UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
|X| ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 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 number 0-22888
CAI WIRELESS SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Connecticut 06-1324691
(State or other jurisdiction (IRS Employer
of incorporation) Identification No.)
18 Corporate Woods Blvd., Third Floor, Albany, NY 12211
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (518) 462-2632
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered
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None
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share
(Title of class)
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 |_|.
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein and will not be contained, to the
best of Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. |_|
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has filed all documents and
reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan
confirmed by a court. Yes |X| No |_|.
The aggregate market value of the Registrant's common equity held by
non-affiliates of the Registrant at June 21, 1999 was approximately
$181,364,233.
The number of shares of Registrant's Common Stock outstanding on June 21,
1999 was 17,241,379.
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PART I
The statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including the
exhibits hereto, relating to CAI's future operations may constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Actual results of the Company may differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements and may be affected by a
number of factors including CAI's ability to satisfy the various conditions
contained in the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of April 26, 1999 among
CAI, MCI WORLDCOM, Inc. and Cardinal Acquisition Subsidiary Inc., the receipt of
regulatory approvals necessary to consummate the merger, the receipt of
regulatory approvals necessary to deploy alternative uses of its MMDS spectrum,
the assumptions, risks and uncertainties set forth below in the section
captioned "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations" and elsewhere herein, as well as other factors contained
herein and in CAI's other securities filings. There can be no assurance that the
transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger will be
consummated on a timely basis, if at all. Furthermore, there can be no assurance
that the financing obtained by CAI to date will enable it to meet its future
cash needs.
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Overview
CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. ("CAI") is a developer, owner and operator of
wireless telecommunications transport systems utilizing MMDS spectrum, in terms
of number of subscription television subscribers and number of estimated total
service area households. CAI currently operates six analog-based subscription
video systems in New York City, Rochester and Albany, NY; Philadelphia, PA;
Washington, DC, and Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA. As of March 31, 1999, CAI
provided subscription video services to approximately 32,300 subscribers.
Additionally, CAI provides high-speed Internet access on a wholesale basis in
Boston, New York City and Rochester, New York, utilizing MMDS spectrum. CS
Wireless Systems, Inc., a 94%-owned subsidiary ("CS"), currently operates 11
subscription video systems (exclusive of Story City, IA, which is to be
transferred to Nucentrix Broadband Networks, Inc. (f/k/a Heartland Wireless
Communications, Inc.)) in Bakersfield, CA; Cleveland and Dayton, OH; Dallas, Ft.
Worth and San Antonio, TX; Grand Rapids, MI; Cameron/Maysville and Sweet
Springs, MO; Nortonville/Effingham, KS and Minneapolis, MN. As of March 31,
1999, CS provided subscription video services to approximately 55,900
subscribers (exclusive of subscribers in the Story City, IA market). CS also
provides high speed Internet access in its Ft. Worth and Dallas markets
utilizing MMDS spectrum.
CAI is a Connecticut corporation. Its principal executive offices are
located at 18 Corporate Woods Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Albany, New York 12211.
CAI's telephone number is (518) 462-2632. CAI also maintains offices at 101
Ponds Edge Drive, Suite 300, Chadds Ford, PA 19317, at which its accounting
department is located, and at 2101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 100, Arlington, VA
22201, at which CAI's engineering and regulatory affairs departments are
located.
CAI's common stock, par value $.01 per share, trades in the
over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board under the symbol
"CWSS." On April 29, 1999, CAI filed a Form 15 to terminate the registration of
CAI's shares of common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, which will
become effective within 90 days thereafter unless withdrawn or denied. Prior to
CAI's bankruptcy (described below) CAI's common stock was listed under the
symbol "CAWS" on various Nasdaq markets until that common stock was transferred
to the electronic bulletin board on January 13, 1998. Immediately prior to
filing for bankruptcy, CAI had 40,543,039 shares of common stock issued and
outstanding, which shares were cancelled in connection with the consummation of
the bankruptcy.
Recent Developments
Change of Control of CAI. The following description is based entirely upon
information contained in a Schedule 13D (the "Schedule 13D") filed by MCI
WORLDCOM, Inc., a Georgia corporation ("MCI WorldCom"), with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June 9, 1999 relating to the acquisition of CAI common
shares.
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On June 4, 1999, MCI WorldCom acquired 8,284,425 CAI common shares
pursuant to a certain purchase and sale agreement (the "First Agreement") dated
as of March 23, 1999 between MCI WorldCom and certain sellers (the "First
Agreement Parties"). The CAI common shares acquired under the First Agreement
represent approximately 48% of the issued and outstanding common stock of CAI.
MCI WorldCom has also entered into a second purchase and sale agreement dated as
of March 23, 1999 (the "Second Agreement") with certain sellers (the "Second
Agreement Parties"). Under the Second Agreement, MCI WorldCom has agreed,
subject to certain material conditions, to purchase from the Second Agreement
Parties, among other securities, 2,270,715 CAI common shares, representing
approximately 13% of the issued and outstanding common shares of CAI. The
purchase price for the CAI common shares under these agreements is less than the
$28 price per share in the merger, described below.
MCI WorldCom obtained and will obtain the funds for the purchase of the
CAI common shares described herein from its cash on hand and from borrowings
under its commercial paper program and a related credit facility. The credit
facility was not established specifically to fund the acquisition of the CAI
common shares. The facility is a $7 billion 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement
and Term Loan Agreement dated as of August 6, 1998 (the "Facility C Loans") (the
"Credit Facility"). There are no unusual or material conditions to be satisfied
prior to drawdown under the Credit Facility. The parties to the Credit Facility
are MCI WorldCom and NationsBank, N.A. (Arranging Agent and Administrative
Agent), NationsBanc Montgomery Securities LLC (Lead Arranger), Bank of America
NT & SA, Barclays Bank PLC, The Chase Manhattan Bank, Citibank, N.A., Morgan
Guaranty Trust Company of New York, and Royal Bank of Canada (Co-Syndication
Agents) and the lenders named therein. The Credit Facility provides liquidity
support for MCI WorldCom's commercial paper program and is used for other
general corporate purposes. The Facility C Loans have a 364-day term, which may
be extended for up to two successive 364-day terms thereafter to the extent of
the committed amounts from those lenders consenting thereto, with a requirement
that lenders holding at least 51% of the committed amounts consent.
Additionally, effective as of the end of such 364-day term, MCI WorldCom may
elect to convert up to $4 billion of the principal debt outstanding under the
Facility C Loans from revolving loans to term loans with a maturity date no
later than one year after the conversion.
The Credit Facility bears interest payable in varying periods, depending
on the interest period, not to exceed six months, or, with respect to any
Eurodollar Rate borrowing, 12 months if available to all lenders, at rates
selected by MCI WorldCom under the terms of the Credit Facility, including a
Base Rate or Eurodollar Rate, plus the applicable margin. The applicable margin
for the Eurodollar Rate borrowing varies from 0.225% to 0.450% as to Facility C
Loans based upon the better of certain debt ratings. The Credit Facility is
unsecured but includes a negative pledge of the assets of MCI WorldCom and its
subsidiaries (subject to certain exceptions). The Credit Facility requires
compliance with a financial covenant based on the ratio of total debt to total
capitalization, calculated on a consolidated basis. The Credit Facility requires
compliance with certain operating covenants which limit, among other things, the
incurrence of additional indebtedness by MCI WorldCom and its subsidiaries,
sales of assets and mergers and dissolutions, which covenants are generally less
restrictive than those contained in the prior credit facilities and which do not
restrict distributions to shareholders, provided MCI WorldCom is not in default
under the Credit Facility. The Facility C Loans are subject to annual commitment
fees not to exceed 0.12% of any unborrowed portion of the facility.
MCI WorldCom expects that the business and operations of CAI will be
continued substantially as they are currently being conducted, although it plans
to evaluate and review CAI's businesses, operations and properties and make such
changes as are deemed appropriate in light of the increasing demand for high
speed Internet access and additional phone line services and other circumstances
as they arise. After the merger (as described), MCI WorldCom expects to explore
the possibility of taking steps that would be required to cause CS Wireless
Systems, Inc., a 94% owned subsidiary of CAI, to become a wholly owned
subsidiary of CAI or MCI WorldCom. Additionally, after the merger, MCI WorldCom
expects to take appropriate steps to review and possibly reduce or restructure
the outstanding indebtedness of CAI and CS.
MCI WorldCom has indicated that, except as described below or referred to
in the agreements governing the proposed merger, it has no present plans or
proposals that would relate to or result in an extraordinary corporate
transaction such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation involving CAI or any
of its subsidiaries or a sale or other transfer of a material
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amount of assets of CAI or any of its subsidiaries, any material change in the
capitalization or dividend policy of CAI or any other material change in CAI's
corporate structure or business or the composition of CAI's board of directors
or management.
Proposed Merger with MCI WorldCom. On April 26, 1999, CAI entered into an
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of April 12, 1999 (the "Merger Agreement")
with MCI WorldCom and Cardinal Acquisition Subsidiary Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of MCI WorldCom ("Acquisition"). The Merger Agreement provides for
the merger of Acquisition with and into CAI, with CAI becoming a wholly-owned
subsidiary of MCI WorldCom. The affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of
the outstanding CAI common shares is required to approve the Merger Agreement.
As a result of the merger, each CAI common share issued and outstanding when the
merger becomes effective (other than shares held by CAI, MCI WorldCom,
Acquisition and shareholders, if any, who properly exercise their dissenters'
rights under Connecticut law) will be converted into the right to receive $28 in
cash, without interest. Additionally, CAI has agreed to cause outstanding
options and warrants to purchase CAI common shares to become payable for cash,
subject to applicable withholding tax, equal to the difference between $28 and
the per share exercise price of such options or warrants to the extent such
difference is a positive number. The aggregate amount to be paid for outstanding
stock options and warrants, if not exercised prior to closing, is $45,130,240.
On the same date, MCI WorldCom, CAI and Acquisition entered into a Stock
Option Agreement (the "Stock Option Agreement") providing MCI WorldCom the
option to purchase, under certain circumstances, 6,090,481 authorized but
unissued shares of CAI common stock at a price of $28 per share, subject to
certain adjustments. The parties entered into the Stock Option Agreement for the
purpose of facilitating their efforts to consummate the merger.
Upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger
Agreement, CAI's common shares will cease to be authorized to be traded on the
over-the-counter market.
In connection with the execution of a letter of intent relating to the
merger on April 16, 1999, CAI adopted a Shareholders' Rights Plan and declared a
dividend of a right to buy one one-hundredth of a share of a new Series A
Preferred Stock distributed to holders of each share of CAI's common stock.
Under the Rights Plan, if a person (other than certain exempted persons,
including MCI WorldCom), without first obtaining the prior approval of the CAI
Board of Directors, becomes the beneficial owner of more than 15% of the CAI
common stock (an "Acquiring Person"), then the rights distributed to holders of
CAI's common stock would be exercisable for shares of CAI's common stock at a
price that is 50% of the then current price of the CAI common stock. If, after a
person becomes an Acquiring Person, CAI is acquired in a merger or other
business combination or 50% or more of its consolidated assets or earning power
are sold, then each right would be exercisable for shares of the acquiring
party's common stock at a price that is 50% of the then current market price of
such common stock. CAI may, in certain circumstances, exchange each right for a
share of CAI common stock or redeem the rights for $0.001 per right. The
foregoing summary description of the rights plan does not purport to be complete
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the rights agreement, which has
been filed as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC by
CAI on April 28, 1999.
CAI Chapter 11 Case. On July 30, 1998, CAI and one of its wholly-owned
subsidiaries, Philadelphia Choice Television, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11, Title 11 of the United
States Code with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware. The bankruptcy cases of CAI and Philadelphia
Choice were jointly administered, for procedural purposes only, before the
bankruptcy court under Case No. 98-1765 (JJF). Pursuant to Sections 1107 and
1108 of the bankruptcy code, CAI and Philadelphia Choice, as debtors and
debtors-in-possession, managed and operated their assets and businesses pending
the September 30, 1998 confirmation of a joint reorganization plan under the
supervision and orders of the bankruptcy court. The companies filed the plan of
reorganization with the Bankruptcy Court on July 30, 1998 and with the SEC on a
Current Report on Form 8-K on July 2, 1998.
The primary purpose of the CAI plan of reorganization was to restructure
CAI's capital structure in order to align its capital with its present and
future operating prospects. In addition, CAI anticipated that the restructuring
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would serve as the vehicle for the prompt and efficient sale by CAI, and
distribution of the proceeds of the sale and assignment by Philadelphia Choice
Television, pursuant to Section 363(b) of the United States Bankruptcy Code, of
approximately 64 contracts (16 by CAI and 48 by Philadelphia Choice) to provide
cable television programming to certain multi-dwelling units in the
Philadelphia, PA market to an unaffiliated third party.
Prior to the commencement of CAI's reorganization, the funds generated by
CAI were insufficient to meet its then-existing debt service requirements. The
restructuring reduced significantly the principal amount of CAI's outstanding
indebtedness by converting a substantial portion of CAI's indebtedness into new
CAI common shares. By offering the holders of its 12.25% Senior Notes due 2002
ninety-one percent (91%) of the equity of CAI on a post-bankruptcy basis, CAI
intended that such holders would participate in the long-term appreciation of
CAI's business, which CAI expected would be enhanced by the reduction of its
debt service and the implementation of the new business plan focusing on
identifying one or more strategic partners interested in utilizing CAI's MMDS
spectrum in a take-or-pay or other business relationship. The CAI plan of
reorganization contemplated that CAI's general unsecured creditors, including
trade creditors and MMDS spectrum lessors, would not be impaired by the CAI
bankruptcy. Consequently, during the CAI bankruptcy case, CAI paid in the
ordinary course all general unsecured claims, including the claims of trade
creditors, and continued to operate its business in the ordinary course.
CAI implemented a "pre-packaged" bankruptcy, which means that CAI
solicited and received the required impaired creditor approvals prior to filing
a bankruptcy petition. Specifically, CAI sought and received the requisite
approval of the holders of its 12.25% Senior Notes due 2002 and the holders of
certain subordinated indebtedness of CAI. CAI did not solicit the vote of its
shareholders, for whom CAI's plan of reorganization provided no right to receive
or retain any property of CAI post-reorganization. Once CAI received the
requisite acceptances, it filed a bankruptcy petition on July 30, 1998.
A confirmation hearing was held in the bankruptcy court on September 9,
1998. CAI's plan of reorganization was confirmed on September 30, 1998 and
consummated on October 14, 1998. Under CAI's confirmed plan of reorganization,
each holder of the 12.25% Senior Notes received a pro rata portion of
$212,909,624 aggregate principal amount at maturity ($100,000,000 aggregate
principal amount at issuance) of 13% Senior Notes due 2004, 91% of the equity of
reorganized CAI and approximately $16,500,000 in cash. Holders of subordinated
indebtedness claims against CAI received a pro rata portion of 9% of the equity
of reorganized CAI. All equity received by the CAI debt holders was subsequently
diluted by equity reserved for issuance upon the exercise of options granted to
members of CAI's senior management and for equity of reorganized CAI issued in
connection with the senior secured credit facility obtained described below.
Because the CAI plan of reorganization did not contemplate any recovery
for equity-based claims against, or interests in, CAI, the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
deemed such class to have rejected CAI's plan of reorganization, without the
necessity of soliciting the vote of such class. Equity holders included all
holders of CAI common stock immediately prior to the bankruptcy (which traded
under the symbol "CAWS"), as well as holders of options, warrants, preferred
stock and claims against CAI that were based upon or arose out of the purchase
and sale of equity securities of CAI at any time prior to the bankruptcy. The
confirmation of CAI's plan of reorganization by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court on
September 30, 1998 extinguished all such equity claims against CAI, and on
October 14, 1998, in connection with consummating the bankruptcy, CAI amended
its certificate of incorporation to delete the existence of the old common stock
and authorized 25,000,000 shares of new common stock, par value $.01 per share,
for issuance in accordance with the plan of reorganization.
In connection with the CAI bankruptcy, CAI consummated a $60,000,000
Debtor-in-Possession, or DIP, financing provided by Merrill Lynch Global
Allocation Fund, Inc. ("MLGAF"). The DIP financing was governed by an Amended
and Restated Note Purchase Agreement dated as of July 30, 1998 between CAI and
MLGAF, a copy of which was filed as an exhibit to CAI's Current Report on Form
8-K dated August 3, 1998 and filed with the SEC on August 4, 1998. Indebtedness
under the DIP facility was evidenced by certain promissory notes, which accrued
interest at 13% per annum and had a maturity date of January 29, 1999.
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Of the $60,000,000 provided to CAI under the DIP facility, $49,105,894
represented the outstanding principal, interest and fees due to the MLGAF under
a prior note purchase agreement among CAI, certain of its subsidiaries and
MLGAF. All such amounts outstanding under that note purchase agreement were
converted into DIP notes as if there had been a purchase thereof under the DIP
agreement in the amount of $49,105,894. The remaining $10,894,106 was made
available to CAI for its use during the CAI bankruptcy, in accordance with the
terms of an approved budget.
On October 14, 1998, in connection with consummating CAI's plan of
reorganization, all outstanding amounts under the DIP facility, including the
$60,000,000 aggregate principal amount, accrued and unpaid interest in the
amount of $1,646,667 and a $600,000 commitment fee, were repaid out of the
proceeds of the senior secured credit facility described below.
Although CAI has emerged from bankruptcy, there continues to be
substantial doubt as to its ability to continue as a going concern. Reference is
made to "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and
Financial Condition" set forth below and the Report of Independent Auditors and
the Report of Independent Public Accountants included with the CAI financial
statements herein. CAI's consolidated financial statements included herein have
been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates continuity of
operations, realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities and commitments
in the normal course of business. The appropriateness of reporting on a going
concern basis is dependent upon, among other things, future operations and the
ability to generate sufficient cash from operations and financing sources to
meet obligations.
Senior Secured Financing
General. On October 14, 1998, in connection with consummating the CAI
bankruptcy, CAI obtained an $80,000,000 secured credit facility from MLGAF. CAI
realized net proceeds from that secured facility of $15,953,000, after repaying
all outstanding amounts under its DIP financing and certain commitment fees
associated with the facility. The secured facility is governed by the terms of a
Note Purchase Agreement dated October 14, 1998. CAI filed a copy of the Note
Purchase Agreement with the SEC as an exhibit to CAI's Current Report on 8-K
dated October 15, 1998. On March 23, 1999, MCI WorldCom purchased from MLGAF the
$80,000,000 aggregate principal amount of CAI's senior secured notes.
The secured facility consists of two tranches: Tranche A and Tranche B.
Tranche A is a $30,000,000 senior secured loan due October 14, 2000 bearing
interest at 10.5% compounded semi-annually and evidenced by a senior secured A
note. CAI granted a first priority lien on and security interest in and to all
of its assets to secure performance of CAI's obligations with respect to Tranche
A. Tranche B is a $50,000,000 senior secured loan due October 14, 2000 bearing
interest at 13% per annum and evidenced by a senior secured B note. When we
refer in this section to the "Senior Secured Notes" we mean both the senior
secured A note and the senior secured B note. CAI granted a second priority lien
on and security interest in and to all of its assets to secure performance of
its obligations with respect to Tranche B.
Guaranties. In addition to the liens granted by CAI, substantially all of
CAI's subsidiaries have guaranteed the obligations of CAI with respect to the
secured facility. The subsidiaries have granted a lien on and security interest
in and to all of their respective assets to secure their performance under such
subsidiary guaranties.
Fees. The secured facility is a two-year credit facility, maturing on
October 14, 2000. CAI was required to pay a 1% facility fee equal to $300,000 on
the Tranche A amount at the closing of the CAI secured facility. In addition,
CAI is required to pay an 8% facility fee equal to $4,000,000 on the Tranche B
amount. CAI paid $1,500,000 of that 8% facility fee at the closing of the
secured facility. The remaining $2,500,000 balance of the Tranche B facility fee
is payable at maturity of the CAI secured facility (by its term, acceleration,
or otherwise).
Certain Covenants. The CAI secured facility contains certain restrictive
covenants that may have a negative effect on CAI's business or results of
operations. Specifically, the CAI secured facility prohibits CAI from: incurring
additional indebtedness or issuing capital stock of CAI, granting liens on or
pledging any of its property to secure repayment of indebtedness, declaring
dividends to the CAI shareholders or redeeming or
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purchasing any of its own stock, making investments that are not previously
approved by the secured lender, canceling or terminating any MMDS spectrum
license or material contract, including contracts relating to MMDS spectrum, and
making any capital expenditures that are not previously contemplated by a budget
submitted by CAI to the secured lender from time to time throughout the term of
the secured facility. In addition, the CAI secured facility contains, among
others, the following negative, restrictive covenants which limit transactions
with affiliates; lease obligations; mergers, consolidations, sales of assets and
other, similar transactions; prepayments of indebtedness; changes in fiscal
year; speculative real estate investments; asset purchases; line of business;
termination of employer plans; Investment Company Act; press releases; creation
of subsidiaries; employment contracts; amendment to confirmation order; and
becoming a general partner.
The CAI secured facility contains, among others, the following affirmative
covenants: notice and copies of financial and business information, including
but not limited to requested information about CAI and its subsidiaries,
auditors' reports, SEC and other reports, notice of default or events of
default, material adverse change in CAI and its subsidiaries, litigation, and
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 matters; compliance with law;
maintenance of insurance; maintenance of properties and assets; payment of taxes
and claims; performance of material obligations; preservation of corporate
existence; maintenance and inspection of books and records; use of proceeds;
capital stock; full cooperation; obligations of additional obligors; payment of
fees; maintenance of separateness of the obligors and subsidiaries; performance
of material contracts; maintenance of accounts; tower site leases, channel
leases and programming agreements; and blue sky survey.
The note purchase agreement provides that certain events are "events of
default," including if:
o CAI defaults in the payment of any principal on any secured note
when the same becomes due and payable, whether by scheduled maturity
or at a date fixed for prepayment or repurchase or by declaration,
demand or otherwise; or
o CAI defaults in the payment of any interest on any secured note, or
any obligor thereon defaults in the payment of any other amount
owing under any of the note documents, when the same becomes due and
payable, whether by scheduled maturity or at a date fixed for
prepayment or repurchase or by declaration, demand or otherwise; or
o CAI defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term,
covenant or agreement contained in the note purchase agreement on
its part to be performed or complied with; or
o any obligor defaults in the performance of or compliance with any
term, covenant or agreement contained in any of the note documents
(other than specified terms, covenants and agreements) on its part
to be performed or complied with and such default remains unremedied
for 5 days after the earlier of the first date on which (i) a
responsible officer of the obligor becomes aware of such default and
(ii) CAI receives written notice of such default from any holder of
a secured note; or
o any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf
of any obligor or by any officer of any obligor under or in
connection with the note purchase agreement or any other note
document or in any writing furnished in connection with the issuance
of the secured notes proves to have been false or incorrect in any
material respect on the date as of which it was made or deemed to
have been made; or
o CAI or any of its subsidiaries fails to pay any principal of,
premium or interest on or any other amount payable in respect of,
any indebtedness that is outstanding in a principal or notional
amount of at least $1,500,000 (or the equivalent thereof in one or
more other currencies), either individually or in the aggregate (but
excluding indebtedness outstanding under the note purchase
agreement), of CAI and its subsidiaries, when the same becomes due
and payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment,
acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure continues after
the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or
instrument relating to such indebtedness; or any other
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event occurs or condition exists under any agreement or instrument
evidencing, securing or otherwise relating to any such indebtedness
and continues after the applicable grace period, if any, specified
in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such event or
condition is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the
maturity of such indebtedness or otherwise to cause, or to permit
the holder or holders thereof (or a trustee or agent on behalf of
such holders) to cause such indebtedness to mature; or any such
indebtedness is declared to be due and payable or required to be
prepaid or redeemed (other than by a regularly scheduled required
prepayment or redemption), purchased or defeased, or an offer to
prepay, redeem, purchase or defease such indebtedness is required to
be made, in each case prior to the stated maturity thereof; or
o CAI or any of its subsidiaries generally does not pay its debts as
such debts become due, or admits in writing its inability to pay its
debts generally, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors; or any proceeding is instituted by or against CAI or any
of its subsidiaries seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or
insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of it or
its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an
order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee or other
similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property
and assets and, in the case of any such proceeding instituted
against it (but not instituted by it) that is being diligently
contested by it in good faith, either such proceeding remains
undismissed or unstayed for a period of 30 days or any of the
actions sought in such proceeding (including, without limitation,
the entry of an order for relief against, or the appointment of a
receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for, it or
any substantial part of its property and assets) occurs; or CAI or
any of its subsidiaries takes any corporate action to authorize
certain specified actions; or
o one or more judgments or orders for the payment of money aggregating
$1,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in one or more other
currencies) or more are rendered against one or more of CAI and its
subsidiaries and remain unsatisfied and either (i) enforcement
proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon any such judgment or
order or (ii) there is a period of at least 30 days after entry
thereof during which a stay of enforcement of any such judgment or
order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect;
provided, however, that any such judgment or order shall not give
rise to an event of default if and for so long as (A) the amount of
such judgment or order is covered by a valid and binding policy of
insurance between the defendant and the insurer covering full
payment thereof and (B) such insurer has been notified, and has not
disputed the claim made for payment, of the amount of such judgment
or order; or
o any provision of any note document after delivery thereof for any
reason (other than pursuant to the express terms thereof) ceases to
be valid and binding on or enforceable against any obligor intended
to be a party to it or to give the lender or its agent any of the
rights, powers or privileges purported to be created thereunder, or
any such obligor so states in writing; or
o any document relating to collateral pledged by CAI and its
subsidiaries in connection with the secured notes after delivery
thereof for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms thereof)
ceases to create a valid and perfected first priority lien on and
security interest in the collateral purported to be covered thereby;
or
o certain events occur relating to plans governed by ERISA; or
o any event occurs after October 14, 1998, the date on which CAI
consummated its reorganization plan, which results in a material
adverse change to CAI and its subsidiaries; or
o a material disruption occurs in the senior management of CAI or a
material change occurs in the composition of the CAI board; or
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o the confirmation order entered in connection with CAI's bankruptcy
case fails to be in full force and effect; or
o any person (other than any holder of more than 50% of the aggregate
principal amount of secured notes outstanding at such time) or two
or more persons (other than two or more holders of more than 50% of
the aggregate principal amount of secured notes outstanding at such
time) acting in concert acquires beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
directly or indirectly, of voting stock of CAI (or other securities
convertible into voting stock) representing 35% or more of the
combined voting power of all voting stock of CAI; or (ii) any person
(other than any holder of more than 50% of the aggregate principal
amount of secured notes outstanding at such time) or two or more
persons (other than two or more holders of more than 50% of the
aggregate principal amount of the secured notes outstanding at such
time) acting in concert acquires by contract or otherwise, or enters
into a contract or arrangement that, upon consummation, will result
in its or their acquisition of the power to exercise, directly or
indirectly, a controlling influence over the management or policies
of CAI; or
o any default occurs under the 13% senior note indenture.
CAI Common Shares Issued to MLGAF. CAI issued 2,241,379 CAI common shares
to MLGAF as additional consideration to MLGAF for providing the secured
facility. The additional CAI common shares issued to MLGAF represented 13% of
the total CAI common shares issued and outstanding on October 14, 1998, and
increased the ownership percentage of MLGAF to approximately 48% of the
outstanding CAI common shares. (The foregoing is a summary of certain terms of
the secured facility and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Note
Purchase Agreement, which CAI filed as an exhibit to its Current Report Form 8-K
dated October 15, 1998.). On June 4, 1999, MCI WorldCom acquired all CAI common
shares owned by MLGAF and its affiliates. See "Item 12. Security Ownership of
Certain Beneficial Owners and Management" below.
MCI Acquisition of CAI Secured Facility. MCI WorldCom currently holds the
$80,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Senior Secured Notes of CAI. MCI
WorldCom closed its acquisition of the Senior Secured Notes on March 26, 1999,
at which time MCI WorldCom was assigned all rights, title and interest in and to
the Senior Secured Notes, and assumed all of the seller's obligations under the
Senior Secured Notes and the Note Purchase Agreement.
13% Senior Notes due 2004
In connection with the consummation of the CAI bankruptcy, CAI issued
$212,909,624 aggregate principal amount at maturity of 13% Senior Notes due
2004. The senior notes were issued under an indenture dated as of October 14,
1998 between CAI and State Street Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee. The
following summary of the material provisions of the indenture does not purport
to be complete, and we strongly encourage you to read the indenture, as it is
the legal document that governs the CAI senior notes. A copy of the indenture is
filed as Exhibit 4.1 to CAI's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
October 15, 1998.
General. The senior notes are unsecured senior obligations of CAI and rank
pari passu with all unsecured indebtedness of CAI which is not by its terms
expressly subordinated to the senior notes. The senior notes are effectively
subordinated to all indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade
payables) of CAI's subsidiaries, and are effectively subordinated to all secured
indebtedness of CAI to the extent of the value of the assets securing such
indebtedness.
Maturity, Interest and Principal. The senior notes are limited to an
aggregate principal amount at maturity of $212,909,624 and will mature on
October 14, 2004. The senior notes accrete in value from October 14, 1998 to
October 14, 2004, at a rate of 13% per annum, compounded semi-annually. Cash
interest on the senior notes will neither accrue nor be payable prior to
maturity. CAI will pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand
at the rate of 15% per annum. CAI shall, to the extent lawful, pay interest on
overdue installments of
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interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on
demand at the rate of 15% per annum. Interest is computed on the basis of a
360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months, and, in the case of a partial
month, the actual number of days elapsed.
The senior notes are not entitled to the benefit of any mandatory sinking
fund.
Optional Redemption. The senior notes are redeemable, at the option of
CAI, in whole or in part, at any time on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days'
prior notice, at a redemption price equal to the accreted value of the senior
notes.
Selection and Notice. The indenture provides that in the event that less
than all of the senior notes are to be redeemed at any time, selection of such
senior notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee pro rata, by lot or by
such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.
Certain Covenants. The indenture contains certain restrictive covenants
that may have a negative effect on CAI's business or results of operations.
Specifically, the indenture prohibits CAI from: incurring additional
indebtedness or issuing certain types of capital stock prior to raising at least
$25,000,000 in equity financing and maintaining a specific debt ratio, granting
liens on or pledging any of its property to secure repayment of indebtedness,
declaring dividends to the CAI shareholders or redeeming or purchasing any of
its own stock, making certain investments, and selling assets, unless such asset
sale is conducted in accordance with the indenture and the proceeds from such
sale are applied in the manner specified by the indenture, which application
requires the redemption of 13% senior notes in certain circumstances. In
addition, the indenture contains, among others, covenants relating to the
following: payment of securities; maintenance of office or agency; corporate
existence; payment of taxes and other claims; maintenance of properties;
insurance; books and records; compliance with law; compliance certificate; SEC
reports; limitation on issuance and sale of capital stock of restricted
subsidiaries and permitted joint ventures; limitation on transactions with
affiliates; limitation on restricted and unrestricted subsidiaries; limitation
on dividends and other payment restrictions affecting restricted subsidiaries
and permitted joint ventures; limitation on sale and leaseback transactions;
limitation on line of business, and waiver of stay, extension or usury laws.
Events of Default. The indenture provides that certain events are "events
of default," including:
o the failure to pay the principal or accreted value of any senior
note when such principal or accreted value becomes due and payable,
at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption, pursuant to a required
offer to purchase or otherwise;
o a default in the observance or performance of any other covenant or
agreement contained in the senior notes or the indenture which
default continues for a period of 60 days after CAI receives written
notice thereof from the Trustee;
o default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which
there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced
any indebtedness for money borrowed by CAI or certain of its
subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by CAI or
certain of its subsidiaries), whether such indebtedness or guarantee
now exists, or is created after the issue date of the senior notes,
which default:
o is caused by a failure to pay when due principal on such
indebtedness within the grace period provided in such
indebtedness (which failure continues beyond any applicable
grace period), or
o results in the acceleration of such indebtedness prior to its
express maturity and, in each case, the principal amount of
any such indebtedness, together with the principal amount of
any other such indebtedness under which there has been a
payment default or the maturity of
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which has been so accelerated, aggregates $5,000,000 or more;
o one or more judgments in an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000,000
(unless covered by insurance by a reputable insurer as to which the
insurer has acknowledged coverage) being rendered against CAI or
certain of its subsidiaries and such judgments remain undischarged
or unstayed for a period of 60 days after such judgment or judgments
become final and non-appealable;
o certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization affecting
CAI or any of its subsidiaries; or
o any holder of at least $5,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of
indebtedness of CAI or certain of its subsidiaries shall foreclose
upon assets of CAI or certain of its subsidiaries having an
aggregate fair market value, individually or in the aggregate, of at
least $5,000,000 or shall have exercised any right under applicable
law or applicable security documents to take ownership of any such
assets in lieu of foreclosure.
The indenture provides that in the event of an event of default, the
Trustee may, or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of outstanding
senior notes may, declare the accreted value of all the senior notes to be due
and payable by notice in writing to CAI and the Trustee specifying the
respective event of default and that it is a "notice of acceleration" and upon
such declaration the same shall become immediately due and payable,
notwithstanding anything contained in the senior notes or the indenture to the
contrary. If an event of default with respect to bankruptcy proceedings relating
to CAI occurs and is continuing, then such amount will automatically become and
be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part
of the Trustee or any holder of the senior notes. Holders of the senior notes
may not enforce the indenture or the senior notes except as provided in the
indenture. Subject to certain limitations, holders of not less than a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding senior notes may direct
the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. If an event of default occurs
and is continuing and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee must mail to each
holder of the senior notes notice of the event of default within 10 days. The
Trustee may withhold from holders of the senior notes notice of any continuing
event of default (except an event of default relating to the payment of
principal or interest or a failure to comply with certain covenants) if it
determines that withholding notice is in their interest.
The indenture provides that, at any time after a declaration of
acceleration as described in the preceding paragraph but before a judgment or
decree of money due in respect of the senior notes has been obtained, the
holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the senior notes then
outstanding by written notice to CAI and the Trustee may rescind such
declaration and its consequences if (i) CAI has paid or deposited with the
Trustee a specified sum of money sufficient to pay all amounts then due under
the indenture, (ii) the rescission would not conflict with any court judgment or
decree and (iii) all events of default, other than the non-payment of principal
of, premium, if any, and interest on the senior notes that have become due
solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived.
Prior to the declaration of acceleration, the holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the senior notes may waive any existing event of
default under the indenture, and its consequences, except a default in the
payment of the principal of or interest on any senior notes or any default in
respect of any covenant which cannot be amended without the consent of each
holder affected.
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance of Indenture. The indenture provides
that CAI may, at its option and at any time, terminate the obligations of CAI
with respect to the outstanding senior notes, a right called "defeasance," which
means that CAI will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness represented by the outstanding senior notes, except for (i) the
rights of holders of outstanding senior notes to receive payment in respect of
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on those senior notes when such
payments are due, (ii) CAI's obligations to issue temporary senior notes,
register the transfer or exchange of any senior notes, replace mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen senior notes and maintain an office or agency for
payments in respect of the senior notes, (iii) the rights, powers, trusts,
duties and immunities of the Trustee, and (iv) the defeasance provisions of the
indenture.
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In addition, CAI may, at its option and at any time, elect to terminate
its obligations with respect to certain covenants, a right called "covenant
defeasance," that are set forth in the indenture, and any subsequent failure to
comply with those obligations will not constitute an event of default with
respect to the senior notes.
The indenture contains specific requirements that CAI must meet to
exercise either defeasance or covenant defeasance.
Modification of the Indenture. The indenture provides that CAI, when
authorized by a board resolution, and the Trustee may amend, waive or supplement
the indenture or the senior notes without notice to or consent of any holder in
certain circumstances. However, the Trustee and CAI may not make any change that
adversely affects the rights of any holder under the indenture. Other
modifications and amendments of the indenture or the senior notes may be made
with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding senior notes, except that the consent
of each holder of the senior notes affected thereby is required for amendments
to, or waivers of, certain provisions of the indenture, including provisions
relating to the amount of senior notes outstanding, the applicable interest rate
and the timing of any payments due under the senior notes and the indenture.
Business and Operating Strategies
CAI Historical Background. CAI was formed in 1991 to invest in and operate
MMDS subscription television systems. Initially, CAI focused on the development
of analog MMDS subscription television systems in major metropolitan markets,
primarily in the northeast and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
Starting with an operating analog system in Albany, NY, and systems planned for
Rochester, NY, Norfolk, VA, Hartford, CT and Boston, MA, CAI made its initial
public offering of common stock on February 17, 1994, raising $34,782,000, after
deduction of underwriting discounts and commissions. CAI used the proceeds of
the initial public offering for capital expenditures and operating expenses
incurred in connection with the construction, launch, and development of the
Rochester system, the acquisition, construction, launch and development of the
Norfolk system, the upgrading and further development of the Albany system, and
the launch and development of the Hartford system.
The CAI common shares currently trade in the over-the-counter market on
the electronic bulletin board under the symbol "CWSS." As of the date of this
Annual Report on Form 10-K, there are 17,241,379 CAI common shares issued and
outstanding. Prior to the CAI bankruptcy, CAI's common stock was listed under
the symbol "CAWS" on various Nasdaq markets until trading of that common stock
was transferred to the Electronic Bulletin Board system on January 13, 1998.
Immediately prior to filing for bankruptcy, CAI had 40,543,039 shares of common
stock issued and outstanding, which shares were cancelled in connection with the
consummation of the bankruptcy.
CAI believed that the MMDS spectrum had greater potential than simply the
delivery of analog subscription video services. It also recognized that expanded
use of MMDS spectrum presented several challenges, including substantial
development costs, lack of brand identity and infrastructure, and the absence of
head-end and customer premises equipment designed and manufactured for use with
MMDS spectrum. To address many of these issues, CAI devised a business plan that
required one or more strategic partners that would purchase MMDS spectrum
capacity from CAI. CAI identified the regional bell operating companies
("RBOCs") as likely partners. CAI believed that RBOCs would be interested in
developing a digital video strategy using a delivery platform that could be
implemented faster than the contemplated plant upgrades many RBOCs faced in
order to offer enhanced services. CAI targeted Bell Atlantic Corporation and
NYNEX Corporation and began to negotiate a strategic relationship.
Simultaneously with these negotiations, CAI began to acquire additional
MMDS spectrum to attempt to replicate the Bell Atlantic/NYNEX operating
territories. Through a series of acquisitions culminating in the September 29,
1995 acquisition of ACS Enterprises, Inc., an MMDS operator based in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (with operating systems in Philadelphia, Cleveland,
Ohio and Bakersfield, California), and Eastern Cable Networks of Washington,
Inc., which operated the Washington, D.C. MMDS system, CAI aggregated a
significant amount of owned and leased MMDS spectrum in the Bell Atlantic/NYNEX
operating territories. CAI enhanced its spectrum
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capacity during 1996 by being the top bidder in an FCC auction with bids
totaling $36.2 million for the Basic Trading Area ("BTA") rights for its
existing markets as well as for certain new markets.
Joint venture negotiations with Bell Atlantic and NYNEX culminated in the
March 1995 execution of a Business Relationship Agreement and a Securities
Purchase Agreement with affiliates of Bell Atlantic and NYNEX. In September
1995, CAI completed transactions contemplated by these agreements, including the
purchase on May 9, 1995 by Bell Atlantic and NYNEX of $30 million of convertible
debt and warrants to purchase convertible voting preferred stock of CAI. On
September 29, 1995, Bell Atlantic and NYNEX purchased $70 million of 14% senior
convertible preferred stock and additional warrants. The CAI securities
purchased by Bell Atlantic and NYNEX entitled them to own approximately 45% of
CAI if Bell Atlantic and NYNEX had exercised all of the conversion rights of the
securities and made an additional investment in CAI, at that time, of
approximately $202 million.
Simultaneous with the consummation of these transactions, CAI raised
approximately $266 million, through an offering of $275 million in aggregate
principal amount of its 12.25% Senior Notes due 2002. The proceeds from the
issuance and sale of the 12.25% Senior Notes were used by CAI to fund the cash
portion of certain acquisitions, to fund a debt service escrow account required
under the indenture governing the terms of the 12.25% Senior Notes, to fund
capital expenditures, and for working capital and other general corporate
purposes.
In connection with the Bell Atlantic/NYNEX joint venture, CAI
substantially completed the construction of digital video delivery systems in
Boston, MA and Hampton Roads, VA. Through December 12, 1996, however, neither
Bell Atlantic nor NYNEX elected to launch a video service in these or any other
CAI market. During the construction of these systems, the environment in which
the RBOCs decided to pursue a subscription video strategy was changing
dramatically. CAI believes that Bell Atlantic and NYNEX decided to alter their
video strategy as a result of (a) the Telecommunications Act of 1996 which,
among other things, permitted RBOCs to enter the long distance business under
certain circumstances, (b) Bell Atlantic's and NYNEX's announced plans to merge,
and (c) the acknowledgment by certain cable companies that their plans to deploy
the "Information Superhighway" complete with phone service and expanded cable
services, were substantially behind anticipated schedules. With these changes,
CAI began to realize that Bell Atlantic/NYNEX's priorities were shifting away
from subscription video, and any commitment these entities had to the CAI joint
venture. In response, CAI devised a plan that would allow it to re-focus its
efforts and seek to sever all relationships it then had with Bell
Atlantic/NYNEX.
On December 12, 1996, CAI and Bell Atlantic and NYNEX reached an agreement
modifying certain terms of the joint venture and providing CAI or its designee
with the right to acquire the securities originally issued to Bell Atlantic and
NYNEX. This agreement was subsequently amended on April 29, 1997 to provide CAI
with an option to repurchase the $100 million face amount of CAI securities held
by Bell Atlantic and NYNEX. The repurchase consideration contemplated was $40
million in cash and a new class of non-voting convertible junior preferred stock
of CAI. The repurchase option was exercisable through February 28, 1998.
As part of the amendment, Bell Atlantic and NYNEX also immediately
released CAI from its joint venture obligation to make CAI's MMDS spectrum in
Boston, MA, Pittsburgh, PA and Albany, Syracuse and Buffalo, NY available to
them at a future date. Further, upon a repurchase of the securities by CAI, the
joint venture would terminate. Bell Atlantic and NYNEX also suspended or
released CAI from a number of covenant restrictions and governance rights and
provided CAI with a blanket proxy on the approximately 10% interest in CS they
held. The parties also exchanged mutual releases and reached an agreement to
share certain patent and intellectual property rights related to their digital
wireless venture.
On February 17, 1998, CAI consummated a series of transactions, including
the purchase of the remaining contractual rights Bell Atlantic and NYNEX had
under the joint venture. CAI also acquired the approximately 10% equity interest
in CS held by Bell Atlantic and NYNEX. The parties exchanged general releases in
connection with the transaction.
As part of the transactions comprising the termination of the joint
venture, MLGAF advised CAI that it had completed the purchase from Bell Atlantic
and NYNEX of all of the CAI securities held by them. On March 3, 1998, CAI
exchanged these securities for a new $30 million subordinated 12% note due
October 1, 2005, which
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note was extinquished in the CAI bankruptcy. As a result of the exchange
transaction, CAI (i) eliminated approximately $117 million of senior preferred
stock, accumulated preferred stock dividends thereon, and accrued interest on
the indebtedness originally issued to Bell Atlantic and NYNEX, of which
approximately $102 million was reclassified as paid-in capital, and (ii)
recorded a $5.3 million extraordinary gain from the early extinguishment of
debt, net of certain costs. CAI also exchanged 2,500 shares of common stock for
all warrants to purchase CAI stock that were held by Bell Atlantic and NYNEX and
acquired by MLGAF on February 17, 1998.
CS Historical Background. CS was incorporated in December 1993 under the
name ACS Ohio, Inc. and was dormant until March 1994 when its then-parent
company, ACS Enterprises, Inc., acquired MetroCable, Inc. (a company organized
on June 4, 1993 as the successor in interest to a unit of Cablevision) and
Metropolitan Satellite Services, Inc., the operators of a wireless subscription
television system in Cleveland, Ohio. CAI, which presently owns approximately
94% of CS outstanding common stock, acquired ACS Enterprises, Inc. on September
29, 1995.
CAI and Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc. (now known as Nucentrix
Broadband Networks, Inc.) contributed to CS the majority of the assets presently
owned or leased by it pursuant to the terms of a Participation Agreement
consummated on February 23, 1996. In exchange for approximately 60% of the
common stock of CS, CAI, directly or indirectly, contributed to CS the wireless
cable television assets and all related liabilities, or the stock of
subsidiaries owning wireless cable television assets associated with the
wireless cable television markets of Bakersfield and Stockton/Modesto,
California; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Cleveland, Ohio. Simultaneously, in
exchange for approximately 40% of the common stock of CS, cash, a short-term
note and a long-term note, Heartland, directly or indirectly, contributed or
sold to CS the wireless cable television assets and all related liabilities
associated with the wireless cable television markets of Grand Rapids, Michigan;
Minneapolis, Minnesota; Kansas City (suburbs), Missouri; Dayton, Ohio; Dallas,
Fort Worth and San Antonio, Texas; and Salt Lake City, Utah.
On February 23, 1996, in connection with the consummation of the
contributions described above, CS closed a private placement of 100,000 units
consisting of $400 million aggregate principal amount at maturity of 11.375%
Senior Discount Notes due 2006 and 110,000 shares of the common stock of CS. The
original issue price for each $1,000 principal amount of the Senior Discount
Notes of CS was $571.71. Each of the Senior Discount Notes of CS accretes at a
rate of 11.375% per annum computed on a semi-annual bond equivalent basis during
the initial five years of the 10-year term; cash interest is payable beginning
in September 2001 at a rate of 11.375% per annum; and the yield to maturity
(compounded semi-annually) is 11.45%. Including amounts attributable to the
common stock of CS, the issuance of the units resulted in net proceeds to CS of
approximately $162.9 million after (i) underwriting discounts and other debt
issuance costs, (ii) note payments, and (iii) certain distributions made in
connection with the Participation Agreement.
As part of the formation of CS, each of CAI and Heartland successfully bid
on a number of BTA market authorizations on behalf of CS. To be eligible for the
BTA auction held by the FCC during the summer of 1996, a potential bidder was
required to file an application with, and make up-front payments to, the FCC
prior to the start of the FCC's BTA auction. Each of CAI and Heartland made such
filings and up-front payments, entitling each of them to participate in the
FCC's BTA auction. The closing of the Participation Agreement had not occurred
by the date those applications were due, and as a consequence, CS was not an
active participant in the FCC's BTA auction. CAI and Heartland, however, agreed
to convey to CS, at their cost, and CS agreed to purchase, any rights acquired
in the FCC's BTA auction relating to CS' markets, as well as certain other BTA
markets. CAI acquired rights to BTA markets for CS' Bakersfield and
Stockton/Modesto, California; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Cleveland, Ohio
markets for approximately $5.6 million. In addition, CAI purchased BTA
authorizations relating to Atlanta, Georgia and Louisville, Kentucky for
approximately $7.0 million. CAI paid an aggregate of $12.6 million to the FCC in
accordance with the rules of the FCC's BTA auction. Heartland purchased BTA
rights relating to Little Rock, Arkansas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Dayton, Ohio;
Minneapolis, Minnesota; Dallas and San Antonio, Texas; Sedallia and St. Josephs,
Missouri; Lawrence and Emporia, Kansas; and Benton Harbor, Battle
Creek/Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and Muskegon, Michigan for approximately $4.4
million. Of this amount, Heartland has paid to the FCC approximately $1.1
million for these BTA rights. CS will continue to reimburse Heartland for any
and all costs relating to the BTA rights. Those costs are estimated to be up to
an additional $3.8 million, excluding interest expense which accrues at 9.5% per
annum, in accordance with the terms of the
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Participation Agreement. The FCC has approved assignment of all of CAI's BTA
rights to CS. CS and Heartland entered into a BTA lease and an option agreement
pursuant to which Heartland leases to CS rights to 10 BTA markets and portions
of four additional BTA markets and CS has the option to purchase the leased BTA
markets.
CS acquired wireless cable television rights and related assets in certain
Midwest markets including the Effingham and Wellsville, Kansas; Story City,
Iowa; Scottsbluff, Nebraska; Kalispell, Montana and Rochester, Minnesota markets
in connection with its acquisition of USA Wireless Cable, Inc. on October 11,
1996. On September 3, 1997, CS consummated an exchange of its wireless cable
rights and related assets in Salt Lake City, Utah for wireless cable rights and
related assets in Kansas City, Missouri pursuant to an agreement dated as of
November 6, 1996 with People's Choice TV Corp.
On December 2, 1998, CS, CAI and Heartland Wireless Communications
executed a master agreement providing for, among other things, the termination
of Heartland Wireless Communication's rights in, and claims against, CS. The
master agreement is to be performed in two stages. Stage I, which has been
consummated, required the lease by CS to Heartland Wireless Communications of
certain assets related to the Story City, Iowa market, the sale to Heartland
Wireless Communications by CS of certain consumer premises equipment at agreed
upon prices and the payment by CS to Heartland Wireless Communications of
$366,000. In consideration, Heartland Wireless Communications leased to CS
certain assets related to the Portsmouth, New Hampshire market, effected a
partial satisfaction of the long-term note and agreed to various mutual
cooperation obligations relative to developmental applications filed by
Heartland Wireless Communications or CS for two-way authority in adjacent and
overlapping markets, including Dallas-Ft. Worth. At the Stage II closing, which
is to occur following receipt of certain necessary governmental approvals, CS
and Heartland Wireless Communications will transfer to one another their
respective ownership interests in the Story City, Iowa and Portsmouth, New
Hampshire markets, the long-term note shall be canceled and CS shall pay
Heartland Wireless Communications $100,000; additionally, CS agreed to transfer
certain inventory to Heartland Wireless Communications. In connection with the
master agreement, the three Heartland Wireless Communications designees to the
CS board resigned and the Stockholders Agreement among CAI, CS and Heartland
Wireless Communications was terminated. At the Stage I closing, CAI purchased
from Heartland Wireless Communications all of its CS common stock in
consideration for $1,534,000. Subsequent to the Stage I closing, CS redeemed the
shares of CS common stock that CAI acquired from Heartland Wireless
Communications in consideration for payment of approximately $1.5 million in
cash. CS solicited and obtained written consents and waivers from the holders of
a majority of the outstanding CS senior discount notes relative to the
transactions described in this paragraph. CS agreed to pay to the holders of the
CS senior discount notes, as of December 3, 1999, the aggregate sum of $1.25
million in connection with the consents and waivers that were deemed by CS to be
necessary under the terms of the indenture governing the CS senior discount
notes. The payment shall be made upon the latter to occur of (i) three business
days following the Stage II closing and (ii) the date on which CS may be legally
permitted to make such payment.
The redemption of the CS common stock that CAI acquired from Heartland
reduced the total number of CS common shares outstanding to 6,864,471. This
reduction in outstanding shares had the effect of increasing CAI's percentage
ownership of CS to approximately 94%.
Pursuant to the master agreement, any indemnification obligations of CS to
directors previously designated by Heartland Wireless Communications and to a
certain former employee of CS now employed by Heartland Wireless Communications
will survive the resignation of such individuals from CS. CS' indemnification
obligations include those under its certificate of incorporation, by-laws,
contracts and insurance policies (to the extent applicable) and indemnification
obligations of CS otherwise existing as of December 2, 1998. CS expressly agreed
to assume any such indemnification obligation in any bankruptcy proceeding filed
by or against CS.
Business and Operating Strategy. The Company, since its formation, has
focused on the development and operation of MMDS subscription television systems
concentrated in major metropolitan areas located in the northeast and
mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, in the case of CAI, and in the
midwestern and southcentral regions of the country, in the case of CS. With the
suspension of the joint venture with Bell Atlantic and NYNEX and the receipt of
regulatory approvals not previously sought by MMDS operators or granted by the
FCC, CAI has endeavored to develop the full capabilities of its MMDS spectrum in
addition to subscription television. CAI
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believes that its MMDS spectrum can be utilized as a transport system for fixed,
flexible two-way uses that eventually could be combined into a wireless
broadband network ("WBN"). Although CAI recognizes that there are significant
regulatory, technological and financial issues surrounding the development of
such a system in any of CAI's markets, CAI believes that such systems can be
deployed in a reasonable manner to develop a commercially-viable means of
delivering video, voice and data transmission services.
CAI has been aggressively seeking one or more strategic partners
interested in developing and utilizing wireless broadband networks through
either strategic business relationships or an acquisition. As part of its
efforts to secure a strategic partner, CAI has demonstrated its technological
capabilities for the transmission of digital video, voice and data services to
several potential strategic partners and engaged in wide-ranging discussions
with several large telecommunications companies.
CAI is in the process of preparing the necessary applications for two-way
use of its MMDS spectrum in accordance with the rules released by the FCC on
September 25, 1998 with respect to two-way transmissions. Although the FCC has
not yet announced a definitive date for filing such applications, CAI
anticipates that the first "filing window" will open at the FCC for two-way
applications late in the third quarter or early in the fourth quarter of
calendar year 1999. In accordance with the FCC's two-way rules, following the
first filing window, the FCC will accept two-way transmission applications on an
on-going, daily, first-come basis.
The application process involves the formulation of a frequency plan and
coordination of such frequency plan both with internal market, as well as
adjacent market license holders in each market in which an operator seeks
two-way approval. The FCC reviews completed applications in the order in which
they are filed at the FCC, and the granting of an application in a particular
market may limit the utilization of contiguous markets. The frequency plan is
also dependent upon the two-way uses of the MMDS spectrum proposed by the
applicant in any given market.
CAI, in consultation with other companies in the industry, developed a
generic frequency plan that can be used as a template for its markets and has
begun to adapt such template to its various markets in an effort to complete the
FCC's two-way applications. Adaptation of the generic frequency plan is
necessary because of the different channel groups and channels that are
available to CAI in its various markets and the potential interference that
could result from, or be encountered by, CAI as a result of an operator's
activities in a contiguous market. Although CAI has devised such a template, CAI
cannot assure that it will be able to complete the necessary processes to enable
it to file two-way applications for each of its markets during the first filing
window, nor can it assure that applications filed after the first filing window
will not be preempted or otherwise limited by previously filed applications of
other operators. Moreover, the plan for which CAI applied may not be the
frequency plan necessary for the requirements for the business ultimately
conducted in a particular market.
CAI believes that MMDS spectrum, in general, can be utilized in a two-way
environment to provide data, telephony and video transmission services. In
accordance with certain authorizations granted specifically to CAI by the FCC
prior to the release of the FCC's two-way rules, CAI has performed certain
demonstrations and conducted limited testing of fixed, two-way data and
telephony transmission as well as digital video transmission using its MMDS
spectrum. Use of MMDS spectrum in a two-way environment on a widespread basis,
however, involves the deployment of new technology and engineering, most of
which will be developed for the first time in response to the expanded authority
recently granted by the FCC to use MMDS spectrum for two-way transmissions, and
the coordinated efforts of MMDS operators in contiguous and adjacent markets.
Although CAI believes that it will be able to adapt its two-way transmission
engineering plans to provide widespread deployment of its MMDS spectrum in a
two-way environment, CAI cannot assure that new technology and such engineering
will be developed by CAI, or that it will be able to deploy MMDS spectrum in a
two-way environment in any of its markets on a competitive, cost-effective
basis. Furthermore, CAI cannot assure that MMDS operators in markets that are
contiguous or adjacent to its markets will cooperate to enable CAI to maximize
the use of its MMDS spectrum in a two-way environment.
The deployment of MMDS spectrum in a digital two-way environment requires
significant capital expenditure. Implementation of two-way operations requires
an MMDS operator to build an infrastructure that is
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significantly more complex than the infrastructure necessary to operate a
one-way analog or digital video system using MMDS spectrum. CAI's business plan
contemplated that CAI would become a wholesale provider of fixed, two-way
transmission services, and did not contemplate retail distribution by CAI of
wireless services. CAI's business plan, which assumes the presence of one or
more strategic partners purchasing or otherwise utilizing its two-way capacity
for consideration, also contemplates that CAI will be able to share certain
capital expenditures necessary for the build-out of digital two-way MMDS systems
with such strategic partners.
CAI Markets. CAI owns approximately seven of the available commercial
channels in each of its markets. The balance of the commercial channels, as well
as the ITFS channels owned by educational institutions, available to CAI in its
various markets is provided to it through long-term leases. Certain of CAI's
more recent leases contain provisions that contemplate the use of the leased
spectrum for fixed, two-way transmissions. The majority of the spectrum leases
to which CAI, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, is a party, do not contemplate
two-way usage. CAI is negotiating with the lessors of these MMDS spectrum leases
to enable it to use the leased spectrum for two-way services. CAI has previously
completed a series of such negotiations with spectrum lessors in its Boston
market, resulting in leases between CAI and various spectrum lessors in the
Boston market that contemplate two-way transmission services. CAI believes that
these leases are on terms and conditions that are fair and reasonable to the
Company, and believes that it will continue to be able to negotiate revised
leases with spectrum lessors in markets other than Boston on terms and
conditions that are fair and reasonable to CAI.
CAI has assembled significant spectrum rights in the northeast and
mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The table below outlines as of
January 31, 1999 (except as indicated in the footnotes) the characteristics of
the markets in which CAI has an operational subscription television system or in
which CAI holds significant spectrum rights:
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<CAPTION>
Number of New Analog/
Estimated Total Analog/Digital Digital
Service Area Channels Channels Number of
Market Households(a) Available(b) Applied For Subscribers(c)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
New York City 4,997,000 40 0 4,400
Long Island(d) 1,084,000 22 6 *
Philadelphia 2,154,000 37 2 17,000
Boston 1,007,000 31 2 *
Washington, DC 1,479,000 25 0 400
Pittsburgh 1,011,000 32 1 *
Baltimore 1,054,000 32 1 *
Hartford 472,000 22 0 *
Buffalo 501,000 33 0 *
Norfolk 532,000 32 1 1,400
Providence 843,000 28 5 400
Albany 321,000 32 0 7,200
Syracuse 279,000 22 3 *
Rochester 402,000 27 6 1,500
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SUB TOTAL 16,136,000 32,300
BTA Markets (See table below) 3,021,000 *
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GRAND TOTAL 19,157,000 32,300
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* Market not yet in service.
(a) The Estimated Total Service Area Households in the service area represents
the approximate number of households within a 35 mile radius of CAI's
tower sites. These households may have been adjusted downward if any of
CAI's markets overlapped with a subsequently acquired market (see table
below). This information is based on estimates of CAI obtained using two
EDX Engineering software programs,
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MSITE and POP90. Both of these programs use 1990 Census data to compile
their information. Some of these households will be "shadowed" and
therefore unable to receive CAI's service due to line-of-sight ("LOS")
constraints. The percentage of estimated households in the service area
that CAI estimates may be shadowed due to LOS constraints generally ranges
from 10% to 60% depending upon the market. A certain amount of these LOS
constraints may be overcome by the placement of beam benders and/or signal
boosters or by properly designing a cellular network within a service
area.
(b) The Number of Analog/Digital Channels Available comprises wireless cable
channels and local broadcast channels that can be received by subscribers.
Wireless cable channels are either licensed to CAI or leased to CAI from
other license holders. There are no automatic rights to renew ITFS leases
or certain MDS leases. The Number of Analog/Digital Channels Available
includes 10 off-air channels in Philadelphia and 11 in New York City. The
Number of Analog/ Digital Channels Available includes certain channels
that are subject to FCC approvals or third party interference agreements.
CAI has pending FCC applications concerning co-location of transmission
sites and/or an increase in broadcast power with respect to 4 channels in
Hartford, 8 channels in New York City, 9 channels in Providence, 9
channels in Norfolk, 5 channels in Boston and 4 channels in Long Island.
The Number of Analog/Digital Channels Available includes ITFS channels
that may not be available for commercial programming by CAI. CAI also has
rights, either through licenses or leases, to 5 channels in Greensboro (1
available and 4 applied for), 4 available channels in Memphis, 2 available
channels in Winston-Salem, 4 channels (applied for) in Raleigh/Durham and
4 channels (applied for) in Savannah, GA.
(c) The Number of Subscribers represents the number of analog subscription
video subscribers as of March 31, 1999. See "CAI's Analog Subscription
Video Business" description set forth below.
(d) The Long Island market includes Nassau and Suffolk counties in New York
State.
The table below outlines as of January 31, 1999 the characteristics of the
potential markets for which CAI was the successful bidder at the completion of
the FCC Auction (defined below). The estimated total service area households in
the table above may have been adjusted if the 35-mile Protected Service Area
(PSA) overlapped with any of the markets identified below. To the extent there
was overlap between two PSAs, the number of estimated total service area
households in such overlapping area was divided equally between the two affected
markets.
Estimated Number of New
Total Service Analog/Digital Analog/Digital
Area Channels Channels
Market Households Available(a) Applied For
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Dover, DE 155,000 3 12
Hyannis, MA 214,000 1 0
Manchester, NH 316,000 1 0
Worcester, MA 353,000 9 0
New Haven, CT 541,000 3 6
New London, CT 96,000 1 0
Springfield, MA 366,000 13 0
Poughkeepsie, NY 258,000 2 4
Pittsfield, MA 116,000 1 0
Glens Falls, NY 142,000 4 9
Ithaca, NY 183,000 1 8
Utica, NY 153,000 2 4
Summit, NJ 128,000 8 0
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TOTAL 3,021,000
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(a) The number of channels currently owned or leased by CAI.
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CAI has focused on preserving these substantial channel rights in
anticipation of developing digital systems that will allow CAI to utilize higher
output power and compression technologies to increase channel capacity. CAI
began to acquire its spectrum capacity in preparation for its obligations under
the joint venture with Bell Atlantic and NYNEX, which required CAI to deliver a
minimum number of channels in each of the markets subject to the agreement
governing the joint venture. With the termination of the rights of Bell Atlantic
and NYNEX under the joint venture, CAI continued to implement a preservation
strategy that allowed CAI to utilize its significant spectrum capacity for the
delivery of video, voice and data services, or various combinations thereof,
subject to regulatory approval, as necessary for one or more strategic partners.
This preservation strategy included the continued build-out of the transmission
facilities in conformity with the FCC license perfection regulations, as well as
the re-negotiation of spectrum leases when and as such leases mature.
CAI's Analog Subscription Video Business. CAI currently operates six
analog-based subscription video systems in New York City, Rochester and Albany,
NY; Philadelphia, PA; Washington, DC, and Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA. As of
March 31, 1999, CAI provided subscription video services to approximately 32,300
subscribers. CAI's principal subscription video competitors in each of its
markets are the hard-wire cable companies, and include Comcast Corp.,
Tele-Communications, Inc., Cox Cable Communications, Time Warner Cable and
Cablevision Systems Corp.
CAI has not actively sought to increase its video subscriber base in its
existing analog operating systems. Originally, this decision was made in
connection with the joint venture, which contemplated that CAI would be required
to transfer all of its analog video subscribers to the appropriate affiliate of
Bell Atlantic or NYNEX at the time such affiliate of Bell Atlantic or NYNEX
became the provider of video programming in a particular market. CAI was not
entitled to any compensation for subscribers so transferred, and there was no
incentive for CAI to increase its subscriber base. With the suspension of the
joint venture, CAI continues to explore the full capabilities of its MMDS
spectrum, including uses for such spectrum other than subscription video
delivery. Consequently, CAI has maintained its strategy of not pursuing video
subscriber growth while it evaluates its business opportunities other than
subscription video services. The policy of not pursuing subscriber growth has
had a negative impact on CAI's revenues, which is only partially mitigated by
the cost-savings associated with reduced marketing and other efforts ordinarily
pursued in connection with increasing a subscriber base.
In each of the principal analog-based subscription video markets served by
CAI there is, and CAI believes there will continue to be, significant
competition for households from hard-wire cable operators and digital satellite
television operators. Additionally, CAI has experienced loss of subscribers to
hard-wire cable providers in markets where CAI's channel offering is
significantly less than the hard-wire cable providers, such as in CAI's New York
City market, as a result of channel capacity limitations inherent in an
analog-based MMDS operation.
Digital Subscription Video. CAI committed significant funds and
substantial engineering and regulatory efforts to the build-out of its digital
MMDS system in Boston, MA. Initially, construction of the Boston system was
undertaken in fulfillment of CAI's obligations under its agreements with Bell
Atlantic and NYNEX for the provision of subscription video services by Bell
Atlantic and NYNEX using MMDS spectrum. When Bell Atlantic and NYNEX abandoned
digital video plans, CAI continued to construct the Boston system. In its
continuation of the construction, however, CAI sought to build into the system
the flexibility it believed was necessary to offer one-way, high-speed data
services, as well as two-way MMDS services. CAI's Boston system is currently
used for demonstrating digital video, voice and data transmission services.
In connection with the build-out of the digital system in Boston, CAI,
Bell Atlantic and NYNEX converted nearly 100% of the ITFS receive sites in
Boston to enable the receive sites to receive the ITFS signals, as transmitted
from CAI's digital head-end and repeater sites located in the Boston
metropolitan area. The technology and equipment deployed and being used in
Boston for digital video and other uses was devised primarily by CAI's
engineering staff, working in conjunction with various equipment vendors.
CAI has no definitive plans to launch, on its own, a full-scale commercial
digital subscription video service in its Boston market at this time. CAI is
fully committed to ensuring that its ITFS license holders in Boston can serve
their respective receive sites with such license holders' digital video
programming, a project that CAI believes
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is substantially completed in Boston. CAI has, however, delayed the full-scale
launch of a commercial video service for the immediate future.
High-Speed Data Services. CAI believes that, subject to regulatory
approval, MMDS technology presents a viable option to traditional telephony
providers as a "pipeline" through which Internet and commercial on-line services
can be carried, especially for residential and small-to-medium sized businesses
seeking a cost-effective means of accessing such on-line services. CAI also
believes that the MMDS industry's systems, which can currently reach more than
50% of the nation's households, are superior to traditional telephone lines in
terms of speed. An MMDS system is capable of transmitting data significantly
faster than traditional telephony rates of 28.8 Kbps. Several MMDS operators,
including CAI and CS, have successfully tested Internet access capabilities over
their existing systems, using a traditional telephone line for the typically
less data-intensive return path.
Telephony. CAI also believes that, subject to regulatory approval,
two-way, fixed flexible use of its MMDS spectrum includes telephony delivery
services. CAI believes that the combination of digital compression, fiber loop
and cellular technologies can be integrated into the MMDS spectrum, resulting in
a single wireless platform capable of delivering a wide range of services,
including telephony delivery services. CAI has explored adaptation of newly
available, but as of yet commercially untested, technologies and intends to
assess Broadband MMDS spectrum's ability to simultaneously provide a combination
of video, voice and data delivery services. CAI believes that an MMDS system
having one main transmitter and multiple booster sites can be designed using
standard cellular network design principles to produce a relatively low-cost
telephony delivery platform. CAI has commenced preliminary testing and has taken
initial steps in furtherance of developing a telephony application for its MMDS
spectrum. Although CAI believes that an MMDS system can be designed to provide
telephony delivery services, it cannot assure that such a system could be
designed, or that CAI would be capable of designing and constructing such a
system. Furthermore, in the event that such a system could be designed, CAI
cannot assure that it would receive the requisite regulatory approval to offer a
telephony delivery service, that it would have the financial resources, alone or
in conjunction with MCI WorldCom, necessary to design and construct a telephony
delivery service in one or more of its markets, or that such service, if it was
designed and constructed by CAI in one or more markets, could be successfully
deployed in a commercially successful manner.
CS' Markets. The table below outlines as of December 31, 1998 (except as
indicated in the footnotes) the characteristics of the markets in which CS has
an operational subscription video system or in which CS holds significant
spectrum rights:
Estimated
Total Service Wireless
Area Cable Number of
Market Households(a) Channels (b) Subscribers(c)
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Bakersfield, CA 162,000 32 7,100
Battle Creek/Kalamazoo, MI 231,000 12 *
Cameron/Maysville, MO 65,000 33 3,100
Charlotte, NC(d) 580,000 13 *
Cleveland, OH 1,178,000 29 18,200
Dallas, TX 981,000 29 1,500
Dayton, OH(e) 610,000 33 7,500
Fort Worth, TX 540,000 33 1,100
Grand Rapids, MI 346,000 16 300
Kalispell, MT(d) 33,000 21 *
Kansas City, MO(f) 432,000 25 *
Minneapolis, MN 959,000 28 3,100
Napoleon/Bloom Center, IN(e) 141,000 20 *
Nortonville/Effingham, KS 53,000 33 1,700
Rochester, MN 57,000 25 *
San Antonio, TX 550,000 33 10,500
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Scottsbluff, NE 25,000 20 *
Stockton/Modesto, CA 350,000 33 *
Story City, IA(g) 77,000 27 --
Sweet Springs, MO(e) 61,000 33 1,800
Wellsville, KS(e) 229,000 33 *
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TOTAL 7,660,000 55,900
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* Market not yet in service.
(a) The Estimated Total Service Area Households in the service area
represents the approximate number of households within the service area
for the primary transmitted in each market based on census data. The
service area for a market varies based on a number of factors, including
transmitter height, transmitter power and the proximity of adjacent
wireless cable systems.
(b) The Number of Channels Available comprises 6 MHz of bandwidth and are
commonly referred to as wireless cable channels. Wireless cable channels
are either licensed to CS or leased to CS from other license holders.
There are no automatic rights to renew ITFS leases or certain MDS leases.
The Number of Channels also includes certain channels that are subject to
FCC approval of applications for new station authorizations, power
increases, transmitter relocations, as well as third party interference
agreements. The FCC's failure to grant one or more new station
applications could decrease the number of channels. The FCC's failure to
grant one or more power increase or transmitter relocation applications,
or the failure to obtain certain third party interference agreement, could
delay the initiation of service and/or reduce the coverage area of the
affected system or systems. CS has the exclusive right to apply for 13
channels in the Wellsville market, which channels are included in the
above table.
(c) The Number of Subscribers represents the number of subscription video
subscribers as of March 31, 1999. The Number of Subscribers does not
include approximately 1,700 video subscribers attributable to Story City,
IA. (See note (g) below.)
(d) CS currently holds licenses for or leases five wireless cable channels
and also has the right to develop nine additional channels, depending on
interference considerations, in the Charlotte market as a result of its
ownership of the Charlotte BTA.
(e) When the FCC issues a station authorization, the licensee is afforded
a certain period of time to complete construction. If the licensee cannot
complete construction within the specified time frame, the licensee must
file a request with the FCC for additional time to complete construction.
The Napoleon/Bloom Center, Indiana market and the Wellsville, KS market
have 20 channels each, all of which are the subject of currently pending
requests for additional time to complete construction.
(f) The Kansas City, Missouri market was acquired by the Company from
People's Choice TV Corp. ("PCTV") in connection with an exchange
consummated during the third quarter of 1997. The number of wireless
channels includes 4 leased channels for which a consent from the lessor to
assign the lease from PCTV to the Company remains outstanding.
(g) CS assumed operational control of the Story City, Iowa market
effective December 30, 1997. CS subsequently agreed to transfer the market
to Heartland. See "Item 13--Certain Relationships and Related
Transactions--Story City, Iowa Operating Market and Heartland Exit
Transaction" in CS' Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998.
Additionally, CS owns or leases spectrum rights in Little Rock, Arkansas;
Louisville, Kentucky; Muskegon, Michigan; Portsmouth, New Hampshire; and
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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As of March 31, 1999, CS operated wireless cable systems in Bakersfield,
California; Cleveland and Dayton, Ohio; Dallas, Fort Worth, and San Antonio,
Texas; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Cameron/Maysville and Sweet Springs, Missouri;
Nortonville/Effingham, Kansas; and Minneapolis, Minnesota and has acquired
channel rights in other markets including Charlotte, North Carolina and
Stockton/ Modesto, California. Effective December 30, 1997, CS assumed
operational control over the Story City, Iowa market; however, CS has agreed to
transfer the market to Heartland Wireless Communications in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the December 2, 1998 Master Agreement among CAI, CS
and Heartland Wireless Communications. CS has markets that do not fit with its
strategy of regional concentration, and therefore, it may sell or exchange such
systems. CS had preliminary discussions with potential buyers but has not
executed any definitive agreements with respect to the sale, trade, or other
dispositions of such markets. CS has engaged a broker to assist it with the
solicitation of interest in the purchase of certain markets.
CS' Service Offerings And Marketing
Analog Subscription Video Services. CS provides analog wireless television
services to the operational markets described in the table above. Typically, CS
offers for subscription 28 to 33 channels with traditional off-air, cable and
premium programming options. CS generally offers the services through direct
marketing to prospective subscribers. In 1997, CS began to minimize marketing
and capital expenditures associated with analog services and equipment in order
to commit resources to digital technology. CS provided analog video programming
to approximately 53,300 subscribers (excluding the Story City, Iowa market) as
of March 31, 1999.
Digital Subscription Video Services. The utilization of MMDS spectrum for
the delivery of analog television channels is limited by the capacity of the
spectrum; a full 6 MHz of spectrum is required for each analog channel. In 1996,
CS began to develop an infrastructure for the purpose of delivering digital
services. Compression technology allows 8-12 video signals to be transmitted per
each 6 MHz channel. CS intended to commence a full commercial launch of digital
television services in its Dallas market in 1997. CS provided digital video
programming to approximately 2,600 subscribers as of March 31, 1999. Towards
that goal, in 1997, CS signed an agreement with General Instrument Corporation
for the purchase of equipment necessary to deliver digital signals to
subscribers. The timely delivery of commercially viable equipment was an
integral component of CS' plans to offer digital video service.
Due to certain intervening events, CS and General Instrument agreed in
February 1998 to amend certain contractual obligations relating to delivery
dates, performance requirements, penalties and responsibilities in consideration
for certain pricing concessions. In connection with the amendment, CS released
General Instrument from any claims it may have had under the original agreement.
Unfortunately, due to a variety of factors, the intended full-scale commercial
launch has been indefinitely delayed. CS did commence a controlled roll-out of
its digital video product to selected areas in its Dallas market subsequent to
the end of the third quarter. CS evaluated the results of the controlled
roll-out and determined that, absent the availability of certain equipment from
General Instrument, a full-scale commercial launch of digital video service is
not presently feasible. In March 1999, CS entered into an agreement with General
Instrument providing for, among other things, the termination of the equipment
purchase agreement executed in 1997, the return of certain inventory in
satisfaction of an account receivable asserted by General Instrument, the
continuing support by General Instrument of inventory and equipment retained by
CS and mutual releases of certain claims asserted by each of General Instrument
and CS.
Additionally, in an effort to maximize the utilization of the MMDS
spectrum, CS and CAI formed TelQuest Satellite Services LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company ("TelQuest"), in August 1997. CS and CAI intended for TelQuest
Satellite Services to develop and generate satellite systems providing digital
services. CAI and CS hoped, via TelQuest Satellite Services, that they would be
required to construct only one digital compression center to service all of the
respective markets of CS and CAI. The utilization of a single compression center
would result in significant cost savings by eliminating the need to construct
compression centers in each market. In addition, CAI and CS hoped TelQuest
Satellite Services would provide a direct to home service to enable delivery of
services to locations that did not fall within a LOS view and, ultimately,
provide a means by which valuable MMDS spectrum could be utilized for telephone
and data delivery services. See "Certain Relationships and Related
Transactions--TelQuest Satellite Services" in CS' Form 10-K for
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the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998.
CS also converted its analog system in San Antonio, Texas to a hybrid
digital format. However, the indefinite delay of the intended commercial launch
in CS' Dallas market has caused management to delay completion of the
conversion. In addition, one of CS' equipment vendors has advised CS that it
intends to phase out and discontinue certain product lines, including products
utilized by CS in its San Antonio market. CS is currently exploring alternatives
to those equipment and services. Accordingly, CS may have to make additional
expenditures with respect to customer installation and/or conversion activities
in San Antonio. CS is evaluating its other markets to determine where and when
to convert existing analog markets to digital or offer hybrid digital services
in conjunction with existing or planned analog services. However, in the
interim, CS intends to minimize capital expenditures relative to the conversion
of analog markets to digital.
Internet Access. The FCC has granted one way Internet access with respect
to all channels in the MMDS spectrum. CS commenced a limited commercial offering
of its Internet access services in the fall of 1997 for the purpose of
evaluating several business strategies. At this time, CS is exploring and
evaluating the costs and benefits of serving as an Internet Service Provider to
commercial and/or residential accounts, providing transport services to existing
or future Internet Service Providers and acting in the capacity of a reseller of
Internet access. CS is presently capable of broadcasting Internet access
services at speeds significantly faster than today's traditional 28.8 Kbps
modems, and services approximately 250 subscribers in its Dallas and Ft. Worth
markets as of March 31, 1999.
Telephone Services. CS has entered into interconnection agreements with
Southwestern Bell Corp. and GTE for the purpose of offering consumer and/or
multiple dwelling unit operators a bundled package of video, Internet access and
telephony services. Additionally, CS entered into an agreement with MCI WorldCom
for the purpose of reselling long distance services.
Marketing for Multiple Dwelling Units. CS entered into a contract in
October 1997 with DIRECTV, Inc. for the purpose of offering enhanced programming
choices to multiple dwelling units in certain of CS' analog markets. The
contract enables CS to improve its product offering at a relatively lower
capital cost in response to competitive pressures in certain selected markets.
CS has commercially tested certain of its digital video services in multiple
dwelling units in Dallas, Texas and has entered into service contracts with the
owner and/or manager of certain multiple dwelling units in the Dallas/Fort Worth
metropolitan area.
Regulation in the MMDS Industry
The following section is a summary of regulation in the MMDS industry
generally and applies to each of CAI and its subsidiaries, including but not
limited to CS.
General. The wireless cable industry is subject to regulation by the FCC
pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. The Communications Act
empowers the FCC, among other things, to issue, revoke, modify and renew
licenses within the spectrum available to wireless cable; to approve the
assignment and/or transfer of control of such licenses; to approve the location
of wireless cable system headends; to regulate the kind, configuration and
operation of equipment used by wireless cable systems; and to impose certain
equal employment opportunity and other obligations and reporting requirements on
wireless cable channel license holders and operators.
The FCC has determined that wireless cable systems are not "cable systems"
for purposes of the Communications Act. Accordingly, a wireless cable system
does not require a local franchise and is subject to fewer local regulations
than a hard-wire cable system. Moreover, all transmission and reception
equipment for a wireless cable system can be located on private property; hence,
there is no need to make use of utility poles or dedicated easements or other
public rights of way. Although wireless cable operators typically have to lease
from third parties the right to use a certain portion of the channels utilized
in any given system, unlike hard-wire cable operators they do not have to apply
for and be awarded a local franchise or pay local franchise fees. In recent
years, legislation has
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been introduced in some states, such as Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania and
Virginia, to authorize state and local authorities to impose on all video
program distributors (including wireless cable operators) a tax on the
distributors' gross receipts comparable to the franchise fees cable operators
pay. While the proposals vary among states, the bills all would require, if
passed, as much as 5% of gross receipts to be paid by wireless distributors to
local authorities. The industry opposed the state bills as they were introduced,
and, in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland, wireless cable systems were not
subject to a new video gross receipts tax. However, Illinois adapted a 5% gross
receipts tax applicable to wireless cable. It is not possible to predict whether
new state laws will be proposed and enacted in other states which impose new
taxes on wireless cable operators.
The FCC licenses and regulates the use of channels by license holders and
system operators. In the 50 largest markets, 33 6-MHz channels are available for
wireless cable delivery services (in addition to any local broadcast television
channels that can be offered to subscribers via an off-air antenna). In each
geographic service area of all other markets, 32 6-MHz channels are available
for wireless cable (in addition to any local broadcast television channels that
can be offered to subscribers via an off-air antenna). Except in limited
circumstances, 20 wireless cable channels in each of these geographic service
areas are generally licensed only to qualified non-profit educational
organizations (commonly referred to as ITFS channels). In general, each of these
channels must be used a minimum of 20 hours per week per channel for
instructional programming. The remaining "excess air time" on an ITFS channel
may be leased to wireless cable operators for commercial use, without further
restrictions (other than the right of the ITFS license holder, at its option, to
recapture up to an additional 20 hours of air time per week for educational
programming). Lessees of ITFS' "excess air time," generally have the right to
transmit to their customers the educational programming provided by the lessor
at no incremental cost. The FCC's rules permit ITFS license holders to
consolidate their educational programming on one or more ITFS channels, thereby
providing wireless cable operators leasing such channels greater flexibility in
their use of ITFS channels. The remaining 13 channels available in most of the
operating and targeted markets of each of CAI and CS are made available by the
FCC for full-time usage without programming restrictions.
Licensing Procedures. The actual number of wireless cable channels
available for licensing in any market is determined by the FCC's interference
protection and channel allocation rules. The FCC awards ITFS and MMDS licenses
based upon applications demonstrating that the applicant is legally, financially
and technically qualified to hold the license and that the operation of the
proposed station will not cause harmful interference to other stations or
proposed stations entitled to interference protection.
During the year ended March 31, 1996, CAI participated in the FCC's BTA
Auction for awarding available commercial wireless spectrum in 493 markets
throughout the United States, identified as Basic Trading Areas in accordance
with material copyrighted by Rand McNally & Company. The winner of an auction
market has the right to apply for the available MMDS frequencies throughout the
auction market, consistent with certain specified interference criteria that
protect existing ITFS and MMDS channels. Existing ITFS and MMDS channel right
holders also must protect the auction market winner's spectrum from power
increases, tower relocations, or other changes to their stations. CAI was the
successful bidder for 32 auction markets, costing CAI a total of $48.8 million.
Pursuant to an agreement with CS, CAI has transferred seven auction markets
located in CS' operating regions and for which CAI was the successful bidder,
costing an aggregate of $12.6 million, to CS at cost. For each of the auction
markets in which CAI was the successful bidder, CAI was required to submit the
requisite FCC applications and make a down-payment (20% of such successful bid
offset by amounts previously paid) within five business days of the announcement
by public notice of the successful bid. When the authorization for an auction
market is ready to be issued by the FCC, the FCC will release a public notice to
that effect. Within 5 business days of such public notice, the successful bidder
is required to remit the balance of its bid to the FCC, whereupon the auction
market authorization will be issued by the FCC. As of March 31, 1999,
authorizations for all but two of the auction markets for which CAI was the
successful bidder have been issued by the FCC and paid for by CAI.
In February 1995, the FCC amended its rules and established "windows" for
the filing of new ITFS applications or major modifications to authorized ITFS
facilities. The first filing "window" was October 16-20, 1995. (CAI supported a
number of ITFS new station and major modification applications.) Where two or
more ITFS applicants file applications for the same channels and the proposed
facilities could not be operated without
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impermissible interference, the FCC employs a set of comparative criteria to
select from among the competing applicants. More recently, the FCC concluded a
rule-making proceeding that contemplates conducting auctions where two or more
ITFS applicants file competing applications. The FCC has yet to implement rules
to govern the ITFS auction process, nor has it set a date for an auction.
Construction of ITFS stations generally must be completed within 18 months of
the date of grant of the authorization. If construction of MMDS or ITFS stations
is not completed within the authorized construction period, the licensee must
file an application with the FCC seeking additional time to construct the
station and demonstrate therein compliance with certain FCC standards. If the
extension application is not filed or is not granted, the license will be deemed
forfeited. ITFS and MMDS licenses generally have terms of 10 years. Licenses
must be renewed thereafter, and may be revoked for cause in a manner similar to
other FCC licenses. FCC rules prohibit the sale for profit of a conditional MMDS
license or a controlling interest in the conditional licensee prior to
construction of the station or, in certain circumstances, prior to the
completion of one year of operation. However, the FCC does permit the leasing of
100% of an MMDS licensee's spectrum to a wireless cable operator and the
granting of options to purchase a controlling interest in a license even before
such holding period has lapsed.
Wireless cable transmissions are subject to FCC regulations governing
interference and reception quality. These regulations specify important signal
characteristics such as modulation (i.e., AM/FM) or encoding formats (analog or
digital). Until recently, FCC regulations required wireless cable systems to
transmit only analog signals and those regulations needed to be modified, either
by rule-making or by individual application, to permit the use of digital
transmissions. CAI was a party to a petition for declaratory ruling filed in
July 1995 seeking approval of interim regulations authorizing digital
transmission. This petition was granted on July 9, 1996, and allows wireless
license holders to operate digitally under current FCC interference rules. The
license holder is, however, required to file for digital authorization.
In September 1998, the FCC issued new rules that permit and regulate the
deployment of MMDS spectrum for two-way services. The new rules facilitate the
use of ITFS and MMDS channels for the distribution of voice and data services,
in addition to video services, from multiple cell sites by implementing an
expedited licensing scheme. The new licensing scheme contemplates the issuance
of authorizations to operators and licensees to install, receive, and transmit
antennas at subscriber locations within broad geographic areas around cell
sites; the creation of contiguous spectrum for upstream and downstream
transmissions by swapping and shifting channels; the creation of subchannels
(less than 6 MHz) and superchannels (greater than 6 MHz); and the use of new
modulations schemes (e.g., CDMA, TDMA, QPSK). Furthermore, the FCC changed
certain ITFS leasing rules, including extending the maximum length of lease
terms from ten to fifteen years, broadening the definition of educational usage
to include data and voice distribution, and reducing the minimum amount of
channel capacity an ITFS licensee must reserve for its own educational purposes
to five percent of the total capacity. Several issues have been appealed and
further rule changes are anticipated.
The FCC also regulates transmitter locations and signal strength. The
operation of a wireless cable television system requires the co-location of a
commercially viable number of MMDS channels and operations with similar
transmission characteristics (such as power and polarity). In order to commence
the operations of certain markets of CAI and its subsidiaries, applications have
been or will be filed with the FCC to relocate and modify existing transmission
facilities. Under current FCC regulations, a wireless cable operator generally
may serve subscribers anywhere within the line of sight of its transmission
facility, provided that the signal complies with FCC interference standards.
Under rules adopted by the FCC on June 15, 1995 and effective as of
September 15, 1995, an MMDS channel license holder generally has a protected
service area of 35 miles around its transmitter site. In launching or upgrading
a system, a wireless cable company may wish to relocate its transmission
facility or increase its height or power. If such changes cause the signal to
violate interference standards with respect to the protected service area of
other wireless license holders, the company desiring to relocate would be
required to obtain the consent of such other license holders; however, there can
be no assurance that such consents would be received.
Change in Control Issues. Under federal law, the FCC must grant prior
approval to any assignment or
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transfer of control involving an entity that holds a FCC license. The governing
statute and the FCC's rules distinguish between minor and major changes of
control, and the FCC thus has two different processes tailored to fit the extent
to which the licensed entity undergoes changes: (a) a "short form" or pro forma
change of control process that takes approximately two weeks from filing to
grant, for use when, among other things, a licensed entity changes its form of
doing business (e.g., from a partnership to a corporation) without effectuating
any ownership changes of such entity, and (b) a "long form" change of control
process that generally takes a minimum of two to four months, for use when,
among other things, a licensed entity proposes to undergo a permanent change in
the ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of its voting securities.
Although the FCC retains broad discretion with respect to the proposed
transaction, there are relatively few well-established bases upon which an
interested party can successfully challenge an application of this nature in the
MMDS industry. Generally, other than determining that the prospective owners of
the licensed entity are citizens of the United States and do not hold
significant interests in hard-wire cable companies whose franchises overlap with
the licensed entity's areas of operation, the FCC, upon concluding that the
proposed transaction is in the public interest, will, in all likelihood, approve
the subject transaction. Thus, absent a challenge, a long form application
generally will be granted within approximately two to four months from the date
it was filed. A challenge would extend the grant period by at least another two
to three months, and we cannot predict when the FCC will actually dispose of
such a challenge.
Interference Issues. Interference from other wireless cable systems can
limit the ability of a wireless cable system to serve any particular site. In
licensing ITFS and MMDS systems, a primary concern of the FCC is avoiding
situations where proposed stations are predicted to cause interference with the
reception of previously authorized or proposed stations. Pursuant to FCC rules,
a wireless cable system is generally protected from interference within a radius
of 35 miles of the transmission site. In addition, modification and new station
applications submitted after the FCC's BTA auction will be required to protect
BTA auction winners from interference. The FCC's interference protection
standards may make one or more of these proposed modifications or new grants
unavailable. In such event, it may be necessary to negotiate interference
agreements with the licensees of the systems which would otherwise block such
modifications or grants. CAI cannot assure that it will be able to negotiate
necessary interference agreements on acceptable terms. If CAI cannot obtain
interference agreements required to implement acceptable plans for a market, it
may have to curtail or modify operations in that market, utilize a less optimal
tower location, or reduce the height or power of the transmission facility, any
of which could have a material adverse effect on anticipated growth in that
market. In addition, while leases with ITFS and MMDS licensees require their
cooperation, it is possible that one or more channel lessors may hinder or delay
the efforts of CAI to use the channels in accordance with its plans for the
particular market.
The 1992 Cable Act. On October 5, 1992, Congress enacted the 1992 Cable
Act, which compels the FCC to, among other things:
o approve comprehensive federal standards for the local regulation of
certain rates charged by hard-wire cable operators,
o impose customer service standards on hard-wire cable operators,
o govern carriage of certain broadcast signals by all multi-channel
video providers, and
o compel non-discriminatory access to programming owned or controlled
by vertically-integrated cable operators.
The rate regulations adopted by the FCC do not regulate cable rates once
other multi-channel video providers serve, in the aggregate, at least 15% of the
households within the cable franchise area. The FCC's customer service rules
establish certain minimum standards to be maintained by traditional hard-wire
cable operators. These standards include prompt responses to customer telephone
inquiries, reliable and timely installations and repairs, and readily
understandable billing practices. Although these rules do not apply to wireless
cable operators, CAI believes that it provides and will continue to provide
customer service superior to its hard-wire cable competitors.
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Under the retransmission consent provisions of the 1992 Cable Act and the
FCC's implementing regulations, all multi-channel video providers (including
both hard-wire and wireless cable) seeking to retransmit certain commercial
broadcast signals must first obtain the permission of the broadcast station.
Hard-wire cable systems, but not wireless cable systems, are required under the
1992 Cable Act and the FCC's "must carry" rules to retransmit a specified number
of local commercial television or qualified low power television signals.
The 1992 Cable Act and the FCC's implementing regulations established
cable rate regulations and imposed limits on exclusive programming contracts and
prohibited programmers in which a cable operator has an attributable interest
from discriminating against cable competitors with respect to the price, terms
and conditions of programming. Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996,
Congress directed the FCC to eliminate cable rate regulations for "small
systems," as defined in the Telecommunications Act, and for large systems under
certain prescribed circumstances, and for all cable systems effective March 31,
1999.
While current FCC regulations are intended to promote the development of a
competitive subscription television industry, the rules and regulations
affecting the wireless cable industry may change, and any future changes in FCC
rules, regulations, policies and procedures could have a material adverse effect
on CAI. The extent to which wireless cable operators may continue to maintain a
price advantage over traditional hard-wire cable operators could be diminished
if statutory or regulatory provisions are adopted that strengthen or reimpose
cable rate regulations. Strict rate regulation of cable rates would also tend to
impede the ability of hard-wire cable operators to upgrade their cable plant and
gain a competitive advantage over wireless cable.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996. The Telecommunications Act, enacted in
February 1996, could have a material impact on the MMDS industry and the
competitive environment in which CAI and its subsidiaries operate. The
Telecommunications Act has and will continue to result in comprehensive changes
to the regulatory environment for the telecommunications industry as a whole.
The legislation, among other things, substantially reduced regulatory authority
over cable rates. Another provision of the Telecommunications Act afforded
hard-wire cable operators greater flexibility to offer lower rates to certain of
its subscribers, and would permit cable operators to offer discounts on
hard-wire cable service to the subscribers or prospective CAI subscribers. The
legislation also permits telephone companies to enter the video distribution
business, subject to certain conditions. The entry of telephone companies into
the video distribution business, with greater access to capital and other
resources, could provide significant competition to the companies in the MMDS
industry. In addition, the legislation afforded relief to direct broadcast
satellite providers by exempting such providers from local restrictions on
reception antennas and preempting the authority of local governments to impose
certain taxes. The FCC has issued several orders implementing the
Telecommunications Act, the most recent of which was released on March 29, 1999.
Copyright. Under the federal copyright laws, permission from the copyright
holder generally must be secured before a video program may be retransmitted.
Under Section 111 of the Copyright Act, certain "cable systems" are entitled to
engage in the secondary transmission of programming without the prior permission
of the holders of copyrights in the programming. In order to do so, a cable
system must secure a compulsory copyright license. Such a license may be
obtained upon the filing of certain reports with and the payment of certain fees
to the U.S. Copyright Office. In 1994, Congress enacted the Satellite Home
Viewers Act of 1994 that enables operators of wireless cable television systems
to rely on the cable compulsory license under Section 111 of the Copyright Act.
For the year ended March 31, 1999, CAI paid approximately $80,000 in fees.
Direct-to-Home satellite distributors rely on a compulsory license under a
different provision, Section 119 of the Copyright Act, to retransmit distant
broadcast signals to subscribers' homes in areas where local broadcast signals
are difficult to receive. The satellite compulsory license expires in 1999
unless reauthorized by Congress. Legislation has been introduced which would
renew the satellite compulsory license and increase the ability of
Direct-to-Home services to transmitter broadcast signals into local loop areas.
Renewal of the satellite compulsory license and enactment of provisions to
retransmit local signals into local areas will enhance the ability of
Direct-to-Home satellite services to compete with wireless cable systems.
Retransmission Consent. Under the retransmission consent provisions of the
1992 Cable Act, wireless and
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hard-wire cable operators seeking to retransmit certain commercial television
broadcast signals must first obtain the permission of the broadcast station in
order to retransmit their signal. However, wireless cable systems, unlike
hard-wire cable systems, are not required under the FCC's "must carry" rules to
retransmit a specified number of local commercial television or qualified low
power television signals. Although CAI cannot assure you that it will be able to
obtain requisite broadcaster consents, management believes in most cases that
CAI will be able to do so for little or no additional cost.
Regulation by the FAA. In addition to regulation by the FCC, MMDS
operators are subject to regulations by the Federal Aviation Administration with
respect to construction of transmission towers and to certain local zoning
regulations affecting construction of towers and other facilities. Local
authorities, neighborhood associations and other similar organizations may
impose restrictions limiting the use of certain types of reception equipment
used by companies in the wireless cable industry. Future changes in the
foregoing regulations or any other regulations applicable to CAI could have a
material adverse effect on its results of operations and financial condition.
State Mandatory Access Laws. Certain states have legislated that each
resident of a multiple dwelling unit should not be denied access to programming
provided by franchised cable systems, notwithstanding the fact that the multiple
dwelling unit entered into an exclusive agreement with a non-franchised video
program distributor. States with such "mandatory access" laws include
Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. In several district courts, mandatory access laws
have been held unconstitutional. Such laws could increase the competition for
subscribers in multiple dwelling units. Local authorities may also impose
additional restrictions. CAI cannot assure that it will not have to incur
additional costs to comply with such regulations or restrictions.
Competition
The following section is a summary of competition in the MMDS industry
generally and applies to each of CAI and its subsidiaries, including but not
limited to CS.
The subscription television industry is highly competitive. The principal
subscription television competitors of CAI in each market are traditional
hard-wire cable, Direct-to-Home satellite services and private cable operators.
In addition, home video cassettes compete with premium movie services offered by
the cable television systems. In areas where several local off-air VHF/UHF
broadcast channels can be received without the need for subscription television,
cable television systems also have faced competition from the availability of
broadcast signals generally and have found market penetration to be more
difficult. Legislative, regulatory and technological developments may result in
additional and significant competition, including competition from local
telephone companies.
Hard-Wire Cable. CAI's principal subscription television competitors in
each market are traditional hard-wire cable operators. Hard-wire cable companies
are generally well established and known to potential customers and have
significantly greater financial and other resources than CAI. The competing
hard-wire cable companies generally offer significantly increased channel
line-ups, compared to between 22 to 42 channels (consisting of between 17 and 33
wireless cable channels and between 5 and 10 local off-air VHF/UHF broadcast
channels) generally offered presently by CAI in its markets. According to a
report issued by the FCC in December 1998, of the approximately 98 million total
households nationwide with at least one television, approximately 95.1 million
are passed by hard-wire cable systems, and of those homes that are passed by
cable, approximately 65.4 million are hard-wire cable subscribers.
Direct-to-Home (DTH). DTH satellite television services originally were
available via satellite receivers which generally were 7-to-12 foot dishes
mounted in the yards of homes to receive television signals from orbiting
satellites. Until the implementation of encryption, these dishes enabled
reception of any and all signals without payment of fees. The requirement that
customers purchase decoders and pay for programming has reduced the popularity
of DTH satellite television, although CAI will, to some degree, compete with
these systems in marketing its services. Another form of DTH service is DBS,
which involves the transmission of an encoded signal direct from a satellite to
the customer's home. Because the signal is at a higher power level and frequency
than most
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satellite-transmitted signals, its reception can be accomplished with a
relatively small (18-inch) dish mounted on a rooftop or in a yard. In most areas
of the country, DBS currently cannot, for technical and legal reasons, provide
local VHF/UHF broadcast channels as part of its service, although many DBS
subscribers receive such channels via standard over-the-air receive antennas.
DBS may provide subscribers with access to broadcast network distant signals
only when such subscribers reside in areas unserved by any broadcast station.
The cost to a DBS subscriber for equipment and service is generally
substantially higher than the cost to wireless cable subscribers. According to a
report issued by the FCC in December 1998, there are approximately 7.2 million
subscribers using DBS services.
Private Cable. Private cable, also known as satellite master antenna
television, is a multi-channel subscription television service where the
programming is received by a satellite receiver and then transmitted via coaxial
cable throughout private property, often multiple dwelling units, without
crossing public rights of way. Private cable operates under an agreement with a
private landowner to service a specific multiple dwelling unit, commercial
establishment or hotel. The FCC amended its rules to provide point-to-point
delivery of video programming by private cable operators and other video
delivery systems in the 18 GHz band. Private cable operators compete with CAI
for exclusive rights of entry into larger multiple dwelling units.
Telephone Companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 removed many of
the restrictions on the ability of local exchange carriers, including regional
bell operating companies, to provide video programming directly to subscribers
in their respective telephone service areas. Thus, while there remains a
prohibition against a local exchange carrier acquiring a hard-wire cable
operator within its telephone service area, local exchange carriers can build
their own hard-wire cable systems. In addition to having the opportunity to
install traditional hard-wire cable, local exchange carriers also have the
option of installing high capacity fiber optic facilities. CAI believes that
they will continue to maintain a cost advantage over installing hard-wire, fiber
optic or open video distribution platforms due to the high capital expenditures
associated with such technologies. Bell South Corporation has acquired wireless
cable channel rights in Atlanta, GA, New Orleans, LA, and Miami, FL and begun to
offer services in New Orleans and Atlanta. The competitive effect of the entry
of telephone companies into the subscription television business, including
wireless cable, is still uncertain.
Local Off-Air VHF/UHF Broadcasts. Local off-air VHF/UHF broadcast
television stations (such as ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox) provide free programming to
the public. Previously, subscription television operators could retransmit these
broadcast signals without permission. However, effective October 6, 1993,
pursuant to the 1992 Cable Act, local broadcasters may require that subscription
television operators obtain their consent before retransmitting local television
broadcasts. CAI has obtained such consents for its operating systems and CAI
will be required to obtain such consents in certain of its markets to
re-broadcast any such channels. Although management believes that it will be
able to obtain such consents, CAI cannot assure that it will be able to obtain
all such consents. The FCC also has recently permitted broadcast networks to
acquire, subject to certain restrictions, ownership interests in hard-wire cable
systems. In some areas, several low power television stations authorized by the
FCC are used to provide multi-channel subscription television service to the
public. Low power television service transmits on conventional VHF/UHF broadcast
channels, but is restricted to very low power levels, which limits the area
where a high-quality signal can be received.
Local Multi-Point Distribution Service (LMDS). In 1993, the FCC initially
proposed to redesignate the 28 GHz band to create a new video programming
delivery service referred to as LMDS. In July 1995, the FCC proposed to award
licenses in each of 493 BTAs pursuant to auctions. Final rules were issued by
the FCC, and the auction for LMDS spectrum was conducted, in February 1998.
Bidders bid on an A-block license, consisting of 1,150 MHz of spectrum, and a
B-block license, consisting of 150 MHz of spectrum, in each BTA. A total of 864
licenses were sold to 104 bidders for bids totaling $578.6 million. 161 licenses
were not sold, including 121 A-block licenses and 40 B-block licenses. The FCC
re-auctioned the unsold licenses in April and May of 1999 for a total of
$45,069,450.
The LMDS licensees share the 28 GHz frequency band with the Mobile
Satellite Service and the 31 GHz band with state and local governments. The FCC
allows the LMDS licensees to use the spectrum for a variety of services,
including telephony, interactive video, video distribution, data transmission,
teleconferencing, and other
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applications. Depending on the type and number of services offered, the cost of
the customer-premises equipment could range from $300 (for a video receive
antenna) to $1,000 (for telephony, video, and data capabilities).
Other Competitive Factors. In addition, within each market, CAI initially
must compete with others to acquire, from the limited number of MMDS channels
issued or issuable, rights to a minimum number of MMDS channels needed to
establish a commercially viable system. Digital capability is essential for MMDS
to compete with hard-wire cable, which in its current analog state offers
between 36 to 90 channel offerings depending on a given market. With the
deployment of digital, hard-wire cable is expected to offer over 150 channels.
CAI has lost television subscribers to hard-wire cable competitors in certain of
its markets due to the channel capacity limitations inherent in an analog-based
MMDS operation. In addition, within each market, CAI initially must compete with
others to acquire, from the limited number of MMDS channels issued or issuable,
rights to a minimum number of MMDS channels needed to establish a commercially
viable system. Aggressive price competition or the passing of a substantial
number of presently unpassed households by any existing or new subscription
television service could have a material adverse effect on the results of
operations and financial condition of CAI.
New and advanced technologies for the subscription television industry,
such as digital compression, fiber optic networks, DBS transmission, video
dialtone, and LMDS are in various stages of development of commercial
deployment. These technologies are being developed and supported by entities,
such as hard-wire cable companies and regional bell operating companies, that
have significantly greater financial and other resources than CAI. These new
technologies could have a material adverse effect on the demand for MMDS
subscription television services. CAI cannot assure that it will be able to
compete successfully with existing competitors or new entrants in the market for
subscription television services.
CAI will also face intense competition from other providers of data and
telephony transmission services if such services are implemented on a commercial
basis. Such competition is increased due to the fact that MMDS spectrum has not
traditionally been utilized to deliver such alternative services, and consumer
acceptance of such services delivered via MMDS technology is unknown at this
time. Many of the existing providers of data transmission and telephony
services, such as long distance and regional telephone companies, have
significantly greater financial and other resources than CAI. In addition, CAI
cannot assure that there will be consumer demand for alternative uses of the
MMDS spectrum such as data transmission, including Internet access services, and
telephony delivery services, that CAI will be able to compete successfully
against other providers of such services, or that it will be able to achieve
profitability from such services in future years.
Employees
As of June 21, 1999, CAI had a total of approximately 310 employees,
including 190 employees of CS and TelQuest, of which none were subject to
collective bargaining agreements. CAI has never experienced a work stoppage and
believes that employee relations are good.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
CAI leases various office sites in Albany, New York; Arlington, Virginia;
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania; and in each region in which an operating system
exists or is being constructed. CAI also leases transmission tower sites in the
regions of its operating systems. CAI believes adequate office space and tower
sites are readily available in all markets. CAI owns substantially all of the
equipment which is necessary to conduct its operations, except certain vehicles,
test equipment, and office equipment. A significant portion of CAI's investment
in plant and equipment consists of subscriber equipment, which includes
antennas, block downs, converters and remotes, and related installation costs,
principally located at the subscribers' premises, and the reception and
transmitter equipment located at the transmitter sites.
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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
In Re CAI Wireless Systems, Inc., Debtor, Chapter 11 Case No. 98-1766 (JJF) and
In Re Philadelphia Choice Television, Inc., Debtor, Chapter 11 Case No. 98-1765
(JJF). On July 30, 1998, CAI and one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries,
Philadelphia Choice Television, Inc., filed voluntary petitions under Chapter
11, Title 11 of the United States Code with the United States Bankruptcy Court
for the District of Delaware. The reorganization plan proposed by CAI and
Philadelphia Choice Television was confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court on
September 30, 1998. CAI and Philadelphia Choice Television consummated the
reorganization plan and emerged from Chapter 11 on October 14, 1998. The case
remains open, with the Bankruptcy Court retaining limited jurisdiction, pending
the entry of a final decree closing the case.
In Re CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. Securities Litigation. CAI and certain
individuals were named in six class action lawsuits alleging various violations
of the federal securities laws filed in the United States District Court for the
Northern District of New York. The actions were consolidated into one lawsuit
entitled In Re CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. Securities Litigation (96-CV-1857),
which is currently pending in the Northern District of New York against Jared E.
Abbruzzese, chairman and chief executive officer of CAI, John J. Prisco, a
former president, chief operating officer and director of CAI, and Alan
Sonnenberg, a former president and director of CAI. The amended, consolidated
complaint alleges a variety of violations of the anti-fraud provisions of the
Federal securities laws by CAI arising out of its alleged disclosure (or alleged
omission from disclosure) regarding its Internet and other flexible use of MMDS
spectrum, as well as its business relationship with Bell Atlantic and NYNEX.
Specifically, the complaint alleges that defendants violated Sections 10(b) and
20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 10b-5
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act, during the specified class
period, May 23, 1996 through December 6, 1996. CAI notified the carrier of its
Directors' and Officers' Liability insurance policy, which is intended to cover
not only CAI's officers and directors, but also CAI, itself, against claims such
as those made in the securities lawsuit. The policy covers up to $5,000,000 of
any covered liability, subject to a retention amount of $500,000. The securities
lawsuit is in its preliminary stages. A scheduling conference was held on June
3, 1997, at which the briefing schedule for defendants' motion to dismiss was
agreed upon among the parties. The defendants' motion to dismiss was heard by
the Northern District of New York on October 17, 1997 and is still pending.
While the motion is pending, all other deadlines affecting motions and discovery
have been postponed. CAI's plan of reorganization provided no recovery to any
holder of CAI's equity or to any holder of an equity-based claim, such as the
claims made against CAI in the securities lawsuit. Upon the confirmation of
CAI's plan of reorganization on September 30, 1998 and the October 14, 1998
consummation of the plan of reorganization, plaintiffs' claims against CAI in
the securities lawsuit were discharged and released by order of the Bankruptcy
Court. Furthermore, the securities lawsuit plaintiffs were enjoined from
continuing their action against CAI. A Memorandum of Understanding outlining a
settlement in the amount of $3,000,000 (all of which will be covered by the
proceeds from the above-referenced liability insurance policy) has been executed
by counsel to all parties. The parties anticipate executing a settlement
agreement shortly and submitting such agreement to the court for final
disposition of this action. Accordingly, CAI's management believes the
securities lawsuit will not have a material adverse effect on CAI's earnings,
financial condition or liquidity.
Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. v. CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. d/b/a POPVISION
Wireless Cable and as a third party defendant in Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. v.
601 L & P Bar, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania. These actions arise out of the alleged improper broadcasts of
certain sporting events in commercial establishments in violation of the alleged
distributor's exclusive broadcast rights. The complaints seek actual
compensatory damages in unspecified amounts, together with statutory penalties
claimed for alleged violations of federal statutes. The plaintiff, Joe Hand
Promotions, alleged that it is the exclusive distributor of certain televised
sporting events in the greater Philadelphia area for commercial establishments,
and alleged the improper broadcast by CAI of such events in approximately five
instances. The lawsuits were in the preliminary stages when CAI commenced its
Chapter 11 case. Action against CAI in these lawsuits has been suspended by the
court. CAI believes that in the event of an adverse outcome, the amount would
not be material given the nature of the claims.
Other Litigation. CAI is the defendant in two separate breach of contract
actions arising out of separate alleged marketing agreements entered into by ACS
Enterprises, Inc. prior to its merger with CAI in September 1995. The first
action, pending in the Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,
seeks
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unspecified damages in excess of $30,000. The action has been stayed as a result
of the CAI bankruptcy. The second lawsuit, pending in the Court of Common Pleas
in Philadelphia County, also seeks unspecified damages in excess of $50,000.
Plaintiff is currently conducting its discovery.
On or about June 18, 1999, an action was filed in the New York Supreme
Court for the County of Albany captioned Bogdan and Faist, P.C. v. CAI Wireless
Systems, Inc., Index No. 3463-99. The complaint asserts that CAI has failed to
transfer to the plaintiff unspecified property and property rights in breach of
an alleged contract between the plaintiff and CAI. The complaint seeks to
require CAI to specifically perform under the alleged contract. Management
believes that this action is without merit and intends to vigorously defend this
lawsuit.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
No matters were submitted to shareholders during the last three months of
the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
On January 8, 1998, the CAI common stock outstanding prior to the CAI
bankruptcy (which traded under the symbol "CAWS") was removed from The Nasdaq
National Market to The Nasdaq SmallCap Market due to CAI's failure to meet the
applicable net tangible asset listing requirement imposed by Nasdaq. As a
condition to listing on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market , CAI was required to
maintain compliance with a $1.00 per share bid price for a defined interim
period. Effective January 13, 1998, as a result of failing to maintain the $1.00
per share bid price, the CAI common stock outstanding prior to the CAI
bankruptcy was de-listed from The Nasdaq SmallCap Market. As of October 15,
1998, no market existed for the pre-bankruptcy CAI common stock.
The CAI common shares issued in connection with the CAI bankruptcy are
traded in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board under the
ticker symbol "CWSS."
The following table sets forth, on a per share basis, the high and low
closing sale prices of the pre-bankruptcy CAI common stock, as reported by the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. for the first three quarters of
CAI's fiscal year ended March 31, 1998. The following table also sets forth, on
a per share basis, the range of reported high and low bid quotations on the
over-the-counter electronic bulletin board, as derived from the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. for the fourth quarter of CAI's fiscal
year ended March 31, 1998, each quarter of CAI's fiscal year ended March 31,
1999 and for the first quarter of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000 (through
June 21, 1999). Such quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail
mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily reflect actual
transactions.
Closing Sale Prices
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High Low
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 1998:
First Quarter: $2.00 $1.03
Second Quarter: $1.94 $0.94
Third Quarter: $2.50 $0.88
Bid Quotations
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High Low
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 1998:
Fourth Quarter: $1.34375 $0.375
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 1999:
First Quarter: $0.475 $0.11
Second Quarter: $0.125 $0.0075
Third Quarter (1): $1.71875 $0.015
Fourth Quarter: $7.750 $0.6563
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2000
First Quarter (through June 21,
1999): $28.8750 $7.1875
(1) Represents the high and low bid quotations for the post-bankruptcy CAI
common shares, which began trading on October 28, 1998.
As of June 21, 1999, CAI had approximately 100 shareholders of record,
including participants in security position listings, as defined in Exchange Act
Rule 17Ad-8.
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DIVIDENDS
CAI has never paid cash dividends on CAI common shares and does not
currently intend to pay cash dividends on CAI common shares in the foreseeable
future. Since CAI generally conducts, and in the future intends to conduct,
operations through subsidiaries, CAI's ability to declare or pay cash dividends
will depend in part on the ability of CAI's present and future subsidiaries to
declare or pay cash dividends to CAI. Any future determination by CAI to pay
cash dividends on CAI common shares will be within the discretion of the CAI
board and will depend upon the earnings of CAI, CAI's financial condition and
capital requirements and other financial factors which are considered relevant
by the CAI board.
Pursuant to certain restrictive covenants contained in the instruments
governing CAI's indebtedness, including the indenture governing the 13% Senior
Notes and the note purchase agreement governing the terms of the 13% Senior
Secured Notes, CAI cannot declare or pay any dividends or make any distributions
on CAI common shares. Also, CAI may not purchase or redeem any of its shares,
including warrants and options. Pursuant to certain restrictive covenants
contained in the instruments governing CS' indebtedness, including the indenture
governing CS' 11.375% Senior Discount Notes, CS is prohibited from declaring or
paying any dividends or making any distributions to CAI. See "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations"
below.
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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following summary should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements and related notes contained elsewhere herein (in thousands,
except per share data):
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<CAPTION>
Reorganized
Company Predecessor Entity
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Period Period
October 15, April 1, 1998
1998 to to Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended
March 31, October 14, March 31, March 31, March 31, March 31,
1999(1)(2) 1998(2) 1998 1997 1996(3) 1995(4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Summary of Operations:
Revenue $ 15,433 $ 11,481 $ 28,622 $ 36,327 $ 30,682 $ 5,148
Interest expense (30,938) (18,243) (47,227) (40,806) (24,608) (1,734)
Equity in losses of affiliates (38,741) (45,484) (31,747) (17,600) -- --
Write-down of impaired assets -- -- (73,500) -- -- --
Reorganization costs -- (17,101) -- -- -- --
Write-down equity investment -- -- (23,570) -- -- --
Net loss before extraordinary
item (110,648) (99,906) (231,261) (82,298) (40,986) (14,107)
Extraordinary net gain from
early extinguishment of debt -- 85,356 5,346 -- -- --
Net loss (110,648) (14,550) (225,915) (82,298) (40,986) (14,107)
Preferred stock dividends -- -- (13,891) (13,011) (5,879) (328)
Basic and diluted loss per
new common share(5) (6.42)
Weighted average number of common
shares outstanding(5) 17,241
<CAPTION>
March 31, March 31, March 31, March 31, March 31,
1999(1)(2) 1998 1997 1996 1995
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Financial Condition:
Wireless channel rights $ 307,182 $ 194,051 $ 207,681 $ 205,974 $ 46,192
Investment in CS -- 43,338 88,535 113,054 --
Property and equipment 68,436 49,898 69,767 52,569 21,840
Total assets 483,454 351,466 542,340 698,795 78,461
Long-term Debt 353,140 312,089 311,787 318,435 29,532
Redeemable preferred stock -- -- 87,821 92,883 18,378
Shareholders' equity (deficit) 34,643 (23,402) 114,690 192,611 22,115
</TABLE>
(1) The selected consolidated financial data include the accounts of CAI
Wireless Systems, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries and, effective as
of December 2, 1998, its approximately 94% ownership of CS and its 60%
interest in TelQuest. All significant intercompany accounts and
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The financial position
and results of operations for CS and TelQuest are consolidated into the
Company's financials as of and for the four months ended March 31, 1999.
All acquisitions of companies have been accounted for on the purchase
method of accounting and the purchase prices have been pushed down to the
acquired companies, primarily to wireless channel rights and goodwill.
(2) During the period from July 30, 1998, the date of CAI's Chapter 11
bankruptcy petition, through October 14, 1998, the date of bankruptcy
consummation, contractual interest of $4,956 was not recorded because it
is an unsecured, unallowed charge in the bankruptcy proceeding. In
addition, the Company's financial accounting during a Chapter 11
proceeding utilized the American Institute
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of Certified Public Accountants' Statement of Position 90-7, "Financial
Reporting by Entities in Reorganization Under the Bankruptcy Code." The
emergence from the Chapter 11 proceeding resulted in the creation of a new
reporting entity without any accumulated deficit and with the Company's
assets and liabilities restated to their estimated fair values. Due to the
application of fresh-start reporting, the financial statements for periods
after the reorganization are not comparable in all respects to the
financial statements for periods prior to the reorganization, primarily
with respect to depreciation and amortization. Accordingly, this period is
separated on the selected financial data by a vertical black line.
(3) The Company acquired ACS Enterprises, Inc. and Eastern Cable Networks of
Washington, Inc. on September 29, 1995. Also, the Company closed a series
of transactions with Nucentrix Broadband Networks, Inc. wherein CS
received certain assets from Nucentrix in exchange for CS common stock and
cash.
(4) The Company acquired assets constituting the New York system on January 9,
1995.
(5) Per share data for the pre-reorganized periods are not presented as such
amounts are not meaningful.
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Throughout this section, when we refer to the term "Company," we mean CAI
Wireless Systems, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including its wholly-owned
subsidiaries and its partially-owned subsidiaries, including CS Wireless
Systems, Inc., TelQuest Satellite Services LLC, CAI Data Systems, Inc., CAI
Satellite Communications, Inc. and MMDS Satellite Ventures, Inc., on a
consolidated basis, from and after October 14, 1998. When we refer to the term
"Predecessor Entity," we mean CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. and its subsidiaries
prior to October 14, 1998. When we refer to the terms "CAI" and "CS," we mean
CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. and CS Wireless Systems, Inc., respectively, each on
a stand-alone basis. When we refer to "MMDS spectrum," we mean the Multichannel
Multipoint Distribution Service channels, Multichannel Distribution Service
channels, Instructional Television Fixed Service channel and wireless
communications service spectrum regulated by the Federal Communications
Commission that are owned or controlled by CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. and its
subsidiaries.
The statements contained in this Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations relating to the Company's
operating results, and plans and objectives of management for future operations
and its products and services, constitute forward looking statements within the
meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Actual results of the Company may differ materially from those in the forward
looking statements and may be affected by a number of factors including the
Company's ability to satisfy the various conditions contained in the Agreement
and Plan of Merger among CAI, MCI WORLDCOM, Inc.("MCI WorldCom") and Cardinal
Acquisition Subsidiary Inc., the receipt of regulatory approvals necessary to
consummate the merger transaction, the receipt of regulatory approvals necessary
to deploy alternative uses of its MMDS spectrum and other factors contained in
this Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations, elsewhere in this annual report and in CAI's securities filings.
There can be no assurance that the transactions contemplated by the Agreement
and Plan of Merger will be consummated on a timely basis, if at all.
Overview
General. The Company provides wireless broadband and subscription video
services utilizing MMDS spectrum primarily in the northeastern, midwestern and
southcentral regions of the United States. CAI operates six analog-based
subscription video systems providing video services to approximately 32,300
subscribers as of March 31, 1999. CAI's operating systems are located in New
York City, Rochester and Albany, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Washington, D.C., and
Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA. CS operates 11 subscription video systems providing
video services to approximately 55,900 subscribers as of March 31, 1999
(exclusive of subscribers in the Story City, Iowa market). CS' operating systems
are located in Bakersfield, CA; Grand Rapids, MI; Sweet Springs and
Cameron/Maysville, MO; Cleveland and Dayton, OH; San Antonio, Ft. Worth and
Dallas, TX; Minneapolis, MN; and Nortonville/Effingham, KS. In addition to its
17 operating markets, the Company owns the BTA authorization from the FCC or has
aggregated MMDS spectrum rights in 30 unconstructed markets. CAI also provides
high-speed Internet access on a wholesale basis in Boston, New York City and
Rochester, New York. CS also provides high-speed Internet access in its Ft.
Worth and Dallas markets utilizing MMDS spectrum.
On July 30, 1998, CAI and Philadelphia Choice Television, Inc., one of its
wholly-owned subsidiaries, filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11, Title 11
of the United States Code. The reorganization plan proposed by CAI and
Philadelphia Choice Television, Inc. was confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court on
September 30, 1998. CAI and Philadelphia Choice Television, Inc. consummated the
reorganization plan and emerged from Chapter 11 on October 14, 1998. The case
remains open, with the Bankruptcy Court retaining limited jurisdiction, pending
the entry of a final decree closing the case.
Although CAI has emerged from bankruptcy, the recurring losses of the
Company (and the Predecessor Entity prior to the bankruptcy), restrictions on
the Company's ability to obtain additional financing and substantial commitments
for capital expenditures raise significant doubt about the Company's ability to
continue as a going concern. The Company's business plan is to maintain its MMDS
spectrum capacity while searching for a strategic partner interested in
utilizing the Company's MMDS spectrum in a two-way digital environment.
On April 26, 1999, CAI entered into an agreement and plan of merger with
MCI WORLDCOM, Inc. and Cardinal Acquisition Subsidiary Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of MCI WorldCom, which agreement provides for CAI shareholders to
receive $28.00 per CAI common share in cash upon the merger of CAI with Cardinal
Acquisition Subsidiary. The transaction is subject to customary conditions,
including receipt of required regulatory approvals. In connection with the
execution of the merger agreement, CAI also granted to MCI WorldCom an option to
purchase 6,090,481 CAI common shares at $28.00 per share, subject to certain
conditions.
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While the Company anticipates that the merger will be consummated during
the third quarter of calendar year 1999, there can be no assurance that the
merger will be consummated or that CAI will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of
MCI WorldCom. In the event, however, that the merger is not consummated, the
Company will not be able to meet its cash needs without additional borrowings or
the issuance and sale of equity or debt. There can be no assurance that the
Company would be able to borrow or raise such additional amounts, or that the
terms pursuant to which the Company may be able to borrow or raise such funds
would be on terms satisfactory to the Company.
On March 23, 1999, MCI WorldCom entered into separate agreements to
acquire, among other things, an aggregate of approximately 10,555,140 issued and
outstanding CAI common shares owned by various third parties, representing
approximately 61.2% of the issued and outstanding CAI common shares entitled to
vote on the merger. According to MCI WorldCom, the agreements provide that each
of the sellers' and MCI WorldCom's obligations to sell or purchase, as the case
may be, the CAI common shares is subject to certain conditions. On June 4, 1999,
MCI WorldCom completed the acquisition of 8,284,425 CAI common shares pursuant
to one such agreement, thereby becoming a 48% shareholder of CAI. MCI WorldCom
also holds $119,412,609 aggregate principal amount of CAI's 13% senior notes due
2004, $80,000,000 aggregate principal amount of CAI's senior secured notes due
2000 (issued under CAI's exit facility, described below) and $215,750,000
aggregate principal amount of CS' 11.375% senior discount notes due 2006. MCI
WorldCom has agreed to vote its CAI common shares in favor of the merger.
Reorganization. As indicated above, during the fiscal year ended March 31,
1999, CAI and one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries reorganized under Chapter 11
of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The Chapter 11 case commenced on July 30,
1998 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The
reorganization plan was confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court on September 30, 1998
and CAI consummated the reorganization plan and emerged from Chapter 11 on
October 14, 1998.
In connection with the consummation of the reorganization plan, CAI
recorded an extraordinary gain of $85.4 million reflecting the extinguishment of
debt. Long-term debt totaling approximately $308 million, including accrued
interest thereon and associated issuance costs, were replaced with $100 million
aggregate principal amount at issuance of CAI's 13% senior notes due 2004, 91%
of the equity of reorganized CAI and approximately $16.5 million in cash. The
extinguished debt of CAI included $275 million aggregate principal amount of
CAI's 12.25% senior notes due 2002, CAI's 12% subordinated note in the principal
amount of $30 million and approximately $2.8 million aggregate principal amount
of acquisition-related subordinated notes of CAI, together with interest accrued
thereon.
The CAI reorganization plan did not provide any recovery for the holders
of CAI equity, or holders of claims against CAI based upon or arising out of the
purchase or sale of CAI equity securities. Consequently, 40,543,039 shares of
CAI common stock, without par value, together with all options and warrants to
purchase such common stock, were cancelled on October 14, 1998. CAI issued
15,000,000 shares of new CAI common stock, par value $.01 per share, to the
holders of the 12.25% senior notes, the 12% subordinated note and the
acquisition-related notes. CAI also issued 2,241,379 shares of CAI common stock
on October 14, 1998 to Merrill Lynch Global Allocation Fund, Inc. ("MLGAF"), in
connection with an $80 million credit facility provided by MLGAF to CAI.
Impact of Fresh-Start Reporting on Results of Operations. In connection
with its emergence from Chapter 11, CAI adopted fresh-start reporting in
accordance with Statement of Position ("SOP") 90-7 of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants. Under fresh-start reporting, the reorganization
value of CAI has been allocated to its assets and liabilities on a basis
substantially consistent with purchase accounting. The portion of reorganization
value not attributable to specific assets has been recorded on the balance sheet
as "Reorganization Value in Excess of Amounts Allocable to Identifiable Assets."
Certain fresh-start reporting adjustments, primarily related to the adjustment
of CAI's assets and liabilities to fair market values as of October 14, 1998,
the date CAI consummated its Chapter 11 case, will have a significant effect on
future statements of operations. The more significant adjustments relate to
increased amortization expense relative to reorganization value in excess of
amounts allocable to identifiable assets and wireless channel rights.
Consolidation of CS into CAI. On December 2, 1998, CAI acquired 3,836,035
shares of CS common stock from Nucentrix Broadband Networks, Inc. ("Nucentrix"
formerly known as Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc.) for approximately
$1.5 million. The purchase was part of a series of transactions contemplated by
a Master Agreement dated as of December 2, 1998 among CAI, CS and Nucentrix. In
addition to the stock purchase and certain other transfers of assets between CS
and Nucentrix, the parties agreed to terminate the Stockholders' Agreement dated
as of February 23, 1996 among CAI, CS and Nucentrix. Shortly after the December
2, 1998 closing of the CS stock purchase and termination of the
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Stockholders' Agreement, CS purchased the 3,836,035 shares of CS common stock
from CAI for the same price that CAI had paid Nucentrix for such stock. As a
result of these transactions, CAI became the 94% stockholder of CS, and all
agreements with respect to the control of CS among CAI, CS and Nucentrix
terminated. Accordingly, the financial condition and results of operations of CS
as of and for the four-month period ended March 31, 1999 have been accounted for
under the purchase method of accounting and consequently consolidated into the
Company's financial statements effective December 2, 1998.
Notwithstanding such consolidation, CS continues to operate as a
stand-alone entity, 94% of which is owned by CAI. The remaining 6% of the common
stock of CS is held by certain unaffiliated third parties and holders of CS'
$400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Series B 11.375% senior discount
notes due 2006. CS also maintains the CS Wireless Systems, Inc. Incentive Stock
Plan, pursuant to which options to purchase 521,291 CS common shares at $6.50
per share and options to purchase 112,526 CS common shares at $9.40 per share
were outstanding at December 31, 1998.
Secured Borrowings. On November 25, 1997, CAI repaid approximately $17.3
million, representing all amounts outstanding under a credit facility provided
to CAI by Foothill Capital Corporation ("Foothill") and affiliates of Canyon
Capital Management, L.P. ("Canyon"). The repayment consisted of $15.3 million in
principal amount, $1.6 million in fees and $350,000 in interest on the
outstanding amount. The repayment was made in advance of maturity of the credit
facility. Consequently, CAI recorded an extraordinary charge in the third
quarter of the fiscal year ended March 31, 1998 of approximately $4.7 million,
representing the costs associated with this credit facility that CAI was
originally amortizing over the two-year term of the credit facility.
CAI obtained the funds to repay Foothill and Canyon through the issuance
and sale to MLGAF on November 25, 1997 of $25 million aggregate principal amount
of CAI's 13% senior secured notes. CAI sold an additional $2 million of its 13%
senior secured notes on January 26, 1998, and an additional $18 million of its
13% senior secured notes on February 17, 1998. At March 31, 1998, CAI had issued
and outstanding $45 million aggregate principal amount of its 13% senior secured
notes, all of which, at that time, were held by MLGAF. The 13% senior secured
notes were short-term obligations of CAI, which matured on June 30, 1998 and
were extended. Principal and interest at a per annum rate of 13%, together with
a commitment fee of $730,000, were satisfied with the DIP facility mentioned
below.
On July 30, 1998, in connection with the filing of its voluntary petition
under Chapter 11, CAI obtained from MLGAF a debtor-in-possession (DIP) credit
facility in the principal amount of $60 million. In accordance with the terms of
the DIP facility, the $45 million aggregate principal amount of 13% senior
secured notes, together with all interest and fees thereon, were converted into
amounts due under the DIP facility. The balance of the DIP facility of
approximately $10.9 million was made available to CAI for use during its Chapter
11 case.
On October 14, 1998, in connection with the consummation of CAI's
reorganization plan, CAI obtained from MLGAF an $80 million exit facility. All
amounts due under the DIP facility, including $60 million in principal,
approximately $1.7 million in accrued and unpaid interest, and a $600,000
commitment fee were repaid out of the proceeds from the exit facility. CAI
realized net proceeds of approximately $16 million after repaying all such
amounts and certain commitment fees associated with the exit facility.
The exit facility is governed by the terms of a note purchase agreement
dated October 14, 1998. The exit facility consists of two tranches: Tranche A
and Tranche B. Tranche A is a $30 million senior secured loan bearing interest
at 10.5% compounded semi-annually and evidenced by a senior secured A note. CAI
has granted a first priority lien on and security interest in and to all of its
assets to secure performance of CAI obligations with respect to Tranche A.
Tranche B is a $50 million senior secured loan bearing interest at 13% per annum
and evidenced by a senior secured B note. CAI has granted a second priority lien
on and security interest in and to all of its assets to secure performance of
its obligations with respect to Tranche B.
In addition to the liens granted by CAI, substantially all of CAI's
wholly-owned subsidiaries have guaranteed the obligations of CAI with respect to
the exit facility. The subsidiaries have granted a lien on and security interest
in and to all of their respective assets to secure their performance under such
subsidiary guaranties.
The exit facility is a two-year credit facility, maturing on October 14,
2000. CAI was required to pay a 1% facility fee equal to $300,000 on the Tranche
A amount at the closing of the exit facility. In addition, CAI is required to
pay an 8% facility fee equal to $4 million on the Tranche B Amount, of which CAI
paid $1.5 million at the closing of the exit facility.
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The remaining $2.5 million balance of the Tranche B facility fee is payable at
the maturity of the exit facility (by its term, acceleration or otherwise).
CAI issued 2,241,379 CAI common shares to MLGAF as additional
consideration for providing the exit facility.
Exchange of Bell Atlantic Securities. On March 3, 1998, MLGAF exchanged
$30 million of CAI's 14% term notes and $70 million of CAI's 14% senior
preferred stock for a $30 million CAI 12% subordinated note due 2005. As a
result of the exchange, $15.7 million of interest on the term notes and $32.4
million of accrued dividends on the preferred stock were forgiven. CAI reclassed
approximately $102 million of the total amount of surrendered securities to
paid-in capital and recorded an approximately $5.3 million extraordinary gain on
the early extinguishment of debt, net of certain related costs. MLGAF also
exchanged warrants to purchase CAI equity for 2,500 shares of CAI common stock,
having a value of $1,350. The 12% subordinated note and the CAI common stock
were cancelled in connection with the consummation of CAI's reorganization plan.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Although CAI has emerged from bankruptcy, CAI's recurring losses,
restrictions on its ability to obtain additional financing and substantial
commitments raise substantial doubt about its continuation as a going concern.
The Company's consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going
concern basis, which contemplates continuity of operations, realization of
assets and liquidation of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of
business. Reporting on a going concern basis is dependent upon, among other
things, future operations and the ability to generate sufficient cash from
operations and financing sources to meet obligations.
The wireless broadband network business is capital intensive. Since its
inception, the Company has expended funds to purchase, lease or otherwise
acquire MMDS spectrum rights in its intended operating territory, to construct
operating systems and to finance initial operating losses. Since inception, the
Company believes that the MMDS spectrum has greater potential than simply the
delivery of analog subscription video services and recognizes that expanded use
of the MMDS spectrum presents several challenges, including substantial
development costs.
To address this and other issues surrounding expanded use of MMDS
spectrum, CAI devised a business plan that required one or more strategic
partners to purchase MMDS spectrum capacity from CAI. CAI believed that such
commitments to purchase MMDS capacity would enable CAI to raise the capital
necessary to construct a wireless broadband network within its operating
territories. CAI implemented this business plan through the 1995 joint venture
with affiliates of Bell Atlantic Corporation, which joint venture was terminated
without the launch of a commercial digital MMDS system in any of the Company's
markets. In connection with the failed joint venture, CAI expended significant
amounts of capital to construct digital MMDS systems in Boston, MA and
Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA. The Company has continued to pursue one or more
strategic partners following the departure of Bell Atlantic, and has committed
significant resources to its effort to enter into a business relationship with a
strategic partner, including resources used to design, test and demonstrate
two-way MMDS capabilities, which the Company did for several potential strategic
investors prior to April 1999, when it entered into an agreement and plan of
merger with MCI WorldCom.
The Company's primary sources of capital have been a combination of
proceeds from the issuance of debt and equity securities, secured financings and
assumption of debt and other liabilities in connection with acquisitions. The
Company has approximately $53.7 million in cash and cash equivalents at March
31, 1999, of which $17.5 million is available to CAI and $36.0 million is
available to CS. Based on current operating budgets, CAI believes that it has
sufficient cash to fund its anticipated capital requirements through November
1999, and CS believes that it has sufficient cash to fund its anticipated
capital requirements through March 2000. The Company believes that it has
sufficient cash to fund capital requirements until the merger with MCI WorldCom
has been consummated. Although the Company believes that the merger should be
consummated during the third quarter of calendar year 1999, there can be no
assurance that the merger will be completed within such quarter, or that the
merger will be completed at all. In the event that the merger is not completed,
the Company will not have sufficient cash to implement its business plan.
The Company and the Predecessor Entity have incurred net losses since
inception in 1991 through March 31, 1999, inclusive of an $85.4 million gain
from the early extinguishment of debt. The Company expects to continue to
realize additional net losses on a consolidated basis while it pursues its
business plan. For the year ending March 31, 2000, the Company is obligated to
pay approximately $12.6 million in minimum license fees and operating lease
payments and approximately $6.2 million in MMDS license obligations, including
approximately $4.9 million in wireless channel license
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payments due to the Federal Communications Commission, in addition to funding
operating losses. The Company projects that operating cash requirements will be
approximately $40.6 million for the year ending March 31, 2000. Additionally, as
of March 31, 1999, the Company had outstanding consolidated debt of
approximately $419 million, net of a $282.3 million discount and trade payables
of approximately $12.1 million. Beginning in fiscal year 2001, the Company will
have significant debt service requirements. On a short-term basis, the Company
has $4.0 million in debt service maturing within one year of the date of its
balance sheet.
The Company's existing debt instruments limit or restrict completely its
ability to raise capital from the sale of equity, incur additional indebtedness
(other than indebtedness incurred in connection with the purchase of goods and
services in the ordinary course of business and certain other permitted
indebtedness), grant liens to secure repayment of indebtedness, make investments
(other than investments specifically permitted), pay dividends, dispose of
assets, enter into any merger, consolidation, reorganization or recapitalization
plan, retire long-term debt or make any acquisitions without the prior written
consent of the lenders.
During the period October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999 and April 1, 1998 to
October 14, 1998, the Company and the Predecessor Entity expended approximately
$15.0 million and $26.2 million, respectively, to fund operating activities,
$2.1 million and $1.0 million, respectively, for equipment purchases, and $.9
million and $2.1 million, respectively, to pay wireless channel rights
obligations and other debt. During the period October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999
and April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998, the Company and the Predecessor Entity
funded their cash requirements primarily out of existing cash balances, net
proceeds from the issuance of senior secured notes of $26.8 million, and the
disposition of equipment generating net proceeds of approximately $0.2 million
and $4.8 million, respectively. At March 31, 1999, the Company had available
funds of approximately $36.8 million as well as restricted cash balances
totaling approximately $16.9 million, which will be used to fund the operations
of the Company.
During the year ended March 31, 1998, the Predecessor Entity expended
approximately $47.9 million to fund operating activities, $7.2 million for
equipment purchases, $4.4 million to invest in TelQuest, $4.7 million to obtain
interim financing, $3.1 million to pay wireless channel rights obligations and
other debt, and $2.0 million to acquire wireless channel rights. The Predecessor
Entity funded its cash requirements out of existing cash balances, net proceeds
from the issuance of $33.7 million of senior secured notes, and the disposal of
equipment generating net proceeds of approximately $1.8 million. At March 31,
1998, the Predecessor Entity had available funds of approximately $1.3 million
and restricted cash of approximately $9.1 million.
During the year ended March 31, 1997, the Predecessor Entity expended
approximately $37.1 million to purchase equipment, $34.8 million to fund
operating activities, $3.7 million to acquire wireless channel rights and $45.3
million to pay senior and other debt, including $34.0 million due to the Federal
Communication Commission for the purchase of MMDS licenses at the 1996 auction.
The Predecessor Entity funded its cash requirements out of existing cash
balances. At March 31, 1997, the Predecessor Entity had cash and cash
equivalents of approximately $10.5 million.
Operations
The Company currently operates 17 subscription video systems. The Company
has operated these systems within the confines of a cash conservation strategy
while pursuing a strategic alliance with one or more strategic partners
interested in fully developing the Company's MMDS spectrum. This cash
conservation strategy requires the Company to limit or curtail entirely analog
video subscriber growth, which has had an adverse effect on the Company's
operating results.
The cash conservation strategy also includes the continued implementation
of cost-cutting measures and the periodic sales of non-core assets in an effort
to maximize the value of assets that are no longer used or useful to the
Company's long-term operating strategy, which is to be a wholesale provider of
two-way transmission services to one or more strategic partners. In addition to
limiting the analog subscription video business growth, the Company has sold
Multi-dwelling Unit ("MDU") assets in certain of its markets. Assets typically
involved in providing analog subscription video services to residents of MDUs
include the tangible assets necessary to transmit and receive the video
programming signal, and a right of entry agreement with the property owner or
manager, pursuant to which a CAI operating subsidiary is granted the right to
provide subscription video services to residents of the MDU.
In March 1998, the Predecessor Entity sold assets relating to MDUs located
in its Washington, DC operating market. Most recently, in September 1998, the
Predecessor Entity completed the sale of assets relating to approximately 60
MDUs located in its Philadelphia system (the "Philadelphia MDU Sale") to
Mid-Atlantic Telcom Plus, LLC d/b/a OnePoint Communications, a leading operator
of Satellite Master Antenna Television ("SMATV") systems. Consummated under the
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auspices of the Bankruptcy Court, the Philadelphia MDU Sale generated net
proceeds of approximately $5 million, of which $785,000 was held in escrow
pending certain post-closing adjustments. The net proceeds from the Philadelphia
MDU Sale, as well as proceeds from subsequent sales of non-core assets, are
being used for working capital purposes.
The limitation on analog video subscriber growth, coupled with the sale of
MDU assets, has had an adverse impact on analog video subscriber base. As of
March 31, 1999, the Company had approximately 85,600 analog video subscribers
compared to the Predecessor Entity's 52,000 subscribers as of March 31, 1998.
The 33,600 net increase in subscribers is primarily due to the consolidation of
CS subscribers as of December 2, 1998 offset by decreases primarily due to the
sale of the Philadelphia MDU's and subscriber churn. In addition, various
systems are losing subscribers to other cable operators primarily due to limited
channel capacity and lack of marketing efforts. This trend is likely to
continue.
The churn rate, as defined and measured in the subscription television
industry, is the net result of disconnects minus reconnects divided by the
number of subscribers at the beginning of the period being considered. CAI's
average monthly churn rate for the year ended March 31, 1999 was 3.6% overall
compared to 4.1% for the year ended March 31, 1998. The improvement in the churn
rate is indicative of the prior year's retention strategy of charging increased
installation fees which translated into increased commitment and therefore
retention. The average monthly churn rate for CS for its year ended December 31,
1998 was 4.4% overall.
Long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles, including wireless
channel rights, are periodically reviewed by the Company for impairment whenever
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset
may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured
by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future net cash flows
expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be
impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the
carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets.
The Company's estimates of future gross revenues and operating cash flows,
the remaining estimated lives of long-lived assets, or both, could be reduced in
the future due to a number of factors including, without limitation, changes in
technology, the Company's ability to obtain permission for flexible use of the
wireless channel rights, government regulation, available financing or
competition. The Company's estimate of future gross revenues and operating cash
flows assumes that the Company will successfully develop and provide digital
wireless delivery systems including video, voice and data transmission such as
Internet access and telephony. Since these alternative uses of the MMDS spectrum
are in the early stages of development, there is no assurance that the Company
can commercially deploy such alternatives or that it will be able to achieve
positive cash flow from any operating activities. As a result of valuations
completed for the year ended March 31, 1998, the Predecessor Entity reduced the
carrying value of goodwill by $73.5 million, net of accumulated amortization of
$14.7 million, which was associated with the Philadelphia and Washington
companies purchased by the Predecessor Entity in September 1995. Similarly, CS,
as a result of valuations made, recorded write-downs of $46.4 million in
goodwill, $9.4 million in property and equipment and $8.1 million in wireless
channel rights during its year ended December 31, 1998.
Based on the December 2, 1998 purchase of CS common shares from Nucentrix,
CS was consolidated into the Company's financial statements as of that date
under the purchase method of accounting which required adjusting the CS assets
and liabilities to their respective fair values as of that date. Accordingly,
the net book value of wireless channel rights was reduced by approximately $25.6
million, property and equipment by approximately $.8 million, deferred debt
costs by approximately $2.6 million, a note receivable by $1.2 million, TelQuest
equipment purchase option by $1.9 million and long term debt by $87.9 million.
The net book values of wireless channel rights and property and equipment were
further reduced by $19.4 million and $6.1 million, respectively, to eliminate
negative goodwill created in the consolidation.
Comparison of Operating Results
Period from October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999 (Reorganized Company) and Period
from April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998 (Predecessor Entity) Compared to Year
Ended March 31, 1998 (Predecessor Entity)
The following discussion provides an analysis of the Company's and the
Predecessor Entity's results of operations and reasons for material changes
therein for the periods October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999 and April 1, 1998 to
October 14, 1998 (also referred to as "Combined Periods") and the year ended
March 31, 1998. The Company's results of operations for the period subsequent to
October 15, 1998 have not been prepared on a basis of accounting consistent with
its results of operations for periods prior to October 15, 1998 due to the
implementation of fresh-start reporting upon CAI's emergence from bankruptcy.
The reorganization adjustments primarily affect amortization and interest
expense.
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The Company's and the Predecessor Entity's revenues for the Combined
Periods ($15.4 million for October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999 and $11.5 million
for April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998; $28.6 million fiscal year 1998) decreased
$1.7 million for the twelve months ended March 31, 1999 compared to the prior
year. The overall decrease resulted primarily from the sale of MDU's in the
Philadelphia system and subscriber churn offset by the acquisition of CS
revenues for the four months ended March 31, 1999. In addition, the Company's
strategy not to pursue analog-based television had a negative impact on the
Company's subscription revenues.
The Company's and the Predecessor Entity's television subscription
revenues were $13.5 million and $10.6 million for the periods October 15, 1998
to March 31, 1999 and April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998, respectively, compared
to $26.1 million for the Predecessor Entity's year ended March 31, 1998. The
$2.0 million reduction is primarily attributable to the effect of the sale of
the Philadelphia MDU's and subscriber churn offset by the consolidation of four
months of CS' television subscription revenue of $6.6 million in the Combined
Period.
Operating expenses were $92.3 million for the Combined Periods ($57.9
million and $34.4 million for October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999 and April 1,
1998 to October 14, 1998, respectively) versus $161.8 million for the year ended
March 31, 1998. The overall $69.5 million decrease is attributable to the $73.5
million write-down of goodwill and $7.1 million of project write-offs in fiscal
year 1998, the $4.9 million reduction in technical, customer service, and
marketing reflecting the effects of the decline in subscribers offset, in part,
by the inclusion of CS results including $5.9 million in depreciation and
amortization and operating expenses of $17.0 million, CAI stock option
compensation expense of $7.4 million and a $2.6 million overall increase in
programming and licensing fees. CAI's programming and license fees did not
decrease commensurate with its revenue decrease due to minimum monthly payment
requirements and certain channel payments previously capitalized and currently
being expensed.
The Company and the Predecessor Entity recorded equity losses of $38.7
million and $45.5 million for the periods October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999 and
April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998, respectively, relating to its 60% investment
in CS and 30% investment in TelQuest through December 2, 1998. The consolidated
statements of operations for the current year reflects the Company's and the
Predecessor Entity's pro-rata share of the $130.5 million net loss reported by
CS for the eleven months ended December 2, 1998, including a write-down of
assets of $63.9 million, compared to the aggregate loss reported by CS of $52.5
million for 1997. In addition, based on the current depressed industry
conditions of the wireless industry and the continuing losses of CS, CAI's
management re-evaluated the goodwill associated with its investment in CS that
resulted in a write-down of $23.6 million during the year ended March 31, 1998.
Subsequently, CS also recorded a write-down of its assets of $63.9 million
during the year ended December 31, 1998. The investment in TelQuest has been
reduced to zero, reflecting the Predecessor Entity's and the Company's pro-rata
share of the losses reported by TelQuest since its inception through December 2,
1998, plus amortization of leased equipment and associated goodwill. Results of
operations of CS and TelQuest since December 2, 1998 are consolidated with CAI.
CS and TelQuest contributed $24.6 million and $1.5 million to the consolidated
operating losses, respectively.
CAI's ownership interest in CS increased to approximately 94% from 60%
based on the December 2, 1998 purchase of Nucentrix's 34% share of CS and
subsequent sale of those shares to CS. The reduction of CAI's investment in CS
reflects the Company's and the Predecessor Entity's pro-rata share of the net
loss reported by CS for the eleven months ended December 2, 1998. The aggregate
decrease in this investment was $29.9 million for the same period last year,
reflecting CAI's 50.7% ownership at that time.
Other income, primarily interest income on the debt escrow funds and gains
(losses) on asset sales, for the periods October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999 and
April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998 was $1.5 million and $3.9 million,
respectively, compared to $4.5 million for last year. Interest income decreased
from $2.6 million in 1998 to $1.8 million in 1999 (including $.7 million for
CS), primarily due to declining interest income on the debt escrow and money
market investments as funds were used to make the semi-annual interest payments
on the Senior Notes (totaling $16.8 million during the period April 1, 1998 to
October 14, 1998) and for capital expenditures. The debt service escrow funds
were paid pursuant to the Reorganization Plan. The decline in interest income
was offset by the Philadelphia MDU Sale which generated a net gain of $2.6
million versus a $1.1 million gain on sale of assets for 1998. The remaining
amount was miscellaneous other non-recurring income.
Other expense includes $17.1 million of expenses relating to the
reorganization of CAI as of October 14, 1998.
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Interest expense increased $2.0 million ($49.2 million fiscal year 1999;
$47.2 million fiscal year 1998) for the year ended March 31, 1999 for the
Combined Period, resulting from the inclusion of the results of operations and
financial position of CS which more than offset the net reduction in debt due to
the Chapter 11 bankruptcy (with respect to CAI). The amount of interest-bearing
debt for the last half of the year ended March 31, 1999 was approximately $208
million less than the same period last year. This reduced the Company's interest
expense by $13.6 million primarily in the October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999
period over last year. However, this reduction was more than offset by the
consolidation of CS, which added $15.6 million, including $3.5 million accretion
on the fair market value of CS debt.
The Predecessor Entity realized a net extraordinary gain of $85.4 million
for the period April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998 due to the filing of a
prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy by CAI and one of its wholly-owned
subsidiaries, which resulted in a cancellation of approximately $308 million of
debt plus related accrued interest in exchange for $100 million of discounted
senior notes, distribution of the balance in escrow, plus all of the equity in
the newly reorganized company. No tax benefit was recorded since (a) deferred
tax assets were fully reserved (b) there were no available deferred tax
liabilities to reduce and (c) it is more likely than not that any benefit
recorded on the Company's prior losses would not be realized in the foreseeable
future, especially when the prior losses are further limited as to availability
by the change in control created by the bankruptcy.
The Predecessor Entity also realized a net extraordinary gain of $5.3
million for the year ended March 31, 1998 consisting of a $10 million gain as a
result of the termination of CAI's relationship with Bell Atlantic and NYNEX,
the related exchange of CAI securities, and the forgiveness of accrued interest
related to the term notes originally held by Bell Atlantic and NYNEX, offset, in
part, by the $4.7 million non-recurring extraordinary charge related to the
write-off of the unamortized costs arising from the early termination of the
Foothill/Canyon Credit Facility.
Year Ended March 31, 1998 (Predecessor Entity) Compared to Year Ended March 31,
1997 (Predecessor Entity)
The Predecessor Entity's revenue decreased $7.7 million in the year ended
March 31, 1998 from $36.3 million in fiscal year 1997 to $28.6 million in fiscal
year 1998. The decrease resulted primarily from the Predecessor Entity's
strategy not to pursue analog-based television subscriber growth while it
evaluated its business opportunities in addition to subscription television. As
anticipated, the policy had a negative impact on the Predecessor Entity's
subscription revenues. As of March 31, 1998, the Predecessor Entity's subscriber
base had decreased by approximately 18,800 to 52,000 subscribers from
approximately 70,800 at March 31, 1997.
The Predecessor Entity's television subscription revenue was $26.1 million
for the year ended March 31, 1998 compared to $33.1 million for the year ended
March 31, 1997. This reduction is primarily attributed to subscriber churn.
Operating expenses were $161.8 million and $81.6 million for the years
ended March 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively. The $80.2 million increase is
attributable primarily to the $73.5 million write-down of goodwill. License fees
did not decrease commensurate with the revenue decrease due to minimum monthly
payment requirements.
The Predecessor Entity recorded equity losses of $31.7 million for the
year ended March 31, 1998 relating to its 60% investment in CS and 25%
investment in TelQuest. The decrease in CAI's investment in CS reflects the
Predecessor Entity's pro-rata share of the $52.3 million net loss reported by CS
for its year ended December 31, 1997 along with $2.4 million of amortization of
the goodwill associated with this investment, compared to an aggregate loss of
$17.6 million for the same period in the prior year. In addition, based on the
current depressed industry conditions of the wireless industry and CS's
continuing losses, management has re-evaluated the goodwill associated with its
investment in CS. Accordingly, the goodwill portion of the CS investment had
been written-down by $23.6 million during the year ended March 31, 1998. The
decrease in CAI's investment in TelQuest of $1.8 million reflects the
Predecessor Entity's pro-rata share of the $7.0 million loss reported by
TelQuest since its inception through March 31, 1998, and amortization of
goodwill.
Interest and other income, primarily interest income on the debt escrow
funds, for the year ended March 31, 1998 was $4.5 million compared to $6.4
million for the year ended March 31, 1997. Interest income on investments
continues to decline as funds are used to make the semi-annual interest payments
on the Senior Notes.
Interest expense increased $6.5 million, to $47.3 million for the year
ended March 31, 1998 compared to $40.8 million in fiscal year 1997. The increase
in interest expense for the year consists of interest incurred on the
Foothill/Canyon Credit Facility and secured notes, and amortization of the
financing fees associated with those facilities.
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The Predecessor Entity recorded an income tax benefit of $15.0 million for
the year ended March 31, 1997 to offset existing deferred tax liabilities. There
was no tax benefit for the year ended March 31, 1998 since there were no
available deferred tax liabilities and it is more likely than not that any
benefit recorded on the Company's current losses would not be realized in the
foreseeable future.
Additionally, the Predecessor Entity realized a net extraordinary gain of
$5.3 million for the year ended March 31, 1998, consisting of a $10 million gain
as a result of the termination of CAI's relationship with Bell Atlantic and
NYNEX, the related exchange of CAI securities, and the forgiveness of accrued
interest related to the term notes originally held by Bell Atlantic and NYNEX,
offset, in part, by the $4.7 million non-recurring extraordinary charge related
to the write off of the unamortized costs arising from the early termination of
the Foothill/Canyon Credit Facility.
Income Tax Matters
The Company has net operating loss carryforwards that are affected by the
Chapter 11 bankruptcy and the consolidation of CS. The effects on the net
operating losses including limitations due to changes in control and separate
return limitation year rules are currently under review and have not been
determined at this time.
Inflation
Management does not believe that inflation had or will have a material
impact on the Company's results of operations.
The Year 2000 Issue
Overview. The Company is continuing to evaluate and address the impact of
the Year 2000 date transition on its operations. The Company is in the process
of taking steps to (a) inventory and assess for Year 2000 compliance its
equipment, software and systems, (b) determine which items will be remediated,
replaced or retired, and establish a plan to accomplish these steps, (c)
remediate, replace or retire the items, (d) test the items, where required, and
(e) provide senior management with a reporting system to support a seamless
transition to the Year 2000.
State of Readiness. The Company's Year 2000 compliance program focuses on
the Company's analog video operations, limited Internet operations, and internal
business processes, such as accounting. As of March 31, 1999, the inventory,
assessment and compliance planning phases for these areas have been materially
completed, and remediation, replacement or retirement and testing activities had
begun. The inventory items that were not assessed as Year 2000 compliant and
that require action to avoid service impact are to be fixed, replaced, or
retired. The Company's accounting software and any other mission critical
systems relating directly to the accounting function have been upgraded to be
Year 2000 compliant. For all other areas, its goal is to have all mission
critical systems Year 2000 compliant by September 1, 1999.
Vendor and Service Provider Issues. The Company has requested that its
vendors and service providers provide CAI with information as to the compliance
status of products and/or services used by the Company, which information is
subject to Company testing and verification. Although the Company has received
information from some of its vendors and service providers, it has not yet
received information from each of the vendors and service providers it has
identified. The Company will continue to pursue its vendors and service
providers in order to obtain the necessary information regarding Year 2000
compliance of such vendors and service providers.
Costs. The Company has estimated that it will cost approximately $875,000
to implement its Year 2000 compliance program, based on information it has
received as of March 31, 1999 from vendors and service providers. The Company
anticipates that most of the cost associated with its Year 2000 compliance
program will be the result of remediation or replacement of non-compliant
equipment necessary for the Company's analog video operations and internal
business processes.
Risks. The failure to correct a material Year 2000 problem could cause an
interruption or failure of certain of the Company's normal business functions or
operations, which could have a material adverse effect on its results of
operations, liquidity or financial condition. Due to the uncertainty inherent in
other Year 2000 issues that are ultimately beyond the Company's control,
including, for example, the final Year 2000 readiness of its mission critical
vendors and service providers,
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the Company is unable to determine at this time the likelihood of a material
impact on its results of operations, liquidity or financial condition, due to
such Year 2000 issues.
The costs of the Company's Year 2000 program and the timetable for
completing its Year 2000 preparations are based on current estimates, which
reflect numerous assumptions about future events, including the continued
availability of certain resources, the timing and effectiveness of third-party
remediation plans and other factors. The Company can give no assurance that
these estimates will be achieved, and actual results could differ materially
from those currently anticipated. In addition, there can be no assurance that
the Company's Year 2000 program will be effective or that its contingency plans
will be sufficient. Specific factors that might cause such material differences
include, but are not limited to, the availability and cost of personnel trained
in this area, the ability to locate and correct relevant computer software codes
and embedded technology, the results of internal and external testing and the
timeliness and effectiveness of remediation efforts of third parties.
Contingency Plan. At March 31, 1999, the Company was not aware of any
mission critical aspect of its operations or internal business processes that
cannot be made Year 2000 compliant, however, its inventory and assessment of
Year 2000 compliance is not yet completed. Due to the uncertainties presented by
third party Year 2000 problems, and the possibility that, despite its efforts,
the Company is unsuccessful in preparing its internal systems and equipment for
the Year 2000, the Company expects to develop contingency plans for dealing with
the most reasonably likely worst case scenario. The Company's assessment of its
most reasonably likely worst case scenario and the exact nature and scope of its
contingency plans will be affected by the Company's continued Year 2000
assessment and testing. The Company expects to complete such assessment by July
1, 1999 and to have all contingency systems in place and fully tested by the
fourth quarter of 1999.
Seasonality of Installation Activities
The rate at which new subscriber installations occur can be affected by
severe winter or other weather conditions and limited daylight hours in the
winter months in certain markets. Therefore, the Company may experience lower
than average subscriber growth and capital expenditures primarily during the
winter season.
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
As of March 31, 1999, the Company had $212,909,624 aggregate principal
amount and interest at maturity of CAI's 13% senior notes outstanding
($105,994,444 net of discount) with a fair value of $105,994,444 as estimated by
quoted market prices of similar securities, and $400,000,000 of CS' 11.375%
senior discount notes ($238,790,942 net of discount) with a fair value of
$164,000,000, as estimated by quoted market prices of similar securities. The
CAI 13% senior notes mature on October 14, 2004 and the CS 11.375% senior
discount notes mature on March 1, 2006. Interest on the CAI 13% senior notes
accrues at a per annum rate of 13%, compounded semi-annually. The CS 11.375%
senior discount notes bear interest at a per annum rate of 11.375%, compounded
semi-annually. No cash interest is payable on the CS 11.375% senior discount
notes prior to March 1, 2001.
The Company does not have any derivative financial instruments as of March
31, 1999, and believes that the interest rate risk associated with its senior
notes and the market risk associated with its securities are not material to the
results of operation of the Company.
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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Page Number
in Form 10-K
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Independent Auditors' Reports........................................ 48
Consolidated Balance Sheets - March 31, 1999 and 1998................ 50
Consolidated Statements of Operations - Periods Ended March 31, 1999
and October 14, 1998 and Years Ended March 31, 1998 and 1997......... 51
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity (Deficit) - Periods
Ended March 31, 1999 and October 14, 1998 and Years Ended March 31,
1998 and 1997........................................................ 52
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Periods Ended March 31, 1999
and October 14, 1998 and Years Ended March 31, 1998 and 1997......... 53
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements........................... 57
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
CAI Wireless Systems, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of CAI Wireless
Systems, Inc. and subsidiaries as of March 31, 1999 (Reorganized Company) and
the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity
(deficit) and cash flows for the period October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999
(Reorganized Company period) and for the period April 1, 1998 to October 14,
1998 (Predecessor Entity period). These consolidated financial statements are
the responsibility of the Company'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 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.
As discussed in Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements, on April 26,
1999, CAI entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with MCI WORLDCOM, Inc.
and Cardinal Acquisition Subsidiary Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MCI
WORLDCOM, Inc. As a result of the merger, each outstanding share of common stock
of CAI will be converted into the right to receive $28.00 per share of common
stock.
In our opinion, the aforementioned Reorganized Company consolidated financial
statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. and subsidiaries as of March 31, 1999 and the results
of their operations and their cash flows for the Reorganized Company period and
the Predecessor Entity period in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
As discussed in Notes 1 and 2 to the consolidated financial statements, on
October 14, 1998, CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. and one of its wholly owned
subsidiaries emerged from bankruptcy. The consolidated financial statements of
the Reorganized Company reflect the impact of adjustments to reflect the fair
value of assets and liabilities under fresh start reporting. As a result, the
consolidated financial statements of the Reorganized Company are presented on a
different basis than those of the Predecessor Entity and, therefore, are not
comparable in all respects.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming
that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the
consolidated financial statements, the Company's recurring losses from
operations, restrictions on its ability to obtain additional financing and
substantial commitments raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as
a going concern. Management's plans in regard to these matters are also
described in Note 2. The consolidated financial statements do not include any
adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
KPMG LLP
McLean, VA
June 22, 1999
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
Shareholders and Board of Directors
CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. and Subsidiaries
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of CAI Wireless
Systems, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of March 31, 1998, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity (deficit), and cash
flows for the years ended March 31, 1998 and 1997. These financial statements
are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We did not
audit the financial statements of CS Wireless Systems, Inc., the Company's
investment in which is accounted for by use of the equity method. The Company's
investment of $43,337,527 in CS Wireless Systems, Inc. as of March 31, 1998 and
its share of losses of $27,522,000 and $17,600,000 in CS Wireless Systems,
Inc.'s operations for the years ended March 31, 1998 and 1997 are included in
the accompanying financial statements. The financial statements of CS Wireless
Systems, Inc. were audited by other auditors whose report has been furnished to
us, and our opinion, insofar as it relates to the amounts included for CS
Wireless Systems, Inc., is based on the report of such other auditors.
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 and the report of the other auditors provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, based on our audits and the report of the other auditors, the
financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects,
the consolidated financial position of CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. and
Subsidiaries as of March 31, 1998, and the consolidated results of their
operations and their cash flows for the years ended March 31, 1998 and 1997 in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the
Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has suffered recurring
losses from operations and incurred substantial debt, of which $45,000,000 is
due on June 30, 1998. The Company also has a capital deficiency. The Company's
operating plans require additional funds which may take the form of debt or
equity security issuances, borrowings or asset sales. In addition, the Company
intends to, if approved by its creditors, file a pre-packaged reorganization
plan under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Recovery of the Company's
intangible and other long-lived assets is dependent on the Company's ability to
implement its operating plans. There can be no assurance that additional
financing will be available or that the Company will be able to implement its
operating plans. The uncertainty over the Company's ability to obtain such
additional financing or that the Company can execute its business plan raises
substantial doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going
concern. Management's plans in regard to these matters are described in Note 2.
The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from
the outcome of these uncertainties.
As indicated in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company has revised its
financial statements for certain financial restructuring costs.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 15, 1998, except as
to the first and second paragraphs
of Note 2, for which the
date is June 24, 1998 and the fourth
paragraph of Note 2, for which the
date is June 22, 1999
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
March 31, 1999 and 1998
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Reorganized Predecessor
Company (a) Entity
ASSETS 1999 1998
---- ----
<S> <C> <C>
Cash and cash equivalents $ 36,837,354 $ 1,275,020
Restricted cash and cash equivalents 16,897,223 9,134,651
Debt service escrow -- 16,418,922
Subscriber accounts receivable, net 1,484,455 387,144
Prepaid expenses 1,436,696 661,669
Property and equipment, net 68,435,750 49,898,337
Wireless channel rights, net 307,181,897 194,050,792
Investment in CS Wireless Systems, Inc. -- 43,337,527
Investment in TelQuest Satellite Services LLC -- 3,174,732
Other investments 4,313,848 --
Goodwill, net -- 22,985,876
Debt financing costs, net 8,271,586 7,079,424
Reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable
to identifiable assets, net 35,913,446 --
Other assets 2,681,695 3,061,780
------------- -------------
Total Assets $ 483,453,950 $ 351,465,874
============= =============
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Liabilities
Accounts payable $ 12,063,414 $ 4,852,091
Accrued expenses 7,186,250 4,829,844
Accrued interest 4,428,876 3,264,919
Wireless channel rights obligations 6,185,794 4,832,971
Interim debt financing 65,807,317 45,000,000
Senior notes 353,139,771 312,088,506
------------- -------------
448,811,422 374,868,331
------------- -------------
Commitments and Contingencies
Shareholders' Equity (Deficit)
Preferred stock, no shares outstanding -- --
Common stock:
40,543,039 no par value shares outstanding at March 31, 1998,
all canceled as of October 14, 1998 -- 275,770,764
17,241,379 new $.01 par value shares issued and outstanding
as of March 31, 1999 172,414 --
Additional paid-in capital 145,117,997 101,711,759
Accumulated deficit (b) (110,647,883) (400,884,980)
------------- -------------
34,642,528 (23,402,457)
------------- -------------
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity (Deficit) $ 483,453,950 $ 351,465,874
============= =============
</TABLE>
(a) Reorganized as of October 15, 1998. See Note 2 of the notes to
consolidated financial statements.
(b) Accumulated deficit of $415,434,827, net of an extraordinary gain of
$85,355,624 from the extinguishment of debt in the CAI reorganization, was
eliminated as of October 14, 1998. The accumulated deficit shown at March
31, 1999 is for the period from October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999.
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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CAI WIRELESS SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Periods Ended March 31, 1999 and October 14, 1998
and Years Ended March 31, 1998 and 1997
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Reorganized
Company(a) Predecessor Entity
------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------
Period from Period from
October 15, 1998 April 1, 1998 to Year Ended Year Ended
to March 31, 1999 October 14, 1998 (c) March 31, 1998 March 31, 1997
----------------- -------------------- -------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues $ 15,433,357 $ 11,481,498 $ 28,621,710 $ 36,326,816
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Costs and expenses:
Programming and licensing 9,963,335 8,099,445 15,459,663 16,051,094
Marketing 603,223 189,133 1,373,265 2,033,107
General and administrative 24,653,961 11,471,224 36,750,542 31,196,446
Depreciation and amortization 22,700,264 14,663,560 34,713,610 32,345,327
Write-down of assets -- -- 73,500,000 --
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
57,920,783 34,423,362 161,797,080 81,625,974
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Operating loss (42,487,426) (22,941,864) (133,175,370) (45,299,158)
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Other income (expense):
Interest expense (30,937,947) (18,243,038) (47,226,574) (40,805,791)
Equity in losses of affiliates (38,740,977) (45,483,966) (31,747,268) (17,600,000)
Write-down of equity investment -- -- (23,570,000) --
Reorganization expense -- (17,101,383) -- --
Interest and other income 1,518,467 3,864,780 4,458,782 6,406,742
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
(68,160,457) (76,963,607) (98,085,060) (51,999,049)
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Loss before income tax benefit and
extraordinary item (110,647,883) (99,905,471) (231,260,430) (97,298,207)
Income tax benefit -- -- -- 15,000,000
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Loss before extraordinary item (110,647,883) (99,905,471) (231,260,430) (82,298,207)
Extraordinary item: net gains from early
extinguishment of debt -- 85,355,624 5,345,699 --
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Net loss (110,647,883) (14,549,847) (225,914,731) (82,298,207)
Preferred stock dividends -- -- (13,891,025) (13,011,270)
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Loss applicable to common shareholders $(110,647,883) $ (14,549,847) $(239,805,756) $ (95,309,477)
============= ============= ============= =============
Basic and diluted loss per new common
share(b) $(6.42)
======
Weighted average new common shares
outstanding 17,241,379
==========
</TABLE>
(a) Reorganized as of October 15, 1998. See Note 2 of the notes to consolidated
financial statements.
(b) Share data for the pre-reorganization periods is not presented as such
amounts are not meaningful.
(c) Contractual interest of $4,956,347 was not recorded for the period July
30, 1998, the date CAI voluntarily filed its Chapter 11 bankruptcy
petition, through October 14, 1998, the date of the bankruptcy
consummation, in accordance with SOP 90-7, since contractual interest was
an unsecured unallowed claim in the bankruptcy proceeding.
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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CAI WIRELESS SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Periods Ended March 31, 1999 and October 14, 1998 and Years Ended
March 31, 1998 and 1997
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Additional
Paid-in Accumulated
Predecessor Entity: Shares Amount Capital Deficit Total
------ ------ ------- ------- -----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance at March 31, 1996 37,829,482 $ 257,701,130 $ -- $ (65,090,206) $ 192,610,924
Series A 8% preferred stock converted to common 2,637,742 18,049,955 -- -- 18,049,955
Value assigned to warrants exercised 73,315 18,329 -- (18,329) --
Senior preferred stock issuance costs -- -- -- (661,212) (661,212)
Preferred stock dividends -- -- -- (13,011,270) (13,011,270)
Net loss for the year -- -- -- (82,298,207) (82,298,207)
----------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Balance at March 31, 1997 40,540,539 275,769,414 -- (161,079,224) 114,690,190
Common stock issued in exchange for Bell Atlantic
warrants 2,500 1,350 -- -- 1,350
Senior preferred stock and accumulated dividends
contributed to capital pursuant to the Bell
Atlantic termination agreement on March 3, 1998 -- -- 101,711,759 -- 101,711,759
Preferred stock dividends -- -- -- (13,891,025) (13,891,025)
Net loss for the year -- -- -- (225,914,731) (225,914,731)
----------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Balance at March 31, 1998 40,543,039 275,770,764 101,711,759 (400,884,980) (23,402,457)
Net loss for the period from April 1, 1998 to
October 14, 1998, including an extraordinary
gain of $85,355,624 -- -- -- (14,549,847) (14,549,847)
Eliminate predecessor equity accounts and fair
value assets and liabilities in connection
with fresh-start accounting:
Cancel common shares (no par value) and
restate the accumulated deficit (40,543,039) (275,770,764) (101,711,759) 377,482,523 --
Issue new common shares, par value $.01 15,000,000 150,000 119,814,776 -- 119,964,776
New shares issued with the exit facility 2,241,379 22,414 17,903,355 -- 17,925,769
Record excess of reorganization value over
identifiable assets -- -- -- 37,952,304 37,952,304
----------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Balance at October 14, 1998 17,241,379 172,414 137,718,131 -- 137,890,545
Reorganized Company (a):
Compensation expense under stock option plans -- -- 7,399,866 -- 7,399,866
Net loss for the period from October 15, 1998 to
March 31, 1999 -- -- -- (110,647,883) (110,647,883)
----------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Balance at March 31, 1999 17,241,379 $ 172,414 $ 145,117,997 $(110,647,883) $ 34,642,528
=========== ============= ============= ============= =============
</TABLE>
(a) Reorganized as of October 15, 1998. See Note 2 of the notes to
consolidated financial statements.
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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CAI WIRELESS SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Periods Ended March 31, 1999 and October
14, 1998 and Years Ended March 31, 1998 and 1997
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Reorganized Company(a) Predecessor Entity
------------------- -----------------------------------------------
Period from Period from
October 15, 1998 April 1, 1998 to Year Ended Year Ended
Cash flows from operating activities to March 31, 1999 October 14, 1998 March 31, 1998 March 31, 1997
----------------- ---------------- -------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net loss $(110,647,883) $(14,549,847) $(225,914,731) $(82,298,207)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to
net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 20,960,783 14,663,560 34,713,610 32,345,327
Amortization of reorganization value in excess of
amounts allocable to identifiable assets 1,739,481 -- -- --
Reorganization expense -- 10,795,636 -- --
Compensation expense under stock option plans 7,399,866 -- -- --
Write-down of impaired assets -- -- 73,500,000 --
Equity in losses of affiliates 38,740,977 45,483,966 31,747,268 17,600,000
Write-down of equity investment -- -- 23,570,000 --
Extraordinary net gain on early extinguishment of debt -- (85,355,624) (5,345,699) --
Deferred income tax benefit -- -- -- (15,000,000)
Debt financing costs and discount amortization
and accretion 26,255,739 1,407,539 4,915,160 3,336,483
Write-off of projects and other costs -- -- 7,136,940 2,087,144
Gain on the sale of assets -- (2,543,327) (1,239,175) (16,851)
Other (367,085) -- 180,230 277,820
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects
from acquired companies:
Subscriber receivables 775,762 (314,491) 273,604 690,092
Other assets 602,496 (98,739) 638,880 (382,798)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses (454,951) 4,263,245 7,881,801 6,608,567
------------- ------------ ------------- ------------
Net cash used in operating activities (14,994,815) (26,248,082) (47,942,112) (34,752,423)
------------- ------------ ------------- ------------
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of wireless channel rights (376,652) (110,000) (2,024,526) (3,686,989)
Purchase of property and equipment (2,107,937) (991,649) (7,167,875) (37,109,164)
Purchase of investments -- -- -- (15,087,990)
Net cash received in CS acquisition 43,989,778 -- -- --
Proceeds from maturity of investments -- 16,472,495 31,514,960 43,495,837
Proceeds from sale of assets 179,407 4,810,018 1,841,057 486,307
Investments in affiliates (874,567) (411,567) (4,388,433) --
Other 188,343 (81,527) 2,146,551 (765,117)
------------- ------------ ------------- ------------
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities 40,998,372 19,687,770 21,921,734 (12,667,116)
------------- ------------ ------------- ------------
</TABLE>
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CAI WIRELESS SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (continued)
Periods Ended March 31, 1999 and October
14, 1998 and Years Ended March 31, 1998 and 1997
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Reorganized
Company(a) Predecessor Entity
------------------- -------------------------------------------------
Period from Period from
October 15, 1998 to April 1, 1998 to Year Ended Year Ended
Cash flows from financing activities March 31, 1999 October 14, 1998 March 31, 1998 March 31, 1997
-------------- ---------------- -------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Proceeds from issuance of secured financings and other debt 174,500 26,847,439 33,714,321 --
(Increase) decrease in restricted cash accounts 10,260,359 (18,022,931) (9,134,651) --
Repayment of senior and other debt (940,129) (2,073,704) (3,056,834) (45,263,492)
Debt financing costs paid -- (126,445) (4,699,356) --
Other -- -- -- (108,145)
------------ ------------ ------------ -------------
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 9,494,730 6,624,359 16,823,480 (45,371,637)
------------ ------------ ------------ -------------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 35,498,287 64,047 (9,196,898) (92,791,176)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning 1,339,067 1,275,020 10,471,918 103,263,094
------------ ------------ ------------ -------------
Cash and cash equivalents, ending $ 36,837,354 $ 1,339,067 $ 1,275,020 $ 10,471,918
============ ============ ============ =============
</TABLE>
(a) Reorganized as of October 15, 1998. See Note 2 of the notes to
consolidated financial statements.
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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CAI WIRELESS SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (continued)
Supplemental Information on Non-Cash
Investing and Financing Activities
During the post-reorganization period from October 15, 1998 to March 31,
1999 and the pre-reorganization period from April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998
and the years ended March 31, 1998 and 1997, the following non-cash investing
and financing activities occurred:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Reorganized
Company Predecessor Entity
------------------- -------------------------------------------------
Period from Period from
October 15, 1998 to April 1, 1998 to Year Ended Year Ended
March 31, 1999 October 14, 1998 March 31, 1998 March 31, 1997
-------------- ---------------- -------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1. Purchase of property and
equipment with accrued
obligations $ 262,008 $ -- $ 832,549 $1,213,335
2. Acquisition of wireless channel
rights with accrued obligations -- -- 2,143,855 2,380,234
3. Accrued preferred stock
dividends -- -- 13,761,561 12,848,172
</TABLE>
4. On November 25, 1997, amounts outstanding and owed under the Foothill
Capital Credit Facility totaling $17.3 million were repaid with proceeds
from the sale by CAI of $25 million principal amount of 13% senior secured
notes to Merrill Lynch Global Allocation Fund, Inc. ("MLGAF") (see Note
8). On January 26, 1998, MLGAF purchased an additional $2 million
principal amount of 13% senior secured notes from CAI.
5. On February 17, 1998, CAI consummated a series of transactions, including
the purchase by CAI of the remaining interest of affiliates of NYNEX and
Bell Atlantic (collectively, "Bell Atlantic") under the Business
Relationship Agreement and the acquisition of Bell Atlantic's
approximately 9.9% equity interest in CS Wireless Systems, Inc. As
consideration for the termination of the joint venture and the transfer to
CAI of the CS common stock held by Bell Atlantic, CAI issued $7 million
aggregate principal amount of its 13% senior secured notes to Bell
Atlantic. As part of these transactions, MLGAF advised CAI that it had
completed the purchase from Bell Atlantic of the $30 million aggregate
principal amount of CAI's 14% term notes, $70 million of CAI's 14% senior
preferred stock and Bell Atlantic warrants to purchase CAI equity and the
$7 million aggregate principal amount of 13% senior secured notes issued
to Bell Atlantic on February 17, 1998. Simultaneously, MLGAF also
purchased an additional $11 million aggregate principal amount of CAI's
13% senior secured notes. As a result of these transactions, as of March
31, 1998, there was $45 million aggregate principal amount of CAI's 13%
senior secured notes outstanding, all of which was held by MLGAF.
6. On March 3, 1998, MLGAF exchanged the Bell Atlantic term notes and the
Bell Atlantic senior preferred stock, together with accrued but unpaid
interest ($15,709,804) and dividends ($32,422,295) thereon, acquired by
MLGAF on February 17, 1998, for a $30 million 12% subordinated note due
2005 and exchanged the Bell Atlantic warrants for 2,500 shares of CAI
common stock valued at $1,350.
7. During the year ended March 31, 1997, all of the Series A preferred stock,
with a basis of $18.1 million, was converted into 2,637,742 shares of
common stock.
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CAI WIRELESS SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (continued)
Supplemental Information on Non-Cash
Investing and Financing Activities (continued)
8. Net cash provided by issuance of secured financings and other debt during
the period from April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Interim Debt Refinancing
Proceeds from issuance of secured notes under the DIP facility $ 60,000,000
Repayment of 13% senior secured notes (45,000,000)
Debt financing costs paid (4,105,894)
------------
Net cash provided by interim debt refinancing 10,894,106
------------
Exit Facility and Stock Issuance
Proceeds from issuance of secured notes under the exit facility 80,000,000
Exit facility discount (17,925,769)
Proceeds from stock issuance 17,925,769
------------
Net proceeds from exit facility and stock issuance 80,000,000
Repayment of the DIP facility (60,000,000)
Accrued interest paid (1,646,667)
Debt financing costs paid (2,400,000)
------------
Net cash provided by the exit facility and stock issuance 15,953,333
------------
Net cash provided by issuance of secured financings and other debt $ 26,847,439
============
</TABLE>
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Reorganized
Company Predecessor Entity
------------------- -------------------------------------------------
Period from Period from
October 15, 1998 to April 1, 1998 to Year Ended Year Ended
March 31, 1999 October 14, 1998 March 31, 1998 March 31, 1997
-------------- ---------------- -------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Cash payments for interest $ 16,582 $ 17,028,872 $ 34,944,126 $ 34,341,025
======== ============ ============ ============
</TABLE>
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CAI WIRELESS SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 - NATURE OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES.
Principles of Consolidation. The consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. ("CAI") and its wholly-owned subsidiaries
and, effective as of December 2, 1998, its approximately 94% ownership of CS
Wireless Systems, Inc. ("CS"), its 60% interest in TelQuest Satellite Services
LLC ("TelQuest") and its 50% ownership of each of CAI Data Systems, Inc., CAI
Satellite Communications, Inc. and MMDS Satellite Ventures, Inc. (collectively
the "Company"). Throughout the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
and the Financial Statements to which the Notes are attached, use of the term
"Reorganized Company" refers to CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. and its subsidiaries,
on a consolidated basis, from and after October 15, 1998. Throughout the Notes
to the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Financial Statements to which
the Notes are attached, use of the term "Predecessor Entity" refers to CAI and
its subsidiaries prior to October 15, 1998. A vertical black line is shown in
the consolidated financial statements to separate the reorganized company and
the predecessor entity since they have not been prepared on a consistent basis
of accounting. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been
eliminated in consolidation. Acquisitions have been accounted for on the
purchase method of accounting. Accordingly, CS and TelQuest have been
consolidated as of December 2, 1998. The Consolidated Statement of Operations
reflects CS and TelQuest operations for the four month period ended March 31,
1999 with no allowance for minority interest since the respective minority
shareholders do not provide any guarantees for funding the losses sustained by
these companies.
Fresh-Start Reporting. Financial accounting during a Chapter 11 proceeding is
prescribed in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' Statement
of Position ("SOP") 90-7, "Financial Reporting by Entities in Reorganization
Under the Bankruptcy Code." The emergence from the Chapter 11 proceeding
resulted in the creation of a new reporting entity without any accumulated
deficit and with CAI's assets and liabilities restated to their estimated fair
values (see Note 2). Due to the application of fresh-start reporting, the
financial statements for periods after the reorganization are not comparable in
all respects to the financial statements for periods prior to the
reorganization, primarily with respect to depreciation and amortization.
Nature of Business. CAI was incorporated in August 1991 to invest in, lease, and
purchase wireless channel rights including multi-channel, multi-point
distribution services licenses, multi-point distribution services ("MDS")
licenses and instructional television fixed services ("ITFS") licenses
(collectively, "MMDS"), and develop wireless cable systems. CAI operates six
analog-based wireless cable systems providing analog video service to
approximately 32,300 subscribers as of March 31, 1999 in New York City,
Rochester, and Albany, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Washington, DC; and
Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA. In addition, CAI has a portfolio of MMDS channel
rights in eight additional markets including Long Island, Buffalo and Syracuse,
NY; Providence, RI; Hartford, CT; Boston, MA (built-out with limited Internet
operations); Baltimore, MD; and Pittsburgh, PA. For the periods from October
15,1998 to March 31, 1999 and April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998, approximately
62%, 15% and 14% and 56%, 16% and 18% of CAI's total revenues were derived from
the Philadelphia, New York City and Albany systems, respectively, as compared to
60%, 18% and 11% and 59%, 22% and 9% for the years ended March 31, 1998 and
1997, respectively.
CS provides subscription video services to approximately 55,900
subscribers as of March 31, 1999, in eleven operating markets (exclusive of
subscribers in the Story City, Iowa market contemplated to be transferred to
Nucentrix Broadband Networks, Inc.;"Nucentrix", formerly known as Heartland
Wireless Communications, Inc.). Those markets are Bakersfield, CA; Sweet Springs
and Cameron/Maysville, MO; Cleveland and Dayton, OH; San Antonio, Dallas and
Fort Worth, TX; Minneapolis, MN; Nortonville/Effingham, KS; and Grand Rapids,
MI. Additionally, CS provides high speed Internet access services in its
Dallas/Ft. Worth market. CS also owns or holds lease rights in other markets as
follows: Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, MI; Charlotte, NC; Kalispell,
MT; Kansas City, MO; Napoleon/Bloom Center, IN; Rochester, MN; Scottsbluff, NE;
Stockton/Modesto, CA; and Wellsville, KS.
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CAI WIRELESS SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 - NATURE OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
(continued).
The Company's subscription video services operate within the highly
competitive subscription television industry. The Company's principal
subscription television competitors in each of its markets are traditional
hard-wire cable companies and companies using direct broadcast satellite and
other methods of distributing and receiving television transmissions. Hard wire
cable companies generally are well-established and known to potential customers
and have significantly greater financial and other resources than the Company.
In addition to providing wireless cable television services, the Company intends
to expand the use of its wireless channel rights spectrum to include
telecommunications services. As the telecommunications industry continues to
evolve and the Company seeks to expand its product offerings, the Company faces
additional competition from new providers of entertainment and data services.
There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to compete successfully
with existing or potential competitors in the subscription video industry or any
other segment of the telecommunications industry.
The Company has incurred significant operating losses since its inception.
Losses are expected for at least the next year as the Company continues to
operate its subscription video business and implement its business plan. The
Company has approximately $53.7 million in cash, cash equivalents and restricted
cash at March 31, 1999, of which $17.5 million is available to CAI and $36
million is available to CS to fund their respective capital requirements. Based
on the current operating budgets, CAI believes that it has sufficient cash to
fund its anticipated capital requirements through November 1999, and CS believes
that it has sufficient cash to fund its anticipated capital requirements through
March 2000. CAI's operating budget does not contemplate further investment in
any of CAI's non-wholly-owned subsidiaries and CS' operating budget does not
contemplate any investment in CAI or its wholly-owned subsidiaries.
The Company has committed significant resources to the development of two
way digital MMDS systems and contemplates additional capital expenditures in
connection with the continued efforts to engineer and design two-way systems in
the Company's markets. The Company continues to enhance its portfolio of MMDS
spectrum rights by entering into long-term leases and, where feasible,
purchasing or otherwise obtaining rights to MMDS spectrum in certain of its
markets. The amount and timing of the Company's future capital requirements will
depend upon a number of factors, including programming, equipment and marketing
costs, staffing levels, subscriber growth, competitive conditions and the
presence of a strategic partner, many of which are beyond the control of the
Company. Failure to obtain any required financing could materially affect the
growth, cash flow and/or operating results of the Company.
The Company is also faced with significant debt service requirements
beginning on October 14, 2000, when $80 million aggregate principal amount of
CAI's 13% senior secured notes, together with all accrued interest thereon and
all fees and expenses associated therewith, are due and payable in full (see
Note 8). Additionally, beginning in September 2001, CS will have to make
semi-annual interest payments on the outstanding aggregate amount of its Series
B 11.375% senior discount notes due 2006.
Without additional funding through debt or equity offerings, joint
ventures, non-core asset sales, the participation of a strategic partner, or the
restructuring of its debt agreements, the Company may not be able to meet its
future debt and interest payments (see Note 2 and Subsequent Event in Note 16).
There can be no assurance that the Company will achieve positive cash flow from
operations or consummate any asset sale or that sufficient debt or equity
financing will be available to it. In addition, subject to restrictions under
their outstanding debt obligations, CAI and CS may pursue other opportunities to
acquire additional wireless cable channel rights and businesses that may utilize
the capital currently expected to be available for its current wireless
communications business.
Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and
accompanying notes. Significant estimates include fair value adjustments,
valuation allowances,
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(continued).
useful lives of tangible and intangible assets and estimates of impairment of
long-lived assets. Actual results could differ from those estimates and
assumptions.
Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash. For purposes of determining cash and cash
equivalents, restricted cash balances are not included. The Company considers
all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with an initial maturity of three
months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents consist primarily of
money market type funds. The Company has a concentration of credit risk with
regard to its cash in excess of the amount subject to federal insurance and
money market type funds. The Company has mitigated its risk by depositing its
cash in high credit quality financial institutions and by investing in low risk,
high grade money market type funds which invest in U.S. government securities or
high grade commercial paper. The net proceeds from the issuance to Merrill Lynch
Global Allocation Fund, Inc. ("MLGAF") of the CAI senior secured notes (see Note
8) are held in an account controlled by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as collateral
agent for the holders of CAI senior secured notes. On March 26, 1999, MCI
WORLDCOM, Inc. acquired the $80 million aggregate principal amount of CAI's
senior secured notes from MLGAF. The release and use of funds is limited to
expenditures that are in accordance with CAI's operating plan as submitted from
time to time to the holders of the senior secured notes.
Accounts Receivable. The Company provides an allowance for doubtful accounts on
its accounts receivable, which amounted to $.6 million and $.2 million at March
31, 1999 and 1998, respectively.
Property and Equipment. Property and equipment are carried at cost as of October
14, 1998 and at fair market value as of October 15, 1998. Subsequent additions
are recorded at cost. Depreciation and amortization are calculated by the
straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. The
Company capitalizes subcontractor and direct employee labor costs incurred in
connection with the installation of its television reception equipment on
subscriber premises. Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed when incurred;
renewals and betterments are capitalized. Amortization of such costs is based on
the estimated subscriber turnover rate for each system, which ranges from 1 to 7
years.
Investments in Affiliates.
CS Wireless Systems, Inc. On December 2, 1998, CAI increased its ownership
interest in CS to 94% by acquiring shares held by Nucentrix Broadband Networks,
Inc. (formerly known as Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc.), for $1,534,000
in cash, which shares were subsequently acquired from CAI by CS for the same
price and placed into treasury. Concurrently with the purchase by CAI, CAI, CS
and Nucentrix mutually agreed to terminate that certain stockholders' agreement
dated as of February 23, 1996. The stockholders' agreement (and bylaws of CS)
required the affirmative vote of a supermajority of the members of the CS board
of directors or stockholders, as the case may be, for certain actions to be
acted upon by the CS board or stockholders. Consequently, percentage ownership
of CS common stock was not indicative of control at CS so long as the
stockholders' agreement continued. As a result of the increased percentage
ownership in CS and the termination of the stockholders' agreement, the
subsequent results of CS are consolidated with those of CAI. The consolidation
with CS as of December 2, 1998 created negative goodwill of $25,550,304 which
was eliminated by proportionate offsets to property and equipment and wireless
channel rights of $6,132,073 and $19,418,231, respectively. In prior periods, as
a result of the effect the stockholders' agreement had on the control of CS, CAI
accounted for its investment in CS under the equity method of accounting, and
the difference between CAI's cost and the pro-rata value of its ownership of the
underlying equity was amortized over 15 years, commensurate with goodwill and
wireless channel rights amortization periods to which the investment primarily
related. CAI recorded its share of the CS net losses, adjusted for the
amortization of its investment, under the equity method because CAI did not
control day to day operations and due to the significant participation rights of
Nucentrix under the terms of a stockholders' agreement that was terminated on
December 2, 1998. The Company recognized a loss of $37,344,377 upon the
acquisition of the controlling interest of CS representing the losses not
previously recognized under its ownership percentage under the equity method. CS
owns 39% of Telivision Interactiva del Norte, S.A. de C.V. ("Telinor") and has a
49% interest in Telinor Inalambrica, S.A.
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(continued).
de C.V. ("Telivision"). Telinor and Television were formed to develop wireless
cable television systems providing subscription television services in Mexico.
The carrying value of CS's investments in and advances to Telinor and Television
was $4.3 million at March 31, 1999.
TelQuest Satellite Services LLC. With the increased percentage of ownership of
CS on December 2, 1998, the Company has a 60% interest in TelQuest. Accordingly,
the subsequent results of TelQuest are consolidated with those of CAI. In prior
periods, the investment in TelQuest was recorded on the equity method of
accounting and the difference between CAI's cost and the pro-rata ownership of
the underlying equity was amortized over 15 years. The Company recorded its
share of TelQuest's net loss, adjusted for the amortization of its excess
investment, under the equity method until December 2, 1998.
Intangibles.
Wireless Channel Rights. Wireless channel rights, including costs incurred to
acquire wireless cable channel rights, are carried at cost as of October 14,
1998 and at fair market value on October 15, 1998. Subsequent additions are
carried at cost. Wireless channel rights are amortized over their estimated
useful lives, generally 10 to 15 years, commencing when the related market is
placed in service or available for service.
Goodwill. Goodwill, consisting of acquisition costs in excess of the fair value
of assets and liabilities of the companies acquired, is amortized on a straight
line basis over periods ranging from 10 to 15 years. Accumulated amortization
was approximately $4.6 million at March 31, 1998.
Reorganization Value in Excess of Amounts Allocable to Identifiable Assets.
Reorganization value approximates the amount a willing buyer would pay for the
assets of a company immediately after a restructuring. The reorganization value
in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets (total assets after
adjusting to fair value) is amortized over 10 years. Accumulated amortization at
March 31, 1999 is approximately $1.7 million.
Debt Financing Costs. Costs incurred to obtain financing are amortized over the
respective terms of the debt as a component of interest expense.
Long-Lived Assets. The Company adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of
Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of," on April 1,
1996. SFAS No. 121 requires that long-lived assets and certain identifiable
intangibles be periodically reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes
in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be
recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a
comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to estimated future net cash flows
expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be
impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the
carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Assets to be
disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less
costs to sell (see Note 2). Pursuant to SFAS No. 121, the Company periodically
reviews wireless channel rights and other long-lived assets whenever events or
changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may
not be recoverable. When such circumstances occur, the Company evaluates the
possible effects on the carrying amount of such assets.
The Company's estimates of future gross revenues and operating cash flows,
the remaining estimated lives of long-lived assets, or both could be reduced in
the future due to changes in, among other things, technology, the Company's
ability to obtain permission for flexible use of the wireless channel rights,
government regulation and/or available financing or competition. The Company's
estimate of future gross revenues and operating cash flows assumes that the
Company will successfully develop wireless broadband networks in its markets
which will enable the Company to provide fixed, flexible two-way
telecommunications transmission services, including high-speed data and
telephony services. Since these alternative uses of the MMDS spectrum are in the
early stages of development,
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(continued).
there is no assurance that the Company can commercially deploy such alternatives
or that it will be able to achieve positive cash flow from any operating
activities.
Based on the results of its valuation as of March 31, 1998, CAI recorded a
$73.5 million write-down (net of an accumulated amortization adjustment of $14.7
million) of the goodwill associated with the wireless channel rights acquired
from companies purchased by CAI in September 1995.
Investments in Debt Service Escrow. Investments in the debt service escrow,
consisting of debt instruments, matured in September 1998 and were carried at
cost since they were held to maturity.
Revenue Recognition. Revenues from subscribers are recognized in the period that
service is rendered. Amounts paid in advance are recorded as deferred revenue.
Subscriber installation fees are recognized as revenue to the extent of costs
incurred to obtain subscribers.
Stock Options. SFAS No. 123 requires entities to recognize as expense over the
vesting period the fair value of all stock-based awards on the date of grant or
alternatively, to continue to apply the provisions of Accounting Principles
Board ("APB") Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees," and
provide pro forma net income and pro forma earnings per share disclosures for
employee stock option grants as if the fair value-based method defined in SFAS
No. 123 had been applied. The Company has elected to continue to apply the
provisions of APB Opinion No. 25 and provide the pro forma disclosures of SFAS
No. 123. Compensation expense has been reflected for the period from October 15,
1998 to March 31, 1999 relative to variable options issued after the bankruptcy
to incentivize certain key employees.
Income Taxes. The Company files a consolidated federal income tax return with
its subsidiaries in which it owns 80% or more of the outstanding common stock.
Deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences of "temporary
differences" by applying enacted statutory tax rates applicable for future years
to the difference between the financial statement and tax basis of existing
assets and liabilities. The effect of tax rate changes on deferred taxes is
recognized in the income tax provision in the period that includes the enactment
date. A valuation allowance is established to reduce deferred tax assets, if it
is more likely that all or some portion of such deferred tax asset will not be
realized.
Loss Per Share. The Company adopted SFAS No. 128, "Earnings Per Share" for the
year ended March 31, 1998. Accordingly, the "primary" EPS was replaced with a
"basic" EPS computation based upon the weighted-average common shares
outstanding. Due to the Company's net losses, only the basic loss per share
amounts are reflected in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Outstanding options, warrants, and other convertible securities were not
considered for the purposes of calculating the weighted average common shares
outstanding since these securities were determined to be anti-dilutive. CAI's
basic loss per share for the year ended March 31, 1999 reflects the
post-bankruptcy loss per new common share. Per share data for the
pre-reorganization periods are not presented as such amounts are not meaningful.
Reclassification. The Company has reclassified certain items in prior years'
financial statements to make them conform to the current year presentation.
Comprehensive Income. The Company has adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 130,
"Reporting Comprehensive Income." SFAS No. 130 requires companies to disclose
comprehensive income separately from net income. Comprehensive income is defined
as the change in equity during a period from transactions and other events and
circumstances from non-ownership sources, and it includes all changes in equity
during a period, except those
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NOTE 1 - NATURE OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
(continued).
resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. The adoption
of SFAS No. 130 had no effect on the Company because the Company had no elements
of other comprehensive income.
Segment Reporting. The Company adopted SFAS No. 131, "Disclosures about segments
of an enterprise and related information." SFAS No. 131 requires that public
companies report operating segments based upon how management allocates
resources and assesses performance. Based on the criteria outlined in SFAS No.
131, the Company is comprised of a single reportable segment--distribution of
wireless cable television subscription services. Accordingly, no additional
disclosure is required by the Company to conform to the requirements of SFAS No.
131.
NOTE 2 - GOING CONCERN AND CHAPTER 11 REORGANIZATION.
Going Concern. Although CAI has emerged from bankruptcy, the Company's recurring
losses, restrictions on its ability to obtain additional financing, and
substantial commitments raise substantial doubt about its continuation as a
going concern. For the year ending March 31, 2000, the Company is obligated to
pay approximately $7.9 million for minimum license fees and channel lease
payments, approximately $4.7 million for operating leases, approximately $6.2
million in wireless channel rights obligations including MMDS license auction
fees, $.8 million in debt service, and to fund current operating deficits. The
Company projects that operating cash requirements will be approximately $40.6
million for the year ending March 31, 2000. Additionally, as of March 31, 1999,
the Company had outstanding trade payables of approximately $12.1 million, and
is committed through additional open purchase orders to spend approximately $2.2
million, primarily for capital expenditures associated with digital, Internet
and telephony projects. For the year ended March 31, 1999, the Company was
obligated to pay approximately $5.5 million for minimum license fees and channel
lease payments, approximately $3.7 million for operating leases, approximately
$3.5 million in wireless channel rights obligations including MMDS license
auction fees, and to fund current operating costs. The Company projected that
operating cash requirements would be approximately $20 million for the year
ending March 31, 1999. Additionally, as of March 31, 1998, the Company had
outstanding trade payables of approximately $4.9 million. The Company's business
strategy has been to explore digital wireless cable services for its MMDS
subscription television systems and alternative uses of its MMDS spectrum for a
variety of applications, including data and voice transmission such as Internet
access and telephony delivery services and to petition the Federal
Communications Commission ("FCC") for the establishment of rules governing the
full two-way use of the MMDS spectrum. In management's opinion, this strategy,
if successful, will held meet current and perceived future competition and, in
relation to obtaining a new strategic partner, show the flexibility and
increased value of the Company's MMDS spectrum. In connection with achieving
these objectives, the Company was committed through additional open purchase
orders as of March 31, 1998 to spend approximately $1.8 million, primarily for
capital expenditures associated with the additional development of the Boston
digital transmission facilities.
The Company's consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a
going concern basis, which contemplates continuity of operations, realization of
assets and liquidation of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of
business. The appropriateness of reporting on a going concern basis is dependent
upon, among other things, future operations and the ability to generate
sufficient cash from operations and financing sources to meet obligations.
Management has been seeking strategic partners to fund these financial
requirements. On April 26, 1999 CAI entered into an agreement and plan of merger
dated as of April 26, 1999 with MCI WorldCom (see Note 16).
Restructuring Costs. The Company has revised its March 31, 1998 financial
statements to reflect financial restructuring fees which relate to a subsequent
period but which are immaterial in relation to the March 31, 1998 financial
statements.
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NOTE 2 - GOING CONCERN AND CHAPTER 11 REORGANIZATION (continued).
Chapter 11 Reorganization. On July 30, 1998, CAI and one of its wholly-owned
subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the United States
Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Delaware. The CAI reorganization plan, which provided for the restructuring of
certain amounts of CAI's long-term indebtedness, was confirmed on September 30,
1998 and consummated on October 14, 1998. Under the confirmed reorganization
plan, each holder of CAI's 12.25% senior notes due 2002 received, in full
satisfaction of its claim against CAI as a holder of senior notes, a pro-rata
portion of $212,909,624 aggregate principal amount at maturity ($100 million
aggregate discounted principal amount at issuance) of 13% senior notes due 2004,
91% of the equity of reorganized CAI and approximately $16.5 million in cash.
The 12.25% senior notes have been extinguished and certificates for such notes
represent solely the right to receive the pro-rata share of the distribution
contemplated by the CAI reorganization plan to be made on account of such
previously-held senior notes. The reorganization plan also provided that each
holder of subordinated indebtedness claims against CAI receive, in full
satisfaction of its claim against CAI as a holder of a subordinated indebtedness
claim, a pro-rata portion of the remaining 9% of the equity of reorganized CAI.
The subordinated indebtedness claims against CAI have been extinguished and
notes previously representing such claims represent solely the right to receive
the pro-rata share of the distribution contemplated by the CAI reorganization
plan to be made on account of such previously-held subordinated indebtedness
claims. All equity received by the holders of 12.25% senior notes and
subordinated indebtedness claims was diluted by equity reserved for issuance
upon the exercise of options granted to members of CAI's senior management and
for equity issued in connection with the exit facility (see Note 8).
In connection with the reorganization, the Company recorded an
extraordinary gain of $85.4 million reflecting the extinguishment of debt.
Long-term notes totaling approximately $308 million, including the interest
accrued thereon and associated issuance costs, were replaced with $100 million
aggregate principal amount at issuance of 13% senior notes, equity of CAI, and
cash from the debt escrow account. The consolidated balance sheet reflects the
13% senior notes, together with accreted interest thereon from October 15, 1998
to March 31, 1999.
In determining the post-confirmation going concern enterprise value, CAI's
financial advisors performed a variety of generally accepted valuation
techniques. The three primary methodologies used were: (1) comparable public
company analysis ("Comparables"), (2) discounted cash flow ("DCF") and (3)
comparable mergers and acquisitions analysis ("M&A"). The Comparables approach
included comparisons with five similar companies and detailed multi-year
financial comparisons. Specifically, the total enterprise value for each company
was compared to its respective estimated gross line-of-sight households. The DCF
value represents the present value of unlevered, after-tax cash flows. The basis
for the DCF was the Company's ten-year projections in the provision of fixed
wireless video and two-way voice and data services on a wholesale basis to
prospective strategic partners. An effective tax rate of 40% was estimated, and
a discount rate of 25% was applied to the cash flows, reflective of the
estimated high degree of risk associated with the business plan. In addition, a
terminal value was determined by assuming the sale of the business at the end of
the time period. The terminal value multiple of ten was used. The M&A approach
included evaluation of a series of transactions involving companies in the
wireless cable industry.
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NOTE 2 - GOING CONCERN AND CHAPTER 11 REORGANIZATION (continued).
Seven transactions between 1996 and 1997 were considered. Based upon the
analyses, the assumptions made and matters considered, the post-confirmation
going concern enterprise value of CAI was estimated to be $293 million.
Reorganization expense recorded by CAI prior to consummation of the
reorganization plan consisted of the following for the period from April 1, 1998
to October 14, 1998:
Professional fees and other expenses
related to the Chapter 11 proceedings $ 6,305,747
Adjustment of assets and liabilities to fair value 10,795,636
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$ 17,101,383
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NOTE 2 - GOING CONCERN AND CHAPTER 11 REORGANIZATION (continued).
The effects of the CAI reorganization plan and the application of
fresh-start reporting on CAI's Consolidated Balance Sheet at October 14, 1998
are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Reorganized
CAI
Predecessor Entity Debt Fresh-Start October 14,
October 14, 1998 Exit Financing Discharge Adjustments 1998
-------------- ------------ -------------- -------------- ---------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,339,067 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 1,339,067
Restricted cash and cash
equivalents 11,204,249 15,953,333 -- -- 27,157,582
Debt service escrow 16,971,807 -- (16,971,807) -- --
Subscriber receivables, net 701,635 -- -- -- 701,635
Prepaid expenses 549,100 -- -- -- 549,100
Property and equipment, net 40,982,272 -- -- 263,526 41,245,798
Wireless channel rights, net 187,249,998 -- -- 17,112,933 204,362,931
Investment in CS
Wireless Systems, Inc. -- -- -- -- --
Investment in TelQuest
Satellite Services LLC 1,220,404 -- -- -- 1,220,404
Other investments -- -- -- -- --
Goodwill, net 21,997,237 -- -- (21,997,237) --
Reorganization value in
excess of amounts
allocable to
identifiable assets -- -- -- 37,952,304 37,952,304
Debt financing costs, net 5,781,300 4,300,000 -- (5,781,300) 4,300,000
Other assets 3,059,931 -- -- (393,558) 2,666,373
-------------- ------------ -------------- -------------- ---------------
Total Assets $ 291,057,000 $ 20,253,333 $ (16,971,807) $ 27,156,668 $ 321,495,194
============== ============ ============== ============== ===============
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Liabilities
Accounts payable $ 3,125,495 $ (600,000) $ -- $ -- $ 2,525,495
Accrued expenses 9,170,546 2,500,000 -- 647,224 12,317,770
Accrued interest 16,145,874 (1,646,667) (14,499,207) -- --
Wireless channel rights
obligations 2,922,100 -- -- -- 2,922,100
Interim debt financing 60,000,000 2,074,231 -- -- 62,074,231
Senior notes 311,558,053 -- (207,793,000) -- 103,765,053
-------------- ------------ -------------- -------------- ---------------
Total Liabilities 402,922,068 2,327,564 (222,292,207) 647,224 183,604,649
-------------- ------------ -------------- -------------- ---------------
Shareholders' Equity (Deficit)
Preferred stock -- -- -- -- --
Common stock 275,770,764 22,414 150,000 (275,770,764) 172,414
Additional paid-in capital 101,711,759 17,903,355 119,814,776 (101,711,759) 137,718,131
Accumulated deficit (489,347,591) -- 85,355,624 403,991,967 --
-------------- ------------ -------------- -------------- ---------------
Total Shareholders'
Equity (Deficit) (111,865,068) 17,925,769 205,320,400 26,509,444 137,890,545
-------------- ------------ -------------- -------------- ---------------
Total Liabilities and Shareholders'
Equity (Deficit) $ 291,057,000 $ 20,253,333 $ (16,971,807) $ 27,156,668 $ 321,495,194
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</TABLE>
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NOTE 3 - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT.
Property and equipment consist of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Reorganized
Company Predecessor Entity
March 31, 1999 March 31, 1998
-------------- --------------
Useful
Life
----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Transmission equipment 3-10 years $ 37,920,100 $ 26,729,489
Subscriber equipment 1-7 years 29,612,375 45,971,855
Leasehold improvements 5-20 years 5,854,156 7,102,765
Furniture and equipment 3-7 years 4,410,633 4,339,192
------------ ------------
77,797,264 84,143,301
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization 9,932,143 42,027,561
------------ ------------
67,865,121 42,115,740
Projects in process 570,629 7,782,597
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$ 68,435,750 $ 49,898,337
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</TABLE>
Subscriber equipment includes recoverable equipment (antennas,
downconverters, set-top converters, and remote controls); non-recoverable
equipment (wiring, connectors, and miscellaneous small parts); and installation
costs (outside subcontractor charges, internal direct labor, and other related
installation costs which are capitalized). The Company generally does not
capitalize the cost of disconnecting or reconnecting subscribers.
The projects in process for 1998 primarily represent costs incurred to
date relative to establishing digital systems in Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA and
Internet and telephony testing sites in Boston, MA, and have been transferred to
property and equipment for 1999. The Boston digital project costs, net of
write-downs, were transferred to depreciable property and equipment, primarily
transmission equipment, during the year ended March 31, 1998. In connection with
building the Boston digital system in accordance with the agreement with Bell
Atlantic which was later terminated, CAI abandoned certain improvements and
wrote-off certain project costs of approximately $4 million for the year ended
March 31, 1998. Additionally, the Company had other project write-offs of
approximately $0, $0, $2.6 million and $2 million for the periods from October
15, 1998 to March 31, 1999 and from April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998 and for
the years ended March 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
Depreciation and amortization expense of property and equipment for the
periods from October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999 and April 1, 1998 to October 14,
1998 and the years ended March 31, 1998 and 1997 was approximately $9.9 million,
$6.8 million, $14.8 million, and $14.9 million, respectively.
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NOTE 4 - WIRELESS CHANNEL RIGHTS.
The Company is dependent on leases with third parties for most of its
wireless channel rights and has acquired wireless channel rights through direct
negotiation with licenseholders and with sublessors of certain licenses and
through business combinations. The Company's wireless channel rights are
predominately lease arrangements; however, the Company is the direct licensee of
certain licenses and has purchase options with respect to others. The Company's
wireless channel rights are principally located in the northeastern, midwestern
and southcentral sections of the United States.
The lease and sublease agreements frequently require initial fees followed
by monthly fees based on subscriber volume, subject to certain minimum fees.
Some agreements require profit sharing with the licenseholders. Under FCC rules,
the base term of each lease cannot exceed the term of the underlying FCC
license. Accordingly, the lease and sublease periods follow the periods
corresponding to the actual FCC license dates with provisions for extensions
upon license renewal from the FCC. The FCC licenses are typically granted for a
ten-year period and there is no automatic renewal of such licenses. The use of
such channels by the lessors is subject to regulation by the FCC; therefore, the
Company's ability to continue to enjoy the benefits of these leases is dependent
upon the lessors' continuing compliance with applicable regulations. Most of the
Company's leases provide that the lessor may negotiate lease renewals with only
the Company and, if a renewal agreement is not reached within a specified time,
grant the Company a right of first refusal to match any competing offers.
Although the Company does not believe that the termination of or failure to
renew a single channel lease would adversely affect the Company, several of such
terminations or failures in one or more markets that the Company actively serves
could have a material adverse effect on the Company. The remaining initial terms
of most of the Company's channel leases range from 5 to 10 years, although
certain channel leases have initial terms expiring in the next several years.
The Company is obligated as of March 31, 1999 to pay minimum fees to
licenseholders or sublessors in future years as follows:
Years ending
March 31, Amount
--------- -----------
2000 $ 7,902,000
2001 7,513,000
2002 6,197,000
2003 6,109,000
2004 5,141,000
Thereafter 12,979,000
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Total $45,841,000
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Lease expense for the periods from October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999 and
from April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998 and the years ended March 31, 1998, and
1997 was approximately $4.2 million, $3.9 million, $4.3 million, and $3.7
million, respectively. The Company capitalizes wireless channel rights
acquisition costs and initial fees and amortizes such costs when operations
commence in the market to which they relate. Amortization of the wireless
channel rights for the period October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999, the period
from April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998, and the years ended March 31, 1998 and
1997 was $10.3 million, $6.9 million, $12 million, and $9.9 million,
respectively.
The following is a summary of wireless channel rights:
Reorganized Company Predecessor Entity
March 31, 1999 March 31, 1998
-------------- --------------
Cost of wireless channel rights $317,441,222 $222,666,188
Less accumulated amortization 10,259,325 28,615,396
------------ ------------
$307,181,897 $194,050,792
============ ============
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NOTE 4 - WIRELESS CHANNEL RIGHTS (continued).
Wireless channel rights obligations are generally due within one year
without interest. The FCC concluded auctions in 1997 for the award of initial
commercial wireless cable licenses for Basic Trading Areas or "BTAs". Wireless
channel rights obligations of approximately $6.2 million, including amounts owed
for BTAs, are anticipated to become due in the current fiscal year ending March
31, 2000. As of March 31, 1999, the wireless channel rights obligations in the
accompanying consolidated balance sheet include approximately $1.1 million
payable by CAI to the Federal Communications Commission for two BTAs, $1.3
million to various entities, and a payable by CS to Nucentrix of approximately
$3.8 million representing the remaining unpaid balances with respect to BTAs to
be conveyed by Nucentrix to CS. The CS payable to Nucentrix bears interest at
9.5% and is being paid over a 10-year period commencing in the fourth quarter of
1996. CS is required to make quarterly interest-only payments for the first two
years and quarterly payments of principal and interest over the remaining eight
years.
NOTE 5 - EQUITY INVESTMENTS.
CS Wireless Systems, Inc. CAI currently has a 94% equity interest in CS. CAI's
equity interest in CS had increased from 47.7% to 50.7% as of September 30, 1997
due to the rescission of a previously recorded transaction pursuant to which CAI
was to purchase the Portsmouth, NH wireless channel rights from Nucentrix in
exchange for approximately 314,000 shares of CS held by CAI. CAI's equity
interest in CS subsequently increased from 50.7% to 60.0% on February 17, 1998
when, in connection with the termination of the joint venture between CAI and
Bell Atlantic, CAI acquired 1,000,000 shares of CS from Bell Atlantic valued at
$2.4 million. Additionally, CAI's investment in CS reflects an equity loss of
$43.3 million and $29.9 million (based on CAI's pro-rata share of CS' net loss
of $130.5 million and $52.6 million for the eleven months ended December 2, 1998
and the year ended December 31, 1997, respectively), together with $2.4 million
of amortization of the associated goodwill each year.
Based on the depressed market condition of the wireless industry and CS'
continuing losses, management of CAI re-evaluated the goodwill associated with
its initial investment in CS. During the year ended March 31, 1998, the goodwill
portion of the CS investment was written-off in the amount of $23.6 million.
On December 2, 1998, CS, CAI and Nucentrix entered into a master agreement
providing for, among other things, the termination of Nucentrix's rights in, and
claims against CAI and CS. As part of the master agreement, in December 1998,
CAI purchased from Nucentrix 3,836,035 shares of CS common stock for $1,534,000.
CS subsequently repurchased those shares from CAI and placed the shares in
treasury. The net effect of the stock transactions was to increase CAI's
ownership percentage of CS' issued and outstanding stock to 94%. Concurrently
with the purchase by CAI, CAI, CS, and Nucentrix mutually agreed to terminate
that certain Stockholders' Agreement dated as of February 23, 1998.
Additionally, CS agreed to lease certain channel rights and sell the net
operating assets of its Story City, Iowa market to Nucentrix primarily in
exchange for the forgiveness by Nucentrix of the outstanding balance owed by CS
of $2,335,000 under the so-called Heartland Long-Term Note (see Note 8) and
additional cash payments by CS to Nucentrix of $466,000. In December 1998, under
the terms of the master agreement, CS made a deposit of $366,000 to Nucentrix in
anticipation of the exchange.
Accordingly, the consolidated financial statements of CAI reflect a
purchase method step acquisition with respect to CS effective December 2, 1998.
The period ended October 14, 1998 and years ended March 31, 1998 and 1997
reflect the equity method of accounting for CS' losses for the eleven months
ended December 2, 1998 and for the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996. CS
reports on a December fiscal year basis and accordingly, the company recorded
its proportionate share of the results of CS operations based on their fiscal
period ending three months earlier than that of CAI.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 5 - EQUITY INVESTMENTS (continued).
The following is a condensed version of the CS Consolidated Balance Sheet
as of December 31, 1997 as presented in its Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1997:
Assets December 31, 1997
-----------------
Cash and cash equivalents $ 74,564,000
Restricted cash 5,030,000
Other current assets 1,965,000
Property and equipment, net 50,519,000
Wireless channel rights, net 170,689,000
Goodwill, net 48,243,000
Investments in and loans to equity affiliates 8,503,000
Debt issuance costs, net 8,260,000
Other assets, net 2,930,000
-------------
$ 370,703,000
=============
Liabilities and Equity
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 8,652,000
Other current liabilities 1,523,000
FCC auction payable 4,396,000
Long-term debt 283,903,000
Equity 72,229,000
-------------
$ 370,703,000
=============
The following is the condensed version of the CS Consolidated Statement of
Operations for the year ended December 31, 1997 as presented in its Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 1997:
Year Ended
December 31, 1997
-----------------
Total revenues $ 26,920,000
------------
Operating expenses:
Systems operations 14,976,000
Selling, general and administrative 15,849,000
Depreciation and amortization 26,858,000
------------
Total operating expenses 57,683,000
------------
Operating loss (30,763,000)
Interest expense (31,995,000)
Interest income 5,469,000
Equity in losses of affiliates (1,349,000)
Other 644,000
------------
Loss before income tax benefit (57,994,000)
Income tax benefit 5,429,000
------------
Net loss $(52,565,000)
============
Basic and diluted loss per common share $ (4.94)
============
Weighted average basic and dilutive shares outstanding 10,639,190
============
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 5 - EQUITY INVESTMENTS (continued).
Pro forma information (unaudited). The following unaudited pro forma information
presents the consolidated results of operations as if the consolidation of CS
and TelQuest had occurred April 1, 1996 after giving effect to certain
adjustments including amortization of goodwill and minority interests.
Additionally, the pro forma results include the Chapter 11 reorganization as if
it occurred on April 1, 1996 after giving effect to certain adjustments
including interest on the old and new debt, amortization and write-offs of loan
costs and recapitalization of the Company. The following unaudited pro forma
results have been prepared for information purposes only and do not purport to
be indicative of what would have occurred had the acquisitions or the
reorganization occurred on April 1, 1996 or of results that may occur in the
future:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1999 1998 1997
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net sales $ 45,260,000 $ 55,542,000 $ 59,065,000
Loss before extraordinary item $(223,687,000) $(225,756,000) $(88,777,000)
Loss per share before extraordinary item $(12.97) $(13.09) $(5.15)
Number of shares (post-bankruptcy) 17,241,379 17,241,379 17,241,379
</TABLE>
TelQuest Satellite Services LLC. On August 4, 1997, CAI and CS each acquired a
25% ownership interest in TelQuest for an initial contribution of $2.5 million
in cash (payable in quarterly installments beginning August 1997) and $2.5
million of equipment leased to TelQuest under a bargain lease. The Company's
investment in TelQuest has been fully written down reflecting the pro-rata share
of the net losses of TelQuest since inception. The acquisition of the CS shares
from Nucentrix in December 1998 effectively increased the Company's collective
investment in TelQuest to 60%. Accordingly, TelQuest's financial position and
results have been consolidated into CAI's financial statements since December 2,
1998.
Other Investments. On September 29, 1997, CS acquired 39% of the voting common
stock of Telinor from Nucentrix for cash proceeds in the amount of $915,000 and
assumption of a cash call obligation in the amount of $145,000. CS also
purchased from Nucentrix two unsecured promissory notes payable by Telinor for
$2.56 million, including accrued interest. The two notes were immediately
restructured into one unsecured note accruing interest at 12% and maturing on
September 21, 2002. Additionally, CS consummated another transaction with the
principal stockholders of Telinor whereby CS purchased 49% of the voting stock
of Television for cash in the amount of $1 million and committed to (i) loan
Television up to the sum of $5 million in cash or (ii) finance an equivalent
amount in sales of CS' equipment to Television. The funds committed were
deposited into escrow pending disbursement or reduction of the required escrow
amount through equipment sales to Television. During 1998, the escrowed funds
were released to CS. During the four months ended March 31, 1999, CS recorded
equity in losses of $417,000, related to its investments in Telinor and
Television.
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NOTE 6 - DEBT SERVICE ESCROW.
A debt service escrow account was established to pay the first three years
of interest on CAI's 12.25% senior notes (see Note 8). The escrow was held in
trust and consisted of marketable government debt instruments. The Company
received face value upon maturity of the securities in the escrow account with
no gain or loss. At March 31, 1998, the debt service escrow account balance of
the Predecessor Entity consisted of:
Gross Unrealized
Amortized Cost Holding Gains Market Value
-------------- ------------- ------------
Investments $16,360,503 $21,576 $16,382,079
Cash balance 20,575 -- 20,575
Accrued interest 37,844 -- 37,844
----------- ------- -----------
Total escrow balance $16,418,922 $21,576 $16,440,498
=========== ======= ===========
The balance of the debt service escrow account was paid to the holders of
CAI's 12.25% senior notes pursuant to the CAI reorganization plan.
NOTE 7 - OTHER ASSETS.
Included in other assets is a $.7 million and $.9 million receivable from
an executive of CAI at March 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively (see Note 15).
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NOTE 8 - DEBT.
Debt consists of the following at March 31:
Reorganized Predecessor
Company Entity
------- ------
1999 1998
---- ----
Senior notes:
CAI 13% senior notes (a):
Amount due at maturity $ 212,909,624 $ --
Less unearned discount (106,915,180) --
------------- ------------
Principal and earned interest 105,994,444 --
------------- ------------
CS 11.375% senior discount notes (b):
Amount due at maturity 400,000,000 --
Less unearned discount (161,209,058) --
------------- ------------
Principal and earned interest 238,790,942 --
------------- ------------
Heartland long-term note (c) 2,335,276 --
General Instrument note (d) 2,000,000 --
Bott notes (e) 3,379,472 3,841,349
Other notes (f) 639,637 454,157
Debt settled in CAI's Chapter 11 bankruptcy:
12.25% senior notes (a),(g) -- 275,000,000
12% subordinated note (h) -- 30,000,000
Acquisition related notes (i) -- 2,793,000
------------- ------------
Total debt settled -- 307,793,000
------------- ------------
Total senior notes 353,139,771 312,088,506
------------- ------------
Interim debt financing (j):
Senior secured notes -- 45,000,000
Exit facility (k):
Senior secured A note 30,000,000 --
Senior secured B note 50,000,000 --
Less unamortized discount (14,192,683) --
------------- ------------
Total interim debt financing 65,807,317 45,000,000
------------- ------------
Total debt $ 418,947,088 $357,088,506
============= ============
Scheduled maturities of debt (including the payables for BTAs of
approximately $6.2 million, see Note 4) at March 31, 1999 are as follows:
Years Ending March 31,
----------------------
2000 $ 3,998,522
2001 86,960,316
2002 46,325,853
2003 48,265,690
2004 259,221,977
Thereafter 262,677,445
-----------
$707,449,803
============
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 8 - DEBT (continued).
(a) On October 14, 1998, in connection with the consummation of CAI's
reorganization plan, CAI issued $212,909,624 aggregate principal and
interest amount at maturity ($100 million aggregate principal amount at
issuance) of its 13% senior notes due 2004 to holders of, and in exchange
for, CAI's 12.25% senior notes due 2002, on a pro-rata basis (see (g)
below). The 13% senior notes bear interest at a per annum rate of 13%,
compounded semi-annually, and mature on October 14, 2004. The 13% senior
notes were issued with original issue discount in the amount of $530.32
per $1,000 of principal amount at maturity. The 13% senior notes are
governed by an indenture dated as of October 14, 1998 between CAI and
State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee. The indenture contains
certain restrictive covenants and limitations, including, among other
things, limitations on (i) the incurrence of additional indebtedness, (ii)
making restricted payments (as defined) including the declaration and/or
payment of dividends, (iii) dividends and other payments by CAI's
subsidiaries, (iv) the line of business in which CAI may engage, (v) the
granting of liens, and (vi) assets sales and the disposition of proceeds
therefrom. The Consolidated Balance Sheet for the reorganized Company
reflects the 13% senior notes, together with accreted interest thereon
from October 14, 1998 to March 31, 1999. CS is not an obligor or guarantor
of the CAI senior notes.
(b) On February 23, 1996, in connection with the consummation of transactions
contemplated by the participation agreement dated as of December 12, 1995
among CAI, CS and Nucentrix, CS issued $400 million aggregate principal
amount at maturity of its 11.375% senior discount notes due 2006. The
notes were originally issued in a private placement transaction. CS
effected a registered exchange of the notes, pursuant to which the entire
$400 million aggregate principal amount at maturity of senior discount
notes was exchanged for $400 million of CS' Series B 11.375% senior
discount notes due 2006. The senior discount notes bear interest at a per
annum rate of 11.375%, compounded semi-annually, and mature on March 1,
2006. No cash interest is payable prior to March 1, 2001. Beginning on
September 1, 2001, cash interest is payable on the senior discount notes
at the rate of 11.375% per annum. The senior discount notes were issued
with an original issue discount in the amount of $428.29 per $1,000
principal amount at maturity. The senior discount notes are governed by an
indenture dated as of February 15, 1996 between CS and State Street Bank
and Trust Company, successor to Fleet National Bank of Connecticut, as
trustee. The indenture contains certain restrictive covenants and
limitations, including, among other things, limitations on (i) the
incurrence of additional indebtedness, (ii) making restricted payments (as
defined) including the declaration and/or payment of dividends, (iii)
dividends and other payments by CS' subsidiaries, (iv) the line of
business in which CS may engage, (v) the granting of liens, and (vi)
assets sales and the disposition of proceeds therefrom. CAI is not an
obligor or guarantor of the CS senior discount notes.
(c) In connection with the February 26, 1996 consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the participation agreement, CS issued a $15 million
promissory note to Nucentrix (the "Heartland Long-Term Note"). The
Heartland Long-Term Note bears interest at 15% per annum (which rate
increased on February 23, 1997 from 10%, in accordance with the terms of
the note) and matures on February 24, 2006. Interest accrues and is added
to the principal balance annually. CS is prohibited, under the terms of
the senior discount note indenture, from making cash interest payments on
the Heartland Long-Term Note while senior discount notes remain
outstanding. Nucentrix has agreed to exchange the Heartland Long-Term Note
for primarily cash and wireless cable assets relating to CS's Story City,
IA market as part of the transactions contemplated by the December 2, 1998
master agreement among CAI, CS and Nucentrix. The exchange is expected to
occur during the second calendar quarter of 1999. As contemplated by the
master agreement, interest on the Heartland Long-Term Note ceased to
accrue on November 30, 1998. CAI is not an obligor or guarantor of the
Heartland Long-Term Note.
(d) On February 25, 1998, TelQuest issued a promissory note in the principal
amount of $2 million to General Instrument Corporation. The note bears
interest at the prime rate published by The Wall Street Journal and
matures on February 25, 2003. Interest accrues during the first two years
of the term of the note. Thereafter, interest is payable semi-annually in
arrears. The note is convertible into a 10% membership interest in
TelQuest (i) prior to the earlier to occur of (a) the second anniversary
of the issuance of the note, and (b) the date of an initial public
offering by TelQuest, and (ii) upon an event of default under the loan
agreement governing the
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 8 - DEBT (continued).
terms of the $2 million loan. Subsequently, in May 1999, TelQuest borrowed
an additional $750,000 from General Instrument Corporation under the same
terms as the $2 million loan. The additional $750,000 loan is convertible
into an additional 3.75% membership interest in TelQuest. Neither CAI nor
CS is an obligor or a guarantor of the amounts borrowed by TelQuest from
General Instrument Corporation.
(e) The Bott notes reflect the notes issued to George Bott and the Bott Family
Trust in connection with the purchase of four corporations holding
wireless channel rights. Three Bott corporations were acquired on March
31, 1994, partly through the issuance of notes with a face value of $3.8
million, discounted to $2.9 million based on an imputed interest rate of
8.5%. Another Bott corporation was acquired in January 1996, partly
through the issuance of a note with a face value of $1.4 million,
discounted to $.8 million based on an imputed interest rate of 12.25%.
Each of the Bott notes is collateralized by the common stock of the
corporation acquired and matures through January 2002. At March 31, 1999,
the net book value of the wireless channel rights held in the Bott
corporations was $4.7 million in the aggregate.
(f) The 1999 amount includes loans made by certain parties to TelQuest that
contain an option that entitles the holders to convert the loan into
TelQuest membership equity. The 1998 amount includes a note payable to
TelQuest representing CAI's commitment due to TelQuest that was paid early
on April 1, 1998 as part of CAI's investment in TelQuest (see Note 15).
(g) On September 29, 1995, CAI issued $275 million of its 12.25% senior notes
due 2002. The 12.25% senior notes were restructured by CAI in connection
with its 1998 bankruptcy. Under CAI's reorganization plan, in full
satisfaction of their claims against CAI as holders of the 12.25% senior
notes, such holders received their pro-rata portion of CAI's 13% senior
notes (see (a) above), 91% of the equity of post-bankruptcy CAI (subject
to dilution), and approximately $16.5 million in cash. As a result of the
reorganization, CAI recorded an extraordinary gain of $85,355,624
reflecting the extinguishment of approximately $308 million of CAI debt,
including the 12.25% senior notes, the subordinated debt described below
(see (h) and (i) below) and accrued interest and associated fees described
thereon.
(h) On March 3, 1998, CAI issued to MLGAF a $30 million 12% subordinated note
due October 1, 2005. The 12% subordinated note was issued to MLGAF in
exchange for $30 million aggregate principal amount of CAI term notes and
$70 million of 14% senior preferred stock of CAI, all of which was
originally issued in 1995 to affiliates of Bell Atlantic in connection
with the termination of the joint venture with Bell Atlantic. MLGAF
acquired the term notes and preferred stock from Bell Atlantic on February
17, 1998. For the years ended March 31, 1998 and 1997, interest expense on
the term notes of approximately $6.1 million and $5.7 million,
respectively, was accrued and not paid. The Consolidated Statement of
Operations for the year ended March 31, 1998 reflects an extraordinary net
gain on debt restructuring, including a gain of approximately $5.3 million
relating to the accrued interest that was forgiven, net of a $4.6 million
payment made by CAI in connection with the termination of certain other
relationships between CAI and Bell Atlantic and related closing costs.
Under CAI's reorganization plan, MLGAF, as the holder of the 12%
subordinated note, and the holders of certain acquisition related
subordinated promissory notes of CAI (see (i) below), in full satisfaction
of their claims against CAI as the holder of such subordinated
indebtedness of CAI, received their pro-rata share of 9% of the equity of
post-bankruptcy CAI (subject to dilution). CAI recorded an extraordinary
gain on the extinguishment of this and other indebtedness more fully
described in (g) above and (i) below.
(i) In connection with the September 29, 1995 acquisition of wireless cable
assets in the Baltimore market, CAI issued a series of subordinated
promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $2,793,000. The
acquisition-related notes were five year notes, with interest payable
quarterly at a per annum rate of 8% through September 1998, increasing to
12% through maturity. Under CAI's reorganization plan, the holders of
these acquisition-related subordinated promissory notes of CAI and MLGAF,
as the holder of CAI's 12% subordinated note (see (h) above), in full
satisfaction of their claims against CAI as the holder of such
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 8 - DEBT (continued).
subordinated indebtedness of CAI, received their pro-rata share of 9% of
the equity of post-bankruptcy CAI (subject to dilution). CAI recorded an
extraordinary gain on the extinguishment of this and other indebtedness,
more fully described in (g) and (h) above.
(j) Interim Debt Financing. On November 25, 1997, CAI issued and sold $25
million of 13% senior secured notes to MLGAF. CAI used approximately $17
million of the proceeds to repay all amounts outstanding under the
Foothill/Canyon credit facility and the remaining proceeds of
approximately $7.3 million, net of expenses associated with this
transaction, for working capital purposes and for the build-out of CAI's
wireless cable business. On January 26, 1998, CAI issued and sold an
additional $2 million senior secured note to MLGAF, and on February 17,
1998, CAI issued and sold an additional $18 million of senior secured
notes in connection with the termination.
(k) Exit Facility. On October 14, 1998, in connection with consummating the
CAI reorganization plan, CAI obtained an $80 million exit facility, also
from MLGAF. CAI received net proceeds from the exit facility of
$15,953,000, after repaying all outstanding amounts under the $60 million
DIP facility provided to CAI by MLGAF on July 30, 1998 and certain
commitment fees associated with the exit facility. The exit facility is
governed by the terms of a new note purchase agreement dated October 14,
1998.
The exit facility consists of two tranches: Tranche A and Tranche B.
Tranche A is a $30 million senior secured loan bearing interest at 10.5%
compounded semi-annually and evidenced by a Senior Secured A Note. CAI has
granted a first priority lien on and security interest in all of its
assets to secure performance of CAI's obligations with respect to Tranche
A. Tranche B is a $50 million senior secured loan bearing interest at 13%
per annum and evidenced by a Senior Secured B Note and is subordinate to
the Tranche A note. CAI has granted a second priority lien on and security
interest in all of its assets to secure performance of CAI's obligations
with respect to Tranche B.
In addition to the liens granted by CAI, substantially all of CAI's
wholly-owned subsidiaries have guaranteed the obligations of CAI with
respect to the exit facility. The subsidiaries have granted a lien on and
security interest in all of their respective assets to secure their
performance under such subsidiary guaranties.
The exit facility is a two-year credit facility, with principal and
interest due at maturity on October 14, 2000. CAI paid a 1% facility fee
equal to $300,000 on the Tranche A amount at the closing of the exit
facility. In addition, CAI is required to pay an 8% facility fee equal to
$4 million on the Tranche B amount, of which CAI paid $1.5 million at the
closing of the exit facility. The remaining $2.5 million balance of the
Tranche B facility fee is payable at maturity of the exit facility (by its
term, acceleration or otherwise).
CAI issued 2,241,379 shares of its common stock to MLGAF as additional
consideration to MLGAF for providing the exit facility. The shares of CAI
common stock issued to MLGAF represented 13% of the total CAI common stock
issued and outstanding on October 14, 1998. The value of the new stock is
reflected as a discount to the exit facility to be amortized over the
two-year term of the exit facility resulting in an effective interest rate
of 26%. The foregoing is a summary of certain terms of the exit facility
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the new note purchase
agreement.
MCI WORLDCOM, Inc. acquired the $80 million aggregate principal amount of
senior secured notes from MLGAF on March 26, 1999.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 9 - INCOME TAXES.
The components of the consolidated income tax benefit for the periods
ended March 31, 1999 and October 14, 1998 are as follows:
Reorganized Company Predecessor Entity
------------------- ------------------
Period from Period from
October 15, 1998 to April 1, 1998 to
March 31, 1999 October 14, 1998
------------ ------------
Deferred:
Federal and state anticipated benefit
at 40% $(44,259,153) $ (5,819,939)
Reduction of tax attributes in
bankruptcy -- (31,829,729)
Financing costs on debt forgiveness -- (2,312,520)
Equity in loss of unconsolidated
affiliates 15,726,871 17,766,741
Nondeductible interest 1,391,200 --
Amortization of goodwill (27,165) 2,349,178
Amortization of reorganization value/
other expenses (288,257) (196,892)
Change in valuation allowance (a) 27,363,510 26,177,304
Change to federal and state deferred
taxes due to rate differences,
generation of net operating loss
carryforwards and other causes 88,392 (6,138,503)
Other, net 4,602 4,360
------------ ------------
Net income tax benefit $ -- $ --
============ ============
(a) Change in valuation allowance does not include the effect of net operating
losses acquired from CS.
The components of the consolidated income tax benefit for the years ended
March 31, 1998 and 1997 are as follows:
1998 1997
---- ----
Current $ -- $ --
Deferred -- 15,000,000
------- -----------
Total $ -- $15,000,000
======= ===========
The Company has no current income tax liability due to net operating
losses. The primary items giving rise to the difference between the federal
statutory tax rate and the Company's effective tax rate is the establishment of
a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets for the years ended March 31,
1998 and 1997.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 9 - INCOME TAXES (continued).
The significant components of deferred tax assets (liabilities) are as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Reorganized
Company Predecessor Entity
------- --------------------------------------------
March 31, 1999 October 14, 1998 March 31, 1998 March 31, 1997
-------------- ---------------- -------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net operating loss carryovers $ 118,883,495 117,285,556 $ 103,213,000 $ 72,100,000
Non-cash interest 41,144,898 -- -- --
Non-cash compensation 2,959,946 -- -- --
Investment in CS -- -- (6,305,000) (18,726,000)
Wireless channel rights (37,567,704) (31,145,705) (31,911,000) (32,635,000)
Reorganization and other costs 4,037,730 4,180,181 -- --
Property and equipment 5,660,180 (813,770) (908,000) (2,352,000)
Programming 903,763 761,311 -- --
Other, net 1,184,911 305,167 306,000 513,000
------------- ------------- ------------- ------------
Deferred tax asset 137,207,219 90,572,740 64,395,000 18,900,000
Less: valuation allowance (137,207,219) (90,572,740) (64,395,000) (18,900,000)
------------- ------------- ------------- ------------
Net income tax provision $ -- $ -- $ -- $ --
============= ============= ============= ============
</TABLE>
A valuation allowance is provided to reduce deferred tax assets to a level
which, more likely than not, will be realized. Accordingly, the Company has
recorded a full valuation allowance. The deferred tax assets recorded reflect
management's estimate of the amount which will be realized based upon current
operating results and contingencies. The valuation allowance established was
increased by $45.5 million for the year ended March 31, 1998, and further
increased by $72.8 million for the two periods comprising the year ended March
31, 1999, resulting primarily from the consolidation of CS and the
reorganization.
As of March 31, 1999, before giving effect to the CS consolidation, which
effects have not yet been determined, CAI had available approximately $249.0
million of net operating loss carryforwards that expire during the period from
April 1, 1999 to March 31, 2013, of which $519,000 will expire during the fiscal
year ending March 31, 2000. The use of these carryforwards is limited on an
annual basis pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC") due to certain
changes in ownership and equity transactions. This limitation has not yet been
determined but may prove to have nominal value. Additionally, net operating loss
carryforwards acquired from CS will be subject to the IRC separate return
limitation rules.
NOTE 10 - DISCLOSURES ABOUT FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS.
The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate their fair
value of each class of financial instruments for which it is practicable to
estimate that value:
Cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable. The
carrying amount approximates fair value because of their short maturities.
Debt service escrow. The fair value of the investments in the debt service
escrow was estimated based on market values.
Debt. The fair value of the Company's debt is based on quoted market prices for
its publicly traded senior notes. The remaining debt is valued based on quoted
market prices for the same or similar issues or on the current rates
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NOTE 10 - DISCLOSURES ABOUT FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (continued).
offered to the Company for debt with similar remaining maturities. The fair
value of debt maturing within twelve months is estimated to be its carrying
value.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Fair Value Carrying Amount
---------- ---------------
Reorganized Predecessor Reorganized Predecessor
Company Entity Company Entity
------- ------ ------- ------
March 31, 1999 March 31, 1998 March 31, 1999 March 31, 1998
-------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CAI 12.25% senior notes $ -- $275,000,000 $ -- $77,000,000
CAI 13% senior notes 105,994,444 -- 105,994,444 --
CS senior discount notes 238,790,942 (a) 164,000,000 (a)
CAI interim debt financing
and subordinated notes 65,807,317 75,000,000 65,807,317 50,405,000
Other 8,354,385 7,088,506 8,354,385 7,088,506
</TABLE>
(a) Not applicable since CS was not consolidated with CAI in the prior year.
NOTE 11- COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES.
Programming Contracts. In connection with its distribution of television
programming, the Company has fixed-term contracts with various program
suppliers, such as HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, CNN, MTV, USA, and A&E. Contract
terms range in length from one year to ten years and expire at various dates
through 2011. Most contracts are subject to automatic renewal upon expiration
unless notice is given, by either party, of intent not to renew. These contracts
require the Company to pay fees to programmers based on the number of
subscribers.
Purchase Commitments. As of March 31, 1999, the Company had approximately $2.2
million of outstanding purchase orders, primarily relating to equipment and
technical work for the build-out of digital systems.
Retirement Plan. Effective April 1, 1996, CAI sponsored a defined contribution
pension plan pursuant to IRC section 401(k), covering substantially all of its
employees. Contributions are withheld from participating employees with CAI
matching 50% up to the first 5% of covered employees wages withheld and
contributed to the plan, which amounted to approximately $129,000, $53,000,
$115,000 and $114,000 for the periods from October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999
and April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998 and the years ended March 31, 1998 and
1997, respectively.
Strategic Partner Success Fee. The engagement letter between BT Alex. Brown
Incorporated and CAI provides that, upon the consummation of a merger, or other
arrangement with a strategic partner, BT Alex. Brown will receive a transaction
fee for its services to be determined at the consummation of the merger in an
amount not expected to exceed $10 million. In addition, BT Alex. Brown will be
reimbursed for its expenses incurred in connection therewith. Further, CAI has
agreed to indemnify BT Alex. Brown and its affiliates, their respective
directors, officers, agents, and employees against certain liabilities and
expenses, including liability under federal securities laws, related to or
arising out of BT Alex. Brown's engagement.
Litigation.
In Re CAI Wireless Systems, Inc., Debtor, Chapter 11 Case No. 98-1766
(JJF) and In Re Philadelphia Choice Television Inc., Debtor, Chapter 11 Case No.
98-1765 (JJF). On July 30, 1998, CAI and one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries,
Philadelphia Choice Television, Inc., filed voluntary petitions under Chapter
11, Title 11 of the United States Code with the United States Bankruptcy Court
for the District of Delaware. The reorganization plan proposed by CAI and
Philadelphia Choice Television was confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court on
September 30, 1998. CAI and Philadelphia Choice Television consummated the
reorganization plan and emerged from Chapter 11
on October 14, 1998. The case remains open, with the Bankruptcy Court retaining
limited jurisdiction, pending the entry of a final decree closing the case.
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NOTE 11 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (continued).
In Re CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. Securities Litigation. CAI and certain
individuals have been named in six class action lawsuits alleging various
violations of the federal securities laws filed in the United States District
Court for the Northern District of New York. The actions were consolidated into
one lawsuit entitled In Re CAI Wireless System, Inc. Securities Legislation
(96-CV-1857), which is currently pending in the Northern District of New York
against Jared E. Abbruzzese, chairman and chief executive officer of CAI, John
J. Prisco, a former president and director of CAI, and Alan Sonnenberg, a former
president and director of CAI. The amended, consolidated complaint alleges a
variety of violations of the anti-fraud provisions of the Federal securities
laws by CAI arising out of its alleged disclosure (or alleged omission from
disclosure) regarding its Internet and other flexible use of MMDS spectrum, as
well as business relationship with Bell Atlantic and NYNEX. Specifically, the
complaint alleges that defendants violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and Rule 10b-5 promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act during the specified class period (May 23, 1996 through
December 6, 1996). CAI has notified the carrier of its Directors' and Officers'
Liability insurance policy, which is intended to cover not only CAI's directors
and officers, but also CAI, itself, against claims such as those made in the
securities lawsuit. The policy covers up to $5 million of any covered liability,
subject to a retention amount of $500,000. The securities lawsuit is in its
preliminary stages. A scheduling conference was held on June 3, 1997, at which
the briefing schedule for defendants' motion to dismiss was agreed upon among
the parties. The defendants' motion to dismiss was heard by the Northern
District of New York on October 17, 1997 and is still pending. While the motion
is pending, all other deadlines affecting motions and discovery have been
postponed. CAI's reorganization plan provided no recovery to any holder of CAI's
equity or to any holder of an equity-based claim, such as the claims made
against CAI in the securities lawsuit. Upon the confirmation of CAI's
reorganization plan on September 30, 1998 and the October 14, 1998 consummation
of the plan of reorganization, plaintiffs' claims against CAI in the securities
lawsuit were discharged and released by order of the Bankruptcy Court.
Furthermore, the securities lawsuit plaintiffs were enjoined from continuing
their action against CAI. A memorandum of understanding outlining a settlement
in the amount of $3 million (all of which will be covered by the proceeds from
the above-referenced insurance policy) has been executed by counsel to all
parties. The parties anticipate executing a settlement agreement shortly and
submitting such agreement to the court for final disposition of this action.
Accordingly, CAI's management believes the securities lawsuit will not have a
material adverse effect on CAI's earnings, financial condition, or liquidity.
Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. v. CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. d/b/a POPVISION
Wireless Cable and as a third party defendant in Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. v.
601 L & P Bar, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania. These actions arise out of the alleged improper broadcasts of
certain sporting events in commercial establishments in violation of the alleged
distributor's exclusive broadcast rights. The complaints seek actual
compensatory damages in unspecified amounts, together with statutory penalties
claimed for alleged violations of federal statutes. The plaintiff, Joe Hand
Promotions, has alleged that it is the exclusive distributor of certain
televised sporting events in the greater Philadelphia area for commercial
establishments, and has alleged the improper broadcast of such events in
approximately five instances. The lawsuits were in the preliminary stages when
CAI commenced its Chapter 11 case. Action against CAI in these lawsuits has been
suspended by the Court. CAI believes that in the event of an adverse outcome,
the amount would not be material given the nature of the claims.
Other Litigation. CAI is the defendant in two separate breach of contract
actions arising out of separate alleged marketing agreements entered into by ACS
Enterprises, Inc. prior to its merger with CAI in September 1995. The first
action, pending in the Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,
seeks unspecified damages in excess of $30,000. The action has been stayed as a
result of the CAI bankruptcy. The second action, pending in the Court of Common
Pleas, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, also seeks unspecified damages in
excess of $50,000. Plaintiff is currently conducting its discovery.
On or about June 18, 1999, an action was filed in the New York Supreme
Court for the County of Albany captioned Bogdan and Faist, P.C. v. CAI Wireless
Systems, Inc., Index No. 3463-99. The complaint asserts that CAI has failed to
transfer to the plaintiff unspecified property and property rights in breach of
an alleged contract between the plaintiff and CAI. The complaint seeks to
require CAI to specifically perform under the alleged contract. Management
believes that this action is without merit and intends to vigorously defend this
lawsuit.
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NOTE 11 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (continued).
The Year 2000 Compliance Plan (unaudited).
Overview. The Company is continuing to evaluate and address the impact of the
Year 2000 date transition on its operations. The Company is in the process of
taking steps to (a) inventory and assess for Year 2000 compliance its equipment,
software and systems, (b) determine which items will be remediated, replaced or
retired, and establish a plan to accomplish these steps, (c) test the items,
where required, and (d) provide senior management with a reporting system to
support a seamless transition to the Year 2000.
State of Readiness. The Company's Year 2000 compliance program focuses on
the Company's analog video operations, limited internet operations, and internal
business processes, such as accounting. As of March 31, 1999, the inventory,
assessment and compliance planning phases for these areas have been materially
completed, and remediation, replacement or retirement and testing activities had
begun. The inventory items that were not assessed as Year 2000 compliant and
that require action to avoid service impact are to be fixed, replaced or
retired. CAI's accounting software and any other mission critical systems
relating directly to the accounting function have been upgraded to be Year 2000
compliant. For all other areas, CAI's goal is to have all mission critical
systems Year 2000 compliant by September 1, 1999.
Vendor and Service Provider Issues. The Company has requested that its
vendors and service providers provide CAI with information as to the compliance
status of products and/or services used by CAI and its operating subsidiaries,
which information is subject to Company testing and verification. Although the
Company has received information from some of its vendors and service providers
as of March 31, 1999, it had not yet received information from all of the
vendors and service providers contacted. The Company plans to continue to pursue
its vendors and service providers in order to request information regarding Year
2000 compliance of such vendors and service providers.
Costs. The Company estimated that it will cost approximately $875,000 to
effect its Year 2000 compliance program, based on information it has received as
of March 31, 1999 from vendors and service providers. The Company anticipates
that most of the cost associated with its Year 2000 compliance program will be
the result of remediation or replacement of non-compliant equipment necessary
for the Company's analog video operations and internal business processes.
Risks. The failure to correct a material Year 2000 problem could cause an
interruption or failure of certain of the Company's normal business functions or
operations, which could have a material adverse effect on its results of
operations, liquidity or financial condition. Due to the uncertainty inherent in
other Year 2000 issues that are ultimately beyond CAI's control, including, for
example, the final Year 2000 readiness of its mission critical vendors and
service providers, the Company is unable to determine at this time the
likelihood of a material impact on its results of operations, liquidity or
financial condition, due to such Year 2000 issues.
The costs of the Company's Year 2000 program and the timetable for
completing its Year 2000 preparations are based on current estimates, which
reflect numerous assumptions about future events, including the continued
availability of certain resources, the timing and effectiveness of third-party
remediation plans and other factors. The Company can give no assurance that
these estimates will be achieved, and actual results could differ materially
from those currently anticipated. In addition, there can be no assurance that
the Company's Year 2000 program will be effective or that its contingency plans
will be sufficient. Specific factors that might cause such material differences
include, but are not limited to, the availability and cost of personnel trained
in this area, the ability to locate and correct relevant computer software codes
and embedded technology, the results of internal and external testing and the
timeliness and effectiveness of remediation efforts of third parties.
Contingency Plan. At March 31, 1999, the Company was not aware of any
mission critical aspect of its operations or internal business processes that
cannot be made Year 2000 compliant; however, in light of its inventory and
assessment of Year 2000 problems, and the possibility that, despite its efforts,
the Company is unsuccessful in
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NOTE 11 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (continued).
preparing its internal systems and equipment for the Year 2000, the Company
expects to develop contingency plans for dealing with the most reasonably likely
worst-case scenario. The Company's assessment of its most reasonably likely
worst-case scenario and the exact nature and scope of its contingency plans will
be affected by the Company's continued Year 2000 assessment by July 1, 1999 and
its goal is to have all contingency systems in place and fully tested by the
fourth quarter of 1999.
NOTE 12 - SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT).
CAI filed a certificate amending its Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Connecticut on October
14, 1998, the amendment modified CAI's capital structure by deleting the
existence of 100 million shares of common stock without par value; 15,000 shares
of 14% senior convertible preferred stock, par value $10,000 per share; 2
million shares of cumulative voting preferred stock without par value; 5 million
shares of preferred stock without par value to be designated from time to time
by the CAI board of directors; and authorizing 25 million shares of new common
stock, par value $.01 per share; and 5 million shares of preferred stock, par
value $.01 per share, which preferred stock may be designated from time to time
by the CAI board of directors. On April 16, 1999, CAI amended its Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation to designate 2 million shares of Series A
preferred stock for issuance under a Shareholders' Rights Plan adopted by the
CAI Board of Directors on that date (see Note 16).
On September 29, 1995, CAI amended and restated its Certificate of
Incorporation, with shareholder approval, to increase the authorized number of
CAI no par common shares available for issuance from 45 million to 100 million
and to authorize 15,000 shares of 14% senior preferred stock and 2 million
shares of voting preferred stock described above. The senior preferred stock was
convertible into voting preferred stock and the voting preferred stock was
convertible into common stock. All such securities were extinguished on October
14, 1998 pursuant to the reorganization plan.
On March 3, 1998, in connection with the exchange of $30 million of CAI
term notes and $70 million of CAI's 14% senior preferred stock by MLGAF for a
$30 million CAI 12% subordinated note due 2005, $15.7 million of interest on the
term notes and $32.4 million of accrued dividends on the preferred stock were
forgiven. CAI also exchanged the warrants held by MLGAF for 2,500 shares of CAI
common stock valued at $1,350. The $30 million subordinated note and the 2,500
shares of CAI common stock were extinguished pursuant to the reorganization plan
of CAI.
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NOTE 12 - SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT) (continued).
The pre and post-reorganization capital structures of CAI are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Shares Issued and
Shares Authorized Outstanding
As of March 31, As of March 31,
----------------------------- --------------------------
Reorganized Predecessor Reorganized Predecessor
Company Entity Company Entity
-------------------------- -------------------------
Class of Stock 1999 1998 1999 1998
-------------- ---- ---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Predecessor Entity:
Preferred stock -
14% senior convertible preferred stock,
par value $10,000 per share 15,000 --
----------- ----------
Series preferred stock, no par value
Series A 8% redeemable convertible
preferred stock, no par value 350,000 --
Undesignated 4,650,000 --
----------- ----------
Total series preferred stock 5,000,000 --
----------- ----------
Voting preferred stock, no par value 2,000,000 --
----------- ----------
Total preferred stock 7,015,000 --
=========== ==========
Common stock, no par value 100,000,000 40,543,039
=========== ==========
Reorganized Entity:
Preferred stock, par value, $.01 5,000,000 --
========== ==========
Common stock, par value $.01 (a) 25,000,000 17,241,379
========== ==========
</TABLE>
(a) CAI's post-reorganization common stock, par value $0.01, entitles the
holder thereof to one vote per share held. Holders of CAI common stock are
entitled to dividends if, as, or when declared out of funds legally
available therefor, which consists of current or accumulated earnings. In
the event of a liquidation or dissolution, any preferred stock outstanding
including accumulated dividends thereon would be satisfied before holders
of common stock would receive any distribution. As of March 31, 1999,
there were 17,241,379 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.
NOTE 13 - OPTIONS AND WARRANTS.
Stock Option Plans. In connection with the CAI Bankruptcy, CAI adopted the 1998
Stock Option Plan for key employees. The 1998 Stock Option Plan is intended to
provide key employees with a meaningful incentive to pursue CAI's strategic
business plan. The 1998 Stock Option Plan is also intended to align the
interests of such employees with those of CAI's shareholders. There are 1.5
million shares of CAI common stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of
options granted pursuant to the 1998 Stock Option Plan.
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NOTE 13 - OPTIONS AND WARRANTS (continued).
All options granted under the 1998 Stock Option Plan are intended to be 10
year options; however, options may lapse and expire prior to the expiration of
such 10 year period in certain circumstances more fully described in the 1998
Stock Option Plan. The vesting terms and exercise price of options granted under
1998 Stock Option Plan are determined by a committee designated by the Company's
board of directors to administer the 1998 Stock Option Plan. On January 18,
1999, the Governance and Compensation Committee of the CAI Board approved the
issuance to several key employees of the Company of options to purchase
1,256,500 shares of CAI common stock pursuant to the 1998 Stock Option Plan, and
subject to the surrender of certain options previously granted pursuant to the
reorganization plan.
Options issued subsequent to the CAI reorganization are exercisable at an
average per share price of $.98 and vest upon the occurrence of specified
conditions or the completion of identified tasks, depending upon the department
in which the optionee is employed by the Company, the satisfaction of which are
determined by the committee in its reasonable judgment. All options vest in
their entirety upon the occurrence of a change of control of CAI, as defined. As
of March 31, 1999, CAI had granted options under this plan to purchase 1,456,500
shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $0.98 per share.
In part to attract qualified outside directors, CAI's board of directors
has also adopted the 1998 Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan. Under the
Outside Directors' Plan, each non-employee director of CAI is entitled to an
initial grant of options to purchase 25,000 shares of CAI common stock at an
exercise price equal to the closing trading price on the day on which such
individual is deemed to have become a director of CAI following October 14, 1998
in connection with the consummation of CAI's reorganization plan. The
initially-granted options vest over a one-year period with options to purchase
10,000 shares of CAI common stock vesting on the date that is three months after
such an individual becomes a CAI director, options to purchase 7,500 shares of
CAI common stock vesting on the date that is eight months after such an
individual becomes a director of CAI and the remaining options to purchase 7,500
shares of CAI common stock vesting on the one-year anniversary of the date such
an individual becomes a director. In addition to the initial grant of option,
each individual who has been a CAI director for at least six months prior to
each April 1, beginning on April 1, 2000, shall receive options to purchase
7,500 shares of CAI common stock at an exercise price equal to the closing
trading price on the day of grant, which options vest on the one-year
anniversary of the date of grant.
All options granted under the Outside Directors' Plan are intended to be
10-year options, however, options may lapse and expire prior to the expiration
of such 10-year period in certain circumstances more fully described in the
Outside Directors' Plan. CAI's board of directors has reserved 400,000 shares of
CAI common stock for issuance upon the exercise of options granted under the
Outside Directors' Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in
the option agreements, in the event that a change of control (as defined) occurs
at any time following the grant date, all unvested options that have been
granted on or before date such change of control occurs, shall immediately vest
and become exercisable. As of March 31, 1999, CAI had granted options under this
plan to purchase 125,000 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of
$0.65 per share.
In November 1993, CAI adopted its 1993 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.
Under the 1993 Plan, options to purchase an aggregate of not more than 1 million
shares of common stock were available for grant to key employees (including
officers), advisors and independent consultants to the Company or to any of its
subsidiaries. The 1993 Plan was administered by the Committee. The per share
exercise price for stock options granted under this Plan was not less than 100%
of the fair market value per share of common stock on the date the option was
granted. As of March 31, 1998, CAI had granted options under this plan to
purchase 996,500 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $1.74 per
share. On October 14, 1998, all outstanding options under the 1993 Plan were
cancelled pursuant to the reorganization plan.
In October 1993, CAI adopted the 1993 Outside Directors' Option Plan (the
"1993 Directors' Plan"). Under the 1993 Directors' Plan, options to purchase an
aggregate of not more than 30,000 shares of common stock were
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NOTE 13 - OPTIONS AND WARRANTS (continued).
available for grant to non-employee directors. These options vested at the rate
of 20% a year over five years, beginning one year after date of grant and are
exercisable for a period of seven years. The exercise price for stock options
granted under the 1993 Directors' Plan was not less than 100% of the fair market
value of the common stock on the grant date. As of March 31, 1998, CAI had
granted outstanding options under this plan to purchase 8,334 shares of common
stock at $1 per share. On October 14, 1998, all outstanding options under the
1993 Directors' Plan were cancelled pursuant to the reorganization plan.
On October 14, 1998, in connection with CAI's bankruptcy, CAI issued
warrants for the purchase of 86,640 shares of common stock of the Company to BT
Alex. Brown, the Company's financial advisor. The warrants are exercisable at
$0.59 per share. The warrants expire on October 14, 2003.
Valuation of Options. The Company applies APB Opinion No. 25 in accounting for
its stock option plans. Compensation expense has been recognized in the
financial statements for the period from October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999 with
respect to certain options granted during this period. During the periods from
April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998 and the years ended March 31, 1998 and 1997
the Company did not recognize compensation expense under APB 25. As a result of
the increase in the price per share of the Company's common stock, principally
as a result of the pending merger with MCI WORLDCOM, Inc. (Note 16), the Company
will incur additional compensation expense in the first quarter of fiscal year
2000 estimated to be in excess of $30,000,000. These options vest only on the
occurrence of certain events. Had the Company determined compensation cost based
on the fair value at the grant date for its stock options under SFAS No. 123,
the Company's net loss would have changed to the pro-forma amounts indicated
below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Reorganized
Company Predecessor Entity
------- ------------------------------------------------
Period from Period from Year Ended March 31,
October 15, 1998 April 1, 1998 to --------------------------------
to March 31, 1999 October 14, 1998 1998 1997
----------------- ---------------- ------------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net loss:
As reported $ (110,647,883) $(14,549,847) $(225,914,731) $(82,298,207)
Pro forma $ (103,466,847) $(18,093,430) $(232,456,731) $(88,839,207)
Loss per common share (a):
As reported $ (6.42)
Pro forma $ (6.00)
</TABLE>
(a) Share data for the pre-reorganization periods is not presented as such
amounts are not meaningful.
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The initial impact of SFAS No. 123 on pro-forma earnings per share may not
be representative of the effect on income in future years because options vest
over several years and additional option grants may be made each year. The fair
value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the
Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average
assumptions used for grants issued, as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Reorganized
Company Predecessor Entity
------- ------------------------------------------------
Period from Period from Year Ended March 31,
October 15, 1998 April 1, 1998 to --------------------------------
to March 31, 1999 October 14, 1998 1998 1997
----------------- ---------------- ------------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Dividend yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Risk-free interest rate 4.7% 4.1% 5.8% 6.0%
Expected life (years) 1.0 1.5 2.6 3.6
Volatility 183% 183% 100% 99%
</TABLE>
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NOTE 13 - OPTIONS AND WARRANTS (continued).
Option Activity. A summary of the status of the Company's stock option plans is
presented below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Reorganized Company Predecessor Entity
----------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Period from Period from Year Ended March 31,
October 15, 1998 to April 1, 1998 to -------------------------------------------------------
March 31, 1999 October 14, 1998 1998 1997
----------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- ------------------------
Weighted- Weighted- Weighted- Weighted-
Average Average Average Average
Exercise Exercise Exercise Exercise
Shares Price Shares Price Shares Price Shares Price
------ ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- ------ -----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Outstanding,
beginning -- $ -- 2,220,937 $ 1.64 2,195,937 $ 4.91 1,274,134 $ 7.74
Granted 3,081,500 $ 4.61 -- $ -- 1,986,062 $ 1.01 1,071,803 $ 2.20
Forfeited 1,500,000 $ 8.43 (2,220,937)(a) $ 1.64 (1,961,062) $ 4.82 (150,000) $ 7.75
--------- ---------- ---------- ---------
Outstanding,
ending 1,581,500 $ .98 -- $ -- 2,220,937(b) $ 1.64 2,195,937 $ 4.91
========= ========== ======== ========= =========
Weighted
average fair
value of
options
granted $ .53 $ -- $ 0.72 $ 1.57
</TABLE>
(a) All outstanding options were canceled on October 14, 1998 in connection
with the consummation of the reorganization plan.
(b) Reflects the repricing of all outstanding options granted to optionees
employed by the Company as of March 9, 1998 to $1 per share. The repricing
was recorded as a forfeiture of the original options granted and the
simultaneous grant of new options on the same terms but at the revised
exercise price of $1 per share.
The total number of shares of common stock reserved for options is 1.9 million
as of March 31, 1999. The following table summarizes information about stock
options outstanding at March 31, 1999:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Options Outstanding Options Exercisable
- ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------
Weighted-
Average Weighted-
Range of Number Remaining Average Number Weighted-Average
Exercise Prices Outstanding Contractual Life Exercise Price Exercisable Exercise Price
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$0.01 to $0.875 1,346,500 9.8 years $0.86 40,000 $0.61
$1.125 to $1.625 235,000 9.8 years $1.59 10,000 $1.44
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1,581,500 50,000
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CS Options.
In 1996, CS established an incentive stock plan which provides for the
issuance of stock options to officers and other key employees of CS. The stock
plan makes available for issuance 1.5 million shares of CS common stock. Options
issued under the CS stock plan have varying vesting periods as provided in
separate stock option agreements and generally carry an expiration date of ten
years subsequent to the date of issuance. Options issued are required to have an
exercise price of not less than fair market value of CS' common stock on the
date of grant.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 13 - OPTIONS AND WARRANTS (continued).
At March 31, 1999, there were 633,617 options outstanding at a weighted
average price per share of $7.01. No CS options were granted in the four months
ended March 31, 1999.
Warrants.
The Bell Atlantic Warrants. The Bell Atlantic warrants to purchase voting
preferred stock and common stock were canceled in the March 3, 1998 Bell
Atlantic termination transactions (see Note 12).
Common Stock Warrants. Outstanding warrants, except the Bell Atlantic
warrants, are as follows:
Weighted-Average Number of
Exercise Price Warrants
-------------- --------
Outstanding, March 31, 1996 $7.72 2,310,541
Issued (a) -- 616,912
Exercised $0.25 (75,000)
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Outstanding, March 31, 1997 and 1998 $6.24 2,852,453
Issued (b) $0.59 86,640
Canceled (c) $6.24 (2,852,453)
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Outstanding, March 31, 1999 $0.59 86,640
==========
(a) The warrants issued and certain warrant exercise prices revised during the
years ended March 31, 1997 and 1996 were pursuant to anti-dilutive clauses
in agreements relating to the warrants.
(b) On October 14, 1998, warrants to purchase 86,640 shares of new CAI common
stock were issued to BT Alex. Brown at an exercise price of $0.59 per
share and expire on October 14, 2003. The warrants had a weighted average
fair value of $.38 on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option
pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions: dividend
yield 0.0%; risk free interest rate 4.7%; expected life 1 year; volatility
183%.
(c) All of these warrants were canceled on October 14, 1998 in connection with
the consummation of CAI's reorganization plan.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 14 - OPERATING LEASES.
The Company leases office space in each market it currently operates in
under non-cancelable agreements that expire through March 2006. The leases
require various minimum monthly payments and payment of property taxes, certain
maintenance, and insurance.
The Company leases towers, land and/or building space in each of its
operating markets and certain other markets for broadcasting purposes. The
leases are non-cancelable agreements expiring through December 2012. Most of the
leases have provisions for renewal periods. The leases require various minimum
monthly payments and are subject to periodic fixed and inflationary increases.
The Company leases vehicles for customer service and other corporate use.
The agreements are non-cancelable, expire through October 2001 and require
various monthly payments. The Company is responsible for normal maintenance and
insurance.
Additionally, the Company leases certain office and broadcast test
equipment under various lease agreements for periods up to thirty-six months.
The Company pays various monthly payments and is required to maintain and insure
such equipment.
The approximate minimum rental commitments for operating leases as of
March 31, 1999 due in future years are as follows:
Years Ending March 31,
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2000 $ 4,716,000
2001 4,095,000
2002 3,446,000
2003 3,188,000
2004 2,887,000
Thereafter 7,076,000
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Total $ 25,408,000
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Total rent expense for the period October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999 and
April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998 and the years ended March 31, 1998 and 1997
was approximately $2.2 million, $1.8 million, $3.8 million and $3.3 million,
respectively.
NOTE 15 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS.
Installation Services. In October 1996, two of CAI's employees formed Telecom
Service Support LLC ("Telecom"), to provide subscriber installation, service
calls, and warehouse service to the subscription television industry. CAI
incurred approximately $86,000, $106,000, $452,000 and $348,000 for such
services during the periods October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999 and April 1, 1998
to October 14, 1998 and the years ended March 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
Additionally, CAI has advances due from Telcom of $18,000 and $20,000 at March
31, 1999 and 1998, respectively, and, has provided leased vehicles and certain
facility space to Telecom for the years ended March 31, 1999 and 1998. On March
3, 1999, CAI entered into a service agreement with Telecom to provide
installation and services to CAI at a fixed cost of $4,500 per week through June
3, 1999.
Flight Services. CAI periodically charters an airplane from Wave Air, Inc.,
which is primarily owned by Jared E. Abbruzzese, chairman and chief executive
officer of the Company, in order to carry out business when airline schedules
are not compatible. Wave Air charged CAI for this service on an hourly basis.
Transactions with Wave Air, Inc. amounted to approximately $0, $62,000,
$154,000, and $278,000, for the periods October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999 and
April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998 and the years ended March 31, 1998 and 1997,
respectively.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 15 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (continued).
Related Party Loans. On March 31, 1997, Mr. Abbruzzese executed and delivered a
demand promissory note in the principal amount of $780,054 in favor of the
Company. The note evidences various indebtedness owed by Mr. Abbruzzese and
affiliated entities, which Mr. Abbruzzese agreed to assume, including the
outstanding balance on an $800,000 loan made by CAI to Haig Capital L.L.C. The
obligation bears interest at 14% per annum and is secured by a pledge of Mr.
Abbruzzese's interest in Haig Capital. The note balance at both March 31, 1999
and 1998 was approximately $695,000. During the periods from October 14, 1998 to
March 31, 1999 and from April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998 and for the year ended
March 31, 1998, CAI recorded interest income on the notes of $44,596, $52,705,
and $102,945, respectively. At March 31, 1999 and 1998, accrued interest
receivable was $155,246 and $102,945, respectively. Mr. Abbruzzese made a
payment in June 1998 of $45,000 that was applied to accrued interest in its
entirety.
Programming Cooperative. In 1997, CAI, CS and two other unrelated wireless cable
providers formed Wireless Enterprises, LLC ("Wireless Enterprises"). CAI and CS
each own a 25% interest in Wireless Enterprises (collectively 50%) at March 31,
1999. Wireless Enterprises was formed as a cooperative to negotiate the per
subscriber rates on programming with suppliers of program content. During the
periods October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999 and April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998
and the year ended March 31, 1998, the Company paid Wireless Enterprises for
programming and administrative services approximately $5.6 million, $2.7 million
and $5.8 million, respectively.
TelQuest Satellite Services. TelQuest is a joint venture between CAI, CS and
TelQuest Communications, Inc., a company controlled by Mr. Abbruzzese, formed on
August 4, 1997 for the purpose of developing and operating satellite systems
providing digital services. CAI and CS each have $5 million investments in
TelQuest. CAI and CS each contributed a combination of equipment (made available
to TelQuest under the terms of a five-year renewable lease) and cash (in lieu of
equipment) in an amount equal to approximately $2.1 million as part of the $2.5
million equipment portion of CAI's $5 million investment in TelQuest. A final
payment of $411,567 was made by CAI on April 1, 1998. In return for CAI and CS'
$5 million investments in TelQuest, each received a 25% interest in TelQuest,
which interest is subject to dilution upon the occurrence of certain events. The
25% interest increased to 30% as consideration for CAI and CS giving up their
exclusivity arrangement with TelQuest.
Equipment Sales and Purchases. During the year ended March 31, 1998, CAI sold to
CS approximately $3.7 million of excess equipment at a gain of $116,000,
primarily from the Boston Project that was not needed for the Boston operation.
Additionally, during April 1997, CAI placed purchase orders approximating
$1,612,000 with CS for equipment needed for the Boston Project, taking advantage
of CS' favorable pricing arrangements with its vendor. For the year ended March
31, 1999 and the four months ended March 31, 1999 of CAI and CS, respectively,
there were no material intercompany transactions related to equipment sales and
purchases between the companies that would otherwise need to be eliminated in
consolidation.
Satellite Projects. CAI has pursued three satellite ventures in addition to its
investment in TelQuest through the following subsidiaries (collectively, the
"Satellite Subsidiaries"): (i) MMDS Satellite Ventures, Inc., which was formed
for the purpose of pursuing Ku-band satellite opportunities; (ii) CAI Data
Systems, Inc., an entity formed for the purpose of pursuing Ka-band satellite
opportunities, and (iii) CAI Satellite Communications, Inc., an entity formed
for the purpose of pursuing V-band satellite opportunities. As part of CAI's
reorganization plan, each of the Satellite Subsidiaries issued a sufficient
number of shares of stock to Haig Capital to give Haig Capital a 50% equity
interest in each Satellite Subsidiary with CAI holding the other 50%.
Engineering and Spectrum Management Services. During 1998, CAI and CS had an
arrangement whereby CAI personnel provided engineering and other technical
consulting services in connection with the digital build-out of the CS Dallas,
TX market. Under this arrangement, CAI received $10,000 per month plus
reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of such
services. CAI and CS have renegotiated the terms of this arrangement and entered
into an Engineering and Spectrum Management Agreement whereby, effective March
1,
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 15 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (continued).
1999, CAI assumed supervision and delivery of all engineering and technical
management services. Accordingly, CS will pay CAI a fee equal to 40% of the full
allocated costs plus an administrative fee of 20% of such amount. Additionally,
CAI received approximately $263,000, $135,000 and $141,000 from CS for services
rendered, rent, licensing and other fees during the periods from October 15,
1998 to March 31, 1999 and April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998 and for the year
ended March 31, 1998, respectively.
CAI also provided spectrum management services and subleased office space
in CAI's Arlington, VA office to CS. Up to 20% of the professional time of Mr.
Gerald Stevens-Kittner, CAI's Senior Vice President - Spectrum Management, was
devoted to CS spectrum management matters, including regulatory issues before
the FCC, for which CS paid Mr. Stevens-Kittner directly. CAI charged CS a pro
rata portion of the monthly rent payment for CAI's Arlington office space,
reflecting the office space used by one full-time CS employee resident in the
Arlington office. These charges are now included in the Engineering and Spectrum
Management agreement. For the four months ended March 31, 1999, all material
transactions between CAI and CS have been eliminated in consolidation.
In September 1997, CS entered into a two-year Installation Contractor
Agreement with ACS Telecommunications Systems, Inc. ("ACS") whereby for a fixed
monthly fee per market plus other additional variable costs, ACS agreed to
provide installation contractor services in the Dallas, Texas area and other
markets as mutually agreed upon. During the four months ended March 31, 1999, CS
paid $143,730 to ACS under this agreement. CS amended this agreement to shorten
the term and decrease the fixed monthly payment. In connection with this
amendment, CS has agreed to make payments totaling $510,000 to ACS pursuant to
the original agreement. A former director and President of CAI and former
director of CS, who resigned in February 1996 and December 1998, respectively,
is the principal stockholder of ACS.
NOTE 16 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS.
Merger. On April 26, 1999, CAI entered into an Agreement and Plan of
Merger dated as of April 26, 1999 (the "Merger Agreement") with MCI WORLDCOM,
Inc. ("MCI WorldCom") and Cardinal Acquisition Subsidiary, Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of MCI WorldCom ("MergerSub"). Pursuant to the terms and subject to
the conditions of the Merger Agreement, MergerSub will merge with and into CAI
(the "Merger"), with CAI as the surviving corporation. As a result of the
merger, which is subject to regulatory approval and usual and customary
conditions, each outstanding share of common stock of CAI (other than shares
owned by MCI WorldCom, MergerSub or shares of common stock held by CAI as
treasury stock or shares with respect to which the holders have demanded and
exercised dissenters' rights in a manner provided under Connecticut law) will be
converted into the right to receive $28.00 per share of common stock in cash.
CAI anticipates the Merger will be consummated during the third quarter of 1999.
On June 4, 1999, MCI WorldCom completed the acquisition of 8,284,425 CAI
common shares pursuant to one such agreement, thereby becoming a 48% shareholder
of CAI.
Rights Plan. On April 16, 1999, in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the CAI Board of Directors adopted a
shareholders' rights plan and declared a dividend of one preferred share
purchase right (a "Right") for each outstanding share of common stock. The
dividend is payable on April 27, 1999 (the "Record Date") to the shareholders of
record on that date. Subject to certain terms and conditions, each
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 16 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (continued).
Right shall entitle the registered holder to purchase from the Company one
one-hundredth of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, $.01 par value of CAI at a
price of $96.00 per one one-hundredth of a share of Series A Preferred Stock,
subject to adjustment. The description and terms of the Rights are set forth in
a Rights Agreement dated as of April 16, 1999, as the same may be amended from
time to time, between the Company and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C.,
as Rights Agent.
Stock Option Agreement. On April 26, 1999, CAI entered into a stock option
agreement granting MCI WorldCom an option to acquire up to 6,090,481 CAI common
shares at a price of $28.00 per share.
Senior Secured Notes Due 2000. MCI WorldCom holds the $80,000,000
aggregate principal amount of outstanding senior secured notes of CAI due 2000.
The senior secured notes of CAI were issued under a note purchase agreement
dated as of October 14, 1998 between CAI and the purchasers named therein. The
parties closed the acquisition of the senior secured notes of CAI on March 26,
1999, at which time MCI WorldCom was assigned all right, title and interest in,
and to the senior secured notes of CAI, and assumed all of the sellers'
obligations under the senior secured notes of CAI and the note purchase
agreement.
13% Senior Notes Due 2004. MCI WorldCom holds $119,412,609 aggregate
principal amount of unsecured 13% senior notes of CAI due October 14, 2004. The
parties closed the acquisitions of the 13% senior notes on March 26, 1999 and
April 29, 1999, at which time MCI WorldCom was assigned all of the sellers'
rights, titles and interests in and to the 13% senior notes.
11.375% Senior Notes of CS. MCI WorldCom also holds $215,750,000 aggregate
principal amount of unsecured 11.375% senior notes of CS due 2006. The parties
closed the acquisition of the 11.375% senior notes of CS on March 26, 1999, and
on April 29, 1999, MCI WorldCom was assigned all of the sellers' rights, titles
and interests in and to the 11.375% senior notes of CS.
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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS
ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES
On July 30, 1998, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PWC") resigned from its
engagement as CAI's independent accountant due to a conflict of interest arising
as the result of the July 1, 1998 merger of Price Waterhouse, LLP and Coopers &
Lybrand L.L.P. Prior to the merger, Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. acted as CAI's
independent accountant. Price Waterhouse, LLP, acted as collateral agent and
administrative agent for MLGAF under a Note Purchase Agreement dated as of
November 24, 1997, as amended from time to time. PWC currently acts as
collateral agent and administrative agent for MLGAF under the Note Purchase
Agreement dated as of October 14, 1998 between CAI and the purchasers listed
therein.
Except as discussed below, the reports of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. on
CAI's financial statements for the years ended March 31, 1998 and 1997 contained
no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified
as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principle.
The report of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. delivered in connection with CAI's
audited financial statements for the years ended March 31, 1998 and 1997
contained an explanatory paragraph which indicated that there was substantial
doubt regarding the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
In connection with its audits for the years ended March 31, 1998 and 1997
and through July 30, 1998, there were no disagreements with Coopers & Lybrand
L.L.P. or PWC on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial
statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements if not
resolved to the satisfaction of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. would have caused them
to make reference thereto in their report on the financial statements for such
years. During the years ended March 31, 1998 and 1997 and through July 30, 1998,
there have been no reportable events (as defined in Regulation S-K item
304(a)(1)(v)) involving CAI.
CAI requested that PWC furnish it with a letter addressed to the SEC
stating whether or not PWC agrees with the above statements. A copy of such
letter, dated August 6, 1998, was filed as Exhibit 16 to CAI's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated August 6, 1998.
CAI has subsequently retained KPMG LLP as its independent auditors.
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF CAI WIRELESS SYSTEMS, INC.
The following table sets forth certain information concerning each of
CAI's directors and executive officers:
Name Age Position with CAI
- ---- ----- -------------------------------------------------
Jared E. Abbruzzese 44 Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director(1)
James P. Ashman 45 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
Gerald Stevens-Kittner 46 Senior Vice President - Spectrum Management
Bruce Kostreski 48 Senior Vice President - Engineering
George Parise 37 Senior Vice President - Finance
Arthur J. Miller 40 Vice President and Controller
Paul M. Albert, Jr. 56 Director(1)(2)(3)
Vernon Fotheringham 51 Director(1)(2)(3)
Robert D. Happ 58 Director(1)(2)(3)
Martin G. Mand 62 Director(1)(2)(3)
John B. Newman 64 Director(1)(2)(3)
(1) Member of the Finance/Strategic Partner Committee. The Finance/Strategic
Partner Committee, which is currently chaired by John B. Newman, reviews
and approves management's recommendations regarding major financial and
capital structure matters, oversees relationships with major security
holders, monitors cash flow and capital expenditures and evaluates and
recommends to the CAI board modifications to CAI's strategic goals.
(2) Member of the Governance and Compensation Committee. The Governance and
Compensation Committee, which is currently chaired by Paul M. Albert, Jr.,
reviews and approves management's recommendations as to executive
compensation, reviews, approves and administers executive compensation and
CAI's stock option plans, reviews and approves management's
recommendations for organizational structure and recommends to the CAI
board nominees for election as directors of CAI, including nominees
recommended by shareholders.
(3) Member of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee, which is currently
chaired by Robert D. Happ, recommends to the CAI board independent
auditors to serve CAI, reviews the scope and results of the annual audit,
assures that the independent auditors act independently, reviews and
approves any substantial change in CAI's accounting policy or practices,
reviews with management and the independent auditors CAI's internal
accounting controls, reviews CAI's annual report and non-audit
professional services provided to CAI by the independent auditors.
The Certificate of Incorporation and the By-laws of CAI, as amended,
provide for a minimum of three and a maximum of eleven members of CAI's Board of
Directors and permit the CAI board to specify the number of directors within
that range by resolution. The CAI board has currently established the size of
the CAI board at six members. All directors hold office until their successors
have been elected and qualified. In connection with CAI's initial public
offering in February 1994, CAI agreed with Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co., LLC,
the representative of the underwriters of the offering, that for a five-year
period CAI would use its best efforts to cause, if requested by Gerard Klauer
Mattison, an individual selected by Gerard Klauer Mattison and reasonably
acceptable to CAI to be elected to the CAI board who may be an officer, director
or affiliate of Gerard Klauer Mattison. The five-year period expired in February
1999. Gerard Klauer Mattison never made such request.
Jared E. Abbruzzese has been chairman of the CAI board and chief executive
officer of CAI since its
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formation in August 1991. Mr. Abbruzzese served CAI in such capacities prior to
and during CAI's 1998 Chapter 11 proceeding. From August 1992 until September
1993, he served in various capacities for the prior operator of a wireless cable
system in Albany, New York. Since February 1996, he also has served as chairman
of CS, and since February 1999, Mr. Abbruzzese has been CS' acting chief
executive officer.
James P. Ashman has been executive vice president and chief financial
officer of CAI since December 1995. Mr. Ashman served CAI in such capacities
prior to and during CAI's 1998 Chapter 11 proceeding. Prior to his appointment
to these positions, Mr. Ashman was senior vice president and treasurer of CAI,
positions he held since September 1994. Mr. Ashman was a director of CAI from
March 1994 until October 1998. From November 1992 to September 1994, Mr. Ashman
was a senior advisor of, and independent consultant affiliated with, Carolina
Barnes Capital, Inc., a registered broker dealer. Carolina Barnes served as
financial advisor to CAI from January 1993 until September 1994. Mr. Ashman has
been a director of CS since its formation in February 1996.
Bruce W. Kostreski joined CAI as senior vice president-engineering in
March 1996, and became the Company's chief technical officer in March 1997. Mr.
Kostreski served CAI in such capacities prior to and during CAI's 1998 Chapter
11 proceeding. Prior to joining CAI, Mr. Kostreski was employed by Bell Atlantic
Corporation in a variety of capacities since 1980. Mr. Kostreski's last position
with Bell Atlantic was that of executive director-corporate development. Mr.
Kostreski is the primary or sole inventor of 13 patents relating to fiber
optics, digital subscriber line (DSL), video and wireless networks.
Gerald Stevens-Kittner joined CAI as senior vice president-regulatory and
governmental affairs in March 1996, and currently serves as senior vice
president-spectrum management overseeing CAI's and CS' portfolio of owned and
leased MMDS spectrum. Mr. Stevens-Kittner served CAI in such capacities prior to
and during CAI's 1998 Chapter 11 proceeding. Prior to joining CAI, Mr.
Stevens-Kittner was a partner in the national law firm of Arter & Hadden, where
he practiced extensively in the area of telecommunications law. Mr.
Stevens-Kittner holds a Juris Doctor from George Washington University National
Law Center.
George Parise has been senior vice president-finance of CAI since May 1997
and was senior vice president and general manager of CAI's New York system from
April 1996 to May 1997. Mr. Parise served CAI in such capacities prior to and
during CAI's 1998 Chapter 11 proceeding. Prior to joining CAI, Mr. Parise was
chief financial officer of Bell Atlantic Corporation's CellularVision LMDS
project, a position he held from September 1993 to April 1996. Mr. Parise served
as vice president of accounting for TriCon Leasing, a financing subsidiary of
Bell Atlantic from April 1989 to September 1993. Mr. Parise is a certified
public accountant.
Arthur J. Miller has been a vice president and controller and chief
accounting officer since May 1997. Mr. Miller served CAI in such capacities
prior to and during CAI's 1998 Chapter 11 proceeding. Prior to joining CAI, Mr.
Miller was employed by Tyco Toys, Inc., an international toy manufacturer, since
June 1986, most recently as Vice President of Finance. Mr. Miller is a certified
public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Paul M. Albert, Jr., a consultant and private investor, has been a
director of CAI since December 9, 1998. From 1996 to the present, Mr. Albert has
been retained as a consultant primarily for The Globecon Group and Eccles
Associates. From 1983 to 1996, Mr. Albert was a Managing Director, Investment
Banking, at Prudential Securities.
Vernon L. Fotheringham has been a director of CAI since December 9, 1998.
Mr. Fotheringham is chairman and chief executive officer of Composite Group,
Inc., a product development and venture formation firm located in Woodlinville,
WA. From November 1997 until June 1998, Mr. Fotheringham served as vice chairman
of the board of directors of Advanced Radio Telecom Corporation ("ART"). Prior
to that, Mr. Fotheringham served as chairman of the board of directors and chief
executive officer of ART from 1995 to November 1997. From 1993 to 1995, Mr.
Fotheringham served as president and chief executive officer of Norcom Networks
Corporation, a nationwide provider of mobile satellite services. He presently
serves as chairman of Angel Broadband Productions, an Internet content provider,
and as vice chairman of Angel Technology Corp.
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Robert D. Happ has been a director of CAI since 1995. Mr. Happ served as
senior managing partner of the Boston, Massachusetts office of KPMG LLP from
1985 until his retirement in 1994. Mr. Happ also is a director of Galileo
Corporation and Cambridgeport Bank, and since February 1996, has served as a
director of CS.
Martin G. Mand has been a director of CAI since December 16, 1998. Since
1995, Mr. Mand has been chairman, president and chief executive officer of Mand
Associates, Limited, a financial consulting, speaking and writing firm located
in Wilmington, Delaware. Mr. Mand previously served as executive vice president
and chief financial officer of Northern Telecom, Ltd., a global manufacturer of
telecommunications equipment from 1990 to 1994. Prior to that, Mr. Mand served
in various senior management positions at E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., a
chemical, allied products and energy company. Mr. Mand currently serves on the
board of directors of Sun Healthcare Group Inc. and Fuji Bank and Trust Company.
John B. Newman has been a director of CAI since December 9, 1998. Mr.
Newman currently serves as chairman of MBNT Financial Holdings Limited, a
private investment vehicle located in Toronto, Ontario, a position he has held
since 1990. Mr. Newman is a director of a number of public and private Canadian
corporations engaged in real estate, insurance, investment, manufacturing,
distribution and financing.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance. Under the
securities laws of the United States, CAI's directors, its executive officers
and any persons holding ten percent or more of the common stock are required to
report their ownership of the common stock and any changes in that ownership to
the Securities and Exchange Commission. Specific due dates for the reports have
been established. Each of Messrs. Albert, Fotheringham, Happ, Mand and Newman
did not report the initial grant of options to purchase CAI common stock under
the CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. 1998 Outside Directors' Stock option Plan on a
timely basis. This transaction was subsequently filed on an annual report for
each of the named individuals. Each of Messrs. Abbruzzese, Ashman and Miller did
not report one transaction on a timely basis, which transaction subsequently was
reported on an annual report by each individual.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Executive Compensation
In connection with the consummation of CAI's bankruptcy, CAI adopted the
1998 Stock Option Plan for key employees. The 1998 Stock Option Plan is intended
to provide key employees with a meaningful incentive to pursue CAI's strategic
business plan. The 1998 Stock Option Plan is also intended to align the
interests of those employees with those of CAI's shareholders. CAI has reserved
1,500,000 CAI common shares for issuance upon the exercise of options granted
pursuant to the 1998 Stock Option Plan.
All options granted under the 1998 Stock Option Plan are intended to be
10-year options. Options may lapse, however, and expire prior to the expiration
of such 10-year period in certain circumstances more fully described in the 1998
Stock Option Plan. The vesting terms and exercise price of options granted under
1998 Stock Option Plan are determined by a committee designated by the CAI board
to administer the 1998 Stock Option Plan.
On October 14, 1998, as part of the consummation of CAI's bankruptcy,
options to issue 1,500,000 shares of CAI common stock were granted (the "October
Option Grant") with the following exercise prices:
o 20% of the options granted to an individual had an exercise price of
$4.76;
o 20% of the options granted to an individual had an exercise price of
$6.78;
o 20% of the options granted to an individual had an exercise price of
$8.79; and
o 40% of the options granted to an individual had an exercise price of
$10.81.
The options granted in October were to vest and become exercisable upon
the occurrence of one or more "trigger events", including:
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o a material third party acquisition or merger,
o a material equity investment in CAI,
o a material joint venture and/or a material take-or-pay arrangement,
any other material third party transaction with respect to the use
of CAI's spectrum, and/or
o any other material third party transaction having a substantially
similar economic effect as the foregoing, as determined by the CAI
board in its good faith, reasonable judgment.
Vesting of the options granted in October would accelerate for 50% of the
options if the average trading price of CAI's common shares after the
consummation of the bankruptcy was at or above $12.82 per share, corresponding
to a 100% recovery for the holders of CAI's 12.25% Senior Notes due 2002, which
were restructured in the CAI bankruptcy, for 60 consecutive trading days
following October 14, 1998 (assuming an appropriate average trading volume). The
unvested portion of the options granted in October would decrease by 50% (on a
pro rata basis from each price tranche) after April 14, 2000. The unvested
portion of the options granted in October would decrease by 100% after October
14, 2000.
On January 18, 1999, the Governance and Compensation Committee of the CAI
board approved the surrender of the options granted in October and approved the
issuance of new options having different exercise prices and different vesting
events (the "January Option Grant"). Although the number of employees receiving
options in January was greater than the number of employees who received options
in October, the aggregate number of options granted in January was less than the
aggregate number of options granted in October. All of the options granted in
January have an exercise price of $0.875, the closing price of the CAI common
shares on January 19, 1999. CAI subsequently issued options to certain
additional employees with exercise prices equal to the closing share price of
CAI common shares on the date such options were granted, ranging from $0.875 per
share to $1.625 per share.
Receipt of options granted in connection with the January Option Grant to
holders of options issued in connection with the October Option Grant was
conditioned upon the surrender of such October options. Pursuant to the rules
and regulations of the Exchange Act, such surrender constitutes a "repricing."
The Summary Compensation Table includes the number of shares underlying options
repriced, as well as the number of shares underlying options issued in
connection with the January Option Grant.
The CAI options outstanding as of April 26, 1999 are 10-year options and
are subject to a variety of vesting provisions that vary depending upon the
department in which the option holder is employed. The vesting provisions fall
into four categories, each of which is summarized below.
o EXECUTIVE VESTING EVENTS. Options in this category will vest and become
exercisable in their entirety on the earlier to occur of (i) a change of
control of CAI; (ii) the consummation of a material third party
acquisition or merger, a material equity investment in the Company, a
material joint venture, and/or a take-or-pay arrangement, any other
material third party transaction with respect to the use of the Company's
MMDS spectrum, and/or any other material third party transaction having a
substantially similar economic effect as the foregoing, as determined by
the CAI Governance and Compensation Committee, in its good faith,
reasonable judgment; provided that, in the case of any such event other
than an acquisition, merger or equity investment, when considered together
with any other such event in which CAI is participating, such event(s)
taken together, in the good faith judgment of the Governance and
Compensation Committee, based upon the advice of CAI's financial advisors,
would permit the financing of CAI's business plan; (iii) to the extent of
one-half (1/2) of the number of options when the average trading price of
CAI's common stock has been at or above $12.82 per share for 60
consecutive trading days; and (iv) in whole, when the average trading
price of CAI's common shares has been at or above $19.23 per share for 45
consecutive trading days. Options identified as being held by Messrs.
Abbruzzese and Ashman in the Summary Compensation Table below are subject
to the Executive Vesting Events.
o REGULATORY AND ENGINEERING VESTING EVENTS. Options in this category will
vest and become exercisable on the earlier to occur of (i) in their
entirety, on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day following a change of
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control; (ii) to the extent of 60% of the unvested options, on the one
hundred twentieth (120th) day after a determination has been made by CAI's
Governance and Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, that the
optionee has worked effectively with a team of colleagues at the direction
of CAI's senior management to substantially complete a set of two-way
filings for one primary market, and time permitting, one or more secondary
markets (specific markets to be identified by CAI's senior management) and
has made such filings with the FCC by the first FCC two-way filing window;
(iii) to the extent of 40% of the unvested options, on the one hundred
twentieth (120th) day after a determination has been made by CAI's
Governance and Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, that,
following the close of the first FCC filing window, and during the period
allocated by the FCC, the optionee has substantially completed the
analysis of competing applications, the preparation and filing of
amendments to CAI's applications and/or petitions to deny competing
applications, as well as all other steps reasonably necessary and
appropriate to maximize the prospects of achieving a grant of the
applications for the optionee's applicable market(s) on a timely basis,
under the direction of CAI's senior management; (iv) to the extent of
one-half (1/2) of the number of options, when the average trading price of
CAI's common stock has been at or above $12.82 per share for 60
consecutive trading days; and (v) in whole, when the average trading price
of CAI's common shares has been at or above $19.23 per share for 45
consecutive trading days. Options identified as being held by Messrs.
Kostreski and Stevens-Kittner in the Summary Compensation Table below are
subject to the Regulatory and Engineering Vesting Events.
o OPERATIONS VESTING EVENTS. Options in this category will vest and become
exercisable as follows: (a) with respect to 80% of the options granted to
such individuals, on the earlier to occur of: (i) the one hundred
twentieth (120th) day following a change of control, (ii) December 31,
1999, (iii) to the extent of one-half (1/2) of the number of options, when
the average trading price of CAI's common shares has been at or above
$12.82 per share for 60 consecutive trading days, and (iv) in whole when
the average trading price of CAI's common shares has been at or above
$19.23 per share for 45 consecutive trading days; and (b) 20% of such
options will vest and become exercisable on the same terms as those
options described in "REGULATORY AND ENGINEERING VESTING EVENTS" described
above.
o FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING VESTING EVENTS. Options in this category will vest
and become exercisable in their entirety on the earlier to occur of (i)
the one hundred twentieth (120th) day following the earlier to occur of
(a) a change of control, and (b) the relocation of CAI's accounting
department from Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania to a location designated by the
CAI board, which relocation shall include the maintenance, through
retention or new hiring, of an accounting staff that, in the opinion of
the Audit Committee of the CAI board, is sufficient to perform the
day-to-day accounting duties necessary for the operation of the business
of CAI, and the timely filing of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999 with the SEC; (ii) to the extent
of one-half (1/2) of the number of options, when the average trading price
of CAI's common shares has been at or above $12.82 per share for 60
consecutive trading days; and (iii) in whole, when the average trading
price of CAI's common shares has been at or above $19.23 per share for 45
consecutive trading days. Options identified as being held by Mr. Parise
in the Summary Compensation Table below are subject to the Finance and
Accounting Vesting Events.
In accordance with the above prescribed vesting provisions, all
options issued and outstanding as of March 31, 1999 have vested as of June 15,
1999.
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The following table sets forth certain summary information concerning the
compensation paid or awarded for each of CAI's last three completed fiscal years
to CAI's chief executive officer and its four most highly compensated officers
(the "Named Executives") at March 31, 1999.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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Long-Term Compensation
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Annual Compensation(1) Awards
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (g) (i)
Securities All Other
Fiscal Salary Bonus Underlying Compensation
Name and Principal Position Period ($) ($) Options (#) ($)
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Jared E. Abbruzzese 1999 350,000 154,575 300,000(2) 712(5)
Chief Executive Officer 432,510(3)
1998 350,000 154,575 575,000(4) 612(5)
1997 350,000 0 350,000(4) 600(5)
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James P. Ashman 1999 182,000 61,763 150,000(2) 3,771(6)
Executive Vice President and 171,150(3)
Chief Financial Officer 1998 183,000 61,763 177,000(4) 4,190(6)
1997 140,100 0 100,000(4) 4,134(6)
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Bruce Kostreski 1999 144,399 45,282 110,000(2) 4,036(7)
Senior Vice President - Engineering 127,680(3)
1998 125,000 70,281 45,000(4) 5,286(7)
1997 4,808 0 15,000(4) 256(7)
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Gerald Stevens-Kittner 1999 180,000 53,775 110,000(2) 4,108(8)
Senior Vice President - Spectrum 127,680(3)
Management 1998 170,343 53,775 140,000(4) 5,205(8)
1997 3,558 0 20,000(4) 303(8)
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George Parise 1999 146,000 31,590 80,000(2) 4,552(9)
Senior Vice President - Finance 87,075(3)
1998 139,920 31,590 45,000(4) 118(9)
1997 124,500 15,000 45,000(4) 95(9)
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(1) In accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
other annual compensation in the form of perquisites and other personal
benefits has not been presented in those instances where the aggregate
amount of such perquisites and other personal benefits was less than the
lower of $50,000 or 10% of total annual salary and bonus for the Named
Executive for such year.
(2) These options were granted in connection with the January Option Grant.
(3) These options were granted in connection with the October Option Grant and
were surrendered by the Named Executive in exchange for the options
granted in connection with the January Option Grant. These options are
deemed to be repriced and, in accordance with the instructions to Item
402(b)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-K (17 CFR ss. 229.402(b)(2)(iv)), CAI is
required to include the number of options so repriced in this table.
(4) On March 9, 1998, the Compensation Committee of the CAI board approved the
repricing of outstanding stock options granted under CAI's plans and held
by those employees that were still employed by CAI on such date. In
accordance with the instructions to Item 402(b)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-K
(17 CFR ss. 229.402(b)(2)(iv)), CAI is required to include the number of
options so repriced in this table. Options reflected for the 1997 fiscal
period are included in the repriced options reflected in the 1998 fiscal
period in accordance with SEC regulations. There were no additional
options granted to the
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Named Executives during the fiscal year ended March 31, 1998. All options
issued and outstanding immediately prior to October 14, 1998 were
extinguished on October 14, 1998 in connection with the consummation of
the CAI bankruptcy.
(5) All Other Compensation includes premiums paid by CAI for life insurance.
(6) All Other Compensation includes (a) premiums paid by CAI for life
insurance in the amount of $315, $271 and $266 in 1999, 1998 and 1997,
respectively, and (b) CAI's contribution to the CAI 401(k) plan on behalf
of Mr. Ashman of $3,456, $3,919 and $3,868 in 1999, 1998 and 1997,
respectively.
(7) All Other Compensation includes (a) premiums paid by CAI for life
insurance in the amount of $376, $325 and $256 in 1999, 1998 and 1997,
respectively, and (b) CAI's contribution to the CAI 401(k) plan on behalf
of Mr. Kostreski of $3,660 and $4,961 in 1999 and 1998, respectively.
(8) All Other Compensation includes (a) premiums paid by CAI for life
insurance in the amount of $452, $452 and $303 in 1999, 1998 and 1997,
respectively, and (b) CAI's contribution to the CAI 401(k) plan on behalf
of Mr. Stevens-Kittner of $3,656 and $4,753 in 1999 and 1998,
respectively.
(9) All Other Compensation includes (a) premiums paid by CAI for life
insurance in the amount of $119, $118 and $95 in 1999, 1998 and 1997,
respectively, and (b) CAI's contribution to the CAI 401(k) plan on behalf
of Mr. Parise of $4,432 in 1999.
Compensation of Directors
Directors, other than those who are full-time employees of CAI, are paid
an annual fee of $20,000 and a fee of $1,000 per board or committee meeting
attended, plus, in each such case, out-of-pocket expenses. Directors who are
full-time employees of CAI receive no remuneration for serving on the CAI board
or committees thereof.
On November 17, 1998, the Company's board adopted the 1998 Outside
Directors' Stock Option Plan (the "Outside Directors' Plan"). Under the Outside
Directors' Plan, each non-employee director of CAI is entitled to an initial
grant of options to purchase 25,000 shares of CAI common stock at an exercise
price equal to the closing trading price on the day on which such individual is
deemed to have become a director of CAI following CAI's reorganization. The
initial options vest over a one-year period with options to purchase 10,000
shares of CAI common stock vesting on the date that is three months after such
individual becomes a CAI director, options to purchase 7,500 shares of CAI
common stock vesting on the date that is eight months after such individual
becomes a CAI director and the remaining options to purchase 7,500 shares of CAI
common stock vesting on the one-year anniversary of the date such individual
becomes a director. In addition to the initial grant of option, each individual
who has been a CAI director for at least six months prior to each April 1,
beginning on April 1, 2000, shall receive options to purchase 7,500 shares of
CAI common stock at an exercise price equal to the closing trading price on the
date of grant, which options vest on the one-year anniversary of the date of
grant.
All options granted under the Outside Directors' Plan are intended to be
10-year options, however, options may lapse and expire prior to the expiration
of such 10-year period in certain circumstances more fully described in the
Outside Directors' Plan. The CAI board has reserved 400,000 shares of CAI common
stock for issuance upon the exercise of options granted under the Outside
Directors' Plan. As of the date of this report, there were options to purchase
125,000 shares of CAI Common Stock issued and outstanding under the Outside
Directors' Plan.
Options granted under the Outside Directors' Plan become immediately
exercisable upon certain events, including certain business combinations. In
addition, options under the Outside Directors' Plan vest in their entirety upon
a change of control of CAI, as defined in the stock option agreements governing
the outside directors' options. The acquisition by MCI WorldCom of 48% of the
CAI common shares on June 4, 1999 constituted a change of control under the
Outside Directors' Plan vesting all outstanding options in their entirety.
Prior to the CAI bankruptcy, CAI maintained two stock option plans for
outside directors. In October 1996, the Company adopted the 1996 Outside
Directors' Stock Option Plan (the "1996 Directors' Plan"), pursuant to which
options to purchase an aggregate of not more than 45,000 CAI common shares would
be granted from time to time to non-employee directors. Each qualifying director
shall be granted an option to purchase 7,500 shares at a price of fair market
value on the date of the grant. Such option was to vest: 25% on the date of
grant,
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and 25% on each of the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the grant.
These options were exercisable for a period of ten years, but not before an
initial six-month period. The exercise price for stock options granted under the
1996 Directors' Plan was not less than 100% of the fair market value of the CAI
common shares on the grant date. On March 9, 1998, all options granted under the
1996 Directors' Plan were repriced to $1.00 per share. In October 1993, the
Company adopted the 1993 Outside Directors' Option Plan (the "1993 Directors'
Plan"), pursuant to which options to purchase an aggregate of not more than
30,000 CAI common shares could be granted from time to time to non-employee
directors. These options were to vest at the rate of 20% a year over five years,
beginning one year after date of grant and were exercisable for a period of
seven years. The exercise price for stock options granted under the 1993
Directors' Plan was not less than 100% of the fair market value of the common
stock on the grant date. On March 9, 1998, all options granted under the 1993
Directors' Plan were repriced to $1.00 per share. All options issued and
outstanding under the 1996 Directors' Plan and the 1993 Directors' Plan were
extinguished on October 14, 1998 in connection with the consummation of the CAI
bankruptcy.
Option Grants in Latest Fiscal Year
The following table provides information on options to purchase CAI common
shares which were granted during the year ended March 31, 1999 to the five Named
Executives identified in the Summary Compensation Table above.
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Potential realizable value at
assumed annual rates of stock
price appreciation
Individual Grants for option term
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g)
% of Total
Number of Options
Securities Granted to Exercise
Underlying Employees in Price Per Expiration
Name Options Fiscal Year Share Date 5% ($) 10% ($)
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Jared E. Abbruzzese 300,000 24.0%(1) $0.875 01/19/09 165,085 418,357
86,502 5.8%(2) $4.76 10/14/08 N/A N/A
86,502 5.8%(2) $6.78 10/14/08 N/A N/A
86,502 5.8%(2) $8.79 10/14/08 N/A N/A
173,004 11.5%(2) $10.81 10/14/08 N/A N/A
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James P. Ashman 150,000 12.0%(1) $0.875 01/19/09 82,542 209,179
34,230 2.3%(2) $4.76 10/14/08 N/A N/A
34,230 2.3%(2) $6.78 10/14/08 N/A N/A
34,230 2.3%(2) $8.79 10/14/08 N/A N/A
68,460 4.6%(2) $10.81 10/14/08 N/A N/A
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Bruce Kostreski 110,000 8.8%(1) $0.875 01/19/09 60,531 153,398
25,536 1.7%(2) $4.76 10/14/08 N/A N/A
25,536 1.7%(2) $6.78 10/14/08 N/A N/A
25,536 1.7%(2) $8.79 10/14/08 N/A N/A
51,072 3.4%(2) $10.81 10/14/08 N/A N/A
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Gerald Stevens-Kittner 110,000 8.8%(1) $0.875 01/19/09 60,531 153,398
25,536 1.7%(2) $4.76 10/14/08 N/A N/A
25,536 1.7%(2) $6.78 10/14/08 N/A N/A
25,536 1.7%(2) $8.79 10/14/08 N/A N/A
51,072 3.4%(2) $10.81 10/14/08 N/A N/A
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George Parise 80,000 6.4%(1) $0.875 01/19/09 44,023 111,562
17,415 1.2%(2) $4.76 10/14/08 N/A N/A
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
17,415 1.2%(2) $6.78 10/14/08 N/A N/A
17,415 1.2%(2) $8.79 10/14/08 N/A N/A
34,830 2.4%(2) $10.81 10/14/08 N/A N/A
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(1) Represents the percentage of those options that were issued on January 19,
1999, when CAI issued options to purchase 1,251,500 CAI common shares in
connection with the January Option Grant.
(2) Represents the percentage of those options that were issued on October 14,
1998 in connection with the consummation of the CAI bankruptcy, when CAI
issued options to purchase 1,500,000 CAI common shares in connection with
the October Option Grant. These options were surrendered in exchange for
options issued in connection with the January Option Grant.
Aggregate Option Exercises in Latest Fiscal Year and Fiscal Year-End Option
Values
The following table sets forth certain information with regard to the
outstanding options to purchase shares of CAI Common Stock as of the end of the
fiscal year ended March 31, 1999 for the persons named in the Compensation Table
above.
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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Number of Securities Value of Unexercised In-the-Money
Shares Underlying Unexercised Options at
Acquired on Value Options at March 31, 1999 March 31, 1999(1)
Name Exercise (#) Realized Exercisable Unexercisable Exercisable Unexercisable
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Jared E. Abbruzzese --- $ --- 0 300,000 $ --- $2,101,200
James P. Ashman --- $ --- 0 150,000 --- $1,050,600
Bruce Kostreski --- $ --- 0 110,000 --- $ 770,440
Gerald Stevens-Kittner --- $ --- 0 110,000 --- $ 770,440
George Parise --- $ --- 0 80,000 --- $ 560,320
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(1) Value is based on the difference between the last reported per share sale
price of the CAI common stock on March 31, 1999 of $7.879 and the exercise
prices of the in-the-money options.
Employment Agreements
On October 14, 1998, in connection with the consummation of CAI's
bankruptcy, CAI entered into employment agreements with each of the Named
Executives and certain other key CAI employees. The agreements are one-year
agreements beginning on October 14, 1998 (the date on which CAI consummated its
bankruptcy) and automatically renewing for successive one-year terms, unless
otherwise terminated by either party. Each agreement provides for a severance
payment equal to the employee's annual base salary if such individual's
employment with CAI is terminated other than for cause (as defined in the
employment agreement and described below). In the case of Mr. Abbruzzese,
however, severance is equal to 1.5 times his annual base salary. The severance
amount payable in the event of termination of employment as a result of an
individual's death or disability is also equal to the annual base salary, except
in the case of Mr. Abbruzzese, for whom the severance amount is equal to 1.5
times his annual base salary. Any severance payment made to an individual as a
result of disability will be reduced by the amount of disability insurance
proceeds received by the individual pursuant to a policy provided by CAI.
Severance payments under the employment agreements are also payable in the event
CAI does not renew an individual's employment agreement.
The employment agreements define "cause" to mean a finding by the CAI
board that the employee has: (i) acted with gross negligence or willful
misconduct in connection with the performance of his duties under the employment
agreement, (ii) engaged in a material act of insubordination or of common law
fraud against CAI or its
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employees, or (iii) acted against the best interests of CAI in a manner that has
or could have a material adverse affect on the financial condition of CAI.
The employment agreements also provide for the same severance payments if
the employee voluntarily terminates his or her employment for "Good Reason"
within 18 months after the consummation of CAI's bankruptcy case on October 14,
1998. "Good Reason" means, with respect to the employee: (i) the assignment to
the employee of any material duties materially inconsistent with the employee's
position, authority, duties or responsibilities immediately before October 14,
1998, the consummation date of CAI's bankruptcy, excluding for this purpose an
isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith that is
remedied by CAI promptly after receipt of notice of such action given by the
affected employee; (ii) any material reduction in the employee's base salary,
opportunity to earn annual bonuses or other compensation or employee benefits,
other than as a result of an isolated and inadvertent action not taken in bad
faith that is remedied by CAI promptly after receipt of notice of such action
given by the affected employee; (iii) CAI's requiring the employee to relocate
his or her principal place of business to a place that is more than thirty-five
miles from his or her previous principal place of business; or (iv) any
purported termination of the agreement other than as expressly permitted by the
agreement.
Under the terms of their respective employment agreements: Mr. Abbruzzese
serves as chairman and chief executive officer of CAI and is entitled to an
annual base salary of $350,000; Mr. Ashman serves as executive vice president
and chief financial officer of CAI and is entitled to an annual base salary of
$183,000; Mr. Stevens-Kittner serves as senior vice president-spectrum
management and is entitled to an annual base salary of $180,000; Mr. Kostreski
serves as a senior vice president-engineering and chief technical officer and is
entitled to an annual base salary of $180,000; and Mr. Parise serves as senior
vice president-finance and is entitled to an annual base salary of $165,000.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth information with respect to beneficial
ownership of CAI common shares as of June 21, 1999 by each shareholder who,
based on public filings, is known to CAI to be the beneficial owner of more than
5% of CAI common shares.
Name and Address Amount and Nature Percent of
of Beneficial Owner of Beneficial Ownership Class
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MCI WORLDCOM, Inc.(1)
500 Clinton Center Drive
Clinton, Mississippi 39056 8,284,425 48.1%
Louis M. Bacon (2)
c/o Moore Capital Management, Inc.
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020 2,270,715 13.1%
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(1) According to Schedule 13D dated June 9, 1999 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission by MCI WORLDCOM, Inc., MCI WorldCom possesses sole
voting and dispositive power with respect to the 8,284,425 CAI common
shares listed in the table above.
(2) According to Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13G dated February 11, 1999,
Moore Capital Management, Inc. ("MCM") is the discretionary investment
manager of Moore Global Investments, Ltd., a Bahamian corporation ("MGI").
Moore Capital Advisors, LLC ("MCA") serves as general partner and
discretionary investment manager to a U.S. partnership, Remington
Investment Strategies, L.P. ("RIS"). Mr. Louis Bacon is chairman and chief
executive officer, director and controlling shareholder of MCM and
chairman, chief executive officer, director and majority interest holder
in MCA. MGI is the holder 1,862,059 CAI common shares. RIS is the holder
of 408,656 CAI common shares. MCM is vested with the power to direct
disposition of the CAI common shares held by MGI and shares with MGI and
Mr. Bacon voting power over such CAI common shares. Mr. Bacon is deemed to
share voting power and
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dispositive power over the CAI common shares held by MGI (1,862,059
shares) and RIS (408,656 shares). Accordingly, Mr. Bacon and MCM, and Mr.
Bacon and MCA, respectively, may be deemed to have shared voting and
investment control with respect to the CAI common shares held,
respectively, by MGI and RIS.
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to
beneficial ownership of CAI common shares as of June 21, 1999 by all directors
and all Named Executives identified in the Summary Compensation Table above in
"Item 11. Executive Compensation," individually, and by all directors and all
executive officers of CAI as a group.
Amount and Nature Percent of
Beneficial Owner of Beneficial Ownership(1) Class(2)
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Jared E. Abbruzzese 300,000 1.7%
James P. Ashman 150,000 *
Bruce Kostreski 110,000 *
Gerald Stevens- Kittner 110,000 *
George Parise 80,000 *
Paul M. Albert, Jr. 25,000 *
Vernon L. Fotheringham 25,000 *
Robert D. Happ 25,000 *
Martin G. Mand 25,000 *
John B. Newman 25,000 *
All directors and executive officers
as a group (11 persons) 900,000 5.0%
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* Less than one percent (1%).
(1) Each named individual possesses sole voting power and sole dispositive
power with respect to the CAI common shares shown for such person. The
shares shown include only shares issuable upon the exercise of options
held by the named individual that may be exercised within 60 days of June
21, 1999. None of the named individuals is the record holder of any CAI
common shares as of June 21, 1999.
(2) Percentages of ownership are based on 17,241,379 CAI common shares issued
and outstanding as of June 21, 1999. CAI common shares that may be
acquired pursuant to options that are exercisable within 60 days of June
21, 1999 are deemed outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage
ownership of the person holding such options, but are not deemed
outstanding for the purposes of computing the percentage ownership for any
other person.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Installation Services. In October 1996, two of CAI's employees formed
Telecom Service Support LLC ("Telecom"), to provide subscriber installation,
service calls, and warehouse service to the subscription television industry.
CAI incurred approximately $86,000, $106,000, $452,000 and $348,000 for such
services during the periods October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999 and April 1, 1998
to October 14, 1998 and the years ended March 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
Additionally, CAI has advances due from Telcom of $18,000 and $20,000 at March
31, 1999 and 1998, respectively, and, has provided leased vehicles and certain
facility space to Telecom for the years ended March 31, 1999 and 1998. On March
3, 1999, CAI entered into a service agreement with Telecom to provide
installation and services to CAI at a fixed cost of $4,500 per week through June
3, 1999.
Flight Services. CAI periodically charters an airplane from Wave Air,
Inc., which is primarily owned by Jared E. Abbruzzese, chairman and chief
executive officer of the Company, in order to carry out business when airline
schedules are not compatible. Wave Air charged CAI for this service on an hourly
basis. Transactions with
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Wave Air, Inc. amounted to approximately $0, $62,000, $154,000, and $278,000,
for the periods October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999 and April 1, 1998 to October
14, 1998 and the years ended March 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
Related Party Loans. On March 31, 1997, Mr. Abbruzzese executed and
delivered a demand promissory note in the principal amount of $780,054 in favor
of the Company. The note evidences various indebtedness owed by Mr. Abbruzzese
and affiliated entities, which Mr. Abbruzzese agreed to assume, including the
outstanding balance on an $800,000 loan made by CAI to Haig Capital L.L.C. The
obligation bears interest at 14% per annum and is secured by a pledge of Mr.
Abbruzzese's interest in Haig Capital. The note balance at both March 31, 1999
and 1998 was approximately $695,000. During the periods from October 14, 1998 to
March 31, 1999 and from April 1, 1998 to October 14, 1998 and for the year ended
March 31, 1998, CAI recorded interest income on the notes of $44,596, $52,705,
and $102,945, respectively. At March 31, 1999 and 1998, accrued interest
receivable was $155,246 and $102,945, respectively. Mr. Abbruzzese made a
payment in June 1998 of $45,000 that was applied to accrued interest in its
entirety.
Programming Cooperative. In 1997, CAI, CS and two other unrelated wireless
cable providers formed Wireless Enterprises, LLC ("Wireless Enterprises"). CAI
and CS each own a 25% interest in Wireless Enterprises (collectively 50%) at
March 31, 1999. Wireless Enterprises was formed as a cooperative to negotiate
the per subscriber rates on programming with suppliers of program content.
During the periods October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999 and April 1, 1998 to
October 14, 1998 and the year ended March 31, 1998, the Company paid Wireless
Enterprises for programming and administrative services approximately $5.6
million, $2.7 million and $5.8 million, respectively.
TelQuest Satellite Services. TelQuest is a joint venture between CAI, CS
and TelQuest Communications, Inc., a company controlled by Mr. Abbruzzese,
formed on August 4, 1997 for the purpose of developing and operating satellite
systems providing digital services. CAI and CS each have $5 million investments
in TelQuest. CAI and CS each contributed a combination of equipment (made
available to TelQuest under the terms of a five-year renewable lease) and cash
(in lieu of equipment) in an amount equal to approximately $2.1 million as part
of the $2.5 million equipment portion of CAI's $5 million investment in
TelQuest. A final payment of $411,567 was made by CAI on April 1, 1998. In
return for CAI and CS' $5 million investments in TelQuest, each received a 25%
interest in TelQuest, which interest is subject to dilution upon the occurrence
of certain events. The 25% interest increased to 30% as consideration for CAI
and CS giving up their exclusivity arrangement with TelQuest.
Equipment Sales and Purchases. During the year ended March 31, 1998, CAI
sold to CS approximately $3.7 million of excess equipment at a gain of $116,000,
primarily from the Boston Project that was not needed for the Boston operation.
Additionally, during April 1997, CAI placed purchase orders approximating
$1,612,000 with CS for equipment needed for the Boston Project, taking advantage
of CS' favorable pricing arrangements with its vendor. For the year ended March
31, 1999 and the four months ended March 31, 1999 of CAI and CS, respectively,
there were no material intercompany transactions related to equipment sales and
purchases between the companies that would otherwise need to be eliminated in
consolidation.
Satellite Projects. CAI has pursued three satellite ventures in addition
to its investment in TelQuest through the following subsidiaries (collectively,
the "Satellite Subsidiaries"): (i) MMDS Satellite Ventures, Inc., which was
formed for the purpose of pursuing Ku-band satellite opportunities; (ii) CAI
Data Systems, Inc., an entity formed for the purpose of pursuing Ka-band
satellite opportunities, and (iii) CAI Satellite Communications, Inc., an entity
formed for the purpose of pursuing V-band satellite opportunities. As part of
CAI's reorganization plan, each of the Satellite Subsidiaries issued a
sufficient number of shares of stock to Haig Capital to give Haig Capital a 50%
equity interest in each Satellite Subsidiary with CAI holding the other 50%.
Engineering and Spectrum Management Services. During 1998, CAI and CS had
an arrangement whereby CAI personnel provided engineering and other technical
consulting services in connection with the digital build-out of the CS Dallas,
TX market. Under this arrangement, CAI received $10,000 per month plus
reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of such
services. CAI and CS have renegotiated the terms of this arrangement and entered
into an Engineering and Spectrum Management Agreement
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whereby, effective March 1, 1999, CAI assumed supervision and delivery of all
engineering and technical management services. Accordingly, CS will pay CAI a
fee equal to 40% of the full allocated costs plus an administrative fee of 20%
of such amount. Additionally, CAI received approximately $263,000, $135,000 and
$141,000 from CS for services rendered, rent, licensing and other fees during
the periods from October 15, 1998 to March 31, 1999 and April 1, 1998 to October
14, 1998 and for the year ended March 31, 1998, respectively.
CAI also provided spectrum management services and subleased office space
in CAI's Arlington, VA office to CS. Up to 20% of the professional time of Mr.
Gerald Stevens-Kittner, CAI's Senior Vice President - Spectrum Management, was
devoted to CS spectrum management matters, including regulatory issues before
the FCC, for which CS paid Mr. Stevens-Kittner directly. CAI charged CS a pro
rata portion of the monthly rent payment for CAI's Arlington office space,
reflecting the office space used by one full-time CS employee resident in the
Arlington office. These charges are now included in the Engineering and Spectrum
Management agreement. For the four months ended March 31, 1999, all material
transactions between CAI and CS have been eliminated in consolidation.
In September 1997, CS entered into a two-year Installation Contractor
Agreement with ACS Telecommunications Systems, Inc. ("ACS") whereby for a fixed
monthly fee per market plus other additional variable costs, ACS agreed to
provide installation contractor services in the Dallas, Texas area and other
markets as mutually agreed upon. During the four months ended March 31, 1999, CS
paid $143,730 to ACS under this agreement. CS amended this agreement to shorten
the term and decrease the fixed monthly payment. In connection with this
amendment, CS has agreed to make payments totaling $510,000 to ACS pursuant to
the original agreement. A former director and President of CAI and former
director of CS, who resigned in February 1996 and December 1998, respectively,
is the principal stockholder of ACS.
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ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) Financial Statements and Schedules
The financial statements listed in the accompanying index to financial
statements and schedules are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form
10-K.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K
The Company filed no Current Reports on Form 8-K during the quarter ended
March 31, 1999.
(c) Exhibits
See index to exhibits filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
(d) Schedules
Schedules, specified under Regulation S-X, are omitted because of the
absence of conditions under which they are required or because the
required information is included in the financial statements submitted. In
accordance with Rule 3-09(a), separate financial statements of CS are not
required to be filed.
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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Page Number
in Form 10-K
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Independent Auditors' Reports........................................ 48
Consolidated Balance Sheets - March 31, 1999 and 1998................ 50
Consolidated Statements of Operations - Periods Ended March 31, 1999
and October 14, 1998 and Years Ended March 31, 1998 and 1997......... 51
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity (Deficit) - Periods
Ended March 31, 1999 and October 14, 1998 and Years Ended March 31,
1998 and 1997........................................................ 52
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Periods Ended March 31, 1999
and October 14, 1998 and Years Ended March 31, 1998 and 1997......... 53
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements........................... 57
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. has duly caused this annual
report on Form 10-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.
CAI WIRELESS SYSTEMS, INC.
(Registrant)
BY: /s/ Jared E. Abbruzzese
------------------------------------
Jared E. Abbruzzese, Chairman,
Date: June 29, 1999 Chief Executive Officer and Director
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of CAI Wireless
Systems, Inc. and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Jared E. Abbruzzese Chairman, Chief Executive June 29, 1999
- ------------------------------ Officer and Director
Jared E. Abbruzzese (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ James P. Ashman Executive Vice President and June 29, 1999
- ------------------------------ Chief Financial Officer
James P. Ashman (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Arthur J. Miller Vice President and Controller June 29, 1999
- ------------------------------ (Principal Accounting Officer)
Arthur J. Miller
/s/ Paul M. Albert, Jr. Director June 29, 1999
- ------------------------------
Paul M. Albert, Jr.
/s/ Vernon L. Fotheringham Director June 29, 1999
- ------------------------------
Vernon L. Fotheringham
/s/ Robert D. Happ Director June 29, 1999
- ------------------------------
Robert D. Happ
/s/ Martin G. Mand Director June 29, 1999
- ------------------------------
Martin G. Mand
/s/ John B. Newman Director June 29, 1999
- ------------------------------
John B. Newman
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Incorporation by
Reference
Exhibit No. Description (see Legend)
- ----------- ----------- ------------
2.1 Participation Agreement among Heartland Wireless
Communications, Inc., CAI Wireless Systems, Inc.
and CS Wireless Systems, Inc. dated as of
December 12, 1995 3-Exhibit 2.1
2.2 Amendment No. 1 to Participation Agreement among
Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc., CAI
Wireless Systems, Inc., and CS Wireless Systems,
Inc. dated as of December 12, 1995 4-Exhibit 2.2
2.3 Joint Plan of Reorganization of CAI Wireless
Systems, Inc., and Philadelphia Choice
Television, Inc. 12-Exhibit 2.1
3.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of CAI 3-Exhibit 3.1
3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws of CAI 3-Exhibit 3.2
3.3 Certificate Amending the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of CAI Wireless
Systems, Inc. 11-Exhibit 3.1
4.1 Indenture dated as of October 14, 1998 between
CAI and State Street Bank and Trust Company
governing CAI's 13% Senior Notes 12-Exhibit 4.1
4.2 Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement
dated as of July 30, 1998 between CAI and Merrill
Lynch Global Allocation Fund, Inc. 9-Exhibit 4.1
4.3 Note Purchase Agreement dated as of October 14,
1998 between CAI and Merrill Lynch Global
Allocation Fund, Inc. 12-Exhibit 4.2
4.4 Senior Secured A Note of CAI in the principal
amount of $30 million due October 14, 2000 12-Exhibit 4.3
4.5 Senior Secured B Note of CAI in the principal
amount of $50 million due October 14, 2000 12-Exhibit 4.4
4.6 Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October
14, 1998 by and among CAI, Merrill Lynch Global
Allocation Fund, Inc. and Merrill Lynch
Equity/Convertible Series Fund (Global Allocation
Portfolio) 11-Exhibit 4.1
4.7 Subordinated Unsecured Promissory Note dated
August 31, 1993 by and between CAI and Hope E.
Carter 1-Exhibit 4.7
4.8 Promissory Note--Bott Family Trust 2-Exhibit 4.1
4.9 Guaranty and Security Agreement--Bott Family Trust 2-Exhibit 4.2
4.10 Promissory Note--Bott 2-Exhibit 4.3
4.11 Guaranty and Security Agreement--Bott 2-Exhibit 4.4
10.1 1998 Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan 14-Exhibit 10.1
10.2 1998 Stock Option Plan 14-Exhibit 10.2
10.3 Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated
as of October 14, 1998 between CAI and Jared E.
Abbruzzese 14-Exhibit 10.3
10.4 Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated
as of October 14, 1998 between CAI and James P.
Ashman 14-Exhibit 10.4
10.5 Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated
as of October 14, 1998 between CAI and Gerald
Stevens-Kittner 14-Exhibit 10.5
10.6 Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated
as of October 14, 1998 between CAI and Bruce
Kostreski 14-Exhibit 10.6
10.7 Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated
as of October 14, 1998 between CAI and Derwood
Edge 14-Exhibit 10.7
10.7 Letter Agreement dated October 13, 1993 by and
between Hampton Roads Wireless, Inc. and CAI 1-Exhibit 10.10
10.9 Master Sublease dated June 19, 1993 by and
between Tri-Mark Communications, Ltd. and George
Bott 1-Exhibit 10.11
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10.10 MMDS Affiliation Agreement dated as of August 4,
1997 between TelQuest Satellite Services LLC and
CAI (confidential treatment of certain portions
of this exhibit has been requested) 6-Exhibit 99.1
+10.11 Stock Option Agreement dated as of January 19, 1999
between CAI and Jared E. Abbruzzese
+10.12 Stock Option Agreement dated as of January 19, 1999
between CAI and James P. Ashman
+10.13 Stock Option Agreement dated as of January 19, 1999
between CAI and Bruce Kostreski
+10.14 Stock Option Agreement dated as of January 19, 1999
between CAI and Gerald Stevens-Kittner
+10.15 Stock Option Agreement dated as of January 19, 1999
between CAI and George Parise
12 Statements re Computation of Ratios 5
16 Letter from PricewaterhouseCoopers to Securities
and Exchange Commission dated August 6, 1998 10-Exhibit 16
+27 Financial Data Schedule
99.1 Disclosure Statement dated as of June 30, 1998 7-Exhibit 99.1
99.2 Disclosure Statement Supplement dated as of July
15, 1998 8-Exhibit 99.1
99.3 Pro Forma Balance Sheet Giving Effect to the
Company's Reorganization Plan as if it had
occurred on September 30, 1998 11-Exhibit 99.1
99.4 Revised Pro Forma Balance Sheet Giving effect to
the Company's Reorganization Plan as if it had
occurred on September 30, 1998 13-Exhibit 99.1
+99.5 Audited Financial Statements of CS Wireless for
the year ended December 31, 1998
Legend
1 Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to CAI's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-71662).
2 Incorporated by reference to exhibits to CAI's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated March 23, 1994 (No. 0-22888).
3 Incorporated by reference to the exhibits on CAI's Quarterly Report
on Form 1O-Q for September 30, 1995. (No. 0-22888)
4 Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to CAI's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated February 23, 1996 (No. 0-22888)
5 The information is not included because the ratio is less than 1 and
the earnings deficiency is included in the Selected Financial Data
of CAI.
6 Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to CAI's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated August 4, 1997 (No. 0-22888).
7 Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to CAI's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated July 1, 1998 (No. 0-22888).
8 Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to CAI's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated July 16, 1998 (No. 0-22838).
9 Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to CAI's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated August 3, 1998 (No. 0-22888).
10 Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to CAI's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated August 6,1998 (No 0-22888).
11 Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to CAI's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for September 30, 1998 (No. 0-22888).
12 Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to CAI's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated October 15, 1998 (No. 0-22888).
13 Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to CAI's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q/A for September 30, 1998 (No 0-22888).
14 Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to CAI's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-A for December 31, 1998 (No. 0-22888).
+ Filed herewith.
CAI WIRELESS SYSTEMS, INC.
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
This Agreement, is made as of the 19th day of January, 1999, by and
between CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. (the "Company"), and the undersigned
individual (the "Optionee"), pursuant to the CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. 1998
Stock Option Plan (the "Option Plan"; defined terms used herein and not defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Option Plan).
Whereas, Optionee has been granted options previously under the Option
Plan pursuant to Paragraph 4(a) of that certain Initial Option Agreement between
the Company and Optionee, which options (the "Initial Options") Optionee has
agreed to surrender to the Company; and
Whereas, the Committee has approved the grant of Options evidenced hereby,
which options shall be granted under Paragraph 4(b) of the Option Plan to
Optionee and issued upon the surrender of the Initial Options; and
Whereas, Optionee has surrendered the Initial Options to the Company.
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and pursuant to the Option Plan, the parties agree as follows:
1. Grant of Options. The Company hereby grants to the Optionee the right
and option to purchase from the Company, at the exercise price set forth in
Section 3 below, all or any part of the aggregate number of common shares of the
Company, as such common shares are presently constituted (the "Common Shares"),
set forth in said Section 3. The issuance of the Options evidenced hereby is
conditioned upon the surrender to the Company of the Initial Options.
2. Terms and Conditions. It is understood and agreed that the Options
evidenced hereby are subject to the provisions of the Option Plan (which are
incorporated herein by reference) and the following terms and conditions:
(A) Vesting: The Options evidenced hereby will become vested and
exercisable on the earlier to occur of: (i) a Change of Control, as
defined on Exhibit A attached hereto; (ii) the consummation of (a) a
material third party acquisition or merger, (b) a material equity
investment in the Company, (c) a material joint venture, and/or a
take-or-pay arrangement, (d) any other material third party transaction
with respect to the use of the Company's spectrum, and/or (e) any other
material third party transaction having a substantially similar economic
effect as the foregoing, as determined by the Committee, in its good
faith, reasonable judgment; and further provided that, in the case of an
event described in (c), (d) or (e) above, when considered together with
any other such
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event in which the Company is participating, such event(s) taken together,
in the good faith judgment of the Committee, based upon the advice of the
Company's financial advisors, would permit the financing of the Company's
business plan; and (iii)(a) to the extent of one-half (1/2) of the number
of Options evidenced hereby from and after a Trading Event Date; and (b)
in their entirety when the average trading price of
the Company's common stock has been at or above 150% of the Bondholder
Recovery Price for forty-five consecutive trading days.
(B) Exercise of Options: From and after the vesting of the Options
evidenced hereby such Options shall be exercisable from time to time by
submitting the appropriate Notice of Exercise form referred to below ten (10)
days prior to the date of exercise specifying the number of shares for which the
Options are being exercised, addressed as follows:
CAI Wireless Systems, Inc.
18 Corporate Woods Boulevard
Third Floor
Albany, New York 12211
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
and either
(i) Cash Only Exercise -- submitting a "Notice of Cash Exercise" (in
the form attached hereto, or as modified by the Company from time to
time), accompanied by the full cash purchase price of the exercised
shares; or
(ii) Cashless Exercise -- provided the Company has adopted such a
procedure at this time, submitting an "Notice of Cashless Exercise " (in
the form attached hereto, or as modified by the Company from time to time)
authorizing the delivery for sale of the exercised Common Shares, or
(iii) Combination -- tendering a combination of (i) or (ii) above.
(C) Withholding Taxes. Without regard to the method of exercise and
payment, the Optionee shall pay to the Company, upon notice of the amount due,
any withholding taxes payable with respect to such exercise.
(D) Expiration of Options. Notwithstanding anything in the Option Plan to
the contrary, the Options evidenced hereby shall not expire prior to the tenth
(10) anniversary of the date of grant of the Options evidenced hereby, provided
that all or a portion of such Options shall lapse and expire earlier as follows:
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(i) Timed Lapse. The unvested portion of the Options evidenced
hereby shall lapse and cease to be exercisable in their entirety after the
twenty-four (24) month anniversary of the date of grant of the Options
evidenced hereby.
(ii) Employment Termination. (a) Prior to July 14, 1999. In the
event of a termination of Optionee's employment prior to July 14, 1999
other than for Cause or in the event of a voluntary termination for Good
Reason (as such terms are defined in the Employment Agreement of the
Optionee with the Company), the Optionee's Options will continue
unaffected by the termination and remain subject to the terms of this
Agreement and the Option Plan; provided that, without regard to whether
such Options are vested, fifty-percent (50%) of such Options shall lapse
and cease to be exercisable, if not exercised (to the extent exercisable)
within six (6) months of the effective date of the termination of
Optionee's employment.
(iii) For Cause. All unvested Options shall lapse and cease to be
exercisable upon the effective date of a termination of Optionee's
employment for Cause or a voluntary termination other than for Good Reason
(as such terms are defined in the Employment Agreement).
(iv) After July 14, 1999. If the Optionee's employment has not
terminated on or before July 14, 1999, all of that Optionee's Options will
continue unaffected by any subsequent termination of employment and will
remain subject to the provisions of Paragraphs 2(A) and 2(D)(i) and the
other terms of this Agreement.
(E) Compliance with Laws and Regulations. The Options evidenced hereby are
subject to restrictions imposed at any time on the exercise or delivery of
shares in violation of the By-Laws of the Company or of any law or governmental
regulation that the Company may find to be valid and applicable.
(F) Interpretation. Optionee hereby acknowledges that this Agreement is
governed by the Option Plan, a copy of which Optionee hereby acknowledges having
received, and by such administrative rules and regulations relative to the
Option Plan and not inconsistent therewith as may be adopted and amended from
time by the Committee (the "Rules"). Optionee agrees to be bound by the terms
and provisions of the Option Plan and the Rules to the extent not inconsistent
with the terms of this Agreement.
(G) Transfer Restrictions. In addition to the restrictions on
transferability imposed by the Option Plan, the Options evidenced hereby are not
transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
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3. Option Data Optionee's Name: Jared E. Abbruzzese
Number of Common Shares
Subject to Options: 300,000
Grant Date: January 19, 1999
Exercise Price per
Share: $0.875
Expiration Date: January 19, 2009
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be executed
by its authorized officer, as of the 19th day of January, 1999.
Agreed to: CAI Wireless Systems, Inc.
/s/ Jared E. Abbruzzese By: /s/ James P. Ashman
- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------
Optionee: Jared E. Abbruzzese Name: James P. Ashman
Title: Executive Vice President
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Exhibit A
For purposes hereof, a `Change of Control" of the Company shall be deemed
to have occurred if, after the date hereof, (i) any person or two or more
persons acting in concert, other than the Company or any employee benefit plan
sponsored by the Company, acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of
Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "'34 Act") directly or indirectly of thirty-five percent (35%) or more of
the total voting power represented by the Company's then outstanding voting
securities (calculated as provided in paragraph (d) of Rule 13d-3 under the '34
Act in the case of rights to acquire voting securities); or (ii) any person or
two or more persons acting in concert, other than the Company or any employee
benefit plan sponsored by the Company, shall purchase shares of the Company
pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer to acquire any voting securities of
the Company (or securities convertible into such voting securities) for cash,
securities or any other consideration, provided that after the consummation of
the offer, the person or persons in question has beneficial ownership directly
or indirectly of thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total voting power
represented by the Company's then outstanding voting securities (all as
calculated under clause (i) above)); or (iii) the shareholders of the Company
shall approve (A) any consolidation or merger of the Company in which the
Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation (other than a merger of
the Company in which holder of the Common Shares of the Company immediately
prior to the merger have the same proportionate ownership of common stock of the
surviving corporation immediately after the merger as immediately before), or
pursuant to which Common Shares of the Company would be converted into cash,
securities or other property, or (B) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer
(in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company; or (iv) a change in control of a nature that
would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of
Regulation 14A promulgated under the '34 Act, whether or not the Company is then
subject to such reporting requirement; or (v) there shall have been a change in
the composition of the Board of Directors of the Company at any time during any
consecutive twenty-four (24) month period such that "continuing directors" cease
for any reason to constitute at least a 70% majority of the Board. For purposes
of this clause, "continuing directors" means those members of the Board who
either were directors at the beginning of such twenty-four month period or were
elected by or on the nomination or recommendation of at least a 70% majority of
the then-existing "continuing directors." So long as there has not been a
"change of control" within the meaning of clause (v), the Board of Directors may
adopt by a 70% majority of the "continuing directors" a resolution to the effect
that an event described in clauses (i) or (ii) shall not constitute a "change of
control."
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
This Agreement, is made as of the 19th day of January, 1999, by and
between CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. (the "Company"), and the undersigned
individual (the "Optionee"), pursuant to the CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. 1998
Stock Option Plan (the "Option Plan"; defined terms used herein and not defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Option Plan).
Whereas, Optionee has been granted options previously under the Option
Plan pursuant to Paragraph 4(a) of that certain Initial Option Agreement between
the Company and Optionee, which options (the "Initial Options") Optionee has
agreed to surrender to the Company; and
Whereas, the Committee has approved the grant of Options evidenced hereby,
which options shall be granted under Paragraph 4(b) of the Option Plan to
Optionee and issued upon the surrender of the Initial Options; and
Whereas, Optionee has surrendered the Initial Options to the Company.
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and pursuant to the Option Plan, the parties agree as follows:
1. Grant of Options. The Company hereby grants to the Optionee the right
and option to purchase from the Company, at the exercise price set forth in
Section 3 below, all or any part of the aggregate number of common shares of the
Company, as such common shares are presently constituted (the "Common Shares"),
set forth in said Section 3. The issuance of the Options evidenced hereby is
conditioned upon the surrender to the Company of the Initial Options.
2. Terms and Conditions. It is understood and agreed that the Options
evidenced hereby are subject to the provisions of the Option Plan (which are
incorporated herein by reference) and the following terms and conditions:
(A) Vesting: The Options evidenced hereby will become vested and
exercisable on the earlier to occur of: (i) a Change of Control, as
defined on Exhibit A attached hereto; (ii) the consummation of (a) a
material third party acquisition or merger, (b) a material equity
investment in the Company, (c) a material joint venture, and/or a
take-or-pay arrangement, (d) any other material third party transaction
with respect to the use of the Company's spectrum, and/or (e) any other
material third party transaction having a substantially similar economic
effect as the foregoing, as determined by the Committee, in its good
faith, reasonable judgment; and further provided that, in the case of an
event described in (c), (d) or (e) above, when considered together with
any other such event in which the Company is participating, such event(s)
taken together, in the good faith judgment of the Committee, based upon
the advice of the Company's financial advisors, would permit the financing
of the Company's business plan; and (iii)(a) to the extent of one-half
(1/2) of the number of Options evidenced hereby from and after a Trading
Event Date; and (b) in their entirety when the average trading price of
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the Company's common stock has been at or above 150% of the Bondholder
Recovery Price for forty-five consecutive trading days.
(B) Exercise of Options: From and after the vesting of the Options
evidenced hereby such Options shall be exercisable from time to time by
submitting the appropriate Notice of Exercise form referred to below ten (10)
days prior to the date of exercise specifying the number of shares for which the
Options are being exercised, addressed as follows:
CAI Wireless Systems, Inc.
18 Corporate Woods Boulevard
Third Floor
Albany, New York 12211
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
and either
(i) Cash Only Exercise -- submitting a "Notice of Cash Exercise" (in
the form attached hereto, or as modified by the Company from time to
time), accompanied by the full cash purchase price of the exercised
shares; or
(ii) Cashless Exercise -- provided the Company has adopted such a
procedure at this time, submitting an "Notice of Cashless Exercise " (in
the form attached hereto, or as modified by the Company from time to time)
authorizing the delivery for sale of the exercised Common Shares, or
(iii) Combination -- tendering a combination of (i) or (ii) above.
(C) Withholding Taxes. Without regard to the method of exercise and
payment, the Optionee shall pay to the Company, upon notice of the amount due,
any withholding taxes payable with respect to such exercise.
(D) Expiration of Options. Notwithstanding anything in the Option Plan to
the contrary, the Options evidenced hereby shall not expire prior to the tenth
(10) anniversary of the date of grant of the Options evidenced hereby, provided
that all or a portion of such Options shall lapse and expire earlier as follows:
(i) Timed Lapse. The unvested portion of the Options evidenced
hereby shall lapse and cease to be exercisable in their entirety after the
twenty-four (24) month anniversary of the date of grant of the Options
evidenced hereby.
(ii) Employment Termination. (a) Prior to July 14, 1999. In the
event of a termination of Optionee's employment prior to July 14, 1999
other than for Cause or in the event of a voluntary termination for Good
Reason (as such terms are defined in the Employment Agreement of the
Optionee with the Company), the Optionee's Options will
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continue unaffected by the termination and remain subject to the terms of
this Agreement and the Option Plan; provided that, without regard to
whether such Options are vested, fifty-percent (50%) of such Options shall
lapse and cease to be exercisable, if not exercised (to the extent
exercisable) within six (6) months of the effective date of the
termination of Optionee's employment.
(iii) For Cause. All unvested Options shall lapse and cease to be
exercisable upon the effective date of a termination of Optionee's
employment for Cause or a voluntary termination other than for Good Reason
(as such terms are defined in the Employment Agreement).
(iv) After July 14, 1999. If the Optionee's employment has not
terminated on or before July 14, 1999, all of that Optionee's Options will
continue unaffected by any subsequent termination of employment and will
remain subject to the provisions of Paragraphs 2(A) and 2(D)(i) and the
other terms of this Agreement.
(E) Compliance with Laws and Regulations. The Options evidenced hereby are
subject to restrictions imposed at any time on the exercise or delivery of
shares in violation of the By-Laws of the Company or of any law or governmental
regulation that the Company may find to be valid and applicable.
(F) Interpretation. Optionee hereby acknowledges that this Agreement is
governed by the Option Plan, a copy of which Optionee hereby acknowledges having
received, and by such administrative rules and regulations relative to the
Option Plan and not inconsistent therewith as may be adopted and amended from
time by the Committee (the "Rules"). Optionee agrees to be bound by the terms
and provisions of the Option Plan and the Rules to the extent not inconsistent
with the terms of this Agreement.
(G) Transfer Restrictions. In addition to the restrictions on
transferability imposed by the Option Plan, the Options evidenced hereby are not
transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
3. Option Data Optionee's Name: James P. Ashman
Number of Common Shares
Subject to Options: 150,000
Grant Date: January 19, 1999
Exercise Price per Share: $0.875
Expiration Date: January 19, 2009
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be executed
by its authorized officer, as of the 19th day of January, 1999.
Agreed to: CAI Wireless Systems, Inc.
/s/ James P. Ashman By: /s/ Jared E. Abbruzzese
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Optionee: James P. Ashman Name: Jared E. Abbruzzese
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
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Exhibit A
For purposes hereof, a `Change of Control" of the Company shall be deemed
to have occurred if, after the date hereof, (i) any person or two or more
persons acting in concert, other than the Company or any employee benefit plan
sponsored by the Company, acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of
Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "'34 Act") directly or indirectly of thirty-five percent (35%) or more of
the total voting power represented by the Company's then outstanding voting
securities (calculated as provided in paragraph (d) of Rule 13d-3 under the '34
Act in the case of rights to acquire voting securities); or (ii) any person or
two or more persons acting in concert, other than the Company or any employee
benefit plan sponsored by the Company, shall purchase shares of the Company
pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer to acquire any voting securities of
the Company (or securities convertible into such voting securities) for cash,
securities or any other consideration, provided that after the consummation of
the offer, the person or persons in question has beneficial ownership directly
or indirectly of thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total voting power
represented by the Company's then outstanding voting securities (all as
calculated under clause (i) above)); or (iii) the shareholders of the Company
shall approve (A) any consolidation or merger of the Company in which the
Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation (other than a merger of
the Company in which holder of the Common Shares of the Company immediately
prior to the merger have the same proportionate ownership of common stock of the
surviving corporation immediately after the merger as immediately before), or
pursuant to which Common Shares of the Company would be converted into cash,
securities or other property, or (B) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer
(in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company; or (iv) a change in control of a nature that
would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of
Regulation 14A promulgated under the '34 Act, whether or not the Company is then
subject to such reporting requirement; or (v) there shall have been a change in
the composition of the Board of Directors of the Company at any time during any
consecutive twenty-four (24) month period such that "continuing directors" cease
for any reason to constitute at least a 70% majority of the Board. For purposes
of this clause, "continuing directors" means those members of the Board who
either were directors at the beginning of such twenty-four month period or were
elected by or on the nomination or recommendation of at least a 70% majority of
the then-existing "continuing directors." So long as there has not been a
"change of control" within the meaning of clause (v), the Board of Directors may
adopt by a 70% majority of the "continuing directors" a resolution to the effect
that an event described in clauses (i) or (ii) shall not constitute a "change of
control."
CAI WIRELESS SYSTEMS, INC.
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
This Agreement, is made as of the 19th day of January, 1999, by and
between CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. (the "Company"), and the undersigned
individual (the "Optionee"), pursuant to the CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. 1998
Stock Option Plan (the "Option Plan"; defined terms used herein and not defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Option Plan).
Whereas, Optionee has been granted options previously under the Option
Plan pursuant to Paragraph 4(a) of that certain Initial Option Agreement between
the Company and Optionee, which options (the "Initial Options") Optionee has
agreed to surrender to the Company; and
Whereas, the Committee has approved the grant of Options evidenced hereby,
which options shall be granted under Paragraph 4(b) of the Option Plan to
Optionee and issued upon the surrender of the Initial Options; and
Whereas, Optionee has surrendered the Initial Options to the Company.
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and pursuant to the Option Plan, the parties agree as follows:
1. Grant of Options. The Company hereby grants to the Optionee the right
and option to purchase from the Company, at the exercise price set forth in
Section 3 below, all or any part of the aggregate number of common shares of the
Company, as such common shares are presently constituted (the "Common Shares"),
set forth in said Section 3. The issuance of the Options evidenced hereby is
conditioned upon the surrender to the Company of the Initial Options.
2. Terms and Conditions. It is understood and agreed that the Options
evidenced hereby are subject to the provisions of the Option Plan (which are
incorporated herein by reference) and the following terms and conditions:
(A) Vesting: The Options evidenced hereby will become vested and
exercisable: (i) in their entirety on the one hundred twentieth (120th)
day following a Change of Control, as defined on Exhibit A attached
hereto; (ii) to the extent of 60% of the unvested Options evidenced hereby
on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day after a determination has been
made by the Committee, in its sole discretion, that Optionee has worked
effectively with a team of colleagues at the direction of the Company's
senior management to substantially complete a set of two-way filings for
one primary market, and time permitting, one or more secondary markets
(specific markets to be identified by the Company's senior management) and
has made such filings with the FCC by the first FCC two-way
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filing window. "Substantially complete" is defined to mean completing and
filing one or more applications to operate response stations transmitting
on from 2 to 8 channels, that will transmit to and from 1 to 3 booster/hub
sites (specific channels and number and location of sites to be identified
by the Company's senior management); (iii) to the extent of 40% of the
unvested Options evidenced hereby on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day
after a determination has been made by the Committee, in its sole
discretion, that, following the close of the first FCC filing window, and
during the period allocated by the FCC, Optionee has substantially
completed the analysis of competing applications, the preparation and
filing of amendments to the Company's applications and/or petitions to
deny competing applications, as well as all other steps reasonably
necessary and appropriate to maximize the prospects of achieving a grant
of the applications for Optionee's applicable market(s) on a timely basis,
under the direction of the Company's senior management; and (iv)(a) to the
extent of one-half (1/2) of the number of Options evidenced hereby from
and after a Trading Event Date; and (b) in their entirety when the average
trading price of the Company's common stock has been at or above 150% of
the Bondholder Recovery Price for forty-five consecutive trading days.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Paragraph 2(A), in
the event that Optionee's employment is terminated other than for cause by the
Company at any time during the 120-day period referred to in any of
subparagraphs (i) - (iii) of this Paragraph 2(A), such 120-day period shall be
waived and the applicable number of Options will immediately vest.
(B) Exercise of Options: From and after the vesting of the Options
evidenced hereby such Options shall be exercisable from time to time by
submitting the appropriate Notice of Exercise form referred to below ten (10)
days prior to the date of exercise specifying the number of shares for which the
Options are being exercised, addressed as follows:
CAI Wireless Systems, Inc.
18 Corporate Woods Boulevard
Third Floor
Albany, New York 12211
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
and either
(i) Cash Only Exercise -- submitting a "Notice of Cash Exercise" (in
the form attached hereto, or as modified by the Company from time to
time),
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accompanied by the full cash purchase price of the exercised shares; or
(ii) Cashless Exercise -- provided the Company has adopted such a
procedure at this time, submitting an "Notice of Cashless Exercise " (in
the form attached hereto, or as modified by the Company from time to time)
authorizing the delivery for sale of the exercised Common Shares, or
(iii) Combination -- tendering a combination of (i) or (ii) above.
(C) Withholding Taxes. Without regard to the method of exercise and
payment, the Optionee shall pay to the Company, upon notice of the amount due,
any withholding taxes payable with respect to such exercise. -3-
(D) Expiration of Options. Notwithstanding anything in the Option Plan to
the contrary, the Options evidenced hereby shall not expire prior to the tenth
(10) anniversary of the date of grant of the Options evidenced hereby, provided
that all or a portion of such Options shall lapse and expire earlier as follows:
(i) Timed Lapse. The unvested portion of the Options evidenced
hereby shall lapse and cease to be exercisable in their entirety after the
twenty-four (24) month anniversary of the date of grant of the Options
evidenced hereby.
(ii) Employment Termination. All Options that have vested as of the
date of the termination of Optionee's employment with the Company, other
than a termination of employment for cause, shall expire and lapse on the
date on which the Options would otherwise expire by their terms. Options
that have not vested as of the date of the termination for any reason of
Optionee's employment with the Company and Options that have vested as of
the date of the termination of Optionee's employment for cause, shall
expire and lapse coincident with the effective date of the termination of
employment.
(E) Compliance with Laws and Regulations. The Options evidenced hereby are
subject to restrictions imposed at any time on the exercise or delivery of
shares in violation of the By-Laws of the Company or of any law or governmental
regulation that the Company may find to be valid and applicable.
(F) Interpretation. Optionee hereby acknowledges that this Agreement is
governed by the Option Plan, a copy of which Optionee hereby acknowledges having
received, and by such administrative rules and regulations relative to the
Option Plan and not inconsistent therewith as may be adopted and amended from
time by the Committee (the "Rules"). Optionee agrees to be bound by the terms
and provisions of the Option Plan and the Rules to the extent not inconsistent
with the terms of this Agreement.
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(G) Transfer Restrictions. In addition to the restrictions on
transferability imposed by the Option Plan, the Options evidenced hereby are not
transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
3. Option Data Optionee's Name: Bruce Kostreski
Number of Common Shares
Subject to Options: 110,000
Grant Date: January 19, 1999
Exercise Price per
Share: $0.875
Expiration Date: January 19, 2009
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be executed
by its authorized officer, as of the 19th day of January, 1999.
Agreed to: CAI Wireless Systems, Inc.
/s/ Bruce Kostreski By: /s/ James P. Ashman
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Optionee: Bruce Kostreski Name: James P. Ashman
Title: Executive Vice President
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Exhibit A
For purposes hereof, a `Change of Control" of the Company shall be deemed
to have occurred if, after the date hereof, (i) any person or two or more
persons acting in concert, other than the Company or any employee benefit plan
sponsored by the Company, acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of
Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "'34 Act") directly or indirectly of thirty-five percent (35%) or more of
the total voting power represented by the Company's then outstanding voting
securities (calculated as provided in paragraph (d) of Rule 13d-3 under the '34
Act in the case of rights to acquire voting securities); or (ii) any person or
two or more persons acting in concert, other than the Company or any employee
benefit plan sponsored by the Company, shall purchase shares of the Company
pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer to acquire any voting securities of
the Company (or securities convertible into such voting securities) for cash,
securities or any other consideration, provided that after the consummation of
the offer, the person or persons in question has beneficial ownership directly
or indirectly of thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total voting power
represented by the Company's then outstanding voting securities (all as
calculated under clause (i) above)); or (iii) the shareholders of the Company
shall approve (A) any consolidation or merger of the Company in which the
Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation (other than a merger of
the Company in which holder of the Common Shares of the Company immediately
prior to the merger have the same proportionate ownership of common stock of the
surviving corporation immediately after the merger as immediately before), or
pursuant to which Common Shares of the Company would be converted into cash,
securities or other property, or (B) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer
(in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company; or (iv) a change in control of a nature that
would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of
Regulation 14A promulgated under the '34 Act, whether or not the Company is then
subject to such reporting requirement; or (v) there shall have been a change in
the composition of the Board of Directors of the Company at any time during any
consecutive twenty-four (24) month period such that "continuing directors" cease
for any reason to constitute at least a 70% majority of the Board. For purposes
of this clause, "continuing directors" means those members of the Board who
either were directors at the beginning of such twenty-four month period or were
elected by or on the nomination or recommendation of at least a 70% majority of
the then-existing "continuing directors." So long as there has not been a
"change of control" within the meaning of clause (v), the Board of Directors may
adopt by a 70% majority of the "continuing directors" a resolution to the effect
that an event described in clauses (i) or (ii) shall not constitute a "change of
control."
CAI WIRELESS SYSTEMS, INC.
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
This Agreement, is made as of the 19th day of January, 1999, by and
between CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. (the "Company"), and the undersigned
individual (the "Optionee"), pursuant to the CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. 1998
Stock Option Plan (the "Option Plan"; defined terms used herein and not defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Option Plan).
Whereas, Optionee has been granted options previously under the Option
Plan pursuant to Paragraph 4(a) of that certain Initial Option Agreement between
the Company and Optionee, which options (the "Initial Options") Optionee has
agreed to surrender to the Company; and
Whereas, the Committee has approved the grant of Options evidenced hereby,
which options shall be granted under Paragraph 4(b) of the Option Plan to
Optionee and issued upon the surrender of the Initial Options; and
Whereas, Optionee has surrendered the Initial Options to the Company.
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and pursuant to the Option Plan, the parties agree as follows:
1. Grant of Options. The Company hereby grants to the Optionee the right
and option to purchase from the Company, at the exercise price set forth in
Section 3 below, all or any part of the aggregate number of common shares of the
Company, as such common shares are presently constituted (the "Common Shares"),
set forth in said Section 3. The issuance of the Options evidenced hereby is
conditioned upon the surrender to the Company of the Initial Options.
2. Terms and Conditions. It is understood and agreed that the Options
evidenced hereby are subject to the provisions of the Option Plan (which are
incorporated herein by reference) and the following terms and conditions:
(A) Vesting: The Options evidenced hereby will become vested and
exercisable: (i) in their entirety on the one hundred twentieth (120th)
day following a Change of Control, as defined on Exhibit A attached
hereto; (ii) to the extent of 60% of the unvested Options evidenced hereby
on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day after a determination has been
made by the Committee, in its sole discretion, that Optionee has worked
effectively with a team of colleagues at the direction of the Company's
senior management to substantially complete a set of two-way filings for
one primary market, and time permitting, one or more secondary markets
(specific markets to be identified by the Company's senior management) and
has made such filings with the FCC by the first FCC two-way
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filing window. "Substantially complete" is defined to mean completing and
filing one or more applications to operate response stations transmitting
on from 2 to 8 channels, that will transmit to and from 1 to 3 booster/hub
sites (specific channels and number and location of sites to be identified
by the Company's senior management); (iii) to the extent of 40% of the
unvested Options evidenced hereby on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day
after a determination has been made by the Committee, in its sole
discretion, that, following the close of the first FCC filing window, and
during the period allocated by the FCC, Optionee has substantially
completed the analysis of competing applications, the preparation and
filing of amendments to the Company's applications and/or petitions to
deny competing applications, as well as all other steps reasonably
necessary and appropriate to maximize the prospects of achieving a grant
of the applications for Optionee's applicable market(s) on a timely basis,
under the direction of the Company's senior management; and (iv)(a) to the
extent of one-half (1/2) of the number of Options evidenced hereby from
and after a Trading Event Date; and (b) in their entirety when the average
trading price of the Company's common stock has been at or above 150% of
the Bondholder Recovery Price for forty-five consecutive trading days.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Paragraph 2(A), in
the event that Optionee's employment is terminated other than for cause by the
Company at any time during the 120-day period referred to in any of
subparagraphs (i) - (iii) of this Paragraph 2(A), such 120-day period shall be
waived and the applicable number of Options will immediately vest.
(B) Exercise of Options: From and after the vesting of the Options
evidenced hereby such Options shall be exercisable from time to time by
submitting the appropriate Notice of Exercise form referred to below ten (10)
days prior to the date of exercise specifying the number of shares for which the
Options are being exercised, addressed as follows:
CAI Wireless Systems, Inc.
18 Corporate Woods Boulevard
Third Floor
Albany, New York 12211
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
and either
(i) Cash Only Exercise -- submitting a "Notice of Cash Exercise" (in
the form attached hereto, or as modified by the Company from time to
time),
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accompanied by the full cash purchase price of the exercised shares; or
(ii) Cashless Exercise -- provided the Company has adopted such a
procedure at this time, submitting an "Notice of Cashless Exercise " (in
the form attached hereto, or as modified by the Company from time to time)
authorizing the delivery for sale of the exercised Common Shares, or
(iii) Combination -- tendering a combination of (i) or (ii) above.
(C) Withholding Taxes. Without regard to the method of exercise and
payment, the Optionee shall pay to the Company, upon notice of the amount due,
any withholding taxes payable with respect to such exercise. -3-
(D) Expiration of Options. Notwithstanding anything in the Option Plan to
the contrary, the Options evidenced hereby shall not expire prior to the tenth
(10) anniversary of the date of grant of the Options evidenced hereby, provided
that all or a portion of such Options shall lapse and expire earlier as follows:
(i) Timed Lapse. The unvested portion of the Options evidenced
hereby shall lapse and cease to be exercisable in their entirety after the
twenty-four (24) month anniversary of the date of grant of the Options
evidenced hereby.
(ii) Employment Termination. All Options that have vested as of the
date of the termination of Optionee's employment with the Company, other
than a termination of employment for cause, shall expire and lapse on the
date on which the Options would otherwise expire by their terms. Options
that have not vested as of the date of the termination for any reason of
Optionee's employment with the Company and Options that have vested as of
the date of the termination of Optionee's employment for cause, shall
expire and lapse coincident with the effective date of the termination of
employment.
(E) Compliance with Laws and Regulations. The Options evidenced hereby are
subject to restrictions imposed at any time on the exercise or delivery of
shares in violation of the By-Laws of the Company or of any law or governmental
regulation that the Company may find to be valid and applicable.
(F) Interpretation. Optionee hereby acknowledges that this Agreement is
governed by the Option Plan, a copy of which Optionee hereby acknowledges having
received, and by such administrative rules and regulations relative to the
Option Plan and not inconsistent therewith as may be adopted and amended from
time by the Committee (the "Rules"). Optionee agrees to be bound by the terms
and provisions of the Option Plan and the Rules to the extent not inconsistent
with the terms of this Agreement.
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(G) Transfer Restrictions. In addition to the restrictions on
transferability imposed by the Option Plan, the Options evidenced hereby are not
transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
3. Option Data Optionee's Name: Gerald Stevens-Kittner
Number of Common Shares
Subject to Options: 110,000
Grant Date: January 19, 1999
Exercise Price per
Share: $0.875
Expiration Date: January 19, 2009
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be executed
by its authorized officer, as of the 19th day of January, 1999.
Agreed to: CAI Wireless Systems, Inc.
/s/ Gerald Stevens-Kittner By: /s/ James P. Ashman
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Optionee: Gerald Stevens-Kittner Name: James P. Ashman
Title: Executive Vice President
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Exhibit A
For purposes hereof, a `Change of Control" of the Company shall be deemed
to have occurred if, after the date hereof, (i) any person or two or more
persons acting in concert, other than the Company or any employee benefit plan
sponsored by the Company, acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of
Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "'34 Act") directly or indirectly of thirty-five percent (35%) or more of
the total voting power represented by the Company's then outstanding voting
securities (calculated as provided in paragraph (d) of Rule 13d-3 under the '34
Act in the case of rights to acquire voting securities); or (ii) any person or
two or more persons acting in concert, other than the Company or any employee
benefit plan sponsored by the Company, shall purchase shares of the Company
pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer to acquire any voting securities of
the Company (or securities convertible into such voting securities) for cash,
securities or any other consideration, provided that after the consummation of
the offer, the person or persons in question has beneficial ownership directly
or indirectly of thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total voting power
represented by the Company's then outstanding voting securities (all as
calculated under clause (i) above)); or (iii) the shareholders of the Company
shall approve (A) any consolidation or merger of the Company in which the
Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation (other than a merger of
the Company in which holder of the Common Shares of the Company immediately
prior to the merger have the same proportionate ownership of common stock of the
surviving corporation immediately after the merger as immediately before), or
pursuant to which Common Shares of the Company would be converted into cash,
securities or other property, or (B) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer
(in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company; or (iv) a change in control of a nature that
would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of
Regulation 14A promulgated under the '34 Act, whether or not the Company is then
subject to such reporting requirement; or (v) there shall have been a change in
the composition of the Board of Directors of the Company at any time during any
consecutive twenty-four (24) month period such that "continuing directors" cease
for any reason to constitute at least a 70% majority of the Board. For purposes
of this clause, "continuing directors" means those members of the Board who
either were directors at the beginning of such twenty-four month period or were
elected by or on the nomination or recommendation of at least a 70% majority of
the then-existing "continuing directors." So long as there has not been a
"change of control" within the meaning of clause (v), the Board of Directors may
adopt by a 70% majority of the "continuing directors" a resolution to the effect
that an event described in clauses (i) or (ii) shall not constitute a "change of
control."
CAI WIRELESS SYSTEMS, INC.
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
This Agreement, is made as of the 19th day of January, 1999, by and
between CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. (the "Company"), and the undersigned
individual (the "Optionee"), pursuant to the CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. 1998
Stock Option Plan (the "Option Plan"; defined terms used herein and not defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Option Plan).
Whereas, Optionee has been granted options previously under the Option
Plan pursuant to Paragraph 4(a) of that certain Initial Option Agreement between
the Company and Optionee, which options (the "Initial Options") Optionee has
agreed to surrender to the Company; and
Whereas, the Committee has approved the grant of Options evidenced hereby,
which options shall be granted under Paragraph 4(b) of the Option Plan to
Optionee and issued upon the surrender of the Initial Options; and
Whereas, Optionee has surrendered the Initial Options to the Company.
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and pursuant to the Option Plan, the parties agree as follows:
1. Grant of Options. The Company hereby grants to the Optionee the right
and option to purchase from the Company, at the exercise price set forth in
Section 3 below, all or any part of the aggregate number of common shares of the
Company, as such common shares are presently constituted (the "Common Shares"),
set forth in said Section 3. The issuance of the Options evidenced hereby is
conditioned upon the surrender to the Company of the Initial Options.
2. Terms and Conditions. It is understood and agreed that the Options
evidenced hereby are subject to the provisions of the Option Plan (which are
incorporated herein by reference) and the following terms and conditions:
(A) Vesting: The Options evidenced hereby will become vested and
exercisable on the earlier to occur of (i) on the one hundred twentieth
(120th) day following the earlier to occur of: (a) a Change of Control, as
defined on Exhibit A attached hereto; and (b)(1) the relocation of the
Company's accounting department from Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania to a
location designated by the Company's Board of Directors, which relocation
shall include the maintenance, through retention or new hiring, of an
accounting staff that, in the opinion of the Audit Committee of the
Company's Board of Directors, is sufficient to perform the day-to-day
accounting duties necessary for the operation of the business of the
Company and (2) the timely filing of the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-
<PAGE>
K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999 with the Securities and
Exchange Commission; and (ii)(a) to the extent of one-half (1/2) of the
number of Options evidenced hereby from and after a Trading Event Date;
and (b) in their entirety when the average trading price of the Company's
common stock has been at or above 150% of the Bondholder Recovery Price
for forty-five consecutive trading days. -2-
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Paragraph 2(A), in
the event that Optionee's employment is terminated other than for cause by the
Company at any time during the 120-day period referred to in this Paragraph
2(A), such 120-day period shall be waived and the applicable number of Options
will immediately vest.
(B) Exercise of Options: From and after the vesting of the Options
evidenced hereby such Options shall be exercisable from time to time by
submitting the appropriate Notice of Exercise form referred to below ten (10)
days prior to the date of exercise specifying the number of shares for which the
Options are being exercised, addressed as follows:
CAI Wireless Systems, Inc.
18 Corporate Woods Boulevard
Third Floor
Albany, New York 12211
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
and either
(i) Cash Only Exercise -- submitting a "Notice of Cash Exercise" (in
the form attached hereto, or as modified by the Company from time to
time), accompanied by the full cash purchase price of the exercised
shares; or
(ii) Cashless Exercise -- provided the Company has adopted such a
procedure at this time, submitting a "Notice of Cashless Exercise" (in the
form attached hereto, or as modified by the Company from time to time)
authorizing the delivery for sale of the exercised Common Shares, or
(iii) Combination -- tendering a combination of (i) or (ii) above.
(C) Withholding Taxes. Without regard to the method of exercise and
payment, the Optionee shall pay to the Company, upon notice of the amount due,
any withholding taxes payable with respect to such exercise.
(D) Expiration of Options. Notwithstanding anything in the Option Plan to
the contrary, the Options evidenced hereby shall not expire prior to the tenth
(10)
<PAGE>
anniversary of the date of grant of the Options evidenced hereby, provided that
all or a portion of such Options shall lapse and expire earlier as follows:
(i) Timed Lapse. The unvested portion of the Options evidenced
hereby shall lapse and cease to be exercisable in their entirety after the
twenty-four (24) month anniversary of the date of grant of the Options
evidenced hereby.
(ii) Employment Termination. All Options that have vested as of the
date of the termination of Optionee's employment with the Company, other
than a termination of employment for cause, shall expire and lapse on the
date on which the Options would otherwise expire by their terms. Options
that have not vested as of the date of the termination for any reason of
Optionee's employment with the Company and Options that have vested as of
the date of the termination of Optionee's employment for cause, shall
expire and lapse coincident with the effective date of the termination of
employment.
(E) Compliance with Laws and Regulations. The Options evidenced hereby are
subject to restrictions imposed at any time on the exercise or delivery of
shares in violation of the By-Laws of the Company or of any law or governmental
regulation that the Company may find to be valid and applicable.
(F) Interpretation. Optionee hereby acknowledges that this Agreement is
governed by the Option Plan, a copy of which Optionee hereby acknowledges having
received, and by such administrative rules and regulations relative to the
Option Plan and not inconsistent therewith as may be adopted and amended from
time by the Committee (the "Rules"). Optionee agrees to be bound by the terms
and provisions of the Option Plan and the Rules to the extent not inconsistent
with the terms of this Agreement.
(G) Transfer Restrictions. In addition to the restrictions on
transferability imposed by the Option Plan, the Options evidenced hereby are not
transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
3. Option Data Optionee's Name: George Parise
Number of Common Shares
Subject to Options: 80,000
Grant Date: January 19, 1999
Exercise Price per
Share: $0.875
Expiration Date: January 19, 2009
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In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be executed
by its authorized officer, as of the 19th day of January, 1999.
Agreed to: CAI Wireless Systems, Inc.
/s/ George Parise By: /s/ James P. Ashman
- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------
Optionee: George Parise Name: James P. Ashman
Title: Executive Vice President
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Exhibit A
For purposes of this Stock Option Agreement, a `Change of Control" of the
Company shall be deemed to have occurred if, after the date hereof, (i) any
person or two or more persons acting in concert, other than the Company or any
employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company, acquires beneficial ownership
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "'34 Act") directly or indirectly of thirty-five
percent (35%) or more of the total voting power represented by the Company's
then outstanding voting securities (calculated as provided in paragraph (d) of
Rule 13d-3 under the '34 Act in the case of rights to acquire voting
securities); or (ii) any person or two or more persons acting in concert, other
than the Company or any employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company, shall
purchase shares of the Company pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer to
acquire any voting securities of the Company (or securities convertible into
such voting securities) for cash, securities or any other consideration,
provided that after the consummation of the offer, the person or persons in
question has beneficial ownership directly or indirectly of thirty-five percent
(35%) or more of the total voting power represented by the Company's then
outstanding voting securities (all as calculated under clause (i) above)); or
(iii) the shareholders of the Company shall approve (A) any consolidation or
merger of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving
corporation (other than a merger of the Company in which holder of the Common
Shares of the Company immediately prior to the merger have the same
proportionate ownership of common stock of the surviving corporation immediately
after the merger as immediately before), or pursuant to which Common Shares of
the Company would be converted into cash, securities or other property, or (B)
any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of
related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;
or (iv) a change in control of a nature that would be required to be reported in
response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under the
'34 Act, whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting
requirement; or (v) there shall have been a change in the composition of the
Board of Directors of the Company at any time during any consecutive twenty-four
(24) month period such that "continuing directors" cease for any reason to
constitute at least a 70% majority of the Board. For purposes of this clause,
"continuing directors" means those members of the Board who either were
directors at the beginning of such twenty-four month period or were elected by
or on the nomination or recommendation of at least a 70% majority of the
then-existing "continuing directors." So long as there has not been a "change of
control" within the meaning of clause (v), the Board of Directors may adopt by a
70% majority of the "continuing directors" a resolution to the effect that an
event described in clauses (i) or (ii) shall not constitute a "change of
control."
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Financial Data Schedule as of and for the year ended March 31, 1999 (Presented
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