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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 1996
REGISTRATION NO. 333-09535
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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AMENDMENT NO. 3
TO
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
FRONTIERVISION CAPITAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrants as specified in their charters)
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DELAWARE 4841 84-1316775
DELAWARE 4841 84-1353734
(State or other jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer Identification
incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) Numbers)
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1777 SOUTH HARRISON STREET, SUITE P-200, DENVER, COLORADO 80210 (303) 757-1588
(Address, including Zip Code, and telephone number, including area code, of
Registrants' principal executive offices)
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JAMES C. VAUGHN
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
FrontierVision Inc.
1777 South Harrison Street, Suite P-200
Denver, Colorado 80210
(303) 757-1588
(Name, address, including Zip Code, and telephone number, including area code,
of Registrants' agent for service)
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Please address a copy of all communications to:
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LEONARD J. BAXT, ESQ. GERALD S. TANENBAUM, ESQ.
Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC Cahill Gordon & Reindel
1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 80 Pine Street
Washington, D.C. 20036 New York, New York 10005
(202) 776-2000 (212) 701-3000
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC:
As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
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If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, 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, 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(c)
under 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 delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. / /
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THE REGISTRANTS HEREBY AMEND THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANTS
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, AS AMENDED, OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID
SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement covers the registration of $200,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006 (the "Notes")
which are being issued by FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P. and
FrontierVision Capital Corporation (collectively, the "Issuers"). The complete
Prospectus contained herein relates to the primary offering of the Notes by the
Issuers. Immediately following the complete Prospectus are certain alternate
pages of the Prospectus relating to the sale of the Notes by J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. and First Union Capital Markets Corp. in market making
transactions, including an alternate front cover page and a section entitled
"Plan of Distribution."
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INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR
MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR
THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE
SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE
UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS
OF ANY SUCH STATE.
PROSPECTUS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION
DATED SEPTEMBER 18, 1996
[FRONTIERVISION LOGO] FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
FRONTIERVISION CAPITAL CORPORATION
$200,000,000
% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006
Interest payable and
ISSUE PRICE: %
The % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006 (the "Notes") are being offered
(the "Offering") by FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership ("FVOP" or the "Company"), and FrontierVision Capital Corporation, a
Delaware corporation ("Capital") which is a wholly owned subsidiary of FVOP. The
Notes are the joint and several obligations of FVOP and Capital (collectively,
the "Issuers"). The Company will receive all of the net proceeds of the
Offering. Capital has nominal assets and does not conduct any operations.
The Notes mature on , 2006, unless previously redeemed. Interest
on the Notes is payable semiannually on each and ,
commencing , 1997. The Notes are not redeemable prior to
, 2001, except as set forth below. The Notes will be redeemable
at the option of the Issuers, in whole or in part, at any time on or after
, 2001, at the redemption prices set forth herein, together with
accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. In addition, prior to
, 1999, the Issuers may redeem up to 35% of the principal amount
of the Notes with the net cash proceeds received from one or more Public Equity
Offerings or Strategic Equity Investments (as such terms are defined) at a
redemption price of % of the principal amount thereof, together with
accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date; provided, however, that at
least 65% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes originally issued remains
outstanding immediately after any such redemption.
Upon a Change of Control (as defined), the Issuers will be required to make an
offer to purchase all outstanding Notes at 101% of the principal amount thereof,
together with accrued and unpaid interest to the purchase date.
The Notes will be general unsecured obligations of the Issuers and will rank
subordinate in right of payment to all existing and future Senior Indebtedness
(as defined) of the Issuers. The Notes will rank pari passu in right of payment
with any other senior subordinated indebtedness of the Issuers. At June 30,
1996, as adjusted to give effect to the Transactions (as defined herein), the
Company would have had approximately $193.3 million of Senior Indebtedness
outstanding.
SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 14 FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN FACTORS THAT
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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(1) Plus accrued interest, if any, from the date of issuance.
(2) The Issuers have agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
See "Underwriting."
(3) Before deducting expenses payable by the Company estimated at $1,000,000.
The Notes are being offered by the Underwriters, subject to prior sale, when, as
and if delivered to and accepted by the Underwriters, and subject to approval of
certain legal matters by Cahill Gordon & Reindel, counsel for the Underwriters,
and certain other conditions. The Underwriters withhold the right to withdraw,
cancel or modify such offer and to reject orders in whole or in part. It is
expected that delivery of the Notes will be made through the book-entry
facilities of the Depository Trust Company, against payment therefor on or about
, 1996.
J.P. MORGAN & CO.
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
CIBC WOOD GUNDY SECURITIES CORP.
, 1996 FIRST UNION CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.
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[INSIDE FRONT COVER PAGE]
[MAP OF FRONTIERVISION SYSTEMS, INCLUDING EXISTING SYSTEMS, ACQUISITION
SYSTEMS (ACE, TRIAX, GRASSROOTS AND PENN/OHIO), AND DISPOSITION SYSTEMS]
IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING, THE UNDERWRITERS MAY OVER-ALLOT OR EFFECT
TRANSACTIONS WHICH STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN THE MARKET PRICE OF THE NOTES OFFERED
HEREBY AT A LEVEL ABOVE THAT WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE PREVAIL IN THE OPEN MARKET.
SUCH STABILIZING, IF COMMENCED, MAY BE DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME.
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No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any
representation not contained in this Prospectus and, if given or made, such
information or representation must not be relied upon as having been authorized
by the Issuers or any Underwriter. This Prospectus does not constitute an offer
to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, the Notes in any jurisdiction in
which such offer or solicitation is not authorized or in which the person making
such offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so or to any person to whom it
is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation. Neither the delivery of this
Prospectus nor any sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create
any implication that the information contained herein is correct as of any date
subsequent to the date hereof or that there has been no change in the affairs of
the Issuers since the date hereof.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Available Information.................. 4
Prospectus Summary..................... 5
Risk Factors........................... 14
Use of Proceeds........................ 19
Capitalization......................... 20
Selected Financial Data................ 21
Summary Combined Selected Historical
Financial Data of Certain Existing
Systems and Acquisition Systems...... 23
Pro Forma Financial Data............... 25
Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of
Operations........................... 33
Business............................... 37
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Management............................. 59
Certain Relationships and Related
Transactions......................... 62
Principal Security Holders............. 63
Ownership Structure.................... 64
The Partnership Agreements............. 65
Credit Arrangements of the Company..... 74
Description of the Notes............... 75
Underwriting........................... 104
Legal Matters.......................... 106
Experts................................ 106
Glossary............................... 107
Index to Financial Statements.......... F-1
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UNTIL , 1997 (90 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS), ALL
DEALERS EFFECTING TRANSACTIONS IN THE NOTES, WHETHER OR NOT PARTICIPATING IN
THIS DISTRIBUTION, MAY BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER A PROSPECTUS. THIS DELIVERY
REQUIREMENT IS IN ADDITION TO THE OBLIGATION OF DEALERS TO DELIVER A PROSPECTUS
WHEN ACTING AS UNDERWRITERS AND WITH RESPECT TO THEIR UNSOLD ALLOTMENTS OR
SUBSCRIPTIONS.
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Issuers have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a Registration Statement (of which this Prospectus is a part and
which term shall encompass any amendments thereto) on Form S-1, pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the
Notes offered hereby. As permitted by the rules and regulations of the
Commission, this Prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in
the Registration Statement and the exhibits and schedules thereto. For further
information about the Issuers and the Notes, reference is hereby made to the
Registration Statement and to such exhibits and schedules. Statements contained
herein concerning the provisions of any documents filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement or otherwise filed with the Commission are not
necessarily complete, and in each instance reference is made to the copy of such
document so filed. Each such statement is qualified in its entirety by such
reference.
In addition, as a result of the Offering, the Issuers will be subject to the
informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), and, in accordance therewith, will file reports and other
information with the Commission. In addition, under the Indenture governing the
Notes, the Issuers will be required to furnish to the Trustee and to registered
holders of the Notes audited annual consolidated financial statements, unaudited
quarterly consolidated financial reports and certain other reports. The
Registration Statement, the exhibits and schedules forming a part thereof and
the reports and other information filed by the Issuers with the Commission
pursuant to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act may be inspected
without charge and copied upon payment of certain fees at the public reference
facilities maintained by the Commission at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the following Regional Offices of
the Commission: New York Regional Office, Seven World Trade Center, 13th Floor,
New York, New York 10048, and Chicago Regional Office, Northwestern Atrium, 500
West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661. The Commission also
maintains a World Wide Web site on the Internet at http://www.sec.gov that
contains reports and other information regarding registrants that file
electronically with the Commission.
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FVOP was organized as a Delaware limited partnership in 1995. Capital is a newly
created Delaware corporation formed solely for the purpose of serving as an
Issuer of the Notes and is wholly owned by FVOP. The principal office of each of
the Issuers is located at 1777 South Harrison Street, Suite P-200, Denver,
Colorado 80210, and their telephone number is (303) 757-1588.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
The following summary is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed
information and financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in
this Prospectus. The information set forth in this Prospectus gives effect to
the organization of Capital, a newly created corporation, as a wholly owned
subsidiary of FVOP. As used in this Prospectus, the term "Acquisition Systems"
includes the cable television systems acquired from Phoenix Grassroots Cable
Systems, L.L.C. on August 30, 1996 and the term "Acquisition Transactions"
includes the purchase of such systems. See "Risk Factors" for a discussion of
certain risks associated with an investment in the Notes. See "Glossary" for the
definitions of certain terms used herein.
THE COMPANY
The Company owns, operates and develops cable television systems in small and
medium-sized suburban and exurban communities, primarily concentrated in two
operating regions -- New England and Ohio/Kentucky -- with a third, smaller
group of cable television systems in the Southeast. To date, the Company has
acquired strategically located cable television systems at historically
attractive values, thus establishing its core geographic base and building
subscriber mass. Since closing its initial acquisition in November 1995, the
Company has become one of the 35 largest multiple system cable operators
("MSOs") in the United States. The cable television systems owned by the Company
on June 30, 1996 (the "Existing Systems") passed approximately 304,700 homes in
six states and served approximately 217,900 basic subscribers as of such date.
The Company has recently acquired or entered into agreements to acquire, for an
aggregate purchase price of approximately $244.4 million (subject to
adjustment), additional systems (the "Acquisition Systems") which passed
approximately 202,800 homes and served approximately 146,700 basic subscribers
as of June 30, 1996. The Acquisition Systems primarily consist of certain
significant cable television systems to be acquired from American Cable
Entertainment of Kentucky-Indiana, Inc. ("ACE") and from an affiliate of Triax
Communications Corp. ("Triax"). The ACE systems, serving approximately 82,400
subscribers in Kentucky and Indiana, and the Triax systems, serving
approximately 53,200 subscribers in Ohio/Kentucky and the Southeast, are
contiguous or in close proximity to the Existing Systems, consistent with the
Company's strategy of clustering its cable television systems to achieve
economies of scale and operating efficiencies. The Company intends to continue
to pursue, on an opportunistic basis, additional strategic acquisitions and
smaller "fill-in" acquisitions within its existing operating regions to further
enhance their operational and financial performance. In addition, the Company
has sold or entered into agreements to sell three systems in the Southeast (the
"Disposition Systems") for an aggregate sales price of approximately $17.0
million, representing a per subscriber sales price that is over 30% more than
the average per subscriber acquisition cost of the Existing Systems in the
Southeast.
As of June 30, 1996, after giving pro forma effect to the purchase of the
Acquisition Systems and the sale of the Disposition Systems, the Company's cable
television systems passed approximately 494,300 homes and served approximately
353,800 basic subscribers, representing a basic penetration level of 71.6%. On
such a pro forma basis, as of June 30, 1996, the Company would be one of the 25
largest MSOs in the United States and a dominant cable operator in its two
primary operating regions. On the same pro forma basis, for the six months ended
June 30, 1996 and for the year ended December 31, 1995, the Company had revenues
of approximately $60.6 million and $117.0 million, respectively, and EBITDA (as
defined) of approximately $29.3 million and $53.3 million, respectively.
In order to execute the Company's business strategy, James C. Vaughn and John S.
Koo, the Company's co-founders, have assembled a senior management group of six
individuals with over 85 years of collective experience in the cable industry.
The equity investors in the Company include affiliates of J.P. Morgan & Co.
Incorporated, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., Olympus Partners and First Union
Capital Partners, Inc. After giving pro forma effect to a $76.0 million rights
offering (the "Rights Offering"), which is expected to be consummated
concurrently with or prior to the Offering, the Company will have obtained
aggregate equity capital commitments of approximately $195.7 million, of which
$115.6 million has been invested in the Company.
The Existing Systems and the Acquisition Systems represent the substantial
completion of the first phase of the Company's business plan. Through its core
acquisitions in New England and Ohio/Kentucky, the Company has
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established significant subscriber mass and positioned itself as a dominant
cable operator in each of its primary operating regions. The Company is
currently the second largest MSO in Maine, and, after giving pro forma effect to
the purchase of the Acquisition Systems, as of June 30, 1996, the Company would
be the second largest MSO in Kentucky and one of the largest operators of cable
systems in small and medium-sized markets in southern Ohio. In the Southeast,
the Company has accumulated attractive systems which it expects either to
consolidate with subsequent system acquisitions, trade for systems within the
Company's primary operating regions or divest at favorable prices. The next
phase of the Company's business plan will focus on increasing subscriber density
within its primary operating regions through selective acquisitions, integrating
and streamlining business operations, making significant investment and
improvements in technical plant and developing existing and new cable and
broadband telecommunications services.
BUSINESS STRATEGY
The Company's objective is to increase its operating cash flow and the value of
its systems by utilizing its expertise in acquiring and managing cable systems.
Through strategic acquisitions and internal growth, the Company seeks to own and
operate cable television systems serving at least 500,000 subscribers in
geographically concentrated clusters serving 100,000 or more subscribers. To
achieve its objective, the Company pursues the following business strategies:
TARGET CLUSTERS IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED MARKETS. The Company has acquired
clusters of cable television systems serving small and medium-sized suburban and
exurban markets which are generally within 50 to 100 miles of larger urban and
suburban communities. The Company believes that such markets have many of the
beneficial attributes of larger urban and suburban markets -- moderate to high
household growth, economic stability, attractive subscriber demographics and
favorable potential for additional clustering. Moreover, in such markets, the
Company believes that (i) it will face less direct competition given the lower
population densities and higher costs per subscriber of installing cable plant,
(ii) it will maintain higher subscriber penetration levels and lower customer
turnover based on fewer competing entertainment alternatives, and (iii) its
overhead and certain operating costs will generally be lower than those in
larger markets.
GROW THROUGH STRATEGIC AND OPPORTUNISTIC ACQUISITIONS. Beginning with its
initial acquisition in November 1995 of systems in Maine and Ohio, the Company
has systematically implemented a focused acquisition and consolidation strategy
within its two primary operating regions of New England and Ohio/Kentucky and
its systems group in the Southeast. Going forward, the Company will seek to
acquire systems that can be readily integrated into its primary operating
regions in order to maximize operating efficiencies. As a consolidator of
systems within its primary operating regions, the Company will pursue both
"fill-in" acquisitions of smaller systems as well as strategic acquisitions. The
Company believes that such acquisition targets will have diminished strategic
value to other prospective buyers given its geographic prominence in these
regions. Consequently, the Company believes these systems can be purchased at
favorable prices. The Company also opportunistically pursues acquisitions
outside of its primary operating regions that can either be resold at higher
prices or exchanged for systems that are contiguous to its primary operating
regions. The Company has begun to execute this strategy with its Southeast
systems.
IMPLEMENT OPERATING EFFICIENCIES. Upon acquiring a system, the Company
implements extensive management, operational and technical changes designed to
improve operating efficiencies, enhance operating cash flow and operating
margins and reduce overhead through economies of scale. Within each of its
operating regions, the Company has begun to streamline field operations by
establishing centralized customer service facilities, installing
state-of-the-art telephone systems, management information systems ("MIS") and
billing systems and eliminating duplicative functions. These changes have
resulted in lower administrative costs, better trained employees and a higher
level of customer service. Lastly, the Company seeks to reduce technical
operating costs and capital expenditures associated with the implementation of
new channels and services by consolidating headends. By serving more subscribers
from a single distribution point, the Company has begun to decrease ongoing
technical maintenance expenses, improve system reliability and enhance cost
efficiencies in adding new channels and services.
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PROMOTE AND EXPAND SERVICE OFFERINGS. The Company aggressively promotes and
expands services to add and retain customers and increase revenue per customer.
The Company employs a coordinated array of marketing techniques, including
door-to-door sales, telemarketing, direct mail, print and broadcast advertising,
flyers and billing inserts and cross-channel promotion. Many of the Company's
customers received limited service offerings prior to acquisition and,
accordingly, the Company has begun to expand and repackage the basic and premium
services it offers. The Company believes that significant opportunity exists to
increase service revenue by expanding the programming and pricing options
available to its customers. For example, the Company introduced between three
and seven new tiered and premium channels to 89% of the New England subscribers
in May and June of 1996, including lower priced premium services such as The
Disney Channel, Starz! and Encore. The new service launch was accompanied by an
aggressive direct mail and telemarketing campaign and an average basic service
rate increase. By July 1996, monthly basic subscribers and pay units in the New
England operating region increased by 1.6% and 9.7%, respectively. The Company
is in the process of implementing similar new programming launches and marketing
campaigns in its other primary service areas. As systems are consolidated and
technically enhanced, the Company will also expand addressability, currently
accessed by only 27.6% of the subscribers in the Existing Systems and the
Acquisition Systems. Addressability will enable the Company to increase revenues
derived from pay-per-view movies and events and new pay services such as
interactive video games, including The Sega Channel. In addition, with the
expanded advertising market delivery afforded by larger, contiguous system
clusters, the Company plans to intensify local spot advertising sales efforts.
STRATEGICALLY UPGRADE SYSTEMS. The Company will selectively upgrade its cable
systems to increase channel capacity, enhance signal quality and improve
technical reliability. The Company believes such technical upgrades will not
only enhance the potential for increasing revenues, but also will improve
customer and community relations and further solidify the Company's position as
the preeminent local provider of video services in its operating regions. In
addition, by implementing a hybrid fiber optic-backbone/coaxial cable design
across the portions of its cable plant that serve its highest subscriber
densities, the Company will effectively position itself for the introduction of
new broadband and interactive services. In its primary operating regions of New
England and Ohio/Kentucky, the Company intends to invest up to $49 million over
the next five years to establish a technical platform of at least 400 MHz to 450
MHz (54 to 62 channels) in a majority of its systems and 550 MHz to 750 MHz (78
to 100 channels) in certain of its larger markets. Over the same period, the
Company plans to invest up to an additional $11 million for addressable
converters in its two primary operating regions.
FOCUS ON THE CUSTOMER. The Company continually seeks to provide superior
customer service and improve programming and service choices for its
subscribers. By centralizing customer service at the regional level, all
functions that directly impact subscribers -- sales and marketing, customer
service and administration and technical support -- are implemented more quickly
and effectively. In addition, as a result of its consolidation efforts, the
Company has been able to enhance its customer service by increasing hours of
operations for its customer service functions, better coordinating service
calls, increasing responsiveness to customer inquiries and standardizing
maintenance procedures. While centralizing and improving customer service, the
Company has retained local payment and technical offices to maintain its
presence and visibility within its communities.
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THE EXISTING SYSTEMS AND THE ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
The following table illustrates certain subscriber and operating statistics for
the Company as of June 30, 1996 on a pro forma basis giving effect to the
purchase of the Acquisition Systems and the sale of the Disposition Systems (see
"--Summary Financial and Operating Data of the Company" for a description of
certain terms used in the following table):
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Existing Systems(2):
New England.............................. 82,985 60,747 73.2% 35.3% $28.01
Ohio/Kentucky............................ 159,662 116,261 72.8% 45.0% 29.73
Southeast................................ 62,082 40,898 65.9% 42.9% 24.23
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Total Existing Systems................. 304,729 217,906 71.5% 41.9% 28.22
Acquisition Systems(3):
ACE...................................... 107,073 82,415 77.0% 34.2% 30.37
Triax.................................... 79,237 53,159 67.1% 56.5% 30.28
Other.................................... 16,512 11,115 67.3% 43.5% 28.74
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Total Acquisition Systems.............. 202,822 146,689 72.3% 43.0% 30.21
Disposition Systems(4):.................... (13,233) (10,784) 81.5% 43.1% 25.20
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Total Systems.......................... 494,318 353,811 71.6% 42.3% $29.02
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(1) Average monthly revenue per basic subscriber equals revenue for the month
ended June 30, 1996 divided by the number of basic subscribers as of the end of
such period.
(2) The Existing Systems include cable television systems acquired from (i)
United Video Cablevision, Inc. ("UVC"), (ii) Longfellow Cable Company, Inc. and
two of its affiliates ("Longfellow"), (iii) C4 Media Cable Southeast, Limited
Partnership and County Cable Company, L.P. ("C4"), (iv) Americable International
Maine, Inc. ("Americable") and (v) affiliates of Cox Communications, Inc.
("Cox").
(3) The Acquisition Systems include the ACE Systems, Triax Systems, Grassroots
Systems and Penn/Ohio Systems. See "--The Acquisition Systems."
(4) The Disposition Systems include certain systems acquired from C4 in the
Southeast region. See "--The Disposition Systems."
THE ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
ACE Systems. The Company has entered into an agreement with ACE to acquire
systems (the "ACE Systems") serving approximately 82,400 subscribers as of June
30, 1996 in Kentucky and Indiana for $146.0 million. The Company intends to
operate all of the ACE Systems as part of its Ohio/Kentucky cluster. It is
anticipated that this acquisition will be completed concurrently with or
promptly following the consummation of the Offering, although there can be no
assurances that this transaction will be consummated. On September 11, 1996, the
bankruptcy court administering ACE's voluntary bankruptcy proceedings entered an
order confirming ACE's plan of reorganization and approving the sale of the ACE
Systems to the Company. The ACE transaction is subject to such order becoming a
final order, which, in the absence of an unanticipated appeal or rehearing, will
occur on September 23, 1996.
Triax Systems. The Company has also entered into an agreement with Triax to
acquire systems (the "Triax Systems") serving approximately 53,200 subscribers
as of June 30, 1996 in Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania,
Maryland and North Carolina for $85.0 million. The Company intends to operate
the systems in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia, serving approximately 28,700
basic subscribers, as part of its Ohio/Kentucky cluster. The Company intends to
operate the systems in North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland,
serving approximately 24,500 basic subscribers, as part of its Southeast region.
It is anticipated that this acquisition will be completed in the third or fourth
quarter of 1996, although there can be no assurances that this transaction will
be consummated.
Upon acquisition and the subsequent integration of the ACE Systems and the Triax
Systems with the Existing Systems, the Company will serve over 200,000
subscribers in communities south of Columbus, Ohio to the southern perimeter of
Lexington, Kentucky. Within this region are ten county service areas along the
Interstate 75 "growth
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corridor," which is among the fastest growing areas in the region. By 1997, it
is anticipated that 30% of the Company's subscribers within this region will be
served by fiber-to-the-feeder 550 MHz or 750 MHz technical plant.
Other Acquisitions. In addition to the acquisition of the ACE Systems and the
Triax Systems, the Company has recently acquired or entered into agreements to
acquire systems serving an aggregate of approximately 11,100 basic subscribers
as of June 30, 1996 for approximately $13.4 million. On August 30, 1996, the
Company purchased from Phoenix Grassroots Cable Systems, L.L.C. ("Grassroots")
systems (the "Grassroots Systems") serving approximately 7,800 basic subscribers
as of June 30, 1996 in Maine and New Hampshire for approximately $9.3 million
(as adjusted). In August 1996, the Company entered into an agreement with SRW,
Inc.'s Penn/Ohio Cablevision, L.P. ("Penn/Ohio") to acquire systems (the
"Penn/Ohio Systems") serving approximately 3,300 subscribers as of June 30, 1996
in Ohio and Pennsylvania for $3.8 million. It is anticipated that this
acquisition will be completed in the third or fourth quarter of 1996, although
there can be no assurances that this transaction will be consummated.
The Company's purchase of the Acquisition Systems (other than the purchase of
the Grassroots Systems, which occurred on August 30, 1996) is subject to, among
other things, the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and the receipt
of certain third-party or governmental approvals, including the consent of
franchising authorities. Although there can be no assurances that such closing
conditions will be satisfied or that any of these transactions will be
consummated, it is anticipated that these acquisitions will be completed in the
third or fourth quarter of 1996. See "Risk Factors--Risks Relating to
Acquisition Strategy."
The Company believes that other acquisition opportunities exist, and the Company
is continuously engaged in discussions with other cable television system owners
and operators to explore such potential opportunities. Some of these potential
opportunities may involve systems serving substantial numbers of subscribers.
Although the Company does not currently have definitive agreements to acquire
systems other than those described herein, the Company intends to continue to
pursue, on an opportunistic basis, additional strategic acquisitions and smaller
"fill-in" acquisitions within its existing operating regions to enhance further
their operational and financial performance.
THE DISPOSITION SYSTEMS
On July 24, 1996, the Company sold its Chatsworth, Georgia system, representing
approximately 5,600 basic subscribers as of June 30, 1996, to an affiliate of
Helicon Partners for approximately $8.7 million. The Company also has entered
into an agreement to sell its Woodstock and New Market, Virginia systems,
representing approximately 5,100 subscribers, to Shenandoah Cable Television
Company, an affiliate of Shenandoah Telephone Company, for approximately $8.3
million. It is anticipated that this sale will be completed in the third or
fourth quarter of 1996, although there can be no assurances that this
transaction will be consummated. The aggregate sales price of approximately
$17.0 million for the Disposition Systems represents a per subscriber sales
price that is over 30% more than the average per subscriber acquisition cost of
the Existing Systems in the Southeast.
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THE TRANSACTIONS
Concurrently with or prior to the completion of the Offering, it is anticipated
that FrontierVision Partners, L.P. ("FVP"), the sole general partner and the
owner, directly and indirectly, of substantially all of the partnership
interests of the Company, will consummate a $76.0 million Rights Offering, the
net proceeds of which will be contributed as equity to the Company over time to
fund future acquisitions. The Company will use (i) $34.4 million of the proceeds
from the Rights Offering, (ii) $193.0 million of net proceeds from the Offering,
(iii) $16.9 million of proceeds (net of transaction costs) from the sale of the
Disposition Systems and (iv) $5.3 million of net working capital adjustment
related to the Acquisition Systems to (i) pay the purchase prices for the
Acquisition Systems, (ii) pay estimated transaction costs associated with the
purchase of the Acquisition Systems and (iii) repay existing indebtedness of
$4.9 million outstanding under the Senior Credit Facility. The Rights Offering,
the Offering, the sale of the Disposition Systems, the purchase of the
Acquisition Systems and such repayment of indebtedness under the Senior Credit
Facility are collectively referred to as the "Acquisition Transactions." To the
extent that there is any delay in consummating the purchase of any of the
Acquisition Systems, a portion of the net proceeds of the Offering corresponding
to the purchase price of such system may be applied to reduce indebtedness for
borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility or may be held in a special account
pending reinvestment in a subsequent acquisition of cable systems approved by
the Senior Credit Facility lenders within 180 days of the closing of the
Offering. To the extent the purchase of any of the Acquisition Systems is
consummated prior to the consummation of the Offering (as has already occurred
in the case of the Grassroots Systems), additional borrowings under the Senior
Credit Facility may be used to pay a portion of the purchase price therefor, in
which event a portion of the net proceeds of the Offering will be used to repay
such borrowings. See "Use of Proceeds," "The Partnership Agreements" and "Credit
Arrangements of the Company."
The following table sets forth the sources and uses of the proceeds to be
received by the Company in connection with the Acquisition Transactions
(determined as of June 30, 1996):
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SOURCES OF FUNDS:
Rights Offering(1).......................................................................... $ 34,400
% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006(2)................................................... 193,000
Sale of Disposition Systems(3).............................................................. 16,860
Net working capital adjustment.............................................................. 5,312
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Total sources of funds.................................................................. $249,572
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USES OF FUNDS:
Purchase Acquisition Systems:
ACE....................................................................................... $146,000
Triax..................................................................................... 85,000
Grassroots and Penn/Ohio(4)............................................................... 13,400
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Total................................................................................... 244,400
Estimated purchase price adjustments(5)..................................................... (900)
Estimated transaction costs for Acquisition Systems......................................... 1,200
Repayment of Senior Credit Facility indebtedness............................................ 4,872
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Total uses of funds..................................................................... $249,572
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(1) The approximately $41.4 million of net proceeds remaining from the Rights
Offering will be used to fund additional acquisitions. The size of the equity
commitments to be made available to FVOP through the Rights Offering may be
reduced if no later than six months after the closing of the Rights Offering,
the General Partner and the Advisory Committee of FVP determine that the
remaining equity commitments exceed the Company's projected requirements. Such
remaining equity commitments will expire on June 30, 1997, subject to the
election by the General Partner and approval by the Advisory Committee to extend
the commitment period to June 30, 1998. See "Management" and "The Partnership
Agreements."
(2) Aggregate proceeds of $200.0 million reduced by underwriting discounts of
$6.0 million and estimated Offering expenses of $1.0 million.
(3) Aggregate proceeds of $17.0 million reduced by approximately $0.1 million of
transaction costs.
(4) On August 30, 1996, the Company acquired the Grassroots Systems for
approximately $9.3 million (as adjusted), approximately $8.6 million of which
was funded with additional borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility,
approximately $0.5 million of which was funded with proceeds from equity
contributions and approximately $0.2 million of which is represented by a net
working capital adjustment.
(5) Represents estimated contractual purchase price reductions that would be
effective if the purchase of the Acquisition Systems were consummated at June
30, 1996.
Effective as of April 9, 1996, and in conjunction with the acquisition of
systems from Cox, the Company amended and restated its credit facility to effect
an increase in the amount available to be borrowed thereunder from $130.0
million to $265.0 million (the "Credit Agreement Restatement"). The Company
received an additional $10.6 million from a draw down during August 1996 by FVP
(the "Equity Call") of equity commitments in place prior to the Rights Offering.
Concurrently with or prior to the consummation of the Offering, it is
anticipated that a subordinated note (the "UVC Note") in the aggregate principal
amount of $7.2 million issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition
of the systems from UVC, which UVC Note has accreted to $7.7 million as of June
30, 1996, will be converted into $5.0 million of Class A limited partnership
interests in the Company (the "Class A Partnership Interests"), with the balance
of the aggregate accreted principal amount of the UVC Note to be repaid in cash
(the "UVC Note Conversion"). See "Business--Development of the Systems--The
Existing Systems--UVC Systems" and "The Partnership Agreements--The Company
Partnership Agreement--Class A Partnership Interests." It is also anticipated
that the outstanding indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facility will be
reduced by $16.7 million (including the $4.9 million repayment listed in the
table above) from the aggregate of approximately $210.0 million outstanding at
June 30, 1996 (the "Credit Agreement Repayment"). The Credit Agreement
Restatement, the Equity Call, the UVC Note Conversion and the Credit Agreement
Repayment are collectively referred to herein as the "Other Transactions," and
the Acquisition Transactions and the Other Transactions are collectively
referred to herein as the "Transactions."
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THE OFFERING
SECURITIES OFFERED.................. $200.0 million aggregate principal
amount of % Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2006.
MATURITY DATE....................... , 2006.
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES.............. and , commencing
, 1997.
ISSUERS............................. The Notes are the joint and several
obligations of FVOP and Capital.
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION BY THE
ISSUERS............................. The Notes are not redeemable prior to
, 2001, except as set forth
below. The Notes will be redeemable at
the option of the Issuers, in whole or
in part, at any time on or after
, 2001, at the redemption prices
set forth herein, together with accrued
and unpaid interest to the redemption
date. In addition, prior to ,
1999, the Issuers may redeem up to 35%
of the principal amount of the Notes
with the net cash proceeds from one or
more Public Equity Offerings or
Strategic Equity Investments (as
defined in the Indenture governing the
Notes (the "Indenture")) at a
redemption price of % of the
principal amount thereof, together with
accrued and unpaid interest to the
redemption date; provided, however,
that at least 65% in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes
originally issued remains outstanding
immediately after any such redemption.
MANDATORY REDEMPTION BY THE
ISSUERS............................. None.
CHANGE OF CONTROL OFFER............. Upon a Change of Control, the Issuers
will be required to make an offer to
purchase all outstanding Notes at 101%
of the principal amount thereof,
together with accrued and unpaid
interest to the purchase date.
RANKING............................. The Notes are general unsecured
obligations of the Issuers and will
rank subordinate in right of payment to
all existing and future Senior
Indebtedness (as defined in the
Indenture) of the Issuers, including
indebtedness under the Senior Credit
Facility. The Notes will rank pari
passu in right of payment with any
other senior subordinated indebtedness
of the Issuers.
CERTAIN COVENANTS................... The Indenture will contain certain
covenants that, among other things,
limit the ability of each Issuer and
certain of its Subsidiaries to incur
additional Indebtedness, create certain
Liens, make certain Restricted
Payments, enter into certain
transactions with Affiliates, permit
dividend or other payment restrictions
to apply to certain Subsidiaries or
consummate certain merger,
consolidation or similar transactions.
In addition, in certain circumstances,
the Issuers will be required to offer
to purchase Notes at 100% of the
principal amount thereof with the net
proceeds of certain asset sales. These
covenants are subject to a number of
significant exceptions and
qualifications. See "Description of the
Notes."
RISK FACTORS
Prior to purchasing any of the Notes offered hereby, prospective investors
should consider carefully the risks set forth under "Risk Factors," in addition
to the other information contained in this Prospectus.
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SUMMARY FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA OF THE COMPANY
The following tables present summary financial data derived from the Company's
financial statements as of and for the period from inception (April 17, 1995)
through December 31, 1995 which have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP,
independent public accountants, and summary operating data for such period. The
following tables also present unaudited summary financial data as of and for the
six months ended June 30, 1996 derived from the unaudited financial statements
of the Company and summary operating data for such period. In the opinion of
management, the unaudited interim financial statements have been prepared on the
same basis as the audited financial statements and include all adjustments,
which consist only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly
the financial position and the results of operations for the interim period.
Financial and operating results for the six months ended June 30, 1996 are not
necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year.
In addition, the following tables present unaudited pro forma summary financial
and operating data for the Company as of and for the six months ended June 30,
1996 and the year ended December 31, 1995, as adjusted to give pro forma effect
to (i) in the case of statement of operations data, (a) the Offering and the
purchase of the Existing Systems as if such transactions had been consummated on
January 1, 1995 and (b) the purchase of the Existing Systems and the
Transactions as if such transactions had been consummated on January 1, 1995 and
(ii) in the case of balance sheet data, (a) the Offering as if it had been
consummated on June 30, 1996 and (b) the Transactions as if each Transaction had
been consummated on June 30, 1996. See "Pro Forma Financial Data." The unaudited
pro forma financial and operating data presented below are based upon the
historical financial statements of the Company and certain of the Existing
Systems and the Acquisition Systems. The unaudited pro forma data give effect to
the acquisitions under the purchase method of accounting and certain other
operating assumptions. See "Pro Forma Financial Data."
The unaudited summary pro forma financial data do not purport to represent what
the Company's results of operations or financial condition would have actually
been or operations of the Company in any future period would be if the
transactions that give rise to the pro forma adjustments had occurred on the
dates assumed. The following information is qualified by reference to and should
be read in conjunction with "Pro Forma Financial Data," "Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the audited
financial statements and related notes thereto of the Company and certain of the
Existing Systems and the Acquisition Systems included elsewhere in this
Prospectus.
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SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30 YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31
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PRO FORMA FOR PRO FORMA FOR PRO FORMA FOR PRO FORMA FOR APRIL 17 TO
TRANSACTIONS THE OFFERING TRANSACTIONS THE OFFERING DECEMBER 31
AND EXISTING AND EXISTING AND EXISTING AND EXISTING -----------
In thousands, except ratios and SYSTEMS SYSTEMS ACTUAL SYSTEMS SYSTEMS ACTUAL
operating statistical data 1996 1996 1996 1995 1995 1995
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenues............................. $ 60,573 $ 35,463 $ 27,539 $ 116,962 $ 70,827 $ 4,369
Operating expenses................... 29,707 17,551 13,668 59,726 35,860 2,311
Corporate administrative expenses.... 1,605 940 1,265 3,029 1,905 127
Depreciation and amortization........ 30,906 18,109 13,595 59,720 35,041 2,308
Pre-acquisition expenses............. -- -- -- 940 940 940
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Operating income (loss).............. (1,645) (1,137) (989) (6,453) (2,919) (1,317)
Interest expense, net(1)............. (20,650) (13,529) (7,304) (41,289) (27,050) (1,386)
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Net income (loss).................... $ (22,295) $ (14,666) $ (8,293) $ (47,742) $ (29,969) $ (2,703)
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BALANCE SHEET DATA
(END OF PERIOD):
Total assets......................... $ 553,082 $ 327,511 $ 320,511 $ 143,512
Total debt........................... 393,347 224,286 217,286 93,159
Partners' capital.................... 144,181 93,981 93,981 46,407
FINANCIAL RATIOS AND OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(2)............................ $ 29,261 $ 16,972 $ 12,606 $ 53,267 $ 32,122 $ 991
EBITDA margin........................ 48.3% 47.9% 45.8% 45.5% 45.4% 22.7%
Total debt to EBITDA(3).............. 6.69 6.66
EBITDA to interest expense........... 1.40 1.23
Net cash flows from operating
activities......................... $ 7,166 $ 1,907
Net cash flows from investing
activities......................... $ (185,249) $ (131,345)
Net cash flows from financing
activities......................... $ 176,842 $ 132,088
Deficiency of earnings to fixed
charges(4)......................... $ 22,305 $ 14,666 $ 8,293 $ 47,766 $ 29,969 $ 2,703
OPERATING STATISTICAL DATA (END OF
PERIOD EXCEPT AVERAGE):
Homes passed......................... 494,318 304,729 304,729 490,610 288,428 125,295
Basic subscribers.................... 353,811 217,906 217,906 350,936 203,525 92,736
Basic penetration.................... 71.6% 71.5% 71.5% 71.5% 70.6% 74.0%
Premium units........................ 149,662 91,303 91,303 146,216 77,557 35,677
Premium penetration.................. 42.3% 41.9% 41.9% 41.7% 38.1% 38.5%
Average monthly revenue per basic
subscriber(5)...................... $ 29.02 $ 28.22 $ 28.22 $ 27.77 $ 29.00 $ 27.76
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(1) Pro forma interest expense is calculated assuming that all indebtedness
incurred to effect the purchase of the Existing Systems and all other debt
outstanding at June 30, 1996, to the extent deemed to be outstanding for
purposes of the pro forma presentation, accrued interest at the rates in effect
at June 30, 1996 and that the interest rate on the Notes was 11.5%. If the
actual interest rate were to increase or decrease by 25 basis points, pro forma
interest expense on the Notes would increase or decrease by $500,000 per annum.
Interest expense of $20,650, $13,529, $7,304, $41,289, $27,050 and $1,386 was
net of interest income of $257, $257, $257, $120, $120 and $120, respectively
(dollars in thousands).
(2) EBITDA is defined as net income before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization. The Company believes that EBITDA is a meaningful measure of
performance because it is commonly used in the cable television industry to
analyze and compare cable television companies on the basis of operating
performance, leverage and liquidity. In addition, the Senior Credit Facility and
the Indenture contain certain covenants, compliance with which is measured by
computations substantially similar to those used in determining EBITDA. See
"Credit Arrangements of the Company" and "Description of the Notes." However,
EBITDA is not intended to be a performance measure that should be regarded as an
alternative either to operating income or net income as an indicator of
operating performance or to cash flows as a measure of liquidity, as determined
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
(3) For purposes of this computation, EBITDA is annualized for the quarter ended
June 30, 1996. This presentation is consistent with the incurrence of
indebtedness test in the Indenture. In addition, this ratio is commonly used in
the cable television industry as a measure of leverage.
(4) For purposes of this computation, earnings are defined as income (loss)
before income taxes and fixed charges. Fixed charges are defined as the sum of
(i) interest costs (including capitalized interest expense) and (ii)
amortization of deferred financing costs.
(5) Average monthly revenue per basic subscriber (i) for the period ended June
30, 1996 and for the period from inception (April 17, 1995) to December 31, 1995
equals revenue for the last month of the period divided by the number of basic
subscribers as of the end of such period and (ii) for all other periods equals
average monthly revenue for such period divided by the number of basic
subscribers as of the end of such period.
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RISK FACTORS
Prior to purchasing any of the Notes offered hereby, prospective investors
should consider carefully the following factors in addition to the other
information contained in this Prospectus. This Prospectus contains
forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, which are inherently uncertain. Actual
results and events may differ significantly from those discussed in such
forward-looking statements. In addition to the other information set forth in
this Prospectus, factors that might cause or contribute to such differences
include, but are not limited to, the following risk factors.
SUBSTANTIAL LEVERAGE; INSUFFICIENCY OF EARNINGS TO COVER FIXED CHARGES
The Company is, and will continue to be, highly leveraged as a result of the
substantial indebtedness it has incurred, and intends to incur, to finance
acquisitions and expand its operations. As of June 30, 1996, the Company's total
indebtedness outstanding was approximately $217.3 million. As of June 30, 1996,
after giving pro forma effect to the Offering, the Company would have had
approximately $224.3 million of total indebtedness outstanding and after giving
pro forma effect to the Transactions, the Company would have had approximately
$393.3 million of total indebtedness outstanding. In addition, subject to the
restrictions in the Senior Credit Facility and the Indenture, the Company may
incur additional indebtedness, including indebtedness constituting Senior
Indebtedness, from time to time, to finance acquisitions in the future, for
capital expenditures or for general business purposes. The Company anticipates
that, in light of the amount of its existing indebtedness, it will continue to
have substantial leverage for the foreseeable future. The degree to which the
Company is leveraged could adversely affect the Company's ability to (i) service
the Notes, (ii) finance its operations and fund its capital expenditure
requirements, (iii) compete effectively, (iv) expand its business, (v) comply
with its obligations under its franchise agreements or (vi) operate under
adverse economic conditions. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations--Liquidity and Capital Resources."
After giving pro forma effect to the Transactions and the acquisition of the
Existing Systems as if such transactions had occurred at January 1, 1995, the
Company's earnings before income taxes and fixed charges would have been
insufficient to cover its fixed charges for the six months ended June 30, 1996
and for the year ended December 31, 1995 by $22.3 million and $47.7 million,
respectively. Pro forma for the Offering and the purchase of the Existing
Systems as if each occurred on January 1, 1995, earnings before income taxes and
fixed charges were inadequate to cover fixed charges for the six months ended
June 30, 1996 and for the year ended December 31, 1995 by $14.7 million and
$30.0 million, respectively. However, for both periods, earnings are reduced by
substantial non-cash charges, principally consisting of depreciation and
amortization.
Since its founding in 1995, the Company has received from FVP aggregate capital
commitments of approximately $119.9 million and, as of June 30, 1996, the
Company had an aggregate of $210.0 million in bank indebtedness outstanding. The
Company's cash from these sources has been sufficient to finance its
acquisitions and, together with cash generated from operating activities, also
has been sufficient to meet the Company's debt service, working capital and
capital expenditure requirements. The ability of the Company to meet its debt
service and other obligations will depend upon the future performance of the
Company which, in turn, is subject to general economic conditions and to
financial, political, competitive, regulatory and other factors, many of which
are beyond the Company's control. The Company's ability to meet its debt service
and other obligations also may be affected by changes in prevailing interest
rates, as borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility will bear interest at
floating rates, subject to certain interest rate protection agreements. The
Company believes that it will continue to generate cash and obtain financing
sufficient to meet such requirements in the future; however, there can be no
assurances that the Company will be able to meet its debt service and other
obligations. If the Company were unable to do so, it would have to refinance its
indebtedness or obtain new financing. Although in the past the Company has been
able to obtain financing through equity investments and bank borrowings, there
can be no assurances that the Company will be able to do so in the future or
that, if the Company were able to do so, the terms available will be favorable
to the Company. See "Selected Financial Data," "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," "Credit Arrangements
of the Company" and "Description of the Notes."
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SUBORDINATION OF THE NOTES
The Notes will be general unsecured obligations of the Issuers and will rank
subordinate in right of payment to all existing and future Senior Indebtedness
of the Issuers, including the Company's obligations under the Senior Credit
Facility. The Notes will rank pari passu in right of payment with any other
senior subordinated indebtedness of the Issuers, other than indebtedness, if
any, that by its terms is expressly subordinated in right and priority of
payment to the Notes. At June 30, 1996, on a pro forma basis after giving effect
to the Transactions, the Company would have had approximately $193.3 million of
Senior Indebtedness (including $86,000 outstanding under capital leases and
excluding unused commitments of approximately $71.7 million under the Senior
Credit Facility) and Capital would have had no Senior Indebtedness. Additional
Senior Indebtedness may be incurred by the Issuers from time to time subject to
restrictions in the Senior Credit Facility and the Indenture. The lenders under
the Senior Credit Facility have a security interest in substantially all the
assets of, and partnership interests in, the Company and thereby have available
to them all of the remedies available to a secured creditor under applicable
law. See "--Substantial Leverage; Insufficiency of Earnings to Cover Fixed
Charges" and "Credit Arrangements of the Company." In the event of a bankruptcy,
insolvency or liquidation of the Company, there may not be sufficient assets
remaining to pay amounts due on any or all of the Notes then outstanding. See
"Description of the Notes-- Subordination."
RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY TERMS OF THE COMPANY'S INDEBTEDNESS
The Indenture and the Senior Credit Facility impose restrictions that, among
other things, limit the amount of additional indebtedness that may be incurred
by the Company and impose limitations on, among other things, investments, loans
and other payments, certain transactions with affiliates and certain mergers and
acquisitions. The Senior Credit Facility also requires the Company to maintain
specified financial ratios and meet certain financial tests. The ability of the
Company to comply with such covenants and restrictions can be affected by events
beyond its control, and there can be no assurances that the Company will achieve
operating results that would permit compliance with such provisions. The breach
of any of the provisions of the Senior Credit Facility would, under certain
circumstances, result in defaults thereunder, permitting the lenders under the
Senior Credit Facility to accelerate the indebtedness under the Senior Credit
Facility. If the Company were unable to pay the amounts due in respect of the
Senior Credit Facility, the lenders thereunder could foreclose upon the assets
pledged to secure such payment. In such event, the holders of the Notes might
not be able to receive any payments, if ever, until the payment default was
cured or waived, any such acceleration was rescinded or the indebtedness under
the Senior Credit Facility was discharged or paid in full. Any of such events
would adversely affect the Issuers' ability to service the Notes.
KEY PERSONNEL
The Company's business is substantially dependent upon the performance of
certain key individuals, including Mr. Vaughn and Mr. Koo. Although the Company
maintains a strong management team, the loss of the services of Mr. Vaughn or
Mr. Koo could have a material adverse effect on the Company.
LIMITED OPERATING HISTORY
The Company was formed in July 1995 and has grown principally through
acquisitions. Prospective investors, therefore, have limited historical
financial information about the Company, and about the results that can be
achieved by the Company in managing the cable systems not previously managed by
the Company, upon which to base an evaluation of its performance and an
investment in the Notes. In addition, as a result of the Company's rapid growth
through acquisitions, past operating history is not necessarily indicative of
future results.
SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
Consistent with its business strategy, the Company expects to upgrade a
significant portion of its cable television distribution systems over the next
several years to, among other things, increase bandwidth and channel capacity.
The Company's inability to upgrade its cable television systems could have a
material adverse effect on its operations and competitive position. See
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations--Liquidity and Capital Resources" and "Business."
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SIGNIFICANT COMPETITION IN THE CABLE TELEVISION INDUSTRY
Cable television systems face competition from alternative methods of receiving
and distributing television signals and from other sources of news, information
and entertainment, such as off-air television broadcast programming, newspapers,
movie theaters, live sporting events, online computer services and home video
products, including videotape cassette recorders. Because the Company's
franchises are generally non-exclusive, there is the potential for competition
with the Company's systems from other operators of cable television systems,
including systems operated by local governmental authorities, and from other
distribution systems capable of delivering programming to homes or businesses,
including direct broadcast satellite ("DBS") systems and multichannel,
multipoint distribution service ("MMDS") systems. In recent years, there has
been significant national growth in the number of subscribers to DBS services.
Subscribership to MMDS also is increasing and can be expected to grow as a
result of recent significant investments in and acquisitions of MMDS companies
by local telephone companies. Additionally, recent changes in federal law and
recent administrative and judicial decisions have removed certain of the
restrictions that have limited entry into the cable television business by
potential competitors such as telephone companies, registered utility holding
companies and their subsidiaries. Such developments will enable local telephone
companies to provide a wide variety of video services in the telephone company's
own service area which will be directly competitive with services provided by
cable television systems.
Many of the Company's potential competitors have substantially greater resources
than the Company, and the Company cannot predict the extent to which competition
will materialize in its franchise areas from other cable television operators,
other distribution systems for delivering video programming and other broadband
telecommunications services to the home, or from other potential competitors,
or, if such competition materializes, the extent of its effect on the Company.
See "Business--Competition" and "Legislation and Regulation."
NON-EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISES; NON-RENEWAL OR TERMINATION OF FRANCHISES
Cable television companies operate under franchises granted by local authorities
which are subject to renewal and renegotiation from time to time. The Company's
business is dependent upon the retention and renewal of its local franchises. A
franchise is generally granted for a fixed term ranging from five to 15 years
but in many cases is terminable if the franchisee fails to comply with the
material provisions thereof. The Company's franchises typically impose
conditions relating to the use and operation of the cable television system,
including requirements relating to the payment of fees, system bandwidth
capacity, customer service requirements, franchise renewal and termination. The
Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 (the "1992
Cable Act") prohibits franchising authorities from granting exclusive cable
television franchises and from unreasonably refusing to award additional
competitive franchises; it also permits municipal authorities to operate cable
television systems in their communities without franchises. The Cable
Communications Policy Act of 1984 (the "1984 Cable Act" and collectively with
the 1992 Cable Act, the "Cable Acts") provides, among other things, for an
orderly franchise renewal process in which franchise renewal will not be
unreasonably withheld or, if renewal is withheld, the franchising authority must
pay the operator the "fair market value" for the system covered by such
franchise. Although the Company believes that it generally has good
relationships with its franchise authorities, no assurances can be given that
the Company will be able to retain or renew such franchises or that the terms of
any such renewals will be on terms as favorable to the Company as the Company's
existing franchises. The non-renewal or termination of franchises relating to a
significant portion of the Company's subscribers could have a material adverse
effect on the Company's results of operations. See "Business--Franchises."
REGULATION IN THE CABLE TELEVISION INDUSTRY
The cable television industry is subject to extensive regulation by federal,
local and, in some instances, state governmental agencies. The Cable Acts, both
of which amended the Communications Act of 1934 (as amended, the "Communications
Act"), established a national policy to guide the development and regulation of
cable television systems. The Communications Act was recently substantially
amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the "1996 Telecom Act").
Principal responsibility for implementing the policies of the Cable Acts and the
1996 Telecom Act has been allocated between the Federal Communications
Commission (the "FCC") and state or local franchising authorities.
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Federal Law and Regulation. The 1992 Cable Act and the FCC's rules implementing
that Act generally have increased the administrative and operational expenses of
cable television systems and have resulted in additional regulatory oversight by
the FCC and local or state franchise authorities. The Cable Acts and the
corresponding FCC regulations have established, among other things, (i) rate
regulations, (ii) mandatory carriage and retransmission consent requirements
that require a cable system under certain circumstances to carry a local
broadcast station or to obtain consent to carry a local or distant broadcast
station, (iii) rules for franchise renewals and transfers, and (iv) other
requirements covering a variety of operational areas such as equal employment
opportunity and technical standards and customer service requirements.
The 1996 Telecom Act deregulates rates for certain cable programming services
tiers ("CPSTs") in 1999 for most MSOs (including the Company) and, for certain
small cable operators, immediately eliminates rate regulation of CPSTs, and, in
certain circumstances, basic services and equipment. The FCC is currently
developing permanent regulations to implement the rate deregulation provisions
of the 1996 Telecom Act. The Company is currently unable to predict the ultimate
effect of the 1992 Cable Act or the 1996 Telecom Act, the ultimate outcome of
the various FCC rulemaking proceedings, or the litigation challenging various
aspects of this federal legislation and the FCC's regulations implementing the
legislation.
State and Local Regulation. Cable television systems generally operate pursuant
to non-exclusive franchises, permits or licenses granted by a municipality or
other state or local governmental entity. The terms and conditions of franchises
vary materially from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. A number of states subject
cable systems to the jurisdiction of centralized state governmental agencies. To
date, no state in which the Company operates has enacted state level regulation.
The Company cannot predict whether any of the states in which it currently
operates will engage in such regulation in the future. See "Legislation and
Regulation."
RISKS RELATING TO ACQUISITION STRATEGY
A significant element of the Company's acquisition strategy is to expand in
certain regions of the United States by acquiring cable television systems
located in reasonable proximity to existing systems or of a sufficient size to
enable the acquired system to serve as the basis for a new local cluster. Any
acquisition may have an adverse effect upon the Company's operating results or
cash flow, particularly for acquisitions of new systems which must be integrated
with the Company's existing operations. There can be no assurances that the
Company will be able to integrate successfully any acquired business with its
existing operations or realize any efficiencies therefrom. There can also be no
assurances that any such acquisition, if consummated, will be profitable or that
the Company will be able to obtain any required financing to acquire additional
systems in the future. In addition, the Company's purchase of the Acquisition
Systems is subject to, among other things, the satisfaction of customary closing
conditions and the receipt of certain third-party or governmental approvals,
including the consent of franchising authorities and, in the case of the
Acquisition Systems to be purchased from ACE, the satisfactory conclusion of
certain voluntary bankruptcy proceedings involving ACE. There can be no
assurances that such closing conditions will be satisfied or that the
consummation of the purchase of any of the Acquisition Systems will not
otherwise be unduly delayed. See "Business--Business Strategy" and
"--Development of the Systems--The Acquisition Systems."
ABILITY TO PURCHASE NOTES UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL
In order to purchase the Notes upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (as
defined in the Indenture governing the Notes), the Issuers may be required to
seek additional financings or engage in asset sales or similar transactions.
There can be no assurance that the Issuers will have sufficient funds to
purchase the Notes upon a Change of Control. In addition, the Senior Credit
Facility includes "change of control" provisions that permit the bank lenders
thereunder to accelerate the repayment of indebtedness under the Senior Credit
Facility (which is senior in right of payment to the Notes), as well as other
provisions that restrict the ability of the Issuers to consummate an offer to
purchase outstanding Notes in connection with a Change of Control. See "Credit
Arrangements of the Company" and "Description of the Notes."
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ABSENCE OF PUBLIC MARKET FOR THE NOTES
The Notes are a new issue of securities for which there is currently no
established market. If the Notes are traded after their initial issuance, they
may trade at a discount from their initial offering price, depending upon
prevailing interest rates, the market for similar securities and other factors.
The Underwriters have informed the Issuers that, subject to applicable laws and
regulations, they currently intend to make a market in the Notes. However, the
Underwriters are not obligated to do so, and any such market making may be
discontinued at any time without notice. Therefore, no assurances can be given
as to whether an active trading market will develop for the Notes. The Issuers
do not intend to apply for listing of the Notes on any securities exchange. See
"Underwriting."
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USE OF PROCEEDS
The net proceeds to be received by the Company from the Offering are estimated
to be approximately $193.0 million. The Company will use such net proceeds,
together with (i) $34.4 million of the proceeds from the Rights Offering, (ii)
$16.9 million of proceeds (net of transaction costs) from the sale of the
Disposition Systems and (iii) $5.3 million of net working capital adjustment
related to the Acquisition Systems to (i) pay the purchase prices for the
Acquisition Systems, (ii) pay estimated transaction costs associated with the
purchase of the Acquisition Systems and (iii) repay existing indebtedness of
$4.9 million outstanding under the Senior Credit Facility. To the extent that
there is any delay in consummating the purchase of any of the Acquisition
Systems, a portion of the net proceeds of the Offering corresponding to the
purchase price of such system may be applied to reduce indebtedness for
borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility or may be held in a special account
pending reinvestment in a subsequent acquisition of cable systems approved by
the Senior Credit Facility lenders within 180 days of the closing of the
Offering. To the extent the purchase of any of the Acquisition Systems is
consummated prior to the consummation of the Offering (as has already occurred
in the case of the Grassroots Systems), additional borrowings under the Senior
Credit Facility may be used to pay a portion of the purchase price therefor, in
which event a portion of the net proceeds of the Offering will be used to repay
such borrowings. See "Prospectus Summary--The Transactions," "The Partnership
Agreements" and "Credit Arrangements of the Company."
The following table sets forth the sources and uses of the proceeds to be
received by the Company in connection with the Acquisition Transactions
(determined as of June 30, 1996):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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In thousands AMOUNT
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<S> <C>
SOURCES OF FUNDS:
Rights Offering(1)................................................................ $ 34,400
% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006(2)......................................... 193,000
Sale of Disposition Systems(3).................................................... 16,860
Net working capital adjustment.................................................... 5,312
--------
Total sources of funds....................................................... $249,572
========
USES OF FUNDS:
Purchase Acquisition Systems:
ACE............................................................................. $146,000
Triax........................................................................... 85,000
Grassroots and Penn/Ohio(4)..................................................... 13,400
--------
Total........................................................................ 244,400
Estimated purchase price adjustments(5)........................................... (900)
Estimated transaction costs for Acquisition Systems............................... 1,200
Repayment of Senior Credit Facility indebtedness.................................. 4,872
--------
Total uses of funds.......................................................... $249,572
========
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(1) The approximately $41.4 million of net proceeds remaining from the Rights
Offering will be used to fund additional acquisitions. The size of the equity
commitments to be made available to FVOP through the Rights Offering may be
reduced if no later than six months after the closing of the Rights Offering,
the General Partner and the Advisory Committee of FVP determine that the
remaining equity commitments exceed the Company's projected requirements. Such
remaining equity commitments will expire on June 30, 1997, subject to the
election by the General Partner and approval by the Advisory Committee to extend
the commitment period to June 30, 1998. See "Management" and "The Partnership
Agreements."
(2) Aggregate proceeds of $200.0 million reduced by underwriting discounts of
$6.0 million and estimated Offering expenses of $1.0 million.
(3) Aggregate proceeds of $17.0 million reduced by approximately $0.1 million of
transaction costs.
(4) On August 30, 1996, the Company acquired the Grassroots Systems for
approximately $9.3 million (as adjusted), approximately $8.6 million of which
was funded with additional borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility,
approximately $0.5 million of which was funded with proceeds from equity
contributions and approximately $0.2 million of which is represented by a net
working capital adjustment.
(5) Represents estimated contractual purchase price reductions that would be
effective if the purchase of the Acquisition Systems were consummated at June
30, 1996.
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CAPITALIZATION
The following table sets forth (i) the actual capitalization of the Company at
June 30, 1996, (ii) the Company's capitalization at June 30, 1996 as adjusted to
give effect to the Offering as if such transaction had been consummated as of
June 30, 1996, and (iii) the Company's capitalization on a pro forma basis to
give effect to the Transactions as if each Transaction had been consummated as
of June 30, 1996. See "Use of Proceeds" and "Pro Forma Financial Data."
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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AS OF JUNE 30, 1996
------------------------------------
ACTUAL
In thousands ACTUAL AS ADJUSTED PRO FORMA
-------- ----------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
INDEBTEDNESS:
Senior Credit Facility(1).................................. $210,000 $ 17,000 $193,261
% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006..................... -- 200,000 200,000
Capital leases............................................. 86 86 86
UVC Note(2)................................................ 7,200 7,200 --
-------- ----------- ---------
Total indebtedness...................................... 217,286 224,286 393,347
PARTNERS' CAPITAL:
Class A Partnership Interests(2)........................... -- -- 5,000
Other partnership interests................................ 93,981 93,981 139,181
-------- ----------- ---------
Total partners' capital................................. 93,981 93,981 144,181
-------- ----------- ---------
Total capitalization.................................... $311,267 $ 318,267 $537,528
======== ======== ========
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(1) On a pro forma basis, after giving effect to the Transactions, $71.7 million
aggregate principal amount will be unused and available for borrowing.
(2) Concurrently with or prior to the consummation of the Offering, it is
anticipated that UVC will convert $5.0 million aggregate principal amount of the
UVC Note into Class A Partnership Interests and the balance of accrued and
unpaid interest and principal under the UVC Note will be repaid. See "The
Partnership Agreements--The Company Partnership Agreement--Class A Partnership
Interests."
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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following tables present selected financial data derived from the Company's
financial statements as of and for the period from inception (April 17, 1995)
through December 31, 1995 which have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP,
independent public accountants, and selected operating data for such period. The
following tables also present selected financial data as of and for the six
months ended June 30, 1996 derived from the unaudited financial statements of
the Company and selected operating data for such period. In the opinion of
management, the unaudited financial statements have been prepared on the same
basis as the audited financial statements and include all adjustments, which
consist only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the
financial position and the results of operations for the interim period.
Financial and operating results for the six months ended June 30, 1996 are not
necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year.
In addition, the following tables present unaudited pro forma selected financial
and operating data for the Company as of and for the six months ended June 30,
1996 and the year ended December 31, 1995, as adjusted to give pro forma effect
to (i) in the case of statement of operations data, (a) the Offering and the
purchase of the Existing Systems as if such transactions had been consummated on
January 1, 1995 and (b) the purchase of the Existing Systems and the
Transactions as if such transactions had been consummated on January 1, 1995 and
(ii) in the case of balance sheet data, (a) the Offering as if such had been
consummated on June 30, 1996 and (b) the Transactions as if each Transaction had
been consummated on June 30, 1996. See "Pro Forma Financial Data." The unaudited
pro forma data give pro forma effect to the acquisitions under the purchase
method of accounting and certain other operating assumptions. See "Pro Forma
Financial Data."
The unaudited pro forma financial data do not purport to represent what the
Company's results of operations or financial condition would have actually been
or operations of the Company in any future period would be if the transactions
that give rise to the pro forma adjustments had occurred on the dates assumed.
The following information is qualified by reference to and should be read in
conjunction with "Pro Forma Financial Data," "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the audited
financial statements and related notes thereto of the Company and certain of the
Existing Systems and the Acquisition Systems included elsewhere in this
Prospectus.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30 YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31
--------------------------------------------- -----------------------------
PRO FORMA FOR PRO FORMA FOR PRO FORMA FOR PRO FORMA FOR APRIL 17 TO
TRANSACTIONS THE OFFERING TRANSACTIONS THE OFFERING DECEMBER 31
AND EXISTING AND EXISTING AND EXISTING AND EXISTING -----------
In thousands, except ratios and SYSTEMS SYSTEMS ACTUAL SYSTEMS SYSTEMS ACTUAL
operating statistical data 1996 1996 1996 1995 1995 1995
-------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenues............................. $ 60,573 $ 35,463 $ 27,539 $ 116,962 $ 70,827 $ 4,369
Operating expenses................... 29,707 17,551 13,668 59,726 35,860 2,311
Corporate administrative expenses.... 1,605 940 1,265 3,029 1,905 127
Depreciation and amortization........ 30,906 18,109 13,595 59,720 35,041 2,308
Pre-acquisition expenses............. -- -- -- 940 940 940
-------------- ------------- ----------- ------------- ------------- -----------
Operating income (loss).............. (1,645) (1,137) (989) (6,453) (2,919) (1,317)
Interest expense, net(1)............. (20,650) (13,529) (7,304) (41,289) (27,050) (1,386)
-------------- ------------- ----------- ------------- ------------- -----------
Net income (loss).................... $ (22,295) $ (14,666) $ (8,293) $ (47,742) $ (29,969) $ (2,703)
============== ============= =========== ============= ============= ===========
BALANCE SHEET DATA
(END OF PERIOD):
Total assets......................... $ 553,082 $ 327,511 $ 320,511 $ 143,512
Total debt........................... 393,347 224,286 217,286 93,159
Partners' capital.................... 144,181 93,981 93,981 46,407
FINANCIAL RATIOS AND OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(2)............................ $ 29,261 $ 16,972 $ 12,606 $ 53,267 $ 32,122 $ 991
EBITDA margin........................ 48.3% 47.9% 45.8% 45.5% 45.4% 22.7%
Total debt to EBITDA(3).............. 6.69 6.66
EBITDA to interest expense........... 1.40 1.23
Net cash flows from operating
activities......................... $ 7,166 $ 1,907
Net cash flows from investing
activities......................... $ (185,249) $ (131,345)
Net cash flows from financing
activities......................... $ 176,842 $ 132,088
Deficiency of earnings to fixed
charges(4)......................... $ 22,305 $ 14,666 $ 8,293 $ 47,766 $ 29,969 $ 2,703
OPERATING STATISTICAL DATA (END OF
PERIOD EXCEPT AVERAGE):
Homes passed......................... 494,318 304,729 304,729 490,610 288,428 125,295
Basic subscribers.................... 353,811 217,906 217,906 350,936 203,525 92,736
Basic penetration.................... 71.6% 71.5% 71.5% 71.5% 70.6% 74.0%
Premium units........................ 149,662 91,303 91,303 146,216 77,557 35,677
Premium penetration.................. 42.3% 41.9% 41.9% 41.7% 38.1% 38.5%
Average monthly revenue per basic
subscriber(5)...................... $ 29.02 $ 28.22 $ 28.22 $ 27.77 $ 29.00 $ 27.76
</TABLE>
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(1) Pro forma interest expense is calculated assuming that all indebtedness
incurred to effect the purchase of the Existing Systems and all other debt
outstanding at June 30, 1996, to the extent deemed to be outstanding for
purposes of the pro forma presentation, accrued interest at the rates in effect
at June 30, 1996 and that the interest rate on the Notes was 11.5%. If the
actual interest rate were to increase or decrease by 25 basis points, pro forma
interest expense on the Notes would increase or decrease by $500,000 per annum.
Interest expense of $20,650, $13,529, $7,304, $41,289, $27,050 and $1,386 was
net of interest income of $257, $257, $257, $120, $120 and $120, respectively
(dollars in thousands).
(2) EBITDA is defined as net income before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization. The Company believes that EBITDA is a meaningful measure of
performance because it is commonly used in the cable television industry to
analyze and compare cable television companies on the basis of operating
performance, leverage and liquidity. In addition the Senior Credit Facility and
the Indenture contain certain covenants, compliance with which is measured by
computations substantially similar to those used in determining EBITDA. See
"Credit Arrangements of the Company" and "Description of the Notes." However,
EBITDA is not intended to be a performance measure that should be regarded as an
alternative either to operating income or net income as an indicator of
operating performance or to cash flows as a measure of liquidity, as determined
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
(3) For purposes of this computation, EBITDA is annualized for the quarter ended
June 30, 1996. This presentation is consistent with the incurrence of
indebtedness test in the Indenture. In addition, this ratio is commonly used in
the cable television industry as a measure of leverage.
(4) For purposes of this computation, earnings are defined as income (loss)
before income taxes and fixed charges. Fixed charges are defined as the sum of
(i) interest costs (including capitalized interest expense) and (ii)
amortization of deferred financing costs.
(5) Average monthly revenue per basic subscriber (i) for the period ended June
30, 1996 and for the period from inception (April 17, 1995) to December 31, 1995
equals revenue for the last month of the period divided by the number of basic
subscribers as of the end of such period and (ii) for all other periods equals
average monthly revenue for such period divided by the number of basic
subscribers as of the end of such period.
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SUMMARY COMBINED SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA OF
CERTAIN EXISTING SYSTEMS AND ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
The summary combined selected historical financial data presented below
represent the combined historical financial data of certain of the Existing
Systems and the Acquisition Systems. Combined financial data do not include
results of operations of the systems purchased from UVC and Longfellow during
the period in 1995 when such systems were owned by the Company. The presentation
is made on two bases for both the Existing Systems and the Acquisition Systems.
First, information for the Existing Systems is provided on a combined basis as
of and for the year ended December 31, 1995. Second, combined historical
financial data is presented as of and for the years ended December 31, 1995,
1994 and 1993 for certain of the Existing Systems, which represented
approximately 96% of the Existing Systems in terms of number of basic
subscribers, on a pro forma basis as of June 30, 1996 and include only the
systems purchased from UVC, C4 and Cox (collectively the "Acquired Predecessor
Systems"). Similarly, information for the Acquisition Systems is provided on a
combined basis as of and for the year ended December 31, 1995. In addition,
combined historical financial data is presented as of and for the years ended
December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993 for the ACE and Triax systems (collectively the
"Probable Predecessor Acquisition Systems"), which represented approximately 93%
of the Acquisition Systems in terms of the number of basic subscribers, on a pro
forma basis as of June 30, 1996.
The summary unaudited combined selected historical financial data presented
below are derived from the audited and unaudited historical financial statements
of the Existing Systems and the Acquisition Systems and should be read in
conjunction with the audited financial statements and related notes thereto of
the Acquired Predecessor Systems and the Probable Predecessor Acquisition
Systems and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations" included elsewhere in this Prospectus. The combined
selected financial data set forth below represent the combined results of
operations for the systems for periods during which the systems were not owned
by the Company and, accordingly, do not reflect any purchase accounting
adjustments or any changes in the operation or management of the systems that
the Company has made since the date of acquisition or that it intends to make in
the future. Accordingly, the Company does not believe that such operating
results are indicative of future operating results of the Company.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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EXISTING SYSTEMS
----------------------------------------------------------
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31
----------------------------------------------------------
EXISTING SYSTEMS ACQUIRED PREDECESSOR SYSTEMS
---------------- --------------------------------------
In thousands 1995(1)(2) 1995(3)(4) 1994(5)(6) 1993(5)(6)
---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenues...................................... $ 66,458 $ 63,897 $ 64,431 $ 63,383
Operating expenses............................ 37,829 35,820 35,443 34,647
Depreciation and amortization................. 24,080 23,726 22,038 20,324
---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Operating income.............................. 4,549 4,351 6,950 8,412
Interest expense.............................. (12,251) (12,216) (11,905) (11,763)
Other expenses................................ (3,898) (3,898) (3,836) (3,450)
---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Net loss...................................... $ (11,600) $ (11,763) $ (8,791) $ (6,801)
================ ========== ========== ==========
BALANCE SHEET DATA (END OF PERIOD):
Total assets.................................. $204,657 $195,341 $132,016 $ 70,399
Total debt.................................... 68,545 60,166 60,166 60,166
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------------------------------------------------
ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
----------------------------------------------------------------
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31
----------------------------------------------------------------
ACQUISITION SYSTEMS PROBABLE PREDECESSOR ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
------------------- -----------------------------------------
In thousands 1995(7)(8) 1995(9)(10) 1994(9)(10) 1993(9)(10)
------------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenues................................. $ 49,696 $ 45,868 $ 40,937 $ 32,788
Operating expenses....................... 28,940 26,278 23,200 18,055
Depreciation and amortization............ 19,939 18,628 24,307 21,539
------------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Operating income......................... 817 962 (6,570) (6,806)
Interest expense......................... (26,397) (25,682) (22,601) (19,467)
Other expense............................ (510) (510) 1,266 --
------------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Net loss................................. $ (26,090) $ (25,230) $ (27,905) $ (26,273)
=================== =========== =========== ===========
BALANCE SHEET DATA (END OF PERIOD):
Total assets............................. $ 97,121 $ 92,912 $ 96,804 $111,500
Total debt............................... 220,296 210,252 206,131 195,153
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(1) Includes the combined results of operations of systems purchased from UVC,
Longfellow, C4, Americable and Cox for the period ended December 31, 1995
(except for UVC and Longfellow, which is for the period ended November 8, 1995
and November 20, 1995, respectively). As the results of operations of systems
purchased from UVC and Longfellow are included in the Company's historical
results of operations subsequent to the date of the Company's acquisition
(November 9, 1995 and November 21, 1995, respectively), the amounts do not
include $4.4 million in revenues, $2.4 million in operating expenses and $2.3
million in depreciation and amortization (computed after the application of
purchase accounting adjustments) attributable to such systems.
(2) Includes combined balance sheet data for systems purchased from UVC and
Longfellow as of November 9, 1995 and November 21, 1995, the dates of the
Company's acquisition thereof, and combined balance sheet data for systems
purchased from C4, Americable and Cox as of December 31, 1995, because such
acquisitions occurred after December 31, 1995.
(3) Includes the combined results of operations of systems purchased from UVC,
C4 and Cox for the year ended December 31, 1995 (except for UVC, which is for
the period ended November 8, 1995). As the results of operations of systems
purchased from UVC are included in the Company's historical results of
operations subsequent to the date of the Company's acquisition thereof (November
9, 1995), the amounts do not include $4.2 million in revenues, $2.4 million in
operating expenses and $2.2 million in depreciation and amortization (computed
after the application of purchase accounting adjustments) attributable to such
systems.
(4) Includes combined balance sheet data for systems purchased from UVC as of
November 9, 1995, the date of the Company's acquisition thereof, and combined
balance sheet data for systems purchased from C4 and Cox as of December 31,
1995, because such acquisitions occurred after that date.
(5) Includes the combined results of operations of systems purchased from UVC,
C4 and Cox for the years ended December 31, 1994 and 1993.
(6) Includes combined balance sheet data for systems purchased from UVC, C4 and
Cox as of December 31, 1994 and 1993.
(7) Includes the combined results of operations of systems purchased or expected
to be purchased from ACE, Triax, Grassroots and Penn/Ohio for the year ended
December 31, 1995.
(8) Includes combined balance sheet data for systems purchased or expected to be
purchased from ACE, Triax, Grassroots and Penn/Ohio.
(9) Includes the combined results of operations of systems expected to be
purchased from ACE and Triax for the years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and
1993.
(10) Includes combined balance sheet data for systems expected to be purchased
from ACE and Triax as of December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993.
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PRO FORMA FINANCIAL DATA
The unaudited pro forma financial data presented below are derived from the
historical financial statements of the Company and the Existing Systems and the
Acquisition Systems. The unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of
operations data for the six months ended June 30, 1996 and for the year ended
December 31, 1995 give pro forma effect to (a) the Offering and the purchase of
the Existing Systems as if such transactions had been consummated on January 1,
1995 and (b) the Transactions and the purchase of the Existing Systems as if
such transactions had been consummated on January 1, 1995. The unaudited pro
forma balance sheet data as of June 30, 1996 give pro forma effect to (a) the
Offering as if it had been consummated on June 30, 1996 and (b) the Transactions
as if each Transaction had been consummated on June 30, 1996. The Transactions
consist of the Rights Offering, the Offering, the sale of the Disposition
Systems, the purchase of the Acquisition Systems, the Credit Agreement
Restatement, the Equity Call, the UVC Note Conversion and the Credit Agreement
Repayment. The Rights Offering and the UVC Note Conversion are expected to be
consummated concurrently with or prior to the closing of the Offering.
The unaudited pro forma financial data give effect to the acquisitions described
above under the purchase method of accounting and are based upon the assumptions
and adjustments described in the accompanying notes to the unaudited pro forma
financial statements presented on the following pages. The allocations of the
total purchase price for certain of the Existing Systems as well as each of the
Acquisition Systems are based on preliminary estimates and are subject to final
allocation adjustments.
The unaudited pro forma financial statements may not be indicative of the
results that actually would have occurred if the acquisitions and other
transactions described above had been completed and in effect for the periods
indicated or the results that may be obtained in the future. The unaudited pro
forma financial data presented below should be read in conjunction with the
audited and unaudited historical financial statements and related notes thereto
of the Company and certain of the Existing Systems and the Acquisition Systems
and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations" included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
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FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED AND AS OF JUNE 30, 1996)
(In $ thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
EXISTING SYSTEMS
----------------------------------------------
<CAPTION>
AMERICABLE
C4 SYSTEMS SYSTEMS
ACTUAL ACQUISITION(A) ACQUISITION(B)
-------- -------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Revenues.......................... 27,539 945 284
Expenses..........................
System operations............... 13,668 579 181
Corporate administrative
expense........................ 1,265 67 41
Depreciation and amortization... 13,595 463 148
Pre-acquisition expenses........
-------- -------------- --------------
Operating income (loss)........... (989) (164) (86)
Interest expense, net............. (7,304) (684) (12)
Other income (expense)............
Minority interest in loss of
subsidiary...................... 10
-------- -------------- --------------
Net income (loss) before income
taxes........................... (8,293) (838) (98)
Provision for income taxes........
-------- -------------- --------------
Net income (loss)................. (8,293) (838) (98)
======== =========== ===========
BALANCE SHEET (AT END OF PERIOD):
Cash and cash equivalents......... 1,409
Accounts receivable, net.......... 3,399
Prepaid expenses.................. 904
Property and equipment, net....... 120,403
Franchise costs, net.............. 103,722
Covenant not to compete, net...... 15,999
Subscriber lists, net............. 53,106
Goodwill, net..................... 12,832
Deferred financing costs and
other, net...................... 5,737
Earnest money deposits............ 3,000
--------
Total assets...................... 320,511
========
Accounts payable.................. 795
Accrued liabilities............... 4,351
Subscriber prepayments and
deposits........................ 1,483
Accrued interest payable.......... 2,615
Debt.............................. 217,286
Partners' capital................. 93,981
--------
Total liabilities and partners'
capital......................... 320,511
========
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
PRO FORMA
ADJUSTMENTS FOR
EXISTING SYSTEMS
COX SYSTEMS AND SENIOR
ACQUISITION(C) CREDIT FACILITY
-------------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Revenues.......................... 6,695
Expenses..........................
System operations............... 3,250 (127)(d)
Corporate administrative
expense........................ 321 (754)(e)
Depreciation and amortization... 1,044 2,859(f)
Pre-acquisition expenses........
-------------- ----------------
Operating income (loss)........... 2,080 (1,978)
Interest expense, net............. (5) (1,852)(g)
Other income (expense)............
Minority interest in loss of
subsidiary...................... (10)(h)
-------------- ----------------
Net income (loss) before income
taxes........................... 2,075 (3,840)
Provision for income taxes........
-------------- ----------------
Net income (loss)................. 2,075 (3,840)
=========== ==============
BALANCE SHEET (AT END OF PERIOD):
Cash and cash equivalents.........
Accounts receivable, net..........
Prepaid expenses..................
Property and equipment, net.......
Franchise costs, net..............
Covenant not to compete, net......
Subscriber lists, net.............
Goodwill, net.....................
Deferred financing costs and
other, net......................
Earnest money deposits............
Total assets......................
Accounts payable..................
Accrued liabilities...............
Subscriber prepayments and
deposits........................
Accrued interest payable..........
Debt..............................
Partners' capital.................
Total liabilities and partners'
capital.........................
<CAPTION>
PRO FORMA SUBTOTAL
ADJUSTMENTS PRO FORMA
FOR THE OFFERING AND
OFFERING(I) EXISTING SYSTEMS
----------- -----------------
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Revenues.......................... 35,463
Expenses..........................
System operations............... 17,551
Corporate administrative
expense........................ 940
Depreciation and amortization... 18,109
Pre-acquisition expenses........ 0
----------- -----------------
Operating income (loss)........... 0 (1,137)
Interest expense, net............. (3,672)(j) (13,529)
Other income (expense)............ 0
Minority interest in loss of
subsidiary...................... 0
----------- -----------------
Net income (loss) before income
taxes........................... (3,672) (14,666)
Provision for income taxes........ 0
----------- -----------------
Net income (loss)................. (3,672) (14,666)
========== ==============
BALANCE SHEET (AT END OF PERIOD):
Cash and cash equivalents......... 1,409
Accounts receivable, net.......... 3,399
Prepaid expenses.................. 904
Property and equipment, net....... 120,403
Franchise costs, net.............. 103,722
Covenant not to compete, net...... 15,999
Subscriber lists, net............. 53,106
Goodwill, net..................... 12,832
Deferred financing costs and
other, net...................... 7,000(k) 12,737
Earnest money deposits............ 3,000
----------- -----------------
Total assets...................... 7,000 327,511
========== ==============
Accounts payable.................. 795
Accrued liabilities............... 4,351
Subscriber prepayments and
deposits........................ 1,483
Accrued interest payable.......... 2,615
Debt.............................. (193,000)(k) 224,286
200,000(k)
Partners' capital................. 93,981
----------- -----------------
Total liabilities and partners'
capital......................... 7,000 327,511
========== ==============
<CAPTION>
ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
-------------------------------------------
GRASSROOTS
AND PRO FORMA
ACE TRIAX PENN/OHIO ADJUSTMENTS
SYSTEMS SYSTEMS SYSTEMS FOR ACQUISITION
ACQUISITION ACQUISITION ACQUISITIONS SYSTEMS
------- ------- -------------- ----------------
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Revenues.......................... 15,241 9,603 1,897
Expenses..........................
System operations............... 8,037 4,773 896 (724)(l)
Corporate administrative
expense........................ 582 627 97 (559)(m)
Depreciation and amortization... 5,503 3,699 655 3,260(n)
Pre-acquisition expenses........
------- ------- -------------- ----------------
Operating income (loss)........... 1,119 504 249 (1,977)
Interest expense, net............. (12,643) (1,524) (589) 6,639(o)
Other income (expense)............ (581) 581(p)
Minority interest in loss of
subsidiary......................
------- ------- -------------- ----------------
Net income (loss) before income
taxes........................... (12,105) (1,020) (340) 5,243
Provision for income taxes........
------- ------- -------------- ----------------
Net income (loss)................. (12,105) (1,020) (340) 5,243
========= ========= ========== =============
BALANCE SHEET (AT END OF PERIOD):
Cash and cash equivalents......... 1,536 3,169 599 (5,304)(n)
Accounts receivable, net.......... 359 577 224
Prepaid expenses.................. 198 168 5
Property and equipment, net....... 25,906 36,786 8,152 30,960(n)
Franchise costs, net.............. 1,114 8,703 310 77,077(n)
Covenant not to compete, net...... 32 10 8,225(n)
Subscriber lists, net............. 617 2,045 36,185(n)
Goodwill, net..................... 3,527 3,851(n)
Deferred financing costs and
other, net...................... 214 836 17 1,200(n)
(1,067)(n)
Earnest money deposits............ (3,000)(n)
------- ------- -------------- ----------------
Total assets...................... 33,503 50,239 11,362 148,127
========= ========= ========== =============
Accounts payable.................. 3,968 1,617 721
Accrued liabilities............... 154 159 1
Subscriber prepayments and
deposits........................ 129 77 17
Accrued interest payable.......... 6,022 223 15 (6,260)(q)
Debt.............................. 187,473 40,277 1,857 191,388(n)
(229,607)(q)
Partners' capital................. (164,243) 7,886 8,751 45,000(r)
147,606(q)
------- ------- -------------- ----------------
Total liabilities and partners'
capital......................... 33,503 50,239 11,362 148,127
========= ========= ========== =============
<CAPTION>
PRO FORMA
EFFECT OF
PROPOSED
SALE OF
PRO FORMA THE
EFFECT OF THE DISPOSITION PRO FORMA
UVC NOTE SYSTEMS(U) COMBINED
------------- --------- ---------
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Revenues.......................... (1,631) 60,573
Expenses..........................
System operations............... (826) 29,707
Corporate administrative
expense........................ (82) 1,605
Depreciation and amortization... (320) 30,906
Pre-acquisition expenses........ 0
------------- --------- ---------
Operating income (loss)........... 0 (403) (1,645)
Interest expense, net............. 347(s) 649(v) (20,650)
Other income (expense)............ 0
Minority interest in loss of
subsidiary...................... 0
------------- --------- ---------
Net income (loss) before income
taxes........................... 347 246 (22,295)
Provision for income taxes........ 0
------------- --------- ---------
Net income (loss)................. 347 246 (22,295)
=========== ========= =========
BALANCE SHEET (AT END OF PERIOD):
Cash and cash equivalents......... (1,000)(t) 409
Accounts receivable, net.......... 4,559
Prepaid expenses.................. 1,275
Property and equipment, net....... (5,264) 216,943
Franchise costs, net.............. (9,711) 181,215
Covenant not to compete, net...... (1,108) 23,158
Subscriber lists, net............. 91,953
Goodwill, net..................... (577) 19,633
Deferred financing costs and
other, net...................... 13,937
Earnest money deposits............ 0
------------- --------- ---------
Total assets...................... (1,000) (16,660) 553,082
=========== ========= =========
Accounts payable.................. 7,101
Accrued liabilities............... 4,665
Subscriber prepayments and
deposits........................ 1,706
Accrued interest payable.......... (533)(t) 2,082
Debt.............................. (7,200)(t) (16,860) 393,347
1,733(t)
Partners' capital................. 5,000(t) 200 144,181
------------- --------- ---------
Total liabilities and partners'
capital......................... (1,000) (16,660) 553,082
=========== ========= =========
</TABLE>
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FOOTNOTES TO THE PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AS OF JUNE 30, 1996
(In thousands)
(a) The C4 systems were acquired on February 1, 1996, and, therefore, the
balance sheet data for such systems are included in the Company's June 30, 1996
historical balance sheet.
(b) The Americable systems were acquired on March 29, 1996, and, therefore, the
balance sheet data for such systems are included in the Company's June 30, 1996
historical balance sheet.
(c) The Cox systems were acquired on April 9, 1996, and, therefore, the balance
sheet data for such systems are included in the Company's June 30, 1996
historical balance sheet.
(d) Represents the estimated cost savings of $127 due to the elimination of
duplicative functions and personnel attributable to the C4, Americable and Cox
systems.
(e) Represents the elimination of management fees and allocated overhead costs
of $429 and the inclusion of the Company's estimated overhead cost savings of
$325 attributable to the C4, Americable and Cox systems.
(f) Represents additional depreciation and amortization attributable to the C4,
Americable and Cox systems as if such systems had been acquired on January 1,
1995.
(g) Adjustments to interest expense are calculated as if all indebtedness
incurred to effect the acquisition of the Existing Systems and all other
indebtedness outstanding as of June 30, 1996 had been outstanding for the entire
period. Interest expense is calculated assuming indebtedness accrues interest as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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PRO FORMA
PRINCIPAL INTEREST RATE EXPENSE
---------- ------------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--revolving facility..................... $ 20,000.0 8.19% $ 819.0
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--tranche A.............................. 100,000.0 8.25% 4,125.0
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--tranche B.............................. 90,000.0 8.75% 3,937.5
Outstanding UVC Note....................................................... 7,200.0 11.50% 414.0
Obligation under capital leases............................................ 86.0 3.8
----------
Total indebtedness--Existing Systems....................................... 217,286.0
Amortization of deferred financing fees.................................... 5,876.0 7 year avg 419.7
Unused Senior Credit Facility fees......................................... 55,000.0 0.50% 137.5
---------
Total pro forma interest expense........................................... 9,856.5
Total actual interest expense--Existing Systems............................ (8,005.0)
---------
Pro forma interest expense adjustment...................................... $ 1,851.5
=========
</TABLE>
(h) Represents the elimination of the minority interest in loss of the C4
systems prior to acquisition.
(i) Represents the effects of the Offering, assuming that proceeds thereof are
utilized to repay a portion of the existing indebtedness under the Senior Credit
Facility.
(j) Adjustments to interest expense are calculated as if $200,000 of Offering
proceeds had been outstanding during the entire period and $193,000 of Offering
proceeds had been applied to repay a portion of the indebtedness under the
Senior Credit Facility. Interest expense is calculated assuming indebtedness
accrues interest as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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PRO FORMA
PRINCIPAL INTEREST RATE EXPENSE
---------- ------------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--revolving facility..................... $ 17,000.0 8.19% $ 696.2
Outstanding Senior Subordinated Notes...................................... 200,000.0 11.50% 11,500.0
Outstanding UVC Note....................................................... 7,200.0 11.50% 414.0
Obligation under capital leases............................................ 86.0 3.8
----------
Total indebtedness--Existing Systems....................................... 224,286.0
Amortization of deferred financing fees.................................... 5,876.0 7 year avg 419.7
Amortization of deferred financing fees--Offering.......................... 7,000.0 10 year life 350.0
Unused Senior Credit Facility fees......................................... 58,000.0 0.50% 145.0
---------
Total pro forma interest expense........................................... 13,528.7
Total pro forma interest expense--Existing Systems......................... (9,856.5)
---------
Pro forma interest expense adjustment...................................... $ 3,672.2
=========
</TABLE>
(k) Pro forma effect of the Offering and use of the proceeds thereof to repay a
portion of the existing indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facility and to pay
Offering expenses.
(l) Represents the estimated cost savings of $438 due to the elimination of
duplicative functions and personnel attributable to the ACE, Triax, Grassroots
and Penn/Ohio systems and the reversal of $286 of inventory write-down
attributable to Triax.
(m) Represents the elimination of management fees and allocated overhead costs
of $1,306 and the inclusion of the Company's estimated incremental overhead
costs of $747 attributable to the ACE, Triax, Grassroots and Penn/Ohio systems.
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(n) Represents the balance sheet and income statement effect of the purchase of
the Acquisition Systems, including the accounting for an estimated $1.2 million
of transaction costs, incremental indebtedness of approximately $197.2 million
and additional depreciation and amortization as if such systems had been
acquired on January 1, 1995. Pro forma depreciation and amortization is
calculated based on preliminary asset appraisals as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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PURCHASE
HISTORICAL PRICE PRELIMINARY PRO FORMA
ACE SYSTEMS BALANCE ADJUSTMENTS ALLOCATION ASSET LIFE EXPENSE
- ------------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Property and equipment........................... $25,906 $32,494 $ 58,400 8 $ 3,650
Franchise costs.................................. 1,114 49,986 51,100 15 1,703
Covenant not to compete.......................... 32 7,268 7,300 5 730
Subscriber lists................................. 617 21,283 21,900 7 1,564
Goodwill......................................... 3,527 3,423 6,950 15 232
Deferred financing costs and other............... 214 (214) 0
----------- ------------
Total ACE systems pro forma.................... $145,650 7,879
ACE systems historical amount.................. (5,503)
------------
ACE systems pro forma adjustment............... $ 2,376
============
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
TRIAX SYSTEMS
- -------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Property and equipment........................... $36,786 $ 1,975 $ 38,761 8 $ 2,423
Franchise costs.................................. 8,703 22,411 31,114 15 1,037
Covenant not to compete.......................... 0 100 100 5 10
Subscriber lists................................. 0 14,725 14,725 7 1,052
Goodwill......................................... 0 0 0 15 0
Deferred financing costs and other............... 836 (836) 0
----------- ------------
Total Triax systems pro forma.................. $ 84,700 4,522
Triax systems historical amount................ (3,699)
------------
Triax systems pro forma adjustment............. $ 823
============
<CAPTION>
GRASSROOTS AND PENN/OHIO SYSTEMS
- -------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Property and equipment........................... $ 8,152 $(3,509) $ 4,643 8 $ 290
Franchise costs.................................. 310 4,680 4,990 15 166
Covenant not to compete.......................... 10 857 867 5 87
Subscriber lists................................. 2,045 177 2,222 7 159
Goodwill......................................... 0 428 428 15 14
Deferred financing costs and other............... 17 (17) 0
----------- ------------
Total Grassroots and Penn/Ohio systems pro
forma........................................ $ 13,150 716
Grassroots and Penn/Ohio systems historical
amount....................................... (655)
------------
Grassroots and Penn/Ohio systems pro forma
adjustment................................... $ 61
============
<CAPTION>
TOTAL ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
- -------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Property and equipment........................... $70,844 $30,960 $101,804 $ 6,363
Franchise costs.................................. 10,127 77,077 87,204 2,906
Covenant not to compete.......................... 42 8,225 8,267 827
Subscriber lists................................. 2,662 36,185 38,847 2,775
Goodwill......................................... 3,527 3,851 7,378 246
Deferred financing costs and other............... 1,067 (1,067) 0
----------- ------------
Total Acquisition Systems pro forma............ $243,500 13,117
Total Acquisition Systems historical amount.... (9,857)
------------
Total Acquisition Systems pro forma
adjustment................................... $ 3,260
============
</TABLE>
(o) Represents reconciliation of the interest expense on the net incremental
indebtedness needed to purchase the Acquisition Systems, including the effect of
the receipt of $34.4 million under the Rights Offering, the receipt of equity
contributions of $10.6 million pursuant to the Equity Call and the elimination
of indebtedness of the Acquisition Systems.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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PRO FORMA
PRINCIPAL INTEREST RATE EXPENSE
---------- ------------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--revolving facility..................... $ 18,388.0 8.19% $ 753.9
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--tranche A.............................. 100,000.0 8.25% 4,125.0
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--tranche B.............................. 90,000.0 8.75% 3,937.5
Outstanding Senior Subordinated Notes...................................... 200,000.0 11.50% 11,500.0
Outstanding UVC Note....................................................... 7,200.0 11.50% 414.0
Obligation under capital leases............................................ 86.0 3.8
----------
Total indebtedness--Existing Systems....................................... 415,674.0
Amortization of deferred financing fees.................................... 5,876.0 7 year avg 419.7
Amortization of deferred financing fees--Offering.......................... 7,000.0 10 year life 350.0
Unused Senior Credit Facility fees......................................... 56,612.0 0.50% 141.6
---------
Total pro forma interest expense........................................... 21,645.5
Total pro forma interest expense--Existing Systems......................... (13,528.7)
Historical interest expense--Acquisition Systems........................... (14,756.0)
---------
Pro forma interest expense adjustment...................................... $ (6,639.2)
==========
</TABLE>
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(p) Represents reversal of forbearance costs of ACE prior to acquisition.
(q) Represents the reversal of the combined equity accounts, the historical debt
balance and applicable accrued interest related to the Acquisition Systems.
(r) Represents the receipt of approximately $10.6 million of equity
contributions pursuant to the Equity Call used primarily to fund earnest money
deposits with respect to certain of the Acquisition Systems and the receipt of
$34.4 million under the Rights Offering.
(s) Represents pro forma reduction in interest expense due to the effect of the
conversion and repayment of the UVC Note and accrued interest thereon.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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PRO FORMA
PRINCIPAL INTEREST RATE EXPENSE
---------- ------------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--revolving facility..................... $ 20,121.0 8.19% $ 825.0
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--tranche A.............................. 100,000.0 8.25% 4,125.0
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--tranche B.............................. 90,000.0 8.75% 3,937.5
Outstanding Senior Subordinated Notes...................................... 200,000.0 11.50% 11,500.0
Obligation under capital leases............................................ 86.0 3.8
----------
Total indebtedness--Existing Systems....................................... 410,207.0
Amortization of deferred financing fees.................................... 5,876.0 7 year avg 419.7
Amortization of deferred financing fees--Offering.......................... 7,000.0 10 year life 350.0
Unused Senior Credit Facility fees......................................... 54,879.0 0.50% 137.2
----------
Total pro forma interest expense........................................... 21,298.2
Total pro forma interest expense--Existing Systems......................... (13,528.7)
Pro forma interest expense--Acquisition Systems............................ (8,116.8)
----------
Pro forma interest expense adjustment...................................... $ (347.3)
==========
</TABLE>
(t) Represents the effect of the conversion of the UVC Note into $5.0 million of
Class A Partnership Interests and the use of approximately $1.0 million of cash
on hand and incremental borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility of $1.7
million to repay remaining principal and accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
(u) Represents the operations of the Chatsworth, Georgia system and the
Woodstock and New Market, Virginia systems.
(v) Represents pro forma reduction in interest expense due to the effect of the
sale of the Disposition Systems and the use of net proceeds of approximately
$16.9 million to repay a portion of the existing indebtedness under the Senior
Credit Facility.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------------------------
PRO FORMA
PRINCIPAL INTEREST RATE EXPENSE
---------- ------------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--revolving facility..................... $ 3,261.0 8.19% $ 133.5
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--tranche A.............................. 100,000.0 8.25% 4,125.0
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--tranche B.............................. 90,000.0 8.75% 3,937.5
Outstanding Senior Subordinated Notes...................................... 200,000.0 11.50% 11,500.0
Obligation under capital leases............................................ 86.0 3.8
----------
Total indebtedness Existing Systems........................................ 393,347.0
Amortization of deferred financing fees.................................... 5,876.0 7 year avg 419.7
Amortization of deferred financing fees--Offering.......................... 7,000.0 10 year life 350.0
Unused Senior Credit Facility fees......................................... 71,739.0 0.50% 179.3
---------
Total pro forma interest expense........................................... 20,648.8
Total pro forma interest expense--Existing Systems......................... (13,528.7)
Pro forma interest expense--Acquisition Systems............................ (8,116.8)
Pro forma effect of the UVC Note........................................... 347.3
---------
Pro forma interest expense adjustment...................................... $ (649.4)
==========
</TABLE>
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FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995)
(In $ thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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EXISTING SYSTEMS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
ACTUAL FOR THE LONGFELLOW
PERIOD FROM SYSTEMS AND
INCEPTION AMERICABLE
(APRIL 17) TO UVC SYSTEMS C4 SYSTEMS SYSTEMS
DECEMBER 31(A) ACQUISITION(B) ACQUISITION ACQUISITIONS(C)
--------------- -------------- ------------ --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Revenues........................ 4,369 25,417 11,756 2,561
Expenses
System operations............. 2,311 13,098 6,735 1,662
Corporate administrative
expense...................... 127 1,270 546 347
Depreciation and
amortization................. 2,308 9,625 5,552 354
Pre-acquisition expenses...... 940
--------------- -------------- ------------ --------------
Operating income (loss)......... (1,317) 1,424 (1,077) 198
Interest expense, net........... (1,386) (4,087) (8,208) (35)
Other income (expense)..........
Minority interest in loss of
subsidiary.................... 103
--------------- -------------- ------------ --------------
Net income (loss) before income
taxes......................... (2,703) (2,663) (9,182) 163
Provision for income taxes......
--------------- -------------- ------------ --------------
Net income (loss)............... (2,703) (2,663) (9,182) 163
=============== =========== ========== ============
<CAPTION>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
EXISTING SYSTEMS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
PRO FORMA SUBTOTAL
ADJUSTMENTS FOR PRO FORMA PRO FORMA
EXISTING SYSTEMS ADJUSTMENTS OFFERING AND
COX SYSTEMS AND SENIOR FOR THE EXISTING
ACQUISITION CREDIT FACILITY OFFERING(J) SYSTEMS
----------- ---------------- ----------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Revenues........................ 26,724 70,827
Expenses
System operations............. 12,545 (491)(d) 35,860
Corporate administrative
expense...................... 1,630 (2,015)(e) 1,905
Depreciation and
amortization................. 8,549 8,653(f) 35,041
Pre-acquisition expenses...... 940
----------- ---------------- ----------- ------------
Operating income (loss)......... 4,000 (6,147) (2,919)
Interest expense, net........... 79 (6,069)(g) (7,344)(k) (27,050)
Other income (expense)..........
Minority interest in loss of
subsidiary.................... (103)(h)
----------- ---------------- ----------- ------------
Net income (loss) before income
taxes......................... 4,079 (12,319) (7,344) (29,969)
Provision for income taxes...... (3,997) 3,997(i)
----------- ---------------- ----------- ------------
Net income (loss)............... 82 (8,322) (7,344) (29,969)
========= ============== ========== ===========
<CAPTION>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
GRASSROOTS
AND PRO FORMA
ACE TRIAX PENN/OHIO ADJUSTMENTS
SYSTEMS SYSTEMS SYSTEMS FOR ACQUISITION
ACQUISITION ACQUISITION ACQUISITIONS SYSTEMS
----------- ------------ ------------ ---------------
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Revenues........................ 28,088 17,780 3,828
Expenses
System operations............. 15,829 8,438 2,415 (993)(l)
Corporate administrative
expense...................... 843 1,168 247 (955)(m)
Depreciation and
amortization................. 11,284 7,344 1,311 6,295(n)
Pre-acquisition expenses......
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Operating income (loss)......... 132 830 (145) (4,347)
Interest expense, net........... (22,366) (3,316) (715) 10,167(o)
Other income (expense).......... (558) 558(p)
48 (48)(q)
Minority interest in loss of
subsidiary....................
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Net income (loss) before income
taxes......................... (22,744) (2,486) (860) 6,330
Provision for income taxes......
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Net income (loss)............... (22,744) (2,486) (860) 6,330
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<CAPTION>
PRO FORMA
EFFECT OF
PROPOSED
SALE OF
PRO FORMA THE
EFFECT OF THE DISPOSITION PRO FORMA
UVC NOTE(R) SYSTEMS(T) COMBINED
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Revenues........................ (3,561) 116,962
Expenses
System operations............. (1,823) 59,726
Corporate administrative
expense...................... (179) 3,029
Depreciation and
amortization................. (1,555) 59,720
Pre-acquisition expenses...... 940
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Operating income (loss)......... (4) (6,453)
Interest expense, net........... 694(s) 1,297(u) (41,289)
Other income (expense)..........
Minority interest in loss of
subsidiary....................
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Net income (loss) before income
taxes......................... 694 1,293 (47,742)
Provision for income taxes......
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Net income (loss)............... 694 1,293 (47,742)
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FOOTNOTES TO PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1995
(In thousands)
(a) Includes the results of operations of the systems purchased from UVC from
and including November 9, 1995 and the results of operations of the systems
purchased from Longfellow from and including November, 21, 1995.
(b) Historical results for the period prior to acquisition (January 1, 1995 to
November 8, 1995).
(c) Historical results for the systems purchased from Longfellow for the period
from January 1, 1995 to November 20, 1995 and of the systems purchased from
Americable for the year ended December 31, 1995.
(d) Represents the estimated cost savings of $491 due to the elimination of
duplicative functions and personnel attributable to the C4, Americable and Cox
systems.
(e) Represents the elimination of management fees and allocated overhead costs
of $3,793 and the inclusion of the Company's estimated incremental overhead
costs of $1,778 attributable to the C4, Americable and Cox systems.
(f) Represents additional depreciation and amortization of $8,653 resulting from
the application of purchase accounting to the purchase of the Existing Systems.
(g) Adjustments to interest expense are calculated as if all indebtedness
incurred to effect the purchase of the Existing Systems and all other
indebtedness outstanding as of June 30, 1996 had been outstanding since January
1, 1995. Interest expense is calculated assuming indebtedness accrues interest
as follows:
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PRO FORMA
PRINCIPAL INTEREST RATE EXPENSE
---------- ------------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--revolving facility..... $ 20,000.0 8.19% $ 1,638.0
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--tranche A.............. 100,000.0 8.25% 8,250.0
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--tranche B.............. 90,000.0 8.75% 7,875.0
Outstanding UVC Note....................................... 7,200.0 11.50% 828.0
Obligation under capital leases............................ 72.0 0.9
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Total indebtedness--Existing Systems....................... 217,272.0
Amortization of deferred financing fees.................... 5,876.0 7 year avg 839.4
Unused Senior Credit Facility fees......................... 55,000.0 0.50% 275.0
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Total pro forma interest expense 19,706.3
Total actual interest expense--Existing Systems (13,637.0)
----------
Pro forma interest expense adjustment $ 6,069.3
==========
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(h) Represents the elimination of the minority interest in earnings of C4 prior
to acquisition.
(i) Represents the elimination of the provision for income taxes of Cox prior
to acquisition.
(j) Represents the effect of the Offering, assuming that proceeds thereof are
utilized to repay a portion of the existing indebtedness under the Senior Credit
Facility.
(k) Adjustments to interest expense are calculated as if the Offering had been
consummated on January 1, 1995 and $193,000 of Offering net proceeds had been
applied to repay a portion of the indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facility.
Interest expense is calculated assuming indebtedness accrues interest as
follows:
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<CAPTION>
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PRO FORMA
PRINCIPAL INTEREST RATE EXPENSE
---------- ------------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--revolving facility..... $ 17,000.0 8.19% $ 1,392.1
Outstanding Senior Subordinated Notes...................... 200,000.0 11.50% 23,000.0
Outstanding UVC Note....................................... 7,200.0 11.50% 828.0
Obligation under capital leases............................ 72.0 0.9
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Total indebtedness--Existing Systems....................... 224,272.0
Amortization of deferred financing fees.................... 5,876.0 7 year avg 839.4
Amortization of deferred financing fees--Offering.......... 7,000.0 10 year life 700.0
Unused Senior Credit Facility fees......................... 58,000.0 0.50% 290.0
-----------
Total pro forma interest expense 27,050.4
Pro forma interest expense--Existing Systems (19,706.3)
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Pro forma interest expense adjustment $ 7,344.1
==========
</TABLE>
(l) Represents the estimated cost savings of $993 due to the elimination of
duplicative functions and personnel attributable to the ACE, Triax, Grassroots
and Penn/Ohio systems.
(m) Represents the elimination of management fees and allocated overhead costs
of $2,258 and the inclusion of the Company's estimated incremental overhead
costs of $1,303 attributable to the ACE, Triax, Grassroots and Penn/Ohio
systems.
(n) Represents additional depreciation and amortization of $6,295 resulting from
the application of purchase accounting to the purchase of the Acquisition
Systems.
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(o) Represents reconciliation of the interest expense on the net incremental
indebtedness used to purchase the Acquisition Systems, including the effect of
the receipt of approximately $10.6 million of equity commitments pursuant to the
Equity Call, the elimination of indebtedness of the Acquisition Systems and the
receipt of approximately $34.4 million of equity contributions under the Rights
Offering.
<TABLE>
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PRO FORMA
PRINCIPAL INTEREST RATE EXPENSE
----------- ------------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--revolving facility..... $ 18,388.0 8.19% $ 1,505.9
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--tranche A.............. 100,000.0 8.25% 8,250.0
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--tranche B.............. 90,000.0 8.75% 7,875.0
Outstanding Senior Subordinated Notes...................... 200,000.0 11.50% 23,000.0
Outstanding UVC Note....................................... 7,200.0 11.50% 828.0
Obligation under capital leases............................ 72.0 0.9
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Total indebtedness--pro forma all systems.................. 415,660.0
Amortization of deferred financing fees.................... 5,876.0 7 year avg 839.4
Amortization of deferred financing fees--Offering.......... 7,000.0 10 year life 700.0
Unused Senior Credit Facility fees......................... 56,612.0 0.50% 283.1
------------
Total pro forma interest expense 43,282.3
Total pro forma interest expense--Existing Systems (27,050.9)
------------
Historical interest expense--Acquisition Systems (26,397.0)
------------
Pro forma interest expense adjustment $(10,165.6)
==========
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(p) Represents the elimination of forbearance costs of ACE prior to acquisition.
(q) Represents the elimination of the minority interest in earnings of ACE prior
to acquisition.
(r) Represents the effect of the conversion of the UVC Note into $5.0 million of
Class A Partnership Interests and the repayment of the approximately $2.5
million remaining principal and accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
(s) Represents pro forma reduction of interest expense due to the effect of the
conversion and repayment of the UVC Note and accrued and unpaid interest
thereon.
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<CAPTION>
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PRO FORMA
PRINCIPAL INTEREST RATE EXPENSE
----------- ------------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--revolving facility..... $ 20,121.0 8.19% $ 1,647.9
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--tranche A.............. 100,000.0 8.25% 8,250.0
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--tranche B.............. 90,000.0 8.75% 7,875.0
Outstanding Senior Subordinated Notes...................... 200,000.0 11.50% 23,000.0
Obligation under capital leases............................ 72.0 0.9
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Total indebtedness--Existing Systems....................... 410,193.0
Amortization of deferred financing fees.................... 5,876.0 7 year avg 839.4
Amortization of deferred financing fees--Offering.......... 7,000.0 10 year life 700.0
Unused Senior Credit Facility fees......................... 54,879.0 0.50% 274.4
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Total pro forma interest expense 42,587.6
Total pro forma interest expense--Existing Systems (27,050.4)
Pro forma interest expense--Acquisition Systems (16,231.4)
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Pro forma interest expense adjustment $ (694.2)
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</TABLE>
(t) Represents the operations of the Chatsworth, Georgia system and the
Woodstock and New Market, Virginia systems.
(u) Represents pro forma reduction of interest expense due to the effect of the
sale of the Disposition Systems and the use of net proceeds of approximately
$16.9 million to repay a portion of the existing indebtedness under the Senior
Credit Facility.
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<CAPTION>
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PRO FORMA
PRINCIPAL INTEREST RATE EXPENSE
----------- ------------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--revolving facility..... $ 3,261.0 8.19% $ 267.1
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--tranche A.............. 100,000.0 8.25% 8,250.0
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility--tranche B.............. 90,000.0 8.75% 7,875.0
Outstanding Senior Subordinated Notes...................... 200,000.0 11.50% 23,000.0
Obligation under capital leases............................ 72.0 0.9
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Total Indebtedness Existing Systems........................ 393,333.0
Amortization of deferred financing fees.................... 5,876.0 7 year avg 839.4
Amortization of deferred financing fees--Offering.......... 7,000.0 10 year life 700.0
Unused Senior Credit Facility fees......................... 71,739.0 0.50% 358.7
-----------
Total pro forma interest expense 41,291.1
Total pro forma interest expense--Existing Systems (27,050.4)
Pro forma interest expense--Acquisition Systems (16,231.4)
Pro forma effect of the UVC Note 694.2
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Pro forma interest expense adjustment $ (1,296.5)
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
INTRODUCTION
The Company commenced operations in November 1995. The Company acquired certain
cable television systems from UVC on November 9, 1995 (the "UVC Systems") and
certain other cable systems from Longfellow on November 21, 1995 (the
"Longfellow Systems"), from C4 on February 1, 1996 (the "C4 Systems"), from
Americable on March 29, 1996 (the "Americable Systems") and from Cox on April 9,
1996 (the "Cox Systems"), for aggregate consideration of $315.7 million. See
"Business--Development of the Systems--The Existing Systems" for a description
of the Existing Systems. The Company has operated the Existing Systems for a
limited period of time and had no operations prior to November 9, 1995. All
acquisitions have been accounted for under the purchase method of accounting
and, therefore, the Company's historical results of operations include the
results of operations for each acquired system subsequent to its respective
acquisition date.
The Company has recently acquired or entered into definitive agreements to
acquire cable system assets of ACE, Triax, Grassroots and Penn/Ohio for
aggregate consideration of approximately $244.4 million (subject to adjustment).
See "Business--Development of the Systems--The Acquisition Systems" for a
description of the Acquisition Systems. If consummated, the purchase of the
Acquisition Systems will result in a substantial increase in the number of
subscribers and the revenues and expenses of the Company. As a result of the
Company's limited operating history and the expected effect of the purchase of
the Acquisition Systems, the Company believes that its results of operations for
the period ended December 31, 1995 and for the six months ended June 30, 1996
are not indicative of the Company's results of operations in the future.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Actual
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain statements of
operations and other data of the Company expressed in dollar amounts (in
thousands) and as a percentage of revenue.
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<CAPTION>
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APRIL 17 TO
SIX MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
JUNE 30, 1996 1995(1)
-------------------- --------------------
% OF % OF
In thousands AMOUNT REVENUE AMOUNT REVENUE
--------- -------- --------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues................................................ $27,539 100.0% $ 4,369 100.0%
Expenses
Operating expenses.................................... 13,668 49.6 2,311 52.9
Corporate expenses.................................... 1,265 4.6 127 2.9
Depreciation and amortization......................... 13,595 49.4 2,308 52.8
Pre-acquisition expenses.............................. -- -- 940 21.5
--------- -------- --------- --------
Total expenses.......................................... 28,528 103.6 5,686 130.1%
--------- -------- --------- --------
Operating income (loss)................................. (989) (3.6) (1,317) (30.1)
Interest expense, net................................... (7,304) (26.5) (1,386) (31.7)
--------- -------- --------- --------
Net loss................................................ $(8,293) (30.1) $(2,703) (61.9)
======= ====== ======= ======
Other Data:
EBITDA(2)............................................... $12,606 45.8% $ 991 22.7%
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(1) Reflects the historical financial statements for the period from inception
(April 17, 1995) through December 31, 1995.
(2) EBITDA represents operating income (loss) before depreciation and
amortization. The Company believes that EBITDA is a meaningful measure of
performance because it is commonly used in the cable television industry to
analyze and compare cable television companies on the basis of operating
performance, leverage and liquidity. In addition, the Senior Credit Facility and
the Indenture contain certain covenants, compliance with which is measured by
computations substantially similar to those used in determining EBITDA. See
"Credit Arrangements of the Company" and "Description of the Notes." However,
EBITDA is not intended to be a performance measure that should be regarded as an
alternative either to operating income or net income as an indicator of
operating performance or to cash flows as a measure of liquidity, as determined
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
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Actual
Six months ended June 30, 1996 compared with the year ended December 31, 1995
Revenues increased 530.3% to $27.5 million in the six months ended June 30, 1996
from $4.4 million in 1995. These increases were attributable to the commencement
of operations in November 1995 with the acquisition of the UVC Systems on
November 9, 1995 and of the Longfellow Systems on November 21, 1995. Revenues
for the six months ended June 30, 1996 reflect full period operations of the UVC
Systems and the Longfellow Systems, as well as the acquisition of the C4 Systems
on February 1, 1996, the Americable Systems on March 29, 1996 and the Cox
Systems on April 9, 1996.
Operating and corporate expenses were reduced to 54.2% of revenues in the first
six months of 1996 from 55.8% of revenues in 1995 due to initial cost-cutting
measures implemented by the Company. These efforts included the establishment of
centralized regional service centers in Rockland, Maine and Greeneville,
Tennessee and the elimination of ten customer service offices. Employee staffing
was reduced by 9.0% from pre-acquisition levels. Other cost reductions have been
realized through the elimination of duplicative expenses, such as customer
billing, accounting, accounts payable and payroll administration.
As a result of such cost efficiencies, EBITDA increased to 45.8% of revenues in
the six months ended June 30, 1996 from 22.7% of revenues in 1995.
Combined Historical Acquired Predecessor Systems
The discussion of the results of operations for the years ended December 31,
1993, 1994 and 1995 is based on the combined historical results of the Acquired
Predecessor Systems (UVC, Cox and C4), which do not reflect changes in the
operation or management of the Acquired Predecessor Systems that the Company has
made or intends to make and are not necessarily indicative of the results that
would have been achieved had such systems been owned and operated by the Company
during the periods presented.
Year ended December 31, 1995 compared to the year ended December 31, 1994
Revenues increased to $68.1 million (including $4.2 million attributable to the
operations of the UVC Systems for the period after acquisition by the Company)
in the year ended December 31, 1995 from $64.4 million in the year ended
December 31, 1994 due to increases in service rates and internal subscriber
growth. During this period, basic subscribers increased by approximately 2.9%,
primarily in the Cox Systems and the C4 Systems, which grew by 1,800 and 1,200
subscribers, respectively. Basic penetration improved to 71.1% at year-end 1995
from 69.7% at year-end 1994. Premium penetration over the period declined to
42.1% at year-end 1995 from 45.9% at year-end 1994. Operating expenses grew at
rates generally approximating revenue growth, increasing to $38.3 million
(including $2.4 million attributable to the operations of the UVC Systems for
the period after acquisition by the Company) in the year ended December 31, 1995
from $35.4 million in the year ended December 31, 1994. EBITDA increased to
$29.8 million in 1995 (including $1.8 million attributable to the operations of
the UVC Systems for the period after acquisition by the Company) from $29.0
million in 1994.
Year ended December 31, 1994 compared to the year ended December 31, 1993
Revenues increased to $64.4 million in the year ended December 31, 1994 from
$63.4 million in the year ended December 31, 1993, primarily due to growth in
the number of basic subscribers and premium units, which increased over the
period by approximately 2.9% and 20.9%, respectively. Basic penetration improved
to 70.1% at year-end 1994 from 69.0% at year-end 1993, while premium penetration
increased to 45.9% from 42.1% over the same period. In spite of these increases,
revenue growth was inhibited by regulations relating to basic service rates
which were instituted by the 1992 Cable Act. See "Legislation and Regulation"
for a further discussion of recent cable television regulation. Operating
expenses increased to $35.4 million in the year ended December 31, 1994 from
$34.6 million in the year ended December 31, 1993. Increases in expenses were
partially attributable to higher administrative costs of complying with
regulatory reporting requirements under the 1992 Cable Act, as well as the
addition of new services and shifting of service tiers in response to
regulation. As a result, EBITDA increased modestly to $29.0 million in 1994 from
$28.7 million in 1993.
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Combined Historical Probable Predecessor Acquisition Systems
The discussion of the results of operations for the years ended December 31,
1993, 1994 and 1995 is based on the combined historical results of the Probable
Predecessor Acquisition Systems (ACE and Triax), which do not reflect changes in
the operation or management of the Probable Predecessor Acquisition Systems that
the Company has made or intends to make and are not necessarily indicative of
the results that would have been achieved had such systems been owned and
operated by the Company during the periods presented.
Year ended December 31, 1995 compared to the year ended December 31, 1994
Revenues increased to $45.9 million in the year ended December 31, 1995 from
$40.9 million in the year ended December 31, 1994, primarily due to increases in
service rates, internal subscriber growth and the acquisition of approximately
9,000 subscribers in the Triax Systems during the first quarter of 1995. Over
this period, the number of basic subscribers and premium units increased by
approximately 7.1% and 13.1%, respectively. Basic penetration improved to
approximately 73.2% at year-end 1995 from approximately 71.9% at year-end 1994.
Premium penetration increased to 44.9% at year-end 1995 from 42.5% at year-end
1994. Operating expenses increased 13.4% to $26.3 million in 1995 from $23.2
million in 1994. EBITDA increased to $19.6 million in 1995 from $17.7 million in
1994.
Year ended December 31, 1994 compared to the year ended December 31, 1993
Revenues increased to $40.9 million in the year ended December 31, 1994 from
$32.8 million in the year ended December 31, 1993, primarily due to internal
subscriber growth and the integration of system acquisitions. In 1993, the Triax
Systems completed three acquisitions, totaling over 23,000 subscribers, 90% of
which were acquired in December 1993. The increase in revenues from 1993 to 1994
was largely attributable to the full period of operations of the acquired
properties and a 5.0% increase in subscribers at ACE. Basic subscribers and
premium units in the Acquisition Systems increased over the period by
approximately 4.1% and 17.2%, respectively. Basic penetration improved to 71.9%
at year-end 1994 from 69.3% at year-end 1993, while premium penetration
increased to 42.5% from 36.4% over the same period. Operating expenses grew
28.5% to $23.2 million in 1994, an increase of 28.5% from $18.1 million in 1993,
due in part to regulatory related expenses. EBITDA increased to $17.7 million in
1994 from $14.7 million in 1993.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The cable television business generally requires substantial capital for the
construction, expansion and maintenance of the delivery system. In addition, the
Company has pursued, and intends to pursue in the future, a business strategy
which includes selective acquisitions. The Company has financed these
expenditures through a combination of cash from operations, indebtedness from
outside sources and equity capital from its partners. On a pro forma basis for
the Existing Systems, for the six months ended June 30, 1996, the Company's
EBITDA totaled $17.0 million and was sufficient to meet the Company's debt
service obligations, working capital and capital expenditure requirements with
the exception of the acquisition of the C4 Systems and the Cox Systems, which
were funded by borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility. As of June 30, 1996,
the Company had outstanding indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facility of
$210.0 million. This debt was used principally for the acquisition of the
Existing Systems. In addition to this debt, the Company had additional
availability of $55.0 million under the Senior Credit Facility. Pro forma for
the Transactions, the Company would have had $193.3 million outstanding and
availability of $71.7 million under the Senior Credit Facility. See "Credit
Arrangements of the Company" for a further discussion of the Company's credit
facilities. From November 1995 to June 30, 1996, in connection with the
acquisitions of the Existing Systems, the Company received aggregate equity
contributions of approximately $105.0 million of the initial $119.9 million of
commitments for equity contributions from existing partners of FVP available for
use by the Company. The Company has received an additional $10.6 million of
equity contributions pursuant to the Equity Call. Concurrently with or prior to
the closing of the Offering, the Company will complete the Rights Offering
pursuant to which it is expected that $75.8 million in further equity will be
available. It is anticipated that following consummation of the Transactions,
approximately $41.4 million of proceeds from the Rights Offering will be
available to fund additional acquisitions. The size of the equity commitments to
be made available to the Company through the Rights Offering may be reduced if
no later than six months after the closing
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of the Rights Offering, the General Partner and the Advisory Committee of FVP
determine that the remaining equity commitments exceed the Company's projected
requirements. Such remaining equity commitments will expire on June 30, 1997,
subject to the election by the General Partner and approval by the Advisory
Committee to extend the commitment period to June 30, 1998. See "Management" and
"The Partnership Agreements." On an actual basis, representing solely the
Company's results for the six months ended June 30, 1996, EBITDA was $12.6
million with outstanding indebtedness at June 30, 1996 of $217.3 million.
Historically, the combined EBITDA of substantially all of the Existing Systems
totaled approximately $28.7 million, $29.0 million and $28.1 million for the
years ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively. For the same
periods, the combined EBITDA of substantially all of the Acquisition Systems was
$14.7 million, $17.7 million and $19.6 million, respectively.
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
From November 9, 1995 to June 30, 1996, the Company had capital expenditures
(exclusive of system acquisitions) of approximately $3.9 million which were
financed through cash flows from operations. Capital expenditures included
expansion and improvements of existing cable properties, plant and equipment,
maintenance of existing equipment and the addition of new subscribers
necessitating cable line drops and extension of cable plant facilities and
installations.
During the first six months of 1996, the Company's capital expenditures were
approximately $3.4 million. These expenditures were incurred primarily to
establish and equip regional service centers, to upgrade existing plant and
facilities and to build out facilities to previously unserved areas. On a pro
forma basis for that period, the Existing Systems and the Acquisition Systems
expended approximately $10.0 million in capital expenditures, primarily for
extensions of cable plant facilities and for system rebuilds. Pro forma for the
purchase of the Acquisition Systems, the Company expects capital expenditures to
total approximately $117 million over the period ending December 31, 2001. Of
that amount, approximately $59 million will be used to upgrade the technical
platform of substantially all of the Company's systems to at least 400 MHz to
450 MHz, approximately $13 million will be invested in addressable converters,
primarily for its two primary operating regions, approximately $19 million will
be used to build out the system to new homes and the balance of approximately
$26 million will be used for repair and maintenance. In general, the Company
expects to expend approximately $126 per subscriber over the two years ending
December 31, 1998. The Company intends to finance such capital expenditures
through operating cash flow. See "Business--Business Strategy" for a discussion
of the Company's capital improvement strategy.
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BUSINESS
GENERAL
The Company owns, operates and develops cable television systems in small and
medium-sized suburban and exurban communities, primarily concentrated in two
operating regions--New England and Ohio/Kentucky--with a third, smaller group of
cable television systems in the Southeast. To date, the Company has acquired
strategically located cable television systems at historically attractive
values, thus establishing its core geographic base and building subscriber mass.
Since closing its initial acquisition in November 1995, the Company has become
one of the 35 largest MSOs in the United States. The Existing Systems passed
approximately 304,700 homes in six states and served approximately 217,900 basic
subscribers as of June 30, 1996.
The Company has recently acquired or entered into agreements to acquire, for an
aggregate purchase price of approximately $244.4 million (subject to
adjustment), the Acquisition Systems which passed approximately 202,800 homes
and served approximately 146,700 basic subscribers as of June 30, 1996. The
Acquisition Systems primarily consist of certain significant cable television
systems to be acquired from ACE and from Triax. The ACE systems, serving
approximately 82,400 subscribers in Kentucky and Indiana, and the Triax systems,
serving approximately 53,200 subscribers in Ohio/Kentucky and the Southeast, are
contiguous or in close proximity to the Existing Systems, consistent with the
Company's strategy of clustering its cable television systems to achieve
economies of scale and operating efficiencies. In addition, the Company has sold
or entered into agreements to sell the Disposition Systems in the Southeast for
an aggregate sales price of approximately $17.0 million, representing a per
subscriber sales price that is over 30% more than the average per subscriber
acquisition cost of the Existing Systems in the Southeast.
As of June 30, 1996, after giving pro forma effect to the purchase of the
Acquisition Systems and the sale of the Disposition Systems, the Company's cable
television systems passed approximately 494,300 homes and served approximately
353,800 basic subscribers, representing basic penetration of 71.6%. On such a
pro forma basis, as of June 30, 1996, the Company would be one of the 25 largest
MSOs in the United States and a dominant cable operator in its two primary
operating regions. On the same pro forma basis, for the six months ended June
30, 1996 and for the year ended December 31, 1995, the Company had revenues of
approximately $60.6 million and $117.0 million, respectively, and EBITDA of
approximately $29.3 million and $53.3 million, respectively. The Company
believes that EBITDA is a meaningful measure of performance because it is
commonly used in the cable television industry to analyze and compare cable
television companies on the basis of operating performance, leverage and
liquidity. In addition, the Senior Credit Facility and the Indenture contain
certain covenants, compliance with which is measured by computations
substantially similar to those used in determining EBITDA. See "Credit
Arrangements of the Company" and "Description of the Notes." However, EBITDA is
not intended to be a performance measure that should be regarded as an
alternative either to operating income or net income as an indicator of
operating performance or to cash flows as a measure of liquidity, as determined
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
The Company focuses on cable television systems in small and medium-sized
suburban and exurban markets in order to exploit unique acquisition
opportunities in the cable television marketplace created by the confluence of
several economic, regulatory, competitive and technical forces. The cable
television industry has experienced rapid and continuing consolidation over the
last several years. Operators also have been faced with the need for increased
levels of capital expenditures to expand channel capacity and to provide new
broadband services. In addition, in recent years cable operators have begun to
face the threat of competition from new market entrants, including telephone
company video programming services and DBS services. Many smaller MSOs,
particularly those that were acquisitive during the late 1980's and purchased
systems at significantly higher prices, are either seeking liquidity for their
investors or are constrained from accessing additional capital to upgrade or
rebuild aging plant to remain competitive with other video programming
providers. At the same time that "financial players" and smaller operators are
seeking to exit the cable television business, larger MSOs are directing their
finite human and financial resources to the major urban and suburban markets,
which industry analysts expect to be the first battlefield between cable
television and telephone companies for "information superhighway" related
services. Large MSOs are divesting less strategic systems or are trading for
other assets in an effort to conserve capital, to
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rationalize their own geographic clusters and to increase subscriber density in
their larger urban and suburban systems.
The convergence of these market forces has resulted in a large inventory of
cable systems for sale in small to medium-sized markets, combined with a
relatively small pool of capable buyers. As a result of this supply and demand
anomaly, the Company has been able to acquire selectively cable properties at
historically attractive prices. The aggregate purchase price paid by the Company
for the Existing Systems was approximately $315.7 million, representing an
average of 8.7 times the pro forma acquisition cash flow (as defined) of the
Existing Systems.
The Company believes that other acquisition opportunities exist, and the Company
is continuously engaged in discussions with other cable television system owners
and operators to explore such potential opportunities. Some of these potential
opportunities may involve systems serving substantial numbers of subscribers.
Although the Company does not currently have definitive agreements to acquire
systems other than those described herein, the Company intends to continue to
pursue, on an opportunistic basis, additional strategic acquisitions and smaller
"fill-in" acquisitions within its existing operating regions to further enhance
their operational and financial performance.
The Existing Systems and the Acquisition Systems represent the substantial
completion of the first phase of the Company's business plan. Through its core
acquisitions in New England and Ohio/Kentucky, the Company has established
significant subscriber mass and positioned itself as a dominant cable operator
in each of its primary operating regions. The Company is currently the second
largest MSO in Maine, and, after giving pro forma effect to the purchase of the
Acquisition Systems, as of June 30, 1996, the Company would be the second
largest MSO in Kentucky and one of the largest operators of cable systems in
small and medium-sized markets in southern Ohio. In the Southeast, the Company
has accumulated attractive systems, which it expects either to consolidate with
subsequent system acquisitions, trade for systems within the Company's primary
operating regions or divest at favorable prices. The next phase of the Company's
business plan will focus on increasing subscriber density within its primary
operating regions through selective acquisitions, integrating and streamlining
business operations, making significant investment and improvements in technical
plant and developing existing and new cable and broadband telecommunications
services.
BUSINESS STRATEGY
The Company's objective is to increase its operating cash flow and the value of
its systems by utilizing its expertise in acquiring and managing cable systems.
Through strategic acquisitions and internal growth, the Company seeks to own and
operate cable television systems serving at least 500,000 subscribers in
geographically concentrated clusters serving 100,000 or more subscribers. To
achieve its objective, the Company pursues the following business strategies:
TARGET CLUSTERS IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED MARKETS. The Company has acquired
clusters of cable television systems serving small and medium-sized suburban and
exurban markets which are generally within 50 to 100 miles of larger urban and
suburban communities. The Company believes that such markets have many of the
beneficial attributes of larger urban and suburban markets--moderate to high
household growth, economic stability, attractive subscriber demographics and
favorable potential for additional clustering. Moreover, in such markets, the
Company believes that (i) it will face less direct competition given the lower
population densities and higher costs per subscriber of installing cable plant,
(ii) it will maintain higher subscriber penetration levels and lower customer
turnover based on fewer competing entertainment alternatives, and (iii) its
overhead and certain operating costs will generally be lower than those in
larger markets.
GROW THROUGH STRATEGIC AND OPPORTUNISTIC ACQUISITIONS. Beginning with its
initial acquisition in November 1995 of systems in Maine and Ohio, the Company
has systematically implemented a focused acquisition and consolidation strategy
within its two primary operating regions of New England and Ohio/Kentucky and
its systems group in the Southeast. Going forward, the Company will seek to
acquire systems that can be readily integrated into its primary operating
regions, in order to maximize operating efficiencies. As a consolidator of
systems within its operating regions, the Company will pursue both "fill-in"
acquisitions of smaller systems as well as strategic acquisitions. The Company
believes that such acquisition targets will have diminished strategic value to
other prospective buyers given its geographic prominence in these regions.
Consequently, the Company believes these
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systems can be purchased at favorable prices. The Company also opportunistically
pursues acquisitions outside of its primary operating regions that can either be
resold at higher prices or exchanged for systems that are contiguous to its
primary operating regions. The Company has begun to execute this strategy with
its Southeast systems.
IMPLEMENT OPERATING EFFICIENCIES. Upon acquiring a system, the Company
implements extensive management, operational and technical changes designed to
improve operating efficiencies, enhance operating cash flow and operating
margins and reduce overhead through economies of scale. Within each of its
operating regions, the Company has begun to streamline field operations by
establishing centralized customer service facilities, installing
state-of-the-art telephone systems, MIS and billing systems and eliminating
duplicative functions. These changes have resulted in lower administrative
costs, better trained employees and a higher level of customer service. Within
the Existing Systems and the Acquisition Systems, the Company plans to
consolidate up to 31 customer service and sales offices into four regional
service centers and seven local payment offices. Lastly, the Company seeks to
reduce technical operating costs and capital expenditures by consolidating
headend facilities. In the Existing Systems and the Acquisition Systems, the
Company plans to eliminate up to 59 of 202 headends. By serving more subscribers
from a single distribution point, the Company has begun to decrease ongoing
technical maintenance expenses, improve system reliability and enhance cost
efficiencies in adding new channels and services.
PROMOTE AND EXPAND SERVICE OFFERINGS. The Company aggressively promotes and
expands services to add and retain customers and increase revenue per customer.
The Company employs a coordinated array of marketing techniques, including
door-to-door sales, telemarketing, direct mail, print and broadcast advertising,
flyers and billing inserts and cross-channel promotion. Many of the Company's
customers received limited service offerings prior to acquisition and,
accordingly, the Company has begun to expand and repackage the basic and premium
services it offers. The Company believes that significant opportunity exists to
increase service revenue by expanding the programming and pricing options
available to its customers. For example, the Company introduced between three
and seven new tiered and premium channels to 89% of the New England subscribers
in May and June of 1996, including lower priced premium services such as The
Disney Channel, Starz! and Encore. The new service launch was accompanied by an
aggressive direct mail and telemarketing campaign and an average basic service
rate increase. By July 1996, monthly basic subscribers and pay units in the New
England operating region increased by 1.6% and 9.7%, respectively. The Company
is in the process of implementing similar new programming launches and marketing
campaigns in its other primary service areas. As systems are consolidated and
technically enhanced, the Company will also seek to expand addressable
penetration. Only approximately 27.6% of the subscribers in the Existing Systems
and the Acquisition Systems access addressable technology. Addressability will
enable the Company to increase revenues derived from pay-per-view movies and
events and new pay services such as interactive video games, including The Sega
Channel. In addition, with the expanded advertising market delivery afforded by
larger, contiguous system clusters, the Company plans to intensify local spot
advertising sales efforts.
STRATEGICALLY UPGRADE SYSTEMS. The Company will selectively upgrade its cable
systems to increase channel capacity, enhance signal quality and improve
technical reliability. The Company believes such technical upgrades will not
only enhance the potential for increasing revenues, but also will improve
customer and community relations and further solidify the Company's position as
the preeminent local provider of video services in its operating regions. In
addition, by implementing a hybrid fiber optic-backbone/coaxial cable design
across the portions of its cable plant that serve its highest subscriber
densities, the Company will effectively position itself for the introduction of
new broadband and interactive services. In its primary operating regions in New
England and Ohio/Kentucky, the Company intends to invest up to $49 million over
the next five years to establish a technical platform of at least 400 MHz to 450
MHz (54 to 62 channels) in a majority of its systems and 550 MHz to 750 MHz (78
to 100 channels) in certain of its larger markets. Over the same period, the
Company plans to invest up to an additional $11 million for addressable
converters in its two primary operating regions.
Additional potential for increased revenues will result as the Company develops
broadband service capability for the transmission of video, voice and data
services. Creating full service broadband terrestrial and satellite networks
interconnecting contiguous cable systems will enable the Company's regional
systems to offer a wide range of new services. These service offerings will
include multi-channel pay-per-view, interactive video games, advertising
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insertion and the delivery of videotext or other information services. The
Company's regional systems could then be interconnected, creating potential
opportunities to utilize the network for services such as Internet access,
regional advertising, distance learning and telemedicine. Over the longer term,
potential applications for fiber interconnected networks include competitive
telephone access, long distance telephone backhaul, PCS and ESMR interconnection
and energy management and monitoring.
FOCUS ON THE CUSTOMER. The Company continually seeks to provide superior
customer service and improve programming and service choices for its
subscribers. By centralizing customer service at the regional level, all
functions that directly impact subscribers--sales and marketing, customer
service and administration and technical support--are implemented more quickly
and effectively. In addition, as a result of its consolidation efforts, the
Company has been able to enhance its customer service by increasing hours of
operations for its customer service functions, better coordinating service
calls, increasing responsiveness to customer inquiries and standardizing
maintenance procedures. While centralizing and improving customer service, the
Company has retained local payment and technical offices to maintain its
presence and visibility within its communities.
THE CABLE TELEVISION INDUSTRY
A cable television system receives television, radio and data signals that are
transmitted to the system's headend site by means of off-air antennas, microwave
relay systems and satellite earth stations. These signals are then modulated,
amplified and distributed, primarily through coaxial, and in some instances,
fiber optic cable, to customers who pay a fee for this service. Cable television
systems may also originate their own television programming and other
information services for distribution through the system. Cable television
systems generally are constructed and operated pursuant to non-exclusive
franchises or similar licenses granted by local governmental authorities for a
specified term of years, generally for extended periods of up to 15 years.
The cable television industry developed in the United States in the late 1940's
and early 1950's in response to the needs of residents in predominantly rural
and mountainous areas of the country where the quality of off-air television
reception was inadequate due to factors such as topography and remoteness from
television broadcast towers. In the 1960's, cable television systems also
developed in small and medium-sized cities and suburban areas that had a limited
availability of clear off-air television station signals. All of these markets
are regarded within the cable industry as "classic" cable television system
markets. In more recent years, cable television systems have been constructed in
large urban cities and nearby suburban areas, where good off-air reception from
multiple television stations usually is already available, in order to receive
the numerous, satellite-delivered channels carried by cable television systems
which are not otherwise available via broadcast television reception.
Cable television systems offer customers various levels (or "tiers") of basic
cable services consisting of (i) off-air television signals of local network,
independent and educational stations, (ii) a limited number of television
signals from so-called "superstations" originating from distant cities (such as
WTBS, WGN and WWOR), (iii) various satellite-delivered, non-broadcast channels
(such as Cable News Network ("CNN"), MTV: Music Television, the USA Network
("USA"), Entertainment and Sports Programming Network ("ESPN") and Turner
Network Television ("TNT")), (iv) certain programming originated locally by the
cable television system (such as public, governmental and educational access
programs) and (v) informational displays featuring news, weather, stock market
and financial reports and public service announcements. For an extra monthly
charge, cable television systems also offer premium television services to their
customers. These services (such as Home Box Office ("HBO"), Showtime and
regional sports networks) are satellite-delivered channels consisting
principally of feature films, live sports events, concerts and other special
entertainment features, usually presented without commercial interruption.
A customer generally pays an initial installation charge and fixed monthly fees
for basic and premium television services and for other services (such as the
rental of converters and remote control devices). Such monthly service fees
constitute the primary source of revenues for cable television systems. In
addition to customer revenues from these services, cable television systems
generate revenues from additional fees paid by customers for pay-per-view
programming of movies and special events and from the sale of available
advertising spots on advertiser-supported programming. Cable television systems
frequently also offer to their customers home shopping services, which pay the
systems a share of revenues from sales of products in the systems' service
areas. See "--Programming, Services and Rates."
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEMS
The Existing Systems. The Company's Existing Systems include cable television
systems acquired in five separate asset purchase transactions since the
Company's inception. The aggregate purchase price paid by the Company for the
Existing Systems was approximately $315.7 million, representing an average of
8.7 times the pro forma acquisition cash flow of such systems. As of June 30,
1996, the Company's Existing Systems passed approximately 304,700 homes and
served approximately 217,900 basic subscribers and 91,300 premium units,
representing basic penetration of 71.5% and premium penetration of 41.9%. The
information set forth below briefly describes the five acquisitions that
comprise the Existing Systems, which are organized into two primary operating
regions--New England and Ohio/Kentucky--and a third, smaller group of systems in
the Southeast.
UVC Systems. On November 9, 1995, the Company completed its first acquisition
by acquiring the UVC Systems in Maine and Ohio for an aggregate purchase price
of $120.7 million, an 8.3 times multiple of pro forma acquisition cash flow. At
the date of acquisition, the UVC Systems passed approximately 116,600 homes and
served approximately 87,700 basic subscribers. Approximately 50,600 subscribers
in Maine formed the initial systems in the Company's New England cluster and
approximately 37,100 subscribers in Ohio formed the initial systems in the
Company's Ohio/Kentucky cluster.
Longfellow Systems. On November 21, 1995, the Company completed a "fill-in"
acquisition by purchasing the Longfellow Systems in central Maine for an
aggregate purchase price of $6.1 million, a 7.4 times multiple of pro forma
acquisition cash flow. At the date of acquisition, the Longfellow Systems passed
approximately 8,700 homes and served approximately 5,100 basic subscribers, all
of which were integrated into the Company's New England cluster.
C4 Systems. On February 1, 1996, the Company completed the acquisition of the
C4 Systems for an aggregate purchase price of $47.6 million, an 8.2 times
multiple of pro forma acquisition cash flow. At the date of acquisition, the C4
Systems passed approximately 60,300 homes and served approximately 40,400 basic
subscribers. The C4 Systems, which are located in Virginia and Tennessee, formed
the initial systems in the Company's Southeast region.
Americable Systems. On March 29, 1996, the Company completed a second "fill-in"
acquisition by purchasing the Americable Systems in Maine for $4.7 million, a
6.5 times multiple of pro forma acquisition cash flow. At the date of
acquisition, the Americable Systems passed approximately 5,200 homes and served
approximately 3,400 basic subscribers. The Americable Systems have also been
integrated into the Company's New England cluster.
Cox Systems. On April 9, 1996, the Company completed the acquisition of the Cox
Systems in Ohio and Kentucky for an aggregate purchase price of $136.2 million,
a 9.5 times multiple of pro forma acquisition cash flow. At the date of
acquisition, the Cox Systems passed approximately 110,900 homes and served
approximately 78,300 basic subscribers. The Cox Systems have been integrated
into the Ohio/Kentucky cluster.
The Acquisition Systems. The Company has recently acquired or entered into
agreements to acquire the Acquisition Systems for an aggregate purchase price of
approximately $244.4 million (subject to adjustment). As of June 30, 1996, the
Acquisition Systems passed approximately 202,800 homes and served approximately
146,700 basic subscribers and 63,000 premium units, representing basic
penetration of 72.3% and premium penetration of 43.0%. As described below, many
of the Acquisitions Systems are in close proximity to the Existing Systems,
consistent with the Company's strategy of clustering its cable television
systems to achieve operating efficiencies. The Company's purchase of the
Acquisition Systems (except in the case of the purchase of the Grassroots
Systems, which occurred on August 30, 1996) is subject to, among other things,
the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and the receipt of certain
third-party or governmental approvals, including the consent of franchising
authorities. Although there can be no assurances that such closing conditions
will be satisfied or that any of these transactions will be consummated, it is
anticipated that these acquisitions will be completed in the third or fourth
quarter of 1996. See "Risk Factors--Risks Relating to Acquisition Strategy."
ACE Systems. On July 15, 1996, the Company entered into an agreement with ACE
to purchase substantially all of the assets comprising the 19 ACE Systems
located in the central and northern Bluegrass region of Kentucky and adjacent
southern Indiana for a purchase price of $146.0 million. The purchase price is
subject to reduction in the event the number of basic subscribers or operating
revenues do not meet a specified target at closing. As of June 30,
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1996, the ACE Systems passed approximately 107,100 homes and served
approximately 82,400 basic subscribers (75,400 in Kentucky and 7,000 in Indiana)
who purchased approximately 28,100 premium service units, representing basic
penetration of 77.0% and premium penetration of 34.2%. At June 30, 1996, the
average monthly revenue per subscriber was $30.37. The Company intends to
operate all of the ACE Systems as part of its Ohio/Kentucky cluster. On
September 11, 1996, the bankruptcy court administering ACE's voluntary
bankruptcy proceedings entered an order confirming ACE's plan of reorganization
and approving the sale of the ACE Systems to the Company. The ACE transaction is
subject to such order becoming a final order, which, in the absence of an
unanticipated appeal or rehearing, will occur on September 23, 1996.
Triax Systems. On May 16, 1996, the Company entered into an agreement with
Triax to purchase substantially all of the assets comprising the 59 Triax
Systems serving approximately 53,200 basic subscribers in Ohio, Kentucky,
Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina for a
purchase price of $85.0 million. The purchase price is subject to reduction in
the event the operating revenues of the Triax Systems do not meet a specified
target for the two calendar month period prior to closing. As of June 30, 1996,
the Triax Systems operated at a 67.1% basic penetration and 56.5% premium
penetration and generated average monthly revenue per basic subscriber of
$30.28. The Company intends to operate the Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia
systems, serving approximately 28,700 basic subscribers, as part of its
Ohio/Kentucky cluster. The Company intends to operate the North Carolina,
Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland systems, serving approximately 24,500 basic
subscribers, as part of its Southeast region.
Upon acquisition and the subsequent integration of the ACE Systems and the Triax
Systems with the Existing Systems, the Company will serve over 200,000
subscribers in communities south of Columbus, Ohio to the southern perimeter of
Lexington, Kentucky. Within this region are ten county service areas along the
Interstate 75 "growth corridor," which runs from Cincinnati through Lexington to
Atlanta, Georgia and is among the fastest growing areas in the region. After
completion of several capital projects by 1997, it is anticipated that 30% of
the Company's subscribers within this region will be served by
fiber-to-the-feeder 500 MHz or 750 MHz technical plant.
Grassroots Systems. On August 30, 1996, the Company acquired the Grassroots
Systems for a purchase price of approximately $9.3 million (as adjusted). As of
June 30, 1996, the Grassroots Systems passed approximately 12,400 homes and
served approximately 7,800 basic subscribers (5,400 in New Hampshire and 2,400
in Maine), representing basic penetration of 63.1%. The Company intends to
operate the Grassroots Systems as part of its New England cluster.
Penn/Ohio Systems. On August 6, 1996, the Company entered into an agreement
with SRW Penn/Ohio to purchase substantially all the assets comprising two cable
television systems in Ohio and Pennsylvania (the "Penn/Ohio Systems") for a
purchase price of $3.8 million. The purchase price is subject to reduction in
the event that minimum subscriber thresholds are not met at closing. As of June
30, 1996, the Penn/Ohio Systems passed approximately 4,100 homes and served
approximately 3,300 basic subscribers (1,700 in Ohio and 1,600 in Pennsylvania),
representing basic penetration of 80.1%. The Company intends to operate the Ohio
system as part of its Ohio/Kentucky cluster. The Pennsylvania system will be
interconnected with the Triax Systems' Rockwood, Pennsylvania system and
operated as part of the Southeast region.
The Disposition Systems. On July 24, 1996, the Company sold its Chatsworth,
Georgia system, representing approximately 5,700 basic subscribers, to an
affiliate of Helicon Partners for $8.7 million. The Company also has entered
into an agreement to sell its Woodstock and New Market, Virginia systems,
representing approximately 5,100 subscribers, to Shenandoah Cable Television
Company, an affiliate of Shenandoah Telephone Company, for $8.3 million. It is
anticipated that this sale will be completed in the third or fourth quarter of
1996. The aggregate $17.0 million sales price for the Disposition Systems
represents a per subscriber sales price that is over 30% more than the average
per subscriber acquisition cost of the Existing Systems in the Southeast. There
can be no assurances that the Company will be able to achieve similar results in
connection with any future dispositions of Existing Systems in the Southeast.
SYSTEM DESCRIPTIONS
After giving effect to the purchase of the Acquisition Systems and the sale of
the Disposition Systems, the Company's cable television systems will consist of
two primary operating regions--New England and
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Ohio/Kentucky--with a third, smaller group of systems in the Southeast. The
following chart provides certain pro forma operating statistics as of and for
the six-month period ended June 30, 1996:
COMBINED EXISTING SYSTEMS AND ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
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NEW ENGLAND OHIO/KENTUCKY SOUTHEAST COMBINED
CLUSTER CLUSTER REGION SYSTEMS
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Homes passed.................................. 95,414 306,639 92,255 494,308
Basic subscribers............................. 68,591 229,097 56,124 353,812
Basic penetration............................. 71.9% 74.7% 60.8% 71.6%
Premium units................................. 25,073 95,358 29,243 149,674
Premium penetration........................... 36.6% 41.6% 52.1% 42.3%
Avg. monthly revenue per basic subscriber..... $28.32 $29.98 $26.43 $29.02
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New England Cluster. As of June 30, 1996, after giving pro forma effect to the
purchase of the Acquisition Systems, the Company passed approximately 95,400
homes and served approximately 68,600 basic subscribers and 25,100 premium units
in the New England cluster, which is comprised of communities primarily in
southern and coastal Maine and central New Hampshire. The majority of the Maine
systems are located within a 30-60 minute driving radius of the cities of
Portland and Bangor in predominantly blue-collar, middle income bedroom
communities. In addition, the Company serves resort communities in Maine's
Carrabassett Valley that include Sugarloaf/USA and Sunday River. Most of the
approximately 5,400 subscribers in New Hampshire are within commuting distance
of Laconia, Plymouth and Littleton. The 1996 median household income and
projected household growth rates (from 1996 to 2001) in the New England cluster
meet or exceed U.S. averages for counties with less than 100,000 households
("Comparable Counties"), according to Equifax National Decision Systems, 1996.
After giving pro forma effect to the purchase of the Acquisition Systems,
approximately 87% of the counties in which the Company has systems have fewer
than 100,000 households.
The New England systems are currently served by 70 headends, of which up to 19
are scheduled to be eliminated over the next three years by the Company as part
of its consolidation efforts. Prior to acquisition, the New England cluster was
served by seven customer service locations, which the Company will consolidate
over the next six months into a single regional service center in Rockland,
Maine and a local payment office in Madawaska, Maine. More than 66.5% of the
current plant design for the New England Systems is at 54 channels (400 MHz) or
higher. Upon completion of the plant rebuild projects to fiber-to-the-feeder
design by year-end 1996 in Rockland and Thomaston, Maine, 10.0% of the plant in
the New England cluster will have channel capacities of 78 channels (550 MHz) or
higher. Over the next five years, the Company expects to invest up to $11
million selectively to rebuild or upgrade the majority of the New England
systems to at least a 54 channel technical platform to position the systems for
business opportunities in advertising insertion, impulse pay-per-view, high
speed data networking and Internet access. In addition, the Company plans to
complete several line extension projects, which are expected to add
approximately 1,000 homes passed to the New England systems by year-end 1996.
To date, the Company has added between three and seven tiered programming or
premium channels to over 89.0% of its New England systems. In conjunction with
the channel line-up improvements, direct mail promotions and follow-up
telemarketing campaigns have enabled the Company to raise its average combined
basic and tier service rates in those systems from $23.21 per month in May 1996
to $25.44 per month in June 1996. By the end of July 1996, monthly basic
subscribers and pay units increased by approximately 1.6% and 9.7%,
respectively. Moreover, the Company has begun to introduce addressability in the
New England systems to improve revenues derived from pay-per-view and other
interactive services such as video games, including The Sega Channel. As of June
30, 1996, none of the New England systems were addressable. As systems are
interconnected and consolidated, the Company will more aggressively pursue spot
advertising revenues, which accounted for only $0.17 per subscriber per month in
June 1996.
Ohio/Kentucky Cluster. As of June 30, 1996, after giving effect to the purchase
of the Acquisition Systems, the Company passed approximately 306,600 homes and
served approximately 229,100 subscribers and 92,300 premium units in the
Ohio/Kentucky cluster in communities primarily in southern Ohio and northern and
central
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Kentucky. The majority of the Ohio systems are located within a 60 minute
driving distance of Cincinnati, Columbus or Toledo. The majority of the
Company's Kentucky subscribers reside in the outlying communities surrounding
Lexington and Ashland, Kentucky. The Company's Madison, Indiana system, which
served approximately 7,000 subscribers as of June 30, 1996, is near Cincinnati.
The Company's approximately 240 West Virginia subscribers reside along the Ohio
River and are served from the Ohio/Kentucky systems. The 1996 median household
income in the Ohio/Kentucky cluster exceeds U.S. averages for Comparable
Counties, according to Equifax National Decision Systems, 1996. However, growth
in the number of households in the Ohio/Kentucky cluster is projected to lag
that of Comparable Counties over the next five years.
Over the next three years, the Company plans to eliminate up to 32 of the 90
headends that currently serve the Ohio/Kentucky systems, which will increase the
cluster's average system size to over 4,000 subscribers per headend. The
Ohio/Kentucky cluster's fifteen customer service offices will be consolidated by
the Company by early 1997 into two regional service centers, in Chillicothe,
Ohio and Richmond, Kentucky, and five local payment offices. Over 40.0% of the
current plant design for the Ohio/Kentucky systems is at 54 channels or higher,
including fiber-to-the-feeder 550 MHz and 750 MHz systems in Delhi and Ironton,
Ohio, Nicholasville and Cynthiana, Kentucky and Madison, Indiana. Upon
completion of its current rebuild of the Chillicothe and Jackson, Ohio and
Winchester, Kentucky systems by 1997, the Company will serve 26.0% of its
subscribers with at least 78 channel plant. Similar to the New England cluster,
the Company plans to invest significant capital selectively to rebuild or
upgrade the majority of the Ohio/Kentucky systems to at least a 54 channel
technical platform to position the systems for additional cable and broadband
telecommunications service revenues. Over the next five years, the Company
expects to invest $38 million in connection with its plant improvement program
for these systems.
Currently, the Company is in the process of adding between three and six tiered
programming or premium channels to its systems. Average combined basic and tier
service rates in those systems are also being increased in conjunction with
direct mail and telemarketing campaigns, as in the New England cluster. Similar
new channel launches, rate increases and marketing programs are planned to be
instituted by the Company in the majority of the Ohio systems by the end of
1996. As part of its technical improvement program, the Company plans to
increase the deployment of addressable converters, which served only 42.0% of
the Ohio/Kentucky subscribers as of June 30, 1996, and more aggressively market
pay-per-view and other interactive services such as video games. In addition,
the systems acquired from Cox and those to be acquired from ACE generated
significant spot advertising revenues, averaging $0.76 and $1.32 per subscriber
per month, respectively, in 1995. The Company plans to leverage these
advertising sales efforts in the remaining Ohio/Kentucky systems, which averaged
only $0.71 per month per subscriber in June 1996.
Southeast Region. As of June 30, 1996, after giving effect to the purchase of
the Acquisition Systems and the sale of the Disposition Systems, the Company
passed approximately 92,300 homes and served approximately 56,100 subscribers
and 29,200 premium units in the Southeast region. The Southeast region is
comprised of four groups of systems located in the following states: (i)
Tennessee, which served approximately 16,700 basic subscribers as of June 30,
1996; (ii) North Carolina, which served approximately 15,400 basic subscribers;
(iii) Virginia/West Virginia, which served approximately 19,200 basic
subscribers; and (iv) Maryland/Pennsylvania, which served approximately 4,800
basic subscribers. The Tennessee systems are located primarily in Greeneville,
Tennessee and surrounding communities in Eastern Tennessee. The North Carolina
systems are located between Raleigh and Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The
majority of the Virginia systems are located in north central Virginia between
Charlottesville and Winchester and in Eastern Virginia near Richmond and the
Chesapeake Bay. The Maryland/Pennsylvania systems are located at the Maryland
and Pennsylvania border. The 1996 median household income and actual and
projected growth rate in the number of households (from 1990 to 2001) in the
Southeast region exceed U.S. averages for Comparable Counties, according to
Equifax National Decision Systems, 1996.
As noted above, the Company plans either to consolidate further the Southeast
region systems through acquisitions, trade the systems for properties within its
primary operating regions in New England and Ohio/Kentucky, or sell the systems
outright. To date, the Company has received expressions of interest to trade or
sell all four system groups in this region. As such, the Company's operating and
capital expenditure plans for the Southeast region will be limited to
maintenance and discretionary projects that will increase the value of the
systems to a potential buyer or trading partner. The Southeast systems are
currently served by 41 headends. The Company has identified at least seven
headends that could be eliminated by interconnected plant. Prior to the
acquisitions, the Southeast region
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consisted of nine customer service locations. The Company has consolidated five
offices from the Existing Systems into a regional service center in Greeneville,
Tennessee and a local payment office in Matthews, Virginia. The Company believes
that the remaining four offices of the Acquisition Systems can also be
integrated into the Greeneville facility. Approximately 30% of the current plant
design for the Southeast systems is at 54 channels (400 MHz) or higher. The
Company will continue to evaluate capital expenditures to rebuild and upgrade
plant based on the sales or trading status of the Southeast systems.
PROGRAMMING, SERVICES AND RATES
The Company has various contracts to obtain basic and premium programming for
its systems from program suppliers whose compensation is typically based on a
fixed fee per customer. The Company's programming contracts are generally for a
fixed period of time and are subject to negotiated renewal. Some program
suppliers provide volume discount pricing structures or offer marketing support
to the Company. In particular, the Company has negotiated programming agreements
with premium service suppliers that offer cost incentives to the Company under
which premium service unit prices decline as certain premium service growth
thresholds are met. The Company's successful marketing of multiple premium
service packages emphasizing customer value has enabled the Company to take
advantage of such cost incentives. In addition, the Company is a member of a
programming consortium consisting of small to medium-sized MSOs serving, in the
aggregate, over three million cable subscribers. The consortium was formed to
help create efficiencies in the areas of securing and administering programming
contracts, as well as to establish more favorable programming rates and contract
terms for small to medium-sized operators. Going forward, the Company intends to
negotiate programming contract renewals both directly and through the consortium
to obtain the best possible contract terms. The Company also has various
retransmission consent arrangements with commercial broadcast stations. Some of
these consents require direct payment of nominal fees for carriage. In some
other instances no payment is required; however, the Company has entered into
agreements with certain stations to carry satellite-delivered cable programming
which is affiliated with the network carried by such stations. A substantial
portion of these retransmission consent agreements are required to be renewed
before October 1996. There can be no assurances that such agreements can or will
be renewed under similar terms. See "Legislation and Regulation."
Although services vary from system to system due to differences in channel
capacity, viewer interests and community demographics, the majority of the
Company's systems offer a "basic service tier," consisting of local television
channels (network and independent stations) available over-the-air and local
public, governmental, home-shopping and leased access channels. The majority of
the Company's systems offers, for a monthly fee, an expanded basic tier of
"superstations" originating from distant cities (such as WTBS, WGN and WWOR),
various satellite-delivered, non-broadcast channels (such as CNN, MTV, USA, ESPN
and TNT) and certain programming originated locally by the cable system (such as
public, governmental and educational access programs) providing information with
respect to news, time, weather and the stock market. In addition to these
services, the Company's systems typically provide one or more premium services
purchased from independent suppliers and combined in different formats to appeal
to the various segments of the viewing audience, such as HBO, Cinemax, Showtime,
The Movie Channel, Starz! and The Disney Channel. These services are
satellite-delivered channels consisting principally of feature films, original
programming, live sports events, concerts and other special entertainment
features, usually presented without commercial interruption. Such premium
programming services are offered by the Company's systems both on an a la carte
basis and as part of premium service packages designed to enhance customer value
and to enable the Company's systems to take advantage of programming agreements
offering cost incentives based on premium unit growth. Subscribers may subscribe
for one or more premium units. Additionally, the Company plans to upgrade
certain of its systems with fiber optic cable, which will allow the Company to
expand its ability to use "tiered" packaging strategies for marketing premium
services and promoting niche programming services. The Company believes that
this ability will increase basic and premium penetration as well as revenue per
subscriber.
Rates to subscribers vary from market to market and in accordance with the type
of service selected. As of June 30, 1996, the average monthly basic fees for the
Existing Systems was $9.09 for the basic service tier and $22.52 for the
expanded basic service tier. These rates reflect reductions effected in response
to the 1992 Cable Act's re-regulation of cable television industry rates, and in
particular, the FCC's rate regulations implementing the 1992 Cable Act, which
became effective in 1993. A one-time installation fee, which may be waived in
part during
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certain promotional periods, is charged to new subscribers. Management believes
that the Company's rate practices are generally consistent with the current
practices in the industry. See "Legislation and Regulation."
MARKETING, CUSTOMER SERVICE AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS
The Company aggressively markets and promotes its cable television services with
the objective of adding and retaining customers and increasing revenue per
customer. The Company actively markets its basic and premium program packages
through a number of coordinated marketing techniques, which include (i) direct
door-to-door sales in targeted areas where subscriber concentration and
efficiencies provide a reasonable cost of sale, (ii) telemarketing primarily for
pay unit acquisition and customer satisfaction, quality control and retention,
(iii) direct mail for promotional and targeted service offers, (iv) monthly
billing statement inserts and flyers for major basic subscriber campaigns, (v)
local newspaper and broadcast television and radio advertising where population
densities are sufficient to provide a reasonable cost of sale, and (vi)
cross-channel promotion of new services such as pay-per-view.
The Company is dedicated to providing superior customer service. To meet this
objective, the Company provides its customers with a full line-up of
programming, a wide variety of programming options and packages, timely and
reliable service and improved technical quality. The Company's employees receive
ongoing training in customer service, sales and subscriber retention and
technical support. In general, following a new installation, customer service
representatives will follow up by telephone contact with the subscriber to
assess the quality of installation and the service the subscriber is receiving
and to ensure overall subscriber satisfaction. Customer service representatives
and technicians are also trained to market upgrades or cross-sell services at
the point of sale or service. As part of its consolidation efforts, the Company
has established centralized customer service facilities, increased hours of
operation, and installed state-of-the-art telephone, information and billing
systems to improve responsiveness to customer needs. In addition, the Company
has retained local payment and technical offices to maintain its local presence
and visibility within its communities.
Recognizing that strong governmental, franchise and public relations are crucial
to the overall success of the Company, an aggressive initiative has been
undertaken to maintain and improve the working relationships with all
governmental entities within the franchise areas. Regional managers are required
to meet regularly with local officials for the purposes of keeping them advised
on the Company's activities within the communities, to receive information and
feedback on the Company's standing with officials and customers alike and to
ensure that the Company can maximize its growth potential in areas where new
housing development is occurring or where significant technical plant
improvement is underway. The regional managers are also responsible for all
franchise renewal negotiations as well as the maintenance of Company visibility
through involvement in various community and civic organizations and charities.
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
As part of its commitment to customer service, the Company maintains high
technical performance standards in all of its cable systems. Acquired and
existing systems are selectively upgraded to increase channel capacity and
improve picture quality and reliability for the delivery of additional
programming and new services. Before committing the capital to upgrade a system,
Company management carefully assesses (i) subscribers' demand for more channels,
(ii) upgrade requirements in connection with franchise renewals, (iii) which
competing technologies are currently available, (iv) the likely subscriber
demand for other cable and broadband telecommunications services, (v) the extent
to which system improvements will increase the attractiveness of the property to
a future buyer and (vi) the cost effectiveness of any such upgrades.
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The following table sets forth certain information regarding the channel
capacities and miles of plant for the Existing Systems and the Acquisition
Systems as of June 30, 1996.
<TABLE>
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UP TO 36 37 TO 42 43 TO 54 55 TO 62 63 TO 78 79 TO 100
CHANNELS CHANNELS CHANNELS CHANNELS CHANNELS CHANNELS TOTAL
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
EXISTING SYSTEMS:
Number of systems.............. 14 38 24 23 2 0 101
Miles of plant................. 538 3,541 1,739 1,863 880 0 8,561
% miles of plant............... 6.3% 41.4% 20.3% 21.8% 10.3% 0.0% 100.0%
ACQUISITION SYSTEMS:
Number of systems.............. 10 59 1 26 2 2 100
Miles of plant................. 1,030 3,228 179 1,169 152 261 6,019
% miles of plant............... 17.1% 53.6% 3.0% 19.4% 2.5% 4.3% 100.0%
TOTAL:
Number of systems.............. 24 97 25 49 4 2 201
Miles of plant................. 1,568 6,769 1,918 3,032 1,032 261 14,580
% miles of plant............... 10.8% 46.4% 13.2% 20.8% 7.1% 1.8% 100.0%
</TABLE>
The Company's systems have an average capacity of approximately 49 channels and
approximately 27.6% of the Company's subscribers currently access addressable
technology. Addressable technology enables the Company, from the office or
headend, to change the premium channels being delivered to each subscriber or to
activate pay-per-view services. These service level changes can be effectuated
without the delay or expense associated with dispatching a technician to the
subscriber's home. Addressable technology also reduces premium service theft and
allows the Company automatically to disconnect delinquent accounts
electronically from the customer service center.
The use of fiber optic technology in concert with coaxial cable has
significantly enhanced cable system performance. Fiber optics strands are
capable of carrying hundreds of video, data and voice channels over extended
distances without the extensive signal amplification typically required for
coaxial cable. To date, the Company has used fiber to interconnect headends, to
eliminate headends by installing fiber backbones and to reduce amplifier
cascades, thereby improving both picture quality and system reliability and
gaining operational efficiencies.
Digital compression and high capacity data modems may become commercially viable
within the next few years. These developments may enable an increase in system
channel capacity and may allow the introduction of alternative communications
delivery systems for data and voice. The Company does not currently plan to
deploy digital technology, as it believes such technologies will not become
cost-effective for its systems in the near term. However, the Company will
continue to monitor the development of such technology and its utilization by
other cable operators to assess the cost-effectiveness of widespread deployment
of such technology.
FRANCHISES
Cable television systems are generally constructed and operated under
non-exclusive franchises granted by local governmental authorities. These
franchises typically contain many conditions, such as time limitations on
commencement and completion of construction; conditions of service, including
number of channels, types of programming and the provision of free service to
schools and certain other public institutions; and the maintenance of insurance
and indemnity bonds. The provisions of local franchises are subject to federal
regulation under the Cable Acts. See "Legislation and Regulation."
As of June 30, 1996, the Company held 249 franchises. These franchises, the
majority of which are non-exclusive, provide for the payment of fees to the
issuing authority. In all of the Existing Systems, such franchise fees are
passed through directly to the customers. The Cable Acts prohibit franchising
authorities from imposing franchise fees in excess of 5% of gross revenues and
also permit the cable system operator to seek renegotiation and modification of
franchise requirements if warranted by changed circumstances. See "Legislation
and Regulation."
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More than 80.0% of the Company's basic subscribers are in service areas that
require a franchise. The table below groups the franchises of the Existing
Systems by date of expiration and presents the approximate number and percentage
of basic subscribers for each group of franchises as of June 30, 1996.
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NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF
YEAR OF FRANCHISE EXPIRATION FRANCHISES TOTAL FRANCHISES SUBSCRIBERS FRANCHISED SUBSCRIBERS
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1996-2000........................... 92 36.9% 70,472 38.5%
2001 and after...................... 157 63.1% 112,389 61.5%
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Total.......................... 249 100.0% 182,861 100.0%
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The Cable Acts provide, among other things, for an orderly franchise renewal
process in which franchise renewal will not be unreasonably withheld or, if
renewal is withheld, the franchising authority must pay the operator the "fair
market value" for the system covered by such franchise. In addition, the Cable
Acts established comprehensive renewal procedures which require that an
incumbent franchisee's renewal application be assessed on its own merits and not
as part of a comparative process with competing applications. See "Legislation
and Regulation."
The Company believes that it generally has very good relationships with its
franchising communities. The Company has never had a franchise revoked or failed
to have a franchise renewed. In addition, all of the franchises of the Company
eligible for renewal have been renewed or extended at or prior to their stated
expirations, and no franchise community has refused to consent to a franchise
transfer to the Company.
COMPETITION
Cable television systems face competition from alternative methods of receiving
and distributing television signals and from other sources of news, information
and entertainment such as off-air television broadcast programming, newspapers,
movie theaters, live sporting events, online computer services and home video
products, including videotape cassette recorders. The extent to which a cable
communications system is competitive depends, in part, upon the cable system's
ability to provide, at a reasonable price to customers, a greater variety of
programming and other communications services than those which are available
off-air or through other alternative delivery sources and upon superior
technical performance and customer service.
Cable television systems generally operate pursuant to franchises granted on a
nonexclusive basis. The 1992 Cable Act prohibits franchising authorities from
unreasonably denying requests for additional franchises and permits franchising
authorities to operate cable television systems without a franchise. It is
possible that a franchising authority might grant a second franchise to another
company containing terms and conditions more favorable than those afforded the
Company. Well-financed businesses from outside the cable industry (such as the
public utilities that own the poles to which cable is attached) may become
competitors for franchises or providers of competing services. In a limited
number of the Company's franchise areas, the Company faces direct competition
from another franchised cable television system.
Cable operators also face competition from private satellite master antenna
television ("SMATV") systems that serve condominiums, apartment and office
complexes and private residential developments. SMATV systems offer both
improved reception of local television stations and many of the same
satellite-delivered program services offered by franchised cable television
systems. SMATV operators often enter into exclusive agreements with building
owners or homeowners' associations, although some states have enacted laws that
authorize franchised cable operators access to such private complexes. These
laws have been challenged in the courts with varying results. The ability of the
Company to compete for customers in residential and commercial developments
served by SMATV operators is uncertain.
In recent years, the FCC and the Congress have adopted policies providing a more
favorable operating environment for new and existing technologies that provide,
or have the potential to provide, substantial competition to cable television
systems. These technologies include, among others, DBS service, whereby signals
are transmitted by satellite to receiving facilities located on customer
premises. Programming is currently available to the owners of DBS dishes through
conventional, medium and high-powered satellites. DBS systems are expected to
increase channel capacity and thus to provide movies, broadcast stations, and
other program services comparable to those of
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cable television systems. Digital satellite service ("DSS") offered by DBS
systems has certain advantages over cable systems with respect to programming
and digital quality, as well as disadvantages that include high upfront costs
and a lack of local programming, service and equipment distribution.
While DSS presents a potential competitive threat, the Company currently has
excess channel capacity available in most of its systems, as well as strong
local customer service and technical support, which will enhance its ability to
compete. By selectively increasing channel capacities of systems to between 54
and 100 channels and introducing new premium channels, pay-per-view and other
services, the Company will seek to maintain programming parity with DSS and
magnify competitive service price points. Based on internal tracking of
subscriber disconnects, the Company believes it has lost less than one percent
of its customers to date to DSS providers. The Company will continue to monitor
closely the activity level and the product and service needs of its customer
base to counter potential erosion of its market position or unit growth to DSS.
Cable television systems also compete with wireless program distribution
services such as MMDS, which uses low power microwave frequencies to transmit
video programming over the air to customers. Additionally, the FCC recently
adopted new regulations allocating frequencies in the 28 GHz band for a new
multichannel wireless video service similar to MMDS. Wireless distribution
services generally provide many of the programming services provided by cable
systems, and digital compression technology is likely to increase significantly
the channel capacity of their systems. Because MMDS service requires
unobstructed "line of sight" transmission paths, the ability of MMDS systems to
compete may be hampered in some areas by physical terrain and large buildings.
In the majority of the Company's franchise service areas, prohibitive topography
and limited "line of sight" access has limited, and is likely to continue to
limit, competition from MMDS systems. The Company is not aware of any
significant MMDS operation currently within its cable franchise service areas.
The 1996 Telecom Act eliminated the previous prohibition on the provision of
video programming by local exchange telephone companies ("LECs") in their
telephone service areas. Various LECs currently are seeking to provide video
programming services within their telephone service areas through a variety of
distribution methods, including both the deployment of broadband wire facilities
and the use of wireless (MMDS) transmission. Cable television systems could be
placed at a competitive disadvantage if the delivery of video programming
services by LECs becomes widespread, since LECs may not be required, under
certain circumstance, to obtain local franchises to deliver such video services
or to comply with the variety of obligations imposed upon cable television
systems under such franchises. Issues of cross-subsidization by LECs of video
and telephony services also pose strategic disadvantages for cable operators
seeking to compete with LECs that provide video services. The Company believes,
however, that the small to medium-sized markets in which it provides or expects
to provide cable services are unlikely to support competition in the provision
of video and telecommunications broadband services given the lower population
densities and higher costs per subscriber of installing plant. The 1996 Telecom
Act's provisions promoting facilities-based broadband competition are primarily
targeted at larger markets, and its prohibition on buy outs and joint ventures
between incumbent cable operators and LECs exempts small operators and carriers
meeting certain criteria. See "Legislation and Regulation." The Company believes
that significant growth opportunities exist for the Company by establishing
cooperative rather than competitive relationships with LECs within its service
areas, to the extent permitted by law. The Company has initiated discussions
with such carriers regarding possible joint ventures.
Other new technologies may become competitive with non-entertainment services
that cable television systems can offer. The FCC has authorized television
broadcast stations to transmit textual and graphic information useful both to
consumers and businesses. The FCC also permits commercial and noncommercial FM
stations to use their subcarrier frequencies to provide nonbroadcast services
including data transmissions. The FCC established an over-the-air Interactive
Video and Data Service that will permit two-way interaction with commercial and
educational programming along with informational and data services. The
expansion of fiber optic systems by LECs and other common carriers is providing
facilities for the transmission and distribution to homes and businesses of
video services, including interactive computer-based services like the Internet,
data and other nonvideo services. The FCC has held spectrum auctions for
licenses to provide PCS. PCS will enable license holders, including cable
operators, to provide voice and data services.
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Advances in communications technology as well as changes in the marketplace and
the regulatory and legislative environments are constantly occurring. Thus, it
is not possible to predict the effect that ongoing or future developments might
have on the cable industry or on the operations of the Company.
PROPERTIES
The Company's principal physical assets consist of cable television operating
plant and equipment, including signal receiving, encoding and decoding devices,
headends and distribution systems and customer house drop equipment for each of
its cable television systems. The signal receiving apparatus typically includes
a tower, antenna, ancillary electronic equipment and earth stations for
reception of satellite signals. Headends, consisting of associated electronic
equipment necessary for the reception, amplification and modulation of signals,
are located near the receiving devices. The Company's distribution system
consists primarily of coaxial and fiber optic cables and related electronic
equipment. Customer devices consist of decoding converters, which expand channel
capacity to permit reception of more than twelve channels of programming. Some
of the Existing Systems utilize converters that can be addressed by sending
coded signals from the headend over the cable network. See "--Technological
Developments."
The Company owns or leases parcels of real property for signal reception sites
(antenna towers and headends), microwave facilities and business offices, and
owns most of its service vehicles. The Company believes that its properties,
both owned and leased, are in good condition and are suitable and adequate for
the Company's business operations.
The Company's cables generally are attached to utility poles under pole rental
agreements with local public utilities, although in some areas the distribution
cable is buried in underground ducts or trenches. The physical components of the
Company's systems require maintenance and periodic upgrading to keep pace with
technological advances.
LITIGATION
There are no material pending legal proceedings to which the Company is a party
or to which any of its properties are subject.
EMPLOYEES
At June 30, 1996, the Company had approximately 300 equivalent full-time
employees, nine of whom belonged to a collective bargaining unit. The Company
considers its relations with its employees to be good.
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LEGISLATION AND REGULATION
The cable television industry currently is regulated by the FCC and certain
state and local governments. In addition, legislative and regulatory proposals
under consideration by the Congress and federal agencies may materially affect
the cable television industry.
The Cable Acts and the 1996 Telecom Act amended the Communications Act and
established a national policy to guide the development and regulation of cable
television systems. Principal responsibility for implementing the policies of
the Cable Acts and the 1996 Telecom Act is allocated between the FCC and state
or local franchising authorities. The FCC and state regulatory agencies are
required to conduct numerous rulemaking and regulatory proceedings to implement
the 1996 Telecom Act and such proceedings may materially affect the cable
television industry. The following is a summary of federal laws and regulations
materially affecting the growth and operation of the cable television industry
and a description of certain state and local laws.
THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996
The 1996 Telecom Act, which became effective on February 8, 1996, is the most
comprehensive reform of the nation's telecommunications laws since the
Communications Act. The 1996 Telecom Act is expected to cause significant
changes in the marketplace for cable, telephone and other telecommunications
services. Although the long term goal of the 1996 Telecom Act is to promote
competition and decrease regulation of various communications industries, in the
short term, the law delegates to the FCC (and in some cases to the states) broad
new rulemaking authority. The new law requires many of these rulemakings to be
completed in a very limited period of time. The following is a brief summary of
the important features of the 1996 Telecom Act that will affect the cable and
telephone industries.
Cable Communications. The 1996 Telecom Act deregulates CPST rates for most MSOs
(including the Company) after March 31, 1999, except that such rates are
immediately deregulated for certain small operators. Deregulation will occur
sooner for systems in markets where comparable video programming services, other
than DBS, are offered by local telephone companies, or their affiliates, or by
third parties using the local telephone company's facilities, or where
"effective competition" is established under the 1992 Cable Act. The 1996
Telecom Act also modifies the uniform rate provisions of the 1992 Cable Act by
prohibiting regulation of bulk discount rates offered to multiple dwelling units
(except that a cable operator may not charge predatory prices to a multiple
dwelling unit) and permits regulated equipment rates to be computed by
aggregating costs of broad categories of equipment at the franchise, system,
regional or company level. The 1996 Telecom Act eliminates the right of
individual customers to file rate complaints with the FCC concerning certain
CPSTs and requires the FCC to issue a final order within 90 days after receipt
of CPST rate complaints filed by any franchising authority after the date of
enactment of the 1996 Telecom Act. The 1996 Telecom Act also modifies the
existing statutory provisions governing cable system technical standards,
equipment compatibility, customer notice requirements and program access,
permits certain operators to include losses incurred prior to September 1992 in
setting regulated rates and repeals the three-year anti-trafficking prohibition
adopted in the 1992 Cable Act.
The 1996 Telecom Act eliminates the requirement that LECs obtain FCC approval
under Section 214 of the Communications Act before providing video services in
their telephone service areas and removes the telephone company/cable television
cross-ownership prohibition that had been codified by the 1984 Cable Act,
thereby allowing LECs to offer video services in their telephone service areas.
LECs may provide service as traditional cable operators with local franchises or
they may opt to provide their programming over unfranchised "open video
systems," subject to certain conditions, including, but not limited to, setting
aside a portion of their channel capacity for use by unaffiliated program
distributors on a nondiscriminatory basis. Under certain circumstances, cable
operators also will be able to offer services through open video systems. The
1996 Telecom Act also prohibits a local telephone company from acquiring a cable
operator in its telephone service area except in limited circumstances, such as
where a nonurbanized franchise area has a population of less than 35,000 or
pursuant to an FCC waiver.
Telephone. The 1996 Telecom Act removes barriers to entry in the local
telephone exchange market that is now monopolized by the seven Regional Bell
Operating Companies ("RBOCs") and other LECs by preempting state and
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local laws that restrict competition and by requiring LECs to provide
nondiscriminatory access and interconnection to potential competitors, such as
cable operators and long distance companies. At the same time, the new law
eliminates the prospective effects of the AT&T, GTE and McCaw consent decrees
and permits the RBOCs to enter the market for long distance services (through a
separate subsidiary) after they satisfy certain competitive requirements
intended to open the local telephone markets to competition. The 1996 Telecom
Act also permits interstate utility companies to enter the telecommunications
market for the first time.
While the 1996 Telecom Act imposes new requirements with regard to
interconnection, it also directs the FCC to substantially relax much of its
regulation of telecommunications providers. The FCC may, for example, forbear
from applying any regulation if it finds, inter alia, that forbearance would be
consistent with the public interest and would promote competition. The new law
also eliminates or streamlines many of the requirements applicable to local
exchange carriers, such as the requirement to obtain prior approval of the
extension or construction of telephone plant. In addition, the 1996 Telecom Act
requires the FCC and states to review universal service programs and to
encourage access to advanced telecommunications services by schools, libraries
and other public institutions.
Other Communications Services. In addition to these provisions governing
regulation of specific segments of the market, the 1996 Telecom Act also
contains provisions regulating the content of video programming and computer
services. Specifically, the new law prohibits the use of computer services to
transmit "indecent" material to minors. Several special three-judge federal
district courts have issued preliminary injunctions enjoining the enforcement of
these provisions as unconstitutional to the extent they regulated the
transmission of indecent material. The 1996 Telecom Act also requires the FCC to
prescribe guidelines for a ratings system for violent and indecent video
programming (unless video programming distributors adopt voluntary guidelines)
and requires all new television sets to contain a so-called "V-chip" capable of
blocking all programs with a given rating. The new law also substantially
relaxes current broadcast ownership rules by eliminating, among other things,
the statutory broadcast/cable television cross-ownership restriction that had
been codified by the 1984 Cable Act and by directing the FCC to eliminate its
network/cable cross-ownership regulation and review the need for its rule
prohibiting broadcast/cable cross-ownership.
Rate Regulation. Prior to April 1, 1993, virtually all cable systems were free
to adjust cable service rates without obtaining local governmental approval. The
1992 Cable Act authorized rate regulation for certain cable communications
services and equipment in communities that are not subject to "effective
competition" as defined by federal law. Under the 1992 Cable Act virtually all
cable television systems were subject to rate regulation for basic cable service
and equipment by local officials under the oversight of the FCC, which
prescribed detailed guidelines for such rate regulation. The 1992 Cable Act also
required the FCC to resolve complaints about rates for nonbasic cable
programming services (other than programming offered on a per channel or per
program basis) and to reduce any such rates found to be unreasonable. The 1992
Cable Act limited the ability of cable television systems to raise rates for
basic and certain cable programming services (collectively the "Regulated
Services") and eliminated the 5% annual basic service rate increase permitted by
the 1984 Cable Act without local approval. Cable services offered on a per
channel (a la carte) or per program (pay-per-view) basis are not subject to rate
regulation by either local franchising authorities or the FCC.
The 1996 Telecom Act deregulates rates for CPSTs after March 31, 1999 for most
MSOs (including the Company) and, for certain small cable operators, immediately
eliminates rate regulation of CPSTs and, in certain circumstances, basic
services and equipment. The deregulation of a smaller cable operator's rates
only applies in franchise areas in which the small cable operator serves 50,000
or fewer subscribers. To qualify for the "small cable operator" rate
deregulation under the 1996 Telecom Act, the operator (and its affiliates) must
serve in the aggregate less than one percent (currently estimated by the FCC to
be approximately 617,000 subscribers) of all U.S. cable television subscribers
and may not be affiliated with an entity or group of entities that in the
aggregate has annual gross revenues exceeding $250 million. The FCC has adopted
interim rules in which it has defined "affiliate" as any entity that has a 20%
or greater equity interest in the small cable operator (active or passive) or
that holds de jure or de facto control over the small cable operator. The FCC is
currently conducting a rulemaking to implement the 1996 Telecom Act's "small
cable operator" rate deregulation, including adoption of permanent affiliation
standards.
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On April 1, 1993, the FCC adopted regulations pursuant to the 1992 Cable Act
governing the rates charged to customers for Regulated Services and ordered an
interim freeze on these rates effective April 5, 1993. The FCC's rate
regulations became effective on September 1, 1993 and the FCC's rate freeze was
extended until the earlier of May 15, 1994 or the date on which a cable system's
basic service rate was regulated by a franchising authority.
In implementing the 1992 Cable Act, the FCC adopted a benchmark method of
regulating rates for Regulated Services. Cable operators with rates above the
allowable level under the FCC's benchmark methodology may justify such rates
using a cost-of-service methodology. As of September 1, 1993, cable operators
subject to rate regulation whose then current rates were above FCC benchmark
levels were required, absent a successful cost-of-service showing, to reduce
those rates to the benchmark level or by up to 10% of the rates in effect on
September 30, 1992, whichever reduction was less, adjusted for equipment costs
and inflation and programming modifications occurring subsequent to September
30, 1992. Effective May 15, 1994, the FCC modified its benchmark methodology to
require reductions of up to 17% of the rates for Regulated Services in effect on
September 30, 1992, adjusted for inflation, channel modifications, equipment
costs and increases in certain operating costs. The FCC's modified benchmark
regulations were designed to cause an additional 7% reduction in the rates for
Regulated Services on top of any rate reductions implemented under the FCC's
initial benchmark regulations.
The FCC's initial "going-forward" regulations limited rate increases for
Regulated Services after the establishment of an initial regulated rate to an
inflation-indexed amount plus increases for channel additions and certain
external costs beyond the cable operator's control, such as franchise fees,
taxes and increased programming costs. Under these regulations, cable operators
are entitled to take a 7.5% markup on certain programming cost increases. In
November 1994, the FCC modified these regulations and instituted an alternative
three-year flat fee markup plan for charges relating to new channels added to
the CPST. As of January 1, 1995, cable operators may charge customers for
channels added to the CPST after May 14, 1994 at a monthly rate of up to $0.20
per added channel, up to a total of $1.20 plus an additional $0.30 for
programming license fees per customer over the first two years of the three-year
period. Cable operators may charge an additional $0.20 plus the cost of the
programming in the third year (1997) for one additional channel added in that
year. Alternatively, operators may increase rates by the amount of any
programming license fees in connection with such added channels, provided that
the total monthly rate increase per customer for the added channels, including
license fees, does not exceed $1.50 over the first two years, and $1.70, plus
any increase in the license fees for the added channels, in the third year.
Operators must make a one-time election to use either the $0.20 per channel
adjustment or the 7.5% markup on programming cost increases for all channels
added after December 31, 1994. The FCC is currently considering whether to
modify or eliminate the regulation allowing operators to receive the 7.5% markup
on increases in existing programming license fees.
In November 1994, the FCC adopted regulations permitting cable operators to
create new product tiers ("NPTs") that will not be subject to rate regulation if
certain conditions are met. The FCC also revised its previously adopted policy
and concluded that packages of a la carte services are subject to rate
regulation by the FCC as CPSTs. Because of the uncertainty created by the FCC's
prior a la carte package guidelines, the FCC allows cable operators, under
certain circumstances, to treat previously offered a la carte packages as NPTs.
In September 1995, the FCC authorized a new, alternative method of implementing
rate adjustments which allows cable operators to increase rates for Regulated
Services annually on the basis of projected increases in external costs
(inflation, costs of programming, franchise-related obligations and changes in
the number of regulated channels) rather than on the basis of cost increases
incurred in the preceding calendar quarter. Operators electing not to recover
all of their accrued external costs and inflation pass-throughs each year may
recover them (with interest) in subsequent years.
In addition to rate deregulation for certain small cable operators under the
1996 Telecom Act, the FCC adopted regulations in June 1995 ("Small System
Regulations") pursuant to the 1992 Cable Act that were designed to reduce the
substantive and procedural burdens of rate regulation on "small cable systems."
For purposes of these FCC regulations, a "small cable system" is a system
serving 15,000 or fewer subscribers that is owned by or affiliated with a cable
company which serves, in the aggregate, 400,000 or fewer subscribers. Under the
FCC's Small System Regulations, qualifying systems may justify their regulated
service and equipment rates using a simplified cost-of-service formula. The
regulatory benefits accruing to qualified small cable systems under certain
circum-
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stances remain effective even if such systems are later acquired by a larger
cable operator that serves in excess of 400,000 subscribers. Various franchising
authorities and municipal groups have requested the FCC to reconsider its Small
System Regulations. The FCC recently determined that the 1996 Telecom Act does
not require modification of its Small System Regulations. The Company believes
that many of the Existing Systems and the Acquisition Systems currently satisfy
the eligibility criteria under the FCC's Small System Regulations and would
therefore be eligible to use the FCC's simplified cost-of-service methodology to
justify basic service, CPST and equipment rates if regulated by a franchising
authority or the FCC.
Franchising authorities are empowered to regulate the rates charged for
additional outlets and for the installation, lease and sale of equipment used by
customers to receive the basic service tier, such as converter boxes and remote
control units. The FCC's rules require franchising authorities to regulate these
rates on the basis of actual cost plus a reasonable profit as defined by the
FCC. The 1996 Telecom Act requires the FCC to revise its regulations to permit
operators to compute regulated equipment rates by aggregating costs of broad
categories of equipment at the franchise, system, regional or company level. In
November 1995, the FCC initiated a general rulemaking proposal that permits
cable operators to price services uniformly across multiple franchise areas, as
well as regional areas. If the FCC adopts the proposals, cable operators that
provide service to clusters of systems would be permitted to charge uniform
rates across large geographic areas. Because the proposal is designed to be
revenue neutral, it would not affect the overall revenue that operators receive,
but administrative and marketing costs could be reduced.
Cable operators required to reduce rates may also be required to refund
overcharges with interest. Rate reductions will not be required where a cable
operator can demonstrate that rates for Regulated Services are justified and
reasonable using cost-of-service guidelines. In November 1993, the FCC ruled
that operators choosing to justify above-benchmark rates through a
cost-of-service submission must do so for all Regulated Services. In February
1994, the FCC adopted interim cost-of-service regulations establishing, among
other things, an industry-wide 11.25% after-tax rate of return on an operator's
allowable rate base and a rebuttable presumption that acquisition costs above
original historic book value of tangible assets should be excluded from the
allowable base. In December 1995, the FCC adopted final cost-of-service rate
regulations requiring, among other things, cable operators to exclude 34% of
system acquisition costs related to intangible and tangible assets used to
provide Regulated Services. The FCC also reaffirmed the industry-wide 11.25%
after-tax rate of return on an operator's allowable rate base, but initiated a
further rulemaking in which it proposes to use an operator's actual debt cost
and capital structure to determine an operator's cost of capital or rate of
return.
"Anti-Buy Through" Provisions. The 1992 Cable Act also requires cable systems
to permit customers to purchase video programming offered by the operator on a
per channel or a per program basis without the necessity of subscribing to any
tier of service, other than the basic service tier, unless the system's lack of
addressable converter boxes or other technological limitations does not permit
it to do so. The statutory exemption for cable systems that do not have the
technological capacity to offer programming in the manner required by the
statute is available until a system obtains such capability, but not later than
December 2002. The FCC may waive such time periods, if deemed necessary. Most of
the Company's cable systems do not have the technological capability to offer
programming in the manner required by the statute and currently are exempt from
complying with the requirement. The Company cannot predict the extent to which
this provision of the 1992 Cable Act and the corresponding FCC rules may cause
customers to discontinue optional nonbasic service tiers in favor of the less
expensive basic cable service.
Must Carry/Retransmission Consent. The 1992 Cable Act contains broadcast signal
carriage requirements that allow local commercial television broadcast stations
to elect once every three years to require a cable system to carry the station,
subject to certain exceptions, or to negotiate for "retransmission consent" to
carry the station. A cable system generally is required to devote up to
one-third of its activated channel capacity for the carriage of local commercial
television stations whether pursuant to the mandatory carriage or retransmission
consent requirements of the 1992 Cable Act. Local noncommercial television
stations are also given mandatory carriage rights; however, such stations are
not given the option to negotiate retransmission consent for the carriage of
their signals by cable systems. Additionally, cable systems are required to
obtain retransmission consent for all "distant" commercial television stations
(except for commercial satellite-delivered independent "superstations" such as
WTBS), commercial radio stations and certain low power television stations
carried by such systems after October 6,
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1993. In April 1993, a special three-judge federal district court issued a
decision upholding the constitutional validity of the mandatory signal carriage
requirements. In June 1994, the United States Supreme Court vacated this
decision and remanded it to the district court to determine, among other
matters, whether the statutory carriage requirements are necessary to preserve
the economic viability of the broadcast industry. In December 1995, the district
court upheld the mandatory carriage requirements of the 1992 Cable Act. In
February 1996, the United States Supreme Court agreed to review this decision.
The Company cannot predict the ultimate outcome of this litigation. Pending
final action by the Supreme Court, the mandatory broadcast signal carriage
requirements remain in effect.
As a result of the mandatory carriage rules, some of the Company's systems have
been required to carry television broadcast stations that otherwise would not
have been carried and have caused displacement of possibly more attractive
programming. The retransmission consent rules have resulted in the deletion of
certain local and distant televisions broadcast stations which various Company
systems were carrying. To the extent retransmission consent fees must be paid
for the continued carriage of certain television stations, the Company's cost of
doing business will increase with no assurance that such fees can be recovered
through rate increases.
Designated Channels. The 1984 Cable Act permits franchising authorities to
require cable operators to set aside certain channels for public, educational
and governmental access programming. The 1984 Cable Act also requires a cable
system with 36 or more channels to designate a portion of its channel capacity
for commercial leased access by third parties to provide programming that may
compete with services offered by the cable operator. In August 1996, a federal
appellate court generally upheld the constitutionality of these designated
channel provisions, but indicated that in certain situations the requirement to
provide such channels might be found unconstitutional. The FCC has adopted rules
regulating: (i) the maximum reasonable rate a cable operator may charge for
commercial use of the designated channel capacity; (ii) the terms and conditions
for commercial use of such channels; and (iii) the procedures for the expedited
resolution of disputes concerning rates or commercial use of the designated
channel capacity. The FCC is currently conducting a further rulemaking to
consider adoption of a cost-based methodology to compute the maximum reasonable
rate a cable operator may charge for commercial use of the designated channel
capacity.
Franchise Procedures. The 1984 Cable Act affirms the right of franchising
authorities (state or local, depending on the practice in individual states) to
award one or more franchises within their jurisdictions and prohibits non-
grandfathered cable systems from operating without a franchise in such
jurisdictions. The 1992 Cable Act encourages competition with existing cable
systems by (i) allowing municipalities to operate their own cable systems
without franchises, (ii) preventing franchising authorities from granting
exclusive franchises or unreasonably refusing to award additional franchises
covering an existing cable system's service area, and (iii) prohibiting (with
limited exceptions) the common ownership of cable systems and co-located MMDS or
SMATV systems. In January 1995, the FCC relaxed its restrictions on ownership of
SMATV systems to permit a cable operator to acquire SMATV systems in the
operator's existing franchise area so long as the programming services provided
through the SMATV system are offered according to the terms and conditions of
the cable operator's local franchise agreement. The 1996 Telecom Act provides
that the cable/SMATV and cable/MMDS cross-ownership rules do not apply in any
franchise area where the cable operator faces "effective competition" as defined
by federal law. The 1996 Telecom Act also permits local telephone companies to
provide video programming services as traditional cable operators with local
franchises.
The 1984 Cable Act also provides that in granting or renewing franchises, local
authorities may establish requirements for cable-related facilities and
equipment, but not for video programming or information services other than in
broad categories. Among the more significant provisions, the Cable Act limits
franchise fees to 5% of cable system revenues and permits cable operators to
obtain modification of franchise requirements by the franchising authority or
judicial action if warranted by changed circumstances. The Company's franchises
typically provide for payment of fees to franchising authorities in the range of
3% to 5% of "revenues" (as defined by each franchise agreement).
The 1984 Cable Act contains renewal procedures designed to protect incumbent
franchisees against arbitrary denials of renewal. The 1992 Cable Act makes
several changes to the renewal process which could make it easier for a
franchising authority to deny renewal. Moreover, even if the franchise is
renewed, the franchising authority
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may seek to impose new and more onerous requirements such as significant
upgrades in facilities and services or increased franchise fees as a condition
of renewal. Similarly, if a franchising authority's consent is required for the
purchase or sale of a cable system or franchise, such authority may attempt to
impose more burdensome or onerous franchise requirements in connection with a
request for such consent. Historically, franchises have been renewed for cable
operators that have provided satisfactory services and have complied with the
terms of their franchises. The Company believes that it has generally met the
terms of its franchises and has provided quality levels of service, and it
anticipates that its future franchise renewal prospects generally will be
favorable.
Various courts have considered whether franchising authorities have the legal
right to limit franchise awards to a single cable operator and to impose certain
substantive franchise requirements (i.e., access channels, universal service and
other technical requirements). These decisions have been somewhat inconsistent
and, until the United States Supreme Court rules definitively on the scope of
cable operators' First Amendment protections, the legality of the franchising
process generally and of various specific franchise requirements is likely to be
in a state of flux.
Ownership Limitations. Pursuant to the 1992 Cable Act, the FCC adopted rules
prescribing national customer limits and limits on the number of channels that
can be occupied on a cable system by a video programmer in which the cable
operator has an attributable interest. The FCC's horizontal ownership limits
have been stayed because a federal district court found the statutory limitation
to be unconstitutional. An appeal of that decision is pending and has been
consolidated with an appeal of the FCC's regulations which implemented the
national customer and channel limitation provisions of the 1992 Cable Act. The
1996 Telecom Act eliminates the statutory prohibition on the common ownership,
operation or control of a cable system and a television broadcast station in the
same service area and directs the FCC to eliminate its regulatory restrictions
on cross-ownership of cable systems and national broadcasting networks and to
review its broadcast-cable ownership restrictions to determine if they are
necessary in the public interest.
Telephone Company Ownership of Cable Systems. The 1984 Cable Act, FCC
regulations and the 1982 federal court consent decree that settled the AT&T
antitrust suit regulated the provision of video programming and other
information services by telephone companies. The statutory provision and
corresponding FCC regulations are of particular competitive importance because
telephone companies already own much of the plant necessary for cable
communications operations, such as poles, underground conduit and associated
rights-of-way. The 1996 Telecom Act makes far-reaching changes in the regulation
of telephone companies that provide video programming services. The new law
eliminates current legal barriers to competition in the local telephone and
cable communications businesses, preempts legal barriers to competition that
previously existed in state and local laws and regulation and sets basic
standards for relationships between telecommunications providers. The 1996
Telecom Act generally limits acquisitions and prohibits certain joint ventures
between LECs and cable operators in the same market. LECs or their affiliates
generally are prohibited from holding greater than a 10% financial interest or
any management interest in a cable operator providing cable service within the
LEC's telephone service area. Similarly, cable operators and their affiliates
generally are prohibited from holding greater than a 10% financial interest or
any management interest in an LEC which provides telephone service in the cable
operator's franchise area. An LEC and cable operator who are operating in the
same market may not enter into any joint venture or partnership to provide video
programming directly to subscribers or to provide telecommunications services to
households within that market. There are some statutory exceptions to the buy
out and joint venture prohibitions, including exceptions for certain small cable
systems (as defined by federal law) and for cable systems or telephone
facilities serving certain rural areas, and the FCC is authorized to grant
waivers of the prohibitions under certain circumstances. The FCC and, in some
cases, states are required to conduct numerous rulemaking proceedings to
implement the 1996 Telecom Act. The ultimate outcome of these rulemakings, and
the ultimate impact of the 1996 Telecom Act or any final regulations adopted
pursuant to the new law on the Company or its business, cannot be determined at
this time.
Pole Attachment. The Communications Act requires the FCC to regulate the rates,
terms and conditions imposed by public utilities for cable systems' use of
utility pole and conduit space unless state authorities can demonstrate that
they adequately regulate pole attachment rates. In the absence of state
regulation, the FCC administers pole attachment rates through the use of a
formula that it has devised. In some cases, utility companies have increased
pole attachment fees for cable systems that have installed fiber optic cables
and that are using such cables for the distribution of nonvideo services. The
FCC concluded that, in the absence of state regulation, it has jurisdiction to
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determine whether utility companies have justified their demand for additional
rental fees and that the Communications Act does not permit disparate rates
based on the type of service provided over the equipment attached to the
utility's pole.
The 1996 Telecom Act modifies the current pole attachment provisions of the
Communications Act by immediately permitting certain providers of
telecommunications services to rely upon the protections of the current law and
by requiring that utilities provide cable systems and telecommunications
carriers with nondiscriminatory access to any pole, conduit or right-of-way
controlled by the utility. Additionally, within two years of enactment of the
1996 Telecom Act, the FCC is required to adopt new regulations to govern the
charges for pole attachments used by companies providing telecommunications
services, including cable operators. These new pole attachment regulations will
become effective five years after enactment of the 1996 Telecom Act, and any
increase in attachment rates resulting from the FCC's new regulations will be
phased in equal annual increments over a period of five years beginning on the
effective date of the new FCC regulations.
Other Statutory Provisions. The 1992 Cable Act and the 1996 Telecom Act
preclude video programmers affiliated with cable companies or common carriers
providing video programming directly to customers from favoring the affiliated
company over competitors and require such programmers to sell their programming
to other multichannel video distributors. These provisions limit the ability of
cable program suppliers affiliated with cable companies or common carriers
providing video programming to offer exclusive programming arrangements to their
affiliates. The Communications Act also includes provisions, among others,
concerning horizontal and vertical ownership of cable systems, customer service,
customer privacy, commercial leased access channels, marketing practices, equal
employment opportunity, franchise renewal and transfer, award of franchises,
technical standards, consumer equipment compatibility and obscene or indecent
programming. The United States Supreme Court recently held parts of the 1992
Cable Act regulating "indecent" programming on local access channels to be
unconstitutional, but upheld the statutory right of cable operators to prohibit
or limit the provision of "indecent" programming on commercial leased access
channels.
Other FCC Regulations. The FCC has numerous rulemaking proceedings pending that
will implement various provisions of the 1996 Telecom Act; it also has adopted
regulations implementing various provisions of the 1992 Cable Act and the 1996
Telecom Act that are the subject of petitions requesting reconsideration of
various aspects of its rulemaking proceedings. In addition to the FCC
regulations noted above, there are other FCC regulations covering such areas as
equal employment opportunity, syndicated program exclusivity, network program
nonduplication, registration of cable systems, maintenance of various records
and public inspection files, microwave frequency usage, lockbox availability,
origination cablecasting and sponsorship identification, antenna structure
notification, marking and lighting, carriage of local sports programming,
application of the fairness doctrine and rules governing political broadcasts,
limitations on advertising contained in nonbroadcast children's programming,
consumer protection and customer service, leased commercial access, ownership of
home wiring, indecent programming, programmer access to cable systems,
programming agreements, technical standards, consumer electronics equipment
compatibility and DBS implementation. The FCC has the authority to enforce its
regulations through the imposition of substantial fines, the issuance of cease
and desist orders and/or the imposition of other administrative sanctions, such
as the revocation of FCC licenses needed to operate certain transmission
facilities often used in connection with cable operations.
The 1992 Cable Act and the FCC's rules implementing it generally have increased
the administrative and operational expenses of cable systems and have resulted
in additional regulatory oversight by the FCC and local franchise authorities.
The Company will continue to develop strategies to minimize the adverse impact
the FCC's regulations and the other provisions of the 1992 Cable Act and the
1996 Telecom Act have on the Company's business. However, no assurances can be
given that the Company will be able to develop and successfully implement such
strategies to minimize the adverse impact of the FCC's rate regulations, or the
1992 Cable Act or the 1996 Telecom Act on the Company's business.
COPYRIGHT
Cable systems are subject to federal copyright licensing covering carriage of
television and radio broadcast signals. In exchange for filing certain reports
and contributing a percentage of their revenues to a federal copyright royalty
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pool, cable operators can obtain blanket permission to retransmit copyrighted
material on broadcast signals. The nature and amount of future payments for
broadcast signal carriage cannot be predicted at this time. The possible
simplification, modification or elimination of the compulsory copyright license
is the subject of continuing legislative review. The elimination or substantial
modification of the cable compulsory license could adversely affect the
Company's ability to obtain suitable programming and could substantially
increase the cost of programming that remained available for distribution to the
Company's customers. The Company cannot predict the outcome of this legislative
activity.
Cable operators may produce programming and advertising that use music
controlled by the two major music performing rights organizations, ASCAP and
BMI. In October 1989, the special rate court of the United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York imposed interim rates on the cable
industry's use of ASCAP-controlled music. The same federal district court
recently established a special rate court for BMI. BMI and certain cable
industry representatives recently concluded negotiations for a standard
licensing agreement covering the usage of BMI music contained in advertising and
other information inserted by operators into cable programming and on certain
local access and origination channels carried on cable systems. ASCAP and cable
industry representatives have met to discuss the development of a standard
licensing agreement covering ASCAP music in local origination and an access
licensing agreement covering ASCAP music in local origination and access
channels and pay-per-view programming. Although the Company cannot predict the
ultimate outcome of these industry negotiations or the amount of any license
fees it may be required to pay for past and future use of ASCAP-controlled
music, it does not believe such license fees will be material to the Company's
operations.
STATE AND LOCAL REGULATION
Cable systems are subject to state and local regulation, typically imposed
through the franchising processing because they use local streets and
rights-of-way. Regulatory responsibility for essentially local aspects of the
cable business such as franchisee selection, billing practices, system design
and construction, and safety and consumer protection remains with either state
or local officials and, in some jurisdictions, with both.
Cable systems generally are operated pursuant to nonexclusive franchises,
permits or licenses granted by a municipality or other state or local government
entity. Franchises generally are granted for fixed terms and in many cases are
terminable if the franchisee fails to comply with material provisions. The terms
and conditions of franchises vary materially from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
Each franchise generally contains provisions governing payment of franchise
fees, franchise term, system construction and maintenance obligations, system
channel capacity, design and technical performance, customer service standards,
franchise renewal, sale or transfer of the franchise, territory of the
franchisee, indemnification of the franchising authority, use and occupancy of
public streets and types of cable services provided. A number of states subject
cable systems to the jurisdiction of centralized state governmental agencies,
some of which impose regulation of a character similar to that of a public
utility. Attempts in other states to regulate cable systems are continuing and
can be expected to increase. To date, no state in which the Company operates has
enacted such state level regulation. The Company cannot predict whether any of
the states in which it currently operates will engage in such regulation in the
future. State and local franchising jurisdiction is not unlimited, however, and
must be exercised consistently with federal law. The 1992 Cable Act immunizes
franchising authorities from monetary damage awards arising from regulation of
cable systems or decisions made on franchise grants, renewals, transfers and
amendments.
The foregoing does not purport to describe all present and proposed federal,
state, and local regulations and legislation affecting the cable industry. Other
existing federal regulations, copyright licensing, and, in many jurisdictions,
state and local franchise requirements, are currently the subject of judicial
proceedings, legislative hearings and administrative and legislative proposals
which could change, in varying degrees, the manner in which cable systems
operate. Neither the outcome of these proceedings nor the impact on the cable
communications industry or the Company can be predicted at this time.
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MANAGEMENT
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF FRONTIERVISION INC.
FVOP's sole general partner is FVP, whose sole general partner is FVP GP, L.P.
("FVP GP"). FVP GP's sole general partner is FrontierVision Inc. Information
with respect to the directors and executive officers of FrontierVision Inc. and
Capital, respectively, is set forth below.
FRONTIERVISION INC.
<TABLE>
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NAME AGE POSITION
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James C. Vaughn 50 President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director
John S. Koo 35 Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer, Secretary and Director
William Mahon 55 Vice President of Operations
Gary T. Crosby 44 Vice President of Development
James W. McHose 32 Vice President and Treasurer
Todd E. Padgett 30 Director of Finance
</TABLE>
FRONTIERVISION CAPITAL CORPORATION
<TABLE>
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<S> <C> <C>
NAME AGE POSITION
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<S> <C> <C>
James C. Vaughn 50 President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director
John S. Koo 35 Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer, Secretary and Director
James W. McHose 32 Vice President and Treasurer
</TABLE>
JAMES C. VAUGHN, President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of
FrontierVision Inc. and Capital and a founder of the Company, is a cable
television system operator and manager with over 30 years of experience in the
cable television industry. From 1987 to 1995, he served as Senior Vice President
of Operations for Triax Communications Corp., a top 40 MSO, where he was
responsible for managing all aspects of small and medium-sized cable television
systems. These systems grew from serving 57,000 subscribers to over 376,000
subscribers during Mr. Vaughn's tenure. Prior to joining Triax Communications,
Mr. Vaughn served as Director of Operations for Tele-Communications, Inc. from
1986 to 1987, with responsibility for managing the development of Chicago-area
cable television systems. From 1985 to 1986, Mr. Vaughn was Division Manager for
Harte-Hanks Communications. From 1983 to 1985, Mr. Vaughn served as Vice
President of Operations for Bycom, Inc. From 1979 to 1983, Mr. Vaughn served as
Director of Engineering for the Development Division of Cox Cable Communications
Corp. From 1970 to 1979, Mr. Vaughn served as Senior Staff Engineer for Viacom,
Inc.'s cable division, and as Director of Engineering for Showtime, a division
of Viacom International, Inc.
JOHN S. KOO, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and a
Director of FrontierVision Inc. and Capital and a founder of the Company, has
over 11 years of banking experience in the telecommunications industry. From
1990 to 1995, Mr. Koo served as a Vice President at Canadian Imperial Bank of
Commerce ("CIBC"), where he co-founded CIBC's Mezzanine Finance Group, targeted
at emerging media and telecommunications businesses. From 1986 to 1990, Mr. Koo
was a Vice President at Bank of New England specializing in media finance. From
1984 to 1986, he was a management consultant to the financial services industry.
WILLIAM MAHON, Vice President of Operations of FrontierVision Inc. since
December 1995, has over 15 years of cable television operations management
experience. Prior to joining FrontierVision Inc., Mr. Mahon served as Vice
President of Operations for UVC, a top 50 MSO, from 1990 to 1995, where he was
responsible for the day-to-day operations of approximately 130 cable systems
located in twelve states. From 1983 to 1989, Mr. Mahon served as President and
General Manager of Heritage Cable Vision, a 90,000 subscriber MSO.
Mr. Mahon is a member of the Society of Cable Engineers and serves on the Board
of Directors of the New England Cable Television Association.
GARY T. CROSBY, Vice President of Development of FrontierVision Inc. since
October 1995, has over 22 years of experience in the cable television industry.
Mr. Crosby served as Regional Manager for Triax Communications Corp., a top 40
MSO, from 1988 to 1995, where he managed 130 cable systems representing 233
franchising
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authorities. From 1982 to 1988, Mr. Crosby served as Regional Manager for Dowden
Communications, Inc., an Atlanta-based MSO. From 1978 to 1982, he served as Vice
President for Crosby Cable Company, where he was responsible for day-to-day
operations. Mr. Crosby has been actively involved in the Illinois Cable
Television Association (ICTA), where he served as Chairman.
JAMES W. MCHOSE, Vice President and Treasurer of FrontierVision Inc. and Capital
since July 1996, has over 10 years of accounting and tax experience, including
during the past six years providing tax, accounting and consulting services to
companies engaged in the cable television industry. Prior to joining the
Company, Mr. McHose was a Senior Manager in the Information, Communications, and
Entertainment practice of KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP, where he specialized in
taxation of companies in the cable television industry. In this capacity, Mr.
McHose served MSOs with over 14 million subscribers in the aggregate. Mr. McHose
is a member of the Cable Television Tax Professional's Institute and is a
Certified Public Accountant.
TODD E. PADGETT, Director of Finance of FrontierVision Inc. since July 1995, has
over five years of project management and corporate finance experience in the
natural gas transmission and marketing industry, where he specialized in
developing, evaluating, negotiating and financing natural gas pipeline and
international power projects. From 1990 to 1995, Mr. Padgett served as Project
Manager for Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, a subsidiary of MidCon
Corp., which is a division of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Padgett is a
Certified Public Accountant and has an MBA from the University of Chicago.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The partnership agreement of FVP provides for the establishment of an Advisory
Committee to consult with and advise FVP GP, the general partner of FVP, with
respect to FVP's business and overall strategy. The Advisory Committee has broad
authority to review and approve or disapprove matters relating to all material
aspects of FVP's business. The approval of seventy-five percent (75%) of the
members of the Advisory Committee that are entitled to vote on the matter is
required in order for the Company to effect any cable television system
acquisition. The Advisory Committee consists of four representatives of the
Attributable Class A Limited Partners of FVP and one representative of FVP GP.
Subject to certain conditions, each of the four Attributable Class A Limited
Partners of FVP listed in "Principal Security Holders" is entitled to designate
(directly or indirectly) one of the four Attributable Class A Limited Partner
representatives on the Advisory Committee. The designees of J.P. Morgan
Investment Corporation, 1818 II Cable Corp. (whose designee is selected by two
affiliated individuals specified in the FVP Partnership Agreement), Olympus
Cable Corp. and First Union Capital Partners Inc. are John W. Watkins, Richard
H. Witmer, Jr., James A. Conroy and L. Watts Hamrick, III, respectively. FVP
GP's designee is Mr. Vaughn.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following table summarizes the compensation paid to FrontierVision Inc.'s
Chief Executive Officer and to each of its other most highly compensated
officers receiving compensation in excess of $100,000 for services rendered
during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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ANNUAL COMPENSATION
NAME AND ----------------------------
PRINCIPAL POSITION YEAR SALARY BONUS(1)
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
James C. Vaughn 1995 $169,635 $110,000
President and Chief Executive Officer
John S. Koo 1995 93,416 90,000
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
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(1) Bonus paid for the employment contract year ending April 16, 1996. Mr.
Vaughn and Mr. Koo deferred $35,000 and $50,000, respectively, of the bonus to
the Deferred Compensation Plan described below.
401(k) PLAN
The Company established the FrontierVision Operating Partners 401(k) Plan (the
"401(k) Plan") effective January 1, 1996. In general, all employees of the
Company, except certain employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement,
may participate in the 401(k) Plan immediately upon employment with the Company.
Employees who participate in the 401(k) Plan may elect to defer and have
contributed to the 401(k) Plan an amount up to 15% of
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such employees' eligible compensation, on a pre-tax basis. The Company makes a
matching contribution to a participating employee's account under the 401(k)
Plan in an amount equal to 100% of the amount of eligible compensation deferred
and contributed to the employee's account, up to a maximum of 3% of such
employee's eligible compensation. The Company in its discretion may also make an
additional company contribution for any year. The Company's matching
contribution and any additional contribution to the 401(k) Plan are subject to a
five-year vesting schedule, based upon each participating employee's years of
employment with the Company. Such contributions vest at the rate of 20% per year
of service, so that an employee's account will be fully (100%) vested after five
years of service.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
FVP established the FrontierVision Partners, L.P. Executive Deferred
Compensation Plan (the "Deferred Compensation Plan") effective January 1, 1996
to allow key employees the opportunity to defer the payment of compensation to a
later date and to participate in any appreciation of FVP's business. The
Deferred Compensation Plan is administered by FVP's Advisory Committee.
Participation in the Deferred Compensation Plan is limited to James C. Vaughn,
John S. Koo and other key executives of FVP or its affiliates approved by the
Compensation Committee of the Advisory Committee (the "Compensation Committee").
Under the Deferred Compensation Plan, eligible employees may elect to defer the
payment of a portion of their compensation each year up to an amount determined
by the Compensation Committee. Any amount deferred is credited to a bookkeeping
account, which is credited with interest at the rate of 12% per annum. Each
participant's account also has a phantom equity component through which the
account will be credited with earnings in excess of 12% per annum to the extent
the Net Equity Value of FVP appreciates in excess of 12% per annum during the
term of the deferral. Net Equity Value of FVP is determined by multiplying each
cable television system's EBITDA for the most recent fiscal quarter by the
weighted average multiple of EBITDA paid by FVP to acquire each cable television
system; provided that if substantially all of the assets or partnership
interests of FVP are sold, Net Equity Value shall be based upon such actual sale
price adjusted to reflect any prior distributions to the partners and any
payments during the term of the deferral to the holders of certain subordinated
notes issued to the limited partners of FVP. Accounts shall be paid following
(i) the sale of all of FVP's partnership interests or upon liquidation of FVP,
other than sales or liquidations which are part of a reorganization, or (ii) the
death or disability of the participant prior to termination of employment with
FVP. The Compensation Committee may agree to pay the account in the event the
participant incurs a severe financial hardship or if the participant agrees to
an earlier payment. There are four employees currently participating in the
Deferred Compensation Plan, including Messrs. Vaughn and Koo.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
A Compensation Committee of the Advisory Committee of FVP, consisting of Messrs.
Watkins and Witmer, as representatives of J.P. Morgan Investment Corporation and
1818 II Cable Corp., respectively, sets the compensation of the executive
officers of the Company. See "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions."
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
James C. Vaughn has entered into an employment agreement with FVP, dated as of
April 17, 1995 (the "Employment Agreement"). The agreement provides that Mr.
Vaughn will be employed as President and Chief Executive Officer of FVP. The
agreement establishes a base salary to be paid to Mr. Vaughn each year which is
subject to annual adjustment to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index
for All Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
United States Department of Labor (or, in the event of the discontinuance
thereof, another appropriate index selected by FVP, with the approval of the
Advisory Committee). Mr. Vaughn's base salary may from time to time be increased
if FVP shall deem it advisable to do so. For 1995, Mr. Vaughn's base salary was
$275,000. In addition, he is entitled to annual bonuses up to $75,000, subject
to the attainment of certain performance objectives set forth in the Employment
Agreement. Pursuant to the Employment Agreement, for 1995, Mr. Vaughn received a
$75,000 bonus. If FVP terminates Mr. Vaughn's employment without "cause" (as
defined in the Employment Agreement), then Mr. Vaughn is entitled to receive a
severance payment equal to 25% of his then base salary. Mr. Vaughn has agreed
not to compete with FVP for the term of his employment with FVP and for an
additional period of two years thereafter and to keep certain information in
connection with FVP confidential.
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
The Company's sole general partner (owning 99.9% of the partnership interests
therein) is FVP. The Company's sole limited partner (owning 0.1% of the
partnership interests therein) is FrontierVision Operating Partners, Inc., which
is a wholly owned subsidiary of FVP. FVP's sole general partner (owning 1% of
the partnership interests therein) is FVP GP. FVP's limited partners (owning 99%
of the partnership interests therein) consist of J.P. Morgan Investment
Corporation, an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., First Union Capital
Partners, Inc., an affiliate of First Union Capital Markets Corp., and various
institutional investors and accredited investors. FVP GP's sole general partner
(owning 1% of the partnership interests therein) is FrontierVision Inc., which
is owned by James C. Vaughn and John S. Koo. FVP GP's limited partners (owning
99% of the partnership interests therein) consist of J.P. Morgan Investment
Corporation, First Union Capital Partners, Inc., various institutional
investors, James C. Vaughn and John S. Koo. See "Principal Security Holders."
As of June 30, 1996, J.P. Morgan Investment Corporation and First Union Capital
Partners, Inc. have committed approximately $25,339,224 and $15,203,534,
respectively, to FVP. As of June 30, 1996, FrontierVision Inc. has committed
approximately $12,335 to FVP, representing commitments of approximately $8,224
and $4,112 by James C. Vaughn and John S. Koo, respectively, who are directors
of FrontierVision Inc. Such capital commitments are contributed as equity to
FVOP in connection with the closing of acquisitions by FVOP. As of June 30,
1996, J.P. Morgan Investment Corporation and First Union Capital Partners, Inc.
have paid $22,966,588 and $13,779,953 of such commitments, respectively, to fund
the closing of acquisitions by FVOP, for escrow deposits for acquisitions by
FVOP under contract and for FVOP working capital requirements. In addition,
concurrently with or prior to the completion of the Offering, FVP will
consummate the Rights Offering, pursuant to which it is anticipated that J.P.
Morgan Investment Corporation and First Union Capital Partners, Inc. will
acquire additional partnership interests in FVP.
J.P. Morgan Investment Corporation and First Union Capital Partners, Inc. are
"Special Class A" limited partners of FVP. Upon the termination of FVP and in
connection with distributions to its partners in respect of their partnership
interests, J.P. Morgan Investment Corporation, First Union Capital Partners,
Inc. and FVP GP will be entitled to receive "carried interest" distributions or
will be allocated a portion of 15% of any remaining capital to be distributed by
FVP after certain other distributions are made. See "The Partnership
Agreements." J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. acted as placement agent for the
initial offering of limited partnership interests of FVP (other than with
respect to the investment made by J.P. Morgan Investment Corporation) and the
placement of debt securities of FVP and in connection with those activities
received customary fees and reimbursement of expenses.
Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, an affiliate of J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., The Chase Manhattan Bank, an affiliate of Chase Securities
Inc., and CIBC Inc., an affiliate of CIBC Wood Gundy Securities Corp., are
agents and lenders under the Senior Credit Facility and have received customary
fees for acting in such capacities.
In addition, the Underwriters will receive the compensation described under the
caption "Underwriting" in connection with the Offering. There are no other
arrangements between the Underwriters and their affiliates and the Company or
any of its affiliates pursuant to which the Underwriters or their affiliates
will receive any additional compensation from the Company or any of its
affiliates.
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PRINCIPAL SECURITY HOLDERS
The following table sets forth, as of June 30, 1996, (i) the units of general
partnership interest and limited partnership interest of the Company
beneficially owned by the directors and executive officers of FrontierVision
Inc. and each person who is known to the Company to own beneficially more than
5.0% of any class of the Company's partnership interests and (ii) the units of
the equity securities of FrontierVision Inc., FVP GP, FVP and the Company owned
by each director or executive officer of FrontierVision Inc. named in the
Summary Compensation Table and by all executive officers of the Company as a
group. For a more detailed discussion of the ownership of the Company, see
"Certain Relationships and Related Transactions."
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NAME AND ADDRESS OF BENEFICIAL
OWNERS TYPE OF INTEREST % OF CLASS
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FrontierVision Partners, L.P.(1) General Partner Interest in the Company 99.90%
1777 South Harrison Street, Suite
P-200
Denver, Colorado 80210
FVP GP, L.P.(1) General Partner Interest in FVP 1.00%
1777 South Harrison Street, Suite
P-200
Denver, Colorado 80210
J.P. Morgan Investment Corporation Limited Partnership Interest in FVP 20.47%
101 California Street, Suite 3800 (Attributable Class A Limited Partner)
San Francisco, CA 94111 Limited Partnership Interest in FVP GP 13.62%
1818 II Cable Corp. Limited Partnership Interest in FVP 20.18%
c/o Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (Attributable Class A Limited Partner)
59 Wall Street Limited Partnership Interest in FVP GP 13.62%
New York, NY 10005
Olympus Cable Corp. Limited Partnership Interest in FVP 20.18%
Metro Center--One Station Place (Attributable Class A Limited Partner)
Stamford, CT 06920 Limited Partnership Interest in FVP GP 13.62%
First Union Capital Partners, Inc. Limited Partnership Interest in FVP 12.28%
One First Union Center, 18th Floor (Attributable Class A Limited Partner)
Charlotte, NC 28288 Limited Partnership Interest in FVP GP 8.17%
James C. Vaughn Stockholder of FrontierVision Inc. 66.67%
1777 South Harrison Street, Suite Limited Partnership Interest in FVP GP 39.20%
P-200
Denver, Colorado 80210
John S. Koo Stockholder of FrontierVision Inc. 33.33%
1777 South Harrison Street, Suite Limited Partnership Interest in FVP GP 11.76%
P-200
Denver, Colorado 80210
All other executive officers and
directors as a group 0.00%
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(1) FVOP's sole general partner (owning 99.9% of the partnership interests
therein) is FVP, a Delaware limited partnership, and FVOP's sole limited partner
(owning 0.1% of the partnership interests therein) is FrontierVision Operating
Partners, Inc., a Delaware corporation which is a wholly owned subsidiary of
FVP. FVP's sole general partner (owning 1% of the partnership interests therein)
is FVP GP, a Delaware limited partnership, and FVP's limited partners (owning
99% of the partnership interests therein) are various institutional investors
and accredited investors. FVP GP's sole general partner (owning 1% of the
partnership interests therein) is FrontierVision Inc., which is owned by James
C. Vaughn and John S. Koo, and FVP GP's limited partners (owning 99% of the
partnership interests therein) consist of various institutional investors, James
C. Vaughn and John S. Koo. See "The Partnership Agreements--FVP Partnership
Agreement."
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OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
The following chart illustrates the ownership structure of the Company.
FLOWCHART
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THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS
The following is a summary of certain material terms of the Agreement of Limited
Partnership of FVOP, as amended (the "Company Partnership Agreement"), the First
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of FVP, as amended (the
"FVP Partnership Agreement") and the First Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership of FVP GP, as amended (the "FVP GP Partnership Agreement"
and together with the Company Partnership Agreement and FVP Partnership
Agreement, the "Partnership Agreements"). This summary reflects certain
amendments to certain of the Partnership Agreements which will be made at or
prior to the closing of the Offering. The statements under this caption are
summaries and do not purport to be complete, and where reference is made to
particular provisions of the Partnership Agreements, such provisions, including
the definitions of certain terms, are incorporated by reference as a part of
such summaries or terms, which are qualified in their entirety by such
reference. Complete copies of the form of Partnership Agreements have been filed
as exhibits to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part and
are available in the manner described in "Additional Information." All
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed
to them in the respective Partnership Agreement.
THE COMPANY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
Organization and Duration. The Company was formed as a limited partnership
pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership
Act, as amended (the "Delaware Act"), and a certificate of limited partnership
of the Company was filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on July 14,
1995. The purpose of the Company, as set forth in the Company Partnership
Agreement, is to conduct and promote the business of acquiring, investing in,
disposing of, operating, managing and financing cable systems and to engage in
all activities necessary, desirable or incidental for such purpose.
The Company will be dissolved and its affairs shall be wound up upon the
earliest to occur of the following: (i) June 30, 2007; (ii) all of the partners
of the Company approve such action in writing; (iii) the Company sells or
otherwise disposes of its interest in all or substantially all of its property;
(iv) an event of withdrawal of the General Partner has occurred under the
Delaware Act; or (v) an entry of a decree of judicial dissolution has occurred
under the Delaware Act.
Control of Operations. The Company Partnership Agreement provides that the
powers of the General Partner include all powers, statutory and otherwise,
possessed by general partners under the laws of Delaware, including the right
and power to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company and to
delegate to one or more other persons such right and power. Upon the occurrence
and continuance of any Event of Default under and as defined in the Senior
Credit Facility, Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. (the "Administrative Agent") shall
be entitled to be admitted (or to have a designee of its choice admitted) as a
new general partner of the Company (the "New General Partner"). On and after the
admission of the New General Partner to the Company, the New General Partner
shall have all powers, statutory and otherwise, possessed by general partners
under the laws of Delaware and shall have the authority to manage the business
and affairs of the Company and the General Partner shall have no further powers
or privileges with respect to the management of the Company.
Capital Contributions. Under the Company Partnership Agreement, the partners
have made certain capital contributions to the Company. Each partner of the
Company may, but is not required to, make additional capital contributions to
the Company. The Company Partnership Agreement provides that upon the admission
of any additional Limited Partners or Substituted Limited Partners to the
Company, the Company's Limited Partner shall withdraw from the Company and shall
be entitled to receive the return of its capital contribution, without interest
or deduction. In the event of the admission of the New General Partner to the
Company, no capital contribution by the New General Partner shall be required.
Following the admission of the New General Partner to the Company, if requested
by the Administrative Agent, the partnership interest held by the General
Partner shall be converted into a limited partnership interest and in that
connection, the New General Partner may make such additional capital
contributions and alter the allocation of the Company profits and losses among
the partners in such manner as it determines to be appropriate to preserve the
status of the Company as a partnership for federal income tax purposes.
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Withdrawal or Removal of Partners. In general, no right is given to any partner
of the Company to withdraw from the Company. The General Partner may admit (i)
additional Limited Partners, (ii) an assignee of the Limited Partner's
partnership interest in the Company as a Substituted Limited Partner of the
Company and (iii) one or more additional general partners to the Company. In
addition, upon the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default under and
as defined in the Senior Credit Facility, the Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to be admitted (or to have a designee of its choice admitted) as a New
General Partner.
Assignment of Partnership Interests. Under the Company Partnership Agreement,
the Limited Partner may assign all or any part of its partnership interest in
the Company only with the consent of the General Partner. The Limited Partner
has no right to grant an assignee of its partnership interest in the Company the
right to become a Substituted Limited Partner of the Company. Following the
admission of the New General Partner to the Company, neither the General Partner
nor the Limited Partner may transfer its partnership interest in the Company
without the prior written consent of the New General Partner.
Class A Partnership Interests. Concurrently with or prior to the consummation
of the Offering, it is anticipated that UVC will convert $5.0 million aggregate
principal amount of the UVC Note into limited partnership interests of the
Company represented by the Class A Partnership Interests and the balance of the
UVC Note will be repaid. Such conversion and repayment of the UVC Note are both
included as part of the Transactions. The Class A Partnership Interests will be
redeemable in whole or in part, at the option of the Company at any time, at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate capital contribution represented
thereby plus a return on the undistributed portion thereof at a rate of 17% per
annum, compounded annually (the "Liquidation Value"). The Class A Partnership
Interests also will be redeemable in full at their Liquidation Value upon
consummation of the sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets
following repayment of all of the Company's indebtedness. In addition, the Class
A Partnership Interests will be redeemable in full at their Liquidation Value,
at the option of the holders thereof (within six months of notice to the
Company) following the earlier to occur of (i) the twelfth anniversary of the
issue date of such Interests or (ii) the fifth anniversary of the issue date if,
as of such date, the Company has no unmatured indebtedness for borrowed money
outstanding (which indebtedness was part of a major senior or subordinated debt
financing).
FVP PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
Organization and Duration. FVP was formed as a limited partnership pursuant to
the provisions of the Delaware Act, and a certificate of limited partnership of
FVP was filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on April 17, 1995. The
principal purpose of FVP, as set forth in the FVP Partnership Agreement, is to
(i) acquire, invest in, own, finance, operate, improve, develop, maintain,
promote, sell, dispose of and otherwise exploit cable television systems and
properties and interests therein, (ii) conduct related business activities,
including telephony and other communications businesses and activities that are
related to FVP's cable television businesses and activities, directly or
indirectly through other entities, alone or with others, and (iii) do any and
all acts necessary, desirable or incidental to the accomplishment of such
purpose.
FVP will be dissolved and its affairs wound up upon the earliest to occur of the
following: (i) June 30, 2007; (ii) the Incapacity, withdrawal, removal or other
event of withdrawal (as defined in the Delaware Act) of a General Partner; (iii)
on or after the time when all of the Capital Commitments and Loan Amounts have
been paid, upon the sale or other disposition by FVP of all or substantially all
of the Investments it then owns; or (iv) the entry of a decree of judicial
dissolution under the Delaware Act. In the case of dissolution described in
clause (ii), if at such time there is at least one remaining General Partner,
the remaining General Partner(s) may unanimously elect to carry on the business
of FVP. In addition, within 90 days thereafter, Class A Limited Partners
representing at least a majority in Interest of the remaining partners (based on
their profits interests and capital interests), or such greater percentage in
Interest as may be required under the Delaware Act, may agree to continue the
business of FVP and to the appointment of one or more additional general
partners to be effective as of the date of such event.
Control of Operations. The FVP Partnership Agreement provides that the General
Partner has the full, exclusive and complete right, power and discretion to
operate, manage and control the affairs and business of FVP and to make all
decisions affecting FVP's affairs and business, subject to the terms and
provisions of the FVP Partnership Agreement. Among, but not limited to, the
limitations on its power, the General Partner does not have
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the right: (i) to possess any FVP property or assign rights to such property for
other than a partnership purpose; (ii) to perform any act or employ any assets
of FVP in contravention of the FVP Partnership Agreement; (iii) to take any
action which requires approval of the Advisory Committee, unless such action
shall first have been so approved; (iv) to permit FVP to take any action or
operate in any manner as would cause FVP to be classified as an "investment
company" for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or as
would cause all or any portion of the assets of FVP to constitute "plan assets"
for federal income tax purposes; (v) to admit a person as a Partner except as
otherwise provided in the FVP Partnership Agreement; (vi) to transfer its
Interest as General Partner, or (vii) to amend the FVP Partnership Agreement,
except as provided by the FVP Partnership Agreement.
Advisory Committee. The FVP Partnership Agreement provides for the
establishment of an Advisory Committee to consult with and advise the General
Partner with respect to FVP's business and overall strategy. Under the FVP
Partnership Agreement, the Advisory Committee has broad authority to review and
approve or disapprove matters relating to all material aspects of FVP's
business, including, but not limited to, determinations with respect to (i) the
acquisition by FVP of any Investment (including any cable television system
acquisition), (ii) the sale, exchange or other disposition by FVP of
Investments, (iii) financing or refinancing of FVP or any Operating Entity, (iv)
borrowings, loans or guarantees by FVP or any Operating Entity relating to
indebtedness for borrowed money, (v) capital calls under the FVP Partnership
Agreement, (vi) the admission of additional partners to FVP or additional
partners to the General Partner and their obligations and liabilities thereto,
(vii) the issuance of additional Interests in the General Partner and the
amendment of the allocation provisions of the FVP GP Partnership Agreement,
(viii) the issuance of additional shares or transfer of capital stock of
FrontierVision Inc. or the merger or consolidation of FrontierVision Inc., (ix)
the creation and issuance of additional classes or series of Limited Partnership
Interests and (x) the termination of the Vaughn Employment Agreement. Upon
termination of the Vaughn Employment Agreement, the General Partner may be
removed from FVP. In addition, the failure of the General Partner to follow any
such direction of the Advisory Committee in connection with such determinations
shall constitute a material breach of the FVP Partnership Agreement whereby the
General Partner may be removed from FVP. As provided in the FVP Partnership
Agreement, the approval of seventy-five percent (75%) of the members of the
Advisory Committee that are entitled to vote on the matter is required in order
for the Company to effect any cable television system acquisition. The Advisory
Committee consists of four representatives of the Attributable Class A Limited
Partners of FVP and one representative of the General Partner. Subject to
certain conditions, each of the four Attributable Class A Limited Partners
listed in "Principal Security Holders" is entitled to designate (directly or
indirectly) one of the four Attributable Class A Limited Partner representatives
on the Advisory Committee.
Voting Rights. Except as to matters for which consent or approval is expressly
required under the FVP Partnership Agreement, the Limited Partners of FVP have
no right to vote on any partnership matters. Where consent of a majority or
specified percentage in Interest of the Limited Partners of FVP or of a class or
classes of Limited Partners is required, such consent will be determined by
reference to the aggregate Capital Commitments of the Limited Partners entitled
to approve the act or thing for which approval is sought in accordance with the
terms of the FVP Partnership Agreement.
Amendments and Modifications. In general, the FVP Partnership Agreement is
subject to modification or amendment only with the written consent of the
General Partner and a majority in Interest of the Class A and Class B Limited
Partners of FVP; provided, however, the FVP Partnership Agreement may be amended
from time to time by the General Partner without the consent of any of the
Limited Partners to (i) add to the representations, duties or obligations of the
General Partner or surrender any right or power granted to the General Partner
by the FVP Partnership Agreement, (ii) admit one or more additional Limited
Partners or Substituted Limited Partners, or withdraw one or more Limited
Partners in accordance with the FVP Partnership Agreement, (iii) provide any
necessary information regarding any Partner, (iv) adjust certain allocations of
net profit and loss with the approval of the Advisory Committee and (v) reflect
any change in the amount of the Capital Commitments of any Partner in accordance
with the terms of the FVP Partnership Agreement; provided, however, such
amendment shall not be adopted if, in the opinion of counsel for FVP, such
amendment alters, or results in the alteration of, the limited liability of the
Limited Partners or the status of FVP as a partnership for federal income tax
purposes.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment to the FVP Partnership Agreement may
add to, detract from or otherwise modify the purposes of FVP. In addition,
amendments with respect to certain liabilities or responsibilities of certain
Limited Partners require the consent of certain Limited Partners.
Capitalization and Certain Distributions. In connection with its initial
formation, FVP issued to its Limited Partners units consisting of limited
partnership interests in FVP, 12% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2004 and 14%
Junior Subordinated Notes due 2004. Pursuant to such transaction, and under the
FVP Partnership Agreement, each General Partner and Limited Partner of FVP has
made certain capital contributions and loans to FVP. The General Partner is
required under the FVP Partnership Agreement to make such Capital Commitments to
FVP as are necessary to maintain at all times a Capital Commitment equal to not
less than one percent (1%) of the total Capital Commitments of all Partners. The
Limited Partners are not required to make additional capital contributions to
FVP in excess of their respective Capital Commitments. Except for provisions
allowing for the return of capital to Partners upon dissolution of FVP, the FVP
Partnership Agreement provides that no Partner of FVP shall have the right to
withdraw or demand return of its capital contribution.
The FVP Partnership Agreement provides that certain "Special" Limited Partners,
in consideration of significant Capital Commitments to FVP during its initial
formation, and the General Partner are entitled to receive a portion of 15% of
any remaining distributions to be distributed by FVP after certain distributions
are made to the Class A Limited Partners and Class B Limited Partners and the
General Partner in accordance with the FVP Partnership Agreement. The Special
Class A Limited Partners and the Special Class B Limited Partners will be
allocated 8% (in the aggregate) of such remaining capital, in proportion to the
amount of their respective Capital Commitments. The General Partner will be
allocated 7% (in the aggregate) of such remaining capital; provided, however,
that such percentage shall be subject to adjustment by the General Partner, with
the approval of the Advisory Committee, under certain circumstances pursuant to
the terms of the FVP Partnership Agreement.
Admission of Additional Partners. The General Partner is authorized, subject to
certain conditions and the approval of the Advisory Committee, to cause FVP to
(i) admit additional Limited Partners to the partnership, (ii) permit any
existing Limited Partner to increase its Capital Commitment or (iii) create and
issue such additional classes or series of Limited Partnership Interests having
such designations, preferences and relative, participating or other special
rights, powers and duties as the General Partner, with the approval of the
Advisory Committee, shall determine.
Preemptive Rights. The FVP Partnership Agreement provides that, except under
certain circumstances, the General Partner, without the consent of a majority in
Interest of the Class A Limited Partners, shall not be able to (i) issue, sell
or grant (x) Limited Partnership Interests in FVP, (y) warrants, options, or
other rights to purchase Limited Partnership Interests in FVP or (z) securities
convertible or exchangeable for Limited Partnership Interests in FVP or (ii)
permit any Limited Partner to increase its Capital Commitment to FVP until the
Capital Commitments of all of the Class A Limited Partners and Class B Limited
Partners have been fully drawn upon or expired. Except under certain
circumstances, after the Capital Commitments of all of the Class A Limited
Partners and Class B Limited Partners have been fully drawn upon or have
expired, if FVP proposes to admit additional Limited Partners to the partnership
or permit any Limited Partner to increase its Capital Commitment to the
partnership pursuant to the FVP Partnership Agreement, the General Partner must
give notice to each Limited Partner of such proposed action. Thereafter, each
Limited Partner will have the right to acquire its pro rata share of any such
additional Limited Partnership Interests or increase its Capital Commitment
subject to the provisions of the FVP Partnership Agreement.
Rights of First Refusal; Tag-Along Rights. The FVP Partnership Agreement
provides that in the event of a proposed transfer of a Limited Partnership
Interest or Note by a Limited Partner (to the extent permitted under the FVP
Partnership Agreement), such Limited Partner must provide 45 days' written
notice to the General Partner and to all of the Class A Limited Partners and
Class B Limited Partners of such proposed transfer and the proposed cash
purchase price. During the first 30 days of such period, the General Partner and
each of the Class A Limited Partners and Class B Limited Partners (other than
any Defaulting Partner) will have the right to propose to acquire such Interest
or Note, or some portion thereof, for the proposed cash purchase price. If the
Partners as a group propose to acquire more than the Interest or Note, then each
such Partner shall have the right to propose to acquire its pro rata portion of
the Interest or Note; provided, however, that the Limited Partner that proposes
such transfer
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shall not be obligated to sell any portion of the Interest or Note to any
Partner unless the Partners have collectively proposed to purchase all of the
Interest or Note.
In the case of a proposed transfer in a single transaction or a series of
related transactions of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding Limited
Partnership Interests, if the Partners do not exercise their rights of first
refusal, then, as a further condition to the transfer by a Limited Partner, such
Limited Partner shall obtain for each other Class A Limited Partner and Class B
Limited Partner the right to sell the same proportion of its Limited Partnership
Interests as that being sold by the selling Limited Partner at the same purchase
price, subject to certain adjustments.
Liability of General Partner. In general, under the FVP Partnership Agreement,
FVP will indemnify and hold harmless, out of its assets, the General Partner,
its partners and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or
stockholders (including when any of the foregoing is serving at the request of
the General Partner on behalf of FVP as a partner, officer, director, employee
or agent of any other Person) against losses, damages, expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees), judgments and settlement amounts incurred by such
party by reason of actions or omissions in connection with activities performed
on behalf of FVP and not constituting fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, willful
misconduct or gross negligence. In the event that the General Partner of FVP
ceases to be a General Partner, it shall remain liable for obligations and
liabilities incurred on account of its activities as General Partner prior to
the time it ceased to be a General Partner, but shall be free of any obligation
or liability as a General Partner incurred on account of the activities of FVP
from and after the time it ceased to be a General Partner.
Withdrawal or Removal of Partners. The General Partner may not voluntarily
dissolve, retire or withdraw as a General Partner of FVP. In addition, the
General Partner may not directly or indirectly assign, sell, exchange, transfer,
pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of all or any fraction of its Interest
as a General Partner of FVP. Subject to certain procedures, the General Partner
may be removed at any time after the occurrence of a Vaughn Expiration Date (as
defined below) or for "cause," in each case with the consent of a majority in
Interest of the Attributable Class A Limited Partners with the approval of the
Advisory Committee. In addition, in the event that FVP shall or would suffer an
FCC Regulatory Issue due to a GP Principal or any of its Affiliates, at the
request of the Advisory Committee, the General Partner shall cause the GP
Principal to divest all direct and indirect Interests in FVP.
Under the FVP Partnership Agreement, "cause" is defined as one or more of the
following: (i) any action by the General Partner or GP Principal which
constitutes dishonesty, a violation of law or a fraud against FVP; (ii) the
indictment of the General Partner or GP Principal for a felony; (iii) willful
misconduct, drunkenness or abuse of any controlled substance by the General
Partner or any GP Principal; (iv) any material violation by the General Partner
or any GP Principal of its fiduciary obligations to FVP or the Partners; (v) any
material breach by the General Partner or any GP Principal of the FVP
Partnership Agreement or any material breach by FrontierVision Inc. or any GP
Principal of the General Partner Partnership Agreement or (vi) in the event that
FVP shall or would suffer an FCC Regulatory Issue due to the General Partner,
any GP Principal or any of their Affiliates, unless such FCC Regulatory Issue is
cured within 15 days after the General Partner becomes aware thereof. Under the
FVP Partnership Agreement, "Vaughn Expiration Date" means the earliest of the
following dates: (i) the date on which Mr. Vaughn is neither a General Partner
nor a GP Principal; (ii) the date on which the Vaughn Employment Agreement is
terminated pursuant to its terms, and (iii) the date on which Mr. Vaughn ceases
to own beneficially for his own account, directly or indirectly, at least one of
the following: (x) at least two-thirds of the General Partner's share of
distributions under the FVP Partnership Agreement or (y) at least two-thirds of
the Interests of the General Partner that correlate to the General Partner's
share of distributions pursuant to the FVP Partnership Agreement.
Upon the removal of the General Partner, at the election of a majority in
Interest of the Attributable Class A Limited Partners with the approval of the
Advisory Committee, FVP shall redeem the Interest of the removed General Partner
for a price equal to the fair market value thereof as determined pursuant to the
FVP Partnership Agreement. In the absence of such election and approval, the
General Partner's Interest in FVP shall be converted to a nonvoting,
nonconvertible Limited Partnership Interest. Upon the removal of the General
Partner, a majority in Interest of the Attributable Class A Limited Partners
with the approval of the Advisory Committee shall have the power to appoint a
new General Partner.
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Mandatory Transfers. In the event of the Incapacity of a Limited Partner, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, the General Partner may require the
transfer of the Interest in and/or certain debt securities of FVP held by such
Limited Partner. The General Partner shall provide at least 60 days' notice of
such transfer. "Incapacity" is defined by the FVP Partnership Agreement to mean,
as to any person, (i) the adjudication of incompetence or insanity of such
person, or the Bankruptcy of such person, or (ii) the death, dissolution or
termination (other than by merger or consolidation), as the case may be, of such
person. In addition, the General Partner, with the approval of the Advisory
Committee, shall also have the right to cause any Defaulting Partner to transfer
its Limited Partnership Interest in accordance with the FVP Partnership
Agreement.
Under certain circumstances where FVP would suffer an FCC Regulatory Issue due
to a Limited Partner or an Attributable Person through such Limited Partner,
such Limited Partner may be required to use all commercially reasonable efforts
to sell such portion of its Limited Partnership Interests as may be necessary to
cure such FCC Regulatory Issue. If such Limited Partner is unable to sell its
Limited Partnership Interest within 180 days of the date that the General
Partner requests that such Interest be sold (or within the time established by
the FCC), then for a specified period, the General Partner, with the approval of
the Advisory Committee, may elect on behalf of FVP to make Buyout Payments to
such Limited Partner in accordance with the FVP Partnership Agreement. The
economic interest of such Limited Partner shall be deemed to have been converted
into debt and such Limited Partner shall immediately cease to be a Partner.
Liability of Limited Partners. Limited Partners of FVP do not have any personal
liability for the repayment or discharge of the debts and obligations of FVP;
provided, however, that each Limited Partner shall be liable to FVP for its
Unused Capital Commitment and Loan Amount in accordance with the terms of the
FVP Partnership Agreement.
Assignment of Partnership Interests. Under the FVP Partnership Agreement, the
General Partner may not directly or indirectly assign, sell, exchange, transfer,
pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of all or any fraction of its Interest
as a General Partner of FVP.
A Limited Partner may transfer all or any fraction of such Limited Partner's
Limited Partnership Interest (subject in certain cases to the rights of first
refusal discussed above and more fully set forth in the FVP Partnership
Agreement) to another person only if such transfer meets the conditions set
forth in the FVP Partnership Agreement.
FVP GP PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
Organization and Duration. FVP GP was formed as a limited partnership pursuant
to the provisions of the Delaware Act and a certificate of limited partnership
of FVP GP was filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on April 17, 1995.
The purpose of FVP GP, as set forth in the FVP GP Partnership Agreement, is to
(i) serve as general partner of FVP and (ii) do all other lawful things
necessary, desirable or incidental to the accomplishment of such purposes.
FVP GP will be dissolved and its affairs wound up upon the earliest to occur of
the following: (i) June 30, 2007; (ii) the Incapacity, withdrawal, removal or
other event of withdrawal (as defined in the Delaware Act) of the General
Partner; or (iii) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under the Act.
In the case of dissolution described in clause (ii), if at such time there is at
least one remaining General Partner, the remaining General Partner(s) may
unanimously elect to carry on the business of FVP GP. In addition, within 90
days thereafter, Class X Limited Partners and Class Y Limited Partners
representing at least a majority in Interest of the remaining Partners (based on
their profits interests and capital interests), or such greater percentage in
Interest as may be required under the Delaware Act, may agree to continue the
business of FVP GP and to the appointment of one or more additional general
partners to be effective as of the date of such event.
Control of Operations. The FVP GP Partnership Agreement provides that the
General Partner has the full, exclusive and complete right, power and discretion
to operate, manage and control the affairs and business of FVP GP and to make
all decisions affecting FVP GP's affairs and business, subject to certain
customary exceptions specified in the FVP GP Partnership Agreement.
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Voting Rights. Except as to matters for which consent or approval is expressly
required under the FVP GP Partnership Agreement, the Limited Partners of FVP GP
have no right to vote on any partnership matters. Where consent of a majority or
specified percentage in Interest of the Limited Partners of FVP GP or of a class
or classes of Limited Partners is required, such consent will be determined by
reference to the aggregate capital commitments of the Limited Partners entitled
to approve the act or thing for which approval is sought in accordance with the
terms of the FVP GP Partnership Agreement.
Amendments and Modifications. In general, the FVP GP Partnership Agreement is
subject to modification or amendment only with the written consent of the
General Partner and a majority in Interest of the Class X and Class Z Limited
Partners of FVP GP and a majority in Interest of the Class Y Limited Partners;
provided, however, the FVP GP Partnership Agreement may be amended from time to
time by the General Partner without the consent of any of the Limited Partners
to (i) add to the representations, duties or obligations of the General Partner
or surrender any right or power granted to the General Partner by the FVP GP
Partnership Agreement, (ii) admit one or more additional Limited Partners or
Substituted Limited Partners, or withdraw one or more Limited Partners in
accordance with the FVP GP Partnership Agreement, (iii) provide any necessary
information regarding any Partner, (iv) adjust certain allocations of net profit
and loss with the consent of a majority in Interest of the Class X Limited
Partners and (v) reflect any change in the amount of the Capital Commitments of
any Partner in accordance with the terms of the FVP GP Partnership Agreement;
provided, however, such amendment shall not be adopted if, in the opinion of
counsel for FVP GP, such amendment alters, or results in the alteration of, the
limited liability of the Limited Partners or the status of FVP GP as a
partnership for federal income tax purposes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment to the FVP GP Partnership Agreement
may add to, detract from or otherwise modify the purposes of FVP GP. In
addition, amendments with respect to certain liabilities or responsibilities of
certain Limited Partners require the consent of certain Limited Partners.
Capital Contributions. Under the FVP GP Partnership Agreement, the Partners
have made certain capital contributions to FVP GP. The General Partner is
required under the FVP GP Partnership Agreement to make such Capital Commitments
to FVP GP as are necessary to maintain at all times a Capital Commitment equal
to not less than one percent (1%) of the total Capital Commitments of all
Partners. The Limited Partners are not required to make additional capital
contributions to FVP GP. Except for provisions allowing for the return of
capital to Partners upon dissolution of FVP GP, the FVP GP Partnership Agreement
provides that no Partner of FVP GP shall have the right to withdraw or demand
return of its capital contribution.
Rights of First Refusal. The FVP GP Partnership Agreement provides that in the
event of a proposed transfer of a Limited Partnership Interest by a Limited
Partner (to the extent permitted by the FVP GP Partnership Agreement), such
Limited Partner must provide 45 days' written notice to the General Partner and
to all of the Limited Partners of such proposed transfer and the proposed cash
purchase price. During the first 30 days of such period, the General Partner and
each of the Limited Partners (other than any Defaulting Partner) will have the
right to propose to acquire such Interest or some portion thereof for the
proposed cash purchase price. If the Partners as a group propose to acquire more
than the Interest, then each such Partner shall have the right to propose to
acquire its pro rata portion of the Interest; provided, however, that the
Limited Partner that proposes such transfer shall not be obligated to sell any
portion of the Interest to any Partner unless the Partners have collectively
proposed to purchase all of the Interest.
Liability of General Partner. In general, under the FVP GP Partnership
Agreement, FVP GP will indemnify and hold harmless, out of its assets, the
General Partner, its partners and their respective officers, directors,
employees, agents or stockholders (including when any of the foregoing is
serving at the request of the General Partner on behalf of FVP GP or FVP as a
partner, officer, director, employee or agent of any other Person) against
losses, damages, expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees), judgments and
settlement amounts incurred by such party by reason of actions or omissions in
connection with activities performed on behalf of FVP GP and not constituting
fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, willful misconduct or gross negligence. In the
event that the General Partner of FVP GP ceases to be a General Partner, it
shall remain liable for obligations and liabilities incurred on account of its
activities as General Partner prior to the time it ceased to be a General
Partner, but shall be free of any obligation or liability as a General Partner
incurred on account of the activities of FVP GP from and after the time it
ceased to be a General Partner.
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Withdrawal or Removal of Partners. The General Partner may not voluntarily
dissolve, retire or withdraw as a General Partner of FVP GP. In addition, the
General Partner may not directly or indirectly assign, sell, exchange, transfer,
pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of all or any fraction of its Interest
as a General Partner of FVP GP. Subject to certain procedures, the General
Partner may be removed at any time after the occurrence of a Vaughn Expiration
Date or for "cause," in each case by the consent of a majority in Interest of
the Attributable Class X and Class Y Limited Partners. In addition, in the event
that FVP GP shall or would suffer an FCC Regulatory Issue due to a GP Principal
or any of its Affiliates, the General Partner shall cause the GP Principal to
divest all direct or indirect Interests in FVP GP.
Under the FVP GP Partnership Agreement, "cause" is defined as under the FVP
Partnership Agreement. Under the FVP GP Partnership Agreement, "Vaughn
Expiration Date" means the earliest of the following dates: (i) the date on
which Mr. Vaughn is neither a General Partner nor a GP Principal, (ii) the date
on which the Vaughn Employment Agreement is terminated pursuant to its terms and
(iii) the date on which Mr. Vaughn ceases to own beneficially for his own
account, directly or indirectly, at least one of the following: (x) at least
two-thirds of the Special Distribution (as defined in the FVP GP Partnership
Agreement) or (y) at least two-thirds of the Interests in FVP GP that correlate
to the Special Distribution.
Upon the removal of the General Partner, at the election of a majority in
Interest of the Attributable Class X Limited Partners, FVP GP shall redeem the
Interest of the removed General Partner for a price equal to the fair market
value thereof as determined pursuant to the FVP GP Partnership Agreement. In the
absence of such election and approval, the General Partner's Interest in FVP
shall be converted to that of a nonvoting, nonconvertible Limited Partnership
Interest. Upon the removal of the General Partner, a majority in Interest of the
Attributable Class X Limited Partners shall have the power to appoint a new
General Partner.
Mandatory Transfers. In the event of the Incapacity of a Limited Partner, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, the General Partner may require the
transfer of the Interest of such Limited Partner. The General Partner shall
provide at least 60 days' notice of such transfer. "Incapacity" is defined by
the FVP GP Partnership Agreement to mean, as to any person, (i) the adjudication
of incompetence or insanity of such person, or the Bankruptcy of such person or
(ii) the death, dissolution or termination (other than by merger or
consolidation), as the case may be, of such person. In addition, the General
Partner shall also have the right to cause any Defaulting Partner (in the case
of a default by a Class X Limited Partner or Class Z Limited Partner) to
transfer its Limited Partnership Interest in accordance with the FVP GP
Partnership Agreement. A majority in Interest of the Class X Limited Partners
shall have the right to cause any Defaulting Partner (in the case of a default
by a Class Y Limited Partner) to transfer its Limited Partnership Interest in
accordance with the FVP GP Partnership Agreement.
Under certain circumstances where FVP GP would suffer an FCC Regulatory Issue
due to a Limited Partner or an Attributable Person through such Limited Partner,
such Limited Partner may be required to use all commercially reasonable efforts
to sell such portion of its Limited Partnership Interests as may be necessary to
cure such FCC Regulatory Issue. If such Limited Partner is unable to sell its
Limited Partnership Interest within 180 days of the date that the General
Partner requests that such Interest be sold (or within the time established by
the FCC), then for a specified period, the General Partner (with the consent of
a majority in Interest of the Class X Limited Partners if the Limited Partner is
a Class Y Limited Partner) may elect on behalf of FVP GP to make Buyout Payments
to such Limited Partner in accordance with the FVP GP Partnership Agreement. The
economic interest of such Limited Partner shall be deemed to have been converted
into debt and such Limited Partner shall immediately cease to be a partner.
Liability of Limited Partners. Limited Partners of FVP GP do not have any
personal liability for the repayment or discharge of the debts and obligations
of FVP GP; provided, however, that Limited Partners shall be liable to FVP GP
for their Unused Capital Commitments in accordance with the terms of the FVP GP
Partnership Agreement.
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Assignment of Partnership Interests. Under the FVP GP Partnership Agreement,
the General Partner may not directly or indirectly assign, sell, exchange,
transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of all or any fraction of its
Interest as a General Partner of FVP GP.
A Limited Partner may transfer all or any fraction of such Limited Partner's
Limited Partnership Interest (subject in certain cases to the rights of first
refusal discussed above and more fully set forth in the FVP GP Partnership
Agreement) to another person only if such transfer meets the conditions set
forth in the FVP GP Partnership Agreement.
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CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS OF THE COMPANY
THE SENIOR CREDIT FACILITY
On April 9, 1996, the Company entered into the $265.0 million Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement with The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Administrative
Agent, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as Syndication Agent, CIBC Inc., as Managing
Agent, and the other lenders signatory thereto. The Company used these proceeds
to refinance an existing $130.0 million senior credit facility, to finance the
purchase of the Cox Systems and for general business purposes. As of June 30,
1996, borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility totaled approximately $210.0
million and are expected to be approximately $193.3 million after giving pro
forma effect to the Transactions.
The Senior Credit Facility includes a $75.0 million, 8.25-year reducing
revolving credit facility ("Revolving Credit Facility"), a $100.0 million,
8.25-year term loan ("Senior Term Loan") and a $90.0 million, 9.25-year term
loan ("Tranche B Loan"). The Company had outstanding borrowings of $20.0 million
as of June 30, 1996 under the Revolving Credit Facility bearing interest at
varying rates, based upon different borrowing options and financial ratios, and
maturing on June 30, 2004. The weighted average interest rate at June 30, 1996
on the outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility was
approximately 8.19%. The Company has outstanding borrowings of $100.0 million
under the Senior Term Loan bearing interest at varying rates, based upon
different borrowing options and financial ratios, and maturing on June 30, 2004.
The weighted average interest rate at June 30, 1996 on the outstanding
borrowings under the Senior Term Loan was approximately 8.25%. The Company has
outstanding borrowings of $90.0 million under the Tranche B Loan bearing
interest at varying rates, based upon different borrowing options and financial
ratios, and maturing on June 30, 2005. The weighted average interest rate at
June 30, 1996 on the outstanding borrowings under the Tranche B Loan was
approximately 8.75%. The Company has entered into interest rate protection
agreements to hedge its underlying Treasury rate exposure for $110.0 million of
borrowings through November 1999.
In general, the Senior Credit Facility requires the Company to use the proceeds
from any equity or debt issuance or any cable system disposition to reduce
indebtedness for borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility and to reduce
permanently commitments thereunder unless the Company either uses such proceeds
to close a permitted acquisition of cable systems or, if such closing does not
occur within five days of the closing of such equity or debt issuance or system
disposition, holds such proceeds in a special account pending a permitted
reinvestment in a subsequent acquisition of cable systems approved by the Senior
Credit Facility lenders within 180 days of such closing. However, in the event
of a continuing event of default under the Senior Credit Facility, the lenders
thereunder are not required to release such proceeds from such account for use
for reinvestment in subsequent acquisitions. The purchase of the Grassroots
Systems and Penn/Ohio Systems are permitted acquisitions under the Senior Credit
Facility, subject to customary deliveries by the Company to the lenders
thereunder. It is anticipated that the lenders will approve the purchase of the
ACE Systems and Triax Systems.
The Senior Credit Facility is secured by a pledge of all limited and general
partnership interests in the Company and in any subsidiaries of the Company and
a first priority lien on all the tangible and intangible assets of the Company
and each of its subsidiaries. In addition, in the event of the occurrence and
continuance of an event of default under the Senior Credit Facility, the
Administrative Agent is entitled to replace the general partner of the Company
with its designee. See "The Partnership Agreements--The Company Partnership
Agreement."
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DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES
As used below in this "Description of the Notes" section, the "Company" means
FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P., but not any of its subsidiaries, unless
otherwise specified. The Notes are to be issued under an Indenture, to be dated
as of , 1996 (the "Indenture"), among the Issuers and Colorado
National Bank, as Trustee (the "Trustee"). The Indenture is subject to and
governed by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. The statements under
this caption relating to the Notes and the Indenture are summaries and do not
purport to be complete, and where reference is made to particular provisions of
the Indenture, such provisions, including the definitions of certain terms, are
incorporated by reference as a part of such summaries or terms, which are
qualified in their entirety by such reference. A copy of the proposed form of
Indenture has been filed with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement of which this Prospectus is a part.
GENERAL
The Notes are joint and several obligations of the Company and Capital. The
Notes will be general unsecured senior subordinated obligations of the Issuers,
will be limited to $200 million aggregate principal amount and will rank
subordinate in right of payment to all existing and future Senior Indebtedness.
The Notes will rank pari passu in right of payment with all other senior
subordinated indebtedness of the Company. At June 30, 1996, as adjusted to give
effect to the Rights Offering, the borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility
and the transactions described herein under "Use of Proceeds" and the other
Transactions, the Company would have had approximately $193.3 million of Senior
Indebtedness outstanding (including $86,000 outstanding under capital leases and
excluding unused commitments of approximately $71.7 million under the Senior
Credit Facility). Secured creditors of the Company will have a claim on the
assets which secure such obligations prior to claims of the holders of the Notes
against those assets. Capital has nominal assets and does not conduct any
operations.
The Notes will mature on , 2006 and will bear interest at the rate per
annum shown on the front cover of this Prospectus from the date of issuance or
from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or
provided for. Interest will be payable semiannually on and
of each year, commencing , 1997, to the Person in whose name a Note is
registered at the close of business on the preceding or (each, a
"Record Date"), as the case may be. Interest on the Notes will be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Holders must surrender the
Notes to the paying agent for the Notes to collect principal payments. The
Issuers will pay principal and interest by check and may mail interest checks to
a holder's registered address.
The Notes will be issued only in fully registered form, without coupons, in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. No service charge
will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the
Issuers may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Initially, the Trustee will
act as paying agent and registrar for the Notes. The Notes may be presented for
registration of transfer and exchange at the offices of the registrar for the
Notes.
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
The Notes are not redeemable prior to , 2001, except as set forth
below. The Notes will be subject to redemption, at the option of the Issuers, in
whole or in part, at any time on or after , 2001 and prior to
maturity, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice mailed to each
holder of Notes to be redeemed at his address appearing in the register for the
Notes, in amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000, at the following
redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) plus accrued
and unpaid interest to but excluding the date fixed for redemption (subject to
the right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to
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receive interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the date
fixed for redemption), if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on
of the years indicated:
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2002............................................................. %
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In addition, prior to , 1999, the Issuers may redeem up to 35% of the
principal amount of the Notes with the net cash proceeds received by the Company
from one or more Public Equity Offerings or Strategic Equity Investments, at a
redemption price (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount) of %
of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date
fixed for redemption; provided, however, that at least 65% in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes originally issued remains outstanding immediately
after any such redemption (excluding any Notes owned by the Issuers or any of
their Affiliates). Notice of redemption pursuant to this paragraph must be
mailed to holders of Notes not later than 60 days following the consummation of
such Public Equity Offering or Strategic Equity Investment.
Selection of Notes for any partial redemption shall be made by the Trustee, in
accordance with the rules of any national securities exchange on which the Notes
may be listed or, if the Notes are not so listed, pro rata or by lot or in such
other manner as the Trustee shall deem appropriate and fair. Notes in
denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in integral
multiples of $1,000. Notice of redemption will be mailed before the date fixed
for redemption to each holder of Notes to be redeemed at his registered address.
On and after the date fixed for redemption, interest will cease to accrue on
Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
The Notes will not have the benefit of any sinking fund.
SUBORDINATION
The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes is
subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in
the Indenture, to the prior payment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securities of either of the
Issuers of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities
(including any payment made to the holders of the Notes under the terms of
Indebtedness subordinated to the Notes, but excluding any payment or
distribution of Permitted Junior Securities), upon any dissolution or winding-up
or total liquidation or reorganization of either of the Issuers, whether
voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other
proceedings, all Senior Indebtedness shall first be paid in full in cash before
the holders of the Notes or the Trustee on behalf of such holders shall be
entitled to receive any payment by the Issuers of the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on the Notes, or any payment to acquire any of the Notes for
cash, property or securities, or any distribution with respect to the Notes of
any cash, property or securities. Before any payment may be made by, or on
behalf of, the Issuers of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Notes upon any such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization,
any payment or distribution of assets or securities of either of the Issuers of
any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities (including any
payment made to the holders of the Notes under the terms of Indebtedness
subordinated to the Notes, but excluding any payment or distribution of
Permitted Junior Securities), to which the holders of the Notes or the Trustee
on their behalf would be entitled, but for the subordination provisions of the
Indenture, shall be made by the Issuers or by any receiver, trustee in
bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or
distribution, directly to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness (pro rata to
such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held
by such holders) or their representatives or to the trustee or trustees under
any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been
issued, as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay
all such Senior Indebtedness in full in cash after giving effect to any
concurrent payment, distribution or provision therefor to or for the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness.
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No direct or indirect payment (including any payment made to the holders of the
Notes under the terms of Indebtedness subordinated to the Notes, but excluding
any payment or distribution of Permitted Junior Securities) by or on behalf of
the Issuers of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, whether
pursuant to the terms of the Notes, upon acceleration or otherwise, will be made
if, at the time of such payment, there exists a default in the payment of all or
any portion of the obligations on any Designated Senior Indebtedness, whether at
maturity, on account of mandatory redemption or prepayment, acceleration or
otherwise, and such default shall not have been cured or waived or the benefits
of this sentence waived by or on behalf of the holders of such Designated Senior
Indebtedness. In addition, during the continuance of any non-payment default or
non-payment event of default with respect to any Designated Senior Indebtedness
pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be immediately accelerated, and upon
receipt by the Trustee of written notice (a "Payment Blockage Notice") from the
holder or holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or the trustee or agent
acting on behalf of such Designated Senior Indebtedness, then, unless and until
such default or event of default has been cured or waived or has ceased to exist
or such Designated Senior Indebtedness has been discharged or repaid in full, no
direct or indirect payment (including any payment made to the holders of the
Notes under the terms of Indebtedness subordinated to the Notes, but excluding
any payment or distribution of Permitted Junior Securities) will be made by or
on behalf of the Issuers of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Notes, except from those funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of
any Notes, pursuant to the procedures set forth under "--Satisfaction and
Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance" below, to such holders, during a period (a
"Payment Blockage Period") commencing on the date of receipt of such notice by
the Trustee and ending 179 days thereafter. Notwithstanding anything in the
subordination provisions of the Indenture or the Notes to the contrary, in no
event will a Payment Blockage Period extend beyond 179 days from the date the
Payment Blockage Notice in respect thereof was given. Not more than one Payment
Blockage Period may be commenced with respect to the Notes during any period of
360 consecutive days. No default or event of default that existed or was
continuing on the date of commencement of any Payment Blockage Period with
respect to the Designated Senior Indebtedness initiating such Payment Blockage
Period (to the extent the holder of Designated Senior Indebtedness, or trustee
or agent, giving notice commencing such Payment Blockage Period had knowledge of
such existing or continuing default or event of default) may be, or be made, the
basis for the commencement of any other Payment Blockage Period by the holder or
holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or the trustee or agent acting on
behalf of such Designated Senior Indebtedness, whether or not within a period of
360 consecutive days, unless such default or event of default has been cured or
waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days.
The failure to make any payment or distribution for or on account of the Notes
by reason of the provisions of the Indenture described under this
"Subordination" heading will not be construed as preventing the occurrence of an
Event of Default described in clause (a) or (b) of the first paragraph under
"--Events of Default."
By reason of the subordination provisions described above, in the event of
insolvency of either of the Issuers, funds which would otherwise be payable to
holders of the Notes will be paid to the holders of Senior Indebtedness to the
extent necessary to pay the Senior Indebtedness in full in cash, and the Issuers
may be unable to fully meet their obligations with respect to the Notes. Subject
to the restrictions set forth in the Indenture, in the future the Issuers may
issue additional Senior Indebtedness.
COVENANTS
The Indenture contains, among others, the following covenants:
Limitation on Indebtedness. The Indenture will provide that the Company
will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or
issue any Disqualified Equity Interests except for Permitted Indebtedness;
provided, however, that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur
Indebtedness and the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may issue
Disqualified Equity Interests if, at the time of and immediately after
giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence of Indebtedness or issuance of
Disqualified Equity Interests and the application of the proceeds
therefrom, the Debt to Operating Cash Flow Ratio would be less than or
equal to (i) 7.0 to 1.0 if the date of such Incurrence is on or before
December 31, 1997 and (ii) 6.75 to 1.0 thereafter.
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The foregoing limitations will not apply to the Incurrence of any of the
following (collectively, "Permitted Indebtedness"), each of which shall be
given independent effect:
(a) Indebtedness under the Notes and the Indenture;
(b) Indebtedness and Disqualified Equity Interests of the Company and
the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date;
(c) Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facility in an aggregate
principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the sum
of (A) $265.0 million, which amount shall be reduced by (x) any
permanent reduction of commitments thereunder and (y) any other
repayment accompanied by a permanent reduction of commitments
thereunder (other than in connection with any refinancing thereof)
plus (B) any amounts outstanding under the Senior Credit Facility
that utilizes subparagraph (i) below;
(d) (x) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary owed to and held by
the Company or any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary and (y)
Indebtedness of the Company owed to and held by any Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary which is unsecured and subordinated in right
of payment to the payment and performance of the Issuers'
obligations under any Senior Indebtedness, the Indenture and the
Notes; provided, however, that an Incurrence of Indebtedness that is
not permitted by this clause (d) shall be deemed to have occurred
upon (i) any sale or other disposition of any Indebtedness of the
Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary referred to in this
clause (d) to a Person (other than the Company or a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary), (ii) any sale or other disposition of Equity
Interests of a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary which holds
Indebtedness of the Company or another Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary such that such Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary ceases
to be a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) designation of a
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary which holds Indebtedness of the
Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(e) guarantees by any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the
Company;
(f) Interest Rate Protection Obligations of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary relating to Indebtedness of the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be (which Indebtedness
(i) bears interest at fluctuating interest rates and (ii) is
otherwise permitted to be Incurred under this covenant); provided,
however, that the notional principal amount of such Interest Rate
Protection Obligations does not exceed the principal amount of the
Indebtedness to which such Interest Rate Protection Obligations
relate;
(g) Purchase Money Indebtedness and Capitalized Lease Obligations of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which do not exceed $5.0
million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
(h) Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary to the extent representing a replacement,
renewal, refinancing or extension (collectively, a "refinancing") of
outstanding Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurred in compliance with the
Debt to Operating Cash Flow Ratio of the first paragraph of this
covenant or clause (a) or (b) of this paragraph of this covenant;
provided, however, that (i) Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity
Interests of the Company may not be refinanced under this clause (h)
with Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests of any Restricted
Subsidiary, (ii) any such refinancing shall not exceed the sum of
the principal amount (or, if such Indebtedness or Disqualified
Equity Interests provide for a lesser amount to be due and payable
upon a declaration of acceleration thereof at the time of such
refinancing, an amount no greater than such lesser amount) of the
Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests being refinanced plus
the amount of accrued interest or dividends thereon and the amount
of any reasonably determined prepayment premium necessary to
accomplish such refinancing and such reasonable fees and expenses
incurred in connection therewith, (iii) Indebtedness representing a
refinancing of Indebtedness other than Senior Indebtedness shall
have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than
the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being
refinanced, and (iv) Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes
may only be refinanced with Indebtedness that is made pari passu
with or
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subordinate in right of payment to the Notes and Subordinated
Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests may only be refinanced
with Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Equity Interests; and
(i) in addition to the items referred to in clauses (a) through (h)
above, Indebtedness of the Company (including any Indebtedness
under the Senior Credit Facility that utilizes this subparagraph
(i)) having an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $20.0
million at any time outstanding.
Limitation on Senior Subordinated Indebtedness. The Indenture will provide that
(i) the Issuers will not, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness that by
its terms would expressly rank senior in right of payment to the Notes and
expressly rank subordinate in right of payment to any Senior Indebtedness and
(ii) the Company will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to and no Subsidiary
Guarantor will, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness that by its terms
would expressly rank senior in right of payment to the Subsidiary Guarantee of
such Subsidiary Guarantor and expressly rank subordinate in right of payment to
any Guarantor Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor.
Limitation on Restricted Payments. The Indenture will provide that the Company
will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly,
(i) declare or pay any dividend or any other distribution on any Equity
Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or make any
payment or distribution to the direct or indirect holders (in their
capacities as such) of Equity Interests of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary (other than payments or distributions made to
the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary and dividends or
distributions payable solely in Qualified Equity Interests of the
Company or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase Qualified
Equity Interests of the Company);
(ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity
Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any
such Equity Interests owned by the Company or a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary);
(iii) purchase, redeem, defease or retire for value more than one year
prior to the stated maturity thereof any Subordinated Indebtedness
(other than any Subordinated Indebtedness held by a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary); or
(iv) make any Investment (other than Permitted Investments) in any Person
(other than in the Company, a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary or a
Person that becomes a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, or is merged
with or into or consolidated with the Company or a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary (provided the Company or a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary is the survivor), as a result of or in
connection with such Investment)
(such payments or any other actions (other than Permitted Investments) described
in (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) collectively, "Restricted Payments"), unless
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at
the time or after giving effect to such Restricted Payment;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, the Company
would be able to Incur $1.00 of Indebtedness (other than Permitted
Indebtedness) under the Debt to Operating Cash Flow Ratio of the first
paragraph of "--Limitation on Indebtedness" above; and
(c) immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, the
aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments declared or made on or
after the Issue Date does not exceed an amount equal to the sum of (1)
the difference between (x) the Cumulative Available Cash Flow
determined at the time of such Restricted Payment and (y) 140% of
cumulative Consolidated Interest Expense of the Company determined for
the period commencing on the Issue Date and ending on the last day of
the latest fiscal quarter for which consolidated financial statements
of the Company are available preceding the date of such Restricted
Payment, plus (2) the aggregate net proceeds (with the value of any
non-cash proceeds to be the Fair Market Value thereof as determined by
an Independent Financial Advisor) received by the Company
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either (x) as capital contributions to the Company after the Issue Date
or (y) from the issue and sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary)
of its Qualified Equity Interests after the Issue Date (excluding the
net proceeds from any issuance and sale of Qualified Equity Interests
financed, directly or indirectly, using funds borrowed from the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary until and to the extent such borrowing is
repaid), plus (3) the principal amount (or accrued or accreted amount,
if less) of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary Incurred after the Issue Date which has been converted into
or exchanged for Qualified Equity Interests of the Company, plus (4) in
the case of the disposition or repayment of any Investment constituting
a Restricted Payment made after the Issue Date, an amount (to the
extent not included in the computation of Cumulative Available Cash
Flow) equal to the lesser of: (i) the return of capital with respect to
such Investment and (ii) the amount of such Investment which was
treated as a Restricted Payment, in either case, less the cost of the
disposition of such Investment, plus (5) the Company's proportionate
interest in the lesser of the Fair Market Value or the net worth of any
Unrestricted Subsidiary that has been redesignated as a Restricted
Subsidiary after the Issue Date in accordance with "--Designation of
Unrestricted Subsidiaries" below not to exceed in any case the
Designation Amount with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary upon its
Designation, minus (6) the Designation Amount with respect to any
Subsidiary of the Company which has been designated as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary after the Issue Date in accordance with "--Designation of
Unrestricted Subsidiaries" below.
The foregoing provisions will not prevent (i) the payment of any dividend or
distribution on, or redemption of, Equity Interests within 60 days after the
date of declaration of such dividend or distribution or the giving of formal
notice of such redemption, if at the date of such declaration or giving of
formal notice such payment or redemption would comply with the provisions of the
Indenture, (ii) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, the retirement of any Equity Interests of the Company in
exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent
issue and sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of, Qualified Equity
Interests of the Company; provided, however, that any such net cash proceeds and
the value of any Equity Interests issued in exchange for such retired Equity
Interests are excluded from clause (c)(2) of the preceding paragraph (and were
not included therein at any time), (iii) so long as no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the purchase, redemption,
retirement or other acquisition of Subordinated Indebtedness made in exchange
for, or out of the net cash proceeds of, a substantially concurrent issue and
sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of (x) Qualified Equity Interests
of the Company; provided, however, that any such net cash proceeds and the value
of any Equity Interests issued in exchange for Subordinated Indebtedness are
excluded from clauses (c)(2) and (c)(3) of the preceding paragraph (and were not
included therein at any time) or (y) other Subordinated Indebtedness having no
stated maturity for the payment of principal thereof prior to the final stated
maturity of the Notes, (iv) the payment of any dividend or distribution on
Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent
necessary to permit the direct or indirect beneficial owners of such Equity
Interests to pay federal and state income tax liabilities arising from income of
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary and attributable to them solely as a
result of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary (and any intermediate entity
through which such holder owns such Equity Interests) being a partnership or
similar pass-through entity for federal income tax purposes, (v) so long as no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any Investment made
out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent issue and sale
(other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of Qualified Equity Interests of the
Company; provided, however, that any such net cash proceeds are excluded from
clause (c)(2) of the preceding paragraph (and were not included therein at any
time) or (vi) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition, cancellation or
retirement for value of Equity Interests, or options, warrants, equity
appreciation rights or other rights to purchase or acquire Equity Interests, of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or similar securities, held by
officers or employees or former officers or employees of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary (or their estates or beneficiaries under their estates),
upon death, disability, retirement or termination of employment not to exceed
$1.0 million in any calendar year.
In determining the amount of Restricted Payments permissible under this
covenant, amounts expended pursuant to clauses (i) and (vi) of the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be included as Restricted Payments and amounts
expended pursuant to clauses (ii) through (v) shall be excluded. The amount of
any non-cash Restricted Payment shall be deemed to be equal to the Fair Market
Value thereof at the date of the making of such Restricted Payment.
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Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries. The
Indenture will provide that in the event that any Restricted Subsidiary (other
than a Subsidiary Guarantor), directly or indirectly, guarantees any
Indebtedness of the Company other than the Notes (the "Other Indebtedness") the
Company shall cause such Restricted Subsidiary to concurrently guarantee (a
"Subsidiary Guarantee") the Company's Obligations under the Indenture and the
Notes to the same extent that such Restricted Subsidiary guaranteed the
Company's Obligations under the Other Indebtedness (including waiver of
subrogation, if any); provided, however, that if such Other Indebtedness is (i)
Senior Indebtedness, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be subordinated in right of
payment to all Guarantor Senior Indebtedness (which shall include such guarantee
of such Other Indebtedness) pursuant to the subordination provisions of the
Indenture (which subordination shall be substantially identical to the
subordination provisions of the Indenture applicable to the Notes), (ii) Senior
Subordinated Indebtedness, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be pari passu in right
of payment with the guarantee of the Other Indebtedness, or (iii) Subordinated
Indebtedness, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be senior in right of payment to
the guarantee of the Other Indebtedness (which guarantee of such Subordinated
Indebtedness shall provide that such guarantee is subordinated to the Subsidiary
Guarantees to the same extent and in the same manner as the Notes are
subordinated to Senior Indebtedness); provided, further, however, that each
Subsidiary issuing a Subsidiary Guarantee will be automatically and
unconditionally released and discharged from its obligations under such
Subsidiary Guarantee upon the release or discharge of the guarantee of the Other
Indebtedness that resulted in the creation of such Subsidiary Guarantee, except
a discharge or release by, or as a result of, any payment under the guarantee of
such Other Indebtedness by such Subsidiary Guarantor. The Company shall cause
each Restricted Subsidiary issuing a Subsidiary Guarantee to (i) execute and
deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in form reasonably satisfactory
to the Trustee pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary shall
unconditionally guarantee all of the Company's obligations under the Notes and
the Indenture on the terms set forth in the Indenture and (ii) deliver to the
Trustee an opinion of counsel that such supplemental indenture has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by such Restricted Subsidiary and constitutes
a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such Restricted Subsidiary
(which opinion may be subject to customary assumptions and qualifications).
Thereafter, such Restricted Subsidiary shall (unless released in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture) be a Subsidiary Guarantor for all purposes of the
Indenture.
Limitation on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries. The Indenture will provide that the Company will not, and will
not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create or
otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or
restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (a) pay dividends or
make any other distributions to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary
on its Equity Interests or with respect to any other interest or participation
in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or
any other Restricted Subsidiary, (b) make loans or advances to, or guarantee any
Indebtedness or other obligations of, the Company or any other Restricted
Subsidiary or (c) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any
other Restricted Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances or restrictions
existing under or by reason of (i) the Senior Credit Facility or other
agreements of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the
Issue Date, in each case as in effect on the Issue Date, and any amendments,
restatements, renewals, replacements or refinancings (collectively, a
"refinancing") thereof; provided, however, that such refinancings are no more
restrictive in the aggregate with respect to such encumbrances or restrictions
than those contained in the Senior Credit Facility on the Issue Date or in the
Indenture, (ii) applicable law, (iii) any instrument governing Indebtedness or
Equity Interests of an Acquired Person acquired by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent
such Indebtedness was Incurred by such Acquired Person in connection with, as a
result of or in contemplation of such acquisition); provided, however, that such
encumbrances and restrictions are not applicable to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, or the properties or assets of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, other than the Acquired Person, (iv) customary
non-assignment provisions in leases or cable television franchises entered into
in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices, (v)
Purchase Money Indebtedness for property acquired in the ordinary course of
business that only imposes encumbrances and restrictions on the property so
acquired, (vi) any agreement for the sale or disposition of the Equity Interests
or assets of any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such
encumbrances and restrictions described in this clause (vi) are only applicable
to such Restricted Subsidiary or assets, as applicable, and any such sale or
disposition is made in compliance with "--Disposition of Proceeds of Asset
Sales" below to the extent applicable thereto, (vii) refinancing
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Indebtedness permitted under clause (h) of "--Limitation on Indebtedness" above;
provided, however, that the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the
agreements governing such Indebtedness are no more restrictive in the aggregate
than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being
refinanced immediately prior to such refinancing, (viii) the Indenture or (ix)
any such encumbrance or restriction existing under any other agreement,
instrument or document hereafter in effect; provided, however, that the terms
and conditions of any such encumbrance or restriction are not more restrictive
than those contained in the Senior Credit Facility as in effect on the Issue
Date.
Limitation on Liens. The Indenture will provide that the Company will not, and
will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, Incur any
Liens of any kind against or upon any of their respective properties or assets
now owned or hereafter acquired, or any proceeds therefrom or any income or
profits therefrom, to secure any Indebtedness unless contemporaneously therewith
effective provision is made to secure the Notes equally and ratably with such
Indebtedness with a Lien on the same properties and assets securing such
Indebtedness for so long as such Indebtedness is secured by such Lien, except
for (i) Liens securing Senior Indebtedness or any guarantee of Senior
Indebtedness by any Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) Permitted Liens.
Disposition of Proceeds of Asset Sales. The Indenture will provide that the
Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly, make any Asset Sale, unless (a) the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset
Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise
disposed of and (b) either (i) at least 75% of such consideration consists of
cash or Cash Equivalents or (ii) at least 75% of such consideration consists of
(x) properties and capital assets (including franchises and licenses required to
own or operate such properties) to be used in the same lines of business being
conducted by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary at such time or (y) Equity
Interests in one or more Persons which thereby become Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiaries whose assets consist primarily of such properties and capital
assets. The amount of any (i) liabilities of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary that are actually assumed by the transferee in such Asset Sale and
from which the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are fully released shall
be deemed to be cash for purposes of determining the percentage of cash
consideration received by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii)
notes or other similar obligations received by the Company or the Restricted
Subsidiaries from such transferee that are immediately converted (or are
converted within thirty days of the related Asset Sale) by the Company or the
Restricted Subsidiaries into cash shall be deemed to be cash, in an amount equal
to the net cash proceeds realized upon such conversion, for purposes of
determining the percentage of cash consideration received by the Company or the
Restricted Subsidiaries.
The Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, may (i) apply the
Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof to repay
Senior Indebtedness and permanently reduce any related commitment; provided,
however, that if Indebtedness under the revolving credit portion of the Senior
Credit Facility is repaid, the Company need not reduce the commitments for such
revolving credit portion, or (ii) commit in writing to acquire, construct or
improve properties and capital assets (including franchises and licenses
required to own or operate any such assets or properties) to be used in the same
line of business being conducted by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary at
such time and so apply such Net Cash Proceeds within 365 days of the receipt
thereof.
To the extent all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not so
applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale (such Net Cash Proceeds, the
"Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds"), the Company shall, within 30 days of such 365th
day, make an Offer to Purchase from all holders of Notes up to a maximum
principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Notes equal to such
Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to
the date of purchase; provided, however, that the Offer to Purchase may be
deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in
excess of $5.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net
Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $5.0 million, shall be
applied as required pursuant to this paragraph. In the event that any other
Indebtedness of the Company which ranks pari passu with the Notes requires the
repayment or prepayment thereof, or an offer to purchase to be made to
repurchase such Indebtedness, upon the consummation of any Asset Sale, the
Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be
applied to an Offer to Purchase to repay, prepay or offer to purchase such other
Indebtedness and to an Offer to Purchase pro rata based upon the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and the aggregate
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principal amount (or accreted amount, if less) of such other Indebtedness then
outstanding. The Offer to Purchase shall remain open for a period of 20 Business
Days or such longer period as may be required by law. To the extent the
aggregate amount of Notes tendered pursuant to the Offer to Purchase exceeds the
Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Notes shall be purchased among holders on a
proportionate basis (based on the relative aggregate principal amounts validly
tendered for purchase by holders thereof). To the extent the Unutilized Net Cash
Proceeds exceed the aggregate amount of Notes tendered by the holders of the
Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, the Company may retain and utilize any
portion of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds not applied to repurchase the Notes
for any purpose consistent with the other terms of the Indenture.
In the event that the Company makes an Offer to Purchase the Notes, the Company
shall comply with any applicable securities laws and regulations, including any
applicable requirements of Section 14(e) of, and Rule 14e-1 under, the Exchange
Act and any violation of the provisions of the Indenture relating to such Offer
to Purchase occurring as a result of such compliance shall not be deemed an
Event of Default or an event that with the passing of time or giving of notice,
or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates and Related Persons. The Indenture
will provide that the Company will not, and will not permit, cause or suffer any
Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, conduct any business or enter
into any transaction (or series of related transactions) with or for the benefit
of any of their respective Affiliates or any beneficial holder of 10% or more of
the Equity Interests of the Company or any officer, director or employee of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (each an "Affiliate Transaction"), unless
(a) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms which are no less favorable to the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than would be
available in a comparable transaction with an unaffiliated third party, (b) if
such Affiliate Transaction (or series of related Affiliate Transactions)
involves aggregate payments or other consideration having a Fair Market Value in
excess of $5.0 million, a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of
Directors of FV Inc. shall have approved such transaction and determined that
such transaction complies with the foregoing provisions and (c) if such
Affiliate Transaction (or series of related Affiliate Transactions) involves
aggregate payments or other consideration having a Fair Market Value of $25.0
million or more, the Company has obtained a written opinion from an Independent
Financial Advisor stating that the terms of such Affiliate Transaction are fair
to the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from a
financial point of view.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions set forth in this covenant shall
not apply to (i) transactions with or among the Company and the Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) customary directors' fees, indemnification and
similar arrangements, consulting fees, employee salaries, bonuses, or employment
agreements, compensation or employee benefit arrangements, and incentive
arrangements with any officer, director or employee of the Company entered into
in the ordinary course of business (including customary benefits thereunder) and
payments under any indemnification arrangements permitted by applicable law,
(iii) the Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Company as in effect on the
Issue Date, including any amendment or extension thereof that does not otherwise
violate any other covenant set forth in the Indenture, and any transactions
undertaken pursuant to any other contractual obligations in existence on the
Issue Date (as in effect on the Issue Date), (iv) the issue and sale by the
Company to its partners or stockholders of Qualified Equity Interests, (v) any
Restricted Payments made in compliance with "--Limitation on Restricted
Payments" above (including without limitation the making of any payments or
distributions permitted to be made in accordance with clauses (i) through (vi)
of the penultimate paragraph of "--Limitation on Restricted Payments"), (vi)
loans and advances to officers, directors and employees of the Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries for travel, entertainment, moving and other relocation
expenses, in each case made in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with past business practices, (vii) customary commercial banking, investment
banking, underwriting, placement agent or financial advisory fees paid in
connection with services rendered to the Company and its Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course, (viii) the Incurrence of intercompany Indebtedness permitted
pursuant to clause (d) under the definition of "Permitted Indebtedness" set
forth under "--Limitation on Indebtedness," (ix) the pledge of Equity Interests
of Unrestricted Subsidiaries to support the Indebtedness thereof and (x) the
Senior Credit Facility.
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Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries. The Indenture will provide that the
Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company as an "Unrestricted
Subsidiary" under the Indenture (a "Designation") only if:
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at
the time of or after giving effect to such Designation;
(b) at the time of and after giving effect to such Designation, the Company
could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under the Debt to
Operating Cash Flow Ratio of the first paragraph of "--Limitation on
Indebtedness" above; and
(c) the Company would be permitted to make an Investment (other than a
Permitted Investment) at the time of Designation (assuming the
effectiveness of such Designation) pursuant to the first paragraph of
"--Limitation on Restricted Payments" above in an amount (the
"Designation Amount") equal to the Company's proportionate interest in
the Fair Market Value of such Subsidiary on such date.
Neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall at any time (x) provide
credit support for, subject any of its property or assets (other than the Equity
Interests of any Unrestricted Subsidiary) to the satisfaction of, or guarantee,
any Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary (including any undertaking,
agreement or instrument evidencing such Indebtedness), (y) be directly or
indirectly liable for any Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary or (z) be
directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness which provides that the
holder thereof may (upon notice, lapse of time or both) declare a default
thereon or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its
final scheduled maturity upon the occurrence of a default with respect to any
Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, except, in the case of clause (x)
or (y), to the extent otherwise permitted under the terms of the Indenture,
including, without limitation, pursuant to "--Limitation on Restricted Payments"
and "--Limitation on Indebtedness" above.
The Company may revoke any Designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary (a "Revocation") if:
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at
the time of and after giving effect to such Revocation; and
(b) all Liens and Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary outstanding
immediately following such Revocation would, if Incurred at such time,
have been permitted to be Incurred for all purposes of the Indenture.
All Designations and Revocations must be evidenced by resolutions of the Company
delivered to the Trustee certifying compliance with the foregoing provisions.
Limitation on Conduct of Business of Capital. The Indenture will provide that
Capital will not own any operating assets or other properties or conduct any
business other than to serve as an Issuer and an obligor on the Notes.
CHANGE OF CONTROL
The Indenture will provide that within 30 days following the date of
consummation of a transaction resulting in a Change of Control, the Company will
commence an Offer to Purchase all outstanding Notes at a purchase price in cash
equal to 101% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the
Purchase Date. Each holder shall be entitled to tender all or any portion of the
Notes owned by such holder pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, subject to the
requirement that any portion of a Note tendered must bear an integral multiple
of $1,000 principal amount.
In the event that the Company makes an Offer to Purchase the Notes, the Company
shall comply with any applicable securities laws and regulations, including any
applicable requirements of Section 14(e) of, and Rule 14e-1 under, the Exchange
Act and any violation of the provisions of the Indenture relating to such Offer
to Purchase occurring as a result of such compliance shall not be deemed an
Event of Default or an event that with the passing of time or giving of notice,
or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
With respect to the sale of assets referred to in the definition of "Change of
Control," the phrase "all or substantially all" of the assets of the Company or
the General Partner will likely be interpreted under applicable state law and
will be dependent upon particular facts and circumstances. As a result, there
may be a degree of uncertainty in
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ascertaining whether a sale or transfer of "all or substantially all" of the
assets of the Company or the General Partner has occurred. In addition, no
assurances can be given that the Company will be able to acquire Notes tendered
upon the occurrence of a Change of Control. The ability of the Company to pay
cash to the holders of Notes upon a Change of Control may be limited by its then
existing financial resources. The Senior Credit Facility contains certain
covenants prohibiting, or requiring waiver or consent of the lenders thereunder
prior to, the repurchase of the Notes upon a Change of Control, and future debt
agreements of the Company may provide the same. If the Company does not obtain
such waiver or consent or repay such Indebtedness, the Company will remain
prohibited from repurchasing the Notes. In such event, the Company's failure to
purchase tendered Notes would constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture
which would in turn constitute a default under the Senior Credit Facility and
possibly other Senior Indebtedness. In such circumstances, the subordination
provisions of the Indenture would likely restrict payments to the holders of the
Notes. None of the provisions relating to a repurchase upon a Change of Control
are waivable by the Board of Directors of FV Inc. or the Trustee.
The foregoing provisions will not prevent the Issuers from entering into a
transaction of the types described under the definition of "Change of Control"
with management or their affiliates. In addition, such provisions may not
necessarily afford the holders of the Notes protection in the event of a highly
leveraged transaction, including a reorganization, restructuring, merger or
similar transaction involving the Issuers that may adversely affect the holders
of the Notes because such transactions may not involve a shift in voting power
or beneficial ownership, or, even if they do, may not involve a shift of the
magnitude required under the definition of Change of Control to trigger the
provisions.
PROVISION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The Indenture will provide that whether or not the Issuers are subject to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision thereto,
the Issuers shall file with the Commission the annual reports, quarterly reports
and other documents which the Issuers would have been required to file with the
Commission pursuant to such Section 13(a) or 15(d) or any successor provision
thereto if the Issuers were so required, such documents to be filed with the
Commission on or prior to the respective dates (the "Required Filing Dates") by
which the Issuers would have been required so to file such documents if the
Issuers were so required. The Issuers shall also in any event (a) within 15 days
of each Required Filing Date (whether or not permitted or required to file with
the Commission) (i) transmit by mail to all holders of Notes, as their names and
addresses appear in the note register, without cost to such holders, and (ii)
file with the Trustee, copies of the annual reports, quarterly reports and other
documents which the Issuers are required to file with the Commission pursuant to
the preceding sentence, or, if such filing is not so permitted, information and
data of a similar nature, and (b) if, notwithstanding the preceding sentence,
filing such documents by the Issuers with the Commission is not permitted under
the Exchange Act, promptly upon written request supply copies of such documents
to any prospective holder of Notes. The Issuers shall not be obligated to file
any such reports with the Commission if the Commission does not permit such
filings for all companies similarly situated other than due to any action or
inaction by the Issuers.
MERGER, SALE OF ASSETS, ETC.
The Indenture will provide that the Issuers will not consolidate with or merge
with or into (whether or not such Issuer is the Surviving Person) any other
entity and the Issuers will not and will not permit any of their respective
Restricted Subsidiaries to sell, convey, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of such Issuer's properties and assets
(determined, in the case of the Company, on a consolidated basis for the Company
and the Restricted Subsidiaries) to any entity in a single transaction or series
of related transactions, unless: (a) either (i) such Issuer shall be the
Surviving Person or (ii) the Surviving Person (if other than such Issuer) shall
be, in the case of Capital, a corporation or, in any other case, a corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, limited liability limited partnership or
trust organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of
America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and shall, in any such
case, expressly assume by a supplemental indenture the due and punctual payment
of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes and the
performance and observance of every covenant of the Indenture to be performed or
observed on the part of the Issuers; (b) immediately thereafter, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (c) immediately after
giving effect to any such transaction involving the Incurrence by the Company or
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any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, of additional Indebtedness
(and treating any Indebtedness not previously an obligation of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of such transaction
as having been Incurred at the time of such transaction), the Surviving Person
could Incur, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such transaction as if
it had occurred at the beginning of the latest fiscal quarter for which
consolidated financial statements of the Company are available, at least $1.00
of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) under the Debt to
Operating Cash Flow Ratio of the first paragraph of "-- Limitation on
Indebtedness" above; and (d) immediately thereafter the Surviving Person shall
have a Consolidated Net Worth equal to or greater than the Consolidated Net
Worth of such Issuer immediately prior to such transaction.
The Indenture will provide that, subject to the requirements of the immediately
preceding paragraph, in the event of a sale of all or substantially all of the
assets of any Subsidiary Guarantor or all of the Equity Interests of any
Subsidiary Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, then the
Surviving Person of any such merger or consolidation, or such Subsidiary
Guarantor, if all of its Equity Interests are sold, shall be released and
relieved of any and all obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee of such
Subsidiary Guarantor if (i) the Person or entity surviving such merger or
consolidation or acquiring the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary Guarantor is
not a Restricted Subsidiary, and (ii) the Net Cash Proceeds from such sale are
used after such sale in a manner that complies with the provisions of
"--Covenants--Disposition of Proceeds of Asset Sales" above. Except as provided
in the preceding sentence, the Indenture will provide that no Subsidiary
Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge with or into another Person, whether
or not such Person is affiliated with such Subsidiary Guarantor and whether or
not such Subsidiary Guarantor is the Surviving Person, unless (i) the Surviving
Person is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, limited
liability limited partnership or trust organized or existing under the laws of
the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, (ii) the
Surviving Person (if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor) assumes all the
Obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes and the Indenture
pursuant to a supplemental indenture in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, (iii) at the time of and immediately after such Disposition, no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (iv) the
Surviving Person will have Consolidated Net Worth (immediately after giving pro
forma effect to the Disposition) equal to or greater than the Consolidated Net
Worth of such Subsidiary Guarantor immediately preceding the transaction;
provided, however, that clause (iv) of this paragraph shall not be a condition
to a merger or consolidation of a Subsidiary Guarantor if such merger or
consolidation only involves the Company and/or one or more Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiaries.
In the event of any transaction (other than a lease) described in and complying
with the conditions listed in the immediately preceding paragraphs in which an
Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor is not the Surviving Person and the Surviving
Person is to assume all the Obligations of such Issuer or any such Subsidiary
Guarantor under the Notes and the Indenture pursuant to a supplemental
indenture, such Surviving Person shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and
may exercise every right and power of, such Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor,
as the case may be, and such Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case
may be, shall be discharged from its Obligations under the Indenture, the Notes
or its Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
The following will be Events of Default under the Indenture:
(a) failure to pay interest on any Note when due and payable, continued for
30 days (whether or not prohibited by the provisions of the Indenture
described under "--Subordination" above);
(b) failure to pay principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Note when due
and payable at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise (whether or not
prohibited by the provisions of the Indenture described under
"--Subordination" above);
(c) failure to perform or comply with any of the provisions described under
"--Merger, Sale of Assets, etc.," "--Change of Control" and
"--Covenants--Disposition of Proceeds of Asset Sales" above;
(d) failure to observe or perform any other covenant, warranty or agreement
of the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture or the
Notes continued for 30 days after written notice to the Issuers by the
Trustee or holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Notes;
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(e) default under the terms of one or more instruments evidencing or
securing Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
having an outstanding principal amount of $10 million or more
individually or in the aggregate that has resulted in the acceleration
of the payment of such Indebtedness or failure to pay principal when
due at the stated maturity of any such Indebtedness;
(f) the rendering of a final judgment or judgments (not subject to appeal)
against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an amount of $10
million or more (net of any amounts covered by reputable and
creditworthy insurance companies) which remains undischarged or
unstayed for a period of 60 days after the date on which the right to
appeal has expired;
(g) any holder or holders of at least $10 million in aggregate principal
amount of Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,
after a default under such Indebtedness, shall notify the Trustee of
the intended sale or disposition of any assets of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of FV Inc.) of at
least $2 million that have been pledged to or for the benefit of such
holder or holders to secure such Indebtedness or shall commence
proceedings, or take any action (including by way of setoff), to retain
in satisfaction of such Indebtedness or to collect on, seize, dispose
of or apply in satisfaction of such Indebtedness, such assets of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (including funds on deposit or
held pursuant to lock-box and other similar arrangements) which
continues for five business days after notice has been given to the
Company and the representative of such Indebtedness and Indebtedness
under the Senior Credit Facility;
(h) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization affecting
either of the Issuers or any Significant Restricted Subsidiary; and
(i) other than as provided in or pursuant to any Subsidiary Guarantee or
the Indenture, such Subsidiary Guarantee ceases to be in full force and
effect or is declared null and void and unenforceable or found to be
invalid or any Subsidiary Guarantor denies its liability under its
Subsidiary Guarantee (other than by reason of a release of such
Subsidiary Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture and such Subsidiary Guarantee).
Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the
Trustee, in case an Event of Default (as defined) shall occur and be continuing,
the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers
under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders, unless
such holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity. Subject to
such provisions for the indemnification of the Trustee, the holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes will have the
right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on
the Trustee.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default with respect to either of
the Issuers described in clause (h) above) shall occur and be continuing, the
Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes by notice in writing to the Issuers (and to the Trustee if
given by the holders) may declare the unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid
interest to the date of acceleration on all the outstanding Notes to be due and
payable immediately and, upon any such declaration, such principal amount and
accrued and unpaid interest shall become immediately due and payable; provided,
however, that so long as the Senior Credit Facility shall be in full force and
effect, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (other than
as specified in clause (h) above), the Notes shall not become due and payable
until the earlier to occur of (x) five business days following delivery of a
written notice of such acceleration of the Notes to the agent under the Senior
Credit Facility and (y) the acceleration of any Indebtedness under the Senior
Credit Facility. If an Event of Default specified in clause (h) above with
respect to either of the Issuers occurs, all unpaid principal of and accrued and
unpaid interest on the outstanding Notes will ipso facto become immediately due
and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or
any holder.
After such acceleration, but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration
has been obtained, the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of then outstanding Notes may, under certain circumstances,
rescind and annul such acceleration if all Events of Default, other than the
non-payment of accelerated principal
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and interest, have been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture. For
information as to waiver of defaults, see "--Modification and Waiver" below.
The Indenture provides that the Trustee shall, within 30 days after the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes, give
the holders thereof notice of all uncured Defaults or Events of Default known to
it; provided, however, that, except in the case of an Event of Default or a
Default in payment with respect to the Notes or a Default or Event of Default in
complying with "--Covenants--Merger, Sale of Assets, Etc." above, the Trustee
shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the Board of
Directors or responsible officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that
the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the holders of the Notes.
No holder of any Note will have any right to institute any proceeding with
respect to the Indenture or for any remedy thereunder, unless such holder shall
have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of
Default and unless the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the outstanding Notes shall have made written request, and offered reasonable
indemnity, to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as Trustee, and the
Trustee shall not have received from the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Notes a direction inconsistent with such
request and shall have failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days.
However, such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by a holder of a
Note for enforcement of payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or
interest on such Note on or after the respective due dates expressed in such
Note.
The Issuers will be required to furnish to the Trustee annually a statement as
to the performance by them of certain of their obligations under the Indenture
and as to any default in such performance.
NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND PARTNERS
The Indenture will provide that no director, officer, employee, incorporator, or
limited or general partner of the Issuers or any of their Subsidiaries shall
have any liability for any obligation of the Issuers or any of their
Subsidiaries under the Indenture or the Notes or for any claim based on, in
respect of, or by reason of, any such obligation or the creation of any such
obligation. Each holder by accepting a Note waives and releases such Persons
from all such liability and such waiver and release is part of the consideration
for the issuance of the Notes.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
The Issuers may terminate their and the Subsidiary Guarantors' substantive
obligations in respect of the Notes by delivering all outstanding Notes to the
Trustee for cancellation and paying all sums payable by them on account of
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all Notes or otherwise. In
addition to the foregoing, the Issuers may, provided that no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing or would arise therefrom (or, with
respect to a Default or Event of Default specified in clause (h) of "--Events of
Default" above, any time on or prior to the 91st calendar day after the date of
such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed
satisfied until after such 91st day)) and provided that no default under any
Senior Indebtedness would result therefrom, terminate their and the Subsidiary
Guarantors' substantive obligations in respect of the Notes (except for their
obligations to pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and the interest
on the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantors' guarantee thereof) by (i) depositing
with the Trustee, under the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement, money or
United States Government Obligations sufficient (without reinvestment) to pay
all remaining Indebtedness on the Notes, (ii) delivering to the Trustee either
an Opinion of Counsel or a ruling directed to the Trustee from the Internal
Revenue Service to the effect that the holders of the Notes will not recognize
income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes solely as a result of such
deposit and termination of obligations, (iii) delivering to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Issuers' exercise of their option
under this paragraph will not result in any of the Issuers, the Trustee or the
trust created by the Issuers' deposit of funds pursuant to this provision
becoming or being deemed to be an "investment company" under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, and (iv) complying with certain other
requirements set forth in the Indenture. In addition, the Issuers may, provided
that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would
arise therefrom (or, with respect to a Default or Event of Default specified in
clause (h) of "--Events of Default" above, any time on or prior to the 91st
calendar day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this
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condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 91st day)) and provided
that no default under any Senior Indebtedness would result therefrom, terminate
all of their and the Subsidiary Guarantors' substantive obligations in respect
of the Notes (including their obligations to pay the principal of (and premium,
if any, on) and interest on the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantors' guarantee
thereof) by (i) depositing with the Trustee, under the terms of an irrevocable
trust agreement, money or United States Government Obligations sufficient
(without reinvestment) to pay all remaining Indebtedness on the Notes, (ii)
delivering to the Trustee either a ruling directed to the Trustee from the
Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the holders of the Notes will not
recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes solely as a
result of such deposit and termination of obligations or an Opinion of Counsel
based upon such a ruling addressed to the Trustee or a change in the applicable
Federal tax law since the date of the Indenture to such effect, (iii) delivering
to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Issuers' exercise of
their option under this paragraph will not result in any of the Issuers, the
Trustee or the trust created by the Issuers' deposit of funds pursuant to this
provision becoming or being deemed to be an "investment company" under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and (iv) complying with certain
other requirements set forth in the Indenture.
The Issuers may make an irrevocable deposit pursuant to this provision only if
at such time they are not prohibited from doing so under the subordination
provisions of the Indenture or certain covenants in the Senior Indebtedness and
the Issuers have delivered to the Trustee and any Paying Agent an Officers'
Certificate to that effect.
GOVERNING LAW
The Indenture and the Notes will be governed by the laws of the State of New
York without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
MODIFICATION AND WAIVER
The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors, when authorized by a resolution of
their respective Boards of Directors, and the Trustee may amend or supplement
the Indenture or the Notes without notice to or consent of any holder: (i) to
cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; provided, however, that such
amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of any holder; (ii)
to effect the assumption by a successor Person of all obligations of the Issuers
under the Notes and the Indenture in connection with any transaction complying
with "--Merger, Sale of Assets, Etc." above; (iii) to provide for uncertificated
Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; (iv) to comply with any
requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification
of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; (v) to make any change that
would provide any additional benefit or rights to the holders; (vi) to make any
other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder under the
Indenture; (vii) to evidence the succession of another Person to any Subsidiary
Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of such
Subsidiary Guarantor in the Subsidiary Guarantee; (viii) to add to the covenants
of the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors for the benefit of the holders, or
to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuers or any Subsidiary
Guarantor under the Indenture; (ix) to secure the Notes pursuant to the
requirements of "--Covenants--Limitation on Liens" above or otherwise; or (x) to
reflect the release of a Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations with respect
to its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture
and to add a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of the Indenture;
provided, however, that the Issuers have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of
counsel stating that such amendment or supplement complies with the provisions
of the Indenture.
Modifications and amendments of the Indenture and the Notes may be made by the
Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors when authorized by a resolution of their
respective Boards of Directors and the Trustee with the consent of the holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes; provided,
however, that no such modification or amendment may, without the consent of the
holder of each Note affected thereby, (a) change the Stated Maturity of the
principal of or any installment of interest on any Note or alter the optional
redemption or repurchase provisions of any Note or the Indenture in a manner
adverse to the holders of the Notes, (b) reduce the principal amount (or the
premium) of any Note, (c) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of
interest on any Note, (d) change the place or currency of payment of principal
of (or premium) or interest on any Note, (e) modify any provisions of the
Indenture relating to the waiver of past defaults (other than to add sections of
the Indenture subject thereto) or the right of the holders to institute suit for
the enforcement of any payment on or with
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respect to any Note or the modification and amendment of the Indenture and the
Notes (other than to add sections of the Indenture or the Notes which may not be
amended, supplemented or waived without the consent of each holder affected),
(f) reduce the percentage of the principal amount of outstanding Notes necessary
for amendment to or waiver of compliance with any provision of the Indenture or
the Notes or for waiver of any Default, (g) waive a default in the payment of
principal of, interest on, or redemption payment with respect to, any Note
(except a recision of acceleration of the Notes by the holders as provided in
the Indenture and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such
acceleration), (h) modify the ranking or priority of the Notes or the Subsidiary
Guarantee of any Subsidiary Guarantor or modify the definition of Senior
Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or amend or modify the
subordination provisions of the Indenture in any manner adverse to the holders,
(i) release any Subsidiary Guarantor from any of its obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee or the Indenture otherwise than in accordance with the
Indenture, or (j) modify the provisions relating to any Offer to Purchase
required under the covenants described under "--Covenants--Disposition of
Proceeds of Asset Sales" or "--Change of Control" above in a manner materially
adverse to the holders.
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Notes, on behalf of all holders of Notes, may waive compliance by the Issuers
with certain restrictive provisions of the Indenture. Subject to certain rights
of the Trustee, as provided in the Indenture, the holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, on behalf of all holders of
Notes, may waive any past default under the Indenture, except a default in the
payment of principal, premium or interest or a default arising from failure to
purchase any Note tendered pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, or a default in
respect of a provision that under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended
without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Note affected.
THE TRUSTEE
The Indenture provides that, except during the continuance of a Default, the
Trustee will perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in the
Indenture. During the existence of a Default, the Trustee will exercise such
rights and powers vested in it under the Indenture and use the same degree of
care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise under the
circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs. The Indenture and
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act incorporated by reference therein contain
limitations on the rights of the Trustee, should it become a creditor of either
of the Issuers, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Notes, to
obtain payment of claims in certain cases or to realize on certain property
received by it in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The
Trustee is permitted to engage in other transactions with the Issuers or an
Affiliate of either of the Issuers; provided, however, that if it acquires any
conflicting interest (as defined in the Indenture or in the Trust Indenture
Act), it must eliminate such conflict or resign.
BOOK-ENTRY; DELIVERY AND FORM
The Notes will be represented by one or more fully registered global notes (each
a "Global Note"). Each Global Note will be deposited on the date of the closing
of the sale of the Notes offered hereby with, or on behalf of, The Depository
Trust Company ("DTC") and registered in the name of a nominee of DTC.
THE GLOBAL NOTE
Ownership of beneficial interests in a Global Note will be limited to persons
that have accounts with DTC ("participants") or persons that may hold interests
through participants. The Issuers expect that pursuant to procedures established
by DTC (i) upon deposit of a Global Note, DTC will credit the accounts of
participants designated by the Underwriters with the respective principal amount
of the Global Note beneficially owned by such participant and (ii) ownership of
the Notes will be shown on, and the transfer of ownership thereof will be
effected only through, records maintained by DTC or its nominee (with respect to
interests of participants) and the records of participants (with respect to
interests of persons holding through participants).
So long as DTC, or its nominee, is the registered owner or holder of the Notes,
DTC or such nominee will be considered the sole owner or holder of the Notes
represented by the Global Note for all purposes under the Indenture. No
beneficial owner of an interest in the Global Note will be able to transfer such
interest except in
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accordance with DTC's applicable procedures, in addition to those provided for
under the Indenture with respect to the Notes.
Payments of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Global Note
will be made to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner
thereof. None of the Issuers, the Trustee nor any paying agent will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or
payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in the Global Note or
for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such
beneficial ownership interest.
The Issuers expect that DTC or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Global Note, will credit
participants' accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their
respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of such Global Note as
shown on the records of DTC or its nominee. The Issuers also expect that
payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in any such Global
Note held through such participants will be governed by standing instructions
and customary practice, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts
of customers registered to the names of nominees for such customers. Such
payments will be the responsibility of such participants.
Transfers between participants in DTC will be effected in the ordinary way in
accordance with DTC rules and will be settled in same day funds. The laws of
some states may require that certain purchases of securities take physical
delivery of such securities in certificated form. Such laws may impair the
ability to own, transfer or pledge beneficial interests in a Global Note. If a
holder requires physical delivery of a certificated note for any reason,
including to sell Notes to persons in states which require physical delivery of
such securities or to pledge such securities, such holder must transfer its
interest in the applicable Global Note in accordance with the normal procedures
of DTC and, with respect to the Notes, with the procedures set forth in the
Indenture.
DTC has advised the Issuers that it will take any action permitted to be taken
by a holder of Notes only at the direction of one or more participants to whose
account interests in the Global Note are credited and only in respect of such
portion of the aggregate principal amount of Notes as to which such participant
or participants has or have given such direction. However, if there is an Event
of Default under the Indenture, DTC will exchange the Global Note for
certificated notes representing the Notes, which it will distribute to its
participants.
DTC has advised the Issuers as follows: DTC is a limited purpose trust company
organized under the laws of the State of New York, a member of the Federal
Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the Uniform
Commercial Code and a "Clearing Agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of
Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. DTC was created
to hold securities for its participants and facilitate the clearance and
settlement of securities transactions between participants through electronic
book-entry changes in accounts of its participants, thereby eliminating the need
for physical movement of certificates. Participants include securities brokers
and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations and certain other
organizations. Indirect access to the DTC system is available to others such as
banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a
custodial relationship with a participant, either directly or indirectly
("indirect participants").
Although DTC has agreed to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate
transfers of interests in the Global Note among participants of DTC, it is under
no obligation to perform such procedures, and such procedures may be
discontinued at any time. Neither the Issuers nor the Trustee will have any
responsibility for the performance by DTC or its participants or indirect
participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures
governing their operations.
CERTIFICATED NOTES
If DTC is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as a depositary for any
Global Note and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Issuers within 30
days, certificated notes will be issued in exchange for Global Notes.
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CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
Set forth below is a summary of certain of the defined terms used in the
Indenture. Reference is made to the Indenture for the full definition of all
such terms, as well as any other terms used herein for which no definition is
provided.
"Acquired Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of a Person (a) assumed in connection
with an Asset Acquisition from such Person or (b) existing at the time such
Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary.
"Acquired Person" means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person
which merges with or into or becomes a Subsidiary of such specified Person.
"Advisory Committee" means the Advisory Committee of the General Partner
established pursuant to the provisions of Article VI of the First Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the General Partner, as amended to
the date of issuance of the Notes.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
"controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Asset Acquisition" means (i) any capital contribution (by means of transfers of
cash or other property to others or payments for property or services for the
account or use of others, or otherwise) by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in any other Person, or any acquisition or purchase of Equity
Interests of any other Person by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in
either case pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary
or shall be consolidated, merged with or into the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary or (ii) any acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of the assets of any Person which constitute substantially all of an operating
unit or line of business of such Person or which is otherwise outside of the
ordinary course of business.
"Asset Sale" means any direct or indirect sale, conveyance, transfer, lease
(that has the effect of a disposition) or other disposition (including, without
limitation, any merger, consolidation or sale-leaseback transaction) to any
Person other than the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, in one
transaction or a series of related transactions, of (i) any Equity Interest of
any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) any material license, franchise or other
authorization of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) any assets of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which constitute substantially all of
an operating unit or line of business of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary or (iv) any other property or asset of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary outside of the ordinary course of business. For the purposes of this
definition, the term "Asset Sale" shall not include (i) any transaction
consummated in compliance with "--Merger, Sale of Assets, etc." above and the
creation of any Lien not prohibited by the provisions described under
"--Covenants--Limitation on Liens" above, (ii) sales of property or equipment
that have become worn out, obsolete or damaged or otherwise unsuitable for use
in connection with the business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as
the case may be, and (iii) any transaction consummated in compliance with
"--Covenants--Limitation on Restricted Payments" above. In addition, solely for
purposes of "--Covenants--Disposition of Proceeds of Asset Sales" above, any
sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of any property or asset,
whether in one transaction or a series of related transactions involving assets
with a Fair Market Value not in excess of $500,000 individually or $1.0 million
in any fiscal year shall be deemed not to be an Asset Sale.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal, state or
foreign law for the relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" means (i) in the case of a Person that is a partnership,
the board of directors of such Person's corporate general partner (or if such
general partner is itself a partnership, the board of directors of such general
partner's corporate general partner), (ii) in the case of a Person that is a
corporation, the board of directors of such Person and (iii) in the case of any
other Person, the board of directors, management committee or similar governing
body or any authorized committee thereof responsible for the management of the
business and affairs of such
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Person. By way of illustration, as of the date of the Indenture, any reference
herein to the Board of Directors of any of the Company, FVP or FVP GP means the
board of directors of FV Inc.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means, with respect to any Person for any period,
an obligation of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease that is
required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with
GAAP; and the amount of such obligation shall be the capitalized amount shown on
the balance sheet of such Person as determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Cash Equivalents" means (i) any security, maturing not more than six months
after the date of acquisition, issued by the United States of America or an
instrumentality or agency thereof and guaranteed fully as to principal, premium,
if any, and interest by the United States of America, (ii) any certificate of
deposit, time deposit, money market account or bankers' acceptance maturing not
more than six months after the date of acquisition issued by any commercial
banking institution that is a member of the Federal Reserve System and that has
combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500.0
million, whose debt has a rating, at the time as of which any investment therein
is made, of "P-1" (or higher) according to Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or
any successor rating agency, or "A-1" (or higher) according to Standard & Poor's
Rating Services, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or any successor
rating agency and (iii) commercial paper maturing not more than three months
after the date of acquisition issued by any corporation (other than an Affiliate
of the Company) organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America with a rating, at the time as of which any investment therein is made,
of "P-1" (or higher) according to Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or any
successor rating agency, or "A-1" (or higher) according to Standard & Poor's
Rating Services, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor
rating agency.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) any
"person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act), other than the Permitted Holders, is or becomes the "beneficial
owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that
a person shall be deemed to have "beneficial ownership" of all securities that
such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable
immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 50%
or more of the total voting power of the outstanding Voting Equity Interests of
the Company, the General Partner, FVP GP or FV Inc., as the case may be; (b) the
Company, the General Partner, FVP GP or FV Inc., as the case may be,
consolidates with, or merges with or into, another Person or sells, assigns,
conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of
its assets to any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or
into, the Company, the General Partner, FVP GP or FV Inc., as the case may be,
in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding Voting
Equity Interests of the Company, the General Partner, FVP GP or FV Inc., as the
case may be, are converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other
property, other than any such transaction where the outstanding Voting Equity
Interests of the Company, the General Partner, FVP GP or FV Inc., as the case
may be, are converted into or exchanged for Voting Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Equity Interests) of the surviving or transferee Person and,
immediately after such transaction, the Permitted Holders or the holders of the
Voting Equity Interests of the Company, the General Partner, FVP GP or FV Inc.,
as the case may be, immediately prior thereto own, directly or indirectly, more
than 50% of the total voting power of the outstanding Voting Equity Interests of
the surviving or transferee Person; (c) during any consecutive two-year period,
individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of
Directors of the Company, the General Partner, FVP GP or FV Inc., as the case
may be (together with any new directors whose election to such Board of
Directors was approved by the Permitted Holders or by a vote of at least a
majority of the directors then still in office who were either directors at the
beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved), cease for any reason (other than by action of the
Permitted Holders) to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the
Company, the General Partner, FVP GP or FV Inc., as the case may be, then in
office in any such case in connection with any actual or threatened solicitation
to which Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act
applies or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents; (d)
any Person or Persons other than Permitted Holders is or becomes entitled to
appoint or designate more than 25% of the members of the Advisory Committee; or
(e) the admission of any Person as a general partner of the Company, the General
Partner or FVP GP, as the case may be, after which the General Partner, FVP GP
or FV Inc., as the case may be, does not have the sole power to take all of the
actions it is entitled or required to take under the limited partnership
agreement of the Company, the General Partner or FVP GP, as the case may be, as
in
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effect on the Issue Date; provided, however, that a Change of Control will be
deemed not to have occurred in any of the foregoing circumstances (i) with
respect to FV Inc. (either in its own capacity or in its capacity as a direct or
indirect corporate general partner of any other Person), (ii) with respect to or
as a result of the conversion of the general partnership interest of FVP GP in
the General Partner into a limited partnership interest, or (iii) with respect
to the events in clause (e) if the change, event or condition giving rise
thereto has been approved by the Permitted Holders holding a majority in
interest of the total outstanding Equity Interests of the General Partner held
by the Permitted Holders.
"Consolidated Income Tax Expense" means, with respect to the Company for any
period, the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable
by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period as determined on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, with respect to the Company for any
period, without duplication, the sum of (i) the interest expense of the Company
and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period as determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP, including, without limitation, (a) any
amortization of debt discount, (b) the net cost under Interest Rate Protection
Obligations (including any amortization of discounts), (c) the interest portion
of any deferred payment obligation, (d) all commissions, discounts and other
fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers' acceptance
financing and (e) all capitalized interest and all accrued interest, (ii) the
interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or
scheduled to be paid or accrued by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries
during such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
and (iii) dividends and distributions in respect of Disqualified Equity
Interests actually paid in cash by the Company during such period as determined
on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any period, the net income of
the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, adjusted, to the extent included in
calculating such net income, by excluding, without duplication, (i) all
extraordinary gains or losses and all gains and losses from the sales or other
dispositions of assets out of the ordinary course of business (net of taxes,
fees and expenses relating to the transaction giving rise thereto) for such
period, (ii) that portion of such net income derived from or in respect of
investments in Persons other than Restricted Subsidiaries, except to the extent
actually received in cash by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (subject,
in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary, to the provisions of clause (v) of
this definition), (iii) the portion of such net income (or loss) allocable to
minority interests in unconsolidated Persons for such period, except to the
extent actually received in cash by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
(subject, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary, to the provisions of clause
(v) of this definition), (iv) net income (or loss) of any other Person combined
with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary on a "pooling of interests" basis
attributable to any period prior to the date of combination and (v) the net
income of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration of
dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that income
is not at the time (regardless of any waiver) permitted, directly or indirectly,
by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment,
decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulations applicable to that
Restricted Subsidiary or its Equity Interest holders.
"Consolidated Net Worth" with respect to any Person means the equity of the
holders of Qualified Equity Interests of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, as reflected in a balance sheet of such Person determined on a
consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Operating Cash Flow" means, with respect to any period,
Consolidated Net Income for such period increased (without duplication) by the
sum of (i) Consolidated Income Tax Expense accrued according to GAAP for such
period to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such
period, (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense (other than dividends on Preferred
Equity Interests) for such period to the extent deducted in determining
Consolidated Net Income for such period, and (iii) depreciation, amortization
and any other non-cash items for such period to the extent deducted in
determining Consolidated Net Income for such period (other than any non-cash
item which requires the accrual of, or a reserve for, cash charges for any
future period) of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including,
without limitation, amortization of capitalized debt issuance costs for such
period, all of the foregoing determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP minus non-
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cash items to the extent they increase Consolidated Net Income (including the
partial or entire reversal of reserves taken in prior periods) for such period.
"Cumulative Available Cash Flow" means, as at any date of determination, the
positive cumulative Consolidated Operating Cash Flow realized during the period
commencing on the Issue Date and ending on the last day of the most recent
fiscal quarter immediately preceding the date of determination for which
consolidated financial information of the Company is available or, if such
cumulative Consolidated Operating Cash Flow for such period is negative, the
negative amount by which cumulative Consolidated Operating Cash Flow is less
than zero.
"Debt to Operating Cash Flow Ratio" means the ratio of (i) the Total
Consolidated Indebtedness as of the date of calculation (the "Determination
Date") to (ii) four times the Consolidated Operating Cash Flow for the latest
fiscal quarter for which financial information is available immediately
preceding such Determination Date (the "Measurement Period"). For purposes of
calculating Consolidated Operating Cash Flow for the Measurement Period
immediately prior to the relevant Determination Date, (I) any Person that is a
Restricted Subsidiary on the Determination Date (or would become a Restricted
Subsidiary on such Determination Date in connection with the transaction that
requires the determination of such Consolidated Operating Cash Flow) will be
deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such Measurement
Period, (II) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on such
Determination Date (or would cease to be a Restricted Subsidiary on such
Determination Date in connection with the transaction that requires the
determination of such Consolidated Operating Cash Flow) will be deemed not to
have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such Measurement Period,
and (III) if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have in any manner
(x) acquired (including through an Asset Acquisition or the commencement of
activities constituting such operating business) or (y) disposed of (including
by way of an Asset Sale or the termination or discontinuance of activities
constituting such operating business) any operating business during such
Measurement Period or after the end of such period and on or prior to such
Determination Date, such calculation will be made on a pro forma basis in
accordance with GAAP as if, in the case of an Asset Acquisition or the
commencement of activities constituting such operating business, all such
transactions had been consummated on the first day of such Measurement Period
and, in the case of an Asset Sale or termination or discontinuance of activities
constituting such operating business, all such transactions had been consummated
prior to the first day of such Measurement Period; provided, however, that such
pro forma adjustment shall not give effect to the Operating Cash Flow of any
Acquired Person to the extent that such Person's net income would be excluded
pursuant to clause (v) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income.
"Default" means any event that is or with the passing of time or giving of
notice or both would be an Event of Default.
"Designated Senior Indebtedness" means (i) any Indebtedness outstanding under
the Senior Credit Facility and (ii) any other Senior Indebtedness which, at the
time of determination, has an aggregate principal amount outstanding, together
with any commitments to lend additional amounts, of at least $25.0 million.
"Designation" has the meaning set forth under "--Covenants--Designation of
Unrestricted Subsidiaries" above.
"Designation Amount" has the meaning set forth under "--Covenants--Designation
of Unrestricted Subsidiaries" above.
"Disposition" means, with respect to any Person, any merger, consolidation or
other business combination involving such Person (whether or not such Person is
the Surviving Person) or the sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or
other disposition of all or substantially all of such Person's assets.
"Disqualified Equity Interest" means any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or
by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is
exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any
event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund
obligation or otherwise, or redeemable, at the option of the holder thereof, in
whole or in part, or exchangeable into Indebtedness on or prior to the earlier
of the maturity date of the Notes or the date on which no Notes remain
outstanding.
"Equity Interest" in any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to
purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests
in (however designated) corporate stock or other equity participations,
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including partnership interests, whether general or limited, in such Person,
including any Preferred Equity Interests.
"Equity Market Capitalization" of any Person, means the aggregate market value
of the outstanding Equity Interests (other than Preferred Equity Interests and
excluding any such Equity Interests held in treasury by such Person) of such
Person of a class that is listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges on a
United States national securities exchange or included for trading on the Nasdaq
National Market System. For purposes of this definition the "market value" of
any such Equity Interest shall be the average of the high and low sale prices,
or if no sales are reported, the average of the closing bid and ask prices, as
reported in the composite transactions of the principal national securities
exchange on which such Equity Interests are listed or admitted to trading or, if
such Equity Interests are not listed or admitted to trading on a national
securities exchange, as reported by Nasdaq, for each trading day in a 20
consecutive trading day period ending not more than 45 days prior to the date
such Person commits to make an investment in the Equity Interests of the
Company.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder.
"Fair Market Value" means, with respect to any asset, the price (after taking
into account any liabilities relating to such assets) which could be negotiated
in an arm's-length free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller
and a willing and able buyer, neither of which is under pressure or compulsion
to complete the transaction; provided, however, that the Fair Market Value of
any such asset or assets shall be determined by the Board of Directors of FV
Inc., acting in good faith and shall be evidenced by resolutions of the Board of
Directors of FV Inc. delivered to the Trustee.
"FV Inc." means FrontierVision Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"FVP GP" means FVP GP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
"GAAP" means, at any date of determination, generally accepted accounting
principles in effect in the United States which are applicable at the date of
determination and which are consistently applied for all applicable periods.
"General Partner" means FrontierVision Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.
"guarantee" means, as applied to any obligation, (i) a guarantee (other than by
endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of
business), direct or indirect, in any manner, of any part or all of such
obligation and (ii) an agreement, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise,
the practical effect of which is to assure in any way the payment or performance
(or payment of damages in the event of non-performance) of all or any part of
such obligation, including, without limiting the foregoing, the payment of
amounts drawn down by letters of credit. A guarantee shall include, without
limitation, any agreement to maintain or preserve any other Person's financial
condition or to cause any other Person to achieve certain levels of operating
results.
"Guarantor Senior Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor,
at any date, (i) all Obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Senior
Credit Facility, (ii) all Interest Rate Protection Obligations of such
Subsidiary Guarantor, (iii) all Obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under
stand-by letters of credit and (iv) all other Indebtedness of such Subsidiary
Guarantor for borrowed money, including principal, premium, if any, and interest
(including Post-Petition Interest) on such Indebtedness, unless the instrument
under which such Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor for money borrowed is
Incurred expressly provides that such Indebtedness for money borrowed is not
senior or superior in right of payment to such Subsidiary Guarantor's Subsidiary
Guarantee, and all renewals, extensions, modifications, amendments or
refinancings thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness shall not include (i) to the extent that it may constitute
Indebtedness, any Obligation for federal, state, local or other taxes, (ii) any
Indebtedness among or between such Subsidiary Guarantor and the Company or any
Subsidiary of such Subsidiary Guarantor or the Company, (iii) to the extent that
it may constitute Indebtedness, any Obligation in respect of any trade payable
Incurred for the purchase of goods or materials, or for services obtained, in
the ordinary course of business, (iv) that portion of any Indebtedness that is
Incurred in violation of the Indenture; provided, however, that such
Indebtedness shall be deemed not to have been Incurred in violation of the
Indenture for purposes of this clause (iv) if (I) the holder(s) of such
Indebtedness or their representative or such Subsidiary Guarantor shall have
furnished to the Trustee an opinion of independent
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legal counsel, unqualified in all material respects, addressed to the Trustee
(which legal counsel may, as to matters of fact, rely upon an officers'
certificate of such Subsidiary Guarantor) to the effect that the Incurrence of
such Indebtedness does not violate the provisions of the Indenture or (II) in
the case of any Obligations under the Senior Credit Facility, the holder(s) of
such Obligations or their agent or representative shall have received a
representation from such Subsidiary Guarantor to the effect that the Incurrence
of such Indebtedness does not violate the provisions of the Indenture, (v)
Indebtedness evidenced by the Subsidiary Guarantee, (vi) Indebtedness of such
Subsidiary Guarantor that is expressly subordinate or junior in right of payment
to any other Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor, (vii) to the extent that
it may constitute Indebtedness, any obligation owing under leases (other than
Capitalized Lease Obligations) or management agreements and (viii) any
obligation that by operation of law is subordinate to any general unsecured
obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor.
"Incur" means, with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation of any
Person, to create, issue, incur (including by conversion, exchange or
otherwise), assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of such
Indebtedness or other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP
or otherwise, of any such Indebtedness or other obligation on the balance sheet
of such Person (and "Incurrence," "Incurred" and "Incurring" shall have meanings
correlative to the foregoing). Indebtedness of any Person or any of its
Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary
(or is merged into or consolidates with the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary), whether or not such Indebtedness was incurred in connection with,
or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary (or being
merged into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary),
shall be deemed Incurred at the time any such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary or merges into or consolidates with the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary.
"Indebtedness" means (without duplication), with respect to any Person, whether
recourse is to all or a portion of the assets of such Person and whether or not
contingent, (i) every obligation of such Person for money borrowed, (ii) every
obligation of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments, including obligations Incurred in connection with the acquisition
of property, assets or businesses, (iii) every reimbursement obligation of such
Person with respect to letters of credit, bankers' acceptances or similar
facilities issued for the account of such Person, (iv) every obligation of such
Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services
(but excluding trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of
business and payable in accordance with industry practices, or other accrued
liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue or
which are being contested in good faith), (v) every Capitalized Lease Obligation
of such Person, (vi) every net obligation under interest rate swap or similar
agreements or foreign currency hedge, exchange or similar agreements of such
Person, (vii) every obligation of the type referred to in clauses (i) through
(vi) of another Person and all dividends of another Person the payment of which,
in either case, such Person has guaranteed or is responsible or liable for,
directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, and (viii) any and
all deferrals, renewals, extensions and refundings of, or amendments,
modifications or supplements to, any liability of the kind described in any of
the preceding clauses (i) through (vii) above. Indebtedness (i) shall never be
calculated taking into account any cash and cash equivalents held by such
Person, (ii) shall not include obligations of any Person (x) arising from the
honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar
instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course
of business, provided that such obligations are extinguished within two Business
Days of their incurrence unless covered by an overdraft line, (y) resulting from
the endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course
of business and consistent with past business practices and (z) under stand-by
letters of credit to the extent collateralized by cash or Cash Equivalents,
(iii) which provides that an amount less than the principal amount thereof shall
be due upon any declaration of acceleration thereof shall be deemed to be
Incurred or outstanding in an amount equal to the accreted value thereof at the
date of determination, (iv) shall include the liquidation preference and any
mandatory redemption payment obligations in respect of any Disqualified Equity
Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and (v) shall not include
obligations under performance bonds, performance guarantees, surety bonds and
appeal bonds, letters of credit or similar obligations, incurred in the ordinary
course of business, including in connection with the requirements of cable
television franchising authorities, and otherwise consistent with industry
practice.
"Independent Financial Advisor" means a nationally recognized investment banking
firm (i) which does not, and whose directors, officers and employees or
Affiliates do not, have a direct or indirect financial interest in the
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Company and (ii) which, in the judgment of the Board of Directors of FV Inc., is
otherwise independent and qualified to perform the task for which it is to be
engaged.
"Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding" means, with respect to any Person, any
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such Person, or any bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding with respect to
such Person, whether voluntary or involuntary.
"Interest Rate Protection Obligations" means, with respect to any Person, the
Obligations of such Person under (i) interest rate swap agreements, interest
rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements, and (ii) other
agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations
in interest rates.
"Investment" means, with respect to any Person, any advance, loan, account
receivable (other than an account receivable arising in the ordinary course of
business), or other extension of credit (including, without limitation, by means
of any guarantee) or any capital contribution to (by means of transfers of
property to others, payments for property or services for the account or use of
others, or otherwise) or any purchase or ownership of any stocks, bonds, notes,
debentures or other securities of, any other Person.
"Issue Date" means the date of original issuance of the Notes under the
Indenture.
"Lien" means any lien, mortgage, charge, security interest, hypothecation,
assignment for security or encumbrances of any kind (including any conditional
sale or capital lease or other title retention agreement, any lease in the
nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest).
"Net Cash Proceeds" means the aggregate proceeds in the form of cash or Cash
Equivalents received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of
any Asset Sale, including all cash or Cash Equivalents received upon any sale,
liquidation or other exchange of proceeds of Asset Sales received in a form
other than cash or Cash Equivalents, net of (i) the direct costs relating to
such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment
banking fees, and sales commissions) and any relocation expenses Incurred as a
result thereof, (ii) taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking
into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
arrangements), (iii) amounts required to be applied to the repayment of
Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of
such Asset Sale, (iv) amounts deemed, in good faith, appropriate by the Board of
Directors of FV Inc. to be provided as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP,
against any liabilities associated with such assets which are the subject of
such Asset Sale (provided that the amount of any such reserves shall be deemed
to constitute Net Cash Proceeds at the time such reserves shall have been
released or are not otherwise required to be retained as a reserve) and (v) with
respect to Asset Sales by Subsidiaries, the portion of such cash payments
attributable to Persons holding a minority interest in such Subsidiary.
"Obligations" means any principal, interest (including, without limitation,
Post-Petition Interest), penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursement
obligations, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation
governing any Indebtedness.
"Offer to Purchase" means a written offer (the "Offer") sent by or on behalf of
the Company by first class mail, postage prepaid, to each holder at his address
appearing in the register for the Notes on the date of the Offer offering to
purchase up to the principal amount of Notes specified in such Offer at the
purchase price specified in such Offer (as determined pursuant to the
Indenture). Unless otherwise required by applicable law, the Offer shall specify
an expiration date (the "Expiration Date") of the Offer to Purchase, which shall
be not less than 20 Business Days nor more than 60 days after the date of such
Offer and a settlement date (the "Purchase Date") for purchase of Notes to occur
no later than five Business Days after the Expiration Date. The Company shall
notify the Trustee at least 15 Business Days (or such shorter period as is
acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the mailing of the Offer of the Company's
obligation to make an Offer to Purchase, and the Offer shall be mailed by the
Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Company. The Offer shall contain all the information required by
applicable law to be included therein. The Offer shall contain all instructions
and materials necessary to enable such holders to tender Notes pursuant to the
Offer to Purchase. The Offer shall also state:
(1) the Section of the Indenture pursuant to which the Offer to Purchase
is being made;
(2) the Expiration Date and the Purchase Date;
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(3) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes offered to be
purchased by the Company pursuant to the Offer to Purchase (including,
if less than 100%, the manner by which such amount has been determined
pursuant to the Section of the Indenture requiring the Offer to
Purchase) (the "Purchase Amount");
(4) the purchase price to be paid by the Company for each $1,000 aggregate
principal amount of Notes accepted for payment (as specified pursuant
to the Indenture) (the "Purchase Price");
(5) that the holder may tender all or any portion of the Notes registered
in the name of such holder and that any portion of a Note tendered
must be tendered in an integral multiple of $1,000 principal amount;
(6) the place or places where Notes are to be surrendered for tender
pursuant to the Offer to Purchase;
(7) that interest on any Note not tendered or tendered but not purchased
by the Company pursuant to the Offer to Purchase will continue to
accrue;
(8) that on the Purchase Date the Purchase Price will become due and
payable upon each Note being accepted for payment pursuant to the
Offer to Purchase and that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on
and after the Purchase Date;
(9) that each holder electing to tender all or any portion of a Note
pursuant to the Offer to Purchase will be required to surrender such
Note at the place or places specified in the Offer prior to the close
of business on the Expiration Date (such Note being, if the Company or
the Trustee so requires, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee duly executed by, the holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing);
(10) that holders will be entitled to withdraw all or any portion of Notes
tendered if the Company (or its Paying Agent) receives, not later than
the close of business on the fifth Business Day next preceding the
Expiration Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter
setting forth the name of the holder, the principal amount of the Note
the holder tendered, the certificate number of the Note the holder
tendered and a statement that such holder is withdrawing all or a
portion of his tender;
(11) that (a) if Notes in an aggregate principal amount less than or equal
to the Purchase Amount are duly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to
the Offer to Purchase, the Company shall purchase all such Notes and
(b) if Notes in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the
Purchase Amount are tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer
to Purchase, the Company shall purchase Notes having an aggregate
principal amount equal to the Purchase Amount on a pro rata basis
(with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate so that only Notes
in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof shall be
purchased); and
(12) that in the case of any holder whose Note is purchased only in part,
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the holder of such Note without service charge, a new Note
or Notes, of any authorized denomination as requested by such holder,
in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the
unpurchased portion of the Note so tendered.
An Offer to Purchase shall be governed by and effected in accordance with the
provisions above pertaining to any Offer.
"Permitted Holders" means any of (a) the General Partner, FVP GP or FV Inc. for
so long as a majority of the voting power of the Voting Equity Interests of such
Person is beneficially owned by any of the Persons listed in the other clauses
of this definition, (b) James C. Vaughn, the President and Chief Executive
Officer of FV Inc. on the Issue Date, (c) John S. Koo, the Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer of FV Inc. on the Issue Date, (d) any of J.P. Morgan
Investment Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Olympus Cable Corp., a Delaware
corporation, First Union Capital Partners, Inc., a Virginia corporation, and
1818 II Cable Corp., a Delaware corporation, (e) any Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with any other Person described in clauses
(a) - (d) of this definition and (f) (i) the spouse or children of any Person
named in clause (b) or (c) of this definition and any trust for the benefit of
any such Persons or their respective spouses or children; provided, however,
that with respect to
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any such trust, such Persons have the sole right to direct and control such
trust and any Voting Equity Interest owned by such trust, and (ii) any such
Person's estate, executor, administrator and heirs.
"Permitted Investments" means (a) Cash Equivalents, (b) Investments in prepaid
expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and
workers' compensation, performance and other similar deposits, (c) loans and
advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $1
million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding, (d) Interest Rate
Protection Obligations, (e) bonds, notes, debentures or other securities
received as a result of Asset Sales permitted under "--Covenants--Disposition of
Proceeds of Asset Sales" above not to exceed 25% of the total consideration for
such Asset Sales, (f) transactions with officers, directors and employees of the
Company, the General Partner, FVP GP, FV Inc. or any Restricted Subsidiary
entered into in ordinary course of business (including compensation or employee
benefit arrangements with any such director or employee) and consistent with
past business practices, (g) Investments existing as of the Issue Date and any
amendment, extension, renewal or modification thereof to the extent that any
such amendment, extension, renewal or modification does not require the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary to make any additional cash or non-cash payments or
provide additional services in connection therewith, (h) any Investment for
which the sole consideration provided is Qualified Equity Interests of the
Company and (i) any Investment consisting of a guarantee by a Restricted
Subsidiary of Senior Indebtedness or any guarantee permitted under clause (e) of
"Covenants--Limitation on Indebtedness" above.
"Permitted Junior Securities" means any securities of the Company or any other
Person that are (i) equity securities without special covenants or (ii)
subordinated in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness, as the case may be, that may at the time be outstanding, to
substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Notes are
subordinated as provided in the Indenture, in any event pursuant to a court
order so providing and as to which (a) the rate of interest on such securities
shall not exceed the effective rate of interest on the Notes on the date of the
Indenture, (b) such securities shall not be entitled to the benefits of
covenants or defaults materially more beneficial to the holders of such
securities than those in effect with respect to the Notes on the date of the
Indenture and (c) such securities shall not provide for amortization (including
sinking fund and mandatory prepayment provisions) commencing prior to the date
six months following the final scheduled maturity date of the Senior
Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, as the case may be, (as modified
by the plan of reorganization or readjustment pursuant to which such securities
are issued).
"Permitted Liens" means (a) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time
such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens were in existence prior to the
contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not secure any property or
assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the property or
assets subject to the Liens prior to such merger or consolidation, (b) Liens
imposed by law such as carriers', warehousemen's and mechanics' Liens and other
similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which secure payment of
obligations not more than sixty (60) days past due or which are being contested
in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, (c) Liens existing on the Issue
Date, (d) Liens securing only the Notes, (e) Liens in favor of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary, (f) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental
charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently
concluded; provided, however, that any reserve or other appropriate provision as
shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor, (g)
easements, reservation of rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar
easements, licenses, restrictions on the use of properties, or minor
imperfections of title that in the aggregate are not material in amount and do
not in any case materially detract from the properties subject thereto or
interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries, (h) Liens resulting from the deposit of cash or
securities in connection with contracts, tenders or expropriation proceedings,
or to secure workers' compensation, surety or appeal bonds, costs of litigation
when required by law and public and statutory obligations or obligations under
franchise arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (i)
Liens securing Indebtedness consisting of Capitalized Lease Obligations,
Purchase Money Indebtedness, mortgage financings, industrial revenue bonds or
other monetary obligations, in each case Incurred solely for the purpose of
financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or
installation of assets used in the business of the Company or the Restricted
Subsidiaries, or repairs, additions or improvements to such assets, provided,
however, that (I) such Liens secure Indebtedness in an amount not in excess of
the original purchase price or the original cost of any such assets or
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repair, addition or improvement thereto (plus an amount equal to the reasonable
fees and expenses in connection with the incurrence of such Indebtedness), (II)
such Liens do not extend to any other assets of the Company or the Restricted
Subsidiaries (and, in the case of repair, addition or improvements to any such
assets, such Lien extends only to the assets (and improvements thereto or
thereon) repaired, added to or improved), (III) the Incurrence of such
Indebtedness is permitted by "--Covenants--Limitation on Indebtedness" above and
(IV) such Liens attach within 90 days of such purchase, construction,
installation, repair, addition or improvement, (j) Liens to secure any
refinancings, renewals, extensions, modifications or replacements (collectively,
"refinancing") (or successive refinancings), in whole or in part, of any
Indebtedness secured by Liens referred to in the clauses above so long as such
Lien does not extend to any other property (other than improvements thereto),
and (k) Liens securing letters of credit entered into in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with past business practice.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, limited liability
limited partnership, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Post-Petition Interest" means, with respect to any Indebtedness of any Person,
all interest accrued or accruing on such Indebtedness after the commencement of
any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding against such Person in accordance with
and at the contract rate (including, without limitation, any rate applicable
upon default) specified in the agreement or instrument creating, evidencing or
governing such Indebtedness, whether or not, pursuant to applicable law or
otherwise, the claim for such interest is allowed as a claim in such Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding.
"Preferred Equity Interest," in any Person, means an Equity Interest of any
class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of
dividends or distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over Equity
Interests of any other class in such Person.
"Public Equity Offering" means, with respect to any Person, a public offering by
such Person of some or all of its Qualified Equity Interests, the net proceeds
of which (after deducting any underwriting discounts and commissions) exceed
$25.0 million.
"Purchase Money Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary Incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of
the purchase price or the cost of construction or improvement of any property,
provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness does not
exceed the lesser of the Fair Market Value of such property or such purchase
price or cost.
"Qualified Equity Interest" in any Person means any Equity Interest in such
Person other than any Disqualified Equity Interest.
"Restricted Investment" means any Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company that has not been
designated by the Board of Directors of FV Inc. by a resolution of the Board of
Directors of FV Inc. delivered to the Trustee, as an Unrestricted Subsidiary
pursuant to "--Covenants--Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries" above. Any
such designation may be revoked by a resolution of the Board of Directors of FV
Inc. delivered to the Trustee, subject to the provisions of such covenant.
"Senior Credit Facility" means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated
as of April 9, 1996, between the Company, the lenders named therein, The Chase
Manhattan Bank, as Administrative Agent, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as
Syndication Agent, and CIBC Inc., as Managing Agent, including any deferrals,
renewals, extensions, replacements, refinancings or refundings thereof, or
amendments, modifications or supplements thereto and any agreement providing
therefor, whether by or with the same or any other lender, creditor, group of
lenders or group of creditors, and including related notes, guarantee and
security agreements and other instruments and agreements executed in connection
therewith.
"Senior Indebtedness" means, at any date, (i) all Obligations of the Company
under the Senior Credit Facility, (ii) all Interest Rate Protection Obligations
of the Company, (iii) all obligations of the Company under stand-by letters of
credit and (iv) all other Indebtedness of the Company for borrowed money,
including principal, premium, if any,
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and interest (including Post-Petition Interest) on such Indebtedness, unless the
instrument under which such Indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed is
Incurred expressly provides that such Indebtedness for money borrowed is not
senior or superior in right of payment to the Notes, and all renewals,
extensions, modifications, amendments or refinancings thereof. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Senior Indebtedness shall not include (i) to the extent that it
may constitute Indebtedness, any Obligation for federal, state, local or other
taxes, (ii) any Indebtedness among or between the Company and any Subsidiary of
the Company, (iii) to the extent that it may constitute Indebtedness, any
Obligation in respect of any trade payable Incurred for the purchase of goods or
materials, or for services obtained, in the ordinary course of business, (iv)
that portion of any Indebtedness that is Incurred in violation of the Indenture;
provided, however, that such Indebtedness shall be deemed not to have been
Incurred in violation of the Indenture for purposes of this clause (iv) if (I)
the holder(s) of such Indebtedness or their representative or the Company shall
have furnished to the Trustee an opinion of recognized independent legal
counsel, unqualified in all material respects, addressed to the Trustee (which
legal counsel may, as to matters of fact, rely upon an officers' certificate of
the Company) to the effect that the Incurrence of such Indebtedness does not
violate the provisions of the Indenture or (II) in the case of any Obligations
under the Senior Credit Facility, the holder(s) of such Obligations or their
agent or representative shall have received a representation from the Company to
the effect that the Incurrence of such Indebtedness does not violate the
provisions of the Indenture, (v) Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes, (vi)
Indebtedness of the Company that is expressly subordinate or junior in right of
payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company, (vii) to the extent that it
may constitute Indebtedness, any obligation owing under leases (other than
Capitalized Lease Obligations) or management agreements and (viii) any
obligation that by operation of law is subordinate to any general unsecured
obligations of the Company.
"Significant Restricted Subsidiary" means, at any date of determination, (a) any
Restricted Subsidiary that, together with its Subsidiaries that constitute
Restricted Subsidiaries (i) for the most recent fiscal year of the Company
accounted for more than 10.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Company and
the Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) as of the end of such fiscal year, owned
more than 10.0% of the consolidated assets of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries, all as set forth on the consolidated financial statements of the
Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such year prepared in conformity
with GAAP, and (b) any Restricted Subsidiary which, when aggregated with all
other Restricted Subsidiaries that are not otherwise Significant Restricted
Subsidiaries and as to which any event described in clause (h) of "--Events of
Default" above has occurred, would constitute a Significant Restricted
Subsidiary under clause (a) of this definition.
"Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any Note or any installment of
interest thereon, means the date specified in such Note as the fixed date on
which the principal of such Note or such installment of interest is due and
payable.
"Strategic Equity Investment" means the issuance and sale of Qualified Equity
Interests of the Company for net proceeds to the Company of at least $25.0
million to a Person engaged primarily in the cable television, wireless cable
television, telephone, or interactive television business.
"Subordinated Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the Company which is
expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation of which the
outstanding Voting Equity Interests having at least a majority of the votes
entitled to be cast in the election of directors shall at the time be owned,
directly or indirectly, by such Person, or (ii) any other Person of which at
least a majority of Voting Equity Interests are at the time, directly or
indirectly, owned by such first named Person.
"Subsidiary Guarantee" means any guarantee of the Issuers' obligations under the
Indenture and the Notes issued after the Issue Date pursuant to
"--Covenants--Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted
Subsidiaries" above.
"Subsidiary Guarantor" means any Subsidiary of the Company that guarantees the
Issuers' obligations under the Indenture and the Notes issued after the Issue
Date pursuant to "--Covenants--Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by
Restricted Subsidiaries" above.
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"Surviving Person" means, with respect to any Person involved in or that makes
any Disposition, the Person formed by or surviving such Disposition or the
Person to which such Disposition is made.
"Total Consolidated Indebtedness" means, as at any date of determination, an
amount equal to the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness and Disqualified Equity
Interests of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding as of such
date of determination.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company designated as such
pursuant to the provisions of "--Covenants--Designation of Unrestricted
Subsidiaries" above. Any such designation may be revoked by a resolution of the
Board of Directors of the Company delivered to the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of such covenant.
"Voting Equity Interests" means Equity Interests in a corporation or other
Person with voting power under ordinary circumstances entitling the holders
thereof to elect the Board of Directors or other governing body of such
corporation or Person.
"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any Indebtedness at
any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the products
obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment,
sinking fund, serial maturity or other required scheduled payment of principal,
including payment of final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of
years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date
and the making of such payment, by (ii) the then outstanding aggregate principal
amount of such Indebtedness.
"Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary all of the
outstanding Voting Equity Interests (other than directors' qualifying shares) of
which are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.
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UNDERWRITING
Under the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Underwriting
Agreement dated , 1996 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., Chase Securities Inc., CIBC Wood Gundy Securities Corp. and
First Union Capital Markets Corp. (collectively, the "Underwriters") have
severally agreed to purchase from the Issuers, and the Issuers have agreed to
sell to them, severally, the principal amount of Notes set forth opposite their
names below. Under the terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement, the
Underwriters are obligated to take and pay for the entire principal amount of
the Notes, if any Notes are purchased.
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J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. $
Chase Securities Inc.
CIBC Wood Gundy Securities Corp.
First Union Capital Markets Corp.
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Total $200,000,000
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The Underwriters propose initially to offer the Notes directly to the public at
the price set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus and to certain dealers
at such price less a concession not in excess of % of the principal
amount of the Notes. The Underwriters may allow, and such dealers may reallow, a
concession not in excess of % of the principal amount of the Notes to
certain other dealers. After the initial public offering of the Notes, the
initial public offering price and such concessions may be changed.
The Issuers have agreed to indemnify jointly and severally the Underwriters
against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or
to contribute to payments that the Underwriters may be required to make in
respect thereof.
There is currently no trading market for the Notes, and the Issuers do not
intend to apply for listing of the Notes on a national securities exchange. The
Issuers have been advised by the Underwriters that the Underwriters currently
intend to make a market in the Notes; however, the Underwriters are not
obligated to do so and may discontinue any such market making at any time
without notice. No assurance can be given as to the development or liquidity of
any trading market for the Notes.
Subject to certain conditions, each of J.P. Morgan Investment Corporation, an
affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., and First Union Capital Partners,
Inc., an affiliate of First Union Capital Markets Corp., is entitled to
designate one member of the Advisory Committee of FVP. See "Management--The
Advisory Committee," "Principal Security Holders" and "The Partnership
Agreements." Their respective designees are John W. Watkins and L. Watts
Hamrick, III. Mr. Watkins is Manager and a director of each of J.P. Morgan
Investment Corporation and J.P. Morgan Capital Corporation, which are affiliates
of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. Mr. Hamrick is Senior Vice President of First
Union Corporation and First Union Capital Partners, Inc., each an affiliate of
First Union Capital Markets Corp.
Certain of the Underwriters or their affiliates have provided investment banking
and other financial services to the Company in the past and may do so in the
future. In addition, affiliates of each of the Underwriters (except for First
Union Capital Markets Corp.) serve as lenders and agents under the Senior Credit
Facility and have received customary fees for acting in such capacities. Each of
such affiliates will receive its proportionate share of any repayment by the
Company of amounts outstanding under the Senior Credit Facility from the
proceeds of the Offering, which repayment may, in the aggregate, exceed 10% of
the net proceeds of the Offering. See "Use of Proceeds" and "Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions."
Because J.P. Morgan Investment Corporation and First Union Capital Partners,
Inc. each beneficially owns in excess of 10% of the partnership interests of the
Company, the underwriting arrangements for the Offering must be made in
compliance with certain requirements of Rule 2720 of the Conduct Rules of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD"). In this regard,
Chase Securities Inc. will act as "qualified independent
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underwriter" within the meaning of the NASD's Conduct Rules and is assuming the
responsibilities of acting as a qualified independent underwriter in pricing the
Offering and conducting due diligence.
Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 2720 of the Conduct Rules of the NASD, the
Underwriters will not confirm sales of the Notes to any accounts over which they
exercise discretionary authority without the prior written approval of the
transaction by the customer.
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LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the Notes will be passed upon for the Issuers by Dow, Lohnes &
Albertson, PLLC, Washington, D.C. Certain legal matters in connection with the
Notes offered hereby will be passed upon for the Underwriters by Cahill Gordon &
Reindel (a partnership including a professional corporation), New York, New
York.
EXPERTS
The financial statements of FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P., included
elsewhere in this Prospectus have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP,
independent public accountants, as indicated in their report with respect
thereto. The financial statements referred to above are included in the
Prospectus in reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in giving said
reports.
The balance sheet of FrontierVision Capital Corporation included elsewhere in
this Prospectus has been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public
accountants, as indicated in their report with respect thereto. The balance
sheet referred to above is included in the Prospectus in reliance upon the
authority of said firm as experts in giving said reports.
The consolidated balance sheet for FrontierVision Partners, L.P. included
elsewhere in this Prospectus has been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP,
independent public accountants, as indicated in their report with respect
thereto. The balance sheet referred to above is included in the Prospectus in
reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in giving said reports.
The financial statements for United Video Cablevision, Inc. included elsewhere
in this Prospectus have been audited by Piaker & Lyons, P.C., independent public
accountants, as indicated in their report with respect thereto. The financial
statements referred to above are included in the Prospectus in reliance upon the
authority of said firm as experts in giving said reports.
The financial statements for Ashland and Defiance Clusters included elsewhere in
this Prospectus have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent
auditors, as stated in their report appearing herein and elsewhere in the
registration statement and are included in reliance upon the report of such firm
given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
The consolidated financial statements for C4 Media Cable Southeast, Limited
Partnership included elsewhere in this Prospectus have been audited by Williams,
Rogers, Lewis & Co., P.C., independent public accountants, as indicated in their
report with respect thereto. The consolidated financial statements referred to
above are included in the Prospectus in reliance upon the authority of said firm
as experts in giving said reports.
The financial statements of Triax Southeast Associates, L.P. included elsewhere
in this Prospectus have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent
auditors, as stated in their report appearing herein and elsewhere in the
registration statement and are included in reliance upon the report of such firm
given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
The financial statements of American Cable Entertainment of Kentucky-Indiana,
Inc. included elsewhere in this Prospectus have been audited by Deloitte &
Touche LLP, independent auditors, as stated in their report appearing herein and
elsewhere in the registration statement and are included in reliance upon the
report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and
auditing.
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GLOSSARY
The following is a description of certain terms used in this Prospectus.
A LA CARTE -- The purchase of programming services on a per-channel or
per-program basis.
ADDRESSABILITY -- "Addressable" technology permits the cable operator to
activate remotely the cable television services to be delivered to subscribers
who are equipped with addressable converters. With addressable technology, a
cable operator can add to or reduce services provided to a subscriber from the
headend site without dispatching a service technician to the subscriber's home.
BASIC PENETRATION -- Basic subscribers as a percentage of the total number of
homes passed in the system.
BASIC SERVICE -- A package of over-the-air broadcast stations, local access
channels and certain satellite-delivered cable television services (other than
premium services).
BASIC SUBSCRIBER -- A subscriber to a cable or other television distribution
system who receives the basic level of television service and who is usually
charged a flat monthly rate for a number of channels. A home with one or more
television sets connected to a cable system is counted as one basic subscriber.
Bulk accounts are included on a "basic customer equivalent" basis in which the
total monthly bill for the account is divided by the basic monthly charge for a
single outlet in the area.
CABLE PLANT -- A network of coaxial and/or fiber optic cables that transmit
multiple channels carrying videoprogramming, sound and data between a central
facility and an individual customer's television set. Networks may allow one-way
(from a headend to a residence and/or business) or two-way (from a headend to a
residence and/or business with a data return path to the headend) transmission.
CHANNEL CAPACITY -- The number of video programming channels that can be carried
over a communications system.
CLASSIC CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS -- Cable television systems that serve
primarily smaller communities where customers generally require cable television
to receive television signals as a result of an inadequate over-the-air
television signal reception due to topography or remoteness of broadcast towers.
CLUSTERING -- A general term used to describe the strategy of operating cable
television systems in a specific geographic region, thus allowing for the
achievement of economies of scale and operating efficiencies in such areas as
system management, marketing and technical functions.
COAXIAL PLANT -- Cable consisting of a central conductor surrounded by and
insulated from another conductor. It is the standard material used in
traditional cable systems. Signals are transmitted through it at different
frequencies, giving greater channel capacity than is possible with twisted pair
copper wire, but less than is possible with optical fiber.
COST-OF-SERVICE -- A general term used to refer to the regulation of prices
charged to a customer. Existing prices are set and price increases are regulated
by allowing a company to earn a reasonable rate of return, as determined by the
regulatory authority.
DENSITY -- A general term used to describe the number of homes passed per mile
of cable plant.
DIGITAL COMPRESSION -- The conversion of the standard analog video signal into a
digital signal, and the compression of that signal so as to facilitate multiple
channel transmission through a single channel's bandwidth.
DIRECT BROADCAST SATELLITE (DBS) -- A service by which packages of
satellite-delivered television programming are transmitted directly to
individual homes, each serviced by a single satellite dish.
ESMR -- Enhanced specialized mobile radio, a wireless telecommunications service
using digital technology to provide enhanced mobile telecommunications services,
including two-way radio dispatch and paging services. ESMR services may be
interconnected with the public switched telephone network.
EXPANDED BASIC SERVICE -- A package of satellite-delivered cable programming
services available only for additional subscription over and above the basic
level of television service.
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FCC -- Federal Communications Commission.
FIBER OPTICS -- Technology that involves sending laser light pulses across glass
strands to transmit digital information; fiber is virtually immune to electrical
interference and most environmental factors that affect copper wiring and
satellite transmissions. Use of fiber optic technology reduces noise on the
cable system, improves signal quality and increases system channel capacity and
reliability.
FIBER OPTIC BACKBONE CABLE -- The principal fiber optic trunk lines for a cable
system which is using a hybrid fiber-coaxial architecture to deliver signals to
customers.
FIBER OPTIC TRUNK LINES -- Cables made of glass fibers through which signals are
transmitted as pulses of light to the distribution portion of the cable
television system which in turn goes to the customer's home. Capacity for a very
large number of channels can be more easily provided.
FIBER-TO-THE-FEEDER -- Network topology/architecture using a combination of
fiber optic cable and coaxial cable transmission lines to deliver signals to
customers. Initially signals are transmitted from the headend on fiber optic
trunk lines into neighborhood nodes and then from the nodes to the end user on a
combination of coaxial cable distribution/feeder and drop lines. The coaxial
feeder and drop lines typically represent the operator's "last mile" of plant to
the end user.
HEADEND -- A collection of hardware, typically including satellite receivers,
modulators, amplifiers and video cassette playback machines, within which
signals are processed and then combined for distribution within the cable
network.
HOMES PASSED -- Homes that can be connected to a cable distribution system
without further extension of the distribution network.
HSD -- Home Satellite Dish Earth Station. A large dish-shaped antenna that is
connected to an individual home in order to receive a wide variety of television
programming signals from a number of satellites.
LONG DISTANCE BACKHAUL -- Utilization of an alternate access network, provided
by a cable system or other carrier, to link long distance telephone calls with a
long distance carrier's network.
MICROWAVE LINKS -- The transmission of voice, video or data using microwave
radio frequencies, generally above 1 GHz, from one location to another.
MMDS -- Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service. A one-way radio
transmission of programming over microwave frequencies from a fixed station
transmitting to multiple receiving facilities located at fixed points.
MSO -- A term used to describe cable television companies that are "multiple
system operators."
NEW PRODUCT TIERS -- A general term used to describe unregulated cable
television services.
NODES -- An individual point of origination and termination or intersection on
the network, usually where electronics are housed.
OVERBUILD -- The construction of a second cable television system in a franchise
area in which such a system had previously been constructed.
OVER-THE-AIR BROADCAST STATIONS -- A general term used to describe signals
transmitted by local television broadcast stations, including network affiliates
or independent television stations, that can be received directly through the
air by the use of a standard rooftop receiving antenna.
PAY-PER-VIEW -- Payment made for individual movies, programs or events as
opposed to a monthly subscription for a whole channel or group of channels.
PCS -- Personal Communications Services, or PCS, is the name given to a new
generation of cellular-like telecommunications services which are expected to
provide customers new choices in wireless mobile telecommunications using
digital technology for voice and data service compared to traditional analog
technology.
PREMIUM PENETRATION -- Premium service units as a percentage of the total number
of basic service subscribers. A customer may purchase more than one premium
service, each of which is counted as a separate premium service
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unit. This ratio may be greater than 100% if the average customer subscribes to
more than one premium service unit.
PREMIUM SERVICE -- An individual cable programming service available only for
additional subscription over and above the basic or expanded basic levels of
television service.
PREMIUM UNITS -- The number of subscriptions to premium services which are paid
for on an individual basis.
PRO FORMA ACQUISITION CASH FLOW -- Net income of a system, as of the date of
acquisition of such system, before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization
and corporate general and administrative expenses.
SMATV -- Satellite Master Antenna Television system. A video programming
delivery system to multiple dwelling units utilizing satellite transmissions.
TELEPHONY -- The provision of telephone service.
TIERS -- Varying levels of cable services consisting of differing combinations
of several over-the-air broadcast and satellite-delivered cable television
programming services.
VIDEO DIALTONE -- A general term used to describe a video programming delivery
system through telephone lines.
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P.
Report of Independent Public Accountants......................................... F-3
Balance Sheets as of June 30, 1996 (unaudited) and December 31, 1995............. F-4
Statements of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 1996 and 1995
(unaudited) and for the period from inception (April 17, 1995) through December
31, 1995........................................................................ F-5
Statements of Partner's Capital for the six months ended June 30, 1996
(unaudited) and for the period from inception (April 17, 1995) through December
31, 1995........................................................................ F-6
Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 1996 and 1995
(unaudited) and for the period from inception (April 17, 1995) through December
31, 1995........................................................................ F-7
Notes to Financial Statements.................................................... F-8
FrontierVision Capital Corporation
Report of Independent Public Accountants......................................... F-17
Balance Sheet as of July 26, 1996................................................ F-18
Notes to Balance Sheet........................................................... F-19
FrontierVision Partners, L.P.
Report of Independent Public Accountants......................................... F-20
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1995............................... F-21
Notes to Consolidated Balance Sheet.............................................. F-22
United Video Cablevision, Inc. (Selected Assets Acquired by FVOP)
Independent Auditors' Report..................................................... F-28
Divisional Balance Sheets as of June 30, 1995 (unaudited), November 8, 1995 and
December 31, 1994............................................................... F-29
Statements of Divisional Operations for the six-month period ended June 30, 1995
(unaudited), for the period from January 1, 1995 through November 8, 1995 and
for the years ended December 31, 1994 and 1993.................................. F-30
Statements of Divisional Equity for the period from January 1, 1995 through
November 8, 1995 and for the years ended December 31, 1994 and 1993............. F-31
Statements of Divisional Cash Flows for the six-month period ended June 30, 1995
(unaudited), for the period from January 1, 1995 through November 8, 1995 and
for the years ended December 31, 1994 and 1993.................................. F-32
Notes to Divisional Financial Statements......................................... F-33
Ashland and Defiance Clusters (Selected Assets Acquired From Cox Communications, Inc.
by FVOP) Independent Auditors' Report............................................ F-36
Combined Statements of Net Assets as of December 31, 1995 and December 31,
1994............................................................................ F-37
Combined Statements of Operations for the eleven-month period ended December 31,
1995, for the one-month period ended January 31, 1995 and for the years ended
December 31, 1994 and 1993...................................................... F-38
Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the eleven-month period ended December
31, 1995, for the one-month period ended January 31, 1995 and for the years
ended December 31, 1994 and 1993................................................ F-39
Combined Statements of Cash Flows for the eleven-month period ended December 31,
1995, for the one-month period ended January 31, 1995 and for the years ended
December 31, 1994 and 1993...................................................... F-40
Notes to Combined Financial Statements........................................... F-41
C4 Media Cable Southeast, Limited Partnership
Independent Auditors' Report..................................................... F-48
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 1995 and 1994..................... F-49
Consolidated Statements of Loss for the years ended December 31, 1995 and 1994... F-50
Consolidated Statements of Partners' Deficit for the years ended December 31,
1995 and 1994................................................................... F-51
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 1995 and
1994............................................................................ F-52
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements....................................... F-53
American Cable Entertainment of Kentucky-Indiana, Inc.
Independent Auditors' Report..................................................... F-58
Balance Sheets as of June 30, 1996 (unaudited) and December 31, 1995 and 1994.... F-59
Statements of Operations for the six-month periods ended June 30, 1996 and 1995
(unaudited) and for the years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993............ F-60
Statements of Shareholders' Deficiency for the six-month period ended June 30,
1996 (unaudited) and for the years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993....... F-61
Statements of Cash Flows for the six-month periods ended June 30, 1996 and 1995
(unaudited) and for the years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993............ F-62
Notes to Financial Statements.................................................... F-63
Triax Southeast Associates, L.P.
Report of Independent Public Accountants......................................... F-69
Balance Sheets as of June 30, 1996 (unaudited) and December 31, 1995 and 1994.... F-70
Statements of Operations for the six-month periods ended June 30, 1996 and 1995
(unaudited) and for the years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993............ F-71
Statements of Partners' Capital for the six-month period ended June 30, 1996
(unaudited) and for the years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993............ F-72
Statements of Cash Flows for the six-month periods ended June 30, 1996 and 1995
(unaudited) and for the years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993............ F-73
Notes to Financial Statements.................................................... F-74
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P.:
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of FrontierVision Operating
Partners, L.P. (a Delaware partnership) as of December 31, 1995, and the related
statements of operations, partners' capital and cash flows for the period from
inception (April 17, 1995 -- see Note 1) through December 31, 1995. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Partnership'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 FrontierVision Operating
Partners, L.P. as of December 31, 1995, and the results of its operations and
its cash flows for the period from inception (April 17, 1995 -- see Note 1)
through December 31, 1995, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Denver, Colorado,
April 9, 1996.
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FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
BALANCE SHEETS
In Thousands
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AS OF AS OF
JUNE 30, DECEMBER 31,
1996 1995
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Unaudited
<S> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,409 $ 2,650
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of
$42 and $40 3,177 358
Receivable from seller 222 1,667
Prepaid expenses and other 904 201
Investment in cable television systems, net:
Property and equipment 120,403 42,917
Franchise costs 103,722 50,184
Covenant not to compete 15,999 --
Subscriber lists 53,106 29,000
Goodwill 12,832 4,094
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Total investment in cable television systems, net 306,062 126,195
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Deferred financing costs, net 5,568 2,853
Earnest money deposits 3,000 9,502
Other, net 169 86
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Total assets $320,511 $143,512
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LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL
Accounts payable $ 795 $ 1,606
Accrued liabilities 4,351 1,558
Subscriber prepayments and deposits 1,483 362
Accrued interest payable 2,615 420
Debt 217,286 93,159
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Total liabilities 226,530 97,105
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Commitments
Partners' capital:
FrontierVision Partners, L.P. 93,887 46,361
FrontierVision Operating Partners, Inc. 94 46
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Total partners' capital 93,981 46,407
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Total liabilities and partners' capital $320,511 $143,512
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The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these
balance sheets.
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FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
In Thousands
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FOR THE PERIOD FOR THE PERIOD
FROM INCEPTION FROM INCEPTION
FOR THE SIX (APRIL 17, 1995 -- (APRIL 17, 1995 --
MONTHS ENDED SEE NOTE 1) THROUGH SEE NOTE 1) THROUGH
JUNE 30, JUNE 30, DECEMBER 31,
1996 1995 1995
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Unaudited Unaudited
<S> <C> <C> <C>
REVENUES $27,539 $ -- $ 4,369
EXPENSES:
Operating expenses 13,668 -- 2,311
Corporate administrative expenses 1,265 -- 127
Depreciation and amortization 13,595 -- 2,308
Pre-acquisition expenses -- 131 940
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Total expenses 28,528 131 5,686
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OPERATING INCOME (LOSS) (989) (131) (1,317)
INTEREST EXPENSE, net (7,304) (10) (1,386)
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NET LOSS $ (8,293) $(141) $(2,703)
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The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these
statements.
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FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS' CAPITAL
In Thousands
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FRONTIERVISION
FRONTIERVISION OPERATING
PARTNERS, L.P. PARTNERS, INC.
(GENERAL PARTNER) (LIMITED PARTNER) TOTAL
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
BALANCE, AT INCEPTION
(April 17, 1995 -- see Note 1) $ -- $ -- $ --
Capital contributions 49,061 49 49,110
Net loss (2,700) (3) (2,703)
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BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1995 46,361 46 46,407
Capital contributions (Unaudited) 55,811 56 55,867
Net loss (Unaudited) (8,285) (8) (8,293)
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BALANCE, JUNE 30, 1996 (Unaudited) $(93,887) $94 $93,981
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The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these
statements.
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FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
In Thousands
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FOR THE PERIOD FOR THE PERIOD
FROM INCEPTION FROM INCEPTION
FOR THE SIX (APRIL 17, 1995 -- (APRIL 17, 1995 --
MONTHS ENDED SEE NOTE 1) THROUGH SEE NOTE 1) THROUGH
JUNE 30, JUNE 30, DECEMBER 31,
1996 1995 1995
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Unaudited Unaudited
<S> <C> <C> <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss $ (8,293) $(141) $ (2,703)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net
cash flows from operating activities
Depreciation and amortization 13,595 -- 2,377
(Increase) decrease in accounts
receivable (988) -- (261)
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses
and other (536) -- 75
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable
and accrued liabilities 1,322 -- 1,637
Increase (decrease) in subscriber
prepayments and deposits (129) -- 362
Increase in accrued interest payable 2,195 10 420
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Total adjustments 15,459 10 4,610
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Net cash flows from operating
activities 7,166 (131) 1,907
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Cash paid for capital expenditures (3,369) -- (573)
Pending acquisition costs (89) -- 0
Earnest money deposits (3,000) -- (9,502)
Acquisition of cable television systems,
including purchased intangibles (178,791) -- (121,270)
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Net cash flows from investing
activities (185,249) -- (131,345)
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Debt borrowings 124,100 -- 85,900
Payments on capital leases (13) -- --
Increase in deferred financing fees (3,112) -- (2,922)
Partner capital contributions 55,867 131 49,110
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Net cash flows from financing
activities 176,842 131 132,088
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NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS (1,241) -- 2,650
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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, at beginning of
period 2,650 -- --
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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period $ 1,409 $ -- $ 2,650
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SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW
INFORMATION:
Cash paid for interest $ 4,902 $ -- $ 957
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The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these
statements.
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FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1995
Amounts In Thousands
(1) THE PARTNERSHIP
Organization and Capitalization
FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P. (the "Partnership") is a Delaware
partnership formed on July 14, 1995 for the purpose of acquiring and operating
cable television systems. As of December 31, 1995, the Partnership had acquired
operating cable television systems in Maine and Ohio (see Note 3). The
Partnership was initially capitalized in November 1995 with approximately $38
from its sole limited partner, FrontierVision Operating Partners, Inc. ("FVOP
Inc."), a Delaware corporation, and approximately $38,300 from its sole general
partner, FrontierVision Partners, L.P. ("FVP"), a Delaware partnership. FVOP
Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of FVP. During the period from January 1, 1996
to April 9, 1996, the Partnership received additional capital contributions of
approximately $55,900 from its partners.
Allocation of Profits, Losses and Distributions
Generally, the Partnership agreement provides that profits, losses and
distributions will be allocated to the general partner and the limited partner
pro rata based on capital contributions.
Pre-Acquisition Expenses
The Partnership had no substantive operations of its own until the date of the
acquisitions described in Note 3. However, FVP, which was formed on April 17,
1995, incurred certain general and administrative costs deemed attributable to
FVOP prior to the Partnership's legal formation. Such expenditures have been
reflected in the accompanying financial statements as pre-acquisition expenses
as if the Partnership had incurred those costs directly. In addition, the
accompanying balance sheet as of December 31, 1995 reflects earnest money
deposits paid by FVP on behalf of the Partnership related to planned
acquisitions (see Note 8). All such amounts have been reflected as capital
contributions in the accompanying financial statements.
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
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.
Revenue Recognition
Revenues are recognized in the period in which the related services are provided
to the subscribers.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost. Replacements, renewals and
improvements are capitalized and costs for repairs and maintenance are charged
to expense when incurred. The Partnership capitalized a portion of salaries and
overhead related to installation activities of approximately $39 for the period
ended December 31, 1995.
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FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
Amounts In Thousands
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method over
the following estimated useful lives:
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AS OF AS OF
JUNE 30, DECEMBER 31,
1996 1995 LIFE
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Unaudited
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Property and equipment $127,528 $43,906 5-20 years
Less -- Accumulated depreciation (7,125) (989)
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$120,403 $42,917
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Franchise Costs, Subscriber Lists and Goodwill
Franchise costs, subscriber lists and goodwill are being amortized using the
straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:
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AS OF
AS OF DECEMBER
JUNE 30, 31,
1996 1995 LIFE
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Unaudited
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Franchise costs $107,078 $50,748 15 years
Less -- Accumulated amortization (3,356) (564)
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$103,722 $50,184
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Covenant not to compete $ 16,954 $ -- 5 years
Less -- Accumulated amortization (955) --
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$ 15,999 $ --
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Subscriber lists $ 56,907 $29,707 7 years
Less -- Accumulated amortization (3,801) (707)
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$ 53,106 $29,000
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Goodwill $ 13,182 $ 4,140 15 years
Less -- Accumulated amortization (350) (46)
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$ 12,832 $ 4,094
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Deferred Financing Costs
Deferred financing costs are being amortized using the effective interest method
over the life of the loans:
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AS OF AS OF
JUNE 30, DECEMBER 31,
1996 1995 LIFE
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Unaudited
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Deferred financing costs $5,876 $2,922 1-9 years
Less -- Accumulated amortization (308) (69)
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$5,568 $2,853
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FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
Amounts In Thousands
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Cash and Cash Equivalents
For purposes of the financial statements, the Partnership considers all highly
liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash
equivalents.
Income Taxes
No provision has been made for federal, state or local income taxes related to
the Partnership because they are the responsibility of the individual partners.
The principal difference between results reported for financial reporting
purposes and for income tax purposes results from differences in depreciable
lives and amortization methods utilized for tangible and intangible assets.
Interim Financial Statements
The financial statements and related footnote disclosures as of June 30, 1996,
for the six months ended June 30, 1996 and for the period from inception (April
17, 1995) to June 30, 1995 are unaudited. In management's opinion, the unaudited
financial statements as of June 30, 1996 and for the six months ended June 30,
1996 and for the period from inception (April 17, 1995) to June 30, 1995 include
all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation. Such adjustments were of a
normal recurring nature.
New Accounting Principles
The Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived
Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of" ("SFAS 121"), which is
required to be adopted by affected companies for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 1995. SFAS 121 requires that long-lived assets and certain
identifiable intangibles to be held and used by the Company be reviewed for
impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. The Partnership adopted the
principles of this statement on January 1, 1996. The provisions of SFAS 121 did
not have an effect on the Company's reported results of operations or financial
condition through June 30, 1996.
The FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, "Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation" ("SFAS 123"), which is required to be adopted by
affected companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1995. The
Partnership does not believe that the provisions of SFAS 123 will have a
material effect on the Company's reported results of operations.
(3) ACQUISITIONS
On November 9, 1995, the Partnership purchased certain cable television system
assets, primarily in Maine and Ohio, from United Video Cablevision, Inc. ("UVC")
for approximately $113,485 in cash plus a note payable to the seller of $7,200
and the assumption of certain liabilities of the acquired business. The
acquisition was financed with the partner contributions and loans noted above,
together with a portion of a $130,000 credit facility (see Note 5).
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FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
Amounts In Thousands
(3) ACQUISITIONS (CONTINUED)
The Partnership has recorded a receivable from UVC related to certain estimated
post closing adjustments to be made to the cash paid to UVC. The purchase price
was allocated to the acquired assets and liabilities as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Current assets $ 379
Receivable from seller 1,667
Property, plant and equipment 39,828
Franchise costs 49,785
Subscriber lists 28,139
Goodwill 4,026
--------
Subtotal 123,824
Less -- Current liabilities assumed (1,472)
--------
122,352
Less -- Subordinated promissory note to seller (7,200)
--------
Total cash paid $115,152
========
</TABLE>
On November 21, 1995, the Partnership acquired the net assets of Longfellow
Cable Company, Inc. ("Longfellow") in Maine for approximately $6,118 in cash.
The purchase price was allocated to the acquired assets and liabilities as
follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Current assets $ 22
Property, plant and equipment 3,505
Franchise costs 963
Subscriber lists 1,568
Goodwill 114
------
Subtotal 6,172
Less -- Current liabilities assumed (54)
------
Total cash paid $6,118
======
</TABLE>
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FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
Amounts In Thousands
(3) ACQUISITIONS (CONTINUED)
The Partnership has reported the operating results of its acquired cable systems
from the dates of acquisition. The following table shows the unaudited pro forma
results of operations as if the Partnership had acquired the UVC and Longfellow
properties on January 1, 1995. The fiscal 1995 pre-acquisition results for
Longfellow have not been audited and were provided to the Partnership by the
seller.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-----------------------------------------------------------
PRO FORMA ADJUSTMENTS
-------------------------------- UNAUDITED
HISTORICAL UVC LONGFELLOW PRO FORMA
RESULTS ACQUISITION(A) ACQUISITION(B) RESULTS
---------- -------------- -------------- ---------
Unaudited
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues $ 4,369 $ 25,417 $ 1,470 $ 31,256
Operating, selling, general and administrative
expenses (2,438) (14,393) (1,047) (17,878)
Depreciation and amortization (2,308) (11,829) (585) (14,722)
Pre-acquisition expenses (940) -- -- (940)
------- -------- ------- --------
Operating income (loss) (1,317) (805) (162) (2,284)
Interest and other expense (1,386) (10,681) (336) (12,403)
------- -------- ------- --------
Net loss $(2,703) $ (11,486) $ (498) $(14,687)
======= ======== ======= ========
</TABLE>
- ---------------
(A) Period from January 1, 1995 through November 8, 1995. Includes additional
depreciation and amortization expense of $2,204, as well as additional interest
expense of $6,594 related to the UVC acquisition.
(B) Period from January 1, 1995 through November 20, 1995. Includes additional
depreciation and amortization expense of $207, as well as additional interest
expense of $336 related to the Longfellow acquisition.
(4) COMMITMENTS
The Partnership is committed to annual pole rentals of approximately $1,077 as
of December 31, 1995, to various utilities. These agreements are subject to
termination rights by both parties.
The Partnership leases the land upon which certain of its towers and antennae
are constructed. The annual rental commitments under these leases amount to
approximately $59 as of December 31, 1995.
The Partnership leases office space pursuant to which its commitments under
these leases are approximately $124 per year.
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FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
Amounts In Thousands
(5) DEBT
The Partnership's debt was comprised of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
------------------------
AS OF AS OF
JUNE 30, DECEMBER 31,
1996 1995
--------- ------------
Unaudited
<S> <C> <C>
Bank Credit Facility --
Revolving credit loan, due June 30, 2004, interest based on
various floating rate options (8.69% on $50,000 and
8.50% on $5,900 at December 31, 1995), payable monthly $ 20,000 $55,900
Term loans, due June 30, 2004, interest based on various
floating rate options (8.69% at December 31, 1995),
payable monthly 190,000 30,000
Subordinated promissory note to seller, due December 31,
2004, with interest as described below 7,200 7,200
Capital lease obligations, monthly payments of $2, including
interest at 9%, due November 1998 86 59
--------- --------
Total debt $217,286 $93,159
========= ========
</TABLE>
The Partnership has entered into a credit agreement with a maximum availability
of $130,000. The Partnership has drawn $30,000 in the form of term loans with
the remainder of $100,000 available as a revolving line of credit, of which
$55,900 had been drawn as of December 31, 1995. Escalating principal payments
are due, quarterly, beginning March 31, 1998 on these term loans. The credit
facility has a termination date of June 30, 2004. The maximum amount available
under the revolving line of credit reduces over time, beginning March 31, 1998.
Under the terms of the credit agreement, the Partnership has a mandatory
prepayment obligation upon any sale of new partnership interests and the sale of
any of its operating systems. Further, beginning with the year ended December
31, 1998, the Partnership is required to make prepayments equal to 50% of its
excess cash flow, as defined in the credit agreement.
The agreement also requires the Partnership to maintain compliance with various
financial covenants including, but not limited to total indebtedness, debt
ratios, interest coverage ratios and earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortization.
In connection with the revolving credit loan and the term loan, the Partnership
has entered into an interest rate swap agreement, which expires November 15,
1999. Under the terms of the agreement, the Partnership has agreed to pay the
lender interest at a rate of 5.912% on a notional amount totaling $65,000. In
turn, the lender has agreed to pay the Partnership interest on a three-month
maturity basis based upon various available floating rate options on the same
notional amount. The effect of this swap agreement is to convert a portion of
the Partnership's floating rate exposure to a fixed rate facility. Through
December 31, 1995, the Partnership has recognized a reduction in interest
expense of approximately $18 as a result of this agreement.
On April 9, 1996, the Partnership increased its bank credit facility by
$135,000, for a total availability of $265,000. A total of $190,000 of the new
bank credit facility is available as a term loan, with the remainder available
as a revolving credit facility. The revolver and $100,000 of the term loan
matures June 30, 2004. The remaining $90,000 of the term loan matures on June
30, 2005.
The subordinated promissory note to seller bears interest at 9% for the first
three years. At the end of each subsequent year, the annual interest rate
increases 2% per year. Under the terms of the subordinated promissory note, the
Partnership may issue additional subordinated promissory notes rather than
making cash interest payments. In this event, the subordinated promissory note
bears interest at 11.5%. Further, in the event the
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FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
Amounts In Thousands
(5) DEBT (CONTINUED)
Partnership's leverage ratio exceeds defined amounts, the interest rate also
increases by 2%. Under the terms of the subordinated promissory note, the
Partnership can prepay the balance at any time.
The debt of the Partnership matures as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 --
-------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C>
1996 $ 19
1997 20
1998 5,174
1999 6,872
2000 10,308
Thereafter 70,766
-------
$93,159
=======
</TABLE>
(6) REGULATORY MATTERS
In October 1992, Congress enacted the Cable Television Consumer and Competition
Act of 1992 (the "1992 Cable Act") which greatly expanded federal and local
regulation of the cable television industry. In April 1993, the Federal
Communications Commission ("FCC") adopted comprehensive regulations, effective
September 1, 1993, governing rates charged to subscribers for basic cable and
cable programming services which allowed cable operators to justify regulated
rates in excess of the FCC benchmarks through cost of service showings at both
the franchising authority level for basic service and to the FCC in response to
complaints on rates for cable programming services.
On February 22, 1994, the FCC issued further regulations which modified the
FCC's previous benchmark approach, adopted interim rules to govern cost of
service proceedings initiated by cable operators, and lifted the stay of rate
regulations for small cable systems, which were defined as all systems serving
1,000 or fewer subscribers.
On November 10, 1994, the FCC adopted "going forward" rules that provided cable
operators with the ability to offer new product tiers priced as operators elect,
provided certain limited conditions are met, permit cable operators to add new
channels at reasonable prices to existing cable programming service tiers, and
created an additional option pursuant to which small cable operators may add
channels to cable programming service tiers.
In May 1995, the FCC adopted small company rules that provided small systems
regulatory relief by implementing an abbreviated cost of service rate
calculation method. Using this methodology, for small systems seeking to
establish rates no higher than $1.24 per channel, the rates are deemed to be
reasonable.
In February 1996, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted which, among
other things, deregulated cable rates for small systems on their programming
tiers.
(7) INCOME TAXES
Income taxes have not been recorded in the accompanying financial statements
because they accrue directly to the partners. Taxable losses reported to the
partners are different from that reported in the accompanying statements of
operations due primarily to differences in depreciation methods and estimated
useful lives under regulations prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service.
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FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
Amounts In Thousands
(7) INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
A reconciliation between the net loss reported for financial reporting purposes
and the net loss reported for federal income tax purposes is as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Net loss for financial reporting purposes $(2,703)
Excess depreciation and amortization recorded for income tax
purposes (192)
Other temporary differences 186
-------
Net loss for federal income tax purposes $(2,709)
======
</TABLE>
(8) FAIR VALUES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents approximate their fair value
due to the nature and length of maturity of the investments.
The estimated fair value of the Partnership's debt instruments is based on
borrowing rates that approximate existing rates at December 31, 1995; therefore,
there is no material difference in the fair market value and the carrying value
of such debt instruments.
(9) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On February 1, 1996, the Partnership acquired certain cable television assets,
primarily in Virginia and Tennessee, from C4 Media Cable Southeast L.P. ("C4"),
resulting in a cash purchase price of approximately $48,000 and the assumption
of certain related liabilities. As of December 31, 1995, the Partnership had
advanced $2,502 as an earnest money deposit related to this transaction.
On March 29, 1996, the Partnership acquired certain cable television assets,
primarily in Maine, from Americable International Maine, Inc. for approximately
$4,750 in cash and the assumption of certain related liabilities.
On April 9, 1996, the Partnership acquired certain cable television system
assets, primarily in Ohio, from Cox Communications resulting in a cash purchase
price of approximately $136,000 and the assumption of certain related
liabilities. As of December 31, 1995, the Partnership had advanced $7,000 as an
earnest money deposit related to this transaction.
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FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
Amounts In Thousands
(9) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (CONTINUED)
The Partnership has reported the operating results of C4 and Cox from the date
of their respective acquisition. The following table shows the unaudited pro
forma results of operations as if the Partnership had acquired C4 and Cox as of
January 1, 1996:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
--------------------------------------------------------------
FOR THE SIX
MONTHS ENDED UNAUDITED
JUNE 30, 1996 C4 COX PRO FORMA
HISTORICAL ACQUISITION(A) ACQUISITION(B) RESULTS
------------- -------------- -------------- ---------
Unaudited Unaudited Unaudited
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues $ 27,539 $ 945 $ 6,695 $ 35,179
Operating, selling, general and
administrative expenses (14,933) (646) (3,571) (19,150)
Depreciation and amortization (13,595) (443) (3,941) (17,979)
-------- ----- ------- --------
Operating income (loss) (989) (144) (817) (1,950)
Interest and other expenses (7,304) (831) (1,908) (10,043)
-------- ----- ------- --------
Net loss $ (8,293) $(975) $(2,725) $(11,993)
======== ===== ======= ========
</TABLE>
- ---------------
(A) Period from January 1, 1996 through January 31, 1996. Includes decreased
depreciation and amortization expenses of $20, as well as additional interest
expense of $147.
(B) Period from January 1, 1996 through March 31, 1996. Includes increased
depreciation and amortization expense of $2,897, as well as additional interest
expense of $1,903.
(10) EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO DATE OF AUDITORS' REPORT Unaudited
During May, 1996, the Partnership agreed to acquire certain cable television
assets, primarily in Kentucky and Ohio, from Triax Southeast Associates, L.P.
("Triax"), for approximately $85,000 in cash and the assumption of certain
related liabilities. The Triax acquisition is expected to close in the third or
fourth quarter of 1996.
During July 1996, the Partnership agreed to acquire certain cable television
assets, primarily in Kentucky and Ohio, from American Cable Entertainment
("ACE") for approximately $146,000 and the assumption of certain liabilities.
The ACE acquisition is expected to close in the third or fourth quarter of 1996.
In addition, the Partnership has filed a registration statement with respect to
$200,000 of Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To The Shareholder of
FrontierVision Capital Corporation:
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of FrontierVision Capital
Corporation as of July 26, 1996. This financial statement is the responsibility
of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this
financial statement 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 balance sheet is free of material misstatement. An
audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the balance sheet. 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 balance sheet referred to above presents fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of FrontierVision Capital Corporation
as of July 26, 1996, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Denver, Colorado,
September 5, 1996.
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FRONTIERVISION CAPITAL CORPORATION
BALANCE SHEET
JULY 26, 1996
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Asset -- Receivable from affiliate for issuance of common stock -- collected
subsequent to balance sheet date................................................... $100
====
Equity -- Common stock, par value $0.01; 1,000 shares authorized; 100 shares issued
and outstanding.................................................................... $100
====
</TABLE>
The accompanying note is an integral part of this balance sheet.
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FRONTIERVISION CAPITAL CORPORATION
NOTE TO THE BALANCE SHEET
JULY 26, 1996
FrontierVision Capital Corporation (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, is a
wholly owned subsidiary of FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P., and was
organized on July 26, 1996 for the purpose of acting as co-issuer with
FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P. of $200 million of senior subordinated
notes. The Company has no operations.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To FrontierVision Partners, L.P.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of FrontierVision
Partners, L.P. (a Delaware partnership) and subsidiaries as of December 31,
1995. This financial statement is the responsibility of the Partnership's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial
statement 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 balance sheet is free of material misstatement. An
audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the balance sheet. 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 consolidated balance sheet referred to above presents
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of FrontierVision
Partners, L.P. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1995, in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Denver, Colorado,
April 9, 1996.
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FRONTIERVISION PARTNERS, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1995
(in thousands)
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ 5,906
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $40 358
Receivable from seller 1,667
Prepaid expenses and other 201
Investment in cable television systems, net
Property and equipment 42,917
Franchise costs 50,184
Subscriber lists 29,000
Goodwill 4,094
--------
Total investment in cable television systems, net 126,195
--------
Deferred financing costs, net 3,787
Organization costs, net 604
Earnest money deposits 9,502
Other, net 86
--------
Total assets $148,306
========
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL
Accounts payable $ 1,606
Accrued liabilities 1,563
Subscriber prepayments and deposits 362
Accrued interest payable 420
Senior subordinated notes due to partners 4,972
Junior subordinated notes due to partners 33,330
Other debt 93,159
--------
Total liabilities 135,412
--------
Commitments
Partners' capital
General Partner 128
Limited Partners--
Special Class A 9,361
Class A 3,405
--------
Total partners' capital 12,894
--------
Total liabilities and partners' capital $148,306
========
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes to consolidated balance sheet
are an integral part of this consolidated balance sheet.
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FRONTIERVISION PARTNERS, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1995
(In thousands)
(1) THE PARTNERSHIP
Organization and Capitalization:
FrontierVision Partners, L.P. ("FVP" or the "Partnership") is a Delaware limited
partnership formed April 17, 1995, for the purpose of acquiring and operating
cable television systems. The Partnership was capitalized in August 1995 with
approximately $16,600 of limited partner contributions, and approximately $168
from its sole general partner, FVP GP, L.P., a Delaware partnership. FVP's
limited partners include individuals, corporations and partnerships.
FVP's partners have committed to provide debt and equity capital commitments
totaling approximately $123,400. As of December 31, 1995, FVP had received
approximately $54,200 of these commitments. Of the total capital contributed to
FVP by December 31, 1995, approximately $16,800 is in the form of general and
limited partner capital contributions, approximately $32,800 in the form of 14%
junior subordinated notes (the "Junior Notes") and approximately $4,600 in the
form of 12% senior subordinated notes (the 'Senior Notes"). Subsequent to
December 31, 1995, FVP received an additional $58,500 in loans from its
partners, all in the form of Senior Notes.
Under the terms of the FVP partnership agreement, the Partnership has agreed to
issue partnership interests, Senior Notes and Junior Notes to an investment
bank, which is also a limited partner, in an amount equal to 3% of total limited
partner debt and equity commitments as a syndication fee. As of December 31,
1995, the Partnership has credited the capital account of the investment bank
with $390 related to limited partner capital contributions received, and issued
Senior Notes and Junior Notes totaling $866 related to this arrangement. The
amount issued related to the Senior Notes and the Junior Notes is reflected as a
deferred financing cost in the accompanying consolidated financial statements
and the amount issued related to limited partnership interests is reflected as a
partners' capital syndication fee.
Allocation of Profits, Losses and Distributions:
The Partnership may issue Class A, Special Class A, Class B, Special Class B and
Class C limited partnership interests. As of December 31, 1995, the Partnership
had only issued Class A and Special Class A limited partnership interests.
Net losses are allocated to the partners in proportion to their capital
contributions until the limited partners have been allocated amounts equal to
their capital contributions, except no losses shall be allocated to any limited
partner which would cause the limited partner's capital account to become
negative by an amount greater than the limited partner's share of the
Partnership's "minimum gain" (the excess of the Partnership's nonrecourse debt
over its adjusted basis in the assets encumbered by nonrecourse debt).
Thereafter, losses are allocated to the general partner.
Profits are allocated first to the general partner to the extent of its negative
capital account; then to the general and limited partners to the extent of their
capital contributions; then to the general and limited partners until the Class
A and Class B limited partners receive a 12% preferred return on their capital
contributions; thereafter, 85% to the Class A and Class B limited partners and
the general partner in proportion to their capital contributions, 7% to the
general partner (the "General Partner Special Allocation"), and 8% to the
Special Class A and Special Class B limited partners.
Distributions are made first, 99% to the Class A and Class B limited partners
and 1% to the general partner until the Class A and Class B limited partners
have received a return of their contributed capital; second, 99% to the Class A
and Class B limited partners and 1% to the general partner until the Class A and
Class B limited partners receive a 12% preferred annual rate of return on their
capital contributions; thereafter, 85% to the Class A and Class B limited
partners and the general partner in proportion to their capital contributions,
7% to the general partner (the "general partner special allocation") and 8% to
the Special Class A and Special Class B limited
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FRONTIERVISION PARTNERS, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
(In thousands)
(1) THE PARTNERSHIP (CONTINUED)
partners. Under the terms of the FVP partnership agreement, the general partner
may issue Class C limited partnership interests to employees of the Partnership
which entitle the holder to receive distributions from the Partnership. However,
in no event shall the Class C limited partners be entitled to receive more than
1% of the aggregate distributions made. The percentage of the aggregate
distributions made to the Class C limited partners shall result in a reduction
to the General Partner's Special Allocation percentage. As of April 9, 1996, the
Partnership had investment commitments from its Class A limited partners
totaling $32,830 and $89,291 from its Special Class A limited partners.
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles of Consolidation:
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Partnership
and its direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, FrontierVision Operating
Partners, L.P. ("FVOP") and FrontierVision Operating Partners, Inc. ("FVOP
Inc."). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been
eliminated in consolidation. FVOP Inc. holds a 0.01% limited partnership
interest in FVOP as its only asset. FVOP owns and operates cable television
properties, primarily in Maine and Ohio.
Basis of Presentation:
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.
New Accounting Principles
The Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived
Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of" ("SFAS 121"), which is
required to be adopted by affected companies for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 1995. SFAS 121 requires that long-lived assets and certain
identifiable intangibles to be held and used by the Company be reviewed for
impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. The Partnership adopted the
principles of this statement on January 1, 1996.
Property and Equipment:
Property and equipment are stated at cost. Replacements, renewals and
improvements are capitalized and costs for repairs and maintenance are charged
to expense when incurred. The Partnership capitalized a portion of salaries
related to installation activities of approximately $39 for the period ended
December 31, 1995. Depreciation and amortization are computed using the
straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives;
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------
1995 LIFE
------- -----------
<S> <C> <C>
Property and equipment $43,906 5-20 years
Less -- Accumulated depreciation (989)
-------
$42,917
=======
</TABLE>
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FRONTIERVISION PARTNERS, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
(In thousands)
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Franchise Costs, Subscriber Lists and Goodwill:
Franchise costs, subscriber lists and goodwill are being amortized using the
straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------
1995 LIFE
------- -----------
<S> <C> <C>
Franchise costs $50,748 15 years
Less -- Accumulated amortization (564)
-------
$50,184
=======
Subscriber lists $29,707 7 years
Less -- Accumulated amortization (707)
-------
$29,000
=======
Goodwill $ 4,140 15 years
Less -- Accumulated amortization (46)
-------
$ 4,094
=======
</TABLE>
Deferred Financing Costs and Organization Costs:
Deferred financing costs are being amortized using the effective interest method
over the life of the loans. Organization costs are being amortized using the
straight-line method over five years:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
--------------------
1995 LIFE
------ -----------
<S> <C> <C>
Deferred financing costs $3,874 1-9 years
Less -- Accumulated amortization (87)
------
$3,787
======
Organization costs $ 625 5 years
Less -- Accumulated amortization (21)
------
$ 604
======
</TABLE>
Cash and Cash Equivalents:
For purposes of the consolidated financial statements, the Partnership considers
all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less
to be cash equivalents.
(3) ACQUISITIONS
On November 9, 1995, FVOP purchased certain cable television systems assets,
primarily in Maine and Ohio, from United Video Cablevision, Inc. ("UVC") for
approximately $113,485 in cash plus a note payable to the seller of $7,200 and
the assumption of certain liabilities of the acquired business. The acquisition
was financed with the partner contributions and loans noted above, together with
a portion of a $130,000 credit facility (see Note 5). The
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FRONTIERVISION PARTNERS, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
(In thousands)
(3) ACQUISITIONS (CONTINUED)
Partnership has recorded a receivable from UVC related to certain estimated
post-closing adjustments to be made to the cash paid to UVC. The purchase price
was allocated to the acquired assets and liabilities as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Current assets $ 379
Receivable from seller 1,667
Property, plant and equipment 39,828
Franchise costs 49,785
Subscriber lists 28,139
Goodwill 4,026
--------
Subtotal 123,824
Less -- Current liabilities assumed (1,472)
--------
122,352
Less -- Subordinated promissory note to
seller (7,200)
--------
Total cash paid $115,152
========
</TABLE>
On November 21, 1995, FVOP acquired the net assets of Longfellow Cable Company,
Inc. ("Longfellow") in Maine for approximately $6,118 in cash. The purchase
price was allocated to the acquired assets and liabilities as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Current assets $ 22
Property, plant and equipment 3,505
Franchise costs 963
Subscriber lists 1,568
Goodwill 114
------
Subtotal 6,172
Less -- Current liabilities assumed (54)
------
Total cash paid $6,118
======
</TABLE>
(4) COMMITMENTS
The Partnership is committed to annual pole rentals of approximately $1,077 as
of December 31, 1995, to various utilities. These agreements are subject to
termination rights by both parties.
The Partnership leases the land upon which certain of its towers and antennae
are constructed. The annual rental commitments under these leases amount to
approximately $59 as of December 31, 1995.
The Partnership leases office space and its commitments under these leases is
approximately $124 per year.
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FRONTIERVISION PARTNERS, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
(In thousands)
(5) DEBT
As of December 31, 1995, the Partnership's debt was comprised of the following:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Bank Credit Facility--
Revolving credit loan, due June 30, 2004, interest based on various
floating rate options, payable monthly $ 55,900
Term loans, due June 30, 2004, interest based on various floating
rate options, payable monthly 30,000
Senior subordinated notes 4,972
Junior subordinated notes 33,330
Subordinated promissory note to seller, due December 31, 2004, with
interest as described below 7,200
Capital lease obligations, monthly payments of $1,886, including interest
at 9%, due November 1998 59
--------
$131,461
========
</TABLE>
The Partnership has entered into a credit agreement with a maximum availability
of $130,000 (see Note 6). The Partnership has drawn $30,000 in the form of term
loans with the remainder of $100,000 available as a revolving line of credit, of
which $55,900 had been drawn as of December 31, 1995. Escalating principal
payments are due, on a quarterly basis, beginning March 31, 1998 on these term
loans. The credit facility has a termination date of June 30, 2004. The maximum
amount available under the revolving line of credit reduces over time, beginning
March 31, 1998.
Under the terms of the credit agreement, the Partnership has a mandatory
prepayment obligation upon any sale of new partnership interests and the sale of
any of its operating systems. Further, beginning with the year ended December
31, 1998, the Partnership is required to make prepayments equal to 50% of its
excess cash flow, as defined in the credit agreement.
The agreement also requires the Partnership to maintain compliance with various
financial covenants including, but not limited to total indebtedness, debt
ratios, interest coverage ratios and earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortization.
In connection with the revolving credit loan and the term loan, the Partnership
has entered into an interest rate swap agreement, which expires November 15,
1999. Under the terms of the agreement, the Partnership has agreed to pay the
lender interest at a rate of 5.912% on a notional amount totaling $65,000. In
turn, the lender has agreed to pay the Partnership interest on a three-month
maturity basis based upon various available floating rate options on the same
notional amount. The effect of this swap agreement is to convert a portion of
the Partnership's floating rate exposure to a fixed rate facility. Through
December 31, 1995, the Partnership has recognized a reduction in interest
expense of approximately $18 as a result of this agreement.
The Senior Notes bear interest at a rate of 12% per annum, compounded annually,
and is payable June 30, 2004. The Junior Notes bear interest at a rate of 14%
per annum, compounded annually, and is payable June 30, 2004. Under the terms of
the Senior Notes and the Junior Notes, no cash interest payments are required.
The subordinated promissory note to seller bears interest at 9% for the first
three years. At the end of each subsequent year, the annual interest rate
increases 2% per year. Under the terms of the subordinated promissory note, the
Partnership may issue additional subordinated promissory notes rather than
making cash interest payments. In this event, the subordinated promissory note
bears interest at 11.5%. Further, in the event the Partnership's leverage ratio
exceeds defined amounts, the interest rate also increases by 2% per year. Under
the terms of the subordinated promissory note, the Partnership can prepay the
balance at any time.
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FRONTIERVISION PARTNERS, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
(In thousands)
(5) DEBT (CONTINUED)
The debt of the Partnership matures as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Year ended December 31--
1996 $ 19
1997 20
1998 5,174
1999 6,872
2000 10,308
Thereafter 109,068
---------
$131,461
=========
</TABLE>
(6) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On February 1, 1996, the Partnership acquired certain cable television system
assets, primarily in Virginia and Tennessee, from C4 Media Cable Southeast, L.P.
for a cash purchase price of approximately $48,000 and the assumption of certain
related liabilities. As of December 31, 1995, the Partnership had advanced an
earnest money deposit of $2,502 related to this transaction.
On March 29, 1996, the Partnership acquired certain cable television system
assets, primarily in Maine, from Americable International Maine, Inc. for
approximately $4,750 in cash and the assumption of certain related liabilities.
On April 9, 1996, the Partnership increased its bank facility by $135,000 for a
total availability of $265,000. A total of $190,000 of the new bank credit
facility is available as a term loan, with the remainder available as a
revolving credit facility. The revolver and $100,000 of the term loan matures
June 30, 2004. The remaining $90,000 of the term loan matures June 30, 2005.
On April 9, 1996, the Partnership acquired certain cable television system
assets, primarily in Ohio, from Cox Communications, Inc. for a cash purchase
price of approximately $136,000 and the assumption of certain related
liabilities. As of December 31, 1995, the Partnership had advanced $7,000 as an
earnest money deposit related to this transaction.
(7) FAIR VALUES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents approximate their fair value
due to the nature and length of maturity of the investments.
The estimated fair value of the Partnership's debt instruments is based on
borrowing rates that approximate existing rates at December 31, 1995; therefore,
there is no material difference in the fair market value and the carrying value
of such debt instruments.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
MAY 7, 1996
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
United Video Cablevision, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying divisional balance sheet of UNITED VIDEO
CABLEVISION, INC. -- MAINE AND OHIO DIVISIONS as of November 8, 1995 and
December 31, 1994 and the related statements of divisional operations, cash
flows and equity for the period of January 1, 1995 through November 8, 1995 and
for the years ended December 31, 1994 and 1993. These financial statements are
the responsibility of the Divisions' 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 from 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 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 divisional financial position of United Video
Cablevision, Inc. -- Maine and Ohio Divisions as of November 8, 1995 and
December 31, 1994, and the results of its divisional operations and its cash
flows for the period ending November 8, 1895, and the years ending December 31,
1994 and 1993 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
PIAKER & LYONS, P.C.
May 7, 1996
Vestal, NY
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UNITED VIDEO CABLEVISION, INC.
MAINE AND OHIO DIVISIONS
DIVISIONAL BALANCE SHEETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------------
NOVEMBER 8, DECEMBER 31,
1995 1994
------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C>
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 75,100 $ 35,461
------------ ------------
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (1)
Accounts Receivable, Trade 143,673 206,676
Accounts Receivable, Other 25,980 31,034
Less: Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (53,994) (34,928)
------------ ------------
NET ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE 115,659 202,682
------------ ------------
Prepaid Expenses 165,080 108,045
------------ ------------
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 355,839 346,188
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT -- At Cost
Land 61,556 61,223
Buildings and Improvements 1,586,150 1,570,888
Vehicles 2,608,730 2,282,936
Cable Television Distribution Systems 85,010,454 83,296,885
Office Furniture, Tools and Equipment 1,386,288 1,363,828
Less: Accumulated Depreciation (1) (68,243,467) (59,163,656)
------------ ------------
NET PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT 22,409,711 29,758,104
------------ ------------
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Franchise Rights 1,994,336 1,984,349
Non Compete Agreements 71,753 71,753
Other Intangible Assets 1,943,836 1,943,836
Less: Accumulated Amortization (1) (2,930,019) (2,550,708)
------------ ------------
NET INTANGIBLE ASSETS 1,079,906 1,449,230
------------ ------------
TOTAL ASSETS $ 23,845,456 $ 31,553,522
=========== ===========
LIABILITIES AND DIVISIONAL EQUITY
LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable $ -- $ 684,264
Subscriber Deposits and Unearned Income 341,263 401,608
Accrued Franchise Fees 424,312 469,578
Accrued Programming Fees 686,599 513,151
Other Accrued Expenses 1,596,134 1,154,024
------------ ------------
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3,048,308 3,222,623
DIVISIONAL EQUITY 20,797,148 28,330,899
------------ ------------
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND DIVISIONAL EQUITY $ 23,845,456 $ 31,553,522
=========== ===========
</TABLE>
See the accompanying notes to divisional financial statements.
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UNITED VIDEO CABLEVISION, INC.
MAINE AND OHIO DIVISIONS
STATEMENTS OF DIVISIONAL OPERATIONS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------------------------------------------
PERIOD FROM
FOR THE JANUARY 1,
SIX MONTHS 1995 FOR THE FOR THE
ENDED THROUGH YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED
JUNE 30, NOVEMBER 8, DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31,
1995 1995 1994 1993
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------
Unaudited
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
REVENUES (1) $14,663,637 $25,417,064 $27,964,550 $27,917,090
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------
OPERATING EXPENSES
Programming 3,079,560 5,350,664 5,717,160 5,361,127
Plant and Operation 2,157,243 3,741,207 4,185,894 3,902,847
General and Administrative 2,232,284 3,754,474 4,415,919 4,628,442
Marketing and Advertising 204,951 276,712 248,572 409,890
Corporate Overhead (3) 646,217 1,270,072 1,327,127 1,470,702
Depreciation and Amortization (1) 5,408,877 9,625,116 11,225,978 9,960,536
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------
TOTAL EXPENSES 13,729,132 24,018,245 27,120,650 25,733,544
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------
OPERATING INCOME 934,505 1,398,819 843,900 2,183,546
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------
OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE
Interest Expense (1) 2,503,103 4,086,738 4,892,250 4,960,032
Gain on Sale of Fixed Assets (23,009) (25,034) (33,835) (3,810)
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------
TOTAL OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE 2,480,094 4,061,704 4,858,415 4,926,222
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------
NET LOSS $(1,545,589) $(2,662,885) $(4,014,515) $(2,742,676)
=========== =========== =========== ===========
</TABLE>
See the accompanying notes to divisional financial statements.
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UNITED VIDEO CABLEVISION, INC.
MAINE AND OHIO DIVISIONS
STATEMENTS OF DIVISIONAL EQUITY
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-----------------------------------------
1995 1994 1993
----------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
BALANCE, JANUARY 1, $28,330,899 $32,700,089 $37,526,944
Net Loss (2,662,885) (4,014,515) (2,742,676)
Payments to Corporate Division, Net (4,870,866) (354,675) (2,084,179)
----------- ----------- -----------
BALANCE, NOVEMBER 8, 1995 $20,797,148
==========
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, $28,330,899 $32,700,089
========== ==========
</TABLE>
See the accompanying notes to divisional financial statements.
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UNITED VIDEO CABLEVISION, INC.
MAINE AND OHIO DIVISIONS
STATEMENTS OF DIVISIONAL CASH FLOWS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
---------------------------------------------------------
PERIOD FROM
FOR THE JANUARY 1,
SIX MONTHS 1995 FOR THE FOR THE
ENDED THROUGH YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED
JUNE 30, NOVEMBER 8, DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31,
1995 1995 1994 1993
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------
Unaudited
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Loss $(1,545,616) $(2,662,885) $(4,014,515) $(2,742,676)
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------
ADJUSTMENTS TO RECONCILE NET LOSS TO NET CASH
PROVIDED BY OPERATIONS:
Depreciation 5,187,107 9,245,805 10,771,263 9,497,062
Amortization of Intangibles 221,770 379,311 454,715 463,474
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts -- 19,066 6,124 (3,007)
Gain on Sale of Assets 23,009 (25,034) (33,835) (33,810)
CHANGES IN OPERATING ASSETS AND LIABILITIES,
NET OF EFFECTS FROM ACQUISITION OF CORPORATE
ENTITIES:
Accounts Receivable and Other Receivables 131,341 67,957 (132,182) 122,248
Prepaid Expenses (201,024) (57,035) 13,897 (158,603)
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses (621,915) (113,972) (846,244) (52,046)
Subscriber Deposits and Unearned Income (41,804) (60,343) (45,895) (72,253)
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------
TOTAL ADJUSTMENTS 4,698,484 9,455,755 10,187,843 9,762,995
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------
NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES 3,152,868 6,792,870 6,173,328 7,002,319
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of Property, Plant and Equipment 1,112,478 (2,037,144) (5,712,592) (5,024,998)
Acquisition of Intangible Assets -- (9,987) (216,154) (1,928)
Proceeds from Sale of Assets 67,432 164,766 41,789 37,600
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES (1,045,046) (1,882,365) (5,886,957) (4,989,266)
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Payments to Corporate Division, Net (1,926,311) (4,870,866) (354,675) (2,084,179)
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH EQUIVALENTS 181,511 39,639 (68,304) (53,126)
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of
Period 35,461 35,461 103,765 156,891
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD $ 146,050 $ 75,100 $ 35,461 $ 103,765
=========== =========== ============ ============
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW
INFORMATION:
Interest Paid $ 2,503,103 $4,086,738 $ 4,892,250 $ 4,960,032
Income Taxes Paid -- -- -- --
</TABLE>
DISCLOSURE OF ACCOUNTING POLICY:
For purposes of the statement of cash flows, the Divisions consider all highly
liquid debt instruments purchased with a maturity of three months or less to be
cash equivalents.
See the accompanying notes to divisional financial statements.
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UNITED VIDEO CABLEVISION, INC.
MAINE AND OHIO DIVISIONS
NOTES TO DIVISIONAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOVEMBER 8, 1995
(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING, POLICIES
Business Activity
The accompanying divisional financial statements include the Maine and Ohio
Divisions of United Video Cablevision, Inc. (the "Divisions"). The Divisions are
engaged in providing cable television programming services to subscribers in
their franchised areas. The Corporate division allocates debt to the operating
divisions based upon the respective acquisition and construction costs relative
to the debt incurred. Accordingly, interest has been allocated to the operating
divisions by the Corporate division in the same manner. For the purpose of the
divisional financial statements, debt has been reflected as division equity in
the accompanying financial statements under the terms of the agreement with
FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P., as no such debt will be assumed.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
The Divisions' trade receivables are comprised of amounts due from subscribers
in varying regions throughout the states. Concentrations of credit risk with
respect to trade receivables are limited due to the large number of customers
comprising the Divisions' customer base and geographic dispersion.
Revenue Recognition
The Divisions recognize service revenues on the accrual basis in the month in
which the service is to be provided. Payments received in advance are included
in deferred revenue until the month they become due at which time they are
recognized as income.
Capitalization and Depreciation
In accordance with Statement No. #51 of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board, the Divisions have adopted the policy of capitalizing certain expenses
applicable to the construction and operating of a cable television system during
the period while the cable television system is partially under construction and
partially in service. For the period ended November 8, 1995, the total
capitalized costs amounted to $314,347. During 1994 and 1993, the total
capitalized costs amounted to $244,276 and $300,429, respectively.
The Divisions, for financial reporting purposes, provide depreciation on the
straight-line method, which is considered adequate for the recovery of the cost
of the properties over their estimated useful lives. For income tax purposes,
however, the Divisions utilize both accelerated methods and the accelerated cost
recovery system. For the period ended November 8, 1995, the provision for
depreciation in the accompanying statements of operations amounted to
$9,245,805. For the years ended December 31, 1994 and 1993, the provision
amounted to $10,771,263 and $9,497,062, respectively.
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UNITED VIDEO CABLEVISION, INC.
MAINE AND OHIO DIVISIONS
NOTES TO DIVISIONAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING, POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Depreciation lives for financial statement purposes are as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Headend Equipment
Tower 12 Years
Antennae 7 Years
Other Headend Equipment 8 Years
Trunk and Distribution Equipment
Traps, Descramblers, Converters, Decoders 5 Years
Other Trunk and Distribution Equipment 8 Years
Test Equipment 5 Years
Local Origination Equipment 8 Years
Vehicles 3 Years
Furniture and Fixtures 10 Years
Leasehold Improvements 8 Years
Computer and EDP Equipment 5 Years
</TABLE>
Amortization
The Divisions are amortizing various intangible assets acquired and incurred on
a straight-line basis, generally from 5 to 40 years. For the period ended
November 8, 1995, the provision for amortization in the accompanying statements
of operations amounted to $379,311. For the years ended December 31, 1994 and
1993, the provision amounted to $454,715 and $463,474, respectively.
Income Taxes
The Divisions are a part of United Video Cablevision, Inc. which has elected to
be taxed as a small business corporation under "Sub-Chapter S" of the Internal
Revenue Code effective January 1, 1987, wherein the stockholders of United Video
Cablevision, Inc. are taxed on any earnings or losses of the Company.
Bad Debts
The Divisions have adopted the reserve method for recognizing bad debts for
financial statement purposes and continue to utilize the direct write-off method
for tax purposes.
Use of Estimates
Management uses estimates and assumptions in preparing financial statements.
Those estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the
reported revenues and expenses.
(2) COMMITMENTS
The Divisions were committed to annual pole rentals of approximately $823,000 at
November 8, 1995 and $830,000 and $832,000 at December 31, 1994 and 1993,
respectively, to various utilities. These agreements are subject to termination
rights by both parties.
The Divisions lease in various systems the land upon which their towers and
antennae are constructed. The annual rental payments under these leases amounted
to approximately $37,000 at November 8, 1995, approximately $32,000 at December
31, 1994 and approximately $46,000 at December 31, 1993.
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UNITED VIDEO CABLEVISION, INC.
MAINE AND OHIO DIVISIONS
NOTES TO DIVISIONAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(3) MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH RELATED PARTY
The Divisions are being provided with certain management and technical services
by a related party by means of a management agreement. For the period ended
November 8, 1995, the allocated billings amounted to $1,270,072, and for the
years ended December 31, 1994 and 1993, billings amounted to $1,327,127 and
$1,470,702, respectively.
(4) SALE OF DIVISIONS
On November 9, 1995, United Video Cablevision, Inc. consummated an agreement by
which it sold substantially all of the net assets and associated current
liabilities in its Maine and Ohio franchise areas (the Divisions) for
approximately $120,500,000. Upon the completion of the transaction, United Video
Cablevision, Inc. realized a gain of approximately $100,000,000.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
Cox Communications, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying combined statements of net assets of the
combined operations of Cox Communications, Inc.'s ("CCI") cable television
systems serving 57 communities in Ashland, Kentucky and Defiance, Ohio
(collectively referred to as the "Ashland and Defiance Clusters" or "Successor")
whose assets and certain liabilities were acquired by FrontierVision Operating
Partners, L.P. on April 9, 1996, as of December 31, 1994 ("Predecessor") and
1995 ("Successor"), and the related combined statements of operations, changes
in net assets, and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 1993 and 1994
(Predecessor), for the one-month period ended January 31, 1995 (Predecessor),
and for the eleven-month period ended December 31, 1995 (Successor). These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Ashland and Defiance
Clusters' 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 combined financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Ashland and
Defiance Clusters at December 31, 1994 (Predecessor) and 1995 (Successor), and
the combined results of its operations and its cash flows for years ended
December 31, 1993 and 1994 (Predecessor), for the one-month period ended January
31, 1995 (Predecessor), and for the eleven-month period ended December 31, 1995
(Successor), in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
As discussed in Note 1, effective February 1, 1995, CCI acquired the Ashland and
Defiance Clusters in connection with the acquisition of Times Mirror Cable
Television, Inc.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Atlanta, GA
April 10, 1996
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ASHLAND AND DEFIANCE CLUSTERS
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS
In Thousands
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------------
SUCCESSOR PREDECESSOR
------------ ------------
DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31,
1995 1994
------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Cash $188
Accounts Receivable -- Less allowance for doubtful accounts
of $43 and $37 $1,784 1,563
Amounts Due From Affiliate 5,848
Intercompany Income Taxes Receivable 1,182
Net Plant and Equipment 25,621 18,096
Intangible Assets 110,796 51,210
Other Assets 1,149 580
--------- --------
$146,380 $71,637
========= ========
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Accounts Payable $580 $692
Accrued Expenses 966 915
Intercompany Income Taxes Payable 2,160
Deferred Income 1,355 1,142
Deferred Income Taxes 7,644 3,147
Other Liabilities 146 99
Amounts Due to Affiliate 52,317
--------- --------
Total liabilities 10,691 60,472
NET ASSETS 135,689 11,165
--------- --------
$146,380 $71,637
========= ========
</TABLE>
See notes to combined financial statements.
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ASHLAND AND DEFIANCE CLUSTERS
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
In Thousands
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-----------------------------------------------------------
SUCCESSOR PREDECESSOR
-------------- -----------------------------------------
ELEVEN MONTHS ONE MONTH YEAR ENDED
ENDED ENDED DECEMBER 31,
DECEMBER 31, JANUARY 31, --------------------------
1995 1995 1994 1993
-------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
REVENUES $24,628 $2,096 $ 25,235 $ 24,679
COSTS AND EXPENSES
OPERATING 8,035 689 7,188 6,773
Selling, general, and administrative 4,919 503 5,507 5,398
Depreciation 5,480 214 3,293 3,413
Amortization 2,727 128 1,830 2,129
-------- ------ ----------- -----------
Total costs and expenses 21,161 1,534 17,818 17,713
-------- ------ ----------- -----------
OPERATING INCOME 3,467 562 7,417 6,966
INTEREST INCOME -- NET 79 434 133
OTHER -- NET (29) (3) (4)
-------- ------ ----------- -----------
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES 3,438 641 7,848 7,095
INCOME TAXES 3,749 248 3,982 3,559
-------- ------ ----------- -----------
NET INCOME (LOSS) $ (311) $ 393 $ 3,866 $ 3,536
======== ====== =========== ===========
</TABLE>
See notes to combined financial statements.
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COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
In Thousands
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
PREDECESSOR
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 1993 $ 11,303
Net income for the year ended December 31, 1993 3,536
Dividends to Affiliate (1,570)
--------
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1993 13,269
Net income for the year ended December 31, 1994 3,866
Dividends to Affiliate (5,970)
--------
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1994 11,165
Net income for the one month ended January 31, 1995 393
--------
BALANCE, JANUARY 31, 1995 $ 11,558
========
SUCCESSOR
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS ACQUIRED AND LIABILITIES ASSUMED FROM
TIMES MIRROR CABLE TELEVISION, INC. ON FEBRUARY 1, 1995 $136,000
Net loss for the eleven months ended December 31, 1995 (311)
--------
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1995 $135,689
========
</TABLE>
See notes to combined financial statements.
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COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
In Thousands
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-----------------------------------------------------------
SUCCESSOR PREDECESSOR
-------------- -----------------------------------------
ELEVEN MONTHS ONE MONTH YEAR ENDED
ENDED ENDED DECEMBER 31,
DECEMBER 31, JANUARY 31, --------------------------
1995 1995 1994 1993
-------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income (loss) $ (311) $ 393 $ 3,866 $ 3,536
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to
net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 8,207 342 5,123 5,542
Deferred income taxes (142) (70) 298 293
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable (287) 66 114 (45)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and
accrued expenses 467 (360) (214) (92)
Income taxes payable (1,182) 31 1,914 (906)
Other, net 274 45 162 (61)
------- ----- ----------- -----------
Net cash provided by operating activities 7,026 447 11,263 8,267
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Capital expenditures (1,362) (65) (3,795) (6,075)
Advances to Affiliate (5,848)
------- ----- ----------- -----------
Net cash used in investing activities (7,210) (65) (3,795) (6,075)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Net change in amounts due to Affiliate (386) (1,466) (580)
Dividends paid (5,970) (1,570)
------- ----- ----------- -----------
Net cash used in financing activities (386) (7,436) (2,150)
------- ----- ----------- -----------
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH (184) )(4 32 42
CASH AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD 184 188 156 114
------- ----- ----------- -----------
CASH AT END OF PERIOD $ 184 $ 156
------- ----- ----------- -----------
CASH PAID DURING THE PERIOD FOR:
Interest $ -- $ 79 $ 434 $ 133
------- ----- ----------- -----------
</TABLE>
See notes to combined financial statements.
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NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993 AND 1994,
ONE MONTH ENDED JANUARY 31, 1995, AND
ELEVEN MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
(1) ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
These combined financial statements represent the combined operations of Cox
Communications, Inc.'s ("CCI") cable television systems serving 57 communities
in Ashland, Kentucky and Defiance, Ohio (collectively referred to as the
"Ashland and Defiance Clusters") whose assets and certain liabilities were
acquired by FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P. on April 9, 1996. These
cable television systems were acquired by CCI, a majority owned subsidiary of
Cox Enterprises, Inc. ("CEI"), from The Times Mirror Company ("Times Mirror") in
connection with CCI's acquisition of Times Mirror Cable Television, Inc.
("TMCT") on February 1, 1995. The operations of the Ashland and Defiance
Clusters prior to February 1, 1995 are referred to as "Predecessor" and as
"Successor" after February 1, 1995.
All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in
combination. The acquisition of the Ashland and Defiance Clusters was accounted
for by the purchase method of accounting, whereby the allocable share of the
TMCT purchase price was pushed down to the assets acquired and liabilities
assumed based on their fair values at the date of acquisition as follows
(thousands of dollars):
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Net working capital $ (2,836)
Plant and equipment 30,022
Deferred taxes related to plant and equipment write-up (4,709)
Intangible Assets 113,523
---------------
$136,000
===============
</TABLE>
The historical combined financial statements do not necessarily reflect the
results of operations or financial position that would have existed had the
Ashland and Defiance Clusters been an independent company.
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Revenue Recognition
The Ashland and Defiance Clusters bill their customers in advance; however,
revenue is recognized as cable television services are provided. Receivables are
generally collected within 30 days. Credit risk is managed by disconnecting
services to customers who are delinquent generally greater than 60 days. Other
revenues are recognized as services are provided. Revenues obtained from the
connection of customers to the cable television systems are less than related
direct selling costs; therefore, such revenues are recognized as received.
Plant and Equipment
Depreciation is computed using principally the straight-line method at rates
based upon estimated useful lives of 5 to 20 years for buildings and building
improvements, 5 to 12 years for cable television systems, and 3 to 10 years for
other plant and equipment.
The costs of initial cable television connections are capitalized as cable plant
at standard rates for the Ashland and Defiance Clusters' labor and at actual
costs for materials and outside labor. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs
are charged to operating expense as incurred. At the time of retirements, sales
or other dispositions of property, the original cost and related accumulated
depreciation are written off.
Intangible Assets
Intangible assets consist primarily of goodwill and franchise costs recorded in
business combinations which is amortized on a straight-line basis over 40 years.
The Ashland and Defiance Clusters assess on an on-going basis the
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NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
recoverability of intangible assets based on estimates of future undiscounted
cash flows for the applicable business acquired compared to net book value.
Income Taxes
Through January 31, 1995, the accounts of the Ashland and Defiance Clusters were
included in the consolidated federal income tax returns and certain state income
tax returns of Times Mirror. Beginning on February 1, 1995, the accounts of the
Ashland and Defiance Clusters were included in the consolidated federal income
tax returns and certain state income tax returns of CEI. Current federal and
state income tax expenses and benefits are allocated on a separate return basis
to the Ashland and Defiance Clusters based on the current year tax effects of
the inclusion of their income, expenses, and credits in the consolidated income
tax returns of Times Mirror, CEI, or based on separate state income tax returns.
Deferred income taxes arise from temporary differences between income taxes and
financial reporting and principally relate to depreciation and amortization.
Fees and Taxes
The Ashland and Defiance Clusters incur various fees and taxes in connection
with the operation of their cable television systems, including franchise fees
paid to various franchise authorities, copyright fees paid to the U.S. Copyright
Tribunal, and business and franchise taxes paid to the States of Ohio and
Kentucky. A portion of these fees and taxes are passed through to the Ashland
and Defiance Clusters' subscribers. Amounts collected from subscribers are
recorded as a reduction of operating expenses.
Pension and Postretirement Benefits
CCI generally provides defined pension benefits to all employees based on years
of service and compensation during those years. CEI provides certain health care
and life insurance benefits to substantially all retirees and employees. For
employees and retirees of the Ashland and Defiance Clusters, these benefits are
provided through the CCI plans. Expense related to these plans is allocated to
the Ashland and Defiance Clusters through the intercompany account. The amount
of the allocations is generally based on actuarial determinations of the effects
of the Ashland and Defiance Clusters employees' participation in the plans.
Times Mirror Cable generally provides defined pension benefits to all employees
based on years of service and the employee's compensation during the last five
years of employment. Prior to December 31, 1992, these benefits were primarily
provided under the Times Mirror Cable Television, Inc. Pension Plan (the "Times
Mirror Cable Plan") in conjunction with the Times Mirror Employee Stock
Ownership Plan. On December 31, 1992, the Times Mirror Cable Plan was merged
with the Times Mirror Pension Plan.
Net periodic pension expense for 1993 and 1994 was estimated by an actuary under
the assumption that the Times Mirror Cable Plan continued to be a stand-alone
plan. This expense was allocated to the Ashland and Defiance Clusters based on
its salary expense as a percentage of total TMCT salary expense.
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.
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NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In March 1995, SFAS No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
and Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed of," was issued. This Statement requires
that long-lived assets and certain intangibles be reviewed for impairment when
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset
may not be recoverable, with any impairment losses being reported in the period
in which the recognition criteria are first applied based on the fair value of
the asset. Long-lived assets and certain intangibles to be disposed of are
required to be reported at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less cost
to sell. CCI, including the Ashland and Defiance Clusters, adopted SFAS No. 121
in the first quarter of 1996. The effect on the combined financial statements
upon adoption of SFAS No. 121 was not significant.
(3) CASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
The Ashland and Defiance Clusters participate in CEI's cash management system,
whereby the bank sends daily notification of checks presented for payment. CEI
transfers funds from other sources to cover the checks presented for payment.
Prior to February 1, 1995, the Ashland and Defiance Clusters participated in a
similar cash management system with Times Mirror.
(4) PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Plant and equipment is summarized as follows (Thousands of Dollars):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------------
SUCCESSOR PREDECESSOR
------------ ------------
DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31,
1995 1994
------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C>
Land $ 5 $ 10
Buildings and building improvements 207 646
Transmission and distribution plant 30,235 34,543
Miscellaneous equipment 343 472
Construction in progress 3 59
-------- --------
Plant and equipment, at cost 30,793 35,730
Less accumulated depreciation (5,172) (17,634)
-------- --------
Net plant and equipment $25,621 $ 18,096
======== ========
</TABLE>
(5) INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Intangible assets are summarized as follows (Thousands of Dollars):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------------
SUCCESSOR PREDECESSOR
------------ ------------
DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31,
1995 1994
------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C>
Goodwill $113,523 $60,907
Other 134
-------- ---------
Total 113,523 61,041
Less accumulated amortization (2,727) (9,831)
-------- ---------
Net intangible assets $110,796 $51,210
======== =========
</TABLE>
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NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(6) INCOME TAXES
Income tax expense (benefit) is summarized as follows (Thousands of Dollars):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-----------------------------------------------------------
SUCCESSOR PREDECESSOR
-------------- -----------------------------------------
ELEVEN MONTHS ONE MONTH YEAR ENDED
ENDED ENDED DECEMBER 31,
DECEMBER 31, JANUARY 31, --------------------------
1995 1995 1994 1993
-------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Current:
Federal $3,054 $248 $ 2,866 $ 2,614
State 837 70 818 652
----------- ---------
Total current 3,891 318 3,684 3,266
Deferred:
Federal (113) (68) 183 250
State (29) (2) 115 43
----------- ---------
Total deferred (142) (70) 298 293
----------- ---------
Total income taxes $3,749 $248 $ 3,982 $ 3,559
=========== =========
</TABLE>
The tax effects of significant temporary differences which comprise the net
deferred tax liabilities are as follows (Thousands of Dollars):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------
DECEMBER 31,
----------------
1995 1994
------ ------
<S> <C> <C>
Plant and equipment $7,942 $3,408
Other (298) (261)
------ ------
Net deferred tax liability $7,644 $3,147
====== ======
</TABLE>
Income tax expense computed using the United States federal statutory rates is
reconciled to the reported income tax provisions as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-----------------------------------------------------------
SUCCESSOR PREDECESSOR
-------------- -----------------------------------------
ELEVEN MONTHS ONE MONTH YEAR ENDED
ENDED ENDED DECEMBER 31,
DECEMBER 31, JANUARY 31, --------------------------
1995 1995 1994 1993
-------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Federal statutory income tax rate % 35 35% 35% 35%
Computed tax expense at federal statutory rates on
income before income taxes $1,203 $224 $ 2,747 $ 2,483
State income taxes (net of federal tax benefit) 534 33 560 424
Acquisition adjustments 2,033 44 543 541
1% increase in enacted tax rate 76
Other, net (21) (53) 132 35
----------- ---------
Income tax provision $3,749 $248 $ 3,982 $ 3,559
=========== =========
</TABLE>
(7) RETIREMENT PLANS
As a result of the acquisition of TMCT by CCI, effective January 1, 1996, CEI
established the Cox Communications, Inc. Pension Plan (the "CCI Plan"), a
noncontributory defined benefit plan for substantially all of CCI's employees
including Ashland and Defiance Clusters' employees. The Ashland and Defiance
Clusters employees will become
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NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(7) RETIREMENT PLANS (CONTINUED)
participants in the CCI Plan retroactive to the Merger date of February 1, 1995.
The CCI Plan will be established with a transfer of plan assets from CEI and
Times Mirror. The CCI Plan assets are expected to have an estimated fair value
equal to or greater than the projected benefit obligation attributable to
substantially all of the Ashland and Defiance Clusters employees. Prior to
February 1, 1995, substantially all of the Ashland and Defiance Clusters'
employees participated in a similar defined benefit plan provided by TMCT.
Several of the Ashland and Defiance Clusters' employees were covered under a
separate defined benefit plan funded by the Communication Workers of America.
Assumptions used in the actuarial computations were:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------
DECEMBER 31,
----------------------
1995 1994 1993
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Discount rate 7.25% 8.25% 7.50%
Rate of increase in compensation levels 5.00 6.00 6.25
Expected long-term rate of return on assets 9.00 9.50 9.75
</TABLE>
Total pension expense allocated to the Ashland and Defiance Clusters was
$53,000, $44,000, $0, and $64,000 for the years ended December 31, 1993 and
1994, for the one-month period ended January 31, 1995, and the eleven-month
period ended December 31, 1995, respectively.
Beginning February 1, 1995, CEI provides certain health care and life insurance
benefits to substantially all retirees of CEI and its subsidiaries,
Postretirement expense allocated to the Ashland and Defiance Clusters by CEI was
$14,000 for the eleven months ended December 31, 1995.
The funded status of the portion of the postretirement plan covering the
employees of the Ashland and Defiance Clusters is not determinable. The
accumulated postretirement benefit obligation for the postretirement plan of CEI
substantially exceeded the fair value of assets held in the plan at December 31,
1995.
Beginning February 1, 1995, substantially all of the Ashland and Defiance
Clusters employees were eligible to participate in the savings and investment
plan of CEI. Under the terms of the plan, the Ashland and Defiance Clusters
match 50% of employee contributions up to a maximum of 6% of the employee's base
salary. Prior to February 1, 1995, the Ashland and Defiance Clusters employees
were eligible to participate in a similar savings and investment plan with Times
Mirror. The Ashland and Defiance Clusters' expense under the plan was $39,000,
$43,000, $3,000, and $44,000 for the years ended December 31, 1993 and 1994, for
the one-month period ended January 31, 1995, and the eleven-month period ended
December 31, 1996, respectively.
(8) TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATED COMPANIES
The Ashland and Defiance Clusters borrow funds for working capital and other
needs from CEI. Certain management services are provided to the Ashland and
Defiance Clusters by CCI and CEI. Such services include legal, corporate
secretarial, tax, treasury, internal audit, risk management, benefits
administration, and other support services. Prior to February 1, 1995, the
Ashland and Defiance Clusters had similar arrangements with Times Mirror. The
Ashland and Defiance Clusters were allocated expenses for the years ended
December 31, 1993 and 1994, for the one-month period ended January 31, 1995, and
the eleven-month period ended December 31, 1995 of approximately $1,040,000,
$1,298,000, $117,000, and $1,513,000, respectively, related to these services.
Such expenses are estimated by management and are generally allocated based on
the number of customers served. Management believes that these allocations were
made, on a reasonable basis. However, the allocations are not necessarily
indicative of the level of expenses that might have been incurred had the
Ashland and Defiance Clusters contracted directly with third parties. Management
has not made a study or any attempt to obtain quotes from third-parties to
determine what the cost of obtaining such services from third parties would have
been. The fees and expenses to be paid by the Ashland and Defiance Clusters are
subject to change.
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NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(8) TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATED COMPANIES (CONTINUED)
The amounts due from affiliate represent the net of various transactions,
including those described above. Prior to February 1, 1995, amounts due from/to
Times Mirror bore interest at Times Mirror's estimated ten-year financing rate
and ranged between 6% and 8% between 1993 and 1994. Interest income for 1993 and
1994 was $133,000 and $434,000, respectively. Effective February 1, 1995,
advances to affiliate are noninterest-bearing.
In accordance with the requirements of SFAS No. 107, "Disclosures About Fair
Value of Financial Instruments," the Ashland and Defiance Clusters have
estimated the fair value of its intercompany advances. Given the short-term
nature of these advances, the carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets
approximate fair value.
(9) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Ashland and Defiance Clusters lease office facilities and various items of
equipment under noncancelable operating leases. Rental expense under operating
leases amounted to $119,000 and $122,000 for the years ended December 31, 1993
and 1994 and $163,000 for the eleven-month period ended December 31, 1995.
Future minimum lease payments as of December 31, 1995 for all noncancelable
operating leases are as follows (Thousands of Dollars),
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
1996 $126
1997 103
1998 59
1999 50
2000 42
Thereafter 4
----
Total $383
====
</TABLE>
At December 31, 1995, the Ashland and Defiance Clusters had outstanding purchase
commitments totaling approximately $2,000.
The Ashland and Defiance Clusters are a party to various legal proceedings that
are ordinary and incidental to its business. Management does not expect that any
legal proceedings currently pending will have a material adverse impact on the
Ashland and Defiance Clusters' combined financial position or combined results
of operations.
(10) RATE REGULATION AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
In 1993 and 1994, the FCC adopted rate regulations required by the Cable
Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 (the "1992 Cable
Act"), which utilized a benchmark price cap system, or alternatively a
cost-of-service regime, for establishing the reasonableness of existing basic
and cable programming service rates. The regulations resulted in, among other
things, an overall reduction of up to 17% in basic rates and other charges in
effect on September 30, 1992, before inflationary and other allowable
adjustments, if those rates exceeded the revised per-channel benchmarks
established by the FCC and could not otherwise be justified under a
cost-of-service showing.
In September 1995, the FCC authorized a new, alternative method of implementing
rate adjustments which will allow cable operators to increase rates for
programming annually on the basis of projected increases in external costs
rather than on the basis of cost increases incurred in the preceding quarter.
Many franchising authorities have become certified by the FCC to regulate rates
charged by the Ashland and Defiance Clusters for basic cable service and
associated basic cable service equipment. Some local franchising authority
decisions have been rendered that were adverse to the Ashland and Defiance
Clusters. In addition, a number of such franchising authorities and customers of
the Ashland and Defiance Clusters filed complaints with the FCC regarding the
rates charged for cable programming services.
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NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(10) RATE REGULATION AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS (CONTINUED)
In September 1995, CCI and the Cable Services Bureau of the FCC reached a
settlement in the form of a resolution of all outstanding rate complaints
covering the CCI, the Ashland and Defiance Clusters, and the former Times Mirror
cable television systems. In December 1995, the FCC approved the Resolution
which, among other things, provided for refunds ($115,000 to the Ashland and
Defiance Clusters' customers) in January 1996, and the removal of additional
outlet charges for regulated services from all of the Times Mirror cable
television systems, which accounts for a majority of the refund amounts. The
resolution also finds that the Ashland and Defiance Clusters' cable programming
services tier rates as of June 30, 1995 are not unreasonable. At December 31,
1995, refunds under the resolution were fully provided for in the Ashland and
Defiance Clusters' financial statements.
On February 1, 1996, Congress passed the Telecommunications Competition and
Deregulation Act of 1996 ("the 1996 Act") which was signed into law by the
President on February 8, 1996, The 1996 Act is intended to promote substantial
competition in the delivery of video and other services by local telephone
companies (also known as local exchange carriers or "LECs") and other service
providers, and permits cable television operators to provide telephone services.
Among other provisions, the 1996 Act deregulates the Cable Programming Services
("CPS") tier of large cable television operators on March 31, 1999 and upon
enactment, the CPS rates of small cable television operators where a small cable
operator serves 50,000 or fewer subscribers, revises the procedures for filing a
CPS complaint, and adds a new effective competition test.
The 1996 Act establishes local exchange competition as a national policy by
preempting laws that prohibit competition in the telephone local exchange and by
establishing uniform requirements and standards for entry, competitive carrier
interconnection, and unbundling of LEC monopoly services. Both the FCC and state
commissions have substantial new responsibilities to promote the 1996 Act's
competition policy. Depending on the degree and form of regulatory flexibility
afforded the LECs as part of the 1996 Act's implementation, the Ashland and
Defiance Clusters' ability to offer competitive telephony services may be
adversely affected.
The 1996 Act repeals the cable television/telephone cross-ownership ban and
allows LECs and other common carriers, as well as cable systems providing local
exchange service, to provide video programming services as either cable
operators or as open video system ("OVS") operators within their service areas
upon certification from the FCC and pursuant to regulations which the FCC is
required to adopt. The 1996 Act exempts OVS operators from many of the
regulatory obligations that currently apply to cable operators such as rate
regulation and franchise fees, although other requirements are still applicable.
OVS operators, although not subject to franchise fees as defined by the 1992
Cable Act may be subject to fees charged by local franchising authorities or
other governmental entities in lieu of franchise fees.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Partners
C4 Media Cable Southeast, Limited Partnership
Lockney, Texas 79241
We have audited the consolidated balance sheets of C4 Media Cable Southeast,
Limited Partnership and its subsidiary (the Partnership) as of December 31,
1995, and 1994, and the related consolidated statements of loss, partners'
deficit, and cash flows for the years then ended. These consolidated financial
statements are the responsibility of the Partnership's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated 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 consolidated 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 report.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of C4 Media Cable
Southeast Limited Partnership and its subsidiary as of December 31, 1995 and
1994, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then
ended in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming
that the Partnership will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 7 to
the consolidated financial statements, the Partnership sold substantially all
assets on February 1, 1996. The sales price was not sufficient to satisfy the
liabilities of the Partnership. The remaining unpaid principal and interest on
Senior and Junior loans have been due and payable since September 30, 1990.
These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Partnership's ability to
continue as a going concern. Management's plans regarding those matters also are
described in Note 7. The historical consolidated financial statements do not
include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Williams, Rogers, Lewis & Co., P.C.
Plainview, Texas
March 11, 1996
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------------
1995 1994
------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C>
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash $ 203,955 $ 204,255
Accounts Receivable, Net 168,823 141,025
Prepaid Expense and Other 211,289 201,952
------------ ------------
Total Current Assets 584,067 547,232
------------ ------------
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Plant and Equipment 41,057,969 39,251,506
Less: Accumulated Depreciation (20,386,652) (16,172,050)
------------ ------------
Net Property, Plant and Equipment 20,671,317 23,079,456
------------ ------------
OTHER ASSETS
Deposits and Other 17,314 17,899
Franchises, Net 2,967,669 4,031,170
Acquisition Costs, Net 874,863 1,148,913
Covenant Not to Compete -0- -0-
------------ ------------
Total Other Assets 3,859,846 5,197,982
------------ ------------
Total Assets $ 25,115,230 $ 28,824,670
============ ============
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' DEFICIT
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable $ 735,138 $ 691,305
Other Current Liabilities 393,423 568,455
Accrued Interest Payable 30,022,386 24,315,384
Notes Payable 60,165,844 60,165,844
------------ ------------
Total Current Liabilities 91,316,791 85,740,988
------------ ------------
MINORITY INTEREST (371,926) (268,729)
------------ ------------
PARTNERS' DEFICIT
General Partners (65,829,635) (56,647,589)
------------ ------------
Total Liabilities and Partners' Deficit $ 25,115,230 $ 28,824,670
============ ============
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF LOSS
DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-------------------------
1995 1994
----------- ----------
<S> <C> <C>
REVENUE
Cable Service $11,755,860 11,231,123
----------- ----------
EXPENSE
Programming Costs 3,003,682 2,602,692
Salaries 1,124,203 1,046,895
Other Operating Expenses 2,607,023 2,642,777
Management Fees 545,641 561,114
Depreciation 4,214,602 4,113,809
Amortization 1,337,551 1,575,551
Interest 8,208,401 7,447,251
----------- ----------
21,041,103 19,990,089
----------- ----------
Loss Before Minority Interest (9,285,243) (8,758,966)
Minority Interest in Loss of Subsidiary 103,197 116,472
----------- ----------
NET LOSS $(9,182,046) (8,642,494)
========== =========
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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C4 MEDIA CABLE SOUTHEAST, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF PARTNER'S DEFICIT
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
--------------------------------------------------
CLASS A
GENERAL GENERAL LIMITED
PARTNERS PARTNERS PARTNERS TOTAL
--------- ----------- -------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1993 (539,910) (47,465,185) -0- (48,005,095)
Loss, 1994 (86,425) (8,556,069) -0- (8,642,494)
--
--------- ----------- -----------
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1994 (626,335) (56,021,254) -0- (56,647,589)
Loss, 1995 (91,820) (9,090,226) -0- (9,182,046)
--
--------- ----------- -----------
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1995 $(718,155) (65,111,480) -0- (65,829,635)
--
========= =========== ==== ===========
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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C4 MEDIA CABLE SOUTHEAST, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
--------------------------
1995 1994
----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C>
CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net Loss $(9,182,046) $(8,642,494)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash:
Minority interest in loss of subsidiary (103,197) (116,472)
Depreciation 4,214,602 4,113,809
Amortization 1,337,551 1,575,551
Changes in Assets and Liabilities:
Accounts receivable (27,798) 2,330
Prepaid expenses and other (8,752) (7,701)
Accounts payable 43,833 20,388
Other liabilities (175,032) 51,392
Accrued interest 5,707,002 3,928,106
----------- -----------
Net cash provided by operating activities 1,806,163 924,909
----------- -----------
CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchase of plant, equipment and other assets (1,806,463) (854,999)
----------- -----------
Net cash used in investing activities (1,806,463) (854,999)
----------- -----------
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash (300) 69,910
Cash, Beginning of Year 204,255 134,345
----------- -----------
Cash, End of Year $ 203,955 $ 204,255
=========== ===========
Supplemental Disclosure for Statements of Cash Flows:
Cash Paid for Interest 2,470,936 3,519,145
Non-Cash Investing Activities:
Deposit added to cost of plant and equipment -0- 39,622
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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C4 MEDIA CABLE SOUTHEAST, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994
(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
Entities:
C4 Media Cable Southeast, Limited Partnership and its subsidiary (the
"Partnership") is a Delaware limited partnership organized to own and operate
cable television systems in various communities throughout Virginia, Tennessee,
and Georgia. The Partnership provides basic and pay cable television service to
approximately 40,500 subscribers in these states. General partners are C4 Media
Cable, Inc. and C4 Media Cable Employees Investment Corporation. C4 Media Cable,
Inc. also participates as a limited partner. Under a letter agreement dated May
9, 1992, Philips Credit Corporation ("Philips") has exercised its rights under
certain pledge agreements to exercise voting control over all partnership
interests. Accordingly, effective October 30, 1992, C4 Media Cable, Inc. was
replaced by Southeast Cable, Inc., a corporate affiliate of Philips, as the
managing general partner. The managing general partner utilized Doucette
Management Company ("DMC") as the business manager for the Partnership until
December 30, 1993 at which time the management agreement was assigned to
Cablevision of Texas III, LP ("CAB III"). See note 4.
Principles of Consolidation:
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of C4 Media Cable
Southeast, Limited Partnership and County Cable Company, Limited Partnership of
which the Partnership is an 80% owner and general partner. All significant
intercompany transactions have been eliminated.
Revenue Recognition:
The Partnership recognizes cable service revenue on the accrual basis in the
month the cable service is provided. Payments received in advance are included
in deferred revenue until the month the service is provided at which time they
are recognized as income.
Property, Plant, Equipment and Depreciation:
Property, plant and equipment used in the business are stated at cost and
depreciated over estimated useful lives generally on the straight line method
for financial statement purposes. Expenditures which significantly increase
asset values or extend useful lives are capitalized, limited by projected
recoverability of such current year expenditures in the ordinary course of
business from expected future revenue.
The useful lives of property, plant and equipment for purposes of computing
depreciation range from 3 to 10 years.
Franchises:
The company has been granted rights to operate within the locations wherein it
has cable television systems. Such franchises grant certain operating rights and
impose certain costs and restrictions. The Partnership pays its franchise fees
annually on most of its locations based upon either gross or basic service
revenues. Franchise fee expense for the years ended December 31, 1995 and 1994
was $327,088 and $303,375, respectively.
Such franchises have varying lives and are renewable at the discretion of the
franchise's governing boards. For financial statement purposes, franchise costs
acquired in connection with the purchase of cable systems are being amortized
over the remaining average lives of the related cable television franchises at
the date of acquisition, which approximates 7 to 13 years. Franchise
amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 1995 and 1994 was
$1,063,501 in each year.
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C4 MEDIA CABLE SOUTHEAST, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (CONTINUED)
Acquisition Costs:
Acquisition costs are those costs incurred related to the acquisition of new
systems. For financial statement purposes, such costs are amortized by using the
straight-line method over 10 years. Amortization expense for acquisition costs
for the years ended December 31, 1995 and 1994 was $274,050, and $274,050,
respectively.
Covenants Not to Compete:
The portion of the purchase price of systems allocated to non-competition
agreements with former owners is capitalized and amortized by using the
straight-line method over the life of the agreements. Amortization expense for
non-competition agreements for the year ended December 31, 1994 was $238,000.
Income Taxes:
The partnership does not pay federal income tax, but is a pass through entity so
that partners are taxed on their share of partnership earnings. Partnership net
income or loss is allocated to each partner under a formula established in the
partnership agreement.
Cash Equivalents:
For cash flow purposes, cash equivalents are cash and cash items with a maturity
of less than 90 days.
Use of Estimates:
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect certain reported amounts and disclosures. Accordingly, actual results
could differ from those estimates.
(2) ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET
Following is a summary of accounts receivable at December 31, 1995 and 1994:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
---------------------
1995 1994
-------- ---------
<S> <C> <C>
Trade Accounts $175,671 $ 146,239
Other 281 642
Related Parties (4) -0- 194,873
Less: Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (4) (7,129) (200,729)
-------- ---------
$168,823 $ 141,025
======== =========
</TABLE>
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C4 MEDIA CABLE SOUTHEAST, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(3) NOTES PAYABLE
Following is a summary of notes payable at December 31, 1995 and 1994:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
---------------------------
1995 1994
------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C>
Senior loan payable to Philips, due
September 30, 1990, interest due at prime +
2.25%, secured by substantially all assets
of the partnership and the pledge of
partnership interests. In addition, the
loan is collateralized by the pledge of all
stock held in C4 Media Cable, Inc. and C4
Media Cable, Employees Investment
Corporation by the President and Chairman
of C4 Media Cable, Inc. $44,185,831 $44,185,831
Junior Loan payable to Philips, due
September 30, 1990 interest due at 20%,
secured by substantially all assets of the
partnership and the pledge of partnership
interests. In addition, the loan is
collateralized by the pledge of all stock
held in C4 Media Cable, Inc. and C4 Media
Cable Employees Investment Corporation by
the President and Chairman of C4 Media
Cable, Inc. 15,980,013 15,980,013
------------ ------------
Total $60,165,844 $60,165,844
============ ============
</TABLE>
The Philips notes contain performance covenants concerning homes passed,
subscriber levels, miles of plant, etc., some of which the Partnership had
violated as of December 31, 1995 and 1994. Philips has not waived compliance
with these provisions.
All notes payable and accrued interest to Philips were due September 30, 1990.
Philips has not extended the due date of the notes and has the right to demand
payment at any time. A significant amount of accrued interest and principle was
paid when substantially all operating assets of the Partnership were sold
February 1, 1996. See note 7.
(4) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Effective October 30, 1992, C4 Media Cable, Inc. was replaced by Southeast
Cable, Inc., a corporate affiliate of Philips, as the managing general partner.
Effective May 10, 1992 under the provisions of an agreement with Philips, the
Partnership terminated its management agreement with C4 Media Cable, Inc. and
entered into a management agreement with DMC for a term extending to December
30, 1993. At December 30, 1993 the management agreement was assigned to CAB III.
The agreement provides for fixed fees and the reimbursement of direct expenses
incurred on behalf of the Partnership as defined in the agreement. Management
fees paid under these agreements for the years ended December 31, 1995 and 1994
were $545,641 and $550,214, respectively. Other fees and expense reimbursements
paid under the agreements for the years ended December 31, 1995 and 1994 were
$120,000 and are included in Other Operating Expenses.
Other related parties include Caribbean Cable TV ("CCTV") and MCT Cablevision
("MCT"). Related party lending was done without independent business judgment,
terms, collateral or a method of settlement. Due to the manner in which this
lending was done and questions surrounding the collectability of these accounts,
all the related party
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C4 MEDIA CABLE SOUTHEAST, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(4) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED)
receivables were reserved in the allowance for doubtful accounts prior to 1994
and were written off in 1995. See note 2. Related party receivables at December
31, 1994 were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
---------
1994
---------
<S> <C>
CCTV $ 23,965
MCT 35,968
C4 Media Cable, Inc. 134,940
---------
$194,873
=========
</TABLE>
The Partnership purchased leasehold improvements from J-D Partnership, Ltd.
("J-D") for the Lockney, Texas office of $5,366 on April 24, 1995. J-D is a
limited partnership 99% owned by James and Denise Doucette (Doucette). Doucette
is also the managing general partner and owns 62% of CAB III, as well as being
the sole stockholder of DMC, an S-Corporation. The Partnership paid a management
fee to Doucette of $10,900 for the year ended December 31, 1994.
(5) COMMITMENTS
The Company has certain obligations under pole rental agreements, tower site
leases, etc. for assets utilized in the operation of the systems. These are
mostly short term agreements. Expenses charged to operations for the periods
ended December 31, 1995 and 1994 were $536,368 and $518,837, respectively, and
are included in Other Operating Expenses.
(6) CONTINGENCIES
The Company is to a significant degree self-insured for risks consisting
primarily of physical loss to property and plant. The headend equipment is
insured, but the plant itself is not and represents a potential exposure for the
Company. Management is of the opinion that the various systems' distance from
each other make the likelihood of a complete loss to the plant unlikely.
(7) SUBSEQUENT EVENT AND CONSIDERATION OF ABILITY TO CONTINUE AS A GOING CONCERN
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the
Partnership will continue as a going concern which contemplates the realization
of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.
On February 1, 1996 substantially all assets of the Partnership were sold to
FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P. The agreement had a stated sales price
of $48,000,000 and a net payment amount of $46,237,708 after escrow holdback of
$1,375,200 and other adjustments. At the date of the auditors' report the
Partnership was still liable for the remaining balance of the note payable to
Philips with no significant assets to satisfy that liability, and the escrow
items remain open.
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C4 MEDIA CABLE SOUTHEAST, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(7) SUBSEQUENT EVENT AND CONSIDERATION OF ABILITY TO CONTINUE AS A GOING
CONCERN (CONTINUED)
An unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet is presented below giving
effect to the sale as if it had occurred December 31, 1995 including escrowed
items. The pro forma information is presented for the purpose of additional
analysis and is not a required part of the basic consolidated financial
statements.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
------------
PRO FORMA
UNAUDITED
1995
------------
<S> <C>
Current Assets $ 685,773
Other Assets 1,392,514
------------
Total Assets $ 2,078,287
============
Current Liabilities $ 45,303,939
Partners' Deficit (43,225,652)
------------
Total Liabilities and Partners' Deficit $ 2,078,287
============
</TABLE>
The Partnership has been unable to pay all of its principle and interest as
required under its loan agreements since the loans matured September 30, 1990.
These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Partnership's ability to
continue as a going concern. The historical consolidated financial statements do
not include any adjustments that might result from this sale of assets or this
uncertainty. Management has not fully evaluated the options for the Partnership
subsequent to the sale.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
American Cable Entertainment of Kentucky-Indiana, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of American Cable Entertainment
of Kentucky-Indiana, Inc. (the "Company") as of December 31, 1995 and 1994 and
the related statements of operations, shareholders' deficiency and cash flows
for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1995. 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 from
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, such financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of American Cable Entertainment of
Kentucky-Indiana, Inc. as of December 31, 1995 and 1994 and the results of its
operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 1995 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that American
Cable Entertainment of Kentucky-Indiana, Inc. will continue as a going concern.
As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company is unable to
meet its scheduled debt maturity repayments which raises substantial doubt about
the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Consequently, the Company
has entered into an agreement to sell all of its assets, has entered into
agreements with its creditors who have consented, under certain circumstances,
to forbear taking any action against the Company pending the sale of the Company
and has filed a prepackaged bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Federal
Bankruptcy Code. Management's plans in regard to these matters are described
further in Note 1. The accompanying financial statements do not purport to
reflect or provide for the consequences of the sale of the Company or the filing
of the prepackaged bankruptcy. In particular, such financial statements do not
purport to show the realizable value of assets or liabilities on a liquidation
basis nor do they include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of
these uncertainties.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Stamford, CT
March 15, 1996 (Except for Note 1, as to
which the date is August 1, 1996.)
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AMERICAN CABLE ENTERTAINMENT OF KENTUCKY-INDIANA, INC.
BALANCE SHEETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-----------------------------------------------
JUNE 30, DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31,
1996 1995 1994
------------- ------------- -------------
Unaudited
<S> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
INVESTMENT IN CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS:
Land and land improvements $ 247,561 $ 247,561 $ 247,561
Vehicles 1,811,309 1,702,997 1,507,850
Buildings and improvements 1,007,624 998,414 967,794
Office furniture and equipment 809,022 802,377 733,465
CATV distribution systems and related
equipment 53,549,816 51,757,161 49,161,506
------------- ------------- -------------
Total Fixed Assets 57,425,332 55,508,510 52,618,176
Less accumulated depreciation 31,518,834 28,897,790 23,683,730
------------- ------------- -------------
Total Fixed Assets -- net 25,906,498 26,610,720 28,934,446
Franchise costs -- net 1,114,311 2,785,425 5,964,805
Subscriber lists -- net 617,323 1,543,307 3,531,021
Covenant not to compete -- net 32,273 80,682 242,045
------------- ------------- -------------
Investment in cable television systems -- net 27,670,405 31,020,134 38,672,317
GOODWILL -- net 3,526,526 3,579,784 3,686,299
DEFERRED CHARGES -- net 213,742 371,691 963,949
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 1,535,899 3,704,823 3,427,849
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE -- less allowance for doubtful
accounts of $278,438 in 1996, $240,212 in 1995
and $195,736 in 1994 358,587 304,734 276,709
PREPAID AND OTHER 197,743 197,802 194,514
------------- ------------- -------------
TOTAL ASSETS $ 35,502,902 $ 39,178,968 $ 47,221,637
============= ============= =============
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY
LIABILITIES:
Notes and loans payable $ 187,472,783 $ 182,430,902 $ 167,707,411
Accrued interest -- Senior debt 0 1,314,032 329,004
Accrued interest -- Senior/Junior Subordinated
Debentures 6,021,941 3,068,862 4,345,047
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 3,968,270 4,244,348 3,973,224
Unearned income 154,143 124,109 124,344
Converter deposits 128,842 134,366 136,588
------------- ------------- -------------
Total Liabilities 197,745,979 191,316,619 176,615,618
------------- ------------- -------------
COMMITMENTS (7)
SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY:
Capital stock -- all series 10,000 10,000 26
Additional paid-in capital 1,490,000 1,490,000 1,499,974
Deficit (165,743,077) (153,637,651) (130,893,981)
------------- ------------- -------------
Total shareholders' deficiency (164,243,077) (152,137,651) (129,393,981)
------------- ------------- -------------
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY $ 33,502,902 $ 39,178,968 $ 47,221,637
============= ============= =============
</TABLE>
See notes to financial statements
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AMERICAN CABLE ENTERTAINMENT OF KENTUCKY-INDIANA, INC.
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
FOR THE FOR THE
SIX MONTHS SIX MONTHS FOR THE YEAR FOR THE YEAR FOR THE YEAR
ENDED ENDED ENDED ENDED ENDED
JUNE 30, JUNE 30, DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31,
1996 1995 1995 1994 1993
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Unaudited Unaudited
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenue $ 15,240,807 $ 13,746,936 $ 28,088,127 $ 25,879,525 $ 24,976,818
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Operating expenses 5,688,861 5,290,737 10,880,854 9,388,813 8,699,878
Selling, general and
administrative expenses 2,473,298 2,437,860 4,948,493 4,912,150 4,743,783
Management fees 457,225 412,408 842,644 819,095 749,305
Depreciation and amortization 5,502,659 5,775,966 11,284,315 18,054,371 18,231,734
Expenses incurred in
connection with override
and forbearance agreements 580,819 0 557,664 0 0
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Total costs and expenses 14,702,862 13,916,971 28,513,970 33,174,429 32,424,700
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Operating income (loss) 537,945 (170,035) (425,843) (7,294,904) (7,447,882)
Interest expense -- net 12,643,371 10,679,557 22,366,189 20,241,202 18,410,503
Net gain on sale of cable
television system and
marketable securities 0 0 48,362 1,266,020 0
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
NET LOSS $(12,105,426) $(10,849,592) $(22,743,670) $(26,270,086) $(25,858,385)
=========== =========== =========== =========== ===========
</TABLE>
See notes to financial statements.
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AMERICAN CABLE ENTERTAINMENT OF KENTUCKY-INDIANA, INC.
STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1996 Unaudited
AND THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995, 1994 AND 1993
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMON STOCK
-----------------------------------------------
NUMBER OF
SHARES ADDITIONAL TOTAL
ISSUED AND PAR PAID-IN SHAREHOLDERS'
OUTSTANDING VALUE CAPITAL DEFICIT DEFICIENCY
-------------- --------------- ---------- ------------- -------------
CLASS CLASS
-------------- ---------------
A D A D
---- ------ ---- -------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
BALANCE AT JANUARY 1, 1993 255 $ 26 $1,499,974 $ (78,765,510) $ (77,265,510)
Net Loss (25,858,385) (25,858,385)
---- ---- ---------- ------------- -------------
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 1993 255 26 1,499,974 (104,623,895) (103,123,895)
Net Loss (26,270,086) (26,270,086)
---- ---- ---------- ------------- -------------
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 1994 255 26 1,499,974 (130,893,981) (129,393,981)
Net Loss (22,743,670) (22,743,670)
RECAPITALIZATION OF COMMON STOCK (254) 99,999 (26) $10,000 (9,974)
---- ------ ---- ------- ---------- ------------- -------------
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 1995 1 99,999 0 10,000 1,490,000 (153,637,651) (152,137,651)
Net Loss Unaudited (12,105,426) (12,105,426)
---- ------ ---- ------- ---------- ------------- -------------
BALANCE AT JUNE 30, 1996
Unaudited 1 99,999 $ 0 $10,000 $1,490,000 $(165,743,077) $(164,243,077)
==== ====== ==== ======== ========== ============= =============
</TABLE>
See notes to financial statements
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AMERICAN CABLE ENTERTAINMENT OF KENTUCKY-INDIANA, INC.
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE YEAR FOR THE YEAR FOR THE YEAR
SIX MONTHS SIX MONTHS ENDED ENDED ENDED
ENDED ENDED DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31,
JUNE 30, 1996 JUNE 30, 1995 1995 1994 1993
------------- ------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Unaudited Unaudited
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss $(12,105,426) $(10,849,592) $(22,743,670) $(26,270,086) $(25,858,385)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net
cash (used in) provided by operating
activities:
Depreciation 2,645,945 2,649,397 5,257,085 6,397,956 5,452,940
Amortization 2,856,714 3,126,569 6,027,230 11,656,415 12,778,794
Accretion of discount on step coupon
senior subordinated notes 5,543,911 5,258,029 10,171,124 9,519,095 8,189,478
Accretion of discount on junior
subordinated debentures 2,953,079 2,626,620 5,416,469 4,820,269 4,231,918
Net gain on sale of cable television
system, marketable securities, and other
assets (48,362) (1,266,020)
Change in assets and liabilities:
Decrease (increase) in accounts
receivable (53,853) 2,224 (28,025) (94,868) 23,917
Decrease (increase) in prepaid and other
assets 59 (49,631) (3,288) 51,799 (59,414)
(Decrease) increase in accounts payable
and accrued expenses (276,078) (765,063) 271,124 (414,333) 169,808
(Decrease) increase in accrued
interest-senior debt (1,314,032) 71,672 985,028 129,505
Increase (decrease) in converter
deposits (5,524) (2,038) (2,222) (237) (9,384)
Increase (decrease) in unearned income 30,034 34,878 (235) (91,827) 9,518
------------- ------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Net cash (used in) provided by operating
activities 274,829 2,103,065 5,302,258 4,437,668 4,929,190
------------- ------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
CASH FLOWS USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Additions to reception and distribution
facilities and equipment (1,941,722) (1,348,126) (2,933,359) (3,605,498) (5,083,401)
Net proceeds from sale of assets 48,362 1,523,137
------------- ------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Net cash used in investing activities (1,941,722) (1,348,126) (2,884,997) (2,082,361) (5,083,401)
------------- ------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
CASH FLOWS USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Payments on senior bank loan (190,848) (832,112) (1,262,542) (309,165)
Payments on senior revolving credit
facility (46,552) (131,616) (131,616) (3,668)
Payments on senior secured notes (262,601) (742,447) (742,447) (20,712)
Increase in deferred charges 0 (26,858) (186,563) (598)
(Decrease) increase in obligations under
capital lease (2,030) (2,030) (3,682) 7,281
------------- ------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Net cash used in financing activities (502,031) (1,735,063) (2,140,287) (512,827) (598)
------------- ------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash
equivalents (2,168,924) (980,124) 276,974 1,842,480 (154,809)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
period 3,704,823 3,427,849 3,427,849 1,585,369 1,740,178
------------- ------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 1,535,899 $ 2,447,725 $ 3,704,823 $ 3,427,849 $ 1,585,369
============ ============ =========== =========== ===========
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow
information:
Cash paid during the period for interest $ 3,995,594 $ 3,851,198 $ 6,900,613 $ 5,952,791 $ 6,038,557
============ ============ =========== =========== ===========
</TABLE>
See notes to financial statements
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AMERICAN CABLE ENTERTAINMENT OF KENTUCKY-INDIANA, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Unaudited AS TO JUNE 30, 1996 AND 1995
(1) DEBT MATURITIES AND THE SALE OF THE COMPANY
During the fourth quarter of 1995 the Company's senior debt obligations matured
without being paid. In addition, the Company failed to make the full payment of
interest on the Step Coupon Senior Subordinated Notes which became due in 1995.
Prompted by these payment defaults, effective December 31, 1995, the Company,
its shareholders, and Kentucky-Indiana Management Company, Inc. ("KYMC"), which
acts as manager for the Company, entered into two agreements: a "Forbearance
Agreement" with its senior lenders; and an "Override Agreement" with the holders
of its Senior Subordinated and Junior Subordinated Notes.
Under the terms of the Forbearance Agreement the senior lenders have agreed to
forebear in the exercise of their rights and remedies with respect to the
payment default described above as well as defaults with respect to certain
specified financial covenants, through September 30, 1996 which allows the
Company time to sell its assets in an orderly manner. It contains certain
financial covenants as well as procedures that the Company and KYMC have agreed
to follow during the sales process. Subsequent to September 30, 1996, certain
financial covenants, which the Company is currently in default upon, revert back
to the terms in the original agreements.
The Override Agreement requires that the Company undertake to sell substantially
all of its assets, and to enter into a contract for sale and to consummate that
sale in accordance with an agreed upon time schedule. It also contains certain
financial covenants and procedures to be followed.
Effective July 15, 1996, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement
with FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P. ("FrontierVision") for the sale of
the assets of the Company for $146 million, subject to certain purchase price
adjustments. Due to the expected shortfall of payments to existing creditors
from the sale proceeds, the Company filed a prepackaged bankruptcy under Chapter
11 of the Federal Bankruptcy code with the Federal Bankruptcy court on August 1,
1996. Management anticipates the sale to FrontierVision to be consummated in the
fourth quarter of 1996, subject to the required regulatory approvals and the
approval of the bankruptcy court. There are no assurances that this sale will be
consummated.
As a result of the matters discussed above, Management does not believe that it
is practical to estimate the fair value of the Company's debt facilities.
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basic of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles applicable to a going concern, which
contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in
the normal course of business. Accordingly, the financial statements do not
reflect adjustments or provide for the potential consequences of the sale of the
Company's assets. In particular, the financial statements do not purport to show
the realizable value of assets on a liquidation basis or their availability to
satisfy liabilities.
Formation of Company
On November 7, 1989 cable systems were purchased from Centel Cable Television
Company to form Simmons Cable TV of Kentucky-Indiana, Inc. (the "Company"). The
Company owns and operates cable systems in Kentucky and Indiana. On April 12,
1994 the Company changed its name to American Cable Entertainment of Kentucky-
Indiana, Inc.
Management 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 the
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting
periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Investment in Cable Television Systems
Reception and distribution facilities and equipment additions are stated at
cost. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the useful
lives of the assets (four to ten years for CATV distribution facilities and
related equipment, vehicles, building improvements and office furniture and
equipment; forty years for buildings). Included in depreciation expense for the
year ended December 31, 1994 were write-offs related to a rebuilt cable system
of $942,850.
Franchise acquisition costs are amortized over the average remaining term of the
franchises as of November 7, 1989 of seven years using the straight-line method,
Accumulated amortization of franchise costs at June 30, 1996, December 31, 1995
and 1994 aggregated $21,141,347, $19,470,233 and $16,290,853, respectively.
Covenants not to compete are amortized over the life of the agreements (five
years). Accumulated amortization of such covenants at June 30, 1996 December 31,
1995, and 1994 aggregated $774,724, $726,315 and $564,772, respectively.
Subscriber lists are amortized over seven years. Accumulated amortization of
subscriber lists at June 30, 1996, December 31, 1995 and 1994 aggregated
$13,296,677, $12,370,693 and $10,382,979, respectively.
Deferred charges consist of $882,408 of organizational costs and $3,616,230 of
loan acquisition costs at December 31, 1995. The loan acquisition costs are
amortized over the average life of the related debt, and organizational costs
are amortized over five years. Accumulated amortization at June 30, 1996,
December 31, 1995 and 1994 was $4,284,896, $4,126,947 and $3,534,689,
respectively.
Goodwill is amortized over forty years. Accumulated amortization of goodwill at
June 30, 1996, December 31, 1995 and 1994 aggregated $734,083, $680,825 and
$574,310, respectively.
Valuation of Intangible Assets
The Company, on an annual basis, undertakes a review and valuation of the net
carrying value, recoverability and write-off of all categories of its intangible
assets. The Company in its valuation considers current market values of its
properties, competition, prevailing economic conditions, government policy
including taxation, and the Company's and the industry's historical and current
growth patterns, as well as the recoverability of the cost of its intangible
assets based on a comparison of estimated undiscounted operating cash flows.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and liquid investments with a maturity
of three months or less from the date of purchase.
Income Taxes
The Company has elected to be taxed as an S Corporation under the Internal
Revenue Code and, accordingly, pays no federal income taxes. The income or loss
of the Company for its tax year is passed through to its shareholder(s) and
reported in the income tax returns of the shareholder(s).
Subscription Revenues
Subscription revenues received in advance of services rendered are deferred and
recorded in income in the period in which the related services are provided.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Concentrations of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations or
credit risk consist principally of trade receivables. Concentrations of credit
risk with respect to trade receivables are limited due to the large number of
customers comprising the Company's customer base.
Disclosure of Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying amount reported in the balance sheets for cash and cash
equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses
approximates fair value because of the immediate or short-term maturity of these
financial instruments. Management does not believe it is practicable to estimate
the fair value of the Company's debt facilities. (See Note 4).
(3) DISPOSITIONS
On June 30, 1994 the Company sold its cable television system serving Jackson
County, Kentucky. The carrying value of the assets sold at the date of sale, net
of accumulated depreciation and amortization was as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Reception and distribution facilities and equipment $69,527
Franchise cost 55,714
Goodwill and other intangible assets 50,300
</TABLE>
The net loss on this transaction was $157,630, recognized in 1994. Additional
proceeds of $48,362 were received in 1995 and recorded as a gain.
On October 17, 1994 the Company tendered all of its holding in QVC, Inc., which
resulted in a gain of $1,423,650.
These transactions are reflected in the statements of operations for the years
ended December 31, 1995 and 1994.
(4) NOTES AND LOANS PAYABLE
Notes and loans payable at June 30, 1996 and December 31, 1995 and 1994 are
comprised of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
--------------------------------------------
JUNE 30, DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31,
1996 1995 1994
------------ ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Senior Debt
Bank Credit Agreement (a) $ 23,237,446 $ 23,428,293 $ 24,690,835
Revolving Credit Facility (b) 5,668,164 5,714,716 5,846,332
Senior Secured Notes (c) 31,974,240 32,236,841 32,979,288
Step Coupon Senior Subordinated Notes (d) 83,560,575 78,016,664 66,137,000
Junior Subordinated Debentures (e) 43,030,789 43,030,789 38,046,675
Capitalized lease obligation 1,569 3,599 7,281
------------ ------------ ------------
$187,472,783 $182,430,902 $167,707,411
=========== =========== ===========
</TABLE>
(a) The Company has a credit agreement with Crestar Bank providing for total
borrowings of $25,000,000. This agreement provided for interest up to 1.5
percentage points over the bank's prime rate (or from 1.0 to 2.5 percentage
points over LIBOR). Interest only was payable quarterly in arrears on the
last day of March, June, September and December, and at the end of any LIBOR
borrowing period. The total commitment terminated at its maturity date of
October 31, 1995. Upon the payment default at maturity, the default rate of
prime plus 4% was charged. Upon the effective date of the Override
Agreement, interest is payable monthly at the rate of 11.75% per annum.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(4) NOTES AND LOANS PAYABLE (CONTINUED)
(b) The Company has a revolving credit facility with Sanwa Business Credit
Corporation which originally provided for borrowings of up to $15,000,000.
The total commitment was reduced to $7,000,000 in early 1994, and in
December 1994, the balance of the unused commitment was terminated. The
agreement provided for interest of up to 1.5 points over the Sanwa's prime
rate (or from 1.0 to 2.5 percentage points over LIBOR). Interest was payable
quarterly in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December,
and at the end of any LIBOR borrowing period. The total commitment
terminated at its maturity date of October 31, 1995. Upon the payment
default at maturity, the default rate of prime plus 4% was charged. Upon the
effective date of the Override Agreement, interest is payable monthly at the
rate of 11.75% per annum.
(c) Senior Secured Notes were issued on November 7, 1989 bearing interest at
10.125% and matured November 7, 1995. The interest rate increased to 10.225%
effective January 1, 1991. Interest only was payable quarterly in arrears on
the last day of March, June, September and December. Upon the payment
default at maturity, interest was charged at 12.25%. Upon the effective date
of the Override Agreement, interest is payable monthly at the rate of 11.75%
per annum.
(d) Step Coupon Senior Subordinated Notes due April 30, 1996 were issued on
November 7, 1989 in the principal amount of $66,137,000 with a stated
interest rate of 15.7472%. Interest accreted and compounded semi-annually
through October 31, 1994. Although interest payments of $5,125,618 were
payable semi-annually beginning April 30, 1995 until maturity, only
$1,300,000 of interest has been paid. These notes were issued with warrants
to purchase up to 150 shares of Class C Non-voting Common Stock for an
aggregate exercise price of $330,000. As a result of the recapitalization
(See Note 5), the number of shares the warrant holders were entitled to
purchase was increased to 58,531 shares of the Class C stock. There are
certain restrictions as to when the warrants may be exercised, and they
expire on November 7, 2001. Total proceeds from the issuance of these
warrants amounted to $200,000. Accreted interest was $17,423,575,
$11,879,664 and $1,708,540 at June 30, 1996, December 31, 1995 and December
31, 1994, respectively.
(e) Junior Subordinated Debentures due October 31, 1997, were issued on November
7, 1989 for $20,800,000, bearing interest at 13.1%. Interest is deferred and
compounds annually on September 30 of each year and is payable on the
maturity date. On the maturity date, the Company shall pay as additional
interest on the Notes, an amount equal to the greater of 4% of net operating
income of the Company from November 7, 1989 through and including the
maturity date, or 15% of the fair market value of the Company, but in no
event shall the amount exceed $2,153,000. Accreted and accrued interest was
$28,252,730, $25,299,651 and $19,883,183 at June 30, 1996, December 31, 1995
and December 31, 1994, respectively. These notes were issued with warrants
to purchase up to 595 shares of common stock and up to 1,000 shares of 6%
non-cumulative preferred stock. These warrants are exercisable in whole or
in part through November 7, 1999 for an aggregate exercise price of
$2,000,000. Upon exercise, the warrants can be converted into either Class A
Voting Stock or Class B Non-Voting Stock at the option of the warrant
holder. Shares will be issued in the ratio of .595 shares of common stock to
each share of preferred stock. As a result of the recapitalization (See Note
5), the number of shares the warrant holders were entitled to purchase was
increased to 233,359 shares of common stock, in the ratio of 233.359 shares
of common stock to each share of preferred stock. Total proceeds from the
issuance of these warrants amounted to $1,200,000.
The Senior Subordinated and Junior Subordinated Notes will continue to earn
interest at the rate of 15.5% and 13.1%, respectively, although, unless any of
certain specified defaults occur, net proceeds of a sale will be distributed as
provided for in the Override Agreement. The Company leased equipment under a
lease agreement which is classified as a capital lease. The lease term is 3
years and expires in December, 1996.
In 1989 the Company entered into an interest cap agreement and an interest floor
agreement covering $25,000,000 of borrowings which expired November 1, 1994.
Under the cap agreement, Fleet Bank, (as successor to Bank of New England), made
payments to the Company on a quarterly basis in an amount equal to $25,000,000
multiplied by the excess of the then current three month LIBOR rate over 9%.
Under the floor agreement, the Company made
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(4) NOTES AND LOANS PAYABLE (CONTINUED)
payments to Crestar Bank on a quarterly basis in an amount equal to $25,000,000
multiplied by the difference between the then current three month LIBOR rate and
8%, to the extent that the three month LIBOR rate is less than 8%. Approximately
793,000 was charged to interest expense and paid in 1994 relating to the floor
agreement.
The Senior Debt and Senior Subordinated Notes are secured by substantially all
the assets of the Company. The Company's debt agreements contain certain
restrictive covenants requiring the maintenance of minimum subscriber levels and
certain financial ratios. The Company has not been in compliance with certain
covenants in its debt agreements, including the timely payment of principal and
interest. (See Note 1).
Debt Maturities
All of the Company's debt is due upon the consummation of the sale of the
Company in accordance with the Forbearance and Override Agreements. (see Note
1).
(5) CAPITAL STOCK
The Company's Board of Directors adopted a resolution on December 31, 1995
which, among other things, established a new class of common stock (Class D),
and authorized the exchange of the outstanding Class A shares for one share of
Class A and 99,999 shares of Class D. Additional shares of Class B and Class C
stock were authorized as well. The Company's Certificate of Incorporation was
amended on February 29, 1996 to reflect these changes.
Capital stock of the Company at December 31, 1994 and prior to the December 31,
1995 resolution noted above, consisted of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-----------------------
NUMBER OF SHARES
-------------------------
ISSUED AND
AUTHORIZED OUTSTANDING
---------- -----------
<S> <C> <C>
Common Stock
Class A -- $.10 par value 850 255
Class B -- $.10 par value 595
Class C -- $.10 par value 150
6% Non-cumulative Preferred
Stock $1,000 par value 1,000
</TABLE>
Capital stock of the Company after the recapitalization consists of the
following at June 30, 1996 and December 31, 1995:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-----------------------
NUMBER OF SHARES
-------------------------
ISSUED AND
AUTHORIZED OUTSTANDING
---------- -----------
<S> <C> <C>
Common Stock
Class A -- $.10 par value 233,360 1
Class B -- $.10 par value 231,940
Class C -- $.10 par value 58,531
Class D -- $.10 par value 99,999 99,999
6% Non-cumulative Preferred
Stock $1,000 par value 1,000
</TABLE>
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(5) CAPITAL STOCK (CONTINUED)
The Class A common stock is voting. The Class B, Class C and Class D shares are
non-voting. Class B shares are convertible into Class A shares at a rate of one
for one. See Note 4 for disclosure of warrants for unissued capital stock at
June 30, 1996, December 31, 1995 and 1994.
(6) TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES
KYMC acts as manager for the Company. In accordance with the management
agreement, KYMC is paid a management fee equal to 3% of total revenue (as
defined in the management agreement) plus out-of-pocket expenses not to exceed
1% of total revenue. The management fee for the six months ended June 30, 1996
and 1995 and the years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993 was $457,225,
$412,408, $842,644, $819,095 and $749,305 respectively.
Included in accounts payable and accrued expenses at December 31, 1994 is a
payable in the amount of $151,190 to Scott Cable Communications, Inc. ("Scott"),
an affiliated Company, for certain administrative costs paid by Scott on behalf
of the Company.
(7) COMMITMENTS
The Company rents pole space, office space and equipment under operating leases.
Future minimum payments, by year and in the aggregate, under noncancelable
operating leases with terms of one year or more are as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
1996 $132,081
1997 104,417
1998 59,412
1999 56,006
2000 45,182
Thereafter 53,675
---------
Total $450,773
=========
</TABLE>
Rent expense for the six months ended June 30, 1996 and 1995 and the years ended
December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993 was $114,615, $101,572, $202,652, $204,164 and
$207,901 respectively.
(8) 401K RETIREMENT/SAVINGS PLAN
The Company's employees are covered by a 401(k) retirement/savings plan covering
all employees who meet service requirements. Total plan expenses for the six
months ended June 30, 1996 and 1995 and the years ended December 31, 1995, 1994
and 1993 was $4,302, $5,281, $7,660, $5,769 and $7,099, respectively.
(9) REGULATORY MATTERS
On October 5, 1992, Congress enacted the Cable Television Consumer Protection
and Competition Act of 1992 (the "1992 Cable Act") which regulates the cable
television industry. Pursuant to the 1992 Cable Act, the Federal Communications
Commission (the "FCC") has issued numerous regulations which include provisions
regarding rates and other matters. As a result of these rules, the Company was
required to reduce many of its basic service rates effective September 1, 1993,
and again on August 1, 1994.
On June 5, 1995, the FCC extended regulatory relief to small cable operators.
All of the Company's cable systems qualified for this regulatory relief, which
allows for greater flexibility in establishing rates (including increases). On
February 8, 1996, Congress enacted the 1996 Telecommunications Act which, among
other things, immediately deregulated all levels of service except broadcast
basic service for small cable operators for which all of the Company's cable
systems qualified.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To Triax Southeast Associates, L.P.:
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Triax Southeast Associates,
L.P. (a Delaware limited partnership) as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, and the
related statements of operations, partners' capital and cash flows for the years
ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Partnership'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 financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of Triax Southeast Associates,
L.P. as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, and the results of its operations and its
cash flows for the years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993, in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Denver, Colorado,
February 27, 1996.
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TRIAX SOUTHEAST ASSOCIATES, L.P.
BALANCE SHEETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-----------------------------------------
DECEMBER 31,
JUNE 30, --------------------------
1996 1995 1994
----------- ----------- -----------
Unaudited
<S> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
CASH $ 3,168,693 $ 3,380,723 $ 699,077
RECEIVABLES, net of allowance of $5,844, $29,985 and
$52,302 at June 30, 1996 and December 31, 1995 and
1994, respectively 576,897 600,866 542,832
PREPAID EXPENSES 123,758 167,908 174,821
INVENTORY 44,012 346,274 444,624
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net 36,786,462 38,761,227 36,496,820
PURCHASED INTANGIBLES, net 8,703,234 9,542,002 10,105,115
OTHER ASSETS, net 835,897 933,591 1,118,718
----------- ----------- -----------
TOTAL ASSETS $50,238,953 $53,732,591 $49,582,007
========== ========== ==========
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL
ACCRUED INTEREST EXPENSE $ 222,944 $ 258,223 $ 168,559
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND OTHER ACCRUED EXPENSES 1,616,598 1,710,636 1,962,757
SUBSCRIBER PREPAYMENTS AND DEPOSITS 77,069 71,105 42,470
PAYABLE TO AFFILIATES 158,641 239,021 227,355
DEBT 40,276,715 42,546,539 35,787,218
----------- ----------- -----------
TOTAL LIABILITIES 42,351,967 44,825,524 38,188,359
PARTNERS' CAPITAL:
General Partner (61,130) (50,929) (26,063)
Limited Partners 7,948,116 8,957,996 11,419,711
----------- ----------- -----------
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL $50,238,953 $53,732,591 $49,582,007
========== ========== ==========
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these
balance sheets.
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TRIAX SOUTHEAST ASSOCIATES, L.P.
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
SIX MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30, YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
-------------------------- ----------------------------------------
1996 1995 1995 1994 1993
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------
Unaudited
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
REVENUES $ 9,602,887 $ 8,581,062 $17,780,041 $15,057,652 $7,810,891
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------
EXPENSES:
Programming 1,916,197 1,649,407 3,400,604 2,661,058 1,128,730
Operating, selling, general
and administrative 2,892,796 2,465,703 5,104,803 4,489,003 2,268,325
Overhead expenses paid to
affiliate 111,218 103,567 211,993 176,705 74,393
Management fees paid to
affiliate 480,144 429,052 888,996 752,882 390,545
Depreciation and amortization 3,698,247 3,763,761 7,344,035 6,252,573 3,307,310
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------
9,098,602 8,411,490 16,950,431 14,332,221 7,169,303
Operating Income 504,285 169,572 829,610 725,431 641,588
Interest Expense, net 1,524,366 1,640,977 3,316,191 2,359,980 1,056,256
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------
NET LOSS $(1,020,081) $(1,471,405) $(2,486,581) $(1,634,549) $ (414,668)
========== ========== ========== ========== =========
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these
statements.
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STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS' CAPITAL
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
--------------------------------------
GENERAL LIMITED
PARTNER PARTNERS TOTAL
-------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
BALANCES, DECEMBER 31, 1992 $ (5,571) $ 6,448,436 $ 6,442,865
Contributions -- 7,000,000 7,000,000
Net loss (4,147) (410,521) (414,668)
-------- ----------- -----------
BALANCES, DECEMBER 31, 1993 (9,718) 13,037,915 13,028,197
Net loss (16,345) (1,618,204) (1,634,549)
-------- ----------- -----------
BALANCES, DECEMBER 31, 1994 (26,063) 11,419,711 11,393,648
Net loss (24,866) (2,461,715) (2,486,581)
-------- ----------- -----------
BALANCES, DECEMBER 31, 1995 (50,929) 8,957,996 8,907,067
Net loss unaudited (10,201) (1,009,880) (1,020,081)
-------- ----------- -----------
BALANCES, JUNE 30, 1996 unaudited $(61,130) $ 7,948,116 $ 7,886,986
======= ========== ==========
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these
statements.
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TRIAX SOUTHEAST ASSOCIATES, L.P.
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
SIX MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30, YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
------------------------- --------------------------------------------
1996 1995 1995 1994 1993
---------- ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss $(1,020,081) $(1,471,405) $ (2,486,581) $ (1,634,549) $ (414,668)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net
cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 3,698,247 3,763,761 7,344,035 6,252,573 3,307,310
(Increase) decrease in receivables, net 23,969 30,593 (58,034) 6,042 (345,197)
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses 44,150 (54,531) 6,913 (128,309) (20,657)
(Decrease) increase in accrued interest
expense (35,279) (40,014) 89,664 26,923 (45,894)
(Decrease) increase in accounts payable
and other accrued expenses (94,038) (148,725) (252,121) 803,714 274,125
(Decrease) increase in subscriber
prepayments and deposits 5,964 46,562 28,635 (3,886) 17,495
(Decrease) increase in payable to
affiliates (80,380) (10,786) 11,666 72,286 30,849
---------- ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Net cash flows from operating activities 2,542,552 2,115,455 4,684,177 5,394,794 2,803,363
---------- ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Acquisition of properties, including
purchased intangibles -- (6,065,116) (6,065,116) (74,203) (25,342,487)
Purchase of property, plant and equipment (887,472) (1,257,397) (2,369,183) (3,643,894) (1,269,346)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and
equipment 108,042 -- -- -- --
(Increase) decrease in inventory 302,262 88,748 98,350 263,815 (610,502)
Increase in franchise costs and other assets (7,590) (47,230) (10,387) (121,663) --
---------- ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Net cash flows from investing activities (484,758) (7,280,995) (8,346,336) (3,575,945) (27,222,335)
---------- ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from borrowings -- 5,400,000 9,400,000 1,000,000 19,400,000
Repayment of borrowings (2,204,000) (600,000) (2,880,000) (2,500,000) (1,400,000)
Partners' contributions -- -- -- -- 7,000,000
Cash paid for loan costs -- (22,660) (66,520) (117,107) (340,789)
Repayment of capital lease obligations (65,824) (44,788) (109,675) (60,007) (24,725)
---------- ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Net cash flows from financing activities (2,269,824) 4,732,552 6,343,805 (1,677,114) 24,634,486
---------- ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------
NET INCREASE IN CASH (212,030) (432,988) 2,681,646 141,735 215,514
CASH, beginning of period 3,380,723 699,077 699,077 557,342 341,828
---------- ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------
CASH, end of period $3,168,693 $ 266,089 $ 3,380,723 $ 699,077 $ 557,342
========== =========== =========== =========== ===========
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW
INFORMATION:
Cash paid during the period for interest $1,626,196 $ 1,680,991 $ 3,268,546 $ 2,333,057 $ 1,102,150
========== =========== =========== =========== ===========
SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE OF NONCASH INVESTING AND
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Acquisitions with capital leases $ -- $ -- $ 164,996 $ 233,047 $ 66,236
========== =========== =========== =========== ===========
Note issued for acquisition of properties $ -- $ 184,000 $ 184,000 $ -- $ --
========== =========== =========== =========== ===========
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these
statements.
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TRIAX SOUTHEAST ASSOCIATES, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(1) THE PARTNERSHIP
Organization and Capitalization
Triax Southeast Associates, L.P. (the "Partnership") is a Delaware limited
partnership formed January 23, 1992 for the purpose of acquiring, constructing,
owning, and operating cable television systems, located primarily in Kentucky,
North Carolina, West Virginia and Ohio. The Partnership was capitalized and
commenced operations on July 28, 1992, with $7,000,000 of limited partner
contributions and a $70,000 demand non-interest bearing note from its general
partner, Triax Southeast General Partner, L.P. ("Southeast, G.P."). Triax
Investors Southeast, L.P. ("Investors"), a limited partnership in which Triax
Southeast Associates, Inc. ("Southeast Inc."), a Delaware corporation, is the
general partner, contributed $1,000,000 to the Partnership.
Southeast Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Triax Communications Corporation
("TCC"), a Delaware corporation. Southeast Inc. contributed capital of
$1,000,000 and a $59,500 demand non-interest bearing note to Investors for a
general partnership interest. In addition, Southeast Inc. contributed a $700
demand non-interest bearing note to Southeast, G.P. for a general partnership
interest. Investors contributed a $59,500 demand non-interest bearing note for a
limited partner interest in Southeast, G.P.
On December 15, 1993, the Partnership Agreement was amended to reflect
additional capital contributions of $7,000,000 by certain limited partners.
Southeast Inc. contributed $1,250,000 to Investors, who in turn contributed an
additional $1,250,000 to the Partnership.
The Partnership Agreement, as amended, provides that at any time after April 30,
1997, upon notice from a majority of the limited partners that they desire to
cause a sale of the Partnership's assets and business (or all of the interests
in the Partnership), TCC may purchase all of the Partnership's assets and
business (or all of the interests in the Partnership), subject to the approval
of the majority of limited partners. In addition, after July 31, 1998, each
limited partner who has made capital contributions in excess of $1,000,000 may
cause the sale of the Partnership's assets and business and liquidation of the
Partnership. The above dates may be extended to 1998 or 1999 to coincide with
the revised termination date of one of the limited partner's partnership
agreement, if and when the limited partner extends the termination date.
Allocation of Profits, Losses and Distributions
Profits
The Partnership Agreement, as amended, provides that profits will be allocated
as follows: (i) 1% to the general partner and 99% to the limited partners until
profits allocated to them equal losses previously allocated; (ii) to the limited
partners until the limited partners have been allocated profits equal to a 12%
per annum cumulative preferred return on their capital contributions plus the
amount of losses previously allocated; then, (iii) 20% to the general partner
and 80% to the limited partners.
Losses
The Partnership Agreement, as amended, provides that losses will be allocated 1%
to the general partner and 99% to the limited partners, except no losses shall
be allocated to any limited partner which would cause the limited partner's
capital account to become negative by an amount greater than the limited
partner's share of the Partnership's "minimum gain" (the excess of the
Partnership's nonrecourse debt over its adjusted basis in the assets encumbered
by nonrecourse debt), as defined, plus any amount of Partnership debt assumed by
the limited partner or any amount the limited partner is obligated to contribute
to the Partnership; then 100% to the general partner.
Distributions
The Partnership Agreement, as amended, provides that Distributable Cash, as
defined, will be distributed as follows: (i) to the partners in proportion to
their Capital Contribution Accounts, as defined, until the balances are
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TRIAX SOUTHEAST ASSOCIATES, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(1) THE PARTNERSHIP (CONTINUED)
Allocation of Profits, Losses and Distributions (continued)
reduced to zero; (ii) to the limited partners until the limited partners have
received a 12% per annum cumulative preferred return on their capital
contributions and then, (iii) 20% to the general partner and 80% to the limited
partners.
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
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.
Interim Financial Statements
The financial statements and related footnote disclosures as of June 30, 1996
and for the three months ended June 30, 1996 and 1995 are unaudited. In
management's opinion, the unaudited financial statements as of June 30, 1996 and
for the three months ended June 30, 1996 and 1995 include all adjustments
necessary for a fair presentation. Such adjustments were of a normal recurring
nature.
Revenue Recognition
Revenues are recognized in the period the related services are provided to the
subscribers.
Income Taxes
No provision has been made for federal, state or local income taxes because they
are the responsibility of the individual partners. The principal difference
between net income or loss for income tax and financial reporting purposes
results from the use of accelerated depreciation for tax purposes.
Inventory
Inventory is carried at historical cost, which approximates market value, and
consists primarily of installation materials and addressable trap changers.
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. Replacements, renewals and
improvements are capitalized and costs for repairs and maintenance are charged
directly to expense when incurred. The Partnership capitalized a portion of
technician and installer salaries to property , plant, and equipment which
amounted to approximately $207,000 for the six months ended June 30, 1996 and
$283,000 and $422,000 for the years ended December 31,
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TRIAX SOUTHEAST ASSOCIATES, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
1995 and 1994, respectively. Depreciation and amortization are computed using
the straightline method over the following estimated useful lives:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------------------------------------------
DECEMBER 31,
JUNE 30, ---------------------------
1996 1995 1994 LIFE
------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
Unaudited
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Property, plant and equipment $ 51,876,708 $ 51,188,466 $43,704,363 5-10 years
Less: Accumulated depreciation (15,090,246) (12,427,239) (7,207,543)
------------ ------------ -----------
$ 36,786,462 $ 38,761,227 $36,496,820
=========== =========== ==========
</TABLE>
Purchased Intangibles
Purchased intangibles are being amortized using the straight-line method over
the following estimated useful lives:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-------------------------------------------------------
DECEMBER 31,
MARCH 31, --------------------------
1996 1995 1994 LIFE
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Unaudited
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Franchise costs $13,026,848 $13,026,720 $11,832,807 10 years
Noncompete agreements 850,000 850,000 1,700,000 3 years
----------- ----------- -----------
13,876,848 13,876,720 13,532,807
Less: Accumulated amortization (5,173,614) (4,334,718) (3,427,692)
----------- ----------- -----------
$ 8,703,234 $ 9,542,002 $10,105,115
========== ========== ==========
</TABLE>
During 1995, the Partnership wrote-off approximately $1,000,000 of noncompete
agreements, and the associated accumulated amortization, as the noncompete
agreements had expired.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") has issued Statement of
Financial Standards No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
and for Long-Lived Assets To Be Disposed Of" ("SFAS 121"). SFAS 121 requires
that long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles to be held and used
by an entity be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be
recoverable. SFAS 121 is required to be adopted by the Company in fiscal 1996.
Management believes the adoption of SFAS 121 will not have a material impact on
the financial statements.
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TRIAX SOUTHEAST ASSOCIATES, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Other Assets
Other assets are being amortized using the straight-line method over the
following estimated useful lives:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
---------------------------------------------------
DECEMBER 31,
JUNE 30, --------------------------
1996 1995 1994 LIFE
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Unaudited
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Loan costs $ 1,111,608 $ 1,111,608 $ 1,084,999 5 years
Organization costs 441,435 441,435 441,435 5 years
Other 11,337 3,875 -- 10 years
----------- ----------- -----------
1,564,380 1,556,918 1,526,434
Less: Accumulated
amortization (728,483) (623,327) (407,716)
----------- ----------- -----------
$ 835,897 $ 933,591 $ 1,118,718
========= ========= =========
</TABLE>
(3) ACQUISITIONS
On February 28, 1995, the Partnership acquired certain cable television systems
and related assets of Rodgers Cable TV, Inc. ("Rodgers"). The purchase price of
approximately $5,700,000, including closing costs, was accounted for by the
purchase method of accounting and allocated as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Property, plant and equipment $4,580,000
Franchise costs 1,019,400
Non-compete 100,600
----------
Total cash paid $5,700,000
=========
</TABLE>
On March 31, 1995, the Partnership acquired cable television systems and related
assets of Green Tree Cable T.V., Inc. The purchase price of approximately
$570,000, including closing costs, was accounted for by the purchase method of
accounting and allocated as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Property, plant and equipment $4,580,000
Franchise costs 1,019,400
Non-compete 100,600
----------
Total cash paid $5,700,000
=========
</TABLE>
On December 15, 1993, the Partnership acquired cable television systems and
related assets of C4 Media Cable South, L.P. for approximately $17 million, and
on December 21, 1993, acquired additional cable television system assets and
related liabilities of Charter Cable, Inc. for approximately $6.5 million.
Acquisition-related fees totalled approximately $700,000. The acquisitions were
financed by additional limited partners' contributions of $7 million, the
drawdown by the Partnership of $17.6 million under its amended Revolving Credit
and Term Loan and available cash of $750,000. The acquisitions were accounted
for by the purchase method of accounting and allocated as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Property, plant and equipment $20,144,000
Franchise costs 2,756,000
Non-compete 600,000
-----------
Total cash paid $23,500,000
==========
</TABLE>
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TRIAX SOUTHEAST ASSOCIATES, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(4) DEBT
Debt consisted of the following at June 30, 1996, and December 31, 1995 and
1994, respectively.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
-----------------------------------------
DECEMBER 31,
JUNE 30, --------------------------
1996 1995 1994
----------- ----------- -----------
Unaudited
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revolving Credit and Term Loan, interest
payable quarterly based on varying interest
rate options $40,000,000 $42,020,000 $35,500,000
Note Payable to seller -- 184,000 --
Vehicle leases 276,715 342,539 287,218
----------- ----------- -----------
$40,276,715 $42,546,539 $35,787,218
========== ========== ==========
</TABLE>
The Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement, as amended through February 28,
1995 (the "Revolver"), is collateralized by all property, plant and equipment,
inventory and accounts receivable of the Partnership and all rights under
present and future permits, licenses and franchises. On September 30, 1995, the
outstanding principal was converted into a term loan with quarterly payments
from December 31, 1995 through June 30, 2002. Commencing in 1996, within 120
days after the close of the fiscal year, the Partnership must make a mandatory
prepayment in an amount equal to 50% of the excess cash flow, as defined, for
the prior year. A commitment fee of 1/2% per annum is charged on the daily
unused portion of the commitment amount.
The Partnership entered into LIBOR interest rate agreements with the banks
related to the Revolver. The Partnership fixed the interest rate on $40 million
at 7.21% for the period from June 4, 1996 to August 5, 1996. The remaining
outstanding balance bears interest at prime plus 1%.
On July 1, 1994 the Partnership paid $135,000 for an interest rate cap of 7% on
the LIBOR rate on $18 million effective July 1, 1994 through July 1, 1996, and
on March 27, 1995, paid $62,000 for an interest rate cap of 7.5% on the LIBOR
rate on $10 million effective March 27, 1995 through March 27, 1997.
The loan agreement contains certain covenants, the more significant of which
include leverage and interest coverage ratios and limitations on capital
expenditures.
Debt maturities required as of December 31, 1995 are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR AMOUNT
- ---------------------------------- ---------------
<S> <C>
1996 $ 3,174,759
1997 4,731,241
1998 5,578,235
1999 6,842,304
2000 7,920,000
Thereafter 14,300,000
----------
$ 42,546,539
==========
</TABLE>
(5) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
TCC provides management services to the Partnership for a fee equal to 5% of
gross revenues, as defined. The Partnership incurred management fees totaling
$480,144 and $429,052 for the six months ended June 30, 1996 and 1995,
respectively, and $888,996, $752,882 and $390,545 in 1995, 1994 and 1993,
respectively.
TCC also allocates certain overhead expenses to the Partnership, based on
proportionate subscriber revenues, which primarily relate to employment costs,
which expenses are limited to 1.25% of gross revenues. These overhead
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TRIAX SOUTHEAST ASSOCIATES, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(5) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED)
expenses amounted to $111,218 and $103,567 for the six months ended June 30,
1996 and 1995, respectively, and $211,993, $176,705 and $74,393 in 1995, 1994
and in 1993, respectively.
TCC was paid acquisition fees of $235,000 in 1993 related to the acquisition of
certain assets. Such fees are included in purchased intangibles in the
accompanying balance sheets. TCC may be paid a disposition fee of 1% of the
sales price of the Partnership after certain approvals of the limited partners,
and after certain other conditions are met.
The Partnership purchases programming from TCC at TCC's cost, which includes
volume discounts TCC might earn.
(6) FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents approximates fair value
because of the nature of the investments and the length of maturity of the
investments.
The estimated fair value of the Partnership's debt instruments are based on
borrowing rates that would be equal to existing rates, therefore, there is no
material difference in the fair market value and the current value.
(7) REGULATORY MATTERS
In October 1992, Congress enacted the Cable Television Consumer and Competition
Act of 1992 (the "1992 Cable Act") which greatly expanded federal and local
regulation of the cable television industry. In April 1993, the Federal
Communications Commission ("FCC") adopted comprehensive regulations, effective
September 1, 1993, governing rates charged to subscribers for basic cable and
cable programming services (other than programming offered on a per-channel or
per-program basis). The FCC implemented regulation which allowed cable operators
to justify regulated rates in excess of the FCC benchmarks through cost of
service showings at both the franchising authority level for basic service and
to the FCC in response to complaints on rates for cable programming services.
On February 22, 1994, the FCC issued further regulations which modified the
FCC's previous benchmark approach, adopted interim rules to govern cost of
service proceedings initiated by cable operators, and lifted the stay of rate
regulations for small cable systems, which were defined as all systems serving
1,000 or fewer subscribers.
On November 10, 1994, the FCC adopted "going forward" rules that provided cable
operators with the ability to offer new product tiers priced as operators elect,
provided certain limited conditions are met, permit cable operators to add new
channels at reasonable prices to existing cable programming service tiers, and
created an additional option pursuant to which small cable operators may add
channels to cable programming service tiers.
In May 1995, the FCC adopted small company rules that provided small systems
regulatory relief by implementing an abbreviated cost of service rate
calculation method. Using this methodology, for small systems seeking to
establish rates no higher than $1.24 per channel, the rates are deemed to be
reasonable.
In February 1996, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted which, among
other things, deregulated cable rates for small systems on their programming
tiers.
To date, the FCC's regulations have not had a material adverse effect on the
Partnership due to the lack of certifications by the local franchising
authorities.
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FrontierVision Logo
FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
<PAGE> 192
INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR
MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR
THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE
SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE
UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS
OF ANY SUCH STATE.
PROSPECTUS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION
DATED SEPTEMBER 18, 1996 ALTERNATE
FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
FRONTIERVISION CAPITAL CORPORATION
$
% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006
Interest payable and
ISSUE PRICE: %
This Prospectus relates to offers and sales by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. of
% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006 (the "Notes") which have been issued
by FrontierVision Operating Partners, a Delaware limited partnership ("FVOP" or
the "Company"), and FrontierVision Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("Capital") which is a wholly owned subsidiary of FVOP. The Notes are the joint
and several obligations of FVOP and Capital (collectively, the "Issuers"). The
Notes were originally purchased by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. directly from the
Issuers as part of the original offering of the Notes described herein.
The Notes mature on , 2006, unless previously redeemed. Interest on the
Notes is payable semiannually on each and , commencing
, 1997. The Notes are not redeemable prior to , 2001, except as
set forth below. The Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Issuers, in
whole or in part, at any time on or after , 2001, at the redemption
prices set forth herein, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the
redemption date. In addition, prior to , 1999, the Issuers may
redeem up to 35% of the principal amount of the Notes with the net cash proceeds
received from one or more Public Equity Offerings or Strategic Equity
Investments (as such terms are defined) at a redemption price of % of the
principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the
redemption date; provided, however, that at least 65% in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes originally issued remains outstanding immediately after any
such redemption.
Upon a Change of Control (as defined), the Issuers will be required to make an
offer to purchase all outstanding Notes at 101% of the principal amount thereof,
together with accrued and unpaid interest to the purchase date.
The Notes will be general unsecured obligations of the Issuers and will rank
subordinate in right of payment to all existing and future Senior Indebtedness
(as defined) of the Issuers. The Notes will rank pari passu in right of payment
with any other senior subordinated indebtedness of the Issuers. At June 30,
1996, as adjusted to give effect to the Transactions (as defined herein) the
Company would have had approximately $193.3 million of Senior Indebtedness
outstanding.
SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 14 FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN FACTORS THAT
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
---------------------------
This Prospectus has been prepared for and is to be used by J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. in connection with offers and sales of the Notes related to
market-making transactions in the over-the-counter market at negotiated prices
related to prevailing market prices at the time of sale. J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc. may act as principal or agent in such transactions. There is currently no
trading market for the Notes. See "Plan of Distribution."
J.P. MORGAN & CO.
, 1996
FRONTIERVISION LOGO
<PAGE> 193
ALTERNATE
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
This Prospectus is to be used by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. in connection with
offers and sales of the Notes in market-making transactions in the
over-the-counter market at negotiated prices related to prevailing market prices
at the time of sale. J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. may act as principal or agent
in such transactions and has no obligation to make a market in the Notes and may
discontinue its market-making activities at any time without notice, at its sole
discretion. There is currently no trading market for the Notes. No assurances
can be given as to the development or liquidity of any trading market for the
Notes.
The Issuers have agreed to indemnify jointly and severally J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act, or to contribute to payments that J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
may be required to make in respect thereof.
J.P. Morgan Investment Corporation, an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.,
beneficially owns approximately 20.47% of the partnership interests of the
Company. Subject to certain conditions, J.P. Morgan Investment Corporation is
entitled to designate one member of the Advisory Committee of FVP. See "Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions," "Management--The Advisory Committee,"
"Principal Security Holders" and "The Partnership Agreements." Its current
designee is John W. Watkins. Mr. Watkins is Manager and a director of each of
J.P. Morgan Investment Corporation and J.P. Morgan Capital Corporation, which
are affiliates of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. or its affiliates have provided investment banking
and other financial services to the Company in the past and may do so in the
future. In addition, an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. serves as a
lender and an agent under the Senior Credit Facility and has received customary
fees for acting in such capacities. See "Certain Relationships and Related
Transactions."
A-2
<PAGE> 194
INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR
MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR
THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE
SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE
UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS
OF ANY SUCH STATE.
PROSPECTUS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION
DATED SEPTEMBER 18, 1996 ALTERNATE
FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
FRONTIERVISION CAPITAL CORPORATION
$
% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006
Interest payable and
ISSUE PRICE: %
This Prospectus relates to offers and sales by First Union Capital Markets Corp.
of % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006 (the "Notes") which have been
issued by FrontierVision Operating Partners, a Delaware limited partnership
("FVOP" or the "Company"), and FrontierVision Capital Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("Capital") which is a wholly owned subsidiary of FVOP. The Notes
are the joint and several obligations of FVOP and Capital (collectively, the
"Issuers"). The Notes were originally purchased by First Union Capital Markets
Corp. directly from the Issuers as part of the original offering of the Notes
described herein.
The Notes mature on , 2006, unless previously redeemed. Interest on the
Notes is payable semiannually on each and , commencing
, 1997. The Notes are not redeemable prior to , 2001, except as
set forth below. The Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Issuers, in
whole or in part, at any time on or after , 2001, at the redemption
prices set forth herein, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the
redemption date. In addition, prior to , 1999, the Issuers may
redeem up to 35% of the principal amount of the Notes with the net cash proceeds
received from one or more Public Equity Offerings or Strategic Equity
Investments (as such terms are defined) at a redemption price of % of the
principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the
redemption date; provided, however, that at least 65% in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes originally issued remains outstanding immediately after any
such redemption.
Upon a Change of Control (as defined), the Issuers will be required to make an
offer to purchase all outstanding Notes at 101% of the principal amount thereof,
together with accrued and unpaid interest to the purchase date.
The Notes will be general unsecured obligations of the Issuers and will rank
subordinate in right of payment to all existing and future Senior Indebtedness
(as defined) of the Issuers. The Notes will rank pari passu in right of payment
with any other senior subordinated indebtedness of the Issuers. At June 30,
1996, as adjusted to give effect to the Transactions (as defined herein) the
Company would have had approximately $193.3 million of Senior Indebtedness
outstanding.
SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 14 FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN FACTORS THAT
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
---------------------------
This Prospectus has been prepared for and is to be used by First Union Capital
Markets Corp. in connection with offers and sales of the Notes related to
market-making transactions in the over-the-counter market at negotiated prices
related to prevailing market prices at the time of sale. First Union Capital
Markets Corp. may act as principal or agent in such transactions. There is
currently no trading market for the Notes. See "Plan of Distribution."
FIRST UNION CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.
, 1996
FRONTIERVISION LOGO
<PAGE> 195
ALTERNATE
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
This Prospectus is to be used by First Union Capital Markets Corp. in connection
with offers and sales of the Notes in market-making transactions in the
over-the-counter market at negotiated prices related to prevailing market prices
at the time of sale. First Union Capital Markets Corp. may act as principal or
agent in such transactions and has no obligation to make a market in the Notes
and may discontinue its market-making activities at any time without notice, at
its sole discretion. There is currently no trading market for the Notes. No
assurances can be given as to the development or liquidity of any trading market
for the Notes.
The Issuers have agreed to indemnify jointly and severally First Union Capital
Markets Corp. against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act, or to contribute to payments that First Union Capital Markets
Corp. may be required to make in respect thereof.
First Union Capital Partners, Inc., an affiliate of First Union Capital Markets
Corp., beneficially owns approximately 12.28% of the partnership interests of
the Company. Subject to certain conditions, First Union Capital Partners, Inc.
is entitled to designate one member of the Advisory Committee of FVP. See
"Certain Relationships and Related Transactions," "Management--The Advisory
Committee," "Principal Security Holders" and "The Partnership Agreements." Its
current designee is L. Watts Hamrick, III. Mr. Hamrick is Senior Vice President
of First Union Corporation and First Union Capital Partners, Inc., each an
affiliate of First Union Capital Markets Corp.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 13. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
Set forth below is an estimate of the fees and expenses, other than underwriting
discounts and commissions, payable by the Registrants in connection with the
Offering. All amounts are estimated except the filing fees:
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Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee............. $ 68,966
NASD Filing Fee................................................. 20,500
Printing and Engraving Fees..................................... 250,000
Blue Sky Fees and Expenses...................................... 45,000
Rating Agency Fees.............................................. 145,000
Fees of Trustee................................................. 7,500
Legal Fees and Expenses......................................... 352,000
Accounting Fees and Expenses.................................... 100,000
Miscellaneous................................................... 11,034
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Total...................................................... $1,000,000
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ITEM 14. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Section 5.6 of the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
of FVP, dated as of August 11, 1995 (the "FVP Partnership Agreement"), provides
that in the absence of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, willful misconduct or
gross negligence, FVP GP, its partners, their respective officers, directors,
employees, agents or stockholders (including when any of the foregoing is
serving at the request of FVP GP on behalf of FVP as a partner, officer,
director, employee or agent of any other Person) (as such term is defined in the
FVP Partnership Agreement) (in each case, the "Indemnitee") shall not be liable
to any other partner of FVP or FVP (i) for any mistake in judgment, (ii) for any
action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith and in a manner reasonably
believed by such Person to be in the best interests of FVP and to be within the
scope of its authority under the FVP Partnership Agreement, or (iii) for any
loss due to the mistake, action, inaction, negligence, dishonesty, fraud or bad
faith of any broker or other agent, provided that such broker or other agent
shall have been selected and supervised by FVP GP or other Indemnitee with
reasonable care. In addition, Indemnitees will be indemnified and held harmless
by FVP against losses, damages and expenses for which such Person has not
otherwise been reimbursed actually and reasonably incurred by such Person who
was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than any action by or in the name
of FVP), by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken in connection with
or arising out of such Person's activities on behalf of FVP or in furtherance of
FVP, if such actions were taken or omitted to be taken in good faith and in a
manner reasonably believed by such Person to be in the best interests of FVP and
within the scope of the FVP Partnership Agreement, provided, that any Person
entitled to indemnification shall obtain the written consent of FVP GP (which
consent will not be given without the approval of the Advisory Committee) prior
to entering into any compromise or settlement which would result in an
obligation of FVP to indemnify such Person.
Section 5.6 of the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
of FVP GP, dated as of August 11, 1995 (the "FVP GP Partnership Agreement"),
provides that in the absence of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, willful
misconduct or gross negligence, FrontierVision Inc., its officers, directors,
employees, agents or stockholders (including when any of the foregoing is
serving at the request of FrontierVision Inc. on behalf of FVP GP or FVP as a
partner, officer, director, employee or agent of any other Person) (as such term
is defined in the FVP GP Partnership Agreement) (in each case, the "Indemnitee")
shall not be liable to any other partner of FVP GP or FVP GP (i) for any mistake
in judgment, (ii) for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith and
in a manner reasonably believed by such Person to be in the best interests of
FVP GP and to be within the scope of its authority under the FVP GP Partnership
Agreement, or (iii) for any loss due to the mistake, action, inaction negligence
dishonesty, fraud or bad faith of any broker or other agent, provided that such
broker or other agent shall have been selected and supervised by FrontierVision
Inc. or other Indemnitee with reasonable care. In addition,
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Indemnitees will be indemnified and held harmless by FVP GP against losses,
damages and expenses for which such person has not otherwise been reimbursed
actually and reasonably incurred by such Person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding (other than any action by or in the name of FVP GP), by
reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken in connection with or arising
out of such Person's activities on behalf of FVP GP or in furtherance of FVP GP,
if such actions were taken or omitted to be taken in good faith and in a manner
reasonably believed by such person to be in the best interests of FVP GP and
within the scope of the FVP GP Partnership Agreement, provided, that any Person
entitled to indemnification shall obtain the written consent of FrontierVision
Inc. (which consent will not be given without the consent of a majority in
interest of the Class X Limited Partners (as such term is defined in the FVP GP
Partnership Agreement)) prior to entering into any compromise or settlement
which would result in an obligation of FVP GP to indemnify such person.
Section 102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
"DGCL") provides that a corporation (in its original certificate of
incorporation or an amendment thereto) may eliminate or limit the personal
liability of a director (or certain persons who, pursuant to the provisions of
the certificate of incorporation, exercise or perform duties conferred or
imposed upon directors by the DGCL) to the corporation or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such
provisions shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any
breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders,
(ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL
(providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or
unlawful stock purchases or redemptions) or (iv) for any transaction from which
the director derived an improper personal benefit. Article Tenth of
FrontierVision Inc.'s Certificate of Incorporation and Article Eleventh of
Capital's Certificate of Incorporation each limit the liability of directors
thereof to the extent permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL.
Under Section 145 of the DGCL, in general, a corporation may indemnify its
directors, officers, employees or agents against expenses (including attorney's
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by them in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought by
third parties to which they may be made parties by reason of their being or
having been directors, officers, employees or agents and shall so indemnify such
persons if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their
conduct was unlawful.
ITEM 15. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.
The following is a summary of securities sold by the Registrants during the past
three years without registration under the Act:
1. On July 15, 1995, in connection with the formation of the Company,
the Company issued to FVP a 99.9% general partner interest in the Company
for cash consideration of $99.90. Simultaneously, the Company issued to
FrontierVision Operating Partners, Inc. a 0.1% limited partnership interest
for cash consideration of $.10.
2. On July 26, 1996, in connection with the formation of Capital,
Capital issued to the Company 100 shares of the voting common stock of
Capital, one cent ($.01) par value per share, for cash consideration of
$100.00.
In the foregoing instances, the issuance of the general partner interest in the
Company and the limited partnership interest in the Company and the issuance of
the voting common stock of Capital were deemed to be exempt from the
registration requirements of the Act as a transaction not involving any public
offering, pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Act. The recipients of securities in
each such transaction represented their intentions to acquire the securities for
investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any
distribution thereof. All recipients had adequate access, through their
relationships with the Company and Capital, to information about the Company and
Capital.
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ITEM 16. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
(a) Exhibits:
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**1 -- Form of Underwriting Agreement.
**3.1 -- The Company's Agreement of Limited Partnership.
**3.2 -- Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Company.
**3.3 -- First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of FVP.
**3.4 -- Certificate of Limited Partnership of FVP.
**3.5 -- First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of FVP GP.
**3.6 -- Certificate of Limited Partnership of FVP GP.
**3.7 -- Certificate of Incorporation of FrontierVision Inc.
**3.8 -- Bylaws of FrontierVision Inc.
**3.9 -- Certificate of Incorporation of FrontierVision Capital Corporation.
**3.10 -- Bylaws of FrontierVision Capital Corporation.
**4.1 -- Form of Indenture by and among the Registrants and Colorado National Bank, as
Trustee, relating to the Notes.
**4.2 -- Form of Note (included as part of Exhibit 4.1).
**5 -- Opinion of Dow, Lohnes & Albertson.
**10.1 -- Senior Credit Facility.
**10.2 -- Employment Agreement of James C. Vaughn.
**10.3 -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated July 20, 1995 between United Video Cablevision,
Inc. and FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P.
**10.4 -- Asset Acquisition Agreement (July 27, 1995 Auction Sale) dated as of July 27,
1995 among Stephen S. Gray in his capacity as Receiver of Longfellow Cable
Company, Inc., Carrabassett Electronics and Carrabassett Cable Company, Inc. and
FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P.
**10.5 -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated October 27, 1995 among C4 Media Cable Southeast,
Limited Partnership, County Cable Company, L.P. and FrontierVision Operating
Partners, L.P.
**10.6 -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated November 17, 1995 among Cox Communications Ohio,
Inc., Times Mirror Cable Television of Defiance, Inc., Chillicothe Cablevision,
Inc., Cox Communications Eastern Kentucky, Inc. and FrontierVision Operating
Partners, L.P.
**10.7 -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated February 27, 1996 between Americable
International Maine, Inc. and FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P.
**10.8 -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated May 16, 1996 among Triax Southeast Associates,
L.P., Triax Southeast General Partner, L.P. and FrontierVision Operating
Partners, L.P.
**10.9 -- Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement dated June 21, 1996 between HPI Acquisition
Co. LLC (assignee of Helicon Partners I, LP) and FrontierVision Operating
Partners, L.P.
**10.10 -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated July 15, 1996 between American Cable
Entertainment of Kentucky-Indiana, Inc. and FrontierVision Operating Partners,
L.P.
**10.11 -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of July 30, 1996 between Shenandoah Cable
Television Company and FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P.
**10.12 -- Purchase Agreement dated as of August 6, 1996 between Penn/Ohio Cablevision,
L.P. and FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P.
**10.13 -- Asset Purchase Agreement dated July 19, 1996 between Phoenix Grassroots Cable
Systems, L.L.C. and FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P. FrontierVision
Operating Partners, L.P.
**10.14 -- Amendment No. 1 to Senior Credit Facility
**12 -- Statement of Computation of Ratios.
23.1 -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP (FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P.).
23.2 -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP (FrontierVision Capital Corporation).
23.3 -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP (FrontierVision Partners, L.P.).
23.4 -- Consent of Piaker & Lyons, P.C. (United Video Cablevision, Inc.).
23.5 -- Consent of Williams, Rogers, Lewis & Co., I.C. (C4 Media Cable Southeast,
Limited Partnership).
23.6 -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP (Triax Southeast Associates, L.P.).
23.7 -- Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (American Cable Entertainment of
Kentucky-Indiana, Inc.).
23.8 -- Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (Ashland and Defiance, Ohio Clusters).
23.9 -- Consent of Dow, Lohnes & Albertson (contained in Exhibit 5).
**25 -- Powers of attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement).
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**26 -- Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 of Colorado National Bank, as Trustee.
**27 -- Financial Data Schedule.
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** Previously filed.
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company, FVP,
FVP GP, FrontierVision Inc. and Capital pursuant to the provisions described
under Item 14 above or otherwise, the Registrants have 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 Registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrants 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
Registrants will, unless in the opinion of their counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by them is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
Each of the Registrants hereby undertakes that:
(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Act, the
information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this
Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the form
of prospectus filed by the Registrants pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or
497(h) under the Act shall be deemed part of this Registration Statement as
of the time it was declared effective.
(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Act, each
post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed
to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at such time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P. has duly caused this Amendment No. 3 to
the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, on the 18th day of September 1996.
FRONTIERVISION OPERATING PARTNERS, L.P.
By: FrontierVision Partners, L.P., its
general partner,
By: FVP GP, L.P., its general partner
By: FrontierVision Inc., its general
partner
By: /s/ JAMES C. VAUGHN
-----------------------------------
JAMES C. VAUGHN
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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SIGNATURES TITLE DATE
- ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------------
<S> <C> <C>
/s/ JAMES C. VAUGHN President, Chief Executive September 18, 1996
- ------------------------------------------ Officer, and Director of
JAMES C. VAUGHN FrontierVision Inc. (Principal
Executive Officer)
* Senior Vice President, Chief September 18, 1996
- ------------------------------------------ Financial Officer, Secretary
JOHN S. KOO and Director of FrontierVision
Inc. (Principal Financial
Officer)
* Vice President and Treasurer September 18, 1996
- ------------------------------------------ of FrontierVision Inc.
JAMES W. MCHOSE (Principal Accounting Officer)
</TABLE>
* James C. Vaughn, by signing his name hereto, does sign this document on behalf
of each of the persons indicated above for whom he is attorney-in-fact
pursuant to a power of attorney duly executed by such person and filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
By: /s/ JAMES C. VAUGHN
-----------------------------------
JAMES C. VAUGHN
Attorney-In-Fact
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the securities Act of 1933, as amended,
FrontierVision Capital Corporation has duly caused this Amendment No. 3 to the
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, on the 18th day of September, 1996.
FRONTIERVISION CAPITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ JAMES C. VAUGHN
-------------------------------------
JAMES C. VAUGHN
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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SIGNATURES TITLE DATE
- ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------------
<S> <C> <C>
/s/ JAMES C. VAUGHN President and Director of September 18, 1996
- ------------------------------------------ FrontierVision Capital
JAMES C. VAUGHN Corporation (Principal
Executive Officer)
* Senior Vice President, Chief September 18, 1996
- ------------------------------------------ Financial Officer, Secretary
JOHN S. KOO and Director of FrontierVision
Capital Corporation (Principal
Financial Officer)
* Vice President and Treasurer September 18, 1996
- ------------------------------------------ of FrontierVision Capital
JAMES W. MCHOSE Corporation (Principal
Accounting Officer)
</TABLE>
* James C. Vaughn, by signing his name hereto, does sign this document on behalf
of each of the persons indicated above for whom he is attorney-in-fact
pursuant to a power of attorney duly executed by such person and filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
By: /s/ JAMES C. VAUGHN
-----------------------------------
JAMES C. VAUGHN
Attorney-In-Fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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SEQUENTIALLY
NUMBERED
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION PAGE
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<C> <S> <C>
**1 Form of Underwriting Agreement. ........................................
**3.1 The Company's Agreement of Limited Partnership. ........................
**3.2 Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Company. .....................
**3.3 First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of FVP. ....
**3.4 Certificate of Limited Partnership of FVP. .............................
**3.5 First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of FVP
GP. ....................................................................
**3.6 Certificate of Limited Partnership of FVP GP. ..........................
**3.7 Certificate of Incorporation of FrontierVision Inc. ....................
**3.8 Bylaws of FrontierVision Inc. ..........................................
**3.9 Certificate of Incorporation of FrontierVision Capital Corporation. ....
**3.10 Bylaws of FrontierVision Capital Corporation. ..........................
**4.1 Form of Indenture by and among the Registrants and Colorado National
Bank, as Trustee, relating to the Notes. ...............................
**4.2 Form of Note (included as part of Exhibit 4.1). ........................
**5 Opinion of Dow, Lohnes & Albertson. ....................................
**10.1 Senior Credit Facility. ................................................
**10.2 Employment Agreement of James C. Vaughn. ...............................
**10.3 Asset Purchase Agreement dated July 20, 1995 between United Video
Cablevision, Inc. and FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P. ..........
**10.4 Asset Acquisition Agreement (July 27, 1995 Auction Sale) dated as of
July 27, 1995 among Stephen S. Gray in his capacity as Receiver of
Longfellow Cable Company, Inc., Carrabassett Electronics and
Carrabassett Cable Company, Inc. and FrontierVision Operating Partners,
L.P. ...................................................................
**10.5 Asset Purchase Agreement dated October 27, 1995 among C4 Media Cable
Southeast, Limited Partnership, County Cable Company, L.P. and
FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P. ................................
**10.6 Asset Purchase Agreement dated November 17, 1995 among Cox
Communications Ohio, Inc., Times Mirror Cable Television of Defiance,
Inc., Chillicothe Cablevision, Inc., Cox Communications Eastern
Kentucky, Inc. and FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P. .............
**10.7 Asset Purchase Agreement dated February 27, 1996 between Americable
International Maine, Inc. and FrontierVision Operating Partners,
L.P. ...................................................................
**10.8 Asset Purchase Agreement dated May 16, 1996 among Triax Southeast
Associates, L.P., Triax Southeast General Partner, L.P. and
FrontierVision Operating
Partners, L.P. .........................................................
**10.9 Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement dated June 21, 1996 between HPI
Acquisition Co. LLC (assignee of Helicon Partners I, LP) and
FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P. ................................
**10.10 Asset Purchase Agreement dated July 15, 1996 between American Cable
Entertainment of Kentucky-Indiana, Inc. and FrontierVision Operating
Partners, L.P. .........................................................
**10.11 Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of July 30, 1996 between Shenandoah
Cable Television Company and FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P. ...
**10.12 Purchase Agreement dated as of August 6, 1996 between Penn/Ohio
Cablevision, L.P. and FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P. ..........
**10.13 Asset Purchase Agreement dated July 19, 1996 between Phoenix Grassroots
Cable Systems, L.L.C. and FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P. ......
**10.14 Amendment No. 1 to Senior Credit Facility...............................
**12 Statement of Computation of Ratios. ....................................
23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP (FrontierVision Operating Partners,
L.P.). .................................................................
23.2 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP (FrontierVision Capital Corporation). ...
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NUMBERED
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION PAGE
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23.3 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP (FrontierVision Partners, L.P.). ........
23.4 Consent of Piaker & Lyons, P.C. (United Video Cablevision, Inc.). ......
23.5 Consent of Williams, Rogers, Lewis & Co., P.C., (C4 Media Cable
Southeast, Limited Partnership). .......................................
23.6 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP (Triax Southeast Associates, L.P.). .....
23.7 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (American Cable Entertainment of
Kentucky-Indiana, Inc.). ...............................................
23.8 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (Ashland and Defiance, Ohio
Clusters). .............................................................
23.9 Consent of Dow, Lohnes & Albertson (contained in Exhibit 5). ...........
**25 Powers of attorney (included on signature page to this Registration
Statement). ............................................................
**26 Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 of Colorado National Bank, as
Trustee. ...............................................................
**27 Financial Data Schedule. ...............................................
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** Previously filed.
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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our report
dated April 9, 1996 on the financial statements of FrontierVision Operating
Partners, L.P., included in or made part of this Form S-1 registration
statement.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Denver, Colorado,
September 18, 1996
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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our report
dated September 5, 1996 on the balance sheet of FrontierVision Capital
Corporation, included in or made part of this Form S-1 registration statement.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Denver, Colorado
September 18, 1996
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EXHIBIT 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our report
dated April 9, 1996 on the consolidated balance sheet of FrontierVision
Partners, L.P., included in or made part of this Form S-1 registration
statement.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Denver, Colorado
September 18, 1996
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EXHIBIT 23.4
[PIAKER & LYONS, P.C. LETTERHEAD]
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our
report dated May 7, 1996 on the financial statements of United Video
Cablevision, Inc. - Main and Ohio Divisions included in or made part of
FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P.'s Form S-1 registration statement.
/s/ Piaker & Lyons, P.C.
PIAKER & LYONS, P.C.
Vestal, New York
September 18, 1996
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EXHIBIT 23.5
[WILLIAMS, ROGERS, LEWIS LETTERHEAD]
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the
use of our report dated March 11, 1996 on the financial
statements of C4 Media Cable Southeast, Limited Partnership
included in or made part of FrontierVision Operating Partners,
LP's Form S-1 registration statement.
/s/ WILLLIAMS, ROGERS, LEWIS & CO., P.C.
----------------------------------------
Williams, Rogers, Lewis & Co., P.C.
Plainview, Texas
September 18, 1996
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EXHIBIT 23.6
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our report
dated February 27, 1996 on the financial statements of Triax Southeast
Associates, L.P. included in or made part of FrontierVision Operating Partners,
L.P.'s Form S-1 registration statement.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Denver, Colorado,
September 18, 1996
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EXHIBIT 23.7
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the use in this Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement
No. 333-09535 of FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P. and FrontierVision
Capital Corporation on Form S-1 of our report dated March 15, 1996 (Except as
to Note 1 which is dated August 1, 1996), relating to the financial
statements of American Cable Entertainment of Kentucky-Indiana, Inc. appearing
in the Prospectus which is part of this Registration Statement, and to the
reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Stamford, Connecticut
September 18, 1996
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EXHIBIT 23.8
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the use in this Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement
No. 333-09535 of FrontierVision Operating Partners, L.P. and FrontierVision
Capital Corporation of our report dated April 10, 1996 (relating to the
combined financial statements of the Ashland and Defiance Clusters), appearing
in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement, and to the
reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.
/s/Deloitte & Touche LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
September 18, 1996
