CLARK DICK PRODUCTIONS INC
10-Q, 1999-11-12
MOTION PICTURE & VIDEO TAPE PRODUCTION
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 10-Q


( X )         Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities

              Exchange Act of 1934 For the quarterly period ended September 30,

              1999.

                                       OR

(    )        Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

              Securities Exchange Act of 1934

              For the transition period from ____________ to ____________


                           Commission File No. 0-15192


                          dick clark productions, inc.
                          ----------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          DELAWARE                                             23-2038815
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(State or other jurisdiction of                            (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                            Identification No.)

             3003 West Olive Avenue, Burbank, California 91505-4590
           ----------------------------------------------------------
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                                 (818) 841-3003
                                 --------------
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the  preceding 12 months (or for such  shorter  period that the  registrant  was
required  to file  such  reports),  and  (2) has  been  subject  to such  filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No
                                      --   ---


Below are indicated the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's
classes of common stock as of November 11, 1999.


            Class                           Outstanding at November 11, 1999
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock, $0.01 par value                           8,433,000

Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value                     827,000



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                          dick clark productions, inc.

                                    Form 10-Q

                    For the Quarter Ended September 30, 1999
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>



PART 1.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION                                                               Page
                                                                                             ----

Item 1.  Financial Statements

<S>                                                                                           <C>
         Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 1999 (unaudited)
         and June 30, 1998..............................................................        3

         Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended
         September 30, 1999 and September 30, 1998 (unaudited)..........................        4

         Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended
         September 30, 1999 and September 30, 1998 (unaudited)..........................        5

         Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.....................................        6

Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
         Results of Operations..........................................................        7

Part II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K...............................................       11

         SIGNATURES.....................................................................       12

</TABLE>

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   ITEM 1.                                    dick clark productions, inc.
   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS                       CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                          September 30,
                                                                1999          June 30,
                                                            (Unaudited)         1999
                                                           ---------------  --------------
   Assets
   -----------------------------------------------------

<S>                                                     <C>               <C>
     Cash and cash equivalents                          $       5,999,000 $     6,023,000
     Marketable securities                                     37,813,000      39,075,000
     Accounts receivable                                        4,240,000       4,540,000
     Program costs, net                                         7,781,000       5,067,000
     Prepaid royalty, net                                       2,653,000       2,728,000
     Leasehold improvements and equipment                      11,400,000      10,907,000
     Goodwill and other assets, net                             1,478,000       1,578,000
                                                           ---------------  --------------

        Total assets                                    $      71,364,000 $    69,918,000
                                                           ===============  ==============


   Liabilities & Stockholders' Equity
   -----------------------------------------------------

     Liabilities:

     Accounts payable                                   $       3,125,000 $     4,369,000
     Accrued residuals and participations                       1,876,000       2,075,000
     Production advances and deferred revenue                   3,120,000         695,000
     Current and deferred income taxes                            349,000         316,000
                                                           ---------------  --------------

        Total liabilities                                       8,470,000       7,455,000


     Commitments and contingencies

     Minority interest                                            723,000         652,000


     Stockholders' Equity:

        Class A common stock, $.01 par value,
         2,000,000 shares authorized
            827,000 shares outstanding                              8,000           8,000
        Common stock, $.01 par value,
        20,000,000 shares authorized
          8,433,000 shares outstanding at September 30, 1999
                and June 30, 1999                                  84,000          84,000
     Additional paid-in capital                                18,783,000      18,783,000
     Retained earnings                                         43,296,000      42,936,000
                                                           ---------------  --------------
                                                           .
        Total stockholders' equity                             62,171,000      61,811,000
                                                           ---------------  --------------


   Total liabilities & stockholders' equity             $      71,364,000 $    69,918,000
                                                           ===============  ==============
</TABLE>




   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated statements.


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                          dick clark productions, inc.
                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                                   (UNAUDITED)



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                              For the Three Months Ended
                                                                     September 30,
                                                             ------------------------------
                                                                 1999            1998
                                                             -------------   --------------

<S>                                                      <C>              <C>
     Revenue                                             $     10,585,000 $     13,138,000


     Costs related to revenue                                   9,531,000       12,270,000
                                                             -------------   --------------

        Gross profit                                            1,054,000          868,000



     General and administrative expense                         1,167,000        1,348,000


     Minority interest expense                                     70,000            4,000


     Interest and other income                                   (902,000)        (557,000)
                                                             -------------   --------------

        Income before provision
           for income taxes                                       719,000           73,000


     Provision for income taxes                                   248,000           27,000

                                                             -------------   --------------

        Income before cumulative effect of accounting change      471,000           46,000


        Cumulative effect of accounting change                   (111,000)               0
                                                             -------------   --------------

             Net Income                                  $        360,000 $         46,000
                                                             =============   ==============

     Per share data:

        Basic earnings per share
             Before cumulative effect of accounting chang$           0.05 $           0.00
             Cumulative effect of accounting change                 (0.01)            0.00
                                                             -------------   --------------
             Net Income                                  $           0.04 $           0.00
                                                             =============   ==============

        Diluted earnings per share
             Before cumulative effect of accounting chang$           0.05 $           0.00
             Cumulative effect of accounting change                 (0.01)            0.00
                                                             -------------   --------------
             Net Income                                  $           0.04 $           0.00
                                                             =============   ==============

     Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic       9,260,000        9,249,000
                                                             =============   ==============

     Weighted average number of shares outstanding, diluted     9,399,000        9,386,000
                                                             =============   ==============
</TABLE>


   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated statements.



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                                         dick clark productions, inc.
                                    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                                 (UNAUDITED)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                              For the Three Months Ended
                                                                                     September 30,
                                                                          ------------------------------------

                                                                               1999                 1998
                                                                          ---------------      ---------------

<S>                                                                  <C>                   <C>
       Cash flows from operating activities:
         Net income                                                    $         360,000    $          46,000

         Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
            by operations:
           Amortization expense                                                4,221,000            6,484,000
           Depreciation expense                                                  334,000              616,000
           Investment in program costs                                        (6,650,000)          (8,668,000)
           Minority interest, net                                                 71,000                4,000
           Disposals of property, plant and equipment                              7,000               49,000

           Changes in assets and liabilities:
               Accounts receivable                                               300,000            2,027,000
               Other assets                                                     (110,000)            (117,000)
               Accounts payable, accrued residuals and participations         (1,443,000)          (2,592,000)
               Production advances and deferred revenue                        2,425,000            2,262,000
               Current and deferred income taxes payable                          33,000             (510,000)
                                                                          ---------------      ---------------

       Net cash used for operations                                             (452,000)            (399,000)
                                                                          ---------------      ---------------

       Cash flows from investing activities:
         Purchases of marketable securities                                   (4,292,000)          (1,384,000)
         Sales of marketable securities                                        5,554,000            1,668,000
         Expenditures on property, plant and equipment                          (834,000)            (149,000)
                                                                          ---------------      ---------------

       Net cash provided by investing activities                                 428,000              135,000
                                                                          ---------------      ---------------

       Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents                                 (24,000)            (264,000)

       Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period                    6,023,000            7,092,000
                                                                          ---------------      ---------------

       Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period                  $       5,999,000    $       6,828,000
                                                                          ===============      ===============



       Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:
         Cash paid during the year for income taxes                    $         173,000    $         556,000
                                                                          ===============      ===============
</TABLE>


       The  accompanying  notes  are an  integral  part  of  these  consolidated
statements.


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                          dick clark productions, inc.

                    NOTE TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                   -------------------------------------------
                                   (Unaudited)

      1.      Basis of Financial Statement Presentation
              -----------------------------------------

              The consolidated  financial  statements of dick clark productions,
     inc. and  subsidiaries  (collectively  the "Company") have been prepared in
     accordance  with  generally  accepted  accounting  principles  for  interim
     financial  information.  Interim financial statements do not include all of
     the information  and footnotes  required by generally  accepted  accounting
     principles for complete  year-end  financial  statements.  The accompanying
     financial  statements  should be read in conjunction with the more detailed
     financial  statements and related  footnotes for the fiscal year ended June
     30, 1999, as included in the Company's 1999 Annual Report on Form 10-K (the
     "Annual  Report")  filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission.  A
     signed  independent   accountant's  report  regarding  the  June  30,  1999
     financial  statements  is  included  on  page  28  of  the  Annual  Report.
     Significant  accounting policies used by the Company are summarized in Note
     2 to the financial statements included in the Annual Report.

              In the opinion of management,  all adjustments (which include only
     recurring  normal  adjustments)  required  for a fair  presentation  of the
     financial position of the Company as of September 30, 1999, and the results
     of its operations  and cash flows for the periods ended  September 30, 1999
     and  1998,  respectively,   have  been  made.  Operating  results  for  the
     three-month period ended September 30, 1999 are not necessarily  indicative
     of the operating results for the entire fiscal year.

              The carrying  values of the  Company's  assets are  reviewed  when
     events and  circumstances  indicate that the carrying value of an asset may
     not be  recoverable.  If it is  determined  that  an  impairment  loss  has
     occurred based on undiscounted future cash flows, then a loss is recognized
     in the statement of operations  using a discounted  cash flow or fair value
     model.

              In June 1997,  the  Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board (FASB)
     issued SFAS No. 130, "Reporting  Comprehensive  Income" which was effective
     beginning  with  the  Company's  fiscal  year  ended  June 30,  1999.  This
     statement   established   standards   for  the  reporting  and  display  of
     comprehensive income and its components in financial statements and thereby
     reports a measure of all  changes in equity of an  enterprise  that  result
     from  transactions and other economic events other than  transactions  with
     owners. For the three-month  periods ended September 30, 1999 and 1998, the
     Company  had no  elements  of  comprehensive  income  which  would  require
     additional financial statement disclosure.

              In April, 1998, the AICPA issued Statement of Position (SOP) 98-5,
     "Reporting on the Costs of Start-Up Activities." This SOP requires that all
     nongovernmental entities expense costs of start-up activities (pre-opening,
     pre-operating  and  organizational  costs) as those costs are  incurred and
     requires the write-off of any unamortized balances upon implementation. SOP
     98-5 is effective for  financial  statements  issued for periods  beginning
     after December 15, 1998. The Company  adopted SOP 98-5 in the first quarter
     of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000.  The financial  impact of SOP 98-5
     was recorded as a cumulative  effect of an  accounting  change of $111,000,
     net of a tax benefit of $60,000.


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              On May 11, 1999,  the Company  declared a 5% common stock dividend
     to stockholders of record on May 21, 1999. The Company previously paid a 5%
     common  stock  dividend  to   stockholders   of  record  on  May  4,  1998.
     Accordingly,  common  stock  share data have been  adjusted  to include the
     effect of the stock dividends.



      ITEM 2.

                     MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
                  FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

      INTRODUCTION
      ------------

               The  Company's  business   activities  consist  of  two  business
     segments:   entertainment   operations  and  restaurant   operations.   The
     entertainment  segment  contributed  approximately  53%  of  the  Company's
     consolidated  revenues for the three-month period ended September 30, 1999.
     The Company's  television  programming  is generally  licensed to the major
     television networks, cable networks, domestic and foreign syndicators,  and
     advertisers.  The Company also receives production fees from program buyers
     who retain ownership of the programming.  In addition,  the Company derives
     revenues  from the rerun  broadcast  of its  programs  on network and cable
     television  and in foreign  markets,  as well as the licensing of its media
     and film archives for use in feature  films,  television  movies,  etc. The
     Company  also  derives  revenues  from the  development  and  execution  of
     non-traditional  marketing communications programs,  corporate meetings and
     special events, new product introductions,  trade shows and exhibits, event
     marketing,  film, video and leisure attractions.  The Company, on a limited
     basis, also develops feature films in association with established  studios
     that can provide financing necessary for production.

              License fees for the production of television programming are paid
     to the Company pursuant to license  agreements  during  production and upon
     delivery of the programs or shortly  thereafter.  Revenues from network and
     cable television license agreements are recognized for financial  statement
     purposes  upon  delivery of each  program or in the case of a series,  each
     episode.  Revenues from the rerun broadcast of television programming (both
     domestic  and foreign)  are  recognized  for each program when a particular
     program  becomes  contractually  available for broadcast.  Depending on the
     type of contract,  revenues for the Company's  communications  projects are
     recognized when the services are completed for a live event, when a tape or
     film is delivered to a customer, or when services are completed pursuant to
     a particular phase of a contract which provides for periodic payments.

              Production  costs  of  television  programs  are  capitalized  and
     charged to operations on an individual  basis in the ratio that the current
     year's gross revenues bear to  management's  estimate of the total revenues
     for each program from all sources.  Substantially all television production
     costs are amortized in the initial year of delivery  except for  television
     movies and series where there would be anticipated  future  revenues earned
     from rerun and other exploitation.  Successful television movies and series
     can achieve substantial  revenues from rerun broadcasts in both foreign and
     domestic markets after the initial broadcast, thereby allowing a portion of
     the production costs to be amortized against future revenues.  Distribution
     costs of television programs are expensed in


                                       7

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     the period incurred.  Costs for communications projects are capitalized and
     expensed as revenues are recognized.




      RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
      ---------------------

              Revenues for the  three-months  ended  September  30,  1999,  were
     $10,585,000,  compared  to  $13,138,000  for the  comparable  period in the
     previous fiscal year. The decrease in revenues for the  three-months  ended
     September 30, 1999, as compared to the corresponding period in the previous
     fiscal year, is primarily due to decreased  revenues from television series
     production and restaurant operations,  offset in part by increased revenues
     from communications projects. Revenues from restaurant operations decreased
     for  the  three-months  ended  September  30,  1999,  as  compared  to  the
     corresponding periods in the previous fiscal year, as a result of decreased
     revenues from existing units.

              Gross  profit for the  Company's  productions  for any period is a
     function of the  profitability  of the  individual  programs  and  projects
     delivered  during that period.  Gross  profit as a  percentage  of revenues
     increased for the three-month  period ended September 30, 1999, as compared
     to the  corresponding  period in the previous  fiscal year,  primarily as a
     result of increased profitability recognized from communications projects.

              The Company's gross profits from restaurant  operations  decreased
     for the  three-month  period ended  September  30, 1999, as compared to the
     corresponding  period in the previous fiscal year, as a result of decreased
     profitability in existing units due to a decline in same store sales.

       LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
       -------------------------------

              The  Company  has  funded its  working  capital  requirements  for
     television  production  primarily through installment payments from license
     fees  from  the  television  and  cable  networks  and  minimum  guaranteed
     distribution  payments  from  independent  distributors.  The  Company  has
     generally  been able to cover the costs of its television  programming  and
     corporate  projects  through  license or  syndication  fees and  production
     revenues respectively,  and has incurred no significant capital expenditure
     commitments.

              The Company  signed  leases to open and operate a dick  clark's AB
     Diner in  Schaumburg,  Illinois,  a suburb of Chicago,  and a dick  clark's
     American Bandstand Grill in Auburn Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, in
     the fall of calendar 1999. Additionally, the Company has signed a lease and
     plans to open a dick clark's American Bandstand Grill in Ft. Worth,  Texas,
     in the summer of calendar  2000. The estimated  capital  investment for the
     three units is $2,675,000, which will be funded by the Company.

              The  Company  expects  that its  available  capital  base and cash
     generated  from  operations  will be more than  sufficient to meet its cash
     requirements for the foreseeable future.

              The Company has no outstanding  bank  borrowings or other borrowed
      indebtedness  and  had  cash  and  marketable   securities   (principally
      consisting of government  securities) of approximately  $43,812,000 as of
      September 30, 1999.

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     YEAR 2000
     ---------

              The Company has assessed and continues to assess the impact of the
     Year 2000 Issue on its  reporting  systems  and  operations.  The Year 2000
     Issue exists because computer systems and  applications  were  historically
     designed to use two digit  fields to designate a year,  and date  sensitive
     systems may not recognize 2000 at all, or if recognized, as 1900.

              Information  Technology  systems account for most of the Year 2000
     work and  include  all  computer  systems  and  technology  managed  by the
     Company.  All core systems have been assessed and work has been  undertaken
     to test  and  implement  changes  where  required.  Information  Technology
     vendors and suppliers have been contacted as to their Year 2000  compliance
     and their  responses  have been factored into the Company's  plans.  Normal
     software  version  upgrades  and  hardware  replacements,  for which budget
     allocations  had been made,  have solved a majority of the  Company's  Year
     2000  Issues.  Based on the  nature of the  Company's  business,  it is not
     expected that any non-financial software applications and hardware that may
     be  impacted  by the Year  2000  Issue  would  cause  any  interruption  in
     operations.

              The Company is  communicating  with its significant  customers and
     vendors to  understand  their Year 2000  Issues and how they might  prepare
     themselves  to manage those issues as they relate to the Company.  To date,
     no  significant  customers  or vendors  have  informed  the Company  that a
     material Year 2000 Issue exists which will have a material  adverse  effect
     on the Company.

              The Company has completed all changes that have been identified as
     necessary to overcome the Year 2000 Issue during fiscal 1999; and the total
     cost to remediate was not material to the Company's  results of operations,
     liquidity,  or capital  resources.  The Company  has  developed a Year 2000
     contingency  plan, which it will modify,  as needed,  during the balance of
     1999.


      GENERAL
      -------

              Certain  statements in the foregoing  Management's  Discussion and
     Analysis (the "MD&A") are not historical  facts or information  and certain
     other  statements in the MD&A are forward  looking  statements that involve
     risks and  uncertainties,  including,  without  limitation,  the  Company's
     ability to develop and sell television  programming,  timely  completion of
     negotiations for new restaurant sites and the ability to construct, finance
     and open new restaurants and to attract new corporate  productions clients,
     and such  competitive  and other business risks as from time to time may be
     detailed in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission reports.


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     BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION
     ----------------------------


         The Company's  business  activities  consist of two business  segments:
entertainment operations and restaurant operations.  The factors for determining
the reportable  segments were based on the distinct nature of their  operations.
They are  managed as  separate  business  units  because  each  requires  and is
responsible  for  executing  a  unique  business  strategy,  as  managed  by the
respective chief operating  decision makers.  Summarized  financial  information
concerning the Company's  reportable  segments is shown in the following  tables
(in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                                               Business Segments
                            (dollars in thousands)     Entertainment           Restaurants        Total
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                      <C>                 <C>                 <C>
Three-months ended September 30, 1999
         Revenue                                          $5,654              $4,931             $10,585
         Gross Profit (loss) 1                             1,270                (216)              1,054
             Identifiable assets                          56,373              14,991              71,364
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Three-months ended September 30, 1998
         Revenue                                          $7,271              $5,867             $13,138
         Gross Profit 1                                      797                  71                 868
             Identifiable assets                          50,612              21,810              72,422
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

</TABLE>


1 Does not include corporate overhead of $558,000 and $702,000 for entertainment
and $609,000 and $646,000 for the  restaurant  segment  during the  three-months
ended  September  30, 1999 and 1998,  respectively.  Gross profit also  excludes
minority interest expense and interest and other income.


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                           PART II. OTHER INFORMATION





              Item 1.          None

              Item 2.          None

              Item 3.          None

              Item 4.          Not Applicable

              Item 5.          None

              Item 6.          Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

                                         (a)  Exhibits

                                                  Financial Data Schedule

                                         (b)  Reports

                                                          No event has  occurred
                                                  during the  quarter  for which
                                                  this   report  is  filed  that
                                                  would  require the filing of a
                                                  report   on  Form   8-K   and,
                                                  therefore,  no such report has
                                                  been filed.


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                                   SIGNATURES



              Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of
      1934, registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
      the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



                          dick clark productions, inc.
                          ----------------------------


                        By:      /s/  William S. Simon
                                 ------------------------------------------
                                 William S. Simon
                                 Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
                                 (Principal financial officer and authorized
                                   to sign on behalf of registrant)





      Date:   November 11, 1999
                                      -12-

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  <ARTICLE>                                     5
  <LEGEND>
      THE SCHEDULE  CONTAINS SUMMARY  FINANCIAL  INFORMATION  EXTRACTED FROM THE
      BALANCE  SHEET AND INCOME  STATEMENT  AND IS  QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY
      REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
  </LEGEND>
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  <NAME>                                        DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS, INC.

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