeting, directors and officers of Infoseek other than those directors and
officers affiliated or otherwise associated with Disney and its affiliates
beneficially owned 5,600,564 shares of Infoseek common stock, or approximately
8.93% of the outstanding shares of Infoseek common stock, excluding any shares
issuable upon the exercise of options and shares owned by Disney or its
affiliates.
Steven T. Kirsch, chairman of the board of directors of Infoseek, and Andrew
E. Newton, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Infoseek, have each
entered into a support agreement with Disney relating to the proposed merger.
As of July 10, 1999, Mr. Kirsch and Mr. Newton collectively owned 5,444,855
shares of Infoseek common stock, or approximately 9% of the outstanding shares
of Infoseek common stock. In those support agreements, Mr. Kirsch and Mr.
Newton have agreed to vote all of the shares over which they exercise voting
control in favor of the merger and the reorganization agreement and against
approval of any competing merger proposal or amendment to Infoseek's charter
documents that would be contrary to the merger. See "Other Material
Agreements--Support Agreements."
Stock Options. Executive officers of Infoseek who hold options to purchase
Infoseek common stock will have their options converted to options to acquire
go.com Common Stock. These options will continue to vest if these officers
continue to be employed by go.com. See "The Reorganization Agreement--Infoseek
Stock Options and Other Purchase Rights."
Unvested options to purchase Infoseek stock held by Infoseek board members
who are not employees of Infoseek or affiliated with Disney will not be assumed
by Disney in the merger. By their terms, the options will
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accelerate and be exercisable prior to the merger. Accordingly, assuming the
merger occurs on November 17, 1999, unvested options to purchase 39,792 shares
held by L. William Krause, unvested options to purchase 17,500 shares held by
Matthew J. Stover and unvested options to purchase 27,396 shares held by John
E. Zeisler will accelerate and be exercisable immediately prior to the merger.
Mr. Stover's options are held in the name of Mr. Stover for the benefit of Bell
Atlantic Corporation, and Mr. Stover disclaims beneficial ownership of such
shares. Any vested options held by any Infoseek directors will be converted
into options to acquire go.com Common Stock.
Employment Agreements. Under the terms of an employment offer letter dated
April 28, 1997, Harry M. Motro, President, Chief Executive Officer and a
director of Infoseek, will receive accelerated vesting on certain unvested
options held by him in the event of a change of control such as the merger.
Upon a change of control, 50% of Mr. Motro's then-unvested options from his
initial option grant of 750,000 shares will accelerate and become exercisable.
If Mr. Motro is terminated without cause, including a constructive termination,
all of his unvested Infoseek options will accelerate. As of the record date for
the Infoseek special meeting, 494,793 of Mr. Motro's Infoseek options from his
initial option grant are unvested. Mr. Motro has announced that, following the
closing of the merger and after a transition period, he will resign from
go.com.
Steven M. Bornstein, a member of the board of directors of Infoseek and the
former President of ABC, Inc. has entered into an employment agreement with
Buena Vista Internet Group, a subsidiary of Disney, which is referred to as
"BVIG," to serve initially as the Chairman of BVIG and, following the
reorganization with Infoseek, as the President of go.com. The agreement
commenced on September 7, 1999 and has a term of five years, with an additional
two-year renewal at the sole election of BVIG. Mr. Bornstein's base salary
under the agreement is $1.16 million per year, subject to annual review for
increase. Bonus compensation is at the discretion of the compensation committee
of the board of directors of Disney in accordance with Disney's bonus plan.
On the effective date of the reorganization, Mr. Bornstein will be granted a
nonqualified stock option pursuant to the terms of Disney's Amended and
Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan to purchase 1,000,000 shares of go.com
Common Stock. The stock option will have an exercise price per share of 100% of
the fair market value of go.com Common Stock on the date of grant. The options
will vest at a rate of 200,000 shares per year on the second, third, fourth and
fifth anniversary of the date of grant. The remaining 200,000 shares shall vest
on the fifth anniversary of the date of grant, unless BVIG exercises its
election to extend the terms of Mr. Bornstein's employment, in which case,
100,000 shares per year shall vest on the sixth and seventh anniversary of the
date of grant. If the reorganization does not take place, Mr. Bornstein will
remain the Chairman of BVIG and will receive, instead of the go.com option, a
stock option to purchase 200,000 shares of Disney Common Stock, provided that
if Disney enters into a similar acquisition for its Internet businesses, Mr.
Bornstein will receive instead an option of comparable value to the go.com
option described above.
The employment agreement may be terminated by BVIG or by Mr. Bornstein under
certain circumstances. If BVIG terminates the agreement for good cause, BVIG
will have no obligation to Mr. Bornstein other than to pay him amounts already
earned under the agreement and any plans or programs of BVIG. If the agreement
is terminated upon a breach by BVIG, Mr. Bornstein's sole remedy will be to
salary payments and rights under the stock option described above for the
remainder of the original term of the agreement, subject to mitigation and
offset by any other compensation earned by him.
The employment agreement includes certain restrictive covenants for the
benefit of BVIG relating to non-disclosure by Mr. Bornstein of confidential
business information, BVIG's right to inventions and intellectual property, and
noncompetition by Mr. Bornstein with Disney's business during his employment by
BVIG.
Retention Bonuses. Infoseek has adopted a retention bonus plan under which
Infoseek employees will receive retention bonuses if they remain employees of
Infoseek or its successor after the merger for a period of at least 60 days.
The amounts of the retention bonuses vary based upon base salary and job
specification. All of
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the executive officers are participants in the retention bonus plan. Infoseek
also may make discretionary bonuses to certain employees, including its
officers and directors.
Cross Directors. Infoseek directors Robert A. Iger, Steven M. Bornstein and
Thomas O. Staggs also hold management positions at Disney. Messrs. Iger and
Bornstein were appointed to the board at Disney's request in November 1998 in
connection with the Governance Agreement between Infoseek and Disney and
certain of its affiliates. Mr. Staggs was appointed to the Infoseek board in
July to replace Jacob J. Winebaum who previously served on the Infoseek board
of directors as a Disney designee. None of Messrs. Bornstein, Iger, Winebaum or
Staggs participated in the Infoseek board's consideration of the merger because
of their potential conflict of interest.
Indemnification and Insurance. Under the reorganization agreement, Disney
has agreed to:
. indemnify each director or officer of Infoseek as of the effective time
of the merger, including in connection with the transactions contemplated
by the reorganization agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by
Delaware law, Infoseek's certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other
agreements as of the date of the reorganization agreement; and
. provide, for a period of three years after the effective time of the
merger, an insurance and indemnification policy that provides Infoseek's
officers and directors in office immediately prior to the effective time
of the merger with coverage that is no less advantageous than Infoseek's
policy in effect as of the date of the reorganization agreement, subject
to certain cost limitations.
See "Principal Provisions of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization--
Principal Covenants--Assumption of Infoseek Option Plans; Employee Plans" for a
description of the continuation of benefits provided by the reorganization
agreement for employees of Infoseek generally.
Material Federal Income Tax Consequences
The following discussion is a summary of the material U.S. federal income
tax consequences of the merger, the Disney charter amendment and the issuance
of go.com Common Stock. The discussion insofar as it relates to Infoseek
stockholders addresses only those of you who hold your Infoseek common stock
and will, after the merger, hold your go.com Common Stock as a capital asset.
This summary does not discuss all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that
may be relevant to you in light of your particular tax circumstances, nor does
it discuss any state, local, foreign or non-income tax consequences. This
discussion does not address the federal income tax consequences that may be
applicable to taxpayers subject to special treatment under the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, which will be referred to as the "Code" in the
following discussion. For example:
. tax-exempt entities;
. partnerships, S corporations and other pass-through entities;
. mutual funds;
. small business investment companies;
. regulated investment companies;
. insurance companies and other financial institutions;
. dealers in securities;
. traders that mark to market;
. stockholders who hold their shares as part of a hedge, appreciated
financial position, straddle or conversion transaction;
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. stockholders who acquired their shares through the exercise of options or
otherwise as compensation or through a tax-qualified retirement plan; and
. individuals who are not citizens or residents of the United States,
foreign corporations and other foreign entities.
This discussion is based on the Code, Treasury Department regulations,
published positions of the Internal Revenue Service, which is referred to in
this document as the "IRS," and court decisions now in effect, all of which are
subject to change. In particular, the U.S. Congress could enact legislation or
the Treasury Department could issue regulations or other guidance, including,
without limitation, regulations issued pursuant to its broad authority under
Section 337(d) of the Code, affecting the treatment of stock with
characteristics similar to the go.com Common Stock. Any such change, which may
or may not be retroactive, could alter the tax consequences discussed in this
document. See "--Clinton Administration Proposal" below.
Dewey Ballantine LLP and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
Corporation, have provided opinions to Disney and Infoseek, respectively, based
on the law in effect as of the date of the filing of this joint proxy
statement/prospectus, regarding the material federal income tax consequences of
the merger, the Disney charter amendment and the issuance of the go.com Common
Stock. These opinions have been filed with the SEC as exhibits to the
registration statement of which this joint proxy statement/prospectus forms a
part. The opinions rely on assumptions, including assumptions regarding the
absence of changes in existing facts, the issuance of the go.com Common Stock
and Disney Class A Voting Preferred Stock in accordance with the proposed
amendment to the Disney certificate of incorporation and the preferred stock
certificate of designation, respectively, and the completion of the merger in
accordance with the joint proxy statement/prospectus and the reorganization
agreement. The opinions also rely on representations and covenants, including
those contained in the certificates furnished by officers of Disney and
Infoseek to Dewey Ballantine LLP and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
Professional Corporation, for purposes of rendering their opinions. If any of
these assumptions, representations or covenants are inaccurate, the conclusions
contained in the opinions could be affected.
It is a condition to the obligation of Disney to consummate the merger that
Disney receive an opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP, based upon reasonably
requested representation letters and dated as of the closing date of the
merger, to the effect that the merger will be treated as a reorganization
described in Section 368(a) of the Code, and neither Disney nor any of its
subsidiaries will recognize gain or loss by reason of the issuance of the
go.com Common Stock, in each case under the law in effect as of the closing
date of the merger. In addition, it is a condition to the obligation of
Infoseek to consummate the merger that Infoseek receive an opinion of Wilson
Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, based upon reasonably
requested representation letters and dated the closing date, to the effect that
the merger will be treated as a reorganization described in Section 368(a) of
the Code under the law in effect as of the closing date of the merger. See
"Principal Provisions of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization--Conditions
to the Consummation of the Merger."
The material federal income tax consequences of the merger, the Disney
charter amendment and the issuance of the go.com Common Stock to the Infoseek
stockholders, the Disney stockholders, Disney, Bingo Acquisition Corp. and
Infoseek, as set forth in both opinions filed as exhibits to this joint proxy
statement/prospectus are as follows:
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Infoseek Stockholders
. The go.com Common Stock will be treated as stock of Disney for U.S.
federal income tax purposes.
. The merger will be treated as a reorganization described in Section
368(a) of the Code.
. You will not recognize any gain or loss upon the exchange of your
Infoseek common stock solely for shares of go.com Common Stock pursuant
to the merger, except with respect to any cash you receive instead of a
fractional share of go.com Common Stock.
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. You will have an aggregate tax basis in the shares of go.com Common Stock
you receive in the merger, including any fractional share of go.com
Common Stock for which cash is received, equal to the aggregate tax basis
of the shares of Infoseek common stock exchanged for them.
. The holding period for shares of go.com Common Stock you receive pursuant
to the merger will include the holding period of the shares of Infoseek
common stock you exchanged for them.
. If you receive cash instead of a fractional share of go.com Common Stock
you will be treated as having received the fractional share in the merger
and then as having the fractional share redeemed by Disney in a
distribution under Section 302 of the Code. Accordingly, you should
generally recognize gain or loss equal to the difference, if any, between
the tax basis of the fractional share and the amount of cash you receive.
The gain or loss generally will be capital gain or loss and, if you are
an individual, any long-term capital gain will be eligible for reduced
rates of taxation if the Infoseek common stock you exchange was held by
you for more than one year.
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Disney Stockholders
. Disney's stockholders will not recognize any gain or loss for U.S.
federal income tax purposes as result of either the merger or the Disney
charter amendment.
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Disney, Bingo Acquisition
Corp. and Infoseek
. The go.com Common Stock will be treated as stock of Disney for U.S.
federal income tax purposes and no gain or loss will be recognized by
Disney or any of its subsidiaries upon the issuance of the go.com Common
Stock.
. Neither Disney, Bingo Acquisition Corp., nor Infoseek will recognize any
material income or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result
of the merger.
No IRS Ruling
We have not sought any ruling from the IRS in connection with the merger or
Disney's issuance of go.com Common Stock. The IRS has announced that it will
not issue any advance rulings on the classification of an instrument similar to
the go.com Common Stock that has certain voting and liquidation rights in an
issuing corporation but whose dividend rights are determined by reference to
the earnings of a segregated portion of the issuing corporation's assets,
including assets held by a subsidiary. In addition, there are no court
decisions or other authorities that bear directly on the tax effects of the
issuance and classification of stock with the features of the go.com Common
Stock or, for that matter, certain other criteria unrelated to the issuance or
classification of the go.com Common Stock that must be met in order for your
exchange of Infoseek common stock for go.com Common Stock in the merger to
qualify for tax-free treatment. Further, the tax opinions described above are
not binding on the IRS or the courts. Thus, it is possible that the IRS could
successfully take the position that:
. the go.com Common Stock is stock of a separate corporation, not stock of
Disney;
. the receipt of go.com Common Stock is a taxable event to Infoseek
stockholders who exchange their Infoseek common stock for shares of
go.com Common Stock pursuant to the merger;
. Disney or one or more of its subsidiaries recognized a significant
taxable gain by reason of the merger or the issuance of the go.com Common
Stock; and/or
. go.com is not includable in Disney's consolidated U.S. federal income tax
return, and, among other things, any dividends paid or deemed paid to
Disney by go.com could be taxable to Disney, subject to any applicable
dividends received deduction.
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The preceding summary of the tax opinions and related matters does not
purport to be a complete analysis or discussion of all potential tax effects
relevant to the merger and the charter amendment. Thus, you are urged to
consult your own tax advisors as to the specific tax consequences to you of the
merger, the issuance of the go.com Common Stock and the Disney charter
amendment, including tax return reporting requirements, the applicability and
effect of federal, state, local, foreign and other tax laws and the effect of
any proposed changes in the tax laws.
Clinton Administration Proposal
A recent proposal by the Clinton Administration would impose a corporate
level tax on the issuance of stock similar to the go.com Common Stock. For a
description of the risks associated with this proposal, see "Risk Factors--
Recent Clinton Administration proposal, if enacted, would result in taxation on
issuances of tracking stock."
Other Tax Matters
It is a condition to the obligation of Disney to consummate the merger that
Disney receive an opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP, based upon reasonably
requested representation letters and dated the closing date, to the effect that
the merger will be treated as a reorganization described in Section 368(a) of
the Code, and neither Disney nor any of its subsidiaries will recognize gain or
loss by reason of the issuance of the go.com Common Stock, in each case under
the law in effect as of the closing date of the merger. In addition, it is a
condition to the obligation of Infoseek to consummate the merger that Infoseek
receive an opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
Corporation, based upon reasonably requested representation letters and dated
the closing date, to the effect that the merger will be treated as a
reorganization described in Section 368(a) of the Code under the law in effect
as of the closing date of the merger. Neither Disney nor Infoseek currently
intends to waive the condition that it receive its respective tax opinion
described above. In the unlikely event that the parties do decide to waive the
condition, however, Disney and Infoseek will recirculate this document to
disclose the waiver of the condition and all related material disclosures,
including the risks to Infoseek stockholders resulting from the waiver, and
will resolicit proxies from the Infoseek stockholders.
Regulatory Matters
The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and
the rules and regulations promulgated under that Act, prohibits Disney and
Infoseek from consummating the merger until they had notified and furnished
information to the United States Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust
Division of the United States Department of Justice and the specified waiting
period requirements under the Act were satisfied. On September 9, 1999, in
connection with the merger, Disney and Infoseek each filed with the FTC and the
Antitrust Division a Notification and Report Form under the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Act, and do not anticipate that the applicable waiting period under the Hart-
Scott-Rodino Act relating to the merger will materially affect the consummation
of the merger. On September 23, 1999, the FTC granted early termination of the
review period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.
Notwithstanding the FTC's grant of early termination of the review period
under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act relating to the merger, at any time before or
after the completion of the merger, either the Antitrust Division or the FTC
could take any action under the antitrust laws as it deems necessary or
desirable or in the public interest, including seeking to enjoin the
consummation of the merger or seeking the divestiture of substantial assets of
Disney or Infoseek. Private parties and the state attorneys general may also
bring actions under the United States antitrust laws depending on the
circumstances. Although Disney and Infoseek believe that the merger is legal
under the United States antitrust laws, there can be no assurance that a
challenge to the merger on antitrust grounds will not be made or if such a
challenge is made, that it would not be successful.
Both Disney and Infoseek conduct operations in a number of other foreign
countries where regulatory filings, notifications or approvals with applicable
commissions and other authorities may be required in connection with
consummation of the merger. The parties do not anticipate that any such foreign
filings will materially affect the consummation of the merger.
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No Appraisal or Dissenters' Rights
Infoseek is a Delaware corporation. Section 262 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law provides appraisal or dissenters' rights under particular
circumstances to stockholders of a Delaware corporation that is involved in a
merger. In general, these rights confer on stockholders who oppose the merger
or consolidation the right to receive the fair value for their shares as
determined in a judicial appraisal proceeding, in lieu of the consideration
being offered in the merger. Infoseek stockholders are not entitled to
appraisal or dissenters' rights under Delaware law in connection with the
merger because the shares of Infoseek common stock were listed on the Nasdaq
National Market on the record date for the Infoseek special meeting and the
go.com Common Stock to be issued in the merger will be listed on the New York
Stock Exchange at the effective time of the merger.
The Disney stockholders are not entitled to appraisal or dissenters' rights
under Delaware law in connection with the merger because Disney is not a
constituent corporation in the merger.
Federal Securities Laws Consequences; Stock Transfer Restriction Agreements
This document does not cover any resales of the shares of go.com Common
Stock to be received by Infoseek's stockholders in the merger, and no person is
authorized to make any use of this document in connection with any such resale.
All shares of go.com Common Stock that Infoseek stockholders receive in the
merger will be freely transferable, with the exception of the shares of go.com
Common Stock received by persons who are deemed to be "affiliates" of Infoseek
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated under that Act, at the time of the Infoseek special meeting. These
"affiliates" may re-sell their shares of go.com Common Stock only in
transactions permitted by Rule 145 under the Securities Act of 1933 or as
otherwise permitted under that Act. Persons who may be deemed to be affiliates
of Infoseek for such purposes generally include individuals or entities that
control, are controlled by or are under common control with Infoseek and may
include some officers, directors and principal stockholders of Infoseek. The
reorganization agreement provides that, subject to applicable law, Infoseek
share certificates surrendered for exchange pursuant to the reorganization
agreement by any person constituting an "affiliate" of Infoseek will not be
exchanged until Disney receives an executed letter agreement to the effect that
those persons will not offer or sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of
go.com Common Stock issued to them in the merger in violation of the Securities
Act of 1933.
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COMPARATIVE PER SHARE MARKET PRICE
AND DIVIDEND INFORMATION
For the calendar quarters indicated, the table below sets forth:
. The high and low closing prices per share of Disney common stock, as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transaction Tape and
the high and low closing prices per share of Infoseek common stock, as
reported on the Nasdaq National Market, in each case, based on published
financial sources.
. The cash dividends per share of Disney common stock. Beginning January 1,
1999, Disney no longer declares and pays quarterly dividends, but instead
intends to declare and pay an annual dividend. Infoseek has never
declared or paid any cash dividends on shares of Infoseek common stock.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Disney Infoseek
Common Stock Common Stock
------------------------- ---------------
Market Price Market Price
--------------- Cash ---------------
High Low Dividends High Low
------- ------- --------- ------- -------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Calendar 1997
First Quarter................... $26.047 $22.453 $0.044 $10.750 $ 6.250
Second Quarter.................. 28.172 23.703 0.044 8.000 4.500
Third Quarter................... 26.984 25.063 0.044 9.281 4.688
Fourth Quarter.................. 33.000 25.922 0.044 13.750 8.000
Calendar 1998
First Quarter................... $38.297 $31.484 $0.053 20.750 $10.000
Second Quarter.................. 42.375 35.016 0.053 44.188 19.875
Third Quarter................... 39.875 24.438 0.053 37.813 17.000
Fourth Quarter.................. 33.563 23.500 0.000 55.875 18.500
Calendar 1999
First Quarter................... $38.000 $29.563 $ 0.00 $88.000 $46.875
Second Quarter.................. 35.438 28.813 0.00 87.125 36.688
Third Quarter (through September
29)............................ 30.188 25.188 0.00 55.875 26.125
</TABLE>
The sales prices per share of Disney common stock reflect a 3-for-1 stock
split effective June 1998.
The go.com Common Stock to be issued in connection with the merger has no
prior trading market and will have no trading market until after completion of
the merger. The go.com Common Stock has been approved for listing on the New
York Stock Exchange under the symbol "GO," subject to official notice of
issuance.
On July 9, 1999, the closing price per share of Disney common stock quoted
on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transaction Tape was $27.625, and the
closing price per share of Infoseek common stock reported on the Nasdaq
National Market was $51.50. On September 29, 1999, the most recent practicable
date prior to the printing of this document, the closing price per share of
Disney common stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite
Transaction Tape was $26.188, and the closing price per share of Infoseek
common stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market was $30.875. We urge
stockholders to obtain current market quotations.
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SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA
Disney and Infoseek stockholders should read the selected financial data
presented below in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and
the notes to the financial statements incorporated by reference for Disney.
Disney
The following table presents selected historical consolidated financial data
for Disney as of and for the years ended September 30, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995
and 1994 and as of and for the nine months ended June 30, 1999 and 1998. The
statement of income and cash flows data for the years ended September 30, 1998,
1997 and 1996 and for the nine months ended June 30, 1999 and 1998 and the
balance sheet data as of September 30, 1998 and 1997 and June 30, 1999 were
derived from the consolidated financial statements of Disney which are
incorporated by reference in this document. Statement of income and cash flows
data for the years ended September 30, 1995 and 1994 and balance sheet data as
of September 30, 1996, 1995 and 1994 and June 30, 1998 were derived from
Disney's consolidated financial statements. This table should be read in
conjunction with the selected historical financial data and management's
discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations for
the Disney Group and Disney's existing Internet business and financial
statements of the Disney Group and Disney's existing Internet business within
Annex I and Annex J of this document, respectively.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended
June 30 Year Ended September 30
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1999(1) 1998 1998 1997(2) 1996(3) 1995 1994
----------- ----------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
(unaudited) (unaudited)
(In millions, except per share data)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Statements of income
Revenues............... $17,621 $16,829 $22,976 $22,473 $18,739 $12,151 $10,090
Operating income....... 3,055 3,264 4,015 4,447 3,033 2,466 1,972
Net income............. 1,215 1,554 1,850 1,966 1,214 1,380 1,110
Per share--(4)
Earnings
Diluted.............. $ 0.58 $ 0.75 $ 0.89 $ 0.95 $ 0.65 $ 0.87 $ 0.68
Basic................ $ 0.59 0.76 0.91 0.97 0.66 0.88 0.69
Dividends.............. -- 0.14 0.20 0.17 0.14 0.12 0.10
Balance sheets
Total assets........... $43,244 $40,036 $41,378 $38,497 $37,341 $14,995 $13,110
Borrowings............. 12,101 11,972 11,685 11,068 12,342 2,984 2,937
Stockholders' equity... 20,811 19,214 19,388 17,285 16,086 6,651 5,508
Statements of cash flows
Cash provided by
operations............ $ 4,393 $ 3,842 $ 5,115 $ 5,099 $ 3,707 $ 3,510 $ 2,808
Investing activities... (4,051) (4,060) (5,665) (3,936) (12,546) (2,288) (2,887)
Financing activities... 382 754 360 (1,124) 8,040 (332) (97)
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(1) 1999 interim results include a $345 million gain from the sale of Starwave.
The diluted earnings per share impact of the gain was $0.10. See Disney's
unaudited consolidated financial statements which are incorporated by
reference in this document.
(2) 1997 results include a $135 million gain from the sale of KCAL-TV. The
diluted earnings per share impact of the gain was $0.04. See Disney's
consolidated financial statements which are incorporated by reference in
this document.
(3) 1996 results include a $300 million non-cash charge pertaining to the
implementation of SFAS 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived
Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of," and a $225 million
charge for costs related to the acquisition of ABC. The earnings per share
impacts of these charges were $0.10 and $0.07, respectively. See Disney's
consolidated financial statements which are incorporated by reference in
this document.
(4) Earnings and dividends per share have been adjusted to give effect to the
three-for-one split of Disney's common shares effective June 1998. See
Disney's consolidated financial statements which are incorporated by
reference in this document.
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Disney Group
The following table presents selected historical combined financial data for
the Disney Group as of and for the years ended September 30, 1998, 1997, 1996,
1995 and 1994 and as of and for the nine months ended June 30, 1999 and 1998.
The statement of income and cash flows data for the years ended September 30,
1998, 1997 and 1996 and for the nine months ended June 30, 1999 and 1998 and
the balance sheet data as of September 30, 1998 and 1997 and June 30, 1999 were
derived from the combined financial statements of the Disney Group which are
included in Annex I in this document. Statement of income and cash flows data
for the years ended September 30, 1995 and 1994 and balance sheet data as of
September 30, 1996, 1995 and 1994 and June 30, 1998 were derived from the
Disney Group's unaudited combined financial statements. This table should be
read in conjunction with the selected historical financial data and
management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of
operations for the Disney Group and Disney's existing Internet business and
financial statements of the Disney Group and Disney's existing Internet
business within Annex I and Annex J of this document, respectively.
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<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended
June 30 Year Ended September 30
----------------------- --------------------------------------------------
1999 1998 1998 1997(1) 1996(2) 1995 1994
----------- ----------- ------- ------- ------- ----------- -----------
(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
(In millions)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Statements of income
Revenues.............. $17,461 $16,627 $22,716 $22,299 $18,658 $12,102 $10,059
Operating income...... 2,753 3,328 4,115 4,510 3,054 2,463 1,968
Net income(3)......... 1,215 1,554 1,850 1,966 1,214 1,380 1,110
Balance sheets(4)
Total assets.......... $42,963 39,987 $41,305 $38,425 $37,323 $14,981 $13,103
Borrowings............ 11,975 11,972 11,685 11,068 12,342 2,984 2,937
Group equity.......... 20,811 19,214 19,388 17,285 16,086 6,651 5,508
Statements of cash flows
Cash provided by
operations........... $ 4,443 $ 3,906 $ 5,206 $ 5,136 $ 3,730 $ 3,510 $ 2,808
Investing activities.. (3,961) (4,037) (5,638) (3,870) (12,541) 2,288 (2,887)
Financing activities.. 249 669 256 (1,249) 8,014 (332) (97)
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(1) 1997 results include a $135 million gain from the sale of KCAL-TV. See Note
3 to the Disney Group's combined financial statements.
(2) 1996 results include a $300 million non-cash charge pertaining to the
implementation of SFAS 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived
Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of," and a $225 million
charge for costs related to the acquisition of ABC. See Notes 3 and 12 to
the Disney Group's combined financial statements.
(3) No historical earnings per share or share data are presented as the Disney
Group does not consider such data meaningful. After reclassification of
Disney common stock as Disney Common Stock, Disney will report earnings per
share data for the Disney Group and go.com, but not for Disney.
(4) Balance sheet data as of September 30, 1996 is unaudited.
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Disney's Existing Internet Business
The following table presents selected historical combined financial data for
Disney's existing Internet business as of and for the years ended September 30,
1998, 1997, 1996, 1995 and 1994 and as of and for the nine months ended June
30, 1999 and 1998. The statement of operations data and cash flows data for the
years ended September 30, 1998, 1997 and 1996 and for the nine months ended
June 30, 1999 and 1998 and the balance sheet data as of September 30, 1998 and
1997 and June 30, 1999 were derived from the combined financial statements of
Disney's existing Internet business which are included in Annex J in this
document. Statement of operations data and cash flows data for the years ended
September 30, 1995 and 1994 and balance sheet data as of September 30, 1996,
1995 and 1994 and June 30, 1998 were derived from Disney's existing Internet
business' unaudited combined financial statements. This table should be read in
conjunction with the selected historical financial data and management's
discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations for
the Disney Group and Disney's existing Internet business and financial
statements of the Disney Group and Disney's existing Internet business within
Annex I and Annex J of this document, respectively.
On November 18, 1998, Disney's existing Internet business exchanged its
approximately 90% ownership interest in Starwave Corporation plus cash for an
approximately 43% ownership interest in Infoseek (see Notes 3 and 13 to
Disney's existing Internet business' combined financial statements included in
Annex J of this document). Accordingly, the data as of and for the nine months
ended June 30, 1999 below incorporate Starwave as a consolidated subsidiary
from October 1, 1998 until November 18, 1998, at which date Disney's existing
Internet business recognized a $345.0 million non-cash gain from the sale of
Starwave, and reflect Disney's existing Internet business' interest in
Infoseek's net assets and operating results under the equity method of
accounting for the period from November 18, 1998 through June 30, 1999. In
addition, since the disposition of Starwave reduced Disney's existing Internet
business' ownership interests in ESPN and ABC News Internet joint ventures with
Starwave, the data as of and for the nine months ended June 30, 1999 reflect
the change from consolidation to equity method accounting for ESPN and ABC News
Internet Ventures. As a result of these events, information presented below for
periods after September 30, 1998 may not be directly comparable to data for
prior or subsequent periods.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended
June 30 Year Ended September 30
----------------------- ------------------------------------------------------
1999 1998 1998 1997 1996 1995(3) 1994(3)
----------- ----------- --------- -------- -------- ----------- -----------
(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
(In thousands)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Statements of operations
Internet revenues(1)... $ 43,164 $ 48,888 $ 67,764 $ 26,977 $ 5,453 $ -- $ --
Catalog revenues....... 116,634 153,251 191,808 146,613 75,508 49,249 30,589
Gain on sale of
Starwave.............. 345,048 -- -- -- -- -- --
Operating income
(loss)................ 302,318 (63,732) (100,592) (63,282) (20,672) 2,533 3,933
Net income
(loss)(2)(5).......... 24,233 (45,276) (71,070) (46,497) (15,299) 801 1,758
Balance sheets(4)
Total assets........... $714,415 $320,382 $ 335,945 $168,044 $ 38,853 $24,089 $ 4,502
Total liabilities...... 280,964 49,224 73,619 71,676 17,950 13,805 7,397
Group equity........... 433,451 271,158 262,326 96,368 20,903 10,284 (2,895)
Statements of cash flows
Cash provided (used) by
operations............ $(50,781) $(64,090) $ (92,072) $(36,571) $(23,364)
Investing activities... (89,892) (23,210) (26,592) (65,877) (4,818)
Financing activities... 132,992 84,764 104,000 124,794 26,094
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(1) If Starwave and the related businesses had been accounted for using the
equity method of accounting during 1998, pro forma Internet revenues for
the nine months ended June 30, 1998 would have been $26.7 million,
resulting in a $16.5 million increase in revenue from the nine months
ended June 30, 1998 to the nine months ended June 30, 1999.
(2) No historical earnings per share or share data are presented as Disney's
existing Internet business does not consider such data meaningful. After
issuance of go.com Common Stock, Disney will report earnings per share
data for the Disney Group and go.com, but not for Disney.
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(3) The Internet operations of Disney's existing Internet business began
during 1995 with minimal revenues and costs and expenses. Accordingly,
this financial data primarily reflects Disney's direct mail catalog
operations. Management believes that cash flow data during 1995 and 1994
are not meaningful.
(4) Balance sheet data as of September 30, 1996 is unaudited.
(5) Net income for the nine months ended June 30, 1999 includes a charge of
$165.0 million for the amortization of intangible assets related to the
November 18, 1998 Infoseek acquisition.
Infoseek
Explanatory Note
For purposes of this joint proxy statement/prospectus, references to
"Infoseek" on or after November 18, 1998 or to "Infoseek Delaware" are
references to Infoseek Corporation, a Delaware corporation and its wholly owned
subsidiaries, and references to Infoseek prior to November 18, 1998 or to
"Infoseek California" are references to Infoseek Corporation, a California
corporation. References to "Disney" refer to The Walt Disney Company and its
affiliated companies. References to the "Joint Ventures" refer to the ABC News
Internet Ventures and ESPN Internet Ventures that Starwave Corporation
maintains with affiliates of Disney and ESPN, Inc., respectively. ESPN, Inc.
operates through a subsidiary company of Disney.
In November 1998, Infoseek entered into a significant transaction with
Disney. In this transaction, Infoseek acquired Starwave from Disney and formed
Infoseek Delaware for the purpose of holding the capital stock of Infoseek
California and Starwave. The acquisition of Starwave was accounted for using
the purchase method of accounting. The selected historical consolidated
statements of operations and cash flows of Infoseek for the nine months ended
July 3, 1999 include the results of operations and cash flows of Starwave from
November 18, 1998.
In January 1999, Infoseek acquired Quando, Inc. in a tax-free reorganization
in which a wholly owned subsidiary of Infoseek was merged directly into Quando
for shares of Infoseek common stock. The acquisition of Quando was accounted
for using the purchase method of accounting. The selected historical
consolidated statements of operations and cash flows of Infoseek for the nine
months ended July 3, 1999 include the results of operations and cash flows of
Quando from January 15, 1999.
In June 1999, Infoseek acquired certain assets from Digital Garage, Inc., a
Japanese commercial distribution partner, and transferred the assets to
Infoseek Japan Holdings, Inc. and Infoseek Japan KK which are collectively
referred to as "Infoseek Japan." The selected historical consolidated
statements of operations and cash flows of Infoseek for the nine months ended
July 3, 1999 include the results of operations of Infoseek Japan from June 28,
1999.
On January 28, 1999, Infoseek changed to a fiscal year of 52 or 53 week
periods ending on the Saturday nearest September 30. The unaudited results of
operations and cash flows of Infoseek for the nine months ended July 3, 1999
and June 30, 1998 both contained 273 days. The results of operations and cash
flows of Infoseek for the nine months ended October 3, 1998 contained 276 days
and compare to 273 days for the unaudited results of operations and cash flows
for the nine months ended September 30, 1997.
Prior to November 18, 1998, Infoseek Delaware was a wholly owned subsidiary
of Infoseek California that was created for the purpose of conducting the
transactions described above. Therefore, Infoseek Delaware did not conduct
business activities in the nine month fiscal period ended October 3, 1998.
Since November 18, 1998, Infoseek Delaware's business has primarily consisted
of holding the capital stock of Infoseek California, Starwave, Quando and
Infoseek Japan beginning from the respective dates described above. The
financial positions and results of operations and cash flows of Infoseek and
Starwave are presented on a consolidated basis beginning November 18, 1998. The
financial position and results of operations and cash flows of Infoseek,
Starwave and Quando are presented on a consolidated basis beginning January 15,
1999. The financial positions and results of operations and cash flows of
Infoseek, Starwave, Quando and Infoseek Japan are presented on a consolidated
basis beginning June 28, 1999.
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This joint proxy statement/prospectus presents, separately, selected
historical consolidated financial data as of and for the nine months ended
October 3, 1998 and prior periods for Infoseek California and for the twelve
months ended October 4, 1998 and prior periods for Starwave. As a result, the
information related to the aforementioned periods presented herein may not be
directly comparable to the selected historical consolidated financial data in
subsequent periods also presented herein.
Selected Historical Consolidated Financial Data
The selected historical consolidated financial data of Infoseek including
the unaudited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows data set
forth below with respect to the nine months ended July 3, 1999, June 30, 1998
and September 30, 1997 and the unaudited consolidated balance sheet data at
July 3, 1999 are derived from Infoseek's unaudited consolidated financial
statements included in Annex K of this document. The unaudited consolidated
balance sheets data at June 30, 1998 and September 30, 1997 are derived from
Infoseek's unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets, which are not
included herein. The consolidated statements of operations and cash flows data
for the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and for the years ended December 31,
1997 and 1996, and the consolidated balance sheets data at October 3, 1998 and
December 31, 1997 are derived from the audited consolidated financial
statements of Infoseek included in Annex K of this document. The consolidated
statements of operations and cash flows data with respect to the years ended
December 31, 1995 and 1994 and the balance sheets data at December 31, 1996,
1995 and 1994 are derived from the audited financial statements of Infoseek,
which are not included herein. In the opinion of Infoseek's management,
unaudited selected historical consolidated financial data presented below
reflects all adjustments, which are of a normal recurring nature, necessary for
the fair presentation of such unaudited selected historical consolidated
financial data.
During the nine months ended July 3, 1999, Starwave was acquired by Infoseek
and the unaudited consolidated financial positions and results of operations
and cash flows data of Starwave for the nine months ended July 3, 1999 are
included in the results of operations of Infoseek beginning November 18, 1998.
The selected historical consolidated financial data of Starwave including the
statements of operations and cash flows data set forth below with respect to
the year ended October 4, 1998, the nine months ended September 28, 1997 and
the year ended December 31, 1996 and the balance sheet data at October 4, 1998,
September 28, 1997 and December 31, 1996 are derived from the audited
consolidated financial statements of Starwave included in Annex K of this
document. The statement of operations and cash flows data for the year ended
September 28, 1997 has been derived from the unaudited consolidated statement
of operations for the year ended September 28, 1997, included in Annex K of
this document. The statement of operations and cash flows data with respect to
the year ended December 31, 1995, and the balance sheet data at December 31,
1995, are derived from the audited financial statements of Starwave, which are
not included herein. The statement of operations and cash flows data and
balance sheet data for the year ended and as of December 31, 1994 are derived
from the unaudited consolidated financial statements of Starwave, which are not
included herein. In the opinion of management, Starwave's unaudited selected
historical consolidated financial data reflects all adjustments, which are of a
normal recurring nature, necessary for the fair presentation of such unaudited
selected historical consolidated financial data.
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Infoseek Selected Historical Consolidated Financial Data
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended Year Ended December 31
------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
July 3, June 30, October 3, September 30,
1999 1998 1998 1997 1997 1996 1995 1994
----------- ----------- ---------- ------------- -------- -------- ------- -------
(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share data)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Statements of
operations(1)
Revenues............... $ 95,954 $ 44,194 $ 50,715 $ 22,407 $ 35,082 $ 15,095 $ 1,032 $ --
Operating loss(2)(3)... (212,576) (9,187) (7,693) (22,980) (27,848) (17,281) (3,393) (1,520)
Net loss(2)(3)(4)...... (212,186) (7,715) (5,694) (21,914) (26,562) (15,938) (3,296) (1,510)
Basic and diluted net
loss per
share(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)... $ (3.76) $ (0.26) $ (0.19) $ (0.83) $ (1.00) $ (0.72) $ (0.21)
Balance sheets(1)
Total assets........... $ 996,178 $ 94,646 $101,656 $ 49,567 $ 51,489 $ 58,332 $ 5,123 $ 859
Total liabilities...... 125,596 25,903 34,939 19,074 24,483 9,347 2,981 339
Stockholders' equity... 870,582 68,743 66,717 30,493 27,006 48,985 2,142 520
Statements of cash
flows(1)
Cash used by
operations............ $ (38,799) $ (243) $(13,450) $(15,301) $(14,154) $(10,068) $(1,408) $(1,079)
Investing activities... (22,440) (45,773) (32,487) 7,282 6,204 (49,827) (3,326) (310)
Financing activities... 93,868 44,143 43,242 6,772 7,485 62,552 5,295 1,780
</TABLE>
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(1) Infoseek's consolidated financial statements for 1997 have been restated to
reflect the acquisition of WebChat Communications, Inc. ("WebChat"), which
has been accounted for as a pooling-of-interests. Prior to 1997, amounts
for WebChat were not significant compared to those of Infoseek and,
accordingly, Infoseek's consolidated financial statements were not
restated.
(2) Amounts include amortization of intangible assets including goodwill ($43.4
million), developed technology ($11.3 million), Joint Ventures
relationships ($11.2 million), and assembled workforce ($4.9 million)
recorded as a result of Infoseek's acquisitions of Starwave Corporation and
Quando, Inc. during fiscal 1999. Amounts also include non-recurring charges
associated with in-process research and development recorded as a result of
Infoseek's acquisitions of Starwave Corporation ($72.6 million) and Quando,
Inc. ($4.3 million) during fiscal 1999. These amounts are included in
operating loss, net loss and calculation of net loss per share.
(3) During the second quarter of 1997, Infoseek recorded restructuring and
other charges of approximately $7.4 million related to the discontinuance
of certain business arrangements that were determined to be non-strategic
and related to management changes.
(4) Includes Infoseek's portion of losses from its equity investments in the
Joint Ventures. Infoseek's equity interests in the Joint Ventures were
acquired as part of Infoseek's acquisition of Starwave during fiscal 1999.
(5) The annual basic and diluted net loss per share amounts prior to 1997 and
the basic and diluted net loss per share amount for the nine months ended
September 30, 1997 have been restated as required to comply with Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, "Earnings per Share" and Staff
Accounting Bulletin No. 98, "Earnings per Share." Basic and diluted net
loss per share for 1995 have been presented on a pro forma basis, which
means that common equivalent shares (such as convertible preferred stock)
have been included in the basic and diluted net loss per share
calculations, even if antidilutive. Basic and diluted net loss per share
for 1994 were not significant.
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Starwave Selected Historical Consolidated Financial Data
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Nine Months
Ended Year ended Ended Year Ended December 31
October 4, September 28, September 28, -------------------------------
1998 1997 1997 1996 1995 1994
---------- ------------- ------------- -------- -------- -----------
(unaudited) (unaudited)
(In thousands except for share data)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Statements of
operations(1)
Revenues.............. $ 5,266 $ 8,611 $ 4,892 $ 8,302 $ 1,111 $ --
Operating loss........ (1,968) (16,047) (8,014) (26,343) (16,414) (8,848)
Net loss.............. (15,426) (27,700) (17,573) (35,965) (26,903) (13,548)
Basic and diluted net
loss per share......... $ (0.16) $ (0.45) $ (0.25) $ (1.13) $ (0.95) $ (0.77)
Balance sheets
Total assets.......... $ 15,812 29,461 $ 29,461 $ 9,713 $ 6,354 $ 5,955
Total liabilities..... 6,927 5,847 5,847 92,169 53,007 25,706
Total shareholders'
equity (deficit)..... 8,885 23,614 23,614 (82,456) (46,653) (19,751)
Statements of cash flows
Cash provided (used)
by operations........ $ 3,334 $(15,978) $ (6,807) $(30,060) $(27,190) $(11,925)
Investing activities.. (20,390) (15,203) (13,873) (3,321) (2,585) (2,058)
Financing activities.. 165 46,971 38,681 33,686 28,338 15,037
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(1) In April 1997 Starwave entered into the ESPN Joint Venture and the ABC News
Joint Venture. Subsequently, Starwave continued its business of website
hosting, software development and research activities while revenue and
expenses associated with sites operated under contract with ESPN, ABC and
others were assumed by these Joint Ventures. As a result, periods prior to
and following April 1997 are not comparable.
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HISTORICAL AND PRO FORMA PER SHARE DATA
The table below presents historical per share financial information for
Disney and Infoseek. This information should be read in conjunction with the
audited consolidated financial statements and unaudited interim consolidated
financial statements and the notes thereto of Disney, which are incorporated by
reference and the audited consolidated financial statements and unaudited
interim consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of Infoseek, which
are included in Annex K of this document. In addition, it is important that you
read the Selected Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Data included in this document.
However, pro forma information is not necessarily indicative of what the actual
financial results would have been had the Infoseek merger taken place on June
30, 1999, September 30, 1998 or October 1, 1997, nor do they purport to
indicate results of future operations.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Equivalent
Historical Pro Forma Pro Forma
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------
The Disney
Disney Infoseek Group go.com Infoseek
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Book value per
share:(1)(2)
June 30, 1999 and July
3, 1999.............. $10.10 $14.01 $10.79 $18.08 $20.79
September 30, 1998 and
October 3, 1998...... 9.46 2.12 10.27 21.17 24.35
Net income (loss) per
share--basic:(3)(4)
For the nine months
ended June 30, 1999
and July 3, 1999..... 0.59 (3.76) 0.31 (5.32) (6.12)
For the year ended
September 30, 1998
and October 3, 1998.. 0.91 (0.35) 0.59 (6.76) (7.77)
Net income (loss) per
share--diluted:(4)(5)
For the nine months
ended June 30, 1999
and July 3, 1999..... 0.58 (3.76) 0.30 (5.32) (6.12)
For the year ended
September 30, 1998
and October 3, 1998.. 0.89 (0.35) 0.58 (6.76) (7.77)
Dividends per share:
For the nine months
ended June 30, 1999.. -- -- -- -- --
For the year ended
September 30, 1998... 0.20 -- 0.20 -- --
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(1) Historical book value per share data for Disney is as of June 30, 1999 and
September 30, 1998. Historical book value per share data for Infoseek is as
of July 3, 1999 and October 3, 1998.
(2) Pro forma book value per share data for the Disney Group and go.com assumes
that the Infoseek merger occurred on June 30, 1999 and September 30, 1998.
(3) Historical net income per share--basic data for Disney is for the nine
months ended June 30, 1999 and the year ended September 30, 1998.
Historical net loss per share--basic data for Infoseek is for the nine
months ended July 3, 1999 and the year ended October 3, 1998. Infoseek data
for the year ended October 3, 1998 was derived from Infoseek's audited
consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended October 3,
1998, plus Infoseek's unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial
statements for the quarter ended December 31, 1997.
(4) Pro forma per share--basic and diluted data for the Disney Group and go.com
is presented for the nine months ended June 30, 1999 and the year ended
September 30, 1998, and assumes that the Infoseek merger occurred on
October 1, 1997.
(5) Historical net income per share--diluted for Disney is for the nine months
ended June 30, 1999 and the year ended September 30, 1998. Historical net
loss per share--diluted data for Infoseek is for the nine months ended July
3, 1999 and the year ended October 3, 1998. Infoseek data for the year
ended October 3, 1998 was derived from Infoseek's audited consolidated
financial statements for the nine months ended October 3, 1998, plus
Infoseek's unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements
for the quarter ended December 31, 1997.
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SELECTED UNAUDITED PRO FORMA FINANCIAL DATA
Disney
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed
Financial Statements
The following unaudited pro forma combined condensed financial statements
for Disney consist of the Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Balance Sheet
as of June 30, 1999 and the Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statements
of Income for the year ended September 30, 1998 and the nine months ended June
30, 1999, collectively referred to as the "Disney Pro Forma Statements". The
Disney Pro Forma Statements are based upon the consolidated financial
statements of Disney and the unaudited consolidated financial statements of
Infoseek, combined and adjusted to give effect to Disney's proposed acquisition
of the approximately 58% of Infoseek common stock that it does not already own
through a merger and issuance of go.com Common Stock.
The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Balance Sheet gives effect to
this transaction as if it had taken place on June 30, 1999 and reflects the
total purchase costs of the fair values of assets and liabilities of Infoseek
based on a preliminary unaudited valuation. The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined
Condensed Balance Sheet combines Disney's unaudited historical consolidated
balance sheet as of June 30, 1999 with Infoseek's unaudited historical
consolidated balance sheet as of July 3, 1999.
The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statements of Income for the year
ended September 30, 1998 and the nine months ended June 30, 1999 reflect this
transaction as if it had taken place on October 1, 1997. The Unaudited Pro
Forma Combined Condensed Statements of Income combine Disney's historical
consolidated statements of income for the year ended September 30, 1998 and the
unaudited consolidated statements of income for the nine months ended June 30,
1999 with Infoseek's unaudited historical consolidated statements of operations
for the year ended October 3, 1998 and the unaudited historical consolidated
statements of operations for the nine months ended July 3, 1999.
The Disney Pro Forma Statements are based upon information set forth in this
document and assumptions included in the accompanying notes. After consummation
of the Infoseek merger, Disney anticipates completion of the valuations and
other studies of the significant assets, liabilities and business operations of
Infoseek. Using this information, Disney will make a final purchase price
allocation between tangible assets and liabilities, identifiable intangible
assets and goodwill. The impact of these changes, principally affecting
intangible assets and related amortization, could be material.
If the merger is approved, the Infoseek merger will be accounted for using
the purchase method of accounting. Accordingly, Disney's cost to acquire
Infoseek, calculated to be $2.15 billion assuming an Infoseek common stock
price of $47.18 per share, will be allocated to the assets acquired and
liabilities assumed according to their respective fair values, with the excess
purchase price being allocated to goodwill. The total cost to acquire Infoseek
is subject to change, to the extent that the number of shares of Infoseek
common stock to be acquired will not be fixed until the effective date of the
merger. A change in total cost will result in a corresponding change in
goodwill and related amortization expense. As noted above, the final allocation
of the purchase price is dependent upon valuations and other studies that are
not yet complete. Accordingly, the purchase price allocation adjustments made
in connection with the development of the Disney Pro Forma Statements are
preliminary and have been made solely for the purpose of developing the Disney
Pro Forma Statements.
The $2.07 billion pro forma excess of purchase price over net tangible
assets acquired as of June 30, 1999 is being amortized over three years at a
rate of $682.0 million per year. Disney believes that a three-year life is
responsive to the rapid rate of change in the Internet industry and is
consistent with other recent mergers of a comparable nature. As a result of the
Infoseek merger, Disney expects to incur a write-off related to in-process
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research and development totaling approximately $23.5 million. The Unaudited
Pro Forma Combined Condensed Balance Sheet includes the effect of the write-off
related to in-process research and development. However, the Unaudited Pro
Forma Combined Condensed Statements of Income do not reflect this one-time
charge. The charge related to in-process research and development will be
reflected in Disney's consolidated financial statements when the Infoseek
merger is consummated.
The Disney Pro Forma Statements, including the notes to the financial
statements, should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated
financial statements and unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of
Infoseek, including the notes to the financial statements, which are included
in Annex K of this document, and the audited consolidated financial statements
and unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of Disney, including
the notes to the financial statements, which are incorporated by reference into
this document.
The Disney Pro Forma Statements are not necessarily indicative of what the
actual financial results of the combined company would have been had the
transactions described above taken place on June 30, 1999 or October 1, 1997,
nor do they purport to indicate results of future operations.
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DISNEY UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET
As of June 30, 1999
(In millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Pro Forma Disney
Disney Infoseek Adjustments Pro Forma
------- -------- ----------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash-and cash equivalents.. $ 851 $ 33 $ -- $ 884
Short-term investments..... -- 53 -- 53
Receivables................ 3,319 22 (10)(B) 3,331
Inventories................ 818 -- -- 818
Film and television costs.. 3,562 -- -- 3,562
Deferred income taxes...... 452 -- -- 452
Other assets............... 780 15 3 (B)(C) 798
------- ------ -------- -------
Total current assets..... 9,782 123 (7) 9,898
Film and television costs.... 2,420 -- -- 2,420
Investments.................. 2,470 10 (191)(B) 2,289
Theme parks, resorts and
other property, net......... 11,237 27 6 (B) 11,270
Intangible assets, net....... 15,778 835 1,212 (A) 17,825
Other assets................. 1,557 1 23 (A) 1,581
------- ------ -------- -------
$43,244 $ 996 $ 1,043 $45,283
======= ====== ======== =======
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Accounts and taxes payable
and accrued liabilities... $ 4,147 $ 40 $ 31 (A)(B) $ 4,218
Current portion of
borrowings................ 1,734 3 (29)(C) 1,708
Unearned royalties and
other advances............ 782 36 (36)(A) 782
------- ------ -------- -------
Total current
liabilities............. 6,663 79 (34) 6,708
Borrowings................... 10,367 1 (97)(C) 10,271
Deferred income taxes........ 2,733 45 (118)(A) 2,660
Other long term liabilities,
unearned royalties and other
advances.................... 2,670 -- -- 2,670
Stockholders' Equity
Preferred stock............ -- -- -- --
Common stock............... 9,235 1,262 (10,497)(D) --
Common stock -- Disney
Group..................... -- -- 9,235 (D) 9,235
Common stock -- go.com..... -- -- 2,163 (A)(B)(D) 2,163
Retained earnings
(deficit)................. 12,196 (266) 266 (D) 12,196
Notes receivable from
stockholders.............. -- (125) 125 (C) --
Cumulative translation and
other..................... (15) -- -- (15)
------- ------ -------- -------
21,416 871 1,292 23,579
Treasury shares, at cost... (605) -- -- (605)
20,811 871 1,292 22,974
------- ------ -------- -------
$43,244 $ 996 $ 1,043 $45,283
======= ====== ======== =======
</TABLE>
See Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Financial Statements
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DISNEY UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED CONDENSED STATEMENT OF INCOME
For the Year Ended September 30, 1998
(In millions, except per share data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Pro Forma Disney
Disney Infoseek(1) Adjustments Pro Forma
-------- ----------- ----------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues.......................... $ 22,976 $ 63 $ -- $ 23,039
Costs and expenses................ (18,961) (75) (923)(E) (19,959)
-------- ------ ----- --------
Operating income (loss)........... 4,015 (12) (923) 3,080
Corporate and other activities.... (236) -- (4)(F) (240)
Net interest (expense) income..... (622) 2 -- (620)
-------- ------ ----- --------
Income (loss) before income
taxes............................ 3,157 (10) (927) 2,220
Income taxes...................... (1,307) -- 15 (J) (1,292)
-------- ------ ----- --------
Net income (loss)................. $ 1,850 $ (10) $(912) $ 928
======== ====== ===== ========
Net income (loss) per share
Disney Group:
Basic......................... $ 0.91
========
Diluted....................... $ 0.89
========
Infoseek (basic and diluted)
(1)............................ $(0.35)
======
Weighted average common shares
Disney Group:
Basic......................... 2,037
========
Diluted....................... 2,079
========
Infoseek (basic and diluted)
(1)............................ 30
======
Net income (loss) attributed to:
Disney Common Stock............. (K) $ 1,205
go.com Common Stock............. (277)
--------
$ 928
========
Net income (loss) per share
Disney Group:
Basic......................... $ 0.59
========
Diluted....................... $ 0.58
========
go.com (basic and diluted)...... $ (6.76)
========
Weighted average common shares
Disney Group:
Basic......................... 2,037
========
Diluted....................... 2,079
========
go.com (basic and diluted)...... 41
========
</TABLE>
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(1) Infoseek's unaudited statement of operations for the year ended September
30, 1998 is derived from Infoseek's consolidated statement of operations
for the nine months ended October 3, 1998, as reported in Infoseek's Annual
Report on Form 10-K, included in Annex K of this document and Infoseek's
unaudited results of operations for the quarter ended December 31, 1997,
which are not included herein.
See Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Financial Statements
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DISNEY UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED CONDENSED STATEMENT OF INCOME
For the Nine Months Ended June 30, 1999
(In millions, except per share data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Pro Forma Disney
Disney Infoseek Adjustments Pro Forma
-------- -------- ----------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues...................... $ 17,621 $ 96 $ (7)(B) $ 17,710
Costs and expenses............ (14,911) (308) (568)(B)(E) (15,787)
(G)(I)
Gain on sale of Starwave...... 345 -- (345)(H)
-------- ------ ----- --------
Operating income (loss)....... 3,055 (212) (920) 1,923
Corporate and other activi-
ties......................... (171) (8) 16 (B) (163)
Equity in Infoseek loss....... (246) -- 246 (B)(E)(I) --
Net interest income (ex-
pense)....................... (504) 8 -- (496)
-------- ------ ----- --------
Income loss before income
taxes........................ 2,134 (212) (658) 1,264
Income taxes.................. (919) -- 72 (J) (847)
-------- ------ ----- --------
Net income (loss)............. $ 1,215 $ (212) $(586) $ 417
======== ====== ===== ========
Net income (loss) per share
Disney:
Basic..................... $ 0.59
========
Diluted................... $ 0.58
========
Infoseek (basic and
diluted)................... $(3.76)
======
Weighted average common shares
Disney:
Basic..................... 2,054
========
Diluted................... 2,084
========
Infoseek (basic and
diluted)................... 56
======
Net income (loss) attributed
to:
Disney Common Stock......... (K) $ 635
go.com Common Stock......... (218)
--------
$ 417
========
Net income (loss) per share
Disney Group:
Basic..................... $ 0.31
========
Diluted................... $ 0.30
========
go.com (basic and diluted).. $ (5.32)
========
Weighted average common shares
Disney Group:
Basic..................... 2,054
========
Diluted................... 2,084
========
go.com (basic and diluted).. 41
========
</TABLE>
See Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Financial Statements
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA
COMBINED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)
The Disney Pro Forma Statements are based upon the consolidated financial
statements of Disney and the unaudited consolidated financial statements of
Infoseek, combined and adjusted to give effect to Disney's proposed acquisition
of the approximately 58% of Infoseek common stock that it does not already own
through a merger and issuance of go.com Common Stock.
The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Balance Sheet gives effect to
this transaction as if it had taken place on June 30, 1999 and reflects the
total purchase costs of the fair value of assets and liabilities based on a
preliminary valuation. The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statements of
Income for the year ended September 30, 1998 and the nine months ended June 30,
1999 reflect this transaction as if it had taken place on October 1, 1997.
On July 10, 1999, Disney and Infoseek entered into the reorganization
agreement pursuant to which Infoseek stockholders, other than Disney and its
affiliates, will receive 1.15 shares of go.com Common Stock, for each share of
Infoseek common stock that they own. The Infoseek merger will be accounted for
using the purchase method of accounting. Accordingly, Disney's cost to acquire
Infoseek, calculated to be $2.15 billion assuming an Infoseek common stock
price of $47.18 per share, based on the average Infoseek common stock closing
price on the date of announcement of the merger and three days prior to that
date, will be allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed
according to their respective fair values, with the excess purchase price being
allocated to goodwill. The total cost to acquire Infoseek is subject to change,
to the extent that the number of shares of Infoseek common stock to be acquired
will not be fixed until the effective date of the merger. A change in total
cost will result in a corresponding change in goodwill and related amortization
expense. The final allocation of the purchase consideration is dependent upon
valuations and other studies that are not yet complete. Accordingly, the
purchase price allocation adjustments made in connection with the development
of the Disney Pro Forma Statements are preliminary and have been made solely
for the purpose of developing such Disney Pro Forma Statements.
The $2.07 billion pro forma excess of purchase price over net tangible
assets acquired as of June 30, 1999 is being amortized over three years at a
rate of $682.0 million per year. Disney believes that a three-year life is
responsive to the rapid rate of change in the Internet industry and is
consistent with other recent mergers of a comparable nature. As a result of the
Infoseek merger, Disney expects to incur a write-off related to in-process
research and development totaling approximately $23.5 million. The Unaudited
Pro Forma Combined Condensed Balance Sheet includes the effect of the write-off
related to in-process research and development. However, the Unaudited Pro
Forma Combined Condensed Statements of Income do not reflect this one-time
charge. The charge related to in-process research and development will be
reflected in Disney's consolidated financial statements when the Infoseek
merger is consummated.
The Disney Pro Forma Statements are not necessarily indicative of what the
actual financial results of the combined company would have been had the
transactions described above taken place on June 30, 1999 or October 1, 1997,
nor do they purport to indicate results of future operations.
The Disney Pro Forma Statements have been prepared on the basis of
assumptions described in the notes below, including assumptions relating to the
allocation of the consideration paid for the assets and liabilities of Infoseek
based on preliminary estimates of their fair value. The actual allocation of
the consideration may differ from that reflected in the Disney Pro Forma
Statements after valuations and other procedures to be performed after the
closing of the Infoseek merger have been completed. Below is a table of the
estimated acquisition cost, purchase price allocation and annual amortization
of the intangible assets acquired:
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<CAPTION>
Annual
Amortization Amortization
Life of Intangibles
------------ --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Estimated Acquisition Cost
Exchange of go.com Common Stock for
Infoseek common stock................. $1,687.5
Conversion of Infoseek options to
options for go.com Common Stock....... 377.2
Infoseek warrant......................... 139.0
Reversal of deferred tax liabilities..... (81.8)
Acquisition expenses..................... 30.0
--------
Total Estimated Acquisition Cost....... $2,151.9
========
Purchase Price Allocation
Fair value of 58% of Infoseek net
tangible assets at June 30, 1999...... $ 80.5
Intangible assets acquired:
Trademarks............................. 3.8 3 years $ 1.3
User base.............................. 4.2 2 years 2.1
In-process research and development.... 23.5
Joint ventures......................... 23.5 9 years 2.6
Developed technology................... 23.6 2 years 11.8
Assembled workforce.................... 24.7 3 years 8.2
Goodwill............................... 1,968.1 3 years 656.0
--------
Total................................ $2,151.9
========
</TABLE>
The Disney Pro Forma Statements give effect to the following pro forma
adjustments:
A. Application of purchase accounting to the Infoseek merger, reflecting the
estimated acquisition cost noted above and the issuance of shares of go.com
Common Stock. Components of the estimated acquisition cost reflect:
. Acquisition of the remaining 58% of Infoseek common stock not already
owned by Disney through an exchange of 1.15 shares of go.com Common
Stock, for each share of Infoseek common stock, or approximately 41.1
million shares of go.com Common Stock in the aggregate. The purchase
price was based upon an Infoseek common stock price of $47.18 per share,
multiplied by 35.8 million shares acquired. Upon consummation of the
acquisition, Infoseek shall become a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney.
. Conversion of approximately 9.8 million outstanding and unexercised
options exercisable for shares of Infoseek common stock into options
exercisable for an aggregate of approximately 11.3 million shares of
go.com Common Stock having the same terms and conditions as the Infoseek
options, after giving effect to the 1.15:1 exchange ratio in the merger.
The fair value of the options assumed is based on the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model using the following assumptions:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Fair value of the underlying shares based on the average Infoseek
common stock closing price on July 12, 1999, the day the merger
was announced, and the three days prior and subsequent to such
date.............................................................. $47.18
Expected years until exercise...................................... 4
Expected stock volatility.......................................... 99.0%
Risk-free interest rate............................................ 5.75%
Expected dividend rate............................................. -- %
</TABLE>
. Elimination of Disney's original investment in the Infoseek common stock
warrant, acquired November 18, 1998, representing a direct cost of the
acquisition.
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. Reversal of certain deferred tax liabilities reflecting Disney's
increased ownership of Infoseek.
. Acquisition expenses, including investment banking fees, printing and
postage fees, legal and accounting fees, filing and registration costs.
Components of the purchase price allocation listed above and reflected in
the Disney Pro Forma Statements include the following:
. Trademarks. Infoseek's trademarks, primarily the Infoseek and the GO
Network trademarks, were valued using a variation of the discounted cash
flow approach referred to as the Relief from Royalty method. The analysis
determined a valuation of approximately $3.8 million for trademarks,
which are being amortized on a straight-line basis over a period for
three years.
. User Base. To determine the value of the registered user base of the GO
Network, the future cash flow that is expected to result from registered
users was discounted. The analysis determined a valuation of
approximately $4.2 million for the user base, which is being amortized on
a straight-line basis over a period of two years.
. Joint Ventures. To determine the value of the joint venture
relationships, the expected future cash flow from the joint ventures was
discounted, taking into account the risks related to each business and
the existing and future markets in which they participate. The analysis
resulted in a valuation of approximately $23.5 million for joint venture
relationships, which is being amortized on a straight-line basis over a
period of nine years (the approximate remaining contractual life of the
relationships).
. In-process Research and Development. The projects identified as in-
process research and development at Infoseek are those that will be
underway at the time of the Infoseek merger and would, after consummation
of the Infoseek merger, require additional effort to establish
technological feasibility. These projects have identifiable technological
risk factors which indicate that even though successful completion is
expected, it is not assured. If an identified project is not successfully
completed, there is no alternative future use for the project and the
expected future income will not be realized. To determine the value of
the in-process research and development, the expected future cash flow
attributable to the in-process technology was discounted, taking into
account the percentage of completion, utilization of preexisting or
"core" technology, risks related to the characteristics and applications
of the technology, existing and future markets, and technological risk
associated with completing the development of the technology. The
valuation approach used was a form of discounted cash flow approach known
as the "percentage of completion" approach. The analysis resulted in a
valuation of approximately $23.5 million for in-process research and
development.
. Developed Technology. To determine the value of the developed technology,
the expected future cash flow attributable to the developed technology
was discounted, taking into account risks related to the characteristics
and applications of the technology, existing and future markets, and
assessment of the life cycle stage of the technology. The analysis
resulted in a valuation of approximately $23.6 million for developed
technology which had reached technological feasibility and therefore was
capitalizable. Developed technology is being amortized on a straight-line
basis over a period of two years.
. Assembled Workforce. The value of the assembled workforce was determined
by estimating the costs to replace existing employees, including
recruiting, hiring and training costs for each category of employee. The
analysis determined a valuation of approximately $24.7 million for the
assembled workforce, which is being amortized on a straight-line basis
over a period of three years.
. Goodwill. The preliminary goodwill allocation of $1.97 billion, which was
determined by subtracting the estimated identifiable tangible assets
acquired from total estimated acquisition costs, is being amortized on a
straight-line basis over a period of three years.
B. Consolidation of the financial results of ESPN Internet Ventures ("EIV")
and ABC News Internet Ventures ("AIV"), owned 50% by Disney and 50% by Infoseek
via its ownership of Starwave, the other joint
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venture partner, and (i) elimination of investment in affiliate balances
recorded by Disney's existing Internet business related to Infoseek and
Disney's existing Internet business and Infoseek's investments in EIV and AIV,
and (ii) elimination of the representation rights revenue recorded by Infoseek
as a result of Starwave's joint venture agreements with EIV and AIV. Prior to
the Infoseek merger, Disney's existing Internet business accounted for its
original investment in Infoseek using the equity method of accounting and
Disney's existing Internet business and Infoseek accounted for EIV and AIV
using the equity method.
C. Elimination of the $125.1 million balance on the note between Disney and
Infoseek, related to Disney's November 18, 1998 purchase of the Infoseek
warrant.
D. Elimination of Infoseek's historical equity accounts, and
reclassification of currently outstanding common stock of Disney as Disney
Common Stock.
E. Incremental amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets
resulting from the merger. Intangible assets are being amortized on a straight-
line basis over periods ranging from two to nine years, as described above.
F. Elimination of the minority interest in Starwave.
G. Elimination of Infoseek's amortization of intangible assets related to
its acquisition of Starwave on November 18, 1998.
H. Elimination of Disney's gain on its sale of Starwave on November 18,
1998.
I. Elimination of in-process research and development charges reported by
Infoseek as a result of its acquisition of Starwave on November 18, 1998.
J. Tax adjustment to reflect the impact of the items discussed above.
K. Calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share. The Disney Group's
historical net income has been adjusted to reflect its approximately 72%
retained interest in go.com.
The Disney Group
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed
Financial Statements
The following unaudited pro forma condensed financial statements for the
Disney Group consist of the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Balance Sheet as of
June 30, 1999 and the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Statements of Income for
the year ended September 30, 1998 and the nine months ended June 30, 1999,
collectively referred to as the "Disney Group Pro Forma Statements". The Disney
Group Pro Forma Statements are based upon the consolidated financial statements
of Disney adjusted to give effect to Disney's proposed acquisition of the
approximately 58% of Infoseek common stock that it does not already own through
a merger and issuance of go.com Common Stock.
The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Balance Sheet gives effect to this
transaction as if it had taken place on June 30, 1999. The Unaudited Pro Forma
Condensed Statements of Income for the year ended September 30, 1998 and the
nine months ended June 30, 1999 reflect this transaction as if it had taken
place on October 1, 1997.
In addition, the Disney Group Pro Forma Statements reflect the application
of the Disney common stock policies, which become effective upon consummation
of the proposed Infoseek merger. Under the terms of the
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Disney common stock policies, the Disney Group will provide promotional
services to go.com in forms and amounts as determined from time to time by or
under the supervision of Disney's board of directors. Cost allocations, if any,
to go.com with respect to these services will in all cases be on terms and
rates no less favorable to go.com than those that would apply to comparable
services provided to unaffiliated third parties and may be on substantially
more favorable terms. Pro forma revenues attributable to promotional services
provided to go.com have not been reflected within the Disney Group Pro Forma
Statements as amounts will vary depending upon the form and amount of
promotional services provided in future periods and decisions with respect to
cost allocations to go.com made from time to time by or under the supervision
of Disney's board of directors. However, any promotional service revenues
earned by the Disney Group on a historical basis have been reflected within the
historical statements of operations. Future revenue attributable to promotional
services provided by the Disney Group to go.com may be significantly higher or
lower than historical amounts.
Upon consummation of the Infoseek merger, the Disney Group will hold an
approximately 72% retained interest in go.com. For purposes of these Disney
Group Pro Forma Statements, the Disney Group accounts for this retained
interest in a manner similar to the equity method of accounting. Accordingly,
the Disney Group's ownership interest in go.com is reflected as "Retained
interest in go.com" in the Disney Group Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Balance
Sheet. Similarly, the Disney Group's interest in net income or losses of go.com
is reflected as "Retained interest in go.com" in the Disney Group's Unaudited
Pro forma Condensed Statements of Income. All amounts corresponding to the
Disney Group's retained interest in go.com in these Disney Group Pro Forma
Statements represent the Disney Group's proportional interest in the
businesses, assets and liabilities and income and expenses of go.com.
The Disney Group Pro Forma Statements, including the notes to the financial
statements, should be read in conjunction with the audited combined financial
statements and unaudited interim combined financial statements of the Disney
Group, including the notes to the financial statements, included in Annex I of
this document.
The Disney Group Pro Forma Statements are not necessarily indicative of what
the actual financial results of the Disney Group would have been had the
transaction described above taken place on June 30, 1999 or October 1, 1997,
nor do they purport to indicate results of future operations.
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THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET
As of June 30, 1999
(In millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Pro Forma Disney Group
Disney Group Adjustments Pro Forma
------------ ----------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents......... $ 850 $ (56)(B) $ 794
Receivables....................... 3,286 -- 3,286
Inventories....................... 784 -- 784
Film and television costs......... 3,562 -- 3,562
Deferred income taxes............. 452 -- 452
Other assets...................... 767 -- 767
------- ------ -------
Total current assets.............. 9,701 (56) 9,645
Film and television costs........... 2,420 -- 2,420
Investments......................... 1,872 -- 1,872
Retained interest in go.com......... 433 1,477(A)(B) 1,910
Theme parks, resorts and other
property, net...................... 11,202 -- 11,202
Intangible assets, net.............. 15,778 -- 15,778
Other assets........................ 1,557 -- 1,557
------- ------ -------
$42,963 $1,421 $44,384
======= ====== =======
LIABILITIES and GROUP EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Accounts and taxes payable and
other accrued liabilities........ $ 4,090 -- $ 4,090
Current portion of borrowings..... 1,705 -- 1,705
Unearned royalties and other
advances......................... 773 -- 773
------- ------ -------
Total current liabilities......... 6,568 -- 6,568
Borrowings.......................... 10,270 -- 10,270
Deferred income taxes............... 2,660 -- 2,660
Other long term liabilities,
unearned royalties and other
advances........................... 2,654 -- 2,654
Group equity...................... 20,811 1,421(A) 22,232
------- ------ -------
$42,963 $1,421 $44,384
======= ====== =======
</TABLE>
See Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Financial Statements
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THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED STATEMENT OF INCOME
For the Year Ended September 30, 1998
(In millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Pro Forma Disney Group
Disney Group Adjustments Pro Forma
------------ ----------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues............................... $ 22,716 $ -- $ 22,716
-------- ----- --------
Costs and expenses..................... (18,601) -- (18,601)
-------- ----- --------
Operating income....................... 4,115 -- 4,115
Corporate and other activities......... (228) (5)(C) (233)
Net interest expense................... (623) 4 (D) (619)
-------- ----- --------
Income before income taxes and retained
interest in go.com.................... 3,264 (1) 3,263
Income taxes........................... (1,343) (2)(E) (1,345)
-------- ----- --------
Income before retained interest in
go.com................................ 1,921 (3) 1,918
Retained interest in go.com............ (71) (642)(A) (713)
-------- ----- --------
Net income............................. $ 1,850 $(645) $ 1,205
======== ===== ========
</TABLE>
See Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Financial Statements
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THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of the Walt Disney Company)
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED STATEMENT OF INCOME
For the Nine Months Ended June 30, 1999
(In millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Pro Forma Disney Group
Disney Group Adjustments Pro Forma
------------ ----------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues............................... $ 17,461 $ -- $ 17,461
-------- ----- --------
Costs and expenses..................... (14,708) -- (14,708)
-------- ----- --------
Operating income....................... 2,753 -- 2,753
Corporate and other activities......... (158) -- (158)
Net interest expense................... (499) 7(D) (492)
-------- ----- --------
Income before income taxes and retained
interest in go.com.................... 2,096 7 2,103
Income taxes........................... (905) (3)(E) (908)
-------- ----- --------
Income before retained interest in
go.com................................ 1,191 4 1,195
Retained interest in go.com............ 24 (584)(A) (560)
-------- ----- --------
Net income............................. $ 1,215 $(580) $ 635
======== ===== ========
</TABLE>
See Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Financial Statements
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)
The Disney Group Pro Forma Statements are based upon the historical
financial statements of the Disney Group, adjusted to give effect to Disney's
proposed acquisition of the approximately 58% of Infoseek common stock that it
does not already own through a merger and issuance of go.com Common Stock. In
addition, the Disney Group Pro Forma Statements reflect the application of the
Disney common stock policies, which become effective upon consummation of the
proposed Infoseek merger.
The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Balance Sheet gives effect to this
transaction as if it had taken place on June 30, 1999. The Unaudited Pro Forma
Condensed Statements of Income for the year ended September 30, 1998 and the
nine months ended June 30, 1999 reflect this transaction as if it had taken
place on October 1, 1997.
On July 10, 1999, Disney and Infoseek entered into the reorganization
agreement pursuant to which Disney proposed to amend and restate its
certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of
common stock and to provide for an additional class of common stock, the go.com
Common Stock. Upon consummation of the merger, Infoseek stockholders will
receive 1.15 shares of go.com Common Stock in exchange for each share of
Infoseek common stock that they own. In addition, each outstanding share of the
common stock of Disney will be renamed as one share of Disney Common Stock.
The go.com Common Stock is intended to reflect the performance of Disney's
existing Internet business, which includes the Disney Catalog, the Infoseek
assets being acquired in the merger and other businesses, including related
liabilities, as designated by Disney's board of directors.
The Disney Common Stock is intended to reflect the performance of Disney's
interest in all of its other assets, liabilities and businesses, including an
initial retained interest in go.com of approximately 72%. For purposes of these
Disney Group Pro Forma Statements, the Disney Group accounts for this retained
interest in a manner similar to the equity method of accounting. Accordingly,
the Disney Group's ownership interest in go.com is reflected as "Retained
Interest in go.com" in the Disney Group Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Balance
Sheet. Similarly, the Disney Group's interest in the net income or losses of
go.com is reflected as "Retained Interest in go.com" in the Disney Group's
statements of income. All amounts corresponding to the Disney Group's retained
interest in go.com in these Disney Group Pro Forma Statements represent the
Disney Group's proportional interest in the businesses, assets and liabilities
and income and expenses of go.com.
The Disney Group Pro Forma Statements have been prepared on the basis of
assumptions described in the notes below, including assumptions relating to the
allocation of the consideration paid for the assets and liabilities of Infoseek
based on preliminary estimates of their fair value. The actual allocation of
the consideration may differ from that reflected in the Disney Group Pro Forma
Statements after valuations and other procedures to be performed after the
closing of the Infoseek merger have been completed. See the unaudited pro forma
combined condensed financial statements for Disney and go.com for additional
information.
The Disney Group Pro Forma Statements are not necessarily indicative of what
the actual financial results of the Disney Group would have been had the
transactions described above taken place on June 30, 1999 or October 1, 1997,
nor do they purport to indicate results of future operations.
The Pro Forma Statements give effect to the following pro forma adjustments:
A. Recognition of the issuance of shares of go.com Common Stock relating to
the Infoseek merger and Disney Group's approximately 72% retained interest in
the operations of go.com.
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B. Capital contribution, in accordance with the Reorganization Agreement and
the Disney common stock policies, from the Disney Group to go.com to match
Infoseek's adjusted working capital balance.
C. Increase in corporate general and administrative expenses for the year
ended September 30, 1998 due to application of the Disney common stock policy,
which limits services and facilities allocations from the Disney Group to
go.com to $7.5 million.
D. Interest income, to reflect the Disney common stock policies related to
funding or financing provided by the Disney Group to go.com. After consummation
of the Infoseek merger, financing up to a cumulative amount of $250.0 million
is to be treated as a loan between the Disney Group and go.com. Interest income
has been reflected applying average borrowing rates of 6.2% and 6.0%, for the
year ended September 30, 1998 and the nine months ended June 30, 1999. These
rates are consistent with Disney's average borrowing rates during the periods
covered by the Pro Forma Statements.
E. Tax adjustment to reflect the impact of items discussed above.
go.com
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed
Financial Statements
The following unaudited pro forma combined condensed financial statements
for go.com consist of the Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Balance Sheet
as of June 30, 1999 and the Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statements
of Operations for the year ended September 30, 1998 and the nine months ended
June 30, 1999, collectively referred to as the "go.com Pro Forma Statements".
The go.com Pro Forma Statements are based upon the historical financial
statements of Disney's existing Internet business and the unaudited
consolidated financial statements of Infoseek, combined and adjusted to give
effect to Disney's proposed acquisition of the approximately 58% of Infoseek
common stock that it does not already own through a merger and issuance of
go.com Common Stock.
The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Balance Sheet gives effect to
this transaction as if it had taken place on June 30, 1999 and reflects the
total purchase costs of the fair values of assets and liabilities of Infoseek
based on a preliminary valuation. The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed
Balance Sheet combines Disney's existing Internet business' unaudited
historical combined balance sheet as of June 30, 1999 with Infoseek's unaudited
historical consolidated balance sheet as of July 3, 1999.
The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statements of Operations for the
year ended September 30, 1998 and the nine months ended June 30, 1999 reflect
this transaction as if it had taken place on October 1, 1997. The Unaudited Pro
Forma Combined Condensed Statements of operations combine Disney's existing
Internet business' historical combined statements of Operations for the year
ended September 30, 1998 and the nine months ended June 30, 1999 with
Infoseek's unaudited historical consolidated statements of operations for the
year ended October 3, 1998 and the nine months ended July 3, 1999,
respectively.
The go.com Pro Forma Statements reflect the application of the Disney common
stock policies, which become effective upon consummation of the proposed
Infoseek merger. Under the terms of the Disney common stock policies, the
Disney Group will provide promotional services to go.com in such forms and
amounts as determined from time to time by or under the supervision of Disney's
board of directors. Cost allocations, if any, to go.com with respect to such
services will in all cases be on terms and rates no less favorable to go.com
than those that would apply to comparable services provided to unaffiliated
third parties and may be on substantially more favorable terms. Cost
allocations for promotional services to go.com have not been reflected within
the go.com Pro Forma Statements, as charges, if any, will vary depending upon
the form and amount of promotional services provided in future periods and
decisions with respect to cost allocations made from time to time by or under
the supervision of Disney's board of directors. However, any promotional costs
incurred by
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Disney's existing Internet business or Infoseek on a historical basis have been
reflected within each of the respective historical statements of operations.
Future cost allocations for promotional services provided by the Disney Group
to go.com may be significantly higher or lower than historical amounts.
The go.com Pro Forma Statements are based upon information set forth in this
document and certain assumptions included in the accompanying notes. After
consummation of the Infoseek merger, Disney anticipates completion of the
valuations and other studies of the significant assets, liabilities and
business operations of Infoseek. Using this information, Disney will make a
final purchase price allocation between tangible assets and liabilities,
identifiable intangible assets and goodwill. The impact of these changes,
principally affecting intangible assets and related amortization, could be
material.
If approved, the Infoseek merger will be accounted for using the purchase
method of accounting. Accordingly, Disney's cost to acquire Infoseek,
calculated to be $2.15 billion assuming an Infoseek common stock price of
$47.18 per share, will be allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities
assumed according to their respective fair values, with the excess purchase
price being allocated to goodwill. The total cost to acquire Infoseek is
subject to change, to the extent that the number of shares of Infoseek common
stock to be acquired will not be fixed until the effective date of the merger.
A change in total cost will result in a corresponding change in goodwill and
related amortization expense. As noted above, the final allocation of the
purchase price is dependent upon certain valuations and other studies that are
not yet complete. Accordingly, the purchase price allocation adjustments made
in connection with the development of the go.com Pro Forma Statements are
preliminary and have been made solely for the purpose of developing such go.com
Pro Forma Statements.
The $2.07 billion pro forma excess of purchase price over net tangible
assets acquired as of June 30, 1999 is being amortized over three years at a
rate of $682.0 million per year. go.com believes that a three-year life is
responsive to the rapid rate of change in the Internet industry and is
consistent with other recent mergers of a comparable nature. As a result of the
Infoseek merger, go.com expects to incur a write-off related to in-process
research and development totaling approximately $23.5 million. The Unaudited
Pro Forma Combined Condensed Balance Sheet includes the effect of the write-off
related to in-process research and development; however, the Unaudited Pro
Forma Combined Condensed Statements of Operations do not reflect this one-time
charge. The charge related to in-process research and development will be
reflected in go.com's combined financial statements when the Infoseek merger is
consummated.
The go.com Pro Forma Statements, including the notes thereto, should be read
in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and unaudited
interim consolidated financial statements of Infoseek, including the notes
thereto and the audited combined financial statements and unaudited interim
combined financial statements of Disney's existing Internet business, including
the notes thereto, included in Annex J of this document.
The go.com Pro Forma Statements are not necessarily indicative of what the
actual financial results of go.com would have been had the transactions
described above taken place on June 30, 1999 or October 1, 1997, nor do they
purport to indicate results of future operations.
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go.com
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET
As of June 30, 1999
(In thousands)
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<CAPTION>
Disney's
Existing
Internet Pro Forma go.com
Business Infoseek Adjustments Pro Forma
-------- ---------- ----------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash
equivalents........... $ 3 $ 33,252 $ 56,449 (A)(B) $ 89,704
(J)
Short-term
investments........... -- 53,213 -- 53,213
Receivables............ 20,928 22,409 515 (B) 43,852
Receivables,
affiliate............. 11,488 -- (10,794)(B) 694
Inventories............ 34,137 -- -- 34,137
Prepaid and other
assets................ 13,091 14,623 3,478 (B)(C) 31,192
-------- ---------- ----------- ----------
Total current assets... 79,647 123,497 49,648 252,792
Investments.............. 598,963 9,774 (191,350)(B) 417,387
Property and equipment,
net..................... 35,805 26,630 5,651 (B) 68,086
Intangible assets, net... -- 835,228 1,212,698 (A)(G) 2,047,926
Deferred income taxes.... -- -- 23,152 (A) 23,152
Other assets............. -- 1,049 -- 1,049
-------- ---------- ----------- ----------
$714,415 $ 996,178 $ 1,099,799 $2,810,392
======== ========== =========== ==========
LIABILITIES AND GROUP
EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable and
other accrued
liabilities........... $ 57,580 $ 40,014 $ 31,076 (A)(B) $ 128,670
Current portion of
borrowings............ 28,771 3,568 (28,771)(C) 3,568
Unearned revenue....... 8,823 35,970 (35,970)(A) 8,823
-------- ---------- ----------- ----------
Total current
liabilities........... 95,174 79,552 (33,665) 141,061
Borrowings............... 97,300 979 (97,300)(C) 979
Deferred income taxes.... 73,107 45,065 (118,172)(A) --
Minority interests....... 15,383 -- 85 (B) 15,468
Stockholders' (Group)
Equity
Common stock........... -- 1,262,026 (1,262,026)(D) --
Accumulated deficit.... -- (265,910) 265,910 (D) --
Deferred compensation.. -- (421) 421 (D) --
Notes receivable from
stockholders.......... -- (125,108) 125,108 (C) --
Unrealized gain (loss)
on currency........... -- (5) 5 (A) --
Group equity........... 433,451 -- 2,219,433 (A)(B) 2,652,884
(D)(G)(J)
-------- ---------- ----------- ----------
$714,415 $ 996,178 $ 1,099,799 $2,810,392
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See Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Financial Statements
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go.com
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED CONDENSED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the Year Ended September 30, 1998
(In thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Disney's
Existing
Internet Pro Forma go.com
Business Infoseek(1) Adjustments Pro Forma
--------- ----------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Internet revenues....... $ 67,764 $ 63,390 $ -- $ 131,154
Catalog revenues........ 191,808 -- -- 191,808
--------- -------- --------- -----------
Total revenues.......... 259,572 63,390 -- 322,962
--------- -------- --------- -----------
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenues...... 196,936 9,878 4,012 (M) 210,826
Sales and marketing... 106,586 46,944 (736)(M) 152,794
Research and
development.......... -- 9,453 (9,453)(M) --
Other operating....... 40,453 9,676 (391)(M) 49,738
Depreciation and
amortization......... 16,189 -- 929,461 (E)(M) 945,650
--------- -------- --------- -----------
Total costs and
expenses............... 360,164 75,951 922,893 1,359,008
--------- -------- --------- -----------
Operating loss.......... (100,592) (12,561) (922,893) (1,036,046)
Corporate and other
activities............. (11,646) -- 5,003 (K) (6,643)
Net interest (expense)
income................. 1,058 2,219 (3,669)(L) (392)
--------- -------- --------- -----------
(Loss) before income
taxes and minority
interests.............. (111,180) (10,342) (921,559) (1,043,081)
Income tax benefit...... 35,633 -- 16,361 (N) 51,994
Minority interests...... 4,477 -- (3,925)(F) 552
--------- -------- --------- -----------
Net loss................ $ (71,070) $(10,342) $(909,123) $ (990,535)
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(1) Infoseek's unaudited statement of operations for the year ended September
30, 1998 is derived from Infoseek's consolidated statement of operations
for the nine months ended October 3, 1998, as reported in Infoseek's Annual
Report on Form 10-K, included in Annex K of this document, and Infoseek's
unaudited results of operations for the quarter ended December 31, 1997,
which are not included herein.
See Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Financial Statements
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go.com
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED CONDENSED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the Nine Months Ended June 30, 1999
(In thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Disney's
Existing
Internet Pro Forma go.com
Business Infoseek Adjustments Pro Forma
--------- --------- ----------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Internet revenues....... $ 43,164 $ 95,954 $ 2,057 (B) $ 141,175
Catalog revenues........ 116,634 -- -- 116,634
--------- --------- --------- ----------
Total revenues.......... 159,798 95,954 2,057 257,809
--------- --------- --------- ----------
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenues...... 113,974 38,476 9,993 (B)(G)(M) 162,443
Amortization of
intangibles.......... -- 23,701 (23,701)(G) --
Sales and marketing... 58,681 86,045 14,255 (B)(M) 158,981
Research and
development.......... -- 21,888 (21,888)(B)(M) --
Other operating....... 24,386 18,085 4,631 (B)(M) 47,102
Depreciation and
amortization......... 5,487 43,396 666,235 (E)(G)(M) 715,118
In-process research
and development...... -- 76,939 (72,600)(I) 4,339
--------- --------- --------- ----------
Total costs and
expenses............... 202,528 308,530 576,925 1,087,983
--------- --------- --------- ----------
Gain on sale of
Starwave............... 345,048 -- (345,048)(H) --
--------- --------- --------- ----------
Operating income
(loss)................. 302,318 (212,576) (919,916) (830,174)
Corporate and other
activities............. (13,443) (7,994) 16,203 (B) (5,234)
Equity in Infoseek
loss................... (245,590) -- 245,590 (B)(E) --
Net interest (expense)
income................. (5,371) 8,384 (6,630)(L) (3,617)
--------- --------- --------- ----------
Income (loss) before
income taxes and
minority interests..... 37,914 (212,186) (664,753) (839,025)
Income taxes............ (13,933) -- 74,541 (N) 60,608
Minority interests...... 252 -- 327 (B)(F) 579
--------- --------- --------- ----------
Net income (loss)....... $ 24,233 $(212,186) $(589,885) $ (777,838)
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See Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Financial Statements
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)
The go.com Pro Forma Statements are based upon the historical financial
statements of Disney's existing Internet business and the unaudited
consolidated financial statements of Infoseek, combined and adjusted to give
effect to Disney's proposed acquisition of the approximately 58% of Infoseek
common stock that it does not already own through a merger and issuance of
go.com Common Stock, or tracking stock shares. In addition, the go.com Pro
Forma Statements reflect the application of the Disney common stock policies,
which become effective upon consummation of the proposed Infoseek merger.
The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Balance Sheet gives effect to
this transaction as if it had taken place on June 30, 1999. The Unaudited Pro
Forma Combined Condensed Statements of Operations for the year ended September
30, 1998 and the nine months ended June 30, 1999 reflect this transaction as if
it had taken place on October 1, 1997.
On July 10, 1999, Disney and Infoseek entered into a reorganization
agreement whereby Infoseek stockholders will receive 1.15 shares of go.com
Common Stock for each share of Infoseek common stock that they own. The
Infoseek merger will be accounted for using the purchase method of accounting.
Accordingly, Disney's cost to acquire Infoseek, calculated to be $2.15 billion
assuming an Infoseek common stock price of $47.18 per share, will be allocated
to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed according to their respective
fair values, with the excess purchase price being allocated to goodwill. The
total cost to acquire Infoseek is subject to change, to the extent that the
number of shares of Infoseek common stock to be acquired will not be fixed
until the effective date of the merger. A change in total cost will result in a
corresponding change in goodwill and related amortization expense. The final
allocation of the purchase consideration is dependent upon certain valuations
and other studies that are not yet complete. Accordingly, the purchase price
allocation adjustments made in connection with the development of the go.com
Pro Forma Statements are preliminary and have been made solely for the purpose
of developing such go.com Pro Forma Statements.
The $2.07 billion pro forma excess of purchase price over net tangible
assets acquired as of June 30, 1999 is being amortized over three years at a
rate of $682.0 million per year. go.com believes that a three-year life is
responsive to the rapid rate of change in the Internet industry and is
consistent with other recent mergers of a comparable nature. As a result of the
Infoseek merger, go.com expects to incur a write-off related to in-process
research and development totaling approximately $23.5 million. The Unaudited
Pro Forma Combined Condensed Balance Sheet includes the effect of the write-off
related to in-process research and development; however, the Unaudited Pro
Forma Combined Condensed Statements of Operations do not reflect this one-time
charge. The charge related to in-process research and development will be
reflected in go.com's combined financial statements when the Infoseek merger is
consummated.
The go.com Pro Forma Statements are not necessarily indicative of what the
actual financial results of the combined company would have been had the
transactions described above taken place on June 30, 1999 or October 1, 1997,
nor do they purport to indicate results of future operations.
The Pro Forma Statements have been prepared on the basis of assumptions
described in the notes below, including assumptions relating to the allocation
of the consideration paid for the assets and liabilities of Infoseek based on
preliminary estimates of their fair value. The actual allocation of such
consideration may differ from that reflected in the Pro Forma Statements after
valuations and other procedures to be performed after the closing of the
Infoseek merger have been completed. Below is a table of the estimated
acquisition cost, purchase price allocation and annual amortization of the
intangible assets acquired:
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<CAPTION>
Annual
Amortization Amortization
Life of Intangibles
------------ --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Estimated Acquisition Cost
Exchange of go.com shares for Infoseek
common stock.......................... $1,687.5
Conversion of Infoseek options to
options for tracking stock............ 377.2
Infoseek warrant....................... 139.0
Reversal of deferred tax liabilities... (81.8)
Acquisition expenses................... 30.0
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Total Estimated Acquisition Cost..... $2,151.9
========
Purchase Price Allocation
Fair value of 58% of Infoseek net
tangible assets at June 30, 1999...... $ 80.5
Intangible Assets Acquired:
Trademarks............................. 3.8 3 years $ 1.3
User base.............................. 4.2 2 years 2.1
In-process research and development.... 23.5
Joint ventures......................... 23.5 9 years 2.6
Developed technology................... 23.6 2 years 11.8
Assembled workforce.................... 24.7 3 years 8.2
Goodwill............................... 1,968.1 3 years 656.0
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Total................................ $2,151.9
========
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The Pro Forma Statements give effect to the following pro forma adjustments:
A. Application of purchase accounting to the Infoseek merger, reflecting the
estimated acquisition cost noted above and issuance of shares of go.com Common
Stock. Components of the estimated acquisition cost reflect:
--Acquisition of the approximately 58% of Infoseek common stock not already
owned by Disney through an exchange of 1.15 shares of go.com Common Stock
for each share of Infoseek common stock, or approximately 41.1 million
shares of tracking stock in the aggregate. The purchase price was based
upon an Infoseek common stock price of $47.18 per share, multiplied by
35.8 million shares acquired. Upon consummation of the acquisition, the
results of operations of Infoseek and its subsidiaries thereafter will be
attributed to go.com.
--Conversion of approximately 9.8 million outstanding and unexercised
options exercisable for shares of Infoseek common stock into options
exercisable for an aggregate of approximately 11.3 million shares of
go.com Common Stock having the same terms and conditions as the Infoseek
options, after giving effect to the 1.15 exchange ratio. The fair value
of the options assumed is based on the Black-Scholes option-pricing model
using the following assumptions:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Fair value of the underlying shares based on the average Infoseek
common stock closing price on July 12, 1999 (the day the merger
was announced) and the three days prior and subsequent to such
date.............................................................. $47.18
Expected years until exercise...................................... 4
Expected stock volatility.......................................... 99.0%
Risk-free interest rate............................................ 5.75%
Expected dividend rate............................................. --%
</TABLE>
--Elimination of Disney's original investment in the Infoseek common stock
warrant, acquired November 18, 1998, representing a direct cost of the
acquisition.
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--Reversal of certain deferred tax liabilities reflecting go.com's
increased ownership of Infoseek.
--Acquisition expenses, including investment banking fees, printing and
postage fees, legal and accounting fees, filing and registration costs.
Components of the purchase price allocation listed above and reflected in
the Pro Forma Statements include the following:
. Infoseek's tangible assets acquired, which principally include cash,
accounts receivable and property and equipment, and liabilities assumed,
which principally include accounts payable, accrued payroll and other
current liabilities.
. Trademarks. Infoseek's trademarks, primarily the Infoseek and the GO
Network trademarks, were valued using a variation of the discounted cash
flow approach referred to as the Relief from Royalty method. The analysis
determined a valuation of approximately $3.8 million for trademarks,
which are being amortized on a straight-line basis over a period of three
years.
. User Base. To determine the value of the registered user base of the GO
Network, the future cash flow that is expected to result from registered
users was discounted. The analysis determined a valuation of
approximately $4.2 million for the user base, which is being amortized on
a straight-line basis over a period of two years.
. Joint Ventures. To determine the value of the joint venture
relationships, the expected future cash flow from the joint ventures was
discounted, taking into account the risks related to each business and
the existing and future markets in which they participate. The analysis
resulted in a valuation of approximately $23.5 million for joint venture
relationships, which is being amortized on a straight-line basis over a
period of nine years (the approximate remaining contractual life of the
relationships).
. In-process Research and Development. The projects identified as in-
process research and development at Infoseek are those that will be
underway at the time of the Infoseek merger and would, after consummation
of the Infoseek merger, require additional effort to establish
technological feasibility. These projects have identifiable technological
risk factors which indicate that even though successful completion is
expected, it is not assured. If an identified project is not successfully
completed, there is no alternative future use for the project and the
expected future income will not be realized. To determine the value of
the in-process research and development, the expected future cash flow
attributable to the in-process technology was discounted, taking into
account the percentage of completion, utilization of preexisting or
"core" technology, risks related to the characteristics and applications
of the technology, existing and future markets, and technological risk
associated with completing the development of the technology. The
valuation approach used was a form of discounted cash flow approach known
as the "percentage of completion" approach. The analysis resulted in a
valuation of approximately $23.5 million for in-process research and
development.
. Developed Technology. To determine the value of the developed technology,
the expected future cash flow attributable to the developed technology
was discounted, taking into account risks related to the characteristics
and applications of the technology, existing and future markets, and
assessment of the life cycle stage of the technology. The analysis
resulted in a valuation of approximately $23.6 million for developed
technology which had reached technological feasibility and therefore was
capitalizable. Developed technology is being amortized on a straight-line
basis over a period of two years.
. Assembled Workforce. The value of the assembled workforce was determined
by estimating the costs to replace existing employees, including
recruiting, hiring and training costs for each category of employee. The
analysis determined a valuation of approximately $24.7 million for the
assembled workforce, which is being amortized on a straight-line basis
over a period of three years.
. Goodwill. The preliminary goodwill allocation of $1.97 billion, which was
determined by subtracting the estimated identifiable tangible assets
acquired from total estimated acquisition costs, is being amortized on a
straight-line basis over a period of three years.
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B. Consolidation of the financial results of ESPN Internet Ventures ("EIV")
and ABC News Internet Ventures ("AIV"), owned 50% by Disney and 50% by Infoseek
via its ownership of Starwave, the other joint venture partner, and (i)
elimination of investment in affiliate balances recorded by Disney's existing
Internet business related to Infoseek and Disney's existing Internet business
and Infoseek's investments in EIV and AIV, and (ii) elimination of the
representation rights revenue recorded by Infoseek as a result of Starwave's
joint venture agreements with EIV and AIV. Prior to the Infoseek merger,
Disney's existing Internet business accounted for its original investment in
Infoseek using the equity method of accounting and Disney's existing Internet
business and Infoseek accounted for EIV and AIV using the equity method.
C. Elimination of the $125.1 million balance on the note between Disney's
existing Internet business and Infoseek, related to Disney's existing Internet
business' November 18, 1998 purchase of the Infoseek common stock warrant.
D. Elimination of Infoseek's historical equity accounts.
E. Incremental amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets
resulting from the merger. Intangible assets are being amortized on a straight-
line basis over periods ranging from two to nine years, as described above.
F. Elimination of the minority interest in Starwave.
G. Elimination of Infoseek's amortization of intangible assets related to
its acquisition of Starwave on November 18, 1998.
H. Elimination of Disney's existing Internet business' gain on its sale of
Starwave on November 18, 1998.
I. Elimination of in-process research and development charges reported by
Infoseek as a result of its acquisition of Starwave on November 18, 1998.
J. Capital contribution, in accordance with the reorganization agreement and
the Disney common stock policies, from the Disney Group to go.com to match
Infoseek's adjusted working capital balance.
K. Reduction in corporate general and administrative services and facilities
allocations for the year ended September 30, 1998, from the Disney Group to
Disney's existing Internet business, which in accordance with the Disney common
stock policies have been limited to $7.5 million.
L. Interest expense, to reflect the Disney common stock policies related to
funding or financing provided by the Disney Group to Disney's existing Internet
business. After consummation of the Infoseek merger, financing up to a
cumulative amount of $250.0 million is to be treated as a loan between the
Disney Group and go.com. Interest expense has been reflected applying average
borrowing rates of 6.2% and 6.0%, for the year ended September 30, 1998 and the
nine months ended June 30, 1999, respectively. These rates are consistent with
the Disney Group's average borrowing rates during the periods covered by the
Pro Forma Statements.
M. Reclassification of Infoseek's research and development and depreciation
expenses to conform to Disney's existing Internet business' presentation.
N. Tax adjustment to reflect the impact of the items discussed above.
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PRINCIPAL PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
Set forth below is a description of the material terms of the reorganization
agreement. We urge stockholders to read carefully in its entirety the
reorganization agreement, which we have attached as Annex A to this joint proxy
statement/prospectus and incorporated into this document by reference.
General
The reorganization agreement contemplates the merger of a wholly owned
subsidiary of Disney with and into Infoseek, with Infoseek surviving the merger
as a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney. The merger will become effective on the
date and time that the certificate of merger is filed with the Delaware
Secretary of State or such other date and time specified in the certificate of
merger.
On the closing date of the merger, immediately prior to the consummation of
the merger and the filing of the certificate of merger, Disney will file with
the Delaware Secretary of State the proposed amendment to the Disney
certificate of incorporation. Among other things, the Disney charter amendment
proposal will authorize the go.com Common Stock and reclassify Disney's
remaining common stock as Disney Common Stock.
go.com will be created as a result of the adoption and effectiveness of the
Disney charter amendment proposal and the adoption by the Disney board of
directors of the Disney common stock policies which will describe go.com and
will include policies regarding the relationship between Disney and go.com.
Conversion of Shares and Consideration to be Received in the Merger
At the effective time of the merger:
. each issued and outstanding share of Infoseek common stock and associated
share purchase rights, other than shares owned by Disney and its
affiliates, will be converted into the right to receive 1.15 shares of
go.com Common Stock;
. each share of Infoseek common stock owned by Disney will remain
outstanding;
. each share of Infoseek common stock owned by Disney Enterprises, Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of Disney, will be converted into the right to
receive one-hundredth of a share of a new series of preferred stock of
Disney;
. former Infoseek stockholders, other than Disney, will own approximately
28% of the equity value attributed to go.com, excluding stock options;
and
. Disney will initially retain an interest of approximately 72% of the
equity value attributed to go.com, excluding stock options.
Representations and Warranties
Representations and Warranties by Disney
The reorganization agreement contains standard representations and
warranties by Disney and Bingo Acquisition Corp., its wholly owned subsidiary
which will be merged with and into Infoseek pursuant to the merger, as to:
. corporate organization and similar corporate matters of Disney and its
subsidiaries;
. the capital structure of Disney and Bingo Acquisition;
. power and authority of Disney and Bingo Acquisition to execute the
reorganization agreement subject to stockholder approval;
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. compliance with instruments, including the Disney certificate of
incorporation and bylaws and other agreements to which Disney is a party;
. possession and validity of all necessary government permits and
compliance with all applicable laws;
. fair presentation of Disney's financial statements and reports filed with
the SEC;
. authorization and validity of the go.com Common Stock to be issued in the
merger;
. ownership, activities and liabilities of Bingo Acquisition Corp.;
. fair presentation of financial statements of Disney's existing Internet
business;
. absence of changes in Disney's existing Internet business since March 31,
1999;
. absence of restrictions on the business activities of Disney's existing
Internet business;
. title to properties, absence of liens and encumbrances on property used
by Disney in its existing Internet business;
. ownership of and rights to use intellectual property;
. compliance with and validity of contracts and other instruments of
Disney's existing Internet business;
. pending or threatened litigation;
. validity of government consents, permits, licenses and other
authorizations used by Disney's existing Internet business;
. minute books of Disney's existing Internet business;
. environmental matters;
. broker's and finder's fees;
. employee benefit matters;
. approval by Disney's board of directors of the Disney charter amendment
proposal and the common stock policies;
. fairness opinion delivered by Disney's financial advisor; and
. absence of knowledge of any facts or circumstances reasonably likely to
prevent the merger from qualifying as a "reorganization" for federal
income tax purposes.
Representations and Warranties by Infoseek
The reorganization agreement contains standard representations and
warranties by Infoseek as to:
. corporate organization, standing and the power of Infoseek and its
subsidiaries;
. ownership of subsidiaries of Infoseek;
. capital structure and option plans of Infoseek;
. power and authority to execute the reorganization agreement, including
approval by Infoseek's "disinterested directors" as defined in Infoseek's
certificate of incorporation, as amended, subject to approval by a
majority of the shares of Infoseek common stock, other than shares held
by Disney and its affiliates;
. compliance with instruments, including Infoseek's certificate of
incorporation, as amended, and bylaws and other agreements to which
Infoseek is a party;
. possession and validity of all necessary government permits and
compliance with all applicable laws;
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. fair presentation of Infoseek's financial statements and reports filed
with the SEC;
. absence of changes in Infoseek since March 31, 1999;
. absence of undisclosed liabilities of Infoseek;
. absence of restrictions on the business activities of Infoseek;
. title to properties, absence of liens and encumbrances on property used
by Infoseek and its subsidiaries;
. broker's and finder's fees;
. pending or threatened litigation;
. tax matters;
. employee benefit matters;
. compliance with and validity of contracts and other instruments of
Infoseek and its subsidiaries;
. ownership of and rights to use intellectual property;
. validity of government consents, permits, licenses and other
authorizations used by Infoseek and its subsidiaries;
. environmental matters;
. minute books of Infoseek and its subsidiaries; and
. fairness opinion delivered by Infoseek's financial advisor.
Principal Covenants
Conduct of Business Pending the Merger
Pursuant to the reorganization agreement, Infoseek has agreed that, until
the effective time of the merger, subject to certain exceptions, Infoseek and
its subsidiaries will carry on their respective businesses in substantially the
same manner as conducted prior to the date of the reorganization agreement and
will:
. pay all debts and taxes when due;
. pay and perform other obligations when due;
. use their reasonable efforts consistent with past practice and policies
to preserve intact their present business organization;
. keep available the services of their present officers and key employees;
and
. preserve existing relationships with their customers, suppliers,
distributors, licensors, licensees and other business counterparts.
In addition, Infoseek and its subsidiaries have agreed, subject to certain
exceptions, to comply with specific restrictions relating to the following:
. the purchase, sale, transfer or license of intellectual property;
. the entrance into or modification of agreements relating to marketing or
distribution rights;
. the declaration of dividends or other distributions in respect of capital
stock and the split, combination, reclassification or issuance of capital
stock;
. the issuance, grant, delivery, sale or purchase of their capital stock;
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. the acquisition of any business, corporation, partnership, association or
other business organization or division, or the acquisition of assets;
. the sale, lease, license or other disposition of any properties or
assets;
. incurrence of any indebtedness, guarantee of any indebtedness or the
issuance, sale or guarantee of debt securities;
. the grant of any severance, retention, or termination pay to any
director, officer or employee of Infoseek;
. the adoption of any employee plan, entrance into any employee agreement,
amendment of any employee plan or employee agreement, or agreement to pay
any special bonus or increase the salaries or wage rates of their
employees;
. the payment of any claim, liability or obligation;
. the making or changing of any material election in respect of taxes;
. the filing of any amended tax return;
. the adoption or change of any accounting method in respect of taxes;
. the acceleration of the vesting schedule of any outstanding Infoseek
options, warrants or capital stock;
. the hiring of any material number of employees or termination of any of
Infoseek's key employees, or encouragement of employees to resign;
. the entrance into any agreement which has a term greater than a year; and
. the taking or agreeing or take any of the actions described above or any
other action that would prevent Infoseek from performing or cause
Infoseek not to perform its covenants under the reorganization agreement.
Pursuant to the reorganization agreement, Disney has agreed that, until the
effective time of the merger, Disney will carry on its existing Internet
business in substantially the same manner as conducted prior to the date of the
reorganization agreement. Disney will also use its reasonable efforts to:
. preserve intact the business organizations of its existing Internet
business;
. keep available the services of the present officers and key employees of
its existing Internet business; and
. preserve the relationships of its existing Internet business with
customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees, and others
having business dealings with it.
In addition, Disney has agreed, subject to certain exceptions, that Disney
and Disney's existing Internet business will comply with specific restrictions
relating to the following:
. the purchase, sale, transfer or license of intellectual property;
. the entrance into or modification of agreements relating to marketing or
distribution rights;
. the issuance, grant, purchase, sale or delivery of go.com Common Stock;
. the acquisition of any business or any corporation, partnership,
association or other business organization or division or assets relating
to Disney's existing Internet business;
. the sale, lease, license or other disposition of any properties or assets
of Disney's existing Internet business;
. incurrence of any indebtedness, guarantee of any indebtedness or the
issuance, sale or guarantee of debt securities related to, or attributed
to, Disney's existing Internet business;
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. the grant of any severance, retention, or termination pay to any
director, officer or employee of the companies comprising Disney's
existing Internet business;
. the termination or resignation of any key employees of Disney's existing
Internet business; and
. the taking of any of the actions described above or taking or agreeing to
take any other action that would prevent Disney from performing or cause
Disney not to perform its covenants under the reorganization agreement.
No Solicitation of Transactions
Pursuant to the reorganization agreement, Infoseek has agreed that it will
not solicit, initiate or encourage any inquiries or the making of any proposal
which constitutes or may reasonably be expected to lead to an acquisition
proposal. An acquisition proposal is defined in the reorganization agreement to
include:
. an offer for a tender or exchange offer for the securities of Infoseek;
. an offer for a merger, consolidation or their business combination
involving an acquisition of Infoseek or any material subsidiary of
Infoseek; or
. any proposal to acquire in any manner a substantial equity interest in or
a substantial portion of the assets of Infoseek or any material
subsidiary of Infoseek.
Prior to the time its stockholders have voted whether to approve the merger
proposal, Infoseek may:
. engage in discussions or negotiations with and furnish information to a
third party who, without solicitation by Infoseek, seeks to initiate such
discussions or negotiations; or
. recommend to its stockholders that they accept a third party's "superior
proposal."
. A superior proposal is defined in the reorganization agreement as an
acquisition proposal to acquire at least 100% of the consolidated assets
or outstanding voting power of Infoseek's securities that is financially
superior to the merger and the transactions contemplated in connection
with the merger and is not subject to any financing condition, as
determined in good faith in each case by Infoseek's board of directors
after consultation with its financial advisors. Prior to entering into a
superior proposal, the reorganization agreement must be terminated.
Infoseek may engage in discussions or negotiations with a third party or
recommend a superior proposal only if:
. the third party has first made a superior proposal;
. Infoseek's board of directors concludes in good faith, after consultation
with outside counsel, that it is required to take such action in order to
comply with its fiduciary duties; and
. prior to Infoseek furnishing information to or entering into discussions
or negotiations with such person or entity:
(1) the third party has entered into a confidentiality agreement with
Infoseek on customary terms no more favorable than those contained
in the confidentiality agreement between Disney and Infoseek dated
March 1, 1999; and
(2) Infoseek has provided Disney with notice of an acquisition proposal
within 24 hours after the proposal is received.
Infoseek must notify Disney of any acquisition proposal which would
reasonably be expected to prevent, interfere with or delay the merger if it
were consummated.
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Other Covenants
The reorganization agreement contains additional covenants, including
covenants relating to:
. preparation and distribution of this joint proxy statement/prospectus;
. coordination of special meetings;
. access to information;
. tax filings and tax opinions;
. mutual notification of particular events;
. allocation of expenses;
. public announcements; and
. cooperation regarding filings with governmental and other agencies and
organizations.
In addition, the reorganization agreement contains a general covenant
requiring each party to use its reasonable best efforts to effect the
consummation of the merger.
Infoseek Stock Options and Other Purchase Rights
At the effective time of the merger, each issued and outstanding option,
warrant or other right to acquire or receive shares of Infoseek capital stock,
whether or not vested, will be transferred to and assumed by Disney in such
manner that it is converted into an option to purchase shares of go.com Common
Stock. However, the warrant to purchase shares of Infoseek common stock issued
to Disney dated November 18, 1998, and any unvested Infoseek options or
warrants held by non-employee directors of Infoseek will not be transferred to
and assumed by Disney. Following the effective time of the merger, each go.com
Common Stock option or warrant will be exercisable on the same terms and
conditions as those then applicable to the Infoseek option or warrant, except
that:
. each go.com Common Stock option or warrant will be exercisable for that
number of shares of go.com Common Stock equal to the number of shares of
Infoseek capital stock that were issuable upon the exercise of the
Infoseek option or warrant immediately prior to the effective time of the
merger multiplied by 1.15; and
. the exercise price per share of the go.com Common Stock option or warrant
will be equal to the exercise price per share at which the Infoseek
option or warrant was exercisable immediately prior to the effective time
of the merger divided by 1.15.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Infoseek will cause all purchase intervals under all offering periods of
Infoseek's employee stock purchase plan that have not previously terminated in
accordance with their terms to terminate immediately prior to the effective
time of the merger and provide for a final exercise of employee stock purchase
plan options to be made at that time. The amount of cash to be allocated by
Disney to go.com as provided in "--Working Capital Balance" below will be
decreased by the sum of the exercise price of each option exercised under the
employee stock purchase plan on and after the date of the reorganization
agreement multiplied by the respective number of shares of each option under
the employee stock purchase plan. Pursuant to the reorganization agreement, the
board of directors of Infoseek will take all necessary action to terminate
Infoseek's employee stock purchase plan immediately prior to the effective time
of the merger.
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Assumption of Infoseek Option Plans; Employee Plans
At the effective time of the merger, Disney will assume all outstanding
Infoseek options, under the Infoseek option plans, and warrants, other than
unvested non-employee director options which will vest and become exercisable
and the warrant for Infoseek common stock held by Disney.
Following the effective time of the merger, Disney will cause each "employee
benefit plan," as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, maintained by Disney or its
affiliates that covers or will cover employees of Infoseek or Infoseek
subsidiaries that are active at the effective time of the merger to recognize
all service, for purposes of eligibility and vesting of benefits, but not for
benefit accrual purposes, that is credited to Infoseek employees for comparable
purposes under the comparable benefit plans of Infoseek or Infoseek
subsidiaries as of the effective time of the merger.
Conditions to the Consummation of the Merger
Conditions to Each Party's Obligations
Each party's obligation to consummate the merger is subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions:
. No court or other governmental entity of competent jurisdiction shall
have entered, enacted, issued or enforced any judgment, order, statute,
law or regulation that would prevent the completion of the merger, nor
shall any suit, action or proceeding be pending that would prevent
completion of the merger;
. All applicable waiting periods under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended will have expired or terminated
early;
. Infoseek's stockholders shall have approved the merger proposal, approved
and adopted the reorganization agreement, and Disney's stockholders shall
have approved the Disney charter amendment proposal; and
. The shares of go.com Common Stock to be issued in the merger to the
stockholders of Infoseek shall have been approved for listing on the New
York Stock Exchange.
Additional Conditions to Obligations of Disney
The obligation of Disney to consummate the merger is subject to the
satisfaction of the following additional conditions, which may be waived in
writing exclusively by Disney:
. Disney shall have received the opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP, counsel
to Disney, to the effect that the merger will be treated for federal
income tax purposes as a reorganization described in Section 368(a) of
the federal income tax code, and neither Disney nor any of its
subsidiaries will recognize gain or loss by reason of the issuance of the
go.com Common Stock;
. The representations and warranties of Infoseek in the reorganization
agreement shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of the
effective time of the merger and Infoseek shall have performed and
complied in all material respects with all of its covenants and
obligations under the reorganization agreement;
. No material adverse effect with respect to Infoseek shall have occurred
since the date of the reorganization agreement and no events or
circumstances shall have occurred since then that would have a material
adverse effect on Infoseek;
. Any and all consents, waivers, assignments and approvals of Infoseek
shall have been obtained;
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. Disney shall have been provided with a certificate executed on behalf of
Infoseek by its president and chief executive officer, its chief
operating officer or its chief financial officer to the effect that, as
of the effective time of the merger, certain conditions have been met;
and
. There shall not have been a "change of law" that, in the good faith
judgment of Disney after consultation with its external advisors, could,
if adopted, be reasonably likely to have a material adverse tax
consequence to Disney, Infoseek and/or their respective stockholders,
arising from the transactions contemplated by the reorganization
agreement.
A "change of law" is defined in the reorganization agreement as:
(1) a published Treasury Regulation, including a proposed or final
regulation, Revenue Ruling, Revenue Procedure, or notice of intention to
issue a regulation;
(2) administrative or judicial pronouncement, including a private letter
ruling, case, technical advice memorandum or other form of notice;
(3) a proposal made by or on behalf of any United States Congressional
tax writing committee or any chair thereof; or
(4) legislation introduced in either house of the United States
Congress, including any committee thereof.
Additional Conditions to Obligations of Infoseek
The obligation of Infoseek to effect the merger is subject to the
satisfaction of each of the following additional conditions, any of which may
be waived in writing exclusively by Infoseek:
. Infoseek shall have received the opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &
Rosati, Professional Corporation, counsel to Infoseek, to the effect that
the merger will be treated for federal income tax purposes as a
reorganization described in Section 368(a) of the federal income tax
code;
. The representations and warranties of Disney in the reorganization
agreement shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of the
effective time of the merger. Disney shall have performed and complied in
all material respects with all of its covenants and obligations under the
reorganization agreement as of the effective time of the merger;
. No material adverse effect with respect to Disney's existing Internet
business shall have occurred since the date of the reorganization
agreement and no events or circumstances shall have occurred since such
date that would have a material adverse effect on Disney's existing
Internet business;
. There shall not have been a "change of law" that, in the good faith
judgment of Infoseek after consultation with its external advisors,
could, if adopted, be reasonably likely to have a material adverse tax
consequence to Infoseek, Disney and/or their respective stockholders,
arising from the transactions contemplated by the reorganization
agreement;
. Any and all consents, waivers, assignments and approvals shall have been
obtained;
. At the effective time of the merger, The Disney Catalog, Inc. shall have
positive working capital, that is its current assets, including cash,
shall exceed current liabilities; and
. Infoseek shall have been provided with a certificate executed on behalf
of Disney by officers with titles of senior vice president or above to
the effect that, as of the effective time of the merger, certain
conditions have been met.
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Termination
The reorganization agreement may be terminated and the merger may be
abandoned at any time prior to the effective time of the merger as follows:
. by mutual consent of Disney and Infoseek;
. by either Disney or Infoseek, if:
(1) the merger has not been consummated by February 29, 2000;
provided, however, that this right to terminate will not be available
to any party whose action or failure to act has been a principal cause
of or resulted in the failure of the merger to occur on or before that
date;
(2) there is a final nonappealable order of a federal or state court
in effect preventing consummation of the merger;
(3) consummation of the merger is illegal due to applicable statute,
rule, regulation, injunction, order or decree;
(4) at the Infoseek special meeting the requisite vote of the
Infoseek stockholders in favor of the merger and the reorganization
agreement is not obtained, unless the failure to obtain the requisite
vote was caused by the action or failure to act of the party seeking to
terminate the reorganization agreement;
(5) at the Disney special meeting the requisite vote of Disney's
stockholders is not obtained in favor of the Disney charter amendment
proposal unless the failure to obtain the requisite vote was caused by
the party seeking to terminate the reorganization agreement;
(6) any governmental action is taken, or any statute, rule,
regulation or order enacted, promulgated or issued or deemed applicable
to the merger by any governmental body, which would (a) prohibit
Disney's ownership or operation of the business of Infoseek or Disney's
existing Internet business or (b) compel Disney or Infoseek to dispose
of or hold separate all or a material portion of the business assets of
Infoseek or Disney's existing Internet business as a result of the
merger;
. by Infoseek if:
(1) it is not in material breach of its obligations under the
reorganization agreement and Disney has breached any representation,
warranty or covenant in the reorganization agreement, or if any
representation or warranty of Disney has become untrue;
(2) subject to certain limitations, prior to obtaining the requisite
vote of its stockholders approving the merger, upon five days' prior
notice to Disney, if, as a result of a superior proposal by a party
other than Disney or any of its affiliates, the board of directors of
Infoseek determines in good faith, after considering applicable
provisions of state law and after consultation with outside counsel,
that acceptance of the superior proposal is necessary for Infoseek's
board of directors to act in a manner consistent with its fiduciary
duties under applicable law;
. by Disney if:
(1) if it is not in material breach of its obligations under the
reorganization agreement and Infoseek has breached any representation,
warranty or covenant in the reorganization agreement, or if any
representation or warranty of Infoseek has become untrue;
(2) prior to Infoseek's obtaining the requisite vote of its
stockholders approving the merger and after receipt by Infoseek of an
acquisition proposal, if:
(a) the board of directors of Infoseek fails to publicly reaffirm
the merger by the end of the 10th business day following but not
including the day on which Disney notifies Infoseek that it wishes
the board of directors of Infoseek to publicly reaffirm its
recommendation to Infoseek's stockholders to vote for the merger; or
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(b) the board of directors of Infoseek fails to publicly reject
an acquisition proposal by the later of the end of the 10th business
day following the public announcement of the acquisition proposal,
or the 3rd business day following but not including the day on which
Disney notifies Infoseek that it wishes the board of directors of
Infoseek to publicly reject such publicly announced acquisition
proposal; or
(c) the board of directors of Infoseek changes its recommendation
to Infoseek's stockholders to vote in favor of the merger.
Effect of Termination
In the event of termination of the reorganization agreement, the
reorganization agreement shall become void and there shall be no liability or
obligation on the part of Disney, Bingo Acquisition or Infoseek, or their
respective officers, directors or stockholders, except that each party will
remain liable for any willful breaches of such party's covenants or intentional
or willful breaches of such party's representations and warranties prior to
termination.
Termination Fees and Other Events
If the reorganization agreement is terminated:
. by Disney as a result of a breach by Infoseek of any of the provisions
described above prohibiting its solicitation of transactions; or
. by Disney prior to Infoseek obtaining the requisite vote of its
stockholders approving the merger and after receipt by Infoseek of an
acquisition proposal;
. by Infoseek prior to obtaining the requisite vote of its stockholders
approving the merger and subject to a superior proposal as described
above;
then
. Infoseek must pay to Disney a fee of $75 million in cash minus any
amounts it may have paid pursuant to this section, and
. if, within 12 months of any termination described above, Infoseek becomes
a majority owned subsidiary of another entity or consummates a majority
acquisition proposal, which is defined in the reorganization agreement as
an acquisition proposal with another entity which would result in the
acquisition of 50% or more of the voting power of Infoseek, the following
agreements will be terminated:
(1) the Governance Agreement, dated as of June 18, 1998, among
Infoseek, Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Disney;
(2) the Promotional Services Agreement, dated as of June 17, 1998,
between American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. and Infoseek,
including the related side letter dated June 18, 1998 from Disney
Enterprises, Inc.;
(3) the License Agreement, dated as of June 18, 1998, between Disney
Enterprises, Inc. and Infoseek;
(4) the Representation Agreement, dated as of June 18, 1998, among
ESPN/Starwave Partners, Starwave Corporation and Infoseek;
(5) the Representation Agreement, dated as of June 18, 1998, among
ABC/Starwave Partners, Starwave Corporation and Infoseek.
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If:
. the reorganization agreement is terminated by a party following a failure
of Infoseek's stockholders to grant the requisite vote approving the
merger; and
. prior to the meeting of Infoseek's stockholders, there has been publicly
announced a proposal for the acquisition of Infoseek; and
. within 12 months of any such termination, Infoseek becomes a majority
owned subsidiary of another entity or accepts a written offer to
consummate or consummates a majority acquisition proposal upon the
signing of a definitive agreement relating to such majority acquisition
proposal, or, if no such agreement is signed, then at the closing, and as
a condition of the closing of Infoseek becoming such a subsidiary or of
such majority acquisition proposal,
then:
. Infoseek must pay to Disney a fee of $75 million in cash, minus any
amounts it may have paid pursuant to this section, and
. the Governance Agreement, Promotional Services Agreement, License
Agreement and Representation Agreements will be terminated.
If:
. the reorganization agreement is terminated by Disney solely as a result
of the failure of Disney to receive a favorable tax opinion or the
occurrence of an adverse tax event or by Infoseek due to the failure to
receive the required stockholder vote;
. Infoseek provides Disney with written notice to the effect that all of
the conditions applicable to both parties and applicable to Infoseek have
been satisfied or waived; and
. Disney notifies Infoseek in writing within ten business days following
notice from Infoseek that the basis for its failure to close is solely
due to the failure to receive a favorable tax opinion or other adverse
tax consequences having occurred,
then Disney must purchase from Infoseek, at a price per share equal to the
"termination share price," as defined below, a number of shares of Infoseek
common stock equal to $50,000,000 divided by the termination share price.
The "termination share price" means, if the Infoseek market price is $40.00
per share or more, then the Infoseek market price, or if the Infoseek market
price is less than $40.00 per share, then 200% of the Infoseek market price.
If the reorganization agreement is terminated:
. by Disney because Infoseek shall have failed to receive the requisite
vote to approve the merger at its stockholders' meeting and the requisite
vote of Disney's stockholders is obtained at the Disney stockholders
meeting;
. by Infoseek because Disney shall have failed to receive the requisite
vote to approve the merger at its stockholders' meeting and the requisite
vote of Infoseek's stockholders is obtained at the Infoseek stockholders
meeting;
then:
. Disney or Infoseek, as the case may be, must pay the party who obtained
stockholder approval the actual and documented fees and expenses,
excluding any retainer or contingent, success or similar fees, up to
$2,500,000 in cash in the aggregate of the party who obtained approval.
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In the reorganization agreement, Infoseek acknowledged and agreed that the
agreements contained in the termination provisions described above are an
integral part of the transactions contemplated by the reorganization agreement.
No termination by Infoseek of the reorganization agreement shall be effective
unless and until all fees required to then be paid by Infoseek pursuant to the
reorganization agreement, which are described above have been received in
immediately available funds by Disney. If Infoseek fails to timely pay Disney
any fees or expenses due under the reorganization agreement Infoseek must pay
the out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and
expenses, in connection with any action, including the filing of any lawsuit or
other legal action, taken to collect payment together with interest on the
amount of any unpaid fees and expenses. The fees and expenses set forth in this
section are not the exclusive remedy available against either party if such
party willfully breaches the reorganization agreement.
OTHER MATERIAL AGREEMENTS
Support Agreements
In connection with the reorganization agreement, Disney has entered into
support agreements with each of Steven T. Kirsch and Andrew E. Newton, who
collectively owned approximately 9% of the outstanding shares of Infoseek
common stock as of July 10, 1999. The support agreements also cover shares of
Infoseek common stock acquired by Messrs. Kirsch and Newton after July 10,
1999. The following summary of the support agreements is qualified by reference
to the complete text of the support agreements, which are incorporated by
reference and attached as Annexes B-1and B-2 to this document.
Agreement to Vote. Under the terms of the support agreements, each of
Messrs. Kirsch and Newton agreed to vote his shares of Infoseek common stock
(1) in favor of the merger, the approval and adoption by Infoseek of the
reorganization agreement and approval of the other transactions contemplated by
the reorganization agreement and (2) against any competing merger,
consolidation, sale of substantially all of Infoseek's assets, sale or issuance
of securities of Infoseek or its subsidiaries, reorganization, joint venture,
recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of or by Infoseek or
its subsidiaries and against any amendment to Infoseek's certificate of
incorporation, bylaws or other proposal which would impede the merger or result
in a breach of the reorganization agreement by Infoseek.
Restrictions on Transfer. Under the terms of the support agreement, except
as provided pursuant to the right of first offer given by Mr. Kirsch to Disney
in the Letter Agreement dated June 18, 1998, Mr. Kirsch may not transfer, sell
or otherwise dispose of any shares contemplated by the support agreement until
the support agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms. Under the
terms of the support agreement entered into with Mr. Newton, Mr. Newton may
freely sell any or all of the shares of Infoseek common stock contemplated by
the support agreement.
Termination. The support agreements terminate upon the earlier of:
. 180 days from July 10, 1999;
. the effectiveness of the merger; or
. the termination of the reorganization agreement, other than as a result
of Infoseek's receipt of a superior proposal.
Other Provisions. The support agreements also contain, among other things,
representations and warranties by each of Messrs. Kirsch and Newton and
specific enforcement provisions.
Retention Bonus Side Letter
In connection with the execution of the reorganization agreement, Disney and
Infoseek agreed on a retention plan relating to current Infoseek employees.
Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Infoseek may set
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aside a bonus pool, estimated to be equal to approximately $15 million, for the
purpose of providing retention bonuses to Infoseek employees who remain
employees of go.com for a period of at least 60 to 90 days following the
effective time of the merger. Each Infoseek employee who remains with go.com
for the specified period of time will be entitled to receive a retention bonus
based upon base salary.
Amendments to Partnership Agreements
In connection with the execution of the reorganization agreement, Disney and
Infoseek also agreed to cause Disney's affiliates and Starwave to amend each of
the Amended and Restated ESPN/Starwave Partnership Agreement and the Amended
and Restated ABC News/Starwave Partnership Agreement to extend the terms for
each of the partnerships until 99 years after the merger, effective as of the
effective time of the merger.
INFOSEEK'S CURRENT RELATIONSHIP WITH DISNEY
The following is a summary of the material business transactions and
relationships between Infoseek and Disney.
General
On November 18, 1998, Infoseek acquired Starwave, which was then
approximately 90% owned by Disney Enterprises, Inc. In consideration for its
ownership interest in Starwave, Disney Enterprises, Inc., an affiliate of
Disney, received 23.5 million shares of Infoseek common stock in the
transaction. Disney also purchased an additional 2,642,000 unregistered shares
of Infoseek common stock and a warrant, subject to vesting, to purchase up to
an additional 15,720,000 unregistered shares of Infoseek common stock over a
three-year period following the closing, in exchange for approximately $70.0
million in cash and a $139.0 million five-year promissory note. Upon closing of
the transactions described above, the Infoseek board of directors was expanded
from five to eight members, with Disney and Disney Enterprises, Inc. being
entitled to designate three directors. In addition, Infoseek and Disney
established a strategic relationship concerning the development, launch and
promotion of the GO Network.
As a result of the transactions described above, Disney and Disney
Enterprises currently own approximately 42% of Infoseek's outstanding common
stock. Disney and Disney Enterprises have contractual rights to maintain their
initial percentage stock and warrant ownership through direct purchases from
Infoseek in the event of dilutive issuances. In August 1999, Disney and Disney
Enterprises purchased 299,802 shares of Infoseek for a purchase price of
$12,201,015 pursuant to its Maintenance Rights Letter Agreement following
Infoseek's acquisition of Quando, Inc.
Related Agreements
Governance Agreement
Infoseek and Disney also entered into a governance agreement, which
provides, among other things, that for a period of three years following
November 18, 1998, Disney is subject, among other things, to standstill
provisions preventing Disney and its affiliates from acquiring more than 49.9%
of Infoseek's outstanding voting stock, soliciting proxies or acting with
another party for purposes of voting or acquiring shares of Infoseek voting
stock, and transferring their Infoseek shares except under certain
circumstances. The governance agreement also provides for super majority board
approval with respect to certain matters and, together with Infoseek's
certificate of incorporation, as amended, restricts Disney's ability to proceed
with a tender offer for or merger with Infoseek in certain cases without the
approval of members of the Infoseek board not designated by Disney and approval
of stockholders of Infoseek other than Disney. In accordance with the anti-
takeover
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protections in the governance agreement, the disinterested directors of
Infoseek have approved the proposed merger. The outcome of the vote taken at
the special meeting will determine if the requisite approval of the
disinterested stockholders of Infoseek is obtained.
GO Network
Infoseek and Disney and its affiliates also entered into a number of
licensing and commercial arrangements contemplating the development, launch and
promotion of GO Network. GO Network is based, in part, upon certain
intellectual property owned by Disney and its affiliates that is licensed to
Infoseek pursuant to a royalty-bearing license agreement. This license
agreement may terminate if particular events occur, for example, if another
party acquires 25% or more of Infoseek's stock, Infoseek fails to spend an
amount of money to promote GO Network or Infoseek files for bankruptcy. While
operated by Infoseek, GO Network also is subject to an advisory committee which
consists of one Infoseek representative and one representative of Disney
Enterprises, Inc. for oversight of activities relating to the service. In
connection with GO Network, Disney's wholly owned subsidiary, ABC, Inc., agreed
to provide, and Infoseek agreed to purchase, $165 million in promotional
support and activities over five years. As part of this promotion, Disney
agreed to co-brand all ABCNEWS.com and ESPN.com owned non-traditional media
promotion with promotions for GO Network. Disney also agreed to integrate
Infoseek's search and directory technology into its own Internet-based
services.
Joint Ventures
Affiliates of Disney also agreed to amend certain aspects of the ABC News
and ESPN joint ventures. Starwave also agreed to act pursuant to representation
agreements as the representative of the ABC News Joint Venture and ESPN Joint
Venture for the sale of advertising services.
DESCRIPTION OF DISNEY'S EXISTING CAPITAL STOCK
The following description of the material terms of the existing capital
stock of Disney does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the existing Disney certificate of incorporation and
the proposed amendment to Disney's certificate of incorporation, a copy of
which is attached as Annex C to this document. For more information as to how
you can obtain the Disney certificate of incorporation, see "Summary--Where You
Can Find More Information."
General
Disney's certificate of incorporation currently authorizes the issuance of
up to 3,700,000,000 shares of capital stock, consisting of 3,600,000,000 shares
of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 100,000,000 shares of preferred
stock, par value $0.01 per share. As of July 1, 1999, approximately
2,060,000,000 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding. Pursuant to
the Disney certificate of incorporation, Disney's board of directors has the
authority to designate the preferred stock in one or more series, without
stockholder approval. Currently, there is no designated series of preferred
stock, and no shares of preferred stock are issued and outstanding.
If the Disney charter amendment proposal is approved and the merger is
consummated, the number of authorized shares will increase to 4,700,000,000,
and two classes of common stock, the Disney Common Stock and the go.com Common
Stock, will be authorized. See "Description of Disney Capital Stock Following
the Merger." The authorized number of shares of Disney preferred stock will
remain unchanged. A new series of preferred stock will be issued in connection
with the merger, as described under "Description of Disney Capital Stock
Following the Merger--Disney Series A Voting Preferred Stock."
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Stock Transfer Agent And Registrar
The Walt Disney Company currently acts as the registrar and transfer agent
for the common stock of Disney and will continue to serve in those capacities
if the Disney charter amendment proposal is approved.
Stock Exchange Listings
The New York Stock Exchange has approved, subject to official notice of
issuance, the redesignation of the existing common stock as Disney Common
Stock, which will continue to trade under the symbol "DIS," and the listing of
the go.com Common Stock under the symbol "GO."
Disney Common Stock
Under Disney's existing certificate of incorporation, Disney may issue, from
time to time, shares of its common stock, the general terms and provisions of
which are summarized below. This summary does not purport to be complete and is
subject to, and qualified in its entirety by express reference to, the
provisions of Disney's certificate of incorporation and bylaws.
Dividends. Subject to any preferential rights of any series of preferred
stock, holders of shares of Disney common stock are entitled to receive
dividends on such stock out of assets legally available for distribution when,
as and if authorized and declared by Disney's board of directors. The payment
of dividends on the common stock is a business decision to be made by Disney's
board of directors from time to time based upon the results of operations and
financial condition of Disney and such other factors as the board of directors
considers relevant. Payment of dividends on the common stock may be restricted
by loan agreements, indentures and other transactions entered into by Disney
from time to time.
Voting Rights. Holders of Disney common stock are entitled to one vote per
share on all matters voted on generally by stockholders, including the election
of directors, and, except as otherwise required by law or except as provided
with respect to any series of preferred stock, the holders of shares of Disney
common stock possess all voting power. Disney's certificate of incorporation
does not provide for cumulative voting for the election of directors. As a
result, under Delaware law, the holders of more than one-half of the
outstanding shares of Disney common stock generally will be able to elect all
of the directors of Disney then standing for election and holders of the
remaining shares will not be able to elect any director.
Liquidation Rights. Subject to any preferential rights of any series of
preferred stock, holders of shares of Disney common stock are entitled to share
ratably in the assets of Disney legally available for distribution to its
stockholders in the event of its liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
Absence of Other Rights. Holders of common stock have no preferences,
preemptive, conversion or exchange rights.
Miscellaneous. Disney common stock, upon issuance against full payment of
the purchase price therefor, will be fully paid and nonassessable.
Disney Preferred Stock
Disney may issue, from time to time, shares of one or more series of
preferred stock. The following description sets forth the material terms and
provisions of the preferred stock to which any specific series of the preferred
stock may relate. The particular terms of any series of Disney preferred stock
will be set forth in a certificate of designations relating to that series. The
following summary of the material provisions of the Disney preferred stock does
not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety
by express reference to, the provisions of Disney's certificate of
incorporation and the certificate of designations relating to a specific series
of the preferred stock.
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General. The Disney board of directors is authorized to issue up to
100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, in one or more series, and to fix for
each such series voting powers and such preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights and such qualifications,
limitations or restrictions as are permitted by Delaware law.
Disney's board of directors is authorized to determine for each series of
preferred stock:
. the designation of the shares and the number of shares that constitute
the series;
. the dividend rate, or the method of calculation thereof, if any, and the
priority as to payment of dividends with respect to other classes or
series of Disney capital stock;
. the dividend periods, or the method of calculation thereof;
. the voting rights of the shares;
. the liquidation preference and the priority as to payment of such
liquidation preference with respect to other classes or series of Disney
capital stock and any other rights of the shares of such series upon any
liquidation or winding-up of Disney;
. whether or not and on what terms the shares of such series will be
subject to redemption or repurchase at the option of Disney;
. whether and on what terms the shares of such series will be convertible
into or exchangeable for other debt or equity securities;
. whether depositary shares representing shares of such series of preferred
stock will be offered and, if so, the fraction of a share of such series
of preferred stock represented by each depositary share;
. whether the shares of such series of preferred stock will be listed on a
securities exchange;
. any special United States federal income tax considerations applicable to
such series; and
. the other rights and privileges and any qualifications, limitations or
restrictions of such rights or privileges of such series.
Dividends. Holders of shares of Disney preferred stock are entitled to
receive, when, as and if declared by the Disney board of directors out of funds
legally available therefor, an annual cash dividend payable at such dates and
at such rates as set forth in the applicable certificate of designations.
Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable certificate of designations
relating to the series of Disney preferred stock, each series of Disney
preferred stock will rank junior as to dividends to any series of preferred
stock that may be issued in the future that is expressly senior as to dividends
to that preferred stock. If at any time Disney has failed to pay accrued
dividends on any of the senior shares at the time such dividends are payable,
Disney may not pay any dividend on the junior preferred stock or redeem or
otherwise repurchase shares of junior preferred stock until such accumulated
but unpaid dividends on the senior shares have been paid or set aside for
payment in full by Disney.
Convertibility. Preferred stock may be convertible into, or exchangeable
for, other securities or property as set forth in the relevant certificate of
designations.
Redemption and Sinking Fund. Preferred stock may be redeemable or receive
the benefit of a sinking fund as set forth in the relevant certificate of
designations.
Liquidation Rights. Unless otherwise set forth in the certificate of
designations, in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
Disney, the holders of preferred stock generally are entitled to receive
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out of assets of Disney available for distribution to stockholders, before any
distribution of assets is made to holders of:
. any other shares of preferred stock ranking junior to such series of
preferred stock as to rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up;
and
. shares of common stock,
liquidating distributions per share in the amount of the liquidation preference
specified in the certificate of designations plus any dividends accrued and
accumulated but unpaid to the date of final distribution.
Voting Rights. Holders of Disney preferred stock have only the voting rights
described below, as set forth in the relevant certificate of designations or as
otherwise required by law. Whenever dividends are in arrears for the equivalent
of six quarterly dividend periods, whether or not consecutive, the holders of
preferred stock, voting separately as a class with all other series of
preferred stock then entitled to voting rights, are entitled to vote for the
election of two of the authorized number of directors on the Disney board of
directors at the next annual meeting of stockholders and at each subsequent
meeting until all dividends on that series of preferred stock have been paid or
set apart for payment. Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable certificate
of designations, holders of shares of preferred stock have one vote for each
share held.
So long as shares of any series of preferred stock remain outstanding,
Disney may not, without the consent of holders of at least two-thirds of the
shares of the series of preferred stock outstanding at the time, voting
separately as a class with all other series of Disney preferred stock upon
which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable:
. issue or increase the authorized amount of any class or series of capital
stock ranking prior to the outstanding preferred stock as to dividends or
upon liquidation; or
. amend, alter or repeal any of the provisions of Disney's certificate of
incorporation or of the resolutions contained in the certificate of
designations relating to that series of preferred stock, whether by
merger, consolidation or otherwise, so as to materially adversely affect
any power, preference or special right of that series of preferred stock
or the holders thereof.
Miscellaneous. The holders of Disney preferred stock have no preemptive
rights. Shares of preferred stock redeemed or otherwise reacquired by Disney
resume the status of authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock
undesignated as to series, and are available for subsequent issuance. There are
no restrictions on repurchase or redemption of the preferred stock while there
is any arrearage on sinking fund installments except as may be set forth in the
certificate of designations relating to the preferred stock. Payment of
dividends on any series of preferred stock may be restricted by loan
agreements, indentures and other transactions entered into by Disney.
The authorized number of shares of Disney preferred stock and the relative
rights, preferences and limitations of preferred stock will not be changed by
the proposed amendment to the Disney certificate of incorporation.
DESCRIPTION OF DISNEY'S CAPITAL STOCK FOLLOWING THE MERGER
The Disney Charter Amendment Proposal
Disney stockholders are being asked to consider and vote upon a proposal to
amend and restate Disney's certificate of incorporation to increase the number
of shares of capital stock authorized for issuance from 3,700,000,000 to
4,700,000,000, to provide for two classes of common stock of Disney, of which
3,600,000,000 shares will be designated as Disney Common Stock and
1,000,000,000 shares will be designated go.com Common Stock, and to reclassify
each outstanding share of the existing common stock of Disney as
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one share of Disney Common Stock. The description of the Disney charter
amendment proposal is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the
Disney charter amendment proposal, which is set forth in Annex C to this
document. It is intended that the Disney Common Stock will reflect the
performance of the Disney Group and the go.com Common Stock will reflect the
performance of go.com. For a discussion of the interests of Disney to be
allocated to each group, see "Disney Common Stock Policies Governing the
Interests of Disney to be allocated between the Disney Group and go.com."
The additional authorized but unissued shares of Disney Common Stock, go.com
Common Stock and Disney preferred stock would remain available for issuance by
Disney from time to time at the discretion of the Disney board of directors. To
the extent permitted under Delaware law, the Disney board of directors could
authorize the issuance of remaining shares for any proper corporate purpose,
such as raising capital, paying stock dividends, effecting a stock split,
providing compensation or benefits to employees or acquiring other companies or
businesses. The approval of the stockholders of Disney is not necessary for the
issuance of the authorized but unissued shares of common stock, unless approval
is required by Delaware law, regulation or the New York Stock Exchange rules.
Except as contemplated by the reorganization agreement, Disney has no
present agreements or understandings with respect to the issuance of any shares
of common stock that will be authorized for issuance if the Disney charter
amendment proposal is approved by the Disney stockholders.
In addition and to the extent permitted under Delaware law, Disney's board
of directors will have the authority to increase or decrease from time to time
the total number of authorized shares of each class of common stock without
stockholder approval. However, the board of directors could not increase the
number of shares of authorized stock of a class above a number which, when
added to the number of authorized shares of the other class of common stock,
would exceed the total number of authorized shares of common stock. In
addition, the board of directors could not decrease the number of shares
authorized of either class of common stock below the number of shares
outstanding of such class. The board of directors will continue to be able to
issue shares of preferred stock in classes, without stockholder approval.
Disney Common Stock and go.com Common Stock
Dividends
Dividends on Disney Common Stock and go.com Common Stock will be subject to
substantially the same limitations as dividends on the existing Disney common
stock, which are limited to legally available funds of Disney under applicable
law and subject to the prior payment of dividends on any outstanding shares of
preferred stock.
Dividends on Disney Common Stock and go.com Common Stock will further be
limited to an amount not in excess of the Disney Group Available Dividend
Amount and go.com Available Dividend Amount, which are described below. The
available dividend amount with respect to a group is intended to be similar to
the amount that would be legally available for the payment of dividends on the
stock of such group under Delaware law if such group were a separate company.
There can be no assurance that there will be an available dividend amount with
respect to either group.
Subject to the prior payment of dividends on outstanding shares of preferred
stock and the foregoing limitations, the Disney's board of directors could, in
its sole discretion, declare and pay dividends exclusively on Disney Common
Stock, exclusively on go.com Common Stock or on both such classes, in equal or
unequal amounts, notwithstanding the relative amounts of the Disney Group
Available Dividend Amount and go.com
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Available Dividend Amount, the amount of prior dividends declared on each
class, the respective voting or liquidation rights of each class or any other
factor.
At the time of any dividend or other distribution on the outstanding shares
of go.com Common Stock, the Disney Group's financial statements would be
credited with, and go.com's financial statements would be charged with, an
amount equal to the product of:
(a) the fair value of such dividend or distribution paid or distributed
in respect of the outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock multiplied by
(b) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the Retained Interest
Fraction on the record date for such dividend or distribution and the
denominator of which is the Outstanding Internet Fraction on the record
date.
The "Disney Group Available Dividend Amount," on any date, means the amount
that would be legally available for the payment of dividends to the holders of
common stock determined in accordance with applicable law, less the go.com
Available Dividend Amount.
The "go.com Available Dividend Amount," on any date, means the product of
(a) the Outstanding Internet Fraction as of such date multiplied by
(b) the amount that would be legally available for the payment of
dividends to the holders of go.com Common Stock determined in accordance
with applicable law as if go.com were a separate company.
The "Outstanding Internet Fraction," on any date, means a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of shares of go.com Common Stock outstanding
and the denominator of which is the sum of the number of shares of go.com
Common Stock outstanding and the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the
Retained Interest.
The "Retained Interest Fraction" on any date means a fraction, the numerator
of which is the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest
on such date and the denominator of which is the sum of:
(a) such Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest and
(b) the aggregate number of shares of go.com Common Stock outstanding on
such date.
The "Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest" will
be as of the effective date of the charter amendment proposal, equal to the
result obtained by:
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| The number of shares of Infoseek | | (The number of shares of |
| common stock outstanding at the | | Infoseek common stock |
| effective date X | minus | outstanding at the effective |
| 1.15 | | date minus the number of shares |
| ---------------------------- | | of Infoseek common stock owned |
| .475 | | by Disney and Disney |
| | | Enterprises, Inc. at the |
| | | effective date) X 1.15 |
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The Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest is
expected to represent at the effective date of the charter amendment proposal
an approximately 72% interest in go.com. The Number of Shares Issuable with
Respect to the Retained Interest will from time to time after the effective
date be:
(A) adjusted, as determined by Disney's board of directors to be
appropriate to reflect equitably any subdivision, by stock split or
otherwise, or combination, by reverse stock split or otherwise, of the
go.com Common Stock or any dividend or other distribution of shares of
go.com Common Stock to holders of shares of go.com Common Stock or any
reclassification of go.com Common Stock;
(B) decreased, but to not less than zero by action of the Disney board
of directors by
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(1) the number of shares of go.com Common Stock issued or sold by
Disney that, immediately prior to such issuance or sale, were included,
as determined by the Disney board of directors pursuant to paragraph
(C) below, in the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the
Retained Interest,
(2) the number of shares of go.com Common Stock issued upon
conversion, exchange or exercise of Convertible Securities that,
immediately prior to the issuance or sale of such Convertible
Securities, were included in the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect
to the Retained Interest,
(3) the number of shares of go.com Common Stock issued by Disney as
a dividend or other distribution, including in connection with any
reclassification or exchange of shares, to holders of Disney Common
Stock, or any other class of common stock other than go.com Common
Stock,
(4) the number of shares of go.com Common Stock issued upon the
conversion, exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities issued
by Disney as a dividend or other distribution, including in connection
with any reclassification or exchange of shares, to holders of Disney
Common Stock, or any other class of common stock other than go.com
Common Stock, and
(5) the number, rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole number,
equal to the quotient of
(a) the aggregate Fair Value as of the date of transfer of
properties or assets, including cash, transferred from go.com to the
Disney Group in consideration for a reduction in the Number of
Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest, divided by
(b) the average Market Value of one share of go.com Common Stock
during the twenty consecutive trading days ending on the tenth
trading day prior to the date of such transfer;
(C) increased by
(1) the number of outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock
repurchased by Disney for consideration that was theretofore attributed
to the Disney Group,
(2) the number, rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole number,
equal to the quotient of
(a) the Fair Value of properties or assets, including cash,
theretofore attributed to the Disney Group that are contributed to
go.com in consideration of an increase in the Number of Shares
Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest, divided by
(b) the average Market Value of one share of go.com Common Stock
during the twenty consecutive trading days ending on the tenth
trading day prior to the date of such contribution, and
(3) the number of shares of go.com Common Stock into or for which
Convertible Securities attributed to the Disney Group are deemed
converted, exchanged or exercised; and
(D) increased by up to
(1) 6,026,000 shares of go.com Common Stock, in the event that
Disney, in its sole discretion, at any time after 30 trading days
following the effective date of the amended and certificate of
incorporation attributes to go.com an amount of cash equal to the
product of
(a) the number of such increased shares multiplied by
(b) 120% of the average of the closing sale prices for the go.com
Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange, or any other stock
exchange or national market on which the go.com Common Stock is
primarily traded, for the 30 trading days following the effective
date of the amended and certificate of incorporation; and
(2) 12,052,000 shares of go.com Common Stock, in the event that
Disney, in its sole discretion, at any time after November 18, 2000
attribute to go.com an amount of cash equal to the product of
(a) the number of such increased shares multiplied by
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(b) 120% of the average of the closing sale prices for the go.com
Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange, or any other stock
exchange or national market on which the go.com Common Stock is
primarily traded, for the 30 trading days prior to November 18,
2000;
provided, that in each such case the number of such increased shares and the
amount of cash to be attributed to go.com will be subject to adjustment in a
manner consistent with the adjustments set forth in the Infoseek common stock
warrant, dated November 18, 1998, issued to Disney after giving effect to the
transactions contemplated by the reorganization agreement; and provided,
further, that in no event will either of the prices per share computed pursuant
to the preceding clause exceed the quotient of $50.00 divided by 1.15, as
adjusted under the terms described in this paragraph (D).
"Convertible Securities" means any securities of Disney or of any of its
subsidiaries, other than shares of go.com Common Stock, including warrants and
options, outstanding at such time that by their terms are convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for or evidence the right to acquire any shares of
any class of common stock, whether convertible, exchangeable or exercisable at
such time or a later time or only upon the occurrence of certain events, but in
respect of antidilution provisions of such securities only upon the
effectiveness thereof.
"Fair Value" means,
(a) in the case of securities of a class that is publicly traded, the
Market Value thereof, if such value can be determined, or, in the case of a
security that is not publicly traded, or for which such value cannot be
determined, the fair value per share or unit, on a fully diluted basis, as
determined by an independent investment banking firm experienced in the
valuation of securities selected in good faith by Disney's board of
directors; and
(b) in the case of property other than securities, an amount determined
in good faith by Disney's board of directors based upon appraisals or
valuation reports of such independent experts as the Disney's board of
directors in good faith determines to be appropriate in accordance with
good business practice.
"Market Value" of a share of any class or series of capital stock of Disney
means the average of the high and low reported sales prices of a share of such
class or series on such trading day or, in case no such reported sale takes
place on such trading day, the average of the reported closing bid and asked
prices regular way of a share of such class or series on such trading day, in
either case, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape or, if
the shares of such class or series are not listed or admitted to trading on
such exchange on such trading day, on the principal national securities
exchange in the United States on which the shares of such class or series are
listed or admitted to trading or, if not listed or admitted to trading on any
national securities exchange on such trading day, on the Nasdaq National Market
or, if the shares of such class or series are not listed or admitted to trading
on any national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq National Market on
such trading day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices of a share of
such class or series in the over-the-counter market on such trading day as
furnished by any New York Stock Exchange member firm selected from time to time
by Disney or, if such closing bid and asked prices are not made available by
any such New York Stock Exchange member firm on such trading day, the Fair
Value of a share of such class or series. However, for purposes of determining
the market value of a share of any class or series of capital stock for any
period,
(1) the "Market Value" of a share of capital stock on any day prior to
any "ex-dividend" date or any similar date occurring during such period for
any dividend or distribution (other than any dividend or distribution
contemplated by clause (2)(B) of this sentence) paid or to be paid with
respect to such capital stock shall be reduced by the Fair Value of the per
share amount of such dividend or distribution and
(2) the "Market Value" of any share of capital stock on any day prior
to,
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(A) the effective date of any subdivision, by stock split or
otherwise, or combination, by reverse stock split or otherwise, of
outstanding shares of such class of capital stock occurring during such
period or
(B) any "ex-dividend" date or any similar date occurring during such
period for any dividend or distribution with respect to such capital
stock to be made in shares of such class or series of capital stock or
Convertible Securities that are convertible, exchangeable or exercisable
for such class or series of capital stock shall be appropriately
adjusted, as determined by the board of directors, to reflect such
subdivision, combination, dividend or distribution.
See Annex H for illustrations of the calculation of the Retained Interest
and the related effects of dividends on shares of go.com Common Stock.
Conversion
Disney's certificate of incorporation currently does not provide for either
mandatory or optional conversion or redemption of Disney common stock. The
Disney charter amendment proposal will permit the conversion of the Disney
Common Stock and the go.com Common Stock upon the terms described below.
Mandatory Conversion of go.com Common Stock
Upon the sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition, whether by
merger, consolidation, sale or contribution of assets or stock or otherwise,
of properties or assets, including stock, other securities and goodwill, in
one transaction or a series of related transactions, referred to herein as a
"Disposition," by Disney and/or its subsidiaries of all or substantially all
of the properties and assets attributed to go.com to one or more persons or
entities, Disney is required, on or prior to the 45th trading day following
the consummation of such Disposition, to convert each outstanding share of
go.com Common Stock into a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of
Disney Common Stock, or, if the Disney Common Stock is not publicly traded at
such time and shares of another class or series of common stock of Disney,
other than go.com Common Stock, are then publicly traded, of such other class
or series of common stock as has the largest Market Capitalization as of the
close of business on the trading day immediately preceding the date of the
notice of such conversion mailed to holders, equal to the lesser of:
(1) 110% of the ratio, calculated to the nearest five decimal places, of
the average Market Value of one share of go.com Common Stock to the average
Market Value of one share of Disney Common Stock, or such other class or
series of common stock, as the case may be, during the twenty-trading day
period next preceding the first public announcement of a definitive
agreement with respect to such Disposition and
(2) what holders of go.com Common Stock would otherwise be entitled to
upon conversion, at the option of Disney, of go.com Common Stock into
shares of Disney Common Stock, as described below.
However, the provision described above will not apply to the Disposition:
(a) by Disney of all or substantially all of Disney's properties and
assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions in connection
with the dissolution or the liquidation and winding up of Disney and the
distribution of assets to stockholders,
(b) of the properties and assets attributed to go.com on a pro rata
basis to the holders of all outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock and
for the benefit of the Disney Group with respect to Disney Group's retained
interest in go.com, if any,
(c) to any person or entity controlled by Disney, as determined by the
Disney board of directors, or
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(d) in connection with a Related Business Transaction.
For these purposes, "substantially all of the properties and assets"
attributed to go.com means a portion of such properties and assets:
(a) that represents at least 80% of the then Fair Value of the
properties and assets attributed to go.com or
(b) from which were derived at least 80% of the aggregate revenues for
the immediately preceding twelve fiscal quarterly periods of Disney,
calculated on a pro forma basis to include revenues derived from any of
such properties or assets acquired during such period, derived from the
properties attributed to go.com.
A "Related Business Transaction" means any Disposition of all or
substantially all of the properties, stocks and securities attributed to go.com
in a transaction or series of related transactions that results in Disney
receiving in consideration of such properties and assets primarily equity
securities, including, without limitation, capital stock, debt securities
convertible into or exchangeable for equity securities or interests in a
general or limited partnership or limited liability company, without regard to
the voting power or other management or governance rights associated therewith,
of any entity which:
(a) acquires such properties, assets, stocks or securities or succeeds,
by merger, formation of a joint venture or otherwise, to the business
conducted with such properties or assets or controls such acquiror or
successor; and
(b) is primarily engaged or proposes to engage primarily in one or more
businesses similar or complementary to the businesses conducted by such
group prior to such Disposition, as determined by the Disney board of
directors.
The purpose of the Related Business Transaction exception is to enable
Disney to technically "dispose" of properties or assets of go.com to other
entities engaged or proposing to engage in businesses similar or complementary
to those of go.com without resulting in a conversion of the go.com Common
Stock.
"Market Capitalization" of any class or series of common stock shall mean
the product of (a) the Market Value of one share of such class of common stock
on such date and (b) the number of shares of such class of common stock
outstanding on such date.
"Market Value Ratio of the go.com Common Stock to the Disney Common Stock",
as of any date, shall mean the fraction, expressed as a decimal, rounded to the
nearest five decimal places, of a share of Disney Common Stock, or another
class or series of common stock of Disney, if applicable, because Disney Common
Stock is not then publicly traded, to be issued in respect of a share of go.com
Common Stock upon a conversion of go.com Common Stock into Disney Common Stock,
or another class or series of common stock of Disney, the numerator of which
shall be the average Market Value of one share of go.com Common Stock over the
twenty consecutive trading days ending on the tenth trading day prior to such
date and the denominator of which shall be the average Market Value of one
share of Disney Common Stock, or such other common stock, over the same twenty
trading days.
"Market Value Ratio of the Disney Common Stock to the go.com Common Stock"
as of any date shall mean the fraction, expressed as a decimal, rounded to the
nearest five decimal places, of a share of go.com Common Stock, or another
class or series of common stock of Disney, if applicable because go.com Common
Stock is not then publicly traded, to be issued in respect of a share of Disney
Common Stock upon a conversion of Disney Stock into go.com Common Stock, or
another class or series of common stock of Disney, the numerator of which shall
be the average Market Value of one share of Disney Common Stock over the twenty
consecutive trading days ending on the tenth trading day prior to such date and
the denominator of which shall be the average Market Value of one share of
go.com Common Stock, or such other common stock, over the twenty consecutive
trading days ending on the tenth trading day prior to such date.
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Conversion at Disney's Option
Conversion of Disney Common Stock. At any time following the tenth
anniversary of the effective date of the Disney certificate of incorporation,
the Disney board of directors may convert each outstanding share of Disney
Common Stock into a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of go.com
Common Stock, or, if go.com Common Stock is not publicly traded at such time
and shares of another class or series of common stock of Disney, other than
Disney Common Stock, are then publicly traded, of such other class or series of
common stock as has the largest Market Capitalization as of the close of
business on the trading day immediately preceding the date of the notice of
such conversion mailed to holders, equal to 100% of the Market Value Ratio of
the Disney Common Stock to the go.com Common Stock as of the fifth trading day
prior to the date notice of such conversion is mailed to such holders.
Conversion of go.com Common Stock. The Disney board of directors may at any
time after either the first anniversary of the effective date of the
certificate of incorporation or the occurrence of a Tax Event convert each
outstanding share of go.com Common Stock into a number of fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Disney Common Stock, or, if Disney Common Stock is not
publicly traded at such time and shares of another class or series of common
stock of Disney, other than go.com Common Stock, are then publicly traded, of
such other class or series of common stock as has the largest Market
Capitalization as of the close of business on the trading day immediately
preceding the date of the notice of such conversion mailed to holders, equal to
the applicable percentage on the conversion date set forth below, of the Market
Value Ratio of the go.com Common Stock to the Disney Common Stock as of the
fifth trading day prior to the date of notice of such conversion:
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Percentage of
Any conversion date occurring after market value ratio
the following anniversary of the of the Disney Internet
effective date of the merger and on Group Common Stock
or prior to the next such anniversary: to the Disney Common Stock:
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First............................................ 120%
Second........................................... 115%
Third through Ninth.............................. 110%
Tenth and Thereafter............................. 105%
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However, if a Tax Event occurs, the applicable percentage of the Market
Value Ratio of the go.com Common Stock to the Disney Common Stock will equal
110% irrespective of the conversion date. "Tax Event" means the receipt by
Disney of an opinion of tax counsel of Disney's choice experienced in such
matters, who is not an officer or employee of Disney or any of its affiliates,
to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to, or change in, the laws, or
any regulations thereunder, of the United States or any political subdivision
or taxing authority thereof or therein, including any announced proposed change
by an administrative agency in such regulations, or as a result of any official
or administrative pronouncement or action or judicial decision interpreting or
applying such laws or regulations, it is more likely than not that for United
States federal income tax purposes:
(a) Disney, its subsidiaries or affiliates, or any of its successors or
its stockholders is or, at any time in the future, will be subject to tax
upon the issuance of shares of either Disney Common Stock or go.com Common
Stock; or
(b) either Disney Common Stock or go.com Common Stock is not or, at any
time in the future, will not be treated solely as stock of Disney.
For purposes of rendering such opinion, tax counsel will assume that any
administrative proposals will be adopted as proposed. However, in the event a
change in law is proposed, tax counsel will render an opinion only in the event
of enactment.
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Effects On Convertible Securities. The following provisions with respect to
Convertible Securities only apply to the extent that the terms of such
Convertible Securities do not provide for adjustments in the event of a
conversion or exchange of a class of common stock described above.
After any conversion date on which all outstanding shares of any class of
common stock were converted, any share of such class of common stock that is to
be issued on conversion, exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities
will, immediately upon such conversion, exchange or exercise and without any
notice or any other action on the part of, Disney or its board of directors or
the holder of such Convertible Security in the event the shares of such class
of common stock outstanding on such conversion date were converted into shares
of the class of common stock relating to the other group, or another class or
series of common stock of Disney, pursuant to the provisions described under
"--Mandatory Conversion of go.com Common Stock" or "--Conversion at Option of
Disney," be converted into the amount of cash and/or the number of shares of
the kind of capital stock and/or other securities or property of Disney that
the number of shares of such class of common stock that were to be issued upon
such conversion, exchange or exercise would have received had such shares been
outstanding on such conversion date otherwise would be issued upon such
conversion, exchange or exercise.
General Conversion Provisions
In the event of any conversion as described above under "--Conversion at
Option of Disney" or "--Mandatory Conversion of go.com Common Stock," not later
than the 35th trading day prior to the applicable conversion date, Disney will
cause to be given to each holder of shares of go.com Common Stock to be so
converted and to each holder of Convertible Securities that are convertible
into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of such go.com Common Stock,
unless alternate provision for such notice to the holders of such Convertible
Securities is made pursuant to the terms of such Convertible Securities, a
notice setting forth:
(1) a statement that all outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock will
be converted;
(2) the conversion date, which, in the case of a conversion after a
Disposition, will not be more than 45 trading days following the
consummation of such Disposition;
(3) the per share number of shares of Disney Common Stock or another
class or series of common stock of Disney, as the case may be, to be
received with respect to each share of go.com Common Stock, including
details as to the calculation thereof;
(4) the place or places where certificates for shares of go.com Common
Stock, properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, unless Disney waives
such requirement, are to be surrendered for delivery of certificates for
shares of Disney Common Stock;
(5) the number of outstanding shares of Disney Common Stock and the
number of shares of Disney Common Stock into or for which outstanding
Convertible Securities are then convertible, exchangeable or exercisable;
(6) a statement to the effect that, except as otherwise provided below,
dividends on such shares of go.com Common Stock will cease to be paid as of
such conversion date; and
(7) in the case of notice to be given to holders of Convertible
Securities, a statement to the effect that a holder of such Convertible
Securities will be entitled to receive shares of common stock upon such
conversion only if such holder properly converts, exchanges or exercises
such Convertible Securities on or prior to the conversion date referred to
in clause (2) of this paragraph and a statement as to what, if anything,
such holder will be entitled to receive pursuant to the terms of such
Convertible Securities or, if applicable, the provision described under "--
Effects on Convertible Securities" if such holder thereafter converts,
exchanges or exercises such Convertible Securities.
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Such notice will be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to such
holder at such holder's address as the same appears on the transfer books of
Disney or by such other methods as may be determined from time to time by the
board of directors.
Neither the failure to mail any notice described above to any particular
holder of shares of go.com Common Stock or of any Convertible Securities nor
any defect therein would affect the sufficiency thereof with respect to any
other holder of outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock or of outstanding
Convertible Securities, or the validity of any such conversion.
Disney will not be required to issue or deliver fractional shares of any
capital stock or of any other securities to any holder of go.com Common Stock
upon any conversion or other distribution described above. If more than one
share of go.com Common Stock is held at the same time by the same holder,
Disney may aggregate the number of shares of any capital stock that is issuable
or any other securities or property that are distributable to such holder upon
any such conversion or other distribution, including any fractions of shares.
If the number of shares of any capital stock or the amount of securities
remaining to be issued or distributed to any holder of go.com Common Stock is a
fraction, Disney will, if such fractional shares are not issued or distributed
to such holder, pay a cash adjustment in respect of such fractional share in an
amount equal to the Fair Value of such fractional share on the fifth trading
day prior to the date such payment is to be made, without interest.
No adjustments in respect of dividends will be made upon the conversion of
any shares of go.com Common Stock. However, if such shares are converted by
Disney after the record date for determining holders of go.com Common Stock
entitled to any dividend or distribution thereon, such dividend or distribution
will be payable to the holders of such shares at the close of business on such
record date notwithstanding such conversion, in each case without interest.
Before any holder of go.com Common Stock will be entitled to receive
certificates representing shares of any capital stock, cash and/or other
securities or property to be distributed to such holder with respect to any
conversion of shares of go.com Common Stock, such holder is required to
surrender at such place as Disney specified certificates for shares of go.com
Common Stock, properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, unless Disney waives
such requirement. As soon as practicable after Disney's receipt of certificates
for such shares of go.com Common Stock, Disney will deliver to the person for
whose account such shares were so surrendered, or to the nominee or nominees of
such person, certificates representing the number of whole shares of the kind
of capital stock, cash and/or other securities or property to which such person
was entitled, together with any fractional payment referred to below, in each
case without interest.
From and after any conversion of shares of go.com Common Stock, all rights
of a holder of shares of go.com Common Stock that were converted will cease,
except for the right, upon surrender of the certificates representing such
shares of go.com Common Stock, to receive certificates representing shares of
the kind and amount of capital stock, cash and/or other securities or property
for which such shares were converted, together with any fractional payment or
rights to dividends as provided above, in each case without interest. No holder
of a certificate that immediately prior to the conversion of go.com Common
Stock represented shares of go.com Common Stock will be entitled to receive any
dividend or other distribution with respect to shares of any kind of capital
stock into or in exchange for which shares of such common stock were converted
until surrender of such holder's certificate in exchange for a certificate or
certificates representing shares of such kind of capital stock. Upon such
surrender, there will be paid to the holder the amount of any dividends or
other distributions, without interest, which theretofore became payable with
respect to a record date occurring after the conversion, but which were not
paid by reason of the foregoing, with respect to the number of whole shares of
the kind of capital stock represented by the certificate or certificates issued
upon such surrender. From and after a conversion, Disney will, however, be
entitled to treat the certificates for go.com Common Stock that have not yet
been surrendered for conversion as evidencing the ownership of the number of
whole shares of the kind of capital stock for which the shares of go.com Common
Stock represented by such certificates should have been converted,
notwithstanding the failure to surrender such certificates.
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Disney will pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer
taxes that may be payable in respect of the issuance or delivery of any shares
of capital stock and/or other securities on conversion of shares of go.com
Common Stock pursuant hereto. Disney will not, however, be required to pay any
tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or
delivery of any shares of capital stock and/or other securities in a name other
than that in which the shares of go.com Common Stock so converted were
registered, and no such issuance or delivery would be made unless and until the
person requesting such issuance or delivery paid to Disney the amount of any
such tax, or established to the satisfaction of Disney that such tax had been
paid.
Voting Rights
Currently, holders of existing Disney common stock have one vote per share
on all matters submitted to stockholders. The Disney certificate of
incorporation will provide that the holders of all classes of common stock and
any series of preferred stock outstanding at the time of such vote and entitled
to vote together with the holders of common stock will vote together as a
single class on all matters as to which common stockholders generally are
entitled to vote other than a matter with respect to which the common stock or
any class thereof or the preferred stock or any series thereof would be
entitled to vote as a separate class. On all matters as to which both classes
of common stock would vote together as a single class,
(a) each outstanding share of Disney Common Stock shall have one vote,
and
(b) each outstanding share of go.com Common Stock shall have a number of
votes equal to one vote prior to the 31st trading day after the effective
date of the Disney certificate of incorporation and, thereafter, a number
of votes, including a fractional vote, equal to the quotient, calculated to
the nearest five decimal places, of the average Market Value of a share of
go.com Common Stock divided by the average of the Market Value of a share
of Disney Common Stock during the twenty consecutive trading days next
preceding the tenth trading day prior to the record date for determining
the stockholders entitled to vote.
However, in the event that the foregoing calculation results in the holders
of go.com Common Stock holding in excess of 40% of the total voting power of
all outstanding shares of common stock, the vote of each share of go.com Common
Stock will be reduced such that all of the outstanding shares of go.com Common
Stock in the aggregate represent 40% of the total voting power of all
outstanding shares of common stock. If shares of only one class of common stock
are outstanding, each share of that class shall be entitled to one vote. If any
class of common stock is entitled to vote as a separate class with respect to
any matter, each share of that class shall be entitled to one vote in the
separate vote on such matter.
To illustrate the foregoing, if the average Market Value of the go.com
Common Stock for the period specified above were $50.00, and the average Market
Value of the Disney Common Stock for the period specified above were $40.00,
each share of Disney Common Stock would have one vote and each share of go.com
Common Stock would have 1.25 votes based on the following calculation:
50.00
----- = 1.25
40.00
Based on such number of votes, on any proposal where both classes of common
stock vote together as a single class (with no classes or series of preferred
stocks, if any, entitled to vote together with the holders of common stock) and
assuming there are issued and outstanding 2,063,298,666 shares of Disney Common
Stock and 41,700,000 shares of go.com Common Stock, the shares of Disney Common
Stock and go.com Common Stock would represent approximately 97.5% and 2.5%,
respectively, of the total voting power.
If the Disney charter amendment proposal is approved by stockholders and
implemented by the Disney board of directors, Disney will set forth the number
of outstanding shares of Disney Common Stock and go.com Common Stock in its
Annual and Quarterly Reports filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, and will disclose in any proxy statement for a stockholder meeting the
number of outstanding shares and per share voting rights of the Disney Common
Stock and the go.com Common Stock.
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The relative voting rights of the Disney Common Stock and the go.com Common
Stock could fluctuate as described above so that a holder's voting rights would
more closely reflect the Market Value of such holder's equity investment in
Disney. Fluctuations in the relative voting rights of the Disney Common Stock
and the go.com Common Stock could influence an investor interested in acquiring
and maintaining a fixed percentage of the voting power of Disney, to acquire
such percentage of both classes of common stock, and would limit the ability of
investors in one class to acquire for the same consideration relatively more or
less votes per share than investors in the other class.
Following implementation of the Disney charter amendment proposal, the
holders of Disney Common Stock or go.com Common Stock would not have any rights
to vote separately as a class on any matter coming before stockholders of
Disney, except under the following circumstances:
(A) Any amendment of the Disney certificate of incorporation that would
have the effect of altering the voting powers of the go.com Common Stock
will require the approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding
shares of go.com Common Stock voting as a separate class;
(B) Any amendment of the Disney certificate of incorporation that would
have the effect of altering the voting powers of the Disney Common Stock
will require the approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding
shares of Disney Common Stock voting as a separate class;
(C) Other than pursuant to a dissolution or liquidation and winding up
of Disney as described below or any contract, agreement or arrangement
involving go.com and the Disney Group in the ordinary course of business of
each such group as contemplated in the common stock policies, including
with respect to cash management policies,
(a) the use of any proceeds from the Disposition of the properties
or assets allocated to go.com by the Disney Group, or the transfer or
allocation of such proceeds to the Disney Group, without fair
compensation being allocated to go.com or
(b) the use of any properties or assets allocated to go.com by the
Disney Group, or the transfer or allocation of such properties or
assets to the Disney Group, or the dividend or other distribution to
the holders of any other class or series of capital stock of Disney of
any of the properties or assets allocated to go.com without fair
compensation being allocated to go.com
will, in each case, require the approval of the holders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock voting as a separate class;
However, Disney may without such approval use any such proceeds or
properties or assets for the benefit of the Disney Group or effect such a
dividend or distribution to the extent that the Number of Shares Issuable With
Respect to the Retained Interest is decreased as a result thereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Disney board of directors determines
(1) to allocate to, or permit the use by, the Disney Group of the assets
or properties, or proceeds of assets or properties, of go.com and
(2) either
(a) without such allocation or use, that the Disney Group will be
unable to satisfy the liabilities allocated to it as they become due or
(b) Disney is the debtor in pending United States bankruptcy
proceedings, whether voluntary or involuntary, the Disney Group may,
after reducing the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the
Retained Interest to zero, whether or not in connection with the
allocation or use of assets or properties or proceeds of assets or
properties, of go.com to or by the Disney Group, be allocated or use
such assets or properties or proceeds of assets or properties of go.com
without complying with the above provisions of this clause;
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(D) Any merger or business combination as a result of which
(1) the holders of all classes and series of common stock shall no
longer own at least 50% of the voting power of the surviving
corporation and
(2) the holders of all classes and series of common stock do not
receive consideration distributed among such holders in proportion to
the Market Capitalization of each class and series of common stock as
of the date of the first public announcement of such merger or business
combination
will require the approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding
shares of go.com Common Stock voting as a separate class; provided, that there
will be no separate class vote of holders of go.com Common Stock if the merger
or business combination occurs after the first anniversary of the effective
date of the Disney certificate of incorporation and the consideration received
by the holders of go.com Common Stock is equal to or greater than what holders
of go.com Common Stock would otherwise be entitled if go.com Common Stock would
be converted at the option of Disney as of the record date for determining the
stockholders of Disney entitled to vote on such merger or business combination;
(E) With respect to any matter as to which the holders of go.com Common
Stock and/or the holders of Disney Common Stock are entitled, under
applicable law, to vote as a separate class, the holders of go.com Common
Stock and/or the holders of Disney Common Stock, as the case may be, will
be entitled to vote as a separate class; and
(F) all such other matters as the board of directors, in its sole
discretion, determines will require the approval of the holders of the
outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock voting as a separate class.
In addition to the approval of the holders of a majority of the voting power
of all shares of common stock voting together as a single class, the approval
of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Disney Common Stock or the
go.com Common Stock, voting as a separate class, would be required under
Delaware law to approve any amendment to the Disney certificate of
incorporation that would change the par value of the shares of the class or
alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the shares of such
class so as to affect them adversely. As permitted by Delaware law, the Disney
certificate of incorporation will provide that an amendment to the Disney
certificate of incorporation that increases or decreases the number of
authorized shares of Disney Common Stock or go.com Common Stock will only
require the approval of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all
shares of common stock, voting together as a single class, and will not require
the approval of the holders of the class of common stock affected by such
amendment, voting as a separate class. Consequently, because most matters
brought to a stockholder vote would only require the approval of a majority of
the voting power of the Disney Common Stock and go.com Common Stock, voting
together as a single class, the holders of Disney Common Stock would be in a
position to control the outcome of the vote on any matters.
Liquidation
Currently, in the event of a liquidation or dissolution and winding-up of
Disney, after payment, or provision for payment, of the debts and other
liabilities of Disney, holders of existing common stock would be entitled to
share ratably in the remaining net assets of Disney. Under the Disney charter
amendment proposal, in the event of a dissolution or liquidation and winding up
of Disney, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment or provision for
payment of the debts and other liabilities of Disney and full preferential
amounts, including any accumulated and unpaid dividends, to which holders of
preferred stock are entitled, regardless of the group to which such shares of
preferred stock were attributed, the holders of Disney Common Stock and go.com
Common Stock will be entitled to receive the net assets, if any, of Disney
remaining for distribution to holders of common stock on a per share basis in
proportion to the liquidation units per share of each class. Each share of
Disney Common Stock shall have one liquidation unit and each share of go.com
Common Stock will have a number of liquidation units, including a fraction of
one liquidation unit, equal to
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(1) the average Market Value of a share of go.com Common Stock during
the 20 consecutive trading days next preceding the 90th trading day after
the effective date of the Disney certificate of incorporation, or
(2) if the voluntary or involuntary dissolution or the liquidation and
winding up of Disney occurs prior to the 90th trading day after the
effective date of the Disney certificate of incorporation, the average
Market Value of a share of go.com Common Stock over either
(a) the twenty consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding such
dissolution or the liquidation and winding-up of Disney or
(b) such lesser number of consecutive Trading Days in the event that
the dissolution or liquidation and winding-up of Disney occurs prior to
the 21st Trading Day after the effective date of the Disney certificate
of incorporation, divided by
(2) the average over the same twenty trading days, or such shorter
period, of the Market Value of a share of Disney Common Stock, expressed as
a decimal fraction rounded to the nearest five decimal places.
Thus, the liquidation rights of the holders of the respective classes may
not bear any relationship to the relative market values or the relative voting
rights of the two classes.
The liquidation units of the Disney Common Stock and the go.com Common Stock
were determined by Disney in consultation with its financial advisors and are
based upon, among other factors, each group's initial level of debt and equity
capitalization, each group's recent historical financial performance, the
market prices of shares of comparable companies that are publicly traded and
the current state of the markets for public offerings and other stock
transactions. Disney considers that its complete liquidation is a remote
contingency, and its financial advisors believe that, in general, these
liquidation provisions are immaterial to trading in Disney Common Stock and
go.com Common Stock. No holder of Disney Common Stock will have any special
right to receive specific assets attributable to the Disney Group and no holder
of go.com Common Stock will have any special right to receive specific assets
attributable to go.com in the case of a dissolution or liquidation and winding-
up of Disney.
If Disney subdivides, by stock split, reclassification or otherwise, or
combines, by reverse stock split, reclassification or otherwise, the
outstanding shares of either Disney Common Stock or go.com Common Stock, or
declares a dividend in shares of Disney Common Stock or go.com Common Stock to
holders of such class of common stock, the number of liquidation units of the
Disney Common Stock or the number of liquidation units of the go.com Common
Stock, as applicable, will be appropriately adjusted as determined by the board
of directors so as to avoid any dilution in the aggregate liquidation rights of
either class of common stock. For example, in case Disney were to effect a two-
for-one split of the Disney Common Stock, the Disney Common Stock would be
entitled to 0.5 of a liquidation unit per share in order to avoid dilution in
the aggregate liquidation rights of holders of go.com Common Stock.
Neither the merger or consolidation of Disney into or with any other
corporation, nor the merger or consolidation of any other corporation into or
with Disney, nor any sale, transfer or lease of all or any part of the assets
of Disney, will be deemed to be a dissolution, liquidation or winding up for
purposes of the liquidation provisions set forth above.
Preemptive Rights
Neither the holders of the Disney Common Stock nor the holders of the go.com
Common Stock will have any preemptive rights or any rights to convert their
shares into any other securities of Disney.
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Retained Interest
The number of shares of go.com Common Stock to be issued upon consummation
of the transactions contemplated by the reorganization agreement will initially
represent approximately 28% of the equity value of Disney attributable to
go.com. Consequently, the Disney Group will initially have a retained interest
in go.com of approximately 72%. In addition, under management policies adopted
by the Disney board of directors, the Disney board of directors could, in its
sole discretion, determine from time to time to contribute, as additional
equity, cash or other property of the Disney Group to go.com or purchase shares
of go.com Common Stock in the open market with cash or other property of the
Disney Group which would increase Disney's retained interest in go.com. The
Disney board of directors will determine, in its sole discretion, to make any
such contribution or purchase after consideration of a number of factors,
including, among others, the current and projected capital structure of each
group, the financing needs and objectives of go.com, the availability, cost and
time associated with alternative financing sources, prevailing interest rates
and general economic conditions. See "--Certain Management Policies--Inter-
Group Financing Transactions." A retained interest, because it represents an
interest between two business groups within Disney, would not constitute
outstanding shares of common stock and, accordingly, would not be represented
by shares of go.com Common Stock and would not be voted on any matter by the
Disney Group, including any matter requiring the vote of the holders of go.com
Common Stock as a separate class. However, the Market Value attributable to the
Disney Group's retained interest in go.com should be reflected in the Market
Value of the Disney Common Stock, which in turn would affect the aggregate
voting power represented by the Disney Common Stock on any matter in which
holders of Disney Common Stock and go.com Common Stock vote together as a
single class.
If additional shares of go.com Common Stock are subsequently issued from
time to time by Disney, the Disney board of directors would determine
(a) the number of shares of such go.com Common Stock issued for the
account of the Disney Group with respect to the Retained Interest, the net
proceeds of which will be reflected entirely in the financial statements of
the Disney Group, and
(b) the number of shares of such go.com Common Stock issued for the
account of go.com as an additional equity interest in go.com, the net
proceeds of which will be reflected entirely in the financial statements of
go.com.
As additional shares of go.com Common Stock are issued for the account of the
Disney Group, the Retained Interest Fraction and the Number of Shares Issuable
with Respect to the Retained Interest would decrease and the Outstanding
Internet Fraction would increase accordingly. At the time all shares of go.com
Common Stock issuable with respect to the Retained Interest are issued, the
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest would be zero
and shares of go.com Common Stock could no longer be issued for the account of
the Disney Group. If additional shares of go.com Common Stock are issued for
the account of the Internet Group, the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect
to the Retained Interest would not decrease but the Retained Interest Fraction
would nonetheless decrease and the Outstanding Internet Fraction would increase
accordingly.
If the Disney board of directors determines to issue shares of go.com Common
Stock as a distribution on the Disney Common Stock, such distribution would be
treated as a distribution of shares issuable with respect to the retained
interest, and as a result, the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the
Retained Interest would decrease by the number of shares of go.com Common Stock
distributed to the holders of Disney Common Stock, resulting in a proportionate
decrease in the Retained Interest Fraction and a corresponding increase in the
Outstanding Internet Fraction.
If Disney repurchases shares of go.com Common Stock with cash or property of
the Disney Group, the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained
Interest and the Retained Interest Fraction would increase and the Outstanding
Internet Fraction would decrease accordingly. If the repurchase of shares of
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go.com Common Stock were attributed to go.com, the Number of Shares Issuable
with Respect to the Retained Interest would not increase but the Retained
Interest Fraction would nonetheless increase and the Outstanding Internet
Fraction would decrease accordingly.
The foregoing determinations with respect to the allocation of issuances of
shares of go.com Common Stock between the groups and the choice of which
group's funds are to be used to repurchase shares of go.com Common Stock will
be made by the Disney board of directors, in its sole discretion.
The financial statements of the Disney Group will be credited, and the
financial statements of go.com will be charged with, an amount equal to the
product of
(1) the Fair Value of any dividend or other distribution paid or
distributed in respect of the outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock,
multiplied by
(2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Retained Interest Fraction
on the record date for such dividend or distribution and the denominator of
which is the Outstanding Internet Fraction on the record date for such
dividend or distribution.
For further discussion of, and illustrations of the calculation of the
Retained Interest Fraction, the Outstanding Internet Fraction and the Number of
Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest and the effects thereon
of dividends on and issuances and repurchases of shares of go.com Common Stock,
and transfers of cash or other property between groups, see Annex H to this
document.
Disney Series A Voting Preferred Stock
Under the Disney certificate of incorporation, Disney has the authority to
issue 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock. Following the merger, the Disney
board of directors intends to cause a certificate of designations setting forth
the rights and preferences of a new series of Disney preferred stock, "Series A
Voting Preferred Stock," and to reserve for issuance 237,310 shares of Series A
Voting Preferred Stock. All such shares are intended to be issued to Disney
Enterprises, Inc. The rights evidenced by Disney Common Stock will be subject
to the prior preferences and rights of the Series A Voting Preferred Stock.
Dividends
Holders of Series A Voting Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive
cumulative preferential cash dividends, if, as and when declared by the Disney
board of directors, out of funds legally available therefor, in an amount per
year equal to the product of the "Par Rate" and the liquidation preference, as
defined below.
The "Par Rate" shall be a single fixed rate equal to the highest end of the
range of dividend rates at which the Series A Preferred Voting Stock would be
expected to trade at its liquidation preference on or about the closing date of
the merger.
Dividends will be payable semi-annually in arrears on or before June 30 and
December 31 of each year, commencing on first June 30 or December 31 following
the closing date of the merger, on a pro-rata basis. The amount of dividends
payable on the Series A Voting Preferred Stock for each full semi-annual period
will be computed by dividing the annual dividend rate by two. Dividends in
respect of any past dividend periods that are in arrears may be authorized and
paid at any time to holders of record on the applicable record date. Any
dividend payment made to holders of Series A Voting Preferred Stock must be
first credited against the earliest accrued but unpaid dividend due which
remains payable.
Dividends will be fully cumulative and will accrue, whether or not declared,
with additional payments thereon, from the first day of the dividend period in
which such dividend may be payable on all shares of Series A Voting Preferred
Stock issued and outstanding on the first day of such dividend period, except
that with respect to the initial dividend period, the dividend will accrue from
the initial issue date.
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If at any time Disney has failed to pay all dividends which have accrued on
any outstanding shares of any other class or series of preferred stock having
cumulative dividend rights ranking on parity with the shares of Series A Voting
Preferred Stock, no cash dividend may be declared by the Disney board of
directors or paid or set apart for payment by Disney on shares of Series A
Voting Preferred Stock unless all accrued and unpaid dividends on all
outstanding shares of the other series of preferred stock have been or are
declared, paid or set apart for payment with additional payments thereon, if
any. However, cash dividends may be declared, paid or set apart for payment,
with additional payments thereon, pro rata on shares of Series A Voting
Preferred Stock and shares of such other class or series of preferred stock so
that the amounts of any cash dividends declared, paid or set apart for each
bear to each other the same ratio that all accrued but unpaid cash dividends on
shares of Series A Voting Preferred Stock and shares of such other series of
preferred stock bear to each other.
Holders of shares of Series A Voting Preferred Stock will be entitled to
receive dividends in preference to and in priority over any dividends, other
than dividends paid in stock ranking junior to Series A Voting Preferred Stock
upon any of the junior stock.
So long as any shares of Series A Voting Preferred Stock are outstanding,
Disney will not declare, pay or set apart for payment any dividend on any of
the junior stock, other than dividends paid in such junior stock, or make any
payment on account of, or set apart for payment money for a sinking or other
similar fund for, the purchase, redemption or other retirement of, any of the
junior stock or any warrants, rights, calls or options exercisable for any of
the junior stock, or make any distribution in respect thereof, either directly
or indirectly, and whether in cash, obligations or shares of the capital stock
of Disney or other property, other than distributions or dividends in stock to
the holders of such stock, and will not permit any corporation or other entity
directly or indirectly controlled by Disney to purchase or redeem any of the
junior stock or any warrants, rights, calls or options exercisable for any of
the junior stock, unless prior to or concurrently with such declaration,
payment, setting apart for payment, purchase or distribution, as the case may
be, all accrued and unpaid cash dividends, including additional payments
thereon, on shares of Series A Voting Preferred Stock not paid on the dates
provided for above have been or be paid. However, Disney may repurchase shares
of its common stock as required by law or by the terms of any employee stock
ownership plan of Disney.
Subject to the foregoing provisions relating to dividends, the Disney board
of directors may declare and Disney may pay or set apart for payment dividends
and other distributions on any of the junior stock, and may purchase or
otherwise redeem any of the junior stock or any warrants, rights or options
exercisable for any of the junior stock, and the holders of the shares of
Series A Voting Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to share therein.
Liquidation Preference
In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the affairs of Disney, the holders of shares of Series A Voting
Preferred Stock then outstanding will be entitled to be paid in cash out of the
assets of Disney available for distribution to its stockholders the liquidation
preference, which is defined as:
(1) a fixed amount per share determined on the closing date of the
merger equal to 100 multiplied by the higher of
(a) the closing price of common stock of Infoseek as quoted on the
Nasdaq National Market on July 9, 1999 or
(b) the closing price of Infoseek common stock as quoted on the
Nasdaq National Market on the last trading date immediately prior to
the closing date of the merger, plus
(2) an amount equal to all accrued but unpaid dividends on the Series A
Voting Preferred Stock to the date fixed for liquidation,
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before any payment may be made or any assets distributed to the holders of any
of the junior stock. If the assets of Disney are not sufficient to pay in full
the liquidation payments payable to the holders of outstanding shares of Series
A Voting Preferred Stock and any other class or series of preferred stock
having liquidation rights on parity with the shares of Series A Voting
Preferred Stock, then the holders of all such shares will share ratably in such
distribution of assets in accordance with the amount which would be payable on
such distribution if the amounts to which the holders of outstanding shares of
Series A Voting Preferred Stock and the holders of outstanding shares of such
other series of preferred stock are entitled were paid in full.
For the purpose of this description of the liquidation preference, neither
the voluntary sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer, for cash, shares of
stock, securities or other consideration, of all or substantially all the
property or assets of Disney, nor the consolidation or merger of Disney with
one or more other corporations will be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution
or winding up, voluntary or involuntary, unless such voluntary sale,
conveyance, exchange or transfer is in connection with a dissolution or winding
up of the business of Disney.
The sale, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of Disney's assets
or the merger or consolidation of Disney which results in the holders of
Disney's common stock receiving in exchange for such common stock either cash
or notes, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness or obligations to pay
cash or preferred stock of the surviving entity which ranks on parity with
Series A Voting Preferred Stock in liquidation or dividends shall be deemed to
be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of Disney within the
meaning of this section. In the cases of merger or consolidation of Disney
where holders of its common stock receive, in exchange for such common stock,
common stock or preferred stock which is junior in liquidation and dividends to
Series A Voting Preferred Stock in the surviving entity, whether or not the
surviving entity is Disney, of such merger or consolidation or preferred stock
of another entity, the Series A Voting Preferred Stock will be deemed to be
preferred stock of such surviving entity or other entity, as the case may be,
with the same dividend rate and equivalent rights to the rights described in
this document. In the event of a merger or consolidation of Disney where the
consideration received by the holders of Disney common stock consists of two or
more of the types of consideration set forth above, the holders of Series A
Voting Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive either cash or securities
based upon the foregoing in the same proportion as the holders of the common
stock of Disney are receiving cash or debt securities, or equity securities in
the surviving entity or another entity.
Redemption
The Series A Voting Preferred Stock will not be subject to redemption.
Voting Rights
Except as set forth in this document and subject to applicable law, the
holders of shares of Series A Voting Preferred Stock will be entitled to vote
together with the holders of Disney common stock and any other class or series
of stock entitled to vote with common stock as a single class on all matters to
be voted upon by the common stock and shall not have any additional voting or
veto rights. Each holder of shares of Series A Voting Preferred Stock shall be
entitled to 100 votes for each share of such stock held by such holder.
Consent
No consent of holders of Series A Voting Preferred Stock will be required
for:
(1) the creation of any indebtedness of any kind of Disney,
(2) the creation of any class of stock of Disney ranking junior as to
dividends and upon liquidation to the Series A Voting Preferred Stock,
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(3) any increase or decrease in the amount of authorized common stock or
any increase, decrease or change from par value to no par value or
(4) the taking of any other action of Disney, other than such action as
is specifically described in this document as requiring the consent of
holders of Series A Voting Preferred Stock or as otherwise required by
applicable law.
Transfer
Disney Enterprises, Inc. may not transfer, convey or sell any shares of
Series A Voting Preferred Stock to any related person, as defined below, and
any purported transfer, conveyance or sale to any related person will be null
and void. Disney Enterprises, Inc. may, however, transfer, convey or sell
shares of Series A Voting Preferred Stock to any person that is not a related
person. For purposes of this paragraph, "related person" means Disney and any
person that bears a relationship to Disney described in Section 267(b) or
Section 707(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Rank
The Series A Voting Preferred Stock will, with respect to dividend rights
and rights on liquidation, winding up or dissolution, rank:
(1) on parity with any other class or series of preferred stock
established by the board of directors, the terms of which will specifically
provide that such class or series will rank on parity with the Series A
Voting Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights and rights on
liquidation, winding up or dissolution, and
(2) prior to any other equity securities of Disney, including its common
stock, with respect to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding
up or dissolution.
Amendment
Following the issuance of the Series A Voting Preferred Stock, the Disney
certificate of incorporation may not be amended in any manner which would
materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the
Series A Voting Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely without the
affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding
shares of Series A Voting Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class.
Determinations by the Disney Board of Directors
If the Disney charter amendment proposal is approved by the Disney
stockholders and implemented by the Disney board of directors, any
determinations made in good faith by the Disney board of directors under any
provision described under "--Disney Common Stock and go.com Common Stock," and
any determinations with respect to any group or the rights of holders of shares
of either class of common stock, would be final and binding on all stockholders
of Disney, subject to the rights of stockholders under applicable Delaware law
and under the federal securities laws.
Any determinations made by the Disney board of directors under any provision
described under "--Disney Series A Voting Preferred Stock" will be final and
binding on all stockholders of Disney, except as may otherwise be required by
law. Disney will prepare a statement of any such determination by the Disney
board of directors respecting the fair market value of any properties, assets
or securities and will file such statement with the Secretary of Disney.
Upon consummation of the merger, Disney will have available for issuance
approximately 3,600,000,000 authorized shares of Disney Common Stock,
approximately 1,000,000,000 authorized shares of go.com Common
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Stock, approximately 100,000,000 authorized shares of Disney preferred stock
and 237,310 authorized shares of Disney Series A Voting Preferred Stock. Such
authorized shares of Disney Common Stock, Disney preferred stock, Disney Series
A Voting Preferred Stock and go.com Common Stock, subject to certain
limitations set forth in the inter-group contracts and agreements described
under "--Relationship between the Disney Group and go.com--Inter-Group
Contracts and Agreements," are available for issuance without further action by
Disney's stockholders, unless such action is required by applicable law or the
rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which Disney's
securities may be listed or traded. If the approval of Disney's stockholders is
not required for the issuance of shares of Disney Common Stock, Disney
preferred stock, Disney Series A Voting Preferred Stock or go.com Common Stock,
the Disney board of directors may determine not to seek stockholder approval
prior to issuing such shares.
Although the Disney board of directors has no intention at the present time
of doing so, it could issue common stock, warrants or a series of preferred
stock that could, depending on the terms of such securities, impede the
completion of a merger, tender offer or other takeover attempt. The Disney
board of directors will make any determination to issue such shares based on
its judgment as to the best interests of Disney and its stockholders. The
Disney board of directors, in so acting, could issue securities having terms
that could discourage an acquisition attempt through which an acquirer may be
able to change the composition of the Disney board of directors, including a
tender offer or other transaction that some, or a majority, of Disney's
stockholders might believe to be in their best interests or in which Disney's
stockholders might receive a premium for their stock over the then current
market price of such stock.
DISNEY COMMON STOCK POLICIES GOVERNING THE INTERESTS OF DISNEY TO BE ALLOCATED
BETWEEN THE DISNEY GROUP AND GO.COM
The description set forth below of the Disney common stock policies does not
purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
Disney common stock policies, a copy of which is attached as Annex D to this
joint proxy statement/prospectus and is incorporated into this document by
reference. All stockholders are urged to read the Disney common stock policies
carefully in their entirety.
Interests to be Attributed to go.com
The Disney common stock policies provide that it is the current intention of
Disney to attribute all of its present and future interests worldwide in its
Internet businesses to go.com and to pursue a broadband Internet distribution
business through go.com. All other Disney interests not allocated to go.com
will be allocated to the Disney Group.
The common stock policies provide that the following interests will be
attributed to go.com:
(a) All of the interests of Disney and its subsidiaries in each of the
following:
. Buena Vista Internet Group, a California corporation;
. Buena Vista Internet Group Commerce, a California corporation;
. Infoseek Corporation, a Delaware corporation;
. Infoseek Corporation, a California corporation;
. Starwave Corporation, a Washington corporation;
. DOL Online Investments, Inc., a California corporation;
. ABC News/Starwave Partners, d/b/a ABC News Internet Ventures, a New
York general partnership;
. ESPN Online Investments, Inc., a Delaware corporation;
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. ESPN/Starwave Partners, d/b/a ESPN Internet Ventures, a New York
general partnership;
. ABC Multimedia Inc., a Delaware corporation;
. Subtle Differences Internet Service, a California corporation;
. Disney Direct Marketing Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation;
. The Walt Disney Catalog, Inc., a California corporation; and
. GO Online Inc., a California corporation.
(b) All of the rights, title and interests attributed to go.com pursuant
to the resolutions of the Disney board of directors approved concurrently
with the board of directors' approval of the common stock policies,
including, without limitation, the following current Internet operations:
. ABC.com and related ABC Internet operations, including, ABCRadio.com,
ABCNEWS.com and ABCSports.com;
. Disney-branded Internet operations, including, Disney.com,
Disneyblast.com, Disneystore.com, Disneychannel.com, Disneyland.com
and WaltDisneyWorld.com;
. Other Internet operations based on Disney-owned content, including,
Family.com and related family-oriented sites, for example,
familytravel.com; and sites based on motion pictures and television
programming, for example, touchstonepictures.com, abugslife.com and
onesaturdaymorning.com;
. All ESPN-branded Internet operations, including, ESPN.com;
. go.com and related GO Internet operations, for example, Goshop.com;
. Internet operations conducted under license from third parties,
including, NBA.com, NFL.com and NASCAR.com;
. International Internet operations, including DOL International, ESPN
International, go.com.uk and disney.co.uk; and
. Miscellaneous operations, including, movies.com, Tvplex.com, kid.com,
video.com and foods.com.
In addition, Disney currently contemplates that Internet operations under
development will be allocated to go.com, including online auction operations,
narrowband and broadband private label access operations and broadband portal
development.
(c) Any subsidiaries or equity investees of or successors to the
companies or interests identified in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b).
Content owned by Disney and attributed to the Disney Group shall not be
attributed to go.com. This content may be made available to go.com on a non-
exclusive basis on terms determined from time to time by or under the
supervision of the board of directors.
Amendment and Modification to the Common Stock Policies
The Disney common stock policies, including any resolution implementing the
provisions of the common stock policies may be modified, amended, suspended,
added to or rescinded from time to time by the Disney board of directors,
acting in its sole discretion. Exceptions to the common stock policies may be
made from time to time by the Disney board of directors, acting in its sole
discretion, with or without the approval of the Disney stockholders, subject in
each case to any limitations set forth in the Disney certificate of
incorporation and to any limitations imposed by the Disney board of directors'
fiduciary duties or applicable law.
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Dividend Policy
Pursuant to the Disney charter amendment proposal, dividends on Disney
Common Stock may be declared and paid only out of the lesser of the funds of
Disney legally available therefor and the amount that would be legally
available for the payment of dividends, and dividends on go.com Common Stock
may be declared and paid only out of the lesser of the funds of Disney legally
available therefor and the amount that would be legally available for the
payment of dividends.
Subject to the foregoing limitations and any preferential rights of any
series of preferred stock of Disney, holders of Disney Common Stock or go.com
Common Stock will be entitled to receive dividends on their stock when, as and
if authorized and declared by the Disney board of directors. The payment of
dividends on the Disney Common Stock and go.com Common Stock will be a business
decision to be made by the Disney board of directors from time to time based
upon the results of operations, financial condition and capital requirements of
Disney and such other factors as the Disney board of directors considers
relevant. Payment of dividends on the Disney Common Stock and go.com Common
Stock may be restricted by loan agreements, indentures and other transactions
entered into by Disney from time to time.
Pursuant to the Disney charter amendment proposal, the Disney board of
directors may at any time declare and pay dividends exclusively on Disney
Common Stock, exclusively on go.com Common Stock or on both such classes in
equal or unequal amounts, notwithstanding the relative amounts of the Parent
Group Available Dividend Amount and the Internet Group Available Dividend
Amount, the amount of dividends previously declared on each class of common
stock, the voting or liquidation rights of each class of common stock or any
other factor.
Because go.com is expected to require significant capital commitments to
finance its operations and fund its future growth, Disney does not expect to
pay any dividends on shares of go.com Common Stock for the foreseeable future.
Treasury and Cash Management Policies
Disney will manage most treasury activities on a centralized, consolidated
basis. These activities will include the investment of surplus cash, the
issuance, repayment and repurchase of short-term and long-term debt and the
issuance and repurchase of Disney Common Stock, go.com Common Stock and Disney
preferred stock. Each of the Disney Group and go.com will remit its cash
receipts, other than receipts of foreign operations or subsidiaries that are
not wholly owned, to Disney, and Disney will generally fund each group's cash
disbursements, other than disbursements of foreign operations or subsidiaries
that are not wholly owned, on a daily basis.
After the date on which the go.com Common Stock is first issued, the
following will apply:
(1) Disney will attribute each future incurrence or issuance of external
debt or preferred stock, and the proceeds thereof, to the Disney Group,
except in cases where the Disney board of directors determines otherwise.
The Disney board of directors may determine from time to time to attribute
an incurrence or issuance of debt or preferred stock, and the proceeds
thereof, to go.com to the extent that Disney incurs or issues the debt or
preferred stock for the benefit of go.com, but the Disney board of
directors will not be required to do so.
(2) Disney will attribute each future issuance of Disney Common Stock,
and the proceeds thereof, to the Disney Group. Disney may attribute any
future issuance of go.com Common Stock, and the proceeds thereof, to the
Disney Group in respect of the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to
the Retained Interest or to go.com.
(3) Dividends on Disney Common Stock will be charged against the Disney
Group, and dividends on go.com Common Stock will be charged against go.com.
At the time of any dividend on go.com Common Stock while the Number of
Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest is greater than zero,
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Disney will attribute to the Disney Group in proportion to the Number of
Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest a corresponding
amount in respect of the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the
Retained Interest.
(4) Repurchases of Disney Common Stock will be charged against the
Disney Group. Repurchases of go.com Common Stock may be charged either
against go.com or the Disney Group as determined by the Disney board of
directors in its sole discretion. If a repurchase of go.com Common Stock is
charged against the Disney Group, the Number of Shares Issuable with
Respect to the Retained Interest will be increased by the number of shares
so repurchased.
(5) Whenever go.com holds cash, other than cash of go.com's foreign
operations or cash of go.com's subsidiaries that are not wholly owned,
go.com will normally transfer that cash to Disney, which will attribute
interest on the cash, at Disney's short-term borrowing rate, to go.com.
Conversely, whenever go.com has a cash need, other than cash needs of
go.com's foreign operations or cash needs of go.com's subsidiaries that are
not wholly owned, Disney will normally fund that cash need. However, the
Disney board of directors will retain ultimate authority at all times to
determine, in its sole discretion, whether to provide any particular funds
to either group and will not be obligated to do so. As of immediately prior
to the first issuance of go.com Common Stock, cash and cash equivalents
aggregating an amount equal to the amount of working capital, that is,
current assets, including cash, minus current liabilities, reflected on the
balance sheet of Infoseek as of October 2, 1999, less:
. any amount paid by Disney to Infoseek pursuant to the Maintenance
Rights Letter Agreement, dated as of July 10, 1999, by and between
Disney and Infoseek shall have been allocated to go.com; and
. the sum of the exercise price of each option exercised under
Infoseek's Employee Stock Purchase Plan on or after July 10, 1999
multiplied by the number of shares of each option, shall have been
allocated to go.com.
(6) Disney will account for all cash transfers from one group to or for
the account of the other group, other than transfers in return for assets
or services rendered or transfers in respect of the Number of Shares
Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest that correspond to dividends
paid on go.com Common Stock, as inter-group short-term loans unless:
. the Disney board of directors determines that a given transfer or
type of transfer should be accounted for as a long-term loan;
. the Disney board of directors determines that a given transfer or
type of transfer should be accounted for as a capital contribution
increasing the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained
Interest; or
. the Disney board of directors determines that a given transfer or
type of transfer should be accounted for as a return of capital
reducing the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained
Interest.
There are no specific criteria to determine when Disney will account for
a cash transfer as a long-term loan, a capital contribution or a return of
capital rather than an inter-group revolving credit advance; provided,
however, that cash advances from Disney or the Disney Group to go.com up to
$250 million on a cumulative basis, except as otherwise contemplated by the
proposed charter amendment, will be accounted for as short-term or long-
term loans at interest rates at which Disney could borrow such funds and
shall not be accounted for as a capital contribution. The Disney board of
directors will make such a determination in the exercise of its business
judgment at the time of such transfer based upon all relevant
circumstances. Factors the Disney board of directors may consider include
the current and projected capital structure of the Disney Group and go.com;
the financing needs and objectives of the recipient group; the
availability, cost and time associated with alternative financing sources;
and prevailing interest rates and general economic conditions.
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(7) Cash transfers accounted for as inter-group short-term loans will
bear interest at the rate at which Disney could borrow such funds. In
addition, any cash transfers accounted for as a long-term loan will have
interest rates, amortization, maturity, redemption and other terms that
reflect the then-prevailing terms on which Disney could borrow such funds.
(8) Any cash transfer from the Disney Group to go.com, or for its
account, accounted for as a capital contribution will correspondingly
increase go.com's equity account and the Number of Shares Issuable with
Respect to the Retained Interest.
(9) Any cash transfer from go.com to the Disney Group, or for its
account, accounted for as a return of capital will correspondingly reduce
go.com's equity account and the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to
the Retained Interest.
(10) In the event that Disney exercises any convertible securities or
similar rights to increase the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to
the Retained Interest, the cash proceeds of such exercise will be allocated
to go.com.
Corporate General and Administrative Services and Facilities
Disney will allocate the cost of corporate general and administrative
services and facilities between the Disney Group and go.com generally based
upon utilization. Where determinations based on utilization alone are
impracticable, Disney will use other methods and criteria that Disney's
management believes to be equitable and to provide a reasonable estimate of the
cost attributable to each group. Except as otherwise determined by Disney's
management, the allocated costs of providing such services and facilities will
include, among other things the following:
(1) All costs and expenses of personnel employed in connection with the
services and facilities, including, all direct costs of those personnel,
for example as payroll, payroll taxes and fringe benefit costs, calculated
at the appropriate annual composite rate therefor.
(2) All overhead costs and expenses directly related to the personnel
and the services or facilities provided by them, including departmental,
divisional and administrative overhead and a reasonable allocation of
capital charges for assets used to provide these services or facilities,
including, facilities, equipment and training.
(3) All materials used in connection with the services or facilities,
billed at their net cost to the provider of the services or facilities plus
all overhead costs and expenses related to these materials, including,
departmental, divisional and administrative overhead and a reasonable
allocation of capital charges for assets used to provide the materials.
Except as may otherwise be specifically provided pursuant to the terms of
any agreements between the Disney Group and go.com or any resolutions of the
Disney board of directors, the corporate general and administrative services
and facilities to be allocated between the groups will include general and
administrative services and facilities, for example, legal services, accounting
services, tax and financial, treasury services, purchasing and material
procurement, corporate travel, intranet support services, that is, hosting,
maintenance, operational and other technical support for intranet computer
systems, and corporate offices, warehouses and other facilities.
Notwithstanding anything set forth above to the contrary, the costs
associated with corporate general and administrative services and facilities
allocated to go.com, minus the costs associated with direct incentive
compensation for employees of go.com, for each of fiscal year 1999, 2000 and
2001 will not exceed $7.5 million.
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Taxes
Disney's board of directors intends that financial statement income tax
expense or benefit, as the case may be, will be allocated to go.com in an
amount equal to the difference between (1) the consolidated income tax expense
or benefit of Disney for financial statement purposes and (2) the consolidated
income tax expense or benefit of Disney for financial statement purposes
computed without including go.com financial statement pre-tax income and any
other relevant amounts properly allocable to go.com. If the above computation
results in a positive amount, such amount will be allocated to go.com as a tax
expense. If the above computation results in a negative amount, such amount
will be allocated to go.com as a tax benefit.
Corporate Opportunities
The Disney board of directors will allocate any business opportunities and
operations, any acquired assets and businesses and any assumed liabilities
between the Disney Group and go.com, in whole or in part, as it considers to be
in the best interests of Disney and its stockholders as a whole and as
contemplated by the Disney common stock policies. To the extent a business
opportunity or operation, an acquired asset or business, or an assumed
liability would be suitable to be undertaken by or allocated to either the
Disney Group or go.com, it will be allocated by the Disney board of directors
in its business judgment or in accordance with procedures adopted by the Disney
board of directors from time to time to ensure that decisions will be made in
the best interests of Disney and its stockholders as a whole. This allocation
may involve the consideration of a number of factors that the Disney board of
directors determines to be relevant, including, whether the business
opportunity or operation, the acquired asset or business or the assumed
liability is principally within the existing scope of a group's business,
whether it is principally within a geographic area served by a group and
whether a group is better positioned to undertake or have allocated to it such
business opportunity or operation, acquired asset or business or assumed
liability.
Inter-Group Contracts and Agreements
The terms of all current and future material transactions, relationships and
other matters between the Disney Group and go.com, including those as to which
the groups may have potentially divergent interests, will be determined on a
basis that the Disney board of directors, or Disney's management following
guidelines or principles established by the Disney board of directors,
considers to be in the best interests of Disney and its stockholders as a
whole.
Business operations involving activities by both go.com and the Disney Group
will be allocated as set forth below, subject to the general authority of the
Disney board of directors to modify, amend, suspend, add to or rescind these
allocations:
(1) Use of Intellectual Property. The Disney Group will license to
go.com the nonexclusive worldwide right to use and exploit all of the
Disney Group's intellectual property in the conduct of go.com's businesses.
As used in the common stock policies, intellectual property includes the
following:
. all fanciful, cartoon, artistic, literary, historical, scientific,
natural or fictional characters;
. copyrights and all copyrightable subject matter;
. trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names, trade dress and other
similar works;
. utility models;
. literary, musical, including lyrics, and dramatic works;
. photographs and pictorial, graphic and sculptural works;
. motion pictures and other audio-visual works;
. sound recordings;
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. works of art;
. patents and other patent rights;
. computer software, including, among other things, underlying code;
and
. know-how and designs, including designs of characters,
in each case belonging to any member of the Disney Group or the necessary
rights to which belong to any member of the Disney Group. According to the
common stock policies, however, nothing contained in the policies will be
construed as granting to go.com a right to use content owned by Disney that
is attributed to the Disney Group.
Intellectual property currently made available to Disney's existing
Internet business will continue to be made available to go.com without any
additional royalty, except as provided in the common stock policies. No
royalty or other fee for the use or exploitation of such Intellectual
Property will be charged to go.com, except for a royalty equal to 1.25% of
all go.com revenue, excluding revenue derived from the operation of Disney
Store.com, but including revenue derived from the sale of products offered
by direct mail, less the following deductions:
. advertising commissions;
. credit card charges;
. customs duties and taxes, other than taxes based upon go.com's
income, for example, sales, excise, withholding and value-added
taxes; and
. discounts, rebates, returns or credits, freight, insurance, packaging
and other shipment expenses.
Furthermore, the common stock policies provide that in the event that
go.com collects revenue with respect to the sale, license or other
distribution of "goods," as defined in the License Agreement, dated as of
June 18, 1998, between Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Infoseek, effectively
as an agent or distributor for the vendor, including the Disney Group or
Disney, only the distributor or agency fee or commission, and not the
amount of the revenues derived from such sale, will be included in the
revenues upon which such 1.25% royalty is based. However, in the event that
any goods are purchased from third-party licensees of the Disney Group who
are under an obligation to pay royalties to the Disney Group with respect
to such goods, then no royalty will be charged to go.com with respect to
such goods.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the royalties described above will not be
deemed earned or accrued until the completion of the first full fiscal year
of go.com in which there are positive earnings before interest, taxes and
amortization, commonly referred to as EBITA, and such royalties in any
fiscal year will in the aggregate not exceed 25% of EBITA of go.com in such
fiscal year. All use of the Disney Group's intellectual property will be in
conformity with the Disney Group's standard licensing terms and conditions
for such intellectual property.
The Disney common stock policies provide that the royalty provisions
described in this document replace and supersede any prior agreements for
the payment of royalties by go.com to the Disney Group.
(2) Online Travel Services. go.com will operate one or more travel and
ticketing services, offering travel packages to Disney Group attractions
and resorts as well as family travel packages to other destinations. go.com
will be the Disney Group's preferred online seller of such packages. For
its travel packages, go.com will be offered terms and credited with
commissions at a rate consistent with market rates afforded by the Disney
Group to unaffiliated third parties for comparable services, which rate has
initially been determined to be 10% of gross revenues, as determined from
time to time by or under the supervision of the Disney board of directors.
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(3) Disney Store.com. go.com will operate Disney Store.com, Disney's
online seller of Disney-branded consumer merchandise. The Disney Group will
be allocated a royalty equal to 8% of (i) Disney Store.com's actual costs
for Disney-branded merchandise sourced from the Disney Group's suppliers or
sourced directly by go.com and (ii) the Disney Group's actual costs for
Disney-branded consumer merchandise sourced from the Disney Group. The 8%
royalty, however, will not apply to the sale of products offered by direct
mail and not ordered over the Internet. However, in the event that any
Disney-branded consumer merchandise is purchased from third-party licensees
of the Disney Group who are under an obligation to pay royalties to the
Disney Group with respect to such Disney-branded consumer merchandise, then
no royalty will be allocated to the Disney Group with respect to such
goods.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Disney common stock policies provide
that the royalties described above will not be deemed earned or accrued
until the completion of the first full fiscal year of go.com in which there
are positive EBITA, and such royalties in any fiscal year will in the
aggregate not exceed 30% of EBITA of the Disney Store.com in such fiscal
year.
(4) Website Development. go.com will develop, or manage the development
by third parties of, websites for all Disney Group businesses wishing to
develop such sites. For such services, go.com will be compensated on the
basis of go.com's actual costs, including an allocation of the cost of
general and administrative services and facilities generally based upon
utilization, plus a margin consistent with market rates for comparable
services between unaffiliated third parties, which margin has initially
been determined to be 10%, as determined from time to time by or under the
supervision of the Disney board of directors. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any Disney Group business may choose to have a third-party
developer develop its site if more cost effective, provided, that any such
third-party developer shall comply with all policies, procedures and
technical specifications set by go.com. In addition, go.com will sell and
advertise for the website, with go.com and the applicable participating
business unit of the Disney Group splitting evenly all advertising revenues
derived from any of these websites.
(5) Promotional Services. The Disney Group will provide promotional
services to go.com in forms and amounts as determined from time to time by
or under the supervision of the Disney board of directors. Cost
allocations, if any, to go.com with respect to these services will in all
cases be on terms and rates no less favorable to go.com than those that
would apply to comparable services provided to unaffiliated third parties
and may be provided on substantially more favorable terms, in each case as
determined from time to time by or under the supervision of the Disney
board of directors.
Capital Stock Committee
At the effective time of the merger, Disney will amend its bylaws to
establish a capital stock committee of the Disney board of directors. The
capital stock committee initially will have authority to:
. interpret, make determinations under, and oversee the implementation of
the common stock policies, other than as they relate to dividends, with
respect to which all determinations will be made solely by Disney's board
of directors;
. adopt additional general policies governing the relationships between the
Disney Group and go.com; and
. engage the services of accountants, investment bankers, appraisers,
attorneys and other service providers to assist in discharging its
duties.
Common Stock Ownership of Directors and Officers
The Disney board of directors currently intends that its members and
officers of Disney, over time, hold shares of Disney Common Stock and go.com
Common Stock, or options or rights in that stock.
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COMPARISON OF STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS
Set forth below is a summary of material differences between the rights of a
holder of go.com Common Stock under Disney's proposed charter amendment and
current bylaws and the rights of a holder of Infoseek common stock under the
current Infoseek amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws.
We encourage stockholders to refer to the relevant portions of Disney's
proposed charter amendment and bylaws, the Infoseek amended and restated
certificate of incorporation and bylaws and the relevant provisions of Delaware
law.
Disney Infoseek
General
. Disney is a Delaware corporation . Infoseek is a Delaware corporation
subject to the provisions of the subject to the provisions of the
General Corporation Law of the State General Corporation Law of the
of Delaware. State of Delaware.
. The rights of stockholders of Disney . The rights of Infoseek
are currently governed by the Disney stockholders are governed by
certificate of incorporation and Infoseek's amended and restated
bylaws, in addition to Delaware law. certificate of incorporation and
Assuming the Disney charter amendment bylaws, in addition to Delaware
proposal is approved, the proposed law.
certificate of incorporation attached
as Annex C to this document will
replace the existing certificate of
incorporation of Disney as a
governing document.
Authorized Capital
. The authorized capital stock of . The authorized capital stock of
Disney pursuant to the Disney charter Infoseek consists of:
amendment proposal consists of:
(1) 500,000,000 shares of Infoseek
(1) 3,600,000,000 shares of Disney common stock, $0.001 par value
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per per share; and
share;
(2) 25,000,000 shares of preferred
(2) 1,000,000,000 shares of go.com stock, $0.001 par value per
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share.
share; and
(3) 100,000,000 shares of preferred
stock, $0.01 par value per share.
Amendment of Governing Documents
Charter
. Except as specified below, amendment . Except as specified below,
of Disney's certificate of amendment of the Infoseek amended
incorporation requires the and restated certificate of
authorization of the board of incorporation requires the
directors and the affirmative vote of authorization of a majority of
the majority of all outstanding Infoseek's directors, and the
voting shares. affirmative vote of a majority of
all outstanding voting shares.
. Any amendment of the Disney
certificate of incorporation that
would negatively affect the voting
powers of go.com Common Stock will
require the approval of a majority of
the outstanding shares of go.com
Common Stock voting as a separate
class.
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. Any amendment of the Disney . An amendment of any portion of
certificate of incorporation that Infoseek's amended and restated
would negatively affect the voting certificate of incorporation:
powers of Disney Common Stock
requires the approval of a majority
of the outstanding shares of Disney
Common Stock voting as a separate
class.
(1) relating to disinterested
stockholder approval, requires
a majority vote of the voting
power of the disinterested
Stockholders, of holders of
shares of Infoseek common stock
other than shares held by
Disney and its affiliates, but
only if Disney and its
affiliates own less than 90% of
the voting power of Infoseek
but not less than 25%; or
(2) relating to disinterested
director approval, requires a
majority vote of Infoseek's
disinterested directors,
directors other than those
designated by Disney, but only
if Disney and its affiliates
own less than 90% of the voting
power of Infoseek.
Bylaws
. The Disney bylaws may be adopted, . The Infoseek bylaws may be
amended or repealed by: adopted, amended or repealed by:
(1) a two-thirds vote of outstanding (1) a majority of the Infoseek
shares of Disney voting stock; or stockholders entitled to vote
or
(2) the Disney board of directors.
(2) a majority of Infoseek's
disinterested directors.
Directors
Number of Directors
. The number of directors must be at . The number of directors must be at
least 9 and no more than 21, with the least 6 and no more than 11 and
actual number to be determined by the may be altered by an amendment to
board of directors. The current the bylaws. The current number of
number of directors is 16. directors is 8.
Classification
. The Disney board of directors is . The Infoseek board of directors is
currently divided into three classes, not divided into classes.
with each class elected annually to a
three-year term. However, the
classified board will be eliminated
by 2001 when all directors will be
elected annually for one-year terms.
Removal
. Directors may be removed only for . Directors may be removed, with or
cause, by a majority of shares without cause, by a majority of
entitled to vote. shares entitled to vote.
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Vacancies
. Any vacancy on the Disney board of . Any vacancy on the board of
directors resulting from an increase directors resulting from
in the number of authorized directors resignation of a director may be
may be filled by a majority of the filled by vote of a majority of
directors then in office, provided the directors then in office,
that there is a quorum. including the director that is
resigning, provided there is a
quorum.
. Any other vacancy on the board of
directors may be filled by a majority
of the directors then in office, even
if less than a quorum, or by a sole
remaining director.
. Any other vacancy on the board of
directors may be filled by a
majority of the directors then in
office, even if less than a
quorum, or by a sole remaining
director.
Stockholder Action
Annual Meeting of Stockholders
. The annual meeting of stockholders . The annual meeting of stockholders
must be held on a date and at a place must be held on a date and at a
fixed by the Disney board of place fixed by the Infoseek board
directors. of directors.
Special Meetings of Stockholders
. Special meetings may be called at any . Special meetings may be called at
time and for any purpose by: any time and for any purpose by:
(1) the chairman of Disney's board of
directors;
(1) the chairman of Infoseek's
board of directors;
(2) Disney's president; or
(2) Infoseek's president;
(3) a majority of Disney's board of (3) a majority of Infoseek's board
directors. of directors; or
(4) one or more stockholders
entitled to cast at least 10%
of the votes cast at that
meeting.
Stockholder Action Without Meeting
. Any action required to be taken at an . The stockholders cannot take
annual or special meeting may be action through written consent in
taken by written consent, provided lieu of a stockholder meeting.
that if such consent is less than
unanimous, such action may be in lieu
of holding a meeting only if all the
directorships available are filled by
this action.
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Approval of, and Special Rights with Respect to,
Mergers or Consolidations and Other Transactions
. The Disney certificate of . The Infoseek amended and restated
incorporation provides that the certificate of incorporation
affirmative vote of four-fifths of requires disinterested stockholder
all outstanding voting stock is approval, or approval a majority
required for: of the voting power held by
stockholders other than Disney,
for the following actions:
(1) any merger or consolidation to
which Disney or any of its (1) any sale or disposition of all
subsidiaries and an interested or substantially all of
party are parties; Infoseek's assets;
(2) any sale by Disney or any of its (2) merger, consolidation or other
subsidiaries of all or reorganization with or into
substantially all of its assets to Disney or any affiliate of
an interested party; Disney; or
(3) any purchase by Disney or any of (3) the issuance of securities of
its subsidiaries of all or Infoseek representing 20% or
substantially all of the assets or more of the diluted outstanding
stock of an interested party; or equity of Infoseek or 20% or
more of the voting power of
Infoseek.
(4) any other transaction with an . The Infoseek amended and restated
interested person which requires certificate of incorporation
the approval of the stockholders requires disinterested directors'
of Disney under Delaware law. approval, or approval of a
majority of the directors other
than Disney designees, of the
A four-fifths vote is not required if following actions:
the transaction is approved by a
majority of the board, if a majority of (1) any transaction between
the members voting were directors Infoseek and Disney or its
before the party with whom the affiliates that requires
transaction is proposed became an payment by any party in excess
interested party. of $5.0 million or contemplates
a term equal to or in excess of
three years;
. The Disney certificate of
incorporation provides that any (2) adoption of certain poison pill
merger as a result of which the share purchase rights plan or
holders of all classes and series of any amendment, redemption or
common stock no longer own at least exchange of rights issued
50% of the voting power and do not pursuant to any plan;
receive consideration in proportion
to the market capitalization of each (3) any transfer of shares or
class and series as of the date that convertible securities by
the merger is publicly announced Disney in a private placement
shall require the approval of the to certain competitors of
holders of a majority of go.com Infoseek;
Common Stock voting as a separate
class unless the merger occurs after (4) any transfer of 25% or more of
the first anniversary of the the voting securities of
effective date of the Disney Infoseek by Disney or its
certificate of incorporation and the affiliates to any single person
consideration received by go.com or voting group during the
Common Stock holders is greater than standstill period;
or equal to what would have been
received if the go.com Common Stock (5) Disney or its affiliates
had been converted into Disney Common commencing certain types of
Stock at Disney's option. tender or exchange offers for
shares of Infoseek voting
stock;
(6) Disney or its affiliates
soliciting proxies, joining a
group, as defined by Section
13(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, or
establishing or joining a
voting trust with respect to,
shares of Infoseek common
stock;
(7) the exercise by Disney of
certain termination provisions
of the GO license;
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(8) transfers shares of Infoseek
common stock by Disney to a
third party, which transfer
25% of the voting power of
shares of Infoseek common
stock, other than pursuant to
certain tender offers;
(9) if Disney owns less than 50%
or more of the voting power of
shares of Infoseek common
stock, any of the actions
identified as requiring
disinterested stockholder
approval above;
(10) dissolution of Infoseek;
(11) any filing of a petition for
bankruptcy; or
(12) any amendment to the
governance agreement between
Infoseek and Disney.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED 1995 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Disney has adopted, subject to approval by Disney stockholders, the Amended
and Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan. The plan is substantially similar to
the plan prior to its amendment and restatement, with one principal exception.
The amended and restated plan would permit Disney to make awards in shares of
the go.com Common Stock, as well as awards in shares of the Disney Common
Stock. Disney believes that this will allow Disney to provide incentive
compensation opportunities to participants based on the performance of the
go.com Common Stock. The plan has also been amended in other respects. A
summary of the plan as amended and restated is provided below. This summary
description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the
plan and related rules, which is set forth as Annex E to this document.
The amended and restated plan must be approved by the holders of at least a
majority of the outstanding shares of Disney common stock present, or
represented, and entitled to vote at the Disney special meeting. In the event
the Disney stockholders' approval is not obtained, no awards with respect to
the go.com Common Stock will be granted or become effective, but awards with
respect to Disney common stock will continue to be made, subject to the terms
of the plan prior to its amendment and restatement.
The purposes of the plan are to provide long-term incentives and rewards to
employees of Disney and its affiliates, to assist Disney in attracting and
retaining individuals with experience and/or ability on a basis competitive
with industry practices and to associate the interest of these individuals with
those of the Disney stockholders. As discussed below, the plan is intended to
satisfy specific requirements of section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, which will be referred to as the "Code" below.
Description of the Plan
Administration. The plan will be administered by the compensation committee
of the Disney board of directors as to all matters affecting eligible
individuals who are not subject to section 162(m) of the Code, and by the
executive performance subcommittee of the compensation committee as to all
matters affecting eligible individuals who are subject to or are likely to
become subject to section 162(m) of Code, or in either case by another
committee or committees of the Disney Board as the Board may designate. The
executive performance subcommittee and the compensation committee will be
constituted to comply with the "non-employee director" requirements under Rule
16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the executive performance
subcommittee will be constituted to comply with the "outside director"
requirement of section 162(m) of the Code. For purposes of this summary, the
compensation committee and the executive performance subcommittee, or any other
committee established by the Disney board of directors for this purpose, will
be referred to collectively as the "compensation committee."
The compensation committee has the authority to determine the individuals to
whom awards will be granted, the series and/or class of stock in respect of
which any awards will be granted, the type, size and terms of the awards, the
date of grant, the terms of vesting and the dates of exercisability and payment
of awards. It has the ability to amend awards previously granted and to
determine the objectives and conditions for earning the awards. The
compensation committee may also adopt and amend written rules and policies
implementing the plan. The compensation committee will determine the extent to
which the rules and policies that it may adopt in the future will be subject to
the approval of the Disney stockholders and/or limitations on the compensation
committee's authority to amend the rules or policies. In addition, the
compensation committee may, but need not, establish performance goals to be
achieved within the performance periods as may be selected by it, using such
measures of the performance of Disney and/or any one or more of its affiliates
as it may select for purposes of granting, vesting, payment or other
entitlements to awards.
Eligible Participants. All employees of Disney or any of its affiliates are
eligible to participate in the plan. For purposes of the plan, "affiliate" will
mean any entity, as may from time to time be designated by the compensation
committee, that is a subsidiary corporation of Disney and any other entity
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control
with Disney.
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Types of Awards. The plan allows the compensation committee to grant awards
with respect to both Disney Common Stock and go.com Common Stock of stock
options, stock appreciation rights, including free-standing, tandem and limited
stock appreciation rights, warrants, dividend equivalents, stock awards,
restricted stock, phantom stock, performance shares or other securities or
rights that the compensation committee determines to be consistent with the
objectives and limitations of the plan. Stock options granted under the plan
may be either incentive stock options qualifying under section 422 of the Code
or nonqualified stock options which do not so qualify.
Awards under the plan are not transferable, except by will or the laws of
descent and distribution or for certain transfers to a participant's family
members, charitable institutions or such other persons or entities approved by
the compensation committee, subject to certain limitations.
Share Limitations. The aggregate numbers of shares that may be delivered or
purchased or used for reference purposes under the plan for all participants
and for all types of awards is 195,000,000 for shares of Disney Common Stock
and 27,300,000 for shares of go.com Common Stock. Shares of Disney Common Stock
or go.com Common Stock issued under the plan may be either authorized but
unissued shares or shares held in Disney's treasury. Any shares subject to an
award which for any reason expires or is terminated unexercised or unpaid as to
the shares will again be available for issuance under the plan.
A participant may be granted multiple awards under the plan. The maximum
number of shares subject to awards of stock options, warrants and stock
appreciation rights under the plan that may be granted during any period of
five consecutive calendar years to any one individual will be limited to
30,000,000 with respect to awards of Disney Common Stock and 5,000,000 with
respect to awards of go.com Common Stock, in each case both individually with
respect to each type of award and in the aggregate with respect to these types
of awards. Additional limitations apply to the aggregate dollar value of shares
granted under incentive stock options in order to comply with section 422 of
the Code.
With respect to awards of stock, restricted stock, phantom stock,
performance shares or other forms of award conveying a similar economic
benefit, but excluding stock options, warrants and stock appreciation rights,
the maximum number of shares of that may be awarded during any period of five
consecutive calendar years to any one individual will be 6,000,000 with respect
to awards of Disney Common Stock and 2,000,000 with respect to awards of go.com
Common Stock. The maximum number of shares that may be granted under these
types of awards to all participants under the plan will be 30,000,000 with
respect to awards of Disney Common Stock and 5,000,000 with respect to awards
of go.com Common Stock, in each case both individually with respect to each
type of award and in the aggregate with respect to these types of awards.
In the event of any change in the outstanding shares by reason of a stock
split or stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off,
reorganization, combination or exchange of shares or other similar corporate
change, certain adjustments may be made by the compensation committee under the
plan. The adjustments include adjustments in the number, kind and character of
shares subject to existing or future awards under the plan including by
substitution of shares of another corporation, including, without limitation,
any successor of Disney, in the exercise, purchase or base price of an
outstanding award, and in the maximum number of shares awarded during any
period of five consecutive calendar years.
Stock Options
The following describes the rules that have been adopted by the compensation
committee with respect to the grant of stock options under the plan, as set
forth in Exhibits A and B to the plan, for both the Disney Common Stock and the
go.com Common Stock.
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Exercise Price. The exercise price of a stock option is determined by the
compensation committee at the time the option is awarded. The option price may
not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the shares of Disney Common
Stock or the go.com Common Stock covered by the option on the date the option
is granted. The option price payable upon exercise of options must be paid in
cash or by the surrender, at the fair market value on the date on which the
option is exercised, of shares of Disney Common Stock or the go.com Common
Stock, or by any combination of cash and shares. The purchase price for shares
purchased upon exercise of nonqualified options may also be paid in any other
manner approved by the compensation committee.
Term and Vesting of Options. Subject to earlier termination, as described
below, an option granted under the plan will expire ten years after the date
the option is granted, unless the compensation committee provides otherwise.
The compensation committee will specify at the time each option is granted the
time or times at which, and in what proportions, an option becomes vested and
exercisable prior to its expiration or earlier termination, provided that the
participant is employed by Disney or an affiliate on each vesting date or on a
date no more than three months prior to such vesting date. Special rules apply
to the vesting and exercisability of options upon the death or disability of a
participant. In addition, specific limitations apply to incentive stock options
for maximum term and maximum period of exercise following termination of
employment in order to comply with section 422 of the Code.
As to stock options for Disney Common Stock granted to participants, the
option of any participant whose employment has terminated for any reason will
generally expire on the date which is (1) twelve months after termination, if
employment ceased due to permanent and total disability, (2) eighteen months
after termination, if employment ceased at a time when the optionee is eligible
to elect immediate commencement of retirement benefits under a Disney pension
plan, (3) eighteen months after termination, if the participant died while
employed by Disney or any of its affiliates, or (4) three months after
termination, if employment ceased for any other reason, except termination for
cause. All unexercised options will immediately terminate upon a termination of
employment for cause.
As to stock options for go.com Common Stock granted to participants, the
option of any participant whose employment has terminated for any reason, other
than death or permanent and total disability, will expire 60 days following the
date employment terminates unless otherwise determined by the compensation
committee and set forth in a stock option agreement. The option of any
participant whose employment has terminated by reason of death or permanent and
total disability will generally expire twelve months after termination. All
unexercised options will immediately terminate upon a termination of employment
for cause.
Repricing and Substitution of Options. The compensation committee may, with
the consent of the affected participant, reprice options previously granted
under the plan to an exercise price not less than 100% of the fair market value
of the shares of Disney Common Stock or the go.com Common Stock covered by the
option. The compensation committee may also effectively reprice options
previously granted under the plan or under any other stock option, stock
incentive or incentive compensation plan of Disney by granting options under
the plan in substitution for options previously granted, provided that any
option so granted will be exercisable at a new price which is not less than
100% of the fair market value of the shares of Disney Common Stock or the
go.com Common Stock covered by the option on the date on which the replacement
options are granted.
Stock Appreciation Rights
The following describes the rules that have been adopted by the compensation
committee with respect to the grant of stock appreciation rights, commonly
referred to as SARs, under the plan, as set forth in Exhibits A and B to the
plan, for both the Disney Common Stock and the go.com Common Stock.
Granting and Terms of SARs. SARs may be granted under the plan on a free-
standing basis, without regard to the grant of a stock option, or on a tandem
basis, related to the grant of an underlying stock option.
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SARs granted on a free-standing basis may be awarded for a number of shares, at
a base price, upon terms for vesting and exercise and upon such other terms and
conditions as are consistent with the comparable terms applicable to the grant
of stock options under the plan. SARs granted on a tandem basis in connection
with any stock option granted under the plan will be subject to the same terms
and conditions as the related stock option and will be exercisable only to the
extent the option is exercisable. The exercise of a tandem SAR results in the
surrender of a number of shares of the underlying option equal to the number of
SAR shares so exercised. The SARs entitle the holder to receive payment having
an aggregate value equal to the product of (1) the excess, if any, of the fair
market value on the exercise date of one share over the base price per share,
times (2) the number of shares called for by the SAR or portion thereof which
is exercised. The compensation committee determines whether payment upon
exercise of the SAR will be made in cash, shares or a combination of cash and
shares.
Other Awards
In addition to stock options and SARs, the plan allows the compensation
committee to provide to participants from time to time awards with respect to
both Disney Common Stock and the go.com Common Stock of warrants, dividend
equivalents, stock awards, restricted stock, phantom stock, performance shares
or other securities or rights that the compensation committee determines to be
consistent with the objectives and limitations of the plan. While the
compensation committee has not adopted special rules with regard to these
awards, it retains the right to grant these awards from time to time under the
plan.
Amendment and Termination
The plan will expire, unless earlier terminated, on November 1, 2005. The
compensation committee has the power to terminate or amend the plan and the
rules adopted under the plan, but no action may be taken which would adversely
affect any rights or obligations as to any awards that have previously been
made. In addition, without the approval of Disney's stockholders, no amendment
may be made to the plan which (1) increases the maximum number of shares of
stock subject to the plan or the maximum awards that may be granted during any
period of five consecutive calendar years to any individual or (2) extends the
maximum period during which awards may be granted. Otherwise, the plan and the
rules adopted under the plan may be amended by the compensation committee
without further stockholder approval, and no guidelines have been established
relating to the nature of the amendments that may be made without stockholder
approval. Amendments made without stockholder approval could increase the costs
to Disney under the plan, although the amount of such costs is not
determinable. Any cancellation and reissuance or repricing of any awards made
under the plan at a new option price will not constitute an amendment of the
plan.
New Plan Benefits
No executive officers of Disney received stock options or other awards under
the plan during fiscal 1999. During fiscal 1999, stock options to purchase
20,478,255 shares of Disney common stock at an average weighted exercise price
of $32.97 per share were granted to all other employees of Disney as a group.
For information concerning the grant of an option to purchase go.com Common
Stock that has been granted to an employee of Disney effective upon the
Reorganization, see "The Merger--Interests of Insiders in the Merger--Interests
of Infoseek Officers and Directors."
The closing price of the Disney Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange
on September 29, 1999 was $26.188 per share. go.com Common Stock is not yet
listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Federal Income Tax Consequences
Stock Options. An optionee will not generally recognize taxable income upon
the grant of a nonqualified stock option to purchase shares of Disney Common
Stock or go.com Common Stock. Upon exercise of the option, the optionee will
generally recognize ordinary income for federal income tax purposes equal to
the excess of the fair market value for the shares over the exercise price. The
tax basis of the shares in the hands of
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the optionee will equal the exercise price paid for the shares plus the amount
of ordinary compensation income the optionee recognizes upon exercise of the
option, and the holding period for the shares for capital gains purposes will
commence on the day the option is exercised. An optionee who sells any of the
shares will recognize capital gain or loss measured by the difference between
the tax basis of the shares and the amount realized on the sale. Disney will be
entitled to a federal income tax deduction equal to the amount of ordinary
compensation income recognized by the optionee. The deduction will be allowed
at the same time the optionee recognizes the income.
An optionee will not generally recognize income upon the grant of an
incentive stock option to purchase shares of Disney Common Stock or go.com
Common Stock and will not generally recognize income upon exercise of the
option, provided the optionee is an employee of Disney or a subsidiary at all
times from the date of grant until three months prior to exercise. However, the
amount by which the fair market value of the shares on the date of exercise
exceeds the exercise price will be includable for purposes of determining any
alternative minimum taxable income of an optionee. Where an optionee who has
exercised an incentive stock option sells the shares acquired upon exercise
more than two years after the grant date and more than one year after exercise,
capital gain or loss will be recognized equal to the difference between the
sales price and the exercise price. An optionee who sells the shares within two
years after the grant date or within one year after exercise will recognize
ordinary compensation income in an amount equal to the lesser of the difference
between (1) the exercise price and the fair market value of the shares on the
date of exercise or (2) the exercise price and the sales proceeds. Any
remaining gain or loss will be treated as a capital gain or loss. Disney will
be entitled to a federal income tax deduction equal to the amount of ordinary
compensation income recognized by the optionee in this case. The deduction will
be allowable at the same time the optionee recognizes the income.
Other Awards. The current federal income tax consequences of other awards
authorized under the plan are generally in accordance with the following: (1)
warrants and stock appreciation rights are subject to ordinary income tax at
the time of exercise, (2) restricted stock subject to a substantial risk of
forfeiture results in income recognition by the participant of the excess of
the fair market value of the shares covered by the award over the purchase
price paid only at the time the restrictions lapse, unless the recipient elects
to accelerate recognition as of the date of grant, and (3) stock awards,
performance shares, phantom stock and dividend equivalents are generally
subject to ordinary income tax at the time of payment. In each of the foregoing
cases, Disney will generally be entitled to a corresponding federal income tax
deduction at the same time the participant recognizes ordinary income.
Section 162(m). Compensation of persons who are named executive officers of
Disney is subject to the tax deduction limits of section 162(m) of the Code.
Stock options, warrants and SARs that qualify as "performance-based
compensation" are exempt from section 162(m), thus allowing Disney the full tax
deduction otherwise permitted for such compensation. If approved by Disney's
stockholders, the plan will enable the compensation committee to grant stock
options, warrants and SARs that will be exempt from the deduction limits of
section 162(m) of the Code.
INFOSEEK SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF
CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth certain information regarding beneficial
ownership of Infoseek common stock as of September 23, 1999, except as
otherwise noted, by (i) each director of Infoseek, (ii) Infoseek's Chief
Executive Officer and each of the other most highly compensated executive
officers of Infoseek during the nine month fiscal period ended October 3, 1998,
(iii) all directors and executive officers of Infoseek as a group and (iv) all
those known by Infoseek to be beneficial owners of more than five percent of
outstanding shares of Infoseek common stock. This table is based on information
provided to Infoseek or filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by
Infoseek's directors, executive officers and principal stockholders. Unless
otherwise indicated in the footnotes below, and subject to community property
laws where applicable, each of the named persons has sole voting and investment
power with respect to the shares shown as beneficially owned.
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Percentage of
Outstanding
Number of Shares Infoseek
Beneficial Owner Beneficially Owned(1) Common Stock
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Steven T. Kirsch(2)....................... 5,002,396 7.98%
Harry M. Motro(3)......................... 679,083 1.07%
Matthew J. Stover(4)...................... 174,384 *
John E. Zeisler(5)........................ 68,228 *
L. William Krause(6)...................... 38,083 *
Beth A. Haggerty(7)....................... 122,058 *
Andrew E. Newton(8)....................... 508,538 *
Leslie E. Wright(9)....................... 100,625 *
Steven Bornstein(10)...................... 0 0
Robert Iger(10)........................... 0 0
Thomas O. Staggs(10)...................... 0 0
The Walt Disney Company(11)............... 26,403,147(11) 42.12%
All directors and executive officers as a
group (11 persons)(12)................... 6,707,061 10.51%
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* Represents less than 1%.
(1) Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission. In computing the number of shares
beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of that
person, the aggregate number of shares of common stock subject to options
held by that person that are currently exercisable or exercisable within
60 days of September 23, 1999 are deemed outstanding. Shares issuable
pursuant to such options are deemed outstanding for computing the
percentage of the person holding such options but are not deemed
outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person. To
Infoseek's knowledge, except as set forth in the footnote to this table
and subject to applicable community property laws, each party named in the
table has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares set
forth opposite such party's name. The address for each of Messrs. Kirsch,
Motro, Stover, Zeisler, Krause, Newton and Wright and Ms. Haggerty is as
follows: c/o Infoseek Corporation, 1399 Moffett Park Drive, Sunnyvale,
California 94089. The address for each of Messrs. Bornstein, Iger and
Staggs is as follows: c/o The Walt Disney Company, 500 South Buena Vista
Street, Burbank, California 91521.
(2) Represents 4,988,855 shares held in the name of trusts for the benefit of
Mr. Kirsch and his family members. Includes 13,541 shares issuable
pursuant to stock options that may be exercised within 60 days after
September 23, 1999.
(3) Includes 677,083 shares issuable pursuant to stock options that may be
exercised within 60 days after September 23, 1999.
(4) Includes 25,000 shares issuable pursuant to stock options held in the name
of Mr. Stover for the benefit of Bell Atlantic Corporation which may be
exercised within 60 days after September 23, 1999, of which 17,500 shares
would be subject to Infoseek's right of repurchase. Also includes 149,384
shares held by Bell Atlantic Electronic Commerce Services, Inc., 35
Village Road, Middleton, Massachusetts 01949. Mr. Stover disclaims
beneficial ownership of such shares.
(5) Includes 65,729 shares issuable pursuant to stock options that may be
exercised within 60 days after September 23, 1999, of which 19,375 shares
would be subject to Infoseek's right of repurchase.
(6) Includes 38,083 shares issuable pursuant to stock options that may be
exercised within 60 days after September 23, 1999, of which 19,375 shares
would be subject to Infoseek's right of repurchase.
(7) Represents 1,122 shares held in the name of Ms. Haggerty's spouse.
Includes 120,936 shares issuable pursuant to stock options that may be
exercised within 60 days after September 23, 1999.
(8) Includes 52,083 shares which are issuable pursuant to stock options which
may be exercised within 60 days after September 23, 1999.
(9) Includes 100,625 shares which are issuable pursuant to stock options which
may be exercised within 60 days after September 23, 1999. Mr. Wright is no
longer an employee of Infoseek.
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(10) Based on his employment as an officer of Disney or its affiliates, such
director may be deemed the owner of the shares held by Disney as indicated
in the chart above. However, each such director disclaims beneficial
ownership of Disney's shares.
(11) Includes both The Walt Disney Company and its wholly owned subsidiary,
Disney Enterprises, Inc. For federal securities law purposes, The Walt
Disney Company is deemed to have investment and voting power over shares
of Infoseek common stock held by itself as well as by Disney Enterprises,
Inc. In connection with the governance agreement between Infoseek and
Disney, Disney has the right to purchase shares of Infoseek common stock
sufficient to maintain an approximately 43.0% ownership interest in
Infoseek as well as a warrant to purchase additional shares of Infoseek
common stock in certain circumstances. In connection with this right,
Disney has the right to purchase an immediately exercisable warrant to
purchase 104,366 shares of common stock in connection with the issuance of
shares in the acquisition of Quando, and the right to purchase an
immediately exercisable warrant to purchase 263,845 shares of common stock
resulting from option issuances by Infoseek from June 18 to December 18,
1998. Disney agreed to waive these purchase rights if the merger is
completed. Therefore all those shares are not included for beneficial
ownership purposes.
Does not include 15,720,000 shares that Disney may purchase pursuant to a
warrant Disney holds which is not exercisable within 60 days unless certain
contingencies principally outside Disney's control occur.
(12) Includes 1,106,746 shares issuable pursuant to stock options that may be
exercised within 60 days after September 23, 1999, including those options
identified in footnotes (2) through (9).
LEGAL MATTERS
The qualification of the merger as a reorganization under Section 368(a) of
the Code and related issues will be passed upon at the effective time of the
merger, as a condition to the merger, by Dewey Ballantine LLP, New York, New
York, on behalf of Disney, and by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
Professional Corporation, Palo Alto, California, on behalf of Infoseek. We
describe the conditions for consummation of the merger under the heading
"Principal Provisions of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization--Conditions
to the Consummation of the Merger" and we provide details of the tax opinion
under the heading "The Merger--Material Federal Income Tax Consequences."
EXPERTS
The combined financial statements of The Disney Group and Disney's existing
Internet business as of September 30, 1998 and 1997 and for each of the three
years in the period ended September 30, 1998 included in this document have
been so included in reliance on the reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts in
auditing and accounting.
The consolidated financial statements of The Walt Disney Company
incorporated in this document by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K,
as amended, for the year ended September 30, 1998 have been so incorporated in
reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants,
given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, have audited Infoseek Corporation's
consolidated financial statements as of October 3, 1998 and December 31, 1997,
and for the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and for each of the two years in
the period ended December 31, 1997, as set forth in their report. Infoseek
Corporation's consolidated financial statements are included in this joint
proxy statement/prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement in
reliance on Ernst & Young LLP's report, given on their authority as experts in
accounting and auditing.
The consolidated financial statements of Starwave Corporation as of October
4, 1998 and September 28, 1997 and for the year ended October 4, 1998 and the
nine months ended September 28,1997 included in this document have been so
included in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent
accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and
accounting.
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The financial statements of Starwave as of December 31, 1996, and for the
year then ended, have been included in this joint proxy statement/prospectus in
reliance upon the report of KPMG LLP, independent certified public accountants,
appearing elsewhere herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.
The financial statements of ABC News/Starwave Partners d/b/a ABC News
Internet Ventures as of October 4, 1998 and September 28, 1997 and for the year
ended October 4, 1998 and the six months ended September 28, 1997 included in
this document have been so included in reliance on the report of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority of
said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
The financial statements of ESPN/Starwave Partners d/b/a ESPN Internet
Ventures as of October 4, 1998 and September 28, 1997 and for the year ended
October 4, 1998 and the six months ended September 18, 1997 included in this
document have been so included in reliance on the report of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority of
said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
FUTURE STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
Stockholder proposals intended to be presented at the 2000 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders of Disney must be received by the Secretary of Disney not later
than:
. September 7, 1999 for inclusion in the proxy materials for that meeting
pursuant to Rule 14a-8 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or
. no more than 75 days and no less than 50 days before that meeting,
pursuant to the bylaws of Disney, if the stockholder does not intend to
have such proposal included in the proxy statement and form of proxy.
If proxy materials are required to be delivered and completion of the merger
does not occur, stockholder proposals intended to be presented at the 2000
Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Infoseek must be received by the Secretary of
Infoseek for inclusion in the proxy materials for such meeting on or before
December 21, 1999.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
Disney and Infoseek file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy
statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any
reports, statements or other information we file at the SEC's public reference
rooms in Washington, D.C., New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois. Please
call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference
rooms. Disney's and Infoseek's SEC filings are also available to the public
from commercial document retrieval services and at the web site maintained by
the SEC at "http://www.sec.gov."
Disney filed a registration statement on Form S-4 to register with the SEC
the go.com Common Stock to be issued to Infoseek stockholders in the merger.
This document is a part of that registration statement and constitutes a
prospectus of Disney in addition to being a proxy statement of Disney and
Infoseek for each company's special meeting. As permitted by SEC rules, this
document does not contain all of the information that you can find in the
registration statement or the exhibits to the registration statement.
The SEC allows Disney to "incorporate by reference" information into this
document. This means that Disney can disclose important information to you by
referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The
information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this document,
except for any information superseded by information in this document. This
document incorporates by reference the documents set forth below that Disney
has previously filed with the SEC. These documents contain important
information about Disney and its financial performance.
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Disney SEC Filings
(File No. 1-11605) Period
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Annual Report on Form 10-K Fiscal year ended September 30, 1998
Amended Annual Report on Form 10-K/A Filed on April 12, 1999 and June 30, 1999
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q Quarters ended December 31, 1998, March 31,
1999 and June 30, 1999
Amended Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A Filed on April 12, 1999
Filed on November 24, 1998 and July 12,
Current Reports on Form 8-K 1999
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Disney is also incorporating by reference additional documents that Disney
files with the SEC between the date of this document and the date of the Disney
special meeting.
Disney has supplied all information contained or incorporated by reference
in this document relating to Disney, and Infoseek has supplied all information
contained in this document relating to Infoseek.
You may already have been sent some of the documents incorporated by
reference, but you can obtain any of them from Disney or the SEC. Documents
incorporated by reference are available from Disney, without charge, excluding
all exhibits unless an exhibit has been specifically incorporated by reference
in this document. Stockholders may obtain documents incorporated by reference
in this document by Disney by requesting them in writing or by telephone at the
following address:
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521-9722
Tel: (818) 560-1000
Attn: Shareholder Services
If you would like to request documents from Disney, please do so by November
8, 1999 to receive them before the special meetings. Disney will send such
documents by first-class mail within one business day of receiving your
request.
You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by
reference in this document to vote on the Disney proposals and the Infoseek
merger proposal. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information
that is different from what is contained in this document. This document is
dated , 1999. You should not assume that the information contained in this
document is accurate as of any date other than that date, and neither the
mailing of this document to stockholders nor the issuance of go.com Common
Stock in the merger shall create any implication to the contrary.
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Annex A
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
BY AND AMONG
INFOSEEK CORPORATION,
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
AND
BINGO ACQUISITION CORP.
DATED AS OF JULY 10, 1999
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (this "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of July 10, 1999 by and among Infoseek Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), The Walt Disney Company, a Delaware corporation
("Parent"), and Bingo Acquisition Corp. a Delaware corporation and wholly
owned, direct subsidiary of Parent ("Acquisition Company").
RECITALS
A. The Boards of Directors of each of Parent, the Company and Acquisition
Company believe that it is in the best interests of each such company and its
respective stockholders to consummate the reorganization provided for herein,
pursuant to which Parent will directly acquire all of the capital stock of the
Company through a merger of Acquisition Company with and into the Company, with
the Company being the surviving corporation.
B. For federal income tax purposes, it is intended that the foregoing merger
qualify as a reorganization under the provisions of Section 368(a)(1)(B) and
(a)(2)(E) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code").
C. Concurrently with the execution hereof, in order to induce Parent to
enter into this Agreement, certain stockholders of the Company are entering
into support agreements (the "Support Agreements") providing for certain voting
and other restrictions with respect to shares of Company Common Stock held by
them upon the terms and conditions specified therein.
D. Immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined herein), the Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of Parent will be amended and restated to, among
other things, authorize 1,000,000,000 shares of Internet Group Common Stock (as
defined herein).
E. The Company, on the one hand, and Parent and Acquisition Company, on the
other hand, desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and
other agreements in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants, promises, representations
and warranties set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration
the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
1.1 The Merger.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with
the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), at the Effective Time,
Acquisition Company shall merge (the "Merger") with and into the Company in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL, whereupon Acquisition
Company's separate corporate existence shall cease and the Company shall be the
surviving corporation in the Merger (the "Surviving Corporation") and shall
continue its corporate existence under the laws of the State of Delaware. As a
result of the Merger, the Company shall become a wholly owned, direct
subsidiary of Parent. The effects and consequences of the Merger shall be as
set forth in Section 1.3 below.
1.2 Filing of Certificate of Merger; Effective Time.
The Company shall cause a certificate of merger with respect to the Merger
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Certificate of
Merger") to be executed and filed on the date of the Closing
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(as defined below), or such other date as the Company, Parent and Acquisition
Company may agree, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as
provided in the DGCL. The Merger shall become effective at the time and date on
which the Certificate of Merger has been duly filed with the Secretary of State
or such time and date as is agreed upon by the parties and specified in the
Certificate of Merger, and such time and date are referred to herein as the
"Effective Time."
1.3 Effect of the Merger.
The parties agree to the following provisions with respect to the Merger:
(a) Name of Surviving Corporation.
The name of the Surviving Corporation from and after the Effective Time
shall be "Infoseek Corporation."
(b) Certificate of Incorporation.
The Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company until thereafter amended as
provided by law and such Certificate of Incorporation.
(c) Bylaws.
The Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall, at the Effective Time, be the
Bylaws of Acquisition Company until thereafter amended as provided by law and
such Bylaws.
(d) Directors.
The directors of Acquisition Company immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall be the directors of the Surviving Corporation as of the Effective Time
and until their successors are duly appointed or elected in accordance with
applicable law, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in
accordance with the Surviving Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws.
(e) Officers.
The officers of the Surviving Corporation at the Effective Time shall be the
officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time until their
successors are duly appointed or elected in accordance with applicable law, or
until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the
Surviving Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.
1.4 The Closing.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the closing of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the "Closing") shall take place at
the offices of Dewey Ballantine LLP, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New
York 10019-6092, at 10:00 a.m., local time, on (a) the next business day after
the last to be fulfilled or waived of the conditions set forth in Article VI
shall be fulfilled or waived in accordance herewith (other than conditions
which by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to such
conditions) or (b) at such other time, date or place as the Company and Parent
may agree in writing. The date on which the Closing occurs is referred to
herein as the "Closing Date."
1.5 Internet Group.
On the Closing Date, immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger and
the filing of the Certificate of Merger, Parent shall file the proposed
amendment and restatement of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Parent substantially as set forth as Exhibit B hereto (the "Parent Charter
Amendment") with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Board of
Directors has adopted resolutions approving the Parent Charter Amendment and
certain policies pertaining to the Parent Common Stock (as defined in
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Section 1.7) substantially as set forth as Exhibit C hereto (the "Parent Common
Stock Policies"), which Parent Charter Amendment and Parent Common Stock
Policies shall establish the "Internet Group" effective as of the Effective
Time. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Internet Group" shall have the
meaning set forth in the Parent Charter Amendment and the term "Internet Group
Companies" shall have the meaning set forth in the Parent Common Stock
Policies; provided, however, that for periods prior to the Effective Time, the
term Internet Group shall not include those assets, rights, properties and
liabilities that are owned by the Company immediately prior to the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby.
1.6 Conversion of Acquisition Company Stock.
At the Effective Time, each share of the common stock of Acquisition Company
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the
Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted
into and shall become one (1) share of common stock of the Surviving
Corporation.
1.7 Conversion of Company Common Stock and Company Options.
(a) At the Effective Time, each issued and outstanding share of Company
Capital Stock (i) other than the shares owned by Parent and Disney Enterprises,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("DEI") shall be converted, without
any action on the part of the holders thereof, into 1.15 shares of Internet
Group Common Stock (the "Exchange Ratio"), (ii) owned by Parent shall remain
outstanding and (iii) owned by DEI shall be converted, without any action on
the part of the holders thereof, into one-one-hundredth of a share (rounded up
to the nearest whole share) of Parent Series A Voting Preferred Stock. As used
herein, the following terms have the following meanings:
(i) "Company Capital Stock" means all shares of Company Common Stock and
all shares of any other capital stock of the Company;
(ii) "Company Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $.001 per
share, of the Company, including any share purchase rights associated
therewith pursuant to the Company's share purchase rights plan;
(iii) "Company Options" means all issued and outstanding options,
warrants and other rights to acquire or receive Company Capital Stock
(whether or not vested); provided, however, that "Company Options" shall
not include the Company Common Stock Warrant issued to Parent dated
November 18, 1998;
(iv) "Internet Group Common Stock" means the Internet Group Common
Stock, par value $.01 per share, of Parent (including any share purchase
rights that may be associated therewith pursuant to any share purchase
rights plan adopted by Parent), a new class of Parent Capital Stock that
will have the terms and features set forth in the Parent Charter Amendment;
(v) "Parent Capital Stock" means all shares of Parent Common Stock and
all shares of any other capital stock of Parent;
(vi) "Parent Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $.01 per
share, of Parent, including any share purchase rights that may be
associated therewith pursuant to any share purchase rights plan adopted by
Parent;
(vii) "Parent Options" means all issued and outstanding options,
warrants and other rights to acquire or receive Parent Capital Stock
(whether or not vested); and
(viii) "Total Outstanding Company Shares" means the aggregate number of
shares of Company Capital Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 1.7 to the contrary,
each share of Company Common Stock issued and held in the Company's treasury
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the Merger, cease
to be outstanding and shall be canceled and retired without payment of any
consideration therefor.
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(c) At the Effective Time, each outstanding Company Option shall be
transferred to and assumed by Parent in such manner that it is converted into
an option to purchase shares of Internet Group Common Stock (each an "Internet
Group Option"), as provided below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the unvested
portion (and the unvested portion only) of the Company Options held by non-
employee directors of the Company as of the date hereof and any Company Option
granted to non-employee directors of the Company in the ordinary course
following the date hereof (the "Unvested Non-Employee Director Options") shall
not be transferred to and assumed by Parent (any vested portion of the Company
Options held by non-employee directors of the Company shall be transferred to
and assumed by Parent in such manner that it is converted into an Internet
Group Option). Following the Effective Time, each such Internet Group Option
shall be exercisable upon the same terms and conditions as then are applicable
to such Company Option, except that (i) each such Internet Group Option shall
be exercisable for that number of shares of Internet Group Common Stock equal
to the product obtained by multiplying the number of shares of Company Capital
Stock that were issuable upon exercise in full of such assumed Company Option
immediately prior to the Effective Time by the Exchange Ratio, rounded down to
the nearest whole number of shares of Internet Group Common Stock and (ii) the
per share exercise price for the shares of Internet Group Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of such Internet Group Option shall be equal to the quotient
obtained by dividing the exercise price per share of Company Capital Stock at
which such Company Option was exercisable immediately prior to the Effective
Time by the Exchange Ratio, rounded up to the nearest whole cent. It is the
intention of the parties that, to the extent that any such Company Option
constituted an "incentive stock option" (within the meaning of Section 422 of
the Code) immediately prior to the Effective Time, the Internet Group Option
continue to qualify as an incentive stock option to the maximum extent
permitted by Section 422 of the Code, and that the assumption of the Company
Options provided by this Section 1.7(c) satisfy the conditions of Section
424(a) of the Code.
(d) The Company shall cause all "purchase intervals" under all "offering
periods" of the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP") that have
not previously terminated in accordance with their terms to terminate
immediately prior to the Effective Time and for a final exercise of ESPP
options to be made at such time. The amount of cash to be allocated by Parent
to the Internet Group as provided in Section 5.17 of this Agreement shall be
decreased by the sum of the exercise price of each option exercised under the
ESPP on and after the date hereof multiplied by the respective number of shares
of each such option under the ESPP.
1.8 Exchange Agent.
Parent shall appoint a reputable institution reasonably acceptable to the
Company to serve as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in the Merger.
1.9 Parent to Provide Common Stock.
Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall make available to the
Exchange Agent for exchange in accordance with this Article I the shares of
Internet Group Common Stock issuable pursuant to Article I in exchange for all
of the outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock.
1.10 Exchange Procedures.
Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent to
mail to each holder of record (as of the Effective Time) of a certificate or
certificates (the "Certificates"), which immediately prior to the Effective
Time represented outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock whose shares were
converted into shares of Internet Group Common Stock pursuant to Section 1.7
and any dividends or other distributions pursuant to Section 1.11, (i) a letter
of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk
of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the
Certificates to the Exchange Agent and shall contain such other provisions as
Parent may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the
surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing shares
of Internet Group Common Stock and any dividends or other distributions
pursuant to Section 1.11. Upon surrender of Certificates for
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cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal,
duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions
thereto, the holders of such Certificates shall be entitled to receive in
exchange therefor certificates representing the number of whole shares of
Internet Group Common Stock into which their shares of Company Capital Stock
were converted at the Effective Time and any dividends or distributions payable
pursuant to Section 1.11, and the Certificates so surrendered shall forthwith
be canceled. Until so surrendered, outstanding Certificates will be deemed from
and after the Effective Time, for all corporate purposes, subject to Section
1.11 as to the payment of dividends, to evidence the ownership of the number of
full shares of Internet Group Common Stock into which such shares of Company
Capital Stock shall have been so converted and any dividends or distributions
payable pursuant to Section 1.11. If any portion of the Internet Group Common
Stock, and cash in lieu of fractional shares thereof (and any dividends or
distributions thereon) otherwise payable hereunder to any person, is to be
issued or paid to a person other than the person in whose name the Certificate
is registered, it shall be a condition to such issuance or payment that the
Certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper
form for transfer and that the person requesting such issuance or payment shall
pay to the Exchange Agent any transfer or other taxes required as a result of
such issuance or payment to a person other than the registered holder of such
Company Stock Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of the Exchange
Agent that such tax has been paid or is not payable.
1.11 Dividends, Fractional Shares, Etc.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, no dividends or
other distributions declared after the Effective Time on Internet Group Common
Stock shall be paid with respect to any shares of Company Capital Stock
represented by a Company Stock Certificate, nor shall any cash payment in lieu
of fractional shares be paid with respect to any such shares, until such
Company Stock Certificate is surrendered for exchange as provided herein.
Subject to the effect of applicable laws, following surrender of any such
Company Stock Certificate, there shall be paid to the holder of the Internet
Group Common Stock certificates issued in exchange therefor, without interest,
(i) at the time of such surrender, the amount of dividends or other
distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore payable
with respect to such whole shares of Internet Group Common Stock and not paid,
less the amount of any withholding taxes which may be required thereon and (ii)
at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions
with a record date after the Effective Time but prior to surrender and a
payment date subsequent to surrender payable with respect to such whole shares
of Internet Group Common Stock, less the amount of any withholding taxes which
may be required thereon.
(b) All shares of Internet Group Common Stock issued upon surrender of
Company Stock Certificates in accordance with this Article I shall be deemed to
be in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the shares of Company
Capital Stock represented thereby, and from and after the Effective Time, there
shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company of the shares
of Company Capital Stock. If, after the Effective Time, certificates
representing any such shares are presented to the Surviving Corporation, they
shall be canceled and exchanged for certificates for the consideration, if any,
deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with
the procedures set forth in this Article I.
(c) No fractional shares of Internet Group Common Stock shall be issued
pursuant to the Merger. In lieu of the issuance of any fractional share of
Internet Group Common Stock pursuant to the Merger, cash adjustments will be
paid to holders in respect of any fractional share of Internet Group Common
Stock that would otherwise be issuable, and the amount of such cash adjustment
shall be equal to the product of such fractional amount and the average closing
price of Internet Group Common Stock for the first five trading days commencing
on and immediately following the Closing Date.
(d) Upon demand by Parent, the Exchange Agent shall deliver to Parent any
portion of the Internet Group Common Stock made available to the Exchange Agent
pursuant to Section 1.10 hereof, and cash in lieu of fractional shares thereof,
that remains undistributed to holders of Company Capital Stock one year after
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Effective Time. Holders of Certificates who have not complied with this Article
I prior to such demand shall thereafter look only to Parent for payment of any
claim to such Internet Group Common Stock and dividends or distributions, if
any, in respect thereof.
(e) None of Parent, Acquisition Company, the Company, the Exchange Agent or
any other person shall be liable to any former holder of shares of Company
Capital Stock for any amount properly delivered to a public official pursuant
to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws. Any amounts
remaining unclaimed by any holder of Company Capital Stock immediately prior to
such time when such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become the property
of any Governmental Body (as defined in Section 2.5), shall, to the extent
permitted by applicable laws, become the property of Parent, free and clear of
all claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto.
(f) Each of the Surviving Corporation and Parent shall be entitled to deduct
and withhold from the Internet Group Common Stock, and cash in lieu of
fractional shares thereof (and any dividends or distributions thereon)
otherwise payable hereunder to any person such amounts as it is required to
deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under any
provision of federal, state, local or foreign income tax law. To the extent
that the Surviving Corporation or Parent so withholds those amounts, such
withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having
been paid to the holder of Company Capital Stock in respect of which such
deduction and withholding was made by the Surviving Corporation or Parent, as
the case may be.
(g) In the event that any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person
claiming such Company Stock Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if
required by Parent, the posting by such person of a bond in such reasonable
amount as Parent may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made
against it with respect to such Company Stock Certificate, the Exchange Agent
will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock
Certificate the applicable merger consideration, cash in lieu of fractional
shares, and unpaid dividends and distributions on shares of Internet Group
Common Stock deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement.
1.12 Rule 145.
Subject to applicable law, Company Stock Certificates surrendered for
exchange by any person constituting an "affiliate" of the Company for purposes
of Rule 145(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), shall not be exchanged until Parent has received a written agreement in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D from such person agreeing
to comply with the provisions of Rule 145 under the Securities Act.
1.13 Tax Consequences.
It is intended by the parties hereto that the Merger shall constitute a
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(B) and (a)(2)(E) of the
Code. The parties hereto adopt this Agreement as a "plan of reorganization"
within the meaning of Section 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) of the United States
Income Tax Regulations.
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ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF PARENT AND ACQUISITION COMPANY
Each of Parent and Acquisition Company hereby, jointly and severally,
represents and warrants to the Company, subject to such exceptions as are
specifically disclosed in the disclosure schedule supplied by Parent to the
Company (the "Parent Disclosure Schedule"), as of the date hereof and as of the
Effective Time as though made at the Effective Time, as follows:
2.1 Organization of Parent and Acquisition Company.
Each of Parent and Acquisition Company is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under Delaware law. Each corporation or
general partnership included in the Internet Group (the "Internet Group
Companies") is a corporation or partnership, as the case may be, duly organized
or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation or formation. Each of the Internet Group
Companies is, directly or indirectly, wholly owned by Parent, or will be wholly
owned by Parent as a result of the Merger. Each of Parent, Acquisition Company
and each of the Internet Group Companies that is a corporation has the
corporate power to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being
conducted. Each of Parent and the Internet Group Companies that is a
corporation is duly qualified to do business and in good standing as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction in which the failure to be so qualified would
have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or on the Internet Group, as the case
may be. Each of the Internet Group Companies that is a partnership has the
legal power to own its properties and to carry on its business as now
conducted, and is duly qualified to do business and in good standing as a
foreign entity in each jurisdiction in which the failure to be so qualified
would have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or on the Internet Group, as the
case may be. For all purposes of this Agreement, the term "Material Adverse
Effect" means any change, event or effect that would be reasonably likely to
have a material adverse effect on the business, assets (including intangible
assets), financial condition or results of operations of the entity or business
referred to together with its subsidiaries, if any, taken as a whole; provided,
however, that any adverse change, event or effect that is caused by (i) the
announcement or pendency of the Merger shall not be taken into account in
determining whether there has been or would be a Material Adverse Effect with
respect to any party and (ii) any breach of any covenant hereunder by any
action or failure to act by any of Parent or the Internet Group, on the one
hand, or the Company, on the other hand, shall not be taken into account in
determining whether there has been or would be a Material Adverse Effect on the
other party. Parent has delivered a true and correct copy of its Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and the charter or other organizational
documents of each of the Internet Group Companies, each as amended to date, to
the Company.
2.2 Parent Capital Structure.
(a) The authorized capital stock of Parent consists of 3,600,000,000 shares
of Parent Common Stock, of which 2,060,734,292 shares were issued and
outstanding as of July 1, 1999 and 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par
value $0.01 per share, of which no shares were issued and outstanding as of
July 1, 1999. All outstanding shares of Parent Capital Stock are duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to
preemptive rights created by statute, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation
or Bylaws of Parent or any agreement to which Parent is a party or by which it
is bound and have been issued in compliance with federal and state securities
laws. There are no accrued or unpaid dividends with respect to any shares of
Parent Capital Stock. Parent has no other capital stock authorized, issued or
outstanding.
(b) Except for those plans of Parent set forth in the Parent SEC Documents
(as defined in Section 2.6) or set forth in Section 2.2(b) of the Parent
Disclosure Schedule (the "Parent Stock Plans"), there is no stock option plan
or other plan providing for equity compensation maintained by Parent. There are
no other options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments or agreements of any
character, written or oral, to which Parent or any subsidiary of Parent is a
party or by which it is bound obligating Parent or any subsidiary of Parent to
issue,
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deliver, sell, repurchase or redeem, or cause to be issued, delivered, sold,
repurchased or redeemed, any shares of Parent Capital Stock or interests in any
subsidiary of Parent, as the case may be, or obligating Parent or any
subsidiary of Parent to grant, extend, accelerate the vesting of, change the
price of, otherwise amend or enter into any such option, warrant, call, right,
commitment or agreement. To Parent's knowledge, there are no voting trusts,
proxies, or other agreements or understandings with respect to the voting stock
of Parent or any subsidiary of Parent.
(c) The authorized capital stock of Acquisition Company ("Acquisition
Company Capital Stock") consists of 1,000 shares of common stock, of which 100
shares are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof and as of the Effective
Time. All outstanding shares of Acquisition Company Capital Stock are duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to
preemptive rights created by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or
Bylaws of Acquisition Company or any agreement to which Acquisition Company is
a party or by which it is bound and have been issued in compliance with federal
and state securities laws. There are no declared or accrued unpaid dividends
with respect to any shares of Acquisition Company Capital Stock. Acquisition
Company has no other capital stock authorized, issued or outstanding.
2.3 Authority.
Each of Parent and Acquisition Company has all requisite power and authority
to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of each of Parent and Acquisition Company, and no
further action is required on the part of Parent or Acquisition Company to
authorize this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, subject only
to the approval of the holders of Parent Common Stock of the Parent Charter
Amendment and the issuance of the Internet Group Common Stock in connection
with the Merger. This Agreement, the Parent Charter Amendment and the Merger
have been approved unanimously by the Boards of Directors of Parent and, as
applicable, Acquisition Company and by the stockholder of Acquisition Company.
This Agreement has been, and all agreements to be executed and delivered in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby by Parent or Acquisition
Company will be, duly executed and delivered by Parent or Acquisition Company,
as the case may be, and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
by the other parties hereto and thereto, constitute the valid and binding
obligation of Parent or Acquisition Company, as the case may be, enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by principles of public policy and subject to the laws of general
application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors and to
rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief or other
equitable remedies.
2.4 No Conflict.
Except as set forth in Section 2.4 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, the
execution and delivery of this Agreement do not, and all agreements to be
executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby
by Parent or Acquisition Company will not, and the performance and consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not, conflict with, or
result in any violation of, or default under (with or without notice or lapse
of time, or both), or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation,
modification or acceleration of any obligation or loss of any benefit under
(any such event, a "Conflict"), (i) any provision of the Restated Certificate
of Incorporation or Bylaws of Parent or Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws
of Acquisition Company or the charter or organizational documents of any of the
Internet Group Companies, (ii) any material mortgage, indenture, lease,
contract or other agreement or instrument, permit, concession, franchise or
license to which Parent, Acquisition Company or any of their subsidiaries or
any of their material properties or assets are subject or (iii) any judgment,
order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to
Parent, Acquisition Company or any of their subsidiaries or their respective
material properties or assets, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii)
above, as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or the Internet
Group.
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2.5 Consents.
Except as set forth in Section 2.5 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, no
consent, waiver, approval, order or authorization of, or registration,
declaration or filing with, any Governmental Body or any other party is
required by or with respect to Parent, Acquisition Company or any of their
respective subsidiaries in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except
for (i) the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") of
the Joint Proxy Statement of Parent and the Company, as amended from time to
time through effectiveness (the "Joint Proxy Statement"), pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), for the
solicitation of the approval of the stockholders of Parent of the Parent
Charter Amendment, (ii) the filing with the SEC of a Registration Statement on
Form S-4 (the "Form S-4 Registration Statement") pursuant to the Securities Act
with respect to those shares of Internet Group Common Stock issuable in the
Merger, in which the Joint Proxy Statement will be included as part of the Form
S-4 Registration Statement, (iii) such consents, waivers, approvals, orders,
authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings as may be required
under applicable federal and state securities laws, (iv) the filing of the
Parent Charter Amendment and the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware, (v) any applicable filings required under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the "HSR
Act"), (vi) the approval of the stockholders of Parent of the Parent Charter
Amendment, (vii) any other such filings or approvals as may be required under
Delaware law and (viii) such consents, waivers, approvals, orders
authorizations, registrations, declarations, and filings, which, if not
obtained or made, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect on Parent or the Internet Group or prevent or materially delay
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. For purposes of this
Agreement, "Governmental Body" shall mean any: (a) nation, state, commonwealth,
province, territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of
any nature; (b) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other government
or (c) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including
any governmental division, department, agency, commission, instrumentality,
official, organization, unit, body or entity and any court or other tribunal).
2.6 SEC Documents and Parent Financial Statements.
Parent has furnished the Company with a true and complete copy of all of its
filings with the SEC since January 1, 1998 through the date hereof (the "Parent
SEC Documents"). Each of the Parent SEC Documents when filed (i) complied as to
form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange
Act and (ii) was true and correct in all material respects and did not omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, except in each case as superseded in any subsequent
filings. All financial statements (including any related schedules or notes) of
Parent included in the Parent SEC Documents were prepared in accordance with
United States generally accepted accounting principals, consistently applied
("GAAP"), are consistent with each other and present fairly in all material
respects the consolidated financial condition and consolidated operating
results and cash flows of Parent as of their respective dates and during the
periods indicated therein, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to
normal year-end adjustments, which will not be material in amount. Parent
maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain
asset accountability. Parent's unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of March
31, 1999 included in the Parent SEC Documents is referred to herein as the
"Parent Current Balance Sheet," and Parent's audited consolidated balance sheet
as of September 30, 1998 and its audited consolidated statements of operations
and cash flows for the year then ended included in the Parent SEC Documents are
referred to herein as the "Parent Financials."
2.7 Internet Group Common Stock; Internet Group Companies and Business.
When issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
the Internet Group Common Stock will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable and free of any preemptive or
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similar right. Except as set forth in Section 2.7 of the Parent Disclosure
Schedule, there is no stock option plan or other plan providing for equity
compensation maintained by Internet Group. Except as set forth in Section 2.7
of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, there are no other options, warrants, calls,
rights, commitments or agreements of any character, written or oral, to which
Parent or any subsidiary of Parent is a party or by which it is bound
obligating Parent or any subsidiary of Parent to issue, deliver, sell,
repurchase or redeem, or cause to be issued, delivered, sold, repurchased or
redeemed, any shares of Internet Group Common Stock (except in exchange for
Company Options pursuant to Section 1.7 above) or interests in any of the
Internet Group Companies, as the case may be. Except as set forth in Section
2.7 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, there are no outstanding or authorized
stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or other similar rights
with respect to Internet Group Common Stock. Except as set forth in Section 2.7
of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, there are no minority interests or options,
calls or other rights to acquire whatsoever any equity or other interests
(ownership, economic or otherwise) in any of the Internet Group Companies or
the business or assets of the Internet Group.
2.8 Ownership of Acquisition Company; No Prior Activities.
Acquisition Company is a wholly owned, direct subsidiary of Parent created
solely for the purpose of effecting the Merger. As of the date hereof and the
Effective Time, except for obligations or liabilities incurred in connection
with its incorporation or organization and the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and except for this Agreement and any other agreements or
arrangements contemplated by this Agreement, Acquisition Company has not and
will not have incurred, directly or indirectly, through any subsidiary or
affiliate, any material obligations or liabilities or engaged in any material
business activities of any type or kind whatsoever or entered into any
agreements or arrangements with any person.
2.9 Internet Group Financial Statements.
Section 2.9 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule sets forth the Internet
Group's (i) audited combined balance sheet as of September 30, 1998 and the
statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, including
notes thereto (the "Year-End Financials"), and (ii) unaudited combined balance
sheet as of March 31, 1999 and the related combined statements of operations
and cash flows for the six months then ended (the "Interim Financials"). Such
Year-End Financials have been prepared with a materiality standard based upon
the Internet Group and not Parent taken as a whole. Except as otherwise
specifically described in Section 2.9 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, the
Year-End Financials and the Interim Financials have been prepared in accordance
with GAAP applied on a basis consistent throughout the periods indicated and
are consistent with each other, and each of the Year-End Financials and the
Interim Financials have been prepared as though the Parent Common Stock
Policies, as will be applied following the Effective Time, had been in place
for, and applied consistently during, such periods (except with respect to the
royalties payable to Parent in connection with DisneyStore.com). The Year-End
Financials and Interim Financials present fairly in all material respects the
combined financial condition and combined operating results of the Internet
Group as of the dates and during the periods indicated therein, subject in the
case of the Interim Financials, to normal year-end adjustments, which will not
be material in amount. As of the date hereof, Parent maintains a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements of the Internet Group in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset
accountability. The Internet Group combined balance sheet as of March 31, 1999
included in the Interim Financials shall be hereinafter referred to as the
"Current Balance Sheet."
2.10 No Changes.
Since March 31, 1999, except as otherwise expressly contemplated by this
Agreement, the Internet Group's business has been conducted in the ordinary
course consistent with past practice and there has not been
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any action, event, occurrence, development, change in method of doing business
or state of circumstances or facts that, individually or in the aggregate, has
had a Material Adverse Effect on the Internet Group.
2.11 Restrictions on Business Activities.
Except as described in Section 2.11 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule as of
the date hereof, there is no agreement (non-compete or otherwise), commitment,
judgment, injunction, order or decree to which Parent or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or otherwise binding upon Parent or its subsidiaries
which has the effect of prohibiting any business practice of the Internet
Group, any acquisition of property (tangible or intangible) by the Internet
Group or the conduct of the business by the Internet Group which would have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Internet Group and the Company taken as a whole.
Without limiting the foregoing, as of the date hereof, none of Parent or its
subsidiaries has entered into any agreement under which any of the Internet
Group Companies is restricted from selling, licensing or otherwise distributing
any of its material technology or products to or providing services to or
selling advertising to, customers or potential customers or any class of
customers, in any geographic area, during any period of time or in any market
which would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Internet Group and the
Company taken as a whole.
2.12 Title to Properties; Absence of Liens and Encumbrances.
(a) Section 2.12(a) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of
all real property used in the business of the Internet Group that would be
required to be identified by Item 102 of Regulation S-K.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 2.12(b) of the Parent Disclosure
Schedule, either Parent, its subsidiaries or the Internet Group Companies, as
the case may be, has good and valid title to, or, in the case of leased
properties and assets, valid leasehold interests in, all material tangible
properties and assets, real, personal and mixed, used or held for use in
connection with business of the Internet Group, free and clear of any Liens (as
defined in Section 3.12), except (i) as reflected in the Current Balance Sheet,
(ii) for Taxes (as defined in Section 3.12) not yet due and payable or
delinquent and (iii) where such imperfections of title and encumbrances, if
any, are not material in character, amount or extent, and do not materially
detract from the value, or materially interfere with the present use, of the
property subject thereto or affected thereby.
2.13 Intellectual Property.
(a) For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the
following definitions:
"Intellectual Property" shall mean any or all of the following and all
rights in, arising out of, or associated therewith: (i) all United States and
foreign patents and utility models and applications therefor and all reissues,
divisions, renewals, extensions, provisionals, continuations and continuations-
in-part thereof, and equivalent or similar rights anywhere in the world in
inventions and discoveries; (ii) all inventions (whether patentable or not),
invention disclosures, improvements, trade secrets, proprietary information,
know how, technology, technical data and customer lists, and all documentation
relating to any of the foregoing; (iii) all copyrights, copyright registrations
and applications therefor and all other rights corresponding thereto throughout
the world; (iv) all trade names, logos, common law trademarks and service
marks; trademark and service mark registrations and applications therefor and
all goodwill associated therewith throughout the world; (v) all databases and
data collections and all rights therein throughout the world; (vi) all computer
software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools,
files, records and data, all media on which any of the foregoing is recorded,
all Web addresses, sites and domain names, all rights of publicity and privacy;
(vii) any similar, corresponding or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing;
and (viii) all documentation related to any of the foregoing.
"Internet Group Intellectual Property" shall mean any Intellectual Property
that is (i) owned by or exclusively licensed to Parent, any of the Internet
Group Companies or any of their respective subsidiaries and (ii) used in
connection with the business of the Internet Group, but in all events excluding
(A) Intellectual
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Property owned by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries other than ABC
News/Starwave Partners (d/b/a ABC News Internet Ventures) ("AIV") and
ESPN/Starware Partners (d/b/a ESPN Internet Ventures) ("EIV"), which
Intellectual Property is exclusively licensed to AIV or EIV, (B) Intellectual
Property that is or was developed or owned by AIV or EIV and (C) Intellectual
Property that is or was jointly developed, funded or owned by the Company or
any of the Company Subsidiaries (other than AIV and EIV) on the one hand and
Parent or any of the Internet Group Companies or their respective subsidiaries
(other than AIV and EIV) on the other hand.
"Registered Intellectual Property" shall mean all United States,
international and foreign: (i) patents and patent applications (including
provisional applications); (ii) registered trademarks, applications to register
trademarks, intent-to-use applications, or other registrations or applications
related to trademarks; (iii) registered copyrights and applications for
copyright registration; (iv) any mask work registrations and applications to
register mask works; and (v) any other Internet Group Intellectual Property
that is the subject of an application, certificate, filing, registration or
other document issued by, filed with, or recorded by, any state, government or
other public legal authority.
(b) Section 2.13(b) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule lists all Registered
Intellectual Property owned by, or filed in the name of, Parent, any of the
Internet Group Companies or any of their respective subsidiaries except such
Registered Intellectual Property the absence of which would not have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Internet Group or the conduct of the Internet Group's
business and which is used primarily in connection with the business of the
Internet Group (the "Internet Group Registered Intellectual Property") and
lists any proceedings or actions before any court, tribunal (including the
United States Patent and Trademark Office (the "PTO") or equivalent authority
anywhere in the world) related to any of the Internet Group Registered
Intellectual Property, except for any proceedings which, if adversely
determined, would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Internet Group.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 2.13(c) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule
or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Internet Group or the
conduct of the Internet Group's business, each item of Internet Group
Intellectual Property owned by Parent, any Internet Group Companies or their
respective subsidiaries, including all Internet Group Registered Intellectual
Property listed in Section 2.13(b) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, is free
and clear of any Liens, except for Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable or
delinquent. Except as set forth in Section 2.13(c) of the Parent Disclosure
Schedule or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Internet Group
or the conduct of the Internet Group's business, one or more of Parent, the
Internet Group Companies or any of their respective subsidiaries, as the case
may be, (i) is the exclusive owner or has valid and enforceable rights to use
of all trade names, logos, common law trademarks and service marks used in
connection with the operation or conduct of the business of the Internet Group
as currently conducted, including the sale of any products or technology or the
provision of any services by the Internet Group; and (ii) is the exclusive
owner of or has valid and enforceable rights to use, all copyrighted works that
are Parent's or any of the Internet Group Companies' or any of their respective
subsidiaries', as the case may be, products or other works of authorship used
in connection with the operation or conduct of the Internet Group's business as
currently conducted, including the sale of any products or technology or the
provision of any services by the Internet Group.
(d) Except as set forth in Section 2.13(d) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule
and except for any transfers, grants or authorizations that have not or do not
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Internet Group or the conduct of the
Internet Group's business, none of Parent or the Internet Group Companies or
any of their respective subsidiaries has transferred ownership of or authorized
the retention of any rights to use any Internet Group Intellectual Property to
any other person.
(e) Except (i) as set forth in Section 2.13(e) of the Parent Disclosure
Schedule, (ii) for Intellectual Property the absence of which would not have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Internet Group, (iii) for "shrink-wrap" software
and similar widely available commercial end-user software used by the Internet
Group or in the conduct of the Internet Group's business, and (iv) open source
and similar free software available
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generally without payment of any royalties or other license fees: the Internet
Group Intellectual Property constitutes all of the Intellectual Property used
in or necessary to the conduct of the Internet Group's business as currently
conducted, including, without limitation, the design, development, copying,
performance, display, creation of derivative works, distribution, manufacture,
use, import, license and sale of the products, technology and services of the
Internet Group. Except as set forth in Section 2.13(e) of the Parent Disclosure
Schedule, no person who has licensed Internet Group Intellectual Property to
Parent or any of the Internet Group Companies or any of their respective
subsidiaries has ownership rights or license rights to improvements in such
licensed Internet Group Intellectual Property, provided that the foregoing
shall apply only to improvements (A) the absence of which would have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Internet Group or the conduct of Internet Group's
business and (B) which were made by Parent, any Internet Group Company or any
of their respective subsidiaries.
(f) Except for "shrink-wrap" and similar widely available commercial end-
user licenses or contracts, licenses and agreements the existence, termination
or breach of which would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Internet
Group or the conduct of the Internet Group's business, the contracts, licenses
and agreements listed in Section 2.13(f) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule
include all contracts, licenses and agreements to which Parent, any of the
Internet Group Companies or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party
with respect to any Internet Group Intellectual Property.
(g) Except as set forth in Section 2.13(g) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule
or except for matters which, if adversely determined, would not have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Internet Group or the conduct of the Internet Group's
business: the operation of the Internet Group's business as currently
conducted, including, without limitation, the design, development, copying,
performance, display, creation of derivative works, distribution, manufacture,
use, import, license and sale of the products, technology and services of the
Internet Group, does not infringe or misappropriate the Intellectual Property
of any person, violate the rights of any person (including, but not limited to,
rights to privacy or publicity), or constitute unfair competition or trade
practices under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction; and none of Parent, the
Internet Group Companies or any of their respective subsidiaries has received
notice from any person claiming that such operation, or any act, product,
technology or service of the Internet Group infringes or misappropriates the
Intellectual Property of any person, or that Parent, any of the Internet Group
Companies or any of their respective subsidiaries has engaged in unfair
competition or trade practices under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction (nor
does Parent, any Internet Group Company or any of their respective subsidiaries
have knowledge of any basis therefor).
(h) All necessary registration, maintenance and renewal fees in connection
with the Internet Group Registered Intellectual Property the absence of which
would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Internet Group or the conduct of
the Internet Group's business have been paid and all necessary documents and
certificates in connection with such Internet Group Registered Intellectual
Property have been filed with the relevant patent, copyright, trademark or
other authorities in the United States or foreign jurisdictions, as the case
may be, for the purposes of maintaining such Registered Intellectual Property
when commercially reasonable.
(i) Except as set forth in Section 2.13(i) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule
or for those contracts, licenses or agreements the existence, termination or
breach of which would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Internet Group
or the conduct of Internet Group's business, there are no contracts, licenses
or agreements between Parent, any of the Internet Group Companies or any of
their respective subsidiaries and any other person with respect to Internet
Group Intellectual Property under which there is any dispute regarding the
scope of such contract, license or agreement or performance under such
contract, license or agreement, including with respect to any payments to be
made or received by Parent, any of the Internet Group Companies or any of their
respective subsidiaries, as the case may be, which, if adversely determined,
would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Internet Group or the conduct of
the Internet Group's business.
(j) Except as set forth in Section 2.13(j) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule
or for pending claims which, if successfully asserted, would not have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Internet Group or the conduct of the
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Internet Group's business, there is no pending claim by Parent, any of the
Internet Group Companies or any of their respective subsidiaries against any
person for infringing or misappropriating any Internet Group Intellectual
Property. Without limiting the foregoing, to the knowledge of Parent, any of
the Internet Group Companies or any of their respective subsidiaries, there is
no pending claim by any person other than Parent, any of the Internet Group
Companies or any of their respective subsidiaries against any person for
infringing or misappropriating any Internet Group Intellectual Property, which
claim, if adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Internet Group or the conduct of the Internet Group's business.
(k) Except as set forth in Section 2.13(k) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule
or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the conduct of the Internet
Group or the Internet Group's business as currently conducted, no Internet
Group Intellectual Property or product, technology or service of the Internet
Group is subject to any proceeding or outstanding decree, order, judgment,
settlement or other similar agreement or stipulation that restricts in any
manner the use, transfer or licensing thereof by Parent, any of the Internet
Group Companies or any of their respective subsidiaries, as the case may be, or
would affect the validity, use or enforceability of such Internet Group
Intellectual Property.
(l) The consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement will
not result in the loss of, or otherwise adversely affect, any ownership rights
of Parent, any of the Internet Group Companies or any of their respective
subsidiaries in any Internet Group Intellectual Property material to the
Internet Group, or result in the breach or termination of any license, contract
or agreement to which any of the foregoing persons are a party with respect to
any Internet Group Intellectual Property material to the Internet Group. The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not cause
or obligate Parent, any of the Internet Group Companies or any of their
respective subsidiaries to (i) grant to any third party any rights or licenses
with respect to any Internet Group Intellectual Property material to the
Internet Group, or (ii) pay any royalties or other amounts with respect to
Internet Group Intellectual Property material to the Internet Group in excess
of those being paid prior to the Effective Time.
2.14 Agreements, Contracts and Commitments.
Section 2.14 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule sets forth all material
agreements, contracts, covenants, instruments, leases, licenses or commitments
of the Internet Group (collectively, the "Internet Group Contracts"). Parent
and each of its subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with,
and has not, in any material respects, breached, violated or defaulted under,
or received notice that it has breached, violated or defaulted in such manner
under, any of the terms or conditions of the Internet Group Contracts, nor does
Parent have knowledge of any event that would constitute such a breach,
violation or default with the lapse of time, giving of notice or both. Each
Internet Group Contract is in full force and effect and, to the knowledge of
Parent, is not subject to any material default thereunder by any party
obligated to Parent or any of its subsidiaries pursuant thereto. Parent and
each of its subsidiaries has obtained, or will obtain prior to the Closing
Date, all necessary consents, waivers and approvals of parties to any Internet
Group Contract as are required thereunder in connection with the Merger or for
such Internet Group Contracts to remain in effect without material modification
after the Effective Time. Following the Effective Time, Parent and each of its
subsidiaries will be permitted to exercise all of their respective rights under
each Internet Group Contract then in effect without the payment of any
additional amounts or consideration other than ongoing fees, royalties or
payments which Parent or any of its subsidiaries would otherwise be required to
pay had the transactions contemplated by this Agreement not occurred.
2.15 Litigation.
Except as set forth in the Parent SEC Documents or in Section 2.15 of the
Parent Disclosure Schedule, as of the date hereof, there is no material action,
suit or proceeding of any nature pending, or, to Parent's knowledge threatened,
against Parent, any of its subsidiaries or the Internet Group Companies, their
properties or any of their officers or directors, relating to the Internet
Group. To Parent's knowledge, as of the date hereof, there is no material
investigation pending or threatened against Parent, or any of its subsidiaries
or the Internet
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Group Companies or their properties (nor, to the knowledge of Parent, is there
any reasonable basis therefor), relating to the Internet Group by or before any
Governmental Body.
2.16 Governmental Authorizations.
Section 2.16 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule sets forth each consent,
license, permit, grant or other authorization issued to Parent or its
subsidiaries by a Governmental Body (i) pursuant to which the Internet Group
currently operates or holds any interest in any of their properties or (ii)
which is required for the operation of the Internet Group's business or the
holding of any such interest, in each case the absence of which would have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Internet Group (herein collectively called the
"Internet Group Authorizations"). The Internet Group Authorizations are in full
force and effect and constitute all licenses, permits, grants or other
authorizations by Governmental Bodies required to permit the Internet Group to
operate or conduct its business or hold any interest in its properties or
assets, in each case except to the extent that would not result in a Material
Adverse Effect on the Internet Group.
2.17 Minute Books.
The minutes of the Internet Group Companies made available to counsel for
the Company are the only minutes of the Internet Group Companies.
2.18 Environmental Matters.
(a) Hazardous Material. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Internet Group: none of the Internet Group Companies has: (i) operated
any underground storage tanks at any property that any Internet Group Company
has at any time owned, operated, occupied or leased; or (ii) illegally released
in violation of applicable environmental laws as in effect at the time of such
release any material amount of any substance that has been designated by any
Governmental Body or by applicable federal, state or local law to be
radioactive, toxic, hazardous or otherwise a danger to health or the
environment, including, without limitation, PCBs, asbestos, petroleum, and
ureaformaldehyde and all substances listed as hazardous substances pursuant to
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980, as amended, or defined as a hazardous waste pursuant to the United States
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, and the regulations
promulgated pursuant to said laws, but excluding office, maintenance and
janitorial supplies used in the ordinary course of business (a "Hazardous
Material"). No Hazardous Materials are present as a result of the deliberate
actions of Parent or any of its subsidiaries in, on or under any property,
including the land and the improvements, ground water and surface water
thereof, that any Internet Group Company currently owns, operates, occupies or
leases, except for such Hazardous Materials which would not have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Internet Group.
(b) Hazardous Materials Activities. Except as would not have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Internet Group: none of the Internet Group Companies has
illegally transported, stored, used, manufactured, disposed of, released or
exposed its employees or others to Hazardous Materials in violation of any
environmental law as in effect at the time of such transport, storage, use,
manufacture, disposal, release or exposure, nor has any Internet Group Company
illegally disposed of, transported, sold, or manufactured any product
containing a Hazardous Material in violation of any environmental law as in
effect at the time of such transport, manufacture, disposal or sale (any or all
of the foregoing being collectively referred to as "Hazardous Materials
Activities").
(c) Permits. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Internet Group, Parent and its subsidiaries currently hold all material
environmental approvals, permits, licenses, clearances and consents (the
"Environmental Permits"), if any, necessary for the conduct of any Hazardous
Material Activities by any Internet Group Company and the other businesses of
Internet Group as such activities and businesses are currently being conducted.
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(d) Environmental Liabilities. Except as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Internet Group, no action, proceeding, revocation proceeding,
amendment procedure, writ, injunction or claim is pending and served or, to
Parent's knowledge threatened, against Parent or any subsidiary of Parent
concerning any Environmental Permit, Hazardous Material or any Hazardous
Materials Activity of the Internet Group. Except as would not have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Internet Group, Parent has no knowledge of any fact or
circumstance which would reasonably be expected to involve the Internet Group
in any environmental litigation or impose upon the Internet Group any
environmental liability.
The representations set forth in this Section 2.18 are the sole and
exclusive representations of Parent with respect to the subject matter hereof,
including, without limitation, with respect to environmental laws,
Environmental Permits, Hazardous Materials or Hazardous Materials Activities.
2.19 Brokers' and Finders' Fees.
Except as set forth in Section 2.19 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule,
Parent has not incurred, nor will it incur, directly or indirectly, any
liability for brokerage or finders' fees or agents' commissions or any similar
charges in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated
hereby.
2.20 Employee Benefit Plans; Employment Matters.
(a) Definitions.
For purposes of this Section 2.20, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below:
(i) "Affiliate" shall mean any other person or entity under common
control with Parent within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o)
of the Code and the regulations thereunder.
(ii) "Employee Plan" shall refer to any plan, program, policy, contract
or agreement or other arrangement providing for bonuses, severance or
retention payments or benefits, termination pay, deferred compensation,
pensions, profit sharing, performance awards, stock or stock-related
awards, or fringe benefits, or other employee benefits of any kind, written
or otherwise, funded or unfunded, including, without limitation, any plan
which is or has been maintained, contributed to, or required to be
contributed to, by Parent or any affiliate for the benefit of any Employee,
and pursuant to which Parent or any affiliate has or may have any material
liability, contingent or otherwise.
(iii) "Employee" shall mean any current, former, or retired employee,
consultant, officer, or director of Parent or any of its subsidiaries who
performs services to the Internet Group.
(b) Employee Plans. Except as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents or as
would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Internet Group, all Employee
Plans are in compliance with all applicable requirements of law, including
ERISA and the Code, and in compliance with the terms of such Employee Plans.
(c) Employment Matters.
Except as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents or as would not have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Internet Group, as of the Effective Time. Parent
and its subsidiaries will be in compliance in all material respects with all
material applicable laws, rules and regulations respecting employment,
employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours,
in each case, with respect to Employees.
2.21 Parent Charter Amendment and Parent Common Stock Policies.
The Board of Directors of Parent has unanimously approved (i) the Parent
Charter Amendment, which amendment, subject to the approval of the holders of a
majority of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding as of the record date
for the Parent Stockholders Meeting (as defined in Section 5.2) and the filing
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thereof with the Secretary of State of Delaware, will become effective
immediately prior to the Effective Time and (ii) the Parent Common Stock
Policies which will become effective as of the Effective Time.
2.22 Compliance with Laws.
Parent and its subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with, are
not in material violation of, and have not received any notices of material
violation with respect to, any material federal, state or local statute, law or
regulation relating to the operation of the Internet Group's business.
2.23 Opinion of Financial Advisor.
The Board of Directors of Parent has received an opinion of Goldman Sachs &
Co. to the effect that, as of the date hereof, the consideration to be paid by
Parent pursuant to this Agreement is fair to Parent from a financial point of
view.
2.24 Reorganization.
As of the date hereof, Parent does not have any knowledge of any fact or
circumstance that is reasonably likely to prevent the Merger from qualifying as
a reorganization described in section 368(a) of the Code.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent, subject to such
exceptions as are specifically disclosed in the disclosure schedule supplied by
the Company to Parent (the "Company Disclosure Schedule"), as of the date
hereof and as of the Effective Time as though made at the Effective Time, as
follows:
3.1 Organization, Standing and Power.
The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under Delaware law. The Company has the corporate power to own, lease
and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted
and is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction in which the failure to be so qualified would
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The Company has delivered to
Parent a true and correct copy of the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company, as amended to date. Each of the
Company Subsidiaries (as defined in Section 3.2) is duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or formation and has the corporate or other applicable power to
own its property and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Each of
the Company Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and in good standing
in each jurisdiction outside of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
formation in which the failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company. The Company has made available a true and correct copy
of the charter and bylaws or other organizational document of each of the
Company Subsidiaries, each as amended to date, to Parent.
3.2 Company Subsidiaries.
Except as set forth in Section 3.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the
Company does not have, and has never had, any subsidiaries, in each case that
would be required to be listed as a "Subsidiary" in exhibits to the periodic
reports of the Company under the Exchange Act. The entities set forth in
Section 3.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule are hereinafter occasionally
referred to individually as a "Company Subsidiary" and collectively as the
"Company Subsidiaries," except as otherwise set forth in Section 3.2 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule. Section 3.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule
also sets forth the form
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and percentage interest of the Company in the Company Subsidiaries and, to the
extent that a Company Subsidiary set forth thereon is not wholly owned by the
Company, lists the other person or persons, or entity or entities, who have an
interest in such Company Subsidiary and the percentage of such interest.
3.3 Authority; No Conflict; Consents.
The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into
this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Company, and no further action is required
on the part of the Company to authorize this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby, subject only to the approval of this Agreement by the
Company's stockholders (which approval must include approval by more than 50%
of the Company's total current voting power held by the Disinterested
Stockholders (as defined below)). This Agreement and the Merger have been
unanimously approved by "Disinterested Directors" of the Company, as defined in
the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company. The
Disinterested Directors of the Company have duly and validly authorized and
approved by all necessary corporate action, this Agreement, the Support
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, so that by the
execution and delivery hereof no restrictive provision of any "fair price,"
"moratorium," "control-share acquisition," "interested stockholders" or other
similar anti-takeover statute or regulation (including, without limitation,
Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law) or restrictive provision
of any applicable anti-takeover provision in the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company is, or at the closing of
the transactions contemplated hereby will be, applicable to the Company,
Parent, Acquisition Company and the Parent Common Stock, the Merger or any
other transaction contemplated by this Agreement and so that the transactions
contemplated hereby and by the Support Agreement may be consummated as promptly
as practicable on the terms contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement has
been, and all agreements to be executed and delivered in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby by the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries will be, duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming
the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and
thereto, constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by principles of public policy and subject to the
laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief
of debtors and to rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive
relief or other equitable remedies. The execution and delivery by the Company
of this Agreement does not, and all agreements to be executed and delivered in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company or any of
the Company Subsidiaries will not, and the performance and consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not, result in any Conflict
with (i) any provision of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
or Bylaws of the Company, (ii) any material mortgage, indenture, lease,
contract or other agreement or instrument, permit, concession, franchise or
license to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or any of their
properties or assets are subject, or (iii) any judgment, order, decree,
statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any
Company Subsidiary or their respective properties or assets, except in the case
of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on
the Company. Except as set forth in Section 3.3 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, no consent, waiver, approval, order or authorization of, or
registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Body or any other
party is required by or with respect to the Company in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, except for (i) the filing with the SEC of the
Joint Proxy Statement, (ii) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, (iii) such consents, waivers,
approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings as
may be required under applicable federal and state securities laws, (iv) any
applicable filings required under the HSR Act, (v) the approval of this
Agreement and the Merger by the Company's stockholders (which approval must
include approval by more than 50% of the Company's total current voting power
held by the "Disinterested Stockholders" of the Company, as defined in the
Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), (vi) any other
such filings or approvals as may be required under Delaware law and (vii) such
consents, waivers, approvals, orders authorizations, registrations,
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declarations, and filings, which, if not obtained or made, would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company
or prevent or materially delay the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
3.4 Company Capital Structure.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 500,000,000
shares of Company Common Stock of which 62,169,544 shares are issued and
outstanding as of June 30, 1999, and 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par
value $.001 per share, of which no shares are issued and outstanding as of the
date hereof. All issued and outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock have
been duly authorized, and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and
not subject to preemptive rights created by statute, the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company or any agreement to which
the Company is a party or by which it is bound and have been issued in
compliance with federal and state securities laws. There are no declared or
accrued unpaid dividends with respect to any shares of Company Capital Stock.
The Company has no other capital stock authorized, issued or outstanding.
(b) Except for those option plans of the Company set forth in the Company
SEC Documents (as defined in Section 3.5) (the "Company Option Plans"), there
is no stock option plan or other plan providing for equity compensation of any
person maintained by the Company or a Company Subsidiary. As of June 30, 1999,
the Company has reserved 13,825,000 shares of Company Capital Stock for
issuance to employees and consultants pursuant to the Company Option Plans, of
which options to purchase 11,318,423 shares of Company Capital Stock have been
issued as of the date hereof, of which 9,797,948 shares remain subject to
options unexercised as of the date hereof. Section 3.4(b) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule sets forth the name of the holder of any Company Capital
Stock subject to vesting, the number of shares of Company Capital Stock subject
to vesting and the vesting schedule for such Company Capital Stock, including
the extent vested as of the most recent practicable date, and sets forth the
name of the holder of any Company Options, the number of shares of Company
Capital Stock subject to such Company Options and the vesting schedule for such
Company Options, including the extent vested to date. Except as set forth in
Section 3.4(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there is no outstanding
Company Capital Stock which is subject to vesting or Company Options, and there
are no options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments or agreements of any
character, written or oral, to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a
party or by which it is bound obligating the Company or any Company Subsidiary
to issue, deliver, sell, repurchase or redeem, or cause to be issued,
delivered, sold, repurchased or redeemed, any shares of Company Capital Stock
or interests in any Company Subsidiary, as the case may be, or obligating the
Company or any Company Subsidiary to grant, extend, accelerate the vesting of,
change the price of, otherwise amend or enter into any such option, warrant,
call, right, commitment or agreement. There are no outstanding or authorized
stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation, or other similar
rights with respect to the Company or any Company Subsidiary. Except as
contemplated by this Agreement, to the Company's knowledge, there are no voting
trusts, proxies, or other agreements or understandings with respect to the
voting stock of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
3.5 SEC Documents and Company Financial Statements.
The Company has furnished Parent with a true and complete copy of all of its
filings with the SEC since January 1, 1998 through the date hereof (the
"Company SEC Documents"). Each of the Company SEC Documents when filed (i)
complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements
of the Exchange Act and (ii) was true and correct in all material respects and
did not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, except in each case as superseded
in any subsequent filings. All financial statements (including any related
Schedules or notes) of the Company included in the Company SEC Documents were
prepared in accordance with GAAP, are consistent with each other, and fairly
present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition and
consolidated operating results and cash flows of the
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Company as of their respective dates and during the periods indicated therein,
subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements, to normal year-end
adjustments, which will not be material in amount. The Company maintains a
system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset
accountability. The Company's unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of March
31, 1999 included within the Company SEC Documents is referred to herein as the
"Company Current Balance Sheet," and the Company's audited consolidated balance
sheet as of October 3, 1998 and its audited consolidated statements of
operations and cash flows for the period then ended included in the Company SEC
Documents are referred to herein as the "Company Financials."
3.6 No Undisclosed Liabilities.
Except (i) as reflected in the Company Current Balance Sheet, (ii) as set
forth in Section 3.6 to the Company Disclosure Schedule, or (iii) with respect
to any matter arising in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices since March 31, 1999, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have
no liability, indebtedness, obligation, expense, claim, deficiency, guarantee
or endorsement of any type, including any related to Taxes, whether accrued,
absolute, contingent, matured, unmatured or other, which individually or in the
aggregate are required to be reflected or reserved against on the consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries in accordance with
GAAP, or that, individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company. In addition, since March 31, 1999, there has not been
any declaration, setting aside or payment of a dividend or other distribution
with respect to the Company Capital Stock or any material change in accounting
methods or practices by the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
3.7 No Changes.
Since the date of the Company Current Balance Sheet, except as otherwise
expressly contemplated by this Agreement, the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries have conducted their business in the ordinary course consistent
with past practice and there has not been any action, event, occurrence,
development, change in method of doing business or state of circumstances or
facts that, individually or in the aggregate, has had a Material Adverse Effect
on Company.
3.8 Restrictions on Business Activities.
Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule as of
the date hereof, there is no agreement (non-compete or otherwise), commitment,
judgment, injunction, order or decree to which the Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries is a party or otherwise binding upon the Company or the
Company Subsidiaries which has the effect of prohibiting any business practice
of the Company, any acquisition or property (tangible or intangible) by the
Company or the conduct of the business by the Company which would have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company and the Internet Group taken as a whole.
Without limiting the foregoing, as of the date hereof, none of the Company or
the Company Subsidiaries has entered into any agreement under which the Company
or any of the Company Subsidiaries is restricted from selling, licensing or
otherwise distributing any of its material technology or products to or
providing services to or selling advertising to, customers or potential
customers or any class of customers, in any geographic area, during any period
of time or in any market which would have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company and the Internet Group taken as a whole.
3.9 Title to Properties; Absence of Liens and Encumbrances.
The Company SEC Documents set forth all material real property used in the
Company's business. The Company or the Company Subsidiaries, as the case may
be, has good and valid title to, or, in the case of leased properties and
assets, valid leasehold interests in, all material tangible properties and
assets, real, personal and mixed, used or held for use in connection with
business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, free
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and clear of any Liens, except (i) as reflected in the Company Current Balance
Sheet, (ii) for Taxes not yet due and payable or delinquent and (iii) where
such imperfections of title and encumbrances, if any, are not material in
character, amount or extent, and do not materially detract from the value, or
materially interfere with the present use, of the property subject thereto or
affected thereby.
3.10 Brokers' and Finders' Fees.
Except for those fees payable to Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. ("Merrill
Lynch"), as financial advisor to the Company (the "Company Financial Advisor")
pursuant to an engagement letter, a true and correct copy of which has been
furnished to Parent, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has
incurred, nor will it incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for
brokerage or finders' fees or agents' commissions or any similar charges in
connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby.
3.11 Litigation.
Except as set forth in the Company SEC Documents or in Section 3.11 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, as of the date hereof, there is no material
action, suit or proceeding of any nature pending, or, to the Company's
knowledge threatened, against the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries,
their properties or any of their officers or directors. To the Company's
knowledge, as of the date hereof, there is no material investigation pending or
threatened against the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, their
properties or any of their officers or directors (nor, to the knowledge of the
Company, is there any reasonable basis therefor) by or before any Governmental
Body.
3.12 Taxes.
(a) Tax Definitions.
(i) "Tax" or, collectively, "Taxes" means (A) any and all federal, state,
local and foreign taxes, assessments and other governmental charges, duties,
impositions and liabilities, including taxes based upon or measured by gross
receipts, income, profits, sales, use and occupation, and value added, ad
valorem, transfer, franchise, withholding, payroll, recapture, employment,
excise and property taxes, together with all interest, penalties and additions
imposed with respect to such amounts; (B) any liability for the payment of any
amounts of the type described in clause (A) as a result of being or ceasing to
be a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group for any
period (including, without limitation, any liability under Treas. Reg.
Section 1.1502-6 or any comparable provision of foreign, state or local law);
and (C) any liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in
clause (A) or (B) as a result of any express or implied obligation to indemnify
any other person or as a result of any obligations under any agreements or
arrangements with any other person with respect to such amounts and including
any liability for taxes of a predecessor entity.
(ii) "Tax Return" means any report, return, election, notice, estimate,
declaration, information statement and other forms and documents (including,
without limitation, all schedules, exhibits and other attachments thereto)
relating to and filing or required to be filed with a Taxing authority in
connection with any Taxes (including, without limitation, estimated Taxes).
(iii) "Lien" means any lien, pledge, charge, claim, restriction or transfer,
mortgage, security interest or other encumbrance of any sort.
(b) Tax Returns and Audits.
(i) As of the Effective Time, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries will
have prepared and timely filed (or caused to be prepared and timely filed) all
required federal Tax Returns and all material, state, local and foreign Tax
Returns, relating to any and all Taxes concerning or attributable to the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries or their operations and such Tax Returns
shall be true and correct in all material respects
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and have been completed in all material respects in accordance with applicable
law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no representation is made hereby regarding
the size or availability of net operating losses of the Company or the Company
Subsidiaries.
(ii) Except to the extent the failure to do so would not be material, as of
the Effective Time, the Company and each of the Company Subsidiaries (A) will
have paid (or caused to be paid) all Taxes that the Company or any Company
Subsidiary is required to pay and will have withheld (or caused to be withheld)
with respect to employees of the Company and/or the Company Subsidiaries, or
otherwise, all federal and state income taxes, FICA, FUTA and other Taxes
required to be withheld, and (B) will have accrued on the Company Financials,
all Taxes attributable to the operations of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries for the periods covered by the Company Financials in accordance
with GAAP. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries will not have incurred any
material liability for Taxes for the period from the date of the Company
Current Balance Sheet to the Effective Time other than in the ordinary course
of business;
(iii) There has been no delinquency in the payment of any material,
unaccrued Tax with respect to the Company, any of the Company Subsidiaries or
their operations, nor is there any material Tax deficiency outstanding,
assessed or proposed with respect to the operations of the Company or any of
the Company Subsidiaries, nor has the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries executed any waiver of any statute of limitations on or extending
the period for the assessment or collection of any Tax relating to the Company
or any of the Company Subsidiaries;
(iv) No audit or other examination of any federal Tax Return or any material
state, local or foreign Tax Return relating to Taxes with respect to the
Company or any Company Subsidiary is presently in progress, nor has the Company
or any Company Subsidiary been notified in writing of any request for such an
audit or other examination;
(v) There are (and there will be immediately following the Effective Time)
no Liens on the assets of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries
relating to or attributable to Taxes other than Liens for Taxes not yet due and
payable;
(vi) Other than with respect to Parent or its subsidiaries, neither the
Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries is a party to any Tax sharing, Tax
indemnification or Tax allocation agreement nor does the Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries owe any amount under any such agreement;
(vii) Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has filed any
consent agreement under Section 341(f) of the Code or agreed to have Section
341(f)(4) of the Code apply to any disposition of a subsection (f) asset (as
defined in Section 341(f)(4) of the Code) owned by the Company or a Company
Subsidiary;
(viii) The Company and each of the Company Subsidiaries have made available
to Parent or its legal counsel, copies of all foreign, federal and state income
and all state sales and use Tax Returns for the Company and each Company
Subsidiary filed for all periods since its inception; and
(ix) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no representation or
warranty with respect to Taxes is made concerning any Tax liability to Parent
or any of its subsidiaries or any Tax matter whatsoever arising out of
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) Compensation Taxes.
There is no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement to which the Company is
a party as of the date of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, the
provisions of this Agreement, covering any service provider or former service
provider to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, which as a result of the
Merger (either alone or together with the occurrence of any additional or
subsequent events), could give rise to the payment of any amount that would not
be deductible pursuant to Sections 280G, 404 or 162(m) of the Code.
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(d) Reorganization.
As of the date hereof, the Company does not have any knowledge of any fact
or circumstance that is reasonably likely to prevent the Merger from qualifying
as a reorganization described in section 368(a) of the Code.
3.13 Employee Benefit Plans; Compensation.
(a) Definitions.
For purposes of this Section 3.13, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below:
(i) As used in this Section 3.13, "Affiliate" shall mean any other
person or entity under common control with the Company within the meaning
of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code and the regulations
thereunder.
(ii) As used in this Section 3.13 and Section 4.1(a), "Employee Plan"
shall refer to any plan, program, policy, contract, agreement or other
arrangement providing for bonuses, severance or retention payments or
benefits, termination pay, deferred compensation, pensions, profit sharing,
performance awards, stock or stock-related awards or fringe benefits of any
kind, written or otherwise, funded or unfunded, including, without
limitation, any plan which is or has been maintained, contributed to, or
required to be contributed to, by the Company or any Affiliate for the
benefit of any Employee, and pursuant to which the Company or any Affiliate
has or may have any material liability, contingent or otherwise.
(iii) As used in this Section 3.13 and Section 4.1(a), "Employee" shall
mean any current, former, or retired employee, consultant, officer, or
director of the Company or any Affiliate.
(iv) As used in this Section 3.13 and Section 4.1(a), "Employee
Agreement" shall refer to each employment, severance, retention, stock
option, stock purchase, restrictive covenant or other agreement or contract
between the Company or any Affiliate and any Employee;
(b) Schedule. Section 3.13(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains an
accurate and complete list of each Employee Plan and each Employee Agreement.
The Company has provided or made available to Parent true and complete copies
of all Employee Plans and Employee Agreements, all written summaries or
material employee communications relating thereto, and all governmental or
regulatory filings, reports or material governmental or regulatory
communications relating thereto.
(c) Employee Plan Compliance.
(i) The Company has performed in all material respects all obligations
required to be performed by it under each Employee Plan and Employee
Agreement and each Employee Plan and Employee Agreement has been
established and maintained in material conformity with its terms and in
material compliance with all applicable laws, statutes, orders, rules and
regulations, including ERISA and the Code; (ii) each Employee Plan intended
to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code and each trust intended to
qualify under Section 501(a) of the Code has either received a favorable
determination letter with respect to each such Plan from the IRS or has
remaining a period of time under applicable Treasury regulations or IRS
pronouncements in which to apply for such a determination letter and make
any amendments necessary to obtain a favorable determination; (iii) there
are no actions, suits or claims pending, or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened or anticipated (other than routine claims for benefits)
against any Employee Plan or against the assets of any Employee Plan; (iv)
each Employee Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise discontinued
after the Effective Time in accordance with its terms, without liability to
the Company, any of the Company Subsidiaries, Parent, Acquisition Company
or any Affiliate (other than ordinary administration expenses typically
incurred in a termination event); and (v) there are no inquiries or
proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the
IRS or DOL with respect to any Employee Plan.
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(d) No Pension Plans.
The Company or any of its Affiliates does not now, nor have they ever,
maintained, established, sponsored, participated in, or contributed to, any
Employee Plan which is subject to Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA,
Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code.
(e) No Multiemployer Plans.
At no time has the Company or any of its Affiliates contributed to or been
requested to contribute to any Employer Plan that is a "multiemployer plan" as
defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
(f) No Post-Employment Obligations.
No Employee Plan provides, or has any liability to provide, life insurance,
medical or other employee welfare benefits to any Employee upon his or her
retirement or termination of employment for any reason, except as may be
required by statute, and has not represented, promised or contracted (whether
in oral or written form) to any Employee (other than (i) benefit coverage
mandated by applicable law, including benefits provided pursuant to the
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended and the
regulations thereunder ("COBRA"), (ii) benefits the full cost of which are
borne by current or former employees of the Company (or such employees'
beneficiaries or dependents); (iii) disability benefits under any of the
Employee Plans; (iv) benefits under any Employment Agreement and (v) life
insurance benefits for any Employee who dies while in service with the Company
(either individually or to Employees as a group)) that such Employees(s) would
be provided with life insurance, medical or other employee welfare benefits
upon their retirement or termination of employment, except to the extent
required by statute.
(g) Effect of Transaction.
Except as set forth in Section 3.13(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
the execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will not (either alone or upon the occurrence of any
additional or subsequent events) constitute an event under any Employee Plan,
Employee Agreement, trust or loan that will or may result in any payment
(whether of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration, forgiveness of
indebtedness, stock option or restricted stock vesting acceleration,
distribution, increase in benefits or obligation to fund benefits with respect
to any Employee (except to the extent required by the Code and ERISA if Parent
causes a partial or full termination to occur under any Employee Plan).
(h) Employment Matters.
The Company (i) is in compliance in all material respects with all material
applicable laws, rules and regulations respecting employment, employment
practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, in each
case, with respect to Employees; (ii) has withheld all amounts required by law
or by agreement to be withheld from the wages, salaries and other payments to
Employees; (iii) is not liable for any arrears of wages or any taxes or any
penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing; (iv) is not liable for
any payment to any trust or other fund or to any governmental or administrative
authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security
or other benefits or obligations for Employees.
(i) Labor.
The Company has not engaged in any unfair labor practices which could,
individually or in the aggregate, directly or indirectly result in any material
liability to the Company, the Company Subsidiaries or any Affiliate. None of
the Company or any Company Subsidiary is presently a party to, or bound by, any
collective bargaining agreement or union contract with respect to Employees and
no collective bargaining agreement is being negotiated by the Company.
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3.14 Compliance with Laws.
The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have complied in all material
respects with, are not in violation of, and have not received any notices of
violation with respect to, any material foreign, federal, state or local
statute, law or regulation.
3.15 Agreements, Contracts, Commitments.
The Company and each Company Subsidiary is in compliance in all material
respects with, and has not, in any material respects, breached, violated or
defaulted under, or received notice that it has breached, violated or defaulted
in such manner under, any of the terms or conditions of any agreement,
contract, covenant, instrument, lease, license or commitment that is included
in any Securities Act or Exchange Act filing of the Company as a "Material
Contract" (collectively, "Company Contracts"), nor does the Company have
knowledge of any event that would cause such a breach, violation or default
with the lapse of time, giving of notice or both. Each Company Contract is in
full force and effect and, to the knowledge of the Company, is not subject to
any material default thereunder by any party obligated to the Company or the
Company Subsidiaries pursuant thereto. The Company and each Company Subsidiary
has obtained, or will obtain prior to the Closing Date, all necessary consents,
waivers and approvals of parties to any Company Contract as are required
thereunder in connection with the Merger or for such Contracts to remain in
effect without material modification after the Effective Time. Following the
Effective Time, the Company and each Company Subsidiary will be permitted to
exercise all of their respective rights under each Contract then in effect
without the payment of any additional amounts or consideration other than
ongoing fees, royalties or payments which the Company or Company Subsidiaries
would otherwise be required to pay had the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement not occurred.
3.16 Intellectual Property.
(a) For purposes of this Agreement, "Company Intellectual Property" shall
mean any Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to the Company
(including, without limitation, Patent Number 5,751,956 ("Method and Apparatus
for Redirection of Server External Hyper-Link References")) (the "Click-On
Patent") or any of the Company Subsidiaries, but in all events excluding: (i)
Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to Starwave Corporation
as of the Effective Time as defined in that certain Agreement and Plan of
Reorganization, dated June 18, 1998, by and among Infoseek Corporation, a
California corporation, Infoseek Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Starwave
Corporation, a Washington corporation, and Disney Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware
corporation; (ii) Intellectual Property owned by Parent, any of the Internet
Group Companies or their respective subsidiaries other than AIV and EIV which
Intellectual Property is exclusively licensed to AIV and EIV; (iii)
Intellectual Property that is or was developed or owned by AIV or EIV; (iv)
Intellectual Property that is or was developed, funded or owned by the Company
or any of the Company Subsidiaries (other than AIV and EIV) on the one hand and
Parent or any of the Internet Group Companies or any of their respective
subsidiaries (other than AIV and EIV) on the other hand and (v) Licensor
Properties (as defined in that certain License Agreement, dated June 18, 1998
(the "License Agreement") by and among Infoseek Corporation, a California
corporation and Disney Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation) exclusively
licensed to the Company as of the Effective Date (as defined in the License
Agreement).
(b) Section 3.16(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Registered
Intellectual Property owned by, or filed in the name of, the Company or any
Company Subsidiary except such Registered Intellectual Property the absence of
which would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or the conduct of
the Company's business (the "Company Registered Intellectual Property") and
lists any proceedings or actions before any court or tribunal (including the
PTO or equivalent authority anywhere in the world) related to any of the
Company Registered Intellectual Property, except for any proceeding which, if
adversely determined, would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
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(c) Except as set forth in Section 3.16(c) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or the
conduct of the Company's business, each item of Company Intellectual Property
owned by Company or the Company Subsidiaries, including all Company Registered
Intellectual Property listed in Section 3.16(b) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, is free and clear of any Liens, except for Liens for Taxes not yet
due and payable or delinquent. Except as set forth in Section 3.16(c) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on
the Company, or the conduct of the Company's business, one or more of the
Company and the Company Subsidiaries, as the case may be: (i) is the exclusive
owner of or has valid and enforceable rights to use all trade names, logos
common law trademarks and service marks used in connection with the operation
or conduct of the business of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries as
currently conducted, including the sale of any products or technology or the
provision of any services by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries and
(ii) is the exclusive owner of or has valid and enforceable rights to use all
copyrighted works that are the Company's or the Company Subsidiaries' products
or any works of authorship used in connection with the operation or conduct of
the business of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries as currently
conducted, including the sale of any products or technology or the provision of
any services by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries.
(d) Except as set forth in Section 3.16(d) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule and except for any transfers, grants or authorizations that have not
or do not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or the conduct of the
Company's business, neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has
transferred ownership of or authorized the retention of any rights to use any
Intellectual Property that is or was Company Intellectual Property to any other
person.
(e) Except (i) as set forth in Section 3.16(e) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, (ii) for Intellectual Property the absence of which would not have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company, (iii) "shrink-wrap" software and
similar widely available commercial end-user software used by the Company or
Company Subsidiaries or in the conduct or the Company's and the Company
Subsidiaries' businesses, and (iv) open source and similar free software
available generally without payment of any royalties or other license fees: the
Company Intellectual Property constitutes all of the Intellectual Property used
in or necessary to the conduct of the Company's and the Company Subsidiaries'
business as currently conducted, including, without limitation, the design,
development, copying, performance, display, creation of derivative works,
distribution, manufacture, use, import, license and sale of products,
technology and services of the Company and of any of the Company's
Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in Section 3.16(e) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, no person who has licensed Intellectual Property to the Company or
any of the Company Subsidiaries has ownership rights or license rights to
improvements in such licensed Intellectual Property provided the foregoing
shall apply only to improvements (A) the absence of which would have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company or the conduct of the Company's business and (B)
which were made by the Company or any of the Company's Subsidiaries.
(f) Except for "shrink-wrap" and similar widely available commercial end-
user licenses or contracts, licenses and agreements the existence, termination
or breach of which would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or
the conduct of the Company's business, the contracts, licenses and agreements
listed in Section 3.16(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule include all
contracts, licenses and agreements to which the Company or any of the Company
Subsidiaries is a party with respect to any Company Intellectual Property.
(g) Except as set forth in Section 3.16(g) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule or except for matters which, if adversely determined, would not have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company or the conduct of the Company's
business: the operation of the business of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries as it currently is conducted, including, without limitation, the
design, development, copying, performance, display, creation of derivative
works, distribution, manufacture, use, import, license and sale of products,
technology and services of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, does
not infringe or misappropriate the Intellectual Property of any person, violate
the rights of any person (including, but not limited to, rights to privacy or
publicity), or constitute unfair competition or trade practices under the law
of any relevant jurisdiction, and neither the Company nor any of the Company
Subsidiaries has received notice from any
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person claiming that such operation, or any act, product, technology or service
of or by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries infringes or
misappropriates the Intellectual Property of any person or that the Company or
any of the Company Subsidiaries has engaged in unfair competition or trade
practices under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction (nor does the Company or
any Company Subsidiary have knowledge of any basis therefor).
(h) To the Company's knowledge, there is no prior art that would compromise
the validity of the Click-On Patent under any subsection of 35 U.S.C. Section
102. The Company has no knowledge of any public knowledge or use anywhere, by
anyone, of the subject matter disclosed in the Click-On Patent before the
invention date. The Company has no knowledge of the subject matter disclosed in
the Click-On Patent having been patented or described anywhere in a printed
publication by anyone before the invention date. The Company has no knowledge
of the subject matter disclosed in the Click-On Patent having been in public
use or on sale anywhere, by anyone, before February 22, 1995.
(i) All necessary registration, maintenance and renewal fees in connection
with Company Registered Intellectual Property the absence of which would have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company or the conduct of the Company's business
have been paid and all necessary documents and certificates in connection with
such Company Registered Intellectual Property have been filed with the relevant
patent, copyright, trademark or other authorities in the United States or
foreign jurisdictions, as the case may be, for the purposes of maintaining such
Registered Intellectual Property when commercially reasonable.
(j) Except as set forth in Section 3.16(j) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule or for those contracts, licenses and agreements the existence,
termination or breach of which would not have Material Adverse Effect on the
Company or the conduct of the Company's business, there are no contracts,
licenses or agreements between the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries
and any other person with respect to Company Intellectual Property under which
there is any dispute regarding the scope of such contract, license or agreement
or performance under such contract, license or agreement, including with
respect to any payments to be made or received by the Company or any Company
Subsidiary which, if adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Company or the conduct of the Company's business.
(k) Except as set forth in Section 3.16(k) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule or for pending claims which, if successfully asserted, would not have
a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or the conduct of the Company's
business, there is no pending claim by the Company or any Company Subsidiary
against any person for infringing or misappropriating any Company Intellectual
Property. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the knowledge of
the Company or any Company Subsidiary, there is no pending claim by any person
other than the Company or any Company Subsidiary against any person for
infringing or misappropriating any Company Intellectual Property which claim,
if adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or
the conduct of the Company's business.
(l) Except as set forth in Section 3.16(l) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or the
conduct of the Company's business as currently conducted, no Company
Intellectual Property or product, technology or service of the Company or any
of the Company Subsidiaries is subject to any proceeding or outstanding decree,
order, judgment, settlement or other similar agreement or stipulation that
restricts in any manner the use, transfer or licensing thereof by the Company
or any Company Subsidiary or would affect the validity, use or enforceability
of such Company Intellectual Property.
(m) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will
not result in the loss of, or otherwise adversely affect, any ownership rights
of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries in any Company Intellectual
Property material to the Company, or result in the breach or termination of any
license, contract or agreement to which any of the foregoing persons are a
party with respect to any Company Intellectual Property material to the
Company. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
will not cause or obligate the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to
(i) grant to any third
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party any rights or licenses with respect to any Company Intellectual Property
material to the Company, or (ii) pay any royalties or other amounts with
respect to Company Intellectual Property material to the Company in excess of
those being paid prior to the Effective Time.
3.17 Governmental Authorization.
Section 3.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule accurately list each
consent, license, permit, grant or other authorization issued to the Company or
the Company Subsidiaries by a Governmental Body (i) pursuant to which the
Company currently operates or holds any interest in any of its properties or
(ii) which is required for the operation of the Company's business or the
holding of any such interest, in each case the absence of which would have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company (herein collectively called the "Company
Authorizations"). The Company Authorizations are in full force and effect and
constitute all licenses, permits, grants or other authorization by Governmental
Bodies required to permit the Company to operate or conduct its business or
hold any interest in its properties or assets, in each case except as would not
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
3.18 Environmental Matters.
(a) Hazardous Material. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Company, none of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has: (i)
operated any underground storage tanks at any property that any of the Company
and the Company Subsidiaries has at any time owned, operated, occupied or
leased; or (ii) illegally released in violation of applicable environmental
laws as in effect at the time of such release any material amounts of Hazardous
Material. No Hazardous Materials are present as a result of the deliberate
actions of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries in, on or under any
property, including the land and the improvements, ground water and surface
water thereof, that any of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries has at any
time owned, operated, occupied or leased, except for such Hazardous Materials
which would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(b) Hazardous Materials Activities. Except as would not have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company: none of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries
has illegally transported, stored, used, manufactured, disposed of, released or
exposed its employees or others to Hazardous Materials in violation of any
environmental law as in effect at the time of such transport, manufacture,
disposal or sale, nor has any of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries has
engaged in illegal Hazardous Materials Activities.
(c) Permits. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries currently hold all
Environmental Permits necessary for the conduct of any Hazardous Material
Activities by any of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, and the other
businesses of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as such activities and
businesses are currently being conducted.
(d) Environmental Liabilities. Except as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company, no action, proceeding, revocation proceeding, amendment
procedure, writ, injunction or claim is pending as served or, to the Company's
knowledge threatened, against the Company or any Company Subsidiary concerning
any Environmental Permit, Hazardous Material or any Hazardous Materials
Activity of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries. The Company has no
knowledge of any fact or circumstance which would reasonably be expected to
involve the Company or the Company Subsidiaries in any environmental litigation
or impose upon the Company or the Company Subsidiaries any environmental
liabilities, in each case which would have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company.
The representations set forth in this Section 3.18 are the sole and
exclusive representations of the Company with respect to the subject matter
hereof, including, without limitation, with respect to environmental laws,
Environmental Permits, Hazardous Material or Hazardous Materials Activities.
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3.19 Minute Books.
The minutes of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries made available to
counsel for Parent are the only minutes of the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries.
3.20 Opinion of Financial Advisor.
The Board of Directors of the Company has received an opinion of Merrill
Lynch to the effect that as of the date hereof the consideration to be received
in the Merger is fair to the holders of the Company Capital Stock (other than
Parent and its affiliates) from a financial point of view.
ARTICLE IV
CONDUCT PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME
4.1 Conduct of the Parties.
(a) Conduct of Business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.
Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement and the other agreements
by and between the Company and its affiliates, on the one hand, and Parent and
its affiliates, on the other hand, and the several transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, during the period from the date of this Agreement and
continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement or the
Effective Time, the Company agrees (except to the extent that Parent shall
otherwise have previously consented in writing) to carry on the Company's and
the Company Subsidiaries' respective businesses in the usual, regular and
ordinary course in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted, to
pay the debts and Taxes of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries when due
(unless debts and Taxes are subject to a dispute that the Company is reasonably
and actively seeking to resolve), to pay or perform other obligations when due
(unless such obligations are the subject of a dispute that the Company is
actively seeking to resolve) and, to the extent consistent with such
businesses, use their reasonable efforts consistent with past practice and
policies to preserve intact the Company's and the Company Subsidiaries' present
business organizations, keep available the services of the Company's and the
Company Subsidiaries' present officers and key employees and preserve the
Company's and the Company Subsidiaries' relationships with customers,
suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees, and others having business
dealings with it, all with the goal of preserving the Company's and the Company
Subsidiaries' goodwill and ongoing businesses at the Effective Time, and to
refrain from taking such action that would cause any of the conditions
contained in Article VI hereof not to be satisfied; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be deemed in breach of this Section 4.1(a) because of
attrition, if any, among the Company's employees which may occur as a result of
the transactions contemplated hereby, so long as the Company uses all
reasonable efforts to retain such employees at the Company. Except as expressly
contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth in Section 4.1(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary shall,
without the prior written consent of Parent pursuant to a request made in
accordance with the notice provisions set forth in Section 9.1 of this
Agreement (which written consent will be granted or denied within seventy-two
(72) hours of receipt of such notice by Parent, provided that any failure to
reply within such time period will be deemed as non-consent, and which consent
will not be unreasonably withheld):
(i) Other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices, or as permitted by Section 4.1(a) (v) hereof, sell or transfer
to any person or entity any material rights to the Company Intellectual
Property or buy any material rights to Intellectual Property or enter into
any material license agreement with any person or entity with respect to
the Company Intellectual Property;
(ii) Other than in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past
practices, enter into any agreement, or materially amend any Company
Contract, pursuant to which any other party is granted marketing or
distribution rights of any type or scope with respect to any material
products or technology of the Company or any Company Subsidiary;
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(iii) Declare, set aside or pay any dividends on or make any other
distributions (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of any of its
capital stock or any other equity interests, as applicable, or split,
combine or reclassify any of its capital stock, or issue or authorize the
issuance of any other securities or any other equity interests of the
Company (other than issuances of, or agreements to issue, capital stock at
fair market value in connection with transactions permitted by Section
4.1(a)(v) hereof), as applicable, in respect of, in lieu of or in
substitution for shares of capital stock of the Company or any other equity
interests, as applicable, or repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire,
directly or indirectly, any shares of the capital stock of the Company or
any Company Subsidiary or other equity interests as applicable, of any
Company Subsidiary (or options, warrants or other rights exercisable
therefor);
(iv) Except as set forth in Section 4.1(a)(iv) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule and except for (A) any grants of options to purchase Company
Common Stock (with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the
Company Common Stock at the date of the option grant) granted to employees
in the ordinary course of the Company's business consistent with past
practices, not to exceed options with respect to 5.7 million shares of
Company Common Stock in the aggregate and (B) stock purchases pursuant to
the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan in accordance with its current
terms, issue, grant, deliver or sell or authorize the issuance, grant,
delivery or sale of, or purchase of any shares of Company Capital Stock
(other than issuances of, or agreements to issue, capital stock at fair
market value in connection with transactions permitted by Section 4.1(a)(v)
hereof) or any other equity interests, as applicable, or securities
convertible into, or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options to acquire,
or other agreements or commitments of any character obligating it to issue
or purchase of any such shares or any other equity interests of the Company
or any of the Company Subsidiaries, as applicable, or other convertible
securities of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries;
(v) Acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by
purchasing any assets or equity securities of, or by any other manner, any
business or any corporation, partnership, association or other business
organization or division thereof, or except in the ordinary course
otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any assets, in each case involving an
investment (including assumed liabilities) in excess of $1,000,000
individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate;
(vi) Without limiting any other provisions of clause 4.1(a)(i) above,
sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or
assets, except in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practices, and except in the case of properties or assets of less than
$1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate;
(vii) Incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any such
indebtedness or issue or sell any debt securities or guarantee any debt
securities of others except for obligations (A) not exceeding $1,000,000
individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate other than in the ordinary
course in connection with lease obligations or (B) incurred in connection
with transactions permitted by Section 4.1(a)(v) hereof;
(viii) Except as set forth in Section 4.1(a)(viii) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, grant any severance, retention, or termination pay to
any director, officer or employee of the Company except in each case
payments made pursuant to the existing terms of any Employee Agreement
outstanding on the date hereof and disclosed in the Company Disclosure
Schedule;
(ix) Except as set forth in Section 4.1(a)(ix) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, adopt any Employee Plan, enter into any Employee Agreement, amend
any Employee Plan or Employee Agreement (except as required by law), pay or
agree to pay any special bonus or special remuneration to any director or
Employee, or increase the salaries or wage rates of its Employees other
than routine increases and promotions in the ordinary course of business,
consistent with past practices;
(x) Except with respect to Taxes, pay, discharge or satisfy, in an
amount in excess of $100,000 (in any one case) or $500,000 (in the
aggregate), any claim, liability or obligation (absolute, accrued, asserted
or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), other than the payment, discharge
or satisfaction of liabilities in the ordinary course of business;
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(xi) (a) Make or change any material election in respect of Taxes
relating to the operations of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, (b)
file any amended Tax Return other than such amendments made in good faith
in the ordinary course of business or (c) adopt or change any accounting
method in respect of Taxes except as required by law;
(xii) Except as set forth in Section 4.1(a)(xii) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, accelerate the vesting schedule of any of the
outstanding Company Options or Company Capital Stock;
(xiii) Hire any material number of employees or terminate any of the
Company's key employees, or encourage employees to resign, to the extent
costs associated with such termination or resignation would have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company;
(xiv) Enter into any agreement which has a term greater than a year,
unless such agreement is terminable by the Company on no more than 90 days'
prior notice without liability to the Company;
(xv) Take, or agree to take, any of the actions described in the
foregoing clauses (i) to (xiv) or any other action that would prevent the
Company from performing or cause the Company not to perform its covenants
hereunder.
(b) Conduct of Business of the Internet Group.
Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement and the other agreements
by and between the Company and its affiliates, on the one hand, and Parent and
its affiliates, on the other hand, and the several transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, during the period from the date of this Agreement and
continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement or the
Effective Time, Parent agrees (except to the extent that the Company shall
otherwise have previously consented in writing) to carry on the Internet
Group's business in the usual, regular and ordinary course in substantially the
same manner as heretofore conducted, to pay or perform other obligations when
due (unless such obligations are the subject of a dispute that the Internet
Group is reasonably and actively seeking to resolve), and, to the extent
consistent with such business, use its reasonable efforts consistent with past
practice and policies to preserve intact the Internet Group's present business
organizations, keep available the services of the Internet Group's present
officers and key employees and preserve the Internet Group's relationship with
customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees, and others having
business dealings with it, all with the goal of preserving the Internet Group's
goodwill and ongoing business at the Effective Time, and to refrain from taking
any action that would cause any of the conditions contained in Article VI
hereof not to be satisfied; provided, however, that Parent shall not be deemed
in breach of this Section 4.1(b) because of attrition, if any, among the
Internet Group employees which may occur as a result of the transactions
contemplated hereby, so long as Parent uses all reasonable efforts to retain
such employees. Except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or as set
forth in Section 4.1(b) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, neither Parent nor
any Internet Group Company shall, without the prior written consent of the
Company pursuant to a request made in accordance with the notice provisions set
forth in Section 9.1 of this Agreement (which written consent will be granted
or denied within seventy-two (72) hours of receipt of such notice by the
Company, provided that any failure to reply within such time period will be
deemed as non-consent, and which consent will not be unreasonably withheld):
(i) Other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices, or as permitted by Section 4.1(b)(iv) hereof, sell or transfer
to any person or entity any material rights to the Internet Group
Intellectual Property or buy any material rights to Intellectual Property
or enter into any material license agreement with any person or entity with
respect to the Internet Group Intellectual Property;
(ii) Other than in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past
practices, enter into any agreement, or materially amend any Internet Group
Contract, pursuant to which any other party is granted marketing or
distribution rights of any type or scope with respect to any material
products or technology of the Internet Group;
(iii) Except as set forth in Section 4.1 (b)(iii) of the Parent
Disclosure Schedule, issue, grant, deliver or sell or authorize the
issuance, grant, delivery or sale of, or purchase any shares of Internet
Group
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Common Stock, or securities convertible into, or subscriptions, rights,
warrants or options to acquire, or other agreements or commitments of any
character obligating it to issue or purchase any such shares of Internet
Group Common Stock (other than issuances of, or agreements to issue,
capital stock at fair market value in connection with transactions
permitted by Section 4.1(b)(iv) hereof); provided that any agreements or
commitments to grant options to purchase shares of Internet Group Common
Stock (as listed in Section 4.1(b)(iii) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule)
shall have an exercise price that either (i) is equal to the fair market
value of the Internet Group Common Stock at the date of the grant or (ii)
takes into account (in a manner determined by Parent) the value of an
existing option to purchase shares of Parent Common Stock that is converted
into an option to purchase shares of the Internet Group Common Stock;
provided further, that in no event shall there be any grant of options
prior to the Effective Time;
(iv) Acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by
purchasing any assets or equity securities of, or by any other manner, any
business or any corporation, partnership, association or other business
organization or division thereof relating to, or being attributed to, the
Internet Group, or except in the ordinary course otherwise acquire or agree
to acquire any assets relating to, or being attributed to, the Internet
Group, in each case involving an investment (including assumed liabilities)
in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $25,000,000 in the aggregate;
(v) Without limiting the provisions of Section 4(b)(i) above, sell,
lease, license or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of
the Internet Group, except in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practices, and except in the case of properties or
assets of less than $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate;
(vi) Incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any such
indebtedness or issue or sell any debt securities or guarantee any debt
securities of others as such indebtedness or guarantee that relates to, or
is being attributed to, the Internet Group except for obligations (A) not
exceeding $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate, other
than in the ordinary course in connection with lease obligations or (B)
incurred in connection with transactions permitted by Section 4.1(b)(iv)
hereof;
(vii) Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Internet
Group, grant any severance, retention, or termination pay to any director,
officer or employee of the Internet Group Companies except in each case
payments made pursuant to the existing terms of any employee agreement
outstanding on the date hereof and disclosed in the Parent Disclosure
Schedule;
(viii) Terminate any of Internet Group's key employees, or encourage
employees to resign, to the extent costs associated with such termination
or resignation would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Internet Group;
(ix) Take, or agree to take, any of the actions described in the
foregoing clauses (i) to (viii) that would prevent Parent from performing
or cause Parent not to perform its covenants under Section 4.1(b).
4.2 No Solicitation.
(a) From and after the date hereof and until the earlier of the Effective
Time or the termination of this Agreement, the Company shall not, and shall not
authorize or permit any of the Company Subsidiaries or its officers, directors,
employees, accountants, counsel, investment bankers, financial advisors and
other representatives (collectively, its "Representatives") to, directly or
indirectly, solicit, initiate or encourage (including by way of furnishing non-
public information) or take any other action to facilitate knowingly any
inquiries or the making of any proposal which constitutes or may reasonably be
expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal (as defined below) in respect of
the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries from any person or entity, or
engage in any discussion or negotiations relating thereto or enter into any
agreement with any person providing for or contemplating any Acquisition
Proposal; provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision hereof,
the Company may (1) comply with applicable securities laws and regulations,
including, without limitation, the Exchange Act (and Rule 14e-2 promulgated
under the Exchange
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Act with regard to a tender or exchange offer) and (2) prior to the time its
stockholders shall have voted whether to approve this Agreement, the Company
may:
(i) engage in discussions or negotiations with a third party who
(without any solicitation, initiation or encouragement, directly or
indirectly, by the Company or its Representatives after the date hereof)
seeks to initiate such discussions or negotiations, and may furnish such
third party information concerning the Company and its business, properties
and assets if and only to the extent that:
(1) (a) the third party has first made an Acquisition Proposal to
acquire at least 100% of the consolidated assets or outstanding voting
power of the Company's securities that is financially superior to the
Merger and the transactions contemplated in connection with the Merger
and not subject to any financing condition, as determined in good faith
in each case by the Company's Board of Directors after consultation
with its financial advisors (a "Company Superior Proposal") and (b) the
Company's Board of Directors shall conclude in good faith, after
considering applicable provisions of state law and after consultation
with outside counsel, that such action is necessary for the board of
directors to act in a manner consistent with its fiduciary duties under
applicable law; and
(2) prior to furnishing such information to or entering into
discussions or negotiations with such person or entity, the Company (y)
provides Parent with prompt notice of an Acquisition Proposal (which
shall mean within 24 hours after receipt of an Acquisition Proposal)
and (z) receives from such person or entity an executed confidentiality
agreement in reasonably customary form on terms no more favorable to
such person or entity than those contained in the Confidentiality
Agreement (as defined in Section 5.4); and/or
(ii) recommend to its stockholders that they accept a Company Superior
Proposal from a third party; provided that the conditions set forth in
clauses 4.2(a)(i)(1) and 4.2(a)(i)(2) above have been satisfied and, prior
to entering into a definitive agreement providing for a Company Superior
Proposal, this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1(g) or
8.1(h), as applicable.
(b) The Company shall immediately cease and terminate any existing
solicitation, initiation, encouragement, activity, discussion or negotiation
with any party or parties conducted heretofore by the Company or its
Representatives with respect to any Acquisition Proposal. The Company shall
notify Parent orally and in writing of any Acquisition Proposal with respect to
the Company or any other transaction, the consummation of which would
reasonably be expected to prevent or materially interfere with or materially
delay the Merger (including the material terms and conditions of any such
Acquisition Proposal and the identity of the person making it), promptly, but
in any event within 72 hours, after actual knowledge thereof by the Company's
directors, executive officers, counsel or individuals representing it as its
investment bankers or financial advisors.
(c) As used in this Section 4.2, "Acquisition Proposal" shall mean:
(i) a bona fide proposal or offer (other than by another party hereto)
for a tender or exchange offer for the securities of the Company; or
(ii) a bona fide proposal or offer (other than by another party hereto)
for a merger, consolidation or other business combination involving an
acquisition of the Company or any material subsidiary of the Company; or
(iii) any proposal to acquire in any manner a substantial equity
interest in or a substantial portion of the assets of the Company or any
material subsidiary of the Company.
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ARTICLE V
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
5.1 Registration Statement; Proxy Statement.
(a) As soon as practicable after the execution of this Agreement, Parent
shall, with the assistance and cooperation of the Company, prepare and cause to
be filed with the SEC the Joint Proxy Statement and the Form S-4 Registration
Statement. The Parent Common Stock Policies shall be set forth and described in
detail in the Joint Proxy Statement and the Form S-4 Registration Statement.
Each of Parent and the Company shall use all reasonable efforts to cause the
Form S-4 Registration Statement and the Joint Proxy Statement to comply with
applicable law and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, to respond
promptly to any comments of the SEC or its staff and to have the Form S-4
Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly
as practicable after it is filed with the SEC, and Parent and the Company shall
use all reasonable efforts to cause the Joint Proxy Statement to be mailed to
their respective stockholders as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4
Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act. Each of
the parties hereto shall promptly furnish to the other party all information
concerning itself, its stockholders and its affiliates that may be required or
reasonably requested in connection with any action contemplated by this Section
5.1. If any event relating to Parent or the Company occurs, or if Parent or the
Company becomes aware of any information, that should be disclosed in an
amendment or supplement to the Form S-4 Registration Statement or the Joint
Proxy Statement, then Parent or the Company, as applicable, shall inform the
other thereof and shall cooperate with each other in filing such amendment or
supplement with the SEC and, if appropriate, in mailing such amendment or
supplement to the stockholders of Parent and the Company. Each of Parent and
the Company will notify the other promptly upon the receipt of any comments
from the SEC or its staff or any other government officials and of any request
by the SEC or its staff or any other government officials for amendments or
supplements to the Form S-4 Registration Statement or the Joint Proxy Statement
or for additional information and will supply the other with copies of all
correspondence between such party or any of its representatives, on the one
hand, and the SEC, or its staff or any other government officials, on the other
hand, with respect to the Form S-4 Registration Statement, the Joint Proxy
Statement or the Merger. The Joint Proxy Statement shall include (i) the
recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company in favor of this
Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby; provided that
such recommendation may not be included or may be withdrawn if the Company's
Board of Directors has recommended a Company Superior Proposal in accordance
with the terms of Section 4.2, and (ii) the recommendation of the Board of
Directors of Parent in favor of approval of the issuance of shares of Internet
Group Common Stock in the Merger and the Parent Charter Amendment and Parent
shall not take any action inconsistent with such recommendation.
(b) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall use reasonable efforts to
obtain all regulatory or other approvals needed to ensure that the Internet
Group Common Stock to be issued in the Merger: (i) will be registered or
qualified under the securities law of every jurisdiction of the United States
in which any registered holder of Company Common Stock who is receiving shares
of registered Internet Group Common Stock has an address of record or be exempt
from such registration and (ii) will be approved for quotation at the Effective
Time on the Nasdaq National Market or will be approved for listing at the
Effective Time on the New York Stock Exchange, in each case subject to official
notice of issuance; provided, however, that Parent shall not, pursuant to the
foregoing, be required (A) to qualify to do business as a foreign corporation
in any jurisdiction in which it is not now qualified or (B) to file a general
consent to service of process in any jurisdiction with respect to matters
unrelated to the issuance of Internet Group Common Stock pursuant hereto.
(c) Each of Parent and the Company (in respect of the information
respectively supplied by it) agrees that: (i) none of the information to be
supplied by it or its affiliates for inclusion in the Form S-4 Registration
Statement will, at the time the Form S-4 Registration Statement becomes
effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not
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misleading; (ii) none of the information to be supplied by it or its affiliates
for inclusion in the Joint Proxy Statement will, at the time the Company's
Proxy Statement is mailed to the stockholders of the Company or as of the
Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading and (iii) as to matters respecting it, the Joint
Proxy Statement and the Form S-4 Registration Statement will comply as to form
in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the
SEC thereunder, except that no covenant, representation or warranty is made by
the Company with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference
therein based on information supplied by Parent for inclusion or incorporation
by reference therein and no covenant, representation or warranty is made by
Parent with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference therein
based on information supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by
reference therein.
5.2 Stockholder Meetings.
(a) The Company shall promptly after the date hereof take all action
necessary in accordance with applicable law and its Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws to hold and convene a meeting of the
Company's stockholders (the "Company Stockholders Meeting") as soon as
practicable following the date the Registration Statement is declared effective
by the SEC. Except as required by the SEC or applicable court order and except
as may be required in order to amend or supplement the Registration Statement
or Joint Proxy Statement, the Company shall not postpone or adjourn (other than
for the absence of a quorum) the Company Stockholders Meeting without the
consent of Parent. The Company shall not in any way challenge the validity,
enforceability or effectiveness of the voting agreements entered into by
certain stockholders of the Company in connection with the Merger. Subject to
the provisions of the penultimate clause of Section 5.1(a) and Section
4.2(a)(ii), the Company shall take all other action necessary or advisable to
secure the vote or consent of its stockholders required by applicable law and
contract (which consent must include approval by more than 50% of the Company's
total current voting power held by stockholders of the Company other than
Parent and its subsidiaries) to effect the Merger and the transactions
contemplated hereby (the "Required Company Stockholder Vote").
(b) Parent shall promptly after the date hereof take all action necessary in
accordance with applicable law and its Restated Certificate of Incorporation
and Bylaws to hold and convene a meeting of Parent's stockholders (the "Parent
Stockholders Meeting"). Except as required by the SEC or applicable court
order, Parent shall not postpone or adjourn (other than for the absence of a
quorum) the Parent Stockholders Meeting without the consent of the Company.
Subject to Section 5.1(a), Parent shall take all other action necessary or
advisable to secure the vote or consent of its stockholders required by
applicable law to effect the issuance of shares of Internet Group Common Stock
in the Merger and the Parent Charter Amendment (the "Required Parent
Stockholder Vote").
5.3 Cooperation; Access to Information.
Upon reasonable prior notice, the Company shall afford Parent and its
accountants, counsel and other representatives, reasonable access during normal
business hours during the period prior to the Effective Time to all of its
properties, books, contracts, commitments and records, all other information
concerning its business, properties and personnel (subject to restrictions
imposed by applicable law) as Parent may reasonably request and all its key
employees. Upon reasonable prior notice, the Company agrees to provide Parent
and its accountants, counsel and other representatives copies of internal
financial statements (including Tax Returns and supporting documentation)
promptly upon request. No information or knowledge obtained in any
investigation pursuant to this Section 5.3 shall affect or be deemed to modify
any representation or warranty contained herein or the conditions to the
obligations of the parties to consummate the Merger.
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5.4 Confidentiality.
Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that the information obtained in
any investigation pursuant to Section 5.3, or pursuant to the negotiation and
execution of this Agreement or the effectuation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, shall be governed by the terms of the Confidentiality
Agreement effective as of March 1, 1999 (the "Confidentiality Agreement").
5.5 Expenses.
Except as set forth in Section 8.3, whether or not the Merger is
consummated, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Merger,
including, without limitation, all legal, accounting, financial advisory,
consulting and all other fees and expenses of third parties ("Third Party
Expenses") incurred by a party in connection with the negotiation and
effectuation of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, shall be the obligation of the respective party incurring
such fees and expenses; provided, however, that Parent and the Company shall
share equally in all fees and expenses, other than Third Party Expenses,
incurred in relation to the filing and printing of Parent's Form S-4
Registration Statement and the Joint Proxy Statement (including any preliminary
materials related thereto); provided, further, that Parent shall not after the
Effective Time allocate to the Internet Group such Third Party Expenses
incurred by Parent in excess of the Third Party Expenses incurred by the
Company in connection with the negotiation and effectuation of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Without
limiting the foregoing, the Company agrees to pay the fees and expenses of the
Company Financial Advisor in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby.
5.6 Public Disclosure.
Parent and the Company shall consult with each other before issuing any
press release or otherwise making any public statements with respect to this
Agreement or the Merger or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby and
shall not issue any such press release or make any such public statement prior
to such consultation, except as may be required by law, The Nasdaq Stock
Market, The New York Stock Exchange or any listing agreement with a national
securities exchange. At any time after the date hereof, the Company may file
with the SEC a report on Form 8-K with respect to this Agreement and may file a
copy of this Agreement and any related agreements as an exhibit to such report,
provided that Parent shall have a reasonable opportunity to review such report
prior to filing. The parties have agreed to the text of the joint press release
announcing the signing of this Agreement.
5.7 Consents.
The Company and Parent shall use their best efforts to obtain the consents,
waivers, assignments and approvals under any of their respective material
contracts as may be required in connection with the Merger so as to preserve
all rights of, and benefits to, the Company and Parent thereunder.
5.8 Reasonable Efforts.
Subject to the terms and conditions provided in this Agreement, each of the
parties hereto shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take promptly, or
cause to be taken, all actions, and to do promptly, or cause to be done, all
things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to
consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated hereby, to obtain
all necessary waivers, consents, tax opinions and approvals and to effect all
necessary registrations and filings and to remove any injunctions or other
impediments or delays, legal or otherwise, in order to consummate and make
effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for the purpose of
securing to the parties hereto the benefits contemplated by this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) none of Parent, the Company or any of their
respective subsidiaries shall be required to agree to any divestiture or hold
separate or similar transaction by it or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates
of shares of capital stock or of any business, assets or property of any of
them or
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any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, or the imposition of any material
limitation on the ability of any of them to conduct their businesses or to own
or exercise control of such assets, properties and stock and (B) the Company
shall not, without Parent's prior written consent, commit to any divestiture or
hold separate or similar transaction by it or any of its subsidiaries or
affiliates of shares of capital stock or of any business, assets or property of
any of them or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, or the imposition of
any material limitation on the ability of any of them to conduct their
businesses or to own or exercise control of such assets, properties and stock.
5.9 Notification of Certain Matters.
Each of the Company and Parent shall give prompt notice to the other party
of (i) the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event, the occurrence or non-
occurrence of which is likely to cause any representation or warranty of any
party contained in this Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate at or prior to the
Effective Time such that the conditions set forth in Section 6.2(b) or 6.3(b)
would not be satisfied and (ii) any failure of Parent or the Company, as the
case may be, to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to
be complied with or satisfied by it hereunder which is likely to cause any
condition set in Article VI hereof not to be satisfied); provided, however,
that the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 5.9 shall not limit or
otherwise affect any remedies available to the party receiving such notice and
no disclosure by Parent or the Company, pursuant to this Section 5.9 shall be
deemed to amend or supplement the Parent Disclosure Schedule or the Company
Disclosure Schedule, respectively, or prevent or cure any misrepresentations,
breach of warranty or breach of covenant.
5.10 Support Agreements.
Certain stockholders of the Company have delivered to Parent, concurrently
with the execution of this Agreement, executed Support Agreements, copies of
which are attached hereto as Exhibits E-1 and E-2, and such agreements are in
full force and effect in accordance with their terms.
5.11 Regulatory Filings; Reasonable Efforts.
As soon as may be reasonably practicable, Parent and the Company each shall
file with the United States Federal Trade Commission (the "FTC") and the
Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice ( the "DOJ")
Notification and Report Forms relating to the transactions contemplated herein
as required by the HSR Act, as well as comparable pre-merger notification forms
required by the merger notification or control laws and regulations of any
applicable jurisdiction, as agreed to by the parties. Parent and the Company
each shall promptly (a) supply the other with any information which may be
required in order to effectuate such filings and (b) supply any additional
information which reasonably may be required by the FTC, the DOJ or the
competition or merger control authorities of any other jurisdiction and which
the parties may reasonably deem appropriate.
5.12 Additional Documents and Further Assurances.
Each party hereto, at the request of another party hereto, shall execute and
deliver such other instruments and do and perform such other acts and things as
may be necessary or desirable for effecting completely the consummation of this
Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby.
5.13 Assumption of Company Option Plans; Form S-8; Employee Plans.
(a) At the Effective Time, Parent shall assume all outstanding Company
Options (other than Unvested Non-Employee Director Options) under the Company
Option Plans (and shall assume the Company Option Plans) and agrees to file, no
later than five days after the Closing, a registration statement on Form S-8
covering the shares of Internet Group Common Stock issuable pursuant to
outstanding Company Options granted under the Company Option Plans. The Company
shall cooperate with and assist Parent in the preparation of such registration
statement.
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(b) Following the Effective Time, Parent shall cause each "employee benefit
plan" (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) maintained by Parent or affiliates
of Parent that covers or will cover Employees of the Company or the Company
Subsidiaries who are active at the Effective Time (the "Company Employees") to
recognize all service, for purposes of eligibility and vesting of benefits (but
not for benefit accrual purposes), that is credited to Company Employees for
comparable purposes under the comparable benefit plans of the Company or the
Company Subsidiaries as of the Effective Time. Following the Effective Time,
Parent shall cause each "employee welfare benefit plan" (as defined in Section
3(1) of ERISA) covering Company Employees (i) to reduce each eligible
employee's (and their eligible dependents') annual deductible limits under such
plans for the plan year in which the Effective Time occurs to the extent
deductible expenses were incurred and recognized for comparable purposes under
the comparable benefit plans covering the Company Employees immediately prior
to the Effective Time and (ii) to waive any pre-existing condition limitations
or exclusions that do not apply to Company Employees immediately prior to the
Effective Time.
5.14 Director Action with Respect to Company Option Plans and Stock Purchase
Plan.
Prior to the Effective Time, the Board of Directors of the Company shall
take such actions, including obtaining all necessary individual consents, as
shall ensure that (i) Company Options (other than Unvested Non-Employee
Director Options) outstanding under the Company Option Plans (and the Company
Option Plans) may be assumed by Parent in accordance with Section 1.7(c) hereof
and will not have their vesting accelerated as a result of the consummation of
the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) the Company's
Employee Stock Purchase Plan is terminated immediately prior to the Effective
Time.
5.15 Officers' and Directors' Indemnification.
(a) From and after the Effective Time, Parent will indemnify each officer
and director of the Company as of the Effective Time (an "Indemnified Party")
to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company and any agreement
between the Indemnified Party and the Company, in each case as in effect as of
the date hereof with respect to any claim, liability, loss, damage, judgment,
fine, penalty, amount paid in settlement or compromise, cost or expense based
in whole or in part on, or arising in whole or in part out of, the fact that
the Indemnified Party was a director or officer of the Company at or prior to
the Effective Time. The rights under this Section 5.15 are contingent upon the
occurrence of, and will survive consummation of, the transactions contemplated
hereby and are expressly intended to benefit each Indemnified Party.
(b) Without limiting the provisions of paragraph (a), after the Effective
Time Parent will indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party against any
costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees), judgments, fines,
losses, claims, damages, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement in
connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to the extent arising out of
or pertaining to any action or omission in his or her capacity as a director or
officer of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries arising out of or
pertaining to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (except in
respect of actions or omissions that constitute bad faith, willful misconduct
or a breach of duty of loyalty) for a period of six years after the Effective
Time; provided, however, that if, at any time prior to the sixth anniversary of
the Effective Time, any Indemnified Party delivers to Parent a written notice
asserting a claim for indemnification under this Section 5.15, then the claim
asserted in such notice shall survive the sixth anniversary of the Effective
Time until such time as such claim is fully and finally resolved. In the event
of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation Parent will pay
the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Indemnified Party promptly
after statements therefor are received (provided that in the event that any
Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder, any amounts
advanced on his or her behalf shall be remitted to Parent); provided, however,
that Parent will not be liable for any settlement effected without its express
written consent. The Indemnified Parties as a group may retain only one law
firm (in addition to local counsel) to represent them with respect to any
single action unless there is, under applicable standards of professional
conduct, a conflict on any significant issue between the positions of any two
or more Indemnified Parties.
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(c) Without limiting any of the obligations of Parent set forth elsewhere in
this Section 5.15, Parent shall maintain in effect, during the three-year
period commencing as of the Effective Time, a policy of directors' and
officers' liability insurance for the benefit of each of the Indemnified
Parties providing coverage and containing terms no less advantageous to the
Indemnified Parties than the coverage and terms of the Company's existing
policy of directors' and officers' liability insurance; provided, however, that
Parent shall not be required to pay a per annum premium in excess of 150% of
the per annum premium that the Company currently pays for its existing policy
of directors' and officers' liability insurance (it being understood that, if
the premium required to be paid by Parent for such policy would exceed such
150% amount, then the coverage of such policy shall be reduced to the maximum
amount that be obtained for a per annum premium in such 150% amount).
(d) This Section 5.15 will survive the consummation of the Merger, is
intended to benefit and may be enforced by each of the Indemnified Parties
following the Effective Time, and will be binding on all successors and assigns
of Parent.
5.16 Certain Tax Matters.
(a) Return Filing; Information Sharing. Until the Closing Date:
(i) The Company shall prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and
filed, with the appropriate governmental authority all federal Tax Returns
and all material state, local and foreign Tax Returns required to be filed
(with extensions) by or with respect to the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries on or prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) The Company agrees that it will, and will cause its affiliates to,
make available all such information, employees and records of or relating
to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as Parent may request with
respect to matters relating to Taxes (including, without limitation, the
right to make copies of such information and records) and will cooperate
with respect to all matters relating to Taxes (including, without
limitation, the filing of Tax Returns, the filing of an amended Tax Return,
audits, and proceedings); and
(iii) If any of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or affiliate
thereof receives any written notice from any Tax authority proposing any
audit or adjustment to any Tax relating to the Company or any Company
Subsidiary or affiliate thereof, Company or such Company Subsidiary or
affiliate shall give prompt written notice thereof to Parent, which notice
shall describe in detail each proposed adjustment.
(b) Certain Tax Opinions.
(i) Parent represents, warrants and covenants that it has received an
opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP, counsel to Parent, issued for the sole
reliance of Parent, in form and substance satisfactory to Parent, that the
Merger, if consummated in accordance with this Agreement, and based upon the
Initial Tax Certificates (defined below), will qualify as a reorganization
within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code as in effect as of the date
hereof (the "DB Initial Tax Opinion").
(ii) The Company represents, warrants and covenants that it has received an
opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, counsel
to the Company (the "WSGR Initial Tax Opinion"), issued for the sole reliance
of the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to the Company, that the
Merger, if consummated in accordance with this Agreement, and based upon the
Initial Tax Certificates (defined below), will qualify as a reorganization
within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code as in effect as of the date
hereof.
(iii) In connection with the rendering of the Initial Tax Opinions, Parent
and the Company have furnished Dewey Ballantine LLP and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich
& Rosati, Professional Corporation with certificates signed by officers having
authority to sign such certificates (the "Initial Tax Certificate"). Parent and
the Company agree that they will furnish certificates dated as of the Closing
Date in substantially the same form
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(updated as necessary) as the Initial Tax Certificates (the "Closing Tax
Certificates") in connection with the issuance of the DB Closing Tax Opinion
(as defined in Section 6.2(a) of this Agreement) and the WSGR Closing Tax
Opinion (as defined in Section 6.3(a) of this Agreement).
(iv) Parent and the Company shall cooperate in causing the Merger to qualify
as a tax-free reorganization under Code Section 368(a) and shall treat the
Merger as such a reorganization in which no other property or money (within the
meaning of Code Section 356) is received by Company stockholders for all Tax
purposes, including the reporting of the Merger as qualifying as such a
reorganization on all relevant federal, state, local and foreign Tax Returns.
Parent and the Company covenant and agree that they each shall not take any
position or action inconsistent with the Initial Tax Certificates or the
Closing Tax Certificates. Parent and the Company covenant and agree to (and to
cause any affiliate or successor to their assets or business to) vigorously and
in good faith defend all challenges to the tax-free status of the Merger.
(v) It is understood and agreed that both Dewey Ballantine LLP and Wilson
Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, shall issue to their
respective clients substantially identical opinions to the effect that the
Merger will qualify as a reorganization under Code Section 368(a) and related
matters for description, and inclusion as Exhibits, in the S-4 Registration
Statement and the Joint Proxy Statement.
(c) Tax Covenants.
Parent and the Company covenant to each other that none of Parent, the
Company or any of their respective subsidiaries has taken (or will take) any
action, including, without limitation, any action inconsistent with any
representation, warranty, or covenant made or to be made in connection with
opinions to be delivered pursuant to Sections 6.2(a) or 6.3(a) hereof. In
addition, Parent and the Company each agree that in the event such party
becomes aware of any such fact or circumstance that is reasonably likely to
prevent the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization described in section
368(a) of the Code, it will promptly notify the other party in writing.
5.17 Working Capital Balance.
The Company shall deliver to Parent at least ten days prior to the Closing
Date, a consolidated balance sheet of the Company at October 2, 1999, certified
as to correctness by an officer of the Company (the "Closing Balance Sheet").
Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 1.7(d) of this Agreement, Parent
agrees that a cash amount equal to the working capital (i.e., current assets,
including cash, minus current liabilities) reflected on the Closing Balance
Sheet less any amount paid by Parent pursuant to the Maintenance Rights Letter
Agreement, dated as of July 10, 1999, by and between the Company and Parent
shall be allocated to the Internet Group. Parent shall deliver to the Company
(i) at least ten days prior to the Closing Date, a consolidated balance sheet
of the Internet Group at October 2, 1999 and (ii) as soon as reasonably
practicable and in any event not later than forty-five days following June 30,
1999, an unaudited combined balance sheet of the Internet Group at June 30,
1999 and the related statements of operations and cash flow of the Internet
Group for the nine months ended June 30, 1999, each certified as to correctness
by an officer of Parent.
5.18 Undisclosed Liabilities.
Except (i) as reflected in the Current Balance Sheet, (ii) as set forth in
Section 5.18 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule or (iii) with respect to any
matter or matters arising since March 31, 1999, which in the aggregate
(excluding any liabilities incurred in connection with activities which are
expressly permitted by Section 4.1(b)(i) through (ix) hereof) shall not exceed
$10,000,000, any liability, indebtedness, obligation or claim of any type,
including any related to Taxes existing on or at the Effective Time, whether
accrued, absolute, contingent, matured, unmatured or other relating to the
Internet Group, whether known or unknown, will not be attributed to the
Internet Group and shall be attributed to the Parent Group.
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5.19 Governance Agreement
Solely with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
the Support Agreement, the Company (with the approval of the Disinterested
Directors) hereby (i) waives the standstill obligations of Parent and DEI
contained in Section 2.1 of the Governance Agreement, dated June 18, 1998, by
and among the Company, Parent and DEI (the "Governance Agreement") so long as
this Agreement has not been terminated and remains in full force and effect and
(ii) agrees that the shares of Company Capital Stock that are subject to the
Support Agreement will be deemed to be shares held by Disinterested
Shareholders for purposes of the Governance Agreement. In addition, the Company
and Parent agree that the conversion of the shares of Company Capital Stock,
pursuant to Section 1.7(a) of this Agreement, in the Merger will be effective
notwithstanding, and will not violate, the Governance Agreement.
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
6.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party.
The respective obligations of each party to this Agreement to consummate and
effect this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject
to the satisfaction at or prior to the Effective Time of the following
conditions:
(a) No Injunctions or Restraints; Illegality.
No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other
order issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or
prohibition preventing the consummation of the Merger shall be in effect, nor
shall any proceeding brought by an administrative agency or commission or other
governmental authority or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, seeking any of
the foregoing be pending; nor shall there be any action taken, or any statute,
rule, regulation, injunction order or decree enacted, entered, enforced,
promulgated, issued or deemed applicable to the Merger which makes the
consummation of the Merger illegal. All waiting periods under the HSR Act
relating to the transactions hereby will have expired or terminated early.
(b) Stockholder Approvals.
This Agreement shall have been approved and adopted, and the Merger shall
have been duly approved, by the requisite vote under applicable law and the
Governance Agreement of the stockholders of the Company and the Parent Charter
Amendment shall have been approved by the requisite vote under applicable law,
of the stockholders of Parent, and the Parent Charter Amendment shall have been
filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware.
(c) Listing.
The shares of Internet Group Common Stock to be issued in the Merger to the
stockholders of the Company shall have been approved for quotation or listing
(as the case may be), subject to official notice of issuance, on the Nasdaq
National Market or the New York Stock Exchange.
(d) Effectiveness of Registration Statement.
The Form S-4 Registration Statement shall have become effective in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act, and no stop order shall
have been issued by the SEC with respect thereto, and no similar proceeding in
respect of the Joint Proxy Statement shall have been initiated or threatened in
writing by the SEC.
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6.2 Conditions to Obligations of Parent.
The obligations of Parent to consummate and effect this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to the satisfaction at or
prior to the Effective Time of each of the following conditions, any of which
may be waived, in writing, exclusively by Parent:
(a) Tax Opinion.
Parent shall have received the opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP, counsel to
Parent (the "DB Closing Tax Opinion"), based upon the Closing Tax Certificates,
which opinion shall be satisfactory to Parent in its reasonable discretion, to
the effect that the Merger will be treated as a reorganization described in
Section 368(a) of the Code, and neither Parent nor any of its subsidiaries will
recognize gain or loss by reason of the issuance of the Internet Group Common
Stock, in each case under the law in effect as of the Closing Date. The parties
to this Agreement agree to make such other reasonable representations as
requested by such counsel for the purpose of rendering any such opinion.
(b) Representations, Warranties and Covenants.
The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement shall be
true and correct in all respects on and as of the Effective Time as though such
representations and warranties were made on and as of such time, except for
those representations and warranties which address matters only as of a
particular date (which shall be true and correct only as of such date) and such
inaccuracies as individually or in the aggregate would not have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company, and the Company shall have performed and
complied in all material respects with all covenants and obligations of this
Agreement required to be performed and complied with by the Company as of the
Effective Time.
(c) No Material Adverse Effect.
No Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company shall have occurred
since the date of this Agreement and no events or circumstances shall have
occurred since the date hereof that would have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company (except for any Material Adverse Effect that shall have been cured
without such cure resulting or reasonably being expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company).
(d) Material Adverse Tax Consequence.
There shall not have been a Change of Law (as defined below) that, in the
good faith judgment of Parent after consultation with its external advisors,
could, if adopted, be reasonably likely to have a material adverse tax
consequence to Parent, the Company and/or their respective shareholders,
arising from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. For purposes of
this Agreement, a "Change of Law" means (i) a published Treasury Regulation
(including a proposed or final regulation, Revenue Ruling, Revenue Procedure,
or notice of intention to issue a regulation), (ii) administrative or judicial
pronouncement (including a private letter ruling, case, technical advice
memorandum, or other form of notice), (iii) proposal made by or on behalf of
any United States Congressional tax writing committee (or any chair thereof),
or (iv) legislation introduced in either house of United States Congress
(including any committee thereof).
(e) Third Party Consents.
Any and all consents, waivers, assignments and approvals listed in Section
3.3 of the Company Disclosure Schedule (other than those whose failure to
obtain, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company or Internet Group) shall have been obtained.
(f) Certificate of the Company.
Parent shall have been provided with a certificate executed on behalf of the
Company by its President and Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Operating
Officer or its Chief Financial Officer to the effect that, as of the Effective
Time, the conditions set forth in Sections 6.2(b) and (c) and 6.3(a) and (d)
have been met.
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6.3 Conditions to the Obligations of the Company.
The obligations of the Company to consummate and effect this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to the satisfaction at or
prior to the Effective Time of each of the following conditions, any of which
may be waived, in writing, exclusively by the Company:
(a) Tax Opinion.
The Company shall have received the opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &
Rosati, Professional Corporation, counsel to the Company (the "WSGR Closing Tax
Opinion"), based upon the Closing Tax Certificates, which opinion shall be
satisfactory to the Company in its reasonable discretion, to the effect that
the Merger will be treated as a reorganization described in Section 368(a) of
the Code under the law in effect as of the Closing Date. The parties to this
Agreement agree to make such other reasonable representations as requested by
such counsel for the purpose of rendering any such opinion.
(b) Representations, Warranties and Covenants.
The representations and warranties of Parent in this Agreement shall be true
and correct in all respects on and as of the Effective Time as though such
representations and warranties were made on and as of the Effective Time,
except for those representations and warranties which address matters only as
of a particular date (which shall be true and correct only as of such date) and
such inaccuracies as individually or in the aggregate would not have a Material
Adverse Effect on Parent or the Internet Group, and Parent shall have performed
and complied in all material respects with all covenants and obligations of
this Agreement required to be performed and complied with by them as of the
Effective Time.
(c) No Material Adverse Effect.
No Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Internet Group shall have
occurred since the date of this Agreement and no events or circumstances shall
have occurred since the date hereof that would have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Internet Group (except for any Material Adverse Effect that shall have
been cured without such cure resulting or reasonably being expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect on the Internet Group).
(d) Material Adverse Tax Consequence.
There shall not have been a Change of Law that, in the good faith judgment
of the Company after consultation with its external advisors, could, if
adopted, be reasonably likely to have a material adverse tax consequence to the
Company, Parent and/or their respective shareholders, arising from the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) Third Party Consents.
Any and all consents, waivers, assignments and approvals listed in Sections
2.5 and 2.6 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule (other than those whose failure
to obtain, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Internet Group's business) shall have been obtained.
(f) The Walt Disney Catalog Working Capital Balance.
At the Effective Time, The Walt Disney Catalog, Inc. shall have positive
working capital (i.e., current assets, including cash, exceeds current
liabilities).
(g) Certificate of Parent.
The Company shall have been provided with a certificate executed on behalf
of Parent by officers with titles of Senior Vice President or above to the
effect that, as of the Effective Time, the conditions set forth in Sections
6.2(a) and (d) and 6.3 (b) and (c) have been met.
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ARTICLE VII
NON-SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS
7.1 No Survival.
Except as set forth in Section 8.2 hereof, the representations, warranties,
covenants and other agreements made by Parent and the Company contained herein
or in any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate and
be of no further force or effect at the Effective Time. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the covenants made by Parent set forth in Sections 5.4, 5.5, 5.13,
5.15, 5.16, 5.17 and 5.18 hereof shall remain in force and effect following
the Effective Time.
7.2 Disclaimer of Other Representations and Warranties.
No party hereto makes any representation or warranty other than those
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement (including Exhibits
and Schedules hereto).
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
8.1 Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger abandoned at any time prior
to the Effective Time:
(a) by mutual consent of Parent and the Company;
(b) by the Company or Parent if: (i) the Effective Time has not occurred
by February 29, 2000; provided, however, that the right to terminate this
Agreement under this Section 8.1(b)(i) shall not be available to any party
whose action or failure to act has been a principal cause of or resulted in
the failure of the Merger to occur on or before such date and such action
or failure to act constitutes a material breach of this Agreement;
provided, further, that any party terminating this Agreement pursuant to
this Section 8.1(b)(i) shall provide the other party with written notice of
such termination, which notice (or Parent's response notice in Section
8.3(c)(ii)(B)) shall set forth those conditions to such party's obligations
hereunder that have not been satisfied as of such date; (ii) there shall be
a final nonappealable order of a federal or state court in effect
preventing consummation of the Merger; or (iii) there shall be any statute,
rule, regulation, injunction, order or decree enacted, entered, enforced,
promulgated, issued or deemed applicable to the Merger which makes
consummation of the Merger illegal.
(c) by the Company or Parent if (i) the Company Stockholders Meeting
(including any adjournments or postponements thereof) shall have been held
and completed and the Company's stockholders shall have taken a final vote
on the matters set forth in Section 5.2 hereof, and such matters shall not
have been approved at such meeting by the Required Company Stockholder Vote
(provided, further, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this
Section 8.1(c) shall not be available to the Company or Parent where the
failure to obtain the Required Company Stockholder Vote shall have been
caused by the action or failure to act of such party and such action or
failure to act constitutes a material breach by such party of this
Agreement) or (ii) the Parent Stockholders Meeting (including any
adjournments or postponements thereof) shall have been held and completed
and Parent's stockholders shall have taken a final vote on the matters set
forth in Section 5.2 hereof, and such matters shall not have been approved
at such meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote (provided, further,
that the right to terminate this Agreement under Section 8.1(c) shall not
be available to Parent or the Company where the failure to obtain the
required Parent Stockholder Vote shall have been caused by the action or
failure to act of such party and such action or failure to act constitutes
a material breach by such party of this Agreement);
(d) by Parent or the Company if there shall be any governmental action
taken, or any statute, rule, regulation or order enacted, promulgated or
issued or deemed applicable to the Merger by any
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Governmental Body, which would: (i) prohibit Parent's ownership or
operation of any material portion of the business of the Company or the
Internet Group or (ii) compel Parent or the Company to dispose of or hold
separate all or a material portion of the business assets of the Company or
the Internet Group as a result of the Merger;
(e) by the Company if it is not in material breach of its obligations
under this Agreement and there has been a breach of any representation,
warranty or covenant contained in this Agreement on the part of Parent, or
if any representation or warranty on the part of Parent shall have become
untrue (except for those representations and warranties which address
matters only as of a particular date, which shall be true and correct only
as of such date), and such inaccuracy in such representation or warranty or
breach shall not have been cured within thirty (30) calendar days after
written notice to Parent, except for such breaches and inaccuracies as
individually or in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Internet Group; provided, however, that no cure period shall be
required for a breach which by its nature cannot be cured;
(f) by Parent if it is not in material breach of its obligations under
this Agreement and there has been a breach of any representation, warranty
or covenant contained in this Agreement on the part of the Company, or if
any representation or warranty of the Company shall have become untrue
(except for those representations and warranties which address matters only
as of a particular date, which shall be true and correct only as of such
date) and such inaccuracy in such representations and warranties or such
breach shall not have been cured within thirty (30) calendar days after
written notice to the Company, except for such breaches and inaccuracies as
individually or in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Company; provided, however, that no cure period shall be required
for a breach which by its nature cannot be cured;
(g) by Parent, prior to the Company's obtaining the Required Company
Stockholder Vote and after receipt by the Company of an Acquisition
Proposal, if (x) by the end of the tenth business day following (but not
including) the day Parent notifies the Company that it wishes the Board of
Directors of the Company to publicly reaffirm its recommendation to the
Company's stockholders to vote for the Merger, the Board of Directors of
the Company fails to so publicly reaffirm; or (y) by the later of the end
of (A) the tenth business day following the public announcement of an
Acquisition Proposal or (B) the third business day following (but not
including) the day Parent notifies the Company that it wishes the Board of
Directors of the Company to publicly reject such publicly announced
Acquisition Proposal, the Board of Directors of the Company fails to
publicly reject such Acquisition Proposal; or (z) the Board of Directors of
the Company shall have changed its recommendation to the Company's
stockholders to vote in favor of approval of the transactions contemplated
hereby;
(h) by the Company, prior to obtaining the Required Company Stockholder
Vote, upon five days' prior notice to Parent (the "Company Superior
Proposal Notice"), if, as a result of a Company Superior Proposal by a
party other than Parent or any of its respective affiliates, the Board of
Directors of the Company determines in good faith, after considering
applicable provisions of state law and after consultation with outside
counsel, that acceptance of the Company Superior Proposal is necessary for
the Company's Board of Directors to act in a manner consistent with its
fiduciary duties under applicable law; provided, however, that the
Company's Board of Directors, in making any such determination, shall have
considered all concessions which have then been offered by Parent (it being
understood that prior to any such termination the Company shall, and shall
cause its respective financial and legal advisors to, negotiate with Parent
to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement in
favor of the Company as would induce the Company to proceed with a
transaction with Parent rather than consummation of a Company Superior
Proposal made by a third party). Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to or
contemporaneous with any termination under this Section 8.1(h), the Company
must pay to Parent in immediately available funds the fees required to be
paid pursuant to Section 8.3(a) hereof.
Where action is taken to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section
8.1, it shall be sufficient for such action to be authorized by the Board of
Directors of the party taking such action.
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8.2 Effect of Termination.
In the event of termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 8.1 and
subject to the payment of any amounts due under Section 8.3, this Agreement
shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability or obligation on
the part of Parent, Acquisition Company or the Company, or their respective
officers, directors or stockholders, provided that each party shall remain
liable for any willful breaches of such party's covenants hereunder or
intentional or willful breaches of such party's representations and warranties
hereunder prior to its termination; provided, further, that the provisions of
Sections 5.4, 5.5 and 8.3 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect and survive any termination of this Agreement.
8.3 Termination Fees and other Events.
(a) If this Agreement is terminated by (i) Parent as a result of a breach of
Section 4.2 by the Company, or (ii) by Parent pursuant to its rights under
Section 8.1(g), or (iii) by the Company pursuant to its rights under Section
8.1(h), then (A) the Company shall pay to Parent a fee of $75 million in cash
minus any amounts as may have been previously paid by such party pursuant to
this Section 8.3 and (B) if, within 12 months of any such termination described
in clauses (a)(i) through (iii) above, the Company becomes a majority owned
subsidiary of another person or entity or consummates an Acquisition Proposal
with another person or entity which would result in the acquisition of 50% or
more of the voting power of the Company (a "Majority Acquisition Proposal"),
the agreements between Parent and/or certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates
and the Company set forth on Exhibit F hereto shall be terminated.
(b) If:
(i) this Agreement is terminated by a party pursuant to Section 8.1(c)
following a failure of the Company's stockholders to grant the Required
Company Stockholder Approval; and
(ii) prior to such meeting of the Company's stockholders (and following
the date hereof), there shall have been publicly announced an Acquisition
Proposal (whether or not such Acquisition Proposal shall have been rejected
or shall have been withdrawn prior to the time of such termination or of
the Company Stockholders Meeting); and
(iii) within 12 months of any such termination described in clause
(b)(i) above, the Company becomes a majority-owned subsidiary of another
person or entity or accepts a written offer to consummate or consummates a
Majority Acquisition Proposal upon the signing of a definitive agreement
relating to such Majority Acquisition Proposal, or, if no such agreement is
signed, then at the closing (and as a condition of the closing) of the
Company becoming such a subsidiary or of such Majority Acquisition
Proposal, (A) the Company shall pay to Parent a fee of $75 million in cash,
minus any amounts as may have been previously paid by such party pursuant
to this Section 8.3 and (B) the agreements set forth in Exhibit F hereto
shall be terminated.
(c) If this Agreement is terminated by (i) Parent pursuant to Section
8.1(b)(i) solely as a result of the failure of a condition set forth in Section
6.2(a) or (d) of this Agreement to be satisfied or (ii) by the Company pursuant
to Section 8.1(b)(i) and (A) the Company provides Parent with written notice
(the "Company Notice") to the effect that all of the conditions set forth in
Sections 6.1 and 6.3 have been satisfied or waived and (B) Parent notifies the
Company in writing within ten business days of the Company Notice that the
basis for its failure to close is solely due to the condition set forth in
Section 6.2(a) or (d) not having been satisfied (provided that Parent's failure
to respond shall be deemed to be an admission of the failure of the condition
in Section 6.2(a) or (d)), then Parent shall purchase from the Company, at a
price per share equal to the Termination Share Price, a number of shares of
Company Common Stock equal to $50,000,000 divided by the Termination Share
Price. Such purchase and sale shall be effected by Parent and the Company not
later than five business days following the last day of trading that is used in
the calculation the Company Market Price as described below. As used herein,
the "Termination Share Price" means (i) if the Company Market Price shall be
$40.00 per share or more, then the Company Market Price, or (ii) if the Company
Market Price shall be less
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than $40.00 per share, then 200% of the Company Market Price. As used herein,
"Company Market Price" means the average of the closing prices per share of
Company Common Stock for the ten trading days after the termination of this
Agreement.
(d) If this Agreement is terminated by (i) Parent pursuant to its rights
under Section 8.1(c)(i) and the Required Parent Stockholder Vote is obtained at
the Parent Stockholders Meeting, then the Company shall pay Parent's actual and
documented fees and expenses, excluding any retainer or contingent, success or
similar fees up to $2,500,000 in cash in the aggregate and (ii) the Company
pursuant to pursuant to its rights under Section 8.1(c)(ii) and the Required
Company Stockholder Vote is obtained at the Company Stockholders Meeting, then
Parent shall pay the Company's actual and documented fees and expenses,
excluding any retainer or contingent, success or similar fees up to $2,500,000
in cash in the aggregate.
(e) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the agreements contained in
this Section 8.3 are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. No termination by the Company of this Agreement under this Article
VIII shall be effective unless and until all fees required to be then paid by
the Company pursuant to Section 8.3 hereof shall have been received in
immediately available funds by Parent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Section 8.3, if the Company fails to pay Parent any fees or
expenses due under Section 8.3(a), (b), (c) or (d) within the time required
under this Agreement or, if no time period is specified, within 5 business days
of the event giving rise to the payment of such fees and expenses, in addition
to any other amounts paid or payable pursuant to this Agreement, the Company
shall pay the out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees
and expenses) in connection with any action, including the filing of any
lawsuit or other legal action, taken to collect payment together with interest
on the amount of any unpaid fees and expenses at the publicly announced prime
rate of Citibank N.A. from the date such fees and expenses were required to be
paid. The fees and expenses set forth in this Section 8.3 shall not be the
exclusive remedy available against either party if such party willfully
breaches this Agreement.
8.4 Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto at any time by execution
of an instrument in writing signed on behalf of Parent, Acquisition Company and
the Company.
8.5 Extension; Waiver.
At any time prior to the Effective Time, Parent and the Company may, to the
extent legally allowed, (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the
obligations of the other party hereto, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the
representations and warranties made to such party contained herein or in any
document delivered pursuant hereto, and (iii) waive compliance with any of the
agreements or conditions for the benefit of such party contained herein. Any
agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall
be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such
party.
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ARTICLE IX
GENERAL PROVISIONS
9.1 Notices.
All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be deemed given if delivered personally or by commercial messenger or courier
service, or mailed by registered or certified (return receipt requested) or
overnight mail or sent via facsimile (with acknowledgment of complete
transmission) to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other
address for a party as shall be specified by like notice); provided, however,
that notices sent by mail will not be deemed given until received:
(a) if to the Company:
Infoseek Corporation
1399 Moffett Park Drive
Sunnydale, California 94089
Attention: Harry M. Motro, President
Telephone No: (408) 543-6000
Facsimile No: (408) 734-9350
with a copy to:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
Attention: David J. Segre, Esq.
Telephone No.: (650) 493-9300
Facsimile No.: (650) 493-6811
(b) if to Parent or Acquisition Company:
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521
Attention: Thomas O. Staggs, Chief Financial Officer
Telephone No.: (818) 560-1000
Facsimile No.: (818) 556-3889
with copies to:
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521
Attention: David K. Thompson, Esq.
Telephone No.: (818) 560-1000
Facsimile No.: (818) 563-4160
and
Dewey Ballantine LLP
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019-6092
Attention: Morton A. Pierce, Esq.
Telephone No.: (212) 259-6640
Facsimile No.: (212) 259-6333
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9.2 Interpretation.
The words "include," "includes" and "including" when used herein shall be
deemed in each case to be followed by the words "without limitation." The table
of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes
only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
9.3 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which
shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when
one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered
to the other party, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same
counterpart.
9.4 Entire Agreement; Assignment.
This Agreement, the Exhibits hereto the Confidentiality Agreement, and the
documents and instruments and other agreements among the parties and/or their
affiliates hereto referenced herein or entered into in connection herewith: (a)
constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings both
written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof;
and (b) shall not be assigned (other than by operation of law) without the
written consent of the other party. The obligations of the parties hereto shall
be binding on the respective legal successor and assigns to the parties and the
successors in interest of all or substantially all of the business of the
respective parties.
9.5 Severability.
In the event that any provision of this Agreement or the application
thereof, becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement will continue
in full force and effect and the application of such provision to other persons
or circumstances will be interpreted so as reasonably to effect the intent of
the parties hereto. The parties further agree to replace such void or
unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a valid and enforceable
provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and
other purposes of such void or unenforceable provision.
9.6 Other Remedies.
Except as otherwise provided herein, any and all remedies herein expressly
conferred upon a party will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any
other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such party, and the
exercise by a party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any
other remedy.
9.7 Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise
govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.
9.8 Rules of Construction.
The parties hereto agree that they have been represented by counsel during
the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and, therefor, waive the
application of any law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing
that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against
the party drafting such agreement or document.
9.9 Specific Performance.
The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage could occur in the event
any provision of this Agreement was not performed in accordance with the terms
hereof and that the parties will be entitled to the remedy of
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specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other right or
remedy any person hereto may have at law or in equity.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, Acquisition Company and the Company have caused
this Agreement to be signed, all as of the date first written above.
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
By: /s/ Thomas O. Staggs
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Name: Thomas O. Staggs
Title: Executive Vice-President
and Chief Financial Officer
BINGO ACQUISITION CORP.
By: /s/ John Ball
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Name: John Ball
Title: Vice-President
INFOSEEK CORPORATION
By: /s/ Harry M. Motro
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Name: Harry M. Motro
Title: President and Chief
Executive Officer
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Annex B-1
SUPPORT AGREEMENT
THIS SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made as of July 10, 1999, by
and between The Walt Disney Company, a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), and the
individual listed on the signature page hereto (the "Stockholder").
WHEREAS, Infoseek Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
Parent and Bingo Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned,
direct subsidiary of Parent (the "Acquisition Company"), have entered into an
Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of the date hereof (as the same
may be amended or supplemented, the "Reorganization Agreement"; capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the
Reorganization Agreement) providing for the merger of the Acquisition Company
with and into the Company (the "Merger"), upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Reorganization Agreement;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Stockholder beneficially owns the number
of shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share ("Company Common Stock"),
of the Company set forth opposite his name on Schedule A attached hereto (such
shares of Company Common Stock, together with any other shares of capital stock
of the Company acquired (excluding any shares disposed of pursuant to the terms
of that certain Letter Agreement, dated as of June 18, 1998 (the "Letter
Agreement"), by and between Parent and the Stockholder) by the Stockholder
after the date hereof and during the term of this Agreement, being collectively
referred to herein as the "Subject Shares"); and
WHEREAS, as a condition to its willingness to enter into the Reorganization
Agreement, Parent has requested that the Stockholder enter into this Agreement
pursuant to which the Stockholder shall, among other things, vote in favor of
the Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, to induce Parent to enter into, and in consideration of its
entering into, the Reorganization Agreement, and in consideration of the
promises and the representations, warranties and agreements contained herein,
the parties agree as follows:
1. Representations and Warranties of Stockholder. The Stockholder hereby
represents and warrants to Parent as of the date hereof in respect of himself
as follows:
(a) Authority. The Stockholder has all requisite power and authority to
enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Stockholder and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the
Stockholder in accordance with its terms. Except for the expiration or
termination of the waiting periods under the HSR Act and informational
filings with the SEC, the execution and delivery of this Agreement does
not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
compliance with the terms hereof will not, (i) conflict with, result in any
violation of, or constitute (with or without notice of lapse of time or
both) default under, any provision of any material trust agreement, loan or
credit agreement, bond, note, mortgage, indenture, lease or other contract,
agreement, obligation, commitment, arrangement, understanding, instrument,
permit, concession, franchise or license, statute, law, ordinance, rule,
regulation, judgment, order, notice or decree applicable to the Stockholder
or to any of the Stockholder's property or assets, (ii) require any filing
with, or permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any federal, state
or local government or any court, tribunal, administrative agency or
commission or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency,
domestic or foreign or (iii) violate any order, writ, injunction, decree,
statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Stockholder or any of the
Stockholder's properties or assets, including the Subject Shares. If the
Stockholder is married, and the Stockholder's Subject Shares constitute
community property or otherwise need spousal or other approval for this
Agreement to be legal, valid and binding, this Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by, and constitutes a valid and binding agreement
of, the Stockholder's spouse, enforceable against such spouse in accordance
with its
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terms. No trust of which the Stockholder is a trustee requires the consent
of any beneficiary to the execution and delivery of this Agreement or to
the consummation the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) The Subject Shares. The Stockholder is the beneficial owner of, and
on or prior to the date hereof will be the record owner of, or is trustee
of a trust that is the record holder of, and whose beneficiaries are the
beneficial owners of, and has good and marketable title to, the Subject
Shares set forth opposite his name on Schedule A attached hereto, free and
clear of any Liens (as defined in the Reorganization Agreement) whatsoever.
The Stockholder does not own, of record or beneficially, any shares of
capital stock of the Company other than the Subject Shares set forth
opposite his name on Schedule A attached hereto. The Stockholder has the
sole right to vote such Subject Shares, and none of such Subject Shares is
subject to any voting trust or other agreement, arrangement or restriction
with respect to the voting of such Subject Shares, except as contemplated
by this Agreement.
2. Representations and Warranties of Parent. Parent hereby represents and
warrants to the Stockholder that Parent has all requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by Parent and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Parent
enforceable against Parent in accordance with its terms. Except for the
expiration or termination of the waiting periods under the HSR Act and
informational filings with the SEC, the execution and delivery of this
Agreement does not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and compliance with the terms hereof will not, conflict with, result in
any violation of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or
both) default under, any provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended, or Bylaws of Parent or any material trust agreement, loan or credit
agreement, bond, note, mortgage, indenture, lease or other contract, agreement,
obligation, commitment, arrangement, understanding, instrument, permit,
concession, franchise or license or any statute, law, ordinance, rule,
regulation, judgment, order, notice or decree applicable to Parent or any of
Parent's property or assets.
3. Covenants of Stockholder with Respect to the Merger and any Competing
Transaction. Subject to Section 6, the Stockholder agrees as follows:
(a) Without in any way limiting the Stockholder's right to vote the
Subject Shares in his sole discretion on any other matters that may be
submitted to a stockholder vote, consent or other approval (including by
written consent), at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company called
upon to vote upon the Merger and the Reorganization Agreement or at any
adjournment thereof or in any other circumstances upon which a vote,
consent or other approval (including written consent) with respect to the
Merger and the Reorganization Agreement is sought, the Stockholder shall
vote (or cause to be voted) the Subject Shares (which shares may be greater
or less than the number of shares as of the date hereof):
(i) in favor of the Merger, the approval and adoption by the Company
of the Reorganization Agreement and approval of the other transactions
contemplated by the Reorganization Agreement; and
(ii) against (A) any merger agreement or merger (other than the
Merger and the Reorganization Agreement), consolidation, combination,
sale of substantially all of the Company's assets, sale or issuance of
securities of the Company or its subsidiaries, reorganization, joint
venture, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of or
by the Company or its subsidiaries and (B) any amendment of the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or other proposal or
transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries which
amendment or other proposal or transaction would or could reasonably be
expected to impede, frustrate, prevent, nullify or result in a breach
of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or
agreement of the Company under or with respect to, the Merger, the
Reorganization Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by the
Reorganization Agreement or by this Agreement.
(b) The Stockholder shall not, except as contemplated by this Agreement,
directly or indirectly, grant any proxies or powers of attorney with
respect to the Subject Shares, deposit the Subject Shares into a voting
trust or enter into a voting agreement with respect to the Subject Shares.
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(c) The Stockholder, and any beneficiary of a revocable trust for which
the Stockholder serves as trustee, shall not take any action to revoke or
terminate such trust or take any other action which would restrict, limit
or frustrate the Stockholder's right to vote the Subject Shares on behalf
of such trust in accordance with this Agreement.
(d) Subject to Section 6 and except as provided in the Letter Agreement,
the Stockholder shall not transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of any
Subject Shares.
4. Certain Events. The Stockholder agrees that this Agreement and the
obligations hereunder shall attach to the Subject Shares and shall be binding
upon any person or entity to which legal or beneficial ownership of such
Subject Shares shall pass, whether by operation of law or otherwise, including
the Stockholder's successors. In the event of any stock split, stock dividend,
merger, reorganization, recapitalization or other change in the capital
structure of the Company affecting the Company Common Stock, or the acquisition
of additional shares of Company Common Stock or other voting securities of the
Company by the Stockholder, the number of Subject Shares listed in Schedule A
beside the name of the Stockholder shall be adjusted appropriately and this
Agreement and the obligations hereunder shall attach to any additional shares
of Company Common Stock or other voting securities of the Company issued to or
acquired by the Stockholder; provided, however, that the obligations hereunder
shall not attach to any such shares disposed of pursuant to the terms of the
Letter Agreement.
5. Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or
obligations hereunder shall be assigned by the Stockholder, on the one hand,
without the prior written consent of Parent nor by Parent, on the other hand,
without the prior written consent of the Stockholder, except that Parent may
assign, in its sole discretion, any or all of its rights, interests and
obligations hereunder to any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon,
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their respective
successors and assigns.
6. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate, and the provisions hereof
shall be of no further force or effect, upon the earlier of (i) 180 days from
the date of this Agreement, (ii) effectiveness of the Merger or (iii)
termination of the Reorganization Agreement other than pursuant to Section
8.1(h) of the Reorganization Agreement.
7. General Provisions.
(a) Amendments. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in
writing signed by each of the parties hereto.
(b) Notice. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally
or sent by overnight courier (providing proof of delivery) to Parent in
accordance with Section 9.1 of the Reorganization Agreement and to the
Stockholder at his address set forth on the Company's stock ledger (or at such
other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice).
(c) Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section
or Schedule, such reference shall be to a Section of or Schedule to this
Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The headings contained in this Agreement
are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement. Wherever the words "include," "includes" or
"including" are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by
the words "without limitation."
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, and
shall become effective when one or more of the counterparts have been signed by
each of the parties and delivered to the other parties.
(e) Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement (i)
constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect
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to the subject matter hereof (provided that this Agreement shall in no way
alter or otherwise modify the Letter Agreement) and (ii) is not intended to
confer upon any person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies
hereunder.
(f) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that
might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law thereof.
8. Enforcement. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the
event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in
accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is
accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunctive relief
to prevent any breach of this Agreement. The parties hereto expressly agree
that in any action arising from of any breach of this Agreement, the harmed
party shall first seek injunctive relief to prevent such breach; provided,
however, that in the event no injunctive relief is available or if such
injunctive relief is insufficient to remedy such breach, then the harmed party
may seek any other remedy to which it is entitled at law or in equity. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the parties hereto expressly agree
that the obligations of the Stockholder set forth in Section 3 hereof shall be
subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.
9. Public Announcements. Except as required by law, the Stockholder shall
not issue any press release or other public statement with respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Reorganization Agreement
without the prior written consent of Parent.
10. Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement or the
application thereof, becomes or is declared by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of this
Agreement shall continue in full force and effect and the application of such
provision to other persons or circumstances will be interpreted so as to effect
the intent of the parties hereto. The parties further agree to replace such
void or unenforceable provision of this Agreement with valid and enforceable
provision that will achieve, to the fullest extent possible, the original
intent of the parties.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed as of the date first written above.
PARENT COMPANY
/s/ Thomas O. Staggs
By: _______________________________
Name: Thomas O. Staggs
Title: Executive Vice-President
and Chief Financial Officer
STOCKHOLDER
/s/ Steven T. Kirsch
By: _____________________________
Name: Steven T. Kirsch
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SCHEDULE A
Schedule of Share Ownership
Steven T. Kirsch Approximately 5,498,334
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Support Agreement
THIS SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made as of July 10, 1999, by
and between Parent Company, a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), and Andrew E.
Newton (the "Stockholder").
WHEREAS, Infoseek Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
Parent and Bingo Acquisition Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Acquisition
Company"), have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as
of the date hereof (as the same may be amended or supplemented, the
"Reorganization Agreement") providing for the merger of the Acquisition Company
with and into the Company (the "Merger"), upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Reorganization Agreement;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Stockholder beneficially owns the number
of shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share ("Company Common Stock"),
of the Company set forth opposite his name on Schedule A attached hereto (such
shares of Company Common Stock, together with any other shares of capital stock
of the Company acquired (but excluding any shares disposed of through any sale
to a bona fide third party purchaser) by the Stockholder after the date hereof
and during the term of this Agreement, being collectively referred to herein as
the "Subject Shares"); and
WHEREAS, as a condition to its willingness to enter into the Reorganization
Agreement, Parent has requested that the Stockholder enter into this Agreement
pursuant to which the Stockholder shall, among other things, vote in favor of
the Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, to induce Parent to enter into, and in consideration of its
entering into, the Reorganization Agreement, and in consideration of the
promises and the representations, warranties and agreements contained herein,
the parties agree as follows:
1. Representations and Warranties of Stockholder. The Stockholder hereby
represents and warrants to Parent as follows:
(a) Authority; No Conflict. The Stockholder has all requisite power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
the Stockholder and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the
Stockholder enforceable against the Stockholder in accordance with its
terms. The execution and delivery of this Agreement does not, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and compliance with
the terms hereof will not, conflict with, result in any violation of, or
constitute (with or without notice of lapse of time or both) default under,
any provision of any material trust agreement, loan or credit agreement,
bond, note, mortgage, indenture, lease or other contract, agreement,
obligation, commitment, arrangement, understanding, instrument, permit,
concession, franchise or license or any statute, law, ordinance, rule,
regulation, judgment, order, notice or decree applicable to the Stockholder
or to any of the Stockholder's property or assets.
(b) The Subject Shares. The Stockholder is the record and beneficial
owner of, and has good and marketable title to, the Subject Shares, free
and clear of any Liens (as defined in the Reorganization Agreement)
whatsoever. The Stockholder does not own, of record or beneficially, any
shares of capital stock of the Company other than the Subject Shares set
forth opposite his name on Schedule A attached hereto. The Stockholder has
the sole right to vote such Subject Shares, and none of such Subject Shares
is subject to any voting trust or other agreement, arrangement or
restriction with respect to the voting of such Subject Shares, except as
contemplated by this Agreement.
2. Representations and Warranties of Parent. Parent hereby represents and
warrants to the Stockholder that Parent has all requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by Parent and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Parent
enforceable against Parent in accordance with its terms.
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The execution and delivery of this Agreement does not, and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and compliance with the terms hereof will
not, conflict with, result in any violation of, or constitute (with or without
notice or lapse of time or both) default under, any provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or Bylaws of Parent or any material
trust agreement, loan or credit agreement, bond, note, mortgage, indenture,
lease or other contract, agreement, obligation, commitment, arrangement,
understanding, instrument, permit, concession, franchise or license or any
statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, order, notice or decree
applicable to Parent or any of Parent's property or assets.
3. Covenants of Stockholder. Subject to Section 6, the Stockholder agrees as
follows:
(a) Without in any way limiting the Stockholder's right to vote the
Subject Shares in his sole discretion on any other matters that may be
submitted to a stockholder vote, consent or other approval (including by
written consent), at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company called
upon to vote upon the Merger and the Reorganization Agreement or at any
adjournment thereof or in any other circumstances upon which a vote,
consent or other approval (including written consent) with respect to the
Merger and the Reorganization Agreement is sought, the Stockholder shall
vote (or cause to be voted) the Subject Shares (which number of shares may
be greater or less than the number of shares as of the date hereof):
(i) in favor of the Merger, the approval and adoption by the Company
of the Reorganization Agreement and approval of the other transactions
contemplated by the Reorganization Agreement; and
(ii) against (A) any merger agreement or merger (other than the
Merger and the Reorganization Agreement), consolidation, combination,
sale of substantially all of the Company's assets, sale or issuance of
securities of the Company or its subsidiaries, reorganization, joint
venture, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of or
by the Company or its subsidiaries and (B) any amendment of the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or other proposal or
transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries which
amendment or other proposal or transaction would or could reasonably be
expected to impede, frustrate, prevent, nullify or result in a breach
of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or
agreement of the Company under or with respect to, the Merger, the
Reorganization Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by the
Reorganization Agreement or by this Agreement.
(b) The Stockholder shall not, except as contemplated by this Agreement,
directly or indirectly, grant any proxies or powers of attorney with
respect to the Subject Shares, deposit the Subject Shares into a voting
trust or enter into a voting agreement with respect to the Subject Shares.
4. Certain Events. The Stockholder agrees that this Agreement and the
obligations hereunder shall attach to the Subject Shares and shall be binding
upon any person or entity (excluding any bona fide third party purchaser of
Subject Shares) to which legal or beneficial ownership of such Subject Shares
shall pass, whether by operation of law or otherwise, including the
Stockholder's successors. In the event of (a) any stock split, stock dividend,
merger, reorganization, recapitalization or other change in the capital
structure of the Company affecting the Company Common Stock, or the acquisition
of additional shares of Company Common Stock or other voting securities of the
Company by the Stockholder or (b) any disposition of shares of Company Common
Stock or other voting securities of the Company by the Stockholder pursuant to
the terms hereof, the number of Subject Shares listed in Schedule A beside the
name of the Stockholder shall be adjusted appropriately and this Agreement and
the obligations hereunder shall attach to any additional or decreased shares of
Company Common Stock or other voting securities of the Company issued to or
acquired or disposed of by the Stockholder; provided, however, that the
obligations hereunder shall not attach to any such shares disposed of through a
sale to any bona fide third party purchaser thereof. Notwithstanding anything
in this Agreement to the contrary, Parent acknowledges and agrees that the
Stockholder may sell any or all of the Subject Shares at any time after the
date of this Agreement.
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5. Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or
obligations hereunder shall be assigned by the Stockholder, on the one hand,
without the prior written consent of Parent nor by Parent, on the other hand,
without the prior written consent of the Stockholder, except that Parent may
assign, in its sole discretion, any or all of its rights, interests and
obligations hereunder to any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon,
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their respective
successors and assigns.
6. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate, and the provisions hereof
shall be of no further force or effect, upon the earlier of (i) 180 days from
the date of this Agreement, (ii) effectiveness of the Merger or (iii)
termination of the Reorganization Agreement other than pursuant to Section
8.1(h) of the Reorganization Agreement.
7. General Provisions.
(a) Amendments. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in
writing signed by each of the parties hereto.
(b) Notice. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally
or sent by overnight courier (providing proof of delivery) to Parent in
accordance with Section 9.1 of the Reorganization Agreement and to the
Stockholder at his address set forth on the Company's stock ledger (or at such
other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice).
(c) Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section
or Schedule, such reference shall be to a Section of or Schedule to this
Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The headings contained in this Agreement
are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement. Wherever the words "include," "includes" or
"including" are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by
the words "without limitation."
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, and
shall become effective when one or more of the counterparts have been signed by
each of the parties and delivered to the other parties.
(e) Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement (i)
constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof and (ii) is not intended to confer upon any person other
than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder.
(f) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that
might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law thereof.
8. Enforcement. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the
event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in
accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is
accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or
injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically
the terms and provisions of this Agreement, this being in addition to any other
remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the parties hereto expressly agree that the
obligations of the Stockholder set forth in Section 3 hereof shall be subject
to the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.
9. Public Announcements. Except as required by law, the Stockholder shall
not issue any press release or other public statement with respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Reorganization Agreement
without the prior written consent of Parent.
10. Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement or the
application thereof, becomes or is declared by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of this
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Agreement shall continue in full force and effect and the application of such
provision to other persons or circumstances will be interpreted so as to effect
the intent of the parties hereto. The parties further agree to replace such
void or unenforceable provision of this Agreement with valid and enforceable
provision that will achieve, to the fullest extent possible, the original
intent of the parties.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed as of the date first written above.
PARENT COMPANY
By: /s/ Thomas O. Staggs
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Name:Thomas O. Staggs
Title:Executive Vice-President
and Chief Financial Officer
STOCKHOLDER
By: /s/ Andrew E. Newton
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Name:Andrew E. Newton
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SCHEDULE A
Schedule of Share Ownership
Andrew E. Newton 456,000 Shares
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Annex C
RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
The undersigned, David K. Thompson, certifies that he is the Senior Vice
President-Assistant General Counsel of The Walt Disney Company, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the
"Corporation"), and hereby further certifies as follows:
1. The name of the Corporation is The Walt Disney Company and the name
under which the corporation was originally incorporated is DC Holdco, Inc.
2. The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was
filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on
July 28, 1995.
3. Restated Certificates of Incorporation were filed in the office of
the Secretary of State of Delaware on September 21, 1995, January 19, 1996,
February 20, 1996, February 25, 1998 and June 10, 1998.
4. This Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which amends and restates
the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation as heretofore amended
and restated, was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of
Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.
5. The text of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended or
supplemented heretofore, is further amended and restated to read as herein
set forth in full:
ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of the Corporation is The Walt Disney Company.
ARTICLE II
ADDRESS OF REGISTERED OFFICE;
NAME OF REGISTERED AGENT
The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of
Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of
Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at that
address is The Corporation Trust Company.
ARTICLE III
PURPOSE
The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity
for which a corporation may now or hereafter be organized under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as set forth in Title 8 of the
Delaware Code, as in effect from time to time (the "DGCL").
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ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL STOCK
1. Authorization.
The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have
authority to issue is 4,700,000,000, of which 3,600,000,000 shares shall
initially be shares of a class of common stock designated as "Disney Group
Common Stock," having a par value of $.01 per share (the "Disney Group Stock"),
1,000,000,000 shares shall initially be shares of a class of common stock
designated as "go.com Common Stock," having a par value of $.01 per share (the
"go.com Stock"), and 100,000,000 shares shall be shares of a class of preferred
stock having a par value of $.01 per share ("Preferred Stock") and issuable in
one or more series as hereinafter provided. The Disney Group Stock and the
go.com Stock shall hereinafter collectively be called "Common Stock" and either
shall sometimes be called a class of Common Stock.
For purposes of this Article IV, references to the "Board of Directors"
shall refer to the Board of Directors of the Corporation, as established in
accordance with Article V of the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation and references to "the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation" shall refer to this Restated Certificate of Incorporation as the
same may be amended from time to time. Certain capitalized terms used in this
Article IV shall have the meanings set forth in subsection 2.6 of this Article.
For purposes of this Article IV, the Disney Group Stock, when issued, shall be
considered issued in respect of the Disney Group and the go.com Stock, when
issued, shall be considered issued in respect of go.com. The number of
authorized shares of any class or classes of capital stock of the Corporation
may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then
outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting
power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors. The number of authorized shares of each class of Common
Stock as set forth in the preceding paragraph may be increased or decreased to
the extent permitted by law by the Board of Directors of the Corporation at any
time and from time to time in its sole discretion; provided that the number of
authorized shares of either class of Common Stock shall not at any time be less
than the sum of the number of outstanding shares of such class of Common Stock
plus the number of shares of such class of Common Stock that may be acquired
upon the exercise, exchange or conversion of any outstanding Convertible
Securities; and provided, further, that any such increase when added to the
aggregate number of authorized shares of the other class of Common Stock shall
not exceed the total number of authorized shares of Common Stock. A record of
any such increase or decrease shall be filed with the records of the actions of
the Board of Directors, provided that the failure to so file such record shall
not invalidate any such increase or decrease made by the Board of Directors.
2. Common Stock.
The voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or
other special rights of the Common Stock, and the qualifications and
restrictions thereon, shall be as follows in this Section 2.
2.1 Dividends.
Subject to any preferences and relative, participating, optional or other
special rights of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock and any
qualifications or restrictions on the Common Stock or any class thereof created
thereby, dividends may be declared and paid upon each class of Common Stock,
upon the terms, with respect to each such class, and subject to the limitations
provided for in this subsection 2.1, as the Board of Directors may determine.
2.1.1 Limitation on Dividends on Disney Group Stock.
Dividends on Disney Group Stock may be declared and paid only out of the
lesser of (i) the funds of the Corporation legally available therefor and (ii)
the Disney Group Available Dividend Amount.
2.1.2 Limitation on Dividends on go.com Stock.
Dividends on the go.com Stock may be declared and paid only out of the
lesser of (i) the funds of the Corporation legally available therefor and (ii)
the go.com Available Dividend Amount.
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2.1.3 Discrimination in Dividends Between Classes of Common Stock.
The Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of subsections 2.1.1 and
2.1.2, may at any time declare and pay dividends exclusively on Disney Group
Stock, exclusively on go.com Stock or on both such classes in equal or unequal
amounts, notwithstanding the relative amounts of the Disney Group Available
Dividend Amount and the go.com Available Dividend Amount, the amount of
dividends previously declared on each class of Common Stock, the respective
voting or liquidation rights of each class of Common Stock or any other factor.
2. 1.4 Share Distributions.
Subject to subsections 2.1.1 and 2.1.2, as the case may be, the Board of
Directors may declare and pay dividends or distributions of shares of Common
Stock (or Convertible Securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for shares of Common Stock) on shares of Common Stock or shares of
Preferred Stock only as follows:
(A) dividends or distributions of shares of Disney Group Stock (or
Convertible Securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
shares of Disney Group Stock) on shares of Disney Group Stock or shares of
Preferred Stock attributed as provided by Section 3 to the Disney Group;
(B) dividends or distributions of shares of go.com Stock (or Convertible
Securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of
go.com Stock) on shares of go.com Stock or shares of Preferred Stock
attributed as provided by Section 3 to the Disney Group; and
(C) dividends or distributions of shares of go.com Stock (or Convertible
Securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of
go.com Stock) on shares of Disney Group Stock or shares of Preferred Stock
attributed as provided by Section 3 to the Disney Group, but only if the
sum of (1) the number of shares of go.com Stock to be so issued (or the
number of such shares which would be issuable upon conversion, exchange or
exercise of any Convertible Securities to be so issued) and (2) the number
of shares of go.com Stock which are issuable upon conversion, exchange or
exercise of any Convertible Securities then outstanding that are attributed
in accordance with this Article IV to the Disney Group, is less than or
equal to the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained
Interest.
For purposes of this subsection 2.1.4, any outstanding Convertible
Securities that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any
other Convertible Securities which are themselves convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for Disney Group Stock or go.com Stock (or other
Convertible Securities that are so convertible, exchangeable or exercisable)
shall be deemed to have been converted, exchanged or exercised in full for such
Convertible Securities.
2.2 Voting Powers.
2.2.1 Calculation of Relative Voting Rights.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2.2.2 or by law or by the terms
of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any provision of the
Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of the Corporation, the entire voting
power of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be vested in the holders of
Common Stock of the Corporation, who shall be entitled to vote on any matter on
which the holders of stock of the Corporation shall, by law or by the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of the Corporation, be
entitled to vote, and each class of Common Stock shall vote thereon together as
though one class. On each matter to be voted on by the holders of all classes
of Common Stock voting together as one class, (i) each outstanding share of
Disney Group Stock shall have one vote and (ii) each outstanding share of
go.com Stock shall have a number of votes (including a fraction of one vote)
equal to (A) prior to the thirty-first Trading Day after the Effective Date,
one vote and (B) thereafter, the average Market Value of a share of go.com
Stock during the twenty consecutive Trading Days next preceding the tenth
Trading Day prior to the record date for determining the stockholders entitled
to vote divided by the average over the same twenty Trading Days of the Market
Value of
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a share of the Disney Group Stock, expressed as a decimal fraction rounded to
the nearest five decimal places; provided, that, in the event that the
foregoing calculation results in the holders of go.com Stock holding in excess
of 40% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of Common Stock, the
vote of each share of go.com Stock shall be reduced such that all of the
outstanding shares of go.com Stock in the aggregate represent 40% of the total
voting power of all outstanding shares of Common Stock.
2.2.2 Matters as to Which Separate Class Vote is Required.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of subsection 2.2.1, in addition to
any other approvals as may be required by applicable provisions of law or by
the terms of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any provision of the
Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of the Corporation:
(i) any amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation
that would have the effect of altering the voting powers of the go.com
Stock as set forth in subsection 2.2.1 shall require the approval of the
holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of go.com Stock voting as a
separate class;
(ii) any amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation that would have the effect of altering the voting powers of the
Disney Group Stock as set forth in subsection 2.2.1 shall require the
approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Disney
Group Stock voting as a separate class;
(iii) other than pursuant to (a) Section 2.3 hereof or (b) any contract,
agreement or arrangement involving go.com and the Disney Group in the
ordinary course of business of each such Group as contemplated in the
Common Stock Policies, including with respect to cash management policies,
(A) the use of any proceeds from the Disposition of the properties or
assets allocated to go.com by the Disney Group (or the transfer or
allocation of such proceeds to the Disney Group) without fair compensation
being allocated to go.com or (B) the use of any properties or assets
allocated to go.com by the Disney Group (or the transfer or allocation of
such properties or assets to the Disney Group) or the dividend or other
distribution to the holders of any other class or series of capital stock
of the Corporation of any of the properties or assets allocated to go.com
without fair compensation being allocated to go.com shall, in each case,
require the approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares
of go.com Stock voting as a separate class; provided that, the Corporation
may without such approval use any such proceeds or properties or assets for
the benefit of the Disney Group or effect such a dividend or distribution
to the extent that the Number of Shares Issuable With Respect to the
Retained Interest is decreased as a result thereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Board of Directors has determined (a) to allocate to, or
permit the use by, the Disney Group of the assets or properties (or
proceeds of assets or properties) of go.com and (b)(1) without such
allocation or use, that the Disney Group will be unable to satisfy the
liabilities allocated to it as they become due or (2) the Corporation is
the debtor in pending United States bankruptcy proceedings, whether
voluntary or involuntary, the Disney Group may, after reducing the Number
of Shares Issuable With Respect to the Retained Interest to zero (whether
or not in connection with the allocation or use of assets or properties (or
proceeds of assets or properties)) of go.com to or by the Disney Group, be
allocated or use such assets or properties (or proceeds of assets or
properties) of go.com without complying with the above provisions of this
clause (iii).
(iv) any merger or business combination as a result of which (A) the
holders of all classes and series of Common Stock of the Corporation shall
no longer own at least 50% of the voting power of the surviving corporation
and (B) the holders of all classes and series of Common Stock of the
Corporation do not receive consideration distributed among such holders in
proportion to the Market Capitalization of each class and series of Common
Stock as of the date of the first public announcement of such merger or
business combination shall require the approval of the holders of a
majority of the outstanding shares of go.com Stock voting as a separate
class; provided, that there shall be no separate class vote of holders of
go.com Stock if the merger or business combination occurs after the first
anniversary of the Effective Date and the consideration received by the
holders of go.com Stock is equal to or greater than what holders of
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go.com Stock would otherwise be entitled if the go.com Stock had been
converted pursuant to Section 2.4.1(C) hereof as of the record date for
determining the stockholders of the Corporation entitled to vote on such
merger or business combination.
(v) with respect to any matter as to which the holders of go.com Stock
and/or the holders of Disney Group Stock shall be entitled, under
applicable law, to vote as a separate class, the holders of go.com Stock
and/or the holders of Disney Group Stock, as the case may be, shall be
entitled to vote as a separate class; and
(vi) all such other matters as the Board of Directors, in its sole
discretion, may determine shall require the approval of the holders of the
outstanding shares of go.com Stock voting as a separate class.
With respect to any matter as to which the holders of go.com Stock or Disney
Group Stock are entitled to vote as a separate class, each share of that class
of Common Stock shall, for purposes of such separate class vote, be entitled to
one vote on such matter.
2.2.3 Voting Rights if One Class of Common Stock Outstanding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection 2.2, if shares
of only one class of Common Stock are outstanding on the record date for
determining the holders of Common Stock entitled to vote on any matter, then
each share of that class shall be entitled to one vote.
2.3 Liquidation Rights.
In the event of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution of the Corporation
or the liquidation and winding up of the Corporation, after payment or
provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation and
the full preferential amounts (including any accumulated and unpaid dividends)
to which the holders of Preferred Stock are entitled (regardless of the Group
to which such shares of Preferred Stock were attributed in accordance with this
Article IV), unless otherwise provided in respect of a series of Preferred
Stock by the resolution of the Board of Directors fixing the liquidation rights
and preferences of such series of Preferred Stock, the holders of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive the remaining
assets of the Corporation on a per share basis in proportion to the respective
liquidation units per shares of such class. Each share of Disney Group Stock
shall have one liquidation unit and each share of go.com Stock shall have a
number of liquidation units (including a fraction of one liquidation unit)
equal to the average Market Value of a share of go.com Stock during the twenty
consecutive Trading Days next preceding the 90th Trading Day after the
Effective Date (or in the event that the voluntary or involuntary dissolution
or the liquidation and winding up of the Corporation occurs prior to the 90th
Trading Day after the Effective Date, the average Market Value of a share of
go.com Stock over either (i) the twenty consecutive Trading Days immediately
preceding such dissolution or the liquidation and winding up of the Corporation
or (ii) such lesser number of consecutive Trading Days in the event that the
dissolution or liquidation and winding up of the Corporation occurs prior to
the 21st Trading Day after the Effective Date) divided by the average over the
same twenty Trading Days (or such shorter period) of the Market Value of a
share of Disney Group Stock, expressed as a decimal fraction rounded to the
nearest five decimal places. Neither the merger nor consolidation of the
Corporation into or with any other company, nor the merger or consolidation of
any other company into or with the Corporation, nor a sale, transfer or lease
of all or any part of the assets of the Corporation, shall, alone, be deemed a
liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, or cause the dissolution of the
Corporation, for purposes of this subsection 2.3.
If the Corporation shall in any manner subdivide (by stock split,
reclassification or otherwise) or combine (by reverse stock split,
reclassification or otherwise) the outstanding shares of Disney Group Stock or
go.com Stock, or declare a dividend in shares of either class to holders of
such class, the per share liquidation units of either class of Common Stock
specified in the preceding paragraph of this Section 2.3, as adjusted from time
to time, shall be appropriately adjusted as determined by the Board of
Directors, so as to avoid dilution in the aggregate of the relative liquidation
rights of the shares of any class of Common Stock.
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2.4 Conversion of go.com Stock.
Shares of go.com Stock are subject to conversion or redemption, as the case
may be, upon the terms provided below in this subsection 2.4.
2.4.1 Conversion of go.com Stock.
(A) In the event of the Disposition, in one transaction or a series of
related transactions, by the Corporation and/or its subsidiaries of all or
substantially all of the properties and assets attributed to go.com to one or
more persons or entities (other than the Disposition (1) by the Corporation of
its properties and assets in one transaction or a series of related
transactions in connection with the dissolution or the liquidation and winding
up of the Corporation and the distribution of assets to stockholders as
referred to in subsection 2.3, (2) of the properties and assets attributed to
go.com to all holders of shares of go.com Stock and to the Corporation or
subsidiaries thereof, divided among such holders and the Corporation or
subsidiaries thereof on a pro rata basis in accordance with the number of
shares of go.com Stock outstanding and the Number of Shares Issuable with
Respect to the Retained Interest, (3) to any person or entity controlled (as
determined by the Board of Directors) by the Corporation or (4) pursuant to a
Related Business Transaction), the Corporation shall, on or prior to the 45th
Trading Day after the date of consummation of such Disposition (the "go.com
Disposition Date"), declare that each outstanding share of go.com Stock shall
be converted as of the Conversion Date provided by paragraph (A) of subsection
2.4.4 into a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Disney Group
Stock (or, if the Disney Group Stock is not Publicly Traded at such time and
shares of another class or series of common stock of the Corporation (other
than go.com Stock) are then Publicly Traded, of such other class or series of
common stock as has the largest Market Capitalization as of the close of
business on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the notice of
such conversion required by paragraph (A) of subsection 2.4.4) equal to the
lesser of (i) 110% of the ratio, expressed as a decimal fraction rounded to the
nearest five decimal places, of the average Market Value of one share of go.com
Stock over the twenty consecutive Trading Days next preceding the first public
announcement of a definitive agreement with respect to such Disposition to the
average Market Value of one share of Disney Group Stock (or such other class or
series of common stock) over the same twenty Trading Day period and (ii) what
holders of go.com Stock would otherwise be entitled to pursuant to Section
2.4.1(C) hereof upon the conversion of go.com Stock into shares of Disney Group
Stock.
(B) For purposes of this subsection 2.4.1:
(1) as of any date, "substantially all of the properties and assets"
attributed to go.com shall mean a portion of such properties and assets (A)
that represents at least 80% of the Fair Value of the properties and assets
attributed to go.com as of such date or (B) from which were derived at
least 80% of the aggregate revenues for the immediately preceding twelve
fiscal quarterly periods of the Corporation (calculated on a pro forma
basis to include revenues derived from any of such properties or assets
acquired during such period) derived from the properties attributed to
go.com as of such date; and
(2) in the case of a Disposition of the properties and assets attributed
to go.com in a series of related transactions, such Disposition shall not
be deemed to have been consummated until the consummation of the last of
such transactions.
(C) The Board of Directors may, at any time or from time to time after
either the first anniversary of the Effective Date or the occurrence of a Tax
Event (defined below) in its sole discretion, declare that all of the
outstanding shares of go.com Stock shall be converted, as of the Conversion
Date provided by paragraph (A) of subsection 2.4.4, into the number of fully
paid and nonassessable shares of Disney Group Stock (or, if the Disney Group
Stock is not Publicly Traded at such time and shares of any other class or
series of common stock of the Corporation (other than go.com Stock) are then
Publicly Traded, of such other class or series of common stock as has the
largest Market Capitalization as of the close of business on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the date of the notice of conversion required by
paragraph (A) of subsection 2.4.4)
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equal to the applicable percentage, on the Conversion Date set forth below, of
the Market Value Ratio of the go.com Stock to the Disney Group Stock as of the
fifth Trading Day prior to the date of the notice of such conversion required
by paragraph (A) of subsection 2.4.4:
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Any Conversion Date
Occurring After the Following Anniversary Percentage of Market
of the Effective Date and on or Prior Value Ratio of Go.com Stock
to the Next Such Anniversary to the Disney Group Stock
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First...................................... 120%
Second..................................... 115%
Third through Ninth........................ 110%
Tenth and Thereafter....................... 105%
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However, if a Tax Event has occurred, the applicable percentage of the
Market Value Ratio of the go.com Stock to the Disney Group Stock shall equal
110% irrespective of the Conversion Date. "Tax Event" means the receipt by the
Corporation of an opinion of tax counsel of the Corporation's choice
experienced in such matters, who shall not be an officer or employee of the
Corporation or any of its affiliates, to the effect that, as a result of any
amendment to, or change in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the
United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein (including any announced proposed change by an administrative agency in
such regulations), or as a result of any official or administrative
pronouncement or action or judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws
or regulations, it is more likely than not that for United States federal
income tax purposes (1) the Corporation, its subsidiaries or affiliates, or any
of its successors or its stockholders is or, at any time in the future, will be
subject to tax upon the issuance of shares of either Disney Group Stock or
go.com Stock or (2) either Disney Group Stock or go.com Stock is not or, at any
time in the future, will not be treated solely as stock of the Corporation. For
purposes of rendering such opinion, tax counsel shall assume that any
administrative proposals will be adopted as proposed. However, in the event a
change in law is proposed, tax counsel shall render an opinion only in the
event of enactment.
2.4.2 Conversion of Disney Group Stock.
At any time following the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date, the Board
of Directors may declare that all of the outstanding shares of Disney Group
Stock shall be converted, as of the Conversion Date provided by paragraph (A)
of subsection 2.4.4, into, with respect to each such share to be converted, the
number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of go.com Stock (or, if the
go.com Stock is not Publicly Traded at such time and shares of any other class
or series of common stock of the Corporation (other than Disney Group Stock)
are then Publicly Traded, of such other class or series of common stock as has
the largest Market Capitalization as of the close of business on the Trading
Day immediately preceding the date of the notice of conversion required by
paragraph (A) of subsection 2.4.4) equal to 100% of the Market Value Ratio of
the Disney Group Stock to the go.com Stock as of the fifth Trading Day prior to
the date of the notice of such conversion required by paragraph (A) of
subsection 2.4.4.
2.4.3 Treatment of Convertible Securities.
After any Conversion Date on which all outstanding shares of any class of
Common Stock were converted, any share of such class of Common Stock that is to
be issued on conversion, exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities
shall, immediately upon such conversion, exchange or exercise and without any
notice from or to, or any other action on the part of, the Corporation or its
Board of Directors or the holder of such Convertible Security, in the event the
shares of any class of Common Stock outstanding on such Conversion Date were
converted into shares of the other class of Common Stock (or another class or
series of common stock of the Corporation) pursuant to paragraph (A) or
paragraph (C) of subsection 2.4.1 or subsection 2.4.2, be converted into the
amount of cash and/or the number of shares of the kind of capital stock and/or
other securities or property of the Corporation that the number of shares of
such class of Common Stock that were to be issued upon such conversion,
exchange or exercise would have received had such shares been outstanding on
such Conversion Date.
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The provisions of the immediately preceding sentence shall not apply to the
extent that other adjustments in respect of such conversion or exchange of a
class of Common Stock are otherwise made pursuant to the provisions of such
Convertible Securities.
2.4.4 Notice and Other Provisions.
(A) Not later than the 35th Trading Day prior to the Conversion Date
pursuant to paragraph (A) or paragraph (C) of subsection 2.4.1, the Corporation
shall cause notice to be given to each holder of shares of go.com Stock and to
each holder of Convertible Securities that are convertible into or exchangeable
or exercisable for shares of go.com Stock (unless alternate provision for such
notice to the holders of such Convertible Securities is made pursuant to the
terms of such Convertible Securities) setting forth (1) a statement that all
outstanding shares of go.com Stock shall be converted, (2) the Conversion Date
(which, in the case of a conversion after a Disposition, shall not be more than
45 Trading Days following the consummation of such Disposition), (3) the per
share number of shares of Disney Group Stock or another class or series of
Common Stock of the Corporation, as the case may be, to be received with
respect to each share of go.com Stock, including information as to the
calculation thereof, (4) the place or places where certificates for shares of
go.com Stock, properly endorsed or assigned for transfer (unless the
Corporation shall waive such requirement), are to be surrendered for delivery
of certificates for shares of Disney Group Stock, (5) the number of outstanding
shares of Disney Group Stock and the number of shares of Disney Group Stock
into or for which outstanding Convertible Securities are then convertible,
exchangeable or exercisable, (6) a statement to the effect that, subject to
paragraph (D) of this subsection 2.4.4, dividends on such shares of go.com
Stock shall cease to be paid as of such Conversion Date and (7) in the case of
notice to holders of such Convertible Securities, a statement to the effect
that a holder of such Convertible Securities shall be entitled to receive
shares of common stock upon such conversion only if such holder properly
converts, exchanges or exercises such Convertible Securities on or prior to
such Conversion Date and a statement as to what, if anything, such holder will
be entitled to receive pursuant to the terms of such Convertible Securities or,
if applicable, this subsection 2.4 if such holder thereafter converts,
exchanges or exercises such Convertible Securities. Such notice shall be sent
by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to each such holder at such holder's
address as the same appears on the transfer books of the Corporation or by such
other methods as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors
of the Corporation.
(B) The Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver fractional
shares of any capital stock or of any other securities to any holder of go.com
Stock upon any conversion or other distribution pursuant to this subsection
2.4. If more than one share of go.com Stock shall be held at the same time by
the same holder, the Corporation may aggregate the number of shares of any
capital stock that shall be issuable or any other securities or property that
shall be distributable to such holder upon any conversion or other distribution
(including any fractional shares). If there are fractional shares of any
capital stock or of any other securities remaining to be issued or distributed
to the holders of go.com Stock, the Corporation shall, if such fractional
shares are not issued or distributed to the holder, pay cash in respect of such
fractional shares in an amount equal to the Fair Value thereof on the fifth
Trading Day prior to the date such payment is to be made (without interest).
(C) No adjustments in respect of dividends shall be made upon the conversion
of any shares of go.com Stock; provided that if the Conversion Date, with
respect to any shares of go.com Stock shall be subsequent to the record date
for the payment of a dividend or other distribution thereon or with respect
thereto, the holders of such shares of go.com Stock at the close of business on
such record date shall be entitled to receive the dividend or other
distribution payable on or with respect to such shares on the date set for
payment of such dividend or other distribution, in each case without interest,
notwithstanding the subsequent conversion of such shares.
(D) Before any holder of go.com Stock shall be entitled to receive any cash
payment and/or certificates or instruments representing shares of any capital
stock and/or other securities or property to be distributed to such holder with
respect to such shares of go.com Stock pursuant to this subsection 2.4, such
holder shall surrender
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at such place as the Corporation shall specify certificates for such shares of
go.com Stock, properly endorsed or assigned for transfer (unless the
Corporation shall waive such requirement). The Corporation shall as soon as
practicable after receipt of certificates representing such shares of go.com
Stock deliver to the person for whose account such shares of go.com Stock were
so surrendered, or to such person's nominee or nominees, the cash and/or the
certificates or instruments representing the number of whole shares of the kind
of capital stock and/or other securities or property to which such person shall
be entitled as aforesaid, together with any payment in respect of fractional
shares contemplated by paragraph (B) of this subsection 2.4.4, in each case
without interest.
(E) From and after any applicable Conversion Date, all rights of a holder of
shares of go.com Stock that were converted shall cease except for the right,
upon surrender of the certificates representing such shares of go.com Stock as
required by paragraph (D) of this subsection 2.4.4, to receive the cash and/or
the certificates or instruments representing shares of the kind of capital
stock and/or other securities or property for which such shares were converted,
together with any payment in respect of fractional shares contemplated by
paragraph (B) of this subsection 2.4.4 and rights to dividends as provided in
paragraph (C) of this subsection 2.4.4, in each case without interest. No
holder of a certificate that immediately prior to the applicable Conversion
Date represented shares of go.com Stock shall be entitled to receive any
dividend or other distribution or interest payment with respect to shares of
any kind of capital stock or other security or instrument for which go.com
Stock was converted until the surrender as required by this subsection 2.4 of
such certificate in exchange for a certificate or certificates or instrument or
instruments representing such capital stock or other security. Upon such
surrender, there shall be paid to the holder the amount of any dividends or
other distributions (without interest) which theretofore became payable on any
class of capital stock of the Corporation as of a record date after the
Conversion Date, but that were not paid by reason of the foregoing, with
respect to the number of whole shares of the kind of capital stock represented
by the certificate or certificates issued upon such surrender. From and after a
Conversion Date, the Corporation shall, however, be entitled to treat the
certificates for go.com Stock that have not yet been surrendered for conversion
as evidencing the ownership of the number of whole shares of the kind or kinds
of capital stock of the Corporation for which the shares of go.com Stock
represented by such certificates shall have been converted, notwithstanding the
failure to surrender such certificates.
(F) The Corporation shall pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar
issue or transfer taxes that may be payable in respect of the issuance or
delivery of any shares of capital stock and/or other securities upon conversion
of shares of go.com Stock pursuant to this subsection 2.4.4. The Corporation
shall not, however, be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect
of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of any shares of capital
stock and/or other securities in a name other than that in which the shares of
go.com Stock so converted were registered, and no such issuance or delivery
shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issuance or delivery
has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established to
the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid.
(G) Neither the failure to mail any notice required by this subsection 2.4.4
to any particular holder of go.com Stock or of Convertible Securities nor any
defect therein shall affect the sufficiency thereof with respect to any other
holder of outstanding shares of go.com Stock or of Convertible Securities or
the validity of any such conversion.
(H) The Board of Directors may establish such rules and requirements to
facilitate the effectuation of the transactions contemplated by this subsection
2.4 as the Board of Directors shall determine to be appropriate.
2.5 Application of the Provisions of Article IV.
2.5.1 Certain Determinations by the Board Of Directors.
In addition to the determinations regarding Preferred Stock to be made by
the Board of Directors as provided by Section 3, the Board of Directors shall
make such determinations with respect to the assets and
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liabilities to be attributed to the Groups, the items of income and expenses
attributed to the Groups for purposes of determining the Disney Group Net
Earnings (Loss) and go.com Net Earnings (Loss) and the application of the
provisions of this Section 2 to transactions to be engaged in by the
Corporation, including, without limiting the foregoing, the determinations
referred to in the following paragraphs (A), (B), (C) and (D) of this
subsection 2.5.1. A record of any such determination shall be filed with the
records of the actions of the Board of Directors, provided that the failure to
so file such record shall not invalidate any such determination made by the
Board of Directors.
(A) Upon any acquisition by the Corporation or its subsidiaries of any
assets or business, or any assumption of liabilities, outside of the ordinary
course of business of go.com or the Disney Group, as the case may be, and
subject to the Common Stock Policies then in effect, the Board of Directors
shall determine whether such assets, business and liabilities (or an interest
therein) shall be for the benefit of the Disney Group or go.com or that an
interest therein shall be partly for the benefit of the Disney Group and partly
for the benefit of go.com and, accordingly, shall be attributed to go.com or
the Disney Group, or partly to each, in accordance with subsection 2.6.9 or
2.6.3, as the case may be.
(B) Upon any issuance of any shares of go.com Stock at a time when the
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest is more than
zero, the Board of Directors shall determine, based on the use of the proceeds
of such issuance and any other relevant factors, whether all or any part of the
shares of go.com Stock so issued should reduce the Number of Shares Issuable
with Respect to the Retained Interest and, if so, the Number of Shares Issuable
with Respect to the Retained Interest shall be adjusted accordingly.
(C) Upon any issuance by the Corporation or any subsidiary thereof of any
Convertible Securities that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for shares of go.com Stock, if at the time such Convertible Securities are
issued the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest is
greater than zero, the Board of Directors shall determine, based on the use of
the proceeds of such issuance of Convertible Securities and any other relevant
factors, whether, upon conversion, exchange or exercise thereof, the issuance
of shares of go.com Stock pursuant thereto shall, in whole or in part, reduce
the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest.
(D) Upon any redemption or repurchase by the Corporation or any subsidiary
thereof of shares of any Preferred Stock of any class or series or of other
securities or debt obligations of the Corporation, if some of such shares,
other securities or debt obligations were attributed to the Disney Group and
some of such shares, other securities or debt obligations were attributed to
go.com, the Board of Directors shall determine which, if any, of such shares,
other securities or debt obligations redeemed or repurchased shall be
attributed to the Disney Group and which, if any, of such shares, other
securities or debt obligations shall be attributed to go.com and, accordingly,
how many of the shares of such series of Preferred Stock or of such other
securities, or how much of such debt obligations, that remain outstanding, if
any, continue to be attributed to the Disney Group or to go.com.
2.5.2 Certain Determinations Not Required.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection 2.5, the
provisions of subsections 2.6.9, 2.6.11, 2.6.3 or 2.6.5 or any other provision
of this Article IV, at any time when there are not outstanding both (i) one or
more shares of Disney Group Stock or Convertible Securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for Disney Group Stock and (ii) one or more shares
of go.com Stock or Convertible Securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for go.com Stock, the Corporation need not (A) attribute any of the
assets or liabilities of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries to the
Disney Group or go.com or any of the earnings (or any loss) of the Corporation
or any of its subsidiaries to the Disney Group Net Earnings (Loss) or go.com
Net Earnings (Loss) or (B) make any determination required in connection
therewith, nor shall the Board of Directors be required to make any of the
determinations otherwise required by this Article IV, and in such circumstances
the holders of the shares of Disney Group Stock or go.com Stock outstanding, as
the case may be, shall (unless otherwise specifically provided by the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation) be
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entitled to all the voting powers, preferences, optional or other special
rights of both classes of the Common Stock without differentiation between the
Disney Group Stock and the go.com Stock and any provision of this Article IV to
the contrary shall no longer be in effect or operative and the Board of
Directors may cause the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation to be
amended as permitted by law to delete such provisions as are no longer
operative or of further effect.
2.5.3 Board Determinations Binding.
Subject to applicable law, any determinations made in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation under any provision of this subsection
2.5 or otherwise in furtherance of the application of this Section 2 shall be
final and binding on all stockholders.
2.6 Certain Definitions.
As used in this Section 2 of this Article IV, the following terms shall have
the following meanings (with terms defined in the singular having comparable
meaning when used in the plural and vice versa), unless the context otherwise
requires. As used in this subsection 2.6, a "contribution" or "transfer" of
assets or properties from one Group to another shall refer to the reattribution
of such assets or properties from the contributing or transferring Group to the
other Group (as opposed to an actual transfer, assignment, contribution or
comparable transaction) and correlative phrases shall have correlative
meanings.
2.6.1 CONVERSION DATE shall mean the date fixed by the Board of Directors as
the effective date for the conversion of shares of go.com Stock into shares of
Disney Group Stock (or another class or series of common stock of the
Corporation), or the conversion of shares of Disney Group Stock into shares of
go.com Stock (or another class or series of common stock of the Corporation),
as the case may be, as shall be set forth in the notice to holders of shares of
go.com Stock or Disney Group Stock, as the case may be, and to holders of any
Convertible Securities that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for shares of go.com Stock or Disney Group Stock, as the case may be, required
pursuant to paragraph (A) of subsection 2.4.4.
2.6.2 CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES at any time shall mean any securities of the
Corporation or of any subsidiary thereof (other than shares of go.com Stock),
including warrants and options, outstanding at such time that by their terms
are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or evidence the right
to acquire any shares of any class of Common Stock, whether convertible,
exchangeable or exercisable at such time or a later time or only upon the
occurrence of certain events, but in respect of antidilution provisions of such
securities only upon the effectiveness thereof.
2.6.3 DISNEY GROUP shall mean, as of any date from and after the Effective
Date:
(A) the interest of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries on such
date in all of the assets, liabilities and businesses of the Corporation or
any of its subsidiaries (and any successor companies), other than any
assets, liabilities and businesses attributed in accordance with this
Article IV to go.com;
(B) a proportionate interest in each and every business, asset and
liability attributed to go.com equal to the Retained Interest Fraction as
of such date;
(C) from and after the payment date of any dividend or other
distribution with respect to shares of go.com Stock (other than a dividend
or other distribution payable in shares of go.com Stock, with respect to
which adjustment shall be made as provided in paragraph (A) of subsection
2.6.17, or in securities of the Corporation attributed to go.com, for which
provision shall be made as set forth in the third to last sentence of this
definition), an amount of assets or properties previously attributed to
go.com of the same kind as were paid in such dividend or other distribution
as have a Fair Value on the record date for such dividend or distribution
equal to the product of (1) the Fair Value on such record date of the
aggregate of such dividend or distribution to holders of shares of go.com
Stock declared multiplied by (2) a fraction the numerator of which is equal
to the Retained Interest Fraction in effect on the record date for such
dividend or distribution and the denominator of which is equal to the
Outstanding Internet Fraction in effect on the record date for such
dividend or distribution; and
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(D) Such liabilities as have been excluded from go.com and attributed to
the Disney Group pursuant to the last sentence of Section 2.6.9.
If the Corporation shall pay a dividend or make some other distribution with
respect to shares of go.com Stock payable in securities of the Corporation that
are attributed to go.com for purposes of this Article IV (other than go.com
Stock), the Disney Group shall be deemed to hold an interest in the go.com
equivalent to the number or amount of such securities that is equal to the
product of the number or amount of securities so distributed to holders of
go.com Stock multiplied by the fraction specified in clause (2) of paragraph
(C) of this subsection 2.6.3 (determined as of the record date for such
distribution) and, to the extent interest is or dividends are paid on the
securities so distributed, the Disney Group shall include, and there shall be
attributed thereto out of go.com, a corresponding ratable amount of the kind of
assets paid as such interest or dividends as would have been paid in respect of
such securities so deemed to be held by the Disney Group if such securities
were outstanding. The Corporation may also, to the extent the securities so
paid as a dividend or other distribution to the holders of go.com Stock are
Convertible Securities and at the time are convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for shares of go.com Stock, treat such Convertible Securities as
are so deemed to be held by the Disney Group to be deemed to be converted,
exchanged or exercised, and shall do so to the extent such Convertible
Securities are mandatorily converted, exchanged or exercised (and to the extent
the terms of such Convertible Securities require payment of consideration for
such conversion, exchange or exercise, the Disney Group shall then no longer
include an amount of the kind of properties or assets required to be paid as
such consideration for the amount of Convertible Securities deemed converted,
exchanged or exercised (and go.com shall be attributed such properties or
assets)), in which case, from and after such time, the securities into or for
which such Convertible Securities so deemed to be held by the Disney Group were
so considered converted, exchanged or exercised shall be deemed held by the
Disney Group (as provided in clause (3) of paragraph (C) of subsection 2.6.17)
and such Convertible Securities shall no longer be deemed to be held by the
Disney Group. A statement setting forth the election to effectuate any such
deemed conversion, exchange or exercise of Convertible Securities so deemed to
be held by the Disney Group and the properties or assets, if any, to be
attributed to go.com in consideration of such conversion, exchange or exercise
(if any) shall be filed in the records of the actions of the Board of Directors
and, upon such filing, such deemed conversion, exchange or exercise shall be
effectuated.
2.6.4 DISNEY GROUP AVAILABLE DIVIDEND AMOUNT, on any date, shall mean the
amount that would be legally available for the payment of dividends to the
holders of Common Stock determined in accordance with the applicable provisions
of the DGCL and any other applicable law less the go.com Available Dividend
Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection 2.6.4, and
consistent with subsection 2.5.2, at any time when there are not outstanding
both (i) one or more shares of Disney Group Stock or Convertible Securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Disney Group Stock and (ii)
one or more shares of go.com Stock or Convertible Securities convertible into
or exchangeable or exercisable for go.com Stock, the "Available Dividend
Amount," on any calculation date during such time period, with respect to the
Disney Group Stock or the go.com Stock, as the case may be (depending on which
of such classes of Common Stock or Convertible Securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for such class of Common Stock is outstanding),
shall mean the amount available for the payment of dividends on such Common
Stock in accordance with law.
2.6.5 DISNEY GROUP NET EARNINGS (LOSS), for any period through any date,
shall mean the net income or loss of the Disney Group for such period (or in
respect of fiscal periods of the Disney Group commencing prior to the Effective
Date, the pro forma net income or loss of the Disney Group for such period as
if the Effective Date had been the first day of such period).
2.6.6 DISPOSITION shall mean a sale, transfer, assignment or other
disposition (whether by merger, consolidation, sale or contribution of assets
or stock or otherwise) of properties or assets (including stock, other
securities and goodwill).
2.6.7 EFFECTIVE DATE shall mean the date on which this Restated Certificate
of Incorporation shall become effective.
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2.6.8 FAIR VALUE shall mean, (i) in the case of equity securities or debt
securities of a class that is Publicly Traded, the Market Value thereof (if
such value, as so defined, can be determined) or, in the case of an equity
security or debt security that is not Publicly Traded (or for which such value
cannot be determined), shall mean the fair value per share of stock or per
other unit of such other security, on a fully diluted basis, as determined by
an independent investment banking firm experienced in the valuation of
securities selected in good faith by the Board of Directors; and (ii) in the
case of property other than securities, an amount determined in good faith by
the Board of Directors based upon such appraisals or valuation reports of such
independent experts as the Board of Directors shall in good faith determine to
be appropriate in accordance with good business practice. Any such
determination of Fair Value shall be described in a statement filed with the
records of the actions of the Board of Directors.
2.6.9 GO.COM shall mean, as of any date from and as of the Effective Date:
(A) all of the businesses, assets and liabilities of the Corporation and
its subsidiaries that the Board of Directors has, at any time, attributed
to go.com pursuant to the "Common Stock Policies", as amended from time to
time;
(B) all properties and assets transferred to go.com from the Disney
Group (other than a transaction pursuant to paragraph (C) of this
subsection 2.6.9) after the Effective Date pursuant to transactions in the
ordinary course of business of both the Disney Group and go.com or
otherwise as the Board of Directors may have directed as permitted by this
Article IV;
(C) all properties and assets transferred to go.com from the Disney
Group in connection with an increase in the Number of Shares Issuable with
Respect to the Retained Interest; and
(D) the interest of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries in any
business or asset acquired and any liabilities assumed by the Corporation
or any of its subsidiaries outside of the ordinary course of business and
attributed to go.com in accordance with the Common Stock Policies then in
effect, as determined by the Board of Directors as contemplated by
paragraph (A) of subsection 2.5.1; provided that (1) from and after the
payment date of any dividend or other distribution with respect to shares
of go.com Stock (other than a dividend or other distribution payable in
shares of go.com Stock, with respect to which adjustment shall be made as
provided in paragraph (A) of subsection 2.6.17, or in securities of the
Corporation attributed to go.com, for which provision shall be made as set
forth in clause (2) of this proviso), go.com shall no longer include an
amount of assets or properties previously attributed to go.com of the same
kind as so paid in such dividend or other distribution having a Fair Value
on the record date for such dividend or distribution equal to the product
of (a) the Fair Value on such record date of the aggregate of such dividend
or distribution to holders of shares of go.com Stock declared multiplied by
(b) a fraction the numerator of which is equal to the Retained Interest
Fraction in effect on the record date for such dividend or distribution and
the denominator of which is equal to the Outstanding Internet Fraction in
effect on the record date for such dividend or distribution, (2) if the
Corporation shall pay a dividend or make some other distribution with
respect to shares of go.com Stock payable in securities of the Corporation
that are attributed to go.com for purposes of this Article IV (other than
go.com Stock), there shall be excluded from go.com an interest in go.com
equivalent to the number or amount of such securities that is equal to the
product of the number or amount of securities so distributed to holders of
go.com Stock multiplied by the fraction specified in clause 1(b) of this
proviso (determined as of the record date for such distribution) (and such
interest in go.com shall be attributed to the Disney Group) and, to the
extent interest is or dividends are paid on the securities so distributed,
go.com shall no longer include a corresponding ratable amount of the kind
of assets paid as such interest or dividends as would have been paid in
respect of the securities equivalent to such interest in go.com deemed held
by the Disney Group if the securities equivalent to such interest were
outstanding (and in such eventuality such assets as are no longer included
in go.com shall be attributed to the Disney Group) and (3) from and after
any transfer of any assets or properties from go.com to the Disney Group,
go.com shall no longer include such assets or properties so contributed or
transferred. The Corporation may also, to the extent a dividend or
distribution on the go.com Stock has been paid in Convertible Securities
that are convertible into or exchangeable or
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exercisable for go.com Stock, cause such Convertible Securities as are
deemed to be held by the Disney Group in accordance with the third to last
sentence of subsection 2.6.3 and clause (2) of the proviso to the
immediately preceding sentence to be deemed to be converted, exchanged or
exercised as provided in the penultimate sentence of subsection 2.6.3, in
which case such Convertible Securities shall no longer be deemed to be held
by the Disney Group. Notwithstanding the foregoing, go.com shall not
include any liabilities (the "Undisclosed Liabilities") of or related to
the businesses and assets attributed to go.com by the Corporation (other
than those liabilities associated with the businesses or assets of Infoseek
Corporation) existing on or prior to the Effective Date other than (i)
those liabilities reflected on the Current Balance Sheet as defined in
Section 2.9 of the Reorganization Agreement (as defined below), (ii) those
liabilities set forth in Section 5.18 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule to
the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by and among Infoseek Corporation,
the Corporation and Bingo Acquisition Corp., dated as of July 10, 1999 (the
"Reorganization Agreement"), or (iii) with respect to any matter or matters
arising since March 31, 1999 which in the aggregate (excluding any
liabilities incurred in connection with activities which are expressly
permitted by Section 4.1(b)(i) through (ix) of the Reorganization
Agreement) shall not exceed $10,000,000, and all of such Undisclosed
Liabilities shall be attributed, and included in, the Disney Group.
2.6.10 GO.COM AVAILABLE DIVIDEND AMOUNT, on any date, shall mean the product
of (a) the Outstanding Internet Fraction as of such date multiplied by (b) the
amount that would be legally available for the payment of dividends to the
holders of go.com Stock determined in accordance with the applicable provisions
of the DGCL and any other applicable law as if go.com were a separate
corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection
2.6.10, and consistent with subsection 2.5.2, at any time when there are not
outstanding both (i) one or more shares of Disney Group Stock or Convertible
Securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Disney Group
Stock and (ii) one or more shares of go.com Stock or Convertible Securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for go.com Stock, the
"Available Dividend Amount," on any calculation date during such time period,
with respect to the Disney Group Stock or the go.com Stock, as the case may be
(depending on which of such classes of Common Stock or Convertible Securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such class of Common Stock
is outstanding), shall mean the amount available for the payment of dividends
on such Common Stock in accordance with law.
2.6.11 GO.COM NET EARNINGS (LOSS), for any period through any date, shall
mean the net income or loss of go.com for such period (or in respect of the
fiscal periods of the Corporation commencing prior to the Effective Date, the
pro forma net income or loss of go.com for such period as if the Effective Date
had been the first day of such period) reflecting income and expense of the
Corporation attributed to go.com on a basis substantially consistent with
attributions of income and expense made in the calculation of the Disney Group
Net Earnings (Loss), including, without limitation, corporate administrative
costs, net interest, other financial costs and income taxes.
2.6.12 GROUP shall mean, as of any date, the Disney Group or go.com, as the
case may be.
2.6.13 MARKET CAPITALIZATION of any class or series of Common Stock on any
date shall mean the product of (i) the Market Value of one share of such class
of common stock on such date and (ii) the number of shares of such class of
common stock outstanding on such date.
2.6.14 MARKET VALUE of a share of any class or series of capital stock of
the Corporation on any day shall mean the average of the high and low reported
sales prices of a share of such class or series on such Trading Day or, in case
no such reported sale takes place on such Trading Day, the average of the
reported closing bid and asked prices regular way of a share of such class or
series on such Trading Day, in either case, as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange Composite Tape or, if the shares of such class or series are not
listed or admitted to trading on such Exchange on such Trading Day, on the
principal national securities exchange in the United States on which the shares
of such class or series are listed or admitted to trading or, if not listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange on such Trading Day, on
the Nasdaq
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National Market or, if the shares of such class or series are not listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq
National Market on such Trading Day, the average of the closing bid and asked
prices of a share of such class or series in the over-the-counter market on
such Trading Day as furnished by any New York Stock Exchange member firm
selected from time to time by the Corporation or, if such closing bid and asked
prices are not made available by any such New York Stock Exchange member firm
on such Trading Day, the Fair Value of a share of such class or series;
provided that, for purposes of determining the market value of a share of any
class or series of capital stock for any period, (i) the "Market Value" of a
share of capital stock on any day prior to any "ex-dividend" date or any
similar date occurring during such period for any dividend or distribution
(other than any dividend or distribution contemplated by clause (ii)(B) of this
sentence) paid or to be paid with respect to such capital stock shall be
reduced by the Fair Value of the per share amount of such dividend or
distribution and (ii) the "Market Value" of any share of capital stock on any
day prior to (A) the effective date of any subdivision (by stock split or
otherwise) or combination (by reverse stock split or otherwise) of outstanding
shares of such class of capital stock occurring during such period or (B) any
"ex-dividend" date or any similar date occurring during such period for any
dividend or distribution with respect to such capital stock to be made in
shares of such class or series of capital stock or Convertible Securities that
are convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for such class or series of
capital stock shall be appropriately adjusted, as determined by the Board of
Directors, to reflect such subdivision, combination, dividend or distribution.
2.6.15 MARKET VALUE RATIO OF THE GO.COM STOCK TO THE DISNEY GROUP STOCK, as
of any date, shall mean the fraction, expressed as a decimal (rounded to the
nearest five decimal places), of a share of Disney Group Stock (or another
class or series of common stock of the Corporation, if so provided by
subsection 2.4.1 because Disney Group Stock is not then Publicly Traded) to be
issued in respect of a share of go.com Stock upon a conversion of go.com Stock
into Disney Group Stock (or another class or series of common stock of the
Corporation) in accordance with subsection 2.4.1, the numerator of which shall
be the average Market Value of one share of go.com Stock over the twenty
consecutive Trading Days ending on the tenth Trading Day prior to such date and
the denominator of which shall be the average Market Value of one share of
Disney Group Stock (or such other common stock) over the same twenty Trading
Days.
2.6.16 MARKET VALUE RATIO OF THE DISNEY GROUP STOCK TO THE GO.COM STOCK as
of any date shall mean the fraction, expressed as a decimal (rounded to the
nearest five decimal places), of a share of go.com Stock (or another class or
series of common stock of the Corporation, if so provided by subsection 2.4.2
because go.com Stock is not then Publicly Traded) to be issued in respect of a
share of Disney Group Stock upon a conversion of Disney Group Stock into go.com
Stock (or another class or series of common stock of the Corporation) in
accordance with subsection 2.4.2, the numerator of which shall be the average
Market Value of one share of Disney Group Stock over the twenty consecutive
Trading Days ending on the tenth Trading Day prior to such date and the
denominator of which shall be the average Market Value of one share of go.com
Stock (or such other common stock) over the twenty consecutive Trading Days
ending on the tenth Trading Day prior to such date.
2.6.17 NUMBER OF SHARES ISSUABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE RETAINED INTEREST shall
as of the Effective Date be :
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Number of shares of the ((Number of shares of Infoseek
common stock of Infoseek minus Common Stock outstanding at the
Corporation (the "Infoseek Effective Date--Number of
Common Stock") outstanding at shares of Infoseek Common Stock
the Effective Date X 1.15 owned by The Walt Disney
----------------------------- Company and Disney Enterprises,
Inc. at the Effective Date) X
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; provided, however, that such number shall from time to time thereafter be:
(A) adjusted, if before such adjustment greater than zero, as determined
by the Board of Directors to be appropriate to reflect equitably any
subdivision (by stock split or otherwise) or combination (by reverse stock
split or otherwise) of the go.com Stock or any dividend or other
distribution of shares of the go.com Stock to holders of shares of the
go.com Stock or any reclassification of the go.com Stock;
(B) decreased (but to not less than zero), if before such adjustment
greater than zero, by action of the Board of Directors by (1) the number of
shares of go.com Stock issued or sold by the Corporation that, immediately
prior to such issuance or sale, were included (as determined by the Board
of Directors pursuant to paragraph (C) of this subsection 2.6.17) in the
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest, (2) the
number of shares of go.com Stock issued upon conversion, exchange or
exercise of Convertible Securities that, immediately prior to the issuance
or sale of such Convertible Securities, were included in the Number of
Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest, (3) the number of
shares of go.com Stock issued by the Corporation as a dividend or other
distribution (including in connection with any reclassification or exchange
of shares) to holders of Disney Group Stock (or any other class of Common
Stock other than go.com Stock), (4) the number of shares of go.com Stock
issued upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of any Convertible
Securities issued by the Corporation as a dividend or other distribution
(including in connection with any reclassification or exchange of shares)
to holders of Disney Group Stock (or any other class of Common Stock other
than go.com Stock) and (5) the number (rounded, if necessary, to the
nearest whole number) equal to the quotient of (a) the aggregate Fair Value
as of the date of transfer of properties or assets (including cash)
transferred from go.com to the Disney Group in consideration for a
reduction in the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained
Interest divided by (b) the average Market Value of one share of go.com
Stock during the twenty consecutive Trading Days ending on the tenth
Trading Day prior to the date of such transfer;
(C) increased by (1) the number of outstanding shares of go.com Stock
repurchased by the Corporation for consideration that was theretofore
attributed as provided by subsection 2.6.3 to the Disney Group, (2) the
number (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest whole number) equal to the
quotient of (a) the Fair Value of properties or assets (including cash)
theretofore attributed as provided by subsection 2.6.3 to the Disney Group
that are contributed to go.com in consideration of an increase in the
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest, divided by
(b) the average Market Value of one share of go.com Stock during the twenty
consecutive Trading Days ending on the tenth Trading Day prior to the date
of such contribution, and (3) the number of shares of go.com Stock into or
for which Convertible Securities are deemed converted, exchanged or
exercised pursuant to the penultimate sentence of the definition of "Disney
Group" in subsection 2.6.3; and
(D) increased by up to (i) 6,026,000 shares of go.com Stock, in the
event that the Corporation, in its sole discretion, shall at any time and
from time to time from and after thirty (30) Trading Days following the
Effective Date attribute to go.com an amount of cash equal to the product
of (a) the number of such increased shares multiplied by (b) 120% of the
average of the closing sale prices for the go.com Stock on the New York
Stock Exchange (or any other stock exchange or national market on which the
go.com Stock is primarily traded) for the thirty (30) Trading Days
following the Effective Date and (ii) 12,052,000 shares of go.com Stock, in
the event that the Corporation, in its sole discretion, shall at any time
and from time to time from and after November 18, 2000 attribute to go.com
an amount of cash equal to the product of (a) the number of such increased
shares multiplied by (b) 120% of the average of the closing sale prices for
the go.com Stock on the New York Stock Exchange (or any other stock
exchange or national market on which the go.com Stock is primarily traded)
for the thirty (30) Trading Days prior to November 18, 2000; provided, that
in each such case the number of such increased shares and the amount of
cash to be attributed to go.com shall be subject to adjustment in a manner
consistent with the adjustments set forth in the Infoseek Common Stock
Warrant (the "Warrant"), dated November 18, 1998, issued to the Corporation
after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Reorganization
Agreement; and provided, further, that notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein or in the Warrant, in no event shall either of the prices
per share computed pursuant to the preceding clause exceed the quotient of
fifty dollars
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($50.00) divided by 1.15, as adjusted pursuant to the terms of this
subparagraph (D). Solely for purposes of providing for the adjustments
after the Effective Date contemplated by this subparagraph (D), the terms
of the Warrant, including the defined terms therein, shall be incorporated
herein by reference to appropriately take into account the transactions
contemplated by the Reorganization Agreement.
2.6.18 OUTSTANDING INTERNET FRACTION, as of any date, means a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the number of shares of go.com Stock outstanding on
such date and the denominator of which shall be the sum of the number of shares
of go.com Stock outstanding on such date and the Number of Shares Issuable with
Respect to the Retained Interest on such date. A statement setting forth the
Outstanding Internet Fraction as of the record date for the payment of any
dividend or distribution on any class of Common Stock and as of the end of each
fiscal quarter of the Corporation shall be filed by the Secretary of the
Corporation in the records of the actions of the Board of Directors not later
than ten days after such date, provided that the failure to so file such
statement shall not invalidate any action taken by the Corporation or the Board
of Directors in connection therewith.
2.6.19 PUBLICLY TRADED with respect to any security shall mean a security
(i) registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (or any successor provision of law) and (ii) listed for trading on the
New York Stock Exchange or any national securities exchange registered under
Section 7 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any successor
provision of law) that is the successor to such exchange or quoted in the
National Association of Securities Dealers Automation Quotation System (or any
successor system).
2.6.20 RELATED BUSINESS TRANSACTION means any Disposition of all or
substantially all the properties, assets, stocks and securities attributed to
go.com in a transaction or series of related transactions that result in the
Corporation receiving in consideration of such properties and assets primarily
equity securities (including, without limitation, capital stock, debt
securities convertible into or exchangeable for equity securities or interests
in a general or limited partnership or limited liability company, without
regard to the voting power or other management or governance rights associated
therewith) of any entity which (i) acquires such properties, assets, stock or
securities or succeeds (by merger, formation of a joint venture or otherwise)
to the business conducted with such properties or assets or controls such
acquiror or successor and (ii) is primarily engaged or proposes to engage
primarily in one or more businesses similar or complementary to the businesses
conducted by such Group prior to such Disposition, as determined by the Board
of Directors.
2.6.21 RETAINED INTEREST FRACTION as of any date shall mean a fraction the
numerator of which shall be the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the
Retained Interest on such date and the denominator of which shall be the sum of
(A) such Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest and
(B) the aggregate number of shares of go.com Stock outstanding on such date. A
statement setting forth the Retained Interest Fraction as of the record date
for any dividend or distribution on any class of Common Stock, as of the
effective date of any conversion, exchange or exercise of Convertible
Securities into or for shares of go.com Stock and as of the end of each fiscal
year of the Corporation shall be filed by the Secretary of the Corporation in
the records of the Board of Directors of the Corporation not later than ten
days after such date; provided that the failure to so file such statement shall
not invalidate any action taken by the Corporation or the Board of Directors in
connection therewith.
2.6.22 TRADING DAY shall mean each weekday other than any day on which the
relevant class of Common Stock of the Corporation is not traded on any national
securities exchange or quoted in the Nasdaq National Market or in the over-the-
counter market.
3. Preferred Stock.
Shares of the Preferred Stock of the Corporation may be issued from time to
time in one or more classes or series, each of which class or series shall have
such distinctive designation, number of shares, or title as shall be fixed by
the Board of Directors prior to the issuance of any shares thereof. Each such
class or series of
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Preferred Stock shall consist of such number of shares, and have such voting
powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such preferences and
relative, participating, optional or other special rights and such
qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated in such
resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such class or series of
Preferred Stock as may be adopted from time to time by the Board of Directors
prior to the issuance of any shares thereof pursuant to the authority hereby
expressly vested in it, all in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware.
Upon any issuance of any shares of Preferred Stock of any series after the
Effective Date, the Board of Directors shall attribute for purposes of this
Article IV the shares so issued entirely to the Disney Group or entirely to
go.com or partly to the Disney Group and partly to go.com in such proportion as
the Board of Directors shall determine and, further, in the case of the
issuance of shares of Preferred Stock that are convertible into or exchangeable
or exercisable for go.com Stock, if at the time such shares of Preferred Stock
are issued the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest
shall be greater than zero, then the Board of Directors shall also determine
what portion (which may be some, all or none) of such shares of Preferred Stock
shall reduce the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained
Interest, taking into consideration the use of the proceeds of such issuance of
shares of Preferred Stock in the business of the Disney Group or go.com and any
other relevant factors. Upon any redemption or repurchase of shares of
Preferred Stock, the Board of Directors shall determine the proper attribution
thereof in accordance with paragraph (D) of subsection 2.5.1. Notwithstanding
any such attribution of shares of Preferred Stock to the Disney Group or
go.com, any dividends or distributions or other payments which may be made by
the Corporation on such shares of Preferred Stock may be made, and as required
by the preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special
rights thereof shall be made, out of any of the properties or assets of the
Corporation, regardless of the Group to which such properties or assets are
attributed in accordance with subsections 2.6.10 or 2.6.17, except as otherwise
provided by the resolution of the Board of Directors fixing the preferences and
relative, participating, optional or other special rights of a series of
Preferred Stock.
ARTICLE V
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1. Number of Directors.
The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the
direction of a Board of Directors consisting of not less than nine directors or
more than twenty-one directors, the exact number of directors to be determined
from time to time solely by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.
2. Term of Office.
Until the annual meeting of stockholders in 2001, the directors shall be
divided into three classes, consisting initially of five, six and five
directors and designated Class I, Class II and Class III, respectively. Each
director elected at or prior to the 1998 annual meeting shall serve for the
full term for which he or she was elected, such that the term of each director
elected at the 1996 annual meeting (Class III) shall have ended at the annual
meeting in 1999, the term of each director elected at the 1997 annual meeting
(Class I) shall end at the annual meeting in 2000, and the term of each
director elected at the 1998 annual meeting (Class II) shall end at the annual
meeting in 2001. The term of each director elected after the 1998 annual
meeting, whether at an annual meeting or to fill a vacancy in the Board of
Directors arising for any reason, including an increase in the size of the
Board of Directors, shall end at the first annual meeting following his or her
election. Commencing with the annual meeting in 2001, the foregoing
classification of the Board of Directors shall cease, and all directors shall
be of one class and serve for a term ending at the annual meeting following the
annual meeting at which the director was elected. In no case shall a decrease
in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director. Each
director shall hold office after the annual meeting at which his or her term is
scheduled to end until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify,
subject, however, to prior death, resignation, disqualification or removal from
office.
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3. Vacancies.
Any newly created directorship resulting from an increase in the number of
directors may be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office,
provided that a quorum is present, and any other vacancy on the Board of
Directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, even if
less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.
4. Special Voting Rights of Preferred Stock Holders.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, whenever the holders of any one or
more classes or series of Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall have
the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect directors at an
annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office,
filling of vacancies and other features of such directorships shall be governed
by the terms of this Certificate of Incorporation or the resolution or
resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article IV applicable
thereto.
5. Selection by Written Ballot.
Elections of directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders shall
be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the Corporation shall otherwise
provide.
ARTICLE VI
SPECIAL MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or
purposes may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of
the Board of Directors or the President. Special meetings of the stockholders
of the Corporation may not be called by any other person or persons.
ARTICLE VII
CERTAIN BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
1. Vote Required for Certain Business Combinations.
Except as set forth in subsection 2 of this Article VII, the affirmative
vote of the holders of four-fifths ( 4/5) of the outstanding stock of the
Corporation entitled to vote shall be required for:
1.1 any merger or consolidation to which the Corporation, or any of its
subsidiaries, and an Interested Person (as hereinafter defined) are
parties;
1.2 any sale or other disposition by the Corporation, or any of its
subsidiaries, of all or substantially all of its assets to an Interested
Person;
1.3 any purchase or other acquisition by the Corporation, or any of its
subsidiaries, of all or substantially all of the assets or stock of an
Interested Person; and
1.4 any other transaction with an Interested Person which requires the
approval of the stockholders of the Corporation under the Delaware General
Corporation Law.
2. Exceptions.
The provisions of subsection 1 of this Article VII shall not be applicable
to any transaction described therein if (i) such transaction is approved by
resolution of the Corporation's Board of Directors, provided that a majority of
the members of the Board of Directors voting for the approval of such
transaction were duly elected and acting members of the Board of Directors
prior to the date that the person, firm or corporation, or any group thereof,
with whom such transaction is proposed, became an Interested Person, or (ii)
the provision of a vote in excess of that required by the Delaware General
Corporation Law for such transaction violates the express provisions of the
Delaware General Corporation Law.
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3. Definition of Interested Person.
As used in this Article VII, the term "Interested Person" shall mean any
person, firm or corporation, or any group thereof, acting or intending to act
in concert, including any person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such person, firm
or corporation or group, which owns of record or beneficially, directly or
indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of any class of voting securities of the
Corporation.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE VII
The affirmative vote of the owners of four-fifths ( 4/5) of the outstanding
Common Stock of the Corporation entitled to vote shall be required to amend,
alter or repeal Article VII.
ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION; LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS
1. Indemnification.
The Corporation shall indemnify to the full extent authorized or permitted
by law (as now or hereinafter in effect) any person made, or threatened to be
made, a defendant or witness to any action, suit or proceeding (whether civil
or criminal or otherwise) by reason of the fact that he, his testator or
intestate, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or by reason of
the fact that such director or officer, at the request of the Corporation, is
or was serving any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise, in any capacity. Nothing contained
herein shall affect any rights to indemnification to which employees other than
directors and officers may be entitled by law. No amendment or repeal of this
subsection 1 of this Article VIII shall apply to or have any effect on any
right to indemnification provided hereunder with respect to any acts or
omissions occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.
2. Limitation of Liability.
A director of this Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not
permitted under the DGCL. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing sentence
shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the
Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring
prior to such repeal or modification.
3. Insurance; Trust Funds.
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute:
3.1 the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation, or is serving at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any
liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or
arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would
have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions
of law; and
3.2 the Corporation may create a trust fund, grant a security interest
and/or use other means (including, without limitation, letters of credit,
surety bonds and/or other similar arrangements), as well as enter into
contracts providing indemnification to the full extent authorized or
permitted by law and including as part thereof provisions with respect to
any or all of the foregoing to ensure the payment of such amounts as may
become necessary to effect indemnification as provided therein, or
elsewhere.
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ARTICLE X
BYLAWS
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the
Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, repeal, alter, amend or
rescind the Bylaws of the Corporation. In addition, the Bylaws of the
Corporation may be adopted, repealed, altered, amended or rescinded by the
affirmative vote of sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the
outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon.
ARTICLE XI
AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
The Corporation reserves the right to repeal, alter, amend or rescind any
provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or
hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred on stockholders
herein are granted subject to this reservation.
Upon this Restated Certificate of Incorporation becoming effective
("Effective Time"), each share of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share,
of the Corporation that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, was
outstanding or held as treasury stock ("Old Common Stock") shall be
reclassified as and become one share of Disney Group Common Stock, par value of
$.01 per share ("New Common Stock"), and each certificate which immediately
prior to the Effective Time represented shares of Old Common Stock shall, from
and after the Effective Time, represent a like number of shares of New Common
Stock.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent has caused its corporate seal to be hereunto
affixed and this Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by David K.
Thompson, its Senior Vice President-Assistant General Counsel, this day of
, 1999.
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
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David K. Thompson
Senior Vice President--Assistant
General Counsel
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Annex D
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
COMMON STOCK POLICIES
The following policies pertaining to the Common Stock of The Walt Disney
Company (the "Corporation") may be modified, amended, suspended, added to or
rescinded from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the
"Board"), acting in its sole discretion, and exceptions thereto may be made
from time to time by the Board, acting in its sole discretion, with or without
the approval of the Corporation's stockholders, subject in each case to any
limitations set forth in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the
"Certificate of Incorporation") of the Corporation and to any limitations
imposed by the fiduciary duties of the Board or applicable law. All capitalized
terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto
in the Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding anything contained herein
to the contrary, the following policies shall not become effective until the
Effective Date.
1. Internet Group
The following interests shall be attributed to the Internet Group:
(i) all of the interests of the Corporation and its subsidiaries in each
of the following:
. Buena Vista Internet Group, a California corporation;
. Buena Vista Internet Group Commerce, a California corporation;
. Infoseek Corporation, a Delaware corporation;
. Infoseek Corporation, a California corporation;
. Starwave Corporation, a Washington corporation;
. DOL Online Investments, Inc., a California corporation;
. ABC News/Starwave Partners, d/b/a ABC News Internet Ventures, a New
York general partnership;
. ESPN Online Investments, Inc., a Delaware corporation;
. ESPN/Starwave Partners, d/b/a ESPN Internet Ventures, a New York
general partnership;
. ABC Multimedia Inc., a Delaware corporation;
. Subtle Differences Internet Service, a California corporation;
. Disney Direct Marketing Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation;
. The Walt Disney Catalog, Inc., a California corporation; and
. GO Online Inc., a California corporation.
(ii) all of the rights, title and interests attributed to the Internet
Group pursuant to the resolutions of the Board entitled "Internet Stock
Attributed Interests" approved concurrently with the Board's approval of
these Common Stock Policies, including, without limitation, the current
internet operations identified on Annex A hereto; and
(iii) any subsidiaries or equity investees of or successors to the
companies or interests identified in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii).
Such companies, investees and subsidiaries thereof or successors thereto are
referred to collectively as the "Internet Group Companies."
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It is the current intention of the Corporation to (i) attribute all of the
Corporation's present and future interests worldwide in its internet businesses
to the Internet Group and (ii) pursue a broadband internet distribution
business through the Internet Group. For the avoidance of doubt, content owned
by the Corporation and attributed to the Parent Group shall not be attributed
to the Internet Group. Such content may be made available to the Internet Group
on a non-exclusive basis on terms determined from time to time by or under the
supervision of the Board.
Any liabilities and expenses relating to Goto.com v. The Walt Disney
Company, Disney Enterprises, Inc., Infoseek Corporation and Montrose
Corporation, U.S.D.C. for the Central District of California (Case No. 99-01674
TJH) will be attributed to the Parent Group and shall not be attributed to the
Internet Group.
2. Dividend Policy
Pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, (i) dividends on Parent Stock
may be declared and paid only out of the lesser of the funds of the Corporation
legally available therefor and the Parent Group Available Dividend Amount and
(ii) dividends on Internet Stock may be declared and paid only out of the
lesser of the funds of the Corporation legally available therefor and the
Internet Group Available Dividend Amount.
Subject to the foregoing limitations and any preferential rights of any
series of preferred stock of the Corporation, holders of shares of Common Stock
of either class will be entitled to receive dividends on such stock when, as
and if authorized and declared by the Board. The payment of dividends on the
Common Stock will be a business decision to be made by the Board from time to
time based upon the results of operations, financial condition and capital
requirements of the Corporation and such other factors as the Board considers
relevant. Payment of dividends on the Common Stock may be restricted by loan
agreements, indentures and other transactions entered into by the Corporation
from time to time.
Pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board may at any time
declare and pay dividends exclusively on Parent Stock, exclusively on Internet
Stock or on both such classes in equal or unequal amounts, notwithstanding the
relative amounts of the Parent Group Available Dividend Amount and the Internet
Group Available Dividend Amount, the amount of dividends previously declared on
each class of Common Stock, the respective voting or liquidation rights of each
class of Common Stock or any other factor.
With respect to the Internet Stock, because the Internet Group is expected
to require significant capital commitments to finance its operations and fund
its future growth, the Corporation does not expect to pay any dividends on
shares of Internet Stock for the foreseeable future.
3. Treasury and Cash Management Policies
The Corporation will manage most treasury activities on a centralized,
consolidated basis. These activities will include the investment of surplus
cash, the issuance, repayment and repurchase of short-term and long-term debt
and the issuance and repurchase of Common Stock and preferred stock. Each Group
will remit its cash receipts (other than receipts of foreign operations or
subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) to the Corporation, and the Corporation
will generally fund each Group's cash disbursements (other than disbursements
of foreign operations or subsidiaries that are not wholly owned), on a daily
basis.
After the date on which Internet Stock is first issued, the following will
apply:
(i) The Corporation will attribute each future incurrence or issuance of
external debt or preferred stock (and the proceeds thereof) to the Parent
Group, except in cases where the Board determines otherwise. The Board may
determine from time to time to attribute an incurrence or issuance of debt
or preferred stock (and the proceeds thereof) to the Internet Group to the
extent that the Corporation incurs or issues the debt or preferred stock
for the benefit of the Internet Group, but the Board will not be required
to do so.
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(ii) The Corporation will attribute each future issuance of Parent Stock
(and the proceeds thereof) to the Parent Group. The Corporation may
attribute any future issuance of Internet Stock (and the proceeds thereof)
to the Parent Group in respect of the Number of Shares Issuable with
Respect to the Retained Interest or to the Internet Group.
(iii) Dividends on Parent Stock will be charged against the Parent
Group, and dividends on Internet Stock will be charged against the Internet
Group. At the time of any dividend on Internet Stock while the Number of
Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest is greater than zero,
the Corporation will attribute to the Parent Group in proportion to the
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest a
corresponding amount in respect of the Number of Shares Issuable with
Respect to the Retained Interest.
(iv) Repurchases of Parent Stock will be charged against the Parent
Group. Repurchases of Internet Stock may be charged either against the
Internet Group or the Parent Group as determined by the Board in its sole
discretion. If a repurchase of Internet Stock is charged against the Parent
Group, the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest
will be increased by the number of shares so repurchased.
(v) Whenever the Internet Group holds cash (other than cash of the
Internet Group's foreign operations or cash of the Internet Group's
subsidiaries that are not wholly owned), the Internet Group will normally
transfer that cash to the Corporation, which will attribute interest on
such cash, at the Corporation's short-term borrowing rate, to the Internet
Group. Conversely, whenever the Internet Group has a cash need (other than
cash needs of the Internet Group's foreign operations or cash needs of the
Internet Group's subsidiaries that are not wholly owned), the Corporation
will normally fund that cash need. However, the Board will retain ultimate
authority at all times to determine, in its sole discretion, whether to
provide any particular funds to either Group and will not be obligated to
do so. As of immediately prior to the first Issuance of Internet Stock,
cash and cash equivalents aggregating an amount equal to the amount of
working capital (i.e., current assets, including cash, minus current
liabilities) reflected on the balance sheet of Infoseek Corporation
("Infoseek") as of October 2, 1999, less (i) any amount paid by the
Corporation pursuant to the Maintenance Rights Letter Agreement, dated as
of July 10, 1999 by and between the Corporation and Infoseek and (ii) the
sum of the exercise price of each option exercised under Infoseek's
Employee Stock Purchase Plan on or after July 10, 1999 multiplied by the
respective number of shares of each such option, shall have been allocated
to the Internet Group.
(vi) The Corporation will account for all cash transfers from one Group
to or for the account of the other Group (other than transfers in return
for assets or services rendered or transfers in respect of the Number of
Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest that correspond to
dividends paid on Internet Stock) as inter-Group short-term loans unless
(i) the Board determines that a given transfer (or type of transfer) should
be accounted for as a long-term loan, (ii) the Board determines that a
given transfer (or type of transfer) should be accounted for as a capital
contribution increasing the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the
Retained Interest, or (iii) the Board determines that a given transfer (or
type of transfer) should be accounted for as a return of capital reducing
the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest. There
are no specific criteria to determine when the Corporation will account for
a cash transfer as a long-term loan, a capital contribution or a return of
capital rather than an inter-Group revolving credit advance; provided,
however, that cash advances from the Corporation or the Parent Group to the
Internet Group up to $250 million on a cumulative basis (except as
contemplated by Section 2.6.14(D) of the Certificate of Incorporation)
shall be accounted for as short-term or long-term loans at interest rates
at which the Corporation could borrow such funds and shall not be accounted
for as a capital contribution. The Board will make such a determination in
the exercise of its business judgment at the time of such transfer based
upon all relevant circumstances. Factors the Board may consider include,
without limitation, the current and projected capital structure of each
Group; the financing needs and objectives of the recipient Group; the
availability, cost and time associated with alternative financing sources;
and prevailing interest rates and general economic conditions.
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(vii) Cash transfers accounted for as inter-Group short-term loans will
bear interest at the rate at which the Corporation could borrow such funds.
In addition, any cash transfers accounted for as a long-term loan will have
interest rates, amortization, maturity, redemption and other terms that
reflect the then-prevailing terms on which the Corporation could borrow
such funds.
(viii) Any cash transfer from the Parent Group to the Internet Group (or
for its account) accounted for as a capital contribution will
correspondingly increase the Internet Group's equity account and the Number
of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest.
(ix) Any cash transfer from the Internet Group to the Parent Group (or
for its account) accounted for as a return of capital will correspondingly
reduce the Internet Group's equity account and the Number of Shares
Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest.
(x) In the event that the Corporation exercises any convertible
securities or similar rights to increase the Number of Shares Issuable with
Respect to the Retained Interest, the cash proceeds of such exercise shall
be allocated to the Internet Group.
4. Corporate General and Administrative Services and Facilities
The Corporation will allocate the cost of corporate general and
administrative services and facilities between the Groups generally based upon
utilization. Where determinations based on utilization alone are impracticable,
the Corporation will use other methods and criteria that management believes to
be equitable and to provide a reasonable estimate of the cost attributable to
each Group. Except as otherwise determined by management, the allocated costs
of providing such services and facilities will include, without limitation, the
following:
(i) all costs and expenses of personnel employed in connection with such
services and facilities, including, without limitation, all direct costs of
such personnel, such as payroll, payroll taxes and fringe benefit costs
(calculated at the appropriate annual composite rate therefor);
(ii) all overhead costs and expenses directly related to such personnel
and the services or facilities provided by them (including, without
limitation, departmental, divisional and administrative overhead and a
reasonable allocation of capital charges for assets used to provide such
services or facilities, including, without limitation, facilities,
equipment and training); and
(iii) all materials used in connection with such services or facilities,
billed at their net cost to the provider of the services or facilities plus
all overhead costs and expenses related to such materials (including,
without limitation, departmental, divisional and administrative overhead
and a reasonable allocation of capital charges for assets used to provide
such materials).
Except as may otherwise be specifically provided pursuant to the terms of
any agreements between the Groups or any resolutions of the Board, the
corporate general and administrative services and facilities to be allocated
between the Groups will include, without limitation, the following:
(a) legal services;
(b) accounting services (tax and financial);
(c) treasury services;
(d) tax planning services;
(e) strategic planning services;
(f) insurance and deductibles payable in connection therewith;
(g) employee benefit plans and administration thereof;
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(h) information and telecommunications systems;
(i) purchasing and material procurement;
(j) advertising, marketing and promotions;
(k) public relations and investor relations;
(l) shareholder services;
(m) corporate reporting;
(n) corporate travel;
(o) intranet support services (i.e., hosting, maintenance, operational and
other technical support for intranet computer systems);
(p) employee services (i.e., employees of either Group may from time to
time provide services to the other Group), including the services of
senior executives of the Corporation;
(q) services relating to the board of directors; and
(r) corporate offices, warehouses and other facilities.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Paragraph 7 to the contrary, the
costs associated with corporate general and administrative services and
facilities allocated to the Internet Group (less costs associated with direct
incentive compensation for employees of the Internet Group) for each of fiscal
year 1999, 2000 and 2001 will not exceed $7.5 million.
5. Taxes
The Board intends that financial statement income tax expense or benefit, as
the case may be, will be allocated to the Internet Group in an amount equal to
the difference between (x) the consolidated income tax expense or benefit of
the Corporation for financial statement purposes, and (y) the consolidated
income tax expense or benefit of the Corporation for financial statement
purposes computed without including the Internet Group financial statement pre-
tax income and any other relevant amounts properly allocable to the Internet
Group. If the above computation results in a positive amount, such amount will
be allocated to the Internet Group as a tax expense. If the above computation
results in a negative amount, such amount will be allocated to the Internet
Group as a tax benefit.
6. Corporate Opportunities
Taking into account the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1
hereof, the Board will allocate any business opportunities and operations, any
acquired assets and businesses and any assumed liabilities between the Parent
Group and the Internet Group, in whole or in part, as it considers to be in the
best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders as a whole and as
contemplated by the provisions of these Common Stock Policies. To the extent a
business opportunity or operation, an acquired asset or business, or an assumed
liability would be suitable to be undertaken by or allocated to either Group,
it will be allocated by the Board in its business judgment or in accordance
with procedures adopted by the Board from time to time to ensure that decisions
will be made in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders as a
whole. Any such allocation may involve the consideration of a number of factors
that the Board determines to be relevant, including, without limitation,
whether the business opportunity or operation, the acquired asset or business
or the assumed liability is principally within the existing scope of a Group's
business, whether it is principally within a geographic area served by a Group
and whether a Group is better positioned to undertake or have allocated to it
such business opportunity or operation, acquired asset or business or assumed
liability.
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7. Inter-Group Contracts and Agreements
(i) The terms of all current and future material transactions, relationships
and other matters between the Parent Group and the Internet Group, including
those as to which the Groups may have potentially divergent interests, will be
determined on a basis that the Board, or management following guidelines or
principles established by the Board, considers to be in the best interests of
the Corporation and its stockholders as a whole.
(ii) Certain business operations involving activities by both the Internet
Group and the Parent Group will be allocated as provided in this paragraph,
subject to the general authority of the Board to modify, amend, suspend, add to
or rescind such allocations as set forth herein:
(A) Use of Intellectual Property. The Parent Group will license to the
Internet Group the nonexclusive worldwide right to use and exploit all of
the Parent Group's Intellectual Property in the conduct of the Internet
Group's businesses. "Intellectual Property" shall include all fanciful,
cartoon, artistic, literary, historical, scientific, nature or fictional
characters (collectively, "Characters"); copyrights; all copyrightable
subject matter; trademarks; service marks; logos; trade names; trade dress
and other similar works; utility models; literary, musical (including
lyrics) and dramatic works; photographs; pictorial, graphic and sculptural
works; motion pictures and other audio-visual works; sound recordings;
works of art; patents and other patent rights; computer software,
including, without limitation, underlying code; know-how; designs,
including designs of Characters, in each case belonging to any member of
the Parent Group or the necessary rights to which belong to any member of
the Parent Group; provided, that nothing contained in this Paragraph shall
be construed as granting to the Internet Group a right to use content owned
by the Corporation that is attributed to the Parent Group. Intellectual
Property currently made available to the Internet Group will continue to be
made available to the Internet Group without any additional royalty, except
as provided in this Paragraph A. No royalty or other fee for the use or
exploitation of such Intellectual Property shall be charged to the Internet
Group, except for a royalty equal to 1.25% of all Internet Group revenue
(excluding revenue derived from the operation of Disney Store.com, but
including revenue derived from the sale of products offered by direct
mail), less the following deductions: (a) advertising commissions, (b)
credit card charges, (c) customs duties and taxes and taxes other than
taxes based upon the Internet Group's income (e.g., sales, excise,
withholding and value added taxes) and (d) discounts, rebates, returns or
credits, freight, insurance, packaging and other shipment expenses (the
"Deductions"). Furthermore, in the event that the Internet Group collects
revenue with respect to the sale, license or other distribution of Goods
(as defined in the License Agreement, dated as of June 18, 1998, between
Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Infoseek) effectively as an agent or
distributor for the vendor, including Parent Group or the Corporation, only
the distributor or agency fee or commission (and not the amount of the
revenues derived from such sale) will be included in the revenues upon
which such 1.25% royalty is based. However, in the event that any Goods are
purchased from third-party licensees of the Parent Group who are under an
obligation to pay royalties to Parent Group with respect to such Goods,
then no royalty will be charged to the Internet Group with respect to such
Goods.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the royalties described above will not be
deemed earned or accrued until the completion of the first full fiscal year
of the Internet Group in which there are positive earnings before interest,
taxes and amortization ("EBITA"), and such royalties in any fiscal year
will in the aggregate not exceed 25% of EBITA of the Internet Group in such
fiscal year. All use of Parent Group Intellectual Property will be in
conformity with Parent Group's standard licensing terms and conditions for
such Intellectual Property.
The royalty provisions of this Paragraph A and of Paragraph C below replace
and supersede any prior agreements for the payment of royalties by the
Internet Group Companies to the Parent Group.
(B) Online Travel Services. The Internet Group will operate one or more
travel and ticketing services, offering travel packages to Parent Group
attractions and resorts as well as family travel packages to other
destinations. The Internet Group will be the Parent Group's preferred
online seller of such packages. For its travel packages, the Internet Group
will be offered terms and credited with commissions
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at a rate consistent with market rates afforded by Parent to unaffiliated
third parties for comparable services (which rate has initially been
determined to be 10 percent of gross revenues), as determined from time to
time by or under the supervision of the Board.
(C) Disney Store.com. The Internet Group will operate Disney Store.com,
the Corporation's online seller of Disney-branded consumer merchandise. The
Parent Group will be allocated a royalty equal to 8% of (i) Disney
Store.com's actual costs for Disney-branded merchandise sourced from Parent
Group's suppliers or sourced directly by the Internet Group and (ii) Parent
Group's actual costs for Disney-branded consumer merchandise sourced from
Parent Group; provided, that the 8% royalty will not apply to the sale of
products offered by direct mail and not ordered over the internet. However,
in the event that any Disney-branded consumer merchandise is purchased from
third-party licensees of the Parent Group who are under an obligation to
pay royalties to the Parent Group with respect to such Disney-branded
consumer merchandise, then no royalty will be allocated to the Parent Group
with respect to such Goods.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the royalties described above will not be
deemed earned or accrued until the completion of the first full fiscal year
of the Internet Group in which there are positive EBITA, and such royalties
in any fiscal year will in the aggregate not exceed 30% of EBITA of Disney
Store.com in such fiscal year.
(D) Website Development. The Internet Group will develop (or manage the
development by third parties of) websites for all Parent Group businesses
wishing to develop such sites. For such services, the Internet Group will
be compensated on the basis of the Internet Group's actual costs including
an allocation of the cost of general and administrative services and
facilities generally based upon utilization, plus a margin consistent with
market rates for comparable services between unaffiliated third parties
(which margin has initially been determined to be 10 percent), as
determined from time to time by or under the supervision of the Board.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Parent Group business may choose to have
a third-party developer develop its site if more cost effective, provided,
that any such third-party developer shall comply with all policies,
procedures and technical specifications set by the Internet Group. In
addition, the Internet Group will sell and advertise for such website, with
the Internet Group and the applicable participating business unit of the
Parent Group splitting evenly all advertising revenues derived from any
such websites.
(E) Promotional Services. The Parent Group will provide promotional
services to the Internet Group in such forms and amounts as determined from
time to time by or under the supervision of the Board. Cost allocations, if
any, to the Internet Group with respect to such services will in all cases
be on terms and rates no less favorable to the Internet Group than those
that would apply to comparable services provided to unaffiliated third
parties and may be provided on substantially more favorable terms, in each
case as determined from time to time by or under the supervision of the
Board.
8. Capital Stock Committee
The Corporation's bylaws will provide for a standing committee of the Board
to be known as the Capital Stock Committee. The Capital Stock Committee will
have and exercise such powers, authority and responsibilities as the Board may
delegate to such Committee, which will initially include authority to (i)
interpret, make determinations under, and oversee the implementation of these
Common Stock Policies, other than as they relate to dividends, with respect to
which all determinations will be made solely by the Board, (ii) adopt
additional general policies governing the relationships between the two Groups,
and (iii) engage the services of accountants, investment bankers, appraisers,
attorneys and other service providers to assist in discharging its duties. In
making determinations in connection with the Common Stock Policies, the members
of the Board and the Capital Stock Committee will act in a fiduciary capacity
and pursuant to legal guidance concerning their respective obligations under
applicable law.
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9. Common Stock Ownership of Directors and Officers
The Board currently intends that its members and officers of the
Corporation, over time, hold shares of Parent Common Stock and Internet Group
Common Stock (or options or rights therefor).
Annex A
The following is a nonexclusive list of the internet operations of the
Corporation that are being allocated to the Internet Group:
(1) ABC.com and related ABC internet operations, including, without
limitation, ABCRadio.com, ABCNEWS.com and ABCSports.com
(2) Disney-branded internet operations, including, without limitation,
Disney.com, Disneyblast.com, Disneystore.com, Disneychannel.com,
Disneyland.com and WaltDisneyWorld.com
(3) Other internet operations based on Disney-owned content, including,
without limitation, Family.com and related family-oriented sites, such as
familytravel.com; and sites based on motion pictures and television
programming, such as touchstonepictures.com, abugslife.com and
onesaturdaymorning.com
(4) All ESPN-branded internet operations, including, without limitation,
ESPN.com
(5) GO.com and related GO internet operations (e.g., Goshop.com)
(6) Internet operations conducted under license from third parties,
including, without limitation, NBA.com, NFL.com and NASCAR.com
(7) International internet operations, including, without limitation,
DOLInternational ESPN International go.com.uk and disney.co.uk
(8) Miscellaneous operations, including, without limitation, movies.com,
Tvplex.com, kid.com, video.com and foods.com.
In addition, it is currently contemplated that internet operations under
development will be allocated to the Internet Group, including online auction
operations, narrowband and broadband private label access operations and
broadband portal development.
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Annex E
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
AMENDED AND RESTATED
1995 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
1. Purposes
The purposes of the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan (the
"Plan") are to provide long-term incentives and rewards to employees of The
Walt Disney Company ("Disney") and its Affiliates (as defined below), to assist
Disney in attracting and retaining employees with experience and/or ability on
a basis competitive with industry practices and to associate the interests of
such employees with those of Disney's stockholders. The Plan permits Disney to
make awards in shares of The Walt Disney Company Common Stock (the "Disney
Common Stock") and the Disney Internet Group Common Stock (the "go.com Common
Stock") (together, the "Common Stock").
2. Effective Date
The Plan, as amended and restated as provided herein, is effective as of
July 9, 1999, subject to the approval of the Plan by the holders of at least a
majority of the outstanding shares of Disney Common Stock present, or
represented, and entitled to vote at the 1999 Special Meeting of Stockholders.
In the event such approval of the stockholders is not obtained, no awards with
respect to the go.com Common Stock will be granted or become effective, but
awards with respect to Disney Common Stock will continue to be made subject to
the terms of the Plan prior to its amendment and restatement.
3. Administration of the Plan
The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors of Disney (the "Board") with respect to all matters affecting
eligible individuals who are not 162(m) Executives (as defined below) and by
the Executive Performance Subcommittee of the Compensation Committee with
respect to all matters affecting eligible individuals who are subject to, or in
the opinion of the Executive Performance Subcommittee, are likely to become
subject to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code") (the "162(m) Executives"), or in either such case by such other
committee or committees of the Board as may be designated by the Board (the
Compensation Committee, the Executive Performance Subcommittee or any other
such committee, when acting pursuant to authority delegated to it in respect of
the Plan by the Board, being hereinafter referred to, collectively, as the
"Committee"). The Executive Performance Subcommittee and the Compensation
Committee shall be so constituted and empowered as to permit awards granted
under the Plan to comply with the "non-employee director" requirements under
Rule 16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), and with respect to the Executive Performance Subcommittee, so as to
comply with the "outside director" requirement of Section 162(m) of the Code.
Members of any committee acting as the Committee hereunder shall serve at the
pleasure of the Board.
The Committee shall have all the powers vested in it by the terms of the
Plan, such powers to include exclusive authority (within the limitations
described herein) to select the employees to be granted awards under the Plan,
to determine the series and/or class of stock in respect of which any awards
will be granted, to determine the type, size and terms of awards to be made to
each employee selected, to determine the time when awards will be granted, when
they will vest, when they may be exercised and when they will be paid, to amend
awards previously granted and to establish objectives and conditions, if any,
for earning awards and whether awards will be paid after the end of the award
period. The Committee shall have full power and authority to administer and
interpret the Plan and to adopt such rules, regulations, agreements, guidelines
and instruments for the administration of the Plan and for the conduct of its
business as the Committee deems necessary or advisable and to interpret same.
The Committee's interpretation of the Plan, and all actions taken and
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determinations made by the Committee pursuant to the powers vested in it
hereunder, shall be conclusive and binding on all parties concerned, including
Disney, its Affiliates, stockholders, any participants in the Plan and any
other employee of Disney or any of its Affiliates.
All employees of Disney and all employees of Disney's Affiliates shall be
eligible to participate in the Plan. The Committee, in its sole discretion,
shall from time to time designate from among those eligible to participate
those employees who are to receive awards under and thereby become participants
in the Plan. For purposes of the Plan, "Affiliate" shall mean any entity, as
may from time to time be designated by the Committee, that is a subsidiary
corporation of Disney (within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code), and each
other entity directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
common control with Disney. For purposes of this definition, "control" means
the power to direct the management and policies of such entity, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
"controlling" and "controlled" have meaning correlative to the foregoing.
4. Awards
(a) Types. Awards under the Plan shall be made with reference to shares of
Disney Common Stock and/or go.com Common Stock and may include, but need not be
limited to, stock options (including nonqualified stock options and incentive
stock options qualifying under Section 422 of the Code), stock appreciation
rights (including free-standing, tandem and limited stock appreciation rights),
warrants, dividend equivalents, stock awards, restricted stock, phantom stock,
performance shares or other securities or rights that the Committee determines
to be consistent with the objectives and limitations of the Plan. The Committee
may provide for the issuance of shares of Common Stock as a stock award for no
consideration other than services rendered or, to the extent permitted by
applicable state law, to be rendered. In the event of an award under which
shares of Common Stock are or may in the future be issued for any other type of
consideration, the amount of such consideration shall be equal or greater than
the amount (such as the par value of such shares) required to be received by
Disney in order to assure compliance with applicable state law. The Committee
may make any other type of award which it shall determine is consistent with
the objectives and limitations of the Plan.
(b) Performance Goals. The Committee may, but need not, establish
performance goals to be achieved within such performance periods as may be
selected by it in its sole discretion, using such measures of the performance
of Disney and/or any one or more of its Affiliates as it may select, for
purposes of the granting, vesting, payment or other entitlement to awards under
the Plan.
(c) Rules and Policies. The Committee may adopt from time to time written
rules and policies implementing the Plan. Such rules and policies may include,
but need not be limited to, the type, size and term of awards to be made to
participants and the conditions for the exercise or payment of such awards.
Rules relating to stock options and free-standing and tandem stock appreciation
rights (as distinguished from all other awards, including, without limitation,
warrants), attached hereto as Exhibits A and B, have been approved by the
Committee. The rules set forth in Exhibits A and B may be amended by the
Committee in accordance with the provisions and subject to the limitations set
forth in Section 10 of the Plan. The Committee shall determine, in its sole
discretion, the extent to which rules and policies that it may adopt in the
future shall be subject to the approval of the Disney stockholders and/or
limitations on the Committee's authority to amend such rules or policies.
(d) Maximum Awards. A participant may be granted multiple awards under the
Plan. The maximum numbers of shares subject to awards of stock options,
warrants and stock appreciation rights under the Plan that may be granted
during any period of five consecutive calendar years to any one individual
shall be limited to 30,000,000 with respect to awards of Disney Common Stock
and 5,000,000 with respect to awards of go.com Common Stock, in the case of
each such limit determined both individually with respect to each such type of
award and in the aggregate with respect to all such types of awards. To the
extent required by Section 162(m) of the Code, awards subject to the foregoing
limit that are cancelled or repriced shall not again be available for
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award under this limit. With respect to awards of stock, restricted stock,
phantom stock, performance shares or other forms of award conveying a similar
economic benefit (but excluding stock options, warrants and stock appreciation
rights): (i) the maximum numbers of shares that may be awarded during any
period of five consecutive calendar years to any one individual shall be
6,000,000 with respect to awards of Disney Common Stock and 2,000,000 with
respect to awards of go.com Common Stock, and (ii) the maximum numbers of
shares that may be granted under such awards to all participants under the Plan
shall be 30,000,000 with respect to awards of Disney Common Stock and 5,000,000
with respect to awards of go.com Common Stock; in the case of each such limit
determined both individually with respect to each of such type of award and in
the aggregate with respect to all such types of awards.
5. Shares of Stock Subject to the Plan
The shares that may be delivered or purchased or used for reference purposes
under the Plan shall not exceed an aggregate of 195,000,000 shares of Disney
Common Stock and 27,300,000 shares of go.com Common Stock. Shares of Common
Stock issued under the Plan may be either authorized but unissued shares or
shares held in the Disney's treasury. Any shares subject to an award which for
any reason expires or is terminated unexercised or unpaid as to such shares
shall again be available for issuance under the Plan.
6. Payment of Awards
The Committee shall determine the extent to which awards shall be payable in
cash, shares of Disney Common Stock, shares of go.com Common Stock or any
combination thereof or in any other form. The Committee may determine that all
or a portion of a payment to a participant under the Plan, whether it is to be
made in cash, shares of Disney Common Stock or go.com Common Stock or a
combination thereof or any other form, shall be deferred. Deferrals shall be
for such periods and upon such terms, conditions and/or limitations as the
Committee may determine in its sole discretion.
7. Vesting
The Committee may determine that all or a portion of a payment to a
participant under the Plan, whether it is to be made in cash, shares of Disney
Common Stock or go.com Common Stock or a combination thereof or any other form,
or the right of a participant to exercise an award under the Plan, shall be
vested at such times and upon such terms as may be selected by it in its sole
discretion.
8. Dilution and Other Adjustment
In the event of any change in the outstanding shares of Disney Common Stock
or go.com Common Stock by reason of any split, stock dividend,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, reorganization, combination
or exchange of shares or other similar corporate change or any other change
affecting the Disney Common Stock or the go.com Common Stock, such equitable
adjustments, if any, may be made in the Plan and the awards thereunder as the
Committee, in its sole discretion determines are necessary or appropriate,
including, if necessary, any adjustments in the number, kind or character of
shares that may be subject to existing or future awards under the Plan
(including by substitution of shares of another corporation including, without
limitation, any successor of Disney), adjustments in the exercise, purchase or
base price of an outstanding award and any adjustments in the maximum numbers
of shares referred to in Section 4 or Section 5 of the Plan. All such
adjustments shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of the Plan.
9. Miscellaneous Provisions
(a) Rights as Stockholder. A participant under the Plan shall have no rights
as a holder of Common Stock with respect to awards hereunder, unless and until
certificates for shares of such stock are issued to the participant.
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(b) Assignment or Transfer. No award under this Plan shall be transferable
by the participant or shall be subject in any manner to alienation, sale,
transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge (other than by or to
Disney), except (i) by will or the laws of descent and distribution (with all
references herein to the rights or duties of holders or participants to be
deemed to include the beneficiaries or legal representatives of the holder or
participant unless the context otherwise expressly requires); or (ii) subject
to the prior approval of the Committee, for transfers to "family members" (as
defined below), charitable institutions or such other persons or entities
approved by the Committee (subject to such limitations as the Committee in its
discretion may impose, if necessary, to comply with applicable securities
laws), in each case subject to the condition that the Committee be satisfied
that such transfer is being made by the participant for estate planning, tax
planning or donative purposes and no consideration (other than nominal
consideration or interests in a family partnership, family corporation or other
family-related entity) is received by the participant therefor. Except as
provided above, during the lifetime of a participant, awards hereunder are
exercisable only by, and payable only to, the participant.
For purposes hereof, a "family member" shall mean any child, stepchild,
grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling,
niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person
sharing the participant's household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust
in which these persons have more than fifty percent of the beneficial interest,
a foundation in which these persons (or the participant) control the management
of assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the participant) own
more than fifty percent of the voting interests.
(c) Agreements. All awards granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by
agreements in such form and containing such terms and conditions (not
inconsistent with the Plan) as the Committee shall adopt.
(d) Compliance with Legal Regulations. During the term of the Plan and the
term of any awards granted under the Plan, Disney will at all times reserve and
keep available such number of shares as may be issuable under the Plan, and
will seek to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, any requisite
authority required in the opinion of counsel for Disney in order to grant
shares of Common Stock, or options to purchase such stock or other awards
hereunder, and transfer, issue or sell such number of shares of Common Stock as
shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of any options or other awards.
If in the opinion of counsel for Disney the transfer, issue or sale of any
shares of its stock under the Plan shall not be lawful for any reason,
including the inability of Disney to obtain from any regulatory body having
jurisdiction authority deemed by such counsel to be necessary to such transfer,
issuance or sale, Disney shall not be obligated to transfer, issue or sell any
such shares. In any event, Disney shall not be obligated to transfer, issue or
sell any shares to any participant unless a registration statement which
complies with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), is in effect at the time with respect to such shares or
other appropriate action has been taken under and pursuant to the terms and
provisions of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws, or
Disney receives evidence satisfactory to the Committee that the transfer,
issuance or sale of such shares, in the absence of an effective registration
statement or other appropriate action, would not constitute a violation of the
terms and provisions of the Securities Act. Disney's obligation to issue shares
upon the exercise of any award granted under the Plan shall in any case be
subject to Disney being satisfied that the shares purchased are being purchased
for investment and not with a view to the distribution thereof, if at the time
of such exercise a resale of such shares would otherwise violate the Securities
Act in the absence of an effective registration statement relating to such
shares.
(e) Withholding Taxes. Disney shall have the right to deduct from all awards
hereunder paid in cash any federal, state, local or foreign taxes required by
law to be withheld with respect to such awards and, with respect to awards paid
in Common Stock, to require the payment (through withholding from the
participant's salary or otherwise) of any such taxes. The obligation of Disney
to make delivery of awards in cash or Common Stock shall be subject to currency
or other restrictions imposed by any government.
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(f) No Rights to Award. No employee or other person shall have any right to
be granted an award under the Plan. Neither the Plan nor any action taken
hereunder shall be construed as giving any participant any right to be retained
in the employ of Disney or any of its Affiliates, or shall interfere with or
restrict in any way the rights of Disney or any of its Affiliates, which are
hereby reserved, to discharge the employee at any time for any reason
whatsoever, with or without good cause.
(g) Costs and Expenses. The costs and expenses of administering the Plan
shall be borne by Disney and not charged to any award or to any participant
receiving an award.
(h) Funding of Plan. The Plan shall be unfunded. Disney shall not be
required to establish any special or separate fund or to make any other
segregation of assets to assure the payment of any award under the Plan.
10. Amendments and Termination
(a) Amendments. The Committee may at any time terminate or from time to time
amend the Plan in whole or in part, but no such action shall adversely affect
any rights or obligations with respect to any awards theretofore made under the
Plan.
Unless the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock present, or represented, and entitled to
vote at a meeting of stockholders shall have first approved thereof, no
amendment of the Plan shall be effective which would (i) increase the maximum
numbers of shares referred to in Section 5 of the Plan or the maximum awards
that may be granted pursuant to Section 4(d) of the Plan to any one individual
or (ii) extend the maximum period during which awards may be granted under the
Plan. For purposes of this Section 10(a), any (A) cancellation and reissuance
or (B) repricing of any awards made under the Plan at a new option price as
provided in Exhibits A and B hereto shall not constitute an amendment of this
Plan.
With the consent of the participant, if adversely affected, the Committee
may amend outstanding agreements evidencing awards under the Plan in a manner
not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan.
(b) Termination. Unless the Plan shall theretofore have been terminated as
above provided, the Plan (but not the awards theretofore granted under the
Plan) shall terminate on and no awards shall be granted after November 1, 2005.
11. Governing Law
The validity and construction of the Plan and any agreements entered into
thereunder shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware.
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EXHIBIT A
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
AMENDED AND RESTATED
1995 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
RULES RELATING TO STOCK OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
FOR
DISNEY COMMON STOCK
Pursuant to Section 4 (c) of the Plan, the Committee herein sets forth rules
under which stock options and stock appreciation rights with respect to Disney
Common Stock may be granted to eligible participants of Disney or its
Affiliates under the Plan. All such grants are subject to the terms and
provisions of the Plan. Defined terms used herein and not otherwise defined
shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
1. Award of Options
Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee may from time to time,
in its sole discretion, award to participants in the Plan stock options to
purchase shares of Disney Common Stock. In connection therewith, the Committee
shall have full and final authority, inter alia, in its discretion, subject to
the provisions of the Plan, (a) to determine the participants to whom options
are to be awarded, (b) in the case of each option awarded, to determine whether
the same shall be an incentive stock option pursuant to Section 422 of the Code
(an "incentive stock option"), or an option which does not qualify under such
Section 422 (a "non-qualified option"), (c) to determine the number of shares
subject to each option, (d) to determine the time or times at which options
will be awarded and will expire, (e) to determine the option price of the
shares subject to each option, which price shall not be less than the minimum
specified in Section 2 hereof, (f) to determine the time or times when each
option vests and when it becomes exercisable and to determine the duration of
the exercise period and limits on exercise and vesting, (g) to prescribe the
form or forms of the instruments evidencing any options awarded under the Plan
(the "Stock Option Agreement"), (h) to prescribe the manner in which, and the
form of consideration for which, the option price should be paid and (i) to
make any and all adjustments and/or conversions contemplated by the Plan.
2. Option Price
The option price shall be determined by the Committee at the time any option
is awarded and shall not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the
Disney Common Stock on the date on which the option is granted or the Stock
Option Agreement (as described in Section 9 hereof) is amended pursuant to
Section 10 hereof. Subject to any limitations that may be imposed by the
Committee to comply with any applicable rule, regulation or guideline or to
accomplish any other objective, the option price shall be paid in cash (whether
or not such cash is loaned by Disney to the participant for such purpose) or by
the surrender, at the fair market value on the date on which the option is
exercised, of shares of Disney Common Stock or go.com Common Stock, or by any
combination of cash and such shares.
The purchase price for shares being purchased upon exercise of non-qualified
options may also be paid in any other manner approved by the Committee,
including, without limitation, by delivery to Disney of (a) a cash amount which
shall not be less than the par value of the Disney Common Stock multiplied by
the number of shares being purchased and (b) a binding, joint and several
obligation of the participant and a financial institution or broker approved by
the Committee, to pay the balance of the purchase price upon such terms and
conditions as may be specified from time to time by the Committee. For purposes
of this Exhibit A, the "fair market value" of a share of Disney Common Stock or
go.com Common Stock shall be the average of the highest and lowest of the New
York Stock Exchange composite tape market prices at which the shares of Disney
Common Stock or go.com Common Stock, as the case may be, shall have been sold
regular way on the date as of which fair market value is to be determined or,
if there shall be no such sale on such date, the next preceding day on which
such a sale shall have occurred.
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3. Duration and Period for Exercise of Options
Subject to earlier termination as provided in Section 4 hereof, an option
granted under the Plan shall expire ten years after the date the option is
granted, unless otherwise provided by the Committee. The Committee shall
specify at the time each option is granted, and shall state in the Stock Option
Agreement, the time or times at which, and in what proportions, that option
becomes vested and may be exercised prior to its expiration or earlier
termination, provided that, except as provided in Section 4 hereof, the
participant is employed by Disney or an Affiliate on each such vesting date or
on a date no more than three months prior to such vesting date. The Committee
shall also determine at the time each option is granted, and shall state in the
Stock Option Agreement, whether that option is to be treated as an incentive
stock option.
4. Conditions to Exercise Options
Except as provided in Section 3 and this Section 4 or as otherwise may be
provided by the Committee, no option may be exercised at any time unless the
participant is then employed by Disney or one of its Affiliates.
The option of any participant whose employment with Disney or one of its
Affiliates is terminated for any reason shall terminate on the earlier of (a)
the date that the option expires in accordance with its terms (including any
terms required under Section 422 of the Code if the option is an incentive
stock option) or (b) termination of employment or the expiration of such period
after termination of employment as the Committee shall specify in the Stock
Option Agreement, provided that such period shall not be less than: (i) twelve
months if employment ceased due to permanent and total disability, (ii)
eighteen months if employment ceased at a time when the optionee is eligible to
elect immediate commencement of retirement benefits under a pension plan to
which Disney or any of its Affiliates had made contributions, (iii) eighteen
months if the participant died while employed by Disney or any of its
Affiliates, or (iv) three months if employment ceased for any other reason,
except termination for cause (as described below). During such period as
described above, except as otherwise specified in the Stock Option Agreement or
in the event employment was terminated by the death of the participant, the
option may be exercised by such participant in respect of the same number of
shares, in the same manner, and to the same extent as if he had continued as an
employee during the first three months of such period; but no additional rights
shall vest after such three months. The Committee shall have authority to
determine in each case whether an authorized leave of absence shall be deemed a
termination of employment for purposes hereof, as well as the effect of a leave
of absence on the vesting and exercisability of an option.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision herein to the contrary,
in the event of termination of employment or discharge of a participant "for
cause", as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion (the basis for
which may, but need not be, specified in the Stock Option Agreement), then,
subject to the terms of the Stock Option Agreement, any option or options held
by such participant under the Plan, not theretofore exercised, shall terminate
immediately upon such termination or discharge and may not be exercised
thereafter. The Committee may authorize any officer or officers of Disney or
its Affiliates to have standing authority to suspend the exercise of options by
any participant with respect to whom grounds for a "for cause" termination may
exist, as determined in the sole discretion of such officer or officers. Any
such duly authorized officer may suspend the ability of any such participant to
exercise an option pending the final determination of the Committee at its next
regularly scheduled meeting.
Except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the Stock Option Agreement,
all stock options of any participant who dies while employed by Disney or any
of its Affiliates may be exercised by the participant's beneficiary as
designated by the participant on such forms and in accordance with such
procedures as are required or authorized by the Committee (a "Designated
Beneficiary") or, in the absence of an authorized designation, a legatee or
legatees of such options under the participant's last will, or by such
participant's executors, personal representatives or distributees, in respect
of all or any part of the total number of shares subject to such options at the
time of such participant's death (whether or not, at the time of death, the
deceased participant would have been entitled to exercise such options to the
extent of all or any of the shares
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covered thereby). However, except as otherwise provided by the Committee, in
the event of the death of the participant after the date of termination of
employment with Disney or any of its Affiliates and while any options remain
outstanding, then such deceased participant's options shall expire in
accordance with their terms, at the same time they would have expired if such
participant had not died. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the
Stock Option Agreement, the stock options of a participant who dies after he
severed employment with Disney or any of its Affiliates may be exercised prior
to their expiration by a Designated Beneficiary, a legatee or legatees of the
options under the participant's last will, or by such participant's executors,
personal representatives or distributees, in respect to the same number of
shares, in the same manner and to the same extent as if such participant were
then living.
The Committee may accelerate vesting and exercisability or waive
exercisability or vesting conditions of an option, and may extend the period of
exercise of an option following termination of employment (subject to its
maximum term), in any circumstances as it deems appropriate.
For purposes hereof, the Committee shall have the sole power to make all
determinations regarding the termination of any participant's employment,
including, but not limited to, the effective time thereof for the purposes of
this Plan, the cause(s) therefor and the consequences thereof. Unless otherwise
provided by the Committee, if an entity ceases to be an Affiliate of Disney or
otherwise ceases to be qualified under the Plan or if all or substantially all
of the assets of an Affiliate of Disney are conveyed (other than by
encumbrance), such cessation or action, as the case may be, shall be deemed for
purposes hereof to be a termination of the employment of each employee of that
entity.
5. Method of Exercising Options
Any option granted under the Plan may be exercised by the participant, by
the participant's Designated Beneficiary as designated in accordance with
Section 4 hereof, by a legatee or legatees of such option under such
participant's last will, or by such participant's executors, personal
representatives or distributees or such other persons as may be approved by the
Committee by delivering to Disney at its main office (attention of its
Secretary or such other individual or department as may be provided by Disney
from time to time) written notice of the number of shares with respect to which
the option is being exercised accompanied by full payment to Disney of the
purchase price of the shares being purchased (in accordance with Section 2
hereof) and satisfaction of all applicable tax withholdings (in accordance with
Section 9(e) of the Plan).
6. Incentive Stock Options
(a) Award of ISOs. Incentive stock options may be granted only to those
persons who are employees of Disney or any subsidiary corporation or parent
corporation of Disney, within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an incentive stock option shall not be granted
to any such person if immediately after such grant he is the owner or would be
deemed in accordance with Section 424 of the Code to be the owner of more than
10% of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of
Disney or any of its subsidiary or parent corporations.
(b) Annual Limits. No incentive stock option shall be granted to a
participant if as a result of which the aggregate fair market value (determined
as of the date of grant) of the stock with respect to which incentive stock
options are exercisable for the first time in any calendar year under the Plan,
and any other stock option plans of Disney or any subsidiary or any parent
corporation, would exceed $100,000, determined in accordance with Section 422
of the Code. This limitation shall be applied by taking options into account in
the order in which granted.
(c) Terms and Conditions; Nontransferability. Any incentive stock option
granted under the Plan shall contain such terms and conditions, not
inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as are deemed necessary or desirable
by the Committee. Such terms, together with the terms of this Plan, shall be
intended and interpreted to cause such incentive stock option to qualify as an
"incentive stock option" under Section 422 of the Code.
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Such terms shall include a term of exercise of the option which is not greater
than ten years from the date of grant, and additional limitations on the period
of exercise of the option following termination of employment. An incentive
stock option shall by its terms be nontransferable otherwise than by will or by
the laws of descent and distribution, and shall be exercisable, during the
lifetime of a participant, only by such participant.
(d) Disqualifying Dispositions. If shares of Disney Common Stock acquired by
exercise of an incentive stock option are disposed of within two years
following the date of grant or one year following the transfer of such shares
to the participant upon exercise, the participant shall be required, within 30
days after such disposition, to notify Disney in writing of the date and terms
of such disposition and provide such other information regarding the
disposition as the Committee may reasonably require.
7. Grant and Exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights ("SARs")
(a) Award of SARs. The Committee may grant SARs to such optionees as the
Committee may select from time to time, either on a free-standing basis
(without regard to the grant of a stock option) or on a tandem basis (related
to the grant of an underlying stock option). SARs granted on a free-standing
basis may be awarded by the Committee for a number of shares, at a base price,
upon terms for vesting and exercise and upon such other terms and conditions as
are consistent with such comparable terms applicable to the grant of stock
options under the Plan (including this Exhibit A), except to the extent
specifically provided herein with respect to SARs. SARs granted on a tandem
basis in connection with any stock option granted under the Plan (either at the
time such option is granted or thereafter at any time prior to the exercise,
termination or expiration of such option) shall be subject to the same terms
and conditions as the related stock option and shall be exercisable only to the
extent such option is exercisable. Upon exercise of a tandem SAR and surrender
of a related stock option, the number of shares to be charged against the
number of shares referred to in Section 5 of the Plan shall be the number of
shares subject to the surrendered stock options, and the number of shares shall
be reduced accordingly. Upon exercise of a freestanding SAR, the number of
shares to be charged against the number of shares referred to in Section 5 of
the Plan shall be the number of shares subject to the freestanding SARs so
exercised, and the number of shares shall be reduced accordingly.
(b) Amount of Payment Upon Exercise of SARs. An SAR shall entitle the
recipient thereof to receive, subject to the provisions of the Plan and such
rules and regulations as may be established by the Committee, a payment having
an aggregate value equal to the product of (i) the excess of (A) the fair
market value on the exercise date of one share over (B) the base price per
share, times (ii) the number of shares called for by the SAR, or portion
thereof, which is exercised. In the case of exercise of a tandem SAR, such
payment shall be made in exchange for the surrender of the unexercised related
stock option (or any portion or portions thereof which the recipient from time
to time determines to surrender for this purpose).
(c) Form of Payment Upon Exercise of SARs. The Committee shall, in its sole
discretion, determine whether the payment upon exercise of an SAR shall be made
in the form of all cash, all shares, or any combination thereof. The Committee
may impose such restrictions upon the forms of payment upon exercise of an SAR
as it may deem necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements for
exemption under Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act. If upon settlement of the
exercise of an SAR a participant is to receive a portion of such payment in
shares of Disney Common Stock, the number of shares shall be determined by
dividing such portion by the fair market value of a share of Disney Common
Stock on the exercise date. No fractional shares will be issued and the
Committee shall determine whether cash shall be given in lieu of such
fractional shares or whether such fractional shares shall be eliminated.
8. Transferability of Options and SARs
The Committee may provide, in the Stock Option or SAR Agreement, or any
amendment thereto, evidencing the award, the extent to which a stock option or
SAR granted under the Plan shall be transferable by the participant during his
lifetime or upon his death. The terms and conditions of any such
transferability shall be established by the Committee in accordance with the
requirements of Section 9(b) of the Plan.
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Incentive stock options shall not be transferable except as provided in Section
6 hereof. A beneficiary designation authorized pursuant to any other provision
hereof shall not be deemed to be an assignment, transfer or encumbrance for
purposes hereof.
9. Stock Option and SAR Agreements
Each option or SAR awarded under the Plan shall be evidenced by a Stock
Option Agreement or SAR Agreement (which need not be identical to other Stock
Option or SAR Agreements) executed on behalf of Disney by a member of the
Committee or by an officer designated by the Committee and by the participant
which shall set forth the terms and conditions of the option and SAR, if any
(including, in the case of incentive stock options, such terms as shall be
requisite in the judgment of the Committee pursuant to Section 422 of the
Code), either expressly or by reference to the Plan and which may contain other
provisions provided they are neither inconsistent with nor prohibited by the
Plan. The Committee may make modifications to a Stock Option or SAR Agreement
as are not inconsistent with or prohibited by the Plan. However, no
modification of any Stock Option or SAR Agreement shall be effective unless
explicitly set forth in a written instrument executed on behalf of Disney by a
member of the Committee or by an officer designated by the Committee and, if
adverse to the optionee, by the optionee. Except as provided in the immediately
preceding sentence, no statement, undertaking or representation purporting to
confer or affect any rights under the Plan, whether oral or written, made by
any director, officer or employee of Disney or any Affiliate shall modify the
terms of any Stock Option or SAR Agreement or constitute a grant of additional
options or rights under the Plan.
10. Grant of Options in Substitution for Previously Granted Options; Repricing
of Previously Granted Options.
(a) Substitution of Options. Options may be granted in the discretion of the
Committee in substitution for options previously granted pursuant to the Plan
or any other stock option, stock incentive or incentive compensation plan of
Disney, provided that any option so granted shall be exercisable at a new price
which is not less than 100% of the fair market value of the Disney Common Stock
on the date on which the replacement options are granted. The Stock Option
Agreement evidencing the replacement options may, in the discretion of the
Committee, contain the same terms and conditions, including, without
limitation, the same vesting schedule as the agreement evidencing the original
award.
(b) Repricing of Options. The Committee may, in its discretion, amend the
terms of any Stock Option Agreement, with the consent of the affected
participant, to provide that the option price of the shares remaining subject
to the original award shall be reestablished at a price not less than 100% of
the fair market value of the Disney Common Stock on the effective date of the
amendment. No modification of any other term or provision of any Stock Option
Agreement which is amended in accordance with the foregoing shall be required,
although the Committee may, in its discretion, make such further modifications
of any such Stock Option Agreement as are not inconsistent with or prohibited
by the Plan.
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EXHIBIT B
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
AMENDED AND RESTATED
1995 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
RULES RELATING TO STOCK OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS FOR
go.com COMMON STOCK
Pursuant to Section 4 (c) of the Plan, the Committee herein sets forth rules
under which stock options and stock appreciation rights with respect to go.com
Common Stock may be granted to eligible participants of Disney or its
Affiliates under the Plan. All such grants are subject to the terms and
provisions of the Plan. Defined terms used herein and not otherwise defined
shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
1. Award of Options
Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee may from time to time,
in its sole discretion, award to participants in the Plan stock options to
purchase shares of go.com Common Stock. In connection therewith, the Committee
shall have full and final authority, inter alia, in its discretion, subject to
the provisions of the Plan, (a) to determine the participants to whom options
are to be awarded, (b) in the case of each option awarded, to determine whether
the same shall be an incentive stock option pursuant to Section 422 of the Code
(an "incentive stock option"), or an option which does not qualify under such
Section 422 (a "non-qualified option"), (c) to determine the number of shares
subject to each option, (d) to determine the time or times at which options
will be awarded and will expire, (e) to determine the option price of the
shares subject to each option, which price shall not be less than the minimum
specified in Section 2 hereof, (f) to determine the time or times when each
option vests and when it becomes exercisable and to determine the duration of
the exercise period and limits on exercise and vesting, (g) to prescribe the
form or forms of the instruments evidencing any options awarded under the Plan
(the "Stock Option Agreement"), (h) to prescribe the manner in which, and the
form of consideration for which, the option price should be paid and (i) to
make any and all adjustments and/or conversions contemplated by the Plan.
2. Option Price
The option price shall be determined by the Committee at the time any option
is awarded and shall not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the
go.com Common Stock on the date on which the option is granted or the Stock
Option Agreement (as described in Section 9 hereof) is amended pursuant to
Section 10 hereof. Subject to any limitations that may be imposed by the
Committee to comply with any applicable rule, regulation or guideline or to
accomplish any other objective, the option price shall be paid in cash (whether
or not such cash is loaned by Disney to the participant for such purpose) or by
the surrender, at the fair market value on the date on which the option is
exercised, of shares of go.com Common Stock or Disney Common Stock, or by any
combination of cash and such shares.
The purchase price for shares being purchased upon exercise of non-qualified
options may also be paid in any other manner approved by the Committee,
including, without limitation, by delivery to Disney of (a) a cash amount which
shall not be less than the par value of the go.com Common Stock multiplied by
the number of shares being purchased and (b) a binding, joint and several
obligation of the participant and a financial institution or broker approved by
the Committee, to pay the balance of the purchase price upon such terms and
conditions as may be specified from time to time by the Committee. For purposes
of this Exhibit B, the "fair market value" of a share of go.com Common Stock or
Disney Common Stock shall be the average of the highest and lowest of the New
York Stock Exchange composite tape market prices at which the shares of go.com
Common Stock or Disney Common Stock, as the case may be, shall have been sold
regular way on the date as of which fair market value is to be determined or,
if there shall be no such sale on such date, the next preceding day on which
such a sale shall have occurred.
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3. Duration and Period for Exercise of Options
Subject to earlier termination as provided in Section 4 hereof, an option
granted under the Plan shall expire ten years after the date the option is
granted, unless otherwise provided by the Committee. The Committee shall
specify at the time each option is granted, and shall state in the Stock Option
Agreement, the time or times at which, and in what proportions, that option
becomes vested and may be exercised prior to its expiration or earlier
termination, provided that, except as provided in Section 4 hereof, the
participant is employed by Disney or an Affiliate on each such vesting date or
on a date no more than three months prior to such vesting date. The Committee
shall also determine at the time each option is granted, and shall state in the
Stock Option Agreement, whether that option is to be treated as an incentive
stock option.
4. Conditions to Exercise of Options
Except as provided below, no option may be exercised at any time unless the
participant is then employed by Disney or one of its Affiliates.
Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the Stock Option Agreement,
the option of any participant whose employment with Disney or one of its
Affiliates is terminated for any reason shall terminate on the date which is 60
days following the participant's termination of employment, other than in cases
of termination on account of death or permanent and total disability (as
provided below), and shall remain exercisable following such termination of
employment only as to those shares that were exercisable on the date of
participant's termination of employment. The Committee shall have authority in
its discretion to determine in each case whether an authorized leave of absence
shall be deemed a termination of employment for purposes hereof, as well as the
effect of a leave of absence on the vesting and exercisability of an option.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision herein to the contrary,
in the event of termination of employment or discharge of a participant "for
cause", as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion (the basis for
which may, but need not be, specified in the Stock Option Agreement), then,
subject to the terms of the Stock Option Agreement, any option or options held
by such participant under the Plan, not theretofore exercised, shall terminate
immediately upon such termination or discharge and may not be exercised
thereafter. The Committee may authorize any officer or officers of Disney or
its Affiliates to have standing authority to suspend the exercise of options by
any participant with respect to whom grounds for a "for cause" termination may
exist, as determined in the sole discretion of such officer or officers. Any
such duly authorized officer may suspend the ability of any such participant to
exercise an option pending the final determination of the Committee at its next
regularly scheduled meeting.
Except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the Stock Option Agreement,
in the event employment is terminated by the participant's death, any shares
subject to an option that would otherwise have become exercisable within the
twelve-month period following the date of death shall immediately vest and
become fully exercisable upon the date of death (and no additional shares shall
vest), and all such shares and all previously vested but unexercised shares
shall be exercisable until the expiration of such twelve-month period. However,
except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the Stock Option Agreement, in
the event of the death of the participant after the date of termination of
employment with Disney or any of its Affiliates and while any options remain
outstanding, no further vesting shall occur and such deceased participant's
vested options shall expire on the date that is 60 days following the
participant's death. All vested stock options of any participant who dies prior
to the expiration of the option may be exercised by the participant's
beneficiary as designated by the participant on such forms and in accordance
with such procedures as are required or authorized by the Committee (a
"Designated Beneficiary") or, in the absence of an authorized designation, a
legatee or legatees of the options under the participant's last will, or by
such participant's executors, personal representatives or distributees.
Except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the Stock Option Agreement,
in the event employment is terminated by the participant's permanent and total
disability, any shares subject to an option that would otherwise have become
exercisable within the first three months following the date of permanent and
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disability shall continue to vest in accordance with their terms (and no
additional shares shall vest), and all such shares and previously vested shares
shall be exercisable until the date that is twelve months following the date of
permanent and total disability. The Committee shall have the authority, in its
discretion, to determine whether a participant's employment has been terminated
on account of permanent and total disability.
The Committee may accelerate vesting and exercisability or waive
exercisability or vesting conditions of an option, and may extend the period of
exercise of an option following termination of employment (subject to its
maximum term), in any circumstances as it deems appropriate.
For purposes hereof, the Committee shall have the sole power to make all
determinations regarding the termination of any participant's employment,
including, but not limited to, the effective time thereof for the purposes of
this Plan, the cause(s) therefor and the consequences thereof. Unless otherwise
provided by the Committee, if an entity ceases to be an Affiliate of Disney or
otherwise ceases to be qualified under the Plan or if all or substantially all
of the assets of an Affiliate of Disney are conveyed (other than by
encumbrance), such cessation or action, as the case may be, shall be deemed for
purposes hereof to be a termination of the employment of each employee of that
entity.
5. Method of Exercising Options
Any option granted under the Plan may be exercised by the participant, by
the participant's Designated Beneficiary as designated in accordance with
Section 4 hereof, by a legatee or legatees of such option under such
participant's last will, or by such participant's executors, personal
representatives or distributees or such other persons as may be approved by the
Committee by delivering to Disney at its main office (attention of its
Secretary or such other individual or department as may be provided by Disney
from time to time) written notice of the number of shares with respect to which
the option is being exercised accompanied by full payment to Disney of the
purchase price of the shares being purchased (in accordance with Section 2
hereof) and satisfaction of all applicable tax withholdings (in accordance with
Section 9(e) of the Plan).
6. Incentive Stock Options
(a) Award of ISOs. Incentive stock options may be granted only to those
persons who are employees of Disney or any subsidiary corporation or parent
corporation of Disney, within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an incentive stock option shall not be granted
to any such person if immediately after such grant he is the owner or would be
deemed in accordance with Section 424 of the Code to be the owner of more than
10% of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of
Disney or any of its subsidiary or parent corporations.
(b) Annual Limits. No incentive stock option shall be granted to a
participant if as a result of which the aggregate fair market value (determined
as of the date of grant) of the stock with respect to which incentive stock
options are exercisable for the first time in any calendar year under the Plan,
and any other stock option plans of Disney or any subsidiary or any parent
corporation, would exceed $100,000, determined in accordance with Section 422
of the Code. This limitation shall be applied by taking options into account in
the order in which granted.
(c) Terms and Conditions; Nontransferability. Any incentive stock option
granted under the Plan shall contain such terms and conditions, not
inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as are deemed necessary or desirable
by the Committee. Such terms, together with the terms of this Plan, shall be
intended and interpreted to cause such incentive stock option to qualify as an
"incentive stock option" under Section 422 of the Code. Such terms shall
include a term of exercise of the option which is not greater than ten years
from the date of grant, and additional limitations on the period of exercise of
the option following termination of employment. An incentive stock option shall
by its terms be nontransferable otherwise than by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution, and shall be exercisable, during the lifetime of a
participant, only by such participant.
(c) Disqualifying Dispositions. If shares of go.com Common Stock acquired by
exercise of an incentive stock option are disposed of within two years
following the date of grant or one year following the transfer of
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such shares to the participant upon exercise, the participant shall be
required, within 30 days after such disposition, to notify Disney in writing of
the date and terms of such disposition and provide such other information
regarding the disposition as the Committee may reasonably require.
7. Grant and Exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights ("SARs")
(a) Award of SARs. The Committee may grant SARs to such optionees as the
Committee may select from time to time, either on a free-standing basis
(without regard to the grant of a stock option) or on a tandem basis (related
to the grant of an underlying stock option). SARs granted on a free-standing
basis may be awarded by the Committee for a number of shares, at a base price,
upon terms for vesting and exercise and upon such other terms and conditions as
are consistent with such comparable terms applicable to the grant of stock
options under the Plan (including this Exhibit B), except to the extent
specifically provided herein with respect to SARs. SARs granted on a tandem
basis in connection with any stock option granted under the Plan (either at the
time such option is granted or thereafter at any time prior to the exercise,
termination or expiration of such option) shall be subject to the same terms
and conditions as the related stock option and shall be exercisable only to the
extent such option is exercisable. Upon exercise of a tandem SAR and surrender
of a related stock option, the number of shares to be charged against the
number of shares referred to in Section 5 of the Plan shall be the number of
shares subject to the surrendered stock options, and the number of shares shall
be reduced accordingly. Upon exercise of a freestanding SAR, the number of
shares to be charged against the number of shares referred to in Section 5 of
the Plan shall be the number of shares subject to the freestanding SARs so
exercised, and the number of shares shall be reduced accordingly.
(b) Amount of Payment Upon Exercise of SARs. An SAR shall entitle the
recipient thereof to receive, subject to the provisions of the Plan and such
rules and regulations as may be established by the Committee, a payment having
an aggregate value equal to the product of (i) the excess of (A) the fair
market value on the exercise date of one share over (B) the base price per
share, times (ii) the number of shares called for by the SAR, or portion
thereof, which is exercised. In the case of exercise of a tandem SAR, such
payment shall be made in exchange for the surrender of the unexercised related
stock option (or any portion or portions thereof which the recipient from time
to time determines to surrender for this purpose).
(c) Form of Payment Upon Exercise of SARs. The Committee shall, in its sole
discretion, determine whether the payment upon exercise of an SAR shall be made
in the form of all cash, all shares, or any combination thereof. The Committee
may impose such restrictions upon the forms of payment upon exercise of an SAR
as it may deem necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements for
exemption under Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act. If upon settlement of the
exercise of an SAR a participant is to receive a portion of such payment in
shares of go.com Common Stock, the number of shares shall be determined by
dividing such portion by the fair market value of a share of go.com Common
Stock on the exercise date. No fractional shares will be issued and the
Committee shall determine whether cash shall be given in lieu of such
fractional shares or whether such fractional shares shall be eliminated.
8. Transferability of Options and SARs
The Committee may provide, in the Stock Option or SAR Agreement, or any
amendment thereto, evidencing the award, the extent to which a stock option or
SAR granted under the Plan shall be transferable by the participant during his
lifetime or upon his death. The terms and conditions of any such
transferability shall be established by the Committee in accordance with the
requirements of Section 9(b) of the Plan. Incentive stock options shall not be
transferable except as provided in Section 6 hereof. A beneficiary designation
authorized pursuant to any other provision hereof shall not be deemed to be an
assignment, transfer or encumbrance for purposes hereof.
9. Stock Option and SAR Agreements
Each option or SAR awarded under the Plan shall be evidenced by a Stock
Option Agreement or SAR Agreement (which need not be identical to other Stock
Option or SAR Agreements) executed on behalf of
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Disney by a member of the Committee or by an officer designated by the
Committee and by the participant which shall set forth the terms and conditions
of the option and SAR, if any (including, in the case of incentive stock
options, such terms as shall be requisite in the judgment of the Committee
pursuant to Section 422 of the Code), either expressly or by reference to the
Plan and which may contain other provisions provided they are neither
inconsistent with nor prohibited by the Plan. The Committee may make
modifications to a Stock Option or SAR Agreement as are not inconsistent with
or prohibited by the Plan. However, no modification of any Stock Option or SAR
Agreement shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in a written
instrument executed on behalf of Disney by a member of the Committee or by an
officer designated by the Committee and, if adverse to the optionee, by the
optionee. Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, no
statement, undertaking or representation purporting to confer or affect any
rights under the Plan, whether oral or written, made by any director, officer
or employee of Disney or any Affiliate shall modify the terms of any Stock
Option or SAR Agreement or constitute a grant of additional options or rights
under the Plan.
10. Grant of Options in Substitution for Previously Granted Options; Repricing
of Previously Granted Options.
(a) Substitution of Options. Options may be granted in the discretion of the
Committee in substitution for options previously granted pursuant to the Plan
or any other stock option, stock incentive or incentive compensation plan of
Disney, provided that any option so granted shall be exercisable at a new price
which is not less than 100% of the fair market value of the go.com Common Stock
on the date on which the replacement options are granted. The Stock Option
Agreement evidencing the replacement options may, in the discretion of the
Committee, contain the same terms and conditions, including, without
limitation, the same vesting schedule as the agreement evidencing the original
award.
(b) Repricing of Options. The Committee may, in its discretion, amend the
terms of any Stock Option Agreement, with the consent of the affected
participant, to provide that the option price of the shares remaining subject
to the original award shall be reestablished at a price not less than 100% of
the fair market value of the go.com Common Stock on the effective date of the
amendment. No modification of any other term or provision of any Stock Option
Agreement which is amended in accordance with the foregoing shall be required,
although the Committee may, in its discretion, make such further modifications
of any such Stock Option Agreement as are not inconsistent with or prohibited
by the Plan.
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Annex F
[LETTERHEAD OF GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.]
PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
July 10, 1999
Board of Directors
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521
Ladies and Gentlemen:
You have requested our opinion as to the fairness from a financial point of
view to The Walt Disney Company ("Parent") of the consideration to be paid by
Parent pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the "Agreement"),
dated as of July 10, 1999, by and among Parent, Bingo Acquisition Corp., a
wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("Acquisition Company"), and Infoseek
Corporation ("Infoseek"). The Agreement provides for, among other things, the
merger (the "Merger") of Acquisition Company with and into Infoseek, pursuant
to which each issued and outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per
share, (the "Infoseek Common Stock"), of Infoseek (other than shares of
Infoseek Common Stock owned by Parent and Disney Enterprises, Inc., a wholly
owned subsidiary of Parent) will be converted into 1.15 shares of a new class
of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Internet Group Common Stock"), of
Parent that will have the terms and features set forth in the Parent Charter
Amendment (as defined in the Agreement) and is intended to reflect the assets
and businesses of Infoseek and certain of the internet assets and businesses of
Parent. Parent will have a retained interest in the foregoing assets and
businesses as determined pursuant to the Parent Charter Amendment and the
Parent Common Stock Policies (as defined in the Agreement). The Merger and the
other transactions contemplated by the Agreement are collectively referred to
herein as the "Transactions."
Goldman, Sachs & Co., as part of its investment banking business, is
continually engaged in the valuation of businesses and their securities in
connection with mergers and acquisitions, negotiated underwritings, competitive
biddings, secondary distributions of listed and unlisted securities, private
placements and valuations for estate, corporate and other purposes. We are
familiar with Parent, having provided certain investment banking services to
Parent from time to time, including having acted as agent on the Parent's
Medium Term Note program and having acted as its financial advisor in
connection with, and having participated in certain of the negotiations leading
to, the Agreement. Goldman, Sachs & Co. provides a full range of financial
advisory and securities services and, in the course of its normal trading
activities, may from time to time effect transactions and hold securities,
including derivative securities, of Parent or Infoseek for its own account and
for the accounts of customers. As of the date hereof, Goldman Sachs accumulated
a net long position of 282,167 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per
share, of Parent (the "Parent Common Stock"), a net short of 212,400 shares of
Parent Common Stock through various option contracts, and a net short position
of 156,600 shares of Infoseek Common Stock.
In connection with this opinion, we have reviewed, among other things, the
Agreement, the Parent Charter Amendment and the Parent Common Stock Policies;
Annual Reports to Stockholders and Annual Reports on Form 10-K of Parent for
the five fiscal years ended September 30, 1998; Annual Reports to Stockholders
and Annual Reports on Form 10-K of Infoseek and its predecessor for the two
years ended December 31, 1997 and the period from January 1 to October 3, 1998;
certain interim reports to stockholders and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q of
Parent and Infoseek; certain other communications from Parent and Infoseek to
their respective stockholders; certain information furnished by Parent relating
to Parent's internet assets and businesses; certain internal financial analyses
and forecasts for Parent's internet assets and businesses and Infoseek prepared
by the
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management of Parent; and certain internal financial analyses and forecasts for
Infoseek prepared by the management of Infoseek. We have also held discussions
with members of the senior management of Parent and Infoseek regarding the
strategic, financial and operating rationale for, and expected benefits of, the
Transactions and the past and current business operations, financial condition
and future prospects of Parent's internet assets and businesses and Infoseek.
In addition, we have reviewed the reported price and trading activity for the
Infoseek Common Stock, compared certain financial information for Parent's
internet assets and businesses and certain financial and stock market
information for Infoseek with similar information for certain other companies
the securities of which are publicly traded, reviewed the financial terms of
certain recent businesses combinations in the internet industry specifically
and in other industries generally and performed such other studies and analyses
as we considered appropriate.
We have relied upon the accuracy and completeness of all of the financial
and other information reviewed by us and have assumed such accuracy and
completeness for purposes of rendering this opinion. In addition, we have not
made an independent evaluation or appraisal of the assets and liabilities of
Parent or Infoseek or any of their subsidiaries and we have not been furnished
with any such evaluation or appraisal. Our advisory services and the opinion
expressed herein are provided for the information and assistance of the Board
of Directors of Parent in connection with its consideration of the Transactions
and such opinion does not constitute a recommendation as to how any stockholder
should vote on any matter relating to the Transactions.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing and based upon such other matters as
we consider relevant, it is our opinion that as of the date hereof the
consideration to be paid by Parent pursuant to the Agreement is fair to Parent
from a financial point of view.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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Annex G
Corporate and
Institutional
Client Group
101 California Street,
Suite 1200
San Francisco,
California 94111
415 676 3200
FAX 415 676 3299
[LOGO--MERRILL LYNCH]
July 9, 1999
Board of Directors
Infoseek Corporation
1399 Moffett Park Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1134
Members of the Board of Directors:
Infoseek Corporation (the "Company"), The Walt Disney Company (the
"Parent") and Bingo Acquisition Corp., a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary
of the Parent (the "Acquisition Company"), propose to enter into the Agreement
and Plan of Reorganization dated as of July 9, 1999 (the "Agreement") pursuant
to which the Acquisition Company will be merged with and into the Company in a
transaction (the "Merger") in which each outstanding share of the Company's
common stock, par value $.001 per share (the "Company Shares"), other than the
shares owned by the Parent and Disney Enterprises, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Parent, will be converted into the right to receive 1.15
shares of Internet Group Common Stock of the Parent, par value $.01 per share
(the "Internet Shares").
You have asked us whether, in our opinion, the consideration to be received
by the holders of the Company Shares, other than the Parent and its
affiliates, in the Merger is fair to such holders from a financial point of
view.
In arriving at the opinion set forth below, we have, among other things:
(1) Reviewed certain publicly available business and financial
information relating to the Company and the Parent's assets and businesses
to be attributed to the Internet Group (as defined in the Articles and
Policies) (the "Parent Internet Group") that we deemed to be relevant;
(2) Reviewed certain information, including financial forecasts,
relating to the business, earnings, cash flow, assets, liabilities and
prospects of the Company and the Parent Internet Group, individually and on
a combined basis, furnished to us by the Company and the Parent,
respectively;
(3) Conducted discussions with members of senior management and
representatives of the Company and the Parent Internet Group concerning the
matters described in clauses 1 and 2 above, as well as their respective
businesses and prospects before and after giving effect to the Merger;
(4) Reviewed the market prices and valuation multiples for the Company
Shares and compared them with those of certain publicly traded companies
that we deemed to be relevant;
(5) Reviewed the results of operations of the Company and the Parent
Internet Group and compared them with those of certain publicly traded
companies that we deemed to be relevant;
(6) Compared the proposed financial terms of the Merger with the
financial terms of certain other transactions that we deemed to be
relevant;
(7) Participated in certain discussions and negotiations among
representatives of the Company and the Parent and their financial and legal
advisors;
(8) Reviewed the potential pro forma impact of the Merger;
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(9) Reviewed drafts of the Agreement, the Parent's Restated Certificate
of Incorporation (the "Articles") and the Parent's Common Stock Policies
(the "Policies"); and
(10) Reviewed such other financial studies and analyses and took into
account such other matters as we deemed necessary, including our assessment
of general economic, market and monetary conditions.
In preparing our opinion, we have assumed and relied on the accuracy and
completeness of all information supplied or otherwise made available to us,
discussed with or reviewed by or for us, or publicly available, and we have not
assumed any responsibility for independently verifying such information or
undertaken an independent evaluation or appraisal of any of the assets or
liabilities of the Company or the Parent Internet Group or been furnished with
any such evaluation or appraisal. In addition, we have not assumed any
obligation to conduct any physical inspection of the properties or facilities
of the Company or the Parent Internet Group. With respect to the financial
forecast information furnished to or discussed with us by the Company or the
Parent, we have assumed that they have been reasonably prepared and reflect the
best currently available estimates and judgment of the Company's, the Parent's
or the Parent Internet Group's management as to the expected future financial
performance of the Company or the Parent Internet Group, as the case may be,
individually and on a combined basis. We have further assumed that the Merger
will qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes
and that no Change of Law (as defined in the Agreement) which could have an
adverse tax consequence on the transaction has or will occur. We have also
assumed that the final form of the Agreement, the Articles and the Policies
will be substantially similar to the last draft reviewed by us.
Our opinion is necessarily based upon market, economic and other conditions
as they exist and can be evaluated on, and on the information made available to
us as of, the date hereof. We have assumed that in the course of obtaining the
necessary regulatory or other consents or approvals (contractual or otherwise)
for the Merger, no restrictions, including any divestiture requirements or
amendments or modifications, will be imposed that will have a material adverse
effect on the contemplated benefits of the Merger.
In connection with the preparation of this opinion, we have not been
authorized by the Company, or the Board of Directors of the Company to solicit,
nor have we solicited, third-party indications of interest for the acquisition
of all or any part of the Company.
We are acting as financial advisor to the Company in connection with the
Merger and will receive a fee from the Company for our services, a significant
portion of which is contingent upon the consummation of the Merger. In
addition, the Company has agreed to indemnify us for certain liabilities
arising out of our engagement. We have, in the past, provided financial
advisory and financing services to the Company and the Parent and/or its
affiliates and may continue to do so and have received, and may receive, fees
for the rendering of such services. In addition, in the ordinary course of our
business, we may actively trade the Company Shares, as well as securities of
the Parent, for our own account and for the accounts of customers and,
accordingly, may at any time hold a long or short position in such securities.
This opinion is for the use and benefit of the Board of Directors of the
Company. Our opinion does not address the merits of the underlying decision by
the Company to engage in the Merger and does not constitute a recommendation to
any shareholder as to how such shareholder should vote on the proposed Merger
or any matter related thereto.
We are not expressing any opinion herein as to the prices at which the
Company Shares or the Internet Shares will trade following the announcement or
consummation of the Merger.
On the basis of and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that, as
of the date hereof, the consideration to be received by the holders of the
Company Shares, other than the Parent and its affiliates, in the Merger is fair
to such holders from a financial point of view.
Very truly yours,
[SIGNATURE OF MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH]
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ANNEX H
ILLUSTRATION OF TERMS OF GO.COM COMMON STOCK
The following illustrations show how to calculate the:
. Retained Interest Fraction;
. Outstanding Internet Fraction;
. Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com; and
. Total Number of Notional Shares of go.com Common Stock Deemed
Outstanding
after giving effect to certain hypothetical dividends, issuances, repurchases
and transfers, in each case based on the assumptions set forth herein.
In these illustrations, the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the
Retained Interest in go.com is initially assumed to be 100. Unless otherwise
specified, each illustration should be read independently as if none of the
other transactions referred to below had occurred. Actual calculations may be
slightly different due to rounding. The illustrations are not intended to be
complete and are qualified in their entirety by the more detailed information
contained in this document and the annexes to this document. The following
illustrations are purely hypothetical and the numbers used herein, including
assumptions of market values, were chosen to simplify the calculations and are
not intended to represent estimates of actual numbers or values. Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined in this illustration of terms have the
respective meanings ascribed to them in this document.
"Total Number of Notional Shares of go.com Common Stock Deemed Outstanding"
means the number of shares of go.com Common Stock outstanding plus the Number
of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in go.com.
At any given time, the percentage interest in go.com intended to be
represented by the outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock, i.e., the
Outstanding Internet Fraction, is equal to:
Outstanding Shares of go.com Common Stock
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Total Number of Notional Shares of go.com Common Stock Deemed Outstanding
and the remaining interest in go.com intended to be represented by Disney
Group's retained interest in go.com, i.e., the Retained Interest Fraction, is
equal to:
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest
in go.com
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Total Number of Notional Shares of go.com Common Stock Deemed Outstanding
The sum of the Outstanding Internet Fraction and the Retained Interest
Fraction will always equal to 1, or 100%. In our example, before the first
issuance, the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest
in go.com and the Total Number of Notional Shares of go.com Common Stock Deemed
Outstanding are each equal to 100, the Retained Interest Fraction is 100% and
the Outstanding Internet Fraction is 0.
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Issuance in the Merger of go.com Common Stock for the Account of the Disney
Group
The following illustration reflects an assumed issuance by Disney of 28
shares of go.com Common Stock in the merger. In the merger, the issuance of
go.com Common Stock is attributed to the Disney Group with respect to its
retained interest.
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
.Shares of go.com Common Stock previously issued and outstanding........ 0
Newly issued shares of go.com Common Stock for the account of the
Disney Group, in connection with the merger.......................... 28
---
Total issued and outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock following
the merger......................................................... 28
===
</TABLE>
As a result of this additional offering of go.com Common Stock:
. The Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com would decrease by the number of shares of go.com Common Stock
issued in the merger, or sold at a later date for the account of the
Disney Group.
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com prior to the merger......................................... 100
Shares of go.com Common Stock issued in the merger, described
above.............................................................. 28
---
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com after the merger............................................ 72
===
</TABLE>
. The number of issued and outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock, 28,
would represent an Outstanding Internet Fraction of 28%, calculated as
follows:
28
-----
28 + 72
The Retained Interest Fraction would accordingly be 72%.
. In this case, in the event of any dividend or other distribution paid on
the outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock, other than a dividend or
other distribution payable in shares of go.com Common Stock, the Disney
Group would be credited, and go.com would be charged, with an amount
equal to 257% of the aggregate amount of any dividend or distribution.
This percentage represents the ratio of the Number of Shares Issuable
with Respect to the Retained Interest in go.com, 72, to the total number
of shares of go.com Common Stock issued and outstanding following the
merger, 28.
If, for example, Disney declared and paid a dividend of $1.00 per share
on the 28 shares of go.com Common Stock outstanding, an aggregate of
$28, the Disney Group would be credited with $72 and go.com would be
charged with that amount in addition to the $28 dividend paid to the
holders of go.com Common Stock, a total of $100.
Offerings of go.com Common Stock
The following illustrations reflect, following the initial issuance of 28
shares of go.com Common Stock in the merger, an assumed issuance of an
additional 10 shares of go.com Common Stock.
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Offerings for the Account of go.com
Assume the additional offering of go.com Common Stock is attributed to
go.com as an increase in its equity, with the net proceeds credited solely to
go.com:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Shares of go.com Common Stock previously issued and outstanding....... 28
Newly issued shares of go.com Common Stock for the account of go.com.. 10
---
Total number of issued and outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock
after the new offering............................................. 38
===
</TABLE>
As a result of this additional offering of go.com Common Stock:
. The Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com, 72, would remain unchanged.
. The number of issued and outstanding shares, 38, would represent an
Outstanding Internet Fraction of approximately 34.5%, calculated as
follows:
38
-----
38 + 72
The Retained Interest Fraction would accordingly be approximately 65.5%
following the additional offering of go.com Common Stock.
. In this case, in the event of any dividend or other distribution paid on
the outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock, other than a dividend or
other distribution payable in shares of go.com Common Stock, the Disney
Group would be credited, and go.com would be charged, with an amount
equal to the product of 189% of the aggregate amount of any dividend or
distribution. This percentage represents the ratio of the Number of
Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in go.com, 72, to
the total number of shares of go.com Common Stock issued and outstanding
following the offering, 38.
Offerings for the Account of the Disney Group
Assume the additional offering of go.com Common Stock is attributed to the
Disney Group with respect to its retained interest, with the net proceeds
credited solely to the Disney Group:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Shares of go.com Common Stock previously issued and outstanding....... 28
Newly issued shares of go.com Common Stock for the account of the
Disney Group......................................................... 10
---
Total number of issued and outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock
after the new offering............................................. 38
===
</TABLE>
As a result of this additional offering of go.com Common Stock:
. The Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com would decrease by the number of shares of go.com Common Stock issued
for the account of the Disney Group.
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Number of shares of go.com Common Stock Issuable with Respect to the
Retained Interest in go.com prior to the additional offering.......... 72
Newly issued shares of go.com Common Stock for the account of the
Disney Group.......................................................... 10
---
Number of shares of go.com Common Stock Issuable with Respect to the
Retained Interest in go.com after the additional offering........... 62
===
</TABLE>
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. The total number of issued and outstanding shares of go.com Common
Stock, 38, would in the aggregate represent an Outstanding Internet
Fraction of 38%, calculated as follows:
38
-----
38 + 62
The Retained Interest Fraction would accordingly be reduced to 62%
following the additional offering of go.com Common Stock.
. In this case, in the event of any dividend or other distribution paid on
go.com Common Stock, other than a dividend or other distribution payable
in shares of go.com Common Stock, the Disney Group would be credited,
and go.com would be charged, with an amount equal to approximately 163%
of the aggregate amount of any dividend or distribution. This percentage
represents the ratio of the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to
the Retained Interest in go.com, 62, to the total number of shares of
go.com Common Stock issued and outstanding following the additional
offering, 38.
Offerings of Convertible Securities
If Disney were to issue any securities convertible into or exercisable for
shares of go.com Common Stock, the Outstanding Internet Fraction and the
Retained Interest Fraction would remain unchanged at the time of such issuance.
If any shares of go.com Common Stock were issued upon conversion or exercise of
these convertible securities, however, the Outstanding Internet Fraction and
the Retained Interest Fraction would then be adjusted as described above under
"Offerings for the Account of the Disney Group," if these convertible
securities were attributed to the Disney Group, or under "Offerings for the
Account of go.com," if these convertible securities were attributed to go.com.
Repurchases of go.com Common Stock
The following illustrations reflect an assumed repurchase by Disney of 5
shares of go.com Common Stock after the assumed initial issuance of 28 shares
of go.com Common Stock in the merger for the account of the Disney Group:
Repurchase for the Account of the Disney Group
Assume the repurchase of go.com Common Stock is attributed to the Disney
Group as an increase in its retained interest in go.com, with the cost charged
solely against the Disney Group:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Shares of go.com Common Stock previously issued and outstanding....... 28
Shares of go.com Common Stock repurchased for the account of the
Disney Group......................................................... 5
---
Total number of issued and outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock
after the repurchase............................................... 23
===
</TABLE>
As a result of this repurchase of go.com Common Stock:
. The Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com would be increased by the number of any shares of go.com Common
Stock repurchased for the account of the Disney Group.
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com prior to the repurchase..................................... 72
Number of shares of go.com Common Stock repurchased for the account
of the Disney Group................................................ 5
---
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com after the repurchase...................................... 77
===
</TABLE>
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. The total number of issued and outstanding shares of go.com Common
Stock, 23, would in the aggregate represent an Outstanding Internet
Fraction of 23%, calculated as follows:
23
-----
23 + 77
The Retained Interest Fraction would accordingly be increased to 77%
following the repurchase of the go.com Common Stock.
Repurchase for the Account of go.com without Participation by the Disney Group
Assume the repurchase of go.com Common Stock is attributed to go.com, with
the cost being charged solely against go.com. Further assume that the Disney
board of directors does not determine to transfer assets from go.com to the
Disney Group to hold constant the Outstanding Internet Fraction and Retained
Interest Fraction:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Shares of go.com Common Stock previously issued and outstanding....... 28
Shares of go.com Common Stock repurchased for the account of go.com... 5
---
Total number of issued and outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock
after the repurchase............................................... 23
===
</TABLE>
As a result of this repurchase of go.com Common Stock:
. The Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com, 72, would remain unchanged.
. The total number of issued and outstanding shares of go.com Common
Stock, 23, would in the aggregate represent an Outstanding Internet
Fraction of approximately 24%, calculated as follows:
23
-----
23 + 72
The Retained Interest Fraction would accordingly be increased to
approximately 76%.
Repurchase for the Account of go.com with Participation by the Disney Group
Assume the repurchase of go.com Common Stock is attributed to go.com, with
the cost being charged solely against go.com. Further assume that the
repurchase is made in connection with a tender offer for 5 of the then-
outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock, or 18%, at a price of $50 per share,
and that the Disney board of directors determines to transfer cash or other
assets from go.com to the Disney Group to hold constant the Outstanding
Internet Fraction and Retained Interest Fraction:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Shares of go.com Common Stock previously issued and outstanding....... 28
Shares of go.com Common Stock repurchased for the account of go.com... 5
---
Total number of issued and outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock
after the repurchase............................................... 23
===
</TABLE>
In order to hold constant the Outstanding Internet Fraction and Retained
Interest Fraction, the Disney board of directors determines that the Market
Value of a share of go.com Common Stock in this context is $50 and transfers
from go.com to the Disney Group an amount of cash or other assets equal to
approximately 257% of the aggregate amount of cash paid in the tender offer to
holders of outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock, $250, or a total of
approximately $643. This amount represents the ratio of the Number of Shares
Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in go.com, 72, to the total
number of shares of go.com Common Stock issued and outstanding, 28, in each
case immediately prior to the repurchase.
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. In that case, the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained
Interest in go.com, 72, would decrease by the amount of cash so
transferred, $643, divided by the Market Value per share of go.com
Common Stock, or $50.
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com prior to transfer............................................. 72
Adjustment with respect to the Disney Group's retained interest to
reflect transfer to the Disney Group of funds theretofore allocated
to go.com............................................................ 13
---
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com after transfer................................................ 59
===
</TABLE>
. The total number of issued and outstanding shares of go.com Common
Stock, 23, would in the aggregate continue to represent an Outstanding
Internet Fraction of 28%, calculated as follows:
23
-------
23 + 59
The Retained Interest Fraction would accordingly continue to be 72%
following the repurchase of the go.com Common Stock and transfer of cash or
other assets.
Assuming that the Disney board of directors transferred only half of the
$643 amount, or $321.50, from go.com to the Disney Group, the Number of Shares
Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in go.com, 72, would decrease by
the amount of cash so transferred, $321.50, divided by the Market Value per
share of go.com Common Stock, or $50.
As a result:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com prior to transfer.............................................. 72
Adjustment in respect of the Disney Group's retained interest to
reflect the transfer to the Disney Group of cash previously allocated
to go.com............................................................. 6
---
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com after transfer............................................... 66
===
</TABLE>
. The total number of issued and outstanding shares of go.com Common
Stock, 23, would in the aggregate represent an Outstanding Internet
Fraction of approximately 26%, calculated as follows:
23
-------
23 + 66
The Retained Interest Fraction would accordingly be increased to
approximately 74% following the repurchase of the go.com Common Stock
and the transfer of cash.
go.com Common Stock Dividends
The following illustrations reflect assumed dividends of go.com Common Stock
on outstanding shares of Disney Common Stock and outstanding shares of go.com
Common Stock after the assumed initial issuance of 28 shares of go.com Common
Stock in the merger for the account of the Disney Group.
go.com Common Stock Dividend on Disney Common Stock
Assume 1,000 shares of Disney Common Stock are outstanding and Disney
declares a dividend of 1/20 of a share of go.com Common Stock on each
outstanding share of Disney Common Stock.
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Shares of go.com Common Stock previously issued and outstanding....... 28
Newly issued shares of go.com Common Stock for the account of the
Disney Group......................................................... 50
---
Total issued and outstanding after the dividend..................... 78
===
</TABLE>
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As a result of this dividend of go.com Common Stock:
. Any dividend of shares of go.com Common Stock to the holders of shares
of Disney Common Stock would be treated as a reduction in the Number of
Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in go.com:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com prior to the dividend......................................... 72
Number of shares of go.com Common Stock distributed on outstanding
shares of Disney Common Stock for the account of the Disney Group.... 50
---
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com after the dividend.......................................... 22
===
</TABLE>
. The total number of issued and outstanding shares of go.com Common
Stock, 78, would in the aggregate represent an Outstanding Internet
Fraction of 78%, calculated as follows:
78
-------
78 + 22
The Retained Interest Fraction would accordingly be reduced to 22%
following this dividend. Note, however, that after the dividend, the
holders of Disney Common Stock would also hold 50 shares of go.com
Common Stock, which would be intended to represent a 50% interest in the
value attributable to go.com.
go.com Common Stock Dividend on go.com Common Stock
Assume that Disney declares a dividend of 1/4 of a share of go.com Common
Stock on each outstanding share of go.com Common Stock:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Shares of go.com Common Stock previously issued and outstanding....... 28
Newly issued shares of go.com Common Stock for the account of go.com.. 7
---
Total number of issued and outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock
after the dividend................................................. 35
===
</TABLE>
As a result of this dividend of go.com Common Stock:
. The Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com would be increased proportionately to reflect the stock dividend
payable in shares of go.com Common Stock to holders of shares of go.com
Common Stock. That is, the Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the
Retained Interest in go.com would be increased by a number equal to
257%, which represents the ratio of the Number of Shares Issuable with
Respect to the Retained Interest in go.com, 72, to the number of shares
of go.com Common Stock issued and outstanding, 28, in each case
immediately prior to such dividend, of the aggregate number of shares of
go.com Common Stock issued in connection with such dividend, 7, or 18%.
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com prior to the dividend ...................................... 72
Adjustment with respect to the Disney Group's retained interest to
reflect shares of go.com Common Stock distributed on outstanding
shares of go.com Common Stock...................................... 18
---
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com after the dividend.......................................... 90
===
</TABLE>
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. The total number of issued and outstanding shares of go.com Common
Stock, 35, would in the aggregate continue to represent an Outstanding
Internet Fraction of 28%, calculated as follows:
35
-------
35 + 90
The Retained Interest Fraction would accordingly continue to be 72%
following this dividend.
Capital Transfers of Cash or Other Assets between the Disney Group and go.com
Capital Contribution of Cash or Other Assets from the Disney Group to go.com
The following illustration reflects the assumed contribution by the Disney
Group to go.com, after the assumed initial issuance of 28 shares of go.com
Common Stock in the merger for the account of the Disney Group, of $100 of
assets allocated to the Disney Group at a time when the Market Value of go.com
Common Stock is $50 per share.
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Shares of go.com Common Stock previously issued and outstanding....... 28
Newly issued shares of go.com Common Stock............................ 0
---
Total number of issued and outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock
after the contribution............................................. 28
===
</TABLE>
As a result of the capital contribution:
. The Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com would be increased to reflect the contribution to go.com of
assets previously allocated to the Disney Group by a number equal to the
value of the assets contributed, $100, divided by the Market Value of
go.com Common Stock at that time, $50 or 2 shares.
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com prior to the contribution.................................. 72
Increase to reflect the contribution to go.com of assets previously
allocated to the Disney Group..................................... 2
---
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest
in go.com after the contribution................................ 74
===
</TABLE>
. The total number of issued and outstanding shares of go.com Common
Stock, 28, would in the aggregate represent an Outstanding Internet
Fraction of approximately 27.5%, calculated as follows:
28
-------
28 + 74
The Retained Interest Fraction would accordingly be increased to
approximately 72.5% following this capital contribution.
Return of Capital Transfer of Cash or Other Assets from go.com to the Disney
Group
The following illustration reflects the assumed transfer by go.com to the
Disney Group, after the assumed initial issuance of 28 shares of go.com Common
Stock in the merger for the account of the Disney Group, of $100 of assets
allocated to go.com on a date on which the Market Value of go.com Common Stock
is $50 per share.
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Shares of go.com Common Stock previously issued and outstanding....... 28
Newly issued shares of go.com Common Stock............................ 0
---
Total number of issued and outstanding shares of go.com Common Stock
after the contribution............................................. 28
===
</TABLE>
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As a result of the capital contribution:
. The Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com would be decreased to reflect the transfer to the Disney Group of
assets previously allocated to go.com by a number equal to the value of
the assets transferred, $100, divided by the Market Value of go.com
Common Stock at that time, $50 or 2 shares.
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest in
go.com prior to the contribution.................................. 72
Decrease to reflect transfer to the Disney Group of assets
allocated to go.com 2
---
Number of Shares Issuable with Respect to the Retained Interest
in go.com after the contribution................................ 70
===
</TABLE>
. The total issued and outstanding shares, 28, would in the aggregate
represent an Outstanding Internet Fraction of approximately 28.5%,
calculated as follows:
28
-------
28 + 70
The Retained Interest Fraction would accordingly be decreased to
approximately 71.5% following the contribution.
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ANNEX I
Information About The Disney Group
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Page
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<S> <C>
Description of the Business of the Disney Group........................... I-1
Properties................................................................ I-10
Legal Proceedings......................................................... I-10
Executive Officers of the Disney Group.................................... I-10
Introductory Note to Financial Statements and Supplemental Data........... I-12
Report of Independent Accountants......................................... I-13
Combined Financial Statements of the Disney Group
Combined Statements of Income for the Years Ended September 30, 1998,
1997 and 1996 and the Nine Months Ended June 30, 1999 and 1998......... I-14
Combined Balance Sheets as of June 30, 1999 and September 30, 1998 and
1997................................................................... I-15
Combined Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended September 30,
1998, 1997 and 1996 and the Nine Months Ended June 30, 1999 and 1998... I-16
Combined Statements of Group Equity for the Years Ended September 30,
1998, 1997 and 1996 and the Nine Months Ended June 30, 1999............ I-17
Notes to Combined Financial Statements.................................. I-18
Quarterly Financial Summary............................................. I-42
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations.......................................................... I-43
</TABLE>
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Description of the Business of the Disney Group
The Disney Group consists of all of the assets, liabilities and businesses
of The Walt Disney Company, including an initial 100% retained interest in
Disney's existing Internet business for periods prior to the completion of the
merger and an initial 72% retained interest in go.com upon completion of the
merger. Disney, together with subsidiaries attributed to the Disney Group, is a
diversified worldwide entertainment company with operations in three business
segments: Creative Content, Broadcasting and Theme Parks and Resorts.
Creative Content
The Creative Content segment produces live-action and animated motion
pictures, television programs and musical recordings, licenses the Disney
Group's characters and other intellectual property for use in connection with
merchandise and publications and publishes books and magazines. Within the
segment, films and characters are often promoted through the release of
audiocassettes and compact discs and children's books and magazines. In
addition, television programs have been created that contain characters
originated in animated films. Character merchandising and publications
licensing promote the Disney Group's films and television programs, as well as
the Disney Group's other operations. The Disney Group also operates "The Disney
Stores," which are direct retail distribution outlets for products based on the
Disney Group's characters and films. The Disney Group is also engaged directly
in the home video and television distribution of its film and television
library.
The Disney Group is an industry leader in producing and acquiring live-
action and animated motion pictures for distribution to the theatrical,
television and home video markets and produces original television programming
for the network and first-run syndication markets. In addition, the Disney
Group produces music recordings and live stage plays. The Disney Group licenses
the name "Walt Disney," as well as the Disney Group's characters, visual and
literary properties and songs and music, to various consumer manufacturers,
retailers, show promoters and publishers throughout the world. Disney Group
subsidiaries also engage in direct retail distribution through the Disney
Stores; publish books, magazines and comics in the United States and Europe;
produce popular music, children's audio products and computer software for the
entertainment market, as well as film and video products for the educational
marketplace.
Theatrical Films
Walt Disney Pictures and Television, which has been attributed to the Disney
Group, produces and acquires live-action motion pictures that are distributed
under the banners Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood
Pictures. Miramax Film Corp., acquires and produces motion pictures that are
primarily distributed under the Miramax and Dimension banners. The Disney Group
also produces and distributes animated motion pictures under the banner Walt
Disney Pictures. In addition, the Disney Group distributes films produced or
acquired by certain independent production companies.
During fiscal 1999, the Disney Group expects to distribute approximately 21
feature films under the Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood
Pictures banners and approximately 36 films under the Miramax and Dimension
banners, including several live-action family films and one to two full length
animated films, with the remainder targeted to teenagers and adults. In
addition, the Disney Group periodically reissues previously released animated
films. As of September 30, 1998, the Disney Group had released 547 full length
live-action features (primarily color), 36 full length animated color features
and approximately 478 cartoon shorts.
The Disney Group distributes and markets its filmed products principally
through its own distribution and marketing companies in the United States and
major foreign markets.
Home Video
The Disney Group directly distributes home video releases from each of its
banners in the domestic market. In the international market, the Disney Group
distributes both directly and through foreign distribution
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<PAGE>
companies. In addition, the Disney Group develops, acquires and produces
original programming for direct to video release. The Disney Group distributed
three of the five top rental titles in 1998. As of September 30, 1998, 1,247
produced and acquired titles, including 661 feature films and 527 cartoon
shorts and animated features, were available to the domestic marketplace and
1,349 produced and acquired titles, including 715 feature films and 634 cartoon
shorts and animated features, were available to the international home
entertainment market.
Television Production And Distribution
The Disney Group develops, produces and distributes television programming
to global broadcasters, cable and satellite operators, including the major
television networks, the Disney Channel and other cable broadcasters, under the
Buena Vista Television, Touchstone Television and Walt Disney Television
labels. Program development is carried out in collaboration with a number of
independent writers, producers and creative teams under various development
arrangements. The Disney Group focuses on the development, production and
distribution of half-hour comedies and one-hour dramas for network prime-time
broadcast.
The Disney Group is also producing six original television movies for The
Wonderful World of Disney, which continues to air on ABC on Sunday evenings.
The Disney Group also provides a variety of prime-time specials for
exhibition on network television. Additionally, the Disney Group produces
first-run animated and live-action syndicated programming.
The Disney Group licenses the theatrical and television film library to the
domestic television syndication market. Major packages of the Disney Group's
feature films and television programming have been licensed for broadcast over
several years.
The Disney Group also licenses its theatrical and television properties in a
number of foreign television markets. In addition, certain of the Disney
Group's television programs are syndicated by the Disney Group abroad,
including The Disney Club, a weekly series that the Disney Group produces for
foreign markets.
The Disney Group has licensed to the Encore pay television services, over a
multi-year period, exclusive domestic pay television rights to certain films
released under the Miramax, Touchstone, Hollywood, Dimension and Walt Disney
Pictures banners. In addition, the Disney Group has licensed to the Showtime
pay television services over a multi-year period, exclusive domestic pay
television rights to certain films released under the Dimension banner.
Audio Products And Music Publishing
The Disney Group also produces and distributes compact discs, audiocassettes
and records, consisting primarily of soundtracks for animated films and read-
along products, directed at the children's market in the United States, France
and the United Kingdom, and licenses the creation of similar products
throughout the rest of the world. In addition, the Disney Group commissions new
music for its motion pictures and television programs and records and licenses
the song copyrights created for the Disney Group to others for printed music,
records, audiovisual devices and public performances.
As of September 30, 1998, domestic retail sales of compact discs,
audiocassettes and records are the largest source of music-related revenues,
while direct marketing, which utilizes catalogs, coupon packages and
television, is a secondary means of music distribution for the Disney Group.
The Disney Group's Hollywood Records develops, produces and markets
recordings from new talent across the spectrum of popular music, as well as
soundtracks from certain of the Disney Group's live-action motion pictures. The
Disney Group's Mammoth Records develops, produces and markets a diverse group
of artists in the popular and alternative music fields. The Disney Group also
owns the Nashville-based music label Lyric Street Records.
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Walt Disney Theatrical Productions
In November 1997, the Broadway production of The Lion King opened at the
newly renovated New Amsterdam Theater. In 1998, The Lion King won six Tony
Awards, including Best Musical. In 1994, the Disney Group produced an
adaptation of its animated feature film Beauty and the Beast for the Broadway
stage. The show has also been produced in seven countries around the world.
Character Merchandise And Publications Licensing
The Disney Group's worldwide licensing activities generate royalties, which
are usually based on a fixed percentage of the wholesale or retail selling
price of the licensee's products. The Disney Group licenses characters based
upon both traditional and newly created film properties. Character merchandise
categories that have been licensed include apparel, toys, gifts, home
furnishings and housewares, stationery and sporting goods. Publication
categories that have been licensed include continuity-series books, book sets,
art and picture books and magazines.
In addition to receiving licensing fees, the Disney Group is actively
involved in the development and approval of licensed merchandise and in the
conceptualization, development, writing and illustration of licensed
publications. The Disney Group continually seeks to create new characters to be
used in licensed products.
The Disney Stores
The Disney Group markets Disney-related products directly through its retail
facilities operated under "The Disney Store" name. These facilities are
generally located in leading shopping malls and similar retail complexes in the
United States and a number of foreign countries. The stores carry a wide
variety of Disney merchandise and promote other businesses of the Disney Group.
Books And Magazines
The Disney Group has book imprints in the United States offering books for
children and adults as part of the Buena Vista Publishing Group. The Disney
Group also produces several magazines including Family Fun, Disney Adventures
as well as Discover, a general science magazine. In addition, the Disney Group
produces ESPN The Magazine as part of a joint venture with ESPN, Inc. and The
Hearst Company.
Multimedia
Disney Interactive is a software business that licenses, develops and
markets entertainment and educational computer software and video game titles
for home and school.
Other Activities
The Disney Group produces audiovisual materials for the educational market,
including videocassettes and film strips. It also licenses the manufacture and
sale of posters and other teaching aids. The Disney Group markets and
distributes, through various channels, animation cel art and other animation-
related artwork and collectibles.
Competitive Position
The success of the Creative Content operations is heavily dependent upon
public taste, which is unpredictable and subject to change. In addition, filmed
entertainment operating results fluctuate due to the timing and performance of
theatrical and home video releases. Release dates are determined by several
factors, including timing of vacation and holiday periods and competition.
Operating results for the licensing and retail distribution business are
influenced by seasonal consumer purchasing behavior and by the timing and
performance of animated theatrical releases.
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The Disney Group's Creative Content businesses compete with all forms of
entertainment. A significant number of companies produce and/or distribute
theatrical and television films, exploit products in the home video market,
provide pay television programming services, sponsor live theater and/or
produce interactive software. The Disney Group also competes to obtain creative
talents, story properties, advertiser support, broadcast rights and market
share, which are essential to the success of all the Disney Group's Creative
Content businesses.
The Disney Group competes in its character merchandising and other
licensing, publishing and retail activities with other licensers, publishers
and retailers of character, brand and celebrity names. Although public
information is limited, the Disney Group believes it is the largest worldwide
licenser of character-based merchandise and producer/distributor of children's
audio and film-related products.
Broadcasting
Television And Radio Network
The Disney Group operates the ABC Television Network, which as of September
30, 1998 had 224 primary affiliated stations operating under long-term
agreements reaching 99.9% of all U.S. television households. The ABC Television
Network broadcasts programs in "dayparts" and types as follows: Monday through
Friday Early Morning, Daytime and Late Night, Monday through Sunday Prime Time
and News, Children's and Sports. The Disney Group also operates the ABC Radio
Networks, which as of September 30, 1998 reached more than 144 million domestic
listeners weekly and consisted of over 8,900 program affiliations on more than
4,400 radio stations. The ABC Radio Networks also produce and distribute a
number of radio program series for radio stations nationwide and can be heard
in more than 90 countries worldwide.
Generally, the networks pay the cost of producing their own programs or
acquiring broadcast rights from other producers for network programming and pay
varying amounts of compensation to affiliated stations for broadcasting the
programs and commercial announcements included therein. Substantially all
revenues from network operations are derived from the sale to advertisers of
time in network programs for commercial announcements. The ability to sell time
for commercial announcements and the rates received are primarily dependent on
the quantitative and qualitative audience that the network can deliver to the
advertiser as well as overall advertiser demand for time in the network
marketplace.
Television And Radio Stations
As of September 30, 1998 the Disney Group owned nine very high frequency
(VHF) television stations, five of which are located in the top ten markets in
the United States; one ultra high frequency (UHF) television station; fifteen
standard (AM) radio stations; and fifteen frequency modulation (FM) radio
stations. All of the television stations are affiliated with the ABC Television
Network, and most of the 30 radio stations are affiliated with the ABC Radio
Networks. The Disney Group's television stations reach 24% of the nation's
television households, calculated using the multiple ownership rules of the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The Disney Group's radio stations
reach more than 14 million people weekly in the top twenty United States
advertising markets.
Cable And International Broadcast Operations
The Disney Group's cable and international broadcast operations are
principally involved in the production and distribution of cable television
programming, the licensing of programming to domestic and international markets
and investing in foreign television broadcasting, production and distribution
entities. The Disney Group owns the Disney Channel, Toon Disney, 80% of ESPN,
Inc., 37.5% of the A&E Television Networks, 50% of Lifetime Entertainment
Services, 39.6% of E! Entertainment Television and has various other
international investments.
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The Disney Channel is a cable and satellite television service. New shows
developed for original use by the Disney Channel include dramatic, adventure,
comedy and educational series, as well as documentaries and first-run
television movies. In addition, entertainment specials include shows
originating from both the Walt Disney World(R) Resort and Disneyland(R) Park.
The balance of the programming consists of products acquired from third parties
and products from the Disney Group's theatrical film and television programming
library.
Toon Disney, a 24-hour cable and satellite channel airing Disney animation,
was launched April 18, 1998, the fifteenth anniversary of the Disney Channel.
The Disney Channel International offers programming in several foreign
countries. Programming consists primarily of the Disney Group's theatrical film
and television programming library, as well as products acquired from third
parties and locally produced programming. The Disney Channels in Taiwan and the
U.K. premiered in 1995, followed by the launch of the Disney Channels in
Australia and Malaysia in 1996, the Disney Channels France and Middle East in
1997, the Disney Channel Spain in April 1998, and the Disney Channel Italy in
October 1998. Planned launches include Disney Channels in Germany and Brazil in
late 1999 and the Disney Channel Latin America in 2000. The Disney Group
continues to explore the development of the Disney Channel in other countries
around the world.
ESPN, Inc. operates ESPN, a cable and satellite sports programming service,
ESPN2, Classic Sports Network and ESPNEWS, a 24-hour sports news service. ESPN,
Inc., owns or has equity interests in 20 international networks. ESPN, Inc.,
owns 33% of Eurosport, a pan-European cable and direct-to-home sports
programming service, and 50% of ESPN Brazil. ESPN, Inc. owns a 50% interest in
the ESPN STAR joint venture, which delivers sports programming throughout most
of Asia, and 32% of the NetStar, which owns The Sports Network (TSN) and Le
Reseau des Sports, among other media properties in Canada. ESPN, Inc. also
holds a 20% interest in Sports-i ESPN in Japan, the country's only cable and
direct-to-home all-sports network.
The A&E Television Networks are cable programming services devoted to
cultural and entertainment programming. The A&E cable service also owns The
History Channel.
Lifetime Entertainment Services owns Lifetime Television, which is devoted
to women's lifestyle programming. During 1998, Lifetime launched the Lifetime
Movie Network, a 24-hour digital channel.
E! Entertainment Television is a cable programming service devoted to the
world of entertainment. E! Entertainment Television also launched Style in
October 1998. Style is a 24- hour network devoted to style, fashion and design
(available to both analog and digital systems).
The Disney Group's share of the financial results of the cable and
international broadcast services, other than the Disney Channel and ESPN, Inc.,
is reported under the heading "Corporate and other activities" in the Disney
Group's Combined Statements of Income.
Competitive Position
The ABC Television Network, the Disney Channel, ESPN and other broadcasting
affiliates primarily compete for viewers with the other television networks,
independent television stations, other video media such as cable television,
satellite television program services and videocassettes. In the sale of
advertising time, the broadcasting operations compete with other television
networks, independent television stations, suppliers of cable television
programs and other advertising media such as newspapers, magazines and
billboards. The ABC Radio Networks likewise compete with other radio networks
and radio programming services, independent radio stations and other
advertising media.
The Disney Group's television and radio stations are in competition with
other television and radio stations, cable television systems, satellite
television program services, videocassettes and other advertising media such as
newspapers, magazines and billboards. Such competition occurs primarily in
individual market areas. A television station in one market does not compete
directly with other stations in other market areas.
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There has been a continuing decline in viewership at all major broadcast
networks, including ABC, reflecting the growth in the cable industry's share of
viewers, which has resulted in increased competitive pressures for advertising
revenues. In addition, sports and other programming costs have increased due to
increased competition.
Federal Regulation
Television and radio broadcasting are subject to the jurisdiction of the
Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") under the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Communications Act"). The Communications Act empowers the FCC,
among other things, to issue, revoke or modify broadcasting licenses, determine
the location of stations, regulate the equipment used by stations, adopt such
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the
Communications Act and impose certain penalties for violation of its
regulations.
FCC regulations also restrict the ownership of stations and cable operations
in certain circumstances, and regulate the practices of network broadcasters,
cable providers and competing services. Such laws and regulations are subject
to change, and the Disney Group generally cannot predict whether new
legislation or regulations, or a change in the extent of application or
enforcement of current laws and regulations, would have an adverse impact on
the Disney Group's operations.
Renewals
Broadcasting licenses are granted for a maximum period of eight years, and
are renewable upon application therefor if the Commission finds that the public
interest would be served thereby. During certain periods when a renewal
application is pending, other parties may file petitions to deny the
application for renewal of a license.
Theme Parks And Resorts
The Disney Group operates the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and the
Disneyland Park and two hotels in California. The Disney Group also earns
royalties on revenues generated by the Tokyo Disneyland theme park and has an
ownership interest in Disneyland Paris.
Walt Disney World Resort
The Walt Disney World Resort is located on approximately 30,500 acres of
land owned by Disney subsidiaries 15 miles southwest of Orlando, Florida. The
resort includes four theme parks (the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios,
and Disney's Animal Kingdom), hotels and villas, a retail, dining and
entertainment complex, a sports complex, conference centers, campgrounds, golf
courses, water parks and other recreational facilities designed to attract
visitors for an extended stay. In addition, the resort operates Disney Cruise
Line from Port Canaveral, Florida.
The Disney Group markets the entire Walt Disney World destination resort
through a variety of national, international and local advertising and
promotional activities. A number of attractions in each of the theme parks are
sponsored by corporate participants through long-term participation agreements.
Magic Kingdom. The Magic Kingdom, which opened in 1971, consists of seven
principal areas: Main Street U.S.A., Liberty Square, Frontierland,
Tomorrowland, Fantasyland, Adventureland and Mickey's Toontown Fair. These
areas feature themed rides and attractions, restaurants, refreshment areas and
merchandise shops.
Epcot. Epcot, which opened in 1982, consists of two major themed areas:
Future World and World Showcase. Future World dramatizes certain historical
developments and addresses the challenges facing the world today through major
pavilions devoted to high-tech products of the future ("Innoventions"),
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communication and technological exhibitions ("Spaceship Earth"), and energy,
transportation, imagination, life and health, the land and seas. World Showcase
presents a community of nations focusing on the culture, traditions and
accomplishments of people around the world. World Showcase includes as a
central showpiece the American Adventure, which highlights the history of the
American people. Other nations represented are Canada, China, France, Germany,
Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Norway and the United Kingdom. Both areas
feature themed rides and attractions, restaurants and merchandise shops.
Disney-MGM Studios. The Disney-MGM Studios, which opened in 1989, consists
of a theme park, an animation studio and a film and television production
facility. The park centers around Hollywood as it was during the 1930's and
1940's and features Disney animators at work and a backstage tour of the film
and television production facilities in addition to themed food service and
merchandise facilities and other attractions. The production facility consists
of three sound stages, merchandise shops and a back lot area and currently
hosts both feature film and television productions. In late 1998, Disney-MGM
Studios began featuring Fantasmic!, a night-time entertainment production
spectacular.
Disney's Animal Kingdom. Disney's Animal Kingdom, which opened in April
1998, consists of a 145-foot Tree of Life as the centerpiece surrounded by five
themed areas: Dinoland U.S.A., Africa, Asia, Conservation Station and Camp
Minnie-Mickey. Each themed area contains adventure attractions, entertainment
shows, restaurants and merchandise shops. The park features more than 200
species of animals and 4,000 varieties of trees and plants on more than 500
acres of land. An additional themed area, Asia, opened during 1999. Among its
attractions are a river raft thrill ride and viewings of tigers and various
other animals.
Resort Facilities. The Disney Group owns and operates 14 resort hotels and a
complex of villas and suites at the Walt Disney World Resort, with a total of
approximately 18,620 rooms and 318,000 square feet of conference meeting space.
In addition, Disney's Fort Wilderness camping and recreational area offers
approximately 1,200 campsites and wilderness homes. The resort also offers
professional development and personal enrichment programs at The Disney
Institute.
Recreational amenities and activities available at the resort include five
championship golf courses, miniature golf courses, full-service spas, an animal
sanctuary, tennis, sailing, water skiing, swimming, horseback riding and a
number of other noncompetitive sports and leisure time activities. The resort
also operates three water parks: Blizzard Beach, River Country and Typhoon
Lagoon.
The Disney Group has also developed a 120-acre retail, dining and
entertainment complex known as Downtown Disney, which consists of the Downtown
Disney Marketplace, Pleasure Island and Downtown Disney West Side. In addition
to more than 20 specialty retail shops and restaurants, the Downtown Disney
Marketplace is home to the 50,000-square-foot World of Disney, the largest
Disney retail outlet. Pleasure Island, an entertainment center adjacent to the
Downtown Disney Marketplace, includes restaurants, night clubs and shopping
facilities. Downtown Disney West Side is situated on 66 acres on the west side
of Pleasure Island and includes a DisneyQuest facility and several third-party
retail, dining and entertainment operations.
Disney's Wide World of Sports, which opened in 1997, is a 200-acre sports
complex providing professional caliber training and competition, festival and
tournament events and interactive sports activities. The complex's venues
accommodate more than 30 different sporting events, including baseball, tennis,
basketball, softball, track and field, football and soccer. Its 9,000- seat
stadium is the spring training site for the Atlanta Braves. The tennis venue is
the home of the U.S. Men's Clay Court championships and the sports fields are
home of the NFL Quarterback Challenge. In addition, the Harlem Globetrotters
use the facility for their official training site and holiday season games. The
Amateur Athletic Union hosts more than 30 championship events per year at the
facility.
Under continued phased-in development are Celebration, a 4,900-acre town,
and Disney Cruise Line, a cruise vacation line that includes two 85,000-ton
ships, the Disney Magic and Disney Wonder. Both ships cater to children,
families and adults with distinctly themed areas for each group. Additionally,
each ship features 875 staterooms. The Disney Group packages cruise vacations
with visits to the Walt Disney World Resort and also offers cruise-only
options.
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At the Downtown Disney Marketplace Hotel Plaza, seven independently operated
hotels are situated on property leased from the Disney Group. These hotels have
a capacity of approximately 3,700 rooms. Additionally, two hotels--The Walt
Disney World Swan and the Walt Disney World Dolphin, with an aggregate capacity
of approximately 2,300 rooms--are independently operated on property leased
from the Disney Group near Epcot.
The Disney Vacation Club offers ownership interests in several resort
facilities, including the 497-unit Disney Old Key West Resort and 383 villas at
Disney's BoardWalk Resort at the Walt Disney World Resort, a 175-unit resort in
Vero Beach, Florida, and a 102-unit resort on Hilton Head Island, South
Carolina. A 34-unit expansion at Disney's Old Key West is scheduled to open in
2000 and a 134-unit expansion adjacent to Disney's Wilderness Lodge is
scheduled for opening in 2001. Available units at each facility are intended to
be sold under a vacation ownership plan and operated partially as rental
property until sold.
Disneyland Resort
The Disney Group owns 330 acres and has under long-term lease an additional
39 acres of land in Anaheim, California. Disneyland, which opened in 1955,
consists of eight principal areas: Toontown, Fantasyland, Adventureland,
Frontierland, Tomorrowland, New Orleans Square, Main Street and Critter
Country. These areas feature themed rides and attractions, restaurants,
refreshment stands and merchandise shops. A number of the Disneyland
attractions are sponsored by corporate participants. The Disney Group markets
Disneyland through international, national and local advertising and
promotional activities. The Disney Group also owns and operates the 1,100-room
Disneyland Hotel and the 500-room Disneyland Pacific Hotel near Disneyland.
The Disney Group completed a substantial renovation of Tomorrowland,
including new rides and attractions, in the third quarter of 1998.
The Disney Group has begun construction on a new theme park, Disney's
California Adventure, projected to open in 2001. The new theme park is being
constructed on property adjacent to Disneyland. Disney's California Adventure
will celebrate the many attributes of the state of California and will feature
Disneyland Center, a themed complex of shopping, dining and entertainment
venues; the Grand Californian, a deluxe 750-room hotel located inside the park;
and an assortment of California-themed areas with associated rides and
attractions.
Disney Regional Entertainment
Through the Disney Regional Entertainment group, the Disney Group is
developing a variety of new entertainment concepts to be located in
metropolitan and suburban locations in the United States and around the world.
Club Disney is a community play center designed to entertain and enrich
young families with imaginative play. Club Disney offers a variety of unique
activities, as well as a cafe, exclusive retail merchandise, themed birthday
parties and educational field trips. Club Disney is now operating in five
locations in California, Arizona and Colorado.
In 1998 the Disney Group launched its first ESPN Zone in Baltimore's Inner
Harbor. The ESPN Zone is a 35,000 square-foot sports-themed dining and
entertainment complex. The second ESPN Zone opened in Chicago's River North
District in the summer of 1999 and the third facility recently opened in New
York's Time Square.
In the summer of 1998, the first DisneyQuest opened in Downtown Disney at
the Walt Disney World Resort. DisneyQuest is a five story, 100,000 square-foot
facility, where guests of all ages are launched into a wide range of virtual,
interactive adventures. DisneyQuest opened in the summer of 1999 in Chicago and
is expected to open in Philadelphia in 2000.
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Tokyo Disney Resort
The Disney Group earns royalties on revenues generated by the Tokyo
Disneyland theme park, which is owned and operated by Oriental Land Co., Ltd.
("OLC"), an unrelated Japanese corporation. The park, which opened in 1983, is
similar in size and concept to Disneyland and is located approximately six
miles from downtown Tokyo, Japan.
In the fourth quarter of 1998, OLC commenced construction of a second theme
park designed by Walt Disney Imagineering, which will be called Tokyo
DisneySea. Tokyo DisneySea is scheduled to open in fall 2001, together with a
500-room Disney-branded hotel and monorail system.
OLC is also developing a retail, dining and entertainment complex adjacent
to Tokyo Disneyland in what is known as the Maihama Station Area, which will
include a second 500-room Disney-branded hotel owned and operated by OLC under
license from a Disney Group subsidiary.
Construction costs on the development projects are being borne by OLC, which
is also reimbursing the Disney Group for its design, technical and operational
assistance costs. Under the Disney Group's agreements with OLC, the Disney
Group will be entitled to royalties from Tokyo DisneySea and the new hotels.
Disneyland Paris
Disneyland Paris is located on a 4,800-acre site at Marne-la-Vallee,
approximately 20 miles east of Paris, France. The theme park, which opened in
1992, features 42 attractions in its five themed lands. Seven themed hotels,
with a total of approximately 5,800 rooms, are part of the resort complex,
together with an entertainment center offering a variety of retail, dining and
show facilities. The project was developed pursuant to a 1987 master agreement
with French governmental authorities by Euro Disney S.C.A., a publicly-held
French company in which the Disney Group currently holds a 39% equity interest
and which is managed by the Disney Group. The financial results of the Disney
Group's investment in Euro Disney are reported under the heading "Corporate and
other activities" in the Disney Group's Combined Statements of Income.
Development of the site continues with the Val d'Europe project at the gates
of Disneyland Paris. Construction of an international shopping mall and the
associated road infrastructure is now underway, with an opening date expected
in the second half of the year 2000.
Walt Disney Imagineering
Walt Disney Imagineering provides master planning, real estate development,
attraction and show design, engineering support, production support, project
management and other development services, including research and development
for the Disney Group's operations.
Anaheim Sports, Inc.
Anaheim Sports, Inc. a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, owns and
operates a National Hockey League franchise, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and
the Anaheim Angels Major League Baseball franchise.
Competitive Position
All of the theme parks and most of the associated resort facilities are
operated on a year-round basis. Historically, the theme parks and resort
business experiences fluctuations in park attendance and resort occupancy
resulting from the nature of vacation travel. Peak attendance and resort
occupancy generally occur during the summer months when school vacations occur
and during early-winter and spring holiday periods.
The Disney Group's theme parks and resorts compete with all other forms of
entertainment, lodging, tourism and recreational activities. The profitability
of the leisure-time industry is influenced by various factors that are not
directly controllable, such as economic conditions including business cycle and
exchange rate fluctuations, amount of available leisure time, oil and
transportation prices and weather patterns.
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Properties
The Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Park and other properties of the
Disney Group are described under the caption "Theme Parks and Resorts." Film
library properties are described under the caption "Creative Content." Radio
and television stations owned by the Disney Group are described under the
caption "Broadcasting."
A subsidiary of Disney, attributed to the Disney Group, owns approximately
51 acres of land in Burbank, California on which the Disney Group's studios and
executive offices are located. The studio facilities are used for the
production of both live-action and animated motion pictures and television
products. In addition, Disney Group operations lease office and warehouse space
for certain studio and corporate activities. Other owned properties include a
400,000 square-foot office building in Burbank, California, which is used for
the Disney Group's operations.
A subsidiary of Disney, attributed to the Disney Group, owns approximately
1.8 million square feet of office and warehouse buildings on approximately 96
acres in Glendale, California. The buildings are used for the Disney Group's
operations and also contain space leased to third parties.
The Disney Group's broadcasting segment corporate offices are located in a
building owned by a subsidiary of Disney, attributed to the Disney Group, in
New York City. A Disney Group entity also owns the ABC Television Center
adjacent to the corporate offices and ABC Radio Networks' studios, also in New
York City.
Subsidiaries of Disney, attributed to the Disney Group, own the ABC
Television Center and lease the ABC Television Network offices in Los Angeles,
the ABC News Bureau facility in Washington, DC and a computer facility in
Hackensack, New Jersey, under leases expiring on various dates through 2034.
The Disney Group's 80%-owned subsidiary, ESPN, Inc., owns ESPN Plaza in
Bristol, Connecticut, from which it conducts its technical operations. The
Disney Group owns the majority of its other broadcast studios and offices and
broadcast transmitter sites elsewhere, and those which it does not own are
occupied under leases expiring on various dates through 2039.
A U.K. subsidiary of Disney, attributed to the Disney Group, owns buildings
on a four-acre parcel under long-term lease in London, England. The mixed-use
development consists of 140,000 square feet of office space occupied by
operations, a 27,000 square-foot building leased to a third party and 65,000
square feet of retail space. A second phase of this development, completed in
1998, includes a 142,000 square-foot office building occupied by Disney Group
entities in 1999. Disney Group entities also lease office space in other parts
of Europe and in Asia and Latin America.
The Disney Stores and Disney Regional Entertainment lease retail space for
their operations.
Legal Proceedings
The Disney Group, together with, in some instances, certain of its directors
and officers, is a defendant or co-defendant in various legal actions involving
copyright, breach of contract and various other claims incident to the conduct
of its businesses. Management does not expect the Disney Group to suffer any
material liability by reason of such actions.
Executive Officers Of The Disney Group
The executive officers of the Disney Group are elected each year at the
organizational meeting of Disney's board of directors which follows the annual
meeting of the stockholders and at other meetings as appropriate. Each of the
executive officers has been employed by the Disney Group in the position or
positions indicated in the list and pertinent notes below. Messrs. Eisner,
Disney and Litvack have been employed by the Disney Group as executive officers
for more than five years.
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At September 30, 1998, the executive officers were as follows:
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Name Age Title Since
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Chairman of the Board and Chief 1984
Michael D. Eisner................ 56 Executive Officer
Roy E. Disney.................... 68 Vice Chairman of the Board 1984
Sanford M. Litvack............... 62 Vice Chairman of the Board 1991
John F. Cooke.................... 56 Executive Vice President- 1995
Corporate Affairs (1)
Louis M. Meisinger............... 56 Executive Vice President and 1998
General Counsel (2)
Peter E. Murphy.................. 35 Executive Vice President and 1998
Chief Strategic
Officer (3)
Thomas O. Staggs................. 37 Senior Executive Vice President 1998
and Chief Financial
Officer (4)
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(1) Mr. Cooke served as President of the Disney Channel from 1985 until
assuming his present position in February 1995.
(2) Mr. Meisinger was named Executive Vice President and General Counsel of
Disney on July 6, 1998. Prior to joining Disney, he was a senior partner
with the law firm of Troop, Meisinger, Steuber & Pasich in Los Angeles,
California, a firm he co-founded in 1975. Mr. Meisinger specialized in the
litigation of complex entertainment, commercial and securities matters.
(3) Mr. Murphy joined Disney's strategic planning operation in 1988 and was
named Senior Vice President-Strategic Planning and Development of the
Disney in July 1995. From August 1997 to May 1998 he served as Chief
Financial Officer of ABC, Inc. He assumed his present position in May
1998.
(4) Mr. Staggs joined Disney's strategic planning operation in 1990 and was
named Senior Vice President-Strategic Planning and Development of Disney
in July 1995, serving in that capacity until assuming his present position
in May 1998.
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Disney is offering shares of go.com Common Stock by this joint proxy
statement/prospectus. In order to prepare separate financial statements for the
Disney Group and Disney's existing Internet business, Disney's existing
Internet business, which is comprised of Disney's online and direct mail
catalog businesses, has been separated from the Disney Group, which includes
the rest of Disney's businesses and a retained interest in Disney's existing
Internet business, and we have allocated all of Disney's consolidated assets,
liabilities, revenue, expenses and cash flow between the Disney Group and
Disney's existing Internet business. Thus, the financial statements of the
Disney Group and Disney's existing Internet business, taken together, comprise
all of the accounts included in the corresponding consolidated financial
statements of Disney. Because the Disney Group currently has a 100% retained
interest in Disney's existing Internet business, the combined financial
statements of the Disney Group reflect a 100% equity interest in Disney's
existing Internet business in a manner similar to the equity method of
accounting provided by APB No. 18, The Equity Method of Accounting for
Investments in Common Stock.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of The Walt Disney Company
In our opinion, the combined financial statements listed in the accompanying
index present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the
Disney Group (a division of The Walt Disney Company, "Disney") at September 30,
1998 and 1997, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of
the three years in the period ended September 30, 1998, in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles. These financial statements are the
responsibility of Disney's management; our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our
audits of these statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards which require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, 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 the opinion expressed above.
As described in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Disney Group is a
division of Disney; accordingly the financial statements of the Disney Group
should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements of Disney.
PricewaterhouseCoopers llp
Los Angeles, California
August 18, 1999
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THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In millions)
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Nine Months Ended
June 30 Year Ended September 30
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1999 1998 1998 1997 1996
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(unaudited) (unaudited)
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Revenues................ $ 17,461 $ 16,627 $ 22,716 $ 22,299 $ 18,658
Costs and expenses...... (14,708) (13,299) (18,601) (17,924) (15,304)
Gain on sale of KCAL.... -- -- -- 135 --
Accounting change....... -- -- -- -- (300)
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Operating income........ 2,753 3,328 4,115 4,510 3,054
Corporate and other
activities............. (158) (170) (228) (366) (306)
Net interest expense.... (499) (446) (623) (693) (438)
Acquisition-related
costs.................. -- -- -- -- (225)
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Income before income
taxes and retained
interest in Disney's
existing Internet
business............... 2,096 2,712 3,264 3,451 2,085
Income taxes............ (905) (1,113) (1,343) (1,439) (856)
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Income before retained
interest in Disney's
existing Internet
business............... 1,191 1,599 1,921 2,012 1,229
Net income (loss)
related to retained
interest in Disney's
existing Internet
business .............. 24 (45) (71) (46) (15)
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---
Net income.............. $ 1,215 $ 1,554 $ 1,850 $ 1,966 $ 1,214
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See Notes to Combined Financial Statements
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THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
COMBINED BALANCE SHEETS
(In millions)
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September 30
June 30 ----------------
1999 1998 1997
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(unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents..................... $ 850 $ 119 $ 295
Receivables................................... 3,286 3,977 3,313
Inventories................................... 784 847 823
Film and television costs..................... 3,562 3,223 2,186
Deferred income taxes......................... 452 455 477
Other assets.................................. 767 652 473
------- ------- -------
Total current assets........................ 9,701 9,273 7,567
Film and television costs....................... 2,420 2,506 2,215
Investments..................................... 1,872 1,814 1,914
Retained interest in Disney's existing Internet
business....................................... 433 262 96
Theme parks, resorts and other property, at cost
Attractions, buildings and equipment.......... 14,853 13,991 11,751
Accumulated depreciation...................... (5,929) (5,358) (4,842)
------- ------- -------
8,924 8,633 6,909
Projects in progress.......................... 1,853 1,264 1,928
Land.......................................... 425 411 93
------- ------- -------
11,202 10,308 8,930
Intangible assets, net.......................... 15,778 15,575 15,951
Other assets.................................... 1,557 1,567 1,752
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$42,963 $41,305 $38,425
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LIABILITIES AND GROUP EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Accounts and taxes payable and accrued
liabilities.................................. $ 4,090 $ 4,726 $ 4,703
Current portion of borrowings................. 1,705 2,123 897
Unearned royalties and other advances......... 773 625 623
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Total current liabilities................... 6,568 7,474 6,223
Borrowings...................................... 10,270 9,562 10,171
Deferred income taxes........................... 2,660 2,488 2,161
Other long term liabilities, unearned royalties
and other advances............................. 2,654 2,393 2,585
Group Equity.................................... 20,811 19,388 17,285
------- ------- -------
$42,963 $41,305 $38,425
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See Notes to Combined Financial Statements
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THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In millions)
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<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended
June 30 Year Ended September 30
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1999 1998 1998 1997 1996
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(unaudited) (unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
NET INCOME................ $1,215 $1,554 $ 1,850 $ 1,966 $ 1,214
------ ------ ------- ------- --------
ITEMS NOT REQUIRING CASH
OUTLAYS
Amortization of film and
television costs........ 1,819 1,651 2,514 1,995 1,786
Depreciation............. 633 588 799 732 671
Amortization of
intangible assets....... 332 314 424 432 301
Gain on sale of KCAL..... -- -- -- (135) --
Net (income) loss from
retained interest in
Disney's existing
Internet business....... (24) 45 71 46 15
Accounting change........ -- -- -- -- 300
Other.................... 17 (24) (71) (8) 22
CHANGES IN
Receivables.............. -- -- (657) (175) (294)
Inventories.............. -- -- (24) 20 (6)
Other assets............. -- -- 178 (434) (398)
Accounts and taxes
payable and accrued
liabilities............. -- -- 220 581 52
Film and television
costs--television
broadcast rights........ -- -- (447) (179) 58
Deferred income taxes.... -- -- 349 295 (76)
Investments in trading
securities.............. -- -- -- -- 85
Changes in assets and
liabilities............. 451 (222) -- -- --
------ ------ ------- ------- --------
3,228 2,352 3,356 3,170 2,516
------ ------ ------- ------- --------
CASH PROVIDED BY
OPERATIONS............... 4,443 3,906 5,206 5,136 3,730
------ ------ ------- ------- --------
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Film and television
costs................... (2,277) (2,479) (3,335) (3,089) (2,760)
Investments in theme
parks, resorts and other
property................ (1,511) (1,554) (2,287) (1,901) (1,740)
Acquisitions, net of cash
acquired................ (218) (183) (213) (135) (8,432)
Proceeds from sale of
marketable securities
and other investments... -- 194 238 31 409
Purchases of marketable
securities.............. -- -- (13) (56) (18)
Investment in and loan to
E! Entertainment........ -- (15) (28) (321) --
Proceeds from disposal of
publishing operations... -- -- -- 1,214 --
Proceeds from disposal of
KCAL.................... -- -- -- 387 --
Other.................... 45 -- -- -- --
------ ------ ------- ------- --------
(3,961) (4,037) (5,638) (3,870) (12,541)
------ ------ ------- ------- --------
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Borrowings............... 1,919 2,076 1,830 2,437 13,560
Reduction of borrowings.. (1,661) (1,180) (1,212) (4,078) (4,872)
Capital contributions to
Disney's existing
Internet business....... (147) (79) (96) (122) (26)
Repurchases of common
stock................... (19) -- (30) (633) (462)
Dividends................ -- (305) (412) (342) (271)
Exercise of stock options
and other............... 157 -- 184 180 85
Proceeds from formation
of REITs................ -- -- -- 1,312 --
Other.................... -- 157 (8) (3) --
------ ------ ------- ------- --------
249 669 256 (1,249) 8,014
------ ------ ------- ------- --------
Increase (Decrease) in
Cash and Cash
Equivalents.............. 731 538 (176) 17 (797)
Cash and Cash Equivalents,
Beginning of Period...... 119 295 295 278 1,075
------ ------ ------- ------- --------
Cash and Cash Equivalents,
End of Period............ $ 850 $ 833 $ 119 $ 295 $ 278
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Supplemental disclosure of
cash flow information:
Interest paid............ $ 555 $ 777 $ 379
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Income taxes paid........ $ 1,107 $ 958 $ 689
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</TABLE>
See Notes to Combined Financial Statements
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THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF GROUP EQUITY
(In millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Cumulative Stock
Paid-in Retained Translation Treasury Compensation
Capital Earnings and Other Stock Fund Total
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BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30,
1995................... $1,240 $ 6,976 $ 38 $(1,603) $-- $ 6,651
Impact of ABC
acquisition........... 7,206 -- -- 1,603 -- 8,809
Exercise of stock
options, net.......... 144 -- -- -- -- 144
Common stock
repurchased........... -- -- -- (462) -- (462)
Dividends.............. -- (271) -- -- -- (271)
Cumulative translation
and other............. -- -- 1 -- -- 1
Net income............. -- 1,214 -- -- -- 1,214
------ ------- ---- ------- ---- -------
BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30,
1996................... 8,590 7,919 39 (462) -- 16,086
Exercise of stock
options, net.......... (42) -- -- -- 301 259
Common stock
repurchased........... -- -- -- -- (633) (633)
Dividends.............. -- (342) -- -- -- (342)
Cumulative translation
and other............. -- -- (51) -- -- (51)
Net income............. -- 1,966 -- -- -- 1,966
------ ------- ---- ------- ---- -------
BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30,
1997................... 8,548 9,543 (12) (462) (332) 17,285
Common stock issued.... 160 -- -- -- -- 160
Exercise of stock
options, net.......... 287 -- -- (131) 354 510
Common stock
repurchased........... -- -- -- -- (30) (30)
Dividends.............. -- (412) -- -- -- (412)
Cumulative translation
and other............. -- -- 25 -- -- 25
Net income............. -- 1,850 -- -- -- 1,850
------ ------- ---- ------- ---- -------
BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30,
1998................... 8,995 10,981 13 (593) (8) 19,388
Exercise of stock
options, net.......... 240 -- -- (12) 27 255
Common stock
repurchased........... -- -- -- -- (19) (19)
Cumulative translation
and other............. -- -- (28) -- -- (28)
Net income............. -- 1,215 -- -- -- 1,215
------ ------- ---- ------- ---- -------
BALANCE AT JUNE 30, 1999
(unaudited)............ $9,235 $12,196 $(15) $ (605) $-- $20,811
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</TABLE>
See Notes to Combined Financial Statements
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THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular dollars in millions)
1. Description of the Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The Disney Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company ("Disney"), is a
diversified international entertainment organization with operations in three
segments: Creative Content, Broadcasting, and Theme Parks and Resorts.
In order to prepare separate financial statements for the Disney Group and
Disney's existing Internet business, Disney has allocated all of its
consolidated assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and cash flow between the
Disney Group and Disney's existing Internet business. Thus, the financial
statements of the Disney Group and Disney's existing Internet business, taken
together, comprise all of the accounts included in the consolidated financial
statements of Disney.
The Disney Group's financial statements reflect the application of certain
cash management and allocation policies adopted by Disney's board of directors.
These policies are summarized in Note 6, "Certain Cash Management and
Allocation Policies."
Although Disney has allocated all of its consolidated assets, liabilities,
revenues, expenses and cash flow between the Disney Group and Disney's existing
Internet business, that allocation will not change the legal title to any
assets or responsibility for any liabilities and will not affect the rights of
any creditors. Holders of Disney Common Stock (see Note 2) will continue to be
common stockholders of Disney and, therefore, will be subject to all the risks
associated with an investment in Disney as a whole and all of its businesses,
assets and liabilities.
Financial impacts arising from Disney's existing Internet business that
affect Disney's consolidated results of operations or financial position could
affect the results of operations or financial condition of the Disney Group or
the market price of Disney's Common Stock. In addition, net losses of Disney's
existing Internet business, and any dividends or distributions on, or
repurchases of, go.com Common Stock (see Note 2) will reduce the assets of
Disney legally available for dividends on Disney Common Stock. Accordingly,
financial information for the Disney Group should be read in conjunction with
financial information for Disney's existing Internet business and Disney's
consolidated financial information.
The Disney Group has operations in the following businesses:
Creative Content
The Disney Group produces and acquires live-action and animated motion
pictures for distribution to the theatrical, home video and television markets.
The Disney Group also produces original television programming for the network
and first-run syndication markets. The Disney Group distributes its filmed
product through its own distribution and marketing companies in the United
States and most foreign markets.
The Disney Group licenses the name "Walt Disney," as well as Disney's
characters, visual and literary properties and songs and music, to various
consumer manufacturers, retailers, show promoters and publishers throughout the
world. The Disney Group also engages in direct retail distribution principally
through the Disney Stores and produces books and magazines for the general
public in the United States and Europe. In addition, the Disney Group produces
audio and computer software products for the entertainment market, as well as
film, video and computer software products for the educational marketplace.
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THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
Broadcasting
The Disney Group operates the ABC Television Network, which has affiliated
stations providing coverage to United States television households. The Disney
Group also owns television and radio stations, most of which are affiliated
with either the ABC Television Network or the ABC Radio Networks. The Disney
Group's cable and international broadcast operations are principally involved
in the production and distribution of cable television programming, the
licensing of programming to domestic and international markets and investing in
foreign television broadcasting, production and distribution entities. Primary
domestic cable programming services, which operate through subsidiary companies
of Disney and joint ventures, are ESPN, the A&E Television Networks, Lifetime
Entertainment Services and E! Entertainment Television. The Disney Group
provides programming for and operates cable and satellite television
programming services, including the Disney Channel and Disney Channel
International.
Theme Parks and Resorts
The Disney Group operates the Walt Disney World Resort(R) in Florida and
Disneyland Park(R), the Disneyland Hotel and the Disneyland Pacific Hotel in
California. The Walt Disney World Resort includes the Magic Kingdom, Epcot,
Disney-MGM Studios and Disney's Animal Kingdom, thirteen resort hotels and a
complex of villas and suites, a retail, dining and entertainment complex, a
sports complex, conference centers, campgrounds, golf courses, water parks and
other recreational facilities. In addition, the resort operates Disney Cruise
Line from Port Canaveral, Florida. Disney Regional Entertainment designs,
develops and operates a variety of new entertainment concepts based on Disney
brands and creative properties, operating under the names Club Disney, ESPN
Zone and DisneyQuest. The Disney Group earns royalties on revenues generated by
the Tokyo Disneyland(R) theme park near Tokyo, Japan, which is owned and
operated by an unrelated Japanese corporation. The Disney Group also has an
investment in Euro Disney S.C.A., a publicly-held French entity that operates
Disneyland Paris. The Disney Group's Walt Disney Imagineering unit designs and
develops new theme park concepts and attractions, as well as resort properties.
The Disney Group also manages and markets vacation ownership interests in the
Disney Vacation Club. The Disney Group's National Hockey League franchise, the
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and its ownership interest in the Anaheim Angels, a
Major League Baseball team, are included in Theme Parks and Resorts.
Interim Financial Information
The unaudited combined financial statements for the nine months ended June
30, 1999 and 1998 and as of June 30, 1999 have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and
with the instructions to Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, the June 30
financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes
required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial
statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of
normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have
been reflected. Operating results for the 1999 period are not necessarily
indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending September
30, 1999.
Significant Accounting Policies
Principles of Combination
The combined financial statements of the Disney Group reflect the assets,
liabilities, revenues, expenses and cash flows related to the Disney Group's
businesses defined above. All significant intercompany transactions have been
eliminated.
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THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
Accounting Changes
During 1997, the Disney Group adopted Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 123 Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation ("SFAS 123"), which
requires disclosure of the fair value and other characteristics of stock
options (see Note 10). The Disney Group has chosen under the provisions of SFAS
123 to continue using the intrinsic-value method of accounting for employee
stock-based compensation in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion
("APB") No. 25 Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.
During 1996, the Disney Group adopted SFAS No. 121 Accounting for the
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of
("SFAS 121") (see Note 12).
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and
accompanying footnotes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Revenue Recognition
Revenues from the theatrical distribution of motion pictures are recognized
when motion pictures are exhibited. Revenues from video sales are recognized on
the date that video units are made widely available for sale by retailers.
Revenues from the licensing of feature films and television programming are
recorded when the material is available for telecasting by the licensee and
when certain other conditions are met.
Broadcast advertising revenues are recognized when commercials are aired.
Revenues from television subscription services related to the Disney Group's
primary cable programming services are recognized as services are provided.
Revenues from participants and sponsors at the theme parks are generally
recorded over the period of the applicable agreements commencing with the
opening of the related attraction.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand and marketable securities
with original maturities of three months or less.
Investments
Debt securities that the Disney Group has the positive intent and ability to
hold to maturity are classified as "held-to-maturity" and reported at amortized
cost. Debt securities not classified as held-to-maturity and marketable equity
securities are classified as either "trading" or "available-for-sale," and are
recorded at fair value with unrealized gains and losses included in earnings or
group equity, respectively. All other equity securities are accounted for using
either the cost method or the equity method. The Disney Group's share of
earnings or losses in its equity investments accounted for under the equity
method is included in "Corporate and other activities" in the combined
statements of income.
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THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
Ownership Interest in Disney's Existing Internet Business
The Disney Group currently owns 100% of Disney's existing Internet business.
The Disney Group's ownership interest in Disney's existing Internet business
(see Note 2) is reflected as "Retained interest in Disney's existing Internet
business" in the Disney Group's historical combined balance sheets. Similarly,
the Disney Group's interest in 100% of the net income (loss) of Disney's
existing Internet business is reflected as "Net income (loss) related to
retained interest in Disney's existing Internet business" in the Disney Group's
historical combined statements of income.
Inventories
Carrying amounts of merchandise, materials and supplies inventories are
generally determined on a moving average cost basis and are stated at the lower
of cost or market.
Film and Television Costs
Film and television costs are stated at the lower of cost, less accumulated
amortization, or net realizable value. Television broadcast program licenses
and rights and related liabilities are recorded when the license period begins
and the program is available for use.
Film and television production and participation costs are expensed based on
the ratio of the current period's gross revenues to estimated total gross
revenues from all sources on an individual production basis. Television network
and station rights for theatrical movies and other long-form programming are
charged to expense primarily on accelerated bases related to the usage of the
programs. Television network series costs and multi-year sports rights are
charged to expense based on the ratio of the current period's gross revenues to
estimated total gross revenues from such programs.
Estimates of total gross revenues can change significantly due to a variety
of factors, including the level of market acceptance of film and television
products, advertising rates and subscriber fees. Accordingly, revenue estimates
are reviewed periodically and amortization is adjusted if necessary. Such
adjustments could have a material effect on results of operations in future
periods.
Theme Parks, Resorts and Other Property
Theme parks, resorts and other property are carried at cost. Depreciation is
computed on the straight-line method based upon estimated useful lives ranging
from three to fifty years.
Intangible/Other Assets
Intangible assets are amortized over periods ranging from two to forty
years. The Disney Group continually reviews the recoverability of the carrying
value of these assets using the methodology prescribed in SFAS 121. The Disney
Group also reviews long-lived assets and the related intangible assets for
impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying
amounts of such assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability of these assets
is determined by comparing the forecasted undiscounted net cash flows of the
operation to which the assets relate, to the carrying amount, including
associated intangible assets, of such operation. If the operation is determined
to be unable to recover the carrying amount of its assets, then intangible
assets are written down first, followed by the other long-lived assets of the
operation, to fair value. Fair value is determined based on discounted cash
flows or appraised values, depending upon the nature of the assets.
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THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
Risk Management Contracts
In the normal course of business, the Disney Group employs a variety of off-
balance-sheet financial instruments to manage its exposure to fluctuations in
interest and foreign currency exchange rates, including interest rate and
cross-currency swap agreements, forward, option, swaption and spreadlock
contracts and interest rate caps.
The Disney Group designates and assigns the financial instruments as hedges
of specific assets, liabilities or anticipated transactions. When hedged assets
or liabilities are sold or extinguished or the anticipated transactions being
hedged are no longer expected to occur, the Disney Group recognizes the gain or
loss on the designated hedging financial instruments.
The Disney Group classifies its derivative financial instruments as held or
issued for purposes other than trading. Option premiums and unrealized losses
on forward contracts and the accrued differential for interest rate and cross-
currency swaps to be received under the agreements are recorded in the balance
sheet as other assets. Unrealized gains on forward contracts and the accrued
differential for interest rate and cross-currency swaps to be paid under the
agreements are included in accounts and taxes payable and other accrued
liabilities. Realized gains and losses from hedges are classified in the income
statement consistent with the accounting treatment of the items being hedged.
The Disney Group accrues the differential for interest rate and cross-currency
swaps to be paid or received under the agreements as interest and exchange
rates shift as adjustments to net interest expense over the lives of the swaps.
Gains and losses on the termination of swap agreements, prior to their original
maturity, are deferred and amortized to net interest expense over the remaining
term of the underlying hedged transactions.
Cash flows from hedges are classified in the statement of cash flows under
the same category as the cash flows from the related assets, liabilities or
anticipated transactions (see Notes 7 and 13).
Earnings Per Share
As the Disney Group does not have its own class of stock, basic and diluted
net income per share data is inapplicable and has been omitted.
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made in the 1997 and 1996 financial
statements to conform to the 1998 presentation, including the change in format
from an unclassified balance sheet to a classified balance sheet, which
separately presents the current and non-current portions of assets and
liabilities. Consistent with the classification of television broadcast rights
as current assets, payments for such rights are now reclassified as operating
cash flows.
2. Reorganization and the go.com Common Stock Proposal (unaudited)
On July 10, 1999, Disney entered into an Agreement and Plan of
Reorganization (the "Reorganization Agreement") with Infoseek Corporation
("Infoseek"). Pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement, Disney is proposing to
acquire the remaining 58% of Infoseek that it does not already own by issuing
1.15 shares of a new class of common stock ("go.com Common Stock") for each
outstanding share of Infoseek common stock. Disney will also convert
outstanding Infoseek stock options into options exercisable for shares of
go.com Common Stock.
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THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
The Infoseek merger and issuance of go.com Common Stock require approvals by
Infoseek and Disney stockholders, respectively. Once approvals are obtained,
Disney will combine its Internet and Catalog operations with Infoseek to create
a single Internet business ("go.com"). The go.com Common Stock, anticipated to
trade under the ticker symbol "GO," will be issued to track the performance of
go.com.
As of the effective date of the Infoseek merger, Disney will retain an
initial equity interest of approximately 72% in go.com. Former Infoseek
stockholders will initially own the remaining 28%. Shares of Disney's existing
common stock will be renamed Disney Common Stock, and will reflect the
performance of Disney's businesses other than go.com, plus the Company's 72%
retained interest in go.com.
The Infoseek merger will be accounted for as a purchase. Accordingly,
operating results for Infoseek and amortization of its intangible assets, which
is expected to be substantial, will be reflected in Disney's financial
statements from the effective date of the merger, which is expected to occur
during the first quarter of fiscal 2000.
Upon consummation of the Infoseek merger, the Disney Group will have the
right to acquire an additional 18 million shares in go.com, representing an
approximately 3% increase in its initial retained interest, at a 20% premium to
market value, as defined, subject to a maximum price of $43.48 per share. The
Disney Group will have the right to acquire 6 million shares 30 days after
go.com Common Stock is first traded on the NYSE and the remaining 12 million
shares after November 18, 2000.
Currently, Disney provides all funding for the Disney Group and go.com as
described in Note 6 under "Certain Cash Management and Allocation Policies."
Accordingly, no interest expense or income to or from Disney's existing
Internet business has been reflected in the financial statements of the Disney
Group.
After the date on which go.com Common Stock is first issued, for financial
statement purposes, the following policies will apply, except to the extent
Disney's board of directors rescinds, modifies or adds to them:
(a) Disney will attribute each future incurrence or issuance of external
debt or preferred stock (and the proceeds thereof) to the Disney Group,
except in cases where Disney's board of directors determines otherwise.
Disney's board of directors may determine from time to time to attribute an
incurrence or issuance of debt or preferred stock (and the proceeds
thereof) to go.com to the extent that Disney incurs or issues the debt or
preferred stock for the benefit of go.com, but Disney's board of directors
will not be required to do so.
(b) Disney will attribute each future issuance of Disney Common Stock
(and the proceeds thereof) to the Disney Group. Disney may attribute any
future issuance of go.com Common Stock (and the proceeds thereof) to the
Disney Group in respect of its Retained Interest in go.com (in a manner
analogous to a secondary offering of common stock of a subsidiary owned by
a corporate parent) or to go.com (in a manner analogous to a primary
offering of common stock).
(c) Dividends on Disney Common Stock will be charged against the Disney
Group, and dividends on go.com Common Stock will be charged against go.com.
At the time of any dividend on go.com Common Stock, Disney will credit to
the Disney Group, and charge against go.com, a corresponding amount in
respect of the Disney Group's Retained Interest in go.com.
(d) Repurchases of Disney Common Stock will be charged against the
Disney Group. Repurchases of go.com Common Stock may be charged either
against go.com or the Disney Group as determined by
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THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
Disney's board of directors in its sole discretion. If a repurchase of
go.com Common Stock is charged against the Disney Group, Disney will
increase the Disney Group's Retained Interest in go.com.
(e) Whenever go.com holds cash (other than cash of go.com's foreign
operations or cash of go.com's operations that are not wholly-owned),
go.com will normally transfer that cash to Disney, which will attribute
interest on such cash, at its short-term borrowing rate, to go.com.
Conversely, whenever go.com has a cash need (other than cash needs of
go.com's foreign operations or cash needs of go.com's operations that are
not wholly-owned), Disney will normally fund that cash need. However,
Disney's board of directors will retain ultimate authority at all times to
determine, in its sole discretion, whether to provide any particular funds
to either group and will not be obligated to do so.
(f) Disney will account for all cash transfers from one group to or for
the account of the other group (other than transfers in return for assets
or services rendered or transfers in respect of the Disney Group's Retained
Interest that correspond to dividends paid on go.com Common Stock) as
inter-group short-term loans unless Disney's board of directors determines
that a given transfer (or type of transfer) should be accounted for (1) as
a long-term loan, (2) as a capital contribution increasing the Disney
Group's Retained Interest in go.com or (3) as a return of capital reducing
the Disney Group's Retained Interest in go.com. There are no specific
criteria to determine when Disney will account for a cash transfer as a
long-term loan, a capital contribution or a return of capital rather than
an inter-group short-term loan; provided, however, that advances from the
Disney Group to go.com up to $250 million on a cumulative basis, reduced by
the amount of any loans made between the July 12, 1999 Infoseek merger
announcement date and the date on which go.com Common Stock is first
issued, as defined, shall be accounted for as short-term or long-term loans
at interest rates at which Disney could borrow such funds and shall not be
accounted for as capital contributions. Disney's board of directors would
make determinations about the character of cash transfers in the exercise
of its business judgment at the time of such transfer based upon all
relevant circumstances. Factors Disney's board of directors might consider
include, without limitation, (1) the current and projected capital
structure of each group, (2) the financing needs and objectives of the
recipient group, (3) the availability, cost and time associated with
alternative financing sources and (4) prevailing interest rates and general
economic conditions.
(g) Cash transfers accounted for as inter-group short-term loans will
bear interest at the rate at which Disney could borrow such funds. In
addition, any cash transfers accounted for as long-term loans will have
interest rates, amortization, maturity, redemption and other terms that
reflect the then-prevailing terms on which Disney could borrow such funds.
(h) Any cash transfer from the Disney Group to go.com (or for its
account) accounted for as a capital contribution will correspondingly
increase go.com's equity account and the Disney Group's retained interest
in go.com.
(i) Any cash transfer from go.com to the Disney Group (or for its
account) accounted for as a return of capital will correspondingly reduce
go.com's equity account and the Disney Group's retained interest in go.com.
(j) In the event that Disney exercises any convertible securities or
similar rights to increase the Disney Group's retained interest in go.com,
the cash proceeds of such exercise shall be allocated to go.com.
(k) In the event that promotional services are provided by the Disney
Group for go.com, the form, amount and cost allocations will be determined
by or under the supervision of Disney's board of directors.
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THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
Cost allocations, if any, will in all cases be on terms and rates no less
favorable to go.com than those that would apply to comparable services
provided to unaffiliated third parties and may be on substantially more
favorable terms.
(l) Allocations by the Disney Group for corporate general and
administrative services and facilities charges to go.com (see Note 6) will
be limited to $7.5 million for 1999, 2000 and 2001.
3. Acquisition and Dispositions
On February 9, 1996, Disney completed its acquisition of ABC. The aggregate
consideration paid to ABC shareholders consisted of $10.1 billion in cash and
155 million shares of Disney common stock valued at $8.8 billion based on the
stock price as of the date the transaction was announced.
As a result of the ABC acquisition, Disney sold its independent Los Angeles
television station, KCAL, during the first quarter of 1997 for $387 million,
resulting in a gain of $135 million.
ABC, excluding its Internet initiatives, has been attributed to the Disney
Group. The Disney Group completed its final purchase price allocation and
determination of related goodwill, deferred taxes and other accounts during the
second quarter of 1997.
During the third and fourth quarters of 1997, the Disney Group disposed of
most of the publishing businesses acquired with ABC to various third parties
for consideration approximating their carrying amount. Proceeds consisted of
$1.2 billion in cash, $1.0 billion in debt assumption and preferred stock
convertible to common stock with a market value of $660 million.
The unaudited pro forma information below presents results of operations as
if the acquisition of ABC in 1996 and the sale of KCAL, the finalization of
purchase price allocation and the disposition of certain ABC publishing assets
in 1997 had occurred at the beginning of the respective years presented. The
unaudited pro forma information is not necessarily indicative of the results of
operations of the combined company had these events occurred at the beginning
of the years presented, nor is it necessarily indicative of future results.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended September 30,
--------------------------
1997 1996 (a)
------------ -------------
<S> <C> <C>
Revenues........................................ $ 21,439 $ 19,991
Net income...................................... 1,772 1,274
</TABLE>
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(a) 1996 includes the impact of a $300 million non-cash charge related to the
initial adoption of a new accounting standard (see Note 12).
4. Investment in Euro Disney
Euro Disney S.C.A. ("Euro Disney") operates the Disneyland Paris theme park
and resort complex on a 4,800-acre site near Paris, France. Disney accounts for
its 39% ownership interest in Euro Disney, attributed to the Disney Group,
using the equity method of accounting. As of September 30, 1998, the Disney
Group's recorded investment in Euro Disney was $340 million. The quoted market
value of the Disney Group's Euro Disney shares at September 30, 1998 was
approximately $452 million.
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THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
In connection with the financial restructuring of Euro Disney in 1994, Euro
Disney Associes S.N.C. ("Disney SNC"), a wholly owned affiliate of Disney,
entered into a lease arrangement with a noncancelable term of 12 years (the
"Lease") related to substantially all of the Disneyland Paris theme park
assets, and then entered into a 12-year sublease agreement (the "Sublease")
with Euro Disney. Remaining lease rentals at September 30, 1998 of FF 8.3
billion ($1.5 billion) receivable from Euro Disney under the Sublease
approximate the amounts payable by Disney SNC under the Lease. At the
conclusion of the Sublease term, Euro Disney will have the option to assume
Disney SNC's rights and obligations under the Lease. If Euro Disney does not
exercise its option, Disney SNC may purchase the assets, continue to lease the
assets or elect to terminate the Lease, in which case Disney SNC would make a
termination payment to the lessor equal to 75% of the lessor's then outstanding
debt related to the theme park assets, estimated to be $1.1 billion; Disney SNC
could then sell or lease the assets on behalf of the lessor to satisfy the
remaining debt, with any excess proceeds payable to Disney SNC.
Also as part of the restructuring, Disney agreed to arrange for the
provision of a 10-year unsecured standby credit facility of approximately $201
million, upon request, bearing interest at PIBOR. As of September 30, 1998,
Euro Disney had not requested that Disney establish this facility. Disney also
agreed, as long as any of the restructured debt is outstanding, to maintain
ownership of at least 34% of the outstanding common stock of Euro Disney until
June 1999, at least 25% for the subsequent five years and at least 16.67% for
an additional term thereafter.
5. Film and Television Costs
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997
------ ------
<S> <C> <C>
Theatrical film costs
Released, less amortization.............................. $2,035 $1,691
In-process............................................... 2,041 1,855
------ ------
4,076 3,546
------ ------
Television costs
Released, less amortization.............................. 374 276
In-process............................................... 589 279
------ ------
963 555
------ ------
Television broadcast rights................................ 690 300
------ ------
5,729 4,401
Less: current portion...................................... 3,223 2,186
------ ------
Non-current portion........................................ $2,506 $2,215
====== ======
</TABLE>
Based on management's total gross revenue estimates as of September 30,
1998, approximately 82% of unamortized film and television costs (except in-
process) are expected to be amortized during the next three years.
6. Certain Cash Management and Allocation Policies
The accompanying combined financial statements reflect the application of
certain cash management and allocation policies determined by Disney's board of
directors in its business judgment. Disney's board of directors may amend these
policies without shareholder approval.
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THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
TREASURY ACTIVITIES
Disney manages most treasury activities on a centralized, consolidated
basis. These activities include the investment of surplus cash, the issuance,
repayment and repurchase of short-term and long-term debt, interest rate and
foreign currency risk management, and the issuance and repurchase of common
stock. All external debt and equity transactions during periods prior to and
included in the combined financial statements (and the proceeds thereof) were
attributed to the Disney Group. Disney's policy provides that cash transfers
between groups may be accounted for as short-term loans, long-term loans or
capital transactions. The character of cash transfers and interest rates and
other terms applicable to transfers accounted for as short-term loans or long-
term loans will be established by, or pursuant to procedures established by,
Disney's board of directors. Disney has provided all necessary funding for the
operations and investments of Disney's existing Internet business since
inception and such funding has been accounted for as capital contributions from
the Disney Group. Accordingly, no interest income from Disney's existing
Internet business has been reflected in the accompanying combined financial
statements. Surplus cash, transferred to the Disney Group from time to time,
has been accounted for as a return of capital.
CORPORATE GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Disney allocates the cost of corporate general and administrative ("G&A")
services and facilities to the Disney Group generally based on utilization.
Where determinations based on utilization alone are impracticable, Disney uses
other methods and criteria that management believes to be equitable and to
provide a reasonable estimate of costs attributable to the Disney Group.
Corporate G&A allocations included in the accompanying combined statements
of income include charges for legal, accounting (tax and financial), treasury,
tax planning and strategic planning services; risk management; employee benefit
plans and administration thereof; information and telecommunications services;
purchasing and material procurement; public and investor relations; corporate
travel; corporate offices, warehouses and other facilities. G&A allocations
include, without limitation, all costs and expenses of personnel employed in
connection with such services and facilities, including payroll, payroll taxes
and fringe benefit costs; all overhead costs and expenses directly related to
such personnel and the services or facilities provided by them and all
materials used in connection with such services or facilities.
INCOME TAXES
Income taxes have been allocated to the Disney Group in amounts equal to the
Federal and state tax effects that its operations have had on Disney's
consolidated income tax provision.
ROYALTIES
The Disney Group has licensed to Disney's existing Internet business the
nonexclusive right to use Disney's intellectual property in the conduct of its
business, as defined, in exchange for a royalty equal to 1.25% of defined net
revenues, excluding revenues derived from operation of The DisneyStore.com.
Royalties will not be deemed earned by the Disney Group until the first full
year in which Disney's existing Internet business generates positive earnings
before interest, taxes and amortization ("EBITA"), and royalties in any year
may not exceed 25% of Disney's existing Internet business' EBITA.
Royalties equal to 8% of actual costs, as defined, for Disney-branded
merchandise purchased by The DisneyStore.com are earned by and payable to the
Disney Group beginning in the first full year in which Disney's existing
Internet business generates positive EBITA. Such royalties may not exceed 30%
of The DisneyStore.com's EBITA in any year.
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THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
7. Borrowings
Borrowings at September 30, 1998 and 1997, including interest rate swaps
designated as hedges, are summarized below.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Stated Interest rate and cross- Effective
Interest currency swaps (f) Interest Swap
Balance Rate (e) Pay Float Pay Fixed Rate (g) Maturities
------- -------- ------------ ------------ --------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Commercial paper due
1999 (a)............... $ 2,225 5.5% $ -- $ 2,225 6.2% 1999
U.S. dollar notes and
debentures due 1999-
2093 (b)............... 6,321 6.6% 2,886 675 6.4% 1999-2012
Dual currency and
foreign notes due 1999-
2003 (c)............... 1,678 5.8% 1,678 -- 5.4% 1999-2003
Senior participating
notes due 2000-2001
(d).................... 1,195 2.7% -- -- n/a n/a
Other due 1999-2027..... 266 5.2% -- -- n/a n/a
-------
11,685 5.8% -- -- 6.2%
Less current portion.... 2,123
------- ------------ ------------
Total long-term
borrowings............ $ 9,562 $ 4,564 $ 2,900
======= ============ ============
<CAPTION>
1997
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Stated Interest rate and cross- Effective
Interest currency swaps (f) Interest Swap
Balance Rate (e) Pay Float Pay Fixed Rate (g) Maturities
------- -------- ------------ ------------ --------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Commercial paper due
1998 (a)............... $ 2,019 5.8% $ -- $ 950 6.2% 1999
U.S. dollar notes and
debentures due 1998-
2093 (b)............... 5,796 6.7% 2,086 -- 6.5% 1998-2012
Dual currency and
foreign notes due 1998-
2001 (c)............... 1,854 5.2% 1,812 -- 5.4% 1998-2001
Senior participating
notes due 2000-2001
(d).................... 1,145 2.7% -- -- n/a n/a
Other due 1998-2027..... 254 8.2% -- -- n/a n/a
-------
11,068 5.9% -- -- 6.3%
Less current portion.... 897
------- ------------ ------------
Total long-term
borrowings............ $10,171 $ 3,898 $ 950
======= ============ ============
</TABLE>
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(a) Disney has established bank facilities totaling $5.2 billion, which expire
in one to four years. Under the bank facilities, Disney has the option to
borrow at various interest rates. Commercial paper is classified as long-
term since Disney intends to refinance these borrowings on a long-term
basis through continued commercial paper borrowings supported by available
bank facilities.
(b) Includes $771 million in 1998 and $821 million in 1997 representing
minority interest in a real estate investment trust established by Disney.
(c) Denominated principally in U.S. dollars, Japanese yen, Australian dollars
and Italian lira.
(d) The average coupon rate is 2.7% on $1.3 billion face value of notes.
Additional interest may be paid based on the performance of designated
portfolios of films. The effective interest rates at September 30, 1998
and 1997 were 6.8% and 6.3%, respectively.
(e) The stated interest rate represents the weighted average coupon rate for
each category of borrowings. For floating rate borrowings, interest rates
are based upon the rates at September 30, 1998 and 1997; these rates are
not necessarily an indication of future interest rates.
(f) Amounts represent notional values of interest rate swaps.
(g) The effective interest rate reflects the effect of interest rate and
cross-currency swaps entered into with respect to certain of these
borrowings as indicated in the "Pay Float" and "Pay Fixed" columns.
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<PAGE>
THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
Borrowings, excluding commercial paper and minority interest, have the
following scheduled maturities:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
1999............................................ $2,123
2000............................................ 2,074
2001............................................ 2,054
2002............................................ --
2003............................................ 92
Thereafter...................................... 2,346
</TABLE>
The Disney Group capitalizes interest on assets constructed for its theme
parks, resorts and other property, and on theatrical and television
productions in process. In 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively, total interest
costs incurred were $824 million, $841 million and $545 million, of which $139
million, $100 million and $66 million were capitalized.
8. Income Taxes
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997 1996
------ ------ ------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Income before income taxes
Domestic (including U.S. exports).................. $3,221 $3,257 $1,846
Foreign subsidiaries............................... 43 194 239
------ ------ ------
$3,264 $3,451 $2,085
====== ====== ======
Income tax provision
Current
Federal.......................................... $ 729 $1,041 $ 396
State............................................ 121 204 102
Foreign (including withholding).................. 139 190 235
------ ------ ------
989 1,435 733
------ ------ ------
Deferred
Federal.......................................... 306 20 107
State............................................ 48 (16) 16
------ ------ ------
354 4 123
------ ------ ------
$1,343 $1,439 $ 856
====== ====== ======
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
Deferred tax assets
Accrued liabilities............................ $(1,051) $(1,257)
Depreciable, amortizable and other property.... 6 5
Other, net..................................... (59) (89)
------- -------
Total deferred tax assets.................... (1,104) (1,341)
Deferred tax liabilities
Depreciable, amortizable and other property.... 2,396 2,413
Licensing revenues............................. 249 193
Leveraged leases............................... 313 279
Investment in Euro Disney...................... 129 90
------- -------
Total deferred tax liabilities............... 3,087 2,975
Net deferred tax liability before valuation
allowance....................................... 1,983 1,634
Valuation allowance.............................. 50 50
------- -------
Net deferred tax liability....................... $ 2,033 $ 1,684
======= =======
<CAPTION>
1998 1997 1996
------- ------- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Reconciliation of Effective Income Tax Rate
Federal income tax rate.......................... 35.0% 35.0% 35.0%
Nondeductible amortization of intangible assets.. 4.1 4.2 5.0
State taxes, net of federal income tax benefit... 3.4 3.6 3.4
Valuation allowance.............................. (.1) (.2) 0.0
Other, net....................................... (1.3) (.9) (2.3)
------- ------- ----
41.1% 41.7% 41.1%
======= ======= ====
</TABLE>
In 1998, 1997 and 1996, income tax benefits attributable to employee stock
option transactions of $327 million, $81 million and $44 million, respectively,
were allocated to group equity.
9. Pension and Other Benefit Programs
Disney maintains pension plans and postretirement medical benefit plans
covering most of its domestic employees not covered by union or industry-wide
plans. Employees hired after January 1, 1994 are not eligible for the
postretirement medical benefits. Pension benefits are generally based on years
of service and/or compensation. The following chart summarizes the balance
sheet impact, as well as the benefit obligations, assets, funded status and
rate assumptions associated with the pension and postretirement medical benefit
plans for the Disney Group.
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<PAGE>
THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
Reconciliation of funded status of the plans and the amounts included in the
Disney Group's combined balance sheets:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Postretirement
Pension Plan Benefit Plans
---------------- ----------------
1998 1997 1998 1997
------- ------- ------- -------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Projected benefit obligations
Beginning obligations.................... $(1,437) $(1,401) $ (293) $ (271)
Service cost............................. (71) (73) (11) (10)
Interest cost............................ (109) (106) (22) (21)
Actuarial gains (losses)................. (246) 9 (2) 5
Benefits paid............................ 63 62 10 9
Other.................................... 9 72 (3) (5)
------- ------- ------- -------
Ending obligations....................... (1,791) (1,437) (321) (293)
Fair value of plans' assets
Beginning fair value..................... 1,725 1,441 162 138
Actual return on plans' assets........... 294 304 26 22
Employer contributions................... 75 110 7 --
Participants' contributions.............. 1 1 -- 11
Benefits paid............................ (63) (62) (10) (9)
Expenses................................. (15) (9) -- --
Other.................................... (4) (60) -- --
------- ------- ------- -------
Ending fair value........................ 2,013 1,725 185 162
Funded status of the plans................. 222 288 (136) (131)
Unrecognized net (gain) loss............. (81) (219) (30) (20)
Unrecognized prior service benefit
(cost).................................. (11) (2) 1 (34)
Other.................................... 33 28 -- --
------- ------- ------- -------
Net balance sheet asset (liability)........ $ 163 $ 95 $ (165) $ (185)
======= ======= ======= =======
Rate Assumptions
Discount rate.......................... 6.8% 7.8% 6.8% 7.8%
Rate of return on plans' assets........ 10.5% 10.5% 10.5% 10.5%
Salary increases....................... 4.4% 5.4% n/a n/a
Annual increase in cost of benefits.... n/a n/a 6.4% 6.7%
</TABLE>
The projected benefit obligations and the accumulated benefit obligations
for the pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan
assets were $94 million and $72 million for 1998, and $79 million and $50
million for 1997.
The annual increase in cost of postretirement benefits is assumed to
decrease .3 percentage points per year until reaching 4.9%.
Assumed health care cost trend rates have a significant effect on the
amounts reported for the postretirement medical benefit plans. The effects of a
one percentage point decrease in the assumed health care cost trend rates on
total service and interest cost components and on postretirement benefit
obligations are
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<PAGE>
THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
$9 million and $70 million, respectively. The effects of a one percentage point
increase in the assumed health care cost trend rates on total service and
interest cost components and on postretirement benefit obligations are ($7)
million and ($53) million, respectively.
The Disney Group's accumulated pension benefit obligations at September 30,
1998 and 1997 were $1.6 billion and $1.3 billion, of which 97.7% and 97.8% were
vested, respectively.
The income statement costs of the pension plans for 1998, 1997 and 1996
totaled $12 million, $45 million and $58 million, respectively. The discount
rate, rate of return on plan assets and salary increase assumptions for the
pension plans were 7.8%, 10.0% and 5.6%, respectively, in 1996. The income
statement credits for the postretirement benefit plans for 1998, 1997 and 1996
were $13 million, $18 million and $16 million, respectively. The discount rate,
rate of return on plan assets and annual increase in cost of postretirement
benefits assumptions were 7.8%, 10.0% and 7.0%, respectively, in 1996.
The market values of Disney common shares held by the pension plan master
trust as of September 30, 1998 and 1997 were $71 million and $75 million,
respectively.
10. Stock Incentive Plans
The Disney Group employees participate in various Disney stock option plans
(the "Plans"). Under the Plans, Disney may grant stock options and other awards
to key executive, management and creative personnel at exercise prices equal to
or exceeding the market price at the date of grant. In general, options become
exercisable over a five-year period from the grant date and expire 10 years
after the date of grant. In certain cases for senior executives, options become
exercisable over periods up to 10 years and expire up to 15 years after date of
grant. Disney shares available for future option grants at September 30, 1998,
totaled 119 million.
The following table summarizes information about stock option transactions
related to the Disney Group (shares in millions):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997 1996
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Weighted Weighted Weighted
Average Average Average
Exercise Exercise Exercise
Shares Price Shares Price Shares Price
------ -------- ------ -------- ------ --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Outstanding at beginning of
year......................... 182 $17.44 188 $15.84 105 $11.20
Awards canceled............... (9) 20.98 (18) 19.32 (6) 17.10
Awards granted................ 24 33.07 27 25.64 95 19.63
Awards exercised.............. (37) 9.06 (15) 11.14 (9) 10.53
Awards transferred (ABC)...... -- -- 3 11.05
--- --- ---
Outstanding at September 30... 160 $21.70 182 $17.44 188 $15.84
=== === ===
Exercisable at September 30... 50 $16.34 63 $11.77 51 $ 9.40
=== === ===
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding
at September 30, 1998 relating to the Disney Group (shares in millions):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Outstanding Exercisable
---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------
Range of Weighted Average
Exercise Number Remaining Years of Weighted Average Number Weighted Average
Prices of Options Contractual Life Exercise Price of Options Exercise Price
-------- ---------- ------------------ ---------------- ---------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$5-$10 9 2.19 $8.02 8 $8.03
$10-$15 20 5.01 13.41 14 13.27
$15-$20 24 6.72 18.33 16 18.44
$20-$25 60 7.79 21.54 10 21.33
$25-$30 24 9.10 26.48 2 26.64
$30-$35 9 8.82 31.76 -- --
$35-$40 11 9.56 38.02 -- --
$40-$45 3 8.01 42.21 -- --
--- ---
160 50
=== ===
</TABLE>
During 1997, the Disney Group adopted SFAS 123 and pursuant to its
provisions, elected to continue using the intrinsic-value method of accounting
for stock-based awards granted to employees in accordance with APB 25.
Accordingly, the Disney Group has not recognized compensation expense for its
stock-based awards to employees. The following table reflects pro forma net
income had the Disney Group elected to adopt the fair value approach of SFAS
123:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997 1996
------ ------ ------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net income:
As reported......................................... $1,850 $1,966 $1,214
Pro forma........................................... 1,752 1,872 1,186
</TABLE>
These pro forma amounts may not be representative of future disclosures
since the estimated fair value of stock options is amortized to expense over
the vesting period, and additional options may be granted in future years.
The weighted average fair values of options at their grant date during 1998,
1997 and 1996, where the exercise price equaled the market price on the grant
date, were $10.82 and $9.09, and $7.67, respectively. The weighted average fair
values of options at their grant date during 1998 and 1996, where the exercise
price exceeded the market price on the grant date, were $8.55 and $6.20,
respectively. No such options were granted during 1997. The estimated fair
value of each option granted is calculated using the Black-Scholes option-
pricing model. The weighted average assumptions used in the model were as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997 1996
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Risk-free interest rate.................................. 5.4% 6.4% 6.2%
Expected years until exercise............................ 6.0 6.1 7.1
Expected stock volatility................................ 23% 23% 23%
Dividend yield........................................... .71% .71% .69%
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
11. Detail of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997
------- -------
<S> <C> <C>
Receivables
Trade, net of allowances............................... $ 3,425 $ 2,986
Other.................................................. 552 327
------- -------
$ 3,977 $ 3,313
======= =======
Accounts and taxes payable and accrued liabilities
Accounts payable....................................... $ 3,773 $ 3,534
Income taxes payable................................... -- 383
Payroll and employee benefits.......................... 847 672
Other.................................................. 106 114
------- -------
$ 4,726 $ 4,703
======= =======
Intangible assets
Cost in excess of ABC's net assets acquired............ $14,248 $14,307
Trademark.............................................. 1,100 1,100
FCC licenses........................................... 1,100 1,100
Other.................................................. 267 145
Accumulated amortization............................... (1,140) (701)
------- -------
$15,575 $15,951
======= =======
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
12. Segments
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997 1996
------- ------- -------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Business Segments
Revenues
Creative Content...................................... $10,042 $10,763 $10,078
Broadcasting.......................................... 7,142 6,522 4,078
Theme Parks and Resorts............................... 5,532 5,014 4,502
------- ------- -------
$22,716 $22,299 $18,658
======= ======= =======
Operating income
Creative Content...................................... $ 1,503 $ 1,945 $ 1,582
Broadcasting.......................................... 1,325 1,294 782
Theme Parks and Resorts............................... 1,287 1,136 990
KCAL gain............................................. -- 135 --
Accounting change..................................... -- -- (300)
------- ------- -------
$ 4,115 $ 4,510 $ 3,054
======= ======= =======
Capital expenditures
Creative Content...................................... $ 194 $ 280 $ 354
Broadcasting.......................................... 245 152 113
Theme Parks and Resorts............................... 1,693 1,266 1,196
Corporate............................................. 155 203 77
------- ------- -------
$ 2,287 $ 1,901 $ 1,740
======= ======= =======
Depreciation expense
Creative Content...................................... $ 199 $ 181 $ 162
Broadcasting.......................................... 122 104 104
Theme Parks and Resorts............................... 444 408 358
Corporate............................................. 34 39 47
------- ------- -------
$ 799 $ 732 $ 671
======= ======= =======
Identifiable assets
Creative Content...................................... $ 9,436 $ 8,760 $ 8,819
Broadcasting.......................................... 20,099 19,036 19,576
Theme Parks and Resorts............................... 9,214 8,051 7,066
Corporate............................................. 2,556 2,578 1,862
------- ------- -------
$41,305 $38,425 $37,323
======= ======= =======
Supplemental revenue data
Creative Content
Theatrical product.................................. $ 5,085 $ 5,595 $ 5,472
Consumer products................................... 3,192 2,902 2,437
Broadcasting
Advertising......................................... 5,287 4,937 3,092
Theme Parks and Resorts
Merchandise, food and beverage...................... 1,780 1,754 1,555
Admissions.......................................... 1,739 1,603 1,493
Geographic Segments
Revenues
United States......................................... $17,846 $17,694 $14,341
United States export.................................. 1,036 874 746
Europe................................................ 2,215 2,073 2,086
Rest of world......................................... 1,619 1,658 1,485
------- ------- -------
$22,716 $22,299 $18,658
======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997 1996
------- ------- -------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Operating income
United States...................................... $ 3,568 $ 3,775 $ 2,250
Europe............................................. 369 499 633
Rest of world...................................... 390 397 382
Unallocated expenses............................... (212) (161) (211)
------- ------- -------
$ 4,115 $ 4,510 $ 3,054
======= ======= =======
Identifiable assets
United States...................................... $39,389 $36,634 $35,459
Europe............................................. 1,468 1,275 1,495
Rest of world...................................... 448 516 369
------- ------- -------
$41,305 $38,425 $37,323
======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
During the second quarter of 1996, the Disney Group implemented SFAS 121.
This accounting standard changed the method that companies use to evaluate the
carrying value of such assets by, among other things, requiring companies to
evaluate assets at the lowest level at which identifiable cash flows can be
determined. The implementation of SFAS 121 resulted in the Disney Group
recognizing a $300 million non-cash charge related principally to certain
assets included in the Theme Parks and Resorts segment.
13. Financial Instruments
Investments
As of September 30, 1998 and 1997, the Disney Group held $126 million and
$137 million, respectively, of securities classified as available for sale. In
1998, 1997 and 1996, realized gains and losses on available-for-sale
securities, determined principally on an average cost basis, and unrealized
gains and losses on available-for-sale securities were not material.
Interest Rate Risk Management
The Disney Group is exposed to the impact of interest rate changes. The
Disney Group's objective is to manage the impact of interest rate changes on
earnings and cash flows and on the market value of its investments and
borrowings. The Disney Group maintains fixed rate debt as a percentage of its
net debt between a minimum and maximum percentage, which is set by policy.
The Disney Group uses interest rate swaps and other instruments to manage
net exposure to interest rate changes related to its borrowings and to lower
its overall borrowing costs. Significant interest rate risk management
instruments held by the Disney Group at September 30, 1998 and 1997 included
pay-floating and pay-fixed swaps, interest rate caps and swaption contracts.
Pay-floating swaps effectively converted medium-term obligations to LIBOR-based
or commercial paper variable rate instruments. These swap agreements expire in
one to 14 years. Pay-fixed swaps and interest rate caps effectively converted
floating rate obligations to fixed rate instruments. These instruments expire
within one year. Swaption contracts were designated as hedges of floating rate
debt and expired in 1998.
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THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
The following table reflects incremental changes in the notional or
contractual amounts of the Disney Group's interest rate contracts during 1998
and 1997. Activity representing renewal of existing positions is excluded.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
September 30, Maturities/ September 30,
1997 Additions Expirations Terminations 1998
------------- --------- ----------- ------------ -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Pay-floating swaps...... $2,086 $ 950 $ (50) $ (100) $2,886
Pay-fixed swaps......... 950 6,000 (4,050) -- 2,900
Interest rate caps...... -- 3,100 (2,000) -- 1,100
Swaption contracts...... 300 -- (300) -- --
------ ------- ------- ------- ------
$3,336 $10,050 $(6,400) $ (100) $6,886
====== ======= ======= ======= ======
<CAPTION>
September 30, Maturities/ September 30,
1996 Additions Expirations Terminations 1997
------------- --------- ----------- ------------ -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Pay-floating swaps...... $1,520 $ 2,479 $ -- $(1,913) $2,086
Pay-fixed swaps......... 900 850 (200) (600) 950
Swaption contracts...... -- 1,100 -- (800) 300
Option contracts........ -- 593 -- (593) --
Spreadlock contracts.... -- 470 (470) -- --
------ ------- ------- ------- ------
$2,420 $ 5,492 $ (670) $(3,906) $3,336
====== ======= ======= ======= ======
</TABLE>
The impact of interest rate risk management activities on income in 1998,
1997 and 1996, and the amount of deferred gains and losses from interest rate
risk management transactions at September 30, 1998 and 1997 were not material.
Foreign Exchange Risk Management
The Disney Group transacts business in virtually every part of the world and
is subject to risks associated with changing foreign exchange rates. The Disney
Group's objective is to reduce earnings and cash flow volatility associated
with foreign exchange rate changes to allow management to focus its attention
on its core business issues and challenges. Accordingly, the Disney Group
enters into various contracts which change in value as foreign exchange rates
change to protect the value of its existing foreign currency assets and
liabilities, commitments and anticipated foreign currency revenues. By policy,
the Disney Group maintains hedge coverage between minimum and maximum
percentages of its anticipated foreign exchange exposures for periods not to
exceed five years. The gains and losses on these contracts offset changes in
the value of the related exposures.
It is the Disney Group's policy to enter into foreign currency transactions
only to the extent considered necessary to meet its objectives as stated above.
The Disney Group does not enter into foreign currency transactions for
speculative purposes.
The Disney Group uses option strategies which provide for the sale of
foreign currencies to hedge probable, but not firmly committed, revenues. While
these hedging instruments are subject to fluctuations in value, such
fluctuations are offset by changes in the value of the underlying exposures
being hedged. The principal currencies hedged are the Japanese yen, French
franc, German mark, British pound, Canadian dollar and Italian lira. The Disney
Group also uses forward contracts to hedge foreign currency assets, liabilities
and foreign currency payments the Disney Group is committed to make in
connection with the construction of a cruise ship (see Note 14). Cross-currency
swaps are used to hedge foreign currency-denominated borrowings.
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<PAGE>
THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
At September 30, 1998 and 1997, the notional amounts of the Disney Group's
foreign exchange risk management contracts, net of notional amounts of
contracts with counterparties against which the Disney Group has a legal right
of offset, the related exposures hedged and the contract maturities are as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997
---------------------------- ----------------------------
Fiscal Fiscal
Notional Exposures Year Notional Exposures Year
Amount Hedged Maturity Amount Hedged Maturity
-------- --------- --------- -------- --------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Option contracts........ $2,966 $1,061 1999-2000 $3,460 $1,633 1998-1999
Forward contracts....... 2,053 1,773 1999-2000 2,284 1,725 1998-1999
Cross-currency swaps.... 1,678 1,678 1999-2003 1,812 1,812 1998-2001
------ ------ ------ ------
$6,697 $4,512 $7,556 $5,170
====== ====== ====== ======
</TABLE>
Gains and losses on contracts hedging anticipated foreign currency revenues
and foreign currency commitments are deferred until such revenues are
recognized or such commitments are met, and offset changes in the value of the
foreign currency revenues and commitments. At September 30, 1998 and 1997, the
Disney Group had deferred gains of $245 million and $486 million respectively,
and deferred losses of $118 million and $220 million, respectively, related to
foreign currency hedge transactions. Deferred amounts to be recognized can
change with market conditions and will be substantially offset by changes in
the value of the related hedged transactions. The impact of foreign exchange
risk management activities on operating income in 1998 and in 1997 was a net
gain of $227 million and $166 million, respectively.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
At September 30, 1998 and 1997, the Disney Group's financial instruments
included cash, cash equivalents, investments, receivables, accounts payable,
borrowings and interest rate and foreign exchange risk management contracts.
At September 30, 1998 and 1997, the fair values of cash and cash
equivalents, receivables, accounts payable and commercial paper approximated
carrying values because of the short-term nature of these instruments. The
estimated fair values of other financial instruments subject to fair value
disclosures, determined based on broker quotes or quoted market prices or rates
for the same or similar instruments, and the related carrying amounts are as
follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1998 1997
------------------ ------------------
<CAPTION>
Carrying Fair Carrying Fair
Amount Value Amount Value
-------- -------- -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Investments......................... $ 686 $ 765 $ 769 $ 1,174
Borrowings.......................... $(10,914) $(11,271) $(10,313) $(10,290)
Risk management contracts:
Foreign exchange forwards......... $ 49 $ 18 $ 43 $ 93
Foreign exchange options.......... 58 178 177 367
Interest rate swaps............... 30 181 20 54
Cross-currency swaps.............. 25 (89) 17 (77)
-------- -------- -------- --------
$ 162 $ 288 $ 257 $ 437
======== ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
Credit Concentrations
The Disney Group continually monitors its positions with, and the credit
quality of, the financial institutions which are counterparties to its
financial instruments and does not anticipate nonperformance by the
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<PAGE>
THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
counterparties. The Disney Group would not realize a material loss as of
September 30, 1998 in the event of nonperformance by any one counterparty. The
Disney Group enters into transactions only with financial institution
counterparties which have a credit rating of A- or better. The Disney Group's
current policy regarding agreements with financial institution counterparties
is generally to require collateral in the event credit ratings fall below A- or
in the event aggregate exposures exceed limits as defined by contract. In
addition, the Disney Group limits the amount of credit exposure with any one
institution. At September 30, 1998, financial institution counterparties posted
collateral of $83 million to the Disney Group, and the Disney Group was not
required to collateralize its financial instrument obligations.
The Disney Group's trade receivables and investments do not represent
significant concentration of credit risk at September 30, 1998, due to the wide
variety of customers and markets into which the Disney Group's products are
sold, their dispersion across many geographic areas, and the diversification of
the Disney Group's portfolio among instruments and issuers.
New Accounting Guidance
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("the FASB") issued
SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,
which the Disney Group is required to adopt effective October 1, 2000. SFAS 133
will require the Disney Group to record all derivatives on the balance sheet at
fair value. Changes in derivative fair values will either be recognized in
earnings as offsets to the changes in fair value of related hedged assets,
liabilities and firm commitments or, for forecasted transactions, deferred and
recorded as a component of group equity until the hedged transactions occur and
are recognized in earnings. The ineffective portion of a hedging derivative's
change in fair value will be immediately recognized in earnings. The impact of
SFAS 133 on the Disney Group's financial statements will depend on a variety of
factors, including future interpretative guidance from the FASB, the future
level of forecasted and actual foreign currency transactions, the extent of the
Disney Group's hedging activities, the types of hedging instruments used and
the effectiveness of such instruments. However, the Disney Group does not
believe the effect of adopting SFAS 133 will be material to its financial
position.
14. Commitments and Contingencies
Pursuant to an agreement with a shipyard for the construction of a cruise
ship for its Disney Cruise Line, the Disney Group is committed to make payments
totaling approximately $290 million in 1999.
The Disney Group is committed to the purchase of broadcast rights for
various feature films, sports and other programming aggregating approximately
$14.7 billion as of September 30, 1998. This amount is substantially payable
over the next six years.
The Disney Group has various real estate operating leases, including retail
outlets for the distribution of consumer products and office space for general
and administrative purposes. Future minimum lease payments under these non-
cancelable operating leases totaled $1.9 billion at September 30, 1998, payable
as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
1999.............................................. $264
2000.............................................. 252
2001.............................................. 230
2002.............................................. 209
2003.............................................. 179
Thereafter........................................ 797
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
Rental expense for the above operating leases during 1998, 1997 and 1996,
including overages, common-area maintenance and other contingent rentals, was
$321 million, $327 million and $233 million, respectively.
The Disney Group, together with, in some instances, certain of its directors
and officers, is a defendant or co-defendant in various legal actions involving
copyright, breach of contract and various other claims incident to the conduct
of its businesses. Management does not expect the Disney Group to suffer any
material liability by reason of such actions, nor does it expect that such
actions will have a material effect on the Disney Group's liquidity or
operating results.
15. Inter-Group Activities
The terms of all material transactions, relationships and other matters
between the Disney Group and Disney's existing Internet business, including
those as to which the Disney Group and Disney's existing Internet business may
have potentially divergent interests, are determined on a basis that Disney's
board of directors, or management following guidelines or principles
established by Disney's board of directors, considers to be in the best
interests of Disney and its stockholders as a whole. It is not a requirement
that any such material transaction, relationship or other matter be on terms
that would be considered commercially reasonable in the context of a
transaction between unrelated parties, or that would be considered comparable
to terms that could be obtained through arms-length negotiations between
unrelated parties, or that would be considered satisfactory under any other
similar standard of review.
Disney has provided all necessary funding for the operations and investments
of Disney's existing Internet business since inception, and such funding has
been accounted for as capital contributions from the Disney Group (see Notes 2
and 6). Net capital contributions during 1998, 1997 and 1996 were $237.0
million, $122.0 million, and $25.9 million, respectively.
The Disney Group affiliates purchased services from Disney's existing
Internet business related to the development of websites totaling $8.4 million,
$4.7 million and $1.0 million during 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
In 1998, Disney's existing Internet business began selling tickets and
travel packages online for customers of the Disney Group's theme parks and
resorts. The Disney Group incurred commissions to Disney's existing Internet
business of 5% of ticket and 10% of travel package revenues, amounting to
$220,000 in the aggregate in 1998.
Disney's existing Internet business' catalog operations acquire Disney-
themed merchandise for resale directly from certain Disney Group businesses and
through certain Disney Group units acting as brokers in sourcing merchandise
from diverse manufacturers. Direct sales to Disney's existing Internet business
amounted to $10.8 million, $9.1 million and $8.0 million in 1998, 1997 and
1996, respectively. For the same periods, the Disney Group's sales to Disney's
existing Internet business through its sourcing entities amounted to $50.2
million, $25.6 million and $3.5 million, respectively.
During 1998, the Disney Group received $1.0 million from Disney's existing
Internet business for the use of the Internet Zone site within the Innoventions
attraction at the Epcot theme park.
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<PAGE>
THE DISNEY GROUP
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in millions)
16. Comprehensive Income
Effective October 1, 1998, the Disney Group adopted SFAS No. 130 Reporting
Comprehensive Income. This statement requires that the Disney Group present
comprehensive income, a measure that reflects all nonowner changes in group
equity, in addition to net income. Comprehensive income for the periods ended
June 30, 1999 and 1998 and September 30, 1998, 1997 and 1996, is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended
June 30 Year Ended September 30
----------------------- ------------------------
1999 1998 1998 1997 1996
----------- ----------- ------- ------- -------
(unaudited) (unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Cumulative translation
and other adjustments,
net of tax.............. $ (16) $ (1) $ 15 $ (30) $ 1
Net income............... 1,215 1,554 1,850 1,966 1,214
------ ------ ------- ------- -------
Comprehensive income..... $1,199 $1,553 $ 1,865 $ 1,936 $ 1,215
====== ====== ======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
17. Subsequent Events
In April 1997, Disney purchased a significant equity stake in Starwave
Corporation ("Starwave"), an Internet technology company. In connection with
the acquisition, Disney was granted an option to purchase substantially all the
remaining shares of Starwave, which Disney exercised during the third quarter
of 1998. Accordingly, the accounts of Starwave have been included in Disney's
September 30, 1998 consolidated financial statements. On June 18, 1998, Disney
reached an agreement for the acquisition of Starwave by Infoseek Corporation
("Infoseek"), a publicly-held Internet search company, pursuant to a merger. On
November 18, 1998, the shareholders of both Infoseek and Starwave approved the
acquisition. As a result of the acquisition and Disney's purchase of additional
shares of Infoseek common stock pursuant to the merger agreement, Disney owns
approximately 43% of Infoseek's outstanding common stock. In addition, Disney
purchased warrants enabling it, under certain circumstances, to achieve a
majority stake in Infoseek. These warrants vest over a three-year period and
expire in five years. Effective as of the November 18, 1998 closing date of the
transaction, Disney recorded a significant non-cash gain, a write-off for
purchased in-process research and development costs and an increase in
investments, reflecting Disney's share of the fair value of Infoseek's
intangible assets. The transactions described above, including the Infoseek
acquisition, have been attributed to Disney's existing Internet business.
The Disney Group has agreed to provide promotional services to Infoseek, an
equity investee of Disney's existing Internet business, pursuant to a promotion
agreement entered into by Disney and Infoseek effective November 18, 1998. The
promotion agreement, which will be superseded by the promotion policy described
in Note 2 after the issuance of go.com Common Stock, provides that Infoseek pay
the Disney Group $165 million over a five-year period. Annual charges under the
agreement range from $25 million to $41 million, with specific amounts subject
to each year's marketing plan to be agreed upon between the parties. For the
nine months ended June 30, 1999, the Disney Group recorded revenues and
Infoseek recorded expenses amounting to approximately $8.9 million under the
terms of the promotion agreement. The Disney Group and Disney's existing
Internet business also engage in cross promotion of their respective brands,
intellectual property and programming.
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<PAGE>
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL SUMMARY
(In millions)
(Unaudited)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Quarter Ended
-----------------------------------------
December 31 March 31 June 30 September 30
----------- -------- ------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1999
Revenues......................... $6,512 $5,468 $5,480 --
Operating income................. 1,034 747 972 --
Net income....................... 622 226 367 --
1998
Revenues......................... $6,248 $5,183 $5,196 $6,089
Operating income................. 1,505 876 946 788
Net income....................... 755 384 415 296
1997
Revenues......................... $6,220 $5,452 $5,158 $5,469
Operating income (1)............. 1,562 877 1,080 991
Net income (1)................... 749 333 473 411
</TABLE>
- --------
(1) Reflects a $135 million gain on the sale of KCAL in the first quarter.
See Note 3 to the Disney Group's combined financial statements.
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<PAGE>
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations
Seasonality
The Disney Group businesses are subject to the effects of seasonality.
Creative Content revenues fluctuate based upon the timing of theatrical motion
picture and home video releases and seasonal consumer purchasing behavior.
Release dates for theatrical and home video products are determined by several
factors, including timing of vacation and holiday periods and competition in
the market.
Broadcasting revenues are influenced by advertiser demand and the seasonal
nature of programming, and generally peak in the spring and fall.
Theme Parks and Resorts revenues fluctuate with changes in the theme park
attendance and resort occupancy resulting from the nature of vacation travel.
Peak attendance and resort occupancy generally occur during the summer months
when school vacations occur and during early-winter and spring holiday periods.
Results of Operations
Disney acquired the operations of ABC, Inc. ("ABC") February 9, 1996. During
1997, Disney sold KCAL, a Los Angeles television station, completed its final
ABC purchase price allocation and determination of the related intangible
assets and disposed of certain ABC publishing assets. To enhance comparability,
certain information for 1997 and 1996 is presented on a "pro forma" basis,
which assumes that these events occurred at the beginning of 1996. The pro
forma results are not necessarily indicative of the combined results that would
have occurred had these events actually occurred at the beginning of 1996.
The following financial information presents the results of the Disney
Group, which consists of Disney's interest in all of its businesses, including
its one-hundred percent (100%) retained interest in Disney's existing Internet
business. The Disney Group accounts for this retained interest in a manner
similar to the equity method of accounting. As a result, the Disney Group's
retained interest in the net income (loss) of Disney's existing Internet
business has been reflected in the table below as "Net income (loss) related to
retained interest in Disney's existing Internet business."
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<PAGE>
Combined Results
(in millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months ended
June 30 Year ended September 30
---------------------- -------------------------------------------
Pro forma
As reported (unaudited)
------------------------- ----------------
1999 1998 1998 1997 1996 1997 1996
----------- ---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
(unaudited) (unaudited)
----------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues:
Creative Content...... $ 7,194 $ 7,238 $10,042 $10,763 $10,078 $ 9,924 $ 9,483
Broadcasting.......... 5,714 5,381 7,142 6,522 4,078 6,501 6,009
Theme Parks and
Resorts.............. 4,553 4,008 5,532 5,014 4,502 5,014 4,502
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Total............... $17,461 $16,627 $22,716 $22,299 $18,658 $21,439 $19,994
======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
Operating income:
(1)(2)
Creative Content...... $ 710 $ 1,214 $ 1,503 $ 1,945 $ 1,582 $ 1,756 $ 1,456
Broadcasting.......... 925 1,128 1,325 1,294 782 1,285 1,084
Theme Parks and
Resorts.............. 1,118 986 1,287 1,136 990 1,136 990
Gain on sale of KCAL.. -- -- -- 135 -- -- --
Accounting change..... -- -- -- -- (300) -- (300)
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Total............... 2,753 3,328 4,115 4,510 3,054 4,177 3,230
Corporate and other
activities............. (158) (170) (228) (366) (306) (366) (246)
Net interest expense.... (499) (446) (623) (693) (438) (693) (698)
Acquisition-related
costs.................. -- -- -- -- (225) -- --
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Income before income
taxes and retained
interest in Disney's
existing Internet
business............... 2,096 2,712 3,264 3,451 2,085 3,118 2,286
Income taxes............ (905) (1,113) (1,343) (1,439) (856) (1,300) (997)
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Income before retained
interest in Disney's
existing Internet
business............... 1,191 1,599 1,921 2,012 1,229 1,818 1,289
Net income (loss)
related to retained
interest in Disney's
existing Internet
business............... 24 (45) (71) (46) (15) (46) (15)
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Net income.............. $ 1,215 $ 1,554 $ 1,850 $ 1,966 $ 1,214 $ 1,772 $ 1,274
======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
Net income excluding
non-recurring items.... $ 1,215 $ 1,554 $ 1,850 $ 1,886 $ 1,534 $ 1,772 $ 1,457
======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
Amortization of
intangible assets
included in operating
income................. $ 332 $ 314 $ 424 $ 432 $ 301 $ 406 $ 413
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Creative Content................... $155 $139 $ 203 $ 209 $184 $ 174 $ 143
Broadcasting....................... 413 405 543 508 382 521 521
Theme Parks and Resorts............ 377 334 444 408 358 408 358
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(2) The 1997 results include a $135 million gain from the sale of KCAL. The
1996 results include two non-recurring charges. The Disney Group adopted SFAS
No. 121, which resulted in recognition of a $300 million non-cash charge. In
addition, the Disney Group recognized a $225 million charge for costs related
to the acquisition of ABC.
The following discussion of the nine months ended June 30, 1999 versus 1998
and the full year 1998 versus 1997 and 1997 versus 1996 performance includes
comparisons to pro forma results for 1997 and 1996. The Disney Group believes
pro forma results represent a meaningful comparative standard for assessing net
income, changes in net income and earnings trends because the pro forma results
include comparable operations in each year presented. The discussion of the
Theme Parks and Resorts segment does not include pro forma comparisons, since
the pro forma adjustments did not impact this segment.
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Combined Results
Nine Months Ended June 30, 1999 vs. 1998
Net income decreased 22% to $1.2 billion, driven by decreases in Creative
Content and Broadcasting operating income, and higher net interest expense,
partially offset by increased operating income at Theme Parks and Resorts and
lower net expense associated with Corporate and other activities. Net interest
expense increased due to higher average debt balances in the current year and
the absence of gains on sales of investments in the current period compared to
the prior year. Lower net expense associated with Corporate and other
activities reflected improved results from Disney's equity investments,
including Lifetime Television, A&E Television and Euro Disney. Excluding the
gain in the prior year on the sale of Disney's investment in Scandinavian
Broadcasting Systems, attributed to the Disney Group, net expense decreased $50
million.
During the third quarter ended June 30, 1999, Disney began an across-the-
board assessment of its cost structure and announced several operational
realignments in its home video, television production, international and global
merchandise licensing businesses. Disney reorganization efforts are directed
toward leveraging marketing and sales efforts, streamlining operations,
identifying new markets, and further developing distribution channels,
including its cable and television networks.
Disney is in the process of completing its cost-efficiency and operational
realignment of strategies. Disney expects that certain aspects of its
strategies will be completed in the fourth quarter, but it is likely that such
efforts will continue into 2000. The Disney Group will likely incur costs
associated with these organizational changes, and such costs may be
significant. Management expects that its reorganization will better position
Disney to leverage the strength of its brands over the long term.
1998 vs. 1997
Compared to 1997 pro forma results, revenues increased 6% to $23 billion,
driven by growth in all business segments. Net income increased 4% to $1.9
billion. These results were driven by a reduction in net expense associated
with Corporate and other activities and lower net interest expense, partially
offset by decreased operating income. The reduction in net expense associated
with Corporate and other activities was driven by improved results from the
Disney Group's equity investments, including A&E Television and Lifetime
Television, and a gain on the sale of Disney's interest in Scandinavian
Broadcasting System, attributed to the Disney Group. Decreased net interest
expense reflected lower average debt balances during the year. Lower operating
income was driven by a decline in Creative Content results, partially offset by
improvements from Theme Parks and Resorts and Broadcasting. Increased net loss
from Disney's existing Internet business reflected increased investment
spending related to Internet activities.
As reported revenues increased 2% and net income decreased by 6%. The as
reported results reflect the items described above as well as the impact of the
disposition of certain ABC publishing assets and the sale of KCAL in 1997.
1997 vs. 1996
Compared to 1996 pro forma results, pro forma revenues increased 7% to $21.4
billion, reflecting growth in all business segments. Pro forma net income,
excluding non-recurring items, increased 22% to $1.8 billion. These results
were driven by increased operating income across all business segments,
partially offset by an increase in Corporate and other activities and an
increased net loss from Disney's existing Internet business in both years.
Corporate and other activities includes certain non-recurring items in both
years. 1997 reflects settlements with former senior executives and 1996
reflects certain gains at ABC, primarily related to the sale of an investment
in a cellular communications company. Increased net loss from Disney's existing
Internet business was driven by increased investment spending related to its
activities.
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As reported revenues increased 20%, reflecting increases in all business
segments and the impact of the acquisition of ABC. Net income, excluding the
non-recurring items discussed above, increased 23%, driven by increased
operating income for each business segment. Results for 1997 included a full
period of ABC's operations.
Business Segment Results
Creative Content
Nine Months Ended June 30, 1999 vs. 1998
Revenues decreased 1% or $44 million to $7.2 billion, driven by declines of
$187 million in domestic home video, $123 million in worldwide character
merchandise licensing, and $34 million in the Disney Stores, principally
domestically, partially offset by growth of $246 million in worldwide
theatrical motion picture distribution. Domestic home video reflected fewer
unit sales in the current year due to a greater number of classic animated
library titles in the prior year period. Lower character merchandise licensing
revenues were primarily attributable to declines in domestic activity and
economic weakness abroad. Decreases at the Disney Stores reflected a decline in
comparable store sales domestically, which was only partially offset by growth
internationally. Growth in worldwide theatrical motion picture distribution
revenues was primarily attributable to a stronger film slate in the current
year, including the box office successes of The Waterboy, A Bug's Life and
Tarzan domestically and A Bug's Life and Armageddon internationally.
Operating income decreased 42% or $504 million to $710 million, reflecting
declines in worldwide home video, worldwide character merchandise licensing and
the Disney Stores, domestically, partially offset by increases in worldwide
theatrical motion picture distribution. Costs and expenses increased 8% or $460
million. In worldwide home video, participation and production cost
amortization increased, reflecting an increase in the current year in the
proportion of recent titles, which carry higher participation and production
cost amortization, versus classic animated library titles. In addition,
participation costs increased due to the release of A Bug's Life in the current
period. Improved results in worldwide theatrical motion picture distribution
were partially offset by high distribution costs and participation and
production cost amortization. Increases in production costs are reflective of
industry trends: as competition for creative talent has increased, costs within
the industry have increased at a rate significantly higher than inflation.
1998 vs. 1997
Revenues increased 1% or $118 million to $10.0 billion compared with pro
forma 1997, driven by growth of $204 million in television distribution, $136
million in the Disney Stores, $54 million in domestic publishing and $51
million in domestic character merchandise licensing. These increases were
partially offset by declines in worldwide home video and theatrical motion
picture distribution of $330 million. Growth in television distribution revenue
was driven by higher volume of television programming and theatrical releases
distributed to the worldwide television market. Increased revenues at the
Disney Stores reflected an increase in comparable store sales in North America
and Europe and continued worldwide expansion, partially offset by a decrease in
comparable store sales in Asian markets. The increase in domestic publishing
revenues resulted from the success of book titles such as Don't Sweat the Small
Stuff and the launch of ESPN The Magazine. Character merchandise licensing
growth was driven primarily by the continued strength of Winnie the Pooh in the
domestic market, partially offset by declines internationally, primarily due to
softness in Asian markets. Lower worldwide home video revenues reflected
difficult comparisons to the prior year, which benefited from the strength of
Toy Story, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and 101 Dalmatians, compared to the
current year release of Lady & the Tramp, Hercules and The Little Mermaid, as
well as economic weaknesses in Asian markets. In worldwide theatrical motion
picture distribution, while current year revenues reflected successful box-
office performances of Armageddon, Disney's highest-grossing live-action film,
and Mulan, its most recent animated
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release, revenues were lower overall due to difficult comparisons to the prior
year, which benefited from the strong performances of 101 Dalmatians, Ransom
and The English Patient.
On an as reported basis, revenues decreased $721 million or 7%, reflecting
the items described above, as well as the impact of the disposition of certain
ABC publishing assets in the prior year.
Operating income decreased 14% or $253 million to $1.5 billion compared with
pro forma 1997 results, reflecting declines in worldwide theatrical motion
picture distribution and international home video. These declines were
partially offset by growth in television distribution, increases in domestic
merchandise licensing, Disney Store growth in North America and Europe and
improved results in domestic home video, driven by the success of The Little
Mermaid, Lady & the Tramp and Peter Pan. Costs and expenses, which consist
primarily of production cost amortization, distribution and selling expenses,
product costs, labor and leasehold expenses, increased 5% or $371 million. The
increase was driven by increased write-downs related to domestic theatrical
live-action releases and an increase in production costs for theatrical and
television product, as well as an increase in the number of shows produced for
network television and syndication. Production cost increases are reflective of
industry trends: as competition for creative talent has increased, costs within
the industry have increased at a rate significantly above inflation. In
addition, current year costs and expenses reflected charges totaling $60
million related to strategic downsizing in the Disney Group's consumer product
business, particularly in response to Asian economic difficulties, and
consolidation of certain studio operations in its filmed entertainment
business. Increased expenses for the year were partially offset by declines in
distribution and selling expenses in the home video and domestic theatrical
motion picture distribution markets reflecting lower volume, declines within
television distribution due to the termination of a network production joint
venture and a decrease in development and other operating expenses at Disney
Interactive.
On an as reported basis, operating income decreased $442 million or 23%,
reflecting the items described above, as well as the impact of the disposition
of certain ABC publishing assets in the prior year.
1997 vs. 1996
Pro forma revenues increased 5% or $441 million to $9.9 billion compared
with pro forma 1996, driven by growth of $210 million in the Disney Stores,
$143 million in character merchandise licensing, $104 million in television
distribution and $88 million in home video. Growth at the Disney Stores
reflected continued worldwide expansion with 106 new stores opening in 1997.
Increases in character merchandise licensing reflected the strength of Winnie
the Pooh and Toy Story domestically, and standard characters and 101 Dalmatians
worldwide. The increase in television revenues was driven by an increase in the
distribution of film and television product in the international television
market. Home video results reflected the successful performance of Toy Story,
The Hunchback of Notre Dame and 101 Dalmatians worldwide and Bambi and Sleeping
Beauty domestically.
On an as reported basis, revenues increased $685 million or 7%, reflecting
the items described above, as well as increased revenues from ABC's publishing
assets up to the date of disposition. Additionally, 1997 included a full period
of revenues from certain ABC Television production operations.
Pro forma operating income increased 21% or $300 million to $1.8 billion
compared with pro forma 1996, reflecting improved results for theatrical
distribution, character merchandise licensing and television distribution,
partially offset by a reduction in home video results. Costs and expenses,
increased 2% or $141 million, reflecting increased amortization in the home
video market and continued expansion of the Disney Stores, offset by a
reduction in distribution costs in the domestic theatrical market and the
write-off of certain theatrical development projects in the prior year.
On an as reported basis, operating income increased $363 million or 23%,
reflecting the items described above as well as higher operating income from
ABC's publishing assets up to the date of disposition.
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Broadcasting
Nine Months Ended June 30, 1999 vs. 1998
Revenues increased 6% or $333 million to $5.7 billion, driven by growth of
$282 million at ESPN and the Disney Channel and $56 million at the radio
network and stations, partially offset by a $23 million decrease at the owned
television stations. Revenue growth at ESPN was driven by increased advertising
revenues and subscriber growth as well as additional NFL games under the 1998
NFL contract. Increases at the Disney Channel were due to subscriber growth and
international expansion. The major broadcast networks continue to be impacted
by declining viewership reflecting the growth in the cable industry's share of
viewers. Growth at the radio network and stations reflected strong advertising
markets and higher ratings. Revenues at the owned television stations decreased
due to ongoing softness in the local advertising market.
Operational income decreased 18% or $203 million to $925 million, reflecting
increased programming costs at the television network and ESPN, partially
offset by revenue increases at the cable and radio networks and radio stations.
Costs and expenses increased 13% or $536 million, driven by higher NFL and
other programming costs at the television network and ESPN. In addition, higher
program amortization at the television network reflected a reduction in
benefits from the ABC acquisition.
The programming rights fees under the 1998 NFL contract are significantly
higher than those required by the previous contract and the fee increases
exceed the estimated revenue increases over the contract term. The contract's
impact on the Disney Group's results over the remaining contract term is
dependent upon a number of factors, including the strength of advertising
markets, effectiveness of marketing efforts, and the size of viewer audiences.
The cost of the NFL contract is charged to expense based on the ratio of
each period's gross revenues to estimated total gross revenues over the
contract period. Estimates of total gross revenues can change significantly
and, accordingly, they are reviewed periodically and amortization is adjusted
if necessary. Such adjustments could have a material effect on results of
operations in future periods.
1998 vs. 1997
Revenues increased 10% or $641 million to $7.1 billion compared with pro
forma 1997 results, reflecting a $427 million increase at ESPN and the Disney
Channel, a $110 million increase at the television network and an $81 million
increase at the television stations. A strong advertising market resulted in
increased revenues at ESPN and the television stations and subscriber growth
contributed to revenue increases at ESPN and the Disney Channel. Television
network growth was driven by higher sports advertising revenues, primarily
attributable to the 1998 soccer World Cup.
On an as reported basis, revenues increased $620 million or 10%, reflecting
the items described above, partially offset by the impact of the sale of KCAL
in the prior year.
Operating income increased 3% or $40 million to $1.3 billion compared with
pro forma 1997 results reflecting increased revenues at ESPN, the Disney
Channel and the television stations, partially offset by lower results at the
television network and start-up and operating losses from new business
initiatives. Results at the television network reflected the impact of lower
ratings and increased costs and expenses. Costs and expenses, which consist
primarily of programming rights and amortization, production costs,
distribution and selling expenses and labor costs, increased 12% or $601
million, reflecting increased programming and production costs at ESPN, higher
program amortization at the television network, reflecting a reduction in
benefits from the ABC acquisition, increased costs related to the NFL contract
(see discussion below) and start-up and operating costs related to new business
initiatives.
On an as reported basis, operating income increased $31 million or 2%,
reflecting the items described above, partially offset by the impact of the
sale of KCAL in the prior year.
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The Disney Group has continued to invest in its existing cable television
networks and in new cable ventures to diversify and expand the available
distribution channels for acquired and Disney Group programming. During 1998,
Disney acquired the Classic Sports Network, a cable network devoted to
memorable sporting events, invested in a number of international cable ventures
and continued its international expansion of the Disney Channel.
The Disney Group's cable operations continue to provide strong earnings
growth. The results for 1998 reflect an increase in pretax income of $148
million or 18% for mature cable properties compared with 1997 results,
including the Disney Group's share of earnings from ESPN, the Disney Channel,
A&E Television and Lifetime Television. These increases were partially offset
by the Disney Group's recognition of its proportionate share of losses
associated with start-up cable ventures. Start-up cable ventures are generally
operations that are in the process of establishing distribution channels and a
subscriber base and that have not reached their full level of normalized
operations. These include various domestic and international ESPN and Disney
Channel start-up cable ventures. The Disney Group's pretax income reflected an
increase of 20% from all cable properties.
The financial results of ESPN and the Disney Channel are included in
Broadcasting operating income. The Disney Group's share of all other cable
operations and the ESPN minority interest deduction are reported in "Corporate
and other activities" in the Combined Statements of Income.
There has been a continuing decline in viewership at all major broadcast
networks, including ABC, reflecting the growth in the cable industry's share of
viewers. In addition, there have been continuing increases in the cost of
sports and other programming.
During the second quarter of 1998, Disney entered into a new agreement with
the National Football League (the "NFL") for the right to broadcast NFL
football games on the ABC Television Network and ESPN. The contract provides
for total payments of approximately $9 billion over an eight-year period,
commencing with the 1998 season. The programming rights fees under the new
contract are significantly higher than those required by the previous contract
and the fee increases exceed the estimated revenue increases over the contract
term. The higher fees under the new contract reflect various factors, including
increased competition for sports programming rights and an increase in the
number of games to be broadcast by ESPN. The Disney Group is pursuing a variety
of strategies, including marketing efforts, to reduce the impact of the higher
costs. The contract's impact on the Disney Group's results over the remaining
contract term is dependent upon a number of factors, including the strength of
advertising markets, effectiveness of marketing efforts and the size of viewer
audiences.
The cost of the NFL contract is charged to expense based on the ratio of
each period's gross revenues to estimated total gross revenues. Estimates of
total gross revenues can change significantly and accordingly, they are
reviewed periodically and amortization is adjusted if necessary. Such
adjustments could have a material effect on results of operations in future
periods.
1997 vs. 1996
Pro forma revenues increased 8% or $492 million to $6.5 billion compared
with pro forma 1996, driven by increases of $336 million at ESPN and the Disney
Channel, and $74 million at the television network. The increases at ESPN and
the Disney Channel were due primarily to higher advertising revenues and
affiliate fees due primarily to expansion, subscriber growth and improved
advertising rates. Growth in revenues at the television network was primarily
the result of improved performance of sports, news and late night programming,
partially offset by a decline in primetime ratings.
On an as reported basis, revenues increased $2.4 billion or 60%, reflecting
a full period of ABC's broadcasting operations in 1997.
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Pro forma operating income increased 19% or $201 million to $1.3 billion
compared with pro forma 1996, reflecting increases in revenues at ESPN and the
Disney Channel, as well as improved results at the television stations,
partially offset by decreases at the television network. Results at the
television network reflected the impact of lower ratings, partially offset by
benefits arising from the period's sporting events, improvements in children's
programming, continued strength in the advertising market and decreased program
amortization. Costs and expenses increased 6% or $291 million. This increase
reflected increased programming rights and production costs, driven by
international growth at ESPN and increases at the television network, partially
offset by benefits arising from reductions in program amortization and other
costs at the television network, primarily attributable to the acquisition.
On an as reported basis, operating income increased $512 million or 65%,
reflecting a full period of ABC's broadcasting operations in 1997.
The Disney Group's results for 1997 reflect an increase in pretax income of
$182 million or 28% for mature cable properties compared with 1996 results.
These increases were partially offset by the Disney Group's recognition of its
proportionate share of losses associated with start-up cable ventures. Overall,
the Disney Group's pretax income increased 29% in 1997 from all cable
properties.
Theme Parks and Resorts
Nine Months Ended June 30, 1999 vs. 1998
Revenues increased 14% or $545 million to $4.6 billion, driven by growth of
$238 million at the Walt Disney World Resort, due primarily to record theme
park attendance, higher guest spending and increased occupied room nights, $167
million at Disney Cruise Line which launched in the prior year fourth quarter,
and $55 million from Anaheim Sports. Record attendance at the Walt Disney World
Resort was driven by the opening of Asia, the new land at Disney's Animal
Kingdom, while growth in occupied room nights was driven by Disney's All Star
Movies Resort, which opened in the second quarter of the current year. The
increase at Anaheim Sports reflects consolidation of the operations of the
Anaheim Angels, following the Company's second quarter purchase of 75% of the
Angeles that it did not previously own.
Operating income increased 13% or $132 million to $1.1 billion, resulting
primarily from revenue growth at the Walt Disney World Resort and a full period
of operations at Disney Cruise Line. Costs and expenses increased $413 million
or 14%. Increased operating costs were driven by higher theme park attendance
and Disney Cruise Line operations.
1998 vs. 1997
Revenues increased 10% or $518 million to $5.5 billion, driven by growth at
the Walt Disney World Resort, reflecting contributions of $256 million, from
increased guest spending and record attendance, growth of $106 million from
higher occupied room nights and $76 million from Disney Cruise Line. Higher
guest spending reflected strong per capita spending, due in part to new food,
beverage and merchandise offerings throughout the resort, and higher average
room rates. Increased occupied room nights reflected additional capacity
resulting from the opening of Disney's Coronado Springs Resort in August 1997.
Record theme park attendance resulted from growth in domestic and international
tourist visitation due to the opening of the new theme park, Disney's Animal
Kingdom. Disneyland's revenues for the year increased slightly as higher guest
spending was largely offset by reduced attendance driven primarily by difficult
comparisons to the prior year's Main Street Electrical Parade farewell season
and construction of New Tomorrowland in the first half of 1998.
Operating income increased 13% or $151 million to $1.3 billion, resulting
primarily from higher guest spending, increased occupied room nights and record
attendance at the Walt Disney World Resort, partially offset by start-up and
operating costs associated with Disney's Animal Kingdom and Disney Cruise Line.
Costs and expenses, which consist principally of labor, costs of merchandise,
food, and beverages sold, depreciation, repairs and maintenance, entertainment
and marketing and sales expenses, increased 9% or $367 million.
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Increased costs and expenses were driven by higher theme park attendance,
start-up and operating costs at the new theme park and Disney Cruise Line.
1997 vs. 1996
Revenues increased 11% or $512 million to $5.0 billion, reflecting growth at
the Walt Disney World Resort, which celebrated its 25th Anniversary. Growth at
the resort included $272 million from greater guest spending, $111 million from
increased occupied rooms and $97 million due to record theme park attendance.
Higher guest spending reflected increased merchandise and food and beverage
sales, higher admission prices and increased room rates at hotel properties.
Increased merchandise spending reflected sales of the 25th Anniversary products
and the performance of the World of Disney, the largest Disney retail outlet,
which opened in October 1996. The increase in occupied rooms reflected higher
occupancy and a complete year of operations at Disney's BoardWalk Resort, which
opened in the fourth quarter of 1996. Occupied rooms also increased due to the
opening of Disney's Coronado Springs Resort in August 1997. Record theme park
attendance resulted from growth in domestic tourist visitation. Disneyland's
revenues for the year were flat due to higher guest spending offset by reduced
attendance from the prior-year's record level.
Operating income increased 15% or $146 million to $1.1 billion, resulting
primarily from higher guest spending, increased occupied rooms and record theme
park attendance at the Walt Disney World Resort. Costs and expenses increased
10% or $366 million. Increased operating costs were associated with growth in
theme park attendance and occupied rooms, higher guest spending and increased
marketing and sales expenses primarily associated with Walt Disney World
Resort's 25th Anniversary celebration. Additional cost increases resulted from
theme park and resort expansions including Disney's Animal Kingdom and Disney
Cruise Line, which both began operations in 1998.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
For the nine months ended June 30, 1999, cash provided by operations
increased $541 million to $4.4 billion driven by increased collection of
receivables, lower income tax payments and higher film and television cost
amortization, partially offset by decreased net income.
During the nine months, the Disney Group invested $2.3 billion to develop,
produce and acquire rights to film and television properties including $310
million in connection with a prior year agreement to acquire a film library.
During the nine months, the Disney Group invested $1.5 billion in theme
parks, resorts and other properties. These expenditures reflected continued
expansion activities related to Disney's California Adventure, Disney's Animal
Kingdom, Disney Cruise Line and certain resort facilities at the Walt Disney
World Resort.
Total commitments to purchase broadcast programming approximated $13.6
billion at June 30, 1999, including approximately $8 billion related to NFL
programming. Substantially all of this amount is payable over the next six
years.
The Disney Group expects the ABC Television Network, ESPN and the Disney
Group's television and radio stations to continue to enter into programming
commitments to purchase the broadcast rights for various feature films, sports
and other programming.
In the financial statements of the Disney Group and Disney's existing
Internet business, whenever Disney's existing Internet business had a cash
need, other than cash needs of its foreign operations or cash needs of its
operations that are not wholly owned, that cash need was funded by Disney and
accounted for as a capital contribution from the Disney Group (i.e., as an
increase in Disney's existing Internet business' group
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equity and the Disney Group's retained interest in Disney's existing Internet
business). Accordingly, no interest expense has been reflected in the combined
financial statements of Disney's existing Internet business. Each of the Disney
Group and Disney's existing Internet business is sometimes referred to herein
as a "group."
For the period from the July 12, 1999 announcement of the proposed Infoseek
merger until the merger becomes effective, and for periods after the date on
which go.com Common Stock is first issued, Disney may account for all cash
transfers from the Disney Group or Disney's existing Internet business (before
the merger) or go.com (after the merger) to or for the account of the other,
other than transfers in return for assets or services rendered or transfers in
respect of the Disney Group's retained interest that correspond to post-merger
dividends paid on go.com Common Stock, as inter-group loans. These loans will
bear interest at the rate at which Disney could borrow such funds. However, the
board of directors has the discretion to determine that a given transfer or
type of transfer should be accounted for as a long-term loan, a capital
contribution increasing the Disney Group's retained interest in Disney's
existing Internet business or go.com or a return of capital reducing the Disney
Group's retained interest in Disney's existing Internet business or go.com.
There are no specific criteria to determine when Disney will account for a
cash transfer as a long-term loan, a capital contribution or a return of
capital rather than an inter-group short-term loan. However, advances from the
Disney Group to Disney's existing Internet business (before the merger) or
go.com (after the merger) up to $250.0 million on a cumulative basis shall be
accounted for as short-term or long-term loans at interest rates at which
Disney could borrow such funds and shall not be accounted for as capital
contributions. Disney's board of directors would make determination about the
character of cash transfers in the exercise of its business judgment at the
time of such transfer based upon all relevant circumstances.
During the nine months, the Disney Group received approximately $294 million
from net commercial paper activity and $1.6 billion from other financing
arrangements. Commercial paper borrowings outstanding as of June 30, 1999
totaled $2.7 billion, with maturities of up to one year, supported by bank
facilities totaling $4.5 billion, which expire in one to two years and allow
for borrowings at various interest rates. Disney also has the ability to borrow
under a U.S. shelf registration statement and a euro medium-term note program,
which collectively permit the issuance of up to approximately $4.2 billion of
additional debt.
The Disney Group believes that its financial condition is strong and that
its cash, other liquid assets, operating cash flows, access to equity capital
markets and borrowing capacity, taken together, provide adequate resources to
fund ongoing operating requirements and future capital expenditures related to
the expansion of existing businesses and development of new projects.
OTHER MATTERS
Year 2000
During the period, the Disney Group continued its efforts to minimize the
risk of disruption from the "year 2000 ("Y2K') problem." This problem is a
result of computer programs having been written using two digits (rather than
four) to define the applicable year. The Disney Group's overall plan to address
the Y2K problem is described more fully in its 1998 Annual Report on Form 10-K,
and the following is an update of the information included therein.
IT Systems. Remediation efforts (including testing and certification)
continued with respect to the Disney Group's previously identified "critical"
and "important" business ("information technology" or "IT") systems.
Certification as Y2K compliant for the bulk of these systems was completed on
July 31, 1999, with the remainder to be completed by October 1999.
Non-IT Systems. The Disney Group has completed its inventory of third-party
and internal embedded, or "non-IT" systems. Disney Group representatives
continue to meet with vendors of equipment used in the Disney Group's theme
parks, hotels and owned office buildings and with property managers of
important leased
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properties worldwide to ensure that the equipment is Y2K compliant. Testing of
significant embedded systems has been substantially completed and the Disney
Group expects remaining systems to be completed by September 30, 1999.
Additionally, testing plans are being developed and some vendor validation has
occurred for other key embedded systems, such as satellite transmission and
broadcast systems. Testing for some of these systems will require taking them
off-line for varying periods, which may cause temporary interruptions in
particular business operations, although such interruptions are not expected to
materially impact operations. In appropriate cases, the Disney Group will be
relying upon vendors' laboratory testing and certification documents to
validate that the related systems are Y2K compliant. Where the Disney Group
does not have adequate assurance that remediation efforts by third parties are
on schedule, contingency plans are being developed to minimize potential
disruption from embedded system failures. Validation efforts are expected to
continue through October 1999.
Business Partners. The Disney Group continued testing its online interfaces
with many businesses that provide services and products to the Disney Group,
but the Disney Group has experienced instances where some third parties have
indicated that they will not be prepared to conduct online systems tests with
the Disney Group's systems at least until the Fall of 1999. The Disney Group
has devoted significant resources to this phase of its Y2K plan in order to
minimize the risk to the Disney Group. Where appropriate, manual or other semi-
automated workarounds are being considered.
Contingency Planning. Contingency planning has also continued at all
business units under the leadership of the Disney Group's Y2K task force. These
plans are intended to provide guidance and alternatives for unexpected failures
of internal systems, as well as external failures (such as electricity,
communications and transportation) that may impede any business unit's ability
to operate normally. Plans also provide for staffing of crisis management
teams; identification of methods for ensuring prioritization of remedial
efforts; storage of emergency inventories, and the development of plans for
business resumption in the event of extended disruptions. Crisis management
teams have been meeting regularly throughout the Disney Group formalizing Y2K
contingency plans, and these meetings will continue through the remainder of
the year.
Costs. Total anticipated expenditures related to the Y2K project remain on
target at approximately $261 million, of which approximately $142 million is
expected to be capitalized.
Based upon its efforts to date, the Disney Group continues to believe that
the vast majority of both its IT and its non-IT systems, including all critical
and important systems, will remain up and running after January 1, 2000.
Accordingly, the Disney Group does not currently anticipate that internal
systems failures will result in any material adverse effect to its operations
or financial condition. At this time, the Disney Group continues to believe
that the most likely "worst-case" scenario involves potential disruptions in
areas in which the Disney Group's operations must rely on third parties whose
systems may not work properly after January 1, 2000. In addition, the Disney
Group's international operations may be adversely affected by failures of
businesses in other parts of the world to take adequate steps to address the
Y2K problem. While such failures could affect important operations of the
Disney Group and its subsidiaries, either directly or indirectly, in a
significant manner, the Disney Group cannot at present estimate either the
likelihood or the potential cost of such failures.
The nature and focus of the Disney Group's efforts to address the Year 2000
problem may be revised periodically as interim goals are achieved or new issues
are identified. In addition, it is important to note that the description of
the Disney Group's efforts necessarily involves estimates and projections with
respect to activities required in the future. These estimates and projections
are subject to change as work continues, and such changes may be substantial.
Conversion to the Euro Currency
On January 1, 1999, certain member countries of the European Union
established fixed conversion rates between their existing currencies and the
European Union's common currency (euro). The Disney Group conducts business in
member countries. The transition period for the introduction of the euro will
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January 1, 1999 and June 30, 2002. The Disney Group is addressing the issues
involved with the introduction of the euro. The more important issues facing
the Disney Group include: converting information technology systems;
reassessing currency risk; negotiating and amending licensing agreements and
contracts; and processing tax and accounting records.
Based upon progress to date the Disney Group believes that use of the euro
will not have a significant impact on the manner in which it conducts its
business affairs and processes its business and accounting records.
Accordingly, conversion to the euro is not expected to have a material effect
on the Disney Group's financial condition or results of operations.
Market Risk
The Disney Group is exposed to the impact of interest rate changes, foreign
currency fluctuations and changes in the market values of its investments.
Policies and Procedures
In the normal course of business, the Disney Group employs established
policies and procedures to manage its exposure to changes in interest rates and
fluctuations in the value of foreign currencies using a variety of financial
instruments.
The Disney Group's objective in managing its exposure to interest rate
changes is to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash
flows and to lower its overall borrowing costs. To achieve its objectives, the
Disney Group primarily uses interest rate swaps to manage net exposure to
interest rate changes related to its portfolio of borrowings. The Disney Group
maintains fixed rate debt as a percentage of its net debt between a minimum and
maximum percentage, which is set by policy.
The Disney Group's objective in managing the exposure to foreign currency
fluctuations is to reduce earnings and cash flow volatility associated with
foreign exchange rate changes to allow management to focus its attention on its
core business issues and challenges. Accordingly, the Disney Group enters into
various contracts that change in value as foreign exchange rates change to
protect the value of its existing foreign currency assets, liabilities,
commitments and anticipated foreign currency revenues. The Disney Group uses
option strategies that provide for the sale of foreign currencies to hedge
probable, but not firmly committed, revenues. The principal currencies hedged
are the Japanese yen, French franc, German mark, British pound, Canadian dollar
and Italian lira. By policy, the Disney Group maintains hedge coverage between
minimum and maximum percentages of its anticipated foreign exchange exposures
for periods not to exceed five years. The gains and losses on these contracts
offset changes in the value of the related exposures.
It is the Disney Group's policy to enter into foreign currency and interest
rate transactions only to the extent considered necessary to meet its
objectives as stated above. The Disney Group does not enter into foreign
currency or interest rate transactions for speculative purposes.
Value At Risk
The Disney Group utilizes a "Value-at-Risk" ("VAR") model to determine the
maximum potential one-day loss in the fair value of its interest rate and
foreign exchange sensitive financial instruments. The VAR model estimates were
made assuming normal market conditions and a 95% confidence level. There are
various modeling techniques which can be used in the VAR computation. The
Disney Group's computations are based on the interrelationships between
movements in various currencies and interest rates (a "variance/co-variance"
technique). These interrelationships were determined by observing interest rate
and foreign currency market changes over the preceding quarter for the
calculation of VAR amounts at year-end and over each of the four quarters for
the calculation of average VAR amounts during the year. The model includes all
of the Disney Group's debt as well as all interest rate and foreign exchange
derivative contracts. The values of foreign
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exchange options do not change on a one-to-one basis with the underlying
currencies, as exchange rates vary. Therefore, the hedge coverage assumed to be
obtained from each option has been adjusted to reflect its respective
sensitivity to changes in currency values. Anticipated transactions, firm
commitments and receivables and accounts payable denominated in foreign
currencies, which certain of these instruments are intended to hedge, were
excluded from the model.
The VAR model is a risk analysis tool and does not purport to represent
actual losses in fair value that will be incurred by the Disney Group, nor does
it consider the potential effect of favorable changes in market factors. (See
Note 13 to the Combined Financial Statements regarding the Disney Group's
financial instruments at September 30, 1998 and 1997.)
The estimated maximum potential one-day loss in fair value, calculated using
the VAR model, follows (in millions):
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Average VAR during the year
ended
September 30, 1998........... $21 $26 $32
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The higher VAR combined portfolio exposure at September 30, 1998 is
primarily due to the volatile financial market environment existing at year
end. Since the Disney Group utilizes currency sensitive derivative instruments
to hedge anticipated foreign currency transactions, a loss in fair value for
those instruments is generally offset by increases in the value of the
underlying anticipated transactions.
New Accounting Guidance
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB") issued
Statement No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities, which the Disney Group is required to adopt effective October 1,
2000. SFAS 133 will require the Disney Group to record all derivatives on the
balance sheet at fair value. Changes in derivative fair values will either be
recognized in earnings as offsets to the changes in fair value of related
hedged assets, liabilities and firm commitments or, for forecasted
transactions, deferred and recorded as a component of other stockholders'
equity until the hedged transactions occur and are recognized in earnings. The
ineffective portion of a hedging derivative's change in fair value will be
immediately recognized in earnings. The impact of SFAS 133 on the Disney
Group's financial statements will depend on a variety of factors, including
future interpretative guidance from the FASB, the future level of forecasted
and actual foreign currency transactions, the extent of the Disney Group's
hedging activities, the types of hedging instruments used and the effectiveness
of such instruments. However, the Disney Group does not believe the effect of
adopting SFAS 133 will be material to its financial position.
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ANNEX J
Information About Disney's Existing Internet Business
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Description of Disney's Existing Internet Business........................ J-1
Properties................................................................ J-5
Legal Proceedings......................................................... J-5
Management................................................................ J-6
Introductory Note to Financial Statements and Supplemental Data........... J-8
Report of Independent Accountants......................................... J-9
Combined Financial Statements of Disney's Existing Internet Business
Combined Statements of Operations for the Years Ended September 30,
1998, 1997 and 1996 and the Nine Months Ended June 30, 1999 and 1998... J-10
Combined Balance Sheets as of June 30, 1999 and September 30, 1998 and
1997................................................................... J-11
Combined Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended September 30,
1998, 1997 and 1996 and the Nine Months Ended June 30, 1999 and 1998... J-12
Combined Statements of Group Equity for the Years Ended September 30,
1998, 1997 and 1996 and the Nine Months Ended June 30, 1999............ J-13
Notes to Combined Financial Statements.................................. J-14
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operation........................................................... J-32
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Description of Disney's Existing Internet Business
Disney's existing Internet business is organized around the following five
major initiatives:
. Disney Online, with headquarters in North Hollywood, California, which
includes, among other things, family.com, Disney.com and Disney's Club
Blast;
. Disney's joint venture interest in ESPN Internet Ventures, with offices
in New York City, Bellevue, Washington and Bristol, Connecticut, which
includes ESPN.com and partnerships that produce NFL.com, NBA.com,
WNBA.com and NASCAR.com;
. The ABC Internet Group, in New York City and Bellevue, composed of
ABC.com, and a partnership to produce Oscar.com as well as Disney's
joint venture interest in ABC News Internet Ventures, which includes
ABCNEWS.com, MrShowbiz.com and WallofSound.com;
. Buena Vista Internet Group ("BVIG") Commerce, with headquarters in
North Hollywood, which includes DisneyStore.com, Disney Travel Online,
ESPNstore.com and a partnership to produce NASCAR online store; and
. BVIG International, with offices in London, England, Paris, France and
Tokyo, Japan, headquartered in North Hollywood.
Disney's existing Internet business also includes an approximately 42%
interest in Infoseek.
Principal Business
Disney's existing Internet business can be divided into two principal
areas: content and commerce.
Content
In the content business, Disney's existing Internet business' principal
assets are:
. Disney.com. Disney.com is a leading site for children and families on
the Internet. According to the June 1999 results from Media Metrix,
Disney Online's reach of 7.8% or 4.9 million visitors placed it as both
the top ranked site targeted to children and families and top ranked
entertainment site among those measured in the news, information and
entertainment category. Disney.com includes animation, graphics and
games from Disney producers and artists as well as communication tools,
including D-Mail, Disney.com's proprietary e-mail service and D-Pal,
Disney.com's self-developed instant messaging service, which features
parental controls and filtering technology.
Disney.com also contains other Disney content, including, for example,
exclusive offerings featuring creative content from Disney's animated
features, such as Tarzan or Toy Story, streaming audio content from Radio
Disney and integrated online and on-air content developed and promoted in
conjunction with television programming, such as Zoog Disney on The Disney
Channel. Disney.com also includes Disney's Club Blast, a subscription-
based service, that provides exclusive content in the form of stories,
activities and games, special offers such as discounts at the
DisneyStore.com, and communication services, such as chat and bulletin
board, fully monitored for the protection of Disney.com's many young
users, and instant messaging.
. Family.com. Family.com was launched in December 1996 and provides a
comprehensive family and parenting resource on the web. The site
includes links, stories and event listings from more than 100 local
parenting magazines throughout the country. Family.com provides content
related to family activities, a recipe engine, community message boards
and a customizable database of nearly 20,000 features on family
activities, food, travel, parenting, education, babies, pregnancy and
health. Disney plans to relaunch Family.com in the first quarter 2000.
In addition to improvements in site design and additional content, the
site will expand its commerce offering primarily by integrating
commerce offerings by toysmart.com and by partnering with merchants
attracted to its targeted family demographics.
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. Disney's Interest in ESPN.com. Disney has a joint venture interest in
ESPN.com, which includes significant content covering all of the major
professional and college sports, as well as many other sports of
general interest, including auto racing, golf and fitness. According to
the June 1999 Media Metrix results, ESPN's reach of 6.9% or 4.3 million
visitors placed it as the top ranked sport site among those measured in
the news, information and entertainment category. ESPN.com features the
on-air talent from the ESPN television network. ESPN.com also provides
its viewers with proprietary technology, including GameCast, which
allows a viewer to track every pitch of a baseball game or every
possession in a basketball game. ESPN.com offers a paid subscription
service, ESPN Insider, which provides members with enhanced and
exclusive content, and advanced sports analysis tools. Fantasy league
games also are a paid service of ESPN.com and include participation in
fantasy leagues and teams for every major sport.
ESPN.com also manages the ventures that produce and host NFL.com, NBA.com,
WNBA.com, and the NASCAR sites in partnership with the leagues and
entities. In addition, ESPN.com has established a relationship with the
NHL that includes cross promotion of NHL.com and ESPN.com websites.
ESPN.com also acquired a controlling interest in Soccernet.com, the
leading soccer site, based in the United Kingdom. The newly rebranded
"ESPN soccernet.com" will be a cornerstone of ESPN.com internet strategy.
. Disney's Interest in ABCNEWS.com. Disney has a joint venture interest
in ABCNEWS.com, a breaking news and general news site that utilizes the
news-gathering infrastructure and on-air personalities of ABC News to
develop both breaking news stories and features of importance to
viewers. ABCNEWS.com provides a comprehensive news site that utilizes
multimedia resources to report stories of the day, capitalizing on the
knowledge and expertise of ABC News correspondents around the world. In
connection with the Infoseek merger, the ESPN.com and ABCNEWS.com joint
venture agreements between Disney and Infoseek will be extended from 10
years to 99 years.
. ABC.com. ABC.com provides information on ABC's television network
programming and radio network programming, including streaming radio
from Disney's owned and operated stations and syndicated programming
from the ABC radio network. ABC.com also features event-driven content
tied to on-air programming such as Oscar.com. In addition, ABC.com
features soap opera content on the Internet that directly links ABC's
television network programming with ABC.com's Internet content.
Commerce
Disney's existing commerce business includes DisneyStore.com, which offers
a variety of Disney-themed proprietary merchandise and The Disney Catalog
direct mail order business. The commerce business also includes Disney Travel
Online, a recently launched business offering travel packages to the Walt
Disney World Resort and other Disney destinations and ESPNStore.com, which
offers ESPN-themed and other sports-related merchandise.
. DisneyStore.com. The DisneyStore.com was launched by Disney in November
1996 and currently is Disney's primary e-commerce site. DisneyStore.com
offers families a way to shop for hundreds of Disney products, from
home videos and music, to Disney clothing and accessories and
personalized gifts. The Disney Store.com also has established
sponsorship arrangements with partners such as American Express, FTD
and FamilyWonder.com.
. The Disney Catalog. The Disney Catalog offers Disney-themed
merchandise, including adult and children's apparel, home furnishings,
toys and collectibles, through the direct mail channel. Catalog
offerings include merchandise developed exclusively for The Disney
Catalog and DisneyStore.com, as well as products from The Disney Store,
other internal Disney partners and Disney licensees. The Disney Catalog
also operates its own retail outlet stores for the purpose of
liquidating overstock merchandise. Catalog circulation has ranged from
approximately 30 million to approximately 60 million catalogs mailed
per year during the past four years. The Disney Catalog recently merged
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DisneyStore.com. As a result, DisneyStore.com now operates and controls a
500,000 square foot warehouse and distribution center in South Carolina
and a professional customer call center located in Kansas City, Kansas.
This catalog infrastructure provides an end-to-end, direct-to-consumer
marketing and fulfillment solution to support the merchandising and sales
efforts of DisneyStore.com and The Disney Catalog.
. Disney Travel Online. Disney launched Disney Travel Online in 1998 by
providing vacation packages and theme park passes to the Walt Disney
World Resort, as well as Disneyland theme park passes. Disney has
recently expanded Disney Travel Online to include vacation packages to
the Disneyland Resort, and intends to continue to augment the travel
offerings by providing consumers the opportunity to purchase Disney
Cruise Line vacations, book flights and rental cars, and personally
customize a package by including meal and entertainment reservations.
. Toysmart.com. Following the execution of the Reorganization Agreement,
Disney acquired a controlling interest in toysmart.com, a leading "good
toy" online retailer Toysmart.com, operates out of Waltham,
Massachusetts and offers over 20,000 products, including puzzles,
building blocks, arts and crafts and other products that encourage
children to learn and be creative while having fun.
. Auctions. Disney intends to provide auctions on Disney.com, which will
provide a variety of exclusive merchandise ranging from highly
collectible sericel animation from Disney's animated films to a variety
of other Disney-themed merchandise and collectibles. Disney also
currently plans to provide auctions on ESPN.com, which will provide a
variety of exclusive sports merchandise sourced through ESPN's
extensive relationships with sports leagues and players.
. ESPNStore.com. Disney launched ESPNStore.com in September 1998,
offering general sports merchandise and ESPN-branded merchandise.
ESPNStore.com offerings now include merchandise from all major sports
categories, as well as fitness and personal recreation equipment.
ESPNStore.com plans to relaunch its site featuring a new design, an
updated technology platform and an approximate ten-fold increase in
product selection.
Disney Online International
Disney Online websites currently exist in various countries in the Americas,
Asia Pacific and Europe. Disney's existing Internet business intends to
significantly expand Disney Online's international presence and increase
marketing and product development investment in each country. Over the next
twelve months, Disney's existing Internet business intends to relaunch expanded
Disney Online sites in several countries to more closely reflect the breadth
and depth of the United States site. In addition, Disney licenses certain
premium subscription content, localized and translated into various languages,
to international partners.
Principal Revenue Streams
Through its content and e-commerce businesses, Disney's existing Internet
business has achieved significant revenue growth through three principal
revenue streams: advertising and sponsorship, subscription and commerce.
Advertising and Sponsorship
Disney's existing Internet business currently has a national, in-house sales
organization, located in five offices: New York, San Francisco, Chicago,
Detroit and Los Angeles. The group derives its revenues primarily from the
sales of advertisements on its websites, principally banner advertisements,
other on-site promotional and marketing placements and promotional
sponsorships. Advertising contracts are primarily sold as (1) a "run of site"
contract under which a customer is guaranteed a number of impressions across
multiple Disney sites or (2) a "targeted" contract where the customer purchases
a specified number of impressions on a specified area, website or service.
Significant revenue is also derived from sponsorship agreements, pursuant to
which
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customers are granted specific placement within web "programming," including
possible co-branded content placement in "mini-sites." Additional income is
received from revenue sharing for links to e-commerce partners.
A small percentage of transactions today include integrated advertising
agreements which combine traditional and Internet media. This area is expected
to be a major focus in the years to come. Today, for example, partners may
purchase placement in the Internet Zone at Epcot(R), a state-of-the-art
internet technology showcase at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando,
Florida. In addition, advertisers may make coordinated ad buys on both the ABC
television network and the Disney websites. One of the key strengths of
Disney's existing Internet business is its ability to attract traditional media
partners to purchase placement on its branded websites, leveraging long-
standing relationships and ties with promotional partners of The Walt Disney
Company. During the last twelve months, approximately one hundred and fifty
traditional media organizations have advertised on the Disney sites, including
American Express, General Motors, Barnes & Noble, Fidelity Investments, FTD,
Gateway, Intel, AT&T, Wal-Mart, Nestle, Kraft, Mattel and Kodak. Disney
believes that the significant reach of its websites and targeted demographics
of its web audience provide attractive advertising and sponsorship
opportunities.
Subscription
The depth and breadth of Disney websites provide an opportunity to "upsell"
customers to premium services. For a monthly or yearly subscription fee,
Disney.com offers Disney's Club Blast, an Internet service for children and
families that is one of the leading subscription services on the Internet.
Similarly, ESPN.com offers the premium subscription service, ESPN Insider along
with sports fantasy leagues in all major sports. These subscription services
provide opportunities for Disney's existing Internet business to extend its
relationships with its customers while also providing a supplemental, recurring
revenue stream.
Commerce
The differentiated nature of Disney-branded products, combined with the end-
to-end fulfillment capability of The Disney Catalog, position Disney's existing
Internet business to participate in vertically integrated e-commerce. In
addition, the strong foundation established with the DisneyStore.com serves as
a platform to grow related e-commerce initiatives. For example, Disney's
existing Internet business intends to leverage the DisneyStore.com's existing
children and family demographic to benefit the commerce offering of
toysmart.com and the other merchandising areas in family.com. Additional e-
commerce opportunities exist in extending and complementing the current e-
commerce businesses as well as partnering with companies looking for a
successful, established e-commerce partner.
Intellectual Property
Disney's existing Internet business will have licenses to use Disney's
intellectual property in the conduct of its business. In addition, Disney's
existing Internet business relies on industry standard architecture and
Internet protocol technology to distribute its content on the world wide web
and licenses certain commercially available technology and hardware to operate
its sites. In addition, Disney's existing Internet businesses have entered into
certain licenses for back-end technology related to its e-commerce platform,
community applications and web development.
Competition
Disney's existing Internet business competes with the following Internet
companies:
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excite@home cnn.com CBS Sportsline.com iVillage Warner Brothers Online NBC Online
Yahoo msnbc.com CNN/SI Nick.com Sony Online CBS.com
Lycos Yahoo Sports soapoperadigest.com
E! Online
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Employees
As of September 27, 1999, Disney's existing Internet businesses had over
1,991 employees worldwide, including 349 at the umbrella BVIG group in North
Hollywood, 105 at Disney Online, 108 at ABC, 45 at ESPN, 44 in the ad sales
group, and 47 in the international operations. The direct mail catalog
operations employ over 1,518 people with 68 employees based in Burbank, 719 at
the Kansas Teleservice Center, 259 in the Distribution Center located in South
Carolina and 179 as Catalog Sale Associates. In addition, there are 293
employees at other locations.
Properties
Headquarters for Disney's existing Internet business are located in North
Hollywood, California. Other domestic locations include New York, New York, San
Francisco, California, Chicago, Illinois, Troy, Michigan, Kansas City, Missouri
and Jonesville, South Carolina. Additionally, Disney's existing Internet
business operates 10 retail outlet stores located in Riviera Center, Florida,
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, Potomac, Virginia, Bluffton, South Carolina, Myrtle
Beach, South Carolina, Jonesville, South Carolina, Woodbridge, Virginia, Boaz,
Alabama, Foley, Alabama, San Marcos, Texas and Branson, Missouri. Disney's
existing Internet business personnel are also located in multiple international
locations. The majority of the agreements are held in the name of The Walt
Disney Company.
Legal Proceedings
Disney, together with, in some instances, its directors and officers, is a
defendant or co-defendant in various legal actions involving copyright, breach
of contract and various other claims incident to the conduct of its businesses.
Management does not expect that Disney's existing Internet business will suffer
any material liability by reason of these actions.
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Management
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Steven Bornstein.................. 47 Chairman
Steve Wadsworth................... 37 President
Chuck Davis...................... 39 President, E-commerce
Kevin Mayer...................... 37 Executive Vice President, Television
Network Product and International
Spencer Neumann.................. 29 Chief Financial Officer
Scott Schiller................... 41 Senior Vice President of Advertising
and Sponsorship Sales
Larry Shapiro.................... 39 Executive Vice President, Business
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Steven Bornstein. As Chairman of Buena Vista Internet Group, Steve Bornstein
directs and oversees Disney's strategic investments in the Internet. Mr.
Bornstein is presently a board member of Infoseek and has been involved in
Disney's increased online presence over the last four years. He served as
President of ABC, Inc. from February to September 1999, where he oversaw all
broadcasting and cable-related operations for Disney. Prior to serving as
President of ABC, Mr. Bornstein was President and Chief Executive Officer of
ESPN, Inc. since September 1990. He was given additional responsibility as
President of ABC Sports in April 1996. As President and CEO of ESPN, Mr.
Bornstein guided the company through its most active growth period through the
creation of new networks, global expansion and strategic acquisitions. Today,
ESPN distributes or owns equity in 25 different sports networks worldwide,
including cable, online, radio and publishing ventures. Mr. Bornstein began his
career at ESPN in January 1980 as Manager of Programming, when ESPN was a four-
month-old start-up company. Prior to joining ESPN, Mr. Bornstein spent three
years at WOSU-TV in Columbus, Ohio, his last two years serving as Executive
Producer.
Steve Wadsworth. As president of Buena Vista Internet Group, Steve Wadsworth
oversees all of Disney's existing Internet businesses and was a driving force
behind the company's partnership with and equity investment in Infoseek. He
formerly served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for BVIG.
In that role, he was responsible for all strategic planning, business
development, finance, accounting and administration functions. In addition, he
oversaw BVIG's technology operations. Mr. Wadsworth joined Disney Online at its
inception in September 1995, when he became Vice President, Finance, Strategy
and Business Development and helped to found the division. He joined Disney
Online from Disney Consumer Products, where he served as Director, Business
Planning. Before joining Disney in 1993, Mr. Wadsworth served as Principal for
the Windsor Park Group in Los Angeles, California, where he was responsible for
providing strategic, operational, and financial management consulting services
to companies primarily in the retail and consumer products industries.
Chuck Davis. As president, E-commerce for Buena Vista Internet Group, Chuck
Davis oversees Disney's existing Internet business' e-commerce initiatives
across BVIG's various services, including the DisneyStore.com, ESPNStore.com,
and Disney's online travel initiatives. Mr. Davis is also responsible for The
Disney Catalog business, now a part of BVIG. Mr. Davis, who was previously
BVIG's executive vice president, e-commerce, joined Disney in January 1996,
when he became senior vice president of marketing at Disney Online. In that
capacity, he was responsible for building Disney Online's consumer marketing
team and driving the company's strategies for, and revenues from, advertising,
shopping, subscriptions, and licensing. Prior to that, he served as the senior
vice president of circulation and consumer marketing at News America's "TV
Guide," where he directed the circulation strategy.
Kevin Mayer. As executive vice president, television network product and
international for Buena Vista Internet Group, Kevin Mayer oversees ESPN's and
ABC's portfolios of web properties, including ESPN.com, ABCNEWS.com, and
ABC.com. He also manages and develops all BVIG international businesses,
including
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Disney, ABC, and ESPN properties. Additionally, he oversees BVIG's strategic
deployment of broadband and "enhanced television" services. Mr. Mayer joined
BVIG from his post as senior vice president, strategic planning, for Disney,
where he held overall strategic planning and business development
responsibilities in the technology/new media arena, among other areas. He
played a key role in the planning process for several existing BVIG businesses,
including Disney Online, ABC Internet Group, ESPN Internet Ventures, and GO
Network. Prior to joining Disney, Kevin was a management consultant with the
LEK Partnership in Los Angeles.
Spencer Neumann. As chief financial officer of Buena Vista Internet Group,
Spencer Neumann oversees all of BVIG's business planning, finance, accounting
and administration activities. He also plays an integral role in all of BVIG's
new business development activities. Prior to joining BVIG, Mr. Neumann was
chief operating officer for Anaheim Sports Inc., a subsidiary of Disney and
owner of the Anaheim Angels and the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, where he was
responsible for all aspects of Anaheim Sports' business operations, including
strategic planning, advertising sales and sponsorships, ticket sales,
broadcasting, marketing, communications, and community relations. Prior to
working at Anaheim Sports, he was senior analyst, corporate development and
acquisitions for Disney's strategic planning department, focusing on financial
and long-term business planning for Disney.
Scott Schiller. As senior vice president of advertising and sponsorship
sales for Buena Vista Internet Group, Scott Schiller leads all advertising and
sponsorship (including e-commerce sponsorship) efforts for BVIG's wholly owned
properties, including Disney.com and ABC.com. Prior to assuming his current
post, he was vice president, advertising and sponsorship sales, for Disney
Online. Prior to that, he served as vice president of advertising and
partnership marketing for Sony Online Ventures, where he developed strategic
advertising partnerships for [email protected], Sony's online entertainment
venture. Mr. Schiller joined Sony from Prodigy, where, as vice president of
advertising sales, he developed and implemented a television-oriented
advertising and sales strategy.
Larry Shapiro. As executive vice president, business development and
operations for Buena Vista Internet Group, Larry Shapiro oversees all business
development, legal, communications, human resources, and administrative
functions. Previously, Mr. Shapiro was senior vice president, business and
legal affairs for BVIG, where he served as general counsel and had a
significant role in business development and strategy for the division. He
previously served as vice president-counsel within Disney's corporate legal
department, where he led numerous transactions, including Disney's acquisition
of Starwave and its investment in Infoseek. Before joining Disney, Mr. Shapiro
was an associate at both Weil, Gotshal & Manges and O'Melveny & Myers.
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Disney is offering shares of go.com Common Stock by this joint proxy
statement/prospectus. In order to prepare separate financial statements for the
Disney Group and Disney's existing Internet business, we have separated
Disney's existing Internet business, comprised of our online and direct mail
catalog businesses, from the Disney Group, which includes the rest of our
businesses and a retained interest in Disney's existing Internet business, and
we have allocated all of our consolidated assets, liabilities, revenue,
expenses and cash flow between the Disney Group and Disney's existing Internet
business. Thus, the financial statements of the Disney Group and Disney's
existing Internet business, taken together, comprise all of the accounts
included in the corresponding consolidated financial statements of Disney.
Because the Disney Group currently has a 100% retained interest in Disney's
existing Internet business, the combined financial statements of the Disney
Group reflect a 100% equity interest in Disney's existing Internet business in
a manner similar to the equity method of accounting provided by APB No. 18, The
Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of The Walt Disney Company
In our opinion, the combined financial statements listed in the accompanying
index present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Disney's existing Internet business (a division of The Walt Disney Company,
"Disney") at September 30, 1998 and 1997, and the results of its operations and
its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 30,
1998, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. These
financial statements are the responsibility of Disney's management; our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards which require that we plan and perform
the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements, 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 the
opinion expressed above.
As described in Note 1 to the financial statements, Disney's existing
Internet business is a division of Disney; accordingly the financial statements
of Disney's existing Internet business should be read in conjunction with the
audited financial statements of Disney.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Los Angeles, California
July 7, 1999
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DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended
June 30 Year Ended September 30
---------------------- -----------------------------
1999 1998 1998 1997 1996
----------- ---------- --------- -------- --------
(unaudited) (unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues................ $ 159,798 $202,139 $ 259,572 $173,590 $ 80,961
--------- -------- --------- -------- --------
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenues...... 113,974 146,910 196,936 135,716 58,619
Sales and marketing... 58,681 81,324 106,586 63,211 25,113
Other operating....... 24,386 24,008 40,453 25,322 16,309
Depreciation and
amortization......... 5,487 13,629 16,189 12,623 1,592
--------- -------- --------- -------- --------
Total costs and
expenses............... 202,528 265,871 360,164 236,872 101,633
Gain on sale of
Starwave............... 345,048 -- -- -- --
--------- -------- --------- -------- --------
Operating income
(loss)................. 302,318 (63,732) (100,592) (63,282) (20,672)
Corporate and other
activities............. (13,443) (8,854) (11,646) (7,377) (3,599)
Equity in Infoseek
loss................... (245,590) -- -- -- --
Net interest (expense)
income................. (5,371) 768 1,058 (148) --
--------- -------- --------- -------- --------
Income (loss) before
income taxes and
minority interests..... 37,914 (71,818) (111,180) (70,807) (24,271)
Income (taxes) benefit.. (13,933) 22,700 35,633 18,383 9,033
Minority interests...... 252 3,842 4,477 5,927 (61)
--------- -------- --------- -------- --------
Net income (loss)....... $ 24,233 $(45,276) $ (71,070) $(46,497) $(15,299)
========= ======== ========= ======== ========
</TABLE>
See Notes to Combined Financial Statements
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DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
COMBINED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
September 30,
June 30, ------------------
1999 1998 1997
----------- -------- --------
(Unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents.................... $ 3 $ 7,684 $ 22,348
Receivables, net of allowance for doubtful
accounts of $7,452 in 1999, $4,471 in 1998
and $1,350 in 1997.......................... 20,928 21,848 15,229
Affiliate receivables........................ 11,488 -- --
Inventories.................................. 34,137 52,591 30,283
Prepaid and other assets..................... 13,091 11,612 12,788
-------- -------- --------
Total current assets....................... 79,647 93,735 80,648
Investments.................................... 598,963 -- --
Property and equipment
Equipment.................................... 49,685 37,661 29,976
Leasehold improvements....................... 3,820 8,380 6,253
Accumulated depreciation..................... (17,706) (23,625) (15,420)
-------- -------- --------
35,799 22,416 20,809
Projects in progress......................... 6 16,296 860
-------- -------- --------
35,805 38,712 21,669
Intangible assets, net......................... -- 194,354 59,746
Deferred income taxes.......................... -- 8,399 5,294
Other assets................................... -- 745 687
-------- -------- --------
$714,415 $335,945 $168,044
======== ======== ========
LIABILITIES AND GROUP EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable and other accrued
liabilities................................. $ 57,580 $ 40,985 $ 44,975
Current portion of borrowings................ 28,771 -- --
Unearned revenue............................. 8,823 9,968 7,777
-------- -------- --------
Total current liabilities.................. 95,174 50,953 52,752
Borrowings..................................... 97,300 -- --
Deferred income taxes.......................... 73,107 -- --
Minority interests............................. 15,383 22,666 18,924
Group equity................................... 433,451 262,326 96,368
-------- -------- --------
$714,415 $335,945 $168,044
======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
See Notes to Combined Financial Statements
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DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended
June 30 Year Ended September 30
----------------------- ----------------------------
1999 1998 1998 1997 1996
----------- ----------- -------- -------- --------
(unaudited) (unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
NET INCOME (LOSS)....... $ 24,233 $(45,276) $(71,070) $(46,497) $(15,299)
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
ITEMS NOT REQUIRING CASH
OUTLAYS
Depreciation........... 5,487 6,990 9,550 5,737 1,331
Amortization of
intangibles........... -- 6,639 6,639 6,885 262
Equity in Infoseek
loss.................. 245,590 -- -- -- --
Gain on sale of
Starwave.............. (345,048) -- -- -- --
Equity in losses of
affiliates............ 8,015 -- -- -- --
Minority interests'
share of net loss..... (252) (3,842) (4,477) (5,927) 61
CHANGES IN
Receivables............ (5,425) (3,477) (6,568) (1,572) (3,061)
Affiliate receivables.. (11,488) --
Prepaid and other
assets................ (5,876) 4,677 1,066 (7,277) (1,159)
Inventories............ 18,454 (2,917) (22,308) (11,986) (7,071)
Accounts payable and
other accrued
liabilities........... (12,678) (24,555) (1,799) 27,022 3,910
Deferred income taxes.. 28,207 (2,329) (3,105) (2,956) (2,338)
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
(75,014) (18,814) (21,002) 9,926 (8,065)
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
CASH USED IN
OPERATIONS............. (50,781) (64,090) (92,072) (36,571) (23,364)
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Investments in property
and equipment......... (11,655) (23,210) (26,592) (20,703) (4,818)
Investments in
affiliates and other.. (8,224) -- -- -- --
Acquisitions, net of
cash acquired......... (70,013) -- -- (45,174) --
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
(89,892) (23,210) (26,592) (65,877) (4,818)
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Capital contributions
from the Disney Group,
net................... 146,892 78,819 95,781 121,959 25,921
Reduction of
borrowings............ (13,900) --
Minority interests..... -- 5,945 8,219 2,835 173
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
132,992 84,764 104,000 124,794 26,094
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
(Decrease) Increase in
Cash and Cash
Equivalents............ (7,681) (2,536) (14,664) 22,346 (2,088)
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Cash and Cash
Equivalents, Beginning
of Period.............. 7,684 22,348 22,348 2 2,090
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Cash and Cash
Equivalents, End of
Period................. $ 3 $ 19,812 $ 7,684 $ 22,348 $ 2
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
Supplemental disclosure
of cash flow
information:
Interest paid.......... $ 41 $ 158 $ --
======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
See Notes to Combined Financial Statements
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DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF GROUP EQUITY
(In thousands)
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30, 1995......................................... $ 10,284
Capital contributions from Disney Group, net........................ 25,921
Net loss............................................................ (15,299)
--------
BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30, 1996......................................... 20,906
Capital contributions from Disney Group, net........................ 121,959
Net loss............................................................ (46,497)
--------
BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30, 1997......................................... 96,368
Capital contributions from Disney Group, net........................ 237,028
Net loss............................................................ (71,070)
--------
BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30, 1998......................................... 262,326
Capital contributions from Disney Group, net........................ 146,892
Net income.......................................................... 24,233
--------
BALANCE AT JUNE 30, 1999 (unaudited).................................. $433,451
========
</TABLE>
See Notes to Combined Financial Statements
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DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular dollars in thousands)
1. Description of the Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Disney's existing Internet business, a division of The Walt Disney Company
("Disney"), represents Disney's online and direct mail catalog business.
Disney's existing Internet business develops, publishes and distributes
content for online services intended to appeal to broad consumer interests in
sports, news, family and entertainment. Disney's existing Internet business
websites include Disney.com, Family.com, ESPN.com, ABCNews.com, ABCSports.com
and ABC.com. In addition, Disney's existing Internet business operates The
DisneyStore.com and the Walt Disney Catalog, which market Disney-themed
merchandise over the Internet and via direct mail, respectively, and produces
Disney's Club Blast, an entertainment and educational online subscription
service for children.
Disney's existing Internet business has extensive transactions and
relationships with affiliated businesses (see Note 12), and these combined
financial statements reflect the application of certain cash management and
allocation policies adopted by Disney for presentation purposes (see Note 4).
In February 1996 and April 1997, Disney acquired ABC, Inc. ("ABC") and a
controlling voting interest in Starwave Corporation ("Starwave"), an Internet
technology company, respectively. ABC activities, as they relate to Internet
initiatives, and Starwave have been included from their respective dates of
acquisition in the combined financial statements of Disney's existing Internet
business (see Note 3).
In order to prepare separate financial statements for Disney's existing
Internet business and the Disney Group, Disney has allocated all of its
consolidated assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and cash flow between
Disney's existing Internet business and the Disney Group. Thus, the financial
statements of Disney's existing Internet business and the Disney Group, taken
together, comprise all of the accounts included in the corresponding
consolidated financial statements of Disney.
Even though Disney has allocated all of its consolidated assets,
liabilities, revenues, expenses and cash flow between Disney's existing
Internet business and the Disney Group, that allocation will not change the
legal title to any assets or responsibility for any liabilities and will not
affect the rights of any creditors. Holders of go.com Common Stock (see Note 2)
will continue to be common stockholders of Disney and, as such, will be subject
to all risks associated with an investment in Disney and all of its businesses,
assets and liabilities.
Financial impacts arising from the Disney Group that affect Disney's
consolidated results of operations or financial position could affect the
results of operations or financial condition of Disney's existing Internet
business or the market price of go.com Common Stock. In addition, any dividends
or distributions on, or repurchases of, Disney Common Stock (see Note 2) will
reduce the assets of Disney legally available for dividends on go.com Common
Stock. Accordingly, financial information for Disney's existing Internet
business should be read in conjunction with financial information for the
Disney Group and Disney's consolidated financial information.
INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The unaudited combined financial statements for the nine months ended June
30, 1999 and 1998 and as of June 30, 1999 have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and
with the instructions to Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not
include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted
accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of
management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments)
considered necessary for a fair presentation have been reflected. Operating
results for the 1999 period are not necessarily indicative of the results that
may be expected for the year ending September 30, 1999.
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DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in thousands)
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles of Combination
The combined financial statements include the accounts of Disney's existing
Internet business, as defined above. All significant intercompany transactions
have been eliminated. The financial position and results of operations of
Starwave have been included in the accompanying combined financial statements
from the date of Disney's initial investment as it obtained a majority voting
interest at that time.
For financial reporting purposes, outside investors' shares of net assets
and results of operations have been recorded as "Minority Interests" in the
combined balance sheets and statements of operations, respectively. At
September 30, 1998 and 1997, minority interests resulted from an outside
ownership interest in certain ESPN online operations, as well as outside
ownership interests in Starwave.
Accounting Changes
During 1997, Disney's existing Internet business adopted Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation
("SFAS 123"), which requires disclosure of the fair value and other
characteristics of stock options (see Note 7). Disney's existing Internet
business has chosen under the provisions of SFAS 123 to continue using the
intrinsic-value method of accounting for employee stock-based compensation in
accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion ("APB") No. 25 Accounting
for Stock Issued to Employees.
During 1996, Disney's existing Internet business adopted SFAS 121 Accounting
for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be
Disposed Of, which requires companies to evaluate the carrying value of such
assets at the lowest level at which identifiable cash flows can be determined.
The implementation of SFAS 121 did not have a material impact on the financial
condition or results of operations of Disney's existing Internet business.
Use Of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and
footnotes thereto. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Revenue Recognition
Website advertising revenues are recognized on the basis of impression views
in the period the advertising is displayed, provided that no significant
obligations remain and collection of the resulting receivable is probable.
Certain advertising contracts include guarantees of a minimum number of
impressions. To the extent minimum guaranteed impressions are not met, Disney's
existing Internet business defers revenue recognition until the guaranteed
impression levels are achieved. Revenues from subscription-based fees and
services are recognized ratably over the terms of the related contracts.
Unearned revenue represents online subscriptions and customer advertising not
yet recognized as revenue.
Licensing revenues are generally recognized ratably over the life of the
applicable contracts.
Catalog and Internet-based ("commerce") merchandise revenues are recognized
upon shipment of product to customers.
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DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in thousands)
Website development revenues are recognized as services are performed and
reflect costs incurred plus a 10% fee. These revenues are primarily derived
from entities affiliated with the Disney Group (see Note 12).
Development Expenses
Development expenses relate to the development of new online services and
consist principally of employee compensation, as well as costs for content,
facilities and equipment. Development expenses are charged to cost of revenues
as incurred and amounted to $15.8 million, $1.8 million and $8.9 million in
1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with original
maturities of three months or less.
Inventories
Carrying amounts of merchandise held for sale are generally determined on a
moving average cost basis and are stated at the lower of cost or market.
Investments
Beginning in 1999, Disney's existing Internet business includes an equity
investment in Infoseek, a publicly held Internet search company (see Note 13).
Differences between the carrying amount of the investment and the underlying
equity in net assets has been assigned to intangible assets, which are being
amortized over periods ranging from two to five years. Infoseek's total assets
were $996.2 million at July 3, 1999. As of June 30, 1999, the Infoseek
investment had an approximate fair market value of $1.25 billion.
Catalog Advertising Expenses
Direct-response advertising is capitalized and amortized over the expected
period of future benefit. Direct-response advertising consists primarily of
catalog production and mailing costs which are capitalized and amortized over
the expected future revenue stream, generally up to six months from the date
catalogs are mailed. Disney's existing Internet business accounts for catalog
costs in accordance with AICPA Statement of Position ("SOP") 93-7, Reporting on
Advertising Costs. SOP 93-7 requires that advertising costs be amortized based
on the ratio of the current period's revenues for a catalog cost pool to
estimated total revenues for that catalog cost pool.
At September 30, 1998 and September 30, 1997, respectively, advertising
costs totaling $6.3 million and $6.9 million were reported as assets.
Advertising expense amounted to $41.9 million, $26.9 million and $14.1 million
in 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are carried at cost. Depreciation is computed on the
straight-line method based upon estimated useful lives ranging from 3 to 10
years for equipment. Leasehold improvements are amortized over estimated useful
lives ranging from 2 to 15 years, or the life of the related lease, whichever
is shorter.
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DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in thousands)
Intangible Assets
Intangible assets are amortized over periods ranging from two to five years.
Disney's existing Internet business continually reviews the recoverability of
the carrying value of these assets using the methodology prescribed in SFAS
121. Disney's existing Internet business also reviews long-lived assets and the
related intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate the carrying amounts of such assets may not be
recoverable. Upon the occurrence of such an event or change in circumstance,
recoverability of these assets is determined by comparing the forecasted
undiscounted net cash flows of the operation to which the assets relate, to the
carrying amount, including associated intangible assets, of such operation. If
the operation is determined to be unable to recover the carrying amount of its
assets, then intangible assets are written down first, followed by the other
long-lived assets of the operation, to fair value. Fair value is determined
based on discounted cash flows or appraised values, depending upon the nature
of the assets.
As of September 30, 1998, and 1997 total accumulated amortization of
intangible assets was $13.3 million and $6.6 million, respectively.
Risk Management Contracts
As described in Note 4, Disney manages most treasury activities on a
centralized basis, including interest rate and foreign currency risk
management. Disney employs a variety of off-balance-sheet financial instruments
to manage its exposure to fluctuations in interest and foreign currency
exchange rates, and designates and assigns the financial instruments as hedges
of specific assets, liabilities or anticipated transactions. Gains and losses
on hedging instruments attributed to Disney's existing Internet business are
immaterial.
Earnings Per Share
As Disney's existing Internet business does not have its own class of stock,
basic and diluted net income or loss per share data is inapplicable and has
been omitted.
2. Reorganization and the go.com Common Stock Proposal (unaudited)
On July 10, 1999, Disney entered into an Agreement and Plan of
Reorganization (the "Reorganization Agreement") with Infoseek Corporation
("Infoseek"). Pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement, Disney is proposing to
acquire the remaining 58% of Infoseek that it does not already own by issuing
1.15 shares of a new class of common stock ("go.com Common Stock") for each
outstanding share of Infoseek common stock. Disney will also convert
outstanding Infoseek stock options into options exercisable for shares of
go.com Common Stock.
The Infoseek merger and issuance of go.com Common Stock require approvals by
Infoseek and Disney stockholders, respectively. Once approvals are obtained,
Disney will combine its Internet and Catalog operations with Infoseek to create
a single Internet business ("go.com"). The go.com Common Stock, anticipated to
trade under the ticker symbol "GO," will be issued to track the performance of
go.com.
As of the effective date of the Infoseek merger, the Disney Group will
retain an initial equity interest of approximately 72% in go.com. Former
Infoseek stockholders will initially own the remaining 28%. Shares of Disney's
existing common stock will be renamed Disney Common Stock, and will reflect the
performance of Disney's businesses other than go.com, plus the Disney Group's
72% retained interest in go.com.
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DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in thousands)
The Infoseek merger will be accounted for as a purchase. Accordingly,
operating results for Infoseek and amortization of its intangible assets, which
is expected to be substantial, will be reflected in Disney's financial
statements from the effective date of the merger, which is expected to occur
during the first quarter of fiscal 2000.
Upon consummation of the Infoseek merger, the Disney Group will have the
right to acquire an additional 18 million shares in go.com, representing an
approximately 3% increase in its initial retained interest, at a 20% premium to
market value, subject to a maximum price of $43.48 per share. The Disney Group
will have the right to acquire 6 million shares 30 days after go.com Common
Stock is first traded on the NYSE and the remaining 12 million shares after
November 18, 2000.
Currently, the Disney Group provides all funding for Disney's existing
Internet business as described in Note 4 under "Certain Cash Management and
Allocation Policies." Accordingly, no interest expense or income to or from the
Disney Group has been reflected in the financial statements of Disney's
existing Internet business.
After the date on which go.com Common Stock is first issued, for financial
statement purposes, the following policies will apply, except to the extent
Disney's board of directors rescinds, modifies or adds to them:
(a) Disney will attribute each future incurrence or issuance of external
debt or preferred stock (and the proceeds thereof) to the Disney Group,
except in cases where Disney's board of directors determines otherwise.
Disney's board of directors may determine from time to time to attribute an
incurrence or issuance of debt or preferred stock (and the proceeds
thereof) to go.com to the extent that Disney incurs or issues the debt or
preferred stock for the benefit of go.com, but Disney's board of directors
will not be required to do so.
(b) Disney will attribute each future issuance of Disney Common Stock
(and the proceeds thereof) to the Disney Group. Disney may attribute any
future issuance of go.com Common Stock (and the proceeds thereof) to the
Disney Group in respect of its retained interest in go.com (in a manner
analogous to a secondary offering of common stock of a subsidiary owned by
a corporate parent) or to go.com (in a manner analogous to a primary
offering of common stock).
(c) Dividends on Disney Common Stock will be charged against the Disney
Group, and dividends on go.com Common Stock will be charged against go.com.
At the time of any dividend on go.com Common Stock, Disney will credit to
the Disney Group, and charge against go.com, a corresponding amount in
respect of the Disney Group's retained interest in go.com.
(d) Repurchases of Disney Common Stock will be charged against the
Disney Group. Repurchases of go.com Common Stock may be charged either
against go.com or the Disney Group as determined by Disney's board of
directors in its sole discretion. If a repurchase of go.com Common Stock is
charged against the Disney Group, Disney will increase the Disney Group's
retained interest in go.com.
(e) Whenever go.com holds cash (other than cash of go.com's foreign
operations or cash of go.com's operations that are not wholly owned),
go.com will normally transfer that cash to Disney, which will attribute
interest on such cash, at its short-term borrowing rate, to go.com.
Conversely, whenever go.com has a cash need (other than cash needs of
go.com's foreign operations or cash needs of go.com's operations that are
not wholly owned), Disney will normally fund that cash need. However,
Disney's board of directors will retain ultimate authority at all times to
determine, in its sole discretion, whether to provide any particular funds
to either group and will not be obligated to do so.
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DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in thousands)
(f) Disney will account for all cash transfers from one group to or for
the account of the other group (other than transfers in return for assets
or services rendered or transfers in respect of the Disney Group's retained
interest that correspond to dividends paid on go.com Common Stock) as
inter-group short-term loans unless Disney's board of directors determines
that a given transfer (or type of transfer) should be accounted for (1) as
a long-term loan, (2) as a capital contribution increasing the Disney
Group's retained interest in go.com or (3) as a return of capital reducing
the Disney Group's retained interest in go.com. There are no specific
criteria to determine when Disney will account for a cash transfer as a
long-term loan, a capital contribution or a return of capital rather than
an inter-group short-term loan; provided, however, that advances from the
Disney Group to go.com up to $250 million on a cumulative basis, reduced by
the amount of any loans made between the July 12, 1999 Infoseek merger
announcement date and the date on which go.com Common Stock is first
issued, as defined, shall be accounted for as short-term or long-term loans
at interest rates at which Disney could borrow such funds and shall not be
accounted for as capital contributions. Disney's board of directors would
make determinations about the character of cash transfers in the exercise
of its business judgment at the time of such transfer based upon all
relevant circumstances. Factors Disney's board of directors might consider
include, without limitation, (1) the current and projected capital
structure of each group, (2) the financing needs and objectives of the
recipient group, (3) the availability, cost and time associated with
alternative financing sources and (4) prevailing interest rates and general
economic conditions.
(g) Cash transfers accounted for as inter-group short-term loans will
bear interest at the rate at which Disney could borrow such funds. In
addition, any cash transfers accounted for as long-term loans will have
interest rates, amortization, maturity, redemption and other terms that
reflect the then-prevailing terms on which Disney could borrow such funds.
(h) Any cash transfer from the Disney Group to go.com (or for its
account) accounted for as a capital contribution will correspondingly
increase go.com's equity account and the Disney Group's retained interest
in go.com.
(i) Any cash transfer from go.com to the Disney Group (or for its
account) accounted for as a return of capital will correspondingly reduce
go.com's equity account and the Disney Group's retained interest in go.com.
(j) In the event that Disney exercises any convertible securities or
similar rights to increase the Disney Group's retained interest in go.com,
the cash proceeds of such exercise shall be allocated to go.com.
(k) In the event that promotional services are provided by the Disney
Group for go.com, the form, amount and cost allocations will be determined
by or under the supervision of Disney's board of directors. Cost
allocations, if any, will in all cases be on terms and rates no less
favorable to go.com than those that would apply to comparable services
provided to unaffiliated third parties and may be on substantially more
favorable terms.
(l) Allocations for corporate general and administrative services and
facilities charges to go.com (see Note 4) will be limited to $7.5 million
for 1999, 2000 and 2001.
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DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in thousands)
3. Acquisitions
On February 9, 1996, Disney completed its acquisition of ABC. The
acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method and the net assets
related to ABC's Internet operations were attributed to Disney's existing
Internet business at their fair value of approximately $1.1 million. The
assets, liabilities and results of operations related to ABC's Internet
activities are included in the accompanying combined financial statements from
the date of acquisition. The unaudited pro forma information below presents
results of operations as if the acquisition of ABC's Internet operations had
occurred at the beginning of 1996. The unaudited pro forma information is not
necessarily indicative of the results of operations of the combined company had
these events occurred at the beginning of the year presented, nor is it
necessarily indicative of future results.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended
September 30,
1996
-------------
<S> <C>
Revenues................................. $ 84,005
Net loss................................. $(14,609)
</TABLE>
On April 22, 1997, Disney acquired a 42% equity interest, and a majority
voting interest, in Starwave for $82.0 million in cash. The acquisition was
accounted for as a purchase. The excess of the purchase price over the fair
market value of net assets acquired of $66.4 million was attributed to goodwill
and is being amortized over five years. On May 1, 1998, Disney acquired an
additional 48% of Starwave in exchange for Disney common stock valued at
approximately $141.2 million, increasing its equity ownership from 42% to
approximately 90%. The excess of the purchase price over the fair market value
of net assets acquired of approximately $141.2 million was attributed to
goodwill and is being amortized over five years. The assets, liabilities and
results of operations related to Starwave are included in the accompanying
combined financial statements from the date of acquisition. The unaudited pro
forma information below presents results of operations as if the initial equity
interest had been acquired at the beginning of each of 1997 and 1996, and as if
the subsequent equity investment had occurred at the beginning of each of 1998
and 1997. The unaudited pro forma information is not necessarily indicative of
the results of operations of the combined company had these events occurred at
the beginning of the years presented, nor is it necessarily indicative of
future results.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended September 30
----------------------------
Ownership 1998 1997 1996
--------- -------- -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues........................... 42% $176,819 $ 83,294
Net loss........................... 42% $(53,140) $(24,895)
Revenue............................ 90% $259,572 $176,819
Net loss........................... 90% $(83,482) $(84,151)
</TABLE>
During May 1998, as part of Disney's Internet strategy, management committed
to a plan to dispose of its interest in Starwave. Accordingly, Disney's
existing Internet business accounted for Starwave as held for sale effective in
the third quarter of 1998, and ceased depreciation and amortization of
Starwave's assets. At that time, Disney's existing Internet business' interest
in Starwave's net assets was $201.0 million, and from such period through
September 30, 1998, after elimination of intercompany revenues and expenses,
Starwave had net revenues of approximately $400,000 and operating losses of
$3.1 million.
Subsequent to September 30, 1998, Disney's existing Internet business
exchanged its ownership interest in Starwave for an interest in Infoseek (see
Note 13).
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<PAGE>
DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in thousands)
4. Certain Cash Management and Allocation Policies
The accompanying combined financial statements reflect the application of
certain cash management and allocation policies determined by Disney's board of
directors in its business judgment. Disney's board of directors may amend these
policies without shareholder approval.
TREASURY ACTIVITIES
Disney manages most treasury activities on a centralized, consolidated
basis. These activities include the investment of surplus cash, the issuance,
repayment and repurchase of short-term and long-term debt, interest rate and
foreign currency risk management, and the issuance and repurchase of common
stock. All external debt and equity transactions during periods prior to and
included in the combined financial statements (and the proceeds thereof) were
attributed to the Disney Group. Disney policy provides that cash transfers may
be accounted for as short-term or long-term loans or capital transactions. The
character of cash transfers and interest rates and other terms applicable to
transfers accounted for as short-term or long-term loans will be established
by, or pursuant to procedures established by Disney's board of directors. The
Disney Group has provided all necessary funding for the operations and
investments of Disney's existing Internet business since inception and such
funding has been accounted for as capital contributions from the Disney Group.
Accordingly, no interest charge from the Disney Group has been reflected in the
accompanying combined financial statements. Surplus cash, transferred to the
Disney Group from time to time, has been accounted for as a return of capital.
CORPORATE GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Disney allocates the cost of corporate general and administrative ("G&A")
services and facilities to Disney's existing Internet business generally based
on utilization. Where determinations based on utilization alone are
impracticable, Disney uses other methods and criteria that management believes
to be equitable and to provide a reasonable estimate of costs attributable to
Disney's existing Internet business.
Corporate G&A allocations included in the accompanying combined statements
of operations include charges for legal, accounting (tax and financial),
treasury, tax planning and strategic planning services; risk management;
employee benefit plans and administration thereof; information and
telecommunications services; purchasing and material procurement; public and
investor relations; corporate travel; corporate offices, warehouses and other
facilities. G&A allocations include, without limitation, all costs and expenses
of personnel employed in connection with such services and facilities,
including payroll, payroll taxes and fringe benefit costs; all overhead costs
and expenses directly related to such personnel and the services or facilities
provided by them and all materials used in connection with such services or
facilities.
INCOME TAXES
Income taxes or benefits have been allocated to Disney's existing Internet
business in amounts equal to the Federal and state tax effects that its
operations have had on Disney's consolidated income tax provision.
ROYALTIES
The Disney Group has licensed to Disney's existing Internet business the
nonexclusive right to use Disney's intellectual property in the conduct of its
business, as defined, in exchange for a royalty equal to 1.25% of defined net
revenues, excluding revenues derived from operation of The DisneyStore.com.
Royalties
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<PAGE>
DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in thousands)
will not be deemed earned by the Disney Group until the first full year in
which Disney's existing Internet business generates positive earnings before
interest, taxes and amortization ("EBITA"), and royalties in any year may not
exceed 25% of Disney's existing Internet business' EBITA.
Royalties equal to 8% of actual costs, as defined, for Disney-branded
merchandise purchased by The DisneyStore.com (see Note 12) are earned by and
payable to the Disney Group beginning in the first full year in which Disney's
existing Internet business generates positive EBITA. Such royalties may not
exceed 30% of The DisneyStore.com's EBITA in any year.
5. Income Taxes
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997 1996
--------- -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Loss before income taxes and minority
interests............................... $(111,180) $(70,807) $(24,271)
========= ======== ========
Income tax provision (benefit)
Current
Federal................................ $ (30,449) $(18,308) $ (7,322)
State.................................. (2,080) (1,246) (502)
--------- -------- --------
(32,529) (19,554) (7,824)
--------- -------- --------
Deferred
Federal................................ (2,905) 1,096 (1,131)
State.................................. (199) 75 (78)
--------- -------- --------
(3,104) 1,171 (1,209)
--------- -------- --------
$ (35,633) $(18,383) $ (9,033)
========= ======== ========
Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
1998 1997
--------- --------
<S> <C> <C>
Deferred tax assets (liabilities)
Net operating loss carryforward........ $ 23,807 $ 20,323
Depreciable, amortizable and other
property.............................. 6,243 5,559
Accrued liabilities.................... 2,156 (265)
Net deferred tax asset before valuation
allowance............................... 32,206 25,617
--------- --------
Valuation allowance...................... (23,807) (20,323)
--------- --------
Net deferred tax asset................... $ 8,399 $ 5,294
========= ========
Reconciliation of Effective Income Tax Rate
1998 1997 1996
--------- -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Federal income tax rate.................. (35.0)% (35.0)% (35.0)%
Nondeductible amortization of intangible
assets.................................. 2.2 3.5 --
State taxes, net of federal income tax
benefit................................. (2.4) (2.4) (2.4)
Effect of valuation allowance............ 3.1 7.9 --
Other, net............................... 0.1 -- 0.2
--------- -------- --------
(32.0)% (26.0)% (37.2)%
========= ======== ========
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in thousands)
The deferred tax assets at September 30, 1998 and 1997 are reduced by a
valuation allowance relating to tax benefits attributable to net operating
losses reflected on the separate tax returns of Starwave and its subsidiary,
which are not expected to be utilized as a result of certain tax law
limitations. As of September 30, 1998, Disney's existing Internet business had
approximately $64.0 million of net operating losses which expire in various
years from 2014 through 2016.
If Disney's existing Internet business were required to prepare its federal
and state income tax returns on a separate return basis, the tax benefits
attributed to Disney's existing Internet business by Disney would not be
realizable in the current periods, as presented in the accompanying combined
statements of operations. In addition, under a separate return basis, the net
deferred tax assets presented in the accompanying combined balance sheet would
be fully reserved.
6. Pension and Other Benefit Programs
Disney maintains pension plans covering most of its domestic employees not
covered by union or industry-wide plans. Pension benefits are generally based
on years of service and/or compensation. The following chart summarizes the
balance sheet impact, as well as the benefit obligations, assets, funded status
and rate assumptions associated with the pension plans for Disney's existing
Internet business employees.
Reconciliation of funded status of the plans and the amounts included in the
combined balance sheets of Disney's existing Internet business:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Pension Plans
---------------
1998 1997
------- ------
<S> <C> <C>
Projected benefit obligations
Beginning obligations.................................. $ (794) $ (887)
Service cost........................................... (216) (113)
Interest cost.......................................... (62) (69)
Actuarial gains (losses)............................... (1,104) 275
------- ------
Ending obligations..................................... (2,176) (794)
------- ------
Fair value of plans' assets
Beginning fair value................................... 1,134 890
Actual return on plans' assets......................... 193 188
Employer contributions................................. 37 64
Expenses............................................... (8) (8)
------- ------
Ending fair value...................................... 1,356 1,134
------- ------
Funded status of the plans............................... (820) 340
Unrecognized net (gain) loss........................... 1,011 (85)
Other.................................................. 5 42
------- ------
Net balance sheet asset (liability)...................... $ 196 $ 297
======= ======
Rate Assumptions
Discount rate.......................................... 6.8% 7.8%
Rate of return on plans' assets........................ 10.5% 10.5%
Salary increases....................................... 4.4% 5.4%
Annual increase in cost of benefits.................... n/a n/a
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in thousands)
The projected benefit obligations and accumulated benefit obligations for
the pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets
were $2.2 million and $1.9 million for 1998, respectively.
Disney's existing Internet business' accumulated pension benefit obligations
at September 30, 1998 and 1997 were $1.9 million and $700,000, of which 50% and
40% were vested, respectively.
Costs of the pension plans reflected in the accompanying combined statements
of operations for 1998, 1997 and 1996 totaled $142,000, $78,000 and $14,000,
respectively. The discount rate, rate of return on plan assets and salary
increase assumptions for the pension plans were 7.8%, 10.0% and 5.6%,
respectively in 1996.
In addition to the pension plans maintained by Disney, some of the employees
of Disney's existing Internet business are covered by Disney's postretirement
medical benefit plans. Employees hired after January 1, 1994 are not eligible
for postretirement medical benefits. Obligations and costs related to Disney's
existing Internet business' postretirement medical benefit plans are not
material to Disney's existing Internet business' financial condition or results
of operations.
7. Stock Incentive Plans
DISNEY STOCK OPTION PLANS
Eligible employees of Disney's existing Internet business participate in
various Disney stock option plans (the "Plans"). Under the Plans, Disney may
grant stock options and other awards to key executive, management and other
employees at exercise prices equal to or exceeding the market price at the date
of grant. In general, options become exercisable over a five-year period from
the grant date and expire 10 years after the date of grant. Disney shares
available for future option grants at September 30, 1998 totaled 119 million.
The following table summarizes information about stock option transactions
related to Disney's existing Internet business (shares in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997 1996
---------------- ---------------- ----------------
Weighted Weighted Weighted
Average Average Average
Exercise Exercise Exercise
Shares Price Shares Price Shares Price
------ -------- ------ -------- ------ --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Outstanding at beginning of
year...................... 1,164 $21.58 1,434 $20.42 341 $16.93
Awards canceled............ (509) 27.87 (422) 21.41 -- --
Awards granted............. 2,407 30.16 290 26.11 1,146 21.13
Awards exercised........... (142) 21.03 (138) 19.49 (53) 13.58
----- ------ ----- ------ ----- ------
Outstanding at September
30........................ 2,920 $27.58 1,164 $21.58 1,434 $20.42
===== ===== =====
Exercisable at September
30........................ 611 $22.60 385 $19.53 184 $16.99
===== ===== =====
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in thousands)
The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding
at September 30, 1998 relating to Disney's existing Internet business (shares
in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Outstanding Exercisable
------------------------------------------- ----------------------
Weighted Weighted Weighted
Range of Average Average Average
Exercise Number Remaining Years of Exercise Number Exercise
Prices of Options Contractual Life Price of Options Price
- -------- ---------- ------------------ -------- ---------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$5-$10 5 3.00 $9.46 5 $9.46
$10-$15 75 5.01 13.45 71 13.46
$15-$20 54 6.99 19.56 54 19.56
$20-$25 447 7.56 21.20 351 21.18
$25-$30 1,669 9.96 26.23 47 26.75
$30-$35 72 9.21 31.80 22 31.71
$35-$40 598 9.59 38.43 61 38.49
----- ---
2,920 611
===== ===
</TABLE>
The weighted average fair values of options at their grant date during 1998,
1997 and 1996 were $9.64, $9.15, and $7.26, respectively. The estimated fair
value of each option granted is calculated using the Black-Scholes option-
pricing model. The weighted-average assumptions used in the model were as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997 1996
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Risk-free interest rate.................................. 5.0% 6.4% 6.0%
Expected years until exercise............................ 6.0 6.0 6.0
Expected stock volatility................................ 23% 23% 23%
Dividend yield........................................... .71% .71% .69%
</TABLE>
STARWAVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
Starwave has a Combined Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan (the
"Plan"). Under the Plan, Starwave may grant stock options and other awards to
directors, consultants, independent contractors and other employees at exercise
prices equal to or less than the market price at the date of grant. In general,
options become exercisable over a three to four year period from the grant date
and expire 10 years after the date of grant. Shares available for future option
grants at September 30, 1998 totaled 143.5 million.
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<PAGE>
DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in thousands)
Effective April 1, 1997, Starwave changed its fiscal year end from a
calendar year ended December 31 to a fiscal year ending the last Sunday in
September. The following table summarizes information about stock options
outstanding under the Starwave Plan at September 30, 1998, 1997 and December
31, 1996, respectively (shares in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997 1996
---------------- ---------------- ----------------
Weighted Weighted Weighted
Average Average Average
Exercise Exercise Exercise
Shares Price Shares Price Shares Price
------ -------- ------ -------- ------ --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Outstanding at beginning of
year...................... 11,032 $0.99 10,077 $0.105 11,568 $0.003
Awards canceled............ (1,453) 1.24 (816) 0.12 (1,300) 0.03
Awards granted............. 1,675 3.42 4,383 2.27 5,340 0.21
Awards exercised........... (2,148) 0.08 (2,612) 0.01 (5,531) 0.003
------ ----- ------ ------ ------ ------
Outstanding at end of
period.................... 9,106 $1.62 11,032 $0.99 10,077 $0.105
====== ====== ======
Exercisable at end of
period.................... 3,941 $1.04 3,116 $0.38 2,800 $0.025
====== ====== ======
</TABLE>
The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding
at September 30, 1998 (shares in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Outstanding Exercisable
-------------------------------------- --------------------
Weighted Weighted Weighted
Range of Average Average Average
Exercise Number Remaining Years of Exercise Number Exercise
Prices of Options Contractual Life Price of Options Price
-------- ---------- ------------------ -------- ---------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$0.003 1,275 6.75 $0.003 673 $0.003
$0.09 1,451 7.70 0.09 1,147 0.09
$0.15-$0.44 945 7.84 0.42 443 0.42
$2.27-$2.95 5,195 8.63 2.41 1,678 2.27
$4.47-$8.81 221 9.91 7.06 -- --
$9.32-$9.94 19 9.75 9.83 -- --
----- -----
9,106 3,941
===== =====
</TABLE>
The weighted average fair values of options at their grant date during 1998,
1997 and 1996 were $5.87, $1.62 and $0.11, respectively. The estimated fair
value of each option granted is calculated using the Black-Scholes option-
pricing model. The weighted average assumptions used in the model were as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997 1996
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Risk-free interest rate.................................. 5.6% 6.3% 6.1%
Expected years until exercise............................ 4.3 2.7 2.9
Expected stock volatility................................ 0% 0% 0%
Dividend yield........................................... 0% 0% 0%
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in thousands)
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
During 1998 and 1996, Starwave recorded deferred compensation relating to
the grant of certain stock options at less than fair value totaling $4.2
million and $400,000, respectively. These costs are amortized over the
respective vesting periods. During 1997, Disney's existing Internet business
adopted SFAS 123 and pursuant to its provisions, elected to continue using the
intrinsic-value method of accounting for stock-based awards granted to
employees in accordance with APB 25. The following table reflects pro forma net
loss had Disney's existing Internet business elected to adopt the fair value
approach of SFAS 123:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997 1996
-------- -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net loss:
As reported................................ $(71,070) $(46,497) $(15,299)
Pro forma.................................. $(74,369) $(48,261) $(15,983)
</TABLE>
These pro forma amounts may not be representative of future disclosures
since the estimated fair value of stock options is amortized to expense over
the vesting period, and additional options may be granted in future years.
8. Detail of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997
-------- -------
<S> <C> <C>
Prepaid and other assets
Prepaid advertising costs............................. $ 6,341 $ 6,893
Prepaid royalties..................................... 3,584 3,387
Prepaid affiliate fees................................ -- 1,000
Other................................................. 1,687 1,508
-------- -------
$ 11,612 $12,788
======== =======
Intangible assets
Cost in excess of Starwave's net assets acquired...... $207,632 $66,385
Accumulated amortization.............................. (13,278) (6,639)
-------- -------
$194,354 $59,746
======== =======
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities
Accounts payable...................................... $ 19,064 $26,104
Payroll and employee benefits......................... 6,278 11,527
Accrued liabilities................................... 14,352 6,340
Other................................................. 1,291 1,004
-------- -------
$ 40,985 $44,975
======== =======
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in thousands)
9. Segments
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended September 30
-----------------------------
1998 1997 1996
Business Segments --------- -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues
Catalog................................... $ 191,808 $146,613 $ 75,508
Internet.................................. 67,764 26,977 5,453
--------- -------- --------
$ 259,572 $173,590 $ 80,961
========= ======== ========
Operating income (loss)
Catalog................................... $ (18,580) $ 9,928 $ 8,253
Internet.................................. (82,012) (73,210) (28,925)
--------- -------- --------
$(100,592) $(63,282) $(20,672)
========= ======== ========
Capital expenditures
Catalog................................... $ 16,973 $ 2,829 $ 1,142
Internet.................................. 9,619 17,874 3,676
--------- -------- --------
$ 26,592 $ 20,703 $ 4,818
========= ======== ========
Depreciation expense
Catalog................................... $ 1,632 $ 1,111 $ 825
Internet.................................. 7,918 4,626 506
--------- -------- --------
$ 9,550 $ 5,737 $ 1,331
========= ======== ========
Identifiable assets
Catalog................................... $ 91,723 $ 55,771 $ 30,934
Internet.................................. 244,222 112,273 7,919
--------- -------- --------
$ 335,945 $168,044 $ 38,853
========= ======== ========
Supplemental revenue data
Internet
Media.................................... $ 51,604 $ 20,808 $ 4,466
Commerce and other....................... 15,712 6,059 924
</TABLE>
10. Financial Instruments
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
At September 30, 1998 and 1997, Disney's existing Internet business'
financial instruments included cash, cash equivalents, receivables and accounts
payable. The fair values of these financial instruments approximated carrying
values because of their short-term nature.
Credit Concentrations
As described in Note 4, Disney manages most treasury activities on a
centralized basis. Disney continually monitors its positions with, and the
credit quality of, the financial institutions which are counterparties to its
financial instruments and does not anticipate nonperformance by the
counterparties. In addition, Disney limits its exposure to any one financial
institution and has policies requiring collateral under certain circumstances
to mitigate default risk. Consequently, Disney's existing Internet business
would not realize a material loss as of September 30, 1998 in the event of
nonperformance by any Disney counterparty.
Disney's existing Internet business' receivables do not represent
significant concentration of credit risk at September 30, 1998 due to its
diverse customer base.
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<PAGE>
DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in thousands)
New Accounting Guidance
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS 133,
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, which Disney's
existing Internet business is required to adopt effective October 1, 2000.
Disney's existing Internet business does not believe the effect of adopting
SFAS 133 will be material to its financial position and results of operations.
11. Commitments and Contingencies
Disney has various real estate operating leases, including leases for
Disney's existing Internet business facilities in California, New York and
Connecticut. Costs for facilities and related services have been allocated to
Disney's existing Internet business in a manner which management believes to be
equitable (see Note 4), and such amounts have been reported as rent expense.
However, Disney's existing Internet business is not obligated to Disney under
any formal lease agreements. In addition, Disney's existing Internet business
occupies facilities under terms of non-cancelable operating leases, subject to
extensions in certain cases at Disney's existing Internet business' option.
Disney's future minimum lease payments on Disney's existing Internet business
occupied facilities and Disney's existing Internet business' future minimum
lease payments for its warehouses and other facilities under non-cancelable
operating leases totaled $51.8 million at September 30, 1998, payable as
follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
1999............................................ $7,537
2000............................................ 6,931
2001............................................ 6,146
2002............................................ 5,264
2003............................................ 3,900
Thereafter...................................... 21,999
</TABLE>
Disney, together with, in some instances, certain of its directors and
officers, is a defendant or co-defendant in various legal actions involving
copyright, breach of contract and various other claims incident to the conduct
of its businesses. Management does not expect Disney or Disney's existing
Internet business to suffer any material liability by reason of such actions,
nor does it expect that such actions will have a material effect on Disney's or
Disney's existing Internet business' financial position, liquidity or operating
results.
During 1998, Disney's existing Internet business entered into separation
agreements with certain employees. The terms of these agreements included
severance payments based on staff level and years of service, accelerated stock
option vesting and payment of post-employment insurance premiums. The
termination of employees under these separation agreements was contingent upon
completion of the merger between Starwave and Infoseek (see Note 13), and
Disney's existing Internet business' obligations under the agreements
transferred to Infoseek at that time. Accordingly, no liability for these
arrangements has been recorded by Disney's existing Internet business as of
September 30, 1998.
12. Inter-Group Activities
The terms of all material transactions, relationships and other matters
between the Disney Group and Disney's existing Internet business, including
those as to which the Disney Group and Disney's existing Internet business may
have potentially divergent interests, are determined on a basis that Disney's
board of directors, or management following guidelines or principles
established by Disney's board of directors, considers to be in the best
interests of Disney and its stockholders as a whole. It is not a requirement
that any
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<PAGE>
DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in thousands)
such material transaction, relationship or other matter be on terms that would
be considered commercially reasonable in the context of a transaction between
unrelated parties, or that would be considered comparable to terms that could
be obtained through arms-length negotiations between unrelated parties, or that
would be considered satisfactory under any other similar standard of review.
The Disney Group has provided all necessary funding for the operations and
investments of Disney's existing Internet business since inception, and such
funding has been accounted for as capital contributions from the Disney Group
(see Notes 2 and 4). Net capital contributions during 1998, 1997 and 1996 were
$237.0 million, $122.0 million, and $25.9 million, respectively.
Disney's existing Internet business derived revenues from the development of
websites for the Disney Group totaling $8.4 million, $4.7 million and $1.0
million during 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
In 1998, Disney's existing Internet business began selling tickets and
travel packages for the Disney Group theme parks and resorts online. Disney's
existing Internet business received commissions from the Disney Group of 5% of
ticket and 10% of travel package revenues, amounting to $220,000 in the
aggregate in 1998.
Disney's existing Internet business' catalog operations acquire Disney-
themed merchandise for resale directly from other Disney Group businesses and
through Disney Group units acting as brokers in sourcing merchandise from
diverse manufacturers. Disney's existing Internet business' direct purchases
amounted to $10.8 million, $9.1 million and $8.0 million in 1998, 1997 and
1996, respectively. For the same periods, Disney's existing Internet business'
purchases through Disney Group sourcing entities amounted to $50.2 million,
$25.6 million and $3.5 million, respectively.
During 1998, Disney's existing Internet business paid the Disney Group $1.0
million for the use of the Internet Zone site within the Innoventions
attraction at the Epcot theme park.
Corporate and other activities includes indirect charges from the Disney
Group for corporate general and administrative expenses (see Note 4). Total
indirect charges amounted to $12.5 million, $8.1 million and $3.9 million
during 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
Disney's existing Internet business incurred direct charges from the Disney
Group, primarily related to facilities, legal, sourcing and information system
services, totaling $5.8 million, $5.5 million and $2.5 million during 1998,
1997 and 1996, respectively.
13. Subsequent Events
INFOSEEK
On June 18, 1998, Disney reached an agreement for the acquisition of
Starwave by Infoseek, a publicly held Internet search company. On November 18,
1998, the shareholders of both Infoseek and Starwave approved the acquisition.
As a result of the acquisition and Disney's purchase of additional shares of
Infoseek common stock, Disney owned approximately 43% of Infoseek's outstanding
common stock. In addition, Disney purchased warrants enabling it, under certain
circumstances, to achieve a majority stake in Infoseek. These warrants vest in
equal installments over a three-year period and expire in five years.
As a result of the exchange of Disney's Starwave investment for an equity
interest in Infoseek, Disney's existing Internet business recognized a non-cash
gain of $345.0 million and recorded charges for purchased in-process research
and development expenditures, amortization of intangible assets and its portion
of Infoseek's operating losses totaling $43.6 million, $165.0 million, and
$37.0 million, respectively, during the nine months ended June 30, 1999.
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DISNEY'S EXISTING INTERNET BUSINESS
(A division of The Walt Disney Company)
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Tabular dollars in thousands)
The Disney Group has agreed to provide promotional services to Infoseek, an
equity investee of Disney's existing Internet business, pursuant to a promotion
agreement entered into by Disney and Infoseek effective November 18, 1998. The
promotion agreement, which will be superseded by the promotion policy described
in Note 2 after the issuance of go.com Common Stock, provides that Infoseek pay
the Disney Group $165 million over a five-year period. Annual charges under the
agreement range from $25 million to $41 million, with specific amounts subject
to each year's marketing plan to be agreed upon between the parties. For the
nine months ended June 30, 1999, the Disney Group recorded revenues and
Infoseek recorded expenses amounting to approximately $8.9 million under the
terms of the promotion agreement. The Disney Group and Disney's existing
Internet business also engage in cross promotion of their respective brands,
intellectual property and programming.
SOCCERNET
On June 30, 1999, Disney's existing Internet business acquired a 60%
interest in a partnership that owns Soccernet.com ("Soccernet"), a U.K.
Internet website, for $23.0 million in cash or stock to be delivered by
November 30, 1999, which is included in accounts payable and other accrued
liabilities.
The partnership agreement has provisions that could enable or require
Disney's existing Internet business to purchase the remaining 40% interest for
specified prices at different times. Through December 31, 1999, the purchase
price is $16.0 million. For the period from January 1, 2000 through June 30,
2001, the purchase price is the greater of $16.0 million or fair market value,
as defined, not to exceed $55.0 million. After July 1, 2001, the purchase price
is fair market value, as defined, not to exceed $55.0 million.
If Disney's existing Internet business delivers stock to settle the purchase
obligation, it has agreed to guarantee the value of that stock for one year
from the date of delivery.
Pursuant to the partnership agreement, Disney's existing Internet business
is required to operate and finance Soccernet. The agreement requires that the
minority partner provide promotion and operational assistance to the
partnership for specified transitional periods.
Disney's existing Internet business accounted for the acquisition as a
purchase, and is currently in the process of performing the necessary
valuations to determine the amounts of and amortization periods for the net
assets acquired.
toysmart.com (unaudited)
On August 12, 1999, Disney's existing Internet business acquired a 61%
interest in toysmart.com, an electronic commerce entity, in exchange for a
commitment to provide $25 million in cash and $20 million in promotional
services through December 2000. Disney's existing Internet business has the
right to purchase the remaining interest in toysmart.com after January 1, 2000
and the non-Disney stockholders of toysmart.com have the right to require
Disney's existing Internet business to purchase their shares after January 1,
2001, under certain circumstances.
Disney's existing Internet business will account for the acquisition as a
purchase, and is currently in the process of performing the necessary
valuations to determine the amounts of and amortization periods for the net
assets acquired. Toysmart.com's results of operations will be included in
Disney's existing Internet business' combined financial statements from the
date of acquisition.
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Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
Seasonality
Historically, Disney's existing Internet business' direct mail catalog
business has been seasonal, with a significant portion of annual revenue
generated in the first quarter. This fluctuation is a result of seasonal
consumer purchasing behavior. The following table sets forth certain unaudited
quarterly combined statement of operations data for each of the eleven quarters
in the period ended June 30, 1999. In the opinion of Disney's management, this
unaudited information has been prepared on a basis consistent with the audited
combined financial statements of Disney's existing Internet business and
includes all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments,
necessary to present fairly the information set forth therein when read in
conjunction with Disney's existing Internet business' combined financial
statements and related notes. The operating results for any quarter are not
necessarily indicative of results for any future period.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Quarterly Financial Summary
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
---------------------------------------------
December 31 March 31 June 30 September 30
----------- --------- -------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1999
Revenues
Catalog....................... $ 61,897 $ 26,596 $ 28,141
Internet...................... 14,689 14,971 13,504
Total Revenues.............. 76,586 41,567 41,645
Operating income (loss) (1)..... 341,378 (18,130) (20,930)
Net income (loss) (1)........... 225,312 (101,173) (99,906)
1998
Revenues
Catalog....................... $ 75,272 $ 41,876 $ 36,104 $ 38,556
Internet...................... 15,419 17,181 16,287 18,877
Total Revenues.............. 90,691 59,057 52,391 57,433
Operating loss.................. (13,314) (26,507) (23,911) (36,860)
Net loss........................ (9,855) (18,124) (17,297) (25,794)
1997
Revenues
Catalog....................... $ 55,550 $ 25,983 $ 30,372 $ 34,708
Internet...................... 2,247 2,541 6,360 15,829
Total Revenues.............. 57,797 28,524 36,732 50,537
Operating income (loss)......... 122 (12,928) (20,168) (30,308)
Net loss........................ (1,443) (10,669) (14,154) (20,231)
</TABLE>
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(1) Reflects a $345 million gain on sale of Starwave in the quarter ended
December 31.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
On November 18, 1998, Disney exchanged its ownership interest in Starwave
plus $70.0 million in cash for a 43% equity interest in Infoseek. This
transaction resulted in a change in the manner of accounting for Starwave and
certain related businesses from the consolidation method, which was applied
prior to the exchange, to the equity method, which was applied after the
exchange. On an as reported basis, this change resulted in decreases in
revenues, costs and expenses, and operating losses for the nine months ended
June 30, 1999 versus the nine months ended June 30, 1998 amounting to $22.2
million, $45.3 million, and $23.1 million, respectively. The transaction also
resulted in the recording of a gain on the sale of Starwave and equity in
Infoseek's losses from November 18, 1998 through June 30, 1999.
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Combined Results
(In thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months ended
June 30 Year ended September 30
---------------------- -----------------------------
1999 1998 1998 1997 1996
----------- ---------- --------- -------- --------
(unaudited) (unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues:
Catalog............... $ 116,634 $153,251 $ 191,808 $146,613 $ 75,508
Internet.............. 43,164 48,888 67,764 26,977 5,453
--------- -------- --------- -------- --------
Total............... $ 159,798 $202,139 $ 259,572 $173,590 $ 80,961
========= ======== ========= ======== ========
Operating income (loss):
Catalog............... $ (7,028) $ (6,291) $ (18,580) $ 9,928 $ 8,253
Internet.............. (35,702) (57,441) (82,012) (73,210) (28,925)
Gain on sale of
Starwave............. 345,048 -- -- -- --
--------- -------- --------- -------- --------
Total............... 302,318 (63,732) (100,592) (63,282) (20,672)
Corporate and other
activities............. (13,443) (8,854) (11,646) (7,377) (3,599)
Equity in Infoseek
loss................... (245,590) -- -- -- --
Net interest (expense)
income................. (5,371) 768 1,058 (148) --
--------- -------- --------- -------- --------
Income (loss) before
income taxes and
minority interests..... 37,914 (71,818) (111,180) (70,807) (24,271)
Income (taxes) benefit.. (13,933) 22,700 35,633 18,383 9,033
Minority interests...... 252 3,842 4,477 5,927 (61)
--------- -------- --------- -------- --------
Net income (loss)....... $ 24,233 $(45,276) $ (71,070) $(46,497) $(15,299)
========= ======== ========= ======== ========
Amortization of
intangible assets
included in operating
income (loss).......... $ -- $ 6,639 $ 6,639 $ 6,885 $ 262
========= ======== ========= ======== ========
</TABLE>
The following discussion of the nine months ended June 30, 1999 versus 1998
performance includes comparisons on a pro forma basis as if Starwave and the
related businesses had been accounted for using the equity method of accounting
during 1998. Management believes pro forma results represent a meaningful
comparative standard for assessing changes because the pro forma results
include comparable operations in each year presented. The discussion of the
Catalog segment does not include pro forma comparisons, since the pro forma
adjustments did not impact this segment.
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Combined Results
Nine Months Ended June 30, 1999 vs. 1998
On June 18, 1998, Disney's existing Internet business reached an agreement
for the acquisition of Starwave by Infoseek, the purchase of additional shares
of Infoseek common stock and warrants for additional Infoseek shares for $70.0
million and a $139.0 million note payable over five years. On November 18,
1998, the shareholders of both Infoseek and Starwave approved the acquisition.
As a result of the acquisition and its purchase of additional shares of
Infoseek Common Stock, pursuant to the merger agreement, Disney's existing
Internet business owns approximately 43% of Infoseek's outstanding common
stock.
As a result of its sale of Starwave to Infoseek and its related acquisition
of an equity interest in Infoseek, Disney's existing Internet business
recognized a non-cash gain of $345.0 million and recorded through "Equity in
Infoseek loss" charges for purchased in-process research and development,
amortization of intangible assets and its portion of Infoseek's operating
losses totaling $43.6 million, $165.0 million and $37.0 million, respectively,
during the nine months ended June 30, 1999. These events had a significant
impact on the comparability of reported results of operations between periods.
Internet revenues increased $16.5 million due to strong growth in media
(advertising, licensing and subscriptions) and commerce and other revenues.
This increase was offset by a $36.6 million decline in Catalog revenues, which
resulted in an 11% decrease in total revenues to $159.8 million compared to pro
forma 1998 results. Excluding the $345.0 million gain on the sale of Starwave,
operating losses increased 5.2% or 2.1 million.
On an as reported basis, revenues decreased 21% to $159.8 million driven by
the $36.6 million decline in Catalog revenues and the change in the manner of
accounting for Starwave and related businesses from consolidation to the equity
method. Excluding the $345.0 million gain on the sale of Starwave, as reported
operating losses decreased 33% to $42.7 million, reflecting lower costs and
expenses related to the Catalog operations and the change in the manner of
accounting for Starwave and related businesses from consolidation to the equity
method, partially offset by increased spending on development and growth of
Internet operations.
Net income of $24.2 million was driven by the gain on the sale of Starwave,
partially offset by equity losses of Infoseek of $245.6 million, increased
expenses for corporate and other activities, increased interest expense driven
by the note payable for Infoseek warrants and a provision for income taxes in
1999 versus a tax benefit in 1998.
1998 vs. 1997
In April 1997, Disney acquired a 42% equity interest, and a majority voting
interest, in Starwave. The acquisition was accounted for as a purchase and the
accounts of Starwave have been included in Disney's existing Internet business'
combined financial statements from the date of acquisition, adjusted to reflect
the minority interest attributable to non-Disney shareholders. In connection
with the acquisition, Disney was granted an option to purchase substantially
all the remaining shares of Starwave. Disney exercised its option during the
third quarter of 1998, acquiring an additional 48% of Starwave's then
outstanding stock in exchange for Disney common stock valued at approximately
$141.2 million. The incremental investment in Starwave did not have a material
impact on 1997 revenues, costs and expenses or operating results.
Revenues increased 50% to $259.6 million, driven by growth in each business
segment. Operating losses increased 59% to $100.6 million, driven by increased
spending on development and growth of the Internet operations as well as an
increase in costs and expenses relating to several operations initiatives at
the Catalog operations. Additionally, operating losses increased as a result of
the acquisition of an additional 48% of Starwave in 1998. Net losses increased
53% to $71.1 million, driven by increased operating losses and higher costs
related to corporate and other activities, partially offset by interest income
from Starwave and an increased tax benefit due to higher operating losses.
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1997 vs. 1996
In April 1997, Disney acquired a 42% equity interest, and a majority voting
interest, in Starwave. The acquisition was accounted for as a purchase and the
accounts of Starwave have been included in Disney's existing Internet business'
combined financial statements from the date of acquisition, adjusted to reflect
the minority interest attributable to non-Disney shareholders. The acquisition
did not have a material impact on 1997 revenues, costs and expenses or
operating results.
Revenues increased 114% to $173.6 million, driven by growth in each business
segment. Operating losses increased 206% to $63.3 million, driven by increased
spending on development and growth of Internet operations, partially offset by
improved Catalog results. In addition, consolidation of Starwave operations
contributed to higher operating losses. Net losses increased 204% to $46.5
million, driven by increased operating losses and higher costs related to
corporate and other activities, partially offset by increased tax benefits.
Catalog Operations
Nine Months Ended June 30, 1999 vs. 1998
Revenues decreased 24% or $36.6 million to $116.6 million, largely due to
the impact of relocating the Catalog's distribution center from Tennessee to
South Carolina. As a result of capacity and system constraints resulting from
the winding down of the old distribution center, management reduced catalog
circulation during the 1998 holiday season to ensure quality of customer
service during the key holiday period. Lower customer response rates and one
less edition of the Catalog in the second quarter of 1999 also contributed to
the decline in revenues.
Operating losses increased 12% or $737,000 to $7.0 million, driven
principally by lower revenues. The decrease in revenues was not fully offset by
cost reductions due to fixed costs, which do not fluctuate significantly from
period to period. Costs and expenses decreased 22% or $35.9 million.
Costs and expenses consist of product costs reflected as cost of revenues,
selling and marketing, other operating expenses and depreciation and
amortization costs. Cost of revenues decreased due to reduced sales volume.
Lower selling expenses, which consist primarily of catalog production,
delivery, marketing and variable labor costs for customer service and order
fulfillment, were driven by the reduced mailings and lower outbound shipping
costs. However, such decreases were partially offset by higher expenses from
inefficiencies relating to the relocation of distribution center, the
transition to the new facility and the implementation of new business
processes, systems and software applications. The relocation and related
systems implementation has been completed as of June 1999.
1998 vs. 1997
Revenues increased 31% or $45.2 million to $191.8 million, reflecting
increased sales volume driven primarily by an increase in the number of
catalogs circulated from 47 million to 64 million.
Operating income decreased $28.5 million to a loss of $18.6 million, driven
by increased product costs, selling and marketing expenses and certain non
recurring expenses in connection with the relocation of the Catalog's
distribution center, implementation of new fulfillment systems and processes
and the closure of a retail outlet store. Costs and expenses increased 54% or
$73.7 million.
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Cost of revenues increased, driven by higher sales volume, increased
inventory liquidation efforts during 1998, and expansion of product development
initiatives aimed at improving the quality and breadth of the Catalog's
merchandise offerings. Selling expenses reflected higher catalog production
costs, as a result of increased catalog circulation, and increased order
fulfillment and marketing expenses. Order fulfillment expenses grew at a higher
rate than revenues, as total orders exceeded optimal capacity, requiring
unanticipated additions to personnel and warehouse space, resulting in
operating inefficiencies. Other operating expenses also increased, driven by
increased personnel and other infrastructure costs to support growth of the
business. In addition, non-recurring expenses of $8.3 million were recorded in
the fourth quarter of 1998 in connection with the closure and subsequent
relocation of the Tennessee distribution center. 1998 results also reflected
development costs associated with new management information and distribution
systems and the closure of one retail outlet store.
1997 vs. 1996
Revenues increased 94% or $71.1 million to $146.6 million, reflecting
increased sales volume driven primarily by an increase in the number of
catalogs circulated from 30 million to 47 million. The average number of pages
per catalog was also increased and merchandise selection was expanded. In
addition, three specialty catalogs, Pooh's Corner, The Walt Disney Gallery
Catalog and Disney Kids, were introduced during the year.
Operating income increased 20% by $1.7 million to $9.9 million, driven by
increased revenues, partially offset by higher cost of revenues, selling and
marketing expenses, and other opportunity costs. Costs and expenses increased
103% or $69.4 million.
Higher cost of revenues was primarily driven by the increased sales volume
and continued product development initiatives. Selling and marketing expenses
increased as a result of higher catalog production, order fulfillment and
marketing costs reflecting increased catalog circulation, increased
distribution facility and fulfillment requirements and higher media spending on
promotion. Other operating expense increases were driven by personnel additions
to support growth of the business.
Internet Operations
Nine Months Ended June 30, 1999 vs. 1998
Revenues increased 62% or $16.5 million to $43.2 million compared with pro
forma 1998. Media revenues, which consist primarily of advertising on websites,
licensing of site content and subscriptions from member-only sites that provide
subscribers with exclusive content and games, increased 68% or $10.8 million.
The media revenue increase reflected an increase in the number of advertising
and site sponsorship agreements and higher subscription revenues driven by
continued growth in the subscriber base of Disney's Club Blast. These increases
were partially offset by lower content licensing revenues reflecting a shift in
the business toward an advertising-based revenue model. Additionally, media
revenues reflected increased website traffic and page views and the growth of
the sites. Commerce and other revenues increased 52% or $5.7 million, driven
primarily by continued growth in The DisneyStore.com merchandise sales and
commissions on sales of travel packages and tickets for the Walt Disney World
Resort and Disneyland. Increased commerce revenues reflect continued growth of
merchandise assortments in the online store and growth in store traffic.
On an as reported basis, revenues decreased 12% or $5.7 million to $43.2
million, reflecting the impact of the items described above as well as the
change in the manner of accounting for Starwave and related businesses from the
consolidation method to the equity method.
Operating losses increased 4% or $1.4 million to $35.7 million compared with
pro forma 1998, reflecting increased revenues, offset by higher costs and
expenses. Costs and expenses, which consist primarily of cost of revenues,
sales and marketing, other operating expenses and depreciation and
amortization, increased 29% or $17.8 million.
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Costs of revenues, which consist primarily of employee compensation, third
party development and engineering costs and hosting and delivery costs
associated with the websites increased principally as a result of the continued
development of entertainment and family websites, which were redesigned during
1999. Sales and marketing expenditures decreased reflecting higher marketing
and promotional spending in 1998 to drive visitor traffic to establish brand
identity. Other operating expense increases were driven by personnel additions
to support the growth in the business and related infrastructure.
As reported operating losses decreased 38% or $21.7 million to $35.7
million, reflecting the items described above as well as the change in the
manner of accounting for Starwave and related businesses from the consolidation
method to the equity method.
1998 vs. 1997
Revenues increased 151% or $40.8 million to $67.8 million, driven by
increased media and commerce and other revenues. Media revenues increased $30.8
million, reflecting growth in advertising, licensing and subscription
businesses. The growth in advertising and licensing revenues was driven by
increased site traffic and related page views and additional advertising and
sponsorship agreements. Subscription revenues increased reflecting a full year
of operations and growth of Disney's Club Blast, a subscription site for kids,
and increased subscription activity on sports sites. Commerce and other
revenues grew $10.0 million due to a full year of operations of The
DisneyStore.com and increased website development activity with Disney
affiliates. The DisneyStore.com, which was launched during November 1996,
increased revenues as a result of expanded merchandise assortments, increased
promotions and visitors.
Operating losses increased by 12% or $8.8 million to $82.0 million,
reflecting increased costs and expenses, partially offset by revenue growth.
Costs and expenses increased 49% or $49.6 million. Cost of revenues increased,
driven by enhancements of website features and functions and development of
improved content. Higher sales and marketing costs reflected additional sales
and marketing personnel and spending in connection with promotional initiatives
to increase traffic to the websites. Other operating expenses increased
primarily as a result of business growth. Depreciation and amortization
increased as a result of increased capital spending on infrastructure,
partially offset by decreased amortization of intangible assets. During May
1998, as part of Disney's Internet strategy, management committed to a plan to
dispose of its interest in Starwave. Accordingly, Disney's existing Internet
business accounted for Starwave as held for sale effective in the third quarter
of 1998, and ceased depreciation and amortization of Starwave's assets in
accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 121 Accounting
for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be
Disposed of.
1997 vs. 1996
Revenues increased 395% or $21.5 million to $27.0 million, driven by
increased media and commerce and other revenues. Media revenues grew 366% or
$16.3 million, reflecting the initiation of advertising sales on Disney and
family sites in 1997, subscription revenues on ESPN.com and the launch of
Disney's Club Blast, a subscription site for kids. Commerce and other revenues
increased fivefold to $5.2 million, driven by the launch of The DisneyStore.com
in November 1996 and growth in website development activity with Disney
affiliates.
Operating losses increased by 153% or $44.3 million to $73.2 million,
reflecting increased costs and expenses, partially offset by revenue growth.
Costs and expenses increased 191% or $65.8 million, driven by start-up
expenditures and development of new sites, improved content, new technology and
increased expenses to drive customer traffic. Cost of revenues increased
primarily due to development of new initiatives, specifically Disney's Club
Blast and The DisneyStore.com, and the continued development of news and sports
related websites. Sales and marketing costs increased as a result of additional
sales and marketing
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personnel hired to support the sale of advertising and to develop new business,
higher marketing expenditures to increase traffic and brand awareness of the
entertainment and family websites and promotions for new websites launched
during 1997. Other operating expenses reflected growth to support new
initiatives. Depreciation and amortization increases were driven primarily by
intangible assets resulting from the acquisition of a controlling interest in
Starwave. Additionally, depreciation expense increased due to higher capital
spending on infrastructure.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
In the financial statements of the Disney Group and Disney's existing
Internet business, whenever Disney's existing Internet business had a cash
need, other than cash needs of its foreign operations or cash needs of its
operations that are not wholly owned, that cash need was funded by Disney and
accounted for as a capital contribution from the Disney Group (i.e., as an
increase in Disney's existing Internet business' group equity and the Disney
Group's retained interest in Disney's existing Internet business). Accordingly,
no interest expense has been reflected in the combined financial statements of
Disney's existing Internet business. Each of the Disney Group and Disney's
existing Internet business is sometimes referred to herein as a "group."
For the period from the July 12, 1999 announcement of the proposed Infoseek
merger until the merger becomes effective, and for periods after the date on
which go.com Common Stock is first issued, Disney may account for all cash
transfers from the Disney Group or Disney's existing Internet business (before
the merger) and go.com (after the merger) to or for the account of the other,
other than transfers in return for assets or services rendered or transfers in
respect of the Disney Group's retained interest that correspond to post-merger
dividends paid on go.com Common Stock, as inter-group loans. These loans will
bear interest at the rate at which Disney could borrow such funds. However, the
board of directors has the discretion to determine that a given transfer or
type of transfer should be accounted for as a long-term loan, a capital
contribution increasing the Disney Group's retained interest in Disney's
existing Internet business or go.com or a return of capital reducing the Disney
Group's retained interest in Disney's existing Internet business or go.com.
There are no specific criteria to determine when Disney will account for a
cash transfer as a long-term loan, a capital contribution or a return of
capital rather than an inter-group short-term loan. However, advances from the
Disney Group to Disney's existing Internet business (before the merger) or
go.com (after the merger) up to $250.0 million on a cumulative basis shall be
accounted for as short-term or long-term loans at interest rates at which
Disney could borrow such funds and shall not be accounted for as capital
contributions. Disney's board of directors would make determinations about the
character of cash transfers in the exercise of its business judgment at the
time of such transfer based upon all relevant circumstances.
For a discussion about the terms on which Disney can borrow on a short-term
basis, see Disney's "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations--Financial Condition" included in Disney's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1999. There is no
assurance, however, that go.com will continue to be able to obtain sufficient
funding from Disney. For a discussion of the discretion of the board of
directors regarding transfers of cash between the Disney Group and Disney's
existing Internet business or go.com, see "Risk Factors--The Disney board of
directors may change its management and allocation policies without stockholder
approval to the detriment of a group."
During 1999, cash used in operations decreased $13.3 million to $50.8
million, driven by an increase in net income and decreases in inventories
related to Catalog operations, partially offset by increases in receivables.
During 1999, Disney reached an agreement for the acquisition of Starwave by
Infoseek through an exchange of shares, the purchase of additional shares of
Infoseek common stock and warrants for additional Infoseek shares for $70.0
million and a $139.0 million note payable over five years bearing interest at
6.5% annually, with principal and interest payable in 20 quarterly installments
beginning February 18, 1999.
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During 1999, Disney's existing Internet business received approximately
$146.9 million from the Disney Group. As discussed above, all funding from the
Disney Group was accounted for as capital contributions. During the nine
months, Disney's existing Internet business made payments to Infoseek with
respect to the warrant note payable totaling $13.9 million.
Other Matters
Year 2000 Disclosure
The Y2K Problem. Disney's existing Internet business put in place a Year
2000 ("Y2K") project team in January 1998 to minimize the risk of potential
disruption from the "Year 2000 Problem." This problem is a result of computer
programs having been written using two digits, rather than four, to define the
applicable year. Any information technology ("IT") systems that have time-
sensitive software may recognize a date using "00" as the year 1900 rather than
the year 2000, which could result in miscalculations and system failures. The
problem also extends to many "non-IT" systems; that is, operating and control
systems that rely on embedded chip systems, as well as "Internet" systems;
those systems that process information going to and coming from the Internet.
In addition, like every other business enterprise, Disney's existing Internet
business is at risk from Y2K failures on the part of its major business
counterparts, including suppliers, distributors, licensees, and manufacturers,
as well as potential failures in public and private infrastructure services,
including electricity, water, gas, transportation and communications.
System failures resulting from the Y2K problem could adversely affect the
operations and financial results of all of Disney's existing Internet
businesses. Failures may affect systems available to Disney guests on the
Internet, on-line security, internal operations such as web page maintenance or
guest relations, as well as such routine but important operations as billing
and collection. In addition, Disney's existing Internet business' units face
more specific risks.
For example, Y2K issues could adversely affect guest access to Disney's
existing Internet business' Internet sites that include the Disney.com,
Disney's Club Blast, The DisneyStore.com, ESPNStore.com, as well as a number of
others. Lack of guest access to these sites would negatively impact online
commerce, subscription and advertising revenues. Online commerce and
advertising revenue could potentially be temporarily halted while any necessary
system repairs are made.
In addition to Disney's existing Internet business' wholly owned and
developed Internet sites, Disney's existing Internet business is involved in
several partially-owned joint ventures. Disney owns an approximate 42% interest
in Infoseek, with which it has jointly developed group of a Internet products
known as "The GO Network." Infoseek is responsible for the Y2K compliance of
all of the portions of these products that it has developed. However, Disney's
existing Internet business has a very strong interest in assuring the Y2K
compliance of Infoseek systems, and accordingly, is monitoring Infoseek's Y2K
efforts.
In the online content area, Y2K failures could interfere with critical
systems in such areas as publishing and production.
Disney's existing Internet business' international operations could be
impacted by the lack of Y2K readiness of outsourcing partners. In additional to
revenue impact, failures in these operations could generate negative public
relations and loss in product market share.
Addressing the Problem. Disney's existing Internet business has applied the
same six-phase approach as its parent company, Disney, to resolve Y2K issues
that are reasonably within its control. There is a project team in place
devoted full-time to Disney's existing Internet business' Y2K efforts.
All Y2K efforts are being reported to a senior level task force chaired by
Disney Company's Chief Information Officer ("CIO"). The CIO reports
periodically to the Audit Review Committee of the Board of Directors with
respect to Disney's Y2K efforts. The CIO reports on the progress of Disney's
existing Internet business as part of the review.
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Disney's existing Internet business' approach to and the anticipated timing
of each phase are described below.
Phase 1--Inventory. The first phase entails an inventory of all hardware and
software (including business and operational applications, operating systems,
Internet systems and third-party products), that may be at risk, and
identification of key third-party businesses whose Y2K failures might most
significantly impact Disney's existing Internet business. These inventories
have all been completed.
Phase 2--Assessment. Once each at-risk system was identified, the Y2K
project team assessed how critical each system was to Disney's existing
Internet business' operations and the potential impact of failure, in order to
establish priorities for repair or replacement. Systems are classified as
"critical," "important" or "non-critical." A "critical" system is one that, if
not operational, would cause the shutdown of all or a portion of a business
unit within two weeks, while an "important" system is one that would cause such
a shutdown within two months. Third-party business partners were also
identified and classified as "critical," "important" or "other." The assessment
process has been completed for all IT, non-IT, and Internet systems as well as
key third-party business partners, and resulted in approximately 800 business
systems that are "critical" to continued functioning and more than 300 that are
either "important" or are otherwise being monitored. In addition, approximately
75 business partners were identified as "critical" and over 100 were identified
as being "important." For those external systems where Disney supplies
programming content but a third party performs all operational functions, the
assessment process has also been completed.
Phase 3--Strategy. This phase involves the development of appropriate
remedial strategies for IT, non-IT, and Internet systems. These strategies may
include repairing, testing and certifying, replacing or abandoning particular
systems (as discussed under Phases 4 and 5 below). Selection of appropriate
strategies is based upon such factors as the assessments made in Phase 2, the
type of system, the availability of a Y2K-compliant replacement and cost. The
strategy phase has been completed for all IT systems. For Internet and non-IT
systems, strategy development is continuing and is expected to be complete by
September 30, 1999. A strategy for addressing non-IT systems in office
buildings, developed in concert with building managers and systems vendors, has
been completed.
Phase 4--Remediation. The remediation phase involves creating detailed
project plans, marshalling necessary resources and executing the strategies
chosen. For IT systems, this phase is approximately 90% complete for critical
and important systems and is expected to be completed by August 30, 1999.
Corrections are expected to be complete by December 31, 1999 for non-critical
systems. For Internet systems, as well as non-IT systems, this phase is
approximately 75% complete and is expected to be completed by September 30,
1999.
Phase 5--Testing and Certification. This phase includes establishing a test
environment, performing systems testing, with third parties, where necessary,
and certifying the results. The certification process entails having functional
experts review test results, computer screens and printouts against pre-
established criteria to ensure system compliance. Disney's existing Internet
business expects all critical and important IT, non-IT and Internet systems to
be certified by October 31, 1999.
Disney's existing Internet business has initiated written and telephonic
communications with key third-party businesses, as well as public and private
providers of infrastructure services, to ascertain and evaluate their efforts
in addressing Y2K compliance. It is anticipated that the majority of testing
and certification with these entities will be completed by September 30, 1999.
Phase 6--Contingency Planning. This phase involves addressing any remaining
open issues expected in 1999 and early 2000. As a precautionary measure,
Disney's existing Internet business is currently developing contingency plans
for all systems and key businesses that are not expected to be Y2K compliant by
September 1999. A variety of automated as well as manual fallback plans are
under consideration. For example, the system that handles online ordering of
Disney Group Theme Park passes, will be replaced, but likely not before
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the end of 1999. If this system should fail, guests will be directed to call an
800 number, print out an on line form ready for mailing, or visit one of the
Disney Stores to purchase passes. For each of the key businesses, action plans
will be developed. Disney's existing Internet business will have all of these
plans completed by December 31, 1999.
Costs. As of June 30, 1999, Disney's existing Internet business has incurred
costs of approximately $535,000 related to its Y2K project, all of which has
been expensed. The estimated additional costs to complete the project are
currently expected to be approximately $260,000, all of which is expected to be
expensed. The majority of these costs have been incremental, although a small
portion reflect redeployment of internal resources from other activities.
Disney's existing Internet business expects that these redeployments will not
have a material adverse effect on other ongoing business operations of Disney's
existing Internet business, although it is possible that certain maintenance
and upgrading processes will be delayed as a result of the priority being given
to Y2K remediation. All of the costs of the Y2K project are being borne out of
Disney's existing Internet business' operating cash flow.
Based upon its efforts to date, Disney's existing Internet business believes
that its IT, non-IT and Internet systems, including all critical and important
systems, will remain up and running after January 1, 2000. Accordingly,
Disney's existing Internet business does not currently anticipate that internal
system failures will result in any material adverse effect to its operations or
financial condition. During 1999, Disney's existing Internet business will also
continue and expand its effort to ensure that key third-party businesses and
public and private providers of infrastructure services, such as utilities,
communications services and transportation, will also be prepared for the year
2000, and to develop contingency plans to address any failures on their part to
become Y2K compliant. At this time, Disney's existing Internet business
believes that the most likely "worst-case" scenario involves potential
disruptions in areas in which Disney's existing Internet business' operations
must rely on such third parties whose systems may not work properly after
January 1, 2000. This would most likely result in intermittent disruptions in
access to Disney's existing Internet business' websites. In addition, Disney's
existing Internet business' international operations may be adversely affected
by failures of key businesses in other parts of the world to take adequate
steps to address the Y2K problem. While such failures could affect revenue and
important operations of Disney's existing Internet business, either directly or
indirectly, in a significant manner, Disney's existing Internet business cannot
at present estimate either the likelihood or the potential cost of such
failures.
The nature and focus of Disney's existing Internet business' efforts to
address the Year 2000 problem may be revised periodically as interim goals are
achieved or new issues are identified. In addition, it is important to note
that the description of Disney's existing Internet business' efforts
necessarily involves estimates and projections with respect to activities
required in the future. These estimates and projections are subject to change
as work continues, and such changes may be substantial.
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Information About Infoseek Corporation
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Description of the Business of Infoseek................................... K-1
Properties................................................................ K-13
Legal Proceedings......................................................... K-14
Introductory Note to Financial Statements and Supplemental Data........... K-16
Infoseek Condensed Consolidated Unaudited Interim Financial Statements
Condensed Consolidated Unaudited Balance Sheet.......................... K-17
Condensed Consolidated Unaudited Interim Statements of Operations....... K-18
Condensed Consolidated Unaudited Interim Statements of Cash Flows....... K-19
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Unaudited Interim Financial Statements.. K-20
Infoseek Consolidated Financial Statements
Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors....................... K-31
Consolidated Balance Sheets............................................. K-32
Consolidated Statements of Operations................................... K-33
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows................................... K-34
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity......................... K-36
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.............................. K-37
Starwave Consolidated Financial Statements
Report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.................................... K-56
Report of KPMG LLP...................................................... K-57
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of October 4, 1998, September 28, 1997
and December 31, 1996.................................................. K-58
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Year Ended October 4,
1998, Nine-Months Ended September 28, 1997 and Year Ended December 31,
1996................................................................... K-59
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity (Deficit) for
the Year Ended October 4, 1998, Nine Months Ended September 28, 1997
and the Year Ended December 31, 1996................................... K-60
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Year Ended October 4,
1998, Nine-Months Ended September 28, 1997 and Year Ended December 31,
1996................................................................... K-61
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.............................. K-62
ABC News/Starwave Partners Financial Statements
Report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.................................... K-74
Balance Sheet as of July 3, 1999, October 4, 1998 and September 28,
1997................................................................... K-75
Statement of Operations for the Year Ended October 4, 1998, the Period
from April 1, 1997 (Inception) to September 28, 1997, and the Nine
Months Ended July 3, 1999 and June 28, 1998............................ K-76
Statement of Changes in Partners' Equity for the Year Ended October 4,
1998, the Period from April 1, 1997 (Inception) to September 28, 1997,
and the Nine Months Ended July 3, 1999................................. K-77
Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended October 4, 1998, the Period
from April 1, 1997 (Inception) to September 28, 1997, and the Nine
Months Ended July 3, 1999 and
June 28, 1998.......................................................... K-78
Notes to Financial Statements........................................... K-79
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ESPN/Starwave Partners Financial Statements
Report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP................................... K-83
Balance Sheet as of July 3, 1999, October 4, 1998 and September 28,
1997.................................................................. K-84
Statement of Operations for the Year Ended October 4, 1998, the Period
from April 1, 1997 (Inception) to September 28, 1997, and the Nine
Months Ended July 3, 1999 and June 28, 1998........................... K-85
Statement of Changes in Partners' Equity for the Year Ended October 4,
1998, the Period from April 1, 1997 (Inception) to September 28, 1997,
and the Nine Months Ended July 3, 1999 (unaudited).................... K-86
Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended October 4, 1998, the Period
from April 1, 1997 (Inception) to September 28, 1997, and the Nine
Months Ended July 3, 1999 and
June 28, 1998 ........................................................ K-87
Notes to Financial Statements.......................................... K-88
Infoseek Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Financial Statement
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statement of Operations for the
Nine Months Ended October 3, 1998..................................... K-94
Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Financial Statement.... K-95
Infoseek Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations................................................... K-100
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Description of the Business of Infoseek
Infoseek is a leading provider of Internet services and software products.
Infoseek produces GO Network (home page: GO.com), a comprehensive Internet
gateway that combines branded content from media leaders, search and navigation
with directories of relevant information sources and content sites, community
applications for communicating shared interests such as chat and message
boards, and which facilitates the purchase of related goods and services.
Infoseek is able to segment users by interest area, providing advertisers with
focused and targeted audiences. GO Network includes Infoseek Search, Infoseek's
advanced Internet search and directory technology. Additionally, Infoseek
produces other leading Internet sites, including ABCNEWS.com and ESPN.com in
partnership with Disney affiliates. Infoseek also sells Ultraseek Server, a
leading Internet and intranet software search product. Infoseek's products and
services use the World Wide Web to empower users to make their lives easier.
Background
Infoseek was incorporated in August 1993 in California to develop products
and services that enable users of all experience levels to find and use content
and information on the Internet. From 1995 through January 1999, Infoseek's
principal product was the Infoseek Service (then located at www.infoseek.com),
which contained earlier versions of Infoseek Search. In October 1997, Infoseek
enhanced the Infoseek Service and added easy to navigate "channels" (now called
"centers" and numbering 18) that integrated search results with relevant
information, services, products, and communities on the Internet. Infoseek also
began marketing the Ultraseek Server software product in March 1997.
In April 1998, Infoseek acquired WebChat Communications, Inc., a developer
of chat and home page applications. The technology from WebChat was used to
enhance the Infoseek Service and later GO Network.
On November 18, 1998, Infoseek acquired Starwave Corporation from Disney,
reincorporated into Delaware and entered into various agreements regarding a
significant strategic relationship with Disney relating to the development and
commercialization of GO Network. See "--Relationship with Disney."
In January 1999, Infoseek launched GO Network, which contains unique
content, features and graphics and an enhanced version of the Infoseek Service,
which was similar to GO Network. All traffic from infoseek.com was, over time,
routed to the GO Network home page at go.com.
Also, in January 1999, Infoseek acquired Quando, Inc., a creator of
constantly-updated directories of information obtained from the Internet,
including shopping guides, event guides, contact directories, and website
rating guides. Infoseek had previously purchased services from Quando. Quando's
technology enhances the information on GO Network.
GO Network
Infoseek launched the premier version of GO Network in January 1999. GO
Network is an Internet portal site that combines the enhanced version of the
Infoseek Service with the content of ABC.com, ABCNews.com, ESPN.com, Disney and
others. GO Network is a destination site for users seeking quality media
content from some of the most popular Internet sites and also provides easy
access to information throughout the Internet.
GO Network offers users six principal means of obtaining information--the GO
Network home page, centers, Infoseek Search, Web page directories, communities
and commerce--from which users can launch specific queries, browse or access
relevant content. For example, a user who is interested in professional
baseball can obtain the latest scores, standings and analyses, search for
websites on a favorite player, talk with other baseball fans in a chat room,
order books and videos on baseball from an Infoseek partner, review and
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search news headlines for stories on player contract negotiations, and access
other baseball-related information and activities.
In addition, GO Network also provides direct access to key GO Network
affiliate sites such as ESPN.com, ABCNews.com and Mr. Showbiz.com, which are
produced through joint venture partnerships between Infoseek and Disney
affiliates.
GO Network was designed to meet three key needs of Internet users in
accessing Internet content and contains several unique features to meet these
needs:
. Simplicity: The features of GO Network allow users easy access to
information content and commonly used key tasks. Through universal
navigation, users can access information across GO Network quickly and
easily. In addition, GO Network offers universal registration, which
allows users to register one time for most services on GO Network.
. Control: GO Network incorporates several features that allow users to
control navigation on the site through the use of "Follow-Me Tabs,"
personalization and a filter designed to limit adult and other unwanted
content from search results called GOguardian.
. Confidence: Through GO Network partners and the features of GO Network,
users have access to established media content and Internet brands like
ABCNEWS.com, ESPN.com, Disney and Infoseek.
GO Network is also focused on building Internet communities by offering
several services that allow users to communicate with each other and conduct
commerce over the Internet.
GO Network Content
Home Page
The home page of GO Network can be customized by the user and offers
constantly updated news headlines, weather, stock market information, sports
scores and horoscopes. The GO Network home page also offers links to commonly
used services like phone and email directories, maps, weather, and stock
quotes.
Centers
GO Network offers users 18 "centers" which are organized topically much like
sections of a newspaper. Current centers are Autos, Broadcast, Careers,
Computing, Entertainment, Family, Food and Drink, Games, Health, Kids, Money,
News, Real Estate, Shopping, Small Business, Sports, Travel and Women.
Each center includes access to subtopics, unique information, Web search and
directory through Infoseek Search, news headlines and stories, chat,
transaction opportunities and classified advertisements. In partnership with
Disney, the GO Network Sports, News, Entertainment, Family and Kids centers now
include content from ABC.com, ABCNews.com, Mr. Showbiz, Disney Online,
Family.com, ESPN.com and other partner sites. This established branded content
provides both a superior experience to users and builds users' confidence in GO
Network.
Infoseek Search
GO Network includes Infoseek Search, a leading query-based search service.
Infoseek Search allows the user to launch query-based searches of the Web,
USENET News and other premium content databases, including news and company
collections. To perform a search, a user types a query (words, phrases or full
text) in the search box from anywhere on GO Network and is then presented a
highly specific response from a search of the entire database, limited by
GOguardian when enabled. Infoseek Search includes Extra Search Precision, which
is designed to improve the quality of search results by delivering the most
relevant results on
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the Internet. Infoseek Search also includes a function that allows users to
control the specificity of their search and utilizes sophisticated techniques
to allow users to obtain specific results for case sensitive, numerical or
singular letter aspects of certain queries, such as "49ers" or "Vitamin C."
Web Page Directory
In addition to search, GO Network also includes a hierarchical listing of
Web pages that have been selected, abstracted, and reviewed and organized by
category, which can be accessed by conducting an Infoseek Search on the GO
Network home pages or by selecting the "Web Sites" Follow-Me Tab in a center.
Users receive a list of relevant Internet sites for areas of interest. For
example, under Sports, the user can proceed from "Baseball" to "Major League
Baseball" to "Players," and finally, to "Ken Griffey Jr." The directory assists
the user by providing abstracts of each directory entry. At July 3, 1999,
Infoseek's directory included approximately 1,000,000 websites.
Communities
To enrich users' experiences, GO Network allows users to interact with users
with similar interests. Users who wish to interact with each other may take
advantage of various free services on GO Network including:
. chat rooms and message boards,
. personalized home pages, and
. transaction based web sites.
Commerce
The shopping center on GO Network currently provides users with tools to
find what they are looking for from hundreds of online sources and to compare
features, price and store policies on the items they wish to buy.
Information Sources
GO Network offers users access to information feeds from a variety of well-
known Internet sources and third party content sources. These arrangements
provide users with high quality, up-to-date information whether a user is
navigating via search, centers or directory. For example, news that is relevant
to the user's query is made available as part of a search result. In addition,
the News center offers users the latest business, world, political, and
technology news from ABCNews.com and is supported by feeds from a variety of
data sources such as Reuters, Business Wire, Hoover's, PR Newswire and USENET
news groups. The Sports center also offers users sport news and scores from
ESPN.com.
Features of GO Network
Universal Navigation
GO Network features common graphics and presentation, which allow users to
quickly move among information and services. In addition, a universal GO
Network navigation bar appears on all of the branded partner sites in GO
Network, which allows users to easily move between the GO Network home page,
Infoseek Search, and the GO Network centers by simply clicking on the labeled
links. For example, a user on the ESPN.com website can, at any time, go
directly to the News center to review and search recent headlines by simply
selecting "News" at the top of the screen.
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Follow-Me Tabs
GO Network employs an innovative tab-based navigation scheme that allows the
user to navigate through different services, yet still remain in the context of
their chosen subject. For example, when users visit the Sports center to find
information about the San Francisco Forty Niners, they can find a comprehensive
list of related websites, or click on the "Communities" tab to find a Forty
Niners chat group.
Universal Registration
GO Network has a single, simple registration process allowing users the
advantage of registering once anywhere on GO Network. Once registered, users
are registered on all GO Network services, other than those provided by content
partners, and have immediate ability to customize content and services
throughout GO Network.
Universal Personalization
Once a user is registered, GO Network builds a personal profile for each
user. As users choose to share more information about what they need and want
and use GO Network premium services, GO Network customizes content to assist
users in locating information more quickly. For example, once users enter their
zip codes to obtain local weather, GO Network retains this information to
customize other local services the customer may request in the future, such as
TV listings, restaurant guides and local events.
GOguardian and Security
In order to allow users to block inappropriate and unwanted adult content,
GO Network offers an optional screening technology called GOguardian. This
technology is designed to limit Internet search results for minors to
appropriate material. In addition, GO Network has developed clear policies for
the registration of minors, automatically notifies parents or guardians when
minors register, and provides clear warnings when adult material is about to be
displayed.
GO Network also maintains stringent privacy and access policies, uses
aggressive efforts to filter unsolicited e-mail, commonly called "spam," offers
clear registration guidelines for children and notifies parents regarding
minors' website use.
The ESPN and ABCNews Joint Ventures
Infoseek, as part of its relationship with Disney, also produces broad
consumer appeal Internet services in specific content areas. Through the Joint
Ventures that Infoseek maintains, through its subsidiary, Starwave, with
affiliates of Disney and ESPN, Infoseek produces prominent sports, news and
entertainment Internet services, both as part of GO Network and at separate
website addresses. In conducting these activities, the Joint Ventures seek to:
. provide comprehensive, entertaining programming that is constantly
updated,
. leverage their association with high-profile brands, including ESPN,
ABC, the NBA, the NFL and NASCAR,
. utilize and develop leading-edge technology that offers consumers
advanced and entertaining services, and provide an attractive platform
for mainstream, consumer-oriented advertisers.
The Joint Ventures also generate merchandising revenue through online sales
and transactions within ESPN.com and within NBA.com.
The Joint Ventures derive their content from their staffs, partners,
licensees, news services and freelance writers and commentators. The Joint
Ventures add additional value by converting this content into interactive
programming.
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ESPN Joint Venture
The ESPN Joint Venture's flagship service is ESPN.com, which provides unique
sports-related content. Content from ESPN.com is available in the GO Sports
center and ESPN.com is a part of GO Network. The ESPN Joint Venture also
produces other sports services, including NBA.com, NFL.com, and NASCAR Online.
ABC News Joint Venture
The ABC News Joint Venture's flagship service is ABCNews.com, which provides
a broad variety of news and information, including world, national,
entertainment, health, technology and business news and information. The ABC
News Joint Venture's other wholly owned services include Mr. Showbiz, which
provides entertainment news, Wall of Sound, which provides music news, and
Moneyscope, an ABCNews web service that provides financial information. Content
from ABCNews.com is available in the GO News center, and ABCNews.com and Mr.
Showbiz are part of GO Network.
Joint Venture Agreements
As amended following Infoseek's acquisition of Starwave, the Joint Ventures
currently have terms of ten years from November 18, 1998 and are mutually
exclusive with regard to United States and Canadian based online sports and
general news services, respectively. Required funding and profits/losses under
the Joint Ventures are split 60/40 between the Starwave and Disney entities in
loss years and 50/50 in years in which the respective Joint Ventures achieve
net income. Under the Joint Ventures:
. Infoseek provides a variety of services, including hosting, technology
development, usage tracking, infrastructure, production support,
software tools and engines.
. ESPN provides access to ESPN television and radio creative and editorial
content, advertising and promotion on ESPN cable television and radio
networks and access to the "ESPN" brand, properties and personalities.
. Disney provides access to ABC News creative and editorial content,
advertising and promotion on ABC News programs, and access to the "ABC
News" brand, properties and personalities.
. Each of the Joint Ventures is accounted for under the equity method,
since neither Infoseek nor Starwave has majority voting interest.
Representation Agreements
In connection with the acquisition of Starwave and its interest in the Joint
Ventures, Infoseek, through its subsidiary, Starwave, has agreed to act as a
representative of the Joint Ventures for the sale of advertising and related
services for the Joint Ventures.
Under representation agreements by and among Infoseek, Starwave and each of
the Joint Ventures entered into in conjunction with the acquisition of
Starwave, Starwave is engaged by the Joint Ventures on an exclusive basis in
the sale of advertising and other items as designated or approved by the Joint
Ventures and to provide additional services, if any, as the Joint Ventures may
request. Activities with respect to the sale of advertising on the Internet and
other related items include the negotiation, execution, renewal, amendment,
modification or termination of advertising and other related contracts.
Starwave guarantees to the Joint Ventures a minimum quarterly payment equal to
the number of projected page views, multiplied by 80%, multiplied by a minimum
revenue rate. The minimum revenue rate is based on the average advertising
revenue rate per page view of publicly traded Internet companies involved in
activities comparable to those of the Joint Ventures. If a mutually agreeable
rate cannot be determined, then the rate will be based on the Joint Ventures'
12 month trailing average. Starwave is also obligated to pay the Joint Ventures
for actual revenues billed to third parties
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for services less Starwave's actual and reasonably allocated costs of providing
the services, plus a profit margin of 5% of costs should these actual revenues
be greater than the guaranteed minimum payment.
Starwave recognizes revenue on the sale of advertising and other related
items of the Joint Ventures due to its obligations under the representation
agreements. Starwave bears the risk of loss if it fails to bill and collect
amounts sufficient to cover its contractual guaranteed minimum payments. Each
of the Joint Ventures is accounted for under the equity method since neither
Infoseek nor Starwave has a majority voting interest.
The ESPN Joint Venture has introduced subscription services on ESPN.com,
including a premium subscription, which provides enhanced coverage, special
editorial features, in-depth statistics and graphical analysis and access to
additional multimedia content, as well as a one-time subscription, which
provides access to fantasy games such as Fantasy Baseball and Fantasy Football.
These are included in the services provided under the representation agreement
with the ESPN Joint Venture.
Ultraseek Server and Software Products
In March 1997, Infoseek introduced Ultraseek Server, a search software
product targeted at the corporate market. Designed as an easy-to-install,
simple-to-manage spider and search engine, the product utilizes the core
technology developed for Infoseek Search, such as natural language searching,
relevance ranking and automated revisiting of directory information.
Ultraseek Server also features an intuitive interface, support for alternate
document formats such as Microsoft Office or Adobe PDF, and robust error
recovery. Ultraseek Server is therefore a solution for corporate webmasters
that enables the creation of a search capability on one site or across a
network with thousands of hosts, that is quick to implement and is manageable
with limited resources. In November 1998, Infoseek released its Content
Classification Engine (Ultraseek Server CCE), an automated tool for organizing
content into categorized topics.
Infoseek views the Ultraseek Server product as a horizontal application,
with a strong fit across many industries. Since 1997, Infoseek has licensed
Ultraseek Server software to over 1,000 customers, including industry leaders
in publishing, technology, manufacturing, communications, government, finance,
consumer products and education. Among the many licensees of Ultraseek Server
are: Sun Microsystems, Inc., Hewlett-Packard, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, the
United States Department of Transportation, the New York Stock Exchange, Sony
Corporation, and Stanford University. Infoseek has also been selected as the
intranet and public site search application utilized by CERN, the European
Particle Physics Lab and creator of the World Wide Web. During the nine months
ended October 3, 1998, approximately 11% of Infoseek's total revenues related
to the sale of its Ultraseek software licenses and support.
Ultraseek Server products are distributed directly over the Internet and
through value-added-resellers who provide installation and customization
services. The products are licensed, with the price depending on the number of
items in the database.
Customer Support and Software Upgrades
Infoseek provides telephone user support for its products and services,
including GO Network, and its software products. Support for GO Network is
provided at no cost to users. For Ultraseek Server, users can pay a maintenance
fee which provides support services and upgrades of new releases.
Advertising Services and Products
Infoseek derives a substantial majority of its revenues from the sale of
advertisements. Infoseek is focused on providing its advertisers with high
volume and targeted access to interested audiences and potential buyers. These
advertisements appear on GO Network, when a viewer enters the services,
accesses a center, receives
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search results from Infoseek Search or browses through the website directory.
Infoseek also sells advertising for the Joint Ventures' services, consisting
primarily of "banner" advertisements which appear throughout the services at
different times, pursuant to the representation agreements, and shares revenues
from the Joint Ventures with its partners in the Joint Ventures.
Advertising revenues on the Infoseek Service, without giving effect to the
acquisition of Starwave, represented 89%, 94%, 94% and 99% of Infoseek's total
revenues for the nine months ended October 3, 1998, the nine months ended
September 30, 1997 and the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996,
respectively. Prior to its acquisition by Infoseek, a substantial portion of
Starwave's revenues were derived from web hosting services and from the Joint
Ventures.
Infoseek believes that it has been able to achieve its advertising revenues
to date primarily through its direct sales force and through the products it
offers advertisers. Infoseek also believes that its success in obtaining
advertising revenue is primarily the result of, and highly dependent on, high
consumer traffic, favorable demographics and innovative marketing approaches.
Advertising Products and Pricing
Infoseek derives its revenue from several advertising options that may be
purchased individually or in packages-run of site rotations, directory and
center rotations, keyword rotations, cross service sponsorships, center
sponsorships and Ultramatch targeting. These options may contain hypertext
links to the advertiser's home page. Infoseek sells advertisements for
placement on GO Network, as well as on the Joint Ventures sites.
Rotations
. Run of Site: Run of site rotations are advertisements that rotate on a
random basis throughout GO Network, appealing to advertisers seeking to
establish brand recognition across a broad reach of users. Run of site
advertisements are typically sold in blocks of one thousand impressions
to be generated over a four week period. Infoseek's current cost per one
thousand impressions, known as "CPM," for run of site rotations ranges
from $14 to $29 depending upon the number of impressions purchased.
. Directory and Center: Directory and center rotations are advertisements
that appear when a user of GO Network browses through directory and
center topic pages. Directory and center rotations allow advertisers to
target an audience with a specific area of interest. Like run of site
rotations, directory and center rotations are sold in blocks of
impressions over a four week period. Because of the greater selectivity
of the audience, Infoseek's current CPM for directory and center
rotations ranges from $30 to $60.
. Keyword: Keyword rotations are advertisements that are displayed when an
Infoseek Search contains a particular keyword selected by the
advertiser. This option offers the advertiser a highly targeted, self-
selected audience. Through its proprietary advertising management
system, Infoseek tracks every word that is queried by Infoseek Search
users. Through this tracking, Infoseek has identified keywords that are
most frequently queried by Infoseek viewers and requested by
advertisers. Infoseek's current four week rate card CPM for a keyword is
$55 to $60.
Center and Cross-Service Sponsors and Partners
The introduction of the "channels" on the Infoseek Service in October 1997,
and the expansion of the channels to the current 18 centers on GO Network, in
addition to providing a better viewer experience, allows Infoseek to better
segment target audiences for advertisers and sponsors. In addition, Infoseek
has been able to supplement its banner advertising business with media-based
revenues from sponsorship of its channels, centers and sub-centers.
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Sponsors and content providers featured on centers include, but are not
limited to, the following:
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Centers Sponsors and Content Providers
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Autos Cars.com, CarSmart
Careers CareerPath
Computing ZDNet
Entertainment DVD Express
Family Petsmart
Health drkoop.com
Money Business Wire, CNet, Motley Fool, PR Newswire, Red Herring,
Reuters
News Reuters
Real Estate realtor.com, SpringStreet
Travel Travelocity
Cross-Service
Borders Online
MBNA
</TABLE>
Ultramatch Targeting
Infoseek currently sells Ultramatch, an advertising management report
derived from technology which creates a viewer profile based on real, observed
viewer behavior, including user registration information. With this
information, Infoseek can offer precise, targeted advertising based on
searching behavior. Infoseek and its advertisers have found that this
technology significantly increases the frequency with which viewers of an
advertisement choose to link to the advertisers' site. This targeted
advertising approach allows Infoseek to differentiate its advertising services
from other Internet media. Infoseek's current CPM for this targeting ranges
from $70 to $75, and the cost for an Ultramatch behavioral report is $1,000.
Advertisers
During the nine months ended October 3, 1998, over 500 advertisers placed
advertisements on the Infoseek Service. No one advertiser accounted for more
than 10% of Infoseek's revenues for the nine months ended October 3, 1998. Many
of Infoseek's contracts with advertisers have terms of three months or less.
Sales Force
As of October 3, 1998, Infoseek's advertising sales staff consisted of 54
professionals located in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco
and Sunnyvale. Infoseek believes that having an internal direct sales force
allows it to better understand and meet advertisers' needs, increase its access
to potential advertisers and maintain strong relationships with its existing
base of advertising clients.
International Operations
Infoseek offers its search and directory services internationally through
partnerships with local providers of directory and editorial content in France,
Italy, Japan, Mexico, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Infoseek's search and
directory services are also available in Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, and
Dutch. In November 1998, Infoseek announced a joint venture agreement with
Deutsche Telecom, Axel Springer Verlag, and Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck
to launch Infoseek Germany. Infoseek Germany was launched in the spring of 1999
and provides localized search, navigation, and content services in Germany. In
June 1999 Infoseek acquired assets from Digital Garage, its Japanese
distribution partner, and currently operates its Japanese operations out of a
subsidiary in Japan. In addition, Infoseek's United States sales force sells
advertisements on Infoseek's foreign sites to United States advertisers who
want to reach a global audience. During 1996 and 1997 and the nine months
ending October 3, 1998, less than 10% of Infoseek's traffic was
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derived from international sources and less than 10% of Infoseek's revenues
were derived from sales of advertising to international users.
Finally, Infoseek, through Starwave, provides limited hosting services and
licenses some of its proprietary software to Disney.
Technology
Core Search Engine Technology
Infoseek Search is based on Ultraseek, an enhanced technology that provides
users enhanced levels of accuracy, currency, comprehensiveness and speed.
Infoseek Search includes built-in intelligence with features such as phrase,
capitalization and proper name recognition. Infoseek's highly-rated search
engine seeks to deliver accurate results, which are characterized by the level
of precision and the level of recall. In addition, due to the dynamic nature of
the Internet, the retrieval of up-to-date information has become another key
factor for the evaluation of Internet search services. To bring current
information to the viewer, Infoseek has developed technology to regularly
update its entire database of Web pages. This enables the Infoseek services to
deliver accurate, relevant and up-to-date search results. To facilitate the
ease of use of the service, Infoseek Search includes a sophisticated technology
to interpret "natural language" queries. Infoseek also uses a proprietary Web
spider which works to enhance the performance of the search engine. A Web
spider is software that identifies and catalogs pages on the Web. This catalog,
when indexed with text retrieval software such as Infoseek's search engine, can
be quickly accessed by keyword or phrase. Together, the search engine
technology and the Web spider technology are used to index Web pages, the
directory and other sources of content. Infoseek is continually developing its
core search engine technology, including the Extra Search Precision technology
and advanced search features described above.
Advertising Management
Infoseek has developed certain proprietary systems for the placement of
advertisements with targeted audiences on the Infoseek services. Infoseek's
advertising management systems are capable of presenting, in real-time,
advertising that corresponds to a user's inquiry. If certain keywords have been
purchased by more than one advertiser, the system automatically determines
which advertisement is displayed based upon the number of impressions under
contract and delivered to date. As part of Infoseek's proprietary advertising
management system, Infoseek also maintains a database that tracks the number of
searches of each word queried by Infoseek's users, the number of browses
through each directory category and the number of impressions of each
advertisement. This system assists Infoseek in estimating the number of
expected impressions of specific advertisement options marketed by Infoseek or
otherwise sought by advertisers.
In order to address increasing advertising volume, Infoseek customized and
enhanced Starwave's advertising management systems which were previously used
for managing advertising for the Joint Venture websites. To the extent that
Infoseek encounters material difficulties in utilizing these systems, Infoseek
will need to devote additional resources to enhance its current systems. Any
extended failure of, or material difficulties encountered in connection with,
Infoseek's advertising management systems may expose Infoseek to "make good"
obligations with its advertising customers. These "make good" obligations, by
displacing advertising revenue, among other consequences, would reduce revenue
and would harm Infoseek's business, results of operations and prospects.
Website Production Technology
Infoseek, through Starwave, has internally developed technologies that
facilitate authoring capabilities for text, audio, graphics and video that
enhance the speed and interactivity of its services, as well as technology
designed to enable consumers to make secure purchases using credit cards over
the Internet.
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Marketing and Distribution
Marketing
Infoseek builds brand awareness for its services through an integrated plan
utilizing online and traditional media, public relations and promotions.
Infoseek also cross-promotes with content providers through advertising swaps
both in online media and traditional print and broadcast media. The Joint
Ventures also build brand awareness through their relationships with partners
with strong brands, including the NFL, the NBA and NASCAR.
Promotion
Under an agreement with Disney affiliate ABC, ABC has agreed to provide, and
Infoseek has agreed to purchase, $165 million in promotional support and
activities relating to GO Network over five years. As part of such promotion,
Disney agreed to co-brand all ABCNews.com and ESPN.com owned non-traditional
media promotion with promotions for GO Network. ABC and ESPN broadcasts promote
ABCNEWS.com, ABC.com, ESPN.com and GO Network.
Distribution
Infoseek seeks to form relationships that maximize audience reach and create
alternate distribution centers to Infoseek's services. Infoseek has a
relationship with Microsoft, which distributes to its customers browser
software with a built-in "Internet search" feature which is used to navigate
the Web. Infoseek depends on these agreements for a portion of its traffic, and
traffic affects advertising revenue. Infoseek also has distribution
relationships with various Internet service providers and content providers
such as WebTV and Yahoo. Infoseek Search and centers are listed by each of
these companies as a navigational service available to their users. The terms
of these relationships vary widely, both in the prominence given to GO Network
relative to other alternatives and the compensation paid by Infoseek for
advertising.
Research and Development
Infoseek believes that its future success will depend on its ability to
enhance its existing products and to develop and introduce new products related
to Infoseek's Internet services and Ultraseek Server software products. As of
October 3, 1998, Infoseek had 84 full time employees engaged in research and
development for existing and potential new services and products. Infoseek's
research and development expenses for the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and
September 30, 1997 and for the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996 were
$7,432,000, $5,879,000, $7,900,000 and $4,550,000, respectively. Infoseek plans
to continue to increase its research and development expenses and staffing
levels.
Competition
The market for Internet and intranet products and services is very
competitive. Infoseek expects the market to become more competitive. Because
the market for search and portal services is new and developing, Infoseek
cannot predict how competition will affect Infoseek, its competitors or its
customers. Infoseek believes that the Internet market increasingly will require
portal services to deliver a large variety of multimedia content and services.
Infoseek may not be able to compete successfully. If Infoseek fails to respond
to competitive pressures, including those listed below, Infoseek's business,
results of operations, financial condition and prospects will be seriously
harmed.
Infoseek believes that its future success partly depends on its ability to
deliver a broad variety of multimedia content and services. To attract
advertisers, Infoseek believes it must offer:
. A large number of users,
. Users with attractive demographic profiles, and
. Cost-effectiveness.
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Infoseek believes that the number of companies selling advertising on the
Web and the amount of advertising space on the Internet have greatly increased.
Infoseek may therefore face a market that demands lower prices for the purchase
of advertisements and this could result in a decline in Infoseek's revenues.
Infoseek believes it faces competition in numerous areas, including:
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Business Area Key Competitors Key Features
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Consolidated Internet Combined services Yahoo, America Control content
Products including: Online, Netscape, Provide additional
(GO Network) .Search Excite@Home, features
and directory Microsoft, Lycos, Reduce viewer access
.Email listings CNET, Snap, HotBot, to competing services
.News information Goto.com, Go2Net,
.Internet commerce Alta Vista
.Chat and bulletin
boards
Search and Navigation Ability to search the web and find information AltaVista, Enhance search
Services Excite@Home, features
(Infoseek Search) Inktomi, Lycos, Use technology to
Hotbot, Goto.com "push" a
particular service to
users
Develop "intelligent"
searching
Search Software Software to allow Intranet and Internet websites to Alta Vista, Lycos, Enhance search
(Ultraseek Server) have search features OpenText, Verity features
Increase compatibility
and ease of use
Develop
"intelligent"searching
Internet Media Creative and original content, including: Deliver timely and
(ABCNEWS.com, . Current informative
ESPN.com, Mr. events CNN, The New York information and
Showbiz, other Joint Times, Washington multimedia content
Venture Services) Post, CBS News, NBC Provide easy access to
.Sports CNNsi, CBS information
Sportsline, Fox
Sports, Yahoo!
.Business Sports,
and Sportingnews.com
stocks Microsoft Investor,
Quicken Financial
Network, Reuters,
.Entertainment Dow Jones, Yahoo
Finance
E! Online,
USAToday.com,
Broadcast.com
Internet and other Traditional media sources, Provide interesting
advertising Media such as: and
(GO Network, .Broadcast ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox popular interactive or
ABCNEWS.com, Television ESPN, CNN traditional
ESPN.com) .Cable The New York Times, programming
Television Washington Post, USA Attract advertisers
.Print Media Today, Sports through users
(newspapers Illustrated, ESPN The
and magazines) Magazine
Electronic Commerce Retail items for sale over the Internet Yahoo, America Establish
(GO Network Shopping Online/Netcenter, infrastructure
Center) MSN, Lycos, to process orders
Amazon.com, eBay quickly
Develop brand name in
commerce
Develop partnerships
with merchants
Access to broad range
of desirable products
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In order for Infoseek to compete successfully, Infoseek must overcome many
risks, including:
. Low Barriers to Entry to the Internet. Infoseek believes that it is
relatively inexpensive to develop new Internet technologies, products
and services. It is likely that other companies may offer similar
products and services that compete with Infoseek for advertisers.
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. Quickly Changing Market. Because the Internet market is new and changing
quickly, Infoseek cannot predict which companies are likely to offer
competitive services in the future.
. Reliance on Advertising Revenues. Infoseek depends on advertising sales
for revenue. Because the Internet is still a new advertising medium,
there is a risk that the number of advertisers purchasing advertisements
on the Internet could decrease. Such a decrease could result in lower
advertising revenues for Infoseek.
. Brand Awareness. To compete effectively, Infoseek must successfully
build brand awareness for GO Network. Infoseek is devoting significant
resources to the promotion of GO Network. If Infoseek fails to promote
GO Network successfully or Infoseek's competitors build strong brand
affiliation, GO Network will receive less user traffic and in turn
advertising revenues may decline.
. Industry Consolidation. Some of Infoseek's competitors have engaged in
business combinations or other strategic relationships with one another.
These combinations often increase a competitor's power or make it more
difficult for users to find and use Infoseek's products and services.
In addition, the development and growth of high speed direct connections,
such as the service provided by Excite@Home, may allow Infoseek's competitors
to control content being delivered to users. This may result in increased
competitive pressure on Infoseek to attract and retain users.
If Infoseek does not compete effectively, it will suffer immediate harm to
its services, results of operations and prospects.
Intellectual Property and Proprietary Rights
Infoseek's success depends heavily upon its exclusive technology, brand
names and Internet locations, known as "domain names." To protect its rights to
its software, systems, documentation and product features, Infoseek currently
relies on a combination of:
. Patent, copyright and trademark and service mark laws,
. Trade secret laws,
. Confidentiality procedures, and
. Contractual provisions.
These methods of protection may not be adequate to protect against others
using Infoseek's technology, brand names and content. Accordingly, Infoseek may
not be able to maintain the goodwill associated with its products and services
or competitive features.
Infoseek and its subsidiaries hold nine United States patents and have 10
United States patent applications pending. Infoseek and its subsidiaries have
six foreign patent applications pending corresponding to one United States
application and one foreign Patent Cooperation Treaty application (PCT)
corresponding to three United States applications. Infoseek and its
subsidiaries have registered and applied for registration for certain service
marks and trademarks and will continue to apply for registration of additional
service marks and trademarks, as appropriate. Disney has filed applications for
trademarks relating to GO Network. Infoseek generally enters into
confidentiality agreements with its employees and with its consultants and
customers.
Despite these measures, Infoseek may not be able to protect its intellectual
property due to risks related to the application of intellectual property laws.
The application of copyright and trademark laws to the Internet and other
digital media is very uncertain. There has been a substantial amount of
litigation in the technology industry regarding intellectual property rights.
Further, Infoseek may not be able to use its intellectual property or
further develop its business because third parties may accuse Infoseek of
infringing their intellectual property.
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Infoseek is aware of a number of issued patents which cover interactive
programming, Internet programming and techniques, and electronic commerce. For
example, Infoseek is aware of a United States patent issued to Carnegie Mellon
and licensed to Lycos related to Web spider technology. While Infoseek
currently believes, based on a preliminary review of such issued patent and
consultation with its patent counsel, that its products and services do not
infringe the Carnegie Mellon patent, Infoseek cannot assure you it would
prevail if Lycos or Carnegie Mellon claimed Infoseek infringed such patent.
Infoseek expects patent infringement regarding Internet technologies to
increase as the number of products and competitors in this market grows and as
new patents are issued. Infoseek expects that patents, particularly in the
areas of real-time or "streaming" audio and video, online commerce and "digital
cash," and other technologies may be issued in the future. Some of these
technologies may be considered to be critical to long-term success in the
Internet marketplace.
Infoseek has also from time to time received notices from copyright and
trademark holders regarding use of music, images and websites in its services.
Infoseek and Disney, who licenses the GO Network name to Infoseek, are
currently in litigation with GoTo.com, Inc. regarding use of the GO Network
logo. Infoseek is also aware of other companies and/or services that employ
"Go" as a part of their names. Infoseek cannot assure you that Infoseek's use
of GO Network will be free from challenge or liability and Infoseek cannot
assure you it will always be able to operate GO Network under such name.
Infoseek cannot assure you that it can adequately protect its intellectual
property. If Infoseek fails to protect its intellectual property, it could
suffer serious harm to its business, results of operations or prospects.
Infoseek also cannot assure you that third parties will not in the future claim
infringement by Infoseek with respect to Infoseek's current or future products.
Any such claims or counterclaims could:
. Be time-consuming
. Result in costly litigation
. Cause product release delays
. Require Infoseek to redesign its products
. Require Infoseek to enter into royalty or licensing agreements
These claims of infringement, whether successful or not, could seriously
harm Infoseek's business, results of operations or prospects.
Employees
As of October 3, 1998, Infoseek had 319 full-time employees, including 84 in
research and development, 141 in sales and marketing, 22 in operations and 72
in general and administration. Also as of October 3, 1998, Starwave had a total
of 337 employees of which 40 were involved in Starwave's technology division,
39 were in Web operations and management information systems, 24 were in
general administration and development and 234 were involved in the Joint
Ventures. None of these employees is represented by a labor union. None of
Infoseek, Starwave and the Joint Ventures has experienced any work stoppages
and each considers its relations with its employees to be good. Infoseek's
performance is substantially dependent on the continued services of the
management teams of Infoseek, Starwave and the Joint Ventures and on their
continuing ability to attract and retain highly qualified and motivated
officers and key employees and to attract and retain sufficient numbers of
technical and production personnel.
Properties
Infoseek's principal administrative, sales, marketing, and research and
development facility is located in Sunnyvale, California. Infoseek currently
leases approximately 160,000 square feet, a section of which is currently
subleased to another tenant in Sunnyvale pursuant to several lease agreements
which expire at various times through 2006. Infoseek also leases approximately
64,000 square feet in Bellevue, Washington for the headquarters and principal
operations of Starwave and 6,000 square feet in Seattle, Washington for
additional
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Starwave operations. Infoseek plans to move the headquarters and principal
operations of Starwave from Bellevue to Seattle beginning in the fall of 1999.
Infoseek has leased approximately 77,000 square feet in Seattle for this
purpose. Infoseek also leases approximately 12,000 square feet in San
Francisco, California and approximately 7,500 square feet in New York, New
York. Infoseek also maintains several other offices throughout the country, and
the ABC News Joint Venture and ESPN Joint Venture maintain space in New York,
New York and Bristol, Connecticut pursuant to arrangements with ABC and ESPN.
Infoseek is also in negotiations regarding additional space in San Francisco,
Seattle and New York.
Infoseek believes that its existing facilities are adequate for its current
needs and that additional space will be available as needed. There can be no
assurance, however, that additional space will be available on good terms or at
all. A system failure at Infoseek's or Starwave's facilities may have an
adverse impact on Infoseek.
Legal Proceedings
On January 26, 1999, Civix-DDI, LLC, filed a complaint against Infoseek and
nineteen other defendants, Civil Action No. 99-B-172 in the United States
District Court for the District of Colorado claiming patent infringement of
U.S. Patent No. 5,682, 525. The patent suit claims infringement of an
electronic mapping system and seeks unspecified damages and a preliminary
injunction. Infoseek denies any infringement and is defending against the
claims.
On February 18, 1999, GoTo.com, Inc. filed a complaint GoTo.com, Inc. v.
Disney, Disney Enterprises, Inc., Infoseek Corporation, and Montrose
Corporation, Civ. No. 99-01674 TJH, in the United States District Court for the
Central District of California. The complaint alleges that the defendants' use
of the GO Network Green Traffic Light Logo is confusingly similar to the
plaintiff's unregistered Goto.com logo. The complaint seeks an unspecified
amount of damages and a preliminary and permanent injunction against the use of
the logo. Infoseek denies all the material allegations of the complaint and is
defending against them.
On May 11, 1999, Internet Shopping Network, LLC filed a complaint against
Infoseek Corporation, Steven Kirsch, Harry Motro, Bhagwan D. Goel, Civ. No. CV
781824, in the Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County alleging
misappropriation of trade secrets; breach of fiduciary duty; breach of
contract; tortious interference with contract; unfair competition, conversion,
and conspiracy. The suit demands an unspecified amount of damages and a
preliminary injunction. The company and the individual defendants deny all
claims.
Between July 12 and July 15, 1999 twelve actions challenging the transaction
in which Disney will acquire Infoseek and establish go.com were brought against
Infoseek, the board of directors of Infoseek and Disney in the Delaware Court
of Chancery:
Carl S. Barron v. Harry M. Motro, et al., Civ. No. 17307NC
Mary Chiu v. Infoseek Corporation, et al., Civ. No. 17291NC
Ellis Investments Ltd. v. Harry M. Motro, et al., Civ. No. 17286NC
Rosalind Finkelstein v. Infoseek Corporation, et al., Civ. No. 17290 NC
Allan S. Freberg v. Harry M. Motro, et al., Civ. No. 17289 NC
Matthew Greenblatt v. Harry M. Motro, et al., Civ. No.17301NC
Marvin Kotrin v. Infoseek Corporation, et al., Civ. No. 17285 NC
Joseph Leone v. Infoseek Corporation, et al., Civ. No. 17287 NC
Bruce Nattress v. Infoseek Corporation, et al., Civ. No. 17288NC
Gary L. Smith v. Infoseek Corporation, et al., Civ. No. 17303NC
Brian Simonetti v. Harry M. Motro, et al., Civ. No. 17297 NC
Barbara Witken v. Infoseek Corporation, et al., Civ. No. 17295NC
These twelve actions were consolidated into a single action (the
"Consolidated Action") by an order entered by the Delaware Court of Chancery on
August 24, 1999. The Consolidated Action is styled In re Infoseek Corporation
Shareholders Litigation, Consolidated C.A. No. 17286NC. The designated
complaint in
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the Consolidated Action alleges, among other things, that the board of
directors of Infoseek breached its fiduciary duties to its stockholders and
that the transaction enriches Disney at the expense of the other Infoseek
stockholders. The complaint seeks both preliminary and permanent injunctions
against the transaction and, if the transaction is completed, unspecified
damages. Infoseek denies all the material allegations of the complaint and is
vigorously defending against it.
On July 15 and 16, 1999, respectively, the following actions were filed
against Infoseek, the boards of directors of Infoseek and Disney in the
Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Santa Clara:
Michael Richards v. Steven M. Bornstein, et al., Case No. CV 783265 and Michael
Basta v. Steven M. Bornstein, et al., Case No. CV 783282. Each of these actions
are class action complaints and allege similar breaches of fiduciary duty and
seek to enjoin the proposed merger and the related transactions as unfair to
Infoseek's stockholders. Infoseek denies all the material allegations of these
stockholder class action complaints and intends to vigorously defend itself
against each of these complaints.
The cost of defending these actions and their ultimate outcomes are
uncertain and cannot be estimated. There can be no assurance that Infoseek will
prevail in these actions, or that the result will not materially harm
Infoseek's business. As the outcome of these cases cannot reasonably be
determined, Infoseek has not accrued for any potential loss contingencies.
From time to time, Infoseek may also be a party to litigation and claims
arising in the ordinary course of its business. Although the results of these
litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, Infoseek believes
that the final outcome of these matters will not materially harm its business.
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Annex K includes Infoseek Corporation's condensed consolidated unaudited
interim financial statements from Infoseek's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as
of and for the quarterly period ended July 3, 1999 and Infoseek's consolidated
financial statements from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K as of and
for the nine months ended October 3, 1998. In addition, Annex K includes
Starwave Corporation's consolidated financial statements, ESPN/Starwave
Partners (d/b/a ESPN Internet Ventures) financial statements, ABC News/Starwave
Partners (d/b/a ABC News Internet Ventures) financial statements and the
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Financial Statements included in
Infoseek Corporation's Form 8-K/A as filed on December 9, 1998 with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The consolidated financial statements of
ESPN Internet Ventures and ABC News Internet Ventures have been updated as of
and for the nine months ended July 3, 1999 and the Unaudited Pro Forma Combined
Condensed Financial Statements have been updated for the estimated acquisition
costs of Starwave Corporation and Quando, Inc.
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
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July 3, October 3,
1999 1998
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ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents.......................... $ 33,252 $ 628
Short-term investments............................. 53,213 51,240
Accounts receivable, net........................... 22,409 6,942
Prepaid to service providers....................... 7,919 20,338
Other current assets............................... 6,704 998
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Total current assets............................. 123,497 80,146
Property and equipment, net.......................... 26,630 15,370
Direct acquisition costs............................. 114 2,825
Investments in Joint Ventures and others............. 9,774 550
Intangible and other assets.......................... 836,163 2,765
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Total assets..................................... $ 996,178 $101,656
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable................................... $ 15,408 $ 3,560
Accrued payroll and related expenses............... 10,067 2,191
Accrued liabilities to service providers........... 4,413 16,058
Other accrued liabilities.......................... 10,126 2,418
Deferred revenue................................... 35,970 4,789
Short-term obligations............................. 3,568 2,942
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Total current liabilities........................ 79,552 31,958
Long-term obligations................................ 979 2,981
Deferred tax liabilities............................. 45,065 --
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock.................................... -- --
Common stock....................................... 1,262,026 121,292
Accumulated deficit................................ (265,910) (53,724)
Deferred compensation.............................. (421) (717)
Notes receivable from stockholders................. (125,108) (134)
Unrealized loss on currency translation............ (5) --
---------- --------
Total stockholders' equity....................... 870,582 66,717
---------- --------
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity....... $ 996,178 $101,656
========== ========
</TABLE>
See notes to condensed consolidated unaudited interim financial statements.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
-------------------- -------------------
July 3, June 30, July 3, June 30,
1999 1998 1999 1998
--------- --------- --------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues:
Advertising revenues................ $ 33,210 $ 15,269 $ 87,905 $40,020
Software licensing revenues......... 2,932 1,797 8,049 4,174
--------- -------- --------- -------
Total revenues.................... 36,142 17,066 95,954 44,194
--------- -------- --------- -------
Costs and expenses:
Hosting, content and website costs.. 17,057 2,524 38,476 6,600
Amortization of intangibles related
to hosting, content and website
costs.............................. 9,759 -- 23,701 --
--------- -------- --------- -------
Total hosting, content and website
costs............................ 26,816 2,524 62,177 6,600
Research and development.............. 9,536 2,667 21,888 6,818
Sales and marketing................... 28,830 11,863 86,045 34,240
General and administrative............ 5,089 2,061 18,085 5,723
Amortization of goodwill.............. 17,756 -- 43,396 --
In-process research and development... -- -- 76,939 --
--------- -------- --------- -------
Total costs and expenses.......... 88,027 19,115 308,530 53,381
--------- -------- --------- -------
Operating loss........................ (51,885) (2,049) (212,576) (9,187)
Loss from Joint Ventures.............. (2,575) -- (7,994) --
Interest and other income, net........ 3,168 782 8,384 1,472
--------- -------- --------- -------
Net loss.............................. $ (51,292) $ (1,267) $(212,186) $(7,715)
========= ======== ========= =======
Basic and diluted net loss per share.. $ (0.83) $ (0.04) $ (3.76) $ (0.26)
Shares used in computing basic and
diluted net loss per share......... 61,952 31,294 56,450 29,152
</TABLE>
See notes to condensed consolidated unaudited interim financial statements.
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended
-------------------
July 3, June 30,
1999 1998
--------- --------
<S> <C> <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss................................................ $(212,186) $ (7,715)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
operating activities:
Non-cash consideration from Dr. Koop agreement........ (691) --
Write-off of in-process technology.................... 76,939 --
Depreciation and amortization......................... 80,908 4,589
Losses from Joint Ventures............................ 7,994 --
Write down of restructure related assets.............. -- 2,080
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net.............................. (14,511) (4,500)
Prepaid to service providers.......................... 12,419 --
Other current assets.................................. (5,231) (25)
Direct acquisition costs.............................. (10,663) --
Intangible and other assets........................... (4,085) (2,519)
Accounts payable...................................... 9,045 1,334
Accrued payroll and related expenses.................. 5,523 884
Accrued liabilities to service providers.............. (11,645) 2,750
Other accrued liabilities............................. 2,169 2,603
Deferred revenue...................................... 25,216 3,180
Accrued restructuring and other charges............... -- (2,904)
--------- --------
Net cash used in operating activities............... (38,799) (243)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Investments in Joint Ventures and others................ (4,986) --
Purchases of available-for-sale securities.............. (112,630) (102,962)
Proceeds from sales and maturities of available-for-sale
securities............................................. 110,657 64,404
Purchases of property and equipment..................... (16,248) (6,265)
Cash received from Starwave and Quando acquisitions..... 767 --
Issuance of notes receivable............................ (950)
--------- --------
Net cash used in investing activities............... (22,440) (45,773)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from term loan................................. -- 398
Repayments of term loan................................. (1,376) (1,581)
Proceeds from issuance of convertible debt.............. -- 305
Repayments of shareholders' note receivable............. 14,026 --
Proceeds from issuance of common stock.................. 81,218 45,021
--------- --------
Net cash provided by financing activities........... 93,868 44,143
--------- --------
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash and cash
equivalents.............................................. (5) --
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents...... 32,624 (1,873)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period.......... 628 2,541
--------- --------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period................ $ 33,252 $ 668
--------- --------
Cash paid for interest.................................... $ 323 $ 546
========= ========
</TABLE>
See notes to condensed consolidated unaudited interim financial statements.
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1. Organization and Basis of Presentation
In this Quarterly Report, references to "Infoseek" or the "Company" on or
after November 18, 1998 are references to Infoseek Corporation, a Delaware
corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries including Infoseek Corporation, a
California corporation, Starwave Corporation ("Starwave"), Quando, Inc.
("Quando"), and Infoseek Japan Holding Corporation and Infoseek Japan KK
(collectively, "Infoseek Japan"), and references to Infoseek prior to November
18, 1998 are references to Infoseek Corporation, a California corporation. When
necessary for clarity, Infoseek Corporation, a California corporation, is
referred to as "Infoseek California" and Infoseek Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, is referred to as "Infoseek Delaware." References to "Disney"
refer to The Walt Disney Company and its affiliated companies. References to
the "ABCNews Joint Venture" and the "ESPN Joint Venture" refer to the joint
ventures Starwave maintains with affiliates of Disney and ESPN, respectively.
The ABCNews Joint Venture and the ESPN Joint Venture are together referred to
as the "Joint Ventures."
Infoseek Corporation was incorporated in California in August 1993 to
develop and provide Internet and World Wide Web search and navigation services.
On November 18, 1998, Infoseek entered into a significant transaction with The
Walt Disney Company (see Note 7). In this transaction, Infoseek acquired
Starwave Corporation from Disney and formed a holding company incorporated in
Delaware on June 12, 1998, for purposes of holding the capital stock of
Infoseek Corporation, a California corporation, and Starwave. On July 10, 1999,
Infoseek agreed to be acquired by The Walt Disney Company, subject to
conditions to closing (see Note 14).
Infoseek is a leading provider of Internet services and software products.
Infoseek produces GO Network (home page: go.com), an Internet portal site that
combines search and directory services, including 19 easy to navigate "centers"
that integrate search results with relevant information, services, products and
communities on the Internet, and the content of ABC.com, ABCNEWS.com, ESPN.com,
Disney and others. The service contains unique features like universal
navigation, follow-me tabs, universal registration, universal personalization
and security. Infoseek has a strategic relationship with Disney concerning GO
Network, including its promotion and content. Infoseek also produces other
leading Internet sites, such as ESPN.com and ABCNEWS.com, in partnership with
Disney affiliates.
On January 28, 1999, the Company changed to a fiscal year with 52 or 53 week
periods ending on the Saturday nearest September 30. This Quarterly Report
presents financial information for the third quarter of fiscal 1999, beginning
April 4, 1999 and ending July 3, 1999. This Quarterly Report also presents
financial information for the first nine month period of fiscal 1999, beginning
October 4, 1998 and ending July 3, 1999. The unaudited results of operations of
the Company for the three month periods ended July 3, 1999 and June 30, 1998
both contained 91 days. The unaudited results of operations and cash flows of
the Company for the nine month periods ended July 3, 1999 and June 30, 1998
both contained 273 days.
Prior to November 18, 1998, Infoseek Delaware was a wholly owned subsidiary
of Infoseek California that was created for conducting the transactions
described above. Infoseek Delaware, the Registrant with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, did not conduct business activities prior to November 18,
1998. Since November 18, 1998, Infoseek Delaware's business has primarily
consisted of holding the capital stock of Infoseek California, Starwave,
Quando, and, after June 28, 1999, Infoseek Japan (See Note 6). Accordingly,
this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q presents financial information of Infoseek
for the three and nine month periods ended July 3, 1999, including the combined
results of operations of Starwave from November 18, 1998, the combined results
of operations of Quando from January 15, 1999 and the combined results of
operations of Infoseek Japan from June 28, 1999. The acquisitions of Starwave
and Quando were accounted for under the purchase method of accounting (see Note
7). As a result, information presented herein may not be comparable to results
in previous periods.
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--
(Continued)
The condensed consolidated financial information as of July 3, 1999 and for
the three and nine month periods ended July 3, 1999 and June 30, 1998 included
herein is unaudited and has been prepared by the Company in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles and reflects all adjustments,
consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which in the opinion of
management are necessary to state fairly the Company's financial position,
results of operations, and cash flows for the periods presented. The October 3,
1998 balance sheet was derived from audited financial statements at that date.
All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.
The Company conducted its business predominantly within one industry segment
for all periods presented. Management assesses the Company's performance and
measures the Company's net loss and total assets on a single segment basis.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements as well as the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the
reporting period. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be
read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes
thereto included in Infoseek's Transition Report on Form 10-K for the nine
month period ended October 3, 1998, and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the
quarterly periods ended January 2, 1999 and April 3, 1999, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The results of operations for the three and
nine month periods ended July 3, 1999 are not necessarily indicative of the
results to be expected for any future periods.
Certain prior year items have been reclassified in order to conform to the
current year's presentation.
Note 2. Net Loss Per Share
In 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128 ("SFAS No. 128"), "Earnings per
Share." SFAS No. 128 replaced the calculation of primary and fully diluted
earnings per share with basic and diluted earnings per share. Unlike primary
and fully diluted earnings per share, outstanding non-vested shares are not
included in the computations of basic and diluted earnings per share until the
time-based vesting restriction has lapsed. Basic earnings per share also
excludes any dilutive effects of options, warrants and convertible securities.
Diluted net loss per share does not include options, warrants or convertible
securities, as they would be anti-dilutive for all periods presented due to the
net loss for each period. Diluted net loss per share is very similar to the
previously reported fully diluted net loss per share.
Note 3. Recent Accounting Pronouncement
In June 1998, FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.
133 ("SFAS No. 133") "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities." SFAS No. 133 requires the Company to recognize all derivatives on
the balance sheet at fair value. Derivatives that are not hedges must be
adjusted to fair value through net income. If the derivative is designated as a
hedge, depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of the
derivative are either offset against the change in fair value of assets,
liabilities, or firm commitments through earnings or recognized in
comprehensive income until the hedged item is recognized in earnings. The
ineffective portion of a derivative's change in fair value will be immediately
recognized in earnings. SFAS No. 133 was scheduled to be effective for years
beginning after June 15, 1999. However, in June 1999, the FASB issued Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 137 "Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities Deferral of the Effective Date of FASB
Statement No. 133" which delays the effective date of SFAS No. 133 to fiscal
years beginning after June 15, 2000. The Company is evaluating the requirements
of SFAS No. 133 and No. 137, but does not expect these pronouncements to
materially impact the Company's results of operations.
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--
(Continued)
Note 4. Comprehensive Net Loss
The components of the Company's comprehensive net loss are as follows (in
thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
------------------- ------------------
June
July 3, June 30, July 3, 30,
1999 1998 1999 1998
---------- -------- --------- -------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net loss.......................... $ (51,292) $ (1,267) $(212,186) $(7,715)
Foreign currency translation
loss............................. (5) -- (5) --
--------- -------- --------- -------
Comprehensive net loss............ $ (51,297) $ (1,267) $(212,191) $(7,715)
========= ======== ========= =======
</TABLE>
Due to the Company's net loss for each of the periods presented above, there
are no tax effects allocated to any components of comprehensive net loss for
each of the periods presented above.
Note 5. Capitalized Internal Use Software Costs
In March 1998, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants issued
Statement of Position ("SOP") 98-1, "Accounting for the Costs of Computer
Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use," which establishes guidelines
for the accounting for the costs of all computer software developed or obtained
for internal use. The Company adopted SOP 98-1 effective for the year ended
October 2, 1999.
The Company is in the process of developing and implementing an internal use
software system which will integrate certain modules, such as order entry,
customer billing, human resources, purchasing and accounting. During the second
quarter of fiscal 1999, the Company began the development phase of this
software system and, as a result, has capitalized approximately $4.0 million in
development costs through July 3, 1999.
Note 6. Japan Asset Purchase
On June 28, 1999, the Company completed the purchase of certain assets from
Digital Garage, Inc., a commercial distribution partner in Japan. The acquired
assets are held by the newly established Infoseek Japan. Total consideration
was $0.8 million in cash, the issuance of a note payable for $3.3 million due
in June 2000 and the forgiveness of $2.1 million of indebtedness owed by
Digital Garage, Inc. to Infoseek. The value of the acquired assets is based on
their fair values at the date of purchase.
The fair values of the acquired assets are as follows and are included as
part of intangible and other assets (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Tangible and intangible assets acquired:
Tangible assets.................................................... $ 423
Assembled workforce................................................ 2,222
Customer relationships............................................. 3,592
------
$6,237
======
</TABLE>
The fair value of assembled workforce and customer relationships was
determined by management based upon a third-party appraisal and will be
amortized over an estimated life of two years. Amortization expense of these
intangible assets was insignificant for the three and nine month periods ended
July 3, 1999.
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--
(Continued)
Note 7. Business Combinations
Starwave
In June 1998, Infoseek entered into agreements with Starwave and Disney
relating to an acquisition by Infoseek of Starwave, of which Disney was the
principal shareholder, through a merger and exchange of shares. The Starwave
merger and related transactions were completed on November 18, 1998.
The acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting.
The purchase price of $917.8 million included $20.0 million of transaction and
direct acquisition costs and was allocated to the tangible and intangible
assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Intangible assets include the Joint
Venture relationships and goodwill which are amortized over an estimated life
of 10 years, and developed technology and assembled workforce which are
amortized over an estimated useful life of two years. Based on a third-party
appraisal, management determined that $72.6 million of the purchase price
represented acquired in-process research and development that had not yet
reached technological feasibility and had no alternative future use. This
amount was expensed during the quarter ended January 2, 1999 as a non-recurring
charge upon consummation of the acquisition. Amortization expense of intangible
assets purchased was approximately $26.5 million and $66.4 million during the
three and nine month periods ended July 3, 1999, respectively. Integration
costs due to the integration of operations and computer systems are estimated
at $7.0 million, of which $3.7 million were expensed as of July 3, 1999.
Integration costs do not qualify as liabilities in connection with a purchase
business combination and are expensed as incurred.
Under certain representation agreements by and among Infoseek, Starwave and
each of the Joint Ventures entered into in conjunction with the Starwave
merger, Starwave is engaged by the Joint Ventures on an exclusive basis in the
sale of advertising and other items as designated or approved by the Joint
Ventures and to provide additional services, if any, as the Joint Ventures may
request. Activities with respect to the sale of advertising on the Joint
Ventures' Internet services and other related items include the negotiation,
execution, renewal, amendment, modification or termination of advertising and
other related contracts. Starwave guarantees to the Joint Ventures a minimum
quarterly payment equal to the number of projected page views, multiplied by
80%, multiplied by the minimum revenue rate. The minimum revenue rate is based
on the average advertising revenue rate per page view of publicly traded
Internet companies involved in activities comparable to those of the Joint
Ventures. If a mutually agreeable rate cannot be determined, then the rate will
be based on the Joint Ventures' 12 month trailing average.
Starwave recognizes revenue on the sale of advertising and other related
items of the Joint Ventures due to its obligations under the representation
agreements. Starwave bears the risk of loss if it fails to bill and collect
amounts sufficient to cover its contractual guaranteed minimum payments.
Under the representation agreements, Starwave pays the Joint Ventures for
the right to render services the greater of (i) the guaranteed minimum payment
or (ii) actual revenues billed to third parties for services, in each case less
only Starwave's actual and reasonably allocated costs of providing the services
and a profit margin of 5% of such costs. The obligations of Starwave to pay
these representation rights fees are unconditional. Starwave is required to pay
the Joint Ventures regardless of whether Starwave is able to collect the
related outstanding receivables.
Each of the Joint Ventures is accounted for under the equity method since
neither Infoseek nor Starwave has a majority voting interest in either Joint
Venture. Under each of the respective joint venture agreements, required
funding and profits/losses under each Joint Venture are split 60/40 between
Starwave and Disney entities, respectively, in loss years and 50/50 in years in
which the Joint Venture has net income. The other partners of these Joint
Ventures are subsidiaries of ESPN and Disney.
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--
(Continued)
Under a license agreement entered into by and between Disney and Infoseek,
Disney granted to Infoseek a license to exploit the trademarks and web
addresses associated with GO Network worldwide, and Infoseek has in return
agreed to pay Disney royalties. Royalties are calculated as one percent (1%) of
Infoseek's revenues other than revenues derived from software sales and
services. Royalties under the license agreement will not be earned or paid
until the end of any Infoseek fiscal year in which Infoseek has positive
earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization ("EBITA") as defined and
royalty payments in any year will not exceed 15% of EBITA in such year.
The EBITA calculation, which includes amortization expense resulting from
the acquisition of both Starwave and Quando, for the three and nine month
periods ended July 3, 1999, is as follows (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
July 3, 1999 July 3, 1999
------------------ -----------------
<S> <C> <C>
Net loss................................ $(51,292) $(212,186)
Interest expense........................ 93 322
Amortization of intangibles:
Goodwill.............................. 17,756 43,396
Developed technology.................. 4,780 11,256
Assembled workforce................... 1,952 4,855
Joint Venture relationships........... 4,463 11,157
-------- ---------
EBITA................................... $(22,248) $(141,200)
======== =========
</TABLE>
Since the license agreement was not in effect for the three and nine month
periods ended June 30, 1998, EBITA for these periods is not presented.
Quando
On January 15, 1999, Infoseek completed its acquisition of Quando. Quando
creates constantly updated directories of information, including shopping
guides, event guides, contact directories, audio clip libraries, review guides
and Website rating guides, obtained from the Internet for users to search the
Web.
The acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting.
The purchase price of $20.5 million included $1.5 million of transaction and
direct acquisition costs and was allocated to the tangible and intangible
assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Intangible assets include developed
technology, assembled workforce and goodwill which are amortized over an
estimated useful life of two years. Based on a third-party appraisal,
management determined that $4.3 million of the purchase price represented
acquired in-process research and development that had not yet reached
technological feasibility and had no alternative future use. This amount was
expensed during the quarter ended April 3, 1999 as a charge upon consummation
of the acquisition. Amortization expense of intangible assets purchased was
approximately $2.5 million and $4.3 million during the three and nine month
periods ended July 3, 1999, respectively. Integration costs due to the Quando
acquisition are insignificant and are charged to expense as incurred.
Selected Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Information
The following selected unaudited pro forma combined results of operations of
Infoseek, Starwave and Quando for the three and nine month periods ended July
3, 1999 and June 30, 1998 have been prepared assuming that the acquisitions had
occurred at the beginning of the periods presented. The following selected
unaudited pro forma information is not necessarily indicative of the results
that would have occurred had the
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--
(Continued)
acquisitions been completed at the beginning of the periods indicated nor is it
indicative of future operating results (in thousands, except per share data):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three Months
Ended Nine Months Ended
------------------ --------------------
July 3, June 30, July 3, June 30,
1999 1998 1999 1998
-------- -------- --------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Total revenues...................... $ 36,142 $ 25,308 $ 102,321 $ 69,576
Operating loss (1)(2)............... $(51,885) $(39,623) $(156,367) $(121,048)
Net loss(1)(2)(3)................... $(51,292) $(42,316) $(156,852) $(128,158)
Basic and diluted net loss per
share(1)(2)(3)..................... $ (0.83) $ (0.68) $ (2.54) $ (2.15)
Shares used in computing basic and
diluted net loss per share......... 61,952 62,496 61,862 59,720
</TABLE>
- --------
(1) The operating loss, net loss and net loss per share amounts do not include
the $72.6 million and $4.3 million in-process research and development
charges relating to the Starwave and Quando acquisitions, respectively.
(2) A pro forma adjustment has been made to operating loss, net loss and net
loss per share amounts for the representation rights fee representing the
Joint Ventures' revenues less allocated costs of 15% of revenues, plus a 5%
profit margin on allocated costs. In addition, a pro forma adjustment has
been made to reflect additional costs Starwave would have incurred that
were historically incurred by the Joint Ventures.
(3) A pro forma adjustment has been made to reflect Starwave's allocated (60%)
losses from the Joint Ventures. The Joint Ventures combined net losses
totaled approximately $4.3 million and $16.7 million for the three and nine
months ended July 3, 1999, respectively, and approximately $5.7 million and
$15.1 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 1998,
respectively. The Joint Ventures combined total assets were approximately
$5.6 million and $19.8 million at July 3, 1999 and October 3, 1998,
respectively.
Note 8. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
In April 1999, the Company entered into a distribution agreement with Dr.
Koop.com, Inc. ("Dr. Koop") under which Dr. Koop became the exclusive provider
of health and related content on certain websites of Go Network. In addition,
Dr. Koop also became the exclusive pharmacy and drugstore, health insurance and
clinical trials partner in the Go.com Health Center and users on Go Network are
able to access various health information, services, interactive tools and
commerce opportunities through a Go Network/Dr. Koop co-branded website. The
term of the distribution agreement is for three years, except that either party
may elect to terminate the relationship after two years.
In consideration for the Company's exclusivity commitment with Dr. Koop and
the advertising impressions to be provided to Dr. Koop by the Company, the
Company is to receive certain cash payments as defined within the distribution
agreement. In addition, the Company also received two warrants to purchase up
to 625,000 shares of Dr. Koop common stock at an exercise price of $8.60 per
share. Neither warrant is exercisable prior to one year after issuance. The
Company recorded the fair value associated with these warrants using a Black-
Scholes option-pricing model and will recognize revenues from the amortization
of the warrants' fair value ratably over the distribution agreement's
commitment period. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 1999, the
Company recognized approximately $1.6 million of advertising revenues in
connection with the Dr. Koop distribution agreement, of which approximately
$0.7 million represented non-cash consideration.
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--
(Continued)
Note 9. Intangible and Other Assets
Intangible and other assets are comprised of the following (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
July 3, 1999 October 3, 1998
------------ ---------------
<S> <C> <C>
Developed technology............................ $ 38,242 $ --
Assembled workforce............................. 17,840 --
Goodwill........................................ 667,602 --
Joint Venture relationships..................... 178,500 --
Customer relationships.......................... 3,592 --
Other assets.................................... 1,049 2,765
-------- ------
906,825 2,765
Accumulated amortization........................ (70,662) --
-------- ------
$836,163 $2,765
======== ======
</TABLE>
Note 10. Significant Agreements
On October 1, 1998, the Company entered into an agreement with Microsoft to
become one of five premier providers of search and navigation services on
Microsoft's network of Internet products and services. Under the terms of the
12 month Microsoft agreement, the Company is obligated to pay an aggregate of
$10.7 million for a guaranteed minimum number of impressions on both
Microsoft's Internet Explorer search feature and Microsoft's website. The
Company will also pay, based on the number of impressions delivered, for
additional impressions on both Internet Explorer and Microsoft's website, up to
a maximum of $18.0 million. The obligated amount under the Microsoft agreement
is being amortized on a straight-line basis over the one-year term of the
agreement, beginning in the quarter ended January 2, 1999, the quarter in which
the service was launched. Payments were made in the quarters ended January 2,
1999 and April 3, 1999 in two equal installments, and were included in "Prepaid
to Service Providers." For the three and nine month periods ended July 3, 1999,
the Company amortized approximately $2.6 million and $8.0 million,
respectively.
On August 28, 1998, Infoseek entered into an agreement with WebTV Networks,
Inc. ("WebTV") pursuant to which Infoseek is the exclusive provider of search
and directory services to WebTV. Under this two year agreement, Infoseek is
responsible for managing advertising sales for all of WebTV's search traffic
and the substantial majority of WebTV's current non-search traffic. Pursuant to
the agreement, Infoseek is obligated to make cash payments to WebTV totaling
$26.0 million over a two year period, with $0.5 million paid upon the signing
of the agreement, $14.5 million paid in advance for the first five quarters
upon mutual acceptance of the technology by both parties, and the remaining
$11.0 million to be paid ratably over the last three quarters of the agreement
term. On October 1, 1998, Infoseek and WebTV agreed on the technology; however,
cash was not paid until the quarter ended January 2, 1999. The payments under
the WebTV agreements are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the
period covered by the payment. Such payments by Infoseek are subject to
reimbursement depending on the number of impressions delivered over the life of
the agreement. Infoseek is to receive all of the revenue generated from such
advertising sales up to a pre-determined amount that is in excess of Infoseek's
total payment obligations to WebTV under the agreement, with allocations of
such revenue between Infoseek and WebTV being made beyond this pre-determined
amount. For the three and nine month periods ended July 3, 1999, the Company
incurred approximately $3.2 million and $9.7 million of sales and marketing
expenses, respectively, related to the WebTV agreement. There can be no
assurance that Infoseek will be able to sell the available advertising
inventory of WebTV under this agreement or be able to collect the receivables
resulting from such advertising sales. This could have a material adverse
effect on Infoseek's business, results of operations and financial condition.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--
(Continued)
Note 11. Promissory Note From Stockholder
In conjunction with the Starwave acquisition, Disney, an approximately 42%
stockholder of Infoseek, delivered a promissory note in the principal amount of
$139.0 million payable to Infoseek. The promissory note bears interest on the
principal amount outstanding at a rate of 6.5% per annum and is payable in
twenty quarterly principal installments, beginning on February 18, 1999, of
$6.9 million, with the final payment due on November 18, 2003. The promissory
note, together with accrued and unpaid interest, may be paid in whole or in
part without premium or penalty at any time. The Company earned approximately
$2.1 million and $5.4 million of interest income related to this promissory
note in the three and nine month periods ended July 3, 1999.
Note 12. Segment Information
The Company predominantly operates in one business segment-providing
Internet search and navigation products and services for which the Company
receives advertising revenues from its customers. Advertising revenues for the
three month periods ended July 3, 1999 and June 30, 1998 were approximately
$33.2 million and $15.3 million, respectively. Advertising revenues for the
nine month periods ended July 3, 1999 and June 30, 1998, were approximately
$87.9 million and $40.0 million, respectively.
The Chief Executive Officer has been identified as the Chief Operating
Decision Maker (CODM) because he has final authority over resource allocation
decisions and performance assessment. The CODM does not receive discrete
financial information about asset allocation, expense allocation, or
profitability from the Company's Internet search navigation products and
services or from its Ultraseek software license and support.
Total revenues generated from U.S. customers for the three month periods
ended July 3, 1999 and June 30, 1998 were approximately $35.3 million and $16.8
million, respectively. Total revenues generated from U.S. customers for the
nine month periods ended July 3, 1999 and June 30, 1998 were approximately
$93.4 million and $43.6 million, respectively. Total revenues generated from
foreign customers for each of the three month periods ended July 3, 1999 and
June 30, 1998 totaled approximately $0.8 million and $0.3 million,
respectively. Total revenues generated from foreign customers for the nine
month periods ended July 3, 1999 and June 30, 1998 were approximately $2.5
million and $0.6 million, respectively.
Note 13. Contingencies, Risks and Uncertainties
From time to time, the Company may be a party to litigation and claims
incident to the ordinary course of its business. Although the results of
litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company believes
that the final outcome of such matters will not have a material adverse effect
on the Company's financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
On January 26, 1999, Civix-DDI, LLC, filed a complaint against Infoseek
Corporation and nineteen other defendants, Civil Action No. 99-B-172 in the
United States District court for the District of Colorado claiming patent
infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,682,525. The patent suit claims infringement
of an electronic mapping system and seeks unspecified damages and a preliminary
injunction. Infoseek denies any infringement and continues to defend against
the claims.
On February 18, 1999, GoTo.com, Inc. filed a complaint, GoTo.com, Inc. v.
The Walt Disney Company, Disney Enterprises, Inc., Infoseek Corporation, and
Montrose Corporation, Civ. No. 99-01674 TJH, in the United States District
Court for the Central District of California. The complaint alleges that the
defendants' use of the GO NETWORK Green Traffic Light Logo is confusingly
similar to the plaintiff's unregistered
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--
(Continued)
GoTo.com Logo. The complaint seeks an unspecified amount of damages and a
preliminary and permanent injunction against the use of the logo. The Company
denies all the material allegations of the complaint and is defending against
them.
On May 11, 1999, Internet Shopping Network, LLC filed a complaint against
Infoseek Corporation, Steven Kirsch, Harry Motro, Bhagwan D. Goel, Civ. No. CV
781824, in the Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County alleging
misappropriation of trade secrets; breach of fiduciary duty; breach of
contract; tortious interference with contract; unfair competition, conversion,
and conspiracy. The suit demands an unspecified amount of damages and a
preliminary injunction. The Company and the individual defendants deny all
claims.
The costs of defending these cases and their ultimate outcomes are uncertain
and cannot be estimated. There can be no assurance that Infoseek will prevail
in these cases, or that the result will not have a material adverse effect on
Infoseek's financial position or results of operations.
Infoseek anticipates that its current cash and other available sources of
funds will last through December 31, 1999. If the merger with Disney does not
occur, then Infoseek will need to raise additional funds. If additional funds
are raised through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities, the
percentage ownership of the stockholders of Infoseek will be reduced. Newly
issued securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of
the holders of Infoseek's Common Stock. There can be no assurance that
additional financing will be available on terms favorable to Infoseek, or at
all. If adequate funds are not available or are not available on acceptable
terms, Infoseek's ability to fund current operations, fund expansion, take
advantage of acquisition opportunities, develop or enhance services or
products, or respond to competitive pressures would be significantly limited.
Such limitation could have a material adverse effect on Infoseek's business,
results of operations, financial condition and prospects. The estimated period
of available funds to meet its capital requirements and other commitments is a
forward-looking statement that involves risks and uncertainties. There can be
no assurance that Infoseek will be able to meet its working capital and other
cash requirements after December 31, 1999 without Disney's support.
Note 14. Subsequent Events
On July 10, 1999, Disney, Bingo Acquisition Corp. ("Acquisition Company"), a
wholly owned subsidiary of Disney, and Infoseek entered into an Agreement and
Plan of Reorganization, pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions
set forth therein, Acquisition Company will merge (the "Merger") with and into
Infoseek, with Infoseek as the surviving corporation in the Merger. As a result
of the Merger, (i) each outstanding share of Infoseek common stock, par value
$0.001 per share ("Infoseek Common Stock"), other than shares of Infoseek
Common Stock owned by Disney and Disney Enterprises, Inc. ("DEI"), a wholly
owned subsidiary of Disney, will be converted into 1.15 shares of a new class
of Disney common stock, par value $0.01 per share, which will track the
economic performance of Infoseek and certain Disney assets to be contributed by
Disney and its affiliates (the "Internet Group"), (ii) each outstanding share
of Infoseek Common Stock owned by Disney will remain outstanding, (iii) each
outstanding share of Infoseek Common Stock owned by DEI will be converted into
shares of a new series of Disney voting preferred stock and (iv) Infoseek will
become a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Disney. Disney will retain an
approximately 72% interest in the economic performance of the Internet Group.
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--
(Continued)
Between July 12 and July 15, 1999 twelve actions challenging the transaction
in which Disney will acquire Infoseek and establish go.com were brought against
Infoseek, the board of directors of Infoseek and Disney in the Delaware Court
of Chancery:
Carl S. Barron v. Harry M. Motro, et al. Civ. No. 17307NC
Mary Chiu v. Infoseek Corporation, et al. Civ. No. 17291NC
Ellis Investments Ltd. v. Harry M. Motro, et al. Civ. No. 17286NC
Rosalind Finkelstein v. Infoseek Corporation, et al. Civ. No. 17290 NC
Allan S. Freberg v. Harry M. Motro, et al. Civ. No. 17289 NC
Matthew Greenblatt v. Harry M. Motro, et al. Civ. No.17301NC
Marvin Kotrin v. Infoseek Corporation, et al., Civ. No. 17285 NC
Joseph Leone v. Infoseek Corporation, et al., Civ. No. 17287 NC
Bruce Nattress v. Infoseek Corporation, et al., Civ. No. 17288NC
Gary L. Smith v. Infoseek Corporation, et al., Civ. No. 17303NC
Brian Simonetti v. Harry M. Motro, et al., Civ. No. 17297 NC
Barbara Witken v. Infoseek Corporation, et al., Civ. No. 17295NC
These twelve actions were consolidated into a single action (the
"Consolidated Action") by an order entered by the Delaware Court of Chancery on
August 24, 1999. The Consolidated Action is styled In re Infoseek Corporation
Shareholders Litigation, Consolidated C.A. No. 17286NC. The designated
complaint in
the Consolidated Action alleges, among other things, that the board of
directors of Infoseek breached its fiduciary duties to its stockholders and
that the transaction enriches Disney at the expense of the other Infoseek
stockholders. The complaint seeks both preliminary and permanent injunctions
against the transaction and, if the transaction is completed, unspecified
damages. Infoseek denies all the material allegations of the complaint and is
defending against it.
On July 15 and 16, 1999, respectively, the following actions were filed
against Infoseek, the boards of directors of Infoseek and Disney in the
Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Santa Clara:
Michael Richards v. Steven M. Bornstein, et al., Case No. CV 783265 and Michael
Basta v. Steven M. Bornstein, et al., Case No. CV 783282. Each of these actions
are class action complaints and allege similar breaches of fiduciary duty and
seek to enjoin the proposed merger and the related transactions as unfair to
Infoseek's stockholders. Infoseek believes that each of these stockholder class
action complaints is without merit, and Infoseek intends to vigorously defend
itself against each of those claims.
The cost of defending these actions and their ultimate outcomes are
uncertain and cannot be estimated. There can be no assurance that Infoseek will
prevail in these actions, or that the result will not materially harm
Infoseek's business. As the outcome of these cases cannot reasonably be
determined, Infoseek has not accrued for any potential loss contingencies.
From time to time, Infoseek may also be a party to litigation and claims
arising in the ordinary course of its business. Although the results of these
litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, Infoseek believes
that the final outcome of these matters will not materially harm its business.
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--
(Continued)
Note 15. Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three Months Ended
-----------------------------
January April 3, July 3,
2, 1999 1999 1999
--------- -------- --------
(In thousands, except per
share data)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Total revenues.................................. $ 30,175 $ 29,637 $ 36,142
Cost and expenses:
Hosting, content and website cost............. 8,190 12,509 17,057
Amortization of intangibles related to
hosting, content and website costs........... 4,357 9,585 9,759
--------- -------- --------
Total hosting, content and website costs.... 13,267 22,094 26,816
Research and development........................ 4,481 7,871 9,535
Sales and marketing............................. 29,443 27,772 28,830
General and administrative...................... 6,930 6,066 5,089
Amortization of goodwill........................ 8,233 17,407 17,756
In-process research and development............. 72,600 4,339 --
--------- -------- --------
Total costs and expenses...................... 134,954 85,549 88,027
--------- -------- --------
Operating loss.................................. (104,779) (55,912) (51,885)
Loss from Joint Ventures........................ (1,282) (4,137) (2,575)
Interest income, net............................ 2,013 3,023 3,168
--------- -------- --------
Net loss........................................ $(104,048) $(56,846) $(51,292)
========= ======== ========
Basic and diluted net loss per share............ $ (2.26) $ (0.93) $ (0.83)
========= ======== ========
</TABLE>
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REPORT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Infoseek Corporation
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Infoseek
Corporation as of October 3, 1998 and December 31, 1997, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for
the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and for each of the two years in the
period ended December 31, 1997. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position
of Infoseek Corporation at October 3, 1998 and December 31, 1997, and the
consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for the nine months
ended October 3, 1998 and for each of the two years in the period ended
December 31, 1997, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
San Jose, California
January 20, 1999
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
October 3, December 31,
1998 1997
---------- ------------
<S> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents............................ $ 628 $ 3,323
Short-term investments............................... 51,240 28,116
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful
accounts of $1,675 in 1998 and $980 in 1997......... 6,942 6,921
Prepaid to service providers......................... 20,338 --
Other current assets................................. 998 648
-------- -------
Total current assets............................... 80,146 39,008
Property and equipment:
Computer and office equipment........................ 25,151 16,525
Furniture and fixtures............................... 1,546 935
Leasehold improvements............................... 2,153 1,323
-------- -------
28,850 18,783
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization....... 13,480 8,295
-------- -------
Net property and equipment............................. 15,370 10,488
Direct acquisition costs............................... 2,825 --
Deposits and other assets.............................. 3,315 1,993
-------- -------
Total assets....................................... $101,656 $51,489
======== =======
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable..................................... $ 3,560 $ 4,861
Accrued payroll and related expenses................. 2,191 1,630
Accrued liabilities to service providers............. 16,058 4,221
Other accrued liabilities............................ 2,418 2,262
Deferred revenue..................................... 4,789 2,564
Accrued restructuring and other charges.............. -- 1,877
Short-term obligations............................... 2,942 2,575
-------- -------
Total current liabilities.......................... 31,958 19,990
Long-term obligations.................................. 2,981 4,493
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders' equity:
Preferred stock, no par value:
Authorized shares--5,000
No shares issued and outstanding..................... -- --
Common stock, no par value:
Authorized shares--60,000
Issued and outstanding shares--31,508 in 1998 and
27,534 in 1997...................................... 121,292 76,000
Accumulated deficit.................................... (53,724) (48,030)
Deferred compensation.................................. (717) (753)
Notes receivable from shareholders..................... (134) (211)
-------- -------
Total shareholders' equity......................... 66,717 27,006
-------- -------
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity......... $101,656 $51,489
======== =======
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended
------------------------ Years Ended
December 31,
October 3, September 30, ------------------
1998 1997 1997 1996
---------- ------------- -------- --------
(Unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues:
Advertising and other revenues.. $45,044 $ 21,062 $ 32,941 $ 15,095
Software licensing revenues..... 5,671 1,345 2,141 --
------- -------- -------- --------
Total revenues.................... 50,715 22,407 35,082 15,095
Costs and expenses:
Hosting, content and website
costs.......................... 7,956 4,397 6,319 3,194
Research and development........ 7,432 5,879 7,900 4,550
Sales and marketing............. 35,144 22,520 34,320 20,455
General and administrative...... 7,876 5,242 7,042 4,177
Restructuring and other
charges........................ -- 7,349 7,349 --
------- -------- -------- --------
Total costs and expenses.......... 58,408 45,387 62,930 32,376
------- -------- -------- --------
Operating loss.................... (7,693) (22,980) (27,848) (17,281)
Interest income................... 2,516 1,502 1,943 1,771
Interest expense.................. (517) (436) (657) (428)
------- -------- -------- --------
Net loss.......................... $(5,694) $(21,914) $(26,562) $(15,938)
======= ======== ======== ========
Basic and diluted net loss per
share............................ $ (0.19) $ (0.83) $ (1.00) $ (0.72)
Shares used in computing basic and
diluted net loss
per share........................ 30,512 26,270 26,627 22,120
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Years Ended
Nine Months Ended December 31,
------------------------ ------------------
October 3, September 30,
1998 1997 1997 1996
---------- ------------- -------- --------
(Unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Cash flows from operating
activities:
Net loss................. $ (5,694) $(21,914) $(26,562) $(15,938)
Adjustments to reconcile
net loss to net cash
used in operating
activities:
Depreciation and
amortization.......... 5,185 3,920 4,849 2,157
Provision for doubtful
accounts.............. 1,045 242 930 651
Writedown of
restructure related
assets................ -- -- 2,080 --
Amortization of
unearned compensation
related to stock
options............... 314 717 832 1,347
Changes in operating
assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable.... (1,066) (2,070) (5,420) (2,580)
Prepaid to service
providers............. (5,838) -- -- --
Other current assets... (350) (186) (211) (260)
Direct acquisition
costs................. (2,825) -- -- --
Deposits and other
assets................ (1,322) (898) (1,490) --
Accounts payable....... (1,301) (1,219) 1,491 2,047
Accrued payroll and
related expenses...... 561 (237) 253 1,291
Accrued liabilities to
service providers..... (2,663) 2,357 4,221 --
Other accrued
liabilities........... 156 229 1,192 457
Deferred revenue....... 2,225 854 1,804 760
Accrued restructuring
and other charges..... (1,877) 2,904 1,877 --
-------- -------- -------- --------
Net cash used in
operating activities.... (13,450) (15,301) (14,154) (10,068)
Cash flows from investing
activities:
Purchases of available-
for-sale investments.... (151,407) (29,667) (44,769) (92,966)
Proceeds from
sales/maturities of
available-for-sale
investments............. 128,283 44,428 59,520 50,596
Issuance of notes
receivable.............. -- -- (950) (600)
Purchase of property and
equipment............... (9,363) (7,479) (7,597) (6,857)
-------- -------- -------- --------
Net cash provided by
(used in) investing
activities.............. (32,487) 7,282 6,204 (49,827)
Cash flows from financing
activities:
Proceeds from term loan.. 133 5,000 5,265 2,573
Repayments of term loan.. (1,850) (815) (1,082) (763)
Principal payments on
capital leases.......... (132) -- -- --
Proceeds from issuance of
convertible debt........ -- -- 305 --
Payment of deposit....... -- -- -- (693)
Proceeds from sale of
convertible preferred
stock, net of issuance
costs................... -- -- -- 17,619
Proceeds from sale of
common stock, net of
issuance costs.......... 43,015 972 1,217 43,785
Proceeds from the
exercise of stock
options................. 1,520 1,018 1,183 6
Proceeds from employee
stock purchase plan..... 479 295 295 --
Proceeds from repayment
of notes receivable from
shareholders............ 77 302 302 28
Repurchase of common
stock................... -- -- -- (3)
-------- -------- -------- --------
Net cash provided by
financing activities.... 43,242 6,772 7,485 62,552
-------- -------- -------- --------
Net increase (decrease)
in cash and cash
equivalents............. (2,695) (1,247) (465) 2,657
Cash and cash equivalents
at beginning of period.. 3,323 3,788 3,788 1,129
-------- -------- -------- --------
Cash and cash equivalents
at end of period........ $ 628 $ 2,541 $ 3,323 $ 3,786
======== ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NONCASH OPERATING, INVESTING AND FINANCING
ACTIVITIES
An increase in prepaid to service providers for an increase in accrued
liabilities to service providers amounted to $14,500,000 for the nine months
ended October 3, 1998 and none (unaudited) for the nine months ended September
30, 1997 and none for the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996. Unearned
compensation related to stock options amounted to $352,000 and none (unaudited)
for the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997, respectively,
and $440,000 and $3,102,000 for the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996,
respectively. Cash paid for interest expense amounted to $517,000 and $436,000
(unaudited) for the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997,
respectively, and $657,000 and $428,000 for the years ended December 31, 1997
and 1996, respectively. Assets acquired under capital leases totaled $704,000
and none (unaudited) for the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and September
30, 1997, respectively (none for the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996).
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
(In thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Convertible Notes
Preferred Stock Common Stock Receivable Total
----------------- ---------------- Accumulated Deferred From Shareholders'
Shares Amount Shares Amount Deficit Compensation Shareholders Equity
-------- -------- ------ -------- ----------- ------------ ------------ -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance at December 31,
1995................... 15,580 $ 6,695 4,000 $ 2,410 $ (4,833) $(2,080) $ (50) $ 2,142
Cancellation of
convertible preferred
stock issued for
purchased technology... (280) -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Unearned compensation
related to stock
options................ -- -- -- 3,102 -- (3,102) -- --
Amortization of unearned
compensation........... -- -- -- -- -- 1,346 -- 1,346
Issuance of convertible
preferred stock for
cash, net of issuance
costs.................. 2,267 17,619 -- -- -- -- -- 17,619
Repurchases of common
stock.................. -- -- (325) (3) -- -- -- (3)
Issuance of common stock
to officers............ -- -- 787 910 -- -- (610) 300
Cancellation of note
receivable and
repurchase of shares... -- -- (365) (470) -- 290 180 --
Payment on shareholders'
notes receivable....... -- -- -- -- -- -- 28 28
Conversion of
convertible preferred
stock into common stock
upon the initial public
offering............... (17,567) (24,314) 17,567 24,314 -- -- -- --
Issuance of common stock
in connection with
initial public
offering, net of
issuance costs......... -- -- 3,973 43,485 -- -- -- 43,485
Exercise of common stock
options................ -- -- 54 6 -- -- -- 6
Net loss and
comprehensive net
loss................... -- -- -- -- (15,938) -- -- (15,938)
-------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ------- ------ -------
Balance at December 31,
1996................... -- -- 25,691 73,754 (20,771) (3,546) (452) 48,985
Issuance of common stock
and activity from
merger with WebChat
Communications, Inc. .. -- -- 167 571 (697) -- -- (126)
Issuance of common stock
for cash............... -- -- 58 1,217 -- -- -- 1,217
Unearned compensation
related to stock
options................ -- -- -- 440 -- (440) -- --
Amortization of unearned
compensation........... -- -- -- -- -- 832 -- 832
Reversal of unearned
compensation........... -- -- -- (2,071) -- 2,071 -- --
Writeoff deferred
compensation related to
restructure............ -- -- -- -- -- 330 -- 330
Repurchases of common
stock.................. -- -- (27) -- -- -- -- --
Issuance of common stock
for notes receivable... -- -- 38 61 -- -- (61) --
Payment on shareholders'
notes receivable....... -- -- -- -- -- -- 302 302
Conversion of debt into
common stock........... -- -- 27 550 -- -- -- 550
Exercise of common stock
options................ -- -- 1,445 1,183 -- -- -- 1,183
Issuance of common stock
through employee stock
purchase plan.......... -- -- 44 295 -- -- -- 295
Issuance of common stock
from exercise of
warrants............... -- -- 91 -- -- -- -- --
Net loss and
comprehensive net
loss................... -- -- -- -- (26,562) -- -- (26,562)
-------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ------- ------ -------
Balance at December 31,
1997................... -- -- 27,534 76,000 (48,030) (753) (211) 27,006
Unearned compensation
related to stock
options................ -- -- -- 352 -- (352) -- --
Amortization of unearned
compensation........... -- -- -- -- -- 314 -- 314
Reversal of unearned
compensation........... -- -- -- (74) -- 74 -- --
Payment on shareholders'
notes receivable....... -- -- -- -- -- -- 77 77
Exercise of common stock
options................ -- -- 480 1,520 -- -- -- 1,520
Issuance of common stock
through employee stock
purchase plan.......... -- -- 44 479 -- -- -- 479
Issuance of common stock
in connection with
follow-on public
offering, net of
issuance costs......... -- -- 3,450 43,015 -- -- -- 43,015
Net loss and
comprehensive net
loss................... -- -- -- -- (5,694) -- -- (5,694)
-------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ------- ------ -------
Balance at October 3,
1998................... -- $ -- 31,508 $121,292 $(53,724) $ (717) $ (134) $66,717
======== ======== ====== ======== ======== ======= ====== =======
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Information pertaining to the nine month
period ended September 30, 1997 is unaudited)
1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Organization. Infoseek Corporation, ("Infoseek" or the "Company"), provides
leading Internet search and navigation technology, products and services that
use the World Wide Web to empower users to make their lives easier. Infoseek is
able to segment users by interest area, providing advertisers with focused and
targeted audiences. The Infoseek Service is a comprehensive Internet gateway
that combines search and navigation with directories of relevant information
sources and content sites, offers chat and instant messaging for communicating
shared interest and facilitates the purchase of related goods and services.
Infoseek conducts its business predominantly within one industry segment.
Basis of Presentation. The consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of Infoseek and its wholly-owned subsidiary. All significant
intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. As more fully
described in Note 2, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infoseek merged with WebChat
Communications, Inc. ("WebChat") in April 1998 in a pooling of interests
transaction. The consolidated financial statements for 1997 have been restated
to include the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of
WebChat. The basic and diluted net loss per share impact of restating prior
periods in connection with the WebChat acquisition was a $0.07 increase in
basic and diluted net loss per share for the year ended December 31, 1997, and
a $0.05 increase in basic and diluted net loss per share for the nine months
ended September 30, 1997. Prior to 1997, these amounts for WebChat were not
significant compared to those of Infoseek and accordingly, Infoseek's
previously issued financial statements were not restated. An adjustment was
made to the beginning 1997 common stock and accumulated deficit as a result of
not restating Infoseek's financial statements prior to 1997.
In January 1999, Infoseek changed from a calendar year ended December 31 to
a fiscal year with 52-or 53-week periods ending on the Saturday nearest
September 30. Infoseek's financial statements have been presented to reflect
this change. The results of operations and cash flows of Infoseek for the nine
months ended October 3, 1998 contained 276 days and compares to 273 days for
the unaudited results of operations and cash flows for the nine months ended
September 30, 1997.
Unaudited Interim Financial Information. The accompanying consolidated
financial statements for the nine month period ended September 30, 1997 are
unaudited but include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals)
which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair statement of the
operating results and cash flows for the period presented.
Cash and Cash Equivalents. Infoseek considers all highly liquid debt
instruments which are purchased with a maturity of three months or less to be
cash equivalents.
Short-Term Investments. Infoseek accounts for investments in accordance with
Financial Accounting Standards Board, Statement No. 115, "Accounting for
Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities." Management determines the
appropriate classification of debt securities at the time of purchase and
reevaluates such designation as of each balance sheet date. Infoseek's short-
term investments, which consist primarily of commercial paper and government
agency notes with maturities of one year or less, are classified as available-
for-sale and are carried at amortized cost which approximates fair market
value. The amortized cost of debt securities in this category is adjusted for
amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts to maturity. Such
amortization, as well as any interest on the securities, is included in
interest income. Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be
other-than-temporary on available-for-sale securities are included in interest
income and interest expense, respectively. The cost of securities sold is based
on the specific identification method. Infoseek had no significant investments
in equity securities at October 3, 1998 and December 31, 1997.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Information pertaining to the nine month
period ended September 30, 1997 is unaudited)
Property and Equipment. Property and equipment are carried at cost less
accumulated depreciation. Infoseek depreciates property and equipment using the
straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of three to five years.
Leasehold improvements are amortized using the straight-line method over the
shorter of the life of the related asset or the term of the lease.
Research and Development. Research and development expenditures are
generally charged to operations as incurred. Financial Accounting Standards
Board, Statement No. 86, "Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software to be
Sold, Leased or Otherwise Marketed," requires the capitalization of certain
software development costs subsequent to the establishment of technological
feasibility. In Infoseek's case, capitalization would begin upon completion of
a working model as Infoseek does not prepare detail program designs as part of
the development process. As of October 3, 1998 and December 31, 1997,
capitalized costs of this nature were insignificant.
Stock-Based Compensation. Infoseek has elected to follow Accounting
Principles Board Opinion No. 25 ("APB No. 25"), "Accounting of Stock Issued to
Employees" and related interpretations, in accounting for its employee stock
options because, as discussed below, the alternative fair value accounting
provided for under Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 123
("SFAS No. 123"), "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," requires use of
option valuation models that were not developed for use in valuing employee
stock options. Under APB No. 25, with the exception of certain options granted
during the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997 and for the
years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996 as discussed in Note 8, no compensation
expense is recognized as the exercise price of Infoseek's employee stock
options equals the market price of the underlying stock on the date of grant.
Long-Lived Assets. In 1995, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
released Statement No. 121 ("SFAS No. 121"), "Accounting for the Impairment of
Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of." SFAS No. 121
requires recognition of impairment of long-lived assets in the event the net
book value of such assets exceeds the future undiscounted cash flows
attributable to such assets. SFAS No. 121 has not had a significant impact on
the consolidated financial statements of Infoseek.
Revenue Recognition. Infoseek's advertising revenues are derived principally
from short-term advertising contracts in which Infoseek guarantees a minimum
number of impressions for a fixed fee. Advertising revenues are recognized
ratably over the term of the contract provided that the monthly minimum
impressions are met, Infoseek does not have any remaining significant
obligations, and collection of the resulting receivable is probable. To the
extent the minimum guaranteed impressions are not met, Infoseek defers
recognition of the revenue until guaranteed impressions levels are met.
Also included in advertising revenues is the exchange by Infoseek of
advertising space on Infoseek's Web sites for reciprocal advertising space in
other media publications or other Web sites or receipt of applicable goods and
services. Revenues from these exchange transactions are recorded as advertising
revenue at the estimated fair value of the goods and services received and are
recognized when both Infoseek's advertisements and the reciprocal
advertisements are run, or goods or services are received. Advertising revenues
recognized under these trading activities were less than 10% of total revenues
for all periods presented.
In late 1997, Infoseek released a new version of its service which now
features 18 channels, and provides opportunities for revenue from the sale of
channel sponsorships, as well as to enable Infoseek to share in a portion of
the revenue generated by its users with these channel sponsors. Revenue
generated by channel sponsors is included in advertising revenues and is
generally recognized on a straight line basis over the term of the agreements
provided that minimum impressions are met.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Information pertaining to the nine month
period ended September 30, 1997 is unaudited)
In October 1997, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
issued Statement of Position No. 97-2, "Software Revenue Recognition" ("SOP 97-
2"), which superseded Statement of Position 91-1, "Software Revenue
Recognition", and provides guidance on generally accepted accounting principles
for recognizing revenue on software transactions.
SOP 97-2 requires that revenue recognized from software arrangements be
allocated to each element of the arrangement based on the relative fair values
of the elements, such as software products, upgrades, enhancements, post
contract customer support, installation, or training. Under SOP 97-2, the
determination of fair value is based on objective evidence which is specific to
the vendor. If such evidence of fair value for each element of the arrangement
does not exist, all revenue from the arrangement is deferred until such time
that evidence of fair value does exist or until all elements of the arrangement
are delivered. SOP 97-2 was amended in February 1998 by Statement of Position
98-4 ("SOP 98-4"), "Deferral of the Effective Date of a Provision of SOP 97-2",
which deferred for one year the specification of what was considered vendor
specific objective evidence of fair value for the various elements in a
multiple element arrangement. Infoseek has adopted the provisions of these SOPs
as of January 1, 1998.
Infoseek recognizes revenue allocable to software licenses and specified
upgrades upon delivery of the software product or upgrade to the end user,
unless the fee is not fixed or determinable or collectibility is not probable.
Infoseek considers all arrangements with payment terms extending beyond twelve
months and other arrangements with payment terms longer than normal not to be
fixed or determinable. If the fee is not fixed or determinable, revenue is
recognized as payments become due from the customer.
Postcontract customer support ("PCS") includes telephone support, bug fixes,
and rights to upgrades on a when-and-if-available basis. In software
arrangements that include rights to multiple software products, specified
upgrades, PCS, and/or other services, Infoseek allocates the total arrangement
fee among each deliverable based on the relative fair value of each deliverable
based on vendor-specific objective evidence. Revenue allocable to PCS is
recognized on a straight-line basis over the period PCS is provided.
Infoseek derived revenues of $5,671,000 and $1,345,000 for the nine months
ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997, respectively, and $2,141,000 for
the year ended December 31, 1997 from the licensing of its Ultraseek technology
and the sale of PCS.
During 1996, Infoseek also derived revenues of $144,000 from fees related to
a premium subscription service offered to business and professional users.
Revenues from this service were recognized over the period the services were
provided. During the third quarter of 1996, Infoseek discontinued this service.
Advertising Costs. Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising
costs, which include service provider fees and reciprocal advertising amounted
to $17,697,000 and $10,104,000 for the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and
September 30, 1997, respectively, and were $15,104,000 and $8,523,000 for the
years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively. Infoseek does not incur
any significant direct response advertising costs.
Concentration of Credit Risk. Financial instruments that potentially subject
Infoseek to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash
equivalents, short-term investments, and trade receivables. Infoseek places its
cash equivalents and short-term investments with high-quality financial
institutions. Through October 3, 1998, Infoseek invested its excess cash in
commercial paper, government agency notes and money market funds. Through
October 3, 1998, Infoseek operates predominantly in one business segment (see
Note 13) and sells advertising to various companies across several industries.
Infoseek generally does not require collateral.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Information pertaining to the nine month
period ended September 30, 1997 is unaudited)
Infoseek maintains allowances for credit losses, and such losses have been
within management's expectations. For the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and
for the year ended December 31, 1997, no customer accounted for greater than
10% of total revenues. For the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and for the
year ended December 31, 1996, one customer (a related party, see Note 12)
accounted for 10% and 12% of total revenues, respectively.
Net Loss Per Share. In 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued
Statement No. 128, ("SFAS No. 128") "Earnings Per Share". SFAS No. 128 replaced
the calculation of primary and fully diluted earnings per share with basic and
diluted earnings per share. Unlike primary and fully diluted earnings per
share, outstanding nonvested shares are not included in the computations of
basic and diluted earnings per share until the time-based vesting restriction
has lapsed. Basic earnings per share also excludes any dilutive effects of
options, warrants and convertible securities. Diluted earnings per share is
very similar to the previously reported fully diluted earnings per share. In
addition, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting
Bulletin No. 98, "Earnings Per Share" in February 1998. Staff Accounting
Bulletin No. 98 effected the treatment of certain stock and warrants ("cheap
stock") issued within a one-year period prior to an initial public offering.
Earnings per share amounts presented have been restated for the nine months
ended September 30, 1997 and for the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996 to
conform to the requirements of SFAS No. 128 and Staff Accounting Bulletin No.
98.
Net loss per share information for 1997 has been adjusted on a retroactive
basis to give effect to the merger with WebChat (see Note 2), whereby each
share of WebChat was converted to 0.03 shares of Infoseek common stock. Share
information for 1996 has not been restated due to WebChat amounts being
insignificant.
Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements. The preparation
of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect
the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent
assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements as well as the
reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual
results inevitably will differ from those estimates, and such differences may
be material to the financial statements.
Comprehensive Income. During 1998, Infoseek adopted Financial Accounting
Standards Board Statement No. 130 ("SFAS No. 130"), "Reporting Comprehensive
Income". SFAS No. 130 establishes rules for reporting and displaying
comprehensive income or comprehensive net loss. Infoseek's total comprehensive
net loss was the same as its net loss for the nine months ended October 3, 1998
and September 30, 1997 and for the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996.
Segment Information. During 1998, Infoseek adopted the Financial Accounting
Standards Board Statement No. 131 ("SFAS No. 131"), "Disclosures About Segments
of An Enterprise and Related Information". SFAS No. 131 requires Infoseek to
use the "management approach" in disclosing segment information. Infoseek
conducts its business predominantly within one industry segment for all periods
presented. Management assesses Infoseek's performance, measures Infoseek's loss
and assets on a single segment basis. The single segment generates revenue
predominantly from the United States for all periods presented (see Note 13).
Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards. In June 1998, the Financial
Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities" (FAS
133). FAS 133 provides a comprehensive and consistent standard for the
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Information pertaining to the nine month
period ended September 30, 1997 is unaudited)
recognition and measurements of derivatives and hedging activities. FAS 133 is
effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 1999 and management
believes that the adoption of the Statement will not have a significant impact
on the financial position, operating results or cash flows of Infoseek.
Reclassifications. Certain reclassifications, none of which affected net
loss, have been made to prior year's amounts in order to conform to the current
year's presentation. Hosting, content and website costs represent Infoseek's
cost of goods sold.
2. Business Combination
On April 17, 1998, Infoseek acquired WebChat in a tax-free reorganization in
which a wholly owned subsidiary of Infoseek was merged directly into WebChat.
Infoseek has exchanged approximately 316,000 shares of Infoseek Corporation
common stock and has reserved approximately 11,000 shares for WebChat options
assumed by Infoseek. Each share exchanged represents 0.03 share of common stock
of Infoseek for each share of the common, and preferred stock of WebChat.
Merger related expenses were not significant and were recorded in the second
quarter of 1998. The merger has been accounted for under the pooling of
interests method.
A reconciliation of revenues and net loss of Infoseek, as previously
reported, WebChat and combined for the year ended December 31, 1997 is as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Net
Revenues loss
-------- -------
(In thousands)
<S> <C> <C>
Infoseek................................................ $34,603 $24,623
WebChat................................................. 479 1,939
------- -------
Combined................................................ $35,082 $26,562
======= =======
</TABLE>
3. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The following estimated fair value amounts have been determined by Infoseek
using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies.
However, considerable judgment is required in interpreting market data to
develop the estimates of fair value. Accordingly, the estimates presented
herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that Infoseek could
realize in a current market exchange.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Information pertaining to the nine month
period ended September 30, 1997 is unaudited)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
At October 3, 1998
-----------------------------------------
Gross Gross Estimated
Amortized Unrealized Unrealized Fair
Short-term investments Cost Gains Losses Value
---------------------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------
(In thousands)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Commercial paper................. $46,823 $-- $-- $46,823
Money market fund................ 4,417 -- -- 4,417
------- ---- ---- -------
Total........................ $51,240 $-- $-- $51,240
======= ==== ==== =======
<CAPTION>
At December 31, 1997
-----------------------------------------
Gross Gross Estimated
Amortized Unrealized Unrealized Fair
Short-term investments Cost Gains Losses Value
---------------------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------
(In thousands)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Commercial paper................. $23,007 $-- $-- $23,007
Government agency notes.......... 4,003 2 -- 4,005
Money market fund................ 1,106 -- -- 1,106
------- ---- ---- -------
Total........................ $28,116 $ 2 $-- $28,118
======= ==== ==== =======
</TABLE>
Realized gains and losses were insignificant during the nine months ended
October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997 and for the years ended December 31,
1997 and 1996.
4. Obligations
In March 1997, Infoseek entered into a four year, $5,000,000 equipment term
loan facility. The loan bears interest at the bank's prime rate plus 0.25%
(8.75% at October 3, 1998 and December 31, 1997). Under the terms of the
agreement, Infoseek grants a security interest in certain assets of Infoseek
and must maintain financial covenants including minimum tangible net worth and
others based on monthly cash balances. Under the equipment term loan facility,
Infoseek is restricted in its ability to pay dividends. Interest-only payments
will be made during the first twelve months and borrowings and interest will be
repaid on a straight-line basis over 36 months beginning in month thirteen of
the facility. As of October 3, 1998 and December 31, 1997, there was
approximately $4,345,000 and $5,000,000 outstanding against the term loan
facility, respectively.
In February 1997, WebChat entered into a three and one half year $300,000
equipment term loan facility. Infoseek repaid the equipment term loan during
the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and no amount was outstanding under the
equipment term loan facility as of October 3, 1998. As of December 31, 1997,
there was approximately $265,000 outstanding against the term loan facility.
In 1996 and 1995, Infoseek entered into term loan agreements with a lending
institution under which Infoseek borrowed approximately $3,540,000 to finance
the purchase of equipment. Borrowings made under the agreement are due over 37
months, bear interest ranging from 15.80% to 16.39%, and are secured by certain
assets of Infoseek. As of October 3, 1998 and December 31, 1997, approximately
$1,006,000 and $1,803,000 were outstanding against the term loan agreements,
respectively.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Information pertaining to the nine month
period ended September 30, 1997 is unaudited)
Maturities under these obligations are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
October 3, 1998
---------------
(In thousands)
<S> <C>
1999..................................................... $2,683
2000..................................................... 1,810
2001..................................................... 858
------
$5,351
======
</TABLE>
5. Commitments
Infoseek leases its facilities under operating lease agreements which
expire at various dates through 2006. Total rent expense for the nine months
ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997 was $2,003,000 and $866,000,
respectively, and for the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996, total rent
expense was $1,397,000 and $379,000, respectively. In January 1998, Infoseek
signed an agreement to sublease approximately 20,500 square feet of its
Sunnyvale, California facility. In connection with the sublease agreement,
Infoseek will receive future rent payments of approximately $393,000 in 1999.
For the nine months ended October 3, 1998, Infoseek recorded sublease rental
income of $279,000.
Infoseek leases certain equipment under noncancelable lease agreements that
are accounted for as capital leases. Equipment under capital lease
arrangements is included in property and equipment and aggregated $704,000 at
October 3, 1998. Related accumulated amortization was $209,000 at October 3,
1998. Amortization expense related to assets under capital leases is included
in depreciation expense. In addition, the capital leases are secured by the
related equipment, and Infoseek is required to maintain liability and property
damage insurance.
Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases and
capital leases are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
October 3, 1998
-------------------------------
Operating Leases Capital Leases
---------------- --------------
(In thousands)
<S> <C> <C>
1999...................................... $2,735 $269
2000...................................... 2,483 243
2001...................................... 2,059 105
2002...................................... 1,789 --
2003...................................... 282 --
------ ----
Total minimum payments.................... $9,348 617
======
Less amount representing interest......... (45)
----
572
Less current portion...................... (259)
----
$313
====
</TABLE>
Netscape
Historically, a large portion of Infoseek's traffic was derived through the
Web page of Netscape Communications Corporation ("Netscape"). In March 1996,
Infoseek entered into an agreement with Netscape, which provided that Infoseek
would be listed as a Premier Provider on Netscape's Web page for the period
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Information pertaining to the nine month
period ended September 30, 1997 is unaudited)
from April 10, 1996 to March 31, 1997. This agreement with Netscape provided
for payments of up to an aggregate of $5,000,000 in cash and reciprocal
advertising ($3,500,000 in cash and $1,500,000 in reciprocal advertising) over
the course of the one-year term of the agreement. In March 1997, Infoseek
renewed its agreement with Netscape under terms that extended the current
contract through April 30, 1997 and thereafter provided for Infoseek to be one
of four premier providers displayed on Netscape's Web page for the period of
May 1, 1997 through April 30, 1998. The renewed agreement with Netscape
provided for payments of up to an aggregate of $12,500,000 in cash and
reciprocal advertising ($10,000,000 in cash and $2,500,000 in reciprocal
advertising) over the term of the agreement.
As of June 1, 1998, Infoseek had entered into an one-year agreement with
Netscape with terms that provide for Infoseek to pay, based on impressions
delivered, up to an aggregate of $12,500,000 in cash to be one of the six non-
exclusive premier providers of navigational services (along with Excite,
Netscape, Lycos, Alta Vista, and LookSmart). Under the terms of the agreement,
Infoseek will receive 15% of premiere provider rotations-the pages served to
visitors who have not selected a preferred provider. The payments to Netscape
are being recognized ratably over the term of the agreement. Infoseek and
Netscape subsequently renegotiated the agreement (see Note 15).
During the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997,
Infoseek recognized $6,595,000 and $5,416,000, respectively, of expense related
to this agreement and for the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996, Infoseek
recognized $9,583,000 and $3,750,000, respectively, of expense related to this
agreement. The costs of the Netscape agreement are being recognized ratably
over the term of the agreement. As of October 3, 1998, Infoseek has a cash
commitment ranging from a minimum of $4,150,000 to a maximum of $12,500,000
depending on the level of traffic delivered by Netscape in connection with this
agreement. At December 31, 1997, Infoseek had $7,555,000 of cash commitment
remaining in connection with the agreement. At October 3, 1998 and December 31,
1997, $1,558,000 and $4,221,000 are included in accrued liabilities to service
providers, respectively.
In July 1997, Infoseek entered into an one-year agreement with Netscape
whereby it was designated as a premier provider of international search and
navigational guide services for the Netscape Net Search Program. Under the
terms of the agreement, Infoseek will provide services for 10 Netscape local
Web sites. Infoseek's agreement with Netscape provides for payments ranging
from a minimum of $666,000 ($400,000 in cash and $266,000 in reciprocal
advertising) to a maximum of $1,219,000 ($677,000 in cash and $542,000 in
reciprocal advertising) depending on the level of traffic delivered by
Netscape. For the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997,
Infoseek incurred sales and marketing expenses of approximately $506,000 and
$100,000 under this agreement, respectively. During the year ended December 31,
1997, Netscape delivered traffic at the minimum level and as a result Infoseek
recognized sales and marketing expenses of approximately $333,000 under this
agreement. As of October 3, 1998, Infoseek had a cash commitment of $248,000.
At December 31, 1997, Infoseek had a cash commitment ranging from a minimum of
$74,000 to a maximum of $351,000 depending on the level of traffic delivered by
Netscape in connection with this agreement. This agreement originally expired
on June 30, 1998, but was subsequently extended to September 30, 1998 under
similar terms.
Microsoft and WebTV Networks
Infoseek also had an agreement with Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft") to
provide navigational services on certain Microsoft web sites through which
Infoseek also receives traffic. In exchange for such traffic, Infoseek made
available to Microsoft advertising space on the Infoseek service free of
charge. Effective
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Information pertaining to the nine month
period ended September 30, 1997 is unaudited)
October 1, 1998, Infoseek terminated the agreement and entered into a new
agreement with Microsoft to become one of five premier providers of search and
navigation services on Microsoft's network of Internet products and services.
Under the terms of the new twelve month Microsoft agreement, Infoseek is
obligated to pay an aggregate of $10,675,000 for a guaranteed minimum number of
impressions on both Microsoft's Internet Explorer search feature and
Microsoft's website. Infoseek will also pay, based on the number of impressions
delivered, for additional impressions on both Internet Explorer and Microsoft's
website, up to a maximum of $18,000,000. The accounting treatment for the
Microsoft agreement will result in amortizing the obligation over the one-year
term of the agreement, beginning in the quarter ended January 2, 1999 which is
the quarter that the service is launched. In connection with the agreement,
Infoseek made a prepayment of $5,338,000 as of October 3, 1998, which is
included in prepaid to service providers.
In addition, Infoseek entered into an agreement with WebTV Networks, Inc.
("WebTV") pursuant to which Infoseek will be the exclusive provider of search
and directory services to WebTV. Under this two year agreement, Infoseek is
responsible for managing advertising sales for all of WebTV's search traffic
and the substantial majority of WebTV's current non-search traffic. Pursuant to
the agreement which was effective on August 28, 1998, Infoseek is obligated to
make cash payments to WebTV totaling $26,000,000, with $15,000,000 of such
amount being payable in advance for the first five quarters upon mutual
acceptance of the technology by both parties. In October 1998, Infoseek and
WebTV mutually accepted the technology pursuant to the agreement and,
accordingly, $15,000,000 was recorded in prepaid to service providers of which
$500,000 has been paid in cash and $14,500,000 is included in accrued
liabilities to service providers at October 3, 1998. The remaining $11,000,000
is being paid ratably over the last three quarters of the agreement term. Such
payments by Infoseek are subject to reimbursement depending on the number of
impressions delivered over the life of the agreement. Infoseek is to receive
all of the revenue generated from such advertising sales up to a pre-determined
amount that is in excess of Infoseek's total payment obligations to WebTV under
the agreement, with allocations of such revenue between Infoseek and WebTV
being made beyond this pre-determined amount.
Contingencies
From time to time, Infoseek may be a party to litigation and claims incident
to the ordinary course of its business. Although the results of litigation and
claims cannot be predicted with certainty, Infoseek believes that the final
outcome of such matters will not have a material adverse effect on Infoseek's
financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
6. Restructuring and Other Charges
During the second quarter of 1997, Infoseek recorded restructuring and other
charges of approximately $7,400,000, of which approximately $6,200,000 related
to a program to discontinue certain business arrangements, which were
determined to be non-strategic, and approximately $1,200,000 related to
management changes. Of these restructuring charges, approximately $5,000,000
involved cash outflows, all of which had been completed as of October 3, 1998.
Non-cash restructuring charges of approximately $2,400,000 related primarily to
the write-down of certain non-strategic business assets. There were no material
changes to the restructuring plan or in the estimates of the restructuring
costs. As of October 3, 1998, Infoseek had fully utilized its restructuring
reserve.
7. Shareholders' Equity
Preferred Stock. On May 15, 1996, the Board of Directors authorized
5,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock. In connection with this
action, the Board has the authority to issue in one or more series and to
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Information pertaining to the nine month
period ended September 30, 1997 is unaudited)
fix the rights, preferences, privileges, and restrictions thereof, without
further vote or action by the shareholders. No such shares have been issued to
date.
Convertible Preferred Stock. Through May of 1996, Infoseek issued series A,
B, C, and E convertible preferred stock. A portion of the Series E convertible
preferred stock was redeemable at the request of the holder. On June 11, 1996
Infoseek completed its initial public offering and at that time all outstanding
shares of convertible preferred stock were converted into common stock on a
one-for-one basis.
Common Stock. On May 15, 1996, Infoseek's Shareholders approved a 3-for-4
reverse stock split of Infoseek's preferred and common stock. All outstanding
preferred, common and common equivalent shares in the accompanying financial
statements have been retroactively adjusted to give effect to this reverse
stock split. At the same time, the Board of Directors approved the increase of
authorized common stock to 60,000,000 shares.
Founders' Common Stock. Infoseek has the right, at any time within sixty
days after termination of a founder's employment or service, to repurchase
certain common shares at the price per share paid by the founder. Infoseek's
right to repurchase lapses with respect to 25% of the total number of shares
held by the founder, commencing twelve months after purchase, and in monthly
increments of 2.08% of the total number of shares thereafter. There were no
founders' common shares subject to repurchase as of October 3, 1998 and at
December 31, 1997 there were 7,000 founders' common shares subject to
repurchase.
Notes Receivable from Shareholders. During 1997 and 1996, Infoseek entered
into agreements with certain officers and employees to sell approximately
38,000 and 412,000 shares, respectively, of Infoseek's common stock in exchange
for full recourse promissory notes. The shares are subject to repurchase by
Infoseek, and such repurchase options lapse in monthly increments of 2.08% of
the total number of shares purchased. At October 3, 1998 and December 31, 1997,
there were approximately 53,000 and 88,500 common shares, respectively, subject
to repurchase by Infoseek.
Follow-On Public Offering. In February 1998, Infoseek completed a follow-on
public offering of 3,450,000 shares of common stock and received proceeds of
approximately $43,015,000 net of underwriting discounts, commissions and other
offering costs.
Common Stock Reserved For Future Issuance. Shares of common stock reserved
for future issuance are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
October 3, 1998
---------------
(In thousands)
<S> <C>
Stock option plan........................................ 6,773
Employee stock purchase plan............................. 499
-----
7,272
=====
</TABLE>
8. Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan
Infoseek's Stock Option Plan (the "Predecessor Plan") provides for the grant
of incentive stock options and non statutory stock options to employees and
consultants of Infoseek at prices ranging from 85% to 110% (depending on the
type of grant) of the fair market value of the common stock on the date of
grant as determined by the Board of Directors.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Information pertaining to the nine month
period ended September 30, 1997 is unaudited)
In April 1996, the Board of Directors adopted the 1996 Stock Option/Stock
Issuance Plan (the "1996 Plan") which was approved by Infoseek's shareholders
on May 15, 1996. The 1996 Plan is intended to serve as the successor equity
incentive stock issuance program to the Predecessor Plan. Under the 1996 Plan,
7,225,000 shares of common stock have been authorized for issuance. In June
1998, Infoseek's shareholders ratified and approved to increase the number of
shares available for grant by 1,500,000 to a total of 8,725,000 for the 1996
Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan. The 1996 Plan is divided into three separate
components: the Discretionary Option Grant Program under which eligible
individuals may be granted options to purchase shares of common stock at an
exercise price of not less than 85% of their fair market value on the grant
date; the Stock Issuance Program under which eligible individuals may be issued
shares of common stock directly through the purchase of such shares at a price
of not less than 85% of their fair market value at the time of issuance or as a
bonus tied to the performance of services; and the Automatic Option Grant
Program under which option grants will automatically be made at periodic
intervals to eligible non employee Board members to purchase shares of common
stock at an exercise price equal to 100% of their fair market value on the
grant date. The vesting and exercise provisions of the option grants are
determined by the Board of Directors. Options generally vest and become
exercisable as to 25% of the shares one year from the date of grant and the
balance in monthly increments over the subsequent three years of service.
Options expire no later than ten years from the date of grant.
In conjunction with the acquisition of WebChat in April 1998 (see Note 2),
Infoseek also reserved approximately 11,000 shares for option grants under the
WebChat Communications, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan. The plan is administered
by Infoseek's Board of Directors and provides for incentive stock options or
nonqualified stock options to be issued to employees or consultants of
Infoseek. Prices for incentive stock options may not be less than the fair
value of the common stock at the date of grant. Prices for nonqualified stock
options may not be less than 85% of the fair value of the common stock at the
date of grant. Options become exercisable and vest over a period of at least
five years from the date of grant. Unexercised options expire ten years after
the date of grant.
Infoseek has elected to follow APB No. 25 and related interpretations in
accounting for its employee stock options because, as discussed below, the
alternative fair value accounting provided for under SFAS No. 123 requires use
of option valuation models that were not developed for use in valuing employee
stock options. Infoseek, under APB No. 25, generally does not recognize
compensation expense as the exercise price of Infoseek's employee stock options
equals the market price of the underlying stock on the date of grant.
Through October 3, 1998 and December 31, 1997, Infoseek recorded aggregate
deferred compensation of $6,018,000 and $5,666,000, respectively, representing
the difference between the grant price and the deemed fair value of Infoseek's
common stock granted during those periods. The amortization of deferred
compensation is being charged to operations and is being amortized over the
vesting period of the options, which is typically four years. For the nine
months ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997, amortized expenses were
$314,000 and $717,000, respectively, and for the years ended December 31, 1997
and 1996, the amortized expenses were $832,000 and $1,346,000, respectively.
Pro forma information regarding net loss and loss per share is required by
SFAS No. 123, which also requires that the information be determined as if
Infoseek has accounted for its employee stock options granted subsequent to
December 31, 1994 under the fair value method of this statement. For options
granted during the nine months ended October 3, 1998, the fair value was
estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes single option pricing
model with the following weighted average assumptions: weighted-average risk
free interest rate of 5.36%; a dividend yield of 0.0%; a volatility factor of
the expected market price of Infoseek's
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Information pertaining to the nine month
period ended September 30, 1997 is unaudited)
common stock of .99; and a weighted-average expected life of the option of five
years. The fair value for options granted during 1997 was estimated at the date
of grant using the Black-Scholes multiple option pricing model with the
following weighted average assumptions: risk-free interest rate ranging from
5.53% to 6.77%; a dividend yield of 0.0%; a volatility factor of the expected
market price of Infoseek's common stock of .87; and a weighted-average expected
life of the option of five years for officers and four years for non officers.
Subsequent to Infoseek's initial public offering in June 1996, the fair value
of options granted during the balance of 1996 were estimated with the following
weighted average assumptions: risk-free interest rates ranging from 5.18% to
6.58% in 1996; a dividend yield of 0.0%; a volatility factor of the expected
market price of Infoseek's common stock of .80; and a weighted-average expected
life of the option of five years for officers and four years for non officers.
The fair value for options granted prior to Infoseek's initial public offering
in June 1996 were estimated at the date of grant using the minimum value method
and have a volatility factor of zero.
Had compensation cost for Infoseek's stock-based compensation plans been
determined based on the fair value at the grant dates for awards under those
plans consistent with the method of SFAS No. 123, Infoseek's net loss and loss
per share would have been increased to the pro forma amounts indicated below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Years Ended
Ended December 31,
October 3, ------------------
1998 1997 1996
----------- -------- --------
(In thousands, except per
share data)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Pro forma net loss............................ $(12,345) $(30,919) $(17,328)
Pro forma basic and diluted net loss per
share........................................ $ (0.40) $ (1.16) $ (0.78)
</TABLE>
Because SFAS No. 123 is applicable only to options granted subsequent to
December 31, 1994, its pro forma effect will not be fully reflected until
fiscal 2000.
In July 1997, the Board of Directors authorized the repricing of options to
purchase 821,300 shares of common stock effective on July 23, 1997 to the then
fair market value of $6.13 per share. Under the terms of the repricing, the
repriced options maintain the same vesting and expiration terms, except they
may not be exercised until January 9, 1998. Executive officers, consultants and
members of the Board of Directors were not eligible to participate in the
repricing.
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Information pertaining to the nine month
period ended September 30, 1997 is unaudited)
A summary of Infoseek's stock option activity and related information for
the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and the years ended December 31, 1997 and
1996 are as follows (as described in Note 2, amounts used in 1997 have been
restated to reflect the April 17, 1998 merger with WebChat):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31, December 31,
October 3, 1998 1997 1996
---------------- ----------------- ----------------
Weighted Weighted Weighted
Average Average Average
Exercise Exercise Exercise
Options Price Options Price Options Price
------- -------- ------- -------- ------- --------
(In thousands, except weighted average exercise
price and per share data)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Outstanding--beginning of
period..................... 4,158 $ 4.92 4,921 $2.10 3,074 $0.13
Granted................... 2,451 $20.41 4,418 $6.61 2,851 $3.98
Exercised................. (480) $ 3.17 (1,456) $0.79 (54) $0.11
Canceled.................... (337) $13.81 (3,725) $4.79 (957) $1.51
----- ------ -----
Outstanding -- end of
period..................... 5,792 $11.12 4,158 $4.92 4,914 $2.10
===== ====== =====
Exercisable at end of
period..................... 1,171 $ 3.99 583 $2.63 845 $0.35
Weighted average fair
value of options granted
during the period........ $15.63 $4.48 $3.79
</TABLE>
Outstanding and Exercisable By Price Range as of October 3, 1998:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Options Outstanding Options Exercisable
----------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
Number Weighted Number
Range of Outstanding Average Weighted Exercisable Weighted
Exercise as of Remaining Average as of Average
Prices October 3, 1998 Contractual Life Exercise Price October 3, 1998 Exercise Price
- -------- --------------- ---------------- -------------- --------------- --------------
(In thousands) (Years) (In thousands)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$ 0.00-$ 5.00 2,374 7.56 $ 3.83 918 $3.27
$ 5.01-$12.50 1,268 8.41 $ 8.41 253 $6.60
$12.51-$25.00 1,904 9.62 $19.35 -- --
$25.01-$37.00 246 9.68 $31.70 -- --
----- -----
5,792 8.51 $11.12 1,171 $3.99
===== =====
</TABLE>
9. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
In April 1996, the Board of Directors adopted the 1996 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the "Purchase Plan"), which is designed to allow eligible
employees of Infoseek to purchase shares of common stock at semiannual
intervals through their periodic payroll deductions. An aggregate of 187,500
shares of common stock were originally reserved for the Purchase Plan. In June
1998, Infoseek's shareholders increased the number of shares reserved by
400,000 to a total of 587,500, of which 88,866 had been issued through October
3, 1998. The Purchase Plan is implemented in a series of successive offering
periods, each with a maximum duration of 24 months. Eligible employees can have
up to 10% (up to a maximum of 1,000 shares per year) of their base salary
deducted that is to be used to purchase shares of the common stock on specific
dates determined by the Board of Directors. The price of common stock purchased
under the Purchase Plan will be equal to 85% of the lower of the fair market
value of the common stock on the commencement date of each offering period or
the specified purchase date. Infoseek does not recognize compensation cost
related to employee purchase rights under the Plan. To comply with the pro
forma reporting requirements of SFAS
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Information pertaining to the nine month
period ended September 30, 1997 is unaudited)
No. 123, compensation cost is estimated for the fair value of the employees'
purchase rights using the Black-Scholes model with the following assumptions
for those rights granted in 1998: a risk free interest rate of 5.36%; dividend
yield of 0.0%; expected volatility factor of .99; an expected life of six
months; for those granted in 1997: a risk free interest rate of 6.0%; dividend
yield of 0.0%; expected volatility factor of .87; an expected life of six
months; and for those granted in 1996: a risk free interest rate of 5.0%;
dividend yield of 0.0%; expected volatility factor of .80; an expected life of
six months. The weighted average estimated fair value of the Purchase Plan
shares granted in 1998 was $5.42.
10. Income Taxes
Due to Infoseek's loss position, there was no provision for income taxes for
any period presented.
As of October 3, 1998, Infoseek has federal and state net operating loss
carryforwards of approximately $40,000,000 and $17,000,000, respectively. The
federal net operating loss carryforwards will expire in the years 2009 through
2013, and the state net operating loss carryforwards will expire in the years
1999 through 2013. Infoseek has federal and state research and experimentation
credits of approximately $880,000 and $780,000, respectively, that will expire
in the years 1999 through 2013. Utilization of the net operating losses and
credits may be subject to a substantial annual limitation due to the ownership
change limitations provided by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and similar
state provisions. The annual limitation may result in the expiration of net
operating losses and credits before utilization.
Deferred taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between
the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes
and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of
Infoseek's deferred tax assets consisted of the following at:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
October 3, December 31,
1998 1997
---------- ------------
(In thousands)
<S> <C> <C>
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating losses........................... $ 15,046 $ 17,448
Research credit carryforwards.................. 925 406
Other individually insignificant items......... 5,604 1,691
-------- --------
Total deferred tax assets.................... 21,575 19,545
Valuation allowance............................ (21,575) (19,545)
-------- --------
Total net deferred tax assets................ $ -- $ --
======== ========
</TABLE>
The change in the valuation allowance was a net increase of approximately
$2,030,000, $10,545,000 and $6,409,000 for the nine months ended October 3,
1998 and for the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
11. Employee Benefit Plan
In January 1996, Infoseek adopted a plan to provide retirement and
incidental benefits for its eligible employees, known as the Infoseek
Corporation 401(k) Plan ("The Plan"). As allowed under Section 401(k) of the
Internal Revenue Code, the Plan provides tax-deferred salary deductions for
eligible employees. Participants in the Plan may make salary deferrals of up to
20% of their annual salary, limited by the maximum dollar amount allowed by the
Internal Revenue Code. Infoseek, at its discretion, may elect to make
contributions to the Plan on behalf of its eligible participants. Infoseek has
made no such contributions to date.
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Information pertaining to the nine month
period ended September 30, 1997 is unaudited)
12. Related Party Transactions
Bell Atlantic, with a representative on Infoseek's Board of Directors, is
considered a related party. In March 1996, Infoseek and Bell Atlantic entered
into a one-year agreement, which provided for Infoseek's display of the Big
Yellow logo within the Infoseek Service. According to the terms of the
agreement, Bell Atlantic agreed to pay to Infoseek up to an aggregate of
$4,600,000, in monthly payments, which amount would be decreased
proportionately if the number of impressions of the Big Yellow logo were below
a specified number. In February 1997, Infoseek signed an amendment with Bell
Atlantic extending the term of the original agreement, dated March 1996,
through June 1998 in exchange for an additional $1,400,000, for a total of
$6,000,000, in monthly payments. The terms and conditions of the amended
agreement were substantially the same, except for elimination of certain
exclusivity and reimbursement provisions. Infoseek recognized revenue of
$1,298,000 and $2,116,000 for the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and
September 30, 1997, respectively, and $2,820,000 and $1,882,000 in connection
with this agreement for the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996,
respectively. Amounts receivable from and payable to such related party were
insignificant at October 3, 1998 and December 31, 1997.
13. Segment Information
Infoseek predominantly operates in one business segment-providing Internet
search and navigation products and services for which Infoseek receives
advertising revenues from its customers. Advertising revenues totaled
$45,044,000, $21,062,000, $32,941,000, and $14,951,000 for the nine months
ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997 and for the years ended December
31, 1997 and 1996, respectively. During the nine months ended October 3, 1998,
approximately 11% of Infoseek's total revenues related to the sale of its
Ultraseek software licenses and support. Software licensing revenues amounted
to less than 10% of total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 1997
and the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996. With the acquisition of
Starwave Corporation (see Note 15), software licensing revenues are expected to
fall below 10% of total revenues during fiscal 1999 and on a go forward basis.
The Chief Executive Officer has been identified as the Chief Operating
Decision Maker (CODM) because he has final authority over resource allocation
decisions and performance assessment. The CODM does not receive discrete
financial information about asset allocation, expense allocation, or
profitability from Infoseek's Internet search navigation products and services
or from its Ultraseek software licenses and support.
Total revenues generated from United States customers totaled $49,990,000,
$22,319,000, $34,777,000 and $15,095,000 of total revenues for the nine months
ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997, and for the years ended December
31, 1997 and 1996, respectively. Total revenues generated from foreign
customers totaled $725,000, $88,000 and $305,000, respectively, of total
revenues for the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997, and
for the year ended December 31, 1997, respectively (none for the year ended
December 31, 1996). For the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and for the
year ended December 31, 1996, revenues from Bell Atlantic amounted to
approximately 10% and 12% of total revenues, respectively (see Note 12).
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Information pertaining to the nine month
period ended September 30, 1997 is unaudited)
14. Net Loss Per Share
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net loss
per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Years Ended
Nine Months Ended December 31,
------------------------ ------------------
October 3, September 30,
1998 1997 1997 1996
---------- ------------- -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Numerator:
Net loss........................ $(5,694) $(21,914) $(26,562) $(15,938)
------- -------- -------- --------
Numerator for basic and diluted
net loss per share............... $(5,694) $(21,914) $(26,562) $(15,938)
======= ======== ======== ========
Weighted average of common
shares........................... 30,512 26,270 26,627 14,076
Conversion of preferred stock not
included in shares related to SEC
Staff Accounting Bulletin 98..... -- -- -- 8,044
------- -------- -------- --------
Denominator for basic and diluted
net loss per share............... 30,512 26,270 26,627 22,120
======= ======== ======== ========
Basic and diluted net loss per
share............................ $ (0.19) $ (0.83) $ (1.00) $ (0.72)
======= ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
15. Subsequent Events (Unaudited)
On July 24, 1998, Infoseek entered into an agreement to acquire Quando, Inc.
("Quando") for approximately $17,000,000, subject to adjustment, in shares of
Infoseek's common stock. On January 15, 1999, Infoseek completed its
acquisition of Quando in a tax-free reorganization in which a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Infoseek was merged directly into Quando for 396,591 shares of
Infoseek common stock. Infoseek also reserved approximately 26,000 shares of
Infoseek common stock for Quando options assumed by Infoseek. The acquisition
of Quando was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. Infoseek
incurred direct costs of $1,500,000 as a result of its acquisition of Quando
which will be accounted for as part of the purchase price of the transaction.
Based upon the fair value of Quando and the preliminary allocation of the
consideration paid for the assets and liabilities of Quando, Infoseek recorded
approximately $17,715,000 in goodwill, developed technology and assembled
workforce intangibles which will be amortized on a straight-line basis over a
two year period. In addition, Infoseek incurred write-offs related to in-
process research and development of approximately $4,300,000.
On November 9, 1998, Infoseek renewed the international agreement with
Netscape for which Infoseek will be one of the non-exclusive premier providers
for search and directory services in seven foreign sites for the period of
October 1, 1998 to September 30, 1999. Under the terms of the renewed
agreement, Infoseek will pay Netscape a one-time $120,000 nonrecurring
engineering fee with additional quarterly payments being made based upon
established rates for impressions delivered by Netscape. The agreement may be
terminated by either party upon sixty days prior written notice to the other
party.
On November 11, 1998, Infoseek received notice from Netscape of their intent
to either terminate the contract or negotiate a new agreement to afford
Infoseek with different positioning or a lower rotation percentage on the
Netscape site on pricing terms to be mutually agreed. On November 25, 1998,
Infoseek and Netscape renegotiated the terms of the June 1998 agreement to
provide for the purchase of 5% of Netscape's
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Information pertaining to the nine month
period ended September 30, 1997 is unaudited)
available search traffic beginning January 11, 1999 and through the duration of
the agreement which terminates May 31, 1999. Under the new agreement, Infoseek
is charged a higher rate for certain traffic received. The maximum payment cap
is $12,500,000, less any payments made under the prior agreement.
On November 18, 1998, Infoseek completed its acquisition of Starwave
Corporation ("Starwave"), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company whereby
Infoseek issued 25,932,681 shares of common stock in exchange for all
outstanding Starwave shares. Infoseek also reserved 2,205,316 shares of common
stock in connection with outstanding stock options of Starwave to be assumed by
Infoseek. The fair value of Infoseek's shares and options issued was
approximately $897,800,000.
A new holding company structure was established as a result of the
acquisition. Starwave and Infoseek Corporation, a California corporation,
became wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Infoseek Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, (the "Holding Company") which is a registered public company
incorporated in Delaware. The authorized capital stock of the Holding Company
consists of 500,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value common stock and 25,000,000
shares of $0.001 par value Preferred Stock. Disney also purchased an additional
2,642,000 unregistered shares of the Holding Company's common stock and a
warrant, subject to vesting, to purchase an additional 15,720,000 unregistered
shares of the Holding Company's common stock (the "Warrant") in exchange for
approximately $70,000,000 in cash and a $139,000,000 five-year promissory note.
The Warrant generally enables Disney to achieve a majority stake in Infoseek
over a three year period.
Infoseek expects to incur increased operating expenditures associated with
its expanded operations resulting from the transaction, as well as the
development, launch and promotion of GO Network. In this regard, Infoseek has
agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to meet certain spending
requirements for GO Network pursuant to the terms of a license agreement
between Infoseek and Disney related to GO Network. Subject to adjustment by
unanimous vote of the two member advisory committee established pursuant to a
product management agreement between Infoseek and Disney, these spending
requirements for GO Network for the first three years are $40,500,000,
$58,300,000 and $64,800,000, respectively. In addition, pursuant to a
promotional services agreement (the "Promotional Services Agreement"), Infoseek
has agreed to purchase approximately $165,000,000 in promotional services over
a five-year period for GO Network. The amounts spent on the purchase of
promotional services under the promotional services agreement apply towards the
spending requirements under the license agreement.
In addition, under a license agreement entered into by and between Disney
and Infoseek, Disney has agreed to grant to Infoseek a worldwide license to
exploit the trademarks and Web addresses associated with GO Network and
Infoseek has agreed to pay Disney royalties. Royalties are calculated as one
percent (1%) of Infoseek's revenues other than revenues derived from software
sales and services. Royalties under the license agreement will not be earned
nor paid until the end of any Infoseek fiscal year in which Infoseek has
positive earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization ("EBITA") as defined
and royalty payments in any year will not exceed 15% of EBITA in such year as
defined.
Disney also has certain contractual rights to maintain its initial
percentage stock and warrant ownership through direct purchases from Infoseek
in the event of dilutive issuances. Infoseek may be required to sell to Disney
certain shares of common stock and issue warrants at prices below fair market
value at the time of purchase which may result in future material charges
adversely affecting Infoseek's results of operations.
Infoseek expects to incur approximately $22,000,000 in acquisition costs
which will be included in the purchase price of Starwave. As of October 3,
1998, Infoseek had incurred approximately $2,800,000 of these direct
acquisition costs. Infoseek is accounting for the Starwave acquisition under
the purchase method of
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Information pertaining to the nine month
period ended September 30, 1997 is unaudited)
accounting. In the quarter ended January 2, 1999, Infoseek recorded
approximately $658,500,000 in goodwill and joint venture relationships which
will be amortized on a straight-line basis over a ten year period. Also,
Infoseek recorded approximately $45,200,000 for developed technology and
assembled workforce which will be amortized on a straight-line basis over a
two-year period. In addition, Infoseek incurred write-offs related to in-
process research and development in the amount of $72,600,000.
In conjunction with the acquisitions of Starwave and Quando, Infoseek
expects to incur $7,500,000 of integration costs, of which $1,400,000 was
included in the results of operations for the nine months ended October 3,
1998. The remaining $6,100,000 will be included in Infoseek's future
operations.
16. Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three Months Ended
-----------------------------
June
March 31, 30, October 3,
1998 1998 1998
--------- ------- ----------
(In thousands, except
per share data)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Total revenues.................................... $14,453 $17,066 $19,196
Costs and expenses:
Hosting, content and website costs.............. 2,154 2,524 3,278
Research and development........................ 2,130 2,667 2,635
Sales and marketing............................. 10,577 11,863 12,704
General and administrative...................... 1,862 2,061 3,953
------- ------- -------
Total costs and expenses...................... 16,723 19,115 22,570
------- ------- -------
Operating loss.................................... (2,270) (2,049) (3,374)
Net interest income............................... 470 782 747
------- ------- -------
Net loss.......................................... $(1,800) $(1,267) $(2,627)
======= ======= =======
Basic and diluted net loss per share.............. $ (0.06) $ (0.04) $ (0.08)
======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three months ended
----------------------------------------------
March 31, June 30, September 30, December 31,
1997 1997 1997 1997
--------- -------- ------------- ------------
(In thousands, except per share data)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Total revenues................. $ 6,240 $ 7,786 $ 8,381 $12,675
Costs and expenses:
Hosting, content and website
costs....................... 1,297 1,533 1,567 1,922
Research and development..... 1,728 2,374 1,777 2,021
Sales and marketing.......... 6,650 7,541 8,329 11,800
General and administrative... 1,470 1,825 1,947 1,800
Restructuring and other
charges..................... -- 7,349 -- --
------- -------- ------- -------
Total costs and expenses... 11,145 20,622 13,620 17,543
------- -------- ------- -------
Operating loss................. (4,905) (12,836) (5,239) (4,868)
Net interest income............ 400 379 287 220
------- -------- ------- -------
Net loss....................... $(4,505) $(12,457) $(4,952) $(4,648)
======= ======== ======= =======
Basic and diluted net loss per
share......................... $ (0.17) $ (0.47) $ (0.19) $ (0.17)
======= ======== ======= =======
</TABLE>
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(Information pertaining to the nine month
period ended September 30, 1997 is unaudited)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three Months Ended
--------------------------------------------
March June
31, 30, September 30, December 31,
1996 1996 1996 1996
------- ------- ------------- ------------
(In thousands, except per share data)
--------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Total revenues............... $ 1,731 $ 3,286 $ 4,007 $ 6,071
Costs and expenses:
Hosting, content and
website costs............. 690 729 827 948
Research and development... 934 950 1,218 1,448
Sales and marketing........ 2,757 5,566 5,219 6,913
General and
administrative............ 860 919 1,091 1,307
------- ------- ------- -------
Total costs and
expenses................ 5,241 8,164 8,355 10,616
------- ------- ------- -------
Operating loss............... (3,510) (4,878) (4,348) (4,545)
Net interest income
(expense)................... (58) 155 652 594
------- ------- ------- -------
Net loss..................... $(3,568) $(4,723) $(3,696) $(3,951)
======= ======= ======= ======= ===
Basic and diluted net loss
per share................... $ (0.18) $ (0.25) $ (0.15) $ (0.16)
======= ======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
The 1997 quarterly amounts have been restated to reflect the April 17, 1998
merger with WebChat. The 1996 quarterly amounts have not been restated due to
WebChat amounts being insignificant.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Directors of
Starwave Corporation
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheet and the related
consolidated statements of operations, of changes in shareholders' equity
(deficit) and of cash flows present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position of Starwave Corporation and its subsidiaries at October 4,
1998 and September 28, 1997, and the results of their operations and their cash
flows for the year ended October 4, 1998 and the nine months ended September
28, 1997, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. These
financial statements are the responsibility of Starwave Corporation's
management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards 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 the opinion expressed above.
As described in Note 1, in April 1997, May 1998 and November 1998 Starwave
Corporation completed a number of transactions which significantly changed its
capital and operating structure.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Seattle, Washington
November 18, 1998
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Board of Directors
Starwave Corporation:
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Starwave Corporation as of
December 31, 1996, and the related statements of operations, shareholders'
deficit, and cash flows for the year then ended. These financial statements are
the responsibility of Starwave's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of Starwave Corporation as of
December 31, 1996, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the
year then ended in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
KPMG LLP
Seattle, Washington
February 7, 1997
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<PAGE>
STARWAVE CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
October 4, September 28, December 31,
1998 1997 1996
---------- ------------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents................ $ 1,415 $ 18,306 $ 305
Accounts receivable, net................. 165 163 2,950
Accounts receivable from related
parties................................. 897 611 --
Receivable from affiliate................ 516 1,292 --
Other receivables........................ 10 60 73
Deferred royalties, net.................. -- -- 783
Prepaid expenses and other assets........ 803 378 787
Equipment and leasehold improvements, net
(Note 3)................................ 4,629 4,323 4,815
Investment in affiliates................. 7,377 4,328 --
-------- -------- -------
$ 15,812 $ 29,461 $ 9,713
-------- -------- -------
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
(DEFICIT)
Accounts payable......................... $ 1,816 $ 1,500 $ 3,277
Accrued compensation..................... 3,365 1,555 629
Accrued royalties........................ 250 500 2,087
Accrued liabilities of discontinued
operations (Note 9)..................... 347 359 519
Other accrued liabilities................ 66 -- 118
Due to affiliates........................ 1,023 1,922 --
Deferred revenue......................... 60 11 651
Loans from shareholder (Note 4).......... -- -- 84,888
-------- -------- -------
Total liabilities...................... 6,927 5,847 92,169
-------- -------- -------
Commitments (Notes 6 and 8)
Shareholders' equity (deficit)
Common stock A, $.01 par value;
authorized 250,000 shares in 1998, 1997
and 1996; issued and outstanding 57,660
shares in 1998, 55,512 shares in 1997
and 34,214 shares in 1996............... 576 555 342
Common stock B, $.01 par value;
authorized 80,000 shares in 1998, 1997
and 1996, issued and outstanding 39,869
shares in 1998 and 1997, and no shares
in 1996................................. 399 399 --
Additional paid-in capital............... 127,198 123,095 138
Deferred stock option compensation
expense................................. (3,599) (172) (246)
Accumulated deficit...................... (115,689) (100,263) (82,690)
-------- -------- -------
Total shareholders' equity (deficit)... 8,885 23,614 (82,456)
-------- -------- -------
$ 15,812 $ 29,461 $ 9,713
======== ======== =======
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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<PAGE>
STARWAVE CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year ended Nine-months ended Year ended
October 4, 1998 September 28, 1997 December 31, 1996
--------------- ------------------ -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues................ $ 5,266 $ 4,892 $ 8,302
-------- -------- --------
Operating expenses
Cost of online
services............. 3,143 7,185 18,170
Development........... 1,225 1,605 6,138
Sales and marketing... 94 1,589 5,492
General and
administrative....... 2,772 2,527 4,845
-------- -------- --------
Total operating
expenses............... 7,234 12,906 34,645
-------- -------- --------
Operating loss.......... (1,968) (8,014) (26,343)
-------- -------- --------
Other income (expense)
Loss from affiliate--
EIV.................. (4,139) (2,251) --
Loss from affiliate--
AIV.................. (10,020) (5,958) --
Interest income
(expense), net....... 748 (1,814) (4,675)
Other, net (Note 10).. (47) 464 (658)
-------- -------- --------
Net other expense....... (13,458) (9,559) (5,333)
-------- -------- --------
Loss from continuing
operations............. (15,426) (17,573) (31,676)
-------- -------- --------
Discontinued operations
(Note 9)
Loss from operations
of Multimedia CD-ROM
segment.............. -- -- (1,046)
Loss on disposal of
Multimedia CD-ROM
segment.............. -- -- (3,243)
-------- -------- --------
Loss from
discontinued
operations......... -- -- (4,289)
-------- -------- --------
Net loss................ $(15,426) $(17,573) $(35,965)
======== ======== ========
Basic and diluted net
loss per share from
continuing operations.. $ (.16) $ (0.25) $ (0.99)
Basic and diluted net
loss per share from
discontinued
operations............. -- -- (0.14)
-------- -------- --------
Basic and diluted net
loss per share......... $ (.16) $ (0.25) $ (1.13)
======== ======== ========
Shares used in computing
basic and diluted net
loss per share......... 96,475 71,691 31,958
======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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<PAGE>
STARWAVE CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
(In thousands)
October 4, 1998, September 28, 1997 and December 31, 1996
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Deferred Total
Common stock Additional stock option shareholders'
-------------- paid-in compensation Accumulated equity
Shares Amount capital expense deficit (deficit)
------ ------ ---------- ------------ ----------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance at December 31,
1995................... 28,683 $287 $ (215) -- $ (46,725) $(46,653)
Exercise of stock
options................ 5,531 55 (41) -- -- 14
Deferred compensation
expense related to
issuance of stock
options................ -- -- 394 $ (394) -- --
Amortization of deferred
stock option
compensation expense... -- -- -- 148 -- 148
Net loss................ -- -- -- -- (35,965) (35,965)
------ ---- -------- -------- --------- --------
Balance at December 31,
1996................... 34,214 342 138 (246) (82,690) (82,456)
Exercise of stock
options................ 2,612 26 (20) -- -- 6
Stock repurchase........ (1,935) (19) (3,950) -- -- (3,969)
Sale of common stock
Common stock A......... 20,621 206 45,458 -- -- 45,664
Common stock B......... 39,869 399 81,469 -- -- 81,868
Amortization of deferred
stock option
compensation expense... -- -- -- 74 -- 74
Net loss................ -- -- -- -- (17,573) (17,573)
------ ---- -------- -------- --------- --------
Balance at September 28,
1997................... 95,381 954 123,095 (172) (100,263) 23,614
Exercise of stock
options................ 2,148 21 144 -- -- 165
Deferred compensation
expense related to
issuance of stock
options................ -- -- 4,232 (4,232) -- --
Forfeitures of nonvested
stock options.......... -- -- (273) 273 -- --
Amortization of deferred
stock option
compensation expense... -- -- -- 532 -- 532
Net loss................ -- -- -- -- (15,426) (15,426)
------ ---- -------- -------- --------- --------
Balance at October 4,
1998................... 97,529 $975 $127,198 $ (3,599) $(115,689) $ 8,885
====== ==== ======== ======== ========= ========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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<PAGE>
STARWAVE CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year ended Nine-months ended Year ended
October 4, September 28, December 31,
1998 1997 1996
---------- ----------------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss............................ $(15,426) $(17,573) $(35,965)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to
net cash provided (used) by
operating activities
Depreciation and amortization of
equipment and leasehold
improvements...................... 2,855 1,629 2,170
Equity in losses from affiliates... 14,159 8,209 --
Loss on sale of equipment.......... 21 36 90
Amortization of deferred stock
compensation expense.............. 532 74 148
Change in certain assets and
liabilities
Accounts receivable (trade) and
accounts receivable from related
parties........................... (288) 2,176 (2,216)
Receivable from affiliate and other
receivables....................... 826 (1,279) 179
Deferred royalties................. -- 783 (755)
Prepaid expenses and other assets.. (425) 572 (253)
Net assets and accrued liabilities
of discontinued operations........ (12) (160) 1,571
Accounts payable................... 316 (1,777) 2,567
Accrued interest on loans from
shareholder....................... -- -- (286)
Accrued compensation............... 1,810 926 356
Accrued royalties.................. (250) (1,587) 2,087
Due to affiliates.................. (899) 1,922 (47)
Deferred revenue................... 49 (640) 353
Other accrued liabilities.......... 66 (118) (59)
-------- -------- --------
Net cash provided by (used) in
operating activities............... 3,334 (6,807) (30,060)
-------- -------- --------
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of equipment and leasehold
improvements....................... (3,182) (1,336) (3,358)
Proceeds from sale of equipment..... -- -- 37
Expenses incurred on behalf of
affiliates......................... (17,208) (12,537) --
-------- -------- --------
Net cash used in investing
activities......................... (20,390) (13,873) (3,321)
-------- -------- --------
Cash flows from financing activities
Increase in loans from shareholder.. -- 10,776 33,863
Repayment of loans from
shareholders....................... -- (50,000) --
Decrease in bank overdraft.......... -- -- (191)
Proceeds from sale of stock, net.... -- 81,868 --
Funds used for stock repurchase..... -- (3,969) --
Proceeds from exercise of stock
options............................ 165 6 14
-------- -------- --------
Net cash provided by financing
activities......................... 165 38,681 33,686
-------- -------- --------
Net (decrease) increase in cash and
cash equivalents................... (16,891) 18,001 305
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of year.................. 18,306 305 --
-------- -------- --------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of
year............................... $ 1,415 $ 18,306 $ 305
======== ======== ========
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow
information
Cash paid during the year for
interest........................... $ 41 $ 2,099 $ 4,889
Schedule of noncash financing
activities
Equity issued to shareholder in
return for extinguishment of debt.. -- $ 45,664 --
Issuance of stock options........... $ 4,232 -- --
Forfeitures of nonvested stock
options............................ $ 273 -- --
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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<PAGE>
STARWAVE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
October 4, 1998, September 28, 1997 and December 31, 1996
(In Thousands, except per share amounts)
1. Change in capital and operating structure
In April 1997, Starwave Corporation (Starwave) completed a number of
transactions to recapitalize its equity structure and change its operating
structure as follows. As of April 22, 1997, The Walt Disney Company purchased a
controlling interest in Starwave (Note 7). A portion of the proceeds from the
sale of common stock to Disney was used to repay part of the outstanding
balance under the loan from Starwave's primary shareholder. The remaining
balance of the loan from shareholder was converted to Class A common stock
(Note 4). Effective April 1, 1997, Starwave established a wholly owned
subsidiary, Starwave Ventures, Inc. (SVI). Concurrent with the Disney equity
transaction, two new partnerships were formed and the majority of Starwave's
operations were contributed to those partnerships. Starwave maintains website
hosting, software development and research, and the majority of its website
operations costs are allocated to the partnerships. The structure and purpose
of the partnerships is summarized in Note 2. From April 1997, substantially all
of Starwave's operations were transferred to the partnerships. Certain expenses
of the partnerships are incurred by Starwave and allocated to the partnerships.
In May 1998, Disney completed the recapitalization by purchasing the
remaining outstanding shares from the primary shareholder for a majority
interest in Starwave (Note 7).
Starwave and it shareholders have approved a merger of Starwave and Infoseek
as of November 18, 1998 (Note 11).
2. Description of business and summary of significant accounting policies
Description of business
Starwave produces Internet-based services intended to appeal to broad
consumer interests in sports, news and entertainment.
Inherent in Starwave's business are various risks and uncertainties,
including its limited operating history and the limited history of commerce on
the Internet. Future revenues from online services are dependent on the
continued growth and acceptance of the Internet, use of the Internet for
information, publication, distribution and commerce, and acceptance of the
Internet as an effective advertising medium. In 1997, Starwave established
partnerships with related parties to produce the online services summarized as
follows:
ABC News/Starwave Partners
On April 1, 1997, SVI and DOL Online Investments, Inc. (DOL), entered into a
partnership for the production of Internet-based services intended to appeal to
a broad consumer interest in news and entertainment-related content areas. SVI
contributed the technical expertise, labor, and infrastructure, and DOL
contributed licensed content. SVI is allocated a 60% economic interest in
partnership losses, and a 50% interest in partnership gains. DOL is allocated a
40% economic interest in partnership losses and a 50% interest in partnership
gains.
The partners make contributions to the partnership based on actual
development and production expenses incurred on behalf of the partnership or on
formulas and sharing ratios for general and administrative expenses as defined
in the partnership agreement. For the year ended October 4, 1998, contributions
to the partnership totaled $19,137, of which $11,483 was contributed by SVI
during the year and $1,023 is due to the partnership
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<PAGE>
STARWAVE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
October 4, 1998, September 28, 1997 and December 31, 1996
(In Thousands, except per share amounts)
and is included in amounts due affiliates. For the nine months ended September
28, 1997, contributions to the partnership totaled $14,416, of which $8,660 was
contributed by SVI during the year and $1,922 was due to the partnership and is
included in amounts due affiliates. Starwave considers the methodology of
allocation of contributions reasonable.
ESPN/Starwave Partners
On April 1, 1997, SVI and ESPN Online Investments, Inc. (EOL), entered into
a partnership for the production of Internet-based services intended to appeal
to a broad consumer interest in sports-related content areas. SVI contributed
the technical expertise, labor and infrastructure, and EOL contributed licensed
content. SVI is allocated a 60% economic interest in partnership losses and a
50% economic interest in partnership gains. EOL is allocated a 40% economic
interest in partnership losses and a 50% economic interest in partnership
gains.
The partners make contributions to the partnership based on actual
development and production expenses incurred on behalf of the partnership or on
formulas and sharing ratios for general and administrative expenses as defined
in the partnership agreement. For the year ended October 4, 1998, contributions
to the partnership totaled $9,559, of which $5,735 was contributed by SVI
during the year and $516 is due from the partnership and is included in amounts
receivable from affiliates. For the nine months ended September 28, 1997,
contributions to the partnership totaled $7,972, of which $5,377 was
contributed by SVI during the period and $1,203 was due from the partnership
and is included in amounts receivable from affiliates. Starwave considers the
methodology of allocation of contributions reasonable.
Included in other income (expense) for fiscal years 1998 and 1997 are losses
from these partnerships of $14,159 and $8,209, respectively. Certain assets
transferred by Starwave to the partnerships upon formation were recorded at
book value.
Summarized financial information from the financial statements of the
partnerships is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ESPN/Starwave ABC News/Starwave
Partners Partners
------------------------ ------------------------
October 4, September 28, October 4, September 28,
1998 1997 1998 1997
---------- ------------- ---------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Current assets............... $ 8,823 $ 4,985 $ 6,505 $ 4,256
Noncurrent assets............ 479 84 3,967 3,134
Current liabilities.......... 3,906 2,333 3,574 2,930
Revenues..................... 19,193 6,996 9,878 1,929
Cost of online services...... 15,715 7,168 18,182 9,015
Net loss..................... (6,899) (3,752) (16,699) (9,930)
</TABLE>
Basis of presentation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Starwave
Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary, Starwave Ventures, Inc. All
significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated. Investments in
partnerships are accounted for using the equity method of accounting.
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<PAGE>
STARWAVE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
October 4, 1998, September 28, 1997 and December 31, 1996
(In Thousands, except per share amounts)
Fiscal year change
Effective April 1, 1997, Starwave changed its fiscal year-end from a
calendar year ended December 31 to a fiscal year ending the Sunday in the last
week of September. For the purposes of the consolidated financial statements,
fiscal year 1998 ended October 4, 1998.
The following is selected financial data for the year ended October 4, 1998
and the comparable period ended September 28, 1997:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year ended Year ended
October 4, 1998 September 28, 1997
--------------- ------------------
(unaudited)
<S> <C> <C>
Revenues.................... $ 5,266 $ 8,611
-------- --------
Operating expenses
Cost of online services... 3,143 14,309
Development............... 1,225 2,157
Sales and marketing....... 94 4,209
General and
administrative........... 2,772 3,983
-------- --------
Total operating
expenses............... 7,234 24,658
-------- --------
Operating loss.............. (1,968) (16,047)
-------- --------
Other income (expense)
Earnings (loss) from
affiliate EIV............ (4,139) (2,251)
Earnings (loss) from
affiliate AIV............ (10,020) (5,958)
Interest income (expense),
net...................... 748 (3,302)
Other, net................ (47) (142)
-------- --------
Net other expense....... (13,458) (11,653)
-------- --------
Net loss.................... $(15,426) $(27,700)
======== ========
</TABLE>
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with an original
maturity of three months or less.
Equipment and leasehold improvements
Equipment and leasehold improvements are stated at cost. Depreciation and
amortization of equipment and leasehold improvements are provided on the
straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets or the lease
term, whichever is shorter. Estimated useful lives range from one to six years.
Deferred royalties
Deferred royalties represent payments made or accrued to co-branding
partners and independent content providers under development and production
agreements. Amortization begins upon launch of the applicable online service
and is based on the greater of amounts determined by the contractual royalty
rates or amounts computed on a straight-line basis over the term of the
agreements. In April 1997, all significant deferred revenues were contributed
to the partnerships.
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<PAGE>
STARWAVE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
October 4, 1998, September 28, 1997 and December 31, 1996
(In Thousands, except per share amounts)
Revenue recognition and concentration of credit risk
Revenues from subscriptions to Starwave's online services and advertising
appearing on Starwave's online services were recognized on the straight-line
method over the terms of the subscriptions and advertising contracts,
respectively. Advertising revenues were stated net of commissions. Deferred
revenue represented online subscriptions and customer advertising not yet
recognized as revenue.
Starwave guaranteed to certain advertising customers a minimum number of
page impressions to be delivered to users of its online service for a specified
period. To the extent minimum guaranteed page impression deliveries are not
met, Starwave defers recognition of the corresponding revenues until guaranteed
page impression delivery levels are achieved. As of October 4, 1998, September
28, 1997 and December 31, 1996, no revenues had been deferred as a result of
these guarantees. As described above, beginning in April 1997 all advertising
and subscription revenues are recognized by the partnerships.
Starwave has two software license arrangements with related parties. The
software licenses are one-time fees and are recognized at the time the software
master is delivered and when the criteria for fixed fee revenue recognition
under Statement of Position 91-1, Software Revenue Recognition, are satisfied.
Starwave has contracted to provide for additional post-contract support for a
fee, which is recognized over the period of the contract. License and post
contract support revenues amounted to $1,779 and $401 for the periods ended
October 4, 1998 and September 28, 1997, respectively.
During fiscal years 1998 and 1997, Starwave had revenues from related
parties representing 58% and 52% of revenues, respectively. At October 4, 1998
and September 28, 1997, related party receivables represented 84% and 79%,
respectively, of trade accounts receivable. Starwave had no revenues or
accounts receivable from related parties as of and for the year ended December
31, 1996.
Development expenses
Development expenses relate to the development of new online services and
consist principally of compensation to company employees, as well as costs for
content, facilities and equipment. Development expenses are charged to results
of operations as incurred. Once an online service is launched and available to
generate revenues, expenses associated with enhancements and developments of
new features for the service are included in cost of online services, and
beginning in April 1997, are allocated to the partnerships. For the year ended
October 4, 1998, the development expenses consist mainly of the expenses
associated with the core technology software used to run the online services.
Advertising expenses
Advertising and promotion costs are expensed as incurred. Starwave incurred
advertising costs of $80, $451 and $1,203 in fiscal years 1998, 1997 and 1996,
respectively.
Federal income taxes
Starwave accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax
consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement
carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax
bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates
expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred income tax assets
and liabilities of changes in tax rates is recognized in income in the period
that includes the enactment date.
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<PAGE>
STARWAVE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
October 4, 1998, September 28, 1997 and December 31, 1996
(In Thousands, except per share amounts)
Fair value of financial instruments
The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable,
accounts receivable from related parties, receivable from affiliate, other
receivables, accounts payable, accrued compensation, accrued royalties and due
to affiliates approximates fair value due to the short-term maturity of these
instruments.
Use of estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles 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.
Stock option plan
Prior to January 1, 1996, Starwave accounted for its stock option plan in
accordance with the provisions of Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No.
25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related interpretations. As
such, compensation expense would be recorded on the date of grant to employees
only if the current market price of the underlying stock exceeded the exercise
price. On January 1, 1996, Starwave adopted the disclosure provisions of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 123, Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation, which permits entities to recognize as expense over
the vesting period the fair value of all stock-based awards on the date of
grant. Alternatively, SFAS No. 123 also allows entities to continue to apply
the provisions of APB Opinion No. 25 for transactions with employees and
provide pro forma disclosures for employee stock option grants made in 1995 and
future years as if the fair value-based method defined in SFAS No. 123 had been
applied to these transactions. Starwave has elected to continue to apply the
provisions of APB Opinion No. 25 to these transactions and provide the pro
forma disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 123.
Net loss per share
Basic net loss per share represents net loss divided by the weighted average
number of shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per share
represents net loss divided by the weighted average number of shares
outstanding including the potentially dilutive impact of the stock options.
Common stock options are converted using the treasury stock method. Basic and
diluted net loss per share are equal for the periods presented because the
impact of stock options is anti-dilutive.
Reclassification
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current
presentation.
Accounting changes
In June 1997, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130 (SFAS
130), Reporting Comprehensive Income, was issued. This pronouncement requires
companies to report comprehensive income and its components prominently in the
financial statements. Comprehensive income includes both net income and charges
or credits to equity that are not the results of transactions with owners. SFAS
130 is required to be
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<PAGE>
STARWAVE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
October 4, 1998, September 28, 1997 and December 31, 1996
(In Thousands, except per share amounts)
adopted for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1997. Starwave does not
have any comprehensive income items other than net income; therefore, SFAS 130
is not expected to impact Starwave.
In June 1998, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 (SFAS),
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, was issued. This
pronouncement standardizes the accounting for derivative instruments by
requiring that an entity recognize those items as assets or liabilities in the
financial statements and measure them at fair value. SFAS 133 is required to be
adopted for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 1999. Since Starwave does not
hold any derivative instruments, SFAS 133 is not expected to impact Starwave.
In October 1997, Statement of Position No. 97-2 (SOP 97-2), Software Revenue
Recognition, was issued. This pronouncement outlines criteria which must be
satisfied before revenue selling or licensing software can be recognized. SOP
97-2 is required to be adopted for transactions entered into in fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 1997. Starwave is currently reviewing the
requirements of SOP 97-2 and assessing its impact on Starwave's financial
statements.
3. Equipment and leasehold improvements
Equipment and leasehold improvements consist of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
October 4, September 28, December 31,
1998 1997 1996
---------- ------------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Equipment.......................... $11,510 $9,879 $9,171
Leasehold improvements............. 1,699 826 403
------- ------ ------
13,209 10,705 9,574
Less: Accumulated depreciation and
amortization...................... (8,580) (6,382) (4,759)
------- ------ ------
Net equipment and leasehold
improvements...................... $ 4,629 $4,323 $4,815
======= ====== ======
</TABLE>
4. Loans from shareholder
During 1995 and 1996, Starwave's majority shareholder made unsecured loans
to Starwave under a $100,000 credit agreement which did not require repayment
of principal until October 31, 1999, at which time the entire outstanding
balance was due. The loans accrued interest at a rate which varied based on the
higher of the Citibank, N.A. base rate or 0.5% above certain money market
rates. In April 1997, the balance of the loan was repaid via a cash repayment
of $50,000, and conversion of the remaining $45,664 to Class A common stock.
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STARWAVE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
October 4, 1998, September 28, 1997 and December 31, 1996
(In Thousands, except per share amounts)
5. Income taxes
A current provision for income taxes has not been recorded for the year
ended October 4, 1998, the period ended September 28, 1997 or the year ended
December 31, 1996 due to taxable losses incurred during such periods. A
valuation allowance has been recorded for deferred tax assets because
realization is primarily dependent on generating sufficient taxable income
prior to expiration of net operating loss carry-forwards. Deferred tax assets
are summarized as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
October 4, September 28, December 31,
1998 1997 1996
---------- ------------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Capitalized "start-up" expenses..... $ 1,824 $ 2,635 $ 2,635
Net operating loss carry-forward.... 24,369 18,633 12,730
Other............................... 1,170 902 512
------- ------- -------
Gross deferred tax assets........... 27,363 22,170 15,877
Less: Valuation allowance........... (27,363) (22,170) (15,877)
------- ------- -------
Net deferred tax assets............. $ -- $ -- $ --
======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
The reconciliation of expected income taxes at the federal statutory rate of
34% to the actual tax expense of $0 is:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine-months
Year ended ended Year ended
October 4, September 28, December 31,
1998 1997 1996
---------- ------------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Tax at statutory rate............... $(5,245) $(5,975) $(12,228)
Change in valuation allowance....... 5,193 6,293 12,126
Other............................... 52 (318) 102
------- ------- --------
$ -- $ -- $ --
======= ======= ========
</TABLE>
As of October 4, 1998, Starwave has approximately $70,185 of net operating
loss carry-forwards available to offset future taxable income, if any, through
2012.
Under the provisions of the IRC, utilization of Starwave's net operating
loss carry-forwards may be subject to limitation if it should be determined
that a greater than 50% ownership change were to occur in the future. Starwave
has determined that such a change occurred in May 1998 and November 1998 and
the annual utilization of loss carry-forwards generated through those periods
will be limited.
6. Stock option plan
Starwave has a Combined Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan (the
Plan) for employees, directors, consultants or independent contractors whereby
140,000 shares of Class A common stock are reserved for stock option grants.
Pursuant to the Plan, the Board of Directors may grant nonqualified and
incentive stock options. The vesting period, exercise price and expiration
period of options are established at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
However, in no event shall the term of any incentive stock option exceed ten
years. All option grants to date vest over periods ranging from three to four
years, and expire ten years from the date of grant.
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<PAGE>
STARWAVE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
October 4, 1998, September 28, 1997 and December 31, 1996
(In Thousands, except per share amounts)
The per share weighted average fair value of stock options granted during
1998, 1997 and 1996 was $5.87, $1.62 and $0.11, respectively, on the date of
grant using the Black Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted
average assumptions: fiscal years 1998, 1997 and 1996-expected dividend yield
0%; risk-free interest rate of 5.61%, 6.28% and 6.14%, respectively, and an
expected life of 4.26, 2.68 and 2.89 years, respectively.
Starwave applies APB Opinion No. 25 in accounting for its plan and,
accordingly, compensation cost has been recognized for its stock options in the
financial statements only to the extent that the exercise price of the option
is less than the fair value of the underlying stock on the date of the grant.
In fiscal years 1998, 1997 and 1996 Starwave recorded deferred compensation
relating to the issuance of stock options less than fair value of $4,232, $0
and $394, respectively. Amortization of these costs amounted to $532, $74, and
$148 for the fiscal years 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively. Had Starwave
determined compensation cost based on the fair value at the grant date for its
stock options under SFAS No. 123, Starwave's net loss would have been increased
to the pro forma amounts indicated below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
October 4, September 28, December 31,
1998 1997 1996
---------- ------------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net loss
As reported............. $(15,426) $(17,573) $(35,965)
Pro forma............... (16,595) (18,116) (36,049)
Basic and diluted net loss
per share
As reported............. (.16) (.25) (1.13)
Pro forma............... (.17) (.25) (1.13)
</TABLE>
Pro forma net loss reflects only options granted in fiscal years 1998, 1997,
1996 and 1995. Therefore, the full impact of calculating compensation cost for
stock options under SFAS No. 123 is not reflected in the pro forma net loss and
net loss per share amounts presented above because compensation cost is
reflected over the options' vesting period of three to four years and
compensation cost for options granted prior to January 1, 1995 is not
considered.
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<PAGE>
STARWAVE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
October 4, 1998, September 28, 1997 and December 31, 1996
(In Thousands, except per share amounts)
The following summarizes the activity, restated for the common stock split
(Note 7), under Starwave's plan:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Weighted
Weighted average
Number average fair value
of exercise of options
shares price granted
------ -------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Balances at December 31, 1995.................. 11,568 $0.003
Options granted:
Exercise price equal to fair value........... 3,420 0.27 $0.03
Exercise price less than fair value.......... 1,920 0.09 0.22
Options exercised............................ (5,531) 0.003
Options canceled............................. (1,300) 0.03
------
Balances at December 31, 1996.................. 10,077 0.105
Options granted:
Exercise price equal to fair value........... 4,383 2.27 1.62
Options exercised............................ (2,612) 0.01
Options canceled............................. (816) 0.12
------
Balances at September 28, 1997................. 11,032 0.99
Options granted:
Exercise price equal to fair value........... 935 3.79 8.32
Exercise price less than fair value.......... 740 2.95 2.95
Options exercised............................ (2,148) .08
Options canceled............................. (1,453) 1.24
------
Balances at October 4, 1998.................... 9,106 1.62
Options exercisable at:
December 31, 1996............................ 2,800 .025
September 28, 1997........................... 3,116 .38
October 4, 1998.............................. 3,941 1.04
</TABLE>
At October 4, 1998, 143,447 shares remained reserved and available for grant
under the Plan.
The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding
under the Plan at October 4, 1998:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Weighted average
Number remaining Weighted average Number Weighted average
Exercise price outstanding contractual life exercise price exercisable exercise price
- -------------- ----------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$0.003 1,275 6.75 $ 0.003 673 $0.003
0.09 1,451 7.70 0.09 1,147 0.09
0.15-
.44 945 7.84 .42 443 .42
2.27 4,182 8.52 2.27 1,678 2.27
2.95 1,013 9.09 2.95
4.47-
8.81 221 9.91 7.06
9.32 2 9.73 9.32
9.85 11 9.75 9.85
9.94 6 9.74 9.94
----- -----
9,106 8.23 $ 1.62 3,941 $ 1.04
===== =====
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
STARWAVE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
October 4, 1998, September 28, 1997 and December 31, 1996
(In Thousands, except per share amounts)
7. Equity
As of April 22, 1997, Starwave amended its Articles of Incorporation to
authorize the issuance of two new classes of shares, designated, respectively,
Class A common stock and Class B common stock. As of October 4, 1998, Starwave
had the authority to issue 250,000 shares and 80,000 shares of Class A common
stock and Class B common stock, respectively, at a par value of $.01 per share.
Each holder of Class A common stock is entitled to one vote per share owned and
each holder of Class B common stock is entitled to 2 1/2 votes per share owned.
Class B shares may be converted into one share of Class A common stock at any
time, and the transfer of Class B shares to a third party results in its
automatic conversion to Class A shares. Each outstanding share of common stock
on the date of amendment became one share of Class A common stock.
As established in the Stock Purchase Agreement dated March 28, 1997,
effective April 22, 1997 Disney obtained a controlling interest in Starwave by
purchasing 39,869 shares of Starwave's Class B common shares. The initial
purchase proceeds provided $31,868 in cash to Starwave, and extinguished loans
from a key shareholder of $50,000 (Note 4). The agreement provides that Disney
has the option to acquire all of the outstanding Class A shares held by key
shareholders and employees at a predetermined price.
On May 1, 1998, Disney exercised this option and acquired all of the
outstanding Class A shares from the primary shareholder, thereby increasing its
percentage ownership of Starwave's outstanding common stock from approximately
41% to approximately 91% on a primary share basis.
Common stock split
On October 4, 1997, the Board of Directors declared a four-for-one stock
split on Starwave's Class A and Class B common stock effected in the form of a
stock dividend to holders of record on that date. Class A and Class B common
stock issued, including stock option information, and additional paid-in
capital for all years have been restated to reflect this split.
8. Commitments
Starwave occupies its current facilities under terms of a noncancelable
operating lease that expires in May 2001, subject to extensions at Starwave's
option. At October 4, 1998, future minimum rental payments under the lease are
as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year ending September,
----------------------
<S> <C>
1999........................................................... $ 1,502
2000........................................................... 1,206
2001........................................................... 550
-------
$ 3,258
=======
</TABLE>
Rent expense under noncancelable operating leases amounted to $1,493, $871
and $931 in fiscal years 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
During fiscal year 1998, Starwave entered into separation agreements with
certain employees. The terms of these agreements include severance payments
based on staff level and years of service, accelerated stock option vesting and
payment of post-employment insurance premiums. The termination of employees
under
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<PAGE>
STARWAVE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
October 4, 1998, September 28, 1997 and December 31, 1996
(In Thousands, except per share amounts)
these separation agreements is contingent upon completion of the Infoseek
merger, and Starwave's obligations under the agreements will transfer to
Infoseek at that time. Accordingly, no liability for these arrangements has
been recorded by Starwave as of October 4, 1998.
9. Discontinued operations
In March 1996, Starwave made the decision to discontinue its multimedia CD-
ROM segment. During the phase-out period, Starwave completed production of its
final CD-ROM product and disposed of its remaining inventory of CD-ROM products
currently released. The phase-out period was completed by March 31, 1997.
Operating results of the Multimedia CD-ROM segment for 1996 are shown
separately in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Any
activity subsequent to December 31, 1996 reduced the net liability.
Accrued liabilities of discontinued operations consist of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
October 4, September 28, December 31,
1998 1997 1996
---------- ------------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Accounts payable and accrued
liabilities....................... $(347) $(359) $(500)
Accrual for expected losses during
phase-out period.................. -- -- (19)
----- ----- -----
$(347) $(359) $(519)
===== ===== =====
</TABLE>
Net revenues and expenses of the Multimedia CD-ROM segment consist of the
following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
October 4, September 28, December 31,
1998 1997 1996
---------- ------------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net revenues....................... $-- $-- $ 664
Expenses........................... -- -- (4,934)
Accrual for expected losses during
phase-out period.................. -- -- (19)
---- ---- -------
Loss from discontinued
operations........................ $-- $-- $(4,289)
==== ==== =======
</TABLE>
Starwave recognized revenues from CD-ROM product sales at the time of
shipment from Starwave's distributor. The estimated effect of price protection
programs and product returns were recorded as reductions to revenue.
10. Other expense
During 1996, Starwave incurred legal and accounting fees of $606 in
connection with a proposed initial public offering, which was not completed. As
a result, the costs were expensed in 1996 and included in other expenses.
11. Subsequent event
On November 18, 1998, Starwave's shareholders approved a merger with
Infoseek Corporation (Infoseek), a developer and retailer of Internet
technology. Under the terms of the agreement, Infoseek acquired 100% of
Starwave's outstanding common stock for approximately 25,512 shares of Infoseek
common stock and assumed options outstanding under Starwave's stock option
plans for an aggregate of approximately 2,626 options for Infoseek common
stock. In connection with this acquisition, the joint venture terms of the ABC
News/Starwave Partners and ESPN/Starwave Partners are extended for ten years
from the date of the acquisition.
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<PAGE>
STARWAVE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
October 4, 1998, September 28, 1997 and December 31, 1996
(In Thousands, except per share amounts)
Upon closing of the transaction, Infoseek and Starwave will become wholly
owned subsidiaries of a newly organized holding company, Infoseek Corporation
(Newco), incorporated in Delaware. Shares of Newco, a registered public
company, will trade on Nasdaq and will be held by the former shareholders of
Infoseek and Starwave.
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<PAGE>
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To ABC News/Starwave Partners
d/b/a ABC News Internet Ventures
In our opinion, the accompanying balance sheet and the related statements of
operations, of changes in partners' equity and of cash flows present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of ABC News/Starwave Partners
d/b/a ABC News Internet Ventures ("AIV") at October 4, 1998 and September 28,
1997, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended
October 4, 1998 and the period from April 1, 1997 (inception) to September 28,
1997, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. These
financial statements are the responsibility of AIV's management; our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards which require that we plan and perform
the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements, 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 the
opinion expressed above.
Subsequent to year-end, AIV completed a transaction which significantly
changed its partnership and operating structure as described in Note 4.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Seattle, Washington
November 18, 1998
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<PAGE>
ABC NEWS/STARWAVE PARTNERS
D/B/A ABC NEWS INTERNET VENTURES)
Balance Sheet
(in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
July 3, October 4, September 28,
1999 1998 1997
----------- ---------- -------------
(unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents............... $ 241 $ 1,941 $ 31
Accounts receivable (net of allowance of
$0, $42 and
$10, respectively).................... -- 2,936 1,368
Other receivables....................... 228 -- --
Prepaid royalties....................... 979 1,628 2,857
------ ------- ------
Total current assets.................. 1,448 6,505 4,256
Equipment and leasehold improvements,
net...................................... 4,097 3,967 3,134
------ ------- ------
Total assets.......................... $5,545 $10,472 $7,390
====== ======= ======
Liabilities and Partners' Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable........................ $ 801 $ 1,444 $2,605
Accrued compensation.................... 627 49 240
Deferred revenue........................ -- 207 85
Other liabilities....................... 154 44 --
Due to related parties.................. 1,122 1,830 --
------ ------- ------
Total current liabilities............. 2,704 3,574 2,930
Commitments (Note 3)
Partners' equity.......................... 2,841 6,898 4,460
------ ------- ------
Total liabilities and partners'
equity............................... $5,545 $10,472 $7,390
====== ======= ======
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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<PAGE>
ABC NEWS/STARWAVE PARTNERS
(D/B/A ABC NEWS INTERNET VENTURES)
Statement of Operations
(in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year April 1, 1997
Nine months ended
------------------- ended (inception) to
July 3, June 28, October 4, September 28,
1999 1998 1998 1997
-------- --------- ---------- --------------
(unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues
Representation Agreement
revenue...................... $ 5,759 $ -- $ -- $ --
Advertising revenues.......... 773 2,856 4,034 937
Royalties..................... 768 4,315 5,844 992
-------- --------- -------- -------
Total revenues.............. 7,300 7,171 9,878 1,929
-------- --------- -------- -------
Operating expenses
Cost of online services....... 12,399 13,196 18,182 9,015
Development................... 663 733 1,751 532
Sales and marketing........... 2,259 2,660 3,959 1,777
General and administrative.... 1,509 2,219 2,746 537
-------- --------- -------- -------
Total operating expenses.... 16,830 18,808 26,638 11,861
-------- --------- -------- -------
Interest income................. -- -- 61 2
-------- --------- -------- -------
Net loss........................ $ (9,530) $ (11,637) $(16,699) $(9,930)
======== ========= ======== =======
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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<PAGE>
ABC NEWS/STARWAVE PARTNERS
(D/B/A ABC NEWS INTERNET VENTURES)
Statement of Changes in Partners' Equity
(in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DOL Online Total
Starwave Investments, partners'
Ventures, Inc. Inc. equity
-------------- ------------ ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Initial capital contribution, April 1,
1997................................... $ (26) $ -- $ (26)
Capital contributions................... 8,660 5,756 14,416
Net loss for the period................. (5,958) (3,972) (9,930)
-------- ------- --------
Balance at September 28, 1997........... 2,676 1,784 4,460
Capital contributions................... 11,483 7,654 19,137
Net loss for the period................. (10,020) (6,679) (16,699)
-------- ------- --------
Balance at October 4, 1998.............. 4,139 2,759 6,898
Capital contributions .................. 3,284 2,189 5,473
Net loss for the period ................ (5,718) (3,812) (9,530)
-------- ------- --------
Balance at July 3, 1999 (unaudited)..... $ 1,705 $ 1,136 $ 2,841
======== ======= ========
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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<PAGE>
ABC NEWS/STARWAVE PARTNERS
(D/B/A ABC NEWS INTERNET VENTURES)
Statement of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine months ended April 1, 1997
------------------- Year ended (inception) to
July 3, June 28, October 4, September 28,
1999 1998 1998 1997
-------- --------- ---------- --------------
(unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Cash flows from operating
activities
Net loss....................... $ (9,530) $ (11,637) $(16,699) $(9,930)
Adjustments to reconcile net
loss to net cash (used in)
provided by operating
activities
Deferred revenue from
contributed assets.......... -- -- -- 26
Operating expenses allocated
from partners............... 4,876 13,893 17,988 11,327
Depreciation and
amortization................ 525 492 676 273
Change in accounts
receivable.................. 2,936 245 (1,568) (1,368)
Change in other receivables.. (228) -- -- --
Change in prepaid royalties.. 649 860 1,229 (2,857)
Change in accounts payable... (643) (1,253) (1,161) 2,605
Change in accrued
compensation................ 578 (191) (191) 240
Change in deferred revenue... (207) 118 122 85
Change in other liabilities.. 110 -- 44 --
Change in due to related
parties..................... (708) 1,822 1,830 --
-------- --------- -------- -------
Net cash (used in) provided by
operating activities.......... (1,642) 4,349 2,270 401
-------- --------- -------- -------
Cash flows from investing
activities
Purchase of equipment and
leasehold improvements...... (58) (50) (360) (370)
-------- --------- -------- -------
Net (decrease) increase in cash
and cash equivalents.......... (1,700) 4,299 1,910 31
Cash and cash equivalents,
beginning of period........... 1,941 31 31 --
Cash and cash equivalents, end
of period..................... $ 241 $ 4,330 $ 1,941 $ 31
======== ========= ======== =======
Supplemental schedule of
noncash investing and
financing activities
Fixed assets contributed by
partners...................... $ 597 $ 861 $ 1,149 $ 3,037
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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<PAGE>
ABC NEWS/STARWAVE PARTNERS
(D/B/A ABC NEWS INTERNET VENTURES)
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in thousands)
1. Organization, Business and Significant Accounting Policies
Organization
ABC News Internet Ventures ("AIV") was formed on April 1, 1997 upon the
execution of a Joint Partnership agreement between Starwave Ventures, Inc.
("SVI") and DOL Online Investments Inc. ("DOL"). SVI and DOL (the "Partners")
are allocated the net losses and net profits of AIV 60%/40% and 50%/50%,
respectively. In addition, the Partners incur and pay certain operating
expenses on behalf of AIV. These expenses are allocated to AIV and considered
contributions to partners' equity. Upon inception, SVI contributed a deferred
revenue liability of $26, relating to services subsequently performed by AIV.
Business
AIV was established to develop, produce and maintain Internet-based services
intended to appeal to broad consumer interests in news and entertainment
content areas. AIV currently generates revenue from advertisements sold for
display upon its services, and royalties from certain production agreements.
Inherent in AIV's business are various risks and uncertainties, including
its limited operating history and the limited history of commerce on the
Internet. Future revenues from online services are dependent on the continued
growth and acceptance of the Internet, use of the Internet as an information
source, and acceptance of the Internet as an effective advertising medium.
Revenue Recognition
Advertising revenues are recognized using the straight-line method over the
period of the related advertising contract. Advertising revenues are stated net
of commissions. AIV guarantees to certain advertising customers a minimum
number of page impressions to be delivered to users of its services for a
specified period. To the extent minimum guaranteed page impression deliveries
are not met, AIV defers recognition of the corresponding revenues until
guaranteed page impression delivery levels are achieved. As of October 4, 1998
and September 28, 1997, no revenues have been deferred as a result of these
guarantees. Deferred revenues represent payments received in advance by AIV
which are deferred until earned. Deferred revenues are classified based on the
period of the related advertising or production contract.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with an original
maturity of three months or less.
Prepaid Royalties
Prepaid royalties represents payments made or accrued to independent content
providers under development and production agreements. Amortization begins upon
launch of the applicable online service and is based on the greater of amounts
determined by the contractual royalty rates or amounts computed on a straight-
line basis over the terms of the agreements. At October 4, 1998 and September
28, 1997, AIV had one contract for a total of $3,750, which is being amortized
on a straight-line basis over the three-year life of the contract.
Management periodically evaluates the future recoverability of prepaid
royalties. In the event management does not expect to generate revenues
sufficient to recover the prepaid royalty under a particular contract, AIV will
reduce the carrying amount of its prepaid royalty to its fair value on the date
such a determination is made.
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<PAGE>
ABC NEWS/STARWAVE PARTNERS
(D/B/A ABC NEWS INTERNET VENTURES)
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(in thousands)
Equipment and Leasehold Improvements
Equipment and leasehold improvements are recorded at cost for purchased
assets and net book value for contributed assets. Depreciation and amortization
are recognized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives
of such assets ranging from one to six years.
Development Expenses
Development expenses relate to the development of new technologies that may
benefit the online service and consist principally of costs for labor,
facilities and equipment. Development expenses are charged to results of
operations as incurred. Once an online service is launched and available to
generate revenues, expenses associated with enhancements and development of new
features for the service are included in cost of online services.
Advertising Expenses
Advertising and promotion costs are expensed as incurred. AIV incurred
advertising costs of $886 and $1,260 for the periods ended October 4, 1998 and
September 28, 1997, respectively.
Income Taxes
Profits or losses of AIV are attributable directly to the Partners for
income tax purposes. Consequently, an income tax provision has not been
reflected in these financial statements.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable,
accounts payable, and accrued compensation and due from related parties
approximates fair value because of the short-term maturity of these
instruments.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosures 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.
Accounting Changes
In June 1997, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130 ("SFAS
130"), Reporting Comprehensive Income, was issued. This pronouncement requires
companies to report comprehensive income and its components prominently in the
financial statements. Comprehensive income includes both net income and charges
or credits to equity that are not the results of transactions with owners. SFAS
130 is required to be adopted for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
1997. AIV does not have any comprehensive income items other than net loss;
therefore, SFAS 130 does not impact AIV.
In June 1998, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 ("SFAS
133"), Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, was
issued. This pronouncement standardizes the accounting for
derivative instruments by requiring that an entity recognize those items as
assets or liabilities in the financial
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ABC NEWS/STARWAVE PARTNERS
(D/B/A ABC NEWS INTERNET VENTURES)
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-(Continued)
(in thousands)
statements and measure them at fair value. SFAS 133 is required to be adopted
for fiscal years beginning after October 1, 2000. Since AIV does not hold any
derivative instruments, SFAS 133 is not expected to impact AIV.
In October 1997, Statement of Position No. 97-2 ("SOP 97-2"), Software
Revenue Recognition, was issued. This pronouncement outlines criteria which
must be satisfied before revenue from selling or licensing software can be
recognized. SOP 97-2 is required to be adopted for transactions entered into in
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1997. Since AIV does not generate
revenue from selling or licensing software, SOP 97-2 does not impact AIV.
Interim Financial Information
The interim financial data as of July 3, 1999 and for the nine months ended
July 3, 1999 and June 28, 1998 is unaudited; however, in the opinion of
management, the interim data includes all adjustments, consisting only of
normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly AIV's financial
position as of July 3, 1999 and the results of its operations and cash flows
for the nine months ended July 3, 1999 and June 28, 1998.
2. Equipment and Leasehold Improvements
Equipment and leasehold improvements consist of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
October 4, September 28,
1998 1997
---------- -------------
<S> <C> <C>
Computer hardware................................... $660 $348
Software............................................ 44 3
Furniture and fixtures.............................. 19 19
Leasehold improvements.............................. 4,193 3,037
------ ------
4,916 3,407
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization..... (949) (273)
------ ------
$3,967 $3,134
====== ======
</TABLE>
AIV shares office space and certain operating equipment with its Partners.
Related rent in the amount of $12 and $29 was allocated to AIV for the year
ended October 4, 1998 and for the period from April 1, 1997 (inception) to
September 28, 1997, respectively.
3. Commitments
AIV has production agreements with third parties (licensors) under which it
produces online services utilizing content licensed under the production
agreements. In exchange for content licenses, the licensors are entitled to
royalties calculated as a percentage of gross revenues from the online
services, as defined in the production agreements. During the term of the
production agreements, AIV is required to pay minimum nonrefundable payments
which are offset against the royalties as they are earned. Future minimum
royalty payments are $750 in 1999.
4. Subsequent Event
On November 18, 1998, the parent company of SVI completed a merger with
Infoseek Corporation ("Infoseek"), a developer and retailer of internet
technology. As a result of this acquisition, DOL and Infoseek agreed to extend
the AIV joint venture term for ten years from the date of the acquisition.
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ABC NEWS/STARWAVE PARTNERS
(D/B/A ABC NEWS INTERNET VENTURES)
Upon completion of the merger, Infoseek, SVI and AIV entered into the ABC
Representation Agreement. Under this agreement, SVI is engaged by AIV on an
exclusive basis in the sale of advertising and other items as designated or
approved by AIV. Under the agreement, SVI pays AIV the greater of (i) a
guaranteed minimum payment or (ii) actual revenues billed to third parties for
advertising and other items less actual and reasonably allocated costs of
providing the advertising and other services plus a 5% profit margin.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To ESPN/Starwave Partners
d/b/a ESPN Internet Ventures
In our opinion, the accompanying balance sheet and the related statements of
operations, of changes in partners' equity and of cash flows present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of ESPN/Starwave Partners d/b/a
ESPN Internet Ventures ("EIV") at October 4, 1998 and September 28, 1997, and
the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended October 4,
1998 and the period from April 1, 1997 (inception) to September 28, 1997, in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. These financial
statements are the responsibility of EIV's management; our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We
conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards which require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, 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 the opinion expressed above.
Subsequent to year-end, EIV completed a transaction which significantly
changed its partnership and operating structure as described in Note 4.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Seattle, Washington
November 18, 1998
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ESPN/STARWAVE PARTNERS
(D/B/A ESPN INTERNET VENTURES)
Balance Sheet
(in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
July 3, October 4, September 28,
1999 1998 1997
----------- ---------- -------------
(unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents............... $ 990 $3,623 $1,900
Accounts receivable (net of allowance of
$0, $79 and
$71, respectively).................... 325 3,244 2,555
Prepaid royalties....................... 3,319 1,956 530
------ ------ ------
Total current assets.................. 4,634 8,823 4,985
Property and equipment, net............... 1,520 479 84
------ ------ ------
Total assets.......................... $6,154 $9,302 $5,069
====== ====== ======
Liabilities and Partners' Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued
liabilities............................ $2,214 $1,040 $ 506
Deferred revenue........................ -- 2,866 1,718
Due to related parties.................. 3,196 -- 109
------ ------ ------
Total current liabilities............. 5,410 3,906 2,333
Commitments (Note 3)
Partners' equity.......................... 744 5,396 2,736
------ ------ ------
Total liabilities and partners'
equity............................... $6,154 $9,302 $5,069
====== ====== ======
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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ESPN/STARWAVE PARTNERS
(D/B/A ESPN INTERNET VENTURES)
Statement of Operations
(in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
April 1, 1997
Nine months ended Year ended (inception) to
July 3, June 28, October 4, September 28,
1999 1998 1998 1997
-------- --------- ---------- --------------
(unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues
Representation Agreement
revenue....................... $ 16,817 $ -- $ -- $ --
Advertising revenue............ 2,166 10,363 13,459 4,868
Subscription revenue........... 315 1,553 2,459 1,732
Fantasy games and other........ 2,103 2,605 3,275 396
-------- -------- ------- -------
Total revenues............... 21,401 14,521 19,193 6,996
-------- -------- ------- -------
Operating expenses
Cost of online services........ 17,709 10,668 15,715 7,168
Development.................... 2,308 1,299 1,847 515
Sales and marketing............ 4,872 3,809 5,724 2,262
General and administrative..... 3,737 2,228 3,055 811
-------- -------- ------- -------
Total operating expenses..... 28,626 18,004 26,341 10,756
-------- -------- ------- -------
Interest income.................. -- -- 249 8
-------- -------- ------- -------
Net loss......................... $ (7,225) $ (3,483) $(6,899) $(3,752)
======== ======== ======= =======
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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ESPN/STARWAVE PARTNERS
(D/B/A ESPN INTERNET VENTURES)
Statement of Changes in Partners' Equity
(in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ESPN
Online Total
Starwave Investments partners'
Ventures, Inc. Inc. equity
-------------- ----------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Initial capital contribution
April 1, 1997 (Note 1).................... $(1,484) $ -- $(1,484)
Capital contributions..................... 5,377 2,595 7,972
Net loss for the period................... (2,251) (1,501) (3,752)
------- ------- -------
Balance at September 28, 1997............. 1,642 1,094 2,736
Capital contributions..................... 5,735 3,824 9,559
Net loss for the period................... (4,139) (2,760) (6,899)
------- ------- -------
Balance at October 4, 1998................ 3,238 2,158 5,396
Capital contributions .................... 1,544 1,029 2,573
Net loss for the period .................. (4,335) (2,890) (7,225)
------- ------- -------
Balance at July 3, 1999 (unaudited)....... $ 447 $ 297 $ 744
======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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ESPN/STARWAVE PARTNERS
(D/B/A ESPN INTERNET VENTURES)
Statement of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine months ended April 1,1997
------------------- Year ended (inception) to
July 3, June 28, October 4, September 28,
1999 1998 1998 1997
-------- --------- ---------- --------------
(unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Cash flows from operating
activities
Net loss........................ $ (7,225) $ (3,483) $(6,899) $(3,752)
Adjustments to reconcile net
loss to net cash (used in)
provided by operating
activities
Deferred revenue from
contributed assets........... -- -- -- 1,484
Operating expenses allocated
from partners................ 2,573 9,615 9,559 5,004
Depreciation and
amortization................. 359 49 87 3
Change in accounts
receivable................... 2,919 (989) (689) (2,555)
Change in prepaid royalties... (1,363) (1,575) (1,426) (530)
Change in accounts payable and
accrued liabilities.......... 1,174 (112) 534 506
Change in deferred revenue.... (2,866) (53) 1,148 1,718
Change in due to related
parties...................... 3,196 (109) (109) 109
-------- -------- ------- -------
Net cash (used in) provided
by operating activities.... (1,233) 3,343 2,205 1,987
-------- -------- ------- -------
Cash flows from investing
activities
Purchase of property and
equipment...................... (1,400) (179) (482) (87)
-------- -------- ------- -------
Net (decrease) increase in cash
and cash equivalents............. (2,633) 3,164 1,723 1,900
Cash and cash equivalents,
beginning of period.............. 3,623 1,900 1,900 --
-------- -------- ------- -------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of
period........................... $ 990 $ 5,064 $ 3,623 $ 1,900
======== ======== ======= =======
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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ESPN/STARWAVE PARTNERS
(D/B/A ESPN INTERNET VENTURES)
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in thousands)
1. Organization, business and significant accounting policies
Organization
ESPN Internet Ventures ("EIV") was formed on April 1, 1997 upon the
execution of a Joint Partnership agreement between Starwave Ventures, Inc.
("SVI") and ESPN Online Investments Inc. SVI and ESPN Online Investments Inc.
(the "Partners") are allocated net losses and net profits of EIV 60%/40% and
50%/50%, respectively. In addition, the partners incur and pay certain
operating expenses on behalf of EIV. These expenses are allocated to EIV and
considered contributions to partners' equity. Upon inception, SVI contributed a
deferred revenue liability of $1,484 relating to services subsequently
performed by EIV.
Business
EIV was established to develop, produce and maintain Internet-based services
intended to appeal to broad consumer interests in sports-related content areas.
EIV generates revenue from advertisements sold for display upon its services,
and from fantasy games and subscriptions sold to the end consumer.
Inherent in EIV's business are various risks and uncertainties, including
its limited operating history and the limited history of commerce on the
Internet. Future revenues from online services are dependent on the continued
growth and acceptance of the Internet, use of the Internet as an information
source, and acceptance of the Internet as an effective advertising medium.
Revenue Recognition
Advertising, subscription and fantasy game revenues are recognized using the
straight-line method over the period of the related advertising contract,
subscription term or sports season. Merchandise revenue is recognized at the
time of sale. Advertising revenues are stated net of commissions. EIV
guarantees to certain advertising customers a minimum number of page
impressions to be delivered to users of its services for a specified period. To
the extent minimum guaranteed page impression deliveries are not met, EIV
defers recognition of the corresponding revenues until guaranteed page
impression delivery levels are achieved. As of October 4, 1998 and September
28, 1997, no revenues had been deferred as a result of these guarantees.
Deferred revenues represent advance payments received by EIV which are deferred
until earned. Deferred revenues are classified based on the period of the
related advertising contract or subscription.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with an original
maturity of three months or less.
Prepaid Royalties
Prepaid royalties represents payments made or accrued to independent content
providers under development and production agreements. Amortization begins upon
launch of the applicable online service and is based on the greater of amounts
determined by the contractual royalty rates or amounts computed on a straight-
line basis over the terms of the agreements. At October 4, 1998 and September
28, 1997, EIV had one contract for a total of $2,000 and $1,300, respectively,
which is being amortized on a straight-line basis over the duration of the life
of the contract.
Management periodically evaluates the future recoverability of prepaid
royalties. In the event management does not expect to generate revenues
sufficient to recover the prepaid royalty under a particular contract, EIV will
reduce the carrying amount of its prepaid royalty to its fair value on the date
such a determination is made.
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ESPN/STARWAVE PARTNERS
(D/B/A ESPN INTERNET VENTURES)
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in thousands)--(Continued)
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment is recorded at cost for purchased assets and net book
value for contributed assets. Depreciation and amortization are recognized
using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of such assets.
The estimated useful life used is three years.
Development Expenses
Development expenses relate to the development of new technologies that may
benefit the existing online services and consist principally as costs for
content, facilities and equipment. Development expenses are charged to results
of operations as incurred. Once an online service is launched and available to
generate revenues, expenses associated with enhancements and development of new
features for the service are included in cost of online services.
Advertising Expenses
Advertising and promotion costs are expensed as incurred. EIV incurred
advertising costs of $1,743 and $1,558 during the periods ended October 4, 1998
and September 28, 1997, respectively.
Income Taxes
Profits or losses of EIV are attributable directly to the Partners for
income tax purposes. Consequently, an income tax provision has not been
reflected in these financial statements.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, and
accounts payable approximates fair value because of the short-term maturity of
these instruments.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosures 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.
Accounting Changes
In June 1997, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130 ("SFAS
130"), Reporting Comprehensive Income, was issued. This pronouncement requires
companies to report comprehensive income and its components prominently in the
financial statements. Comprehensive income includes both net income and charges
or credits to equity that are not the results of transactions with owners. SFAS
130 is required to be adopted for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
1997. EIV does not have any comprehensive income items other than net loss;
therefore, SFAS 130 does not impact EIV.
In June 1998, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 ("SFAS
133"), Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, was
issued. This pronouncement standardizes the accounting for derivative
instruments by requiring that an entity recognize those items as assets or
liabilities in the financial statements and measure them at fair value. SFAS
133 is required to be adopted for fiscal years beginning after October 1, 2000.
Since EIV does not hold any derivative instruments, SFAS 133 is not expected to
impact EIV.
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ESPN/STARWAVE PARTNERS
(D/B/A ESPN INTERNET VENTURES)
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in thousands)--(Continued)
In October 1997, Statement of Position No. 97-2 ("SOP 97-2"), Software
Revenue Recognition, was issued. This pronouncement outlines criteria which
must be satisfied before revenue from selling or licensing software can be
recognized. SOP 97-2 is required to be adopted for transactions entered into in
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1997. Since EIV does not generate
revenue from selling or licensing software, SOP 97-2 does not impact EIV.
Interim Financial Information
The interim financial data as of July 3, 1999 and for the nine months ended
July 3, 1999 and June 28, 1998 is unaudited; however, in the opinion of
management, the interim data includes all adjustments, consisting only of
normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly EIV's financial
position as of July 3, 1999 and the results of its operations and cash flows
for the nine months ended July 3, 1999 and June 28, 1998.
2. Property and Equipment
Property and equipment consist of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
October 4, September 28,
1998 1997
---------- -------------
<S> <C> <C>
Computer hardware..................................... $569 $87
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization....... (90) (3)
---- ---
$479 $84
==== ===
</TABLE>
EIV shares office space and certain operating equipment with its partners
and the related rent of $0 and $88, and depreciation of $370 and $145,
respectively, was allocated to EIV for the year ended October 4, 1998 and the
period from April 1, 1997 (inception) to September 28, 1997.
3. Commitments
EIV has production agreements with third parties (licensors) under which it
produces online services utilizing content licensed under the production
agreements. In exchange for content licenses, the licensors are entitled to
royalties calculated as a percentage of gross revenues from the online
services, as defined in the production agreements. During the term of the
production agreements, EIV is required to pay minimum nonrefundable payments
which are offset against the royalties as they are earned. Future minimum
royalty payments are summarized as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Fiscal year ending
------------------
<S> <C>
1999............................................................... $3,250
2000............................................................... 3,000
------
$6,250
======
</TABLE>
4. Subsequent Event
On November 18, 1998, the parent company of SVI completed a merger with
Infoseek Corporation ("Infoseek"), a developer and retailer of internet
technology. As a result of this acquisition, ESPN Online Investments, Inc. and
Infoseek agreed to extend the EIV joint venture term for ten years from the
date of the acquisition.
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ESPN/STARWAVE PARTNERS
(D/B/A ESPN INTERNET VENTURES)
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in thousands)--(Continued)
Upon completion of the merger, Infoseek, SVI and EIV entered into the ESPN
Representation Agreement. Under this agreement, SVI is engaged by EIV on an
exclusive basis in the sale of advertising and other items as designated or
approved by EIV. Under the agreement, SVI pays EIV the greater of (i) a
guaranteed minimum payment or (ii) actual revenues billed to third parties for
advertising and other items less actual and reasonably allocated costs of
providing the advertising and other services plus a 5% profit margin.
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION UNAUDITED PRO FORMA
COMBINED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENT
The following unaudited pro forma combined condensed financial information
for Infoseek Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Infoseek"), consists of the
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statement of Operations for the nine
months ended October 3, 1998. The pro forma financial statement gives effect to
Infoseek's acquisition of Starwave Corporation ("Starwave") through a merger
and exchange of 25,952,681 shares on November 18, 1998. The Company also
reserved 2,205,316 shares of Common stock in connection with outstanding Stock
Options of Starwave to be assumed by the Company. In addition, the pro forma
financial statement gives effect to The Walt Disney Company's ("Disney's")
purchase of an additional 2,642,000 unregistered shares of Infoseek common
stock and a warrant, subject to vesting, to purchase an additional 15,720,000
unregistered shares of Infoseek common stock in exchange for approximately
$70.0 million in cash and $139.0 million in a five-year promissory note. The
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statement of Operations for the nine
months ended October 3, 1998 reflects these transactions as if they had taken
place on January 1, 1998. Infoseek's unaudited pro forma combined condensed
financial statements as of and for the nine months ended July 3, 1999 are not
presented as the results of operations of Starwave from October 5, 1998 through
November 18, 1998 (date of acquisition) and Quando from October 1, 1998 through
January 15, 1999 (date of acquisition) were insignificant relative to
Infoseek's consolidated unaudited results of operations for the nine months
ended July 3, 1999 and the unaudited pro forma combined condensed balance
sheets of Starwave and Quando are included in Infoseek's condensed consolidated
unaudited interim balance sheet included in Annex K of this document.
On July 24, 1998, Infoseek entered into a merger agreement to acquire
Quando, Inc. ("Quando"), in exchange for approximately $19.0 million in shares
of Infoseek's common stock. The transaction was completed on January 15, 1999.
In accordance with the merger agreement, Infoseek issued 396,591 shares of
Infoseek common stock for all outstanding Quando shares. Infoseek also reserved
approximately 35,000 shares of Infoseek common stock for Quando stock options
assumed by Infoseek. The fair value of Infoseek's shares and options issued was
approximately $19.0 million. In addition, Infoseek incurred direct acquisition
costs of approximately $1.5 million, which were included in the purchase price
of Quando. The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statement of Operations
for the nine months ended October 3, 1998 reflects this transaction as if it
had taken place on January 1, 1998.
The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statement of Operations combines
Infoseek's historical results of operations for the nine months ended October
3, 1998 with Starwave's historical results for the nine months ended October 4,
1998 and Quando's historical results of operations for the nine months ended
October 3, 1998. In addition, the Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed
Statement of Operations includes the impact of certain related agreements which
become effective with the mergers described above. These agreements are
described more fully in the notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed
Financial Statement. The pro forma financial statement is not necessarily
indicative of what the actual financial results would have been had the
transactions taken place on January 1, 1998 and do not purport to indicate the
results of future operations.
The Starwave merger and Quando acquistion were accounted for using the
purchase method of accounting. The pro forma financial statement has been
prepared on the basis of assumptions described in the notes thereto.
In connection with the Starwave merger, Infoseek recorded $45.2 million in
developed technology and assembled workforce intangibles which will be
amortized over a two year period. The Company also recorded $178.5 million
relating to the fair value of the Joint Ventures acquired which will be
amortized on a straight-line basis over a ten year period. The estimated amount
of goodwill is $656.5 million which is to be amortized on a straight-line basis
over a ten year period. Infoseek also incurred write-offs related to in-process
research and development of $72.6 million in the quarter ended January 2, 1999.
In connection with the Quando acquisition, Infoseek recorded approximately $8.7
million in developed technology and assembled workforce intangibles which will
be amortized on a straight-line basis over a two year period. The estimated
amount of
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goodwill is $11.1 million which is to be amortized on a straight-line basis
over a ten year period. Infoseek also incurred in-process research and
development write-offs of $4.3 million in the quarter ended April 3, 1999. The
effect of the write-offs related to in-process research and development is not
reflected in the Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statement of
Operations. The charges related to the Starwave and Quando in- process research
and development were reflected in Infoseek's consolidated financial statements
for the nine months ended July 3, 1999. In addition, Infoseek expects to incur
costs of integration estimated at up to $7.0 million of which $1.4 million of
costs were included in the results of operations of Infoseek for the nine
months ended October 3, 1998. The pro forma financial statement does not
include the remaining costs of integration of up to $5.6 million, as these
costs will affect future operations and do not qualify as liabilities in
connection with a purchase business combination under EITF 95-3, "Recognition
of Liabilities in Connection with a Purchase Business Combination."
The unaudited pro forma combined condensed financial statement should be
read in conjunction with the related notes included in this document and the
audited consolidated financial statements and notes of Infoseek, and the
audited financial statements and notes of Starwave and Quando.
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED CONDENSED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 3, 1998
(In thousands, except per share data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Infoseek Starwave Quando Pro Forma
Actual Actual Actual Adjustments Total
-------- -------- ------- ----------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues.................. $50,715 $ 4,348 $ 514 $ 21,626(3) $ 77,203
Costs and expenses:
Hosting, content and
website costs(5)....... 7,956 2,661 5 18,220(3) 30,756
3,244(3)
(1,330)(4)
Amortization of
intangibles related to
hosting, content and
website costs.......... -- -- -- 24,601(1) 29,278
1,549(1)
3,128(2)
Research and
development............ 7,432 990 413 746(1) 9,613
32(2)
Sales and marketing..... 35,144 85 1 2,180(1) 63,492
1,330(4)
24,750(6)
2(2)
General and
administrative......... 7,876 2,111 317 1,262(1) 11,651
85(2)
Goodwill amortization... -- -- -- 49,241(1) 53,387
4,146(2)
------- -------- ----- --------- ---------
Total operating
expenses............. 58,408 5,847 736 133,186 198,177
------- -------- ----- --------- ---------
Operating loss............ (7,693) (1,499) (222) (111,560) (120,974)
Loss from Joint Ventures.. -- (11,436) -- (284)(3) (11,720)
Interest income (expense),
net...................... 1,999 462 (59) -- 2,402
------- -------- ----- --------- ---------
Net loss.................. $(5,694) $(12,473) $(281) $(111,844) $(130,292)
======= ======== ===== ========= =========
Basic and diluted net loss
per share................ $ (0.19) -- -- -- $ (2.10)
Shares used in computing
basic and diluted
net loss per share....... 30,512 -- -- 31,177 61,689
</TABLE>
See Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Financial Statement.
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INFOSEEK CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA
COMBINED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The pro forma financial statement gives effect to Infoseek's acquisition of
Starwave through a merger and exchange of shares. Disney purchased an
additional 2,642,000 unregistered shares of Infoseek common stock and a
warrant, subject to vesting, to purchase an additional 15,720,000 unregistered
shares of Infoseek common stock in exchange for approximately $70.0 million in
cash and a $139.0 million five-year promissory note. The Unaudited Pro Forma
Combined Condensed Statement of Operations for the nine months ended October 3,
1998 reflects these transactions as if they had taken place on January 1, 1998.
In addition, the Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statement of
Operations includes the effect of certain related agreements that became
effective upon consummation of the merger described above. Under certain
representation agreements, Starwave contracted for, and has exclusive rights to
sell, all advertising and other related items of Infoseek's joint venture with
ESPN (the "ESPN Joint Venture") and Infoseek's joint venture with ABCNews (the
"ABCNews Joint Venture")(collectively, the "Joint Ventures"). Starwave
guarantees its performance through minimum revenue commitments and is at risk
if its subsequent collection of the related receivables is insufficient to
cover such commitments. These representation agreements will result in Starwave
recognizing revenue for the sale of the advertising and of related items and a
corresponding representation fee for amounts due to the Joint Ventures. In
addition, under a five year promotional services agreement, Infoseek has
committed to spend $165.0 million to promote GO Network. These costs are
reflected, on a straight-line basis, in the pro forma combined condensed
statement of operations as increased sales and marketing expenses.
On July 24, 1998, Infoseek entered into a merger agreement to acquire
Quando, Inc. ("Quando"), in exchange for approximately $19.0 million, subject
to adjustment, in shares of Infoseek's common stock. The transaction was
completed on January 15, 1999. In accordance with the merger agreement,
Infoseek issued 396,591 shares of Infoseek common stock for all outstanding
Quando shares. Infoseek also reserved 35,000 shares of Infoseek common stock
for Quando stock options assumed by Infoseek. The fair value of Infoseek's
shares and options issued was approximately $19.0 million. In addition,
Infoseek incurred direct acquisition costs of approximately $1.5 million, which
was included in the purchase price of Quando.
The Starwave merger was accounted for using the purchase method of
accounting. The pro forma financial statement has been prepared on the basis of
assumptions described in the following notes and include assumptions relating
to the allocation of the consideration paid for the assets and liabilities of
Starwave based on actual fair value. The Quando acquisition was also accounted
for using the purchase method of accounting. The unaudited pro forma combined
condensed financial statement has been prepared on the basis described in the
following notes and on the basis of the consideration paid for the assets and
liabilities of Quando based on actual fair value. In the opinion of Infoseek's
management, all adjustments necessary to present fairly the unaudited pro forma
combined condensed financial statement have been made on the terms and
structure of the Starwave merger and the Quando merger.
In connection with the Starwave merger, Infoseek recorded $45.2 million in
developed technology and assembled workforce intangibles which will be
amortized over a two year period. The Company also recorded $178.5 million
relating to the fair value of the joint ventures acquired which will be
amortized on a straight-line basis over a ten year period. The estimated amount
of goodwill is $656.5 million which is to be amortized on a straight-line basis
over a ten year period. Infoseek also incurred write-offs related to in-process
research and development of $72.6 million in the quarter ended January 2, 1999.
In connection with the Quando acquisition, Infoseek recorded approximately $8.7
million in developed technology and assembled workforce intangibles which will
be amortized on a straight-line basis over a two year period. The estimated
amount of goodwill is $11.1 million which is to be amortized on a straight-line
basis over a ten year period. Infoseek also incurred in-process research and
development write-offs of $4.3 million in the quarter ended April 3, 1999. The
effect of the write-offs related to in-process research and development is not
reflected in the Unaudited Pro Forma
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA
COMBINED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
Combined Condensed Statement of Operations. The charges related to in-process
research and development were reflected in Infoseek's consolidated financial
statements in the nine months ended July 3, 1999. In addition, Infoseek expects
to incur costs of integration estimated at up to $7.0 million, of which $1.4
million was included in the results of operations for the nine months ended
October 3, 1998. The pro forma financial statement does not include the
remaining costs of integration of up to $5.6 million as they will affect future
operations.
The unaudited pro forma combined condensed financial statement is not
necessarily indicative of what the actual financial results would have been had
the transactions taken place on January 1, 1998 and do not purport to indicate
the results of future operations.
The unaudited pro forma combined condensed financial statement gives effect
to the following pro forma adjustments:
1. In accordance with the reorganization agreement for the Starwave merger:
. Infoseek California became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infoseek, and
all outstanding shares of its common stock were converted into shares
of the common stock of Infoseek at the rate of one share of Infoseek
common stock for each share of Infoseek California common stock,
. Starwave became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infoseek, and all
outstanding shares of its common stock were converted into shares of
common stock of Infoseek.
The Starwave merger was accounted for using the purchase method of
accounting. The purchase price was based on $32.42 per share, which is the
average of the market price before and immediately after the announcement of
the Starwave merger.
The purchase price was determined as follows:
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Starwave Infoseek Fair Value
Shares Shares (in thousands)
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Shares.................................... 97,875,056 25,932,681 $840,738
Stock Options............................. 8,323,301 2,205,316 57,096
----------- ---------- --------
Totals.................................. 106,198,357 28,137,997 $897,834
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The Starwave shares were first converted to Infoseek equivalent shares by
taking the number of Starwave shares divided by the exchange ratio of
approximately 0.26 Starwave shares for each Infoseek share.
The fair value of "shares" was calculated by taking the fair value of the
stock ($32.42 per share) times the number of Infoseek shares acquired.
With respect to stock options exchanged as part of the Starwave merger, all
vested Starwave options exchanged for vested Infoseek options are included as
part of the purchase price based on their fair value. Any unvested Starwave
options issued in exchange for unvested Infoseek options are also included as
part of the purchase price based on their fair value.
The fair value of the stock was calculated by taking the options to purchase
Infoseek shares (2,205,316 options) times the fair value of the stock ($32.42
per share) less the proceeds which will be received from the optionholder upon
exercise (approximately $14.4 million).
The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Financial Statement has been
prepared on the basis of assumptions described in the notes thereto and the
allocation of the consideration paid for the assets and
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA
COMBINED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
liabilities of Starwave based on their actual fair value. Below is a table of
the actual acquisition cost, purchase price allocation and annual amortization
of the intangible assets acquired (in thousands):
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<CAPTION>
Annual
Amortization Amortization
Life of Intangibles
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Acquisition Cost:
Estimated purchase price............... $897,834
Acquisition expenses................... 20,000
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Total acquisition cost............... $917,834
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Purchase Price Allocation
Historical net book value of Starwave
at November 18, 1998.................. $ 6,588
Intangible assets acquired:
Joint Venture relationships (ESPN Joint
Venture and ABCNews Joint Venture).... 178,500 10 $17,850
Developed technology................... 29,900 2 14,950
Assembled workforce.................... 15,300 2 7,650
In-process technology.................. 72,600
Goodwill............................... 656,547 10 65,655
Deferred tax liability................. (41,601)
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Total................................ $917,834
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Tangible assets of Starwave acquired in the Starwave merger principally
include cash, fixed assets and investments in the affiliates (i.e., the Joint
Ventures). Liabilities of Starwave assumed in the Starwave merger principally
include accounts payable, accrued payroll and other current liabilities.
To determine the fair value of the developed technology and the investment
in the Joint Ventures, the expected future cash flow attributed to all existing
technology was discounted, taking into account risks related to the
characteristics and applications of the technology, existing and future
markets, and assessments of the life cycle stage of the technology. The value
of the assembled workforce was derived by estimating the costs to replace the
existing employees, including recruiting and hiring costs and training costs
for each category of employee. Based on a third-party appraisal, management
determined that $72.6 million of the purchase price represented acquired in-
process research and development that had not yet reached technological
feasibility and had no alternative future use. This amount was expensed during
the quarter ended January 2, 1999 as a non- recurring charge upon consummation
of the acquisition. Goodwill is determined based on the residual difference
between the amount paid and the values assigned to identified tangible and
intangible assets. In November 1998, the Company began amortizing the Joint
Venture relationships and goodwill over an estimated useful life of 10 years,
and developed technology and assembled workforce over an estimated useful life
of two years. The pro forma adjustment included in the Unaudited Pro Forma
Combined Condensed Statement of Operations is for the amortization of goodwill,
developed technology, Infoseek's interest in the Joint Ventures and assembled
workforce.
2. The Quando acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of
accounting. The purchase price was approximately $19.0 million, in shares of
Infoseek's common stock. The unaudited pro forma combined condensed financial
statement has been prepared on the basis of assumptions described herein and
includes assumptions relating to the allocation of the consideration paid for
the assets and liabilities of Quando based upon actual fair value. Below is a
table of the actual acquisition cost, purchase price allocation and annual
amortization of the intangible assets acquired (in thousands):
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA
COMBINED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
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<CAPTION>
Annual
Amortization Amortization
Life of Intangibles
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Acquisition Cost
Estimated purchase price................ $19,000
Acquisition expenses.................... 1,500
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Total acquisition cost................ $20,500
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Purchase Price Allocation
Historical net book value of Quando at
October 3, 1998........................ $ (90)
Intangible assets acquired:
Developed Technology.................... 8,342 2 $4,171
Assembled Workforce..................... 318 2 159
In-Process Technology................... 4,339
Goodwill................................ 11,055 2 5,528
Deferred Tax Liability.................. (3,464)
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Total................................. $20,500
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Tangible assets of Quando that were acquired principally include cash and
accounts receivable. Liabilities of Quando assumed in the Quando acquisition
principally include accounts payable and short and long-term obligations.
To determine the value of the developed technology, the expected future cash
flow attributed to all existing technology was discounted, taking into account
risks related to the characteristics and applications of the technology,
existing and future markets, and assessments of the life cycle stage of the
technology. The value of the assembled workforce was derived by estimating the
costs to replace the existing employees, including recruiting and hiring costs
and training costs for each category of employee. Management determined that
approximately $4.3 million of the purchase price represented acquired in-
process research and development that had not yet reached technological
feasibility and had no alternative future use. This amount was expensed during
the quarter ended April 3, 1999 as a non-recurring charge upon consummation of
the acquisition. Goodwill is determined based on the residual difference
between the amount paid and the values assigned to identify tangible and
intangible assets. In January 1999, the Company began amortizing goodwill,
developed technology and assembled workforce over an estimated useful life of
two years. The pro forma adjustment included in the Unaudited Pro Forma
Combined Condensed Statement of Operations is for the amortization of goodwill,
developed technology and assembled workforce.
3. Under certain representation agreements by and among Infoseek, Starwave
and the ESPN Joint Venture, and by and among Infoseek, Starwave and the ABCNews
Joint Venture, each entered into in conjunction with the Starwave merger,
Starwave is engaged by the Joint Ventures on an exclusive basis in the sale of
advertising and other items as designated or approved by the Joint Ventures and
to provide additional services, if any, as the Joint Ventures may request.
Activities with respect to the sale of advertising on the Internet services and
other related items includes the negotiation, execution, renewal, amendment,
modification or termination of advertising and other related contracts.
Starwave guarantees to the Joint Ventures a minimum quarterly payment equal to
the number of projected page views, multiplied by 80%, multiplied by the
minimum revenue rate. The minimum revenue rate is based on the average ad
revenue rate per page view of the publicly traded internet companies involved
in activities comparable to those of the Joint Ventures.
Starwave will recognize revenue on the sale of advertising and other related
items of the Joint Ventures due to its obligations under the representation
agreements. Starwave bears the risk of loss, if it fails to bill and collect
amounts sufficient to cover its contractual guaranteed minimum Payments. The
pro forma adjustment reflects (i) 100% of each of the Joint Ventures' revenues
as Starwave made substantially all sales on behalf of
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA
COMBINED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
the Joint Ventures for the nine months ended October 3, 1998, as the Joint
Ventures did not maintain a sales organization and (ii) the assumption that the
representation agreements were entered into January 1, 1998. The
representation agreements are expected to have a continuing impact on Starwave,
although the amount of revenue Starwave will recognize will vary in future
periods.
Under the representation agreements, Starwave pays the Joint Ventures for
the right to render services the greater of (i) the guaranteed minimum payment
or (ii) actual revenues billed to third parties for services, in each case less
only Starwave's actual and reasonably allocated costs of providing the services
and a profit margin of 5% of such costs. The obligations of Starwave to pay
these representation rights fees are unconditional. Starwave is required to pay
the Joint Ventures regardless of whether Starwave is able to collect the
related outstanding receivables. The pro forma adjustment for the
representation rights fee is the Joint Venture's revenues less allocated costs
of 15% of revenue, plus a 5% profit margin on allocated costs. In addition, a
pro forma adjustment has been made for additional costs Starwave would have
incurred that were historically incurred by the Joint Ventures.
Each of the Joint Ventures is accounted for under the equity method due to
neither Infoseek nor Starwave having a majority voting interest. The other
partners to these Joint Ventures, subsidiaries of ESPN and ABC, are
subsidiaries of Disney. A pro forma adjustment has been made to Starwave's
allocated (60%) losses from the Joint Ventures. This pro forma adjustment was
due to the Joint Ventures' decreased revenues partially offset by decreased
costs under the representation agreement.
4. The pro forma adjustment is to reclassify certain hosting, content and
website costs of Starwave to sales and marketing expense to conform to
Infoseek's presentation.
5. Under a license agreement entered into by and between Disney and
Infoseek, Disney has agreed to grant to Infoseek a worldwide license to exploit
the trademarks and Web addresses associated with GO Network and Infoseek has
agreed to pay Disney royalties. Royalties are calculated as one percent (1%) of
Infoseek's revenues other than revenues derived from software sales and
services. Royalties under the license agreement will not be earned nor paid
until the end of any Infoseek fiscal year in which Infoseek has positive
earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization ("EBITA") as defined and
royalty payments in any year will not exceed 15% of EBITA in such year as
defined. The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed Statement of Operations
does not include a pro forma adjustment for royalties under the license
agreement as Infoseek would not be EBITA positive on a pro forma basis. The
components of the pro forma EBITA are shown below (in thousands):
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<CAPTION>
Nine Months
Ended
October 3,
1998
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<S> <C>
Net loss...................................................... $(129,758)
Interest expense.............................................. 619
Pro forma amortization of intangibles:
Goodwill.................................................... 52,853
Developed technology........................................ 14,341
Assembled workforce......................................... 5,857
Joint Venture relationships................................. 13,388
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EBITA....................................................... $ (42,700)
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</TABLE>
6. Under a promotional services agreement, ABC has agreed to provide, and
Infoseek has agreed to purchase $165.0 million in promotional services over a
five-year period for GO Network. The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Condensed
Statement of Operations includes an adjustment to reflect recognition of
expense under this agreement, on a straight-line basis, for promotional
services for GO Network.
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INFOSEEK MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
This Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are subject to risks and
uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are typically denoted in this
Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus by the phrases "anticipates," "believes,"
"expects," "plans" and similar phrases. Actual results could differ materially
from those projected in the forward-looking statements.
Explanatory Note
On January 28, 1999, Infoseek Corporation ("Infoseek" or the "Company")
changed to a fiscal year with 52 or 53 week periods ending on the Saturday
nearest September 30. This joint proxy statement/prospectus presents financial
information for the first nine-month period of fiscal 1999, beginning October
4, 1998, and ending July 3, 1999 and also presents financial information for
the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997. The unaudited
results of operations and cash flows of the Company for the nine month periods
ended July 3, 1999 and June 30, 1998, both contained 273 days. The results of
operations and cash flows for the nine months ended October 3, 1998 contained
276 days and compared to 273 days for the unaudited results of operations and
cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 1997.
Prior to November 18, 1998, Infoseek Delaware was a wholly owned subsidiary
of Infoseek California. Infoseek Delaware, the Registrant with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, did not conduct business activities for the nine
months ended October 3, 1998. Accordingly, this joint proxy
statement/prospectus presents, separately, historical information as of and for
the nine month fiscal period ended October 3, 1998 and prior periods for
Infoseek California and for the twelve months ended October 4, 1998 and prior
periods for Starwave. As a result, information presented herein prior to
October 3, 1998 may not be directly comparable to combined results in periods
subsequent to October 3, 1998.
Since November 18, 1998, Infoseek Delaware's business has primarily
consisted of holding the capital stock of Infoseek California, Starwave, and
after January 15, 1999, Quando, Inc. ("Quando"), and after June 28, 1999,
Infoseek Japan Holding Corporation and Infoseek Japan KK (collectively,
"Infoseek Japan"). Accordingly, this joint proxy statement/prospectus presents
financial information of Infoseek for the nine months ended July 3, 1999,
including the combined results of operations of Starwave from November 18,
1998, the combined results of operations of Quando from January 15, 1999, and
the combined results of operations of Infoseek Japan from June 28, 1999. The
acquisitions of Starwave and Quando were accounted for under the purchase
method of accounting. As a result, information presented herein may not be
comparable to results in previous periods.
Infoseek Overview
Infoseek was formed in August 1993 to develop and provide Internet and World
Wide Web search and navigational services. From inception to March 31, 1995,
Infoseek's operations were limited and consisted primarily of start-up
activities, including recruiting personnel, raising capital, research and
development, and the negotiation and execution of an agreement to license an
information retrieval search engine.
Infoseek introduced its first products and services in 1995. Through
September 1997, Infoseek's strategic focus was on developing its capabilities
as an Internet search and navigation service. After that time, the Company
began to execute a new strategy of building Infoseek brand awareness; creating
a richer viewer experience; maximizing value for Infoseek's advertisers;
providing intranet search products; and enhancing Infoseek's search and
navigation services (the "Infoseek Service").
Beginning in early 1997, Infoseek began to license its Ultraseek Server
product to corporate customers for use on their intranet and public web site
search applications. Gross margins from licensing Ultraseek are somewhat higher
than those for advertising revenues.
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In October 1997, Infoseek launched an enhanced version of the Infoseek
Service, with easy to navigate "centers" (formerly called "channels" and now
numbering 18) that integrate search results with relevant information,
services, products and communities on the Internet. The Infoseek Service
provides Infoseek with a platform for creating content and marketing
partnerships that enrich the viewer's experience while enabling advertisers,
sponsors and partners to more effectively target viewers.
Beginning with the October 1997 launch of the enhanced version of the
Infoseek Service, Infoseek began to sell center sponsorships to advertisers,
sponsors and partners. The duration of Infoseek's sponsorship and partnership
agreements generally ranges from two months to three years. Revenues are
generally recognized ratably over the term of the agreements, provided that
minimum impressions are met, and are included in advertising revenues. Most of
Infoseek's contracts with advertising customers can be canceled at any time.
Substantially all of Infoseek's revenues have been generated from the sale
of advertising and sponsorships. Infoseek expects to continue to derive
substantially all of its revenues from selling advertising and related products
for the foreseeable future. Advertising revenues are tightly related to the
amount of traffic on Infoseek's services, which is seasonal and inherently
unpredictable. Accordingly, future sales and operating results are difficult to
forecast.
Infoseek has in the past relied on the purchase of traffic from entities
such as Netscape, Microsoft, WebTV and others as a significant portion of
Infoseek's total traffic. Average daily pageviews for the three month period
ended July 3, 1999 averaged 52 million for go.com and the Company's other sites
including Infoseek's Joint Ventures, ABCNews.com and ESPN.com. For the nine
months ended July 3, 1999, purchased traffic including traffic from Netscape,
Microsoft and WebTV and others, accounted for 18% of total daily pageviews
compared to 35% for the nine months ended June 30, 1998. Infoseek's traffic
purchase agreements generally have terms of one year or less. The agreement
with Netscape was terminated in June 1999. The Microsoft agreement is scheduled
to terminate on September 30, 1999. In order to increase brand awareness of GO
Network, (the successor to the Infoseek Service), build brand loyalty and
develop alternative traffic sources, Infoseek is planning to continue its
promotional program for GO Network. Although Infoseek has been successful in
generating traffic from GO Network, Infoseek cannot assure you that the loss of
traffic from Microsoft and Netscape will not result in reduced advertising
revenues in the short term.
In June 1998, Infoseek entered into agreements with Starwave and Disney
relating to an acquisition of Starwave, of which Disney was the principal
shareholder, by Infoseek through a merger and exchange of shares pursuant to an
Agreement and Plan of Reorganization. The transactions contemplated by the
Agreement and Plan of Reorganization were completed on November 18, 1998. The
Starwave acquisition is being accounted for as a purchase transaction. The
purchase price is being allocated to the acquired assets and liabilities of
Starwave. An in-process research and development charge of approximately $72.6
million was recorded in the
quarter ended January 2, 1999. In addition, intangible assets related to
developed technology and assembled workforce of approximately $45.2 million are
being amortized over two years. Intangible assets relating to goodwill and the
Joint Ventures of approximately $656.5 million and $178.5 million,
respectively, are being amortized over ten years. Infoseek began the
amortization of each of these intangible assets in the quarter ended January 2,
1999.
Disney also has certain contractual rights to maintain its initial
percentage stock and warrant ownership through direct purchases from Infoseek
in the event of dilutive issuances, including issuances pursuant to financings,
acquisitions and employee benefit plans. Infoseek may be required to sell to
Disney certain shares of common stock and issue warrants at prices below fair
market value at the time of purchase which may result in future material
charges adversely affecting Infoseek's results of operations.
Infoseek is incurring increased operating expenditures associated with the
expanded operations resulting from the transaction, as well as the development,
launch and promotion of GO Network. In this regard, Infoseek has agreed to use
commercially reasonable efforts to meet certain spending requirements for GO
Network pursuant to the terms of a license agreement between Infoseek and
Disney related to GO Network.
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These spending requirements for GO Network for the first three years are $40.5
million, $58.3 million and $64.8 million. In addition, pursuant to a
promotional services agreement, Infoseek has agreed to purchase $165.0 million
in promotional services over a five-year period for GO Network. The amounts
spent on the purchase of promotional services under the Promotional Services
Agreement apply towards the spending requirements under the license agreement.
As a result, Infoseek's profitability is expected to be delayed beyond the time
when Infoseek, prior to consummating the Disney transaction, may have otherwise
achieved profitability. In addition, the size and complexity of the Disney
transaction, the launch of GO Network and the rapid pace of change and
development in the Internet market make it difficult to predict the future
results.
In connection with the acquisition of Starwave, Infoseek acquired Starwave's
interests in the ABCNews Joint Venture and ESPN Joint Venture with affiliates
of Disney and ESPN, respectively. Under each of the joint venture agreements,
required funding and profits/losses under the Joint Ventures are split 60/40
between the Starwave and Disney entities, respectively, in loss years and 50/50
in years in which the respective Joint Ventures each have net income.
Infoseek, through Starwave, has also agreed to act as a representative of
the Joint Ventures for the sale of advertising and related services for the
Joint Ventures. Under representation agreements by and among Infoseek, Starwave
and each of the Joint Ventures, each entered into in conjunction with the
acquisition of Starwave, Starwave is engaged by the Joint Ventures on an
exclusive basis in the sale of advertising and other items as designated or
approved by the Joint Ventures and to provide additional services, if any, as
the Joint Ventures may request. Activities with respect to the sale of
advertising on the Internet and other related items include the negotiation,
execution, renewal, amendment, modification or termination of advertising and
other related contracts. Starwave guarantees to the Joint Ventures a minimum
quarterly payment equal to the number of projected pageviews, multiplied by the
minimum revenue rate. The minimum revenue rate is based on the average
advertising revenue rate per pageview of the publicly traded internet companies
involved in activities comparable to those of the Joint Ventures.
Starwave recognizes revenue on the sale of advertising and other related
items of the Joint Ventures due to its obligations under the representation
agreements. Starwave bears the risk of loss if it fails to bill and collect
amounts sufficient to cover its contractual guaranteed minimum payments. Under
the representation agreements, Starwave pays the Joint Ventures for the right
to render services the greater of (A) the guaranteed minimum payment or (B)
actual revenues billed to third parties for services, in each case less only
Starwave's actual and reasonably allocated costs of providing the services and
a profit margin of 5% of such costs. Starwave is required to pay the Joint
Ventures regardless of whether Starwave is able to collect the related
outstanding receivables.
Each of the Joint Ventures is accounted for under the equity method since
neither Infoseek nor Starwave have a majority voting interest in either Joint
Venture.
In July 1998, Infoseek entered into an agreement to acquire Quando for
shares of Infoseek's common stock. On January 15, 1999 Infoseek completed its
acquisition of Quando in a tax-free reorganization in which a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Infoseek was merged directly into Quando. The acquisition of
Quando was accounted for as a purchase transaction. Infoseek incurred an in-
process research and development charge of approximately $4.3 million in the
quarter ended April 3, 1999 in connection with this transaction. In addition,
intangible assets related to goodwill, developed technology and assembled
workforce were approximately $19.7 million, which are being amortized over two
years. Infoseek began the amortization of each of these intangible assets in
the quarter ended April 3, 1999.
The acquisitions of Starwave and Quando are large and complex. Infoseek has
and may further be required to reorganize its operations in order to operate
more efficiently. Due to the complexity and scale of Infoseek's recent
acquisitions, Infoseek's operating plans and forecasts, including its projected
business outlook, and Infoseek's operating objectives, are subject to frequent
revision. Although Infoseek has recently begun a new
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multi-year planning cycle, future events and plans may cause Infoseek to
dramatically revise its business objectives and estimates of profitability.
Infoseek cannot assure you it will be able to adequately address the challenges
of the Internet market and the complexity of its recent acquisitions.
In January 1999, Infoseek launched the premier version of GO Network. GO
Network is a comprehensive Internet gateway that combines branded content from
media leaders, search and navigation with directories of relevant information
and content sites, and community applications for communicating shared
interests such as chat and instant messaging. In addition, GO Network
facilitates the purchase of related goods and services. GO Network has several
unique features, such as universal registration and navigation, universal
personalization, and GOguardian and security. GO Network also offers content
from Disney and its affiliates, including ABC News and ESPN.
During 1999, GO Network introduced several additional features in various
centers such as GO Shop, GO Money and GO Computing by establishing strategic
relationships with partners such as MBNA Corporation, ZDNet and Universal Tax
Systems, Inc., drkoop.com, FTD and NetSelect. In April 1999, Infoseek expanded
its international presence by launching "Infoseek.de"--a German version of many
of the existing features currently offered in the Infoseek Service.
For the quarter ending October 2, 1999, the Company expects a modest
increase in revenues and expenses compared to the quarter ended July 3, 1999.
However, management expects a significant sequential increase in advertising
expenses in the quarter ending October 2, 1999 as the Company expands its brand
awareness efforts. Since 1997, Infoseek significantly increased its operating
expenses as a result of a substantial increase in its sales and marketing
operations, development of new distribution channels, broadening of its
customer support capabilities and funding greater levels of research and
product development. Infoseek's ability to resume and sustain revenue growth is
substantially reliant, among other things, on:
. Its ability to acquire and retain users on GO Network and the Infoseek
Service through effective promotions and improvement of the service and
user experience.
. Converting this increased number of users to more pageviews and revenue.
. Disney's continued focus on its internet strategy and GO Network's key
role in that strategy.
. Successfully launching various elements of its commerce strategy.
There can be no assurance that Infoseek will be successful in implementing
or continuing the above actions. If Infoseek is not able to implement or
continue the above, its business, results of operations, financial condition
and prospects could be seriously harmed.
Further increases in research and development, and sales and marketing
expenses are planned in the future. The Company plans to continue to enhance
the features in GO Network and devote substantial resources to develop
electronic commerce. In addition, the Company anticipates that it will incur
significant promotional expenses to build brand loyalty. Although Infoseek has
experienced significant revenue growth since 1997, there can be no assurance
that this growth rate will be sustained, that revenues will continue to grow or
that Infoseek will achieve profitability. Infoseek's estimates of revenue and
expenses for future periods are forward-looking statements subject to risks and
uncertainties. Actual results may vary as a result of a number of factors,
including those set forth below.
Infoseek's significant growth and limited operating history in a rapidly
evolving industry make it difficult to manage operations and predict future
operating results. Infoseek has incurred significant net losses since inception
and expects to incur substantial additional losses. As of July 3, 1999,
Infoseek had an accumulated deficit of approximately $265.9 million. Infoseek
and its prospects must be considered in light of the risks,
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costs and difficulties frequently encountered by companies in their early stage
of development, particularly companies in the new and rapidly evolving Internet
market.
As a result of Infoseek's limited operating history as well as the recent
emergence and rapid pace of change and development of both the Internet and
intranet markets addressed by Infoseek, Infoseek has neither internal nor
industry-based historical financial data for any significant period of time
upon which to project revenues or plan operating expenses. Infoseek expects
that its results of operations may also fluctuate significantly in the future
as a result of a variety of factors. These factors include: the Starwave
acquisition; the development of GO Network; the continued rate of growth; usage
and acceptance of the Internet and intranets as information media; the rate of
acceptance of the Internet as an advertising medium and a channel of commerce;
demand for Infoseek's products and services; the budgeting cycle on advertising
for individual advertisers; the introduction and acceptance of new, enhanced or
alternative products or services by Infoseek or by its competitors; Infoseek's
ability to anticipate and effectively adapt to a developing market and to
rapidly changing technologies; Infoseek's ability to attract, retain and
motivate qualified personnel; initiation, implementation, renewal or expiration
of significant contracts with MBNA, Microsoft, and others; pricing changes by
Infoseek or its competitors; specific economic conditions in the Internet and
intranet markets; general economic conditions; and other factors.
Results of Operations
For the Nine Months ended July 3, 1999 and June 30, 1998
Total Revenues
Infoseek's total revenues for the nine months ended July 3, 1999 were
approximately $96.0 million. Revenues consisted primarily of advertising
derived from banner and sponsorship sales, and revenues Starwave recognizes on
the sale of advertising and other services for the Joint Ventures under the
representation agreements. Infoseek also earned revenues from licensing its
Ultraseek server product. Total revenues for the nine months ended July 3, 1999
represent a 117% increase over total revenues for the nine months ended
June 30, 1998 of approximately $44.2 million. The revenue growth over the prior
year period is primarily attributable to increased advertising revenues
resulting from increased use of the Internet by consumers and acceptance of the
Internet as an advertising and commerce medium, and increased viewer traffic on
GO Network. For the three months ended July 3, 1999 and June 30, 1998, average
daily pageviews were approximately 52 million and 21 million, respectively. For
the nine months ended July 3, 1999 and June 30, 1998, average daily pageviews
were approximately 43 million and 18 million, respectively. Infoseek's current
business model is to generate revenues through the sale of advertising and
related items on the Internet. There can be no assurance that current
advertisers will continue to purchase advertising space, sponsorships and
services from Infoseek or that Infoseek will be able to successfully attract
additional advertisers.
Hosting, Content and Website Costs
Hosting, content and website costs were approximately $62.2 million for the
nine months ended July 3, 1999. Hosting, content and website costs consist
primarily of representation rights fees paid to the Joint Ventures,
amortization of intangibles relating to hosting, content and website costs and
the costs associated with the enhancement, maintenance and support of
Infoseek's websites and the Joint Ventures' websites, including
telecommunications costs, equipment depreciation and related support services.
Hosting, content and website costs also include costs associated with the
licensing of certain third-party technologies and content. Hosting, content and
website costs for the nine months ended July 3, 1999, represent an 842%
increase over the costs for the nine month period ended June 30, 1998 of $6.6
million. The increase over the prior year period was primarily due to
amortization charges from the Starwave and Quando acquisitions, the
representation rights fees and increases in royalties due to additional traffic
during the period. Management expects its hosting, content
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and website costs will continue to increase due to obligations under the
representation agreements. In addition, management plans to continue to upgrade
equipment and maintenance, provide personnel support, and to add content
partners to meet the growing demands for Web services.
Research and Development
Research and development costs were approximately $21.9 million for the nine
months ended July 3, 1999. Research and development expenses consist of
personnel costs, consulting fees and equipment depreciation. Research and
development costs for the nine months ended July 3, 1999 represent a 221%
increase over the costs for the nine month period ended June 30, 1998 of
approximately $6.8 million. The increase over the prior year period is
attributable to the development and launch of GO Network, enhancements related
to the Joint Ventures' websites and the development and implementation of new
technology and products. Management plans to continue to add new features to GO
Network. The Company also devoted significant resources to the development of
e-commerce in the quarter ended July 3, 1999. Management believes development
of additional e-commerce features is vital for the Company to remain
competitive in its industry. Management anticipates that it will continue to
devote substantial resources to product development, especially related to GO
Network and e-commerce. These costs are expected to continue to increase in
dollars in future periods.
Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing costs were approximately $86.0 million for the nine
months ended July 3, 1999. Sales and marketing expenses primarily consist of
compensation of sales and marketing personnel, advertising, promotional
expenses and other marketing related costs. Sales and marketing costs for the
nine months ended July 3, 1999 periods represent a 151% increase over the costs
for the nine month period ended June 30, 1998 of approximately $34.2 million.
The increase over the prior year period is primarily the result of expenses
related to an increase in promotional and advertising activity including
television and other media advertising campaigns in the amount of $8.6 million
for the nine months ended July 3, 1999; the WebTV transaction, costs related to
purchased traffic from Netscape and Microsoft; and the hiring of additional
sales and marketing personnel. Management expects to increase promotional and
advertising spending, and anticipates hiring additional sales representatives
in future periods.
General and Administrative
General and administrative costs were approximately $18.1 million for the
nine months ended July 3, 1999. General and administrative expenses consist
primarily of compensation of administrative and executive personnel, facility
costs and fees for professional services. General and administrative costs for
the nine months ended July 3, 1999 represent a 216% increase over the costs for
the nine months ended June 30, 1998 of approximately $5.7 million. The increase
over the respective prior year is the result of the integration costs
associated with the Starwave acquisition, costs associated with enhancements to
financial and business systems, additional administrative and executive
headcount and additional infrastructure to manage the expansion of the
business.
Amortization of Intangibles
As the Starwave and Quando acquisitions were accounted for using the
purchase method, the Company recorded intangible assets of approximately $656.5
million related to goodwill, and approximately $178.5 million related to the
Joint Ventures (in the Starwave acquisition), each of which are being amortized
over 10 years. The Company also recorded intangible assets of approximately
$11.1 million related to goodwill for the Quando acquisition, which is being
amortized over two years. In addition, approximately $53.9 million of
intangible assets related to developed technology and assembled workforce were
recorded. Developed technology and assembled workforce are being amortized over
two years. For the nine months ended July 3,
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1999, the Company incurred approximately $70.7 million in amortization expenses
related to intangibles. Of the $70.7 million amortization charges for the nine
months ended July 3, 1999, approximately $23.7 million related to hosting,
content and website costs, approximately $1.8 million related to sales and
marketing costs; approximately $1.1 million related to general and
administrative costs; approximately $0.7 million related to research and
development costs; and approximately $43.4 million related to goodwill.
In connection with the acquisition of certain assets from Digital Garage,
Inc. on June 28, 1999, the Company recorded intangible assets of approximately
$2.2 million related to assembled workforce and approximately $3.6 million
related to customer relationships as of July 3, 1999. These intangible assets
are being amortized over a two year useful life. The amortization of these
intangible assets resulted in insignificant expense during the nine months
ended July 3, 1999.
In-Process Research and Development
For the nine months ended July 3, 1999, Infoseek incurred charges for in-
process research and development of approximately $76.9 million as a result of
the Starwave and Quando acquisitions.
Loss From Joint Ventures
Each of the Joint Ventures is accounted for under the equity method since
neither Infoseek nor Starwave have a majority voting interest in either Joint
Venture. Under each of the Joint Venture agreements, losses from the Joint
Ventures are split 60/40 between Starwave and Disney entities, respectively.
For the nine months ended July 3, 1999, Infoseek's share of the Joint Ventures'
net losses were approximately $8.0 million.
Interest Income, Net
For the nine months ended July 3, 1999 and June 30, 1998, Infoseek earned
net interest income of approximately $8.4 million and $1.5 million,
respectively. The increase in net interest income for the nine months ended
July 3, 1999 is primarily the result of an increase in available cash resulting
from proceeds from the Disney transaction and interest earned from the Disney
note receivable.
Income Taxes
Due to Infoseek's loss position, no provision for income taxes was provided
for any of the periods presented. At October 3, 1998, Infoseek had federal and
state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $40.0 million and $17.0
million, respectively. The federal net operating loss carryforwards will expire
beginning in 2009 through 2013, and the state net operating loss carryforwards
will expire in the years 1999 through 2013. Certain future changes in the share
ownership of Infoseek, as defined in the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and similar
state provisions may restrict the utilization of these carryforwards. A
valuation allowance has been recorded for the entire deferred tax asset as a
result of uncertainties regarding the realization of the asset due to the lack
of earnings history of Infoseek. As of July 3, 1999, the Company recorded
deferred tax liabilities totaling $45.1 million, related primarily to the
recording of certain intangibles resulting from the Starwave and Quando
acquisitions.
For the Nine Months Ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997
Total Revenues
For the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997, total
revenues were $50,715,000 and $22,407,000, respectively. During the first nine
months of 1998 and 1997, Infoseek derived a substantial majority of its
revenues from the sale of advertisements and sponsorships on its Web pages. For
the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997, advertising
revenues were $45,044,000 and
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$21,062,000, respectively, representing 89% and 94% of total revenues in these
periods. The growth in advertising and related revenues is attributable to the
increased use of the Internet for information publication, distribution and
commerce coupled with the development and acceptance of the Internet as an
advertising medium and increased viewer traffic on the Infoseek service.
Infoseek expects to continue to derive a substantial majority of its revenues
for the foreseeable future from selling advertising and sponsorship space on
its websites. Advertising revenues are derived principally from short-term
advertising contracts in which Infoseek guarantees a minimum number of
impressions (displays of an advertisement to the viewer) for a fixed fee.
Advertising revenues are recognized ratably over the term of the contract
during which services are provided and are stated net of customer discounts. To
the extent minimum guaranteed impressions are not met, Infoseek defers
recognition of the corresponding revenue until the remaining guaranteed
impression levels are achieved. Deferred revenue is comprised of billings in
excess of recognized revenue related to advertising contracts. Also included in
advertising revenues is the exchange by Infoseek of advertising space on
Infoseek's websites for reciprocal advertising space or traffic in other media
publications or other websites or receipt of applicable goods and services.
Revenues from these exchange transactions are recorded as advertising revenues
at the estimated fair value of the goods and services received and are
recognized when both Infoseek's advertisements and reciprocal advertisements
are run or applicable goods or services are received. Although such revenues
have not exceeded 10% of total revenues in any period to date, Infoseek
believes these exchange transactions are of value, particularly in the
marketing of the Infoseek brand, and expects to continue to engage in these
transactions in the future. In late 1997, Infoseek released an enhanced version
of its service which now features 18 "centers," designed to bring together
topical information, services, products and communities on the Web. The
enhanced version of the service provides additional opportunities for revenue
from the sale of center sponsorships and in some circumstances enables Infoseek
to share in a portion of the revenue generated by its users with these center
sponsors. Revenue generated by center sponsors is included in advertising
revenues and is recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the
agreements provided that minimum impressions are met. The balance of total
revenues was derived from the licensing of the Ultraseek Server product to
businesses for internal use in their intranets, extranets or public sites. For
the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997, licensing revenue
represented approximately 11% and 6%, respectively, of total revenues.
Infoseek's business model is to generate revenues through the sale of
advertising on the Internet. There can be no assurance that current advertisers
will continue to purchase advertising space and services from Infoseek or that
Infoseek will be able to successfully attract additional advertisers.
Costs and Expenses
Infoseek's operating expenses increased in absolute dollars during the first
nine months of 1998 compared to the first nine months of 1997 as Infoseek
expanded its business and the marketing of its services and products. Infoseek
expects operating expenses to continue to increase in dollar amount in the
future as Infoseek continues to expand its business. Infoseek recorded
aggregate deferred compensation of $6,018,000 in connection with certain stock
options granted through October 3, 1998 of which $352,000 was recorded during
the nine months ended October 3, 1998. The amortization of such deferred
compensation is being charged to operations over the vesting periods of the
options, which are typically four years. For the nine months ended October 3,
1998 and September 30, 1997, Infoseek amortized $314,000 and $717,000,
respectively, in deferred compensation charges. The amortization of this
deferred compensation will continue to have an adverse effect on Infoseek's
results of operations, primarily through 1999. In addition, on August 28, 1998
Infoseek entered into an agreement with WebTV pursuant to which Infoseek will
be the exclusive provider of search and directory services to WebTV and made a
$0.5 million cash payment to WebTV in the quarter ended October 3, 1998.
Hosting, Content and Website Costs
For the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997, hosting,
content and website costs were $7,956,000 and $4,397,000, respectively.
Hosting, content and website costs consist primarily of costs
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associated with the enhancement, maintenance and support of Infoseek's
websites, including telecommunications costs and equipment depreciation.
Hosting, content and website costs also include costs associated with the
licensing of certain third-party technologies. Hosting, content and website
costs increased in the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997
as Infoseek added additional equipment and personnel to support its websites
and as royalties due to certain third parties increased.
Research and Development
For the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997, research
and development expenses were $7,432,000 and $5,879,000, respectively. Research
and development expenses consist principally of personnel costs, consulting and
equipment depreciation. Costs related to research, design and development of
products and services have been charged to research and development expense as
incurred. The increase in research and development expenses for the nine months
ended October 3, 1998 over the comparable periods in 1997 was primarily the
result of on-going enhancements to the Infoseek service and the development and
implementation of new technology and products. Infoseek believes that a
significant level of product development expenses is required to continue to
remain competitive in its industry.
Sales and Marketing
For the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997, sales and
marketing expenses were $35,144,000 and $22,520,000, respectively. Sales and
marketing expenses consist primarily of advertising, promotional expenses and
compensation of sales and marketing personnel.
Sales and marketing expenses for the nine month periods ended October 3,
1998 and September 30, 1997 included payments made to Netscape pursuant to an
arrangement for the listing of Infoseek's service on the Netscape Web page.
Through April 30, 1998, Infoseek's agreement with Netscape provided for
payments up to an aggregate of $12,500,000 in cash and reciprocal advertising
($10,000,000 in cash and $2,500,000 in reciprocal advertising) to be one of
four non-exclusive premier providers of navigational services (along with
Excite, Lycos, and Yahoo!). The Netscape arrangement was subsequently extended
through May 31, 1998. The payments to Netscape were recognized ratably over the
term of the agreement.
As of June 1, 1998, Infoseek entered into a one-year agreement with Netscape
with terms that provided for Infoseek to pay, based on impressions delivered,
up to an aggregate of $12,500,000 in cash to be one of the six non-exclusive
premier providers of navigational services (along with Excite, Netscape, Lycos,
Alta Vista, and LookSmart). Under terms of the agreement, Infoseek received 15%
of premier provider rotations-the pages served to visitors who have not
selected a preferred provider. In November 1998, Infoseek and Netscape
renegotiated the terms of the June agreement to provide for the purchase of 5%
of Netscape's available search traffic from January 11, 1999 and through the
duration of the agreement, which terminated May 31, 1999. The payments to
Netscape were recognized ratably over the term of the agreement. Pages sourced
from Netscape declined from 30% in September 1997 to 13% in June 1998 and 12%
in September 1998. A loss of Netscape sourced pages could have an adverse
impact on Infoseek's business, results of operations and financial condition
and prospects. As of October 3, 1998, Infoseek had a cash commitment ranging
from a minimum of $4,150,000 to a maximum of $12,500,000 depending on the level
of traffic delivered by Netscape in connection with this agreement. Under the
terms of these agreements, during the nine month periods ended October 3, 1998
and September 30, 1997, Infoseek paid $6,595,000 and $5,416,000, respectively,
to Netscape.
In addition, in July 1997, Infoseek entered into an agreement with Netscape
whereby it was designated as a premier provider of international search and
navigational guide services for the Netscape Net Search Program
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for 10 Netscape local websites. Infoseek's agreement with Netscape provides for
payments of up to a maximum aggregate of $1,219,000 in cash and reciprocal
advertising over the one-year term of the agreement. During the nine months
ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997, Infoseek recognized sales and
marketing expenses of approximately $506,000 and $100,000, respectively, under
this agreement as a component of sales and marketing expense. The agreement
with Netscape was terminated in June 1999.
Effective October 1, 1998, Infoseek terminated its then existing agreement
with Microsoft and entered into a new agreement with Microsoft to become one of
five premier providers of search and navigation services on Microsoft's network
of Internet products and services. Under the terms of the new twelve month
Microsoft agreement, Infoseek is obligated to pay an aggregate of $10,675,000
for a guaranteed minimum number of impressions on both Microsoft's Internet
Explorer search feature and Microsoft's website. Infoseek also pays, based on
the number of impressions delivered, for additional impressions on both
Internet Explorer and Microsoft's website, up to a maximum of $18,000,000. The
payments to Microsoft are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the
one-year term of the agreement, beginning in the quarter ended January 2, 1999,
the quarter when the service was launched. Prior to October 1, 1998, Infoseek
had an agreement with Microsoft to provide navigational services on certain
Microsoft websites through which Infoseek also received traffic. In exchange
for such traffic, Infoseek made available to Microsoft advertising space on the
Infoseek service free of charge.
At the end of the term of the agreement with Microsoft, there can be no
assurance that the agreement with Microsoft or other similar agreements can or
will be renewed on terms satisfactory to Infoseek. If Infoseek is unwilling or
unable to renew these or other similar agreements on favorable terms or is
otherwise unable to develop viable alternative distribution channels to
Netscape and Microsoft, or is otherwise unable to offset a reduction in traffic
from these or other third party sources, advertising revenues would be
adversely affected, resulting in Infoseek's business, results of operations,
financial condition and prospects being materially and adversely affected.
The increase in sales and marketing expenses for the nine months ended
October 3, 1998 over September 30, 1997 was also the result of hiring
additional sales and marketing personnel and an increase in promotional and
advertising activity, including television and other media advertising
campaigns in both 1998 and 1997.
General and Administrative
For the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and September 30, 1997, general
and administrative expenses were $7,876,000 and $5,242,000, respectively.
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation of
administrative and executive personnel, facility costs and fees for
professional services. The increase in general and administrative expenses for
the nine months ended October 3, 1998 over the comparable periods in 1997 was
the result of hiring additional administrative and executive staff and adding
infrastructure to manage the expansion of the business.
Restructuring and Other Charges
During the second quarter of 1997, Infoseek recorded restructuring and other
charges of approximately $7,400,000, of which approximately $6,200,000 related
to the discontinuance of certain business arrangements which were determined to
be non-strategic, and approximately $1,200,000 related to management changes.
Of these restructuring charges, approximately $5,000,000 involved cash
outflows, all of which were completed as of June 30, 1998. Non-cash
restructuring charges of approximately $2,400,000 related primarily to the
write-down of certain non-strategic business assets which were written off in
June 1997.
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Income Taxes
Due to Infoseek's loss position, there was no provision for income taxes for
any of the periods presented. At October 3, 1998, Infoseek had federal and
state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $40,000,000 and
$17,000,000, respectively. The federal net operating loss carryforwards will
expire beginning in 2009 through 2013, if not utilized, and the state net
operating loss carryforwards will expire in the years 1999 through 2013, if not
utilized. Certain future changes in the share ownership of Infoseek, as defined
in the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and similar state provisions, may restrict the
utilization of carryforwards. A valuation allowance was recorded for the entire
deferred tax asset as a result of uncertainties regarding the realization of
the asset due to the lack of earnings history of Infoseek.
For the Years Ended December 31, 1997 and 1996
Total Revenues
For the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996, total revenues were
$35,082,000 and $15,095,000, respectively. During 1997 and 1996, Infoseek
derived a substantial majority of its revenues from the sale of advertisements
on its Web pages. Advertising revenues in 1997 and 1996 were $32,941,000 and
$14,951,000, respectively, representing 94% and 99% of total revenues in such
periods. The growth in advertising revenues was attributable to the increased
use of the Internet for information publication, distribution and commerce
coupled with the development and acceptance of the Internet as an advertising
medium and increased viewer traffic on the Infoseek service.
Also included in advertising revenues is the exchange by Infoseek of
advertising space on Infoseek's websites for reciprocal advertising space or
traffic in other media publications or other websites or receipt of applicable
goods and services.
In late 1997, Infoseek released a new version of its service which featured
18 "centers," designed to bring together topical information, services,
products and communities on the Web. Revenues generated by channel sponsors is
included in advertising revenues and is generally recognized on a straight-line
basis over the terms of the agreements provided that minimum impressions are
met.
In 1997, the balance of total revenues was derived from the licensing of the
Ultraseek Server product to businesses for internal use in their intranets,
extranets or public sites. Licensing of the Ultraseek Server commenced in early
1997 and represented approximately 6% of total revenues for the year. In 1996,
total revenues include $144,000 of subscription fees for a premium service
offered to business and professional users, which was discontinued during the
third quarter of 1996.
Costs and Expenses
Infoseek's operating expenses increased in absolute dollars during 1997 and
1996 as Infoseek has transitioned from the product development stage to the
marketing of its services and products and expansion of its business. Infoseek
recorded aggregate deferred compensation of $5,666,000 in connection with
certain stock options granted through 1997. The amortization of such deferred
compensation is being charged to operations over the vesting periods of the
options, which are typically four years. For the years ended December 31, 1997
and 1996, Infoseek amortized $832,000 and $1,346,000, respectively, related to
stock options. At December 31, 1997, unamortized deferred compensation totaled
$753,000.
Hosting, Content and Website Costs
For the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996, hosting, content and website
costs were $6,319,000 and $3,194,000, respectively. Hosting, content and
website costs increased in 1997 and 1996 as Infoseek added additional equipment
and personnel to support its websites and as royalties due to certain third
parties increased.
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Research and Development
For the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996, research and development
expenses were $7,900,000 and $4,550,000, respectively. The increase in research
and development expenses for 1997 over 1996 was primarily the result of ongoing
enhancements to the Infoseek service and the development and implementation of
new technology and products. Ultraseek, Infoseek's core search engine, was
released in November 1996, and the Ultramatch technology and channel products
were commercially released during the second and fourth quarter of 1997,
respectively.
Sales and Marketing
For the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996, sales and marketing expenses
were $34,320,000 and $20,455,000, respectively. The increase in sales and
marketing expenses for 1997 was the result of hiring additional sales and
marketing personnel and an increase in promotional and advertising activity,
including television advertising campaigns, in 1997.
Sales and marketing expenses for the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996
included payments made to Netscape pursuant to an arrangement for the listing
of Infoseek's service on the Netscape Web page. The original agreement with
Netscape provided for payments of up to an aggregate of $5,000,000 in cash and
reciprocal advertising ($3,500,000 in cash and $1,500,000 in reciprocal
advertising) over the course of the one-year term of the agreement. At December
31, 1997, Infoseek had approximately $7,555,000 of cash commitment remaining in
connection with this agreement, which included $4,221,000 of accrued
liabilities to service providers.
In addition, in July 1997, Infoseek entered into an agreement with Netscape
whereby it was designated as a premier provider of international search and
navigational guide services for the Netscape Net Search Program for 10 Netscape
local websites. Infoseek's agreement with Netscape provides for payments of up
to a maximum aggregate of $1,219,000 in cash and reciprocal advertising over
the one-year term of the agreement. During the year ended December 31, 1997,
Netscape delivered at the minimum exposure level and Infoseek as a result
recognized sales and marketing expenses of approximately $333,000 under this
agreement.
General and Administrative
For the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996, general and administrative
expenses were $7,042,000 and $4,177,000, respectively. The increase in general
and administrative expenses in 1997 was the result of hiring additional
administrative and executive staff and adding infrastructure to manage the
expansion of the business.
Restructuring and Other Charges
During the second quarter of 1997, Infoseek recorded restructuring and other
charges of approximately $7,400,000, of which approximately $6,200,000 related
to the discontinuance of certain business arrangements which were determined to
be non-strategic, and approximately $1,200,000 related to management changes.
Of these restructuring charges, approximately $5,000,000 involved cash
outflows, of which $3,100,000 had been paid as of December 31, 1997. Non-cash
restructuring charges of approximately $2,400,000 related primarily to the
write-down of certain non-strategic business assets. There were no material
changes to the restructuring plan or in the estimates of the restructuring
costs. As of December 31, 1997, Infoseek had approximately $1,900,000 remaining
in its restructuring reserve.
Income Taxes
Due to Infoseek's loss position, no provision for income taxes was provided
for any of the periods presented. At October 3, 1998, Infoseek had federal and
state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately
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$40.0 million and $17.0 million, respectively. The federal net operating loss
carryforwards will expire beginning in 2009 through 2013, and the state net
operating loss carryforwards will expire in the years 1999 through 2013.
Certain future changes in the share ownership of Infoseek, as defined in the
Tax Reform Act of 1986 and similar state provisions may restrict the
utilization of these carryforwards. A valuation allowance has been recorded for
the entire deferred tax asset as a result of uncertainties regarding the
realization of the asset due to the lack of earnings history of Infoseek. As of
July 3, 1999, Infoseek recorded deferred tax liabilities totaling $45.1
million, related primarily to the recording of certain intangibles resulting
from the Starwave and Quando acquisitions.
Infoseek Liquidity and Capital Resources
At July 3, 1999, Infoseek had approximately $86.5 million in cash, cash
equivalents and short-term investments, an increase of approximately $34.6
million from October 3, 1998.
From inception through May 1996, Infoseek financed its operations and met
its capital expenditure requirements primarily from proceeds derived from the
issuance of equity, convertible debt securities and equipment term loans. In
February 1998, Infoseek completed a follow-on public offering and received
approximately $43,015,000 net of underwriting discounts, commissions and other
offering costs. The proceeds have been and will continue to be used for general
corporate purposes, including expansion of its sales and marketing efforts, and
capital expenditures.
For the nine months ended July 3, 1999, operating activities used cash of
approximately $38.8 million due primarily to Infoseek's net loss partially
offset by non-cash charges for depreciation and amortization and the write-off
of in-process technology. For the nine months ended June 30, 1998, operating
activities used cash of approximately $0.2 million due primarily to the
Company's net loss and increase in accounts receivable, partially offset by
increases in the Company's current liabilities. For the nine months ended July
3, 1999, investing activities used cash of approximately $22.4 million
primarily related to the purchase of available-for-sale securities and property
and equipment, partially offset by the proceeds from sales and maturities of
available-for-sale securities. For the nine months ended June 30, 1998,
investing activities used cash of approximately $45.8 million primarily related
to the purchase of available-for-sale securities. Financing activities
generated cash of approximately $93.9 million in the nine months ended July 3,
1999, primarily from the issuance of common stock. Financing activities
generated cash of approximately $44.1 million in the nine months ended June 30,
1998, primarily from the issuance of common stock.
For the nine months ended October 3, 1998, operating activities used cash of
$13,450,000 due primarily to Infoseek's increases in prepaid to service
providers, deposits and other assets and direct acquisition costs, and
decreases in accrued restructuring and accrued liabilities to service
providers, partially offset by depreciation and amortization and an increase in
deferred revenue. For the nine month period ended September 30, 1997, operating
activities used cash of $15,301,000 due primarily to Infoseek's net loss,
partially offset by an increase in deferred revenue. For the nine months ended
October 3, 1998, investing activities used cash of $32,487,000 primarily
related to the net purchases of short-term investments and equipment purchases.
For the nine months ended September 30, 1997, investing activities provided net
cash of $7,282,000, primarily associated with the net sales/maturities of
short-term investments and equipment purchases. Financing activities generated
cash of $43,242,000 and $6,772,000 in the nine months ended October 3, 1998 and
September 30, 1997, respectively, primarily from Infoseek's follow-on public
offering in February 1998 and equipment term loan proceeds in 1997.
For 1997 and 1996, operating activities used cash of $14,154,000 and
$10,068,000, respectively. The net cash used during these periods was primarily
due to net losses and increases in accounts receivable, partially offset by
increases in accounts payable and accrued liabilities. For 1997, investing
activities generated cash of $6,204,000 primarily related to the
sales/maturities of investments partially offset by purchases of short-term
investments and purchases of property and equipment. For 1996, investing
activities used net cash of
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$49,827,000 as a result of the net purchase of short-term investments and
purchase of property and equipment. Financing activities generated net cash of
$7,485,000 and $62,552,000 in 1997 and 1996, respectively, primarily from term
loans proceeds in 1997 and Infoseek's initial public offering in June 1996.
Infoseek has cash commitments to Microsoft and WebTV in connection with
certain agreements. Infoseek also has commitments to promote GO Network
pursuant to a promotional services agreement with Disney and to make guaranteed
minimum payments under representation agreements with the Joint Ventures. In
addition, Infoseek has minimum funding commitments for GO Network pursuant to a
product management agreement with Disney. Further, Infoseek has license royalty
commitments to Disney when it obtains positive EBITA, and has obligations to
provide funding to the Joint Ventures. Infoseek also has funding commitments
under operating lease agreements and expects to continue to incur significant
capital expenditures to support its business.
As of July 3, 1999, Infoseek anticipates that its cash, cash equivalents,
short-term investments and cash flow generated from advertising revenues will
be sufficient to meet its anticipated needs for working capital and other cash
requirements through December 31, 1999. If additional funds are required to be
raised through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities, the
percentage ownership of the stockholders of Infoseek will be reduced. Newly
issued securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of
the holders of Infoseek's common stock. There can be no assurance that
additional financing will be available on terms favorable to Infoseek, or at
all. If adequate funds are not available or are not available on acceptable
terms, Infoseek's ability to fund expansion, take advantage of acquisition
opportunities, develop or enhance services or products, or respond to
competitive pressures would be significantly limited. Such limitation could
have a material adverse effect on Infoseek's business, results of operations,
financial condition and prospects. The estimated period of available funds to
meet its capital requirements and other commitments is a forward-looking
statement that involves risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that
Infoseek will be able to meet its working capital and other cash requirements
for this period as a result of a number of factors.
Infoseek Quantitative And Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Infoseek's exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates
primarily to Infoseek's short-term investment portfolio and long-term debt
obligations. Infoseek does not use derivative financial instruments in its
investment portfolio. Infoseek's investments are managed by outside
professional managers within investment guidelines set by Infoseek . Such
guidelines include security type, credit quality and maturity and are intended
to limit market risk by restricting Infoseek's investments to high quality debt
instruments with relatively short-term maturities. Based upon the weighted-
average duration of Infoseek's investments at October 3, 1998, a 1% (100 basis
points) increase in short-term interest rates would result in an unrealized
loss in market value of Infoseek's investments totaling approximately $75,000
(unrealized loss for a comparable rate increase at July 3, 1999 would not be
significantly different). However, because Infoseek's debt securities are
carried as available-for-sale, no gains or losses are recognized by Infoseek
due to changes in interest rates unless such securities are sold prior to
maturity. Infoseek generally holds securities until maturity and carries the
securities at amortized cost, which approximates fair market value. In
addition, based upon the weighted average duration of Infoseek's long-term debt
obligations at October 3, 1998, a 1% (100 basis points) decrease in interest
rates would result in unrealized loss in market value of Infoseek's long-term
debt obligations of approximately $125,000 (unrealized loss for a comparable
rate increase at July 3, 1999 would not be significantly different).
As of July 3, 1999, Infoseek is exposed to equity price risks on the
marketable portion of equity securities included in its portfolio of
investments entered into for the promotion of business and strategic
objectives. These investments are generally in companies in the high-technology
industry sector, many of which are small capitalization stocks. Infoseek
typically does not attempt to reduce or eliminate its market exposure on these
securities. As a result of the appreciation Infoseek has experienced with its
equity securities, a 20% adverse change in equity prices would not result in a
significant decrease in the fair value of Infoseek's available-for-sale
securities as of July 3, 1999.
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Year 2000 Compliance
Infoseek is aware of the issues associated with the programming code in
existing computer systems as the year 2000 approaches. Virtually every computer
operation will be affected by the "year 2000 problem." Many computer systems
only provide for a two digit date and therefore will not properly recognize
dates when the year changes from 1999 ("99" in most systems) to 2000, since the
system may recognize the year "00" as 1900 instead of 2000. Computer systems
that do not properly recognize the year 2000 could generate incorrect data or
cause a system to fail.
Infoseek management has conducted a review of Infoseek's exposure to the
year 2000 problem. Infoseek is working with its major computer systems, data
feed and software vendors to determine if they are prepared for the year 2000.
Based on Infoseek's internal review and discussions with these vendors,
Infoseek currently believes that its internal systems are year 2000 compliant
or will be made so with only minor modifications. Infoseek has replaced several
internal systems as part of a conversion to improved financial and business
systems. Infoseek does not expect to incur significant expenses or to purchase
additional computer systems to avoid the year 2000 problem, for either
Infoseek's internal information technology systems or Infoseek's products and
services.
Despite Infoseek's review, the effects of the year 2000 problem are still
very uncertain. Infoseek cannot assure you that its vendors' representations
are accurate. Infoseek is in the process of investigating year 2000 compliance
by third parties, in situations where, if possible, vendors that are not year
2000 compliant will be replaced by alternate sources that are year 2000
compliant. However, Infoseek does not have any control over these third
parties' compliance. For example, if a link on GO Network or the Infoseek
search service points to a website which is not year 2000 compliant, that link
may not be available to users. Thus, the Infoseek services may offer fewer
features. If many linked sites fail, the value of user traffic and advertising
on Infoseek's websites could materially decrease. In addition, if Infoseek's
review of its year 2000 readiness did not uncover all year 2000 problems,
Infoseek's business and operations could suffer serious harm or be required to
expend resources to resolve these problems. Infoseek does not currently have a
contingency plan to address this risk. However, a contingency plan is in the
process of being developed, and is expected to be completed by September 1999.
If Infoseek's systems are not year 2000 compliant, although Infoseek does not
expect any of the following to occur, it may not be able to input financial
data or generate reports and could lose data in its management information and
advertising management systems. In addition, users of its services could
experience reduced functionality and potentially lose stored user data.
If Infoseek or any of its viewers, customers, linked sites, advertisers,
vendors or other third parties are not year 2000 compliant, Infoseek's
business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects could be
seriously harmed.
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS
ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
Effective April 24, 1997, Starwave's Board of Directors dismissed KPMG LLP
as its independent accountants and engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. The
reports of KPMG LLP on the financial statements of Starwave for the fiscal
years ended December 31, 1996 and 1995 contained no adverse opinion or
disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty,
audit scope or accounting principles. During the period of KPMG LLP's
engagement as Starwave's accountants in Starwave's two most recent fiscal
years, there were no disagreements with KPMG LLP on any matter of accounting
principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or
procedure, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of KPMG LLP would have
been referred to in their report on Starwave's financial statements. Prior to
April 24, 1997, Starwave had not consulted with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP on
items regarding the application of accounting principles to a specific
completed or contemplated transaction, the type of audit opinion that might be
rendered on Starwave's financial statements, or any matter that was the subject
of a disagreement or reportable event.
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PART II.
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 20. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director of
the Registrant will not be liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, to the full extent
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), as amended or
interpreted from time to time.
In addition, the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation states that the
Registrant shall, to the full extent permitted by the DGCL, as amended or
interpreted from time to time, indemnify all directors, officers and employees
whom it may indemnify pursuant thereto and in addition, the Registrant may, to
the extent permitted by the DGCL, indemnify agents of the Registrant or other
persons.
Section 145 of the DGCL permits indemnification against expenses, fines,
judgments and settlements incurred by any director, officer or employee of a
company in the event of pending or threatened civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative proceedings, if such person was, or was threatened to be made,
a party by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, or
employee of the company. Section 145 also provides that the indemnification
provided for therein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which
those seeking indemnification may otherwise be entitled. In addition, the
Registrant maintains a directors' and officers' liability insurance policy.
Item 21. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) Exhibits
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Exhibit
No. Description
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2.1 Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of July 10, 1999, by
and among the Registrant, Bingo Acquisition Corp. and Infoseek
Corporation (attached as Annex A to the Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus included in this Registration Statement).
3.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 1999).
3.2 Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-
52659) filed with the Commission on August 3, 1998).
4.1 Form of Registration Rights Agreement entered into or to be entered
into with certain stockholders (incorporated by reference to Exhibit B
to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 31, 1995,
of Disney Enterprises, Inc. ("DEI")).
4.2 Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of October 30, 1996 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4(d) to the Registrant's 1996 Annual Report on
Form 10-K).
4.3 Indenture, dated as of November 30, 1990, between DEI and Bankers
Trust Company, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to
DEI's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 14, 1991).
4.4 Indenture, dated as of March 7, 1996, between the Registrant and
Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.1(a) to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 7,
1996).
4.5 Other long-term borrowing instruments are omitted pursuant to Item
601(b)(4)(iii) of Regulation S-K. The Registrant undertakes to furnish
copies of such instruments to the Commission upon request.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit
No. Description
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5.1 Opinion of David K. Thompson, Esq. as to the legality of the
securities.
8.1 Tax Opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP.
8.2 Tax Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
Corporation.
10.1 Support Agreement, dated as of July 10, 1999, by and between the
Registrant and Steven T. Kirsch (attached as Annex B-1 to the Joint
Proxy Statement/Prospectus included in this Registration Statement).
10.2 Support Agreement, dated as of July 10, 1999, by and between the
Registrant and Andrew E. Newton (attached as Annex B-2 to the Joint
Proxy Statement/Prospectus included in this Registration Statement).
10.3 (i) Agreement on the Creation and the Operation of Euro Disneyland en
France, dated March 25, 1987, and (ii) Letter relating thereto of the
Chairman of DEI, dated March 24, 1987 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibits 10(b) and 10(a), respectively, to DEI's Current Report on
Form 8-K, dated April 24, 1987).
10.4 Composite Limited Recourse Financing Facility Agreement, dated as of
April 27, 1988, between DEI and TDL Funding Company, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(b) to the Registrant's 1997
Annual Report on Form 10-K).
10.5 Employment Agreement, dated as of January 8, 1997, between the
Registrant and Michael D. Eisner (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.2 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period
ended December 31, 1996).
10.6 (i) Profit Participation Contract, dated December 14, 1979, with E.
Cardon Walker and (ii) Amendment thereto, dated August 8, 1980
(incorporated by reference to DEI's 1980 Annual Report on Form 10-K).
10.7 Form of Indemnification Agreement for certain officers and directors
of DEI (incorporated by reference to Annex C to the Proxy Statement
for the 1988 Annual Meeting of DEI).
10.8 1995 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 20 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No.
33-57811), dated February 23, 1995, of DEI).
10.9 1990 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules (incorporated by reference to
Exhibits 28(a) and 28(b), respectively, to the Registration Statement
on Form S-8 (No. 33-39770), dated April 5, 1991, of DEI).
10.10 Amended and Restated 1990 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules (incorporated
by reference to Appendix B-2 to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus
included in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 33-64141),
dated November 13, 1995, of DEI).
10.11 1995 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules (incorporated by reference to
Appendix B-1 to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus included in the
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 33-64141), dated November 13,
1995, of DEI).
10.12 Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules (Attached as
Annex E to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus included in this
Registration Statement).
10.13 (i) 1987 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules, (ii) 1984 Stock Incentive
Plan and Rules, (iii) 1981 Incentive Plan and Rules and (iv) 1980
Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibits 1(a), 1(b),
2(a), 2(b), 3(a), 3(b) and 4, respectively, to the Prospectus
contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-26106),
dated December 20, 1988, of DEI).
10.14 Contingent Stock Award Rules under DEI's 1984 Stock Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(t) to DEI's 1986 Annual
Report on Form 10-K).
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<CAPTION>
Exhibit
No. Description
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10.15 Bonus Performance Plan for Executive Officers (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(l) to the Registrant's 1998 Annual Report on
Form 10-K).
10.16 Performance-Based Compensation Plan for the Registrant's Chief
Executive Officer (incorporated by reference to the Proxy Statement
dated January 9, 1997 for the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Registrant).
10.17 Key Employees Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plan (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10(p) to the Registrant's 1997 Annual Report
on Form 10-K).
10.18 Group Personal Excess Liability Insurance Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(x) to the Registrant's 1997 Annual Report on
Form 10-K).
10.19 Family Income Assurance Plan (summary description) (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(y) to the Registrant's 1997 Annual Report on
Form 10-K).
10.20 Disney Salaried Savings and Investment Plan (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10(s) to DEI's 1995 Annual Report on Form 10-K).
10.21 First Amendment to the Disney Salaried Savings and Investment Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(r) to the Registrant's 1997
Annual Report on Form 10-K).
10.22 Second Amendment to the Disney Salaried Savings and Investment Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(s) to the Registrant's 1997
Annual Report on Form 10-K).
10.23 ABC, Inc. Savings and Investment Plan, as amended (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(t) to the Registrant's 1998 Annual Report on
Form 10-K).
10.24 Employee Stock Option Plan of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(f) to the 1992 Annual Report
on Form 10-K of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.).
10.25 1991 Stock Option Plan of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 6(a)(i) to the Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 1996).
10.26 Letter Agreement, dated December 29, 1998, between the Registrant and
Michael D. Eisner (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
December 31, 1998).
23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (relating to the financial
statements of The Walt Disney Company).
23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (relating to the financial
statements of The Disney Group).
23.3 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (relating to the financial
statements of Disney's existing Internet business).
23.4 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (relating to the financial
statements of ABC News/Starwave Corporation).
23.5 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (relating to the financial
statements of ESPN/Starwave Partners).
23.6 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (relating to the financial
statements of Starwave Corporation).
23.7 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.8 Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.9 Consent of David K. Thompson, Esq. (included in opinion filed as
Exhibit 5.1).
23.10 Consent of Dewey Ballantine LLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit
8.1).
23.11 Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
(included in opinion filed as Exhibit 8.2).
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<CAPTION>
Exhibit
No. Description
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<C> <S>
99.1 Form of Proxy for holders of The Walt Disney Company Common Stock.
99.2 Form of Proxy for holders of Infoseek Corporation Common Stock.
99.3 Consent of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
99.4 Consent of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.
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* Previously filed.
Item 22. Undertakings.
1. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof), which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total
dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement.
(b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
2. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
3. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes as follows: that prior to
any public reoffering of the securities registered hereunder through use of a
prospectus which is a part of this Registration Statement, by any person or
party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c), the
issuer undertakes that such reoffering prospectus will contain the information
called for by the applicable registration form with respect to reofferings by
persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called
for by the other Items of the applicable form.
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4. The Registrant undertakes that every prospectus (i) that is filed
pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, or (ii) that purports to meet
the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act and is used in
connection with an offering of securities subject to Rule 415, will be filed as
a part of an amendment to the Registration Statement and will not be used until
such amendment is effective, and that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
5. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
6. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to respond to requests for
information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to
Items 4, 10(b), 11 or 13 of this Form, within one business day of receipt of
such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or
other equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents
filed subsequent to the effective date of the Registration Statement through
the date of responding to the request.
7. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to supply by means of a
post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the
company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and
included in the Registration Statement when it became effective.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Burbank, State of
California, on the 30th day of September, 1999.
The Walt Disney Company
/s/ Michael D. Eisner
By: _________________________________
Michael D. Eisner
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby severally constitutes and appoints Sanford M. Litvack and Thomas
O. Staggs, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary
fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorneys-in-fact and agents
or any of them or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
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Signature Title Date
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<S> <C> <C>
/s/ Michael D. Eisner Chairman of the Board and September 30,
___________________________________________ Chief Executive Officer 1999
Michael D. Eisner (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Roy E. Disney Vice Chairman of the Board September 30,
___________________________________________ 1999
Roy E. Disney
/s/ Sanford M. Litvack Vice Chairman of the Board September 30,
___________________________________________ 1999
Sanford M. Litvack
/s/ Thomas O. Staggs Senior Executive Vice September 30,
___________________________________________ President and Chief 1999
Thomas O. Staggs Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Reveta F. Bowers Director September 30,
___________________________________________ 1999
Reveta F. Bowers
/s/ Judith Estrin Director September 30,
___________________________________________ 1999
Judith Estrin
/s/ Stanley P. Gold Director September 30,
___________________________________________ 1999
Stanley P. Gold
/s/ Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr. Director September 30,
___________________________________________ 1999
Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr.
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<CAPTION>
Signature Title Date
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<S> <C> <C>
/s/ George J. Mitchell Director September 30,
___________________________________________ 1999
George J. Mitchell
/s/ Thomas S. Murphy Director September 30,
___________________________________________ 1999
Thomas S. Murphy
/s/ Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J. Director September 30,
___________________________________________ 1999
Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J.
/s/ Sidney Poitier Director September 30,
___________________________________________ 1999
Sidney Poitier
/s/ Irwin E. Russell Director September 30,
___________________________________________ 1999
Irwin E. Russell
/s/ Robert A. M. Stern Director September 30,
___________________________________________ 1999
Robert A. M. Stern
/s/ Andrea Van De Kamp Director September 30,
___________________________________________ 1999
Andrea Van De Kamp
/s/ Raymond L. Watson Director September 30,
___________________________________________ 1999
Raymond L. Watson
/s/ Gary L. Wilson Director September 30,
___________________________________________ 1999
Gary L. Wilson
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EXHIBIT INDEX
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit
No. Description
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2.1 Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of July 10, 1999, by
and among the Registrant, Bingo Acquisition Corp. and Infoseek
Corporation (attached as Annex A to the Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus included in this Registration Statement).
3.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 1999).
3.2 Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-
52659) filed with the Commission on August 3, 1998).
4.1 Form of Registration Rights Agreement entered into or to be entered
into with certain stockholders (incorporated by reference to Exhibit B
to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 31, 1995,
of Disney Enterprises, Inc. ("DEI")).
4.2 Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of October 30, 1996 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4(d) to the Registrant's 1996 Annual Report on
Form 10-K).
4.3 Indenture, dated as of November 30, 1990, between DEI and Bankers
Trust Company, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to
DEI's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 14, 1991).
4.4 Indenture, dated as of March 7, 1996, between the Registrant and
Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.1(a) to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 7,
1996).
4.5 Other long-term borrowing instruments are omitted pursuant to Item
601(b)(4)(iii) of Regulation S-K. The Registrant undertakes to furnish
copies of such instruments to the Commission upon request.
5.1 Opinion of David K. Thompson, Esq. as to the legality of the
securities.
8.1 Tax Opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP.
8.2 Tax Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
Corporation.
10.1 Support Agreement, dated as of July 10, 1999, by and between the
Registrant and Steven T. Kirsch (attached as Annex B-1 to the Joint
Proxy Statement/Prospectus included in this Registration Statement).
10.2 Support Agreement, dated as of July 10, 1999, by and between the
Registrant and Andrew E. Newton (attached as Annex B-2 to the Joint
Proxy Statement/Prospectus included in this Registration Statement).
10.3 (i) Agreement on the Creation and the Operation of Euro Disneyland en
France, dated March 25, 1987, and (ii) Letter relating thereto of the
Chairman of DEI, dated March 24, 1987 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibits 10(b) and 10(a), respectively, to DEI's Current Report on
Form 8-K, dated April 24, 1987).
10.4 Composite Limited Recourse Financing Facility Agreement, dated as of
April 27, 1988, between DEI and TDL Funding Company, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(b) to the Registrant's 1997
Annual Report on Form 10-K).
10.5 Employment Agreement, dated as of January 8, 1997, between the
Registrant and Michael D. Eisner (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.2 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period
ended December 31, 1996).
10.6 (i) Profit Participation Contract, dated December 14, 1979, with E.
Cardon Walker and (ii) Amendment thereto, dated August 8, 1980
(incorporated by reference to DEI's 1980 Annual Report on Form 10-K).
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10.7 Form of Indemnification Agreement for certain officers and directors
of DEI (incorporated by reference to Annex C to the Proxy Statement
for the 1988 Annual Meeting of DEI).
10.8 1995 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 20 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No.
33-57811), dated February 23, 1995, of DEI).
10.9 1990 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules (incorporated by reference to
Exhibits 28(a) and 28(b), respectively, to the Registration Statement
on Form S-8 (No. 33-39770), dated April 5, 1991, of DEI).
10.10 Amended and Restated 1990 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules (incorporated
by reference to Appendix B-2 to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus
included in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 33-64141),
dated November 13, 1995, of DEI).
10.11 1995 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules (incorporated by reference to
Appendix B-1 to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus included in the
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 33-64141), dated November 13,
1995, of DEI).
10.12 Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules (Attached as
Annex E to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus included in this
Registration Statement).
10.13 (i) 1987 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules, (ii) 1984 Stock Incentive
Plan and Rules, (iii) 1981 Incentive Plan and Rules and (iv) 1980
Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibits 1(a), 1(b),
2(a), 2(b), 3(a), 3(b) and 4, respectively, to the Prospectus
contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-26106),
dated December 20, 1988, of DEI).
10.14 Contingent Stock Award Rules under DEI's 1984 Stock Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(t) to DEI's 1986 Annual
Report on Form 10-K).
10.15 Bonus Performance Plan for Executive Officers (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(l) to the Registrant's 1998 Annual Report on
Form 10-K).
10.16 Performance-Based Compensation Plan for the Registrant's Chief
Executive Officer (incorporated by reference to the Proxy Statement
dated January 9, 1997 for the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Registrant).
10.17 Key Employees Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plan (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10(p) to the Registrant's 1997 Annual Report
on Form 10-K).
10.18 Group Personal Excess Liability Insurance Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(x) to the Registrant's 1997 Annual Report on
Form 10-K).
10.19 Family Income Assurance Plan (summary description) (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(y) to the Registrant's 1997 Annual Report on
Form 10-K).
10.20 Disney Salaried Savings and Investment Plan (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10(s) to DEI's 1995 Annual Report on Form 10-K).
10.21 First Amendment to the Disney Salaried Savings and Investment Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(r) to the Registrant's 1997
Annual Report on Form 10-K).
10.22 Second Amendment to the Disney Salaried Savings and Investment Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(s) to the Registrant's 1997
Annual Report on Form 10-K).
10.23 ABC, Inc. Savings and Investment Plan, as amended (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(t) to the Registrant's 1998 Annual Report on
Form 10-K).
10.24 Employee Stock Option Plan of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(f) to the 1992 Annual Report
on Form 10-K of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.).
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10.25 1991 Stock Option Plan of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 6(a)(i) to the Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 1996).
10.26 Letter Agreement, dated December 29, 1998, between the Registrant and
Michael D. Eisner (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
December 31, 1998).
23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (relating to the financial
statements of The Walt Disney Company).
23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (relating to the financial
statements of The Disney Group).
23.3 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (relating to the financial
statements of Disney's existing Internet business).
23.4 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (relating to the financial
statements of ABC News/Starwave Partners).
23.5 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (relating to the financial
statements of ESPN/Starwave Partners).
23.6 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (relating to the financial
statements of Starwave Corporation).
23.7 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.8 Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.9 Consent of David K. Thompson, Esq. (included in opinion filed as
Exhibit 5.1).
23.10 Consent of Dewey Ballantine LLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit
8.1).
23.11 Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
(included in opinion filed as Exhibit 8.2).
99.1 Form of Proxy for holders of The Walt Disney Company Common Stock.
99.2 Form of Proxy for holders of Infoseek Corporation Common Stock.
99.3 Consent of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
99.4 Consent of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.
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EXHIBIT 5.1
[THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY LETTERHEAD]
September 30, 1999
Board of Directors
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521
Re: The Walt Disney Company Registration Statement on Form S-4
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As Senior Vice President--Assistant General Counsel of The Walt Disney
Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), I have participated in the
preparation and filing by the Company of a Registration Statement on Form S-4
(the "Registration Statement") for the registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act"), of shares of the Company's go.com Common Stock,
par value $0.01 per share (the "Shares"). As set forth in the Registration
Statement, the Shares are to be issued in connection with the consummation of
the merger of Bingo Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company ("Bingo"), with and into Infoseek Corporation, a
Delaware corporation ("Infoseek"), pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and
Plan of Reorganization, dated as of July 10, 1999 (the "Reorganization
Agreement"), by and among Infoseek, Bingo and the Company. This opinion is
delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation
S-K promulgated under the Act.
In connection with this opinion, and in my capacity as an attorney admitted
to practice in the State of California, I have examined the Registration
Statement and the joint proxy statement/prospectus included therein, the
Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation as in effect on the
date hereof, the Company's bylaws as in effect on the date hereof and certain
corporate proceedings of the Company as reflect in the minutes of meetings of
the Board of Directors of the Company. In such examination, I have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the
authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals and the conformity
to the originals or certified copies of all documents submitted to me as copies
thereof. In addition, I have made such other examinations of law and fact as I
have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.
Based on the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the Shares to be issued
pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement have been duly authorized and, when
issued as contemplated by the Reorganization Agreement, will be validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable.
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement. In giving such consent, I do not thereby admit that I
am in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Very truly yours,
/s/ David K. Thompson
David K. Thompson, Esq.
Senior Vice President--Assistant
General Counsel
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EXHIBIT 8.1
[LETTERHEAD OF DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP]
September 30, 1999
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are acting as your special tax counsel in connection with the proposed
transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the
"reorganization agreement"), dated as of July 10, 1999, by and among Infoseek
Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Infoseek"), The Walt Disney Company, a
Delaware corporation ("Disney"), and Bingo Acquisition Corp., a Delaware
corporation and wholly owned direct subsidiary of Disney. Unless otherwise
specified, all capitalized terms used herein without definition have the
meanings set forth in the reorganization agreement.
We have examined the reorganization agreement, the Disney charter amendment,
the Certificate of Designation of Series A Voting Preferred Stock ("Disney
Class A Voting Preferred Stock"), the Disney Common Stock Policies, the
representation letters of Disney and Infoseek, each dated today, which have
been delivered to us for purposes of this opinion (the "Officer's
Certificates"), and such other documents and corporate records as we have
deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion. In addition, we
have assumed with your permission (i) the go.com Common Stock will be issued
with the terms and conditions set forth in the Disney charter amendment, (ii)
the Disney Class A Voting Preferred Stock will be issued with the terms and
conditions set forth in the Certificate of Designation of Series A Voting
Preferred Stock, (iii) the merger of Bingo Acquisition Corp. with and into
Infoseek will be consummated in accordance with the provisions of the
reorganization agreement, and (iv) the representations set forth in the
Officer's Certificates are true, accurate and complete, and any representation
made "to the best of the knowledge," "to the actual knowledge" or similarly
qualified is, in each case, correct without such qualification. We also have
assumed, with your permission, that the representations set forth in the
Officer's Certificates will remain true, accurate and complete on and as of the
Closing Date as if given at such time.
The following discussion is a summary of the material U.S. federal income
tax consequences of the merger, the Disney charter amendment and the issuance
of go.com Common Stock. This opinion insofar as it relates to Infoseek
stockholders addresses only those stockholders of Infoseek who hold their
Infoseek common stock and will, after the merger, hold their go.com Common
Stock as a capital asset. This opinion does not discuss all aspects of U.S.
federal income taxation that may be relevant to stockholders of Disney or
Infoseek in light of their particular tax circumstances, nor does it discuss
any state, local, foreign or non-income tax consequences. This opinion does not
address the federal income tax consequences that may be applicable to taxpayers
subject to special treatment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, which will be referred to as the "Code" in the following discussion.
For example:
. tax-exempt entities;
. partnerships, S corporations and other pass-through entities;
. mutual funds;
. small business investment companies;
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. regulated investment companies;
. insurance companies and other financial institutions;
. dealers in securities;
. traders that mark to market;
. stockholders who hold their shares as part of a hedge, appreciated
financial position, straddle or conversion transaction;
. stockholders who acquired their shares through the exercise of options or
otherwise as compensation or through a tax-qualified retirement plan; and
. individuals who are not citizens or residents of the United States,
foreign corporations and other foreign entities.
This opinion is based on the Code, Treasury Department regulations,
published positions of the Internal Revenue Service (which will be referred to
as the "IRS" in the following discussion) and court decisions now in effect,
all of which are subject to change. In particular, the U.S. Congress could
enact legislation or the Treasury Department could issue regulations or other
guidance, including, without limitation, regulations issued pursuant to its
broad authority under Section 337(d) of the Code, affecting the treatment of
stock with characteristics similar to the go.com Common Stock. Any such change,
which may or may not be retroactive, could alter the tax consequences discussed
herein. See "--Clinton Administration Proposal" below.
Dewey Ballantine LLP is providing this opinion to you based on the law in
effect as of the date of the filing of the joint proxy statement/prospectus,
regarding the material federal income tax consequences of the merger, the
Disney charter amendment, and the issuance of the go.com Common Stock. This
opinion is being filed with the SEC as an exhibit to the registration statement
of which the joint proxy statement/prospectus forms a part. This opinion relies
on assumptions, including assumptions regarding the absence of changes in
existing facts, the issuance of the go.com Common Stock and Disney Class A
Voting Preferred Stock in accordance with the proposed amendment to the Disney
certificate of incorporation and the preferred stock certificate of
designation, respectively, and the completion of the merger in accordance with
the joint proxy statement/prospectus and the reorganization agreement. This
opinion also relies on representations and covenants, including those contained
in the certificates furnished by officers of Disney and Infoseek to Dewey
Ballantine LLP and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation,
for purposes of rendering their opinions. If any of these assumptions,
representations or covenants are inaccurate, the conclusions contained in the
opinions could be affected.
The material federal income tax consequences of the merger, the Disney
charter amendment and the issuance of the go.com Common Stock to the Infoseek
stockholders, the Disney stockholders, Disney, Bingo Acquisition Corp. and
Infoseek, are as follows:
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Infoseek Stockholders
. The go.com Common Stock will be treated as stock of Disney for U.S.
federal income tax purposes.
. The merger will be treated as a reorganization described in Section
368(a) of the Code.
. A stockholder of Infoseek will not recognize any gain or loss upon the
exchange of its Infoseek common stock solely for shares of go.com Common
Stock pursuant to the merger, except with respect to any cash such
stockholder receives instead of a fractional share of go.com Common
Stock.
. A stockholder of Infoseek will have an aggregate tax basis in the shares
of go.com Common Stock it receives in the merger, including any
fractional share of go.com Common Stock for which cash is received, equal
to the aggregate tax basis of the shares of Infoseek common stock such
stockholder exchanges for them.
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. The holding period for shares of go.com Common Stock a stockholder of
Infoseek receives pursuant to the merger will include the holding period
of the shares of Infoseek common stock such stockholder exchanges for
them.
. If a stockholder of Infoseek receives cash instead of a fractional share
of go.com Common Stock, such stockholder will be treated as having
received the fractional share in the merger and then as having the
fractional share redeemed by Disney in a distribution under Section 302
of the Code. Accordingly, a stockholder of Infoseek should generally
recognize gain or loss equal to the difference, if any, between the tax
basis of the fractional share and the amount of cash such stockholder
receives. The gain or loss generally will be capital gain or loss and, if
such stockholder is an individual, any long-term capital gain will be
eligible for reduced rates of taxation if the Infoseek common stock he
exchanges was held by him for more than one year.
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Disney Stockholders
. Disney's stockholders will not recognize any gain or loss for U.S.
federal income tax purposes as result of either the merger or the Disney
charter amendment.
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Disney, Bingo Acquisition
Corp. and Infoseek
. The go.com Common Stock will be treated as stock of Disney for U.S.
federal income tax purposes and no gain or loss will be recognized by
Disney or any of its subsidiaries upon the issuance of the go.com Common
Stock.
. Neither Disney, Bingo Acquisition Corp., nor Infoseek will recognize any
material income or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result
of the merger.
No IRS Ruling
No ruling has been sought from the IRS in connection with the merger or
Disney's issuance of go.com Common Stock. The IRS has announced that it will
not issue any advance rulings on the classification of an instrument similar to
the go.com Common Stock that has certain voting and liquidation rights in an
issuing corporation but whose dividend rights are determined by reference to
the earnings of a segregated portion of the issuing corporation's assets,
including assets held by a subsidiary. In addition, there are no court
decisions or other authorities that bear directly on the tax effects of the
issuance and classification of stock with the features of the go.com Common
Stock or, for that matter, certain other criteria unrelated to the issuance or
classification of the go.com Common Stock that must be met in order for the
exchange of Infoseek common stock by the stockholders of Infoseek for go.com
Common Stock in the merger to qualify for tax-free treatment. Further, this tax
opinion represents our best legal judgment but is not binding on the IRS or the
courts. Thus, it is possible that the IRS could successfully take the position
that:
. the go.com Common Stock is stock of a separate corporation, not stock of
Disney;
. the receipt of go.com Common Stock is a taxable event to Infoseek
stockholders who exchange their Infoseek common stock for shares of
go.com Common Stock pursuant to the merger;
. Disney or one or more of its subsidiaries recognized a significant
taxable gain by reason of the merger or the issuance of the go.com Common
Stock; and/or
. go.com is not includable in Disney's consolidated U.S. federal income tax
return, and, among other things, any dividends paid or deemed paid to
Disney by go.com could be taxable to Disney, subject to any applicable
dividends received deduction.
This tax opinion does not purport to be a complete analysis or discussion of
all potential tax effects relevant to the merger and the charter amendment.
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Clinton Administration Proposal
A recent proposal by the Clinton Administration would impose a corporate-
level tax on the issuance of stock similar to the go.com Common Stock. As
proposed by the Clinton Administration, this provision would be effective on
the date of its enactment by Congress. If this or a similar proposal is
enacted, Disney could be subject to tax on an issuance of go.com Common Stock
after the date of enactment. Legislation proposed in the U.S. House of
Representatives and the U.S. Senate does not contain any such proposal. We
cannot predict, however, whether the Clinton Administration's proposal will be
enacted by the U.S. Congress and, if enacted, whether it will be in the form
proposed by the Clinton Administration.
Limitations
Our opinion expresses our views only as to federal income tax laws in effect
as of the date hereof and is limited to the tax matters specifically covered
hereby. You have not requested, and we do not express, an opinion concerning
any other tax consequences of the merger, the Disney charter amendment or any
other transaction. Our opinion is furnished solely for use in connection with
the registration statement and is not to be used, circulated, quoted or
otherwise referred to for any other purpose without our express written
permission.
Consent
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
registration statement and to the references to this opinion in the joint proxy
statement/prospectus under the caption "The Merger--Material Federal Income Tax
Consequences." In giving this consent we do not hereby admit that we come
within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours,
DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP
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EXHIBIT 8.2
[LETTERHEAD OF WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI, P.C.]
September 30, 1999
Infoseek Corporation
1399 Moffett Park Drive
Sunnyvale, California 94089
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are acting as your counsel in connection with the proposed transactions
contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the "reorganization
agreement"), dated as of July 10, 1999, by and among Infoseek Corporation, a
Delaware corporation ("Infoseek"), The Walt Disney Company, a Delaware
corporation ("Disney"), and Bingo Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and
wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Disney. Unless otherwise specified, all
capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings set forth in
the reorganization agreement.
We have examined the reorganization agreement, the Disney charter amendment,
the Certificate of Designation of Series A Voting Preferred Stock ("Disney
Class A Voting Preferred Stock"), the Disney Common Stock Policies, the
representation letters of Disney and Infoseek, each dated today, which have
been delivered to us for purposes of this opinion (the "Officer's
Certificates"), and such other documents and corporate records as we have
deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion. In addition, we
have assumed with your permission that (i) the go.com Common Stock will be
issued with the terms and conditions set forth in the Disney charter amendment,
(ii) the Disney Class A Voting Preferred Stock will be issued with the terms
and conditions set forth in the Certificate of Designation of Series A Voting
Preferred Stock, (iii) the merger of Bingo Acquisition Corp. with and into
Infoseek will be consummated in accordance with the provisions of the
reorganization agreement, and (iv) the representations set forth in the
Officer's Certificates are true, accurate and complete, and any representation
made "to the best of the knowledge," "to the actual knowledge" or similarly
qualified is, in each case, correct without such qualification. We also have
assumed, with your permission, that the representations set forth in the
Officer's Certificates will remain true, accurate and complete on and as of the
Closing Date as if given at such time.
The following discussion is a summary of the material U.S. federal income
tax consequences of the merger, the Disney charter amendment and the issuance
of go.com Common Stock. This opinion insofar as it relates to Infoseek
stockholders addresses only those stockholders of Infoseek who hold their
Infoseek common stock and will, after the merger, hold their go.com Common
Stock as a capital asset. This opinion does not discuss all aspects of U.S.
federal income taxation that may be relevant to stockholders of Disney or
Infoseek in light of their particular tax circumstances, nor does it discuss
any state, local, foreign or non-income tax consequences. This opinion does not
address the federal income tax consequences that may be applicable to taxpayers
subject to special treatment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, (the "Code"), including: (i) tax-exempt entities; (ii) partnerships, S
corporations and other pass-through entities; (iii) mutual funds; (iv) small
business investment companies; (v) regulated investment companies; (vi)
insurance companies and other financial institutions; (vii) dealers in
securities; (viii) traders that mark to market; (ix) stockholders who hold
their shares as part of a hedge, appreciated financial position, straddle or
conversion transaction; (x) stockholders who acquired their shares through the
exercise of options or otherwise as compensation or through a tax-qualified
retirement plan; and (xi) individuals who are not citizens or residents of the
United States, foreign corporations and other foreign entities.
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Infoseek Corporation
September 30, 1999
Page 2
This opinion is based on the Code, Treasury Department regulations,
published positions of the IRS and court decisions now in effect, all of which
are subject to change. In particular, the U.S. Congress could enact legislation
or the Treasury Department could issue regulations or other guidance,
including, without limitation, regulations issued pursuant to its broad
authority under Section 337(d) of the Code, affecting the treatment of stock
with characteristics similar to the go.com Common Stock. Any such change, which
may or may not be retroactive, could alter the tax consequences discussed
herein.
We are providing this opinion to you based on the law in effect as of the
date of the filing of the proxy statement/prospectus, regarding the material
federal income tax consequences of the merger, Disney charter amendment, and
the issuance of the go.com Common Stock. This opinion is being filed with the
SEC as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this joint proxy
statement/prospectus forms a part. This opinion relies on assumptions,
including assumptions regarding the absence of changes in existing facts, the
issuance of go.com Common Stock and Disney Class A Voting Preferred Stock in
accordance with the proposed amendment to the Disney certificate of
incorporation and the preferred stock certificate of designation, respectively,
and the completion of the merger in accordance with the joint proxy
statement/prospectus and the reorganization agreement. This opinion also relies
on representations and covenants, including those contained in the Officers'
Certificates. If any of these assumptions, representations or covenants are
inaccurate, the conclusions contained in this opinion could be affected.
The material federal income tax consequences of the merger, the Disney
charter amendment and the issuance of go.com Common Stock to the Infoseek
stockholders, the Disney stockholders, Disney, Bingo Acquisition Corp. and
Infoseek, are as follows:
The go.com Common Stock will be treated as stock of Disney for U.S. federal
income tax purposes.
The merger will be treated as a reorganization described in Section 368(a)
of the Code.
A stockholder of Infoseek will not recognize any gain or loss upon the
exchange of its Infoseek common stock solely for shares of go.com Common
Stock pursuant to the merger, except with respect to any cash such
stockholder receives instead of a fractional share of go.com Common Stock.
A stockholder of Infoseek will have an aggregate tax basis in the shares of
go.com Common Stock it receives in the merger, including any fractional
share of go.com Common Stock for which cash is received, equal to the
aggregate tax basis of the shares of Infoseek common stock such stockholder
exchanges for them.
The holding period for shares of go.com Common Stock a stockholder of
Infoseek receives pursuant to the merger will include the holding period of
the shares of Infoseek common stock such stockholder exchanges for them.
If a stockholder of Infoseek receives cash instead of a fractional share of
go.com Common Stock such stockholder will be treated as having received the
fractional share in the merger and then as having the fractional share
redeemed by Disney in a distribution under Section 302 of the Code.
Accordingly, a stockholder of Infoseek should generally recognize gain or
loss equal to the difference, if any, between the tax basis of the
fractional share and the amount of cash it receives. The gain or loss
generally will be capital gain or loss and, if such stockholder is an
individual, any long-term capital gain will be eligible for reduced rates
of taxation if the Infoseek common stock he or she exchanges was held by
him or her for more than one year.
Disney's stockholders will not recognize any gain or loss for U.S. federal
income tax purposes as a result of either the merger or the Disney charter
amendment.
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Infoseek Corporation
September 30, 1999
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Go.com Common Stock will be treated as stock of Disney for U.S. federal
income tax purposes and no gain or loss will be recognized by Disney or any
of its subsidiaries upon the issuance of go.com Common Stock.
Neither Disney, Bingo Acquisition Corp., nor Infoseek will recognize any
material income or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of
the merger.
This opinion represents our best legal judgment as to the matters addressed
herein but is not binding on the IRS or the courts. The IRS has announced that
it will not issue any advance rulings on the classification of an instrument
similar to go.com Common Stock that has certain voting and liquidation rights
in an issuing corporation but whose dividend rights are determined by reference
to the earnings of a segregated portion of the issuing corporation's assets,
including assets held by a subsidiary. In addition, there are no court
decisions or other authorities that bear directly on the tax effects of the
issuance and classification of stock with the features of go.com Common Stock
or, for that matter, certain other criteria unrelated to the issuance or
classification of the go.com Common Stock that must be met in order for the
exchange of Infoseek common stock by the stockholders of Infoseek for go.com
Common Stock in the merger to qualify for tax-free treatment. Thus, it is
possible that the IRS could successfully take the position that: (i) go.com
Common Stock is stock of a separate corporation, not stock of Disney; (ii) the
receipt of go.com Common Stock is a taxable event to Infoseek stockholders who
exchange their Infoseek common stock for shares of go.com Common stock pursuant
to the merger; (iii) Disney or one or more of its subsidiaries recognized a
significant taxable gain by reason of the merger or the issuance of go.com
Common Stock; and/or (iv) go.com is not includable in Disney's consolidated
U.S. federal income tax return, and, among other things, any dividends paid or
deemed paid to Disney by go.com could be taxable to Disney, subject to any
applicable dividends received deduction.
Our opinion expresses our views only as to federal income tax laws in effect
as of the date hereof and is limited to the tax matters specifically covered
hereby. You have not requested, and we do not express, an opinion concerning
any other tax consequences of the merger, the Disney charter amendment or any
other transaction. Our opinion is furnished solely for use in connection with
the Registration Statement and is not to be used, circulated, quoted or
otherwise referred to for any other purpose without our express written
permission.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the references to this opinion in the Proxy
Statement under the caption "The Merger--Material Federal Income Tax
Consequences." In giving this consent we do not hereby admit that we come
within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours,
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI,
P.C.
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EXHIBIT 23.1
Consent of Independent Accountants
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-4 of The Walt Disney Company of our report dated November
19, 1998 relating to the financial statements appearing in The Walt Disney
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended September
30. 1998. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in
such Registration Statement.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Los Angeles, California
September 27, 1999
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EXHIBIT 23.2
Consent of Independent Accountants
We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of
The Walt Disney Company of our report dated August 18, 1999 relating to the
financial statements of The Disney Group, which appears in such Registration
Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts"
in such Registration Statement.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Los Angeles, California
September 27, 1999
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EXHIBIT 23.3
Consent of Independent Accountants
We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of
The Walt Disney Company of our report dated July 7, 1999 relating to the
financial statements of Disney's existing Internet business, which appears in
such Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the
heading "Experts" in such Registration Statement.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Los Angeles, California
September 27, 1999
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EXHIBIT 23.4
Consent of Independent Accountants
We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of
The Walt Disney Company of our report dated November 18, 1998 relating to the
financial statements of ABC News/Starwave Partners, which appears in such
Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the
heading "Experts" in such Registration Statement.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Seattle, Washington
September 27, 1999
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EXHIBIT 23.5
Consent of Independent Accountants
We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of
The Walt Disney Company of our report dated November 18, 1998 relating to the
financial statements of ESPN/Starwave Partners, which appears in such
Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the
heading "Experts" in such Registration Statement.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Seattle, Washington
September 27, 1999
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EXHIBIT 23.6
Consent of Independent Accountants
We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of
The Walt Disney Company of our report dated November 18, 1998 relating to the
financial statements of Starwave Corporation, which appears in such
Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the
heading "Experts" in such Registration Statement.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Seattle, Washington
September 27, 1999
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EXHIBIT 23.7
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to
the use of our report dated January 20, 1999, included in the Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus of Infoseek Corporation that is made a part of the
Registration Statement (Form S-4) and Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus of The
Walt Disney Company for the registration of shares of go.com Common Stock of
The Walt Disney Company.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
San Jose, California
September 27, 1999
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EXHIBIT 23.8
Consent of Independent Auditors
The Board of Directors
Infoseek Corporation:
We consent to the use of our report dated February 7, 1997 included in the
joint proxy statement/prospectus on Form S-4 of The Walt Disney Company
relating to the balance sheet of Starwave Corporation as of December 31, 1996,
and the related statements of operations, shareholders' deficit, and cash flows
for the year then ended and to the reference to our firm under the heading
"Experts" in the joint proxy statement/prospectus.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Seattle, Washington
September 27___, 1999
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EXHIBIT 99.1
[LOGO OF THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY]
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON
NOVEMBER 17, 1999
The undersigned hereby appoints SANFORD M. LITVACK, THOMAS O. STAGGS and
DAVID K. THOMPSON, and each of them, attorney, agent and proxy of the
undersigned, with full power of substitution, to vote all shares of common stock
of The Walt Disney Company that the undersigned would be entitled to cast if
personally present at the special meeting of stockholders of The Walt Disney
Company to be held on November 17, 1999, and at any postponement or adjournment
thereof.
THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS SPECIFIED BY THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR EACH OF THE PROPOSALS. IF NO CHOICE
IS SPECIFIED, THE PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR PROPOSAL NUMBER 1 AND PROPOSAL NUMBER
2, AND ACCORDING TO THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXY HOLDERS ON ANY OTHER MATTERS
THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE SPECIAL MEETING OR ANY POSTPONEMENT OF
ADJOURNMENT THEREOF.
Your vote is important. Failure to sign and return this Proxy, or attend
the Special Meeting and vote by ballot, will have the same effect as a vote
against the charter amendment proposal and the stock incentive plan proposal.
SEE REVERSE SIDE
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Please mark your
votes as indicated
in this example. [X]
1. To approve the proposal to amend For Against Abstain
and restate The Walt Disney
Company's certificate of [_] [_] [_]
incorporation, as described in the
accompanying Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus.
2. To approve the proposal to amend For Against Abstain
and restate The Walt Disney
Company 1995 Stock Incentive [_] [_] [_]
Plan in connection with the
creation of the go.com Common
Stock, as described in the
accompanying Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus.
- --------------------------------- Dated: __________, 1999
Signature(s)
Note: Please date, sign exactly as your name appears on the form and mail the
proxy promptly. When signing as an attorney, executor, administrator,
trustee or guardian, please give your full title as such. If shares are
held jointly, both owners must sign.
2
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YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT!
The Walt Disney Company encourages you to take advantage of new and
convenient ways to vote your shares on matters to be covered at the special
meeting of stockholders to be held on November 17, 1999. Please take the
opportunity to use one of the three voting methods outlined below to cast your
ballot. We've made it easier than ever.
VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903
Use any touch-tone telephone to vote your proxy 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week. Have your proxy card in hand when you call. You will be prompted to enter
your 12-digit Control Number, which is located below, and then follow the simple
instructions the Vote Voice provides you.
VOTE BY INTERNET - WWW.PROXYVOTE.COM
Use the Internet to vote your proxy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Have
your proxy card in hand when you access the web site. You will be prompted to
enter your 12-digit Control Number, which is located below, to obtain your
records and create an electronic ballot.
VOTE BY MAIL
Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid
envelope we've provided or return it to The Walt Disney Company, c/o ADP, 51
Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.
If you vote by phone or vote using the Internet, please do not mail your
proxy.
THANK YOU FOR VOTING.
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EXHIBIT 99.2
[LOGO OF INFOSEEK CORPORATION]
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON
NOVEMBER 17, 1999
The undersigned hereby appoints Harry M. Motro and Andrew E. Newton, and
each of them, attorney, agent and proxy of the undersigned, with full power of
substitution, to vote all shares of common stock of Infoseek Corporation that
the undersigned would be entitled to cast if personally present at the special
meeting of stockholders of Infoseek Corporation to be held on November 17, 1999,
and at any postponement or adjournment thereof.
THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS SPECIFIED BY THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE MERGER PROPOSAL. IF NO CHOICE
IS SPECIFIED, THE PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE MERGER PROPOSAL AND ACCORDING TO
THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXY HOLDERS ON ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME
BEFORE THE SPECIAL MEETING OR ANY POSTPONEMENT OR ADJOURNMENT THEREOF.
Your vote is important. Failure to sign and return this Proxy, or
attend the Special Meeting and vote by ballot, will have the same effect as a
vote against the merger proposal.
SEE REVERSE SIDE
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Please mark your
votes as indicated
in this example [X]
1. To adopt the Agreement and For Against Abstain
Plan of Reorganization, dated as of
July 10, 1999, by and among Infoseek [_] [_] [_]
Corporation, The Walt Disney Company,
and Bingo Acquisition Corp., a wholly
owned subsidiary of Disney, and approve
the acquisition of Infoseek Corporation
by Disney by means of a merger of Bingo
Acquisition Corp. with and into Infoseek
Corporation. The Agreement and Plan of
Reorganization is attached to the
accompanying Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus
as Annex A.
__________________________________________ Dated: ___________, 1999
Signature(s)
Note: Please date, sign exactly as your name appears on the form and mail the
proxy promptly. When signing as an attorney, executor, administrator,
trustee or guardian, please give your full title as such. If shares are
held jointly, both owners must sign.
2
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YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT!
Infoseek Corporation encourages you to take advantage of new and
convenient ways to vote your shares on matters to be covered at the special
meeting of stockholders to be held November 17, 1999. Please take the
opportunity to use one of the three voting methods outlined below to cast your
ballot. Your telephone or Internet vote authorizes the individuals named above
to vote your shares in the same manner as if you marked, signed, and
returned your proxy card.
We've made it easier than ever.
VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-214-9752
Use any touch-tone telephone to vote your proxy 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week. Have your proxy card in hand when you call. You will be prompted to
enter your 9-digit Control Number, which is located below.
Item 1: To vote FOR, press 1; AGAINST, press 9; ABSTAIN, press 0.
VOTE BY INTERNET - WWW.PROXYVOTING.COM/INFOSEEK
Use the Internet to vote your proxy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Have
your proxy card in hand when you access the web site. You will be prompted to
enter your 9-digit Control Number, which is located below, to obtain your
records and create an electronic ballot.
VOTE BY MAIL
Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid
envelope we've provided or return it to Infoseek Corporation, c/o ADP, 51
Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.
If you vote by phone or vote using the Internet, please do not mail your
proxy.
THANK YOU FOR VOTING.
3
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EXHIBIT 99.3
[LETTERHEAD OF GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.]
PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
September 30__, 1999
Board of Directors
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521
Re: Initially filed Registration Statement on Form S-4 of The Walt
Disney Company relating to the below-referenced Agreement
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to our opinion letter dated July 10, 1999 with respect to
the fairness from a financial point of view to The Walt Disney Company
("Parent") of the consideration to be paid by Parent pursuant to the Agreement
and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of July 10, 1999, by and among Parent,
Bingo Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, and Infoseek
Corporation.
The foregoing opinion letter is provided for the information and assistance
of the Board of Directors of Parent in connection with its consideration of the
transaction contemplated therein and is not to be used, circulated, quoted or
otherwise referred to for any other purpose, nor is it to be filed with,
included in or referred to in whole or in part in any registration statement,
proxy statement or any other document, except in accordance with our prior
written consent. We understand that Parent has determined to include our
opinion in the above-referenced Registration Statement.
In that regard, we hereby consent to the reference to the opinion of our
Firm under the captions "Summary--Opinions of Financial Advisors", "The
Merger--Background of the Merger", "The Merger--Disney's Reasons for the Merger
and the Disney Proposals"; and "The Merger--Opinion of Disney's Financial
Advisor", and to the inclusion of the foregoing opinion in the Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus included in the above-mentioned Registration Statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood that our consent is being
delivered solely in connection with the filing of the above- mentioned version
of the Registration Statement and that our opinion is not to be used,
circulated quoted or otherwise referred to for any other purpose, nor is it to
be filed with, included in or referred to in whole or in part in any
registration statement (including any subsequent amendments to the above-
mentioned Registration Statement), proxy statement or any other document,
except in accordance with our prior written consent. In giving such consent, we
do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent
is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933 or the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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EXHIBIT 99.4
[LETTERHEAD OF MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED]
Board of Directors
Infoseek Corporation
1399 Moffett Park Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Members of the Board:
We hereby consent to the inclusion of our opinion letter dated July 9, 1999
to the Board of Directors of Infoseek Corporation. ("Infoseek") as Annex G to
the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus relating to the proposed merger of
Infoseek and The Walt Disney Company and to the references thereto in such
Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the captions "SUMMARY--Opinions of
Financial Advisors," "THE MERGER--Background of the Merger," "--Infoseek's
Reasons for the Merger; Additional Considerations and Recommendations of the
Infoseek Board of Directors" and "--Opinion of Infoseek's Financial Advisor."
In giving this consent, we do not admit that we come within the category of
persons whose consent is required under, and we do not admit that we are
"experts" for purposes of, the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
New York, New York
September 30, 1999
By: /s/ Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
Smith
Incorporated
