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UNITED STATES
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 period ended MARCH 31, 1995
or
[ ] Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
For the transition period from to
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Commission File Number: 0-16718
NORTHLAND CABLE PROPERTIES SEVEN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Washington 91-1366564
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(State of Organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3600, Seattle, Washington 98101
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
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(206) 621-1351
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A
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(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
if changed since last report)
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
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This filing contains 10 pages. Exhibits index appears on page 9.
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PART 1 - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. Financial Statements
NORTHLAND CABLE PROPERTIES SEVEN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
BALANCE SHEETS - (Unaudited)
(Prepared by the Managing General Partner)
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March 31, December 31,
1995 1994
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ASSETS
Cash ($34,968) $263,051
Accounts receivable 188,760 195,505
Prepaid expenses 143,254 48,576
Property and equipment, net of accumulated
depreciation of $8,155,065 and $7,789,802
respectively 8,815,131 9,175,305
Intangible assets, net of accumulated
amortization of $19,068,486 and $18,567,597,
respectively 7,366,712 7,867,311
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Total assets $16,478,889 $17,549,748
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LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' EQUITY
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $487,603 $568,603
Due to managing general partner and affiliates 56,072 40,387
Converter deposits 49,560 53,285
Subscriber prepayments 128,249 261,621
Notes payable 17,167,240 17,537,318
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Total liabilities 17,888,724 18,461,214
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Partners' equity:
General Partners:
Contributed capital, net (25,368) (24,113)
Accumulated deficit (201,380) (197,651)
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(226,748) (221,764)
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Limited Partners:
Contributed capital, net 18,753,526 18,877,756
Accumulated deficit (19,936,613) (19,567,458)
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(1,183,087) (689,702)
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Total partners' equity (1,409,835) (911,466)
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Total liabilities and partners' equity $16,478,889 $17,549,748
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The accompanying note to unaudited financial statements is an integral part
of these statements.
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NORTHLAND CABLE PROPERTIES SEVEN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - (Unaudited)
(Prepared by the Managing General Partner)
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For the three months ended March 31,
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1995 1994
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Service revenues $2,000,867 $1,887,709
Expenses:
Operating 187,628 179,208
General and administrative (including
$265,020 and $314,550 to affiliates
in 1995 and 1994, respectively) 465,943 466,394
Programming 460,381 349,912
Depreciation and amortization 921,181 910,423
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2,035,133 1,905,937
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Loss from operations (34,266) (18,228)
Other income (expense):
Interest expense (322,061) (279,154)
Interest income 1,071 73
Gain (loss) on disposal of assets (17,627) 0
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(338,617) (279,081)
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Net loss ($372,883) ($297,309)
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Allocation of net loss:
General Partners ($3,729) ($2,973)
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Limited Partners ($369,154) ($294,336)
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Net loss per limited partnership
unit: (49,692 units) ($7) ($6)
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Net loss per $1,000 investment ($15) ($12)
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The accompanying note to unaudited financial statements is an integral part
of these statements.
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NORTHLAND CABLE PROPERTIES SEVEN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - (Unaudited)
(Prepared by the Managing General Partner)
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For the three months ended March 31,
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1995 1994
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss ($372,883) ($297,309)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to
cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 921,181 910,423
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets 17,627 0
(Increase) decrease in operating assets:
Accounts receivable 6,745 1,764
Prepaid expenses (94,678) (29,891)
Increase (decrease) in operating liabilities:
Account payable and accrued expenses (81,000) 125,686
Due to managing general partner and affiliates 15,685 105,048
Converter deposits (3,725) (3,895)
Subscriber prepayments (133,372) (110,015)
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Net cash from operating activities 275,580 701,811
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchase of property and equipment, net (77,745) (151,545)
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Net cash used in investing activities (77,745) (151,545)
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Principal payments on borrowings (370,078) (231,560)
Distributions to partners (125,486) (125,486)
Loan fees and other costs incurred (290) 0
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Net cash used in financing activities (495,854) (357,046)
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INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH (298,019) 193,220
CASH, beginning of period 263,051 98,899
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CASH, end of period ($34,968) $292,119
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SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid during the period for interest $431,594 $178
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The accompanying note to unaudited financial statements is an integral part
of these statements.
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NORTHLAND CABLE PROPERTIES SEVEN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
NOTE TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(1) These unaudited financial statements are being filed in conformity with
Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X regarding interim financial statement disclosure
and do not contain all of the necessary footnote disclosures required for a
fair presentation of the Balance Sheets, Statements of Operations and
Statements of Cash Flows in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles. However, in the opinion of management, this data includes all
adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring accruals, necessary to present
fairly the Partnership's financial position at March 31, 1995 and December 31,
1994, its Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 1995
and 1994, and its Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31,
1995 and 1994. Results of operations for these periods are not necessarily
indicative of results to be expected for the full year.
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PART I (continued)
ITEM 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations
Results of Operations
Revenues totalled $2,000,867 for the three months ended March 31, 1995
representing an increase of approximately 6% over the same period in 1994. Of
these revenues, $1,425,677 (71%) was derived from basic service charges,
$190,023 (10%) from premium services, $105,969 (5%) from tier services, $60,773
(3%) from installation charges, $70,492 (4%) from service maintenance contracts
and $147,933 (7%) from other sources. The increase is attributable to rate
increases placed into effect in the latter part of 1994 and a 3% increase in
basic subscribers.
As of March 31, 1995, the Partnership's systems served approximately 22,500
basic subscribers, 6,800 premium subscribers and 6,200 tier subscribers.
Operating expenses totalled $187,628 for the three months ended March 31, 1995,
representing an increase of approximately 5% over the same period in 1994.
This is the result of increased salary and benefit costs.
General and administrative expenses totalled $465,943 for the three months
ended March 31, 1995, representing a slight decrease from the same period in
1994. This is a result of increased salary and benefit costs and increases in
revenue based expenses such as management fees and franchise fees. The
increase was offset by a decrease in discretionary incentive compensation.
Programming expenses totalled $460,381 for the three months ended March 31,
1995, representing an increase of approximately 32% over the same period in
1994. This is due to increased costs charged by various program suppliers and
additional program supplier costs associated with the launch of a new tier in
the Camano, WA system.
Depreciation and amortization expense increased approximately 1% as compared to
the same period in 1994. The increase is attributable to new assets placed into
service during the last three quarters of 1994 and the first quarter of 1995.
Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 1995 increased
approximately 15% compared to the same period in 1994. The Partnership's
average bank debt outstanding decreased from $18,456,000 in the first quarter
of 1994 to $17,348,000 in the first quarter of 1995, however, the Partnership's
effective interest rate increased from 6.19% to 7.33%.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Partnership's primary source of liquidity is cash flow provided from
operations. Based on management's analysis, the Partnership's cash flow from
operations is sufficient to cover future operating costs, debt service and
planned capital expenditures.
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Under the terms of the Partnership's loan agreement, the Partnership has agreed
to restrictive covenants which require the maintenance of certain ratios
including a maximum ratio of senior debt to annualized operating cash flow of
4.50 to 1 and a minimum ratio of annualized operating cash flow to pro forma
debt service of 1.15 to 1. As of March 31, 1995 the Partnership was in
compliance with its required financial covenants.
As of the date of this filing, the balance under the credit facility is
$17,163,718. Certain fixed rate agreements in place as of December 31, 1994
expired during the first quarter of 1995, and the Partnership entered into new
fixed rate agreements. As of the date of this filing, interest rates on the
credit facility were as follows: $8,400,000 at Libor based rate of 8.25%
expiring May 15, 1995 and $8,649,000 fixed at 6.40% under the terms of a
self-amortizing interest rate swap agreement with the Partnership's lender
expiring September 30, 1996. The balance of $114,718 bears interest at the
prime rate plus 3/4% (currently 9.75%). The above rates include a margin paid
to the lender based on overall leverage, and may increase or decrease as the
Partnership's leverage fluctuates.
Capital Expenditures
During the first quarter of 1995, the Partnership incurred approximately
$78,000 in capital expenditures. These include the launch of an additional
tier in the Camano, WA system, and channel additions in the Brenham, TX system.
Planned capital expenditures for the balance of 1995 include line extensions to
pass approximately 1,500 homes in the various systems, channel additions,
initial phases of system upgrades to 450 MHz and vehicle replacements.
Effects of Regulation
On October 5, 1992, Congress enacted the Cable Television Consumer Protection
and Competition Act of 1992 (the "1992 Act"). The 1992 Act substantially
reregulated the cable television industry and imposed numerous requirements,
including provisions subjecting rates for certain services and equipment to
regulation by the applicable local franchising authority and by the Federal
Communications Commission ("FCC"), exclusive programming arrangements, the
carriage of broadcast signals, customer service standards, leased access
channels, customer premises equipment compatibility and various other matters.
On April 1, 1993, the FCC announced the adoption of rate regulations which
became effective September 1, 1993. Under those initial regulations, rates
were evaluated against "competitive benchmarks" and were generally subject to
rollbacks if they exceeded the benchmark levels. On February 22, 1994, the FCC
substantially revised the rate regulation rules to effect further rate
reductions effective May 15, 1994, or later in certain circumstances, based on
complex formulas and revised benchmarks.
All of the Partnership's cable systems are potentially subject to rate
regulation. The 1992 Act (i) requires the FCC to establish rate standards for
basic cable service rates which may be regulated by the applicable local
franchising authority, (ii) requires the FCC, upon receipt of a complaint, to
review rates for additional tiers of cable service, (iii) regulates rates for
mandatorily offered commercial leased access channels and (iv) eliminates the
automatic five percent annual increase for basic rates allowed under prior law.
Rates for channels offered on a per-channel basis as individual purchase
options and pay-per-view events are excluded from
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rate regulation.
Basic service rates, including the equipment used to receive basic service, may
be regulated by a local franchising authority once it has been "certified" by
the FCC. When the certification becomes effective, the local franchise
authority may request the cable operator to justify its existing rates charged
for basic service and related equipment ("request for justification" or "RFJ").
Rates charged in excess of the maximum allowable rates determined under FCC
regulations are subject to refund for the period in which the excess rates were
charged or one year, whichever is shorter. Additional tiers of service are
subject to regulation only upon an appropriately filed complaint to the FCC by
any subscriber, franchising authority or other person ("subscriber
complaints"). If no subscriber complaints are filed within 45 days of a change
in the FCC regulated rates, such rates are not subject to challenge unless and
until the cable operator seeks to modify them. Refund liability, if any,
generally would be limited to any incremental increase in rates. In late 1994,
the FCC revised its rules to permit cable operators to offer New Product Tiers
at rates which they elect so long as, among other conditions, other channels
that are subject to rate regulation are priced in conformity with applicable
regulations and cable operators do not remove programming services from
existing service tiers and offer them on the New Product Tier.
On May 5, 1995, the FCC announced the adoption of a simplified set of rate
regulation rules that will apply to "small" cable systems, defined as a system
serving 15,000 or fewer subscribers, that are owned by "small" companies,
defined as a company serving 400,000 or fewer subscribers. Under the FCC's
definition, the Partnership is a "small" company and each of the Partnership's
cable systems are "small" systems. As of the date of this filing, the FCC has
not released the text of its new rules so the Partnership is unable to
determine the ultimate effects of the regulatory change. Based on the FCC's
public comments, however, the new rules are anticipated to provide a
significant degree of relief from rate regulation for the Partnership's
systems.
As of the date of this filing, the Partnership has received notification that
local franchising authorities with jurisdiction over approximately 23% of the
Partnership's subscribers have elected to certify, no RFJ's have been received
from franchise authorities, and three subscriber complaints have been filed by
systems representing 8% of the Partnership's total subscribers. Based on
management's analysis, the rates charged by these systems are within the
maximum rates allowed under FCC rate regulations.
Future rate increases under this regulatory environment will be dependent on
several factors including the level of inflation as measured by the annual
change in the GNP-PI index, increases in "external costs" as defined by the FCC
and possible changes to the existing rules regarding rate increases associated
with the launch of new services on regulated tiers. Because of the
uncertainties associated with these factors the future impact of rate
regulation on the Partnership's results of operations cannot be determined at
this time. Management feels it is reasonably possible under the price cap
mechanism that operating margins will stabilize and perhaps increase in future
periods as inflation and external cost increases are allowed to be passed
through to subscribers through rate adjustments.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1 Legal proceedings
None
ITEM 2 Changes in securities
None
ITEM 3 Defaults upon senior securities
None
ITEM 4 Submission of matters to a vote of security holders
None
ITEM 5 Other information
None
ITEM 6 Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
(a) Exhibit index
None.
(b) No reports on Form 8-K have been filed during the quarter ended
March 31, 1995.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
NORTHLAND CABLE PROPERTIES SEVEN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
BY: Northland Communications Corporation,
Managing General Partner
Dated: BY: /s/ RICHARD I.CLARK
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Richard I. Clark
(Vice President/Treasurer)
Dated: BY: /s/ GARY S. JONES
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Gary S. Jones
(Vice President/Controller)
(Chief Accounting Officer)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
BY: Northland Communications Corporation,
Managing General Partner
Dated: BY:
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Richard I. Clark
(Vice President/Treasurer)
Dated: BY:
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Gary S. Jones
(Vice President/Controller)
(Chief Accounting Officer)
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